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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The son of l., r. Swift the million
aire packer, has donned overalls and
gone into his fathers plant, thus avoid.
ing real work attending five o'clock
teas and society dances.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

While the Suffragettes will no doubt
enjoy their walk to Albany, they will
get there quicker If they jump on be
hind some of the farmers wagons that
come along.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

President-eloct Wilson says he will
not shake hands with all the people
who come to Washington, but he made
no rash statements like that before
election.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The new anti-typhoid treatment has
stopped the disease in the navy, and
the doctors on shore will no doubt use
it unless the wrong kind of paths
gets hold of it first
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The president-elect does not want
the Wall street crowd to start panic,
but how in thunder are they going to
get the lambs to give up their pelts
unless they do?
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

4 good deal IS being said about there
only being s.yon sleeping rooms in
The White House for Governor Will
soa's large family probbaiy, however
they have "A folding sofa bed that can
be set up i'm the parlor when they
nave company
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The Keep to the right rule is
urged for holiday shoppers, but there
will never be any trouble if people
who are walking in the opposite direc-
ton will get off the sidewalk
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

1t is always advisable to send a
rich Christmas fruit pudding to a dy-
speptic, so that he shall think of the
motive behind the gift rather than the
thing itself
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The New York suffragettes are to
march on Albany, but they should not
undertake to do housework as that
would keep them on their feet 700
much.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Strange that some people will try
to please the children with really use
ful Christmas gifts like rubber boots,
to which they are entitled anyway.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Congress- three weeks in Washing
ton before the holidays were usually
spent in looking after the garden
seeds and advancing the river and
harbor bill
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Not merely did J. F. Morgan have
to wait an hour to testify at Washing
ton but President Taft was not wait
ing at the railroad station to welcome
him to the capitol
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Recipes to make hens lay are ad-
yortsed, but probably going out to the
coop and giving the biddies a good
fatherly talking to is as effective as
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Charitable people are sending Christ
mas turkeys to the jails, almshouses,
and stockholders in the express com
panies who are going TO suffer SO
much from the parcels post
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The fact that Harvard students
spent almost as much for their books
as for their drinks is mentioned as an
evidence of growing seriousness among
college youth.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

While dissolving the coal trust does
not make coal cheaper, it has given
the department of justice healthful oc-
cupation for five years.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Twenty-Five billions capital controlL
ed by 1S9 men, so the Pujo committee
learas. and some of the 1S9 are sup
posed to feel that they have money
enough to live on comfortably
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The 20 cent parcels post stamp
shows an aeroplane carrying mail, but
il might be well to ask the postmaster
not to ship eggs and china that way
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Even though leap year Is about over,
il is suspected that matrimony will
not have to depend wholly on the ef-
forts of the men for the next three
years.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

II you have any sort OF grudge
az ary body get it out Of your
system before the passing of this
Yuletide This is mighty good old
world after all
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The women do not take kindly TO
Mrs. Cats proposal that they adopt
Chinese fashions, but perhaps if they
were expensive as we'll as ugly they
might meet with more favor
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The Good Fellows are wondering to
day whether there will be any empty
stockings in Vinita Just two days
hence. 4 few more Good Fellows and
there would not be one disappointed
child in this good town
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

There will be satisfaction if t
spectators lose money on their co
storage eggs, still more if the specuH
tors should have to eat them the
selves. &
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The strictly fresh eggs are still sold
to strictly fresh people who do not
know that you have to call for the
"newlaid" article.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The tender and solemn feelings of
the last night of the year are expressed
by many people through the blowing
of fish horns.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

President-elect Wilson steerod the
ship awhile ON his way back from Ter
muda, but somehow he forgot TO go
down and help the cooks get dinner
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

You can't get people interested in
reducing the cost of living until they
find who is going to be appointed post
master.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

There are a great many people who
feel that the proper time to begin the
years work will be Monday. January
9Th
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The fact that you belong to the So
ciety to Prevent Useless Giving is no
excuse for passing up the contribution
box.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Some OF the coal contracts are de
clared Illegal, but the money made
through them seems to pass all right.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The hold-up men threaten Governor
Wilson's life, but before they get"
him, the office seekers will have talked
him to death.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The letter carriers carried heavy
loads for Christmas, but of course
anyone enjoys Juggling 100 pounds Is
miles after getting used to It.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The time has gone by when the
small boy can DE persuaded to hang
ND his stocking. Santa Claus would
be given false idea Of his needs by
ANYTHING smaller than the family laun-
dry bag.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Helen Gould makes it clear that She
is a real philanthropist by getting
married.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

teaching and for various commercial
uses, as well as its probable growth in
the future. makes it important that the
effect of moving pictures on the eyes
should De carefully observed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

While the newspapers have CO..
piled very generally with the publicS
law, there is a growing feeling thu
Uncle Sam is bluffing the avertisef
about the circulation of the Congrs.
sional Record.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The Women's pages print recipes for
leftover turkey soup If the children
have their way though, there amt
goin' ter be no left-overs.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

There is widespread movement
among women to reduce the price of
eggs. Perhaps the most effective
movement would be to clean out and
brighten up the chicken coop, so the
biddies would feel in a mood to lay.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

