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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
Cleaning Committee Names
the Winners in Recent
Competition.
HONORABLE MENTION LIST
MANY YARDS IN THE CITY ARE
DEEMED WORTHY ON ACCOUNT
OF THEIR GENERAL cLEANLi-
NESS.

The cleaning committee, acting in
conjunction with members of the Com
mercial club and the Young Mems Bus
mess club has announced that the fol-
lowing citizens are entitled to receive
certificates of merit for the cleanest
yards in their respective wards:
First Ward-Henry Knollenberg, 212
South Fourth street.
Second Ward-Mrs. j. III. Wilson, los
FIT. Wayne avenue.
Third Ward-Frank NJ. Clark, 321
North Twelfth street.
Fourth Ward-John Bayer, 1874 South
Eighth street.
Fifth Ward-Fred Brown, 800 North
Sixteenth street
Sixth Wards. E. Berry, 115 South
Twelfth street
Seventh Ward-Mrs. Maggie Behc-
men, Corner w Eighth and South A
street.
Boyer street.
The prizes will be properly present
ed in a short time. Prizes for the
most beautiful yards will be awarded
later. Hundreds of yards all over
Richmond would have compared fav-
orably with those winning prizes, but
they were not in the competing list.
Yards in the list worthy of men,
ton for their condition are as fol-
lows:
First Ward-Mrs. Ed Voss, Mrs.
Schwegman, Mrs. Paddock, William
Sudhoff.
Second Ward-L. c. Wilson, w.
Schultz, W. A. Stanton, Mrs. c. B.
Graves. Thomas Murphy, A. Runge.
Third Ward-Frank Land, Omar
Whelan, L. B. Nusbaum. B. Johnson,
J. H. Johnson. S. E. Swayne, G. Z.
Gates, Mrs. Craighead, George Miller
| Mrs. Frank Vaughn. Mrs. T. Wood.
hurst. Mr.. Griffin, I. NJ Hughes, Mrs.
Thomas. J. F.. Cronin, Mrs. Sinnex.
Fourth Ward-Mrs. Sudhoff, Emma
| c. Haner, Mrs. Sieweke, Mrs. Pickett
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
Old Tins london eank Clerks.


Formerly the dress Of the ordinary
bank clerk was knee breaches, silk
stockings. shoes with silver buckles.
tail coat aud often white tie.
Messrs. Coutts drew the line at the
clean shave and a frock csnt. Hirsute
ornaments were regulated by strict Or
ders from headquarters. boards or the
mustache not being tolerated for many
years. Nearly every one walked to
and from business at that time. three.
four or Eve miles being no uncommon
distance. One gentleman lived in Fri
day street. Cheapside. He used to
saunter down to the bank about $50
In dressing gown and slippers. sign the
appearance book" and then return
home to shave and breakfast at his
leisure.-London Standard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27

Minnie Wagner, Fred Krone, Frank
Anderson.
Fifth Ward-Clark Ketch, Mrs Rich
ard Shute. w. F. Bradbury. Mrs. Candy
Mrs. Rose Sharkey, o. P. Nusbaum
BENZ. Howes. Mrs. James Howes. John
Hastings. Mrs. Carey. DIR. Wilson.
Mark Pennell, Elmer Esgemeyer
John Shroyer. Albert Reed, H. C. Has
emeier, Charles Shiveley. j. Hasecos
ter. j. H. klute, Adam Bartei.
: Seventh Ward-T c. Hubbard. G. H
Murray. G. H. Shofer. w A. Ellis.
Eighth Ward-Mrs. Charles Halter.
In behalf of the committee.
MRS. w. F. STEPHENS, Chairman
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
RICHMOND, INDIANA
"PANIC PROOF CITY"

