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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-26

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Highniore.
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j Tabor, S. ID.
ri. Bartova sem pfiiela q Oma-
pondetf Dude nypf zde byd-
let Sc syou matkou, p. Pekafovou.
Duffek a Welt kupuif smetanp.
Nenf tfeba byste posilali smetanu
ma vlastnf pest, nebof mic tim ne
zfskate. Po zaplacenf freitu "a
smetanu SENATE, Re obdrzite grow
ma tolik cd mas Alimo toho menu
site byt ' cas- ma dspe, anil musf-
te NIT plnou konev, kdyS smetauu
probate nam. Platfme 80 cent?,
(AdV.
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ienz Sc pred rokem odstehoval X
Waubun, Mimi, Sc syou rodinou
nam pise, ze Sc Jim vede dobfe v
noyem domove. Pocasf prS mai
dosti mirne, ale na sest palc6.
snehu.
Ma zabayu kterou uspofadali Ia
ci zdeisi skoly nedeli yecer Sc Sc
Sci obrovskJ ppcet lidu. Ditky
SO tentokrate znazily co nejIepe a
take Sc jim podafilo sv6 dlohy ida
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panovala a veselil SO kazd5. 20
programu svaty Mikulas ditky pc
delil dafky.
Starry Frank Uherka zemfel mi
nulou sobotu rano v domove sy6ho
syna Frautiska, 6 mitna zapad cd
mesta, seslosti yekem. Jeho
smrt pfisla nahle a den pied tim
Sc odebral ma ldzko Gpln9 zdr&y,
aysak rano byl nalezen mrtey ma
ldzku. Pohfeb lse odb5val ma
eyangeEckem hfbitoye ma zapad
cd mesta IN hoineho 1castenstyf.
Pohfebnf obfady ' kostete a ma
.hfbitoye yskonaI Rev. Filipi.
.zesnnly Sc narodil We Wynn ia
-Moraye pred rs roxy 4 do t6tc ze-
ME Sc syou rodinou pfist6hoEal
pred Sc roxy. Pfiieli pfhno do
tohoto statu a on koupil pozemek
cd Richards Nundyafe, kter5 DIAL
synovi a ma nemz bydlel stale.
Byl muzem dobracke poyahy d te-
Sill Sc vseobecn6 oblibe. Zanecha.
va zde manzelku, iednoho syna a
dive dcery, 2 nlchz iedna e provda
ma "a Stan. Laska a bydli v Lynch
Neb., q druhs je proydana "a Jos.
Bouzu a bSdlf u Lake Andes.
Pf. Vaclaya Hladk5ho zemfela
minuI5 ctyrtek We dve hodiny Cd
poledne, ' domoye sveho syna Jo-
sefa, seslostf vekem We start II
roku. Stafena Sc prave probfrala
Q nemoci, zapal Pile, kterou byla
upoutana ma ldzko po dobn sesti
t5dnd. Skon jeff pfisel nahTe;
prave kdyz ppzfsala trochu potra-
Wy, kdyz nahle hlaya klesla<a Gle
move rodiny zpozorovali, be ie
mrtya. Pohfeb zesnule Sc odb5-
val ' nedeli " iednu hodinu odpo-
ledne, ma hfbitove Nikodymov6,
3 mile ma zdpad cd Utica, "a o.
brovskeho ueastenstvf bylo eel
KEN So kocarn a II automobile.
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b. j. vykonal p. Vaclav Sibral a
sbor t6hoz spolku lapel pohfebnf
pisne. Zesnula Sc "a syobody jme
noyala Josefina Bures a rozena
byla we Waldorfu ma Morav9, a
do t6to zem6 Sc SWIM manzelem
a rodinou pfijela v rooe 1875 Asi
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la dobrou 4 upfimnou zenon a va
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-26
on Tour.

The ActorWhat Is poetry or mo
.ticn?1 The Poet-sTbe kind that's al
ways going from editor to editor
Woman's Home Companion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-26
Good filler.

There's a country editor not q thou.
sand miles from here who. when he,
gets shy on copy. runs In a couple Of
columns OF "Lucile4
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
Found Riches In Australia.

