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The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
Renovating Carpets

"HEY must have been well beaten
and freed from dust first. Then put
II a gallon of water into a saucepan
with a half pound of good soap shred
ded. and boil When the soap is dis
solved pour the whole into a clean pail
and stir in a quarter pound of salts of
tartar. Wash a small portion of the
carpet. with this solution and immedi-
ately after with warm, clean water.
and rub dry with a clean cloth. Re-
peat this until the whole surface of the
carpet Is cleaned
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
To Renew Oilcloth

IVY HEN oilcloth has been down for a
NV few months and is losing the
w shiny surface, it can be renewed
easily and made to last twice as long if
treated IN the following way: Melt a
little ordinary glue in a pint of water.
letting It stand on the top of the oven
till dissolved.
Wash the oilcloth thoroughly and let it
dry. Then at night, when the traffic OF
the day is over. go over the whole care
fully with a flannel dipped in the glue
water. Choose a fine day for 1t, and by
have put fine gloss as good as new on
your floor.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
Two Hints

LWAYS first shrink the wool to be
n used for all darning purposes by
4 n holding the skein in the steam
from a boiling kettle. Otherwise the
wool would shrink and make a hole
larger than the original one.
If vegetables are cooked in a steamer
over hot water Gas you would cook a
pudding). and sprinkled with salt when
nearly done then served in a very hot
tureen. they will be found very much
better. and also much more nutritious.
than when boiled In the ordinary way.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

shut-in you know, even though not
very substantial one.
Would you think that plain fish
food, that white. paper-like substance
that looks like the top Of nouges,
could make acceptable place-cards?
Yet 1t takes ink and watercolor very
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

well, ss the resplendent little turkey
in the corner will tell you. 1t is
easily split, and a corner should be
turned up. fastened with a careful
stitch, and prescription for thank
fulness. folded like powder. placed
within. The prescription may be q
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

TT IS growing more and more the Gus
tom TO make Of Thanksgiving din
i ners. not formal affairs-for that
they should never be-but ceremonious
occasions. accompanied by all the place
cards and foI-de-rols generally that
young people and happy people delight
IN. And on Thanksgiving let US all be
young and happy
II IS really fun 10 make the favors
shown here. Look at the cranberry
tree, for instance The trunk is q dis
carded spool. wound round and round
with coarse brown thread. The Scle IS
filed with thick glue and the toothpick
branches are stuck into it and propped
ID until IL hardens. Cranberries are
apeared on these toothpicks so as to
give the appearance Of a rather gro
resque but ceTtainly fertile tree. Then
the tree" Is glued to an old bobbin box.
on which green paper has first been
pasted. The sliding drawer Of the box
contains the place card. How pretty
g table would be where the white cloth
IS bordered with strings Of cranherries,
the candles and candleshades are red.
snd one Of these favors appears at
every place!
The fashionable lady and gentleman
are only one example Of what can be
done with the ordinary white bone but
tons that come for underwear. The
figures are cut out of thick cardboard.
drawn and painted, and the buttons are
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
HINTS ON PRESERVING EGGS

Of snearing the eggs all over with
gIycerin, the idea in this cass-as in
the two former methods-being TO ex-
clude the air as much as possible and
preserve them as efficiently as IL they
had been timed
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

An excellent plan Is that % storing
them in dry salt. a large deal box being
procured and the eggs so tnterlardec
with salt that they do not actually
touch each other. The same plan can
be followed with regard to wood ashes,
and In places where wood fires are
burnt throughout the cold months the
fine, white ashes are carefully siftsd
out and kept until the egs-preservins
time arrives.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

NNE of the favorite methods OF keep
I ing eggs in old farmhouses was
~ that of coating the shell with gum.
Ordinary gum arabic was used, which
was melted slowly over the fire ana
applied to the eggs with the help OF
soft brush. When set, they were packed
IN dry charcoal and stored In ordinary
deal boxes.
To preserve new-laid eggs for three
months. the butter treatment Is often Te-
sorted to IN country places where a
sudden influx OF summer visitors puts
severe strain on the resources OF a small
village or seaside place. Only fresh
barely sufficient employed to coat the
egg. Too much butter would probably
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