Has a population Of $4,000 and
Is growing. 1t Ia the county
seat of Wayne County. and tho
trading center of a rich asri-
cultural community. 1t Is 70
Gated due east from Indianapo-
lis 50 miles and 4 miles from the
state line.
Richmond is a city of homes
and Of industry. Primarily. a
manufacturing city, It Is also
the jobbing, center OF Easter,
trade of the populous comrnun-
ity for miles around.
Richmond Is proud OF Its
splendid streets, well kept
yards. it's cement sidewalks and
beautiful shade trees. It has
national banks. 2 trust COM
panies and building associa-
lions with combined resources
OF over Ss.000,000. Number Of
factories 1875; capital invested
37,000.000 with an annual out
put OF $27.000,oO0. and a pay
roll of 5000, 900. The total pay
roll for the city amounts to APP
proximately s6.soo,ooo annually.
ferent. directions from the city.
Incoming freight handled daily,
ha ssSeSo ls DAILY outE 4sosoo frei iSa
Yard facilities, per day 1900
trains daily, 50. Number Of
freight trains daily u. The an.
nual post office receipts amount
to $4,000. Total assessed valu-
Asi Rieh On fms S s.y two
railways. Three newspapers
with a combined circulation of
$4,000. Richmond Is the great
est hardware jobbing center in
the state. and only second In
general johbing interests; II
high grade plano every IS
minutes. 1t Is the leader in the
manufacture of traction en-
gines. and produces more
tnresn hing m shin Lawn m %r;,.
and burial caskets than any
other city in the world.
The city's area Is 2,S4O acres;
has a court house costing $780,
the. finest and most. complete
high school in the middle west
under constructions; 3 parochial
schools: Earlham college and
the Indiana Business College:
five splendid fire COMPANIES in
park, the largest and most
beautiful park in Indiana, the
home OF Richmond's annual
chautauuua; seven hotels; mu-
nicipal electric light plant. un-
der successful operation, and a
private electric light plant. in
surfing competition; the oldest
public library in the state, ex-
ccpt ono. and the second largest.
10000 volumes; pure, refreshing
water. unsurpassed; 65 miles Of
improved streets: 40 miles OF
sewers; IS miles OF cement curb
and gutter combined: 40 miles
of cement walks. and many
miles OF brick walks. Thirty
churches. including the Reid
Memorial. built at cost Of
S25o.000: Reid Memorial Hos
rital. ono OF the most modern
In the state: Y. NJ. C.. A. build
ing, erected at n cost of 500, 900,
one OF the finest in the state.
The amusement center of East
ern Indiana and Western Ohio.
No city of the size OF Rich
mond holds as fine an annual
art. exhibit. The Richmond Fal.
Festival held each October Is
unique. no other city holds a
similar affair. 1t Is given in
the interest of the city and
financed by the business men.
Success awaiting anyone with
enterprise in the Panic Proof
City.
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Marvellous Cures,
Soon There VIII he No More Rheum
tfsm i'm Richmond. Ind.

Since Leo H. Fihe was fortunate
enough to secure the agency for Rheu-
ma. many sufferers from rheumatism
are driving the poisonous uric acid
from the system.
There seems to be no good reason
why every sufferer should not try
Isheuma when Leo H Fihe guarantees
it to cure rheumatism or money back:
and the price is only soc bottle.
Read what this woman who suffered
20 years says: For 20 years / suffered
with rheumatism and could get no re-
lief until 1 tried Rheuma on the advice
of others who had used 1t. I could
scarcely do my housework- 1 am now
able to do anything. thanks to Rheu-
ma" Mrs. Herbert Mason. East Aurora
IN. Y.
Get Rheuma today. One dose will
give You confidence. A weeks treat
ment and you'll know you're on the
right track at last
Mail orders filled by Rheuma Co.,
1000 West Ave. Buffalo. n. =.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
Women Are NOT Naturally
And Normally Don1esticQted

man who neglects it is freezing his
heart and creating frost and snow
twelve months during the year. where
he should spread sunshine and flow
ers in the path of her whom he prom
ised at Gods altar to love and cher
ish till the end. He can not know
that it is nowhere more true than with
women that the light of the whole
world dies when love is done.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27

Boston, May Notwithstanding his
sermon with the story of the man who
died recently in Switzerland with the
boast on his lips that he had never
taken drop of medicine or kissed Il
woman in the 107 years of his life, the
Rev. Cortland Myers surprised his
congregation by the announcement
that he would rather live fifty years
take a barrel of medicine and kiss
all the women who were willing. He
was speaking at the fremont temple,
to the young men and women of today
on The Modern Boaz."
mo woman is naturally and normal
ly a domesticated being. and the man
who says so at his club Or lodge and
excuses himself for leaving her al
ways at home is uttering a big lie.
She wants to dress up and go to So
Gals and theaters and other places
of amusement as much and more than
the husband. Her heart is hungering
after the kindness which her hus-
band, in his negligent ignorance of
her nature. withholds from her in a
hundred little ways would seem so
trivial to him.
There is nothing more belittling to
a woman of An independent spirit
than to be obliged to crawl to her
husband for every nickel which she
spends. She has the God-given right,
coequal with that of her husband. to
every cent which comes into the house
hold.
Few men realize in practical way
that the great elemental characteristic
of human nature, especially in wom-
ankind. is love, love which begets
love and calls for it from others.
Kindness is the easy and ordinary
mode of expressing this love and the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
Something Swell.

