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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-31
HEBRON
Joel Brown Active at 87-christnnas Entertainment at Congregations! Sunday School.

Miss Eleanor Lord is home for the Christmas vacation.
 Allison Frink of Columbia was in Hebron Friday.
 Mrs. Anna Wade and daughter Helen, are in town for the holidays
 Albert Spafard is soon to go to Mich igan, to work in an automobile fac- tory.
 The C. F. society admitted three new members Sunday evening.
 Henry Spafard and family started Saturday for Florida, where they will spend the winter
 Joel Brown, who is S7 years old, is out walking every day-as spry as a boy.
 Christmas Festival at Congregational
 Church.
 The Children of the Congregational Sunday school gave an entertainment in the church Monday evening. as fol- lows: Christmas anthem, by choir; prayer, by pastor; responsive reading, by congregation; duet, by Rev. Harold and son; remarks by the pastor; hymn, by consregation exercises by the children. Spirit of Christmas. Each class dressed to represent a different nation. Santa Claus came in and un- loaded the tree. Each one was re- membered with a present and a box of candy. All were then invited to the church dining room. where they en- joyed nice lunch of sandwich es, cake and coffee. Edward Raymond was not absent for three years. and was presented gold pin for punctual attendance. Wagon Overturned. Clare Robinson van driving to towo l Monday evening with six in the wag- on. He turned out for a. team to pass. when his wheels struck a piece Of ice and his ws.gon was overturned. The occupants were scattered, but no one was seriously hurt. H. K. Viner and family were in Eown ever Christmas. Frank Bissell and family are in town at MT. Bisselrs mothers, Mrs. l ptta BiSsell. Mrs. Emily tsatirbun spent Christ ! mas with her daughter, Mrs. Richards. 1 at Occum. Miss May Carpenter of Exeter is at ] Clinton Porters James Brown of this piace is in < Hartford.
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STAFF0RDVlLLE
Many at Christmas Eve Entertainment
 and Tree.

Mrs. Mary Little is seriously ill
 Alba Perkins of WilIimantic was in this place Tuesday making repairs on his house.
 MT. Fitz and Miss Thompson of North Wilbraham, Mass, were enter tained as Christmas guests of Mrs. Charles CoTbin
 Mir. and Mrs. Estin Belcher of Un- ion, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ryder and family of Mashapaug. MT. and Mrs. Martin Brown and daughter of Un- ion. Mir. ana Mrs. Frank Belcher and family and MT. and Mrs. Louis Aitard were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willis E. Belcher
 In spite of the stormy weather Christmas eve there was a large at = tendance at the entertainment and tree. The church and tree were pret- ttIE decorated, and the concert was fine
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EAGLEVlLLE.
items Noted About the Village

wiffred J. Dore. stationed in the naval training station at Newport, R. l., has been spending the holidays at his home in the village.
 George F. Reynolds. who has been spending the past month with his fam lily in the village, is to return to Pel- ham, N. Y. after the holidays.
 Edward Slater of Hartford spent 6 number of days the past week fishing in nearby ponds and rivers.
 Edward Foley of Forest View farm recently purchased ar excellent pair of young horses from James Brown of Willimsntic.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-31
SOME HISTORY MAKING EVENTS
 OF THE CLOSING TWELVE MONTH

REPUBLICS banishing the family a provisional presidency ANOTHER "U. S. A ARRIVED. in union
 
 November. STRIDES both in
  claim rights hitherto usurped China provincial assemblies have given place to parliament promised  of this "The
 
 o of its diet to make it's  FOUR IMPORTANT TREATIES signed the old in TurSo the Balkan CAUSE PEACE has been further adv2need two  md Euenos South American matters MEXICO HAVE BECOME STATES and have taken another of us the Philippines VOTES achieved notable victories Wash the ballot
  Nicaragua Uruguay. Al in n Janero disturbed industrial
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Wednesday evening. Each one bring ing a present, received ono.
 Francis Pinney is covering from . serious attack of grip. Miss Goldie Liehman is going f0 Storrs college for the winter term. be- ginning Jan. 2d. MT. and Mrs. Clarence Sadd and son spent Sunday with Mrs. Hattie Thrall.
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Miss C. N. Turner is the guest of Mrs. Moves in Willimantic.
 Mrs Hattie Pierce from Willimantic is the guest of Miss Abbie Conant
 Mrs C. L. Tucker of Lebanon is spending the holidays with her par ents.
 Mr and Mrs John Wrana spent Christmas in South Wilmington.
 Among the guests in town Christ mas were MT. and Mrs. Elmer Si- monds. Miss Lila Sinonds, at H. E. Simonds: Henry Dunham of Mans field Center, at Mrs. Martha Dun- hams; MT. and Mrs. F. L. Tucker, at c. R. Dimock's; Bert Simonds of Willimantic, at F. c. Dodges'; Earl Bates, at o. H. Conant's; Master Ar thur BurdielS, at G.. A. Walkers.
 Methodist Christmas Festival.
 The M. F. Sunday school held it's Christmas concert and tree in the
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tree and exercises, which was much enjoyed by the children and neighbors. Bertha spent Christmas with their sister, Mrs. H. Graham, at the par- sonage.
 Clifton Newell spent Christmas with friends in Springfield.
 The Congregational Sunday school had Christmas tree Monday evening. There were pleasing exercises by the children. after which John Sellers acted as Santa Claus.
 Arthur Gage of Melrose is visiting in town
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LETTERS FROM TWO STATES

