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Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
PUBLIC SALE
Valuable Farm Property.
Thursday, November 7fh. 1912,

The undersigned having bought small farm and
intending to move thereto. will sell the following
personal property on
Thursday, November 9TH. 1912,
at ten O'Clock a. m. at his residence two miles
north Of Harrington, on the FELTON, road
LIVE STOCK
One Bay Mare, IL years old, good worker one Bay
Horse. years old, good worker and driver one
Bay Horse, years old, good worker and driver /;
one Sorrel Colt, l year old. fine prospects one
weanling Colt two good Cows. one recently fresh ;
two Gearlings with Calf, one young Jersey Bull.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Two Horse Wagon / Deering Binder, ] Three
Spring Wagon, One Horee Wagon. one l9 Oliver
Plow. 1 One Horse Plow 3 Cutivators I Drag
Harrow. / Top Buggy. Carriage Harness. Plow
Hanes, Wagon Harness. Shovels, Forks. Hoes and
numerous other articles.
800 baskets Corn stacks Top Fodder 300 punches
of Blade Fodder.
Sewing Machine, Bureau, Table, Chairs. Cooking
Range and sundry other articles.
Note-Ihe stock and implements that ] intend TO
keep are not listed in this notice. This property
will positively be sold to the highest bidder.
Ierms-Cash
J. HASTY PORTER,
J. G. Baker, Auctioneer
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE
Public Sale.

As l have rented my farm. ! will offer at public
sale the following personal property at my home
one mile south of Oakley Station. mile east of
Owens Station. on the road leading from Milford
to Bridgeville. on
tuesday, October 29fh, 1912.
commencing at ten o'clock a. M; nopostponement
on account weather, the following
LIVE STOCK.
One good Milch Cow years old, one fine Heifer,
two fat Hogs. five pair fine Pigs. one pair Regis
tered Durock Jersey Shoats male and female about
125 fine Chickens.
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Grindstone, One Horse Wagon, Tomato Rack.
Buggies, ] good Dearborn, York Carriage,
Oliver Plow. Cultivators, No Drag. / set of
Plow Harness, ] set of Carriage Harness. Forks
Shovels, Hoes and lots Of other things used ON a
farm. No. Hand Grist Mill, stacks of Coarse
Fodder lot of Hay, 200 baskets of Corn.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
/ Cook Stove, Extension Table, ? Cook Tables, 2
sets of Chairs. Rockers, Stands, Graphaphone
and 80 Records good new, Carpets good as
new lot of Dishes, and many other things too nu-
merOus to mention.
Terms Cash-No goods to be removed until terms
are complied with
THOMAS Z. PASSWATERS.
J. B. Dickerson, AuctiOneer.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Public Sale.

viii sell at public sale at my farm one-half mile
east of Oakley Station and one mile south of Shin
gle School House, on road leading from Brdgevile
to Milford, on lEaszis--=
: TuesdaY.E Y.ENOVember 18th, 1922
sale commencing at 10 o'clock a. NJ. but if that
day should be stormy sale next fair day as follows
LIVE STOCK.
One Black Mare y years old one Gelding Mare l4
years old one Horse Colt months old.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
2 sets OF Work Harness. 2 sets Driving Harness. I
set Carriage Harness. l Dearborn Wagon. Car
riage PlOws. 2 Cultivators. Iron Seat Harrow,
and other Useful things used around a farm too
numerous to mention.
200 baskets of Yellow Corn, stacks Long Fodder.
Terms Cash. No goods to be removed until condi
tions are complied with.
CARL SCHNEIDER.
R. ID. Box 81. Bridgeville Del.
J. r. Dickerson. Auctioneer.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
PUBLIC SALE
Valuable Personal Property.

