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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17
THE MODEL VILLAGE,
Features of One In Rural Dis
triCts of Michigan.
STREETS MADE ATTRACTIVE.

Are centered by Parkways and Arts
ticalIy Decorated With Trees and
hrubbery-Every Home Has Its
Playground Accompaniments--sisn-
boards Prohibited.
Gwinn, beautiful rural village ere
ated by large organization. under the
supervision of well known land archi-
tect, is and will be lasting example OF
the ascendency of humanitarianism and
good business policy over pure COM
merciallsm rather than civic triumph.
In the opinion Of the organization 1t
is good policy to provide decent homes
in a decent environment and to add
good schools, recreation centers, open
spaces and attractive public buildings
The town is so new that its civic life
has hardly more than started, but II
is safe to predict that civic response
bllities as they develop will be grace
fully assumed by the people and that
thus will a civic triumph become pos
sible Gwinn Is located In the valley
OF the Escanaba river, in Michigan. II
has modern water and sewage systems.
although at present it can accommo-
date but about 600 people. The streets
are laid out in attractive ways. the
width varying from forty to eighty
feet, the wider streets being centered
by parked ways with trees and shrub
berry. When clearing away the orig
inal forest many beautiful trees were
preserved so the town will not have
to wait for them all to grow.
The cottages have from four to six
rooms, they are of varied and attrac-
tive architecture, and each one has its
lawn, garden and playground accom-
paniments.
At the start the steep wooded slopes
around the town. in most towns cover
ed with billboards and rubbish OF pre-
empted for the uses of some private
individual, were reserved for the peo-
pie. A trail has been laid out to make
them accessible from the start A
NlNIt NtittT WIS tNldbllNutu, anu Altlt
may already be found the school, the
courthouse and the churches.
Gwinn is from the start avoiding the
mistakes Of the average town. 1t will
have no slums, no dark rooms, no hope
less rentals founded on sweated land
values. 1t will have nothing to undo
II will have less OF sickness, less OF
crime, less of poverty. With all the
broad acres Of America, why are there
not more Gwinns? Little England has
, more of them than all America Let
the news Of Gwinn be spread broad.
cast that its example may be followed
by those who would build rather than
destroy And after building let every
citizen do his level best to keep the
town in first class condition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17
TRAGEDY.


ALMOST Az ...- L TRAGEDY.
Oh. who could wonder that she'd weep
When she heard Eta say in his sle-p-
'You are a peach. a darling. too
Come here. sweetheart. and IN hug YOU"
''Oh, how I wish had never we'd
III kill myself she sadly said.
"And then perhaps when I am dead
He'll think OF me and some tears she'd"
And so when morning light had come
She quickly 10 the orchard run
To hunt limb both strong and high
Where she might hang herself and die
When through the trees she heard once
more
Those words that her poor heartstrings
tore.
''You are a peach. a darling too.
Come here. sweetheart, and TN hug YOU"
"Ah. ha. I'll XII that woman now
Before I hang on this high bOugh!
| wonder i il IS tie cook
That Bits affections from me took.
"Tn murder heri III XIII her quick
For playing such a low. mean tricki"
And so she crept among the trees,
Determined vengeance to appease
But, 10. when near the chicken pen
She saw Bill hugging a fat hen.
While on his shoulders there perched two,
And near him the old rooster crew.
They were all eating from his hand
And cacking, too. TO beat the bad
While In his basket right near by
Fresh eggs were piled away up high.
And when Bill saw her spying there
He cried "Ah. there. my OWL true love-
so fair
You are peach. a darling too
Come here. sweetheart. and I'll hug YOU
c. NJ BARNlrZ
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17

Of course.
The rage for brown shelled eggs In
English markets is so great that other
colors are hard to SELL To meet the
fads they dye the shells, just as some
orange growers put on that stylish rus
set tinge.
Two men in Ashland, Pa. had war
Of words. and the one accused the 9th
er OF stealing all the chickens in Ma.
hantongo valley. He at once sued for
$1,000 damages. won a verdict Of 9
cents and had to pay s125 costs. Not
much to crow over!
In Alaska they call mallard duck
an anas puyraynchose. In the swell
restaurant they call cooked guinea a
mallard duck.
Many fanciers were so beaten by the
express companies on shipments OF
show birds to the Alaska exposition
that they swore that was their last.
When you ship market fowls be sure
TO demand their rate or they'll charge
for fancy stock
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17
A Real Toy Telephone.