at R. c. Moores.
 c. J. Grant left Tuesday for Co., lurnbus. O., where he is to teach in the state college.
 Irene Grant and Irene Russ of the Willfmantic high school are enjoying a weeks vacation at their homes.
 The college school closed Friday, the 23d, with Christmas exercises and .
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Where Names are chanoed.

It is common in Samoa for girls to bear boys names, and for boys to bear girls names. If a girl is born soon after the death of a brother. or q hoy soon after the death of a sister. it is inferred that the spirit of the deceas- ed has been transferred from one one child to the other and the name of the dead child is given to the latest ar rival
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STOHPS.
c. j. Grant to Be Assistant Aarioul-
 turist at Ohio University.

c. ]. Grant has been engaged as as- sistant agrtculturist at the University of Ohio, at Columbus. He will take up his new duties the first part of January Mir Grant has been cheese maker connected with the soft cheese investigation of the department of az riculture carried on at Storrs experi- ment station.
 MT. and Mrs. John Fitts spent Christmas in Ware, Mass.
 Miss Susie Rice left Wednesday for a short visit in Boston.
 Dr. Charles Thom left Tuesday for
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a trip to Cornell university at Ithaca and his home in Newark III.
 Mrs. Ella Slater has returned from 9 stay at her home in Bristol Ferry, R. l.
 Mrs. Trueman from Nova Scotia IS visiting her son, Prof. I. M. Trueman.
 MT. and Mrs. Rushl1y of Bridgeport spent Christmas with Prof c. H. LumSon.
 Miss Elizabeth Eddy is spending her vacation in Thompson.
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Oniy Strande Thing.

purchase of the control of the Congress hotel by a waiter who came here pen niless in the Worlds Fair year is why the deal has been delayed so long Chicago Inter Ocean.
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ELLINGTON
Christmas Trees for Day and Sunday
 Schools and Grange.

MT. and Mrs. Richardson entertain ed relatives from Rockville and Man chester on Monday.
 The schools closed with Christmas exercises. Each school had & tree.
 The Sunday school held their tree on Monday evening in the church A cantata was given.
 Miss Balu of Hartford spent Sun day al her home here.
 The grange held a Christmas trea
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SPRING HILL
Christmas Hospitality - The Weeks
 Visitors.

Chrlstmas Hospitality - he Weeks
 Visitors.
 Mrs. ". P. Wildes is to be in New York on business q few days this week.
 Mrs. H C. Hawkins had a family gathering Christmas.
 Miss Mary Storrs entertained friends from Norwich Sunday.
 Ernest Coping of Vermont was the guest of his sister and family a few days the past week.
 Mrs. B. M Sears was the guest of her son. Arthur Cummings of Staten Island over Christmas
 Mrs. Emma Gardiner and famiiy royalty entertained a party of 26 at their Christmas ceiebrttion Monday. Mir and Mrs. F. Goss, two children and Miss Eva Goss of Willimantic were recent guests of Mrs. Gardiner. Wednesday the Mission Band met with Miss Martha Flaherty.
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More Past Than Future.

Secretary Dickinson is optimistic, and optimism is one of the ioveliest adornments of the human mind, but it still seems true that the Philippines have more past than future.--Lsouisvill Courieyr Journal
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MOUNT HOPE

Visitors in town for Christmas were c. J. Grant Mrs. L. NJ. Knight and son Milton, and Miss Cora Grant. at A. NJ. Grants; Arthur Burdick of New Brit ain, at Henry Whites: c. B. Moore of
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Miss Grace Lawton closed her fall term of school in district No. laSst Friday afternoon with yi. Christmas
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rest of the year. Nor does the cotton always sell for enough to pay their standing bills. When this happens there is a string ency in the domestic money market that is felt not only in the purse strings but in the waist bands of all concerned
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UNION.

