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The Holt County sentinel., 1912-12-06

Andy TuclItprman. the cont rac,or,
has completed the handsome new resi-.
dence Of George Murray. who il NOV.
Ing ills week. lie has ais, complete
thc iouf.rUOn cottage for Julnathan
Culp, WHO viii move IN next week.
Tie latter l. IN the Highland addi.
ton, and the former Joins this on the
north.
TIE annual meeting Of the share
holders uf the NOdaway Valley Ayri.
cultural Fair Association Of Mai, land
Mo-. will bc held IN the opera house.
Maitland. Mo, Tuesday. December
~, 1872. al = O'Clock y. M. for the
purpose ~ ciectins nine directors to
serve Tor the ensuing year. and trans
aci such other business ~ may prop.
erli come before thc meeting.
Quite an excitement was create cd
last Monday At ) O'Clock by the start.
Ing OF lire Al the IilirN lumber
yard. Some children PLAYING IN the
alley had sci lire 10 some dead grass
and a pile Of tarrcd roofing "a, lhccor.
ner ul the lumber sheds took lire
which caused a big blaze. only a
Few buckets at water were required
In put the lire out and there was no
damage Maitland Herald. Nov. -.
For i!c good things If the year
l"l2 ih" bumper crops. llc excellent
business. and the general upward
trend thc people of Oregon gave
thanks. Thursday last. business was
suspended during the afternoon
Good weather wa> the order. and in
ia" forenoon union services Mere held
~ tie VI. T.. church. the sermon he.
ing delivered 10y Rev. Wcidcmier. of
the Evangelical church Dinner par.
Ties we're quite numerous. and IN the
evening the Craig bfamai It. company
delighted packed huu>c.
\ pleasant letter ioa friend hrr,
from Y. l., Pierce, who spent the he /
part Of his life here IN old Holt .
brings H. the good news that lac AZ q
family are well and prosperous in
their new home IN Sru,t~bluir. Ncb.
u also tells us that Worthy Comm aud
family and lirit Lynch are In the
same liz That his son Claude and
family are now located AT Louisville.
| NcD., where lac il clrrking IN the Z.
| II. Nichols general store. He regret =
ted no, being able to he here Thanks
giving Ia help dcyour some Of the
good things his sisters would douh, .
| - have on that occasion, Judging
the present by the past but a. II was
hc says he Toasted on jackrabbits,
mallards, and iacksnipe, Crops were
never better.
--Georgc GambrelI and George
l.urge, Of lIigelow, were In Oregon,
"Wednesday Of this week, on business.
Mr.. Gambrell has Just returned from
4 two weeks trip IN Central Illinois,
along the Illinois river, where lac
went for the purpos" Of getting a
cont raci for blasting out the stumps
and clearing OIL the right of way
ahead of the big canal that l. being
put through that section of the state,
We are glad TO learn that George sue
coeJed IN landing the cont rac, He
also visited Eeokuk, Iowa. and took
u look AZ the big dam which Is Ming
constructed across the Mississippi AT
thai place says II Is one Of the mos,
>tupal,dous and finest pieces of work
built 10y the hands of man, that he
ever saw. This will be completed
July !. 1913. on which date there will
le a national demonst ration.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

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Name ~ GnaBentlon prUDiSla % ~
Que q thc most % reasful IN tbe he
tiny Of the organization
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

GRAFTON \ dtsiTeusing sweat
hau-.ened aboli 30 O'cIorA this
mornlug ~ ThOmiun. ul'an Iuhn W.
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iraends and family cid not ihiuh he
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liza aaa 4 y Sh0aght thai ~ haa
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hin 70 esnms thls dr1
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wife wrnt 10 tha hArn ~ faT lTum The
hrule TO usIk. q Rsu,oE lnlu -AlI
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tiirhrn 6Oor. Onculrtioos - cover.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

CHICAGO. Nov e.-Cosr. rastIe ~
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steady. bsUoa. tsSSE Il-go: TEXAS
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ts.soas-3s. uiOrhars and G0adeS.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

