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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15
Local intelligence

The Toalowfng officers were chosen last night at tho annual meeting of General Sa1liman Branch, Sons of the American Revolutfcn, held at the Fair 1ae3d- President, Tracy B Warren; vice president, Henry C. Stevenson; secre- tary, Frederick A Doolittle; treasurer. George C. Peet; registrar. William A. Barnes; historian, Dr. Nathaniel E.. Wordin; chaplain, John Depew.
 The steamer Bridgeport of the New England Steamship Go, made her first trip Of the season to. New York, this morning. in command of Capt. Joseph Hancart- The boat has been thor ough1y overhau1ed and renovated dur ing the winter and made a handsome appearance in new paint The boat left prompdy at o'clock and will make daily trips to New York at that hour during the season.
 The annual meeting of the Wednes- day Afternoon Musical Club was held yesterday afternoon, the reports show ing that the club has enjoyed a very prosperous year. It was decided to have a. club room and this matter will he ia ken up later The officers chosen Fare. President, Mrs Jonathan God frey; vice presidents, Mrs Samuel T. Davis. Jr, Mrs. August M. Engelhard; i; secretary, Mrs Jennie E. Wilcox; re- cording secretary. Mrs. Lewis F. Hall; treasurer, Mrs Co1e- ho dcblNe AAieAAA berstip Of the association is about 100
 The following officers have been chosen for the coming year by the Rridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum Society: President, Miss Julia Frances Lewis: vice presidents. Mrs. Henry F. Hehshaw,l Mrs John G Rowland; re- cording secretary Miss Augusta Wheeler: corresponding secretary. Mrs Albert Winter: treasurer, Miss Helen C. Wordin; executive board, Mrs. Ed ward Sterling, Mrs. A. R. Fairchild, Mrs H P. Henshaw, MTs. William E. Trubee, Mrs. Allan w Paige. Mrs. c. G. Waldo, Mrs Warren R Briggs.
 Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford has been the guest of his brother, Edward LonerEan, in this city for a few days and expresses the opin- ion that after the tariff bill has been enacted currency legislation will be taken up by the House at Washington. MT Lonergan expects the tarHf to' be adopted practically as planned by MT. Underwood with very few import ant changes.
 A neetfngs of the Pacific Engine Co- will be held this evening at the head quarters at Bulls Head. All members are urged to attend
 Plans for the placing of the order in the front rank of fraternal associa- sions were talked over at considerable length last evening by the grand of ficers of the New England Order of Protection with the wardens and sec- retaries of the local lodges Of the order at a dinner held at the Atlantic hotel about 9 guests being present The plans call for not only increase in membership but the raising of the general standing of the order Among the speakers were: Grand Warden. w. C. Coxe4er of Hartford Past Grand Warden James L. Christie, of Bridge pofr Grand Vice Warden. John E. Trvddv ot Brfdgeport,z Past Supreme warden Jonathan w. Chapin of New Haven. and Mrs. Joseph Gilbert of Park City lodge, who had just return d from the supreme lodge meeting at Boston
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15
wE PRErrTEsr FACE

sns the most beautiful hands are of. sn dishgured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed in a few days without pain by 1sinE Cyrus Wart Remover for gale only at The Cyrua Pharmacy, 253 F'atrdeld avenue and lS6 Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15
nEANEAsY. THE BEST HAND
 GOAP

Guarantees not to inJure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust, Grease. Ink, Paint and Dirt. For the hand or clothing. Large can 10 centA Manufactured by Wnns R. Wtun. aAA siraIfoTd Ave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15

Earmet Want Ads. one oent word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15

Hsnrnaer Want Ads One Cent word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15

A neetfngs of the Pacific Engine Co., will be held this evening at the head quarters at Bulls Head. All members are urged to attend
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
Daddy sBedti1ne
~ Dannie Had
1f0YV- One Reason For
Being Glad.
Dannis Does Not Like
e Bo Washed.
Being Glad.

