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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Old Time Farmers Show Revolu-
ton of Farm Machinery.
Veteran Swings Scythe at Ninety and
Explains How He Harvested
Grain Seventy-Five Years
Ago at Dekalb.

Chicago.-From the shadows of the
past came reapers Of so and 70 years
ago to the Henry Whitmore farm the
other day, near DeKalb, and in the
role of h~arvesters pitted themselves
against the marvellous machinery of
modern times.
More than 1000, many of whom came
in automobiles, watched the men har-
vesting grain in as many ways as have
been contrived since agricultural pur-
suits have been followed on the Ameri-
can continent. There was the old
fashioned cradle, the sickle and
scythe, the early-day reaper and the
modern binder. 1t was a panoramic
history of one of the most important
phases Of the industrial life of America.
White-haired, patriarchal in appear
ance, his shoulders bent with the
weight of years, Uncle" William Allen
of Sycamore, swung his cradle for five
minutes as he was wont to do three
quarters Of a century ago. And as he
cut his last swath. he leaned on the
handle of his cradle and laughed at
the ~incongruity of the picture pre-
scented.
Looks silly, doesn't it?" he asked of
the cheering spectators. Times have
certainly changed since l began har-
vesting." And his old eyes followed
a modern binding machine cutting a
wide swath, gathering up the fallen
grain and tying it In bundles.
Il am 81 years Old" said the vet
eran harvester as the binder turned a
corner, but if | could live 20 years
more | would see even greater changes
in the world than since ! first began
swinging a cradle in a harvest field"
Among the reapers were c. w. and
w. w. Marsh. two brothers, who have
lived more than the allotted three
score years and ten, and who arc
credited with being the first to have
conceived the idea of the reaper. Their
first machine was brought forth and
cut a swath around the ten-acre field.
AS crude as It seemed to the throng
Of spectators, it was a marvel com
pared to the cradle which they had
used for years before they brought
the reaper into being.
Il an glad to have lived to see this
day said the elder Of the Marsh
brothers. Farming today is not what
it was when we were boys. Look at
that binder. See how the driver fair
ly sails through that ocean of grain.
Isn't it worth living to see?"
Following the exhibition in the field,
bundles Of wheat and oats were
brought to the lawn OF the Whitmoro
home and spread on the grass, where
it was thrashed by old-fashioned fails
by men who had swung fails long be-
fore the thrashing machine was ever
dreamed OF.
Speechmaking and music concluded
the days program and refreshments
were served in olc-fashioned style to
the hungry harvesters.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
MONuMENTT0PERRY
herU Of Lake Erie to Have
Memorial.
Big Celebration Is Planned In Honor
j.. of American Commodore Who De-
feated the British in Memoir
able Engagement.

Cleveland, O.-Doubtless everybody
has read in the newspapers Of an act
of congress. passed at the recent SEES
sion, for the commemoration of the
centennial anniversary of the battle
of Lake Erie, which was fought by
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
against a British fleet under Captain
Barclay off ~Put-in-Bay, An a%ppropria-
ton of S250,000 was made as a con
~tribution toward a general fund to
pay for a suitable monument, and the
president was authorized to appoint
three commissioners.
The centennial celebration had al
ready been agitated for two years in
Ohio AND the Legislature Of the state
had already appropriated $50, 900. The
Legislature of Pennsylvania had ap-
propriated $1,000 and the Rhode
Island legislature had appropriated
$4,000 by a unanimous vote. but the
governor vetoed the bill after it had
adjourned.
Bills have been introduced in the
legislatures Of New York for $75, 900,
In Illinois and Wisconsin for $4,000
each and it is expected that Kentucky
will do equally well. because thai
state furnished nearly all the soldiers
for General Harrison's army in the
war OF 1912, and a squad of the gun
ners in Commodore Perry's fleet. A
good deal is expected from Michigan,
but nothing has been lone there yet
except to appoint 4 commission to
meet with those representing the n
tional government and Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, New York, Rhode Island, Ken
lucky, Wisconsin and Illinois.
1t is proposed 20 erect a lofty col
umn, at least 450 feet high. with a
lighthouse and a wireless telegraph
Office at the top, and at the base an
auditorium that viii seat at least 1,20G
people. Within the shaft 1t is pro,
posed to have historical. military and
naval museums and rendezvous for
the naval militia and the yacht clubs
on the lakes. 1t is also proposed to
bring from the harbor of Havana one
of the maSts of the battleship Maine
to be used as a flagstaff. Several u
lHtH GUNS llOln tue oregon anu IL Oll
the Spanish battleship Viscaya are to
secured and used as ornaments at the
base of the monument.
While the Perry victory will not be
celebrated until 1913, arrangements
are already under way in various lake
ports along the lower Lake Erie pre-
pairing for the occasion which will fit
;l
versary Of Perry's victory. Not only
will the various state national guards
men be sent to the lake region for
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Removal May Restore Victim to
His Right Mind.
New York Man Receivers Speech After
Operation and Surgeons Believe
Frequent Attacks of Insanity
Will Now Cease.

