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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

wANTED-To do housekeeping by the
day. Inquire TAO Fourteenth and-a-
half street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

WE WILL BOND YOU-Exeeutor-'. ad-
mirlstrators. guardians. trustees. or
any kind OF judicial bonds; loogcs and
government on1cials. contractors. po-
sitions OF trust: in fact any kind OF
bond you wan- excerpt bail oonds)
land resident managers. FlGCury =
Deposit Company OF Maryland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR sALE-Launch; call Rock Island
1155-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

WANTED TO buy, display table for
dry goods store. Phone Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR SALE = Here is good buy for
some one: Lot 96X1e6, with five-room
house. fine location; five more houses
can be built on It; only $1,000. Eek
hart & Buffum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27
COLLECTIONS.

80 - -
and claims collected william III
Walker. lawyer. al Peoples Bank
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR sALE-Choice single comb White
Leghcrn cockerels. 81 to So each. In
qufre Henry Fender & Sons, Port
Byron, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR SALE-Drop head sewing machine.
good as new IS; also other furni-
ture; selling out. Inquire 1880 Sixth
avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR SALE - An upright oak folding
bed. Inquire go Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

WANTED-Plain sewing at ss1 Four
Island $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR SALE-1i3 acres Wapello county
Iowa: level, tiled. we'll improved, new
fences, fine neigh boThood, one-courth
mile TO school; price, $l55. $4,000, 6
per cent. J. 4. Espy, Ottumwo, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27
FOR WAREHOUSES;.

FOR RENT-Four-room house. phone
Rock Island 2J17.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR. SALE-Now is the time 20 buy
good Second avenue property. Every
year tt is going up. If you want
business property. see US at once.
Eckhart & Buffum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

WANTED-Boy TO learn drug business
Thomas Drug company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR -SALE-A burner coal range.
with warming oven; nearly new; fine
baker: price. $15 Cali at l5l11z Third
aNcnue; suite L..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

TO learn drug business.
Thomas Drug company.
WANTED "A man for slip work; in
Quire 1900 Sixth street
wANTED-Boy over 1e years to set
pins at st. Julian alleys, Seventeenth
street and Seventh avenue
wANTED-A clean-cut, live up-to-date
young man, one familiar with Moline
and Rock Island. capable Of making
good collections; good salary for q
hustler. Apply 524 Fifteenth street.
Moline.
wANTED-we want men ard boys in
the city and out to learn the barber
trade: can qualify in few weeks for
best positions; wages Whle learning
tools given. Write Moler Barber col
lege, Chicago, Ill.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reliable man for
Rock Island, also open territory in
Illinois, TO sell our imported and do
mestic and hand colored calendars /;
proposition 10 the right man. Thomas
j. Beckman company, S27 Filbert
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
WANTED-For U. s. army; able ed
unmarried men between ages of IS
and 50; citizens Of Cnttea States, OF
good character and temperate habits,
English language. For information,
apply TO recruiting officer. Second and
Brady street, Davenport; 21S South
Third street, Cedar Rapids; Sixth and
Main streets. Dubuque; State Bank
building, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR SALE-Gas stove and kitchen ia
BILE. Inquire 2405 Seventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

FOR SALE-Gas stove. iron bed, daven-
port, sideboard, dresser. range, china
closet; 1929 Nineteenth street. Phone
Rock Island 2l19-k-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27

EOR RENT--E Eight room house. corner
Nineteenth street and Eighth avenue.
walker. ingram a sweeney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-27
FOR REET-RooMs.

FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms
at 1904 Fifth avenue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
The finest resort
hotel in the world
is being built at
Sunset Mountain
Asheville, II. C.
Absolutely FireproOf
Will open July lSt
VIM. S. KINNEY. MANAGER

