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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
BOYS BRIGADE SUNDAY
 AT PcOs LES CHUR- H

The. Boys Brigade annual Sunday was observed with a special Thanks giving service in the Peoples Pres byterian church yesterday afternoon. There was q large attendance and included in the audience were mem bers of Elias Howe post, No. 3, G. A. R.. the Women's Relief Corps, Lin coin and Sheridan circles. Ladies of the G. A. R., and Apgeline Bartlett tent, Daughters of Veterans.
 The service began with the sound ing of assembly by Bugler Theodore Wiener, Jr. The Young Peoples or chestra of the German Reformed church, Harry. Krebil, Lyda aud liar ry Meyer, Theodore and Matilda Weirner played selections.
 Rev. H. A Davenport, pastor of the church, preached the sermon Ad- dresses were made by Nfaj.-Gen. Bern hard. Russell Glenn and Charles Arm strong. Scout Master of the Boys Scouts.
 Ldeut-col.. James v. Bradshaw had charge of the seating arrangements. The Hospital detachment under the direction of Lieut. w. J. Mccormick served as ushers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23

4,nere more than one meter is used the dis counts less cents per month for tonaI meter, may applied consumption of single in the same premises.
 The anticipates that the establishment of this by of the increased of in mechanica1 and operations enlarge the will enable them to make reduction in the base rate to the smaller sumner, which purposes to dovolunarilY the volIn of business to the point where with the greater which be effected in handling larger quantity may be sufficiently reduced to justify such reduction.
 This policy to all the benefit to be derived the quantity wholesale" business Of the company It will place the of gas within reach of for mechanical and manufaeturing business Company will benefit small consumer by making possible a reduction in the base rate.
 The exact time that this price be reduc- cd depends entirely upon the quantity consumed Based toGays cost of material and labor 1t would gure total annual sale of thousand million cubic feet The company is selling approximately hundred million feet annually It the intention of the 10 sell gas quality considered possible price It is the judmen of the officers of the graduated scale will increase the sales rapidly that reduction to soc be made in the future THE BRIDGEPORT GAS LIGHT co.
 DeVer H. Warner, Pres.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
CaPT. BENN- IT AT
 FORT WRIGHT Sc. O0L

Capt Arthur G Bennett of the 4th company, Coast Artillery corps. c. N. O.. has returned from a ten days tour of duty spent at the military school at Fort e. H. Wright where U. S.. army and reserve officers have been practicing the war game. The game is played with miniature set of coast defenses and miniature hostile fleet While playing the game the officers became familiar with the prospective methods of attack, the outlines of men of war of all nations, the thick ness and varieties of protective armor on battleshtps, methods of using sl1b- marine boats and the effect of fire from the nortars and big guns in the coast defense forts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
LOBSTER
 MARKET IS HIT

St. Johns. IN. F.. Nov. 2s.The can ned lobster industry of New Found land has been hard hit by the Eu- ropean war As Germany is the larg- est consumer of this product, tIae principal market has been cut off. A case of 4S tins which brought SPA in New Foundland before the war now cannot be sold for more than eight or ten dollars As one merchant put it:
 ..Canned Holsters are as great drug on the market in Canada and New Esoundland as bales of eotton. in the United States.
 0rdinarfly. the returns from the in- d1lstrv amount to about three million dollars a year in Canada and half a million dollars In this colony.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
THANKsGIvING BALL

The attraction at the Colonial Ball Room in Fairfield avenue for Thanks giving night will be big ball with the singing McEnelly~ Orchestra as the main attraction The McEnnellSs need no Introduction to the yos3l1g people of Bridgeport, and the Cclonial promises to hold a big crowd and tc be the most enjoyable place in the city. There will be the usual short concert followed by dancing ssntil an early hour, and the McEnellys will play and sing all of the latest hits of the day The older dances waltz and two step, will be included in the repe1+ofre as well as all the la1er dances.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23

tl-ee vears ago when Nra A. F. Franz of w-ira tchees vgash. gsae q girl. she swallowed a need Re- gently the needle made its appearancs in her left log aTa was rernns7rd
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
No NEED 10 TEAR MEAT.
nspected Establishments. Thor ough Cooking Win Render Unin- spected Meat Thoroughly Safe.


