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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Scientists say the world is not re-
volving as fast as it used to do, but the
man who has a note coming due in the
bank doesn't believe it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Physicians never prescribe the rest
cure for merchants who do not adver-
tise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

The number of times the will can
be broken by dissatisfied relatives is
In direct proportion to the amount Of
the estate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

A German doctor was fined for call
ing a telephone girl a camel. Camel
must sound terrible in German.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

A suit for $500 damages has been
filed in the Cole county circuit court
against James A. Houchin, wealthy
prison contractor who was one Of
the candidates for the Democratic.
nomination for governor last year
The suit was brought by j. G. Book,
who leased the Madison hotel in 1910
from Houchin for five years with the,
privilege Of renewal for another i've,
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Was there ever a verdict of which
so many persons said: Just exactly
what l expected?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

China is to establish an aviation
school. The new republic Is deter
mined to have all the latest trim
mings of u~p.to-date civilization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

State Bank Commissioner j. r..
Mitchell has chartered new banks, as:
follows: Ryan Banking Company oil
Norwood; Union Savings Bank of Sc
dalia; Farmers Bank Of Rockville
Bates county; Citizens Savings Trust
Company of Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Judge Faris has filed an opinion in
the supreme court involving the title
OF Joseph A. Wright, Progressive, cleo
ton commissioner of st. Louis, to hold
office under the law of 1911. He holds
that Mr.. Wright, being a Progressive,
was not eligible to appointment I'M
der the old law, since he did not rep
resent the minority party Of the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Jefferson City.-The 1872 fire insur-
ance companies cited by the state In
surance department to show cause, by
July l, why they are not transactlng
business in this state or, falling 10
make a satisfactory showing, accept
the alternative of having their licenses
revoked, have filed their returns
through their attorneys, F. H. Leh-
mann and F. N. Judson of st. Louis.
The attorneys for the companies
asked Mr.. Revelle, state superinten-
dent of insurance. if he desired testi-
money to support their contentious,
which are to the effect that they have
violated no laws and cannot do bust
ness under the provisions of the Orr
Insurance law. Mr.. Revelle stated that
he will make an official reply later.
The attorneys then suggested that
as it is altogether, probable the su-
preme court will appoint a commits
sioner to take testimony in the suits
the attorney general has filed against
the same companies within the next.
few days, it might be well to permit.
the investigation of witnesses to in
clude testimony bearing upon the at
titude of the insurance department
towards the companies. The superin-
tendent replied that this, too, would
be deferred so far as he is concerned.
1.-THE returns of the companies
amount to nothing more than a gen.
eral denial" said Mr.. Revelle. They
say they have been losing money in.
this state since 1910. Some of them
doubtless have, but l am of the opin-
ion that fully two-thirds of them have.
not lost money. Their offer to- volun-.
tarily surrender their license amounts,
to nothing. If the department did not
desire to have them continue bust
ness in the state their licenses WOULD
be revoked without any suggestion ON
their part. No action will be taken.
by my department relative to the re-
turns just filed for the present.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

One effect of the enforcement Of
the 2-cent passenger rate and the
maximum freight rate laws will be to
hold the assessment of the railroad
property by the state board of equaIi-
cation this year down to a very mod
crate increase.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

If you want to change seats in the
boat, and you don't know much about
handling a boat, beach the boat first.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Now that warm weather is here we
can listen to our neighbors' pianos.
We can't help 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

In spite of all the free notices we
don't know ever yet what brand Of
soap September Morn" advertises.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Suits have been filed here to test
the constitutionality of the law passed
by the last legislature requiring GER
tain safety appliances on locomotives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

No doubt the generous baseball
fans are willing to give their share
of the rains to the farmers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Mrs. Mary Sneed Norman of Car.
rollton was here the other day to.
press her claim with Governor Major
for the position of hostess at the Mis-,
souri, building during the Panama-Pa.
cifc exposition at San Francisco.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

