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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
A Fairy in the Old Violin

If ever there was "A musical
instrument which seems to have
fairies in it, it is the violin.
1t is light and graceful. It's
IS" shaped sound holes are just
the place out Of which fairies
might come when they can do
the most good.
It's strings, touched lightly,
produce sounds that are erie,
fairylike. Even the bow, which
slips backward and forward "a
cross the delicate strings, sug-
gests the land of airy, happy lit
tie folk whom we call fairies.
And mamma in the big city
of Chicago knows all these
things. Also she knows how to
get the sweetest of notes out of a
violin.
Sowhen mamma thought long
and hard about her little boy
from whom she had been sep
arated for months and months,
it seemed YEARS to mamma
she picked up her old Staad-
ivarius, and paced up and down
her little room, begar. to gently
draw the bow across the strings.
And mamma became TNSPIR-
ED-she was playing for reas-
ons that will inspire most any,
one-her love for her boy. And
her music brought results. For
soon she saw floating in the air
above her head, her little three
year old son.
OF course this made mamma
play all the better, and soon
the old strad, was pouring forth
notes that made all the board
ers in the house gather in the
hall to listen.
Mamma stood still, and look
ing lovi ely at the image of her
boy high up near the dingy cell
ing, she played as she had never
played before-even when she
was on the stage earning her
living by playing.
And she played as she saw the
sturdy form ola broad-shoulder-
ed mau ;; adually emerging as
if from a cloud behind the boy.
In an instant her husbands
face became plainly distinct in
the dimly lighted room, and the
boy was resting in his fathers
arms
Mamma touched the strings
again with a bow, and a shlill
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
O2S3Q

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Fort Sumner, New
Mexico, Dece mber IS, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that James
A, Beall, of Elida, New Mexico, who on
December II, 1908, made H. f. Serial
No. 02S39, for S. E. IA Sec. 6, Twp.
South, Range 30 East, N.M.P. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
Final Five-year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
w. D. Chancey, U. S. Commissioner,
at his office in Kenna New Mexico,
on the 18th day of February, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Willie S. Hart, Joe X. Powell, Walter A.
Bradley and Edmon M. Carpenter, all of
Elida, New Mexico.
ARTHUR e. CURREN,
Register.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
WANTS. TO HELP sONIE one.

For thirty years j. F. Boyer of Fer
tile, Mo-, needed help and couldn't find
it. That's why he wants to help some
one now. Suffering so long himself
he feels for all distress from Back
ache, Nervousness, Loss of Appetite,
Lassitude and Kidney Disorder. He
shows that Eelectric Bitters work
wonders for such troubles. Five bot
ties" he writes, wholly cured me and
now am we'll and hearty" It's also
positively guaranteed for Liver
Trouble, Dyspepsia, Blood Disorders,
Female Complaints and Malaria. Try
them, soc at all druggists.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
A DREAM

l dreamed that l dwelt on an Isle
of cracked ice,
In the midst of lake of cham
paigne,
Where bloomed the mint -iulep in
meadows of green,
Amid showers of lithia rain.
Ireclined on a divan of lager beer
foam,
With a pillow of froth for my
head,
While a spray from fountain OF
sparkling gin fizz,
Descended like dew on my head.
From far-away mountains of crys-
talline ice
A zephyr, refreshing and cool,
Came waiting the incense of sweet
muscatel
That sparkled in many pool.
NY senses were smoothed by the
soft purling song
Of brooklet of pousse cafe
That rippled along over pebbles of
snow,
To river of absinthe frappe.
Then, lulled by the music of tink-
ling glass,
From the schooners that dance on
the deep,
DREAMY slipped a highball or two
And languidly floated to sleep.
And then 1 awoke on a bed full of
rocks,
With a bolster as hard as brick.
A wrench in my neck and rack
In my nead,
And a stomach detestably sick.
With sand in my eyes, a grit in
my throat,
Where the taste of last evening
still clung,
And felt a bath towel stuffed in
my mouth,
Which 1 afterward found was my
tongue.
And / groped for the thread of
the evening before,
In the mystified maze of my brain,
Until a great light burst upon me
at last,
/ am off of the wagon again.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
REV. IRL HICKS 1911 ALMANAC.

