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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
Lokal Squiblets

Bud HInckley who amt quite right in
his heads mother got Bud a ball and a
bat to play with over to the CO. seat
last wk- & the 1st day he playd with
en- he batted the ball through Sim Srni-
ley's winder who lives next door to
the Hinckleys. We fear Bud will be a
menace TO winders with that ball and
bat
Miss Amelia Tucker our raining sos
siety queen was the gest at the co. seat
last wk. of her friend Miss Polly Per-
kins of there While on this VISIT Miss
Amelia kept her eye peeld for new
styles and she says that the girls over
to the CO. seat is wearing their skirts
turrible short this season almost to
their knees and she is a going to do the
same. We persoom when Miss Amelia
goes forth with skirt on of the above
descripshIon she will be the sinysf1ure
of all eyes hereabouts
Mink" Wilkins of Snake Bend was
in Bingville tother day Accompanied
by FIVE bull pups which he wanted to
sell to ennybuddy desiring bull pups.
Mink offerd the pups which he said
was awful well bred for a doller apeece
but there was no buyers so ruthern lug
the pups back home Mink finally Of
ferd the whole five pups for the ri
dicklus sum of Is cts. and couldn't even
sell EN- at that, so Mink had to take
the pups back home He sails there is
a turrible poor market for bull pups in
Bingville and he'll take his bull pups
elsewhere for sale hereafter
IVES Woodruff our expert hunter &
trapper was fixing up his steel traps
tother day gettin ready for his winters
trappin. Well Yves he lied trap which
was a leetle mite rusty then set it to see
how it would work and jest then L
Wilkins. who was passin cald Yves to
the fence to say somethink to him and
Yves he laid the trap down very gentle
by the back kitching door and went to
speak to L. and whilst he was gone
Sary Ann Woodruff who is Wesses
wife stepd outen the back llitchine door
right into the trap which. went off with
bang ketching her by the toes and
poor Sary Ann with nothing on her feet
excepting a pr. OF soft carpet slippers
skeering her almost to deth so that she
screechd like sixty Yves run TO her
aid and after a awful shrugged during
which Sary Ann kickd and hollerd he
got it often her foot and then she grabd
UP floor mop and attackd Yves with
it chasing him often the premyses Sary
Ann said shed teech her good for moth
ink husband to set a trap for her jest
outside the back kitching door We
don't know as we blame Sary Ann very
mulch. Nobuddy likes to be ketchd BY
their toes in a steel trap.
Old Dad Henderson who prides his
self on being the expert wether profet
of Bingville says We be going to have
a turrible hard winter this coming win
ter being as he seen a goose bone tother
da- down to Sim Gookins house and it
was awful thick which is shure sign
Later it was lernt that the bone Sim
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the way of clothes around the house
until he amt skeercely got shirt or
pr: of socks to his back
Bill Goodnough OF Sorrow Hollow
was visitter to the Ridge one day
last wk. Bill driv over to colleckt $3.15
cts which Moze Bulger has owed him
tor the last ? yrs but he diddent git it.
Bill says he has used up moren $11
worth of breth dunnin N1oze for them
three dollers & he calki1ates he never
will colleckt EN-.
Anse Wilkins is breakin in a colt to
harness but is at present laid up with
a spralnd ankel reed. from being slung
often the colts back Anse says he
shouldn't be a mite surprised if that
gorramd colt would break his neck a
fore he gifts it broke.
News items from the vicinity of the
Ridge amt what you mite call very per-
loose this wk. but do not repine-praps
there will be more OF same next wk.
# emmy of you hears of emmy items
kindly bring same to US which will
save us the trouble of hunting EN- up.
OCCASIONAL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

showd Dad was bone outen a sheep
which Sim kid for mutton and told
Dad it was a goose bone Jest for a
joke 1t is our opinyun that if Dad
cant tell mutton bone from a goose
bone then he cant tell mulch about what
kind of a winter we be going to have.
Miss Mary Ti1nmins of Hardscrabble
is the gest of Miss Sally Hoskins of
here. Miss Mary is turrible purity
girl and we understand that she has
turnd the heads of several of the Bing-
vile boys espeshially Jim Snyder who
don't know whether he is standin on
his head or his heels sinst Mary came
to town and Jin's father says Jim amt
no good to work & aint been for wk
1t was jest wl ago that Mary arrove
in Bingville SO that must be it.
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BOOST BINGVILLE" EDDY.
TOD ILL
TORIUL.

