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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
POLLS OPEN TODAY FOR FIRST
 DIRECT PRIMARIES IN HISTORY
 OF CHICACO'S MUNICIPALITY

two hours to go to the polls on prl- mary day. As result, the campaign managers believe that between 22o 0o. and 275.0GO votes will be cast today. The unanimous demand of Chicago newspapers to know Who's putting upi' aroused public sentiment to such a pitch that nearly all the candidates were forced to make public thelr entire list of campaign contributions and expenditures.
 who will bet on more different prop ositions than Lloyds of London, has figured it out that the Democrats cam not lose in the election of April 4. He has Wagered immense sums on that belief. O'Leary is also sure Gra- ham will be the Democratic nominee and is offering big odds on Gra> rison as second choice. John R. Thompson, favored by the Republican organization, is the betting favorite as the Republican nominee.
 A feature of the present campaign will be the Socialist:c vote. In the ists polled 13,Oo0 votes. They claim they will receive 50oO0 votes at the election.
 Graham is said to be the candidate for "big business" He is a banker, backed by Roger Sullivan, gas mag nate.
 Harrison, four times mayor, is back ed by Hearst and the Independence Party, which fought him so bitterly in the past.
 Edward Dunn is a former mayor. Thompson, former county treasurer. conducts 40 popular priced resta',- rants successfully, and believes he can run the city as we'll. He is indepen- dently wealthy.
 Governor Deneen's forces are lined up behind Smulski, former state treas l. urer, who receives some support from Mayor Busse's followers. Most of the Busse men, however, favor Scully, an alderman.
 Merriam is backed by the progressive reform element. He is a University of Chicago professor and kinsman of Charles Crane, whom President Taft named as minister to China and inn mediately recalled.
 Murray, haberdasher, is charged with entering the race to advertise his business. Chicago's mayor re- ceives s18,0 coo a year, $e,OOO more than the Governor of Illinois, and the term is four years.
 The most spectacular of the smaller fights has occurred in the first ward where Colonel Leopold Moss is op- posing "Hinkey Dink" Kenna for the aldermanic nomination. Kenna was Cu0 HeWSpCy pal OI QHlteQ oJdteS Senator William Lorimer, whose men ton of Kenna brought tears to the eyes of the uninitiated in Washing. ton, When not delivering votes to Lorimer in Springfield, Kenna is con- ducting a saloon in Chicago. Moss. during the campaign, charged that he had been the recipient of a series of threatening letters premising to kill him if he did not withdraw. Kenna retaliated by announcing that Moss sent the letters to himself ito get sympathy" It is predicted Kenna will be nominated 10 to 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
OYSTER CASES ARGUED. Question of Unfair Competition Is
 Alleged.

Judge James P. Platt in the circuit court of the United States in Hartford yesterday heard arguments on the plaintin's motion for a temporary in junction in the suit of he Sealshipt Oystem System of Northport. N. Y., against the Andrew Radel Oyster straining oreer was entered agai7st the defendant some weeks ago and the complainant had given a bond of s5n,- 900. which will he held to indemnify the defendant should the comnlaina rt not make good. The principle fn- voived in the suit is one of alleged unfair competition on the part of the defendant
 Philip w. Russell of New York. and Edward C. Pc-ers and Samuel c. Norehouse- both of New Haven. arr gued for the injunction. State Sena- tor stiles Judson of this State and c. w Badgley of Detroit. Mich. were heard in opposition. Judge Platt did not announce a decision.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
LENTEN BIBLE CLASS.

During the Lenten season Dr. Swain will hold weekly Bible class at the Young Women's Christian association 10e7 Broad street. The course will be based upon the book of games showing the authors idea of Chris tian experience as it is related to Christian activity. The class will meet for its first lesson on Monday March the sixth at four o'clock and will continue for six weeks
 The women of this city are cor dially invited to attend this class and 1t is hoped that a large number will avail themselves of this opportunity for Bible study.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
PYTHIAN PINoCHLE PARTY.

