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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-22

Daily Advertiser published in 1896
paper published in Missouri west of
st. Louis. The issue of this news
paper began April 23, 1919, at Old
Franklin in Howard County. The
publishers were Nathaniel Patton and
Benjamin Holliway Its size is cigh-
teen inches by twenty-fOur inches. 1t
was printed on an old Ral1age
wooden press from iron type.
The Missouri River gradually en-
crOached on Old Franklin until the
town was buried beneath the muddy
waters. Several years before this
happened the Intelligencer was
moved to Faye,te, Mo-, where it was
published until 1885. Then it was
again moved to Columbia and it's
name was changed to the Columbia
Patriot. Eight years later its name
was changed to the Missouri States
man. 1t it still published at Colum-
bia but it goes under the name Col
unbia Statesman now.
A complete card index system is
kept at the library and in it may be
found listed all of the newspapers in
the large collection
F. A. Sampson is secretary and Ii
brarian of the Missouri State His
torical Society.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-22

rect in the minor details Of each
cOunty's development. And it is in
the complete files of the newspapers
that the greatest value for reference
by historical students lies.
Al the lowest estimate. counting
the cost of binding and the actual
price we could get for our newspa-
pers on the market. our collection of
newspapers alone is worth $3S,20O. -
said F. c. Shoemaker. assistant Ii
brarian of the Missouri State HistOr-
ical Society And then, many of the
single volumes in the collection would
bring as much as $40 if the society
chose to put them on the market"
The Oldest newspaper published IN
the United States in the library is
the Federal Gazette and Baltimore
Daily Advertiser published i'll 1896.
The files OF this newspaper along
with the other old newspapers ara
kept in the reading room of the Ii
brary on the first floor OF AcadcEl;c
Hall at the university Files OF other
are kept in rooms in the
basement OF the building.
Paper from Wooden Press.
One of the most valuable single
files of a newspaper in the library IS
that of the Missouri Intelligencer and
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-22

The smallest newspaper in the
world is one in Philadelphia devoted
to cycling. 1t is printed on post
card. This newspaper is not in the
collection of world newspapers
Give History OF State.
In the stacks of bound volumes OF
newspapers are complete files of Mis-
souri, newspapers from the earliest
published in the first settlements, be-
fore Missouri was a state. up to the
latest editions of today. One large
room contains city newspapers of the
present day, another country news
papers and third contains all of the
Oldest newspapers in the collections
These newspapers are of the great
est historical value. 1t would be i'm
possible to group all of the sidelights
on Missouri history that are con-
tanned in these newspapers into one
volume. And each year more than
600 interesting chapters are added to
the history by as many newspapers
over the state Not only being of
great value to the history of the
State in general, the country news
papers furnish complete local his
tory OF each of the counties. No his
tory of the State is so extensive; no
records are so authoritative and cor
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-22
NEWSPAPERS Of ALL
NATIONS IN LIBRARY
Historical Society Has One
Most Complete Collections
In World.
PEKIN THE SMALLEST
Stacks Contain Mo. Papers
From the Earliest
Settlement.
PEKIN THE SMALLEST

