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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
FAMILY rs LONGLIVED.

Brother Is los, Another 80, While
Sister Is 1O2.
Mrs. Anna Boicourt is dead in Mo-
line Kan, at the age of LOG years. Her
family is believed to hold all records
for longevity. William Hamilton, a
brother, is %; a sister, Mrs. Sarah
Byrne, of Rushville, H., is 102, and
another brother, James Hamilton, is
los A nephew, Zacharias Hamilton,
is 70. He expects to live to be 100.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
BLACKHAND ON OIL KINGS LAND
Workmen Terrorized After Rescue
of Kidnapped Pocantico Boy.


New York detectives are aiding the
West Chester County authorities in
trying to run down band of black
handlers who have terrorized the work
men on the John D. Rockefeller estate
at Pocantico hills, New York, and
whose latest exploit was the kidnap-
ing of the 4-year-old son of Leonard de
Carlo. The boy was found several
miles from home in the custody of
two women agents of the blackmail-
ers, who became frightened and fed
when approached by trolley car con-
ductor. The trolley mans suspicious
had been excited by the crying Of the
child and the woman's actions.
The gang now operating on and near
the Rockefeller estate is believed to
be the same as that which four or five
years ago was investigated and whose
operations were checked temporarily by
the late Lieut.. Petrosino. The terror
lied workmen on the estate can be in
duced to say little about the black
mailers' extortions, but the police are
working on clews that it is hoped will
result in the final dispersal of the
gang,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Father Girls Best Adviser

President Sarah Louise Arnold of
Simmons College, in Boston, says that
the future of girl rests with her IA
Their According to President Arnold
a fathers experience makes him the
best adviser Of his daughter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Bandits Hold I'D Car.

Street car bandits held up a cal
near Bennett Station, near Pittsburg
tied Conductor Albert Miller and Mo
torman David Forsaithe to the con
troller and took everything of value
from them The car was then started
wild" down the track. The motor
man freed himself and checked it be
fore damage was done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Traction engines are becoming COM
mon in Southern farming. Near Fred
ericksburg, Va, Capt. NJ. B. Rowe uses
a gasoline engine pulling six three
horse plows with harrows following
These do the work which would ordi-
narily require twenty-one horses and
seven men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Football Injury Is Fatal.

John A. Airhart, aged 10, a former
student at Simmons College at Abb
lene. Tex, who was injured in a foot
ball game on Oct. 10, died of his in
juries. He had been unconscious from
conclusion of the brain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Ice Rrenk-In Costs $4,000,

The lower section of Mandan, n. D.,
suffered a loss of $4,000 by the over
flowing Of the Heart River and the
breaking up of the Missouri. The
greater portion of this loss will fall on
the Northern Pacific.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Railroad earnings in Minnesota dur
ing the calendar year 1909 were $780,
987.228, a handsome increase over
1908, when the gross earnings were
s77,875, $50. The taxes upon last years
business were s3,639,489, every cent of
which has been paid into the State
treasury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Thirty-one associations, including
over 1000 breeders of dairy cattle, are
now engaged in the united effort to
improve the dairy stock of Wisconsin,
writes Prof. G. c.. Humphrey of the
University of Wisconsin Agricultural
Experiment station, in a new bulletin,
No 18a inst issued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Eicht-Incb Fall kills Man.

A fall of eight inches killed John
Spiler, night Waterman at a building
under construction in New York.
While standing on beam he fell back
ward, the back of his head striking
a plank. His skull was fractured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

The Great Northern Railway has
planned an expenditure of about &c.
100000 this year sor additional equip
nent. The amount will be divided
nearly evenly between the freight and
passenger service, and the total num-
Der of purchases will be delivered be-
fore the end of the year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Boy Taken as Counterfefter.

The finding of a counterfeiting out
fit in a cellar under hotel in River
side led to the arrest of Harold Nun,
IA years old, a bell boy, who claims to
be the son of a wealthy stockman of
Snyder, Texas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Eastern capitalists have become in
terested in the Agar Packing Company
in Des Moines and will advance money
for the construction of an enormous
new plant. In addition the capital
stock Of the company will be increased
S2A0 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Bank Robbers Get $1,000.

Charles Hall, cashier of the State
Bank of Virginia, Neb., stated that
$1,000 was secured by the men who
robbed the bank the previous night.
The robbers escaped after exchanging
shots with citizens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Three children Burn to Death

Three children of Frederick Willis
were burned to death when the Willis
residence in Rapid City, Man, was de-
stroyed by fire. Eric Campbell was
overcome in an attempted rescue, but
will recover
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Form New s15o.ooo.ooo Trust

1t is given out on what seems trust
worthy authority that negotiations are
pending looking to d coalition of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Company and its most bitter ri.
val, the General Electric, Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Flood Impert1s 900 Pupil.

