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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-05-17

A tine band concert will be given he.
fore the dance next Monday evening.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
tobacco Notes

F. P. Mcintosh of Viroqua was in
this market for short stay Saturday.
Fred Greene of WATERFOWL and VIM.
M. Chalmers of Toledo, Ohio, with the
Pinkerton Tobacco Co., were callers
here Wednesday,
The officials of the United Cigar
Manufacturers Co. under the new adj
ministration are Fred Hirschhorn, pres
ident; Henry Estberg, Preston Herbert
and John Kolb, vice presidents; Sig
Schlesinger, secretary, and J. Schiff err,
treasurer, all of New York.
H. friedrich, who operates one of the
largest independent cigar factories in
the middle west at Evansville, Ind.
accompanied by his factory, superinten-
dent, were in the state the past week.
The new friedrich factory which was
opened recently is said to be one of the
most modern and completely equipped
buildings of the kind in the country.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
MRS EDWIN KIRBY.

After long and painful illness; Mrs.
Edwin Kirby died at her home in Sum-
ner Sunday evening last, aged So years.
Amelia Bickle was born in Racine,
Wis, Sept. Is, 1850. She with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bickle,
moved to the town of Sumner that
same year. She was united in mar
riage with Edwin Kirby in 1866. To
this union were born three sons, Willis
E., Franklin P. and Claude M. She
also leaves an aged mother, five sisters
and four brothers, and two grandchil-
dren to mourn her departure. She be-
came member of the Free Will Bap-
fist church in 1898.
Ten years ago she underwent an OPP
Grafton in the Post Graduate hospital
at Chicago. In 1912 she was operated
on at hospital in Milwaukee, and in
September last she went to Rochester,
Mimi, and was operated on for ulcer
of the stomach. Everything that could
be done to relieve her suffering her
family did.
The services were held from the
home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. ). ID.
Blenkinsopp officiating.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
Form a Civic League.

AS an outgrowth of prize contest
originating with Hon. L. C. Whittet
for essays written by the pupils of the
public schools upon the topic ''The
Betterment of Edgerton," a civic
league was launched at a public meet
ing held at Royal hall last Saturday
evening.
Hon. L. E. Gettle as chairman of the
meeting outlined it's object. He stated
that the greatest concern of the day
was that of municipal progress to
which the students and experts of the
country were working out problems on.
The essay on "What Edgerton Needs"
by Helen Dickinson of the 7th grade
was read by Mrs. Arthur Clarke; that
of Eddie Thompson by Miss Edna Will
son, and Of Clara Saunders by Mrs. M.
E. Titus.
The winners of the prize essays in
the high school on the same subject
were read by Sigurd Brue, Glenn Gar
diner and Harold Sutton.
DIR. W. w. Morrison was then intro
duced and spoke from the health Of
11cer's standpoint concerning the needs
of Edgerton, which he outlined as the
extension of the city water and sewer
age systems until all homes could re-
ceive the benefit of these conveniences.
He also urged other sanitary meas
ures, especially the determination of
flies.
Other addresses were made by Rev.
]. Linnevold, who said that nothing
was the matter with Edgerton but we
should strive for higher ideals; and
Prof. F. @. Holt, who gave an inter-
esting talk upon the respect for au-
thority.
The exercises were interspersed with
music by the Girls Glee Club of the
high school. A paper was circulated
through the assembly for signatures to
the formation of civic league and was
very generally signed. Temporary Of
ficers were chosen consisting of w. r.
Bardeen, president, and f. o. Holt,
vice president, with power to continue
the formation of the league and call
future meetings at their convenience.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
Obituary.
MRS. C. w. POOL.


