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Ara Court of Probate holden at stnI

A T Court of Probate holden at Staf. A ford within and for the District of stafTOrd on the 28th day Of November, A. D. 1913.
 Present, ROBERT II. FISK, Judge.
 on motion Of the adminis ratoF on the estate Of Eliza II. Batchelder, late Of stafford, within said district deceased
 lt is ofdered by this court, that notice shall be given that the administration account in said estate will be exhibited for settlement at the Probate Ufice in said District on the ad day Of Dec 1913, at o'clock, afternoon, by posting a copy or thls order on he public sgn-pogt in said town Of Stanord, and by advertising the same In newspaper published in stafford, and hav- Ing circulation in said district.
 Attest, MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk.
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For mild, easy action of the bowels. try Doan's Regulets, a modern laxative. 25c at all stores. c.'
The Press., 1913-11-26

A nickel day pays for a telephone in your home.
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COVENTRY.

Keep the family circle intact by means of telephone.
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Present., OBHss-~1AA-4lIsNsdU Ns 2 Ulk0.
 On motion Of Bdrar sG. MHFle, oNasnlor on the estate Of Augustus St Marie, late Of stafToi- within said district. deceased.
 This Court doth decree that six months bp at- lowed and limited for the creditors Of said estate eXecutor, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising the same once in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign post in said town Of stafford, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt. Certified from Record,
 MARCUS 6. FISK, Clerk.
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"A OOD-LOT FOR SALE E-consistinR W Of about 40 acres chestnut oak, cherry |, etc Inquire on premises,
 '2wa GABOR KECHKES, West Wtllington.
The Press., 1913-11-26

Through the winter months, when travel is bad, keep in touch with your friends by telephone.
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EOR SALE-One Heavy Horse, Horse,
 N Hay Wagon, nearly new Pair Of Heavy Harness aud l2 Geese. MICHAEL DIBALA, Stafford Springs, R. F. D, B., Stafford spgs. 2'34
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TO RENT-Tenements at Forestyille.
 Il Low rents large gardens, T. r. MULLEN.
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Direct to the waiting operator A Private Line. No one on the wire but you.
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1NO RENT-A nice cottage on Sunny acres of land. MRS. E. J, THOMPSON, Stafford.
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telephone.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16
SOCIAL MEETING
Commercial Club Enjoys an Eve.
ming Of Sociability- Men,
bership 2O2

1t was a happy meeting at the com
mercial club looms last evening, the
occasion being of a social nature.
The rooms were filled to their capacity
and everybody seemed out to enjoy the
evening as it had been designed they
should. While the club members were
gathering. Ludwig Nicholson en-
livened the rooms with violin music,
and there was genuine good fellow
ship as the members greeted each
other.
The meeting was formally opened by
Sec'y. Martin who reported a mem
bership of the club of zoe. Sec'y.
Martin has been canvassing for mem
bers the past several weeks. and has
increased the membership from about
sixty to the number above stated.
This report had a tendency to make
the members feel that Madison was
in line with other towns of the state
in the strength of their commercial
club and an indication that Madison
people desire to boost the city from
a public standpoint.
L. T. Love was called on for re-
marks and he devoted his time to
the good roads proposition, referring
to the success with which the Mer-
idian road is meeting and of its
value to this city and community
Geo. r. Farmer followed with re-
marks on the annual farmers institute
which has been made successful by
Lake county farmers and urging re-
newed effort in continuing its success
full meetings.
Geo. Schlosser, secretary of the
Sioux Falls commercial club, speaker
Of the evening. was introduced, and
after placing the audience at ease by
relating a few anecdotes. entered upon
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16

