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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
.HE human race Is brave.

"HE human race Is brave.
 The fact is proved by the other X fact that 1t continues to live. De- casionally tired. sick-hearted member of the race throws up his hands and sur renders, but he is the exception.
 Humanity is brave.
 Daily do men and women face dangers that might daunt the intrepid gods Think you because they go about with smiling faces they face no foes?
 Here Is strong soul fighting to keep in subjection his lower nature. He fights a deadly duel every day. He is brave man, as brave as ever couched lance in rest against foe.
 And here is one who fights the wild beasts in the arena of business competi- tion and keeps the whiteness of his soul And here Is one who struggles with the tliorn in his flesh and smiles.
 Humanity is brave.
 This woman faces poverty and linlta- ttons. And this one undergoes pain or strain upon her sympathy An arch angel might we'll shudder to undertake the whole gamut of suffering that comes with everyday wifehood and motherhood And there is no shrinking, no shirking of cuty.
 Humanity Is brave.
 Womanhood suffers and dies and gives 10 sign. Womanhood lives and smiles in the front of fate.
 Humanity Is brave.
 In this arduous life of ours the real men and women of the race sleep each night as the soldier sleeps-on the battle field. And reveille wakes each martial mortal to daily battle-some to fight the good fight with willing hands and some with brains and some with hearts.
 Humanity Is brave.
 Look about you. See the baftleneld 6ome are fighting with broken swords. Yes; humanity is brave.
 But 1t needs daily to repeat the pray CT of Robert Louis Stevenson:
 The day returns and brings us the round of irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play the man; help us to per- form them with laughter and kind faces. Let eheerfulness abound with industry. Give us to so blithely on our business all this day, bring us to our resting p.ace weary and content and undishon- ored and grant us in the end the spirit of sleep. Amen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

rested in Chicago for passing a worthless sso check on a saloon keeper. According to Schroeder, the last eight years of his life may be put into the following equa- ton. He lost in the eight years:
 Half a million dollars in cash.
 His position in big business
 His reputation.
 His friends.
 His health.
 On the other side of this equation he got during the eight years:
 Ten drinks of whisky a day.
 What is the answer? Ten drinks of whisky per day cost, say, s365 year; in eight years s2s2o Or suppose the drinks cost as much as 15 cents. That would aggregate $43s0.
 Now, 1t is easily seen that the terms of the equation are startlingly unequal How could Schroeder lose a half million dollars, his business, his reputation and friends and health on an expenditure of only S43S0?
 He tells how.
 He says, You can't whip whisky and carry it around inside of you"
 In other words, if you would correctly figure the problem you should not esti- mate the money that was paid out, but the whisky that was paid in.
 For eight years Schroeder put an enc my in his mouth that was stealing his brains, and with the stolen brains went money, business. friends. health and rep utation.
 Flight years ago I was in charge of milling business that did million d year. I lost control of myself and of the business. l did not gamble nor joy ride with girls. I just drank whisky"
 Unshaven, disheveed. with sad face and forlorn]y repentent voice. he uttered tfese words in the cell where he ter- minated his journey on the Great White Way.
 It did not pay. Of course not But, like many another traveller to the bar of Judgment, Schroeder must needs take the entire trip to find out.
 The figures are plain. Ten drinks of whisky a day--or less-will cause a man finally to lose everything he holds dear, except the whisky.
 To try to whip whisky by drinking it is like trying to whip the devil by serving as his agent.
 William Lawrence, New York book keeper. wanted to live like the rich spend ere do. Lacking the funds. he stole $500 by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Society Girl a Poundkeeper

tfUlH th5 St. PHuI FiOHoer Press.
 Acting Health Commissioner of Mil kee Fred W. Luening has announce apointment of Miss Leonore H. = a wealthy woman of the citys elusive social set. as city D the appointment to be an CT for 90 days and subject to the civil service board. however, has received as appointment will be conf no applicants for the pc
 Mss Cawker has labo. years In behalf of unfortunate a. that have come to her attention and consented to take the position, altho It's acceptance means a large personal pense to her. tho salary being only . month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

