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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
GIRLS LEGS IN SUIT CASE
TIverton, r. L., Authorities Have Muir.
der Mystery on Their Hands.

Tiverton, r. l., Oct 1.-THE finding
OF the severed legs of a woman in a
dress suit case among some bushes In
an outlying section of this town has
brought to light what the authorities
are convinced is case of murder. The
discovery OF New Bedford newspaper
of Sundays date with the portions OF
the limbs is regarded as indicating
possibly the place of the murder The
authorities we're of the opinion that
the woman was murdered In New Bed
ford, that the legs were placed In the
suit case there and brought by team
or automobile to Tiverton.
A search for the other portions OF
the body in the woods nearby is be-
ing made.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
GIRL DIsROBES IN STREET
Atlantic City Visitor From PennsyIva.
mia Town Declared Demented.

Atlantic City. Oct. 12.-victim of an
insane mania for disrobing without re-
gard to circumstances. Agnes Linsin-
bigger, a pretty girl, seventeen years
old, whose home is said to be in Sas-
samansville. Pa, is a prisoner in the
dementia ward of the city prison.
The girl was arrested by blushing
policeman while she was in the act OF
removing her apparel on Pacific ave
nue., after she had been elected from
millInary establishment on Atlantic
avenue, where the mania seized her.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
Bold Robbery.

A thief entered the homes of j. F.
Hebersing and c. H. Mock on North
Queen street Thursday night. At the
former house he stole about six dol
lars in money, suit OF clothes and
some furnishing goods from DR.. e. B.
Bitner, who has rooms there. From
the Mock house, next door, the thief
took new pair OF shoes belonging to
Mr.. Mock. Then he left.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16

Cape Haytien.. Haiti, Oct IA rev
olution has broken out in Santo Do
mingo. The insurgents, headed by
Andre Navarro, attacked Da
jabon. a town near the Haitien from
tier. but were repulsed by the govern
ment trOOps
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
Embezzler pleads Guilty

Trenton. N. j.. Oct. 12.-Eugene r.
Wiltbank, formerly teller or the Sec.
ond National bank. of Atlantic City,
In the United States district court
pleaded guilty to a charge OF embe2-
cling s7710 of the banks funds. He
will be sentenced next Monday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
SAFE Crackers Get $500.

Dallas, Tex. Oct 12.-Safe blowers
blew the safe of the First National
bank OF Lewisville, Tex. and escaped
with $4,000 in money and $500 in gov
eminent bonds. They overlooked a
package OF $4,000 In currency.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16

Will give prompt attention TO Ela
business entrusted 10 his care
Special attention given 10 convex.
ancing and settlement OF estates.
Office Over Merchants & Farmers
Bank. MartInsburs. West Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
BEN WHITsoN RESIGNS.
Gives Up Fighting Fires to Drive Elk
press WAGON.

Mr.. Ben Whitson, who for the past
three wars one of the paid men OF Ry-
neal Company No. /, has rendered his
resi- gnation to the Board of Affairs to
accept a position as driver for the
United States Express Company. Mr..
Whitson was one of the most efficient
men in the city fire department, and
his resignation was reluctantly &C
cepted
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
Or. W. E. MINcHINi,

Or. w. Z. MiNcHiNi,
--Msrtinsburg, West Virginia.
VIII practice Dentistry In all Of III
branches. Gas and local anaesthetos
administered All work guaranteed
Prices Reasonable. Office in
Ge.tinner Building, Queen g.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16

What a great privilege it is to be
a citizen Of West Virginia. Truly,
God has paced upon our head a
diadern and laid at our feet power
and wealth beyond definition and
calculation"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
Rev. Mr.. Siler Here.

Rev. John c. Siler, pastor of the
Presbyterian churches a. Shenandoah
Junction and Dufiields, is visiting his
father. Mr.. w. t. Siler on North High
street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
WILBUR H. THOMAS.
Attorney at aw---
Peoples Trust Co. Building.
Martlnsburg, West vIroinIS
Or. c. w. LINK
---DENTsIsT

Dental parlors over Merchants q
Farmers Bank. Martinsburg, W. Va
Phone No. liz No. 1877 s. Queer b.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
ARGUMENT HEARD
In Mrs. Miller Damage Suit Before
JUDGE Faulkner.

