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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12
STATIONS RIVER.

Miss Carrie Holt returned to Wellesley,
Mass, Tuesday.
Miss Helen White of Greenfield. Mass,
visited her mother recently.
Miss Kate Holbrook returned to NJ. p.
Barry's from Chester Saturday
Frank Houghton returned to his work
in Springfield, this state, Monday.
Mrs. Henry Barry returned to her
home in Providence, R. l.. Saturday.
Miss Carrie Locke returned to her
school in Mount Vernon, N Y, Satur-
day.
Arthur Munder of Springfield, Mass,
was a guest at James Houghton's over
Sunday.
The ladies' aid society of the Baptist
church met with Mrs. Vena Osgood We'd
nesday to sew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Merrill of Haver-
hill, N. H., visited her sister, Mrs. Harry
Adams. Tuesday night.
s. E. Westgate, who was in Claremont,
n. H., with a brother few weeks, came
back to his home Monday.
Mrs. Era Hall moved this week from
Fred Rand's cottage to Clark Lake s
tenement, recently vacated by Mr. Gam
NEIL.
Chauncey Y. Whtcomb, who visited
several weeks with a brother. in Swan
zey, N. H., returned to his home here
Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh White of South
Hero returned to their home last week
Thursday, after visiting friends and
relatives in town.
The ladies' aid society of the Baptist
church will serve a supper in the vestry
next Wednesday at p. m. The women
will meet to sew in their parlor in the
church in the afternoon.
Edwin Foster and Charles Foster were
given a surprise Tuesday evening in the
home of Mr.. Foster, it being the birth
day anniversary of each of them. Fiji
teen friends and relatives wished them
happy returns of the day.
Miss Cora Houghton was given a sur
price Tuesday evening by some of her
near neighbors. it being her birthday an
niversary. She was presented fern
dish and a parlor clock Refreshments
were served to 10 and very pleasant
time was enjoyed,
Emogene (Austin) MacClarence, g.
wife of James IL. MacClarence, who had
been very Ill a few weeks with spinal
menengitis and complication of other
diseases, died about 2 o'clock Saturday
morning in the home of her son, Henry
j. MacClarence. In Gageville. The body
was taken to her home, whore the funer-
al services were held Monday at p. m.
Rev Il. A. Mason assisted by Rev. g. F.
Chaplin, officiating. The floral tributes
were many and very beautiful. Besides
her husband and son she leaves a moth
er. Mrs Loantha Austin, a brother
Harry j. Austin, all of this place and q
sister Mrs. Abbie Hall of st. Adams
| Twenty four Rebekahs attended the flu
neral In body The burial took place
In the Saxtons River cemetery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12
GRAFTON.

Freeman Cook has gone to Westmins-
ter
Madam Bond has gone to Newton,
Mass.
Flora Pierson is staying at Will
Prouty's.
Miss Matte Grover has gone to- Ac-
worth, N. H.
C. C. Culver has sold his horse to a
man in Chester.
d. Parker is working for F. A. Palmer
painting and papering.
Union services were held in the Bap-
fist church Sunday morning.
c. Howard and F. l.. Gilbert were in
Montpelier the first of the week
Mrs. Ash of White River Junction is
visiting her brother, ]. L. Grover.
Fred Prouty and Eaton Mortified have
returned to their school in Chester.
The Thursday evening service was held
with Mrs. c. NJ. Reed at Mrs. Eta
Halls.
F. o. Mortified was in Chester all
day Sunday having charge of an Easter
concert in the evening.
Miss Nellie Kingsbury has finished her
school in New Hampshire and is at
home for a short vacation.
Miss Sarah Ayers came to E. B. Stow
ellis last week. Mr.. Stowell and family
will move soon into her house and care
for her.
w e. L. Walker and family are NOV
ing into the Barrett house. Clarence
Brown moved into the Rice house the
first of the week.
Schools in town will begin April %,
with the same teachers with the ex-
ception of Houghtonville. Miss Edith
Colburn will teach there.
Mrs Frank Aiken and daughter,
Maud, have returned from Boston. Mrs.
Aiken brought a fine display of milli-
merry. She will hold her opening Satur-
day. April 49,
The sugar social held at Grange hall
last Friday night was well attended. An
interesting feature of the evening was
the contest in which the participants
tried to name the baby pictures and
other pictures of their neighbors and
friends. The latter part of the evening
was spent in playing whist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12