MR. W GROVE of ST. LOUIS No. building the finest resort
AVA hotel the world to be opened July 1919 viii be absolutely
eproo and being built Of the great bou of Sunset Mounn
whose foot It being built BY hand the OldshOued way
Full of rest and comfort and wholesomeness
The the hundredace eghteenhoe golf links Of
Aevte Country Club and with sixty of lawn
The pust obtanab anywhere ppd miles, from
the slopes of Mount Mitchell 6ooo feet attitude Bmore milk and
exclusively. supplied from registered Jerseys the of
Mr.. Geo. W. Vanderbilt doubtful this famous dairy equcd
in the world.
Seven hundred pieces of the being made BY hand
Roycofers. The silver viii be hand-hsmmered
The plumbing material will be the finest that has been placed
any hotel in the world The soil pipe has beea hydrauy tested and
then galvanized The hot pipe 1900 TBS weight viii be solid
brass The pipes Byers genuine 1pweldd wrought tested
ydrauy lbs The bhubs and fixtures M solid porcelain
No pipes visible anywhere No radiators be seena placed
under windows. No electric bulbs to be
The big Room what calf the lobby SO feet by and
places viii burn twelvefoot logs.
For the golfers building lockers and shower bath with
oyoot swimming pool that viii be exled by the finest clubs
existence and the viii be less than yards distant when they
al the links
Mr. VIM S. Kenney. of Breton Woods N H. who has shown his
management Of The Mount Washington hotel and Hotel Clarendon
that he the peer of hotel keepers will manage the Inn.
We eight hundred around the Inn (consumptves
tken).
Especially available for northern guests Spring Fail and Winter
going returning from farther southern ali Winter
The Inn located the side Of Sunset Mountain about mile from
the top and only enough the Summer make blanket
necessary night but protected and mild enough the Winter
make life enjoyable without enervation.
GROVE PARK INN. Sunset Mountain. Ashevire. N. c.
New York Booking Office. nSo Broadway.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
R. c. BRAWNER
IS LAID TO REST
BROTHER OF PRESIDENT OF
PENSACOLA STATE BANK WAS
BURIED AT cAsTLEBERRY,
WHICH HAD BEEN HIS HOME
FOR MANY YEARS.

The remains OF R. C. Brawner.
prominent merchant of Castleberry,
Ala, who died recently in Ell Paso,
Texas, recently, have been placed at
rest in the family burying ground at
Castleberry, Ala. where the deceased
lived for many years and made a sue
cess of the mercantile business. The
deceased was a brother Of President
F. E. Brawner of the Pensacola State
bank, and Mr.. Brawner with his FAM
lily attended the funeral services.
The deceased was born in Oaky-
street, Ala. in 1871 and was the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Brawner. He
was raised in Evergreen, but when a
young man moved to Castleberry,
where he engaged in the mercantile
business, which he conducted most
successfully In 1912 his health failed
and he went west in the hope of be-
ing benefited, but the climate failed
to help him and he died in Ell Pasa
last week.
The deceased is survived by a wife
and three children, besides number
Of other relatives.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

center Of his great plantation, is the
mecca of sportsmen and pleasure seek
ers from all over the United States and
his hospitable doors swing open to
scores of guests at all times of the
year. When last seen by a Journal
representative yesterday, Col. Hays
and Judge Cooper Griggs were cele-
brating Mardi Gras together and each
was trying to demonstrate to the other
the proper way to celebrate 1t.
L. S. Brown, of Atlanta, is in Pensa-
cola for Mardi Gras, with the grover
bial Atlanta spirit, Mr.. Brown main
tains that the Georgia capital is the
greatest place on the map, though he
comedies that Pensacola is now about
the most talkedof port on the gulf.
Bryan Mack, who votes in Pensacola,
but so far none of them has been, Mt
not resist the allurements of Mardi
Gras and he is here to enjoy the fes-
tivities. Mack still worships at the
shrine of the brown eyed beauties"
but so far none of them has been fit
to adopt him.
Geo. N. Marsh. of Illinois, is in the
city on visit to his nephew, Chas. j.
Levey.
Hon. Clay Ladd, one of the leading
citizens of Terre Haute, Ind is spend
ing several days in the city as the
guest of DR.. L. C. Stokes. So impressed
with the Deep Water City is Mr.. Ladd
that it is probable that ne will make
a number of real estate investments
here, and spend considerable portion
of his time in Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
HUSBAND
TIRED OF SEEING
Her SUFFER
Procured Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound,
which made His Wife
a Well Woman.

