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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25


Mrs Marie Left who has been connected
with the Foreign Branch of the Y. W. C. A.
in Cleveland. Ohio. will spend the next ten
days in the city Mrs. Left goes from here
to Omaha. Nebr-. where she will take
charge of a settlement house Before leav-
ing the city last spring. Mrs. Left was an
interpreter in the general claim depart
ment-
Mrs ". B. Wilson has gone to Chicag go
to spend few days with her husband who
at present is in Chicago Mr.. Wilson is
with the valuation department
Martin Fritze of the car repair shops
and Mrs Fritze have returned from their
vacation which they spent in Great Bend
and Deerfield. Kan.
Mrs. Harry Wilson and daughter Mil
dred Jeanne of Chicago, are visiting Mrs.
Wilson's parents. Engineer and Mrs C E
Yewell. Mrs. Wilson's brother, Roy Yew-
ell left Tuesday noon with the Radio
Corps. for Fort Sill. Okla
Fireman Holloway has been transferred
from Kansas City to Topeka for service
on the extra road board.
Miss Sadie Downing has returned from
a vacation spent in New York. Miss Down
ing is with the freight claim office
E n. Bunnell. auditor of disbursements.
has returned from a vacation in California
Mrs Bunnell and daughter will remain for
several weeks
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w A N T S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

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OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be
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Journal.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads TO be classi;
fled properly must be in The State Journal
,-eived after u 90 till rs p. ~ will be In
serted under the head: TOO Late to Clas-
ST.
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REICHSTAG TO MEET
Catholic Wing Now Pro-Government
Because POpe's Offer Accepted.

London, Sept 25.-Just how far
Germany's desire for peace will lead
Chancellor Michaelis was the point
which interested London most today
in the reccnYening of the German
reichstag, scheduled tomorrow. The
chancellor was expected to make his
second big policy speech since sue
ceeding van Hollweg. In
the opinion of observers here, the Cen
trist Socialist instruction" in the
reichstag has been quelled completely
Erzberger and his adherents of the
Centrist or Catholic party are expected
to be realigned wholly with the gov
eminent in view of the German gov
ernment's acQuiescence in Pope Bene-
diets peace suggestions The Socialist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25


-Four cottage prayer meetings will be
held this week in homes of members of
the Third Presbyterian church. Tuesday
evening they will be conducted at the home
Of MI and Mrs. J. Lortie, 316 Leland street.
Mr.. and Mrs A f Weaver, 919 Jefferson
street. and Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. Ellen Tichnor. 434 Lafayette street,
and at the home of Mr. and Mrs G. n.
Flintham- 209 Klein street
c A Maus. who is employed at Camp
Funston, spent Sunday in the city with
Mr.. and Mrs W J Martin of Atchison
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs Z. H Martin,
1913 Lime street
Dr. J. Weeks died at his home on Lake
lived in the house at 4o6 Lake street for
over thirty five years He was in his
seth year when he died
Miss Barbara Helfrey will entertain
Thursday afternoon at the Novelty the
! alter with line party for the members of
Ralph Rhodes. 6E3 Lawrence street. has
gone TO Fairbury- Neb-. TO be the guest of
his sister. Mrs J D. Terp and husband.
Mrs. James Gurtler. 52S German avenue. is
recovering after being i'll the last week
Miss Amy ana MISS Ada Goodwin and
Mr. Paul Goodwin of Chapman Kan, were
/ recent guests OF Mr. and Mrs George Lyon,
1902 East Eighth avenue.
Bechtol. German avenue. were among the
members of the Radio Corps who left Tues
day noon for Fort Sill. Okla
| The meeting Of the L A h club to have
been held Friday has been postponed IN
til Friday afternoon October p The hos
tess will be Mrs F. w Witfenbraker.
/ A business meeting of the Christian En-
deavor society of the Third Presbyterian
church will be held in the home of Nj
and Mrs J. Norton, Elliott avenue, Friday
evening
Mr. and Mrs Lee Finley and daughter
Pinley's sister. Mrs. Charles Parker and
Mr.. Parker, Lake street
Mrs Frank Lyon. Miss Helen Baker and
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


F. Wright and husband to Z. P. E. R.
S. B. BagwefI and others to l. B. Al
and NV. Y 2!-1o-13. ............e.. 20, $50
F. d. Peterson to E. C Peterson, pit
Sc. i 35-1O-15- ----::--.--..-e.-
o. F. Anderson and wife TO G. S Hill,
D ESQ
L. A Campbell to J. A Griffith, pit
Res and Others See record 800
E. NJ CampdOras TO V. J. Root and
others, ne. Il L
V. J. Root and others to E NJ. Camp
doras, ne. Il 13-11-15. 1
L. NJ. May and husband to W NJ
Maine and wife. pit s. Il Sc 4 30
i + Ssiswendar To g II Goodwin. lot
add y .. 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
POOL WAR INTERESTS
That Is Plan British Representative
Brings to United States