 Washington, Nov. 2S.---According to kA~ specialists of the Department of Agriculture people even in state quar- antfned for the foot-and-nouth dis sase need have no fear of eating sssske provided they cook 1t thorough
 The fcot-and-Inou disease is not easily communited to human beings through food, although 1aldIk from a diseased cow might transmit all the disease to a human being. In the case df aaiIk, however. pasteuriz will render if entirely safe. Human beings who do get the disease commonly get It from direct contact with a sickani- nal. It is wisest. therefore, for people to keep away from all ami malls having tf1e disease, unless they are properly provided wfth rubber gloves, coats and boots and these are thoroughly aisinfected after each visit to the an- l17als-
 In the case of meat az Tn the case of milk, T. must De remembexed that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23

ter houses which do not ship meat outside of the state in which it is slaughtered. If. however, meat from such an animal did escape from one of these local slaughter houses. which are purely under state or municipal control, all danger of it's coIpmuni- catingt he disease to human beings would be removed when it is thor ough- cooked and sterilized. Those who are located near an infected re- zion and wish to be absolutely eer- tain of the safety of their meat should cook it thoroughly.
 The disease when contracted by adults is not at all a. serious illness. It commonly takes the form of slight fever sores in the month and a slight eruption on the fingers. In the case of small or sickIy children, it may take a more serious form, especially if complicated by other illnesses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23
poINrs oF NTEREs1

It pays to trade at Ddnon.s for your millinery, shirt waists. petticoats, sweaters rain coats. cloth coats and fur scarfs and muffs. You will al- ways find what you want and invar- iablv priced less than elsewhere aI i, ,1o5 Main street,Adv-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-23

The Rev.P. Apple, 82 years old, pas tor of the Lutheran church at North Water Gap. Pa, is dead. He was a preacher for 52 years and during that time married 1 ,O54 couples, baptized 2.212 persons, officiated at 1.229 funer- als and preached 6,434 sermons.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
Barns and Building of Various Descriptions
Wrecked; Silos Torn Asunder; Boy Touch
ed Live Wire at lie Sueur and Died; De-
bris Strewn ALI Over Farms; Town Was
in Darkness.

Mankato seems TO be slngularly
protected from storms by the con.
tour of the surrounding country,
being nestled In among the hills. II
Is true that there was some havoc
here from last nights tornado, that
swept southern Minnesota, but the
damage was nothing here compared
to what was suffered by some Of the
neighboring towns and through the
adjacent farm districts. The most
noticeable work of the storm In Man
kato was the breaking of branches
from large trees in all parts of the
city. At the crossing OF the street car
track and the Milwaukee road one
large tree was absolutely rooted out
OF the ground. In the neighborhood
of Sibley park and through the park
itself there was a great deal of such
havoc. ..s.
On West Front street billboards
were blown over and broken to pieces.
The Chautauqua tent was blown
down a few minutes after the show
was out.
Those who had not rolled up their
awnings when the storm struck now
have no little repair work TO do upon
them. The awnings in front Of the
Rex Barber shop, the Warwick book
store and elsewhere were blown
down.
Electric Feed Wire Shattered.
Shortly after the storm struck
Mankato and vicinity, about $3.50
o'clock, the feed wire of the Rapidan
Electric power plant was put out Of
commission and the whole city was
left in darkness. with the exception
OF what little light was obtainable
from private electric plants, kero-
sene lamps, candles and other such
means of furnishing light as were
available at the moment. There was
scarcely any electricity obtainable
for either light or power until nearly
two O'Clock In the morning, when the
Consumers Power company's steam
plant adjoining the gas works, was
put into service TO supply the de-
mands of the patrons.
Tree Blew Down.
A large limb that blew down on
Cherry street, carried an electric
lighting wire down with 1t, and the
result was that no electric light was
available all night through that neigh
borhood. electric light, telephone and
telegraph wires we're down in all
directions, not as much In the city
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
WIND STORM At ST. PAUL
Several Persons Injured and Much
Damage to Property. 60.


