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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
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The auctioneer at one OF the mush-
room book establishments was enter
tanning a large audience with remarks
on riches" preparatory to asking some
one TO start the bidding on a book
relating to that subject. do you
know" he said, that $4,000 people
own more than nine-tenths of all the
wealth OF this great country? Yes, our
country has $4,000, 900 Inhabitants. and
10000 OF these own the rest Now,
this book tells you all about them
what am bid?" There was no imme-
diate response, and then a cadaverous.
cold looking. needy individual said:
IF II tells how q fellow can get into
the minority I'll give you 81 for the
book" And the auctioneer had TO pass
the lot and try his oratory on the
works of an English poet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Ekokombi, sailing himself a deity,
has appeared among the Congolese of
the Mongo and Ngombe and created
great excitement. He has issued a COM
mand that all charms and fetishes be
destroyed or otherwise got rid of, and IL
In his course any are found still in
possession OF these they Will be tor
tured or killed by some of his messen-
gers. This has taken such a hold on
the minds Of the people all over the in
terror that strong as is their belief in
the potency OF their charms they have
in most cases destroyed them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20
A Stiff Ona

1t was raining outside, and little in
terrogative Irma was in one of her
worst. or at least most trying moods.
Father, busily writing at his desk, had
already reproved her several times for
bothering him with useless questions.
Il say, pa, what"
ASK your mother!"
Honest, pa, this isn't a silly one
this time"
'All right this once. What is it?"
We'll, If the end of the world was to
come, and the earth was destroyed
while a man was up in an airship,
where would he land when he came
DOWN."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

News from vessels in the Alaska
trade will be published In a daily paper
issued on the grounds of the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition, The publi-
cation will be known as the Wireless
and will contain both local and foreign
news received In Seattle by wireless.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

The women of Wisconsin have de-
clared their intention of getting every
man and woman in the state who Is
2l or over to sign the petition for wom-
an suffrage which is to be presented to
tha nresent congress-.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

In the II months ended November,
British imports decreased $267, SOC, 900
and exports $295,000,000, total de-
crease of $562,000,000, or $4,000, 900
more than the American total decrease
of S468, 900, 900 for the entire year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

That the electric waves in wireless
telegraphy readily pass over mountains
has been demonstrated by the army
wireless stations in Alaska, which cas-
fly transmit messages 1900 miles over
two ranges of snow-capped mountains.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Two English inventors claim to save
from so to 10 per cent on gas bills by
the use of their machine, which car
burets the air with 9 small portion OF
petrol vapor, producing highly IL
Illuminating poneNplosive gas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Korea will be represented at Seattle
by an exhibit of brass wares. carved
woods, linens and silks An exporter
I'm Seoul is preparing a fine exhibit for
the 1909 exhibition to show the prog
ress of the Pacific country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Browns Bronchial Troches are OF
great service in curing Hoarseness,
Coughs, and Sore Throat. In boxes %
cents. Samples mailed free. John l.
Brown & Son, Boston, Mass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

An apparatus is being built in Phil
adelphia for a coal mining and navi-
CATION company that will pick up canal
boats, lift them so feet into the air, and
dump their contents into storage pile,
n wharf, or into another vessel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

The Maine Central railroad is trying
out new electric headlights. The cur
rent is supplied from a small steam
turbine-driyen generator on top of the
boiler
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

An English inventor has devised an
air cannon for throwing a life line
from the shore to stranded vessels, or
from stranded vessels to the shore.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Experiments with sugar as food made
in the French army have shown that 1t
Is n great source Of muscular energy
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

PILES CURED in g TO - DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protrud.
ing Piles in to IA days or money refunded.
hOc
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

The payroll of American railroads
amounts to 81 .00O,000,0O0 a year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Blue coral Gomez from the Bay OF
Benin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-20

Munyon's Col. Remedy Relieves the
head, throat and lungs almost immediate
the nose, takes away all aches and pains
caused by colds. 1t cures Grip and OBJ
stinate Coughs and prevents Pneumonia.
Price 25c.
Have you stlff or swollen Joints, no mat
ter how chronic7 Ask your druggist for
Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy and see
how quickly you will be cured.
II you have any kidney or bladder trou-
bic get Munyon's Kidney Remedy.
Munyon's vitalizer makes weak men
strong and restores lost powers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31
MAN
TELLSOF BAD
CONDITIONS
Interviewed by Joliet Paper,
w. H. Thomson of Gary
Says Steel City's Under
world Won't Give Up
Without Bitter Struggle.