How to become millionaire Is to
follow In the footsteps OF Sydney Kid.
man, the Queensland cattle king, who
holds more land than anyone else In
Australia, his runs aggregating some
thing like $4,000 square miles. which
is. he confesses, "far too much for
any one man to have"
Leaving his parents home near
Adelaide, AZ years ago, at the age Of
10, to seek his fortune, he got EN-
ployment as cowboy on the Gipps
station at two dollars week. Then he
carted wood and drove bullocks on the
Darling and was one OF the first ut
Cobar rush With his brother George
he went In for cattle and horse deal
ing, and, in partnership with others,
took ''out.back" mail contracts In va
rious states In Australia. There was
q lot Of money made in those days
and Kidman got his share OF 1t
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
Afraid for Her Mother.

Her father had been reading the
parable Of the sheep and the goats.
She made no comment. but that eve
ming sound of weeping came from
her little bed. Her mother went as
consider.
why are you crying. dear?"
about the goats! I'm so afraid
I'm goat, and I'll never go to
heaven. Oh, I'm SO afraid I'm a
goat"
NO, dear, you're sweet little
lamb, and IL you were to die tonight
you would go straight to heaven
With such reassuring remarks she
was finally comforted.
The next night, however, she began
to weep again, and again her mother
asked the reason.
I'm afraid about the goats!" she
sobbed
Didn't mother tell you that you
were little lamb, and you mustn't
worry about being goat?"
Yes, mamma, know that, but
l'm-rm awful afraid you're . goati'
--Harper's Magazine.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
What the Zebu is Doing.

A. P. Borden of the gulf coast, Tex
as, through some practical expert
ments became convinced that com
bination Of the zebu, or sacred OK OF
India, with the Texas cattle would
produce a strain that would be i'm
mune from the so-called Texas fever
a disease that is transmitted from one
animal to another by the Texas tick
Millions of dollars have been lost
through the ravages caused by this
insect. and other millions have been
expended by the government In an
attempt to exterminate 1t. The zebu
is immune to attacks from the tick
and the score of Indian cattle that
was imported In 1906 and put with the
native herds Of Mr., Borden, have In.
creased, waxed strong, fattened cas-
lily and remained free from ticks. II
is believed that this new hybrid will
flourish on the unlimited acres OF
swamp or marsh grass upon which
our native cattle cannot live. II the
cattabu, as the new animal Is called
proves half as valuable as the south:
ern stock raisers believe it will, it's
Introduction will help to restore stock
raising to its former prestige.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10

verdicts sending two men to Dunning
and committing woman to the care
of relatives.
Il am suffragist," said Dr.. Seippel
after court. "and don't see why wom-
en- should not sit on juries as we'll as
men. Womanliness. which hold first
Of all as requisite Of the sex, need
not be forgotten In jury service. That
right, Of course. will come with the
battol The experience was happy
one. Every one OF the Jurors with me
was kind. They accepted my medical
advice.
What am going to do with my
feet? It's going to the building fund
for the Frances Juvenile home, an In
stitution we are operating for the
treatment and education of diseased
children II is the only institution OF
It's kind In the world"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
Smashing a Superstition.

A woman who sets particular store
by the thirteen superstition surprised
her friends by accepting an invitation
to luncheon where there were to be
thirteen guests.
II will be safe" she said, for
shall make II point to be the thir
teenth person to enter the room
That is funny thing about thirteen
Many accidents have happened to com
panies thirteen In number, but inves
tigation has shown that while the
other twelve persons suffered more OF
less the thirteenth person who Joined
the company always escaped un
harmed"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10

