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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
BIC ARoRN GRAND oPERA co.

The. coming engagement OF the
Aboru English Grand Opera Company
scheduled for one performance saur
day night, March Sth. at the Grand
Opera House, is creating much inter-
est among music lovers here and in
surrounding cities and towns, and this
organization will doubtless be greeted
with large attendance on this, its sec
ond visit TO Fairmont. For their en-
gagement here. they will present Of
renbach's finest opera comlque, THE
Tales of Hoffman, hdyelty in Eng
lish repertoire.
This company's tours of the last
three seasons we're highly successful
in every respect. and placed this com
pany in high rcpute in the fifty or
more cities it visited, as it had already
gained during the past ten years in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago and a few other very large cen
tiers to which it has confined its for
mer attentions. There were several
years during which the larger part of
American cities were without grand
opera presentations of any kind, espe-
cially those given in the English Ian
guage. and the Ahorn organization con-
sequently filled long felt want, find.
ing such warm welcome everywhere
as 10 encourage Messrs. AborR to in
crease The size and potency OF this
company each succeeding season, add
ing TO the list of iavorites it formerly
contained, many more prominent
American operate stars who had hith-
erto never appeared on tour. Among
the leading artists now in the organi.
zation are Ivy Scott. Edith Helena,
Jane Abercrombie, sopranos. Jayne
Herbert and Hattie Belle Lahl. CON
traltos, Eugene Pattain and LcOnid
Samoloff, tenors, Morton Adkins, Har.
ny Luckstone and Louis Kreidler, bari
tones, William Schustcr and George
Shields. bassos, Philip Fein, bufro,
Carbon Nicosia, conductor, Carl
Schroeder stage director. aud others.
The total membership Of the double
cast. chorus and orchestra, numbers
one hundred persons, and four car
carloads of scenery, costumes and eff
fccts are carried the organization
travelling by special train Naturally
the cost of transporting such a large
Organization is very great, and cOuse'
Quently the Aborn English Grand Ope-
re- company is appearing maieIy in
such cities as will support ali engage,
ment of one week or longer, making
only a very few one. two and three
night stands. and these only in cities
where they are assured Of large
clientele for grand opera.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
The Best Cough syrup is
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Costs Little and Acts Quickly.
Money Refunded II 1t Falls.

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= This takes right hold OF q cough and
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No othef preparation will do the work
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Thousands of housewives In the United
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
aRoueHr AND PAID FOR

There's nothing succeeds like sue
cess" finds an echo in the remarkable
triumph attained by George Broad
bursts drama "Bought and Paid For, F"
which will be produced for the first
time at the Grand on Tuesday. March
18th. Coming as It does with the New
York stamp Of approval, Bought and
Paid For" could present no creator. an
endorsement than It's two years con-
tinual run at William A. Brady's Play
Bhouse, New York, and that the local
drama lover wants no better recon-.
mehdatio rs attested by the current
and PEI sonal views ~ those
No liaye ioftaBaEe en0ssl u
ss tne the fanoas RfdaahaI u
The trials and foundations mar
|fiea lile rlay imporlalli paris in the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
CAVE his Vice. } IL.
WRONG DRUG


CONVICTION, Va, Feb. 27.-As the
result Of wrong dose q: medicine adj.
ministered by her husband, 4. II. Ham
ilton. Mrs. Margaret Anderson Hamil-
ton, aged "a. is dead at her home here,
death following in ten minutes after
the dose was administered. The Ham
lllons had entertained a few friends
in the evening and had served refresh,
ments. After they had retired Mrs.
Hamilton complained of Illness from
what she had eaten and her husband
prepared the dose supposed 10 be oil
with orange juice. On swallowing the
medicine, Mrs. Hamilton said It must
be- the wrong thing as II burnt. a ply
stefan who occupied part of the same
house was summoned, but the woman
had sunken into a stupor and was dead
in twenty minutes.
Mrs. Hamilton was the daughter of
q prominent Covington physician and
was prominent young woman. MI.
Hamilton is travelling salesman. The
marriage has beeu u peculiarly happy
one and friends Of the young men fear
insanity from grief.
a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
"THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE.