The most complete collection of
newspapers in the world is stored in
the library rooms of the Missouri
State Historical Society at Columbia.
There are more than 5000 bound VOL
umes of newspapers Of every size and
shape in the collection and it takes
three large rooms in Academic Hall at
the University of Missouri to hold
them.
To the large collection of Missouri,
United States and foreign newspapers
that had been collected by the soci-
ETY. recently has been added the pri-
vate collection of Walter Williams,
dean of the School of Journalism of
the University of Missouri The COL
lection that Dean Williams gave to
the society contains AT newspapers,
representing types of journalism of
more than a hundred foreign cOun-
tries and printed in almost as many
foreign tongues. The private collec-
ton comprises eleven volumes.
Countries represented by several
newspapers in the collection that
Dean Williams made are: France,
Spain, Morocco. Bolivar. Poland.
Germany, China, Japan. Korea. Siam,
India, Africa, Tripoli, italy, Turkey,
Porto Rico, Norway, England. Brazil,
Canada and Mexico. Many other ma
tons of the world are represented
by only one newspaper.
The smallest newspaper in the COL
lection, the Pekin Gazette, published
at Pekin. China, is three inches by
nine inches. The newspaper is in
book form and contains about twenty
pages. Besides being the smallest
newspaper in the collection, the !
Pekin Gazette is also the Oldest news.
paper in the world. 1t was founded |
in the days of the Tang Dynasty in
China, about 1000 years ago. The |
newspaper contains official DEGREES OF /
the government. 1t is printed on thin !
bamboo paper which is very easily |
torn. The pages are printed on one |
side only and to read it a person
would have to be familiar with the
Chinese language and he would begin
at the back page and read to the
front of the newspaper. The outside
nf hn
in red ink.
English Paper Largest.
The largest newspaper in the COL
lection is the Liverpool Mercury, of
Liverpool, England. 1t is twenty-five
inches by forty inches and con.airs
eight pages
Some of the journals of the world
are unique in character and appear
ance. There are several court news
papers, published like the Pekin Ga
zette. merely for circulation in court
and imperial circles. To this class
belong the London Court Circle and
the Imperial Gazette of Berlin.
The Cape Prince of Wales Gazette
publishes news of the world only
once in the year and that is only
when vessel arrives at the cape.
The Eskimo Gazette of Greenland is
printed monthly in the Arctic Circle.
The Castle Carey Times, printed in
England. circulates only on an es- ,
tate. Two newspapers of Paris are {
devoted only to beggars
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-09-22
A Chance TO Meet
1000 University Men

Nearly 1000 University students are
now taking their meals at the Cafeteria
OF the University Dining Club each day.
This is one of the greatest arguments why you
should DO the same thing It's the greatest place in
the world to get acquainted.
The New Cafeteria and the University Dining
Cluo are now the common meeting grounds for half
the enrolled students in the University of Missouri.
Most OF the leading of the University be found at
Larop Hall at meal time You acquainted with these
meals at the Cafeteria and University Dining Club.
1t generally acknowledged fact that Student Opinion
formed the University Dining Club where
verity dent
You be the live and the best board
the lowest when Club
Stanley Sisson, : Manager
Lathr0p Hall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
BITUARY.
Peterson,

n. P Peterson. father Of Mrs. Fred
Hockey, died at the home Of his
daughter at 10 o'clock this morning Of
paralysis after an illness of about ten
DAYS Mr. Peterson has made his home
with his daughter during the past year.
coming to this city from his home in
Kansas City Kan. following the death
of his wife.
Mr.. Peterson was born in Sweden
Feb. 8, 1894, but had been resident
of this country for many years. He
is survived by his daughter. Mrs.
Rockey, and three sons, S. D. Peterson.
of Chicago; Rev ". o. Peterson. Of
Cylde, Kan; and c. J. Peterson, Of To-
peka, Kan. All were here when death
came except G. J. Peterson. S. D.
Peterson will be unable to remain for
the funeral owing to the illness Of his
wife. who will undergo an operation
in a Chicago hospital tomorrow
Short funeral services will be held
from the Hockey home at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. The body will be
taken to Randolph. Kan. Mr.. Peter
+ sons old home, for interment
Brief funeal services will be held
from the Hockey home at o'clock
Thursday afternoon, In charge Of Rev.
James MCGEE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
CHANGE on NORTHWESTERN.
Said That New Card 10 to Go Into IF
feet Next Sunday.

Said That New Card 10 to Go Into e.
feet Next Sunday.
A change Of time will become ef-
fective next Sunday on the Chicago &
Northwestern. but any definite idea as
to what the changes will be has not
as vet been received here, according
to Ticket Agent James F. Tallett.
1t is said that two trains will be
taken off-No 16. the first Of the three
night trains for the east, due here at
1920, and No. 5. the west-bound Oma-
ha train, due out OF here at 1920
p. m.
No 10, the Los Angeles limited, due
out Of this city at 5:35, will not show
much change out Of here, it is believed,
altho the leaving time at Clinton is to
be twenty-five minutes earlier than at
present. No. IS will make two local
stops not now cheduled-Mount Yer
non and Nevada-stups now made by
No. 5. This accounts for the shorten
ing Of th. time out Of Clinton. h't the
extra stops take up enough of the ex-
ira time so that the train will reach
Boone only five minutes earlier than
at present-6:55 instead Of I o'clock.
The Des Mones sleeper. which is
now received by No. 16 at Ames, will
go to No. 90 hereafter. going thru here
on the present time of 1857. The
Mason City sleeper, which is now re-
ceived by No. 16 at Belle Plaine. will
go to No. "a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
WAITING MUIR. Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Visiting Nurse Association was held
Tuesday evening at the public library
auditorium, with fair attendance. The
roc,tine business matters were pre-
scented and disposed OF, showing the
association to be in a good condition
and covering q growing field OF USE
fu1ness.
The report given by the visiting
nurse, Miss Anna Collins, who on ac-
count Of illness a large part Of the past
month. has had Miss johnson and Miss
Maronda substituting In her work, was
as follows: Number Of calls made, 124;
number Of patients attended. II; fees
received from patients. 70, showing ri1e
calls to have been largely much needed
charity work: number Of calls sent in
by physicians. 5: and number Of calls
sent in by friends Of the patients. q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
Florida IraiIs.

