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The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
Dayton News.)


 The three natons doing the biggest business in South America when the war broke out were the United States, Great Britain and Germany. During the year 1913, the United States did s326,000,000 worth of business with South America. Great Britain and Ire land did $322,OOO,OOO; Germany did s217,OO0.OOO worth of business in that country.
 A popular misconception of affairs with South America is that there are no lines of steamship transportation between this country and that The truth Is there are nearly thirty steam ship lines plying between the two countries. There are thirteen separate lines of steamship plying between the United States and Brazil. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Peru. Four of these thirteen lines are operated under the American flag.
 So We are not so badly off as many people suppose. when we talk about
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AN ANCIENT INITIATIVE.
Seattle P.-I.)

Seattle P.-I)
 The initiative and referendum are looked upon as modern novelties. Yet some of the older states have enjoyed these devices in the past to an extent that they became unmitigated nuis- ances and had to be curtailed by leg lslative action The. Prevalent Jour nal calls attention to the introduction of bill in the Rhode Island legisla- ture amending one of the qAiest laws cn the statute books of that state, a law which distinctly provided for the initiative and also, in a measure, for the referendum.
 This law provided that in any town having loac population than 5000 any seven electors, by making request in writing, could have town meeting called for the transacting of any busi- ness relating to that town In towns where the population is in excess of B. 0O0 per cent of the voters can have such meeting called and public busi- ness transacted.
 This initiative privilege was abused to such all extent, the Journal recites
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07
NO NElGHBoRs IN NEW YORK
tNeW York Sum-


 .Neighbor! There are no neighbors in New York. This city is huge filing cabinet, rows and stacks of pigeon holes, into which families are tucked, in which they live and move and have their being, with no reference whatever lo the blood in the next compartment or in the one above or underneath. The partitions that separate one pigeonhole from the next might be of armor plate for all that they let out or let in of that spirit of human fellowship that makes smaller cities real communities. There is the story-and it Is fairly illustrative of metropolitan life-of the banker who lived next door to the counterfeit CT. The surprise was mutual when the banker, called to counter one day to re- putiiate the signature to counterfeit notes found the prisoner was his neighbor, who had not even known that the signature he was forging was that of the man next door. Now, into this city of such unneighborliness comes an idea couched in the phrase, Be a good neighbor." 1t is almost beyond the understanding of the city folk whose sense of the existence of others has been atrophied by the iso- lating conditions of the file cabinet existence.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07
A CASE I'll IS DIFFERENT
q ten News


 Ordinarily il lid that those who bring on war do not fight; that as a rule il is d rich mans war and d poor mans fight, and that if We could com pei those who vote for war to get out III front we should have no wars. But the statements do not hold spod at this time, especially ia regard to Eng and
 Out of 670 members of parliament, more than 200 are in the army it IS said When it is remembered that many of the members must be well along in years, in that all of them are certainly past the period when men usually go to war, the showing is all the more remarkable. It certainly shows that the socaled upper classes ,tie better represented in the army than are the so- called lower classes. TOT it the people of England generally had enlisted in the same proportion that the members of parliament went into 1ne war, the army would at this time run up toward ten million soldiers, whereas. there are not more than a miiion Englishmen under arms.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07

SO many meetings were called on such frivolous pretexts that. some years ago, tbe general assembly, modified the law by provision that special meetings aould hot be initiated by petition more .hdn once in six months for considera ion of the same proposal. This did not wholly correct the evil, and the present measure before the legislature amends the old statute by the require nent that at least 10 per cent of the electors must sign petitions before the special town meetings can be called
 Under the old practice the Journal says that the power of the initiative was resorted 10 by advocates of some proposition day after day for a con siderable period, In the attempt to bring the majority around to their way of thinking, to the exhaustion of the body polite, the scandal of town gov ernment and the shame of pure dem In some instances the only purpose of the seven petitioners in calling the town meetings was appar- enuy 10 make public nuisanees of themselves.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS Newspaper Comment on live
 topics of the day.

South America With England and Germany doing no business in the country, and with everything favoring America at this time we ought to get hold of a large part of the half bil- lion dollars of trade that has been go-
 ing to the nations at war.
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WE GAN DO IT.

