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The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-09-07
HUSTuNG DRUGGIST WEDS
Miss Lucy Durkee and Oscar
Hargesheimer United in
Marriage, Monday
Evening

At the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Durkee, in
our city, on Monday evening,
September 4th, at 8 O'Clock occurr-
ed the wedding ceremony which
united in the holy bonds of matri-
mony the lives of Miss Lucy Hell
enc Durkee and Oscar Harges,
heimer. Rev. O. +. Tell, of the
Presbyterian church, conducting
the ceremony which made them
husband and wife.
Only a few friends and intimate
relatives of the contracting parties
were present to witness the cere-
mony, the out of town guests be-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Hargeshei-
mer, of Fort Pierre, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. A. White and DR.. H. G. Dur
kee, of Faith. Miss Marie Dur
kee played the wedding march and
Miss Flossie Hargcsheimer acted
as bridesmaid and Ned Ronning as
best man.
The bride is we'll known to most
of our readers, having made her
home in Philip for the greater
part of the time during the past
four years and by her genial dis
position and personal charm, num-
bers her friends by the scope of
her acquaintance. She is Young
lady of various accomplishments
and will make an ideal helpmate
to the man to whom she has pledg-
ed her life.
The groom is the hustling Rex
all druggist, having located in
Philip about four years ago, and
by his business ability and per-
sonal popularity, has built up and
enjoys lucrative trade in our
city. He terms himself the hust-
ling druggist" and by his active
and wide awake methods both in
business and in boosting for the
town, has won the privilege of
this cognomen.
Among a splendid number of
elegant and costly presents from
relatives and friends, was a four
piece silver tea set given by the
Masonic lodge of Philip, of which
the groom is member.
Amid showers Of rice, old shoes,
confetti and the ceaseless din of
tin pans, footing horns and ring
ing bells, the bridal pair departed
on the night train for Minneapolis
and other points in Minnesota and
Iowa on their honeymoon. They
will be at home in Philip after
November 1st.
The News joins with their host
of friends in wishing them success
and prosperity in business, a happy
and contented home, and a peace
full voyage through life.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-09-07
Strayed

One black Gelding weight about
1850, 4 year old. White spot in
forehead, had halter on when last
seen, $500 reward. Peter NJ. And
erson, Elbon S. Oak.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-09-07

City Auditor of the City Philip Dakota
the foregoing and statement Of the f.
City Philip
knowledge and belief. A. S. Anderson
this 9th day OF September 1911
[Seall R. Hague, Notary Public.
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-09-07
Farmers Institute

The following dates have been
assigned for Farmers Institutes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-24
Estate of the Late Mr.. Baker
HE Entire Stock Must De 500 IN Ord.

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FRIDAY Is m -
dmdto goods doors
andrea h
g store I
Mo- SSOIdtO DeaIers
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-24

Tell your friends nehbors greatest
ever
limit the
hour a n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-24
Sale Opens
FRIDAY 10 A. N.

Everything will be dis
played where you can IN,
spect the goods indepen
dent of the sales people All
prices marked in plain fig.s
ures-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-24

tO Dealers Before Monday, August 18th, 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
EXTERIOR VIEW OF VIM HOUSE.

