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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
PLEASANT
RIDGE ITEMS
GOineS and COmfneS Of Residents
in This Com
munity

Dick MARBLE and family visited al
NJ. B. Nelson's last Sunday.
osidea and Clara johnson we're Sioux
Cry visitors last Saturday.
Peter Bredall and family intend to
move 70 California Ia the near future
70 make their home Ia that place.
Their many friends dislike to see them
leave here but hope that they will be
pleased with their new home. They
will have their auction sale, Friday,
Dec. lst.
What are you going TO have for your
Thanksgiving dinner?
Ole Paulson and family visited al
Olaf Holslad's last Sundsy.
Henry johnson, wife and daughter
visited at p Bredal's last Sunday.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
HEARD AROUND
BURBANK
Locals and Personals Of Interest
In This Commun-
ity

]. Shnrin oil sioux G tg, an opticIan,
was in town Monday and Tuesday
fittirg on glasses Mr.. Shurin undes 5
stands his profession and will be here
again In short time and will continue
to make trip 10 this place every two
months.
Mike Morrissey on Vermilllon came
down Tuesday to do the pla4tsring on
the Thompson Lam her Co., store build
ing. John O'Connor expects 10 have
all the work completed by the Ist Of
January and will be able TO fit you out
with anything in the hardware line.
Mr.. Bartlett, representative OF the
Tackleberfy arm OF sioux Guy. is here
taking orders from Charley Paugh and
Mr.. Stefani.
Thomas O'Connor of Vermillion is III
Town taking dinner with his son.
Andy Olson living ne ar Alison was
trantacling business In town MOndsy.
Mrs Allen Clement and children OF
Hudson visited from Saturday until
Monday with friends on their way to
Wagner where they have located
We U. derstand MIR. Clement is en-
ployed at the depot as bill clerk.
Miss Anna Bring, ACCOMPANIED by
three Of her sisters children, cook the
train for v-rmillon Sunday evening.
Miss Z zzie Herring left for Wagner
to visit her sister, Mrs. Semour, who
10 reported sick with pneumonia.
John Riley, AN old soldi,r OF the
civil war, has been here visi ~ with
bis sister and family. He left for The
Soldiers Home in Minneapolis Satur-
day afternoon. MIR. Riley Il badly
crippled and came to the onclasIon
that steam heat was best for him.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
Wireless From Aercplanes.N

The first tests OF wireless from aero
planes by the government ID this part
OF the country were made at Potomac
park Saturday. They were small. but
satisfactory. II Is now stated that the
signal corps will continue the same
sort Of work 1T College park. where a
training ground FOR aviators Ii being
established The government expects
to purchase three machines for a
starter. Lieutenant n 9. Kirkland OF
the Fourteenth infantry has been de-
tailed 10 the park to have general
charge OF the work Efforts win be
made TO have q nnmber of officers
trained III aviation. and experiments
viii be made In sending wireless mes
sages Of the war department labora-
tory In Washington. the navy yard
and the wireless station at Annapolis.
WASHINGTON Star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
sian 81 The hledicis.

The ancient house or Medici, whose
Representatives we're the business
princes OF London and whose Lom-
bardian representative gave It's name
70 Lombard street. In the financial dis
trict Of that city, has been outlived
by tts coat of arms. says letter
from Bremen ii q Vienna newspaper
s'The three giIded globes have for
many years been used lis a Sign by
pawnbrokers IN England aud America.
The sign has now made its appear
ance III Germany. Mn importation from
Ikalg IN way OF England ana Amer
Tea.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
SIZE or BATTLEsHIPs.
Apparently the Limit Of Bigness Has
Not Vet Been Reached.