New Haven, Conn.-Removal of a
piece of a patients skull which had
come in contact with the brain brought
back the power of speech to Harry
Wiltse Of 1874 Plymouth street.
For six months Mr.. Wiltse had
been unable to utter a word, but
when DR.. Morris d. Slattery, who per
formed the operation in the presence
of a dozen or more prominent sur
geons in the city, came into the OPP
Grating room again after leaving 1t to
see another patient, Mr.. Wiltse raised
his head from the pillow, and in a
distinct but low tone said: Hello.
Doc"
There was great surprise at the mo-
ment and the news quickly circulated
to the physicians who had been in
terested in the case. They proclaim
ed the belief hat when Mr.. Wiltse
fully RECEIVERS his strength. his speech
would be as good as eve They also
believe that frequent attacks Of insan-
ity. the result of injury to Mr.. Wiltse's
head 81 years ago.. will cease. The
operation was performed IN the nos
pital Of st. Raphael.
The injury to Mr.. Wiltse, who is
SO years old. came to him when he
was Is. He was playing ball near his
home in Forty-ffth street, New York
city, one afternoon, when he was run
over by a team, the horse stepping on
the boys head. He was taken uncon-
scious to a hospital, where it was
found that his skull was fractured.
He remained in the hospital about six
months, but as a result OF the injury
insanity developed.
He was later sent to the insane asy-
Ium in MiddletoWn, N. Y, and after a
few years there he was released as
cured. Three Years ago, however, he
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
SEND RATTLESNAKE BY MAIL
Californian Made Custodian Of Innu-
merabIe Collection of Spiders, Bugs
and Strange Things.

Los Angeles, GAIA live rattlesnake
held captive in a large oil can which in
turn was reinforced with a wooden box
arrived at the Hollelbeck consigned to
Charles Mead.
Since his receipt of the rare La
~trodectus manctus, or red spotted
spider, the most poisonous insect OF
its kind, Smead has been made the
custodian Of an innumerable collection
Of spiders, bugs and curious living
things that crawl, creep and fly, the
latest being the rattlesnake.
A friend residing in Calzona hav-
ing read of the fact that the hotel
mar had received the spider decided
on a more peculiar gift and as a re-
suit set ~ to catch the snake, of
which species there are many in that
section of the country. In a letter &C
companying tho gift, the donor men
tons the manner of its capture and
hopes that Smead will be able to add
to the collection which he has or is
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Three Children Drown.

Dallas.-Three children Of Henry
keening, a homesteader II miles north
of Winer. We're drowned in q pond that
had been swollen by the heavy rain
of Saturday night. They were trying
to navigate on a raft. when the young
est, a girl II years of age, fell into the
water. The boy, IA years Of age,
tried to assist her and also lost his bal
ance Then the eldest child, a girl
16 years of age, attempted to assist
the others, and all were drowned. All
three of the young people will be
buried on the honest nad, as no public
cemeteries have been established in
the northern part of Trip county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
LUCKY MISTAKE.
Grocer Sent Pkg. of Postum and
Opened the Eyes Of the Family.

