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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
Philadelphia Has Records For
122 Years.
Family Diary Shows Temperature
Kept by Each Generation, Along
With Daily Chronicle of
Other Events.

hiladelphia-One hundred and
twenty-five years of weather records,
kept by three generations of the same
family, side by side with comments on
men and things long ago passed from
memory, form the interesting contents
of large library of diaries, the prop
erty of Jacob R. Elfreth.
True to the tradition of his Quaker
forbears, this. seventy-year -old chro-
nologist of the weather since 1870 has
written in black and white the story
of the mercury's vagaries as he OBJ
served them, and his records stand
against the hazy contentious OF any
oldest inhabitant'' who may venture
fictitious tales Of how cold it used to
be.
The story of the curious diaries
which make up this interesting wealth
er history is bound up with the growth
of Philadelphia. From 1888 to 1850
Caleb Pierce, native of Chester
county. kept the first records. He was
the maternal grandfather of Mr.. FL
freth. His diaries were not so COM
plete as those of his son and grandson,
but their interest and worth are en-
HANGED by antiquity
Most of these writings were done at
his home, Seventh and Arch streets,
where he lived while the Quaker town
was booming into her early twenties.
He kept a hardware store in Market
street above Second. but before he
plodded along the cobble stones of a
cold winters morning to open up the
little shop he recorded the tempera-
ture.
Long before he gave up the writing
of his diary Jacob r. Elfreth, ST., took
up the work in 1872. Sixty-eight vol
umes of nearly uniform size, painsta-
kingly relating the happenings OF
those often troublous times, are now
in the possession of the aged son.
To j. r. Elfreth Jr. the task of keep
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
SCARED cow KILLS WOMAN
Freight Train Frightens Animal 40
Pioneer Resident Of Redwood,
CAL, Is Passing.

Redwood City, Cal.-The mad plunge
of COW, which was excited by q
freight train, has resulted in the death
Of Mrs August Grimenstein, pioneer
of this place.
Mrs. Grimenstein was walkiag
through a pasture as the train passed,
when the cow flashed past her and its
stake. which it had pulled up. caught
In her dress. Mrs. G-imenstein was
thrown to the ground and conclusion
Of the brain resulted.
Mrs. Grimenstein was IS years old
and had lived in Redwood for the last
twenty years. She Ia survived by sir
children
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
| THE
ELECTRICAL
WORLD
NEW SWITCH is AUTOMATIC
Device for Controlling Electric Cur
rents Made Movable by Hand
in One Direction.

In describing an automatic electric
switch designed by John L. Polk of
Menands, N. Y, the Scientific Amer
lean says:
This automatic switch is for use in
controlling electric currents, the
switch in one of its movements being
automatic, and also sluggish in its ac-
ton. More particularly stated
switch is provided having lever NOV
able by hand in one direction and
movable in the opposite direction by
the action of spring and against the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
COLONY TO AID cITY's POOR

Two thousand acres near Kutman,
Ind, will be devoted to the Warren
Springer colonization scheme for poor
Chicago families with many children,
according to the statement Of Mrs.
Margaret Springer, widow of the mil
lionaire real estate man.
The colony viii be laid out as Oscar
Lowell Triggs, formerly of the Univer-
sity of Chicago and now member of
Katherine Tingley's Theosophist col
ony at Point Iona, Cal, devised with
Mr.. Springer years ago.
I'm the city family of ten children
are liabilities, in the country they are
assets said Mrs. Springer, leaning
back in her chair with Russian furs
draped over her left shoulder.
Daddy Springer's idea was to boost
the poor who lead such miserable
lives in the congested parts of the city,
not to lay down the law to them as
to how they must act.
II mentioned Oscar Lowell Triggs
because it was his idea in the first
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
Our Trade With England

ments, $1,75O,000; British Guiana, ST.
100000; British Honduras, 81, 750, 900.
and Alden and Bermuda, each about ST.
100000.
To Gibraltar the total was about
100000; to Malta. Coca, etc., about
100000, and to British China, the
Falkland islands and miscellaneous
other British possessions as whole.
about 100000.
Raw cotton. meats and breadstuffs
form the bulk of the exports from the
United States to the United Kingdom
though certain manufactures, such as
agricultural implements. leather and
machinery. are important articles in
the yearly sales to that country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
United States Has Sold Twice az
Much to Great Britain az Ameri-
cans Bought.

