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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Santa | am 4 little girl four
years old. / am very good. / want you
to please bring me a doll, doll buggy,
trunk to keep her clothes in and lots Of
good candies aud nuts, and that is all ]
will ask for this time. Don't forget
mama and papa and brother and sister
Your little girl, BENTON BEAsLEY.
Route 1, Union City, Tenn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Mrs. Emerson Parks was visitor in
the city this week at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. T.. S. Parks.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Hello, Santa Claus: I want You to
please bring me a nice fruit basket that
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Santa Claus: Bring me a doll
and a stove, some large dishes and a
piano, table and sewing machine,
buggy. a rocking chair and trunk
(food.bye. LIILIAN II. OTES.
Union City, Tenn, Dec. IA.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

J. ID. LittIeton, travelling salesman, Is
At home with bis family in Union City
for the holidays.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

The biggest bargains yet in the 25c
window at Nailling-Keiser Hardware Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Santa Claus: am little boy
six years old and nearly through my
primer, Please bring me on air gun,
some Roman candles and firecrackers
and lots OF good things to eat. Please
bring me d little watch. Your little
boy. CLIFFORD ARMSTRONG.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Pearson, OF Mar
tin, were in the city this week doing
some Christmas shopping.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

eDear Santa: am little girl five years
Oh | want you to bring me doll and
oil buggy, lots Of candies and nuts.
Yd n little girl, ANNA MAI BEAsLEY.
S.-Santa, don't forget my little
brothera and sister. Bring them some
thing nice too. Don't forget grandpa
and grandpa. A. M. B.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Monday, Jan. / 1912, is soda day At
WoosIeys Eight lbs, % cents. S9-2t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Oar Santa: am little boy two years
old. want you to bring me some candy
and lots Of other good things. A little
A, B, G book and that will do. Your
little boy. j. G. BEAsLEY,
Route l, Union City, Tenn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Big Muddy washed nut coal is best for
cooking. At Union City Ice & Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear santa Claus. | am a little girl I
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Tadena Toe cigars at s1.00 per box
box at Hardy & Glass
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

fourteen years old. / want you to bring
me whole lot Of nice little things. |
want some stockings, two or three story
books and an umbrella and some nuts
and fruits. have little brother eleven
years old. He would also like to have
some nice things He wants pair Of
shoes and some firecrackers and some
nuts and apples. Goodbye. Your lit
tie friend, IDA ROBERTS.
Union City, Tenn, Dec. 13.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Mr ID Q. ParI.. IN schooI a vander-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Santa Claus Please bring me an
air gun, some fireworks and plenty Of
good things to eat. Santa, please go to
Protemus to see Nellie and George
Fluty. Go to see the little girls and
boys and make them happy. Your lit
tie boy, ALGIE FLUTy-
Route 8, Union City, Tenn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Old Santa Claus: am q little
girl six years old. 1 want o doll buggy
and muff and fur. / guess that's
all. EMILY ANNA THOMAS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Cali $50 Tor coal Of any kind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Coal coke-wood- Call Tel. $50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me
large doll with brown eyes and real hair
that is curly, and don't forget to bring
me lots OF fruit, nuts and candy. Don't
forget everyone here at home.
Your little girl,
CLARA CATHERINE WHITEsELL.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Santa Claus: | thought would
write and tell you that have little
baby brother, so please don't forget |
want you to bring Douglas Robert a
rattler and a little go-cart, and bring me
a Studcbaker wagon, hand car, some
nuts, oranges and candy, SO please don t
forget.
w -. ..-r. INl,nrl.r G. Il,.-,r1rr
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Old Santa; | want a ring and a
little doll comb and brush, nuts candy,
oranges and everything good to eat.
Your little friend, seven years old,
FLoRELIA WoosLEY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-12-22