A lady writes from Brookline, Mass:
n day by mistake.
II notified the grocer, but finding
that there was no coffee for breakfast
next morning l prepared some OF the
Postum, following the directions very
carefully.
ut was an immediate success in my
family, and from that day we have
used it constantly. parents and chill
dren, too-for my three rosy young
sters are allowed to drink it freely at
breakfast and luncheon. They think it
delicious, and / would have a mutiny
on my hands should l omit the be-
loved beverage.
MY husband used to have a very
delicate stomach while we we're using
coffee, but to our surprise his stom-
ach has grown strong and entirely we'll
since we quit coffee and have been on
Postum.
Noting the good effects in my fam
lily | wrote to my sister. who was a
coffee topper. and after much persua-
sion got her to try Postum.
She was prejudiced against it at
first, but when she presently found
that all the ailments that coffee gave
her left and she got we'll quickly she
became and remains a thorough and
enthusiastic Postum convert.
Her nerves, which had become
shattered by the use Of coffee have
grown healthy again, and today she Is
a new woman, thanks to Postum
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich, and the cause why will
be found in the great little book, "The
Road to Wellville,'' which comes n
pigs.
Ever read the above letter. a new
ne nppears from time to time. TAey
-e g~enuine, true, and fail n hn~ss
#~MNNs@ 4vAs@9M 4S#taMH
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
BOYS MILLION DOLLAR HOME
$4,000 Tor Furnishing Apartment for
Little Russell Hopkins-Also
Have Private Zoo.

New York.-Russell Hopkins of At
lanta, consul general from Panama to
this country, has just purchased a
S $1,000, 900 house at 1915 Fifth avenue
fcr his baby son. John Randolph Hop
kins, who vas born two months ago
in the Hotel st. Regis.
The baby's grandmother, Mrs. J. J..
Lawrence, will spend $3.50 0 in fur
nishing a suite of rooms which are 10
serve for the nursery.
The roof of the house will be COW
cred with a steel wire case and con-
verified into a playground. One end
will be used for a small private ZOO.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04


making for the southwest museum. AS
yet Smead has not been able to decide
whether the serpent shall be killed II
his skin tanned and stuffed or whether
to turn it over to some OF the Main
street side show takers.
From Don Cabezos, on the Mexican
border, Smead several days & re-
ceived one Of the most perfect speci-
mems of a scorpion ever seen mere.
1t is five and one-half inches in length
with not a vertebra or a claw dls-
placed in the horrible land crab. In
addition two splendid specimens OF the
centipede were inclosed.
A mining man residing in Lower
California undertook to show his es-
TEEN for the hotel mar by shipping
him a pair of bats captured IN a great
guano cave along the west shore.
They were both dead, but preserved In
such a manner that they Will keel
for a long time. In the letter accom-
panying the bats the mining man tells
a wonderful tale of the millions or
these night flyers that at about seven
o'clock in the evening begin to leave
the caves.
They pour forth in n steady
| stream for a period of more than three
hours. all going out ove the ocean In
| their flight. At about three O'Clock IN
, the morning they begin to return, fly
ing from the land side, having evi-
IDENTITY completed a big circle in their
flight. Again it takes them several
hours to get inside. The caves are
so foul smelling, SO yilely black that
they have never been fully explored.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Perry Monument Near CLEVELAND.

the occasion. but the military and
naval departments Of the United
States government have promised to
send federal troops and middies 10
take part. The committee on mill
tary and naval affairs has framed a
tentative program by which the ia
nous battle of Fallen Timbers,'
siege of For Meigs,' battle of Fort
Sanducky" and battle of Fort Ste
phenson" will be reproduced in the
Jake near this section and Put-in-Bay.
the latter place containing the cave
where Commodore Perry hid for some
weeks following the battle in which
the Thames" will also be reproduced
according to present plans. Thou
sands of regular troops and many
brigades Of the various state militia
viii be camped near Put-in-Bay where
they will give a sham battle as one Of
the leading features Of the celebra-
ton. They will be met near there by
War vessels Of the British and Amer
lean nayies 70 assist in the maneu-
vers. Later, "Perry's victory Of Lake
Erie will be staged near Put-in-Bay.
The events reproduced will be
events of nearly 25 years of warfare
between Americans on one side and
British and indians on the other. Only
the most important events viii be
enacted, so that the performance will
not last more than IA days.
There is no suitable monument for
Commodore Perry and his four broth
ers, the most famous family of sea
fighters in the United States. The
father and five sons were officers of
the navy and two of the sisters mar.
ried naval men.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
ELEVATOR BURNED
FOR A TIME BLAZE AT VOLGA
THREATENED TO CAUSE
HEAVY LOSS.
HAPPENINGS ~OVERTHESTATE
What is Going On Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Nolga.-The elevator and coal sheds
In this city owned by the Atlas Eleva-
tor company were entirely destroyed
by fire. A barn belonging to Wood
ard Bros. was also destroyed, and the
residence wan only saved by the hard
est kind of work. For a time it was
feared that the coal sheds and eleva-
tor of the Dyball & Cotton Elevator
company would be destroyed, but
they Were saved by the fire depart
ment and citizens. The Atlas elevator
has been closed since last spring, and
there was no grain in it, but the coal
sheds contained several carloads Of
coal and wood. 1t is the general opin-
ion that the fire was caused by a spark
from a locomotive.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Tordano at Parker.

