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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
MARRIED BY MAIL
Sergeant Kahn, LeavenwOrth,
Completes His War Wedding.
Bride Is in Pennsylvania
Used Duplicate Contracts.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 1.-Sergt.
Eugene Kahn. chauffeur quartermas-
ter's corps of the army, has completed
his marriage with Miss Vera Harding,
his sweetheart in Butler county, Penn
sylvania, and he is now ready to pro-
coed to the Mexican border to run an
automobile or take any other risk that
may come along. He joined the ben
edicts when he appeared in the Leav-
enworth county probate court accom-
panied by two men friends as wit
nesses to his taking the marriage
vows.
Sergeant Kahn presented a marriage
license issued from Butler county.
Pennsylvania, authorizing him to
marry Vera Harding of that place.
Had Duplicate Contract
Sergeant Kahn had two contracts
sent to him from Pennsylvania, which
contained the usual questions asked in
performing a marriage ceremony. One
contained the answers of Miss Hard
ing, which had been witnessed and
sworn to, and the other was for Ser
geant Kahn to fill out at this end of
the line.
Judge Johnson asked Sergeant
Kahn the questions and wrote down
the answers which were afterwards
SWORN to be correct and the two wit
ncsses signed when the duplicate con-
tracts were mailed back to Pennsyl-
vania.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
At the Orpheun.

The last performance of Douglas
Fairbanks in Reggie Mixes In will
be given at the Orpheum tonight. Be
ginning Monday William H Thompson
and Charles Ray will be seen in the
Ince production, THE Dividend" The
management of the Orpheum theater
insists that 1.-The Dividend is one of
the strongest five part dramas ever
shown in the theater The story is of
a great finan :ier who neglectS the
sons desires and ambitions and bids
him have a good time in society. The
results of the young mans hayward
course is the dividend" which the
father receives. The Orpheum will
show Keystone comedy at the close
of each performance today and next
week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
LUxURIEs FOR SOLDIERS.
Wichita People send Cigars. Candy
and Notes From Home

Wichita, Kan, July 1.-Surprise
boxes containing cigars. candy and
other Injuries, foreign to the commits
sary of the average military camp,
will be sent to the two Wichita COM
panies of the Second infantry of Kan
sas militia now in the service of the
United States, according to announce
ments made here by civic organiza-
tons.
A local committee has been ap-
pointed to buy "luxuries' for the sur
prise boxes and a campaign is being
made to see that the soldiers in the
two companies do not want for any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
IMPROVE ORPHANS HOME.
Appropriation VIII Be Asked for In
Stitution at Atchison.

Atchison, Kan, July IAN appro-
priation of 100000 will be asked by
Supt. E. C. Willis of the Soldiers Or
phans' home from the Kansas legis-
lature next winter. He will ask rec p
preparation of the w. P. Dale gift of
$4,000, which was Lsed for general
repairs on the home the state should
have made, and will recommend that
it be used for a home hospital.
In addition he will plead for an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for a new COW
barn and silo and $4,000 for a modern
refrigerating plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
II. c.. SHORE
20 wabash Ave. Topeka, Ka
shore Looms in Political Horizon.
Topeka, Kar


Harry G. Shore, of Topeka, advises us
that he is still in the ring as a candidate
for Sheriff of Shawnee County. We think
that the Republicans of Shawnee County
can show no better timber than he. While
we do not vote in Shawnee County. we ad-
wise the stanch men of all parties to pull
for the Shore nomination.-(From the
White City Register, Shores home town.
political Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
HUTCHINSON GAZETTE SOLD.
Agent for Mortgages Auctions Off
Paper: Price $4,000.

Hutchinson, Kan, July 1.-The
Hutchinson Gazette has been sold at
auction by Lige Rayl as agent for
mortgages. The paper was bought
resentine Howard Carey, Lige Rayl
and Jouett Shouse, the mortgages.
His bid was 1000, and it was the
only bid.
There were two mortgages. one Ior
.s12.716.6S and the other for 81. 544-72-
r. K Jacks, who has been advert1s-
ing manager of the Gazette, will be in
charge now as manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
HARVESTING PRICE HIGHER.
Threshing, Binder Irvine and Harvest
Hands All Cost More.

