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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
THE VOICE THAT FAILS.

The Free Press feels sorry for
the colonel-Roosevelt, we mean
not Frank Day-because he ha:
lost his voice and cannot rave and
rant rga.nst the democratic and
republican parties, as was his wont
In days gone by.
II gave the colonel a great deal
of pleasure TO find fault with things
that did not measure up to his ideals.
He extracted enjoyment out of act
ing the role OF common scold. and
really we regret that the condition
Of his vocabulary organs will not per.
nit him to proceed with his past
time.
We are told that Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke Friday night In st. Louis,
and his once strong and powerful
voice failed to reach the further
parts of the hall and many persons
left the audience after a few minutes.
This is indeed regrettable, and
II is a very sad commentary on the
coloners past political and speech
making career People rather enjoy
ed his raking other people over the
Goals and denouncing things in gen
eral. even IL they did not agree with
his conclusions.
He has been an unique and spec
tacular figure in the body polite.
and while we would regret his retire
ment from the public arena, still
we would advise him TO pay heed
to the suggestion of his physician
and rest his voice-live a more
simpler life and build up his health.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Oct. 29-16.

Oct. 29-16.
Citation Cor Hearing on Petition to
Sell Mortgage or Lease Land.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. County OF
Blue Earth in Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Gather
inc Hughes, Deceased
The State of Minnesota to all per.
sons interested i'm the sale OF GER
tain lands belonging to said Catherine
Hughes. The petition of William
Hughes, as representative OF the
above named estate, being duly filed
In this court. representing that II Is
necessary and for the best interests
of said estate and OF all interested
therein that certain lands of said de-
cedent described therein be sold and
praying that license be to William
Hughes granted to sell the same:
Now Therefore, you. and each d.
you. are hereby cited and required to
show cause, II any you have, before
this court, at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House, in Man
kato, County Of Blue Earth. State of
Minnesota. on the 9th day of Octo-
Der, 1914, at ten o'clock a. m. why
the prayer of said petition should
not be granted.
- Witness the Judge of said Court,
and the seal of said court, this 18th
day of September, 1914.
(SeaD. EVAN HUGHES,
Judge Of Probate.
s. ID. Wilson. sa-a
Attorney for petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Former TivoIi Boy Welded.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter p. Kusserow
have the honor of announcing the
marriage OF their sister. Mary Tiffany
Borne to Mr.. Frank Enoch Morse
on Saturday September 26. ut Wa
coma, Mimi. They will be at home
after October Is. at 1113 Eighth
street. southeast, Minneapolis. Mimi
Mr.. Morse is former resident of
Tivoli.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Oct 2-9-16.
Order limitino Time 70 File Claims,

Oct 2-9-16.
Order Limiting Time to File Claims,
and for Hearing Thereon.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. County Of
Blue Earth In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Chris
tina Mcintyre, Decedent.
Letters testamentary on said
estate this day having, been granted
to The Mankato Loan & Trust CON-
pany. II Is Ordered, That the time
within which all creditors OF the
above named decedent may present
claims against her estate in this
court, be, and the same hereby Is.
limited TO six months from and after
the date hereof: and that the goth
day OF March. 1915. at ten o'clock, q.
m. in the Probate C6urt Rooms at
the Court House Mt Mankato. I'm said
County. be. and the same hereby Is.
fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the ex.
animation, adjustment and allowance
OF such claims as shall be presented
within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication OF this order In The Man.
kato Free Press. as provided by law.
tSeal). EVAN HUGHES.
Judge OF Probate.
Dated September %, 1914.
John c. Noe, -
Attorney. '.c sisa
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
BUSY life FOR SEARS ]
COMES TO ITS CLOSE
FOUNDER OF BIG MAIL ORDER
HOUSE is NO MORE.

Interested In Concern in Chicago;
Began Career as Telegraph oper-
ator; How Idea Of Starting Bust.
ness Was Impressed on Mind;
Large Holdings Listed at Mime
apoIis; Spent Latter Years Travel.
ING.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
TOOK UP Law IN OLD AGE.
Henry NJ. Dunbar Became Student
OF Blackstone at Eiahty.Three.

