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Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
He Went to Poeuonoek.

Dear Uncle Jed: I went to Po- quonock last Tuesday. I saw a great many ships when 1 went down and when I came back.
 There was one tug pulling four barges.
 When we got down there we went clamming and got about two baskets Then we went out in the sound to fish. We didn't have very good luck and only got few cunners and iblackfsh. Then it commenced to rain and we had to leave.
 We started for home and arrived there about six o'clock. after having a very good time.
 CLARENCE B. SPESN GER. Age 12..
 PuduetantcIx
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

says everybody should have the right to do business" with congressman directly because to put up the bars would be to bar out just such men as Mark Twain" Uncle Joseph forgets that there never was and never can be but one Mark Twain. Nature does not make duplicates of that kind. ln- cidentally Uncle Joe gives pretty good reasons why lobbyists should be re- strained. registered and tagged.-Tne Bristol Press
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
Her aiIIess Kittens,

Dear Uncle Jed: I want to thank you for the prize book you sent me, for it has some cute poems in it.
 
 Last time I wrots of some puppies l had at home so now I will tell you of some kittens I have at my grand mas.
 One is a maltese and the other is 8 gray. They have no tails and when running look like rabbits. When l first came they were afraid of any one, but now we coax them in the house to get their meals. I hope before 1 go home I can be able to pet them, for I love animals very much
 HELEN NICHOLS, Age 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
A Double Spell.

Dear Uncle Jed: My home is in Nj anuc, 1 go to my Aunts house tt spend my summer vacation, She live. on q farm,
 We have two horses. six cows anC we are raising two calves. We hay, chickens, ducks, and four hogs, w, have a dog. his name is Dick, w, have a lSitteHi his name is Mike,
 We live right near the Oxobexe I is the only river that can be spelled either way. We have beats and I gt rowing FhePs are big fish caught fere
 ANNIE JOHNSON, Age 3, thea sViiie,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
An industrious Servant.

Dear Uncle Jed am going to tell you about an industrious girl and a lazy girl.
 Once upon time there was a mistress and her servant. When the mistress was spinning she would throw away ali the knots and ends. One day she got married and when she was with the bridgegroom he saidI
 f'Your servant has 6 nice dress on" And the bride said. Tt is the knots and ends from my spinning"
 And the bridegroom went away be- cause the servant was industrious and the bride lazy,
 LILLIAN BITTER, Age Ii,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

sold twelve sunf1ower heads to my cousin, who is a Kindergarten teach CT in Norwich. She hung them out the window in the winter for the birds.
 We have two horses, Queen Bess and Brown Betty.
 Betty is cross. but I can 60 any thing with Bess. She eats cookies and cake from my hand. l lead her around to eat grass.
 I am going to be a farmer when grow up.
 AMOS LOOMS, Age z.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
ilnol. Jo. Cannon Unreaenerate.

Joe Cannon is unregenerate in. his retirement, His latest contribution shows him as friendly and partial to the lobbyist. He tries to make out a ease by telling the story of how Mark Twain once iebbied for q copy right bill, The story Is a good one, but the conclusion Uncle Joe draws is as weak as his political hopes. He
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
Rules for Youna Writers.

Rules for Young Writers.
 l. Write plainly on one side of the gaper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink. not pencil 8. Short and pointed articles will be given pFefereace- De not use over 25U M4fuS;
 4. Original stories or letters only will be used. D. Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly al 1he bottom o9 the story.
 Address all commup ications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin OfRce.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

Think of a ballot eighteen feet long! The average mans political discretion would not begin to cover such a piece of paper as that. This is New York s way of making tn cab etollWF'YPP way of making the ballot effective!
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
Baltic
Mx aaraan ana our hnraea

s Dear Uncle Jed; I have, a part of the garden fer nay eWh. 1 have plant.
 ed corn, beans. iettuce radish, ear-
 Tots, 6nieAe, parsnips, eJeumbefs squash. astePs and sunh6wers-nes
 ly sunfieWers, I sell the seed to my methep fer her hens. Last year I
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
,vaaa g;,a Ta,ahA mfdaa.

