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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

Pr one has forsaken the convenience
and tedium of the railway and
travelled alone across the rather
sinister moorland round Bagnorea
Cfvita, 1t Is with q sense of secu.
r1ty that one sees the lofty rock OF
Orvieto in front of one at nightfall
One can imagine the feelings Of q
fugitive-a pope. say. out of favor. and
nying the populace-at the sight oil
the impregnable rock-built town which
was one Of his ultimate defences. In
the pleasant garden of Tuscany towns
stretch in friendly way from outskIr,
to outskirt; villas Join to villas and
farms to farms. But from the lofty
rock wall Of Orvieto one sees neigh.
boring towns perched high az II for
observation Of an attacking enemy;
self-contained as II for defence. One
knows that the wind visits the rock in
winter, for the women wear service
able shawls. as In q fishing village in
Scotland. and the gravity of the sum-
mer heat can be known by the cactus
sticking its spikes securely in the
wall. Houses seem built to defy the
weather, some even, as one sinks to
the lower outlet Of the town, to have
needed little help from other material
than the rock itself to furnish q
dwelling. writes Gertrude Bone In
Country Lie.
A Curious House.
Yes: 1t Is . very curious house,
signora." said one Of the inhabitants.
"A gentleman came here who said 1,
was Of Volscian origin. Who knows!
It IL certainly q curious house." Az
one gains the summit of the precipice
fenced by the town wall. q fanciful
person might imagine himself to be
standing on the PROV Of q ship. and
the undulating pale clay earth. lapsing
on all sides into strange shapes. to be
an ocean stir with q more formidable
substance than ice. imprisoning one
forever on a high-pooped vessel.
Ones first impression Of q town
may endure only to be modified but
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

Mans Ashes Over Flower Bed.
New York.-Dr Clemens Fulda, six
ty-fve. died, leaving q request that his
body be cremated, and the ashes
sprinkled over his favorite flower
beds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

well, are you going to b 900
tori" asks the friend.
Not at all. Why?" inquiries ne
man.
I've noticed you porting over thas
medical volume for half an hour.
Medical? Why. 80 1t Is! Do you
know, thought 1t was q bound voiums
of the Snappy Bunch Magazine
Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08
BUSHES HER BABY
TO GOOD PLUMBER
Mother Refuses Can Opener to
Extricate Tots Head From
Tin Pail.

Chicago.-A woman entered q
Broadway car the other day with q
baby in her arms. You could tell II
was a baby from the way 1t moved
and the way she held 1t, and because
every once In q while she would look
at the bundle and cry. But otherwise
no. It might have been q box in
blankets or q small ironing board
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

Didn't Know About July T.
Chicago.-Abraham Lincoln, a Rus.
sian, was refused naturalization pa
pers because he didn't know why We
celebrate the Fourth of July.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08
Highly Educated Glasses coIno.

Princeton, N. J.-At the present rate
of production the more highly edu-
Gated classes would be unknown In
fifty years. says Prof. Edwin g. Conk.
lin Of Princeton. He opposes the fem
mist movement ~ ipimical to mother
hood.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

Chicago.-Joseph Vokral lost his
suit to recover $179 damages which
he said he suffered in annoyance and
the purchase Of poison, because armies
of cockroaches came into his house
from that Of Rudolph Reiner, his
neighbor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

Man Hears WIfe's Funeral Service.
Paterson. N. Judge James Inglis,
dying from pneumonia, heard by tele-
phone the funeral service over his
wife being conducted in the parlor be-
low his bedroom. Mrs. Inglis died
from pneumonia.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08
A Sensation.

Did your daughter make . isuA
mas at her debut, Mr.. Comeup!
Indeed she did. 1t was the Dissess
one seen at the whole b
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08
Probably Caused II,

Paris.-A stage Johnny" was sent
to an asylum for the insane because
he waylaid and kissed Mile. Pollaire,
the ugliest woman In the world"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08