cation acted for the town in both con-
ventons: DR.. j. H. Blodgett, l.. S.
Hayes, A. T. Pierce, N. l.. Divoll, A. G.
Rice, F. S. Fuller, j. E. Paddock and
w. b. Flynn. They returned by special
train Wednesday night, reaching here at
l O'Clock yesterday morning
Miss Bertha Freeman, field secretary
of the Playground and Recreation Asso-
ciationo of America, who has been in
town nearly two weeks at the request
of the village trustees, has completed
her work of investigating the conditions
and needs, and has made a very inter-
esting and valuable report to the trus-
tees. They will consider this in their
plans for the development of the newly
acquired tract of SO acres on the hill
back of the village for park and play
ground purposes Probably some of the
ideas advised may not be advisable to
adopt here at present, but some are and
the whole report Is replete with ideals
toward which it will be possible to aim
and in time many of them will prob
ably be followed. The valuable sugges-
ton is made that the immediate hand
ling of the grounds and improvements
thereon be placed in the hands of an ad-
visory board, or park commissioners, who
shall have studied the subject, and that
they shall spend what time is possible
on the grounds, studying details carefully
and make suggestions to the trustees
and citizens, and enlist the interest of
towns people and citizens in a practical
development and use of the property.
The property has been paid for by the
village and the deed has been recorded
in the town clerks office 1t has been
found that people living near the land
thus acquired have been in the habit OF
cutting trees without leave and using
for firewood, as well as despoiling the
different natural growths to a serious
degree. The village trustees at their
last meeting took action and instructed
the police to Immediately arrest and
present for trial any persons doing any
unla wful act in the grounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12
HIGH PRESSURE DAYS.

Men and women alike have to work
necessarily with brain and hand to hold
their own nowadays. Never were the
family, the requirements of society, more
numerous. The first effect of the praise
worthy effort to keep up with all these
things is commonly seen in a weakened
or debilitated condition of the nervous
system, which results in dyspepsia, de-
fective nutrition of both body and BRAIN
and in extreme cases in complete ner-
vous prostration. 1t is clearly seen that
what is needed is what will sustain the
system, give vigor and tone to the
similative functions healthy and active.
From personal knowledge, we can rec
ommend Hoods Sarsaparilla for this
purpose. 1t acts on all the vital organs,
builds up the whole system, ard Ats
men and women for these high pressure
days.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12
CAMBRIDGEPORT.

Mrs. Ellen Davis, who has been very
i'll, Is convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gretto of Chester
have moved into the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Weaver of Sax
tons River spent Sunday and Monday
with relatives here.
Mrs. A. G. Rice and Mrs. E. P. Wes-
ton of Bellows Falls were guests at s.
j. Weavers Wednesday.
Miss Mary A. Pillsbury of Walpole
Mass, has been a guest at the Misses
Dimond's the past week.
Mrs Sweet, wife of Pastor Sweet. was
the recipient of an Easter gift, a hand
some patchwork quilt, from Mrs. Flora
Moar, Mrs Flora Walker and the Misses
HARDWOOD.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12
Problem of Two Trains.

Editor of The Phoenix:
Your horse problem was too simple for
anything beyond the class in mental
arithmetic. 1 submit one which. while
not difficult needs a pencil.
Yours truly,
DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Guilford, VT, Apr, 6.
Upon a double tracked railway pas
senger train 100 feet long. travelling "a
miles per hour, meets freight train 240
feet long, travelling 16 miles per hour.
How long are they in passing eacn
other?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12

Carl Gray. 16, a student in Bellows
Free academy in Fairfax, injured his
left arm in Waterbury Tuesday so that
amputation was necessary. A musket
which he was using exploded, SCATTERING
the arm at the elbow. His home is in
Essex Junction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12
Lecture by Prof. J. East Harrison.