Bea# tfneie Jed: wish te tell yeu about nay deg. Would yeu like to hear about hiH?
 His name is Midget, lie is a i,uii- deg, I taught him te ge in the water, but he is tiHlid ef it.
 He Is six raenths cid. wish yeu eeald see him. May 1 write again ?
 THELAfA EEGAR, Age Il, Mansfield Four Corners.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

The club women of Minnesota have asked the fashion-m makers to let up on tight skirts They have raised the battle cry of Freedom.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

If tall buildings promote tuberculo- sis. as some medical scientists say, in quiry is made if they are sure low buildings do not induce the mumps
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

The man who cannot chop his own wood. get his own breakfast, wash the dishes and make his bed is only half a man in a wild country
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
MiIeIrea's Pets.

Bear fFaeie Jed. I wish te teii~yeu about nay eat and deg. My deg is afraid sf the thunder,
 My sat likes me. He plays with na sometimes.
 My deg plays with nae sometimes, tee.
 Sfff4BRHB WEAVER. Age 8. AfaAstield FeuF 6aHaeFs.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

The man in the beaver hat says: "The men who were dying to step into Chief Stantons shoes couldn't keep up his gait had they got there!"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

Since the Spanish American war the depreciation in Uncle Sam's battle ships has been one hundred and thirty millions. The upkeep of our fighting ships is almost enough to bust the bank
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

talnly done me a lot of good. 1 first heard
 of it when I was a
 girl and I alwayssaid
 that if I ever had fe-
 male trouble l would
 take it.
 "I suffered from organic infamma- ton and would have spells when I would be in such pain that IT would tear m ?
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

The fact that the finest eclipse of the sun ever known will take place July II. 1891. doesn't excite our inter- est. That's three generations away.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
Truth About srvsn.

Tho truth is out at iaat Mir, Bryan is ono of those reckless yeang eRend= thrifts who are trying to maintain a motor car on his saiary-Kansas City Star
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

There is no opposition tolthe secre- tary of the treasury placing fifty mill lions in the banks of the south and west coming from those sections.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

Ambassador Wilson knew too much to take the wrong side in Mexico. As there was no government, he stood by the general commanding.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

While President Wilson has had advice enough to settle the Mexican controversy. he prefers to act upon his own knowledge of affairs.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

These Septemberish nights in the early part of August hit the shore and mountain resorts hard.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

Canada is being agitated by the question: Why doesn't Smith go to schurch ?' Only Smith knows, and he doesn't tell!
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

The trouble does not appear to be so much Castro as wobbling public opinion in Venezuela. Venezuela has not known what it wants for many wears
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

These summer Sundays are dooms- days for many people We all can have our way, but nature demands the price
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

John D. Rockefeller insists that he is a boy. This being so, how can he be a rose in the garden of God?
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

The air of indifference some of the women are wearing nowadays is a pretty tight fit
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In the city where most homes are owned by the people there is the best government.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

Whatever you are-Bs that; Whatever you say-Be true. Straig act, Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody elSe but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
IN SUCH PAIN
 WOMAN TORE
 HER CLOTHES
Testifies She Was Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
 Compound.

Malone, N. r., ~" Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound has cer-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers oP ths Bulletin leaving shs city for the sesshore, mountains, rural resorts or Europe can have the Bulletin foIIs~ them daily and keep in touch with home affairs. Orders should be placed with The Bulletin Business Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 Boys and Girls Department
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

younger brother and sisters, whe think it very entertaining.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-07

A Cruel MarisnaaA, Bear uaeie jedi knew haR wAs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
PAY FOR A. DEATHS FIND HARD COAL
Compromise Reached by Rail-
road and Heirs Attorneys.
For Killing Family Road Puts
Up $13,590.

