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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22
FREDERICKSBURG IN THE RACE

The eighteenth annual session OF Viz
ginia Division, Travellers Protective As
sociation, will convene next Thursday 10
harttnsvtlle. The convention will last
two days and nights. The fight for TIN
next place OF meeting lies between Staun.
ton, Newport News and Frederick sburg
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22

Mrs. Barker-"I was given up by one Of
our best doctors, no hope, disheartened,
took HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
as last resort; IL saved my life. "
Greatest remedy for women. 35 cents,
Tea or Tablets.
W. l.. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22

fyou could see what It has done for
Others, you'd not suffer another minute.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea has re.
lieved thousands OF hopeless cases Of
stomach, kidney, liver and blood trou-
bles. 80 cents, Tea or Tablets.
w. L. Bond
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22
OFFICERS ELECTED

The Methodist Sunday School elected
the following officers OF their missionary
societv Tor the present conference year:
A. b. Young, president; W.. A. Aarston,
secretary; DR.. J. p. Stiff, treasurer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22
Rich food maksth q poor appetite.

Taken as directed, II becomes the
greatest curative agent Tor the relief oi
suffering humanity ever devised. It's
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea, the
surest remedy. 80 cents, Tea or Tablets.
W. l.. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22
METHODIST CHURCH

Rev. +. j. Prettyman. the new presid-
ing elder for this district. preached an in
teresting sermon at the Methodist church
Sunday night
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22

Next to having somebody in love with
her a girl likes most TO be IN love with
somebody.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22
For Spring Tells the Story of Our
Commercial Supremacy.

Measured by Sales, Measured by
Value Giving, Measured by Style
and Distinctiveness, We Are
Commercially Supreme.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-22

Constipation is the one great
breath. debility. nervousness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
A Truthful Description.

In an illustrated description Of the
game of tennis Simplicissimus says:
Like all good things, lawn tennis is
of English origin. Marie Stuart while
a prisoner was compelled to beat car
pets which were hung over rail.
Not contented with this humiliation.
her sister, Queen Elizabeth. once
threw a dead mouse at the unfortu-
nate Marie while the latter was beat
ing carpets. The little defunct rodent
was caught on Marie's fail and sent
back over the rail and was returned
to her by means of fail in the hands
of Elizabeth. and thus the game of
tennis originated" Further on in the
same description it is said. 1.-TWO sets
are formed, and while these f1irt at
the edge of the court others stand
near the net and make efforts to speak
English
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Travel In 1850.

/. In these days of rapid transit para
graph from a Yorkshire paper of 1850
is interesting. 1t is an account of a
London merchants journey from Lon
don to Dublin and back. Leaving Lon
don on Monday evening, the traveller
reached Liverpool on Wednesday
morning, in time to catch the packet
for Dublin. which city he reached on
Thursday During that day he trans
acted his business in the capital, and
next morning sailed for Liverpool. ar
irving there on Saturday. Monday saw
him back in London. and his journey
was complete. having taken only eight
days. And" concludes the writer,
there is every reason to believe that
it will be possible to beat even this
performance in the near future. Lion
don Family Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity Catarrh being constitutional
disease. requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surface of the system. there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The pro-
prletors have so much faith in it's cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for lists of testimonials Address,
E. j. Cheney, & Co.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
A Kitchen MARTYR.

Even. the kitchen can boast its
martyrs Chief among these was Va.
tel. the chief cook Of Condo, who ran
himself through the heart with q
sword because the fish had not ar
rived in time for banquet which his
master was giving Louis XIV. Vatels
panegyric is to be found in the con.
Guiding volume Of the 'Almanach des
Commands" $50 noble a death in
sures you. venerable shade. the most
glorious Immortality. You have proved
that the fanaticism of honor can exist
in the kitchen as we'll as in the camp.
and that the spit and the saucepan
have also their Catos and their
Decil1SeS
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
News From Near BY.

