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Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01
To the Voters Of NOrWiCh:
This Company has offered to furnish Voting Machines to the Town of Norwich.

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 public invited to attend this exhibition with defective pro- election of the polls
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Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

There are men and women who nev-
 CT lose the spirit of youth-they never
 know what the depression of age means. They have their physical de- fleets, which are balanced by mind joys. They seem to have little ability to deplore or regret, but ample ca pacity for enjoying every blessing they are c0gniZant of The world thinks this sort of a person inherits qualities which they really cultivate. It does not countenance the power of the mind to alleviate as well as to depress the feelings. Many of the grievances of ! this world are the result of careless
 interpretation of the acts of others, and to a misconception of their intent The habit of coming to conclusions is
 a dangerous habit, because conclusions based upon this or that are seldom valid. The spirit of youth cannot abide where age and its decrepitude | is permitted to haunt the mind. The | joy of living and a cheery heart are | it's foundations.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01
ExpIoits of Ind Colonel

The Colonel hopes to break the solid South. He might break the whole country if he had four more years of office.-Florida Times Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Some persons love the new rose bet
 ter than they do the old lilac; but
 there is such an air of home about the fragrance of the lilac that elderly peo-
 Die are apt to cherish It as a faVorite. When riding on country roads in May have you ever been attracted 10 q spot by It's insinuaring fragrance and seen it standing alone by q hole in the ground which was once the cellar of 8 human hahitatlon, the sentinel which | tells of destroyed homestead and an old-tashioned garden that was. Every thing is wild there now but itself and the apple trees in the old orchard which, adorned in pink and white. eel ebrate each recurring May, The lilac 1 is Il Persian and had 1t not been brought to England three centuries ago il would not now be blooming on old home sites all over New England kissed by the winds which bear it's fragrance forth to say to the obserV- ant passefbyi T live tho the hands i which planted and watered me and the hearts which cherished me are nt more It was he Towering shTuf when the great marigelds and the Sweet Williams were the pride of nearly every garden.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

The progressive programme to down Taft and the bosses is a bulldozer. Tbey hire hall in Chicago To lntimi- date the opposition, and they ieer at the national republican committee and the president as if they had been re- called
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

There is an old saying that "the man
 who sings his own praise seldom gets
 an encore; and we have to admit it
 depends very much upon the singer. 1 It is in modern times that audacity
 had the honor of first place and mod esty was pressed back to second place. Self praise goes but a little ways" was maxim persistenly taught the children half a century ago; but 20th century experiences leave no doubt this commendable sentiment has become a dead letter. It is popular in these times for every one to blow his own horn, and the huzzahs seem to be for him who can blow it loudest. The man who doesn't exploit his own Lam ness is the one who gets left What matters it whether we think this is better or worse? If it Is a mistake the world will find it out just as quick without our mailing our opinion to It. That good old song, Things are not as ] they used to be-" serves every genera
 tion well, and is ever likely to.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Captain Rostron got the gold medal. but if the warning of the California had been needed by the Titanic, the Carpathia would not have been need ed, if she did not go to her assistance.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

In many cities the civil war yeter- ans having become too feeble to pa rade are taken in autos Memorial day to perform the ceremonies they have continued for nearly half a century.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

When Maurice Boucher ssidl T try not to make the angels cry" he shew- ed that he kept in mind the well l-be- ing of the visible and the invisible souls which were dear to his heart, His theagAt of hssRR aAed was 4hek he
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