Obtain two empty cocoa tins, take
the lids off and bore hole through
the bottom of each tin. Now take a
piece Of thick string long enough to
reach across the room and put one end
through each hole and knot il. II one
holds one tin to the ear and some one
whispers into the other tin from as
far away as the string goes he can
be heard quite clearly, like real tele-
phone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17
70. Mo.lawrNh
Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup

5as been used for over sIxTY-FIvE YEARS by MI.
LIONS Of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
rkETHIN0, with PERFECT SUCCESS. II S0OTHEs
ne CHILD, soFrENs the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN
CURES WIND collie, and 10 the best remedy for DIAR
RHGA. Sold by Druggists In every part Of the world.
BE and AK for Mrs. WinslovB Soothing Syrup"
and take other kind Twenty-Five cenis botte Guar
aiesd under the Food and Drugs Act June sh 1909 Serial
sHmbsr loes AN OLD AND WILL TWED RRAEDK
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17
IMPORTANT

Without alec
lol or poisonous
lrugs. Father
John S Medicine
cures throat and
lungs. builds up
the body and
makes strength.
II drives the
impurities out of
the system and
strengthens each
organ of the
body, enabling
each to do its
work properly.
Father John s
Medicine is the
best remedy ever
prescribed for
m Not n Datent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17

they are special friends. 1t is no I'M
common thing for two dogs to belong
to the same person and live in the
same house and yet never take the
slightest notice Of each other. We
have a spaniel so dignifed that he
will never permit another member of
the dog family to pillow his head upon
him; but, with the egotism Of true
aristocrat. he does not hesitate to
make use Of the other dogs for that
purpose. Henry c. Merwin in Allan
tic
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-17

building up the system. Not patent
medicine.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
ICES IN TINY COFFINS
AT Is CLUB BANQUET
Diners, Scott at All Kinds Of Super
stltions and Find Some
New Ones.

NEW YORK. Jan. 17-Superstition
was fiouted with much protestation for
the twenty-eighth time at the annual
dinner of the Thirteen club at the Ho-
tel Majestic.
The particular kind of superstition
that was decried was "sex-supersti-
ton" but that came at the end of the
evening when the company was forti-
fed with an eight-course dinner and
three kinds OF wine. Just ordinary
garden varieties of superstition were
insulted publicly and casually.
There were l3 at each table and be
fore each plate a red candle burned
In a deaths head. and the merrymak-
er whose candle went out first was
supposed to receive IL as Sign"
AS soon as the company was seated
a brand new mirror was broken just
for an appetizer. A lemon ice came In
reposing peacefully in O pasteboard
coffin with plate, Kill" tackled on
the lid The ice cream was frozen In
the shape OF a skull, and the toast
master raped on the table with a
tastefully gilded upper arm bone. AZ
ter the Bordeaux the company chant
ed at intervals, lone, two. three"
and SO on up to thirteen. which fatal
number was greeted with glad huz-
Zahs.
The best effect of the evening came
when the walters filed In a procession
To the measure of Chopin's funeral
march. each bearing aloft dire look.
Ing chocolate cake with 13 little can
dies burning on II like funeral torches
and a white skull and cross-bones
done in sugar icing At the head OF
each table were open umbrellas. which
are supposed to forecast rain. One OF
these umbrellas caught in the float
ing coattails OF waiter. and 1t rained
soup on that table for several seconds
After the installation of the officers.
elect by Herman A. Metz, the retiring
chief ruler. Mrs. John s. Crosby rap
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
WILL N C0RM|CK's
! PROTEST LEAD TO
: REFORM
Bandit Who Killed Baggageman
Minor Because He Feared He
Would Be Returned To Reform
School Interests Sociologist.
Prof Cooley Says Discharged Con
victs Are Not Watched Closely
Enough in Michigan.
HOW LONG SHALL JAILS BE
CRIME sCHOOLsf
ny PROF. CHAs. COOLEY.

