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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21

is the cry of some people century
behind in their ideas on social evo.
luton We believe woman's first
duty is in the home as an honorable
wife and mother, but under modern
conditions it is necessary for her to
leave the home in order that she
may protect her sous and her daugh-
tiers from the menaces of our social
system. The Intelligent mothers of
this land do not consider it a privi-
1ege to bear and rear sons to feed
the saloon monster, or daughters to
replenish' the ranks of the white
slave traffic ,s"c f:F .s -".es
Mother Must Protect Her Own.
"The intelligent mother must not
only protect : her own, but let her
maternity extend to the children Of
the unlettered woman who still pas
sively endures, and whose children
are the more liable to be sacrificed
to our lack of clean legislation. Two
classes of women are opposed to
suffrage, the. women of the idle rich,
and the women of the streets. Both
classes are parasites, giving nothing
to humanity, and sapping the life
blood Of Others for their support.
Both see in woman suffrage their
death blow. The women of this
country are not descended from the
harems of the east, but from the
TeutOnic races, where one woman
was the wife of her husband, and of
whom the Roman historian wrote
They are faithful to their husbands
in peace, and dare with them in
war;" 1t is the spirit of these won.
en-. coming out in their descendants,
of today that demands the right to
exercise the power of franchise for
the protection of their homes and
their children" 1'
r. Remarks BY Mrs. Rosenquist. ~
Mrs. A. c. Rosenquist of st. Peter
spoke as follows: "No one spend
ing last summer in Los Angeles, as
| did could help feeling the influ-
ence of woman suffrage 1t was in
the atmosphere and being discussed
by the well-baranced, progressive
men and women of the CITY, Consid-
ering the fact that the Mcnamara
trial was pending, and it being a
case that effected not only the city
and state, but the county in general
s. - J. X 49, a = 10 go
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sition in the stock scale at that
place. 1t had undoubtedly been left
there by mistake. In the course OF
Charles Watson, went through Min
nesota, and into Iowa, Wisconsin, IL
linois and South Dakota. He found
sample No. in Iowa, and that II
was manufactured in small town
in Wisconsin 1t is clear that the
use of the 'shrinker' at Ortonville is
not an isolated case.
ITO J. H. Foster, general superin
tendent of the ST. Paul railway, much
credit is due in making it possible
to state the facts herein contained
for it was Mr.. Fosters individual
interest in correct weights on his
line, and in all weighing generally,
that gave the commission the serv-
ice of railroad police to act in con
junction with the commissions spec
ial agent in the matter Of following
the clues to a positive proof that
such devices had been made, sold
and used for a period covering at
least ten years.
"The full particulars of the investi
CATION are on file in the office OF
the railroad commission, and can be
examined by any one interested. Cir
cumstances strongly point to the use
of the shrinker' by a certain individ-
ual at Ortonville All facts will be
presented by the commission to the
attorney general, with the recon-
mendation that this party be prose
cuted if the evidence is sufficient
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One can imagine that there was
much to consider, and results anx-
iously looked for. When October
came, 1t was decided that women
should have the power of the ballot,
and consider it kind Providence
that ordained it so. Why? A little
later the city election was due, and
the office Of mayor is an important
one, and this election solved itself
into good citizenship, and socialism.
No one not being there can conceive
of the true state of affairs existing
at that time. Women were now cit
liens and were approached at all
times and in all places by the men
working for their side of the Dues
tion. But women wanted good citi-
zenship, and went and voted for 1t,
and it carried Personally, | was
undecided for some time in taking
a stand on this subject, but now 4
feel" that women should be given
the right mot the privilege) of the
ballot Being given the right does
not mean that they must vote every
time there is an opportunity. No
true woman will ever neglect her
home. She can enlighten herself and
her family in that home and when
questions that concern her and the
members Of her family arise, she
can go and help protect that home
by voting. The reason I''want to
vote is that would like to help put
good men into office and by having
them there, have better law en-
forcement in our communities, as
we'll as in our state"
From the floor the question was
asked: why don't women vote for
those things for which they are
already 'permitted?' "'.U fg
Several ladies took part in an.
swering this question. They said that
in the state of Maine, statistics
show that more women than men
vote upon school questions, and that
in states which have equal suffrage
a larger percentage Of the female
population cast the ballot than of the
male Women are only AZ per cent
Of the population Of Colorado, but
they cast As per cent of the vote
Almost 10000 women voted at the
last election in Denver, and of these
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rage to Mrs. Raymond was under
romantic circumstances.
Mrs Smith stated that Raymond
was a young man when her daugh
ter was born, and that he began
to like the little tot when she was
but a few months old. Raymond was
taken seriously sick at one time
and was holding the child in his
arms when the doctor arrived. The
doctor told Raymond that he had
contagious disease, and took him
i to a hospital, where he was finally
cured. Leaving the hospital he re
