davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
Personals.

Attorney William A. King was in Hartford Thursday.
 A. N. Dicklow of Norwich was a Willimantic visitor Thursday.
 zebulon R. Robbins of Norwich was a Willimantic visitor Thursday.
 Arthur Roberts of Hampton was in town Thursday. calling on friends.
 William Harding of Providence is the guest of friends on South street.
 A brand new s250.O0 piano for $215.00. Watkins February piano sale. adv.
 Charles N. Know of Hartford was the guest of friends in Willimantic Thursday.
 Knowles A. Smith of Providence was the guest of friends in the city Thursday.
 Mrs. Minnie Grant Scott was the nesday evening.
 Mrs. R. W. Brewster. who has been sisiting friends in New York. has re- turned to this city.
 Mrs. William V. Palmer of Valley street is visiting relatives in Roslin- dale, Mass, for week.
 Harold Taylor was among those who attended the D. A. R. ball in New London Wednesday evening.
 William Morrisette of Taftville is to work in the new lunch room in the Holmes block and will commence his duties next Monday.
 A s375.00 piano slightly used s275.00 Watkins Bros February piano sale.- adv.
 Thomas Crandall attended the hear ing on the employers liability ball be- fore the legislature Thursday, repre- senting Carpenters local No. a25 of this city.
 Fred D. Jordan of the Jordan Hard ware company was in Bridgeport on Thursday. attending the annual meet ing of the Connecticut Hardware Dealers association.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
W.s a Pioneer Unitarian Ministsr.

Was Pioneer Unitarian Minister.
 New York. Feb. Rev. Francis LeBaron, pioneer Unitarian miriis- ter and cousin of Henry Longfellow, was found dedd in bed at his home here today. Eighty seven years old, he died from the; weaknesses of old age during the night.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
Suit Settled.

The suit instituted by Mary Bow man against Maria M. Turner, relat- ing to damages, suffered last Septem- Der, has been amicably settled. The original suit was for $500. Attorney George w. Melony represented the pla intiff and Attorney Samuel E. Har- vey the defendant
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
Fine Furs At Less Than Half Price

Nufs and scarfs reduced to s2.50. sa7s. $500. s1ooo and sf2.5O. Values fron esoo to s25.o0.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
|'pANIELsoN

Jshn Btalv Sadly Injured at Wauresan Mill-R Record Big Log sawed-Nsw E Cotton Compasy for East kilIinaly
 Tri- Village Directors Elected.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
Wcmen's Gloves

sl5o Gauntiets in tan and black, nsw sioe Hassno Gse~es in tan and black s1.0o.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
Additional carrisr Goes On Today.

Postmaster Charles H. Dimmick on Thursday received notice from the postal authorities at Washington of the passage of an emergency appropri- arion bill to meet the expense of an additional carrier for Willimantic and that the same will be permanent aft CT March 31. Postmaster Dimmick therefore appointed substitute carrier Clarence O. Barrows as the additional carrier, he being next in line for a regular route. This appointment will greatly relieve the congestion in the delivery of mail, occasioned by the transfer of the postofflce to it's new building, and will permit of the ac- customed noon delivery throughout the Hill section of the city The new ar engagement goes into effect today (Fri- day).
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17
f.s1
 Special ! Gut Down Prices lon Goods that Are seasonabIe But will be closed |0ut this month If Big Bargain Prices will Make the Sale. Ali u.Ln c9

All the Drsss Goods and Ready to Wear Garments, such as Suits, Drsss- es, Rainproof Coats, coats for ladies and for children, Shirt Waists, sspa- rate skirts, and other Goods. will be marked at prices that must intsrsst our customers. New goods are oom- ing in which will go in for bargain sales.
 It will pay you to visit our store and see what, we are doing to keep trade lively.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-17

