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La Junta tribune., 1912-09-07

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La Junta tribune., 1912-09-07
GOOD NEWS
Many Ia junla Readers Have
Heard 10 and prohlcd
Thereby.

"Cpai news irufcls faI." aud ihs
thousands ~ bad bsek sufferers in IT,
Iuria anc glsd % learn that prompt
rsirf Is within their reach Many q
lame. weak ans arhing back IL bad no
more. thanks b. noan's Kidue, Pits.
Ihousands upon thousands ~ people
asc telling the good news Of their g
pcricn,c with the old Quaker kcmed,.
Here u On example worth reading:
4. smith. $40 \. Twelfth ST.. Rocky
iard. Colo. says; II bsvc taken Doan' >
Kidney pills on and on for two years
and have found them very effective In
relieving kidass trouble. | am certain
tat my work Which obiixcs me Ia
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trpuhls. The contents ~ oue or t~n
ksxss II Dosa's k,dns. Pilis entirely
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La Junta tribune., 1912-09-07
FOR DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS
Ceoesls Spias h.a Prspass Conpseheasiv. Sts'snsos
q Ns~ Primary Law Sos Bsnsst Il Voc" ot the Ssss
Refssdless q Their Political AA6iissioa

Clarence Dodge and of the Colorado Springs Ga
proposes OF education - that
familiar with the OF the primary
lsw
Republican and editor Of the Gazette he hal the
before prevailed screp the noa
nation for congressman al large
ing the old machine
the this fall aaid Mr.
Dodge with candidacy. out
should the people getting
deal IN thee OF
tina, the people should have clear and
definite iyr a to lights and duties
The following comprehensive but easily understood outline Aes
by Mr. Dodge and will prove
the applies 20 Democratic ~ Well -
Republican
La Junta tribune., 1912-09-07
sEPreMsea
y e.ers. Fitch
Author Of
AT Good OLD s'~..n"
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copyrighted by George Mathew
Adams.b
September Is q medium. weight lox
pressure month which begins At the
end OF the electric fan xeasou and
ends at the beginning Of the thick
underwear solstice. II was named by
The Romans. who used 1t ~ the sew.
enth month Of the calendar, but who
Afterwards enlarged the year. ow.
Ing to the growth Of business and
pushed II on TO ninth place, where
1t has served with marked success
ever since Augustus Caesar was q
senior In college.
September 10 the first month Of
autumn and 10 regarded with affecth ,
By all people who haven't been able
TO spend the summer at the seashore.
To these II comes zs y great relief.
but to the man who has conccsied
his family In 4 summer resort for
three months 1t consists mostly Of
overdue bills and a frantic hunt for
a new cook.
In September colleges begin to be-
come feverish again and violate the
noise regulations by manufacturing
freshmen without nuffiers In huge
Quantities In September also tn.
football candidate dons a leather
soup kettle and \ rubber fender for
his nose and begins to insert him.
self into the thorax Of the enemy At
the rate Of five yards per insertion.
next to pure reading matter.
In September. apples. grape. and
xatermefors ripen In the temperate
zones and wave OF crime spreads
over the land ext ending from > p. m.
until early morning. July Is the mo,
fatal month for dogs. but September
Is hardest on their dixes,ions. Hun.
dreds Of farmer dogs permanently in,
pair their health In September by
eating trousers which do not bear
u pure food label.
In September the open season for
ducks. prairie chicken and straw
hats begins. Very few of Us are able
to assassinate n duck. but even the
humblest citizen can leap upon u
straw hat on the first OF September
aud reduce II to ruin with a cry Of
rage. Bccauss Of the difficulty which
September usually experiences In
cooling off II hns bc-u proposed to
extend IN. closed season for straw
hats TO the fifteenth This. however.
will be a difficult task and viii no,
b. accomplished until long after tn.
Inauguration dat. has been pushed
forward into May
September has ore holidsy-Iabor
day. II is - called because on this
day everyone takes rest and makes
few hoarse remarks about capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