were setting up pretentious estates in the
New World were securing from London,
Paris and Rome the finest specimens of
the wallpaper art.
These French designs can readily be de-
tected from the fact that Frenchiness is
revealed in the costumes of the women
usually pictured. as we'll as in a fine screen
work being printed on the paper after the
flowers. birds. boats, trees and things had
been stamped. This screen contrived to
give an indescribably exquisite and fas-
clnatng impression.
In America we find that. In 17i5, mer-
chant in Philadelphia advertised that ne
had some wallpapers for sale! This is be-
ieved to have been about the first appear
ance Of the new mode Of decorating, al
though claim has been made that imported
paper was used as early as 1875.
Prior to this the sole method of wall
establishment was by clay-painting or
frescoing. Perhaps some of the readers of
this article remember having seen upon
doors or walls of old New England houses
paint which had stood the vicisstudes Of
time for generations and remained solid
and bright as when first applied. The
secret lay in mixing the paint with skim
milk. Fact. The peculiar Greasincss of
the milk when applied to various clays or
oarths formed paint substance wellnigh
indestructble The writer recalls how a
relative. who had moved from New Eng
land 10 the Middle West, carried this tip
with him, and when he wanted 10 do an
especially good job of painting always fell
back on skim milk lie used to boast that
It would last forever" ard there is some
basis for the allegation.
This use of cay-painting and frescoing
endured long after the advent of wall
pspcrs in America. Sometimes the fresco-
Ing for an entire region was performed by
one man. who wandered from house TO
house, and hamlet 10 hamlet, decorating
the homes Of the prosperous. For instance.
up through the Connecticut Valley. clear
into Vermont, there are. to-day. frescos
done by n Frenchmen who is said to have
served in the Continental Army
! In the huge mansard-roof structure at
Lords Hill, near Eflngham, n. H., is
some of this quaint wallpaper. "Old
Squire Lord" who built this structure. did
so from peculiarly individual motives, as
the record will show. He appeared In the
: vicinity in tho early part of the nineteenth
/ century, with "A pack upon his back He
/ had wonderful shrewdness, and by farming
and trading in cattle amasscd a small
/ fortune. DESTROYS of expanding TO a living
! commensurate with his means he moved to
| Portland, Me-, but deciding that he would
| rather be a king among hogs" as he
phrased it, than hog among kings" he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

and John Hancock at the time of their
marriage.
Among other venerable houses showing
choice specimens of this Colonial wallpaper
are houses IN Salem, Mass; the Cleasby
mansion. in Waterford. VT; the Badger
house, in Gilmanton, y. H.: the Ham
house, in Peabody. Mass; tho Howes
Tavern. in Sudbury, and the Jarvis resi-
dence, in Claremont. y. II.
Although most of this olden time WALL
paper was printed by hand. from separate
blocks. and put on in squares of about
eighteen inches. the scquestered isle OF
Nantucket shows some examples OF the ex-
tremely rare stencilled paper.
Just why it is impossible 20 state. but
this use OF the expensive imported WALL
papers seems to have prevailed chiefly In
New England and New York or Pennsyi-
vania. The South, for some reason, did not
take generally to tho papers, her proud and
wealthy families evidently preferring the
work of the frescoer or the painter hired
to execute special designs for the ceilings
Of each Southern mansion.
Nor is it intended TO convey the impress
sion that all the scenic effects of these old
frescos or wallpapers were OF intrinsic
artistic merit. Indeed, some were absurdly
grotesque-blue boats on blue seas; ISL
ands surmounted with palaces. but Great
ing an impression. at first glance. OF being
whales or torpedo boats. Nevertheless. there
are many specimens not only precious to-
day because of their traditions and design.
but they were truly artistic when first
hung.
As these Colonial wallpapers and frescos
are being studied they are Being adapted
by designers of later date. The Parker
House. in Boston, has some OF these olden-
time paper effects. while private residence
owners are coming 10 realize their delight
full qualities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
GIRLS THAT SMOKE.

Apropos OF the Ritz-Carlton. New Works.
fashionable hotel. that permits women to
smoke, Nine. Simone. the Partisan actress.
said the other day:
"Well. why shouldn't ladies smoke?
There's nothing ungraceful In the habit
On the contrary, TO see a pretty woman
with cigarette is a very charming plct-
IRE.
These who object TO smoking among
women have never, perhaps. seen smoking
done decorously. Their idea OF smoking is
that OF the old Proyencal woman.
"A society girl. calling on this old woman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

taking effort had been made upon the walls
rare frescoing was disclosed.
Thus the new owners have gone along.
finding from time TO time in some unsus-
rected nook choice mementos of the brave
days OF the post Revolution styles In house
Interior establishment, for the VIM house
was built about 1890 and thus is of par
ticular value In illustrating what was in
vogue following the calming after years OF
our first great war.
The DR.. Alden place In Randolph was
erected about 1877. The coloring OF its
wallpaper is as brilliant now as when II
was first hung, after arrival from London.
One scene. in the north parOr, shows the
sacred tree of India.
What has been revealed by the discovery
Of the Winn house is in accord with the
aims and objects Of a society that has
lately been organized I'm Massachusetts,
and which ought 10 be initiated elsewhere.
namely, the Association for the Preserva-
ton Of Old Houses. The Bay State is over
whelmed, II is true, with clubs and guilds
for the alienation Of most Ills of mankind,
but sometimes one is Instituted with
genuinely practical and popular value
Although many Investigators have delved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

