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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
Seven William AhImanhs Here.

"A child was born at the home of
William Altman yesterday"
This was the text of a news item
day Not an unusual item, to be sure,
but still an ambiguous one, in a way.
For there are seven William ALL
MAINS in Norfolk.
And six of them have been receiving
congratulations that belonged to the
seventh.
Here's the list:
William c. Altman, 2l0 South
Fifth street, automobile dealer.
William F. Altman, POS South Fifth
street retired.
William NJ. Altman, Ala South
Second street, publisher the "Um
schau"
William F. Altman, Park addition
retired.
William Altman, South Norfolk, re
tired.
William Altman, South Norfolk
Northwestern railroad employe.
William Altman, living north OF
the city, farmer,
1t was the newspaper mans home
that was visited this week by the
stork. When any of the other six
are congratulated they look at you g
moment and say: whats that? Oh
yes, that's another William Altman
AS may well be imagined, the sever
William Ahlmanns have all sorts o.
troubles trying to keep each others
affairs Strengthened out, There's the
mail, for example, and the grocery or
ders and the monthly bills, and, al
shown in this weeks incident, the ALL
mann babies.
There are four separate families, be
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
Says English Hate Yankees.

Oxford, England, July S.-The
charms and beauty of England have
captivated my whole party as we near
the worlds tropolis-London, and
our journey is more easy and delight.
full because the Great Western Rail-
way company have furnished us a
special car, which is switched off at
each city and held there until we are
ready to continue our journey. Not
they have given us a first class car,
and as We proceed they switch us
about with more dignity and regular
ity than If we were general superin-
tendents of the railroads in America.
But from Keswick we coached
through the region of the English
lakes to Windermere, where we took
the train distance of twenty-one
| miles up one hill and down another
We passed Derwentwater lake, fenced
in by "A thousand hills and kissed by
! the tips of ten thousand dropping
| bushes, each of which is nightly
bathed with the tears from heaven
| Nor is this all; the very rocks bulge
out from the foot of every hill and
smile as though a daisy in the field
Then from this splendid vision we
pass to Grasmere and Windermere
lakes, where lakes and sky kiss each
other as though they were old sweet
hearts, and always stay near together
On our coaching trip we passed the
Kendall castle, Sizergh castle, the
house of Hartley Coleridge Dove cot
tage, the home of William Words
worth; Greta Hall, the home of Rob
ert Southey and also the graves o.
Wordsworth and Southey, and Wray's
castle, near Windermere, one of the
most magnificent of all the inhabited
castles of the present day.
At Windermere we took our specia
car, which was sent down from Mel
rose, and soon arrived at Chester, al
ancient city of England, which in tn,
time of Caesars success was a walled
city. We walked around the old walls
a distance of two miles. But the ole
castle, once the glory of the city, hal
only the ruins of the tower preserved
We visited the cathedral and st
Johns church and found them yer,
interesting.
Still not contented with the charms
OF travel, my party asked me to char
ter an automobile for them, which
did, and we coached to Eaton Hall
the beautiful palace and seat of tn
duke of Westminster, a charming es
tate for the display of wealth an,
then we crossed the country to Ha
warden, the magnificent home of tn
late William f. Gladstone, and thel
further to the Beeston castle, and ar
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
(Seal)

WANTED-Succe5s Magazin. y
one with experience. but would con.
slider any applicant with good natural
qualifications; snlary $3.50 per day,
quires the services of a man in Nor
folk to Look after expiring subscrip-
tons and t" secure new business by
means of special methods usually of.
fective; position permanent; prete-
with commission option. Address,
with references, r. c. Peacock, Room
1902, Success Magazine Bldg. New
York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
ALARM CLOCK KILLS WOMAN.
immigrant From Sweden Drops Dead
When Bell Rouses Her.