Christmas Exercises in District School Santa Claus at Congregational Sunday School.
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HOLLAND COUNTY.
GURLEYVIL.LE

Visitors in Local Homes for the HoIi-
 day-Festival at M. E. Church.
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Now, neither South Dakota farming conditions nor Texas farming condi- tions are the same as Connecticut farming conditions. Everyone of us farmers has his own fight to make on the battlefield of his own farm We've got to meet our enemies as they come at us, not as they come at some other fellow, somewhere else. We can't win out by blindly initiating the other mans tactics. But there's a grand strategy in war which involves gen. eral principles and governs the adop- ton or rejection of particular tactics.
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He hasn't revoiutionized agriculture; he hasn't made a millionaire of him. self he doesn't have to have an office and a set of clerks to look after his business-but in the midst of a neigh borhood of seni-failures his farm is a success, and he's comfortable and happy, with all his prospective needs amply supplied and a fund in bank tn of a series of lean years or an a1ex- pected call.
The Globe-republican., 1910-04-14
Be AmIabIe and Retain Youth.

As a charming woman once said:
TO remain always young one must
be always amiable." A melancholy
tass, sullen, an evil look, is like com.
Ing IN contact with winter; whereas a
serene face, a gracious air, a kind and
gosa expression, is like a spring day
and smile on the lips like It's sun.
shine. sulky people, you may have
remarked, always appear to be ten
years older than they are. The face
grows wrinkled from contracting the
brows; the mouth projects disagree
ably when sulking. Behold beside the
portrait of the sullen woman the pic.
ture OF the sweet and gracious woman:
oil her features are In repose, her lips
form an adorable Cupids bow, kind.
ness softens her glance and goodness
illuminates her brow. Perhaps she is
the elder, but she will always appear
young and charming.
The Globe-republican., 1910-04-14

built one Of the oldest houses In
Washington, blocks away from NIL
lionaires' colony" about Dupont Circle.
when everybody else was building
down there. Since that time society
has crept up to Mrs. Barney's neigh
borhood and the vicinity Of the white
marble mansions of the Letters, the
Pattersons of Chicago and the palaces
of Mrs. Richard Townsend, Mrs. Her
bert Wadsworth, the Boardmans and
others have ceased to he quite the
greatest in Washington.
Mrs. Barney is never idle. She ls
an artist Of note, having exhibited in
the Paris Salon recently and brought
to her feet the praise of one of the
most eminent art critics Of the Old
World. She writes classic verse and
fantastic plays with ease and stages
her own plays like q veteran stage
manager. Mrs. Barney wrote play
for society to perform in last spring,
and when everybody thought her
versatility had about expended itself
she caused the smart world and the
public generally to stand aghast when
she tripped out on the stage the first
night and did an ancient and fantastic
oriental dance.
Mrs. Barney has designed the IL
terror as well as exterior of her hon Il,
known as Studio House." She IL u
great student of Persian lore and th,
religious beliefs of the Persian people
There are no beds in the Barn,
mansion, couches alone being USED
The Globe-republican., 1910-04-14
Mls LoNo-DELAyED PROPOSAL.
French story Of Note In Bouquet That
Was for Years Unanswered.

One Of the longest delayed proposals
on record Is related In q French story
Of q shy young subaltarn who was or.
dered away to tho wars. Not daring
70 speak, he sent . nosegay Of yellow
roses to the girl he loved, with little
note inside begging her, II she 70
turned his love, to wear one Of the
flowers in her breast that night at the
ball. She appeared without IT, and hs
went away broken-hearted.
Years afterward, whom he was .
lame old general, he again met his
old love, now q white-haired widow.
Ono day his old sweetheart gently
asked him why he had never married.
Madam" he answered somewhat
Sternly, you ought to know best If
you had not refused to answer that
note In the bouquet Of yellow roses
might have been happier man." "The
note in the bouquetr she repeated.
growing pale.
She opened an old cabinet and took
out from drawer shriveled bouquet
Of what had been yellow roses, among
whose leafless stalks lurked a scrap Of
paper yellow with age. "See! I never
had your note," she said, holding the
bouquet up. IT / had I would not have
answered 1t as you fancied." "Then
answer 1t now," said the gallant old
soldier. And the long delayed pro
posal was accepted at last.
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Bronchial Tubes All Stuffed Up.

