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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Garden City

Charles Peterson and William
Banker have gone to Wisconsin.
Mrs. Jennie Yates of Minneapolis
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank
Thurston.
The Royal Neighbors will meet at
their lodge rooms on Saturday even
ing, August 3.
Mesdames Rachel Norton and
Goodall were business visitors at
Lake Crystal Monday.
Lee Morphew was an over Sunday
guest at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Clifford Fleming.
| Several from this vicinity took the
teachers examinations at Lake Crys-
tai the first of the week.
B. ID. Pay and son of Mankato
came up in an auto Tuesday on a
business and pleasure trip.
The Christian Endeavorers will
have an open air meeting near the
Loring home Sunday evening.
Miss Valrah Wood has returned to
her work in st. Paul after spending
her vacation with her mother.
The hamrock club will hold their
next meeting with Mrs. Ada Wilson
the second Thursday in August.
The Baptist young people will give
an ice cream social this evening az
the home of Howard Hazel. Every
one is cordially invited.
The ordination service which was
to have been held Sunday at the
Christian church, has been post.
poned until a later date.
The Study club met yesterday aft
ernoon with Mrs. Julia Thurston.
The work of the afternoon was plan
ming tn program for next years
work.
Mrs. Nora Piper and daughter.
Gertrude, are here keeping house for
Mrs. Piper's brother, E. w. Gates.
Mrs. Gates is visiting her son at
Fort Collins, Colo.
Master Floyd Wagner, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Wagner, is seriously
i'll with pneumonia. A trained nurse
is employed and it is hoped that he
will have a speedy recovery.
OWN dttCHudtICc was present
at church Sunday evening to hear
/. Walden, superintendent of the An
ti-Saloon league, who spoke on
County Option" He gave a good.
fOrceful address.
L. F. Mills, Mrs. Lucius Mills and
their families and Edward Mills and
daughter, who are visiting here from
Canada, formed a merry picnic party
to Minneopa Tuesday, where they
enjoyed supper.
The w. c. T. u. will meet the
first Tuesday in August with Mrs.
Melissa Norton The following pro-
gram will be given: Paper. 'Hered.
ity and Temperance" by Mrs. Mayte
John; song By Mesdames Bixby and
John. The following officers were
elected for the coming year: Presi.
dent. Mrs. Ida Mills; vice presf.
dent, Mrs. Blanch Hart; secretary.
Mrs. Hattie Chapman; treasurer.
Mrs. julia Thurston.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
Harvester Trusts Answer.
Especial to The Free Press

st. Paul, Mimi, August 1.-The
of the International Harvest
er company, to the suit which the
government has begun for it's dis
solution before the United States
court Of appeals, was filed
The hearings will not begin
however, until the middle of Sep
TENDER, when they will be heard
by Judge w. H, Sanborn,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

corded. and we very much question
if they have even played even on
their expense account. With better
service and consequently increased
cost we feel that the Citizens are
doing their whole part and are en-.
titled to a greater patronage than
they are at present getting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09
JIMMIE WARD WILL
GUT HOLE IN OZONE
From thursdays Daily.

