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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02
SLIGHTLY Misunderstood.

II understand that the young man
In the house next to you Is a finished
cornetist?" Gee! Is he? l was just
screwing up my courage to finish him
myself! Who did t?"-Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02

Mean lnsinuation.
II have no way of killing time"
why. I've heard you sing"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Dick Richards IS 4
Thrifty Norsk Man

One thing can be said to the ever,
lasting credit Of Dick Richards. He
has had gumption enough to achieve
some financial success in life. And
one Of these days it might not be 4
bad idea for the people OF South Da-
kota to elect to the offlce Of governor
q man. who has shown by the pros
perity he Own : s:ssis 81 t,st mas
fairly good business ability Dick
Richards has financial record without
. blemish. II might be well, If some
of the people who like to laugh at
him and his ideas, could say as much.
Whatever else might happen ana We
confess that several exciting things
might happenif Richards should be
elected governor Of the state Of South
Dakota, It is safe to say that he would
not have his furniture attached or be
sued for an electric light bill during
his term as governor Philip Review.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Mrs. Harry Hanten
Has Narrow Escape

u u -
When the Saturday News reporter
was going home to supper last Friday
evening he observed an automobile
tearing down Oak street at about fifty
miles an hour He also noticed tina,
there We're number OF shovels ii
=, Il s 6 back hhoSih seat OF the car. The news
paper man thought possibly some one
had discovered gold mine and wal
making time to depelop the Sang, e, hhs:. hhs:.
this hurry-up trip of the auto proved
to be an emergency run to the Hanter
farm two miles south of the city
where Mrs. Hanten, the young wife
of Harry Hanten, was buried In seven
thousand bushels Of grain by the sud
den collapse of the elevator on the
farm.
1t appears that Mrs. Hanten was
passing the elevator and observed that
it was clogged and crawled into the
pit to sweep down some grain. The
elevator suddenly collapsed and IL she
. i u h
had not been in the pit where she
could get air she would have been
smothered to death. AS 1t was she
was buried In grain up to her neck.
The hired man was also caught in
the wreck in another part of the ele
vator and was rescued first. He was
not injured to any great extent out
side of few minor bruises.
Mrs. H. A. Hanten, mother of Harry
Hanten, happened to be at the farm
at the time Of the accident and gave
the alarm. A crew was threshing on
the farm and the threshing engine
was brought into use and hooked onto
the side of the elevator and pulled
away the wall SO that Mrs. Hanten
was rescued unhurt.
The elevator which was built by the
state year or two ago is a total
witeck and Mr., Hanten has seven
thousand bushels of grain all mixed
in one pile.
1t is indeed fortunate that Mrs.
Hanten and the hired man escaped
without serious injury or the loss oi
their lives.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Methodist will Build
New Church Soon

The members of the Watertowr
Methodist church are planning or
building new 100000 church edifice
on the old site.
Bishop Luccock has volunteered to
come to the city and inaugurate a
ten days campaign for the purpose
Of raising the necessary funds Com
mittees have been appointed and the
work of raising the necessary building
fund will soon start
The Methodist church is one Of the
largest denominations in the city and
the committee should experience but
little difficulty in raising the necessary
amount to erect one. of the finest and
most modern church edifces In the
city.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Woman Sentenced to
Is Years for Murder

