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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-14
A LIFE.


enc small life in Gods great plan,
How futile it seems as the ages
roll
Do what it may, or strive how it can,
To alter the sweep of the infinite
whole!
A single stitch in an endless web,
drop in the oceans flow and ebb!
But the pattern is rent where the
stitch is lost,
Or marred where the tangled
threads have crossed;
And each life that fails of it's true
Mars the perfect plan that its Max
er meant.
Susan Coolidge.
90
Beginning tomorrow morning Miss
Kate Slater will put her entire winter
stock on sale. She has some lovely
hats trimmed and untrimmed. She is
making a discount on all winter stock
so be sure and call at her milliner
parlors on Gloucester street during
the week.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-14

Miss Mozelle Howard arrives today
from Sylvania, Ga, to be the guest OF
Miss May Stiles.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-14
YESTERDAY GOLF TOURNEY.

An interesting game of golf was
played at the local links yesterday
ternoon at which the question of the
by the ladies'. Mrs R. R. Houkins and
Mrs. Ed. Dudley, Jr, won the prize for
the lowest gross score. Mrs J. H.
Morgan, Mr. VIM. McKinnon tied,
Mrs. Chilean and Dr. Harrell for the
net score.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-14

The Rev. c. H. B. Turner, $. T. D.,
Rector of Lewes, Del, is the guest
of the Rectory.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

A Word From the Front.
Frank Freeman sent in the follow
ing which he received from one OF
his travelling statesmen:
"The wonderful spirit Of the man
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Just a Passing Experience

Judge Woodrough enjoys telling of
a trip he and f. G. McGilton made to
Norfolk, Neb.,. few years ago. To
appreciate the story it must be re-
membered that Mr.. McGilton looks
like a white hope" while the judge
does not shine in any physical glory
when standing at the side of his legal
friend.
When we. got off The train at Nor
folk somebody wearing muskrat cap
asked us what show we belonged to-"
said the judge "We went to hotel
and at about 3 a. m, we were aroused
by noise of somebody yelling all
sorts of dire things. pulled the
cover over my head, fearing that if |
emerged into the hallway | never
again would be heard Of in politics or
in my own home. town. The case
proved to be man who had the D.
rs and Mr.. McGilton proved to be
the man of the hour. No, he was not
the man with the D. rs, but he
succeeded in getting a scissors hold
on the disturber of the night"
: That's a nice place, is Norfolk, for
two perfectly respectable Omaha men
to go to have a good time" remarked
a speaker at recent club affair where
the Judge told the story.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
By A. EDWIN LONG.

The sandhills of Loup county pro-
duced him.
If his father had not been forever
dissatisfied with his lot and location,
Paul Skinner might have grown up a
cowboy in the sandhils.
AS it is, the father must ever be on
the move, and so he left Loup county
with Paul and the rest of the family
when Paul was still waddling around
in dresses.
In Hamilton county, when Paul was
old enough to manage the spring of
a steel trap, he earned his first dol
lar. The SINNERS rented a farm of
Z. J. Hainer, and Hainer told the
lad if he could catch a pocket gopher
on the place Hainer would give him a
dollar. Of course the landlord did
not think he would be called upon to
pay up, for pocket gophers thrust
their noses above ground only for a
second at a time, and that about 4
o'clock in the morning.
Little Paul jammed his heel down
upon the spring of the trap several
times before he could set II, but he
was determined to get,that dollar
One morning, to his wild delight,
he found the precious pocket gopher
writhing in the trap.
Skinner believed that when dol
lar was due him, it ought to come, and
come now. So he lost no time.
He threw trap. gopher and all. in
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Bhzzard Yarn Thot Reads
Good IN H0t-W eUther D0ys

Mark NJ. Farmer is, and for many
years has been, resident of Omaha,
However, he was one of the pioneers
of South Dakota, having gone there
with his parents in 1858 when a mere
boy and when what was the territory
Of Dakota was wilderness, the roam
ing grounds Of Indians and buffalo.
When Mr.. Farmer went to South
Dakota there were four towns i'll the
territory-Elk Point, Vermillion'
Yankton and Sioux Falls-the latter a
sort of a government post, company
of soldiers having been quartered
there in a small stone blockhouse,
Yankton, the largest of the four towns
containing a population of less than
one hundred persons, was looked upon
as the coming metropolis of the west,
and here Mr.. Farmers father located.
This, however, has nothing to do with
the story, which deals with winters OF
long ago.
When in a talkative mood the other
day, Mr.. Farmer said:
"Tenderfeet who think they know
something about storms and cold
should have been around during some
of the winters up in South Dakota
from 1868 until along about 1874.
They were all alike and started i'll
along in October or November, con-
tinued until March or April, and with
out break in the cold. Time and
again | have seen five and six feet OF
snow fall during a winter and usually
each snowstorm was blizzard,
not OF the insipid, sickly kind,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

