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TO RENT

TO RENT-Small house, iiycirooms
rent eight dollars per month Geo. II.
Dewey, Agt 9Gtf
TO RENT--A large barn fitted for
automobiles or storage purposes.
Two stories and basement. Apply TO
Miss j. A. Valentine, S02 Pleasant.
Street. Tel. 255-M. S7tf
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We wish TO express our heartfelt
gratitude to our friends and neighbors
for their kindness and sympathy III
this time OF bereavement. We tender
sinccIest thanks Tor all personal gifts
OF flowers, also TO 1T Anthony Chapter
No i Order Eastern Star for thelr
beautiful floral offerings,
G. A. Custer 9th Corps Pest
W. Il. c., 9th Corps,
The Grange,
Mrs Benjamin j. Brooks.
Nj and Mrs. w. b. VoOrhis.
Notice
There will be special town meet.
ing in South salisbury at Coles hall
October 10, 1916.
X. E. Tinkham,
J. G. Stevens.
l.. NJ LOOMS.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-04

FOR SALE--One 1915 Ford Touring
car equipped with shock absorbers,
robe rail, and other extras. Benning,
ton Garage, H. W. Williams. 32tf
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sp Cork Light. lAu
Freshly cut bark oe the cork tree
when heated gives Oh a gas that caa
be used as an illuinlnant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-04

FOR SALE9Tho Amos Aldrich
homestead at Woolsord Hallow. Suit
able for residence or summer camp.
Running water in house. Apply to
George Aldrich or George A. Mathers,
administrators. 76tf
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TO RENT--~storeu, oirosa, tene
nents, shops, stables, individual
earGge, individual storage lockers, fur
uished apartments ana rooms eli ecu
lrally located Geo. n. Hawka, 43S
Main st. I2tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-04

FOR SALE-A few secondhand
sewing machines in perfect running
order at bargain prices. Singer Sew
ing Machine Co.. Griswold's Store
9StG
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TO RENT-Rooms suitable for Of.
flee or small business ut 542 Main
street. Inquire Mrs. Il. Norton, 80
Pleasant st. 1871
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land. Miss Hodge returned to her
home Saturday after spending several
weeks at Terrace Farm.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

was alleged to have played a some
what doubtful role.
Mason waxed apOpleptic with indig-
nation as he read. Nor was his wrath
lessened by a front-page cartoon Of
himself, in guise of holdup man,
shouting "Your Franchise Or Your
Life" to a group of trembling city
fathers.
His wife-a sallow, perpetually
timid woman-sat at his side, trying
in vain to assuage his wrath. Her
well-meant condolences served only
to make him the angrier.
"I'm going to shut up that news
paper" he growled. eff it takes every
cent / have And I'm going to get
back at Stephen Fletcher if"
He stopped short. with grunt. Two
people-a man and girl-had en-
tered the room. The man paused near
the door. In the dim light Mason
did not at once recognize him. The
girl came shyly forward.
At sight of her the glover van
ished from Mason's face. He and his
wife jumped to their feet in happy ex-
element.
"Rose !" they cried in unison.
dad mother :" said Rose, ner-
vously. kissing them one after the
other. "Tve some news for you. Some
tremendous news. Promise not to be
angry"
Angry with you. you precious lit
tie girl?" laughed Mason indulgent-
ly. "not much. What is this 'tremend-
Gus newsT"
Drawing Tom forward from the
curtained gloom of the doorway. Rose
summoned all her courage and an
swered:
eve were married this morning.
Tom and I. Just half an hour ago.
We"
An inarticulate roar of truly dread
full ferocity from the senator inter-
rupted her faltering confession.
"Married?" he sputtered. his bull
voice drowning a lesser cry of dis
may from his wife Married toto
Stephen Fletcher's son? You're
you're not,
"But am. dad" Rose insisted. very
pale. but with "a resolve to stand her
ground "And won't you forgive US,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
MASON CHARGED WITH CON-
TRACT FRAUDS.
MiIionaire-Statesm Fails to Ex
plain Discrepancy in Electric
Lighting Bids and Bill Rend-
cred to City.

