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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-10
MAYFIELD

A very successful term of school
taught by Mrs. Fannie Clark closed
July Bird. A fine program OF songs
and recitations was carried out by
the pupils in which the scholars did
credit to themselves and their teach
ers. A fine treat of ice cream and
cake was furnished by the teacher at
the close to the parents, scholars and
visitors. Mrs. Clark will return af-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-10

II substitute is offered you for
Foley Kidney Pills. it means a cheaper
medicine Is pressed upon you for the
dealers proht, not for yours. Foley
Kidney Pills may cost the dealer more
than cheap substitute but they give
better results than any other kidney
and bladder medicine. Ask for Foley
& AYore
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-10
~ The News of Somersets Busy Towns ~

versary of their wedding day by hay-
ing all their children and grand-chil-
dren pass a delightful day with them
which will form a lasting picture on
the walls of memory for many years.
Many are commencing haying and
report the grass light and thin.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-10

The weather is a godsend to the
fellow who isn't happy without some
thing to kick about.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-10

Sometimes We see a man and feel
sorry thinking what a woman he
would have made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
ratfOrd'S New Charter Passes
 House With Few Amendments

position as provided for in the p-t-
 mary election, and without any party designation or emblem. Said baliota and samples thereof shall be dtstri- buted, used, marked, and counted in 0ll respects as is provided by the gen era1 statutes so far as is appiicable-i The annual town election shall be held at each of the regular voting placea of the town on the first Monday Ce October, 1918, and annually thereaf- ter. The polls shall open at six a. ma and shall remain open until five D. ul- of said day. The provisions of th9 general statutes relating to electiOud shall govern the conduct of all per- sons at the annual town election eE@ cept as herein otherwise provided Each e1ector shall be entitled to vota for the full number of persons to bs elected to any office.
 Sec. 25. All acts and parts of acta inconsistent with the provisions of thi4 act are hereby repealed in so far aa they affect the town of Stratford and nothing herein shall be construed aa nullifying any of the powers or duties of the selectmen of said town as set worth in the general statutes
 Sec. 26. This act shall take effect on the first Monday of October, 1913s except that so much thereof az pro- vides for the nomination of the board of selectnen and board Of finance shall take effect on the first day oE September, 1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
AwN1NG nnr EIRE

The presence of mind of two eu1- pIoyes of the Baird Machine company undoubtedly saved the James J. SeE- ton house on Stratford avenue frouE destruction by fire about 6:3O o'cloca last evening. A spark from a chinl-t ney at the rear of the house fell upon an awning over the kitchen win dow and after snou1dering for a fe VI minutes was whipped into a flame hy7 wind, and the awning blazed up, burn ing like finder.
 The two men who were passing along Stratford avenue on their way home from work saw the awning i'm flames and running into the yard rip ped it down from the side of the hou=a and dashed water from the well near by on the woodwork of the housa which had started to burn.
 After beating out the flames, tha men quietly went along home as a nothing had happened. Needless t1 say the occupants of the house feel indebted to the two men for their prompt action. for if the man had noE seen the blaze before 1t had obtained a good start, 1t Is quite probable that the whole rear of the house might have been on fire before the peorla inside realized 1t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
RICH SOUTHERNER ARRESTED FOR
 AUTO VIOLATION
Fined $1O and Costs for Not Having MuffI on Big
 Racing Car
fspecia1 to The Farnerl


 Stratford, May 1HEdward L. Bart lett, a wealthy business man from Baltimore, Maryland, was arrested oni the Ferry road yesterday by State Pol liceman Rowe H. Wheeler charged with a violation of the automobile 1aw-I He was driving big high-powered. Mercedes racing car through the town with no muffler on the machine.
 Officer Wheeler when he saw the machine pass through the Center onf it's way toward New Haven jumped on to his motorcycle and made after him, overriding him near Washing ton bridge.
 Bartlett was conducted back to thaa Center and haled before Judge ChasJ H. Peck, who. after hearing the facts of the case, fined the automobilist s1O and costs.
 There are fewer violations of the automobile law in this town now than there used to be. The fact that State Policeman Wheeler is a resident oh Stratford and that many automobilista especially those who live in Connec- ticut know this, perhaps accounts forr the fact that there is a falling ofG in the number of violations Of tha law here. Wheeler is generally on the job in Stratford and as he is a mem Der of the motorcycle corps of the. State police, whose special duty it is to run down violatons of the automo- bile law, there are very few viola- lions of the law that go unnoticed iui this town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
CIVIC PRIDE

