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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
stKiI Flies Non, 2 Says
Heath Officer Cotton

pes4. but 10 make matters worse. the
ny,s liking for these Tepnls1ye things
make him a POSITIVE source OF dan
ger. The food Of the fy is notssesed
on d;minutive plate. but he steps
riShr into 81, and he not only eats an
he wants, but he gets hisless. ooos
and wings more or less covered with I'm
whatever nth he is eating and the
materials which he so often chooses
contains myriads. OF di5ease germs. A
well known Iecturer refers 10 THIS
dirty and dangerous habit OF the NY
as the fly that does Eot wipe ms
feet.
..All stable manure and stable filth
should be kept in pit from wn.cn
flies are shut out by screens or ngnt
covers. Lime should be .sprlnk1ed
freely and frequently over the con
tents of the pit It is weH>to bear. II: IN
mind that it takes ten days Tor tne
fy 20 develop from eggs. 50 Il manure
is removed about once week. mes
n process OF development will be de-,
stroyed before they reach maturity
Carriage should be kept IN a Gov
cred receptacle and no refuse should
he allowed 10 collect Doors and WIN
dow.s should be screened. especially
the kitchen and dining room and any
room in which there is a case OF sick
ness
.1Housewves5 should not buy food
where IT is exposed for sale in places
where flies can get at 1t. Butcher
shops. markets. candy stores. grocery
stores and bake1es-in fact. every
place where any kind of food is hand
led or sold-should be screened Flies
should never be allowed to come in
contact with anything that is to be
eaten. Kill every fly now. Use a
.swatter or fx paper. but kill them
now. and prevent probable death m
YOUR homes
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
10 TAX at the Same
Time as His Saifraget

DENVER, Col May 2s2s-at Sou
want 10 know what happen in a Nao.
man suffrage state when a man ana
w1fe-6oth voeers-Nvant TO TAX AK a. z
Drblic polfrcal meeting at the same
time. read the following suue story
sfrs. Helen Ring Robinson Is
state senator from Denver Her nus
band Is known as 5NfrS Helen Ring
Robinson. Eat meeting IN the Wo-
mans Glib both Mr. and Mrs: tsos27
ineon arose Al The same TINE TO adj
dress chairman OF the meeting
-IMr. Chairman: they both cried
simultaneously. They stood side by
side, Mt Robinson much the taller
and bigger
MRS Robinson looked at the person
Who challenged her right to the noor
and without waiting for the chairman
to recognize her. she pushed Mr.. Rob
inson back into his seat and proceeded
to deliver few remarks.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
S(5A.P|E Is
From Operating Table in He's
pitaI While Surgeons Shar
pen Their Knives.

NEW YORK. May 22.-While sur
Seons IN the Orange Memorial hos.
pital. at Orange, ~. J., were sharp
ening their knives and saws prepara-
tory to performing an operation ON
John Holinko, OF Rockaway, N Is.
who had been injured in a fight, Ho-
Iinko called for a drink Of water. John.
Corbey, an orderly, carried the water
to the patient in graniteware Dip
per
When Holfnko had drunk the water
he seized the dipper and with blow
knocked Corbey senseless. Then. clad
only in a short nightshirt, Holinkoi
Jumped through second story win
dow and before the surgeons and at
pendants could reach the yard he had
sclambered into high elm tree. but
no tracesof wounded man in a short
niehtshirt was found until many
hours later, when family living at
aa Joy street, West Orange. reported
to the police that such man mad ap-
pealed to them for shelter at O'Clock
in ff1e morning He SAID he had been.
beaten and the robbers had taken even:
his clothes.
He was put TO bed by the family
and was still asleep when policemen
went to him They had little dimcul-
in inducing him to return to the
hospital. The operation VIII be per
formed today He told OF hiding II
the tree until the searchers had dls-
appeared.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Women
Sleufhs
on Trail
Fair Sex Putting Probe into
District Where the Pianos
IInkle.