Something Swell.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures. old boy. we
have raised $50 to get the boss a
Christmas present, and We want some
thing that will make show for the
money-something that will look big,
you know. Can't you suggest some
thing?
Wiggins-Sure. Buy $50 worth of
rice and boil it-Men and Women.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
TWINKLES
Overlooked Good Thing.

What makes the trust magnate
look so worried?"
He has Just read that the American
farmer Is very prosperous and he
feels that he must have overlooked
something."-Housto Post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27

pie often get drowned in this bay?
Waterman--No. indeed, mum. The
sharks never let's anybody drown
New York Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
His Definition.

Pa. what's nocturnal combate'
Stay up tonight until get home
from the club and watch you ma and r.
Anon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
The les.

No better test of Love I know
Than that young heart which throbs
with love while his sweetheart doth
eat
Sweet corn from off the cob.
New York Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
The lawn MoMer.

l watch with feeling most serene
The wheel that turns at morn;
lis not propelled by gasoline
And does not need horn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
LOOKING for Rest.

Beason-Selected your outing place
yet?
Hill-No; but I'm working on it.
haven't quite decided which place has
the fewest Boston Her
old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27

Entered at Richmond. Indiana. post
office as second class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-27
safe From Drowning.

Winter Visitor Tin Florida. IL
should love dearly to go sailing. but
e looks very dangerous. Do not peo-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

Many years ago some admirers OF
Lord Byron raised subscription for
a monument to the poet to be placed
in Westminster Abbey. Chantrey was
requested to execute 1t. but on 40
count of the smallness Of the sum
subscribed he declined. and Thorwald
sen WAS then applied to and cheerfully
undertook the work
In about 1888 the finished statue
arrived at the customs house in Lon
don, but to the establishment Of thu
subscribers the dean of Westminster
DR.. Ireland. declined to give permits
sion to have It set up In the abbey
and owing to this difnculty. which
proved insurmountable, for DR.. Irs
lands successor was OF the same opin
ion, It remained for upward OF tvslv
years In the customs house. whe,
| (1s46) 1t was removed to the librar
Of Trinity College. Cambridge
The poet is represented In tn
statue of the size Of life. seated on |
ruin, with his left foot resting on tn,
fragment OF a column. In hts RICH
hand he holds style up to his mouth
In his left a book, inscribed Child
| Harold" He is dressed In q froc
coat and cloak Beside him on th
left Is a skull. above which is III
Athenian owl. The likeness is. {
course. posthumous. Thorwaldsen wa
born November 10. ITO. and died q
March "a. 1874.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

The harpy eagle of Brazil feeds n
clusively on monkeys.
London has 2,150 miles ef streets
and $50 miles Of tramways.
Eightyseven In every hundred Ca
madam farmers own their own farms
Cooked food IL sold from automo-
biles In the streets OF Paris. Berlin
and Moscow.
Six arc lamps installed In q London
theater, In 1879, were the nrst cleo
trio lamps used commercially In that
city.
Costa RIGA is solidly on a gold basis
and experiences none Of the disadvant
ages of fluctuations In the price OF
silver for exchange
The latest estimate placed on the
wheat crop in Chile for the harvest Of
1910 fixes the yield at 23.642.00f
bushels-a big gain over 1909.
Though blessed with the most fertile
soil and most favorable climate In the
world, the United States produce less
wheat an acre planted than England
Germany or Holland.
hewitt c. Baldwin, the Oldest offcial
of the Methodist Church in Verona. N
j., estimates that he has walked 25.00C
miles in going from his home to the
church and back In the last fifty-fvt
years. His home is one mile from ths
| church.
The declared exports from Smyrns
to the United States increased from
s2.413.937 in 1908 to $S.703.s 25 In 1908
Opium shipments increased from t411
6S4 to $1.091.050 and carpets from
$14s.27s to s34e.129. and tobacco from
1857 1871 to $430.136.
Mrs. Mary Bruen, mother OF the Rev
erend J. de Hart Bruen. pastor OF tn
First Presbyterian Church OF Belvi
dere. N j.. is "a years old and ha
! spent seventy-two years OF her life Il
teaching Sunday school. At presen
she has charge Of q Bible class In he
sons church.
| Maurice MaeterIinck. whose literar
craft is a marvel Of the present day
and who has just produced in Londol
the successful drama. "Bluebird."
a delightful talker to one or tw
friends. When faced by half . dozel
or more he becomes as shy as 4 schoo
GIRL and cannot be driven into speech
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

