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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
ALFALFA CROP PROFITABLE.
Decatur County Field Yielded Seed
Worth $64 an Acre.

Oberlin, Kan, Sept. 23.-Sixty-f
dollars an acre is the gross amount
received by Dodd Virgins of Lyle, this
county, for the seed produced on
twenty-five acres of alfalfa. The aver
age yield was slightly over eight bush
els to the acre and the price obtained
was So a bushe1.
The twenty-five acres yielded S1,624
for the seed alone. The land was
disked twice in the spring and then
narrowed. After the first crop of hay
was harvested the land was disked
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
NO CAR SHORTAGE.

A. w. Sullivan, General Manager OF
Mo. Pac. DispeIls Current Rumors.
Kansas City. Sept. 23.-There will
be no shortage of freight cars this
winter, according to A. W. Sullivan
of st. Louis, general manager of the
Missouri Pacific.
THE railroads have handled the
surplus wheat crop already" he said.
From now on the wheat hauled out
of Kansas will be the regular haul,
and sufficient cars are on hand to
meet the demand. We are expecting
good corn crop in Missouri. The dry
weather of August did not hurt it as
much as the spectators predicted. It
was to their interest to see the prices
rise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
WOMAN DRANK BEAUTY LOTION
Mistake of Chanute Woman Almost
Cost Her Life.

Chanute, Kan, Sept. 23.-Mistaking
a bottle of poisonous complexion To-
ton for indigestion remedy, Mrs. c..
A. Meneley took a teaspoonfuI of the
poison. She noticed the mistake in a
few moments and Immediately tele-
phoned to a physician, who arrived
within fifteen minutes after she had
taken the poison.
She was unconscious for a time and
the doctor worked with her an hour
and a half before it was certain what
the outcome might be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
sTUoKEY Is WITHOUT LAWYER.
Unfortunate Minister Has No Means
With Which to Employ One.

Ottawa, Kan, Sept. 23.-No lawyer
has yet been secured for Rev. wallace
M. Stuckey. Attorney w. S. jerks
visited the prisoner at the county jail
but no arrangements for his services
were made.
The brothers of Stuckey at Kansas
City, from whom the prisoner is ex-
pecting help have not been heard from
1t is thought now that Stuckey will
make no effort to get bail until after
his preliminary, September %. At
that time the amount of the bond may
be changed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
WHOLE FAMILY KILLED
Six Persons Murdered and the Bodies
Burned With Their Home.

Bluefeld, w. Va, Sept. 29.-An en-
tire family of six persons has been
murdered and the bodies of all but
one of the victims burned with their
home at Hurley, Buchanan county,
Va The motive evidently was rob-
berry, as the owner of the house, an
aged woman known as Aunt Betty
Justis was generally supposed to
keep a large sum of money in the
place.
Mrs. Justis, her son-in-law, George
Meadows, his wife and their three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
RAILROAD NEWS.
Donald Rose Appointed Freight
Traffic Manager.
Illinois Central Official Former
~ a Topeka Man.
SANTA FE RATE CLERK
Left Here in 1892 to Enter EN-
plOy Of His Present Road.
Other Items Of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Donald Rose. a former Topeka man,
has just received the appointment of
freight traffic manager of the Illinois
Central railroad. Donald Rose lived in
Topeka in the late SOS. and was at
one time rate clerk for the Santa Fe.
MIR. Rose is a Scotchman by birth and
accordingly an intimate friend of John
Macdonald of Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23

the same month last year. In July of
this year 9O7 cars were received and
in the same month a year ago BIB
came into the market.
Last August 1884 carloads of hay
were shipped here, against 1920 for
the same month in the preceding
year. Last July 1,175 cars of hay
were received and LIT came in dur
ing the same month in 1903
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
MORTGAGE TO TAKE THEATER.
Amusement Syndicate of Topeka Is
Made Party to the Suit.

Leavenworth, Kan, Sept. pa
suit to foreclose a mortgage of $4,000
on the Peoples theater has been filed
by M. G.. Rosenfield of st. Joseph. After
the filing of the suit the Amusement
Syndicate company of Topeka and B.
M. Foley were made parties to it.
The Amusement Syndicate company
holds a mortgage for 200 and B. M.
Foley one for $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
WILL ENTERTAIN WOMEN.
Garden City Is Preparing for Big
Meeting Sentember 80.

