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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-25

TOPEKA railway mail clerk examinations
coming. $500 month Sample ques-
tions free. Franklin Institute, Dept. bot,
Rochester, n. Y
WHEN you are sick you go to the best
doctor. When your watch is sick why
not take it to the best watch repairer? L,
G. Osborn, 604 Kansas ave.
WANTED-Corn huskers. Telephone 1347.
NJ r. KELSEY.
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nal, Wednesday, October IL, 1851

State Of Kansas, Shawnee County. SIS.
In the matter of the estate of Joshua NJ.
Curry, late of Shawnee County. Kansas.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2Sth
day of September A. d. 1916, the under
signed were by the Probate Court of Shaw
nee County, Kansas duly appointed execu-
tors of the estate OF Joshua NJ Curry late
of Shawnee County. deceased, All parties
interested In said estate will take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
ELLIS CURRY,
GRACE CURRY CHAFFEE.
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Office of the City Clerk,
Topeka, Kan, Oct. "a, 1915
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
For the convenience of voters in the City
of Topeka, Registration Books will be open
for the registration of voters, Wednesday,
October 20, 1916, from IL 90 O'Clock a. m.
until 500 O'Clock D. m, at the following
places:
Pinney's Drug Store. 18th and Kansas
Avenue.
Keiiey's Pharmacy, 9Th and Lake Streets
Hopper Bros. Grocery. 10th and Washing
ton Streets
Also, Thursday, October &c. 1916, from
IL 100 O'Clock a. m until 90 o'clock p. m,
ut the following places:
A. w. Lacy's Drug Store. s31 N. Kansas
Avenue.
N. G. Edelbiute's Drug Store. 9Th and West
Streets.
r. R. Shoals Drug Store, 10th and Morris
Avenue.
Books for the registration of voters arc
now open at the City Clerks office from
8 100 O'Clock a. m. until 10 90 O'Clock p. m,
and will remain open until Friday, Oc-
ETA NJ COyELL,
(Scal) City Clerk.
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WANTED-Dinfng room girls. women
cooks; women for country farm, 81 wk. :;
experienced girls for families; chamber
maids; lunch counter girls; kitchen help, etc
Steam heated rooms for rent close in. Fur
WANTED-Neat, pleasant, taetful young
matron. assistant chaperone. Children's
party. Saturday evening. 2Sth. Phone 1885
WANTED-At once, experienced waist and
skirt makers Glen Davis, dressmaking
parlors, Pelhtier's stores.
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LOST AND FOUND.
LOST-A little white fox terrier, marked
black and brown. Answers to name OF
"TriX." Please return 9l3 w. 9TH. Re
LOST-Canary bird from 800 West 10th
St Return to Mrs. w. B. Hayes for re-
ward.
STRAYED from 215 Paramore street, small
bay horse, leather halter. Phone 1913.
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WANTED-Good reliable boy, with wheel
Apply today before 6 o'clock or tomor-
row morning.
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Journal. October 6, 1861

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ATCHIsoN. TOPEKA AND SANTA FEE
RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE OF SALE OF UNCLAIMED
a. Nosise is hereby given that the following
Y, NJ, C. A., on Fourth ST., October 27th.
1915. # not called for before that time and
charges paid. the same having been left in
possession Of this company unclaimed for
SIG months and over. Sale commences at
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Two barrels. Santa Re: $4,000. Cots, Santa
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age. Package Storage: 1920. Bicycle Santa
Fe: 1891 yelocipede. Santa Fe 1851
Also a number Of grips, suit cases and
packages. ETC.. not checked. found In depots
and on trains.
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FOR SALE-MISCELLAN
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patent medicines. We deliver east of Kan
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Furniture of S-room house, no cheap
stuff Rooms rented at good prices; house
in fine shape; close to state house Rent
reasonable. Call phone 262.
The Benson signal., 1916-06-24

Panewa]s goo votes
Renewals than
r. cL Subscrintions 400 votes
wears New or Renewal Subscriptions 5000 votes
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test or work for
Votes oeing voted be transferred to another
Be for whom you going before coming
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any inform subject The key the ballot box will
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The Benson signal., 1916-06-24