New York. Sept. 25-Lord Read
ing. who arrived in the United States
recently as a representative of the
British war cabinet, has left for Wash
ington where he will confer with cab
met officers and the administration
generally on the subject of pooling the
interests of the United States and the
allies insofar as that is advisable
Before leaving he said he would re-
turn in about a week or ten days and
might then be able to speak about
what has or viii be accomplished as
a result Of the conferences
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
LIQUID FIRE FAILS
French North of Eer1un Turn Back
Fierce Attack-Big Guns Busy.

Paris. Sept 25.-Liquid fire was
used by the Germans in an attack on
the French lines in the Beaumont
region north OF Nerdun last night
The French, however. repulsed the as
sault with heavy losses to the Ger
cay
The bombardment that has been in
progress on the east bank OF the
Meuse in the neighborhood of Chaume
wood was kept up by the German
guns during the night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25

for 500, 900 union and non-union soft
coal miners.
President John P. White of the
United Mine Workers, presided over
the opening session which was at
tended by eight operators and eight
miners delegates each from Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and Western Pennsyl-
vania. White outlined the workers
demands-ten cents per ton advance
for machine and pick miners; $3.50
flat increase per day for wage labor
ers and 20 per cent increase for
''yardage" and dead work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
FOR RENT-ROOMS

FOR RENT-Eight rooms. upstairs. above
Mike Thompson's second hand store, 800
Kansas ave. James NJ Heery, 326 Monroe
ST Phone 310S
FOR RENT-Unfurnished rooms, 933 and
929 Kansas ave. Phone 2299 Blue.
UNFINISHED ROOMS. lis East 4tk.
Phone 2301 K-2
81 90 PER wEEK-Modern room, close in.
SIS Quincy
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CAPTURE HUGE STORES
Provisions, Bread. Flour. Taken With
Capture of Jacobstadt.

Berlin, Sept % Cvia London)-
General Won Ludendorf announced in
the official German statement issued
today that rich quantities of provi-
sions, including bread and -four, fell
into the hands of the Teutons when
they captured the Russian town of
Jacobstadt on the Dvina river last
week The statement says that the
British troops made no fresh attacks
Yesterday on the Flanders front
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25

opposition in the reichstag is regarded
as triGing.
Philip Scheidemann, majority Social
ist leader, has been revealed by the
Stockholm peace conference his ef-
forts as a pseudo-Socialist, entirely
subservient TO the government
Georges Ledebour and Philip Haase,
Radical Socialist leaders, have been
forced into complete acquiescence by
the government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
FOR RENT-HOUSES


LANE ST, 1891 rooms, modern except
furnace. Garage front entrance. Paved
street Half block to street car. grocery
school, blocks to Washburn college. Call
Phone 80 or 1eo1.
TEN DOLLARS per month Six large
water in house. Large front porch. Paved
street. street cars; near business center.
Phone 30os. Ellen Parkhurst.
SIX-ROOM cottage, 81 West Twelfth, five
$1,000: and five-room cottage, 1210 Harri-
son. not modern. s14.o0
FOR RENT-One-h half of double house 5
per mo. Call south side, 1263-van Buren,
st, or phone 46e.
FOR RENT--room cottage and lots in
Nichols. Fire Insurance and Rentals. Phone
2o6s
FOURTEENTH ST W 513-CIose in. five
rooms and bath. electric light, good con-
dition, SIS. Geo. ". Noble & Co Tel. ~
SIX-RooM house, good condition, electric
lights, city water. sewer connection. 1863
Garfield. $3.50 month.
6 ROOM house, bath, furnace, electricity
232 Tyler Groom house. bath, electricity,
hos Polk Phone 741-
FOR RENT room cottage. 1O1I North
Jefferson St James NJ Heery, S26 Mon
FIVE-GOOM house. COS West sth Mod
ern except furnace, $50. Phone 2es6
White.
FOR RENTls-room house. 1850 Monroe.
$3.50 Inquire Of H C Lang Phone
e52
ONE 2-story, room, modern house.
Douthitt Ave. overlooking Central Park
Phone 2s06 White
FOR RENT-Jo4 Van Buren,, rooms. gas.
water. electric lights Phone 1s2e Blue
FOR Rents room cottag modern. cleo
trio lights Phone IA 800 E sth st
1865 CLAY-Six room house and barn.
Modern except heat Phone 2299 Blue.
I MODERN So hrfrE hpuso Very Meas
ant 1910 Garfield. Phone 43es Blue.
FOR RENT-I255 Mulvane- rooms, mod
ern except heat Phone 234i Blue
| lis WEST IOTH-LOwer floor. rooms
gas. electric lights. SO
FOR RENT-G room house and barn, 1210
Kansas ave
GROOM house. strictly modern s11 West
| 9Th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
CONSUMER FOOTS BILL
25 Cents n Ton More in Order to In
crease Miners Wages.

