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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
Tried DARING Holdup'

st. Joseph, Mo.--A daring a.,o% ,,ns.
to hold up the cashier of the u,' .as
room at the Union Depot, whlle y ,,od
thronged with people, was rus 10
by one of the diners, who rus"s ru,.rio
the aid of the cashier An ,aly
Monico, after he had been u rob
slugged with blackjack by 'nv aed
ber. The robber then turned "D soom.
through the crowded wal'lnS He
with 100 persons in purSu'"
escaped in the crowd.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
John Smith Wed Five.

Los Angeles, Cal.---Five women
and there may be more-are seeking
one John Smith They say they were
married to Smith. He has escaped
arrest so far because of his name
The wives hail from the Atlantic to
st. Louis, and thence to Sabinal
Texas, and the weddings date from
1887 to last week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

An outside umpire declares that
New York has cleaner streets than
Chicago But the western metropolis
is not to be outdone in something su-
perlative. 1t has smaller mosquitoes
than New York ever dreamed of. and.
moreover, they are a self.culture. So
honors are even.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

A western railroad has announced
that It will employ no more girls as
stenographers in its departments,
owing to the tendency II finds in the
girls to get married. Odd that this
railroad is the first to make the start
ling discovery of this tendency.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
400 KILLED; 200 CAPTURED.
Deposed shah's Brother Reported
Routed In Battle.

81. Petersburg.-A Teheran dis
patch says that. according to Govern
ment advices, a great battle was
fought at Nobaran, so miles from
Teheran. Salar-ed-Dowleh, brother of
the deposed Shah, lost 400 killed and
200 captured, in addition to Z big
guns. He retired in the direction of
Hamaian, to the west, the Govern
ment troops pursuing him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
ARMY'S FOOD HIGHER.
War Department Finds Allowance
Must Be Increased.

Washington. - The government
will have to allow more for the feed
ing of the men of the army owing
to the increased cost of living.
Commissary General Sharp an
nounced that the increased cost Of
foodstuffs will make the allowance
per man per ration for the next year
1886 cents, against 1885 ration
during the present year.
The difference in the cost of the
ration is important. The total cost
of feeding the army last year was
$9,100,O00.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

Paris.-The Mathis Athens corre-
spondent says the telegraph official at
Vonitza, Greece, wires to the govern
ment that naval battle occurred off
Prevesa at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
Italian warships belonging to the
Ionian squadron encountered a fotilla
OF Turkish destroyers cruising off the
coast OF Epirus. The Italians prompt
ly attacked the flotilla and two Turk
ish ships were badly damaged by
shells. They have gone ashore in the
Gulf OF Arta.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
Turkish rroopshlps Run Ashore.

Athens.-Premier Venizolos says
that he has received a telegram from
Vonitza, saying that Italian cruisers
had been seen pursuing two Turkish
transports with troops aboard, The
troopshlps were run ashore by their
commanders near Preve2a.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
SOLD THEIR BABY FOR s..
Parents, Unable To Give Child Away,
Make Sale.

Howe, Neb.-After they had been
prevented from giving away their own
baby Jefferson Lee and his wife sold
the child, which is 8 months old, to
Homer Howell, farmer, for $5 In
order to make the matter legal, How
ell insisted that the couple appear be-
fore court at Auburn and sign a con.
tract giving him the custody OF the
child The Lees have been travelling
through the State in buggy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

A woman In New York in a hobble
skirt chased and caught a plckpocket
or course, in the interests OF reason
and logic, the hobble skirt should have
brought its wearer to failure. but It
was strictly in the nature Of illogical
femininity that she triumphed, and
criticism is again abashed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
Red Cross Stamps.

Observation-Disclosures of the
so, ,OOO,0 200 Red Cross stamps that are
to be placed on sale in all parts of the
United States shortly before the
opening of the holiday season will be
made from Washington. Instead of
distributing the stamps from the
headquarters of the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis, in New York, they will
be sent from this city.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
WALKS TO FRISCO IN 90 DAYS.
Bert Meyer Ends His Stroll From
Coney Island.