Dear Old Santa / am little girl eight
years old. | want a pair Of gloves, a
little doll and doll dresser. / want some
oranges, apples, candy, nuts and ba-
nanas. Your little friend,
EMILY WoosLEY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

nothing permanent for your children
TO do or to engage their attention you
are not going 10 hold them long.
I think there is no occupation IN
the world that Is better, more ele-
waiting and more enjoyable than liv-
ing on a farm and farming.
While the city men want to get
back TO the farm, a large majority
have this desire because they think
today the farm Is the place to 20 be
cause they, the farmers. are making
more and easier money than anyone
/ do not think we have had any
more prosperous times than We are
entitled to. The one thing nov hurt
Ing Us is the erroneous sentiment of
the cities that the farmer has all the
money. Certainly We are enti&ed TO
all We have got, for It came honestly
and by hard work
want 10 say % you nov, that
hope you will get lots OF money. and
know you viii n you will raize and
handle more beef cattle and not go
entirely to grain farming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

though he must work every day of
the year, while he is doing this he
is building up his land or at least
keeping il in better condition than
his neighboT, the grain farmer.
1t is a matter of note that can be
easily verified, ride through the state
as you will, whenever you pass live
stock farm, it looks better, has better
improvements, the soil conditions are
better and in every way appears more
prosperous than the farms that are
given over wholly to grain produc-
ton.
The live stock farmer does not al
ways have good years, but then there
are bad years for the grain farmer
as well. The grain farmer doesn't
think Of quitting for one bad year and
neither should the live stock farmer.
One year with another is what counts
and the man who wins is not the fell
low who is always trying something
else. or something that appears cas-
Ter
When a man says you cannot raise
live stock successfully in Illinois lie
is mistaken. True, there are condi-
tions today different from those Of a
few years ago. Western land IS set
thing up, big ranches are going out
OF business. Stock cattle were high
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

and scarce, both last fall and this
spring. A few years ago it was no
trouble TO go out and pick up all the
cattle you wanted, but today few
farmers raise calves; they veal them
instead.
II is said that one cannot afford
to keep a COW in Illinois TO raise a
calf. Can this be true when last fall
good calves sold at from $40 to $50
a head? 1 know calves can be raised
at a profit in southern Illinois and
the same is true Of central Illinois
One Of the big mistakes the I'LL
nois farmer is making by. not raising
more live stock is the loss Of the boy
and the girl from the farm. Boys
and girls will be more interested with
live stock on the farm, whether it is
cattle. horses. sheep or hogs, than
they Will IL you have simply a grain
farm If you have live stock on the
farm you will receive the benefit OF
their attraction and the stock will
be an attraction 70 the young people,
especially If you let them have an
interest in it more than the work nee
essary 70 care for L.
/ could enumerate good many
more reasons along this same line,
but with just simply seeing the corn
and the other crops grow and having
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
FELT BAD
ALL The time
ShellhOFn Lady Suffered Great
Deal, But Is Ali Right How.

Shellhorn, Ala.-Tn a letter from this
place. Mrs. Carrie May says: "A short
time ago. I commenced TO have weak
spells and headaches. / felt bad all
the time. and soon grew SO bad I
couldn't stay up. I thought would die.
At last my husband got me q bottle
of Cardui. and It helped me; 50 he got
some more. After l had taken the
second bottle. / was entirely well.
wish every lady, suffering from
womanly trouble, would try Cardui.
1t is the best medicine I know of. 1t
did me mere good than anything I ever
used"
Cardui IS woman's tonic-a
strengthening medicine for women,
made from ingredients that act s9e-
ctGcally on the vomanly organs. and
thus help 10 build up the womanly con-
stituuon to glowing good health.
AS a remedy for woman's ;lls. II has
q successful record Of over 80 years.
Your druggist sells #. Please try It.
NIB W-,tr TO- Lat.es' Advisory Dept. Cha,,s-
rocva he--Es Co. Chat'sa0-s3. Ie-u-, for NI~CaG!
IGEryIfrfs1ts. EUt 6f-7aze bvr';, Hcne Treatment
isr WoSsen, sert 10 rlsa wrapper. On fe-!u-st.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
MORE BEEF
~ PHIL :. HANER OF THE ILLINOIS
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION.

