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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-09
A Gro 3KED BOUNDARY.
Cause Of tho Peculiar Lines That ri
vide Two States.

If you will loos on the map O
New England YOU will see two Gu
rious irregularities in tie dividin.
line between Massachuse IS anC
Connecticut. One Of them is il
CRANKY township, a little north
west Of Hartford, and the other il
Enfield township, on the Connect
cut river, south Of Springfield. j
is a standing connndrum why, SC
long as the boundary is imaginary
they did not make it straight in
stead Of crooked. But thereb,
hangs a tale.
i Those two little ioes on the ms
are monuments TO human obs.inac
and TO tie persistcacy which is
OF he disc, traits Of the YAM
cha acter. The ancestors Of Il
farmers who own those l;ttle sro'
Of ground p.eferol to 1--we in Ma
sachusetts rather than in Connect
cut and fough, tor ticr preferenc
until thoy had their vav.
The controversy 'Lcgan in III
and continued far III wears before
it was finally decided. IN 1924 The
question was appealed to England,
but tie government was so much
engrossed in the Seven Years war
that it was never brought to the at
tcrtion o. the crown. Up to the
outbreak Of the Reyolu ton both
states continued to levy taxes and
send notices of fast days and cleo
tions to the farmers who occupied
the land. and there is no record Of
how they avoided one or whether
they paid both. Later. however.
they voted and paid taxes in Massa-
chusetts only. Notwithstanding the
protest of the county authorities in
Connecticut. In 1898. after peace
was restored. both states appointec
mEslssioners. but the dispute wa
carried on until 1904, when a CON
promisc was reached. There wcc
several similar disputes between T.
two states besides those which nol
appear upon thc map. ard an agree
ment was reached by which Massa
chusetts consented to surrender he
claim to a strip OF territory il
Woodstock and SuHield township
provided Connecticut would vie
her claims to the other tracts j.
dispute. No action, however, wa,
taken upon the report.
In 1910 the controversy was re-
vived by some legal proceeding, and
another commission was appointed.
but if it ever reached conclusion
there is no record to be found. In
1920 4 third commission was in
trusted with the settlement, and
after two wears they decided upon
the present boundary line, which
was adopted by The legislature Of
both states.-Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-09

|,,i ilney were country people pure
a simple, but they had read the
|lslI |'Y'rs tnd thought they were edu-
/ ya ~. up 70 all the improvements of
|n.,l w When they went to Wash
Eso... 'Oa 'hey went through the navy
h. "tiNent and saw the models Of
{. srr \ ei var. Pointing to a
~ p@nlon y l~ddcr hanging over the
y, ,. :. one Of the bodts, she asked
r. 40, Cetter talf what it was.
b,,95 an IL l@ts the fire escape" re-
'ne husband. nd.-Lippincott's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-09

h, nag gone to ask her father for
n ~nln hand i marriage. 81
u, ~ NJ, SIR, what is it2r mapped
n.y., 'ne 9ld man. Remember. / am
man "a Of few words" a'''
|Dlr q. don't care if you are a man Of
kpie5 ~, Nv word Il it's the right one"
de got the girl.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-09

Sensitive Golfer (who has f0ogledl.
DID you laugh at nc. boyE
CaddIe-No. sir; / wis laughin' At
snlther man.
Sensitive Golfer. And what's funny
about him?
Caddie-Hc plays gowf aufu' like
you, sir-Punch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-09

See IL you can fiji a square with
nine numbers which will total twcn-
ty-scven in each Of the usual ways
that is, from top to bottom, scros
md cbliquely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-09

Mag-BlIlv, regrets ter say ga,
our engagement has got ter b,
broke of.
B.lly-Wot's de trouble now2
Magic ma won't leave me wef
yer ring no more, COS it makes
dnge- black.-Lesle's Weekly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
CLEAN OUT THE CELLARS.

