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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-04-26
PLATTE CENTER

From the Signal.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Minnie Peterson and Mr.. Chas Gros-
nicklaus which will occur April Doth, ut
the German Lutheran church, northeast
Of town.
Edward and Fred Henggler, who have
been making their home with their Sis
ter, Mr Joe Schumacher, and attending
the par ochiaI school since last Septem-
Der, returned last Saturday 10 their
home d; Stock,ille. Neb
Last Saturday Bertha, the six year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. z. l..
Hageman, got 80 close to pile Of burn
ING rubbish that her dress caught fire.
Prompt work saved the child from being
burned, but Mr.. HaRcrmsn's hands re-
ceived some painful burns
:. W. Gleason, who went to Hot
Springs. Arkansas. about five weeks ago,
accompanied by his son William, arrived
home Wednesday morning. The trip
"dS iuhuc ioi euC POiI OoS vi eoAAuk
treatment for rheumatism which had
troubled Mr.. Gleason for some time.
He comes back apparently but little be-
neiitted.
Leslie. the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Jones, while walking across the dam
back of the water works plant, across
Elm creek. fell off the plank last Satur
day and broke his left arm between the
wrist and elbow. Boys, and some Of
them good sized ones. take plenty of
chances around that dam, and it is a
wonder that something worse than this
has not happened before now.
After sojourn for the past three
months at the home of her sister and
brother n-law Mr.. and MB. William
Drunken. a, Lahoma, Oklahoma. Miss
Cecilia Peterson returned home las,
Saturday evening. Miss Peterson Ie-
,.nr,s he Drunken family enjoying good
health and as we'll pleased with their
u.w location in Oklahoma. Since they
moved TO Oklahoma last fall the stork
has visited! at their home and left them a
fine baby girl.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-04-26
GENOA.
tr,uI tho Times.

tr"ur tho Times.
An exchange publishes the following
notice: Married u, Filmstonr, 10y Rev.
WIr,istone, Mr.. Nehemiah Sandstone and
MISS Wilhelm Whetetone. both OF Lime
s,nua. Look out for Birthstone"
Twenty five years ago. when Ncis
Skoog was working rs a common labor
.r. Inc walked TO point sin miles up the
81. Edward road. dug 100 post holes ut
10 Der hole and returned To town III
time for supper.
Twenty three years Bgu Peter y. o.
son came io America from Sweden and
went To work HIS IA section hand on the
T.P. railroad. He saved his money
and rented farm. Later he bought 50
scres on the Looking Glass and thirteen
years ago bought a quarter section three
mics west of town. lie prospercd, and
four wears ago invested his surplus
capitsI I'm a half section SIX miles west of
Genoa, but continued 10 reside un the
home place. n year or tw"nco hc leased
his half section TO his son, John, and
this year his second SOD. Alfred, took
possession Of the home place. Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson left the fsrm ana
moved into their new house recently
erected on lots east of ID. 4. Willard
residence. and IN order TO celebrate the
event invited number of their friends
To house warming on The day they
took possession.
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BELLwOOD.

From the Gazette.
The section boss and his force Of men
are Mt work this week extending the
platform at the depot south, which is an
improvement that has been greatly
needed for a long time. Heretofore
passengers when alighting from the rear
car, imagined that they were getting of
into potato patch.
Bruce Hover, three year-Old son OF
Mr.. aud Mrs. Harvey Hover Of Polk
county. while following his father in the
field one day last week fell into burning
cOrnstalks. His linus were literally
roasted before relief reached hun. Death
resulted in . few hours. His father
was burning corn stalks in the field
when the accident occurred.
Olga Jsnds, the eight yssr-Old daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Jands, Of VIII
der, Mob, was accidentally shot and in
stsntly killed Sunday morning last
about Z o'clock by her brother, who is
about 10 years old. The boy WAS load
ing rifle to kill ground mole, and was
putting n cartridge into the rifle, having
the hammer up. when the charge went
off, hitting the girl in the forehead just
above the eye. The father Of the chill
dren 10 laboring msu and lives in the
southwest part Of town. This is another
warning to parents 10 keep guns away
from their children until they know how
to handle them.
Monday afternoon about O'Clock ire
consumed the barn belonging to Elias
Eberly, northeast Of BsllwOOd. Luther
Buffalo, who has been working the
Eberly farm for . year or more, lost
three head Ut horses in the fire. two
calves, all bis corn CROP, all his Oat crop
and about twenty tons Of hay. In all
Luther's Loss is about 81 ,2OO, which is q
hard blow on him, - he did not have .
cont Of insurance on anything. Luther,
we learn, was burning corn stalks south
of the barn beyond little bill, and did
not sec the fire until the building Was
about to fall in, neither did any Of the
family. Mr.. Eberly's loss on the barn is
about 81 900, on which he has small in
sursnce.
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She Learned Something.

