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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04


news bureau. From the various frag-
mentary reports it has become known
that the czarina, who had come to
Russia with lofty ideals and liberal
western education, is an invalid and q
martyr, alone in the palace OF the
car, misunderstood and tormented
with melancholy and fear.
Now chronicler, intimately famil-
lar with the home life Of the Russian
car, has described wildly the suffer
ings Of the woman who had hoped to
reform the Russian car and the Rus
sian land, and it may be said without
exaggeration, that Alexandra Feodo-
royna II today the unhappiest Of all
queens.
Princess Alice.sof Hesse-D armstadt,
according to the biographer of the
czarina, lived amid ideal and idyllic
surroundings throughout her child
hood The small, good looking prin-
cess, dressed as beautifully as her
dolls. was told that the flowers daily
presented her were SO beautiful and
fragrant for her sake, and that when
she was crying, the little flowers were
also shedding tears. and when she
was laughing, the little flowers were
kind hearted and obedient, and she
did all she could TO refrain from cry
ing, for she recalled that every tear
drop Of hers would cause SO. much
pain to all those who loved her.
But the tears she repressed In her
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04
Tho luahtful wife.

Think III go to the ball game to-
day"
"All right Is there telephone at
the grounds ?"
There's one near there. Why?"
IF the home team loses / want you
to telephone me, SO that / can take
the children and go over to mothers
until you get your temper back
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

Relieves and Rests TeethInn Babies.
Mrs. Burton Gary, Toledo, Ohio,
writes that she has given Kopp's
Baby's Friend to her babies when
teething; finds it gives them rest with
out making them sleep. Invaluable to
mothers. Three sizes, 1Oc, Csc. and
Soc, at druggists or sent direct by
Kopp's Baby's Friend Co., York, Pa.
Go to your nearest druggist for free
sample. Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04
Melancholy Fact.

Man is weak. That Is why he In
vests in q cantaloup when he knows
the chances are ten to one against
him. -Toledo Blade
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

The principal difference between a
cur dog and thoroughbred is that
the cur can pick up his own living
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

When man does get even with
another he is never satisfied until he
gets little more so.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inaamma
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, sc q bottle
Adv
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04
-Gronina.

What Is Miss Hammerah trying to
play on the piano?"
In the Shadow
Il thought she seemed to be hav-
ing some difficulty in finding the right
keys"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04
The LANGUAGE.

I'm going to whip. that child"
mo. you're not! It's my child
Now. beat it,"
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

ROM time to time the
press Of Europe has re-
corded accounts Of the
ailments Of the Russian
empress. The Russian
press, even now that
there is supposed to no
censorship in Russia. ia
forbidden to print any
thing concerning the i'm
Derial family aside from
the official reports dis
tributed by the official
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

Thousands Have Been Helped
BY Common Sense
Suggestions.

Women suffering from any form Of 70
male ills are invited to communists
promptly with woman sprivate CORE
spondence department Of the Lydia e.
Pinkham M edicine Co, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read and
answered by q woman and held In strict
confidence. "A woman can freely talk Of
her private illness to woman; thus has
been established confidential CORE
spondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published .
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent Of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these confden-
tial letters to get out of their possession,
as the hundreds of thousands Of them in
their files will attest.
Out Of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is mora
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04

sands. Surely any
woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to
take advantage Of
this generous offer
Of assistance. Adj
dress Lydia e. Pink
ham Medicine Co.
(conidentiaD Lynn,
Mass
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Mrs. Daisy Stephen.

Mrs. Daisy Merryman Stephen
died at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Merryman, five miles
south of Leon last Wednesday even
ing, after lingering illness of sew
eral weeks.
The deceased was the only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Merryman and her
death is sad blow to them, for she
was an idolized child. She was.
born in Decatur county, November
2, 1897, being IA years, 2 months
and days old. She was married to
Macy Stephen Nov. Sth, last. The
parents have the sympathy of a large
circle of friends in their sad bereave-
ment.
The remains accompanied by her
parents and husband and other rel
atives were taken to MoWeaqua, ILL.,,
Thursday afternoon, the former
home of the Merryman family, where
the funeral was held on Sunday af-
ternoon at the Christian church, in
terment being in the I. o. o. F.. GEM
etery at Moweaqua.
Notwithstanding the terrible storm
and severe cold an unusual number
of friends of the family accompanied
the funeral cortege to the depot at
Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
One on Frank Stewart.

