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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Those folk around here who have
been wishing that they could spend the
hot nights in a cold storage chamber
are probably glad that they didn't set
the chance in view of the experiences
of the X. S. A. c. professor who was
accidentally shut up in one for four
hours at the Seymour Packing com
pany's plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Two Michigan towns are in ashes
and still burning. This is not only a
catastrophe, but a good field for the
followers of economic science. Gent
who gets formula and distributes the
ashes that still burn, may solve the
Topeka fuel problem.
Did YOU take the children to the
circus-not because you wanted to
go etc. So did we, so did we.
"As a matter of matrimony" says
Edna. NAT is a Joke" Conceded, of
course, but Edna should give him
credit for so much: that it is not ev-
the same old joke on four different
females.
Having observed that a dislike for
water never Keeps 'em out of the pool
rooms, we feel constrained to mention
1t takes two to make a bargain.
That's the reason they take two cents
off the marked price of an article. and
make a dollar incidental a 9S-cent
bargain.
(Rather decayed joke. mace paw?
Diagram, monkeywrench, oil can and
screw driver furnished upon appli-
cation.)
To the boss of the house: If you
suspect the lesser half of being par
TALLY petrified. PROFOUND him this
one: request him to repeat rapidly
and clearly, three times in a row:
"Wa1la Walla Washington If he
gets the exact number of WIS and LIS
his alibi is complete
A Hutchinson man was robbed three
times in one day by three separate and
distinct skin games. It would take a
commission to decide whether he is a
boob, or simply acquiring a new habit,
so this department, not being a COM
mission, refuses to comment.
Having been crowded out of her lit
tie red White House barn, it is no
more than fitting that Pauline, the
Taft milk supply, should find quarters
with the quarter master, (Officer, call
Main 23.)
It is stretching a point to call a
bathing costume immodest if it
shrinks from exposure
The minor fraction and the decimal
point have been overworked recently.
Both are in great demand for meas
urements of Kansas rain.
Ten years ago today it was los by
the government Thermometer and the
bowling populace thought it was
HOT.
And, possibly, it was.
| But, he who borrows trouble always
pays an usurious rate of interest, SO
| let's forget it.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

John D. Rockefeller played a game
of golf on his seventy-second birthday
Much prominence has been given to
that fact as though it was something
most unusual that man of that age
should be vigorous enough to trapse a
mile or two over a patch of ground
easy to travel and occasionally take a
whack at a little ball with a light club.
Right here in Topeka is a man seven
ty-eight years old who puts in nine
hours a day at work for five days each
week and on every Saturday he works
eleven or twelve hours on his job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Senator Cummins may be getting the
notoriety he so loves in placing techni-
cal obstacles in the way of an early
date being set for taking final vote
in the senate on the Canadian reci-
procity bill But he is sadly mistaken
If he fmagines such actions on his part
are adding anything to his political
prestige
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Up in the air 10.761 feet went a
French aeroplanist. but he was for
tunate enough to miss the chance Of
making a fall from a record height.
This record is still held by a German
aviator who has been buried for some
time. 1t is about the only aviation
record held by the Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

With the present spell of hot wealth
er in these parts that undesirable citi-
zen, old General Humidity. has also
put in an appearance and is making
his presence felt. Bad cess to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

In summing up the case against See,
Chicago's Absolute LITER, of dissolute
ways. the prosecuting attorney re-
marked that the testimony at the trial
had been of a nature which probably
would not be heard again in many
years. It's to be hoped not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Uncle Sam, or some one of his min
ions, is getting altogether too paternal.
The Apache Indians on a reservation
in Oklahoma have been forbidden this
year to hold the usual coming out
parties and dances in honor of the
young girls of the tribe who are old
enough u make their debuts- And the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13
FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
tnfee-ranh report Of that great news or
wanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires Tor this sole pUr-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

a SOL COLIIMBuS.


