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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
MRS. TAFT'S NEW SECRETARY
Miss Mary D. Spiers, a North Carolina
Girl, to Succeed Miss Alice
Bicch.

Washington.-Miss Mary D. Spiers,
who is to be Mrs. Taft's new social
secretary, was appointed to the gov
eminent service from North Carolina
and has been clerk in the office of
the surgeon general of the army She
is said to be well educated, tactful and
reserved and is believed to be an ideal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
A Memorial Book to Murdoch.

s. s. Smith, who was associated with
the late Col Bent Murdoch for %
years on the Eidorado Republican, and
who controls the paper since the colo
nePs death, has just issued a birth
day memorial of the late editor, scho-
lar and statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
New Ice Plant AT Harner.

The new ice plant at Harper has
reached the second story and it is ex-
pected the machinery will be installed
and in working order by the first of
April The delay has been due to the
excessive cold weather. Already neigh
boring plants have offered to furnish
lee cheaper than they did last year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
Caught 5000 Pounds of Fish.

Joe Van Horn, an Atchisoa fisher
man, made the largest catch of his life
and the largest made there in Is years.
the other day. With one drag of his
net he landed over 5000 pounds of
fish. The fish were mostly carp and
buffalo and the fisherman realized five
cents a pound on his catch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

New Odd Fellows Hall at Peabody.
The Odd Fellows lodge at Peabody
has approved the plans for the erec-
ton of a new hall on their lots oppo-
site the Gazette office. The BUILDING
win be 45x10o. built of concrete blocks
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
New Rule for WELLINGTON.

commission form of government, car
ryfng the proposition by majority of
4S5 votes The vote for the plan was
4s1, with 46 against.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Chicago possesses a highway lady
who fits from hoIdup to holdup in a
taKfcab- Perhaps IT was the taxicab
habit that suggested and. indeed.
Obliged her to extend the piunderins
to the public at large.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
Has Three Teeth at eirtb.

A son born to Mr.. and Mrs Linley
Ham of Atchison the other day had
three teeth at birth. The attending
physician says this is a record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

japan and Russia are discovered
Jointly opposed to the naturalization
of the Manchurian railroads. Well.
Uncle Sam at least smoked them out.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
Equipment for New Railroad ordered.

EquIPment TOT New Railroad Ordered.
The proposed interurban line of rail-
road from Chester. Neb., through Belle
vile to Concordia and Wichita, is now
practically an assured success, the Mo
tor Grand Traction company, the pro-
motors having recently placed an order
for a portion of the equipment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Speaking of boycotting high-priced
necessities of life, the barefoot dan
GERS hav not put the shoe trust out of
business
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Maybe women are happier in their
second marriages because the hus-
bands all the time are trying to live
up to the glowing descriptions of their
predecessors
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Food prices began to fall even be
Tore most of us had got out Of the
habit of eating.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Also, 1t is especially aggravating to
come across these learned articles on
the nutritive nature of the tough cuts
of meat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
"a Eire in Eredonia

The Fredonia Business college was
entirely destroyed by fire the other
morning. The origin of the fire Is IN
Known
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

In face of the determined fight
against high prices. it is in order for
the meat trust to apply for an injunc-
ton restraining the people from stop
ping eating meat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

For small and select organization
we suggest the Society Of Those Who
Saw Comet A 1910.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Now the royal duke of Connaught is
TO go on a hunting trip to Africa. We
lead; they follow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

In 2e years of the electric chair, all
or New York's 1T murderers have
been foreign born.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

The man in Cincinnati who laughed
SO haro at joke that he sprained
his jaw now entertafns pessimistic
views of the effects of the gospel of
cheerfulness
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Theatrical managers aver that 1909
was a miserable dramatic year; and
probably some theatergoers will agree
with them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

An Atlantic City. N. j., man has In.
vented boat that will run on either
land or water There ought to be
good sale for such a craft in the Ohio
river basin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

1t viii soon be possible to bring on
the early and fmprudent robin with
out exciting whoops of derision
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

In Denmark every egg that Is sold
must bear stamp showing just when
1t was laid People have time to watch
the nests over there.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

There is nothing in the constitution
compelling the president to live I'D to
the mind-reading predictions of the
Washington correspondents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Although the ground hog has bro
ken winters back, the weather bureau
Will continue to record the symptoms
in official and technical language.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Russian spies are tracking spies
who reacherousiy spy upon the spies
OF the revoiutionaries, who spy upon
Official spies. the Russian police. Sure
ly complications enough.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Diamonds are to Increase in price
Ihis Is direct increase in the cost
of living for chorus girls.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
H. s. GIvLER. Pub.