Argument was heard before Judge
Faulkner, in his Office yesterday
in the damage suit of Mrs. Annie Mill
err against the Berkeley Limestone Co.
Judge Faulkner reserved his d.scision.
Faulkner, Walker and Woods for Mrs.
Miller; Forest W. Brown, of Charles
Town, and II. H. Emmert for the de-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
An American Citizen.

From 1874 TO 1909 is a great span
but there is not we'll informed pa
triotic citizen of this country who
will not testify and proud boast of
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
THE
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
ORGANIZED 1892.
CAPITAL SIOO.OOO.O0

ssockh elders Lianiitty saOo. 0Oo0O
surpIus.nd IND vided Fronts sal .abn
HOTEL BERKELEY BUILDING.
Receives deposits, loans money ana
transacts a general banking business.
Accounts for individuals. corporations
and firms solicited.
DR.. j. Whann McSherry, Presidents
Chas Thcmel and w. ]. Lambert.
Vice Presidents.
EDWARD RUTLEDGE, Cashier.
CHAS. A. YOUgIG, Assistant Cashier.
Directors.
Or. J.W McIherTy w j. Lambert
Harry 8. lushwa Jas. w. Mcdonald
VIM. Thatcher. Ihas. Jhumel
w II. Heushaw, $. q. rtuckey
Peter 9. sperow ID. X. Budgei-
Jos. B. vanmetsr, John W. Holida,
w. IL Mcdonald II S. Butts
J. w. Weishans, DR.. r.. l. SenciEd yer,
Joseph Mitchell, John l. iliiaws.
Clarence r. Martin
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
DISCOUNT DAY, TUESDAY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16
GLASSCOCK ON
STATE RESOURCES
Contrasts Today With Period Of
Point Pleasast Battle.
GIVES SOME GOOD
LESSONS ON PATRIOTISM

Draws From History Of Pioneer Days
and ExtoIIs the Achievements OF the
American People Since the Premae-
val Wilderness Has Been Conquered
and Civilization Has Displaced Saw
agery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16

Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
DISCOUNT DAY, TUESDAY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-16

not half as much as Cheat river might
produce. and not one tenth as much as
could be developed on the Kanawha
and its tributaries.
Massachusetts, imports more hum.
Der than is cut in West Virginia. it
gets some CT its best oak and poplar
from West Virginia. 1t buys III in
vehicles, furniture, boats, boxes, and
everything that will sell. If a New
England state can haul lumber a
thousand miles and then manufac-
ture Something out of il at a profit,
why cannot West Virginia manufac-
ture MS own lumber? Why send it
to Massachusetts, to be made into
something that the country buys?
The manufactures of that region
who cannot get water power, burn
coal and every ton of 1t comes from
outside the state. West Virginia has
it's own coal, and certainly has an
enormous advantage, in manufacture
ing, over the New England people.
l am firmly convinced that every
thing that can be done ought to be
done to induce West Virginia to go
into THE manufacturing business,
and worl; UP it's raw material in
stead of sending it out Of the state
to be manufactured. The advantages
which rhe state has in WAGER power
and natural resources is such that
NO state in the Union, and no country
ON earth, can compete with it on
equal terms OF manufacturing.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
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HE MIGHTY activities and marvellous progress the
world has in the past 100 years strkingy
illustrated the centennial celebration of the ncor
poration of ST. Louis. Picturesque pageants with
everything in the way OF the spectacular which is
most likely to stir the Imagination of the spectator
into approaching the work Of the past through
trasts with the present feature the weeks program
The greater part of the history OF early St Louis
is really more fit for the unwritten American epic
poem than it is for mere Its work frontier
in the first half of the nineteenth century made
mid cit Of in
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An Animal Party.