Garden City. September 29.-iIenry
n. Dunbar OF this village died last
night at seven o'clock OF compiled.
tion OF diseases. He was born I'm
Ware, Mass, June 29. 1929. and was
married December 1. 1854. In Mentor
ONO, to Miss Laura Ryder. He moved
TO Huntley, Mimi. In 1879. and later
removed to Iowa. returning after a
short time to Huntley. Mr.. Dunbar
moved to Garden City three years
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02

The terrific battle, now In its
eighteenth day in the Aisre dis
trict to the north Of Paris, con-
tinues to rage, but its violence is
generally held to portend a deci-
sive result in the near future.
Furious hand to hand fight
ing is progressing: losses on both
sides are enormous.
Several times the Germans
hurled their masses against the
French left wing, but in every
case they were repulsed, the
French official statement asserts.
In Berlin IL is asserted there
has been no change in the situa-
ton. The allies claim that the
scales have turned slightly in
their favor are being stoutIy de-
MED.
Even the official reports con-
tain a gruesome picture Of thou
sands of dead and wounded Iy-
ing in the fire swept zone be-
tween the two armies, every
fresh assault adding to the shast-
Iy litter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
|KATO.FOLk TAKE TRIP
OVER DAN PATCH LINE
REARLY ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MAKE UP PARTY.

steps In the Towns En- Route; They
Were Well Recsived. Everywhere;
eand Played Sweet Music and Glad
Hand Was Extended to Visitors;
Great Reception Given at Earl,
bault.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02

gust 4 to Septeber Is was 1.5so.
the percentage of recruits to the to-
tai male population being given as
follows: England. recruits, 396.T3l;
percent, 2.41 Scotland. recruits. 64,-
444: per cent. 2.79. Ireland. recruits.
20.i19; per cent, .93. Wales, recruits.
1896: per cent, 1874.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Normal School Entertainment.

The normal school entertainment
course has now been fully arranged
for the following dates:
October S.-The Philharmonic Or
chestral club. $685..
Oct. 27.-The Mork Trio.
November 1S.-The International
operate company.
December 1.-THE MacPhail String
quartet.
January. 27-The Chicago Male
quartet.
February 5.-Lecture by President
Vincent. University of Minnesota.
February 23-The Bostonia Sex.
tette club.
March 29.-The Scheurer Trio.
This series OF entertainments has
been arranged especially for the
benefit Of the normal school. but
there will be about two hundred
tickets available for the people OF
Mankato. The price will be SO for the
eight entertainments, which will in.
clude seat in the reserved section
These tickets may be secured now
by sending the money or checks TO
the normal school until the limit is
reached. The seats I'm this section
arc all equally good and no individual
seat reservations will be made. c. II.
Cooper, president
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02

London. September 29.-An official
communication issued at Buda Pest.
according TO Rome dispatch TO the
Exchange Telegraph company. admits
that the Russians have succeeded In
crossing the Hungarian frontier at
several points in the ing district
despite the fact that achievements
Lad been sent against them. ing is
a county in the northeastern part OF
Hungary.
Washington. September can of.
fetal denial of the sinking of French
warship by Austrian forts at Cattaro
was made today by the French ad-
miralty through the embassy here.
Bombs Are Thrown.
London. September ga Central
News dispatch. from Amsterdam says
tLat further forays have been made
by Zeppelin dirigible balloons. Four
bombs were dropped on Deynze. nine
miles southwest OF Client. and two
were thrown on Thielt, fifteen miles
southeast OF Bruges. At DeynZe
the convent st. Quent was badly dam
aged.
Payment Was Made.
London. September 29.-Burgomas-
ter Max of Brussels, who was arrest
ed yesterday on an order OF the Ger
man military governor on the charge
that he ordered the banks to refuse
TO pay the installment of the indem-
nifty which was due, has been re-
leased, according to an Ostend dis.
patch. His release followed the pay.
ment Of 100000 His release gives
the picturesque mayor a chance To
serve as Intermediary between his
people and the Germans. a position
he has filled with extraordinary origi-
Lality. . .'.s
Statement From Paris.
Paris, September 29.-"On our left
wing along the River Somme." says
French statement issued this after
noon, the Germans have attempted
numerous attacks which the allies
repulsed
ITO the north of Aisne there il
no change.
"On the center, in Champagne, to
the east OF Argonne. the enemy re-
stricted their activities to heavy can.
nonading. Between Argonne and
Meuse there has bee slight progress
by our troops. who were confronted
by strongly organized positions.
ION the Heights of Meuse in the
Woevre district and on our right
wing in Lorraine. there has been no
notable change"
French Make Gains.
Paris, September 29.-That the
French continue TO make slight gains
On the left, where a general fianking
movement is In progress, is all the
information obtainable at the military
headquarters.
Smelling the Town.
London. September 29.-An Ant.
werp dispatch to The Evening News
says the Smelling of Mailineha. Bel
GUM. by. the Germans. continued
throughout 4 the night. The streets
sare Uttered with wreckage and burned
buildings. Residents have left the
city
London. September 29.-The off.
cial news bureau announced today
that the German cruiser, Emden, has
sunk four British steamships and
one collier
Percentage Of Enlistrnents.
London. September 19.-Figures
showing the percentage of recruits
enlisted In England, Scotland. Ireland
ind Wales, as obtained from the di-
rector OF recruiting and published In
The Liverpool Courier, make Scot
land appear as the most generous
contributor of men. The approximate
total number Of men raised from Au-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
asp where he and bis vie have had

