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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-13

Acting in One Lesson.
DO you think l could learn to be a
moving-picture actor?"
Sure you could. Just remember
this one thing: A heaving chest de-
notes surprise, fear, hate or any other
emotion."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-04

Sloan House." Lewis Burk was an
old-fashioned self-made man. He was
blacksmith, stone-mason, a stage
driver, an owner of a stage route, a
dealer in horses, a landlord, a mem.
Der Of both branches of the Indiana
legislature, and finally a banker. He
had worked for $500 a month as a
blacksmith, so cents a day as stone
mason and 371z cents day in the
harvest field. Surely. he ought to be
an inspiration to the modern wilmer
and calamity bowler.
Huntington House.
Oran Huntington came here from
Massachusetts, in 1881 and after .vari-
GUS business ventures bought Of Ben
jamin Fulghum his brick dwelling on
the corner of Main and Franklin
streets (now Seventh street,, and fit
ted 1t up as hotel under the name
OF the Huntington House. 1t has been
supplanted by the Colonial Building.
Who can tell about the old "Cassell
House" where the Grand Hotel is
now? And what about the Gait
House?" And how about the hotel
kept by Basil Brightwell? Where was
the Commercial HOTEL kept by Mrs.
Prescott and by the Vickers family
also? Who remembers Billy Morning
star? Was he q clerk in the Gait
Who can tell about Jacob
Goehner and Gotlieb Lichtenfels who
built and managed the Avenue House?
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he could not get the other girl, whom
gossip said he loved, he had taken up
with her. The sting was too much.
Perhaps she was just little bit jeal.
GUS and just little bit unfair but the
suggestion that he was making fool
of her had taken root
At the gate she dismissed him, re-
fusing to- say when. he could come
again. Dejectedly he walked away his
chin concealed in the folds of his
sweater. Gossip read the indications OF
q quarrel and flooded the neighbor-
hood with the story. $780,
The shrill tongued vampire ventur-
ed the guess that the new. girl had
heard of the other and had heard what
the young mans aunt was reported to
have said. This version was accepted
and dispatched about the vicinity, over
back fences and on door steps as au.
thentic. -.. ....t s~,:
The girl believed what she had
heard. She refused to see him again,
thinking it better to choke her own
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mond and died here in 1869. William
H. Vaughan also kept tavern on this
bank corner. Patrick Justice also had
tavern on north Front street A tav-
ern was also kept ON Meek's corner
where the Hoosier store, is now. Abra-
ham Jeffries and Joseph Andrews al
SO kept tavern at the Gilbert corner,
Main and Sixth streets.
Legal Prices For Meals. 49,.
Taverns were regulated by the ter.
ritorial and county commissioners.
The legal prices were: Meals rs cents;
lodging 6A cents; whiskey 121z cents
" pint; feeding horse 12h cents;
brandy, rum and wine so cents y
pint. In 1922 meals had fallen to 18A
cents; whiskey to 81 cents pint; but
lodging arose to 1871 cents
Considering the low prices for food
stuffs there was good profit In meals
at 26 cents unless the boarders were
heavy feeders. Butter was 4 cents
h.; bacon was 2 cents h.; beef III
cents lb.: chickens so cents, doz. eggs
? cents doz.; wood 37h cents cord;
veal III cents h.; flour. $1.25 per 100
lbs; corn Is cents bushel. But as cali
CO was! $500 a yard the people COM
planned of the high cost Of living"
We are never satisfied. Food was
cheap then but men worked for. less
. day than they now get for one
hours work.
We have before us an advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-04

