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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
SMALL STRIP OF LAND
Record Broken In Chicago When
Strip Three-Quarters Wide
Was Transferred.

Chicago, April 25.-The purchase
Of strip of land only three-quarters
ct an inch wide stands unchallenged
~ to the most unique transaction IN
Chicago real estate down to date.
When James Montgomery sold his
residence the purchaser a woman,
made the troubles ONE discovery That
Wis grey stone house was in fact
three-quarters of an inch over the
inc on his adjoining property. Hav-
ng been singed by a similar predica-
nent the woman would not complete
he deal until the needed strip of land
rad been acquired. When the owner
Of the adjoining land learned what
The situation was he promptly and
firmly declined to deed the strip
gratuitou ly as a matter of courtesy
or kindness. Therefore chickering's
and chickering's were begun over the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26

price Of a parcel Of property less than
an inch in width. This incident is a
reminder Of troubles between other
property owners in the same vicinity
when it was discovered that the cor
nice of one mans house projected
over the line Of the other one. Final
ly the owner of the offending cornice
was obliged to saw it off on a chalk
line drawn by surveyor. Ordinarily
surveyors lines have a latitude Of
several inches, but as the value OF
property has risen lines have been
run with increasing eXactness. With
land at $SG00 foot an inch OF it is
no trivial investment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
Oil. DRlLLERS STOPPED
IN DU QUOiN FIELD
lnnnnnin Evening CALI

Tho oil company which has been
prospecting southeast of town for
several months past, have pulled up
their machinery and plugging the
hole. 1t is given out today that
there will be no further prospecting
and that leases are being surren-
dered The prospectors feel that 1t
is useless to go to more expense,
Some of the people who had leased
their land are not entirely satisfied,
as they fell that one hole is not q
proper test of the field, as In many
places several holes have been put
down before oil was discovered
We understand that the drillers
went to a depth of about fifteen bun
dred feet.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRSI


dence of Lee Miller on Fifth street
at 6 o'clock Sunday evening but 1t
was soon extinguished. The damage
was slight.
Newt Dalton was among the Cairo
visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Cairo
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs, Webb, a missionary from
Turkey had charge of the services at
the congregational church Sunday
evening and her address was thor
cughly enjoyed.
The Ladies' Aids of the various
churches will meet as follows We'd
nesday Afternoon: /: st. Peters Epis
copal with Mrs, Frank Handley on
fIigh street and Railroad avenue;
Congregational, at the home Of Mrs
H. C.. Rice on First street, and the
Methodist Episeoal with Mrs. w. T
Hayden on Main street.
County Superintendent of schools
Mis- May Hawkins, will hold teach
ers examination at Ullin next Thurs
day and Friday
Pulaski county court will convene
here Monday morning with Judge
Duncan, of Marion, on the bench.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
One Success; One Failure.

Another attempt in Paducah, KY,
ended thesame way. We are watch
ing one in Memphis, Tenn, which so
far bids fair to succeed, as the pro-
moter cinches his rights, and it de-
ponds on how long he can get good
managers who will accept the terms
he makes them. This same promoter
made similar attempt in New Or.
leans, but hastily withdrew as he was
confronted by the solid front Of the
United Retail Grocers Association
His stores seem to do good bust
ness, but he has trouble In holding
good managers. One of their best re.
signed short time ago to accept a
elerkship with one of our dry goods
merchants.
SO, after all, we hope that it will
We a REPETITION of the old saying
Chain stores may come and go, but
the retailer will go on forever"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26

