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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28

well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. feel very grateful that
l found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish.
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German Words and re-
cipes for dail-ty dishes. All 8 sent free.
Adv
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28

my breath was
short and 1 had
chills and back
ache. l took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return Of the
palpitations. Am
now So years old,
able to do lots Of
manual labor, am
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28
JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLE.

took about 6 boxes of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which l had suffered for years.
had dizzy spells, my eyes pulled,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28

When the oldest daughter marries
the rest of the family manage to get
along comfortably without any boss.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28
EDWARD sASsooN.


Forgive us our trespasses"
The silence seemed to crash to earth
like great looking-glass and SILVER
into million pieces. The wax dropped
from his-fngers and in the superven-
ing darkness numb fright gripped
him by the throat. Shirley had laid
these there, on the grave of the man
his father had killed-the cape jessa-
mines she had wanted that day, for
her motherl He understood.
1t came to him at last that there
was chill mist cropping among the
trees and that he was very cold.
He went back along the Red Road
stumblingly. Was this to be the end
of the dream, which he had fancied
would last forever? Could 1t be that
she was not for him? Was it no hoary
lie that the sins Of the fathers were
visited upon the third and fourth gen.
Grafton?
When he re-entered the library the
candle was guttering In the burned
wings of night-moth. The place
looked all at once gaunt and desolate
and despoiled. What could Virginia,
what could Damory Court, be to him
without her? The wrinkled note lay
on the desk and he bent suddenly with
sharp catching breath and kissed 1t.
There welled over him a wave of
rebellious longing. The candle spread
to hazy yellow blur. The walls fell
away. He stood under the moonlight.
with his arms about her, his lips on
hers and his heart beating to the
sound of the violins behind them.
He laughed harsh wild laugh that
rang through the gloomy room. Then
he threw himself on the couch and
buried his face In his hands. He was
still lying there when the misty rain
wet dawn came through the shutters.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28
Liars All.

Liars All.
80 you went fishing with Brown
yesterday. What did you catch?"
ASK Brown. 1 forgot the number
we agreed on"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-28

semi-o bscurity from within an iron
railing. He bent over, suddenly noting
the scent; it was cape jessamine.
prescience plucking at him, he took a
box Of vestas from his pocket and
struck one. 1t flared up Illuminating
flat granite slab in which was cut
a name and inscription:
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
Aviator is Young.

Ralph f McMillen, little more
than a hoy, will make four flights
in Mansfield, two on October 16
and two on October II.
Ralph McMillen, who will fly
here during our Stock Show,
while the youngest of the avia.
tors, has rapidly forged to the
front among the best known fly.
ing men of the world.
He enjoys two distinctions in
that he learned to fly without in.
structiOns, that is, just by fly.
ing, and also was the first man
to demonstrate a heavier.than-
air machine before the kite.lov.
ing people of Japan, giving an
exhibition before the emperor
and his court bylroyal command
He made a well paying tour of
Japan, and he has since flown
in most of the important meets
that have been held in this coun-
try.
McMillen uses a Curtiss BIZ.
plane of his own construction
with a Hall Scott motor.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
Macomb Mentions

Poly Roy spent Saturday night
and Sunday at J. c. Robertson's 3.
Mrs. w. H. Brake and child.
rem visited in Mansfield Sunday.
Jesse Bakers left Wednesday
morning for California TO make
their home.
Mrs. Henry Royal and daugh-
ter, Eaisy, and Mrs. Nathan
Graves, spent Sunday at Chris
TysOn's.
Miss Rose Novels visited
friends near here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Carter, OF Mans.
field, spent Saturday with her
father, Mr.. McCallister.
Fred Short visited a few days
last week in Springfield with his
sister, Mrs. Charles Doty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Frink, OF
Norwood spent Sunday with
her father, /. w. Martin.
Sheridan Findley is real sick
SUNSHINE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
N. S.

