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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09
COAL.

If YOU want the best Ignite coal on
the markst call up the DAKOTA
COAL PRODUCTS CO., phone No.
Sc. Prices on and after Dec. 20 next
will be:
Large Lump, per ton ...........S.OO
Lump, per ton ............. 2.75
ADV.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09
Back to The Bench.

''Mr. Spooncr. isn't this the third
time you have asked me to be your
wife," }tFn,s
I'll believe it Is, Miss Jennie"
"Well, you've famed the air thres
times. You're out on strikes"-Chica.
60 Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09

Tact is more important than talent
always remember that people are nsye
easily led. than driven.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09
INAUGURAL BALL..

INAUGURAL BALL.
We will operate two large, enclos-
ed automobiles Fiday night. Our driv-
ers are careful and experienced. We
suggest that you engage transporta-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09
WOLGAS1
Still CHAMPION
(By Assoclaxeu Press.1

CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-Frank Chance to-
day declared, "Ad Wolgast did not loso
the lightweight championship to Richie.
He was u~njustly deprived OF 1t by Ref
cree Griffin" Chance said the California
desire to have its native" champion was
the cause of the unjust decision.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II 1t
fails to cure. f w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

Bettina clutched the round, shining
silver dollar to her breast and tried to
fasten her wandering thoughts upon
the purchase of the shawl and the
JOY her mother would feel at receiv-
ing it.
But, alas, by the time the train
reached the city. little Bettina was
out of her mind with a raging fe-
yer. First she had caught cold in
the wet bog and then the fever had
set in.
There is no use prolonging the story
or telling you of all the suffering the
brave little maid endured before.
weeks afterwards. she was able to
leave the free ward of the hospital.
But you must know, of course. that
it became necessary for Mamma to
take back the dollar she had allowed
Bettina to keep for her very own.
Medicine costs so much. you know.
Besides Bettina, in her delirium.
knew nothing of their taking it away
from her.
So, Mammals shawl still hangs In
that same shop window and poor lit
tie Bettina-no, let us leave her alone
with her grief and her worn. thin lit
tie body and her dull, listless eyes
the result of the cranberry bogs.
Ii isn't a pretty story. is 1T? No.
But there is a lesson in 1t for all Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

tie italian Bettinas doing Just the
ing the same torments she. poor l.. tile
soul. had to endure.
Each year, as soon as word was sent
out that the sour, red cranberries W ere
ripe on their vines in the bogs and
marshes. Bettina's father and mother
and her older brothers and sisters
would pack up their scanty belongings
and, under the guidance of an Italian
whom they called the padrone, set out
from their home in the city tenement
for the cranberry bogs, there to re-
main for several weeks until all the
red berries had been picked.
This year Bettina was old enough
to be taken along for, bless you, isn't
little girl of six old enough to stand
or kneel or sit in cold wet bog Cor
twelve hours day and pick cram
berries? Her papa and mamma CO :
sidered she was and, you may be sure.
so did the selfish, heartless, greedy
man who owned the bog and drove
the poor pickers like slaves.
Bettina was quite excited about The
trip for, mind you. this was the first
time she had ever been outside to
poor section of the great city in which
she lived Her brothers and sist ers
told her 1t was hard work and that
she would become very tired and wet
and cold. while her little pink fingers
would become all scratched and torn
and numb from picking-picking-
picking.
But Bettina, though a little trou-
bled, made no objection, for she had
a secret. a glorious secret. 1t was
shl-she was almost afraid to
whisper it even to herself--it was to
work. work. work, oh, so hard, until
she had earned enough money to buy
Mamma a beautiful gray and red
shawl she had seen in the window of
a tiny store just around the corner
from the tenement in which she = 4.
Bettina's pretty black eyes fairly
glowed as she thought of Mammals
joy when. on Thanksgiving Day, she
would open the mysterious package
Bettina would hand her. 1t was a
grand secret. glorious surprise!
After a long journey on the train,
dozens of Italian families--many of
them friends of Bettina's Papa and
Mamma-got off and hurried to the
quarters assigned them by the pa
drone.
And what miserable houses they
were. Little shacks. not more than
a dozen feet square. built of plain
boards through the cracks of which
the chill fall winds whistled. More
over. they were made to afford shelter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

