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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

grasp by the skin of our store teeth,
as you might say.
We are thankful that when our
creditors have came to us and askd
us for what we legally & lawfully
owed them and we have promised
them to pay next wk shure-we
say when SIGH is the case we are
thankful that they believed our
promises.
We are thankful that we amt
got emmy more dead beat subscrib-
ers on Our books than we have, be-
ing if we had emmy more than we
have we would have went into
bankruptcy wittSa loud yelp of
despair long ago.
We are also thankful that onct in
a great while and sometimes Of
tener one of these dead beet sub
scribers will come into the Boog1e
offs and pay US anywheres from a
quarter to sometimes almost dol
Ter on their back Subscriptions,
whereas we never expedited to git
a red cent outen EN-. Yea, verify,
occashion like this makes us re-
joice and be exceeding glad.
We are thankful for what little
advertising we git, but we have
room for a good cal more. (SPE-I
SHIAL NOTISE - THE BING-
VILE BUGLE IS THE BIG
GEST & ONLY NEWSPAPER
IN THIS END OF THE CO. &
THE BEST ADVERTISING
MEDIUM IN BINGVILLE &
VICINITTYD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Local SquibS

That was quite snow squan we had
tother day.
Dad Henderson perdicks we be a
going to have hard winter We hope
Dad is mistaken as ushual Dad has
ben perdicktin for nine winters and has
only hit it onct. However, axidents will
happen.
Hez Andrews while trying to lead his
2 yr. old heifer to worter by a rope
tother evg. to keep from having to
carry water to her in the cow barn, had
quite a exciting time. The heifer was
full of fro1ick and soon as she got
outen she started down street, draggin
Hez after her and him ho1lering to for
goodness sakes somebuddy stop the
heifer. Cy Hoskins hollered to Hez to
let go the rope Hez ho1lered back that
he was afeared to let go and scairt to
hang on. Finally the heifer turned and
run clean into the barn herself without
stoppin. Hez says he calIilates he'll
carry worter to her next time or let her
go without.
These is about all the local squibs
which occurs to us at this writing
Perhaps by next wk we will think of
some others. If so they will appear in
print. You have perhaps notised that
some wks. locals is very plentiful and
then some other wks. they'll be as
skeerce as hens teeth. Why is this? We
pause for a reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

them as desires to shoot at It. Who
ever shoots the turkeys head often its
shoulders gifts the turkey, which is fair
for all. Yves wishes to announce that
if he ketches ennybuddy using a shot
gun on that turkey instid of rifle he'll
have 'em a rested for obtaining a tur-
key under false pertenses, so you'd bet
ter be keerfuL Come one, come all to the
turkey shoot-no matter if you cant
shoot straight or not-perhaps you
might hit the turkey by axident.
In addishion to the turkey shoot there
will be grand ball give by the soshial
set of Bingville at the Town Hall
Thursday evg which will be one of the
most ospishest occashions in the soshial
life of Bingville so fur this season. Miss
Amelia Tucker, our raining society
queen, has been taking a active part in
the arrangements.
Amelia and Ike Snodgrass of the Co.
seat, who has been paying some atten-
shions to Amelia of late, and if roomer
has it correckt they are engaged and
liable to be married one of these days,
will lead the grand march. Amelia has
had Miss Phoebe Hilderbrand, our fash
ionable dressmaker, working on a new
dress for her almost night and day for
a week past, which she will wear to the
ball and will no doubt look bootiful
Glenn Perkins, the one-eyed fiddler of
Sorrow Hollow, has been engaged to
furnish nusick for the dance, and Snide
Petersby will call fggers until his voice
gives out, when somebuddy else will re-
Ieve him if necessary.
Appel pie, doughnuts and cider will be
served at the ball to them as desires re-
freshments, and the happy young folks
will probably trip the light fantastick
until as late as 10 or eleven p m. before
they dispense to their various homes
conshious of evg spent turrible
pleasant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

Jest as she closed the oven door to
leave it in for a few minutes longer,
who should come into the back kitchen
door but Anne Hillyer and before she
could holler at him, stamp the snow
often his boots. Mrs. Hillyer opened the
oven door agin, but that cake had fell
flattern a poundcake. The way Ame's
wife talked to him was turrible. Anne
he diddent say a word back, and amt
sinst-neither has his wife, who won't
speak to him. Anne says that as a loryer
he calkilates he has grounds for divorce
and he's thinlin serious of granting
himself one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Personal BTeVytIeS