Announcement This Piano and Popularity Voting Contest
will fairly and honestly business principles
strictly with justice and fairness to all concerned. With the
above principles it will be assured success.
Prizes The Capital Prize will be Obermeyer u Sons
Piano Also other valuable prizes Of many dol
lars which are announced herewith
Candidates Young ladies in this and adjoining towns
eligible this and the party receiving the largest
number will receive the beautiful $500 Obermeyer
Sons Piano. other premiums will be distributed in accord
ance with the contestants standing the final
Tie Vote Should of the contestants tie in votes for
any of the prizes, similar prize will be awarded
Votes Cassed will be issued the following demon
nations:
New Subscribers 600 votes 90
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Rules and Regulations Governing the Contest are as

For the thirty days the paper will 25-vote coupon
which can be voted free for any lady contestant
Contest to run about go days CONTEST WILL CLOSE
AUGUST TO- 1916 The right postpone date of closing
reserved if sufficient should occur
Ten days prior to closing the judges will carefully lock-
or seal ballot the oank where same Will
place where voting can be done dung business no
and ocked vault at night until close Of contest when the
Judges charge and count same and announce the young
ladies winning in their turn
The last days all voting must be done in sealed box at
the bank If YOU do wish to know Tor whom you
are voting p for subscription toge her with dup
cate recep in sealed envelope which will be furnished you
and the in ballot box lh1s Will give everyone
square deal
CONTEST WILL CLOSE ON AUG. %, 1910
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
A New Juniors Belated Hal.
lowe'en Story

Dear Editor: This is the first time
have written to The Courier Junior
l read the Junior page every time i
appears and have decided to write
Halloween story
Among the first of the white settlers
of western Iowa was the family Of
| Wesley Clay, which consisted of Mary
Patience and John John was four
teen, Patience thirteen and Mary
eleven.
When harvesting time came the
pumpkin crops were exceedingly large
and the children were allowed two
apiece
oh! mother mayn't we go out in
the woods and have some real fun this
year," begged John as the month OF
October drew near its close and near
the time of witches and cats. The
mother reluctantly gave her permits.
sion and the joyful young pioneers
fastened to a large oak tree which
they called, the council oak" to make
their plans.
Lets give the Indians scare,
suggested John, and after much con.
sideration. Mary and Patience, who
were not quite so venturesome agreed.
The fateful night arrived and the
youthful Adventures sailed forth into
the forest and taking their pumpkins,
which had now been converted into
Jack O'Lanterns, they climbed into a
large tree.
John sent the call of an Indian in
distress ringing through the tree tops
and was soon answered by a patter-
ing of moccasined feet below.
Meanwhile the children scrambled
to a lower limb of the tree and as the
Indians came beneath the tree Jack
O'Lantern was sent whizzing into their
midst. With cry Of fire spirit the
Indians scattered and the mischief
makers thinking their fun was over
started to the earth but before John
was half way down the Indians were
heard returning. Back they scrambled
and the Indians came beneath thei.
tree once more and after some sort of
ceremony which the children could
not understand, but which they knew
to be of religious order, freshly kill.
ed deer was produced from the bushes
and sclemnlv laid before the fire
spirit and the Indians scampered for
their wigwams
The fire spirit inventors shoulder.
ed the deer and marched home. The
next day the Indians returned to the
spot and there was the Sire spirit"
with its fame extinguished but the
venison which the Indians left was at
that moment being devoured by the
hungry Clays. But the Indians knew
no better
Florence Irwin. age 49,
S25 Fellows ST., Ottumwa.
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The Hedgehog and the Hare
- BY Mabel D0ud

Dear Juniors:
| am writing composition about the
Hedgehog and the Hare so I thought
I would send it to the Courier Junior.
1t was holiday morning in autumn.
just as the sun was rising clear and
bright. AS the hedgehog was out for a
walk he CHANGED to meet the hare. He
wanted the hare to race with him. He
asked what the prize was. And he told
him that it was three artichokes and
three onions. The hare laughed and said
he agreed. So he went home and told
his wife to come and see the race. They
quickly dressed and went for the long
field. They were to run in the furrow.
The hedgehog and his wife looked Just
alike. So when the race began the
hedgehog's wife sat in one end OF the
furrow and the hedgehog in the other.
The hare ran until he dropped
dead Then the hedgehog and his wife
went merrily home together.
Mabel Doud. age ~.
Douds- Leando. Iowa.
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How Mary Patrick Spent
Her Vacation in the
Summer of 1916