Bottle Takes Long Sea Voyage.
New York.-A bottle thrown into
the sea at Canarsia. on July 6, 1919,
has just been found at Bendorra
docks, county Mayo. Ireland.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-08


hapy-go-lucky Javanese rebels against
such treatment and there is, blood
shed. The Dutch speedily and merci
lessly suppress the Instruction and
the outside world. so rigid is the con
troll of the press, hears little or moth
ing of it. In the other islands. par
ticularly in Sumatra and Borneo
where the natives are less gentle
than in Java, there is constant strife
In Timor the natives arose in wrath
the other day at the exactions and
bestialities of an official and well-nigh
toppled the entire government of the
island, half Dutch and half Portu-
guese, into the sea. Though there
are many excellent and unselfish men
In the Dutch administration of the
East Indies. the system is one Of ex.
ploitation primarily. 1t shows we'll on
the bank books. but not in the lives
of the native men and women.
Kechirs face frightened into q
smile. She had begun work early
that Sunday morning-the exploiter
of Java has no Sabbath In his calen.
dar-and she might earn the enor.
nous sum of five cents for her ten
hours labor. The stern overseer, too,
had smiled at her-visitors were in
the room-and the gentle Javanese
are quick to respond in kind to gen.
erous humor. Suddenly the baby
workers face hardened into q frown.
Perhaps the overseer's smile suggested
her sisters fate.
Copyright. 1914. By Joseph B. BowlssJ
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR
A DAY BOOK BOOSTER

To the Readers of The Day Book:
Now as we all know that Mr. Coch-
ran does not use the usual news
paper tactics to increase the circula-
ton of The Day Book, so what you
say we do little ourselves.
This is the plan-Print a sign on
cardboard or white paper and paste
on cardboard, as follows: Read The
Day Book" Put the emphasis on the
Read; put this sign in your window
where persons passing by can easily
read it.
Then we will ask the editor to let
us know if it brings any results.
Without doubt most Day Book
readers feel as 1 do in one respect at
least. ! feel that a reader of The
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-09

too much language. Another reason
is that the young man who couldn't
afford to go to college, but had to go
to work, is generally as many years
ahead of the college graduate in
knowledge of human nature and
everyday life as the college man
spent in college.
Shortly after 1 started The Day
Book the staff asked for a dictionary.
l told them l wouldn't get one; and
the reason given was that every die
tionary was full of big words, and
was afraid the reporters would find
some of them and get them into The
Day Book.
The larger a mans vocabulary the
smaller his understanding audience.
There is joy for those who under
stand the finer shadings of meaning
in words, in reading the writings of
learned writer's; but there are few
college professors and many people.
would like to write so that every
person who can read at all will I'M
derstand what l am trying to say,
without bothering about how am
saying it.
1 don't blame a man with a weak
chin for wearing whiskers. Neither
do blame writer who has nothing
to say for saying it well.
LETTERS TO EDITOR 7
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-09
ONE MANS OPINIONS
BY N. D. COCHRAN


Style in Writing.-While talking
with a newspaper writer the other
day he spoke favorably of what he
thought was my style in writing.
told him had no style, and that what
he thought was style was absence of
style.
Style is good thing when you
have nothing particular to say, and
merely write for the sake of writing
just as ornate style in speaking is
interesting when speaker wants to
spout words instead of thoughts, or
spouts words because he has no
thoughts of consequence.
But if man has something to say
if he has message-he wants his
audience to think of what he says in
stead of how he says it. In writing,
it is the same. The man with a mes
sage wants to convey the message,
and not confuse by overdressing it
with words.
If lecturer came out on the plat
form in evening clothes and every
thing was black or white except.
bright red necktie, people couldn't
keep their eyes off that sensational
necktie. They would see the neck
tie, when all they should be watch
ing was the play of the mans fea-
lures as he talked. .
An overdressed thought is as OBJ
jectionable as an overdressed man or
provided one is really trying
to deliver a message.
There are styles in writing that
help sink an idea in, but such styles
are useful only as getting the idea
home by entertaining the reader.
Peter DUNES Dooley stuff does this.
But there is resistance in dialect, and
I don't care ordinarily to wade
through it.
Newspaper writing, where you are
irving to tell the neOnle sonnet hing
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

who has inst forwarded to Noble O.
Taville, Lake Geneva, Wis, state
ment that he peddled 1872 miles in =
1913, making total of 142, 900 miles.
Mr.. Taville is chairman of the GEN.
trail good roads committee of the
Automobiles National Organize
ton.
Mr.. Davis did not begin riding a
bicycle until he was 65 years old.
He has ridden several Centuries"
each in a single day.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09
TOUGH ON HOGS