the supper which was served follow
ing the hunt. and will leave a small
surplus which will help out a Christ
mas tree fund for a G. immunity tree
which will be provided fol- the children
of that part Of the country.
Pierre-The supreme court granted
the writ of mandamus applied for by
Judge Hughes of the sixth cilcuit to
compel the secretary of state to accept
his petition as a candidate for circuit
Judge. This Is the first court ruling
on the new primary act, and holds
IN effect that the provisions of section
as of the law in regard 70 the time of
securing signatures to petitions does
not apply to session o, which does not
fix at ALA reasonable time to secure
the signatures so that the filing can be
made ninety days before the primary
election. Ip other words signatures
can be secured at any time from now
to the Gath. with filing with the secre-
tary of state ON that date.
pierre-There has been much agita-
tion in Pierre over the naming of the
artesian lake on the capitol grounds
The Capital Journal called it Lake
Medoka,' a name suggested by Charles
DeLand. "a lawyer and student CT In
dian history in Pierre. The Dakotan
objected to this name aud announced
hat it had settled the matter by the
name of Lake Nabisco." Finally a
vote, in a sealed box, was taken of
each officer and employe in the state
house. With 20 votes cast, As regis
tered for the name Capitol lake, a"
with five for Lake Byrne." and the
others scattering. 1t is now conceded
that the lake will be called Capitol
lake.
Sioux Falls Although fair progress
is being made, FIVE days already have
been occupied 10 the trial of the case
involving the estate of John Mcclellan.
Mcclellan was killed in an elevator
accident a number of years ago, and
since that time his estate has been a
matter of litigation in both the state
and federal courts. Mcclellan was a
wealthy and eccentric pioneer resi-
dent of Sioux Falls. His estate was
originally worth about $40, 900, but it
now has increased in value to about
$50. 900, notwithstanding the drains
which have been made upon it by the
pr olonged litigation. The state oil
South Dakota is a party to the suit,
and claims the estate on the ground
that none of the claimants have estab.
lished the fact that they are legal
| heirs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16

Plerre-The state library has re-
ceived as a gift, the files of the Clay
County Register, from 1879 to 1878.
The gift is from Gen. e. l.. Owens,
who now resides in Louisville. KY.
Gen. Owens was. during those days.
a prominent South Dakotan. and the
pages of the paper relate many inter
esting and humorous events of those
days.
Yankton Arthur Binder, 25 years
of age, was brought here from Scot
land to be operated on for an injured
kidney. The patient failed to recover
from the effects of the operation and
died at the Sacred Heart hospital
The injury was occasioned by a fall
from a hayrsck early in Novem Der.
Yankton F. D. Wyman, steward of
the state hospital for many years
veteran of the civil war, former state
senator and ex-sheriff of this county
died suddenly Saturday. He leaves q
wife, one daughter, Mrs. F. A.. Klop
ping. and two sons. Lutte and Lee, til,
latter present states attorney of thii
comfy.
Gayville- While engaged in wash
ing dishes Mis-. Geo. Buchanan me-
with an accident which nearly cost
her life. A dinner plate broke in bel
hands and jagged edge severed al
artery in her wrist. She phoned tt
her husband and he arrived in time tt
prevent her bleeding to death.
Pierre-The Missouri river is beat
ing open to this date, with q LITTLE
ice hanging along the shores. Tn,
boats on the ferry line have beer
pulled out for the winter, as crossing
by train is easier than keeping tn,
snole ice broken loose, but the mail
channel for the river is yet open
and boats could easily operate il
case of need.
Sioux Fslls-Mrs. Mary Brown, o
Herndon, Kan, has ~appesled to tn
newspapers of this part of the north
west for aid ia locating her son, w
j Brown, of whom all trace ha
been lost since she last heard from
him some weeks ago from Sioux Falls
Letters addressed to him in this cit,
COW remain unclaimed. If alive ant
we'll he is believed to have gone t
Sioux City, Minneapolis or st. Paul
and the mother has become yer,
anxious about him.
pierre-In a recent hunt in th'
vicinity of Ottumwa. Stanley county
between two ~contending parties. tn
DAYS bag was 1S2 rabbits, which wer
brought in and shipped to st. Paul
where the hunters claim they had
market for them which would brini
them sufficient to pay the expenses o
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ment in its control of the state lands.
At the same rate of increase which has
prevailed fol = number OF years. 1t
will not be long until the million dol
lar mark is passed.
The December apportionment which
has Just been made 10 at the late OF
$i.1O for each pupil Of the state,
and that Of June was at the rate Of
"a. "a, or . total Ct %. IA for each pupil
in the state to aid the local funds for
maintenance Of common schools. The
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16
MURDERER LYNCHEO
Culbertson Who Killed Three
Lynched at Williston,
N. D.