Here is a good one on Frank Stew
artt our Leon undertaken, which
Alex Miller, of the Washington Dem
ocrat got hold of from a travelling
man. And the fun of it is that it is
true, for it actually happened at a
funeral which Mr.. Stewart was con-
Quoting at Alton.
A preacher was preaching a fun
eral sermon and to comfort the
mourners, he painted the glories of
life to come. He told of the golden
streets in the New Jerusalem and
how everything there would be con-
stant delight. He said there was no
sorrow there and there would be no
suffering and nobody would have
any pain, but everybody would be
happy bye and bye. He said, pain
will never be there, sorrow will not
be there, tears will not be shed in
heaven. Nobody will want for any
thing, sin will not be there, death
will not be there, there will be no
undertakers in heaven''-and the
undertaken in charge of the funeral
fell down into the basement of the
house and has not got out yet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
"A Sunday Fire Scare.

Sunday after oon about four
o'clock when the mercury was away
down below zero our citizens were
excited when the big fire whistle
sounded a fire alarm and the word
flew around that the high school
building was on fire. A big crowd
rushed to the school house only to
find that there was no fire, the alarm
having been given when bursted
steam pipe filled the building with
escaping steam which looked like
smoke. Saturday night some of the
pipes in the building froze up and
janitor J. S. Bright was keeping up
good fire Sunday to thaw them out
when weak pipe gave way in the
basement room at the southeast cor
ner of the building and flooded the
room with steam and water. Plumb
ers were secured at once and the
damage was soon repaired and
school opened as usual on Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Harry j. Vogt to Again Engage ir
Business in Leon.

The many friends and old custom
ers of Harry j. Vogt will be more
than pleased to hear the good news
that he has purchased block of the
stock of the Bowsher & Bowsher line
of harness and implement stores,
and will take active charge of the
automobile end of the business, de-
voting a portion of his time to the
implement and harness business.
r Mr.. Vogt has taken great inter-
est in the automobile business of late
and decided after covering large
portion of the states of Kansas, Ne
braska, Michigan and Colorado in
his present line of work, that Deca-
tur county is one of the best fields
for the automobile business in the
country. Harry has never had any
intention of changing his permanent
residence from Leon, but has been
looking up a good location for this
line, and making a, careful and
thorough study Of conditions in this
line especially. He will return to
Leon o~.' +oke charge of the business
on Feb. 1st. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
No Legal Holidays for School
Teachers.

Editor Reporter-Will you kindly
inform us through your paper, for
the benefit of the school teachers
whether there are any legal holidays
for teachers, and settle dispute
A Subscriber.
We could not answer the question
without consulting an authority so
we interviewed county superintend-
ent j. w. Long, who tells us that
under the school laws of Iowa there
are no legal holidays for school
teachers, this matter being left en-
tirely with the school board or sub
director, but it is the custom in most
districts to grant teachers and pupils
vacation on legal holidays, and the
teachers are not docked for the lost
day. This has been the custom in
Leon for many years, but We under
stand that in some of the country
districts where a holiday is given
that the teacher is required to teach
on Saturday to make up for it, Un-
der the law it requires a teacher to
teach twenty school days for each
month.-Editor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
BEN CRAVENs ARRAIGNED.
A Federal Officer Here Subpoenalns
Witnesses to Prove His
Identity.

United States Inspector Curtis OF
Guthrie, Oklahoma, was here Mon
day looking for witnesses to prove
that Chas. Maust, the prisoner held
by the federal authorities at Guthrie,
charged with the murder OF Alvin
Hartman, assistant postmaster at
Bateman, Oklahoma, is Ben Cravens,
the noted outlaw, who was born and
raised in this vicinity. The inspector
had spent day, or two at Corydon
and Clio before coming to Linev1lle,
and it is said had subpoenaed several
witnesses from the county to appear
at the arraignment of Maust in the
federal court, which was set for
Tuesday, January 2.
J. L. Jones, who is in the employ
of the Sullivan Grain company, was
the only witness taken from this i'm
mediate vicinity, and who the others
were we have been unable to learn.
The officer carried with him photo
graphs of the prisoner, front and a
side view picture, which he showed
to the people hereabouts who were
supposed to have been familiar with
Cravens during his younger days
spent in this vicinity, not being
aware that Curtis was federal Of
ficer. 1t is said quite a number un-
hesitatingly pronounced them pic
lures of Ben Craven. The officer
and witnesses left Monday afternoon
on No. 20 for Guthrie, where they
expected to arrive at a. M, Tues
day morning. The officer was heard
to say that if he had previously en-
tertained any doubts as to Maust be-
ing Ben Cravens, they'had been COM
pletely dispelled after coming here.
The regular trial is set for January
II, 1912.-Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Watch Your Reporter Tag.