Z into this subject OF wallpapers. they seem
10 have come out with a general agreement
that the Oldest specimen of what VIC COM
monty mean by the expression wallpaper
was found at Borden Hall, Kent. near
Sittingbourne, England. In tho Oldest part
of the hall. which dates from the last half
of the sixteenth century, an apartment was
found TO have had for its original covering
a wallpaper with red ground. embossed
with a flower tracery in bright blue.
The Chinese are credited with the nyon-
ton Of rice paper. first intended for uses
in printing. 1t was not. however. until
along in the early part Of the eighteenth
century that wallpaper came into vogue,
apparently in England. France, Italy and
Germany. AS usual, tho French and
Italians were first in executing fine designs
and originating what was known as
velvet" papers. The English soon followed.
and by the last of that century those who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
By Livingston Wright.

STN WOULD be difficult, indeed to Sc
lect q subject about which less is
known, ordinarily. than that OF old
Colonial wallpaper and mural decorations.
The h.eroslyphs of Egypt are luminous
and popularity understood in comparison!
They came from England, and were very
expensive" is about all you can extract
from the traditions that some aristocratic
descendant will inform you "have been
handed down from generation to genera
ton" when YOU happen to have the rare
fortune 10 find an ancient house in New
EnCland. Eastern New York or parts of the
eastern Southland which has some Of this
almost priceless wall covering
All definite facts (popularly speaking), all
historical lore all legendary epics on CO.
lcnial wallpaper seem to run swiftly 10
that 1T came from England" and stop
with hafIhng thud. Singular It is that
this state OF affairs should have endured,
Tor Of all the features that attach to the
genuine Old house, the wallpaper-if a
shred. 10y accident, remains-is Invariably
the particular that Is Of most interest, TO
women especially. Isn't that paper OK
ouisite,' Strange we don't have 1t to-
day. May I take photograph of that
paper are among the EXPLANATIONS and
questions always put to the caretaker of
one Of these rare old mansions.
The valuation placed upon choice speci-
mems would amaze most persons. Not long
ego Boston dealer I'm antiques secured
from family long established in the mod
trn Athens few rolls of Italian paper
That represented the ladies seated and
the distant view Of Mount Vesuvius." a de-
sign somewhat common in these old papers
lie solemnly vowed it TO be worth 5000. !
This is not 50 astonishing after all. when
We come to know that the original cost Of
importing and hanging these papers was no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
STAIRWAY AND UPPER HALL.
Showing ancient wallpaper.

returned to Lords Hill and set up this
wonderful house, for such it surely is.
The size of the structure may be imagined
from the fact that when constructed, about
1918. it had forty rooms. The pathetic issue
Of the old sources society plans was that
after his unremitting expenditures and
plans for 'settn' up some style" to bor-
row another of his expressions, his grand
domain proved so gloomy 10 him that his
chief sOlace In later years came to be the
going down to the corner store and posing,
among tho cracker boxes and pork barrels.
as the rich man Of the town. His ma
hogany furnished halls were silent the had
no children. and the region in the POS
was too seqIestcred to attract society
Thus what was 10 have been grand style
became merely a hall OF solitude Down.
down. by swift degrees. went the Old
Squire Lord house, until. in the sos, a
tenant was actually storing his corn in one
of those magnificent rooms.
A very fine wallpaper, depicting various
scenes from SCOTS Lady Of the Lake"
Is to be found on the walls of the Williams
house, at Greenbush, Mass. the Haywood
house, Wayland, and the Alexander Ladd
house, in Portsmouth, y. H. The Perry
J house. at Keene shows the Olympic games
! The adventures of Teemachus are shown
on the walls Of the famous Hermitage,
! the estate of General Andrew Jackson, at
| Nashville. Tenn, as also at an old residence
occupied by DR.. j. Lovett Morse in Taun-
ton. Mass. Chinese rice paper. presenting
Oriental scenes, Is to be found on the
Lathrop house, at Stockport, y. Y. Down
In Duxbury, at the Powder Point School
for Boys. occupying the Ezra Weston
house. is some paper. imported from Paris
by Captain Gershom Bradford. showing
THE Conquest" by Pizarro. in Peru. In
the Dorothy Quincy mansion, In Hancock
street, Quincy, is the wedding paper i'm
ported to grace the new home OF Dorothy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