turned to the home of Mrs. Smith
where he vowed that she was his
little sweetheart and that some day
she would be his wife.
Was in Spanish.American War.
Later, he was in the Spanish
American war and was i'll Cuba and
the Philippines for some time. Mrs
Smith lost track of him for four
teen long years. In. the meantime
her daughter grew to young woman
hood. At an early age she showed
her abilities as singer. A theatre
beauty OF her voice and wanted to
take her out of school and put her
on the stage, Finally the mother
consented, and Miss Ella Smith went
on the stage. -...
Later she went to Louisville, Ken.
lucky, and there met again Mr.. Ray
mond, who was ticket seller at a
theatre. His attachment had not
lessened and he again began to
court her, although she was only
fifteen years of age. He was SO de-
voted to her, that Mrs. Smith finally
consented to the marriage.
Married life, however, did not
prove one continual round of bliss,
and Mrs. Raymond worked as a
clerk in one of the large shoe stores
for while.
Caught BY Auto Dug"
When Raymond came to Mankato
a few months ago, he started in as
a hustler, and was known by his
friends as such, securing a good
patronage at both theatres How
ever, in April he went out automo-
bile riding once, and then the bug"
got him right. He felt that he ought
to own car ALSO This is said
to be the cause of his supposed
downfall He is said to have framed
up a scheme whereby he should be-
come the owner of a car at a cheap
price. At the time the motion pic
lures, Twenty Years in Sing Sing"
were shown here, in which he took
the leading part, he said he received
an offer from a large moving pic
ture concern in the east to take
the leading part in "Circumstantial
Evidence" He prevailed upon the
company to take the pictures here,
and later, on the excuse that he
wanted to go through the country,
to learn of the beauty spots, and
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| for the week to an intimate friend,
and is said to have told this friend
| that he would send the reports to
Mr. Chamberlain, manager of the
Minneapolis. and then leave for Min.
neapolis, so that Mr.. Chamberlain
would never know that he was out
of town, as the mere fact that he
mailed the reports would tend to
show that he was in Mankato. He
said he would then run down to Min
neapolis in his automobile, to get
the moving picture camera and re-
turn and start taking pictures for
be back before Mr.. Chamberlain
! would know anything about it. This
is believed to have been merely a
ruse. SO as to give him some ex-
cuse for leaving the city. However,
Mr.. Chamberlain received the report
sheets, but not the money. - ..~
Weeps For Her Daughter.
Mrs. Smith denied the story about
someone whistlng to her from the
rear of the Wonderland theatre
Tuesday night. She said she did not
hear anyone whistle, but that she
saw an automobile all lighted up, as
though about to start out on a trip.
She said that the machine was a
large one and that she remarked
at the time that she thought it
was Jacks" She says she only
wished he had been there, so that
she could see Ethel" or Mrs. Ray
mond. She said she didn't care
hoop whether Mr.. Raymond ever
came back, but she wept for her
daughter, who, she said, had been
lured away by her husband Be-
fore leaving Mr.. Raymond gave Mrs.
Smith 81 in cash and told her that
he would be back in a day or so,
and that 81 would be sufficient to
keep her until then. .
After the show Sunday night, about
1870, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond got
into the machine. Mrs. Raymond
had told her mother that her hus-
band was going to Minneapolis, and
she was going to accompany him.
Mrs. Smith protested at first, but
Mrs. Raymond insisted on going, and
asked her mother to come with
them Mrs. Smith replied that she
did not like the long ride to the
twin cities, and SO preferred to re-
main in Mankato. Mrs. Raymond's
actions seemed to indicate that she
never expected to see her mother
again. $685.
Mr.. Raymond is a cigaret fiend
of the advanced type. An intimate
friend stated that he knew that
Raymond smoked at least fifty CT
garets a day, and that his fingers
were as brown as any iodine could
make them. The man who has so
disappeared, has had
rather interesting career His mar
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scenes where the pictures should be
taken, got the. company to get an
automobile. This machine was Sc
cured on the basis as printed in yes.
terday's Free Press.
From the time that he received
the new Hudson car, he began to
neglect his duties as manager of the
two theatres and throw the work on
his subordinates, and he spent much
of his time on pleasure trips. He
was getting to be quite speeder,
and it is said by friends that he
came in from Madison Lake one
evening on time that would make
Barney Oldsfield sit up and take
notice "ss
Mr. Chamberlain cautioned him
about this. and told him that he
would ahve to leave the automobile
alone, or resign, as the automobile
was taking too, much of his time.
Mr.. Raymond is said to have prom
Used Mr.. Chamberlain that he would
do this, but when Mr. Chamberlain
arrived here yesterday, he found
that Mr.. Raymond still spent much
of his time in the machine. 70 81
According to the story related by
Mrs. Dartnell to County Attorney
Schmitt, Raymond did not borrow
$500 from her, but that she con-
scented to invest that sum in an
company which he claim
ed he was organizing. She entrust-
ed the money with him and ex-
pected to realize in the shape Of
shares of stock. If her story is true.
another charge of larceny can be
laid at the door of Raymond. m
With a change in the color of the
auto and change in the number
of the machine, it will be easy for
Raymond to get across the country.
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CHILD FELL DOWN AN
ELEVA TOR SHAFT; LIVES