CFMcAGO. May 2o.-Wealthy Chi
cazoans who leave their limoustnes
in the alley back OF the houses on
Thirty-frst street, where the SHADES
are drawn and the siivery tinkle OF
the piano and 1ouching glasses are
heard al. all hours of the night. had
better Swatch out If they don't they
are likely to receive a picture Of them
selves going or coming, or of the ma
chimes they leave in the alley
This is the warning hurled broad
cast today by 100. women. comprising
the elite. of Chicago's society, who
announced that, armed with pocket
electro flashlights and cameras, they
are going to- find out whose machines
are left IN the alleys. These women
nat1tee of 1907 and they're out to get
1he goods on the gay dogs
Mrs. T. Ellsworth Gross IS temper
army chairman of the committee.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Cold Medal is Gis1en
ssOld Hickory MlcDdde
Who Hauled. Lincoln
On Famous Ride from Harris
burg 10 Washington to Be
come President.

CUMBERLAND Md, May 22.-Per-
haps the happiest- man In Ba1tlnore
ar the present time is William a NC
sDade. a retired engineer on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad who recently
received gold medal gwen by me
brotherhood of Locomotive engineers
as a token Of their appreciation LOT
his forty years continuous service IN
acidentally this was the hrst occasion
on which a medal had been gwen an
engineer at the national convention
and Mr.. McDade was an embarrassed
man when he was called to the plat
form and there received the token OF
the brotherhood's esteem. Grand
chief Warren S. Stone pinned the en-
ble,n TO; NJ. McDade.s lapel. =
The veteran did not. tell OF the bonor
bestowed upon him and 1t was not I'M
til several days later that some OF the
delesates to the convention returned
home from Cleveland 1t was then
that the secret leaked out air- McDade
is known to the engineers and nre-
men of all lines running through BAL.
ttmore as "o1d Hickory :atcDade, thar
term having been given him at the
Norfolk convention of the brother
hood held in 1902.
Born in Frederick, Nd. he sieft
there when still small boy. and has
seldom returned TO his birthplace.
when Il years cd he was made a
fireman on tae Maryland division OF
me northern Central railroad and
four years after he was promoted to
the grade OF engineer.
While a fireman. however. ne nao
rhe honor OF assisting TO run the
train which conveyed President LIN
coin from Harrisburg TO Washington
upon his election in 1851 When =
years old he was made an engineer on
me, Union Pacific, and from that time
until 1855 he served on at least q
dozen roads. Thirty years ago he. en-,
Tered the service of the Baltimore and
Ohio and was retired last April For
a.-vear and half he has been con-
fined TO his home suffering from heart
trouble contracted while operat1ng
his train from Baltimore to Phaladef
There IS one thing that HrT- Nc
Dade is especially proud of, and that
Is during his forty-dve years as an
engineer he has never injured aman
woman or child
ats simply recognition OF my
service Old Hickory concluded, and
is really more than deserve. am
nroud of my city. and am doubiy
proud of the Baltimore and Ono rail-
road and what it has done for me.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
ANTICS or MARINES
a RE REALLY FUNNY
So MuchSo That All San Diego
lis Still Laughing in Recol-
lection of Them.

san DIEGO. Calf May 22-San
Diego is still laughing over the an
Tics OF The 500 marines. cavalrynen
and arilIerymen who participated IN
the long heralded army and navy
field meet at the San Diego expos
ton grounds on May Nchtehy at
the ..cenrtpede race in which the con-
testan4s from the Fourth United States
marines distinguished themselves. In
this event group OF contestants
Stranded a plank, and, looking Ike a
great spider, scrambled down the
stratehtway, the strokes shouting
left rtght, left" in none too sue
cessful effort 20 prevent the legs rom
getting tangled. Most of the cent
pedes collapsed before the u1dd1e OIL
the stretch was reached.
The equipment drills and the regu-
lar track and field events were pre-
scented with the vim and snap that
marks these events in the rare. but
7otar1e events of the various branch
es OF the service. no national rec
ords were established for the races,
but with the track in perfect cond1-
ron the achievements were thor
oughly satisfactory to all three
branches OF the service. The ex-
pected participation by sailors of the
Pacific feet did not materialiZe oV-
ing to the ships being on duty out OIL
San Diego bay.
A resc.e drill by the cavalrymen
showed the extra ordinary efficiency
OF the riders in affecting the rescue
of fallen comrades. Zest was fur
nished by timing the different men as
they worked in the short dash from
protected TERRITORY 10 the theoret1
cal battle front Most spectacular
was the monkey drill" OF the riders
entirely without saddles or stirrups
and including the rides, standing.
kneenng and lying on the backs Oh
the mounts.
The participants We're the French
marines and the First cavalry. which
the government has stationed for the
year IN Balboa park, where the expo
sStion is placed. and the Thirteenth
artillery which forms the garrison CT
Fort Rosecrans. across the bay from
the city OF San Diego. All three forces
furnish almost daily features at the
exposition. and the field. day viii be
repeated later in the year probably
With the participation OF men from
the entire armada scheduled to sail
through the canal and up the coast
to both California fairs.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
.RAKGHER SEARCHES
FOR BURIED COLO
.Mayoraftyg Aspirant in Oregon
Town Has Men Digging
for Indian Treasure.

