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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17
Prizes For Inventions.

The inventors of guns and those who
have exercised their talents in improv-
ing destructive war materials have often
been richly rewarded in this and other
countries. But, if anyone in our own
country has received a reward for the
invention or perfection of apparatus to
lessen the sufferings of sick and wounded
in war, no one has ever heard of it.
Naturally, therefore, progress in this
direction has not been as notable as it
might have been. To their honor, be it
said, hat this condition of affairs has
never operated to deter the medical
officers of our army and navy from
doing, without hope of material reward,
all in their power to improve existing
apparatus and to invent new appliances.
Conditions in other countries have been
similar to ours.
Some years ago, in order to better
conditions in this respect, the Dowager.
Empress of Russia, Marie Feodorovna,
established a prize fund consisting OF
100, 900 roubles approximately, $50,
600. 00). This is for the purpose of en-.
%couraging inventions having for then
purpose the amelioration of the suffer
ings of sick and wounded in war,
Every five years, on the occasion of the
quinquennial International Red Cros:
Conferences, the interest on the fund
amounting to about 20, 600 roubles, OF
$40, 600. 90 is disburssd in. prizes. The
first awards were made in London, il
1907. No Americans competed, MOI
was the exhibition given much publicity
in this country. Next year, in May
the international Red Cross Conference
will be held in Washington, d. c..
when the following prizes will b,
offered:
One lst prize of 5000 roubles Zap
proximately, $4,000.
Two I'd prizes of 5000 roubles eacl
approximately, l 1900.
Six Sd prizes of 1000 roubles eacl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17

1.-The farmer, almost more than any
other individual, has benefited by the
increase in the cost of living" writes
Isaac F. Marcosson in the Munsey.
Take, for instance, the product of an
acre of corn. In 1899 this product was
worth $8.51 on the farm; ten years later
it was worth SIS. 20-an increase in
farm value amounting to 1876 per cent.
In a similar way wheat has increased IN
farm value ia per cent, cotton 65. 6
per cent, and tobacco &c. per cent.
THE Department of Agriculture has
figured out that the prodnct of an acre
of corn ten years ago was worth l.S
barrel of flour; at the PRESENT time it is
worth 2.04 barrels of flour. Ten years
ago the same acreage would buy 1882
yards of muslin; now it would purchase
1863 yards.
"How has it all been accomplished?
Simply because farming has ceased to
be a haphazard and unintelligent habit,
and has become a science"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17

The fire loss was less for the month of
October than for the same month last
year, but it was large enough to amount
to a serious burden. The official figures
of fire losses in the United States and
Canada for last month were $13, 945, 900,
as against S37, 1S8, 300, for the same
month last year, when there were nu-
merous forest fires and heavy losses.
The reduction in a single month has
brought the total for the year below
that of last year. The figures for the
ten months of 1911 are 1892, 1913, 800,
while last year they were. $195, 535, $50.
Burlington News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17
Estate of william w. severx

STATE OF VERMONT,
RDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate of William
W. Severy. late of Salisbury, in said District.
deceased, GREETING:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the 9th day Of
November, next at 10 o'clock a. m. for examining
and allowing the account of the administrator
of the estate of said deceased and for
q decree of the residue Of said estate to the law
full claimants of the same, and ordered that public
notice thereof be given to all persons interested in
said estate by publishing this order three weeks
successfully previous to the day assigned, in the
Middlebury Register a newspaper published at
Middlebury, in said District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear
at the Probate Office in Middlebury, in said Dis
trict, on the day assigned, then and there to
contest the lowance of said account If you see
cause, and to establish your right as heirs, ~legatees
and lawful claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this End day of Move mber.
1911. Allen r. Sturtevant. egister
A true copy of record,
Attest, Allen r. Sturtevant. Register. As
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17
DOCTORS FAILED.
RESTORED BY PERUNA.
Catarrh of the Lungs
Threatened Her Life.