For first class work and prompt de. livery phone Main t51 and the Peoples Steam Laundry will call and get your laundry.
 W. | WILLIAMSON. Prop.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07

Hot chocolate, beef tea, clam juice ice cream and soda, water at the Rose Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-07
We have a large assortment of cards and calendars. Loman Bros.

Begin the New Year right by sub scrbing for the Nugget.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
From Mondays oariv.

The committee on high school fac
ulty meetings at their meeting on
Tuesday. October 10. decided that
there should be eight meetings OF the
faculty with programs during the year.
At six of these meetings there Is to be
a consideration Of a subject which
has a definite basis, that basis to be
found in some book or portion OF a
book which has been available to the
faculty for study.
Il Is the intention that some mem
Der OF the faculty act as a leader. pre-
senting that subject In a brief talk.
and that after the talk there shall be
general discussion.
The following list gives dates of
meetings, subjects. leaders and the
text upon which the discussion Is to
be based.
November 10. Study and Teaching
How to Study" Miss Cooley. Based
upon Earhart's Teaching Children
How to Study"
December 8. Adapting Class In
struction to differences in Capacity"
Miss Lewis and Mrs. Webster. Based
upon Parker's Methods of Teaching
in High School"
January ~. Superintendent meet
ing. Subject Of discussion to be an
nounced. ...8 -
January 2s. "what the Board Thinks
OF the Faculty" Mrs. B. ID. Smith.
February q. THE Philosophy OF the
Teacher" Mr.. Rock. Based upon
Hydes' "The Teachers Philosophy"
February %. "The Problem Of At
tefition." Miss Morgan. Based upon
Bagley's Classroom Management"
March s. Scientific Tests and
Measurements and Results" Miss
and Mr.. Bate.
March go Economy In the Class
room" Miss O'Donnell. Based on Par
ker's Method Of Teaching in High
School"
April IL. Lewis "Democracy's
High school" Mr.. Shumway. Bibli-
of leading books and articles
on secondary education of the year.
Miss Sterling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

Washington, October 25.-Chairman
Hay of the house military committee
went over the details of the army pro-
gram with President Wilson and an
nounced that II would have hts hearty
support. Hay said he considered the
program very conservative and saw no
reason why there should be any Diff
ficulty in speedy action In the house
as possible. In addition to the plans
prepared by Secretary Garrison, Hay
said he would make efforts to strength
en- the National guard. He said he
favored increasing the pay Of the or
ganized militia.
Washington. October 25.-The bill
that will provide the means for Toe
national administration to make ready
for the defense of the country and TO
place things on a preparedness
footing. Is being rapidly drafted. and
will. II Is believed be acted upon
quickly by both the house and senate.
The chairman of the military affairs
committee OF the house today made
the statement that the bill would be
presented i'm congress on the opening
day Of the regular annual session.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
From Mondays DsIIx
READING Of David CopperfieId.

The young people Of today do not
read Dickens. When a local organi-
ration last spring gave Mrs. Jarley's
Wax Works." II was discovered that
most of the boys and girls had never
even heard OF Mrs. farley and few
had read "Old Curiosity Shop" What
a lot we. OF this generation. think they
have missedi Our fathers enjoyed
Dickens even more than we. Many a
time have been bored to death with
accounts of Mr.. Pickwick's adven-
lures, but I always delighted In Little
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
From Monoay's oaiis.


Judge and Mrs. w. L. Comstock
have received the sad news of the
death Of the formers mother, Mrs.
Sarah Eleanor Comstock, who passed
away at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. E. j. Cook. In Macintosh.
South Dakota, where she had made
her home for the past Ave years. De-
ceased was born seventy-seven years
ago on August 10, in Belpre. Ohio.
her maiden name being Miss Sarah
Eleanor Patton. When a young lady
she came west with her brother, and
made her home here. where she met
and was married to Mr.. Marshall T..
Comstock In 1860. They made their
home on farm for number OF years
and later retired from farm life and
took up their residence in the city. Mr.
Comstock died about seven years ago,
and about FIVE years ago Mrs. Com
stock went to Macintosh, South
Dakota, to live with her daughter.
Mrs. z. ]. Cook.
Mrs. Comstock had been in failing
health for some time, and for the past
Ave weeks had been very III with
heart trouble. which caused her death.
Four children survive as follows:
Judge w. L. Comstock OF this city:
Mrs. F. s. washburn, Washington
state; Mrs. E. J. Cook, Macintosh,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
From Mondays Daily.

