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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-30

1t will add hours of
output to each day; take
the place of extra hired
help and do all the
chores which age
women and drive the
boys into the towns.
Simple, strong and
dependable. Pays for
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-30

Goods selected now will be
reserved for the holidays. Muller
Bros, jewellers. AIS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-30

itself out of the extra
profits it creates.
Special types for every
section and different
sizes for every use.
Vertical, horizontal.
stationary and portable.
A dealer everywhere.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-30
The moment you buy an
l.H.C.Gasoline Engineyour
farm becomes a factory.

1t will saw wood, pump water and
spray trees; grind tools, run tanning
mills and cream separators; husk corn,
shred fodder and sharpen tools.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-30
NOTICE OF EXECUTORS SALE.

46-4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

spending a two weeks vacation al
Mackinac, Toledo and Buffalo, re-
| turned home yesterday.
DR.. j. F. Westerfield and his sis
ter have returned from a trip to San
Diego, Cal.
Mr.. Virgil Lawrence has returned
from trip to Trinidad, Colo.
Mr.. Glen Bell of Lawrence, Kan.
| is visiting in Topeka.
Mr.. L. s. Ferry returned Friday
from trip to Pennsylvania and Chi
| cago. Mrs. Ferry is still in Chicago
Jack Fitch returned from Wichita
and western points this morning and
will leave this afternoon for a fish
ing trip to Overlook.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Thorpe of 511
jefferson street will leave Wednes-
day for Canada, New York and other
eastern points.
| Miss Dorothy Porter and Miss Clyde
| Bonebrake will go to Kansas City
| Tuesday to spend few days.
Mr.. Joe Covell arrived home to-
day from Wyoming, where he has
been spending the summer on a
ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. H. ]. Whitcomb of
Potwin left last night for Denver and
Colorado Springs, to be gone a week
or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs N. c. Alden and son.
John ]. Alden, have returned from
Burlingame. where they have been
visiting Rev. and Mrs. c. e. Hol-
combe.
Mr.. Albert Steele will leave soon
for ST. Joseph, Mo-, and other points.
Mr.. Otis Atherton, who has been
visiting in Topeka, returned today to
his home in Russell, Kan.
Mr. Harry Nichols is i'll at his home,
| PIG East Eighth avenue.
Mr.. A. W. Logan of Quenemo is in
the city today.
Miss Mabel Kingsley, who has been
visiting friends in Valley Falls Tor a
week. returned today.
Miss Agnes Ost of San Bernardino.
| Cal. has returned to Topeka, after a
visit to friends in Chicago, ILL.,, and
Belfontaine, Ohio. Miss Ost will re-
turn to California in few weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Ramsey left to-
day for Clay Center, to be gone ten
days.
| Miss Pearl Beam has gone to Mis-
souri, to spend several weeks.
Mrs Ali>e Worswickand Miss Dorothy
| Wilson, who with party Of Bethany
girls. left early in the summer fer a
trip to Europe, will sail for home Aug
ust 81. Thev I'll stop in New York
for a short time and will arrive in
Topeka the middle of September.
Miss Florence Burgess, of Kansas
City. is the guest of Miss Mary Van
vechten-
Mr.. and Mrs S. P. Galloway of Cam
bridge, Mass, are guests of N. E. Gal
loway at s049 Lincoln street.
Mr.. w. c. Donovan of Spokane,
Wash, spent yesterday in Topeka.
Judge 2. T. Hazen has returned from
Manitou and Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs S. B. Rohrer have re-
turned from trip to Indiana and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

Thomas Memorial gymnasium and the
sweet toned chimes recently installed
in its tower will keep his memory alive
and fragrant for all who frequent the
college campus or live on College Hill,
but greater memorial to his far
sightedness and public spirit is the
rapid development of the whole insti-
tuition during the past decade, and its
knOwledged strength at the present
time. He has given to the executive
officers the encouragement, the coun-
sci and the backing without which they
could scarcely have achieved success.
Mr.. Thomas seemed to have SIN
cere love for young people. He ex-
pressed great satisfaction at the time
of the last Washburn Day banquet
with the place which the gymnasium
had already taken in the life of the
college and added the remark that he
enjoyed doing that which helped to
No applause was sweeter to him than
the magnificent and wholly spontane-
Gus tribute paid to him and to Mrs.
Thomas at that time by the whole stu
dent body.
Mr.. Thomas was a man who gained
his property by hard work. He knew
the value of money and was impatient
at it's waste, but he was ever mindful
of those who needed his aid and par
ticularly ready to help some one who
was struggling meritoriously to get an
education or to win a livelihood. His
publicly known benefactions have been
many, but his private benevolences
were unnumbered.
He will be sorely missed by his asso-
ciates on all the boards of directors to
which he belonged, but the trustees
of Washburn, most of all, will mourn
the loss of a likable, sincere, upright,
generous, large minded friend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
Body of Jonathan Thomas Will
Arrive Tuesday.
Funeral Services at Late Resi-.
dence on Wednesday.
HIS GREAT SERVICES.
PhilanthrOpist Who Covered
His Light Under Bushel.
Education Of Young Men One of
His Hobbies.