I will sell at my farm located about y mile from
Houston, on road leading from Houston to Farm
ingtOn, on
Wednesday, November 10Th, 1912,
sale commencing promptly at 10 o'clock a. M, but
if that day should be stormy. sale next fair day as
follows;
LIVE STOCK.
One work Horse II years old one driving and work
Horse 10 years old, one pair SOrrel Mules Y years
old fine Cows. Heifer, Fat Hogs, small Pigs,
Brood Sow with pigs, ] Boar, $50 head of Chick
ems of the Plymouth Rock strain
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Self Binder, / Seed Drill, / Moving Machine
Corn Planter, Land Roller Riding Cultivator, Rid
ing Plow new this spring, Sweet Potato Setter,
Sweet Potato Digger, Hay Rake, Weeder. Corn
Harvester, Spraying Machine, Seed Sower. Pea
Vine Cutter. Crosscut Saw, Hand Corn Planter,
GrindstOne, Two Horse Wagon. Dearborn, Buggy,
Runabout, Dayton. Tomato Rack for 100 baskets,
Tomato Rack for S5 baskets. Fodder Rack, 3 hand
Plow. Drag Harrow, Corn Shelter, set heavy Double
Harness, set of Single Harness, / sets of Driving
Harness 4 sets Of Plow Harness, Cider Mill Incu-
bator l20 egg capacity, 2 Breeders, Horse Clipper
Hooks, Corn Knives Post Hole Digger and Car
penter Tools
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
] Home Comfort Range. Columbus Echo Range 2
Air-tight Stoves. Coal Stove Heater z Barrel
Iron Kettles / Barrel Copper Kettle Washing
Machine, storm front; Meat Grinder and Lard
Press, Butter Churn and other goods too numerous
to mention.
10 Stacks of Long Fodder 500 Bushels of Corn, one
Overland Runabout Automobile.
Terms Cash-No goods to be removed until cOndi-
tons Of sale are complied with.
EDWARD DEATRICH, Houston, Del.
J. w. Thomas Auctoneer.
d. f. Sawtele, Clerk.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25

Paint and floor stains at Sl.5O gallon.
Mrs. Potts Sad Irons, special S9c set
y quart B and White Enamel Water
Bucket 80 cents.
II quart B and White Enamel Dish
Basins 80 cents
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25

Astors Pay s3,t50,ooO inheritance Tax
A check for s315O,000 was receive
by State Comptroller Sohmer in Al
bany, N. Y, in payment of the ad.
vanced Inheritance tax on the estate
of the late Colonel John Jacob Astor
who perisbed on the Titanic.
The temporary tax was paid at th.s
time in order to obtain a per cent
rebate allowed by law if the tax j.:
paidewithin six months after the deatt
of the decedent. This rebate is equiva
lent to S155,000 The temporary taS
represents an estate valued at ab0u
75,0O0,00O. although the final tax viii
not be fixed until after the estate has
been appraised.
The payment of the S3,15O.O0O is the
largest inheritance tax paid in a single
estate since the enactment Of the la0
twenty-seven years ago, and is nearly
one-third as large as the entire ia
collected during the fiscal year end
ing Sept. 80.
The preliminary tax on the estaf es
of the other victims of the Titanic dis
aster, including those Of the late Isl
dore Straus and Benjamin Guggen
helm, has not yet been paid. The eX
ecutors have until Oct. Is to make
the payment in order to benefit by the
5 per cent rebate.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25

Boat stops at the Consumers Ice Cos Wharf,
Chester going or coming. Arriving al Chester
IL hours after leaving Phiia.
Telephone No. Keystone Main S7-H on wharf
IN Philadelphia.
Fare to PlzAIAaeASaIAAA, 81 90
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Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Milford and PliIaFTRiglt Line
Does NOT Carry Passengers
Str. GreensbOrOugh.

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w. -s-a.l II. 80.
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Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Public Sale.

Having decided to discontinue farming, ] will sell
at my home two miles west of Greenwood. on the
road leading from Greenwood to Adamsvile. on
Thursday, October 31sf, 1912,Bl
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25

Galvanized Coal Hods large size 25 cents.
Perfection Oil Heaters best made S375.
Stove Boards wood lined" sl.0O l.25. 81 so
others 50c 60c and 7ac
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25

Four Die IN on9 war III view lOi ~
Three Cinnamon and white mar
were instantly killed and three white
men were seriously wounded in .
shooting affray in Chinatown in New
York.
The police reserves from three pre-
cincts were hurried to the scene and
the wounded, all unconscious, were
rushed to hospitals
The affair is supposed to have beer
an outgrowth of a Tong war. Mott
street after the smoke had cleare3
away looked like a battlefield. Those
not so seriously injured were strewr
along the thoroughfare for blocl
One of the more seriously injured
Max Cartman, a blacksmith. was take
to the Governeur hospital, where il
was said he cannot live.
Calls were sent to the Hudson stree
st. Gregory and Governeur hospital
for ambulances and those who were
only slightly wounded were removed
to these institutions. Police reserve 1
came from the Elizabeth and Mulberry
streets station houses and later twenty
men, four members of the On Leonal
Tong, were brought into the station
for questioning.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Bio hh iOlluWh uuAuls
NOVEMBER
Leave Philadelphia