OMErMEs washed did
scrubbed he could his neck
trouble
would
before going downstairs In the morning.
children
Been having night bath?" daddy inquired.
Mother scrubs fellows So" grumbed Jack.
daddy sympathized
Dannie did
Dannia
father his daddys
medicine.
Dannes
When Nora Dannie looks into his
ia
scods trouble his
than battle all the six others.
Zone the children garden playing believe the
They
dared and Ned who it
his head the walk cut his
children pouring from his
Y
Luckily
when he heard the little
carried
office blood
stitched the doctor wrapped
white and around the hurt forehead
Everybody noticed that Dannie stopped crying.
daddy will
all be covered Ncra can't wash them now"
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ponderous personages,
BY GEORGE FITCH
Author of AT Good Old Siwasia''
MODERN INVENTIONS
BY GEORGE FITCH
Author of AT Good OF

two minutes by anyone possessing the
necessary mental equipment. While
experiments along this line have not
yet been conducted it is believed that
is can be forgotten in the same length
of time.
The turkey trot Is greatly criticised
because Of the way 1t is danced in
New York and Chicago. However, it
must be remembered that New York
and Chicago cannot even tradea bush
ell Of wheat for dollar bill without
overriding the matter and starting q
scandal. a
The turkey trot is not loved for its
beauty, Still, it must be said that
turkey trotters are at least as graceful
as turkeys.
At present comparatively few people
know how to turkey trot. This keeps
them extremely busy doing 1t before
people who haven't caught on yet In
New York and Chicago 1t is even nee
essary for turkey trotters to trot be-
tween courses at the restaurants. How
ever, very soon everyone will know
how and then there will be no excuse
to trot at all.
II for any reason 1t should become
desirable to abolish the turkey trot
before this time it can be made COM
pulsory in the public schools.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

The turkey trot Is a new form OF
dancing which is being viewed with
alarm and determination by the whole
land.
It is difficult to describe the turkey
trot because, no two couples trot alike.
Moreover, the turkey trot at 9 p. m.
is only the third cousin Of the turk.
ey trot at 2 a. M, when the crowd has
thinned out and the policeman has
gone to sleep in chair outside the
door.
This is strange because no scien.
fist has gone to the trouble Of scar
ing turkey OF the perch at a. m.
and making him trot with a view to
Initiating the same.
The turkey trot can be done by
two persons quite readily but is moro
successful If at least three are present,
including someone who viii kindly
consent to be shocked
When turkey trotting the male trot-
ter walks around the floor In a deter
mined manner, on his heels dragging
the female trotter with him. After
every four steps he turns around and
waves said female in the air. Some
trotters do this sedately and carefully
while others trot over conventions and
customs with great enthusiasm.
The turkey trot can be learned in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

Commissioner Mcdaniel should be
commended for refusing to vote to
raise his own salary at this time. Mr..
Mcdaniel feels that he is obligated to
fulfill the contract he made with the
citizens when they elected him. The
mayor and commissioners sought
these offices at the salary then speci-
fed by law, namely, $1,000 per year
for the mayor and $1,000 per year for
the commissioners. There was no
thought at that time that they would
raise those salaries. They should not
be raised until the two years have ex-
PRED. It would not be right for the
people to cut down the salaries from
the original sum; therefore, 1t Is
equally wrong for them to be raised
during this term OF Office.
Public officials should not break a
contract made with the people. They
should have too high feeling Of per-
sonal responsibility to allow any such
action.
Is there no personal responsibility
felt in connection with a public Office
any more?
Has public office ceased to be pub
lie trust?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
FOREIGN TRADE INCREASE.

The figures made public by the de-
partment of commerce show that the
foreign trade Of the United States for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1913, ex-
ceeded that of the previous year by
1921 100000; the total trade for the
past year amounted to $4,25,OO0, 900,
the greatest for any year in the his
tory of this country. The value of the
imports amounted to $1,812,0OO,O 900,
and the exports to $2,465,0O0,000, max
ing an excess Of exports Of 1858 100000
The greatest gain in exports was in
articles ready for con-
sumption, gain Of $1O5,000,000 over
the exports for 1912. More than one
half of our foreign trade is with
Europe, and our best customer is Great
Britain; the next is Canada, with Ger
many third and France fourth.-En-
cheering News.
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AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS.