Some persistent people are stu on
the vegetable wagon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

my name In your teStlmonialS.o-Mr
II. w. MITCHELL. Box 8, Sabattus, Me.
Another Woman Helpeds
Granlteville, Vt.-ssI was passing
drought the Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored my health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
Oh gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women i am willing you
should publish my letter" Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granite
vile, VT.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every COM
munity you will find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia
b. P1nkham'S Vegetable Compound.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Traces of sodium have been discov-
cred In that tramp comet. Evidently
we must take our comets with a grain
of salt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

The new comet has $4,000, 900 miles
OF tail This is all gas If you catch
a comet you can dispose of your
meter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

At least let us hope that as COM
pensatfon we may have an early
spring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

According to a diamond dealer all
classes of people are buying diamonds.
However, some few are buying beef.
steaks instead
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
High Price for YearIino Mare

A yearling mare colt sold for $3.50. so
at the Andrew Bauman farm sale re-
Gently, held near Beattie
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
HER
PHYSICIAN
APPROVES
Taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabattus, Maine.-"You told me to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Let's move to Denmark Our Da-
n1sh minister, Dr. Egan, says there are
no trusts. high prices. or stale eggs
there
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Bursting pipes flooded Wall street
tne other evening, but then water Is
nothing new for Wall street
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

New York has a child wonder who
plays the piano in his sleep. The only
escape for the neighbors is to move.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

City people may have to q, out into
the country to see the comet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
Trial Bottle Free By Mail

Il you suffer from Epilepsy. Fits Falling Sickness
spasms. or have children that do SO, my New Dis
10 is to send for Free Trial s2 Bottle of Dr. Mays
EPEsoPtEolde Cure
It has cured Thousands where everything else
failed. Guaranteed by May Medical Laboratory
Guaranty No. 1891. Please write for Special Free
81 Bottle and give AGE and complete address
DR.. W. H. MAY, 548 Pearl Street., New York.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

woman for the place. Miss Spiers sue
ceeds Miss Alice Blech, who is to be
married to Lieut.. Richard Wainwright.
o. s N, in the early spring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

How seldom we hear them spoken
OF as ~horseless carriages" now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Cold storage lends a musty flavor
alike to eggs and apples
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

20 N p o u n q an q
Liver Pills before
childbirth, and we
are all surprised TO
see how much good
it did. My physi-
clan said Without
doubt it was the
Co mpo nd that
b elped you I
thank you for your
kindness in advising
me and give you full
permission to use
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
The FAIR
How 1t Is OF InGStimabIp
Value To Farmers

FARMER! You, on whom the pros
perity of the nation really depends,
have you ever stopped to consider of
what direct and inestimable value the
annual county fair is to you? No 9TH
er business man receives the same
encouragement every year from the
state. Isn't it up to you then to pat
ronize the fair, to induce all your
friends to do so, and to grasp this
rich opportunity to benefit in mind
and fortune?
Here is a pointed question on the
subject, and you will do well to con-
slider 1t carefully:-Why should every
farmer attend his county fair? Be-
cause he owes himself an annual out
ing or vacation of at least one week
year. He owes it to his family. He
owes it to his business to keep in
touch with up-to.date ideas, to be pro-
pressive. The Knox county fair, Sept.
10, IA, Is, and 16, 1910, points the
way.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
ABOUT EXPERIENCE

You remember how the 6. o. p
harped about experience, in the cam
paign two years ago. Well, there is
Treadway, present lieutenant govern
or, who is a candidate for reelection.
After the exhibition he made of him
self before the Tippecanoe Club of
Cleveland, when he reviled Governor
Harmon in terms for which fair deal
ing Republican papers deemed it a
disagreeable duty at the time to
apologize, one such experience is
enough. There will be no such exhi-
bitions of partisan spleen if Atlee
Pomerene is elected lieutenant gov
ernor and given the chance to prove
by experience what lieutenant gov
ernor in Ohio should be.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
The OFFICE BEAUTIFUL.

Decorative office art is the latest
fad among fashionable bankers and
lawyers.
A simple and inexpensive trimming
ioned from perforated paper of
for the office cuspidor may be fash
color that harmonizes with the gen.
eral scheme of decoration. Any sta
toner will gladly give you, for a
shilling or two, enough of this paper
of any hue you may desire to keep
the cuspidor prettily and attractively
trimmed during the entire year. =.
A pretty office toilet, suitable for
a shipping or entry clerk, may be
fashioned from an oil gunny-sack, by
following these directions: Take pat
tern No. in the Office Decoration
supplement, which will appear next
month, and lay the edge having dou-
BILE perforation on a bias fold of the
goods. Cut the back gore off at line
of small single perforations and sew
on bow of black velvet at front
and back With woolen tippet and ear
muffs this costume may be worn to
the bank or on shortAdistano er-
rands.
A highly decorated "mourner's
BENCH" designed for the exclusive
use of bill collectors, insurance agents
and book canvassers, has the word
welcome" emblazoned on the seat
in large, brass-headed drawing tacks.
In affiXng the tacks to the wood,
which would be stained in imitation of
old oak, be careful to see that the
sharp ends point upward,-The De-
linealor
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
WASHINGTON
KNELT In PRAYER