From thursdays Daily.
Jimmie Ward, known as the death
defying daredevil boy aviator, will
give flights in this city on Saturday
and Sunday August II and Is, at the
fair grounds and he will give three
flights each day, beginning at three
O'Clock in the afternoon. Also, there
will be auto and motorcycle races,
, and Ward will race with a motor
cycle, the machine going around the
track at b%reakneck speed and Ward
in his biplane soaring above the
track. There'l be thrills enough
to suit the most discriminating APP
petite.
There will be ball games, band
music and other attractions, all
under the auspices of the Mankato
Fair association. Efforts are being
made to obtain reduced rates
on the railroads. Mankato is
the only city in southern Minnesota
where Ward will make his flight.
Ward made a flight in Winnipeg
on July 13, and The Tribune Of that
city published an interesting story
in connection Herewith. Among
other things The Tribune said:
Got Their Moneys Worth.
Exhibition visitors figure they are
getting their moneys worth out of
aviation. Jimmie Ward is under
contract to make two flights a day.
On the opening day the winds were
bad and Mestach met with his ac-
cident. Jimmie made only one
flight with press reports. That was
Wednesday,, the opening day of the
exhibition. The next day, yesterday,
Jimmy d~issipated. He gave the
crowd four fine flights, each a
beauty. The third one, in the early
evening, he made all over the city.
One rustic-looking gentleman want,
ed to know what new kind of prairie
chicken that thing up there five
thousand feet above the Tribune
building really was. He was told it
was a flying machine and all he
said was: "My Gawd." He was
seen standing in the same spot as
and a denizen of Langside street
affirms that he was only brought
back to earth when, four hours
later, a kindly raindrop alighted in
his right eye and interrupted his
vision. Again he made the ~ejacula-
ton MY Gawd," and made for his
bed.
"Ain't it Marvelous?"
Yesterday morning at four o'clock
he waded through four inches of
water to see the flying machine.
When he saw it he said to the at
tendants whom he wakened from
taking their beauty sleep after the
storm: Amt it marvellous, this
yere thing, and it flies like a bird,
whoop la" He, in the rain, gam
boiled like a child, but gradually
SOLDERING he added, But the earth
for mine, every time, every time,
you bet" Then he fell to musing
again and asked a question of the
attendant.
| whats this thing?" touching the
engine.
That's the engine"
"Wha-a-at?"
"The engine"
Get out, that thing is a tea kettle
or a foot warmer. Yer can't cod
me. Try it again"
That's a fact, though, and I'll
tell you what" the attendant volun-
teered, THAT teakettle," emulating
the others c"ontemptuous glance and
tone, "can draw more than your
ithreshing engine and two more
like it,. It's fifty horsepower"
! Again the farmer appeared daZed
by what he heard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

Washington, August -
"Your title to the nomination
is as clear and unimpeachable
as the title of any candidate
since political conventions be-
gan" These were the closing
words of Senator Elihu Roots
speech to President Taft, who
was surrounded by his fam
lily and friends today when
officially notified of his nomi-
nation for president of the
United States by the republic
an national convention.
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Funeral of A. Otto Aoerr

The funeral of A. Otto Hoerr
Will be held at the st. Peter and
81. Paul Catholic church tomorrow
morning at nine o'clock. Interment
will be made at Calvary cemetery.
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WEATHER FOR AlIGiIST


WEATHER FOR AUGUST.
August 1-4-Fair, warm,
sultry, unsettled.
August Stair.
August Cool rain. Dull.
: August 10.-Fine.
August 12.-Rainy.
August 13.-Windy, rain.
August 14.-Cloudy, rain.
August 19.-Frequent show
; ers.
August 22.-Showers, wind.
August 27.-Thunder storm.
August 3o.-Stormy, thun-
der, warm.
August 31.-Cloudy. Dull.
John NJ. Broome.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
THE BLONDE
MANS BABY
BY Dorothy Douglas

Cynthia gazed through the hedge
that separated her garden from the
one next door.
Little darling" she breathed and
her nerves quivered for a touch Of the
tiny mite who played among the sun.
flowers at the foot of the garden.
"Da, da, dal" The chiid's high.
pitched voice followed each attempt
as she strained on tip-toe for the
great yellow heads.
1T must be that blonde mans
baby" The minor part of Cynthia had
gone off into disinterested theory as
to baby's parentage. In vague way
she remembered having seen a very
blonde man entering the gate next
door. That languid creature is the
mother" She also recalled having
seen woman rocking idly on the
veranda.
But the major part Of Cynthia's be-
ing was given over to unceasing long
ing for the child; it's elfin beauty had
possessed Cynthia's soul for the past
ten days.
Little lonely hearth sighed Gym
thia and hurled unfiattering thoughts
toward the blonde man and his Ian
guild wife.
She drew back behind a clump OF
bushes. A woman had come hurried
ly into the garden next door. Cynthia
watched her stoop and print hasty
kiss on the baby's cheek, after which
she stepped out and into a waiting
carriage.
Cynthia gasped. For a moment she
couldn't believe what her senses told
her-that the woman with. the travel
ing coat and suit case had gone away
and left the child alone.
A slow smile dawned in Cynthia's
eyes. The maid in the next house
was a Hungarian and could scarcely
speak English. With both parents
out of the way Cynthia realized that
the baby was practically in her arms.
Yet Cynthia had not prepared her.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.