Miss Ninette Porter, Braintree, Yer
mont, writes: "I have been cured by
Peruna.
"I had several hemorrhages Of the
lungs. The doctors did not help me
much and would never have cured me.
"I saw a testimonial in a Peruna
almanac of a case similar to mine, and
1 commenced using it.
"I was not able to wait on myself
when 1 began using it. 1 gained very
slowly at first, but I could see that it
was helping me.
"After 1 had taken it a while I COM
menced to raise up a stringy, sticky
substance from my lungs. This grew
less and less in quantity as I continued
the treatment.
az grew more fleshy than I had been
for q long time, and now 1 call myself
we'll"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17

There are four thousand persons in
the United States, according to the last
census, says the Mirror and Farmer,
who have passed the 100-year mile
stone. In the matter of long lives the
women seem to have somewhat the lead,
as out of this number $500 are women.
1t would be a remarkable sight to see
this aged company gathered together
and hear the "reminiscences they would
be able to recall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

The world is indebted to New Eng
land for its best inspirations and to the
Pilgrims for its highest ideals. Here
was the first home of civil and religious
liberty, for our ~forefathers planted in
the virgin soil of an unbroken wilder
ness the seeds of the christian Faith"
which ripened into the richest harvest
ever garnered. 1t is the Brotherhood
of God and the Brotherhood of Man."
From the crest of times civilization,
we cross the span of three centuries
crowded with events and crowned with
achievements.
A fact stands out clear and defined.
The Colonist made the present and is
fashioning the future. The warm and
throbbing hearts of the pilgrims are
now cold and pulseless, but their I'M
marked graves are not forgotten. They
are eternal fountains, from which with
ceaseless flow zones the elevating in
huences which are the safeguard of the
Republic, and shape the destiny of man
kind.
Without New England and the pill
grims, free government would have
been a failure and liberty only a name.
One custom, which they established,
was to set apart a day on which to thank
| almighty 0OQ " Ills kiCoI SOONilCoo
and continued care. 1t was theirs then;
it is a nations custom today.
Devout in it's inception, sacred in it's
character. hallowed by precedent, con-
secrated by observance, %consonant with
the spirit that He who DEGREES a nations
rise of fall, had guided the colonist; this
custom is now sanctioned by law.
Therefore,
I, JOHN A. MEAD, GOVERNOR
do hereby designate Thursday, the
thirtieth day of November (current) as
Thanksgiving Day in Vermont.
The bountiful harvest of the fields
and the richer harvest of American
Institutions have been with lavish hand
bestowed upon the people of this
Commonwealth.
In the home with our loved ones and
in places of public worship with neigh
bors and friends, let us observe the day.
Bind closer the ties of kinship
strengthen the bonds which unite US as
citizens of our State, draw nearer to
the Divine Master, who has endowed us
with that peace and plenty and that
prosp Gritty which makes the worlds
greatest epoch and American citizen
ship synonymous with lofty purposes,
: civic honor and the highest conceptions
of private and public duty.
AS we look back, this Thanksgiving
Day rises from a past rich in legend:
r and stored deeds, but let us look beyond
the boundaries of success.
There is want as well as plenty; there
are victims as well as v%ictors; those
: who suffer as well as those who rejoice
) Let this day be full of good deeds anC
kind acts, where misfortune or sorrow
darkens, for thus we manifest in the
highest sense our realization of the
goodness of God and make eviden
l mans humanity to a
= Given under my hand and the grea
Seal of the State, this 9th day o
November, in the year of our Lord
, one thousand nine hundred and eleven
e and of the independence of the UniteC
States, the one hundred and thirty
> sixth.
2 JOHN A. MEAD. Governor.
HARVEY r. KINGSLEY,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17
W1iooleburY Register

A Brooklyn, N. Y, minister in order
to make it unnecessary for the congrega-
ton to raise money for painting the
church, did the work himself. There
will be trouble for this enterprising
minister should he happen to have in
his congregation any member of the
painters union.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13