For the majority of symptoms Of
physical disorders o in evidence,
we suggest the blanket diagnosis va.
cationitis."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Captain ". F. Mitchell, formerly
sheriff of Howard county, and more re-
Gently assistant superintendent of the,
Confederate Soldiers Home at Hig-
ginsville, has been elected superin-
tendent of the supreme court building
and grounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

One charm Of a long fishing trip is
that the fisherman gets a chance to
let his whiskers grow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

It's a fact for which we can't be
too thankful that not every year does
the frost antedate the pumpkin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

The mikado Of Japan has recovered,
although he had eight doctors in at
tendance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

The state beer inspectors office,
during June, made a gain OF Sc, 9O9 SO
over the collections in June last year.
Inspector 7. s. Mosby delivered to the
state treasury $50, 5.81.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Somebody is boarding buffalo nick
els. for n is rarely seen in circula-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

The body of DR.. H. ]. Howe, rs, a.
wealthy retired dentist, who disap-
peared from the home of his niece.
Mrs. Frank B. Miller, has been found
in the Missouri river. The theory is,
that wandering along the river bank
in the vicinity of the bridge he slipped
and fell into the stream.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

If airboats become as popular as
automobiles 1t may be necessary to
roof the streets.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Nellie. Cary. ~14-year-old daughter
Of Alexander Carry, q steamboat pilot,
was killed accidentally here the other
day when she fell with a shotgun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

The supreme court has reversed an
old ruling relative to the value of
swamp lands that may be sold by or
der of county courts. The old ruling
authorized the sale of such lands at
less than 81 an acre and many hun
dreds of thousands of acres, it is
stated, were sold in years gone by for
less than this price in the swamp land
districts of southeast Missouri, and
also in other parts of the state. The
large sales of land, however, were
mostly made to big timber companies,
The titles to all such lands are in
valid under today's ruling, where the
purchase price was less than 81 per
acre, and accordingly, the patents to
the land are void and revert to the
counties. The opinion was filed in
the case Of ]. H. Bayless against Jus.
tus Gibbs from Butler county, and was
written by Judge Woodson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Never allude TO a favor once con-
ferred" Does the writer mean in.
clude a 'touch7"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

This being a wide world, there are
plenty of places for the ~newlyweds to
see.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

II some people would think before
they speak they would have mighty
little TO say.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Adjutant General John B. O'Mears
a filed with Governor Major a de
tailed report Of the service Of the Ma
uonal Guard Of Missouri in p~atrolline
and protecting the levees In Southeast
Missouri during the overflow Of tho
mississippi river in March and April
OF this year. The total cost Is SO.
1885. ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

If Thomas Apologize of Trenton will,
remit $1,000 of a judgment he obtained
against the Quincy, Omaha & Ka 1sas,
City railroad for the loss of one foot.
and a part of the leg, he Can collect.
damages to the extent of $500 That.
was the ruling of the supreme court.
in an opinion filed by Chief Justice,
Lamm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

The body of DR.. J. H. Howe, a..
wealthy retired dentist, uncle of Mrs.
Frank B. Miller of this city, was found
in the Missouri river recently. Howe.
disappeared Thursday while apparent
ly temporarily deranged from ill health
and the heat. Howe is said to have
left property worth $4,000. He for.
merly lived in New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Once more rs it hot enough for
your" is q chestnut.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Philadelphia may be a sleepy town,
but its ball teams play between maps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Changing seats in the boat begins
its usual summer harvest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

Warden Mccluhg and State Auuitoi
Gordon have returned from d visit e
McAlieRter, Ok, where they went te,
inspect a. new cell building Hecenul.
completed there
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

State Auditor John P. Gordon has
registered $4,000, 900 of Kansas City
school and library, Az per cent, TWEEN
ty-year bonds. The bonds have been
sold and are o ready for delivery
to the purchasers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10

W. H. Weiss, vice president and
general manager of the Fort Scott and
Nevada Light, Heat, Water and Pow
er Company, has filed a return to the
complaints against the administration
of the utilities under control of his
company at Nevada, with the state
utilities commission. He denies prac-
tically all of the allegations of the
consumers at Nevada, and further
denies that the company is in any way
neglecting or refusing to comply with
the terms of it's franchises.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-10
MAY GET REFUND
ON FREIGHT BILLS
Movement Started to Recover
Excess Paid by Shippers.
UTILITY BOARD WILL HELP
Lawyers Connected With Rate Case
Say That Railroads Collected About
100000 in Excess of Passen-
ger and Freight Rates.