Salina, Kan. July Cost of har-
vesting wheat is going up. Threshers
are asking 13 cents a busheI, COM
pared with and 8 cents of former
years. Binding Irvine is up cents
pound, gasoline and lubricating oils
are up, and food supplies are higher,
while harvest hands are asking more
than ever before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
NEEDS 500 HARVEST HANDS.
Largest Harvest in Graham County
History Will Start Monday.

Hill City, Kan, July Five hum
bred harvest hands are needed in Ora
ham county. The harvest starts Mon
day and the crop is the largest in the
history of the county. The work will
last for about fifteen deys. Three dol
lars a day is the prevailing wage here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
RAISE PRICE OF HAIR CUTS.

HUTCHINSON BafDcfS vote increase
Pay Dues for Guard Members.
Hutchinson, Kan. July IA well
developed run on Hutchinson barber
shops is due this week, following the
announcement to the effect that, eff
fective Monday, hair cuts would cost
35 cents instead of two bits" as in
peace times. This step, the BARRIERS
explain, is taken as a matter of self
defense, the steady increase in the cost
of all barber supplies, forcing an in
crease on their part to break even
Razor honing will also cost more here
after, the price jumping from 25 to so
cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
ABILENE PICNIC HERE
Reunion of Former Residents in Gage
Park July 4.

Topeka people who formerly lived
in Abilene will have a reunion and
picnic July in Gage park. All for
mer residents of Abilene will gather
there at A p M, bringing baskets, we'll
filled, to provide supper for them
selves and several others. Tables will
be spread at o'clock and all will eat
tnoethRr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
DINNER STORIES.

An American having told an Eng
lishman that he shot on one particu-
lar occasion 999 snipe, his interlocu-
tor asked him why he didn't make it
1000 at once.
NO" said he, "it's not likely I'm
going to tell a lie for one snipe."
Whereupon the Eng1ishman, deter
mined not to be outdone, began to
tell story of a man who swan from
Liverpool to Boston.
Did you see him yourself?" asked
the Yankee, suddenly
why, yes, of course 1 did; I was
coming across and our vessel passed
him a mile out of Boston harbor"
well, I'm glad you saw him.
stranger. COS yer witness that did
it. 1 was that swimmer"
Robert Lowe, the great English
commoner, was exceedingly sarcastic
and frequently ungallant
Upon the occasion of a well known
wedding he began to descant on the
absurdities of the marriage service.
When 1 married" he said, ''all
the worldly goods with which 1 en-
dowed my wife might have been car
ried in bundle over my shoulder"
'Ah, but Robert" interposed Mrs
Lowe, there was your great intel
lect.'
"welI. I certainly did not endow
you with that, dear was the re-
joinder-
While visiting London a Welshman
saw the notice on a door-"Please
ring the bell" He did so, and a pow
dered footman appeared Well
what do YOU want" he inquired. Il
want nothing" said the Welshman
II only rang the bell because the no.
tice said I was to do So "Oh. I
suppose you've come from the land
where nanny-goats grow on goose
berry bushes?" Yes" said the
Welshman; but in London I see
stranger sights still, for I've only to
press a button and a monkey pops
outi''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01

thing. 1t is also planned to send
notes from home" to cheer up the
boys who are expected to spend con-
siderable time on the MeXlcan border.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01
A HeaIthfuI Thirst Ouencher

HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
A Teaspoonful in a glass of water is
refreshing and invigorating.-Ad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-01

The Morriss and Murdoch forces NOM
mated every man on the Republican
ticket with the exception of the nom
inee for governor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Fish Exhibit Emotions,

We are accustomed to think that
only we humans become. pallid with
fear or agitated with Joy. but some ex-
periments with perch In the artificial
pond show that when their repose is
suddenly disturbed by tapping on the
glass the fish visibly tremble, and the
bars which are characteristic Of this
species actually disappear for the time
being, only to reappear when the dis
turbance is removed and the equanim-
ity Of the fish is restored.
Sometimes pike that Is rapidly ad-
vancing on his prey becomes suspicious
about the latter's character. The pur-
suer will suddenly stop In an attitude
Of doubt, his back will arch, and he
will remain suspended as though
studying the cause Of his suspicious.
Only when he is thoroughly reassured
does he become rigid, to advance to the
final attack; If his suspicion is not al
layed he drops to the bottom Of the
pond or swims or In disappointment
Popular Science Monthly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Music In Shakespeare Time.