Comptroller of the Currency Muir
rays annual report makes it appear
that the nations volume of business
has been larger this year than ever
before judging from the prosperity OF
the banks. Individual deposits reached
the high-water mark of s5,4S9 ,995. 0O1
an increase of ESQ per cent over last
year. The total banking power is
placed az over 20 per cent over last
year. The total banking power is plac-
ed at over 2i-Q00D0o,o00 on a capital
of over s2,o3o,Ooo.o0o, and deposits of
s16,o0o,o0O.0 900. Murray charges that
the practice of bank officers receiving
personal pay for bank loans is a
growing evil
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
Whisky Came In Handy.

| United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13.-John E.
Pelton, of Pasadena, Cali, and VIM.
Neyin, an American now living here,
returned TO Mexico City after an ad-
venturous trip through the mountain
GUS regions of Guerrero. While there
they we're captured by bandits and
held for ransom. They escaped by
plying their guards with American
whiskey case of which they were
carrying with them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

~ tie recent Gridiron club dinner
n Washington a sensation was Great
ed among the guests when William ].
Bryan unexpectedly was introduced
and in brief speech repudiated all Of
the doctrines, the advocacy of which
have made him famous He declared
his admiration for Harmon, his
friendship for Clark and his sympathy
for Underwood, but asserted that his
vote would be for Taft In the com
motion that followed it was discover
ed that Bryan had been successfully
ihipersonated by great American act.
OF VINO Justified the deception by de-
eiaring that Bryan was also a great
actor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

The ottumwa Courier tells how Con.
gresham Pepper of the Second dis
trict saved the day for the Iowa con.
gressional delegation at the confer.
ence last Friday. Being Democrat
ne was not allowed to participate.
leaving an even number. ten represen.
tatives and two senators That made
fine arrangement for dead lock,
six on each side" The incident recalls
the boys definition of salt. He said
Il vas the thing that made meat spoil
'wnen you didn't put it on
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

Missouri has this year produced
corn to the value of Sill, 406, III.
wheat worth s2S,t32,o76, and oats val
ued at s3,SG2,655, the total value OF
these crops-not the three most valu-
able. either-being 43,70O.S48. Mis-
souri, farmers never have made fail
ure. In state of wonderful and d.
versified resources there have come
no years of famine, but many years OF
feasts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
She Is An Old One.

( United Press Leased Wire Service. |
PONTIAC. Ill, Dec. 13.-Mrs. Maria
Simpson Clurgman, who has resided
in Stephenson county since 1897, cele-
brate her 102nd birthday at the home
OF her son in Cedarville.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
Ward seater Sentenced

limited Press Leased Wire Service. /
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Mrs. e. yir-
GINA Eyers, whose husband, Fred E.
Egers is rated in commercial agencies
at more than 100000 and whose real
wealth is said to be far above mil
lion dollars, was sentenced to serve
three months in the ren on BlackweIl's
Island on the charge OF cruelty beat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

were killed on the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie railroad tracks near Scott Hay
en-. Fog and darkness prevented the
engineer from seeing tho Marty The
men We're tossed high in the air. Two
iell IN the path Of the engine and
were horribly mangled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
s25 900 Fer Tarrinn

UNITED Press Laasad Wire Service
LINCOLN CENTER. Kans., Dec. 1s.
1t was authoritatiycly stated here
that the damage Suits entered b. Miss
Mary Chamberlain, the victim Of the
tar party of August !, win be set
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
BE STRONG.