Belleville, Kan, Jan. 25.-The Rock
Island Railroad company has settled
with A. B. Bachelor, administrator of
James family of four, father, mother
and two children, were struck and
killed by westbound passenger train
No. 5, while crossing the track in a
buggy at a crossing two miles north
east of town, the evening of Deem
Der 81. This sum will be held in trust
for the two orphan boys, the only sur
viving members of the family, aged
13 and years, respectively until they
become of age. Charles Laird, of Fair
bury, the engineer in charge of the
train, is being held under $1,000 bond
for trial at The February term of the
district court on the charge of crimi
nal negligence, as returned by the
coroner's inquest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
Vein of Anthracite
Found Near Independence.
Differs Little From Coal
Found in Penn. Field

independence, Kan, Jan. 25.-An-
thrac1te coal in a vein of more than
i've feet in thickness is declared to be
shown by test drill at Sycamore,
seven miles from Independence. Elk
perts declare the coal to be of first
class quality. differing from the lit
tie anthracite that has been found
west of the Pennsylvania fields.
rive test holes have been drilled in
different parts of 200 acre tract. all
of which show veins of both hard and
soft coal. The bituminous coal is in
two strata, one about 200 feet deep
and the other 600 feet deep, also
i've foot vein. 1t was at 500 feet that
the anthracite vein was found from
five to eleven feet thick. The coal
field appears to be in blanket forma-
ton, covering about 200 acres and
running north from Sycamore to the
Verdigris river, where it appears to
die out Additional core drills have
been ordered to test the field further.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
PARK TRAMMELL, The new GOVERNOR OF
FLORIDA, is OUT OUT PROGRESSIVE

Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 25.-Park
Trammell is the aggressive new gov
ernor of Florida. His administration
progressive legislation.
Politically we are at the dawn of
a new era in the history of this great
nation" says Trammell; IAN era
marked by an unparalleled awaken
ing of the public conscience to the
problems of the age and in the mat
ter of demanding the highest standard
of service from public officials" Tram
melrs stand on many problems of the
day indicates that he at least is awake
Here are some of the things the
governor stands for:
The gradual abolition of the convict
lease system, and the employment of
convict labor in the construction and
maintenance of public highways.
A constitutional amendment provid-
ing home rule for cities.
The initiative, referendum and re-
CALL
The reclamation of the Florida
Everglades.
Business methods in the adn1inistra-
ton of state affairs.
A law providing that all literature
concerning lands to be sold under coll
onization or similar plans be first sub
mitted to and approved by the de-
partment of agriculture.
A more stringent corrupt practices
act.
The reform of court procedure.
The raising of the standard of pub
lie schools, giving greater Importance
to the agricultural, mechanical and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
ANOTHER MAN LO~ES ARM.
Corn Shredder Still Claiming Toll
From WOrkmen

Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 25.-A Man
haitian physician is beginning to think
that it is time to pass a law against
the use of corn Shredders or at least
some manufacturer should devise
some method of feeding them that
would prevent so many arms bein g
caught and ground up. During the
past six years this one physician has
been called on to amputate five arms
that had been chewed up by corn
ShredderS.
Harry Woods, living between Og-
den and Eureka Lake, is the latest
victim. While attempting to assist in
the feeding of the machine the glove
on his hand was caught in the ma
chinery. The hand and arm were
chewed up like mincemeat up to two
inches above the elbow. Amputation
was necessary four inches above the
elbow, leaving the young man with a
four incIe stub for an arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25

stronger liquors. I used to say that I
could quit if l wanted to-that's what
most of the victims say-but L could
mt. 1 had no will power left. Yet
rldlculed the idea of being diseased
as others also do-because L couldn't
understand how the drinking habit
could be disease. But 1 was cured,
to stay cured, and this result is also
true of legionS who have followed the
SIMPLE home method described in my
free book, which is called Confessions
OF Former Alcohol Slave" Many
been the means of saving lives. 1t is
one can understand it.
1t is utter waste of valuable time
and money to take socalled remedies
or special treatment for 4, or more
weeks. when my method is accom-
pushing such a great number of per-
1ect victories over the drink habit in
~ hours. My treatment can be OBJ
tanned and taken by the drinlxer him
SELF cor herSelf), or can be given
secretly in conquering the habit in
others without their knowledge Abso-
lutely safe, and guaranteed under the
US. law.
A request by letter or post card will
bring my interesting book in plain
wrapper. Address Edward ]. Woods
5S4 Sixth ave, 1913 L, New York " Y
Correspondence is strictly confidential
Don't delay. If you cannot send to-
day, cut this out and write later This
announcement may not appear again.
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25