San Francisco.--For the purpose OF
presenting a letter from Mayor Cay
nor, of New York, to Mayor McCar-
thy, of this city, Bert Meyer, 10 years
old, walked into the City Hall Thurs
day, ending a stroll that began at
Coney Island May g. Meyers actual
travelling time was 80 days, giving him
an average of S3 miles a day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

Sergeant, Ky.-Frank Hall Beaver, a
farmer, carried in load of stove
wood and along with it carried six
foot rattlesnake which he did not
notice. AS he threw down the wood
Beaver was bitten by the reptile. He
Is diving.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
ID GOLD MINERS ENToMBED.
100 Rescuers Trying To Dig Through
80 Feet OF Ice.

Fairbanks, Alaska.-A shaft $50
feet deep in the Shakespeare placer
gold mine on Dome creek caved in,
imprisoning IA miners, mostly Rus
slams. One hundred men are seeking
to enter the mine through an old
shaft. This is plugged with 80 feet
of ice at the bottom. There is pos
sibility that the intermediate shafts
have settled If so, the entombed
men probably are dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
GRIPPING TURKISH FLEET.
Italian Warshlps Attacking - the
Enemys Destroyers.

Saloniki, European Turkey. - An
Italian cruiser has destroyed Turk
ish destroyer in the harbor Of Prevesa,
in Epirus, and landed troops. The
Turkish authorities are sending bat
TALON OF troops to Prevesa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
MAGNITUDE OF THE DlSAS-
TER DlMlNISHES.

According to the latest and most
trustworthy estimates, the num-
Der Of persons who lost their lives
by the collapse of the dam will not
exceed 300. and may fall as low as
$50, the larger number being re-
ported missing.
After an all-day search through
the debris, which, however, has
been little more than scratched
on the surface, only 16 bodies had
been recovered.
or the inhabitants Of the town
OF Costello only two perished.
Not more than eight injured are
being treated in the little hos
pital at Austin, which escaped de-
struction because II stands on the
hillside, and all the injured are
expected to get well.
The property loss is put at not
less than s6,00O,00O.
AS the timber in that section of
Pennsylvania is nearly cut out, 1t
is the prevailing belief that Aus
tin will never be rebuilt
Prompt measures were taken to
maintain order, prevent looting
and ward off disease, the State
Constabulary being dispatched to
the scene of destruction and the
State sanitary officers comforting
on hygienic measures.
An inquest will be held some
time this week to fix the response
bility for the disaster.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

Tigers are being trapped in India
by means Of fiy paper. It may not be
a sportsmanlike method, but It is far
safer than swatting them with towel
or a newspaper.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
WOMAN AGED tt3 DEAD.
Lived Alone Last 30 Years and Guilt
waited Garden.

Sergeant, Ky.-Aunt Sarah Hackley,
the oldest woman in Kentucky, or per-
haps in the United States, born near
Albany, N. Y, who for many years has
been living alone in a log cabin on
Puncheon Fork, of Beaver Creek, died
there Thursday She was 113 years
old last June.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
sso tos.o7s For Russian Navy.

st. Petersburg-The naval esti-
mates for 1912, which were submitted
10 the Duma. provide for an expendi-
ture OF SS2,1OS,O7S, an increase Of $27-
eT9,77S over 1911.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

People who wish to drive automo-
lilies in Germany must pass rigid ex-
animation before receiving their
special licenses from the police.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

II is believed that Lake Michigan
eools off Chicago. while It warns the
fruit belt Of Michigan. Could any.
thing be more amiable?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05
WHY ITALY WENT TO WAR.
Foreign Minister Cables Statement To
Consul-General.