The LadieS Aid society of the Meth odist church meets at the parsonage today.
 Miss Bertha Franklin recently en- tertained party of young people at her home on Broad street.
 The Killingly board of relief was in session Thursday at the selectmen's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
STANDING Of KEOKUK As A
DISTRIBUTING CENTER
.Iobbing Trade Continues to Expand With Every
Indication That 1t Will be Enlarged
From Year to Year
Keoku the Largest Wholesale Grocery and Dry Goods
Market Of Any Town Of Its Population in
the United States

kuk is entering a period Of both COM
mercial and industrial progress and
in this forward movement the 1obbers
will be found, like Uriah, in the fore
front where the mercantile warfare is
the hottest.
The rapid increase Of population in
the middle western states, in both
town and rural region, has brought ad.
ditional tributary territory to Keokuk
With favoring conditions at home 1t Is
held that the wholesale trade should
be doubled within few years.
Mr. H. c. Brown, secretary of the
Kellogg-Birge Company, estimates
that the wholesale grocery business
of the city should be tripled and be-
lieves that it will be If adverse fac
tors are eliminated. In that territory
of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri that
Keokuk reaches on competitive
basis there is population Of 1922
600. Under existing prices there is a
per capita consumption Of about s1.10
and in the population mentioned there
should be demand equivalent to
about s36,000,000. That being within
competitive territory. Keokuk Is en-
titled to one-half of that trade, which
would be about s15,oo0,ooo, and that
should be the aggregate of the 1obbins
grocery trade alone.
1t is admitted that there is no town
| in the United States of equal popula
| ton that has as large wholesale
grocery or dry goods trade as keo
kuk. The former has been the bulwarE
of the jobbing interests, with the
latter close second. Keokuk grocery
jobbers have maintained and increas
ed their trade in the face of mos
adverse conditions at times. An un
| favorable factor at the present time
is the freight rate from the Atlantic
seaboard to the Mississippi river
Lower river towns have an advantage
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

being Oakland with 150,174 popula-
ton, Berkeley 4O,434, and San Diego
39,57S.
Texas shines with thirteen cities
and four towns governed by the COM
mission plan. These include Dallas
92,104. Houston 1880, Fort Worth,
1913, Galveston 36,9s1, and Austin
and Beaumont having more than 90
600 population.
Spokane and Tacoma, thriving
Washington cities. have the commits
sion. Spokane has a population of
1O4,402 and Tacoma has S3,743.
In West Virginia, Huntington 3D.
161, Parkersburg 1888 and Blue
field Hiss; in Kentucky, Newport,
30,309; in Michigan, Pot Huron,
1858 and three other cities; in Mas
sachusetts, Gloucester, Haverhill,
Lynn and Taunton, from $4,000 to
1000; in South Dakota, Sioux Falls
1904, Aberdeen 1878 and eight 9TH
er towns; in Wisconsin Eau Claire,
1880 and Appleton 1918, and doz.
ems of other cities the plan is in sue
cessful operation.
Salt Lake City, Utah, capital OF
the state and of Mormonism, capital
South Carolina and Memphis, Tenn.
are in the list.
In other states the record shows
Idaho, one city; Colorado, two; Lou
isiana, Maryland, New Mexico, Ore
gon, one each; Minnesota, Mississip
pi, two each; North Carolina and
North Dakota, three each under the
beneficient rule of the plan.
! Buffalo is the largest city that has
adopted the commission plan but il
| has not yet placed 1t in effect,
number of other cities have voted tc
adopt the plan in some form bu
have not placed it in operation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
WHAT THE GUEST SHOULD BE
Cheerful. Adaptable Man or Woman
VIII Leave Happy Memory Be-
hind on Leaving.

With the advent Of summer comes
the beginning of the period when the
distinction and the pleasure of being
q guest comes to a great many men
and women. With the ready assimila.
ton Of the American people we have
taken that exotic phrase, the week
end, to our common usage. And
whether we are invited to go sailing
in hundred-dollar catboat, roughing
It literally in shanty called a bunga
Tow, of enjoying the Injuries of rich
friends country estate, we are all
week-ending with the same catholicity
OF spirit that we show In the national
habit of carrying suit cases. Hospi-
tally has two faces-those Of the host
and the guest. And the most difficult
one to present with an attractive
nien Is that OF the latter estate.
Cheerfulness Is the most desirable
characteristic of the ideal guest and
second to this comes a readiness of
spirit to enter any plan for the day or
the nights pleasure. The adaptable
man or woman Is the one dearest to
hosts heart; and you may pluck the
reward Of your entertainers gratitude
by your readiness to wash dishes as
by your tolerance of dub player at
tennis or bridge in more luxurious
surroundings. We all Of us pay our
way through the world through other
mediums than that of the currency OF
the realm. None does this more GER
tainly than the guest who leaves a
happy memory behind him.--Philadel-
phia Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Many A City
Like keokuk