He was too short to reach the gas
jet to blow out the light so he removed
his coat and took a healthy swing at
the Jet, the result being entirely salts
factory, as the light went out, and G.
Stewart, a farm hand from Brooklyn,
retired. This happened Monday night
at the Ell Erding former Ogden)
hotel on King and Wilson streets, Mad
ison. The clerk smelled the escaping
gas and dragged Stewart out of his
room in the nick of time.
Verne Merrill, aged 20 years, SEN
Tor in the GAINESVILLE high school and
prominent in athletics, died at the hos
pital Friday night as result of blood
poisoning, which came from scIatch
on the arm received while practicing
foot ball in the high school team. This
lis the first death as direct result of
foot ball in this city. Merrill had been
ill for three weeks.
The jury in the case of August Buggs
VS.. the Rock County Sugar Co., rem
|dered verdict in favor of the plaintiff,
and determined the amount due the
plaintiff for injuries to be So, 500. The
damage case has occupied the attention
of the circuit court since the first of
the week. According to the testimony
the plaintiff was injured at the defen-
|dant's plant some time ago when an
evaporation exploded and killed Rudolph
Buerger, also employed there.
Eight bags of copper, said to have
been stolen from the Kilbourn Power
Dam company near Rio, was found last
week by the Columbia county sheriff in
possession of Mr.. LAWN, junk dealer,
who had it stored in pile of rags in
shed on the farm of Rudolph Meixner,
east of DeForest. The eight bags
weighed about 400 pounds and contained
copper cable cut into short pieces. The
copper was stolen last spring and
young man arrested for the theft
jumped his bail bond of $500 and dis
appeared. Mr.. Levin will have to &C.
count for his having possession of the
copper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Thought Astor Was Crazy.

People said John Jacob Aston was
crazy because he paid $1,000 an acre
Burr about a hundred years ago. 1t
was farm Of 100 acres. located about
where Twenty-first street is now in
Manhattan. In ten years he COM
menced to sell lots at $1,000 an acre:
but, fortunately. he did not sell much
at that price. What it is worth today
Is hard to compute in millions.-Cent
Per Cent
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
The Blind Leading the Blind.

Neither Mabel nor Willie has quite
mastered the intricacies of English
pronunciation. but each delights in
correcting the others mistakes. Last
Sunday. while the family was at din
ner, Mabel said:
please pass the dravy."
Willie saw his chance and quickly
exclaimed:
well. Mabel. If touldn't say
dravy I'd say drease. - Woman's
Home Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
See the Exhibit Car of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway.

While in Omaha for the National
Corn Show, call any time between De-
cember s and Is at the Exhibit car of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway 18th and Jones Streets, Oma-
has) and see the samples of farm pro-
ducts, etc., from the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington along the
new Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound Railway. F. A. Miller, General
Passenger agent, G. M. & ST. P. Ry.,
Chicago. 52t2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Stouqhton


Miss Clara Amundson and Mr. Lynn
Gullickson were united in marriage by
Rev ] Lee Friday evening at Our
Savior's parsonage on Prospect avenue.
Miss Eva Cannon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs G Cannon, residing on North
Madison street, has sprung surprise
on her friends by her marriage Monday
morning at Crown Point, Indiana, to
Mr. Adolph Johnson of Oregon.
"a Hogan, second eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs Ole O Hogan, was united in
marriage Wednesday evening, Nov L.,
to Miss Bessie Bringa, daughter of Ole
T Bringa, the ceremony taking place at
the brides home in the presence of
only immediate relatives.
Ed Keena, proprietor of the soft
drink place just west of the bridge, was
arrested Thursday afternoon, charged
with having sold liquor illegally at va
rious times between July 5th and the
present date. When arraigned before
Justice Gilbert, Keena pleaded not
guilty and was bound over to appear in
Justice Gilbert's court for a prelim-
mary hearing at date to be fixed as
soon as Mr. Gilbert could confer with
District Attorney Mason. Bail was
fixed at 5000. Keena has been convict
ed before of violation of the excise
laws.
Anton Furuseth, residing at Roby' s
grove, just northwest of town, became
richer by 500 Thursday as the result of
a lucky shot Sunday afternoon, with
which he brought down coyote in a
corn field on Forrest Atkins farm. The
wolf had been preying on chickens in
the neighborhood, John Slinde, share
man for Ole Seamonson, having lost
about forty, it is said, and Furuseth
was also beginning to miss some of his.
Sunday morning the animal was seen
and shot at at long range by Chris Ar
neson, and in the afternoon Mr. Furu-
seth succeeded in wounding it, so that
after long chase it was finally caught
up with while attempting to hide in q
clump of bushes, and dispatched with a
rife.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
A Gard

