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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16
Monday

TX. of P.-valient Lodge No. 155. at
122 East 9Th ave.
Is. of T.-Amity Lodge No. 231 at
s37 North Kansas ave.
f. O. E.-Topeka Aerie No. So at
615 Van Buren,.
*. and l.. of Security-Victor Coun-
Gil No. 4. at 1909 North Kansas ave.
i. q. lied Men--Shawnee Tribe No.
II. at lis East 9Th ave.
>. 81 Id. OF JuStIce-Topeka Council
No. 5, at Security hall.
Eraternal brotherhood Topeka
Lodge No. 81, at 119 West 9Th ave
fraternal Union of A-Topeka
lodge No. 522, at 522 Kansas ave.
hod Carriers and Building Laborers
Local No. 2S7. at 618 Kansas ave. Geo.
Hagen, secy., sos East 18th.
Painters LOcal-No. SO at 420 Kan
sas ave., secretay Frank p. Woodruff.
GIT Hancock st.
1ss battery at 404-406 Kansas ave.
r.. A. M.-Topeka Chapter No. 8.
at Masonic hall.
/. o. o. F.-Capitola Rebekah
lodge No. 219. at Security hall.
w. C.. I. U.--at First NJ. E. church.
Barbers-Local No. rs, at 61S Kan
saS ave. Sec. VIM. Nj. Christie, S31
Adams st.
CoIored A. #. & A. M.-Euclid
Lodge No. 2, at 404 Kansas ave.
CoIored *. & l.. of Protection
Capital City council, No. /. at 429
Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16
Thursday

A. o. q. W.-Irwin Lodge No. geo,
at 119 West 9Th ave.
A. o. q. W.-Lindale Lodge No. 2sa.
at (Shorey.)
B. o. of Beavers-Dam No. /, at
AS Kansas ave.
NJ. w. of A.-Shawnee Camp No.
$500 at 1913 West 9Th ave.
NJ. w. of A.-North Topeka Camp
NO. 1913 at 1902 North Kansas ave.
1. o. Red Men-wampanoa Tribe
NO. 50, at Ss1 North Kansas ave.
Sons of Herman-Eintracht Lodge
NO. 9. at 322 Kansas ave.
Triple Tie b. A.-Topeka Council
No. 9. at 11s East 9Th ave.
/. J. b. & M.-Local No. 8, at 40
Kansas ave. secy. q. NJ. Williams. SIS
North Tyler.
I: A. of Stone Cutters-Local No.
at els Kansas ave. Secy. S. C. Harris.
s26. East 18th ave.
A. F. s A. M.-siloam Lodge No.
225. at Masonic hall.
L. o. T. Nj. Topeka hive No. IL, at
security hall at 8 p. m.
G. M. b. A. ST. Patrick's Branch
NO s. at lit West 9Th ave.
Council No. 1. at 11S East 9Th ave.
Woodmen's 4CircIe-Liee Oak Grove
NO. 15, at 1873 East 6th ave.
Royal Neighbors-Shawnee Camp
No. 1874. at 122 East 9Th ave in p. m.
Boiiermakers 8 H.-LocaI No. "a.
at 618 Kansas ave. Sec. w. L. A.
johnson at Bureau of Labor.
Plumbers Local No. 1855. at SIS
Kansas ave-, Sec. M. e. Linton, 1715
Park ave.
Wood, w. 8 NJ. Lathers-Local No.
1872. at 40 Kansas ave. Sec. j. G.
Florence. 140 Kellam ave.
q. A. R.-G. G. Gage Post No. 495,
at 1872 East 9Th ave.
COlored X. of P.-Excelsior Lodge
No. 8. at 404 Kansas ave.
knights of Tabor (Colored)-
Sunnyside Temple No. SO. at 1900
Quincy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16
Sunday

Y. Nj. C. A. and every day at corner
9th and Quincy.
Y. w. c. A. and every day, End Floor
Masonic Bldg. 623 jackson.
Socialist Meeting-at 119 West
Sixth, upstairs, at $3.50 p. m. Every
Sunday.
B. of l.. f. e. E.-Local No. 205, at
1922 East 6th ave, at 1850 p. m.
Musicians No. So. at 234
Kansas ave. Sec. c.. M. Morrow, 1920
North Monroe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16
[ LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK IN TO

F1. w. Bomgardner
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LICENSED EMBALMER
Masonic Temple 62I Jackson street
ATTEND TO ALL THE DETAILS
First Class Ambulance Service Both Phones lao
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11
Fortune BY Extortion.

