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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

to explain. New York was a sort of
hpynotic-magnet that mesmerized all
the young people and lots of the old
ones in this country and put into their
heads the delusion that they had to
go to New York to live Can you inn
agine such a thing, Charley? Thou
sands and millions of people laboring
under the delusion that they had to
live in one certain place to- be happy
and that place New York city,"
Il give it up" said the superintend-
ent. What was the matter with
them?"
They were afflicted with the New
York bug" replied MacManus. The
place had them hypnotized, as say, no
matter how far away they might live.
1t didn't make any difference who or
what or why they were, at some time
or other the bug was sure to strike
them, and they began to look up time
tables to Manhattan island. Milliners,
artists and anarchists, writer's or
waitresses, they were all alike It was
New York or bust with them ALL The
fact that the place already was packed
tighter than dynamo made no differ
ence. Always room for one more,
they said. There was. too, if they had
the price, but the room was apt to be
at the end of hall, and by 8 in
size.
Did that discourage them, you ask ?
1t did not. You see, after anybody had
lived in New York over two weeks in
those days they developed what was
known among our forefathers as the
New York point of view. 1t was a
strange thing. that point of view. 1t
made a man talk of his little cubby-
hole on the fifth floor of tenement as
my apartments 1t made him put up
4 front, as near to a millionaire's as
he could initiate, and he'd live on pork
and beans. In other words, the New
York point of view was calculated to
make everybody and everything look
like money, and that was all anybody
ever looked for there at that time.
"a young man would come from the
hinterland to New York and get a job,
and for the first few weeks he'd go
along his wav a young man should
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

go who expected to be the boss some
day. He'd go home at night and sleep,
AID he'd save a little money. But
soon the bug would start working on
him. The first symptom would show
in his buying cane and discovering
Broadway. The next downward step
would be learning to eat spaghetti In
Italian restaurants. After that the
rest was simple. The young man
would go home in the evening, but
only to change his collar and get his
stick. Sometimes he would eat and
sometimes he wouldn't. But no mat
ter, when you'd see him uptown at
night under the lights you had to ad-
NIT that he looked like a typical New
Yorker, and that was what the young
man's soul craved. After that he'd go
home and feel that the day had not
been misspent.
by this time if you ever asked him
! if he hadn't come from Oskaloosa, or
| Chicago, or some other American city
he'd be ready to fight. He was a New
Yorker by this time, and if he got as
far as Coney Island he thought he was
travelling. And with this we close the
book on young but misspent life.
For nobody ever recovered after the
bug had done its work They were
sealed to Manhattan island then. They
would rather live there thirty minutes
than any other place thirty years;
they said so themselves. That was
why the park benches always were SO
| full
What became of them all? Nobody
knew-or cared. New York was the
first city in this country to discover
that it could do away with its heart
and soul. People used to talk about
the heart of New York 1t had none.
Other cities tried to initiate it in this,
but they looked like nice little school
children playing robbers. If person
had money all of New York knew
where he was. You bet it did; it need
4 ed him in it's business. If he had no
money, nobody except perhaps the po
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

liceman on night duty in the parks
knew that he existed. So long as
ones money lasted fellow was fol-
lowed by procession usually headed
by a prosperous looking young woman,
then. in order, head waiter, chauf-
feur, bartender and a crowd of
friends After his money was gone
the procession consisted of one past.
The order of Friends was strong in New
York in that era; you couldn't get
away from them-if you looked like
you had the gelt. But if you failed to
make a spectacular front: Good night!
Who ever saw you before?' You didn't
have to have any money, understand;
you only had to look like it. A typical
New Yorker who was good at the job
could look like a millionaire and owe
for laundry at the same time You
have heard of New York art, Charley?
Well, that was it; New Workers were
all artists in that line.
Two kinds of people came to that
city iR those days: people who wanted
to make money and people who want
that kept the place crowded like
present-day cut rate Greenland sum-
mer excursion. but it was the second
crowd that paid for the lights. The
lights We're most of them down there,
Charley. under that long passenger
lane you see below you They called
it Broadway, because it had nothing
to do with the straight and narrow
path. Now we have lights guide us
around the heavens, but there was
nothing like that in old New York.
! Then they had them to trim the spend
ers by.
I've heard of that place they used
to call Broadway" said the superin-
tendent. Lillian Russell sings song
about it at the z. & r. Aerial theater."
Il know" said the captain, land she
was just as beautiful and youthful
then as she is now. She was one of
the things that helped make New York
the hypnotic-magnet it was. Every
laundress in the country said to her
self at night: Lily Russell went to
New York, and look at her now. Why
can't | go and do the same?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
cauaht IN a sinecure.