Big income-ship entering the har-
bor
Too many people judge the world by
their own breadth.
A man can be run down in tho street
as we'll as In health
You want to be sure of your foot
ing before you climb too high
The increase in the price of leather
has made shoes pinch more than ever
Benners-A woman is always chang
ing her mind. Jenners--Not when she
decides that she wants a new gown.
1t isa poor friend that will pat you
On the back and kick your feet Out
from under you at the same time.
Boyce-I wonder what makes dos
howl when music plays. Joyce
don't know, unless the music awakens
the neas.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

Tie Circle Railroad in Lordon dc
scribes a circle whose diameter is
about 10 miles. In the car was an old
and very obese lady, who expressed
the utmost sollcitude lest she be car
ried past her station. A passenger as
sured her that her station was half an
hour away. and that he would tell her
when they reached It,
Thank you very much. SIR" said
the old lady, "but whenever I gets
out, bein' as ow I'm 80 'eavy. backs
out; an I Amt more than arr way
out afore along comes a guard. an
e says. Look lively there. num- says
he. look lively. al e pushes me back
in again. an I've been round the cir.
Gle three times this morningl"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
camp,s Gold Yield Is Biz.

Seattle-The new gold diggings on
Squirrel creek, Alaska, 40 miles south
of the Arctic circle, have shipped
$500, 900 in dust to Seattle this season.
Alfred Christopher, arrived from the
new camp with s25, 200 as the result of
his summers cleanup. The season
was unfavorable, being too wet One
hundred miners are in the field and
Nome is sending 100 more. 1t is esti-
mated that Squirrel creek next year
should produce 81, 900, 00o.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Congress Talks of Logs.

Atlanta, Ga.-At the Southern Con-
servation congress ]. B. White de-
tailed the ravages Of the last quarter
century on the forests. With 20 per
cent waste of top logs left in the woods,
he said, 900, 900, 900 feet Of lumber
annually was lost to the South alone.
In the natien, he said, 10000, 900, 900,
feet of lumber was being cut annually,
and as result of this "top waste
alone 800, 900, 900 yearly was lost. J.
G. Peters told the censervstionists thai
the South today cuts practically hall
the lumber in the United States.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Hoods SarsapariIIs
A Doubtful Member.

In Miss Woods Kindergarten slas
there were eight pupils. four girls and
four boys. One Of the boys. however
had not yet reached the estate OF kits
not to mention trousers. Accordingly
when little Susan Phelps WIS asked b.
q visitor to tell how many boys ant
how many girls there were. her con
fused reasoning went as follows:
There's eight, one, two. three. four
i've, six. seven, eight. Miss Elliott" she
replied. And If he's girr-sh'
pointed at one who wore dresses In
stead of manly garb-"why, therei
I'VE girls. and one. two, three boys
But II she's boy. there's one. two
three, four girls. and one, two-fou
boys She's really boy. you know
Miss Elliot" she conf1ded. In conclu
<ion.-Youth's Companion
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Taft,s Life Menaced.

Millbury, Mass.-An alleged scheme
for the assassination of President Taft
was unfolded to Mrs. Della C. Torrey,
aunt of the president, by a stranger
who called at her home here. The
man, who refused to give his name,
declared he overheard the plotterr
while in Boston. AS he departed, he
threatened to return and kill Mrs. Tor
rey if the matter got into the newspa-
pers- The man went away from Mill
bury as suddenly and as mysteriously
as he had come, and there is no clew to
his whereabouts.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Footoear nrouqht success.

II was the sturdy sandals Of the
Teutonic tribes that enabled them to
march across Europe to the walls OF
Rome, and we know that the footgear
of an army is still most important
part of its equipment Those whom
the Romans called Scythians wore
rough sheepskin boots and the Gauls
were already noted for their wooden
uolaa
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Inc Flash or genius.