REV. IRL HICKS 1911 ALMANAC.
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for
1911, that guardian angel in hundred
thousand homes, is now ready. Not
many are now willing to be without
it and the Rev. Irl R. Hicks Magazine,
Word and Works" The two are only
One Dollar a year. The Almanac is
S5c prepaid. No home or office should
fail to send for them, to Word and
Works Publishing Company, st. Louis
Missouri.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
little voice spoke to her:

1--WE have come for you, mann
ma, dear it said. Papa and
l are lonesome too-and perhaps
we have been in tbs old violin
all the time, just waiting for
you to play music that asked
for us. Clipped.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23
Lacked Tact.

"Why can't people be more dlplo-
matter" mourns the Philosopher OF
Folly. Last night l made an enemy
OF a woman by telling her that her
favorite candy made people fat"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-23

You know how it is yourself,
amt its-Phoenix Republican,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Case of Superstition.

One of the most remarkable cases Of
old country superstition ever reported
in the state was shown in the action of
Mrs Sophia Adams, Slovenian woman
swallowing the bullet that had just
been extracted from her sons hand, in
he belief that she would die and thus
save her son life. ..
The Adams family reside at Wright
sonville, a suburb. Young Adams
had been hunting coyotes with a rifle
and his dog accidentally discharged the
weapon, the bullet finding Judgment in
fieshy part of the boys hand. Instantly
the mother took her son to DR.. Robin
son at Deadwood where the x-ray was
used and the bullet located and
removed. Taking the bloody missile
the mother swallowed it, remarking
that she would rather die than her son,
and that by swallowing the lead her
son would escape permanent harm.
She declined to take an emetic and it
is thought will not be hurt by the
strange dose.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19

votes for subscriptions to that popular
publication, and we are pleased to note
that Miss Lillian Bissette, who lives
four and one half miles north east of
Crandall, stands second with a good
chance of winning this handsome
present.
Peter Roseth and Miss Ida Stewart
We're united in marriage on Tuesday,
May 10, by Justice Coomes at Webster
They arrived home Thursday morning
and will take up their residence in
Peters new house in the southwest part
of town. Mr.. Roseth is one of Gran
DALI s substantial business men and is
known by all. Miss Stewart is an
accomplished young lady and her
friends are those who know her. The
Times join their many friends in wish
ing them long, happy and prosperous
welded life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
From Bristol Democrat,

Mrs. A. B. Schenecker, of Webster,
was a Bristol caller Tuesday.
Bert johnson, clerk of courts, was a
business visitor here Tuesday.
Attorney H. H. Potter, of Webster,
transacted legal business in Bristol
Saturday,
h. l.. Sexton, of Webster, was a
Bristol visitor Friday between trains.
L. L. Butler stopped here over night
on his way home from Aberdeen to
visit his family at Butler.
F. G. Chaphe severed his connection
with the Brokaw House Tuesday and
moved back to Britton. A Mr.. Wat
son, of Bowdle, succeeds Mr.. Chaphe
as manager of the hotel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
From Butler Herald.

S. S. Yeager and family came over
from their home at Webster Tuesday
to spend the day with friends.
A ten pound boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Watson
May l. Both doing well.
c. A. Potter and family autoed over
to the county seat Wednesday to visit
relatives and friends for the day.
Wednesday morning May II, a ten
pound baby girl came to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kohlhoff of Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Richards autoed
over to Webster Sunday and spent the
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. S.
Yeager and family. They returned
home that evening.
A party Of young ladies and young
man from our town were out for an
auto ride last Sunday and out west of
town they ran into slough and had TO
be pulled out with team. They ran
the machine to the top of the hill and
started back after their belongings and
the auto started after then, and they
tried to stop it but it was bound to get
back into the mud which it did and had
to be pulled out second time. They
all got back to town all right only a
little bedrabbled with mud We will
not mention names this time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Losses Are Not Large.