The senator read the headlines six
times Then, tuning and muttering,
he read the news story beneath them
Turning to the editorial page, his eyes
fell on '1eader' entitled "MasOn's
Rawest Deal. Yet"
With q snort like a baited bulls
the senator snatched up his hat and
his heavy walking stick, and stamped
out of his office. Five minutes later
he stormed into the city room of the
DAILY Appeal" and, brushing aside
an office boy who tried to bar his
way. burst unannOunced into Stephen
Fletcher's private sanctum.
The editor was glancing over a
sheaf of smudged proof sheets. He
looked up, with no great show of in
terest, as his visitor entered. Fletcher
was not surprised by the call. He
had been expecting something of the
sort for long time.
''Well Senator Mason" he said
CURLY "a the purple-faced millionaire
who was bearing wrathfully down
upon him, "what can I do for you?"
81 came here" Numbered the sena-
tor, ''to order you to cease these I'M
warranted assaults upon my charac-
ter, and To retract this vile"
"The moment the assaults become
'unwarranted,' returned Fletcher,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

settled pretty satisfactorily I've
just come from the district attorney,
and the officers must be at Fletcher's
house by this time, with the warrant"
1.-THE warrant?" she repeated duly.
For Tom Fletcher's arrest on a
charge of abduction. Perhaps you
don't know it, Martha, but in this
state the age of consent is eighteen
years. Rose won't be eighteen for
several months. The man who mar
ries girl under eighteen, without
her parents consent is liable to prose-
cution for the crime of abducting her.
The trial of Tom Fletcher for alb
Quoting and marrying Rose Mason
was Masonburg's most sensational law
procedure of the year
The district attorney set forth the
states case, and prepared to establish
it. Davenport, Toms attorney, fought
him, every step of the way. But it
was losing fight. The law was clear,
the facts were evident.
Senator and Mrs. Mason were called
TO the stand. one after the other, to
testify that she was not yet eighteen.
At the senator's own suggestion, the
Masons' family Bible was introduced
as evidence.
The last entry was In Mrs. Mason's
own old-fashioned hand. 1t read:
Rose, daughter of Hiram and Mar
tina Mason, born September 8, 1898.
Gentlemen of the jury" said the
district attorney, after Mrs. Mason
had tearfully verified the entry, ''you
observe that Rose Mason was born on
September 8, $685. The date of her
marriage to Thomas F1etcher-as at
tested in the city records. which you
have seen-was June 2. 1916. There
fore, it is proven that Thomas Fetch
er married her when she was one day
under the age of seventeen-years-and
nine-months. / have shown you the
section of the Penal Code which de-
clares that marriage to girl under
the age of eighteen years. without the
consent of her parents, constitutes the
crime of abduction. 1t has been shown
that Rose Mason's parents did not
give their consent to this marriage.
The states case is proven as it stands.
We rest"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

please? We love each other, sol
Please, dad. dear! Please!"
OF a sudden he whirled to face the
bride and groom.
"Clear out of here, both of your"
he shouted. "Clear out and keep
out! Rose, you have married a
scoundrel'S son and you've disgraced
me by doing it. After this your ways
are his, not ours. I wash my hands
of you!"
Taking Roses ice-chilled hand in
his, Tom led the sobbing girl out of
the house.
"We're well rid of her!" scoffed Ma
son. eff she could sink to marrying
a fellow like that, she's no longer"
He left the house and went to the
office of his lawyers, thence to the dis
trict attorneys office, and back to his
own home two hours later.
He entered the house with look
of grim triumph on his heavy face.
"Wellr" he grunted, as his wife
came to meet him, 81 fancy young
Fletcher is settled pretty satisfactor-
lily at last. And his father, too"
, "Ohi" interposed Mrs. Mason,
you've heard, then? I'm so glad!"
"Heard?" he Queried. Heard
what?'
IL thought you had, by the way
you spoke" She replied. "Rose called
me up fifteen minutes ago. She's at
the Fletchers. She says Toms father
and mother behaved beautifully about
the marriage and that they're ever so
nice to Rose. She and Tom are to
live there for the present, and Mr..
Fletcher is going to give Tom a job
at
"You ought to be more careful not
to make miSStateSmentS, my dear"
.chuckled the senator. You've just
made two in one sentence. Tom is
not going to live with the Fletchers
for the present. but at the county jail.
And little later at the states prison
for about seven years or more. Also
Mr.. Stephen Fletcher is not going to
give him job The state is going
to do that for him. A nice coy job
at making cane-seated chairs or peg
ging shoes Or"
"What do you mean?" gasped the
wife, "what do you mean?"
I mean what / started to say
when I told you Tom Fletcher was
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
TENTH STORY
The Trial of Souls