1t is generally said that 1t Is I'M
profitable to feed cattle here in IlIi-
uois on $50 and s175 land. If you
had been with me last winter, on the
occasion Of a visit to the University
of Illinois. you would have seen q
number OF punches of cattle all fed
in small lots and a profit made on
every bunch OF cattle fed * they
can make a profit here under the
conditions which they must have,
profit can be made by intelligent
feeding on our farms. Not everyone
desires 10 be a stock farmer, since
stock farming has some draw backs.
The live stock farmer works every
day in the year; the grain farmer is
a gentleman in this particular
Although there are drawbacks
there are advantages as well Al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
AN oLD-TINE PRESCRIPTION

Ia a modern product. From time innrne.
sroz.al sage and sulphur have been used
Tor the hair and scalp. Almost every
one knows Of the value Of such cosn'
bination for darkening the hair and max.
Ing It grow. Ia olden times the only way
to get a hair tonic Of this sort was 70
brew It IN the home fireplace, a method
which wax troublesome and not always
satisfactory. Nowadays almost every up
tc-date druggist can supply bis patrons
With z ready % use product, skillfully
compOuaded ia perfectly equipped labOra-
tories. Such a preparation IL Wyethg
SAGE and Sulphur, which as sold By all
leading druggists fox SOC. and $lO0 q
bottle. or which Is cent direct b. ne
Wyerh Chemical Company. "A COrtlandf
St., New YORK City, upon receipt Of DElc4a
For sale auz recommended by tbs
Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

"vERY year the biological survey
- makes a report covering the
progress Of game protection in
the United States. The reports
mark a steady progress In the move
ment for the increase Of game by prop
agation and the establishment Of game
preserves. This years report, just
published, is made by 7. S. Palmer and
Henry Oldys. They relate that the IN
creased popularity Of the automobile
By huntsmen was marked, and the
possibility Of utilizing the aeroplane in
duck shooting was demonstrated by
an experiment in southern California
last November. So far as is known,
this was the first attempt made 10 use
the aeroplane in shooting game.
Another innovation was frowned
upon when q Maine court imposed a
fine upon a nonresident for using one Of
the recently invented silenccrs on his
rife while out after deer This was
the first conviction IN any court for
this new oGense. Another important
court decision was that Of the supreme
court Of Pennsylvania prohibiting the
use Of automatic guns. In Pennsyl-
wanna d4SD the IA" pTOulDlLlnZ Ile
possession Of firearms by aliens was
upheld IN the lower courts, and in con
sequence the disarming Of aliens has
made rapid progress.
A count taken by the American
Bison society shows q total Of 2,10S
pure blood buffalo in North America
as compared with 1917 at the date Of
the last census. made in 1908 of
these 1.O07 are in captivity IN the Unit
ed States, GIG are in captivity in Can
ada and 4Tj are wild The CORE
spending n-ures for 1908 were LIS.
40 and 90. The decrease in the num-
Der in the United States was caused
by the large purchases made by the
Canadian government The total num-
Der Of buffalo has. however, increased
by nearly 300.
The largest herds in private hands
are now those OF the Soldiers Creek
park at Belvidere. Kan: the remain
der Of the Pablo herd at Roman,
Mont; the Blue Mountain Forest as
ISOLATION herd At Newport, y. II: the
Lille herd at Pawuee, Okla; the Phil
lips herd a. Pierre. s. D: the Good
night herd at Goodnight, Tex, and the
Dooley herd on Antelope island. in
Great Salt lake. The outlaw buffalo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
CONSERVATION OF
4 PROBLEM
Automobile and AGrOpIans
Used In Hunting.

VERY year the biological survey
- makes a report covering the
progress of game protection in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

tant acts. Only two retrograde meas
ures are noted-the opening Of sea
son on robins. blackbirds and gulls in
Louisiana and the permitting OF dove
shooting in July in Mississippi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

ing carbolic acid. Ethel, the elder
girl, realized what her father was do
Ing and tried To dis4Uade him from tax
Ing the poison, but IN vain. Mrs. He'd
rick left her husband six weeks ago.
but later returned Sunday morning
the couple quarreled and separated
again
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
90 LIfe sefore chllaren.