Champaign, ILL.,, Jan. e.-There is
no cure for hog cholera, and agents
oYerrunning Champaign county with
a purported cure are imposters, said
Soil Director G. H. 0athout today
warning farmers against imposition.
The only preventive so far discov-
cred is the serum now made and fur
nished by the state biological labor
atories, adds Oathout.
The scarcity of the serum con-
tinues, within abatement in the de-
mand.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09
SOME PEDDLER

Peoria, ILL.,, Jan. o.-Mileage equal
nearly to six times the circumference
of the globe has been covered on BIZ
cycles by Thomas Davis, IS years,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

THE WOMEN WILL BENEFIT BY
FORD'S NEW PLAN
New York, Jan. 9.-Some of the
women employed in the plant of Hen
ry Ford in Detroit will receive a share
of the firms profits under the new
$10,O00,000 proft-sharing plan re-
Gently announced. Arriving here to-
day, Ford declared that in addition
to all women, as well as men, receiv-
ing minimum wage Of SIS day, wo-
men on whom large families are de-
pendent will be given a proportion
ate share of profits along with the
male employees.
Good will was the only motive
back OF the adoption of the profit
sharing PLAN" said Ford. "That
should be uppermost in all dealings.
Good will is what brings US together
socially and in business. -.
Asked when he first thought of his
plan, Ford said he did not know, but
decided to adopt it because he be-
ieved this to be an opportune time.
81 looked out my window, saw men
anxious to work and decided to pro-
vide work for them by employing
three shifts instead of two in my fac
tory. It was only a step to put en-
ployes on more equal basis through
the pro1t-sharing plan"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09
SHERIFF GUSTS FAMILY

Calumet, Mich, Jan. o.-Two days
before Gov. Ferris came to this dis
trict to investigate the strike con-
ditions Sheriff Cruise and several
deputies went to Winona and threw
John Merkle, a striker, his wife and
small child out of one of the WiRona
Mining Co.'s houses.
A binding snowstorm was in pro-
gress, but this did not deter Cruise
from carrying out the mine owners
order. The people and their furni=
ture were tossed out
A neighbor of the Merkles went to
the woods, gathered some fuel and
built fire for the elected family that
they might not freeze before they
could be taken care of.
This man was arrested for tres
passing, brought to Houghton and
lodged in jail.
It is also stated that the sheriff
served notice on other families that
they would be treated in the same
manner if they did not yacate their
homes. '..
.-E $780, ...E
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09
CONTROL GOES ToTHE WE

The Western faction of the Ma
tional American Women Suffrage As
ISOLATION seems finally to have wrest7l
ed control of the organization from
the Eastern machine"
The opening of the Congressional
Committee headquarters in this city
yesterday is seen as the first move
in the switch of control.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick is chair
man of the Congressional Commit
tee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
Belleview News.

Mrs. J. @. Paullus spent last Sunday
visiting friends in Caledonia.
Don Russell and sister, Miss Lizzie,
were in Ironton Saturday.
Miss Jenna Logan of st. Louis an d
Miss Alice Gay of Ironton spent Sat
urday and Sunday here.
Frank Hughes of st. Louis visited
in the home of j. w. Wood last week
Mr.. Riley Sickle and sister, Miss
Belle Sickle, of Vandalia, Mo-, are
visiting their sister, Mrs. T. E. Bell.
Earl Parker left last Sunday for st
Louis, where he will seek employment
J.C. Paullus left last Monday fol
Marked Tree, Ark, to visit his son
DR.. Paullus, of that place.
Walter Bollinger and family, anG
Miss Clara Bollinger, of Greenville
spent a few days of last week visiting
in the home of D. A. Lasater.
DR.. and Mrs. Daily Appleberry re-
turned last Saturday from st. Louis
where they were called to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Appleberry's sister
in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs, r. j. Hill, of Marion
vile, Mo-, are visiting their daughter
Mrs. H. L. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Croker of st
Louis visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lac.
Chronister the first Of the week. q
ALPHA.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
Des Arc Items.

