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Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15

wished that a large, beautiful castle
would appear in the yard with beau
tiful automobile standing in front of 1t.
The next day when l was sitting on
the porch the castle appeared in the
yard and there was a fine automobile
in front of it.
When mamma and papa came out
they saw 1t and said:
How did that come here?'
1 said: II have O wishing stick and
wished and it came here"
1t stayed there till 1 wished 1t to go
away. RUTH LARSON.
Sawtelle city school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
A GOLDEN FAIRY SLIPPER

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Ruth was a little girl with long
golden curls. She lived in large
house in the city with her mother and
father. One evening as she sat in her
room reading a fairy book she was
startled by light touch on her arm,
and looking down she saw a little lady
no more than twenty -four inches tall
dressed in a white gown.
Il am the wish fairy" said the little
lady II can grant your wishes if
they are good ones.''
II would like very much for you to
grant me a wish," said Ruth.
The wish fairy then handed her three
pieces of paper, upon which she told
her to write three wishes.
Ruth did as she was told and gave
them back to the fairy, who took them
to the window and read them. She
laid them on the Windowsill and
said that the last piece of paper to
blow out would contain the wish which
would be granted.
There came puff of wind, and out
went the first two pieces of paper, and
then the third blew out. Ruth jumped
up and claped her hands, for that was
the wish she wanted most.
The wish was that she could go on
journey to fairyland. The wish fairy
L0on SdlQ Sne WOulQ nave u 81 anu
make preparations for the journey and
when she returned Ruth was to be
ready to go with her.
She was not gone very long and when
she returned she found Ruth waiting
for her.
She then took Ruth down to the
river, where a little boat was awaiting
them.
Ruth had never thought how large
n 70 HtY0
fairy "How am 1 to ride in the boat,
1 am so large?" The fairy waved her
wand over Ruth and she felt herself
growing smaller and smaller until she
was as tiny as the fairy She stepped
into the boat and away they went on
their journey. 1t was night and Ruth
could not see what they were passing.
When they reached fairyland Ruth
was lifted off the boat by the fairy
and put to bed, as the fairy said it
was late and she would want to see
the sights tomorrow.
In the morning she was give her
breakfast by a little elf. 1t consisted
of ripe strawberries and dew from the
clover The wish fairy then took her
to see the black spiders spinning their
webs She told her they had the webs
for curtains. Ruth liked to watch them
very much and to see how they made
lHe MANY D<lItCIHS lOi NAiC
curtains. The fairy then gave her in
charge of little elf. who was told to
take good care of her He took her
to see the fairy nursery. There We're
all sizes of little fairies. who were
taken care of by larger fairies or elfs.
Ruth thought they were very cute.
One little fairy held out its hands to
Ruth and she just had to pick it up.
She played with it all the time she was
there and when she was ready to go
it wanted to go with her.
Another thing which Ruth liked very
much was the way the little fairies
took care of the plants, birds and
spiders If any of them were sick they
were given special care That night
as Ruth was put to bed by the wish
fairy she was given little golden
slipper which the fairy told her to
keep in remembrance of her. Ruth
took it to be with her and in the morn
ing when she awolke she found herself
in her own little white bed at home.
MABEL ANDREWS.
Burnett school, grade AT, H. J. c.
No. 2, Burnett
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
WISH WAS NOT GRANTED

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Little Ellen sat wishing that she
could go to Fairyland. Soon she went.
to take a nap, so that she could stay
up and go to the tennis game that
evening.
She went to sleep to dream about
Fairyland. A fairy came by her bed
Continued on Page Four)
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
So He Bought the Potatoes.