This clever animal party may be
utilized for guests either old or young.
1t is also adaptable for the needs of
church societies, which are always in
search of schemes to break the mo-
notony, especially at the very COM
mencement OF an evening affair.
AS each person enters slip of pa
per containing the name of an animal
Is to be pinned upon his back and he
is told he must guess from the conver-
sation of those around him what ami
NAL he is supposed to represent Then
pass booklets ornamented with cute
little Teddy" bears and pencils. On
door have poster of the animals go
ing two by two into the ark and the
words. This Way to the Greatest
Show on Earth" Admit the guests
in groups to this room, where the
cages containing the animals will be
found, allowing ten minutes for each
group to guess what the cages con-
tain. Here is list of animals which
may be added to by individual
hostesses: kid" Ga glove of kidd,
Lynx" Oinks of a chain), Rat" hair
rat, Monkey" Qetters NJ o n and a
door key), "Chamois "a piece of
chamois), Lion Ga dolls pillow,
Goat" Ga small piece of butter), Pea
cock" Ca dried pea and toy rooster), i,
Bear" "a tiny undressed dolD,
Eagle" (the letter E and picture of
a sea guild.
The cages (boxes crossed with wire)
were numbered, and the guests wrote
1 ~
was in the booklet opposite a corre-
spending number Animal candy boxes
are good for prizes. Then have a
contest to see who can come the near
est pinning a goats whiskers on in
the proper place. the contestant to be
blindfolded.
Serve an ice animal cookies and
barley sugar animals.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
/WSSLSSLPPY RITER XIII 60A7 IN 1905

steamboat in 1877, 1t had more than doubled It's
population of 1910 in 1920. From 1000 in 1920.
two decades Of steamboating 1t 1853 in 184O
About that time 1t began its great transcontinenta
work with the prairie schooner" reinforcing the
steamboat in overland transit With the trans
continental overland movement to Oregon as well
California, growing, in 1850 it had 1850 people
and was beginning its work the first pioneer OF
railroads to the Pacific. After bringing the first
locomotive west of the Mississippi in 1852, 1t more
than doubled its population in that decade. reach
ing 1s5,5S7 in 1860. With the foundations Of the
states west Of the river already laid along Its
first trade routes in 1860, it advanced in tho next
two decades to 350552 people. Chicago was pass
ing 1t in population then, without being able to
take from 1t its historical place as the first great
city OF the wsst," the pioneer and founder OF the
west OF the present. Since 1880 it has doubled its
population once more, advancing from 35O0O0 to
over 100000. At its present rate Of increase.
sponsive to that Of the Mississippi valley. St Louis
Ia do'h'ins husineas IT. T,ie vse1 IL sssys Its
bank cearings increased from $292.000,000 in 1869
to 1904 900 In 1905 Its tonnage Of merchan
disc received and forwarded 2O.162.O 900 tons
for the first six months of this year. Its bank
resources reported June 49, 1909 at 1885,. 1881 900,
more than double the total Of the tenth year back.
Such figures illustrate much more than local
progress. They are mid-continenta before they
become local. in the that the people Of the
whole area between the Allegheny and Rocky
mountains now exerting energies and util
iZing new forces of growth, unforeseen even as
late as 10 years ago. AS the percentages OF this
growth are OF course greatest west of the Msss
sippi river St Louis has almost made itself over"
in Is years in growing up to the new growth Of
the country Since it began work for the worlds
fair. celebrating the Louisiana purchase. 1t has
learned to look back itself in the last decade OF
the nineteenth century "old st. Louis" In
looking back to the older St Louis Of 1s09 it
boast that as frontier outpost it led the progress
Of the continental United States In looking for
ward, in its centennial year, it that the
greatest results of the history it has made only
the beginnings Of greater results which belong to
the immediate future of the continental United
States, whose progress makes the frontier town OF
1909 the midcontnental city of 1909.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
Japanese Fan-Tan.

At a Japanese affair this delectable
concoction was served. l give the
recipe as it came to me feeling sure
it will be very welcome, as many
calls for Just such dish come to the
department.
To make fan-tan, cook half cupful of
well-washed rice in a pint of milk un-
til very soft. Stir in heaping table
spoonful of sugar and one well-beaten
egg and remove at once from the fire
Mix in a half cupful of assorted
candied fruits. cherries, apricots and
pine apple. and turn into shallow
well-ubttered pan to cool. When firm
cut into strips about an inch and a
half wide and three inches long; dip
in egg and breadcrumbs and brown
delicately on both sides in butter
Drain, dust with powdered sugar and
serve hot.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09

