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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
AVIATOR CROSSES
THE CHANNEL
5LERloT FLIES FROM FRANCE TO
ENGLAND, LANDING
AT DOVER.
FOLLOWED BY TORPEDO BOAT
AIighted on Cliffs In Little over Half
An Hour.-Gets Ahead of Latham,
Who Intended to Try Again
on Monday.

Dover, Eng.-This sleepy seaport
town experienced the keenest thrill
known in a generation when at sun
rise a white winged bird-like machine
with loudly humming motor, swept out
from the haze ~obscuring the sea
toward the distant French coast and,
circling above the high chalky cliffs
of Dover, alighted on English soil.
A calm Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, a
portly and red mustached nan of 81,
descended from the saddle, limping on
a bandaged foot, which had been
burned on his previous overland
flights.
Immediately two compatriots, who
had been waving a big t~ri-colored flag
as a signal for the landing place, fell
upon him enthusiastically embracing
him, shouting and pounding him on
the back.
They, with a few soldiers and 9TH
ers who happened by chance to be on
the scene, were the only persons to
witness the finish of a most remark
able feat.
bleTlOJ ISlL Lee a a hliOS
from Calais, about 4:30 a. M, on one
Of the smallest monoplanes eve used.
He crossed the channel in a little less
than half an hour. twice as swiftly as
the fastest mail boat.
His speed averaged more than 40
miles an hour, sometimes it approx
mated so miles.
He kept about $50 feet above the
sea level and for 10 minutes while
about mid-channel was out of sight of
both coasts and the French torpedo
destroyer which followed him with his
wife and friends aboard.
The wind was blowing about 20
miles an hour and the sea was choppy.
The aviator was swathed in a single
garment of drilling, impervious to the
wind, which covered him from the top
of his head to his feet, only his face
showing. He wore also a cork life
belt.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
CALLING DOWN THE BoAsTER
Good Little Story Told by William
Dean Howells as a Rebuke to
Spread-EsgleIsm

"It was William Dean Howells,'
said q Chicago editor, who irst re-
buked us Americans for our spread
eagleism, for u foolish Boosting.
see that Mr.. Howells has just Joined
a mems society for the promotion OF
woman suffrage. Trust him to be in
the forefront always.
Il once heard Mr.. Howells deliver a
fourth of July grafton in Maine. The
orator preceding him had boasted a
good deal. Mr.. Howells showed that
some of the maps boasts were even
impious.
"He said that these spread-eagle
boosters deserved the rebuke that the
little child administered to the cack-
ling hen that had just laid an egg.
The child. angered by the hens CON
tinuous cawk-cawk-cawk. eawk-cawk-
cawk-cawk. shook his little finger at
her and said:
"'You fink you're smart. But bod
made dat egg. You touldn't help but
lay it,"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
TRAIN IN RIVER; THREE KILLED
BETWEEN 80 AND FORTY INJURED
IN DISASTER AT KANSAS CITY.
Eight Mail Clerks Take Refuge on
Roof Of Car, Then Swim to
Shore,

Kansas City, Mot developed
yesterday that six persons were killed.
three perhaps fatally injured and be-
tween 80 and 40 others hurt In the
wreck of a passenger train when 1t
plunged into the Missouri river, 80
miles west of here.
The Dead.
Charles Flowers. engineer, Kansas
City.
Louis Bond, fireman, Moberly, Mo.
Harry Eckert, baggageman, st.
Louis.
Daniel, 2-year-old son Of e. T. King,
Eldon, Mo.
Charles Anthony, laborer.
Jesse Oldham, laborer.
Seriously Injured.
Frank Gardenr, Mount Vernon, O.
Mrs. s.. S. Hackett, Orrick, Mo.
Miss Irene Dorton, Orrick, Mo.
Among the injured who are expect
ed to recover are:
], w, Seathoff, st. Louis, cut about
the head and side bruised.
Peter Nau, Cleveland, Ohio, head
bruised and arm d~islocated.
Jacob Steinfeld, Cleveland, Ohio,
severe blow on head.
George Metcalf, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
collar bone broken.
e. L. Coles, Nashville, Tenn, left
shoulder sprained.
Mrs. G. Trupp, Dayton, side and
back injured.
Grover Young, Pana, H., back
wrenched.
OF the eight cars which made UP
the train, five and the engine are now
in the river with the water covering
all of them except one end of the Des
Moines sleeper. A deadhead Pullman
mail, baggage, day coach and sleeper
followed the engine into the stream
The chair car and two Pullmans alone
remained uninjured.
At the Ger of the wreck the river
makes a bend and the railroad follows
it. For days the food waters have
been undermining the roadbed, max
ink it too weak to hold up the heavy
trains. Three hours before the wreck
a freight train of As loaded cars pass
ed the point safely. Three hours later
when the passenger train started
across the same piece of track, so feet
of the roadbed suddenly collapsed and
engine and cars piled one on the other
in the water.
Eight mail clerks were saved be
cause the roof of their car was tori
off permitting them to get out on tor
of the car and swim for the shore
None escaped injury.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory IL the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. 1t is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and flneness of the fabric Is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality OF the goods. This troI-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch. as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great.
er strength than other makes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
GIGANTIC ADVERTISING TOWER.
Unique Structure to BE Erected In
New York.