Parker.-The large stock barn of the
Ford Horse company at this place was
struck by a tornado, ~unroofed and
BADLY damaged. Wire fence enclosing
the grounds was stripped from the
posts, timbers were driven deep into
the ground or blown to atoms. The
tornado was seen coming through the
air from the southwest, but it did not
lrop low enough to do damage unit,
t passed over this city. Then it drop.
3ed, hit the big barn, and jumped high
Ito the air again.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
LOYAL Sunerintendent.

Aberdeen.-"South Dakota schools
for South Dakota teachers" is the
motto adopted by County Superinten-
dent NJ. NJ. Guhin, who has announced
that he will not refer outside school
teachers to school officers of the
Brown county schools until the supply
of home teachers is exhausted. The
home teachers are more numerous this
the demand for teachers from other
states is not so large.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
A Bitter Critic.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker, at a din
ner in Philadelphia, said Of the d.
vorce evil:
There would not be so many d.
vorces if there were not SO many
families of the Dash type.
Mr.. Dash said sternly one day to
his little son:
Your mother and | agree that you
require a sound whipping.
The little boys lip curled, and he
retorted bitterly:
"'Oh, yes, that's the only thing
that you and mother ever do agree
about"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Hills Man Ends Life,

Lead.-Worry owe i'll health and
financial troubles caused Charles +.
Rose, former manager of the Chase
stores in Lead and Deadwood. to take
HIS life at his home here. He locked
himself in his room and turned on the
gas. Rose was about AZ years old, and
leaves a wife and two children. He
was well known in business circles
and had just resigned his position to
avoid a nervous breakdown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
WANTED TO SHOW THE JUDGE
Magistrate Calls Halt When Girl
Starts to Bare Form in Court
Case Was Dismissed.

New York.-William McMeehan Of
29S Avenue A was SO little anxious
to see his wife outside the Yorkville
court the other day that he waited
until a policeman went along with
him.
McMeehan was a complainant
against his comely stepdaughter, Mary
Miller, a pocket edition maiden,
charged with presenting a large black
eye to her foster parent.
she is all the time beating me-"
the man told the court.
He hit he first" said the tiny wom-
IN.
"Where?" asked Magistrate Stein
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
REAP WITH CRADLES

ert In a moment Of judicial indiscre-
ton.
The girl started to let the drapery
down from a we'll rounded shoulder.
There was a threat of a more intimate
knowledge of the family affairs of the
McMeehans.
Hold on; don't do that: this case
Is dismissed" said the magistrate.
Meehan to her husband.
McMeehan said he was in no par
ticular hurry about going. He waited
for a policeman going his way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
Three Pastors In 100 Years.

Claysville, Pa.-The C~laysyille
United Presbyterian church celebrat-
ed it's hundredth anniversary Sun
day. The church holds a record in
that it has had but three continuous
pastorates in its 100 years existence.
The present pastor. Rev. Alexander
McLachlin. has been with the church
since 1872.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
BATHING Suits in Church.