life a pleasure,
Be happy you've plenty, for plenty is
good measure;
Be happy OF the sunshine, be happy of
the rain,
Be happy OF the joys often hidden in pain
Be happy Opportunity within your
grasp lies,
Be happy OF succe that will come ii
one tries;
Be happy of the brook with its babbling
voice,
Be happy OF the birds that sing and re.
joice;
Be happy there's a place for each to fill,
Be happy; you a succeed if you say,
II will!''
Be happy, and keep smiling, and prove
your own worth,
Be happy, and you're helping each
brother on earth;
Be happy each calamity might have
been worse,
Be happy with the friend who is send
ing you this verse.
HARVE D. NORCROSS,
Sept. Is, 1914. Norwood, Mo.
advertisement.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
Wild Goose Items

Isn't this beautiful autumn
weather?
G. w. Mackry was in Seymour
Thursday.
w. l. Kelley helped Russell
Walters cut corn Saturday.
Fred Justice was at w. G.
Deckard's Saturday.
Johnnie Dudley bought a load
of seed wheat from Jim Newton
Saturday.
Vim. Walters was in Mansfield
Monday and hauled out a load of
fertilizer.
PrOIracted meeting began at
Pea Ridge Friday night. We
wish for a successful meeting.
Everybody invited.
Elsie and Alice Matlock took
dinner at j. NJ. NewtOn's Sun.
day.
Miss Malinda Walters visited
at VIM. Fuge's Sunday.
L.. L.. Land and wife and Grand.
ma Land spent Sunday at Frank
Holliman's.
S. j. Pearl has traded his
farm for business property in
Joplin and is preparing to have a
sale in a short time.
The little son of Russell Wal.
ters died Wednesday. Septem,
Der %, and was buried Thurs.
day at No. 5 cemetery.
Miss Mabel Hoffman spent
Sunday night with Mrs. Lue
land.
Misses Ollie and Ruby Deck.
ard spent Sunday with Misses
Ethel and Elsie Kelley.
Russell Walters and wife Wis.
tied the latter's parents, John
Shumate, and family Sunday.
Miss Verbie Hoffman has
been staying with Grandma bud.
ley the past week.
JAkEY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
Rembert Rumblings

Elihu and Hiram Coday called
on Jason Coday Saturday.
Mrs. Curb Hack and Laurel
Hensley, of Rawlings, Wyoming,
arrived Saturday for a visit
with their father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs l.. W. Hensley.
Miss Verba Scott has been
spending the past week visiting
relatives and friends near Grimes
and says she had a good time.
Mrs. Elihu Coday spent part
of last week visiting her son,
Jason Coday near Loring.
G.. P. Young and wife called on
Ottie Draper and wife Sunday.
Everybody was glad to see the
good rains come, but was sorry
so many farmers lost their corn.
Miss Verbie Scott went to
Names Wednesday.
Preaching at Pleasant Hill
every first Saturday night, Sun.
day and Sunday night. G.. N.
Fndley pastor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Hack and
wife called on Fred Hack and
wife Saturday night and Sun.
day.
Frank COday worked for En-.
NETT Jones last week.
Cutting corn and sowing wheat
IL the order Of the day with the
men folks.I
Frank Coday went to chu rch
at Pea Ridge Sunday night.
Brown EYES.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01

Numerous incidents are relat.
ed where hogs used the utmost
discretion while in the water.
At one place a hog was tangled
in a drift but succeeded in get.
ting on a log and rode out of
sight. At another time a rab.
bit was neatly balancing itself on
the end of a fence rail and per
forming dare devil shoot-the.
shoots acts, says the Hartyille
Democrat, in speaking Of the re-
cent high water.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
Route. No. One.

Mr.. Paris and wife. Mr.. Grip.
pen and family, spent Sunday at
James Frye's. Mr.. Anderson
and wife and Mrs. Guiser called
in the afternoon.
Ruby Frye and Ollie Shanes
took dinner with Cora and May
Findley Sunday.
Glen Moberly spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Ernie
Crippen.
Ollie and Alva Frye took din
ner with Mabel and Mildred An.
derson Sunday.
The surprise pie supper at
Ollie Fry's Saturday night was
a success. The girls all brought
nice pies and all report a good
time.
There was an apple cutting
at Mrs. Shanes' Monday night.
There was a large crowd present
and they got a fine lot of apples
cut.
John Frye made a business
trip to Grove Springs last Fri
day.
Sam Frye, wife and children
and Mrs. John Frye and daugh.
ters, Alva and Ruth went to
Norwood Thursday.
Byron Shanes, wife and baby
spent Sunday at her uncle's, Co.
day Mcintosh. Lrtha Shanes
was also there.
May Frye and Nolie Dennis
were all day visitors with WEISS
Frye and wife. 1t was their
first day in their new home.
They seemed as happy as kings
in their new home and received
several nice wedding presents.
Opal Frye helped Mrs. James
Frye a couple of days this week
in making kraut and picking
beans.
RASTUS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
Attorney Chas. w. Evans of Il