Neutrality-suspicious. than billion
dollars worth of merchandise passed
between the United States and British
territory in the ten months ending
with October, for which statistics have
been compiled. The bureau of Stats
tics of the department of commerce
and labor reports that exports from
the United States to British territory
in the period named, aggregated
$3.50. 100000 and imports therefrom
1888, 900, thus indicating that for
every dollars worth of merchandise
imported from the territory in ques-
ton two dollars worth OF American
products are exported thereto.
To the United Kingdom, the largest
British market for American products,
our ten months export increased to
$419, 900, 900 in 1911: those to Canada,
from 1901, 100000 in 1910 to SEAS, 000,-
900 In 1911. Australia and New Zea-
land rank third, with ten-months' to-
tai OF $4,000, 900. TO British Africa
the ten months exports increased
from $12.OO0.000 In 1910 to SIS, 00O, 900
In 1911; those to the British West In
dies from $9.000,000 in 1910 to &c.,
600. 900 in 1911, and those to India, 81
750, 900 in 1906 to $500, 900 in 1910
and $4,000, 900 In 1911.
The remaining British communities,
which show in each case total In ex-
cess of $1,000. 900 In the ten months.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
HEAD OF A BIG PosToFFIcE

Simply because Mrs Gustave A.
Root-no relation to the senior sena-
tor from New York postmaster of
the mining town of futile, COL, re-
Gently took 1t upon herself to order
a couple of men from her Office at the
point of a six-shooter one must not
infer that she is the only woman post.
master (not postmistress) in the coun-
ty futile is a fourth-class office.
There are SO women postmasters at
first and second class Offices, and near
ly 200 Of all classes, many of them Of
long terms, extending over two or
more administrations.
The highest paid woman postmaster
is Miss Alice NJ Robertson at Musgo-
kee, Okla. Miss Robertson has had q
rather notable career and is known to
every postmaster who has attended
any OF the conventions OF presidential
postmasters during the past few years.
Miss Robertson is native of Okla
homa and is now in her fifty-seventh
year. Her parents were missionaries
among the Indians Of indian ferritor
missions. Miss Robertson has seen
since. She served as clerk In the
there she went as q teacher to the Car
appointed disbursing agent for the CT
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
t4oboes ssarve in Prison.

Metuchen, N. J.-Three men who
dropped off freight train here and
asked for place to sleep were hauled
out of the town lookup a few days
later In o state of collapse from cold
and starvation.
They had been completely forgot
ten after having been lodged In the
jail. in an out-of-the-way part OF the
village. Groans heard by passerby
led to an investigation. After being
thawed out and cared for. they took
the first train out OF town.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08

cushioning pressure of dash pot for
the purpose of retarding the move
ment or rendering it sluggish. the idea
being that when the switch lever is
in one of its extreme positions it
closes one electric circuit and few
moments afterward opens that circuit
and automatically closes another. A
plan view is shown herewith COM
plete, the lever occupying its extreme
position to the left and closing one of
the circuits
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
DIRECTOR OF RURAL SCHOOLS

A new division of experts in educa-
tional work will be organized shortly
Dy the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation to look after the needs of the
rural schools of the country. This is
the latest plan of Uncle Sam for the
proper education of the coming gen.
GRAFTON in rural communities. In adj
dition to the 10 or more specialists in
rural education, there will be num-
Der of experts engaged to assist In
the handling of problems relative to
city schools. These will include spec
ialists for trade schools, agricultural
education below the college, educa-
tion in home-making, commercial ed
ucation and for normal schools and
the training of teachers. In the di-
vision there will also be specialists in
city school administration, in school
sanitation and hygiene, and one or
two in secondary education, with a di-
rector Of research.
The plan will include a personal
visit OF representatives of the bureau
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
Novel Electrical Distribution.

between these two wires runs a pair
of wires constituting movable troll
ley from which a motor driven trac-
ton engine will take current by means
of a second trolley, the whole outfit
being moved up the field as the
ground is prepared by the plows, har-
rows or drills.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
Electric L.iaht SIGNALS.