That stratford is at it's prettiest nov7 is acknowledged by every resident audl visitor in the town. The activities of the Board of Trade and the citizens oG. the town in general are beginning toi show results. Trees have been set out' all along the principal streets of thel town and have already begun to im-i prove the appearance of the old towu-i A dozen young trees v ere set out oui the green opposite the site of tl.e uswi St. James R. c. church yesterday audi more trees, some 200 in all have beem planted OF Main street, StratfOrd ave-i nue, Elm street, and wherever 1t ap-f peared that they were badly nee-ed,
 There has been a great awakening of
 civic pride in stratford within the past year or so and 1t is certainly doing much to make Stratford the prettiest little town in New England ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
ro CIvE DANCE soON

A number of the yodng men Of the town, members of the stratford Out-i ing club and the Chat Noir club are making arrangements to hold danes at the Pootatuck Yacht club as soon aa the club opens for the season. The dance will be held on the spacious up per veranda of the club house Whera it is fine and cool no matter how warm it is elsewhere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
TO ATTEND BANQUET

A number of local members of tha New England Order of Protection VIII be in attendance at a banquet to hd given by the State officers at the Stratfield in Bridgeport this evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
MRS. HINDER A VISITOR

Mrs. Thomas Linder and children motored down from West Hartford re- gently spending a day at the home oi Mrs Linder on Sutton avsnJ1s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
AGED SEXTON DROPS DEAD.
J. L. McWilIiams, Of Ida Grove, sue
cumbs to Heart Oiseass.

Special to Times Republican.
Ida Grove. Nov. Ell. l.. McWn-
lams. one OF Ida Grove best known citi-
zens. dropped dead from heart trouble
Tuesday afternoon at . o'clock. lie mao
been sitting In the house and was
getting ready to do his chores when
he fell over and before assistance couid
reach him he expired. He had peen
a resident OF this place for more than
Il quarter of a century. and Tor the
past twenty years had been sexton OIL
the Ida Grove cemetery. and OF the
1903 graves that now nj that beau
t,ful spot he had excavated or super :
intended the excavation OF more than
two thirds Of them.
He was IS years OF age and leaves
one daughter. who resides at wan
Lake, and the wife In this city.
Ida Groves cemetery Is one OK the
most beautiful and best kept buryinH
grounds In the state and 1t VIII De
exceedingly difficult to find sexton
who will hll Mr., McWilllams' place. az
the grave of the pauper and the Tor
gotten received as much care and at
tention at his hands as did that OF the
rich with It's imposing monument
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
Northern Io,ua Items