lNF the medical profession of Ala bama the man who attained to N the greatest distinction during the civil war was pr. Lafayette Guild or Tuscaloosa. He was of a family distin- guished in medicine, his father, Dr. James Guild. being one of the most skillful phy- sicians in the country. His operations in surgery ranked with those of Dr. Vaien- tine Mott of New York.
 pr. LaFayette Guild graduated with the highest degree conferred by the Uni- versity of Alabama, at the age of 2o His mental, social and scholastic equipments were of the highest quality, for at that period, none were more highly favored than he The advantages of a cultured Christian home, the station of which was in the best Southern society, and the stimulus of literary center, were his, to all of which advantages were added his own energy. application and diligence.
 At the period of his graduation from the University of Alabama, the one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

-NYoNE who sees in politics some-
 "A what more than mere party
 gossip or who more clearly dis
 the end and aim of government lh the stupid practices employed by Isessional leaders toward that end,
 not be greatly vexed. I suppose. Ithe recent clowning at Chicago and 7timore. To such a one the brass Isic, the elamor and incidental vulga- r are but the essential accessories E by any means the meat of the mat This indeed is the cheering optimism .ieh if accepted will explain all of I donkeyism that mankind is heir to. Roosevelt perhaps sees in it but an Do of that sounding brass of crude bple that will be merged into spirit anvil chorus presently, with himself 3 chief wielder of the hammer. Pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

ramental rite.
 A bishop gives his blessing with A. thumb and first and second fingers Iy this the thumb represents God the Fla. CT the first finger Is the emblem of God !hr Son, and the second finger stands fc God the Holy Ghost. the three togeth symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
 The wedding ring Is placed upon tn, third finger of the woman's hand to shor that after the Trinity.
 Besides the deaf and dumb there many people, notably of Latin and Sc itic races. who talk with their hands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Here is an equation from bottle: John c. Schroeder of St. Paul was Ar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

In New York tenement where 25 cents for. the gas meter Is problem and rent day Is tragedy a poor woman drew on her meager savings of dimes and pennies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Put the name of Lieutenant Takum Faotumu of Japan high up in the list of keroes
 Do you remember how the world was shocked few months ago by the ap- railing loss of all the lives of the officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

William Lawrence, a New York book keeper. wanted to live like the rich spend ers do.
 Lacking the funds. he stole $500 by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

Somebody blundered. and as result the Omaha fast mail, going nearly mile a minute crashed into the Denver limited at Western Springs, and 13 persons were killed and many wounded.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-01
VOLUME VII

The liquor interests fighting hard to get back
into Galesburg. We informed that the liquor in
terests have opened up office with twelve stenog-
raphers and that their agtators the streets in
numbers. They are conducting nsdious and de-
ceptive campaign. They are deliberately trying to
fool the people with false promises. They say they
will give Gaesburg twelve saloons instead of twenty
eight. They soemn1y vow that those twelve saloons
shall be regulated to the last degree and that all
of the saloons will be conducted on a law-abiding
benefcent plane.
Deliberate and Malicious Deceit.
Now we know there is not word of truth in all
OF their statements and we purpose to expose their
deception. They made the same promises in Indiana
and broke them; the same guarantees in Ohio-and
violated them. Their promises are absolutely, I'm
qualhedy and malciously false, and the voter "who
is deceived thereby is not wise"
The Game Exposed.
We warn the good people of Ga1esburg Mon
mouth and Champaign and other "dry" Cities that
liquor promises in this campaign not made to be
kept; they are made to win The promisers want
to get back into your town and they will deceit
and falsehood to do it. We want the sef-respectng
voter to know in advance that this game has been
worked successfully by them in other states and the
result has been always the same-when they have got
ten back IN. promises have been d1sregarded When
the election is and they have won, they have but
one passon,-to sell as much liquor and make as much
profit as they Promises are forgotten Campaign
pledges fade All of the saloon evils return It may
be at first gradually but surely and certainly they
turn when it is late for the community to save
itself
You cannot put the saloon probation. When it
comes back it to stay for two years. You have
got to stand it. You had best look before you leap.
Be careful about this you would be about bust
ness matter You would be sure of the honesty and
reliability of the from which you bought your
goods Apply the same test here Let inquire how
they have kept their promises elsewhere.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-03-01
MARCH, 1912 NnnRE1
Saloons Trying to Win by False Promises
MARCH 1, 1912
NUMBER 9