From Thursdays Daily.
Paul, the two-year-old son of Mrs.
Pearl Pearson Of 142 Fulton street,
was seriously hurt last night by
falling down the elevator shaft in
the Coughlan-Hickey building, "a dis
lance of twenty-five or thirty feet.
The little boy was i'm the corridor
with his eight-year-old sister and
two smaller children, while his
mother was attending lodge meet
ing In the Knights of Columbus hall
The child ran away from Fern, the
little girl. and the first any one
knew of the accident was when the
little girl ran to the lodge room to
tell her mother. This was at about
nine O'Clock. g. a
The boy in some manner pushed
open the door of the elevator shaft
and fell striking the top of the ele-
tor, which was on the first floor.
The noise caused by his striking
the top Of the car was heard in the
lodge ROOM and also in some of the
offices in the building, but no one
guessed that it was caused by any
one falling >' .e's.t@ r'
The child was picked up and Dr.
A. o. .Bjelland called. He found that
Paul had suffered a fracture of the
iawbone and possibly concussion
at the base of the brain. His face
lis terribly bruised and this morning
was badly dfscolored and swollen.
During the night the child did not
rest more than two or three min
utes at time, but this morning
ne seemed conscious and rested cas-
Ter. 1t will not be known for sew
|eral days just what the extent of
his injuries are.
Lars Peterson, the janitor of the
building, was running the elevator
last night and had carried a load Of
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passengers up a short time before
the accident. He says that he re-
members particularly of sliding the
door shut and trying it to see that
1t was latched, before going down
the last time. 1t is not known how
the child opened the door, but it
might be possible for him to put his
hand through the bars and open it
in that way, the spring works rather
easily. 1t would have to be opened
from the inside though, and a grown
person could not put his hand
through the bars.
1t is rather remarkable that the
child was not more seriously hurt,
as the distance was SO great, and
he fell on the side of his head onto
the steel top of the elevator
Mrs. Pearson was attending a
meeting of Degree of Honor No. 9
wnen the accident happened to her
boy. Es,% @t' s3
Today Fred Kruse of the Fred w.
Kruseo company called on Mrs. Pear
son and expressed his regret at the
accident and sympathized with her
and the injured child. He stated to
the mother that he would be glad to
render any assistance possible in the
hour of her trouble.
The injured boy was doing nicely
this afternoon and he has a. fair
chance of recovery. a
Five thousand dollars of liability
insurance is carried ON the building
and that insurance covers any dam
age resulting either in or outside the
building and any accident occurring
about the elevator. The state adj
justor for the company is expected
to arrive here this evening to in
vestfgate the accident which &C.
Cured last night when little Paul
Pearson was injured. ".'''
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only 400 could be connected with
any bad element.
! The membership in this club is
open to the public. Both men and
women will be welcomed. Anyone
in sympathy with the cause will be
made member upon sending his
or her name and so cents to the
treasurer, Mrs. William J. Morehart,
of MankatO, or to the recording Sec
rotary, Mrs. Edmund McGrath of ST.
Peter. All money received in this
way will be used in futhering the
cause of political equality in Min
nesOta. s
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NEXT MEET IN DULUTH
From Thursdays Daily.

