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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-02-15
The Test
II
By GEORGE ELMER COBB
Copyright, 1917, by w. g. Chapman)

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When Wayne Talcott announced to
his Uncle Hiram Lee chat he was going
to marry pretty Vera Daggett, and go
to the city to get a position and start
In with no capital except hope, ambi-
ton and mutual love, the old man
sc0ffed.
Take your own course, independent
Of me-" remarked Mr.. Lee tersely.
I'll not encourage a nephew of mine
to marry on nothing, nor q young chit
Of girl, who has not got beyond the
stage Of impractical dreams and ex-
travagant IDEAS"
"But, uncle" demonstrated Wayne
mot word! You have my ultima.
tum."
And forthwith Wayne eloped with
Vera and they settled down to wed.
ded life in one room IN the city. A
month went by; no work, their little
capital was exhausted. Wayne wrote
to his uncle asking his indulgence. A
terse response was awarded: II have
given my instructions to my lawyer,
Richard Dawes, union building"
To Richard Dawes, Union building.
Wayne rather obviously wendell his
way. The attorney greeted him ciyilly,
but definitely.
"You have been unfortunate enough
to incur your uncle's displeasure," he
said. HE has authorized me to make
you proposition"
HE is very good" declared Wayne
humbly, but hopefully.
"Mr. Lee" proceeded the lawyer,
has q small farm which he took for
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-02-15

dinner given at the Mckenzie ho-
tel by the chief executive, Attor-
ney General LANCER and a num-
Der of the legislative assembly.
Mr.. Manikowske, a native son
Of North Dakota, although but 25
years old, has number. of re-
markable inventions to his credit,
not the least of these is his de-
vice for the wind generation of
electricity, for the development
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-02-15

Of which company has been in
coporated at Wyndnere.
The young inventor CHANGED to
nc passing through the capital
city, and the dinner in his honor
was staged on short notice. It
proved an interesting and ejoy-
able event, with brief responses
from the guest of honor. the gov
ernor, the attorney general and
other guests.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-02-15
MANlkoWskE IS sANouETEp
BY THE GOVERNOR

Bismarck, N. D.,-Goe. Mani
kowske 1T Wyndmere, a graduate
of the engineering department of
the North Dakota Agricultural
College, North Dakota's foremost
inventive genius, and hailed by
Governor Frazier as the of North
Dakota's greatest assets, was a
guest of honor at the brilliant
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-02-15

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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02

Subscribe for the Expositor.
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best. Sandusky was composed of men
from Carsonville, Peck and Sandusky
while the other nine which called them-
selves Avoca, were men from Port HUI.
ron, Emmett and Avoca. And in both
cases Yale men were used to help make
it exciting. Nevertheless good game
was pulled off, Avoca winning 6 to O..
Over in the little town of Capac, for
the first time since that burg has been
on the map, they have team this year
that had defeated most everything they
played and in the couple of instances
that defeat had fallen upon them, the
score was so close that it showed that
Capac was certainly playing ball. Not
satisfied with outclassing nearby teams
they had met, last week they scheduled
a game with Mt. Clemens and had the
highest hopes of trimming the Bath
City boys. Then the game was sched.
uled with the Yale Boosters, Capac un.
doubtedly figuring this game an easy
victory and good work.o for them,
thereby putting them in best of trim
for next Sundays game at Mt. Clemens
So with an outside pitcher, good
Capac umpire and bunch of rooters
that knew Capac could win easy; DR..
Dancy brought the champs over and
after warming up, the game started,
with 1000 interested spectators on the
scene to witness it.
The first three innings were fast and
furious, the pitchers doing the most of
work. Memo, of st. Clair, was pitching
fine for Capac as was our own "Rube''
Cough, although he had the Capac
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02
BIC SCOTCH DAY BEST YET
CROWD NOT AS LARGE AS LAST YEAR, But
A FINE PROGRAM is CARRIED OUT.--TWO
INTERESTING BALL GAMES.--LOTS OF
ATHLETIC SPORTS.-- .--BALLOON MAN
FAILS TO GO UP.- .-MacPHAILS ARE
LEADERS IN THEIR LINE.

