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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
Notice Of Cancellation Of Land Contract

Notice Of Cancellation Of Land Contract.
To AUGUST GIECK:
Please take notice that default exists
in the terms of that certain written con-
tract for the Sale Of Land, made, exc
cuted and delivered on August %. 1910,
by and between Ira Thompson and Cora
E. Thompson, owners of the hereinafter
described premises, and August Check,
in the following manner, to-wit:
BY failure Of the said August Check
to pay any part Of the principal or in
terest representing the purchase price
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
Same Voice.

Before | married my wife l could
listen to her voice for hours and
hours "And now?' "Now ] have
to." Houston Post
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
QUESTIONING Grandma.

Grandma" inquired her little grand
son the day of her arrival, did you
sleep on your face last night?'
"Of course not. dear! Why do you.
ask that?'
"'Cause it's all wrinkled." - TX
change.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
Lost Bott, Wavs.

did you get in without your wife
hearing you last night? q
"No. and didn't get in without
hearing her. either" - Houston Post.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28
The Addition.

Cawker-1've had another addition
to my family since ! saw you last.
Cumso- You don't say Boy or girl
Cawker- Son-in-law.-Puck.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28

The Independent has the best
! equipped shop in the city for doing
your commercial printing in a
prompt and tasty manner.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-10-28

Honor is not won until some honora-
BILE deed be done.-Marlowe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
Scientific
Farming
GRAIN DUST EXPLOSIONS.
Held Responsible For Wreckin9 Thrash
mo Machines and Cereal Mills.

Held Responsible For Wreckin1 Thrash
ing Machines and Cereal Mills.
Prepared by United States department of
agricultural
Nearly 800 thrashing machines were
destroyed by explosions last year III
eastern Washington. eastern Oregon
and northern Idaho, the total loss being
estimated at S1,00000O. This led to an
investigation by the Washington state
agricultural experiment station, and
the United States department of agri-
culture has now taken up the matter in
connection with its study of grain dust
explosions in cereal mills, elevators and
industrial plants. SO great was the
risk last year that insurance companies
In the northwest refused TO insure
thrashing machines. I'm some quarters
there was disposition to attribute
these occurrences To dissatisfied farm
hands or tramps. but, SPECIALISTS now
believe they were accidental explosions
and TINT under certain conditions such
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
EAST ARLINGTON.

Several from here attended the
Cambridge fair Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mattison visit
ed relatives in town Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w Phelps are Wis
iting relatives in Connecticut and
Rhode Island.
Carleton Hendee of Bennington
passed Il few days in town last week
visiting relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Reynolds re
turned from Garnet, N. Y, Tuesday
after spending several weeks there
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mann, jr.,
have been spending week at Lake
Cassayuna with Dr. and Mrs. Reichl-
ins.
William Coping of St Johns, p.
O., has been visiting his mother Mrs.
Mary Gender, His wife and son are
still/n town.
Miss Marjorie Andrews left Friday
for Altamont Park, N Y, where she
will spend Tuesday with a party of
camp fire girls.
Clifford Miller who has been spend
ing two weeks in town with Maurice
Euck, returned Friday to his home at
New Haven, Conn.
Myron Harrington and family were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ward
attending the Cambridge fair with
them on Thursday.
William Johnson jr, who has been
spending several weeks vacation
with his parents here left Wednes-
day for New Haven, Conn.
Mort Dean of Newark, N. j.. who
is spending his vacation in town, left
Saturday for Wallingford to spend a
few days with his brother, F. A.
Dean.
Rev J. G. Robinson returned home
Wednesday after spending two weeks
at Spring Grove and Lake Dunmore
and vicinity Services viii be re-
sumed at the NJ E. church as usual
next Sunday.
Sunday Sept ), services, as usual,
will beIresumed at oliyet church. The
pastor will have charge. Let us
make this opening OF the seasons
work a happy one by having large
attendance at all services Of the day
Mrs Ruth Brownell and daughter,
Lucy of Washington Court House,
Ohio, who are visiting relatives in
the East were guests of their cousin,
Mrs. +. T. Ward They are cast 10
see about having the Sweet cemetery
improved by having the old church
removed and the ground graded and
moved which would much improve
Il:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
NORTH BENNINGTON.