Twenty-Five years In the Sioux Falls
penitentiary was the sentence passed
this afternoon by Judge ]. w. Jones
on Mrs. Mae Evans, the woman who
last Monday admitted the killing of
DR.. E. L. Moore and pleaded guilty
to the charge of manslaughter in the
second degree.
No sooner had Judge Jones pro.
nounced the verdict than the unfor.
tunate woman wen. into into Mysteries and
her pitiful screams could be heard
a block away.
The enormity Of the crime and the
severity of the penalty seemed to
drive the woman frantic and she tried
to scratch her face, tear her hair and
deal violence to herself. 1t was with
the utmost effort on the part OF Sher.
iff Reiiey, and Mrs. Kelley who had
accompanied the unfortunate woman
to the court house that she was pre-.
vented from throwing herself from the
chair in which she was sitting and
doing harm to herself. The scene
was pitiful one and will long be
remembered by all who witnessed it.
Judge Jones dropped his head, the
jurors in the box trying another case
turned their heads another way and
in fact practically every one in the
court room looked elsewhere than at
the poor unfortunate woman who was
raving and screaming Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader.
GASOLINE ,aperlmi, lderihaa
Arthur Nelson, who was batching
it on the Harrison-Bailey farm, was
quite badly burned Monday. He plac.
ed wood and coal in his cook stove
and not having any kerosene in the
house poured on gasolene thinking
there would be no danger in using
this oil as there had not been a fire
in the stove for two or three days.
All at once the whole thing exploded
breaking the oil can, smashing the
| . ii
pantry door and broke all the win.
dows. A kettle was blown half way
to the barn.
The young mans chothing was all
on fire and his first thought was to
run up stairs but finding the flames
too thick he ran out of doors to throw
himself inta the wafar eank hy,t i,a
fore he reached the water tank he
rolled in some long weeds. Just then
his brother came along and tore off
his clothing.
He is in a serious condition at the
Harry Robb home and as soon as he
can be moved will be taken to the
home of his sister, Mrs. Anton Olson.
Henry Independent
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Governor Proclaims
Fire Protection Day

In this progressive age when the mat.
ter of general conservation SO largely
engages the attention of the Amer.
lean people, it is fitting that special
consideration be given the appalling
| fire waste which obtains throughout
the entire United States.
Our forests are carefully protected,
our waterways are properly guarded
and wisely utilized, lands hitherto
useless are constantly being reclaim.
ed and developed through drainage
and irrigation-almost all our re.
sources are now within the iurisdic-
ton of the pregnant conservation
spirit-and yet statistics evidence
that the enormous drain upon those
resources through fire is annually in
creasing and at an alarming rate.
This excessive and largely prevent.
able fire waste, which amounts, per
capita, to more than five times as
much as the loss from fire in any of
the European countries, is beginning
to be recognized as national dis
grace, and it is to assist in its reduc.
ton that | have proclaimed and set
aside Thursday, October 8, 1913, as
Fire Prevention Day, and urge that
every citizen of South Dakota accent
his Individual responsibility in this
regard, in order that this great ma
tional ash heap may be lessened and
In due course Of time entirely done
away with.
! trust that owners ofiproperty may
remove from their premises all rub.
bish and waste; that the municipal
authorities may be especially active
in thoroughly cleaning their streets
and alleys; and that in the public
schools fire drills may be held and
instruction given as to methods Of
fire protection, prevention and fire
fighting. This with the end in view
OF remedying the present condition
which is SO serious reproach upon
our nation and SO grave menace to
her people.
In testimony whereof, ! have here.
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of the state Of
South Dakota, at the capitol in the
city OF Pierre, this nineteenth day Of
September, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and thir-
teen.
Frank M. Byrne.
Governor.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Must Not Disre regard
Vital Statistics Law
sTAT'l!,,.u:JT:!,!E /,

STATUTE !jssss
From the Department OF History,
division Of vital statistics, over the
signature OF Doane Robinson, secre.
tary and superintendent has been sent
out a note of warning regarding the
disregard of the vital statistics law.
The notice sent out by Secretary Rob.
inson says that it has been eight
years since the law went into effect
and it is presumed that every citizen
of the state is familiar with its re.
quirements. The department, 1t
claims, has taken special pains thru
numerous notices to acquaint the pub
lie of its duty in the premises.
Hereafter every instance that is
called to the attention of the depart
ment of failure to comply with the act
will be without further notice refer.
red to the attorney general to enforce
the forfeiture provision.
Physicians, justices OF the peace,
clerks OF court and the public gen.
orally will please take notice. 81
Every birth must be reported to
the clerk OF courts Of the county
where it occurred within thirty days.
Every death must be reported to
the clerk Of courts of the county
where the death occurred within ten
days.
In no case may a body be buried
without first securing burial permit
from a Justice of the peace.
Write all reports in ink; spell pro-
per names legibly. In case OF death
from violence state whether homicide,
suicide or accidental
The clerks of courts will kindly see
that every physician and justice of the
peace within their jurisdiction be sup.
piled with copy of this circular and
that it be posted publicly SO that all
persons may be informed.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Catholics 10 Hold
Fair in New School