10 year old South Carolina boy,
Jerry Moore, is attracting country
Wloe attention, and with good reason,
TOT ne accomplished something which
the farmers of ten years ago would
have deemed impossible. when he
grew 22S busheIs-count them, 22s-
on one acre of land. Young Moore's
achievement is no small thing and the
credit he is receiving is justly his. won
by continued application of brains and
muscle. From a swamp near his home,
he hauled hundreds of loads of rich
soil and scattered it over the land,
intended for corn; then he gave to the
crop the most careful attention
throughout the season. A simple
thing to do, perhaps. but the results
would have made any farmer proud
and the 3 year old boy who discov-
cred the secret of making four or five
bushels of corn grow where but one
grew before can enjoy some of the
ecstatic feeling of Columbus. when he
beheld the new world. for the discov-
cry has opened up a new world for the
farmer in his own fie1ds.-Salina Jour
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13
KANSAS AND THE MAN.


To the human atom whose world
is bounded by the sweep of his out
stretched hands in their grasp after
wealth the plains of Kansas may seem
but a dreary waste.
Yet amid these billowy waves of
green the heart of nature beats
strongest, and she teaches the elder
scripture, undefiled by man. To him
who reads comes wealth and know
ledge and wisdom. Below the grass
roots he finds a store of coal and ore
and oil and salt for his own needs
and a surplus to others; from the
fields, the corn and wheat to fluctuate
the markets of the nation; from her
pastures the live stock to dominate
the worlds second packing center and
from her alfalfa, natures choicest
benediction.
With these has grown the man him
self. Through adversely he has found
the wealth beneath the sod; developed
a new agriculture whQ-e none was;
lifted his state to a royal sphere and
made himself a Kansan.@I. D. G.. in
the Kansas Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

1t takes two to make a bargain.
That's the reason they take two cents
off the marked price of an article. and
make a dollar incidental a 9S-cent
bargain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

LAS a matter of matrimony," says
Edna. NAT is a Joke" Conceded, of
course, but Edna should give him
credit for so much: that it is not ev-
cry man who succeeds in perpetrating
the same old joke on four different
females.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Having observed that a dislike for
water never Keeps 'em out of the pool
rooms, We feel constrained to mention
it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Two Michigan towns are in ashes
and still burning. This is not only a
catastrophe, but good field for the
followers of economic science. Gent
who gets formula and distributes the
ashes that still burn, may solve the
Topeka fuel problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

s'You are in favor of a safe and
sane Fourth of July?' Yes" replied
Mr.. Growcher. I'VE ought to have
that kind of a day at least once a
year. Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13
HUNOR OF THE Day

A Unconstitutional (annoyed) /:
Why do you want me to go with you
You know I detest shopping. Wife:
Oh, you won't have to shop, dear
You'll merely pay the bills.-Ex-
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

"I've been sent downtown to buy a
taboret. What's that?" Don't you
know? It's one of those things that
stand about shin-high in the dark
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

(Rather decayed joke. mace paw
Diagram, monkeywrench, oil can and
screw driver furnished upon appli-
cation.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Did YOU take the children to the
circus-not because you wanted to
go etc. So did we, so did we.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

s'Why have you had those masks Of
comedy and tragedy placed in your
hall p why, I am an actor. you
know" "Oh, 1 see. You have no
other way of letting the fact he
known. Chicago Record-HeraId.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

But, he who borrows trouble always
pays an usurious rate Of interest, so
let's forget it.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Meeker: This paper says that mud
baths will cure rheumatism. Seeker:
Nonsensel I've run for Office three or
four times. and it didn't do me a bit
of good.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Shakespeare was wrong in believ-
ing the world to be a stage" yes,
it's more on the order of a courthouse
full of trials, you know."-Chicago
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Ten years ago today it was los by
the government thermometer and the
bowling populace thought it was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

