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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
At the Grand

For the coming week the Night owls" under the direction of J T. Bseson, will present "on the Fire at the Grand thea Ire. g feature programme that will have to do with a lively and entertaining restaurant scene. Numerous musical numbers will be introduced by NSitv Dris
 dale. Miss Grant Mss Griffens and other popular members. Al Bush and j.. T. Beeson will lead in the, Dutch and Irish comedy parts. is. t5, s ss'z.sf7 T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
What It WAS

Willis The last time I was hero you were puzzled over 2 peculiar mark which you found on the wall. Did you solve 1t
 GilIis-Yes. It is evidently the place where the rain coming in from the roof meets the water leaking up from the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-15


correct. There may be a few slight
discrepancies because of the fact that
the advertising rates given for the
Examiner, Herald, American and
Journal are based on A M. A., which
means that rate is given an adver-
tiser if he uses in that paper 'as
much as" he uses in others. But if
there are variations because of that
they would increase the amount
paid, because of charging an adver-
tiser higher rate for using smaller
space.
The Boston Store, Carson-Pirie,
The Fair, Marshall Field, The Hub,
Mandel, Bros, ROthschild & Co.,
Siegel-Cooper and Stevens used all
seven of the papers; Hillman's used
al but the Post; M. L. ROthschild
and Lloyds used all but the Herald,
Journal and Post, and Weber's used
all but the Herald and Post. Klein
used only the News.
The Marshall Field store was the
biggest advertiser, making full use Of
all of the papers, as follows, in agate
lines: Tribune, 6,648; Herald, 1885,
692; News, 291, 1913; American, 226,-
35S; Examiner, 225, O97; Post, $780,
821; Journal, 1885.
However, the Field estate is inter-
ested also in all of the municipal pub
lie utilities Chicago Telephone, Peo-
pies Gas, Commonwealth Edison and
all street railway surface and ele-
waited lines; and it may be considered
important by the trustees Of the Field
millions that they keep on the best
possible terms with all of the papers,
without regard to circulation or pull
ing power.
The Field store paid the papers for
advertising, in 1914, as follows:
News, S99,o07.32; Tribune, $780,
372.79; Examiner, 48,620.73; Amer
lean, $45,271.6O; Herald, $36,O86.5O;
Post, $18,O82.1O; Journal, S17,OO1O5;
total to the English papers in the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-15

special privileges and why the news
= papers look out for the loop interests.
The stores included in the Daily
News list are: The Boston Store,
Carson-Pirie-ScOtt, The Fair, Mar
shall Field & Co.,, HiIlman's, The
Hub, L. Klein, Loyd's, Mandel Bros,
Maurice L. Rothschild, Rothschild &
. Co., Siegel-Cooper, Chas. A. Stevens,
Twelfth st. Store, Weber's and Vie
bolts. All are loop stores except
Wiebolt's and the Twelfth St. Store.
The Twelfth st. Store advertised
& only in the News, and WiebOlt's used
only the News, Examiner and Amer
lean. - .-.--
The advertising is measured in
Q agate lines. The rate charged by each
of the evening papers for dry goods
and department store advertising is
as follows: News, "a cents per agate
line; American, 20 cents; Journal, II
cents; Post, 10 cents.
The Sunday Tribune rate is 81
cents, daily rate, 26 cents; Examiner,
Sunday rate, 2S.8 cents; daily rate,
Is cents; Herald, 1919 cents both
daily and Sunday. The Herald rate
is to increase May 1 to Is cents for
1915-1916.
The Daily News, with no Sunday
paper, led all others with 3,388,946 |
agate lines. The Tribune, Sunday |
and daily, came next with 2,138,192. |
The others came in the following or
der: American, 1,98O,168; Examiner
daily and Sunday, 1,642,375; Her
aid (daily and Sunday, 1858, 1852; |
Journal, 1,24O,521; Post, 553, 8O6.
The amount paid each paper, with |
the approximation already explained |
Jas to the Tribune and Examiner, was !
as follows:
News ............$1,252,151.64
Tribune ......... SCI, 566.73
American ........ 396,O33.60
Examiner ..... 354,752.54
Herald ........... 157,9O7.73 /
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-15