a warehouse to stock the goods so
offered?
The wide-awake manufacturer has
"evoluted" far ahead of that plan OF
introducing his goods He sets aside
so much money to make the goods
then he sets aside another amount to
advertise the goods and push their
sale and put them on the market
Every large manufacturer is studying
and paying others to study, the best
plan of doing this.
How They Do 1t.
Some take spaces In the leading
magazines which go into the homes
OF the better classes, especially to
the customer whom we all coyet, the
good liver Some send out crews Of
house-to.house canyassers who take
the orders for the goods to be deliv
cred through the grocer. Others ash
for lists of the grocer's customers to
, write to, telling them how to get a
sample of the goods. Others follow
up public meetings, pure food shows
etc. in order to demonstrate their
wares. Others adopt the coupon sys-
Item giving back a small per cent OF
the purchase price, and instead OF
giving this in cash add to its effec'
itiveness by using their buying power
with this cash to give a premium
which in its retail value would be
much larger and more attractive than
the percentage would be if presented
| in cash.
The Universal Coupons sent out by
> the Trade Manufacturers Trade Mark
lassociation, 253 Broadway, New York
| is one way Of holding continuous pat
ronage. And let me say right here
\ that If an association of hundreds oil
manufacturers. buying in enormous
quantities and operating from on
Headquarters where expenses are
greatly lessened, cannot afford to give
greater values than any individual
concern that buys in smaller quaint
ties at higher prices and maintains ex
pensive show rooms, then the manu-
facturers are throwing away thous
ands of dollars that they might save
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
MOUND CITY.
April Is.

Mrs. Kate Sneed and son, Dabney
spent Saturday with friends in Cairo
Miss Nora Dalton of Mounds, was
| the guest of relatives on Fifth street
Sunday.
Mrs. F. S.Keiser of Mounds, left
|Monday for ST. Louis on shopping
"trip.
Misses Edna and Sarah Rhinehart
F Of New Madrid, Mo-, passed through
the city Sunday en- route to Olmsted
|where they will visit their aunt, Mrs,
| S. A. Smith.
John Culp left Sunday evening for
Chicago where he win transact bust
ness for the Wisconsin Chair Com
.pany,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ Maddox aud
family of Cairo spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. J, s. Miller on High
e. street.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c, Ent of Cairo
were the guests of Mrs. c. r, Burns
and r, Fl. Hawley and families Sun
day.
A small fire occurred at the resi-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
Saved From The Grave.

Il had about given up hope, after
7early four years of suffering from a
severe lung trouble" writes Mrs. M.
+. Dix, OF GAINESVILLE Tenn, "Ofter
the pain in my chest would be almost
lnbearable aad | could not do any
work, but Dr. Kings New Discovery
has made me feel like new person.
Its the best medicine made for the
throat and lungs" Obstinate coughs,
'tubborn colds, hay fever, la grippe,
thma, Group, bronchitis and hem
,rrhages, hoarseness and whoopne
cough, yield quickly to this wonderful
medicine. Try it, soc and $1.00 Guar
snteed by all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
THE THE C(, CHAIN STORE
|CAiRO MERCHANT WRITES
ABOUT GROWING TENDENCY
AND ITS EFFECTS.
Would Have Manufacturers Aid Re.
taiIers in Efforts to Hold
Their Own-Methods
of Advertising.

The Interstate Grocer published in
LIST. Louis of recent date contains the
Following from Thos. Z. O'Shea of
|this city on subject Of much con
Fern to retail merchants generally:
With permission of The Interstate
Grocer | will accept the invitation OF
1.-The salesman for the Rochester firm
Ito let him hear from retail grocer.
His observations are so pertinent to
The questions which are uppermost in
|the minds of us retail grocers that
lam willing to sit up nights telling him
|what we in the trenches notice every
Hay.
| We eertaial yacknowledge that the
| manufacturers have millians invested
land expend millions Of dollars in put
Hing their goods on the market, and
|lhe evolution in introducing their
goods to the consumer is very graft
Flying to us retailers.
You know just short time ago the
| wide awake manufacturer looked to
The Man Behind the Counter" to in
|troduce his goods to the consumer
| and some Of the slow ones still lool,
|lo him. They use such arguments as
Eve can't show you how fine oul
hoods are until you stock few and
| put them out to your customers.
Now, Just stop a moment and consid
Ter where the small grocer would be u
| he acquiesced to all such arguments
las. that. Wouldn't he have to builf
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
SALE OF STOCK LATELY HELD
BY LOUIS A. FRANK AT 1909
WASHINGTON AVE,