Senator Mason, for more years
than most people cared to remem-
Der, had held the thriving little up
state city of Masonburg in his vest
pocket
He was the city's richest man, the
county's political boss and it's leading
corporation lawyer. Though a decade
had passed, since his single term in
the senate, he still bore the proud
courtesy-title of senator" In Ma
sonburg and in Somers county, his
will was supreme.
And now, after a quarter century
of such unassailed czardom as only
small-city magnate can exercise,
his sway was protested.
1t was not fellow millionaire or
another politician who challenged his
rule. That would have been easier
to bear. No, his enemy was no great
er parsonage than Stephen Fletcher,
owner and editor of the local news
paper.
Fletcher had recently begun q cam
paigli Of news stories and editorials
attacking the senator in person; and
his financial and political methods
and his sources of wealth. 1t was
very irritating. DOubly so, because
all that Fletcher said about Mason
was true
Little by little, Senator mason had
worked himself into Il homicidal rage
against this foe who would neither
be bribed nor bluffed into submits
sion. The climax came one day when,
opening his morning paper. "The Ma
sonburg Daily Appeal" Mason read
these two-column headlines on the
front page:
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smarting pink palms in turn, .Its a

smarting pink palms In turn, ''It's q
shame! But"
''But what are we going to do about
being expelled" she broke in. ''Father
will be SO crazy-mad at me. All the
more because it's you. He hates your
father sO!'
''T've thought it all out very care
fully" Tom told her land I've hit on
the only solution. It's daring sort
or solution and 1t will take lots of
pluck. But it'll mean a whole lot of
happiness for us. viii you do it?'
Eyes. OF course. What is it,"
1--WE must get married"
"Married?" she echoed, amazed
"But-"
eve must get married right away"
he insisted. "Then Wen go back to
our parents and tell them, and it'll be
too late for them to make any kick
'But-but, Tomr' she stammered
1--WE can't. We can't"
"Why not?"
"We aren't Of age or anything, and
We"
"I'm twenty" he answered sturd.
lily. SIN this state a man can marry
at twenty, and a girl can marry at
eighteen. Those are the legal ages
So you see"
'But I won't be eighteen for three
months" she objected, "I'm only sew
enteen."
''H'm Z" he unused unhappily, that's
so. I'd forgotten. But" he went on
Frightening, ''that needn't bother us.
All you need to do is to write down
your age as eighteen on the marriage
license blank. No one will know. You
look eighteen, all right"
He kissed her. And she chung to
him. weeping a little. Presently he
said:
"We'll catch the 5 :48 milk train to
MasOnburg and go straight to the city
hall, there, for license. Then We'll
get that new Presbyterian minister
up on Avon Place to marry u.s."
Senator Mason sat in the library of
his big house on Masonburg's wild
est residence street. He had just fin
ished reading 1.-THE Appeals" trench
ant account of the preceding days
fight in the newspaper office, and a
three-column report of certain recent
franchise deals wherein the senator
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

in the presence OF Almights God, that
Rose Mason was born on September y,
1882"
"I-I don't know" whispered Mrs.
Mason, greenish white and painting.
'"Think, madam !" urged Davenport,
with fearful earnestness, think, be-
fore your answer. / ask you again
was Rose Mason born on September
8, 1882"
"No-no!" whispered the CHASTITY
and shuddering woman.
A gasp ran through the courtroom.
1.-THE records-on June /, 1885,"
mumbled the witness.
Gentlemen of the jury" proclaimed
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

Lets Tell Them We're Married"
.'they will cease. Until then, they
shall continue-until l have broken
up the political crookedness that is
wrecking our city and county. +
He got no further. Mason's rage
surst all bounds of self-eontrol and
gsnity. With wordless below. the
senator swung his heavy cane aloft
and brought it whizzing down on
E,letcher's unprotected head.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-09
LIFE WAS A TRAGEDY.
SAID IOWA WOMAN

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LAST Of PRAYER
SERVICE IS HELD
In Absence Of Or. Newcomb, Rev. e.
Leaoy steffey Conducted serv-
ices on Friday,
Night.
ZEAL FOR OUR TASK"
This Was Topic Considered by Pas
tor, Who Spoke From Several
Verses in
Acts.
ZEAL FOR OUR TASK