PENDLEToN,7 Ore, May Pr F.
Kirkpatrick. claimant for the may
or,s chair: and prominent rancher on
the Umatlta Indian reservation, IS
rising ain his farm hands in an indus
trIous search for supposed buried
treasure
The excitement was caused by ko-
ko-vea-iash. an aged Indian woman.
whose land Kirkpatrick had rented.
The old woman Is III. and. fearing she
is about to die, She told Mr. kfrkpat-
rick that about nineteen years ago she
buried large quantity OF gold in a
tin can near her tepee-
She said she buried 1t about two
feet deep. leaving a string attached
and extending to the surface OF the
ground so she; could find it again. The
string has long since rotted OF, and
the woman has either forgotten the
exact location Of the treasure or Is
too IN TO describe the spot All the
ground within a radius OF several rods
|o6 her old tepees has therefore been
.plowed up and scraped away. but SO
TAR no treasure.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Poor Hubby Has TO
Take q Back Seat
1nxolred IN money orders. parcel

1nsolred IN money orders, parcel
sessions Of the conference VIII be
heid in the PanlAmersan Union
building. While the conference Is
IN session the executive committee
of the chamber OF commerce OF the
United SraSes Will be In Washing
ton TO meet the visitors and give ad-
rice or assistance The get togeIn-
er spirit which officials hope 70 los
ter win have an opportunity TO show
ffsem IN fun swing at the banquet
in the honor of the visitors the night
OF .iar - .at wnicn most Off
prominent men in and OF
fetal lie in Washington VIII be pres
- Itinerary os Trip.
The delegates viii remain IN
Washtng1on over the next day and
then start on a fifteen day uip which
takes them between So Louis anc
Boston. The itinerary follows:
Monday, May 81. TO Annapot Z. <
luncheon Leave Annapoi1s. -.
noon. and arrive Baltimore. p M
= Tuesday. June Leave Balti-
more, 1880 a. M. and ar51ye IN
Philadelphia (Broad street stataon1
wednesday. June leave Phil
adelphfa. i p M. and arrive PITTS
Friday. June Leave Pittsburs
saturday. June 5.-Arrive St
snnday. June 6.-Leave st. Louis
3 D. M. and arrive Chicago 10 p M.
Tuesday. June sleeve Chicago
4 w. -
Wednesday, June s-Arive De-
tr6it. $50 a. M: leave Detroit II
.. m.
: THURSDAY. June 10 Arrive Mag
ara Falls 6 a. M leave Niagara FANS
4 o. NJ; arrive Buffalo. p m
FRIDAY. June 11.-Leaye Bunaio.3
1880 midnight: arrive Schnectady.,
N. Y. (to see General Electric
works.. 8 NJ: leave Schnectady.
1880 noon; arrive Boston tsouth
statfon) 6:10 p. m.
SUNDAY, June 1S--Leaye Boston
1South stationl 5 p M: arrive New
York (Grand Central statioD 3 p
The delegates win remain in New
York Monday and Tuesday. June II
and IS
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Cumberland Man Emphasizes
Importance of Destroying
Pests at Once.

CEnEBERA1AcsD. Nd. May 22-In
an interview regarding the habits and
lie OF the common house ny. Health
omcer Max j. Cotton emphasized She
importance OF destroying the pests
Al once. Gin order" he said. probabiy
20 prerent death IN the family"
lie added that filthy fly is capable
OF carrying disease, or even blindness
10 the helpies sbabe, by coming in
contact with germ infested Spite
or other secretions, and transferring
# to the babys eyes, and that food
can be infected similarly. kill them
now. ne said.
People have for long time con-
sidered flies as a necessary nuisance.
More or less attempt has been made
by many to keep them out OF the
house by screens. or to- kill them by
the means Of dy paper. but this was
done princtpal1y because they soaed
the picture frames or the chandelier.
or because they were annoying when
they settled on. the hands or face.
Health officials. however. have come
to the conclusion that the common
ordinary domestic fly that we have
tolerated for so long, is not only the
most disgusting and filthy thing I'M
aRfuable. but what is worse. the cause
Of much sickness and many deaths
the fly is usually born in man
ure pile. garbage can. IN dead animals
and refuse OF, all kinds. There the h5
1ays its eggs and the young flies are
hatched.
To he enough TO disgust any one and
-nsrce him a determined enemy of the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Lake OF Fire
Citizens of Oklahoma Town
Fight Blaze That is Seen
for Twenty Miles,