Editor Times Republicans: Without
a question the peer Of guides thru ma
lures wonderlands is Winthrop Pack
ard This time he comes to the public
with the offer OF six months cruise
thru the enchanted gardens OF Florida
the land of broad savannas. orange
grape fruit, and palmetto groves, jas
mine and Cherokee roses; the land
where the alligator, the pelican and
knocking bird are at home.
From the hour Of leaving New York
to ego south with the warblers." the
time is planned go that a succession of
delights is in store for the traveller,
and from this hour, so competent and
versatile IS the guide, one may draw
a long breath and let the hustle Of the
busy world slip from him. The traveller
is introduced to the beauties and mys-
teries of both animal and vegetable
world, and all living things not only
come to be in a very real sense COM
panionable but an interest IN. and love
Of nature is so awakened and developed
that ones horizon for enjoyment is ever
after widened. The inimitable deecr1p-
tive powers Of the guide are not only
employed at every turn with exquisite
touches on things unseen to the aver
age eve, but the distinctive Florida
scenes are painted in word pictures 80
vivid and true that they stay with the
reader as If the eye had actually be-
held them Thus, with the aid OF over
FORTY illustrations from beautiful
photographs, the story Of Florida ID
told
The public library has FLORIDA
Trails" as seen from Jacksonville to
Kew West, and from November to April
inclusive, by Winthrop Packard. Mrs
c.. H. Norris.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
WARNING TO ELECTION BETTERS
ISSUED FROM ATTORNEY
GENERALS OFFICE.
PUNISHABLE By JAIL
SENTENCE AND FINE
Wager on Any Election, or SUCCESS ::
Failure of Any Candidate, May He-
suit in Year in Jail, or $500 Fine, or
Both-Bettor Not Disfranchised for
Act, However.

AS the first of the spring elections
Ia he held in this county next Mon
day, a timely warning was issued
Tuesday from the office Of the attor-
ney general, in an opinion given oy
Specia. Counsel n. ]. Lee in response
to two questions put up to Attorney
General Cosson. The warning, in brief,
is that it is crime in Iowa to bet
on any election, or on the success or
failure of any candidate, and any per-
son found guilty Of betting may be
fined or imprisoned or both.
A year in the county jail for wager
ing cigar on whether John Doe would
beat Richard Roe for township con-
stable, would be paying dearly Tor the
smoke, but such penalty could be pald
under the Iowa law, according to Mr..
Lee. No one knows just where light
ming is going to strike, neither does
one know when some one is going to
find out that some one else bet on an
election and is able to prove it. NO
one knows, either. who is going 70
make capital out Of an election bet IN
order to play even for some real or
fancted srudge. Therefore. it behooves
the sporty" ones to refrain from bet
ting.
Tho Questions and Answers.
The questions submitted to the at
torney general, and Mr.. Lees answers
TO the same, are as follows:
F'irst-Is there anything in the cleo
ton laws which prohibits anyone from
betting on any candidate?
Seconds anyone who has made
wager or bet on the result of an cleo
ton disqualified from voting?
Answering the first question. Mr..
Lee says:
THE making Of any bet or wager
on the result of any election or on the
success or failure of any candidate 1or
any office is crime under our laws.
The penalty provided is not to exceed
one wears imprisonment in the county
Jail or a dn0 not to exceed 5000 or
both
On the second question the opinion
says:
NO matter how vicious the practice
of betting may be, it would not dis
qualify one participating therein from
voting"
Mr.. Lee goes further IN his opinion
and states that as the constitution pre-
scribes the qualifications Of an elector.
the legislature is powerless to pass
law making such betting disqualifi-
cation for voting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
MARRIED..
Oick.Hunache.

