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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Thief Is Disappointed.

Embellishments in Marinette
there is a Disguised thief Edward
Gordan placed a satchel behind store
door while he did some shopping.
When he returned it was gone. Later
the police found it in the alley to the
rear of the store beside a pile of dain-
ty feminine wearing apparel, which
Gordon had purchased for his wife.
The thief evidently found he could not
wear long silk stockings and frilled
woman's underwear, for he took none
of it,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
BIG FIRE AT SOLON SPRINGS
Hotel, Three Saloons, Residence, Bar
Der Shop and Mercantile Company
Burned Out-Damage $4,000.

Superior-Fire in the business
district of Scion Springs, thirty
miles south of here, caused loss of
about $50, 700. The Superior fire de-
partment was called upon and sent
firemen and apparatus. The build
ings destroyed were: The Scion
Springs hotel, saloon and residence,
owned by Henry Halling; saloon,
owned by Charles Ford; and saloon
owned by Charles Waterbury;
Thompson's barber shop and Cos
grove Mercantile company.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
OFFICER SAVES GIRLS LIFE
Rushes Into Burning Building and Res
cues Woman Who Was Trying
To Save Valuable Papers.

La Crosse.-A $4,000 fire of I'M
known origin destroyed the plant of
the La Crosse Yarn Mills company.
Miss Della Stickler, 81 years old,
daughter of E. S. Stickler, proprietor
of the plant, was badly burned about
the head when she attempted to save
valuable papers from the blazing Of
fee. Patrolman Fred Yeple dashed
into the burning building and saved
Miss Stickler, who had been overcome
by smoke.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
CLEANS vACClNATED ARM
Gordon Roach, Lawrence College Stu
dent, Washes Out Virus and
Catches Smallpox.

Approximation Roach of Fenni-
more, Lawrence college freshman, was
one of those who complied with the
order of the board of health that all
students, both at colleges and city
schools, must be vaccinated. 1mmedi-
ately he washes the vaccine out of the
arm and was taken sick with smallpox
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
$1,000 FOR LITTLE FINGER
Port Washington Girl Gets Reward for
Losing Finger in Printing
Press Last Fall.

Port Washington.-The Carre1s,
l6 years old, lost the little finger Of
her right hand in a printing press at
the office of the Port Washington lei
tung last fall. She brought suit for
$4,000 against Carl Fehlandt, the pro-
prietor, and was awarded $1,000 by a
jury in Circuit court.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Old Money Is Found.

Fond du Lac-John Arnold, black
smith, in tearing down a seventy-year-
old mansion to rebuild his shop, found
in a space between floors a tin box
containing a collection of old money
Denominations on the bills and coins
amounted to $53 The coins bear
dates in the '70s and the bills were
the "shin plasters" common during the
civil war.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10

Rather than give up the principles
which he prizes more than everything
else, William Gibson, the second baron
Ashbourne, who takes his seat in the
English house of lords, dressed in the
Irish costume which he loves SO well,
has lost an inheritance Of $450,000,
His father, the late Baron Ashbourne,
a noted Unionist leader, left this
princely fortune to the brother of the
present lord because Of the older sons
refusal to give up the Nationalist prin-
ciples. Lord Ashbourne wears the an
c1ent Irish dress, speaks the Irish Ian
guage and is a convert to Catholicism.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
War Veteran Is Buried.

Plainfield.-The funeral of B. R.
Hutchinson, civil war veteran and a
prominent Wisconsin architect, was
held here. Mr. Hutchinson was born
in New York in 1916 and came to this
state in 1854. He took part in all the
movements OF Grants army, serving
as second lieutenant. Ten children
survive him.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
StabbinQ Nearly Fatal.

Green Bay.-Albert Poindexter lies
Hn a hospital here in a critical con-
dition and William Hatch is lodged in
jail, where a charge of assault with
intent to kill was lodged against him
by the police as the result of a stab
bling ARRAY. Poindexter received fiji
gaping from the house through a win
dow. Both are negroes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Bio Fire at Waterloo.

Waterloo.-Fire badly damaged the
malthouse of the Waterloo Mailing
company, causing a loss of $4,000
which is covered by insurance. The
blaze, which started in a fan, did not
damage the elevator and kilns. The
company viii rebuild soon.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

In 1912 British Columbia admitted
56,817 new settlers.
One fire in every four in New York
is OF incendiary origin.
Ninety per cent. of the stenog-
raphers today are women.
Norway is extending it's industrial
training to embrace workers in the
fsh-canning factories.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Second Accident Fatal.

Superior-Mrs. George Colon, wife
of Superior's assistant fire chief, died
at Tomah, Wis, her old home. Last
summer she lost a foot under a now
ing machine which so weakened her
she could not withstand the shock of
breaking her hip in a recent fall.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
May Find MISSING Sister.