looking about him when small, warm
hand was cuddled into his and a
child's voice said:
please take care of me till nam.
ma finds me-I'm lost"
1t was a little girl, and on her face
was both a smile and look of en-
treaty.
why, of COURSE" replied the out
law, pressing her hand and drawing
her back little. so you came here
with your mother after Christmas
things and got separated"
That's it, only think she ran away
from me so that shouldn't know
what Santa Claus was going to bring
me tomorrow night"
II hope it will be something nice"
ooh, it will be. Are you buying
something for your little girl?"
Moo"
Maybe she's dead?"
IL don't know"
The girl looked up and noticed the
grave expression on the outlaws face.
and cuddled closer to him and said:
I'm sorry If have hurt you. Nam.
ma says talk too much. I've just
thought that maybe you are not mar.
ried at all?"
Il guess that's pretty near it," re-
piled the outlaw as he tried to laugh,
bat made poor work of it.
We'll, if you haven't got any little
girl I haven't got any papa. What
you going to buy.
why, whatever you say"
But not for me-"
YES, for you. Well select some.
thing, and then when your mother
comes I'll ask her il she'll let you have
it,
Il hope she will You look to be
such a nice man that she shouldn't re.
fuse. picked you out as the very
incest man that came along"
THANK you" said the outlaw as he
felt his heart grow big. Now. then,
about this doll. Real hair, eyes that
wink, pink shoes and almost as big as
you are. She'll be sister to YOU"
And how much is it,"
"Only ten dollars"
my, but can you pay that much! II
you can you must be rich"
But you see have no little girl OF
my own"
That's so. Isn't Christmas nice?
Do you know-there's mamma over
there! Let me run and tell her.
The outlaw turned his back on. the
crowd and gritted his teeth and
winked his eyes. He had been hit
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
; Santa Claus.

Santa Claus.
1t went back five years. He, the son
of a railroad magnate, had dared to
fall in love with the blue-eyed daugh-
ter of locomotive driver on his ia.
Tiers road--a man whose face and
hands carried grime-who dwelt in a
cottage-who had no society outside
Of daily toilers. And he had dared
stand before the father who thought
himself specially created and say:
Father, | going to be married"
"Well?"
ITO Gladys Davis"
Never heard Of her"
"The daughter Of one of our en-
.gineers."
There was a moment of painful sus-
pense and then the storm broke.
you shall not! You are either a
fool or lunatic to think Of it. An
engineers daughter! Think of your
mother-of me-of your sister-the
disgrace! You must have lost your
senses!"
But am to marry her." was the
steady reply.
II say no! If the jade has trapped
you into an engagement buy her off,
The father must use his influence or
take his discharge"
But we love and are promised to
each other"
In the next half hour the father
stormed and cajoled. If the son in
sisted on such a marriage he would
be cast out by the family; he would
be ridiculed even by the common PEG.
pie. And the maguate ended up with ::
Fired, will have the engineer call
ed up here and give him check for
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
to cOnvulsive sol

I placed the child in her fathers
arms and left the room. An hour
passed and then Mr.. Singleton raped
on my door He told me the story.
Mrs. Singleton was not dead, as l
had supposed; she was in Paris, and
if the separation of which he told me
was caused by fault of hers he did not
so much as hint at it.
Mr.. Singleton cabled at once to
Paris. There would just be time.
Christmas Eve came and still no
word, and though Mr. Singleton's face
looked thin and strained, he started
out with Dorothy at noon, telling her
they were going to have a grand and
glorious time that afternoon.
l was left to attend to the last de-
tails of the tree that stood in glittering
bravery in the center of the sitting
room. There was a lot to do, and l
was bustling around when the door
few open and radiant young wom'
an rushed in, calling:
Dan! Dorothy"
Stopping quickly. her look arrested
by my uniform, she exclaimed: "He-
she-oh, who is ill?" She faltered, 60
ing white. ~ .. ~. =
My smiling assurance that all was
we'll brought forth thousand ques-
lions, and we both talked at once,
and I helped her of with her
wraps. She cried in my arms and
kissed me with fervor when l told her
of how Dorothy had begged for her,
and then she dubbed over and we had
gay afternoon finishing the tree.
Mrs. Singleton was on the steplad-
der laughing down at me when Doro-
thy and her father came in. The laugh
died on her lips, but caught his glori-
fed look and heard Dorothy's glad cry.
Then crept silently from the room.
feeling the loneliness Of spinsterh @od
q / had never thought to do.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
Made II Work.