aep. where he and bis wife have had
q very pleasant home. -
!, He leaves to mourn his death his
aged wife and the following children:
Alfred E., Astabula, Ohio; Frank ".
of Ellsworth, Neb.: James, of Min
neapolis: Jennie c., of Huntley:
Mrs. Lizzie Beer, of Garden City.
There are also eight grandchildren.
Mr.. Dunbar took up the study of
law after his eighty-third year and
received a diploma from the Ameri-
can School OF Correspondence. He
was member of the Christian
church The funeral arrangements
have not been announced.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
from Tuesdays Daily.

DR. J. w. Andrews. candidate for
state senator, spoke at meeting in
Madison Lake last night. Jean Fit.
tie, democratic candidate for con.
gress. addressed political meeting
at Lake Crystal last night, DIR. An
tlrews win speak at Mapleton Friday
night He will be accompanied to
that village by n number or gentle.
men who will speak. l'fG
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02

ing was spent, Mrs Fred Strobel Civ.
ing several piano selections, and vo-
cal numbers being given by Mrs
I Haigh. Miss Emma Arnold, Mrs. q.
r. strobel. Mrs. Carrel and Mrs. vii.
liam Lang.
A delicious luncheon was served
and the guests left wishing MIR. and
Mrs. Haigh much happiness and sue
cess I'm their new homo. They will
omen store In Eagle Lake October
Is.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
seIbere-lien.

SeIberg-lien.
Mr. Oliver G. Lien and Miss Lena
Selberg OF Delavan were married at
noon today by Judge w. l.. Com
stock. They were accompanied by a
brother and sister of the bride, and
returned to Delavan today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Farewell Party.

Farewell Party.
Twenty-Five friends OF MIR. and
Mrs. Garry s. Haigh gathered at
their home last night to give them a
farewell party. the Haigh family De-
ing about to move to Eagle Lake in
a few days. A pleasant social even
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Statement From Paris.
French Make Gains.

Paris, September 29.-That the
French continue TO make slight gains
en- the left, where a general thanking
movement is In progress. is all the
information obtainable at the military
Headquarters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02

London, September ga Centra
News dispatch. from Amsterdam says
tLat further forays have been made
by Zeppelin dirigible balloons. -Four
bombs were dropped on Deynze. nine
miles southwest OF Client. and two
were thrown on Thielt, fifteen miles
southeast OF Bruges At DeynZe
the convent St Quent was badly dam
aged
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-02
Smelling the Town.
Percentage Of EnIistments.