Williston. N. D., Dec. 16.-Special:
Frank Culbertson. recently convicted
Of the murder of three members of
the Dillon family on a farm near
here. was lynched by a mob who
broke into the jail here This morning.
Culbertson upon conviction OF tbs
crime was given a life sentence in the
penitentiary. This was not satisfac-
tory to tina people of the communi-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16
ia. JOHNSON.

total amount distributed for the year
being $685.. 178. 70 in June and $780,
Ia. 60 in Decem Der. or 1884, 1886. SO for
the year. Minnehaha county gets the
largest share Ut any one county with
80, 100. with Brown at 81, 851 so, with
the counties of Brookings. Charles
Mix, DaE Hutchinson, Lawrence,
Roberts and Union each getting over
&5. 900. and Buffalo with $452. 10.
Eat at Jacks
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16
SCHOOL MONEY
Snug Sum Received by Schools
for the Calendar Year

Pierre. Dec. is. Near nine hundred
thousand dollars is tho sum which the
common schools of this state receive in
the present calendar year through the
workinm Of the state land depart
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16

ty and they took the law in their
own hands and lynched the murderer
as they thought he deserved.
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Balance ....... :. 5000 81
The meeting was a grand success,
socially and otherwise, ard will have
IA tendency to induce patriatism and
enthusiasm in the welfare of the city.
Nj. q. Drake, at his new location.
VanEps avenue and Fourth stl eet, ia
giving a ten per cent discount on all
woven wire fencing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-16

an extended discussion of the agricul-
tural ouI of the northwest He
pointed out that agriculture was the
main business enterprise of this section
and urged business men and farmers to
work together in it's full development.
Nh. SchlosseI s address was we'll re-
ceived and showed much investigation
TN his part of the agricultural possibil-
tiles of the northeast.
Judge Holdridge discussed his favor
lite theme. the identifying of the city,
and the members were ready for
luncheon which was served in the club
looms. Cigars we're literally be-
slowed, and an hour of social visiting
was enjoyed.
Preceding adjournment. 8. P. Seller
on, chairman of the finance commit
tee Of the recent merchants festival.
and read the following report:
Caoh ra,aspaI F~1., ~lun--
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19
Max and the Pretty Nurse Take an Evening OF and
Have Some Fun In Cabarets aad Dance Halls

to blame. No woman can wear bright
scarlet and feel entirely sedate IN her
soul
We have been to all the dance halls
and all the cabarets; we did an i'm
promptu song and dance ourselves at
one restaurant, and fled before the
tUmult of applause. 1 caught a taxi
cab and we rode for an hour after
that to get back our breaths. I know
now what I can do for a living when
my business goes to smash-buy
hand organ OF an italian, as I did to-
night and get my pretty nurse to do
a dance in front of it. and then pass
around the hat There were three or
four hundred dollars in her hat when
we fled, leaving the hand organ be-
hind US, which a very penitent young
woman viii carry tomorrow to some
charity. The money, 1 mean, not the
hand organ.
She will be penitent. I know her
sex so well. We did nothing very
wrong beyond the injury to our di-
gestions, but a good woman likes to
eXaggerate her sins, and my nurse
will go around for a week looking as
if she had murdered some one. It must
be very incOnYenient to be a woman.
The Coat to Blame.
But the scarlet coat was entirely to
blame / have felt like anything but
a Methodist prayer meeting every
time I have seen her put it on, and
if she viii persist in wearing it there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19
Adu1teratiOn
A Story Of the Moment
BY WALT MASON
The Famous Prose Poet