Reports to date from the sheep
country north of Belle :Fourche indi-
cate that the sheepmen in the northern
part of the state have not suffered the
losses during the past winter that fell
to sheepmen in Wyoming and Montana.
Most of the big sheepmen report
losses in South Dakota that will total
from 10 to 20 per cent of their sheep,
few exceptional cases going higher,
where the owner was less prepared.
Early reports indicated that the lamb
crop would be short, but these are now
discredited and most of the owners
declare that the ewes are in good shape
and have not lost their lambs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Dragged by a Cow.

AS the result of becoming entangled
in the lariat rope attached to a cow,
Mrs. B. D. Stephens, of Iroquois, had
a thrilling experience and was badly
injured. When she became entangled
in the rope the COW became frightened
and started to run, in its fright dash
ing through fence and dragging Mrs.
Stephens some distance before she was
able to extricate herself from the
perilous position. She was severely
bruised and scratched and barely
escaped more serious injury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Unconstitutional.

In the decision of the supreme court
on the inheritance tax case, in the
matter of the estate of Helen G.. Nc
Kinnon, of Sioux Falls, the court in an
opinion by Whiting, holds tnat the
whole law as it stands is unconstitu-
tional, but intimated that the object
ions can be easily remedied by an
amendment to the law. The objection
is on the provisions of the law which
make scale of percentages demanded
based on the valuation of the requests
received. Under the law as it stands
the rate is graduated according to the
amount, two per cent for$l 900 or less;
four per cent from $4,000 to $50, 900,
and increasing the percentage with the
amount While the graduated plan is
approved generally, the court points
out that the plan is not equal. That
the man who receives $4,000 or under
would pay at the rate of four per cent,
while he who received just little over
$40, 900 would be called upon to pay six
per cent, and would not receive as
large a net amount as would the one
with a smaller bequest. The tenor of
the decision would indicate that an
amendment making the amount, for
the first 81 200 the same regardless of
the total amount, and with the same
plan for additional amounts up to any
sum would be considered good. Justice
Haney dissented from the opinion of
the court.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Pioneer Attorney Stricken.

Attorney Thomas E. Harvey, the
first practicing attorney in the Black
Hills, and a resident of Lead since 1876
is in a serious condition at his home as
the result of a stroke of paralysis. Mr..
Harvey had just returned from Nit
chell where he attended the Knights of
Pythias convention, when he fell a
victim to the attack and suffered a
partial paralysis of the arm and the
loss of speech. He was well known
throughout the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
From WaubuN ClIupcr,

J. II. Dunkin came over from w, b.
ster Monday morning.
Born, May 4, 1910, to Mr.. and Mrs.
liver J. Johnson, of Visit; daughter.
Workmen began laying the found
alton wall for the new brick building
last week.
H. w. Wayland has so far recovered
as to be out again and can now attend
to his official duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Compton, OF
Webster, returned Thursday night
from their winter sojourn in California
and spent Sunday here with Mrs. J. N.
Long.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Interest on Public Funds.

For the first six months of his term
State Treasurer Johnson turned into
the general fund $6420 of interest on
public funds, for the sixteen months
which he has served has turned in ST.
90.57, and his estimate of the amount
which the state will secure up to the
close of his first term will reach not
less than $26, 900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Rock Will Protect Ladies'.

Mayor H. J. Rock, of Aberdeen,
took another forward step in the work
of reform last week when he announced
that complaints had been made to him
that loafers had been in the habit of
making imprope remarks to respect
able women and girls as they passed
along the streets and he would take
steps to see that the loafers behave
themselves or take the consequences,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Good Joke on Robinson.

The statehouse force is enjoying a
joke at the expense of State Historian
Doane Robinson. In the examination
papers which are being marked in the
state educational department, one OF
the applicants, classed "Doane Robin
sons History of South Dakota" among
the works of fiction which would be
recommended for reading course of
grammar school pupils in the schools
of the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Onida Makes Auto Claim.