Attorney Chas. W. Evans of this
place has been engaged by the
Republican State Committee as
one of the speakers in the com
ing campaign in this state. While
he has not been assigned to any
certain district yet it is very
likely the com mittee will assign
him to the sixteenth COMPRESSION.
al district. We predict that
Charley will prove a strong
speaker for the Republicans and
will do effective service for his
party. -Hartville Republican.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
School Notes

October 23d.
The attendance is good,
Everybody plays basket ball.
What are you doing 10 make
school better:
Examinations show that some
students must try harder,
Miss Gladden's pupils are re
ioicing over the new lnterna
tionai Dictionary the Board has
bought for them.
The psychology class is getting
a needed review of physiology
along with their study of the
special senses.
A large number of reference
books in agriculture have been
added to our library and we feel
pretty well equipped in this sub.
ject now.
Miss Osborne spent the week
end with home folks in Spring
field.
Esther Starne is helping Miss
Gaskill with her room this week
on account of the serious illness
of Miss Sarah's father.
Miss Ellis has 81 pupils and
Miss Rippee 81.
Bessie Grissom has come home
from st. Louis to take up her
work with the ninth grade.
October 90 is Patrons Day
and we hope every father and
every mother will be present to
see our work, and that all will
remain for a meeting with the
faculty at the close of school.
The month just closed has
been very satisfactory to the
superintendent and to all the
teachers. We have made a good
start. Let everybody boost fol-
our school.
The members of the faculty
met with the board at it's regu'
lar monthly meeting Friday
evening. After the routine bus
mess was disposed of reports
were made by the respective
teachers, and a general discus
sion of school problems followed
Such conferences will be a fea
turc of the monthly board meet
ings and will do much to secure
the best cooperation of schoo
board and faculty.
The following is a condensed
report for the month ending
September %: Enrolment
Male, 112; female, 1ls; total, 23O
Total attendance, 4l52: average
daily attendance. 20S; neither
absent nor tardy, 1l6; numbel
of tardies, 8.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
At St. Louis

The Mansfield Mirror family
attended the Forty.eighth An.
nual meeting of the Missouri
Press Association at St. Louis
September l6, II and Is.
The Missouri Press Associa.
ton is the largest association of
the kind in the United States,
and the st. Louis meeting was
the most largely attended that
the association has ever held.
The visiting editors and their
families were the guests of the
Business Mems League, the
Press Club, the Type Founders,
Paper Houses, and other organi
cations and individuals, whose
combined efforts were devoted in
proving to the editors that this
is the life"
Banquets, a boat trip to JET.
ferson Barracks, an inspection
of the Missouri Botanical Gard.
ens-said to be the finest of its
kinda ball game at Sports.
mans park, and various other
ways and means were employed
to show the Missouri editors a
good time-and in the way of en-.
tertainment MisSouri's largest
city showed herself to be par
excellence.
St. Louis claims three. fourths
of a million population and we
guess she's right-for we be
iieve we saw more than that dur.
ing the three days we spent in
the metropolis of the Show me
state.
Whether We We're inspecting
Cinnamon from the vantage
point of a street car window If
st. Louis once famous Hop Al
ley, or supping tea with the 4O(
ON the seventh floor of the
Scruggs Vandervoort Barney
store, or enjoying a cabaret sup
per at Cicardi's famous cafe
Delmonico of St. Louis-or on the
eleventh floor of the American
Annex hotel. or looking wise al
the various specimens to be seer
in the botanical garden, we tried
to preserve an air of knowing il
all as much as we could've en-
jOyed it all from the first to the
last, and are ready to go again.
Next years convention will be
hald in st. Joseph. and we ex
pect to be there. for we've been
there before and know that as
entertainers the St Josephites
are right there with the
goods
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
NOTICE.