William Bradford, the chief execu-
tive of the colony. He is but thirty
years old and yet he is the most dis
tinguished of all the Pilgrims and,
perhaps, the best educated. He Is
master of Greek, Latin and Hebrew
and could converse with us In French
If we addressed him in that lang uage;
besides, he Is well versed in history,
theology and philosophy.
He is respected by every member
or the community and he is not too
proud OF the official honors heaped
upon him to do his share of the man
ual iapor necessary to the existence
of the little settlement.
See how sad is his expression! And
WIN reason, too. for his young wife,
Mistress Dorothy May whom he had
married In Amsterdam, was drowned
only a short while after the Pilgrim
fathers had landed on the soil of
the New World.
| Another scholarly man is Elder
Brewster, the head of the religious
NE OF the colony. He breaches twice
on Sundays and is at all times eager
TO give his flock spiritual and material
encouragement. A graduate of Cam
|
is linguist, speaking Dutch. French
and even Latin. He is proud of a
very fine library which he brought
with him clear across the ocean; and
you may be sure he is always willing
to lend his books or to read them to
his fellow pilgrims.
| And now we come to Captain Miles
Standish, of whom no doubt you have
read so much. He Is a fine figure of
man and very soldierly in bearing.
Brave as a lion-except in asking for
the hand of the fair maiden Priscilla
he has done much to keep the col
onists together and their hearts and
courage unwavering. He comes of a
fine old aristocratic English family and
gave up wealth and ease and position
to cast his lot with the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs.
Not only is he leader of the small
military forces of the colony but also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Thanksgiving ofO OtherPeople

~ F course you know why and hcvf
we celebrate Thanksgiving and
all that it is intended to mean
" to us as a Nation, to say moth
ing of our own satisfaction in biting
into the juicy leg of turkey accom-
panied by taste or two of rich dress
ing and red, red cranberry sauce.
But are you aware that other nations,
long before us, had Thanksgiving of
their own, though they did not call
1t by that name?
Our Thanksgiving, you remember,
was established by the Governor of
the Puritan Colony way back in the
year 1921 when, though the crops had
been only fair. he nevertheless or
dered that three days be set apart for
the rendering unto God of thanks for
the mercies and benefits vouchsafed
the brave little band. From then on.
Thanksgiving Day was observed by
the American people
But other peoples, too, in the past
have felt the need of such day. Look
In your histories and you will be sur
prised, perhaps, to discover that as far
back as the ancient Egyptians = in
fact, over twenty-five hundred years
UeiOie lue DiTIn Oh OnrlSl-a certain
day Of the year was selected as the
one on which to render thanks to Isis
and Osiris, their sun gods. for a plen-
tiful harvest.
The old Grecian Thanksgiving last
ed nine full days and their thanks
were rendered to Demeter. the God
dess of Agriculture. Every free born
Armenian citizen took part in the cere-
monies which were secret in charac-
ter. On the first of the nine days
the young men of Athens, who had
not yet been Initiated, were taken
aside by their elders and instructed
! in the ceremonies they must &c
through before they could become
members of the Eleusinian Mysteries
as 1t was called.
Then, on the second and third day
the people purified" themselves In
the sen and offered up sacrifices to
Demeter. The following day the great
procession of the sacred basket was
held. This huge basket was filled
with pomegranates and flowers and
was carried through the streets of the
city on decorated cart, with much
ponp and ceremony. The next day
the young men to be initiated march ed
to the Temple of Demeter. headed by
a torch bearer and there went through
certain mystic ceremonies.
But the sixth day was the big day,
for then these young initiates walked
in procession from Athens to the lit
tie town of Eleusis where the re-
mainder of the mysteries were ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
|R QUE PUZZLE
1'OpNFD-
THE THANKSGIVING DINNER.