CHAR. ESTON State a1p9rtu.
teadeui n y shausry Hns RETURNED
from ParhsruburE- uheFa " uiagohld
= mertnE q ne sts,c nnaNi q Eas-
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The Meeting E1a 10 PASS upOa taF
areicaiionu Ter eer,ticAies undrr the
lac prrmIfttnE III hOAla to rsroSntnr
rrcdeuunls fr8n Olbfr StRtrs. There
ucr abosi Il appliratiOns bafuse the
bard. most 81 WhicA we're nlsSed.
NJ. shaukey has issasd OE1lEa con-
erninE ~ Observance q West V'T-
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

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FOR usIr.
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STATE NEWS


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tsy h Dercnbsr -. Al e,zkoFats
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-11-08

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New-York tribune., 1912-12-22
Father Knckerbocker Takes Lead in Banishing from His
Borders the Tiny Dabs Of White Phosphorus Which
Have Not Only Poisoned Many Children but
Through Careless or Ignorant Use Cause
Thousands Of Costly ConAagatons
Yearly IN This Country.

pose of preventing the afterglow. The
other companies. which produce by far
the largest part of the match supply of
the country, use a method of cutting
their splints which makes it necessary
to supplement their machinery in order
to come into the New York market.
1t is estimated that five matches a
day are used in the United States for
each person. Based on this estimate, New
York City uses approximately 100000
matches a day. Another estimate for the
METROPOLITAN district is 500oO,000. Figured
at the lowest price at which matches are
retailed, five cents for box containing
approximately 1000, the latter estimate
means a daily consumption of product
valued at $500 or sl,0oO,0o0 year in
round figures. This the big manufactur-
ers consider too big a thing to lose. New
York City is the chief market in the
country. For this reason 1t has been de-
scribed by an authority as the dumping
place for all kinds of matches, good, bad
and Indifferent, which the manufactures
wishes to dispose of.
II has been declared that there are
more deaths from the swallowing OF the
contents of match heads than are caused
by dynamite, and that the number in the
United States in the course of year Is
AT least a thousand. There are no sta
tistics TO prove or disprove these state
ments, but newspaper clippings pearlhs
three consecutive dates early in Decem-
Der recorded four deaths of children itom
this cause
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22

made chiefly In Sweden. where they are
produced at a cost which, it is asserted
by the match makers Of the United
States, Is far below the cost of produc-
ton of similar matches here.
The old style sulphur card match was a
deliberate and time wasting match. the
prospective light being forecasted by
blue flame. An impatient New Yorker
would swear If he had to use 1t to-day.
1t has been replaced by the parlor match
save In some conservative parts of New
England. such as Maine. The parlor
match is particularly dangerous because
Of It's 'snappy" habits. In order to meet
the demand for safer match, this has
I'm turn been displaced by the so-called
double dipped match. the bulb of which is
made of composition that cannot be
ignited by ordinary friction. On the tip OF
this bulb is placed a small deposit of
phosphorus compound. which can be
lighted by striking II anywhere. just as
could be done with the ordinary parlor
match which preceded it, The name is
obtained from the fact that in Its manu-
facture two dippings are required-once
for the bulb and second time for the
friction tip. II is now directed that the
splints, or sticks, OF these matches shall
be impregnated with solution which
will prevent the aftergOw when the flame
has been extinguished.
The machinery for the making Of
matches has been so highly developed
that. save for the mixing and handling of
the compositions which are placed on the
sticks. their production Is almost auto
matte. The improvements have been SO
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22
.(l~zg1inS tie bark Hr0,rs tie Ayr Tie Szzz2ge0
Zo5s U kze7s pz7ce0 IN the ve>aee~znS 1sa7cAz1ze