made In a patent issued in 1858. The
lond covered by the patent is located
In tchland township The patent
runs to Andrew L. cadmus. who To-
, Gated the land and paid for 1t with
soldiers land scrip, in 1853. the patent
Issued to him at that time being da ted
March /. 1858. and bearing the sigma
ture OF James Buchanan as president
| The soldiers land scrip. with which
! Cadmus paid for the land to the gov
! eminent had been originally Issued to
Joseph Boyle, a soldier In Captain
! Morgan's company. Georgia militia, In
compensation for services perform cd
! by him in the Florida war. The scrip
or warrant had been assigned to
1 Cadmus The patent issued In 1853.
however. had an error in the descrip-
ton which seems to have passed un-
noticed for many years The present
owner Charles Rafferty,. found II
necessary to secure IA correction OF the
record relative to his title to the land
and the only way in which this could
/, be accomplished was by cancellation
/: OF the old patent and the Issuance Of
q new one. or course the new patent
had 70 be signed by the president now
) In office and that is how Woodrow
I Wilson's signature happens to he at
tached to n document conveying lands
which have not belonged to the United
States for more than tifty-nve years.
sprinsviIIe.
| Sunday afternoon as Mr.. and Mrs.
i Guy Reed were leaving town for their
home In the country, their horse be-
/, came frightened mt an auto driven by
! Messrs ED Folsom and John Wonali.
One wheel OF the buggy caught In an
other buggy and overturned. throw :
| ing them all to the ground. Mrs. Reed
was thrown on her face with such force
| as to render her unconscious Their
| little boy was cut and bruised about
the face. MIR. Reed received several
bruises.
N ason City.
| Rather than postpone the ceremony
George Sharon. who was one OF the
! bride grooms ut double wedding here
was married in an ovcrcoat because Of
| FRANKS played by men who stole the
wedding suit. The object OF the men
was 10 postpone the wedding. Sharon
| finding he had nothing to wear and
THAT another suit could not be pro-
cured in time. donned long overcoat
land went through the ceremony. The
bride was Miss Bertha Thorpe.
Sioux City.
A gain OF 1928 per cent In buildins
records for the month OF October. 1918
over the corresponding month OF the
year prior. Is shown in the current
issue Of the American Contractor. q
Chicago publication. 10 which statistics
from here are furnished by Secretary
! w. K. Holmes. OF the Commercial club
The figures show that In October OF
this year, a total Of 3366.183 was ex-
pended in building. while that OF Octo-
Der, 1912, was $l61,s15. A loss OF 3 per
cent is shown In the comparative fig-
urcs for the two years from January
TO November /. N 1913. the total was
| 3i.sS2O25, while in 1912. Il was 81. :
! 0ls,7l7.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27

Anthem.
! Joe Bernard, 16 years old. husked and
I shoveled 795 bushels OF corn in six days
on the Cooney ranch, one half mile
south OF Anthem. He is willing to meet
any-one in a corn husking contest.
Glidden.
| The fourth annual declamatory con-
test OF the Glidden high school was
held at the Presbyterian church. Miss
Mildred Hunter received first honors
and Miss Margaret Johnson won Sc
, cond.
Monticello.
| The Congregational church OF Mon
! ticeilo has extended call to Rev
| Charles Cushman, OF Sedalia. Mo. He
has accepted and Will assume the pas
torate OF the church as soon as he can
remove his family to Monticello. He
comes highly recommended.
[ Cedar Falls.
/ William Sheerer. letter carrier. was
painfully burned about the face and
body when he lighted a match near a
barrel of gasoline In the basement OF
the Wells Fargo express office.
quantity Of the fluid had been spilled
on the floor This exploded and the
flames shot up in Sheerer's face. The
fire was quickly extinguIshed.
Buck Grove.
The warm. foggy weather OF the past
week was followed Saturday night by
a terrific thunderstorm with wind
Of almost cyclone velocity At this
point some damage was done to roofs
while Just southeast OF us trees were
blown down and other damage done
About one-fourth OF an inch OF rair
fell in an hour.
| Manson.
Most OF the corn has been husked
in this section and the yield per acre
has ranged from sixty to seventy
bushels. Nearly forty men from near.
by states have been In the vicinity OF
Manson, assisting the farmers and q
lively contest has been waged as Il
who could husk the greatest number
OF bushels a day. Dan Egil. ~ year
old son OF prominent farmer, husket
IA bushels In nine hours.
Roeo Rapids.
Lyon county has 5000 invested ir
tools and machinery for road work
The county has built seventy-fve per.
mament cement culverts and bridge!
from three feet up to twenty-six fee
span, this year. all built from plan'
furnished by the highway commits
sion, besides several repair Jobs o.
cement piers and abutments for stee
bridges. There ar very few countte,
in the state that have 80 much grave
az has Lyon.
Carroll.
There Is one patent recorded on thu
books Of Carroll county conveyini
title to land in this county. which
bears the signature OF Woodrow VIII
son, president of the United States
Probably there will never be another
patent filed in this county with thai
signature, as all the lands IN thu
county passed from government own.
! ership more than forty years AGO ant
this one case II due only to an error
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
TINES REPUBLICAN, MARsHALLTOWN NOVEMBER 1918

