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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
200 PUPILS GO ON STRIKE
Children at Pittston, Pa, Refuse to
Attend School.

Pittsburg, Aug. 31.-When the pub
lie school of Pittston, in the Pressed
Steel Car company strike district, was
Teopened after the holiday vacation
only three children of an enrolment
of 200 were present.
On telegraph post opposite the
front door of the building was posted
a sign, written in a child's hand. as
follows: I'VE are all on strike
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
FALL TRADE WILL BE ACTIVE
Dun's Weekly Review Is Optimistic
In Various Business Lines.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
From the principal cities come such
reports as large fall purchases 'Sac-
tive demand" "sales exceeding best
previous years." large number of WIS.,
iting buyers" and outlook for very
active fall trade"
A striking proof Of stronger bust
ness conditions is furnished by the
large reduced total of business de-
faults. The Improvement in the iron
and steel trade is steadily maintained.
.Seasonable activity continues in the
wholesale drygoods market
The imminence of the September
report on raw cotton is a factor in
the holding back of future orders, as
the price of the raw material is still
above the level of manufactured mer-
chandiSe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Night ON Bald Mountain

On lonely night Alex Benton of Fort
Edward, N. Y, climbed Bald Mountain
to the home of a neighbor, tortured by
Asthma, bent on curing him with DR..
Kings New Discovery, that had cured
himself OF asthma. This wonderful
medicine soon relieved and quickly cur
ed his neighbor. Later it cured his sons
wife of severe lung trouble. Millions
believe it's the greatest Throat and
Lung cure on earth. Coughs, Colds,
Group, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs
are surely cured by it. Best for Hay
Fever, Grip and Whooping Cough Soc
and Sl.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by w. G. Atwell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
A Narrow Escape

Edgar n Bayliss, merchant OF Rob
insonville, Del, wrote: about two years
ago I was thin and sick, and coughed all
the time and IL did not have consump-
ton, it was near IS it. | commenced
using Foley's Honey and Tar, and it
stopped my cough, and | am now entire
ly we'll, and have gained twenty eight
pounds, all due to the good results from
taking Foley's Honey and Tar.',-W. G..
AtWell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
MOUSEFRiGHTENS MERCHANT
Sudden Scare Brings On Attack Of
Heart Disease.

At Logansport, Ind, an attack
of heart failure, caused by the
sudden appearance of mouse, rem
dered Eli Greensfelder, clothing mer-
chant, helpless for several hours and
for time it was not thought that he
would recover.
Greensfelder, who weighs about $50
pounds, was engaged in unpacking a
box of clothing, when a small mouse
jumped out. 1t ran along Greenfelder's
arm and then hoped down upon the
floor. At sight of the mouse Green's
fielder threw up his arms in fright, and
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
IFARMAN BREAKS A RECORD

Makes Remarkable Flight In Endur-
ance Test outdistancing Others.
Henry Farman, the English avn
htor, a hitherto unknown quantity
in the aviation contests, in biplane
of his own design, has broken the
worlds records for duration of flight
and distance i'm heavier-than-air ma
tchine and won the Grand Prix de la
iChampagne-the endurance testify a
remarkable flight officially recorded as
$50 kilometers, Q11.7S miles,, in 3
hours, minutes and Sc 2-5 seconds.
J He actually covered an extra ten
Ekilometers and remained In the air ten
minutes after the hour that the time
keepers, under the rules, ceased to
keep a record Of the flight.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
MARIAN GREY Is RELEASED
Had Been Imprisoned at Chicago for
Running Matrimonial Bureau.

Marian Grey, the young woman
convicted in Chicago of conducting
the 'Elgin Search Light club" matri,
monial bureau, and whose sentence OF
one year in the bridewell was reduced
to thirty days to the House of the
Good Shepherd by President Taft, was
released from custody.
After several hours spent in shop
ping the young woman returned with
her mother, Mrs. Ivy Goodenough, to
her home at Benton Harbor Mich.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
The Road to Success

has many Instructions, but mono so des-
perate as poor health. Success today
demands health, but Electric Bitters is
the greatest health builder the world
has ever known. 1t compels perfect &C
ton OF stomach, liver. kidneys, bowels,
purifies and enrjches the blood, and
tones and inyigorates the whole system.
Vigorous body and clean brain follow
their use. You can't afford to slight
Electric Bitters ii weak, run down or
sickly. Onl, soc. Guaranteed by w.
G.. AtwelI
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
A Hurry LIN Call

Quick! Mr.. Druggist -Quick!-A box
Of Bucklen's Arnica Salve = Here's a
quarter For the love of Moses, hurry!
Baby's burned himself, terribly john
rie Cut his foot with the axe-Mamie's
scalded-Pa can't walk from piles-Bil
lie has boils and my corns ache. She
got it and soon cured all the family. It's
the greatest healer on earth. Sold by
w. G.. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
RESTLESS after -Four Years

Carlisle Center, N. Y, G.. B. Burhans
writes: About four years ago ] wrote
you that I had been entirely cured of
kidney trouble by taking two bottles OF
Foley's Kidney Remedy, and after four
years I am again pleased to state that |
have never had any return OF those
symptoms, and / am evidently cured to
stay cured" Foley's Kidney Remedy
will do the same for VOW. G. Atwell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
KEEPING MIX pure.