Jefferson City.-A move has been
started by the state utilities commits
sion to aid Missouri shippers and pas
sengers to obtain a refund from the
railroads of excess passenger fares
and freight rates they paid after Judge
Mcpherson enjoined the 2-Cent Fare
and Maximum Freight Rate law.
1t has been variously estimated that
the injunction granted by the federal
judge cost the people of the state from
$1,000 900 to $17,0 600, 900. Lawyers in
timately connected with the rate
cases ,say the amount was probably
about $50 1000. The utilities commits
sion strongly believes that at least
some part of that can be recovered
and refunded to the people.
1t was just before the commission
adjourned at Kansas City that John
NJ. Atkinson, chairman, announced the
boards action. The possibility of a
refund being obtained vas raised by
H. G. Wilson, transportation commits
sioner of the Commercial Club.
"In Judge McPherson's order en-
joining the 2-cent fare and the maxi
mum freight rate law" Mr.. Atkinson
said, ut was clearly specified that in
the event the cases ultimately were
decided against the railroads a refund
should be made to the shippers and
the passengers. The commission in
structed it's attorney Mr.. E. ]. Bean,
to see that the integrity of that part
of the injunction decision is pre-
served
1t was pointed out that probably
little of the money paid out in ex-
cessive passenger fares could be re-
covered as few persons had saved
their receipts, or wen asked for them.
There is nothing, however, to prevent
shippers who have receipts for freight
bills from beginning action to 0
81 will suggest that all the shippers
in Kansas City assign their claims to
the transportation bureau and we will
bring one big suit to collect Them"
Mr.. Wilson said.
The board said that would be proper.
1t is expected that similar action will
be taken in the other larger cities Of
Missouri. The freight claims in Kan
sas City alone will amount to several
hundred thousand dollars. Some of
the claims will go back as far as 1905.
In the conference several railroad
attorneys, including n vice-president,
declared that the railroads would op-
pose to the limit any move by the
shippers or passengers to obtain a re-
fund.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09

He brought back no dead bull
thistle with him.
We'll" queried Mrs. Bowser.
1T didn't seem to work." was the
reply.
Did you shake the bottle before
using?"
Yes"
'I always shake the bottle when I
use aniline dye"
"What-what do you mean?''
'Why, that's what was in your bot
tle-aniline dye. At least it was water
colored with aniline."
Mrs. Bowser, be careful of your
statements he warned.
1T must be a picturesque sight down
there by daylight" she laughed. Five
or six big red bull -thistles standing up
among the green will be a novel sight!'
woman, I have a limit, under
stand!"
'.I had caller while you were gone -
she went on.
''Humph!"
''It was the eminent and underworld
knowned Professor Sandersonr
Il don't believe it!'
1.-THE bull-thistle killer of the world!"
Mrs. Bowser@
''The benefactor of the human raceE'
BoWser stood with open mouth.
''And the man who is going to help
US make millions of dollars!''
What did he want?'' huskily queried
Bowser.
He wanted another SO. He said
you only gave him s25."
"He-he didi'
Yes, and he thought so more would
be only fair. You told me you hadn't
paid him a cent?
Mr.. Bowser contemplated the cat in
stead of answering.
Il could have told him where to find
you, but 1 didn't
''Did-did he ask?''
mo. After 1 got through calling him
a cheat, liar, swindler and confidence
man he seemed too weak to walk a
great distance
Didn't he say anything back?'' was
whispered.
He did. He said that whenever he
ran across a boob and a bonehead
who'd got LOST from his mother he just
had to take him in!''
Mrs. Bowser, don't you dare
There's no question before the house,
Mr.. Bowser. You've been taken in and
done for again, and it's half an hour
after our bedtime. Turn out the gas
and lock the front door,
And he never said word about di-
vorce.
+ didn't say that she could take the
morning train for her mothers.
He didn't say that he would be lib
eral with the alimony
He didn't say Notwithstanding tall!
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate).
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09
B0WSER THE BENEFACTOR.
He Would Exterminate the Bull
ThistIes of America.
EE.DNESD@X