Rockford. Aug 29.-Ira " Hedrick,
desperate because he had been desert
ed b. his wife. ended his life IN the
presence Of his little daughters By tag
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
To those going Housekeeping

Here is an exceptional as well
as UNIQUE offer. First and. fore
most we will sell you yourSoutfit
on an absolute 80 days free trial.
Send the goods home, see fthem
in vour home and if not Iabso-
lutely satisfied we will cheer
fully exchange any article that
does not meet V our approval.
We will give you from u 20 Is
months, if salts fed. to paw for
same. We charge no interest
and the payments can be made
monthly or weekly with no more
hardship than paying house
rent. We further agree th;tt in
case of loss of employment or i'll
health to carry your account as
long as may be required. That
is why this store is always
crowded; that is why once
Summerfield customer, always a
Summerfeld customer. The
thousands of pretty homes fur
nished by us in the tri-cities are
our best advert isements. Ask
your ncighbors and friends and /,
come and do Xix ewise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29
Results of Experiments.


II IS yet too early 70 determine the
outcome Of most Of these experimental
measures. though negative results APP
pear 10 have followed the liberation OF
partridCes in New Jersey, Mississippi
aud Tennessee. During the year. how
ever. IT has developed that the plant
ing Of 900 pbes SAINTS in Kansas three
or four years ago has been entirely
barren Of results and that Of nearly
10000 pGrtrIdces iberat ed in Connect
cut ~ 1905 and 1909 about 10 broods
remsined IN the fan OF 1909. which
have since diminished and We're prob
ably finally destroyed by the severe
weather OF December. 1910 In the
case Of the Connecticut parrridges, the
fact that shooting was prohibited for
only one season largely accounts for
their diSa ppearance.
In Indiana pheasants, which have
been introduced for twelve or thirteen
years. have yielded only fair results,
while through the last few years IN
PRODUCTION Of Hungarian partridses
there are. according 70 a recent esti-
mate. 1000 OF these birds on the leo
HAf-ctA = - 80 ~ tOAAAaNAH WIN
farmers Phessants have increased in
New Jersey rs the result OF three
years planting. and partridges in Ne
braska from 10 pairs put out by the
state n 1907 augmented by $1,000
worth liberated by ranchers early in
1903. Chinese pbeSssnts, introduced in
Idaho in 1905 and 1902. have become
established wherever fed and other
wise cared for. Delaware shows only
negative results from 100 pairs OF part
ridges distributed in 1909
The importation OF foreign birds and
mammals shows q slizht increase one
OF the largest single shipments ever
reported came into New York from
Hamburg IN a vessel which brought
II -G61 ca1arles and other nouEame
birds IN one lot consigned to a New
York importer. The chief importa lions
Of mammals were japanese dancing
mice and monkeys or various species
Two monEoose from Havana were de-
MED admission. The game protection
legislation in 1870. though small IN
laws passed. Included several inner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-29

1.-THE news all the .ine-The Argus
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-17
JACK BURKE
Is IN TEXAS.
FORMER SOUTHERN CHAMPION
IN HOUSTON.
Story of Some Famous
Ring Fights.
Rouston Daily Post.)