Salt sprinkled on the bottom of tho
oven will keep cakes from burning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30
lTHE MINSTREL FIRsT pARI 4
AZ Portrayed by John w. voaei ana
His Vast Company. Is

John w. Vogel manager of the Big
City Minstrels-half a hundred OF, them
of ordinary NsiZe and extraordinary
italent-is an enthusiast In HIS bust.
ness and Is thoroughly posted as to
fthe origin and growth OF the popular
style OF amusement he puryeys. Said
Mr.. VOCAL to our special commission.
Ter: = 5
Away back in 1913 Ito be precise,
February 9Th. at the Bowery Amphi.
theater, appeared the Virginia Min
strels, four in number,-mind you,
four-that was a tirst part combin.
ing banjo, violin. bone, castinet and
tambourine. E. p Christy, who has
often been called the father OF po.
lite minstrelsy, introduced the dress
coat first part, and the, really excel.
len parlort concert was emulated by
all OF Chrlsty's competitors. Writers
who dwell lovingly and reverntly over
the past. are wont to dilate enthu.
siastically over the days. or; rather
nights. of the Bryants at Mechanics
Hall, Broadway, when they announced
Jerry. Dan and Neil Bryant and thir.
teen star performers, and the orches.
ira sat on one side Of the stage and
played for the acts OF the olio on the
other side.' Great scott!n exclaim;
ed the commissioner. "During the
Civil War;" to quote the old minstrel
walk around, then greenbacks were
plenty and scattered all around. New.
comb, Sharpley and Duprez and Bene-
dict set as many as. twenty people In
tho frat na ri hut
years after that the minstrel mana
gers made any special effort to give
a first part combining large number
OF performers backed by a most gorge.
Gus stage setting. The truth is that
formerly the inadequate halls and
apologies for theaters did not warrant
the extravaganza Of the modern mar
Vicious productions. Now, with palace
theaters and increased population, one
can go to the very verge OF rashness
and recoup. My Radium Palace, is
probably the most elaborate and cost
Hest first part setting ever conceived.
1t was designed by; M. Butcher. who
originated all the Grapes for Blanche
Walsh, Belasco's Darling of the Gods,
and Mrs Leslie Carter's' productions
The illumination will be supplied
with 1000 incandescent lights and a
number of the most powerful calci-
ums."
"The Virginia Minstrels, four in.
number-court them, four-would
hardly be in It," remarked our com.
missioner. as he withdrew.
John W. Vogel's Big City Minstrels
will be at the Grand Opera House
Thursday evening, September LIST. I,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

exalted position as trustee of the
Pleasant Valley school, S. C. Mus.
grave continues 10 devote his spare
moments to the study of Shakespeare,
Bacon and st. Paul.
Uncle Joe Cannon says Kansas
loses Its mind once every ten years.
And Joe was the leading politica,
doctor employed to treat that state
this year, too.
Texas is as large as Spain, Scot
land and lrewand combined. We arc
OF the opinion, however, that Texas
does not produce as many fanatics
as Spain, rs many sweet singers as
Scotland, nor us many potatoes as
Ireland. viii your correspondents
please give us their estimates on the
foregoing products?
A meek Morgantown minister refers
TO Pastor Russell, of Brooglyn, MS an
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30
MUSINGS FROM MoNoNeALlA.

y Everything is quiet in this county
except the grasshoppers and gissippers
4he former are quiet at night, but
! The latter work without ceasing and
without price. Just at present the
grasshoppers may be in the majority,
put by election time the gossipers OK
pect to organize the house, draft the
rules and elect a speaker.
An expert declares that pumpkins
are excellent brain food. From the
result of the primary election in this
county you can thus determine the
lumber of pumpkins produced.
The New York Sun speaks of SEN
ator BeYeridgo as the Grand Young
sapling.. Is that n libel, a lampoon,
or n compliment?
In order to equip himself for the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

