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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-10
NEW SHOES vs.. OLD MoDEsTy


White shoes are now the style, even
on the streets. ON girls and misses
they are very pretty. and SO are they
on some older women. but they can rot
be said to De as modest as was the
heroine Of the Ballad Upon We'd
ding" which was written by Sir John
Sucking, who, we believe. was born
before Shakespeare had died. OF this
heroine. Sir John wrote.
Her feet beneath her petticoat.
Like little mice. stole in and cut.
AS if they feared the light"
II has been said by the critics that
this stanza for descriptive writing. in
deiicacy OF touch and deftness Of
language has never been excelled. II
is certainl. charming description. and
the picture of the bride who passed
thru Cha-ine Cross,
Where we-thou knowest-do sell our
hav,"
stands out for ali time as the very
bravery of nodcsty But nowadays the
FOO, does no, steal out. II stands out.
a-i:h -. s,,s,::tss CO, sort and feet encased
in whitSs The wk1R shnes have ten-
derry TO enlarge the foot. in appear
ence. but the N oderr woman does not
mind that any more. TO more than she
minds the larger waist line. But of one
thing we may be sure and that is that
we are making progress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-10
FEDERAL HIGHWAY SUBSIDIES
IRur1in3fon Hawkeyel

The provision in the post office ap-
preparation bill granting subsidies to
help maintain good highways on all
rural mail routes is a compromise up
oTi twenty nike good road !.s!!e that had
been introduced in the hs0se. As 1t
was adopted by a very large majority
and Is the outcome Of .Oass genera
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-10

You read good deal about stam-
peding conventions. hut yoa Go not re-
call many that Were actually SIAM
pe6ed? ?" asks the Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-10

Abraham Lincoln never whimperec
about What his political opponents were
doing to him remarks the Sioux City
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
Selling Faxed butterflies.

One of the meanest frauds on rec
ord is that which is said to have beel
practiced recently on entomologists
1t appears that there is a systematic
trade in forged butterflies carried, o.
by continental dealers. The metnot
as described is to cover the wings
moths after setting with a heavy Goa
of powder, which is then tinted witt
pastel colors to suit the taste OF anna
teurs.
Not content with initiating the rar
er species, the forgers have recently
been improving on nature and selling
hitherto unknown varieties at un
heard-of prices. One expert was fol
while taken in with a red butter
fly with blue polka dots, but this bold
piece of imagination ultimately led te
the exposure of the fraud.-Londor
Letter to the New York Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
PROFIT In ALLlGAT0RS
BUSINESS OF RAISING THOSE SAU.
RIANs PAYS WELL.
Aquarlums, Museums and Tourists
Buy the Young ones-Many Arti-
cles Are Made From the Hides,
Teeth, and Bones.