The official food inspector of Me-
braska reports that the people Of that
state are robbed to the amount OF
s2oo. 900 annually through the medi,
um Of short weights in butter. The
packers rob the meat dealers to the
extent Of 500, 900 a year. he says.
and the dealers. in turn, take it out
Of the consumers. Sometimes this
system Of stealing is operated through
an actual shortage in the articles sold,
but o frequently the short weight
is approximately made up in the
weight Of wrappers. The manufact-
nres sell heavy brown paper, PASTE
board or light paper wrappers, at the
same price they sell meat or lard or
butter.
II does not take a skilled mathcma-
dcran to understand why packers and
others who sell meat, lard. butter or
many other necessities of life at whole
sale build up immense fortunes while
the average family stands aghast at
the constantly decreasing margin be-
tween the income and the COst Of liv-
ing. When "A trust mOnopolizes a
product on the one hand and adj
vanccs the price to the highest point
within the reach Of the public's IN
come, and then cheats the Consu mcrs
by shor, weights, it derives a double
profit, and it does not take long UNI
der such a system for the ''public
wealth. to get seriously, alarmingly,
out Of balance.
Yet, looking at this system OF cx-
tortIon from II point OF view. the
public does not need very much
sympathy, for it does not need to
stand the imposition any longer than
1t Is willing to endure without pro-
,cat.--kansas City Star.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11
Advertising Rates.
More Light On The Light Plant.

Our information in regard to the
ID smoke stack having only one set
/ guy rods, as given last week, was
gIoncous. We were set right by DR..
Woods, VINO superintendent the plac-
rig Of the plant and smoke stack,
nd he says there were three sets Of
ny rods, and they were put up to
,tay up. He also tells that the plant
hen erected, was n OF the best in
lc state. He further stated that he
ad fully cyaroinCd into the merits Of
'!c and incandcsccnt lighting for the
,iCet. and. abIArlaincd to his salts
iCtlpn '.,l incan'eScent lights, Civ
,Ik '.. ,.r light, would require
10 Ire U,"er necessary for the
rI g., The editor is bound to
drnil .ndt ms cdCatlOn in electricity,
,hcn young, was sadly neglected,
nd u late years We haven't had the
IL to study up on the subject, so
aus, accept our information second
Inlci. We do not intend to mis-
cprc>"nr. and when We do would be
thankful t. nc set right.
I'm, ,..tl,. 81 N.,, ALLAN ,,,n a..
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

II sccnIc. to a Stone, "A civil Wal
veteran, of Kemp. Texas, thai a plot
"%'st"d between a desperate lung trouhlc
and the grave To cause his death. II con-
tractcd ii stubborn cold,' he writes, that
developed y cough that stuck to me-, III
spite OF all remedies for wears. Mr
weight ran DOM 10 30 pounds Then /
began to use Dr. Kings New Discovery,
which restored my health completely.
! now weigh l78 pounIs." For severe
Colds, obstinate Coughs, IIemorrhapes.
Asthma and to prevent pneumonia It's
uuy!yafei SOC and = 90. Trial bottle
tree. Guaranteed by MuutIcl Drug Co.
There is no earthly hope for "A young
man WHO : Is ar ruud and waits for al
.ngta'cd Invitation tr ks, a pretty
a.t
; Kiuter, the Jcwcl"l. 1000 Vir,
p'"is.. 'euuc, Indianapolis iud. writes;
= ~" w. go. fiom kidney tr"ub'r /
cna!lilat,' walh a hundred feet. lour
notice Of Iol =, Kidney reinrI, clclrcd
nv cunpirx,nl, .gr.d ~ hdriHthc ard
tie irrcpo.aytlcr ~Et,gDpcared, and ! can
moss attend ~ ts!i..Ggs very day, and
recommend I'"!e, 5 n-i . e"nr,dy t.
oil suIf~r'i@, ~ il cuirG 49, a'.cr doctors
and "a ollict rr,n"i,e> la" '-iicd
~,,& rs Az '.'.sris'-
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