Not Vet Been Reached.
The British Society of Naval Archi-
tects has been discussing the size OF
battleships and inclines to the opinion
that the limit has by no means been
reached The discussion brought out
the ratio Of growth in England. Bat
tleships have increased i'm the last ten
years 60 per cent in displacement. 80
per cent in length and II per cent In
breadth. In speed more than two
knots an hour has been gained, and
the weight OF metal discharged In q
broadside has made the amazing
growth from 1000 to 1880 pounds
Considering the matter Of cost, II
was said that two of the newest yes
sells could be built for about the price
Of three Of the earlier and smaller pre-
Dreadnought type. The two modern
vessels would. however, take into ac-
ton a main armament one-third great.
er than that of the three small vessels
combined, and their working cost and
expensiveness I'm maintenance and re-
pairs would be less. From these con-
siderations Professor j. j. WEIGH
thought the policy of building big
ships was justified. The unsettled
question, one which naval officers
could best answer. he said, was wheth-
er ships OF still greater size would not
prove an advantage.
Professor g. "a. Biles said the
classic dictum used to he that "oaly
numbers could annihiIate, Int i 81
now antIquated. One Dreadnought
could have annihilated Nelson's entire
feet at Trafalgar and, for the matter
of that, the French and Spanish ships
TO boot. He was far from believing
that the batt5eship limit had been
reached in vessels Of $4,000 or 10000
tons.--New York Sun.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
FROM
WESTFIELD
Auto and Buggy Collide. Miss
Anna Vande Braak Quite
Seriously Injured

The Ladies' Aid society met last
week win Mrs. W. w. Chapman.
bout twenty ladies were present 10
spi e Of the disagreeable weather.
The ley sidewalks sast Friday CON-
PEELED most OF the pedestrians to choose
the middle of the streets.
Andrew johnson Of Chatsworth has
rented the corner Doyle building AND
moved in stock Of clothing.
Mrs. Burke was down from Akron
last Thursday and spent the day with
her daughter. Mrs. Frank Waterbury.
Ed Amondson was Sioux City visi-
tor Thursday. Barney Ericwson iun
the pool ia his absence
A deputy sheriff Was over from lie
Mars Thursday, serving subpoena and
other papers IL this vfci0ity for the
present term Of court.
While John Vande Brask and his two
sisters we're returning home from Ak
ron last week Tuesday their carriage
was run into BY an auto, occupied
by HihkAr aud Wiedenfeller OF Akron.
Mr.. Vands Braak and his sisters we're
thrown from the rig and Miss Anna
was quite badly hurt while the other
Two escaped with sligh1 bruises.
Mrs. A ice Burnight was in town last
week packing her household goods and
making arrangements to have them
hauled 10 Craig this week.
G. N. HALEY holds sale of his
household goods This (Tnursday) alter
noon, preparatory TO leaving for the
west, where they expect TO make their
home.
A, Liveman was down from Akron
Tuesday installing a telephone in the
city scale Office.
Mrs. Henry Mohr of Chatsworth
visited between trains at the K G E.
Mohr home Friday.
Leubs & Tschampbell shipped car
OF hogs to Sioux City FRIDAY.
e. w. Mass took bunch of fat cattle
to Sioux City Thursday.
Fred Hoffman and family, who re-
Gently returned from Montana, were ia
town Saturday on their way 10 Elk
Point.
Miss Jennie Moe came up from Sioux
City, where she Is attending business
college. Friday evening SO as 10 spend
Saturday and Sunday at home.
E. w. Mass left Sunday for st. Paul
to buy cattle to feed.
The Bell Telephone company had a
crew Of fourteen men working ia this
vicinity all last week rebuilding and
repairing the lines.
The Endeavor Society or the Congre-
gational church will hold an old
fashioned school exhibition and spell
Ing school at the church Friday night,
Nov. 24th. "A ten cent lunch will be
served during the evening.
Miss A. e. Chapman has added =
picture framing department. to her
variety store and can now supply
picture frames made 10 order.
John Warner Of Isichland was In
town on business Friday.
Geo. HALEY has sold his livery and
dray business to his brother, Hugh
HALEY, who will move into town and
take possession this week.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
GOOD CROWD
in ATTENDANCE
Continued from Page l..

promised to pot In steel culverts as fast
as The present wooden bridges wear out
along the Middle grade and then those
ID favor Of the Middle grade put up the
argument that the heavy traffic Of the
farmers would do more 70 keep the road
III shape then it would harm ii. When
il came TO vote the Middle grade won
out by considerable.
II was also decided at this meeting
that the local association cooperate With
the Berestord and Alcester clubs in the
organization OF state association and ID
so.doing Will have opportunity 10 get j
little good roads legislation through Al
Pierre. and this is one thing that IS
needed ID sofdh Dakota.
number 81 sslls we're allowed after
which Che meeting was adjourned until
further notice.
II was hoped % get y number 81 autos
together and make "trip Id Beresford q
week ago sunday, bat This had to be
postponed owing % weather conditions,
and ii II not known IL present just when
the trip can 30 made The president
was given Instructions 70 INFORM al
members when ever tie date WI Vel u II
10 also inform The head u Tie jefferson
branch 10 shat They mIelat accompany
EIie Ell Pointers on tic Trip.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
a Eakir,a Eanaticisr,.