When Bell Rouses Her.
Rockford ILL.,, July 30.-Mrs. Mary
Engdahl, who only last month arrived
from Sweden to enjoy the comforts
of home provided by her children in
America, dropped dead when aroused
from sound sleep by an alarm clock.
Mrs. Engdahl only the day previous
purchased the clock so as to get up
in time to get her children off to work.
It's first alarm was her death call.
She had suffered more or less from
heart trouble and when the alarm
sounded today, she jumped up but q
moment later fell back across the
bed dead, the sudden shock being too
great for her weakened heart.
Her S-year-old daughter slept with
her and double tragedy nearly oc-
Cured, as the mothers body pinned
the child to the bed, almost suffo-
eating her. The girl cried out and
aroused her brother who removed the
body.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
SUNDELL BOUND OVER.
Man Charged With Manslauehter Has
Waived Preliminary Hearing.

Omaha Bee: c. Sundell, the man
charged with manslaughter for run
ming down and causing the death of
a 5-year-old boy, Harry Drefs, was
bound over to the district court under
$4,000 bonds by Judge Crawford on
Thursday morning. Sundell waived
preliminary examination.
He was represented at the hearing
by Attorney C. L. Waldron. The
county was represented by Deputy
County Attorney Patti. Sundell fur.
nished bond
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
BETTER DAKOTA CROPS.
Rains During Present Week Have All
Been Of Much Benefit.

Sioux Falls, S. D., July 30.-Rains
this week have somewhat retarded
harvesting operations throughout the
state, but have proven of great bene-
fit to such crops as have not matured,
and especially corn, which generally
is in excellent condition, in many To-
calities promising a larger yield than
for several years past. The small grain
which has matured has unusually
short stalks, and this gave rise to the
fear few weeks ago that the South
Dakota crop would be very much
smaller than during former seasons.
But 1t has been found that while the
stalks are short, the heads are gener-
ally large and well filed. 1t is nothing
uncommon for the heads to extend
fully one-third of the length of the en-.
tire stalk. The great size OF the
heads compared with the shortness of
the stalk is due to the cool weather
enabling the grain to stool or root un.
usually well, and to favorable weather
while the heads were filling. Because
OF the surprising size of the heads
numerous fields which at one time were
regarded as nearly worthless will all
yield well. The quality of the grain
also Is much better than would be ex.
pected. Threshing will become gen.
eral in about ten days or two weeks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
Haying Season is On.

Bassett Neb., July 30.-Special to
The News: An outfit of Gypsies were
in town telling the usual fortune tales
and begging. The city marshal re.
quested them to make themselves con.
spicuous by their absence.
Haying up in this country is on in
full blast S. p. Alderman one of the
largest shippers and dealers has a
force of twenty-five men and teams
putting up the hay on the old Barnard
ranch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
A Great Corn Crop.

West Point, Neb., July 30--Special
to The News: The intensely hot
weather of the past week, while al.
most entirely killing pastures has de-
veloped corn to n surprising degree
The corn crop, both in stand, height
and color was never surpassed at this
season of the year in the opinion of
the oldest settlers. The harvest OF
small grains is almost completed
Oats are showing an average yield OF
forty, and wheat of eighteen bushels
| Fruit is very scarce.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
Dedicate Peru Ruildlnn.

Peru, Neb., July 3O.-Special to The
News: The dedication of the new adj
ministration building of the Nebras.
ka State Normal school took place.
The services were in charge of the
Masonic lodge after which the crowd
assembled in the chapel building and
listened to an address by Senator r.
j. Burkett There was a large crowd
in attendance, people coming from all
parts Of the state to be present at the
services
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
Dakota Tennis Champion.

Sioux Falls, S. d., July 30.-Ray S.
Branson of Mitchell defeated John
Barton of this place for the state sin
giles tennis championship. Barton had
held the title for three years. The
doubles championship will be decided
today.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05

tween whom no relationship exists.
son-the automobile man, the printer
and the railroad man each being the
son of a William Altman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
SOCIETY
Pleasures Of the Week.

