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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
MARIETTA A THRIVING TOWN.
Much Business Done There, Though
Formulation Is Only Sixty.

Marietta, Kan, Feb. 8.-This town
is about thirty years old. The entire
bank in operation since November,
1909, with deposits aggregattng about
$4,000 The officers of the state
bank are: President, B. r. Bull; vice
president, Fred Obermeyer; cashier,
w l.. Kirby Among the stockholders
are thirty prosperous farmers, and all
of them are living in the vicinity ex-
cept three.
The Marietta Stock & Grain com
pany also handles the live stock. II
is owned mostly by the farmers, ana
35 of them hold stock in the enter
prise. So far they have met with sue
cess. The company says on its letter
heads that Marietta is located IN the
corn and wheat belt of Kansas, Where
the best corn and highest grade of
milling wheat is produced. In the
month of December 40 carloads OF
corn were forwarded by this company.
AS high as SO wagon loads OF corn OF
SO bushels to the load have been one
elevator handled 10000 bushels of
corn, practically all of it the last half
of the year. The storage capacity is
$4,000 bushels. G. A. Howell Is the
manager.
Marietta has only one general firm,
the Bull Brothers. They are Marshall
county born, when they embarked in
business about a dozen years ago their
stock was small. Now they do bust
ness Of about $4,000 year, and carry
a $40, 900 stock at all times. The store
is situated in a thickly settled COM
munity of thrifty and well to do farm
ers This firm also handles hardware,
implements and furniture.
The people of Marietta and com
munity who trade here believe lun-
Der yard will pay.
The Mcleod automatic scales are
manufactured at Marietta as well as at
Peru, Bloomington and Libertyville.
Illinois The Mcleod Brotheres of
Marshall county are the inventors, J.
IT Mcleod being the resident agent
at this place. 1t is claimed that the
Mcleod scales are the only automatic
scales made that are offered in COM
petitive test with all other makes, and
let the purchaser be the judge. Auto
matte scales and packaging machines
for handling material of most any
kind are made here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
BAKER GETS FIFTEEN YEARS.
Convicted in Kansas City of Shooting
and Killing His Affinity.

Kansas City, Feb. 8.-For shooting
and killing his affinity, Miss Ruby
Hirsch, in her home here last July 5,
the night following her return from
a visit in Topeka, Edward M. Baker,
married contractor, last night was
sentenced to serve Is years in prison.
The jury, which sat in Judge Porter
fields court, was out four hours. Bak-
er pleaded insanity.
The judge told the jurors they
might find that Baker was insane at
the time he shot and killed Ruby
Hirsch and had since recovered, or
that he was insane at the time of the
commission of the crime and had not
recovered. II the first form of verdict
Baker would go free the same as if he
had been acquitted. If the second
form were returned it would be the
duty of the court to send him to a
hospital for the insane, to be detained
until he recovered.
Immediately before the case went to
the jury Henry Jost, the prosecutor,
introduced into the evidence a deed
by which Baker and his wife had
transferred a house and lot to Boyle
& Howell, his attorneys, in payment
for his defense.
IF Bakers insane" Jost demanded,
chow did you come to accept deed
which he executed?"
Then he summoned the office ste
nographer of the attorney, who had
sworn Baker to the deed. She testified
that at the time Baker had not ap-
peared to be insane.
Even the jury smiled with apprecia-
ton at the predicament into which the
prosecutor had thrown the defense.
But Gen. Louis Boyle extricated the
, defense cIeverly.
Swear Mr.. Howell, my partner he
said.
Mr.. Howell testified that when they
in turn had sold the house and lot
they had pledged their personal war
! rantee to make the deed good If it
should be attacked because Baker was
insane. They held the property had
belonged to Mrs. Baker, not to the
husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

