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The evening world., 1911-07-13
Hapks knocked Anderson
cod mthe I'd

months between this fight and the pre-
ceding one with Purdy on July = Billy
put In his spare time playing baseball
Because OF the hot weather the nghting
clubs had closed. Picnics were also very
frequent ar und S. ring Valley, and Billy
could nearly always be found among
the crowds that attended them.
On Dec. II, 1906, Papke went down to
Peoria again and fought the original
KA Farmer, whom he put away In six
rounds. earning 500. A month later. on
Jan. Is, 1907, at the same place. the
Spring Valley boy met Tom wallace
ana disposed of him In four rounds. re-
csiving the same amount that ne hso
for the Kid Farmer battle. On Jan. ~
he met the hardest opponent ne had
vet tackled In the person OF DICK Fttz-
patrick. This fight was also at Peoria
Fitzpatrick was decidedly above the
average fighter billy had been meeting
He was q clever boxer with quite a
little science, and a game fighter. Being
a much more experienced man. he was
AHA 10 stand Billy of for the ten
rounds, although Papke earned n de-
served the decision. It was a rafting
rood fight from all accounts. For MS
Billy got $40.
Papke's next battle was practically the
hrst one tina received a mention IN the
Nav York papers. II was with carr
Anderson of Hammond. nd, and was
IN he a ten-round affair. II was also
the first ring fight Papke lad In MS
home town. The men were 10 w,'ch IN
~ Iss pounds. and ~ winner was to
receive 6 per cent. OF the gate rece pts.
rhe battle took place On Feb. II, an
papke had a ~wa!kaway. knocKins
Anderson cold In the very hrst round
3lly got about $500 for his share OF the
ate.
The next man TO face Pa2ke In the
ing was Billy Rhodes, a velterweignt
am Kansas City, NO. Rhodes was a
attling good man, He had fouS u win
Tommy Ryan and with the great Joe
Xoicott. had Knocked out Tony Caponl
he wear previous and was looked upon
as a coming fighter, In fact, II lthoHes
had not met Plpke II Is likey tlat nc
would some DAY have been a champion
rheir first battle tool; place at Peoria,
III. TIE battle went the full route oil
an rounds, but Papke received the de-
,,sion. This was IN March 6. on the
NH of the same month the men met
lgain, this time at Davenport, Iowa,
nd ba.tled fifteen furious rounds to d
RAW Rhodes was never the amt after
hese fights, He became a little quear,
which was probably due to the terrific
,eatings he suffered at Papke's hands
md also to an injury to his head which
10 sustained In a hght AZ Providence
= J.. "'!,n Terry Martin. the Philadel'
INA nRhter.
The evening world., 1911-07-13
Put IOhnnN Carroll AWaH.

Four days after the second Rhodes
fsht Papke met Johnny Carroll at
Poogia. Carroll was an Eastern boy
wbo had fought a number OF good
babies out through the middle West
aa6A.jn New York. Carroll Is now a
bou1Sg instructor In New York. Carroll
~ much heavier than Papk~ being Q
The evening world., 1911-07-13

Al the local mcrmalds will be seen
tonight In the weekly swimming races
and water sports which will he held In
the large swimming pool at stecplechnse
Park. Coney lsla Il.
The evening world., 1911-07-13

TIRE Cardinals got away TO 4 good start In ne
s,rosd a,mr of the douhl, header In the Huh.
bui the best they could 10 was TO play the h'n'
trnm 10 a ten AIMING ~ % u ne.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

During the last twelve years..
nine and half millions of people
have come into this country from
other lands. Nearly one-third of
this number have stopped in New
York to make living, while one
sixth of the total have made their
homes in Pennsylvania One-thir-
teenth of the number found their
way to Illinois and a few thousand
less went to Massachusetts. In
other words, the number of immi-
grants find their way directly to the
great commercial and manufacture
ing centers of the country because
when they arrive they are in need
of work and seek it without delay
Counterfeit.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Various Merchants

