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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
Mel Johnson and wife of Madison

Mel Johnson and wife of Madison
were over Sunday guests of Edgerton
relatives.
The farm home of John Thronson
is now connected by telephone. His
call is 8 short on line 80.
Rev. F. C. Richardson and family
of Lake Geneva are being entertained
at the Arthur Clarke cottage on Rock
river.
Curtis Stewart was guest OF his
brother here short time this week be-
fore leaving for Waupaca where he
has secured employment with jew
elry firm.
Charles Flagg, who has been teach
ing manual training in the public
schools at Bayfield, the past year, is
home for vacation before returning
to his work for another year.
The town of Albion loaded on the
cars and shipped to Middleton last week
all the road machinery belonging to the
county that was used in the improve
ments made in that township this sea-
son. This included the crusher plant
sold by the city of Edgerton at less
than half it's cost.
w. B. Wentworth has returned
from a trip to Montana and brings
glowing accounts Of the crops that are
being harvested, especially in the Ju-
dith basin and along the Musselshell
valley. Emigration is not pouring into
the new country this season as strong
as few years back but the big crops
are expected to attract land buyers
again later in the fall
Will Dave was bitten by dog
owned by VIM. Kruckenberg north OF
town, Thursday evening. Dave caught
a ride to the Kruckenberg home and as
he jumped off the wagon the dog, which
was underneath, grabbed him in the
leg, inficting quite severe wound.
The dog will be kept for short time
to see if the wound heals properly and
then killed as he was becoming cross
and ugly.
Prof. H. A. Adrian of Santa Bar
bara, CAL, former principal of the Ed
gerton high school, stepped off the
train for moment one evening last
week and met few of his old friends
who were at tho station Prof Adrain
has given up teaching for more lu-
crative field on the Chautauqua plat
form under bookings Of large bureau.
He was on his way to Clear Lake,
Iowa, and from there Dayton, Ohio,
was his next date. Representing Luther
Burbank, his lecture tells of the many
wonders this wizard has wrought in
the plant world.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
ANDREW POIST.

Andrew Poist, for the past year and
a half resident of Edgerton, died at
an early hour Thursday morning at his
home in the eastern part of the city.
For some time he had been great suf-
ferer from cancer of the liver and an
operation at the GAINESVILLE hospital
three weeks ago proved Of little bene-
fit. He moved here with his wife from
the state of Washington. The funeral
took place Sunday afternoon at the late
home, conducted by Rev. J. c. Spill
man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
JOSEPH SPENCE.

Joseph Spence, one of the pioneers
of the town of Porter, died at the home
of his sister, Mrs. B. Hardwick, near
Stebbinsville, Thursday morning, aged
Is years. He had been confined to his
bed about three weeks. A hardening
of the arteries was the immediate cause
Of his demise The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been made.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
Methodist Church Notes.

Services next Sunday morning at the
usual hour. Pastor MacInnis will take
for his subject: MANS Extremity,
Gods Opportunity. Epworth League
at $50 p. m.
In the evening union services will be
held at the Congregational church,
preaching by Rev. MacInnis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04

We desire to convey our grateful
thanks to our kind friends and neigh
bors for their sympathy and help in our
time of sorrow; also for the beautiful
flowers anC the choir for fine music.
MRS. r. M. CLARK,
Mr.. AND MRS. MIKE SCHMIDT.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
Band Concert Program.
Saturday Evening, AUGUST

SATURDAY Evening, August 5.
/. Pomposity March.
?. Selection from II Troyatore.
3. Two Lovers Novelette,.
f. Oh. You Mister Slide Man,
;. Beelzehub-Tuba Solo, Mr.. Ogden.
5. Popular Medley.
Z. Loves Legend Waltz.
;. Heart OF Gold March.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
Notice

Bills for water service will be in the
hands of City Treasurer Dickinson
Monday, August Z. All payments are
to be made at Mr.. Dickinson's resi-
dence. Office hours from Z o'clock a.
m. to o'clock p. m.
By order of Waterworks Com.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-04
Card of Thanks.