New York.-The following adver-
tisement appears in a Montclair (N.
j. newspaper:
The B%rookdale Baptist church Will
be in session at $50 tomorrow morn
ing. No collection. Please bring
bathing suits"
None of the officials of the church
who might explain the advertisement
could be found.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04
BIG BATTLESHIPS IN THE WAR GAME

THE great naval war game on the Atlantic coast
i brought together some of the finest warships owned
by Uncle Sam. Seventeen battleships of the North
Atlantic fleet comprised the attacking fleet, whose Oh,
ject was the capture of the eastern entrance to Long
Island sound. Some of these mighty fighting machines,
with the Minnesota in the lead, are shown in the &C
companying photograph.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-08-04

'ceosee eAkea4'
Mrs. Justwed-There's nothing in
the house fit to eat. I'm going home
to my mother.
Mr.. Justwed (broke)-Wait till | get
my hat, and I'll go with you.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-17
NRMESS GEIsHA
GIRLS ON Strike
Resent Attacks Made on Them
by Several Sensitive Ones
and Won't Act.

More trouble seems ahead Of the Kir-
mess people after successfully meeting
the attacks on the hulas which are to
be presented on the carnival stages dur
ing the time it holds sway in the old
fishmarket. The geisha girls have now
rendered what amounts to an absolute
refusal to appear on the stage at the
Kirmess owing to what they claim are
the uncalled for insults Of Mr.. Guliek.
Several other persons are said to have
gone the rounds with am attempt to
have the act suppressed on the grounds
that it is morally improper For the oc-
easion, questioning the character of the
girls and other things.
Almost the entire Japanese commu.
nifty is aroused over the attack on the
characters of it's favorite entertainers
and resent the agitation against them,
claiming that the geisha girls as a body
are quite respectable and as highly
chaperoned as most other young ladies
Of any race.
The Kirmess management is stated
to be entirely on the side of the geisha
girls and to have rendered high induce.
ment to them to give the dances of
Japan in spite of the remarks Of a
few in the community but all efforts to
compromise yesterday were unsuecess.
full. The hula will now have no rival
on the Kirmess boards.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-17
HONOLULU GIRL At
THE G0ULB WEDDING
Annie Graham a Bridesmaid at
Most Notable Event OF
Season.

Mias Annie Douglas Graham, grand.
daughter Of Mrs. Coney o. Honolulu,
and daughter Of Mira, Hubari vos, wife
Of the well.known painter, was a
bridesmaid at the wedding Of Miss
Vivian Gould and Lord Detles In New
York on February 2. The wedding
was one of the biggest social events Of
the season and scores Of police had 70
be called in to keep the eager crowds
in order.
The six bridesmaids, carrying lilies
OF the valley, led the bridal party.
They were followed by the little at.
tendants, Baby Gloria Gould, with
Master William Beresford, and Diam
Dalzell, with Master Marcus BercsfOrd.
Miss Edith Gould. as maid of honor,
came next, immediately preceding the
bride and her father.
The ceremony was over in twenty
three minutes, and the Lord and Lady
Decies posed for battery of cameras
before their car whisked them away to
the reception at the Gould mansion on
Fifth avenue.
The illness of Miss Beatrice Clahin,
one Of the bridesmaids, necessitatsd a
change at the last moment and Miss
Clahin's place was taken by Miss
Annie Douglas Graham.
Women Stand on the Seats.
The ceremony was witnessed by
about 400, including many well-known
theatrical folk and opera singers. OF
the 400 within the church, probably
$50 were women, and of these fully
200 forgot the sacredness of the edifice
and their good manners, standing not
ION the floor, but on the benches, and in
many instances even on the backs OF
pews. The wedding of Miss Marjorie
Gould and Anthony J. Drexel Jr., little
more than a year ago, was character.
lied by good behavior of the persons
in the church and outrageous conduct
of the throngs in the streets. The wed
ding today will be remembered princi
pally for the good behavior of the
street crowds and the bad conduct Of
the guests at the ceremony.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-17
WILL DISCUSS NEW
government FORM

Commission government for the city
of Honolulu. is the schedule of discus
sion for the Civic Federation today
when it meets to consider this impor-
tant question pro and contra. The in.
dividual members of the federation
have taken a great interest in the pro-
posals and as many have studied the
application and results in mainland
cities where it has been adopted, they
are well versed in the subject.
The probabilities are that the com.
mission form will be endorsed along the
lines advocated by The Advertiser. As
the legislature win most likely be call.
ed upon to consider some changes in
the city charter and as the Governor
has already announced himself in favor
of the change, the conclusion of the
federation and the data to be consider.
ed in connection with the discussion
viii prove valuable to the solons.