Several tunnels on the Southern Pa
ciflc are equipped with automatic cleo
trio lighting devices. When the train
is within hundred feet of the tunnel
tie fights go on, warning pedestrians
and affording light for the engineer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
Electric Truck-Crane.

to a distance in the warehouse or
yard, the track picks up the load from
the railroad car or wagon, conveys 1t
to It's destination, and sets or piles it
where desired. The short wheelbase
permits the driving of the machine
about warehouse and shop aisles.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08

Among the tasks imposed in recent
years upon that busy servant OF man,
electricity, is the acting as an assist
ant in the operation OF dyeing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
Ml|3I||alIl1TM PToRlHllff
MADERo'S DIFFICULT TASK

Recent revolutionary outbreak In
the Republic of Mexico, has again
brought into the limelight Francisco
Madero, and there is some specula-
ton in certain quarters regarding the
presidents ability to handle the situa-
ton. Madero is the strangest world
figure alive today He is a brave but
not brilliant soldier He is a quiet,
modest gentleman and scholar, too
nearly a dreamer and a doctrinaire in
patriotism for the thought of despotic
rule or undeserved injury to any man
ever to enter his mind. Gold lace
and medals for himself he despies al
most as heartily as he does graft and
selfish greed. There is not a trace Of
the glitter that the Latin-American
temperament loves about the man
now so well beloved, whose pen pic
ture we quote from Hampton's Maya
zine:
The Madero properties in Mexico
are larger than several small Ameri-
can states combined, and the elder
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08


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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08

is O be
anything
other important the He
refinement culture
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08

object is
of the rural school
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exist
5O6OOO public scho
required
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-08
garth ls 10000, 900 Years Old.

Paris.-Prof. John Bosler. after ex-
Aminfng various kinds OF rock, has
decided that the earth In 71O,oe0,000
Fselzz old.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
HEAVY DAMAGES
asked BY sellairs Man For Loss Of
Two Finpers-Suit Fiiod IN
Common Pleas Court

Jacob Martin has filed a n.fition
20 the Belmont county common r.ie,s
court AZ 81 Clairsviilc against ~.
N"N"itv stamping Company. OF RelI-
arr. asking damages IN the sum O.
$4,000 Tor tho loss Of two fingers In
AN Incident which he alleges 10 hav.
neeu due 10 "A defect lu part Of m.
maChirory used ln the plant
IN" plaintr claims that several
months ago hc was employed bv the
defendant COMPANY iu their rellalra
plant on Stamping press 10 al
r's That. while performing his duties
MS hand was caught IN the press. due
tp OBJ defect iu %. machinery. 4rd two
myers wer" severed For The loss ~
these tw" fingers D.. asks d1uagcs
IN IN" sum 81 $500. His petition
was MED Yesterday Iy Attorney n.
w. Schrrfzer. of E,llaiTe.
Th" petition % freu, c1rhin agairqf
Ruth Ewar and others for fhs rr-fl-
i.nn ~ e. small tract ~ land near
M"rrisiown. was also aird with the
clerk. fsstcrdar
Tho $4,000 5ama-. suit ~ Antonio
ianoro - The Belmont Coal Min
ing COMPANY was 90 hav. been heard
On ID" common pleas court hv Judge
lynch Yesterday. bout on request ~
On" rt'urnc's for both side. tho suit
was removed from tho docket. having
been settled out Of court
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
PLANS GIVEN
A SET BACK
HALLOWEEN CIVIC PARADE UP
IN THE AIR
As Result Of Failure Of Beard o. Edv.
cation 20 Meet Last Evenina.
Work on Big Hammer
Starts Today

Halloween celebration plans suffer.
ed something OF a set back las. even
ing when the BOARD o. Education
failed 10 SECURE a quorum The mem
oers OF the Halloween celebration
commission had gone 10 the Board
rooms IN body 10 appeal for a half
holiday In the public schools on Hal
lose en afternoon As will De recalled
NE Tate OF the bis civic parade on
halloWe en- afternoon depends upon
whether the public school children can
turn out. The hoard after eudeavor.
ing IN vain TO secure quorum. al.
Journcd until this evening when an
other ercrt Will be made 10 meet
he mrs. installment OF the large
wooden hammers were delivered yes.
terday morning. Some OF them we're
or the fifteen foot length and others
We're still larger The Hammer com.
mlttee is still taking orders for the
decorating hammers and a very favor.
able sale is reported
Union carpenters will commence
work upon the construction Of the
large wooden hammer 10 be placed on
wheeling Hill. this morning This
hammer. purely an advertising device
TOT the celebration. will be lighted
nightly by 500 incandescent bulbs with
power provided gratis by the Wheel.
Ing Electric company
Hallowe on il now less than two
weeks IN the future and every indicr.
ton points 10 a record breaking crowd
including tens Of thousands OF visitors
who viii help Wheeling 20 burn the
mated hammer OF discomfort.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
Great Onrra TonLnht