New York, N. Y.-Plans were ap-
proved and a contract let for the cree
ton In Times square of a tower ESQ
feet high, said to be the only struc-
ture of it's kind ever built exclusively
for advertising purposes. The ground
floor will apparently be free of walls
and surrounded or all sides with
fronts of glass. Even the steel sup
porting columns, inclosed in mirrors,
will be invisible from within and with
out.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth
floors will be occupied by Offices. The
seventh is to be a huge frieze or dado,
intricate with electric arabesques and
Illuminated advertising signs. Flam-
ing arcs will crown the four ornamen-
tai corner posts.
Ultimately 1t is proposed to extend
the framework to a height of 80 stor-
les.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
STEAMER is 5 WEEKS OVERDUE,
Search Instituted for German New
Guinea Colony Craft.

Berlin, Germany.-The government
steamer Seestern, belonging to the
German New Guinea colony, is five
weeks overdue. She called from Bris-
bane, Australia, June 8, bound for
Adolphhaven, where she ought to have
arrived June IL. The New Guinea
government has sent out the steamer
Dolphin to look for the Seestern, and
the North German Lloyd steamer
Waldemann and the Australian gov.
eminent steamer Merrie England are
aiding in the search.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
Patten Going to Europe.

Chicago, Minois.-'Jim' Patten an
nouced that he was again through
with corners" and grain m~anipula-
tion. He is going to Europe for a long
rest.
Patten has also been a heavy seller
Of cotton. He took on a big line
around $50 and il said to have over
stayed his market All his COTTON still
shows a big profit. According to per-
sons in close touch with the plunger,
he has made 4.Ooo. 600 on his May and
July deals.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
tuberculosis Conference.

Under the auspices of the Swedish
National League Against Tuberculo-
sis. the International tuberculosis con-
ference held it's annual meeting in
Stockholm July s to 10. Among the
American speakers on the program
were DR.. Hermann M. Biggs of New
York and DR.. John G.. Wise, medical
director of the United States navy,
who raj the official representative of
this country. Two subjects of special
interest discussed were; care of
Tuberculous Families, Especially OF
Healthy Children" and Tuberculosis
and the Schools"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
He Bit.

The city man was Jogging on to.
ward the summer clearinghouse in
a rickety old wagon. The driver was
glum and far from entertaining, and
the city man felt rather lonely.
"Fine field over there" he ventured,
after a long silence.
Fine" grunted the driver.
"Who owns it,"
"Old man Bit"
"Old man Bit. Ell? Who are those
children stacking up hay?"
"Old man Bits boys"
"And what is his idea in having
them out there In the field such a hot
day?"
"Wal, | reckon he thinks every lit
tie Bit helps, stranger. Anything
else you want to know? Get up here.
bosses"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
3 DRowNA AT DIES MONIES.
Pleasure Launch overturns and Onl,
One OF Party Is Saved.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Three per-
sons were drowned here when a
pleasure launch owned by Bern Macy,
son of G. Macy, capitalist, upset in the
Raccoon river, after striking a sub
merged log four miles above the city.
The dead are:
Mrs. Clark Dawson, 43.
Bern Macy, 20.
Nina Thorson, 10.
Miss Darline Dawson, n of the
mebers of the party, saved herself by
swimming ashore, where she tainted
and lay for two hours before she re-
covered sufficiently to summon help.
The bodies have not been recovered.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
NO INSURANCE FOR AvIAToRs.
HabituaI Aeronauts Put in Class With
~~ Auto Racers by Company.

