New-York tribune., 1909-07-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

WI Pukington editor of The Merchants Trade
Journal" Of Des Moines, is the business dictator
! Of Dexter Iowa. town of eight hundred people
He is in absolute control Of every bank and bust
! ness house in the town. He dictates the policies
/ OF each spends their money superintends the
buying. authorizes retrenchments in different de-
partments and expansion in others. prices the ad-
vertislng regulates the conduct OF the clerks.
! besides putting into effect his ideas on how the
/ city government should be IN order to boost
1 the town ana bring people there to trade His
| control began June and will continue until
January / In the seven months he expects 10
Increase the amount Of sales, double the profit OF
/ every merchan; and make Dexter larger town
This big task he has undertaken just as an ex-
pertinent According to The Kansas City Star"
It has the cordial support OF the great majority Of
DeNter's people
/ a clergyman. who was not averse to an ocea-
cellar The Irishman began his work. lie brought
lifted each 5 one looked thronsR It at the sun The
preacher. who was walking on the lawn saw him
/ They are all dead ones. Pat"
The are? p? sid sid Pat Well there is on, one good good
when they dying. ."-Tit-Bits.
II a decision of the United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals holds good. Wisconsin is the state in
which 20 be hanged If the victim wants to leave
/ anything except n bad name to relatives and
friends This decision handed down in the
case Of McCue agt. the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company. The general agent OF the
company accepted premium from the insured
/ after he imprisoned for the murder OF his
wife The prisoner hanged and the company
resisted payment The Court OF Appeals held that
the policy special contract not governed by
the rules of commercial law. but provided for by
special legislation Of a state. and must be paid
1T is nearly six months now since have tasted
meat" ~
on a diet. en?"
., Haze sa. you noticed any change in your condi-
T should say have. I've been able to pay up
absolutely independent"-Ch Chicago Record Herald DC
Early morning stroIers along Park Row in the
last few weeks have been wondering whether the
government IS maintaining bread line al the Post
office II you care TO come downtown any morn
ing about O'Clock you are likely to see line Of
at least hundred stretching from the en-
trance at the southeast point of the building and
now and then you may even see or two
in the procession They not waiting for a
handout-at least of early morning victuas-but
are there to be sure of getting their naturalization
papers. SO great is the rush of applicants NOWADAYS
at the United States Circuit Court that many are
bound to be disappointed daily and the clerk John
Donovan, has devised the scheme of admitting men
10 the Bureau Of Naturalization through this en-
trance only. The formation Of the line with its
right of succession TO the clerks office has been the
natural result Although the bureau is not opened
until O'Clock In the morning. the first to get
his papers June 25 had been sitting on Il soap
box in front OF the building since 10 o'clock the
night before
Leith London by boat When off the Yorkshire
several narrow escapes from laundering
O deein' but dnna care to dee at sea
''Dnna think O deein yet" answered Sandy
but when we do. yed better be drooned at sea
,,An' wv sandy" asked his wife,
cost sac mucfe to bury."-Tit Bits.