Middletown, Pal had headache,
backache and such awful bearing down
pains that could not be on my feet at
times and ] had organic Inflammation so
badly that / was not able to do my work.
/ could not get good meal for my hus-
band and one child. My neighbors said
they thought my suffering was terrible.
"My husband got tired of seeing me
suffer and one night went to the drug
store and got me bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
told me / must take it. can't tell you
all ] suffered and can't tell you all that
your medicine has done for me. I was
greatly benefited from the first and it
has made me q well woman. ] can do
all my Homework and even helped some
of my friends as well. / think it is q
wonderful help to all suffering women.
have got several to take it after see
ing what it has done for me. Mrs.
EMMA EsPENsHADE, 219 East Main St,
Middletown. Pa
The Pinkham record is proud and hon
orable one. 1t is . record of constant
victory over the obstinate ills Of woman
ILLS that deal ont despair. 1t is an es-
tablished fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored
health to thousands of such suffering
women. Why don't you try 1t If you
need such medicine?
II You want special advice write to
lydia r.. Piukham Medicine Co. (cOufi.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered By q
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

sent a wireless to the last float in the
parade, which left its course and
steered a bit to leeward to pick up the
survivors.
But it turned out all right; the float
was the Prosperity" float, showing the
sun rising in full glory over a Pensa-
cola with municipal docks, the belt
line and the golden flow from the
Panama canal. So even if the unduIy
propheticaI would see the wreck Of the
steam roller, Dobson and Henderson
are aboard the ark of prosperity and
not on the barren hilltops of a COM
mercial Ararat.
That last float was a work of art
and was so well designed and executed
that its seriousness did not detract "a
bit from the burlesques ahead, but
rather intensified their purports by
contrast
FINELY CONDUCTED.
The organization showed practically
it's full strength and the parade was
conducted with great smoothness. 1t
was directed by Chief Marshal A. a.
Wrighton and host of aides. among
them being Alexander Zelius. Joseph
NJ. Roberts, and DR.. Whiting Hargis.
Deputy Sheriff HartsfieId and his
youthful son. the latter mounted upon
a pony, rode in the forefront of the
procession, as did several of the
mounted police.
The ball which followed was a merry
revel, in which all the serious events
Of the Mardi Gras were taken Off
with interesting sidef1ashes of a hu-
morous turn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
PICKINGS FROM
POLICE STATION

One Of the longest sessions of the
recorders court to be held since the
day following Christmas, was that of
yesterday, when Recorder Welsh dis
posed Of 104 cases. Seventy nine de-
PENDANTS were found guilty, twelve dis
charged and thirteen cases were con-
tirued. The fines assessed amounted 10
1910.
The cases against Louis Kenney and
Peter Varazo, both charged with sell
ing liquor on Sunday, We're continued.
The case against Will Goldstucker,
negro, charged with running an auto
mobile in reckless and careless man
ner, was called, but was continued
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
CHILDREN SIDE WITH
MOTHER AGAINST FATHER

Entura. Cal, Feb. 3.-Warmly de-
Tending their mother, Mrs. Sophie
Morttino. who is in Jail here on a
charge of kidnapping them from Gal
weston, Texas, and accusing their
father. Former Judge P. Q. Saunders
of not having treated them properly
Consuelo and Esperanza Saunders said
today they had written to their mother,
who had REMARKED, after her first
husband had obtained a divorce, ask
ing that she take them from the school
in which they had been placed by
Saunders.
Mrs. Morttino is awaiting the ar
rival of a Texas lawyer with repuisi-
tion papers. The girls have been
placed in charge of probation officer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
COLD WEATHER
EXPECTED HERE
COLD WAVE SIGNALS WERE DIS
PLAYED YESTERDAY AND TEN.
PERATuRE BEGAN FALLING
ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

Cold weather is expected in Pen
sacola and this section today. The
temperature, according to the weather
bureau, should drop thirty or more
degrees by tonight. II 50 this Sec
ton will experience some real cold
weather.
From all indications at o'clock this
morning the forecast of the weather
bureau viii prove correct one, for
the temperature began falling at mid
night and two hours later had dropped
sveral degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
COURT OF RECORD ADJoURNs
UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY

The court of record has adjourned
until next Thursday morning in order
to give the court officials an oppcr-
tunity to enjoy the carnival.
No session of the court was held
yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