/. At the Methodist parsonage at 1880
Tuesday night Rev. s. z. Ellis per-
formed the ceremony that united in
marriage Mr. Jacob Dick, Of Clemens.
and Miss Lydia Louise Hunsche, of
Chicago. The young people will go to
California to make their home and
will reside at 222 South Spring street.
Los Angeles. The bride Is a daughter
of Mrs. Letitia Louise Hunsche, OF
= Chicago. and Mr.. Dick is a son of
!. Mrs. Lizzie Dick, of Cannelton, Ind.
Mrs. e. H. Noble, wife OF DR.. Noble.
: of Clemens, Is a sister of the bride.
Mrs. Noble and her son Harold, and
Mrs. Hunsche were here for the we'd
(. ding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
North,1p's Appeal
Sti,.s Court Room,

Ono Of the central figures in the
stirring kaufman murder trial. which
| came to an end In Chicago late yester-
day afternoon. when the three prison.
ers were convicted. was John e. North
| up, native Of this county. assistant
| states attorney at Chicago, son Of
| Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Northup, 90S
West Church street, and a brother Of
City Attorney F. E. Northup and
County Recorder Eta Northup. Mr..
| Northup was born on a farm in Logan
township near Melbourne.
Mr. Northup had charge Of the case
against George Rabeneau, aged 81, who
was sentenced to life imprisonment:
John STACEY. 20 years old. and William
R. CHANNEL. aged Is. who were given
| twenty-five year sentences, all for the
murder Of Mrs. Hattie Kaufman on
Dec. 2.
Satisfied With Verdict.
Altho he announced that he was sat
isfied with the verdict Mr.. Northup
had insisted thru the trial for the
death penalty and his appeal to the
jury in his argument against the pris-
c1Sl - SdAu ~ iidSC S1uSSu SAC NC
PENDANTS to shudder and many in the
court room to weep. In his address to
the jury Mr.. Northup said:
"A highwayman can not go out with
a revolver to commit robbery and
then murder and then say the killing
was accidental-that he took the revol
yer along as a plaything and that he
ought not to be punished for murder.
To- Por no Va
laws says crime Of that kind Is muir
der Of the most serious kind and may
be punished with death.
1.-The statutes Of Illinois do not divide
the degree of murder, but they specify
that a crime Of this kind for which
these men are being tried may be pun
ishable by death. If there ever was
q rst-degree murder, the Staying of
Mrs Kaufman was murder in the first
degree
Voluntary lntoxication No Excuse.
The plea of the lawyers for the de-
Tense was that their clients were so
intoxicated that they did not realize
fatal night of Dec. 2. when Mrs. Kauf-
man was shot and killed while at
tempting to save her husband from be-
lIS IODDeu ny lIlC dulo pehiiNAeS
Mr. Northup attempted to disprove
this by enumerating 1s9 facts and cir
cumstances Of the crime that the ac-
cused men were able to remember when
they made their confession three weeks
later.
when the time comes when gang
Of robbers can go out and shoot down
woman on the streets and show no
remorse." continued the prosecutor,
when the times comes when woman
is to be shot down in cold blood while
protecting her husband-then God help
US.
"Those men were not so drunk that
the law excuses them. Drunkenness is
an excuse for crime only when a per-
son is made intoxicated for the purpose
Of committing a crime.
voluntary intoxication is no excuse
for murder. and these defendants were
not so drunk that they could not plot
a robbery and not so drunk that they
can not remember every act and action
on that night
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
LOCAL MARKETS.
Price. Paid to Farmers by MARSHALL
town Merchants.

