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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
Department Of Public Works.
Offics Of the Board.


Richmond, Ind. August 2s. 1912.
Notice to Contractors:
Notice 10 hereby given by the Board
of Public Works OF the City OF Rich{
mond, Indiana, that sealed proposalal
will be received by IL. at it's Office, ak,
the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. on Thurs
day. September II. 1912. for the fol}
lowing supply of Coal TO be furnished
to the City OF Richmond. Indiana. for,
the year ending September 20. 1914
to-wit:
Ten Thousand 100000 Tons morsj
or less OF good quality Ia inch Nut
Mine, West Virginia and Kentucky
Coal. to be delivered at the Municipal
Electric Lighting & Power Plant, q
the Superintendent of said plant may
direct
Specifications are on file and mag,
be seen in the Office of said Board q
Public Works OF the City of Rich,
mond.
The bidders, In submitting propoal
ais to furnish said Coal must accom
pany each bid with q certified cheek
in the sum of 800. as evidence O
good faith that the successful bidders
will execute. within ten days from The
acceptance OF proposals. contracts ana'
bonds satisfactory to the said Boar6
to furnish said Coal. A failure OF The
successful bidders to enter into such
contracts and bonds upon the acceps(
ance of such proposals will forfeit the
checks and the sums of money psyi
able thereon TO the city as agreed and
liquidated damages for such failure.
The Board Of Public Works reserve1V
the right to reject any or all bids.
B. A. Kennepohl,
Fred R. Charles,
W. W. Zimmerman.
Board of Public WorEC
Aug 2s-sep2.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02


rived in the town. 1 hunted up the
manager and asked him il he was in
need of talent. He said he was. Then
he asked me if was an actor. I said
l was born an actor. He pulled me
into the building and asked.me to give
him a sample Of my powers. OF course
took something easy-the ghost scene
in 'Hamlet'-and played Hamlet, the
ghost, and the whole outfit.
When had finished the manager
took me by the arm and said:
I'm engage you. 1 have the part to
suit your histrionic abilities
Then he gave me a big brush, a
bucket of paste and a roll of bills.
Go forth he said, and decorate
this town. You were built for the
part
st was a shock. but l was used to
shocks, and so took 1t and a halt
crown payment in advance"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
Surrounding Towns

Itary-treaaurer. Mr.. Jeffries is the
teacher.
Mrs Martha Slower and Miss B. NJ.
Kern entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Patee of Connersville, Miss Louise
Pfafflin, of Austin, Texas, and Miss
Sade Roberts. Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
Terre Haute, indianapolis
& Eastern Traction Co.
EASTERN DIVISION
EASTERN DIVISION

Trains leave Richmond for Indian
apolis and intermediate stations al
600 a. M; "7:40: 500: "9:4O: 1000;
s11:4O; 1900; "1:40 p. NJ 400:
s3:4O; 400; $40; 800; 700; 300;
900 Oast car to Indianapolis): 10: 90
(Greenfield); 11:10 Cambridge City,
Limited Trains.
Trains connect at Indianapolis fol
Lafayette, Frankfort, Charlottesville
Terre Haute, Clinton, Sullivan, Mar
tinsville. Lebanon and Paris. Ill.
Tickets sold through.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
Careless.

The story is told that letter receiv-
ed some years ago by the Westing-
house Machine company said that the
writer had been using one Of it's stand
ard vertical engines with eminent sat
1sfact1on. For eight years it had been
in continuous service night and day,
handling its load without a hint of
trouble, but that upon shutting 1T
down the other evening it went all to
pieces" The letter was passed to the
eminent inventor whose name the
company bears, who handed it back
with the remark, ASK the blame fool
what he shut it down for."-Power.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
A Swindie.

An old couple went to Dublin thea
ter to have a nights amusement. The
great Mrs. Siddons was playing Mrs.
Halter" and the poor bodies were kept
crying all the evening. At length, at
one of the scenes where the great lady
came in with her handkerchief again
to her eyes. the old man could stand it
no longer and. starting to his feet,
cried out, "Te long nosed thief, We call
this divarshun"'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
A;p In fha tinos

In one minute, in a state of rest, the
average man takes into his lungs about
4S.S cubic inches of air. In walking
he needs 97.6 cubic inches; in climb
ing, 14O.3 inches; in riding at a trot.
2O1.3 cubic inches, and in long dis
lance running, 347.7 cubic inches.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
STOP PAYING RENT

New broom and bath, cement eel
lar and walks, two kinds water. gas.
electric lights, etc. Northeast near
car line. Reliable party can pay
$4,000 cash, balance like rent.
$500 monthly. SEE Us AT ONCE
TURNER w. HADLEY,
Phone 173o. III 8. 12th St
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
Department OF Public Works.
Offiee Of the Board.