When the public money paid
readily of these enjoy
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-15

$2,944,250,15
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

of the street which runs north and
south on the west side of the grounds
This would be an ideal location and
could be fixed up with comparative
ly small outlay of money. 1t would
not be necessary to rent canvass
fences, which would cost in the neigh
borhood of 500, nor would it be neces
sary to go to the expense OF erecting
temporary grand stands.
Another important matter which
came up for consideration at the meet
ing of the firemen was the matter OF
raising funds to defray the expenses
of getting ready for the tournament
1t was decided to hold a firemen's ball
at the Bruderschaft hall some time
this month and A. E. Lyman, Alfred
Wright and ]. Flahiye were appointed
as committee to make the necessary
arrangements.
1t is believed that at least five
teams in the association will take part
in the tournament. Denison should
make a good showing as there is
plenty of material on hand for first
class team. The team last year made
a very creditable showing at the tour
nament held at Manning and with most
of the men OH that team available this
year there should be no reason why
the team could not make even better
showing.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
DATES FIXED FOR
THE TOURNAMENT
Wednesday and Thursday, June 23d
and 24th, Selected by Firemcn
for Dates of Tournament.
GAIL RICHARDSON SECRETARY
Tournament Grounds to be Selected in
Near Future-eeneft Ball to be
Given During This Month.

| At a meeting of the Denison firemen,
held at the Commercial club rooms on
Thursday evening of last week, the
dates for the coming tiremen's tourna-
ment to be held in this city were set
for Wednesday and Thursday, June
,23d and Gath.
There was large attendance at this
meeting as much important business
was brought up for consideration and
several committees were appointed to
attend to the many details which will
have to be worked out The firemen
intend to go about the matter in a bus
mess like manner and they hope to
have one of the most successful tour
naments in the history of the associa-y
ton
According to the rules of the asso.
citation it is necessary for secretary
to be elected by the firemen's oreani-
cation in a town where the tournament
is to be held, and according to this
custom an election was held at the
Thursday evening meeting, Mr.. Gail
Richardson being elected to this I'M
portant position.
Probably the most important matter
to be worked out is the selection of a
| suitable place to hold the tournament,
and committee composed of Gail
Richardson, John Hugg and Clarence
Schwartzenbach was appointed to in
vestigate and make report at an
early meeting of the firemcn. The
committee is now busily engaged in
considering different places where a
temporary race track might be ar
ranged for. II is necessary to find a
place where track of from $50 to 300
yards straightaway might be heated,
where there would be plenty OF room
for grandstands and the parking of
automobiles and carriages. Several
places are now being considered, one
being on State street near the North,
western station. The most feasible
plan yet suggested is utilizing the new
athletic park on the college campus,
where there is q grand stand and
ample room for parking automobiles
land carriages Tho grounds. as laid
out would not permit a track OF 500
yards straight across the field, but
there is some talk of running the track
diagonally from the northwest corner
to the southeast and utilizing part
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
STORM VISITS
/ OLD CRAWFORD
Considerable Damage Done to TeIe
phone and Telegraph Lines All
Il, Over Western Iowa.
TRAIN SERVICE DEmoRAL,zED
Rural Carriers Unable to Make Their
Routes-LocaI Schools 0fmissed
on Monday Afternoon.

