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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25

Barker Mcknight of Russell Is the
owner Of one of the cars that partici-
pated in the recent races at Indianap-
oils.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25

The Center Republican refuses to be-
come agitated over the suggestion that
there will be county seat fight in
Oliver.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25

The status Of applicants for citizen
ship in Richland county was found by
a government inspector to be unsatis-
factory.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

Then mamma and Little lack went TO
the library TO see the pictures which had
been painted In the books. and il Is need
less TO say that mamma saw several Of
the finest volumes OF the library ruined.
Leading Little Jack to her v private
room mamma sat down ana talked TO him.
Half an hour after the confidential talk,
IN which mamma pointed out the fact that
Little Jack he'd been the real Influence
behind the bad conduct Of tn Finger
family, Il was agreed that not only
should the Finger family be punished.
but thai Master Stomach and Master lat
lie Jack hirnself-all Of him. feet. head.
body-ehculd pay penalty for the mischief
done during mammals absence. Each mems
Der OF the Finger family WA tied up Ia
black raes-ail save the wounded one.
which wa carefully wrapped IN white
tinen--end LAttIe Jack Waa then put to
bed with this sentance; NO dinner to-
night, and tomorrow a task OF writing the
words Bad Boy 100 lines. Not alone must
Finger family suffer. but their compan-
ions ia mischief must suffer with them"
declared mamms. And lying here In his
bed, lonely. hungry Little back decided he
would never. never allow the ringer fam
NY nor Master Greedy Stomach - Lead
him Into misehief SCALA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY May Bertch. Aged 70 Years. 1887 South
Twenty-fifth Avenue, Omaha. Red Side.
When the western part Of the United
States was still settled with indian a
party Of white men went to California TO
search for gold. After many weeks OF
weary travelling they reached their destina-
tion. Having good luck. in three months
they started for home.
One day just after dark. as they came
In sight Of an Indian camp, they heard
cries as IL someone was in pain Drawing
nearer, they saw an Indian girl tied 10 q
post and an Indian man with a club In his
hand beating her. Mr.. Brown rode up
and told him to stop or he would shoot.
Then getting Of his horse he cut the corda
that bound the girl. The men then rode
on and camped about half q mile away.
The Indians held a council that night and
decided to Kill the white men for stopping
their chief from beatins the sirL. In the
meantime the Indian girl. thinking the
Indians were planning revenge. crept up
70 the tent where they were When she
found out the plans her heart stopped beat
ing. then running as fast as she could to
the white mems camp she told them OF
their danger and they got ready to leave
as fast as they could, as they could never
fight the whole tribe Of Indians. When
they were ready to go the girl begged them
20 take her with them and said she was
not an Indian. but had been stolen by tho
Indians when she was Q years old. and her
name was May Jane Brown. Mr.. Brown
cIasped his daughter in his arms, They all
got safely away.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

upon the breadbox. which lifted him still
higher, and found thai he could Just touch
the row OF Jars and glasses with one mem-
Der Of the Finger Family. Il was Mistress
Fore Finger. who could reach and caress
a glass OF jelly. and after many moments
Of straining to lengthsn his arm Mistress
Fore Finger succeeded in passing her slen-
der little head Ground one side Of the glass,
thus drawing II forward, And when the
glass was Just at the edge OF the shelf
Mistress Fore Ffnser gave Il . pull. and
down Il come, passing Little Jacks head
like q flash Of lightning. hitting him on
the shoulder and bobbins OF 10 fail smash
on the floor.
ron. IL broker moaned poor Little Jack
but I can find enough Of Il In = lump
70 spread on some bread. And here's tho
bread boa under me. III help myself 10 .
slice"
60 saying, Little Jack sot or the bread
box 80 that he might set into It and there
be found tive big slices ALREADY cut Petty
soon these slices OF bread were spread
with ieily-all that Little Jack could gather
up without getting with It broken pieces
OF glass. for he vas very particular 70
avoid any particles OF glass. knowing that
should he swallow one he might die Of Il
His mamma had told him Or the danger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