When l wes afeId the other day could hardly believe my eyes when l saw a brown thrasher sitting on a telegraph wire in ebullient song. He Is the sweet singer of New England and Thoreau, writing of him in corn planting time, says he sits and satir
 ically calls to the planters in Massa
 chusetts; Drop 1t, drop it-cover it up, cover it up-pull it up, pull it upi" He is not, like the catbird or starling, mocker of other birds, although careless observers have classed him with them. He has a pert manner, and when annoyed sends out a smack" which seems full of resentment. He is an all-AmeTican bird, like the chip ping sparrow, and winters at ''the sun- ny south" His cinnamon brown plu- mage would lead one to think he was not vain, but the brown thrasher has a way of f1ourishing his tail which indi- cates that he is conscious of being some pumpkins" He lends a charm to the morning chorus of the birds, but it is as a soloist that we like him best. His return from the south in May adds joyous sounds to the wildwoods.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Men live and die without knowing that their resources are right under their hats. 1t makes no difference what their calling, trade or profession may be, what Is under the hat deter mines their success 9F failure. The adaptibiHty of every person fer the duties of life Is located In this small space. The man Nhe can successfully run a B59-aere farm has a 359-aere head under his hat What man suc- ceedsN or fails in deing reveals what is or is net under the hat. If this was more generally recognized there would be less attempts among men to drive square pegs into round holes. Men are not more than half as sagacieus as they think they bei and tee many of their designs are still wrong end to. You may have noticed that all great inventions have to be slmplified-the best thing Is the last attainment not the first. What you carry under your hat determines what you shall be-hoW you shall make out.
 Nature will talk to you, if you will get alive to Nature and her works Every thing in sight has a story to tell you. The animate and the inanimate have history, and perhaps the in animate may reveal the most wonder ful facts-may disclose the most inter- esting story. There is something more than sermons in stones. The water worn pebble in the gutter is older than the pyramids of Egypt and is as deep ly engulfed in mystery. If it should tell it's full history 1t might have to begin at a period when the earth was hot and the water in the oceans boiled it may have rested on the lost conti- nent of Atlantis have seen 8 continent sink beneath the seas; or il may have been brought in ballast from the coast of Africa It has rolled down the ages as the child of violence, and been polish9d as 1t rolled. It is a thing to which 1.000 years are as a day and a day as a thousand years. It has served man in many ways and carries with it geological evidence of it's ori- gin and age.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
IsEE HEIGHTS

| bell eve | am one of the oldest
inhabita nts in this part of Oak, and
1t seen IS to me that have never
witness ed such extreme cold wealth
err, for so long a period. But the
ladies o { Rec Heights don't minG the
cold I, Or eleven of the aid society
met at. the home of Mrs Watkins
last I thursday with the mercury at
81 be low zero, and plannd for a
three course dinner Saturday the
10Th At the Mercantile lumber office,
ever . one invited.
I ne prize piano is now on exhlbi
ito a at the store, two young misses
ju st in the ,ir teens, and one just ou'
of her tee ms are in the lead so far.
Mr. an d Mrs Newcomb are ex
pected home this week from thel
wedding trip. We have known Mr.
, Newcomlb since she was a wee CIR
and we k now Mr. Newcomb has wo
t a prize, and we JOIN their hosts Q
, friends liz wishing them prosperit
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Death of Mrs Katharine Staufe,

Rockham Record.-Mrs Kathar-
inc Staufer was born in Germany
on May 28, 1897. She was married
to Frank Staufer on Nov. 19, 1869,
and they came to the United States
in 1885 and lived in the state of
Wisconsin one year after which they
came to South Dakota where he died
in sept. 1910.
Mrs Staufer followed her husband
t, the Land Beyond on Dec. 30,
1911. Funeral services were held
in st. Mary's Church at Zell and her
remains were buried in the Eel
Cemetary on Monday, Jan. lst.
The deceased leavestwo sons, John
Staufer of Tennis and Antoine Light.
ner of this place; and two daughters
Mrs Julia Schultz and Mrs Mary
Weiss of Tennis, to mourn her de-
parture.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Milwaukee Traffic Disabled