by PROF. CHAs. COOLEY.
cor the department Of sociology.
University Of Michigan, who Inter-
ested himself I'm Robt. Mccormick,
the hoy murderer.D
Jails and prisons are apt TO be
places where crime Is fostered, if
the prisoners have access To each
other. or where there is any chance
for communication among crimin-
ais. Discharged. convicts In this
state are not watched closely
enough after leaving the reforma-
tories. In Switzerland they have
prisoners aid societies. where dis
charged prisoners are given work
and each prisoner finds himself I'M
der patron. This system has d.
minished crime from 20 per cent To
per cent among eN-prisoners.
Reformatories should be separat-
ed into separate institutions for the
young and for the hardened offend
ers. There should be- an education
al system.
suggest an indeterminate SEN
tence and release on probation
with adequate surveillance. The
offenders should not be stopped at
released on probation. and this Is
done I'm Massachusetts with excel
lent results. In the Elmira, N Y,
reformatory no prisoner Is released
till a place IL found for him To go
TO work. and then he In kept under
surveillance for six months.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
DIES ON HOSPITAL STEPS.
Man Neglects Attack Of Pneumonia
With Fatal Result.

William Koepoke. a cobbler, "
years old, died OF pneumonia as he
was being taken into st. Mary's hospi'
tai, Monday morning. a victim of his
own ignorance as TO the dangerous
nature cf that illness.
koepcke. who lived at No 1872 Twen-
ty-ffth-st. was first seized with a
severe congestion of the lungs on Sat
urday, but paid little attention to 1t,
and OH Manday morning, went as US
ual to his shop at No. 1901 Michigan
ave There he was taken suddenly
i'll. and sent for DR.. Charles r. Strong,
No. 1905 Michigan-ave., who found the
old man in a dying condition. DR..
Strong called the East End ambulance
and Koepcke was rushed to ST. Mary $
hospital. but died as he was being
carried in.
Coroner Bennett was called, but de-
cideC that an inquest was unneces-
sary.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
PAULHAN MAY ATTEMPT
TO WIN FRENCH PRIZE
MlcheIin Cup Valued at $4,000 Is Ac
companied by $4,000 Cash
Prize,

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Jan. 17.-If
the weather is favorable for aviation
this afternoon. Louis Paulhan will at
tempt to win the Michelln cup offered
by the French manufacturer for the
best flight. speed and endurance con-
sidered. made during each current
year.
The cup. which is valued at $4,000
each year is accompanied by a cash
prize of $4,000. In 1908 the cup was
won by Wilbur Wright in France, in d
flight of 2:20:23 In which he covered
~ miles. In 1909 the cup was won by
Henri Farman, at Mourmeion. France.
In 6:25. covering LA miles
In his effort to win this years cup,
.Paulhan will use a Farman machine.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
TOSSED BY WAVES.
Ten Persons are Rescued From Sink
ina Schooner.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17--Res-
cued from the sinking schooner San
Beunaventura after being tossed for
two days and three nights by giant
waves, without food and water. Cap
tain Paul Rappmoudt. his wife and
baby. his sixteen-year-old son and SIX
members of his crew. have been land
ed here and sent TO a hospital.
The schooner left Eureka last We'd
nesday for San Francisco. laden heav'
lily with lumber. II had barely put To
sea when II encountered the same
gale which wrecked the steamer Gear
ina, killing twenty-four people.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

ALBANY. N. ". Jan. 17.--Tbo ~
forts of the state insuranpe 6coc1
ment To take over the buslnesD -
$s.ooo.ooo assets OF the PeoDle'e lo&
tual Life Insurance Assocla&ton 60
League, OF Syracuse. are. sxpece61 c.
result In sensational devo1cpu Un1r5
including an inquisition by the uBon6
jury.
Superintendent OF Insurance. Hoton-
kiss declares that eight OF the nine ~
rectors OF the association received
money for permitting the control at
the society to pass into other hand
and that part OF the money received
from the alleged purchaser. John
Teyis. OF Louisville, KY, was dln-
bursed by Lieut-Gov. White.
AS a result OF whites connectiou
with the transaction, he has resigned
as director OF the First National bank.
OF Syracuse. The money paid to the
directors was disbursed through thls
bank.
AS result OF a statement made BY
Acknowledgement O'Malley In the pro.
ceedings in Syracuse yesterday before
Supreme Court Justice Andrews. on
the application OF the insurance do
partment to take over the control a.
the society, White will be given an
opportunity TO supplement his state
ment already made TO the depart
ment. O'Malley told the court that u
would be asserted by w. X. Traver<.
cashier OF the Farmers bank, of To-
ronto, that the money which IL was
said he brought from Toronto to SYRIA
cuse, to purchase the control Of the
society, was taken back to Toronto.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
BANK CLOSES DOORS
Evansville Institutions Troubles Laid
To Bad Loans.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE
Citizens National bank OF Evansville,
one OF the Oldest and regarded as one
OF the strongest banking institutions
In Evansy lille, closed its doors volup-
tarily today by order OF the directors
pending lore complete Investigations
into its condition by National Bank
Examiner Johnson, Of indianapolis.
Bad loans and alleged mismanagement
are held responsible for the conditions.
The bank has capital stock Of $780,
900, surplus and undivided profits Of
more than $67.S60.56, deposits of 81
l6O.S4593, and loans of $f,2e2. 1884.
Its resources. according TO the last
statement, are 81 ,g19,415.04.
According to 9 notice placed on the
door today, the directors of the bank
believe that the depositors will be
paid in full without loss.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