Appleton.-Mrs. John Moore is pre-
pairing for the reception of Mrs Dualia
Hammond Of Minneapolis, who is
coming here looking for a sister from
whom she was separated twenty years
ago, thinking Mrs. Moore is she.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
BARRIERS License Fees So.

Madison.-Barbers to whom licenses
were granted for 81 by the state bar
bers' hoard will, under the opinion of
void unless they pay another dollar
Immediately. The last legislature in
creased the license fee from 81 to 50.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Veteran Commits Spicide.

Waupaca.- Harig, a civil
war veteran who attempted suicide
at tie hospital in the Wisconsin Vet
Grams home week ago by stabbin9
himself in the abdomen with pocket
knife died two days later.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
lnspects National Guard.

Neenah.-Maj. J. B. Schneider of this
city is touring the state inspecting
companies of the Wisconsin National
guard Milwaukee, Oconomowoc and
Fort Atkinson companies will be in
spected
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Incrsase in Concrete Arches.

Not over 100 concrete arches were
in use ten years ago. Today there
are upward of 10000. The concrete
arch and the concrete slab and girder
bridges are recognized as ideal solu-
tions of the permanent bridge prob
lem.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Offers Free Land to CITY.

Sheboygan.-J. E. Matthewson has
offered to give a tract of five or six
acres to the city on which the new
high school may be erected if the city
officials decide to place the building
in that district.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
TMo Nearly Perish In Fire.

Chippewa Falls.-Fire destroyed the
factory of the Northwood Furniture
company here. Henry Tcwle, aged SO,
was dragged out by another employee
Both men were seriously burned The
loss was $4,000.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Fish Season Closes.

Madison-The season for game fish
in Wisconsin closed. Bass, pike, pick
erel and other game fish can not be
taken until after the spawning season
is over The trout season will open
on April Is.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
LovsCuist Not Missinq.

Racine.-Georg Lovequist of this
city, who has been boxing his way
through the university under the name
of Young Mccain, is not missing, &C
cording to the young mans father.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
$1,000 Fire at Neenah,

Neenah.-Fire completely destroyed
the Neenah Laundry company plant
here and Quilted the Sorenson Boat
works. The loss is estimated at about
$1,000, partially covered by insurance
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Postmistress Weds.

Evansville.-Miss Marilla Andrews,
postmistress at Evansville, Wis, for
ten years and only woman in Wiscon-
sin presiding over a second class
postoffice, was married to Edward l..
Buckwalter, Springfield, o.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Woodsman BIeeds to Death.

Tomahawk.-Hans Hyamb, woods
man, was found dead in bed at his
boarding house here His head was
badly injured and ths bed clothing was
soaked with blood.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Few Game Law Violations.

Madison.-There have been few vio-
Jations of the game laws reported to
the office Of the state game warden
during the last month. The wardens
report that there is little snow in the
woods
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Will Build Church

Sheboygan Falls.-A $4,000 brick
church is to be erected by ST. PauPs
Lutheran congregation of this city to
replace the present frame structure,
which was built in 1860.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Lutherans Plan to Aid College.

Manitowoc.-Luthera of this city
will aid in the collection Of $4,000
with which to rebuild the buildings
burned at the German Lutheran Con-
cordia college at River Forest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Eallinn Rock Hits ouarryman.

Baraboo-Hit by a falling rock in
the Devils like quarry, John Roeser
sustained a broken leg and arm. The
latter was fractured in three places.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Faces Statutory Charge.

Oconomowoc.-Nels Erickson was
arrested at Oconomowoc on a statu-
tory charge, the complaining witness
being his stepdaughter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Stabbed bY SchooIn1ate.

Menasha.-John Sokolofski, aged -,
was stabbed by Frank Stinske, q boy
schoolmate, during quarrel, the blade
of the knife piercing his lung. The
injured boys condition is serious.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
BeIQium Depot Burns.

Belgium. caused by an over
heated stove, destroyed the depot Of
the Northwestern road here today,
causing a loss Of $4,000
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
How Brave He Was,

And l suppose, like brave soldier,
you followed your colors."
yes; whenever there was a battle,
I noticed that the colors were flying
80 l fed, too. Buffalo Express
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
Insurmou ntable

There is one great drawback which
will always exist to the service by
women on juries."
What is that?"
They can't play poker while wait
ing for the one obstinate member to
come over to the majority"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10

minister right,
respective The
desire diplomatic representative in that In Mr.
quality receive the commentator
O
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10

A Wyandotte hen belonging to
Francis Baines of Wiltshire, England
has laid 58S eggs in the three years
1t has lived.
The value of gold produced in the
Gold Coast and Ashanti during 1912
was s2,045,465, the largest production
on record.
Every effort is being made to make
army life as attra ctive as possible in
order to get the most desirable class
of recruits.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10
The Newcomer.