81. Paul. June 24.-Three persons
are known to have been hurt. hun
dreds narrowly escaped injury and
general devastation resulted 10 trees,
telephone and telegraph wires and TO
movable property when a terrific wind
storm struck 81. Paul.
The most serious damage reported
was at the newsboys' carnival.
Tents were blown down. more than
$50 feet OF the canvas enclosure was
leveled, decorated fronts of the show
tents were ripped from their fasten-
ings and carried bodily away and the
portable motordrome was wrecked
Two persons were injured at the
carnival grounds and hundreds OF
women. men and children narrowly
escaped serious hurts.
The sudden gale swept into the
city almost unheralded, except for
sweltering heat, and before II ex-
hausted itself the wind attained
velocity estimated at sixty miles an
hour.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
SALE OF WILD ROSES
MARKS PRETTY Event
Alexandria Day is Being CeIe-
brated in London; Its
Purpose
Especial to The FRYE Press.I

London, June 24.-This has been
arranged as Queen Alexandra day,
and is being celebrated on a greater
scale than ever before, The favorite
flower of the queen mother, the Eng
fish wild rose, is being sold through.
out the city by nearly twenty thou.
sand women and girls, dressed in
white with their light colored hats
trimmed with wreaths of the days
emblem. A feature of the day will
be an automobile floral procession, In
which hundreds of automobiles will
take part Both the machines and
their drivers will be covered with
roses, and a pretty spectacle is prom
ised. The proceeds from the sale of
blossoms, OF which IL Is thought
nearly five million will be sold, will
be devoted to hospitals and other
charitable institutions The first
celebration OF the day took place
four years ago and was confined to
the city OF London. The day Is be-
coming recognized in adjacent towns.
and 1t Is hoped that ultimately the
observance will extend to every part
OF the empire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
LION At LARGE, FOLK
HAVE REAL Big SCARE
Animals Reported to Be Ca
vorting In Vicinity of
Granada

People residing north Of Granada
were in Fairmont a few days ago and
reported that different parties living
In their vicinity had on the previous
day seen a strange animal, which
from their descriptions given might
have been an African lion. II is re-
ported TO have been seen by one
of the parties near John Meyers
farm.
The man was working in the field
with team, and both OF the horses
are reported to have been frightened
by the animal. E
Last fall several lions escaped
from a circus near Mason City, Iowa,
and did considerable damage before
caught
Several small circuses have visited
Southern Minnesota and northern
Iowa this summer and IL Is possible
that one OF their animals may have
escaped.
Frequently when wild animals es.
cape from circuses, the circus peo'
pie say nothing about II, as they
would rather lose the animal than
take chances Of paying the heavy
damages which II may cause while
at large.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
DROWNED IN LAKE HARRIET
Young Man Unable to Save Girl When
Canoe upsets.

Minneapolis, June 24.-Mliss Loret.
Ia Grams, Jordan, MINI, is known to
have been drowned in Lake Harriet
during the severe storm. Her escort.
A. G. 'Friedlund, nearly lost his life
in trying to save Miss Grams and
later he was rescued just as he be-
came unconscious.
Miss Grams was near the middle
OF the lake, in a canoe with Fried
lund. when the storm broke. The
boat was overturned and although
Friedlund tried to save his compan.
ion she was swept from his grasp and
he escaped drowning by clinging to
the canoe.
other deaths may have occurred
among canoeists on the lake. Many
empty canoes were blown ashore.
Telephone lines were demoralized
and extensive damage was done to
homes in various parts of the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26