81 caught the prisoner in a sine
cure" said the constable, with evident
satisfaction.
"In what?" asked the bewildered
magistrate.
A sinecure, your worship" blandly
came the reply.
Surely you mean cul de sac?" re
marked the magistrate.
The witness nodded acquiescence
but obviously he was still unconvinced
and as he stepped from the box he
was heard to whisper to a brother of
ficer: Poor old chaps gettin' worse
Manchester Guardian.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Hard to Pad.

Not long ago cub reporter on one
of the large dailies was assigned by
the city editor to cover a meeting of
the board of trustees of public IL
brary.
Bring a story of about 400 words .
said the editor.
At a late hour that night this story
not being forthcoming, the youngster
was sent for.
How about that story of the board
meeting?" asked the editor.
1T isn't finished yet. You told me
to make 400 words of it. So far have
managed to get only 800"
What did the board do?"
They met, called the roll and ad-
journed until Tuesday evening. Lip
pincotts.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Grave Question.

When the counsel for the American
Tobacco company was defending its
case before the Supreme court of the
United States the late Justice Harlan
aroused himself from the lethargy
into which the members of that august
company sometimes seem to sink.
There's one question want to put
to the counsel for the defense" he
said.
Yes, your honor
why is it | can get no more good
chewing tabaceo? Have you fellows
anything to do with that?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Predicts Another Flood.

Segundo Sanchez, a native of Pan
anna, is prophesying another Noachian
flood and the destruction of humanity
by it, having apparently been un-
hinged by the magnitude of the opera
tions which joined the Atlantic and
the Pacific. He has. it is reported,
produced such an impression by his
exhortations that his followers have
built an ark and are engaged in col
lecting animals, two by two for
preservation when the deluge comes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30


Beneath the big receiving float Of
the F. c. & A Aerial line twinkled the
scattered night lights of New York
city-the new New York, the New
York of 1862 Capt Martin MacManus,
master airigator, retired, and the
young float superintendent puffed lux
uriously at their midnight cigars and
gazed down into the vast silence.
Hundreds of tiny air craft. their
single white turret lights marking them
as private, streamed to and fro along
the passenger lanes. The traffic lanes
were empty, save for the inevitable
numbering newspaper carriers bearing
the hours papers to the express floats
at the lower end of the island.
No hum of crowded humanity came
upward through the night to the float,
for the humanity that once had packed
Manhattan island now was scattered
over the new 200 mile Metropolitan
area, a feat that had been made pos
sible by Durangs mastery of the law
of gravitation and the consequent de-
velopment of cheap. safe and swift
aerial transportation.
And they tell me-" said the super
fntendent musingly, that once upon a
time that island was crowded so tight
ly that people were pushed off the
piers"
Aye" said Captain MacManus. ''In
the days of my youth, the year of 1912
and thereabouts, such was the case" :"
But why persisted the younger
man, why did the people swarm so to
that little island when there was the
whole open country all around?"
Because" said MacManus, "it was
New York.
New York, my boy" continued the
/ veteran, New York was--New York
If you had lived in that time you
would have understood what that
meant Now that people have stopped
initiating sheep and moths, 1t is hard
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Remarkable Soap Bubbles.

At popular science exhibition in
London one of the marvels shown is
soap bubbles invested with eXtraordi-
nary properties. Bubbles are blown
within other bubbles Bubbles are sent
rolling along suspended wire rails,
Bubbles are blown with gas that
causes a loud exl losion when they
burst. Finally, bubbles are made with
a special tough i'd elastic soap,
which are batted back and forth in a
real game of ping pong.
A trained eye can measure the most
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Girth and Merriment.

The time has long since gone by
when the llumorist may make any mer-
riment over the leanness of Nine. Sa-
rah Bernhard. for the present genera
tion knows her only as a plump, pleas
ant and exceedingly vivacious lady, on
the verge Of three score years and
ten. The idea is no longer generally
entertained that laughter and good ma
ture are characteristics of the ro-
tund only. So when Bishop Quayle,
formerly of this city, advances the
epigrdm that Laughter and happiness
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
usefuI al the Races

why did you pick Alpha to win that
race? never Thought he would win :
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek
alphabet, figured that Alpha should
naturally lead"
See what it is to have an educa-
toni"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

tenuous films by watching the colors.
Those who have made the tests know,
for example, that apple green means
that the film is twenty millionths of an
inch thick. Varying colors mean vary
ing thickness.-Rehoboth Sunday Her
aid.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Correct.

