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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

]. W. Hemp,
Samuel Beane,
Amos Root,
Rebecca Miller,
l. Harshey,
A. Bruss,
J. S. Eshelman.
Miss Anna Bier, Supervisor Of
Art Instruction in our public
schools, who has been attending
the Pratt Institute in New York
City the past year, will graduate
from that institution on June 16,
and return to her home in this
city. Miss Bier has studied with
some of the very best artists in
this country and has thoroughly
fitted herself to teach this branch
of school work.
George DeCamp was tried in
criminal court here the past week
on an indictment for grand lar
ceny, being charged with the
theft of a lot of wall paper from
the Michelow residence, near
Hillgrove, a few months ago.
The case was given to the jury
Monday afternoon, and soon aft
er they returned a verdict of gull
ty. There are three other in
dictments against DeCamp, one
for daylight burglary and two for
petit larceny.
The Fouts millinery store on
South Broadway was completely
Quilted by. fire between 4 and 5
o'clock last Sunday morning, the
stock being a total wreck. The
whole interior Of the room was
ablaze when first discovered by
Sheriff Haber and wife, who were
awakened by the crashing of
glass. How the fire originated
is all guess-work, as Mr.. Fouts
says everything was all right at
closing up time Saturday night
and that there had been no fire
in the store that day. 1t is pos
sible that mice nibbling at mat
ches may have been the cause of
the confagration. Good work on
the part of our fire department
prevented the flames spreading
and confined the fire to the mil
linery sto re. The loss to Mr..
Fouts is given at about $4,000,
with $4,000 insurance, and to the
building, owned by Mrs. Sophia
Weaver, at $500, fully covered
by insurance.
The 14-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pharon Baker. residing near
Arcanum, was killed Tuesday af-
ternoon on the outskirts of Ar
canum by the traction car due
here at 2 80 pm. He was driv-
ing into Arcanum from the north,
with his aunt, Mrs. Sollenberger,
in the buggy with him and had
just crossed the bridge, near the
Ivester mill, when, the traction
car hove in sight. The boy was
doing the driving, but it seems
his aunt lost her head and made
a grab for the lines, but grasped
the wrong one and pulled the
horse directly onto the track and
only a few feet from the car
The buggy was struck and dem
olished and the boy thrown ont(
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

Maybe David Staley Creamer was
behind that Bryan Take Your Meas
ure," Harmon appears to be anxious
to take the measure Of the St. Glars
Vile statesman, and it's only human
to get, even. a,oY ,p.,. .
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-06-16

to get. even. a,o, ,@.,.
e 50. ..--~s
The tremendous enthusiasm with
which the Cincinnati ENQUIRER Is lam
basting Bryan for suggesting, such a
thing as a senatorial endorsement
leads to the suspicion that possibly
John r. Mclean may come to Ohio
o vote this fall. t;"z.
There's a touch of the good old
times of personal politics in these
lines from the Macarthur Tribune:
"van Ratface, who runs the mud-mill
across the street, and his friends
etc. Those were happy days!
Two days after that editorial in the
Commoner found its way to Ohio
readers. Governor Harmon's "1S12"
Headquarters ct Cincinnati were
closed. Alabama papers will have to
find their own editorials hereafter.
Governor Harmon's news bureau Is
vaisinr a fuss because President Taft
aid not invite Democratic senators to
the White House conference on leg
islation promised by the Republican
platform. Thered be . fat chance to
get any measure through, wsuldn
there. il the Democrats were taken
into confidence!
- al a.
There has no: been an election q
a Republican senator from Ohio In
twenty-five years that has been -
tended by any scandal. TseFe hasR1
F, been q Democratic senatcf electee
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
HUNrlNe AND FIsHINe oHARM