Fourteen tables were filled at the whist and pinochle party of Uniform ed Rank. K. of F., in Pythian hall last evening. The prize winners were 35; c. S. Brolley, 35; S. Mooney. 35; !. Adlard. 34; W. M Lebing, 33; E. G. Robey, 32; A. Schwartz, 32; C. Mellion, 32. Pinochle-K Mahoney W. A. Barnum, l.. Buddington, Ar thur Richards, Annie Seamon. Mrs w. H. Barnum, l.. M. Powlitt, Mrs R, Gutlin Arrangements were made by James l.. Asher, Emanuel Cave Barney Brolley, Jonathan Wilde, Ar thur Gotthilf and Charles Gray.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28

Especial from United Press)
 Chicago, Feb. 28.-With the opening of the polls, today, for the first direct officers of Chicago, there closed the most picturesque and bitterest muni- cipal campaign ever waged in the Windy City.
 Though each of the eight old line party candidates for the mayoralty nomination has declared uneqaiyocal- ly for honesty in government and the construction of subways. the can didates generally have made the cam paign one of Bllingsgate in which the personal and political record of every other candidate has been assailed in terms of vituperation rarely equaled in American politics.
 Apart from the mud -slinging, the campaign has been the means of dem- onStrating a new method of election eering-that of adopting advertising schemes on scale unparalleled in the nation. Every spare billboard in Chi cago--a city of binbaards--has been taken by the campaign managers. It is estimated that more than s25a, ,000 has been expended in securing bill- board space and in printing the im- mense 20 feet poster cartoons that have been used by the various can- didates. Electric signs of the most costly type have been erected in ev- cry section of the city and a small fortune has been expended in banners. Newspaper advertising has been in- dulged in by every one of the candi- phlets have been thrown broadcast. There are 392,000 registered voters in Chicago. Under the recently enact ed primaries law, workers are allowed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
TWO LAPS KILLED IN
 FIGHT WITH CHIkkS

Especial from United Press.)
 St, Petersburg, Feb, 2S.--In a fight, today. near Mukden, between Chinese and Japanese, who were enforcing an- ti-plaguite precautions along the An- tung Railway, two Japanese were killed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
THE REQ ECHO.

The Bridgeport Auto Go, 3sS Fairfield Ave, have a full line of the famous Rec cars on exhibition at their gar- age. They have just taken the agen- ey for this line which includes tour- ing cars, torpedoes four door bod 'es and a complete line of trucks for bus mess purposes. w. Armstrong smith, the manager, invites the public to inspect these ears at any time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
CORPORATION CERTIFICATES.

CORPORATION CERTIFICATES.
 Corroration papers as follows have been filed with the State Secretary:
 The Hutchinson Vacuum Cleaner Company of Bridgeport: to begin busi- ness with s 900 carital: incorporated by A. L. Rutland. Sara A Foulds and Paul s. Chapman.
 The Hendy Machine Company of TorriDgton: certificate showing in crease of capital from s6co. 900 to $900.- On0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28

A plain tailored blouse of mar quisette is relieved by hand-scal- loping in color down the front open ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
THE CANDIDATES AND
 THEIR PLATFORMS.


 THEIR PLATFORMS
 Republican. Charles E. Meriam-Purity in politics. Cheap government. Abo- Htion of political sineeures. A full days work for the city. Jehn R. Thompson-An honest, business administration. John E, Scully-Honesty in gov erGment.
 John F. Smulskf-Good Republi- can government. Tom Murray-Chicago for her citi- zens: not for the grafters.
 Democrats. Carter H. Harrison-"Tried and true; it's up to you.' Seventy-cent gas.
 Edward F. Dunn-"For the honor ultimate municipal ownership; in- creased pay for city employees. Andrew J. Grahanl-Deereased taxation and increased efficiency in government.
 Socialists. William E. Rodriguez-A govern ment by the people; not by the of flee holders.
 Prohibitionists. w. A. Brubaker-Straigh prohi- bition platform.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28

w. A. Brubaker-Straight prohi- bition platform.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
DON'T EXPERIMENT
You Will Make No Mistake If You
Follow This Sank Centre
Citizens Advice
Never neglect your kidneys.