For the many kind services of friends
in our affection, for the sympathetic
and helpful words OF Elder Babcock,
and for the beautiful music and floral
tributes we express our sincere thanks.
JOHN O. WEBSTER AND CHILDREN,
E. C. MAIN,
l.. J. MAIN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

pretty often, for Dolley keeps long
hours
Fred has the best disposition in the
world. He keeps close tongue in his
head Puts business ahead of pleas
ure. Pays close attention Does his
best. Has a pleasant smile for every
man. Is always on the job. That's
all. Nothing in that list that any boy
in town cannot do. Yet how many
boys do these things? They pay 100
per cent dividends and are 1S-carat
kid glove investments, sure as death
and taxes. The exercise of these tai
ents with which every boy is blessed
made the Usage farmer boy a winner
They placed him where he now has a
chance to do big things on q big stage
He earned every inch he won and did
it in the simplest, most commonplace
way. Hard work and a pleasant smile
and good horse sense. Surest ladder
a rocky quarry or a coal pit or a truck
garden or a teamster'S wagon, or any
other old place where you have your
nose on the grindstone of toll and
hopelessness.
The quiet, unassuming boy upon
whom Dolley depends for accurate in
formation about the trend of his poll
teal and busin less affairs has won the
respect and friendship of the big men
of the state. Some boys will call it
luck, but those who know about Fred
know it wasn't luck but simply good
sense and hard work. More boys are
blessed with the capacity to use these
two levers and fewer boys use them
than any of the other gifts of their
race, hence the high premium paid on
the markets of the world for these
simple and natural talents The top
notchers all have to depend on these
two and use their other talents for
show purposes, just as a champion
ship baseball pitcher depends upon
control to win remnants while the
pitchers with speed and wide curves
go back to the minors for lack of that
same control With homespun for the
foundation of character the velvet
woven into the fabric makes a nice
finishing touch. The essential and the
trimmings. Fred Partridge was one
of the few who used the essentials and
then the trimmings came to him. The
world is full of boys right now who
are trying to realize on the trimmings
first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

that many women, specially married
women. feel as l do. When we all
get back to the views of the rights
of women which our grandmothers
took it looks as though things would
assume their sense of proportion.
Mrs Murdoch is a home-loving wo-
man and that she has to give up her
beloved place in Wichita for WASH
ington during the session of congress
is the only objection to Mr. Muir
docks choice Of public life. She takes
2 keen delight in her home and
Washington is mere pitching of the
tent for the nonce. She comes TO
Washington earlier now nan she did
formerly. for her young daughter.
Marcia IS in the western high school
Of this city. Miss Marcia intends 10
go to college and this fulfills her
mothers cherished ambition A pref
ty girl Of four called Katherine. is
the remaining portion Of the Murdoch
family, and these two fill a large part
OF Mrs. Murdocks time
Fond of Washington Life
II find life here in Washington
pleasant and SO filled with duties OF
one sort or another that the months
pas with incredible rapidity." con-
tinued Mrs. Murdoch. but there Is
one feature about Washington life
which always fills me with astonish-
ment That is the crowds of chill
dren playing in the streets. At first
I wondered if the American capital
had more children pro rata of pop
ulation than any city in the union. for
though | have accomplished my
share Of travelling in my own land. I
never saw quite so many little ones
in the thoroughfares. Then ! dis
covered that the reason was that so
few families had houses or yards
large enough for their youngsters and
that Fairgrounds are something re-
Gently taken under the municipal
thought. wonder why such a fine
city runs so to apartment houses and
to houses in rows with their backs I'D
against one another and not enough
open space between to afford an ex-
ercise ground for stray eats. Under
such circumstances. of course. the
children have to play in the streets.
but it seems poor pie for the
beautiful capital of the nation to set.
In our home city. void of so many
advantages which Neutrality-suspicious.
enjoy all our houses have their
grounds, and the children collect first
in one yard and then in another.
MY home has four acres and we
have room enough to enjoy any kind
Of blessing-veg etables. Chickens. and
our own stock I do not expect such
comforts in large cities. but II looks
az though Washington took too little
care of growing children in the haste
in which the city is covered with rows
of houses ana with apartments where
mosphere or take their chances In
the street.
Il. ". THAVIS.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
OUTLOOK BLUE AS INDIGO"
This Is New York Bankers Idea of
Railroad Situation.