The body of Jonathan Thomas will
be buried in the family vault in Tope-
ka cemetery. His widow and Mrs.
Charles Thomas will leave Rye Beach
with the remains Sunday morning in
a private car. They will arrive in To-
peka Tuesday morning at 11:40 over
the Rock Island. Funeral services will
be held at the residence. 515 Harrison
street. at o'clock Wednesday after
noon and the interment at the vault
will be private.
The pail bearers. all employees of
Mr.. Thomas will be Henry J. Buech-
ner, John Steele, George Erickson, Ed
ward May. d. ]. Bair and Paul
Huycke.
In the passing of Jonathan Thomas
Topeka not only loses one of her fore
most and wealthiest business men. but
a man most interested in civic i'm
provement, philanthropic movements
and education. Probably his most
magnificent monument is the Thomas
Memorial Gymnasium to Washburn
college which has been completed only
q year To this gift of $4,000 he add
ed a $4,000 set of chimes this sum-
mer He witnessed the installation of
these and heard their first melody be-
fore departing for Rye Beach July 26.
Aside from this donation to Wash
burn Mr.. Thomas was regular sub
scriber to the maintenance fund of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

Emporia college and quietly kept a
score of worthy young people in
schools and colleges from New Jersey
to Kansas. Many of his own en-
ployees were educated at his own ex-
pense.
His own education consisted of a
public school training, a course in a
Philadelphia business college, the use
of a large library, four separate trips
to European countries, and an extern
sive contact with world affairs in
American travel.
Always practical and never daunted
his charities never ceased with re-
verses. It was in the year of the great
flood when he lost approximately $780,
900 that he presented $4,000 to Ingle-
side, of which Mrs. Thomas is presi-
dent He was a yearly subscriber to
the Provident association to which or
ganization his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Charles B. Thomas, devotes almost her
whole time.
His Charities Practical.
''In his charity work. said Paul
Huycl1e. manager of the j. Thomas
cal. If a beggar asked for money to
buy a meal, Mr.. Thomas gave him
credit at a hotel. In the winter months
when snow and cold made poor people
miserable. he would inquire of every ore
in the Office II they knew of anyone in
need He would go among the drivers
and inquire and wherever coal was
needed, he Immediately called a coal
ONCE and ordered it. For a year he
supplied Ingleside with coal. There
were no confines to his benevolent work
9nd though he never spoke of it and i,
was unknown outside of his office. his
kindness was felt in many quarters
Paul Huycke, who is now manager
of the company and also a partner in
the sawmill business with Mr.. Thomas
began his association with Mr.. Thomas
first duty was shoveiing coal and piling
lumber. His praise of Mr.. Thomas as
an employer is unlimited.
Another business associate who says
he owes his success to Mr.. Thomas is
Nv. S. Bergundthal. Mr.. Bergundthal
was in the Thomas Lumber company
for 16 years, beginning in 1884. during
which time Mr.. Thomas literally pre-
scented him with a half Interest in the
Rossyille branch. In 1900, Mr.. Thomas
turned over to him his entire real estate
business which he had begun upon
coming to Topeka. investing money fol-
eastern capitalists.
Mr.. Thomas learned the lumber
business as a boy checking the arrival
Of lumber floated down the Delaware
to his fathers mill at Lumberville, Pa
When he came to Topeka shortly after
his service in the war he began bust
ness near the Santa Fe depot From
that small start he has branched OUT
the business TO it's present scope. Had
he kept his earnings instead of glvins
so much away he would have beer
worth many times his present wealth.
"One of his first examples Of publ,
spirit was in Connection with the Santa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

