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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Forty Dead at Bridge.

Richard Lee, an engineer on the
Pennsylvania, who brought in the last
train over that line from Logansport,
reported terrible condition at the
Pennsylvania bridge over the Wabash
on the outskirts of Logansport.
This bridge is braced across an
island and is as near indestructible as
a bridge can be made" said Mr.. Lee.
1T is eighteen miles down stream
from Peru and has caught all the
debris from that town.
Il think we saw the remains OF
more than 100 houses stacked up
against this bridge. with the current
Juggling and pulling at them. We
could make out thirty or forty dead
bodies in the crushed lumber. and 1t
seemed as If some section of Peru
must have been overwhelmed sudden
ly and swept down stream TO destruc-
ton"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

places OF safety, and on the roofr
of buildings, only to die from expos
ure
The suffering of the survivors hud-
died together in the marooned build
ings was awful Food and water
could not be taken to them.
Foreigners killed their country
men and even members of their fam
lilies in their desperate efforts to OBJ
tain food. according to John Yolbrecht
of Yukawa street, in North Dayton,
who was taken from the one remain
ing abutments of the Herman street
bridge. Volbrecht said he was at his
home with his family when the flood
struck North Dayton. The house was
picked up by the current and car
ried against the Herman street bridge.
Volbrecht said he chung to the bridge
and didn't know what became Of his
family.
One woman with ten-day.old baby
climbed over the roofs of three houses
to reach the rescuerE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Heroic Rescues common.

From all parts of Dayton come sto-
ries OF heroic rescues. The stolid
volunteers pay no attention to them.
All of them for three days have con-
stantly offered their lives to save
others. Several of these men have
given their lives on rescue work,
Their names are unknown. Watchers
on the banks saw them trying to
reach persons In floating houses. saw
their boats upset and the men go
down.
Late in the day large frame house
fioated down the river. Four women
were in the windows. As they neared
the Main street bridge they waved at
the crowd on the banks and the build
ing struck the pieces. There was a
swirl in the murky waters and lit
tie farther down stream the debris
appeared, but none of the women.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Robber Prices Of Roatmen.

Boatmen in Peru. Ind, reGped for
tunes by carrying food sufferers
from the danger zone at exorbitant
prices, according to M. S. Scott, q
travelling salesman of New York, who
arrived from Peru with two other
travelling men.
1.-THE condition at Peru" said Mr..
Scott, cannot be told. was at a
hotel across the street from the court
house and last night six babies were
born to women who lay on the bare
floor of the building. When we learned
of this we had them rowed across the
street and gave them our rooms. The
boatmen charged S. each to row three
women across the street. We paid
SIS to be hauled three miles, and
we're lucky to get OF that cheaply"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Heroes In All Classes.

II great loss of life was averted
at Peru, this Is due to some heroes OF
the Owen Wister type, river men and
water rats from surrounding lakes,
who by unbelievable prowess with a
pair of frail oars rescued the doomed,
and in splendid harmony with their
virile efforts shines the spirit of wom-
EN- who valiantly helped, supremely
oblivious to distressing surroundings.
Among the latter are Mrs. r. II.
Bouslog, Mrs. R G. Edwards, and
Mrs, Albert Shirk. all three wives
OF local millionaires, and also leaders
in the self-sacrfices required to pro-
vide sandwiches, coffee and smiles to
q panic stricken multitude in emer-
gency quarters.
Among the boatmen two brothers.
Charley and Ted Knight, are praised
on the corners left In Peru. Ted, with
w. A. Hun. dentist, braved the tur-
bulent waters of the Wabash river.
cutting of Peru on the south side
and rendering uncertain the fate Of the
inhabitants of South Peru. According
70 the report the two rescuers reached
the opposite shore alive, after having
been overturned several times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
The Man on the Roof.