Tuesday was beautiful day for the
Caledonian Day celebration. 1t was
also beautiful day for the farmers to
work in their hay and this fact inter
fered considerably with the crowd,
but those who did attend were we'll
pleased with the entertainment
The only mistake made was in set
ting the date, which should have been
either week earlier or two weeks later
as the farmers couldn't possibly spare
the time, and we don't blame them a
bit, for the farmers in these parts are
at present taking care of one of the
largest crops in our history.
The program started at an early hour,
and as had been advertised there was
something doing every minute.
The biggest part of any Scotch cele-
bration are the pipers and dancers, and
the Association is more than pleased
with their choice of music for the oc-
casion. Duncan MacPhail, manager
of the celebrated MacPhail troupe of
Detroit, and by the way, one of the
best pipers in the union, has certainly
brought together crowd of fine
little Scotch entertainers, if the rest
of the bunch are as good as the ones he
brought with him. Norman l.. Fraser
was the piper who accompanied Mr..
MacPhail, and believe us, he is some
piper, and the boys were far from
stingy when it came to piping. The
following little lassies furnished the
best Scotch dancing ever seen in this
part of the state-Helen Allen, Viola
Vigar, Margaret Vigar, Donalda Nc
Leod, Katherine Mcleod, Margaret
Fraser, Frances Mccormick, and Mil
dred Whitley. Miss Jessie Scott, of
Windsor, sang some of the sweet old
Scotch songs at the park and her rem
dition of the simple Scottish lays"
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For All That Is Right In The Republican Party
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endeared her to the hearts of her hear
ers. AT the Scotch concert in the New
Auditorium in the evening, what was
lacking in crowd was more than made
up in enthusiasm. The costumes were
different than those worn at the park
and the piping and dancing was fine.
Miss Scott gave number of selections
which were greatly appreciated. She
was accompanied on the piano by Miss
Glenys Rose, who also played a piano
solo. Ruth MenzIes and Mia Holden
gave piano Duet which was very well
rendered and received Taken as a
whole, this part of the celebration was
more than pleasing, and we advise
anyone wanting anything in the line of
Scotch entertainers to get in touch with
the MacPhail people. They'll be with
us for our Caledonian celebration next
year If we have one, and the chances
are that we will
One of the disappointing things that
the association was up against was the
failure of the balloon men to make a
flight and parachute drop. The outfit
was here, all right, but it was impos-
sible to properly initiate the bag for the
morning ascension, and in the after
noon whenlt was filled up it wouldn't
carry the man up.
The athletic games we're hotly con-
tested and following were the winners
in the only events that were put on:-
lOO-yd. dash-lst, Scotty Isles; 2nd,
N. Ferriby.
Running jump-lst, Conklin; End.
Sidell.
Standing broad jump-lst, Lee; 2nd,
Currier.
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half of the fourth inning saw Capac
get two runs by an overthrow. Then
things started The balloon went up.
That ascension which was advertised
for noon was made by Mr.. Memo, and
he went so high that it would be i'm
possible for him to descend that day.
which resulted in replacing him by
Ritz. The score at the end of the
fourth innings was and in favor OF
Yale. Now stop to think that the
largest score ever run up on Capac in
previous games was when they were de.
feated by the Wenonahs to a. And
to think that Yale, who was going to be
easy money for Capac, had the biggest
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Don't you think Memo could out.
pitch Ritz? They were saving the
latter for the Mt. Clemens game. A
Burroughs adding machine won't be
able to keep track of Mt. Clemens hits
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02
Mennonite Camp Meeting