IN Bombay there Is q fakir who
spends alI the hours of daylight Of
every day suspended head downward
with bis head about two feet from
che ground. Two flber ropes attached
to the limb Of tree constitute his
support Early every morning be takes
hold III the handles al the ends OF the
two ropes. reveFses The natural posi-
zion q fhe body and hangs there I'll
sunset He has been doing this now
TOR more than three years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
NOT AFRAID or CHOLERA.
Professor Metchnikosf Says II Is Easy
to Avoid the Disease.

TO Avoid the Disease.
The possibility "a an outbreak Of
cholera in France ted Professor Meteh.
nikoff of the Fasteur Institute Id Par.
il to express Ills opiaion On the sub.
ject Among other things be says:
Cholera il not dangerous. 1t ii easy
to protect oneself from it. have
Rived In contaminated areas and never
felt the least fear The measures TAX.
en- by the government are excellent.
but must confess have only mod
crate confidence in them. The only
measures TO be taken are individual
measures
''The strictest hygiene must be OBJ
served. One must wash often, but
above all all drinking water must be
boiled and all fruit scalded. People
who say that raw fruit is dangerous
make very great mistake. Let peo-
pie eat their melons without fear.
They run no risk. The only essential
precaution is 20 plunge the melons In
boiling water for minute. for the rind
may have fragments of earth on 1t con-
tanning the germs which propagate
cholera. These germs will die at once
The same is true OF all fruits. ChoI-
era and typhoid fever can contaminate
any one only by means of the di-
gestive organs The hands must there
fore be kept perfectly clean and all
foods carefully sterilized.
Another mistaken idea is that boil
ed water IL easily contaminated. That
is not so. Boiled water keeps its prop
critics for a very long time. It Is
quite enough to keep 1t in a properly
covered jar Personally ! prepare my
supply of boiled water in sufficient
quantity for two days New York
Sun.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
titles For Cities.

American cities used III be called
shortly and simply by their proper
names Then journalism and oratory
demanded synonyms and they became
known hin various historical of roman
&c CHARACTERISTICS as the Garden CITY
TIE City " Churches. Quaker city
Gotham. tIle LIMB. and so o. NoM W.
are come into third period. when
earh eity has Az commercial ~
bQaAtin&s title. Chicago Pest
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
Deer klnIa phntenranhv.

simply 70 ascertain the nature Of an
accident II drilling well which oc-
CURED hale mile below the surface
IN hole perhaps only six inches IN
diameter requires some skill Many
devices have been perfected FOR cap
turing lost tools. and The ecessity for
first learning the shape tie upper
end Or the tool and The position Id
which ii lies - order 10 9ceed to re-
cover i has even led 10 invention
0f 3 small camera which be lower
ed to the bottom d the hole 10 take a
photograph showing Ihe conditions.
Electricity II Dc course, TIE agent err
ployed I'M operating tha device Argo-
nant
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23
Berlin tg4e Cleanest City.

IA long Ms women complain q the.
impoliEnness of Berlin men We shall
haze u content ourselves With the one
universally recognized quality of orr
capital namely. that Il s The clean
~ cry III THE world Berlin I.okal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

= M6hkAQa IA "a bamboo which II "A
uee II Iar: i s said ~ have great
power pf fes tNting the wares and4 d0ea
no8 rot lie .ftainafg Mood
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-11-23

tho sore lArn. INC miles northeast ii
JEFFERSON call Of address.
AkpH0NsC CH1CoxRE
1ls16szt 1eifareon. q n.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
MADEROS AWAIT
ENVOY FROM FRONT
Peace Developments Expected
Within a Few Days.

