The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-27

the place has been an eyesore to
the villagers no one regretted see
Ing II burn.
Rev. Mr.. Palmer will give a stere-
obtican lecture In the Methodist
church Wednesday evening, March
rs. The subject will be Golden
Footsteps and will be illustrated
by fifty views. This Is the first OF
a series OF lectures which Mr.. Pal
mer will give in the near future.
The Study club viii meet wednes-
day, March Is. at the home OF
Mrs. J. G. olmsted. The following
WIN be the program: Roll call.
name Of writer Of children's
books; Paper, THE Boy Scout
Movement" Mrs. Beer: The Camp
Fire Girls" Mrs. Leland Mcdonald;
Child Literature Mrs. Wilcox.
A very pleasant afternoon was
spent Monday at the home OF Mrs.
Mae Buckles, who entertained for
her sister, Mrs. Alice Addleman. a
bride OF last week. The guests who
attended were members and teach
ers OF her Sunday school class. Dur
ing the afternoon little Miss Doro-
thy Buckles gave slips directing the
guest OF honor to look IN hooks and
corners for which she was regarded
with many. parcels. which proved
TO be beautiful and useful articles
for use In her new home. Dainty
refreshments were served and as
the good nights were said best wish.
es and much Joy and happiness
were give nthe bride. Mr.. and Mrs.
Addleman viii be at home after
April on farm near Good
Thunder
From, Thursdays Daily.
Chicago, March 19.-Scampering
newsboys have, been displaced in
Chicago streets by commercial
system applied to newspaper sell
ing. penny business running into
many thousands OF dollars in the
aggregate daily. Time was when
newsboys With their bundles of
papers and bootblacks with their
brush boxes swarmed the streets
and street. cars, but the corner
newsstand and the "shoeblacking
parlor" have replaced both. The
highwater mark In prices paid for
corner newsstands was reached re.
Gently when Henry Heffner dis
posed OF his stand and the exclusive
right to sell papers, at the corner
of Wabash avenue and Madison
street for $4,000. Heifner sold
10000 papers daily and his. income
totaled $500 q week.
80 Has Ranch In Montana.
During the years he occupied the
corner he has acquired a ranch in
Montana and property in Chicago
and other cities, The four Italian
brothers. who purchased the cor
ner" ara said to be elated over the
bargain they drove with its owner.
There was a time in Chicago when
the only recognized right to sell
papers. on a certain corner was the
ability Of the newsboy to whip all
corners, and even then he fire.
quently. found his place occupied in
the morning by some husky indi-
vidual whose superior Drawn war
ranted peaceable REIMBURSEMENT.
As the town grew the newsboys
formed an embryo association, hay
ing no officers or bylaws, but
merely recognizing each cornor as
belonging to q certain individual
and the members united in dis
couraging attempts to encroach on
the recognized owners territory.
l. 80 Money Value On Corners.
The immediate outcome of this
plan was definite money value
placed upon each cornor and later
the recognition by the newspapers
Of the newsboy's rights to a corner.
refusing to sell papers to illegal
competitors. This system was
more firmly established after the
advent Of the pay-as-you-enter
street car, which put an end to the
wandering newsboy who jumped on
the rear and peddled to the front
to the displeasure Of the different
passengers whose toes he tram
Piled. The prices OF corners" went
up accordingly when these news
boys sought permanent stands. They
range from -S2s to the record price
paid to Hehner. and there is a
code, Of sunwritten laws governing
their sale, observed by newsboys
and newspapers alike, which is
more binding and inexorable than
any made by a legislature.
From Thursdays Daily. g.
Late this afternoon about fifty
agents OF the Omaha and North.
western railroads from various parts
OF Minnesota and Northern Iowa
held an meeting ut the Saulpaugh
hotel to discuss matters relative to
the service. The meeting was ad.
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