Alligator farming is a business that
Is far from overcrowded and the few
enterprising men who have taken it up
in the last few years have practically
all found their farms to be paying In.
stitutions almost from the start, ac-
cording to writer in the Scientific
American. Although the supply OF
wild alligators is being reduced to an
alarming extent, raising alligators for
their skins alone can not be seriously
considered until the wild supply is
much smaller than it is now AS 1t
takes several hundred years for alli-
gators to attain their full growth, 1t
might seem that returns would rath-
er slow. However, baby alligators are
always in good demand from aqua
RUINS, museums and tourists, and from
their sale and the fees of admission to
the farms the chief present revenue Is
derived. The skins, too, begin to be-
come valuable when the alligator is
six or seven years old.
Until 10 or 20 years ago, no alliga-
tor skins were used for any purpose,
and for several years after that only
the smooth portion which was found
on the stomach was utilized. Now the
back or horny portion Is regarded as
the most valuable, and not only is the
hide of the alligator used, but his teeth
and bones also contribute to various
articles from suit cases to paper
knives and whistles. In the Florida
Everglades several hundred persons,
mostly Seminole Indians, make their
living by alligator hunting. The Flor
ida supply is rapidly diminishing and
in the last two years Mexico and Cen
trail America along the gulf have
been invaded. determination seems
likely unless drastic measures for pro-
lection are taken.
One of the most widely known alli-
gator farms Is at Palm Beach, Fla,
at which a collection of over 1000
saurians is kept, ranging from tiny
posed to be 900 years old, measuring
18 feet A inches. In this collection
is also a crocodile, the largest in cap
tivity, estimated to be 1000 years old.
1t is IL feet inches long. The larg.
est collection of alligators is at Los
Angeles, Cal, on a farm owned by s.
v. Ernest, on which there are over
1000 alligators. The largest, caught
only few months ago in the Ever
| glades in Florida, is Is feet long and
weighs about 900 pounds
A large female alligator lays from 5C
to 60 eggs every summer, and small
one from 25 to 80, and practically
every egg will hatch. Special incuba
tors for them are used at the farms
Alligators require no food from Sep
tember to May. The rest of the time
they eat meat. Baby alligators up tt
three years Of age at which time they
will not exceed 18 inches In length
find the readiest market and are solo
at from one to four dollars. Larger
ones are usually sold at practically 81
much foot, 16-foot alligator bring
ing as much as 20, and the very large
ones from Is to 10 feet long, which
are desired mainly for aquariums
from $75 to $100.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
Champ EnIiahtens the House.

Speaker Champ Clark startled the
house during the consideration of the
conference report on the Sherwood
service pension bill by saying from the
chair:
81 have it, ali unde, that President
Taft will sign this bill If We get it to
him today"
The bill was agreed to and hurried
to the White House. Then friends
crowded around Mr.. Clark.
"What does ALLEY unde' mean?" de-
manded Representative Victor Muir.
dock. 81 know some Latin, but ]
never heard of that before"
''Yes, it's Latin" announced Mr..
Clark. at means 'outsae of the rec,
ord I learned in a roundabout way
that President Taft Is going to leave
the city this afternoon and that he
was waiting to sign this bill. If he
does not 400 or 500 aged soldiers might
die before he is back"
''It means grapevine in Ozark Ian
guage," some one suggested.
Exactly" said the speaker.
Then the gathering fell into a dis
cussion of Latin quotations, and the
speaker demonstrated that he knew
more about Horace, Cato and Virgil
than all the rest.-Washington Core
spondence Boston Transcript.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
Soap Bubbles and Monkeys.

Prof. G. v. Boys, F. R. S., has beer
trying the effect of soap bubbles or
the orangoutangs, chimpanzees ant
monkeys at the London Zoo. Wher
the first bubble scared into the cage
where an orangoutang was confined ar
1nquisitive amazement could be seer
In its attitude. But as soon as 1t no
ticed that these flying bombs explod
ed without any disaster it gained
courage.
! Carefully, nervously, when bubbl,
entered 1t stretched its hand nearer
and nearer, and suddenly caught it
Then, tremendously pleased at tn.
novel game, it put its muzzle through
the bars, and the professor blew {
bubble SO that it settled on its nose
Thereupon the tongue was curled VI
and the bubble was licked in with (;
real smacking of the lips.
/ Two of the chimpanzees, mean
while, who were watching the exhibi
ton, huddled in terror, but intensel,
curious, in a corner of the cage. Ont
chimpanzee displayed just the sam,
Ieagefness as the orangoutang.
When the lower tribes of monkey,
We're tested the response to scienc,
Was less gratifying. They would no
take any particular notice, but con
ltinued their usual antics after som,
cursory glances.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

