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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
Work ~ Years on Same Street Cars

two again were on different cars for
about two years and a half. Since
then they have been on the same car
and for three years continuously.
Neither has missed more than an
average of three days a year because
of sickness since 1864. Counting holi.
days and all, they say they have not
missed more than an average OF eight
days a year. This does not include
regular days of.
For th1rty.n1ne years on a horse cal
they averaged forty miles a day, or
569, 400 miles up until the time they
took their first electric car Their
average daily fares amounted to $35,
or 700 nickels. During the thirty-nire
years they took In approximately g.
574,500 nickels.
In the eight years they have been
running electric cars they have trav.
eled an average of 100 miles a day,
$4,000 miles year, making total Of
$4,000 miles. Their electric Car has
averaged 5000 day, or 1000 nickels.
That would mean 1,460,O00 nickels q
year, or II, $50, 900 nickels for the eight
years.
On the horse car In thirty-ninA
years they took In $49S.225. In eight
years on the electric car they have
collected $548,000. Their total in for.
ty-seven years has been $1,OS2,225
Their wages have been about 5000 a
year each. The company has paid
each Of them approximately $42,3OO In
forty seven years, or $S4, 900 to both.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

side for six years. Sarah 3. Harrison,
sister of former Governor Harrison Ut
Connecticut, left $4,000 estate to
Miss Eva r. Gilker, who had been her
faithful nurse for three years. The
list could be continued Indefinitely
Men marry their nurses so frequent
ly that the instances are beyond all
counting. A curious case was that OF
Ralph J. Voorhees,, nephew Of a
Brooklyn. N. Y, politician. He mar
ried Adele F. Goufton, who nursed hsa
through typhoid fever after he had
become engaged to Miss Faith e.
Moore. Lieut.. j. Hammond Harding,
son of Philip w. Harding, a broker.
married Miss Agnes Eilverthorne, a
niece of Elihu Root, as soon as he had
recovered from serious illness in
which she played the part of his nurse.
two years ago.
John Coates Brown of Philadelphia.
vice-president Of the Episcopal hos
pital and one OF the Quaker C1ty's
wealthy citizens, fell in love with Miss
Emily Payne, nurse In the Pennsyl-
vania hospital, and married her. They
met when he was going the rounds OF
the hospital on an inspection tour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

AZ EW YORK.-Perhaps no other city
" in the world quite equals New
York In the great diversity Of its pop
ulation and in the variety of the In
terests engaging the populations at
tention. Constantinople would seem
to be the only rival. In New York
pretty much every civilized nation has
tn representation. There are gath
cred Jews. Italians. Greeks. Poles. Ar
menians, Chinese. Hungarians and 30
on. Many nationalities not only
have representation, but they have
large ones. There are today undoubt-
eddy many more Jews in New York
than ever had permanent residence in
Jerusalem at any given time. They
constitute about one-sixth Of the g.
100000 Of population.
SO 1t comes about that New York
Is not 4 typical American city. It 10
too crowded with people who do not
have typical American conditions in
their homes, who do not have Ameri-
can ideals before them and who do
not go about their duties with the
American spirit. In brief, New York
Is thronged with multitudes who are
living in different age Of the world
and who are dominated by other ideas
Of morality, duty and the like. Their
ideas of cleanliness are not those OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
Women Said to Be Real Home Wreckers

Y ANSAS CITY, Mo.-Woman, not
n man, is the real home-wrecker, &C
cording to statistics that are being
compiled from the divorce court rec
ords of the state of Kansas. So far
as the statistics show, 80 per cent. OF
the divorce suits now pending are
brought by wives, while virtually the
same percentage of the suits are
brought on so-called trivial charges.
such as 1ncompatibility Of temper, quar-
rels and other allegations which do
not charge attractions Of the moral or
civil laws.
Previous statistics show that in
Jackson county, in which Kansas City
is, there were three suits for divorce
filed for every five marriage licenses
issued, and this startlingly high per-
centage prompted an investigation In
to divorce statistics. 1t was found that
while 80 per cent. of the plaintiffs
were women and so per cent. of their
suits were brought on trivial charges,
that less than 10 per cent. of the suits
filed by the men were based on the
trivial charges. while 80 per cent. were
based on the more serious charges OF
desertion. immoral conduct or neglect
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
Nurses Find Cupid in the Sick Room

I INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The trained
l nurse appears to play more prom
inent part in the romantic news of the
day than any other professional won.
an. Hardly a day passes but the news
papers chronicle some marriage, will,
love affair or litigation in which a
trained nurse figures. Miss Eleanor
Peregrine, who nursed Walter E. Dur
yea, the New York youth with bro
ken neck for twelve years, is, by
agreement among the Duryea rela-
tives, to receive the 100000 bequest
left her in his will. Miss Ida Corey
Murphy. who nursed Chalmers Dale, a
stock exchange broker, two years, is
suing for 100000 for her services, be-
cause Mr.. Dale didn't remember her in
his will. The marriage of John Eller-
ton Lodge, son of United States Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, to Miss Car
RE Catherine Connolly, trained nurse
who attended him year, is another
proof that Venus in nurses cap and
gown is most enticing siren.
Charles E. Halliwell, of the Ameri.
can Tobacco company, married Miss
Ruth Alice Cole, who had been sum-
moned to nurse him in New York city
after severe operation in 1896. The
following year he died, Leaving her a
fourth of his $5,O00.OO0 estate.
Thomas Caldwell, a Pensacola. Fla,
recluse, left his $4,000 estate to Miss
Annie Burkhart, who nursed him for
two years. J. B. Currier of Lowell,
Mass, left similar fortune to Nora
Hessian. who had watched by his bed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

n HICAGO-Chicago has the oldest
- street car conductor and the old
est street car motorman In the world,
both in age and point of service.
They are Michael Moran, sixty-s1x
years old, conductor, and Patrick
Brady, sixty-flve years old, motorman.
They started driving the same car in
1864 and are still working together on
West Sixty-third street, from Central
Park avenue to Fifty-sixth avenue.
Their first car was an old bus
mounted on trucks and hauled by
horses. That was soon after Chicago
adopted street cars" Within a few
years from then the first regular horse
cars were operated in Chicago. and
the old buses were abandoned. Then
Moran and Grady got a regular ~
on State street.
Moran and Grady have worked on
all OF the old routes. and, with the ex-
ception Of short periods, never have
been separated since they started.
For year after the fire of 1871
they were separated. and after Grady
took his first, electric car on Went
worth avenue worlds fair year the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
MAX rs FRA TliEls BAL START
No Doubt Boy Meant Well, but His in-.
ltlaI Efforts at Keeping I Diary
$g&&I Arc Impressive. 4 -

This IL my first dry so don't mind
the spellin. wus'nt gojn to right It
till little while longer, only, this
morning was rainy and my ma sed.
William, why. don't you begin your
dry, this will be a good day to be-
GIN, and It viii keep you ont OF mis-
chif?" I sed alright, so 1 went up
stairs and got my big brother Johns
stamp album and began pulling out
the stamps SOS I could right. John
says his stamps are worth lot OF
money but I don't believe 1t cause
when he wanted to buy football the
other day why didn't he sell EN- and
get the money. Anyhow I don't want
him to catch me as I have started
Fighting in it. The first thing in a
dry Is the date so will now right it.
October 26. 1911-When began this
dry I forgot to tell you that l bor-
rowed my sisters pink hair-ribbon to
hold the leaves to-gther more. and.
when big brother John came home /
heard him yell awful when he couldn't
ind his album 50 ran upstairs to tho
attic behind Z big trunk where he
cant find me. I just now heard my
sister come In and I'm 30 scared I
darst not 60 down stairs now and I'm
afraid to right anymore SO I'll have
to creep in the trunk and stay till he
goes. I'll continu my dry to-morrer.
Newark IN. j. Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
of the home through a preference for

of the home through a preference ro1
working.
Women. too, the statistics show
have apparently less regard for the
future of their children. Whereas
when men are plaintiffs in divorce
suits, the average Is only one child to
a family, 800 suits taken consecutive
ly from the docket, In which wome1
are plaintiffs, show nearly 1000 chi!
dren, or an average of a little NOR,
than three to the family.
incidentally, the statistics On sid
investigation show that mother-tn-lav
is very much matgned person, an
that cases in which mother-in-law ha
taken the son-ln-law's part against he
daughter or vice versa are just a
numerous as where mother-in-laW hG
slider in with her own child.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
FOREIGNERS a Problem for New York

the typical American. It is doubtful
whether American institutions mean
much to them: Foreign thoughts. pur
poses, ideals, business methods. man
ners and customs are swamping the
city.
In spite Of the very considerable
number Of high grade American PEG
pie who live and do business In New
York. they do not form a percentage
sufa ciently great to control conditions
in any effective way. There is a tire
mendous prevalence of crime, 1nsol
ence, incompetence and ignorance
The number of persons now In the
city who In Italy belonged: to *thescr1m.
inal classes is probably to be reckoned
In the thousands. In the trolley cars.
In the subway, IN the department
stores and even In tho great new H.
brary one will ind incompetence and
inattention upon the part Of employees
with respect to their duties towards
the passenger or visitor.
As one moves about and comes into
contact with New York employees he
will be fortunate indeed II he does not
suffer from their bad manners, not
to say insolence. Probably some OF
this is due to the conditions Of great
city, and would occur even under the
best of circumstances. However, the
presence In the city Of such enormous
masses of ignorant and incompetent
ideals and purposes, cannot help hav-
Ing q tremendous and bad influence
upon others. The conditions In New
York really constitute very great
problem indeed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
WON HOT MAYORALTY FIGHT

