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The Detroit times., 1910-02-09

Buslnesz-IiKe Printing. No fuss ana
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co, Is
John r, st Phone 1898.
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"A Corner in Ancestors
TiIden F1 M iIv

1923. He had a wife and children
with him. But four years later when
division Of cattle was made and all
thescolonists were mentioned In list,
his name is lacking. AS no deaths
had occurred in the meantime, 1t ID
supposed that he and his family re-
turned to England
Nathaniel Tflden, Sir Richards de.
scendant, was In New England before
1928 The family from which he came
had lived for several centuries in
Tenterden, County Kent; about the
time he came it separated into three
distinct branches. One branch went
to Sussex. one settled at field, and
one came to America 1t is not known
just when Nathaniel came over But
he is mentioned as property holder
at Scituate, Mass, in the first official
records of the place, dated 1928; the
record is a sale by Henry Merritt to
Nathaniel Tilden "of all that land
which had of Goodman Byrd lying
within the fence at the north end of
the third cliffe. unto the land of Ma
thaniel Tflden." He was among the
earliest settlers there, called the men
of Kent because Of their birthplace:
some of the others we're Thomas Bird,
Edward Foster, Henry Rowler, An
thony Annable and William ellison.
Nathaniers youngest son, stephen.
married, in 1862, Hannah granddaugh-
ter of Richard Little, who had come
to America in the "Mayfiower." They
had II children.
Throughout it's history the Tilden
family has married into other historic
families The late William Smith Til
den, member of the Massachusetts
legislature in 1879, married Olive, q
descendant of Robert Babcock, one Of
the first settlers Of Dorchester, Mass.
His father and grandfather had mar
ried, respectively, Catherine Smith
and Hannah Perry, both descended
from men of Importance in antereyo-
lutionary days. The late Samuel j..
Elan was a son of John, who came
from Lebanon, Conn, to New Lebanon.
Tilden, governor of New York 1856,
and unsuccessful candidate for the
presidency in 1876, was the son Of
Elan Tilden and Polly Y. Jones, a
married sister of Oliver Cromwell.
the French war His father was Isaac,
son of Stephen and Hannah. whose
grandfather, as mentioned above.
came over in the "Mayfower.r
The arms illustrated, which are the
only arms borne by the Tildens of this
family, are blazoned: Azure, stature.
ermine. between four pheons, or.
Crest: A battle-axe, erect, entwined
with snake; all proper.
Motto: Truth and Liberty.
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HUMoR IN THESE VERDICTs
Quaint Ideas and Expressions Re-
corded as Having Been Rendered
by coroner's Juries.

Referring to verdict recently
given by coroners jury that death
was caused by the medical evidence"
the British Medical Journal says:
'"This verdict may be added to those
cited Ill the report of the select COM
mittee on death certification, where
Doctor Ogle is quoted as saying, One
verdict came before me little time
ago which was this: "A man died
from stone in the .-idney which stone
he swallowed when lying on gravel
path in state of drunkenness" That
was given as verdict. I thought
some joke had been played. and l
wrote down about it, and found it was
an absolute fact. Another one Is
like this. "Child three months old.
found dead, but no evidence whether
born alive,"'" These novel judg-
ments recall that an upstate newspa-
per not long ago spoke of taking a
murdered mans post-mortem" state
ment.
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8amerIoft

is not onlyremembered for his patriotic
services, but also because he wrote q
Life of Washington and he was the
father of George Bancroft, the histe-
rian. This line traces directly back
to Lieutenant Thomas the frst. His
son, Thomas, being the great-great-
grandfather of George. Thomas has
always been a favorite name, a name
which seemed to bestow good luck,
for all bearing it made their mark In
the world and are making it.
George Bancroft was not only the
historian Of his country but states
man as well. He was representative
at both the courts of st. James and
Berlin, where he was a persona grata.
The coat Of arms illustrated is
ascribed to John Bancroft, the Lynn
pilgrim OF 1852. It Is blazoned. or;
on bend between six cross-crosslets.
azure. three garbs Cor wheat sheavesl
of the first,
Crest garb. between two wings
expanded, or.
Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum.
Arms nearly identical, Is blazoned
by Burke. as granted 1904
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Not Going Home /