One thing about the professors lee
tyre at the village hall. on THE Won
ders Of the Human Body" seemed
to Mrs. 0oppingsr to be not quite
clear. and aftsr her return homo she
was still pondef3ng upon 1t.
II understood everything he told US
about tho nerves and the way they
act and all that" che said. and how
We couldn't got along without them.
but I Just could not understand Why
he called that part Of the brain where
the nerves all osoter the Sarah Bel
)amy. Was Sarah Bellamy the name
Of the woman doctor or surgeon who
discovered It: I can't seem to md
anything about her In the dictionary.
Youths Companion.
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CENTRAL CITY.
From the NoEpareil.

From the NoEpareil.
The county board of supervisors yes
ierdsy afternoon fired the opening gun
in the campaign for a new court house
for Merrick county when they unani-
mously adopted q resolution calling .
special election for May 81 to vote
slOO, 600 bonds for the purpose.
A handsome granite monument is 70
mark the old "lOns tree" This week
the monument ordered by the county
board of supervisors arrived and was
placed in position under the direction Of
the Desch Marble Works, through whom
it was ordered. The big stone is now in
position, but no ceremony attended its
placing. That feature Of the marking OF
the historic site will follow later.
Sheriff Her was called to the Kingston
home west of town Sunday evening to
take into custody the aged mother Of
John NOBILITY who had wondered from
tue home of her son during the after
noon. Mr.. Her brought the woman 10
town and later Mr. NOBILITY called for her
and took her home. She is ninety years
of age and unless closely watched is
liable to wander from home. Although
ninety years old she walked the entire
distance from the NOBILITY place TO the
Kingston farm. distance OF six miles.
Herman Becker, Of Grand Island, paid
500 last week TO the parents OF Cecil
Brayton, little boy whom he ran over
with his auto q couple Of weeks ago
while on trip to Buffalo county. The
money was paid voluntarily, but q
friendly suit was brought in the district
court Of Buffalo county to rstify the
settlement. 1t was agreed by all parties
that the death of the hoy was the result
Of an accident, but from the first Mr..
Becker showed his willingness to make
all the amends pOssibls for the sad STAIR.
Mrs. ID. Il Burke met with q peculiar
mishap Saturday evening while driving
home from town. The Stromsburg local
passed them while they we're driving
along the road, which runs by the side
of the track. A spark from the engine
alighted in Mrs. Burks's hat and the
trimmings were soon on fire. Her
daughter noticed the flames and cried
out in alarm. Mrs. Burke had some
difficulty in removing the hat pins SO
she could get the hat off, but finally
succeeded in getting the bonnet of be-
fore the flames had done any consider
able damage. 1t looked for Q moment,
however. as if she would he severely
burned. Fortunately she had just pur-
chased u new Easter bonnet SO she was
not compelled to 20 to church the next
morning without one.
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SCHUYLER.