Public notice is hereby given that
sealed bids win be received by the
undersigned on or before o'clock p
m. of April 18th, 1910, for the sale in
bulk of the entire stock and fixtures
lately held by Louis A. Frank, at
No, 1909 Washington avenue, Cairo,
Illinois. Bids closed at p. m. April
2Sth, 1910.
Rights reserved to reject any and
all bid.
Said stock may be inspected at any
time on application.
HERMAN CUNT HER,
Trustee
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26

~ ! ~
There must be
a mighty solid basis
for the phenominal success
that has followed
the {. M. F. Company
from The very first.
No other Automobile concern
ever has enjoyed
The tremendous success
this one has.
The whole world knows
and all The world is talking
about The company
and its cars, constantly.
There must be a reason
and it must be a good one.
Even competitors admit that!
Everywhere, EMF go
is first choice
OF that class OF buyers
who want all That can be had
OF efficiency, power, durability
and and elegance and comfort
at a price under $4,000.
EMF ''3O' sells for S1,25O
fully equipped with
five lamps, generator, horn,
and magnetic.
The farther you seek
for The reason for this greater
popularity for The splendid
reputation achieved
by this car i'm so short a time,
The more does ii appear that
after all,
The car itself is the real reason
Ten thousand people
are daily engaged i'm selling
EMF ''3O'' cars
largest sales force
and The cheapeSt--tOr
fhpy All work fOr love
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26

to themselves and customers for they
are thus paying another firm for the
idea of advertising the trade mark as
ISOLATION.
The Man Who Leads.
Another point we notice more plain.
| ly every day IS that the salesman who
has the knack Of advertising his
goods to the customer, together with
craftsmanship qualities, is fastly lead
| ing his competitor for his job and
salary. To Illustrate. The salesman
who can make and demonstrate his
coffee in a grocer's store to the gro
GERS customers, viii almost compel
the grocer to handle his coffee as he
creates the demand before he asks
| for an order
| Now, Mr., Salesmanager | have
tried to tell you few of my views
on the manufacturer and a few points
abort ycur statesmen, won't you hep
us with your IDEAS as to how to save
ourselves in the evolution toward the
chain store system?
| We are watching all examples In
cairo here, two were dismal failures
and, as no capital was behind them,
they broke the promoters, who had
previously done a good business indi
vidually.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
NOTICE.

All parties holding coupons for ice,
last season and who have
not presented them to Winter Bros.
for ice, are hereby notified to present
the same to this company at its
office 2616 Commercial avenue, Cairo,
Illinois for redemption, on or before
May LIST.
CAIRO ICE & COAL co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-26
Bronchitis at 78

mir. j. M. Elicit says Duffy's Fbre
Malt Whislzey Has Prolonged
His Life Five Years. 1t Re-
lieved and Strengthened Him
When Nothing Else Did Him
Any Good.
81 have been taking Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey ior SIX Or seven
years for Bronchitis, which ] have
had for about twelve years. Before
this l tried doctors and everything
else, but nothing did me any good.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey was
recommended 70 me, as it would
benefit me and would build up my
whole body and system. ! COM
menced taking It and found that it
did ME more good than all the
medicines I had taken III the past.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
HYHAWKER JOTS