| have about $50 bushels of
extra good seed wheat of the In.
diana Red Waive. This is a
smooth head and Is undoubted
~ the best variety | have seen
grown here. | obtained the
seed from Henry Frye last year,
and 1t is absolutely clean and
large plump grain,
adv. G.. 8. BURNEY,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01
A Good Idea

One OF our correspondents
last week suggested a get to-
gether meeting for the Mirror
correspondents. Another cor.
respondent mentions the matter
this week, We think the idea a
good one and will try to make
arrangements for such a meet.
ing soon.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01

As a cure for all ills that be.
fall mankind at this season, Ed.
Howe, OF the Atchison Globe,
says: Rules for Successful
escape criticism do nothing, say
nothing, go in your hole and pull
TIE hole in after you" Are
there any in Mansfield who
would follow Mr.. Howe's advice:
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-01

Boost for Mansfield's Third An
nual Agricultural and Stock Show
October Is, l6, II.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-25

 and that he, not his players. does the thinking. .ze= &Assssr
 sI may have my own ideas about managing a ball club, Abut I don't think they differ radically from the schemes outlined ,by okhe4 manag- ersS continued Rickey.
 When coached college ball play | era came to the conclusion that the best way to make men play good base ball was to make them think them selves. My system in professional ball is the same. The player who makes play correctly because he req sons out the scheme himself, is ten times as valuable to your club as the man who makes a play a certain way because the manager told him to make it that way.
 1T don't tell my players to do a |certain thing certain way because it's correct to my way of thinking. l get the boys together and place the case before them. After we have arr gued the case from every angle, the result of the discussion is placed be- fore the men and they know how the play should be made.
 The Browns are playing winning |bal1 because they are doing their own thinking. They know what to do at the right time.
 1T don't want a bal1player who can't think or who won't trysto think NO player can play ball for me unless he uses his head as well as his hands and feet.'s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-25

weather conditions favor Eviranairls. When the weather is calm the water is generally icy cold ana vice versa- To beat the different tides require a constitution of iron, certainly great CT than that possessed by a woman
 It is said that Miss PitancH an American girl, is coming over for au attempt on the channel swim. she paid visit last year and put up fine exhibition of long distance swim ming in the River Thames AT Do- yer she waited by the sea for three weeks in the hope that a favorai1ia opportunity would arise for attemptIns to swim across to France, but sha necessary combination Of slack tides. warm water and calrd sea. never prs~ home disappointed With everythtrs i'm her favor 1GiBs PitanoR would have to face the prospect of 90 hours swim, a performances believe to be beyond the powers of a woman.
 Charles B. Duborow, the famouF amateur swimmer of Philadelphia, is also said to be contemplating a.n att tack on the channel HIa record % good enough to warrant an attempt but I fancy he will have Co Eace a few failures Tom Burgesa made no fewer than thirty attempts bcfore he he learned everything that was possible about the tides and even with the finest advice and coaching cf5fa1nahis he was obliged to face a swim of 22 1-l hours before walking ashore on the sands of France. DuboroW, if he does come over should coJppete in our long distance amateur cRfaxnp ptonsiip which takes place on July z5. The course is five miles long, swim with the tide from Kew to Futney in the Thamee. The record for the swim is @ mlnutes 12 7-5 seconds, by Tom BatterHrS.
 Double skirts Of striped tafIeta are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-25
AMERICAN SWIMMERS
 TO INVADE LONDON

London, May 25-zAccording to let ters received here this week several American swimmers propose coming over for the famous channel swim. The narrow strip of water. barely 20 miles, that separates England from France possesses an extraordinary fas- .cination for European swimmers Scores of our hest distance swimmers have made repeated attempts to cover the short distance unaided but only two have as yet succeeded.
 Captain Matthew Webb was the first 10 claim the honor as far. back as 1846 after being in the water, for s21 s-4 hours but it was not until September, 1911, that the feat was duplicated by Tom Burgess. who was compelled to swim about 50 miles, remaining In the water for 22 1-2 hours. The great op- stacIe to be surmounted is the strong and ever varying tides. They are new CT twice alike, and rarely do the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-25
ST. JOES WIN
 FROM HuBBELLS