THE THANKSGIVING DINNER.
Little Jimmy was returning from
the village store. carrying a basket
in which were all the good things
for the family's Thanksgiving dinner.
When he got to the foot of hill near
his home, he did not observe a sled
coming at full speed down hill, and
the result was a collision. When he
picked himself up, the contents of
the basket were strewn all over the
place. The following are the articles
of food which he bought-ber key
pud can 'bea tur um Gran dy ap po
ries pl cry ta oy pies eel ms toes ding
sters.
NUMERICAL PUZZLE.
My whole Is a word containing nine
letters and is something to be thank
full for.
l. My 8. s. is small sharp
pointed article.
2. My s, 2, s, is of right mind.
8. My 2, a, 7 is an animal.
A. My 1, 2, is verb.
s. My s. Z, Is a large body Of
water.
ANSWER.
NUMERICAL PUZZLE: Happiness,
1. Pin. 2. Sane. 8. Ape. 4. Hos. s.
Sea-
THANKSGIVING DINNER PUZ.
ZLE: Plum pudding, turkey, beans.
celery, potatoes, crdnberries, candy, dp.
pies, oysters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
A Little Boys THANKSGIVING

n M thankful I've outgrowed my pants
So Willie II have to wear EN-;
h I'm thankful that | had the chance
To sit down hard and tear EN-:
I'm thankfuller than any Teller.
My hair is brown instead of yellerI
I'm thankful that it's not last year
When | had such collie.
| couldn't even bear to hear
The turkey-dinner frolic.
But sat upstairs and stuffed my ears up
And got sheet to dry my tears up.
I'm thankful Grandma coming down,
For Mammals .emper's jerky.
But Grandma never wears a frown
When | ask twice for turkey:
I'm glad my Grandpa II ask a riddle
And keep us dancing to his 6ddIel
I'm thankful that | wasn't killed,
From all that dreadful pounding,
When fourteen teeth were getting
filed
1t was so awful soundingl
My Mamma said my actions shocked
So she excused me to the doctor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
With the Pilgrim Fathers
On 7 THANKSGIVING Day

- EFT us fly back in fancy, this
morning, to a Thanksgiving Day
with the old Pilgrim Fathers
20s and wander around Plymouth
seeing what we can see," as the say
ing goes. Perhaps we will find 1t
more enjoyable than our own method
of celebrating Thanksgiving Day.
To begin with, there is a great bus
tie and scurrying about in the kitch-
ems of the few houses there; the good
Puritan mothers are preparing the
feast Though most of the seasons
crops have been but fair and some of
them downright poor. there are still
many things to be thankful for.
There are fish in quantities, both
fresh and salted; wild partridges,
ducks and turkeys; Indian corn, bar
ley, turntps, pumpkins, -four and wild
grapes. So, you see, these thrifty
housewives really have a number of
things to prepare for the feast. There
are to be uests for dinner - Chief
Massasoit and ninety of his Indian
braves.
How queerly the people of Plym-
Oulu are 0T6SS6Ql o6tt ll16 ulCu al 2
wearing wooden jacket-hke coats, full
knee trousers and long red stockings
and they are carrying peculiar look
ing guns that must be lighted from
a small fame before they will go off.
The women - these scrupulously
neat Pilgrim mothers-are garbed in
dresses of strong dark cloth and wear
white kerchiefs and cuffs and caps.
rUt. .1...- .,lxx orn
busying themselves setting the long
tables which are made of boards. cut
from forest trees and placed on tres
ties.
But how strange the table looks.
Yes there. are tablecloths and nap
kins, highly secured wooden plates,
Rewter ware and knives-but not even
a sign of fork Why2 Well, as
you shall see presently, these Pilgrims
eat with their knives! Yes indeed;
they hold the meat on the plates with
their left hands, cut it with the knife
In their right, and then convey the
food to their mouths with either their
fingers or their knives? Shocking bad
manners, Isn't it?
And, look though we may, there is
not single cup and saucer for tea
or coffee to be seen: for they drink
neither. The long service of praise
and giving of thanks is over for the
morning and now each family is ready
to enjoy it's dinner. In the meantime,
let eus wander about and see some of
the people of this famous Thanks
giving town.
The very young. yet dignified, in
tellectual man walking by the sea with
Captain Miles Standish, is Governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