After several weeks of intense suf-
fering, death came as relief to Mrs.
Mary A. Pool at II O'Clock Saturday
morning, May rs, 1913, at her home in
Duluth, MINI. Cancer with compli-
cation of other diseases was the imme-
diate cause of her death.
The deceased, who was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wells Coon, among
the early settlers of Albion, was born
on the homestead located by them April
rs, 1916. Her early life was spent in
that town where she received her edu-
cation at the academy in that village.
Her marriage to Stillman Main took
place at Albion 48 years ago, whose
death occurred in 1878. In 1884 she
was again married to C. w. Pool and
for a time made their home in this city
but in 1887 they removed to Duluth,
Mimi, where Mr.. Pool has for some
years been employed in the state S
grain inspection service.
The deceased was woman Of the
most kindly and generous impulses,
who gathered about her fast friend
ships in whatever community she lived
and among her early acquaintance in
Albion her death will be greatly de-
plored. Aside from her husband she is
survived by son, Fred Main of Mil
waukee, employed by large contract
ing firm building the dam across the
Wisconsin river at Prairie du Sac.
Funeral services were held from the
home in Duluth Sunday afternoon and
the remains brought here by train and
taken to Albion for interment on the
family lot in Evergreen cemetery Mon
day afternoon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
CLASS ROLL.
Interesting Manual Training Exhibit

Last Thursday afternoon and even
ing the public were invited to inspect
an exhibit of the work done by the
pupils in the manual training classes of
our public schools, both that of the
grades and high school. 1t being the
first year that instruction in manual
training was given in our schools, there
was an unusual amount of interest
manifest by parents and friends to
learn what had been accomplished in
this line. Almost every person has
some ability to make things with their
hands, some with more ability than
others, and these of course get the
greater benefit out of manual training.
The exhibit Of the grades in basket
weaving and paper making designs
greatly pleased several hundred who
inspected them, while that of the high
school in wood work proved quite a
revelation. There was a fine display
of tables, chairs, desks, music stands,
hall trees, and in upholstered work of
Morris chairs, davenports, besides a
multitude of small articles of hand
work designs made by the pupils under
Prof. McCrea in charge of this depart
ment. Those who visited the exhibit
were, most favorably impressed with
the first years experiment with man.
ual training as an adjunct of our public
schools.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
DROWNED in Rock River.

Rock river claimed another victim
Sunday forenoon, opposite Josephson' $
resort, when Jake Mehalic, an Aus
TRAN and employed on the section at
Milton Junction, met watery grave.
Jake Mehalic and one of his coun-
trymen named Nick Glevisic together
with the section boss at Milton juno
ton came up from the junction on a
hand car to the railroad bridge the
other side of Josephson's cottages,
where they took the hand car off the
track. In crossing the bridge the two
Austrians got to fooling and threw
each others caps into the river. Jake
walked up to the bank short distance
from the bridge, removed his clothing
and IN spite of the protests of his COM
panions started to swim up the river
after his cap. He swan diagonally
across the river until he got into the
strong current which kept his cap
ahead of him. When he reached a
point about three rods above Hurd's
boat house and about two to three rods
from the shore he cried for help but
before any of the people could get to
him he had gone down for the last
time. Two young men from this city,
OSAlNhC1 dl1u O0lS3 WOIO bdo -
short distance from where the man
drowned but had not noticed him until ne
yelled and could not reach him in time.
Several people along the shore near
Josephson's cottages saw the man go
down and Immediately telephoned to
Edgerton for help. The sheriff was
notified but no hooks or apparatus
could be found in GAINESVILLE, so no eff
fort was made to recover the body until
the afternoon when some people from
Edgerton dragged with small hooks.
The young man has brother named
Toney, living at 300Reed ST., Milwau-
kee, who was notified by the section
foreman at Milton Junction.
Peter Mccain and Julius Hokenstad
located the remains Tuesday afternoon
and the body was taken to Tellefson's
undertaking rooms. A brother of the
deceased, Toney of Milwaukee, arrived
in Edgerton Tuesday and offered a re-
ward of $25 for the recovery of the
body. This was given to the men men
toned above.
Sheriff Whipple aided in the search
for the body and had charge of the
search which lasted throughout the
day. The remains were shipped to
Milwaukee Wednesday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
..QUIT YOUR MEANNESS.
A Series of Plain and Homely Talks
to Plain and Homely People by
Plain and HOmely Speaker.