The hottest political campaign in
the history of Philadelphia came to
gu end in the election Of Rudolph
Blankenburg for mayor.
The campaign really began months
previous to the election, when Will
lam S. Ware, contractor, announced
his candidacy for the Republican nom-
ination and was beaten by Geo. H.
Earle, who had the support of United
States Senator Penrose. This some
what split the Republican ranks, for
the fight over the nomination left
several sore spots. Blankenburg's en-
try into the race, representing the in
dependent Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, intensified the interest in the
campaign.
There are few better known citi-
zens in Philadelphia than Rudolph
Blankenburg, who has beea fighting
in the reform ranks for thirty years.
Mr.. Blankenburg spent SEQ, accord
ing to the itemized account Of his
election expenses filed. He did not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

receive from outside paid all his
district attorney by while the usual Republican majority from $4,000
Blankenburg
havet he opportunity"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

A Frenchman who has become On.
thusiastic about baseball is going to
try to make it the French National
game. boys baseball game would
be a Quaker meeting compared with
two mines Of excitable Frenchmen en-
gaging in the sport.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

knowledge obtained
his arrival then in Chicago
~ academy he
Stephen Chicago he engaged the
business health Then he took
Mich He estate
IN Chicago until retirement from active work
Mr. 1853 His wife died In 1905
Chicago
of his of Cook
county
administration
Mayor John Hanes the during the
charge number
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

munitions
preaching holy
and dumdum."
Despite the CAVITY of the charges brought against everybody
the Turks
children Armenia the slightest
demanded
powers slaughter Now the
hands with
blood,a appeals aid!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

1t ought to be easy for good many
wives to get new sealskin coats this
winter. An eastern court has granted
divorce to woman because her
husband concealed his real character
from her when they were married.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
ITALIAN DENIES BUTCHERY

General Caneva, having been re.
quested by the Italian government to
give some explanation regarding the
charges of brutality and alleged
slaughter Of unarmed Arab women
and children in Tripoli replied as fol.
lows:
IF reproach may be made of US, it
is only for our exceeding indulgence
and benevolence toward the natives.
A full demonstration of this is the
order and declaration which advised
the soldiers to treat the Arabs on
friendly terms, respecting their ira.
ditions. It was a treacherous surprise
and many soldiers were shot, the am
bulance corps of the Red Cross was
attacked and the sick and wounded
were horribly killed in the town by
shots fired from roofs. Women cried.
Revolt against the infidels..' The sol.
diers were surprised and massacred,
and so it was necessary to guarantee
GU: safety and that of the Europeans.
Tho sOh1iers were ordered to shoot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

A Kansas Judge SCOTS at the idea
of love at first sight. Probably he is
one OF those phlegmatic fellows who
keep the girls guessing for seven
years and then marry in doubt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

There is a good deal OF talk now
about 'paper-bag cooking" but with
out having tried 1t we shouldn't think
paper bag would taste good. no mat
ter how it may be cooked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

The Wrights have a new safety de-
vice for av1ators If it don't work
any better than the safety devices on
elevators the rate Of risk on aviators
will not be reduced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

There will be no art in masculine
fashions" says an English artist, I'm
til men discard trousers" Tush! Look
at the hats some of the men are
wearing this year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

There is In Boston woman Who
believes her cat possesses the soul OF
ia king Still. even that Is perhaps
not the most foolish thing that is be-
ueved by q Boston woman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Speaking OF families which 20 to
the dogs. a Massachusetts woman
wants divorce because her husband
insisted on keeping eighteen bow.
vows in the kitchen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

fere with my shoot
ing l became so
nervous l could hard.
ly hold a gun. There
was severe pain in
my back and head
and my kidneys were
terribly disordered.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me after I had
doctored and taken
nearly. every remedy
Imaginable without
relief. I will give
further details Of my
case to anyone en-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
FLEW ACROSS THE COUNTRY