17lHEN the big. brown, juicy
Thanksgiving turkey comes on
w the table and you and the rest
of the family are enjoying its rich
ness, has it ever occurred to you
that the turkey Is used for other
things than food? Well, 1t is.
What of the feathers? Surely no
one wants them? oh. yes. but you
are mistaken. Lots of people find
them useful. To begin with, farmers
the country over pluck out the tall
feathers and make them into feather
busters. Then, too, wholesale estab-
lishments buy the small feathers from
off the body and use them as stuffing
for mattresses and pillows. while
manufacturing milliners buy the
larger ones to use as trimmings on
women's hats.
Not so very long ago fans made OF
turkey feathers were very popular,
and even now there are many people
who desire them. And = would you
ever imagine 1t? manufacturers
take the turkeys quills as the raw
material from which to fashion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

its magistrate, interpreter, trader,
physician and nurse. He 1t Is who
has conducted all dealings with the
Indians and they have learned,
through experience, to fear him as a
soldier and respect him as a man.
And we must not overlook Priscilla
Mullins and John Alden, of whom
Longfellow has written so beautifully.
They met first at Southampton. where
John Joined the party on the May
flower as a cooper.
And then, too, there is the great
Winslow, the diplomatist who, later
in life, wrote a number of religious
books setting forth the belief of the
Pilgrims. He has but recently mar
ried Susanna White. his first wife
having died only short while ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

Instead he grumbled and cursed be-
cause Mamma had to stop her work
long enough to revive her little
daughter.
The next day Bettina was able to
stand the grinding toll little longer.
though every moment of 1t, it seemed,
her poor little back would break and
her sore fingers drop off from the
pain in them.
And the next day-and the next
and-but it was always the same
story. Poor little Bettina grew thin
ner and thinner and the joy faded out
of her wan little face and her eyes
that had once been SO sparkling and
gay were now listless and tired and
swollen.
But, she told herself over and over
again of night. as she tossed In her
sleep, that every hour meant four
whole pennies. And Mamma had ad-
mired the shawl so much the day
she and Bettina stood looking at it
in the Windows!
For days and days the brave lit
tie girl stuck to her task. All around
her little children were suffering the
same agonies of body she was; but
still the padrones drove them to the
bogs and the endless picking of the
bright red berries.
Finally, the crop all harvested, the
workers were paid the small sums
due them and taken back to their
homes which they promised to leave
again next year when another crop
would be ripe for picking.
In ALL Bettina by her own labor
had earned hearty eight dollars
Papa kept account OF the amount
due her; but also, Papa kept all OF
the money except the one dollar
Mamma had promised she might have
for her very own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

LOT as many as eight and even ten
people. Along one side of the wall
was a huge bunk in which each FAM
lily was to sleep, huddled together like
sneep- And, you may be sure. the
ii..le they had to eat was of the
plainest sort.
ne next morning, the pickers were
up with the sun, and out on the cold.
wet DOG. Papa formed his family in
d hhe, with Mamma working next to
linl' then the two boys. then the two
oiuer girls and then--Bettina Thus.
each bending over plucking the red
berries and dropping them into huge
TN buckets, the line advanced d "
the bog.
All enthusiasm for the work, Bettina
began to pick vigorously. And why
shouldn't she. Just think, If she
worked hard-oh. so hard-she could
earn as much as four cents an hosr.
And, working ten hours day, that
would make forty whole cents in a
single day Why. bless you. all she
needed to buy that shawl for Mamma
was one dollar Thus the little girl
dreamed rosy dreams as she set Il
iantly to work.
on and on they pick-pick-
plck-with the red berries dropping
into the buckets; and. oh. it took so
many of them to fill one. Presently,
Bettina's little back began to hurt
her. She Strengthened up a moment
to rest; but instantly the padrone was
upon her, cursing her and driving her
back to her task
The rough bushes pricked her ten
der little fingers and she became dizzy
from bending over. But she kept on.
A little while, though 1t seemed hours
to her and she tainted, utterly worn
out by the heart t-breaking toll. Did
the padrone feel sorry? No indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

planned to them. The seventh oay
was given over to feasting and re-
joicing in Athens, that wonderful
Grecian city; likewise on the eighth
day.
Then, on the final day of the cele-
bration, priest would place two
earthen vessels, filled with wine ir
full view of the assembled people;
one vessel was toward the East the
other toward the West. After reading
a certain mystic ritual, he would then
deliberately upset the two vessels so
that the spilled wine would be liba-
ton to the goddess. Rather a queer
way of celebrating Thanksgiving
wasn't it, and not half SO interesting
either as a big dinner with the turkey
poking up his two Drowned legs from
the huge platter?
Here, in brief. are the ways in which
few Other ancient people rendered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
WHITE TURKEYS.

