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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
MISS FRANCES c. WEST
Native Of Manchester for Fourteen
Years a Teacher at Utica

The Utica-Herald Dispatch Of
Thursday. November 2, contained
the following obituary notice of Miss
Frances G. West, one of the teachers
in the public schools OF that city:
THE life of Miss Frances G. West,
a popular Utica school teacher, came
to a close at o'clock this morning
at st. EliZabeth's hospital, where she
had been confined since early in Sep.
TENDER with heart trouble and other
complications. Miss West was taken
seriously i'll while spending her sum
mer vacation at the old homestead in
Manchester, VT, just after the public
schools closed last June. Her CON
dition became so alarming that il was
finally decided to bring her to st.
Elizabeth's hospital in this city.
Everything known to medical science
for the cure OF heart trouble was re-
sorted to and at times the physicians
held out hopes of her ultimate recov-
cry The passing Of Miss West re-
moves teacher of worth and ability
and woman of charming personal
ity
For fourteen years Miss West had
been teacher in school No. Is on
WhitesborO street and she was dear
ly beloved by all the pupils in that
school. She had taught in the fourth
fifth and sixth grades of school No.
lS and parents and scholars as well
as her associate teachers had a warm
place in their heart for her. AS
teacher she was particularly success
ful and she saw TO it as far as lay in
her power that all of her scholars
stood well In their studies. The best
commentary on her work can be
heard from those who were taught
by her.
Miss West was a native OF Man
chester. and was born August 10,
1874. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel M. West. Miss West
was educated in the Honsdale and
Cottage Avenue schools in Chicago.
the North Bennington, vt. high
school, the Norwich academy and the
utica Teachers Training class. AT
ter graduating from the teachers
training class she became a teacher
ana continued as such until last June
she was member of Trinity church.
the Daughters of the American Reyo-
luton, and the Colonial Danes. Her
father, Samuel M. West. of this citv
survives. The body is now at Sian.
sons undertaking rooms. II will be
taken to Arlington, VT, for interment
tomorrow morning"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
NO "kNocKoUrs" IN ENGLAND
New Home Secretary Says onI,
Sparring Matches Are 1 awful

London, Nov. 4.-The new home
secretary, Reginald McKenna. has
laid down the law that any boxing
matches decided by knockout shall
be Illegal in Great Britain. The an.
nouncement is the result of cues.
ton put in the House of Commons to
the home secretary by A. H. Bur.
goyne, M. p, who sought to allay the
nervousness of the proprietors of
halls who had refused to take on the
Wells-Moit fight for Oct. 80 because
OF the experience OF the lessee of
Earfs Court in the Wells--Johnson
affair.
The home secretary said that the
law was that II the object and intent
OF the combatants we're to subdue
each other by violent blows until one
could endure II no longer the contest
was illegal. On the other hand. a
sparring match wherein the object
was to win by skill and not by severi.
ty OF injuries inflicted, is lawful.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
HOG CHOLERA SPREADING
II Has Already Cost Kansas Stock
men More Than 100000

- ffa~ FNHNoNy OOoh NdUcdo 0lOCN-
men More Than 100000
Topeka, Kas, Nov. Am epidemic
OF hog cholera this fall has cost the
stockmen Of Kansas more than ST..
100000 according to figures compiled
by State Commissioner Mercer. The
epidemic is spreading into Nebraska
and Oklahoma and the result OF II
will be in MERGERS opinion, serious
shortage and consequent higher pri-
ces for pork. The disease is preva.
lent in Missouri also, and the full ca
pacity OF the state serum plant at
Columbia is required to keep the
plague in check.
The serum plant at the Kansas
State Agricultural College, has been
running at full capacity for weeks,
but is not able to supply more than
half the serum needed. The state
live stock commission is devoting its
whole attention toward measures to
check the spread of the disease which
II not checked, undoubtedly will kill
most OF the hogs in the state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04

that all nickels dated 1910 are conn.
terfeit. The reports were spread
persistently, occasioning banks and
business men much inconvenience.
There are 3O,O00,0OO nickels of 1919
In circulation and, so far as the trea.
sury knows, all are genuine. Some
OF them were discolored in the mint
Ing by fumes OF sulphuric acid which
gives them an unusual appearances,
They are genuine none the less
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
Card