building had been torn
down and he had to put up building
OF his own.
The Eden Musee was established in
1887 when musees were the style all
over the country. 1t exhibited many
great treasures. such as the fattest
man in the world, the smallest wom-
an, snake charmer. sword swallower,
man who walked in his bare feet in
a pile OF broken glass and other won
derful things. 49,.
A part OF the Coos hotel was fitted
up for theater and plays in German
were given, including Die Gewirck-
lichshaftesgesellschaftkeit" and "Das
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ag-
abakenkatz," two very interesting
plays.
Today Omaha can point with pride
TO quite number OF theaters where
clever and beautiful dancers "trip the
light fantastic" and where touching
plays of domestic life teach us that
virtue is always rewarded and villainy
gets its just deserts in the final act.
L ne prayers or tneSplanS, as tney are
sometimes called, are second to none
and Omaha is visited by such great
artists as Mrs. Fisk, Billy" Watson,
John Drew and Joe" Jackson.
The historian likes zoe" Jackson
best. He is certainly the funniest fel-
low III vaudeville and when he comes
out in his ragged clothes, dressed up
like tramp, and has all that trouble
with the old bicycle that he is trying
to ride, the historian. lays aside all
his native dignity and abandons him
self to uncomfortable laughter.
Questions on Chapter Xxx.
|. Name four great actors and act
resses who visit Omaha. Which does
the historian consider the greatest?
2. To what can Omaha point with
pride today?
3. Name four plays presented by
the stock company in 1867.
q. On what afternoons were mat
inees given?
S. Name FIVE treasures exhibited by
the Eden Musce.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

at the 'front.' in spite Of terrors and
strains unheard Of until now, is de-
lightfully embodied in this bit OF
soldicrly philosophy that a French
soldier sent to friend i'll 'Massachu-
setts. The piece has been printed and
circulated all along the front, and has
become exceedingly popular among
the French soldiers, Thus i runs:
"You have two alternatives; either
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

to big bird cage, locked the door and
carried the whole freight to Aurora,
some miles away, to present his
trophy to the landlord.
Hainer paid the dollar, and thus did
Paul Skinner earn his first "plunk."
He saved that dollar, too, for Skim
ner always was thrifty lad. What
ever success he has attained has been
due to hard work and constant saving.
When the family moved to Aurora,
Paul did not idle away his hours out
of school. He drove delivery wagons,
and hustled in a hundred ways, so
that he never made less than So
week, even when going to school.
10 be sure he was real boy. Al
ter deliveries were over for the day
and on Sundays he was in for fight
or a frolic. He leaped over holes in
the ice when the boys dared him; he
played marbles for keeps; went SWIM
ming in a clay pit, dived where
angels feared to tread" and thus cut
his leg nearly off on a rusty spike.
No matter, he did not tell his parents,
but. nurscd the wound day and night
alone, innocently facing all the
chances of blood poisoning, and lock-
jaw, and as innocently escaping these
dangers.
Skinner thought he was getting up
in the business world when he became
a news agent on the Burlington. He
ran between Omaha and Denver, and
Omaha and Billings. He sold pea
nuts to the children, sentimental
novels to the lolling ladies in the par
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

but the real thing. About the
last day of the snowfall the wind
would whip around into the northwest
and then the blizzard would start. For
three days the wind would blow, each
day increasing in velocity and each
day the temperature would go lower
than on the preceding day. NTempera-
lures of 80 to 40 were not unusual
and have seen it go lower.
Talking about snow. In Yanktown
| have seen the snow blow and for
whole days you would not be able to
distinguish objects three feet away. 1t
would go through almost anything,
and in an old log hotel that stood in
Yankton, down along what was the
levee, | think it was during the winter
of 1870 snow blew through the key
hole of the front doa faster than one
man could shovel it t'out the back door.
"You ask why they didn't stop up
the keyhole?
"For just this reason: the wind blew
through, with such terrific velocity
that you couldn't push anything into
it and make it stay there.
"In the construction of stables, in
winter | have seen them filled with
snow that drifted in through ordinary
straws that happened to lay SO that
one end OF their openings were inside
and the other outside the structure.
Those were storms, and they don't
have them now, yet they did fifty, or
so yeaSs ago, and if you want other
proof of their coming and going, ask
any Of the old settlers along the Mis-
souri, river i'll South Dakots
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Gr;oh1ss his History Omaha
All the truth and untruth that's fit to know
By A. r. GROH.
Chapter XX-Theaters.