Denison, and in fact all western
Iowa, has experienced one OF the worst
storms in years during the past few
days. which has left the train service
badly crippled and has practically put
the telegraph and telephones out OF
business.
Here in Denison the damage has
been considerable as nearly all OF the
local phones were out of commission
and the city has been isolated from
nearby towns as far as telephone serv-
ice is concerned.
The storm commenced on Sunday
and it was not until late Monday night
that it finally let up: Rain and sleet
fell all day Sunday and when it
grew colder in the evening this frOZe,
making a heavy coating of ice that
broke down limbs of trees, electric
and telephone wires. TO top it off u
regular blizzard was tile program for
Monday and it continued all day. block
ing the roads and causing the railroads
no end of trouble.
The local telephone company prob
ably suffered more than anyone else
here in Denison, for in every section
OF the city their wires were down and
in many places fell across the electric
light wires. The weight of the ice on
the wires caused the tops of the poles
to break off and where this did occur
the wires broke off, causing a tangled
mess. The local electric light plant
did not suffer q great deal as there
were but few wires down. Nevertlle.
less, they were compelled to shut down
all day Monday on account Of the tele-
phone wires crossing their lines and
fearing that someone might be injured
with the heavy current it was thought
best to wait until repairs could be
made. The light plant shutting down
caused considerable inconvenience to
those who depend on the electric cur
rent for motor power. The Farmers
Elevator company, Doud Milling con
pany and in fact all who use electric
current were at standstill. The Re
view office was unable to set single
line of type during the entire day as
our typesetting machine is driven BY
unseleetric. motor. :,se95. az. s',s. n
The, He'll Telephone company had a
gang .pf twenty men here early Mon
day morning and together with the To-
cal telephone repair men and others
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

which looks like surface water was
finding access or seeping into the well
which should not be, as they tend to
cause stomach and bowel disorders.
| In the opinion OF the state chemist
this well could probably be sterilized
once in while by the use Of copper
sulphate, which would kill these or.
ganisms and leave the water free from
objection.
Quoting from his report, Mr.. Kinney
goes on to say: of this water would
maintain it's present degree OF purifi.
cation steadily think it would be sat
isfactory to use. think, however, it
should be stated that this water must
be receiving some sewage from some
source, but it has been purified before
reaching the well, and OF course If it
is purified in this manner at all seas
Ons OF the year then of course it
would not be dangerous to use. How
ever, we find that waters in shallow
wells fiuctuate so much in rate of puri-
fcatiOn during different seasons of the
year that it always throws some sus-
picion on the water unless an analysis
could be made once each quarter dur
ing the different seasons to see whetll-
or it does actually change in rate of
! publication or not If it does not then
OF course you arc all right. During
the warm months of the year and dur
ling seasons Of excessive RAINFALL and
| II the ratio of pumpage increases ma.
terially during that time, them OF
course the rate OF publication is prob
ably very much less and my opinion
would be that it would possibly not
show as well as it does now ltt
From, this report it is quite evil
dent that ;DenisOn need not expect to
secure pure supply OF water as long
as shallow wells are used for the sup.
ply and If the present condition is to
be remedied permanently it will be
necessary to dig deep well i'll order
to do away with the possibility of sur.
face water and sewage entering the
water supply. The council is now in
correspondence with number of en-.
gineers in regard to locating deep
well and II possible they contemplate
digging one in the vicinity of the stand
pipe. A we'll located there would do
away with the necessity of laying new
mains from the valley up to the stand
pipe and besides 1t would be great
saving in the cost of pumping the wa
ter. Electric pumps could be installed
at the well and it would be much cheap
er to pump directly into the stand pipe
than it is at the present time where
the water is forced through main
that has any number OF twists and
turns from the city wells until it reach1
cs the hill where the reservoir is 10.
Gated.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
DISTRICT COURT
STILL CONTINUES
Sensational Testimony in Case Of
Woodland ve Woodward Termi-
mates in AIimony Of $1,000
ISLANDER CASE is NOW ON TRIAL
Case of Lester Sutton 4 Sons VS. j. r.
Auto Company Taken Out of AS
siqnnient for This Term.