Country lard, good color and clean
l2sc per pound.
Country bacon, l25c per pound.
Black-eyed reas, 81 90 per bushel.
Country shoulders, l0c per pound
Country hams. lSc per pound.
Irish potatoes, 81 go per bushel.
Northern eating Rural potatoes
81 GO per bushel
Texas eating onions, S1.75 per
bushel
Red eating onio ms, $1.75 per bushel
Dried Navy beans, 1925 per
bushel
Cabbage. cents a pound.
Dried Lima beans. 1Oc per pound.
Country dried apples, 12Ac per
pound
Daisy cream cheese, 25c per
pound
Full cream brick cheese, 25c PEI
pound
Full cream Limberger cheese. 25c
per pound
Popcorn, dried on ear. &c per pound.
Fresh Eggs 35c per doz
Choice lots fresh, well-worked
country butter, in pound prints, 30c.
FRUITS.
Lemons. 25c per, dozen
Navel Oranges, 30c, 40c, per doz
Bananas, 15c and zoe doz
New York State apples $500 to
Sc 90 per barrel
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22

self for the great throb that shook
: her when the baby arms first tight
ened spasmodically about her neck.
And as suddenly the awful fear
gripped her that one day she would
have to give up this love-
You lonely, wistful, sad little
thing" she cried. What is your
name, darling?"
"Da, da!"
Cynthia laughed.
"And your mammals manner"
"Da, da!"
Evidently Daddy is the sun, moon
and stars to you," smiled Cynthia.
AS day after day wore on the baby
became a vital part Of Cynthia's life.
1t became nightly terror when as
dusk drew down she stood beside the
dividing hedge and put the clinging
arms from about her neck.
Had the awful loneliness been less
apparent in the child's life vague
thoughts would not have entered Gym
thia's mind. But that staring neglect
together with her own over-developed
love for beautiful children swept Gym
thia from her feet. A torrent OF fear
full yet delightful schemes rushed
through her mind.
Another week drew to a close. The
woman OF tho rocker had not re-
turned. The blonde man continued
TO come and 60.
There could bo no doubt that the
man with his clear cut golden profilo
was the father OF the baby.
When Cynthia's passion for the
baby was at its height a letter came
from the art circles Of Paris. A great
prize was being offered for a child
portrait. The restrictions were So
we're. The work must be done in
France.
Before Cynthia had finished the let
ter she knew that she was going to
kidnap the blonde mans baby! She
felt itl II had been preordained. A
hot wave surged through her body
and she swept the child to her in a
frenzy OF Joy.
When the Joy OF the moment had
subsidized Cynthia set about calmly to
plan her escape. II would be simple.
She had won the bapy's love TO such
an extent that she would 80 without a
murmur.
In the village no one knew much
about Cynthia save that she was an
artist; her time had been too valu-
able to waste in idle gossip. Cynthia
doubted II the blonde man had even
30 much a. glimpsed her IN the gar
den.
In a fortnight's time CynthiA ana
Toddleg we're sailing toward . tiny
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
HOpkinSvi1le Market
Quotations.
Corrected Feb. "A, 1912.
RooTs. HIDES, Wool AND TALtow

Prices paid by wholesale dealers tc
butchers and farmers:
Roots-Southern ginseng, SIS. rs ID
Golden Seal" yellow root, $I.35 II
Mayapple, 80; pink root. 12c and IL,
Tallow-No. l. d., No. 2, &c.
Woodbury., IOc to nc: Clear
Grease, 21c. medium, tub washed,
23c to 3Oc; coarse, dingy, tubwashed,
l8c.
Feathers-Prime white goose. SOC;
dark and mixed old goose, I5c to 30c;
gray mixed, I5c to 20c; white duck,
&c to 35c, new.
Hides and Skins-These quotations
are for Kentucky hides. Southern
green hides &c. We quote assorted
lots dry flint, I2c to. lac. $40 bet
ter demand
Dressed geese. lie per pound for
choice lots, live 81
Fresh country eggs, rs cents per
dozen
Fresh country butter 25c ID.
A good demand exists for spring
chickens, and choice lots of fresh
country butter
HAY AND GRAIN.
Choice timothy hay, $500
No. timothy hay, SIT 90
Choice clover hay, SIG 90
No. clover hay, SIG 90
Clean, bright straw hay, $500
Alfalfa hay, $I8 90
White seed oats, 55c
Black seed oats, 55c
Mixed seed oats, 48c
No. 2 white corn, 55c
No. 2 mixed corn, 55c
Winter wheat bran, $500,
Chops, $3.50.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
Cash Price Paid For Produce.
POULTRY.