In an address before a recent con
vention in Des Moines, DR.. g. H.
Sumner. secretary of the state board
OF health, addressing the delegates
on the subject of Sanitation" de-
plored the lax attention paid to san
itation by city officials and private
owners. He declared that both public
and municipal carelessness and neg
lect in this matter were alarming.
Among other things he said.
Every city should undergo a
cleaning often. and here let me saw
that ! am firm believer in crema-
ton for all refuse matter in any city.
Dumping grounds are only pest
houses for the Matching of germs
Here flies congresate and are the
disseminators of disease. No city
can be accounted clean until its ordi
nances require every cellar door ia
be widely opened to the sun and air
that royal pair of germicides; every
cellar TO be emptieI of it's refuse
every cellar wall and ceiling to be
scraped and white-washed. every eel
lar floor to be taken up if rotten anC
sprinkled with lime, if uncovered, q
tremendous and expensive process. but
effective sanitation, costly as 1t mus
be. is cheap beside the outlay of {
single epidemic"
DR.. Summers advice is good advice
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
Some Unpublished Chapter
An Open Letter Harvey Ingham, Editor Of the Des
MONIES Register and Leader.

competent authority to have insisted
Should be removed from office at once,
to farther your campaign against Gov
ernor Carroll. man who has given to
the gubernatorial office clean and
capable and dignified administration,
and whose personal life is above sus-
picion. You would drag into the arena
of debate man who has put out of of
flee for the public good, knowing the
damaging and damning evidence in the
hands of the governor, and do this,
not because you believe John Cownie
should have been kept in office, but
as part of the plan of the insurgents,
under instructions from the junior
senator, to discredit Carroll and nomi-
nate Garst,-as a part of the plan to
drive into the political wilderness Re
publicans WHO were fighting the bat
ties of the Republican party in this
state before you were born.
Something, repeat, is due to the
people of this state in this Cownie
matter, and hence this letter
Yours, etc,
Atlantic, Iowa. CHAS. F. CHASE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

Miss Margaret of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa,
for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bressler OF
Youngstown. Ohio, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. G. S. Tyler.
Mrs. Myra Fighter is visiting rela-
tives in st. Louis.
Miss Leah Hoskins Of Quincy is the
guest of Miss June SIMPSON
Mrs. Ethel Levitt is visiting La
Harpe friends.
Miss Lura v. Thompson left We'd
nesday evening to join her party in
their trip to Scotland and to attend
the worlds missionary congress
The alumni association of Carthage
college held its annual meeting We'd
nesday and elected the following offic-
ers: President, Arthur Baird; first
vice president, Resin Saer; second
vice president. Mabel Martins; third
vice president, Mrs. w. X. Hill; re-
cording secretary, Dena Thompson;
corresponding secretary, Edith O'Har-
ra; treasurer, S. H. Ferris; alumni
editor for Collegian, Mrs. G. B. New
conner; historian, DR.. C. l.. Ferris,
alumni member board OF trustees OF
college, DR.. c. l.. Ferris.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
The ThIrtieth Of May

The Thirtieth of May.
Hear the drum beats, Muffled drum
beats!
March again, our soldiers true;
While the bright sky, overreaching,
Lends tints to Boys in Blue.
Thus they tell the old, old story"
In the thickest of the fight,
Placing on their country's altar
Their strength and manhood's
might!
See the flags! Those faded emblems,
Borne on many bloody plain
Scared and tattered, like the heroes,
Marching proudly back again
With cries of victory on their lips
And tears in every eye.
For the loved and absent comrades
Left on fields of victory.
Mark the present faltering footsteps,
An.' the dimness of tire eye
Lift Eour hats, o We observers.
Boys in Blue" are passing by,
With their flags and banners flying,
Which Ger to victory led.
Cheer on cheer, then, for the living,
And heartactes for the dead.
God bless these ancient warriors.
Who have every victory won,
From the taking of proud Richmond.
To Sumpter's cruel gun,
Hats off. then, to these gallant men
Who bore such glorious part.
Let each fife note and each drum beat
Cause thrillings of the heart.
Tao Hussey
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