'I am so unlucky.' said Jim Junk in
| the Washington Register, that if
should buy a ticket in limburger
| cheese rattle I wouldn't get a SMELL
A Manhattan youngster is credited
with replying, when asked the name OF
| the president of the United States:
Taft is now. but Teddy is coming
| back"
Senator Brady of Lawrence writes
of a brother in the Kansas senate as
| follows: Senator Myers is going to
! have some amendments to the Ballot
Law. If the Ten Commandments were
offered in the senate. Myers would be
ready with a bunch of amendments"
"A stranger rode up to a farmer :
house." says q western Kansas paper,
and said: Il understand you have q
fine COW. What will you take for her?'
Look here. answered the farmer, are
you tax assessor, or has that COW
been killed on the railroad?' kan
sas City Star.
One of the exhibits in the museum,
which was displayed in connection
with the Wichita Eagles dinner to
the visiting editors, was a bale of ex-
celsior, with this inscriptions: THE
hair that William Allen White had be-
fore he wrote his last editorial on fe-
male suffrage"
A typographical oversight in a big
newspaper heading the other day start
ed 10 Reporters Killed" and there
that the heading should have read 10
Reported Killed. and there wasn't
single reporter on the list. This Is a
world of disappointments.-B Ga
zette-Times.
Evidently, Crosby" the renowned
Smith county correspondent of the
Downs News has won his fight with
the editor of that paper to have his
stuff printed just as he writes it. At
least, that is a pardonable conclusion
to draw from this item which was
signature Of Crosby: Miss Blanche
Headley is spending a week in the beau
tiful city of Downs, prominent city
in the Sixth district, noted for its hos
pitality and it's very successful com
nlercia1 club banQuets. its INNER Sc pub
lie free library, a gift from the Lord
of Scibo Castle in Scotland, viz: A.
Carnegie; one Of the best equipped OPP
era houses west of Concordia. one of
the very best hotels west Of Atchison;
a great amphitenater. where you can go
a happy hour, said to be the best man
aged skating rink in the entire Sixth
district: the city of churches, great
banking institutions. solid as the adam
antine rocks, a studio run by q pho
tographer said to be second to none in
this great splendid state Ca Mr.. Turtle)'
fine walks, beautiful dwellings, splendid
schools, Illuminated by night by
splendid plant that gives entire salts
many good men find employment, and
by the way, large enough to manipu-
late a genuine first-class strike or walk
out, as we who read can attest. Now,
then, IS 1t any wonder people go to
Downs to enjoy few weeks vacatton?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
CHIEF OF POLICE EATON.

Charges of a rather vague and in
| definite character are being banded
about concerning the alleged incom'
potency of Mr.. Eaton as chief of po-
lice and certain questionable dealings
on his part with the public. They
have been met by Mayor Green, who is
responsible for Mr.. Eaton's tenure OF
Office, with the reply that he has per-
feet confidence in the head of the po-
| lice department and is of the opinion
that he has discharged his duties in an
efficient manner. And the MAYOR is
willing to investigate thoroughly any
charges of slight or serious character
that may be presented against the
chief of police. Now it is up to the
people who have been limiting that
they have such charges in their pos
session to bring them to the light of
day. If they do not. it will be par
donable to suppose that the present
crusade against Eaton on the part of
some people is nothing more than a
cheap political trick.
Being no more or no less than a
human being, Mr.. Eaton has undoubt-
eddy made some mistakes in his con-
duct of the police force. In his eager
ness to enforce all the laws he has
occasionally overstepped the bounds of
prudence, in the opinion of some peo-
pie His alteration with a newspaper
reporter OF a couple of weeks ago ap-
pears to have been rather indefensible.
But then there are always two sides to
every story. The fact remains. how
ever, that despite any of his short
comings such as they have developed,
he has policed the city of Topeka in
far better manner during the past two
or three years than it has ever been
policed before. Evidence of this
abounds on every hand. There is no
doubt that Topeka IS freer from all
kinds of crime today than it has been
to the unrelentless and successful war
against Joints and "bootleggers. In
some quarters the statements have
been made of late that "joints" are now
permitted to run by the police force to
get the good will OF the "toint" keep
ers and their patrons for political pur-
poses. This may be true, but there is
every good reason to doubt that it is.
And the chances are that any informa-
ton of the operation of a, joint would
be welcomed by the chief of police and
that he would get busy Immediately
and close it.
Mr.. Eaton is an unpopular chief of
police but the major portion of the
unpopularity in which he is held is
with that class of people who would
like to see a "wide-open'' town and
the other class who would enjoy violat-
ing many and divers laws If they only
dared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