BOY COULD NOT SWIM
Companion Made Hsric Attempt
To Rescue Him From
Watery Grave

Rewards aggregating $50 were Of
fered last evening for the recovery
Of the body OF Anton Deglmann, the
eighteen-year-old boy, who, was
drowned In the, Minnesota river, q
short distance below Rock street,
yesterday afternoon. =, =
Mayor Meyer on behalf Of the
city announced reward Of $25 and
Anthony Deglmann, ST., father
Of the drowned boy, offered the other
Chief of Police Klugherz telephoned
to the police chief at st. Peter and
lie Sueur last evening. requesting
them to be on the look out for the
body. in case II should float down
that far. a'r 49,.
Many people were engaged In drag
ging the river yesterday afternoon
and during the early part of the
evening several boats were en-
ployed. The motor boat belonging 10
Warner Baker was put to use In
dragging by Wilbur Clements, Coun.
Gilman Bradley and Oscar Olson, Jr.
Another boat belonging TO Ernest
Kuehne was put to the same use by
Mr.. Kuehne himself. Philip Leas chief
Of the fire department and Captain
w. A. Funk. Harry Olson had canoe
with two expert divers and swim
mers, Harry McHush and Francis
Wiltgen, who dived In many places,
seaching for glimpse Of the
missing corpse. In another canoe were
Henry Gerlach and Jack Martin, who
were engaged in dragging. AZ
Oscor Olson, Jf.. stated last night
that on Wednesday and Thursday he
would make canoe trips down ths
river, looking through every clump OF
bushes and other place, where. Il
might seem likely that the body would
catch. fs
Drowning Due To Leak. itI
The drowning OF the boy was dus
to leak in the canoe I'm which he
and John Butter, Jr, seventeen years
old, were riding, The canoe wass a
homemade affair. composed OF barrel
hoops, tin. tar and other materials
It belonged to the Butter boy. who
related the sad affair thus:
anton and I went down into the
woods on the bank and took on our
clothes. preparing for a swim. We had
the canoe with US. II is not easy n
find good swimming place along th6'
river. but ! knew Of q nice sandy
place some distance downstream.
and we decided 10 get ready for the
swim. leaving our clothes on the
Continued on psss Two,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
FALL OF WATER TANK
Hoops Rust-eaten and Could Not Hold
Sevenh.five Thousand Gallons
Of Liquid

Jasper. Mimi, June 24.-The big
tank which furnishes the pressure
for the waterworks system at Jasper
collapsed and fell fifty feet. The
hoops were rust eaten and the weight
of the $4,000 gallons OF water which
the tank contained was too much for
the tank to stand. A few windows
were broken in the schoolhouse and
the side OF the German Lutheran
church was damaged by debris from
the tank. No one was injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26

to have taken place near the farm of
Joe Olinger. Here an automobile was
abandoned by the side of the road.
The Chautauqua tent did not long
remain down. At $50 this morning
the whole working force OF the COM
pany was busy setting the tent up, and
1t was ready long before the hour
arrived for the next performance.
Auto Parties Caught Out.
Several automobile parties were
caught on the Madison Lake road In
the thickest of the storm. All that
could be done was to pull down the
curtains and wait for the tempest to
spend its force. Occupants of the
vehicles afterwards declared that at
times they thought the wind would
blow their vehicles over After the
storm, the chauffeurs had to pick
their way very slowly and carefully.
over a wet and slippery road, strewn
with broken limbs and branches from
adjacent trees.
Although the storm through south.
ern Minnesota was violent, there
was no great interference with the
railroad traffic in and out OF Man
kato. Nearly all the trains were on
time. The greatest delays were those
of the Great Western trains between
Mankato and Faribault, on account
of electric light wire poles being
blown down and lying across the
track.
Ak WindmiiIs Blown Down.
Reports from Sleepy Eye state that
several windmills, many trees and
two barns were blown down during
the wind storm, but that no one was
injured. ,
w. A. Just came from Rapidan to
Mankato by automobile this morning
and said that several silos had been
blown down. and that the grain was
fat all along the way. He believed,
however, that the grain would come
up all right. The tin roof of barn
at the poor farm was blown of and
deposited across the road. The roads
from Rapidan were not especially
bad this morning.
Work Was Suspended.
Work In the stone quarry of Bah
cock & Wilcox at Kasota has been
suspended on account Of a fire that
took place there at $3.50 this morn
ing, consuming the electric tower,
from which power Is transmitted
wherever needed to perform the work
in the quarry. The current Is OBJ
Continued on Page Two
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26

