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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06
A MOdernized Green Goods Game
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman.)

At last l grasped one close and held it
closer to the light. l read:
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no moaning of the
bar
When l put out to SEAL
8" whirled. Something had flashed
through my head. Here on the evil
dence of t%hievery, someone had writ
ten a stanza Of Tennyson's Crossing
the Bar l approached the captain,
for a wild idea had come.
IF o please, l would like a little
expense money on this case l told
him. 1 may be wrong in my belief,
but I've got a little lead that may turn
out something
Il received the money, and then
started out. The loop district looked
like the best chance for me and so l
started around there. The first day
made eight barbershops and"
Made them?" I interrupted. Il
don't believe l quite understand"
Why" Miss Clement answered, Il
simply covered them like a salesman
would cover a line of stores. And in
c~identally, l had become a salesman.
l had figured 1t out hat my mar would
be either a poetic barber or a poetic
candy merchant of some kind. l knew
someone who had something to do
with tissue paper of that size was
either a barber or a candy man. In
n place it would be used for the
shaving. In the other, it would be
used in putting the dressing in candy
boxes. And SO, l got a job with a
candy manufacturer l knew and start
ed out to drum up trade.
And you know Miss Clement
added with a smile, Gin walking around
Chicago, where the wind is always
blowing, ones face gets mighty grimy
and dusty. There is nothing that takes
the dust away like a massage. And
SO, between every candy store, l would
manage to become grimy enough to
need the assistance of a barber. al
ways did hate to go to these feminine
ha~irdressing establishments" she
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06
Rock Cannon.

When the island of Malta was under
the rule of the knights Of st. John
they defended their Notifications with
cannon bored in the living rock. Each
one of these strange weapons con.
tanned an entire barrel of powder, and
as it was not possible to vary the aim
of these cannon fifty were made re- ady,
facing various directions from which
the enemy might approach. When the
fame of these arms of defense becnma
known to the world the idea was taken
up of transporting rocks to SUBMITS
to serve the same purpose, but it was
SOC recognized to be impracticable,
and the canno of Malta, bored in
solid rock, have passed into history
as the sole weapons of the kind ever
known.-HaIper's Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06

of love. The next day when I came in
for my usual headache cure he asked
if l was not late.
"T hardly think so,' answered,
'why?'
Nothing he said slowly, only it
just seemed l had been expecting you
for a good while, that's ALL
Cute, wasn't it," Miss Clement
laughed. Let me tell you -aat Ter.
ence Laffan (Which wasn't his real
name at alb certainly Inew the game
OF love. They tell he that a barber is
the most dangerous love-maker in the
world, anyhow; at least, that's what
the new detectives down at headquar-
tiers always have said. And certainly
Terry didn't miss out on any of the
fine points when he was going to col
lege-"
Barber college, of course I sup
piled.
Here, we're getting away from
the story Miss Clement broke in.
"Wha | was trying to say was that
within the next two weeks, Terry LAT
AN managed to work up the finest
case of love at first sight you eve
heard of. The fact that he was only
a barber while l was supposed to be a
rich woman, didn't worry him in the
least. And then the poetry began to
spring forth. And all the time, under
stand, he was changing the bills |
gave him and handing me back clean,
new money. Once or twice, just to
e what would happen, / asked him
what it meant, how he happened al
ways to have new money. He only
smiled at me. Then he would recite a
little strain Of mystic verse to me as
sat in the chair, something that
would show he was far better read
than 1. And then one afternoon came
the clincher. He pulled a bit of tissue
paper from his pocket and handed it
to me.
Il was thinking of you when
wrote that this Don It's a bit of
Omar's philosophy. often pick up a
scrap Of paper here and scribble on
It.
And then, ! read:
All love. could you and 1 with Him
conspire,
To grasp this sorry scheme of things
entire,
Would we not shatter 1t to bits and
then,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06
SENT TO THE "PEN."
Eleven Men to Serve Terms In the
State Prison,

