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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-20

To the Board of County Commission
 CTS of Fairfield County. I hereby apply for a Iicense to sell Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors. Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, and CI- der, at 1885 State Street. in the Town of Bridgeport, in said County. My place of business is not located within 200 feet in a direct line of a Church Edifce, Paroc1iaI School or Public SchooI-hot1se, or the premises pertaining thereto, or any Post or flee. Public Library or Cemetery
 Dated at Bridgeport, this 4th day VILLA M ii. FRY.
 Applicant. We. the undersigned. electors and taxpayers, as defined by law, of the Town of Bridgeport in said County hereby endorse the application Of the above named William H. Fry for such license. and we do hereby sew eralIy, each for himself certify that the above named applicant is a suit able person to be granted a license to sell irtoxicating liquors. and that the above described place is. in our opin- ion, a suitable place wherein to sell such intoxicating liquors. and ws hereby seyerally, each for hlnself, certify that we are owners of real es- tate situated in said Town of Br5dge- port g.-s
 Dated at Bridgeport this 4th day of Nov. A. D.. 1915.
 S. Loewith, H. Gerte, M. Stein. M Lautenschlager, J. BubaL
 I hereby certify that the above named endorsers are electors. and tax payers, as defined by law, of said Town of Bridgeport.
 Dated at Bridgeport. this 42th da<1 of. Nov. A D.. 1915.
 C. E. WINTON
 Asst, Town Clerk v TO the Board of County Commission
 CTS of. Fairfield County;
 I hereby apply for a-License to sell lsplritnous and IHtoxiea ting Liquors. Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, and Ci- der at 6S State Street -in the Town of Bridgeport, in said County. My, place of business is not located within 200 feat in 2. direct line of a Church Edifice. ParochiaI School or Public SchooI-house, or the, premises. pertaining thereto.a or any Post Of7a f1ce. Public Library or Cernetery-= Dated at Bridgeport this 4th day of Nov. A. D. 1915.
 HERMAN BEcKr
 Applicant. We. the undersigned, electors ard taxpayers, as defined by law. of the Town of Bridgeport, in said Count hereby endorse the application of tllGr above named eHeruan u Beck, for such. license, and we q O hereby sew eral1y, each for himself certify that ths above named applicant Is a. suit- able rerscRs to be granted "a license to- sell Intoxicating liquors and that the above described place iss in. our Opin- jon. a suitable place wherein to sell such intoxicating liquors, and Y5sr hereby severallys each for himsalf, certify that we are owners of real ez- tate situated in said. Town of Brtda@-e port Dated at Bridgeport, this 4th day of Nov. A. D., 1915.
 s. Loewith. HI. CSertes 1T. Stein. 1E. Lautenschlager, J. Kuba.
 I hereby certify that the .above named endorsers are eleetorssand tax. payers. as defined by law Of said Town of Bridgeport. Dated at Bridgeport, this 42th day of Nov. A. D., 1915.
 c. p. WINTON,
 Asst Town Clark .H1sbe66
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-20

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03
condition of healthy growth.

The conversion of a most desolate
and unattractive strip of ground, ~
ing at the foot of Sank Lake and just
off Main street, into beautiful public
park, is fine example of what can be
accomplished when the right
public spirit is back of the enterprise.
Upon this spot in the early days
George Gruber had erected a brewery
that was afterwards destroyed by
fire, leaving nothing but a hideous
ruin and collection of unproductive
sand dunes covered with thistles and
burrs. In the remarkable transforma-
ton that was brought about, the mi
tiative in the movement was furnish
ed by B. Willis How, then a resident
of Sank Centre, now of the Kelly-How
Thompson Company of Duluth. In
1897 the property in question was in
the possession of the BONNER estate
in Melrose. Through the generosity
of Solomon Pendergast it was secured
and held in trust for the city. In the
following year, under the mayorship
of Mr.. How, it became a part of the
public domain, and the services of a
landscape artist were procured, by
whom it was plated. In low-lying,
marshy district adjacent to the lake,
a lagoon was formed, from the bot
tom of which the rich sedimentary de-
post was transferred to the fruitless
sand. By the application Of intelli-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03
Sank CENTRE IN
THE OLDEN DAYS
Continued from page three)