Tn an interesting game the St. Jo- seph's continued their winning streak Hubbell team of the Industrial league. Carlson started twirling for the Hub bell team but was very wild and the only hits secured by the Joes were off his delivery before he was relieved in the fifth by Johpson. the Amherst l. pitcher and star twirler Of last year's s IndustriaI league champions. Official ly but twenty-five of the Joes were at bat. eight bases on balls and three sacrifice hits being credited to the cold water boys. LawIor although coming to bat four tirnes and scoring two. runs received four free passes to first and does not receive credit for being at bat.
 Tn the first inning the Joes started scoring and kept in the lead to the finish. Mohyke singled. stole second. coming home on Noonan's single. Burke opened the second with a hit to left and by fast running made sec ond, going to third on strickfus sacri- flee. Lawlor was passed and Burke scored on double steal. Law1or SCOT ing when Frey let the throw home get away from him. In the fourth Carl son walked three men in succession and these coupled with two errors and a sacrifice fly allowed two runs to score.
 
 fifth and walked Christy and errors by Frey and Caldwell allowed him to score. In the seventh So1en was pass ed and stole second, taking third on a. poor throw. With two strikes on Christy, So1en started for home and Christy laid down perfect bunt, So1en scoring. In the ninth base on balls to Lawlor. stolen base and an error by Ringer gave the Joes their final run. Six of the men receiving passes scored for the Joes.
 Hubbe1ls scored in the fifth, when with two down Johnson trip1ed to right and scored on I.ousky's hit over third. sLousky scored on CaIdwelPs double. In the seventh a. single by: Johnson followed by g safe drive by Lousky and an error by Strickfus a1- lowed two ynore to score. Tn the eighth a walk to Carlson. a single by Klinger coupled with an overthrow Of Mohyde's allowed the Hubbells their final run.
 Tommy Cough1in twirling for the Joes kept the hits well scattered, Lous- ky and Johnson being the only ones to solve him successfully All errors of the Joes figured in the runs. How ard Dunbar in. the role of umpire looks good and with a few games should make good man.
 The score
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-25
BASEBALL GOSSIP


 The Tigers have begun to show signs Of slipping and the Athletics are slowly moving upward. The Mack men are likely to be out where they belong before many weeks go by
 When the new baseball park at San Francisco was opened recently a box containing baseball relics was buried under the home plate and bottle of champagne was broken over the plate.
 A fourth major league next year Is the latest runof. John T. Powers who organized the present Federal league, Is said to have the idea The cities named in the runnor are New York, Boston, Scranton and Philadel- pfia in the East; Chicago, A1dIwa1a- kee. Cincinnati and Detroit in the West.
 Roger Bresnahan shas improved in both batting and throwing since Jim my Archer's injured finger forced him back into the game. Plenty Of work seems to be the proper remedy for Roger.
 Tn ten consecutive games recently Manager Miller Higgins of the. Car dinals got twelve hits, walked eight times, was hit once and reached first twice on. errors. Quite record for getting on the basesl
 The present eastern trip of the De- tr6it Tigers is making the strong box bulge as in the days of the Jennings pennant winners. Boston continued the big crowds when New York stop ped. and Philadelphia also furnished big crowds to see the Tigers.
 J. Franklin Baker has got the prop- CT range on that right field fence again, so the season in the American league is on for sure. The home run king warmed up slowly in his special ty this season.
 The Brooklyn team broke even with Hank Robinson in two games this season. While Hank was a Pirate in 1912 and 1913 one of his specialties consisted in toying with the Super bas
 ssJimmy Kelley of the Pittsburgh team is none other than Robert T Taggart Of Newark. Taggart got the name when he filled the place or a player named Kelley who was billed to appear in a certain game. The name Kelley has stuck to him throughout his baseball career
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-25
JUMPERS GET FINES AND
 BIG SUSP NSWN

zsati1nors. May 24-At d special meeting here yesterday of the Fed ara1 Baseball league. punishnlent was mated out to Frank Smith "a nd John 1z. Allen.- who deserted the Bal timore club and attempted to join the Mon treaa club of the InternationaL league
 smith Was nned S1O0 and Suspended for forty-fiye days Allen was fined t25 and suspended for fifteen days
 Enabe. Of the local club, refused an offer of the Brooklyn management for smith In spite of an a.nnol1ncem ent to tz1e contrary. saying that the player must remain member Of the local