Gordon Neb, May l6.-SpeCial to
The News: a man representing him.
self to be salesman for Halter com
pany of Philadelphia and Omaha, has
relieved the farmers minds of the
problem of disposing of their last
years crop of potatoes and likewise
relieved their pocketbooks and neg.
lected to pay help or board bills,
On Wednesday, April 10, man
named Leroy V. Halter accompanied
by his wife and man named Thomas,
registered for board at the CONNER.
cial hotel. Halter stated that he was
selling groceries to farmers and ranch,
ers at Wholesale.
During the day, however he learned
that farmers had not sold all of their
last years crop of potatoes. So he
dropped his idea of selling groceries
and began buying potatoes for ship.
ment. He got force of men togeth'
er to go sort potatoes out in the coun
try.
They soon had car loaded which
Halter shipped to Chadron. He went
to Chadron the same day to dispose
of the potatoes taking one man and
leaving Thomas to attend to the ship
ping of the second car.
The men working here began to
need some money and hurry call
despatched to Chadron April 80
brought Halter here Sunday, May /
n maid nf
back to Chadron the same night TAX
ing his wife and has not appeared
in Gordon since. While here he or,
dered the second car shipped to DC
/ tavia, Neb., at once. The last heard
from him he was peddling potatoes in
Olerichs, S. ID.
One car of potatoes stands on the
track here now and the farmers are
| beginning to realize that they were
worked by a smooth-tongued sharper
1t is now believed by all that he is
the same Halter who worked Keya
Paha farmers for $4,000 a short time
ago.
Mr.. Thomas says he did not know
Halter till few weeks ago when he
| met him at Bassett.
Halter has fooled the farmers here
and judging from the past perform
ances, if he be the same Halter who
| worked the Keya Paha farmers, he is
probably engaged in working SINH
| lar game in South Dakota. If he can
| only be found and brought within the
jurisdiction of the state, warm vel
come awaits him from those he has
swindled out of board, money and la
Dor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
Won't Move the BRIDGE.

Spencer Advocate: The Holt Coun-
ty board composed of NJ. =. Sullivan,
Otto Nilsson, j. NJ. Hunter, G. Kramer,
Anton Prusa, II. ID. Sievest and Sup
ervisors Long, BANKER Hasche, Brown
Post and Anderson of Boyd county
met here and drove out to inspect the
Whiting bridge last week There was
some talk of moving the bridge up
the river to Dodge's ferry but after
thorough investigation the boards
decided they would leave we'll enough
alone and not stir up any feeling with
the people on both sides of the river.
Where this removal idea originated
we are unable to state but was inform
ed by one of the Holt county supervis-
ors that they knew nothing of such
move until they arrived over here.
Such an idea is not practicable at all.
The Whiting bridge has stood the
test, is on a direct road between here
and ONeill and accommodates more
farmers than a bridge at any other
point would. The board drove up the
river to the Parshall crossing where
it is likely a new bridge will be To-
Gated. They need a bridge in the
west end of the county and it is to
be hoped one will be built as soon as
the funds will justify such large ex.
penditure.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20

want me to say"
II was still so dark in the hall that
the reporter couldn't see what he
looked like when he said this, but the
interviewer gathered from his tone
that he was not very close.
We'll how long have you been en-.
gaged?" the reporter asked.
Mr.. Rumsey removed his glasses
slowly, wiped an imaginary speck of
dust from them. adjusted them again
slowly and replied:
Not very long
zone year,"
About six months" he finally ad-
mtted.
And how did you meet Miss Harri-
MANI"
she posed for me-and | made a
has relief of her She was charming
and-well. you know-it was quite ro-
mantle, we fell in love-at least | fell
in love-er-we both-er-you know. -
Again the glasses needed attention.
and when are you going to get mar.
ried?"
"Oh, just as soon as | possibly can,
he admitted.
By this time he was on the front
stoop The morning light revealed a
very boyish young man in blue suit
with twnkling light blue eyes and a
mouth that fairly twitched with mer.
| riment
you are very young"
He laughed.
I'm almost 30" with a touch OF
spirit.
And very rich-the janitor said So
ooh, no, not rich! DO look it?"
But your people are?"
"a little, perhaps | am poor
it's so much more romantic to live in
garnet and struggle, don't you think
so?"
This very ingenuously.
In answer to another question, Mr.
Rumsey said that he had studied art
in Paris and in Cambridge, Mass.
I'D rather be poor sculptor than
rich Wall street man-thats all, he
volunteered, and hurried into the lit
tie lunch room next door.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
KEEP DIRT OUT OF YOUR FOOD
Bad to Eat a Peck of 1t Before You
Die, Health Office Says.

Chicago. May 16.-Kiss goodby to
all those old household sayings that
we blindly thought held so much of
helpful truth. The Chicago health de-
partment says they are only dirty
epigrams," and has prescribed them.
In their stead it gives us bunch of
so-called healthgrams which are the
concrete expression of the accumu-
lated knowledge of the city's official
doctors.
These are some of the folk say
ings" that are sent to limbo:
One must eat peck of dirt before
he dies.
The street child is healthy.
People were healthier in the good
old days.
A goat keeps a stable healthful.
Gas works are good for consump-
ton.
In lieu of what is taken from us,
what do we get? Here are few sam
Observation-Disclosures" all:
Open windows close the door to
consumption.
Your lungs can't be washed out, but
they can be aired.
One fly swatted in May is equal to
100000 swatted in July.
Mothers milk for babies; cows milk
| for calves.
Floods of sunshine in the home may
fade carpets, but it puts the bloom OF
health on your cheeks. Take your
choice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20

