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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06
LINCOLN AND FISCUS
GRANDMOTHER BRIGGS.

Sarah Allen was born in Saratoga
county, New York, December 81, 1927,
where she grew to womanhood. Sixty
five years ago she was united in marriage
to Harvey Briggs of that place. In the
forties they joined the great stream of
westward Immigrants that were at that
time pushing into the Ohio and Miss
issippi valleys, and at last settled down
in the new state of Illinois. They lived
in that home for about thirty five years;
it was there that their three children
were born; Bryon, Silas, and Mrs,
Sparks Baker In the early eighties
Grandmother and Mr.. Briggs came to
Lincoln township this county and settled
on the southeast part of section 30,
where A. H. Spease now lives. Some
twenty four years ago the wife of Silas
died and left his four small children,
Allyn, Frank, Lillian and Bert without
a mother. Grandmother very willingly
took the three former in her care, and
protected them during their childhood
days and filled the place left by mother,
while the latter found an excellent
home with his aunt, Mrs Sparks Baker.
Eleven years ago Mr.. Briggs was laid
to rest after he and Grandmother had
lived together as man and wife for
fifty-four years. Silas died six years
ayo and since that timen GrandmOther
has been making her.lhome with rela,
tives in Iowa Missouri and Illinois.
Her last visit here was last October and
old age was then fast enfeebling her.
Her last days were spent at =. the home
of grand daughter in Montgomery,
Illinois; where she passed to sthe other
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06
KIMBALLTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Diyely played a
lively trick on the city last week, when
they reported that Miss Whittier was
going to Nebr. for visit and Mr..
Dively to Des Moines and then return
ing on the afternoon train as Mr.. and
Mrs. Dively. At home in Elk Horn
after March 10th.
Messrs Aage and James Crumstrup
left Tuesday for Tyler, MINI. with two
cars of stock and household goods.
Mrs. Crumstrup is visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. Harold Hansen at Elk
Horn, but will leave for Tyler in a
week or so.
The council men met Monday even
ing. The city election will be held the
second Monday in March at the Land
mands National Bank. The school
election will be held on the same day.
Mrs. G.. Sorensen is reported much
better. Mrs. Soren Sorensen who is in
Milwaukee with the infant girl of Mr.
c. Sorensen to have it treated by an
eminent doctor, will return this week.
Mr.. Andrew Andersen west of town
reports that he has six new neighbors
within a mile and half of his place
since March list. He feels as though
he had moved into new vicinity.
Editor Osborn bought the Elk Horn
Leader Monday. An enterprising
editorl The paper will be published at
Kimballton but the Elk Horn press will
still be at Elk Horn for job work.
Miss Anna Overgaard and Miss
Marie Malsker came from Des Moines
Wednesday to visit with their sister,
Mrs. T. G. Muller and witness the
marriage of another sister.
Mrs. Minnie Baird spent the week.
end with her sister, Mrs. Geo. L. Jor-
gensen. The Bairds, who are well
known in this vicinity will move to the
north part of the state,
Fl. P. Bonnesen has purchased the P.
r, Petersen property on west End
street and will move into it March Goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Petersen intend to move
to Racine, Wisconsin.
Mr.. H. Henricksen of Cordova, Nebr1
was in town Saturday to have the final
settlements on his farm made March |.
Mr.. Henricksen is well pleased with his
new location.
H. P. Bold was in Atlantic Saturday.
The Paul Bjorn family moved to
town Saturday in the worst blizzard
this winter. He is undaunted however.
The Firemens Masquerade was very
successful. The boys cleared about
$500. The Hansen orchestra fur
nished the music.
P. H. Andersen and Jens Lauridsen
went to Omaha Tuesday to have the
latters eyes treated by DR.. Clifford, the
eye specialist. kxs
Miss STOW, the trained nurse from
Omaha who has been caring for Mrs.
M. H. Madsen at Bakkely farm left
Saturday.
Hon. o. H. Jacobsen spent the week
end with his family. The House was
given a vacation of four days.
The Ladies Literary club met With
Mrs. DR.. Soc Monday afternoon.
Hahn Rasmussen and family moved
to Kimballton March 1st.
Mr.. H. c. Nordby spent several days
in Omaha this week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06
Christian Church Notice.