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 13-rhe
troubles the Milwaukee railroad has
experienced in operating its coast
trains during the extremely cold
weather this winter were augmented
when two pairs of flat wheels on a
diner on the Olympian, one of the
crack coast trains, broke over 800
rails between Twin Brooks and
Aberdeen, and demoralized both
freight and passenger service. The
wheels, one pair on the front and
the other on the rear of the diner,
became hattened by brake catching
and failing to release after the train
left Milbank for the west. The re-
suit was that the wheels slid along
on the track until they became fiat,
and the consequence was disastrous
to the the frost-covered rails. Upon
reaching Aberdeen the car was
taken off, and crews were sent out
to repair the damage done.
No attempt was made to rur
freight trains, and passenger
trains yer ordered to run
at a speed not to exceed ten
miles an hour. and to stop at sta
tons until the track to the mex
station was repaired. This precau
ton was taken to avoid all POSSIBILITY
of accident. Trains into Aberdeel
were all the way from five to twelv'
hours late.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Mail BIockades on Branch Lines

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. l3- Aroused
by the protest from residents of
towns on the branch of Milwaukee
railroad to Isabel, S. d., who have
had no mali since December %, G..
E. Denniston, chief clerk of the rail-
way service, visited Mobridge and
arranged to have the mails carried
overland until the Milwaukee road
can resume train service over the
branch.
MIR. Denniston found upon his ar
rival at Mobridge that 275 pouches
of mail. including letter mail and
periodicals. So far as can be as
certained, there is no suffering on
the branch lines, the only danger be-
ing a possible shortage of coal, but
the Milwaukee road had large stores
of coal at various points, which 1t is
selling to the residents.
The railroad has started work on
the opening of the line to Faith. 9
large rotary pillow being put in oper,
| alton. and the line to that town viii
soon be cleared
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18

Huron, Jan Is Fire Saturday
night destroyed property to the
value of $4,000 or more. by the
buring of the World building, one
of the finest business blocks in the
city, owned by T. J. Murphy.
,Thessdamage to the buildings is
SID 200; McClain's billiard and pool
hall. occupying the basement. ST.
SOC; the stock OF the Chicago Wo-
mans Quitting establishment, own
ned by J. Abraham, valued at $5,-
600. was entirely destroyed: Bijou
theatre, loss $4,000; the loss on G. A.
Kelley's law library and Office furnl-
ture amounts to $1,000 or $4,000,
while DR.. O. R. Wright's loss is
$4,000 on library. instruments anC
office fixtures.
Dr.. McD0nald's loss was $4,000
Justice Hatfield and other occupants
of the second floor sustained losse!
from 900 to $500. The Knights o;
Columbus club rooms on the same
floor lost about 81, 800.
Water and smoke damaged Stiv
er's harness and hardware establish
ment the adjoinment in the ad
joining building for $4,000. Al
these losses are covered by only
small insurance.
The World building sustained
several hundred dollars loss from
smoke and water. The losses will
reach between $25, 600 and 5000
About one-half is covered by rnsur
ance The origin of the fire is no
known.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
~LAFOLLETTE MEN
NAME DELEGATES
Meet at Sioux Falls to Boost
Their Side

Sioux Falls, Jan. l3.-The confer
ence of LaFollette supporters in
session here this week was well at
tended and considerable enthusiasm
for the Wisconsin statesman was
manifest. A number of speeches
were made byrepresentatives Of the
insurgent faction in the state, the
speakers including c.. Fl. Dillon,
Thomas Thorson, Governor Vessey,
Ira o. Curtiss and others. The con-
ference placed in nomination the
following candidates for delegates
and ~alternates to the Republican
national convention:
At Large-Governor R. 5. VesSeY,
Jerauld county; DR.. Redfield, Pen
nington county; C. E. Borson, Mime
haha, county. Alternates-C. H.
Nicholson. Sphinx county; L. w.
Henderson, Ziebach county; A. o.
Ringsrud, Union county; c. NJ. Har-
rison. Minnehaha county.
First District-Allan Bouge, Turn
err county; J. E. buckingham,
Charles Mix county, Alternates-
| A. B. Brown. Lincoln county; Louis
Hasbold, Moody county.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
GOOD ROADS
CONVENTION
Commercial Clubs of State Invit-
ed to Send Delegates