Be STRONG.
Be Strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to
drift;
We have hard work to do, and loads
to lift;
Shun not the struggle-face it; It's
God s gift.
Be Strong!
Say not, THE days are evil. Who's
to blame?"
Stand up. speak out, and bravely, In
Gods name.
Be Strong.
1t matters not how deep intrenched
the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day
how long;
Faint not, fight on. Tomorrow comes
the song.
Selected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

Jack rabbits with horns are report
ed to have been found in Texas.
Somebody is evidently determined not
to let it be forgotten that Texas is a
Misrepresentation state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

The Presidents recommendations
as to the trusts embody the highest
and best thought on the subject to
date. Congress will make no mistake
if it enacts his ideas into law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

Poison oak has been suggested as
an appropriate emblem for the new
party the insurgents have in mind.
Causes lot of rash outbreaks, you
know
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

A champion steer in the Chicago
show sold for s1,449. The number and
value of the steaks that will be sold
from it viii run out of percentage in
to grand larceny.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
THoUeHr FOR THE DAY

Regret is moral Indigestion. 1t
has also been APPLY defined as men
tai tombstone erected to the memory
of an error
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

Congress is in session again, but
this country has become SO big and
strong it can stand almost anything.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

One of the McNamaras says he is
still for union labor. II so. he is a
liability, not an asset.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

Replying to the inquiry, What is an
insurgent2" the Des Moines Capital
correctly says it is the affinity of a
Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

tied out of court for not less than
$4,000. The pleas of guilty of three
of the defendants of the suits and the
convictions of two others will, it is
thought, force them to compromise
the suits instead of fighting them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
Killed In the Foo.

/ United Press Leased Wire Service.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 13.-Four
miners, taking short cut to work,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
TAHLolDs.

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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK-Diamonds and preci-
Gus stones will be features Of many
Christmas gifts, more than SAL 100000
worth having been imported into the
United States this year.
vERMILLION, Kansas Leading
citizens here have petitsoned John D.
Rockefeller to become q presidential
candidate because OF his great bust
NESS ability.
EAST ORANGE, n. Tapping a
gas main in order to supply his house
with light without meter, James
Charles Payne was overcome and
killed.
NEW YORK-"It was not like this
in the olden days. sadly warbled
Wall street clerks when they we're
informed that the usual Christmas
gifts from their firms would be great
lily reduced.
NEW YORK-A splendid contralto
voice, though unframed, is heard in
east Gath street today, for Mrs. Sgd
ney Homer, known to opera goers as
Louise Homer, is the mother of fine
girl.
NEW YORK-"The education Of
judges, even of the United States
supreme court, is one of the most ar
duous things LAWYER has to do.
They do not know the law" declares
Assistant U. S. Attorney General Nc,
Reynolds.
CHICAGO-Frederic Glahe, who
invented free lunch, is dead at his
home here.
ELGIN, Ill-After the Pearsall
Butter Co., had paid SIS a tub for for
lty tubs of what was shipped to them
as fine Iowa butter, they discovered
THAT every one of the forty tubs con
tanned plain Iowa soil.
CHICAGO. Ill-Government agents
found an Illicit still in full operation
near the down town business section
Several hundred gallons of moon
shine was seized.
! PITTSBURGH, Pa Robert Nc
Cune was knocked twenty feet by a
street car. When picked up, he
waved his hand and said 1T was just
la bit of a poke.
PITTSBURGH. Pa.-"cht out the
spectacular. give up the passion for
publicity and eliminate the artificial,
! is the advice Rev DR.. Malcolm B,
Shaw, of Chicago, gave to Presbyter-
i ians.
4 LANCASTER. Ohio-W. G. Hall
aud his three daughters were poison
ed from eating pancakes. One daugh-
ter died. The flour used has been
sent away for analysis.
I ST. LOUISA steel coffin, bearing
thr date 1917, and containing the we'll
preserved body OF a girl of 6, was
dug up by laborers excavating for the
new Wabash yard here The coffin
bore no inscription.
| ST. LOUIS After hearing will
case yesterday. Judge Withrow in
structed the jury to report verdict
/ favoring the defendant. The Jury re.
fused. The judge said they must.
I The jury said they wouldn't. They are
still out.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

ST. LOUISA steel coffin, bearing
the date 1917, and containing the we'll
preserved body OF girl of 6, was
dug up by laborers excavating for the
new Wabash yard here. The coffin
bore no inscription.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