A week before the Christmas holt.
days an undergraduate wished to start
home, thus gaining a weeks vacation
on the other students. He had, how
ever. used up all the absences from
the lectures which are allowed. and
any mere without good excuse would
have meant suspension. In guam
dairy he hit upon this solution; he
telegraphed his father the following
MESSAGE "a
Shall come home at my leisure or
straight home?",
The answer he received was: Come
straight home"
An exhibition Of the telegram to the
professors was sufficient
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

suggested that she give a Christmas
tree for twenty less fortunate little
girls, and he kept the big limousine
car touring the shopping district
while we played Santa Claus.
One day we had been out all Of the
afternoon. Dorothy had selected
twenty dolls, and in retrospect l view
ed my own meager childhood and
fancied what such a glorious after
noon would have meant to me, but the
child appeared even more listless
than usual. Feeling rather anxious
took her temperature, gave her some
stimulating nourishment and asked
her to get into my lap while I read
to her.
Dorothy had the beautiful old-young
manners in which the little children
of the rich are drilled, and always
treated me with careful consideration
and politeness, regardless Of her own
wishes. Obediently she climbed into
my lap, put her head against my
shoulder, and l began to read aloud
wonderful Christmas tale. We are
all of us children at Christmas and l
found enjoyment in the story. Dor
othy was very quiet, and as turned
page l looked down to see if she had
fallen asleep. To my CONSERVATION.
the wide blue eyes were trimming
with tears, fast overflowing and run
ming down the child's white cheeks.
AS l dropped the book and clasped
her closely in my arms she gave way
IN conv,1lsiva sobs
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

Harmon was one
of the guests. She
looks much better
in the evening
gown than in her
street suits; not
nearly so frowsy,
and the rouge on
her cheeks doesn't
show at night. |
was appalled, when
mother introduced
me to her, to rec
o ize Carl's
French friend. She
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

would mingle with
the throng. He
would enter the
stores under the
evergreen branch
es and look about
him-aye, make a
purchase and be
Santa Claus to
s o m g b I &c y e d
child on the street.
He was an out
law, but the world
should not crowd
him quite to the
edge. He was al
most smiling as
he crowded his
way into a big
store, and he was
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

The little girl con-
tinued to improve.
but the spontaneous
gayety of childhood
was lacking.
Christmas was APP
preaching and Dor
othy was now able
to go about. l was
instructed to take
her to shops and
matinees-in fact.
to do everything TO
afford her amuse-
ment. Her father
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

offered my services. He took me at
once into the stateroom and intro
duced me to a worriedlooking young
man. There was no need to ask his
trouble. On the couch tossed little
girl of five or six years, her cheeks
and eyes bright with fever.
l had few simple remedies with
me, but the child showed rather
alarming symptoms OF an aggravated
cold. Deciding to take no risk, l sent
a telegram ahead. and when we reach
ed Chicago physician with neces-
sary medicines came aboard and &C
companied us to Buffalo.
Dorothy escaped all Of the maladies
with which she was threatened and
by the time we reached New York
was very much better. However, Mr.
Singleton, her father, retained me,
and the three of US went to a fash
iona bln hotel
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

bells and catch the shouts of children
on the street-to wonder If his child
still lived, and to wonder further what
old Santa Claus would bring her-why,
the man cursed the fears he could
not keep back.
A quarter of an hour later the out
law was down on the street He
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

Mr.. Single
ton came in.
The opening
Of the door
70 u 8 e d Dor.
othy, and, see
ing her father,
she stretched
eager arms to
him and cried
out:
Father, dear,
I don't want a
tree. I just
want mother
for Christ.
mas"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