Garden City, Kan, Sept. 2S.-Sep-
TENDER 80 the local homestead of the
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
will hold a rally here for the Yeomen
of southwest Kansas and their fami-
lies. Invitations to the number of 500
are being sent out and preparations
are being made for $50 to 800 plates
at the spread to be served.
In addition to the Yeomen and their
families. each archer will be permit
ted to bring a friend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
ROCK ISLAND ON HONOR ROLL.
This Road Reports Not Single Fa-
tally for a Whole Year.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-The Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific railroad add
ed it's name to the roll of honor"
when it was announced here that not
a single person had been killed on the
road for a year. Statistics show that
Is, 743,022 persons were carried by
that road during the fiscal year end
ing June 80 1909
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
CoffeyviIle and Independence Plants
Give $50 Men Employment.

Coffeyville. Kan, Sept. 23.-The re-
sumption of work at the Sunfiower and
Kansas glass factories is furnishing
employment for 800 men, who have been
idle throughout the summer. The plants
are running in full blast.
The Midland factory at Independence
also opened, and is furnishing employ
nlent to $50 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
THREW HIMSELF UNDER TRAIN.
Body of Parsons Man MangIed Beyond
Recognition.

Parsons. Kan, Sept 23.-Clyde A.
Modlin, % years of age, and formerly
a Katy trainmen in this city, threw
himself under a freight train here and
has body was mang1ed beyond recog-
milton.
He had been drinking and had been
reprimanded by his parents and other
relatives in this city. Eye witnesses
say he crouched on his hands and
knees and sprang under the train in
order to carry out his desperate act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
Enid Adopts Commission plan.

Oklahoma City. Okla, Sept. "a
BY a majority of more than two to
one the city of Enid has approved a
charter recently prepared by a board
of freeholders and adopted the COM
mission form of government. An
election of officers under the charter
will be held in ninety days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
Svitchman Dies of His Injuries.

Coffeyville, Kan, Sept. 23.-Thomas
Winslow of Coffeyvil1e died here from
injuries received at Independence Tues
day night. Winslow was a switchman
employed On the Santa F'e railroad
While making a switch IN the yards his
foot slipped and he was precipitated be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23

tiona1 Military Homes for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers, is at the local Sol
dfers' home now making his annual
tour of inspection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23

He came to merica as a boy and
when young man he spent two years
in the traffic department of the Grand
Trunk railway at Montreal, and latter
was connected with the traffic depart
ments of the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific and the Atchson, Topeka &
Santa Fe, the latter road keeping him
IN Topeka fo- a number of years In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
KNEW WHERE HIS HOME WAS.
Dog Stolen by Circus Escaped and Re
turned to Owner

Salina, Kan, Sept. 23.-Sheriff L. z.
Heck of this city lost fine collie which
was stolen August s, when a circus Wis
tied this city. 1t was not heard from
again until it appeared at the sheriff.
home here 1t had been starved and
long distance. The dog is valued at
800.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
Victim OF Auto Accident Recovering.

Klein, who was injured in the automo-
bile accident near here three weeks ago,
is slowly improving. He has recovered
consciousness and is gradually getting
better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
COULDN'T KEEP HIS MIND.
Homer Stout of Hiawatha Returned t
Topeka Asylum.

Topeka Asylum.
Hiawatha, Kan, Sept. 23.-Homer
Stout has again been taken into Gus
tody and returned to the state hospital
at Topeka. Stout served a pervious
term in the institution but was allow
ed to come home partially cured.
He started at his former trade,
painting, and seemed to get along all
right for a time. but of late his rela-
tives complained that he was creating
a disturbance at the home of his pa
rents in the west part of town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
WOMAN HAS HAND MUTILATED.
Two Bones Fractured and Flesh and
IigamentS Torn.

Norton, Kan, Sept. 2S.-Mrs. Geo.
Mcmillan, at her home, ten miles
southeast of town. had her left hand
and wrist badly injured by being
caught between the f1ywheel and bowl
of a cream separator.
Two bones were fractured and the
flesh and ligaments torn. The accident
was caused by Mrs. McMillan's sleeve
catching in a set of cogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23

He is a mechanical sort of freak -
How is that?'' when his wife steps
on his foot he shuts his mouth. Houston
Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
GLASS FACTORIES RESUME.

meath the cars. His legs and left arm
were severed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
GONE WITH HANDsOMER MAN.
Horse Trader Dan Texler Claims Wife
Has Deserted Him.