1.-THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE,"
No play produced on the American
stage IN the last quarter century has
stirred up such a wonderful amount OF
ccptroyersy and discussion as THE
Servant in the House" which is TO be
presented here at the Grand Friday,
matinee and night. exactly as seen at
The Savoy theater in New York City
during its famous one year run and at
Powers theater in Chicago during us
six months run in that city. 1t is that
rara avis among dramatic pieces,
play which is not only entertaining ana
gripping because OF its sheer dramatic
Strength and intensity, but which
drives home number of great moral
Truths with sledge.hammer blows. II
is "A play that appeals 10 the average
man and the highly educated man
alike.
The company that will be seen here
is headed by Victor Il. Lambert, VINO
will be seen in the title role. Mr.. Lam.
bert is supported by the greatest com.
pany Of players ever sent out with a
play Of this character.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
MONTANA MINES.

Mr. Fred Bower, OF Rtvesville. is
moving his family 10 this place this
week,
Mr.. Bartlett, who has been visiting
his brother, c. H. Bartlett here, has
returned to his home at Grafton.
Mrs. Bertha Malone, of Jenkins, KY,
IL visiting friends aud relatives here.
Mr.. Daniel Heskitt, who has been
pay roll clerk at the mines here for
several years, has accepted a like po'
sitlon at Hutchinson mine, and moved
his family there this week. His many
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
DAILY
CHIT
CHA1
WHERE. ARE THE SONGS OF
YESTERYEAR?


Outside my window the other morn
ing heard sweet. childish voice
singing. love to hear children sing
and stopped my work the better to
listen. And these are the words that
sweet child's voice was carolling, 81
wonder who's buying the wine for lips
that used to call mine" At this point
three other children who were coming
down the street took up the refrain
and the quartette triumphantly end
ed
81 wonder ii she ever tells him OF
me. wonder who's kissing her now?'
Now, one OF these children ! did not
recognize, but the other three | know
to be from refined families in our
neighborhood. And none of the sing
ers was over twelve years old.
Now what do you think Of that?
Myself. think 1t is sad criterion
OF our state OF civilization that our
children. the children OF refined and
sheltered homes. should know and
sing songs like that.
Perhaps you will tell me that that Is
an isolated and unusual instance. I
tell you II is not.
Just yesterday | heard one of the
sweetest little girls know cheerTully
singing a song in which child tells Of
having been promised rubber dolly
If shed be good. and ends up by plead.
ing. Now don't you tell her, I've got q
Teller. down in the cellar behind the
wood"
And not long ago. when I had as my
guest n young girl Of fifteen, whose
bringing up has been ultra vigilant, !
was completely flabbergasted - yes.
that's the only word that will do-to
hear her singing something about Il
lady aud q fragile bathing suit which
gave way at the wrong time and place
aud caused a nearby fish to scurTy off
crying This is no place for a good
fish like me-"
Tell me. grown-ups, did We used IL
have songs like that in our childhood
Yes, | know, there were some rather
Improper ballads which we commune
Gated 10 each other with bated breath
but were songs like that the staff Of
our musical knowledge, to be sung
openly and commonly on the streets
and everywhere? 1t doesn't seem to
me that they were. And on the con
tray, 1t does seem to me, thai the
everyday popular sougs, the songs
which our children inevitably hear and
learn. have grown astOnishingIy vul
gar aud coarse.
Cant something be done about 1t?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27

ter results. Advertising judiciously
placed and costing only $4,000, drew
eighty factories to Kansas City.
Lynchburg held it's advertising bill
down to 5000 and obtained two facto.
rics with 400 employees.
1t is fair to suppose that of the 400
men working in the two new facto'
ries in Lynchbutg 300 were married.
That means Il direct increase OF about
1900 in tire population of the city.
Follows more business for the baker,
the grocer. the butcher, the clothing
merchant and in fact. Il general impe-
tus to business. g.
Wasn't that $500 well invested?
Doesn't the experience Of Lynchburg
prove that advertising is a town ne
cessity?
| could give you the name OF city
that speut $4,000 for advertising and
received no return. but I'll not do so.
/ visit that city on occasions ana {:
have no desire 10 incur the luminosity
OF those who spent the money.
Their trouble was that they left the
advertising 10 an amateur to attend
TO-.
Now, if you had appendicitis you
wouldn't employ man to do the opc-
rating merely because he had sharp
knife,
If you were going to the North
Woods shooting you wouldn't employ
as your guide man whose only recon-
mendatiou was The fact that he owned
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
harmless cure for sick headache