LANCASTER. ohio-w. G. Hall
and his three daughters were poison
ed from eating pancakes. One daugh-
ter died. The flour used has been
sent away for analysis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
ST. LOUIs-After hearing

ST. LOUIS After hearing will
case yesterday. Judge Withrow in.
structed the jury to report a verdict
favoring the defendant. rie Jury re.
fused. The judge said they must.
The jury said they wouldn't. They are
still out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

CHICAGO, ll.-Government agents
found an Illicit still in full operation
near the down town business section.
Several hundred gallons of moon
shine was seized.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

PITTSBURGH. Pa-"cht out the
spectacular. give up the passion for
publicity and eliminate the artificial,
is the advice Rev. DR.. Malcolm B.
Shaw, of Chicago, gave to Presbyter-
ians.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

PITTSBURGH, Pa Robert Nc
Cune was knocked twenty feet by
street car. When picked up, he
waved his hand and said 1T was just
a bit of poke
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

ELG1N, Ill-After the Pearsall
Butter Co., had paid s15 tub for for
ty tubs of what was shipped to them
as fine Iowa butter, they discovered
that every one of the forty tubs con-
tanned plain Iowa soil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

In a city far remote,
In time too old to quote,
There was built famous temple,
Long ago.
In its structure great and grand.
Wondrous work of human hand.
Ancient Order there was founded,
Long ago.
And the people marveled then
At the meaning of these men
Who thus formed their mystic band
Long ago.
Since the temple symbolized
Ia its details, twas surmised,
Work and craft Of Master Mason.
Long ago.
Yet the Order lires today
Still pursues its secret way
Lives because God was the builder
Long ago
On his word the Masons now
Register their solemn vow
AS the Master taught their Order
Long ago.
Among the members Of the grea
ifraternal association OF which Tn
Order with which we are privilege
TO meet tonight is q part, there is NJ
such word as impossible. Men VIII
4 have composed this Order from tim
to time have been ranked high Wit
makers of men and builders Of ma
lucns. So long as the youth are in
structed in the ways Ct right and 0
righteousness and the men Of rnatur
: years to walk circumspectly and il
the fear of God. yea go long as III
: word OF God shall constitute itg wort
ing basis may the Order of Free Ma
sorry flourish
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13

<eokuk, Iowa $4,000. Dec. 10, 1912
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-13
0ia Burlington q

Special winter tourist rates to all principa
low. The resorts are numerous. The hotel
portunities for rest and recreation are wi,
trip will be more pleasant and comfortabl
Burlington.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-13
LIBERTY PARK
MADAY AFTERNOON

@nt will give It's first
~ concert in Liberty
a . al . O'Clock tomor-
q ihs following programme
lrnhauser" Wagner
- Ragged Robin"
In, INSTRUMENTATION
|h-s.,.o .oe''ee s.......,.P Pryor
- -.,,.:,...-,.H Herman
~, i'a,lha ..s,. Floto "
l. L.. Ill. W. $50.
rs.i,.,,.' .,,.''."..,... .Luglni
Io'kle Soldier; '''o"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-13

LIE Due de Riechstadt. d.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-13
TEN NURSES GRADUATE
FROM l.. D. S. HOSPITAL

Ten young women will graduate from
the nurses training school OF the Df.
w. II Groves Lattcr-day Saints hos
pltal on Wednesday evening, May "a
The exercises. for which invitations have
been issued. will be held in Whitney hall,
AT Second avenue and A street. re-
ception and dancing will follow the eN-
crClscs.
Those who will receive diplomas are
Jessic Romania Crawford salt Lake
Emily Dunn, Manassa. Colo: Emma M
Flamm. Rexburg, Ida; Amelia Naomi
Gibbs. West Portage. Ida Phii9tnsela lla
Oimstead. Boise. Ida. Charlotte Julina
Kunz, Bern. Ida; isabella Watson ROD
inson Coalville. Utah: Olive Elsie smith
Park City Utah; Sarah Tooth, Manth