We the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a so.
cent bottle OF Greene's Warranted
Syrup OF Tar II II fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee
a 20 cent bottle TO prove satisfactory
or money refunded.
Coles Pharmacy. A. s. Hathaway.
Harwood Drug Store,
c. Il. and A. d. Hawkins,
d. A. Qulnlan, Il. G. Woodwork
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
WILLIAMS DRAMATlcs

Play by Cap and Bells to Be Given
November 20
Cap and Bells. the Williams college
dramatic club, will give perfor,
nance at the Bennington opera
house on Tuesday evening. November
2S. The play presented this year is
THE Duke of Killlcrankie," farcical
romance by Robert Marshall.
Two performances have already
been given In Williamstown and
Northampton and II has been judged
the best presentation the club has
ever given. Announcement concern
ing tickets will be made later.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
ST. NICHOLAS IN 1912
One Of the Features Will Be a New
Baseball Series.


There is to be new baseball
series in st. Nicholas during 1912, a
companion to the series concluded in
the October number. The new ser.
les will deal even more infinitely
with the fine points of the great Ma
tional game, enriched by the expert
ences and incidents of the latest
race for the pennant in the National
League. In one instance this series
seems to have worked disaster to a
local manager, for a resident of a
Western town sends the magazine a
letter stating that, after reading the
st. Nicholas articles, their club had
promptly decided that their manager
was "bonehead," and had asked for
his resignation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-04
NIcKELs OF 1910 ARE GOOD
Some Slightly Dscolored Report
That They are Counterfeit

Washington, Nov. 3.-Hundreds OF
inquiries from all sections OF the
country are being received at the
treasury department from persons
who have believed recent reports
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-28

behind. FIfty-ST wasn't paving much a.
tentioa 10 any Ten nises neT hgur within
the Gis .inats ordlnaucts that Csv.
AZ noon Hoaconb caHa into the dss-
patcbe-s oFslce q, D4rnascss Jlnot2on and
sal 1owu ly the Nor1h End train virr 70
NatCh trr running
No. 81 fy Iz-zs reported Silver Greek
Nc. 81 by l7seE clicked Valley kiew.
and HoicG11D smiled little Ten niles IN
esgHt minutes This was running indeed.
Thsn Ackesis came III to listen 10 the
little sisii0ns %. s ing tire nem train,
and ne laughed Ike boy when be timed
mr. between some of them She was due IN
Damascus JuHctinn 1t thrre-ten. bat al the
rate sire was running she wolld strike the
upper yzrss 3 Little before three O'Clock
Bob Arhorn was the dispatcher on thzt
trick- ard be z2s handling the trains like
veteran can sre him non-. quiet. hand
Some y0ung fellow, sitting there with tire
whole psse hu1sred and esghty-tKo niles of
The North dfvEsSDn IN hrs head Just AZ clrarly
as though be were seeing the entire length Of
II with his eyes Everything was gong
beautifully, and il locked as though It we're
going 20 be the easiest thing in The world 10
pat that NAL into New Orleans on time.
Then th- door If the South End 0es-
p@tcher's Office lev open and q scared
operator plunged through il and handed
McKelly message. He didn't say any
thing, just handed it to him and hurried
back To his wire; bur the superintendent
said enough forfboth OF them. They Used
70 szy that when McKeily really started
in to swear. the Recording Anga sent IN
hurry call for stenographer When
the sulphur smoke had sort Of cleared
away We began to take In the cause Of the
trouble. Ii seemed that Jim BoIins-
H2rdIuCk BoIins, they called hi1n-had
broken a driving rod on his engine. No one
had been hurt, but before he had been able
To stop his train the broken rod had Aayed
all the left-hand side Of the cab Of and
wound up by dsrailing the engine, tender,
and several freight cars. There we were
with the main line blocked south until late
In the night, and the mail coming in on US
sixty and seventy miles an hour Things
looked blue McKeily wss In the next room
getting the details and they we're not en-
couraging. Bolins's train was in the ditch
in a cut where il would he impossible 10 yet
a temporary track built around it in time
to do any good In the meantime Bancroft
had sent ii the call for the wrecker and be-
gan dearing the road for it. The North
End stations kept reporting Fifty-six BY,
and Il was sickening to think Of that splen-
did run ending in nothing through another
piece Of old man Bolinss miserable luck
Ackeily said that the only thing to do was
70 get the wreckage out Of The way quickly
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and afterward make up as much time as
possible. 1t was poor enough outlook,
and while We were getting the line ready for
the wrecker good deal Of breath went into
curses on jim Bolins's bald head.
Then HoIeomb, who had been standing
BY the window saying nothing, wheeled
around and walked over to Bancroft.
Harry' he ssid. get the Mineral divi-
sion clear I'm going to send the mail into
Chnch River over that.
Good Lord, man. you can never do itiV
bFoke in McKeIly Think Of these curves
ard that roadbedl There are slow orders
out Tor that Dew Little River bridge, too.
It's out of the question.
Neycr mind that. Rolcomb said.
sire mails got 70 gosand its the only
way left US. Come on to the round
house
That was Holcomb. No running the road
from desk with a brass railing around it
Tor him.
As they piled down the steps we heard
the wildcat whistle break out with the
call for the wrcoking crer. and over on
Railroad Avenue wc could see doors come
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smoke pouring out Of her stack as though
she were just beginning her run instead Of
ending it, Back OF her trailed he five new
mail cars, their sides gray with dust
The instant the train stopped a swarm Of
men fell upon il tapping the wheels, testing
the air, and pouring oil into the journal
boxes They worked like mad, and the Io64
lhadn t more ihan been Lrcoupled before old
George was backing down to take her place.
He vas in such hurry about it that be
scraped several inches Of paint of the csber
engines tender as be came in from tic sd
ing Before the couples had touched r1sr
reached ior the air hose and a secons :a.es
H0lcomb himself swung onto a mail car AL
gave the signal 10 go ahead. in an iasss4f
they were moving Faster and faster ttev
went. as George gradually RULED the tiIros-
tic over, and when they passed the. depot
they were pretty nearly flying. The last We
saw Of them was cloud OF black smoke
whipping around the curve at WI" tower,
below Eighteenth Street, bat from ne re-
ports that came IN over the wire and the
tale that the conductor tolo when ne reco,-
cred his breath nest i2y. we got Il very good
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-28