consequential sum, even to the modern
''o'auVe expense view. An old Quaker
., n' 10 Minneapolis when that city was lit
more than an Indian outpost. He had
nome which he had erected on the style
-. real manor house of abroad, frescoed
the most ornate of Colonial designs
ms OLD age he once gave out the In
a. auon that those pictures cost me
w., ~" ana they looked nice when they were
oh With these ancient New England
., NO'ohy manors II was no unusual thing
g" tne clay painting, papering or fresco-
.ns 10 cost from $50 to $500, or more, when
"DETAILS OF placing upon the walls were
accomplished.
a.. ne OLD VIM house in Wakefield. a town
- ~, north Of Boston, has recently served
lin. Illustrate the startling prize that some
le.S results from discovering an ancient
b,'n' M " severe and distinguished outline,
a. 10 last, this fine mansion OF other
49,. gradually descended in the social scale
became a common tenement house.
., W long ago a certain Wakefield citi-
b,s somewhat contrary TO the advice OF
81 spouse. resolved upon the purchase of
~ venerable structure. When possession
,t once obtained and a calm survey of
institution was begun the owner was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
FUTILE WORRY.

John D. Rockefeller, jr.. at recent din
ner in New York said of success:
Success depends a good deal on the
recognition Of values. The successful
man knows what is important and what
is unimportant. lie doesn't waste time
over trines. That, he knows. would be
as silly as the Tarrytown girls complaint.
"A Tarrytown girl after reading n let
ter from her fiance said pettishly;
~ do wish Joe would learn 10 write
more clearly. | can't tell from this post
script whether he is sending me 10000
or 100 900 Kisses"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
POOR SOPHIA'S CASE.

Dr. Ronald II. Curtis. the well known
zoologist. said in a recent lecture IN
Charleston:
Il take no stock I'm all these yarns
about the disinterested affection OF ant
mails. An animals affection is parasitic
your dog loves you because you feed IT,
Analyze these yarns about animal affec-
tion and they turn out like Sophias case
There was a rich old maid who had an
ill-natured cur named Sophia. The old
maid died, leaving her fortune to her
nephew. who had lived with her. met
the nephew one day and ventured TO offer
him my sincere sympathy. He said:
Yes. it's very sad. And the morning
after my aunt's decease the dog Sophia
also died.
"'Grief. I SUPPOSE said l.
NO said he; 'prussic acid"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
RATHER IGNORANT.

The Rev. Clarence S. Coles, the ecclesias.
teal historian OF Wheeling. said at a re-
cent session OF the Wheeling Historical So
ciety:
There is a lot OF talk about an American
Pope. But those who expect ever to see
a Pope here In America are as ignorant OF
Papal affairs as Sincox."
"Sincox was presented to Pope Plus in
Rome last year. AS he bowed low before
the venerable dgnitary sincox murmured:
~ am proud 10 meet your reverence. 1
knew your father. the late Pope"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
In Vein of Fun and Frivolity

in her cottage. took cigarette from her
gold case, fitted It in tube OF amber and
said
"'You don't mind II smoke. do your
"'Why. OF course not. dearie! OF course
not" said the old woman. Jeanne she
added to her servant, go fetch a spit
tooprp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
DELICIOUS.

Robert Hichens, at luncheon in New
York, was talking about an impertlnent
valet he once had.
THE fellow was a scoundrel," said Mr..
Hichens. but his impertinence was de-
llclous. / understand, after leaving me. he
went to prison for stealing a pearl scarf
pin. But he escaped from prison. leaving
In his cell a note for the superintendent
which said
Please pardon, dear superintendent the
liberty ! am taking"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
SHOWING
QUAINT DRAWERS BUILT WALL
Old Homes of New England New York and Pennsylvania
Exhibit Many Fine Examples of the Art-Weathy
Settlers of South in Early Days Preferred Fresco.
ing Clay Painting After Original Patterns

amazed at the treasure he had come upon.
There were Colonial balustrades, Colonial
closets and cupboards. built into the wall
in the most pleasing and striking styles
in a word all through the mansion were
evidences that building and decorating had
been prosecuted with the finest of archi-
tectural art. Instead, therefore, OF being
interesting only because of its age, the
VIM mansion proved to be variable
treasure house. When careful and pains
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-24
Those Good Old Zines.