The success OF The bohemian
Girl 70 be- presented 90 the Elk Gran
theatre tonight IL attrib-tcd IN part.
to the peculiarly sympathetic and 10.
mantle nature OF the story told
friefiy. the story IL that o. an Aus
trian nobleman's child. who &C. stolen
hv a Gyps~ band fn this band e. har.
bored n Young fugitive nObiemau. rrl
ar she grows up they fall i'm love Tile
Identity 81 the girl b. finally revealed
20 her father by the Jealous Queen of
the 6ypeics. who loves the fugitive
nobleman and hopes thus 20 get r.d
~ her rival. Tho father 90 first zcorn.
the young mans suit. bar later &C.
ccpfs him as hla daughters fancc.
when he learns % bis noble and birth.
Bat The continued popularity os The
bohemian Girl .s really due 10 the
appealing nature OF Hrlfc'e delightful
music which includes hose heart.
stirri0g melodies % Drenmt ] uwelf In
Narhel Halls The Heart VOwod
Down and Then YouU Remember
Ne. ~ ID said that Milton and Sar.
gent Ahorn have mFds fro most pre-.
teutious and lavish production OF This
Grand old opera that hos ever been
attempted Boo fhIa country A large
number oI people are rwu'OyrI !n fha
grand musical ensemble aud eve stage
pictures
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
NEWS BRIEFS

in police court yesterday morning
biddy WEIGH was lined 81 and costs
or J. days on the charge Of drunken.
ness. Peter Fitzs!mmons. charged
with being drunk and disorderly. was
hned - and costs or 80 days c. G..
Harmon received the same fine on the
charge OF drunkenness
The hearing OF Charles Minor.
charged with cutting. which was 20
have been before Squire Hobbs yester.
day. has been Indefinitely postponed.
The September term Of the circuit
court was brought TO close yester.
day. with the adjourned session car
rlec over from last Saturday.
me population OF the county fail
was decreased yesterday when seven
prisoners who received penitentiary
sentences AT the recent term OF the
criminal court. were taken 10 Mounds.
Vile.
Judge Hcrvey handed down an
order In the Circuit court Yesterday
oFerruling the defendants demurrer
IN the case of the United States Saw
ings and Annuity company vs.. J. =.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS
Tor the High school alumni entertain.
ment VIII hold a meeting at noon to-
day 70 further arrangements. The
meeting Will be at the High school
building al 1915 O'Clock.
A general meeting OF the semi
centennial committee OF the board OF
trade Will be held this afternoon at
) O'Clock in the board Of trade rooms.
\ report viii be made BY tho sub-com.
mittee.
A meeting Of parties interested in
the J. T. Erwin bankruptcy case will
DC held this afternoon at , o'clock 10
dispose OF the priority claims. con
sIuer payne NJ OF costs and the decla-
ration OF dividends
"A meeting OF the High School
GIFTS Bible class viii be held today
az noon at the Y. ". &. A. building.
The class viii be- in charge of Miss
Kate Hall. teacher.
The High school teachers meet
ing which vas 70 have been held last
evening. has been postponed until
Monday afternoon AZ $3.50.
Candidates who are trying for the
girls basketball team at the High
school. held practice yesterday after
noon under the captaincy OF Miss Vir.
ginia Schwalb
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
About People
Movements Of individuals TO and
From the City.