New York, N. Y.-Millions of pol
icyholders, representing billions of life
and accident insurance, are interested
in instructions just issued by the Trav-
elers' Insurance company of Hartford,
Conn, to its agents in relation to the
payment of claims for injury and
death, growing out of balloon, aero
plane and other flying machines acct
dents. The company rules that its
accident policies shall not cover acct
dents resulting from the use of fiyiag
machines, nor to balloon accidents,
after the policy holder has made one
trip in a balloon.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
SKIN ERUPTION CURED.
Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful
That Little Sufferer Could Not Sleep
Scratched Constantly.
cuticura's Efficacy Clearly Proven.

when about two and a half years
old my daughter broke out on her hips
and the upper parts of her legs with a
very irritating and painful eruption. It
began In October; the first l noticed
was a little red surface and a constant
desire on her part to scratch her limbs.
She could not sleep and the eruptions
got sore, and yellow water came out
Of them. ! had two doctors treat her,
but she grew worse under their treat
ment. Then ! bought the Cuticura
Remedies and only used them two
weeks when she was entirely well.
This was in February. She has never
had another rough place on her skin,
and she is now fourteen years old.
Mrs. r. r. Whitaker, Winchester,
Tenn, Sept. %, 1908"
Potter Drug q Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
Privilege of English Husband.

A wife who complained at the
Marylebone police court in London the
other day that her husband used
abusive language to her was informed
by Mr.. Plowden that this was one of
a husbands privileges.
You must put up with it," the mag.
istrate told her. Better an abusive
husband than no husband at ALL"
But / have had SO many years OF
this kind of thing" she protested.
Il cannot give you any redress"
Mr.. Plowden replied. "You must ex-
peet a certain amount of abuse in this
world"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25

All American exporters concerned
are warned by Consul General DENLY
that they'll never get rich by selling
pins to the people of Shanghai. "The
Chinese have no use for pins" he
says, strings and knots and loops
meeting every requirement Of male
and female, young and old, to keep bis
or her garments securely and neatly
Fastened"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
Neatly put.

Two Quakers were having an ar
gument and one considered the other
was speaking falsely. This is how he
reproved him:
Friend Thomas, / will not call thee
by any bad name, but IL the mayor
were to ask me who was the greatest
liar in the town / would hasten to
thee and say: Thomas, / think the
mayor greatly desireth to speak with
thee"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
"A Cheap skate"

Joel Chandler Harris" said an At
lantan. used to write comic newspa'
per editorials. Sometimes he made
fun of other editors In them, too.
"Simon Simpson, a rival editor In
Mobile, having been made fun OF,
wrote angrily In his rage:
"'Joel Harris has been getting on
some cheap wit at our expense
Joel, on reading this, grabbed his
pen and dashed of. quick as a fash,
for next days Issue:
lit must have been cheap, Simon.
to be at your expense"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
MRS TAFT WANTED FoR yupoE.
Presidents Wife invited to Review
Auto Floral Parade.

washington. ID. C.-Inyitations
were sent to Mrs Taft, wife of the
president; Secretary Of War Dickin-
son, District Commissioner McFar.
land. Governor Crothers. Of Maryland,
and Governor Swanson, OF Virginia,
to act as judges of the automobile for
al parade that Is TO be held here on
Sept. 20. next. under auspices OF the
Washington chamber OF commerce.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25

Dumth.-Thomas Olson, aged 80
years, an oiler for a coal company
here, was drowned in M~oonshine
lake ear Duluth. He leaves a widow
and three children. Mr.. Olson was a
good swimmer and It Is presumed he
was taken with a cramp.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
Questionable.