OF broken bits Of glass.
AFTER the bread and Jelly were eaten.
Little Jack found that he had gotten his
nice new suit all smeered with Jelly, and
that one OF the members Of the Finger
family vas bleeding where Il had been cut
BY the broken glass.
Jusf a. DO was wondering what to dc about
tho muss on the floor and on his clothes
the front door opened and some n en-
tered. Then LittIs Jacks mother called
outs Where are you, aonnyy"
Little Jack aid not answer az once. for
he felt that he had been Into mischief. and
shame caused him 10 wish 70 put off meet
did not call out, but waited for his mother
to enter the dining room. which she did
pretty soon. calling to cooks Where Is
my little man. cookf"
Then Little Jack wa obliged 70 come
from the pantry. ana with his head hang
ing. said; I'm here. mamma But-but
the Finger family"
He could say nothing more. and waited
tn mamma took In the situation. She
aid 90 AZ 9 glance. Then abe took a peep
AZ the pantry floor. ian what else dsd
the Finger family DOR ahs asked m 4
very stern voice.
Painted some pictures In soma booksY'
admitted LATHE JAG
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Be Kind and Gentle

BY Pearl Palmatier. Aged ~ Years, 1881
North Sixteenth Street, Omaha Neh'
Rec Side.
There was once a little Girl hamed
Gertle. She was very poor. when her
mother died Gertic and her father went
TO live with her. grandmother. But her
grandmother. who was old. soon died and
Gertie was left with her cruel father.
He drank and spent ali the money he
made. On Christmas eve oertie was sent
out to bog. 1t was an awfully cold night
and Gertie ala not have amy warm clothes
like other children. oertie met many
rich people and asked them for some
money. but they pushed he's away With
rough words. 0ertie felt very sorry. for
IL she would go home without any money
her father would whip her, She was
locking in the shop windows. when Some-
body jerked her. Gertie was very fright
snsd. II was her cruel father, He asked
her IL she had any money. She only had
s cents. He took II away from her and
pushed her away. Gertie watched where
he went: he went into a saloon. 0ertie
was very sorry 10 sec him go in q saloon.
She stayed out till the clock struck
twelve. she was very tired and cold.
she then went and sat dow betwesn two
buildings and fell asleep. oersse draamt
that she saw her dear old grandma n
she took dertie to heaven with her and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
(F1rst Prfze.)
Spring and Summer.
By Helen Johnson. Assd q Years. sat 81

BY Helan johnson. AGED Is Years, ga South
Seventeenth Street. Lincoln Blue Side
The cold. sharp winds and the soft little
snowfiekes soon vanish when they hear
the sweet voice of Miss Spring.
The trees burst forth tiny brown buds
which viii soon be leaves The half-open
violet peeps through the delicate young
grass growing In the woods. which the
children SO love to pick as they amble
through It. The cool breeze blows the
leaves OF the palms and ferns which are
put on the porches to get the q Of the
warm sun.
At last summer approaches and the
daisies, s~nnflowers, roses and other flowers
turn their smiling faces. covered with dew,
70 the sun. The beautiful roses climb over
tbs fences and large punches OF them are
seen on all the teachers' desks.
Robin, bluejay. oriole n other birds
ny from the sunny south to join the little
sparrows, which have stayed during the
long, cold winter.
+ h bees fly about, resting on the flowers
and slipping honey from their sweet faces
The buttercups. which now and then are
seen peeking between the violets, are also
frequently visited by the busy little bees
h butterflies ny around in the afr and
alight on the sweet peas, which fiji this
air with fragrant odora.
II - very hard to tell which ts the more
pleasant-spring or summer-but summer Il
my favorite. with its green vines and beau
tfful flowers. and the Incorporating Of ths
picnics and lawn parties.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

saily cosored. And more than that had
happsned The cover Of the book had sut-
fered an accident. Once while dipping the
brush into the glass Of water Little Jack
tipped ths glass and some OF it's contents
went on the floor. running under the book
and staining the cover very badly.
From one book Little Jack went to an
other. and the Finger family kept the
paint brush busy tl the illustrations had
been eolored in a very crude way in three
great volumes Then the Finser family
became tired--or maybe Little jacks stom-
ach made q protest against further work
by the Finger family. insisting that II per
form some work on his own account 3d.
putting the books on the table again. and
removing hts paint box. brush and glass Of
water. Little Jack strolled out Of the room
and went m quest OF food.
AT the kitchen dosr he was met BY 9
very stern face. for Cool knew BY instinct
what a little boy visited the kitchen for
and she had no time 70 be preparing
lunches for any ono just thea There wa
a cake in progress Of making. and
chicken 70 Be dressed for dinner. 50. her
face was not inviting when Little Jack
looked into her realm.
sWhat d you want. MAstaf Jaokr' The
question was sharp.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