W. H. Thomson Of Gary has been in
Joliet, Ill. on a visit and while there
was interviewed by the Joliet Repub-
lican as to conditions there.
Il have seen tough towns in my
day" said Mr. Thomson but Gary is
the limit. Compared with it Ironwood,
Mich, and Hurley, Wis. a decade or
50 ago were tame towns, and Deadwood
and Tucson would have been nice places
to live in.
The devil established branch
station at Gary almost from the time
it blossomed into a municipality and
has never seen fit to change it. With
in a few weeks. however, the better
element has started a general cleaning
up with the result that reign of IN
restricted vice has been supplemented
by a reign of terror.
Dive Keepers Give Battle.
The Gary underworld is not go
ing to give up without a bitter strug-
gle and it is putting up a fight that is
without a precedent in the history of
the country Chief among the lead
ers in the battle for reformation and
a clean city is Shepherd King, a ne
gro minister. King, despite his color is
a man of fine native ability great
eloquence. unblemished and moral cour-
age. He has been threatened time
and again that his life would pay the
penalty if he did not desist in his at
lacks upon existing conditions, and
has defied the opposition TO do its
worst. Tuesday night his house was
burned down and he barely escaped
with his life springing through a
window in his underclothes. He told
me yesterday. that though he had lost
everything he had in the world and knew
that he was a marked man and that his
life might be taken at any time he in
tended to stick and fight it out if he
had TO beg for the means Of existence
Receive Threatening Letter.
"A number of prominent residents
have received letters threatening
them with death if they persisted in
their efforts to clean up the town
Among them was R G. Parry, whe
was informed that he could take his
choice of leaving the dive keepers alone
or occupying a wooden box under five
feet of earth. And Mr. Parry and tho
others realize that these are no idle
threats
Attorney w r. Hodges has beer
appointed a special deputy states at
torney and is rapidly accommodating
the evidence that should lead to scores
Of indictments"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31

the right kind Of action out Of his local
officers the governor would send him a
detachment Of the national guard to act
as deputy sheriffs. He also sent the
same kind Of word to several other cir
cult Judges in the state in counties
where law violations have been report
ed. The governor goes on the theory
that the judge of the circuit court is
the officer whom he will look to to en-
force the laws in his county. He says
the shertf is the officer of the court
and that the judge can legally com
mand him to go out and bring in any
and all law violators
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31
RAIDS DID BUT
VERY LITTLE GOOD
Goldman Resort in Gary Is
Opened Next Day After
It Was Raided.

Many people in Gary are of the opin-
ion that since the time of the raid on
James Rogers gambling house and
Morris Goldmans place, that conditions
are improving. Such is not the case.
OF course, for the time being the sa-
loon and resort keepers We're pretty
well scared. but conditions are just as
bad as they ever were. with the excep-
ton that probably there is not as
much gambling going on. THE TIMES
has positive evidence that Morris Gold
man, whose place was raided Wednes-
day night, was open and selling beer
and whisky the next day.
Charles Jackson and John Jennings.
the two colored proprietors of vicious
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31

