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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24
Spring TONES.

AS | write, Spring is in the air. The
pictures of festive goats which have
been on display in shop windows are
beginning to fade. In the newspapers
''Spring Tonic" advertisements are
springing crocus-like alongside the news
from the baseball training camps.
Spring tonics represent an interest
ing stage in the development of our
national intellectual growth. Our pio-
neer fathers and mothers put great
faith in them. 1t would seem that
these remedies have met real or fan
cied need, Judging by the fortunes
which have been made in their SALE
What are spring tonics? Whatever
they may contain, the main ingredient
is some cathartic drug. Whether or
not there is anything in the season and
the character of the food eaten at this
time Of the year which calls for cathar-
tics, | am unprepared to say. How
ever this may be, it is certain that con-
sumers have been paying too much for
what benefit they have received.
This is not undertaking article. l
don't believe that any serious harm
has been done by the enormous quanti-
ties of spring tonics which have been
consumed. 1t is possible that, in some
cases, intestinal tracts have been made
dependent upon outside stimulation,
which they were not created to need.
On the other hand, they may have done
much good. Whatever virtue spring
tonics may have, as have said above,
is due to the cathartic principle. Any
one of the common household "physics"
will be quite as useful. A nickel's
worth of ''salts" or an ounce of castor
oil will tone up the system more cheap
ly and quite as effectively. Better even
than this would be little careful re-
gard to food and drink. Figs and bran
biscuits; turnips and squash, as exam
piles of fibre vegetables; fresh and dried
fruits ought all be more generally
eaten.
Considerable quantities of water
should be drunk For the average
adult no less than nine or ten glassfuls
per day are needed. A glass or two of
cold water before retiring and again
upon arising in the morning are worth
more than any of the draughts put up
in the apothecary shop or by the manu-
featuring chemists.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24

CORRESPONDENCE
Milton

E. A. Holmes had the misfortune to
sprain his ankle while attending to his
duties in the store Wednesday after
noon. A short time after he met with
a second accident, breaking one Of the
small bones in the same ankle.
A civil engineer from the state high
way commission was in town Monday
and made a survey of Madison avenue
from the Northwestern tracks to the
Milton village limits. 1t is expected
that the repair of the road will be made
without much further delay.
Word has come to Mrs. U. G. Miller
and her brothers, Louis and Charles
Lumm, from their mother, Mrs. E. C..
Lumm at Portland, Ore, that during
the absence from the home of herself
and son, Capt. VIM. Lumm, and family
their house took fire from defective
electric wire and burned, the loss being
about $500.
William Buten was born in Hancock,
Berkshire county, Mass, May Is, 1923,
and passed away April II, 1914, aged
80 years, 10 months and Is days. He
was the youngest of nine children and
the last of the family. His mother
died when he was eight years old. For
a long period he lived with his brother
George at Utica. For more than II
years he was cared for in the home of
Orson c. Garthwait.
Margaret Hayes, daughter of Patrick
and Sarah Hayes and sister of Dennis
Hayes of Milton Junction, died in St.
Bernard S hospital, Chicago, last Thurs
day and the remains were brought to
the home of her brother here that ev-
ening The funeral services were held
from ST. Mary's church Sunday after
noon, Rev. Father McGinnity officiat-
ing, and interment was made at James
vile. The deceased was born on the
old Hayes homestead between Milton
Junction and GAINESVILLE, purchased by
her father in 1868. She spent her early
life in this vicinity, but for the past IA
years she has worked in Chicago, max
ing her home with the family of her
cousin, Will Moore
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24
Evansville