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Country-
wide interest in the commission plan
for the government of cities is re-
fected in the great number of letters
of inquiry by Senator Robert l..
Ownes of Oklahoma. The senator is
high authority on the plan and zeal
Gus advocate OF its adoption. His
activity has made him generally
known and badly-governed citizens
naturally turn to him for advice.
Citizens who complain Of the old
form of municipal government with it's
complications of councils, commits
sions, numerous executive officials
and asserts that personal responsible
ity for inefficiency or misdeeds is
phantom impossible of discovery. They
have, usually, a fairly clear notion of
the benefits received by many cities
from the commission plan and they
ask for facts bearing upon It's practical
application.
A showing that surprises many OF
the inquiries is the large number and
varied character Of the towns and
cities that have adopted the plan.
They dot &c states and New Mexico
and are to be found In all sections of
the country. In list of about 1875
cities aand towns, governed by COM
missions Alabama leads with the sub
stantial cities of Birmingham with a
population of 132,6S5 and Montgom-
cry, 3S,156.
Wide-awake Kansas leads with the
largest number Of towns and cities
under the plan-the total being %.
The largest of these is Kansas City
with a population of s4,331, Wichita
52,460 and Topeka 1852.
Iowa has eight cities, with Des
Moines. which has won more than a
national reputation through its sue
cess in commission government, Bur
lington. Cedar Rapids, Davenport,
Fort Dodge, Keokuk, Marshalltown
and Sioux City. The population OF
these cities ranges from $4,000 to So,
600.
Sixteen Illinois towns are governed
by commissions. the largest being
Springfield. with population of 81,
SIS: Rock Island, 24,235, and Jack
sonville, 1926.
California can boast of eight com
mission plan cities, the three largest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

Keokuk has now and has had for
over half century jobbing trade
largely in excess OF that which was
10 be expected in a city of no greater
nopulation than that here. In ante-bel-
lum days Keokuk was the port
through which entered most OF the
merchandise and freight intended for
southern Iowa consumption. Those
we're the times when great cargoes of
freight passed up and down the Mis-
sissippi river. Tons Of merchandise
came in single consignments and
we're reshipped from here to interior
Iowa points. Keokuk's jobbing trade
had its genesis In those days. Finally
the railways came and made Won
derful change In the arteries Of COM
merce and shipping. While Keokuk
lost commercial prestige in some
fields she gained In other directions.
Amid all the losses and gains and
shifting of commerce and growth of
towns that became competitors, keo-
kuk maintained her pre-eminence as
jobbing market. Though her trade
was attacked and suffered losses at
times, the law of compensation assert
ed itself and she regained the old or
conquered new territory. Through all
the vicissitudes OF the changing
years and often In the presence OF
the severest kind Of competition,
Keokuk has maintained her reputation
as iobbing center.
Though some years do not indicate
gain there is gradual increase in
the Wholesale trade from one decade
to another. It has been the most per
manent OF any OF the commercial &C
tivities OF this city. While competition
is always in evidence and new jobbine
firms appear where they were not be
fore. there is every indication that
greater expansion is to characterize
the jobbing trade In the future. Keo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
unaallant.

A reporter was interviewing Thomas
A. Edison And you, sir" he said TO
the inventor, made the first talking
machine?" No." Mr. Edison replied,
"the first one was made long before
my time-out of rib"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
One at Least.

she-"You are just like all men;
you would not admit that you ever
made mistake to save your life"
He-"As if hadn't told you time and
again that the mistake of my life was
in marrying you!"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
A PACKING Hint.

When travelling it is a good plan to
line the trunk with large sheet or
piece of muslin When all the clothes
are packed the ends of the sheet are
folded across the top of the clothes
and pinned firmly with safety pins
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