Gettysburg speech and his second in
.aigural are two Of the half dozen
greatest speeches ever made--I am
tempted to call them the two greatest
made. They are great in their
wisdom, and dignity, and earnest
ness. and in a holiness Of thought
and expression which makes them
akin to the utteranccs of the prophets
of the Old Testament.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11
In MemOrium.

G!enstcd. No., Feb. 9th, 1909.
Resolutions in memory OF Grin
T.. Dcvinna, deceased, by Glcns,ed
Lodge No. $50, A. +. & A. NJ.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the
Supreme Architect of the Universe to
call from Labor to rest our dearly
beloved Brother, o. f.. Dcvinna, who
died Jan. 2S,h, 1909. therefore be il,
RESOLVED, That in the death Of
Brother Dcvinna his children have
lost a devoted father, the Lodge a
faithful member, and the community
an nprI2n, and honored citizen.
kt-pIytu, That wc will ever
bear IN grateful remembrance the
/cal and fidelity win which Bro.
D~cHinna discharged AL ii his Masonic
d"uc,, and Wall Try to mltatc his de-
Not"n t. Toe branu principles OF our
Fraternity.
Kr-rLSlD, iiat we tender our
sympathy Il, he ytEcav,l iluliy, and
recommend them to the God whom
Bro. Dcvlnna servcG and in whom
l." trustee.
Resolved. Ihat . ,0py Vi hesc
Resolutions he spread upo. our
Ic'"rd., ana a copy be Sent tu ,hc
i.m,ly oi III deceased brother.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11
Six Nights $50 rs You PIc"uc'
Race

How many tired fathers and mD'hcrf n
This town enter this race ever" niH',
carrying a haby' And they wonicr
nliat the matter is. Chances are the
child is starving worms are eating all
Of rs food Most children have worms,
yours needn't. Whites Cream Vcrmi
fupe viii get rid of the worms and
strengthen TIE child.
Price 25c per bottle.
For Sale bN Globe Drupst0ac.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11
Sold by all druggists.
Worn Out

That's the way you feel about the lungs
when you have a hacking cough. It's
foolishncss 10 let it so on and trust /"
luck to get over it, when Ballard's II"rs-
hound Syrup Will stop the cough and
heal the lungs.
Price 25c, 5Or and 81 % per bottle.
For sale by Globe Drugstore.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

Personal experience with a tube IS
Manzan Pile remedy will convince yot
il is immediate relief for all form,
of piles Can be applied directly 20 H.,
affected parts, reducing infama,in'
50 cents
Sold ~ Globe Drug Store.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

F0lcy's Orino Laxative cures constipa.
ton and liver trouble and makes the
bowels healthy and regular. Orino is
superior to pills and tablets as it docs no
gripe or nauseate, Why take anything
else,
Sold by all druggists.
a woman wouldn't mind being poor so
much if all her acquaintance were just a
little poorer.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

inrun"ru, t'pu follows laprlppr but
,'.., 'ru,c Of Eolcy's Honey
"ud Ear tor l,nrrppr, coughs and deep
,ra,r1 ,.,l, p.i.,r any but the zen
ulnr IN III >,to" p~a'&ag-.
Sold b, al druggists.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

II makes a woman awfully tired to see
a man make a fool Of himself over any
other woman.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

