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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12

August IA is red letter day for
Gilman, Korea, for on that day the
whistle of locomotive was heard for
the first time at that flourishing port.
The road, thirty-four miles long, was
built by japanese engineers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
THE UNION IASEL.

Ninety-nine per cent of the
people in the United States are
in favor Of extirpating the evil
OF child labor.
Meanwhile. until legislators
can he aroused TO their duties.
the union label is the all power
full weapon TO use against en-
ployers of children.
Ask for the label.
Always ask for the label.
See that you get the label.
Always. see that you get the
> label
Remember that the label can
never be used on any product of
which child labor was n part.
Thus you can see that by call
, ing for the label and insisting
on the label You are delivering
} one of the blows that must and
shall eliminate in the death of
, this browning disgrace Of our
civilization-the slaughter Of in.
nocent childhood
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
JANUARY ~.

1s2sChales
Paris Died there,
1S16-Bonaparte's from
settled
1s4s-Fify lives lost in burning theae Quebec
1S-Thomas wenythird
Louisville
1SS3-Clark' Mills 1
190The a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
FUR AND FEATHER
SHOW IS STARTED
american News Ser vice.

Toledo. O., Jan. 1.-THE annual
wintner show of the Tri-State Poultry
and Pet Stock Club was opened in
Memorial hall and will be continued
through the remainder of the week.
The show this year is one of the larg-
est in the history of the organization
there being hundreds of fancy birds
entered from all over northwestern
Ohio. southeastern Michigan and north
eastern Indiana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
MASONIC CALENDAR

Thursday, Jan. IL, Wayne Council,
No. 10, r. & S. NJ. Special assembly
Work in the degrees.
Friday, Jan. -, King Solomon's
Chapter, No. 4, r. A. M. Stated meet
ing. Installation of officers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
As Others Sec Us,

First Summer Girl-That girl from
Cincinnati Is awfully stuck up, isn't
she?
Second Girl Yes. She seems to
think she's the whole ocean because
she wears a marcel wave.-Chicago
News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
WISCONSIN FRUIT
GROWERS MEETING
(American News Service)

Madison, Wis, Jan. 1.-THE forty
fifth annual convention Of the Wis
consin Horticultural Society began
here today with large attendance
and an attractive program. The ses-
sions will continue over Wednesday
and Thursday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12

Entered ut Richmond. Indiana. post
office as second class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-12
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The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21
On the Interurban,

"rhe other day" said man pas
senger on The lnterurban, 81 cav
woman on the car open a satchel and
take out a purse, close the satchel
and open the purse, take out 5O-cent
piece and close the purse, open the
satchel and put In the purse. Then
she gave the 5O'cent piece to Conduc.
tor Rush, and took a 25-cent piece
In change. Then she opened the
satchel, took out the purse, put In
the quarter and closed the purse,
closed the satchel and locked both
ends. Then she felt to see II her
back hair was all right, and 1t was all
right and she was all right. That
was q woman.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21
Holt County Medical Society