GUtGCHGG ouUlSiGHb 70 CoNVlEL any boy OF
person found stealing subscribers papers
after delivery Of same by carrier.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board Of county commissioners will
be held this afternoon. when routine
matters viii be discussed.
Tit annual meeting of the Interstate
Fair Association, scheduled for yes
terday morning. was not held, owing
to the fact that quorum failed to
appear. The meeting was adjourned
to Friday afternoon at o'clock.
D. ]. Lindsay of Wilma. Fla, is
among the carnival visitors to the
city.
Among the Geneva citizens in the
city for the carnival celebration. is
H. e. Archibald.
D. w. c. Yarbrough, formerly of
Pensacola, but resident Of Birming-
ham for the past several years, was
in the city yesterday. shaking hands
with his numerous friends He left
last night for Mobile on a business
trip.
Mayor J. N. Russell. of the new
town OF Malone. in Jackson county, is
enjoying the Mardi Gras festivities.
Mayor RUSSELL says Malone is making
rapid growth in business and popula-
ton and win soon be one of West Flor
ida's most important towns. This is
his first visit to Pensacola and he is,
like everyone else who sees the Deep
Water City, very much pleased with
its metropolitan appearance.
G. E. Manville. of Benton Harbor,
Mich, is in Pensacola for Arardi Gras.
With his wife and children he has
been spending few days visiting c.
Hicks. at Barth (near Pine Barren)
and he ran down to the city yesterday
to help welcome King Priscus. Mr..
Manville is conductor running be-
tween Louisville and Benton Harbor.
on the Big Four route and, in point
OF service, is the oldest conductor on
the division. He has been punching
tickets for more than thirty years and
is beginning to think about retiring
For several years he has been study
ing the peach growing industry in
Michigan and he is now considering
the same subject in Florida. He be-
lieves that peach growing could be
made very profitable business in Es-
Gambia county and he may invest il
tract Of land and take up the worf
here in the near future.
Col Alex Hays. of Jackson county
is among the Mardi Gras visitors. and
as he always does, is having goot
time Col. Hays is type of the ole
time southern planter whose person
atty is. in these days. as refreshing a.
it is exceptional. He is large. straight
vigorous, with clean cut features and
piercing eve His home in Jackson
county. standing upon a hin in thu
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

Grand Marshal Turner were c. w.
Merritt, chairman of the parade com
mittee of the Carnival Association
and score or more of mounted aides,
including Harry Ferris. Clyde Rob-
erts, George Turton, George Giagles,
George Brent, T. B. Thorsen, Merritt
Bell w. D. Wilkerson,' and e. Y. Nor
gan.
They rode up and down the line Of
parade constantly, keeping the press
ing onlookers to the sidewalks and the
streets reasonably clear of vehicles.
There were thousands that made
pilgrimage into the business section
of the city and lined up along Pala-
fox street between the wharf and
Wright street in the late part of the
forenoon.
For two hours up to noon every
trolley car running on its extra sched-
ule had brought into the parade dis
trict its little addition to the throng.
Thousands nearer he scene of the ac-
tivities than the residential sections
Of North, East and West hills had
walked and sought their vantage
points along Palafox street.
It was not that they believed the
NASNN0 "ONAo Sup hlS6OA VI tAA
the lightning would quit rending them
with its Hastings, but that they knew
the king and the military and the
bands and the floats would parade
whether It rained or not and they
wanted to see the parade.
Pushing here, crowding there, they
waited expectantly the blasts from
the trumpet of the leading bugler.
THE |.as t,,& H.
tried to press themselves more COM
the half sheltering roofs reaching out
over the sidewalks and, failing to keep
dry. sl1ivered, laughed and hung onto
their individual positions.
PRIScUS GETS KEY.
AS the royal carriage, drawn by two
handsome white horses, drew up be-
fore the city hall, Mayor Reilly
stepped into the box, draped in pur-
pie, gold and green and extended well
come to the monarch ON behalf of
the people of Pensacola in the visiting
throngs.
He told the king that the people
had anxiousIy awaited his coming
from the Isle of Mirth and that he, as
Lord High Mayor, took great pleas
ure in presenting the key to the city
and offering its freedom during the
brief reign he should enjoy.
KING MEETS QUEEN.
Had rain not fallen during the last
fifteen minutes of the parade, the
meeting of the king and the queen
would have been held in the court
at the approach to the Garden street
parkway.
When it became threatening it was
decided 20 change the scene of the
meeting, and the queen, her pages
and the royal maids went to the Gar
den street balcony of the San Carlos,
where 1t was hoped they could keep
dry. Several minutes before the ar
rival Of Priscus, however, it began to
rain hard again and the royal lady
and her train beat a precipitate re-
treat, taking shelter about the
second floor gallery of the hotel.
It was there that Priscus greeted
the queen, who is Miss MolIie Blount,
in private life. Miss Blount was at
tended by Miss Lurleyne Fulghum,
Miss Catherine Roach, Miss Florence
Coffin and Miss Annie Chaplin McLane,
maids of honor. and Andrew Warren
Pierpont and Thomas Watson, pages.
After the king and queen went
through that Formally the entire
party went in to luncheon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
FIRST BREAK IN RANKS
OF STRIKING IRON WORKERS