What is the law Of gravitation?"
asked the fool.
1T means that what goes up must
come down." replied the sage.
We'll, the man who discovered it
never heard of the high cost of hv-
ing" replied the fool.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

are the gifts Of the fat man only
excluding his leaner brother-one can
not accept the dictum even though
voiced by bishop. Perhaps in the
humor of the day, when the peerless
Sarah was younger, the fine wit of
the Partisan journalist alluding to her
attenuation was never equaled. AN
empty fiacre,'' said this critic, stop
ped at the entrance to the Coincide
Franchise and sarah Bernhardt alight-
ed" 1t is a well established fact
that the fat comedian, while cause OF
laughter in others, is too often himself
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
surun from Raisin Seeds.

According to United States govern
ment experts, raisin seeds can be
made to yield a clear syrup, an oil
useful in paint and soap making, a
tannin extract and a meal for feeding
stock.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Horrors of Foul Air.

If people could see stagnant air az
they can see stagnant water, with the
slime and disease obvious to the
naked eye, the fresh-air fad would be
universal.-Collier's Weekly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
Not Encourauinu.

Aspiring Writer-Does your paper
pay much for space?
-Confidentially, young man,
we're paying $25,000 a year for this
small building.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
BURGLAR Proof.

This refrigerator isn't quite mod
ern enough"
'How's that madam
My husband thinks we'd better get
one with all the improvements, includ
ing a time lock-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
sill unsatisfied.

He used to ebrag about his wife's.
statesmanship" ''Well?" Now he
complains that she is the author of
too many bills in the Town
Topics.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inf1amma-
ton alays pain, cures wind cole, ,25c bottle.kN
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

What is the proper drink with
snails?' asked the guest in the French
restaurant
'Sloe GIN replied the waiter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

The beauty about happiness is that
no man can keep it all to himself
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

Princess Mary of England is max
ing collection of pagan gods.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the kettle Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

Largest faculty, fnsNt equipment. Twenty
four years under present management. We
teach everything pertaining to business.
Our Home Study Department is meeting
with favor everywhere. Typewriter given
free with every correspondence course.
Write for handsome art catalogue.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COL.
LEGE, DEPT. A, FORT WAYNE. IND.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

There are 3.167,232 widows in the
United States.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

Three hundred women have made
application for police jobs in Chicago.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30

prey to the deepest melancholy,
while the lean and hungry villain Of
the play is as merry as cricket off
the stage, and as conpanionable a
person as one need care to meet.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-30
To Make shaxinn Easier

To shave easily and save the blades
of safety razors, leave pleasant feel
on the face and make all razors take
less stropping, adopt the following
plan: Lather the face well and wash
off the lather, that gets rid of all
dust; then with small brush work
into the skin little vaseline, and
without removing this, relather the
face well, and then shave. The first
day or two the plan does not seem SO
successful, but after that the advan-
tages are very marked.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-25
THREE AUTO VICTIMS

New York, May 25.-Three per
sons are dying in hospitals today
from injuries received in Sunday au-
tomObile accidents in New York and
vicinity.
Jacob Elias, IA, riding motor
cycle, tried to avoid running down
children playing in the streets in
Brooklyn and fractured : his skull
when he struck a wagon.
John Reid, 35, was fatally injured
when his automobile was smashed by
a street car on the Shell road, Corona.
Michael Misted, II, was fatally in
juTed in a bicycle accident, .~. q.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-25

Cards in II innings. Burns whaled
double and three singles, Wingo a
double and two singles and DOlan
three singles. PerTitt and Marquard
were hit hard.
RUDE Benton took his first hard
humping of the year,. Brooklyn
knocking him out of the box. Allen
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-25

stopped the Reds: Dalton, DaUbert
and Smith did the real batting for
Brooklyn. b.
Mordecai Brown outpitched MuIIin
and Moseley and the Sloufeds won a
soft game from Indianapolis. Ward
Miller got two doubles and Crandan
three singles.
Del Gamer, Tiger first baseman,
has been sold to the Boston. Red Sox,
and will report Immediately. Boston
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-25

has, needed a nrst baseman for two
seasons, and Gamer can fill the bill.
Officials of the Pittsburgh Feds are
reported to be after Sallee, PerTitt, J.
Miller, and -Wingo of the Cards. They
went to st. Louis yesterday with four
certified checks for $4,000. The re-
suit of the foTay hasn't leaked out.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-01
ENGLISH MILITANT TO
AID AMERICAN SISTERS