- 49,
State Prison.
Sioux Falls.-As the result OF q
term of state circuit court held in
Sioux Falls. eleven defendants, who
either We're convicted by juries or en-
tered pleas of guilty, have been SEN
fenced to the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for various terms. One of the most
interesting cases was hat of Henry
Clay Nichols. who was convicted of
bigamy and who now has been sem
fenced to a term of three years and
eight months In the penitentiary.
Nichols married his first wife, RUBY
Nichols. at Aleda, H., about four
years CO., two children being born to
them. He deserted his first wife be-
fore the birth of the second child, who
now is 2 years old. AT Gladstone, ILL.,,
he became acquainted with Alta Wild
ger and followed her to her home in
Sioux Falls. He induced her to marry
him on October so of last year. The
girl was only 10 years of age at the
time and had to have the consent of
her parents. Shortly after they were
married an acquaintance of Nichols
from Illinois CHANGED to visit Sioux
Falls, and told wife No. 2 that her hus.
band had a wife in Illinois. The ar.
rest of Nichols followed.
Another important case was that of
Edgar T. Mills, who has been sen.
fenced to a term of five years in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary on his plea
of guilty to the charge of forging his
wife's name to a note given a local
bank for $1,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06

Then l gasped. l heard him begin to
whistle the first few bars of The
Melody in F.
And then 1 understood. l was on
the right track after all. Putting two
and two together, judging from the va
rious descriptions Of the men who had
been f1eeced, here was a man who had
the power, seemingly, of not only
changing his face, but his whole
bearing whenever it suited his pur-
pose. l had studied his appearance in
the barbershop, 1 had taken in every
detail of his clothing, and had it not
been for that and for hat fact, too,
that l had seer him leaving the shop,
l never would have been able to rec
ognize him. But now I was sure!
"a great feeling Of relief surged
through me; l knew now that I could
go to the captain and tell him a diff
ferent story from the n l had been
planning a short time before. More
than that, l would be the means of
bringing in a criminal who was dan
gerous in the extreme, who would rep
resent all the finer arts Of trickery
and whom it would be a triumph to
put behind the bars of a ~penitentiary.
Hurriedly l started toward my car,
that might hasten to police head
quarters and arrange for the arrest
the next morning.
"Then, just as suddenly, l halted,
and although a queer fear ran through
me, 1 could not help laughing at the
funny possibilities of the situation.
Just suppose" Miss Clement began
to chuckle as she thought of it, "just
ppo that this man should have
still another face which had neve
been used, so to speak, and no one
could identify him? And that iden-
tity would be all upon which l could
have my case. had none of his para
phernalia, not a witness had been able
to tell where he was taken when the
money machine did it's work and
ground out the supposed fortunes. and
so all I would have to show to a
court would be a group of disgruntled
men who would swear that they had
been robbed but in a place they could
not point out and by a mar they could
not identify. / decided all at once
that this was not a time for making
arrests. There must be evidence and
1t was up to little Alice to get It."
She smiled as she said that, and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06

smiled at me-, land so I just acted like
a man, walked into the barbershop,
sat down in the chair and ordered a
massage.
When the night Of the first day
came, my face was as sore as a boil.
The next day I decided that l had bet
ter change my method until my face
got over the various rubbings it had
received the day before, and so 1 found
that my hair was giving me a head
ache and needed a good combing.
Ten times that day l went into barber
shops and had my hair combed, then
dressed by the manicurist. No luck.
"Nor were the candy stores n
more enlightening. The men l saw
were sordid brutes. They had no more
poetry in their systems than a block
of wood. 1 began to realize that 1 was
working on a mighty slim clue, to be-
gin with, that it was wild in the ex-
IRENE and that there was little chance
of me winning out in my fight to catch
a man simply through the fact that
there had been some poetry written
on tissue paper. But I persisted just
the same.
"And things steadily grew worse.
The loop district was covered, I did
every barbershop and every candy
store in the radius of the confines of
L structures which go to make up the
real business district of Chicago. In
not one of them could l find a man
whose face or whose personality at all
tailed with that of the one l sought.
After all, I had been foolish. / had
spent a lot of good money on a quest
that / should have known, before I
started. would be fruitless. Yet some
thing impelled me to keep on.
II visited every shop in the tougher
districts Of the city. No an item of
evidence did / find. / went out into
the residence districts; and then, in a
small, two-man shop, saw some
shaving paper of exactly the kind Of
which the fake money bundle had
been prepared. l tool hope-then lost
it again. The owner of the shop was
small and dull-eyed and a glance at
him showed that by no possibility
could he the man described by the
various victims. The other barber
was nearer the size I sought, but 1t
seemed that there was q Flooding
something, a characteristic about him
that never had been described But
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06