One of this series will be given at the
Methodist church next Sunday evening
and each Sunday evening during the
summer. These talks should be of in
terest to all and the public is cordially
invited. Some of the talks to be given
in the series are as follows:
A Talk to Ill-Natured People; Grunt-
ers, Grumblers and Crackers.
A Talk to Takers; Gossipers, Tat
tiers and Scandal-Mongers.
A Talk to Lovers; Courtship, or
Choosing a Partner for Life.
Home Talk; A Talk to Nagging Wives
and Scolding Husbands.
A Talk to Small People; Little Things
in Big Folks.
A Talk to Spotted People; People
Pious in Spots.
A Talk to Our Mayor and Our City
Fathers, or the Importance OF Good
City Government.
Other themes may be announced
later. Good music each evening.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
School Commencement Under Way.

The last of the school days of the
year are passing this week, culminat-
ing in the commencement exercises of
the high school, some of which are
scheduled to take place after the forms
of this paper are closed.
| At the Alumni Junior Senior ban
quet, served in the basement of the
Congregational church Friday night, a
four-course supper was served by the
ladies of the church. Lowell Whittet,
president of the class of 1914, acted as
postmaster, and in few remarks well
coined the senior class. A piano duet
was given by Misses Margaret Filing
son and Frances Nichols. Miss Brun-
ner, of the faculty, gave a toast to the
seniors motto, mo Success Without
Endeavor. Glenn Gardiner gave a
toast to the faculty. Mary Hahn gave
a poem on the green and the white,
telling many tales on the class of 1913.
Miss Thelma Burdick rendered violin
solo, and then all adjourned to Acad-
envy hall for the prom and reception.
About 100 couples participated in the
enjoyment, and the music furnished by
Hoeveler's orchestra of Madison was
excellent.
The class play, "A Crazy Idea,'' by
members of the senior class, was pre-
sented at Royal hall on Monday even
ing.
The class day exercises took place at
Royal hall Wednesday evening, May
%, with the following program:
Music Milton College Glee Club.
Salutatory- Jay Campbell.
Class History Adele Wentworth.
Music-Milton College Glee Club.
Glass Poem-Susie Learn.
Class Prophecy - Beulah Pomeroy,
Stella Attlesey, Mable Brown.
Music-Milton College Glee Club.
Class Will-Ida Anderson.
Glass Tokens-Bessi Cunningham.
Music-Milton College Glee Club.
Charge to Under-C lassmen Ray Nc
Cam.
Music Milton College Glee Club.
We go to press too early to give an
account of the commencement exercises
at Royal hall Thursday evening. The
program is:
Invocation-Rev. 7. w. North.
Music-High School Girls Glee Club.
Address 'Paths of Power" by DR..
G.. w. Barnes.
Vocal Solo Miss Norma Hargraves.
Valedictory-Sar Davis.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Glass Song.
CLASS ROLL.
Bessie K. Cunningham Nettie NJ. Armit
Sigurd Brue Beulah r. Croft
Myrtle B. Hanson jay M. Campbell
Mary Ellen Wesendonk Charles L. Campbell
Harriet G.. Lund George I'll. Dahlman
H. Susie Learn Lillian Adele Went
Sarah I. Davis worth
Ray L. Mccain Mable M Brown
Stella M. AttleSey Andrew L. ThOreSOn
Beulah G. PomerOy Ida A. Anderson
Other exercises of the week are the
Alumni banquet and reception at The
Carlton hotel Friday evening, May 80,
and the high school picnic Saturday,
May 81.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30
Card OF Thanks.

We desire to thank each and every
one who so kindly assisted during the
illness and death of our mother, and
for the beautiful flowers. And also we
wish to thank the singers for their SER
vices. ELLIS E. KIRBY,
FRANKLIN p. KIRBY,
CLAUDE M. KIRBY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30

Launch for sale. Seats 8, speed 10
miles, 2 cylinder, 6 horse power engine
and reverse gear Entire outfit IN per-
feet condition and exceptionally com
plete. IS. Levy, care of Carl Joseph
son. u
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-30

Two rooms for light housekeeping
for rent. Inquire of II. Z. Sehmellng.
27t2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Air Over Small Part of
Earth Is Rich in Fer
tilizing Power.