There we're two heroes on the Day
ton floods. Their names are M. b.
Stohl and C. d. Williamson. and they
are employees Of the American Tele-
graph and Telephone company.
Stohl is a wire chief at Dayton. He
reached the Dayton office Of his com.
pany late the night before the floods
came. The rush Of the waters put all
the telephone batteries and power out
OF commission. Forgetting thoughts
Of escape, Stohl rummaged around
until he Jfound llneman's test set.
With this he rugged up sending and
receiving apparatus, and cut in upon
the wire on the roof Of the four-story
building. This wire connected him
with Phoneton, testing station eight
miles away. Thus he established CON-
munication with Williamson, whose
batteries were still working.
Then Stohl sent messages from the
flooded city, otherwise cut on from
Communication with the outside world.
All night he stuck to his post. All next
day he remained. The following noon
found him still on the roof of build
ing whose foundations we're being
Slapped by the waters.
There he stayed in the rain and cold,
'th the prospect Of death staring him
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
RESINOL STOPS
SKIN TROUBLES

II you have eczema, ringworm, or
other itching, burning. unsightly skin
or scalp eruption, try Resinol Oint-
ment and Resinol Soap, and see how
quickly the itching stops and the
trouble disappears, even in severe and
stubborn cases. Pimples, blackheads
and red, sore, blotchy faces and hands
speedily yield to Resinol.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap
heal skin humors, sores, boils, burns,
scalds, cold-sores, chafings and piles.
Prescribed by physicians for eighteen
years. All druggists sell Resinol Soap
(25c) and Resinol Ointment (50c and
81. Sent by parcel post on receipt OF
price. For sample of each write to
Dept. ok, Resinol Chem. Co., Balti-
more, Md.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Whole Families on Roofs.

All of the first terrible night, while
the city of Peru, Ind, was in inky
darkness because of the cutting off of
the gas and electric light supply, men,
women and children, and in some In
stances entire families, lay fat where
they had crawled to the roofs of their
homes, waiting for daylight to bring
relief. Hundreds of others were
TANNED in the courthouse and lodge
buildings, which were in the only four
blocks OF the city not under water
The first thought of rescue parties
was to send into the town boats to
carry to safety those who were threat
ened with drowning. Telephone com
munication had been opened with
points in the residence and business
districts and from those marooned in
buildings II was learned that many
persons. including some women who
held their chilsfen in their arms, had
been on roofs exposed to an almost
freezing Temperature all night. One
aan telephoned he had seen several
fall fron exhaustion and slip into the
water II was the purpose of the res
cners first to reach those in greatest
danger. Hundreds Of others huddled
together at the courthouse, although
In want OF food and water, were 20 be
taken later.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
ALL TELL STORIES
OF HEROIC DEEDS
Survivors of the Flood Disaster
Proud of Record Made by
Brothers
NEEDS OF OTHERS PUT FIRST
Mo One Has Cause to Be Ashamed of
Spirit Displayed In Agonizing
Time-Some Fearful Expert
enees Brought to Light.

Chicago. -"Women and children
first."
This world-oh cry, made more mem
orable when the Titanic disaster
thrilled the world, echoed over the
fiood-stricken districts of Ohio and In
diana. Refugees who reached Chicago
told innumerable stories of men risk
ing their lives to save the women and
children.
The unwritten law of the sea was
observed on the inland rivers. The
entire tenor of stories told by refugees
was one of bravery, self-sacrifice and
devotion to the weak and unprotected.
Women and children first"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
SURGEON relIs eranhIo STORY.

DR.. Ray B. Harris, a police surgeon
of Dayton, Ohio, and one of the chief
workers among the injured immedii
ately after the cyclone, told a graphic
story of the sufferings OF the hun
dreds who were hurt.
when we began to collect the bod
les we realized for the>first time the
fearful state of affairs" said the ply
stefan. 1T was as grewsome a task
as | ever worked at. Some of the
bodies were twisted into frightful
shapes and some had pieces OF
wreckage-wood and iron-driven
through their bodies. Dozens were
smothered to death, some were
burned, still others were crushed and
beaten to death by the flying timbers
Every physician in the city. and
even the medical students. were at
work Sunday night and all day Mon
day. impressed two dentists myself.
although ! didn't want any teeth
drawn. They worked like Trojans,
too.
Some of the taxicab drivers thought
II was a Bolden opportunity 10 reap
harvest, and demanded huge sums for
carrying the injured to the hospitals
The doctors wouldn't stand for any
thing like that, and | personally
thrashed two drivers who presumed
to haggle."
Another husky young doctor had an
argument with a chauffeur. who de-
manded S. apiece for conveying two
injured women to a hospital. When
he would not yield the physician
seized a piece of board and knocked
the man senseless with 1t. Then he
took the chauffeur to the hospital with
the women and ministered to him.
1t is such incidents as this that eyi
dence the fearful night of terror and
panic and the day of sorrow that fol-
lowed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Only Doctor a Drug Flend.