The biggest event for the month of
August in the city of Yale will be the
camp meeting of the Mennonite Breth-
ern in Christ which will commence at
the city park on the evening of August
% and will continue until Wednesday,
August 20. This is expected to be one
of the largest gatherings of its kind
ever held in the state, and those in
charge are figuring on entertaining
nearly five hundred families.
The daily order of services are as
follows:-Early morning prayer meet
ing at a. m; fellowship meetings 8 a.
M, and 2 p. M; preaching services,
10 a. m. and p. m.
Everybody is invited 80 attend. Bring
your tent and come prepared to attend
the meetings throughout. The city of
Yale has good hotel accommodations
restaurants and feed barn.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02
Baxter Held Cough Just Wonderful

lead on them that they had confronted
this season. Our reporter was begin
ming to lose fear at this time, but q
fan from Capac, sitting in front of him
remarked to another fan that since the
regular pitcher, Mr.. Ritz, was put in
Yale would stop and Capac would
start. 1t was also said that Memo was
not as good as their regular artist.
Now, according to these statements,
Capac would yet win. And more fear
than ever came the reporters way, but
had lots of hope and his hopes were re-
allied in the remainder of the game.
From the fourth inning on, Yale
gathered 10 more runs, while the op.
ponents were receiving the work out
to perhaps improve their method of
playing, but they received no more
than runs and those weren't earned.
So after they had their supper, they
went back to their home town where
the people think they can play ball;
and perhaps are much wiser for they
never knew before that they could be
beaten, at least by Yale. The final
score was sad, not to Yale, for it was
II to 2 in their favor.
%a~
NOTES
We would not be surprised to hear
that Capac will play the Detroit Tigers
as soon as they can find an open date
Although Bill Campbell says the
Lynn Wolves can trim them. We can
say 1t would be close.
Capac's lump" was stone mason,
and he had stone heart for Yale.
When Buckler gets into the game
again, Capac might win, because he is
the best man they ever had.
Don't you think Memo could out.
pitch Ritz? They were saving the
latter for the Mt. Clemens game. A
Burroughs adding machine won't be
able to keep track of Mt. Clemens hits.
The only thing that was close In
Tuesdays game was the weather.
Capac fans said, "Wait till after the
game, you won't be kiddin u.s." We
dldn't-We couldn't find them.
GooD LUCK, Capac.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02

Shot put-lst, Mullaney; End, Doc
Currier.
Run, hop, step and jump-lst, Fer
riby; End, Lee.
The two ball games that were adver'
tised were two of the fastest that were
ever played on the local diamond and
each one was witnessed by large
crowd.
The morning game between Avoca
and Sandusky was not composed of
those towns, but to Yale people 1t
could be appropriately called game
between the picked players of the towns
north of US against the southern towns
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ump to defeat also, but his superior
work credited him with as many strike
outs In the first third Of the game as
Capac did in whole game. The first
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02

Capac fans said, "Wait till after the
game, you won't be kiddin u.s." We
dldn't-We couldn't find them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02

The only thing that was close /
Tuesdays game was the weather.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-08-02

GooD LUCK, Capac.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-13
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In ~ WALLACE IRWIN ~
TOGo'S MOVING DAY