Preaching Sunday at HOO a. m, and
40 p. m, Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Subject for Sunday evening, Are We
Living In The Last Days?" or Signs
of the Times" There was a good au-
dience out at the Evangelical church
Sunday evening where union service
was held. The services next Sunday
evening will be at both the Christian
and Evangelical church as usual.
p. E. Glendenning, Pastor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06
BRAYTON AND OAKFIELD

The T. E. Root and George Pawley
families who lived on the J. G. Hard
man place last year have gone to farm
near Anita, The Hardman place now
owned by w. G. McCurdy of Massena
will be occupied by Messrs Potter of
MasSena.
The fine home of Ed. M. Nelson and
wife south of town was totally destroy
cd by fire Monday. The fire had gain-
cd such Roadway when discovered that
nothing could he done. and the family
were lucky to escape with their lives.
VIM. Lewis will farm the J. F. Bergh
place east of town this year and Chas
Lambert will till his fathers farm from
which Mr.. Lewis moved.
Isaac Smith and son, Chris, left Tues
day to look after their possessions near
Reed Deer Canada. They will remain
during the summer.
Robert Nelson, Elmer Miller, Chas
Bison, Jr., Earl Brown and Reed
Walker, took in the auto show at Des
Moines Monday.
Hans Nelson returned to his home at
Dell Rapids, S. D., Tuesday, after a
pleasant visit with his daughter, Mrs.
Martin Sorensen.
Miller & Nelson have the wires strung,
in readiness for the dynamo they are
expecting soon for the moving picture
show
j. G. Kelly is taking vacation from
his duties as mail carrier on Route l,
and Joe Kelly is acting as substitute.
Hans Hansen, Jr., returned to his
home at Anita, Monday after a weeks
visit with relatives in Brayton
Arthur Hansen came down from Elk
ira Sunday and spent the day at the
home of his brother, Henry.
MAIDS Madsen from near Anita has
purchased the Nels Beck farm and is
moving ON same this week
Mary Curry returned to her home at
Atlantic Friday night after few days
visit at the Hallock home.
Mrs. Floyd Freeman left Tuesday for
Red Deer. Canada, to join her husband
who went some time ago.
Mrs Ed Black and son of Griswold
were guests of Mrs. Marion Jenkins a
few days last week.
c. l. Dimick and family are moving
this week from Atlantic to their farm
southeast of town.
Chris Munsgaard of Audubon visited
Friday at the home of his aunt, Mrs
Soren Andersen.
Mrs. W. r. Koob returned Monday
from an over Sunday visit with relatives
in Anita
Asa and Mitt Horton came from
Guthrie county Monday for few days
visit.
Francis Voss of Extra was the guest
of Madeline Essington the last of the
week.
Mrs. Vern Cochran of Extra spent
Friday night with Mrs. Sidney Nelson.
j. p. Bendixen and wife of Omaha
are spending few days in this vicinity
Percy Hallock is spending few days
at the auto show in Des Moines.
A. G. Colvin and wife were visiting
relatives in Atlantic Friday.
Chas Gustaffason of Kimballton was
visitor in Brayton Sunday.
p. l.. Lowers of Lorah was calling on
friends in Brayton Monday.
DIR. Koob was called to Atlantic on
business last Wednesday.
o. F. Ide were transacting business
in Audubon Tuesday.
Alma Leigan was visitor in Atlantic
Saturday and Sunday.
Vivian Bartlett was calling on friends
in Atlantic Saturday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06

Sib Livingston, the mail carrier, had
runaway last week His team became
frightened at speeding auto and rar
away demolishing the buggy and bruis
ing Sib up little. 1t was near the
railroad south of Manning and one mail
sack was cut in two by passing train
scattering letters and postcards in all
directions.
March 1st was nice day to move. A
nice breeze from the northwest blowing
snow and dust at the rate of forty miles
per hour with the Thermometer regis
tering about zero kept live stock from
getting overheated in transit.
Ferdinand He'll and John Barr moved
from Lincoln onto farms northwest OF
Manning last week.
Aaron McCuen is visiting friends in
Nebraska and South Dakota at this time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06

shore on Friday, February 21, at the
age of 50 years, / month and 20 days.
The remains were shipped here for
burial, funeral services being held
Tuesday, February 25th at the Lincoln
Center schoolhouse conducted by Rev.
Scoggan of Manning, after which burial
was made in Lincoln cemetery by the
side of her husband and son, Silas. She
leaves behind on earth one son, Byron,
of Montgomery, ILL.,. one daughter, Mrs
Sparks Baker, of Urick, Mo one brother,
VIM. Allen, of Dedham, Iowa; ten
grand. children, and several great grand
children. Besides the above relatives
she leaves scores of friends which she
made while travelling down the long
road while journeying through life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-03-06