just the same, / determined to take a
chance. l got into his chair and called
for a massage.
A he worked l tried to study his
face whenever could keep my eyes
open) to see if there l could find the
criminal lines that would depict the
kind of man ! sought; or If | could
find that softer something which
would show that he was the sort of a
man who could appreciate a poem of
the depth and the beauty of Tenny-
sons Crossing the Bar But it was
useless. For once in my life | was
stumped. l have always prided my
self that l can read faces and see the
case with the other man l had studied
l had even been able to tell what
their pest girls looked like. But
here"
Miss Clement shrugged her Shout.
ders, pursed her lips n spread forth
her hands to the drizzling rain.
turned a pair Of inquiring eyes to her,
What was the trouble?" l asked.
Simply this: that mans face might
as z law pSCA bouSh as O. So III
expression a concerned. There did
not seem to be a single bit Of express
sion to the eyes, and his face did not
change once. 1t interested me, that
c~ountenance, l studied it and studied
it, yet | could derive nothing from it.
l determined that as soon as the mas.
sage was over, l would get my hair
combed for about the 900th time and
see if conversation would do any good.
And for a half hour I talked, trying
to draw him out, endeavoring to learn
whether or not he knew anything OF
literature; but his answers were al
most invariably in monosyllables.
gave up the attempt and left the shop.
THAT night as l was returning to
my apartment, l CHANGED, in changing
cars, to again pass the little shop
where l had wasted so much of my
good time. I was tired, more than
that, I vas weary, ready almost to go
to the captain and tell him that I had
made a failure of everything and that
my great clue had been nothing more
than the wild dream of a woman's
brain, intangible, impractical. 1t was
just about at hat moment that l
noticed my shoe string had become
united. l stopped to retie it, and as l
rose, a figure approached and passed
me. That figure I knew, there was
something about the general bearing
of the man that was familiar, mighty
familiar to me. And yet, it seemed
had never seer the face before. True,
the contour vas similar, the color of
the hair and the eyes was the same as
that of the man in the barbershop.
But that was all. Almost i~nvoluntarily
I turned and followed him a few steps.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06
Where Tommy Came In.

Saucy Tommy had been listening tc
the talk of his elders, and when mis-
stern father, angry over h young
ster's neglect of his simple farm du.
ties, took him to task Tommy xas
ready with his provoking reply: you
don't do a thing that you should, and
almost everything that you shouldn't
do you delight in,"p stormed papa. I'D
like to know what good you are in
the world, anyway" What good am
I?' retorted the naughty lad, putting
a safe distance between himself and
his parent. why, dad, I'm a on.
sumner, and I'd like to know What
would become of the farmers II the
consumers were not around?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-06

isn't it, how you'll
be talking to someone
upon some very, very alb
sorbing topic. suddenly
to awaken in a sort of
way and ask yourself
how on earth you ever
happened to get started
on that subject. AS l
remember it, Miss Gle
ment and l had been dis
GUESSING the high price Of
real estate along Lake
~ - Ill ut
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
CIVIL SERVICE ExAMlNA-
TI0N--cLERk CARRIER

An examination for clerk and car
rier will be held at the post-office in
this city on February s, 1913
Age limit, IS 70 IS years, on the
date Of the examination.
Married women will not be admitted
to the examination This prohibition
however, does not apply to women
who are divorced or those who are
separated from their husbands and
support themselves, but they are eli
gible for appointment only as clerk
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must be
not less than feet 4 inches in height
without boots or shoes, and weigh
not less than 125 pounds without O.
vercoat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative TO the examina-
ton, qualifications. duties, salaries
vacations, promotions, etc, address
Immediately
Mr.. Willis B. Raymond.
Secretary, Board of Civil Service
Examiner Post-office, Grand Rap.
ids, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
ARPfN.