love which she felt growing beyond
her control than to let it grow and
then have it crushed should he only
be trifling with her. 1t required all the
will power she had to deny him when
she saw that he was suffering but she
suspected that it was as gossip sinti-
mated and that he was worrying over
the loss of the other girl.
So she killed her love and spoiled
his life just for little gossip without
foundation of truth.
She had moved with her family to a
distant city. He had turned all his en-.
ergies to the automobile business. He
had advanced through the factory,
been head of the TESTERS worked into
the office and was now president of
the company. But what did he care.
He asked himself whether after all
success was worth while if there was
no one to share it with him
Just a few weeks ago on the day
that the directors had elected him
president of the company he had no.
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Of 1928 which offers Eat low prices"
such goods as Peach brandy, French
brandy, rum, wine, gin. cherry bounce,
Monongahala whiskey, country whis-
key, oysters, biscuits, groceries, lunch
and hay" $500
County Buys WhisIeey.
The county commissioners allowed
George Hunt, county clerk, $50 for
the purchase Of whiskey to be used
at the public sale of town lots in Sal
isbury.
The Meredith House, whose picture
appears in this issue of The Palla-
dunn, was built by Charles w. Starr
in 1888 and kept by him. from 1916 to-
1854 under the name of Starr House."
From 1888 to 1916 it was managed by
Maria Hurbut. Afterward it was con-
Quoted under the name of Meredith
House by s.. Babcock. Its name came
from a Mr.. Meredith who once man
aged it and then moved to Cambridge
City where he had the Junction
House. The name Meredith House
was changed to the fremont House
under the management of John Ell
hot
Lewis Burk, who owned 'Burk's
Bank" in 1852. standing where the
First National Bank is now, built a
tavern in 1881 where Grothaus' fur
niture store is now, and ran it for
several years, finally selling 1t to Dan
lei P. Sloan who managed it as the
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or who had married. The Gossip de-
clared that the young mans aunt had
told friend of hers that her nephew
only went with the new girl because
the other would have nothing to do
with him. c.
Her words: It's a fact he only goes
with her cause the other one would
not have him." carried to the ears of
the girl. ~
She gazed at. the downcast face Of
her lover who had also overheard the
remark. She took the expression as
an admission that the statement was
true. Her pride was hurt. She quiet
ly asked II what she had heard were
true. He denied that it was. But she
listened to a, tormenting inner doubt
instead of to his sincere words of de.
NAL. -. . 49,
For a time. they had walked on in
silence. Conjectures of all kinds flood
ed her mind. She wondered if he had
been telling around among the friends
that he did not care for her but since
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How Many Veterans Recall Glen?

Announcement of the retirement of
Col. Johnny" Glen, Drummer Boy
of Shiloh" from the regular army.
published in the newspapers all over
the country on August 16, with &C.
counts of Clem's remarkable career
in the army from the time he enlisted,
at the age of ten years, during the
early days Of the Civil war, was of
more than passing interest to DR..
W. W. Wild, retired, who lives on a
farm near Williamsburg.
DR.. Wild knew the extremely youth
full, diminuative and lion-hearted
drummer boy when he was serving as
a regularly enlisted member Of the
Twenty-second Michigan infantry and
he tells with huge, delight and many
chuckles of his first meeting with
Johnny Glenn
Their First Meeting.
b "The federal forces had been re-
pulsed before Chattanooga and we
were in general retreat the day met
Clem," Dr. Wild said the other day.
Il was the captain of Company X,
Tenth Indiana infantry, and as our
lines retired l was riding along a road
on the horse of Col. Carroll, COM
AAoAOSA VI Jul lCSAucul, WuO udu
been killed in action.
Finally l was astonished to see
mere child in ragged blue regimen
tails walking along the road, whistling
cheerfully as if nothing had happened
and Juggling his dilapidated drum and
a musket about twice his size.
When l asked him who he was he
raised his impudent, freckled face,
looked me over with equally impudent
eyes and then, with great dignity, said
he was Private Glen, drummer of the
Twenty-second Michigan. -.-
want a lift on my horse, bud?' 1
asked, and without more ado he climb
ed on behind me and we continued on
our way. Soon We met column of
fresh troops under General, Stedman.
coming to relieve the
pressure of our front s. -f
"'Say, you fellows, you'll come back
a damned sight faster than you're
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Where Early Travellers Stopped in Richmond
BY EDGAR lltFF.