A harmless cure for sick headache,
for blllousness, for a sour, gassy, dis,
ordered stomach, for constipation, in
digestion, coated tongue saIlowness,
ptmples-take delicious Syrup of Figs.
For the cause OF all these troubles
siies In torpid liver aud sluggish
scohdition Of your thirty feet OF bowels
ii teaspoonful of Syrup Of Figs To-
night meals, all poisonous waste
matter. the updigestcd fermentinE
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Il means a CHEEKY day tomorrow
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27

q slelil 4 !; X &
You wouldn't trust yourself TO 80
out to sea In craft without q chart
compass Of competent Navigator. "a
well. it Is just as foolish TO man
who only THINKS he knows how All
advertisement should be written, and
who can not possibly know wha.
should be advertised nor where the ad'
yertlsing should be placed.
Your. Town has something to sell.
IL naturally follows that you must let
possible customers know about your
wares.
Pick up your newspaper and you Will
find its best news in its advertising
pages. And that is where the news
about your Town belongs. 1t will have
readers.
But the best thing about advertising
is and must be QUALITY.
You have a message to give to the
outside world. That message should
be direct, attractive and convincing.
Your advertising should be based
upon the broadcast and strongest pos.
sible foundation. You should visualize
your city as it is to be in two decades.
rot as ii is now. And your advertise
ments should be written with the
greater city in ciew.
You desire to attract factories,
wholesale establishments. retail deal,
ers, professional men and, in fact, all
manner of town builders. But more
than that, you deslre--or should de.
.slre-to attract here such establish,
.mentS as will keep The Town well!
balanced community that must con
.tlnue to grow.
Now is the right time for you to de-
mana that the Commercial Club take
up the advertising Of this Town. 1t Is
q town necessity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
ADVERTISING AS A TOWN NEcEs-
SITY.
BY Leo. L. Reddlng.
Copyright, 1912, by Town Develop

copyright, 1912, by Town Develop
ment CcnpanyJ
A very wise man once gave this adj
vice to convention Of business men:
,'Be sure you have something worth
advertising; then advertise it."
That applies to your Town just as
well as It does TO your retail estab-
lishment:
SO if you are wise you will first
make certain that this Town is worth
advertising, and If you find it is not,
you will set about correcting the
error.
That being done yon will be ready
e advertise.
DO not let any mossback---no one
! else will do it--telI you that advertis.
Z ing Il not town necessity. or that 1t
does not pay. II you want exact III
formation. write to Secretary Wuerth,
s fsthe Chamber OF Commerce of Spo.
] kane He will tell you that his city
spends from $4,000 to 100000 year
for advertising and is repaid ten fold.
Nd friend. II. N. Guild, Secretary of
the Commercial Club of Omoha, will
tell you that his city spent 100000 for
advertising, which brought in sixty
small factories.
p. N. Clendening, Of the Kansas City
Eemmercial Club, can report even bet
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27

-. -,
friends Il net 10 sse him ana ms iaills
lily leave here 4.
Mr.. Edward Holmes, Of First ward
spent sunday here with his father, ].
nc Holmes.
Herbert Jackson has secured q posi-.
Itlon here as teamster with MI c. ..
lEoruln.
Nj. John stewart. who has been
Ispsnding several days here with rela.
tiyes, has returned 10 his home at
Point Marion, Pa.
Mr. Jesse Thomas Of Interstate,
spent Sunday here With his mother,
Mrs, Mary Thomas.
Misses Hattie and Julia Bowman, Of
Gypsy. who have been spending some
days hero with friends and relatives,
have returned home.
Several OF our young folks have been
attending the sessions Of literary at
viola. All report interesting pro.
grammes.
Mr.. Lake Malone, of shaOf, Pa,
spent Saturday and Sunday here with
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Nell Ma
lone:
Miss Trixie clelland, Of FaIrmont,
Espent Sunday here with her grandtath-
er, Mr. L. ]. Prickett.
Work at the mines here is good at
present. VIOLET. :
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27
coLoREp WOMAN pEAp.

Sarah Taylor, coiored, wife OF James
Taylor. died yesterday at her home IN
Sixth street, Fifth ward, after an III.
mess from typhoid pneumonia, She
was aged SO years,
! Funeral services WILDE held Friday
AFTERNOON ut 1890 % clock from Trinity
IN. ID church in Cherry ayenas uh.
dsftasef isgrass ia elaf !
Are ou going % ledile the gur.
tcen pfiize Wlnners
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-27

lnakeup OF this unusual drama, but the
author with a view of giving the pub
liz what they want, has interviewer a
delicate love story OF conventional
type in so unique a manner as to make
IL absolutely original.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
There is more Catarrh in this Sec

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be in
durable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies. and by
constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable-
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrfl Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
is the only Constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops TO a teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send fer
circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toll
edo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Device to Friohten Raboon.