tain banks as Repositories for city
funds at low rate OF interest The
big graft was in the low interest rate,
2 per cent, as against IL per cent
offered by other banks. And II Is al
legged that prominent bankers paid
thousands OF dollars In pure graft To
councimen to keep the funds In fav-
Orite banks.
Those under arrest are:
Max c. Leslie. county delinquent
tax collector and right-hand man 20
State Senator w. NJ. Finn. political
bcss OF Pittsburg.
Edward n. Jennings, millionaire
president OF the Columbia National
bank. president of the Colonial Trust
Co. and head of the +. II. Jennings
Bros. Co.
Frank A. Griffin, former vice-presi-
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
ROOSEVELT is SILENT.
Would Not Discuss Pinchots Dis
missal BY Taft.

BUTIABA, Uganda Protectorate.
Jan. l7.--Word from ex-President
Roosevelt. who is now at "Rhino
Camp" today, says that he refused to
make any statement when Informed
that Clifford Pinchot had been dis
missed from his rost as chief forester
of the United States government by
President Taft. Mr.. Roosevelt was
known as the staunchest supporter oil
the dismissed forester. Aside from
expressing surprise at his dismissal
Col. Roosevelt would make no com
ment.
The Roosevelt party will probably
spend the entire week In hunting Tor
white rhinos, of which species the COZ
onel has already killed one.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

ped on the table and Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Cett proceeded TO the task Of ex.
ploding the first transportation.
This. Mrs. Gait declared. was the old
idea that woman was mans inferior.
Mrs. Harriet stanton Blatch had as
a topic taxation without representa-
ton. Then various feminine speakers
set forth what women can do In mu-
sic, literature. law. medicine. opera
and the drama.
After that the members OF the Thir-
teen club mingled in friendly converse.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
FALL RESULTS IN DEATH.
Woman Works for Hours After Fata
Accident.

Falling on an icy sidewalk on JEFF
ferson.ave.. near Brush-st.. while going
to her work last Thursday. Mrs. AL
bertha Kraft, a widow, So years old
and living az No. 1873 Maple-st., sus-
tanned fatal concussion OF the brain.
but continued to her work. and work
ed for several hours, before her In
juries forced her to go home.
There she was attended by DR.. w.
ID. MaeQuisten. No. 2s3 st. Aubin-ave..
but he was powerless to help her. She
died Saturday morning. She is sur
vived by several children.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

PITTSBURG. Pa, Jan. 17.-With
five prominent business men under
arrest charged with conspiracy. per
jury or bribery. all Pittsburg Is ex-
cited II is now believed that the
complete operations OF the men high
er up" in the graft scandals. revealed
year ago. will be uncovered.
The prosecution hopes TO show that
there was n conspiracy among certain
prominent business men and bankers
ard members of the city council tn
defraud the city out of enormous
amounts OF money by designating GER
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17
zahIe. wife of the Danish pre-.

acts as parliamentary reporter
Copenhagen She was the first wo
man TO work as a shorthand writer In
the folkething. and TO move about ON
th. floor amongst the members. Her
appointment took place In 1894, when
her husband vas elected member for
Ringstad. Iceland
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

dent and cashier of the Columbia Ma
tional Bank OF Pittsburg.
Frank F. Nicola, head OF Nicola
Bros, real estate and building inter
ests, considered one OF the biggest
men In Pittsburg and many times n
millionaire.
Chas. Stewart. business man and
former member Of Pittsburg council
The business men were admitted to
bail in amounts ranging from $4,000
to $4,000.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