Pittsburg. Pa, Feb. 3-The first
break in the ranks Of the striking iron
workers at the Rankin plant of the
American Steel and Wire Company
occurred this morning, when about 200
of the 1,500 or more men went out,
returned to their places. The mills
were picketed but the presence Of
deputy sheriffs prevented disorder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

The regular monthly meeting OF
Ward Camp, No. 10, U. c. ", will be
held at the bivouac ip~the Thiesen
building this evening at six o'clock.
All members are urged to attend.
By order of the commander,
BOYKIN JONES,
Adjutant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
COLDS 6 LaGRIPPE

5or 6 doses 666 will break
any case of Chills & Fever,
Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on
the liver better than Gallo
mel, and does not grippe or
sicken. Price 25c.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
IN a Pinch. use ALIENS EOOT-EASE

ladies' can wear shoes size smaller after using
Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptic powder for the feet
relief 70 corns and bunioDs It's the greatest COM
fort discovery Of the age Relieves swollen feet bis
ers. Gallons and sore spots Il is certain relief for
sweating. tired tender. aching feet Always use 10
Break IN New shoes Sold everywhere. Csc Don't
accept eng subaitute For FREE trlal package,
address Allen 8. olmstsd, L. BOY, Il, y.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
Surprise Your Friends.

For four weeks regularly use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They stimu-
late the liver, improve digestion, re-
move blood impurities, pimples and
eruptions disappear from your face
and body and you feel better. Begin
at once. Buy at w. A. DAlemberte's
121 S. Palafox street. (Adv)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
SUPREME COURT TAKES
RECESS TO NEXT MONDAY

Washington, Feb. 3-The supreme
court today took recess until Mon
day, Feb. "a without announcing any
decision in the state rateN cases or the
inter mountain rate case.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

Do you know that more real dan
gerluriSs in a common cold than in any
other of the minor ailments? The safe
way is to take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, thoroughly reliable prepar-
aration, and rid yourself of the cold as
quickly as possible. This remedy IS
for sale by all dealers. (Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE,

Boston, Feb. 3.-Five thousand gar
ment workers, employed in forty
Boston shops, struck today to enforce
a demand for increased wages, an s.
hour day, abolition of tenement house
work and recognition Of the union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
Funrnakers' Annual
Frolic Brilliant Burlesque
of Many Things Interesting

tcontinuea from Page One,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
TERsELY TOLD.
$500 REWARD.

The journal will pay $500 reward for
evidence sufficient to convict any boy or
person found stealing subscribers papers
after delivery Of same by carrier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04
King Priscus Given
Royal Welcome on His
Fourteenth Annual Visit

Continued from First Page)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

Tit annual meeting of the Interstate
Fair Association, scheduled for yes
terday morning. was not held. owing
to the fact that a quorum failed to
appear. The meeting was adjourned
to Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-04

The regular monthly meeting Of the
board Of county commissioners will
be held this afternoon. when routine
matters will be discussed,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-07-25
a Close BUYER.

A New York theatrical man was APP
pointed receiver Cor a small opera
house in an up state town in New
York He was anxions to sell it and
was willing to take the first offer made.
He advertised the place. and after
waiting a week he was delighted when
an inquiry came in
"Say. mister" the prospect asked.
chow much do you want for the thea
terY'
MY friend" the receiver replied. II
am extremely anxious to make sale,
and I'll let you have it for your own
price"
Please, mister" said the inquirer,
"can't you do little better than thatY'
Saturday Evening Post.