over the up-river cities. The removal
Of this discrimination and adjust
ment of the tariff schedule is to be
asked Of the interstate commerce
commission, which will doubtless at
ford the relief to be demanded. The
equities OF the situation are all with |
the complaining up-river towns.
The various elements and factors
that have combined to develop manu-
featuring enterprises in Keokuk have
been In large part responsible for the
building UP Of the wholesale trade.
Keokuk jobbers are enabled to reach
large area of the territory OF Iowa.
Missouri aand Illinois on competi-
tive basis. Water and rail freight
competition and the ameliorating ef-
feet of the former on the transporta-
ton schedules have been important
factors. But the most influential fac
tor is the sagacity and business acu-
men Of the wholesale merchants them
selves. They understand the jobbing
business in which they are engaged.
They have triumphed over condi-
tons that would not only have discon-
certed some jobbers but would have
placed them out Of the going. Trade
has been extended into territory
where the competition was most diff
ficult to meet and overcome. While
the volume Of business has suffered
decline as well as enjoyed an increase
within the past five or six years, the
gains exceed the losses as whole.
Under the new dispensation of prog
ress there should be continued expan-
sion of Keokuk's wholesale market.
The jobbing grocery trade Of Keo
kuk houses. of which there are four,
aggregated $3,500,000 during the year
1910. This showing will compare ia
vorably with that of the largest firms
in the great cities. The dry goods
trade reports total Of $1,200,000
within the past year. The wholesale
drug and physicians supplies trade
will amount to 100000. In other I'M
enumerated lines there has been sew
eral million dollars worth of BUSINESS.
The Grand Total.
If the products Of Keokuk manu-
facturies, such as overalls, starch
and cereals, canned goods, boots and
shoes, proprietary preparations, pow
der, beer and wines, butter and
eggs, etc, are to be included
in the compilation the jobbing
trade of Keokuk will aggregate
the grand total of s2O,oo0,oo0. These
figures represent conservative esti-
mates obtained from dependable
sources. Were all manufactured pro-
ducts produced here included the
total would be greatly in excess oil
this sum. 1t is an enormous volume
of trade to be conferred in a city nc
larger than Keokuk is. Conditions
now are so favoring and the prospects
, for growth in population are SO flat
, terng that steady appreciation ir
the local jobb.ng business is confident
, ly expected
If the commercial progress now an
ticipated is realized the establishing
of one or more jobbing firms would
be a natural sequence. The least to b.
expected in this general forward
movement Of Keokuk will be a sub
stantial increase in the jobbing trade
Favoring elements are appearing in 81
many directions that this branch o
commerce as we'll as others and tn,
manufacturing interests of the com
munity will witness a general expan
sion during the coming decade If no
within period of considerable les
duration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Certain Of SUCCESS.

mean to make myself man, and
If l succeed in that l shall succeed
In everything. -Garfleld.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

There are two small enterprises
in Dillon that should be patronized
by Dillon people. One is the Chin
ese laundry and the other is the
local bakery. The proprietors OF
both are foreigners who have come
here To live and to spend their
earnings in Dillon. BY urging the
people Of Dillon to patronize these
two institutions The Herald is mere
ly carrying out the trade ct home"
policy which it has advocated ever
since it has been under the present
management. The laundry baskets
that leave here every day in the
week, filled with linen to be laun-
dered in some other town are TAX
ing money out Of the community
The bread baskets arriving here
every day in the week. filled with
bread and other foodstuffs. are
crippling a local industry and on
riching other communities at the
expense OF bread consumers in Dill
on. The men who operate these
two industries do not send TO other
towns for their clothes and shoes.
Ii they did the Dillon merchants
would call them undesirable citi-
Gems" We are not giving these
two institutions gratutious adver-
tising. They deserve the patronage
of the Dillon people and as a mat
ter of justice they should receive
1t. dollar sent away from home
for an article that can be purchased
at home simply helps to impoyer-
ish our own community and adds to
the wealth OF another community.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

The time has come for Dillon to
wake up and get busy. Recent leg
islation makes it possible for the
the town to issue bonds to the
amount of 100000, if so much be
necessary, for public improvements,
and the year of 1911 is full of pos
sibilities for the city. Some months
-2go the people voted $4,000 in
bonds TOR the improvement OF the
electric light si'a plant Rtc asla1a ic tsyery
probable that we shall soon have al
the electric current we need fol
lighting domestic and manufacturing
purposes. But the town needs wa
ter works and sewerage, and We
should by all means vote bonds FOL
these improvements before the pres
ent year expires. The court house
commission has available funds fo
the erection of a magnificent cour
house and Jail, the members of tn,
Methodist church propose to erect
$4,000 house of worship and w,
are next in line for a $4,000 gov
ernment building. All OF these i'm
provements should be made durin,
the year 1911, and the time ha
come for the citizens of Dillon t
pull together and make this a rec
} ord breaking year I'm the histor
of the town.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

here at home. Ten cases OF To-
matoes are shipped into Dillon every
year TO every peck produced in the
gardens in this vicinity. and can
of beans is sold to every seed plant
ed in the ground by local consum-
ers.
Yet in the face of these facts
the State maintains an attitude of
Indifference to the valuue of ad-
vertising, and we plod along in the
same old ruts, pouring stream of
gold into more progressive sections.
thereby adding to the povrety of
our own.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Honor Roll For the Month OF jan
nary.