The air resting upon each ten
acres of the earth's surface con
tainS as much nitrogen as is pos
sessed by 100000 tons Of Chilian
uitrates amount that Europe
has annually imported In recent
years, from the diminishing gu
hno deposits OF South America, In
order to maintain the fertility Of
its grain fields Hut the entire at
mosphere covering the globe con-
tains twelve thousand million
times as much nitrogen as that
which floats over each ten acres
OF surface or, .u other words. is
equivalent In fertilizinE power to
twenty -four thousand million
million tons of Cmlan uiJrurs,
This atmosphere nitrogen NOT
only can Nr. bu, is being trans
formed into artnrBl nlVatrs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Our Atmosphere Great Mine of Riches
Is Filled With Natures Treasures Which Mankind Has Only
Just Begun to Appreciate.

II OR thousands of years men
have been content to
breathe the air. and think
little about it. They We're like
fsh in the water-satished and
perhaps grateful. because the
transparent medium in which
they We're plunged kept them
alive.
Now, suddenly. science has dis
covered that the air is a vast
mine OF untold wealth which only
needs to bc worked properly In
order to furnish Us with a great
variety of substances that can be
utilized in the arts and Industries
of civilized life
In the first place, the atmos-
phere IL capable of furnishing
enough nitrogen 10 fertilize all
the arabic soil Of the globe. and
to double its capacity OF produC-
, ton, without sensibly feeling. the
loss
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Just Begun to Appreciate.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

so. Of medicines, and in many
other ways.
The second great constituent of
the air, oxygen, is equally mani
fold in it's uses when separated
from the atmosphere. II gives us
ozone, one of the most powerful
antiSeptics known. which is en-
plOyed, for Instance, in purifying
lhe drinking water Of great cities,
and also In purifying and vitaliz-
ing the air in confined places. In
art and industry oxygen plays so
large part that. before means
had been invented for readily OBJ
tanning it In large quantities from
the air. little advance could be
made in some occupations which
are now tlourishing.
But there are other things in
the great aerial mine over our
heads that are like diamonds
scattered among lodes of gold and
silver. Ii is only within the last
twenty years that we have found
out that the atmosphere conts ms,
In addition to oxygen nitrogen,
CaTbonio acid ammonia and water
vapor, five previously unknown
gasses, viz! arson, heiiuIn, neon,
Crypton and Nenou. These occur
in small quantities, buy they eN-
hibit remarkable and often very
useful properties,
Heltum appears TO possess vail
liable medicinal properties, but. II
the present time, neon seems 20
be The one OF these rare atmoss
pherc gases which offers the
create est utility Il is employed to
produce various kinds Of artificial
light When an electric current
is passed through tube filled
with pure neon il gives brilliant
red light If mercury vapor is
mingled with the neon the color
of the high, is blue II uitr0gt n
and CarhDuic auhydridr form tie
mlNUfe With neon The ilumins
lleu hulsts lutu e. gov rysemblitg
sunlight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
Exploitation Of Airs In
dustrial Riches Has
Only Begun.

The great reducing machine for
the gaseous ores of the atmos-
phere is the apparatus employed
To produce liquid air. With this
the oxygen and nitrogen are easily
separated, and by processes Of
isolation and distribution all the
rare gases that have been named
are obtained, in a pure state,
from the liquetied air The ex-
ploitation OF the Industrial riches
of the air has only Just begun. but
1t has already gone far enough to
justify the assertion Of a French
writer that 1t win lead 20 a COM
plete economic revolution.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
DR.. Charles F. Aked
THE HEALTH OF
GREAT CITIES

We Are Adding to the Health
fulness of Great Cities Every
Year, He Says. We Are Sue
cessfully Battling With AL
most Every One Of the More
Dangerous Diseases.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

Carbonic anhydride alone gives
a white light; if nitrogen is min
gled with it the color of the light
becomes a yellow, or pink: if
little ordinary air is let in the
hue changes to pure rose. With
various mixtures almost any de-
sired color of light may be OBJ
tanned. and a group of illuminated
tubes may be made to resemble
some Of the clusters Of many col
ored stars which astronomers
have seen in the skN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
-. ln=ShOOtS =.