Omaha's first theater was the Acad-
eny OF Music, which was built be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets on Douglas street. 1t was
opened in the fall of 1866 with the
"Follies OF 1866"
The next year stock company
opened there, presenting East
Lynne" Emma, the Beautiful Cloak
Model" "Why Girls Leave Home"
"Arabelle, the Prune-Hater's Daugh-
ter" "Way Down East and other
plays in highly artistic manner and
at prices OF 10 cents for the gallery
and up to 80 cents for the best seats.
Matinees were giten on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
T, In 1870 frame building was built
at Sixteenth and Farnam streets and
the upstairs part was used tor an
opera house. The first entertainment
in this opera house was a lecture by
a Mrs. Livermore. Her train was late
and the audience was kept waiting
for two hours. There was a good deal
Of dissatisfaction. One man SAID he
hoped Mrs. Livermore wouldn't de-
liyermore lectures there" The lecture
wasn't much good, even after Mrs.
.Livermore arrived in the union sta
ton and was rushed i'll taxicab to
the opera house.
The city got along without any
other opera houses for eight years.
The, thew tried to huild one at Six
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

| developed hobby, but Mr.. Ostrom
hnds 1t necessary to nurse it carefully
at times ere it flee from him in ex-
asperation.
Mr.. Ostrom's hobby is an obstinate
creature at times. And about a week
ago the hobby decided it was time to
balk. One would call the hobby "a
Flivver."
The combined physical efforts Of
all OF Mr.. Ostrom's neighbors proved
to be puny and of no avail. They all
cranked and twisted its tail, poured
hot water on it and primed it
wherever stimulant seemed neces-
sary, but nothing doing.
Finally Eric Nelson drew his pow
erful four-lunger alongside the fiv-
yer and hitched it thereto and the
wild procession started up North
Twenty-fourth street. Mr.. Ostrom
clung frantically to the fivver until
finally terrific bang announced that
the I'D" was ready to go. But now
his troubles began. Unable to sig
nal Mr.. Nelson that he thought he
could navigate under his own steam
to port Of safety, Mr.. Ostrom
slammed on the brake, the rope be-
came taut, Mr.. Nelson gave hey more
gas and everybody shouted with
laughter. A friendly Wattles electric,
however, finally proved to be the res
cuing agent and rather than knock it
over Mr.. Nelson came to halt, when
understandings were in order, and all
proceeded in more or less ruffled
state of mind .'
OF course NJ. J. Greevy has hob
by His hobby is the Taft flag
which floats to the breezes at Twen-
ty-ninth and Hickory streets. This
flag has history. 1t was sent from
the White House during the Taft
regime and was raised with Neclat and
pomp and few other things. Mrs.
Franklin A.. Shotwell was sponsor
and Bragadier General Smith detailed
two sergeants and corporal to as
sist in the ceremonies, which occurred
on September 10, 1911. Mr.. Greevy
raises this flag on every important
day and he thinks more Of this EN-
blem of liberty than he does of any
other possession. One of the points
of interest in Omaha on holiday is
the Greevy lawn with its Taft flag.
Ed A. Smith AYERS that a lawyer
can have a hobby just like other hu-
man beings. His hobby is not par
ticularly unique, but he regards it as
hobby, nevertheless, 1t is walking.
Mr.. Smith frequently INDUCES in
long walks and he explains that his
peregrinatiens yield all sorts of in
formation about the wide, wide world.
On these rambles he studies the birds,
flowers, trees. clouds, and when he
goes on night tricks he studies the
ornaments above.
His recent long walk was to Ere
mont, which he made in one day, ar
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Believes IN Efficiency