Dear Junior: thought would write
and tell you how I spent my vacation.
Mama and left Ottumwa on June 90
at p. m. and got to Denver, Colo, the
next day at 2:30. We had a nice time,
visited where all the Colorado soldiers
were in camp at Rifle Range; went
through the capitol, the court house
and all the main buildings, the parks,
the cemetery and climbed the Rocky
Mountains. The fourth Of July we
We're in Denver then came back to
Kansas, went auto riding nearly every
day. saw an Indian woman Ito years
old and little baby papoose We were
in Kansas seven weeks then came
back to Osceola and went to char.
tauqu four times We stayed there a
few days and then came home.
am ten years old.
Mary Patrick. Ott,lmwa,
1873 North Weller ST
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The Wishing Bridge - BY
Birney Shoemaker

Dear Juniors: This is the second
time l have written to The Courier
Junior am going to tell you about
the Famous Wishing Bridge
Once upon a time in the town OF
Marblehead. there lived little boy
named Frederick Now he lived near
a big bridge called 'the WISHING
bridge" He heard the people on the
street talk about this bridge and he
heard them say it was wonderful
Frederick had never seen it, so he
made up his mind that when the next
day came he would go and see it.
When the next day had come, he
started for the bridge. When he was
within two blocks of it he heard some
thing buzZing. He went faster than
ever and soon he was in sight of it.
Instead of this bridge being a wooden
bridge as he thought, it was a big
heavy steel bridge, ornamented in big
letters was the name, "The Wishing
Bridge
1t cost dollar to ride on the bridge
but as Frederick had two dollars he
gave the man dollar and the man
gave him ticket He got on the
bridge and it started to go very fast
But it went faster than ever. When
the bridge stopped Frederick was not
on it, but he was in bigger city than
Marblehead.
When the people had found him
they made him king because he was
so brave as to get on the bridge, and
he ruled the country and he lived hap
PLY ever after
Birney Shoemaker, age H.
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HumminGLirds are popularity sup
posed to live upon the nectar of flow
ers. and unquestionably this substance
forms an important part of their food.
Close observation has shown, however,
that these little birds do not visit
flowers wholly for the purpose of
gathering honey, nor do they obtain
all their food from flowers. The writer
has observed them lowering in front
of cobweb, picking off insects and
They have also been observed to cap
lure their food on the wing, like fly
iatchers. Stomach examination shows
That considerable part of their food
consists of insects and spiders, with
sometimes very little vegetab BILE mat
ter.
Only one species of hummingbird
inhabits the eastern part of the United
States. This Is the ruby-throat, which
is more or less common almost every
where in that region. The writer has
seen 100 of these tiny creatures hover
ing about the flowers of a buckeye
zee. and this number was maintained
an day and for many days, though the
individuals were going and coming all
the time.
In order to obtain definite knowledge
as to the food of hummingbirds in
general, and the ruby-throat in par
ticular. SO stomachs of this species
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17

the Anna hummer has been selected.
W This species one hundred and eleven
stomachs were examined and in some
respects the food was found to differ
noticeably from that of the ruby
throat The largest item of animal
food is gnats or small flies which
amount to 1923 per cont and replaces
the spiders 50 characteristic OF the
ruby-throats diet. Only . trace Of
vegetable matter. presumed 10 be fruit
pulp. was found in tho stomachs Of
the Anna Spiders to the extent Of
only per cent were eaten by this
species.
The food Of these two representa-
tfves Of tho hummingb bird family, It ap-
pears. poiaesses but little economic
interest, ali that little IL mostly in
the wrong direction The ants eaten
are probably largely parasitic species
and % to be reckoned as useful, while
the gnats and spiders may be con-
ddeFed as neutral, although it Is pos
Hble that some Of tn, former may be
Of the gaHgnat family and SO be
harmful. The bugs eaten are proba-
bly, mostly of tho injurious species On
the other hand, hummingbirds do no
harm to any product OF husbandry
and, - they are beautiful and inter-
estin1 oreatares, their preservation
may we'll bO urged on purely senti|
mental grounds.
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Ely F. e. Il. BEAIA