dressed and hurried 60 Paris. where he
gave the alarm. Al daylight the men
were tracked to a point near the town.
where they had left the road and en-
tered the timber Their tracks lead
Ing to Osborne's home were also fol-
lowed and led straight back to coggon,
which leaves little doubt but that they
were the men who robbed the post
office there.
During the fight with Osborne the
bandit lost his hat. which is now at
the police station. 1t is a IN Stetson
and was bought at Creston. Iowa. os-
borne state that this fellow had an
ordinary six shooter. whte tho chap IN
the road was armed with an auto
matte pistol. as shown by the empty
shell OF the cartridge which he had
fired at the farmer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
FARMER NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS IN
HAND TO HAND CONFLICT
WITH ROBBERS.
COCOON SAFE BLOWERS
ATTEMPT TO STEAL HORSE
One Bandit Fires Six Shots at Pursu.
inc Owner Of Animai-Capture A..
most Effected by One Man With
Ne-vs-Robber Loses Good Hat Dur
ing MsIes.

Cedar Rapids. No.. 27.-That far
mer named Osborne. living near here
Is possessed OF more than the usual
amount OF grit was demonstrated when
two men, supposed to be the same ones
WHO burglarized the postofficc at Cog
gcn, attempted to steal horse from
Osborne In order to make their get
away He was fired upon by both
men, one OF the bullets striking the
earth at his feet. bur he engaged in a
hand to hand conflict with one of them
and would have captured him except
for the fact that he was stunned for
an instant by fail.
Osborne was awakened about 1880 a.
m. by the furious barking OF his dog
and upon looking out OF a window saw
a light in the barn. He put on part
OF his clothing and was running to-
ward the barn when man who was
standing in the driveway shouted to
him 20 20 back or he would shoot.
Osborne kept on running toward the
barn and the fellow fred, the bullet
striking the ground Just In front Of
Osborne and throwing dirt in his
face
He could hear the other man In tho
barn, and thinking he would open the
sliding door and come out. Osborne Sc
cured a club and stood guard at the
door. Instead OF sliding the door back.
however the fellow pushed 1t out from
the bottom and came out "on the
jump" Osborne threw his club. but
missed the fellow. Then he started to
chase him.
Bandit Fired Six Shots.
Osborne proved the swiftcst runner,
and seeing that he was about to be
caught the outlaw fired six shots at
Osborne from his revolver. He was
running all the time he was shooting.
however. and on this account was un-
; able to shoot very straight. When
ne fired The sixth shot Osborne figured
that the revolver was empty. and ran
after the bandit with increased speed.
The driveway leading to the road In
front Of the Osborne house Is down n
steep hill, and when Osborne leaped
upon the fellow both rolled down the
, hill. When they fell Osborne struck
ION his head. stunning him for an In
slant and causing him to loosen his
/ grin on the fellow. The other man
evidently struck Ing, the sand on his
face, as he was coughing loudly when
| ne scrambled to his feet and ran down
the road. where he was Joined by his
1 pal Osborne ran after both OF them
but they had too great a. start and
made their escape. going toward Paris
"Tu come back and get piece OF
van yo,, - -------." shout
ed the man whom Osborne had caught
as he speeded down the road
Come on back and get II now" chal-
lenged Osborne who was ready tc
4 fight them both. guns and all.
Tracks Lost in Timber.
Osborne went back to the house and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
Auto Driver Drops Dead.

Nevada. Nov. 27.-William Brodfe.
well known farmer OF Indian Creek
township. died suddenly while driving
his automobile just after leaving a
garage at Maxwell. Heart failure was
the cause OF his sudden death. Mr.
Brodie had Just cranked his automobile
at the Pearson & Allen garage after
having filled the radiator with water
Accompanied by his daughter, Mabel
he entered the car and started on his
homeward way. Driving couple OF
blocks west, and just as he turned
north nc was stricken with heart fall
ure and dropped over dead In his seat
The daughter attempted to stop the
car. but in her excitement failed to
do So nor was she able to control It,
and 1t plunged thru the Simon Myers
yard and against the house before II
came to q standstill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
GrinneIi and Vicinity.
to Times Republican.