Yes, 1 drank about 100 barrels of
whisky in sixteen years, also q good
many kegs of beer and quantities of
numerous other alcoholic drinks. Over
a quart of liquor and some beer or a.
glass of ale was my daily beverage.
Now 1 am absolutely free from the
accursed craving, which had dragged
me into disgrace, poverty and despair,
and which would soon have ended in
premature death. / am in full possess
sion of my strength now, both mental
ly and physically.
Through the great good fortune of
being cured in days, and the further
remarkable advantage of being pos
sessed of full knowledge of the true
sense of it, 1 decided to devote my life
to helping others-mothers, wives, sis
ters sweethearts, fathers, brothers,
employers or anyone else who is in
tereSted in saving human being from
the downward path of alcoholism,
which all the medical world now ac-
knowledges to be a disease, just as
much as is consumption, cancer or
insanity.
would no more drink whisky or
any other alcoholic drink than 1 would
sip ink or carbolic acid. 1 could swim
toxicating beverage without being
tempted to swallow drop of it And
so can thousands who have been
saved.
was a veritable slave to alcohol
Like most drinkers, I started with
beer. and gradually learned to take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
MAILS CULvERTs TO FARMERS
Business Man Makes Good Use of
Parcel Post.

Horton, Kan, Jan. 23.-H. L. Kill
ley, a Horton business man, is MAX
ing good use of the parcel post. He
is mailing out corrugated steel Gull
verts to his customers. He sent out
the first shipment today and says if
they don't get crushed in the mails
he intends to ship to all his dealers.
He finds that he can send a section
of steel culvert eight inches in diam
eter and eighteen inches long and
still keep under the weight limit He
has mailed culverts to several deal
ers in Kansas, Missouri and Okla
hom and is now anxiously waiting to
see If they are injured in the mail
before supplying all his dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
MISSES TREE: SPLITS KNEE CAP
Manhattan AK Man Evidently Tool
Poor Aim.

Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 25.-William
Bowers, a young man living about ID
miles from Manhattan, up on McIn-
tyre creek, is mighty glad that nature
provided him with a knee cap
Though one of his is split wide open
he is glad that it is the cap instead
of the knee proper.
Just how he happened to miss a
tree and strike the cap on his right
knee with the AK, Bowers doesn't ex-
actly know-it happened so quickly
but that is just what he did. The cap
was split open-just what Bowers was
trying to do to the tree.
A Manhattan physician was called
to dress the injury and reports that
Bowers will be a cripple for probably
two weeks If the ak had missed the
cap and struck the knee proper Bow
ers might be a cripple for much
longer time but the cap served one of
it's purposes well in acting as a pro-
tector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
VETERAN KILLS A VETERAN
Row Over Refusal of Drink Results
Fatally,

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 25.-Sitting
in the county Jail here, Henry Franks,
an inmate of the Soldiers home, told
of blow inflicted by him last Friday
that has just caused the death of JOS
eph Guyer, a comrade. Guyer died in
the home hospital where he was TAX
en- when he staggered into the home
grounds with blood streaming from a
wound on his head. He soon Iapsed
into Inconsistencies and spoke no
more.
In his statement Franks said that he
met Guyer near the home grounds
Guyer, he said, asked him for a drink
and when told that he had none, the
veteran struck him. A fight followed
and Guyer was hit over the head with
an empty bottle. An inquest has been
ordered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
COME To SOLONS
Santa Fe Colorado Branch
May Yet Be Built.
Legislature to Be Asked to
Allow Bonds.