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 really cannot tell which like best,
hunting or fishing. One has a lovely
time out in the green woods hunting
quail or rabbits. And one also has a
lovely time sitting on the wharf or out
in a little rowboat holding the line for
hours at a time.
When you get home you spread out
your catch and are delighted at the
many you have or disappointed at the
few. Then is the time that the
thought passes through your head and
you wonder how you can find so much
pleasure in killing Gods creatures.
That is the good in you, but there is
something else that makes you say:
well, we have to live"
It seems that we in this world are
continually killing and eating each
other The powerful beast kills some
thing weaker than itself to make its
meals upon.
We, the most powerful beasts of the
world, kill something just below us,
while they in turn destroy their in
feriors, and so on until this world is
just a slaughterhouse.
But there, the topic does not call for
a sermon. Whenever 1 see anyone
worry I advise them to look upon the
bright side, but here 1 am looking
upon the dark side.
Much as / love fishing and hunting,
I always think of what 1 have just
written and almost resolve never to go
again, but I cannot resist the tempta-
ton. Such is human nature.
BETTY CHAPMAN.
Ninth Street school, AS grade. 1854
East Ninth street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
PLAYS GAMES AT HOME

Dear Aunt Laurie:
About a week from Halloween l was
taken i'll and the doctor said L would
not be able to go outside because l
might get cold. / felt very bad about
it and thought that 1 would have to
stay cooped up in the house and not
have any fun.
The sun rose bright OH Halloween
morning and mamma said she would
take Fay, Bernice and me for a drive.
Fay and Bernice were my cousins.
asked mamma if l could go out for a
drive, why / couldn't go out with the
other children that night. Mamma said
that it would be too cold at night for
me to go out.
1t was dinner time when we reached
home. The girls stayed to dinner and
after dinner had to take nap. When
l awoke my cousins had gone lone.
1 spent the rest of the afternoon in
reading. 1 am very fond of reading.
but that afternoon | could not fix my
mind on the book for thinking of the
good time l was to miss.
1t was a surprise when, after sup
per Fay and Bernice came over to stay
all night. I had thought that they were
going with the others.
Mamma brought in a lot Of colored
papers and we made paper dolls and
dressed them and made all kinds of
funny faces. After we got tired of
that mamma let us make candy and
pop popcorn over the fireplace. We
also played games.
l am glad l did not go with the 9TH
ers that night. ERMA CANFIELD.
1908 Clay street. San Diego. Logan
school, grade ga, age II years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30

marry Prince Glucko and ne was
chained to the wall of dark prison.
After he was well he and the princess
were married. and they lived on one
island half of a year and on the other
island the remainder. Florizel was the
best king that ever lived:
615 East Thirty-sixth street.
"Bet you aren't" replied young Cock
Robin.
"Pn prove it. Let's race to the old
oak near the creek"
Now, Master Robin didn't feel like
flying just then and searched his brain
for some excuse so he wouldn't have
to race and to not let this saucy crow
know that he felt sick.
Lets think of something else to
prove which is the best bird" he sug-
gested.
"WelI, if you're afraid I'll win."
COURSE you wouldn't, but / just
didn't care to fly" began Robin.
"Fraidy!' jeered the crow.
Cock wouldn't bear this insult, and,
in spite of the queer feeling and heavy
wing, he hoped to the ground.
Think you can call me names, do
you?" he asked the fine crow.
Eyes, and you can't stop me- re-
torted Master Grow.
Cock retorted sharply, and the crow
punched him with jetty wing. Robin
tripped and lay stunned.
When no Cock Robin came Mrs.
Robin grew more anxious and per
suaded her mate to go to hunt their
youngster.
He asked an eagle whom he met If
she'd seen young Cock Robin. She
hadn't, but started to help search.
She found him beneath the oak and
carried him to his father. Robin very
soon came to, and though he's a
grown bird now, he's never flown far
away from home again. He and his
mate live in the same tree as his par
ents do and get on finely.
PEARL CHURCHILL.
Grade 6, I'll Ceres avenue, city. -
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
Drawn by Leslie R. Sailor Jefferson Street Grade