Grinneu, Nov. 27.--The recently pur-
chased auto fire truck Is expected TO De
delivered in this city not later than the
middle OF December. Arrangements
are now in progress for quarters In the
fire hall for three men In constant at
tendance. No driver for the new ma
chine has yet been selected but three
seems to be three elgibles on the fire
team and some applicants outside.
Or. James G. Ware, Of Des Moines.
and Miss Helen Mary Rutherford. OF
Grinnell, were married this afternoon
at 3 o'clock, at the residence of j. w.
Harpster, 1888 West street. Rev. j. Nj.
Brown, OF the Methodist church ofrici-
ating
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins of Orange. Cal.
start on their homeWard trip tomorrow
after Joining with other Parker reia-
tives in Thanksgiving Day celebra-
ton at the home OF Mrs. Hannah
Parker. 1873 East street.
Wilson II. Carl and Miss Nancy Ann
| Lunn were made husband and wife. at
the home of the bride. 921 Spring
street at 1890 o'clock on Tuesday eve
ming, by the ministrations OF Rev. w
| r. Lawrence pastor of the United
| Presbyterian church. The newly we'd
! ded couple are spending Thanksgiv-
! Ing at the home OF the grooms sister
! Mrs George T. Carl. in Adel. In she
i near future they plan to so to theil
new home near San Jose. Cal.
w. a. Hayden. T., NJ. Whiting. G
Kurtz Il. II. Spaulding. f. w. Sprung
Ed SchlitZ, o. II. Gallagher. ID. II
Shook, and J. G. Shifflet make up {
party that goes to Des Moines tomor
! row evening to be initiated as Shrin
| ers.-
| Public announcement Is made tha
Mayor Henry G. Lyman. OF this city. II
| a candidate on the republican ticket FOL
! county attorney OF PoWeshck county
| The present incumbent, u. NJ Reed. OF
| Brooklyn, is reported as absolutely de-
{, Ginning to become candidate for a sec
| ond term.
| Mrs. j. r. Van Evera has gone &c
! spend the Thanksgiving holidays at the
| home Of her son In Oelwein. She was
accompanied by her daughter, Mrs
Harry l.. Viets and her two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bortell hav,
| gone to Coon Rapids to feast with their
daughter and her family. Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Bump.
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. Hale Bump hnv,
gone to Grundy Center to visit at tn
home OF their daughter. Mrs. c. A
wins.
Rev. g. r. Mitchell will give his fare
| well messages to the members OF thu
Baptist church OF this city on Sunda.
! morning and evening, Az soon there
after as he can get upon his new fell
of labor and locate his family in De
Moines he Will leave this city. much t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27

even the hour leeway ~ the laws Of the
two states are operated now frequent-
ly raised howl from over the river.
What effect the closing Of saloons In
Council BLUFFS while they are open In
Omaha would have upon general busi-
ness In Iowa. IL OF course prOblemat-
teal. but not q few Council Bluffs
business men have fears and do not
want to try the experiment. Since the
enactment OF the saloon TO the thousand
population law little complaint has
been heard OF the conduct Of Bluffs
saloons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
zsar,na New. Netes.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Gearing. Nov. 27.--H. Il. 0ogerty, OF
Des Moines. visited several days this
week with his son, w. II. Gogerty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson. OF
Valparaiso. Ind. are visiting at the
Mrs. Alice Beach home. Mrs. Wilson
is cousin OF Mrs. Beach and they had
not seen each other for forty-one years.
Mrs. John Norton left on Tuesday
for Fort Dodge. where she and her
husband have rented home and Will
locate.
Mrs. Sarah Davis has gone to Rein
beck. where she expects to visit until
after the holidays.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-27
TALK MUNICIPAL ownEasH,p.

Lighting Company end Council Fail 20
Get Together on Franchise.
Special TO Times Republican.
Denison. Nov. 27.-The city council
and the Dentson Electric Light Com
pany are unable to agree on the terms
OF new franchise TO be submitted to
the people. The present franchise ex-
pires In February. The council has
decided to call public meeting for
Friday evening. when the matter Of
municipal ownership will be discussed
by citizens. Mayor Sheldon and coun-
Gilman II. b. Corlette. OF An,es. Will
be present and address the meeting.
The call IL made BY the mayor. w. II.
Leub. The council Is asking an ex-
penditure OF some 100000 for the pres
ent plant. to be provided for In the new
franchise and this the company does
not want Immediately to do