Scott, in his finest novel. "Kenil.
WORTH says it Is the privilege Of tale.
tellers to open their stories in an inn.
the free rendezvous Of all travellers.
where the humor Of each displays it.
self without ceremony or restraint.
Il am an inkeeper and l know my
grounds. and study them-brain
oman. study them! I must have jo-
vial guests"
So runs an old poem of the days
when the fireplace blazed high with
logs, and men talked Of rugged work
and venturesome deeds.
When John Smith, the original pro-
prietor of Richmond, mentioned to
jeremiah Cox away back in 1914 that
they needed a tavern in the settlement
Cox replied that he would rather see
a bucks tail any day than a tavern
sign
Tavern 10 Built.
But Smiths commercial and social
instincts were keen and he was right.
The tavern soon bloomed forth to fill
the needs of the times.
The first tavern in Richmond was
located on Lot No. 6 South Pearl street
(now Fifth street) and was presided
over by Philip Harter. This was in
1916. 1t was big log house with an
outside chimney and mammoth fire
place.
The next tavern was opened by
Ephriam Lacey on the southwest cor
ner of Main and Front street (now
Fourth streetD 1t was . two story
white frame house and stood on what
Is now the courthouse yard. 1t was
- R~,~s1 utr
residence and factory.
Harter's Corner.
Then Jonathan Bayles started
Main and Pearl street (now Fifth
street, and called II the Sign of the
Green Tree" This was torn down in
nv the Citizens Bank" Of the firm OF
siorrisson, blanchard and Co. Harter
ad also kept tavern there and 1t was
JAILED for many years "Harter's Cor
lsr."
NSoon after Abraham Jeffries opened
a tavern on Gilbert's corner, Main and
Marion. (now Sixth street. and used
the open space on Meek's corner.
across the street, for his coaches,
wagons, horses and sheds. From here
departed the six-horse coaches for
cincinnati, fare 50 cents. When near
Ng the town the coach drivers were
required to blow their horns to an
nounce their arrival. Richard Cheese
man. an early settler. kept q tavern
on South Front street, (now Fourth
street.) John Baldwin. an original
Carolinian, also kept tavern on the
Coftin's bank corned. He went west as
m Indiana trader and was scalped alive
but survived and returned to Rich.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-04
Bachelor
Tells Why
F,13e'sSingle
Old Woman's Scandal-Laden
Talk Reaches Ears Of Jeal-
Gus Girl Who Ends Ro-
nance.
Wealthy Man Without Wife
to Share Success Recalls
Bitter Days Of Youthful
Career.

Gossip ruined his life: blasted the
romance which had filled his soul with
hope for nest Of his own.
He IL . bachelor now.
Although he sits today in his fine
bachelor quarters with comfortable
and elegant furnishings, he has been
robbed Of the JOY Of living which once
caused him to greet each newborn
day with thrill OF hope and an eager.
ness to grasp its opportunities and
longing to grapnle with its problems.
Success has been his, although he II
still comparatively young. The strug-
Gle Of his earlier years and the blast
ing Of his dream Of homo and bride
have left their traces upon his face
and his stopped shoulders. As he sits
smoking reminiscently he appears
prematurely aged.
Bitterly he recalls the day which
marked the destruction Of his hopes
Of life and pretty wife to cheer him
on to success.
He had strolled home from the Of.
flee with her one late autumn after.
noon. The morning had been cool and
she had worn her coat to work but
she carried 1t under her arm on the
way back. He had lounsed along be-
side her resting his neck far down in.
side the roll Of his jersey and with
both hands thrust into his trousers
pockets. college boy fashion.
They approached her home. Three Of
the neighbor women stood against the
tenements which were edged close to
the sidewalk. The boxes and make
shift toys with which the children Of
the neishborhood amused themselves
were strewn over the walk.
The women. gossips they were, put
their heads close together as they
saw the young couple coming slowly
down the street walking close to each
other and engaged in eager converse
ton. The gossiping hushed rs the
lovers passed the little group and then
was resumed as they passed on.
The conversation was taken up too
soon. One of the gossips whose voice
was high and unpleasantly shrill even
when she thought she was speaking in
an undertope. continued her story.
She was narrating incidents in q
former love affair which the young
man had had. She had been telling
how he had been Tilted by his first
love and how he had often tried to
return to her. Then this new, girl, the
one he was now with had come to the
nefghborhood and he had taken up
with her. to make him forget the 9TH
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-04