Richmond. Ind, August %. 1912.
To whom il may concern:
Notice is hereby given by the Boar0
of Public Works of the City of Rich>
mond. Indiana, that on the 26th day.
OF August. 1912. they approved AMI
assessment roll showing the primal
facie assessments for the foiiowinG
described public improvement. NJ ap4
thorized by the Improvement Resoiu,<
ton named:
Improvement Resolution No. 2o%feflt
Providing for the Improvement OF
East Main street, from east line oil
North Twentieth street to the ease,
line of South Twenty-second street.,
by constructing cement curb and gut-
ter on both sides. and paving tha(
roadway the full width thereof. with
brick between the points named.
Persons interested In or Affected hyJ
said described public Improvement
are hereby notified that the Beard Cd
Public Works Of said city has fixeA|
Thursday, September II, 1919, 3,
o'clock q. m. as q date upon which
remonstrances will be received, on
heard. against the amount assessed
against each piece of property del
scribed In said roll and will determins'
the question a. to whether such lots,
or tracts Of land have been or WIN
be benefited In the amounts named
on said roll, or In q greater or less,
sum than that named on said roll
Said assessment roll showing satd
prima facte assessments with the
names of owners and descriptions oG
property subject to be assessed. 10 o.
file and may be seen 1t the Office %
the Board of Public Works of said|
city.
p. A. Kennepohl.
Fred r. Charles,
w. w. Zimmerman,
Board Of Public Works.
Aug2s-7t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

A Kansas fisherman declares that q
catfish will pur like a tomcat when q
Is stroked the right way. Did he svaa
Try stroking German carp and hear5
ing IL sing Hi lie, hi lor-Kansas Cit
Star. And did he ever stroke q whale
and hear It spout?-Cleveland Plain'
Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
An OptioaI DeIusion.

Afrable Stranger-I beg your par
don, but isn't this Miss Greenleaf2
The Lady-No; I am Miss Redpath.
A S.-Ah, excuse me! l must be col
or blind.-Boston Transcript.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

Take a good book slowly. You see
much finer country in a movers wag-
on than you do from a car window.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
Revenge.

She-You ask me to marry you. Can
you not see your answer in my face? e
He ly)-Yes-er-er-it's very
plain.-Life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

said roll and will determine the ques4
ton as 10 whether such lots or trace1
OF land have been or will be benefited
in the amounts named on said roll
or In a greater or less sum than thac
named on said roll
Said assessment roll showing said
prima facie assessments, with the
names OF owners and descriptions Of
property. subject to be assessed. is on
file and may be seen At the office OF
the Board of Public Works of said
city.
n. A. Kennepohl.
Fred r. Charles,
". w. Zimmerman,
Board OF Public Works.
augso-Iwk
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
Built For the Part,

Built For tho Part.
This is selected from the reminis
cences of Mr.. F. G. Hales, the famous
English war correspondent:
"Once I wandered forth to face a
callous world and noticed that a com.
pany of strolling players had just ar
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
EFFICIENT SALESMANSHIP

In choosing means of efficient salesmanshp,
consider the Want Columns.
The Wants are a direct method OF communica-
tion-they take message straight to those who
are interested.
Reaching the right people at just the right time
is one of the strong points of the Wants.
II you have a problem of buying. selling, hiring
renting. exchanging-if you seek employment or
investment make of the Wants.
The Wants play important part in the
needs the business world and the household
They cost but minimum and are quick in action
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

Mail will be kept for 80 days only. All
mail not called for within that tine will be
cast out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
WANTED

WANTED-Good home for girl four
teen years old. Address w A.
WHEREBY, New Paris, Ohio. SOFT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

WANTED-Apprenti girl at once at
Kielhorn's Millinery store, 526 Main
street 27-7t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