Ell Paso, Tex, April 4.-Interest here
in the Mexican war situation centers
in Francisco l. Madero, ST., and AL
fonso Madero, who arrived in Ell Paso,
presumably on a mission of peace.
While maintaining a complete 81.
lence regarding the reason for their
presence here, the father and brother
of the insurrecto leader intimated that
developments might be expected with
in the next few days, and it Is be-
lieved they are here to await the ar.
rival of messengers from the insur-
recto chief bringing the terms upon
which he will consent to a cessation
of hostilities. That these terms must
be formulated by the men who are in
the field was declared by Alfonso Ma
dero.
That the elder Madero's influence
will be strongly for peace is the state
ment of those who claim to know his
attitude The father of the insurrecto
leader, it is said, has never given the
movement his whole-hearted support
and would welcome the end of the war
upon any reasonable terms. Couriers
who left for the insurrecto chiefs
camp near Chihuahua few days ago
are now believed to have carried mes
sages from the elder Madero, and
these, it is surmised, urged the son to
make for peace.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
PATENT MEDICINE
CUT RATES LEGAL
Manufacturers Have no Mon0p-
oily Of Sale Price,

Washington, April 4.-The attempt
to put the ban on "cut rates" in pro-
prietary medicines received the IN
qualified disapproval of the United
Stat> supreme court.
That court declined in an opinion
by, Justice Hughes to give it's aid to
such an attempt on the ground that
it would afford the manufacturers of
medicines an unlawful monopoly.
The question arose in a suit by the
DR.. Miles Medical company of Elk
hast, Ind, against wholesale dealer
in medicines in Cincinnati, O., John
D. Park & Sons company.
Justice Lurton, when a judge in the
circuit court, in announcing the opin-
ion of the circuit court of appeals of
the sixth circuit, denying injunctions
against cut rates, said that while the
manufacturer had a right to a mo-
nopoly until the formula was discov-
cred by fair means, the courts could
not insure him the unnecessary mo-
nopoly" of controlling the price. An
inventor must make public his inven-
ton after few years, but a manu-
facturer of q proprietary medicine,
under mere secret formula, might
enjoy monopoly forever.
Justice Hughes quoted approvingly
from Judge Lurton's opinion, and
stated that the medical company had
made the mistake of considering it's
monopoly of manufacture to be a mo-
nopoly of SALE
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
BECOMES INSANE AT
DAUGHTERS FUNERAL
Father Accused Of killing Her
Loses His Mind.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, April 4.-John
Hastachen, of Duryea, near here, who
is charged with the murder of his six
teen-year-old daughter, became so vio-
lently insane at the prospect of at
tending the girls funeral that he
could not be taken to the grave by
the officer.
His friends, who believe him limo
cent of the charge against him, Sc
cured permission for him to attend
the funeral under the guard of Off
GERS. He has been brooding ever since
his arrest on the charge Of murder,
over the death of his daughter and
the charge against him, but he didn't
show any signs of insanity until a
few hours before the funeral, when
evidently the prospect of seeing the
I d5ad -gfrT ssi1fd tne v fftness1ng Or nEf
burial was too much for his over
burdened mind. He became hysteri-
cal and then violent, and continued in
such a condition that the officers re-
fused to take him to the graveyard.
The charge against Hastachen is
that he killed the girl and placed her
body ON the railroad track, where it
was cut to pieces.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
LlNCOLNS LETTER SAVESJOB

Aged Woman Employed In Treasury
Department III Over a Year.
Washington, April 4. - Forty-seven
years ago Abraham Lincoln paused in
the cares of Civil War for one Of
those kind and homely acts which
have lived after him.
It was to pen a personal letter to the
postmaster general, asking that on
cial to employ Miss Susan Digger, Of
Carlinsyille, ILL, who was the sole
support of her brother, q Union SOL
der, crippled at Shiloh. Miss Digger
got a position and preserved the let
ter religiously.
Secretary MacVeagh, sitter reading
the same letter Monday-though the
paper has yeiioWed with age and the
ink is dim-ordered that Miss Dug
gers name be not dropped from the
treasury's Hist OF employees, though she
has been iii more than . year. When
an empoye has been absent without
pay for that length Of time 1t Is GUS
tomary to strike the name from the
rolls.
Senator Cullom brought the letter
to Secretary. Macveagh, who promised
that Miss Digger may have her old
position If she is ever able to work
again. She is now seventy years old.
Miss Digger was transferred from the
postoffice to the treasury soon after
President Lincoln's letter got her en-
ployment and became an expert in de-
tecting counterfeit money. She has
handled billions of dollars-some good
and many bad-during forty-five years
of service for the government.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
SWALLOWED STEEL
POINTS FOR MEDICINE
Mans Mistake Nearly Cost
His Life.