Smith Center, Kan, Sept. 23.-Com-
plant has been made to County At
torney UhI by Dan Texler, camping
near Gaylord. that John Bell has
eloped with his wife, leaving a baby
three months old for him to care for.
They are a bunch of horse traders
and arrived here from the west a few
days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23

Get our estimate II that lumber bill
J. b. Whelan & Co.. 4th & Santa f.
tracks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23

Soldiers Home Under Inspection.
Leavenworth, Kan, Sept. 23.-Lieu-
tenant Colonel Charles w. Wadsworth,
assistant inspector general of the Ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25

7 TITLE Edna was a cripple.
All day long size sat alone
Ia while Mrs. Grant, the lady
she lived with, was out working.
Many people would pity her,
but Edna thought herself lucky,
for did she not have the Dream
Lady?
When the pain in her back
was unusually bad, the beautiful
Dream Lady would come and
take her away to the land of
dreams. There she would see her
dear little baby sister, who died
so many years ago. The dear
mother, whom she could remem-
Der distinctly, was not there.
"Oh, dear Dream Lady" Edna
would cry. "Show me your face"
But the sweet lady in gray al
ways shook her head Once a
beautiful lady came to the tene-
ment where Edna lived. She was
interested in the poor little girl
and came again and again.
This is the first part of story writ
ten by Ruth Ashby. aged IA years, of
Evanston, ILL., Junior writers are asked
to continue this story, telling about the
adventures of the little crippled Edna
and her wonderful Dream Lady Tell
what the visitor did for the child. and
how the dreams" were finally reward
ed.
One prize, a book, will be given in
this contest this week for the best conf
pleted story
Write from $50 to $50 words on one
side of the paper leaving margins at
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25

who has been petted and pampered
since the moment of her birth, and who
is followed almost every instant by a
nurse. But for one hour every MORN
ing she stays alone, the mandate being
issued that she is to find something to
do" The effect upon the child's dis
position has been to make her sweeter
Be it understood, too. that being a
youngster she has her moments of say
ing that she has nothing to do" but
when this remark is heard she is told
with such sternness to find some
thing" that in about three minutes she
is busily occupied with something of
her own devising.
This child happens to be interested in
doing anything with a pencil, so that
paper and pen, etc, also paints, are
always where she can get them. Every
child, be it boy or girl, has some pro-
nounced taste and it behooves a mother
to discover it, and then put within the
little ones reach the materials neces-
sary for the amusement. After that the
child must be trained to the applica-
tion of such toys, etc. Some little girls
like to sew clothes for their dolls; 9TH
ers like to cook. In the former case a
box of muslin pieces and needles and
thread can be left where the child can
always get them: an embryo cook can
turn out wonderful "cakes" and pies"
of sand and water if those and little
molds are at hand. These are merely
suggestions, to be adapted and changed
to suit individual temperament.
Nothing is more unfair to a child
than to tell her to find something to do
and then not supply the wherewithal to
accomplish it. No little one can be eX-
pected to find all her own materials, no
matter what they may be. Those must
be provided After that It becomes a
matter of developing application-a vir-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25
TEMPTATION

l don't know if you've ever done
What l am going to tell,
But if you've not, it's lots of fun.
Though you'll be scoded Well.
It's when a feather bed is made
And ready for the sheet,
All plump and fat and smoothly laid,
So beautiful and neat.
That I can never keep. indeed,
From moving off a bit
And running back at headlong speed
To plunge down into 1t,
| know it spoils the feather bed;
1t must be made again;
And when l see the mess I've made,
OF course I'm sorry then
Yet every time I pass that bed,
As neat as any pin,
My good resolves are quickly fed
And l plunge head first in.
New York Herald
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25
THE VOLCANO

AS a general thing Tommy was
pretty good boy, but on the last Fourth
of July he did something he has been
sorry for ever since. His little sister
Totty has, or rather had, beautiful
wax doll, with long golden curls. Tom
my got UP very early on the morning
of the Fourth, and by 3 o'clock in the
afternoon he had fired off all his torpe-
does and nearly all his crackers, and
didn't know what to do next. He want
ed something new, and SO he went and
got Totty's doll, and they dug large
hole, and then covered the poor thing
way up to the next in the dirt. Then
he took a sharp-pointed stick and
punched out both of her beautiful blue
eyes and made holes in each cheek.
Then he put firecracker in each hole,
and also in the dolly's eyes and nose.
Did you ever before hear of anything
quite so naughty as that for even
very, very small little boy to do?
Then he lit the long end of the crack
ers and ran into the house to ask his
mother to come out and look at his
volcano. His mother knew what 1t was
in a minute, and rushed out to save the
doll. but Just as she got there the
creckers went off with several bangs
and blew the poor head all into little
bits.
That's all I can say of Tommy's cele-
bration, for he was marched right off
to bed, and they wouldn't let him see
the fireworks in the evening. And there
WAS ice cream, tool
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25