To the boss of the house: If yoI
TALLY petrified. PROFOUND him thi:
one: request him to repeat rapidly
and clearly, three times in a row
'Walla Walla Washington" If he
gets the exact number of WIS and L!
his alibi is complete.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

your own baby. If you have one"
advertised the enterprising photog-
rapher, "can be enlarged. tinted AMI
framed for 1915 per dozen. Metro
politan Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Mr.. Cleverton: You saw some old
ruins in England this summer, 1 sup
pose? Miss Struckett- Rich: Yes, and
one of them wanted to marry me-
Princeton Tiger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

And, possibly, it was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

The minor fraction and the decimal
point have been overworked recently.
Both are in great demand for meas
urements of Kansas rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

A Hutchinson man was robbed three
times in one day by three separate and
distinct skin games. It would take a
commission to decide whether he is a
boob, or simply acquiring a new habit,
so this department, not being a COM
refuses to comment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

It is stretching a point to call a
bathing costume immodest if it
shrinks from exposure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

Having been crowded out of her lit
tie red White House barn, it is no
more than fitting that Pauline, the
Taft milk supply, should find quarters
with the quarter master, (Officer, call
Main 23.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-13

She: Papa saw you going into
saloon today, George. He: No, re
didn't. She: Why are you so certain
He: I'd had to pay for another drink
if he had.-Truth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
REMARKABLE CASE
OF AN EX-CONV|CI
Is This Man George A. Kimmel,
or Is He the Prince of
Impostorsf
CLAIMS MEMORY LAPSE
Weird Story Of Man Released From .
New York Prison Who Claims to
Be Former Respected Citizen Of
Michigan Town.

Niles, Mich.-The first picture shown
herewith is that OF George A. Kimmel.
and was taken Is years ago. The sec
ond is that of Andrew J. White. who
claims to be Kimmel. and who came
from Auburn Prison to prove his iden-
tity to Kimmel's family.
George Kimmel was reported to have
died, and his mother and sister tried
to collect $4,000 insurance on his
life. Then the man in the second pic
ture turned up in the Auburn peni-
Tertiary and the insurance company is
trying to substantiate his claim. The
man has given some evidence of a
knowledge of Kimmers family and
friends. but his supposed mother says
he has also shown extraordinary ig-
norance of some thing which he should
remember; and she does not recognize
him as her son. though she will not
say be is fraud without further In
vestigation.
Thirteen years ago George Alfred
Kimmel disappeared from Arkansas
City, where he had been employed in a
bank. though several years before that
he had left his home in Michigan and
had never returned to visit his family.
From the day of his disappearance
and up to a brief time ago when an
Auburn penitentiary convict about to
be released announced that he was the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
Authority ls Bitter Against Present
Methods In Vogue IN Public
ScbooIs-

Mr.. Forrest Morgan in a spirited
protest against simpIif.ed spelling, "
writes to the Springfield Republican
to place the blame for bad spelling
where in his opinion II belongs MT
Morgan denies emphatically that the
present spelling Is responsible for
most Of children's slow learning and
bad spelling Of words There Is not
one per cent OF truth In this Much
Of II at present is due to The incred.
IDLY imbecie system so widely preva-
lent. OF teaching words without the
alphabet. producing millions who can.
MOI use a dictionars OF a cataIog or
an index 10 concordance because
they do not know the order of the let.
ters-wifness any library school
more to the disuse OF spelling lessons
and competitions: the rest is nature
IN all countries and times. and Is just
as true OF foreign children with theiE
own languages as Of ours They and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
|l|5 FAMOUS
All | HIIEpllyg ! |!
ALBERT PAY5ON TEPH6ht
Tanlrnany