Among the events that will figure
In the news of the present week will
be the unwilling sof an equestrian stat
ue of General Custer at Monroe,
Mich, the dedicaii ion of the Kentucky
state capitol at Frankfort, the cele-
bration of the seEni-centennial of the
New York homeopathic medical col
lege, the annual convention of the
Canadian Medical association in To.
ronto, and the graduation exercises
at the United States naval academy
and other leading scolleges throughout
the country The tevents abroad will
include the running of the historic
English derby at Epson Downs, the
observance of the lsorty-ffth birthday
anniversary Of King George ", the
presentation of thea freedom of the
city of London to Theodore Roosevelt.
former President of Tie United States.
the seventy-ffth birthday anniversary
of Pope Plus X, andh the meeting of
the eighth conventionAof the worlds
Women's CHRISTIAN Temperance mn.
Ion of Glasgow. at which both the
United States and Canada will be well
represented by delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
INSURGENCY lNJuRINe BUSINESS

INSURGENCY lNJURiNG BUSINESS
The Des Moines Capital quotes one
of the great business men of Iowa
saying to its editor the other day.
Il am sick and tired of the political
proceedings at Washington 1t would
be good thing if congress would adj
journ at once and not meet again for
four years.
The Capital says that the business
man referred to has been one of the
leading "progressives'' of the state.
He is getting sick of the job, He is
represented as saying further that the
insurgents will go ahead until they
will make it impossible for man to
do business:
He says there are so many re-
strictions hedging everything about
at the present time that no man
knows what to do or which way TO
turn. Then he said rates of interest
are going up and money is getting
scarce. He said he was tired of the
entire scheme. He expressed great
admiration for Senator Cummins. but
hoped that the senator would subside
and not be quite so strenuous. He
thinks the country needs peace. He
observed in the morning paper yes
terday that some of the cotton mills
of New England are going to run
only four days per week, because the
market is overstocked with goods
The Capital adds that the business
man in question is not the only one
w ic fnh he CT tn NO -;
ness world as affected by politics.
The Gate City can corroborate this
statement. More than one leading
Keokuk business man has expressed
himself to the same effect. Several
who have been tinctured with In
surgency have given notice that they
are no longer in sympathy with the
movement, for the good and sufficient
reason that it is injuring their bust
ness and the business of everybody
else in the state and country They
say that not only is the constant agi-
tation hampering business and Grip
ping industry, but 1t is having the eff
feet of tightening the money market
and If persisted in may precipitate a
panic. What they want is political
peace that confidence be no further
disturbed and business lie permitted to
progress unhindered They agree
further that the way to secure peace
is to vote to endorse the Taft ma
tional administration. Opportunity to
do SO will be afforded at the primary
on June Z and it should be improved
to the fullest possible extent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
MIR. TAoRNE AND FACTORIES

Clifford Thorne, attorney for the
Iowa Corn Belt Meat Producers as
ISOLATION, and candidate for railroad
commissioner in opposition to Col. d.
j. Palmer, has been gathering in
dustrial statistics to prove that Iowa
in the matter of factories is inferior
to other western states, such IS
Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio,
Michigan and Indiana He charges
this up to discriminatory freight rates
and blames Iowa's railroad commits
sioners for not proceeding under an
Iowa statute to have these rates in
vestigated by the interstate COM
merce commission
Mr.. Thorne cites no evidence that
lowa's inferiority is due to discrim.
nation or that the rates are in fact
discriminatory, He rests the whole
complaint upon assumption In speak
ing OF him and his contention as set
forth above the Dubuque Times
Journal lets flood of light on his
own efforts to ruin one kind OF Iowa
factories. 1t says
"As a matter of fact Mr.. Thorne
has done his best to prevent the de-
velopment of one Iowa industry,
slaughterlng. AS attorney for the
Iowa Corn Belt Meat Producers as
ISOLATION he has contended before the
interstate commerce commission that
the rate to Chicago on live stock
should be the rate on packing house
nrnRnatc 40
eral Bvers have criticised the Iowa
the reduction of the live stock rate
to the rate on packing house pro-
ducts. The carriers say this would
be unjust because live stock Is more
expensive to handle. The packers of
Iowa say that the rule demanded by
Mr.. Thorne would deprive them of
markets in which they are now able
TO compete with Chicago.
Interstate rates affecting Iowa
have not prevented the industrial de-
Velopment of Waterloo, and that town
in the matter Of interstate rates has
no advantage over any other import
ant city in Iowa"
If Candidate Thorne could have his
way he would make it so that not d
steer or hog could be killed and
4 packed in Iowa The Morrell pack.
/ ing house at ottumwA. the Sinclair
/ packing house at Cedar Rapids and
/ the big packing establishments at
Sioux City would be compelled to quit
business becarse they could not com
pete with the Chicago packing houses
I The advantage of freight rates would
be In favor of the latter and the Iowa
packing houses would be forced tc
shut down. Iowa has few enough in
dustrtes now without decreasing the
number as Mr.. Thorne proposes and
as he would seek to do if nominated
and elected railroad commissioner
He is working in season and out o.
season against the best interests o
the state and should be rebuked b,
an overwhelming adverse vote.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
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CARTHAGE, ILL.
. = o . = . . . . . . . : :