An important deal has been closed
whereby s. NJ. Morris, the popular
Front street furniture man, will take
In as a partner l.. w. Andrist. well
known furniture dealer. who has been
actively engaged In business In West
Concord for a number OF years, and
who will enter into active partnership
with Mr. Morris on December I. The
handsome large furniture store will be
remodeled. balconies for furniture
built, and the upstairs department re-
modelled and enlarged. making II one
of the biggest and most modern stores
I'm the state. A complete new stock
OF the latest and most exclusive de-
signs in furniture Is being selected.
and everything handled by an up-to-
date and enterprising furniture store
will be handled by the new firm. 80.
While these improvements are un-
der way Mr.. Andrist will be closing
out his large business interests In
West Concord, and will move his :am-
lily here after December /. He has
leased the residence at $40 South
broad street, where himself anu wife.
son Haven and daughter Lorene viii
make their home. Mr.. Andrist comes
highly recommended. being a business
man of the highest integrity, and
highly experienced In the furniture
and undertaking business. In aldi-
ton to his furniture store at West
Concord he was undertaken for the
towns OF Mantorville and st. Clair.
He is vice president OF the Minne-
sofa Funeral Directors association
and is well known in this city, where
he has many friends. His brother.
Charles Andrist. il private secretary
to Governor Hammond. aud DIR. AM
Grist Of Owatonna Is also brother.
The new firm OF Norris K Andrist
will no doubt prove one OF the. most
popular furniture and undertaking
establishments in this section o. the
state. ..-..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

Nell, Oliver Twist. Paul Dombey and
all the others Of Dickens children.
Other times. other manners! To be
sure in these days OF hectic living.
Dickens Is a little slow at times;
there are no hairbreadth escapes:
perhaps the humor Is a little ole
fashioned. and he Is laid on the shelf,
like all old things. and dust gathers!
But some OF his characters are i'm
mortal. Jennie wrenn, Uriah Heep,
Oliver Twist, Peggotty and Barkis
will never die while the English Ian
guage endures. A knowledge OF
Dickens Is as necessary to every one
as Shakespeare or Scott. This reali-
zation has led the English depart
ment OF the normal school and the
Reading club to invite Walter Brad
ley Trip, OF the Emerson College OF
Oratory. Boston. to read David Cop
perfield." at Normal hall. on the even
ing Of November second. Mr.. Trip
makes a cutting of the book. leaving
out all that might now be thought
slow. but retaining all the fun and
humor. making you acquainted with
David and Agnes, Betsy Trotwood
and Peggotty and Barkis, Uriah Heep
always so umble' and wilkins Ma
cawber eternally waiting for some
thing TO turn up"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

8. D.: Miss Grace Comstock. who
teaches in Stanley Hall. Minneapolis.
The remains will arrive here tomorrow
and the funeral will be held wednes-
day afternoon at two o'clock from the
home of Judge and Mrs. w. l.. Com
stock. 225 Beach street, Rev. T. Ross
Paden, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church officiating. .. .tr. GEE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
Supper For Presbyterian Brotherhood

The Presbyterian Brotherhood will
hold regular meeting tonight. open
ing with dinner served In tho church
basement at 6:15. The topic for dis
cussion will be The Practical Side Of
the Sermon On the Mount" talks be-
ing given from three points Of view
as follows: 'II Business F. NJ. Cur
rier and j. r. Brandrup: I'm Law"
Judge or.n Cray: ~ Social Rela-
TONS" President G. II. Cooper.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
Initiated Large Class.