Tammany--Indian war chief. saga
more. sachem and friend OF the white
man--is best remembered today by
the society that bears his name. But
he was famous century before Tam
many Hall was built
Historians were few and amateur
romancers we're many In the Pennsyl-
vania wilderness OF olden times. So
for one true story OF the great Tam
many there are 20 fanciful legends.
And oftentimes 1t is hard to separate
fact from fancy in telling OF the old
sagamore's career.
Tammny was ruler OF the Delaware
indians early In the seventeenth cen
fury and was leader of the Lenni-Len-
nape confederation Of New York aud
Pennsylvania tribes which in those
days waged eternal warfare against
the fierce six Nations" and the saw
ages who lived on and around Manhat-
tan island He was king. rather than
chief. and ruled his wide domain
wisely In various native dialects ne
is called Tamenand. Temane. Tam
inent and Tammany. His huge pal
ace-wigwam" is reported to have stood
upon the site Of Princeton college.
Welcomed William Penn.
When William Penn and his fellow
Quakers landed in Pennsylvania. with
charter to settle that region. 1t was
Tammany. according to most accounts
who first greeted the great English
man and who made him and his com
panions welcome guests of his ma
ton" Tammany 1t was who smoothed
the way for the newcomers and. IN
duced the neighboring tribes to receive
them peacefully. He is said to have
been a party to Penn's celebrated
treaty with the natives. and to have
cemented so close a friendship be-
tween Quakers and red men that.
while EngIish-lndian wars waged con-
stantly in nearly all the other colon
les. Pennsylvania was immune from
bIoodshed
So mighty was Tammany and so
deeply revered that his tribesmen in
later years were wont to bestow his
name upon any person on whom they
wished to confer special honor. The
indians looked on him as sort OF god
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17

missing man his family and friends
had DO word of any kind from him.
and the general opinion was that be
was dead Seven years after her sons
disappearance Kimmel's mother in
0tuted suit In the ST. Louis courts for
the insurance which she held on his
life. A jury rendered a verdict In
her favor and declared Kimmel to be
legally dead and upon this verdict one
company paid Mrs. Kimmel on $1,000
policy Another company which car
ried a $4,000 policy fought the claim
and carried the matter to higher
courts Meanwhile this latter company
directed countrywide search for Kim
mel and finally announced to the court
that the man had been located In Au-
burn prison
Friends from this city went east
after Kimmel. when word was received
that be had been found and they ac-
companies him from Auburn to Niles.
having sent word Immediately to his
relatives that there wasn't a doubt in
their minds as 10 his identity
The ex-convict gives rather hazy
but not unccnvincing account OF his
wanderings since be disappeared in
1898 He said: Il left Niles many
years ago to go into business at Ar
kansas City in 1898. and while In st
Louis at that time ! was 'slugged' by
hold-up men. and for long time my
memory was quite bad ! must have
wandered much while in this condi-
ton. and eventually brought up In
New York have little to say about
the trouble ] got into which made II
necessary for me to leave Arkansas
City or the mixup In New York. which
resulted IN my being sent to prison.
but ! was not responsible at either
time. and do not think that should
be judged for that feel better now
than ! have for 10 years"
The man. who. BY the way. was con-
victeG and sent TO prison under the
name Of White. claims that during his
years Of prison life his mind was so
ciouded that anything he had to say
as to bis real self was regarded as the
mers wanderings Of an irresponsible
person. and that II was impossible for
him to proclaim himself as Kimmel.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
KICK THAT SAVED A LIFE

While running his train out of
Dent, Mimi, the other day. W. A,
Beardsley, engineer on freight train.
saw what seemed to be a blue parcel
lying between the rails about twenty
car lengths ahead. But 1t turned out
to be a child. who arose and sat down
on one of the rails. The emergency
brake was applied, but It was impos-
sible to stop in time. Beardsley ran
out on the pilot. intending to pick the
child up. He reached The pilot too
late, but had time to extend his foot
and kick the child on the rail and
down the embankment The train was
stopped. the child picked up and
brought back to Dent A doctor was
summoned and It was found that the
child was unhurt except that II had
bruise where the engineers shoe
had struck L.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
THE RIGHTEOUS YEA YEAS"
Queer Religious Sect In Indianapolis
Wanted to Boil! 6acksIIdIna
Member In oil.