One day a man with a downcast
face blew into the village grocer's
place. I've dealt with you many
moons" he said: I've bought your
Goldfish, and prunes, and bread, and
l always paid when | said l would
and you doubtless know that my
credits good. Now I'm out of
work and without a dime, and I'd
like to buy few things on time"
And the grocer sold him a lot of
truck, and he hoped he soon would
have better luck. He told his tale
to the butcher, then, at the dry
goods store to the clothing men,
they all remembered that he had
paid, and they were pleased when
they got his trade and now that
luck for a time had changed, he
found no one of these men eStrang-
ed. They sold him things in their
stately stores, and wished him luck
when he left their doors. And then
the man of the luckless star drop
ped in at last to the booze bazar.
He told his tale; he was all, ali in,
but wanted credit for beer and gin.
His coat was famed by the bar
keeps feet, and he bounced two
yards when he hit the street. -
Walt Mason.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

A poor lady the other day has
tened to the nursery and said to
her little daughter: Minnie, what
do you mean by shouting and
screaming? Play quietly, like
Tommy. See he doesn't make a
sound" OF course he doesn't"
said the little eirl. That is our
game. He is papa come home ate
and l am you
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Edisons New Storage Battery

Edison's New Storage Battery
New York. Juuc 2. Thomas A
Edison. whose "a.uc part Of near
" ever, biz e12r.rin light 3laat in
tn Unl;rl States, attended yeSter.
day afle1uoon Ior the hr,t lime in
hia life session OF the National
Electric Light Association He made
his visit memorable by announcing
that he had perfected d new storage
battery for surface cars and trucks
which wonld rav0'utionize the street
traction business
When asked about the success o?
his storage battery. recently invent
ed, which is now used t. run the
surface cars on Iwenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth street, Manhattan, he
said:
4 have done fer better than that
now and nothing has come out
about it. have perfected a bat
terry which can be recharged in
three or four minutes and which
will run fifty or sixty miles without
being recharged.
ne trouble with the first battery
was that the recharglng took long
time. When charged car would
run all day, but then it took the
better part OF the night to recharge
it and get it ready for the next day.
But have done away with all that.
have now a battery which can be
put into a suit case it is so small
and light. and it can run a car,
truck, automobile or vehicle of any
kind until the power is used up,
and then be reCharged il less than
three minutes, ready for service as
before"
81 suppose" said one of the cleo
trio light men present, that
one of these new batteries could b.
used to take a street car over the
line once or twice and then run
through the recharging station and
out again in three minutes.
That is it exactly" replied Mr..
Edison, with enthusiasm" or there
could be small rechargihg stations
along the line where batteries might
be recharged as much as they need
ed in a minute or less. The beauty
of this battery is that the power
can be put into it in small quaint
ties or large without waste of time
Just as the citizens OF Buckir
emerged from the winters stormy
blast a man from Ethel almost
threw them into a frenZled state
of excitement by displaying
quarter section Fourth of July bill
at the mast head and just as W,
were recovering from the shock tn
Macon Democrat announces tn
SIND day of May in the heading o
their paper. Not TO be outdOne, al
aviator over in California Will
practicing with a biplane collide
with a COW, not the COW that jump
ed over the moon, but a meadow
COW, and during the time that thi
was all happening, R. X. Kline
west of town was kicked in the ey
by sheep. Horrorsl
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

John Day, IS years old, the son
of Edward Day of Shelby county
was accidently killed while wrestling
with another boy of the same age
The two boys were engaged in a
friendly wrestle when the Day boy
was thrown and sustaineda fracture
of the spine which prove fatal in a
short time. The funeral occurred
Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

If your wife entertains? you
build a new home? If you were 60
ing to have a wedding in your fam
lily or if death should visit your
home and take away one Of your
loved ones, would you use a hand
bill setting forth the fact? Or
would you for a moment entertain
the idea of writing it on a bill board
or having it printed on the back Of
a theatre program? Not much.
You would send it to thu newspa-
per which would be very proper and
the editor would be glad to use it as
news item. So if you have any
thing to sell. from a potato fork to
a gold mine, it is just as proper to
advertise it in a paper. The Demo
crat offers you d fine advertising
medium and our prices are very
moderate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Build Now and
Pave the Way to
Future Prosperity.