The fifth weGIing anniversary Of
Mr. and Mrs. f. \. : TX was celebrat-
ed at the home of Mrs cocks parents
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Farage, GA
South Fifth street, Tuesday evening.
The guests brought with them a mum.
Der OF attractive and useful gifts and
refreshments were served later in the
evening.
Mrs. George ~ Beels was hostess
to a luncheon party on Friday com.
posed of ladies from Winside: Mrs.
l.. S. Needham, Mrs. f. Farran, Mrs.
I. o. Brown, Mrs Lutte Miller Mrs.
Dysart, Mrs. Ecker, Mrs. Martina,
Mrs. Boyle, Mrs. Bleich, Mrs. c, f.
Needham, Mrs. Cherry.
Mrs. John r. Hays entertained at a
o'clock luncheon yesterday in honor
of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles
r. Hays of Denver. Five hundred was
the feature of the afternoon, Mrs. f..
A. Bullock winning the high score
prize.
The social given by the ladies of
the Sacred Heart church Thursday
evening was a success. The church
! lawn was well crowded with a pleas
9nt throng of people who won sew
eral handsome prizes in the contests.
Mr.. aud Mrs. n. A. Rainbolt, Thurs
day evening entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
| d. Mathewson with an automobile trip
to Battle Creek. Returning the party
took a long trip through the country
surrounding Norfolk.
Max Wagner entertained a large
number of friends at his home two
miles southeast of the city Monday
night. The event was in honor of Mr.
Wagner's birthday anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Beels en-.
tertained a small dinner party at the
Country club on Friday evening in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs A. l.. Branch
of Pierce
Mrs. r. S. Foster on South Eleventh
street entertained a company of ladies
Tuesday afternoon at cards in honor
of Miss Jessie Bigelow of Albert Lea
MINI.
August Braun celebrated his fif
teenth wedding anniversary Sunday at
the Frank Ohm farm.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05

O'Neill, Neb, July 3O,-Special to
The News: The melodrama In the
Foothills" was presented by local tai.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05
Personals.

Postal cards received here from C.
B. Durland who, in company with his
wife, is spending a few weeks with
relatives in New York state, say that
the weather in the east is very hot
and getting hotter. Everything is very
dry there, says Mr.. Durland, but he
and Mrs. Durland are enjoying their
vacation immensely.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-05

Mr.. and Mrs. |. S. Mcintyre leave
tomorrow noon for a trip to Canada
to visit New York and Boston and
spend about two weeks in the White
mountains of Vermont. They expect
to be gone about a month.
f. f. Gillette left this morning for
Iowa City where he will spend Sun
day and on Monday he and his
daughter, Miss Susan, will start for
New York for a visit with relatives.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18
Law Gets a Referender

Watertown-J. H. Troeh, the man
who was responsible for the refer
endum of the sthate game law,
who formulated the petitions and
started them in circulation in opposi-
ton to State Game Warden Banc: OF,
who lives here, has finally landed in
the wardcn's dragnet and made to pay
for ~rebelling against a just law. He
has been arrested and fined $25 and
costs for shooting a paririe chi ken.
The conviction of Troeh is pleasing
both to the county and state warde g,
since he has for nearly four years de-
fed the law and posed as a sportsman
who was superior to enactment Of any
kind tending to curtail or regulate the
method and time of killing wild birds.
When the present game law was pass
ed at the session of 1907 Troeh at once
attached the provision making a COS
ed season for prairie chickens for a
period Of FIVE years, and this was the
prime cause for the referendum OF the
law, which, however, was emphat,cal-
ly approved by the people. 1t is I'M
derstood that Troeh, who is a dealer
in sportsmen's goods, will try to Sc
cure a repeal of many of the res riot
i've provisions Of the game law at
the session this winter.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18
St0@S@
Richardson

