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Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
Starved Baby 70 Death.

Guilty Of second degree manslaugh.
ter, after being tried on a charge OF
neglecting her infant son until he died
Of starvation when a year old, was the
verdict brought by the jury against
Henrietta Tyson, twenty-one years old,
in the Nassau county court in Min
cola, N. Y. The girls grandfather
was the states chief witness, testify
ing that his granddaughter, in neglect
ing her child, attended moving picture
shows
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
LORlMER VERY ILL
Former Senator to Be Operated on
For Appendicitis.

E0tNlgN @@iaAgt " OpEIdNEQ on
For Appendicitis.
William LOrimer, who recently was
ousted from the United States senate.
is seriously i'll with appendicitis in
Chicago.
After a consultation of physicians
an immediate operation was decided
upon and preparations were made to
take Mr.. Lorimer to the Presbyterian
hospital. He has been i'll since Sun
day.
LOrimer's illness is said to have re-
suited indirectly from an automobile
accident in which he was slightly in
lured shortly after leaving Washing
ION several months ago.
It was said that be was in a weak
ened physical condition due to over
work and the strain Of his trial which
resulted in his being ousted from the
United States senate
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
MASKED MAN BEATS WOMAN
Burglar FeiIs Her With Chair When
Discovered In House.

Awakened by noise in a room ad
joining, Mrs. Minor Smith, of North
Berwick, Pa, who was alone in the
aouse with her baby. entered the dim
ly-lighted room to investigate.
She was hOrrified to see a man,
with a black mask over his face, leap
toward her. He grasped a chair and
felled her to the floor, unconscious.
Jumping through the window. break
ng the sash as he went the burglar
escaped.
The continued screams Of the baby
brought neighbors to the scene. with
the husband, employed at night at a
steel plant, leading the posse,
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
TAFT WILL FILL ALL JOBS
says Wilson VIII Find No Vacant Of
fees on Arrival.

President Taft stated to visitors in
Washington that he planned to I'LL all
vacancies occurring before March 4
without regard to the approaching
change Of administration.
= There are several important ap.
pointive offices now vacant, including
pte commissionership of the bureau
Of Indian affairs and the Office Of chief
OF the bureau Of chemistry and many
other opportunities for appointment
viii occur during the winter months
The president intimated that Presi-
dent-elect Wilson probably would find
an positions filed when he comes In.
to Office.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
q De In ReIlnIous Rlnta.

twenty-five persons were killed and
many others we're wounded in reli-
giOus rits at Leiria, in Estermadura
province, Portugal The rioting fol-
lowed a clash between Liberals and
Clericals. Troops were rushed to the
scene and the city has been placed
undar rnar4ia1 low
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
KlIIs saby For Revenne.

To take revenge on his wife, with
whom he had quarreled, Charles Rose,
of Chicago, killed his two.year-old
daughter. The child was smothered to
death. A note pinned to the pillow on
which the child lay was s gned by the
father, who admitted his deed The
police we're unable to find Rose.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
Blind Receive cifts.

Five hundred and forty-eight sight
less men and women tapped their way
through Misery Lane" in their Dill.
grimage to the ONCE OF the depart.
ment Of charities in New York city.
where funds were distributed to the
destitute blind Each received $40 in
cash.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
suffaIo overeoats For soldiers.

More than 1000 bunalo overvoats,
which the government has preserved
for the past twenty years. on since
they were worn by the troops in the
Indian campaigns in the northwest be-
fore 1891. are to be used by the sol
diers in Alaska Last year nearly 800
OF the coats were sold at an average
price Of sS4.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
Montana and Tennessee Sail,

The United States armored cru's
ers Montana and Tennessee slipped
anchor in Philadelphia and departed
under rush orders for Turkish waters.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15

Meyerstown, Pa, Postoffioe Dynamlted
The postofice at Meyerstown, Leb-
anon county, Pa, was broken into and
the safe dynarhited. The ROBBERS OBJ
tanned little loot
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
okIahnma Rank Robhed.