Dressed hens, 123c per pound
Dressed cocks, &c per pound
live hens, 10c per pound; live cocks,
&c pound; live turkeys, 13c per
pound
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
HERE'S TO THE WOMAN
WHO is JUST A GOOD
HOME MAKER AND MOTHER

time housewives or by those Of
younger generation, where practically all
the principles of domestic science are
carried out day by day. They never
think of the science of things, never
think they are doing work which might
sound more dignified under another
name. and they never stop to measure
its extent or its worth. But the re-
suits are there just the same.
Tenderly to Belittle Home Work.
And while our editor friend was not
disposed to find fault or to do anything
more than state an obvious fact. his
comment is illustrative of the easy ten
dency to belittle the work of the modern
housewife. to bemoan her lack Of train
ing and woefuI paucity OF results worth
while.
There Is the poor housewife, fnexpe-
rienced and unambitious. who does things
in the easiest way and never gets away
from the commonplace. But there Is also
the housewife, who, without the back
ground of any school of domestic science
or elaborate training. simply gets In
harness, learns in the great school or
daily experience. and makes a home,
with all that implies.
And so instead Of Here's to the
Haunting. extravagant queen" we might
better sing:
Here's to the housewife that's
thrifty
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
LIFE STORY OF WOMAN
FAMOUS AS 4 NOVELIST

position as assistant editor of the West
minister Review. a most unusual opening
for a woman In those times. She now
made her home with the editor, Mr..
Champman's family. and here met the
truly great minds of the day.
She saw much Of Herbert Spencer, and
there is no telling what this friendship
might have resulted in IL he had not In.
troduced her to George Henry Lewis,
who had written History of Philoso-
ply" and several novels. She resigned
her position on the Westminster Review,
and in 1854 married Mr.. Lewis and went
with him to Germany.
At thirty-seven George Eliot was to
begin her creative work. Mr.. Lewis had
often said to her, You have wit. de-
scription, and philosophy-these go a
good way toward a novel" And after
she had written her Scenes of Clerical
Life" Mr.. Lewis sent the story to
'BIackwoods'' with the signature George
Eliot" the first name chosen because 1t
was his own. and the last because 1t
pleased her fancy.
Mr.. Lewis died in 1878, and though the
blow was hard one to George Eliot,
John Walter Cross, who had long been
friend of the family, comforted her and
they were married In 1880, year and
one-half after Mr.. Lewis death.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

manded for II, after which each mana
ger or his representative decided upon
II. stating the time each wanted II. II
the stage folk participating in certain
acts were well known the matter was
closed, otherwise managers were at lib
erty to engage the attraction on ap-
prevail. subject to cancellation IL IL did
not come up to representation.
The selections for Mr.. Chase's Wash
ington theater must have been ire
mendous responsibility" remarked,
wondering at the ability OF the dainty
little woman who so calmly talked of so
stupendous a task.
Thought of New Theater Inspiring.
Then, too, 1t must have been very
wearing going straight from the closing
of the season hero to so heavy RESPONSE
bilities in your New York Office" I went
on. without giving her time to give my
first remark more than a smile. But
she, answered them both at once.
Il know our Washington patrons.
know their tastes. and that lightened
the task OF booking attractions which
they will like. AS for the summers
work without vacation, well, when I
got very tired I would just close my
eyes and see our new home, would
hear the builders pounding. grinding.
riveting. and the great new theater
seemed to me sentient thing 1
imagine a mother feels much the same
way when she plans for the future Of
the boy for whom she is working while
he grows to manhood. think she must
get very weary at times when the work
for him seems never to end. but even
when she is almost intolerably tired
am sure she can close her eyes and see
him in his manhood. as she is giving
of her strength that he may be-
so 1t has been with me all summer.
/ could close my eyes after a long, sig
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