La Grippe is the order Of the day.
L. CRUDE Of Auburndale was in
this vicinity doctoring telephones the
past week.
Frank SUNNI erfeldt was a Marsh
field visitor one day last week.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Rem Winebrenner has a gathering in
her throat. DR.. Allen of Auburndale
is in attendance.
Little Vivian Holland has been very
sick the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hunt visited
friends at Sherry Sunday.
Dr. Allen of Auburndale was seen
on our streets one day last week
Mr. and Mrs. F.. Summerfeldt had
the misfortune to lose their house and
household goods and outbuildings
by fire last week. We understand
the loss is partly covered by insur-
ance
Mrs. o. Dingeldein and children
were over Sunday guests Of the A.
]. Cowell family at Grand Rapids.
Mrs. H. F. Roehrig who has been
very sick the past week is. some bet
ter at this writing.
c. w. Bluett returned Wednesday
from an extended visit with rela-
tives in the southern part of the
state.
Mrs. John Stahl left Saturday for
Ogema, where she expects to remain
the rest of the winter.
Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Brown of Yes
per attended the ladies, aid meeting
at Arpin Wednesday,
Owing to the cold and sickness in
The community there were no ser
vices at the church Sunday.
The ladies aid meeting held at Mrs
B. Whittingham's Wednesday, was
we'll attended, about thirty being
present. The next meeting will be
held at Mrs. J. R. MERGERS on
Wednesday, Jan. 22nd to which ev-
eryone is invited.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
PROF. MERRILL BETTER

city from J. F. Merrill who was lead
er of the Grand Rapids band and
who left here some time ago because
of the poor condition of his health
Mr. Merrill says in his letter that
he is, greatly improved in health and
that if he continues to improve, he
will come up to Grand Rapids and
visit his friends. Mr.. Merrill is at
present in Logansport, Ind. All the
band men and musicians of the city
and other friends of Mr.. Merrill will
be glad to know that he has made Sc
much progress toward a return to
health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of, and pursuant to a judgment of
the Circuit Court for Wood County,
Wisconsin, wherein H F. Ruehrig was
Plaintiff and John Passer, Eva Passer
his wife, and Byron Nottingham,
We're Defendants, and bearing date
December Goth, 1911 (and more than
one year having elapsed since the
entry of said Judgment, l Will offer
for sale and sell at public auction to
the highest bidder at the front door
of the Court House in the city Of
Grand Rapids, County Of Wood and
State of Wisconsin, on the 9TH day
of February A. D.. 1918 at, 10 o.
clock a m, all the following prop
erty described in said Judgment, to-
wit: The Southwest Quarter (SWA)
of the Northwest Quarter (NW14) of
Section Thirty-four (3D, Township
Twenty-four ga, North of Range
Four "a, East terms of sale to be
cash.
Dated December sd. 1912.
John Schmitt, Sheriff.
Wood County, Wis.
Chas E Briere, Attorney for
Plaintiff stw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
your city Saturday.

your city Saturday
Miss Johanna Layigne Of the Rap
ids was the guest of Mrs. A. Palm
Saturday.
Mrs. H. Zurfluh entertained rela-
tiFes and friends Sunday afternoon
in honor Of her daughter Hildur' S
seventh birthday a fine lunch was
served at ) p m. which was greatly
enjoyed
Mrs A Palm was very pleasantly
surprised by a number of ladies Tues
day afternoon in honoor of her birth
day. The afternoon was very pleas
antly spent in social converse lunch
was served after which the ladies
LETT for their homes wishing Mrs.
Palm many happy returns.
Mr.. S. WhittIesey OF Cranmoor was
guest at the home of his daughter
Mrs. c. a. Jasperson Monday.
L. NJ. Alexander was on the sick
list the past week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
BETHEL