He'll not go home this year, alasl
to where the old folks are, to gaze
across the withered grass upon the
hills afar: he will not Chamber from
the train with bosom thrilled with 10y
to hear the glad words once against
"Ah, welcome home, my boy!"
All. yes, the old home stands today
just as 1t did of yore. and oftentimes
his thoughts will stray back to the
big front door. and he will muse upon
the times when he hailed 1t as home.
ere he sojourned in foreign climes or
beat across the foam
With weary head upon his hands
he'll dream about the lane, about tho
climbing rose whose strands tapped
on the window pane: about the ram
bling little street that idled through
the town where often have his boyish
feet in gladness hurried down.
He'll not go home this year, al
though the old folks still are there.
although the songs of long ago still
echo free and fair; he'll eat ThankS
giving dinner here. and not go home,
alas. because the laws are strict this
year and he can't get pass.
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STOMACH MISERY vANIsHEs
Indigestion, Gas, sourness and Dys.
pepsIa Go and Your Stomach Feels
Fine In Five Minutes.

II your meals don't tempt you, OF
what little YOU do eat seems to fill
you, or lays like lump of lead in
your stomach, or if you have heart.
burn or sick, sour, upset or gasss
stomach, that is sign of Indigestion
Ask your Pharmacist for 50-cens
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take q
little just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching
Of undigested food mixed with acid,
10 stomach gas or heartburn, fullness
or heavy feeling in the stomach, Nau.
sea, Debilitating Headaches, Dizxi.
ness or Intestinal gripping. This will
all go. and besides, there will be NO
undigested food left over in the stom.
ach to poison your breath with nause-
Dus odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is certain cure for
cut-of-order stomachs, because 1t pre-,
vents fermentation and takes hold OF
your food and digests 1t just the same
as If your stomach wasn't there,
Relief in FIVE minutes from all stom
nch misery Is waiting for you at any
drug store here in town.
These large 50-cent cases of Pape's
Diapepsin contain more than sufficient
TO thoroughly cure any case of Dys
pepsia, Indigestion, Gastritis or any
other stomach disturbance.
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The time of the year is approaching
when the average man begins telling
how he used to shovel paths through
eight feet OF snow at four o'clock on
mornings when the thermometer reg
lstered 50 far below zero that the
mercury ratified around In the bulb
like a mustard seed
That Is the sort OF man who will 20
out the first heavy snow and show his
family how to clean the walks. He
will have nice new dollar snow SHOW
Ell sent UP from the store, and will be-
gin operations by slipping and falling
down the front steps. Duying his slide
several bushels of snow win surrepti-
tiously become inserted between his
shirt and his undershirt. How in the
name of time it gets there is mys.
terry as deep as the cause of the aurora
borealis or the production of radium
but the fact remains that 1t gets there.
The man will overlook 1t for the mo-
ment, however. and begin tossing
great shovelfuls of snow to right and
left, and he will be WORKING like a
steam pillow when the old man who
lives up street and who has a bad tenn
per and rheumatism will happen along
and get forty pounds of snow in the
face. After the ensuing argument the
average man will resume operations.
BY and by his back win begin to ache,
his neck to be stiff and sore and his
arms to feel numb as though they
had been paralyzed since he was ten
years of age. But he will stick to 1t,
for his wife and children win be watch
ing papa from the window, and the
baby will be pounding the window
pane with its sticky fingers and goo
gooing gleefully.
At last, after years and years Of lift
Ing and shoveling. the WALKS will be
cleaned, and the man win straighten
up painfully and start to the back door
when his wife will open the front door
and cry: You left little bit Of snow