Ohio. They were gone two weeks and
visited Mrs. William Crockett and Mrs.
Rohrer's relatives In Lafayette and
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Miss Hazel Jones returned last night
fror.. a short visit to friends in juno
ton City.
Mr.. Eustace Smith of Hutchinson will
arrive next week for a visit to Mr..
Harry Curtis.
Miss Bess Rerwick,- Miss Marjorie
Whitney, Miss Gladys Boyle and Miss
Cora Trimmer have returned from
Bean Lake where they attended a house
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. J. Wander Does
de Bye have taken apartments at 6lZ
Tyler street.
Mr.. Willis Garvey will leave in Sep
TENDER to enter Kemper Military school
at Boonville, Mo.
Mrs. Silas Porter has gone to Kan
sas City to spend few days with Mrs.
c. W. Trickett-
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert French of Abb
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. French.
Miss Clara Bergh, of Newton. is
spending few days with Miss Marjorie
Whitney
Mrs. w. T. Crosby and Mrs. George
Parkhurst have gone to Lake View.
Miss Bertha Becker. of Meriden. ar
rived yesterday to visit her aunt, Mrs.
Nary Pryor.
Mrs. Nv NJ Organ and daughters, Luz
Gle and Gladys. have returned from
Colorado Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Nichols and
daughters. Ariel and Dorothy, are at
Lake View the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George A. Clark.
Mrs. Robert Pierce is spending the
week IN Lake View.
John +. Switzer will leave Sunday for
Topinibee, Mich, to spend week with
lis family.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson of EN-
poria, are spending the day in Topeka
Mr. Paul Sweet has returned from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

Fe shops. He liked action and little
debate The Santa Fe was about to
build their greater shops elsewhere. The
business n1en net at the Commercial
club to devise a way to buy the land
for the railway shop district. They
seemed not to be aDle to get anywhere
when Mr.. Thomas with another Topeka
business man said nothing but money
would save the shops and each planked
down $1,000. Many other business men
followed in succession and the shops
are in Topeka.
LAS an ideal man, Mr.. Thomas has
proven himself to be the example. Nor
ally and in business, he was absolutely
clean. He never told a colored story
or listened and laughed at them. Such
things were entirely absent from, his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

mind. But he was full of sentiment
and when he visited the sick or talked
of the past he showed it to a marked
degree. He would talk for hours about
his war days and speak of his old COM
rades with the greatest tenderness"
Mr.. Thomas Life.
A hi graphical sketch of the life. of
Hathaway, a partner of Mr.. Thomas
in the business of the ]. Thomas Lum-
Der company, who has been secretary
and treasurer of the company for IS
years and closely associated with him.
His sketch follows:
Jonathan Thomas, son of Lukens
Thomas and Ann Conrad, was born at
Lumberville, Pa, March 20, 1s41. He
came to Indiana as a very young man
and, disregarding the traditions of
his Quaker parentage, he enlisted in
the Thirty-sixth Indiana volunteers
from Muncie, Delaware county. He
arose to the position of assistant quar-
termaster under Colonel Crosse, al
though he actually assumed and filed
the position accredited to his superior.
On returning from the war he ac-
copied a position at Richmond, Ind,
and May %, 1867, he married Joseph
inc Brooks at Centerville, Ind. In
1868 he removed to Homer, Ill.
where he embarked in the lumber
business, following the business in
which his father had successfully en-
gagged and in which he had his early
training.
He came to Topeka, Kan, in the
early '70s, where he engaged in the
cattle business, which, proving unsatis-
factory, he re-engaSed in the lum-
Der business, in which pursuit he spent
his remaining years, having a line of
about twenty yards, over which he has
given his personal attention with sig
nal success.
He was a man of upright and noble
impulses, high ideals and most OBJ
servant of the Golden Rule His
word was his bond and he never
turned a deaf ear to a worthy cause.
He was a friend to Topeka, as wit
messed by his many benefactions; not
ably, gifts to Ingleside, Washburn col
lege and Y. M. c. A, as well as to
minor institutions.
His gift of the Washburn gymna-
SUM and the beautiful chimes are a
memorial to his only son, Charles B.
Thomas, who died some years ago.
This beautiful building will stand as
a memorial to himself as we'll
Mr.. Thomas.
BY PRESIDENT SANDERS.
The death of Jonathan Thomas will
be deeply felt by everyone connected
with Washburn. He has been FOR
many years one of the most loyal, wise
and generous friends of the college, in
terested in promoting its policies to
their proper breadth and value. a stu
dent of educational affairs and a reli-
able supporter of its real interests. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
Life on Panama Canal

mas had one frightful drawback-maIaria
trouble-that has brought suffering and
death to thousands. The germs cause
chills, fever and ague. biliousness iaun-
oice, lassitude, weakness and general de-
pity. But Electric Bitters never fail to
Destroy them and cure malaria troubles
Ihree bottles completely cured me Of a
very severe attack of malaria" writes
VIM A Fretwell, of Lucama, N c.. land
I've had good health ever since" Cure
stomach: Liver and Kidney Troubles, and
druggists. - a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