BE ppod ana Nou'll be happy a happy
,Ou can bc under the circumstances
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

Any wolnr can pass an old ndn!rer
without loohlnk bark-ii she Is blind.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

- .H~ L'p odd tire" dp,,ors t,
NJ 81. e. it,""r. Detroit, M'ch
.,f''rr y. to,w e ,"rrr" rectal trouble
- "a .a.I"' rnru ! u al Or.
= t. - ne writes, til
.' '" . even, app"nli'
'il cas-" r"neDIpH,,n i!eaaacnc. 80
II Aluutl ~ Iunr-'ure
CT! a apadt a spade, and you may SC
I ~ he neck.
Bee, Laxative CpuGh Syrup is guarail
tc"d Inns l. because we know what il
All do and want to convince you. II j.
especially recommended for children A.
t u pleasant to take and is gently laAa
i've. For coughs, colds. Group. hOarsc.
ness, ~wh""ping cough. Price l5c, ~,
and II 90.
a woman probably feel, blue when 81
is Green NliI cIIy
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

a woman probably feel, blue when 81
Is green i'll envy.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

CIT! - apadt a spade, and you may Sc
I u lie neck.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

AT ",'" r~"neDlpn,J.n, i~!ealacnc. 20
II AluUtI ~ lrnr~'urr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
Noted Journalist and Explorer
Announces His Plans
For Summer.
GOES TO PARIS THIS WEEK
AFTER oUTFITTlNG THERE He
LEAVES FOR NORWAY AND
WILL THEN VENTURE FORTH IN
A DiRlGleLE BALLOON,

Washington, May S.-Walter Well
man announces that he will this sum-
mer renew his effort to reach the
north pole by means of dirigible bal
loon or airship. All the preparations
have been made, and Mr.. Wellman
will sail next week for Paris and Nor
way. This expedition will be under
Mr.. Wellman's individual ownership
and responsibility. The capital has
interested in the enterprise solely on
scientific and patriotic grounds.
No change has been made In the
general plan OF the expedition, which
is to assemble and initiate the airship
at the headquarters station. Danes Is
land. Spitzbergen. in June and July,
and to start thence northward through
the air In August. provided the wealth
er conditions make start practicable
with reasonable chance for success.
The nirship to be used is the .Ameri-
O." which had a trial in voyage at
Spitzbergen year ago last September.
The owners Of the Chicago Record
Herald have turned over to Mr.. Well
man. free OF charge, the airship plant
buildings and machinery OF Mr.. Well
mans former enterprise. The
!. America which Is the second larE-
est airship ret built shout three-f iftlls
tho sire Of the Zeppelin. and twice as
large g the largest French ships. and
with lifting capacity Of nearly ten
tons. has been reconstructed and Inn
proved by Engineer vanimAn In the
expedition workshops at Paris.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

A reward of Is Sd a pound was re-
Gently offered by Queensland sugar
planters. whites Brisbahe CORE
spondent, for beetles of the destructive
sugar cane grub. Hundreds OF men
and boys have now taken up the beetle
hunting as q prOfessnoa- One man
earns E6 q week throughout the
beetle season. and the boys make
about s. week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
KILLS TO STOP THE F,ENo.

The worst foe for Il years of John
Deye. OF Gladwtn, Mich, was Q running
ulcer. He paid doctors over $4,000
without benefit. Then Rucklen's Ar
Mica S2lve killed the ulcer and cured
him. Cures Fever-Sores. Boils. Felons
Eczema. Salt Rheum. InfallibIe for
Piles, Burns. Scalds. Cuts. Corns. Csc
1t A. G. Luken & Cos.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
1.-THE MERCHANT