A few years ago, Valley Forge was
one of the most neglected of the ma
tion's historic places. Visitors saw
Washington's headquarters and then
wandered around aimlessly, regard
ing with disappointment the rubbish
choked bitches that were pointed out
as the entertainments dug by the pa
triots of II. A few vagrant looking
sign-boards informed the tourists that
the almost obiterated lines were
forts, constructed by Washington's
soldiers; but the entire camp-ground
was rapidly dissolving itself into the
scenery, and landmarks were becom-
ing more and more difficult to find.
All this has now been changed. The
trenches have been cleared of rub
bfsh, the forts restored, monuments
erected, markers placed to show
where the men of the various States
had their headquarters, and the en-
tire camp fairly bristles with sign
posts to guide the patriotic visitor.
MOSl HOldDle Vi oil lS lue MeIlOlldi
Chapel and Patriots Hall, erected on
the spot where Washington knelt to
ask divine aid for his difficult and
seemingly hopeless campaign.
The story is told that upon one oc-
casion, farmer in the neighborhood
of the desolate camp at Valley Forge,
observed the commanding general dis
mount from his horse and disappear
within an adjacent grove. Drawing
nearer, the awed farmer-patriot be-
held Washington kneeling upon the
frozen snow, his hat removed, and his
face lifted in the reyerent attitude Of
prayer. 1t is easy to trace the unfal-
tering patience and determination
with which the great man upheld the
shivering, starving soldiers who loved
him, to his own reliance upon the
Source of all strength and WISDOM
The Christian Herald
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
ECONOMY HERE AND ABROAD

Mr.. Grubb is the appropriate name
of representative of the department
of agriculture who has been sent to
Great Britain to study the methods of
growing and marketing the potato,
and who incidentally has been giving
our English cousins some valuable
pointers on economy. The other day
Mr.. Grubb entered a restaurant in the
Strand, London, and ordered a course
meal Everything was good except the
potatoes. Whereupon Mr.. Grubb pro-
ceeded to the kitchen and gathering
the chefs about him gave them lee.
ture on peeling and cooking the ma
tional fruit of Ireland. "You throw
away the most edible and valuable
portion" declared the expert, "the
outside layer, about a quarter of an
inch thick, lying under the skin. You
never bake potatoes form in which
they are the most nourishing and de-
licious." Another needed reform dis
covered in England by Mr.. Grubb is in
the manner of putting up fruit and
vegetables for sale. Il buy in London
a basket of strawberries" he says,
for 20 cents. They are put up in a
basket with tin handle costing sew
en- cents. In America we would put
them in a package costing less than
cent. | saw potatoes arriving in
crates made of lumber of double the
thickness necessary. Products are
brought to market in carts that are,
some of them, seven feet high. In
America we have low-bodied wagons.
1t costs money to life a hundredweight
seven feet"
These are all valuable suggestions
in themselves, but they are cited here
to elucidate this point: Foreign crit
les unite in condemning the American
people for their extravaganza and
wastefulness. 1t is frequently assert
ed that a European family could live
upon what an American family throws
away. But our critics overlook the
fact that American ingenuity has de-
veloped many short cuts to economy,
while the people of Europe, with char
acteristic conservatism, cling to their
old-fashioned ways of doing business.
The high market wagons used in Eng
land provide an illustration of this
truth. Americans are not cheese-par-
ing in their economies, but they gen.
orally look as far ahead toward saw
! ing as making a dollar
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16

Mr.. Harding still clings to the explod
ed idea that the Republicans of Ohio
must be governed by orders from
Washington even though the cam
paign relates chiefly to state affairs
and the states welfare.
Suppose the people of Ohio permit
Mr.. Harding to go on running for gov
ernor of Ohio as mere fgurehead for
the administration at Washington
and give their support to Judson Har.
mon, who is real candidate for real
governor of Ohio.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
HARDING CATERS TO TAFT

When Mr., Harding said at Cedar
Point that the question in Ohio this
fall is to be whether or not Presi.
dent Tafts administration shall have
a blanket Endorsement, and when he
followed that up by rushing OFF to
Beverly TO consult the president be.
fore the naming of a campaign man
ager, he made bid for administration
support during the campaign, but, at
the same time, hurt himself with
thousands OF voters in his party.
The first proposition means that the
rallying cry Of the q. o. o. campaign
in Ohio this fall viii be that old,
thread-bare, weather-worn and empty
slogan, stand by the president"
raised for the purpose of dlstracting
attention of Ohio voters II possible
away from the more important fact
that they have an administration OF
their own at home to stand by this
time.
The second proposition means that
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
----Sts----
MARK TWAIN'S FAVoRiTES