The ability 10 reJuvenate an old
joke has given many a public
speaker the reputation of being a
a woman can generally have
faith in her husband when no
other women are around
IL is the bachelor ct course.
who Il always pointing out the
uuruenS ot ma FRIED life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
How Congress Came to the Aid of the
Western Timber Grafters
Continued From First Column.
DEFEAT OF THE COMMON PEOPLE S RIGHTS TO SETTLE
UPON AND HOMESTEAD THIS PUBIC DOMAIN.

UEON AND nON1E04EAU THIS PUbLIC UUMA1N
And incident of this daylight burglary the
innocent purchaser who bought his little good faTn
after having been bunkoed by railroad worthless deed
is held up with legal pistol pointed at his head by the very
Government to which he for redress of his wrong and
dered to stand and deliver again
One rot sufficiently sympathze with Congressman
who voted for this remarkable plan of Furnishing lawbrean
corporation and safe guarding the peoples rights to
their public mind 1t be strain MS
intelligence each morning to tell whether the head he com
is his that of pin.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06
By REV. CHARLES F. AKED, d. d.
Written for The Atlanta Georgian.

IF ex-President Eliot, of Har-
ward, is correctly reported he
must have been in a more
than usually respondent vein when
he opened the International Con-
gress of Social Hygiene at Buffalo.
1t may be that the reporters mis-
understood him; but they repre-
sent him as sounding a note of
warning over the deadly and de-
structive life which we all live in
the big cities. According to the
reports. DR. Eliot said that
The progressive civilization of
the last hundred years has worked
terribly against the health and per-
petuity Of the whole race" and
that such cities as Paris, London,
Berlin, New York and Chicago bear
witness to the fact that modern
civilization is all the time prepar-
ing and promoting its own destruc-
ton"
Precisely the contrary is true.
We are adding to the healthful-
ness of great cities every year We
are successfully battling with al
most every one of the more dan
gerous diseases. And each sue
cessive generation sees an enor-
nous span added on to the aver
age dqxetion of human life.
IN the latest edition of the En-
cyclopedia Britannica, an Eng
lishman of science, in an article
upon Longevity speaks with
great positiveness and in a sense
Numerically opposed to DIR. Eliot,
He says:
There seems to be almost no
doubt but that the average dura-
ton of life has increased with civ
ilization; the generally improved
conditions of life, the greater care
of the young and of the aged, and
the advance in medical and surgi-
cal science far more than outweigh
any depressing effect caused by the
more strenuous and nervous &C
tivity required by modern social
~ nfinI Tho "a -
life of those who attain the age of
sixty varies with race, sex and oc-
cupation, but is certainly increas-
ing, and an increasing number of
persons have a chance of reaching
and do reach ages between ninety
and a hundred"
The decline of the death rate in
practically every civilized country
on the globe during the last fifty
years is one of the outstanding
facts of experience. II varies from
Is per cent in Russia to Is per
cent in England and 33 per cent
in Holland. The expectation of
life" has, to be sure, proportionate-
ly increased. so that at birth the
human being has an expectation"
Of 40 years of life-aad that is
more than at any period of the
worlds history which has pre-
served statistics. The "expecta,
ton of life" agreed upon by the
great life insurance companies of
this country is necessarily worked
out on lower scale-else there
would be no profits. Yet accord
ing TO this scale a person of 40
may expect" TO live to be 6S,
The records of the eighteenth cen
fury or of the seventeenth century.
so far as there are any, can show
nothing like this.
one has only to recall ones own
~ youth. In my native city of
Nottingham. England, there was a
cemetery known nv tho mama oF