Washington. Sept 25--A joint
conference of bituminous operators
and miners opened here today, por-
tending an average increase of 25
cents per ton in soft coal to the con-
sumner and substantial wage increases
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
FOR RENT-APARTMENTs.

101 GARFIELD-Lower 4-room apartment,
sleeping porch. modern except furnace,
baseburner. SIS. Phone 1893 Black.
CLAY ST. 62O-Five-room apartment
sleeping porch. completely modern Phone
4310 Black or 1864
BROOM furnished. modern, ESQ Lane st
Phone SO or :soaS Blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
FOR RENT-FuRNIsHED ROOMS.


VERY desirable modern furnished rooms,
single and In suite. First class board.
Rates reasonable 1901 West 9Th avenue.
1921 KANSAS AVE-Strictly modern fur
nished rooms, steam heat. Call 2S11 Blue
after p. m.
FOR RENT-Large south room, strictly
modern. S14 Huntoon. Phone 1874 after
p. m
FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms 723
Tyler, 4937-Red.
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MONEY

: 10000 READY TO LOAN
On improved farms at per cent and %
Topeka real estate at per cent No de-
lay II you have a maturing loan or vizz
to change or increase your loan. call or write
BETTER REALTY AND LOAN COAPANE
Topeka Representatives.
United States Mortgage Trust Co.
Ca pital & Surplus $1,000 600.
MONEY TO LOAN ON LII KINDS OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Horses. cattle. pianos, diamonds. house.
hold goods. libraries. typev iters, autos.
pie.-F. s. Thomas. 6i9 Kansas avenuA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
FOR sALE-MIsCELLANEoUs


DO YOU want to know how much coal you
can save by burning the clinkers. and re-
ceive more heat from your furnace or
stove: ] will send you a booklet that viii
tell you for one dollar, and a two-cent
stamp. O1of Ekberg, 1o6 East Eighth
street. Topeka, Kan
wANTED-watch repairing. Main springs,
75c; cleaned, T5e- All work guaranteed.
Armstrong Jewelry Co., 40 Kansas Ave.
SCHOOL BOOKS FOR LESS-Pendry's,
lis West 9Th All books new and used
at all times.
A TREATISE on the many uses OF whole
wheat flour. Six cents Day Star Pub
fishing Co
MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH SCHOOL
Invest in a good paper route Phone 1913
Ring ,
TOMATOES half block north of SINNERS
horse barn. Golden Belt W. NJ Haney,
Shorey.
COLLAPSIBLE grey Reed cart. with Reed
hood Practically new. Phone 4024 KS.
f0s2 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
OAKLAND NOTES

Note; and personals from East Side
bv Frances Jones. III Grattau street
Telephone between S and 10 a n. $3.50
other hours. 4751 k-2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
FOR sALE-HoUsEHoLp GOODS

FOR SALE-HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Can be seen at Merchants Transfer Co.
GIL Quincy st, or call Mrs Byron Long,
2169 White.
CALL ME when you have any furniture for
sale. / pay cash. K. B. Logan. 30 Kan
sas ave Phone 1882
FOR SALE-No 40 baseburner, almost
new. log Fillmore
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
SANTA FEE NOTES

Notes and personals from Santa Fe
By Frances Jones. I'll Grattan street
Telephone between and 10 a. m $3.50:
other hours 4751 K-2
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EAST SIDE NOTES

Notes and personals from Oakland,
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street,
Telephone between S and 10 a. m. $3.50 /:
other hours. 4751 K-2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST AND FOUND.
LOST-Red pocketbook containing some
paper money Finder please return to
800 kansas avenue. or call telephone al
Keep one of the larger bills for rewards
LOST-A wrist watch, handkerchief and
some money. Return TO lila Central ave.
Reward
FOUND-Blue serge ladies' coat Call at
Business Office, State Journal.
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The HomeB uIIdersAssn

