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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
A Big Agreement.

This deal Is one of the bic ones
among the telephone companies of
Indiana. The Winona Company is
the largest Independent company In
this section. having seven exchanges
and over three thousand subscribers.
The agreement will affect the com
pany's exchanges at Plymouth, Knox
Kewanna. Winamac. Monterey, Ham
let and Grass Greek.
Mr.. Putnam and Mr.. Tomlinson
have had numerous conferences dur
ing the past two weeks and the
meeting Friday was the climax of the
other conferences. The beginning of
the end was the meeting Of these
gentlemen with the committee of the
Commercial club at the Ross House
on Nov 10. At that time the situa-
tion in the city and the feeling and
desires of the people were clearly set
forth by the Commercial club COM
mittee ,and this enabled the COM
panles to make better headway at an
agreement.
The conferences between the Bell
and Winona companies have all been
most friendly. Both desired the
same end but there were so many
phases of the matter, (which the
public cannot understand because
they come from an understanding of
the telephone business and telephone
terms) that it of necessity took
time to come together On all the
things affected.
Work on the details of the agree
ment will 60 forward as fast as pos
sible now and the representatives of
the companies expressed the hope
that the contracts would be fully
made and signed by the middle of
December. 1t will be understood that
connections for toll purposes can
not be made until this agreement is
fully consumated and signed by the
two companies. The announcement
will then be made as to what date
toll connections will be made.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Birthday Dinner.

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard See enter
tanned at their home 5 miles east Of
town at a birthday dinner on Mrs.
Mrs. See, it being her SD birthday.
They all did justice to her good
dinner.
The following were present: Mr..
Lert Berkey and family, John Shid-
aker and family, Guy Pifer, Roscoe
Wolfarth, Tina Clara, Ethel and
Carl See.
They all left at late hour wish
ing Mrs. See many more happy
birthdays. She received number
of useful presents.
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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
To MAKE CONNECTIONS
Winona and Bell Companies Agree On
Main Terms of Contract Which, Will
Include All the Winona Telephone
Exchanges IN Four Counties.

Toll line connections between the
Winona and Bell Telephone sys-
tens in the four counties of Mar
shall, Fulton, Starke and Pulaski
will soon be an accomplished fact.
Friday. Mr. Tomlinson, president of
the Winona company and Mr.. ]. L.
Putnam of South Bend, for the Bell
Telephone Co. practically agreed on
the terms under which they viii
make connections for toll purposes,
not only for the city of Plymouth,
but for all the seven exchanges of
the Winona system in the four coun-
ties named.
After Messrs Tomlinson and Put
nam had agreed they gave out the in
formation to the newspapers, and
called in Mr.. A. NJ. Cleveland who
is chairman of the Commercial club
committee, to inform him also of the
decision.
1t was stated that these connec-
items. much desired by the public,
will in all probability De in effect by
Jan. /, 1912, and possibly sooner.
There are a large Aumber of little
details to be worked out between
the companies. which will take time.
These details. however, the repre-
sentatives of the companies believe
will not interfere with a complete
and satisfactory settlement of the
problem; at least. they cannot see at
this time how anything can come up
with will prevent them from carry
ing out their chief agreement, which
is the connections between the lines
at the different points.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Thanksgiving at st. Thomas

On Thanksgiving day Father Twins
will deliver a historical sermon on
st. Thomas church. This day will
be the 50th anniversary of the or
ganization of the church. The
discourse, which will be at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, will cover
the period back to 1888. at 7:3O in
the morning the corporate commun-
ion will be taken.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
C6e
Commercial Club
OFFICERS.

Off lC6kN.
President-Arthur w. O'Keefe.
Vice-President-D. L. McKesson
Secretary-Prosper Ball.
Treasurer. G. Harley.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
COMMITTEES.

COMMITTEES.
Manufacturing and Commerce
c. A. Bondurant. chmn., c. ID. Snoe.
berger. A. r. Clizbe.
Agriculture +. Hoover.
chmn.. Warren McFarlin, F. A.
Forbes.
Railroads and Transportation
J. d. Mccoy, chmn., L. NJ. Lauer,
II. A Logan.
Public Service-A. M. Cleveland,
chmn.. Chas. Reynolds, DIR. R. c.
Stephens.
Membership-K. F. Brooke, chmn.,
DIR. HI. p. Preston, DR.. G, F. Hitch
cock.
Assemblages-Dr. E. R. Danforth,
chmn., Frank Thomas, DR.. H. A.
Deeds.
Advertising-Fred Wenzler, chmn,
H. E. Buck, Percy j. Troyer.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