Miss Mile Henderson, one of our
most estimab1e young ladies, while f1irt-
ing into the P o. tother day to inquire
if there was emmy mail for her, being as
she was expeckting a letter from new
Teller she has down to Snake Bend, had
her foot to slip and set down on the
P. O. steps with :. dull, sickening thud.
Mile was turrible mad and threatened
to bring suit agin Eph Higgins, P. M.
Eph says Mi1lie assent damaged emmy
being as she had on bussle at the time
she fell.
Lem Quigly has ben Fostering Hank
Dewberry to swap knives for a spell
back, and so tother night down to Hen
Weathersby's store Hank he traded with
Lem sight-unseen. The knife Hank got
had both blades broke and the knife
Lem got had also and the handle broke
off, so Hank considers he got the best
OF the bargain after all.
There has been a good cal of COM
plant lately that Hen Weathersby, our
accommodating storekeeper, don't half
keep his store het up these cold nights.
When we spoke about this to Hen he
said he diddent perpose to burn up all
his stove wood for lot of loafers who
diddent buy nothing but plug of to-
hacker or seegar now and then.
Miss Polly Skinner has turrible cold
in her head and her nose is as red as a
beet and looks ridicklus on her Ease, be-
ing as she has rubbed it until it looks
like as if it was painted. The way Polly
ketched her cold is that some rags
which she had stuffed into where
pane of glass was out in her bedroom
fell out one night unbelcnownst to her,
and the draft on Polly was too much
for her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Two Teeth Lost for Bale

Bale Hawkins had the toothake one
night last wk until he was jest about
frantick. 1t was the jumpin toothake
and everytime the tooth would jump so
would Bale When he got to jumpin too
high that he nearly struck his head
against the ceiling he sent for Doc
Livermore and Doc said the tooth would
haft to come out in order to give him
relief.
Well, Doc he clamped big pr of
pinchers onto the tooth which aked.
which was big back one, and laid
back and begin to pull, but the pinchers
slipped often the tooth and broke off
two good teeth for Bale which diddent
AXE a tall right off close up to the
gums which panied Bale so that he
forgot about tother tooth akin and or
dered Doc often the premises.
Doc told Bale it would cost him q
cts. for relieving his toothake, but Bale
said he'd charge Doc Is cents each for
knockin out two good teeth. so the way
matters stands Doc owes Bale quarter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Giving to Be SeIebTated in Bing-
vile Next Thursday by TurrihIe
Big DOings in Our Midst!---
Read the FOIIering Program
and See What You Think of 1t!
LET Us All Put Our Shoulders
to the Wheel & Make 1t a AW-
full SuckSeSS!

Bingville is a going to do herself
proud next Thursday in the selebra-
shion of Thanksgiving which will be
occashion which will linger in the
memry of Our most respecktful resi-
dents as long as they've got emmy mem
ries left, we hope, and it behoofs
everybuddy to take holt and do what
he Cor she as the case may be) can to
make this event one that will go down
in the history of the town as the most
stoopendousest Thanksgiving that has
ever happend in the town.
Let US show our rival town of Hard
scrabble that when it comes to sele-
bratin Thanksgivin they'll haft to come
to us for pinters instid of US havin to
go to them as we had to last yr. when
Hardscrabble kind of beat US out on
their Thanksgivin se1ebrashion.
During Thanksgivin most of the biz
ness places in Bingville will be closed all
day OF course. Hen Weathersby's store
will be open a few hours in the mornin
so as to permit them who is planning to
have Thanksgivin dinners a opportunity
to purchase cranberries & celery & SIGH
like to help make the dinner a success,
but Hen says hes going to shut up the
store tightern a bung at 10 a. m sharp,
and warns all his custummers that if
they don't git what they want afore that
they won't git it til next Thanksgivin
Eph Higgins, Our accommodating ?.
M, has posted notise in the P. 0. to
the efeckt that he will close UP the F.
o. all day Thanksgiving. Some folks
has questioned whether Eph, as a
humble servant of the government, has
a right to do this, but Eph says he's
a going to do it whether he has the
right or not-that the government is at
Washington and he is here, and he'd
like to see 'em stop him closing up the
P. o. Eph says he kept the P. o. open
last Thanksgiving and all he sold dur
ing the day was 2-center stamp and
a postage card, and not only that, but
Brad Hinsley who purchased the q
center stamp, stuck it on a letter and |
then went to the CO. seat and mailed the |
letter there, so as Eph didn't git to can
eel it and lost the 2 cts. Eph was purity |
mad about this, and give Brad a good !
dressin down about it when he seen him |
next time.
Bill Hepburn, our artistic< blacksmith |
will close his blacksmith shop and spend |
at the Co. seat on bus
mess & pleasure. We persoom Bill will |
partake of the flowing bowl freely while
at the Co. seat, and come home in the
evg. under the wether & hilarious.
At l p. m. sharp on Thanksgiving day
a Turkey shoot will be held in Cy Hos
<ins field back of Bingville Yves Wood
ruff is getting up the turkey shoot this
yr. and Yves desires US to give corjial
nvitashion to everybuddy to be pres
-nt. Yves purchased the turkey from
Enos Snodgrass at greatly reduced
price being as the critter has been more
or less sickly and IS tu-riblc poor. Enos
says he was awful glad to git shet of it.
Yves will place the TURKEY in box
with its head sticl,in out 100 yards dis
ant and will charge 10 cts. per shot to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
II Fell