Governor Ferris, of Michigan, is per
sonally urging the governors ut each
state to name delegates to the third
American road congress, which will be
in session at Detroit during the week
Of September 20. Thirty governors
have already named their delegates,
and it is expected that number of the
governors will be present in person at
the congress. Governor McCreary, of
Kentucky. which state has recently es-
tablished state highway department,
expects to attend the meeting. 1t now
seems assured that the heads OF every
state highway department from Maine
to California will personally take part
in the big meeting, and as result of
this unusual interest, the demand for
exhibit space by manufacturers has
been unprecedented. All available
space has been reserved by nearly one
hundred manufacturers, who will dis
play their products, including every kind
of road making machinery, engineer
ing instruments, concrete machinery,
bridges, culverts, concrete, wood block,
asphalt, tar and oil preparations.
Important progress is expected to be
made in three great questions affect
ing the road movement. The congress
will endeavor to agree upon a policy
of national aid which, with the united
support of the good road workers
throughout the country, will be sub
mitted to the congress Of the. United
States. Steps will be taken at the
session on state road legislation, to be
held under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Bar association, to the formation,
through official action by the several
states, of an interstate commission to
codify and simply existing state road
laws. At present, most of the states
are laboring under a weight of anti
uuated and contradictory road laws,
and it is plain that the commission will
recommend simple, clearcut, and
uniform road laws as substitute for
the mass Of useless existing road legis-
lation. Maintenance Of roads will be
discussed from every standpoint dur
ing the sessions held by the Ameri-
can Highway association, the parent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

Every member Of the Belgian social
list party will shortly be called upon to
pay theAequivalent Of half weeks
salary for the founding OF special
fund to be devoted to the securing of
single vote general suffrage. This
decision on the part of the socialist
party as well as the determination to
circulate monster petition In favor of
political equality, has been taken in
conformity with the decree of the gen.
eral socialist board, and follows the
lead Of the Dutch socialists.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
,owANs RESPECTED.

A week or so ago, Los Angeles, Cal,
entertained the annual reunion OF
Iowans who have left the Hawkeye
state to make their home in the Golden
state Of the west. Thousands OF form
er Iowans attended the meeting. Re
garding these Hawkeyes who have set
tied in California, the Los Angeles Tri-
bune says editorially:
strongest of all state organizations
that are maintained in Los Angeles
and southern California, the Iowa So
ciety holds its annual reunion at Long
Beach today. How many scores OF
thousands of the men and women OF
this section who formerly lived IN
Iowa will attend this gathering cannot
be estimated In advance with any &C
curacy, but the event itself will be the
most notable in the history of an or
ganization that has been made bril-
liant by achievement.
los Angeles has been lifted to
greatness. its destiny assured and it's
prosperity established largely by rea-
son of the courage and enterprise, the
industry and the energy, OF, the men
and women from the middle west who
came here to build their homes. In
that movement to southern California
the sons and daughters of Iowa have
taken a leading part. 1t Is probable
that the number Of those who formerly
owed allegiance to the Hawkeye state,
but who now are residents Of southern
California and Loyalty devoted to it's
welfare, is two or three times greater
than the number that have come from
any other single state. Indeed in this
fact is to be found the reason for the
loss Iowa sustained in population dur
ing the decade ending in 1910.
"The Iowans of southern California
brought with them to their new home
the same principles Of industry and in
teerity that characterized them in
their former home. Animated by a
fine patriotism. temperamentally pro-
gressive, deeply. imbued with religious
conviction and. possessed of clear per-
ceptions Of right and wrong. the low
ans have added asnotable element OF
strength to our cosmopolitan popula-
ton. To the activity they have ever
manifested in material, social and POI
liticaI affairs that have relation to the
general welfare, is to be attributed In
q large degree the reputation Los
Angeles has gained for ENTERPRISE cou-
pied with decency. z ~ e
"A great city has been reared here
between desert and ocean TO be the
wonder of the nation, and yet It Is to
be doubted whether its material pros
perity, which has attracted the atten-
ton OF all the world, has done more to
favorably advertise it than the repute
It has won for being a cleanly city
where the moralities Of life are cher
ished. The sons and daughters OF
Iowa have contributed greatly to the
achievement of this result. Their in
fluence and their example have been
potent factors in both the material and
the moral development of this city
"All Los Angeles unites In rejoicing
with them when, as on this day, they
meet in reunion, for Iowa itself Is
scarcely more Iowan than southern
California has become"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