Dear Sir: Kindly to please notice my detachment from employ Of Hon.
lussly came % remove their home without including me among furniture.
One morning q m Hon. Mrs arrive to kitchen and observe me singing
Togo" she say IT. date OF naytime will soonly arrive up. May Day are
come when nervus prostrauon are enjoyed by all Homes which must travel
for their health"
Il should like learn this education, I say It,
you SHALL she pronounce. kindly to begin at oncey Firstly you may
rave through house tearing all pictures down and oil carpets up We must
move IN Wednesday before our lease stops doing s'
Il shall obey with faithful mania. are promus from me.
So / do SO to any extent. / seek forth with tack hammer and am 50
earnest from labor that entire residence look quite cyclone.
But Hon. Mrs suhz would not agree to this VISIONS When plaster
his sharp nose, Hon. Mrs. make Loudly ouch.
Awful" she yeTup why must everything break that strikes you?"
Z am grieyeds This from me III that poet gentleman had less soft
head It would not explode when striking mine"
homewards that night. he look round with anxious thumbs.
4 wish women could vote" he exaggerate, because then they would
a whites"
At lastly morning OF May date arrive.
swollen wagons resembling circus vas there while 8 drivers, assisted by
enlarged Irish, spoke language to horses wearing ovnns.
I rosh downwards to open door and all Moving vanners rosh inwards
intending to mako jiujtsu with furniture.
20 pleased" collapse Hon. Mrs. while them 6 Vanners looked cruelty at
piano while unroring their giant muscles. 20 please be gentle with m
homei"
MRS. Lady" say Hon. Boss Mover, making chawtobacco, strong men are
always kindest" With such dictation he embrace Hon, Piano with terrible
brushing too close. Assisted by considerable Irish, Hon. Piano make crash
bang music by stumbling into Van.
Pretty soon1y all that Home was elected outward into street. Ancestors,
coalscuules, landscapes, dictionary dustpan, etc, all waltzed down stair
way N top Of that great muscle.
Pretty soonly, when that Home were completely tied down in wagons
Hon. Mrs arise upwards from her nervus prostraton and say so to me-
Togo an your brain do some intellect"
Il shall be entirely brilliant. if brain is not" I promus
We'll, if So" she snagger, Il wish you would ride on front wagon with
Chief Housebreaker and tell his brainless mind IN number OF g Gus
where it shopld go"
"whsrs shall it be-" !! inquest
memory assimnate it,"
"Remember-125!t" she hona while Hon. vanload chuckle off.
This job of bossng boss make m entirely enlarged in my sensations
which feel like German army.
pretty soony re arriveu up to home. entitled Number 1875. o such land
scape Of expensive house! Front lawn extending o n all sides, considerable
front door Of considerable brass resembling Senator'S. Joy inhamed my ears
While thinking this intelligence / stood forth and commanded all those
enlarged vanners like Napoleon moving into France. Firstly we go to front
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-13

door Of new home for open him Sc furniture get in. How strange! Hon. Key
seem disabled to unlock it. Howeverly much 70 twist and Hubble. it make no
impression o that bassy opening.
You have got wrong key" say Chief Mover. "But not be dshcouraged.
self"
With talented thumbs and several pocketknfe he struggled 6 ranched
untl-o suddenlyi-Eon. Door click apart and there we stood in grandy
hall resembling theatersL
But what / SCI there? Surprise! That home W entered we're entirely
filled with furniture of boastful appearance. Sofas statues & gny up
holstery stood everywhere looking natural.
Last family have been too sluggish to move out in time" Club Hon.
vanner. shall we throw out this proud furniture and wedge oursi I'M"
Gentlemen with so much duplicate tables should lead double lives"
grubbe Hon. Boss Teamer. shall we move inwards?"
With immediate quickness!' / signify, making Admiral Tirptz eyebrows.
So all Moving vanners do Sc with immediate strength. Sooner than
before all that Sukz home "a walking into midst of grandeur which look
quite snobbsh to see 81 many plain chair & table piled up in midst Of that
Car of Russia panor. No room was for another piano, yet we pile him next
When ALT this Jobs werec completely finished that house look like a Judge
after Republican banquets-entrey grand. yet too filled to feel comfortable.
However! When all those MANNERS say "Giddap!" and drove away in
Gen. Direction of more beer, / sat alonesome In house 4 hours l await idly
doing nothing. What had occurred to kill all sukz family that they do not
/ could hear ghosts creakng under piano, so / lit $4,000 chandelier in dining
room and ate crackers while pretending We're King of Portuguese expecting
revolution.
Silence was interrupted by noise. What was? I heard many footprints
walking into house-and while it was too soon to hide, 2 reaestaters, 6 police,
Mrs. Sulkz, Mr.. Sukz, child & dog walk inwards.
"How you get In here?' howell Hon. Mrs. with voice.
81 move In" / narrate calmly. This are number you told"
at ar right number but wrong house" she snuggest. Il told you North
Orange Street This are South Orange Street"
Would that make some Importance l ask out.
Mentality of a mice!" she aggrayate DO you. not know difference
! between North and South?
"There are nc difference" I explain with Abe Lincoln expression. THAT
were settled by civil war"
But before 1 could complete finishing my talk, nor civil war elapsed
while Hon. Sukz, police, realeEate, child & dog poke me through mixed
furniture while 1 elope away like a oldfashioned egg escaping from Dr.
Wiley.
Hoping you are the same.
HASHIMURA TOGO.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-13
Side by side Talking in Whispers.