IL milk has been allowed to stand
uncovered in jug or bottle, pour the
liquid OFF carefully into another uten-
sill that has been scalded clean. Pour
very slowly, so that the sediment is
left at the bottom of the original jug,
as this part of the milk is injurious.
1t is well to leave an inch or two of
the milk In the first receptacle rather
than the dregs merely.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
JOURNALIST is SLAIN

Tragedy Follows Alleged Slandering Of
General Jeffries' Relative.
M. Chandler, editor OF the Panama
Press. was killed by General Herbert
C. Jeffries
The journalist was slain with a
blow, the butt of a revolver fracturing
his skull
Jeffries alleges his sister-in-law was
slandered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Quick climatic changes try str,

Quick climatic changes try strong
constitutions and cause, among other
evils, nasal catarrh, troublesome, Of
fensive disease. Sneezing and shutting.
coughing and difficult breathing, and the
drip, drip of the foul discharge into the
throat are ended by Ely's Cream
Balm. This honest remedy contains no
cocaine, mercury, nor other harmful in
gradients. The worst cases yield to
treatment in a short time All druggists,
Soc, or mailed by Ely Bros, IS War
rem Street, New York. 8
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
WILSON WINS AT CONVENTION
lBenzoate of Soda Not Harmful to the
Human System.

| EIuHaH @yStSm.
Secretary Wilson and benzoate have
won. By a vote of 81 to "A the con-
lvention of the Association of State
land National and Dairy Departments
at Denver, Colo, adopted resolu-
'ticns approving the report of the
referee board which says that a per-
son may consume benzoate of soda to
lthe extent of four grains a day with.
sout harmful results
! The-action was a severe blow to DR..
III. w. Wiley, chief of the bureau of
chemistry at Washington, who in his
famous poison squad Investigations
found the effects of benzoate on
the human system to be exactly op-
Iposite to the findings of the referee
board.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Health and Beauty Aid

Cosmetics and lotions will not clear
your complexion of pimples and blotches
like Foley's Orino Laxative. for indiges
ton, stomach and liver trouble and hab
itual constipation. Clears the system
and is pleasant to take.-W. G.. AtWell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Go with a Rush

The demand for that wonderful Stom-
ach, Liver and Kidney cure, DR.. Kings
New Life Pills-is astounding. w. u.
Atwell says he never saw the like. Its
because they never fail to cure Sour
Stomach, Constipation, Indigestion, Bill
iousness, Jaundice, Sick Headache,
Chills and Malaria Only 25c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
A Husbands Thought.

81 spend some of the happiest mo-
ments of my life in here" said the
man, showing his library to 8 friend.
.sOh, don't you allow your wife in
here?" quickly asked the friend
Yonkers Statesman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Many people delude themselves

Many people delude themselves by
saying 1T will wear away" when they
notice symptoms of kidney and bladder
trouble. This is mistake. Take Foley's
Kidney Remedy and stop the drain on
the vitality. 1t cures backache, rheu-
matism, kidney and bladder trouble and
makes every trace of pain, weakness and
urinary trouble disapp ear.-W. G. At.
we'll.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Bank President Arrested.

Elvert w Shirk, president of the
First National bank of Upton, Ind,
vas arrested in Chicago on charge
of misapplying S24.252 of the banks
funds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
GREAT GRATING OPERATION
400 inches of Skin from Three Per.
sons Put on Burned Girls Body.

At Salem, Ore, Miss Irene Mar
tin, eighteen years old, has under
gone an operation in which 400 square
inches of skin was engrafted on her
body. She was recently seriously
burned. Three persons offered cuticle
for the operation
Physicians declare this the greatest
skin grating operation ever per-
formed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03

DR.. Abernethy, the great English ply
stefan, said, watch your kidneys. When
they are affected. life is in danger"
Foley's Kidney Remedy makes healthy
kidneys, corrects urinary irregularities,
and tones up the whole system, w. q.
Atwell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
SOCIETY WOMEN SEE MURDER
Negro Boy Shot in Fashionable New
York Apartment Buiidinu,

Tenants of the Ardsley Hall apart
lments, in Central Park West. New
york City, are in nervous state be.
cause of the excitement following an
encounter between George E. Gethin,
the telephone operator, and Joseph
Harding, colored elevator boy, in
which Gethin shot and killed Harding
Many society women and men liv-
ing in the building were attracted
Through the great marble corridor by
the loud quarrel between the two en-
sployes and many of them witnessed
the shooting, which was the result of
"a long-standing quarrel
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
ANOTHER AUTO RACER KILLED
Two Cars Collide on Track and Are
Total Wrecks.