What's that podgy little figure with
a stethoscope for bow and culver
full of clinical thermometers? Aescu.
lapius?"
mo, indeed That is the Cupid OF
the eugenic marriage" Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-10

When Eggs Were High in Babylon.
And you're eating grass!" said the
sympathetic bystander.
''Sh-h-h!" returned Nebuchadnezzar.
That's the story I gave out. But the
truth is that l think there is a
hens nest somewhere out here in the
weeds"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-20

night by Mrs. Glendower Evans at a
meeting held under the auspices of
the Women's Trade Union League
and the Wage Farmers League at 10
W. Jackson street.
Mrs. Evans, who is a member of
the Massachusetts Minimum Wage
Board, declared that a minimum
wage was necessary when trades
were unorganized and consequently
sweated and exploited, since unOr-
ganized labor could not do collective
bargaining and had to sell its sery-
ices for any wage the employers
might offer. .-...
''To obtain higher wages in organ
lied trades, it ordinarily takes a
strike" Mrs. Evans said, land that
is at a terrible price, as some of you
know. The minimum wage works be-
fore there is a strike and without the
awful cost of the strike to the worker
and the employer, H.: To-.
"Our wage board, after the law
went into effect last July, picked out
the most sweated trade where con-
ditions were VIGOROUSLY bad and
wages VIGOROUSLY low, the brush
making trade The commission then
went to the employer We demanded
that we be shown the payroll and the
employer dare not refuse as we were
instructed by the state to examine
payrolls.
"The state takes the position that
the payroll is public matter and not
a private interest. The employer is
buying human life and the life he
buys is the life of young women who
will be the mothers of the future race.
And the wages they are paid is a
matter of public import.
I'VE tell the employer we are go
ing to take him under state super
vision to the extent of organizing
wages in his trade. Come in your
self, if you. WILL we say. But you
must come in.
1GTTyI, -. ,,,o oil fIon inf E;o,,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-20
WOMAN EXPLAINS WORKINGS OF MINIMUM
WAGE BOARD-SAYS IT'S NECESSARY

we Cdn ITOln the WOFh6TS, anu we dp-
point wage board for that industry,
an even humber of people to repre-
sent the employers and an even num-
Der to represent the employees and
some pubic-spirited people that will
take part in settling what is a mini
mum wage, the lowest page it is per-
missible to pay.
eve found out from the workers
the least money upon which they
could live and then we revised that
list and made our recommendation
And when that recommendations goes
into effect it will include every brush
manufacturer in. Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Evans insisted that the mini
mum wage would never become the
maximum wage. She pointed out the
fact that at the present time every
employer is paying a minimum wage
of some kind, and that this will not
only raise the minimum wage but will
raise the. maximum, in that just as
an employer now must pay more for
especially clever workers so he must
pay more then. III
She also argued that it could not
possibly handicap the employer.
since it is an accepted fact that the
more workers are paid the betterthey
work. That the poorly-paid labor is
VIGOROUSLY the Indifferent labor
She used the same argument to
illustrate that the cost of living would
not necessarily be raised by the rails
ing of the minimum wage, since the
increased activity of the workers, be-
cause of their increased wage, would
turn out a larger quantity of work
Responding to the query of man
as to why minimum wage question
was never brought up for men, Mrs.
Evans declared that, according to the
constitution, such Ia wwould not
cover men, but could be made to COW
er women. She also stated.that ow-
ing to sentiment it was easier to get
a minimum wage for women, as wo-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-28

2. Secure better transporta-
ton facilities and car service and
cooperate in purchases and ship
ment to best market, feed, fer
tilizers, etc.
3. To organize and agitate a
campaign for tick eradication in
each parish.
a. To organize clubs in each
parish for dog eradication and
propose laws for same.
5. Agitate better veterinary
service generally.
6. Educate farmers to have
themselves medical and surgical
appliances and medicines where
veterinaries are not available.
z. Intelligent understanding
of abortion and its eradication.
8. Encourage and establish
cow testing societies, and better
understanding of balanced ra-
tons. etc.
8. Encourage the organization
of creameries and condensed milk
plants.
10. Encourage the purchase
of pure bred animals, especially
males, and their registration.
IL. Encourage a law permit
ting certain standards for pure
bred stations.
IL. Let association endorse
and cooperate with agricultural
department of the State Univer-
sity, its experimental station and
the experimental station now be-
ing established at the Hope Farm
by the U. S. government.
IL. Secure the active services
in this connection of a capable
travelling supervisor for different
farms.
IA. Only partial fulfillment
of the above suggestions will in
sure more and a better class of
immigration.
ALEXANDRIA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-28
Echoes From East Natchitoches.
East Natchitothes Happenings Always
Interest Our Readers.