From the Sun.
Last Tuesday William Randall fell
from the roof Of W8llcn CsmerOnis
house and broke his collar bone also
cracked a couple of ribs aud sustained
other body bruises. Mr.. Cameron is
having his house remOdelled and William
is doing the work. When getting down
from the roof he stepped on q by 8
which tilted with him, letting him fall
violently to the ground.
Friday morning Of last week word
was received here from ClarksOn of the
shooting of AdOlph T.. Filipi Ut Clark.
sou. About nine . clock in the morning
he WAS found dead On the road leading
from Clsrkson with u shot gun laying
near by. The coroner was called for
to investigate-he being out of town,
Sheriff Kundle went up and held an in.
quest. The jury found that Filiri came
to his death by gun shot wound from
an unknown cause. 1, could not DC de-
flnitely determined whether he commit
ted suicide or met with an accident.
Some time ago We mentioned in the
columns Of this paper 90, tain hole
north of Schuyler that is Of interest t.
the archseologists. Mr.. Glider. If the
Omaha World-Hersld. has sent US the
following description taken from llsjOr
Longs book: Near this stream We ex-
amined a great excavation in the brow of
bluff to which the name 'Pawnec
Medicine has been applied IN consequent
&C Of its being an object Of superstitious
reverence TO the people Of that nation.
1t is evidently An artificial work and the
product Of much labor being about 200
fec: long and 100 feet wide and 30 feet
deep. The origin and objec: is involved
In mystery and the Pawuees cannot at
this date 1890 give any rational history
of 1t. An entire nation may have here
defied the efforts Of some army of an
extensive coalition" Taking their map
showing where they crossed Shell creek
this point should be in straight line
north from Schuyler. That is to say il
you drew a line directly north Of Schuy.
Ter that lines intersection with Shell
creek would show where the crossing
was made and the excavation must have
been in that neighborhood. II would
be good idea if farmers in that locality
we're interviewed about this excavation.
Perhaps they have seen it and have
thought it was a natural hole.
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Wild Turkey In Virginia.

In King George county. Virginia,
wild turkeys have been unusually
plentiful. In q number Of instances
they Joined fiocks Of domestic turkeys
In barnyards. On the premises Of
Chapman Prize. Belle Isle. wild tur-
key Joined the flock OF fowls in tho
yard and when Price walked toward
It the fowl became entangled In q
wire fence and was caught.
Alexander Pott. one Of the best
shots in King George county. fright
ened some wild fowls away from his
flock Of turkeys and succeeded In
shooting one as 1t few away In the
direction Of the woods.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-04-26

On the morning Of April Is. 1906.
the cellar Of Paul Mason. . vine
merchant Of San Jose. Cal. contained
a stock OF IL. 900 bottles. al neatly
arranged.
Then came tho earthquake. and
when tho proprietor vas able to enter
his cellar again be found that e2.4sS
bottles. BY actual count. were brok-
en- and the remainder thrown about
in the widest confusion. II Is curious,
with such a largo number Of bottles.
that tho quake should have come
within q few doSen Of demolishing An
exact half Of the stoek.-Wide World
Na&azsAA
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Mrs. Clark sent the new maid to her
room to fetch a pair Of scissors. When
she returned. which she did after an
unaccountably long absence. her mis-
tress asked II she had any trouble in
finding them.
mo. ma'am." replied the girl. but
whin got thin. they was that bint.
no wan could use thin, 80 took thin
to the kitchen and Strengthened thin
on; wild q hatiron. Here they are.
ma am" and she handed Mrs. Clark
her much injured manicure scissors.
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Time Table

No. g. FIT. l. Ac. (d'y q. Saturday, ". 500 p N
No. q, Pass. (daily e.. Sunday arrive. Sd m
No. II. FIT. l. Ac. (d'y ex. Sunday Ar. Gas ~
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ASSOCIATED DOCTORS. SPE-
CIALlSTS, WILL BE AT THE
THURSTON HOTEL
M0ndau and TUESDAY,. MaU
8 and 9. and will remain
TWO DAYS ONLY

Remarkable Success of These Tai
entcd Physicians in the Treat
mcnt of Chronic Diseases.
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NO-E:
Nos. 1. 2. and are extra fare trains.
Nos. I. 5. IL and II are local passengers.
Noe. s. and 50 are local freights.
Nos. and 10 are mail trains only.
No. II due in Omaha AS p. NJ.
No. 8 due in Omaha 500 .. m.
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Daily except Sunday.
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UNION PACIFIC
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BRANCHES.