behind the horseback. dearl"
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to-day well woman. Mrs. WILLIAM
AHRENs, 98S w. 21st ST., Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
lul drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
Of female diseases Of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands Of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkhan laboratory at Lynn.
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation. ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumorg.
Irregularities, periodic pains, backacha,
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes It to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound a trial.
IL you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden-
dial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free.
and always helpful.
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Bancroft may be name derived
from bane or haynes, meaning white.
" fair, and croft, an AngIo-Saxon
word for small enclosed field.
In some parts of Scotland. and the
Orkney and Shetland isles, crofters
are small holders of land The term
| Is now almost wholly confined to the
western highlands.
Bancroft may mean small, white
deld, as Ashcroft means close where
ash trees grow, and Allcroft or Hall
croft an enclosure by the hall. Croft
Is a common termination of surnames.
About the only variations of Bancroft
are Bancraft and Bancreaft.
We have no records of any of the
family crossing the channel, from
France To boasts made of the an
tiquity of prominent families and that
their ancestors came over with the
Jonqueror, John Bright most sarcas-
tic Of men where the nobility was con-
cerned, used to reply promptly, Il
never heard that they did anything
else." We, however. are not going
back on the Conqueror's knights be-
cause the Bancroft name is not on
Battle abbey roll The family is
doubtless of Anglo-Saxon origin. They
aourished In Lancashire, where Rich
ard Bancroft, archbishop Of Canter-
bury. or primate of England. was
born, In 1914. He was chief over
seer" as he was called, of the author
lied version Of the Bible. published
1872
We are more concerned at present,
however, with those hardy pioneers of
the new world, of the Bancroft name
and lineage; men who bravely Crap
pied with the dangers and endured
the hardships incident to the new set
Element Men OF stout arms and
courageous hearts, who were part of
that life, where every man had to
make his own way. and the devil take
the hindmost
One pilgrim father was John Ban
croft of Warston-on-Tren Derby, of
whom we know that he was married
10 England before 1922; that about
1882. with wife Jane and son Thomas,
he was living in Lynn, or Lynnfield,
or Reading, Mass, and that he died in
1887. He had another son, his name.
sake, John. Thomas was In the In
dian wars, with the rank of ensign
and afterward he was lieutenant of
4 the Foot company OF Lynn Lieuten-
ant Thomas was one who believed 1t
not good for man to be alone and
when his first wife. Alice Bacon, of
Dedham, died, or as soon after as the
proprieties permitted, he married
Elizabeth Metcalf, born in England.
Among the Bancrofts who bore
arms in the Continental army and
we're officers may be mentioned Lieu
tenant Samuel of Connecticut; of
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Tilden is one Of those names ta-
ken from the face of nature" as the
derivation books says, and originally
signified a tiIler Of the SOIL There
are several forms of name ilden,
Tildan. Tilding, Tildren, Tilden and
Tillidon; TeIton Is also found once
in a while.
The English family from which the
American family branched spelled the
name Tylden. It is of great antiquity
and has been noble for generations.
Away back In the times of Henry H.,
the first king of the Plantagenet line,
who came to the throne of England
in 1854, there are records of a Sir
Richard Tylden. Henry's son, Rich
ard Occur de Lion. with Philip H., Of
France, led the third crusade to the
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WITHIN OUR OWN HEARTS
Annual Season Of Praise and Prayer
Belongs to Each Of Us For
Ourselves.