ghost stories, and my aunt sat lamp
which burned scented powder in the
middle of the floor
After a while we grew tired of tell
ing stories, so we decided to go out
and do some mischief. We walked and
walked till we were 50 tired we all sat
down on somebody's lawn.
After we sat there a while we
thought it was time to do something
We started home, and on the way we
saw some barrels filled with tin cans.
We tipped them over and ran.
When we got to my house we sat
down to eat When we had finished
we pinned a picture of donkey with
out a tail on the wall. We were to try
to pin the tail on the right place. l
gave prizes for the one who pinned II
nearest and farthest.
DOROTHY FISHER.
Logan school, San Diego, 5A grade.
Age II years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
LETTERS TO AUNT LAURIE
FROM NEPHEWS AND NIECES
CONTINUED from Page Three)

come. At last it was the time, and the
children crowded down to the school
house.
We boys had dug a cave and it was
all decorated with jack o. lanterns. 1t
looked just fine. Some of the girls
came in the cave. They said that it
was just the best cave they had ever
seen.
During this time the teacher, Mr..
Ward had made a fire and was cook
ing corn and potatoes.
The boys couldn't wait until it got
done. They just ate some of it raw.
After all this was done we played
many motions for about an hour and
had lots Of fun.
1t was then about 10 o'clock and we
all headed our canoes toward home.
WILPORT POLK.
Rivera school, eighth grade.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
FINDS A BIG BANQUET READY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween we had lots of fun.
We stayed up until IL o'clock. We
had made jack o'lanterns out of hol-
lowed pumpkins with candles in them.
We went 10 houses and rang the door
bells, but when the people came out
they did not find any one. We put
tick-tacks on peoples windows and
when they came out to see who was
making the racket they could not find
u.s. We also took a pail of water and
put it on door where the people We're
not home and when they came back
the pail of water fell on them.
At last we thought we had enough
of that kind of fun. So we played
hide and seek, run, sheep, run, old
witch and a few other games.
We played until about II o'clock
outdoors and when we came in a ban
quet was all prepared for US. We
sat down and ate vegetables, pumpkin
pie, cranberries, apple pie, a big fat
turkey with stuffing, all sorts of
fruits and cakes, ice cream and candy.
After we had supper we sat around
the hearth rug telling. stories of all
sorts by the nice fireplace. Your friend.
FRANK KELLER.
Logan Heights school, ga grade, II
years old. San Diego, S74 Harrison
avenue.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
is FRIGHTENED BY GHOSTS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I wrote to tell you what 1 Gid last
Halloween Last Halloween I could
not stay out very long. While 1 was
out 1 had a very happy time We
had a Chinese lantern. This Halloween
I do not think we are going out at
all.
There were some boys who were
dressed up in white sheets. They came
out on the street. They looked like
ghosts ] guess 1 have never seen a
ghost, but 1 have seen pictures of
them. Those boys looked like the pic
lures. Some of the boys were right
near. And all 1 could see was white
thing walking.
There were two or three girls and
they had sheets on, too. I think they
had a very nice time soaring people.
They were going all around the block.
Halloween is the time to scare peo-
pie. They usually scare children.
They do not scare many grown up.
folks Some of them are very easily
scared. 1 am very easily scared my
self.
I hope this Halloween they will not
be on the street Halloween is nothing
to be scared of unless you are very
afraid of things,
Yours truly, FERN HUNTER.
SIS Julian avenue, San Diego. Logan
school. ga grade.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
HAS TO STAY IN THE HOUSE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween 1 had to stay in the
house because 1 had a cold. But
had more fun than if had gone out.
We had a party.
We put big tub of water in the
middle of our dining room and mamma
put three dozen apples in it. One by
one we took turns in trying to get the
apples by our teeth. Only one person
was left out. 1t was my sister.
Then my brothers and lot of other
boys put a sheet over their heads.
They painted their faces up like clowns.
After a while we heard lot of noise
like thunder. Some boys had tipped
a chicken coop over.
After our boys came in they wanted
to play some games. After We got
tired of playing games wa took some
more apples and tied strings To the
core. Some one would swing the ap-
pies. Then we would take turns try
ing to get them with our teeth.
After we did that every one went
home. Then all of us went to bed feel
ing very happy. Your friend.
SOPHIE ADELINE SPERRY.
Thirty-fou and G. streets, San
Diego. Logan school, 5B grade, IL
years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
MEETS AM ugly SKELETON