A man should learn to detect and
watch that CLEAN OF light which
flashes across his mind from within
moro than the luster Of the armament
Of bards and sages- Yet he dismisses
without notice his thought. because
II IL his. In every work OF genius we
recognise our own rejected thoughts
they come back to US with a certain
slienatsd maiesty.-Emerson-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
True Score. Of LIvIno

The secret OF living is the disco,
cry Of the greatest good. the thinss
that are really worth the seeking. the
values that do not fade nor depreci
ate The greatest good you can DC
any person or people Is to train then
to make this discrimination. to helr
them to choose for themselves
amongst the many possible prizss the
ones that are worthy.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

When he values success more than
character and self-respect.
When he has no confidence in him
self nor In his fellow men
When he does not try to make nis
work a little better each day.
When he loves his own plans and
interests more than humanity.
When he tries to rule others By
bullying instead of by example.
When he knows that he u In the
wrong, but Is afraid to admit It
When his friends like him for what
he has more than for what he IL.
When he values wealth above health
selfrespect, and the good opinion Of
others
When he Is SO busy doing that he
has no time for smiles and cheering
words.
When he Is 50 burdened by his bust
ness that he finds no time for rest ant
recreation
/ When he lets day 20 By without
making some one happier and NOR
comfortable
When he envies others because the!
have more ability, talent, or wealth
than he haa-
When he becomes so absorbed In hi
work that he cannot see that life
greater than work
When he docs not care what happen
to his neighbor or to his friend .
long az he is prosperous
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Three Hardes. Words.

A learned man has said that n
three hardest words to pronounce IA
the English language are 4 vas mis-
taken" When Frederick the Great
wrote to the senate. II have just lost
battle. and it's entirely my own
fault Goldsmith says. his confession
showed more greatness than al his
victories.-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

n b generally supposed that the
night workers are few tn number.
but careful canvass shows that the
total number OF persons who work
after shutdown In New York reaches
the figure Of $4,000. This In equal to
the population Of each Of such cities
as Springfield. Mass. Hoboken. N J..
Savannah. Ca. Utica. N. Y and
elizabeth, N. ].
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

II you want to make the best o.
your life. don't spend much time In
looking within and wondering II youz
feelings are all right Look outside
instead. and see what you arc doing
for others. what you are saying about
other people. how you are behaving tc
those around you. II you are bshav-
ing kindly and truly 70 your nsigA
Dor you will not go far wron9
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Ambergris Lump Found.

Seattle-Gust Olson, laborer of
Valdez, recently found on the beach
near that town. lump of ambergris
weighing 220 pounds and valued at
81, 400, according to advices received
by steamer. Whaling men say this is
the largest piece of the precious sub
stance ever found.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Proper Humiliation.

To fumigats = room after sickneoA>
paste strips Of newspapers over cracks
Of windows and doors. Remove an
living things. Loosen the bedding and
carpets Burn two or three formalds-
hyde candles obtained at drug stores)
according TO directions on the box
Leave room closed six or eight hourn
Open and air.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13

Curious ways OF expressing ideas In
English may be expected from foreign
ers, as. for instance, when the French
man. who made call in the country
and was about to be introduced to the
family. said: -Ah. re ladlesl Zen I
would before, II you please. wish to
purify mine ands and to sweep mine
hair"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
PI Il = s

"I have suffered With piles for thirty.
SIX years One year ago last April be
gan taking Cascarets for constipation. In
the course Of week noticed the piles
began TO disappear and at the end OF siz
weeks they did not trouble me at ell
Cascarets have done wonders for me.
am entirely cured and feel like new
man" George Kryder. Napoleon, o.
Pleasant Palatable Potent Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken Grippe
loo &c Soc Never sold In bulk The gen.
uins tablet stamped C C. Guaranteed TO
cure or your money back
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
II Would Seem So.

The subjoined item appeared in .
French newspaper: There was found
In the river this morning the body of
. soldier cut to pieces and sewed up
In q sack The circumstances seem
to preclude any suspicion of suicide"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-10-13
Australian Rabbit Industry.

In many towns rabbit killing and
freezing and preparing the skins for
export Is a growing asset OF great
value. especially during the winter
season. when It enables men who
have no other occupation to mako
a coed living and spend considerable
money at the country stores