Miss Frelda Trummer,- who IS TAX
ing the nurses course at the Madi
son Sanitarium returned home last
Friday
Miss Carrie Trummer went to ST
Mary's hospital in Marshfield. she
will have very serious operation
Monday.
Miss Fannie Baker is staying al
the home of Mr. E. E. Albee and go
ing to church-school
Master Harold and Miss Gladys
Rosy are staying with their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. Philips OF
this place.
Prof. W. E. Straw is expected this
week. He is to act for the remain
der of the year as principal of Beth
Ell Academy on account of the illness
OF Prof. E. E. Gardner. Prof. Gard
ner will take a rest though still act
ing as business manager. We extend
a hearty welcome TO Prof. Straw.
Messrs. A. GUM and C. Palmer are
hulling clover for the farmers in this
vicinity.
The Academy Board met last We'd
| nesday afternoon.
Mrs. L. Brigham is very sick. All
hope for her speedy recovery.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben EiShme
Jan. 10, 1ittle boy.
Mrs McClafflin was on the sick
! list last week
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Palmer OF
Minnesota are visiting the parents
of the former, Mr.. and. Mrs. VIM
Palmer
Frank E. Austin has returned tc
Bethel. He has been canvassing in
Canada most Of last summer. He is
planning to open barber shop in
Arpin.
Many are taking advantage of the
hunting season.
Mrs. E. NJ. Bisbee made a short
visit at the Academy over Saturday
and Sunday,
Forrest Sweet has returned to his
home at Eau Claire
Mrs. A. A Russell was with us a
day or two while visiting her son
Howard.
| Miss Esther Tillinghast is still
visiting her sister, Ruth of this place
Mrs. Geo. Klement gave a surprise
party on the Misses Ruth and Esther
Tillinghast a few days ago. Ali re
| port pleasant time.
Mrs. L. Drew and daughter, Eliza
beth, returned to THEN home In Lodi
Wis, after a short visit with rela,
| tives and friends in Bethel.
| J. Frazier and daughter, Grace, re
turned home last week after an ex-
| tended visit in Minnesota and Iowa
| Miss Hilda Nelson returned last
| Tuesday greatly improved in health.
She will continue her school work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-01-16
SiGEL.

On Sunday evening a number OF
friends enjoyed the kind hospitality
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Burgeson
Delicious refreshments were served
which in point of excellency and at.
effectiveness We're particularly en-
joyed by all present. Mr.. and Mrs.
BurgesOn certainly left nothing UNI
done that would add to the comfort
and pleasure of their guests and made
this am evening long to be remem-
bered by those present.
Mrs. Af. Carlson has been on the
sick list but is reported better at
this writing
Hilmer Holberg of your city is en-
ployed at the Nelson home.
The Bethany young peoples societ.
held its annual meeting last Saturda.
might at the home of VIM Crunstedt
Officers We're elected for the year.
The report of the treasurer showed
that the net income of the society
during the past year amounted to
$152. 45. AS usual a large crowd at.
tended the meeting. Refreshments
were served and a good social time
is the report.
Miss Esther Anderson is home
from Grand Rapids where she has
been employed.
Mr NH
turned to their home at Kenosha at
ter a pleasant visit of few days witt
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henricson en-
tertained few friends for dinner on
Sunday.
Mrs. A Newman lis ON the sick list
Her many friends hope for a speedy
recovery.
Miss Floy Berg of the Rapids
spent Saturday and Sunday with
home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wesley, Mrs. Dora
F'ranson, Miss Lena Sprafka and Joe
Franson visited at the VIM. Sprafka
nome recently.
A Large number from here ATTENDED
the meeting of the Rudolph, Seneca
and sigel Fire Insurance Co., at Yes
per ON Tuesday
Mrs. M. Coss, Tomb Steve, and
Jack Greene are home from Rhine
lander, where they went to attend a
funeral of a relative
Peter Moberg has sold his farm to
Gust Anderson of Rockford, Illinois
Edwin Berg was business call
er at Wautoma, Wis, ON Tuesday.
Wilber Crunsted is reported to
be quite ill., He is under the care
of DR.. Jackson of Rudolph.
Tony Rokurs and wife Of Grand
Rapids have been visiting relatives
here,
Miss Esther Anderson us staying
at the Simeon Nystrom home caring
for Mrs. Nystrom who is i'll.
Jno. Castle of Wautoma is visiting
friends here.