Tother evg down to Hen Wealth
ersbys store we Gas edditor, prop &
everything else conneckted with the
Bingville) tux occasion to score
the Bingville Board of Trade for
its laxytood & Observation-Disclosures
in boosting Bingville like it ort to.
And jest to show that we
wouldn't go off behint nobuddys
back and say things about EN-
which we wouldn't say to their Ease,
we addrest OUR remarks to CIV Hos
kins Presydent of the Bingville B.
of i. who was present.
We told .Cy in purity strate Ian
gwidge that unless the Bingville B.
of T. belt mtg onct in a while
& did somethink to boost this town
the B. of T. mite as well resine
from their jobs to which they had
been eleckted by the citizens of
Bingville who expedited them to
fulfill the duties of their office to the
best of their several ability which
they haddent did and as a result the
voters was a good cal disguised.
Cy he fijjeted & twisted around
on his chair considerable while we
was tellin him this and after we got
thru he said he diddent have no OBJ
Jeckshions to calm a mtg of the B.
of T. onct in a while or offener if
necessary in fackt that he diddent
see no reason why there couldn't be
a mtg right off being as E.nos Nc
Cracker and Anne Hillyer the two
other members of the B. of T. was
present so Cy up and cald a mtg
right there in the store and after he
had cald the mtg to order by rap
ping with his fist on the arm of his
cheer he TUX chew of tobacker &
a nounced that the objeclt of the
B. of T. mtg was to boost Bing-
vile and askd Enos what ne had to
say on the subjeckt.
Enos got up and said he calkilat-
ed the best way to boost this town
was to git Misunderstanding indus
tries to come into our midst & bid
facktories and give employment to
hundreds of peepul & increase the
populashion of the town until Bing-
vile would take her proud place
amongst the metropolusses of the
world. Then Enos set down with
out offering emmy sujjestshions
about how he would git the manu-
fackshuring industries to come
here.
Cy next called on Anne Hillyer
TO express his views but he had to
call two or three times and louder
each time being as Anne had dozed
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Personal BreefIets

1t looks like rain as we go to press.
Well we ort to be glad it amt SNOW it
looks like. 1t wont be long now until
we will be on the threshold of winter
agin. My goodness how time flies
Sid Wilson of Sorrow Crossroads
paid us a pleasant call at the Bug1e
offs one day last wk. we forgit which
to renew his subscripshion to the Blu
gle which had run out wk. or two
before but still we sent the paper right
along to him. Sid paid us a yrs sub
scripshion in advance like man. Oh
that others was as prompt to pay us
what they owe us as Sid is but they
anton tother hand instid of being
prompt they are as slow as cold mo-
lasses and dead beets from away back
Hen Weathersby prop of our general
store desires us to a nounce to the gen
eral publick through the mejum of the
Bugle that he has jest got in and opend
up for inspeckshion a new box of
prunes which will be sold to them de-
string prunes Hen permitted us to
sample these prunes in the raw. We ct
two or three and found them as sweet
as honey. They ort to be awful good
stewd and besides they are the plump
est & latest prunes We have ever saw.
We take pleasure III recommending
these prunes of Hens
| Eph Higgins our accommodating P
NJ. of the BingvilIe P. o. stated to us
| in a recent interview which we had
with him tother day when we cald at
the P o. to see if there was emmy mail
for US (there wassent) that he in addi-
shion to handling P. O. supplies stitch as
stamps, postage cards, stamped envel-
ups ct cettery too numerous to mentchion
l. IL Ia, i
fancy postcards with Mise pickters on EN-
which he will furnish to his patrons at
the rate of for ) cts. you of course to
pay for stamps to go on same which is
one Ct for a stamp to take each post
card to its destinasfion wherever that
is Eph says he calkilates by keeping
postcards for sale he will encourage the
sale of postage stamps which has dropd
off awful recent Let us hope so.
There is a good cal of complaint late
ly becuz the only street light which
Bingville has got which is lokated in
the publick square adjacent to the town
pump amt been lit at mite. We inves-
tigated and found that the reason this
light amt been lit is becuz there aint no
oil in the lamp Whose business is it
to keep this lamp fild we ask Well
then let that person fill it at once 9th
eINlSe SOlu6Duuuy - ildblC ~ DC NIosslH
the square in the dark and sturnbel &
break their fool neck Sometllink ort
to be did about this without delay.
Seth Wilkins says one of his hens
laid him two bubble yolkd eggs in one
day tother day and desires to know
who can beat this for hen laying
cupple of double yolkers in the short
period of one day Most folks here
abouts don't believe that Seth's hen
done this being as they newer heerd of
stitch a thing. They think that two
hens must of did it and that one OF
EN- laid the eggs in tother hens nest
Either that or Seth lied about the mat
ter being as he aint emmy too reliable
ennyhow ard don't newer tell the truth
wien a falsehood VIII anser the purpus
These seems to be about all the Per
sonal Breefiets' which we can scrape
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Hank Dident Ketch Il