Phone 100 Sunday SIS POI New Eng Bldg.
YOUR CHANCE is IN CANADA-RICH
lands and business opportunities offer
yoI Independence Farm lands. s11 to $50
acre: Irrigated lands, s35 to $50; twenty
years 70 pay; 5000 loan in Improvements,
or ready made farms. Loan of live stock
Taxes average under twenty cents an
acre; no taxes on Improvements. personal
property, or live stock. Good markets.
churches, schools. roads. telephones: ex-
ceilent c1imate-crops and live stock prove
it. Special homeseekers' fare certificates
Write for free booklets Allan Cameron.
General Superintendent Land Branch,
Canadian Pacific Ry-. $50 Ninth ave. CAL
gary Alberta
BEST CORNER
In Topeka for a fine residence. close in,
north and east front fair eight-room house
on d now. Price 81. 200.
FORBES MTG & INV. CO.
11s West 9th st.
NICE nome In town and 1850 acres land
exchange half cash. half city property,
merchandise or manufacturing business. G.
w Brown. Jefferson. Texas.
FOR SALE at a bargain. 1105 Buchanan
st Inquire at 115 West Sixth for price
and terms a real snap for the man VINO
is tired paying rent
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thirst published in The Topeka State Jour.
nal, September II. 1911
NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF -BUsI-
NESS COLLEGE FOR A PERMIT TO E
CANVASS IL THE STATE OF :

Notice is hereby given that the wichita
Commercial College Of wichita, Kansas
rznva,. IA the State Of Kansas for tsz
purr.ose Of selling tuition IN advance. or u
Contract or TO secure notes for tuition
from students before their registration u
the business college herein named II sat
named business college is lncom nefent 70
furuish such course Of instruction as 10
sdxertlses or that the moral surroundings
Of the instttntion are not good or thar the
prernises are kept In en- unhealthy condi-
Hon or II the agents Of said institutions
nsef fufsrepresentative or fraudulent meth
ods ia securing contracts. notes or cash
from prospective Students in sach case q
permit viii not be granted 70 such bust
ness college
W. ID. ROSS.
State Superintendent
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WANTED-MAIE HELP.


WANTED-Young men freight checkers.
S75 month; Is farm hands; married farm
couples: laborers. $3.50 day: cooks; track
men TO ship south: camp cook; laborers
ship TO Wyoming. $40 day Furman En-
ployment Office. los West sth.
MEN WANTED for loading and unloading
stock Steady employment Apply Kan
sas City Stock Yards Kansas City
Stock Yards Co.
OFFICE boy 16 years old with wheel.
Steady work and opportunity for ad-
vancement. Hall Litho. Co. 62S Jackson
street.
WANTED-Young man to act as salesman
and learn jewelry business. Good chance
for promotion. John A Davis, COS Kansas
ave
BOYS 16 years old TO learn good trades.
Steady work. Hall Litho. Co, 62S Jack
son street
ERRAND boy wanted at J. c. Darling Co,
1874 Kansas.
WANTED-Driver, White Star Laundry
DRIVERS wanted at once. 205 West 9th
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FOR RENT-sIoRE BUILDINGS.
Kansas AVE- 1s1, for rent. store room
or whole building. 2sx140 feet, front 50
feet stories, half block south n. l.
depot, railroad switch track rear of build
ing, center of wholesale. commission and
manufacturing district Call W. W. Gavitt
& Co. 4th and Adams SITS
FOR RENT-Store building corner 4th and
Monroe, formerly occupied by Lannan &
Lannan, an ideal grocery site. James NJ
Heery. 326 Monroe st Phone BIOS.
FOR RENT-Two store buildings, 100 and
Ill East 3rd st, with large room upstairs.
James n. Heery, 500 Monroe St Phone BIOS.
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BUSINESS CHANCES


GROCERY store for sale, doing good bust
ness. Selling out on account of sickness
Country Store, care Journal
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
BUY I'm A RESTRICTED
DISTRICT

rooms entirely modern. with sleeping
porch and fireplace In College Lawn. Their
is none better than this and we will sci
1t like rent
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

MECHANIC WANTS position in shop or
will take truck Phone lips
WOULD like TO take care Of furnaces this
winter Apply 1927 Monroe.
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WANTED-MALE HELP.
~~-~~~S~-~-~
WANTED-Boy with wheel. Permanent
position. Hall Stationery Co, 623 Kan
sas ave
CARPENTERS WANTED-Elns. Kansas.
90 cents per hour. Jos E. Nelson Co.
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FOR RENT-FARMS

FOR RENT OR sALE-2oe acre farm. II
under cultivation. plenty Of water ans
timber Address Box 16. Granville. Kan
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
Y. M. G. A. PROJECTS DISCUSSED.
Secretary G., A. Hathaway Was in
Chicago Saturday in Consultation
With National Leaders.