MAKE HIT
WITH GOV.
Marshall Likes Attitude
Taken by Judge McMa-
han, Prosecutor Green
wald and Sheriff Grant in
Law and Order Crusade.
TINES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

indianapolis, Ind, July 81 Judge
McMahan, Prosecutor Greenwa1d and
Sheriff Grant of Lake county have made
a hit with Governor Marshall by the
manner in which they have responded
to his demand that the laws be enforced
in Lake county All three of these
officers have given a prompt response
to his orders along this line. and this
has pleased the governor. AS a result
he does not intend to take any hand
in anything that may happen in Lake
county unless the officers either can
not or will not enforce the laws and
prosecute the violators.
Approves of hOmas Grant.
The governor was especially pleased
over the manly answer which Sheriff
Grant made to his telegram a few days
ago instructing that officer to stop a
prize fight that was reported to be on
the program at Hammond. The gov
ernor was told in a communication
from man at Hammond that a fight
was scheduled to take place at that
city and the governor Immediately wiz
ed the sheriff to prevent it. Sheriff
Grant wired back that there have been
no prize fights in that county since
he went into Office and that there win
be none if he can prevent it. This is
the kind of man the governor likes.
and he does not hesitate to say SO.
1t turned out that the prize fight was
not scheduled for Hammond, Ind but
! for West Hammond. Ill, which is just
across the line in Illinois. The gov
/ ernor had been misinformed. But he
/ has learned that Sheriff Grant sent his
deputies to the state line and saw to it
/ that no lighting was done on Indiana
soil.
Relies on County Officials.
Information has also been sent to
| the governor that there is gambling
and other law violations in Gary and
/ he is relying on Judge McMahan, Pros
ecutor Greenwald and Sheriff Grant to
put stop to it. He will not take any
, steps of his own in the matter unless
he finds that the local officers do not
handle 1t. If they do not. according to
his announced policy. he viii do some
thing of his own. But he believes in
that they will handle the situation, if
the laws are being violated.
Wants Action on Cedar Lake.
The same is true of the reported VIC
lations at Cedar Lake, where, it is said.
that Chicago gamblers have been run
ming things wide open with no limit to
! anything. Cedar Lake also is in Lake
county. When the governor was noti-
fed that these things were going on
there he sent word to the Lake county
officials to put stop to it. He told
Judge McMahan that if he could not get
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31

resorts, for few days made a clean
up at their places since the exposure,
but last night jennings place was wide
open again, with scores of colored wo-
men, coke iends and gamblers swarm
ing about his place
William H. Blodgett. special staff
ma nfor the Indianapolis News, was
in Gary yesterday afternoon and last
night looking into the situation.
I have Travelled all over the state of
Indiana said Mr.. BIodgett to a TINES
reporter but never saw such condi-
tions as exist in Gary. Of course, in
cities and towns you will find blind
tigers. but running saloons, selling
beer and whisky without license is
such an open and shame-faced man
ner is more than I can comprehend.
And what is still more absurd to me
is, that the blind pigs are compelled to
close at Il o'clock at night"
A number of saloons were frightened
into closing their doors on Thursday
and Friday. but are open again, with
the exception of one or two. In the
patch" last night al least a dozen
men were soon on the street intoxt-
Gated. A TIMES man was able to over
hear this interesting bit of CONVERSE
ton between two Gary men who are
supposed to be in the ring:
L am sorry to hear that his place
was raided" said one member of the
party. 7 have warned him several
times to get in right.
His place ought to have been raid
ed He hasn't paid a cent of protec-
ton money in two weeks. Does he
suppose he can expect anything else ?"
SO such are the conditions in Gary.
Little groups of men are seen on the
streets and in stores with their heads
together. talking over the situation.
What is meant by protection money
and who is getting it, may be revealed
at Il later date
ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ADVER-
TISE IN THE TIMES WHETHER IT
PAYS OR NOT. H THEY SAY 1T
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31

DO YOU KNOW THAT \ THOUSAND
TINES NIGHT ARE SOLD BY
NEWSBOYS on THE STREETS OF
HAMMOND. THIS DOES NOT IN
CIUDE THE CARRIER CIRCULATION
At ALI.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-31

ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ADVER-
TISE IN THE TINES WHETHER IT
PAYS OR NOT. II THEY SAY IT
DOESN'T. DON'T ADVERTISE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
Harry LADDERS Buff.