If the manufacturer or dealer ac-
nowIedges the corn, and makes no
claim that he is doing it for my own
good If he stands up like man and
says that he is doping his goods so he
can make more out of them, have
some respect for him. He is a dead
game sport and entitled to my conf
dence. But the grocer or manufac.
turer who puts arsenic in my victuals,
and then tells me that he is doing It IN
order to relieve me of the sick head
aches I have been sufferiong FROM
ought to be baked over a slow fire.
For many years I have been using
a certain brand Of ketchup, and I al
ways bought that kind, just because it
tasted right. / knew that 1t contained
embalming fluid, but didn't care. The
last bottle I purchased had a circular
wrapped around it, and while 1 was
waiting for dinner I read that dOcu-
ment 1t was a heart to heart talk
from the manufacturer of the ketchup.
He took his patrons into his confidence.
He acknowledged that his product was
literally charged with embalming fluid
and it was put there, he said, to guard
the health and lives Of consumers.
''Ketchup. he explained. that had no
chain lightning in it, was almost sure
to ferment after the cork was drawn
from the bottle, and there is nothing
more dangerous to life and limb than
fermented ketchup. The bottle con-
tanning it is liable to explode at any
moment, and blow the consumer
through his ancestral rooftree.
He explained that he'd save money
by leaving the chain lightning out of
his ketchup, but he never reckoned
the expense where human lives were
at stake. Rather than see a consumer
blown across the county line by a jug
of his ketchup, he'd go to the poor
house and take his family with him.
'Well, sir, that manufacturer lost
one of his best customers right there
I threw the bottle into the alley and
made up my mind never to buy that
brand again. SO I say to you, adul-
terate all you want to, but do it like
good sport, and don't pretend you're
doing IL to cure your customers of the
measles or ingrOWing sideboards."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19

FTERNOON gown OF tafeta is shown on the lett
~ The surpce blouse IS edged with turquoise velvet and
has small Medici collar of the velvet. The arm
holes are low the tiny sleeve is edged with chncha
as the of plated taeta. -Four circular founces
trimmed in taeta buttons fall below the tunie The line OF
hounees of tie is cutaway The bottom OF the skirt
opens over petticoat fOunce Of turquois chiffon
The home dressmaker will find it possible to copy this
dress small cost by the substitution Of cheaper materials
for the tafeta and chnehia An inexpensive fur may be
used-or black velvet ribbon in a two-nch width viii be
found very effective; the taea may be substituted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19

6G< he last coffee you sent to our
house was half chicory,
\ grumbled the colonel
ct would be a good thing fo= you
and the American people," said the
grocer, eff coffee were three-quarueIs
chicory Pure coffee is one OF the
deadhest drugs a man can take INTO
his system. You have been consuming
il for fifty or sixty years, and you see
what il has done for you. Your teeth
are all loose and your complexion re-
minds people Of a mud fence, ard you
can't. see straight, and you nave the
blind staggers-
ITS all the result of drinking coffee,
which contains caffeine, rough on rats,
PHOSPHORUS, giant powder. and dom
know how many other harmIuI n
gradients. Yet you come in here kick
ing and beefing because 1 sold you
some coffee containing chlcOry. lou
don't know what chicOry is, OF you
wouldn't talk so fOOlishly. It's as harm
less as any vegetable that grows I on
could eat a ton of it and it WOuldn
make YOU sweat a hair It's wholesome
and fattening, and if you use enough
of it, it will fill your fossil veins with
rich red blood. bring a new growth OF
hair to your head, and cure your
cOTus."
sTf there's anything that makes me
tired" remarked the colonel, its TO
have a UNFINISHED, splayfooted grocer
sen me doped goods and then try to
convince me that he dOped them for
nv own welfare. After this Wnen 1
order coffee I want you to bear IN
mind that I want coffee and nothing
else. If it sends me to an untimely
grave. that is my lookout, and you
won't be asked TO pay the funeral eX-
penses, or make an Grafton at the
grave.
you're doggone solicitous about my
health all Of a sudden, but I don't be-
leVe YOU can renew my youth by MI
ing me up with chicOry. If you must
work off chicOry upon your costumers
sell fl for what it is, and don't try to
Introduce II to polite society as genu-
iue Mocha and Java coffee. don
care how much things are adulterated
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19

EFrs. Anzo Nay Cor. Of BsHto1
CIfV. No., R0lEes g, says Il =
with pleasure / write % express ny
thsnts for the benefit I have -
ceived from the use Of your medi-
cines. namely, DR.. Pieree's Golden
Medical Discovery. kzForIte Ere-
scriution and Pleasant Pellet7- I
vas a great sufferer from stonacn
and nerve trouble for nearly eign-.
teen months Was confined to bed
for six months with inflammation o.
stomach, caused from indigestion
I had six doctors in an treating ne
but grew verse al the tlme--1o1e
OF them could do ne any good. n
naIly I Erotsto yo1 for advice Enlen
I thankfully resolved and nave
taken eighteen bottles Of Golden
Medical Discovery and EaEqr119
Prescription, and several Vlals q
sPellets.' I feel stronger than !
rave felt for several months-eanl
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r1adieinss % any Ezrisrer nun MES
Ton and nerve
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19