Tother day about noon as Hank Dew
berry was doing on the PLAYER in front
of Hen Weathersby's store there was a
awful popping down the road which
woked Hank up and there comm down
Main st. thru town like as if the ole
scratch was after him was a Teller on
one of them things which is caid a
motersickel. Its a good cal like bike
sickel except its run by gassylean and
makes a noise like the 4th of July.
Well Hank was trIrrible interested at
onct becuz he has been threatening to
buy hisself a motersickel and has been
saving up his money for that purpus
ever sinst last spring and now needs
only 81 dollers to git one of the blamed
things being as Hank says they only
cost 100 dollers each.
Hank when he seen the motersickel
comm jumpd out into the road and
waved his hat at the Teller to stop be-
ing as Hank wanted to examine the
masheen and try to ride it if the Teller
would let him but instid of stoppin the
Teller turnd on more Juice and blowd
his horn and jest misd hittin Hank by
inch or two after which he went on
skaliyhootin thru town Eastern mile a
minnit
Hank throwd down his hat and start
ed after the Teller in the hopes of
ketchin him but afore he had got very
fur his feet got tangled up and he fell
with his Ease in the road gettin dust in
his mouth and eyes and by this time
the Teller must of been five miles out
of town.
Hank calkilates the reason the Teller
diddent stop was becuz he thort Hank
was the constubble and was going to
rest him for going thru town too
h1a,,,ed fast
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off to sleep during the proceedings
but when Anne woked up and
reulized where he was he riz up
and said that he thort the best way
to boost Bingville was to try to
git the Misunderstanding industries
to come here. Jest then Lem
Quigly who set behint Anne wh1s-
perd to him that what he said
about it was jest the same as Enos
had said while Anne was asleep &
this TUX Anne down SO that he
couldn't think of ennythink else to
say so he set down in disgust.
Cy said that it peard to be the
general sentiment of the majority
of the B. of T. consisting of Enos
& Anne that the best way to boost
Bingville was to indooce manu-
fackshuring industries to come
here and being as the majority
al1us ruled it wouldn't amount to
ennythink for he himself to say
ennythink so therefore he would
keep his mouth shet.
Cy said however that as presy-
dent & chairman of the B. of T. he
would give opportunity to emmy
buddy present to offer their views.
Cy said it was turrible easy for the
edditor of noosepaper (meaning
us) to set back & crittycize, the
Bingville B. of T. for laxytood
in offs & now we would see wheth-
er that person had emmy sujjest-
shions to offer that was with the
wind it took to speek EN-.
knowing that Cy referd to us
we was jest going to jump to our
feet and cut loose when up jumps
Hank Dewberry one of our most
dilatory citizens and gets the
floor.
Hank said it was all very we'll to
have Misunderstanding industries
come to Bingville jest for the sake
of populashion. He said the rea-
son Bingville haddent crowd fast
er was becuz births was so few
and fur between also marriages.
Hank SAID II there was more mar
riages there would be more births
and hence more populashion which
emmy fool ort to have sents enuff to
see. Hank said he believed in
Bingville for Bingvillians and that
if we wanted more populashion we
ort to depend on home talent for
if and thus Dateru1Ze home trade.
so to speak. Then Hank set down
We juinpd up at this pint to ex-
press Our vallyble views but Chair
man Hoskins wouldn't recognise us.
Instid of recognizin us Cy declared
the mtg ajournd being as he said
he had to go home and shut his hen
house door Witch he forgot and
left open or else a fox or some
other 2-legd chicken theef was
liable to come along & steel all his
hens.
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CIDER!
CIDER!!
CIDERni