London, September 19.-Figures
showing the percentage of recruits
enlisted in England, Scotland, Ireland
and Wales, as obtained from the di-
rector of recruiting and published In
The Liverpool Courier, make Scot.
land appear as the most generous
contributor of men. The approximate
total number Of men raised from Au-
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

begun yet Wait till we meet a live
wireI"
Two miles further along the road to
Cromer, young Bradshaw, the job
masters son at Blakeney, was leading
his bicycle up the hill. Ahead of him
something heavy Topped from the bank
into the road, and in the light of his
acetylene lamp he saw a soldier. The
soldier lodged across the road and
scrambled through the hedge on the
bank opposite. He was followed by
another soldier, and then by a third.
The last man halted
PUT out that light" he commanded.
Go to your home and tell no one what
you have seen. If you attempt to give
an alarm you will be snot. Our SEN
tries are placed every fifty yards along
this road"
The soldier disappeared from in
front of the ray of light and followed
his comrades, and an instant later
young Bradshaw heard them sliding
over the cliffs edge and the pebbles
Gathering to the beach below. Young
Bradshaw stood quite still. In his heart
was much fear-fear of laughter, of
ridicule, of failure. But of no other
kind of fear. - AS he threw his
leg across his bicycle, Herbert. from
the motor car farther up the hiE, fred
two shots over his head. These, he
explained to Ford. were intended 10
give "verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative And
the singing of the bullets gave young
Bradshaw exactly what he wanted
the assurance that he was not the VIC
tim of practical joke. He threw his
weight forward and, lifting his feet,
coasted down hill at forty miles an
hour into the main street of Blakeney.
Ten minutes later, when the car fol-
lowed, mob of men so completely
blocked the water front that Ford was
forced to stop. His headlights illum-
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

\ Three miles from cromer, at the top
OF the highest hill in overstrand, the
chimneys of house showed above a
thick tangle of FIR trees. Between the
trees and the road rose a wall, high,
compact, forbidding. Carl opened the
gate in the wall and pushed his bicycle
up 4 winding path hemmed in by bushes.
At the sound of his feet on the gravel,
the bushes few apart, and man sprang
into the walk and confronted him. But,
At sight of the head waiter the legs of
the man became rigid, his heels clicked
together, his hand went sharply to his
visor.
Behind the house, surrounded on
every side by trees, was a tiny lawn.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

prisoner! Do you understand"
'Yes, sir. thank'ee, sir, kindly" stam-
mered Mr.. Shutliffe. "May l lock in
the pigs first, sir?"
One of the soldiers coughed explo-
sively, and ran away, and the two 9TH
ers trotted after him. When they
looked back, Mr.. Shuttle was still
standing uncertainty in the dusk, mildly
concerned as to whether he should lock
up the pigs or obey the German gen.
tleman.
The three soldiers halted behind the
church wall.
That was a fine startI' Knocked Her
bert. "Of course you had to pick out
the village idiot. If they are all going
to take it like that, we had better pack
up and go home"
"The village inn is still open" said
Ford. "We1l close it"
They entered with fixed bayonets
and dropped the butts of their rifles on
the ssnded floor. A man in CATERS
choked over his ale and two fisher
men removed their clay pipes and
stared. The barmaid alone arose to
the occasion.
Now, then" she exclaimed brislSly,
what way is that to come tunbhng
into respectable place? None of your
tea-garden tricks in here, young fellow
my lad, Or"
The tallest of the three intruders, in
deep gutteral accents, interrupted her
sharply.
"We are Germansr' he declared.
This village is captured. You are
prisoners of war. Those lights you will
out put, and yourselves lock in. If
you into the street go. we will shootP
He gave a command in a strange
language; so strange, indeed, that the
soldiers with him failed to entirely
grasp his meaning, and one shouldered
his rife, while the other brought his po-
liteIy to a salute.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

"Das Dorf ist besetzt. Wo sind I'm
sere Leute?" hs demanded.
You'll have to excuse me, sir" said
Mr.. Shutliffe, "but / am a trife ard of
caring
What is the name of this village?
he demanded.
Mr. Stutliffe, having lived in the vii
lage upward of eighty years, recalled
its name with difficulty.
Have you seen any of our people%
With another painful effort of mem
ory Mr.. Shutliffe shook his head.
Go indoors!' commanded the SOL
dier, "and put out all lights, and re-
main indoors. We have taken this vii
lage. We are Germans. You are a
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
THE INVASION OF
ENGLAND