sfALDIN6 4 ALElON.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-14
earnest and intelligent And his OK.
perience at the bar qualities him for
the bench. He deserves your vote.
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Judge Joseph II. Fitch, Democratic
candidate for reelection, is 81 2years Of
age and has been Q resident Of Chicago
since 1866. He was admitted to prac.
tice in 1881 and was Master in Chan.
cery, Superior Court, in 1923. His
practice as q lawyer was general in
character. but lately he specialized in
condemnation cases and special as.
sessments. He was elected Judge Of
the Superior Court in November, 1910,
to All Q vacancy and received q
plurality Of nearly 10000 votes. He
has been on the bench but four
months but at the Bar Associations
recent primary he received the high.
est vote cast for any Democratic can.
didate and his vote was second among
all the candidates. This vote was o
deserved compliment and will serve
as a valid argument for his re.elec.
tion at the coming election. Judge
Fitch may be considered Q Chicago
man. although born in Maine. for he
came a. Q youth to this city in 1865
and secured his education here. He
attended the Ogden school. graduated
from the Central High school. the Chi.
cago university and the Union College
of Law. He was Master in Chancery.
% has been said, and for six years
was court clerk Of the County Court,
under Judge Richard Prendergast. As
q lawyer he has been markedly sue.
cessful and has won many cases be-
fore the Supreme Court. In 1884 he
married Elizabeth Goehegan and re-
sides at 1903 Winona avenue. He II .
member Of the Chicago Bar Associa-
tion. Chicago Law Institute and the
Iroquois club.
The only thing the telephone com.
pany cares for just now is an Alder
man. The cheaper the better.
~SA
Every Alderman who votes to raise
telephone rates should be beaten for
reelection.
Ross c. Hall, Democratic candidate
for Judge Of the Superior court, was
born in Rushville. ILL.,, October 20.
1866. He was educated in the public
and high schools of Macomb, ILL.,. and
Georgetown college. Washington. D.
G. Mr.. Hall was admitted to the bar
in 1888 and has practiced in Chicago
since 1893. His offices are In the Ash.
land block and his practice has been
O success from the start. He was 4
member of the 10th general assembly
of Illinois, 1878, where he made
splendid record, and was nominated
by the Democrats in 1906 for sanitary
trustee. He resides in Oak Park. Mr..
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-14

Hall has been q life long Democrat
and has host Of friends and admir-.
ers all over Chicago and throughout
Cook county. He is well qualified for
q seat on the bench.
~SA
Edward F. Dunno is the first choice
Of the Democrats for Governor OF iii.
nois.
Thomas Taylor. Jr., Republican
nominee for Judge OF the Circuit
Court, has been for nineteen years
master in chancery of the Circuit
Court of Cook County, and Is q man
Of well.known legal ability. After at.
tending public school he entered Knox
College at Galesburg. worked his way
through, and was graduated In 1881.
He was active in college affairs and
ary Society. In 1882 Mr.. Taylor en-.
tered the Harvard University law
school. from which he was graduated
with honor in 1885, receiving the de.
gree Of IL. b. Shortly afterward he
was admitted to the Suffolk County
(Mass.) bar and for O year 'practiced
low In Boston In the oflices Of Bur.
dette & Gooch. In 1887 Mr.. Taylor
came to Chicago, and since that time
has been actively engaged in law prac.
tice. Mr.. Taylor IL member Of the
Chicago, University, Law, City. Ham,
ilton and Marquette clubs. He is on
the executive committee Of the iii.
nois Humane Society, Is vice president
Of the Onwentsia Club and IL q mem.
ber Of the Chicago. Illinois and Amer
lean Bar associations. In 1906 he was
appointed by Governor Deneen q dele
gate to the congress on uniform law.
Mr.. Taylor is married and has three
children. His home Is In Hubbards
Woods, Winnetka.
<A
A good, honest, fairminded Judge
like Joseph H. Fitch should be kept
on the bench. Vote for him.
Everybody is with Judge Marcus
Kavanagh for reelection.
John J. Coburn 10 the choice Of
all classes Of people for Judge Of the
Superior Court. His plurality next
November will be q big ono.
II you have any cheap Aldermen up
your way send them to the telephone
Office without delay.
Do you ever get correct number
on the telephone?
Just keep tab on the aldermen who
are working overtime for the tele-
phone company.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-14