had the board nailed on, you might
rope 1t to the limbs above. Do you sup
pose you can do that, JerryT"
"Well, let's begin. Now, observed /
loop this end Of the rope lightly about
my-er-middle. The other end will
dangle on the ground to be drawn up
at will. | bestow the good but rusty
nails In this pocket, and the hammer
here. Then with the admirable board
beneath my arm, l mount"
And Jerry smiled as he heard the
faithful twins, with much ~grunting and
an occasional groan. following in his
wake.
II was a delightful location, as
they hnd said. The board fitted nice
II on the two limbs, and Jerry fastened
II with the rusty nails. The twins were
jubllant and loud in their praises of
his skill and courage.
"0h, Jerryl' exclaimed Carol, with
deep satisfaction, its such q blessing
to discover something really nice about
you after all these months! y
snow, We'll just"
HUSH! nloScu LATIN lttES COluSS
Connie. Hold your breath, Jerry, and
don't bulge"
isn't she In on this?" he whispered.
He could hear Connie making weird
noises as she came around the house
from the front. She was learning to
whistle, and the effect was CHASTITY in
the extreme. Comics mouth had not
been designed for whistling.
"Shl She's the band of ~dark-browed
gypsies trying to steal my lovely wife"
"Tm the lovely wife," interrupted
Carol. complacently.
"But Connie does not know about it
She is so religious she won't be any
of the villain parts"
Connie came around the corner o.
the parsonage. out the back walk be
meath the maple. Then she gave /
gleeful scream. Right before her lay /
beautiful heavy rope. Connie had beer
yearning for a good rope to make
swing. Here 1t lay, at her very feet
plainly a gift of the gods. She did no
wait to see where the other end of tn,
rope was. She just grabbed what sh
saw before her. and started violentl,
back around the house with ii, yelling
d "Prudencei Look at my roper
N Prudence rushed around the parsor
$. age. The twins shrieked wildly, a
re there was a terrific tug and heave Q
he the limb beside them, and then
= crashing of branches and leaves. Jerr
ne was gone!
r (To BE coNTINuEDA
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-13
Rats and Fires.

At a time when everyone is COM
planning of the high cost of living it
might be well to see If we cannot elm
mate two great sources of waste-hres
and rats.
Most fires are needless. All rats
are so. Some years ago a study of the
rat problem in Philadelphia arrived at
the conclusion that the rodents of that
city ate more than a million dollars
worth of food each year. At that rate,
the disgusting creatures can hardly
cost less than $10o, 100000 per year
to the whole country. This is a pref
" high price TO pay for the compan-
ionship of impish pests which, besides
their other bad habits, undermine
floors and carry the most dreaded of
all diseases, bubonic plague.
Yet fires are more expensive than
rats. In 1915-the last gear for which
figures are at hand-the American
people paid out in premiums for fire
insurance $419,3 1851, 346. OF this vast
sam at least three-fourths could be
saved by reducing our fire record to
the rate prevailing in England, France
OF Germany and even in our time and
nation S300,000,000 per year is a saw
ing worth noting, and n which
would have a p%erceptible effect on the
cost of living.