New York.-Why did Italy go to
war? Di San Giuliano, Italian Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, has answered
the question in a cable to G. Fara
Forni, his Consul General, here, The
statement recites in detail numerous
alleged instances of injustice cruelty
and barbarity by the Turks toward
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

Never watch an airship. o innocent
bystander, from the track of taxicabs
or street cars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

General Reyes Leaves Mexico.
Mexico City.-General Bernardino
Reyes sailed from Vera Cruz on the
steamer Monterrey, for Havana.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-05

moment the mighty wall of water tore
through the town.
The Dam Breaks.
The dam was built two years ago, a
great structure $50 feet long. spanning
the little valley formed by Freeman
Run and rising to the height of 40
feet. II was OF concrete. 30 feet
wide at the base and said to be con.
structed after the most approved
plans of modern engineering.
ut was a wonderful sight" said
Harry Davis, a Buffalo and Susque'
hanna locomotive engineer, who was
In the little knot of persons near the
dam.
There was nothing to indicate that
the dam was about to give way, and
some one had just remarked about It's
strength, when with shorp report a
hole was burst in the west end. In a
moment water poured through, and
II was Immediately seen that the hole
was getting larger, In a minute It
was 20 feet wide and extended almost
the entire height of the dam. Then
there was another report, and it seem,
cd as IL the whole structure was Civ.
ing way.
with a cry OF alarm I fed to the
nearest high ground and persons
scattered In every direction, II was
apparent that all the great body of
water behind the dam was going out
SOME we're caught, and before | could
tell what was happening the water
was tearing down Freeman Run a
wall 80 feet high and sweeping every
thing before IT,
Fire Follows Flood.
1.-THE sound was deafening. But |
had little time for that. There was
a house close by and I rushed to the
telephone and called the Central in
Austin. She did not have much time
to telephone the alarm, but | think
she did her best. guess she is dead
haven't heard anything about her
since.
II came down 10 Austin as soon as
possible, but it was an awful sight
The water had torn through the place
taking all the principal buildings and
crushing houses like egg shells. Then
the fire broke out. The tlmbers ana
sides of houses were piled up against
the railroad shops, and they were soon
In flames. knew there were men in
the shops how many I cannot say. but
there was no way to help them. They
were probably burned up.
81 don't know how the fire started,
but it seemed as though 1t began in a
score of places at once. The postoffice
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
BROADLAWN.

Misses Nellie and May and Mr..
Louis Ksrsting we're Thursday even
ing visitors at Roy Fuller's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Lorenson were
business visitors at Clifford one day
last week. 4
T. F. Pope and family were Sunday
visitors at the s. F. Pope home.
Alfred Anderson and family were
Sunday afternoon visitors at the B.
A, Kersting home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yarrow Wyborny
wore visitors at the Plane home Mon
day.
Miss Nellie Kersting returned to
Valley City Monday, after q week. S
visit at the B. A. Kersting home.
Leslie Dorrance visited with his
uncle, James Dorrance, and family
from Friday to Sunday.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
WILLOW LAKE.

The Misses Ella Larsen and Lillian
Jenson visited Mrs. r. J. jacobson
Tuesday evening.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Keagel visited
at the Noting home Tuesday.
w. 81. Northrop was a business
caller in Hope Tuesday.
A special town meeting was held at
the Chris Jensen home Tuesday.
Mrs. John Holcomb and Dorothy
visited at the home of the formers
rparents, Mr.. and Mrs. johnson, of
Colgate, several days this week.
Miss Annie Noting spent Tuesday
evening and Wednesday at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. W. j. Smith at Bald
win.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jacobsen were
in Hope Thursday.
Mrs. William Hillerson and the
Misses Lillian Jensen and Eileen N.Y.
DO visited Mrs. Albert Sanden Thurs
day.
The business visitors in Hope on
Friday from this community were Mr..
and Mrs. W. h. Northrop, Ras and
Anton Jacobsen and John Noting
Mrs. Chris Jensen and James Jen-
sen visited at the Peter Wamberg
home Friday.
Mrs. Wilhelm Peterson, of Walum,
visited at the Jens Jenson home, also
at the A. P. Peterson home the latter
part of the week.
The Misses Lillian Jensen and Annie
Noting attended the party given at
the W. G. Sowden home, in Baldwin,
Saturday.
Miss Ella Larsen visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Northrop
Friday evening.
Mrs. Noting and the Misses Ella
Larsen and Myrtle Doyle were in
Hope Saturday.
The Danish Brotherhood lodge was
we'll attended Sunday, large repre-
sentation being from this neighbor.
hood.
Mrs. Chris Jensen visited Mrs
Gammelgard Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jorgensor
departed on Saturday for Canada te
visit their daughter land her family
for few weeks.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06