Shakespaare's time was an age Of
music. Catches" were sung by gen.
ties as well lis by weavers and thinkers.
Lutte. cithern or virginals were in ev-
cry BARRIERS shop for the diversion of
customers. Thomas Morley may
be using the blessed argument of a
music teacher when he tells us that a
gentleman was counted but a boor If
he could not play the lutte or sing a
part i'm Il madrigal, but there is no get
ting over the craggy fact that over
eighty collectioh s Of madrigals, ayres
and SONGS were printed and published
between 1857 and 1880, in addition to
which vast collections of early music
still remain in manuscript. With an
aristOcracy fond Of music and accus-
toned to play and listen to music and
song, music in the theater was almost
as inevitable in England as In Italy,
says the London Musical Record 1t
was considered a manly accomplish
ment to play the hunting horn. Every
gentleman who kept hounds could wind
it A punctilious etiquette fixed the
correct set Of notes for each operation
Of the chase. Usually play had at
least one song.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
lnqersoll's Eloquence.

In his book. Notes of Busy Life,
Joseph Benson Foraker. writing of the
Republican national convention Of 1876.
says: The intellectual feature was
the famous speech of Robert G. Inger-
soil nominating Mr. Blaine. have
many times seen popular orators
arouse great enthusiasm, but I have
never seen before or since anything
equal to the effect of his eloquent and
telling sentences Some one preceding
him had said to make sure Of the cleo
ton we must nominate a man accept
able to Massachusetts. This nettled
lngersoll He rebuked it In his first
sentences. saying If any man who had
been mentioned at that convention as
a possible candidate should be nomA
mated and could not carry that state by
$4,000 majority, Massachusetts, should
tear down Bunker Hill monument and
sell Faneuil Hall for Democratic head.
quarters His speech throughout fair
ly bristled with sharp. jagged points
and smashing. bludgeon-like blows that
thrilled his audience. aroused their en-
thusiasm and brought forth round aft.
er round of applause, and the climax
was reached when he likened Blaine
to a plumed knight with shining lance
shifting traitors In congress full In the
face"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
SIRES AND SONS.

]. d. Shoop, new Chicago superin-
tendent of schools. a few years ago
was farm hand.
Lord Selborne is England's most
notable agriculturist and also the best
judge of dairy cattle in Britain.
Honus Wagner says that RUDE Wad-
dell, Kid Nichols, Clark Griffith, Chris
ty Mathewson, Grover Cleveland Alex
ander and Jack Taylor were the six
greatest pitchers he ever faced.
Major George n. Evans during thir-
ty-two years as disbursing officer, de-
partment of the interior, Washington,
has handled $500, 100000 without error
or loss either to the government or
himself.
The Duke of Norfolk is the shabbiest
Of England's peers. At Gladstone's
funeral he was taken for the abbey
verger and quite recently was mistak-
en- for the applicant for job at a shop
In Portsmouth.
Sir Hiram Maxim, whose machine
gun is big factor in the present war,
was barefooted lad in the backwoods
Of New England sixty years ago. As
a lad he worked a lathe in a coach
builders shop, the machinery of which
was turned by a water wheel.
Frank A. Vanderlip, president Of the
National City bank of New York, has
taken ON 100000 more life insurance
and is now i'll what insurance circles
call the million and u half Glass;" as
his policies written by several Of the
old line life insurance companies
amount to that figure approximately,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Some Exercise.

Walking is the best exercise. Do
some Of it every day. Next to walk
ing comes bowling. You can't throw
q bowling ball without STOPPING clear
to the floor. and every stoop stimulates
the liver and exercises the intestines.
Fifty per cent Of the sickness In the
world would be eliminated If every
body bowled. Walk or bowl every
day. And at night lie fat on your
back and raise your legs above your
head slowly as many times as you can
without fatigue. Then, anchoring your
toes under a weight Of some sort, raise
and lower the body. These two exer-
cises repeated fifteen or twenty times
night and morning will do a lot for
you. And you'll be surprised to find
how quickly you develop endurance.
Start with FIVE times and increase
each day or two until you reach TWEEN
U-Woman's Home Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Success.