.tsumthin' to eat" Little Jack made bold
70 inform her.
We'll. you must wait tin I've done my
cake and dressed that chicken" replied
the queen OF the kitchen and pantry.
mo time 70 be fixin' stuffin' Tor small
stcmicks between meals. Besides. IT'S a
bad habit"
Little Jack understood The cook. and
knew there was no appeal after she had
passed her verdict. 80 he marched away
from the kitchen portal, going 20 the big
dining room where he hoped TO find q
cracker on the table. But the table was
already set for dinner. and not 20 much
as q crumb remained on H. Little Jacks
stomach gnawed. and he went g the pan
Try, walking on tip-toe SO that the cook
might not hear him. On q top shelf Little
Jack could see many small jars and glasses
OF Jam and Jelly. Also there were big
mogthed bottles fun Of pickles and many
other fancy edihIea Little Jacks palate
knew and loved.
Then the Fingqsr family became rest
lers. and aehed 70 set hold OF one Of the
glasses OF jelly and a bottle Of pickles
SO. Little Jack. in obedience 70 the F1nseI
Family (which was no doubt Influenced
by the greedy stomach). climbed upon .
chair. then upon q shelf. and then sol
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Gertrude's Books

By Rose Kennedy, Aged IL Years, Nebraska
City. Neb.s Red Side.
osrtruas's mother had bought her some
books for Christmas and had hidden them
on the shelf OF q closet.
One day about a week before Christmas,
Gertrude's little brqther was looking in
q dark corner Of a closet, when he came
upon the books. and wanting TO do some
mischief. took them down from the shelf.
carried them to another room and hid
them behind the cabinet.
Gertrude's mother when looking for them
found they were not on the shelf and after
searching for some time gave them up
for Lost, and 80 had to buy some other
present for Gertrude.
Some time afterwards. when the heavy
cabinet being moved. to the surprise Of
everybody, a shower Of new books came
tumbling to the floor.
All eyes At once turned to Tommy, who
having forgotten the michief he had done.
was looking as much astonished as any one.
Tommy expected to be punished by being
put to bed or shut up In the closet. But his
relatives only laughed. and Gertrude caught
him up and kissed him. She was 80 happy
at having the books hat she could not bear
TO scold Tommy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Finger Family and It's Punishment

duce them TO b good" Then mamma
kissed Little Jack goodbye and was Off on
her shopping expedition.
After mamma had departed Little lack
sat by the window for several minutes.
watching the passersby. But soon he
grew tired Of this, and determined to "go
exploring In the library. Now. Little
Jacks mamma never denied him the
free 70 vistt any room whenever his fancy
prompted him to do 20.
Once In the library he fell to examining
various great volumes which he found
piled upon a table. Some OF them con-
tained very interesting pictures. but Little
Jack tnohght these might be improved by
some color. He ran to his own noon and
got his bcx OF water colors and a brush,
Then he went to the dining room and pro
cured a glass az water.
But on returning to the library IAttis
Jack heard a wee small voice saying Il
him: watch tho Finger family. They
might ruin the beautiful pictures In ths
'fine books" For a moment Little Jacl
listened to the wee small voice. and re,
membered What his mother had said L
him about the Finger family. But ths
Finger family conquered for five Of tn.
members held the boa OF water colors
while the other five members clutchod tn.
paint brush. And on the floor rested tn,
glass OF water. 50 down sat Little Jacl
on the floor. dragging one OF the hug.
books beside him. Then the Finger fami!,
set to work with a will. And before Lit,
he Jack hardly knew Whist wes m prnsres.
the pictures In one Of the books had beer
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
(Honorable Mention.)
A Midnight Mystery,