bridge, but when Fiiiy-six was at tbs head
al inc gorge there we're eiEhly-six ngi}es in
front ai hcr and VI Ffg ii It's 3t n flb
them in, Gayrge climbed down from. his
scat % ihe gangygsy and told Jim that be
MS gc1ng ta Ike il'e bridge al iull speed,
as fSgov w.s;i'A neskr .sl4 st tiinth River in
time rllierwise Both Knew that ihe chances
were not mach better tilafs Nsyesl. fa badge.
train and all 1s n,tf % i8, TIC riyc i tl.cy
i Essse &C., thing hsl jim was game all
tsr Nhen George iala him that Ike
.eouia gun hcr and Tire too, e neeess4ry- ssaisyI
tAat jim could janlp while they we're ran
ring ssc,sisFs's iheals-sE4de il be wantedts,
Jim tgid lfinl II g 70 b
Afcw minutes iatcr they pitched over the
crest o. tiYc tsh and tore Hdsn toward the
Ever like n.aa Alnhon said allcrns1d
that hi CoQsan sncsr q thing f1r tle cells ef
tho exhaust ssisi was coming naek- iron, the
hits all around 4ls,c dFisc7s Under him
were a binr.& The engine rleled and
pitched, and llr hcadlighi danced uniiI i.
didn tSrsiew ihe track ahead mosei han hall
the time lim,qult shoveli1g and insi hung
on M x soi ssesfq 5ss1sgf sas Il
10 this DAY the old pump tender at the
bridge is ugallc 70 remember whether he
saw Fits 8x pan, or not. He oHly Tetalls
an impression % something like great
black thuuderooIi that shot by him at
speed he never saw before nor since; q short
hollow roar AS It hurtlcd across the bridge.
and then the crash as whole span tumblcd
into the river But the mai! was across and
boring into the night a. swiftly as ever As
the water ctosed over the w-eckcd span
there came bark the four dccp-toaet Blasts
ct The 1905 rallhlg ior the bIock,at Radlord
Junction, hsli a mile away.
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oFsen and women standing In ther1 listening
and Calling to one another. Alter al. Il i
On the women that the curse OF the railroad
Ire fails hezs7est- They send their men out
each day. and sometimes they come back
and sometimes they don't Day or night
they start up in horror al the sound OF the
wreckIng whistle and wonder Il the time
has CONG WHEN their man hes out there
under srarl q twisted steel and sDlinferrd
wood- But that day th men would all
come home. and Holconlb stopped long
enough TO send man over t0 tel them
50. HIS main Line was tied up. but he still
had ;ine fUr that BIT of kindness.
Word began 10 get around that Fiity-Six
vas going 10 be seni over the Mineral,
which parzlleled the main line some thirty
miles to the west, and il created almost as
much excitement as the wreck Not only
was il nearly 1ity miles longer than By the
main tine. but everybody thought that the
Dlah train would 60 into the ditch If she
tired TO make any time over that wretched
track through the coal country.
But HnlcpTnb WASH asking Tor any opin-
ions In tire roundhouse he found one of
The new engines waiting, a beautiful ma
chIne-but the trouble was TO get an engi-
neer. The main lire men didn't know The
coal road, and the Mineral engineers were
al cut on the lire. Already il was 7:5o. and
Fifty-six liable TO be in At any moment.
Mckelly was just starting czll-boy On the
double-quiCk for an engineer, when his eyes
fell On set ot vhiskers and q cloud Of
tobacco smoke He knew right of that
back Of them was old George Amhorn,
father OF young Bob. the dispatcher. The
old man vas sixty and about as reckless as
boy OF sixteen. At that time he was TAX
ing q thlrryday rest for bringing coal
train down the Mineral side Of Blue Noun
tain, fhirty-tRo miles, in twenty-six min
utes. There hadn't been any damage done
except TO scare the train crew out of a wears
growth, and the premature death OF a pig
that had wandered ont onto the track; but
Mckelly had given him ! months lay-off
and a pamphlet ON the Uses of air brakes.
The instant they recognized him Holconb
and McKeliy hailed old George and told
him that If he wanted his punishment sus-