public was deprived of what would
now be a notable relic. The growth
of this library is instructive. It's size
in 1883 can be estimated when it is
cited that upon day late in Novem-
Der of that year committee compos-
ed of ex-Lieut.-G Barto, E. p
Barnum, ]. F. Cooper and J. A. Du-
Bots conveyed the books in an ordin-
airy dry goods box from the high
school building to temporary home
that had been secured for them. In
1903, principally through the efforts
of Michael Hogan, the interest of Mr..
Carnage was elected in Sank Centre,
and the result was the beautiful and
commodious Carnagie building at the
corner of Main and Fifth streets,
where the public library found at last
its permanent abode. Every benefit
seems to be accompanied by its dis
advantages, and in this instance the
cost of housekeeping diminishing the
power of purchasing books. Still, there
are now nine, thousand volumes upon
the shelves, and the library is in a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03

gent human effort the barren waste
was made glad, and today on this
spot luxuriant elms are growing as if
in their native loan. The foliage, the
fountain, the flowers and the beau.
tiful body of water stretching out be-
fore it make it public resting-place
in which the citizens of Sank Centre
can be allowed to have a justifable
pride, since it is the work greatly of
their own hands and not a free gift
to them on the part of a bountiful ma
ture.
Quite early in the history and when
certain localities were being designat-
ed as the sites for state institutions,
Sank Centre had endeavored to secure
for herself such a favorable selection,
but she had been unsuccessful, other
communities, either by reason of SUI
perior advantages or more powerful
political influence, bearing away the
prize. In 1910, however, much to the
surprise of most of her people, the
coveted boon was attained, by the &C
ton of the State Board of Control in
choosing Sank Centre as the site of
the proposed State Home School for
Girls. Then she suddenly, as it were,
found in her midst not only one of the
most prominent of our state institu-
lions, but one whose salient features
have already carried its name far be-
yond the confines of Minnesota.
There had been passed in the SEES
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03

sue appearing on June 6, 1867. In the
transfer from Mclaughlin to Mr..
Simonton there was one asset pos
sessed of historical significance. It
was the press. This was the first
printing press brought into the terri
tory of Minnesota; it had formerly
been the property of James M. Good
hue, of st. Paul, who printed upon it,
on April %, 1849, the first newspaper
ever published in Minnesota, the Min
nesota Pioneer. Joseph Simonton
was Joined by his brother Samuel in
July, 1867, and together they con-
Quoted the Herald until its disposal to
Charles F. Hendryx in 1879. Hale
and hearty, and in his seventy-fifth
year, Joseph Simonton still resides in
Sank Centre, one of teh city's most
highly esteemed citizens. The Her
aid continued under the management
of Mr.. Hendryx until 1908, when it
was sold to the Hon. Frank M. Eddy,
by whom it was transferred in turn
in 1907 to A. M. Welles. From the
possession of Mr.. Welles it passed, in
1913, into the hands of Asa M. Wal
lace, it's present energetic and popular
editor.
In 1880, Walter C. and J. V. Brewer
brought into existence the Stearns
County Tribune, with Walter c..
Brewer acting as editor. The paper
after few years was removed to St.
Cloud. Upon the heels of this VEN
ture, a peregrinating printer by the
name of Max Nicholas established the
Sank Centre Avalanche. This paper
ran a varied course. Controlled by
Nicholas only few years, it passed
into the possession of E. P. Barnum
by whom it was ably edited until his
death. After the death of his father,
F. E. Barnum managed the Avalanche
until it's disposal to J. M. Michaelson
in 1901. The active administration of
Mr.. Michaelson raised the standing of
the paper in the community to a re-
markable degree, but failing health
compelling him to relinquish his I'M
dertaking, it was merged with Herald
and sold to Mr.. Eddy in 1908.
Thus, although the history of Sank
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03