Charles Weeghman believes in eff
cheney in base ball as well as bust.
ness, but he can see absurdities in
some of the activities of efficiency
experts" who are now swooping down
on business and reforming its meth
DDS.
"A friend of mine was boasting
about the results obatined by the new
efficiency expert in his Office" said
Mr.. Weeg1man. "He was especially
enthusiastic about the beauties of the
new filing system which the expert
had installed.
well, how is business?" I asked
him.
"Oh, you see, we've dropped doing
business entirely TO attend to the filing
system.' .'"-Philadelphia Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

lor cars, and to the fellows in the
smoker, he could always sell "The
Life and Public Services of the James
Boys"
So he came to Omaha via the Bur
lington train. When he became a
news agent and travelled between the
big cities, he became acquainted with
Omaha, and finally he stepped off the
train at Omaha and tarried.
He kicked off the news agent job,
and took to the newspapers. He
hustled advertising for Omaha papers,
for SIOUX City papers, and bought
the Argus-Leader in Sioux Falls,
That was too slow and he tried real
estate in California.
Yearning backward from the west
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Eh2ergbody has a Hobby!
$Ssk&Bhaf, Your, = -; !;

Jeff W. Bedford is county commits.
sioner. He is from Missouri and
claims he is the youngest man of his
age in Greater Omaha. He can ex-
plain. Fishing is his hobby.
"If you want to bring longevity in
to your family, just go hshing now
and then. Take an afternoon or a
day or week off and go fishing"
said Mr.. Bedford. A period OF time
less than week will not suffice for
fishing trip if Mr.. Bedford is to do
the fishing, for he contends. that to
enjoy the real benefits it is necessary
to be on the job week. He AYERS
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Tu7 IF cGRzHHer

coast, Omaha looked better to him
than it ever had before, and he re-
turned. He started a macaroni busi-
ness, capable Of turning out a few
bushels of macaroni day, and when
he outgrew the back,room quarters
at Fourteenth and Howard streets, he
occupied the old National Biscuit
company plant
Three years ago he outgrew that.
built new and modern plant of huge
proportions, and then within a year
found he must double even this size
and capacity to bring about the out
put which was necessary to supply
his trade.
Next week-How Omaha Got DAD
WeaverO
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

teenth and Dodge streets, which
would have been good location, with
Hayden's and Brandeis' stores so
near, but the project failed.
Boyd's opera house was constructed
in 1881 and has been in continuous
operation ever since. Fay Templeton
was the first actress to play in Boyd's
opera house. She was not nearly as
fat in those days as she is now and
she made quite hit, playing the part
OF Little Eva" in "Mascotte."
A big exposition building was built
on the block between Fourteenth, and
Fifteenth streets on Capitol avenue
in 1883. The great actress, Mrs
Patti, played there and later on Rev.
Sam Jones held a revival in the
building. Billy Sunday held his re.
vival there also in 1915, but the eit
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

a good start in less than a day or so.
And just to get away from the city
streets, from business and cares, one
must go fishing. There is nothing
just as good; there is no substitute" /"
added the commissioner.
Whenever the other county COM
missioners observe Mr.. Bedford
growing listless, as If his mind was
not on his work, they whisper to each
other, "Jeff's going fishing
Henry Ostrom, 5l20 North Twen-
ty-fourth street, the popular boss in
Election, Commissioner Moorheads S
Office in the court house, has a we'll
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01

irving rather tired, but feeling that he
had come to the end of a perfect
day." He insists that walking is the
best hobby extant, has less risks than
other hobbies and returns most for
the investment
DR.. E. Holovtchiner has a hobby
and he does not care who knows it.
His hobby is not bridge. whist nor
pinochle, nor is it tatting. 1t is COL
lecting match boxes. What does he
do with the match boxes? He just
saves them and revels in their as
sociative value. How many, match
boxes has he? He has nearly
100 match boxes. He has match
boxes from many foreign lands and
from many of the cities of this coun-
try. Some are made of metal and
others of paper or~wood. Whenever
he goes on a trip he brings home
several trophies to add to his strange
collection. He has a match box from
Bagdad, another from Petrograd, and
another from Council Bluffs. If you
want to get the doctor animated, just
begin a conversation about match
boxes.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-27
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A TWILIGHT PROPOSAL
BY Virginia. Lee