The report of the Y. M C., A. sur
vey committee, fgurees for which are
now practically all compiled, will be
presented early this week. The secre-
tary, F.. A. Hathaway, spent Saturday
III Chicago in consultation with asso-
citation leaders concerning the Kenosha
project. e. In conference with Mr..
McDill, who is the executive secretary
for the Y M G. AS of the middle
west, Mr.. McDill said:
tThe middle west is destined to be
the verv hub of the association move
ment. We are finding the middle west
cities most progressive in their associa-
tion propaganda and scope5of work. |
have Just returned from Michigan,
where last Friday evening campaign
was launched which will result in or
ganizing associations in every county
in Michigan, with the result that every
village and town will have the benefits
of this organization. This type of
work is known as the County Work :
and is duplicating in the small towns
and country districts the services pro
NOTED in the cities by the Y. M. G. A.
Mr. McDill has visited Kenosha at
different times in the past and is
familiar with the field and feels con-
fdent that now is the time for Keno
sha to provide modern equipment for
it's Y M. G. A.
The members of the survey commit
tee by whom the survey is. to be sub
mitted consist of Messrs: Geo. FL. Allen,
G. d. Barnes MORGAN w. Price, G. E.
Randall. Fl. J. Mellum, Joseph Funck,
d. R. Fogweli, Fl. J. Cooper. Rev. Fred
Ingley, and Mayor G. H. Pfennig.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
QUITS HEALTH BOARD.

The Kenosha Board of Health Is to
have its first change since it's organiza-
ton as this afternoon Mayor Charles
Pfennig received the formal resignation
of Jerry w. DeCou who has been a mem
Der of the board since it was first or
ganized seven years ago. Mr.. DeCou
was the first man named on the board
by Former Mayor NJ. J. Scholey and he
has been twice appointed to office. In
his letter Mr.. DeCou states that he is re-
signing on account Of the fact that he
must make his home in Chicago and he
believes that the members of the board
should be in Kenosha in order that they
may take the greatest possible interest
iii the work of the organization. Mayor
Pfennig declared that he would give the
matter of appointing a successor to Mr..
DeCou very careful attention and that
the appointment might not be made for
several weeks.
During the years that he has worked
as member of the Board Mr.. DeCou
has been one of its most active members
and he has made many helpful sugges-
tions which have been acted on to i'm
prove the general health of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
DEATH OF oRRIN F. CARPENTER,
Father of Fred H. Carpenter of Keno
sha Died in Chicago on Wednes-
day After Short Illness.

Messages received in Kenosha on
Wednesday afternoon announced the
death of Orrin Frederick Carpenter,
father of Fred FL. Carpenter of Keno
sha, which occurred early on Wednes-
day at the Carpenter home, 746 Forest
avenue, Evanston. Mr.. Carpenter was
taken I'll on Tuesday afternoon and
death came very suddenly from heart
disease. He was IS years of age and
for more than forty years he had been
with the John v. Farwell Company In
Chicago, serving for many years as
cashier for that company. Mr.. Car
penter was widely known to Kenosha
people and he made frequent trips to
Kenosha and spent much time on the
links of the Kenosha Country Club.
His genial nature made him prime
favorite with all who knew him. He
is survived by his widow and six chill
dren, Mrs Frank w. Smith, Mrs. Viii
liam E. Marcus, Jr., and Miss Gather
inc H. Carpentery Frederick H., Frank
W. and Nathaniel E. Carpenter. The
funeral services viii be held at the
family home at two clock Friday af
ternoon and many Kenosha friends
viii go to Evanston to attend the ser
vices.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
Farmers Win In
Mix Price Fight
Big Chicago Wholesalers Declare That
They Will Pay the Price Demand
ed by Producers Association.

Farmers in Kenosha county and
other counties which supply the milk
supply of the city of Chicago, have
won their fight for an advanced price
for their product during the summer
months and on Thursday the Bowman
and Borden companies in Chicago, an
nounced that they would pay the price
demanded by the farmers, starting the
first of April, This will mean price
of 1912 as the average can rate for
the six months, starting with the first
of April Contracts at this price were
being signed in all parts Of KenOsha
county today. This is the highest price
ever paid to the farmers for the milk.
During the same period OF last year the
average price paid was $1.55 per can.
Frank Holt of Pleasant Prairie, is
president of the Milk Producers As
ISOLATION, which has successfully hand
led the light for higher prices.