This is to inform you and your ma
bers & everybody else of the fackt
that l have at last got my cider mill
in running order and am willing and
ready to make cider for them as has
appe1s and desires it.
Why let your appels lay and rot on
the ground this fall when you can
bring them to me and get bari or
two of nice sweet cider? l only
charge you so cts to grind up and
press out enough appels for bari of
cider. or if you perfer | will take my
pay in four bu. of cider appels for
each bari OF cider I make you
Here is a chanst to convert your
appe1s into cider Don't miss this
golden opportoonitty. If you do you'll
regret it during the coming long win
ter evgs when you'll wisht you had a
pitcher of cider with a nip and kick
to it to cheer up your lonely soul and
make you feel like you diddent keer
how lcold it was outside
| make two kinds of cider, hard
and sweet When you get it from
me its sweet, but if you set it somers
in the sun and leave out the bung for
spell so that Nachur can take her
course and permit it to ferment then
it will soon become hard as a ole
stone Tense. Then you can put it
down into your seller with the couso-
fashion that you have something on
hand that will help a good cal in case
Of emergency.
Think this over and bring your
appels to me without delay. ! per-
SOON there viii be a big rush of
appels when folks reads this ad and
finds out that | am ready to make
cider. Cuvvern yourself according.
J st come, 1st served
HEN SLCCOMB
Hard and Sweet Cider Mgr.
Bingyillc.
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Country Correspondence
PEA RIDGE

Amanda Snithers, who has been af-
flicted with roomytiz for a wk. or two
is considerable better and can get
around quite spry now with a pr of
crutches.
Mrs. Henry Romans recently put
down a new rag carpet on her front
parler which she got wove at Hard
scrabble all from her own rags which
she has saved up in the short period
of a VI Hen says his wife was so
greedy for rags enuff for that carpet
that she tore up most everything in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

up at the present writing but even so
they amt so bad when you consider
that this is a bad time of VI. to col
leckt UP Personal Breeflets" being as
in the fall their skeercern other times
according to our experients.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
]. D. Green Of East Germ
has submitted the following:

]. D. Green Of East Germantown
has submitted the following;
Replying to the challenge sent out
by Mr.. Oran Gates will say, If be
can't beat forty-eight inch corn In fifty
six days on his Green township land,
he should come over into jackson
township where he would be able to
make a real live record
We can't accept his challenge as
to a field OF corn. as we have only
a breeding plot out this year: but we
are willing to challenge any one in
Wayne and adjoining counties. and
ask them to beat our forty-one day
corn.
The corn in question was planted
May is, and had it's third cultivation
on June IS Apart from some that
has had too much shade 1t is pretty
uniform. We measured corn In the
plot today that is sixty-seven inches
high BLADES up.) We think that six
ey-seven inches in forty-one days has
forty-eight inches in fifty-six days
beaten to finish.
OF course Mr.. Gates understands
that the variety cuts some figure, but
not SO much as the quality of the
soil. and we have that over here In
fact, we very much doubt II our soil
could be equalled between the Dead
sea and the mouth Of the Jordan. We
pride ourselves on having soil strong
enough If properly applied, to grow a
full crop of hair on a bald head.
(Front row patrons of variety shows
please take notice.)
This is a New York corn, Long
Champion, and has been grown on
this land for the past seven years
Ears and stalks have been placed on
exhibition in Cambridge City. and
have not been equalled. jackson town
ship will lay down when beaten but
we're from Missouri
Sixty-seven inches in forty-one days
may have the ear marks of the fish
tales distributed by our good friends,
E. ]. Neff and L. A. Handley, but we
have proof as to date Of planting, and
the corn Is here to speak for itself.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
WILLARD TO SPEAK
At SOCIALIST PICNIC

The following detailed program has
been announced for the Socialist Pfc
mic and county convention to be held
at Jackson park tomorrow:
Morning,
10 a. m.-Three-legged race: sack
race: potato race.
IL m.-Bun race: to find the cham
pion bun-eater at the picnic.
Noon.
Basket spread.
Afternoon.
12:45-Song. The Red Flag" by
Y. P. S. L.
1-Walter J. Willard of Cincinnati.
address, The Blessings OF War and
the Horrors OF Peace"
c. Lee Summerson, Socialist candi-
date for congress. Sixth district. ad-
dress, "Workingman's Politics"
Verlon T. Ballinger of Y. P. S. L.,
address, What About II, Henry"
Song ode, The Red Flag"
Wayne county Socialist convention.
4-l00-yard foot race; egg race.
Evening.
Speaking at seven o'clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
GENERAL REVENUE BILL
CALLS FOR $24o,000, 600