Success in life depends en-
tirely on the mark you set for
yourself. Aim high and then
work consistently in a straight
line (the shortest distance be-
tween two given points, and
success will crown your efforts.
What could be more worthy
than a comfortable home? Talk
it over with your wife, select a
plan that will suit you and
then start in to build. There's
no time like the present mon
ey is plentiful for honest in
vestment-labor and material
available at the right prices
From our experience in the
lumber business we firmly be,
heve we are advising you wise,
ly you can judge best your
self as to what benefit you vii
lerive by diverting all you
efforts towards a certain goal
When you want lumber w
want to talk with you.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

The Clinton County Democrat has
discovered that next to Sweden the
United States has the largest Swed-
ish population of any country in
the world. This discovery doesn't
strike the editor of the fancy
Traveller as being out of the ordi
nary. Take Ireland for instance"
says the fancy editor. Next to
the United States, Ireland has a
larger Irish population than any
country under the sun."-Milan
Standard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Call E. Y.

When you want your sales cried
and want Col. W. T. Youell, call up
Ebert Yates at the F. & M. Bank
and he will give you dates, Re-
member and call E. Y.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Mr.. ASt0r's Hard Luck

William Waldorf Astor. it may
be remembered" the Chicago Even
ing Post recalls, 'de3erted America
primarily because It was not a
place for gentleman to live in,'
but secondly because CT a disin-
c!inGti0n 10 pay taxes demanded by
the city and state Of New York. In
hi, primary ambition, that of be-
coming a full fiedged English aristo-
crat. he has been disappointed be-
cause no British sovereign has Civ
en- him a title. And it is the irony
of fate that the famous Lloyd
George budget with its heavy in
heritanCe duties is now giving him
even greater vexatiOn than did the
New York assessors. To defea. the
purpose of the budget Mr.. Astor is
preparing to hand over half his for
tune to his son now instead of in
his will. The present chancellor of
the exchequer prepared his bill
with great care to prevent just such
tricks, and we doubt greatly whether
the ex-American will be able to
avoid the tax. In these radical
times it begins to look as If Eng
land as well as America were a
pretty tough place for a gentleman
to live in"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Innocent, But Serves II Year
For Murder.

Boston, June s. 1T is simply IL
years | have lost"
This is the only comment John
Henry Chance had to make today
after his release from Charlestown
Prison, where he served IL years
of a life sentence for murder it has
been found he did not commit.
The real slayer, according to the
confession he made. with the result
that Gov. FOSs pardOned Chance,
was a man now married and living
in Chicago, who was tried and ac-
quilted
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Ants That Cook.

The remarkable habits of the
harvester ants have long been
known to naturalists. Certain spec
les not only harvest and store in
Granaries the seeds upon which
they feed. but actually plant and
cultivate an annual crop of their
food seeds.
But now a still more wonderful
tale is told of an ant which is COM
mon in Dalmatia, Messors bar
barus According to Professor
Meyer of the we'll known forestry
school near Dresden, this ant not
only cuts leaves and gathers seeds,
but actually makes bread or bis
cult.
The seeds are first sprouted,
then carried into the sun and dried
then taken back to the underground
chambers, where they are chewed
into a dough. The dough is then
finally made into tiny cakes. which
are baked in the sun. then carefully
stored for future use.
From these observations it ap-
pears that the art Of cookery is not
wholly confined to the human race
All cooking is done by the sun,
whether in the ripeninG of fruit or
in the baking of bread in a stove.
The heat obtained from fuel is SIM
ply stored up sunlight set free
The Arab and the naive Mexican
speak of ripe fruit as fruit which
has been cooked in the sun. The
ant has somehow learned the art of
sun cookery. the saliva with which
it moistens the grain probably TAX
ing the place of yeast and sweeten-
ing through changes set up by its
influence upon starch. Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

The Fulton Telegraph has this to
say of a former Monroe County boy:
Rev. Crayton S. Brooks former
pastor of the Jefferson City Chris
tan church, and who raised quite
a sensation in the state by a refer
ence made in a sermon to certain
bills of large denomination that was
floating around the capitol, has &C
cepted the call to the pastorate of
the Christian church at Ports
mouth, Ohio, at a salary of $4,000 a
year The Portsmouth church has
a membership of over 1000 and has
1000 enrolled in the Sunday school
to say nothing of the cradle rolf
which is the largest in the world
1926 infants being on this roll. He
has been pastor of the church at
New Castle, Pa, for four years and
has added 700 members to the
church, and since last October there
have been $40 additions. DR..
Brooks was born and raised in old
Missouri and is well known in this
section"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Faithful LaborerS.