A novel method of trying to get rid
OF the baboon nuisance in the GRAFT
reinet district. Cape Colony, was re-
Gently put into operation by a farmer.
This man conceived the idea of get
ting rid of the nuisance by capturing
a full-grown male baboon, dressing
him in an the colors of the rainbow,
putting sheep-bell round his neck,
and turning him loose to join the
troop to which he belongs The
farmer believes that by so doing there
will be no balloons seen in his neigh
borhood for a good many years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Concise EpistIes.

Talleyrand could write a short let
ter. When a woman wrote to inform
him of the death of her husband, he
simply replied: "Chere Marquise,
helas" And among official dispatches
there is that of Sir George Waltons
who, after an engagement with the
Spanish fleet, wrote: Sir: l have
taken or destroyed all the Spanish
ships as per margin. Yours, etc" And
a later instance was the complaint of
Cecil Rhodes that Dr. Jim had upset
the apple cart.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
First published February Is, 1913
ExeCutrix Notice

State of Kansas, Trego county. In
the probate court held in and for said
county and state.
Notice is hereby given, that letters
testamentary upon the estate of VIM.
]. Haddock late of Trego county,
Kansas, deceased, have been granted
to the undersigned, Marie A. F. Had
dock by the probate court of said
county of Trego, bearing date the 9th
day of January, 1913. All persons
having claims against said estate are
requested to exhibit them to me for
allowance, within one year after the
date of said letters, or they may be
precluded from any benefit of such
estate: and if such claims be not eX-
hibited within two years from the
time of the publication of this notice,
they will be forever barred.
Dated this 10th day of February A.
d. 1913.
MARIA A. F. HADDOCK,
ExecutriX.
Estate of W. J. Haddock
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
First publication Feb. %, 1919
Notice of final Settlement

State of Kansas, Trego county, SIS: In
the Probate Court in and for said
county and state.
In the matter of the estate of Bar
nard McManus, deceased.
Creditors and all others interested
in the aforesaid estate, are hereby
notified, that at the next regular
term of the Probate Court in and for
said county. to be begun and held at
the court room in Wa-Keeney, coun-
ty of Trego, and state aforesaid, on
the first Monday in the month of
April A. D. 1913, shall apply to said
court for a full and final settlement
of said estate.
JAMES TAGUE,
Administrator of Barnard McManus,
Deceased.
February Is A. d. 1913.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Copying Our Games.

France would compete with US in
baseball, and now Sweden comes to
study American intercollegiate foot
ball, planning to introduce the art of
punts and mass plays up toward the
northern lights. American sports are
becoming internationalized Is the
course of empire now taking an east
ward course, and will our diamond
and our gridiron become, like our gov
eminent, the admiration of older ma
tions?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
A Dangerous Mistake
Wa-keeney Mothers Should Not Neglect
Kidney Weakness in Children

Many children have weak kidneys
An early warning is bed-wetting.
Often followed by backache, head
ache, languor-
lis a mistake to neglect these
troubles.
To blame the child for its own dis
tress.
Seek to check the cause
Save the child from dangerous kid
ney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for weak kidneys.
wa-Keeney parents know their
worth.
Mrs. H. E Trip. Wa-Keeney,
Kans.. says: My little girl had been
troubled for some time by kidney
weakness. The kidney secretions
were unnatural and caused her anoy-
ance. The physicians said that she
would outgrow the complaint but
the medicines she used failed to give
relief. 1 finally procured Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Gibson's Drug Store, and
began giving them to her. Since
using them, she has improved Won
derfully."
For sale by all dealers Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's- and
take no other
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Useful for Orators.

At a musical exposition in Berlin
an invention for increasing the re-
sonance of the voice was exhibited.
1t consists of a film which is applied
to the roof of the mouth and acts as
a sounding board. It is intended for
the use of orators, officers. and any
one wishing to increase the reach of
the voice, as well as musicians.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Steering Committee.

Registry Clerk-''It is necessary for
me to ask the mother of the bride if
she has nothing to say before 1 pro-
coed with the ceremony Voice of
Mother Gin background)-"An 1 have
TO say is that if l hadn't had a good
deal to say already they never would
have landed here
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Legacy to Have His Health Drunk.

Mr.. John Dipple of Leytonstone, IL
censed victualler, who died on Sep
TENDER FL, beQueathed ESQ to the
treasurer of the Leyspring lodge of
Free Masons upon trust to apply the
income in providing for a silent toast
to be drunk to his memory, to be pro-
posed at the installation banquet of
the lodge. by the master-London
Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-15
Best Known Cough Remedy

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find that DIR. Kings New Discovery
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