She thinks the girls who have cause
for thanksgiving are those whose faith
ers, mothers, brothers and sweet.
hearts strew the pathway at home and
abroad with roses and theatre tickets,
She belongs to the large class OF
working girls who believe that only
the girl of leisure has any real pleas.
ures in life.
She does not know that the roses
cast at the feet Of the girl who is de-
pendent upon parents and relatives
are thick with thorns.
She has heard a mother up.
braid her daughter for extravaganza
n minute and then load the girl
with new frocks, hats and gloves of
her own choosing the next.
She never dreams that the girl who
must look to mother and father for
every penny Is often afraid to ask for
the n thing she most wants, be.
aus her parents prefer to think and
plan for her
This girl never knows the Joy. of do.
ing just what she wants just when she
likes-which the ~dun-colored lady
does seven days in the week.
There are stout girls who weep be.
cause their mothers insist upon buy.
ing plaid silk frocks or blouses for
them, and thin girls whose misguided
mothers dress them in severely plain,
unsoftened tailored suits.
Tho d,poplcrod lo5u NJ
what she will. 1t is her own fault If
her life as well as her clothing is
! drab.
She has made of duty a fetish, or
whose altar she is sacrificing her
youth and her pleasure.
She thinks that because she must
work for her living, she cannot enjoy
the pleasures allotted to the girl OF
leisure.
What hat dun-colored little lady
needs more than anything else is con.
| tact, physical and spiritual, with nor,
NAL, healthy, happy, w~age-earning
girls of whom there are millions all
over the United States.
Above all, she ought to know a
beautiful character who recently came
into my own business life.
Here was a oma close to SO,
whose husband deserted her for a
younger but certainly not more at
tractive woman. She had lived the
absolutely sheltered life, never wor-
rying as to where the mex months
rent and the next weeks meat bill
must come from, always assured of
her weekly allowance and content in
her daily routine of home-making.
Then suddenly all was swept from
her-husband, funds, sense of secur-
ity, protection and privacy.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18

As this is Thanksgiving and we all
have stomachs whose appeals belong
nroperly to this and to every other
day in the year, let us give thanks for
the things of the stomach, for turkey
# we have turkey, for goose II we
have goose, for sausage ii we nave
sausage. For the power to earn and
IN enioy the things of the stomach,
we may be thankful, since the power
IN earn what our own stomachs call
for ia the power to serve he needs OF
all other stomachs. And instead or
being shameful or regrettable from
any standpoint, an unspoiled stomach
ia natural. is right, is commendable
and is inevitable in its OPP
erations.
Rut over and above everything be-
tween turkey and sausage we nave
..potentials." A potential Is a simple
thing. A shoemaker or a machinist is
as ant to have it as an Archduke or a
Gar. or a supreme court Judge or a
senator or a president. 1t comes into
the brain as a constructive idea. It
works out of one brain into ten. a
hundred. a thousand, a hundred mil
a;on. Then it is a force nothing a
resist.
put men with constructive ideas in
.o the wilderness and the desert and
their ideas will show themselves the
highest realities, controlling all Difficult
ties. What were the worst difficulties
serve constructive ideas as the raw
material for great states and great
cities, for fields yielding their prod
nets year by year in the hundreds of
millions of bushels or of dollars, for
new creation in a thousand ways. de-
priving none and enriching all. with
new opportunities created at
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18
TIL NIX GIVIN


then we can see that which, for each
n of us, man by man, mean power,
the highest possible power for us, as
for each one of us and for all it is
liberation. Were there only one man
in the million Of us who had such
cause for Thanksgiving as that would
mean for himself and for all of us, all
would surely go forward with him to
greater power, to fuller prosperity, to
the only possible independence, the in
dependence which belongs to the
highest possible freedom of service.
The man who has such Independence
has the highest cause for Thanksgiv-
ing
That man is freed from sev,,e nam.
or hopes to rise or fears to fall.
Lord of himself. II not of lands.
And. having nothing, yet hath all
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18

one proposed. The local district viii
be enlarged to q county district, and
the rights and duties Of the present
local directors will be transferred to
the board Of commissioners, with new
duties and powers added.
The county superintendent will not
be elected by the people, but by the
board of commissioners. They may
select a nan from the county, state
or outside the state. The qualifica-
tions of the county superinteGde
will be much higher than under t e
present law. The superintendent will
be chosen for a term of tn ee years.
and may serve as long as the COM
missioners see fit to hire him.
The general educational affairs OF
the state will be in the hands Of q
state board of regents. One Of the
duties of this board will be the selec-
ton of a state superintendent. Ii o
suitable man cannot be found with n
the state some one from outside the
state may be chosen for the position.
1t is thought that such a provision
will entirely emove these two I'M
portant offices from the realm OF pol
itics.
1t is also purposed to have eight
months of school in every district.
This will equalize school taxes
throughout the county, and give the
child in the country practi ally the
same educational advantages enjo ed
by the child in the city. The small
district will pay as much taxes for
school purposes as the large one, but
it will have the same advantages. The
requirements for teaching will lie
greatly raised.
These are the fundamental chances
proposed. There are many details
that cannot be mentioned in a brief
survey of the code. The change from
the present law is radical, fundament-
al, and it will be advisable for every-
one to consider all the facts in the
case before making a fight either for
or against the new code.
w. M. MAR,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18