The bursting of a dam at an old col.
liery at Blaenelydach in Rhondda val.
ley, Wales, has flooded the village ly.
ing below, destroying many houses.
The waters rushed into school hav-
ing 900 pupils, who narrowly escaped
drowning. Six lives were lost in the
village, the inhabitants of which fed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
gang.
Abandoned Bride Ends Life.

Deserted by her bridegroom of a
week, whom she accused of clipping
with her younger sister, Mrs. Frank
Dague committed suicide at Addison,
Ohio, by swallowing a quantity of
paris green
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Negro Cuts and Robs Woman

A negro entered the grocery store OF
Mrs. Mary Albert, white woman, in
the outskirts Of Kansas City, and after
probably fatally slashing her with a
razor, robbed her of several hundred
dollars and escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
$4,000 Prize Beauty Is Dead

Miss Louise Montague, famous a
quarter of century ago for her beau
ty, died at her home, 164 Manhattan
avenue, New York, after a protracted
illness, in her fifty-frst year. Her
death was due to anaemia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Monday.

Mine operators predicted a strike o.
10000 coal miners on April /.
Col. Roosevelt reached Khartoum, was
welcomed by British officials, and join
ed his wife and daughter.
Lord Rosebury urged the house Of
lords to reform that body and check
the fight by the government.
The Senate passed a bill urged by
the Slavs providing that the census
shall show the race and mother tongue
of all peoples.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
$4,000 PAINTING rs STOLEN

Thief Cuts Picture from Frame In
Frisco Museum and Escapes.
Some time after 9 o'clock the other
morning a thief entered the Memorial
Museum in Golden Gate Park. San
Francisco, cut Millet's painting. The
Shepherd and His Flock" from its
frame and carried it through the door
before the eyes of two policemen who
were on guard. The painting was
loaned to the museum and was valued
at $4,000. 1t was 81 by IS inches and
was not protected by glass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

For the building of a bridge to con-
meet ST Croix Falls, Wis, and Taylor
Falls, Mimi, both these cities and
their respective States have each APP
propriated $500, making total of
$4,000 Plans for the bridge are be-
ing decided upon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Two Children Burn to Death.

Charles, years old, and Catherine,
1 year old, children of William Quinn.
were burned to death in the destruc-
ton of the family home in ST. Louis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Mrs Eva A. ngersoll, of Boston, re-
ceived a certified check for s195, IS,
ending a fight of twenty years for fe9
she claimed was due her late husband,
Robert G. Ingersoll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Former Governor Myron T. HerricI1
of OHIO issued a statement denying
in detail the charges made in Con-
eress aeainst the Merchant Marine
League by Congressman Steenerson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

An automobile containing six young
men and women near Baton Rouge,
La. skidded and overturned, killing
Miss Sue Devan, and seriously injuring
Miss Caroline Phillips
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
TAGGART WINS GAMBLING CASE

Jury Returns Verdict Favorable IN
French Lick Hotel Company.
The jury in the French Lick Hotel
Company case returned a verdict in
Paoli, Ind, for the company. The YER
dict, however, was not a surprise. The
State undoubtedly will take the case
to the Supreme Court, with the hope
that IL. will be sent back for retrial.
The Attorney General declares there
were MANI errors. both in the rulings
and the instructions of the court TO
the jury. !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Seek to Reach Mckinley Peak.

Belmore Browns expedition to Mt
Mckinley in an effort TO reach the top
where Dr. Cook said he left records
will leave Tacoma on May 3
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Thursday.