rrandfathers not only navigated the river In
keelboats, but lay fiat behind the goods the ooats
were loaded with while they were being shot al
by Indians along the banks.
1t is almost il not quite as hard now to fmag-
inc what the world meant before the age OF
steam as It is to think what will be its mean
ing in the age of the perfected airship and aero
plane Every contrast possible in the st. Louis
centennial week Of pageants is challenge to
look backward and forward in the attempt to
find out what hundred years already mean, as
the first success in the attempt to find what 1t Is
to mean shortly, for this generation and for the
grandchildren of this generation in 2009.
The makers OF the centennial week program
keenly alive to the opportunities for spec
tacular effect suggested by the most striking
events OF the worlds pSogress- The aeronautic
events such balloon races, aeroplane and dri-
gible balloon contests, suggest the future possi-
bilites of transportation in contrast with those
of 1909. For comparison with automobiles and
aeroplanes the bateau of Laclede's day, with its
stumpy mast its cordele and its sweeps, is an
educational feature of the water pageant, which
includes crafts of all the kinds which ply the
waters of the Mississippi The Yelled Prophets
pageant, unique and picturesque, is another fea-
ture which is full of romantic interest. The edu-
cational parade, the parade representing 5000 OF
St Louis industries, the procession of thou
sand mayors and the other events which find a
place the program all suggest that as a great
week for st. Louis its centennial week is still
greater, as it belongs to hundred years of his
torynaking for the continental United States
The city of St. Louis founded by Pierre
Leclede Lisuest in 1764. The territory west of
the Mississippi river was then in possession Of
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
A Good Guessing Contest.

The answers to each question are
words ending in age
What is the age of a ship? Voyage.
What is the age of pocketbookt
Coinage.
What is the most musical agef
Bandage.
What age is necessary for soldier?
Courage.
What is a railroads age? Mileage.
What the earliest age to express:
Package.
What age is always ahead? Cab
bage.
What's Uncle Sans age? Postage.
What age does the ostrich attain!
Plumage.
What age do single people never
reach? Marriage.
What age does lady prefer? Man
age
What's the best age for horse?
Carriage.
What is said to be mean age:
Damage.
What age should king have?
Homage.
What age. is always before us!
Dotage.
MADAME MI ERIil.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09

in this fashion: The centerpiece was
a low mound shaped form of white
roses known as bride" and there was
a delicate fringe around them of maid
en-hair ferns and mignonette. Over
this from the chandelier swung "A
cluster of white wedding bells, they
We're tied with fluffy tulle streamers.
The place cards We're little standing
cards of a bride and bridegroom cut
out, and it did not take long to dis
cover that the faces were photographs
of the young woman, who was soon
discovered to be the honored guest.
and the lucky man, who it was discov-
cred, was to lead her to the altar. This
menu was served: Chilled canteloup
cream of spinach soup, fillets of fresh
fish fried in olive oil, with sauce tar
tare; creamed sweetbreads. green
peas in timbals, finger rolls, fruit sal
ad, with cheese and barbecue. pine
apple sherbet, small cakes. coffee.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09

It still had his companion explorer. William
Clark, to stand for the spirit Of the American and
French makers Of destiny" who thought little
more OF starting thousand miles into the un-
known west from st. Louis than the average st.
Louisan now thinks OF starting for the Pacific
coast in a sleeping
From a village of 900 inhabitants to the fourth
city in the United States. with population OF
three-quarters of a million is wonderful
achievement but 1t sinks into insgnifcance when
compared with the giant strides of the past cen
tury in the world of science. commerce. the arts
and every field of endeavor which makes for
higher and better civilization.
1t Is a strain the imagination to at
tempt to bridge the gap between the mean
ing of an arshp crossing the Mississippi river
ut st. Louis this year and what the ancient keel
boats of 1909 meant, they landed at the foot
of Walnut street, where the town was founded In
1854 by the pioneers who had padded and cor
delled their bateaux painfully up the river from
New Orleans under Iaclede he advanced in
the bold attempt to control the fur trade of half
q continent with his handful of men.
The keelboat then more out OF date
than the airship is now 1t was the best modern
boat in 1909 which could be equipped by the capi-
tai of st. Louis of New Orleans or OF Philadel-
phia. Because of it Philadelphia and st. Louis
commanded the east and west movement OF bus1-
as that north and south was commanded Dy
New Orleans and st. Louis. as soon as their nrst
fleets of keeboats regularly organized. 1t
helped to make great history. even If 1t did have
to be pulled up stream by rope dragged by men
on the bank.
This distance in point OF change in the way
things done is almost impossible Tor the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
|IEAA1N(El1lES 0TIM
ia AgltL1I@lN .R
Green belts are stylish.