step forward and the Open Road into
the future cleared and kept open, new
er to be closed and kept closed by any
force or any fraud. If we doubt that
c~onstructible ideas have this force in
them for the future we have only to
look around us into the present and
back into the past which they and
they alone converted into this pres
ent.
These things are for all men. For
ourselves. man by man, II today we
a look back and see how by the
use of any idea of ours we have been
able to escape struggle, to subject
others and to dominate them while
giving a single constructive idea it's
force in serving them, or If we can
look into the future and see oppor-
tunities opening before us for this,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18
THANKSGiviNG
Governor vessey Issues Proclamation
Fixing Day November ~

Governor vessey Issues Proclamation
Fixing Day November ~
Pierre-The following proclamation
has been issued by Governor Wesley:
1.-The absence of the opening buds of
spring, the faded blossoms Of depart
ed summer, the gray-veiled skies Of
autumn, the chill of frightening night
all serve to remind us of the APP oacn-
ing end of the present yea and brins
again to our minds our beautiful Gus
tom of national thanksgiving.
ct is in accordance with this pions
custom, born of the grateful hearts OF
our %forefathers in the dim long ago
and faithfully observed by the genera
tions through the yea s, and in hum
BILE acknowledgment of the manifold
mercies received from God, the giver
of all good, that 1, r. S. Wesley. gov
ernor of the state of South Dakota, by
virtue of the authority vested in me
by law, do hereby appoint, designate
and set apart, Thursday, November "a,
1910, as a day of special p aver and
thanksgiving, and recommend to the
people of the state that on this day
we desist from our various pursu Is
and regular business and devote our
minds and hearts to the solemn OBJ
servance of prayer to Him who guards
and directs the destinies of men and
of nations, whose blessings are now
manifest throughout the state and
country.
"The sunshine of prosperity has
smiled upon our land and peace and
plenty have been among our pc pie
and blessed our homes. Civic con-
ditions in our state have been i'm
proved and the plane of mora ity
among our citizens has been lifted,
for which let us be especially g ate
full.
"Our evident blessings are many and
as we gather about u hearthstones
let gratitude abound and may we ever
remember hat Righteousness exa t.
eth a nation, but sin is a reproach to
any people,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18
SAFE

IF / were sure the candy sold In
that shop was pure and free from
bacteria, l should be glad to get you a
couple of pounds" says the scientific
swain. But in these days Of reck-
less authorizations feel that I cannot
take too many precautions to preserve
your health and beauty"
The fair young thing, who has a or
NAL candy appetite, COOS a word OF ap-
probation of his thoughtfuiness. Next
they approach a place where a soda
fountain continues it's glad work.
You are fond of soda and ice cream.
are you not?" he asks.
Il just love it"
IF it weren't SO often filed with
dangerous germs l would be happy to
get you some"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18
Aberdeen-Robbers entered the posi-

Observation-Disclosures entered the posi-
ONCE at Roscoe, s. d., a small town
in Edmunds county. and secured
about $500 in cash and stamps. ii.
also editor or the Roscoe paper. lives
above the store. With the Huck fam
lily rooms a young woman clerk. and
she was thrown from her Ted by the
force of the explosive used BY ~
robbers. The postmaster was also
awakened BY the shock and calling !
neighbor to his assistance, hurriea ~
the ~postofice. They. found the sa7e
open and papers scattered about III
door and : quantity 81 stanpe had
been set on fire.