Former Vice President Fairbanks ar
rived in New York
Robert E. Peary cancelled his South
ern lecture engagements following
snub.
Arguments were begun before the
United States Supreme Court on the
corporation tax law.
A New York art dealer has reaped Il
fortune from made-to-order "old mas
ters," a witness in lawsuit declared.
The Munich authorities got a letter
from a woman who proclaims death
to autoists and boasts of having killed
four already.
President Taft, spending the day in
Chicago was feted from morn until
midnight and made eight speeches on
varied subjects.
The packers told the Senate inves-
tigating committee they are not to
blame for the high cost of food and ac-
cused the farmers
The insurgents sprung coup and
almost succeeded in destroying Can
mons power; regulars filibustered until
absentees can rush to Washington
Friday.
The Roosevelt party began the long
trip down the Nile
Speaker Cannon, baffied in twenty
six hour fight in the House, treated
for peace.
The Chesapeake and Ohio and the
Lake Shore roads have bought the
Hooking Railroad
Alleged butterine frauds amounting
10 $500 daily led to the arrest of four
at a Hoboken On. j. factory,
A scientist says he has found the
earliest version of the flood i'll Nip
pur; it bears out the Bible story
President Taft announced a tariff
agreement with France and invited
Cauada's Minister of Finance to meet
him in Albany in a final effort to
maintain peaceful trade relations.
Saturday.
Colonel Roosevelt gave a dinner for
journalists on a Nile steamer,
Typhoid fever scourged Minneapolis;
the hospital was full of patients
Prince Henry OF Prussia declared he
found British friendly to Germany on
his recent visit to England
Russell B. Harrison issued a state
ment denying that his father pledged
a cabinet place to T. c. Plat
The sympathetic strike was declared
unlawful by the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals at Richmond, Va.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. will leave
his carpet factory job in June and his
wedding is expected TO follow soon
after.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

Under the name of Mary Augusta
Strong. May Yohe formerly LADY
Hope) is suing her husband, Putnam
Bra6Iee Strong, for divorce at Pot
land. Ore
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Saturday.

Thomas Farrell is in Flower Hospi
tai New York, with a disIocated Shout
der and internal injuries as a result
of being run down by two baby car
riacpS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

OF thirty two Cornell University stu
dents VINO have been awarded honocs
by election to the Phi Beta Kappa,
nineteen are womepl and only thlrte IN
men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.
az q ~ "a curb

Senator Burkett asks law to curb
the federal courts in state affairs.
A misconception Of the Payne-Al-
drich tariff caused Canada to delay
in settling the dispute with the United
States.
Philadelphia labor leaders threatened
a food famine, and called on union
members to withdraw their funds from
the banks in effort to win the street
car strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Tuesday.

The fear of a tariff war with Can
ada agitates members of Congress.
Senator Cummins attacked the meth
DDS Of President Taft IN connection
with the railroad bill
Former President Roosevelt and par
ty went to a battlefield on camels and
spent busy day in and around Khar-
tum.
Chief of Police Creecy of st. Louis
and lieutenant were suspended fol
lowing charges of friendliness to an
embeZzler
sued her husbands parents in New
York for 100000, alleging alienation
of affections
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24
Wednesday.

Tom Browne, British artist, died in
London.
The federal grand jury indicted two
railways for violation of the Elkins
act
The corrected registration figures
show 1896 voters put on the list in
Chicago.
Japan is said to have sent a pro-
posaI to Washington that the United
States and Japan form an alliance to
rule the far East
Republican insurgents joined the
Democrats and administered the most
crushing defeat of his career to Speak
er Cannon, overruling him on point
of orden
Arguments before the Supreme Court
of the United States in the Standard
Oil case were ended and the belief was
that tribunal will modify decree of
lower court.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18

also bet when playing cards, of which
he was fond.
His mouth was large and he had a
habit of clinching his jaws when in a
serious mood.
He had portraits of himself painted
by Peale, Wright, Ramage, Trumbull,
Savage, S%harpless, G.. Stuart and
others, of which no one can be ac-
cepted as entirely satisfactory.
He was a hearty eater, and at times
drank deep, but never to the point of
excess. He always served wine at
meals.
He was a moderate wine drinksr,
but did not use tobacco, although he
raised it for export.
Like Lincoln, he was fond of the
theatre, and attended whenever he
had the opportunity.
He could swear with surprising
vigor and earnestness, and at times
was known to get into towering fits
of anger.
He was always in doubt as to his
own ability and was never adverse to
receiving advice from friends.-St.
Paul Globe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
The Bible.

Not only was Diderot right when he
said, mo better lessons than those OF
the Bible can 1 teach my child" not
only was Franklin right when he said
with dying lips, young man, my adj
vice to you is that you cultivate an
acquaintance with, and a firm belief
in, the Holy Scriptures-this is your
certain interest,"" but even Descartes
and Newton were right when they
said, mo sciences are better attested
than is the religion of the Bible-not
even the mathematical" Nay, one
still more illustrious than these great
scientists was right when He said. If
they hear Lot Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead"
Whoever will take the trouble to
go as far as the metaphysics of the
senses or of geometry, can find that
even their ultimate principles are as
sailed by no smaller objections, and
defended by NO greater proofs than
attach to the Biblical religion
Preface to "Ad Fidem," by the Rev.
E. F. Burr, D. D.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
First in War,
First in Peace,
First i'm the Hearts
of His COuntrymen.
The Only American Whose Birthday
is a Legal Holiday in All the States.