One of the greatest revival meetings
we have ever known in Des Arc has
just closed. Sunday morning and ev-
ening there were 800 people in the
Baptist church. There was not stand
ing room and many had to remain on
the outside. There have been 81 con-
versions; % were taken into the ME.
church and IL were baptized. Up to
the present % have united with the
Baptist church and more to be taken
in later. There were 81 baptized on
Sunday afternoon. Among them:
Judge VIM. Stevenson, wife and
daughter, and R. H. Stevenson and
son. We are glad to see our business
men coming to the front and taking
their stand for Christi r. l. Stamp,
another Of our merchants, is also a
convert. 1t certainly made us happy
Sunday morning to see him come in
and take his stand among the Chris
tian people. Our town is aroused as
never before in it's history and we
thank God for sending such a wonder
fnl man as Bro. Oscar Taylor among
lis. He is certainly a man of wonder
full power. He and Bro. Strother, who
assisted him in the meeting, have
been called to other fields to work,
and we hope they meet with the sue
cess they have met with here. People
who want a good revival would do
we'll to call them.
Quite a crowd from Brunot, Pied
mont and Patterson were here Sunday
to attend the revival which closed
Sunday night.
Ben Keathley was here Sunday from
st. Louis.
Mrs. Ethel Parker from st. Louis is
visiting her parents, Judge Stevenson
and wife.
Miss Allie Fitz has returned home
from harrington.
Drew Lewis was here last week from
Pangburn, Ark.
Miss Lotto Eustes has returned from
Harrington.
Massey Ruble and wife we're here
from Piedmont Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Dunn spent Sunday here
with Mrs. John Stevenson.
Mrs. R. q. Stevenson, Mrs. j. H.
Stevenson, Rev. VIM. Seals, Prof.
Hester and wife, Rev. Taylor aud wife
attended the Assembly at Maiden last
week.
John Nation spent Sunday with his
family here. ISAAC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
Annapolis News.

Hazy and cloudy this morning and
looks like summer time.
Squire Kitchell was called to Vul-
can Saturday to do some notarial
work.
John Dechaney of near Vulcan is
home for the first time in six months,
He has been working on the West
Fork of Black river in Reynolds coun-
ty and says times are dull there.
Mr.. Culton is cleaning off his wood
land, fixing 1t up to sell, should Q
buyer happen along.
The election in a couple of more
weeks. Let the Democrats all get tc
the polls and vote straight. Our tick.
ct is worthy faithful support.
John Thomas went to st. Louis las
week to see his wife who has been in
a hospital the past two months.
Marion Tucker is moving to Pied
mont where he will conduct an auto
mobile repair shop.
Watermelons still coming up from
the south.
a. L. Daniels of Des Arc inform
your correspondent that he lis in thu
race for Constable of Union Township
at the coming election.
Gus Funk is now running his saw
mil again. He has a planer in con
nection.
VIM. Lewis Of Bear Branch In Irol
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
1914 Acre Yield Contest.

Many encouraging reports are being
received from all parts of the District.
Yields from a few counties will be
lower than last year, but there is la
possibility of the 1918 record of SO
bushels being broken.
The rules for gathering the corn are
quite simple: Have a neighbor wit
ness the measuring, gathering and
weighing of the corr and sign a print
ed statement that the amount given
are correct. Before rewards are paid
we may ask that an affidavit be made
as to the correctness of the statement.
Corn is not to be gathered until it is
dry enough to go on the market. The
number of pounds considered a bushel
in the local market at the time of
weighing is to be taken as a bushel.
Reports of yield shoulds be made as
soon as the corn is gathered. Awards
| will be made at the time of the CORN
SHOW AND FARMERS INSTITUTE,
at the Normal School, Cape Girar-
deau, January 1879, 1915.
SETH BABcocK, Department Of
Agriculture, State Normal School,
| Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
David Myers.