If you have pain in the back, uri-
nary disorders, dizziness and nervous
ness, it's time. to act and No time to
experiment. These are all symptoms
of kidney trouble, and you should
seek remedy which is known to cure
the kidneys. ~,
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use. No need to experiment. 1t
has cured many stubborn cases in
Sank Centre. Follow the advice of a
Sank Centre citizen and be cured
yourself.
Mrs. Anna..Weeks, of Sank Centre,
Mimi, says: 81 was in such bad
shape from kidney disease that |
could not walk or get out of chair
without assistance. The pains never
left my back. At time / became so
dizzy tn at everything before me
looked black, and occasionally l was
unconscious. / took everything |
heard of and spent money freely for
doctors treatment, but all to no
avail. l was finally induced to try
Doan's Kidney Pills and they took
hold of may case in a satisfactory way.
My improvement was so rapid that /
could scarcely realize. Today / am
we'll and it is almost needless to say
that am enthusiastic in my praise
of Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other
E. P Remington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Battle for the Child.

The movement to abolish child Ia
Dor is steadily progressing, though
with uneven acceleration, in every
part of the country. The battle for
the child and for the interests of civ.
ilization, which are jeopardized by the
premature employment of children in
industry, is not yet won. The Ma
tional Child Labor Committee ap-
peals to right-minded men and women
everywhere to give their continued at
tention and lend their unrelenting
support to the efforts now being made
to remove from this country the curse
of child servitude and to secure to
the child the right to acquire in early
years the physical strength and educa-
ton which will enable it to become
an efficient worker later on.-Dr. Fe-
liX Adler in Leslie's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
French Race pnindIIna.

Great and manifold are the devices
adopted by the rulers or france TO
arrest the dwindling Of the population.
The latest suggestion comes from the
den,1ty for Meurthe and Moselle, who
proposes that certain employments I'M
der government should be reserved for
men who are fathers of three children
at least. The yearly statistics are dis
uuieting enough, but when comparison
of past years is applied they become
verify alarming. In 1851 France was
in the second rank among the great
powers in regard to population, while
today she only stands seventh
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Worlds Greatest Oil Well.

The scene in the Potrero del Llano
district. few miles above here, where
the biggest oil well in the world has
been active since January 3. 1911, can
not be adequately described. Imagine
solid column of oil shooting to a
height Of more than four hundred and
fifty feet from hole in the earth,
with a mist of minute globules car
ried by the wind for more than ten
miles settling down upon the vege-
tation and forming pools of oil within
that radius; then a great lake of the
fluid four miles long by three miles
wide and formed by means of an
earthen dam hastily thrown across a
natural reservoir, and at the lowest
depression of the bank of this lake a
channel several feet wide leading into
the Tuxpan river, through which the
overflow of oil from the wonderful
geyser is constantly going to waste
Tuxpaw (Mexico) Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Sanford Smith brought back with

Sanford Smith brought back with
him from his recent tripto South Da-
kota, specimen of snake known as
the "Rattlesnake Pilot" The reptile
is little over six feet in length. Mr..
Smith killed and S tuffed it. Ben
Schoenhoff bought the specimen and
has it on exhibition in his place of
business. This variety of snake, says
Mr.. Smith, is not poisonous, but can
easily kill good sized animal by en-
folding it in it's coils.
The w. r. G. picnic at Fairy Lake
Tuesday was great function and all
who attended are talking about it
and will continue to do so for some
time yet. The good ladies of the Or
der and two score Grand Army Com
rades filed two autos twice and also
two big wagon loads, the company
numbering about Is. They started
from G.. A. r. hall in time to arrive
at the picnic grounds at Fairy Lake
in plenty of season to get ready for
the sumptuous spread of toothsome
eatables provided by the ladies. A
merry day was passed and many ludi-
crous incidents transpired, one of
which was the foot race won by Mrs.
C. C. Tobey and in which COmrade
Geo. Oldham gave an exhibition OF
grand and lofty tumbling. In fact,
there was something doing every
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Market for Condensed MIX.