Mr. w. ]. Harper, Lehigh, Cleveland
Co., Arkansas, writes: 81 do not know
how to express my thanks to you for
the good you have done me in treating
me for catarrh.
II was a great sufferer from the
effect of chronic catarrh of the head
and nose. / was continually hawking
and splitting, and 1 had entirely lost
my sense of smell. I had tried va
rious remedies, but nothing did me
any good.
"At last 1 tried Peruna as last re-
sort, and 1 am thankful to say that
after using ten bottles of Peruna am
once more well of catarrh of the head
and nose"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

lily. but tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound. and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
it as I have. 1 am scarcely ever with.
out it in the house.
al will say also that 1 think there ia
no better. medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
Them strong and well. NV eldest
daughter has taken Lydia /. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound for pain
full periods and irregularity, and it has
always helped her. --''
ST am always ready and willing To
speak good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. I tell every one
I meet that I owe my health and han.
piness to these wonderful medicines. $
Mrs. J.. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich.
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number OF actual cures
of female diseases
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

The dogs are never grateful, but snap
at their rescuer-
AS soon as Sport sees the OFFENDING
dog is clear of the wheels he lopes
ahead and swings up to his place On
the running board. Sport has knocked
many dogs out of the way of the ma
chine that were twice his size.
If the dog has his face turned toward
the machine and can see the danger,
Sport disdains to notice him and lets
him take his chances. However, If the
dogs back is turned toward the ap
preaching car, Sport never fails to roll
him out Of harms way.
Only Once Came to Grief.
Only once did Sport ever come to
grief, and then it was only through his
keen sense as a sportsman. which over
came his better Judgment and caused
his humiliation.
One time DR.. Welsh and a party of
friends were out in the country and
were speeding along in the machine at
about % miles an hour. AS they passed
through the country a rabbit sprang
up along the side of the car where
Sport was standing On the footboarn
and started for race. "Sic him, Sport!
sic i'm, Sport!'' yelled the occupants of
the car. and came alongside of the
rabbit This time Sport hestated, as he
had never disembarked at such nigh
rate of speed before. Finally coaxed
and teased, he gathered himself 10
make a flying tackle of the rabbit in
his best form. He sprang, but did not
calculate correctly the speed of the car
and not only missed the rabbit. but his
foothold as WELL and rolled and tun-
bled for some distance. The rabbit ran
into a field and disappeared When
Sport rejoined the party in the car
there was a mingled look of chagrin.
surprise and reproach upon hts
countenance, and until this day he
will not be "sicked" upon anything
,-idiznc- in tia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
WITHDRAWN FROM SALE
Mark Twain's Criticism of Roosevelt
Retained by Estate.

New York. Feb. 8.-The sale of many
of the manuscripts of the late Samuel
L. Clemens Mark Twain) at a Fifth
avenue auction did not include, as had
been advertised, short article he had
written criticising Theodore Roosevelt
1t was withdrawn at the last moment
by request of the estate as was A
structure he had written on congress.
1t was explained only that the estate
desired to retain them.
The 125 page autograph manuscript
Of a "Double-Barreled Detective Story
was sold to a dealer for $3.50. Twenty
eight pages from adams Diary went
for $780, The total realized was 81, 100
The withdrawn article on Roosevelt
refers to him as a "showy charlatan. >
adored as perhaps no imposter of his
creed had been adored since the golden
calf's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
DOG SAVES LIVES.
Bumps Other CANNES Off Front
of Masters Motor Car.
Spaniel Has Kept Many Animals
From Being Killed.
HOW SPORT PROCEEDS
Makes Spring, Rolling Intruder
Out of Dangers Path.
Offenders Never Grateful, But
Snap at Their Rescuer.