From the Atchison Globe.
You don't give your conscience
enough credit.
If you are contented, you are pretty
well off without an auto and a man
sion.
When you say a man refuses to listen
to reason, it means that he fails to
agree with you.
It usually takes a stronger hint to in
duce visitor to go than was required
to get him to come.
Our idea Of an unusual man is one
who doesn't have a lot Of worthless
junk he considers valuable.
If a woman has proper pride she will
never forget her dignity, not even when
running to a fire.
1t has been our experience that when
the weather is pleasant, and fishing
agreeable, fish won't bite.
There may not be much money in
raising chickens, but, as an average
proposition, it pays better than raising
dogs.
Take warning from the peachbud:
That which grows venturesome and
takes Off It's union suit too soon never
lives to be a peach.
If the wheat is killed it will be the
first trouble in years the men can't
blame on the women, and the women
can't blame on the boy.
If woman is in any danger of get
ting killed, the hole in her stocking
causes her a lot more worry than the
blot on her conscience.
Speaking of the wheat controversy"
said Lysander John Appleton, IT never
waste time wondering If the cake is
burned; I bake another
A woman writes: There is only one
way for a father to find out what a
brides outfit will cost: to buy all his
daughter wants, and then figure it
up"
Lysander John Appleton is very fond
Of old fashioned vegetable soup, and as
his wife wants to buy new spring hat,
she recently called on an old fashioned
neighbor to find out what she put IN
her vegetable soup. 1t was 2:20 by the
clock when the old fashioned cook be-
gan to enumerate ALL she put in vege-
table soup, and at $50, when Mrs. Ly-
sander John had to go home, she had
told only two-thirds.
Preacher story told during confer
ence week: A man was preaching in a
strange town, and remarked that a wo-
man in the audience rose to her feet
every time he mentioned the Lords
name. The speaker thought this
a very nice custom, but finally he
mentioned the devil, and the woman
rose to her feet at the mention of the
devils name. Afterwards the speaker
asked the woman about her habit, and
she replied: You can't always tell
who'll finally get you, and think 1t
safe to be on the safe side"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
QUAKER fluctuations.

[From the Philadelphia Record.l
A word to the wise Is sufficient, but
so few of Us are wIse.
The people who fish for compliments
usually fish in shallow water.
1t takes a philosopher to keep from
worrying over the fact that he is not
appreciated.
Genius consists Of getting other peo-
pie to Iut up the money for carrying
cut our ide as.
Some people are not satisfied unless
they reap their reward with a 40-horse
power reaper.
A musical comedy star to be sue
cessful must be able to kick at least az
high as she can sing.
( The worst feature about love grow
ing cold is that. like most things, II IL
never as good warmed over.
The people who have the most pro-
roUnced ideas about raising children
are those who have never had any.
The people who are too smart for
their own good are those who lose a
lot of time showing other people how
smart thew are.
Harduppe-"I wish I had a autonno-
bile Borrowell-"But 1t costs a lot
to run an automobile" Harduppe-.I
wouldn't run it. I'd sell it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.1

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Half loaf is better than a loafer.
Skin-deep beauty is all right IL the
girl has money.
A man isn't necessarily conservative
because he's slow.
A man may bow to the inevitable, but
he doesn't lift his hat.
The man who trusts no one doesn't
know what disappointment Is.
Be dreamer If you will, but get up
and hustle when the alarm clock goes
OFF.
A man feels like kicking himself when
a homely woman attempts to dirt with
him.
A spinster may imagine that mar
riages are arranged in heaven, but a
married woman knows better.
Probably there is nothing quite SO
unsatisfactory as the good judgment u
man might have used but didn't.
One reason why there's plenty of room
at the top is the fact that everybody
wants to get in on the ground floor.
The one proof of mans superiority
over woman is the fact that he never
wears his clothes buttoned down the
back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

lack of punctuality is also lack
of good manners.
X
The most enjoyable time to loaf is
when your work is done.
X X
Too many people arc content to sip
merely of the froth of life.
II
Imagination is responsible for much
of the trouble and worry in the world
X u
The fellow who tells old jokes is I'M
bearable enough but he's boon COM
panion compared to the chap who tells
original ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-21

infest Washington was far from be-
ing out of place. Much of the alleged
news they send out from the nations
capital Il OF the '-think' variety. They
know, or at least they think they
know how every public question
should be settled and they write their
Washington dispatches accordingly.
If it were not for The Associated Press
the people of the country would be in
sore straits in their desire for re-
liable news from Washington, that is
if they depended on the special cor
respondents and commissioners of the
larger newspapers of the country.