TIME IS MONEY-Use the Under
wood typewriter and save time.
Free trial. Richmond Ta1king Ma
chine Co. Phone 1913, 23 North 5th.
o1.ff
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Fprnished rooms, with
bath. 326 North Tenth street. PIT
FOR RENT-Furnished front room,
modern. 2O6 North Eleventh street.
31-7t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

FOR RENT-Seven room brick house.
All modern improvements and barn.
1875 South Eleventh street. Rent,
$25. Inquire Jones Hardware COM
pany. 31-2t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02

Cash Rates
Wanted, For Sale, For Rent,
Etc, lc per word or 7 days for the
price of 5 days.
Found and Situation Wanted,
are inserted free insertions.
Lower rate if contract is made on
monthly or yearly basis.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23
BREAKS UP a COLD
AND CURES GRIPPE.

You can surely end Grippe and
break up the most severe cold either
in head, chest. back, stomach OF
limbs, by taking a dose of Pape's Colo
Compound every two hours until three
consecutive doses are taken.
II promptly relieves the most miser :
able headache, dullness, head and nose
stuffed up. feverishness. sneezing. sore
throat, mucuous catarrhal discharges
running of the nose. soreness, stiffness
and rheumatic twingcs.
Take this harmless Compound az
directed, without interference with
your usual duties and with the l<nowl-
edge that there is no other medicine
made anywhere else I'm the world which
will cure your cold or end Grippe mis-.
ery.as promptly and without any othel
assistance or bad aftcr-effects as :
25-cent package of Pape's Cold Com.
pound. which any druggist in the
world can supply.
Pape's Cold Compound is the result
of three yeas research at a cost OF
more than fifty thousand dollars, and
contains no quinine. which we Esvs
conclusively demonstrated is not ef-
fective in the treatment of colds or
grippe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23
ARE MICROBES IN YOUR SCALP
Il Has Been Proved That Microbes
Cause Badness.

Professor Unna OF Hamburg, Ger
many, and DIR. Sabourand, the leading
French dermatologist, discovered that
microbe causes badness. Their the
DRY has time and again been amply
verified through research experiments
carried on under the observation OF
eminent scientists. This mlcrobo lodges
in the Sebum, which Is the natural
hair oil. and when permitted to flourish
II destroys the hair follicles and In
time the pores entirely close. and the
scalp gradually takes on a shiny APP
pearancc. When this happens there is
no hope of the growth of hair being
revived.
We have a remedy which will. we
honestly believe. remove dandruff, ex-
terminate the microbe. promote good
circulation in the scalp and around
the hair roots. tighten and revitalize
the hair roots. and overcome badness,
so long as there is any life left in the
hair roots.
We back up this statement with our
own personal guarantee that this rem
edy called Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will
be supplied free of all cost to the user
If II falls to do as we state.
1t will frequently help to restore
gray and faded hair to its original col
or. providing loss of color has been
caused by disease; yet II is in no sense
a dye. Rexall "93" Hair Tonic accom-
plishes these results by aiding in max
ing every hair root, follicle. and pig
ment gland strong and active. and by
stimulating a natural flow of coloring
pigment throughout the hair cells
We exact no obligations or promises
we simply ask you to give Rexall
"sS" Hair Tonic n thorough trial and
IL not satisfied tell us and we will re-
fund the money you paid us for II. Two
sizes. prices 80 cents and s1.00. Re-
member. you can obtain 1t in Calu-
met only at our store-Tbe RcxaIl
store. .yastbinder & Read.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23