This is to certify that all druggists are
authorized to refund your money it Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your
cough or cold. 1t stops the cough,
heals the lungs and prevents pneumonia
and consumption. Contains 20 opiates.
The genuine is in a yellow package
w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

Take hint, do your own mixing.
Rough on Rats, being all poison, one
15c box will spread or make so to 100
little cakes that will kill 500 rats and
mice. It's the unbeatable extermina-
tor. Don't die in the house. Beware
of limitations, substitutes and catch
penny, ready-for-use devices. 52w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
The Evil of It.

Fritters chief fault is
that his temper occasionally gets the
best Of him. Flasher-Very true. and
that wouldn't be so bad if it didn't
reveal the worst OF him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

saThe worst thing that can be said
about him is that he has no intimate
Trends
when a man has no intimate
friends there is no one TO say bad
things about im.'-Houston Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Combination of Good Papers.

The Reporter and Daily State Jour
nal offered in special combination.
The regular price for
The Reporter per year. $1.25
Daily State Journal, year. 400
Total. 5.25
You can have both for $3.50
This is chance for you to get your
home paper together with the leading
daily paper in this vicinity at speci-
ally low price. The two papers will
give you just the news that you are
most interested in.
Or here is another offer:
The Reporter per year. .$1.25
/. Semi-W eekly State Journal 100
J Total. 2.Z5
sNy Both for. .........,.. $500
The Reporter will give you the home
news The SINH Weekly State Journal
consists of the regular Monday and
Thursday issue of the daily, together
with a summary of all the news for the
rest of the week, and will give you
Madison, county, state and world news.
Perhaps you can't afford to take
daily paper. The Semi Weekly State
Journal is really a chance for you to
get daily paper twice week.
The above offer is cash in advance.
Send in your subscriptions to the Re-
porter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

There is no use talking, there is moth.
ing like 81. W. Barker's Cough Remedy
made at Sparta. It's the only medicine
to knock cough or sore throat. 1t will
surprise you-W. G.. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

How soon patience with the faults
Of those we dislike ceases to be a
virtue.- Atchison Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter
Edgerton, Wisconsin.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1909.
CORRESPONDENCE
Milton junction
Wisconsin

Chas Hudson and family are moving
back on their farm on the MELVILLE
road, after just years residence in
the village.
NH Ansley has purchased of w H
Gates the three lots north of Hotel
Wall on which stands the old Dexter
barn, and will begin the erection OF
new house there this fall.
James Stockman enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the only citizen of Milton
Junction whose home is lighted with
electric lights. He has installed small
dynamo in his shop which is run by his
gasoline engine.
A novel sight to see covey of quail
riding on flat-car in moving train.
That was what happened here one day
last week, and when the cars began to
move the quail did not fly off, but when
last seen were still passengers without
tickets.
On Tuesday morning at $50 o'clock,
Nov 16, 1909, at ST Mary's Catholic
church, occurred the marriage of Miss
Lulu Mullen to Patrick j Tanning.
Both parties reside in this vicinity, the
brides home being one mile southwest
of this village, and that of the groom
one mile south of Milton.
Claire V Wells, who has been con-
nected with the local telephone COM
pany for long time and whose services
have been eminently satisfactory, both
to the company and it's patrons, has re-
signed here to accept position as man.
ager of the Bell system and will have
his headquarters at Darlingtod, where
he and Mrs Wells will reside.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
For Rent.