Butte, Mont. June 24.-violence
broke out anew in the struggle be.
tween factions OF the Butte miners OF
the union and three men were shot,
two Of them being killed. by the fus.
sillade fred by deputy sheriffs In
clearing Union hall. ..
Charles II. Meyer. president OF the
Western Federation of Miners, and
other officers Of the union fed through
the rear door when the shooting be-
gan.
They are said to have left the city
for fear OF attacks by the seceders
from the miners union. who several
days ago reyolted against special as.
sessments for the Michigan copper
mine strike and the use Of the card
system.
Many armed deputies were at the
hall to preserve order at meeting
called to outline plans for settling the
differences between the factions ol
the local union.
Many OF the seceders, who have
planned to organize a new union un
der the auspices OF the Industrial
Coz tinucd on Page Two
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26

as through. the surrounding country.
This badly handicapped communfca'
ton with neighboring cities and with
the intervening country. SO that there
was great difficulty in learning just
what havoc was wrought by the storm
outside Of the city.
Farmers that came to the city from
time to time reported much damage,
particularly In the way of barns and
other small buildings being blown
down and damaged. The damage
seemed to have been especially seri
Gus on the Poor Farm road, and in
the vicinity of Mapleton.
Tower at Stone Siding.
The tower ut Stone Siding, between
Mankato and Kasota where the
Consumers Power company has a
transmitter located at the top OF a
high pole. caught fire from a live
wire about $3.50 this morning. on &C
count of disturbance caused by the
storm, and the pole was burned down
This and ofher damage and partic
ularly the necessity Of steaming ur
the electric power plant at the gas
works necessitated large force oil
men that had been working for the
Consumers Power company all day
to continue working through the
night.
Raspberry canes were reported de
stroyed on many farms In the vicin
ity of Mankato. This will interfere
with the production next year.
Some of the roads through this part
of the county were damaged by
heavy rain. The Mankato-Good Thun
der road Is reported to be in bad
shape. A serious washout Is reported
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
More Men Are A Work.

The Omaha road has three hundred
and fifty more men employed this
year than in the same month last year
on surfacing track and ballasting.
Special efforts are being made over
the entire system to get the road
beds In good condition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
Deputy shsriffs and Miners
Min in Meeting
TWO PEOPLE ARE KILLED
Violence Breaks Out In Hall;
President Meyer Makes
His Getaway

Butte, Mont, June 24.-one
man shot and killed one
other seriously wounded and
several injured and property
valued at 100000 was destroyed
by dynamite explosions In the
riOsins which followed a fight to-
day at the Miners union hall
between factions Of the union.
Dozens OF rounds Of shots were
fired and more than twenty
blasts Of dynamite were set of.
The city 10 quiet, but extremely
tense this afternoon, with Gov.
ernor Stewart at Helena ready 10
send state troops at the first call.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
Were IN Drunken srawI.

Victor Cleveland and Harry Lake.
two young men from Iowa. having
gotten into a drunken brawl out In
Dukes addition. were In police court
this morning. They were allowed to
go on condition that they would get
cut OF town In fifteen minutes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
KIND Of HeQIheT TlQt
EIpeTBHQVG Predicted

Minnesota, generally fair
tonight and Thursday; cooler
tomorrow. Msnkato maximum
temperature In last twenty
four hours, eighty-seven; mini
mum, fifty-one. Local baro-
meter hand today still leaned
very slightly towards rain.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
Colonel 10 Returning Home.

New York, June 24.-The Impers-
tor. with Colonel Roosevelt aboard viii,
reach quarantine at $3.50 o'clock this
evening. according to wireless mes
sage received here. She win dock
al $3.50 O'Clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
Wells Made sIeuth Chief.

George w. Wells, newly-appointed
city detective. st. Paul. has been
placed in charge OF detectives at cen
trail station by Chief of Police John
J. O'Connor. Mr.. Wells formerly
was United States deputy marshal
and is welI-known In Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
RESIDENCE PORTION OF WATERFOWL S. D, HARD
HIT BY WIND BETWEEN. $50 AND 800 DWELLINGS
DESTROYED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH1


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