Mrs. Mabel Thresh of South Bend
is here to visit over Thanksgiving
with her father, James Shaffer, east
Of town.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
A Thankful Spirit

1T Il turkey today,
And the feathers tomorrow.
There's only . step
From rejoicing to sorrow.
Tomorrow We want
What today We rejected;
And tomorrow We miss
What today We expected.
It IL only = step
From rejoicing to sorrow:
But only . day
To gladder tomorrow.
The smiles and the tears
Are uncertain and flckls,
But there's turkey to eat
And the feathers to tickle.
It's as well to be glad
With the joys Of the present,
And not look ahead
To tomorrow's unpleasant,
For smiling is free.
But our troubles We borrow
With TITS turkey today
And the feathers tomorrow"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
STOLEN IsoRsEs RECOVERED
G. A. Eddloman. ltinsrant Ped-
dlsr. Drove Team Over ooun.
try Do1ogo Capture.

The fine team Oft. W. Emerv's.
which was stolen on July q last.
has been recovered, Mr.. Emery
going TO Hanna, Wyo., last Satur-
day to claim his property. Upon
his arrival there he met a Mr. Fin
ley. who stated that he had pur-
chased the team. but before the
check he rendered in payment
therefore could be cashed bis sus-
picion was aroused and he stopped
payment on it.
Eddleman. after his fight from
Holly, went to Trinidad, where his
wife resides, later going to the
home of his father. at Meeker. a
short drive from Hanna.
L. NJ. Eddlemsn, the aged father
of the culprit, is well.to-do far.
mer. and is loath to believe that
his son is implicated in the theft.
Mr.. Emery returned last Mon
day, after disposing of the team
at low price at Hanna rather
than drive it back. and gave the
familiar looking hack to j. W.
Moore. as reward for the capture
of the team.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
EKm n II FAILS.

Your Money Rack II You are not
Satisfied with the Medicine
We Hocommond.
We are 20 positive that our rem.
edy will permanently relieve con.
stipation, no matter how chronic
it may be, that we offer to furnish
the medicine at our expense should
it fail TO produce satisfactory re-
suits.
1t is worse than useless to at.
tempt to cure constipation with
cathartic drugs. Laxatives or ca.
thartics do much harm. They
cause a reaction, irritate and weaken
the bowels and tend to make con-
stipation more chronic. Besides,
their use becomes a habit that is
dangerous.
Constipation is caused by weak
ness of the nerves and muscles of
the large intestine or descending
colon. To expect permanent re.
lief you must therefore tone up
and strengthen these organs and
restore them to healthier activity.
We want you to try Rexall's Or.
deriies on our recommendation.
They are exceedingly pleasant to
take, being eaten like candy, and
are ideal for children, delicate per.
sons and old folks, as well as for
the robust. They act directly on
the nerves and muscles of the
bowels. They apparently have
neutral action on other associate
organs or glands. They do not
purge, cause excessive looseness.
nor cause any Inconvenience what
ever. They may be taken at any
time, day or night. They will pos
it;vely relieve chronic or habitual
constipation, if not of surgical
variety, and the myriads of assoc
late or dependent chronic ailments.
if taken with regularity for rea.
sonable length of time. IL tablets,
10 cents; 36 tablets, 25 cents; so
tablets, SO cents. Sold in Holly
only at our atore The Rexall
Store, Ikelman Bros, Props.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
Avsrts Awful Tragedy

Timely advics Given Mrs. C. Wiihosfhy
Of Mareato, Wis, (R. No. u, prevented
dreadful tragedy and saved two lives.
Doctors had said her frightful cough was
"coasunptoa" cough snd could do
little to help her. After many rsaedie.
failed, her aunt urGsd her to take DR..
Kings New Discovery. have bee.
bees useial il for sess tias." she wrote
"ssd the awfal eosths hes alaost fose.
i also savsd ny little boy whsa taksa .
sewers broachial trouble. " This snatch
less nedieins has % sqssl 6sr threat asd
lung troubles. Priss So and 81 90. Trial
bottle frse. Guaranteed by al druggists.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
Where Were the pash,.,

"This turkey has dots all over It,"
complained the purchaser to the In
genuous Farmer from whom he had
made the purchase.
Blame til" exclaimed the Ingenu.
Gus Farmer, with an air Of childlike
simplicity, II told Marthy las summer
that she hadn't oughter let them tur-
keys roost on them telegraph wires"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