Chicago. Aug. 26.-John J. Mitchell,
the banker, who returned from New
York today, reported the financial in
terests there in a very depressed state.
'They are as blue as indigo in New
York" said Mr.. Mitchell. Thorough
" discouraged over the condition and
the outlook. some of the men l saw
are convinced that several railroad
dividends will have to be reduced and
that some of the industrial companies
will have to follow the same course
The Interstate Commerce commission
keeps after the railroads on the one
hand and the labor unions on the
other. one is reducing the freight
rates and the other demanding more
wages. In New York the belief is that
the business of the roads Will not
maintain it all. and that some of them
viii have to pay less dividends"
Mr.. Mitchell himself is not SO blue"
as he reports New York to be. He
declares that the general business of
the country is far from satisfactory
and that there has been too much poll
ties but he does not appear to have
lost his courage or his optimism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
ANTHONY STATION AGENT GONE
Auditors Are Checking Up Accounts
of y. F. Price.

Anthony, Kan, Aug. 26-Superin-
tendent Shafer. Division Freight
Agent Torrington. Travelling Auditor
Brengle and Q. A. Johnson came to
Anthony in response to a telegram no
tifying them of the unexplained abb
sence of n. z. Price. Santa F'e agent
for nearly two years at this place
Price was last seen Tuesday night
when he boarded an eastbound Mis-
souri, Pacific train His friends say
that he was expecting to go to head
quarters to straighten out some mat
ters which he was reported for. The
representatives Of the company say
that he has not reported at headduar-
tiers. They have no idea where he is
The auditors have just started on the
work Of checking up the station. That
will take four or five days. as a heavy
coupon business was done here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

does not appeal TO me and | fail to
recognize its necessity Or the ultimate
good which would follow its adoption.
Then [ am moved to admiration when
l see what fine things vrmen can ac-
cOmplish in the domain of pure poll
tics when they arise to champion
good cause. Several times things have
been reVOlutiOnized in my home city
when the women were reused to the
danger of permitting certain evils to
GO unreformed. Kansas concisely
stating the case has granted limited
suffrage to women. They vote on
school questions and for the county
and municipal offices and generally on
those questions where increase of
taxes and such vital points are decid-
ed. The women Of Kansas certainly
make good use of their privilege, and
1 have heard that in the state where
they have full suffrage they employ
their power judiciously. But there is
one thing which makes me fear for my
sex getting supreme power of the bal
lot. They do not rise to the objective
view point, which nearly always domi-
mates men in their handling of national
or even big local issues The sting Of
opposition seems to ranNie too deeply
in the soul of women, and the perss
element creeps out to defeat meas
ures which should in all justice be en-
acted Then l shrink FRI m he ordeal
WHICH IL IilCduS lDI women 10 NIX IN
politics. The bitterness and strife. the
heartaches and disappoinlments seem
inadequate for the reward. l think
women have 50 much better work-all
women-not only those who marry
and have homes to superintend and
children to rear, but the single woman
who has elected TO spend her life alone
Duty in the Home.
THE old idea about the hand that
rocks the cradle appeals to me no
matter how hackneyed this saying has
become or how obsolete such ideas
may be regarded. If women wish to
be real forces in national affairs. if
they wish to fulfill the highest duty
of citizenship, it can be done in their
home and without any controversy
about the ballot. The influence
which a woman has over her hus-
band and sons her fathers or broth
ers is something which might he
taken into account. l believe that
eli women should study politics from
the higher ground, but also from the
result which local politics have on
home affairs.
The woman who Influences her
husband to vote right is doing
splendid work in the making Of the
nation The woman who looks into
matters and knows what every man
who is on a local ticket stands for and
what his success would mean to the
community is / think accomplishing
her talk on good citizenship and her
which comes to man. am glad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
CHANCE FOR BOY
Case That Demonstrates There
Is Opportunity.
Fred Partridge Lacked Oppor-
tunity, But Made One.
REARED ON A FARM
Handicapped by Poverty in
Usage County.
Now Confidential Man for Bank
Commissioner.
REARED ON A FARM