Last week there were quite few
old patrons of The Reporter who
failed to receive their paper, as on
January 1st we discontinued all pa
pers which were not paid in advance,
and after this all papers will be
stopped at the expiration of the time
they are paid for. Some seem to
think that the paper will not be
stopped until the expiration of a
year, but they have the wrong idea.
A great many whose papers were
stopped last week have come in and
renewed and we hope to have all OF
our subscribers back on our list with
in short time. All subscribers
should examine the date after their
name on the yellow address tag.
That date tells you just when your
paper is paid to, and it will be
stopped on that date unless renewal
is received.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
OLD TIME SHOWS IN THIS STATE.
Back in 1856 and 1857 There Was
Real Snow on the WintFy
Ground.

A Des Moines paper says: Way
back in the days when the memory
of the Oldest inhabitants in Des
Moines can include, Des MOines used
to be showed under four days at
time. The village postmaster, who
carried the mail for the snow bound
residents in his hat, found his deliv-
cry work delayed for week or more
and made no report to Uncle Sam.
The snow of all SHOWS that ever
covered the area of Iowa and envel-
oped Des Moines in it's folds was in
the winter of 1856. 1t began to
snow in the cleaning of the evening
of Dec. / and fell busily for three
days and nights. Then it blew a gale
from the northwest and blizzard
ragged for three days. The lee froze
upon the snow and the merry vii
layers of Des Moines skated, rode
sleds and hunted for deer. That was
fifty-six years ago, but Tacitus Hus-
sey, the pioneer of Des MOines and
statistician, vouches for the facts.
"The worst snow storm Iowa ever
experienced was in 1856 or the win
ter of 1856 and 1857" said Mr..
Hussey yesterday afternoon. The
"reminiscences were recalled by the
zero weather Des Moines is now e1-
periencing and the heavy snow fall.
1T began to snow on Dec. I, and
showed continuously for three days.
Then for three days there was a
blizzard. The streets to the village
were impossible and all business was
suspended. The snow was from
three to five feet deep, but the sleigh
ing was great. There was no mail
for ten days and Des Moines was
forced to enjoy a holiday The men
went hunting for deer, which was
plentiful. The deer would fall
through the ice and were easily
traced by the dogs and caught by
the men, I do not remember OF
winter when there was snow fall
which lasted so long as that one did.
There was another heavy snow fall
during the winter of 1862-63, but
not so heavy as the previous one. A
later heavy snow was in the sos,
but I forget just what year. This
snow is one of the heaviest which
Des Moines has experienced In many
years, but I notice there is not so
much of the old time sleighing as
there has been when there was less
snow ao,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Bite of Dog Breaks Arm.

AS Mrs. A. F. Kemp was crossing
the. street at D. Goldsmith's store
Saturday morning, a large dog fol-
lowing a team JUMPED at her and
bit her right arm, splintering the
small bone at the elbow. DR.. Hol-
lenbeck was called and dressed the
wound which was very painful and
caused considerable worriment for q
time. Wednesday Mrs. Kemp was
reported as resting easier and will
doubtless make a rapid recovery,
but it was a frightful experience
Osceola Sentinel. ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
HOLDEN MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
Gives up Position at Ames to Begin
Canvass for Nomination.

Des Moines, Jan. 4.-Perry G.
Holden of Ames last night made
formal announcement of his candi-
dacy for governor and sent to the
state board of education his resigna-
ton as superintendent of the agri-
cultural extension department of
Iowa State College, which was &C
cepted to take effect upon the ap-
pOintment of his successor.
81 propose to conduct my cam
paign for the nomination on plat
form for a Greater Iowa. BY this /
mean the upbuilding of Iowa agri-
culturally, industrially, commercial
ly, socially, educationally."
The foregoing paragraph, an ex-
tract from the statement addressed
by Mr.. Holden to George c. White, of
Nevada, chairman of the executive
committee of the Greater Iowa"
movement, is, in nutshell, Mr.. Hol-
den's campaign platform.
Mr.. White was one of the leaders
in the meeting of friends of Mr..
Holden at the Savery two weeks ago,
which enthusiastically indorsed Mr..
Holden and urged that he become
active in pursuit of the highest office
within the gift of the people of Iowa.
1t is to this Greater Iowa movement
that Mr.. Holden addresses this state
ment.
No factional lines are considered
by Mr.. Holden. He states that he is
not the candidate of any faction. Il
have worked with every man who
was willing to help build up Iowa
and the Iowa agriculture and Iowa
industries without asking, or know
ing, or caring to know, his political
or factional alliances" Mr.. Holden's
statement reads GAS a candidate
and as governor, if elected, I will
pursue the same policy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
BURGLAR BROKE JAIL
Joseph Howard, One of the Van
-Wert Burglars in the Leon Jail,
ESCAPED Tuesday Evening.