The regular quarterly meeting OF
the Holt County Medical Society met
at Maitland last Thursday, the 18th.
Those present were: Drs. j. NJ. ia.
Wis, Craig: r. v. Hogan, Bipelow; +.
N. Miller, u. r. Quigley, J. N. Tracy.
Mound city: Ira Williams, Chas. Wy.
man. T. .. Davis, Mai,land: &. l..
Evans. W. :. Wood. W. &. Proud,
Oregon: J. II. Rhodes, y. l.. Morgan,
Graham: r. T.. Bullock. Forest City:
l.. 4. Todd, II. Forgraye. 81. Joseph.
The society met In the X. =. hall
at 10 o clock a. m. and Was called TO
order by President T.. N. Miller. Tn.
der the head Of reports, Dr. W. $.
Wood, delegate to the State Medical
Society, gave an interesting account
Of the proceedings Of the society, that
met AZ Kansas City In May. Dr. G.
l.. Evans reported the action Of the
council the executive body Of the
state and that the honor Of re-elec.
ton a. councillor for the LIST district
for another term OF five years, had
been "thrust upon him." Also the
welcome news that the council had
set aside q fund OF $3.50 for the de.
Tense Of any member that had trou.
BILE thrust upon him In the courts OF
our land. On motion Mound city
vas selected for the October meeting
place, and the sciety adjourned "a
the hotel for an excellent dinner at
the expense of the Maitland NJ. ID. S.
Att y. IN. the scientific part Of the
/ program began. Dr. l.. A, Todd read
a paper on "Resulls of Simplitied
Methods of Treating Emergency
Wounds" II was an interest ing sub.
ject and = general discussion followed
Dr. Forgraye then gave an able talk
on "Adnoids. Dr. J. NJ. Davis then
read an excellent paper on "Tht
Need Of More Careful EXaminat ion
OF Patients"
or all the doctors In attendance al
this meeting, Dr. II. :. Rhodes, OF
Graham, probably attracted the mos,
attention. DR.. Rhodes practic ed
medicine In northern Holt and Noda
way counties long before Maitland
was thought Of, and although his liaii
and beard are snow white, he acted ~
young and took a. great an interest
In everything AS the youngest mem
Der present. would that We had NOR,
men like Dr. Rhodes: they woulC
prove an inspiration to the genera
tions that follow, The hour of adj
journment having arrived, a few mi
nor matters were attended to and tho
society adjourned until the first
Thursday In October, when II Is to b,
hoped every member will make II {
point to be there.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21
NV Wonderful COlOred Pupil

our readers will be Interested In
reading the following article from the
pen Of Leigh II. Irvine, which recent.
ly appeared In the Inland Herald, Of
Spokane, Wash. The writer il an
Oregon boy Who has abundantly made
good IN the literary field, and Is he
sOn of Mrs Ann X. Irvine, %! this
city. Leigh attended the old brick
school house, and helped plant the
trees about the old building. that
brings shade To the romping young.
s,ers of today.
Uncle Jesse Wclch was a tine speci.
men Of the typical southern negro
an Alabama negro, and was for years
the "chore boy" to Dr. Asher Goslin.
When the State lIor,icul'u ral Sociei y
met In our city In June, ISIS, Dr.
Goslin Was on for an address on the
strawberry" Concluding his al.
dress, some one IN the audience
called for Uncle Jesse" and rising
10 his feet with the dignity Of a sen
ator, he said: "fricnd Dr. Goslin
raises his straw berries wild a spoon
! does dc culiiyatin.' The audience
went Wild with laughter, and none
enjoyed the joke more heartily than
the Doctor. Uncle Jesse died March
~, 1893, a, the age Of lo2 years;
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21

operator. lie served In various Texas
towns, becoming the manager Of the
office al Waco. From Waco he went
To I'll Paso, thence to Galveston and
to Denver. 1t was from the mana
gership of the Denver Office that the
company took him to New York In
1902 and made him superintendent of
the Eastern division. From then on
It was plain sailing straight ahead.
Now he Is general manager of the
whole system, a position second only
to that of the president. Uncea sing,
tireless, conscientious labor did II.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21
Conscientious Labor Wins.

When Belvidere Brooks was II
years old he was a Western Union
messenger boy In the Texas town OF
Navasota. He is 80 now, and is Sec
ond In command OF that great system
In which he started at the very bot.
tom. Here's the story: Mr.. Brooks,
like Robert Lovett and John c.
Stubs, OF railroad fame, was born on
Western farm. But agricultural
pursuits did not appeal to him, so he
became messenger boy. That was
in 1871. In five months he had
learned to operate the wire. by the
time he was " he was full'fiedged
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21

Politically Mr.. Lewis was a Repub-
lican and had long been identified
with the leaders Of the party In this
county and In the party councils, lie
has represented the party In many
conventions, In the capacity of dele.
gate. lie held membership with but
one fraternity The Ancient Order OF
United Workmen, In which organiza-
ton he had held the chair of Master
Workman almost since its organiza-
ton.
lie Is survived by his wife and two
sons, and a large number Of relatives,
-Atchison County journal, July "a,
1911.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21