Hutchinson, Kan, Feb. S.-If dogs
could make and enforce laws, there is
one canine 10y rider" who gets his
dog meat and biscuits at the back door
of Hutchinson physicians home who
would be peremptorily hauled up before
the dog police court and fined the
limit, with costs. The dogs think that
for downright disregard to the natural
rights and feelings of the ordinary dog
the said joy rider is the limit. But
they mistake their beast-the dog is
their best friend.
The dog in question is rightly named
Sport. He is the big brown Chesa-
peake spaniel that rides about over
town balanced on the running board
of DR.. C. H. Welsh's motor car. He IS
as much disliked among dog pedes-
TRANS as Jack Johnson is upon his
home street. But the dog is trying to
do his duty, and although he has the
reputation in dogdOm of being Il
naughty. purse proud dog, he is in
reality a life saver, although he some
times goes to extremes to rescue a fes-
low canine who is not in any great
amount of danger.
No matter how fast the doctors ma
chine is going, the dog can take his
place on the running board with the
skill and agility of a boomer" brake
man, he balances himself with the ease
and grace of a Japanese rope walker,
and can alight at any speed.
How Sport Proceeds.
These are the things which make
Sport unpopular with the four-footed
tribe. When a dog runs out to bark
at the machine Sport pays no heed
to him until he gets up close to the
car, barking and swapping at the front
wheels. Then he makes a long. grace
full spring like a football player max
ing a superb flying tackle under the
old rules. The barking beast is struck
amidship5 by the force of the speeding
auto, plus the weight of Sports body
plus the force of his jump. 1t is al
ways effective, and the dog never falls
TO roll from the path of the car with a
yelp of surprise and disgust at being
bumped out of the way of the machine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
DANCING, HUGGING TO MUSIC.
Liquor Traffic Doesn't Do One-HaIf the
Harm. Declares Minister.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. s.-"Dancing is
hugging set to music" declared the
Rev. G. w. Thompson an evangelist
at the First Baptist church, last night
Dancing and card playing are the two
shortest roads to HE'LL he continued.
'"The liquor traffic does not do one
half the harm to the church that the
dancing master does. Twenty years
from now the dance will be in the
same class with the saloon. The dance
is the stepping stone to ruin for many
young women.
at is all right to take the waltz
embrace in the middle of the ball
room floor, but try it in a corner and
see what you get"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

Mr.. Samuel Mckinley, 1915 Grand
Ave-, Kansas City, Mo-. writes: Il
can honestly say I owe my life to Pc
runa.
Travelling from town to town, hav-
ing to go into all kinds of badly heat
ed stores and buildings, sometimes
standing up for hours at time while
plying my trade as auctioneer, it is
only natural that 1 had colds frequent
ly. Last December I contracted
severe case, which, through neglect
on my part, settled on my lungs. When
almost too late 1 began doetoring, but
without avail, until heard of Peruna-
1t cured me, SO I cannot praise it too
highly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
ssSPOOK" USED A TELEPHONE.
ClairvOyanHs Daughter Exposed Sc
crets of Trade in Court.

Kansas City, Kan, Feb. 8.-Sone
of the inside history of the business
life of a fortune teller was made pub
lie in the probate court here when IL
year-old Bernice Thompson, daughter
of Mrs. Annie Thompson, rebelled
against continuing to act as "spook"
for her fortune-telling mother.
The little girl told the court that
while her mother was telling a for
tune her part was to go into the back
yard or the barn with an extension
to the telephone and listen to the for
tune" When it appeared time for the
ghost of some departed friend of the
patron to say something the little
girl would take the part of the. ghost.
At other times she told the court
she was forced by her mother to stand
on street corners and sell books of
which her mother was the author.
The child asks to be sent to her
grandparents In addition to her busi-
ness as a fortune teller Mrs. Thomp-
son is a TOWNSHIP boomer and has for
a business partner George c. Dicks
who says she recently assaulted him
with a club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

of
MY command Peruna during in the Spanish
in
In
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with American War"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
Notice.

There will be an open meeting Of
Topeka lodge No. 4, B. r. c. of A, at
their hall, 418 Kansas avenue. on
Thursday evening, February 8, 1911,
and every employee of the car depart
ment is cordially invited to be present.
The general president, Mr.. M. F. Ryan,
will be present and deliver an address
in the interests of the Brotherhood
Railway Carmen of America. Come
one and all and hear something that
is for your own good. Remember the
date, February 8, at 418 Kansas ave-
nue. third floor. By order of COM
rnittee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
Shot and Killed Himself.