day a clew was discovered which led
to the landing OF suspect and later
confession was obtained from him
and an investigation of his claim
which is located about six miles west
OF Dallas, disclosed a resort of whole.
sale thieyery. James NysOcial Is the
man in custody charged with the of
tense. He was one of the buckles"
in the recent Rosebud land lottery
having drawn No. ll6 and from him
was learned that he had been repeat
eddy offered $4,000 for his relinqush-
ment but refused to sell. His claim
Is said to be one o. the most desirable
in Trip county.
The case of Vysocial is one hard to
comprehend and he may certainly be
placed in the kleptomanic class as
there was nothing which he could lay
his hands to that he did not appro-
pirate, and a great deal of the stuff
which he appropriated was apparently
of no value to him. His barn and
yard were literally covered with tools
and utensils of every imaginable de.
scription.
The warrant for his arrest was
sworn out by c. +. Fuller of this city,
who had lost tool chest containing
perhaps $75 or 500 worth of tools.
They were found on his place and re-
turned to the owner 1t was upon
this count that he was brought to
town and arraigned before Judge Ed
elstein and was bound over to the cir
cult court under $500 bonds. He is
now in the custody of the officers.
The following is a list of the arti-
cles found on his premises which Wy
social says he stole. The officers are
today bringing the plumber to town
and returning them to their rightful
owners.
One hundred and twenty-five pounds
of white lead. six cans of lard, one
Mccormick pump, two wire stretch
ers, one three way; one cistern pump,
one three way pump, one sledge ham.
mer, two log chains, ten mower sic
kles, one 1.horse drill, fourteen plow-
shares, one case of coffee, one sack
|
case of prunes. ten kerosene and gaso-
line cans, one case sardines, four
breaking plows, one new end gate,
| Hooser Seeder, four stubble plows,
one lister, one two-seCtion harrow,
! two pals of fish, one case tomatoes,
one old tank, one ten-pound pail axle
I grease, one Black Hawk corn planter,
one case of sugar cake crackers, one
| Cracker-JaCk corn planter, one saddle,
two 50.pound sacks of flour, one hay
sweep knocked down, one force tank
pump shovels, spades, axes, whiftle
trees, two hand corn shelters, one top
buggy one spring buggy, one chest of
tools, box with two pairs of shoes,
nine spools galvanized wire, hog and
potatoes. one set double harness, two
levels, one combination anvil and wise,
two sickle grinders, one case of
crackers, two hay rakes, two carriage
lamps, four telephone poles, one load
of Ike 16-foot lumber, three pieces
Axe 14-foot lumber, 1000 pounds hard
and soft coal, mixed, one shot gin,
several feet well pipe, different sizes,
one 50-pound balance weight for scale,
four Axe 24-foot, one 4X10 14-foot, one
pipe wrench, one rod threader, one
pulverizer, one corn pillow, one slip
scraper, twenty-three chickens.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
NO FOOD FOR FIFTY DAYS.
Richard FauseI Says He Loves to Fast
Just for Fun.

Just for Fun.
Chicago, May 14.-Fifty days with
out a morsel of food!
This is the record reached by Rich
ard Fausel long time faster and he
claims he has scarcely more than
started.
Seven weeks ago Fausel, who is
staying at a sanitarium at Forty-sec-
ond street and Grand boulevard, de-
cided he was getting too fat. So he
quit eating.
Going without food hasn't bothered
him at all. He has a lot more time
to do other things. Fausel loves to
while.
A year ago he weighed $40 pounds.
He went over to Battle Creek and fast
ed for forty-three days. 1t cut down
his weight to 235 pounds. Then he
went back to his home in Doland, S.
ID.
Several weeks ago he decided to
begin another fast. Since he came to
Chicago and quit eating he has lost
pound a day. Fausel thinks he can
beat the record of eighty days, and
is out after it now.
Tomorrow makes my tiftieth day
without food" he said. I'm all right.
| Look"
He picked up a chair in each hand
and waved them around as if they
were feather busters.
II drink about three glasses Of Lake
Michigan water-that's thick enough
every day, and that seems to be all
need. | fast every once in a while
when | get too fat. I've done it a
number of times.
81 am going to keep this up until
the sixtieth day. If | am feeling good
then good as | do now, I'm going af
ter the long distance record.
ut isn't hard trick at all. The
first two or three days are uncomfort
able. Then it is easy Only be care
full when you start eating again
A little grape juice and an apple once
a week is all you dare tackle at first
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
is TeTLow A SECOND HocH7
Sixth wife Turns Up and Apparently
There Are others.