New Ulysses, Kan, JAN 25.-LeglS-
lative enactment is to be reSorted to
by the desperate railroad boosters of
Grant and Stanton counties in an en-
deavor to get the branch of the Santa
Fe built through from Satanic, new
town on the Colmor cutoff, to the Col
orado Southern in eastern Colorado.
When the Santa Fe planned the Col
NOR cutoff into the five Kansas rail-
roadless' counties it was understood
this branch would be built. Later the
officials delayed saying the business
they could expect from the two coun-
ties would not warrant the expense at
present.
This has prompted extra railroad ac-
tivity in the region affected and a bill
will soon be introduced into the leg
islature which, it is thought will bring
the railroad soon. The present law
for a railroad must receive an equal
voting would thus be little inducement
to the Santa Fe as it's stock is worth
its face value. The bill to be introduce
ed provides that any county now hav-
ing less than three miles of railroad
may vote bonds to the extent of $4,000
a mile, without receiving in return
stock in the company.
Santa Fe officials have strongly in
dicated the voting of bonds at any
time under such a law would cause
the immediate building of the line.
off passes through Grant county but
Stanton has no road. Those are the
only counties in the state with less
than three miles of road and conse-
quently the only ones to be affected
by the new law, if passed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
wHEATLEY WANTS THE JOB.
Horton Man Would Like to Be Game
Warden,

Horton, Kan, Jan. pa Horton man
is making a strong showing in the con-
test for the place of L. L. Dyche state
fish and game warden He is William
P. Wheat1ey, a we'll known hunter of
northeast Kansas, and a life long DEM
ocrat. Mr.. Wheatley has many friends
among the sportsmen of Kansas which
is demonstrated by the fact that more
than $50 petitions asking for his APP
pointment as game warden have been
sent to Governor Hodges from all over
the state. 1t is stated that there are
about ten thousand names of sports
men and others interested in the game
laws signed to these petitions. Mr..
Wheatley has the Endorsement of many
prominent Democrats of the state and
is sure to prove one of the strong can
didates for the office when Mr.. Dyche
steps out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
Rabg'@@ D
Dn1cE II

Every woman's heart responds to
the charm and sweetness OF 8 baby's
voice, because nature intended her for
motherhood. But even the loving
nature of a mother shrinks from the
ordeal because such q time is usually
period of suffering and danger.
Women who use Mothers Friend are
saved much discomfort and suffering,
and their systems, being thoroughly
prepared by this great remedy, gre
in healthy condition to meet the
time with the least possible suffering
and danger Mothers Friend is
recommended only for the relief and
comfort of expectant mothers; it is in
no sense a remedy for various ills,
but its many years of success, and
The thousands Of endorsements re-
ceived from women who have used 1t
are guarantee of the benefit to be
derived from it's use. This remedy
does not accomplish wonders but SIM
ply assists nature to perfect its work.
Mothers Friend allays nausea, pre-
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the breasts. and 1IDnfbRrE
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strong, healthy
motherhood. Mothers Friend is sold
at drug stores. Write fol our free
book for expectant mothers.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
Two More Courses Are Added for
Students.

Mcpherson, Kan, Jan. 25.-The board
OF trustees of MCPHERSON college have
just decided to add two more depart
ments to their college. Considering the
strong demand they announced that
the departments of domestic science
and agriculture would be taught in the
institution next year and that two more
members of the faculty would be en-
ployed. Mcpherson college is one of
the fully accredited colleges of the
state, is the UNCONVENTIONAL school of
the Church of the Brethren in the CEN
trail west, and under the presidency of
DR.. ]. A. Clement has made a splendid
educational showing in the last two
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-25
BROOM CORN MEN ANGRY.
Say Buyers Are Leagued Together to
Keep Price Down.

Liberal, Kan, Jan. 25.-The sentiment
against the broom corn trust here is
growing to feverish intensity. Re-
CARELESS of the number of buyers in
the market or their proportion to the
growers willing to sell the prices in
variably range from $40 to $50 per
ton. The price has steadily decreased
this season, owing to the operations
Of the trust, from $3.50 to 5000 to the
low figures now offered.
There is a pretense of competition
among buyers. Consumers receive no
benefit as the high prices of brooms
continue. Thousands of growers in
this section and northern Oklahoma
threaten to quit the crop entirely.