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quietly with "Jeersonian Simplicity walk in here
whenever convenient yous always convenient for
land ask to see some of our
Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits and you have your ideas about pat
term weave, color model all you have do is mention
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you have idea of the price you want to pay
ton that but shall you special price suits
You
less but be to these
GREATEST STOCK OF FINE SACKS AND NORFOLKS
F. A. BUTHWEGl
This is the home fHart schafner & Marx clothes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
Borax Deposits in California.

Deposits of colemanite, an ore of boric
acid and borax, were discovered in Ven
tura county, Cal, in 1898, and the dis
trict has yielded about $4,000 tons of
crude ore, valued at approximately ST.
100000. This colemanite, although
classed among the few important de-
posits of this kind of ore in the country,
has suffered the disadvantage of being
a long distance from the main routes
of transportation. As is the case of
many other western industries, however,
it is expected that the opening of the
Panama canal will greatly stimulate
production. An examination of the
borate deposits of Ventura county was
recently made by Hoyt S. Gale, of the
United States geological survey, and
while the investigation was not suffi-
GENTLY detailed to permit an expression
of opinion as to the magnitude of the
undeveloped deposits, it is believed that
they are very considerable Mr. Gales
account of the investigation has Just
been published as advance chapter o
from bulletin $40 A copy may be OBJ
tanned on application to the director,
.. S. geological survey, Washington,
d. G,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
POWERS
| WILL WAIT
Britain, France and Ger
many Will Make No Move
Toward Mexico
UNTIL PROPOSAL is
RECEIVED FROM U. S.
Diaz' Flight to an American
Gunboat Is Cause for
Comment

Washington, Oct. 29-Three European
nations, Great Britain, Germany and
France, have agreed to. adopt no new
polity toward Mexico until the govern
ment of the United States can submit
their consideration on a definite plan
for the future treatment of the reyolu-
ton torn republic of Mexico.
That request of the powers to await
a proposal from this government had
been made and that the three named
had yielded was announced late yester-
day by Secretary of State Bryan.
The secretary did not indicate what
the nature of future negotiations would
be.
The fight of General Felix Diaz from
Vera Cruz to refuge on the American
gunboat Wheeling was much discussed
last night and Rear ADMIRAL Fletcher is
notified by Secretary Bryan that polit-
zeal refugees can be shielded only TEN.
porarily.
1t is expected Diaz viii be put aboard
vessel bound for Havana or New
York.
Diaz pleaded his life was in danger
when applying to the Wheeling for
an asylum.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29

cess in New York. Following is hen
own story Of her first success:
81 had dropped into criminal court
room, principally to escape the heat of
the street. A young girl was being
tried for attempted suicide. Perhaps
because my own future looked so dark
| could read real drama between the fal.
tering lines OF her testimony.
Here was on old story to the re-
porters. | knew they would turn in
brief items, bare facts. | talked about
the girl with the probation officer ass
signed the case, with the girls, with her
employers, and / secured photographs,
including one of the corner where she
tried to end it ALL cubby hole much
like my own. Then | wrote as il her
story were mine.
with the power born of desperation,
I forced my way into the presence of
Sunday editor, who had spoken few
kind words to me. / begged him to
read my story while the girls case was
still in the public eye.
"For a wonder he did read it, while [
sat beside him. When he finished he
touched several buttons, and men fairly
tumbled into the room.
after giving them orders, he seemed
to recall my existence. He turned and
stared at me over his glasses.
LETS see! You've been in here be-
fore. haven't your
eyes, brought you letter from Mr..
Blank of the --- News"
Hump, story like that is worth
80 letters of introduction. COMPOUNDED
nuisance, letters are! Don't believe in
'eml Sold much stuff
Nothing you have bought
that storyr
''His eyes twinkled.
"'Oh, I've bought it all right I for
got to mention-we pay $50 for story
like that, with the pictures. l suppose
that is all right
"All right?'
II closed my eyes. saw clean hall
room, with real window ledge over
which could look out upon quiet city
garden. / saw a telegraph operator click (
ing off message to an anxious mother.
And | tasted beefsteak, thick, juicy.
rare!
'Wlhen / opened my eyes once more
the Sunday editor was at the door. He
flung this order over his shoulder;
"'Wait till l come back
SIN a few minutes he was seated,
beside me again and / could hardly be-
lieve my ears. He was offering me q
position on the staff"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
A FOOD CLINIC.
School Children Fed and They Showed
Decided Gain in Weight.