Love may always be right, but it
can be SO Influenced as to be seem
ingly mistake. The marriage took
place and Fred Dillingham; was ostra-
cized. He was not kindly welcomed
in the other stratum. If there is a gulf
between the rich man and the work
ingman the latter resents intrusion
as much as the former There was
love, but after few months it was
Influenced from both sides. Both hus-
band and wife were made to fear that
grave mistake had been made They
fought away the idea and sought to
hold their love, but that brought irri-
tations and vexations and eliminated
in Misunderstanding and quarrels.
After two years there was a separa-
ton. Neither really desired it. It
was what the gossips had predicted,
and what they strove to bring about.
There was more sorrow than anger
when the young husband turned his
back on wife and infant a year old
and went out into the world as a
wanderer The wife went back to
her fathers cottage. but not to- strug'
gle with poverty. The husband been
generous to her.
Five long years, and Fred Dilling.
ham had not been heard Of. AS an
outlaw without q family. whom should
he write to and why? At three years
Of age the child. who had been named
Patty, wondered In her childish way
why she hadn't papa. At Ave she
demanded to know. At six she stood
before the embarrassed mother In In
dignation and threatened to 60 out
and md one.
And at last the wanderer had re-
crossed the sea and headed for his
home. He was tired and weary and
lonely. Home? But he had none!
He had left 1t when he left wife and
baby. This struck him like sudden
blow. though he had all along realized
It Ia : general way. No home-no
wife no child! That was why he
had left the train and taken lodgings.
He had no place to 90. With money
~ His pockets. ne va ! tramp.
And to know that Christmas 'was q
hand. and to hear the Jingle Of sleigh
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
(Copyright.)

ND 1t had come to
pass that on this
day before Christ
mas a man not
old in years sat in
his room at a no.
tel In q strange
town and felt him
self of all the
world the most
lonely. High and
low, rich and poor,
mingled in the
procession Of hap
py shoppers with.
out. He alone had
no thought for
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

All u. al co VI
four minutes pass.
ed and then q
hand pulled at his
and a voice said:
please. Mister
nice man, tell me
your name, that ]
may introduce you
to mamma. !
think she will let
me have the doll.
The outlaw turned
and gasped and
his face went
white.
"Gladys!"
Fred"
you here!"
"And yOu!"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

"And this is our daughter?' Z
Our Patty. Father was discharged
from the road and moved over here
to take another run"
1t was the next day, and Patty was
sitting on her fathers knee and the
happy mother was wiping tears from
her eyes, when the child said:
Say, mamma, just picked him out
as the very incest man in all that big
crowd, and didn't make any mistake,
did I? Don't anybody sit down on my
doll and give her paint"
~k7
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Ss;xsP y. >.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
An Assurance.

Don't you think q holiday is more
cheerful when there Is a large family
gathered about festive board?"
II do answered the sardonic per-
son. "a large family Is q glad assur.
ance that there 10 not going 80 be
enough turkey left to supply the mems
ss.s9s ts'ssss next few days. d ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
Ds3kasfayta So sgss&a$&
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

HAD been west taking
a convalescent patient
to his home and was re-
turning to New York
when a case fell unex'
pectedly into my hands.
The Pullman conductor
startled us early one
morning by calling out
to know If there was a
physician in the car.
There was no response,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

a tlOuSanQ DOL
lars and tell him
that this non
sense must end"
1--WE shall be
mar ri e d t hr e e
days from now"
was his answer.
In reply to that
the father point
ed to the door, and
the son bowed and
passed out to be
son no longer. He
had money that
had been left him
by an aunt, and
the father could
not threaten him
with nOVartv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

where, as far away from Riverside
as possible Mother says I'm silly
little lovesick girl; but dad thinks
need change.
I'm not silly-and I'm not lovesick.
Carl has behaved in a most ungen-
tlemaEly way.
Just because I motored to Lakewood
with Sam Perkins and his sister is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19
AA>kassaaAa.@SsA z4s&2szsss8@aa
HER CHRISTMAS GIFT
September II.