Louis Cole, mechanic of the Stearns
car in the twenty-four hour auto race
at Brighton Beach, N. Y, was killed
and Driver Laurent Gross was fatally
injured in collision with the Acme
car.
Patcheke and Maynard, the crew OF
the Acme were only slightly injured.
Both cars were wrecked.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Crop Was a Failure.

81 suppose you know of my family
tree?' said Baron Fucash. Yep" an
swered Mr. Cumrox. "It may have
been good tree, all right, but it
looks to me as if the crop was fail
ure"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Jeffries Ratifjes Beroer,s Action.

San Francisco, Aug. 31.-Sam Berger
received a telegram from James J.
Jeffries ratifying Berger's action in
signing tentative articles with Jack
johnson in Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
said Uncle SiIas:

ssThere may be room enough at the
top. but the crowd en- route keeps
good many fellers from gittin' there"
Los Angeles Express.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03

The Philosopher Of Folly.
Originality is fine thing says the
Philosopher of Folly, "even if you
have to steal it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Why Have an Office?

Have you ever noticed that about
90 out OF every 100 of the people who
call at your Office want you to do
something for them?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Time RIGHTLY Used.

Time is infinitely long. and each
day is O vessel into which great
deal may be poured-if one will ac-
tually fill it up.-Goethe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03

~ tie OoOty W tstC UtoaHeSsu SsuS
After Robbing the Car.
Lewistown, Pa, Aug. 31.-A bold
masked bandit stopped weStbound
express train ON the Pennsylvania
railroad at the Narrows, eight miles
east of here, robbed the express car Of
81 900 in gold and escaped into the
mountains.
Conductor Poffenberger, Of Harris
burg, was shot through the hand in
a fight with the robber.
The train was stopped by signal
cap at one of the most inaccessible
points on the railroad.
When the sharp explosion of the cap
on the track was heard and the train
was brought to a standstill masked
man. stepped out of the bushes. along
the tracks and covered the engineer
and fireman with a revolver.
Threatening them with the weapon,
the highwayman moved along to the
baggage car, but could not open it. He
then went to the next car, which was
the express.
Makes Fireman Help.
He ordered the Adams Express
companys messenger to open the door.
The messenger obeyed promptly.
The safe in the car contained $685.
900 in money and bullion.
Realizing the need of assistance Ia
getting away with the money, the rob-
Der coolly called to the fireman Of the
train for help. and the robber, still
wearing his mask, gathered up some
bags Of money, and, with the fireman
in the lead and also carrying bags OF
coin, started up the mountain side.
At a point about 800 yards up the
incline the two men laid down their
burden and the fireman was ordered
back to his train.
Passengers Encourage Trainmen.
1t looked as though one of the most
daring train robberies ever attempt
ed in the eastern country haG been
successfully accomplished, as the high
wayman apparently had everything his
own way.
At this iuncture, however, two or
three of the passengers who had been
aroused by the unusual stop came on
the scene, and their presence encc"'.
aged the trainmen to offer resistar
The rebber opened fire, but the OIL y
damage he inflicted was to send bull
let through the hand of Conductor
Isaac r. Poffenberger, one Of the old
est and best known conductors in the
service of the company.
The highwayman then grabbed a bag
of money and fed to the mountains,
leaving all but $1,000 of his booty
where the fireman had deposited it for
him
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Influence.

influence is to be measured not by
the extent of surface it covers, but
by its kind-William Ellery Channlng
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Warning

Do not be persuaded into taking any
thing but Foley's Honey aud Tar for
chronic coughs, bronchitis, hay fever,
asthma and lung trouble, as it stops the
cough and heals the lungs. g. At
we'll.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Many IN. slcians in New YORK.

One physician out of every twenty
one in the United States lives in New
York city.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
CIGARETTE KILLS TEN MEN

700 Pounds of Dynamite.
AS a result of an explosion of 700
pounds of dynamite at Bocachica, Fla,
On the Flor da East Coast railway, ten
men are dead and five probably fatal
ly injured and a dozen suffering from
hurts.
The explosion was caused by a mem
Der of the railroad construction force
carelessly throwing lighted cigarette
into box of fuses.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Perennial Youth.

To be 70 years young is sometimes
far more cheerful and hopeful than to
be 40 years DIDO. W. Holmes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Man and Wife Killed in Auto.