Terrible scenes were reported from
West indianapolis. Conditions in the
flooded district were made worse by
the fact that the only physician who
was there to attend sufferers was a
victim of the morphine habit. In the
Methodist church woman rescued
from the bottoms gave premature
birth to twins. The physician, what
with the horror of his duty and his in
ability to obtain more of the drug,
went insane, and after making three
unsuccessful attempts to jump from
a window, was placed in a straight
jacket
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Monarchs of England

The first to rule over all England
was Egbert King of wessex. who
united all the various petty kingdoms
and became King OF England in s27
The greater Kingdom was disrupted
from s7S to s5s. when the Danes ruled
north OF the Thames. In the latter
year King Edgar reunited the king
dom and since that time 1t has never
been partitioned Between Edmund
Eonside (1oIs) and Edward the Con
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Only One of Many.

What is your Manner asked the
registerer who received refugees at
Dayton. o., OF slender person in
mems clothing.
Norma Thurma," was the reply.
Norma came in with Ralph Myers,
his wife and little baby. Myers had
climbed telegraph pole first. He let
down rope to his wife, who tied It to
meal sack which contained their
baby. three months old. Myers pulled
the rope with its precious burden up
and then let it down to aid his wife.
holding on to two thin wires, he trav-
eled across the cable full block to
safety.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Estimate of Dead in
Various Ohio Cities
GALVESTON FIRST CITY TO AID
Commissioner Voted $3.50 to Relieve
Flood Sufferers of ohio--More Is
Being Raised by Subscription.

Galveston, Texas. March $50 far
as is known here. Galveston is the first
city to render aid to the food suffer.
ers. as a municipality.
The city commission voted $3.50 to
the sufferers and telephoned $3.50 OF
It to Governor Cox and five hundred to
Governor Ralston, not waiting to trans
NIT 1t by slower means. Mayor Fisher
has also called for subscriptions, from
citizens who have collected several
hundred dollars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

In the face every moment. He sobbed
a strong mans sob as he told his tale
Of death and desolation; of floating
wreckage bearing men, women and
children doomed to death: of dead
bodies borne upon the crest OF the wa.
tiers; OF piteous sights. in themselves
enough to unnerve the bravest OF men
But he stuck to his post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

fessor (lO42) three Danish king LEI
all England. canute. Harold a,
Hardicanute. The first king OF c
Britain was James I. (1603) The /.
king of the United Kingdom OF Grei
Britain and Ireland was George T.
From the conquest of Ireland In
by Henry H. the kings OF en-
were styled Lord OF Ireland
assumption OF the title King
land by Henry VIZ. and Z
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Sensitive.

The community is going to PUT ur
statue In your honor" said the prom
lent citizen.
II wish 1t would walt awhile" re-.
)iied Senator Sorghum. "It's bad
'nough to be roasted for years by the
ditoriai writer's without being turned
yer to The art critical
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
An AspersIon.

-rve found that Jinks Is q hard
drinker."
you surprise me. thought his
reputation for sobriety was above sus-
picion."
But, VOC, see, he can't get any other
kind to drink but hard water"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Go Insane. slay Famllle..

There were stories of Insanity caus-
ed by the food at Dayton. A father
had killed his four children and
his wife and then leaped into the
food.
Children had been born In boats
that were carrying their mothers to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
kesp Your Eve on Your Hat.