In this age, says London Gentle
woman. when each one dresses Elk
actly as he or she chooses. it is In
teresting to recall the sumptuary
laws of former days.
I'm 1871 felt hats were not made II
England. as a statute was then IN
acted which ordered an English wooden
cap to be worn in preference by ev-
cry person above the age of Z. on
pain of FORGETTING 4 shillings, and 4
pence. lords, gentlewomen, etc, ex-
cepted."
I'm the reign Of Edward Nv. a Law
was made to the effect that mo SER
want of husbandrie. or common lab
orer. shall wear in their clothing any
cloth whereof the broad yard shall
bear the price Of shillings; nor shall
suffer their wives 20 wear kerchiefs
whose price exceedeth 20 pence And
in Elizabeth's reign All persons above
the age Of years sahll wear upon
sabbaths and holidays upon their
head a cap Of wool. knit and dressed
in England. upon forfeit for every day
not wearing 3 shillings and pence :
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-24
CUMBER AIDED
A N. D. VETERAN

Washington, ID. O.. Nov. 24.-Sen-
ator McCumber has succeeded in OBJ
tanning an honorable discharge for
VIM. f. Blake Of Paramount. N. D., as
of date of Feb. 2S. 1857. Blake served
in the union army from 1851 to 1867
He was absent from his regiment
through Illness at The time his last
period of enlistment occurred and
failed to obtain a discharge. The
records of the adjutant generals Of
fee at the war department showed
that Blake was absent without
leave"
Blake did not find this out until
three years ago. when he applied for
pension, assuming that his record
was straight in the department files.
He was much surprised to find that
he was recorded as being absent
without leave. which is equivalent to
desertion. Fortunately, he was able
to produce corrobors.tive evidence and
witnesses who declared that he was
full consent of his superiors. With
the aid Of Senator McCumber, he
convinced the department that the
record was incorrect in part
1t is quite unusual for the war de-
partment to grant nm honorable dis
charge dated back as in this instance.
An encouraging feature from Blake's
standpoint is that ne will receive sew
eral hundred dollars back pension, the
rule Of the pension office providing for
the payment Of pensions from the date
of the first application.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-24
5 Neurological
FARGO MAN BEREAVED
Mrs. @. o. Thompson, Formerly Of This
City, Passed Away at Her
Late Home at Taylor.

J. c. Durkee OF 1911 First avenue
south OF this city has just received
word OF the death of his sister, Mrs.
G. @. Thompson of Taylor, who died
at her late home at that place last
night. News OF her serious condition
was first received last Saturday ana
since then the deceased had been sink
ing rapidly.
The departed was formerly Miss
Hattie Durkee OF Windsor, Wis, and
was only married year ago, coming
here with her husband at that time.
Mr. Thompson was then an employe
OF The Courier News.
Recently he purchased a plant at
Taylor, where the young couple moved.
The funeral will be held at the old
home Of the deceased at windsor,
Wis, where the body win be shipped
at once.
The late Mrs Thompson is survived
by her husband, her mother, one sister
and six brothers, and many friends
who will mourn her sudden and unex-
pected death.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-24
Coming Events

Tuesday, Nov. g.
Dakota conservatory. recital
Wednesday, Nov. 70.
Brotherhood Locomotive Firemer
and Enginemen dance. stones old
hall.
Thursday, Nov. 80.
I'll zagal Thanksgiving ball--Ma-
sonic temple.
Dancing party in Stones old hall
Monday, Dec. 4.
Fargo conservatory. recital.
Thursday. Zee. 7.
Dakota conservatory ecitnl.
Friday, Dec. ..
Fourth annual joint debate at A. G.
Fargo Moorhead Philharmonic soci-
ETY., Masonic temple.
Dec. Q.
Supreme court session.
Young Ladies' guild holds Christmas
sale Iii First Congregational church.
Thursday, Dec. "a.
Marie Mccormick recital, X. Of G..
hall.
Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Christmas sale OF art novelties,
Fargo college.
knights Or Pythias election of Or
acers.
Thursday. Dec. "A.
cethsemane Parish sale and sup
Dar.
Monday, Jar. IL.
Fargo conservatory. recital.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.
State Grain Growers meet.
Wednesday, Jan. II.