. uig.
Friday, February 10. closed the
fifth school month OF the present
scholastic year. Despite the fact
mumps have been pre-, alent the a.
tendance generally has been good.
There were fewer tardIes this
month than for any preceding
month, the total for the uptown
school being SO, distributed among
the grades as follows: First9: sec
ond 4; third 3; fourth 4; fifth L;
sixth o; seventh l: eighth 1; nineth
3; tenth 0; eleventh o.
The highest per cent of attend
ance was 81 made by the eighth
grade.
At the end of the second school
month 1t was announced that the
South Carolina flag would be car
ried by the grade making the best
per cent. of attendance, the fewest
tardies and dCporting itself best as
a class. The fifth grade won the
flag two months and the eleventh
grade is now carrying it.
The interest manifested i'm the
schcol is more general than at any
time during the year, the interest
by the boys being more in evidence
than in former months. Those
leading in scholarship in the yari-
ious grades are given below. Where
more than one name is given the
standing is very close:
First grade. Sadie Moore. Matte
Bass, Cecil Bracey, Courtney Ivey.
Second grade. Mary Elizabeth
Stackhouse, Louise Bass. Marion
kinard, Dolph Brady.
Third grade. Julia Bethca.
Fourth grade. Edith Snuires,
Clarice Fore, Dexter Evans.
Fifth grade. Hettie Bethea. Mary
King, Braxton Tart, Monroe Nc
Donald.
Sixth grade. Willie Moore.
seventh grade. Raymond Exams.
Lila Mcdonald.
Eighth grade. Estalena Melon
all
Nineth grade. Gertrude McNen-
zis.
Tenth grade. Frances Allen, viii
Melvin, Mildred Sellers, Archie Fore.
Eleventh grade. Ruth Stack
house, Mabel Leigh Evans, Rena
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

\ North Carolina paper raises the
point that twice as many Illicit
distilleries were destroyed in South
Carolina in 1910 as were destroy
Cd in North Carolina during the
same period-all of which goes to
prove that this State does not lead
in the illicit manufacture OF whis-
key, but that the revenue officers
il North Carolina are asleep at
the switch"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16
Advertiscments-Si.Oo per In,

ADVERTISEMENTS per Inch
for the first insertion, subsequent
insertions SO cents pe2 inch. Legal
advertisements at the rates allowed
by law. Local reading notices at
10 cents per line for the first inser-
ton, end 5 cents per line for all
subsequent insertions. Liberal con-
tr,ccs made for three, six and twel-
We months, Write for rates. Obitu
aries, tributes OF respect, resolutions
cards of thanks and all notices OF
a personal or political character
ere charged for as regular adver-
tising. Contracts for advertising not
subject to cancellation after first
Insertion.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

J. VI. Ratley, dealer in fish, oys-
deliver ice in 20. % and SO pounds,
delivered daily.
Tickets on sale, Dance Hall,
boarding house and cafe at Row
land.
Meals served in e la. Delmonico
grateful to white and colored
friends for past patronage. Will
please them better in future.
Respectfully,
j. NJ. Ratley.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

st. Elmo" is especially interest
ing to Southerners for several rea-
sons. First, its authoress, Augusta
Evans was a Southern woman, and
secondly, it tells the most realistic
and absorbing story of Southern
Life that has ever been conceived.
Auditorium tonight.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

Why Gov. Blease is raising such
Il huliabaloo over members OF che
general assembly holding more than
one office of ""honor Or profis"
when he is holding several is a
matter that passeth understanding.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16

Communications-W are always
glad to publish news letters per-
tanning to matters OF public inter
est. We require the name and ad-
dress OF the writer in every case. No
article which is defamatory or Of
fsnsively personal can find place in
our columns at ony price, and
we are not responsible for opinions
expressed IN any communication.