pended indefinitely he cculd take Fifty-ssx
into Clinch River that evening. George
said that he vas rather enjoying his little
vacation. but he couldn't besr to mix the
chance Of run like that; 50 in a minute he
was in Io63's big cab and pulling her over
TO back into the upper yard, where he would
couple onto Fifty-si1. Jim Angus was hr1g
ior tana, husky youugste who knew al the
tricks iil. the business for see1;;ig Up steam
in an engine. 2-
They had;t't more than gotten the ten
wheeler into siding up there before they
heard the wifistle-chne OF tke 1904, deep
and full ike a pipc-o,gan, end NEXT thing
she was coming down the yard at racing
speed with the exhaust roaring ana the
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The next thing that went INTO tnc nre-DoD
was the shovel. II was only In the way.
Then Angus Jumped Tor the waste. Soaked
in oil. il went into the fre. Ever 20 littiA
the indicator on the steam gauge crept
around. then once more 1t began to recede-
There were SIX miles ahead and already they
were due in Clinch River. Jim picked up
an Ak and went to work on the tool-box In
the tender. Piece By piece II went into the
furnace Again the gauge advanced and
then rcceded more than ever. Things began
to resolve themselves into tight between
the two men and the gauge. 1t said THAI
after all their work and brilliant running
their engine should die almost within sight
al the division terminus; while they swore
that they would bring in the mail in spite Of
legion Of gauges Then the tools went
into the flames. At least their handles
would burn =
With the end Of the struggle so near but
with the result still in doubt, both men be-
gan to realize how utterly weary they we're
Iinl. staggered as he chopped at the canvas
curtain in the cab 1t, too. found its way
into the llre-box Then came the cab
cushions and Clinch River three miles
away Cab and tender were stripped hare,
ard stil the steam fell and the speed slack
cncd 1t looked as though the gauge were
going 10 win but just then they rounded
The last curve. andtwo miles ahead were the
lights Of Clinch River The sight put new
lilc into Jim on came his shirt and into
the iire-box it went Undershirt, cap and
slspenders followed They helped little
enough, but he wasn't going TO give up ar
.Igitg Is there Nasanvthing LETT ON the engine
tFlai would burn Old George saw what the
boy Was. up Ia. and down came mis- cap,
jimper. ovcralls. both shirts and his shoes
They. too, all soaked with oil, went into the
fre.
Ore mile left, and already they were
clicking uTer the first switch-frogs Mo-
nlentum and old Geurge's undershirt and
oyerals were taking them down the yard.
wil,is Jim las asleep from sheer exhaustion
in me coal tgy- nrr nc floor OF the tender.
af@a asBElE lE-Raked engineer with scorched
gray whiskfrs igsintd Yearly out Of the cab
window The wires had carried. word OF the
run lhey had made, and it was a royal vel
como that they rot from The whistles Of the
switch engines. The shops and mills along
the tracks took IL up aud Fifty six rolled
along througha a regular Aew Years night.
celebration Her last pound Of steam went
into ths 1865 csnoTledgmerit of their
sallltes and then the voice Of her big whistle
broke pitiiqlly, and just al the Fent0tower
she died. Hf6t ser ST . III
\ yard engine coupled onto ne mail cars
and away they went Then the superinten-
dent and the master mechanic climbed up
ard lifted George down. Everybody
crowded around him shaking hands and
sapping him on the back, while he stood
bFst on one foot and then on the other on
the frosty ground. yelling at them to shut
UP and lend him coat and pair OF shoes
Did they think man without any shirt on
an October night cared anything about con
gratulstions- besides that, he hadn't done
anything eScept bring train in over ths
Mineral tae same as be did every day. Just
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-28