AT the congress on school hygiene,
held in Buffalo in August, DR.. Walter M.
Roach, district supervisor of school med
zeal inspectors in Philadelphia, reported
the results obtained among schoolgirl
dren of ages from 6 to Ia years after the
establishment of food clinic in certain
schools in his district. Many OF the
children were found to be coming to
school with Insufficient or no breakfasts.
The children were fed for a period of
four weeks in the spring of 1913 at the
morning recess period with some form
of cereal being changed daily. In all,
113 children were fed in this manner.
In a group of fifty, who were carefully
weighed, measured and physically exam
ined before the beginning of the feeding
and afterward, it was found that there
was an aggregate gain of over 252
pounds. But the increase in weight
from a given amount of food in the
time mentioned was not the chief ad-
vantage gained Some of the children
gained little or nothing in weight, but it
was found that they all improved in
color, increased in hemoglobin percent
age, gained in spirits and activity, and
were less nervous and irritable. They
were able to study better and their
work progressively increased in effect
iveness, which was demonstrated by
their grades. The average grades for
the whole school, $50 pupils, including
the ll3 who were given the feelings, in.
creased in spelling from 76.4 to 1928, and
in arithmetic from 60 to ~. For the
same period the averages of the pupils
of the second grade attending the clinics
increased from II to 81 in spelling, and
from 500 to 7l.3 in arithmetic. In the
third and fourth grades, as also in the
special classes for retarded pupils, the
improvements were equally notable.
Aside from the demonstration in figures
of the effect of adequate nourishment on
the work of the pupils, another interest
ing deduction is made in the report.
The per capita cost of education in the
public schools in Philadelphia exclusive
of permanent improvement is 1869 per
child per year. If the child fails to
make its grades, it is a fair deduction
that the S36.59 has been an economic
loss, and whatever may be thought of
the proposition of the school authorities
going into the business of feeding the
children in the schools, the author of
the report feels, says The Journal of
the American Medical association, that |
if an expenditure for food of $40 per
pupil for two hundred school days would |
make the 1850 productive, it could be |
considered as an economic gain; the out |
come, he feels removes the problem |
from the sphere of paternalism."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29

has FIVE rooms, living-room with q
fireplace, a dining room, two bedrooms
and bathroom. The porch is covered
with honeysuckle and pink ramblers.
rented it for year while | nursed, until
had saved enough to go to housekeeping
"But / wanted something more than
furniture, and | got it. / adopted two
boys, one ten, and one two. They call
me Mother Then the boys adopted a
dog and a homeless cat. Johnny, the
oldest one, has ten hens and two roost-
ers; he sells me his eggs He has a
paper route out in our neighborhood, and
sometimes he works in gardens. He has
twenty-five dollars in the bank. He is
so proud of our homel took him out
of an orphan asylum.
"Baby Ned's mother committed sui
eide because his father had run away
with another woman. The police were
coming for him when | took him home.
He is dear baby. When the boys came
l got Maggie to live with us, she has had
trouble, and had baby, but it died. She
is not very strong but she can do our
work and loves the boys and the garden.
eve have a fine garden with all the
yegetab les we can eat, and lots of old
fashioned flowers. We have hollyhocks
that grow ten feet high out here, bushels
of roses, sweet peas, fox-gloves, lilies,
stocks, and lots of other things.
"When l come home at night and see
the smoke coming out of my chimney
and my boys waiting for me at the
gate, l tell you | am pretty thankful"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
MAPLE HOLDING ITS OWN.
1t Is Being Put to a Varied Field of
Uses.