II Wisconsin is wise she'll grab, that
100000 before her Governor saves
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Or. W. w. WILD.


seeing mere baby walking about in
uniform that he made no effort to de-
fend himself
'Johnny's assertion that he had kill.
ed the Confederate officer was after
wards substantiated through an or
cial investigation, and the child. for
this act. was promoted to the rank Of
sergeant. He was then less than elev.
en- years old. need not repeat the
story of how the little. impudent.
freckle-faced hero, drum athrobbing
its war growl, led the famous charge
at Shiloh. That incident is now
legend. --e...~
One of my most priced possessions
is photograph of himself In SER
geant's Uniform. that Johnny sent me.
taken shortly after Johnny was pro-
NOTED to that rank. As you know.
President Grant sent Glen to West
Point after the war"
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"JOHNNY" GLEN.

moving now Johnny sang. out to
Stedman's troops and they howled
with glee.
Tut, tut said to my ten-year-old
companion, shocked to hear such i'm
pudence and profanity from a lad Of
his years. Johnny ignored my rebuke
entirely and yelled out once more. all
right, go ahead boys and give 'em
hell And l guess they did. He cas-
ually remarked that he would have
joined their ranks if he had not been
SO tired -
Before put my little drum whack-
ing friend in an army transport wagon
at Rossville, ten miles from Chatta-
nooga, he calmly informed me without
any semblance of Boosting. that previ-
Gus to meeting me he had become lost
from his regiment and in his wander
ings had met Confederate colonel
and that he had killed him. imagine
that this officer'was so astonished at
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-04
Reflections on the Passing Show

Preachers say Hades IL hotter than
st. Louis. Others reverse 1t.
Would be awful II our steel mills
had to go back to making rails.
Sunday has. often proved. q day OF
rest that has put a fellow out Of bust
ness the balance OF. the week. -
A man can be pleasant when out In
company and still act like circus boss
eanvassman. when around home.
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ticed in the newspaper a story Of her
death as she walked through public
park to get away from the excessive
summer heat.
Slowly he surveyed the den with its
open gate, beautiful electric fixtures,
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Our seas couldn't be much freer.s
Most politicians favor woman SUITE

Most politicians favor woman suffer
ing. @
Easier to coax the Dardanelles than.
to force 'em. s
Carranza can never be anything but
a Mexican outrage.
All Europe has been severely wound.
ed in the war chest.
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If being elected. lieutenant governor
Of a state will not. seal mans politi-
cal prospects he is some statesman.
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and bookcases but without the tender
touch of a woman's hand in evidence
anywhere. He pictured how diff
ferent it would have been had she
been there, even then she would prob.
ably have been perched like a little
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If Taft runs to form he'll finish third
as a grandfather.

Yuan may be Emperor of China if
he doesn't lose his head. -.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-30
Local News

Mrs. p w. Pedlgo and daugh-
ter Patsy" returned Tuesda to
their home in Bristol aft rspend-
ing a few weeks with thp form
er's aunt, Mrs. +. l.. Humphrey.
G.. B.. Dunn, Of Bland, was a
business visitor to our city Wed
nesday and thursday.
Miss Nancy Hufford returned
fuesday night from Harrison
burg where she has been attend
ing school.
Mrs. Mary Tubs and Lester
Davis are visiting the formers
aunt at Martillsyile.
L he Ladies' Missionary Society
(Methodist)s will meet with Miss
Minnie Germany next Thursday,
August 5, 1915.
Blue 81 histle" Enamel ware
Guaranteed. Joe K. Buck & Co
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-30
Rural Retreat Drug Co.

state pay only from $50 to $40
per month to the teachers for
an average term Of Ct months.
Kindly remember the teacher
has to live twelve months.
Does your community force
this hardship on that teacher, of
whom you require SO much?
Friends investigate this matter
at once: See what Your COM
munity is doing and perhaps
you will make better provision
for your teacher next session.
j. H. MONTGOMERY,
Executive Secretary
Cooperative Education AS
sOelatlon.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-30