MISS Ruth wilson entertained the
following girls informally at cards Fri
day afternoon at her home. 216 To-
peka avenue: Miss Leona Curtis, Miss
Marian Wear. Miss Frances. McClin-
took, Miss Edna Bear. Miss Mary Van
Vechten, Miss Ariel Nichols. Miss Lii
liam McGoff, Miss Jean Rodgers, Miss
Florence Burgess, Miss Mildred Nor
ton, Miss Marjorie Rodgers, Miss Rose
Hite, Miss Marguerite Koontz Miss
Segar and Miss Dorothy Barber.
n
I A Topeka man whose wife is spend
ing the summer in northern resort
received the following letter from her
"Dear-: I am enjoying myself, but
am broke"
Here is the reply which was not
accompanied by remittance:
Dearest: Sorry to hear you are
broke. 1 know just how it feels be-
cause 1 have been in that condition
myself many times and can sympathize
with you.
Mrs ]. B. Furry of Muskogee, Okla,
entertained the Summer Bridge club
at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. w.
Wilson. Mrs. Furry will return to
her home September IL
Miss Gladly Scott will give an infor-
NAL party Monday afternoon for Mrs.
D..
Miss Mary Sutherland who will leave
soon to spend some time in California.
Miss Beena Redeem gave dinner
and shower last night for Miss Edith
Pierson whose marriage to Mr.. Harry
Peterson, principal of Sumner school,
who is now in Europe, will take place
some time this month.
n y
An Oklahoma man who visited
friends in Topeka this week was
dragged off to Emporia by his wife to
visit her sister and family. The Tope-
ka friend received the following let
ter from him today: Cant you rescue
me from the horrible dizziness of this
place? Telegraph me to come to To-
peka on business at once" The To-
peka man telegraphed.
After a jolly hike to Tecumseh the
following girls had steak roast in the
Murphy grove: Miss Stella Nash, Miss
Carrie Hampstead Miss Florence Fol-
ey, Miss Eunice Wilson, Miss Margaret
Fulton, Miss Kathleen Foley, Miss
Mary Stephens. Miss Mary WOODBURY..
Miss Elizabeth Wilson and Mrs. Fannie
B. Cramer.
The Nineteenth Century club enter
tanned Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. J. R. Mulvane for Mrs. Thomas
Young, a member of the club, who will
leave with her family September 1 to
reside in California.
y
The West Side Forestry club will
meet with Mrs. A. F. E Reinisch at
Gage park Thursday afternoon at 1880
Miss Sue Rodgers will give a card
party at her home. $40 Fillmore street
Monday morning.
Los Angeles Examiner: At the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Hinder, 156 West
Forty-seventh street, the marriage OF
their granddaughter. Miss Viola M.
Long to Clarence w. Lepper, formerly
of Topeka, Kan, but now in business
in Los Angeles, was celebrated August
10. at high noon. The house was dec
GRATED with pink and white roses and
asparagus plumosa. Rev. c. H Law
renee, pastor of the South Main Street
NJ. E. Church, officiated.
1.-The bride was gowned in white
crepe and carried loose sprays of roses.
Miss Long was formerly of Kansas. but
for the last year has resided in Los
Angeles with her aunt, Mrs Smith
! Shockey- The only attendants at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

Green Mountain Falls. Col, whore -
cottage.
The dressmaking establishment Of
Mrs. Mercer will be open for business
Monday, August %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20
Earthquake in Africa

Algiers. Aug. 2O-A shoot Of >.,,
quake today was felt at AumaIe :,
miles ,utheast of here. Several houses
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-19
NEW POWERFUL MICROSCOPE
Enormous Magnifcation ls Attained
Without Former BIemishes Due to
Optical Causes

ere has been exhibited before the
Royal society of London a form of
microscope. the Invention OF Professor
Gordon. by means of which enormous
magniication of an object can. It Is
stated, be attained without the blem-
ishes due to optical causes hat for
merry marred such images.
We may suppose that the enlarged
image OF IN object is received from a
microscopic lens upon a ground glass
focusing screen, and that then an
other microscope IS employed still fur
Their to enlarge the image so formed
This Is, OF course quite feasible, but
the grain Of the glass would be magni-
fed together with the image and would
vftiate the result. Professor Gordon
uses a translucent screen Of the finest
possible texture, and he causes it to be
kept in constant motion while the OBJ
jet is being viewed or photographed.
By this means the grain of the screen
is eliminated and the greatly m~agnihed
image OF the object alone seen. Speci-
men magnified to the extent of ten
thousand diameters were shown as
proofs of the efficacy of the method
adopted.-Harpers Weekly.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-19
STERLING NEWS NOTES.