BY Majorie Thornton. aged IL Years: s11
North Main Street, Fremont, Neb. Red
Side.
One night I happened to be In the school
room just as the church clock struck the
mysterious hour OF midnight. / was afraid
and cropt into a corner. I heard the books
In the bookcase dancing about and scream
ing at the top OF their voices. The pens.
lead pencils and slate pencils in the drawer
were scresching and ~saueakins, oh. 50
loudly.
/ heard q squeahy little voice say: Please
let Us out" ! did 50. thinking they would
keep quiet. but they no sooner were out
than they bumped at me and pushed me
into q corner.
The books hit me with their pages. the
pens pricked me untn I begged for mercy.
Then they began to tell ms how unhindly
treated them. They kept at me until I
promised to treat them kinder. I prom
Used and then the church clock struck 1.
1 was glad they had gone. Just then
somebody called me Inc l saw them all
scamper to their places just before I awoke.
I was glad 1t was only = dream.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY Velma King. AGED u Years, z82l Fort
Street. Omaha Red Side.
Dorothy was q little girl, 10 years old,
ana lived In New York City.
The coming Tuesday was April Foors''
day.
How win + have some fun tuesday,
she thought to herself. 10 I know. II
mamma viii only let me. ! will have Mar
guerite, Ruth and some of my other friends
over and. OH my. I win just have 50 much
fun"
50 tina night Dorothy said to her mother.
Mamma. you know Tuesday is April
Fool day. may I have a few girls overf''
What would you have for refresh
montsY'' said her mother. Let me thInk
Oh, / know now. l have something M
would be the best April Fool nyone could
ever think Of. Do you want to know
what It is. mammaTP
yves, let's see what Il u.s."
s-rake pieces OF cotton a little smaller
than Engllsh wainuts. make some choco-
late. roll each piece OF cotton in It and
let II set about as hard as chocolate
creams. Pass those around and when they
eat the cotton say April Fool"
I'VE would have other things such Is
sandwiches and fruit"
we could play games. such a. taking
a cracker. give each one a piece except
the one who comes in and we try them
and II they try to take It snatch Il AVA
and say April FOOL
I'VE could watch people go by and tell
them their shoes were united and oh,
70 many things like that"
So Dorothys mother consented and Doro-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY william Hamilton, Aged 2 Years.
Omaha. Neb. Blue Side.
LdIllan was invited to a party. but her
mother said that the wind ives blowing
so hard that she could not hold sn UNI
brella M.
w viii have a party here said her
mother. But. mother. who shall we In
viteT' we cen invite the dolls dear. You
can 20 and dress the dolls, and I will
put on my party gown" One OF the dolls
had a pink dress. and the other q blu one.
LILLIAN had a long skirt and her hair done
up IN q knot on the top Of her head.
Mother made some sandwiches all in little
bits Of pieces for the dolls, and LILLIAN
got out her little table. After lunch they
played games. when Lillian went to bed.
she said. Mother I think / had more fun
here han 1 woui have had II ] went
away"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

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r Island. NsS .- -. go.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

Mary Brown. zs2a Boulevard, Omaha.
Eva Hendee, 4e02 Dodge street, Omaha.
1udnfta Innes, 270o Fort street. Omaha
Lillian Writ, ass Cass street, Omaha.
Emile Brown. 1872 Boulevard. Omaha
Meyer Cohn, ef6 Georgia avenue. Omaha.
Ada Morris. saA Franklin street, Omaha
Myrtle Jensen. 29D lizard street, Omaha.
Gail Howard, s722 Capitol avenue. Omaha
Helen Houck. 1875 Lothrop street, Omaha.
Emerson Goodrich, 1910 Nicholas, Omaha
Maurice Johnson, 1927 Locust st., Omaha
Leon Carson. ti2f North Fortieth, nah
Wilma Howard, f12e Capitol Ave. Omaha,
Hllah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha
Edna E,use ae ssn.sS s7s aW chiesso street. Omaha.
Mabel sheifeIt, agtt North Twenty-fifth
walter Johnson, pos North rwentietA
Emma csrrusSsrs. ssli North Twenty-iifn
street, Omaha.
Lecnora Dsnisen, The Albion. Tenth and
Fecific streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond. OMEN, Neb.
Naege L. Daniels, Ord Neb.
zoia Beddeo. Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond. Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, Osceola, Neb.
Lolita Woods, Pawnee City. Neb.
Earl Perkins, R~eddinaton. Neb.
Emma Kostal. 1ble . etreee. South Omaha
Edpa Ennis. stanton, Neb.
Ethel Enis, stanton. Neb.
Ina Carney. Sutton. Clay county, Neb.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb,
Mae Grunke. West Point Neb.
Elele stastny. Wtlber, Neb.
Alta WiIken, waco, Neb.
Pauline Parks, York. Neh.
Edna Behllng, York. Neb.
Mary Frederick. York. Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett. Fontanelie, Ia.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, H.
Ethel Mulholland, Box n, Malvern. Ia
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Ksthryne Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia.
Mildred Robertson, Manila. Ia
Margaret b. Wftherow, Thurman, Ia
Fred Sorry, Monarch. Wyo. 2
John Barron, Monarch. Wye.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand, Oki.
City. Kan.
Henry l. Workinger, care Sterling Remedy
mpap Attica. Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY Erwin Nielsen, Aged 10 Yoars. Ban
croft, Neb. Blue Side.
Dear Editor and Busy Bees: I will write
my fret story today. It was one bright
day In September, when / and two other
boys went hunting for coon--we had no
gun. One boy had an axe and / had a
pitchfork handle. and the other boy had
a club. We hunted a long time ard then
lay down to rest, when we heard the dog
barking. We ran to see what Il was FOR
and when we got to him there was nothing
in sight but a bunch OF grass. I took my
pitchfork handle and turned the grass
over, and a coon ran out and swan across
a stream to the other side. We went
across and found II. II bit pne dogs leg
and we sent him home. Then we ran the
coon over the valley and into a pasture.
then, It was out Of the brush and we Killed
II, skinned II. and sold the hide. This 10
a true story.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Grace and Hazel