Mrs. Anne Hillyer had turrib1e cal
amitty to happen to her last Satterday
which was a turrible bereavement and
put her out awful. Mrs. Hi1lyer set out
to bake pound cake Well, she mixed
up ali the ingredients necessary but be-
fore she put the cake in the oven she
sent the children out to play so as they
wouldn't make a noise and jar the cake
to make it fall.
Well, after it had been in the oven
for spell Mrs. Hillyer looked and it
was raised up as light as a feather and
most done baking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
PunkinS For SaIel

l have load of COW punkins and
half duzzen pie punkins which I will
sell cheep being as they are more pun
kins than / need and therefore l desire
to close them out before they spile on
my hands. Here is chanst to buv nm
kins at a sacrifice. 1 will sell TIE wboIe
entire batch for s. or less than that =
necessary. See me before YOU law n
your purlz;ns -
JARED SPARKS
Bingville,
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
COURT REFUSES
To STOP SEWAGE
Contamination of Waters Ques-
ton for the Legislators
OYSTER GROWERS BEATEN
Case Was Minot S. Smith Oyster Com
2any Against Westport Fire Dis
triet-Risht of Municipality 10
Discharge Sewage Into River.

Bridgeport question of the
right of municipalities to discharge
sewage into tidal waters OF the State.
where there is possibility Of contain
ination TO oyster beds In such waters.
was involved in a decision handed
down by Judge Marcus Il. Holcemb Of
the Superior Court. The case was
that of the Minot S. Smith oyster
Company against a FIRE district of
Westport. In the action the oyster
company asked that the fire district be
restrained from diseharging sewage,
through new sewer now under con
struction. into the Saugatuck River.
where the oyster company owns about
ten acres of oyster beds. The court
declined to issue the restraining order,
The case was of State interest. it was
pointed out, because it dealt with the
right of municipalities to discharge
sewage into tidal waters. where it is
possible that oyster beds owned by in
dividuals or corporations be thereby
contaminated and the oysters rem
dered unfit for food.
Needs Legislative Act.
The Court held that 'if the policy is
adopted in this State of so prohibiting
such discharge of sewage on the alb
senee of proof of actual damage
caused thereby, it would seem that
such policy should be established by
legislative enactment rather than by
judicial decree The Court further
held As said sewer has not been
used for the discharge Of sewage no
damage has been caused thereby. and
1t was not proven that there was dam
age to said oysters of the plaintiff. or
that said bed had been damaged by
sewage in said river, or that damage
to said oysters would be caused by the
sewage that might be discharged from
said sewer Judge Holcomb also
handed down a decision finding dam
ages Of S4,2S5 for the defendant in the
case of the town of Nor@alk against
Kate Podmore and others. The action
had TO do with the taking of property
in connection with the building of the
Washington street bridge in that
town.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
The EMPORIUM :
o. 35 ELM STREET
o P11tnam's Great Cash Store
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 0@0@S
A Study In Still Life.