The United States consul feels sure
that there's a promising market in
Malta for condensed milk Fresh
cows milk is scarce in Malta" he
writes, land most Maltese use goats
milk. There are about 10000 milch
goats in the islands They are driven
from house to house and MIXED in the
presence of the buyer. Goats are tied
at the doors of Maltese cafes and
when milk is wanted for coffee the
animal is MIXED by the owner. AS a
large proportion of the goats have
Mediterranean fever germs, the for
eign residents refrain from using their
milk and the British garrison is for.
hidden to consume it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Studyina Good Pictures.

It is said that good music often
heard will give pleasure even to those
who did not like it at first. but heard
in the light of some explanation as to
its meaning the pleasure Will De
doubled. This, too, is much the same
with pictures. If we study carefully
even such reproductions as can be
given in a book or the pages OF
magazine and learn something about
what they mean and how they were
produced and the ideas they represent,
we shall be well started toward some
real appreciation of great paintings.
Every true and vital thing we learn
about any good picture helps us to
Judge correctly all other pictures
Saint Nicholas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Wnnen Then and Now.

Mrs. Lucy Chase Glover of Ruther-
ford. N. J., has been looking into the
matter and finds that it was as hard
to make a living in colonial days as it
is now, and yet the mothers of those
days brought up big families and en-
tertained better with all their other
cares than women with small families
do today She says that touching a
match to gas log and lighting a
wood fire were entirely different kinds
of work, and that under the present
labor-saving housekeeping there
should be less wear and tear on the
nerves. But the modern woman does
not keep her temper any better than
the colonial dame.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Swedish Aerial Torpedo,

Lieut.. Col Muge of the Swedish
army is credited with the invention of
aerial torpedoes These torpedoes are
very light, and it is said that they will
travel for a distance of about three
miles. They can be made to explode
either by contact or by means of clock
work. They are launched by means Of
a special apparatus with an explosive
weighing rather over two and half
pounds. When launched the torpedo
travels at the rate of SO meters a Sec
ond, but the celebrity is soon increased
to 300 meters, the meter being 80
inches. Experiments are shortly to
be made with this engine of destruc-
ton at Krupps works, where there are
the apparatus and 100 torpedoes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Canadian Canals.

The only income received from Can
adam canals is derived from the sale
of water powers. Tolls were abol-
ished eight or nine years ago. The
canals have never paid 1.-THE of the
interest upon their cost. They are,
however, invaluable to navigation, and
have been considered to furnish USE
full competition to the railroads, and
to be valuable adjuncts to the trade OF
the Dominion. The Georgian bay canal
while not really under construction.
has cost the country large sum OF
money for surveys, and other prelim-
inaries, and may entail the expendi.
ture of hundred millions of dollars.
The Trent valley, and the Welland
canal enlargement will also cost large
sums of money.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Father Hunted the Answer.

A hool teacher in Allegheny, Pa,
&c note the other day: Dear
Nj. Flease Excuse Johnny today ne
will cot be at school. He is acting as
timekeeper for his father. Last night
you give him this Example, II a Held
Is d miles square how long will 1t
take man. walking miles an hour,
to walk 21a times around it? Johnny
mint no man so we had to send papa.
They left early this morning, and pa
said they ought to be back late tonight,
though it would be : ard going. Dear
Mum, please make the next one about
ladies, as | can get away, and papa
cant AFFORD to lose the days work.
Respy yrs
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
Would even Walk OLt.

Presbyterian Eider-'Nae, my mon.
there'll be name o. they new tangled
methods in heaven" Listener-I
don't know how you can be sure" FL
der-"Sure? Why. mon, gin they
tried it, the whole Presbyterian kirk
wad rise up an gang DOT in body
Lippincott's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03
meaiseval and Modern Saints.