Mark Twain was always reading
some vital book. AS remember, he
did not care much for fiction, and in
that sort he had certain distinct loath-
ings; there were certain authors
whose names he seemed not so much
to pronounce as to spew out of his
mouth. Goldsmith was one of these,
but his prime abhorrence was my dear
and honored prime favorite, Jane Aus
ten. He once said to me, ] suppose
after he had been reading some un-
sparing praises of her from mel am
always praising her: you seem to
think that woman could write" and
he forebore withering me with his
scorn, apparently because we had
been friends so long and he more
pitied than hated me for my bad
taste.
He seemed not to have any pref
erences among noyellsts or at least
/ never heard him express any. He
used TO read the modern novels |
praised, in or out of print, but | do
not think he much liked reading flc-
ton. AS for plays, he loathed the
theatre and said he would as lief do a
sum as follow plot on the stage. He
could not, or did not, give any reason
for his literary abhorrences, and per-
haps he really had none. But he
could have said very distinctly, If he
had needed, why he liked the books
he did. l was away at the time of his
great Browning passion and / know
of 1t chiefly from hearsay; but at the
time Tolstoy was doing what could
be done to make me over, Clemens
wrote, "That man seems to have been
to you what Browning was to me-" |
do not know that he had other favor
orite poems which he liked to read to
you, and he read, of course, splendid
ly.
Generally, l fancy his pleasure in
poetry was not great, and | do not be-
lieve he cared much for the conven-
tionally accepted masterpieces of lit
erature. He liked to find out good
things and great things for himself;
sometimes he would discover these in
masterpiece new to him alone, and
then, if you brought his ignorance
home to him, he enjoyed it, and en-
joyed it the more the more you rubbed
1t in. OF all the literary men / have
known he was the most unliterary in
his make and manner.-W. d. How
ellis in Harper's.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
YOUR PATRIOTISM.

You find fault with our American
girls who throw their fortunes at the
feet of royalty. You heap infamy
upon the heads of those who have ac.
quired fortunes in this country and so
abroad to spend them. You criticize
women in our large cities who send
abroad for their fine dresses and lux.
urles. You say they are traitors to
their country. Are you not just as
much a traitor to your community
when you send to the large cities TO
purchase from some Mall Order
House?
Patriotism Is only question of To-
cality and may 1t not be as well con-
fined to a neighborhol as to, ma.
tion?
Let 1t not be said that you lack
patriotism; let not your neighbor
point his finger at you with scorn and
accuse you of being false to the well
fare Of your home community let not
yourself be lacking in pride or public
spirit. Take upon yourself at once
the initiative of freeing yourself and
others from the grasp of monopoly
before 1t has obtained a greater hold.
Join in Anti-Mail Order movement
and become n worker in the cause.
Talk Anti-Mail Order. Talk local i'm.
provement and enlist your neighbors
in the movement-you will always
have reason to congratulate Yourself
upon your efforts. Become a leader
in the cause and you will earn the
blessings of your fellow man and rem.
Ser distinguished service. Act to-
day. begin at once.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
HoNK! HoNK!! HoNK!!!

Report has 1t that Mr.. Harding in.
tends to do quite a bit of campaign
ing in his automobile.
Great Jehosaphat! What will those
G. o. p. editors do who had fits and
boojums and Mysteries about Tom
Johnson's red devil" when Tom was
a candidate for governor seven years
ago?
How these g. o. p. wiseacres delight
in ridiculing Democrats one year and
how eagerly they initiate them year
or so after.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-16
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET

Governor-Judson Harmon.
Lieut.. Gov.-Atlee Pomerene.
Supreme Judges-Maurice II. DOnahue
James johnson.
Attorney General-Timothy s.. Hogan.
Secretary of State-Chas Il. Graves.
State Treasurer-D S. Creamer.
Clerk Supreme Court-Frank Mexican.
Dairy and Food CONS. 10. STROBE.
School Commissioner-Frank w. Miller
Board Public WOrks-J. A. States.
Congressman-Willia G.. Sharp.
Circuit Judge-Robert S. Shields.
State Senator-Welland ID. Gray.
Representative-Samu II. Gotshall.
Clerk of Courts-Chas. w. Hayes.
Sheriff-Peter j. Parker
Audtor-Irvin Young.
Commissoners-Wll lliam Lewis,
Legrand Britton,
Theodore M Dill.
Treasurer-Lloyd M. Bell
Recorder-Benj. II. Parker.
SurVeyor-Arthur G. Wolfe.
Prosecuting Attor.-B B. Ferrenbaugh.
Infirmary Dlrectors-James w. Coe,
Frank II. Cotton,
Riley LeVering.
Coroner-J. c. Winterringer.