E SAIL tomorrow.
| am devotedly thank
full to dad for insisting
that mother take me
away for a willie. Per-
haps we will remain a
year. | hope it may be
ten. I hate America,
loathe New York, and
want to live the rest
of my life in Europe
Asia Africa 49, any
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19


she has lived in Paris since she was
a little girl.
We had lovely talk. She told me
all about her recent visit to America
and how good Carl had been in taking
her about
like her now that | know her.
She says Carl was perfectly miser-
able over a girl he was in love with,
who had gone abroad for the winter.
She did not know the girls name.
blushed furiously when she spoke
of it.
That was Sunday. We have seen
Mrs. Harmon several times since then.
I. made mother promise to take me
home. She cabled dad, and said she
would be thankful to get back to
plain home cooking and her own
bathroom. Mother is a dear, and so
funny.
December rs.
What happy, happy Christmas day
it has been!
The very best 1 have ever known.
Once l said I hated America-New
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

York-but l don't.
I love New York
and America, Riv-
erside, h o. e :,
mother, dad and
Carl. oh, l love
Carl best of all!
He has been SO
sweet, so dear
and kind, since we
came home two.
weeks ago. He
met us at the pier.
I was never so
glad to see any
body In my life
as l was to see
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

dear old Carl. Dad was there, too.
My Christmas gifts are lovely. Best
of all is Carl's love and the ring he
gave me as a token of his deep, IN
dying love. I think it was sweet Of
him to give me such wonderful dia-
mond, besides the candy and books
and flowers. It flashes fire as l turn
my hand in the light. Daddy says
I'm too young to marry, but | shall
coax him to let me marry Carl In
June. I'm the happiest girl in the
world tonight, and Carl is the hap
.piest man. He has told me 80 him
self. wish everybody In the world
were as happy . We this Christmas
night. III,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

no reason why he
should get cross
and take that
actressy : looking
person with him
everywhere he
goes. y
Sans Sister
says she is a
Frenchwoman. /
always did hate
French, and I'm
glad | refused
Carl to meet her,
glad ] snubbed
Carl and glad l
was out when he
called.
Two long, mis-
cradle W e e k 9
W i t no u t seeing
Garland tOmOr-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-19

row we sail. Perhaps | won't see
him for months-maybe never again.
wonder if care.
October 20.
More than month has passed since
I have written in my little diary. |
wouldn't write now, only this morning
a letter came from Carl, and l just
have to record it.
Carl says he is lonely; he misses
me, and he cannot understand why l
ran away to Europe so suddenly.
The letter is full Of reproaches for
MY treatment of HIM, whCl all the
time it was HIS meanness to me that
made me so ill, so that | had to get
away from everybody.
He does not mention one word about
that horrid French creature.
I shall not write. Well-perhaps l
will
November "a.
At first I hated Paris.
London was nice, Vienna stupid,
but Paris-impossible until last Sun
day, when we met Mrs. Harmon.
Isn't it strange what change one
day, one hour, can make in girls
life?
Mr.. and Mrs. Field, friends of
mothers, gave a dinner for US. Mrs.
Middletown transcript., 1912-02-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
APPOQUINIMINK HUNDRED

The taxable residents of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1911
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector Tor said Hundred, will be
AT THE OFFICE OF GEORGE NJ. d. HART,
IN TOWNSEND. DEL,
EVERY SATURDAY.
DnrIng FEBRUARY, 1912,
From to O'Clock, P. NJ.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
Uy sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
COY ERNING TIE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEw CASTLE C;UNTY, SECTION 3, CHAPTER
30 VOLUME Il, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
he first day OF October there shall be an
ibait nIpnt OF five per centum. On al
taxes paid before the first day of Decem
npr there shall be an abatement of three
per centum, On all taxes paid during the
'mOrnm 81 December there stall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January five
per crntun thereof shall be ADDED
thereto.
WILLIAM c. MONEY,
Collector of Taxes for Appoquinimink Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1912-02-10
NOTICES!

] wish to iGform the pub
lie that have purchased the
Lumber and Coalinterests of
the late G. E. Hukill, and
will endeavor to keep at all
times such Lumber as my
patrons desire. l will ap-
preciate a share of the H.
beraI patronage given my
predecessor.
Very truly,
I. D. SHORT.