old liar. 1t isHnot thought, however
that this will change Russell's char
acter or diminish his congregation.
A doleful distributor of decayed
news says Kansas is saising victor.
murdocks. We hope soon to see that
plant extensively grown in West vir.
glnia.
! a western editor is of the opinion
that we should not worry because of
the oft repeated statement that the
art OF conversation is on the wanc.
While Roosevelt and rheumatism last
there will always be something to talk
about.
a successful Illinois sutton look his
unhappy rivals wedding clothes of his
hands at a fair warket value. Love
and war arc sometimes conducted on
high, honorable plan.
A shallow sage asserts that VIC have
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

valuable horse last week by getting
caught In barbwire.
Miss Gathers, of Jackson county, is
visiting her old pupils Of Huey's run
for few days.
Mrs. L. D.. Beatty was visiting her
sister, Mrs. LIB Billingsley, ofaDent's
run, Sunday, who is very poorly.
Will close for this time and II this
don't find the waste basket we will
call you up again, as we have the best
phone service in the country. You
can catch us both coming and going.
TIP.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30
PLAN IOWA HoMEcoMINse

DIES MONIES Ia Aug. 30. For; the
purpose or organizing a state associ.
alton of boosters, delegates from all
the commercial clubs and chambers
OF commerce are holding conference
here today. One of the novel plans
suggested which may becomesa reali.
ty, Is the appointment OF an annual
Iowa homecoming week, when all the
towns and cities OF the state would
hold simultaneous homecoming cele!
brauons.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30
SYCAMORE BEACH CONFERENCE

BOSTON, Aug. 3O.-Wlth many well
known educators and clergymen in at.
tendance, the first National Confer.
ence on the Moral and Religious
Training Of the Young will commence
this evening at Sycamore Beach and
continue to Thursday night. "The
Public School Situation OF Today from
the Standpoint of Morals and Relig-
lon will be discussed by eminent men
representing both the Protestant and
Roman Catholic viewpoints. Other
topics are, High School Dangers and
Designations" and Training for the
Larger Patriotism"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

Just takensanothor' steb'fofward and
history will repeat itself. viii We
ever again burn witches with hot
irons?
1t would appear that She price of
votes in Pennsylvania is slightly high
er than in this state, as n candidate
for congress was recently arrested for
spending, on an average $500 for
each voter in his district. The high
cost OF living is no doubt responsible
for the rapid increase in price of vot-
ers.
s.C.M.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30
Az. WILSON.

IA. H. Wilson and his manager sid
ney r. Ellis, back from Europe, are
busy arranging for the forth Incoming
tour Of Mr.. Wilson. Manager Ellis
can always be relied upon for a first
class productions and the ndicati lions
are that this season !. Wilson'S
play, supporting company and songs
will prove more Interesting than amy
provided Tor him In the past. This
vehicle In which lie win star this sen
son In Metz In Ireland and will APP
pear at the Grand Opera House early
In September. D 4. a 6
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30
ADVANCE SALE.

Seats for John w. vogel's big city
ninstrels are now on sale at the Ope.
ra House box office. Prices, $1.00,
75c, SOC, and 25c. The MINISTRIES will
be the offering for Thursday evening,
September 1st. .3o gl,,S,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

Margaret Mayo has contracted with
the Authors Producing Company to
deliver a new play for production this
season. Miss Mayo is the author OF
the successful farce, "Baby Mine" and
Polly Of the Circus"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

Oscar Hammersteln mas engaged
Annabelle Whiteford for the comic
opera company he is organizing. Har.
ry Cooper, of the Empire City Quar-
tet, has been engaged as comedian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

VETERANS TRANSACT BUSINESS.
DENVER, COL, Aug. 30.-After a
day OF fun and frolic, with former
President Roosevelt as star perform.
er, the national encampment OF Uni.
ted Spanish War Veterans got down
to business to-day. Several cities arc
In the fight for the honor OF entertain
ing the 1911 reunion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

The sale of seats for the John W.
Voeel minstrel opened this morning
at the theater box Office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-30