Mrs. Truman Lee died Tuesday night
about II 80 o'clock, following an illness
lasting several months. She passed
away at her home on Liberty street.
Hon. L. E. Gettle, secretary of the
Wisconsin railway commission, was the
speaker at the monthly meeting of the
brotherhood in the parlors of the Meth
dist church last Friday evening. He
related incidents to show how the COM
mission assisted the individual in deal
ing with the railways, the express COM
panies, as we'll as other public utilities.
The work of remodeling the Magee
opera house is progressing rapidly.
The old lower floor is all torn out and
the new inclined floor put in. The re-
tanning walls of cement have been
erected to hold up the original founda-
tons where the excavation was made
to make room for the stage. If the
work progresses from now on as rap
idly as it has in the last three weeks
the opera house will soon be ready for
use.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24
StouQhton

Mrs Arnold Skibrek leaves the 18th
of this month on visit until August
with her mother who resides in Chris
tiania, Norway. She sails from Boston
Tuesday, the 2Sth, on the Carmania.
Mrs. Skibrek will be accompanied to
Norway by her husbands nephew,
Amund Skibrek.
Manager L. W. Hutson, of the He'd
dies Lumber Co.'s local yard, is also
among the number who this summer
will erect residences in our city. Mr.
Hutson has acquired from A ]. Root
the west half of the two lots on Pros
pect avenue that the latter purchased
from 0. M. Turner month or so ago,
and by fall expects to be occupying a
home of his own.
Mrs. 0. NJ. Turner, who has been ill
for a considerable time, passed away
Friday morning at the Turner home
stead on East North street, where she
had lived for many years. She was
first taken i'll in June, last summer,
also suffered from bronchitis and has
been bedridden since the fore part of
February. She was born in GAINESVILLE,
September %, 1S41, and was the third
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Slough
ton, who came from Vermont in 1888.
In 1847 Mr.. Stoughton became owner
of the site upon which the city now
stands, buying the tract from Daniel
Webster, who and acquired from con-
greSs much land in what had been the
Northwest territory. Deceased mar
ried her surviving husband in 1865. She
was lady of kindly and generous i'm
pulses and held in high esteem by the
people of Stoughton. In addition to
the husband there are four children,
Miss Ada Turner, connected with the
state school for the blind at GAINESVILLE;
Giles Turner of Geneva, ILL.,; Roy Tur-
ner of Stoughton, and Paul Turner OF
Madison. There are two sisters, Mrs.
Nelson Williams and Miss Luells
Stoughton of Madison.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24

DIR. Willard McChesney will be at
his Office from 9 to IL and to 5 o'clock
until further notice. 21tf
-Wanted-F. F. Burgy wants an Of
flee girl. Apply at once. l9tf
Low Rose Comb Silver Laced Wy
andottes, we'll bred and exceptionally
good layers $1.00 per 80. H.
Zieman, R. D, No. 5, Edgerton, Wis.
1Stf
"A new room house for sale. Price
$500. Easy terms. Atwell & Blan-
chard. Off
WANTED White turkey and goose
eggs. F. c. Meyers. 18tf
Front room for rent, 12x16 feet,
suitable for office. In building next to
Spikes livery.-T. w. Pierce. 2ltf
Buy your tobacco canvas at Ratz-
laff Bros. 4-5-6c per yard. 2ltf
Ten fine swarms of bees for sale by
j. |. McGinnity, R. 3, Edgerton. 21t2
Call and see the new goods at the
Gift Shop"-Mrs. Girard, Wash. st.
FoUND-A small pocketbook contain
ing a few dollars. Owner call on Julius
Bartz at United Cigar Mfgs. Co. ware
house.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24
HOw,S This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last 15 years and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimon-
ials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24

The seasons styles for Spring are
certainly the smartest ever shown. We
are showing the sort of display of
Spring millinery, coats, suits and gowns
and waists that gives the greatest
pleasure. 1t is a gathering of the very
things the women folk can put right
on and wear, rejecting the ideas and
the demands of the leading style CEN
tiers. It. P. Eurus, GAINESVILLE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24
For Sale.

Four acres of land on west side of
cemetery road for sale. Two acres of
pasture, two acres hay land. Inquire
Of Charles Trettin, Edgerton. l9w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24

-LoST-A small leather pocketbook
in Edgerton on SATURDAY. last. contain
ing So bill and some change. Finder
please notify this Office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-24
Automobile for Sale.