tue that grows more valuable all the
time.
A busy child, like an older person, is
a happy one. Observation will show
that the youngster who whines and is
miserable either really has nothing to
do or, having d task pleasant or other
wise, is not obliged to do it. There will
be not the least difficulty in getting
child to provide its own amusement II
she or he is given disciplinary games
when don't know what to do" is said.
When the small child first spoken OF
says this she is given an extra spell
ing lesson or something of the kind that
requires real work on her part. She is
seldom heard to make the plant of
having nothing, because she prefers to
provide pleasant diversions rather than
developing ones that will be set by her
mother or nurse at the first indication
of whining.
Beside the good that is actually done
to the child by teaching her to be re-
sourceful in amusing herself, the moth
er is left more freedom to attend to
other matters, and the two meet after
a little time, each fresher for the hour
or more they have been apart, each
busy in her own Way.-WaShlngton
Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25
SELF-ENTERTATNMENT

"a EXT to obedience and honesty, 1
~ believe children should be taught
~ the valuable art of self-enter-
tainment. 1t makes no difference how
many nurses there may be in a house,
or how eager the inmates are to "amuse
the baby" there comes time when
the little one is thrown upon her own
resources, and for such occasions she
should know how to amuse herself.
There is one small child in New York
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A1. at once, and away they
rushed to find hiding places be-
fore the little girl could count
fifty. Johnny ran to the big rose
bush; Fred and Harry to the
barn; Nellie crept behind grand
ma, who was reading and knitting
on the porch; and be(ore the lit
tie girl had reached forty, the last
one had vanished.
I've found the best place of
all" said Richard, laughing all
over as he crept into barrel half
filled with straw that had been
standing in the alley for months
on an old wagon. Il mean to hide
mere every time"
"Bushel of wheat, bushel of
rye" chanted Mabel, but no one
answered, so she started on her
search. "One, two, three for
Fred = she called presently. Zone,
two, three for Nellie! | see YOU
back of grandma's chair"
children, there is an organ
grinder with a tiny monkey up
on Elm street. said Mrs. Blake,
don't you want to go and see
it,"
Away they rushed. but Rich
ard in the big barrel heard moth
ing of the outcry. He wondered
why they did not come to find
him, and then concluded it would
be a good joke to stay where he
was till all the children helped
Mabel search for him.
81 must have gone to sleep"
said Richard, suddenly opening
his eyes.
This is the first part of a story writ
ten by Madeline Brown of MonteVideo,
Mimi, and published in the Mlnnea-
apolis Journal Junior.
Richard asleep in the barrel had a
most unusual experience, and l want
each of the Junior boys and girls to tell
what it was. Let us see If the boys and
girls of Southern California can de-
velop the story from this very excel
lent beginning. The conclusion OF
Madeline's story will be published at
the same time.
one prize, a book, will be given in
this contest this week for the best COM
pleted story.
Write about $50 to $50 words, on one
side of the paper, leaving margins at
the top and side of each page. Address
the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los
Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, Cal, and
be sure that il reaches this Office not
later than Thursday, August 5, for pub
LEGATION August 15
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A Song of the Pen

love the Herald Junior,
I read it each Sunday;
And I'd rather draw for 1t
Than run and skip and play.
love to draw so much that,
If l should have to part
From my pencil paints and paper
1t would just break my heart.
I'm drawing in the morning,
At noon, and still at night;
And when to bed at night l go,
l hug my drawings tight
Pa says 1 waste the paper,
Ma says 1 need the air;
But l just cannot help 1t:
l love to draw; so there!
NELLIE BRANSCOM,
)owney. Grade s. Age 10.
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CITY PRIZE WINNERS

!. The Junior boys and girls who !
!. live in Los Angeles are to call at !
i. this office for their prizes in the I
!. future, either on Monday or Sat !
+ urday, and not later than two I
i. weeks after the prize is awarded. /
:. Honorable mentions must be i
!. presented personally and the prize +
4 talk i home. +
i. This applies only to boys and i
j. girls who live within the city of !
1. Los Angeles. Other prize winners 4
i will receive their checks and books /
!. by mail as usual j
j. j. !. j 4 j. /. 4 i - !. < j. i 4 i !. i i.
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VISITORS HOURS

Aunt Laurie will be in her office in
The Herald building to Issue prizes,
receive calls from Juniors. teachers,
parents and others Monday afternoon
from 2 until o'clock and n Saturday
from 10 in the morning until 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. Other appointments
may be made at any time by telephone
when the regular hours do not suit
the convenience of visitors.