New York now has the tallest office
building in the world, but plans are
900 feet, or nearly as high as the
biggest ocean steamships are long.
This would be $50 feet dizzier than
the highest skyscrapper at present 1t
is being rushed to beat the new code
limiting the height of skyscrapers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
STRANGE APPOINTMENTS.

One of the great questions In Amer
lean affairs of the day is the enact
ment of a new banking and currency
system to take the place of the present
inelastic machinery, which has repeat
eddy failed to work in times of crisis.
Many persons in congress think that
the proper persons to frame a new
banking law are cowboy from Texas,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

a backwoodsman from Arkansas, and q
cotton grower from one of the Caro-
linas. The bankers should have moth
ing to do with the matter, in the opfn-
ion Of Messrs. Henry, Ragsdale and
Wingo. On the same theory, II a navi-
gator Of ship be needed, get Z
Cousin jack miner.-Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

"The most dangerous factor in this
country today" says Vic Murdoch, "is
the dilly-dallying congressman and
senator" We shouldn't have believed
it. In comparison with the cock-sure
congressman or senator who rushes
ahead regardless of precedent, history
or laws of business the dilly-dallier has
seemed to us harmless inanity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

Perhaps the colonel has heard about
the kind OF attendance and enthusiasm
that have marked bull moose gather
ings lately and IL simply side-stepping
frost.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

THE report that Kansas is in hard
luck is a joke" says a st. Louis paper.
And the sleek Kansas farmers who
have lost their corn crops admit that
the Joke is on u.s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

New Jersey has paid its first PEN
sions to widowed mothers, under the
new law. The amounts varied from
$14 a month, paid to widow with two
children, to $50 month paid to q
woman mill operative who was main
tanning her six little ones on her
scanty wages
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After The Verdict,

The prosecution had a strong case
against Paddy. His hat, which all the
inhabitants could identify, had been
found on the premises. Paddy, how
ever. denied knowledge Of the head
gear, and swore that he was not with
in a mile Of the place at the time, Of
the outrage, and SO we'll did his Wit
nesses corroborate his statement that
he was able to prove an abb.
Paddy was found mot guilty" but
seemed reluctant to leave the dock
The Magistrate thinking he did not
understand the verdict, explained:
..Well, my man, you are discharged.
you need not wait.
IF We plaise, Yer Honor replied
Paddy, "I'm waiting for me hat.
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organization in the congress, and the
engineers will endeavor to determine
among themselves upon the steps
which should be taken in the several
states to insure adequate maintenance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

The duties Of the vice presidency
are not so light and unimportant.
after all. Mrs. Marshall has made
/ 800 calls since her inauguration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
Babies Thrsaeened

by Group, coughs or colds are soon re.
|lieyed BY the use OF Dr.. Kings New
|Discovery. 70 cents and II. Frank b
Clark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
Press Comment.