They say that opportunity now-a-
days has become one of the lost arts
and that competition is so strong that
a young man must have wealth, family
position or unusual qualifications to
get anywhere in the business world.
All the colleges. big and little, and
even the city high schools, now have
special courses designed to prepare
young men to compete in certain
trades and professions. Combinations
of wealth are said to have stihed OPP
portunity for the young man and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
SAIL TRAINS on TIME
This Is Ambition of President Bush of
Missouri Pacific.

Hutchinson. kan. Aug. "a spe-
cial car bearing big Missouri Pacific
officials passed through Hutchinson
recently. The officials have been out
over the " stern lines of the Mis-
souri, Pacific looking over the general
business conditions of the road in this
territory.
Missouri Pacific officials in this
city say that during the month of July
main line passenger trains of the Iron
Mountain railway from Texas points to
st Louis and main line trains of the
Missouri Pacific railway from Kansas
city to st. Louis arrived on time
oftener than the trains of any other
roads.
The officials state that a report just
received in Hutchinson shows that the
new Missouri Pacific passenger train
No. 10, leaving Wichita daily at 2:20
p. m. and due in st. Louis at 1880 a. m.
arrived in that city on time twenty
eight days out of the thirty one days
of July and that this is a record which
no other road IN the country can show.
This train starts from Wichita with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
BREAK TRACK LAYING RECORD
Santa Fe Puts Down 10000 Feet in
One Day With 80 Men.

Austin. Tex. Aug. 26.-The Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, which is grid
ironing western Texas with new line&
of road, recently broke all track lay
ing records in this state on the branch
line that it is constructing from LO-
meta to Eden, about one hundred
miles. An even 1900 feet of track
was laid in a regular working day by
a gang of ninety men. The best pre-
vious record by the same gang was
10,S00 feet of track in one day. The
steel used in 60-pound
The construction of this branch
line soon will be finished. II will open
up region that has heretofore been
occupied exclusively by cattlemen. It
is said TO be rich in agricultural pos
ranches are to be divided into farms
and colonized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
DREAM TRUE N TWO YEARS.
Stilwell's Plan to Cut 500 Miles to
Pacific Coast a Reality Soon.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug Arthur
E. Stilwel's dream of a short line
from Kansas City to the Pacific coast,
cutting off 500 miles of present rail-
road mileage, will be a reality within
two years" said w. L. Vail of the
United States and Mexico Trust com
pany of the City of Mexico. Track
is being constructed at the rate of
mile a day and trains are being oper-
ated from Kansas City to point this
side of San Angelo. The road is com
pleted and in operation in Mexico,
with the exception of 26O miles from
the Rio Grande to Topolobampo, the
western terminus
The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
was the only railroad in Mexico which
the revolution did not materially af-
feet. Work that was in progress at
the time of the beginning of the revo-
luton was continued without Interrupt
tinn."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
DANGER TOLL OF NEGLIGENCE
Enormous Loss and Suffering shown
BY Railway Claims.


A prominent feature of the current
number of the Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain Agents Bulletin is the ad-
dress of Freight Claim Agent J. S. Tus-
tin, delivered before the convention of
the Freight Claim association at st.
Paul on 1.-The Toll of Negligence"
Mr.. Tustin on that occasion somewhat
surprised the audience by stating that
railroads in this country are now pay
ing loss and damage claims amounting
to S30,0O0.000 per annum. He added:
There is no way to compute the
buildings which are destroyed, the
number of men injured, the families
who suffer and the money loss occa-
stoned by people who are careless.
Evidence of moral and physical dis
regard is piled mountain high and ap-
pears in every paper and magazine
throughout the United States. An
other toll that indifference collects
from the careful is a heavy tax on
nerve energy and time, some of which
otherwise would be employed in the
finer things of life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
CAR sKIDs OFF BRIDGE.
Harold and Earl Blackstone Have
Close Call With Death.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan, Aug. 20
A large Interstate motor car belonging
to Earl and Harold Blacksh ere, own
ers of the Glover Cliff ranch a. Elr.-
dale. was wrecked when it skidded on
a bridge near Elmdale and jumped
bed below. Both of the Blackstone
brothers were in the car and We're
carried down with the car, but escaped
with only a few bruises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