Prices Paid to Farmers by Marsha't'
town Merchants.
The following prices are quoted by
Narshalltown dealers for the different
varieties of farmers provisions. grain
produce, and hides, tallow. wool, pelts,
and skins.
s. P. Johnson quotes the following
rrices in trade until further notice:
Butter-28.
Eggs-24.
GRAINS.
Benedict Flour and Feed Co. Will pay
the following prices at their place OF
business in this city:
Corn-56 cents.
Oats-46 cents.
Timothy hay-$19.
Dat straW-$10.
HIDES, FUR AND WOOL.
H. Willard, Son & Co. quote the FOL
lowing prices:
Horse hides-s2.50M3.o
No. 1 tallow-5 cents.
Rough fat cent.
Coarse wool-13614 cents.
Fine wool-12d14 cents.
Medium wool-16 cents.
Western and territory-1161s cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
INVESTIGATES MARKET.
Commercial Club Committee Geta
Ideas From Dubuque.

a committee OF the MdrshalltoWn
Club, headed by Fred NJ. Wilbur, re-
ported at meeting Of the directors
Tuesday night its investigation Of the
central market plan, which the COM
mittee is inclined to favor. The COM
,nittee got many ideas from Dubuque.
where the public market originated In
this state, and where it Is operated
successfully. The committee will inves-
tigate further, and recommended that
the club encourage the council in its
plan to make market place out OF
the old Baptist church property.
The entertainment committee Of the
club has installed in the basement OF
the club rooms the old fashioned game
OF pitching horseshoes." Iron pegs
have been cemented into the floors and
hereafter Charley" Urine and a few
other of the horseshoe fans may pitch
to their hearts content.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
RETURN MEET FRIDAY.

". M. c. A. Juniors to Meet Waterloo
q Youngsters on Local Floor.
6 The junior class basketball team Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. will play return game
with the Waterloo juniors on the local
floor Friday evening. Preceding the
game teams representing the two
CLASSES will compete In a series of
aquatic events The two classes met
In January at Waterloo, when the
Marshalltown boys were defeated both
at basketball and in the water sports
The local boys have been preparing for
the return meeting and expect to win
,or at least make much better showing
than before.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
La thu Police Court.

Jim Rouark, Row World. ]. A. Mol
kin. William Carothers. John Kelly and
Sam Ellston. arrested by Constable
Collins for vagrancy, were before jus
tice Millard this morning. Rouark
Kelly and Ellston were given five days
in Jail each and the others were given
two day sentences.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06

March 81. 1864. in Jefferson county. He
was discharged Aug. 8. 1855. at At
lanta, Ga. Mr.. IIathers was widoWer.
but is survived by two sons. They
are Wesley, Of Eldon. and Joseph,
whose address is unknown. The son
at Eldon has been notified.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
NEW MATHEMATICS TEACHER.
Miss Pearl Bemis, Of EsthervIle, Sc
cured for High School,

Miss Pearl Bemis, Of EstherviIle, Sc
cured for High School.
A contract was closed today by Su-
perintendent Palmer, Of the public
schools, with Miss Pearl Bemis. Of
Estherville, who will become mathe-
mates teacher in the high school here.
succeeding Miss Edith Lisle. Of Linden,
who left the school in lurch a few
weeks ago by leaving in the middle
Of the term to be married Miss Ben1is
who was secured temporarily for the
enforced absence of Miss Fannie
Quaife owing to Illness last fall, is
now at Los Angeles, Cal. where she
has been spending the winter. She will
report for duty on April 8. Miss Bemis
is a teacher Of experience. and was
former principal Of the Baskerville
schools
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
CONCERTS FOR FLOWER PRIZES.
Library to Raise Money For Prizes &c
School Children.

Ir order to provide money to be
awarded as prizes to children Of the
different schools for the best kept
premises and the most successful
cultivation of flowers during the COM
ing summer, two graphophone con-
certs, of forty-five minutes duration.
have been planned to be given in the
library auditorium next Saturday
evening.
The concerts will comprise some Of
the best records obtainable. and the
assortment will be varied sufficiently to
appeal to different tastes. An admis-
sion charge Of ) cents will be made.
and this money will be used to pay the
cash prizes to the school children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-06
wAPELLo VETERAN DEAD.
James lathers, Of Eidon, Passes Az

= J9Us00 I1Sh0FS, OF EIooN, Pd3308 away
=, At Soldiers Home.
James Lathers. a member Of the
soldiers home from Eldon since Feb
.12 Of this year, died at the home hos
pftal at o'clock this morning Of In
fiuenxa. He was 81 years old, and a
sative Of Indiana. He served in Com
tiny n. Fourth lowe cavalry. existing