The time of the district court dur
ing the latter part of last week was
taken up with the trial of the case Of
Laura q. Woodland vs. s. A. Woodland,
a divorce case in which portion Of
the testimony was Of an unprintable
character. The parties had been mar
ried and divorced once before and
did not win much sympathy from the
spectators who attended the trial to
hear the sensational testimony rather
than to show their interest in the liti-
giants. The court gave the woman a
divorce and gave judgment against
the husband for $1,000 alimony. which
was probably fair proportion of his
wealth.
| Court adjourned on Friday evening
in order to permit the hearing of a
matter at Carroll on Saturday. On
Monday of this week the jury appeared
a. little late on account of the storm.
but by 3 o'clock in the afternoon a
sufficient number had reported to be-
gin the trial OF the case Of Matte Mart
ems VS. Herman Martens, being an
action for SANDER. This case was
brought by the plaintiff against her
brother-in.law to recover damages for
alleged slanderous words which she
claims the defendant uttered against
her The defendant denies all charges
made in the petition. The case is still
on trial this Wednesday afternoon and
just when it will be concluded is
somewhat problematical. The case is.
strictly speaking, family affair.
The case OF Lester Sutton & Sons
VS. the j. P. Auto company was taken
out of the assignment and put over
the term for the reason that the is
sues had been changed recently be-
fore reaching the case for trial and in
addition a'witness for the plaintiff
was absent and could not be secured
in time to be used at the trial. This
action was brought to recover the
value Of three automobiles which, ,it
is claimed, the defendants converted
and appropriated to their own use.
This, Of course, is all denied by tile
defendants.
nj There Will be u a number Of o.l,..,ys,
cases pressed for trial during the lat
ter part of this week and enough to
occupy the attention Of the court I'M
til Saturday night before taking up
the cases assigned for next week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
REPORT MADE ON
IHF'CIlY WATER
state Board ofsHeaith Reports One
Well IN Bad Condition While
Others Show Improvement.
SURFACE WATER IN THE WELLS
State Chemist Kinney Says Water
& Could Be Steriilzed by the Use
Of Copper SuIphate.

DIR. W. r. Wright city health Off
Ger. received letter this morning
from G. N. Kinney, the state chemist,
reporting on the condition of the city
water from samples which we're sent
to the state board Of health last week.
From this report it is evident that the
condition Of the city water is not as
bad as was first thought and there is
little cause for worry on the part OF
consumers.
1.-The samples of water sent to the
state board of health were from diner
ent wells and kept separate in order
toascertnin just which wells were con-
taminated. From the analysts it is
found that water from one OF the
sources of supply contains consider.
able nitrates. chlorides are high and
volatile solids and the micropic life
is not good. This then leads to the
conclusion that there must be 'consid:
cradle sewage pollution finding it's way
into this particular we'll, and IL this is
the case the water could not be classed
as in safe condition as whenever wa
ter is receiving sewage it is liable at
any time to contain disease germs and
then of course it would be a very dan
gerOus water. The state chemist, in
making his report, stated that in his
opinion tlisswell is entirely unfit and
unsafe to use in its raw and untreated
condition and should be condemned
until such time as subsequent analy-
sis may show ii to be safe to use. From
reports received early last week it was
found that the water in this particular
well was not the best and the supply
was accordingly shut off aud water
from the other wells pumped into the
standpipe IN order to avoid danger
from the use Of the contaminated wa
ter.
In reporting on the condition OF one
OF the city wells near the pumping
station the state chemist says that
nitrates and chlorides run a little high
but the organic matter has been al
most entirely. removed and the sample
would indicate that fair degree Of
publication was obtained. He states
that Il It were not for the microscopic;
life present in this water it would be
his Judgment that this water would
be satisfactory to use, but that there
are some small animal forms found,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

new Americon shades, such as Tuxedo
brown, Newport tan, Palm Beach sand,
Oregon green, Piping Rock, Gettys,
burg grey, Rocky Mountain blue, Ari.
iona silver, Delaware peach and battle
ship grey.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

The high school debaters held a
meeting Monday and decided to hold
"a dual debate with the Onawa, deb6t'
.ers on March 9Th, The Denis0n neg
alive team will 80 to Onawa while the
Onawa negative team will come here.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

We call your attention to the new
cuts that we are using in our an
nouncement this week. These are our
own ideas posed by our own living
model and drawn by our own artist.
Each cut is taken from life, under the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
QUIETLY MARRIED AT SIOUX CITY
Frank Heller and Miss Clara Annison
Surprise Denison Friends by Be-
inq Married "Wednesday. tsS.,