great that fewer workers are now re-
quired than thirty years ago, when the
supply was one-sixth as large. Seventy
five persons can now produce as many
pasteboard match boxes as fifteen hum
dred could I'm 1880. Moreover, the selling
price has been reduced from so to 70 per
cent. There is one factory in the United
States with a capacity of lOo,oO,oo
matches day.
It is in the mixing and handling OF the
phosphorous composition for the head
that the chief danger TO health lies. The
workers are liable to 'phossy jaw" After
July l, 1913. 1t is probable that there Will
be no more "phossy jaw in the United
States, for the federal law which is ex-
pected to wipe out the use of yellow or
white PHOSPHORUS will go into effect on
that date. A non-poisonous kind of phos-
phorus. STYLED sesquisulphide of phos-
phorus, will take the place OF the yellow
phosphorus This Is little less sensitive
TO friction, but will serve every purpose.
The wood used in the United States is
chiefly white pine. although North Caro-
lima poplar is employed to some extent.
Aiter peils tnoroushiy uiieu' IL 10 pee''
I'm the most modern factories into strips
OF veneer. This is split up into the sticks.
II is this part OF the process Of match
making which is reported to have made
1t impossible to impregnate the splints in
order to prevent the afterglow. with oat
additional expenditures for new machin-
cry. The older process Of cutting the
wood into blocks and splitting them into
splints, is declared to be more favorable
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22

annually I'm the United States which can
be charged up TO matches as the cause.
The data collected from a number of
insurance companies showed that they
paid losses amounting to 81, ,3903l9 on 1900
match fires between May and November,
1911. time OF the year when fewer
matches are used than in any other. one
large company reported l33 fires, with
property loss of N5.l5 and an Insurance
loss Of $f2, 1j2. in the course Of one month.
From the report of the Massachusetts
State Fire Marshal. covering period OF
five years. the statistics being considered
as particularly reliable, it is learned that
the average annual number of fires to be
credited to matches in that state is 1,099.
this being one-hfth OF all fires. The value
of the property menaced is N9iSl, ,l46 and
the average annual loss $5Sl.54S. OF this
total the careless use OF matches is re-
sponsible for 5l7; the combination OF baby
hands and matches, 32S; rats and matches.
1863. and sparks flying off from matches,
JOG.
There are two kinds of matches-those
which can be struck on any surface and
those which can be ignited only by
striking them upon a prepared surface,
this usually being upon the side OF the
box containing them. The latter are
called safety" matches, because they
are not only made with non-poisonous in
gradients, but also because they cannot
be carelessly lighted. Treading upon
them may be safely done. for the essen
tial phosphorus Is upon the box. not upon
the stick. The safety" matches are
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22

p. Charles OF Santa Paula. young wild
ow, committed suicide by eating the heads
off sulphur matches and swallowing the
compound Her funeral took place from
the chapel Of the Coroner"
Matches are important causes Of IRE
According to the data of the National
Fire Protection Association, matches
cause $685. 900 worth of property destruc-
ton each year in the United States. f.
]. Il. Stewart, superintendent of the bu-
reau Of survey Of the Board of Fire I'm
derwriters, In his report regarding the
cause of the fire which destroyed the
Equitable Building and tied up the Stock
Exchange until the securities could be
taken out Of the ruins, said:
THE timekeeper Of the Cafe Savarin ar
rived at the building about "A. m the
day of the fire and went Immediately TO
his office, small frame inclosure I'm the
receiving room, located in the basement
of No. u Pine street He lighted the gas
in his Office and threw away the match.
At about SIS a. m. another employe dis
covered the fire In the timekeeper's Of
fice The waste paper basket. chair and
desk were burning briskly."
The awful Asch lire, in which 1f shirt
waist workers lost their lives, has also
been credited to match carelessly
thrown away before 1t had been extin-
guished.
Next to gasolene, matches are credited
with being the chief cause OF destruc-
tive fires il has been figured out that
as many as thirty thousand fires occur
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22
DOCUMENTS IN EVIDENCE.