WeIuInInE lIcdIHeT VIII IldNe lTTdueTpTlaI TTOTU
Pier 8, South Wharves First Pier above Chestnut
Street, as follows:-
Leave Philadelphia
Wed 'sday, Nov. 6, 9p.m. Tuesday. Nov.l9, 8 pm
Friday, . 8. II pm. Friday 22,10p pm
Tuesday 12 pm. Tuesday, 26. 3 pm
Friday. 15 pm. Friday, % pm.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25

The undersigned having bought a small farm and
to move thereto will sell the following
personal property on
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
1t is significant of the success of

1t is significant of the success of
the student activity ticket from the
school spirit point of view that addi-
tional bleachers have been put up
to accommodate the basketball
crowds. The gymnasium is taxed to
its utmost capacity. Last year with
the exception of perhaps the Kansas
games there was no trouble in get
ting seats at any time and the seat
ing capacity was not so large as this
year.
While it is true that many went
just to keep from wasting the ticket,
yet in these same persons there is
growing unconsciously an interest in
the team and the game
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS.

Almost every day comes the news
of some leap year proposal of a fair
one to her love
What is wrong with a woman pro-
posing to man? If a woman loves
a man and wishes to marry him she
can do no harm by telling him so.
When a man loves a woman and de-
sireS to marry her he tells her so.
Then why is it not the same prOpo-
sition either way? 1t should not
make any difference who does the
asking.
Where there are such mutual in
terests at stake there is no reason
why the equal rights of women
should not be observed. Surely as
the opportunity comes only every
fourth year no kick should be
registered
Many poor timid fellow who has
been wanting to pop the question will
have chance No doubt many an
old bachelor has grown gray in his
single blessedness just because he
feared to ask her. Then what a re-
lief leap year will be to him. 1t al
ways gives men a rest.
Women need practice in the art
of proposing. They often think that
they could do it better than the men.
Let them prove it.
Leap year is the only trump left
for the old maid. Let her play that
card and lose or win.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
What the Old Grads Sa1Y
Ten Years Ago.

Seventeen cOnvicts escaped from
the Federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth. Kas.
Civil engineers were attempting to
discover the cause for the prolonged
low-water stage of the Missouri Riv-
er
Two hundred University of Wis
consin students were ordered to ap-
pear before the discipline committee
as the result of an investigation of
poker playing.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
THE HIRED GIRL.

Perhaps there has been no sad
der incident in the advance Of our
modern civilization than the passing
OF the hired girl. In order to
make ourselves clear to our readers
of the younger generation and for
the benefit of posterity. We append
the following explanation of this al
most extinct class and suggest that
it should find place in the encyclo-
pedias of the future:
The Hired Girl - ANY one of a
once numerous but now practically
extinct class of feminine domestic
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
servants Her position in the house

servants. Her position in the house
hold was somewhat that of member
pro TEN of the family. She could
make pies, put out a washing, do the
ironing, sweep the floors. make the
beds tend the baby. and ward of
book agents. lightning rod solicitors
and bill collectors. She was frequent.
ly of Irish or German nationality but
never of French and but occasionally
of Swedish. Usually she was the
daughter of less well-to-dO neigh
Dor.
The hired girl began to disappear
when the mistress of the house be-
gan to join card clubs to study
Shakespeare and Browning. In her
place came "hOusemaids'' of the
parlor, chamber, dining room and
hand varieties. In addition it took
cook i'm the kitchen and the family
washing was sent out and, oh yes,
We almost forgot. the nurse-girl. In
this day of specialization whole ar
mics are employed to do the things
the hired girl used to do. When the
mistress forgot the art of managing
the house from the kitchen to the
garret she required specialists.
Now we have "hOusemaids' un-
IONS and servant girl problems"
no end of domestic troubles. No one
ever heard of "hired girls union"
and only death or marriage removed
her from the home
What has become of the hired
girl? She is feeding clothes into
aundry rolls. pasting labels in the
aiming factory. taking tickets at a |
heap theatre or drawing $3.50 per
Is third-rate typist in someOne-or-
'thers office. You can see her
mOng the gum chewers that
hree times a day file in or out of
actOries and shops. Become a SER
ant girl? Never. She wouldn't
stoOp TO such a thing"
Let us hope that some day she
ill come blithely back. Let us hope
hat when the Ninettes. the Gene
ieves and the Beatrices shall have
one we shall see once again in their
laces the katys. the Noras and the
laggieS. Then the curtain will fall
n the servant girl problems and the
dramas and the household
ill resume the even tenor of its
-dN
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
WHEN REPUTATION COUNTS.