The lecture on Australia by Prof. J..
East Harrison of Mount Hermon in the
Baptist church Wednesday evening was
one of much interest. Prof. Harrison is
an able speaker and he held the close
attention of good sized audience Hav-
ing lived in Australia 20 years he was
able to speak from personal acquaintance
with his subject Some of the points of
special interest We're of the climate and
seasons, the temperature being such
that crops may be raised the entire
year. The eucalyptic trees which shed
their bark instead of foliage would be a
novelty in this state; they grow to a
heigh of 400 to 500 feet and are so or 60
feet in circumference. The giant ferns
grow from 40 to 60 feet high and trunks
are as large as a persons body There
are no ferocious beasts there, but deer
and antelope abound. 1t is said there
are 50 species of animals there, which,
like the kangaroo, carry their young in
pockets.
The speaker illustrated the growth of
the cities of Adelaide, Sydney and Mel
boure with pictures taken early in their
history and recent date. The wide and
beautiful streets of these cities were
mentioned, so wide that in their centre
is room for gardens of tropical plants,
lawn tennis courts and bowling alleys.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12

The Needlecraft will meet next Friday
afternoon with Mrs Henry Halliday.
Rupert Decker, who works for F. D.
Marsh, has been i'll a week with ton
silitis.
Mrs. F. d. Marsh, who has been
away about two weeks, expects to re-
turn home soon.
]. d. Roe has moved from Mrs. Hat
tie Newcomb's house to Brandon The
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
.BRYAN'S AUTO EXPLODED

st. Paul, June 14.-While William
Jennings Bryan was exploding bombs
of eloquence in his address at New
Richmond, Wis, last evening, an au-
tomobile waiting to take him back
to Minneapolis, exploded and set a
building on fire. '-s. -..
The automobile is a new no. horse
power, six cylinder car. Mr.. Bryan
went to New Richmond on the 500
line train. The automobile arrived
at 7 p. m. and was left standing
about block from the opera house.
Ii is thought a short circuit occur
red in some way and the spark was
communicated to the gasoline tank,
which promptly blew up.
The oil set fire to a nearby build
ing and about $4,000 damage was
done.
Few left the hall and the address
was not interrupted. No one was
hurt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
THROUGH WITH lAB0RS
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The annual sessions of the Mime
sofa Grand Lodge of the Odd Eel
lows and the Daughters of Rebekah
both came to close at st. Paul late
yesterday, after two days devoted to
reports of officers and elections.
The Rebekahs adjourned at noon
and later went in a body to the
Odd Fellows meeting to hear Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
Miss Ella Kohn of st. Cloud was
elected president of the Rebekahs.
The election of a secretary brought
out an unexpected contest. Miss
Lucy Bolton, the retiring president,
was the leading candidate, but three
new candidates appeared in the field
at the last moment. Miss Bolton
finally triumphed over all the others.
Miss Lena Weber of West Concord
was elected vice president, Mrs. N.
McGiliaroy, warden, and Mrs. Lulu
Baker of Kasson, treasurer. A pres
ent of $1G9 was voted to Mrs. Eunice
Melville, the retiring secretary.
The grand lodge rejected a prop
osition to elect an instructor at a
salary of $4,000 a year to visit the
various Odd Fellow lodges.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
Mankato's Ideal Conditions
[BY j. M. BAINl

rect fruitage of the men and Reli
gion Forward Movement.
From twelve local rural centers
completely covering a radious of al
least twelve miles, every family now
enjoys a Bible school and a gospel
service in their near vicinity every
sabbath afternoon. These services
are well attended and highly ap
preciated by an intelligent people
many of whom because of distance
would otherwise be deprived OF
church privileges.
Much credit is due to the speak
ers, principally laymen who volun
teer their services and the young
people who accompany them leading
the singing.
The honor, privileges. possibilities
and happy results of carrying on
this worthy enterprise, is equally
shared by those who contribute OF
their means, furnish automobiles
and other conveyances and the tire
less committees who have the whole
work of looking after every detail
of raising the necessary funds, Sc.
curing speakers, etc.
NO greater work has ever been
undertaken by the good people OF
any city, so heartily appreciated,
with such hopeful prospects and
the entire local commonwealth do
honor to carry every participant who
SO self sacrificingly champion this
noble cause for the promotion of
Christian citizenship.
We feel confident that while it
has been given to Mankato to take
the lead to set the pace, there will
be a large following of the cities
throughout the state, so before long
there will not be a boy or girl who
has not access to the character
building privileges of the Sunday
school and not a family deprived by
distance from enjoying the blessings
of public means of grace.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
REWARD FOR PARKER