human rights today without quoting
Mary wolIstonecraft.
s. ELIZABETH FRY, a Quakeress.
who reformed the prison system of
England and gave us new treatment
of the insane. She was the mother OF
big family, a good cook. and a model
housekeeper. She knew how To make
money and save it. She was an orator
and a writer. She said to the king OF
France: "Thee should build no dark
cells in thy prison" And the king said .
"why?" And her answer was: Be
cause thee and thy children shall oc-
cupy them"
Q. SUSANNA WESLEY. founder OF
the Methodist church. mother of John
and Charles Wesley. and Of seventee
other little Wesleys. She preached TO
the people from tavern steps. In grave
yards. on the streets She did her own
housework, and was a woman OF sin
gular power and strength of character
10. CAROLINE HERScHEL. as
tronomer. musician, scientist She lived
TO be a hundred years old: efficient TO
the last. At seventy she climbed a
ladder and painted her own house, be-
cause she did not care to call a man
for assistance.
II. SARAH WEDGWOOD. inspirer,
partne-, and wife of Josiah Wedgwood
founder OF Etruria. inventor OF the ia
nous Wedgwood art pottery. She was
the grandmother of a world maker
Charles Darwin--and I'm degree Oar
win was heir to her patience. her per-
sistency her purpose, and her genius.
II. ANNE HUTCHINSON, who first
expressed free thought i'm America; or
ator and thinker: mother OF fifteen
children; banished from Boston; per-
lshed IN the wilderness.
10. LETIzIA RoTHSCHILD. econo-
mist and teacher: mother of five great
girls and five great boys. Her five boys
were made barons in q single day. and
the girls would have been were il not
for the accident of sex.
IA. ELLA FLAGG YOUNG, teac her,
writer. reformer, executive.
10. MRS NETCHER. business wom-
an, finGncier, teacher humanist is
never in the spotlight but Yields a
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23

inclination TO quit. or IL in the thick
est of the fight he slows up for some
reason. perhaps to conserve his forces.
and II turns out that he is beaten,
the first thing that comes into the
minds of hstic devotees is the accuse
tion. Hes not game" Especially is
this attitude applied to negro pugilists.
There has been cause. Of course, many
negro whalcrs having been troubled
with a lack Of courage. But exceptions
have been noted. Some of the best
fighters since the time of Figg have
been negroes, says the Evening Wis
consn.
Peter jackson. for instance The
great West Indian who battled Jim
Corbett sixty-one rounds to a draw.
Then again there were George God
frey, first colored champion heavy
weight Of America, and Frank Craig.
the Harlem Coffee Cooler" There are
some truly remarkable negro fighters
today-Johnson. Langford. Jeanette,
McVea--but one splendid trio of negro
hattlers is foremost in pugilistic his
tory.
II was composed of George Dixon
Joe Cans and Joe Walcott Dixon, the
first negro worlds champion Cans, Of
Knockout fame; Walcott. the Barba-
dosterror whose head was so close
to his shoulders that It was next to
Impossible 10 hurt him. All three won
the highest honors the ring can be-
stow.
Dixon was ruler Of the feather
weights and bantams. Cans Of the
lishtweights. and walcott became mas
ter of the welters.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23
GILBERT HUBBARD NAMES
THE TWENTY GREATEST
WOMEN OF WORLD

Ebert Hubbard, In the San Francis
co Examiner, says!~
| am In receipt OF small kippl,
from some kind reader of THE Exam
iner." Among other things, the gentle
man says: II have read your list OF
twenty great men with pleasure and
profit. Would it be possible to compile
list of twenty women who are the
equals of the men you Nance"
1t Ia not consistent to compare a
railroad train with an orange grove, OF
moonlight night with steel mill.
Also. IL is as unfair to compare mer
and women as It is absurd to compare
men, because God never duplicates
especially great folks.
However. at a hazard. will name
twenty women who deserve to rank
shoulder to shoulder, with the twenty
world makers:
l. SAPPHO. poet. teacher philoso-
pher. Aristotle. in many respects the
best ballasted. most efficient man who
ever lived. said Of Sappho: "Her work
I'm poetry is equal to that of Homer,
and all poets and philosophers since
her time have been profoundly in
fiuenced Ivy her uttcrances.''
2. SUTERPE. philosopher. diplo-
mat. teacher, mother. She incurred the
Jealousy and the wrath of many men
in Athens Commonplace people arc
never so honored. They accused her
thus; you are an alien!" Her answer
was: yes. l am an alien. but my son
is Themistocles." She was counsellor
and adviser Of her son. the man who
founded the grandeur that was
Greece
3. ASPASIA, counsellor, inspirer,
friend and wife Of Pericles. who took
up the work Of Themistocles and car
ried II through 10 a successful con-
clusion, and under whose leadership
sculpture drama. poetry. and physl-
cal culture reached perfection. If ever.
4. CORNELIA, mother Of the Grac-
chi. When some Roman ladies at a
O'Clock were boasting OF their gauds
and fnery. the two sons of Cornelia
entered the ROOM The proud mother
led them forward and said: These
are my Jewels" She was the teacher
Of her sons. and when their power be-
came supreme she was their chief
counsellor. adviser and friend.
5. CLEOPATRA. Queen of Egypt
beloved by julius Caesar. the creates.
man of initiative the world has ever
seen: afterward wife Of Mark Antony
Plutarch says: Cleopatra was always
a ruling queen: she received embas-
sizes from every country in the world.
and prided herself on being able TO
address each ambassador I'm his own
native tongue" She knew history. and
was an adept in philosophy. science
and statecraft
6. HyPATIA, the worlds worst mar
tyr To free thought. and new thought.
organizer Of women's clubs and a UNI
versity for women. She was the first
woman to demand equal rights for
women before the law. She pleaded
for opportunity. Her religion was that
of monism. which is fast becoming
the religion of today. and which will
be the religion OF the future.
a. MARY woLLSTONECRAFT. au-
thor of the Rights OF Women" and the
able assistant OF DR.. Johnson In COM
piling his dictionary. No author writes
on the subject Of womans rights or
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23