idea Of how the nlaI Eens into Clinch River
that night only twelve minutes late
The next we heard 81 them was al Irvine.
ten miies ont 81 Eighteenth Street Then
the woman operator at Roseusle reported
that train had gone through 50 fast that
she could not get The engine number. Aal-
ley Falls told of . runaway tram with mad
engineer who had his whistle tied down aEs}
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ARTHUR X. .AKERSM'
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eonvnseAr nie

hammered and shovtled and fought to keep
the Steam pressure UP to the limit Yet,
stTiye as they might, they we're losing time
on The sleep hil-iime that had to be made
up somewhere.
Just al the foot of this HIN on the other
SIDE was the unfinished bridge swung high
over Little River. Orders read 10 reduce
speed To three miles al hour across this
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AZ Rugby. twenty miles from Clinch
River he real tight begaD. The coal was
50 nearly gone that jim was f7roed 10 60
far tzcfss- m rsre tender for every shovellul.
Gerge telped all ne cotiid, but stiii the
steam feII and the speed lessened Seven
miles out OF Chnch River the last OF the coal
seat into the furnace. but the two men in
the cab were not the kind that quit Just
because the fiiel happened to be gone If
thsy had blown ont a cylinder head. George
would have figured out vayto get in on one
cssinders and II they had lost drivewheel
i'm wouldhave rigged up arunnerinitsplace.
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then Holcomb came Shouldering his way
through the crowd toward the engineer, bsn
George got in the first word. ss seea =
Say. AIr. EIoleomb,, = :. he called. "f'w
changed my gninas I.Sant the rest OF that
Take 1t, said Holoomb, and your pay
goes on just the same. But when YOU CONS
back m going to deduct the cost of that
Little River bridge from your first months
earnings
Now old George pulls the mail trains on
the main line. but rumor has it that so IA,
ne has not paid for that bridge.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21
SUFFERING WOMEN

o the general comrno OF ~FenaleT rou
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first mention
of
of wcsnen
painful operation nvolnu in
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of ne sentrey
inth eeandpe
ghtes danger andw mo inonven ince
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SPECIFIC FOR THE CURE OF BLOOD POISON


few
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"606"
lection to building
heal in relieved instantly we
n Of
o those Who
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DISEASES OF MEN

Ii we edandper
in OF
opinion is
haeg to o
ERRORS OF DEVELOPMENT
is
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ELECTRICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE

lied world that electricity
sin
one Is is eIsve
o sogn n of
OF
rcandne force
the
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vARICoCELE


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employed
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TISSUE WASTE


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SPECIAL DISEASES

burning
appear i mag
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NERVOUS DECLINE

respondent, ambition
can
and eradicate the condition causing
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STRUCTURE

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parts only leaving
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