Imperial roadster in good condition
for sale cheap. c. B. BOUTELLE.
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
|LAVEEN STAR ROUTE
 BID CALLED FOR AGAIN

The matter of the bids for trans : porting the mail from the Phoenix poStoffice 10 Laveen, little town across the liver to the southwest about eleven or twelve miles, has been giving the postal authorities no little trouble. Another advertisement for bids on this star route has been issued calling for all proposals to be in the office before August II next. for transporting the mail three times per week.
 The first bid called for every week day, but when the proposals came in 9nd were opened it was found that in no case was the rate made less than s100 per month. Then the pro- posal was withdrawn and further bids for three times each week asked for. but these did not go below s60 so they were withdrawn also. Now comes the last proposition
 However, another factor has ente:-- ed into the matter which may upset all other calculations. J. H. Wilson of that section is circulating pe- tition for the establishment of a ru- ral route connecting with Rural Route No on the south side of the river If this is accetped the star
 route will go glimmering
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
ELECTRIC RESORT
 RIVERSIDE PARK

In Riverside Park Phoenix now has
 in these beautiful grounds, a pleasure
 resort of which the people might well be proud. It is a success and a big
 one
 From the opening day. marked ap- preciation of its many popular features
 by the large attendance, both day and
 night, stamps it hit with the gen.
 eral public, and proves that the Park Electric" as it might properly be
 termed, is something that our city has
 needed for many years. It also proves
 that the faith of the promoters. backed
 by the large investment made by them
 in the enterprise was. evidently not in
 vain.
 Probably the most striking feature of the palk as a whole. is the strong part in which electricity plays in its general equipment. Riverside park is right up to the minute in it's lighting system ard electrical devices. Do you know how great part it plays there? Approximately, one thousand electric lamps ara at present in use and ar rangem ants have been made to install five hundred more within the present
 month.
 The two huge Tugsten lamps on the south side of the swimming pool. two
 thousand candle power each, are the Ia
 tured in the world, and the first to be shown in Arizona The effect of look ; ing at one is similar to that of looking at "Old Sol" It is almost binding | In dim contrast to the powerful Tungsten's comes the official photog- rapher with his strong green colored 1 light, his photographs being produced by two thousand candle power mer- cury arc lamp. The tube of this lamp contains mercury in the form of va DOT, and metallic as q gas conducts the electricity across the gas bulb. A | striking pecudiarity of this mercury
 arc light is the total absence of any red rays: therefore, all red objects under it's rays appear to be black. The large swimming pool is filled | daily hy means of a centrifugal electric motor driven pump.
 The latest electric cooking devices
 are used in the kitchens of the restau- rants The little electric stove is inds- pensable there in the preparation of the prompt meals served by the chefs. The moving picture machine, the col ored effect of the waterfall as produced at night and the running of the many fans. and other devices. are all done by the one poWer--Electricity
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08