Miss Meta Wing of North Hoosick
visited friends in town Wednesday
William Powers, jr, of Meagher
avenue is attending Troy Business
college.
Miss Amy L. surdam entertained
at cards at her home on Bank street
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Louis Rabner of South Shafts
bury spent Wednesday night with
Miss Prutia Weir,
Miss Agnes Powers who has been
spending the past two weeks in Me-
chanicyllle With relatives. has return
ed home.
Miss Isabelle Patten OF Hawks
avenue is passing her vacation with
relatives in Troy, Mechanicyille and
Sandy Hill, N. Y.
Mrs. George F. Ioughton and
daughter, Dorothy, returned Wednes-
day morning from several weeks
outing at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Woolson and son John who
have been guests OF her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. C. Simmons of Main St,
have returned to their home in
Springfield.
Miss Mary Barry and niece, Miss
Regina Eagar, of Mechanicvllle, %hoI
have been visiting Mrs. Edward Pat
ten of Hawks avenue, have returned
to their home.
The concert for the benefit of the
Armenian Massacre fund was held in
the Congregational church Tuesday
evening, August 81 at s o'clock. The
concert was given by the Misses EN-
lily Lillian and Miriam Eaton of
Schoharie. N. Y, soprano, contralto
and pianist who were assisted by Mel
son Payne of this place who sang
BARITONE and gave readings. The
concert was a success, the proceeds
amounted to $2415. The music and
readings were greatly enjoyed by all.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03

testimonial. " - Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR
TIN, IL King St, Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. "At the Change of
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and loins until could not stand. / also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet. | tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
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Compound l began to improve and l
continued its use for six months. The
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flashes grew less, and in one year was
different woman. | know ] have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since. = Mrs. M. j. BRoWNELL,
Mansion, Wis.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

llr. and Mrs. James A. Eddy are
spending the week in Troy.
Miss Jennie Alden entertained a
number of friends at tea Tuesday
George Worthington and George b.
Wellington left To-Day for a few days
fishing trip.
c. Thornton is spending a few days
with his mother, Mrs. Guy b. John
son.
Louis Mursee of Cleveland is the
gu, # Mrs. Alice K. Cole OF Old
EenuiEgton.
Mrs. Baird of Philadelphia is being
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George
Warrington.
Louis Mursec with a party OF young
people enjoyed trip over the Mo-
hawk trail Thursday.
Mrs. George Z. Stevens and son
Jack, arrived Monday and have open
cd their summer home in Pownal
Mr. and Mrs. Guy b. Johnson gave
. dinner Wednesday to number of
their friends in honor Of Louis Muir
see Of Cleveland.
The local Office of the Metropolitan
Life insurance company has been
moved from the Richie block 90 the
First National bank building.
Mrs. James Lycett and daughter
Hazel of Schenectady are visiting
her sister, Mrs. George Baker OF Div
ision street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
OBITUARY..

Died in North Pownal August 10th
1915, Mrs. Jerusha M. Cutler, widow
of the late Coradon a. Cutler, for
merly of Woodford,
She rests! A dear sister has gone
Her smile, it will greet us no more
Her spirit has found it's reward
Where sorrow shall come never
more.
No tear shall Ger shadow the eye
No sigh shall e'er trouble the breast
But freed from the trials of earth
In peace her spirit shall rest.
Great Father, to Thee we resign
Thou eavest and thou taketh away
We seek for shelter in Thee
o, smile with Thy soul cheering ray!
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03