cling day in New York and before my
mental vision would rise the new thea
ter completed and In II lay the culmina-
ton Of ambition: the pinnacle OF my bust
ress success; the little baby OF my
dreams. and hopes and love Of all grown
TO manhood.
You see," she went on. I'VE have
always wanted Just this. Even in those
early days of polite vaudeville in Wash
ington. when the public was incredulous
of Mr.. Chase's success, l think somewhere
hack in our minds lay the picture of the
theater which has now become a reality.
am very proud, very happy to have had
an active part in so big work." she
ended. with a simplicity which was as
beautiful as II was sincere.
Triumph of Success.
And it all made me think of Miss De
Witt, as she sat with Mr.. Chase in his
magnificent new theater last Monday,
afternoon to watch. with the first audi
ence in the new playhouse, the initial
performance.
She was all in white as usual: gentle
and womsnly as always, but, as demon
stration after demonstration of deep ap-
prevail was swept up to her box from
the vast audience an indefinable radi-
ance suffused her, and a tender love-
light, like that Of motherhood. crept into
her eyes.
She looked out over the largest and
most beautiful thsater in America: she
saw the thousands of eager faces of the
first audience in the new house; she heard
bursts of enthusiasm on every side, and
as she sat there with Mr.. Chase. out
Wardiy so calm and quiet, a great tri-
umphant happiness filed her lIfe-cup to
Overlooking.
l know, because she afterward told
NE so.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
WORK WHICH is NEEDED
IN GARDENS IN AUGUST

pods. They are not lovely. and if they
are removed before full development
there will be increased vigor given to
the plant. This removal of seeds will
give some plants a second crop of flow
ers. Iceland peoples will bloom for a
long timeS IL the flowers are not al
lowed to go to seed. Pyrethrums. do
ronicums, and lupins give second set
Of flowers II carefully prevented from
seeding.
Occasional doses of manure water will
give new life to flowers in the garden.
Do not think that a garden can bloom
but once You can make it a summer
Joy by carrying on the good work that
YOU began a few months ago.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

A short sketch Of the life of George
Eliot may prove interesting to many
women who have read with pleasure,
..Romola," Adam Bede," and Middle
march,
Mary Ann Evans, as was the writer's
real name, was born November p, 1873. on
Arbury Farm, a mile for Grin, in War
wickshire, England. When about four
years old the family moved to Grif.
where the future novelist lived until she
was twenty-one years OLD.
Mary Ann was an affectionate, sensi-
tive child, very fond of all outdoor
sports, initiating everything she saw her
brothers do and early in life. feeling In
her heart that she was to be some
body" When but four years old she
used to sit at the piano and play, though
she did not know one note from the
other, but that the maid might see she
vas a distinguished person!
Fond of Reading.
The child had the greatest fondness
for reading. and at one time when a
neighbor loaned one of the Waverley
novels to her older sister who returned
the book before Mary Ann had finished
It she was so disappointed at this break
in the story that she started to write
out as nearly as she could remember the
whole volume. Her amazed family re-
borrowed the book, and the child was
happy again.
In 1886, when Mary Ann was sixteen,
her mother died, and in the following
spring. her sister. Crissey, was married.
This left the future George Eliot house,
keeper, a duty she performed very well.
besides keeping up her studies with a
wel-known teacher, who came from Co
ventry to instruct her In French, German,
and Italian.
When she was tu'enty-one, Mr.. Evans
left the farm and moved TO Foleshill.
near Coventry. And here Marian, as she
was now called. found few intellectual
and companionable friends, among them
Mr.. and Mrs. Bray, both authors, and
their sister, Miss Hennell.
In 1874, when Miss Evans was twenty
FIVE, she began the translation of Strauss
Life of Jesus" which, when the wors
was finished. was declared to "a faithful
elegant, and scholarlike translation" 1t
was during this year that Miss Evans
met Ralph Waldo Emerson, who made
such an impression on her that she said.
Il have seen Emerson-the first man !
have ever seen"
Her father died In the year 1919, and,
worn out with care, Miss Evans went
upon the Continent with the Brays.
On her return home she was offered .