Newton, Ia, Aug. 51.-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Coppersmith were killed
here, when their motor car rolled
down thirty foot embankment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03

Faith makes us, and not we it; and
faith makes its own forms.-Emerson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Where the Work Came In.

Mrs Bacon understand your
husband is at work on new poem ?"
Mrs. Egbert-"He is. He's trying to
get some magazine to accept it."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss the Of UeHz2zM
Funny. BY Gum.

One of the funniest sights in the
Chew the rag. "-Manchester Union
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
Cultivate Optimism,

Believe in the better side of men.
1t is optimism that really saves people.
Ian Maclaren
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
"ORlGINAL LIBBEY' is DEAD
Was Keeper of Famous Oyster Houses
in New York City.

Capt Libbey, known to the older
generation of good liyers from coast
to coast as THE Original Libbey,'' is
dead at his home in East Orange, N.
J., at the age of ninety-four
For more than fifty years his down
town oyster house, first in Wall street
and then in Murray street, New York.
was famous.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-09-03
train HELD up
BY ONE BhNDIT
Robs Express Gar in Pennsyl-
Vania Of $4,000.
THEN LOSES THE MOST O! IT

Trainmen, Urged on by Passengers,
Pursue the Robber and He Fees
with Only $1,000 After Wounding the
Conductor in the Hand--Had Com
PEELED the Fireman to Help Him Car
ry the Booty Up the Mountain Side
After Robbing the Car.
The Springdale news., 1909-07-23

ticle to kick. but there is an moon sisteney in conditions that is nara to harmonize with what Is flght and due to parties living in an aa- dition to town For instance it is claimed that we are in the cor porate limits of Springdale and are paying city taxes to keep up streets and sidewalks The question aflS- es. where are those streets and Slae- walks? There are two county roads running north from town They are worked by the town to the old cor poration line, and by the county to the new taxation line, and between these there is one-haH mile not worked only by individuals to pro teet their property We have no roads nor streets running east or west. There fs not road or street running east after yog leave the Brogdon property for one and half miles north. and people have to pass through eaeH others property afoot and go around with vehicles. But enough of this for the present. Will some one who knows rise and explain why we should pay tax without representation, as we have no voice in the council
 We have no news of interest. 1t is no use 10 say We need rain for everybody knows that Everybody knows that our chickens are dis appearing over the steWpot route We have no dogs. don't need any If the tax men, the doctors and book-agents will let us alone, and the street workers will show up We will write again soon and tell you how happy We are.
 Yes. l forgot to say that Roy Rathfon is helping MT Secrest on the Catholic church at Tonttown- or would help him if the fetched baseball boys would leave him alone Also MT. Bynum is doing the baloor act painting the tower of tht church
 So, hoping this will not find tht waste basket. am yours for tht l betterment of conditions in Nortf Springdale. and if the coming de bate is penned up in the Auditorium and tickets peddled out at 2 cts per. don't think that very man, real Socialists will hear it
 Col Sandy Sellers
The Springdale news., 1909-07-23

book he carried around with him under his arm When he got all our names and how old we was down in his little book he "axed us is that all?" Just like he thought there was some more of us.
 Oh. but wouldn't we hate to be a horse and belong to some people. We should pray for big humane society to be organized at once for the protection of dumb animals.
 ]. A Farley and his three grown daughters Misses Rena, Bessie and 0la. left Monday morning for We'd ington, their former home, where they viii visit for few days with old friends and acquaintanees.
 The Miss Buck place two miles south Of town has been sold to par ties in Oklahoma, provided they come back to take possession Con sideration $4.000 J. ". Oliver. who has the place rented, has been living on it for three or four years. has the place looking one hundred per cent better than when he moved on to it Mr. Oliver knows how 10 bring the kinks out and make an old place shine
 Don't Worry
The Springdale news., 1909-07-23
NORTH SPRINGDAEEs.
Don [ Worry

lnasmuch as many rural districts are reported by letter to The News, I take the liberty to say that North Springdale is on the map, but on account of being between the cor poration line and the taxation line, we are isolated in measure from all communication with our south ern neighbors, except the tax as- sessor and collector Even the street commissioner fails to put in an appearance, although solicited to do so for l2 years that 1 know Of. Thanks to the Frisco railroad, We can get to town on foot by going through yards and gardens to get to the right of way When the first street running north and east Of the railroad is passable, you will find by going on said street north quite q few thrifty and industrious people, prominent among whom are Uncle Billy Mustain, Mr Elles- tern, 1. F.. Seerest. the carpenter F,ld Henry Church and Lafayette Beaslet on the east side, all own els of frniC gardens and berry farms of more or les acreage And on the west of the railroad you will find Ms. Rathfon beautiful cot- tage home and fruit farm. and others .ol like importance, all ot whom dfe happy. yet isolated rural ties in the tax addition to Spring dale
 It is not the intention Of this ar