There is one class of laborers
who never strike and seldom COM
plain. They get up at five o'clock
in the morning and never get
back to bed until ten or eleven
o'clock at night; they work without
ceasing the whole Of that time and
receive no other emolument than
food and the plainest kind of cloth
ing; they understand something of
every branch of economy and labor
from finance to cooking; through
harrasSed by a hundred response"
bilities, though driven and worried
though reprOached and looked
down upon they never revolt, and
they cannot organize for their own
protection. Not even sickness re-
leases them from their posts. No
sacrifice is deemed too great for
them to make, and no Incompetent
cy in any branch Of their work is
excused. No essays, books or
poems are written in tribute to
their steadfastness. They die in
the harness and are Supplanted as
quickly as maybe. These are the
housekeeping wives ofthe laborlng
men. Elk.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07
RECORD OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.

Colored Americans having been
permitted to be disfranchised in the
Southern States under Republican
rule.
The appointment Of ex-Confed-
crates and Southern Democrats upon
the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
The appointment Of ex-Confed.
crates and Southern Democrats in
the Cabinet by President Taft.
The declaration of President Taft
that he would appoint no colored man
to office who may be Objectionable
to the white people.
Race discrimination permitted upon
the railroads South, and the enact
ment of Jim Grow" car laws.
The removal of Southern colored
office holders in the South from office
and the appointment Of Democrats
and ex-Confederates in their stead.
- With such q record for the ReDub-
lican party to 60 to the country on
in 1912 to capture the colored vote
will be bound to be effective. The
colored voters throughout the coun-
try have opened their eyes, and be-
tween now and 1912 they will keep
them open.-The Bee, Wash. d. G.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07
OUR PROGRESS.

We received One Dollar from a
member of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple-with an order to discontinue.
There are 200 like him, and yet they
stand for advancement. This big
Factor has received the Star since
first issue, and was to pay per Single
Copy. We reached the 2Sth issue
and as he had not refused the paper,
we presented the account-Hence we
stop, 40 cents out. OF course, The
Star can't continue without his sup
port. He has always questioned our
rights to publish. There are many
who cannot afford to pay subscrip-
lions at this time, but are doing us a
lot Of good, and they are worthy of
our columns. We have been fortunate
enough to proceed this. far along fair
lines, and will continue. We force no
subscriptions. Cut off at first notice.
We are independent, and will say
what is right. Our outside circula-
ton is increasing and we have given
to the people of the Twin Cities the
Only Negro newspaper with a special
coIored Christmas number, and it is
the peoples paper of the Northwest.
We are paying our bills and slowly
gaining ground, confident of the CO.
operation of the best element of our
race-and have received fair support
from many of the white race. The
Owner and Editor of the paper has
done his best to publish a clean,
newsy, and up-to-date paper. We
have succeeded. 1t is for the people
to say whether we continue.
All we ask is that you pay for this
paper If you receive it.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07

The time has come for the colored
man and woman to do something for
himself or herself.
When we can have our own depart
ment stores, we can then employ
many of our boys and girls who grad
uate from our high and normal
schools. Conditions are such, at this
time, that make the colored people
purchasers, renters and builders by
suffrage. The white man says that
he will not sell colored people goods,
or manufacture them for colored peo-
pie. What becomes Of our boosted
Independence? What can you do
about it? The colored man doesn't
exercise his independence with his
ballot, which he controls. What can
we do to those who control our com.
modities?
Let us reflect for few moments.
The Washington Bee.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07
PRESIDENT BACKS DOWN
on LEWIS APPOINTMENT.
Members Of Cabinet Object to His
Policy, He Says.