After reading of so many people ir
our town who have been cured BY
Doan's Kidney Pills, the question nat
urally arises: 'Is this medicine equal
ly successful in our neighboring towns.
The generous statement of this East
Natchitoches resident leaves no room
for doubt on this point.
R. Sanders, East Natchitoches. La,
says: 81 have had great deal oil
kidney trouble in the past. Lifting
and taking cold brought on the com.
plant, believe. l was nearly dowr
and out My back was so stiff and sore
that ! could hardly get around and
when ] tried to pick up anything.
could hardly straighten. My kidney.
didn't act properly. The kidney secre-
tons were profuse at times, then agar
scanty. tried about all the kidney
remedies but nothing reached my case
until l began taking Doan's Kidney
Pills. They made my back stronger
and strengthened my Kidneys"
Price 80 cents at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy gel
Doan's Kidney PiIls--the same that
Mr.. Sanders had. Foster ilburn Co.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-28
Frost Proof Cabbage Plants.

PLEASE tell me about the So
called frost-proof cabbage. What
kind of seed are they and where
secured? When should they be
planted to pull in February and
March? Will stable manure be a
good fertilizer. Name the best
varieties. !"
The frost-proof plants that are
advertised are simply the Early
Jersey Wakefield plants that have
been sown in the fall and winter
ed outdoors. There is no such
variety of cabbage as the frost
proof, but the plants are Wake
field, and the seed can be had
from any scotsman. Sow the
seed in the middle of September
and transplant in November or
late October. Stable manure
used heavily is as good as any
thing for them. Run out open
burrows deep enough to cover the
entire stem, as that is the tender
part. They will usually winter
well in the open burrows, as the
burrows will protect them. Throw
all the burrows to the south side
so that there will be ridge enough
to shelter the plants from the
morning sun when frozen, for
the sun shining on them will do
more damage than the cold. =
Progressive Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-28
Ferry Sale.

Notice is hereby given that will
offer for sale, at the principal front
door of the court house in the town of
Colfax, at IL o. clock noon, on
SATURDAY, November %, 1914,
the Boyce ferry, both banks-Rapides
and Grant parasitic the last and high
est bidder, payable in cash Oh the spot
at time Of adjudication. The success
full bidder will be required to give bond
with solvent surety for proper conduct
of the ferry and supplying the neces-
sary equipment, and will be allowed to
charge the following rates of ferriage
only, for the term of the lease which
will expire June 80, 1919, viz:
Foot passenger, cents; man and
horse, Is cents; horse and buggy. rs
cents; two horses and carriage or hack,
IS cents; two horse wagon, 80 cents;
Tour horse wagon, rs cents; automo-
bile, SO cents; loose stock per head, 8
certs.
r. w. RICHARDSON,
Prest. Grant Phi. Police Jury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-28
How Thanksgiving Started in America.
The first Thanksgiving day in

How Thanksgiving Started in America.
The first Thanksgiving day in
America was by the Plymouth
Pilgrims, after they had gather
ed their first harvest, in 1921.
Nine years later the Boston colo
ny followed. 1t was at this time
that turkey was first invited to
a place of honor at the feast. At
first he was forced to struggle
for first place against deer, ducks
and wild geese; but before many
years he had relegated every
thing else to second place, and
has since been supreme.
For a long while the day was
more or less a matter of local
celebration; but after the revo.
lutionary war in 1889, George
Washington issued a proclama.
ton setting aside Thursday, No.
vember rs, as a national day Of
thanksgiving. In 1880 the gov.
ernor of New York issued a pro-
clamation and on the following
year a number of other States
followed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-11-28
A Warning To Many
Some Interesting Facts About Kidney
Troubles.

Few people realize to what extent
their health depends upon the condition
of the kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of
serious illness. makes chemical analy-
sis of the patients urine. He knows
that unless the kidneys are doing their
work properly, the other organs can
not readily be brought back to health
and strength.
When the kidneys are neglected OF
abused in any way, serious results are
sure to follow. According to health
statistics, Bright's disease which is
really an advanced form of kidney trou-
bic, caused nearly ten thousand deaths
in 1918, in the State of New York alone.
Therefore, it behooves US to pay more
attention to the health of these most
important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has
had remarkable success as q kidney
remedy is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder
remedy.
The mild and healing influence Of
this preparation, in most cases, is soon
realized, according " sworn statements
and verified testimony of those who
have used the remedy.
If you feel that your kidneys require
attention. and wish sample bottle,
write to DIR. Kilmer & Co., Bingham.
ton. N. Y. Mention this paper. enclose
ten cents and they will gladly forward
it to you by parcel post.
Swamp-Root is sold by every drug.
gist in bottles of two sizes-50c and
81. 90. ADV. n2l-d12