"During a long newspaper career a
man meets thousands Of remarkable
characters authors, actors, scien-
lists, statesmen. II has been my
good fortune to Interview hundreds Of
the most illustrious men and women
whose careers have attracted a,ten-
ton during the last - years.
Looking over the long lis, Of those
whose greatness Impressed me, the
face Of kind old negro comes before
me a. that Of one Of the most re-.
markable persons ! have ever had the
pleasure of knowing. lie was born
more than 40 years ago and has been
dead for some ~ years.
Several Spokane people, among
them Mr.. Albert Kunkel, knew him
well, although lac dwclt In "A little
Missouri town near the Kansas and
Nebraska border. Everybody called
him Uncle Jesse WEIGH. lie was
~ years old when ! knew him best,
a very black and striking old patri-
arch with snowy hair and side whis.
kers Of the mution'chop type. lie
would have made IA typicul Uncle
Tom wi,hsu, further makeup than
nature gave him.
had been teaching school during
the summers, attending the UNIVERSE
~ each winter. One night there was
a knock at my door, and when ]
opened IL Uncle Jesse stood before
me, hat In hand, bowling low, and
speaking In the deep, soft tones Of an
old'time negro servant the accent
and bearing Of a gentleman.
Young NASSAU lac said, does yo'
think dis ole niggah's done too ole fur
TO learn To ready'
How old are you, Uncle JesseY' !
asked.
lie nigh ~ yeahs ole, he said.
! explained to him that the desire
10 do a thing had most TO do with
success, whereupon he said he wanted
TO learn to read de Holy Book befo
] dies
IL was then that ] promised that ]
would do all In my power to teach
him.
Dress de Lawd" he cried; and Of
! gifts so much wisdom ! sho'll die
happy
II Is not necessary to say that ]
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21
There are farmers who are afraid

There are farmers who are afraid
that the hog business Is again due TO
suffer slump caused by an oversup.
ply. They point out that nearly ev.
cry farmer who has been short on hogs
during the high-priced period OF the
past are now stocked up with lot OF
brood sows. Their idea Is to get into
the game and corner some of the easy
hog money that has been ON the va
lately. OverprOductron depends al
together on how many get into the
same boat at the same time.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21

is your fly swatter ready The
fly Is. lie Is small yet, but he will
grow II he goes unswatted. A fly
swatted In time saves nine-or nine
million. by doing your swatting now
you can accomplish four times as
much to the swat than II you put II
of until next month, eight times a.
much than II you put II of until July
sixteen times as much than IL you
put 1t of until August, and so on until
the figures become staggering. Swat
now.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21

watched the old mans efforts with
deep interest. He wore large glasses,
the brass rims OF which gave him a
scholarly and dignified appearance.
and lac worked with a~ill al his task.
lie knew the Lords Prayer and
some other familiar portions Of the
New Testament by heart, so ! began
10y showing him which words we're
those he was uttering.
'Bress de- I.awd.' lac asked, am
da, de- way our Father look In de
blessed IIiblcr
lie soon learned many portions of
the Bible, then began to acquire the
alphabet. Some Of his grandchildren
took much delight and Infinite pa.
thence In teaching him. Tie sturdy
old fellow bought candy for them a.
AN appreciation Of their tu,orship.
spent many hours with this inter.
esting OctOgenarian, who told me
many marvellous stories Of his life and
Of the great men he had known In
odd Virginia, lie was shre~d oh.
server, a good reasoncr and a capi,a al
s,ory.lcllcr In his simple, untutored
way.
After an absence Of several years
from the village ] returned To find my
pupil far advanced In his cherished
ambition. lie could read much of
the Bible, and his intona,ions were
clear, deliberate and impressive. The
Great hook was his constant comfort
and companion. ! am told that he
never tried To read anything else.
Considering his advanced years and
the fact that he had gone u decade
and a half beyond the allotted span Of
life before he began his studies, lie
was the most wonderful pupil ! ever
had, and one Of the most remarkable
men ! have ever seen or read Of IN
the stories Of human achievement.
Ever since Uncle Jesse ! have be-,
lieyed that man can do what man has
done, and whenever ] hear a husky
white man Of some ~ or 10 years OF
aye apologizing for his lack of educa
ton, feel like telling him this story
for the feat of my wonderful old mar
should put 10 shame the protests OF
the ignorant and the indifferent mel
and women who go through life oh
sessed with the belief that the braiI
grows too old To learn so long a.
the faculties are unimpaired.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21