Mr.. Bowser had something to tell.
He wanted to tell it, but he was a
bit afraid of how Mrs. Bowser would
receive it.
Like many another husband, he
tries to make himself believe that he
does just as he pleases about things,
but down in his heart he knows that
he doesn't.
Mrs. Bowser let him wriggle around
for half an hour, and then suddenly
asked:
Are you thinking of buying a
chicken farm 90
mo, ma'am."
Going west to raise Strawberries
on a desert?''
Going to make Oolong tea out of
catnip leaves?''
Il don't know why you should talk
to me this way he said in injured
tones.
Because you have always got some
kind of a scheme on hand, and none
of them ever amount to anything.
You've got one now, and you might as
Well out with it"
do you blame me for wanting to
get rich?' he asked.
mo. but a man isn't going to get
rich chasing wild geese What is It
now?"
Never mind; you'd be sure to op-
pose it. I've had fifty chances to reap
fame and riches since we were mar
ried, and you've knocked every one of
them in the head
''Or you'd have been in the poor
house years agoi'
Mr.. Bowser sat back and su1ked for
the next ten minutes, but his deter
mination not to say word on the
subject nearest his heart began to
waver, and he finally said:
ST will tell you what happened at
the office today, and you can say what
you think of it. Did you ever hear of
Professor Sanderson. the eminent hor
dculturist? %
NO, I never did,
t'Weu, he called on me,''
How much did he get away
with p"
Look here. Mrs. 'Bowser, 1 don't
like than sort of talk! Do you think
that every man that comes into the
office is a deadbeat? ?"
well, the eminent professor calls ?''
HE had heard of me and the inter-
est I take in the natural sciences"
"Such as discovering a new kind of
cattle food composed of sawdust and
rosin!'
There you go again. he shouted
he rose up and danced around. Il
can see now how wives drive husbands
to suicide.''
you said the eminent professor
called" she quietly answered.
Mr.. Bowser put on his hat and went
out, but halted at the gate and re-
turned. He had something on his
chest that must come off
You were born on a farm" he
said, "and must know what bull
thistle is"
Certainly. have seen hundreds
of them as big around as a barrel and
almost as high as my head
DO you know they kill out crops
and make waste land ?''
'I do
And that they are the worst thing
a farmer has to combat?"
Yes
''In some states reward is offered
for their eXternination.'
'I believe so.''
THE statistics of the agricultural
department show that the farmers ola
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09

But what in thunder has politics
to do with it," demanded Mr.. Bowser.
4'Why, it was Mr.. Roosevelt that
gave US the Bull Moose party. and it
will be Mr.. Bowser who gives US the
Bull Thistlersi''
He had started down the hall to
clap on his hat and take another walk
to the gate when Mrs. Bowser halted
him with:
How do you kill the thistle?''
THE professor told me how to do
it and gave me a pint of the stuff.
Here it is.''
He had it in the drawer of the hall
rack. 1t was a pint bottle full of a
red liquid.
You just sprinkle it on and the
thistle is dead in five minutes" he
explained.
Have you tried it?"
mo, but I'm just going to. I'm
going down the streets where those
vacant lots and those big bu11-thistles
are. It's a sure thing, however. I'll
be back in half an hour and bring a
dead thistle with me as proof. When
you see it you'll be ready to change
your tune. While I am gone you
might telephone to some of the news
papers to send a reporter over here"
''Will it go in the papers as the Mr..
and Mrs. Bowser's Great Discovery"
Not by a burned sight! You've
done your level best to discourage
me, and I'll plainly say SO to the re-
porters!"
Mr.. Bowser was gone an hour and
half
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09
BLOOD RITE IN CUBA.
Boy Offered as a Sacrifice to Obtain
Voodooist's Cure.