tween five and six in order to give short rest and d bite to eat. Dur ing this time one old lady with q boy of about sixteen in tow, appeared at the entrance. She held bathing ticket in her hand which she said that she had purchased early that morning and that everytime he start ed fo.' a swim something interesting happened that they didn't want to
 miss and now that they were ready the durned place was closed. But I'm going to get him his swim just the same. I brought him here 36 miles across the desert an he ain't never seen water enough to cool your feet let alone swim in, and now we're here alongside the ocean he's goin' to have swim if I have to
 take him inside and undress him my self" He got his swim.
 One of the most interesting events
 of the afternoon was a sensationally
 thrilling croquet match between CO
 tcrie of young chaps averaging about
 70 yeacs each. They were Illinoisians
 and as they passed along Canoebrook
 Walk on their way to the picnic
 grounds one of them spied out the
 croquet lawn. It was the first time,
 he said that he had had a mallet in
 his hand for r years and he pro . ceeded to forget lunch and every
 thing else in his enjoyment of the
 game at which he was once cham
 pion." It mattered not to the four old chaps there those dOings of all sorts, races, daylight fireworks. waterstunts and what-not. going on all about
 them; the only thing they could see was that croquet lawn and, even if it was bit bumpy-the youngsters much prefer to make a polo ground cut of it, they played there all day and were still at it when darkness fell.
 After the fireworks were over a little Scotch woman came to the of flee and asked for the manager she was smiling all over and asked him if he had seen the fireworks. He told her he had. Didn't he think they were grand? He did. Did he hear the people in the grandstand cheer
 when the pretty sparks from one of the beautiful rockets fell among the people in the bleachers? Yes he had l heard it. Wasn't it d grand thing to please the people like that? Yes it was but it cost d lot of money. Oh. well wasn't 1t worth lot of money to the park to please the people :? Yes 1t is q though so. Now will you please give me ten dollars to pay for the hole those sparks burned in
 my new hat?" She got it.
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
WHO. COULD THINK II
 WOULD COME ID THIS
Somebody Sat Up All Night Figuring
 Themselves Into . Headache

Now that the Fourth is over and everyone has had sn opportunity to rest up a bit and talk things over, many interesting things crop out in regard to the biggest crowd that eV- C, attended a celsbration in Arizona, outside of Fair Week. The crowd began to gather early; at 6:15 d. m. twelve people had passed through the gate at Riverside and they never stopped coming until after ten o'clock at nigtL
 A ew minutes after seven o'clock a line of bathers had formed at the foct of the stairs leading to the top O the great water slide; it length ened steadily until it was more than block long and was never broken until late into the night From eleven thirty a. m. a record was kept of the number of slides made. Men, women, youngsters and grownups slid down the great chute at the rate of 57 every minute. They kept at 1t steadily from few minutes before : a. m. until shortly before midnight, practically seventeen hours. 'Figur- ing that there were Is full hours of sliding. there were 54,72O slides down the giant chute during the day, slides of every conceivable variety, shape, form and condition and the huge crowds will testify that it was the most remarkable performance, or ser ies of performances, ever seen in Phoenix.
 Figuring the length of the slide to be fifty feet, as a matter of fact it is $ trifle more, these 54,720 sliders covered a distance of 2,736,00O feet or little more than 547 miles at the rate of something better than 34 miles an hour. a speed which would carry them from Phoenix to Los An geles in infinitely shorter time than either the S. P. or Santa Fe rail- roads make with their fast trains to the coast --- ~~S ~
 In order to reach the platform from which the start down the chute is made, these 54,720 sliders raised themselves distance of 1,S58,4S0 feet or a little over 371 miles, that they might enjoy the wonderful sensation of dropping the dip at speed law .. smashing pace.
 Averaging their height at } feet 3 inches each, this horde of sIiders if laid out end to end would make d human tape measure more than 57 miles long, while taking their weight at an average of 104 pounds each they would tip the scales in the az g:egate at 5,680,8S0 pounds or 2S40 tons
 The rush to get into the pool was so great that the bath house was closed for thirty-fi five minutes be-
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
SUSPENDORD FOR SIX MONTHS
War Department Grants Reprieve to Three Com
 panies of Arizona Na- : tional Guard to Comply
 With Requirements

Until January l, 1915, no further action will be taken by the war de- partment toward disbanding the three companies of the Arizona National guard. Word to this effect was re- ceived yesterday by Governor Hunt in letter from tae secretary of war stating that the recent order of the department has been suspended for six months in order to give the off, cers of the companies time in which to comply with the requirements.
 Under the recent orders from Wash ington, three companies, c, D and |. of Tempe, Mesa and Yuma were to have been disbanded, and eventually five other companies would probably have met with the same fate, in case the regulations of the department were enforced. In any event all eight companies whose existence was threatened by the order will be re inspected in January before any fur ther steps are taken in the matter.
 Just what requirements the depart ment will insist upon are not known as yet. We have never been in- formed what the requirements are, " said Adjutant General Charles w. Harris yesterday. Tt is known that the lack of suitable armories was one cause of unfavorable comment, but just what the department will insist upon has never been given out, and the officers of the companies can only proceed to put their commands in the best possible shape, pending the in- spection in January"
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
GIRLS PAID ANOTHER'S DEBT