Ithaca, N. Y, April 5.-Thinking he
was taking medicine which the doctors
had prescribed for him, Instructor
John T. Williams, of Cornell univer-
sity. put his hand into his pocket the
other day, pulled out capsule and
swallowed it. Not long thereafter he
began to hunt for sixteen points of an
architects compass which he had mis-
placed and recalled that he had put
them into capsule for &safekeeping
and dropped it into his pocket.
He could not find the capsule, but
in a day or SO sharp intestinal pains
gave him an inkling as to what had
happened. He had swallowed 20 cap
sule with the sixteen compass points
by mistake for medicine.
He was rushed to a hospital, where
surgeons worked over him for two
hours, They finally succeeded in re-
moving everyone of the pins by draw
ing , esdgr the sfnaiT mites:
tines.
While Williams is still seriously Ill
1t is understood that he will recover.
Had the pins remained in his intes-
tines he would have died in three
days, the doctors say.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05

Posed as Secret Service Operator to

Posed as Secret Service Operator to
Borrow Money From Photographers.
Washington, April 4. - The secret
service has captured Frank Davis,
alias Hill, at Gisland, La, and is well
pleased with the job.
Davis has been stopping at differ
ent towns in Louisiana and touching
telegraph operators in new game.
His plan was to send a telegram to
secret service headquarters in Wash
ington just as if he was one of its
principal operators. The telegram al
ways made an impression on the op-
orator. So soon as this impression had
soaked in Davis would borrow from
SO to SIS from the operator.
At another place he wired head
quarters in Washington for remit
tances and again borrowed a V. Chief
Wilkie thought the kilograms curious
and attributed them to some crank.
Davis worked the chief of police at
Bunkie, La, for a good loan on the
strength of telegram that he asked
the chief to file for him. After discov
ering the truth about Davis the Sc.
cret service was not long in landing
him.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
WOMAN THRASHES A MAN
Blacks Mans Eyes, Scratches and Has
"A rnaeSAd

Blacks Mans Eyes, Scratches and Has
Him Arrested.
Wilmington, Del, April 4.-John S.
Hemmell. a farm hand, was put to
rout by Mrs. Hannah Keileher, in
Brandywine hundred. and when the
man appeared before Magistrate
Gluckman he had both eyes blackened,
his face and hands were scatrched and
his clothes were in tatters.
To add to his burden he was fined
SO and costs for trespassing and as
sault and battery and then placed I'M
der a 500 peace bond.
Mrs Kel'eher, who is small wo-
man, warned him to stay away from
her place, and when she saw him 60
ing into the barn she showed fight and
he was soon vanquished.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
CRAY AGAINST
INCOME TAX
Delaware Jurist Opposes the
Federal Plan.
MEANS DOUBLE TAXATION

Declares Proposed Amendment to the
Federal Constitution Is a Menace to
the Rights of the States.
New York, April 5.-Judge George
Gray, of Delaware, believes that the
proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States providing for
an income tax is a menace to the
rights of the states.
In letter to Austen G. Fox he dis
cusses the subject at length and comes
to the conclusion that a tax of this
kind levied by the federal government
must be double taxation, unless the
states give up the power to levy in
come taxes.
On this part of the subject he has
this to say:
"The proposed amendment is not a
mere grant of power to the federal
government. 1t is practical surren-
der of the power heretofore reserved
to the states. What the states give in
this instance they practically deprive
themselves OF, for, as l have pointed
out, it is not mere sharing by the
states Of this power with the general
government, as the necessity of avoid
ing an oppressive double taxation
would make it necessary to the states
to yield to the paramount authority
Of the national government. think,
therefore, Governor Wilson, for whose
opinion / have the highest respect,
was mistaken in his short message to
the legislature of New Jersey in say
ing:
"'They (the states) will thereby be
sharing with the federal government
one of the few powers of taxation
which under the latest decision of the
supreme court Of the United States
in that matter they may now regard
themselves as entitled to exercise to
q certain extent exclusively
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-05
Six-lnch Snow Visits Chicago.

Chicago, April 4.-Chicago and the
Great Lakes region, which had said
goodby to winter, saw it come back
in snow that reached the depth of
six inches. Telegraph wires were i'm
paired, railroad tracks and switches
were clogged and street car and ele
waited train service was carried on
with much sputtering. The tempera-
ture was not low enough to cause any
damage to fruit or cereal crops.
New Customs Court Marshal.
Washington, April 5.-The customs
court of appeals has elected Frank H.
Briggs, of Maine, a son-in-law of Sen
ator Frye, of that state, marshal OF
the court to succeed John Elder, of
Ohio, who recently resigned.