The president and the governors OF
states appoint Thanksgiving day; but
each person makes 1t for himself. 1t
est things of the year must be gath
cred together in thought and put into
It. First are the permanent treasures
of life. God is, and is our Father.
We have his word and his spirit. We
are in his family, not as servants but
as sons, and 'the son abideth for
ever" We have, therefore, future
unbounded by time in the fathers
house These everlasting values en-
rich present life beyond limit. The
day when mems attention is concen.
trated on them becomes Thanksgiving
day.
We put into 1t also what the years
have given Instantly affections and
friendships. Ties suspended by cir
cumstances, not broken, are renewed,
as faces of the absent ones reappear
In the home. The past is revived in
the family interchange Of experiences,
as members of household survey
the treasures they have gained and
gathered together. The wealth Of the
years grows as 1t moves our graft
tude
The blessings Of this year must be
put into Thanksgiving day. The work
that was planned when the winters
shortest days began to lengthen is
done. The harvest is completed. We
do not count the losses today. We
put the disappointments and sorrows
out of sight for the present We are
not making fast but feast The
tables are loaded with good things.
which symbolic the good things of
the year and of all the years and of
the eternal life. And how many OF
them are here with us-the husband.
the, wife, the children, father and
mother. friends at hand and mes
sages from those afar, the home and
all 1t contains. We have Christian
fellowship, a great and prosperous
country at peace with the world and
with helpful mission to other ma
lions which is being nobly fulfilled.
But something still Is lacking. II
is the flavor to the food, the piquancy
to the appetite. the flowers to adorn
the table. What we give gives value
to what we have. God setteth the
solitary in families II there is a
chair vacant at our table some lonely
one must be found to fill 1t. While
there are homes unprovided. ours can
not be completely ready for the festi
| val. "Send portions unto him fol
whom nothing is prepared; for this
day is holy unto our Lord" Thus cul
table is adorned and its plainest food
made rich
Now the day Is made. We unite II
! thanksgiving and we share the feats
/ in happy fellowship surrounded b,
an uncountsd multitude of merry ma
| king homes. whose unspoken greeting
to one anosaer explains the meaning
OF our national Thanksgiving day
For the Joy OF the Lord Is YOU
strength"
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The plaintive old melody, with its
pathetic verses was the fayorite Scot
fish song Of King Edward, and for
that reason was played by the bands
on one of the ceremonial occasions
connected with his funeral obsequies,
the somewhat dirge-lilke air harmoni-
zing with the solemn occasion. The
earliest known copy Of this fine mel
ody is preserved In Edinburgh, and ap-
pears to have been written in the
earlier part Of the seventeenth cen
tury. The old baliand. q lament for
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confessIno Failure.

You might as we'll say it as to
think It," mildly remarks the pa
tient wife to the grouchy husband.
when the latter has slipped down tho
front steps and alighted on his ear
amidst thhe ashes that had been
thoughtfully spread on the sidewalk
Might as well say it?" growls the
husband, getting up and picking Gin.
der out OF his ear Might as we'll
say it as to think it? Woman, Pm
simply trying to think Of something
that would sound ten times as bad an
it would if said what thought. This
is a case where language fails and
thought takes back seat and passes
the deal and quits the game"
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finally went to c. Hospital. In
stead of growing better 1 grew worse
and left the hospital entirely discour.
aged Luckily began using Doan's
Kidney Pills and was completely
cured. There has been no sign of kid.
ney trouble for five years"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers so cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Bancroft Family

Massachusetts. Ensign William, Cap
tain James, who died 1884, Lieuten-
ants Edmund, Lemuel and James and
Captain Ebenezer. wounded at Bunker
hill.
The Rev. Aaron Bancroft of Massa-
chusetts. Harvard graduate. min
ute man at Lexington and Bunker hill.
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Nov, Mr.. Blunt" says one OF the
ladies Of uncertain age but positive
looks, T know just what you are think
ing Of as you sit here between us
You are thinking How happy could l
be with either were t'other dear
charmer away Truly, now, aren't
your
Honestly, am no.. declares the
brutal man
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my son" remarked the stern
parent, when was your age had
very little time for frivolous diver
sions."
We'll " replied the young man, you
didn't miss much. Believe me. this
gay life isn't what It looks to be"
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the disastrous field Of Floddea, has
been lost, with the exception of a line
or two which are Incorporated in the
verses written by a Scotch lady to
supply the place Of the lost ballad.
This poestess died in Edinburg in
1884, Another lyric was written lit
tie later, these two being adapted to
the ancient and modern versions of
the air.
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Cityite Whose runabout has been
densolished) What hit me?
Farmer-No offense. hope We amt
hnrted much. guess yen remember
me as tn Teller whose wagon ye bust.
ed year ago, hey?-Puck.
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GoInu Some.