Ada, Kan, Feb. 8.-John WiedIer,
a well known farmer living about five
miles north of Minneapolis, shot and
killed himself at his home. It is
thought that the man was insane.
Wiedler was bachelor about So years
Of age and was worth about 100000
He left a will to the effect that his
only brother become his heir.
One of the neighbors living close by
saw Wiedler out near a straw stack
and started over to talk to him. When
he got to the house some time after
ward he found him dead with all his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
RICH GIRL TAKES OWN LIFE.
Daughter of Man Reputed to Have
Been Wealthiest Kansan.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. S.-Miss Ruth
Stewart, Is years old, youngest daugh-
ter of the late John T. Stewart, of We'll
lington, long reputed to be the wealth.
lest man in Kansas, who died three
years ago, leaving an estate of $3,0OO,-
600, committed suicide by hanging at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Buck
ingham, at 119 South Chautauqua
street, here late Tuesday.
A breakdown suffered last spring
and another last fall it is said from
over study, caused the girl to become
respondent This is believed to have
been the cause for her act
She committed suicide by fastening
a clothesline about a furnace pipe, ty-
ing it around her neck and then leap
ing from a chair. She strangled to
death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
MRS. BULL IS DEAD.
She Was Once the Wife of James G.
Blaine, Jr.

Newport, r. l.. Feb S.-Mrs Marie
Nevens Bull, wife of the late DIR. Will
liam T. Bull. of New York, died at her
home here, Dudley place." last even
ing. She had been i'll since Christmas
and her death was due to nervous ex-
haustion.
Mrs. Bull was A years old. DIR. Bull
was her second husband. her first hav-
ing been James G. Blaine, son of the
former secretary of state.
At her bedside when death came was
a son by each marriage, James G.
Blaine, third, and William T. Bull.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
HISTORICAL DATA ARE SAVED.
Corrected Proof Copies of Wagner
Statutes Are Kept From Burning

Among other historical data saved when
the Missouri state house at Jefferson City
was burned Sunday night, were corrected
proof copies of the Wagner statutes, says
the St. Louis Republic.
Judge David F. Wagner, formerly law
partner oL Juoge u; PaI Dyer now OF me
States district court, and later supreme
judge of Missouri for thirteen years, had
charge of the revision of the statutes,
which since have been known as the
Wagner statutes.
Judge Wagner was the grandfather of
B. Paul Wagner, exchange editor of the
Topeka State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
OMAHA GIRL MISSING.
She Is Music Student in Berlin,
Germany.

New York. Feb S-Advices from
Berlin say that Margaret Damn, of
Omaha, a young music student, popu-
lar in the American colony in Berlin,
has been missing from her lodgings
since January "a. Details of the case
as contained in a special cable dispatch
to the Times indicate that it is not I'M
similar in many respects to Dorothy
Arnold's disappearance. TIE young wo-
man is % years old. tall, good looking
and a talented musician. She was last
seen by her landlady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

V e ge t a Bile Com.
pound and SanatiVe
Wash have done me.
/ live on a farm and
have worked very
hard. 1 am forty
five years old, and
am the mother of
t thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that I am
not broken d wn
with hard work and
the care 0P NV fouo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

buffet luncheon to a big company Of
the towns business men who were not
members. Next Monday, February
4. the club will entertain with a
luncheon and smoker as many of the
farmers and stockmen as will come in
in response to a general invitation.
The club has been an agency for great
good and should now grapple with the
question of a modern auditorium or
assembly hall, which is much needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
POSSE SEEKS ANTHONY SLAYER.
Livery and Automobile Dealer L
Found With Head Battered.

Anthony, Kan, Feb. S.@CarI Ran
dali, 40 years old, a livery and auto
mobile dealer of Anthony, was found
in the Central barbershop at 9:15
o'clock last night with his head crush
ed. A blood despatched ball bat lay
beside the dead man.
Randall was last seen in company.
with a negro. Persons passing the
barber shop saw his body lying on the
floor and broke open the door. No
trace of the murderer could be found
but a posse was hastily organized and
is now seeking the slayer with blood
hounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
COMMERCIAL CLUB Is BUSY.
Has Done Great Work, Says Mime
apolis Better Way.

Minneapolis, Kan, Feb. S.@The
Minneapolis Commercial club "does
things" says the Minneapolis Better
Way. It has been organized more
than two years and consists of seventy
five members. 1t has stood back of
chautauqua assemblies and made sue
cesses Of the last two assemblies in the
Markley grove. It has improved miles
of road leading into Minneapolis and
is working in connection with the
farmers to build more good roads It
has promoted more friendly relations
with neighboring towns by taking the
city's fine band and visiting them with
the object of becoming better ac-
friendship.
Two or three weeks ago it served a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

clothes off. He was found lying down
on the floor with the muzzle of the
gun pointing right at his stomach and
a hole blown into his abdomen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
ARMY EDITOR Is ACQUITTED.
Charges Against Corporal Crawford
Made by Sergeant Major Corbett.