The people of Onida take exceptions
to the claim of Redfeld that Redfield
contains a greater number of autos
according to population than does any
other town in the state. Onida, with a
population of less than $50, has twenty
six autos, and believes that on a basis
of population it is ahead of any other
town in the state, and probably in the
country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
EarminOtOn Fashions.

Too Late For Publicition Last Week.
. Whittier is our summer?
L. A. Hastings met with the loss of
a good young horse Friday.
The breezes whisper that Chas.
Tobin has returned with the Pierpont
birds.
Mrs. Walter Evans, of Groton,
arrived Saturday morning for a visit
with her friend, Mrs. S. A. Guthrie.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Kibler spent
Thursday at 'Brookside" and returned
to their home in st. Croix Falls, Wis,
Friday. Z
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Plan For Corn Show.

Secretary Willis, of the South
Dakota Corn and Grain Growers asso-
citation has commenced to interest the
farmers for the exhibition next winter.
The board of directors has just located
the annual show to be held in Mitchell
again on January 16 to Il.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Ninety Million in Banks.

The public examiner reports an
increase of six million dollars in
deposits in the banks other than natl
onal in sixty days from the end of
January to the end of March and the
total deposits of the state in all of the
banks aggregate ninety million. The
great recent growth is attributed to
the unusually hige prices for farm
products.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Pennington County Artesian

An artesion flow was struck last
week near Quinn, on the place of j.
Clarambeau, at depth of ninety-eight
feet, by G. M. Tracey, a well digger,
while drilling for water. After pene-
trating through three foot rock the
water rushed to the top of the ground
and about six feet above the ground.
This proves that artesian wells can be
obtained in that territory. The water
in this one is soft and good and is not
hot, as it is so many of the artesian
wells of that city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19

If you are going to entertain, give a
social, or have wedding, you will
want some ice cream, sherbert or fruit
ices. You can get the best, purest
and most delicious creations on earth
in this line by leaving an order with
Webster Candy Factory, all packed and
delivered ready to serve.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
From Ortley Optic.

Magnus Thompson went over to Web
ster Thursday evening on business.
Paul Gruby and Gunder Olson were
Ortley visitors from Webster Friday.
Josephine Granger returned Wednes-
day from ten days visit with friends
and relatives at Webster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Long and son
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
Hardware Dealers Adjourn.

The thirteenth annual convention of
the South Dakota Retail Merchants and
Hardware Dealers convention held in
Yankton adjourned Friday after the
most interesting and largely attended
three-day session. Huron gets the
next convention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19
From Crandall Times.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Beetem and
Gladys went to Webster Tuesday to
have dental work done, returning
Thursday.
The Butler Herald is giving away a
fine Wellington piano to the young
lady receiving the greatest number of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-05-19

autoed down from Webster Saturday
evening and spent Sunday at the F. f.
Long home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-26
GOING BACK TO WORK
Strike VIII soon Pas, Into

sympathetic Strike Will soon Pass In Ia
1iistOrS.
Philadelphia. Pa. March 25.-AntIci-
pating that the Central Labor Union
at Its meeting on Sunday will otIicially
call OFT the sympathetic strike which
has been In effect here for three weeks,
union workers in most OF the trades
still affected BY the general strike
order to-day arranged to resume work
on Monday. Z
AT the Office OF the PHILADELPHIA Ma.
tional League Baseball Club, II was
stated that the iron workers Will re-
sumo operations on the grardstard and
b.eachers. and 4 Is hoped to have the
work completed before the OPENING
of the season.
Five hundred horseshoers who haze
remained idle since the strike lave
also decided to return towork.
The committee of ten. which has rad
charge of the general strike, met the
executive committee of the striking
carmen to-day and discussed plans for
the continuation OF the Garments
strike. They Will make q full report
to the Central Labor Union on Sunday.
when 1t is thought all the sympathetic
strikers Will he ordered back Z, work
and requested to render financial as
siStance to the carmen.
Tho committed. In q statement issl.d
tonight, says that as result OF the.
general strike, more than 5000 new
members have been enrolled In local
unions.
Three-year-old Ida Packman was
killed by carsnear her home at Fifth
and Christian Streets to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-26
PREPARING FOR BIG BATTLE
Corporation Commission to Fight for
Vital Power in Supreme Court.