Died-At the residence OF his
Mrs. Henry Kendall, IRON
ton, Mo-, Friday, October Is, 1914,
David Myers, aged 70 years, 8 months
and II days. The funeral was held
the succeeding Sunday from the
Episcopal church, at zoo o'clock T. M,
a large c~oncourse attending, conduct
ed by the local K. P. Lodge.
Deceased had been a resident of
this city for thirty-fve years. His
avocation was that of miller, and for
thirty years worked in that capacity
in the mill of the Ironton Man
ufacturing Company, finally retiring
because OF age. He was a native OF
Pennsylvania, and was united in a
riage with Margaretta Rickabaugh in
1860. To this union eight children
were born, of whom three survive. A
happy welded life of nearly fifty years
was ended by the death OF the mother
six years ago and the old home broken
up, as it always is when the n who
makes it home ceases her labors and
folds her hands in eternal rest.
Mr.. Myers was a plain, everyday
citizen, of unblemished integrity and
kindly heart. Well versed in the u
rent events of his time, he intelligent
lily pursued the course of duty
Though not loud in his religious pro
fession, he was an earnest and sincere
member of the Episcopal church.
charitable in thought and helpful il
distress. To the bereaved members O
his family / extend coincidence anC
sympathy. They have comfort in thu
contemplation of their fathers un'
sullied name.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22

The culvert under the railroad track
was too small to carry of the food
and the water backed up several hun
bred feet. A heavy train Yves kept
standing on the culvert to hold it
down and prevent a break in the line.
Two stone culverts along the railroad
and much of the roadbed between this
place and Bismarck were washed out.
Disastrous train wrecks were undoubt-
ly averted by the prompt action of
Station, Agent W. H. Martin, in send
ing out fagmen to stop northbound
trains, while he himself waded waist
deed through water to reach a point
where he could flag a southbound
train. The swinging bridge over the
river between this place and POWELL
town was washed away"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
Autumn In the
White River
Country

Each of the seasons have their pecu-
liarly pleasing features, butan autumn
day in the White River Country pos
sesses for the Nature-lover an almost
irresistible charm. When the leaves
on all the hills turn into flame, and
the air gets that wood smoky, leaf
spicy, exhilarating tang, the White
River Country is a fit place for angels,
let alone human beings. The sports
of fishing and hunting are at their best.
A float trip down the James and
White Rivers in the Fall season off ers
one of the most delightful outings it
is possible to imagine. The Missouri
Pacific-Iron Mountain has issued a
folder that describes this float in de-
tail. Whether you think of taking a
few days off or not this folder will
interest you. Ask the local agent for
copy or write to J.. G.. Hollenbeck,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
|NoALUM ml
DR.pRICE'S |
CREAM L
BAKING POWDER /

county made a flying trip to Ironton
last Saturday to see if there were any
vacant places on the Democratic
ticket; finding non he came back
home and will work for the Demo-
cratic ticket from head to finish, as he
always has done.
Sam Moss and wife went out near
Lesterville to church Saturday and
Sunday. There was dinner on the
ground and a large attendance.
Sam Moss and son, William, are put
ting up a blacksmith shop at Sabula.
Alonzo Miller and family of Crane
Pond are visiting his son, Robert Mil
Ter, and family in Annapolis.
Fred Warner, who recently moved
from Annapolis to Black river, wants
to return to town, if he can find a va
cant house, which is doubtful.
Scott Lloyd is in town to-day.
r. A. Dunn made a trip to Hogan
Saturday, to see his sister, Mrs. Smith.
The weather being bad last Friday
interfered with a big spelling match
between the Annapolis and Minimum
schools. That is an old-time game
practiced but little these days. 1 g
member as far back as 1856, when the
school | attended was taught by a
young man by the name of Mozart
ney. He had 100 pupils and they we're
all kept busy. We were taken to Cal.
edonia that year to speak against
children from other towns, and car
ried off the honors. We were very
proud. Every Friday we had spelling
matches and the last day Of school we
spelled all day long. The Caledonia
refer to is in Illinois, not far from
Cairo. A son of the man who taught
me in those days was long years aft
erwards the instructor in the same
county of our prosecuting attorney,
Mr.. Damron. BULLETIN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
Fort Hill Methodist Church.

The pastor and his wife have been
very cordially received by the church,
and many assurances have been given
of hearty cooperation on the part Of
the members.
The attendance upon all the SER
vices has been good. The attendance
thus far uponprayer meeting has been
equal to Is per cent of the member
ship. The interest manifested in all
services has been fine.
Exceedingly courteous and brother
ly was the act of Rev. Mr.. Powers OF
the Ironton M. e. Church, in bringing
his congregation to Fort Hill on Sum
day morning, and worshiping with us.
The pastor and his flock very highly
appreciate the compliment thus paid,
and assure these brethren that their
kindly sentiments are heartily re-
ciprocated.
The theme next Sunday morning
AA DA VIZ