They repealed the county option law in Indiana
and put in its place the Proctory-brewery city and
township law, which they said would give Indiana
more dry territory than would the county unit. 1t
would seem that anybody could through that
transparent e but lot of the people fooled and
now they are having to pay the fiddler Under that law
only eight saloons have been closed in the entire state
while forty-six counties that "dry" year ago
are now wet. That is sample of their fasifcations.
They said the model license law would work great re-
FORMS reduce drunkenness, crimes, etc. AS matter
of fact it merely loosened up restrictions already in
existence. 1t threw dust in the eyes of the people and
blinded them to its real effect. Under the guise of
regulation and the smooth pretense of lettering
conditions they have really established system most
beneficial and satisfactory to those interested in max
ing money out of the selling of liquor in Indiana.
Fooled the People of Ohio.
In the last county option campaign in Ohio they
went to the people in Scoto county in which the city
OF Portsmouth is situated and made their campaign for
the restoration of saloons that county on the prom
Use to get rid of blind pigs and the illicit sale of liquor
and give the people some real regulation of saloon
evils Nearly everybody knows what was the
sequel and the majority Of the people of Scoto county
now regret that they accepted the liquor promises.
wave of crime has swept the city Of Portsmouth
1t came Immediately with the opening of the saloons
and has been growing every day. The city be-
came the dumping ground for undesirabes of every
class. Toughs, buns, thugs and thieves who had
gone out with the Saloons came back with them. So
frequent became robberies that the Daily Times says
the regular sautation in that city is Good morning
have you been robbed" The city administration has
been compelled to put more its police force,
and has thrown dragnet the city. The papers
are full OF tales of drunkenness and crime. The Daily
Blade does not hesitate to place the blame where it
belongs and it frankly admits that the whole trouble
is due to the "regulated saloons which the voters
brought back to the city, the kind of saloon that
the liquor interests to bring back to the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
JURORS CHOSEN
FOR MAY TERM
Jury Commission met Here
Saturday
Regular May Term of Court
Will Begin Here on
May 28th.

A meeting of the Jury Commission
of Bayfield, County was held in this
city last Saturday for the purpose of
drawing jurors for the regular May
term of the Circuit Court which will
convene in this city on Tuesday, May
2Sth. The jury commission this year
is composed of Martin Rogan of
Cable, j. A. Pettingill of Iron River
and Henry Wachsmuth, Sr. of Bay
field.
From present indications the May
term will not be very lengthy one.
On the criminal calendar there is only
two cases, being larceny cases against
Peter Stone of Mason and Charles
Buereguard of Barnes settlement.
The civil calendar will be about the
same size as usual. Judge G. N.
Risjord will conduct the court.
The following is list of the jurors
chosen: Nels Finstad, William
Campbell, Drummond; r. E. Buck,
Trippe; Sidney Kelly, Lincoln; Ben
Hilber, August Hedquist, Ole Ulvin
Barnes; l.. P. Anderson, Pratt; Mike
Thoreson, Victor Popelinski, town of
Washburn; Martin Hanson, Otto
Skyberg, Oscar Abrahamson, Lester
Ferguson, Charles Marion, George
Dargie, Iron River; Frank Warblow,
Charles Peterson, James Moran,
Wallace Weir, John Ward, Wilson
Mcdonald, Hughes; Joseph Mef-
bauer, Matt Mackey, Oulu; o. Nor
din, John Westberg, Mason; Peter
Soronen, Gust Soronen, Clover; Frank
Ruhlman, Bell; Edward Finnegan,
James Morris, George F. Morgan,
Nels Larson, Andrew Nelson, city of
WaShburn; S. d. Boutin, Ira Butter
field, Bayfield,.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Pres. V. e. McCaskill of
Superior to Deliver
Address.