very wide and important influence.
The only woman in the world whose
life is insured for one million dollars.
1G. CLARA BARTON, teacher exc
cutive. founder Of the Rcd Cross So
ciety; spoken OF BY Abraham Lincoln
IS the most able and noble woman ne
had ever met Exponent OF peace Of
common sense in religion ana educa-
ton. advocate of the rights of women.
children and dumb animals Recipient
of the Legion OF Honour from France.
the Iron Cross from Germany, and
many other decorations and degrees.
II. MARY BAKER g. EDDY. who
has diluted the power of the male
preacher and the male doctor one
half. Two million people believe i'm her
implicitly. a hundred million are in
fluenced in their daily lives and daily
thinking through her philosophy
Is. ALICE HUBBARD housekeeper,
mother, economist teacher. factory SUI
perintendcnt, farmer hotel manager
writer. speaker humanisL
10. NINE. CURIE. teacher. scientist.
discovercr OF radium; recipient of the
Nobel prize.
20. SUSAN +. ANTHONY, Friend
by birth and instinct, orator, writer,
humanitarian; for over sixty years liv-
ing an active, expanding public life;
expressing herself forcefully. yet with
out heat on every proper occasion
Those who knew her loved her; those
who did not love her did not know her
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23

showhouses." said Charles A. Kent.
principal. Every Friday we viii show
AT least two reels Of films Now that
the school owns the machine and
most OF the pictures are loaned to us
the expense Is very little. one even
ing each month we will give a show
which the children's parents may at
tend"
Mr.. Kent operates the machine him
self THE Canals OF Venice" 1.-THE IL
linois Steel Mills and Farming with
Dynamite were films shown at the
first exhibition.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-23

While all agree that the moving
picture shows are having more inter-
ested patrons than the churches, the
statistics show that I'm the average city
one out of every twenty attend the
moving pictures. and in New York one
out OF every ten. II the school chill
dren who see them in an average city
could march past a man stationed at
some fixed point, IL would take them 10
days of eight hours length.
Go TO either local moving picture
show and II is filled. Often you can't
get In and the sidewalk is lined for a
block or So Not So with local church
attendance. Lectures. entertainments
dramatics, concerts are at a standstill
because Of the moving pictures.
Now, what are the benefits of the
moving picture show? II can be said
that they add to the intelligence. There
are scenes of some foreign country
The audience receives a lecturette OH
travel. Then again we are introduced
to some manufacturing establishment.
We see the factory hands at work. We
see the great rolling prairies of the
West. We see various phases of city
life. which were unknown TO us. Again
an ideal is presented and lesson
taught to people who would not be
reached In any other way. Men and
women who have not entered church in
years go there. The woman whose
heart is bitter against her husband and
who contemplates a divorce. may have
presented to her the picture of a nap
py home, loving wife, a veritable
heaven upon earth. She may be
brought To see that she has not done
all that she could to make things
pleasant for the one who works all day
TO the man who is sharing his weekly
income with the grog shop there may
be presented a picture of a destitute
home. with sorrowing wife and ragged
children. You could not drag him 10
hear n sermon and even Fl you could
the greatest preacher on earth could
not convey the message of those pic
lures. The girl who has had no moth
er may see pictures where thoughtless
conduct has brought some one into
difficulty and resolve TO be on her
guard.
Are not these among the things that
might be said in favor OF moving pic
lures?