President Taft's policy announced be-
fore the elections which contemplated
the appointment of Negroes to high
public Offices has apparently suffered a
severe change since the elections, says
the New York American.
The intention to make william a.
Lewis, now assistant district attorney
at Boston, an assistant attorney gen.
eral Of the United States Is not to be
carried out. Attorney General Wicker
sham has announced that he has no
need Of Lewis in his department, and
the president has made 1t known that
the appointment will not be made.
Naturally there is some indignation
among prominent Negroes, who charge
that President Taft felt one way about
the matter when the votes Of Negroes
were wanted for the Republican ticket
In Ohio and elsewhere and that he has
shown decided indifference since those
votes were delivered.
Several prominent Negro leaders have
seen the president recently, and he has
assured them that he has not changed
his attitude in the slightest degree, but
that the members of his cabinet object
ed to the policy he had hoped to in
augurate. "
The president had held that the ap-
pointment Of colored men to Office In
the southern states caused friction be-
tween the races in those states and
therefore 1t would be better to accord
recognition to the colored Republicans
by appointing few Of the most prom
inent to high Offices In Washington.
He has carried out one part Of this
policy by making no such appoint
ments to offices in the south, but he
has not appointed any Of them to high
Offices at Washington. The colored
men therefore find themselves almost
without recognition by this administra.
ton.
They do not like it, and some Of them
declare It will greatly accelerate the
movement now in progress to make the
colored man an independent and pro-
gressive voter instead Of a mere sup
porter Of the Republican organization.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07
Peterson, The Druggist
1901 WASHINGTON Ave. So.
TOILET ARTICLES, DRUGS
y PRESCRIPTIONS. :
He S0liCitS Your PATRONAGE. D.

They say that the Editor of the
Twin City Star didn't get anything
out of the election. Quite right
But we continued to issue latter the
campaign"-obligated to no man or
party-but interested in the welfare
of the race. The Editor wears the
little Bronze Button, and came all the
way from Virginia via New York and
Massachusetts,, and burnt no bridges
behind him. He gave to the people
of the Twin Cities Newspaper,
which is recognized and supported by
the best of our race at homeland we
are proud.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07

Mr. P. F. Hale was turned down by
his friends for his former position as
Senate Messenger-and the place
given to a white applicant-knowing
that this means his elimination from
State Politics, we may hear Of Hale
being in right at Washington. Con.
gresham Nye has done nothing for
our race in the 9Th Dist. Where is
his good friend McCracken?
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07
THE PROBLEM OF VOTING.
Lack Of Interest and intimidation Main
Causes, Says Baker.

Lack Of Interest and intimidation Main
Causes, Says Baker.
In his discussion of the question Of
the Negro voter in the United States
Ray Stannard Baker says In the At
lantic Monthly:
First, we shall find many Negroes,
and, indeed, hundreds of thousands of
white men as well, who might vote,
but who, through ignorance or inabil-
fly or unwillingness to pay the poll
taxes or from mere lack Of interest,
disfranchise themselves.
The second difficulty il peculiar to
the Negro. 1t consists In open or con-
cealed intimidation on the part Of the
white men who control the election
machinery. In many places in the
south today no Negro, no matter how
well qualified, would dare to present
himself for registration.
When he does he Is rejected for some
trivial or illegal reason.
Thus we have to meet q vast amount
Of apathy and ignorance and poverty
on the one hand and the threat Of In
dmidation on the other.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.
He Appointment Causes Much Com.
mont In Political Circles.

He Appointment Causes Much Com
mont In Political Circles.
The recent appointment by Presi.
dent Taft Of Associate Justice White
Of Louisiana to chief justice Of the
United States, the highest judicial po,
sition in the government, has created
no small degree of comment In politi,
cal circles, says the Savannah (Ga.)
Tribune. This appointment, were II
not for the fact the gentleman who
has been honored by it is a Democrat,
and that, too, one Of the old school,
would not have occasioned any unnec-
essary talk, but, coming as 1t does at
q time when the Republican ranks are
all distorted and shattered, 1t seems to
carry with it little more than q dis
play Of broad mindedness on the part
Of the chief executive.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-07

The new member of the House from
the 41st Dist, who was elected by
the Negro vote of the 9Th and 9Th
Ward. Rep. Nash has the confidence
of his constituents, and will stand for
our interest. This does not apply to
any personal appointment, but for the
benefit of the entire voters. No man
can afford to disregard the black vote
of the 41st District, and the eyes of