The great value of advertising is
commonly thought of as the means
by which individuals and corpora.
tions build up business. This is too
narrow conception. Localities
even states. advertise as effectively
as individuals.
Who has not heard of California S
sun-kissed oranges? Why has ev-
erybody heard of them? Simply be-
cause of advertising. 1t is not that
the California orange is so much bet
ter than any other. 1t has the repu-
tatiOn
If California can make its oranges
known all over the world by merely
choosing an appropriate name and
making this name known. why can
not Missouri do similarly with her
apples. peaches and pears? MissOu-
ri's fruit is as good as that raised in
other states.
What Missouri's fruit needs is
reputation. Reputation brings higher
market value. And all Missouri
must do to get this reputation is to
choose proper names and to adver-
tiSe
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23

College of Agriculture Has Arranged

College of Agriculture Has Arranged
for Five Short Courses i'm State.
The College of Agriculture will
give tive-day short courses to the
farmers in different parts of the
state. The dates of the courses have
not been set. but the lectures and
where they will lecture have been Sc
iected. Z. A. Trowbridge and c. B.
Hutchinson will conduct the course
at Maryville; H. o. Allison and NJ. F.
Miller at Marshall: W. L. Howard
and +. H. Douglass. Savannah: A. J.
Meyer and J. c. Hackleman, Eagle
Vile; j. c. Hackleman and L. o.
Weaver. Blairstown; P. NJ. Brandt
and W H. Chandler, Diamond.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23

Il remember the student who
went to Miss Elizabeth Tiffy, the
charging clerk at the DESK" said
Miss L. E. Adams, who has charge of
the catalogue department of the IL
brary. land asked her to work an al
zebra problem. When she said she
was not sure that she could do it, the
student wanted to know by what
right she held her position. After
some time spent in the stacks Miss
Tiffy came out with the problem
worked"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
Fifty Years Ago.

A large number of the troops en-
listed for six months were being
mustered out.
Former Secretary of War Cameron
was appointed minister to Russia.
There was trouble in Kansas over
the election of a governor.
Indians We're being enlisted by the
COnfederates in Arkansas
The editors of the New Orleans
Picayune were arrested by the Con-
federate government for resisting Sc
cessiOn.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23

Weather is the one topic of CONVEX
satiOn that never grows old. Moder
science, despite its wonderful pro
gress in other lines. has been unabl
to control the weather in the least
1t is true that the weather bureau
has done much in aiding us to tel
for few hours in advance what tn,
weather is likely to be, but it is no
infallible. 1t is almost instinctiv,
for us 10 scan the sky each mornin,
when we get up. Every farmel
takes long look at the sky. If il
looks favorable he will cut down hi.
hay. If it doesn't he won't. In fact
his days activities are almost entire
ly governed by the state of the
clouds in the morning.
Just at present everyone is won.
dering and talking about the cold
weather that We are having and
wondering how long it will last. No
one is particularly enjoying it except
the coal merchant and even he is be-
ginning to wear a hunted look and
swear softly when the telephone bell
rings. He is like the small boy who
gets into the jam closet. He has had
almost enough.
Every one wants to know why We
are having the cold and how long it
is going to last. Between telephone
calls. George Reeder, the United
States weather man., was able to
tell the following:
THE cold weather will continue in
all probability for thirty or forty
days. You see, it is like this: Ma
ture is merely balancing her books.
This summer, as you remember, was
hot. Now it is cold. Nature works
on the law of averages. The aver
age temperature of Columbia for the
past sixteen years has been 54.4 de-
grees. This is almost a constant fac
tor. 1t will not vary from this more
than a degree or two for years at a
time. The same is true for any sec
ton of the country. 1t is the ten
dency to have a constant average
Now. as | have told you, we had
an unusually hot summer. From
January l, 1911, to January 1, 1912,
we had S14 degrees of excess heat. |
Dividing this by 365, the mum ber of
lays in the year. We get an average |
,f 2.3 degrees of extra heat a day. |
Nature must get her books balanced |
n some way and this is the reason |
hat we are having the cold weather. :,
columbia is protected by mountain
'anges and lies far from any large
,Ody of water. Its climate is one of
Xtremes of heat and cold, moisture
md drought. 1t is not usually so cold
IS it has been the past month for so
Ong period. January has broken
ii records here for continued cold.
he seventeenth day of the month
ias the first day the temperature
'as above the freezing point. So far
re have had six days that the tenn
erature has been below zero The
ecords for January since 1892 are
S follows: 1892 five days below
erO; 1898, three days; 1894, three
avs; 1895. five days; 1897. six ,
ays; 1899, five days; 1904. five 9.
avs; 1905, six days; 1909, six
avs. During one period of the
lOnth so far the temperature re-
lained below zero for thirty consec-
tive hours
Here the telephone bell rang and
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23