Zone night at Lady Jeune's house
Joseph Chamberlain said to mo that
he believed any man Of even moderate
endowment could attain any given aim
which he set before him with unre-
hitting effort and enduring to the
end To my question, Why, than, do
90 many men fan short Of their anbi-
tionsr he answered: They come 10 the
place where they turn back. They
may have killed the dragon at The first
bridge and at the second, perhaps even
at the third But the dragons are IL
ways more formidable the farther We
GO Many turn back disheartened, and
very few win meet the monsters 10
the end Almost none Il willing to
have q Try with the demon at the last
bridge, but II he does he has won for
ever Princes Lexarovich IN On
try.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
An Ancient Guild.

The Cutters company had probably
existed long before the grant Of the
first charter by Henry v. Early In the
previous century a fierce quarrel is re-
corded between the Cutters and the
Sheathers, who were accused Of hav.
ing discredited the Cutters by supply
ing them with unworkmanlike sheaths
for knives. daggers and swords, to
which the Sheathers cruelty retorted
that the Cutters disgraced the sheaths
by selling inferior foreign blades for
English.-London Spectator.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
- N Isask SgkNzi IL
81 Love You."

Very interesting are the phrases used
by the various people Of the world to
express 81 love you" Wherever there
are human beings declarations Of love
are made, and there are a thousand
languages in which the tender passion
may be expressed The Chinese say
"Uo ugai nj" the Armenian expresses
his love with "Se siren as hez," the
Arab is content with the short me
habbek," while the Turk murmurs
"Sidi seveiorum." In India "Main
syne ka pisar KARIN" Is the declara-
tion. But the Greenlander holds the
palm for the word love. When he does
not stammer it has fifteen syllables and
has been recorded phonetically thus:
observation-disclosures
ujak!'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Something to Step On.

We don't get very high in this world
unless we have something to step on.
That Is why we put risers In stairs
and rounds In ladders.
When we were boys If we could
stick our toenails into a crevice In the
bark Of q tree. be 1t ever so shallow,
we could shin up to the top all right
When we got to the lowest branch we
were all right After that we could
pull ourselves up easier. But 1t did
seem a long ways to the lower limbs
sometimes.
That Is the story Of all life-getttng
the feet on something and then spring
ing up.
Life IL nne. or it IL a tragedy, Just
according to whether we see the mean
ing Of the experiences which come to
us and use them to climb up by
Farm Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Why Not Save
Some Money?
Phone Randolph So3

To make room for our 1916 purchases
we are clearing out our 1915 Com
posite Ranges at special prices. There
are only 1913 Ranges in this lot, which
includes the following popular styles:
20 No. 2s9 Reliable, Cabinet Style. Glass door
very high grade range
$500 cash, IL payments of $500 each.
10 No. 1879 Composite Detroit Jewel Cabinet
enameled doors, very popular style.
$500 cash, Is payments of $500 each.
No. 1876 DetroitJewel. Cabinet type with warm
ing oven, glass door, canopy top VERY handsome
$5OO cash, IL payments of $500 each.
IL No 367 Composite Acorn Cabinet. White enam-
eled door and splasher back and side
$500 cash, IL payments of $500 each
Is No. 397 Composite Acorn. Cabinet STYLE Glass
door, white enameed back and side
$500 cash, Is payments of $500 each.
1S No. 576 Composite Clark Jewel Glass door. short
type cabinet. '-' i0i'
$500 cash, Is payments of $500 each.
ALI of these Ranges are the same famous
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
CXprua.

Cyprus was an extremely popular re
sort for Britishers for year or 30 aft.
ter the announcement In 1873, that It
hsd become British protectorate, but
a the coast could not provide harbors
10 compete with those Of Malta the
vogue of the island receded as quick
" as 1t had sprung up.-London Globe
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Household Helps.