The annual exhibit of the public
schools of the city and parents meet
ing will be held at the Walker High
School tomorrow evening. These
meetings are held once year for the
purpose of acquainting parents with
the work being done by their child
rem in the schools and all persons
interested in school work should be
present.
A good program has been prepared
for the evening and will include an
address by President V. E. McCaskill
of the Superior Normal school. Pres.
McCaskill is very entertaining speak
er and his remarks are usually well
received.
The exhibit consists of work done
in the various departments of the
schools during the past year and the
exhibit tomorrow night will be equal
ly as good as any that has been held
in the past.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

THE COUNCIL MEETING
Much Business Transacted
at Monthly Meeting of
City Fathers.

The regular meeting of the city
council was held at the office of City
Clerk Clausen Tuesday evening. A
large amount of business was tran
sacted at the meeting.
A petition signed by forty tax
payers was presented asking that the
street lighting system be extended.
The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on lighting with power to act.
The council appropriated the sum
of $500 for making improvements at
the city cemetary. A building is to
be erected and the roadways are to
be fixed up.
A proposition was made by d. M /.
Maxcy to rent the front office in the
city building at monthly rental OF
$25 per month. Mr.. Maxcy agrees
to furnish man to look after the
fires thereby doing away with janitor
service. The council laid the propo-
sition over until next meeting.
The council approved the recon-
mendation of the school board asking
that $15,5OO be levied for school
purposes.
The sidewalk resolution passed at
the last meeting was re-considered.
Under this resolution which was pre-
sented by Alderman Martinson the
city would be compelled to build all
sidewalks which have heretofore been
condemned before new walks could
be put in. There are many walks
that have been torn up that will not
be built for years and the resolution
would stop any further work.
The council ordered the dog tax to
be enforced again this year.
A new assessment plan was adopt
ted. The plan is to take a measure
'ment of every building in the city
and to figure the value by first getting
the cubic feet and multiplying by q
given rate. This practice is used al
together in Minnesota and has proven
to be the only just way of assessing
property. AS the new plan makes
considerable more work for the city
assessor the council voted to give him
an assistant.
Another meeting of the council
will be held in two weeks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09

Business Men Guarantee
Funds and Team is Now
A Sure Go.

Play Ball Washburn base ball
fans can now rest assured that we
will have good team again this sea-
son for the ball was started rolling
last Friday evening when a special
meeting of the Commercial Club was
held for the purpose of talking over
the situation. A goodly number
was present at the meeting
and good deal of enthusiasm
was manifest. Plans were talked
over for financing the team this sea-
son and committee was appointed
to raise guarantee fund to be used
by the base ball association in case of
emergency, and another fund will be
raised for starting the team going.
In less than five minutes after the
committee was appointed nearly
seventy-fve dollars was subscribed by
club members and the committee ex-
pect to raise the amount to over
500. The base ball management
will also start similar committee at
work soliciting funds and by the end
of the week it is expected that enough
will be raised to insure the team.
There is enough base ball material
in the city to fill all of the places on
the team, excepting the position as
pitcher and catcher and outside men
will have to be engaged for these
places.
Bayfield, and Ashland will also have
teams and the interest in base ball
between the three towns ought to be
lively this summer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Road Committee Meets

A meeting of the Bayfield, Comfy
road committee was held in this city
Tuesday. The road committee is
composed Of Chairman Peter Soronen
of Clover, Charles Hobbs of Iron
River and w. H. Nettleton of Pratt.
The committee audited a number
oil bills for road work and transacted
some other business.
Representatives of the G. I. Case
Harvester company and the Internal
ional Harvester company appeared be-
fore the committee, representing road
traction actions sold by the two con-
Germs, At the last meeting of the
county board the committee was in
structed to hsve demonstration of
the road tractor and to purchase one
if it was deemed satisfactory for road
building purposes. The two COM
panies will have demonstration of
their respective engines in the near
future.
The road committee should go
rather slowly in the purchase of a
traction engine for the county and
should be convinced beyond all
possible doubt that money can be
saved in their use. 1t should be re-
membered by the committee that the
roads to be constructed by the county
will be through rough places and the
demonstrations snould be where the
actual work is to be done. 1t is a
large amonnt of money to waste il
engines do not prove satisfactory
after they are purchased.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Hit by Twilight Limited
Sunday Afternoon
Top of Head Crushed and
Man Died Shortly After
Being Placed on Train