Uncle Jesse was born In Haywood
county, North Carolina, March ~.
l7Dl, and died March 20, 1893. lie
was owned 10y John WEIGH, and he
came with his master 10 Missouri In
1901, and later the family located near
Franklin, near Boonville. Jessie be-
came a cont raband Of Col. Reavis, of
an Iowa regiment during the civil
war, while the regiment vas passing
through Howard county, and Was af-
forwards transferred to Col. Geo. A.
Hall, OF the ith NJ. :. NJ. Cavalry and
became the body servant OF Major G.
W. Kelley, and at the close of the
war came TO Oregon with him, and
In 1869 entered the service of Dr. A.
Goslin, as his gardner, and died while
In his service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24

they kept right on. Finally the boys
father got Summons from Magis
trate House and served 1t on Mr.
Roth. He pounded upon our door and
my poor boy said to me: Let Mr.
Roth come in here and I'll try Ia
make him see But when / opened
the door Roth roared SO loudly that
didn't dare let my son see him."
When Roth was before the magis.
trate yesterday he stuck stolidly for
his rights"
But this man is very i'll" said the
magistrate to him, land the playing
is endangering his life. Now if you
want to do the decent thing you
could volunteer that there would be
no more playing"
I've perfect right to have a
piano played in my house if / want
to-" said Roth. 1.-THE board of health
people were there and they told me
that the other people couldn't stop
me-"
The Stouts would move into anoth.
err flat but their physician has told
them that their son cannot be carried
from the flat without endangering his
life."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
KILLING BOY
WITH MUSIC
Torturlng Plano Practice Next Door
Causes Invalid to Have Sink
inc Spells and Ae May
Expire.
CANNOT STOP NOISE
Bull Headed Parents Of Little Girl
Refuse to Keep Their Instru-
ment Quiet to Save
a Life.

NEW YORK. May 2s.-Lying in a
Morris chair in the parlor Of a little
flat on the second floor of No. 1904
Second avenue is Frederick Stout, 20
years old, every In of him pa1pitat-
ing In sympathy seemingly with the
acute dilation of his heart. Through
the wall In the adjoining flat comes
the sound of childish piano exercises
torturing the nerves Of the young
man. The parents OF Stout do not
pound upon the wall, for they know 1t
will do no good. They, the doctor In
charge, of the young man. and Mag
Istrate House have appealed to the
father of the little girl at the piano,
John Roth, fireman, and told him
the torturing music is surely shorten
Ing the boys life. The Roths have re-
piled that they are within their rights
that they have paid money for music
lessons for their ten-year-old daugh-
ter Edna, and they want to see some
return.
Magistrate House Is going to see Il
he can do anything to stop the tor.
ture, and If he finds that he can, he
is going to do it, when he will have
Roth before him on summons.
DR.. Charles J. Goeller of No. 421
East One Hundred and Forty-sixth
street wrote to Magistrate House yes
terday that the piano playing of little
Edna Roth was lessening the young
mans chances of recovery. To a
reporter he added that there was
not the slightest doubt in the world
that his patient could be killed by two
hours of continuous playing
Eat present" he said, "the little
girl plays only an hour day, but its
effect upon my patient is marked.
Luckily they have seldom played at
night The other night they did. The
boys mother telephoned to me that
her son was having sinking spells.
ordered her over the telephone to
give him injections of stimulaut
every fifteen minutes until l could get
to him l worked over him until 2
o'clock in the morning, just as the re-
suit of one evenings playing. l N.Y.
self went into the opposite flat and
explained to Mrs. Roth the situation.
She answered: Well play our piano
whenever we want to"
Mrs. Henry w. Stout, the boys
mother, let a reporter see her son
Yesterday. The boy said something to
the mother in low tone
He says" said the mother, that
he doesn't ask for much. He Just
wants chance to live and try to get
well. He doesn't mind the noises oil
the organs in the street and the ele
waited, but that piano makes him
frightfully nervous. We asked the
people not to play their piano and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
Notice Of Renewal Of Incorporation Of
keIIogq-BIrue COMPANY.