So q = . = .
Copyright, 1917, W. G. Chapman.)
Was ever a fair young girl in the
radiant bloom of youth, innocent,
tTuStful, with a cherished, glowing
ideal at soul so blessed as Madge VIII
lis! And amid it all she was waiting
for a pTesent-nO gewgaw ornament
or passing token or remembrance,
but a royal lifetime gift-a husband.
She stood in the doorway of the
cabin set just back from the river on
the Texan border. Her father, sturdy
old Reuben Willis, had been a land
BpecuIatOr in the district for over 20
years. AS the saying went, he had
made his pile and was about to re-
turn to his former home in the north.
Madge expected his return from Pax
ton, where he had gone to close up
some business affairs. He was to
bring Walter RaybUTn back with him.
q won't bring you a stick-pin or
a new hat, Jewel" her father had
said. "The present I'm going to give
you is Walter RaybUTn. Glad? So
is he, and he's going north with us
and We'll be happy all the way
round"
For, although Madge and Walter
had been engaged for over two years,
Mr.. Willis had insisted that time must
develop the wOrthiness and stead
fastness of the ardent lover. Only
twice a year had Walter come down
to the old ranch on the Rio Grande.
And now there was to be a quiet we'd
ding at the little town of Pittsville, 10
miles away, and a flight to a less $50
lated spot in the state, where Madge
had been born.
Its like the opening of some
beautiful dream" mUrmUred Madge,
as she stood in the doorway of the
rude but comfortable old cabin, gaz-
ing at the reddening sunset. Pm
glad we are going to leave, for the
NToyioo1o raids ora 0OO1iOcr o1Ocnr an6
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-27

Recognized Them as Mexicans.
only a few overheard sentences were
necessary to apprize Madge of the
fact that the long-dreaded raid was a
reality.
The leader of the group was
handsome, courtly young fellow. He
gave sharp, definite orders. All the
men except two deployed, surround
ing the building. The leader ad-
vanced and swept his hat to the
ground in a respectful bow.
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lations, her father and Walter must
soon put in an appearance. A clatter
outside of horses hOOfs and strange
voices sent a sharp thrill through her
frame. Madge went to the door. It
was to shrink back in sudden terror.
Ten men on horseback had driven
up and now surrounded the house.
Two other drove a light wagon. At
glance Madge recognized them as
MeXicans. She noted, too, their
semi-military garb.
She had acquired very fair smat-
tering of the Spanish language and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-27

must
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
STOCKS AFRAID
Of WASHINGTON
Much OF Fridays Gain Lost
in Saturdays Uncer.
tain Market.
RAILS WEAKEN AGAIN
Conflicting RumOrs From
Capital Bring Realiz.
ing for Profits.
RAILS WEAKEN AGAIN

New York, Dec. 15.-Stocks toda,
forfeited much if not all of their aa.
vantage of the previous dav and !;
few important issues, especially ut:l-
tiles, were added to the long list OF
lower records.
Conflicting reports from Washington
regarding the railroad situation and
the matter of price fixing for steel
copper oils and other important COM
modities induced realizing for profits
and short selling.
Rails notably Pacifics st. Paul and
leading coalers declined to 21a
points. lndustrials suffered similarly.
also coppers. shippings, motors and
the more active equipments
United States Steel dropped IL
points to sl& and Consolidated Gas
and American Telephone were unusu-
ally active, yielding points to new
minimums at 11i2 and 1895 respec-
lively. Texas company featured me
semi war group at q loss of 5 points
and Tobaccos, feathers and Sugars
ranged one to two points down. Sales
amounted to 2s5,ao0 shares
The bank statement reflected the
weeks general shifting of loans incl
dent to payments for account of the
government. Actual loans decreased
by $206.o0o,000. reserves of members
in the fedora! reserve bank increased
by SS$,ooo,000 and reserves gained al
most $72.000.ooo.
Domestic and foreign bonds were
again heavy. Liberty IS sold at 1925
10 a7.3i and the az at 9s52 to 1856.
Total bond sales, par value, aggrc-
gated $.,225,0o0
United States As ON issue. lost \,
per cent and Panama rs, per cent on
call during the week
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
BOSTON WOOL

Boston, Dec. 15.-The Commercial
Bulletin will say tomorrow:
Outwardly the wool market has had
the appearance of comparative mac
tivity the past week. but underneath
the surface the current has been
strong with prices on everything ex-
cept fine short woods tending higher.
Foreign market adviCes show little
change. although prices at the River
Platte are a bit firmer again.
Secured basis:
Texas fine Il months $f.6SM1.72;
fine s months. S1.55 al so.
California northern, $1.70n175:
middle county. sl.55m1.so southern.
s145dl .50.
Oregon eastern No. staple $l.SOm
1.S2; eastern clothing, $1.50dt l.60; val
ley No. /. $l65M1.7O.
Territory fine staple, s1S0m 1.S5;
half blood combing. s1.75@1, so; three
eighths, blood combng, s1.45m 80;
fine clothing, s1.6om1.65; fine medium
clothing, s1.55M $50.
Pulled, extra, s1SGM So: AA, S1.70
a so; snpers, $1.6oM 1865.