That little 4-year-old Onelio Garcia,
who on June 20 disappeared while on
his way home at the farm Sardinas,
was murdered by negro voodooists to
obtain his blood for witchery prac-
tees, the same that happened with lit
tie Zoila at Guira de Melena and with
little Luisa at Alacranes, there is lit
tie doubt The rural guard have ar
rested the men and women who are
held responsible for the savage prac-
tice.
The arrested persons in the case up
to the present time are Severb JimeneZ.
Faustina Baro. Benito Armas, and
Ramon Martinez, the three last men
toned being accused by Jimenez, whose
statement to Judge Merconchini shows
that the practice of voodooism in the
country districts among the negroes
continues in it's pristine savage state
The fact that Bocout and Molina, the
murderers of little Zoila at Guira de
Melena in 1905, were executed in the
garrote has apparently served no pur-
pose.
From the Investigations and the
charges made by Jimenez against Baro,
Martinez, and Armas, it appears that
in the present case a woman, who is
held as the head voodooist,'' was sick
at Torriente, and that under their prac-
tices she was to be touched with a
stone called the "sauto," which must
be fed with the blood of a white
child to obtain her cure. According
ly, Baro, Martinez, and Armas started
to seek victim, and to that end went
to the home of Jimenez at the Mara
villa farm and requested his aid
Jimenez says that he refused to join
them, returning to his house, where he
told his mother. This happened on
Jun 19, he saying that on June 21, or
a day after little Onelio disappeared.
he was told by Baro that his services
were no longer needed; that they al
ready had the child.
The rural guard, acting under orders
of Judge Merconchini, are making a
search about the district at places
pointed out by Jimenez, in order to find
the remains of the missing boy, but
up to the present all search has proved
fruitless.-Pedro Betoncourt (Cuba)
Gable to New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09

America are damaged s50,000.00O per
year by bu1l-thistles. No attempt to
exterminate them has been a sue
cess
But the eminent Professor Sander
son-?"
Has discovered a sure way of do
ing it. He can, with the farmers
aid, kill off every bull-thistle in the
country"
''WeH?"
He has given me the secret and
turned the whole thing over to me-"
And you are to go about the coun-
try telling the farmer how to murder
the bull-thistle ?''
Il am-for consideration, of
course. Mrs. Bowser, there is a mill
lion dollars a year in it for US, and
at the same time We get the credit
of being benefactors to the whole hu-
man race. It's the biggest thing I
ever struck in my life. Can't you see
it ts?"
In a political way-yes," she an
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09
Decorates Abandoned Home.

Returning after a days work as bag
gagemaster on a New Haven train, Henry
S. Rendering found a bare home, with
only his bed in it. His wife, children, and
household goods were gone
After learning that Mrs. Rendering had
rented apartments elsewhere he proceeded
to celebrate. He bought firearms and
flags. and red, white and blue bunting
His neighbors were aroused during the
night by reports of pistols. and when day
broke they saw the Henderling house
decorated in the national colors. He ex-
planned he was celebrating his wife's re-
treat--Winsted Comm Dispatch to New
York American.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09
KID GLOVE JOBS ARE
POOR ROADS TO SUCCESS
SUNDAY

This Is the Declaration of Charles NJ.
Schwab, Who Offers Some Advice
to Young Men. His Guidepost Is.
do That Which Is Given You d
Little Better Than the Average
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09

Grocer-'FW ouldn't you like some horse
radish?" Mrs. Newlywed-.Mercy, no!
We don't keep a horsei"-Judge,