Keep Your Eye on Your Hat
Bill-The ancient Britons often
wore the dragon. or serpent. a. he'll
met crest.
Jill-In those days when fellow
went into restaurant he wouldn't be
so apt to have head-gear exchanged az
he Is now, / should say"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03
Rival Ambitions.

First Manager am going to get
my star Skye terrier.
Second Ditto--And am going to
get mine moon calf and sun dog.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

this title was used until the act Of
uEion in 1901. The imperial sover
eighty Of India was assumed by Queen
Victoria.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

Knicker-"FeN strange taking an
oathf" Booker Pho. you just hold up
your hand as though you were going
to hang on subway strap"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

Optimistic View.
'" said the optimist to the
him on the bus, whose
lown into the river;
been worse
I" replied the hat
e.
ave b v hat"
arried
NIB II
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-03

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
The Fuel of | owe "a "a By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

himself martyr. He begins to regard
himself as eligible 10 the rewards OF
the early Christians because he gives
up a ball game or a theater that his
cooking stove fund may grow.
Feels Sorry For Self.
He feels sorry for himself and the
first twinge Of self pity lover feels
is the first Of many stabs at the heart
of the girl he loves.
He occasionally strays. The evenings
when he is not with her are no longer
his most weary hours; they have be-
come his evenings off. He flies here
and there, and the engagement of
which he was at first so proud becomes
something to conceal because of the
hampering influence 1t would have on
his relations with other girls
The girl. with her head bent little
lower over her embroidering and hem
stitching, continues TO take such joy
In anticipation of their future she
doesn't see that the face of the future
has changed, She has grown older, and
is losing the freshness of youth. When
he takes her out he is conscious that
she isn't as smartly attired as other
girls Man-like, he doesn't see the sac
rif1Ce; he sees only the effect.
Loves fire that needs renewal Of
fresh beauty for it's fuel" She has
neglected the renewing Of fuel in her
certainty that his love was lasting and
realizes her folly only when the ashes
are dead and cold.
The tie that binds a man to an en-
gagement of marriage is as fragile al
gossamer, and when it is broken it
leaves him with no scars.
A girl is bound by a tie which her
love makes cable To the end Of her
days she will bear on her heart marks
of this painful lesson in mans fallibiI-
ity when that engagement is broken.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Loves a fire that needs renewal
OF fresh beauty for its fuel;
Loves wing moults when Gagged
and captured,
only free he scars enraptured.
THOMAS CAMPBELL.

~ HE question Is asked many times.
Is a long engagement fair to
the girl?'
It certainly is not. An engagement
of more than a years Duration is as
trying on love as six months Of mar
ried life, and more fatal.
man and his wife in such. short
time as six months accumulate a COM
munity Of interests. They have a
home and the home instinct is the
greatest anchor love knows There is
the hope Of a family, the tie of their
early welded happiness; every self
denial the girl-wife makes has its re-
ward in something tangible
If she is disappointed. she conceals
1t in her pride, She was wooed and
won. and is married to the man she
loved. These facts stand out as if
written in a splash of gold with which
she would cover every disappointment
The engaged girl has nothing 10
sustain her in the waiting period of
long engagement but love and hope
sturdy offsprings of her romance at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

A man who was very misery hoard "
ed up his stacks of hay year after year
in the hope Of making double the price
he was offered for them. a we'll
known hay and straw buyer in the dis
trict one day asked the price of a
stack An enormous sum was asked,
which the buyer accepted
How about the terms of settle
ment2' asked the Old miser.
well you see" said the buyer my
terms are to settle. when ! fetch the
last load away"
That's a bargain" said the miser
Shaping the others hand.
The old chap watched every load 90
away except the last, and that the
buyer has never fetched yet,
A Young wife 72ccntIy went into a
grocer's shop and addressed the grocer
thus.
Fl bought three or four hams here
"A month or so ago, and they were fine.
Have YOU any more of them ."
Yes. ma am, replied the grocer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Novel Surprise
Party