"Your tickets were complimentary,
were they not?"
WELL" replied tho man who had
seen a painfully amateur entertain
ment, Il thought they we're until /
saw the show"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25

Kind Lady-Ah, my poor man, why
don't you s~traighten up and take your
place in society,"
Dusty Dan-What would be the use.
mum? am too restless to play
bridge"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
COMFORTING.

Man in the Water-Help! Help!
I'm drowning!
Droll Gent-What! you don't need
help to drown, man.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25
VERY ABRUPT.

Spring Poet-Yes, sir; ! a write
about anything, sir.
Irate Editor-Well, then, suppose
you just right-about face and head for
the door.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25

81 have used your valuable Cascarrts
and find them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. I have used them for
some time for indigestion and biliousness
and am now completely cured. Recon-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, You
will never be without them in the
family. Edward A. Marx, Albany, NY.
Pleasant, Paiatabie, Potent. Taste Good.
DO Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or grippe.
10c, 2Sc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gem
uine tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. X9
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-25

Good luck never hangs around a
man long enough to becor1c Iresome.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

international horse show Of London,
which has the same objects. A pretty
feature of the opening day Of the New
York show will be the filling of the
balconies with thousands of the city's
crippled and orphaned wards as the
guests of the show directors. For the
special entertainment OF the children
there will be a procession comprising
the largest and smallest horSes-the
huge draft horses and the diminutive
ponies.
One Of the most spectacular of the
events will be the classes for officers
chargers. open to all nations and all
branches Of the service. AS all riders
are required to appear in full military
uniform and many nations are expect.
ed to be represented a brilliant blend
ing OF cUlorS will he seen.
Queen Wilhelmina is taking q keel
interest III the horse show this veal
and is sending two Of her best horses
to the exhibit. These will be riddel
by two noted horsemen of Holland.
For the first time the militia officer
have received attention, and they will
compete in a special class in full dress
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
SPORTS IN BRIEF

A. E. Wood. ten mile champion OF
Buckhurst Hill, Essex, is the lates,
English runner expected in Canada,
He will arrive the second week in No
vember.
There are 40 odd oarsmen out fol
the crews at Pennsylvania. At Co
lumbia, Rice has just nineteen men fol
the freshmen and not quite so many
for the varsity.
Sweetland. the new rowing coach al
Wisconsin, was at Syracuse, Colgate
Hamilton, Ohio State and Kentucky
State as coach in various sports be
fore he went to Madison.
The tidy sum of $4,000 will be dis
tributed in prizes at the twenty-sixth
annual exhibition of the National
Horse Show Association of America
which will open on Nov. II and con
TIME to Nov. 10 at Madison Square
Garden. New York.
Lacrosse is to be started at the Uni
versity Of Minnesota. Dick Grant. the
old Harvard runner. will coach the
men. He has been In charge of track
athletics there for some time and ia
vors the game for the training It will
give his track candidates.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
YANKEE RACE DYING OUT.
High Cost of Living One Cause, Says
Harvard Professor.


The Yankee race. which is the pure
English stock. is almost extinct. ac-
cording to the views Of Professor AL
bert Bushnell Hart of the department
of history and government at Harvard
university. Moreover, he has statis-
tics to prove that his contention CON
tainS some truth.
Among the conditions to which Pro-
fesSor Hart attributes the decadence
of the red blooded American are the
increased cost Of living, late mar
riages, expensive educations and other
social conditions of a contributory ma
ture. The figures on which he bases
his positive assertion come from the
United States census and q perusal OF
the class histories of Harvard.
There have been great changes III
the ages of marriage and the per cap
ita number Of children since colonia'
times" says Professor Hart. Some
Of the changes are Of a startling ia
ture. Men of Yankee blood. if W.
may take the successive classes O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