There was included in the evidence pre-
sented to Congress in support or the
Hughes Esch BILL bill intended to pro-
hibit the use of poisonous phosphorus III
matches. a batch of newspaper clippings
describing the deaths Of forty children
under four years of age and the suicides
of eighteen adults from the swai-
lowing of match heads. occurring in 1910
and 1911. They did not include all of the
deaths from this cause which occurred In
the course Of this period
One of the cases was that of a child IN
Racine. Wis. The story was told in these
words:
'Phosphorus poisoning is claimed as the
cause of the death Of Alice Nelson, twen-
ty-one months old. daughter of Mrs. carr
Nelson. No. 1124 11th street, who died be-
fore a physician arrived at the home. Dr'
Haug. who was called to attend the child,
declared on examination of the body that
death was caused by poisoning, and he so
informed Coroner Hoyle, who made an
investigation. 1t was found thatLe'Se child
had last Saturday obtained several
matches. These she chewed and swal-
lowed. the sulphur on the heads of the
matches poisoning her entire system. Ihe
child became iii and vomited frequently.
but the parents did not realize her condI-
ton was serious until late yesterday al
ternoon, when they summoned Dr. Haug.
The child died before the physician ar
rived"
Here is another case, reported in THE
Sioux City Journal" Of November 4, 1911:
Securing box of matches, two-year-
old Viola Junell, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. August Junell. of Lead, S. D., sucked
so much of the phosphorus from the
heads into her system that she died ten
hours later The baby's act was not dis
covered until her agony commenced, and
although everything possible was done by
the physicians summoned. they were un-
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22

to the accomplishment of this end at
less cost. 1t is stated that it was because
of the use of this older method Of making
splints that the independent company be-
hind the movement for the enforcement Of
the New York regulation was in position
to capture the local market II there was
no modification.
The splints are stuck in metal plates
which fit into sort Of endless chain.
Sticking out like so many bristles they
are carried along over block which
heats them to receive the paraffine and
the composition forming the head. II they
are to be dipped a second time they now
pass over another surface which supplies
this. Their journey carries them through
stream of cold air, forced upon them
until they are quite cool Then they are
pushed Off the chain into the pasteboard
boxes in which they are to be delivered t.
those who want them for lighting fires.
the gas or cigar.
New York City, with its new regula-
tion, stands in the forefront in its efforts
to protect the public from the dangers of
the match. An inquiry made few
months ago by Insurance Engineering"
in all the cities of the United States hav-
ing 3. 900 or more inhabitants showed that
there were only six cities having match
| regula Nons, or in which such regulations
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22

or sticks with the chemical solution which
prevents the afterglow. 1t is hardly
necessary TO describe the afterglow of a
match. II is the red glow OF the splint
after you have blown the flame out which
causes you to hold the match until 1t has
been extinguished for fear there will be
fire If you Immediately throw 1t away.
1t is the glow which causes the top OF
the charred splint to fall of upon the
carpet, and gives you an opportunity to
burn your fingers picking it up after you
have found it.
1t appears that there is one company
with a factory I'm the neighborhood OF
New York which has been manufactur-
ing for a considerable period matches
which comply with the requirement re-
garding the use OF phosphorus. Their
machinery is such. that they can readily
supply matches which Will meet the re-
quIrement as TO impregnation for the pur-
New-York tribune., 1912-12-22
,TurnlMS the L05S
into Veneer

several hours. but in vain. In nearly
every case included in the list the child
obtained the matches when no one was
about. Nearly all of the children were
between the ages of eighteen months ana
two years.
1t is not necessary to visit n drug store
i'm order to obtain poison when you wish
to commit suicide I'm that way. You can
get a poison Of real efficacy at the corner
grocery. Order a box. of parlor matches,
soak them in water and quaff the draft.
The deed is done At least that Is the
way a number of persons whose cases
were reported at the hearing last Janu-
ary before the Ways and Means Commit
tee of the House on the Hughes-Esch bill
did it, There was Mrs. Josephine Rott'
of Green Bay, Wis, pour soul, who' on
the verge of insanity. dissolved the phos-
phorus of a number Of matches in water
and drank a cup Of the solution. There
was Frank Abette of Baltimore. who put
the heads Of some matches i'm cup of
coffee at the home OF his sweetheart and
drank IL.
This paragraph from a Los Angeles
paper is brief, but complete: Mrs Maria