1. Sealed proposals for the paying OF Louis
iaua Street from the Southerly Line of Front
Street to the Southerly Line of Indiana Avenue.
in the Village OF Perrysburg, Ohio, will be re.
O'Clock noon, Standard Time on the 26th day
of July, 1912, at which time the bids will be
publicly opened and read.
Q. Proposals shall be made on the printed
blanks provided therefor and enclosed in q
sealed envelop and addressed to the Village
Clerk and endorsed proposal for Street Pay
ing"
8. The prices for material and labor shall be
stated in the respective columns\ provided fol
the same,
1. Each proposal shall be accompanied by
cash or certified check upon some solvent
bank payable TO the Village Clerk, in the sum
of 1000 dollars as guaranty that, il the accom-
panyIng proposal is accepted contract an0
bond of the forms attached to the specifications
will be entered into within 10 days from date
OF award If contract,
accompanied by sample blocks, labeled with
the name OF the block, manufacturer and bid
der, which shall be subject to such tests thi
Council may select in determining the fitness
and durability of the blocks TO be furnished.
q. An approved bond will be required of the
successful bidder In a sum equal to the cost oi
the work, as determined by the proposal, con
ditloned upon the faithful performance Of this
contract,
I, The bidder shall seperate his bid so thai
the cost OF said improvement in that portion
OF the street occupied by the street car tracks
ran be computed and ascertainPd separately
from the balance OF said improvement.
The Council reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals,
.. Plans and specifications are on file in the
office OF the Viliage Clerk ana in the office OF
George; Champe, Civil Engineer, 6lO Nash!
BY order OF the Council OF Perrysburg, Ohio.
Perrysburg, Ohio. June 25, 1912. lSd
JOHN w. LYONS, Village Clerk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
Work a Watch Does.

1t is matter of everyday occur.
renee for person to say to his
matchmaker:
Here is a watch which you sold
me some ten years ago. 1t has al
ways gone well until just lately, when
it has taken to stopping without any
apparent cause"
The people who speak in this way
little think of the amount of work q
watch has performed in this space OF
time and might be astonished at the
following figures:
In ten years, which includes two
leap years, and consequently total
of 1862 days, the hour hand has made
1904 and the minute hand S7,64s
revolutions. The end of an average
minute hand travels more than 10,S2C
yards-more than six miles. The sec
ond hand has made 5,25S,8S0 revolu
tions, and its extremity has traverset
on the dial distance of upwards OF
123 miles. The escape wheel has
made 52,5SS,S00 revolutions, and as il
has fifteen teeth, it has come 788,S32,
600 times in contact with each pallet
The balance has made 1877, ,644, ,O0(
vibrations, and any point on the out
side of the rim has covered a distance
of about $4,000 miles, and that is
equal to twice the circumference o.
the earth.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
What Alaskan Dogs Eat.

Dogs in Alaska, when on the trail
are fed once a day, after the days
work is done. They are never fed in
the morning, for If they were they
would be lazy all day, or, what is more
probable, would vomit up their break.
fast soon after they got on the trail
Dogs to work well, must be we'll fed,
and it is false economy to underfeed
a dog. They are fed on variety OF
foods, including rice, tallow, cornmeal,
and fish. If rice or cornmeal forms q
part of their food it must be cooked
Some men prefer to feed their dogs on
bacon or fish, thus doing away with
cooking. Cooked food is cheaper and
more fattening than raw food, bui
the question as to whether dogs can
work better on cooked or uncooked
food is one that will never be settled
20 long as there are ."mushers" to
argue the question-The Wide World
Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
Man-Hat-Dog.

On very windy day man Is walk.
ing along the street with his dog. An
extra fierce gust of wind takes off the
mans hat and sends it rolling and
skipping.
"Hey Rover!" shouts the man to
the dog, and the dog bounds after the
hat.
A fine, intelligent animal that; in re-
trieving the hat he saved his owner a
lot of work and trouble, you think; but
wait bit.
Now that Rover has got the hat a
playful streak strikes him and before
he brings it back he rolls the hat
around on the sidewalk where he has
nailed 1t and gets it pretty dusty and
he winds up by slamming big dent
IN the crown.
Nice dog. intelligent, very, but the
man thinks he'll recover his hat him
self hereafter.-New York Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
YOUNG MEN DREAM DREAMS
Their Invention Is More Lively Than
That of the Aged, Says
Bacon.