To cut butter in small even squares
for the table use coarse wet thread.
as this leaves no ragged edges.
1t is waste Of gas to allow the
flames to blaze up the sides Of a ket-
tie or saucepan. This does not cause
the contents to boil any more quickly.
Wooden ware which has any odor of
the food which has been In it-and
wood absorbs odors quickly-should be
soaked in hot water in which soda is
dissolved in the proportion Of one ia
blespoonful of soda to four quarts of
water.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Her Lost Chance.

Mrs. B.-I wonder why Miss Single
ton refused the curate when he pro-
posed to herr Mrs. Dali q mistake.
my dear. q sad mistake. You know,
she has grown q little deaf, and abe did
not suspect he was at all "gone" on
her. She actually thought he was
asking her to subscribe to the new or
gan fund, 50 she told him she was sor.
~. but she had promised all her money
IN another direction. Mrs. B.-Then
what happenedf Mrs. D.-Ths curats
felt himself insulted and departed In
dudgeon. and she's lost the only chance
she ever had.-London Telegraph
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Worm. U,sd In Msdieipe.

The earthworm, or the common nsh.
worm, was utilized by the medical
practitioners In Europe two and three
hundred years ago The worms were
for internal administration and some
times made into an ointment or en-
brocation for external use.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Marsnqo.

In the battle of Marengo 5000 men
participated. and Of that number Is.
900 were killed or wounded, about -
Per cent Napoleon thought Marengo
his greatest victory. He always kept
throughout life the uniform hs wore
On that day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

'Witchcraft," by r. Ralston Reed,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

Lenore Ulrich is said TO be back on
Broadway, although search OF that
thoroughfare fails to disclose her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

Anna Pennington, "Follies" dancer,
ia posing in circus film, "The Rain
bow Princess"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03
ALL ABOUT THE DOLLYS

deavored to swerve the conversation
into other channels.
zone Of the critics." he said, stated
that one of you girls should start IN
to reduce. He minated that you are
getting fat. Which of you did he
mean"
Wow,
THAT was a nice thing for him to
say, wasn't it," demanded Yancs-
furiously. Roszika sat on the edge Of
lounge demurely powder-pufng her
lawless cheek.
ppm just two pounds heavier than
Rosie" continued Ysncsi, heatedly,
"and it's because | have to wear more
clothes. You see, have 20 disrobe for
a second before the audience so
naturally must wear more undergar-
ments. can show you ! must wear
this, and this, and this, and they all
make me look bigger But it is not so,
is it, Rosie?'
Rosie said IL wasn't, or maybe she
said it was. That particular moment
is not very clear. In fact, not very
much more is clear. The girls SAID
they we're twins, and that who
ever spread the report that they
weren't was playing them an unpro-
fessional trick. They said they didn't
know any way 20 tell them apart
and that often their husbands are puz-
zled. Once Mack Sennett, the estim-
able Keystoner, who knows only Ros-
zika, went up and embraced Yancsl by
mistake. 81 felt so foolish" said Yancsi.
Even Mr.. Woods can't tell 'em apart.
On the walls were pinned the 800
kilograms which the girls received.
About every theatrical manager and
every actor in the world, it seems, sent
the Dollys a telegram. The Western
Union opened q branch office in the
lobby of the Republic Theatre that
night. Charles Dillingham; sent two,
and they are the ones the girls arc
proudest Of.
One. addressed to Roszika, read:
"Hope you are a bigger success than
Jennie"
The other, addressed TO Yancsi, read:
"Hope you are a bigger success than
Rosie"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03

was the acquisition by William Fox OF
large section Of Fourteenth Street,
upon which he will build a motion pict-
ure house. 1t will have a seating ca
pacity of about 5,OO0-one of the larg-
est picture theatres in the world and
certainly the largest in the city. The
site is across from the Academy o.
Music, embracing the old Dewey Thea
tire and adjacent property. The lease
is for forty-two years, the total rental
being about S2,O0O,0O0
Mr.. Fox's profitable experiences with
the Academy of Music and the City
Theatre, both of which are on Four
teenth Street, have convinced him that
the Street of Tammany is a wonderful
film proposition.