A pair of large, travel.worn bro
gans. with feet inside. reposed on a
chair which stood in the open en-
trance to one of the senate galleries
during the ,drowsy afternoon hours of
Senator Shoots three-day speech on
the metal tariff a fortnight or so ago.
1t was a perfect study in still life and
visible from certain precincts of the
senate floor One of the punctilious
senators on the Republican side view
ed the spectacle for a time and then
summoned one of the young men of
the corps of floor officials.
Those feet probably belong to one
of the doorkeepers." he said Better
tell him to remove them from the
chair, but do it as politely as you
can, as he may be one of our old sol
der employees There is no need to
hurt the feelings of the old chap"
Here is the. note which page
handed to the offending doorkeeper a
few moments later-after first waking
him up
"Doorkeeper of the Blank Gallery:
Dear Sir--If you are sleepy We will
send up a bed; IL you are sick we will
send you home. Please shift your
feet so the senators can get air.
Washington Star.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Chinese Women Want Ballot.

Miss Margaret Chung, a young Chi
nese woman, is at the head of the
movement which proposes to form an
organization of American women for
the purpose of assisting and encourag-
ing the women of China in making the
best use OF their newly acquired right
to the ballot. She is the secretary Of
the Woman's Auxiliary Of the Chinese
American League of Justice at Los
Angeles, Cal, and a member of the
Chinese Protective association and of
the Chinese Womens Reform club.
Without the assistance Of their
Caucasian sisters the Chinese women
may never reap the full benefit of the
franchise" Miss Chung declared when
talking about the proposed organiza-
ton. When the new republic OF
China granted the franchise 10 women
it was the most significant step that
could have been taken in the interest
of progress Only a Chinese woman
can fully understand what is meant by
giving Chinese girls an equal chance
with the boys. 1t heralds the dawn OF
a golden epoch, more than even the
men OF China realize. More and bet
ter missionary work can be done for
China by instructing and encouraging
the women in the use OF the ballot
than in any other way"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13

James Mcclure, who lives in Man
chester. called upon Selectman Rog-
ers and exhibited fifteen chickens,
which had been killed by dogs. Under
the law a man losing chickens can re-
cover from the town and the town can
hook to the owner of the dog for their
return. It appears that one of the
rights given dog, when its owner
paws a dog tax, is to 60 out and Kill
chickens. and, if the dog gets away
without being detected, the town has
to settle.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13

New Haven.-The demand of con-
ductors and trainmen on the New
Haven road for increased wages is
formulated in accord with similar
demand which is to be made from So
other roads along lines of the demand
of the engineers which has recently
been arbitrated. Locomotive firemen
have already made their request for
wage betterment, and following that
of the conductors and trainmen. will
come the request of various other or
CARNATIONS, including the clerks, num-
bering 1000. The clerks base their
request upon the present $3.50 day
minimum. and want this raised to
1925 The telegraphers and the shop
men also will act.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13

Willimantic-Abou twenty of the
Poles and Russians who have lost
their jobs at the plant of the Ameri-
can Thread Company in this city, and
who wanted the others to go on a
strike because of that, left town for
Easthampton, Mass. where they were
assured they would be given jobs.
Most of the men are married and will
move their families there just as soon
as they can find rents.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Road Officials Meet.

Bridgeport.-With President W. s.
Games, director of public works Of
New Haven, in the chair, the quarter
~ meeting of the Association of Con-
necticut Road officials opened in the
council chamber of the City Hall.
About thirty-fve of the best-known
road builders of the State were pres
ent and took part in the general dis
cussion of road building. Several re-
ports were read in the routine bust
ness that came up
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Medical Reserve Corps.

Dr George Newton Bell and Dr..
Frederick B Willard of this city have
been appointed first lieutenants IN the
Medical Reserve Corps, C. N. G. Upon
the recommendation of Lieut.. Paul
waterman of the Medical Corps, Prt
vate Joseph Rudy of the Hosp1ta!
cca-n. has been appointed sergeant
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
governor Approves ReouIsition.

Hartford. - Governor Baldwin ap-
proved the requisition of the executive
committee of the Soldiers Hospital
board on the comptroller for s9.743.07
for the care of sick and wounded sol
diers of the Spanish war for the quar-
ter ending September 30.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Foxes Not Extinct.