Pittsburg, Pa, May l6. A sixth
wife OF Colonel" James r. Tetlow
has bobbed up, and there may be many
others. The police believe fellows
matrimonial exploits may excel in
number those of Johann Hoch of Chi.
cago
Before leaving Pittsburg the hand.
some colonel" who said he had
served in the First United States cav.
airy, to have fought under Roosevelt
in Cuba and to have received severe
wounds in the Boer war and to have
been decorated with the cross of the
Legion OF Honor had promised Annie
Pohl to marry her, II Is asserted, when
the girl became suspicious that a Ger.
emony in public park when the col
onel placed ring on a gold cross was
not sufficient.
Mrs. Anna Tetlow of Center Falls,
X. l., has communicated with the pc.
lice. Mrs. Tetlow of Wheeling, w, Va,
has shown she obtained a divorce from
Tetlow in South Dakota by letter
from her mother who forwarded a
copy of the decree, The Wheeling
Mrs. Tetlow Is lending assistance to
the authorities and has told Clara Jor.
dan Tetlow that her sister, Ethel, is in
the clutches of so terrible a man that
1t is worse than being at the mercy OF
lion.
Mrs. Clara Jordan Tetlow, the latest
deserted wife, continues to receive
letters from women who are positive
they have been duped by the same
man. If half they promise is true, the
exploits of some of the most sensa
tional bigamists will be cheap records
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
MCKAY Guilty. up for Life.

Neigh, Neb., May 16.-Special to
The News: Mckay guilty of first de-
gree murder. Life Imprisonment.
This was the verdict of the jury in
the case of Joe Mckay of Brunswick,
who had been on trial all week for the
murder of Albert G. Brown, a bach
elor harness maker at that place De.
cember Z.
The killing of Brown was one of the
most tiendish crimes in the history of
the state. Mckay showed no emotion
whatsoever when the jury announced
that he had been convicted of the
killing.
1t was learned today that the jury
took three ballots. The first stood 8
for conviction, 3 for acquittal; the
second stood 10 to 2; the third II for
conviction.
The verdict of the jury is as fol
lows:
1--WE, the jury in this case, duly i'm
panelled and summoned, do find the
defendant guilty of murder in the first
degree, and we do find and say that
he shall be imprisoned in the state
penitentiary during the remainder OF
his natural life"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
SUCH A ROMANTIC FIANcE.
Charles Carey Rumsey Likes to Play
at Being Poor.

New York, May Al like to be
poor; it's more romantic, you know.
That's why | live here instead of in
an expensive studio building. Err
have you-er-had your breakfast?"
At 100 o'clock this morning Charles
Carey Rumsey, engaged to Miss Mary
Hartman, second daughter of the late
Edward II. Hartman and heiress to
an immense fortune, tiptoed softly
down from his little studio on the top
floor of So East Fifty.ninth street.
you see, l shouldn't have come out
so soon, but | was getting hungry
feel really quite helpless-what do you
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20

Hoist.
X. Rogers has opened store at
Madison.
A. Zorba OF Herrick has purchased
the ed Haakinson and company store
at Bonesteel
w. w. Ahrens and sons have pur'
chased the Weier-Young meat market
at Plainview.
S. Jones has sold his l320.acre
ranch near Ainsworth to H. j. Dan.
nett OF Sioux City.
II. =. Simons has traded his resi-
dence property at Lynch for an inter
est in lumber yard at Spencer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
Northwest Weddings.

Mrs. Louisa Reiss and Ed Brophy
were married at Neigh.
Miss Karlina Zeitner and Ferdinand
Arp were married at Naper.
Jacob Stutz and Miss Grace Wheeler
were married at Ainsworth.
Grant Denny and Miss Matte viii.
son were married at Stanton.
Thomas Leahy and Miss Barbara
Bauer were married at Ewing.
Frank Beaulieu and Miss Grace Ma.
dema were married at Winner.
William Eicke and Miss Laura
Schulz were married at Pierce.
John Brosnahan and Miss Sadie A.
Welch were married at Tilden.
Harry Sheppard and Miss May Jack,
son were married at Ainsworth.
Leroy Gehris and Miss Emma Han.
son were married at West Point.
Frank Pribnow and Miss Efie John,
son were married at West Point.
Herman Peterson and Miss Ella
Schramm were married at Pierce.
David II. Clauson and Miss Marga
ret Shaw were married at O'Neill.
Chris Sorenson and Miss Maggie Al
berts were married at Ainsworth.
Gustav Z. Miller and Miss Emms
Czech were married at West Point
Merritt Schultz and Miss Maude
Humphrey were married at Wisner.
Albert Rasmussen and Miss Nettit
Mckenzie were married at Stanton.
William Rumler and Miss Kate
Montgomery were married at Pierce.
V. l., burlington and Miss Gene
We've Farrinton were married at Butte
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
THE REST CURE FOR DIGESTION.
Three Young Women Who Started on
Water Are Now Drinking Milk.