DUST EXPLOSION HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
WRECKING THIS ELEVATOR.
thrashor machine explosions are liable
to occur wherever ailantiiies Of dust
from grain or straw are produced,
Since it is probable. therefore, that
there will BE additional accidents of
the same character this season in the
various grain fields of the country the
department Qf agriculture earnestly re
quests thar fun reports of all thrashcr
machine fires ana explosions lie prompt
ly sent 10 the United States depart
ment of agriculture. Washington. Fox
Il number Of years many mysterious
fires and explosions have been expert
enced in thrashing machines in various
sections of the country and have been
in the absence of Il definite cause as
signed TO inccndiarisnt 1t Is planned
to study occurrences Of this nature
with the view of finding possible means
of prevention. 4a4
The department has assigned in
yestigatorS to the Pacific northwest
territory to study the explosion prob
lem during the thrashing season. EX-
detrimental work has proved that when
fine particles of cereal dusts are mix
ed with proper proportions of air the
mixture can be ignited and an eXplo-
sion quickly follows. 1t is also known
that last year there was Il high per-
centage Of smut dust in the wheat
crop in the far northwest, and prcliIni-
nary experiments have also indicated
that the dust both is highly inlam-
mablc and has great explosive force.
From the accounts of explosions al
ready received it appears that the oc.
currenceS originated at or near the
cylinder of the thrashing machine,
where the dust was very thick, and
flashed through the entire machine in
stantly. In many cases the fire spread
to the grain stacked near by In in
dustrial plants where similar eXpl0'
sions have occurred two reports have
commonly been heard. The first is
sharp, quick sound, followed by re-
port of Il rumbling nature. which lasts
Il longer time. The second report is
usually followed by fire. 1t is suppos-
ed that the first report is due to Il
small quantity of very fine dust sus-
pended in the air. having been ienitcd
by some source of heat and exploded.
This first explosion produces sufficient
conclusion to dislodgc the dust settled
near by, ana this, when shaken into
the air and mixed, is ignited By the
heat of the first explosion.
There are number of ways in
which dust may be ignited, but in the
case of thrashing machines it appears
probable that electricity generated by
the operation Of the machine is chiefly
responsible. The generation of a suf-
iicient supply Of electricity would re-
salt in the discharge of u spark, which
under the proper conditions would
serve to ignite the explosive mixture
of dust and ain
A STARTER.
az gentleman whose hearing is defec-
tive is the owner of dog that is the
terror of the neighborhood in which he
lives.
The other day he was nccosted by
friend, who said:
Good morning, Mr.. II. Your Wife
made very pleasant call on us last
evening"
I'm very sorry" came The starlins
reply. IN see that ii don't occur
again, for I'm going TO chain her III IN
future. London Telegraph
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
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pains in my back
and side and was so
weak | could hardly
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
LAKE SALISBURY.

MIR. and Mrs Il. w. Erskine of New
York are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
r. Mattison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-03
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HAMS Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.

Westbrook, Me. I'll WINS passing
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Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01

walk the floor. could not lie down or
sit still sometimes for day and night
at time. Twas nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy,
and often felt as though I had not q
friend in the world. After I had tried
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Compound. I did 30 and gained In
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medicine. It advertises itself. Mrs.
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It has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
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Lynn, Mass.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
county judge and eccentric recluse. fol-
lowing yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates Of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the Judge
Is found In a cataleptic state. The Judge
Rwakes. Miss Weeks explains to him
what has occurred during his seizure. He
secretly discovers the whereabouts OF the
yelled woman. She proves to be the wild
-nw of a man tried before the Judge and
electrocuted for murder years before. Her
daughter is engaged to the judges son.
from whom he is estranged. but the mur-
der Is between the lovers. She plans to
clear her husbands memory and asks the
Judges aid. Alone in her room Deborah
5covtlle reads the newspaper clippings
telling the story of the murder Of Alger-
non Etheridge by John scoville in Dark
Hollow. twelve years before. The Judge
and Mrs. scoville meet at spencer's Folly
and she shows him how. on the day OF
the murder. she saw the shadow OF a
man. whiting stick and wearing long
peaked cap. The Judge engages her and
her daughter Reuther to live with him In
his mysterious home. Deborah and her
lawyer. Black. go to the police station and
see the stick used to murder Etheridge:
She discovers broken knife-blade point
embedded In it. Deborah and Reuther go
to live with the Judge.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01
Of. black painted directly across the