sion of the Legislature of 1907, after
a bitter struggle and greatly through
the influence of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs under the leader
ship of Mrs. C. G. Higbee of st. Paul,
a bill authorizing the separation and
removal of the girls department of
the State Training School which was
located at Red Wing.
In the building up of this institu-
ton at Sank Centre, Minnesota, al
ways progressive, realized that some
thing besides the material element,
the brick and mortar entering into the
construction of buildings, was su-
premely essential to the solution of
the problems attending the attempt to
transform into serviceable So
cial factors, those whom pernicious
environments and other causes had
rendered socially unfit. Services of
the expert in this type of human char
acter were imperatively demanded. AS
a consequence, Mrs. Fannie French
Morse, of Massachusetts,, who had
made similar institution in that
state we'll known wherever sociolog-
lcal questions are studied, was Undue
ed to come to Minnesota as superin-
tendent of the new school. To her
was entrusted its conception, a con-
ception which should cover not only
the organization of it's policies, but a
supervision of its buildings, an at
tempt which in the space of scarcely
five years has wrought from a barren
timber-covered tract, little commun-
ity the worth of which in the shaping
of the womanhood of Minnesota can
not be overestimated. In June, 1910,
under her personal supervision, the
first work, the clearing of the timber
for sites began. The following month
the first sod was broken for building.
A year later, on June %, 1911, these
initial buildings, four in number, were
ready for occupancy. To them was
transferred from the Red Wing school
81 girls. So began the Home School
for Girls at Sank Centre, an institu-
ton representing today the most ad-
vanced thought in dealing with
problem which society hitherto had
either neglected or treated with that
futility which is born of misunder-
standing.
Constructed on the modern cottage
plan," numbering after fewer than
four years $50 girls, it furnishes a re-
markable instance of development and
growth. Built as it is on permanent
architectural values, and in it's meth
DDS based on well-thought-out princi-
Piles of social justice which are des-
tined to endure, it promises a future
commensurate with this great and
progressive state of Minnesota.
The first attempt to establish a
newspaper in Sank Centre was made
in 1866 by George Mclaughlin in the
establishment of the Sank Valley
News. Its life, however, was of short
duration, measured by months. The
real editor made his appearance upon
the scene in the following year, in the
person of Joseph H. Simonton. Pick
ing up the derelict paper he started
the Sank Centre Herald, the first is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03

Centre has been written in a few
pages, and, measured by the life OF
most communities its existence has
been brief, yet the work done has been
marked by a certain permanency
which augurs for the little city a more
abundant future, in which she shall
contribute her quota to the advance
ment of our common humanity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-03
Text Of Germany's Reply to- President Wilson's
Protest Against Submarine Warfare.

~ YASHINGTON, May 31.-Following is the
vNI official text of the German reply to the
" American note on the Lusitania case as
made public at the state department:
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
One Way to Economize.

Less meat" is the cry of many
economists; and some gay statistician
has calculated that If we each denied
ourself four beefsteaks a month there
would be no shortage But, If it must
be meat once day, why not call up
the horses? (You cannot eat motor
carsD There is still a club in Paris,
reminiscent of the siege days of 1870.
which dimes complacently upon horse
meat. And it needs but decent cook
to give the horse his splendid sepul.
cher at the human dinner-table.-
Westminster Gazette.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Passing of the Oil Lamp.


The coal oil lamp business has
fallen into the sere and yellow leaf
and with but small chance of ever
coming back, the New York Times re-
marks. The comparatively few styles
and kinds that still sell are cheap glass
lamps with corresponding shades and
burners, such as yet find place in
the lonely, isolated farmhouse. Scarce
a town now so small and unprogres-
sive IN the West and South that has
not it's electric light plant, sometimes
privately owned, more often public
utility.
So, too, a growing number of farm
houses tap the nearest interurban
trolley wire or draw their illumina-
tion from the neighboring town. So
the sale of electric light fixtures has
more than made up the loss in the
coal oil lamp business.
Watts and amperes and volts are
household words to those retail deal
ers who once knew only of wicks,
burners and shades. Lanterns are
sharing the fate of lamps, for fash
lights are spelling the disuse of the
ancient "lanthorn" that goes back to
medieval times.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Relatives Seek Estate; Make Charges.