1t is claimed that IS men run +
business of the country, but it =
never run smooth until they get
the hands of committee of three 5
then give the chairman a free ha
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

yi.cunt Astor has joined tho Rhine
beck, n. T.. fire department He
should remember that the first duty
OF an amateur at this business is to
break all the windows of n burning
building
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

Ii is generally admitted that The
Hague Court of Arbitration might be
trusted to act on police court cases,
but more important things are ques-
tions of national honor and can't be
arbitrated
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

If Hearst really paid s4L50o for
those Archibald letters he paid "a big
price
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

They are trying to stop useless Civ
ing but of course young people who
are starting life in three rooms will
stlll be glad to get 500 sideboards.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

There viii be no paper issued from
this Office tomorrow It is Christmas
and Ne expect to take a holiday
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

In view Of Ore last price increase.
gasoline or blood riots are looked for
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

president Tat is looking up a house
u NaW IIalau and probably he would
pay lule higher reat to get near the
ball grounds
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

The swearing off time will soon be
here.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-27

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
GOVERNOR BALDWIN RECORD

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13

neral procession is held at night. The way is lighted by a number ot tNrcn- bearers, who are followed by priests bearing incense and sacred books. The nunbe of torch-bearers and religious men depends upon the wealth of the family of the deceased. Ther. in the ease of a rich man, his servants, clad in old Japanese costumes, follow the priests each carrying a bamboo pole on which umbrellas and lanterns are attached.
 Next comes the corpse, borne up on a bier, over which garlands are suspended Tho ,nale relatives and friends of the deceased come next in line, followed by the female mourn CTS and their friciGs.
 More priests meet the procession at the temple and perform a funeral service before the body is inferred or cremated. The funeral music is pro. duced by striking copper basins al!c is very sad and cournful indeed. Al ter the sad duty has been compieteo, swarms of beggars gather about the mouPners, and refuses to leave untli coins have been liberalAy dlstriputed among them After the procession the r1archers return to the house of sorrow where an elaborate banquet is served.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
WILSON TO WATCH
 CONVENTION IN
 NEW YORK STATE

Newark, Sept. 13-PerfectIy satisfied with the result of his visit to the New York Democracy and his conference at! the state fair, Syracuse, Governor Wilson is back at Sea Girt, today. He positively refused to make any state ment for publication. There was no question from his attitude that the Democratic candidate is satisfied with his position regarding the reno1nina- tion of Governor Dix
 Wilson refused to have his picture taken in uxtaposition with Murphy.
 It was generally believed today, that when the state convention meets, next week, Murphy will have the task Of his life to retain control Wilson will refuse to interfere in what the New York Democratic candidate does. If a reactionary tickets is named. he will refuse to work for it and repu- diate Murphy in no uncertain terms. He will be the better able to do this, politicians were pointing out, today, because the state law compels the sep aration of the national and state tic- kets and provides for two ballots. one for the national and the other for the state ticket.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13

action, if the members of boards hold ing over from the previous adminiss tration are opposed to his program.
 The Board Of Apportionment should have power to contract loans Of req sonable amount on short time notes Every little town in Connecticut has this power. Every private corpora tion has it.
 The Board of Apportionment can be trusted with power to create a debt on notes of limited duration-say ten years-provided the amendment should include a provision for referendum to the voters, if the amount floated in any one year should exceed a certain maximum.
 The proposal to put the appointing power of the Board of Education in the Mayor requires care ful consider ation. This newspaper will make certain suggestions for the information of it's readers. in subse- quent issues
 It may not even be wise to make the Mayor a controlling element in this board, which now proceeds from the voters themselves, which has no duty but the management. Of the schools, and which perhaps will be better managed if the possibilities of partisanship are removed from it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
FIRST THINGS

The first experimental train passed through Mont Cenis tunnel forty-one years ago to-day, and the great en- gineering project was formally lnausu- rated four days later.
 The tunnel, the first great work Of it's kind, is seven and a half miles long, connecting Savoy and Piedmont not until 1857 that the work of exca- vation was actually commenced by King Victor Emmanuel of Italy The boring was at first effected by ordln- arv piercine machinery, but in 1860 steam power was employed, and before the tunnel was completed compressed con,nIeted, on Christmas, 1870, but was not ready for use until the Fall of the following year. The cost was $lS,Oe0,- OGO France bearing the larger smart or tloe exnense. There are now six inn nortant tunnels in the Alps, the long est being the Sinplon, twelve and a half miles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
MILLS AMID BOOM
 DESPITE CAMPAIGN
AGENTS OF CONNECTICUT PLANTS SEEK HANDS-IDLE IN OTHER
 PRESIDENTIAL YEARS.