Five bandits dynamited the Bank Of
Ochelata, at Ochelata, Okla, and es
eaped with $500.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
SPANISH PREMIER
is ASSASSINATED
lose GanaIejaS Shot Down in
Street in Madrid
KING WEEPs At NEWS

Revenge For Execution Of Professor
Ferrer Believed to Have Been Mo-
tive Of Assassin, Who Killed Him
self
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15
J. W. rRUITT.
J. W. TRUITT.
J. W. IKUIII' J. ". I1NOl- ----- -.--
The Store That Saves You Money.

purchasing your quilts in and @ oo
the have had Blankets HO
$780, both gren, quilts from 75cts $500
Childrens coo ails elsewhere
$500.
Sweaters for gents children and baby in all and
all prices.
Ladies' gents and ciiiren's underwear II sizes.
Just received beautiful piece another
piece taes inches wide guaranteed both for SlVo per
yard.
Ladies' house dresses and wrappers all sizes at 100
Outing flannel night gowns and petiooats
Ladies knit scarf and fascnators allc prices
thing sleep sleeping have
for
OF hosiery is complete n and prices.
andI La II all the models
Sheets pillow bolster cases nnbleacled
J. w. TRUITT.
Milford chronicle., 1912-11-15

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
Thanksgiving
Rv Charlotte Fiske Bates.

When from our much or little we have
sought
TO help another, or to give him joy,
Who has not felt a shadow of annoy
If he returned no hint OF valuine
thought?
Or it may be that for some gracious
deed
One pours his thanks out like the
summer rain,
Yet, needless, soon will give that
heart a pain
Which hath devised his pleasure
filled his need.
Though finite minds cannot divine tiny
Almighty Father of this great, wide
earth,
With Thee we know all blessings have
their birth:
Dost Thou not feel the thankless
ness of man?
While prayers and glorias thron&
toward the skies
From myriad tongues, on such
day as this,
Still are we ingrates, Worsnlpln&
amiss,
II the years life such homage
falsifies.
Thanksgiving praises! ring your God
ward way
For every earthly, every heavenl!
good; =.
Wherever grows the grace OF graft
tude,
We are the blossoms of a harves
day.
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WOODROW WILSON.

Woodrow Wilson, president-elect, is
of Scotch Irish descent. His father
Joseph Wilson, married Jane Wood
row June 7, 1849, at Chillicothe, Ohio
Her father was a Presbyterian minis.
ter.
Woodrow Wilson's father was first
a professor of chemistry at Hamden
Sydney college. He left college work
to be a minister.
Woodrow Wilson was born Decem
Der %, 1856, at Stanton, Va. His
father moved to Augusta, Ca, in 1858
After early training at Davidson
college at Davidson, N. c., Woodrow
Wilson graduated at Princeton, 1875
He has wife and three daughters.
They are Margaret, Jessie and Elean'
or. Mrs. Wilson is little over the
average height, brown hair and fair
complexion. She paints landscapes
and other views in oils.
Margaret is the eldest daughter
She has rich soprano voice. Jessie
is next to the oldest. Eleanor is the
youngest and is studying the fine arts
at Philadelphia. She is very jolly and
very fond of horse back riding.
He was elected governor of New
Jersey two years ago. E
Carrie Mcdonald, Age II.
Libertyville, Iowa, Route l.
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WHY MERCHANTS ADVERTISE

Dear Juniors:
I will now give you siv reasons why
merchants advertise.
: To place their goods before the
public.
2. To show people that they will
profit by buying Of them.
g. To induce their moneyed custom
ers to purchase while their stock is
fresh and unbroken.
4. After the busy season to let the
poor people and careful buyers know
that their prices are very low to make
room for the coming fresh stock.
5. Slaughter sales usually advertise
to get rid Of goods damaged by fire,
smoke and water
g. Closing out sales are usually due
to mismanagement of the owners who
have become bankrupt because they
were not good ad writer's and they are
usually closde
usually closed for a few days by the
wholesale houses who send man
ager who knows how to advertise. He
then covers the windows with ads and
bocms the stock in the papers and
tells when the great sale is to com
mence If the parties in the first place
had attended to their advertising they
would never have needed to have this
closing out sale.
From your Junior friend.
Ellen Owen, aged II.
Eldon. Iowa, box 373.
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THE TURKEY.

Once upon. time there was an OLD
turkey who thought Of no one only
himself. :,
IIe thought he was the prettiest fowl
in the barn yard and always slept IN
a nice clean house which the children
had made for him.
He had just seen one Thanksgiving
so he knew not what happened to rat
turkeys. Once he thought he would
20 strutting up the walk to show what
a pretty bird he was. He spread MS
tail into a fan, and kept singing
pray, just look at me-
The old turkey never knew the SAD
thing that would befall him. -.
Every day grew nearer to the DAY
that the children would be eating his
flesh with the cranberry sauce.
But when the day came when ne
would be killed he got so scared ana
nervous that he ran into his house
and cried, "Pray don't kill me. I'm
as thin as thin can be-" But they
pretended not to hear him so the poo
fellow was killed.
Jessie Williams, Aged IL.
..e Laddsdale, Iowa.
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THANKSGIVING AT HOME.