of an increase Of rates for the Tele
phone Monopoly will be beaten to q
finish the next time he runs for ONCE
According to some accounts several
men who are working for the mon
opoly and its franchise may not be
residents Of Chicago when the next
election comes around.
The Telephone Monopoly is busy
circulating ugly rumors" about the
Corporation Counsel, the Mayor and
the honest aldermen who are standing
up for the peoples rights.
ugly rumors" Is good.
Aldermen who are anxious to learn
the truth ought to inquire into the de-
tails Of the passage Of the telephone
ordinance Eve years ago.
ugly rumors"!
Well, there are some pretty ugly
rumors going the rounds Just now.
But the Mayor, Corporation Counsel
and honest aldermen are not the ones
affected by them.
A watchful eye is being kept on the
situation by too many people to have
It easily misunderstood.
A new report has been ordered on
the books and accounts Of the Tele.
phone Trust.
When the aldermen get that report
they ought to be in o position to low
er rates.
II they raise them they will raise
something hotter than this climate
has been for the past few weeks.
~
Mayor Harrison made Q popular
move whom he ordered . new report
on the telephone situation. The "ex.
pert" whose report IL now in the
hands Of the Council Committee fav.
ored the raising Of rates and . gcn.
eral contribution to the necessities OF
the phone gang. His report strangely
enough showed that the Chicago
srsnch Of the monopoly 10 owned
body. boots and breeches by the
American Telephone crowd who con.
troll the telephone business Of the
whole country. His report also shows
that the Chicago branch Of the monop.
oily Is obliged to buy all Of It's equip
ment from q notorious Electric Com.
pany which Is also owned by the
American Telephone Trust. This com.
pany makes It's own prices for what
1t sells to the other concern and the
people Of Chicago are expected to pay
for the profits Of both subsidiary insti.
tutions Of the Trust.
Talk about the Tobacco Trust, the
Standard OIL Trust and every other
trust. The trust that is the real thing
is the Telephone Trust. This Trust
hits over quarter of a million people
In Chicago. Recently IL has grown 70
bold that It managed to grab OF for
the purchase Of its watered stock a
big sum OF money donated by the gen.
erous Chicago public for the immedi.
ate relief Of the widows and orphans
Of brave firemen who gave up their
lives last December in the discharge
OF their duty. Any alderman who
votes for an ordinance favoring the
Telephone Trust deserves the ignom.
my which he will certainly receive.
~
The telephone monopoly In Chicago
has grown to be an unbearable nuis
ance.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-14

The Fair should charge higher prices
for the goods because Of the nne
buildings and other inpsevements
they have paid for. And on the same
like Of argument the \Northweotoen
Railroad should double the price Of
railroad fares because Il has erected
. S25,ooo,o0o depot.
All telephone patents should be con.
nscated by the government when they
become the exclusive property Of the
Telephone Trust. The following from
an editorial in the Chicago Daily
News Of July II, 1911. hits the case
exactly:
"ln an argument before the national
senate's interstate commerce comit.
tee, Senator Kenyon recently urged
several notifications Of the Sherman
antitrust law. One OF them provided
that when any patent granted BY the
government 10 used to build up . trust
or combination the patent shall b for.
feited."
Municipal ownership Of telephones
is favored by AID. Herman J. Bauler,
wko has been advocating penny tele.
phones" He serves notice that un.
less the Chicago Telephone company
agrees to q new schedule Of rates be.
fore the aldermanic election next
April, he will endeavor to bring the
municipal ownership idea before the
people for referendum vote.
AID. Bauler think It would be pos.
sible for the city to purchase the
automatic system already installed
and to operate It on q municipal
ownership basis. He asserts It is his
intention, unless new rates are set.
tied by the council and the Chicago
Telephone company. to get up peti.
ton and ask for an expression from
the voters on the question Of the mu.
nicipality operating a telephone sys.
tenn. It is understood Aid. Bauler
proposes to get this expression un.
der the public policy act, which per.
mits the submission Of question OF
publ, policy to the voters, the de.
cision being merely advisory and not
binding.
~
The Telephone Trust has com.
menced bitter and an uncalled for
attack on the Mayor and honest alder.
men Of the city Of Chicago who are
fighting for the peoples rights against
q heartless monopoly.
The Telephone Trust Is opposed to
the honest, capable and efficient serv.
ice that Mr.. J. Ogden Armour and his
colleagues are prepared to give to the
city with their automatic service.
The Telephone Trust has changed
managers In Chicago and has decided
to throw dirt upon honest men In the
city government who oppose its dom.
ineering and extortlonate methods.
Tho Illinois Tunnel Company mas
fully complied with the terms Of It's
ordinance and yet the grafters union
IL not satisfied.
II wants the Illinois Tunnel Com.
pany which has expended over s2,300..
900 In instruments, wires and station
equipments, to be forced to give up
all OF this to satisfy the Telephone
Trust.
Any alderman who votes In favor