Ex-senator o. F. Berry delivered the
memorial address at Warsaw, his SUBJ
ject being "Lincolns Gettysburg Adj
dress
Mrs. M. E. Lyon and daughter Lydia
of Burlington We're guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. e. Lyon the past week.
Frank McMinimy went to Myers
City, Mont, Thursday, where he will
spend the summer.
Mrs. Mary A. Huston and daughter
Cora of La Harpe visited friends in
the city last week.
Mrs. Winifred Anderson Of Ogden,
Iowa, is the guest of Miss Erma Rand,
Miss Adelaide Ferris is spending the
week in Chicago.
Mrs. G. M. Mcmillan returned from
Petersboro, Ont, Canada, Saturday,
her son, E. c., accompanying her home
for visit.
Miss Anna Glenn and niece, Mary
Ferris, are visiting in Oquawka, They
will also visit Monmouth friends be-
fore returning to Carthage.
rev. W. w. lehman went 10 ROCK
Island Tuesday evening to attend the
annual convention of the Northwest
Illinois district OF the Christian
church.
Mrs. Edwin X. Symonds of Evans.
ton, Ill, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Emily Cochran.
Mrs. O. G. Hall, baby Virginia. and
mother, Mrs. Easley, of Chicago, who
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 0. ]. Hall,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Gordon,
were Joined by DR.. c. o. Hall of Chi.
cago and Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Hall and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
CARROLL IS GAINING

The Des Moines CAPITAL. viewing
the situation from the point of want
age OF the political headquarters of
me state, reports that there is a feel
ing among the fr'enas of Governor
carroll that his cause is gaining, and
that he will be renominated. The
grounds for this feeling are thus
stated:
He is tending to his own business
making a clean canvass, not abusing
ANYBODY. not even the Washington
bosses, and goodly number of Re.
puDllcans who are not bound by fac
ton are concluding that he is entitled
TO denomination. inasmuch as his
predecessor had seven years. We be-
heve the governor will be renominated
ana that IN all fairness he ought to
be-
There is no question that Governor
Carroll is entitled to a second term
AS matter of precedent and fair.
ness a renomiration should hsee been
accorded him by unanimous vote
He should not have been compelled
to fight for what should have heen
given him without a contest. Iowa
Republicans will do less than their
whole duty to themselves and to Gov.
ernor Carroll if they fail to rebuke
the factional politicians who are
seeking to humiliate him. There are
the best reasons in the world for
crystallizing into accomplished fact
the belief that he will be renominated
and none why it should not be. Let
every Iowa Republican do as re would
wish to be done by in this matter and
the right result will be assured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
A Gentleman and Boots.

The first gentleman in Europe got
the very worst definition of gentle.
man from his valet when driving down
to Brighton. The prince regent was
arguing about the gentleman. ana
finally turned to his valet. And the
valet replied that a gentleman was
one who did not clean his own boots.
1t was fiunkey's reply. One likes bet
ter the demand of the duke of yelling
ton, Give me men who can sleep In
their boots
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

Republican county meetings were
feld in a, large number of Missouri
counties on Saturday, May q, and in
many Others last Saturday. In every
instance confidence was expressed in
the administration of President Taft
congress. The Payne tariff bill was
praised and the insurgent tendency of
certain Republican congressman
roundly scored Governor Hadley and
Senator Warner We're endorsed. Mis-
souri, Republican ism is the real article.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

and timely as well. A foul. unventi-
lated cellar is a serious menace to
the health of the family occupying
the premises. 1t is breeding place
for disease germs and sooner or later
will cause sickness and perhaps death.
But little effort and expense are re-
CURED to put cellar in a sanitary
condition and keep it so. The pre-
caution should in no instance be
overlooked or neglected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
In This Land Of Possibilities.