A meeting of the depositOrs of the
State Bank of Commerce was held
at the G. A. r. hall Friday after
noon, says The Winnebago Enter
prise The attendance was large.
Miss Blanche Seger presided over
the meeting. Kelsey Chase, state SUI
perintendent of banks, and Judge
Cray of Mankato were present and
gave talks. number of questions
were asked pertaining to the bank.
A committee was appointed to So
licit funds for a reward for the re-
turn of H. w. Parker to Winnebago,
the appointment of a lawyer to look
after the depositors' interests, etc.
Mr.. Chase stated that in all proba-
bility that he would appoint an out
side man receiver for the bank. All
those who have claims against the
bank should file them with the SUI
perintendent of banks in st. Paul
within three months from June s.,
1912. The superintendent will act
on these claims on September %,
1912.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
HILL GOES TO TORONTO

DR.. Herbert w. Hill, epidemiolo-
gist for the state board of health,
has resigned to accept the office of
director of the institute of public
health, and the chief executive office
OF the medical faculty at Western
university at London, Ontario. He
will assume his new position in Au-
gust.
DR.. Hill has been with the state
board of health seven years. He is
a graduate of the University of To-
rontO and Johns Hopkins university,
and was previously engaged in pub
lie health work in Louisville and
Boston.
DR.. Hill is known to many people
in Mankato, he having spent some
time here during the typhoid cpl
demic.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The jury returned a verdict for
$40 in favor of the plaintiff this
morning, in the case of Ernst Har-
mann VS., Edward Bolke. Another
Jury was drawn this morning, for
the personal injury suit of Louis j..
Fox vs. Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis and Omaha railway company.
Edward Fox is the three-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, and it is
alleged that he was injured by a
passenger train on the Omaha road
on the Rock street crossing on Oc-
tober % last. Mr.. Fox is suing for
$4,000.
S. B. Wilson is attorney for the
plaintiff and George w. Peters, A.
r. Pfau, Jr, and C. j. Laurisch, are
appearing for the defendants.
The next case to be tried is also
a personal injury suit, that of Horace
Cummins VS.. the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha. railway
company. The plaintiff claims that
he was injured while in box car
on the Omaha some time ago, and is
trying to recover $4,000 damages.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21

Mankato is in every respect the
metropolis of Southern Minnesota.
Nature has been most lavish in her
gifts; an unsurpassed health giving
climate free from all malaria; a
rich fertile soil, the very garden of
the great middle west extending for
miles in every direction; scenic
environments distance; A rail road
and business center making it a
mecca for all kinds of shopping and
a headquarters for travelling and
commercial men; merchants and
manufacturers who have won a just
reputation for square dealings; hos
pitfalls, schools, churches, parks, Ii
braries, ETC., well calulated to offer
to all good citizens most desirable
places of residence.
In addition TO all this and much
more that could be said, we have
laudable reasons to speak in the
highest terms of the moral and
religious sentiment that prevails, so
that parents at distance can feel
assured that their sons and daughters
coming here to attend the high
school, state normal, commercial col
leges or ladies' seminaries, will find
a wholesome moral atmosphere.
Officers of the various institu-
tions of learning take great pain
in helping students from out of
town to secure board and lodgings
in homes in every respect desirable,
while the Y. M. C. A., library, and
all young peoples societies of the
churches beckon every youth to en-
joy with them the very best that our
Christian civilization can afford.
We cannot give sufficient en-
phasis in expressing the great work
that is being done by the community
extension committee of the FEEDER
ated churches of Mankato, the di-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
Garden CITY