In celebration Of the opening of
the splendid Catholic school now be-
ing finished In the interior, q mann
moth church fair is being planned toS
be held near the first Of November,
The exact date viii be announced az
soon as 1t can. be definitely known
when the school will be ready for &C.
acupancy.
The fair will also be held for the
purpose Of giving the public q chance
to inspect the new building, and VIII
continue for several days and nights
Enormous crowds are expected to at-s
tend the carnival, both from Water
town and from territory tributary to
this city, and every effort for their;
entertainment and comfort VIII be
made BY the local church.
Music, shows OF all kinds, freaks.
fish ponds, and all attractions usual
" seen at such occasions, besides
many new ones, will be scattered
throughout the building, and instead
Of having all the booths ia one big
room, as is the usual arrangement.
each attraction will be put In a sen.
arate room. Every evening there
will be a special entertainment given
In the assembly hall on the top floor.
One Of the features Of the fair viii
be the awarding at the close list
Of valuable prizes to winners of a
contest which aill be launched inside
OF the next few days. The contestant
with the highest number OF votes to
her credit which will be solicited from
citizens, will get the first prize and
the others will be awarded according
to standing. As prizes Mrs Thomas
Dunn has contributed an $500 piano
for first prize; building lot on the
north side has been given BY Mr. Jas.
Dore Of st. Paul; a cream separator
by the International Harvester COM
pany; an electric washer by Dugan e.
Bennett. besides q long list Of lesser
prizes.
The foregoing is only hint Of more
definite plans which the committee
Will make soon. The members have
been appointed but a short time and
SO are hardly fairly started on their
plans for big fair week.
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Death Of Former
Watertown Woman

Mrs. W. R. Thomas, former pio
neer resident of Watertown died a,
her home at Las Vegas, New, last
Thursday.
w. R. Thomas and family were pio.
neer resident Of Watertown and re-
moved to Las Vegas about ten years
ago and have resided there since that
time.
Mrs. Thomas was highly esteemed
and loved by all who knew her and the
announcement Of her untimely de-
mise will be sever shock to her
many old friends in this city and
county.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
South Dakota Divorces
N. G. in New York

The South Dakota divorce colony
is deeply concerned over the recent
action Of the New York courts In
which It is held that a divorce secur.
ed In this state Is Of no validity what.
ever IN New York state. Many New
York people are at present living in
this state Tor the sole purpose Of es.
tablishng residence 10 as to secure
q divorce. The decision Of the New
York courts Is likely to cause these
people lot OF worry AfobTidge
News.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Country Club at
Lake Kampeska

Watertown viii soon have a real
fcountry club About twenty-five
business and professional men have
purchased the club house and ave
acres Of land at the pumping station
at Lake Kampeska and will start next
spring to remodel the building and
beautify the grounds.
4 It Is one Of the prettiest spots on
Lake Kampeska and can be made one
.of the most beautiful country club
houses In the northwest. .
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Watertown Bowlers
Perfect Organization

AT meeting of the bowlers of the
city held the first of the week the
Watertown Bowling Association was
organized. The officers elected fol
the ensuing year are: President, H
S. Fletcher; vice-president, James
Skinner; secretary. G. E. Phelps;
and treasurer. George Fisher.
The meeting was well attended and
much interest was taken by the boys
towards forming a schedule for the
coming season on a twenty pin handi.
cap basis, that is, all bowlers bowling
an average of $50 or less be handi.
capped the limit of twenty pins. The
scratch men being placed at ITO.
Another feature of this year will be
that each member of any bowling
team pays for his own bowling. With
this feature it is expected to have at
least sixteen teams in the league this
year All bowlers that are interested
and are; not in any team will please
hand their names to the secretary or
leave them at the Lincoln or Wilson
alleys and the committee appointed to
help organize new teams will take
care Of them.
All bowlers must have their teams
organized by Oct. 10, in order for the
schedule committee to get to work
The first game is to be rolled on Oct
20, SO it BELTS all the boys to get busy
and form their teams SO that every.
thing can go forward ON the date set.
The schedule this year is going to be
formed on half and half basis, that
ls, the match games are going to be
rolled alternately on the Wilson and
Lincoln alleys.
The membership fee will be s1.00I
Tor the year and dues Of soc per
month payable to the secretary. out
side teams Will come for games and
y is understood that the alley own
ers will decide who shall bowl on
The team here. Aberdeen and Sioux
Falls have strong teams and several
match games that viii be full OF In
serest viii be bowled. A prize com.
nittee and an entertainment commit
zee VIII be appointed later. Prizes
OF teams win be given. with every.
'ody's help It is hoped that this sea-
IONS bowling viii be an enjoyable one
2 AL Let everyone put forth their
'est efforts 70 help boost this enjoy
sble pastime.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Watertown Young
Couple married