Duke Karl August of Weimar did for
poetry and song In the golden age
of Goethe.
He runs an art colony which filches
from Berlin and Munich their clever
est artists, and he builds these artists
houses, feeds them, subsidies them,
and makes 1t possible for them to
work at leisure and with effect
Duke Ernest Ludwig is forty-four
years old, ruler of million and a
quarter subjects. He Is the son Of
Princess Alice of England, daughter
Of the late Queen Victoria, and he has
three sisters who play noted roles.
One is Czarina Alexandra Of Russia.
another is married to the kaiser's
brother Henry, and the third is Mos
COW nun who washes the grtmy feet
of mujiks. Seven years ago the Mos
COW nun was wife Of Grand Duke
Serge Of Russia, who was blown to
bits in the Kremlin in February, 1905.
Duke Ernst Ludwig has been thrice
married. First 1t was to Saxe-Co-
burg princess, whom he divorced. She
is now the wife Of Grand Duke Cyril
Of Russia. Then he married Princess
Eleanore OF Lich-HohensolmsLich. by
whom he has two children. His third
wife is Art. The Darmstadters say
both his first and his second wives
were terribly Jealous Of the third.
Germans, when they first heard Of
the colony project, acclaimed the
grand duke as the new Karl August,
and Accidentally OF indiffer-
ent artists hoped to be provided with
easy lives They were disappointed.
Ernst Ludwig, though young and en-
thusiastic, proved discriminating, and
he used his Judgment, 50 well that
there has never been an artist In the
colony who proved failure.
The artists colony ia perched on
the Mathildenhohe, an eminence to
the east OF Darmstadt which was once
a park.
Duke Ernst Ludwig spends on his
artists colony $4,000 year. That
Is small sum for such vast enter.
prise, but big sum for minor Ger
man ruler. The reputation Of Its
sculpture. porcelain, internal decora.
ton and printing is so high that the
sales could be trebled If the duke
liked: But he wants the colony to
| work untrammeled by commercia;
considerations and to give it's whole
time to the cause of native art.
II prefer" he said at the opening OF
the first exposition, that an artist
should spend six months on his design
and then tear It up in despair, rather
than that he should spend only week
and turn out hundreds OF profitable in
ferior works. The principle OF the art
colony is selection. Not what 1t pro-
duces is of importance. but what II
learns
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
Could Tell at Brief Glance the. Char.
acter Of Any Man.

he learned that that actor had made
q study of genealogy and human ma
ture, he was reverential The son OF
the drama could not only trace the
Hillets family back thousand years,
but could tell at a brief glance the
character of any man he came In con.
tact with. All this besides earning a
salary of $500 per week as leading
man.
Farmer Hillets didn't know whether
the actor led a procession, a COW or a
horse. and he didn't ask. He wasn't
giving himself away.
The actor spent the first week try.
ing to firt with Nancy and in making
Joab jealous. The second week he
got down to brass tacks and informed
the farmer that the Hillets were the
direct descendants of King Carlo. OF
Denmark. and that they had bluer
blood than any Knickerbocker in New
York. Mr.. Hillets ran in breathless
haste to tell his wife.
Well. what OF it?" she asked.
What of 1t? Why, we are some
pumpkins, b'gosh! Any man that can
trace his blood back to a king has a
right to hold up his head
well. don't hold 1t up TIL you get
q crick In the neck!"
The next day the farmer was In.
formed that Joab's character had
been read. and that he was a man OF
low origin and would probably bring
up in prison all right. but that was his
natural craftiness. Beware OF Joab!
He was planning to get the Hillets
farm into his hands and send the old
folks to the poor.house. He might
seem TO love Nancy. but that was his
plot He would send her to her grave
with broken heart within a year.
The actor bore down hard on Joab
because Nancy had refused to fiirt,
and because he had overheard Joab
answer to an inquiry as to who the
guest wa shy saying:
Looks like confidence man and
talks like a gambler. The constable
had better keep an eye ON him"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10

grand Quke OF
Hesse, and by
the Rhine" and
Germany's happi-
est city is his cap
ital, Darmstadt.
For Duke Ernst
Ludwig is gaining
fame by playing
the role Of the
Maecenas Of Ger
man art. He ID
doing for architec-
ture, sculpture,
painting and the
minor arts what
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10

TIME one OI uSi
sex has served in
that capacity in
Illinois. DR.. Clara
p. Seippel, assist
ant city physician,
was in the insan-
ity court in her
official capacity
W h e n Count y
Judge Owens ask.
ed her to become
one of a panel to
hear three cases.
Shewas made fore
man and aligned
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
RAT DESTROYS WINE
Curious Pest That Afflicts In
habitants of Cey|on.
It's Odor So Powerful That It Pene-
trates tho corks-Milk and Water
Are Doctored in a Peculiar
Way. g.