From thursdays Daily.
Odd Fellows of Minnesota are
lin st. Paul At the session yester-
day it was decided to hold the
next encampment in Duluth
Secretary A. L. Bottoms report
showed that the membership at the
beginning of the year was 21,761, or
net gain of only 759 over 1910,
although 1,772 new members had
beef taken In Fourteen members
were expelled. 225 died. AL with
drew or were transferred and the
rest were suspended for snonpayment
of Dues The report also showed
that $50,S29.S1 was paid out In bene-
fits and relief The cash balance in
the, treasury of the subordinate
lodges is $61,S43.23. -
FL. W. Phillips of st. Paul was
elected grand master withouts any
opposition. The other officers for
the ensuing year are: A. w. Annis
of Window, deputy grand master
Eugene Boss, grand warden; A. L.
Bolton, grand secretary, and G: NJ.
Sprague, grand treasurer.
The home board of trustees was
chosen yesterday to consist of the
following: T. w. Hugo of Duluth,
G. S. McCuiloch OF Brainerd and
Mrs. May E. Davis OF Minneapolis
n The Rebekahs are holding their
annual meeting also.
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Mrs. J. S. Cnmmins was Man
kato visitor Tuesday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-22


LETTERS FROM MOTHER
XXIv-She Tells of the Care of the Baby's Bottle
- = = = = =
My Dear DaughterYou realize how sorry am that
have developed grip making necessary for transfer
your baby from your breast to the bottle
Of breast milk does with baby1t
better artificial feeding Here both you and your
much discretion
In order to be nourhng food be palatab and
generally recognized that plays important digestion
of babies Botteed babies often show strange dcmna
tons regard their diet have known young baby reject
successfully number of different kinds food finally
which resulted in perfect nutrition.
In large cities milk indirectly that all
do to select reliable daynan but cows milk to be used
possible pcauon should be taken get the milk of we'll
fed clean animals The best cows milk for infants feeding sold
under the of Certified Milk bottle baby the fol-
lowing utensils required for the modification of milk home
large pitcher porcelain funnel large spoon dozen four
bottles dozen ancoc nipples box of nonabsorbent
cotton large for the bottles
before feeding pasteurizing thermometer.
These utensils should be kept airght cabinet and
used for anything but the babys food mother should take
all paraphenaa required the preparation of her hd
meals. +. s.
Both bottles and nipples should be cleaned Immediately after
using filled with fresh water the stuffed with the nonab4
sorbent cotton and set aside lss. q -a l..y .a..
In the morning before the days food prepared all bottles
should be boiled in solution of boracic acid
spoonu of acid wateand then ned thoroughly
clear boiled After cleaning nipples they should be
placed II a covered Jar of cold when n
The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22

L. @. Robards, of Adrian, has re-
turned home from a business trip
through southwest Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Mcfarland
have returned home from avisit with
relatives and friends in Foster.
Mrs. w. j. Nix and children have
returned home from home from visit
with relatives at Elk City, Kansas.
Want four school girls to room and
board at my residence. j. R. Ford,
43-2t- - Butler, Mo.
Mrs. Fred Marley and daughter, OF
Denver, Colo., left Thursday after a
pleasant visit here at the home of P.
c. Carpenter.
Miss Gertrude Crowell entertained
bunking party Wednesday evening
in honor of her guest, Miss Eleanor
Morrison, of Kansas City.
Mrs. Harry Hale and son have re-
turned to Nevada after enjoying a
visit here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Walker of Lone Oak town.
ship.
There will be an ice cream supper
at the Pleasant Gap church on Friday
night, Aug. 13. All are cordially in
vited to come and bring your pocket
books.
Mrs. D. H. Clements of Garden
City, accompanied by her son and
Miss Orphie Smith, arrived Thursday
for a visit at the home of L. S.
Wright.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22
rs. H. R. Field visited in Butler