Did you ever hear of white tur-
key7 There is such a bird though he
is not often found. Perhaps you
would imagine he would make extra
good eating because of his being diff
ferent from the general run of tur-
keys. But his flesh tastes no better
than that of his bronze brothers. His
feathers, however, are worth three
times as much as the brown ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

us. Think of poor Bettina and then
think of the many, many things you
and l have to be thankful for this
Thanksgiving.
Why. just suppose you had to work
in cranberry bog picking-picking-
picking all day long! All, we have
much to be thankful for. haven't we?
Think of this-and of Bettina-when
you eat cranberries with your turkey
on Thanksgiving DaY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Uses of the Turkey

"featherbone" which is used as stiff
fening for womens waists and stays.
So, you see, while you think of the
turkey only as a delicious morsel for
your Thanksgiving dinner, there are
people who find him useful in other
ways
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

DeHbcrateIy Upset the Two vessels.
thanks to their gods or goddesses:
The natives of India. in gala attire,
marched to their temples and laid
flowers and fruits and cereals on the
affairs as sacrifices; then they feasted
and made merry.
In Rhodes, the celebration seems to
have been of less serious character;
for they dressed up a clown as
woman, placed a crown of ears of
corn on his brow and bore him
through the streets with great cere-
mony.
The Scandinavians honored Frey.
their god of sunshine and rain, with
ella borate sacrifices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Bettina of the Cranberry Boes

/~ HIS is story-a Thanksgiving
n story-of six-year-old Bettina,
the cranberry picker: but it has
W in it little of the spirit of good
cheer of Thanksgiving Day. as you
and know it. Indeed. it is quite a
sad story, so do not expect an ending
that is really happy one. But it is
true story, for there ara many lit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Kitty thanksgiving
Dinner

hlllllCl
zzuHEN everyone was through
said,
~ We'll now my Kitty shall
be fed"
And so / took nice bits of meat
And other things we had to eat
Like cake
And pie
And stuhng scraps.
And bread
And cheese
And ginger snaps.
And put them down upon the floor
And coaxed the Kitty through the
door;
She shifted about the turkey wing
Then walked away without a thing:
''How fat
She ia.
Said Grandpa Hicks
Il bet
She's been
At her old tricksI"
'You know that fluffy little mouse
That plays about the chicken housep
Well III just wager my fat hen
You'll never see her there againl
Come here
Miss Cat
And tell me straight
Where is
Your ap-
Petite of late2"
Miss Kitty wore the mystic looks
That kittens have in picture books;
And Grandpa said. Il shall repeat
My question. Miss--why don't you
eatp"
But Kit
Ty would
Not say a word:
But purred
And purred
And purred and pur-r-r-r-r-r-redl
s-kf>xAt,S
ID&
HS --~~E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

- EFT us fly back in fancy. this
morning, to Thanksgiving Day
with the old Pilgrim Fathers
24os and wander around Plymouth
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-02-27

From the Tyndall Register.
One Of the unique exhibits at the
Farmers Institute was the angel
food cake, baked by Walter Young
worth, which took first prize. Wal
ter is only II years old and the
honor he has won as an artist in
baking is one worth striving for.
By making q trade with A. g.
Serr, recently, the Tyndall Hard
ware Co., came into possession Of
q SO #. lot lying next to them
This gives the Hardware Co. plenty
Of room and as soon as spring
opens mp they will commence the
erection Of a brick building so feet
wide and extending to the alley.
This will greatly improve our main
street.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-02-27
?. i. BLISS, Editor 4 Proprietor.
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