Wine made in Ceylon has acur1ous
enemy, the muskrat Not an innocent
and even edible beast like our own
muskrat. but a creature described as
"a fearful plague, and SO powerful Is
Its odor that at one time It was
thought it would even penetrate
glass"
This belief was due to the fact that
securely bottled wine, over the bottles
Of which this rat had passed and IN
passing perfumed them. was found,
on opening to be utterly worthless and
full Of musk. According to Bonfort's
Wine and Spirit Circular, inveetiga-
lions and experiments. however,
showed that instead of penetrating
the glass, it finds access to the wine
through the cork.
The water of Ceylon Is none of the
best. Near the coast lines it is brack-
ish, owing to the sea and the many
salt marshes. In the low country
where rivers and streams are few and
far apart. the supply is from artificial
anu IuSlI IAAOoSS1Ay SSA SssA~~~
and outlets are the resort Of the deer
and cattle and elephants that come to
battle and wallow In them, thereby
keeping the water in muddy state
perpetually.
To remedy this condition the Gin
galese resort to rather curious prac
tice; water for drinking purposes IL
always put into an unglazed chatty
which before using they thoroughly
rub with a seed that they call ingin1
This is rubbed on the inside of the
chatty until about half the seed IL
worn away; the muddy water IL then
poured In the prepared jar and al
lowed to stand.
At first the water is about the con
sistency of macilage, but this soor
disappears and q viscid sediment
forms at the bottom Of the vessel
the clear water remaining on top. II
is now ready for use, and although
not Of the dearest, is sufficiently pure
for ordinary use.
Milk Ia almost luxury In Ceylon
owing to several causes, among
which is the land leech. These pests
frequent the pastures In such mum
bers that they will suck the blood
from an animal in very short time
and therefore cattle raising cannot
be resorted to on any large scale. An
other feature Is the use Of bakatot
by the natives in the milk which the,
sell to the Europeans who have set
tied there.
1t is a thorny fruited plant witt
dark orange-colored roots and prim
roselike flowers. which has equally
wonderful effects on milk and or
water, though Of different nature
II pieces Of the stem, root and leaves
be mixed for few seconds In mill
or water. the liquid turns thick and
mucilaginous, so much so that water
in this state can be raised by the
hand several feet out Of a basin and
will fall back without noise. This
moreover is done without impartine
any color. taste or smell to the fluid
which returns to it's natural state ir
about ten or fifteen minutes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
Going Back
to Joab
lOopyright. 1912. By Associated Literary Press.l
BY Donald Allen

For year past it had been thor
oughly understood that Joab Smith
and Nancy Hillets were to become
one and inseparable. Joab was far
mer Hillets' hired man. Nancy was
20 and she thought Joab the best
thing going. There were no rivals
no jealousies. At certain date Joab
was to get certain sum Of money
from an estate, and then the marriage
would take place.
Farmer Hillets and his wife were
satisfied. Their consent had already
been given, and they were treating
Joab as If he were already one of the
family.
"A leetle slow - a leetle slow -
Joab,' the farmer would say, but be
gifts there in time"
For several years the farmer had
taken in three or four summer board
ers every season, but crops being good
and money plenty. he added to bis
house room and prepared to accom-
modate dozen guests.
1t was the first guest that arrived
that played hob with the peace Of the
family. Farmer Hillets had streak
Of vanity that had lain dormant for a
years. When he stood in the middle
OF the highway and looked at his
house with the new addition on--at
the newly painted fence in frontal
the sign of Summer Boarding" in 8
conspicuous place. that latent vanity
came to the surface and blossomed
His farm was farm no longer-it
was "The Lake View" although the
nearest lake was 80 miles away. He
was a farmer no longer-he was 9
landlord. He didn't break his back al
the spring work. but loafed around
and left Joab's back to bear most Of
the burden. He also cultivated an ap
petite for five-cent cigars and In one
short month there was such a change
In him that his wife asked Joab under
her breath:
Have you noticed how much differ
ent pa is lately?"
There does seem to be change
was the reply.
rs he kinder losing his mind?"
II guess he's pulled up bit
The first conner was an actor. Far
mer Hillets had heard and read more
or less of actors and he was not only
curious but good deal awed. WheI
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
A Vienna Industry,

"Ah, Gustave, what luckf"
Excellent, Johann I am writing
four comic operas year"
"ls II possible? Yet I have never
seen one Of your operas here in
Vienna"
Il have never produced one here
! furnish European successes for the
American stage
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
A SUGGESTION.

Pop, when folks have deadlocks-"
''Yes, SOM"
why don't they use skeleton
keyss"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
NOTHING to II.

why Is that spoils politician so
ardent for woman sufYrage?"
"Oh, him? He's got a dippy idea
that he could go around picking up
votes for an ice cream soda apiece"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
Consistent Culture.

why don't you rub your furniture
with little crude oil?'
Law! Maria wouldn't let me use
anything that wasn't strictly refined .
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
FIRST ILLINOIS WOMAN
TO SERVE AS A JUROR

A woman sat on a jury in Chicago
the other day. It is believed the first
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
GRAND DUKE OF HESSE
GREAT LOVER OF ART