THE MERCHANTS
. .-rhs Nsrchant- BY Leo D. Nusbaum At the annual
ichmond Commercial Club. May 18th. 1903:
who Is it meets you with smile
And has 1t with him Ill the while
VINO keeps you posted to style?-
The Merchant
when crowds Of strangers come meet
Ii Richmond and expect treat,
Who decofates our Main street,
And when your gloves begin to wear,
The gloves bad you declare
Who smiles and gives another pair?-
The Merchant.
The graduate needs fan one day,
ON Commencement she makes much display;
Who takes the fan back without pay?-
The Merchant
And when down town friend to meet,
You buy q spool OF thread complete
who delivers the thread Goth street,
The Merchant
When wealthy friends visit pay,
You wish make fine display.
Who loans you curtains while they stay
The Merchant
Who when you've supper tickets to sell
He always buys them, but don't tell
He really wishes you had gone w.
The Merchant
Then there's the program thief dread
We always wish that he were dead
Who takes ad and knows he's bled?
The Merchant.
Who is it when times hard *A
Will sell you clothes and take your word
And borrow money to pay his board?-
The Merchant
And when a goes dry wet
And every who lost his bet,
Who is it they blaming YETI
The Merchant
When things In general are on the bum
And money tighter than drum,
who knows it's no Millennium
The Merchant
when Lutheran, Friend or Methodist
Finances get into twist
Who is 1t signs your subscription lst?-
The Merchant
And when you've bought your goods outside,
Then boast about your Home town pride;
Who is it knows that you have lied?-.
The Merchant
Who drains your Golfers fills your store
With things you need and many more.
And brings lifes comforts to your door,
The Merchant
And when you're sick and can't get we'll,
And finally gone somewhere to dwell
Who sells the flowers you can't smel?-
The MerchaA.
Who when lifes htful dream is Ger
And you will earth more,
But has gone beyond to the Shining Shore"?-
The Merchant
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
Nj. Divine Rights vlndleated.

Pittsburg Gazette-Times.-Having
signed up with the anthracite miners
supreme court decision this week.
George +. Baer Is in shape to start on
his European trip with smile that
won't come off.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
Il VIII, be 4 Plenty.

New York Telegram.-Loud cry 10
reported from Venezuela demanding
General Castro's return. but 1t Is not
definitely stated just what they wasn't
to do to him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
More Dad Luck For Bryan.

Los Angeles Times.-There Is q
wild rumor afloat to the effect that
Abdul Hamid may cmigrate to the
United States. Wouldn't he be win
ner on the chautaucua circuit!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
A Job for the Dog Catcher.

SOU TOT SUe 000 ~aSSHess
Kansas City Star.-Albert J. Hop
kins continues to be the dog In the
Illinois manger. He can't be elected
to the United States senate himself.
and he won't let anyone else be elect
ed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

The Annual Observation.
Man loves the language of surprise.
You hear, each year, the same old
thing
'Mongst people counted weather wise;
ut il q most unusual spring."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
TWINKLES
polntiHe : 0istlnst,en.

"A high Anancier should 10 some
thing q m economist. should be not -
- don't think So answered Mr..
Dustin 1tax. '.The object o. an econo-
mist u - - what he can get along
With: that ~ : high hnancier IL to
- what ~ can get away with"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

Must Have Misunderstood the Signals.
New York Evening Posi-. Speaker
Cannon is said to be furious At Sena-
tor Aldrich's attitude on. the tariff.
Didn't the senator make the duties
high enough.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

play 1t in the evenin when me an ma
is in the sittin' room tryin' to rest"
Where They Use Dynamite.
why does that man insist on hang
ing around the stone quarry"
HE says he wants to get close to
where there is something doing in the
high explosive line"
rs he q SCIENTIST"
mo. He's homesick. He's from
Butte, Montana"
fsu
Cornered.
II hope" said the woman Of precise
ideas, that you never listen to serv-
ants gossip"
Il can't help myself" answered her
nephew. I'm juror in an unwritten
law case"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09
A Trip 10 Mars FOR Him.