The Only American Whose Birthday
is a Legal Holiday in All the States.
He left an estate valued at about
100000.
He was the first and only President
chosen unanimously.
He never made a set speech DUR
ing HIS long public career.
He exercised the veto power twice
in the eight years of his Presidency.
He had light blue eyes, verging on
gray, and his hair was a dark brown.
He was six feet and two inches
high and had large hands and feet.
His face showed marks from the
effect of an attack of smallpox.
He was a very good horseman and
fond of riding, racing, driving and
hunting.
His Farewell Address," published
September Is, 1896, is one of the
most profound documents ever
penned by an American.
He was a member of the Masonic
order, which, in his day, was the lead
ing, If not the only secret society.
He was fond of instrumental music,
especially the harp, on which his STEP
daughter, Eleanor Parke Gusts, was
a skilled performer.
Though he was childless himself
more than 500 representatives of the
genuine Washington stock are living.
He loved animals and his horses
and dogs were all fine blooded stock.
Lotteries were common in his day
and he was a frequent investor. He
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
Arrest Reveals Wedding.

The arrest of William L. Wood, a
local automobile agent, for non-sup-
port of his wife, was the first knowl-
edge that his friends mad that he had
been a benedict for more than a year.
Woods wife said that she and her
husband agreed to keep their mar
riage secret for a year. The time
was up, she maintains, a week ago,
and when Wood refused to announce
their marriage she and her mother
went before Judge Bratt and had a
warrant sworn out. The wife exhib-
tied a marriage certificate showing
that the ceremony had been per-
formed by the Rev. John Bombin, of
the First Reformed Church, of Hack
ensack.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
w. Durrant, New Jersey, in Leslie's

w. Durrant, New Jersey, in Leslie's
Weekly.
per and Aunt Sukey, to be near his
young master.
George seems to have had few
faults. We know him as truthful,
punctual, systematic, executive, ten
der and brave, To his mother he was
an ideal son. At one time he was CIV
en- a commission On board His Majes-
tvs ship the Bellona. He obtained it
through his ha1f-brother Laurence,
and his friend, Admiral Vernon.
When his mother was appraised of it
she and her son had a serious half
hour. George vas courteous but de-
termined, and politely but firmly re-
fused to give UP his commission. 1t
was the dearest wish of his heart. His
mother, ever self-controlled and strong
in her reserve, broke down and plead
ed with her son to give. up the sea.
George in a flash saw the mother love
and was overpowered. He waited a
minute to subdue the ache in his
heart before he replied, Mother, |
will give up my commission"
George always had a passion for
things military, and learned much of
French military tactics from Lord
Fairfax hodyguard. Lance, while Wis
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
GEORGE Washington
g. a5 q Boy %
x @SS

iting Lord Fairfax at Greenaway
Court, In Virginia.
Lance also taught George to fence,
and the future great man afterward
admitted that in addition to master
ing the gentlemanly art, he mastered
something more importantAthe art
of mastering his temper. He soon
found that courage, swiftness, dexter
ity were ali necessary, but that the
man with the uncontrolled temper
was always defeated. He once said to
Lance: Ever since l was a little boy,
l have eve lost my temper before
my mother or any woman 1t would
be ungentlemanly." To this Lance
replied: well, son, go a little farth-
er. If you can do SO out of respect
for your mother, then, out of respect
for yourself, always keep your tenn
per-"
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
Living Unto God.

Eternal life means life that is above
time and all earthly vicissitude. "Eter-
nal'' refers to our relation to the
fountain of life in God. and the rela-
ton of life to God. This is life eter-
nal that they should know Thee the
only true God, and Him whom Thou
didst send, even Jesus Christ" This
is our Lords definition. We are liv-
ing the eternal life here and now
when we are living to God, when
Gods judgments are our judgments,
when the life of God is in us as the
spring of all our life. So We live by
the abiding principles and unto abid-
ing result.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-18
j. Edward Allaire Dead.

J. Edward AlIaire, Red Banks old
est resident, died of general debility,
aged ninety-four years. He had lived
in Red Bank seventy-one years. He
was born in New York City in 1917
and attended Public School 3, at
Hudson and Grove streets. He lived
near the Havemeyer sugar refneries
and used to be rocked to sleep by
former Mayor William F. Havemeyer.
From 1S46 to 184S Mr.. Allaire served
as a New York City policeman; from
1885 to 1916 he c~aptained boats ply
ing between Red Bank and New YORK,
Albany and New York and New York
City and Philadelphia. His wife died
last October at the age Of eighty
seven, after the couple had celebrated
their sixty-seventh wedding anniver-
sorry