United Commercial Travellers of
Mankato initiated a large class into
the local council late yesterday after
noon. II was decided to have a
membership campaign between now
and the first OF the year in an effort
to bring all the local travelling men
into the council. The council IL d.
vided for this purpose into two fac
tons. each with a captain. II Is in
tended on the last of the year to
have quite q celebration with a ban
quet and. program Of entertainment
After the business meeting. a dance
was held I'm the same hall. A delight
full social evening was enjoyed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
From MONDAYS caIiy.

Secretary z. F. Soaring OF the
Commercial club has received a letter
from Charles Frederick Weller, asso-
ciate secretary of the Playground and
Recreation Association of America.
who gave a talk in this city last week.
Mr.. Weller stated that good commit
tees similar to the one appointed in
Mankato, had been formed I'm Red
wing and Rochester. He enclosed a
report OF the Minneapolis commits
sion on Work Done and 10 Be Done
for Public Recreation in Minneapolis"
being a summary Of the survey made
by l.. II. Weir. field secretary OF the
Playground and Recreation associa-
tion.
Morris Griffith, living near Garden
City. was hurt today In a runaway
accident. His horse was frightened
by the movements Of concrete mix
er on Pleasant street. The animal ran
from the Pleasant street hin as far as
the George Harris farm. Griffith was
thrown out and received two bad cuts
in the head. He was taken TO
doctors office In an automobile by c.
w. Johnson of the Indian Lake dis
trict. ,,cA
q, 49, ~ s5ss
At the frst meeting of the Fari-
bault Packing and Provision COM
pany on Saturday, the following
board of directors was elected; c. w.
Glotfelter, waterville; George NJ.
Flynn. Medford NJ. Z. Brooks; Fari-
bault; Charles Stakeholder. Faribault;
II. C. Theopold. Faribault; C. e.
Mortified H. Z. Hanson.
Cannon Falls; w. T. Mollison. Fari-
bault: Alison Blodgett. Jr.. Faribauit.
There are about thousand stock
holders I'm the company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
Announcement Of Wedding to Be.

Announcement OF Wedding to- Be.
Announcements have been made Of
the approaching marriage Of Miss
Margaret Gamble. daughter OF Mich
ael Gamble OF Belgrade. to Frederick
p. Murphy OF Duluth. This marriage
will take place next month in this
city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

j. ID. Deets was home from a trip
10 spend Sunday with his family.
Andrew Rudberg today took a trip
TO Pleasant Mound to look over some
land.
Mrs. S. J. Neff OF Lake Crystal Is
q guest at the home Of Mrs. william
Irving.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. a. White of Tracy
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
vickerman.
George NJ. Palmer went to Mime
apolis today TO bring back Mrs.
Palmer. who has been undergoing
treatments in that city.
r. V. Campbell OF Minneapolis,
travelling freight and passenger agent
city on business Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. William NJ. Mason,
who have been in the city visiting their
daughter. Mrs. Evan Hughes. left to-
day for their home at Spring Valley.
william II. Moxon. advance repre-
sentative for Seven Keys to Bald
pate" an attraction booked for the
Mankato Theatre on Monday next,
wss I'm Mankato today.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. l.. Tyson OF Min
neapoIis spent Sunday as guests at
Wilson. Mr.. Tyson returning to Min
neapolis today and Mrs. Tyson re-
naming for the week.
Mrs. NJ. J. Dempsey left for the
twin cities yesterday. where she will
spend two weeks with friends.
Mrs. A. c. Gray OF Vernon Center
Is a guest at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. l.. Champlin this week.
: l.. L. Champlin returned home last
night from Vernon Center where he
was engaged in experimenting repair
work on the farm. and returned to
Vernon Center today to continue his
work He was accompanied by Mr..
\. c. Gray. who was a guest at the
Champlin home Sunday.
Mrs. o. Anderson. Mrs. ]. A. Smith
and Mrs. George Crawford went to
the twin cities last Saturday to visit
their children. Mrs. Anderson visit
ed her son Don. who attends the uni
versity, and returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Smith Is spending the week Wis
iting her daughter. Miss Lucille, who
attends Hamline. and Mrs. Crawford
Is visiting with her daughter. Miss
who attends the state uni
versity.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ,Bradkey left this
noon for Minneapolis and will also
visit at Albert Lea. after which they
will return to their home in Des
In kA
with their daughter. Miss Anna Brad
key at Madison Lake and In this city.
M. and Mrs. Emil Metzinger OF
New Ulm were guests last evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Blum
and Mr.. and Mrs. II. Szamet. while
en- route to the twin cities.
Mrs. J. N. Nenno will arrive home
tomorrow from Worcester. Mass.
having visited relatives there, and with
friends at Chicago for several weeks
past.
Mrs. ]. Clark OF Madelia visited
relatives I'm the city yesterday.
Mankato Study club will hold reg
ular meeting this evening.
Ralph Il. Douglas. representing r.
w. Dodge Co. was I'm the city on busf-
ness Saturday afternoon. ...
r. +. Carver OF Peoria. ILL.,. repre-
senting the Illinois Brass and Pump
was in the city on business
.oday.
II. B. Pasteur left for Chicago yes
ierday afternoon to make fall pur-
.hases for his sample shoe store.
r. Biggings living near Napoleon.
last night to the police
that his car had been taken from
street TO Jackson street. The
police did not have the numbers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29