How fifty working girls paid off d club debt of $500 for which they were not legally responsible was told lat the experience meeting of the Ma = tional League of Women Workers When the girl who told the story, a slim little thing in a blue cotton dress, sat down, Miss Jean Hamilton. the general secretary of the league. jumped to her feet.
 That shows a finer sense of honor than any mans organization would have" she said. "A mans club in the
 same position would have gone into bankruptcy and let the creditors bear the loss
 It was the Halle club of Norwich. Conn. that performed the financial feat. The club was formed by a
 wealthy woman. who gave the girls a clubhouse, furnished it, and showered the girl members with favors as long as it pleased her caprice
 Lots of them didn't even pay dues" said the girl in the blue dress Then one day we heard that the wealthy patroness had become Roman Cath ollie, had gone into a nunnery, and had left a debt of $500 as legacy to the club.
 "The girls had a meeting and decid- ed they would clear their club. They sold the furnishings, which paid about half the debt, and moved into much smaller rooms. The weak ones began to fall away about this time. so that from club of five hundred members it became one of fifty, but the fifty
 worked. They had bazaars and whist parties, and one year ago last month, after two years and four months of trying. they paid the last of that $500. Some time before this they
 moved again, into more central To- cation and better rooms, and their place became celebrated as the one
 where you could get the best feed in Norwich They also bought a piano, for they discovered that they had to have something to furnish an attrac- ton for the less earnest members.'- New YOrl, Tribune
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
ANIMAL VERBS

Badger means to worry or annoy Hound" means to prosecute. Dog means to follow Cock" means to pull back the ham. mer of a gun.
 Cow" means to browbeat or quell. Pug means to protrude Snake" means to drag "Worm" means to extort. "Toady" means to fawn. Pawn means to toady Skunk means to shut out the other team.
 'Possum" means to feign death. Coon means to crawl along log or fence.
 Squirrel" means to climb tree rapidly
 "Bull'' means to bear up. Bear means the opposite. Hog" means to monopoliZe. Monkey" means to fool around. Ape" means to initiate
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
FAT and DRINK

Alcohol fattens. Fattens faster than "reducers" reduce Drive it out of your system Take a Neal Treatment for the Liquor Habit and in a few days, pleasantly spent: get rid of the craving that causes the drinking that makes fat that turns glorious sum- me. into a season of Dependency for you Write call or phone 1733. The Neal Institute, 11th street and Culver, Phoenix, Ariz.
 Neal institutes in 50 Principal Cities,
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
S1ERIIIZEQ FUN

"Son. I'm surprised to find you playing in the mud"
 But this mud has been thoroughly sterilized, dad,
 "Oh, well, go ahead with your fun."-Louisville Courier Journal.
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
HEAVEN IS HIS HOME

St. Peter. will swing the gate wide open for the man who has lived up to his wifes expectations-Kan City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
FAMILY REUNION

David Moss and his three sons of Tillico mountain fought during the holidays, but there was nobody hut, as they were all drunk-Ducktown (Tenn) Gazette.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-10-18
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
> Thedford's Black-Draught.

McDuff, Va.-"I suffered for several
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, OF
This place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me to try
Thedford's Black-Draught, which | did,
and found it to be the best family medi-
cine for young and old.
keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu-
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re-
lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
1t has been in constant use for more
than 10 years, and has benefited more
than million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
package to-day. NC. ia
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Mrs. Margaret Gibbs, dressmaking
and alterations. 70S London st. 1925
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