Dear Editor:
Last year mamma served Thanks
giving dinner at our home to number
Of relatives. The menu consisted OF
bread, butter, plum pudding, turkey
chicken. mince and pumpkin pie, pota-
to salad, pickles, celery. escalloped
oysters and celery, chocolate cake and
Ice cream, and SO many more good
things ! cannot name them all. There
was no school that day and 80 a good
many children came.
Eva Perkins and I hitched up our
horse to the sleigh and took a sleigh
ride, for the snow was about a foot
deep.
We went to Birmingham and when
we were coming back I noticed hang
ing on the back Of the sleigh two OF my
boy friends who had been on there all
the time.
Eva pretended not to see them and
so she took the buggy whip and turned
around and hit them SO they fell off,
Then we whipped up the horse and
they tried to catch up with us but we
had too good a horse. The horse was
pretty tired when we got home.
Eva and got my two ponies and got
a saddle for them and got on; away
we flew up the road to Eldon and
home again.
The next day the children at school
would not speak to us girls because we
went off from them. But I tell you we
had a good time. I froze one Of my
toes and so did Eva.
Marguerite B. Gilbert.
Mt. Zion. Iowa, r. No. I.
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The Secret of
Thanksgiving

Dora was in tears. II guess if those
Pilgrim children had had such a poor
time as have" she said, crowding
her reader and number book into her
school bag 50 hard that corner of
her number book pushed through the
cloth, they wouldn't have made
any Thanksgiving. Oh, dear! Now
I've torn my bag, and l suppose I'll
have that to mend this afternoon, in
stead Of going across the yard to play
with Lena
She snatched her coat from the big
chair, and her hat from the broad
window shelf, where she had tossed
them when she came in from her walk
before breakfast. Little Sister Helen's
big doll came tumbling to the floor
from the coat Helen had wrapped it
in, breaking it's nose as it struck the
floor With her hat Dora pulled down
a small ported rose bush which Auntie
May had given her on her birthday
1t struck on the dolls head, breaking
the pot into fragments, covering the
doll with damp earth. The slender
plant stem was bent in the middle SO
that the spG~--, .tsart lay at right angels
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Dangerous

Freddie had never been to the circus
end he came home from his visit in
state of wild excitement He had hard
ly breath enough to give his mother
a sketch of the wonders he had wit
messed.
"Oh, mother. you ought to peer
there Were you ever at circus"
ooh, yes, DEAR" his mother replied
but not since | was a little girl, ano
that seems a long while ago. l sup
pose the circus has grown Immensely
since my first visit. We used to have
just one ring and one clown, and may
be one elephant and two or three
cages of wild beasts. l imagine that
everything has changed since then.
Eyes, it has," exclaimed Freddie
"Why, mother, they have three big
rings. and something doing all the
time in all three Of them. 1t almost
made me cross-eyed trying to look al
them at the same time tell you II
makes 20 utwist your neck If you try
to see everything!" ~.
did they have many wild animals?
"I never saw so many in my life, and
I guess nobody ever did. They mad
hons ana tigers dhu iooPe'AUo
dangerous and"
ooh, no. darling his mother SAID
smilingly, you mean kangarcos.
Eyes. and they had them, too ex'
claimed Freddie.
NO. DEAR" his mother explained
there is no such animal as a danyeroo
AS said, you mean Kangaroo
mo" replied Freddie. with great
positiveness, II mean dangerous, and
the name is on the cage. too
"You must be mistaken DEAR ms
mother persisted.
"Well, you go to the circus with me
tomorrow afternoon, and I'll show you
the dangerous"
"Well," replied his mother. well
certainly go. dear, for never heard OF
the dangeroo before. He must be well
worth seeing"
So the next afternoon saw Freddie
and his mother in the circus grounds
and Freddie led his mother in triumph
to cage of wild hyenas. Over the
cage there was the word dangerous
in large letters.
There" said Freddie, "now what
did tell you?"
Mother bit her lip hard and tried
not to laugh. and fortunately some
thing happened in the crowd which OF
fered an excuse for her amusement.
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PUBLIC SALE ON THE FARM.