z. =. Evans. president o, the Gin
cinnau Cordage x Paper Co. was m
the city "Wednesday. the guest Of W.
r. Wore. who Tor the past twenty
years has been the COmpany's repre-
sentative IN this territory.
Mrs. Frank Thurm OF North Marker
street. is IN at her home.
The Misses Brown OF Woodstale.
nave a. their house guest. Miss Hen
mems. q Utica. y Y,
Charles McCamic of Noundsvllle
and Harry McCamic OF Wellsburg.
were in the city on business Thursday.
Miss Lou Hastings. a teacher I'm the
Gay school, who has been IN III health
Tor some time. ia improving and ex-
poets to resume her duties soon.
Ira D. shaw. OF Pfttsburg. repre-
senting the International Committee
or y. ". &. \. 5. Is spending a few DAYS
organization.
Pat. Anderson. o. Friendly. one OF
me foremost Republicans OF that sec
ton OF the state. IS in town on bust
ness.
After being i'll for several weeks.
MISS Fender, teacher In the Union
school, !s recovering and will be able
20 resume her duties soon.
W q. Chambers, dean OF the edu-
cational department OF the University
OF Pittsburgh will spend today in this
city and will address the teachers
meeting al the high school
Sahuel Lewis OF Columbus. eX-re-
corder or Belmont county. was n bust
ness visitor IL the witty yesterday
Miss Louise Marshall. OF washing
Ton. d. G.. IS the guest OF friends on
tho Island.
Nliss Martha Flanagan OF the South
Side. d. visiting relatives in FairmOnt
IlnnmFrr mrFnn h-
kapp, OF PaTkersburg. Is q business
visitor IN the city.
Mrs. Crane. Of Sommers. y Y. f.
me guest OF Mrs. G. ". Thompson on
tho Island
Joe Holloway and Harold Bloch
have returned from an European tour.
Misses Allie and sarah Goodwin OF
llttshurc. are guests Of relatives on
the South Side
Mrs Wilbur McGregor and daughter
EliZabetn, have returned from visit
20 Mt. Pheasant
Plttsburs. who have been the guests
OF Mr.. AID Mrs. Adam Schaffer. OF
WarvOOd. have returned home.
Mrs George Christleib Of Twentieth
street. Is quite ill OF tonsilitis.
X. &. Dancer was registered at the
Imperial ir New York yesterday.
Frank Ayers was in Pleasant City.
CiAiFs AfsNhN.
Franklin J Connolly is in Clarks-
burg on q business trip.
B L. Callashan is spending a few
days IN Marietta on business.
J. J.. Wiillems has secured a posi-
ton 800 the car shops AZ Wellsville.
Miss Pearl Allen has returned
home from visit with friends I'm
Chester
u. a. Nolte and 4. J. Becker we're
at the Hudson house in Wellsburg
yesterday
Rev. D.. y. Llewellyn IL visitinE
friends boz East Liverpool
Mrs r.. ! Sweeney returned home
last evening. after pleasant visit
with friends and relatives IN Wash
IuEtCu.
Robert Marshall. of Manila. hi.lp.
pine Islands. is the guest % William
= Stifci OF North Main street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
WILSON LAUDS
PRESIDENT TAFT

CHICAGO. oct. 17.-Defeuse OF hon
est trusts and lRudation OF Preside p Z
Ihfts attitude toward industrial COM
blL-ions on capital were the burden
on an address here tonight hy Hunt
ington Wilson. assistant secretary %
STATE Early In bis speech. Nr Wilson
declared that scientific equation OF
combinations 20 pre-erve the economies
20 the nation while DESTROYING fhotr
abuses was now the problem of tho
nation.
TaEing a. his thousc. the Reuubii-
can party ana the trust auestiof Af-
Nllson declared the party has no GUAR
dri win honest c1mhination. FOR econ
1i.N N REDUCTION out * would not per-
mit capital TO pocket those economic
IRE Republican party" he said !r-
ristf that these be- fairly divided with
lhhor IN form Of higher wares aud with
the public In form or lower r-icea
The Republican party policy is a
constructive policy and means a soiiar.
deal FOR al concerned
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18

Ianderlne from am drug store or
toilet counter. and after the first ap-
plcation you VIII say II was the best
investment you ever made. Your hair
viii Immediately take on that life
lusire and luNurianCe Which Is so beau.
ufuL IL viii become wavy and fudy
and have the appearance q abund-
ance. an Incompatible gloss and soft
ness. but what will please you most
will be after Just a few weeks use.
when you Will actually see lot OF fine.
downy hair--new hair-Erowing all
over the scalp ADV.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
MINER INJURED
Crushed While at Work in Mine and
and Arm Had % Be Ampu-
tated

Benny Schlck. employed IN the
Barton mino OF the Youghiougheny
ana Nio Coal company AZ Barton.
was caught between n car and the
wall OF the mine while NJ work yes
terday and had HIS arm crushed 20
such an extent that 10 was found
necessary 70 amputate the member
az the North Wheeling hospital last
night
Tho accident happened shorty be-
fore u was time 20 quit work for 'hc
day. and the man was rushed 70 tha
hospital hcre. with the hope that his
arm could be saved
The operation was performed last
night. and the man is reported .s
resting easily.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
25CENT"D ANDERINE" FOR FALLING
HAIR AND DANDRUFF-- GROWSHAIR
DON'T PAY g fEsIs sos wosIs5Ess

Thin. brittle. coiOrless and scragEy
hair IL mute evidence OF a neglected
scalp. OF dandruh-that awful scurf
There IL nothing so destructive 10
The hair as dandrun IL rubs the hair
ot Its lustre. It's strength and It's very
life. eventually producing a feverish.
ness and itching OF the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
10 shrink. loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast
\ little Danderine tonlght-now-
anytime-wili surely save your hair.
Get a % cent bottle OF Knowlton's