sleeper and chair car, and at Rich
Hill, Mo, it takes on the Joplin
sleeper, baggage and mail car.
It is said that the excellent records
made by these trains is due to the eff
forts of B. F. Bush. the new president
OF the Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain railway systems. One of the
notices of Mr.. Bush is, "All trains on
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
DR.. PierCe'S FaVOrite Prescription

Is the best OF AT medicines for the diseases
disorders and weaknesses peculiar 1t is the
only preparation of its kind devised by regularly sradu-
ated physician experienced and skilled specialist
the diseases of
It q safe medicine any condition of the system
THE ONE REMEDY which contains no alcohol
and no injurious hnbit-formine drugs and which
craving for such stimulants.
THE ONE REMEDY so good that its makers
are not afraid 10 print its every ingredient on
each outside bottle wrapper and o the
truthfuIness of the under oath.
Il s sold hv medicine dealers everhere and any deal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
CRUMBINE FOUND IT.
He Discovered the Fly Which Causes
PelIagFa.

Lawrence, Kan. Aug 26-Believ-
ing that the little sand fly is RESPONSE
BILE for the spread of the dread dis
ease, pellagra, of which there are now
a dozen cases recorded in the state,
Prof. S. J. Hunter of the bacteriolog-
zeal department of Kansas State uni
versity today dispatched four expert
psychologists on motorcycles to col
lect specimens of the fly and it's lar
vac for further examination from va
rious parts of the state. Professor
Hunter evolved his theory from an
examination of larvae of the fly found
in a swamp near Ottawa.
Some weeks ago Dr. $. J. Crumbine
of the state board of health wrote to
Professor Hunter to tell him about the
Ottawa case of pellagra and that his
idea was that the sand flies might be
responsible for the disease The doe
tor urged Professor Hunter to send a
man to Ottawa if possible and secure
specimens of the flies and subject
them to laboratory tests. The result
of the doctors observations is found in
the activity noted above of the univer-
sity professors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
RUNAWAY PREACHER CAUGHT
Mrs. Reese Is Under Bond to Appear
Against Him Wednesday.

lola. Kan, Aug. 26.=Hood Line, the
fugitive Holiness preacher. wanted
here on charges filed by Mrs. Ella
Reese. who was arrested in Greenfield.
Mo. is in lola. Mrs. Reese is under
5000 bond to appear as a witness
Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

is sold by medicine dealers everywhere
No counterfeit
deceive
may be your lie whaf yosa sk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26
PonnIafion nf C,hicarn

Chicago. Aug. 26.-Chicago's popula-
ton is now 2264,1S4 according to an
nouncement made by the publishers of
the new city directory. These figures
show an increase of 1891 over the fed
eral census made a year ago which
gave the citys population as 2.1S5. 2S3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-26

queent passage Of the urine; the forehead
and the back head aches; the
stitches and pains in the back; the grow
ing muscle weakness; spots before the
eyes; yellow skin; sluggish bowels;
swoolen eyelids or ankles: leg cramps
unnatural short breath. sleeplessness and
the despondency2
I have a recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on. and if you want to
write and get a copy it. Many a doc
tor would charge you $3.50 just for writing
this prescription, but have it and will
be glad to send It to you entirely free
Just drop me line like this: DR.. A L.
Robinson K944, Luck Building Detroit
Mich, and I will send it by return mali
in a plain envelope. As you will see when
you get it. this recipe contains only pure
harmless remedies. but It has great heal
ing and pain-conquerin power
It will quickly show It's power once You
use it so / think you had better see what
II is without delay I VIII send you
copy free-you can use it and cure your
SELF at home.