Corporation CoE,mIssion to Fight for
Vital Power in Supreme Court.
Cincinnati, Ohio. March 25-Proni-
nent government attorneys, represent
Ing the Federal government. are in
this city comforting with former Assist
ant United States Attorney General
Wade H..E5llis. in preparation for the
greatest legal battle Of the Interstate
Commerce Commissions existence
6 The case is get for hearing in the
Supreme Court of the United States on
Monday. April I. and involves the power
conferred on the commission by the
iHepburn law to flS rates. IL the rail-
roads are found to be oYcrcharsing.
This point Is vital toward rendering
effective the work OF the commission,
gaxd Mr.. Ellis has been especially re-
tanned in. the case.
The case Involves the commissions
order reducing the rate for frst-cIass
Hatter from the Atlantic to st. Joseph,
Omaha and Kansas City. The cut or,
dered wass9 cents per 100 pounds-from
S1.i75to $1.3S But the decision will
affect the rates of every railroad in
the country. as far as they are con-
eerned by the commissions authority
to reduce them when found to be ex-
Orbitant EFi IS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-26
THREE DISASTROUS FIRES
Famed by Gale, Flames Nyrcak DAM
0Sc on North Shore

Famed by Gale, Flames Nyrcak DAM
age on North Shore.
Boston, Mass. March 25.--Fanned by
a gale, three fires caused much dam
age in North Shore districts to-day
Essex. Hamilton and Revere each suf-
Tered I red from Or the storm The total dam
100000 In South Hamilton. $4,000 in
Essex and $4,000 in the Franklin Park
In. the Franklin Park Are seven
dwelling houses were wholly or part
ly burned. Eight icehouses were de-
stroyed at Lake Che bacco, near Essex
centre. and In order to save their
homes, al I the Villagers had to turn
tcehouses the fire spread through two
miles Of woodland and was barely
checked a. at the edge Of the Village.
over an area ree-quarters Of mile.
square, eveling twenty-one buildings,
elghttof them residences. One hundred
and tlftyI persons are homeless. 5
Inc gale spread the flames SO quick
" from h ouse to house that the oc-i
iInPanhts fhe,rh hsd edo6s 66srslY time
gin of the fire is not known 4Ss ". "a II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-26
WRITES TO tRAT-K ILLER
Gnynor Quotes "Don Qufxotev IL Mnr
$1,000 Aakinnr llirx,. lcx D.

fSuSyiOi iOi4tuONcbS,'DOn &lUIxOteVt tn x NJ Ill
AskinE Jury Exemption.
, y New York, March 90. Mayor Ciayflcr
st,as ! "a found an appreciatiye reader OF
f3f 9 Charles N. Frey. a professional rat
TO ask II he could not be exempted
from jury duty on the ground that
lhe li many calls OF the courts on his
time interfered with his services to
ne y city IN discriminating verfin. The
Mayor ~ did not make public Frcy.s let
ter, .e but Frey vas proudly SLOWING the
5ternoon. It Is In part as follows.
sooner than have the city oyerrtirl
atwvftlilrats and everything eaten up by
them. ] would rather have you relieved
OF Jury duty. The difrIcuity is how
eyer, that so many exemptions have
Already hcen made by the Legislature
mat there seem to be only the rat
ca tchers and q few other people left IL
serve on juries. That might possibly
lmpede .he progress OF your bill II
~ Will have to carefully consider
tne matter and some day when you
are are, down oI THIS way come In and we
y see that yon are a classical
scholar: Judging by the motto at the
that learned men are to be found
everywhere. AS we read in Don Quis-
ote. the mountains breed learned men
ana ~ u phillosopi,ers are found in the huts
I, 7, Frey's business motto is "Audauces
Fortuna .ruyat" fFortnne favors the
j.. ~ ~ ~ ~ I 8 II