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween 1 went to a party
given by a club which 1 attend We
all wore costumes and carried with us
a pumpkin jack O. lantern. fter we
all arrived we were ushered into room
lighted only by one pumpkin jack
o. lantern. Here we got tangled up
with queer objects. / met with a
dangling skeleton. After some hard
struggling to get free, we were each
given a pillow case. Then we had a
pillow case dance and supper.
After supper we gathered together in
a circle on the lawn where we told
ghost stories, dived for apples and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
USES AN OLD ALARM CLOCK

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween 1 stayed up until
II o'clock.
When I first went out of the house
I met some more boys. First we got
some little nails and tapped the Win
dows with them. When the people
came out to see who was tapping the
windows we ran away to another
house. At last we decided to quit tap
ping windows and try something else.
We had an old alarm clock, so we
wound it up and put it near a window,
When it went off the people of the
house looked out and did not see any
body. We soon got tired of this and
found some green tomatoes and threw
them at porches. The people in the
houses on whose porches we threw the
tomatoes were. very angry with us, but
could not catch us.
We could not find much more to 40,
so some of the boys went home, but
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
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sang songs. Then we went around and
rang peoples door bells, tic-tacked
their windows and played other pranks.
Then we went home after declaring
we had had the time of our lives.
ALICE CLOTHIER.
757 Hemock street, Ninth street
school, age ~, grade 8.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
SPILLS CANS OVER LAWNS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween I had a party. All
the children who lived near me were
invited.
We sat in a dark room and told
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01
DIR. and MRS WILKINSON HAVE
RETURNED FROM TRIP TO OHIO

E q .szsl .ssasa.k....Es...S-.-.s,
ton of the roadways and turned their
course northward and crossed the
Mississippi river inio Illinois at Han
nibal, instead of by means OF the great
Eads bridge further down the stream
the roads were much better than on
this side OF the Father of Waters hut
can be improved upon even there.
Except in the territory about Chicago
sanded highways, Illinois has compar-
atively few first class public roads.
The trip took the party through
Quincy and Springfield in Illinois.
through Indianapolis and Richmond
In Indiana and Columbus and half
a score of other cities in Ohio. The
journey was made without accident
and afforded the party a fine oppor-
tunity to see the country and study
the people at close range. Secre-
tary d. w. Ross % the Canon City MsT-
chants association. who was a mem
Der of the party. gained nine pounds
in avoirdupois during the two weeks
required to make the run, the others
doing almost as well. DR.. and Mrs.
Wilkinson intended to make the triB
back to Colorado in their automobile.
but we're compelled to abandon it at
Clinton, Iowa, on account OF the mud
dy condition of the roads and make
the remainder of the journey in a
Pullman coach. They stopped a
couple of days in Chicago on the home
ward trip and did not encounter any
bad roads until after crossing into
Iowa.
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01

OF the community and is in position
to judge moe accurately of its at
fractions and prosperity. We were sur
prised at the great number of thrifty,
bustling, handso me cities there were
along the line of our journey in KAN
sas. Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio. Everybody seemed to be pros
porous and to possess an abiding faith
in the material growth and future of
his surroundings. Kansas, especial
ly, impressed me as a great and in
teresting state. 1t Is really beauti-
full commonwealth from a scenic
standpoint. particularly the eastern
portion, which is hilly enough to be
Picturesque. We found Missouri a
fine agricultural state, although there
appeared TO be considerable stretches
of waste land. Illinois appeared to
us to be the best farming state We
passed through and the most
thoroughly cultivated. The crops
were of uniform excellence and pract-
ically all OF the soil was under tillage.
Indiana had the best roads and Ohio
the most manufacturing. Quincy and
Springfield. ILL.,. Indianapolis, Ind.
Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, all OF
which we passed through. are fine
cities and. are growing rapidly. Al
though we had very pleasant out
ing we are glad to get back to Canon
City which looks pretty good to us"
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01