Halfhearted advertising can't make
/ busy store-nevcr!,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-07

afire about 10 o'clock last night. burn
ing the SCOT clear, to the bottom. There
CHANGED to be hole in the chimney on
the Larson side and the sparks from
the burning SCOT caught on some
boxes in the basement Of the store.
1t had gained considerable Roadway
when. as A. w. Fox, who'lives over his
confectionery store was going up stairs
to bed. he saw the blaze thru the open
cellarway, otherwise It would not have
been discovered until the whole first
floor was afire. Fox told a friend, who
turned in an alarm and at once Sc
cured buckets and endeavored to ex-
tingush the fire. The fire company
responded in short time. When fin
ally put out the blaze had extended
along the walls Of the basement and
had already charred the rafters OF the
ceiling.
About three years ago the same block,
consisting of the George II. Jepsen
store and the Larson store, was burned,
causing great damage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-07
Northern Io1ua Items

beyond. A piece OF the flying machine
struck Irwin Suefferlein on the right
arm and mangled that member In a
frightful manner. Surgeons are do
ing their best to save it and may pos
sibly succeed. The circular wood saw
has not yet been found. The frame
work of the outfit was torn into shreds
and scattered in all directions.
Spirit Lake.
Saloon men OF. Dickinson county
have given up their fight to secure the
signatures OF the necessary IS per cent
Of the voters Of the. county to continue
the saloons after July 1. 1911. While
more than half Of the necessary per
cent were obtained in districts without
Spirit Lake, yet to make the petition
of force it was necessary to secure 90
per cent in Center Grove township and
Spirit Lake. Finding that this could
not be accomplished. the saloon men
have given up the, attempt to secure
the petition.
Sioux City.
Miss Lille Schellenger. a teacher in
the Ute schools, met with very severe
loss in Sioux City, where she visited
over night with friends while on her
way home from Cherokee where she
had been spending Thanksgiving with
her parents. She stayed over night at
boarding house in Morningsde with
some lady friends, and at the depot the
next morning she discovered that her
pocketbook containing $50 in money, a
diamond pin and a pearl necklace were
missing from her handbag. The money
and jewelry amount in all to over 800
and no trace Of them can be obtained.
Waterloo.
Acting upon orders from Marshal
Enlow. of Cedar Falls, the police ar
rested Glenn I.aBarre, wanted in that
city for forging a number of checks
which 1t IS alleged that he passed up
on the merchants Of the Lawn City. He
was taken to Cedar Falls by Marshal
Enlow and arraigned before q Justice
OF the peace there. His bond OF $500
| was furnished by his father and the
case continued unit! Thursday, q.
/ which time he will have his preliml-
nary hearing. According to reports
from Cedar Falls 1t is said that La
! Barre passed no less than seven checks
| there, each one for $12 or Ss4 in all. The
checks were drawn on the Cedar Falls
National Bank in favor OF Robert An
derson and were signed by Frank l..
Martin.
Sioux City.
Possession Of a comfortable fortune
! in real estate and ready cash. John d.
Turney. formerly of Long Prairie,
! MINI. in police court was unable to pay
fine OF 81 and was sent to Jail FOR
i two days. Truney Is worth approx
mately $4,000. He owns n 16o-acre
Far,p IN Todd county MINI q rich
farming district. and three city lots in
Redland and Riverside. Cal. The farm
land is worth $50 per acre and the total
value of the lots is placed by Turney
at $4,000. The bank account consists
of about $1,000. Turney says since
coming to Sioux City several weeks ago
ne has written the bank In which the
money is deposited asking that the cash
be sent here. He received letter last
Friday saying the deposit would be
withdrawn and sent him early this
week. This Is the second time Turney
has been charged with intoxication in
nolice court
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-07
COON RIVER WATER BAD.
Believed to Be Responsible for Typhoid
endemic at Des Moines.

Des Moines, Dec. 1.-That the RIVER
water Of the Raccoon river contains
an excessive number OF sewage bac-
terra forms which, in spite of efficient
filtration, would tend to make an eN-
cessive number Of these forms appear
in the filtered water. is the statement
of DR.. Henry Albert. of Iowa City, state
bacteriologist, in a report on pac-
THEOLOGICAL examinations of samples OIL
Des Moines water sent to him by Coun-
Gilman John McVicar DR.. Albert IN
his letter to Mr.. MacVicar stated that
he found no typhoid bacillia in the wa
ter These, he writes are difficult TO
find even if present.
In the sample of river water DR.. AL
bert found 400 bacteria per cubic CEN
timeter, many Of which were OF the
sewage type. A sample of city water
taken from 11O1 East Morton street
was found to contain ten bacteria per
cubic centimeter with no sewage bac-
terra or other forms Indicative Of unde-
sirable contamination present. Another
sample taken from 953 West Twenty
fifth street contained twenty-five bac-
terra per cubic centimeter, three OF
which were of the sewage type.
fourth sample taken from the pump at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-07
MRS. PRATT NOT DEAD
Story Of Alleged Dying Confession of
the Murder Of Her Husband Appar-
emily Faise-Has Remarked Since
Removal From Iowa and Is Still
Among the Living.