Joseph Mardust came to this coun.
try from the north of Europe, worked
eight years for So week. married
when it was raised to SO, and four
years later departed for home" with
his family and draft for $4,000 on a
foreign bank, thenceforth to lead a
country gentleman's life.-World's
Work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

Candidate Thorne, who aspires to
be railroad commissioner, does not
belle ibis name. He is real thorn
in theAfesh of Iowa's industrial inter-
ests.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

The Indianola Herald is fair play,
square deal paper. 1t believes in this
doctrine and therefore urges tho Re-
publicans of Warren county to sup
port the candidacy of Carroll for a
second term.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

Goodby, Mr.. cownie. Take keer O.
you self.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

1t would not be surprising to the
Monmouth Atlas If Colonel Roosevelt
came back home with pronounced
liking for frankfurter sausage and po-
tato salad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

The Mt. Pleasant Free Press tells
of man in that town who went away
to marry; stories came drifting back
that he had married a rich lumber
mans daughter. Lately it has devel-
opened that the father of the girl is
the man who drives the wagon which
delivers the lumber over town.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
Yellowstone Park !. the
Nations Playground

belongs people-have you in
spected property?
Nowhere else in the world there such
trip entirely lacks hardship Inconvenience.
Let tell make the
the wonders should b
Let trip
contains
out ask for the folder Yelowsone
See me before you start can help
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30

The Democratic congressional COM
mittee is to use the speeches made by
Senator Dolliver and Senator Cum
Minis at Des Moines as campaign doc
uments against the Republican party.
The Fairfield Ledger makes the safe
prediction that the Republicans of
Iowa are going to find out that the
furnishing of ammunition to the enc
my isn't what It's cracked UP to be.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The near-philosopLer of the Sioux
City Tribune has noticed that the man
who feels that he has message for
the world generally wants to collect
on delivery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-30
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AUGUSTA CHURCHES.
Sunday Services to Which All are
Cordially invited.

Notices to insure insertion must be re.
ceiyed by G o'clock Friday afternoon>
METHODIST EPISCOPAL. church.
Henry Henry z. Dunnack; minister: 1o.so'
Life Work and Religion of Edison: L
NJ. Bible school, VIM. d. Hutchins,
supt.: 7.30 T. NJ, evening worship with
sermon. subject. Remember Now Thy
Creator: first in q series of Sunday
evening lectures on Things to Remem-
ber."
PENNEY MEMORIAL FREE. BAP-
list church, Rev. Charles G. Mosher.
pastor: j. Frances MacNichol, Musical
Director: Mrs. Claude Roule, Organist
the pastor. subject, "our Allies or OuI
Enemies: Sunday school at 11.45;, mems
class in auditorium: G. Z. meeting al
G.i5; general gospel service with sermon
by the pastor at 7.30: mid-week meeting
"feaHn HT1yy eysn rfsa At a IN
Siding. services in North Parish meet.
ing, house, Revs. Z. p Hope and G. q
Mosher. associate pastors: Preaching
service Sunday afternoon at go: Sunday
school at 1.Sa; prayer meeting Friday
; The PRFoGREssIvE sPIRIFUALIs1
society will hold meetings in G. A. r
hall Sunday, Dec. II. at 80 and $50 z
NJ. with Dr. Edgar ". Emerson of Man
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street. 3. p. Hope. pastor: Morning ser
mon on Good Out of Evil: Sunda,
school at noon; Y. P: S. c. e. st 645
evening service at 40 with sermon Q,
.'The Faith that Counts"
Roberts. Rector: sd Sunday In Advent,
Holy eucharist, 7.3O 4. NJ: Sunday school
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1890 A. NJ; evening prayer. 7.30 p. M.
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