A man that is young in years may
be old in hours, IL he has lost no time.
Generally youth is like the first cogi-
tations, not so wise as the second, for
there is q youth in thought as we'll
as in ages; and yet the invention OF
young men is more lively than that Of
old, and imaginations stream into
their mind better, and, as it were,
more divinely. Natures that have
much heat, and great and violent de-
sires and perturbations, are not ripe
Tor action till they have passed the
meridian of their years; but reposed
natures may do we'll in youth.
On the other side, heat and vivacity
in age is an excellent composition for
business; for the experience of age in
things that fall within the compass
of it, directeth them. The errors of
young men are the ruin of business;
but the errors of aged men amount to
but this, that more might have been
done, or sooner. Young men, in the
conduct and manage of actions en-
brace more than they can hold, stir
Alolo ludh IhSy CdH Qulely uy W IuS
end, without consideration of the
means and degrees; pursue some few
principles which they have changed
upon absurdly; care not to innovate;
use extreme remedies at first; and
that, which doubleth all errors, will
not acknowledge or retreat them-like
an unruly horse, that will neither
stop nor turn.
Men OF age object too much, con.
suit too long, adventure too little, re-
pent too soon; and seldom drive
business home to the full period; but
content themselves with mediocrity
of success. Certainly it is good to
compound employments of both, for
that will be good for the present, be-
cause the virtues of either age may
correct the defects of both; and good
for succession, that young men may
be learners while men in age are ac.
tors. And lastly, good for extreme ac.
cidents; because authority followeth
old men, and favor and popularity
youth. But for the moral part, youth
will have the preference, as age hath
for the public.-From Bacon's Essays,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
DITCH NOTICE.

Auditors Office, Wood Co.. o., June 26, 1912
To Strauss Bros. Co., 90. ID. Parish, A lien Spohn
and N. X. France, Trustee:
You are hereby notified that petition signed
by w. Yount and Others. has been filed In the
TO deepen. widen, straighteA and improve n
ditch, drain or water course, on the following
proposed line to-wt:
Commencing on the west side of the road
about eighty (S0) rods south of the north -easl
corner OF Section ri Middleton township, Wood
OF the old ditch north one and one.fourth Il LII
miles TO the Two Root Creek and there to termi-
nate.
Wood County Ohio, win meet at the place OF
beginning of said ditch on July 23, 1912 at 10
n, m. and hear any and all proof offered by
any OF the parties affected by said proposed i'm
proyement, and determine the necessity there
of. 10a
Q. e. STINEBAUGH,
Auditor, Wood County, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
LEGAL NOTICE.

Perrysburg, o., June 2s, 1912.
To the Stockholders of The Subur-
ban Light & Power Company:
A stockholders meeting of The
Suburban Light & Power Company
will be held on Tuesday, July 16,
1912, at eleven o'clock a. m, at the
office of DR.. w. H. Rheinfrank ON
Front street, in said village. The
object of said meeting is to consider
an agreement to sell the entire prop
erty and assets of the corporation.
l.. j. METZGER,
President.
Attest; Carl ]. Lindecker, Sec
retary. 19a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the estimated ass
essment of the cost OF treating Front Streer
from East Boundary Street to West Boundar,
street In Perrysburg, Ohio, with oil for period
of five years has been made and reported Il
Council, and said estl mated assessment is now
on file in the office of the Clerk of the Village
of Perrysburg, for the inspection and eXamina-
ton of persons interested therein
By order OF the Council OF the Village OF Per
rysburg.
JNO. w. LYONS.
Clerk of Council
Perrysburg. Ohio. June II, 1912. 17c
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
IN ATTACHMENT.

VS. EEL Justice 'of the
Thomas j Mnlligan, Peoce OF PeriySburg
defendent J twp. Wood Coun ty,
On the 2lst day of June, 1912, said justice issu-
ed an order of attachment in the above action
for the sum of thirty-One and eleven hundredths
dollars lS3l.ln.
Perrysburg, ohio, June 25, 1912
JOHN ]. ANON.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
Educators Long and Useful Life.