appears the invitation, Stop off and
drive to the top Of the Royal Gorge"
and on the left, the following an
nouncements, Splendid Climate"
beautiful mountain drives" Fine or
chards." The sign was made In Chi
cago and cost the Canon City Busi-
ness Mems association the sum OF
three hundred dollars.
Much credit for the installation OF
this superb advertisement is due to
w. t. Wallace. manager Of the Colo
RADIO Light and Power company's bus
mess, who, with characteristic gener-
osity, offered to supply the electric
current needed for its Illumination
free of cost, a proposition that was
accepted. Mr.. Wallace's public
spiritedness in the matter was very
keenly appreciated by the members Of
the business mems association, and,
doubteless, will be by the community
at large. Electric advertisements have
been found to be very effective in
many cities on the Pacific coast and
good results are looked for from 1t
here.
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HAVE ACCEPTED BEAVER
CREEK BRIDGE

From Thursdays Daily.
County Commissioners W. II. La
Grange and 8. G. Kelso yesterday in
spected the new concrete bridge q,
Beaver. which has been completed
IN record time. They are very much
pleased with the structure and pro-
nounce 1t one Of the best in the coun-
ty. 1t has an arch 80 feet across with
ten feet clear above the creek bed
All graded and in readiness for travel
It has cost the county $4,000.
While this ford is seldom very DIFF
ficult for teams It has been q severe
one for tandem bicycilists and auto
mobiles and will be saving In labor
TO teams as well as a great improve
ment to what tourers in automobiles
have been pleased to term one Of the
best roads for touring cars.-Florencs
Citizen.
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01

lights were turned on in the buildings
at $50.
Those who claim to know say that
the smoke is from the forest fire dis
tricts OF the northwest. but whether
this Is true or not II is hard to say
at this time. One OF the features OF the
afternoon in Denver was the appear
ance of the sun through the smoke
It resembled a great bali OF red fire
and II was such an uncommon sight
for the west that hundreds gathered
where they could see II and discussed
its resemblance to the late autumn af-
ternoon scenes in the east The odor
In the air was very offensive. giving
off a gas corresponding to that given
off by a pile of burning wet leaves.
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01
MR.. AND MRS. D. W. ROSS
HOME FROM THEIR EASTERN TRIP
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Ross returned to
Canon City last night from visit of
a months duration with relatives and
friends at their old home in Rochester
New York. In consideration of the
fact that the outward trip as far as
Cleveland. Ohio, was made in COM
son in an automobile it was one OF
more than ordinary interest and is
looked back upon with much salts
faction. Mr.. and Mrs. Ross, like DR..
and Mrs. Wilkinson, enjoyed every
feature of their long cross-country
run andarrogate to themselves the
acquisition of a lot of geographical
and sociological facts and information
as a consequence of their somewhat
unique journey.
"In travelling SO long a distance by
auto" said Mr.. Ross this morning,
zone sees things as they really are
and gets far better idea of the top
ography of the country, its people
than is possible from cursory
glance out of a car window Rail-
roads, as rule, are built along the
line of least resistance and are apt to
give one a wrong impression of the
territory they traverse In their pas
sage through towns and villages they
usually afford a better view of pig
sty's and back yards than any thing
else, whereas travelling by automo-
bile one sees more of the civic spirit
Cañon City record., 1910-09-01
AN APPRECIATED
EXPRESSION OF PUB
Lie SP|R|TEDNESS

From Thursdays Daily.
Canon City's big electric advertise
ment, near the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad station, at the intersection OF
9th and Water streets. has been con-
nected with the Colorado Light and
Power company's plant and was IL
Illuminated last night for the first
time. 1t is the finest thing Of the kind
anywhere between Denver and Salt
Lake City and will be the means OF
directing the attention Of thousands
of people, travelling over the Denver
and Rio Grande, to the climate, res
idental and business advantages OF
this community.
The sign is of enamelled steel, Sc
curely erected on iron pillars set in
concrete, and is thirty-four feet above
the street. The words. Canon City"
stand out from the general surface
of the sign and contain eighty-four,
sixteen candle power, incandescent
electric lights which brilliantly illum-
mate the surroundings. Immediately
above the words Canon City" ap-
pears the legend. "The City Beauti-
full" while below it is the phrase,
Elevation 5343 Feet" On the right