Special to Times Republican.
Lake City, Dec. THE rumor has
been persistenly going the rounds of
Calhoun and adjoining counties, to the
effect that Mrs. Jennie Pratt. who was
the defendant in one of the most sem
sational criminal cases in the annals
Of northwestern Iowa. while on her
deathbed in South Dakota, confessed
to having murdered her husband. Mrs.
Pratt was on trial years ago for alleged
administering arsenic to her husband as
he lay i'll, and thus causing his death.
She was supposed to have become in
fatuated with her hired man, William
Persing. After an extended and ex-
pensive trial, in which the most prom
inent legal talent in this section of the
state figured, the jury disagreed and
the county attorney dismissed the case.
Investigation discloses that the story
is a myth. The postmaster at Rock
Rapids, where Mrs. Pratt lived after
moving from this locality, before she
moved to South Dakota, and where her
mother now lives. Is authority for the
statement that Mrs. Pratt is alive and
we'll. She has married since moving
to South Dakota. Attorney ]. NJ. Par
sons says that he is Thoroughly con-
WINGED, without prejudice, that Mrs.
Pratt never was guilty Of the crime
that she was charged with.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-07
NOT SUFFICIENT CARS TO MOVE
IOWA GRAIN
CROP.
CONDITION NOW
WHEN WEATHER Is FAVORABLE
Grain Men in Northwest Iowa Having
Difficulty in Making shipmsnts-car
Shortage Starts in Early = Grain
Dealers Surprised to Find Roads De-
Iinqusnt at Prsssnt Time.

Sioux City, Dec. THE annual
winter car shortage has set In on the
Sioux City railroads. Grain men today
are complaining that they can not get
nearly enough cars to handle the bust
ness they offer to the various roads
having lines into Sioux City-and this
at time when farmers are holding
their corn and the weather is still Gle
ment.
IF they can't give us cars enough
now. what will they do when ship
ments really begin in earnest" re-
marked one Of the dealers.
Last year the weather and the car
blockade on account of heavy ship
ments. together with the coal short
age. made congestion of cars without
a precedent in the history of north
western railroads. No such condition
as that now confronts shippers. and
probably will not unless there should
be q repetition of last winters unusual
snowfall, but the troubles of the ship
pers are quite enough to exasperate
them. Local railroad officials can't
give any reason why there should be
shortage of grain cars" said buyer;
they Just can't produce them. Per-
haps there is a sufficiency further east.
but you can't notice it here"
This man, to show the condition, said
that an elevator man on the Platte line
of the Milwaukee railroad, had sold
four cars of oats In Sioux City twenty
days ago and by persistent hammering,
and with the assistance Of whatever
influence the Sioux City purchaser had.
had been able within the twenty days
to get three out of his four cars &C
tually hauled out. Practically the same
condition prevails on all lines that
reach points west of here.
1t is surprise to grain men to find
the railroads delinquent at this time
because farmers are not disposed to
sell their corn for 80 cents, as they will
have tc do if they accept prices based
on the Chicago market. Some for ship
ment to North Dakota and Montana is
still being bought at from So to 81
cents, to supply the demand occasioned
by last summers drouth there, but the
demand is only intermittent and will
not last, 1t is stated, and farmers will
soon have to take Chicago prices or
hold.
Most Of the overflow crop, the corn
that is piled up on the ground for lack
Of crib room, has now been marketed
and the situation bids fair to be an en-
durance test between the farmers with
bursting cribs and the consumers in
need Of corn. For the present, the farm
ers are generally holding out, expect
ing an advance in price.