Mrs. H. R. Field visited in Butler
Thursday.
Walter Lynch visited in Lamar the
latter part of the week.
Hon. John Deerwester was in Fri
day on business mission.
School Books at Ludwick's Drug
Store. East side square. 44-2t
Mrs. Ina Tiffany returned Thurs
day from a visit to Nevada.
w. E. Walton left the last of the
week for a visit in Denver, Colo.
E. D. Stroeber has returned home
from a trip through Northern Missouri.
H. L. Curtis of Hume transacted
business in this city the latter part OF
the week.
R. N. Montgomery, of Rich Hill,
transacted business in Butler the first
of the week.
Mrs. Geo. Lane of Rich Hill visited
the last of the week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Gench.
Mrs. Nellie Welch has returned to
Kansas City after visit here with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. w. S. Stone of Kansas City
spent the week end here, the guest
of Mrs. D. C. Chastain.
Mrs. j. B. Paget Twin Falls, Idaho,
is enjoying a visit here with her sis
ter, Mrs. w. w. Henry.
School Books at Ludwick's Drug
Store. East side square. H-2t
The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22

Tablets, Pencils, etc., at Ludwick' S
Drug Store, east side square. 4-2t
Martin Briden of this city has on
exhibition at the Peoples Bank in this
city monster stalk of corn measur-
ing 13 feet in height and bearing two
large ears.
| A. J. Erhart, of Adrian, the well
known Poland China Hog breeder
lost very valuable brood mare last
week as a result of the animal being
struck by lightning.
| Frank Mathers, formerly associat-
ed with Wilbur Welton in the We'll
ton-Mathers Jewellery Co. of this city
has accepted the position Of cashier
of the Bank of Adrian.
A party composed of Messrs. NJ.
C. Wilcox, Britton, Shelton, Angel,
Spillman, Park, Morgan, Reedy and
Wysong returned Thursday from a
trip to Mayes county, Okla.
Will Ewin Of west of this city, came
in Friday with his first load of water
melons. Mr.. Ewin raises some fine
melons, and is usually among the
first on the market with them.
In the storm Tuesday lightning
killed eight hogs belonging to John
Jury valued at $500; also three good
work mules belonging to Mr.. Kelley
worth $6O0.-Adrian Journal.
James Mckee, a prominent farmer
of the Austin neighborhood, fell dead
in H. |. Smiths store in Adrian Sat-
urday morning, August 10th, suppos-
edly from apoplexy.--Journal.
Walter Baskerville, superintendent
of mail service on the Great Northern
railway, with headquarters at St.
Paul, Mimi, visited his uncle, VIM.
Baskerville, in Bates county Thursday
and Friday.-Appleton City Journal.
Clark Wix has returned home from
a trip through southern Missouri and
northern Arkansas. He brought
home quite an interesting lot of relics
from the Pea Ridge battlefield which
he visited.
BY vote of IS to II the Democrats
of the House in caucus Wednesday
agreed to support an appropriation
for one battleship in this years naval
program. The Senate is expected to
accept this compromise and agree on
the naval bill.
There were many remarkable oc-
currences and incidents connected
with the late tornado, some of which
were beyond belief but for the pres
ence of eye witnesses and other evil
dence bearing out the facts in the
case. An echo of the fateful Sunday
evening when the death-dealing and
property-destroying demon burst up
on the peaceful-loving inhabitants in
the track of the storm, comes from
Moniteau county, some sixty miles
distant. T. j. Don Carlos, one of the
victims Of the storm, for many years
lived in Moniteau county and was
we'll known there. The news of his
untimely taking away had hardly
reached there, when near his old
home neighbors picked up lodge pa
pers belonging to him, which had
been carried by the storm elements
from his dismantled home here and
deposited near his former home in
The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22
Motorists, Attention!

Bullet-proof webbing prevents
punctures and reduces your tire trou-
BILE to the minimum. Not heavy, not
expensive and absolutely guaranteed.
Sold only at McFarland's garage.
The biggest and best stock of auto
mobile tires in southwest Missouri.
All styles, all sizes, all guaranteed.
McFARLAND'S GARAGE.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-08-22
For Sale.

New Deere gang plow, used but
very little; two sets of shares cheap.
Inquire Of C. F. Stewart.
Rt. 7 or phone 9 on 4.