"I'll give you twenty dollars for the
use Of that rig of yours
Cant do it mister"
But it's case of humanity, sir!"
Indignantly You are refusing to aid
the unfortunate"
The farmer thought 1t over for mo-
ment. "Allf right. You can have the
buggy for twenty dollars, When you
get to the village take the nag to Doc
Sanders livery. He'll know what to
do.'
THANK you. Help me In with her."
Vroon drove away without the least
intention of going toward the village.
AS a result, when Florence came to
her senses she found herself sur
rounded by strange and ominous faces.
At first she thought that they had
taken her from the wreck out of kind
ness; but when she saw the cold.
impressive face of the man Vroon she
closed her eyes and lay back in the
chair Well, i'll and weak as she was,
they should find that she was not
without a certain strength
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-30

drawn by the school teacher. If
you take the money cost Of an
education, to say nothing about
the brain and the application
used in acquiring il, what can
be found that yields SO small a
profit upon the out put and IN
puG as liberal education is ex
pended in the task Of educating
others in our tree schools"
Many Of our citizens, we re-
gret to say, fail 10 realize the
worth of the teacher to the com
munity: fail 10 see the difficult
les incident to teaching school:
fail to encourage the teacher by
speaking words Of cheer and by
advocating salaries commen-
surate with the character Of
work she does.
It has been carefully estimated
by expert authorities that living
expenses Of the average teacher
is 1915, yet most Of tho schools
of our state pay their teachers
only from $3.50 to $500. "a Of
the hanJred eounities IN blls
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-07-30


why we should play the comedy Well
Here she comes. She will recognize
you, throw her arms around you, and
show all manner of effusiveness. Just
keep your head and play the game"
She lied about you to me-"
mo matter"
"O!" cried the princess. She seized
Florence in a wild embrace. She was
an inimitable actress, and Norton
could not help admiring her Your
butler telephoned me- l ran to the
first train out. And here you are,
back safe and sound! It is wonderful.
Tell me all about it. What an adven-
turel And, good heavens, Mr. Nor
ton, where did you get those clothes?
Did you fir5 fsrs and rescue her? What
newspaper story you'll be able to
make out of it al! Now, tell me just
what hapP@ed She sat down on
the arrh CT FlorenSs's chair. The girl
had stdeled her nerves against the
touch of her. And yet she was beauti-
full! How could any one so beautiful
be wicked?
We'll, it began like this" said Flor
enee; and she described her adven-
lures, emitting, to be sure, Braine's
part in it.
She had reached that part where
they had been rescued by Captain Ban
mock when laundering, grinding
crash struck the words from her lips.
rrI,, tbroo ,f +l,o,,, v-ora A,7-,e violent
ly to one side of the car amid splinter
ing wood ,tinkling glass, and the shrek
of steel against steel. A low wall of
horror rose and died away as the car
careened over on it's side. The three
were rendered unconscious and were
the uprooted chairs
Vroon had escaped with only slight
cut on the hand from flying glass. He
climbed over the chairs and passen-
gers with a single object in view He
saw that all three he was interested
in were insensible. He quickly exam
ined them and saw that they had not
received serious injuries. He had but
little time. The princess and Norton
would have to take their chance with
the other passengers. Resolutely he
stopped and lifted Florence in his
arms and crawled out Of the car with
her. It was difficult task, but he
managed it, Outside, in the confusion,
no one paid any attention to him. So
he threw the unconscious girl over
his shoulder and staggered on toward
the road.
1t was fortunate that the accident
had occurred where it did. Five miles
beyond was the station marked for the
arrest of. Norton as an abductor and
the taking in charge of Florence as a
rebellious girl who had run away from
her parents. If he could reach the
Swede's hut, where his confederates
were in waiting, the game was his.
After struggling along fer half an
hour carriage was spied by Vroon,
and he hailed it when it reached his
side.
What's the trouble, mister?' asked
the farmer.
"A wreck on the railroad My daugh-
ter is badly hurt. must take her to
the nearest village. How far Is it?"
About three miles"