Green belts are stylish.
Grays are to be fashionable
Never has lace been SO universally
used.
Old red Is a prime favorite with
black.
Yellow is more to be seen than for
years.
Fall tones are generally soft. dun
and faded.
Small buttons are more used than
large ones.
Pockets in motoring coats and ul-
sters are huge.
Close fitting styles will continue
through the winter.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
GRAFT FOWL BONE ON JAW.

An unusual surgical operation performed al
ST. Joseph's hospital in Omaha recently A por
tion of the jawbone OF Lucreta Norris re
moved and piece of chicken bone inserted in the
place of diseased section
The girl is six years old, and was born with !;
malformed jaw. 1t was to remedy this that a bon
from freshly killed chicken was inserted
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09


scores OF other western cities and in actual thou
sands Of other incorporated towns. which. il they
are not already great. not unduly modest in
their expectations of becoming The invi-
tation to a thousand mayors of American cities
10 participate in the festivities shows that st.
Louis fully appreciates its position the pioneer
city Of the great west.
As there were less than 200 houses including
outhouses and barns. in the st. Louis which ncor-
porated in 1909. 1t could not have had much over
900 people. The town already the chief seat
OF the western fur trade with its trading stations
pushed to the headwaters Of the Arkansas and far
towards the sources OF the Missouri and the Vel
lovstone. Doing business wholly by barter with
almost no money IN hand. in sight in crcula-
ton. with resources represented almost wholly by
the spirit OF Its 900 people; with the and rifle
and blacksmith's sledge its Implements with
the onehorse cart. the keelboat and canoe as its
transportation facilities. the little town. when
incorporated already looked it's work as that
OF opening up the United States Of the future to
the Rocky mountains and beyond them to the Pa
cffc In 1905 it had lost Meriweather Lewis but
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
The FNLLHDL/YC ar
SZLlLIS 6y LHcLEDE.
BY JPEctHL-. 1ERt1I5 Jh0H Sknn
me AHiryJhG Ar FL STl00Aao

mind. In point of
fact in St. Louis 1t
is only a matter OF
the third generation
between keelboat
and aeroplane. In
1907 the first air.
ship on record as
crossing the Missis-
sippi river crossed
1t at st. Louis dur
ing the tnternation-
al contests of that
year. 1t is something
to remember now as
part of the record to
which belongs the his
tory Of the first loco
motive crossing the
Mississippi at st. Louis
in 1852 to complete
the work Of the St.
Louis argonauts OF
1849. crossing to the
Pacific in their "prai-
rie schooners."
II we suppose aero
planes and airships
circling in the air
above the st. Louis
keelboat landing of a
hundred years ago we
may imagine. II we
can, how they appear
to the men whose
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09

Announcing an Engagement.
The hostess had asked eight girls
to luncheon and no one expected the
interesting news that was announced
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09


illinois,
Of that stream
its business whole
interested
founding the pioneers
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-09
. .WRlc177 AER0ZANT cA0RNVYc 0RllLAE

France Laclede landed at the foot of what 10
now Market street organized the village and
resided there for IA years He named the new
site st. Louis in honor OF Louis XIV. the regnins
sovereign of France. The territory trans
ferred by France TO Spain by secret treaty in
1862, but It not announced in the village
until October. 11G4 In 1903 Spain retroceded the
sovereignty to France and April 30, 1903
France sold al. the territory west Of the Missis
sippi river. known the Louisiana purchase. to
the United States for $4,000. 900, Napoleon re-
marking: "This accession Of territory strengthens
forever the power of the United States"
With less than thousand inhabitants when
the whole country had not quite and
quarter million in 1909, st. Louis emerged from
the of the keelboat and pirogue to pioneer the
steamboat western rivers. Loading its first
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-11-24
Had Learned to Obey.

1t is told of General Havelock that
one day when u boy his father. having
some business to do. left him on Len
don bridge and babe him wait there
till he came back. The father was de-
tanned and forgot his son. not return
ing to the bridge all the day. In the
evening he reached home. and after he
had rested awhile his wife inquired:
where is Harry?'
The father thoaght moment.
Dear mel" he said. ~ quite forgot
Harry. He is on London bridge and
has been there for eight hours waiting
for me-"
He fastened to relieve the boy and
found him just where he had left him
in the morning. pacing to and fro like
sentinel on his beat. The strict fidel
ity to duty which the boy gloriously
displayed on this occasion showed ii.
self in after years and was the means
Of winning many famous victory In
battle.