they'll claw you. So long as you let
girl have her own way she's nice
and sweet, but just cross her and
she'll spit at you worse nor cat.
Girls is also like mules. If girl
don't want to believe anything you
can't make her. If she knows it's SO
she won't say SO. Brother George
says he doesn't like big girls but he
does like little ones, and when I saw
him kissing Jennie Jones last Sunday,
and told him of what he'd said, he
said he was a-biting her cause he
didn't like her. think he hurt her,
for she hollered and run, and there
was big red spot all over both Of
her two cheeks. This is all I know
about girls, and father says the,lsss I
know about them the better off I am.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
Correspondence &C

the result was to adjourn to meet at
the residence of T. G. Anderson on
Saturday evening. April 9Th, and af-
ter that to meet once every four weeks
during the spring and summer. AS
usual games, etc., followed, among
which was performance on several
wind and string instruments by the
Farmers Social Club orchestra, silent
song, ETC., appropriate for April
FOOLS day. A fine lunch was served
and all went home seemingly we'll sat
isfied with the evenings entertainment.
The Club would be glad to welcome
any and all visitors who think they
would enjoy the meeting. Mr.. c. v.
Green will have paper on ''The
Dairy Cow, which will no doubt be
interesting as Mr. Green has had ex-
perience along that line.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
SCHOOL NOTES

Vacation begins Saturday.
Work will begin again Monday,
April l7th.
Six weeks more of school before
Final Examinations.
Miss Mckinney expects to spend
Easter vacation in Valley City.
The Senior class has selected invita-
tions for Commencement programs.
John Carpenter is having another
tussle with "Job's comforters". Poor
John!
Mrs. Wheeler visited the grades in
the High School building on Tuesday
of last week,
Francis Taplin returned Mond ay
after an absence OF two weeks on ac-
count of illness.
Ivan Bailey has left the seventh
grade prior to leaving for his future
home in Montana.
The Misses Copps, Whipple and
Iverson are planning to spend their
vacations at their homes.
We are glad to report that Mr..
Brewster has so far recovered from
his recent illness that he has been
able to resume his work.
A. P. Hollis has accepted the invi-
tation of the Board of Education to
deliver the Commencement address
His subject is to be "Riches from
Rubbish
A certain young lady recently re-
marked that the reason why man is
like dough is not that woman needs
him but because he is sometimes hard
to get off her hands.
Miss Ina jefferson entertained in
formally Oh Tuesday evening of last
week in honor of Ray Feight. After
spending very pleasant evening all
returned to their homes at season
able hour.
Ray Feight has transferred to the
Junior class of the Dickinson High
School where he expects to complete
his course. Ray has won many
friends in Hope. The best wishes Of
teachers and pupils 60 with him to his
future home.
| Glass No. 9 of the Congregations
Sunday school held a meeting recent
ly to formulate plans for base bal
team this spring. Mr.. Hitchcock wa!
present to help them organize and i!
ito coach them as usual. Joseph Nc
Cullough was elected captain.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
BALDWIN NOTES