Pleasantly Surprised.
Mrs. Theodore Schmidt OF North
Broad street was pleasantly surprised
last evening by twenty three Of her
friends. A social evening was en-
joyed and a nice lunch was served.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-07-17
~ 49,
FREE SPEECH IN COLLEGES.

San Francsco-The Evening Bulletin
makes this comment on the Rockefeller
foundation, in connection with the dis
missal of Prof. Scott Nearing by the
University of Pennsylvania
at begins to appear that endowed uni
versties and endowed charitable foun-
dations are the gravest enemies to tree
thought in America. Endowments now
adays are almost always in the form OF
funds invested in corporation securities.
The list of securities of the Rockefeller
foundation, for example, is almost a
roster of the strongest and most highly
centralized corporations in the United
States The sympathies of this founda-
ton will probably always be with the
corporations who thus contribute to its
support In no different way the SYM
pathies of the directors OF. an endowed
university are almost sure to be with
money interests, and with all phases of
the present order, whether good or bad
which help to keep money power in the
hands of small class"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-07-17
URGES MONTANA
MINERS TO UNIONIZE

Butte, Mont.-Thc Free Lance, of
this city, indorsed by the state federation
of labor asks Butte miners: Don't you
believe that a union of the miners is
needed in this community"
These workers have been divided for
some time, and in referring to the diff
ferent opinions advocated the Free
Lance gives this wholesome advice:
"Organized and solidihed, you will be
able to accomplish a great deal, You
undoubtedly have learned an everlasting
lesson from that which has transpired
in the past You cannot travel any
faster than the age we live in. Organ
lied labor is keeping abreast of the
times; it speaks the sentiment of its
members; its acts are the acts of the
membership as whole. Some there are
who imagine that organized labor is
slow and retrogressive, and is not pro-
crossing in accordance with the pro-
gressive tendency of this present age.
Some sections of the country are more
progressive than others, and in those
sections considerable criticism has at
times been INDUCED in by the unthink-
ing against those who are classed as
nonprogressive. They remind you of
an army wherein a company or battalion
become impatient at the delay in attack
ing the enemy and consequently they
attack Ton their own hook superior
force. As a result they are annihilated.
Thus il is with few isolated instances
of aggressive unionism.'
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-07-17
OBJECT TO COURTS POWER.

Adelaide, South Australia.-The tend
ency of courts to check the peoples will
prevails in this commonwealth as well
as in other parts of the world AT the
recent conference OF the Australian labor
party, held in this city, the following
resolution was discussed for two days
An amendment to the constitution to
deprive the high court of its interpreta-
tive powers in regard to the federal con
stituiion"
One delegate declared that this court
stood above the constitution; that the
courts had no right to nullify the laws
that it rested with the people to correct
abuses IN Legislation, and that this was
fhe power OF democracy which Aus
trallans were denied by the high court.
The motion was lost. The majority
agreed with the sentiments, but insisted
that the intcrpretative power of the
court is necessary as long as the com
monwealth of Australia is federation
OF states.