NeHo99-5lTqe company.
Notice is hereby given of the re-
newal of Incorporation of the kellogg.
Birge Company for twenty years from
February 20, 1911.
LIST. The name of the corporation
is Kellogg Birge Company, and its
principal place for the transaction of
Its business is Keokuk, Iowa.
End. The general nature of the
business to be transacted is the man
ufacturing, purchase and sale of gro
ceries, and other merchandise, and
such other business as shall be de-
termined upon by the Board of Direc-
ors.
9rd. The amount of Capital Stock
authorized is s2o0,oOooO divided as
| follows: 1000 shares of $4,000 each
Common Stock, and 1000 shares OF
| $4,000 each Cumulative, Non-Voting
| five per cent Preferred Stock.
4th. The Corporation may commence
business when Five Hundred Shares
of the Common Capital Stock has been
subscribed and paid for.
5th. The affairs of the Corporation
shall be conducted by board of di
rectors, who shall be elected at the
annual election in January, of each
year.
9Th. The highest amount of indebt
edness to which the Corporation shall
subject itself is two-thirds (2-3) of it
capital stock
It'll. The private property of mem
bers of the Corporation is to be ex
empt from corporate debts
IRA w. WILLS, President
H. c. BROWN, Secretary.
Keokuk, Iowa, May 9th, 1911.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
Proof of VIII.

State of Iowa, Lee county-ss. In
District Court.
To all whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given. That on the
fifteenth day of May, A. D. 1911, pa.
per was opened and read by the Clerk
of the District Court of Lee county
Iowa, purporting to be the last Will
and Testament of Emma E. Daggs
late of Lee county, in the state OF
Iowa, deceased; and that proof of the
genuineness OF said instrument will
be heard in the District Court of said
county at Keokuk, on Mon,
day, the twelfth day of June
A. D. 1911, at the hour Of 2
o'clock p. M OF said day, being the
sixteenth day of the May term, 1911.
of said Court, when all persons in
terested in said Will are required to
be present and make their objections
to the same, if any they have
In witness whereof, l hereunto set
my hand this fifteenth day of May,
1911.
: c. B. LAKE,
Clerk OF the District Court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
Ordinance No.

An ordinance granting permission
to Joseph o. Proctor, Jr., his success
sors, lessees and assigns to operate a
street railway and power company IN
the City of Keokuk.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the City of Keokuk:
Sec. /. That the right. privilege
and franchise are hereby granted I'M
to Joseph o. Proctor, Jr, his success
sors, lessees and assigns, hereinafter
called the grantee) to lay down, con
struct, acquire, equip, maintain and
operate street railways, with single
or double tracks, of standard railway
gauge, four feet eight and one-hal1
inches wide, together with turnouts
cross overs, side tracks and switches
on all the streets, alleys and public
places, except as hereinafter pro
vided, within the present and an,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
Ordinance Mo.

An ordinance granting to Joseph o.
Proctor, Jr, his successors, lessees
and assigns, the right to erect, and
maintain poles and wires in the City
of Keokuk for the transmission and
distribution of electric energy for
light, heat, power. and other pur.
poses.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the city of Keokuk:
Sec. /. That Joseph o. Proctor
Jre his successors, lessees and as
signs hereinafter referred to as the
Grantee) are hereby granted the right
to erect, acquire, maintain and oper
ate through, over and upon all the
streets and alleys of the City of Keo
kuk for aAterm of twenty-five years
! from Anguish l, 1911, poles or posts o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24

John D. Rockefeller would go broke
If he should spend his entire income
trying to prepare better medicine
than Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea
dysentery or bowel complaints. 1t is
simply impossible, and SO says every
one that has used it. Sold by all
dealers.