Denver.-Mrs. Edna R. Newman, the
26-year-old bride OF the late Col. Geo.
S. Newman, is accused Of having plot
ted to marry the wealthy mining man
with a view of obtaining his money;
Of having been party to the admins
tration of drugs to him, and with hav-
ing used fraudulent means and false
pretenses to accomplish the marriage,
In an amended complaint, filed in the
County Court at Littleton on behalf
of Mrs. Lucelia A. Tasker, Newman G.
Hall and Alice L. Hall. The three who
filed the amended complaint are the
colonel's sister and his nephew and
niece. Discussing the charges filed by
Col. Newman's relatives the young
widow said They may say what
they please, and make all the charges
their lawyers can think of, but they
cannot prove one. do dislike to have
the public think am crazy about the
money, but l did all could for my
husband when he was Ill. I decline
to discuss the charges and my attor'
neys are handling the case with care
and competent skill" Mrs. Newman
is living at beautiful "MacRose," the
Newman stock ranch near Littleton.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
ACCUSEFATHER ANDSON
CHARGE EM6EZZLEMENT OF $780,
900 FROM PUEBLO BANK.
Criminal Informations Filed Against
w. 3. Slaughter, Former Head of
Wrecked Financial Institution.

Pueblo, Colo-That William B.
Slaughter, former president of the
Mercantile National Bank, will be re-
quired to appear in Pueblo for trial at
the September term Of court is indi-
Gated in the filing of criminal in
formation charging him and C. C..
Slaughter, his fugitive son, with the
embezzlement of $4,000 from the
bank in notes, bonds and moneys.
The original complaint upon which
the information is based was signed
by A. H. Stannard, county treasurer.
Since bringing the action, however,
all the county's money on deposit in
the wrecked institution has been made
up by bonding companies. Announce
ment to that effect was made by
Treasurer Stannard several weeks
ago.
The elder Slaughter is said to be in
Dallas. Texas, to which city he went
a few days after being released on
$4,000 bonds signed by big eastern
guaranty company.
Recently Receiver Seldomridge Of
the Mercantile went to Dallas for the
purpose of securing data concerning
the ex-president's promise to pay his
stock assessment into >the bank,
amounting to more than 100000. He
was able to get little satisfaction, how
ever, and returned to Pueblo empty
handed
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16

Sept: 17-1s.-Midsummer Meeting Of
Colorado State Editorial Association
at Glenwood Springs.
Sept. 27-Oct. S.-International Dry
Oct 2-9.-Fair and Race Meeting at
Denver.
Oct. 1s.-Odd Fellows Annual state
Convention at Colorado Springs.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Fulfilling Conditions.

Miser Thorpe's brother died and left
the miser legacy on condition that
he put up hundred-dollar tombstone
over him, suitably inscribed.
The miser ordered the hundred.
dollar tombstone-therew was not get
ting round that-but he was deter
mined to save on the inscription. The
stonecutter proposed:
Here lies the corp
Of Joseph Thorpe"
But the miser refused as to'
long. He cut it down till it read:
"Thorpe's
Corpse"
Chicago News.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
One Dead and Forty-nine Hurt.

Leadville, Colo.-Elmer John, fire.
man, was killed, and William King,
engineer, was seriously burned, forty
three passengers and six other train
men hurt, when a D. & R. G. helper
engine crashed head-on into double
header express train near Pando
Wednesday morning. One engine was
thrown upon its side; the ends of two
steel cars were crushed and about six
ty feet of track was torn.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Meant Safety.

A Scotchman and an Irishman met
in the country one day and during
their conversation a motorcar passed
by; the Scotchman said he hated the
smell of motorcar; but Paddy said
he liked it.
"Why?" said the Scotchman, and
Paddy said when he smelt it he knew
the danger was past,
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Great Musician.