"You asst" muttered the tall Ger
man. Get out!"
As they charged into the street. they
heard behind them a wild feminine
Shrek. then a crash of pottery and
glass, then silence, and an instant later
the Ship Inn was buried in darkness.
That will hold Stifkey for whileT
said Ford. Now, back to the car"
As the car sped out of Stifkey, Her
bert was filed with disgust.
whats the use!" he protested. "You
couldn't wake these people with dyna-
mitel vote we chuck it and go home"
"They little know of England who
only Stiffkey know" chanted the chauf-
feur reprovingly. "Why, we haven't
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

In the center of the lawn, where once
had been a tennis court, there now
stood a slim mast. From this mast
dangled tiny wires thar ran TO kitchen
table. On the table, its brass work
shining in the sun, was a new and per-
fectly good wireless outfit, and beside
it, with his hand on the key, was heay-
lily built, heavily bearded German, In
his turn, Carl drew his legs together,
his heels clicked, his hand stuck to his
visor. ,
Il have been in constant communi-
cation" said the man with the beard.
They will be here just before the
dawn. Return to Cromer and openly,
from the postofice, telegraph your
cousin in London: Will meet you to-
morrow at the Crystal Palace On re-
ceipt of that, in the last edition of this
afternoons papers, he will insert the
final advertisement. Thirty thousand
of our own people will read it. They
will know the moment has conel"
As Carl eoasted back to Cromer he
flashed past many pretty gardens
where, upon the lawns, men in Aannels
were busy at tennis or, with pretty
ladies, deeply occupied in drinking tea.
"A nation of wasters," muttered the
German, sleeping at their posts. They
are 6ddling while England fallsl''
Mr.. Shuttle, of Stiffkey, had led his
COW in from the marsh, and was about
to close the COW barn door when three
soldiers appeared suddenly around the
wall of the village church. They ran
directly toward him. 1t was 9 o'clock,
but the twilight still held. The uni-
forms the men wore were unfamiliar,
but in his day Mr.. Shutliffe had seen
many uniforms. and to him all uni
forms looked alike The tallest soldier
snapped at Mr.. Subtitle .6erceIy in a
strange tongue.
~Du bist gefsngenIr he announced.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

A week later three young men sat at
dinner on the terrace of the Savoy.
Shall we. or shall we not" asked
Herbertss> tell my uncle that we three,
and We thee alone, were the invaderss' 80
That's hardly correct" said Ford;
"as we now know therelwere two hun
dred thousand invaders. WE were only
the three who got ashore"
'1 vote we don't tell him." said Bir-
rell. Let him think with everybody
else that the Germans blundered; that
an advance party landed too soon and
gave the show away. If We talk" he
argued, well get credit for a success
ful hoax. If we keep quiet, everybody
will continue to think we saved Eng
land. I'm content to let it go at that"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-24

arranged to distribute this song book called Is
for the od:tne and there is an urgent call il
costumes, and these portraits alone are worth more
explained below. Clip the. SONG BOOK COUPON >
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-24
To Richmond
8.LocAL EDUCATORS OFF TO AT.
z TEND NATIONAL EDUCA-
TON ASSOCIATION. VI

DIR. o. /. woodley, president of the
Fairmont Normal school. left last
night for Richmond, Va, where he
will attend the annual meeting Of;
]. the National Education Associations
Superintendent Joseph Roster, Of
the Fairmont public schools left Sum
day night, for Richmond where he
will also attend this gathering Of ed:
ncators. f{s HI, . yf.e,, IN
80 County Superintendent VIM. NJ:
Kennedy will leave today for the tyir-
ginia capitol to attend the meeting. /,
supt. D. A. Ward and Mrs. Ward,
of the Warrington public schools!
have gone to. Richmond also. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-24
Personals.

Mr.. Harry Carpenter of Dala, w.
Va. spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.: and Mrs. Thomas Carpenter Of
l3Pittsburg avenue.
/. Miss Gene Criss, who has been
very sick, is recovering slowly.
Messrs. Joe Adams and Clarence
Garner spent Sunday at Morgan
town.
Mrs. 7. T. Honlet of Columbia
street is i'll Of grippe.
Mrs. Ronse Of Virginia avenue. is
spending few days with her.
daughter. Mrs. Edward Carpenter d..
avenue. ii& n