How fast did his air ship travel?'
asks the interested individual
st made the last mile in less than
minute"
you don't sayl"
YES. That was the mile It
dropped
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Forgot the weight of labor's crown,
To pleasure now the hours invite;
The merry shouts Of children drown
Their elders talk Of business" trite;
With smiles is every face bedisht.
Ring out the voices sweet and clear
Each maids queen, each lads knight
This Harvest Home Of all the year.
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Fields ara barren and woods are brown,
Southwark turns tho wild birds flight,
Winter is coming with roar and frown
Spreading his mantle cleaning white
But at the fathers hearth unite
The old and young from far and near
To greet with laughter and delight
The Harvest Home of all the year.
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tors said i could mos
get well unless I
had an operation.
y knew I could not
stand the strain Of
one, so I wrote to
you sometime ago
about my health
and you told me
what TO do. After
Ia liking Lydia e.
|Pinkham's Vegeta~
Bile Compound and
Blood Purifier / am.
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DOES YOUR Back ACHE?

Backache is usually kidneyache.
There is only one way to remove the
pain, you must reach the cause.-The
kidneys. No better kidney remedy
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than Doan's Kidney
Pills. They perma
nently cure all kid
ney ills.
John G. Nolan, 173
X St., So. Boston,
Mass, says: 81 had
backache, pains in
my head, dizzy spells
and urine scalded
terribly. I doctored
with physicians and
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holy land in 1870, and one of his COM
panions was either Sir Richard Tyl-
den himself or Sir Richards son.
The first Tilden in this country
came to Plymouth by the America in
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It's a dull day that doesn't break
some aviation record OF some aviater's
bones.
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Bluefish-So Shad thought he'd get
into society by coming to the sea
shore. did he?
Bass-Why, yes. They had him for
dinner at De Wealth's the first day.
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OWES
HER
LIFE To
Lydia E. PinkElanl's
Vegetable Compound

Chicago, Ill.-"I was troubled with
raining and Inflammation, and the doc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-18

Mrs. Sarah Grotjan returned to
her home in Rock Island Friday af-
ter spending 10 days with Aledo rel
atives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-18
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

mother and sister, Mrs. and Miss Nc
weeks.
Mrs. j. H. Leasure entertained
two cousins, Mrs. Mary Coyne OF
Rock Island and Mrs. Leona Love
of Des Moines, Iowa. last Friday.
w. H. Downing has moved to
Port Byron. Mrs. Downing and little
daughter, Elizabeth, spent several
days last week at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hokinson in
the country.
Mrs. Shannon has been entertain
ing Misses Farley of Cambridge.
Mrs. Kyle's mother and sister are
expected this week from Salt Lake
City, Utah, for an extended visit.
The Rock Island Sections came
from Rock Island and were defeated
in very interesting ball game here
last Sunday afternoon. The score
was to in favor of Silvis.
Harry Voss, telegraph operator
here, is spending his three weeks
VACATION in Geneseo with his par
ents.
Mrs. Ida Frymeyer has returned
home from a several weeks visit at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Black, at LaSalle.
Margaret Leasure is visiting
friends and relatives in Joslin and
vicinity for several weeks.
Earl Evans spent last Monday at
Clinton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-18
SilviS

Professor E. S. Kindley has moved
to Davenport and Mr.. Boni has NOV
ed into the house vacated by Mr..
Kindley.
Henry z. Zeeman, who runs a
candy store and waiting room, was
robbed last Sunday night of $50
worth of cigars, candy and other
stock besides bunch of keys mark
ed Harkert Cigar company, Daven-
port The thieves got no cash, how
ever, as Mr.. Zeeman seldom leaves
any cash in the store, though on this
occasion he had $50 hidden under
the floor which the robbers failed to
get.
What might have proved a SER
ious accident occurred in the viii
lage Sunday morning at about $3.50
O'Clock when little frankie Wolf,
aged 8. fell from Mr.. McKendrick' S
delivery wagon. The end gate was
Ioosened and he fell to the ground,
received a severe scalp wound, a
deep cut being caused on the back
of the head. A physician dressed
his injuries and he is out Of dan
ger.
Miss Christine Fewer of Depue is
a guest at the Wolph home on Sixth
street.
Mrs. Kile is entertaining her
Kalfier of Salt Lake City for several