! The last OF the services Of the week
OF prayer was held Friday evening
in the assembly room of the Y w. c.
A. In the absence Of Dr. Newcomb,
on account of sickness, Rev. E. LeRoy
Steffey, pastor of the First Methodist
Protestant church conducted the meet.
ing. The topic for consideration was,
Zeal for Our Task. The scripture
lesson read was Acts S:2G-40, and this
portion Of the Word was used as a
foundation for the address of the lead
er. In part. Rev. Steffey said
In our age the calls and oppor-
tunities for christian service and
work are most numerous and urgent
At every turn in life we meet with
calls and opportunities for service for
the Master. and not only is a privilege
to work for Him. but it Is duty to
do so. I think we need to emphasize
the gospel Of duty in this age. From
the standpoint OF the necessity. the
duty, and gratitude every christian
should be filled with zeal in the work
for the Master.
THE christian is to place himself
continually under divine direction,
and when he does 80 he will perceive
Of the many evils that need to be re-
moved: and OF much good that needs
to be done We will not have an audi
BILE voice to speak to US as did Philip
but we have the mind OF Christ
which will just as Enthusiastically show
us the evil and the good. This mind
will say to us, Arise, and go toward
the south; go near and join myself to
this chariot! Zeal for our task de-
mands that we consult and know the
will OF the Master by intelligently and
devoutly studying the Word, by unset
fishly regarding the leadings of His
providence, and by earnestly ASKING
for the promptings of His divine
spirit.
There is much work for God to be
done in the kingdom to you and to me
as christians, He has entrusted the
work of His vineyard. And brethren,
God will not have the just return for
all His gifts II we are not faithful in
His service. Like Philip, we have re-
ceived much, and from us much is re-
quired. To us as to Philip he gives
two imperatives. Arise Coz
From and through the spirit of
penitence, faith, reverence. and hope
man worships God. put none of these
is more acceptable to Him than the
spirit OF gratitude. In each christian
heart there is this question: What
shall render unto the Lord for all
His benefits toward me?'s And with
the question comes the answer,
Hearty and Jealous service,' Every
christian should say, 1 am Jealous for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-09
John Browns Compass.

From the Kansas City Journal: A
compass. once the property Of John
Brown, which played a part in early
history. has just been received at the
museum of the Kansas State Histor-
fcal society in Topeka John Brown
used the instrument when he was liv.
ing in Osawatomie, in the years be-
tween 1855 and 1858. During the Mis-
souri-kansas border warfare in those
days the story goes. the abolitionist
leader used the compass in pretense
of surveying land, when in reality he
was locating and mapping the camps
OF proslavery men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-09
Jerusalem and for zion with a great

JEALOUSY.
Many a professor of religion Is
without zeal for the Master because
he has forgotten that supreme import
ance attaches to being right and then
doing right.
The task of the christian is pri-
marily the building up or the extern
sion of the kingdom of God through
the conversion of men. Our task,
therefore, is to bring others to Jesus.
Andrew first findeth his own brother
simon. And he brought him to
Jesus. And Philip findeth Nathaniel,
him of whom Moses in the law. and
the prophets did write, Jesus Of
Nazareth. And he brought Nathaniel
to Jesus.
Christ will draw for his own the
poor in need Of enrichment: the rich
in need Of some higher wealth: the
lowly wanting some OF the honorable
craving some higher dignity; the
children of privilege familiar with the
truth; the sons of ignorance and SUI
perstition; and the children Of inf
deity far from the wisdom of God
He will furnish his table with guests
from all classes OF men. and will make
them heirs of salvation. But, breth-
rem. IL these are won for the king
dom and to Christ, spiritual enlight-
ment must be impaired to them
through us, through human agencies
We must preach unto them Jesus, the
grand theme of every christian, and
they, like the eunuch, will go on their
way rejoicing. God is depending on
us. Therefore be jealous for your
task.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-09
GAS, HEART BURN
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OLD AND NEW WAY
TO TREAT CATARRH

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The discovery Of Hyomei has
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treatment of catarrh.
|. Prior to three years ago the medi-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-09

sion commencing at 1880 o'clock, will
Ibe devoted to cooking exhibition
For a Family of Five on 800 a
Week.. The evening session will com.
mence at 1880 O'Clock, an address be-
ing delivered by Mrs. McMurry on
Future Home Makers" Both ses.
sions are free to the general public.
| Earl A. Wallace, chief OF the War.
saw fire department, accompanied by
VIM. Bell, delegate, will leave Monday
for Murphysboro, ILL.,, to attend the
state firemen's convention.
Warren Holiday Of Keokuk, was
calling on Warsaw friends on Satur.
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller OF st.
Louis returned home Tuesday, having
spent a week or more with relatives
here.
Rev. Geo. Long returned from st.
Louis Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Nelson and children are
home from st. Mary's, Mo, where ey
spent several weeks with Mrs. Nelson S
parents. Mr.. and Mrs e. NJ. Allen.
Thos. P. Hill returned last Wednes-
day to ST. Johns military academy at
Delaf1eld. Wis, after spending the holl-
days with home folks here.
The Farmers National bank Is CIV
ing two neat souvenirs to its friends,
being a large wall calendar, and a
brass edged ruler.
John Van Tuyl and Miss Marie Van
Tuyl of Denmark were guests OF
Joseph Fry on Tuesday.