OF. black painted directly across the
eyes.
In recalling this startling moment
Deborah wondered as much at her own
aplomb as at that of Judge Ostran-
der. Not only had she succeeded in
suppressing all recognition Of what
had thus been discovered to her, but
had carried her powers of self-repres-
sion so far as to offer, and with good
grace. too, to assist him In rehanging
the picture. This perfection Of act
ing had its full reward. With equal
composure he excused her from the
task, and. adding some expression of
regret at his well-known carelessness
in not looking better after his effects.
bowed her from the room with only a
slight increase of his usual courteous
reserve.
But later, when thought came and
with 1t certain recollections. what sig
niflcance the incident acquired in her
mind, and what long line of terrors
1t brought in its train!
It was no casual act, this defacing
of sons well-loved features. 1t had
meaning dark and desperate
meaning. 1t had played it's heavy part
in his long torment-a CALLING remind
er of-what?
1t was to answer this question-to
face this new view of Oliver and the
bearing 1t had on the relations she
had hoped to establish between him
and Reuther, that she had waited for
the house to be silent and her child
asleep.
Unhappy mother. just as she saw
something like a prospect of releasing
her long-dead husband from the odium
of an unjust sentence, to be shaken
by this new doubt>as to the story and
character. of the man for whose union
with her beloved child she was SO
anxiously struggling!
There was room on this upper
floor into which neither she nor Reu-
ther had even stepped. She had
once looked In, but that was all. To-
night-because she could not sleep;
because she must not think-she was
resolved to enter it. divers room!
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01

the Clayn.ore inn when that Inn was
simply tavern.
Then she found herself looking into
drawer half drawn out and filed
with all sorts of heterogeneous ar
ticles-sealing wax, roll of pins, q
penholder, a knife-a knife! Why
should she recoil again at that? Moth
ing could be more ordinary than to
find knife In the desk drawer OF q
young man! The fact was not worth
a thought; yet before she knew 1t her
fingers were creeping towards this
knife, had picked it up from among
the other scattered articles, had closed
upon it, let 1t drop again, only to
seize hold of 1t yet more determinedly
and carry 1t straight to the light.
The knife was lying open on her
palm, and from one of the blades the
end had been nipped. just enough Of
it to match
Was she mad! She thought so for
a moment; then she laid down the
knife close against the cap and con.
templated them both for more minutes
than she ever reckoned.
The candle futtering low in its
socket reused her at last from her alb
straction. Catching up the two ar
ticles which had 80 enthralled her. she
restored the one to the closet, the
other to the drawer, and, with swift
but silent step. regained her own
room, where she buried her head In
her pillow. weeping and praying until
the morning light, breaking in upon
her grief, awoke her to the obligations
of her position and the necessity OF
silence concerning all the experiences
of this night.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01

left as he had left it years before!
What might it not tell of past con-
cerning which she longed to be reas-
sured?
The father had laid no restrictions
upon her, in giving her this floor for
her use. Rights which he ignored she
could afford to appropriate. Dressing
sufficiently for warmth, she lit a
candle, put out the light in her own
room and started down the hall to
this long-closed room.
A smother of dust-an odor of de-
cay-a lack of all order in the room s
arrangements and furnishings-even
a general disarray, hallowed, If not
affected, by time-for all this she was
prepared. But not for the wild confu-
sion-the inconceivable litter and all
the other signs she saw about her Of
q boys mad packing and reckless de-
parture.
There was an inner door, and this
some impulse drove her to open. A
small closet stood revealed, empty
but for one article. When she saw
this article she gave a great gasp;
then she uttered a low pshaw! and
with a shrug Of the shoulders drew
back and flung to the door. But she
opened 1t again. She had to. One
cannot live in hideous doubt, without
an effort to allay it. She must look
at that small, black article again;
look at 1t with candle in hand; see
for herself that her fears were with
out foundation; that shadow had
made the outline ON the wall which
She returned to the closet and slow.
ly, reluctantly reopened the door. Be-
fore her on the wall hung cap-and
It was no shadow which gave 1t that
look like her ''usband's; the broad
peak was there She had not been
mistaken; It W., the duplicate Of the
one she had picked mp In the attic Of
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01
CAN
HARDLY BELIEVE
How Mrs. Hurley Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinlkhan's . Vegetable
Compound.
Eldon, Mo. -"I was troubled with
displacement, Inflammation and female

weakness. For Two
years I could not
stand ..on my fe ct
long at q time and I
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
incre ased every
month. I have been
at that time purple
in the face and would
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-01
Trust In Providence.

When we meet one Of these big.
blazing motor headlights while riding
in the modest electric belonging to our
wife's relations. we just go ahead.
trusting that Providence that watches
over children and drunkards will take
care OF Nc. too.