Prof. Arminius Vambery, professor
OF languages at Pesth university, at
Budapest, has just entered his eight
.eth year. with no diminution of the
vigor which has characterized his long
and active life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum
sets you CRAZY. Can't bear the touch
of your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. Why
suffer? All druggists sell It.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05

Dysentery is always serious and
often a dangerous disease, but it can
be cured. Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy has
cured 1t even when malignant and
epidemic. For sale by all dealers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
LOCAL CARS.
Southbound-

southbound-
Local cars leave Maumee station
as follows: 7:12, 9:12, 11:12 a. M;
t;12, S:12, 5:12, 7:12, 9:12. 11:12,
l1:40 p. m. and 1910 a. m.
Local cars leave FIT. Meigs' station
follows: 7:17, 9:17, 11:17 A. NJ, 1:17,
3:17, SLY, 7:17, 9:17, 11:10, 11:40 P.
NJ, 1910 A. M.
Northbound-
Local cars arrive at Maumee station
rs follows: 5:4S, 6:33, 7:12, 7:48,
9:4S, 11:4S A. NJ. 1:4S, 3:48, 4:4S,
j:48, 7:48. 9:4S P. M.
Special cars can be chartered for
.ny occasion at any hour. For infor-
nation, ask the agent or address.
c. r. SMITH, Gen. Mgr.
CHAS. j. LANEY, Traffic Mgr.
Flndlay, Ohio.
May /, 1911.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05
TOLEDO, BOWLING GREEN g.
SOUTHERN TRACTION CT

THE ToLEDo.DAYToN LINE.
Limited Trains Leave Maumee sta.
fIon North
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05

The Toledo & Maumee Valley Ry. Co,
IN EFFECT FEB, 1, 1911.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05

" T'do LvT'do P'burg P'burg Ma'mee
East West East West North
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-07-05

1t is a matter of everyday occur
renee for a person to say to his
matchmaker:
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-04-19
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT

Roswell, y. NJ, April ia rather
peculiar accident happened 80 Mrs. A..
l.. Whiteman. wife OF the retiring city
alderman from thc Fifth ward. SUNDAY
noon when in taking q pan ct baked
sweet POTATOES from th- oven. one burst
striking her in the eve aud mashed all
over her face.
The peculiar thing about the potato
il that the skin hurst. throwing the
meat upwards, leaving the skin intact
excepting the small split.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-04-19
O7O77
lcumcari News O7O
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department ri the Interior, L. :. Land
Office, NJ Tucumcari. New Mexico.
April Is, l9l2
Notice il, hereby given that John
Hardin Of Jordan. y. NJ. who on March
i, 1907, made Homestead Entry, No.
li7i6, for NElI See -, Twp IN, Rng
>" f., y. VI. T.. Meridian. has filed no
iicc Of intention 10 make Final Five
Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land aboy" described, before Register
aud Receiver. T.. :. Land Onicc, u'
Tucumcari, \. NJ, Oh the 2lst day of
May. 1912.
Claimant names ~ Witnesses; W
G, Montgomery, W. II. Morris, W. II.
Suratt", W. r. Wiuningham. all Of Jor
dan. y. NJ.
Il. Prentice, Register
April l9-May II -
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-04-19
NEW CITY OFFICIALS

The "CiivDrl, have made change
tins vrua. The I'D official. ,a.o,mg
aud ne" new taking their rlnrr,. They
wrr" go has,, met last might II" ,'u..irr
20 few appointments, Im' 'uoro $50, not
70 quorum present, 81" the matter was
p",'pour,. O'hrr matters oi Importance
will be- taken up ~ soon n, these aP.
poiu'mcut, ere disposed at. ~uccr-, 20
fhc new administration. Th"v ~ u meet
next Monday uight.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-04-19
CAPITALISTS VISIT NEW MEXICO

On the evening Of the 10th Albuqucr.
que entertained u party of bankers and
capitalists who are making e tour Of
New Mexico. They Inspected the South.
western Power d Irrigation co. plant
At Los LunaS. The party is from Ms.
souri,.