Remove the scale from palms by
washing them In water to which has
been added few drops OF cedar oil.
wash them again.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

The bracelet Is In again. despite
the fact that many women cling firmly
to the long sleeve.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

A detachable clothes rack, made o
metal rods. which may be clamped e
the foot OF bedstead, Is recent In
vention.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

Busines~-like Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right Ttmaes Printing Co.. -
John R.-st. Phone 149S.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-17

After shappooing blond hair. half
the juice of lemon squeezed in the
last rinsing water will cause the hair
TO dry more quickly and with less
snarls.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
cndrsRrruB1cAN, MARsHA11rowN IOWA JANUARY H. 1910
ing like a beaver is making a dollar.

ing like beaver is making q dollar.
Now what are the trusts doing? On
the watered stock OF the Standard Oil
we know that they have been dividing
the whole amount called for by the
faxed total Of investment, once in about
two and a half years. We know what
the express companies are doing with
their watered stock. We know that the
average man is fooled over and over by
inflated capitalization on which per
cent is nearer 50 per cent. When it
comes to comparisons let US actually
compare
And let US not he cozened into a
campaign upon the retailer The cost
of living is right now a dangerous po-
litical element. There is difficulty in
explaining it without exposing many
things which big business" desires to
conceal. 1t Is we'll enough to know what
the retailer makes and to deny him an
exorbitant profit, but he is not to be
made the scapegoat of the sins of
monopoly and driven out into the will
derness while trusts point to their
small and reasonable profits of and
per cent on capitalization which repre-
sents ten to 100 times the actual in
vestment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17

ed to many OF William Sundays adj
dresses, but who was by no means an
enthusiast on the subject Of evangel-
istic work, said to the writer that he
could not understand, nor did he be-
lieve, that any fair minded person
could ever listen to some of the prayers
that Evangelist Sunday offered at the
tabernacle in Cedar Rapids, without
acknowledging that his heart and soul
We're wrapt up in a desire for the
thorough conversion of souls, and that
there was something about some of his
sermons which seemed to compel
thoughtful consideration of the remarks
uttered by the speaker. What is said
OF William Sunday can be truthfully
repeated about others who are in that
work. Rev. iMr. Lyon in his work here
the next few weeks ought to be of as
much evangelistic good to the com
munity as was Sundays effort in Cedar
Rapids. 1t will depend largely on how
much and how sincere christian sup
port is given him by our own people.
Let US all be charitable enough to give
MIN credit for coming here with a
higher motive than merely the money
consideration which may be rendered
the speaker and which usually does
not more than fairly recompense him
Tor the energy and thoughtful work he
gives in return.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-17
The Winters of the Fiffties
Lscranton Journal.l

underneath to catch the drip; your
planked shad and clam cocktails of
modern times are not in it. There was
one room upstairs where the boys and
girls slept with a bed quilt for a par
tition. The fireplace which during the
coolest weather would consume cord
of wood day was kept going night and
day.
In the morning about 4 o'clock the
boys were called up to go and do the
chores. This consisted of feeding and
caring for six head of oxen, fourteen
head of mich cows, forty-one head of
stock cattle. which We're fed their hay
from rick from fifty to seventy five
yards in length and this was their sole
diet. "A choice location was selected in
some well protected grove of under
brush where the cattle were quite coy
in this secluded nook.
Spelling and debating schools and
protracted meetings We're four miles
distant but we were there just the
same. Then the dancing parties and
candy pulls were plentiful and well
patroniZed. ;. The work in the winter
season consisted chiefly in cutting cord
wood and cutting and splitting fence
posts and rails. The winters of 1856
and 81 were noted for the deep snow
and extremely cold weather. In all
OF our cquaintance we did not know
young man that wore an overcoat or
oyershoes. The first overcoat the
writer ever wore Uncle Sam furnished
him and he did not indulge in the lug
ury OF overshoes until after the war
The first sermon the writer ever haa rd
In this state was delivered by a Free
VIII Baptist minister clad in a tanned
suit of buckskin or deer hide and this
meeting terminated after twenty six
men and women had been baptized in
the Wapsipinicon river during the lat
ter part Of December after cuttine
away some eighteen inches Of ice in
order to arrange pool.