Houston Daily Post)
Jack Burke, the former idol of the
Houston fight fans and the man who
fought Andy Bowen of Galveston ITO
rounds to a dray, is back in Houston
and intends to make this his home for
for some time to come He Is In
tending to start a physical culture
school in this place.
The sight of Burke's genial face
brings back recollections of the old
days nearly twenty years ago. At
that time Burke was in his prime and
making many friends wherever he
went Tom Mongan was then light
weight champion of the South. hailing
from Galveston There was great ri
vziry between the two cities, Calves
ton and Houston in all sports and it
cut the Houston fight bugs to the
quick TO have a real champion calling
Galveston his home. About this time
Jack Burke drifted into Houston and
after his record was investigated he
was signed to fight Mongan at GAL
weston The followers of the game in
this city were confident of having at
last found some one that could beat
Morgan and about 500 took the trip
to Galveston to see the fight.
The fight went forty-three rounds.
fifty Two minutes. Morgan began to
get tired and seeing that he could do
nothing with the Houston fighter. be-
gan to lose courage. In twenty-sev-
enth round his gloves were cut open
and he asked that the fight be stop
ped but Burke insisted that the fight
go till one or the other should have
earned q decision. so O. new set of
gloves was brought IN and the fight
was resumed. In tle forty-third
round Burke got in heavy punch
that foored Mongan for the count.
From then on nothing was too good
for Burke. When he arrived in Hous-
ton he was met by a brass band and
a delegation OF the citizens and pa
rade and banquet were given in his
honor. He was also presented with a
diamond medal as an emblem of the
championship This medal has twice
been stolen, but always brought back
One time when Burke was in his
dressing room at the Peoples theatre.
Chicago. where he was taking on all
corners, the medal was stolen from his
trunk He heard nothing of it again
for q year and a half when, on walk
ing down the street one day, he spied
the diamond in a pawnshop. He i'm
mediateiy went in and got 1t back.
Some tine later Burke went to New
Orleans to train Tommy Ryan for his
fight with Danny Needham. On the
afternoon OF the fight Ryan was sud
denly taken sick, and. rather than
crowd Burke offered to go in and
take his place. He lost the decision
on account OF not being in very good
condition. but he put up such a game
fight that the purse. amounting to
IS coo was split between the two men.
This was the first time Burke had ev-
er received a large purse for fighting.
six. months later Burke fought An
DIV Bowen 10 rounds in New Orleans.
one OF the longest fights in the his
tory OF the prize ring. The fight was
"A draw. both men being SO weak at
he end that neither of them could
have killed a fy- Both of Burke's
arms were injured. causing him so
much pain that cocaine had to be in
tocted INTO them between rounds to
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-17
PRES. TRACY CALLS
CONN. LEAGUE MEETING

President Tracy has called special
meeting Of the directors Of the Con-
necticut League OF Baseball Clubs in
Hartford next Monday afternoon. Ac-
cording to the notice sent to Manager
McCann, the meeting is for the pur-
pose OF making some changes In the
schedule and to transact any other
business that may come up. It is re-
ported that President Tracy Is not sat :.
fsf1ed with the way the Hoey case has
been handled. Durant OF Waterbury
agreed to sell the outf1elier to Dan
ONeil, and President Tracy was to-
name the price to be paid for the
player. This was a few days before
the new owners secured the Water
bury club. Durant, ONeil and Preei-
dent Tracy have received a terrible
boiling all over the circuit for this
case, as 1t looked like an attempt to
himf1am the youthful waterbury man
ager, who was regarded as a tender
foot owing to his extreme youth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-17
JEANETTE DEFEATS
BARRY IN DULL BOUT
Leach Cross Rallies Knocking
Gut Joe BedelI in Tenth
Round

New York, March 17-Joe Jeanette.
the colored heavyweight, made Jim
Barry play the part of cart horse
in their ten round encounter last ev-
ening at the National Sporting club.
Barry was the offender. He was in
anything but condition ard went in
the ring with the intention of staying
minutes for a little piece of change.
The first four rounds were so poor
that Tom O'Rourke manager of the
club rushed to Barry's corner aud
told his handlers that If Barry didn' t
do any better he would stop the fra
cas-
Jeanette did all the work He ~'as
in and out, all over. and planted a
hundred rights to Barry's jaw. The
latter stayed the limit, for the rea-
son that Jeanette carries no WALTON.
After ORourke issued his uitimatum
Barry loosened up and tried to fight.
He managed to get his right and left
en- Jeannette's head at the same time
in the fifth, and the dusky boxer drop
ped to his knees for a second He
evened matters with Barry before the
end of this period.
In the next five rounds it was case
Of hit and clinch. Jeanette kept polk
ing his right to Darry's jaw. and at
times getting the left strong to the
body. Barry made all kinds Of iudi-
crous efforts to land, but he was as
wild as a swinging sign in storm.
New York, March IA sensational
rally n. the tenth round, when nothing