A prettyselsce of bluff is attrib-
u&ed to Z auder. the variety en-
te:rtainer rsg his first psy il
New Yoae Meis accused os =
ness. Fodneaiu -. - 1o, is,Ei {.
had sevd,ely commented on pnan-
.arr in which b. dEfis->tne Curse
} rings Not long alterward this man
gc;ed him for an interview. Lauder
re him an address and told him to
come at 10 o'clock the following night.
In the meantime the comedian rented
a wretched room in the slum quarter
of the city. When the caller came he
was ushered into this garrett There
sat Lauder. blue with cold. by the
light of a single candle. ARE We
goin' to put down what l say?" Lau-
der asked. The reporter assured him
with pride that he never made notes
during an interview. MY memory is
excellent" he boosted. "Weel, then"
Said Lauder. well aye save the
light" And he blew out the candle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02

A correspondent OF the Farmers
Home Journal writes: II want TO ask
turkey breeders, through your col
umns, whether they consider 10 and
115 pound pullets and 10 pound toms
as fit for breeding purposes. And also
what ought to be done with breeder
who writes that his turkeys are fine,
large ones, and then for $25 ships
five turkeys that weigh 63 pounds in
the aggregate"
To this the editor replies: Our
correspondent does not state what
breed OF turkeys he refers to. but the
weights mentioned are below the
weight required for the standard for
any OF the breeds. For bronze tur-
keys the standard requires the follow
ing weights: Adult cock, SO pounds;
yearling cock. 33 pounds: cockerel. %
pounds; hen. 20 pounds; pullet, 16
pounds. The weight for the other
breeds vary from 80 pounds to &c
pounds for cocks. 20 to IS pounds for
cockerels. 10 to 16 pounds for hens
and IL pounds for pullets."
This matter of giving satisfaction
to the buyer is a delicate one, but If
the seller Is perfectly honest in his
representations and furnishes what he
has agreed to do there can be no cause
for dissatisfaction. In the case cited
above the purchaser had very good
reason to feel he had been done" 1t
Is such transactions that hurt con-
scientious sellers. at least till they
have established a reputation for
square and honest dealing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
HAD WEEPING ECZEMA.

Face and Neck Were Raw-Terrible
Itching, Innam nation and Sore
Hess-Au Treatments Failed
Cuticura q Great Success.
Eczema began over the top Of my
ear. 1t cracked and then began to
spread. had three different doctors
and tried several things. but they did
me no good. At last one side Of my face
and my neck were raw. The water ran
out Of 1t so that had to wear medi-
Gated cotton, and II was so infamed
and sore that 1 had to put piece Of
cloth over my pillow to keep the water
from it. and it would stain the cloth a
sort OF yellow. The eczema itched so
that 1t seemed as though l could tear
my face all to pieces. Then I began
to use the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment, and 1t was not more than three
months before 1t was all healed up.
Miss Ann Pearsons, Mortified, Vt,
Dec. 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02

hams Vegetable Compounds the most
successful remedy for all kinds Of
female troubles, and / feel that l can
never praise it enough" -MRs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, KY.
The Changeof Life is themostcritical
period of a woman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Observation-Disclosures
that there is no other remedy known to-
medicine that will SO successfully carry
women through this trying period as
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing
women from the orst forms of female
ills Inflammation liberation, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter TO Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice 10 free,
and always he.pfuL.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
erton. So everybody is satisfied
Chicago Daily News.
CATS AND CHINA.