Warrington Post-Dr. Aked says
New York society women are devoid
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

An Expert At stuffins.
Milwaukee Sentinel-Roosevelt will
be learning to stuff his animals be-
fore we know it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

Making Noise Like 1912.
(sprinsfieid Republican,
It was the voice OF Dolliver. but 1t
was the soul of the West.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-09

of both mentality and morality. Nov
watch for the bareback.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-08-05
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT,

There are some strange situations
coming up in politics.
Col. William P. Hepburn was beaten
for congress because it was supposed
he was joined to his idols; that he was
SO welded to the past that he could
not move forward. Now, rs we under
stand it, Col. Hepburn stands in
different light with those who are
anxious to move forward. Just what
has happened we do not know. Col.
Hepburn has always opposed Cannon.
That ought to have been a good asset
last year, but it seems that it did not
avail him anything until too late to do
him any good. Now the element which
is anxious to discard old things and
adopt new things has found in Hepburn
man of honor. 1t is even suggested
that the Colonel might be returned to
congress by those who helped to defeat
him last year. Possibly the Colonel
has been refined by being put into the
crucible.
A correspondent from the Eighth dis
trict, who claims to be a republican,
says that he can find no fault with their
democratic congressman, Jameson. He
thinks Jameson has been voting right
on the tariff question. He claims that
Jameson has voted on the same side
of every tariff issue with majority of
the Iowa delegation, all of them repub-
licans.
There not being much to divide the
parties, according to general admission,
Jameson may stand good show of
being reelected.
1t is reported, however, that con-
siderable number of men in the Eighth
district who formerly considered them
selves republicans, are in favor of the
nomination and election of Judge
Towner.- Daily Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-08-05

The Royal English Hand Bell Ring
ers of Horbury, England, are now on a
grand tour of the United States diiec'
from the Crystal Palace and the prr
cipal English, Scotch and Welsh con
certs. They are the champion HAND
bell ringers. Prize winners in the an
nual contests Of 1896, 1897, 1888, 1900,
1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908. The
repertoire includes selections from
Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn,
Wagner, Weber, Meyerbeer, Wallace,
Sullivan and also popular music, rem
dered on peal of nearly two hundred
melodious bells, with such perfect cor
rectness and ensemble as to have
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-08-05
MRS. PICKETT
Widow Of General Pickett Tells Of
GettySburd.

Widow Of General Pickett Tells Of
Gettysburg.
Mrs. Corbell Pickett, widow of Gen
eral Pickett, delivered her famous lee
ture, gettysburg and Pickett's
Charge" Friday night at the opera
house. She opened her lecture by tell
ing a story of Abraham Lincoln call
ing at the home of General Pickett in
Richmond, after the surrender OF that
CITY. There was no one at home but
Mrs. Pickett and the baby. She paid
a high tribute to the greatest Amerl-
can. The president kissed the baby
and said to tell his daddy he forgave
him.
She then gave a. short account OF
the civil war up to the great de-
cisive battle at Gettysburg. The Con
federacy staked everything on that
battle. She gave the most vivid de-
scription Of the plan of battle and ev-
cry detail, without repeating, that we
have ever read or heard General Lee
had carefully studied the situation
and the chances Of such terrible
flash of aems, 100000 men in mortal
combat, only happens once in centur
les. AS everyone knows the first tive
DAYS ended in favor Of the Confeder
ates, but the third day was the day OF
all days to the south. General Pickett
had 5000 picked men, the flower OF
the Army of Virginia and it was
decided to charge the Union strong
holds that ay. General Pickett had
misgivings. but as true soldier he
obeyed his superiors. 1t was the mos1
brilliant and darinS charge ever made
by mortal men, but the Union army re
pulsed them and gained the day Gen
eral Pickett went into the battle witt
5000 men and came out with the los!
of BAGS.
Mrs. Pickett was very fair and yer,
modest in her laudations Of her hus
band. General Pickett. After the lee
| ture she shook hands with all of tn,
! veterans. She said she had a sol
wearing the blue. She is a stately
typical southern lady and as a plat
form speaker she ranks among tn
best.-Advance Argus, Greenville. Pa