street for rent. Inquire at w. H. Gift
ford's. 48tf
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Evansville

@NasSVutC
&C Colony left for Philadelphia on
Tuesday morning, and while in the east
will make short visit with his brother.
1t cost William Taggart and Hazen
ing muskrats out of season. The trap
pers plead guilty to the charge but
were under the impression that the law
expired on the tenth instead of the fif-
teenth of the month.
Miss Winifred Coon, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs d F He'd
dies, returned to her home in Edgerton
Friday. Little Dorothy Heddles ac-
companied her and will remain until
her parents leave for their new home
in the west.
About the first of the month D F
Heddles and family will take their de-
darture for Paonia, Colo, where Mr.
Heddles will cultivate fruit farm. In
the fall he was in that state with a
brother from Madison, and secured the
farm upon which he will locate. This
piece of land is devoted to the raising
of fruit, is some forty acres and has
thereon some 1900 bearing peach trees,
about 800 apple and 200 pear trees. Be-
sides these are variety of small fruit
enough to keep one busy in attending
it. The farm is irrigated and Mr. He'd
dies is in hopes that he will not only be
able to realize financially from the in
vestment, but likewise an improvement
IN health.
Thomas Gleave, one of Evansville's
most highly esteemed citizens, died at
his home on Park street Friday morn
ing about O'Clock after three weeks
illness. The deceased was native of
England, having been born in Cheshire
"a years ago last March. When but a
child he came with his parents to
America and for the past GO years he
has resided in this immediate vicin-
ity. The greater part of that time he
has spent on farm near Evansville.
He retired and moved into town 16
years ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
VISITING With JOHNNY.

II think the mother of a six-year-old
boy should have pension to make up
to her for the mental agony she suf-
fers.' said JUST such mother. II took
Johnny to his paternal grandfather's
last week and believe he has cut US
out of Crandfather's will Of course
we send him to Sunday school. and we
both attend church, but we do not ask
a blessing at the table. nor do we have
family prayers. Grandfather does. and
1t happened that the morning after we
arrived Johnny was excused from the
table and went out in the yard to play.
Grandfather led the way into the sit
ting room. and we all knelt down in
prayer. Imagine my horror to see
.Johnny's little face peering curiously
through the blinds and hear him sing
out: Hey. in there! What kind of a
game is that you're playing? Amt you
the rotten bunch not to let me in on
it, arose and softly whispered to
him to run on and play. and he sang
out: You're it. mamma: you're it.!
Make a home run Now. what can
you do with small boy. anyway?
can never explain matters to his grand
father New York Times
The Physician.
DR.. Cathein of Paris declares that
NO person who does not possess GER
tain six moral senses" should attempt
to enter the medical profession viz,
the sense Of duty. the sense Of respon-
sibility. the sense of kindness the
sense of manual skill (which he sub
divides into the sense of boldness and
the sense of prudence). the sense Of
beauty and the social role. The sense
of duty toward the patient so he is
quoted by the Boston Globe. "is the
very first requisite in a physician. 1t
can only arise from a positive and in
nate altruism or love of ones fellow
creatures-a quality similar to that
which moves the hospital nurse to the
care of the stricken. There can be no
personal sensitiveness nor lack of in
terest in details. as against an absorb
ing curiosity that complicated cases
arouse. and yet, with all this sense Of
duty, which calls for extreme good
ness and sensitiveness of heart, he
must not show trace of emotion
when his duty calls him to operate on
a Mckinley, a Carnot or Frederick
H."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Cambridge