The longest fight ever made by an
aviator was that completed by Cal
braith P. Rodgers, who landed on the
Pacific coast after a trip by the air
route across the country. Rodgers
left the Sheepshead Bay race track.
New York, and when he reached Pas
adena, CAL, he had travelled distance
of 1921 miles, being 40 days III COM
pleting the journey. He met With a
number of mishaps on the wey and
his machine practically had to be re-
built several times On the long jour-
ney across the continent. His actual
flying time was three days aad ten
hours. He travelled at an average
rate of 81 miles an hour while his
machine was in the air. The daring
aviator had many nerve-rackirg expe-
fences on his journey.
Rodgers is a newcomer to The field
If aviation. He became pupil of the
Wright brothers at Dayton. Ohio,
only last July. His first exhibitions
# consequence were made during the
meet held in Chicago during Septemb,
He is thirty-two years Of age and co
/ son Of Capt. Rodgers, Of the United
nodore Perry. He attended Columbi
New York Yacht club. He is the tai
;oet three inches, and IL wealthy 20
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

In Tucson eggs have been selling
for 20 cents apiece. Burbank should
hasten to develop species OF cactus
that will lay eggs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

The financial success of some of our
popular actors Is indicated by the
amount of alimony they are able to
pay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

The men who plastered their auto
number with mud and hurried away
after casualty have done the same
to their consciences.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Mrs. Majorie Gould Drexers little
daughter is set down as a $3O,OOO,OOO
baby. but there are others that can
not be bought at even that price
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

A masseur has been fined for prac.
ticing medicine. It Etll soon be un.
safe to put wet towel on a sick
friends brow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and ;nvigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
az CANDY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Cleveland has unveiled statue OF
Wagner At this distance 1t cannot
be seen whether 1t is a statue to
HOnus or to Wilhelm Richard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

College women do not indulge In d.
vorce. says one of them. To the pros
pective marrier this should be warn.
ing enough.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Reports from Los Angeles indicate
that drunken Japanese with load
ed gun is as dangerous as a drunken
Caucasian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

We base our prediction of a long
cold winter on the fact that this
years chestnut worms are fatter than
usual.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

The preachers who decry baseball
should raise their own batting aver
age II they want to increase interest
in their own work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Goats milk comes strongly recon.
mended as new cure for inebrietv.
Try ton some friend.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

The difference between a banquet
and dinner is that the former con.
sist Of a great deal of talk without
much to eat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Queen Louisa of Denmark, is 60
years old; but. being a queen, she
does not look it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

They teach logic in colleges and
yet the football scores when compared
occasionally lead to some most H.
logical results
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Taxes have gone so high in Japan
that the little nation may not feel like
whipping anybody for several years
to come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

On the 1sthmus of Panama there
are 4,786 bachelors and only 1877
spinsters. Go south, young woman
go south!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22
WAsSTHE OLDEST cHICAGOAN

Fernando Jones. Chicagos oldest
inhabxant. and for years the most pic
turesque old man among the survi-
vors of the city's pioneers days, 10
dead. With the death Of Mr.. Jones
comes the breaking Of connecting
link between Chicago as swampy
village-with one bridge and a major
population OF 1ndians-and the Chi
cago of today, fifth city in the world.
Mr.. Jones was born In Forestville,
Chautauqua county, N. Y, on May 26,
1920. When four years old the fam.
lily moved to Buffalo. where he re.
ceived his early education and where
he was once thrashed by his school
master, Willard Fillmore, who later
became president Of the United
States.
When sixteen years old Mr.. Jones
followed his father to Chicago. where
the elder Jones had established a
hardware store. He came In sloop
carrying a cargo Of stoves. Able to
deal with the Indians by virtue of his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the guns, reduces innammar
tioU nllays pain, cures wind collie, &c bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

It cost a Missouri man $35 to shoot
q redbird and it could not have been
such great sport, either.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

For over fifty years Rheumatism, Neu-
1algia, and other painful ailments have
been cured by Hamlins Wizard Oil. 1t is
good honest remedy and you will not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, q safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

It is only those who live on low
ground who complain that the world
Ia overcroWded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Grapefruit IL beginning to crowd
out the cantaloupe. and the latter no
doubt sees what its fate is to be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

The megaphone would be valuable
thing on the farm, where it could be
used to call the hired man at 1 q. m.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

No man will have any trouble about
understanding as much of the Bible
as he is willing to live.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Miss Antique-1 have so much on
my mind; wish l knew what to do
for relief.
Miss CONSEQUENTLY not remove
your switch?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-22

Capt. Elmer Baldwin will try to 10
cate the north pole in 1915. It may
be q common jaunt by then.