Many years ago the people in the
rural communities used to have social
gatherings in the form of corn husk-
ings and barn raisings.
Gradually the public sale has taken
the place Of these. and not only the
farmers but the farmers wives gather
together at the public sales.
The one that am going to tell you
about took place at my brothers
farm, near here. It was not large
sale but it was typical of it's kind.
It has become too great a task to
serve free lunch. but in this in
stance lunch was served on the
grounds, consisting of coffee. sand
witches, pie, etc.
The junk or small tools. were
disposed of first, then the farming i'm
plements and last the live stock
hogs and sheep cattle and horses.
Gladys Hayden. age IA.
Eldon, Iowa.
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A THANKSGIVING.

On Wednesday evening before
Thanksgiving it showed all night and
everyone was up early the next morn
ing. There were lot of people to a
Thanksgiving dinner. was invited
and my two brothers, Raymond and
Harry Smith,, Ora Jones, Irene Harris,
Sammie Haines, Madge Elgin, Eva
Smith, Paul Swan, Edith King and
George Best were present.
We all gathered early at North
Bend. We had great excitement on
the way. All Of us we're pushing each
other out of the sled. One boy and
girl walked all the way. The sled
ran upon a snow bank and upset,
throwing us all out but no. one was
hut. We all said that the sled would
turn over before we got there, and
sure enough it did. After we got
there Edith King and George Best
unhitched the team. Then we went In
the house and took off our wrapes.
Then we sat around the fire and told
stories until dinner was ready.
For dinner we had turkey, cram
berry sauce, spare ribs, brown gray,
picked pig feet, pumpkin pie and
many other good things.
After a merry time eating dinner we
all went skating. When we came
back to the house we girls played the
piano and all sang Then we played
games, such as Quaker meeting
winkem and sewing machine, having
jolly time. About O'Clock we
went home. H..
AS my story is getting long I will
close. Hoping to see this in print.
Elsie E. Smith, age 10.
Route No. 2, Mystic, Iowa.
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taught to speak properly.
Hoop! Hurrah!" shouts ROLAND,
come on Fandy."

taught to speak properly.
Hoop! Hurrah!" shouts ROLAND,
come on Fandy."
Fandy's short legs flew across the
snow. All ut once there was shout
and Grandma saw his head disappear
under huge snow drift, but soon hop
ping out again. Fandy looked like
snow man himself Grandma smiled
to herself as she resumed her work.
well I can't see no reason why
they can't have fun" and she went
on with her knitting. She heard a
great shout and looking from the win,
dow what do you think she say?
The turkey gobbler was chasing
Fandy and ROLAND, and Fandy was
80 short and fat the turkey almost
caught up with him. He darted be-
hind the corn crib and snatched a
coop which was sitting there. The
turkey ran into it and gave his head q
hard bump. Fandy then shut the lid,
saying: Nov you struttin' thing be-
have, can you"
Grandma laughed heartily and when
grandpa killed the turkey the next
day they had good laugh about IT:
l. think they enjoyed the story ana
the turkey both very much.
Vivian Harden, age II.
North English, Ia.
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Stories and Letters.
PUBLIC SALE ON THE FARM.

Children living in the country gen
orally 20 to public sales, but very few
children in town 60. When one wants
to sell. they put up bills OF sale all
about the country and in the paper III
the want ad column. think it great
to 20 to a public sale, although | guess
it's simply because like to hear the
auctioneer.
Papa and mamma were going to a
public sale once, and Of course want
ed to 20 too. After we reached the
place I waited for some time, watch
ing for the auctioneer.
No matter what direction / looked
could see wagons, buggies, automo
biles and people on horseback ap
preaching, but no auctioneer. Finally
after nearly all had arrived, here he
came in his auto. He lived out of town
and it made him rather late arriving.
The sale started by the auctioneer
bidding with the crowd around him.
The auctioneer generally starts out
bidding with two men. Surprising first
Of all they should have wagon to
sell. Well, the auctioneer finally starts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-30
MANUAL TRAINING

OF all the useful things learned at
school, think manual training Is one
1t teaches the boys a trade when
they grow up. They have made large
Morris chairs, tables, book cases, can
dlesticks and many other useful
things.
Peeping in the window of the
manual training room, saw one boy
planning his board off, another brush.
ing shavings off, while still lanothe1
was mailing.
They all start on the same thing at
once. think the room is very nice
place to be in. The smell of new wood
tofether with the sounds of hammers
saws, planes, ETC.. all join to make a
busy scene. After they (the boys)
grow up they may have some things
they made to remind them of earlier
days.
Ethel Collins, aged IL.
500 Miner st., Ottumwa, Iowa.
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WHY WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL

Dear Juniors: We think that Presi
dent Taft in his Thanksgiving procia
nation told in a few beautiful words
why we should give thanks to oul
heavenly father for all the blessings
OF the past year. The proclamation
follows: So.
"A 'God-fearing nation, like ours
owes to its Unborn and sincere sense
Of moral duty to testify It's deVou'
gratitude to the Allgiver or the
countless benefits it has enjoyed. FOL
many years it has been customary al
the close Of the year for the nationa
executive to call upon his fellow coun
trymen to offer praise and thanks tc
God for the manifold blessings vouch
safed to them in the past and to unite
in earnest suppliance for their con
tinuance.
"The year now drawing to close
has been notably favorable to our tor
tunate land. At peace within ano
without. free from the perturbatlon
and calamities that have afflicted ON
er PEOPLES, rich in harvests so abun
dant and in industries so productive
that the overflow of our prosperity
mas aQVdHLdScu Ch0 "Aoo =.
strong in the steadfast CONSERVATION
Of the heritage Of self-government, pc
oueathed to us by the wisdom or oul
fathers, and firm in the resolve to
transmit that heritage unimpa1red, pu'
rather improved by good use, to our
children and our children's children
for all times to come, the people OF
this country have Astounding cause
for contending gratitude.
Therefore !, William Howard Taft
president Of the United States OF
America, in pursuance OF long-estap'
lished usage and in response to the
wish of the American people, invite
nv countrymen, wheresoever they
may sotourn, to join on Thursday, the
28th day of this month of November,
IN appropriate ascription of praise ana
thanks to God for the good gifts that
have been our portion, and In humble
prayer that his great mercies toward
us may endure"
Az this Is President Taft's last
THANKSGIVING proclamation, we sug-
eest to the Juniors that they paste u
in their scrap books.
You all know that Thanksgiving
day was first observed in this country
by our pilgrim fathers at Plymouth
away back in 1921, but in ancient
times harvest festivals were very
generally held. Many of the juniors
in their stories today tell OF the good
dinners enjoyed on this truly Amer
can holiday.
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MARY's THANKSGIVING.

Dear Juniors:
I have not written for about three
weeks got card from the, Courier
Junior. am going to write on the sub
ject about "Mary's Thanksgiving on
the Farm" On the Goth Of November
Mary was sent to her grandfather's
farm On the night before when she
got up she ran to the window, and to
her surprise she found snow on the
ground. About 10 o'clock she heard
sleigh bells. Her father, mother and
little sister drove up to the door, They
had big turkey, cranberries and nuts
with them. Her grandma cooked pies
and cakes. They had good time ating
the nuts.
1 was ten years old the 10th Of No
vember.
~a Lucille Crop,
sos East Mill ST., Ottumwa, Ia
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WHY I READ ADVERTISEMENTS.

Dear Juniors:
I will write and tell you why read
advertisements. I can see where they
have things cheap and find where they
have nice things to sell, such as furs,
coats, hats, dresses, shoes and many
other things. The paper Is half adver-
tisements at this time Of year, but I
like to read them just the same.
I go to Hickory Flat school. Miss
Irene Flynn is my teacher. She rides
a pony to and from school night and
noon. I think she Is a fine teacher. l
am in the sixth and seventh grade
adm all advanced books.
I thank the editor very much for the
post cards you sent me in the spring
and thought they were very pretty.
MY school mates are Garnet Dun
ham, Bessie Rupe, Earl King. Floyd
Clarkson, Addie 'Clarkson, Merrill Dun
ham and Buelah Chilcote.
Alta Pickrell, age IA,
Floris, "a, r. No. 2.
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near the school the children come up
and buy things as have done often.
! am IL years old and have been to
four sales. like to 60 to a sale but I
40 not think 1t would be so nice to
have one. when you have to sell the old
family horse and COW Of which there
are SO many. I would not know which
to part with, the horses or cattle The
horses and cattle should be raised
with kindness and they will bring
more money for animals that are wild
don't bring much.
At sale near here cow got scared
and ran and had to be sold when she
was running and did not bring much.
Anna Palfreyman,
.. Lucas, Iowa.