The Railroad Trust brings many
things
From other Trusts to view.
We ring the Trust-made dinner bell
The viands are discussed
We bow in Chair Trust seats, and
vow:
Rewarded 10 each Trust!"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

Patronize home industry and
take The Chieftain. Do these
two things and they cannot keep
Holly from forging ahead. And
your own interests will enhance
in value with the growth of the
section in which you live.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

They got the tur.
key from the
woods.
The pu m p 1 in
from the held; /;
They sang with
praise OF heavy
crops.
And blessed the
splendid yield.
They baked the
luscious pump
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
TINE LIMIT CALLED
Due Notice Herewith That Ven.
cradle Examples Of Humor
Must Be Laid on the Shelf.


For the bsnefit Of . number Of peo
pie who are burdening the mails with
hilarious things about tho Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas seasons. We beg to
mention the following themes. which
are now barred By the statute OF linn.
itations:
Thankful that l am not the tur.
key"
"Got nothing in my stocking until
put 1t on"
Poems about the soldier boy so far
away. who weeps over his hardtack
and sees visions of the folks at home"
(I4iks a. not he has foraged . bet
ter dinner than he ever got at homo
and has won all the money in his
mess at poker.)
Anything and everything about
calling the doctor on the day after
Christmas" (This joke has appeared
regularly since 1774 and should have
been supsrannuated fifty years ago.
"Boardinghouse turkey. Consists OF
neck and giblets." (The average
boardinghouse turkey also has wings)
Turkey appearing in hash for
three weeks" Turkeys are not ele-
phants.)
kissing old maid by mistake un-
der mistletoe." Nothing OF the kind
ever occurred.)
ANY combination of col0red man,
farmers dog and hencoop." (This
idea has been worked over until 1t is
old enough to appear in London
Punch.)
"All allusion to the sultan, to tho
partition Of Turkey, and to the COM
jination of Greece and Turkey" (Let
the poor man alone in his troubles)
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
The Resemblance.

"Yes. We call that old gobbler Abdul
Hamid," said the farmer.
"Indeed" We commented. "And
why. pray?"
because he ID the old Turk in the
lot that We will not b able to get
any money out Of"
Truly. We might have foressen this,
had we noticed the copy OF the funny
weekly In his pocket.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
Daily rhouaht.

For the best and sweetest Is not q
matter of circumstances; 1t is not
even success and love. 1t is being in
tune.-Anna Fuller.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
Thanksgiving Day. isi1.)

We patroniss the
Turkey Trust:
The p u m p kin
Trust for Pie:
OF Sugar Trust and
Butter Trust
And Flourin
Trust We buy;
Cranberries-that's
another Trust
The Egg Trust
gets us, too;
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
Lacking incentive.

How many languish In obscurity,
who would become great II emula.
ton and encouragement melted them
to exertion.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
A Little Problem.

II q marketman buys a turkey for
IL cents pound and sells 1t for Is,
and his hand weighs pounds and the
turkey weighs -. what Is the mans
profit?
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

Cotton suppiants PoppIss.
In some parts Of China cotton IL
supplanting poppies as a crop. because
Of the rigid laws against the use Of
opium,
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

souls are full Of peace. When we as
similate the pies. and other things
well. say wen bless the rhyming
thoughts that rise about Thanksgiving
day.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

IT, what's the odds1
They've got to be, along
with all the rest, We have
to have the poetry, to know
how much we're blest. The
poems may not be so
grand, but all our woes
will cease, When we're
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

b. b. snow; For all about and all
around the poets seize the pen. Like
wise the rhymes they last year found.
and write them once again.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

every tUWH IrOM I1lEgIhl
vile to Extraordinarily. Old Pegasu
they nearly kill about Thanksgivin
day.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

BILLION poems, more or
less, in cadence sad or gay,
Have added to the worlds
distress since first We had
the day-The joyous day
Of giving thanks. and won-
dering for why, Except to
thin the turkeys ranks and
gormandize on pie. In
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17

"All allusion to the sultan, to the
partition of Turkey. and to the COM
',ination of Greece and Turkey" (Let
the poor man alone in his troubles.)
The Holly chieftain., 1911-11-17
HERE'LL be a lot OF jinglir