John Anderson, a Scandinavian
workman employed about Benoit was
killed last Sunday afternoon when he
was struck by the Twilight Limited
about mile north of Benoit. The
pilot of the engine struck Anderson
on the top of the head, tearing a big
hole, and he died shortly after being
placed aboard the train.
The train was running at thirty live
mile an hour clip when the engineer
saw what looked to be a bundle of
clothing lying along side the track.
He endeavore3 to stop the train in
the short distance but could not and
the pilot of the engine struck Ander-
son.
1t is supposed that Anderson had
laid down beside the track to sleep.
Coroner Amos M. Hansen of this city
was notified of the accident and the
body was brought to this .city where
it was prepared for burial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Fixing up Place

Nels Westerlund, proprietor Of
the West End Confectionery
store, has had his place liked up
in nice shape recently and now
has one of the incest little stores
in that end of the city. A new
steel ceiling has been put in and
the place has been painted
throughout. A new hardwood
floor has also been laid. This
week Mr.. Westerlund expects to
build a new cement walk in front
of his place which will complete
the improvements. Mr.. Wester-
lund carries a fine line of con-
fectionery, cigars, pipes, tobac-
cos and notions, and this summer
expects to open up an ice cream
parior.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Runkle Case at EauC Claire

District Attorney e. @. Alvord
and Ben Runkle left Tuesday
evening for Eau Claire where the
case Of Ben Runkle who is
charged with criminal libel and
attempted blackmail of the Ed
ward Hines Lumber. company
will be tried. Mr.. Rnnkle is
charged with haying written a
letter to the Lum herman Lloyds
an insurance company of Eau.
Claire, charging The Hines COM
pany with having fred their saw
mill plant in this city for the
purpose of collecting the insur-
ance theron.
Mr.. Runkle says he does not
fear the outcome of the case and
is of the belief that there
will not be much to it. He does
say however that the Hines com
pany have started something
which promises interesting de-
velopments.
Later-It is reported from Eau
Claire this morning that Runkle
was convicted yesterday and
given a fine of 5000 or six months
in Jail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
TO be Started Here by DR..
Ernst of St. Paul
Maxcy Building on Central
Ave. Has Been Purchased
for That Purpose.

An Institution for the treatment of
all chronic diseases is to be started in
this city soon by DR.. j. II. Ernst of
ST. Paul. DIR. Ernst has purchased
the Maxcy building on the corner of
Bayfield, street and Central avenue
and the same will be converted into
Nature Pathic Institution, workmen
now being at work remodeling the
building and getting it in shape. All
of the rooms in the building will be
remodeled and the place will be
painted throughout.
When seen by Times representa-
tive yesterday DR.. Ernst stated that
the work on the building would be
rushed and that he expected to have
the institution open and ready for
business by the early part of June.
Equipment for the institution has al
ready begun to arrive aad will be
installed as soon as the building is
ready. A large baking machine ar
rived the first of the week and other
equipment is expected. The institu-
ton will be for the treatment of all
chronic diseases such as rheumatism,
nervous troubles, dropsy, cancer and
many of the other ailments of man.
Previous to coming to this city DIR.
Ernst was connected with the
Thompson & Izendri1ss Institution at
ST. Paul, one of the largest medical
institutions of the kind in the coun-
try. He has been very successful in
his work and has the utmost conf
dence that he will be able to build
up large business in this city.
If business should warrant the
entire building will be converted into
hospital and other physicians will be
added to the staff. The nature
pathic system is treatment by natural
methods, heat being used for many
cases.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-09
Wants License Back

Charles Brunner. a saloon
keeper of Bay field, is endeavor-
ing through his attorneys Walsh
of this city and Pierrellee of
Ashland to get the order of the
town board of Rayfield revokin g
his license setaside. The action
was tried before Judge Risjord
at Ashland the first of the week,