"While resident of Washington, D.
Q. Isuffered continually and intensely
with bronchial trouble that was simply
terrible to endure. would have spells
that l could hardly breathe, l would
choke up, fill up In my throat aud bron.
chial tubes, and the doctoring that did
and the remedies used were of no benefit
to me whatever | heard about Booths
HyOmei being so beneficial 10 catarrhal
and bronchial affections and procured Az
outfit. I received relief from the first BY
Its use. continued with It and received
q cure. Itis about two years since have
suffered at all from my former trouble -
Mrs. r. L. tanDell, 4O4 N. Augusta st..
Staunton, Va, March 26. 1909.
Hyomei is guaranteed by the Palace
Drug Store to cure catarrh, Group, bron-
-chitis, coughs, colds and sore throat or
your money back.
A complete Hyomei pronounced High
D-me) outfit costs 81 90 at druggists every.
where. This includes a hard rubber
pocket inhaler and bottle Of Hyomel; ex.
ira bottles Hyomei cost 80 cents. Free
sample bottle and booklet from Booth's
Hyomei Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
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PECULIAR IDEAS OF AUTHORS.
Varying Conditions Under Which tho
Worlds Great Writers Did Their
Best Work.

Alexander Pope, who was the liter
ary pontiff Of his time, thought best
when In bed Whenever a thought
came to him he would jot 1t down on
scrap Of paper. His servant often
found bedclothes and floor covered
with white bits containing aphorisms
which have now become hackneyed
quotations.
Victor Hugo wrote Lies Miserables"
standing up, an attitude which Haw.
thorne also assumed when he wrote
many of his romances.
One leg thrown over the arm of
chair or sitting on the arm Of his sec.
rstary's chair were Napoleon's favor
ite positions while debating to Bour-
yienne, position which he varied now
and then by patting that scribe on the
head or pulling his ears.
Sir Walter Scott could while reclin-
Ing on lounge dictate to two amanu.
enses, who frequently had to stop writ
Ing, so funny the dictated passages
seemed to them.
William Morris made one Of his ia.
nous translations from the Greek
while riding on the steam cars. Walt
Whitman and Horace Traubel, original
In all things, were most original in the
position they took while thinking.
They were wont, so Mr.. Traubel says,
to climb upon pile Of lumber and lie
down upon their backs. In that way
each found out what the others best
thoughts were.
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Coming Down Easy.

Inquiries after the welfare of Pat.
rick Conroy were answered by his
devoted friend, Terence Dolan, who
was at the Conroy's In the double ca.
pacity Of nurse and cook. mo. he's
not dangerously hurt at ALL" was Mr..
Dolan's reply to solemnly whis.
pered question at the door.
I'VE heard he had bad fall and
was all broke to pieces" whispered
the neighbor.
"'Tis big story you've heard"
said Mr.. Dolan, in his cheerful roar.
"Thrue, he fell oft'n the roof O. the
Brady stables, where he was shinglins
and he broke his lift leg, knocked out
q couple Of teeth and broke his collar.
bone.
Mind ye. II he'd have fell clear TO
Che ground 1t might have hurted him
bad, but sure there was a big pile of
shtones and old lumber that broke his
fall"-Youths Companion.
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The Conlurer Confesses.

That "the hand is quicker than the
eye" is one Of those accepted sayings
Invented by someone who knew moth
Ing of conjuring-or, as is more likely,
by some cunning conjurer who aimed
still further to hoodwink a gullible
public. The fact is that the best con-
jurer seldom makes a rapid motion,
for that attracts attention, even
though 1t be not understood. The
true artist In this line is deliberate In
every movement, and 1t Is mainly by
his actions that he leads his audience
to look not where they ought, but in
an entirely different direction. Mr..
David Devant, who for a number of
consecutive years has entertained
London with his ingenious tricks, has
said: "The conjurer must be an actor.
By the expression Of his face, by his
gestures, by the tone Of his voice, in
short, by his acting, he must prod,
his effects."-St. Nicholas.
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One of the fireplaces is built of Q
magnificent marble altar taken intact
from an old Italian church. Her
boudoir contains a luxurious couch
and the walls are lined with mirrors.
These are the doors of her dressing
cabinets. Mrs. Barney has a wide
knowledge of architecture and is q
sculptor Of some skill. She has
planned the interior decorations and
furnishings of some Of the handsom.
est and most unique homes in Wash.
ington.
Another woman who has come to
the front through sheer force Of am.
bition and ability to back 1t I'D 10
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnson, the
pioneer woman photographer in Wash.
ingtou. Miss Johnson was for years
practically the only photographer who
had sole patronage at the White
House and in exclusive homes here.
She has a picturesque studio in v
street, Northwest, which she remod-
eled from a stable into an ideal studio.
The lower rooms are her office rooms.
while upstairs are her workroom and
living room. The latter Is exceeding.
ly quaint and Is decorated in real liy.
ing-room style.
DR.. Anita Newcomb McGee, daugh.
ter of the late Prof. Simon Newcomb.
the noted astronomer whose death 90
CURED weeks ago, has won distinction
in the medicap 6eld and is the only
woman to whom the government ever
gave a commission In the army. DR..
McGee took party Of nurses to
Japan while the Russo-Japanese war
was on and won signal recognition for
her work in connection with the Rad
Cross at that time. She is a writer Of
note and In his win Prof. Newcomh.
who was retired admiral Of the navy.
left all his papers and notes to Dr..
MCGEE, who will prepare his memoirs,
Prominent girls in society have
found that the social sphere at the
capital is not entirely satisfying and
many Of them have gone in for more !
material diversion. If. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, daughter OF former Pres. |
ident Roosevelt, ever felt called upon
to make her own way in the world she |
could easily do 80 in making and
trimming hats. Mrs. Longworth has
fashioned many hat which only her
friends knew about.
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EAMTEF TINE FOR THOUGHT.
bduoue ,utIes Before the Head Of the
I ee 100 Required His Entire
Attention.