HERE'LL be a lot OF 1ingiinS
verse concerning mothers
pies, And then some rhyme
4 little worse about the
"sombre skies; Well get
the "sighing of the breeze"
tho dying leaves" and, oh.
For fear that these should
fail To please we'll get tho
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

m GAIN comes the time for balancing accounts and taking
IN stock, with nations as with individuals and corporations.
The passing year has left the peace of our nation unbroken
and its prosperity undiminished Lights and shadows, as always,
have cbeckered the pages of the history that the republic has been
making for another twelyemonth, but retrospect finds the bright
ness prevailing over the gloom. With hope and courage for the
future, our nation, as we'll as State and city, will enter upon the
year of grace 1912. There is every prospect that the story of the
new year will be one of progress, intellectual, moral and material
The nation, as well as the State and city, has it's problems to meet
and these problems loom up as never before. In our city and
State the questions are mainly those of betterment. We must
meet new o changed conditions and provide for increasing needs
of population. In the nation the questions are vital. There is
unrest throughout the country. The public mind has undergone
an awakening. The American people are no longer content with
shibboleths in their policies, They are conscious of grave weak.
nesses in their government. They suffer from the exactions of
organized greed and they feel q sense of bondage from which they
want to be freed. Party ties are loosened everywhere. And the
new year will bring a presidential election campaign in which all
the feeling that has been engendered during the last three years
lens will be satisfactorily solved, the unrest will cease and a new
and better era will dawn, probably before another new year is
nshered in. For us the great problem of existence is simpler than
with any other nation and we have a less anxious outlook for the
future. We have no enemies on our borders, W r not mixed up
in the worlds politics and as long as we maintain our national
defenses W e need not fear foreign aggression. Free from such ap
prehensions we can give our undivided thought to national reforms
and national development. With ilimitable natural resources,
bound1ess private enterprise and "A broad and comprehensive ma
tional policy, we can increase in wealth and in opportunity for the
people at a pace to amaze the rest of the world.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
ARBITRATION THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Mi r. TAFT'S arbitration treaties are virtually dead. It Is
AVN stated that the President intends to make another series
of speeches in advocacy of them, bat it will be impossible
to stir up any public interest, nor will it be possible to change the
Judgment of the Senate, which has already strongly condemned the
treaties as drawn. In this matter Mr.. Taft is singularly astray
in his judgment. He would submit to a foreign tribunal ques
lions affecting the very yials of the nation and take the chances
of having the foreigner abolish the Monroe Doctrine and repeal
our Asiatic exclusion laws, the one to throw open the Southern
American continent to be divided up into European spheres of in
huence and finally absorbed and the other to pull down the flood.
gates of Chinese and Japanese immigration. Roosevelt takes the
rational view of the reciprocity question and he Significantly points
to events now going on in the world to show the worthlessness of
such notions. He has no sympathy with the maudlin sentimentaHty
that would expose our country to future peril. The same class of
people who applaud the arbitration treaties are opposed TO a v
building and coast fertilization. They continually cry out against
the expenditure for war purposes. They want Congress to refuse
appropriations for new batteships. They represent the spirit of
the old China that is now passing away from that country, perhaps
too late to save it from ACKNOWLEDGMENT by the European powers
that Mr.. Taft wants this nation to be tied up to by arbitration
treaties.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30