Miss Annie Kenny, English militant
who has been in prison five times,
has been delegated to assist the
American suffragists.
In a speech at a garden party at
Newport for the Woman's Con-
gressional Union, Miss Kenny spoke
briefly because her throat will not
permit her to make long speeches
since her thirst strike in the English
prison. 1--WE have suspended our work
in England for the present" said
Miss Kenny, "but it is not truce nor
an amnesty. If we are not enfran'
chised by the coming government we
shall continue as we have been doing
Militancy is the only thing for oNl
country until we get the vote"
Miss Kenny will make a speaking
tour through the country assistiHt
the fight for suffrage in the western
states.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-01
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-01
Shrapnel Shells.

One year ago was tending the
wounded on the Macedonian hills.
I saw war. | saw a hundred thou
sand men ssrewn over fields like
-chaff before the wind. One does
not forget such sight.
Some of you have seen, as ]
have, a shrapnel burst amid q
laughing crowd of soldiers. You
have seen. as ! have. the bodi-
less heads still smiling as the
mangled bodies were cast hither
and yon.
Sometimes IL q surgeon,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-01

Job M. Shafer, "a years old,
one of Darke county's pioneers,
having been a resident on his
farm in Richland township for
seventyseven years, died We'd
nesday evening of last week. He
was the father of John Shafer of
this city and grandfather of
County Clerk Ed Shafer. He
leaves three sons-John ShAfer
of this city, Dennis Shafer of
Ansonia and Allen Shafer of
Richland township, and three
daughters-Mrs Cyrus White of
Ansonia, Mrs. V. N. Fackler of
Dublin. Ind, and Mrs. E. H.
Miller of Beamsville; also six
teen grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren. Funeral
services were held at the Chris
tian church in Versailles Satur-
day morning and burial made in
the village cemetery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-01
LEGAL NOTICE.

Samuel Lorlng. 10 living, and VI dead,
then his unknown n heirs AT law and devils.
ees; John N Harter, II living. and IL dead,
then his unknown h eirs al law and devils
ees; Joel Casad, III living, and III dead, then
his unknown heirs at law and deVisees; a.
cob Zeeck, IL living, ana IL dead. then his
unknown heirs at law and devisees; John
ID. Mills, II living, and II dead, then his un.
known heirs at law and devlsees; and WI
liam Ingle, n living and IL dead, then his
unknown heirs at law and devistek; and
each and all OF them. aud all other persons,
II any. having any right or interest In or
lien upon Lot No. in the original plat of
the village OF Palestine, Darke County Ohio,
will take notice that on the 2ith day OF Au'
gust, A. ID 1914, Ethel Homan nled her petit
ton In the court OF COM mon pleas OF Darke
County. Ohio, being case No. 20s7S. setting
forth that certtin rights and Interest in and
TO portions of the said lot No as aforesaid
by reason of missing deeds from the record
and failure TO redeem the equity by reason
OF tax sale OF delinquent lands, are held
adversely by each and all Of the said parti, 5
defendant, and by reason whereof cloud
is cast upon the title and possession OF the
petitioner.
The prayer OF said petition Is that each
and all OF the said parties be required to set
up their respective rights, II any, In the
premises, or he forever eujOinPd from doing
so; that the cloud thereon may be removed;
that plaintiff 5 title md possession b, quiet
ed, and for such other and further relief as
equity and the nature OF the case may Ie.
quire, and to the court may seem lust aud
proper.
Said defendants are each and all REQ ired
10 answer said petition on before October
"a, A. ID. 1914, or judgment will be taHen ag
ainst them and each of them
ETHEL Holman, Plaintiff.
Bp Kirk Hoffman. Attorney.
Attest: Ed Shafe", Clerk OF Courts.
Aug. q, l9l4w6
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-01
Dk. AOINf1lN
IVs WI:.soN AVE. coTUMBUs. q

wonder why mankind does not
abolish these shrapEel shells.
They are worse than exploding
bullets, yet no army will tolerate
the exploding bullets, while all
armies have shrabnel. |, a sur
geon, am for peace. Had l my
way there would be no guns. nc
soldiers, no armies. no wars. II
will come. M. A, Page, Presi'
dent international Surgical Asso
citation.