were examined. Although the hum
mingbirds are the smallest Of the avian
race, their stomachs are much smaller
in proportion to their bodies than
those Of other birds, while their livers
are much larger. This would indi-
cate these birds live to a considerable
extent upon concentrated sweets. as
stated above. and that the insects,
spiders, ETC., found in the stomachs do
not represent by any means all their
food. The quantities of food found in
these tiny stomachs are SO minute ard
tie insects comprising them are so
sman that identification IL very diff
cult and uncertain, but It Is believed
that the following statements do not
contain any serious errors.
The animal food formed 1882 per
cent Of the whole. and what was taken
for vegetable matter made up the re-
matnder. 5.66 per cent. The principle
item Of inse diet wore small ants and
beetles. Of which a largo proportion
are probably parasitic species. They
amount to s6.32 yer cent Of the food.
and next to spiders are the largest
constituents Of the animal diet. Bugs
stand next among the insects eaten
and amount to $50 per cent Of the
( ood.
AS a representative of the western
members Of the hummingbird family,
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HarOld's New Coaster
Wagon = Harold Lives
in Wyoming

Dear Juniors:
AS it has been quite a while since
/ have written to you ! thought
would write about our new coaster
wagon.
Nv little brother and | have new
coaster wagon. 1t is Il nice little coaster
wagon and we ride in it all of the
time down the hills. Tie first day we
had it he broke it and my father just
fixed it today so we can ride in it
again.
He fixed it with an oak piece SO it will
not break again. We play with a little
girl and boy. They have little coaster
wagon too. SO we have quite jolly
time coasting down hill.
Their wagon is not the same kind.
Ours is Standard coaster and theirs
is Roller Bearing. Ours is a little bit
bigger than theirs, and the little boy
and girl say that theirs would not break
because it hasn't broken yet. My broth
err keeps ours in the house at night so
it will not get wet.
Harold Jones, age H.
Alva. Wyoming,
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Lola Sayles Writes Story
About a Nickel

Dear Juniors:
This is the second time | have writ
ten to the Junior. ] enjoy writing to the
Juniors very much. and also enjoy
reading the letters of the other Jun
iors. l am going to write about a nickel.
! was lost in the mud and a little girl
found me. She took me home and ask
ed her papa and mamma if she could
get some candy with me and they said
yes. so she took me to a store and gave
me to man and he put me in with
the other nickels. Presently a lady came
in with some butter and eggs for sale.
In giving her change he gave me. She
took me up town and bought a picture
show ticket with me- The ticket agent
gave me to a young man next, who
paid his car fare home with that even
ing. The street car company put me in
the bank with several other nickels
where | STAYED for several DAYS
On Saturday evening I was given to
man while he was cashing a nav
check. The man on passing the first
cigar stand gave me in exchange for "A
cigar. The cigar man gave me to his
little boy who spent me for peanuts
This man gave me to a man in change
who took me to church and put me in
the contribution basket as the choir
sang God be with you till we meet
again
lola Sayies, age 10,
Drakesville, Iowa, r. No. l.
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A Soldier = By Blanche
Davis of Kirkville

! Dear Juniors:
! This is the first time have ever writ
ten to the Courier Junior. enjoy read
ing The Courier very much. will write
about a soldier.
Once upon time little boy thought
1T would be fun to be a soldier. So he
went and joined the army, and one day
when they were marching the young
lad got tired. So when they came to
| the post the little boy was so tired that
| he laid down and went to sleep. The
Waterman saw him there and he went
| to see what was the matter with him.
There he was asleep. He woke him up.
He asked him what he was doing. He
did not answer, but he knew he would
have to be shot because they told him
about it before. So he wrote to his faith
er and told him. But his father knew it
before he got the letter. A neighbor
woman brought it to her. She gave it to
Blossom, his sister. Blossom gave it to
her father. His fingers trembled so he
could not open it, He gave it to his
friends who was sitting by him. He
opened it and read it for him. He did
not know what to do. 1t was late when
they got the letter. so 1t was time to go
to bed. Blossom got up in the night and
went to the station and got on the train
to go where he was to be. She went to
the white house and went right in. They
asked her what she was doing there so
early. She told them she wanted to see
her brother. They let her see him. He
was very tall She did not know him.
She asked them if she could take him
home and they said that if she would
wait until the next day her brother
could go with her When they got to
the station her father, mother and sis
ter were waiting for them They were
glad to see him. He said God we
praise"
Blanche Davis.
Kirkville. Ia. Box %.