Mrs. George Kuhn and Miss Roxanna
Van SAINT.
Among those present we're Miss AIDE
line jackson, Miss .Georgianna jack
son, Miss Emma Merkel, Miss Mildred
Muchmore, Miss Edith Putnam, Miss
Cynthia M. McKellar, Miss Mildred
Wells, Miss Eloise Phillips, of East Or
ange; Miss Amy Felmly, Miss Jo-
sephine Hedden, Miss Florence Mat
thews, Miss Georgianna /. Perry, Miss
Elizabeth Sayre, Miss Elizabeth Green,
Miss Christine Van Wagenen, Miss
Jessie Dreamer, Miss Florence Herold,
Miss Florence Hague, Miss Ethelwyn
Pell, Miss Isabelle Warrender, Miss
Pauline Reynolds, Miss Geraldine
Haines, Miss Florence Felmly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Gregory, Miss Dorothy
Clark. Miss Marie VOLTS, Mr.. N Mrs.
Galen j. Perrett, Mr.. and Mrs. Mande-
VILE. Miss Duvaal, Miss Edwina Ward,
Miss Ethel Huger.
Miss Marguerite Metzger, Miss Nam
nette Zehnder. Miss Emma Krementz,
MISS I1ClCD PiOWbb th'oS
hardt, Miss Grace Blevney, Miss Edith
Macdonald, Mr.. and Mrs. John Sto-
baeus, Miss Clara Waoszenhuth, Miss
Johanna Stobaeus. Miss Gertrude Sto-
baeus and Miss MABEL Denton, of this
| city; Miss Alice Buck, of Dover; Miss
Anna Davis, of New York; MI. and
Mrs. williams, of Detroit. Mich; Miss
Minor, of Montclair; Mr.. Robert Wiss,
DIR. William benton Taylor, Mr.. Blew
/ EFT, Mr.. Will Mennen, Mr.. Jackson, Mr..
Seth Metzger, DR.. Charles zehnder, DR..
, Barkhorn, Mr.. Sayre, Mr.. Rutland, Mr..
| Carl Bannwart, Mr.. Albert Clark, Mr..
Herman Herold, Mr.. Fred McCracken,
Mr.. William Stobaeus, Mr.. Carl Hen
erickson, Mr.. Denton, Mr.. Gus Miller,
Mr.. King, Mr.. Haines, DIR. Jean f.
VOLTS, Mr.. Clarence Hedden, Mr.. Per-
kins, Mr.. Raymond Smith and Mr.. Or
lando Dey, of this city; Mr.. William
Moitrier and Mr.. Halsey, of Brooklyn;
Mr.. Thurston Wells, of East Orange;
DR.. Eckstrom, of New York, and Mr..
Frederick H. Buck, of Dover.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
WANTS THE EARTH

TT HERE was impudence in the application of a magazine pro
Ii prietor for an injunction to restrain the postmaster general
from sending magazines by fast freight instead of by fast
mail to their places of destination. The Federal Judge in denying
it incidentally says that the postoffce department has a right to
use an OK team 0 II a dog sledge, so long as delivery is made. But
the applicant for the injunction is one of a few men who prac-
ticaly get a subsidy of from s5OOOO,OOO to $4,000, 900 a year from
the government in the shape of nominal postal rates. They have
fattened so well on the government bounty that, like the stalled
OK, they kick at the smallest provocation. And does Congress in
tend to continue the outrageous subsidy which the people pay by
paying double postage on their letters?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
How Longf


To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
If it takes three years to lay a pave
ment on a street that needs it very
badly at a cost of a few thousand dol
lars, how long will 1t take to build a
subway at the cost of two or three
millions?
Surely this city Ices not need a sub
way any more than Market street
needed a pavement. Our two main
thoroughfares after a rainy day are-in
a terrible condition. They are as ILL
looking as a country road and more
dangerous. A few weeks ago a wagon
loaded with lumber hit one of the holes
on Market street. and only by a mira
Gle was a serious accident averted.
The heavy chain holding the lumber
in place snapped, the load overturned
and the driver was nearly killed. The
heavy load of timber might have
spilled over some of the pedestrians
hurrying along. I am going to ask the
first question: How soon will we have
the subway? CITIZEN.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
SYSTEMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS.

IN ISTRIBUTION of the aliens who come over to seek their
LIZ fortunes, so that they may fit in where they will do best
for themselves and for their adopted country, is the idea
advanced by Professor Fairchild, of Yale, and the government, he
argues, should take this in charge. He would require the imml
grant to choose his destination before coming here, and this to be
stated on the passport. The plan goes so far as to abolish the
ban on contract labor, which would be extremely inadvisable. But
the government can and should meet the immigrant at Ellis Island
and direct him into a field of labor for which he is adapted and
where his labor is needed. AS it is, the average foreign laborer
klts in the congested city and recruits it's slums.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
TIE WLTURE WATCHING CHINA.

TA VENTS in the Far East are developing fast. That a re-
II public can ever be established in China is not believed
by any European chancellery, and as a continuation of
Manchu rule is impossible, even if supported by foreign bayonets,
the outlook is anarchy and chaos in the huge empire. The oppor.
tunity of feasting on the Chinese carcass is thus presented to the
vulture powers that are on the watch. But now that China has
begun to shake off her ageold letters, will her millions of people
tamely submit to the foreign yoke? May not the predatory powers
bite off more than they can chew?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30

Sfn women IN w ASH
ington is Mrs. Coe
/. Crawford, wife OF
the senator from
Dakota. While
devoting not a little
to the many so
cial duties which fall
a senator's
wife, Mrs. Crawford
has achieved an en-
viable reputation as
a mother. She has
not seen fit to rele-
gate her boys and
girls to the care OF
another while she
climbs the social lad
der. as many other