Miss Helen Bate spent Tuesday
evening at the Neil Mckay home, and
had very pleasant time.
Church and Sunday school we're held
Sunday and were very we'll attended.
Several united with the church.
Mrs. George Smith and children
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
George Harris home.
Russell McLennan, after a weeks
vacation 1T home, returned TO Valley
City Monday.
Anna Nelson left Monday for Valley
City where she expects to attend the
Normal.
The first missionary meeting of the
season was held at the parsonage
Thursday and was we'll attended.
Mrs. Will Sowden entertained the
young ladies of this vicinity Saturday
afternoon, it being the first of April.
Many jokes were played and refresh
ments, made up in April Fool style,
were served. All spent most delight
full afternoon.
Alfred Algeo, of Valley City, has
been in the vicinity the past week on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Klink, Anna
Noting and Ella Larsen spent Sunday
at the Nelson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Walters baby
had an attack of pneumonia, but is
getting along nicely.
Mrs. Earl Kelly, who has been seri.
ously i'll for the past two months, is
not much improved.
Roy Smith returned to Fargo Mon.
day, after spending a week at home.
Neil Mckay returned home from
Canada Saturday, where he has beer
for two months.
| Katy and Jessie Mckay spent We'd
nesday evening at the home of Will
Sowden.
Miss Anna Noting visited at th'
McLennan home Thursday and Frida.
of last week,
Miss May McLennan is expected
homo Wednesday from Enderlin for ,
weeks vacation.
Mabls Carlson expects to begi,
working for Roderlck Mckay at Col
gate, Monday.
The Nelson young folks spent Fri
day evening at the Neil Mckay home
Hilda Carlson expects to begin he
work at Mrs. Gilbert Johnson's mex
Monday.
Mildred McMichael, after spendin,
, la week at home, returned to Vale
City Saturday.
Dan Mckay, of Fargo, has beel
visiting John Mckay for the pas
) week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith were Wis
itors at the Nelson home Sunday.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
Boys Composition on Girls.

Girls is the only folks that has their
own way every time. Girls is of sever
al thousand kinds, and sometimes one
girl can DO like several thousand 9TH
er girls if she wants to do anything.
Girls is alike one way, and they are
all like cats. If you rub 'em the
right way of the hair they'll purr and
look sweet at you, but if you rub 'em
the wrong way or step on their tails
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06

When medicine must be given to
young children it should be pleasant
to take. Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is made from loaf sugar, and the
roots used in its preparation give it q
flavor similar to maple syrup, making
it pleasant to take. 1t has no superior
for colds, Group and whooping cough.
For sale by oil dealers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06
BIG ATTRACTION
University Glee Club on
Concert Tour.
Appear at Hope April 18th.

One of the biggest attractions at the
local opera house for several years
will be the University Glee Club, Mon
day evening, April l7th. The Club is
on its sixth annual tour and is bigger
and better than ever before. They are
carrying eighteen men including an
accompanist and four soloists. The
Club is under the direction of Prof
VIM. W. Norton, Basso and Violin
ist, who has splendid reputation as
a director.
Watch for their program and che
personnel of the Club in next weeks
issue.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06

'Our baby cries for Chamberlafn's
Cough Remedy writes Mrs. T. B.
Kendrick, Rasaca, Ga. 1T 10 the
best cough remedy on the market for
coughs, colds and Group" For sale
by all dealers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-04-06

Tickets on sale at Wamberg's Drug
Store Monday, April 10th. Reserved
seats, SOC. Gallery, 35c Children
under IL, 25c.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-24

att HE art of solving. combina-
tiors Of safes by the dclicatd
sense of touch is obsolete, be
cause il is impossible-th
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-24

noon and indnlges in song of the
quality that plcases.
a heart interest story is ''Thc Loop
Hole as presented by Leander de
Cordova and his company of players
The plot deals with an incident in The
careers of capitalist and a district at
torncy, with an alleged forgery by th2
brother of the attorney as the motif.
The oncact drama is the result of col.
laboration with William Hamilton Cline
of Los Angeles. Several western ia
vorites are inclUded in the cast, and
the strong acting of Mr.. de Cordoya
adds TO the telling Of the story.
One of the features of the act oi
Handlers and MillIss is their dancing
and piano playing. These two Young
EngliShmen pride themselves on their
appearance. They dress in brilliant
hued, nobby costumes. There is n
touch of neat comedy in their work
but not enough TO make it comedy
act.
A laughable and skiilfully contrived
act is that of Marcus and Gartelle