Waterloo Reporter: Kansas can
CONF back. so her newspapers de-
clare" observes the Manson Demo-
crat. Iowa don't have to come back
She's there all the time
Sioux City Journal: With the secre.
tary Of state lining up the populist
democrats in the house for the id.
ministration banking bill, President
Wilson would not be glad to see Mr..
Bryan Knocked into q cooked hat" %
he wrote several years ago to gentle.
man by the name of Joline.
Waterloo Courier: TWENTY-FIVE gov.
ernors recently at Colorado Springs
engaged in a burro race down the
mountain side and some Of them, no
doubt, obtained view Of their ianish
In the race for reelection.
Burlington Hawkeye: One OF tho
the heavy flre losses. II al adds TO
the high cost OF living because the
premium rates must be suhhcient to
cover the destruction OF property. One
of the best ways to tight fres u To
not have them. The large proportion
OF fires are preventable.
Burlington Gazette: The people OF
Iowa are just beginning to realize what
the Mississippi river dam It Keokuk
means to them. Through that dam
there is conserved and stored up power
enough to start machinery that Will
employ a million men in manufactnf
ing industries. 5ss
Cedar Rapids Republican: Ameri-
cans who own tracts of land In Next.
co need not worry about what "rebels's'.
may do with the lands After the
troubles are all over Mexico will have
to restore the lands to the rightful
owners, or, pay the equivalents. Such
robberies can not be committed In the
world nowadays, not even In the
course Of revolution.
Des Moines Capital: Attention ID BE-
Ing called to the fact that Mr.. Bryan
has indorsed the Glass currency bill.
although the measure says nothing
whatever about the guarantee Of bank
deposits. These critics should. bear In
mind that it Is Mr.. Bryan the once
holder and not Mr.. Bryan the free
lance whom we have with US today.
Sioux City Tribune: French news
papers that are criticising the Wash-
ington policy In relation to the Mexi-
can situation are, 1t must be remem-
bered. voicing interests contemplating
Juicy high interest loans to the Huerta
regime. Perhaps they recall when
MAMMALIAN was trying to establisha
French dynasty there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
Not Like Wilson,

NOT IlK0 WV8oh. -
II understand he swears, great
deal" 80:
II wouldn't say that exactly. But
would say that In the heat OF passion
he finds It Impossible to confine him
self to Tut! Tut a,s4tst Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
A Few Laughs.
No Modern invention

!. No Modern Invention. '@ss
Little Tommy (reading the Bfble),
Pop what Is "a hand maiden7
Pop. A hand maiden? Great Scott!
They didn't have manicure girls In
those days, did they? ,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
ee.et by Awful Dangers.

: ~ -
Our friend Tom recently married.
His bride, being from the Pacific Coast
where thunderstorms are rare and gen.
tle became terrified when genuine
Eastern rip.roarer broke loose, and she
sought safety in closet. Presently
came q scream from her place OF 70.
fuge; . i, ,...~ ;. ,,,,,,,.a s !, ]
husband.
"Oh Tom" she answered, half cry.
ing, half laughing, I'm afraid TO come
out because OF the lightning, and I'm
afraid to stay in because there's =
mouse"
Military Etiquette.
p. v. D. Conway, president Of the
Descendants Of the Signers, MI OF
whom are lineally descended from the
sieners OF the Declaration OF, Indepen.
dence, said the other day In F'redricks-
burg:
"Our American militia is. you know.
the best in the world.
"How strict 1t Is! During the annual
encampment OF our Virginia militia
a private was riding one hot day on .
trolley car with his uniform coat un-
buttoned. This caused sergeant on
the smokers seat behind to say:
"sButton up that coat! Havn't you
rot any sense Of military decencys at
all?
"But here gentleman on the LETT In.
terferred, saying to the sergeant:
How dare you give commands with
q cigar in your mouth? I'm Major
Fitzhugh Calhoun. .3as
"At this point an elderly gentleman
with q white military mustache, lean
ed over and murmured In the majors
ear:
I" Colonel Brewser Fairfax Is sorry
to remind you sir. that to scold
sergeant In the presence OF private
is q military offense hard to overlook
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
A sudden collacse

A Sudden collanse a}
OF stomach. liver. kidneys and bowels
is most surely prevented with Electric
Bitters. the safe regulator. 80 cents.
Frank b. Clark
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

Skinned From Head to hssi
was Ben Pool, Threet, Ala. when
dragged over . rough road: but Buck
lens Arnica Salve healed all his N
iu1ies. c5c. Frank B. Clark
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

Waterloo Reporter: Kansas can
CONF back so her newspapers de-
clare" observes the Manson Demo-
crat. Iowa don't have to como back
She's there all the time"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06

Waterloo Courier: TWENTY-FIVE gov.
ernors recently at Colorado Springs
engaged in a burro race down the,
mountain side and some OF them, no
doubt, obtained q view Of their Anish
In the race for reelection.