Danielson, Sept. 13-For the first time in the history Of cotton man ufacturing in Windham county there is a boom on in the middle of dis turbing political campaign, and there appears to be no fear whatev of are hurriedly installing $1o0 900 worth of new ma chinery and are starting up, 3, plant one year idle to employ six hundred hands i Agents are securing the country for skilled hands Where thousands us ed to tramp the roads in the summer Mills two hundred hands will be started as soon as they can be .ob- tained. : At WilliaInsville the Killingbyz Man it's half million dollar improv vem ents and started the first loom yesterday Seven hundred hands at high wages are to be employed by this new plant. As soon as the last brick was laid in the new mills plans were today sub mitted to contractors for new brick weave shed 260 by B feet. which when completed will cost $9o.oOO and employ 800 hands,
 i Tine Assawago Woollen Company at Dayville and the mills at Dog Hill, . 'tThe Hollow and Elmville, are all running full blast and overtime. The Attawaugan Cotton Mills company has let a contract to build a new 126 by 80 foot brick weave shed at once The new mills and improvements now going on will add 2.Oo0 to this towns population.
 The Lawton Mills Company at Plain field, has nearly finished putting ma chinery in it's mammoth new mih which will employ in all $50 skilled ha anGs. New tenement blocks are be- ing ra pid1y erected to accommodate the hundreds of extra hands required in the mills.
 Representative of a wealthy New York syndicate were in Canterbury yesterday looking over the so-caIled Packer privilege on the Quinnebaug River owned by New York interests. One of the largest plants in the coun- try is to be erected Soon The priv Iege,, involves 300 hcnse power.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
GETS RENO DIVORCE
Clergyman Charges Woman He Mar
 ried in Groton With Cruelty.

Reno, New, Sept 1s-The Rev Ed ward Everett Knapp, Baptist min ister. secured a divorce in Judge Orr's court yesterday from Jessie Allen Knapp, whom he married in Groton Conn, July 13, 1887, cruelty being charged. He said his wife was un- reasonably jealous. So marked was her jealousy that during his pastor ate in Brooklyn, N. Y, he took his wife with him whenever possible in making calls on members of his church.
 From Brooklyn he accepted a call to Connecticut pastor. Twice the plaintiff claims, he had pastora tes which he was forced to relinquish, and twice he gave up work as an evange- list and finally had to re1inquish a profitable real estate business because of his wife, who was jealous even of his young nieces,. daughters Of his five sisters. He dec1at ed that his wife falsely accused him Of infidelity in 1909, and went about among friends and even strangers, talking about him. She continually nagged and humili- ted him.
 Mir Knapp has been here a year having q position with local groc cry company After leaving Connec- ticut he was pastor of churches in Colorado and Laramie. Wyo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
MAN AND WIFE SHOT IN AUTO
 FROM AMBUSH

Buffalo. sept. 13-Mystery completely surrounds the probably fatal shooting of George Hammer, of this city, and the Wounding of his wife, while riding in their automobile near North Tona- wanda, enroute to this city, early to- day. Both in St. Mary's hospi- tai. in Niagara Falls where it was said that Hammer, . wealthy man, will probably die.
 The shooting was from ambush and both Hammer and his wife insist that they have not the slightest idea who was responsible. They declare that they have enemies and can assign no reason for the shooting. The po- lice of North Tonawanda and of towns on the American side of the river are working the case out admit they are without clue.
 Hammer went to Niagara Falls, Ont, yesterday. He was to bring home his wife and small child who had been visiting The run was made along the river road and just IS the car turned into Schneck street, North Tonawan- da someone fired a shot from ambush Hammer threw up his hands and slid into the bottom of the car with a, pull let through the top of the head. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

The Democratic platform will bear ed by the Democratic party in the most progressive States
 It .favors the initiative and referen- dunn
 A direct primaries law.
 The passage of a law requiring pub Iicfty for political expenditures both before and after election
 Popular election of United States sena tors.
 The extension of the ballot to wo- men.
 Home rule for cities and towns
 The repeal of the personal tax law.
 The passage of a pure food law. The passage of workmen's com pensation act.
 The passage of an employers 1iabil- ity law. and the abolition Of the legal doctrine of fellow servant and as- sumption of risk
 Less important blanks are those which favor a complete reform of the highway commissioner department, a revision of the banking laws and the cooperation of the State Agricultural College to improve agriculture.
 The National platform of the Demo- cratic party is endorsed. ratified and made binding upon the Democrats of Connecticut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
 TO THE. CHARTER

The charter amendments favored by Mayor Wilson are largely matters of administrative detail. There seems to renience in some of them.
 An amendment likely to excite some difference of opinion is that relating to the abolition of the tax districts.
 A second amendment relates to the abolition of the personal tax collec- tors. Since the General Assembly will probably abolish the personal tax, the proposal is probably unnecessary. The abolition of the collectors simply means that the tax will not be collect ed. Since nobody wants # collected no harm will be done.
 A third amendment proposes to es- tabiish the Board of Contract and Supply by charter. It is already es- tablished by ordinance. Its perma- zence, if established by charter. may soSsibly be less, since the experience 1f Bridgeport is that it is. easier to change the charter than to repeal an ordinance
 The Mayor should have power to remove for cause, which is the power designed to be given by another amendment
 The Mayor should be ex-officio the head. of all city boards. with powers equal TO those of any other member. Ir this way responsibility for the acts Of the municipal government can be established. At present the incoming