oILToS, Okla. Nay s2-Recently
citizens OF oiIton and neignoor,ne
Yovns Witnessed the most extensive
oil Ore that has ever occurred on the
Ewer since the field opened II was
one mile northeast of the town on the
Cimarron river, where the oil had
formed lake in the bend of@tne
stream It burned for hours. send
ing up a column of smoke and lame
that was noticeable from towns
twenty miles away.
william Murdoch. traAc manager
CT the on Belt Terminal railroad.
headed a squad of men who. preyented.
a spread Of the flames wh sch= YOU'D 10
have been DISASTROUS 10 the big ra1t-s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
uintoSpolada Spaghet'
Wife Queeta Heem,
Y'Bet
.sBunia Cook!'' She Yell. Then
Takea pa Hat and Marcia
Out, Jus Ikea Dat.

PATTERSON, y. J., May q
Onto Bozzo, of Ha1edon. silk work
er. wear. or rather. did wear. the
skirts in his home He doesn't at the
present time because his home has
been split in two, with his wife on
one side and himself on the other
Bozzo used TO prepare the meals for
his better half. and failure TO prop
erly prepare a dish OF spaghetti led
TO dispute The spaghetti was only
scorched. but there was quarrel and
as a result. divorce proceedings are
in progress, with Bozzo as the peti-
toner.
The pair were married in January,
1899. and lived happily together both.
working and contributing toward the
support Of their home. until the SILK
strike in 1913. Bozzo was thrown out
OF work and his wife found employ
iment, by which She managed TO keep
the wolf from the door She contin-
ually reminded her better half OF this
fact and issued an ultimatum that in
return he would have to prepare the
meals.
The break came when She found
the spaghetti had been scorched- She
opened by accusing her husband OF
being a bum cook" and OF drinking
and closed by saying she would leave
him and never return. making good
by putting on her hat and walking
out
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Miss Ethel NJ. Smith

Miss Ethel NJ. Smith, representing
the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association, has opened head
quarters in Chicago IN preparation
for the conference of suffrage work.
ers which win take. place IN that. city
June SO. The national board has
called the meeting to discuss prob
lens which have risen In regard to
state and federal work
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23

Expert botanlsts have found that
the age of trees can be told by the
leaf markings. the older tree the
smaller and more numerous its leaf
cells.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
ATKINSoN Kas Ma.

ATB1NsoN. Kas.. May q
"A man with "a remarkable
memory Is II. Watterson. a
local tailor. When he takes
the measurements fora suit OF
clothes he never sets down
figure. but remembers 1t tn-
stead. Having memorized the
measurement he can cut the
SUIT more quickly than other
wise -. -
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
KILLS 1901 RATS

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-23

the most profitable Investment
county has ever paid for.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-23

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Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-05
GENESEO

Otto Salter, employed at the Stat
ford livery barn, had two ribs broken
and was badly bruised by being
thrown out OF cutter in turning the
corner on College avenue and Elk
change street Wednesday afternoon.
DIR. w. F. Spencer was called and gave
medical attention. Mr.. Salter was re-
moved to his home and is resting easy.
The horse ran away and the cutter
was smashed.
Matthew Smith has resigned his pos
ition AT the Rastede grocery store and
viii go farming on his fathers farm
north of town. Jesse Davis is the new
clerk at the store
VIII Offerie and John DePauw
spent Thursday in Chicago buying
spring goods for their clothing stores.
Another case of hoof and mouth dis
ease was discovered .on the Guy Cady
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-05

was born in Davenport. Feb. 3. 1913.
The father and mother survive
Word comes to Charles Patterson of
this city of the death at Kansas City
of Mrs. Ed Ross, nee Kittie Patterson,
formerly of Davenport. The deceased
was a daughter of Mrs. Mary Patter-
son, who was with her at the time of
her death.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Reddy, AIT East
Sixth street, passed away yesterday.
Mrs. Christian Graham, a sister of
A. ID. Brownie of this city. died at her
home in Brooklyn. Iowa. Mrs. Gra-
ham was born and reared near Long
Grove. She was a daughter of Alexan-
der Brownie. Her husband and four
sons survive.
Following a prolonged Illness of
over two years duration, Miss Chris
tina Tamisiea, sc years old. died at the
home of her sister. Mrs. Hans Wulf,
632 West Fourteenth street
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-05