KilIingly-That foxes are by no
means extinct in this section of the
State is evident from the fact that
Doc oatley, a well-known hunter. shot
his seventy-frst fox this season He
says that his income from the hides
and bounty amounts TO 5000.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13

patrick Hogan. aged p. is confined to
his home at Harrington with five stab
wounds as the result of fight with
two Hungariars, Hogan with COM
panion tried to enter a Hungarian
dance hall and fight ensued, during
which Hogan was stabbed in the alb
domen leg. face and twice in the
head.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Ann.her Railroad Wreck.

Henry johnson. aged 70. of Prov1-
denee. R. L, an employee of the New
york New Haven and Hartford rail-
road was struck and fatally injured
in the yards of the road at Putnam
one arm was cut of and three ribs
fractured and internal injuries infict-
ell
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
To Examine Prisoner.

Hartford. - Governor Baldwin has
appointed Dr. John J. Buell., OF Itch
field. to examine George briggs, a
prisoner in the Litchfeld County jail.
as TO his sanity.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
10 Save Mattlna.

To save your mating, make cover
Of outing flannel to slip over your
broom when sweeping. This will be
found to take up the dust easily and
saves the mating much wear.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Good Roads Delegates.

Hartford - Governor Baldwin APP
pointed J. Henry Roraback, OF Canaan,
and Lyman Caplin, OF Bridgeport, del
egates to the National Federation Of
Good Roads, to be held I'm Washing
ton, d. c., March 6 and Z.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Natural Presumptlon.

Chaufeur-@Didnt you hear me
blowing my horn?" yictim-"Yes;
but / thought perhaps you were a
candidate for the presidency"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Use Today.

Seize the present day, giving no
credit to the succeeding ones.--Hor-
ace.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Tobacco Sorting Begins

1t is expected that beginning mex.
week all the tobacco sorting anu
packing warehouse at WINDSOR WIN
open TO handle the crops, wmcn are
now being delivered. Many OF 'ne
growers. who sold o out-oftown nrins'
are now delivering their crops and the
growers, who have not finished s'Tip
ping the leaves, are rushing the "orA'
so as TO make early deliveries frac.i,
cally all of the smaller growers soiu
their crops while they were standing
In the fields.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Blessing In Disguise.

Many a man is being saved By the
hard work that he thinks is killing
him.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
Soon.

Money talks, but the world soon
gets a poor opinion Of the man who
lets his money do all the talking.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
News Of the State

Especial Hartford Correspondence
Hartford.-The State is deeper IN
debt than it was a year aga So State
Treasurer Lippitt tells Gov. Baldwin
in his annual report. The report COW
ers the year ending Sept 80. Inc
State debt over cash in hand is s4,SSh-
S56.28, as compared with $34S37, 623.l5
year ago. The report says that Inns
increase in the debt was 1nregone
conclusion year ago and was lore
told in the last annual report. MI.
Lippitt says 81 have paid all the
temporary loans made during TINS and
the previous fiscal years with FUNDS
received from the sale of state bonds
these amounting to 1.450,000. tie
also adds: 81 desire TO emphasize lhs
statement in my last years report
that expenses can be considerable re-
duced without harm to the STATE
There seems to be sentiment thAI
the state is wealthy and can have any
thing it wants. This impression shooio
be changed. The state can have what
is necessary and nothing more
Receipts From All Sources.
In his report Mr. Lippitt showed re
ceipts from all sources were SII,z. =
07s.23; the payments $S,1o5, l50.Z';
and the balance on hand Sept 81 was
s2,424, 201.8o. The treasurer says
there is a deficiency of $1,000 SS3Z.54'
The funded debt is $7,064,1O0 and the
bonded debt is sS,O64,OoO. The state
debt is s4,SS7,S562S. an increase 81
more than $1,000. 600 in year. ne
state holds s1,735.00o in trust fuhAS'
a significant feature of the report .
che recommendation of the Treasures
that a state tax of not less than three
foprths of mill be levied. he thlhhs
it absolutely necessary ths& inns
should be done, as he points ont tha'
the state finances have been CROWNS
steadily worse during the past I'VE
years He thinks something should DC
done to raise money TO take care u
state bonds as they become que az
there is no provision for SINKING
fund and no surplus at the end Oh an!
year. The treasurer is of the opinion
that no more bonds should De lssueu
OF the school fund he says It IS III
good condition and source OF iheon0
70 the state.