OUNTRY life has both IT. ed7
vantages and it's disadvan-
tages," explained the man who
had tried it. You should know ootn
sides before giving up your bookkeep-
ing job and buying farm.
zone of the main festivities in coun-
try life is the surprise party.
There are times when country peo-
pie get desperately hard up for enter
tainment. There may not have been
charivari for a week. II may be three
whole days until the next social at the
church. Then il is that a surprise
party comes to the relief Of the COM
munity.
Some defenseless neighbor IL sur
prised by everybody else and anything
will do for an excuse.
on the appointed evening the gang
descends unheralded About $50 OF
them! Seventy-fiye take possession OF
the parlor, eighty-fou get into the
dining room and the rest overflow into
the kitchen. the pantry, the bedrooms
and the cellar.
There are all kinds of amusements.
| Eating is the main one. The prowl
committee takes possession Of the pan
try and cellar and draws on the hosts
for any necessaries. This IL part OF
the surprise that the host and hostess
get
Haul Out Garments.
Then there is a bevy OF gay young
things who amuse themselves going
through the clothes closets upstairs,
trying on the various garments they
find there. When they are arrayed in
the funny old hats and other gar
ments they have found they appear in
the parlor. This adds TO the surprise
Of the hosts. They are expected to ap-
paud the Joke. especially If some one
falls and rips something badly.
Another good Joke is TO take the
parlor rug and give It a good shaking
amid the guests. thus creating a cloud
| Of dust that chol1es and blinds them.
| BY bringing out the fact that there
is much dust IN the rug one of the
best jokes OF the evening is perpe-
trated. though the hostess may fail to
| appreciate it.
Having fun with the family por-
| traits in the album Is another amuse-
ment. Comparing the hosts family
| and ancestors to various members Of
| the animal kingdom in considered
! rather good
| breaking the furniture is in the
| nature of bon mot and adds zest TO
| the festivities.
Keeping the old folks out Of bed as
! long as possible is not much of a point
| gained but Il helps a little.
| After having wrought all possible
| havoc the guests tear themselves away
and proceed to wake up everybody
| along the road to their respective
homes and especially TO wake up all
| the inmates Of the home Of each mem
Der as they deposit said member at
his own threshold"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Up-to-the-Minute Jokes

There are ten Of those hams hang
ing up there now
well, if you're sure they're off the
same pig I'll take three Of them" re-
piled the young wife, meekly.
a candidate for parliament at an
election, instead Of giving the old
adage, Truth is mighty and will pre-
vail" in English. resorted to Latin. and
said: Magma est veritas ct preva-
lebit"
His opponent got the laugh on him
by saying that Magma and Veritas and
other foreigners, on whom the gentle
man depended for success, might pre-
vail a Bit but II would be a mighty
small bit as the ballot boxes would
show. Which they did
DO YOU really love me-" she wrote
Referring to my last letter" he
promptly replied. you will find that
love YOU devotedly on page one madly
on page three. and passionately on
pages four and five"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

the beginning but they soon begin to
weaken.
The days of their courtship were so
ideal neither the man nor the woman
sees a reason why they should not
continue, and they become engaged
with no immediate prospect of marry
ing.
Loves Him the More.
At first the sense Of proprietorship
which an engagement gives the man.
the JOY of knowing that she is his,
without the tormenting thought of pay
ing for her material wants, makes his
happiness complete. He spends his
evenings with her, and his little bank
account grows On her part, with that
longing for a home which dominates
every good girl, she works feverishly
on dainty little household accessories,
putting in tiny little stitches with a
prayer Of thanksgiving that she has
the privilege.
These she puts in what girls call
hope box" and she begins to take
more pride in her hope box" than in
her personal appearance.
She loves him all the more when lie
does without a new suit that he may
add to his fund for their home: woman
like she takes it for granted that he
loves her just as much in last years
hat, knowing that the price OF a new
hat has increased her store Of house
hold linen.
The economy never grows irksome to
her, for the reason that woman's love
grows on its opportunities for sacrifice
and service, but IL pals on him. He
is neither married and enjoying a
home, nor is he a free young man, at
liberty to come and go and spend a
dollar as he chooses
It is easy for man to make Of