Mr. and Mrs Bert Haight and daught-
er spent the latter part of last week
visiting Prof John Haight and family
at Rockford, Ill.
Thee Tellefson left on Friday for the
vicinity of Eagle River to hunt the
fleet-footed deer. When on these hunt
ing trips Theo never fails to bring
back his full quota of game.
TO Hegglestad, one of the old-time
gold miners in Alaska, remembered
some of his relatives in this village in a
substantial manner last week by send
ing some gold nuggets which he gath
The strong west wind which swept
over this portion of the state on last
Thursday afternoon developed into cy-
clonic proportions for stretch about
40 rods wide just south of London. The
farms of Fred Liebenow and Fred
Campbell were in this stretch and trees
and buildings on these farms suffered
considerable damage. On the Liebenow
place tobacco shed was blown down
and completely wrecked and the east
end of another large shed was moved
several feet from it's foundation. The
roof sloping to the west on the barn
was torn off and other buildings were
also unroofed A piece of board was
driven through the window of the house
and the steel wind mill was blown down
and twisted into an unrecognizable
heap of scrap iron. The damage on
the Campbell farm was not so great,
but his large tobacco shed was moved
two and one-half feet from it's founda-
ton and trees were twisted and up
rooted and broken.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

Two or three furnished rooms for
light housekeeping wanted. Address
L. E. ", care this office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26
Sheep for Sale.

200 good breeding ewes and ITS lambs
for sale. Inquire of C. G. Biederman
at the feeding yards.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-11-26

For Rent-A nine-room dwelling on
Washington street, in good repair, city
water. W. H. Morrissey. Soft
Winter apples for sale by Morris
Hartzell. $1.00 per bushel. Phone or
call evenings. 51t2
The Detroit times., 1909-03-06

Under the leadership OF II. \. Jones,
glee club has been organized among
the members of the Ferry ave. Il. y.
y L.
The Rev Marshall ~ Petit, pastor
OF the stanton Park Baptist church.
viii preach Sunday morning on The
Vision or Isaiah, and In the evening
on Abraham and Lot"
The Rev John Essington Miles. Of
the Scotteu-Ave Baptist church, viii
give "a Commute talk to the junior
congregation sunday morning al 10
o'clock on The Home OF Sir Walter
Scott"
Deacon Francis Koonsman, for more
than 80 years a member OF the Albion
Baptist church. mas sold his home and
viii remove TO Detroit 10 live with his
daughters Deacon koonsmun - over
50 years old.
The Rev. Frederic Tower Galpin. Of
the First Baptist church. who has been
services the last two weeks
IN the B~ulah and Scotten-ave. church
-. viii begin a series OF evangelistic
meetings In the First Baptist church
the last week IA March.
\ series Of evaugelistic meetings
Will open in the Beulah Baptist
church sunday evening at 80
o'clock and VIII be- held every night
during the week excepting Satur-
day The pastor ~ Sidney Bullock.
Will be- assisted by the Rev. Frederic
Tower Gaipin and the Rev. John r.
Miles The chorus choir under tn" di-
rcction OF Mr. Bullock will furnish the
music Sunday morning the theme viii
be The Price OF Power and In tine
evening. sharing Your Loaf
The Detroit times., 1909-03-06
Proof of Advertising Pros
perity.

Printers Ink has consistently main.
tanned that the revival of business
would be apparent early this year.
and that 1909, while not perhaps
record breaker, would be decidedly
prosperous year for the best news
papers and magazines. Predictions
are not proof, however. and Printers
Ink has occasionally been accused Of
being too optimistic--''as all the adj
vertising crowd is to quote from one
of our pessimistic friends.
But when facts in the form OF fig
ures are available, Printers Ink Is
much pleased TO quote them in sub
sanitation.
The March Everybodys Magazine
establishes the high water mark since
1907, with 1874 pages OF net cash adj
vertising-l65 pages display and Sla
RACES classified
The record Is due to thre@ causes:
First the improved business conditions
and the restoration of confidence
among the more prominent manufac-
turers and business men who make
up the list OF advertisers second, the
actual proven merit OF Everybody's as
an advertising medium: and third. and
equal I'M importance, the constructive,
energetic solicitation. not mere copy
chasing" for which the advertising
department Of Everybodys under
Robert rockingham. Is known.
During 1905 Everybody's led the
field in IL out OF II classifications.
Printers Ink