Two Lancashire boys were expatiat-
ing on the relative merits OF their
fathers as musicians.
my father is the greatest musician
in town." said one.
"Oh!" the other said. when my IA
ther starts his music every man stops
work."
"How's that?" said the other. What
does he do?"
HE blows the whistle for meals up
at the MILL"
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Antero Change Of Venue Denied

Brighton.-At the close of argu.
ments consuming the entire day,
Judge Harry S. Glass Of the District
Court denied the application of the
Denver City Public Utilities Commis.
sion for change Of venue to the Den.
yer District Court of the injunction
proceedings, brought by Mrs. Eliza.
beth B. Gleason to prevent the carry.
ing out of the contract Of purchase OF
the Antero reservoir and Highline
ditch by the City of Denver.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16

Miners Victims Of Premature Blast.
Victor.-Investigati developed the
fact that Charles Ellison, 2S, and
James Constantine, 40, miners blown
to pieces by a dynamite explosion in
the bottom of the Last Dollar mine
shaft on Bull Hill, were killed by a
premature blast, as several of the
fuses were unlighted.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
New Truck to Haul Gravel.

Sterling.-A huge five-ton truck for
hauling gravel has just been received
by the Great Western Sugar Company
and will be used in the work of i'm.
proving the roads in and about Logan
county.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
SPRINGS Women Preparing for War.

Springs Women preparing TOR war;
Colorado Springs.-To prepare them
selves to take the field as nurses in
case the United States becomes in
volved in war, sixteen prominent Colo
RADIO Springs society women and mem
bers of the younger set have begun
twelve weeks course in nursing and
surgery at a local sanatorium.
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
WHEAT NEAR BILLION MARK.
Agricultural Department Figures Show
981 ZOO, ,OOOB Bushel Prospect.

Agricultural Department Figures Show
ss1 200, 900 eusheI Prospect.
Washington.-Prospe of billion
bushel wheat crop this year were in
creased by the government report
which forecasts 9S1.000,O00 bushels,
based on its Sept. 1 canvass. Spring
wheat indicates a crop of 1922 100000
bushels, an increase Of 100000 since
the August prediction was made.
These forecasts are given below
with the forecasts based on Aug. 1
conditions, the final production in 1914
md the average production for the
five years from 1909 to 1913 Tin mil
lions of bushels, 1. g. 00O.0oos omitted).
Sept. Aug. 1909
Fore Fore 1914 1913
CROPS cast. cast Crop. Av.
Winter Wheat 80. S5s S5s sss ~
All Wheat .... ss1 966 Ss1 6S6
Corn ...,........2ssb 2s1s 1878 27Qs
Cheyenne record., 1915-09-16
Searchers Fall to Find Body.

Grand Junction-So far every eff.
fort to raise or locate the body OF
Herman Baker, drowned in the Grand
river, has failed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-29
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-29

prairie counties can be thankful they
have no such road building difficulties
to surmOunt.
Crawford county has been putting
her road money on the bad spots OF
the county this season. Seven con-
tracts covered stretches OF the Lincoln
highway, which now is in fine condi.
ton entirely through the county and
is Il magnificent piece Of dirt highway.
Some three miles from Denison, be-
tween Arion and Dow City, between
Dow City and Haley and in Boyer town
ship just north Of Dunlap stretches
ranging from one mile to 1000 feet
have been brought to permanent grade.
Lincoln highway officials can have no
complaint at the amount OF money
spent by Crawford county or the re.
suits attained with the dirt road there
The highway officials. it is understood,
are prepared to donate enough cement
to build three miles tof concrete road
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-12-29
Tho people VINO came save.

Very considerable success is being
secured by banks and other institu
lions that run Christmas Savings clubs
In many places people are willing to
set aside given sum every week for
Il year without any interest return,
There are a great many persons who
simply can't save anything unless they
join some such plan and bind them.
selves by some kind of pledge.
Such people do not plan out their
expenditures in advance. They take
their weekly wage and spend it freely
until it is gone. Then they sit tight,
live scantily and borrow money until
the ghost walks again, when once
more they are in clover.
Such persons have sangutne and
happy go lucky temperament which
fears not the future. If they can get
along without misfortune or special
calls for funds. they may enjoy life
very we'll. But the rainy day comes at
last. Unless one is to eat the bread
Of dependence in later years, the say.
ing habit must become lifelong pol
icy, not one temporarily created by
the Indictment Of savings club.