-'AN-S1N0 " '111@ ~ H1S1O0'
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. s.
Notice of the acquittal of Sergt. Maj.
John L. Corbett, Third battalion of en-
gineers, In station here, who was
charged with publishing a false and
malicious article about Corporal
Bishop M. Crawford, Sixth field artil-
lery of Fort Riley, came in from de-
partment headquarters last night
Sergeant Major Corbett is the editor of
the Fort Leavenworth News, a soldiers
paper, and when Corporal Crawford
came up to be examined for promotion
to a neutenancy last fall an article
was published in the News attacking
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
Pastor of Ono Ohurch FORTY Years

ed recently the completion of his
fortieth year as pastor of All Saints
Protestant Episcopal church. at Hen
ry and Scanned streets, New York
City, and his f1fty-hrst year in the
ministry. Special services were held
in honor of both events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
OWES
HER
HEALTH
TO Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
you how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

Commission Form at Council Grove
Council Grove Kan. Feb. s.-The
city Tuesday voted in favor of the COM
mission form of government, 376 to
159
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

Masquerade suits for rent. ST Jack
son. Ind 1894.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

ITS AOStSI 49,
color.
The time to
take care of
the hair is
when you have
hair to take
care of.
Get rid of
the dandruf
by d destroying
the dandruff
germs. Y o u
can do this
easily Dy uS1nS
Partisan Sage.
You can stop
itching scalp
and falling
hair: you can
put the radi-
ance of sum
shine into your
hair by using
Partisan Sage.
Geo. W. STAINS
field, 632 Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08
RARE BEAUTY
Is Always Linked with Wealth
of MAGNIFICENT Hair

Look into your mirror madam. Is
your hair getting scant; is 1t losing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-08

sas avenue. guarantees it, this delight
full hair dressing, to satisfy the most
particular woman, or money back.
The girl with the Auburn hair is on
every bottle and carton. Large bottle
so cents at Geo. w. Stansfield, 632
Kansas avenue and druggists every
where.
On April 2, 1910, Mrs. r. NJ Wor-
den, ST. James Ave. Holyoke, Mass,
wrote:
Partisan Sage is the best hair dress
ing ever used. 1t gave my hair life
and a gloss which no other dressing
ever did. besides stopping it from
falling out"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-12-22
PACKERS WILL NOT PAY
Consumer VIII Spend Less Cash but
stock Raisers VIII Suffer IL Meat
Costs Less Money

Chicago, Dec. 22.-The high cost of
living question is to find a partial So
luton in the exclusion of the beef
trust from competing for English army
contracts and the anticipated general
boycotting of products of the United
States trusts" by the English public
If, as the packers fear, Russia, Ger
many. Italy, France and Japan will
follow the precedent, meat and meat
by-products will take a decided slump
the Workingman will be the triumph
ant winner, with the stock raisers of
the country-not the packers-holding e
the small end of the horn.
The United States produces more
meat than is now used by its citizens
The workingman has been forced to
cut down the ration to his family be-
cause of the excessive price To rid
themselves of this enormous surplus
the packers have built up great
market abroad. England, Russia, ia
pan and Germany have been the larg-
est buyers. Little beef other than the
canned variety, has been exported.
The great export business has been
in pork, bacon, hams, lard and oelo-
margerine.
The stock raisers and farmers will
be the real losers if a slump in the
domestic market takes place. For sew
eral years they have been enjoying a
season of unriva1ed prosperity. Cat
tie. hogs and sheep have brought
prices in the market which have start
led even the most optomistic. Added
to this has been the extremely liberal
profit margin added to the meat pro-
ducts by the packers
The packers make no bones about
who will get the first slashing if the
foreign trade is cut off and slump
in the domestic trade market results.
They insist that their business is be-
ing conducted on a far smaller margin
of profit at present than any other in
dustry.