WASHINGTON, July /. - The adj
ministration general revenue bill to
raise $240,000,000 for expenses during
the fiscal year beginning today, was
introduced in the house this afternoon
by Representative Kitchin, chairman
Of the house ways and means COM
mittee.--
The bill as framed by the Demo
cratic members Of the committee,
makes no provision to meet the ex-
traordinary expenditures due to the
Mexican situation.
Will Issue Bonds.
These expenditures will be met by
bond issue. The principal provis-
ions are protective tariff schedule
on coal tar products, particularly dye
stuff designed to allow the building
up Of an American industry in COM
petition with the German, chemical
and dye stuff combine.
This schedule will now autorlatical-
ly expire is the new industry does
not grow promptly.
The Rainey tariff commission bill
creating a non-partisan tariff COM
mission, as endorsed by the president.
A provision repeating the stamp tax
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
MILITIA REACHES Line
READY TO TAKE POSTS

babe the publication OF the number
and disposition OF the state guards
men, but it can be stated that New
England forces were the first to reach
the border.
The arrival OF the militia was pre-
ceded by the coming OF thirty officers
to prepare camp sites and report their
strength and equipment to General
George Bell, Jr, commander at Fl.
Bliss.
Select Camp Sites.
The first camp site already has been
selected by the regular army offers.
1t was pitched within easy rifle range
Of Fl Bliss, on stretch OF gaunt land
where the sun beats its hottest and
the suffocating wind from the hills Is
the only relief during the blistering
day.
The regulars who turned out to
watch with a paternal and perhaps a
twinkling eye the arrival OF guards
men were surprised at the spirit OF
their younger bOthers in arms. Al
though the desert sun was early at
its scorching work, the militiamen
Z" ui6 d1OlS AAAOAoPA0AAAAo NANCA 1900
packs with rifles correctly aslant and
anxious for service.
Plans for Invasion.
With the arrival Of the militia the
plans for the invasion OF Mexico by
another expedition marching through
Juarez may be said to be near COM
pletion and their fulfillment rests only
with the command from Washington.
With the full force of militiamen as
signed to this district here, there will
be ample protection for the border
points in the Ell Paso district and the
maintaining OF patrol that will
strengthen weak points all along the
border.
The first Of the militia officers, who
arrived last night, took up temporary
headquarters at Ell Paso hotels, but
they showed that they were not going
to attempt to continue the soft" eX-
istence when they turned out at day.
break and joined their men In camp.
Today the hotel headquarters will dis
appear and the militiamen will come
under the same general order as the
regular army officers strictly within
the boundaries of their camps ready
for instant action.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
GERMAN DRIVE
RACES ON BOTH
BANKS OF MEuSE

PARIS. July 1.-Terrific fighting
continued at Verdun during the night
the Germans extending their attacks
from the west bank of the Meuse tc
the west bank.
To the east of the river the Teutons
recaptured the Thiaumont work, north
east of Verdun, according to the Off.
cial communique issued by the war
been completely wrecked and is now
worthless from a military standpoint
On the west bank the result of the
fighting was wholly favorable to the
French. The Germans made four very
violent assaults but all were repulsed
The Germans recaptured a work at
Hill No. 304, but this success was only
temporary, counter attack by the
French ejecting the enemy troops.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
DR.. SMITH APPOINTED

DR. Samuel Smith, Of Easthaven,
was appointed to represent the Board
of Trustees of Indiana University on
the committee which will formulate
plans for the erection OF new medi-
cal school building and nurses home
on the grounds of the Long Hospital,
at Indianapolis. The board of trus-
tees OF the University at their regular
meeting yesterday, passed a resolution
providing for the erection Of these
buildings, but DR.. Smith stated today
that all provisions had not been def
nitely made.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-01
PACE EXPRESSES
INTEREST TAKEN
IN IRISH REBEL

WASHINGTON, July 1.-Ambassa'
dor Page at London has been instruct
ed by the state department to inform
the British foreign office that great
interest is being taken in the United
States in the fate of Sir Roger Case
ment
Officials said this afternoon that Mr..
Page had not been instructed to make
any recommendation to the British
officials nor has he been told to tell
them that the white house has been
deluged with requests to take some
action to save Easement from eXecu-
ticn.
II was made emphatically plain that
Mr., Pages action will be entirely IN
official and that the British author
tiles will not be requested to do any
thing