81 remember" said DR.. John
Pickard, professor of archaeology,
when a man in this University
swan the HellespOnt. from the an
cient city of AbydOs to SestOs, a
swim which Leander, according to
the old myth. took nightly to visit his
lady. Hero. The distance is not
SO great. but the current is rather
strong and the feat is considered
something of swim aside from it's
romantic value"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
Speaking of the Weather

Mr.. Reeder fastened to answer. He
came back smiling.
''The hardest job l have is to fore.
cast for the women. They call me
up in the morning and ask what the
weather will be at 4 o'clock. If it is
going to rain. they want to know it
so they can wear a different kind of
dress. Sometimes l get in bad, but
as you know the weather man is
blamed for lot of things he can't
help
Yes" he said in answer to a
question as to the methods of fore
casting, I'VE are making some pro-
gress. The science of metearlOgy is
very deep one that requires years
to learn much about. Most of our
conclusions are founded on the law
of averages. From vast amount of
statistics, covering many years of OBJ
cervatiOn, We are enabled to tell to
certain degree. why the weather is
and what it is. We have a whole lot
to learn about Natures bookkeeping
yet, but we are making progress"
What about the bone
prOphets?"
"Why, there is nothing to them
That stuff is all tommy-rot. There
has been so much about that already
that l don't think it will be news to
repeat it. However, you might say
that it will be wise idea to see to
your coal bin, for the cold weather |
is not over yet by any means. l am
not saying this as an absolute proph-
ecy, but merely from a close Obser-
vatiOn of the law of averages. Ma
ture has a lot of excess heat to bal
ance up yet and this IS her time for
doing it,
But science probably never will
convince the "goose-bOne prognosti-
Gator" that there is nothing in such
signs as the tameness of quail, the
of corn husks, the thick
apple peel. the plentifulness of nuts,
The thick furry coats of animals.
Of course most of the signs are the
most potent in the fall. For instance,
f the goose has hard Osseous tis-
sue at the tip of his breast bone,
where it is ordinarily gristle. it is ta-
Ken as sure sign of a hard winter
# the quails make friends with the
armer's chickens and come into the
the rustic weather fore
'aster takes this to mean that they
Ire looking for a nice warm home for
old days that are to come. If the
Orn husks and apple peelings are of
more than ordinary thickness, the
winter is surely going to be a hard
ne. A good crop of nuts and unu-
ual activity of the squirrels in lay
ng them up is taken to mean that
IAN should be following the example
nd filling his coal bin and cellar
18th good black coal and food. The
roomatiks" of the oldest in
are an infalliable sign that
is brewing in the weather i
ne. Some peoples hair is a good
arometer. A few days before a rain
will become curly. On dry days
hen there is no rain in sight for
hours it will remain dry
nd crisp.
And so the list goes for nearly ev-
rybOdy, the city man and the farmer =
like, likes to fancy that he has lin
de information" on the weather.
f. b. T.
Gall SS ha
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
Twenty Years Ago.

TWP"y HFafS Ago.
MOberly and Sedalia were bidding
for the University.
The New York Herald said that
the college curriculum of England
consisted of Latin, baseball, Greek,
boxing, intregal calculus, rowing,
moral philosophy, draw poker and
cigarette culture.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23

Il remember" said E. T. Rollins.
that on the evening the old Univer-
sity burned l was sitting in the same
place where l sat exactly three years
before at the bedside of my father
when he died. 1t was three years to
the day and almost to the minute
when looked out and saw that the
building was on fire.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
SiXty.fiye Years AGO.

James S. Rollins was the head of
legislative committee that visited
the University.
The CuratOrs borrowed $4,000 on
the 100000 acres of land given the
University by the government.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23
81 Remember" /"

81 remember my Christmas dinner
of wild turkey and venisOn prepared
as only GascOnade County Missouri
ians know how to prepare these rar-
ities," said Walter W. Wobus, as
sistant in dairy husbandry in the
College of Agriculture.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-23

Call 55 for the business office Of
the University Missourian.