BY Mary Langdon. Aged 7 Years. Gretna.
Neb. Red side.
There was once q girl. whose name was
Grace. she had no father. 81 and her
mother had 10 do the best they could to
make a living, but they were happy.
Grace had a friend across the street,
whose name was Hazel She was kin and
rich.
1t was Grace's birthday and they had
saved up some money to let Hazel have
dinner with them. When she came she had
q large wooden box on which It said. Grace
All" when she opened Il she found a pair
Of shoes. stockings Ind mittens. q coat. a
hat. and. best OF all, when she found .
package containing 500 for them both to-
gether.
Grace Is now q rich lady and Is taking
care Of Hazel. who IL an invalid.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY Pauline Coad. Aged . Years, s71s Far
nam Street. Omaha Red Side.
Come. Helen" said her father; are you
going dow town with met"
''xes. father"
well. so and set ready. NOW come and
We win SO. Helen you wait outside this
store while I go in~
While she was waiting an Old man came
by. He dropped two nickels and Helen
picked them u p and save one to him ana
put the Other IN her pocketbook. Then
she said 70 herself, 7 believe papa win not
be out Tor a 0 a while, 30 l viii so over
70 the drug store and set me q soda water
with the nickel the man dropped. While
she was drinking II her father came in and
said 10 her:
Where did YOU set the money 70 buy
your soda with. Heien9~
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Ena's Birthday Present

BY Helen Macauley, Aged u Years, Kear-
ney, Neb. Blue Side.
'oh. dear. I'm tired Of this rainy
weather" said Ena Handel to Mrs. Handel.
well, dear. II does the trees and flow
ers good. but please run and play for I
have a headache. Go to the nursery and lie
down"
The Handel were a very wealthy family.
Mr.. Handel being a banker, and they lived
in q very nico house in New York.
It was q rainy day and Ena was 80
lonely.
"rm going to see what day IT is. Maybe
why It's my birthday,'' she said out loud,
and mamma forgot me. Oh she walled.
running IN the nursery and throwing her
self on the bed. ''mamma forgot me and
I'm Q years old"
During this time Mrs. Handel stole In the
nursery and heard her cries.
s'she thinks W forgotten her birthday
she said to herself. '1T give her a little
surprise" she stole out OF the house to
the barn. she brought out a dear little
pony. took II up 10 the house. upstairs
and into the nursery. There she tied It to
the bedpost. then sat down to sss what
would happen.
Ena had gone TO sleep Very soon Emf
woke up.
''oh, mamma" she screamed. sfs It
miner MY own7"
'TXes. dear. it's your birthday present"
II thouEht you had forgotten me. but
you couldn't, could your. che said pattins
the pony. Cause I'm your big girl now.
I'm . years old" she said.
II know Il. dear said Mrs. Handel.
-Yeu'l soon be- as big ~ Il"
The next birthday she got a little cart
just right for the pony.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

BY Jeanette McBtiae. Aged IL Years. ID
sin, Neb. Blue side
CHAPTER I

BY Jeanette McBtiae. Aged IL Years. IN
sin, Neb. Blue side.
CHAPTER L
One day a poor little girl and boy went
out into the woods TO gather berries. Their
mother and father were dead and they
lived with their aunt and uncle. Al they
wers by a large tree in the woods they
sat down to rest. A little door opened In
the tree n q fairy appeared. She said,
come In and have lunch with m But
May and Raymond saad. 1--WE have our
lunch in our basket" The fairy asked them
Whist they had. They said. some biscuit
and when we find some berries we can
nave some of them" But the fairy took
them In.
AEaer they he'd eaten a good dinner they
went on to find Some berries. When they
started back It was dark. and as they
passed this tree where the fairy was she
appeared again and said. ''coma in and
etay ali night with me-" They consented
after a while. with some urging. for they
were tired.
Ana 1 win ten you more about them
another time.