great distance covered by Alan r.
Hawley and Augustus Post and the
sensational incidents of their trip.
Two days after starting in the ace
all trace of them was lost, and for
seven days the world had a mystery
of the air to u%nravel, nothing during
this time having been learned of their
whereabouts. Fearing the worst, their
friends raised $4,000 as a reward for
the finding alive or dead of the men
who had so mysteriously disappeared.
At last, however. news came that Post
and Hawley had landed in the Cana
dian wilds, where. lost for a week,
they had struggled through the will
reaching Chicoutimi, Que.
During that time the men suffered
many h%ardships and for several nights
were obliged to sleep in the open in
the snow covered wilderness. Just Is
they were giving UP all hope of ever
reaching civilization again they stun
bled on a trapper's cabin in the woods.
where they We're fed and, after a rest,
guided to Chicoutimi.
Starting from st. Louis and landing
about ffty-eight miles north of Chicou
timi. they travelled in their balloon +;
distance of 1866 miles. winning the
race and establishing a new world's
record. The best previous record wa!
mad" by Count de la Vaulx, 1,1o;
miles from Paris TO the Russian Dor
der.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

equipped with saber and regulation
bride and saddle. The horses will be
required to jump three high brush
fences. Another additional class is
known as the Canadian challenge cup
and is open to officers and government
horses. English, French and Belgian
officers will meet the best in the Unit
ed States army in these events.
The improvements of the last few
years in the breeding of hunters lend
additional interest to these classes,
and the entry lists are larger than
usual. Twenty-four classes have been
set apart for hunters and jumpers.
with a prize total of $3.50.
One contest that has always been of
a spectacular nature is likely to be
closed this year by the winning out
right of the trophy. This is the Ar
rowhead Inn cup for road teams, the
course extending from the inn on the
Hudson's banks to the arena at Madf-
son Square Garden. Alfred Gwynns
Vanderbilt and Morris e. Hewlett.
noted fo%ur-in-hand drivers, each have
a leg on this trophy. Saddle horses
ridden by amateurs only will again
compete for the Holland House cup.
Several foreign champions have been
entered in the heavy draft horse
classes, and the success Of last year 10
likely to be exceeded.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
BAR STREET CAR "TREATING.'
Each clovepdaIe (Ala.) commuter
Paws His Own Fare.

Citizens o. Cloverdale, an incor-
porated Montgomery (Ala.) suburb.
have formed a society prohibiting one
citizen Of the town from paying the
others street a fare. Each passen-
ger on the Goverdale line from now
on Is expected to pony rp" with 5
cents. no more. no less; otherwise he
violates ethics and the unwritten law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

PROFESSOR ALBERT BUSHNELL HART.
Harvard as fair examples, have less
than %one-tifth a IS many children as
when this country was first settled"
Professor Hart found that in the
class of 1871 there We're eleven grad
yates, Of whom but one remained a
bachelor. The ten husbands had sew
enty-one children. For the decadent
side of the question the investigator
announces that in the class Of 1880
ITO men received degrees, and at the
present time there are not an equal
number of SONS, proving to Professor
Harris satisfaction that Harvard uni.
versity would soon die out fit de-
pended upon the sons of its graduates
for undergraduate material.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

LODGEOF PERFECTION.-Langdon Nos
holds regular communications on the first and
J.E. TRUAX, V. III.
ROBERT WORK., Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

CHAPTER OF ROSE CRo1X-Langdon Chap
ter No.. 2, holds regular communications OF
the first and third Thursdays of each month
at the Masonic Temple.
ROBERT Work, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
NEW BALLOON RECORD.
The Remarkable Journey of Alan r.
Hawley and Augustus Post.

TeVTsy aTTU 7tUyuSIU5 FUSI.
While the featS of the men who cut
caperS in the air With biplane and
monoplane have attracted worldwide
attention of late. the balloonists have
also given us much to talk about. In
fact. the recent international balloon
race for the Gordon Bennett cup bids
fair to create wonder and discussion
for some time to come. owing to the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

A, F. & A.. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds, regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second I'D fourth Fridays of each month:
WIN. STEVENSON, W.. ID.
j. d. Balm. Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

essary to call attention to the same.
Prospects indicate that this will be
the gayest winter season the horse
and society have spent together. The
New York show will open the festivi-
ties Nov. II to 10 at Madison Square
Garden. and to attract the largest and
most classy entry list $4,000 will be
distributed in prizes to the winners in
ISL classes.
For the first time in the history of
the National Horse Show associations
exhibitions special trophies of a value
Of $500 each will be donated by the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01

Good Nsws For ~Dyspspties.
Peppermint growing is a new indus
try on the reclaimed lands Of Louisi-
ana.