For a medieval saint to wash the
feet of II poor cid men was a sancti-
fed act because it cleansed, not the
feet OF the old men, but the soul of the
saint If Saint-of-Today were to be
assigned that task, his entire thought
those IL old men for their next neces-
sary walk. with mental reservation
in favor of so constituting society
that it would never be necessary for
some one else to do it for them
Anne Hard, in the Atlantic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-03

moment Of the time. Ali returned
tired out happy the latter part of the
afternoon and pronounced it one of the
greatest affairs of the kind ever held
in this vicinity.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-08-05

attention to homes, for they
gather comparatively few flies tne'.
Some parents look at this feature "
the contest with decided disapplo's..
They fear the children are very n.'a
to contract diseases in invading soS
places and handling the flies. "a
Another feature is that eacn eD'.
must kill the flies and then Dry NV.
carefully before turning them H. =.
this way the children directly nan''
the germ-laden insects
Traps of every shape and oeS.'r
ton as well as all manner OF ihse. ',,,
methods to kill the insects are w.. -
used. Fly catching devices are "r.
ing at a premium, and men anu n.
en- appear as much interested ~
affair as the children
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-08-05
City Gets $4,000 Post Cards Daily

Five hundred postcards laid on top
of each other form a pile one foot
high, and so. by careful figuring 1t Is
found that the total number of cards
coming to Chicago daily will form
stack 200 feet high or equal to the
height OF some OF Chicagos taller
buildings.
One little innocent postcard often
makes the postman walk two or three
floors higher than he would 90 II DO
were carrying only Legitimate mall
Frequently the postmen return to the
Offices and find that postcards have
compelled them to walk one-third faf
Their than the regular mail would have
taken them.
The Chicago postoffice handles ID
one day more postcards than any
other office in the world under ono
roof. The vacation period brings one
half as many cards to the city
does Easter or Christmas time.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-08-05
Burro Saves Its Master From Prison

I OS ANGELES, Cal.-That old story
l. of prospector's love for his burro.
the companion and solace OF weary.
lonesome hours in desert search for
gold. won freedom from jail for aged
Aaron Braunsheidt here.
Braunsheidt came into Los Angeles
from the desert and mountain land
along the Mexican border. riding a
decrepit burro. Across his shoulder
was slung a rife. At his saddle.
formed by an old frayed comforter.
was his camp outfit. pickax and
shovel His beard, long and strag-
Cling. and his long. gray sunburned
hair was unkempt. AS he passed
along the street. P. A. Rambo. agent
Of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals. saw him.
At the Offices of the society the old
prospector told a story which won
sympathy. 1t was repeated later to a
throng of citizens who accompanied
Braunsheidt and Rambo to a livery
barn, where the burro had been
stabbed. Willing hands reached for
pocketbooks and none desired to have
him punished. He was released. AS
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-08-05

n HICAGO.-If any one doubts that
y the friends of Chicagoans do not
send them cards from all parts Of the
world during the vacation season. just
ask the letter carriers. Chicago's post
office Is now receiving $4,000 cards
daily, and when the postcard crop is
at its height, the Office will handle
100000 cards a day.
II all OF the postcards that come to
Chicago each day at this time of the
year from people 1aunting throughout
the country on vacations were placed
end to end. the line would reach a
distance of twenty miles.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-08-05

NEW YORK.-Women on this side
~ of the big pond learned with in
terest that their sisters in Paris were
wearing shoes made from humming
bird feathers. the ridiculously low
price of $4,000 q pair placing the
fluffy footwear within reach OF all
Realizing that 1t was only question
Of few weeks before the very latest
fad in tootsie trappings would reach
this city. and being aware OF the fact
that humming birds were none too
plentiful. the young and old girls be-
gan figuring out how many OF the gor
geous mites would have to be sacri-
feed to cover their spokes.
Married men read the article until
they came to the line which told
about the price OF the new plumage.
and then they dropped In their tracks.
When they regained consciousness
they equipped their wallet pockets
with burglar alarms and hired detec-
tives to watch their trousers while