From a committee of Black Hills
men has been given out an invita-
ton to the commercial clubs of the
state to send delegates to a general
good roads convention to be held at
Deadwood on the I'd and Sd of Feb
ruary to discuss a project for a
cross-state automobile road.
1t is the intention ultimately to
make such road a link in a CONT
mental road, to connect with a gov
eminent road to the Yellowstone
park, and favorable action would
place South Dakota on the automo-
bile map of the nation.
Deadwood is named as the scene
of the convention because Lawrence
county has expended 500, 600 for
the Improvement of its road and is
abte to show the delegates to the
convention what can be done in the
way of road improvement. Law
renee is a mountain county and ii
has so reduced the grades of its
highways hat they can be easily
travelled.
It's argument in behalf of a gooo
roads convention at Deadwood is &
good one. The plain dwellers car
learn many things about road buila,
ing from the mOuntaineers.
The commercial clubs of the state
ought to respond to the invitation
of the road advocates of the Blacl
Hills. -Huronite.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Snow May Cause Floods

Lead, Jan. l6.-With the eXces-
sive amount of snow that has collect
ed on the prairies Of Western South
Dakota and the Back His mount
aims during the past three weeks,
comes the very important question
Of its manner of disappearance
Whether a gradual moderation
will permit it to melt slowly and find
it's way through the narrow streams
by degrees, or whether the chinook
winds. common to this country will
drive it in torrents from the noun
tain gulches to the valleys below.
These are questions which just now
are greatly concerning old timers,
and especially those who chance tC
have portable buildings lying along
the river courses.
According to old timers there i!
now more snow in the mountains
and valleys of western South Dako
ia than has ever been known sine,
| 1880 and 1886.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
lack Rabbits More Plentiful

Jack rabbits IRE being brought
into town again this winter. and
sold to the shippers. One Young
man had bagged f~orty-seven, and a
local shipper gave him a check for
$40. This was quite a profitable
business for Young farmers before
the great snowfall of 1867, when
the jacks took TO the tree claims
and groves. and where they lived on
the bark of the trees. A sudden
alarm would start them out OF the
trees like a flock of sheep. During
that winter.thousands of them were
killed and shipped to eastern cities
where they were made into favorlte
wild game dishes. That winter also
I other thousands of jacks died OF
disease, perhaps caused by lack OF
their usual food. for some years
thereafter they were very scarce
but they are now getting plentiful
enough to make the hunters som'
pin money.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
I1ighmOre Store Burned

The two story cement block build
ing together with its contents oc-
cupied by the Mclaughlin Co.'S gen.
eral store was totally destroyed by
fire Thursday night of last week.
The fire is supposed to have started
from the furnace which furnished
heat for the large building. The
stock of goods consisting of dry
goods, groceries, furniture and
implements was owned by a com,
PAW of stock holders and the store
was in charge of G. w. Mclaughlin
The loss is only partially covered by
insurance.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Equitable Fire

The twelve story marble and
granite building Of the Equitable
Life Assurance society located on
Broadway in New York city was de-
stroyed by fire last week. Eight
lives were lost and several persons
Injured. The vaults of the build
ing contained secLrieties amount
ing to $500, O0O, coo which are b.
lIeved to be intact.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
SUGGESTS
COMPROMISE
Wants Bryne to Agree to With
draw from Race