Mr.. Frank Heller and Miss Clara
Annison, both of Denison. were mar
ried at Sioux City on Wednesday of
last week. Mr.. Heller is a son OF Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Heller, of East Denison,
and is young man who has lived here
for some time and enjoys favorable
acquaintance among the people of this
community. We understand he has
decided on the life of. farmer and
will move with his bride in a short
time to northern Iowa, having pur-
chased land few miles west OF Es-
therville, where he and his brother, it
is rumored, will engage in farming
this spring.
his wife is daughter of Mrs. An
nison, widow Of Charter Oak, at
which place Clara grew to womanhood.
She has. however. resided in Denison
for the last two or three years, where
she has many friends who wish her
every happiness in her married life.
She is an estimable and capable young
woman and will indeed prove help.
meet to her husband
The Review joins with their many
friends In wishing the happy couple
the best that life affords.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

engaged TO help out they started out
to repair the damaged lines. On the
ridge roads. BOTH soiltlHAiald west.oi
Denison. the damage WIS conside
for almost every Tole was broken On
or the cross arms were lying nsthe
ground. just this side of Dunlap, we
are told that oil the first IS poles
running east thirty of them were ly'
ing flat on the ground.
The railroad service has been badly
interfered with on account of the
storm and trains have not been run.
ming anywhere near on schedule time
Tie telegraph wires were out of com
mission and each'train crew ran on a
schedule of their own, only where the
dispatcher was able to reach them by
roundabout way. There was nc
service at all on the Boyer valley
branch OF the Northwestern for the
locomotive went off the track while
switching in the yards early Monday
morning and it was not replaced on
the rails until late Monday afternoon.
ne train was able to make trip yes
terday.
The mail scryiSe was hit pretty hard
and rural carriers have been unable
to make their routes since the storm.
No attempt was made at all on Mon
day, but yesterday several of the car
riers yentured out but We're compelled
to give it up on account of the roads
being drifted so badly.
School children who braved the
storm Monday morning to attend their
classes remained at work until I
o'clock, when school was dismissed
for the day.
A number OF the local members of
the Masonic order jeurneyed down to
Dunlap Sunday to be in attendance at
q Masonic lecture delivered by Mr..
Graham. OF Denver, Colo. The lecture
was Il rare treat for all and we are told
that u movement is now on foot to
have Mr.. Graham lecture before the
Masonic lodge in Denison some time
in the near future. Among those who
were in attendance at the lecture from
DenisOn were w. G. Rollins, J. V. Bar
borka. Fl. l.. Fitch, r. 4. Cochran, Nor
ris Nielsen. William Cochran, Harry
Dearduff, DIR. b. +. Philbrook. James
Mitchell, NJ. A. Harding, H. j. Cum
mings and Gus Carlson.
Mr.. c. c. Bradbury. Il practicing at
torney OF Chicago, was in Denison last
Friday comforting with DIR. u. f. Phil.
brook in regard to q patent suit start
ed in Chicago by a patentee who hopes
to prove that some four hundred dent.
lists in Chicago are infringing on his
patent. DIR. Philbrook was called to
Washington, ID. c., Several years ago
TO testify at some suits brought
against dentists there by this same
patentee and TIE court held then that
the patentec hadIl no case against the
socalled infringers. Attorney Brpd-
bury hopes to win the Chicago cases,
mainly through the Testimony of DR..
PhilbrOok.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

The materials that are finding most
favor and what most Of our advanced
showing is made from are Gabardines,
Serge, Popiin, Shepherd Greeks, Home
spuns and Coverts. The coIors are
navy blue which still leads, while the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

Alfred R0hwer has been finding
plenty of work to do during the winter
months. Last week he spent several
days in West Side wiring some houses
and here in Denison he has a number
OF contracts for wiring new houses.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

The widths Of the skirts vary from
Eve to yards. The popular skirt
which arc taking very Strong with the
trade arc from 2tI:. to 3Hs yards wide,
and these are preferred to the ex.
tremer widths.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03
SPRING COATS

Showing of spring coats for this
week in all the new styles and shades.
Priced from $1,000 to $4,000. Materials
these are shown in are the Coyerts,
Gabardines and Serges.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-02-03

supervision Of our head advertising
man and which features the new Sill
houette ideas.
For our opening this week we are.
featuring high class suits and after.
noon dresses at $3.50 and $500. All