You can obtain DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery In tablet or liquid
form from all dealers IN medicines--or
eend so one-cenE stamps for a trial box
of the tablets to DR.. Pierce, InVahds'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. 7.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19

weight
The wonderful French model the right is developed in
rose velvet tule-the fayoTte implements OF the
smart dressmaker of the winter.
The left side of the bodice is made of draped tue
yelled BY deep collar of The right side OF velvet
with a broad kimono sleeve edged in skunk
band of this fur forms the belt in front and falls
on either side rounded lines OF basque. knot OF
the tulle is caught at the left hip by strass beads
The skirt Grapes into fulness and ends IN
pointed train At the of the hips is doubled under
itself and falls in a line from this drapngOLIVETTE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19
Diary Of a Bachelor

the morning, and I am so wide awake
there is no use going to bed
She wore a scarlet coat and by
"she" I mean my pretty companion,
and I did not know until tonight what
1t means TO be a woman ana for one
brief evening kick all the conventions
off at ones heels. This sounds mixed
scarlet coat and the conventions, but
claim that the color of the coat was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19

HE spirit frivolity took posses
sion Of my pretty nurse and OF
Il me at exactly the same hour
and after we have seen Richards pi-
loting Manette safely off to bed, We
nut on coat and cloak and hats and
Started out It was 10 o'clock when
we left the house. and it is now in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-19
BARRY SLATED TO BE
NEW CHEZ OF AMY

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 19-Secre-
tary Of war GarrisOn's announcement
of the retirement Of Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood as chief of staff of the United
States army, has caused considerable
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
Bad Misunderstandino,

When Uncle Joe Cannon was in
congress he wrote letter to fellow
member, who was able to decipher the
hieroglyphics with the exception of
sone word. He disliked to bother Mr..
Cannon, SO he went to several friends
among the congressman, but none Of
them could make out the word in
question. This word seemed very i'm
portant. as it was underlined, SO at
last in despair the recipient thought
he would consult Mr.. Cannon himself.
Cannon looked at the letter, and then
at the congressman, and then again
at the letter, his face somewhat TAX
ing on a peculiar expression. Finally
he looked at the congressman and
with mingled anger and laughter,
said: why, you fool. that word il
confidential
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
"InvoIuntary Suicide"

A highly respected and prosperous
Georgia farmer discovered that his
corn cribs showed signs of noe
turnal depletion. AS this occurred
with considerable regularit. his sus-
lpicions became aroused. and he rigged
"a spring-gun and watcher for results.
The first night following, along in
the small hours, he heard the report
of gun, and fastening to the spot,
found a dead niger" The next
morning he notified the coroner,
which official summoned jury and
proceeded to view the remains. After
a full investigation of the case, the
coroner gazed solemnly at the jury
=and remarked that, while he was not
entirely aware of the conclusions
reached by them, he would suggest a
verdict of involuntary suicide And
Hthat was the verdict.
Gilpin observer., 1913-11-20
LEARN WHAT THE EARTH IS
Here 10 the Proper Definition Fresh
From the Pen Of .
Humorist.

The earth is a ball, so situated in a
region called space as to get the full
benefit of the sun on bright days and
of the moon on romantic nights. 1t
rs somewhat larger than baseball,
but not SO important. 1t is not so large
as fixed star, but is much closer and
of much pleasanter climate. 1t is
not 80 fiashy as charity ball, but
much more efficient.
1t has two poles Of which we are
certain, because they are vouched for
by explorers; center of which we
are not certain because it is vouched
for merely by scientists; an equator
and an axis which are imaginary;
Christian Scientists, which are imag.
dnative; and mathematicians, which
are unimaginative. 1t is inhabited
by people, husbands and other in
;sects, animalculae and bacteria. 1t
is connected with the rest of space by
sound waves, light waves, wireless ap
paratus with instruments at the send.
ing end only, telescopes and prayers
1t has recently endeavored to eXagger-
ate its ego by the use of aeroplanes
The earth is highly recommended
as both summer and winter resort
for wellto-do persons. Favorable
terms to desirable parties.-Pulitzer
Magazine.