Mrs. Ida Terry entertained friends
from Wells over Sunday.
The Royal neighbors meet at their
lodge rooms Saturday afternoon.
Merte Goodall has gone to Mime
apolis where he has position as
chauffeur.
The Misses Dackins and Sinotte
of Mankato have been visiting at
the Gates home
Mrs. Frank Thurston and daugh-
ter Mary are spending the week with
relatives in Minneapolis
number of towns are planning
to attend the creamery picnic at
Good Thunder, Thursday.
G. M. Chapman has purchased a
car and he and his family are slow
ly enjoying drives through the
country.
program by the Methodist Epis-
copal Sunday school will be given
next Sunday morning at the church
All are invited.
Mrs. and Mrs. T. H. Rector and
son S. Rector and wife drove down
from Truman Wednesday in the lat
ter's car. They report the roads in
Soou COilultlOu.
The little one of Frank Eatons,
aged nine months, passed away We'd
nesday of spinal meningitis. No ar
rangements have as yet been made
for the funeral
The many friends of Mrs. Homer
Narte will be glad to learn that she
has passed through her operation
safely and has every hope of re-
covery. She is at Rochester.
An auto party from Winnebago
had a very narrow escape Wednes-
day, from going over the embank-
ment around the bend south of the
Peterson ginseng garden. This is
a very dangerous passage on ac-
count of the bends and narrow
roadway and should be remedied be-
fore more serious accident occurs.
Those who attended the Children's
day program and heard the address
given by the district superintendent
of Sunday schools, Sunday at the
Baptist church felt more than re-
paid for attending. The program
was in charge of the Misses Myra
and Ida Wilson and the children did
very nicely. The decorations were
cut flowers and plants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
.REENACT THE OLD LAW

ST. Paul, June 14.-Following a
discussion between Attorney General
Smith, members of the senate judi
ciary committee and Representatives
Rines and Warner, it was decided
to kill the gross earnings tax bill
passed by the house, repeal the gross
earnings law passed at the last ses-
sion, then reenact the law of 1903,
raising the gross earnings tax from
4 to 5 per cent and providing that
the roads make their tax payments
semi-annually.
The new bill will be introduced in
the house by Representatives Rines
and Warner, authors of the bill,
which is to be killed. The senate jul
dietary committee will recommend
it's passage in the upper branch
when the bill comes over.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
PUT THE PLANS ON FILE

A filing system that will enable
fire departments to keep floor plans
of all big buildings ready for use in
case of a big fire was proposed by
W. H. Anderson of Mankato before
the annual convention of the Mime
sofa Fire Department association,
which has just concluded session
in Minneapolis. Hundreds of lives
are claimed each year by man traps
and fire traps, Mr.. Anderson said, be-
cause firemen do not know the con-
struction of the buildings they are
sent to.
Detailing the results of such a sys-
tenn, Mr. Anderson said the benefits
would be
Saving to owners of buildings by
reduction of fire losses through quick
Ell fire service.
Apparatus could be placed to best
advantage at the beginning of fire
and water would not be thrown
against interior walls where it would
do no good.
A plan would show the most vul-
nerable part of the building and
where the danger would be greatest.
Such plans shortening the duration
of fires would reduce insurance
rates.
The cost of filing such set of
plans would be. nothing in most
cases, as a set of workmen's blue
prints could be used after the build
ing was finished A plain sketch of
old buildings would suffice and would
save lives and money.
Mr.. Anderson said firemen could
study the plans of the biggest build
ings and become familiar with the
floors Under a good filing system
the plans could be found in three or
four seconds, he said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
AUTO PARTY JUMPED;
81 WE'D THEIR LIVES

There is about ten feet of water
in the river at that place, so
the car actually fell nearly
hundred feet. If the occupants
of the car had not gotten out
when they did there is no doubt
but what all of them would have
lost their lives in the awful
plunge.
The party came to Mankato
Wednesday and C. w. Jessup
went out and located the car in
the river. Yesterday he took his
machine for loading heavy bur-
dens out to the spot and raised
the automobile from the river
The car was a large Overland
and considering the great dis
lance which it fell, suffered very
little damage. The car landed
on the side and the hood was
smashed, the steering wheel was
broken and the axles were
sprung. The car will probably be
shipped to the factory for re-
pairs.
The party travelling in the au-
tomobile left yesterday for their
home in Nebraska.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
WILL HURRY TO CHICAGO

New York, June 14.-Theodore
Roosevelt announced shortly after
noon today that he had decided to
go to- Chicago to lead his fight for
the nomination personally. He will
leave New York at $3.50 this after
noon.
Chicago, June 14.-Eight delegates
designated as supporters of Presi-
dent Taft were declared entitled to
seats in the republican national con-
vention by the national committee
today. Four of these-two each
from the third district of Oklahoma
and the second district of Tennessee
were victorious over the contesting
Roosevelt delegates. 1Ta.