indianapolis. Ind.-Wandering in a
dazed condition. Nick Moore. thirty
nine years old. was picked up by the
police here recently. He said that he
had been living with a strange band
OF spirituaIists. who call themselves
Yea Yeas. He joined them. he de-
clared. agreeing to their code that II
he made two mistakes he would be
put to death.
Boiling in oil was the penalty for
breaking rules. Things went along
smoothly for Moore until one day he
happened to call two OF his associates
by their last names. Moore says that
on Tuesday the Yea Yeas decided that
he should be put to death on that ac-
count. They were getting ready FOR
the mortuary ceremonies when be
says he found chance to escape.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
BIG APE ATTACKS OFFICER
Huge ourang-outana Broke From His
Cage on Ship and Had to
Be Killed.

Charlestown. Mass.-A thrilling fight
between giant ourang-outang and
hal: dozen men was described by the
officers of the British steamship Pa
than. which arrived here recently from
the far east
One day when the vessel was emery
ing from the Mediterranean into the
Atlantic the ourang-outang wrenched
the steel bars loose and made It's way
on deck Mr.. Peddsy. the purser. was
alone on deck and was leaning against
the rail. unconscious of impending
danger Stealthily the animal ap-
preached and in moment was on the
purser's back. its paws closing on his
throat Mr. Pedday's screams brought
the second officer. Mr. Wilcox. and sew
erai sailors to the scene. Mr. Wilcox
picked up heavy Delaying pin and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17

about 1t. Dillon proceeded with his
work. and while STOPPING over shoe
ing fore foot the animal seized him
by the pants with its teeth and threw
him twenty feet He alighted on an
iron floor with such violence that the
teudons OF one leg were torn loose
and his left knee was fractured so
that he is still compelled to walk on
crutches though the injuries were sus-
tanned last May. He alleges he will
be cripple for life and asks damages
In the sum of $4,000 The defendant
is the estate of the late Elijah B.
Martindale of Indianapolis.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
FEArs OF A GIRL PRODIGY

A wonderful girl is winlfred s
stoner. daughter OF Savannah sur
geon. who. the American Magazine
states. was taught TO operate a type
wrirer when three years Of age and
at eight was writing poetry Mrs
Stoner began to train her In linguistic
ability with the result that today.
though not yet nine years old. Wini-
fred can carry on q conversation In
English. French. Spanish. Latin and
Esperanto She was far advanced in
Esperanto at four She has already
written play 10 Il. and many poems.
and at the international Esperanto
congress last year her proficiency as
an Esperantist occasioned widespread
comment
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
7 OUTOFThEORpINARI !
nh q

bear in combat with his pet mule
Contrary to the established custom
the mule was using his front feet In
the battle and peppering bruin a regu-
lar tatto over the head. One savage
slap by the mule broke one OF the
bears front legs and the bulky animal
fell PROSTATE. Then the mule re-
versed himself and let loose the death
dealing assault from his hind quar-
tiers. The bear died shortly after
Shawley reached the scene. 1t weighed
262 pounds and showed the marks OF
eight bullet punctures.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
EGG Shower for Pastor.

Millsboro. Del.-Rev J H. Gardner
pastor of the Methodist church. who
has been attacking speak-easies which
he alleges exist in the town. his fam
lily and several visitors. while sitting
on the porch Of the Gardner home.
were bpmbarded with eggs by un.
known persons. Mrs. Peter Shockley
one OF the visitors. was struck by an
egg. amp a shower of eggs fell on the
porch ahd lawn The athletic preach
er andf some other men chased the
egg thfowers into lane and cap
tured ole.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
MOVING LAND IN FRANCE

One OF the broad slopes Of Mont
Gringuez. France. is reported to have
become detached from its foundations
and to have moved over a distance OF
nearly a quarter OF a mile. carrying
with it the soil. meadows and woods
and covering up in its passage roads
and bridges that stood in the way A
chestnut grove has travelled 500 feet
without suffering any apparent dam
age. but many small lakes have beer
formed by the damming Of the waters