Conrad schutt and Miss Helen Barb.
knecht, We're united IN marriage at
Janesyille, Wis, last week and have
returned to Watertown where they
will make their future home. Both
the bride and groom are popular ana
well known Watertown young people.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
BY THE PUFFED ONE,

M. e. Wilson: What do you think
of the new bowling alleys? When /
get them finished there will be moth
ing better in the northwest any place.
The man you see there working ::,oo,s; " is i;
an expert in that line and the factory
sent him out from Chicago to install
my alleys"
A. ]. Kidder: How long have |
been back here? oh, about four
weeks. have been out to my farm
at Waverly all the time. Only been
in town couple of times and then
didn't stay long. My crop is fair this
year and I guess / will have money
enough out of it to pay another years
subscription to the Saturday News
Oh, yes, everything is fine down south
| and ! am going back as soon as can
| Bet things Strengthened up on the
farm. Say, what is the reason we
don't get the Saturday News until
three or four days after it is printed
1t must strike one of those slow
| trains through Arkansas"
Clint Bibbins: "Of course am 60.
ing to be a candidate for the repub.
lican nomination for sheriff of Coding.
ton county at the coming primaries.
l don't know how many other fellows
are after it-but the more the mer.
rier."
Chief of Police Dick Jones: 81 am
looking for a good small secondhand
barn-one big enough for a COW and
that will give room for an automo.
bile. have very strong symptoms of
buying a car next spring and 1 want
to get a place to keep it,
&c. q Whistler: Il was over in
Sphinx county the other day and got
a car load of fine cattle for my meat
market. Talk about poor crops-I
never saw anything like it before. 1t
takes a whole section of wheat there
this fall to make a pile of straw
which any farmer could haul in one
load. Beef higher than a cats back?
Yes, two catsibacks"
Lou Towslee: 'Yes, the, new ad-
dition to our store will soon be ready
and we certainly need the room for
our hardware stock. This will give
us floor space of 50x175 feet with
full basement and it will not be
any too much room at that. Business
has been good all year and is getting
better all the time"
John Noodle: BUSY! Don't men.
tion it. We are so busy getting ready
to move that I don't know whether |
am afoot or horseback When we
get moved into our new store we will
have plenty of room to display our
goods and take care of the trade.
Business is good and l am always
looking for more / hardly have time
to write newspaper ads"
Tom Sweet: Every bit of. nv
grain is stacked this fall and I have
had a threshing rig and crew at my
house for several days waiting for
the weather to clear up so that we can
start threshing. l stopped and look
ed at the elevator wreck on the stat.
farm the other day and can't figure
out how the life of Mrs. Hanten was
saved from the collapse of the build
ing, but / suppose her time to die
had not yet arrived. 1t will be very
hard for Mr.. Hanten to save that
grain which consists of wheat, bar
ley, oats and fax as it is all in one
big pile. OF course the fax can be
separated from the other grain but it
will be big task to separate the
barley and oats. It's too bad, but
Mrs. Hanten can be congratulated on
her narrow escape from death"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Pototoes are Show
ing Upward Tendency

Fargo, N. D.. Oct. IA rush d
potato buyers from the southwest te
North Dakota and western Minnesota
is IN evidence. The drouth in Kan.
sas, Nebraska, Missouri and othe,
states has caused an unusual demand
for the North Dakota tubers. The
prevailing price is now so cents. Some
deals are made at less than that
figure but no sorted potatoes are sold
much lower.
The yield this season is not as large
as in 1912, but the quality Of the
potatoes appears superior. They are
more even in size and sorting is less
difficult.
More farmers have arranged for
storage warehouse this year than be-
fore and are in a position to hold
their potatoes until spring. This win
prevent the markets from being hood-
ed as In the past
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02