One of the two burglars who were
in the county Jail awaiting trial on
the charge of burglarizing Casters
store at Van Vert, made his escape
Tuesday evening and has not yet
been recaptured. There were but
two prisoners in the Jail, Joseph
Howard and George Carlton, the
men having been in Jail for couple
of weeks, being charged with bur-
glarizing Ray Casters store at Van
Vert. 1t had been the custom of
Sheriff Andrew to allow the prison
ers the run of the corridor in the Jail
during the day, locking them in cells
at night. Tuesday evening supper
was sent in to the prisoners and
when the sheriff went in a short time
later to lock them up he found that
Joseph Howard had made his escape,
but his partner was still in Jail;
Howard had taken a slat from his
bed and broken out thimble in a
flue hole about eight feet from the
floor and punched out the brick on
the outside of the chimney. He tied
a. blanket on the inside of the hole
and let himself down to the ground
with it. Carlton, the other burglar
told sheriff Andrew that he refused
to escape with Howard and that he
had called to the sheriff as quick as
Howard escaped but could make no
one hear him. He said Howard did
not wait to eat his supper but took a
couple of slices of bread and some
meat with him. The escaped bur-
glar is thought to be bad man.
He is about 35 years of age, and
sheriff Andrew has a good picture Of
him. As soon as the escape was dis
covered general alarm was given
over all phone lines and the officers
notified in all the surrounding towns,
and sheriff Andrew has hopes that
he will be picked up within a day or
two, as he will probably have to
walk out of the country on account
of most of the trains being
blOckaded.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Revival Meetings at the Presbyter-
." ian Church.

Several men, not members of any
church, have at different times asked
the pastor to hold series of meet
ings, giving as their reason that they
felt their need of God and they had
heard several others recently express
the same sentiment. This together
with the earnest, prayerful, united
spirit of the congregation led the
pastor to begin series of meetings
on last Sabbath to continue as long
as God, by his spirit, indicates. God
Is evidently in the movement and
great things are expected. There
will be warm church, good gospel
singing, and earnest gospel sermons.
All Of Gods people, irrespective of
church, are invited to come and make
this your own meeting. Converts
win be recommended to the churches
w their choice. Services will begin
IT 1880 p. n. every day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Train Service DemOralized.

Since last Thursday when the high
winds commenced drifting the snow,
train service on both lines of rail-
roads into Leon have been pretty
badly demoralized. The Des Moines
train managed to get down last
Thursday, and then there were no
more trains until Monday when a
train got through to GAINESVILLE but
did not get back to Des Moines that
night. The third train from Des
Moines in a week came down We'd
nesday morning about 10:30 o'clock.
On the Charlton branch there has
been many stuck in the snow, but
they have managed to get about one
train through a day, but hours be-
hind regular schedule. The Mt. Ayr
branch has been tied up since last
Friday until today, five engines and
two snow plows being stuck over
near Kellerton. The railroads have
had more trouble with snow the past
week than for many years, although
there has been no snow falling, but
the high winds have drifted the cuts
full and the snow packed in like ice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Another Old Leon Stage Driver.

Bentonsport, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1912.
4 Editor Reporter:--I read in. re-
cent issue of, The Reporter the name
of Bill Platter as being the only sur
vivor of the boys who drove the
stages in and out of Leon in the six
ties. ] am glad to say that ], am still
living and that ]. was one of the boys
who pulled the lines over the old
Stage teams first trip was from
Leon to Mt Ayr, in January, 1862.
stage stock from DR.. Sales to Mint
Patterson's. Leon was quite baby
town in those days. There were only
three business houses in Leon, Clark
& Winn, G. H. Moore and Seth Rich
ardson. Bill Platter and myself are,
l think, the only ones living who
drove the stage into Leon in 1862.
II there are any others l would like
to hear from them. I drove until
February, 1864, then enlisted in the
Third Iowa Cavalry with E. W..
Curry, John Bowman, Frank Knapp,
John Stewart and several others.
Uncle Billy Gardner was treasurer
and he boxed up the money which
was in the treasury and took us boys
and the box of money to Des Moines.
He put the money in the bank and
turned us boys loose in the streets.
Will say that The Reporter is one of
my family and it is the best member
of the family for it tells more news
than all the rest of the family. We
could not keep house without it..
With best wishes for a Happy New
Year, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
S. M. Campbell.