Frank Kraususki. proprietor of the
Davenport Upholstery company. 203
East Second street. was knocked COM
pletely around and severely damaged
at Second and Perry streets yester-
day morning. The team was brought
10 halt by the guard at the govern
meat bridge after narrowly missing
being struck by freight train.
o
$500 Raised for the Farm League
Subscriptions raised for the Scott
County Farm Improvement league
among the Davenport merchants for
the support OF the league during the
coming year total 5000. according TO
the report of Chairman a r. Dawson
OF the finance committee at a meeting
in the Commercial club.
Woman Aged 70 Breaks a Limb
Mrs Christina Lamp Is confined to her
home. 1894 West Second street with
prospects OF having TO keep to her bed
for the coming two months or more.
as the result Of a bad fall OF a few
days since. through which she broke
her leg near the hip. Mrs. Lamp. in
spite of her rs years. has been unusu-
ally active and in good health. Con-
sequently she saw no reason for re-
naming indoors because OF a little ice
and snow and had the misfortune to
slip on the sidewalk Just outside the
door OF her home
Aged waIeott Resident Dies-Henry
G. Goerine. for over 55 years a resi- (
dent OF Scott county. died at his home |
three miles distant from Walcott. after |
n prolonged illness Ailments OF age
are attributed to have been the cause !
OF death. lie was over SO years old /
Mr.. Goering was born in Germany and 1
when n young man came TO America \
and Immediately west to Scott county 4
He settled on a farm in this county 1
and worked the land until his retire
ment . few years ago. He became Ill
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-05

a little over a year ago. He was well
known in the vicinity of Walcott and
was the father of II. C. Goering.
Given Marriage License. Otto J.
Mammen and Anna Remmers. both of
Morrison. ILL.,. were issued a license TO
marry.
Falls from Ladder-Charles Baker
severely injured his hip early yester-
day morning when he fell off a lad
der at the Lee Broom works. He was
taken to his home zoos West Second
street. in the police ambulance and
was attended by DIR. r. Kulp.
Obituary Record - Mrs. Charles
Miles passed away yesterday morning
following brief illness. aged 81 years.
The deceased was born Dec. 81. 1S4s.
and had resided in Davenport for
many years. Survivors are the hus-
band and two daughters. Mrs. Bert
Spek of Sioux Falls. S. D.: and Miss
Jennie. at home.
John Henry Koenig. seven months
cAN oOA VI MIS- u. H. hOtulS.
died at 7:15 yesterday morning at the
family residence. 1915 Gaines street.
after a brief illness. The baby was
born July %. 1914. in this city and is
survived by four sisters and one broth
sr. in addition to the parents.
Word has been received OF the
ieath of George MacConnell Boyd. an
attorney who formerly resided in Dav-
snport and LeClaire. in Chicago. Tues
lay OF this week His death occurred
II his home. 6529 Greenview avenue.
Nr. Boyd left Davenport in 1887. He
Tas a member OF the Illinois assem-
'iy from 1894 TO 1900. He is survived
~ his wife and four children
Theodore Philip Oelkers. aged one |
ear. died at the home OF his parents, |
ir and Mrs. Leroy Oelkers. No, 8 l
Roosevelt fats after short illness. He ,
Rock Island Argus., 1915-02-05

farm at the edge of town Thursday aft
ernoon by j. d. Durach, state veterin-
arian.
Miss Cora OFT suffered fall on an
ick walk at her home in this city Wed
nesday evening and sustained Sc
we're strain of both hands, the x-ray
showing that no bones were broken
She was taken to the Hammond hos
pital. DR.. c. S. Young has charge of
the case.
Miss Lillian Johnson, student at
the township high school, suffered a
fall in the gymnasium Thursday after
noon, spraining one wrist She was
attended by DR.. II. B. F'ita Terrell.