They Do Not Fit Together In the
Same House.
Aunt Eunice." said young Mrs.
Billings. putting down her pen and
pushing back the pile of scribbling-pa-
per in front of her, Aunt Eunice, why
does woman who loves china want
to marry a man who adores cats?"
Aunt Eunice went ON with her pla-
cid knitting. and deftly avoided a d.
rect answer.
is that a conundrum? she asked,
II never guessed one in my life. And
If it's the theme of a problem novel,
Nan, you needn't tell me, because /
don't like Them
Mrs. Billings laughed. mo, it isn't
a conundrum." she said. Its catas-
trophe-almost, and 1t looks as IL it
might resolve itself into a problem
novel at any moment. I'm the woman
Il love china; Ned's the mamie
adores cats; and the result is that
three of my best soup-plates and four
Of my cherished oatmeal-saucers have
been smashed to atoms N tho last
Ortnight. You know, Hilma reeds the
cats, but Ned is always sure that she
never gives them enough, and so, as
soon as he gets back from his recita-
tions, he feeds them again. In the
she'd of course, and with my best
china, and then Hilma comes along
Oh her earnest Swedish feet and does
the rest I'm getting discouraged"
Here the library door opened and
Professor Billings stood on the
threshold, broken plate in his hand.
his manner wavering between non
chalance and anticipation.
Another victim. Mamie" he tried
heavily again. Fortunately it's an
old"
But Mrs Billings had flown to his
side and was examining the frag-
ments.
"Old. / should say it was! That's
| Just the troubled" she cried, with trag-
edy. Its my best, my only piece of
real pink luster o Ned, how could
you take it?" There were tears In
| her voice and in her eyes. too.
Nan, I'm awfully sorry!" said her
abject husband. 81 promise III never
take anything but a tin dipper after
this" and his air of sudbued and sin.
cere melancholy was so genuine that
Mrs. Billings smiled in spite of her
| grievance.
Very WELL" she scolded, but don't
ever let me hear you say again tina:
The Ring and the Book is your IA
vorite poem, because 1t isn't. It's i
love little pussy! "-Youth's Compan
ion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
WOMEN OF THE CIRCUS.
They Are Careful Livers and veFy
Feminine I'm Their Tastes.


Feminine I'm Their Tastes.
The woman of the circus leads a
much more careful life than her sis
ter of the stage, says an exchange. OF
her diet she must be critically careful,
for in performance a mistake of an
inch means death, and to be in the
best physical condition she must pay
the price in a life almost ascetic. The
girl who spends the working hours of
her life flying through the air thirty
feet above the hard tanbark cannot
take any chances.
They are genuine women, too. For
instance, it is told Of one remarkable
trapeze artist that she is always
afraid when she is on a railroad
journey and that this is the one fea-
ture of the life of the circus that she
fears. Another who is a notable tight
rope artist, and capers and dances on
the slender surface of thin wire
twenty-five feet above the ground is
afraid to cross the streets in a crowd
ed city.
They know the danger of their call
ing. Accidents happen right along,
but they are not published to the
world, for the circus must ever carry
message of cheerfulness. But in
surance companies, though they will
grant insurance to a locomotive engi-
neer, will never do so to circus aero
bat.
Even on the road there is plenty Of
domestic life to be found among these
women. Many of them are great read
ers. The foreign performers spend a
large part of their time learning the
language of this country. Some have
sons or brothers at college.
An interesting point about the life
of the circus that would commend it
to almost any woman is the fact that
It seems to be sort of panacea of old
age. The open air life, the constant
exercise and the careful regimen have
their reward.
Most performers of any merit are
well paid, and the life on the road is
sufficiently economical to enable them
to save a considerable proportion of
this salary This money is largely
put into handsome homes where dur
ing the off season the woman of the
circus can be for the time actually the
woman of the home, her dearest ambi,
tion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-02
Farming I'm Italy.

Prof. G.. G.. Creelman, who recently
inspected agriculture as 1t Is carried
on in Italy, says: "In looking about
to find out how the fertility OF the
soil was maintained in districts where
live stock was not common, and hence
farm manure was far from plentiful.
noticed that everywhere leguminous
crops Cor pulse) were the rule. | also
discovered that in some form IL was
eaten every day by rich and poor
alike. All the time / was in Italy |
never once sat down to a dinner with
out being served with peas, or beans.
or lentils, or some other variety Of
leguminous annual. / found also that
the poorer classes consumed large
quantities of pulse. it being used to a
large extent as substitute for meat
Where the irish peasant finds his bal
anced ration in potatoes and pork. the
Englishman in bread and cheese. the
Scotchman In oatmeal and milk, so the
Italian rests content with macaroni
and pulse. and the land gets the bene-
At in restored fertility"