Rapid City, Jan. 15.-Loomis s.
Gull. of this city. one Of the candl-
dates for the republican nomination
for governor of South Dakota, re-
cognizing the danger to the entire
republican ticket in this state If
both he and Lieut.. Gov. Crank M.
Byrae continued as candidates, of
fers to withdraw from the race if
Mr. Byrne will withdraw.
Mr. Gull is regarded as the candi-
date of the Taft frees and Mr.
Byrne of the La Toilette faction.
Pierre, South Dakota, January 10.
Frank NJ. Byrne in response to
the question of his possible action IN
view Of the letter of Loomis S. Gull,
asking for the withdrawal of both,
and the aDpoIntmint of a committee
of ten by each to select a candidate
to make the contest alone against q.
w. Egan, said: Il am a candidate
for governor, subject to the votes
of the republicans of the state at
the June primaries" and that his
candidacy is not subject to the &C.
tons of Mr. Gull, or any other man,
to any committe of twenty or to any
other individual or organization
and that he will remain in the fight
to the chlse Of the June primarie:
IN that attitude.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Indians Predict Good Season

Rapid City, Jan. l2.-Old Sioux
Indians say when "So-ka-ja'' is on
the sun rain is sure TO come. So-ka
ia was on the sun yesterday during
the mid forenoon hours. and merch-
ants who viewed the unusual and
beautiful spectacle quietly whisper
ed. We are TO have a wet season.
Business will revive. the farmer,
the cattleman ana the rancher will
have money, which will trickle our
way"
The natural, unusual and beautl-
full phenomenon presented by the
sun about 10 o'clock Yesterday. is
not uncommon in moderately high
attitudes, but is seldom seen in all
of its brilliant radience as far south
as Rapid City
Old Sol was the center Of three
distinct circles. and at geometrica,
periods ABOUT the outer circles were
the sun dogs showing brilliantly
On the upper rim Of the outermost
circle was what appeared a perfect
rainbow and away to the east anC
west We're other brilliant spots.
When asked about the phenomen
on Observer Sager SAID: Cloud.
were evenly distributed y~esterda!
and when this condition arises will
rain or ice crystals in the air thi
beautiful natural feature will occur
Observer Sager declined to discus
"~So-ka-ja". The Indians believe i
and hang a hope on it after two DR.,
caaSOpS
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
California, the Land Of Out
Door Life" and UnequaIed
Attractions

Marvelously rich in flowers and
fruits; possessing all the natural
advantages that go to make life
worth living. Every home comfort
and travel luxury provided on the
four high class through daily trains
Of the Chicago and North Western
Ry.: The San Francisco Overland
Limited; The China and Japan Mai,
The Los Angeles Limited, and Tn
Centennial State Special. Full pa 4
ticulars on application to Tic xe
Agents. The North Western Line. IT
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18

Montrose. Jan. l6.--Fire visited
Montrose last night and did a great
deal of destruction, The sufferer
was A. G. Cross, owner Of the larg-
est elevator in town, which was ut
terly destroyed, together with q
large amount of grain, No other
J building were injured.
The fire was caused by an over,
heated soft coal stove in the office,
and occurred at about midnight
1t is impossible 10 estimate the loss
at this time, nor the insurance. The
building and contents are a com
plete loss.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-01-18
Previous Records Broken
adopted.

On the tWeEty-fourth anniversary
of the Dakota blizzard Of 1888. all
previous records for extreme cold
were broken The government
thermometer owned by M. A,
Shuster. Of Howell twp, registered
At degrees below zero early Friday
morning. and several about town
were down TO 40 degrees. The day
was a gentle reminder in atmc-
sphereic conditions of the memoir
able blizzard Of twenty-f0ur years
ago in which there was much loss Of
life ana suffering. Two deaths oc-
Cured in Hand county-a brother
of Chas. Thompson was frozen to
death while returning to his home
in South Hand Co. and a sister of
P. j. and 4. M. Dunn. who became
lost and was frozen to death in an
effort 70 reach home, after spending
the day in the country school house
in which she taught.
The sudden change in temperature
which arrived late Friday night
made a rise in the mercury of &C
degrees in less than twelve hours
which dropped again to 20 degrees
below on Sunday and Monday. AL
trains are still more or less DELAYED
but not so muca in this section a.
west of the river.