1t Is Being Put to Varied Field o
Uses.
Though at one time in the early his
tory of the country an average of 500
maple trees were destroyed in clearing
the ordinary New York or Pennsylvania
farm, maple is to-day, according TO tn,
department of agriculture, one of th'
most widely used and valuable native
hardwoods.
A bulletin on the uses of maple, just
issued by the department, states that
the wood finds places in an enormous
number of articles in daily use, from
rolling pins to pianos and organs. 1t is
one of the best woods for flooring, and
is always fayorite material for the
floors of roller skating Kinks and bowl
ing alleys. 1t leads all other woods as
a material for shoe lasts, the demand
for which in Massachusetts alone ex-
ceeds Is million board feet annually.
| Sugar maple stands near the top of
| the list of furniture woods in this
country. The so-called "birds-eye" eff.
feet, the department explains, is prob
ably due to buds which for some reason
can not force their way through the
bark, but which remain Just beneath it
year after year. The young wool is dis
turbed each succeeding season by the
presence of the bud and grows around it
in fantastic forms which are exposed
when the saw cuts through the alb
normal growth.
Maple, the department goes on to say,
is one of the chief weeds used for agri-
cultural implements and farm machin-
cry, being so employed because of its
strength and hardness. All kinds of
wooden ware are made of maple, which
holds important rank also in the manu-
facture of shuttles, spools, and bobbins.
1t completes with black gum for first
place in the manufacture of rollers of
many kinds, from those employed in
house moving TO the less massive ones
used on lawn mowers. Athletic goods,
school supplies, brush backs, pulleys,
type cases. and crlltehes are a fewer of
the other articles for which maple is in
demand.
Seven species of maple grow in the
United States. of which sugar maple,
sometimes called hard maple, is the
most important. The total cut of
maple in the United States annually
amounts to about l,l50,000,000 feet.
Nearly one-half is produced by Michi-
gan, with Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New
York, and West Virginia following in
the order named. Sugar maple, says
the department, is in little danger of
from the American forests,
for it is strong, vigorous, aggressive
tree, and though not fast grower il
able to hold its own. In Michigan it is
not unusual for maple to take posses
sion of land from which pine or hard
woods have been cut clean, and from
New England westward through the
Lake states and southwark to the Ohio
and Potomac rivers few other species are
oftener seen in woodlots.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
Says 1t Is Hard Work to Be Step
mother

In the November Woman's Home
Companion, Anne Bryan Mccall con-
tributes page entitled "People l Have
Known" On this page she reproduces
the following letter from young step
mother who says that the first wife's
people have tried and succeeded in turn
ing the children against her:
at takes all the patience in the world,
think, to be stepmother. l wonder
if there is any task so thankless. You
do your best, you yearn and long and
love with your whole heart and what
you get in return is nothing but mis-
trust. But that is all very personal and
cowardly of me. The only important
point is this, that some day-some day
| shall be able to help the only thing
that counts in the whole hard struggle
And whereas at first | used to think how
| had been misunderstood and mistrust-
ed, now each night just pray for them
and for myself and ask that may never
hinder, only always help them"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
How a "Heart -Throb Specialist" Got Her
First Job.

In the October Woman's Home Com
panion appears a confession of ''heart-
throb specialist"-a newspaper woman
who, after many failures, made sue
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-29
After 40 Lonely Years--A Home.

The American Magazine has been of.
fering prizes for the best letterc en-.
titled what Am Most Thankful For. ,
The prize winning letters are to be pub
1ished in the November number and
the following contribution took second
prize:
"The thing for which / am most
thankful in all the world is my home,
j have had it for two years, but it took
me forty years to get it.
II am trained nurse-was a home
less child, boarded out on farms until
was eighteen; then l trained for nurse.
] dreamed and planned for home, but
] never expected to get one. Then
took care of old Mrs. Mcpherson for a
year, and when she died she left me
two thousand dollars. God bless heri
81 came to Seattle, bought a half
acre for five hundred dollars, and built
q bungalow for fifteen hundred more. 1t