Germany's happiest sovereign is
Ernst Ludwig Albert Karl Wilhelm
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-11

land Calexico off to one side of the
route, and, of course, the San Diego
delegation at the convention objected
strongly to being left off the route.
Naturally, the commercial interests of
both Los Angeles and San Diego are
anxious to develop close relations with
the tremendous wealth now being de-
Iveloped in the famous Imperial valley,
the fertile soil of which is silt of tre-
mendous depth accumulated by the
flow of the Colorado river, which in
ancient times filled the basin Of the
Salton sea, then covering this entire
region.
A Splendid Boulevard
From Ell Centro, wich is located IA
miles south of Brawley, a perfectly
feasible route now leads via Coyote
wells through Devils canyon to Campo.
At times this route comes within a
mile of the Mexican border. This
route may be improved at not an eX-
cessive expense owing to the proX-
unity of road material. The distance
is 73 miles from Ell Centro to Campo.
From Campo to San Diego, through a
beautiful mountainous country, there
already exists splendid boulevard,
la distance of 50 miles. San Diego IS
a charming city, offering many advan-
tages both as a business and a resi-
dental city. 1t has a magnificent har-
Dor, the nearest one in the United
States to the western terminus of the
Panama canal. 1t also has a splendid
back country capable of great devel-
opment, both as to agriculture, horti-
culture and mining. Its climatic con-
ditiOnS are deal
A movement is already on foot by
leading citizens of San Diego, Ell Cen
tro and Holtville to form an organZa-
tion having for its object the improve
mept not only of the San DiegO-ln-
Iperial valley route, but to survey and
construct a highway direct to Yuma,
saving many miles of distance between
this point and Imperial valley towns
and making a route about 312 miles
long between Yuma and Los Angeles,
with only about 45 miles of desert con-
ditionS.
Already a road 1873 miles long con-
meets San Diego with Los Angeles
and is improved for a major part of
the distance. 1t skirts the very edge
Of the Pacific ocean for some 65 miles.
---~)~-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-11
San Diego's Claims

Believing that the only practical and
feasible route from Yuma to the coast
is the San Diego route, and that the
route proposed by the Los Angeles in
terests is absolutely impractical and
illogical, San Diego is putting forth
her claims through the San Diego
Imperial-Yuma Highway Association,
the headquarters of which are in San
Diego county, with branch organiza-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-11
Pertinent FACTS PROVE
SAN DIEGO ROUTE BEST

The route via San Diego covers
80 miles of desert road less than
the route from Brawiey to Los
Angeles.
The San Diego route takes in the
Imperial valley, including the
towns Of Imperial, FL Centro, Holt
vile and CaIexico, while the Los
Angeles route turns northward in
to the desert from BrawIey, Ieav-
ing the greater part of the valley
and the four towns before men,
toned off the route.
The San Diego route, what re-
mains to be improved, may be bet
tered at comparatively moderate
expense.
The San Diego route, for the
most part, is already built, and in
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-11

cludes So mtIes of splendid boule-
ward from Campo to San Diego
and 1873 miles of road between
San Diego and Los Angeles, most
Of which is in fine condition, and
skirts the ocean for a distance of
65 miles.
The San Diego route winds
through a beautiful scenic country
for the greater part Of the dis
tance, as contrasted with the des-
ert nature of so great length of
the Los Angeles route.
Finally, the distance from Braw-
ley to Los Angeles via San Diego
is 312 miIes-onIy ten miles more
than the distance from Brawley to
Los Angeles across the desert.
San Diego Union: Since the holt
NO of n good roads convention for Ca
Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-11
Dream of Los Angeles

The state of California has appro
priated $1S,OOO,OOO for the building of
state highway from the northern
boundary of the state to the southern
boundary. A state highway commits
sion has been appointed by Governor
Johnson, and A. B. Fletcher, a high
way engineer of national reputation,
has been employed to direct the work
The absolute routes for this state high
way have not yet been selected. and
the Los Angeles interests hope to have
a portion of the state funds expended
on this branch desert route from Yuma
to Los Angeles
At the Phoenix convention, by rea-
son of having the larger delegation
these Los Angeles interests succeeded
in having the convention adopt reso-
lutions favOring the desert route as
against the San Diego route.
Since the Phoenix convention a ma
tional good roads convention has been
held in Washington and committee
was named at that convention to Sc
lect representatives in each state to
be traversed by the ocean to ocean
highway, who will suggest to the ma
tional highway commission the best
and most practical routes for the
highway.