Sterling is pushing right ahead
Five buildings are now under con-
struction as follows: o. E. Nelson,
two story building of stone for store
and post office, three residences OF
stone by Crawford, Mcmillan and
Nugent, l.. D. S. church, and a
store The townsite company a few
days ago gave to the Presbyterian
church through Rev. G. D. Peacock
a large building lot of aquarter of
a block. Rev. Peacock says they
will build a $4,000 church within a
year In a few days L. A. Nugent
and r. A. Ward will have carpenters
at work on a 30x60 amusement hall.
The rails are laid through Sterling
and it certainly looks good to see
the iron horse here.
l.. N. Meyer and David Wiltar-
muth will load four cars of pota-
toes in a few days. They are Car
men No. 2.
The townsite company has sold
over 300 lots in the past two month
and still has some fine locations
left. Anyone interested in this new
town can get all information wanted
by addressing A. Y. Satterfield. Otis.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-19
SETTLING THE DOCTORS BILL
How Benevolent Physician Did a Kind
ness Without Wounding Pride
of Patient.

The late DR.. Cruveilhier Of Paris
was a nan of unbounded liberality
One day he heard that a poor young
woman. whose husband was a CLERK
in the war Office. had been taken seri-
ously Ill. He went TO see aer. attend.
ed her fo- a month. and finally cured
her.
At the end of this period he per-
ceived that the husband wished to ask
him for his account and for time 10
pay it in. He did not ike to hurt the
young mans feelings. and. noticing
an Algerian carpet in the room worth
about Is francs. he exclaimed:
What a lovely piece of carpet you
have got there"
"Ah. DOCTOR said the husband. IF
o think you would like to have
it"
Y should indeed very much like TO
have it. Look here. we will make a
bargain. You owe me 200 francs for
my visits. Your carpet is worth 500.
Here are a hundred francs. and III
take it with NE"
And he left. glad 10 have lone the
poor people a kindness without wound
ing their pride.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-19
AS TOLD IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Real Truth About Young Man With
Excelsior" Banner, and That
Lamb of Mary's.

Excelsior" IS a poem about a
young man who walked one winter
evening through a village in the Alps
The hotel keeper stood in his door
and told him the rooms were all
taken, but anyhow the young nan
knew he didn't have enough money
for tips. So he went on. He carried
a banner reading Excelsior" One
theory is hat he was a drummer for
an upholstery house and the other is
that he was a demented breakfast
food inventor. He was found next
morning near the top of the noun
tain and his relatives were notified.
Mary had a lamb that she spoiled
by overlooking and cuddling. She
took 1t to school with her one day
and the lamb bothered the spelling
class. so the teacher kicked it out Of
the front door. Not having any sense
of direction. it blatted around the
schoolyard until finally the teacher
sen MARY home with it and told her
If she ever brought 1t again there
would he trouble. Next spring Ma
rvs father sold the lamb on the ris.
ing market.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-19

rave children During Their School
Gays Acquire the Habit Of Visit
ing Picture Galleries.

A small lassie was conducted by her
mother on a tour OF the Layton gallery
ana the established etiquette for ar,
saheries In general was being incIud
cd as a part Of her instruction for the
aay. Standing before a particularly
prosaic-iooking canvas, she found II
convenient to divert her mind by
Hti!lzing the brass railing as a trap
eze-thereby developing the muscles
OF her back and arms.
what are you doing?" the fond
motner inquired. DO o think this
Is a gymnasium? You don't come TO
an ART gallery to swing on a railing
lou come to look at the pictures.
stand up there. If you van to come
again. The implied threat as a
naity was effective so far that there
was no question in the ~onlooker's mind
as 10 the treat the little lady evident.
~ regarded a visit to the gallery. That
Is the great point-to have children
curing their schooldays acquire the
OF visiting picture galleries..
nen 1t will be but a matter of tina
Tor the development of discriminative
appreciation. That and real affection
Tor the truly beautiful will follow log.
ically.