Ae ably was Ill, and the doctor or
ID nat he be taken to the sea. This
&)asv d the closing Of the house until
tho n,tle one should be well enough
TO return. After the wife had secured
hotel accommodation by the long-dis-
tance telephone, the man Of the house
went to his room and slowly and
thoughtfully spread the entire con-
tents Of his wardrobe upon his bed,
that they might be convenient for his
wife to pack.
He stood surveying them, deep In
meditation, when his wife came into
the room and began to speak to him.
He raised his hand rebukingly.
Don't talk to me now, Susie, don't
talk to me! have a great deal on
my mind. II we are going to the sea-
shore day after tomorrow there are
many things to be done, and I must
plan"
His wife. who had already tele.
phoned the butcher, milkman, baker,
grocer, expressman and ticket Office.
and given the maid months vacation
and arranged with a relative for the
care Of the dog, gazed at him in 81
lence.
"A great deal on my mind" he re-
peated. Then the interrogative nature
Of his wife's silence forced him to ex.
plain.
"You see," he said, II have got to
put nail in the cellar window and
stop the newspaper. YOUTHS Com
panion.
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The lll-Natureh Man

The ill-natured man, though but Of
equal parts with the good-natured
man, gives himself a larger field to
expatiate in. He exposes those fail.
ings in human nature which the 9th.
er would cast a wall over; laughs at
vices which the other either excuses
or conceals; falls indiferently upon
friends or enemies; exposes the per
son who has obliged him; and, in
short, sticks at nothing that may es-
tablish his character Of wit.
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Civil Service Examination.
CLERK CARRIER.


An examination for clerk and carrier
will be held at the post. Office In this city
on May II, 1910.
Age limits, Is to 40 years, on the date
of the examination.
Married women will not be admitted
to the examination. Unmarried women
will be admitted to the examination, but
are eligible for appointment only as
clerk.
Applicants must be physically souno
and male applicants must be not less
than 8 feet inches In height witbcn,
boots or shoea, and weigh not less than
125 pounds without oyercoat or bat.
For application blanks and for fun in.
formation relative to the examination
qualifications, dnties, salaries, vacs.
lions, promotions, etc., address immed,.
ately Nelson G. Crawford.
Sec'y, Board OF Civil Service Examiner.,
Post flee, Dodge City, Kans.
The Globe-republican., 1910-04-14
MAD TO BE IN PROPER FORM.
Without His Retaining Fec Young
Lawyer Could Not Act.

An impecunious young lawyer re-
Gently received the following letter
from a tailor to whom he was In
debted:
Dear Sir--Kindly advise me by re-
turn mail when I may expect remit
lance from you in settlement Of my
account Yours truly, ]. Snippem."
The follower of Blackstone imme.
diately replied:
Dear Sir-I have your request for
advice Of a recent date, and beg leave
to say that not having received any
retainer from you I cannot act In the
premises. Upon receipt Of your check
for $3.50 shall be very glad to look
the matter up for you and to acquaint
you with the results of my investiga-
tions. I am, sir, with great respect,
your most obedient servant, Barclay
B. Coke."-Success Magazine.
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great wealth. and
social position
which are hers
She Is the most
unique hostess In
the smart world
at Washington and
nothing she does
In an artistic
sense is any long.
er regarded with
surprise by her
friends In excl
sive circles htte
or abroad. She
The Globe-republican., 1910-04-14
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY

hereby Announce myself candidate for
the nomination for the office of County At
torney OF Ford County. subject to the will OF
the Republican voters to be expressed at
the Primary Election in August, next.
Very respectfully,
Carl Van Ripper,