John Gerhard 4 reported az cor,
yalescing.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Thaw Has Attorney
Jermome Guessing

=
Concord. N. H., Oct. lin order
to bring about his legal removal to
PENNSYLVANIA in the event the request
of the New York authorities for his
extradition is denied by Governor
Felkner, q tax payers suit against
the state of New York is planned by
Harry *. Thaw. Thaw said today
that a report had reached him from
New York that William r. Jerome III.
tended to take no further action in
the case here If the executive refused
TO grant extradition. Replying to the
suggestion that this might necessitate
his permanent residence In New
Hampshire, Thaw said he was con.
ident that taxpayers suit to pre-.
vent further expense to New York on
account Of a citizen Of another state
would bring about his legal removal
to his home state.
That is the one thing my mother
and I wish, !" he saidied
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02

Lummy Jones has accepted po-
sition as meat cutter ID the Farmers
Provision company market ia this
city.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02

The Beadle county commissioners
nave decided that It IL the duty of
the town clerks to enroll the voters
and that the clerks are entitled to
pay for tie work fiye cents per name
"a the towns and cities and nfteen
cents per name ID the couatry town
ships This action WIN insure an en-.
B rollment AZ the voters In Bsaas;.z
connty The states attorney has gir.
en- notice chat he Will 60 into court
AGAINST the proposition to determine
me legality Of the action to have ths
county ray Tor the enrolment
lauois Chief
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
CHRONIC DYSPEPSIA. 4

me following unsolicited testimon-
ial should certainly be suficient to
give hope and courage to persons af-
hicted with chronic dyspepsia: II
nave been g chronic dyspeptic for
years, and Of all the medicine / have
taken. chamherlain's Tablets have
5oone me more good than anything
else, says ". g. Mattison. No. Il sher.
mar man 81. Harnellsville. N. Il. For sale
~ ~ ceaiers. Adv. 1920
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02

Lawrence Gilruth Business II,
the new Fotopla Theatre has been
fine since we opened and ii Il keeps
up as good as it started viii have
no complaint 70 make. am going to
give the yery best pictures that can
secure and the house win speak for
$itself.''
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02

Rev. A. D. Chase: "Yes sir, / am
feeling very well at the present time
The Saturday News made mistake
couple of weeks ago when it said
that was 80 years of age-you were
mistaken one year. A man gets old
fast enough without advancing his
age in the papers,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-07-25
FuG MAIN VALLEY.

IT Edward HfIploy and sic. OF
aear Westminster. Epsn, Sunday even
n aith Mr. zaIpley's parents. Mr.
and Hra Charles n Wantz
- Ezra Drown and wife anzHt sun
IL evening HIfh Ar uHab Babylon
~ family
Ir Henry EaEard and VIE q near
FFizsIlburE. an.ni sunday afternoon
HIth sir Harry Babylon al Hifs.
Mss BESSIE IInKIing, Of NJ May
berry. has returned home aftaF spend,
N some time Nth her aIHIer. Arg
Gharlea ReifaaIdsr
HIas Emma Babylon. Of Baltimore
4 homo spending some time I'll her
parents Mr. al HrE lriah Babylon
Those who =Hant laat Tuesday
b seek ago til NrH iaeaB WANT
we're Mrs Fanny Hopkins aud Tire,
children. William. Norman 40 Paul
Hfz siary III Harmon md daughter
Thelma, Mr. Eufith Ecker. Mrs
Grace Myers - ION. Carroll
IT Jacob HauIz shot a lar black
snake measuring : feet In IeaEth on
h farm on Tuesday
If# MauEsE md three children
ElheI Mildred ID Carroll. zHsHt from
friday i,ll Saturday ia Westminster
visiting friends
IT Charles ,. Nantz aasHI Sunday
I'll Mrs NaaIzE sister. IL Lev
HuIl near MaYhefrR