Garden City, n. j., May 16.-Monday
nothing, Tuesday twenty glasses of
water. Wednesday less water, juice
of two oranges and one lemon at s
o'clock; Thursday glass of milk every
hour.
This is a summary of the bill of
fare thus far last week for the three
young society women who are trying
to attain health by means of an alb
breviated diet. They entered upon a
new phase of their self-imposed task
today, shifting from water and orange
juice to milk, a glass of it being taken
upon the least desire to eat.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20

tending to disintegrate the society OF
the twentieth century One of these
Is International. It is war.
Another source OF endless evil is
dishonesty, permeating public and pri.
waite life alike, tainting administration
of Justice, tainting our legislative halls
and tainting the conduct of private
business, polluting at times even the
church itself.
Another vital source OF infinite evil
is drunkenness.
"A fourth source OF infinite evil in
every modern society is impurity of
word and act"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
A COURT TO SAVE THE HOME.
New York Senate Favors Bill for Do
mestic Relations Tribunal.

mestc Relations Tribunal.
New York, May ia bin for the
establishment of domestic relation
courts in New York has been favor.
ably reported at Albany. The courts
if established, will be the first of their
kind in the world. The legal aid bu-
reau of the educational alliance is
sponsor for the proposed tribunal of
marital justice. Bernard Robbins,
attorney for the alliance, explained
the plan today.
1T will be stand for preserva.
ton of the home" he said. in New
York. a city that spends approximate
ly ZAP million dollars a year for its
various institutions, not one dollar is
spent for the preservation of the fam.
lily, the cornerstone of the national
structure.
THE laws and courts today pre-.
scribe how divorces shall be obtained.
We have no legal provision for the
holding together of families.
The domestic relations court will
be a court where matrimonial matters
ohu uohiNSNiN NiouDlOo III pC utoll
with exclusively, where they will re-
ceive the calm and earnest considera-
ton to which they are entitled.
MY experience has taught me that
domestic troubles are in a great mea.
sure due to ignorance, misunderstood
ing and a misconception of the mutual
obligations and privileges forming the
basis of family life" continued Mr..
Robbins. Many women seem to be.
lieve men have only duties and no
rights. Many men, on the other hand
do not seem to realize the RESPONSE
bility marriage places upon them.
Domestic troubles vary in charac
ter and degree. Not a few of them
are due to existing economic condi
tions. Among the wealthy, superfu
ity and dissatisfaction with the things
they have create dissension in the
home. Among the poor, need and
want cause friction. Such of the do
nestle troubles as are due to misun
derstanding and not immortality, are
amenable to reason, persuasion anC
enlightment. These it will be the
duty of the court of domestic relations
to provide"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
"THlS A DEcApENT AGE"
Only Two Periods More immoral Or.
Harry Pratt Judson Says.

Chicago, May 14,-Dr. Harry Pratt
Judson, president of the University OF
Chicago, in his address yesterday as
president of the Northern Baptist con
vention, said the present age is the
most decadent in history, with the ex'
ception of the day just before the fall
of the Roman republic and before the
French revolution.
IF there is to be social and political
regeneration in our republic and in
the rest of the world" he went on, I'll
must be by tremendous regeneration
of moral ideals,
1--WE recognize in the worlds life
today four prolific sources of evil, and
from these sources come the disrup
tive forces which are so seriously
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-20
The prexeIs are Trout Fishing.

New York, May 16.-Marjorie Gould
DreXel and Mr.. DreXel are spending
their honeymoon at her fathers Fur
Tough Lodge in the mountains near
Margaretville. Mrs. DreXel is teach.
ing her husband to catch trout. She
is an expert angler and has caught
several fine messes of brook trout
with rod and fly. According to the
report Mr.. DreXel has been unable
thus far to get a bite, but it is said
that Mrs. DreXel is determined to
make an expert fisherman of him.