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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
GREAT FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

The fireworks display to be given
at beautiful Lake Orion Decoration
Day promises to be something out of
the ordinary with numerous set pieces
including the American flag in red,
white and blue fire, II by 20 feet,
waving for several minutes.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
Methodist Protestant Notes

Services morning and evening at 1906
and 1880 o'clock. The morning service
will be appropriate to Mothers Day, ano
special music. Sunday School az Ills
Christian Endeavor $50 y m, Bertha
Yerden leader, topic, Fellowship with
God. T"
The c. E. Society held their regular
monthly business and social meeting ir
the church parlors Tuesday evening. A
fine luncheon was served.
Mrs. Helfreich entertained the Wei
fare Society on Tuesday afternoon
Lunch was served after the business
session.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11

Arrangements have been with mad
the Clio state Bank To- collect bills for
light and power service. Bills are due
and payable on or before the 23rd of
each month following that in which the
current was used, and if not paid on or
before that date, are subject to an adj
ditional charge of ten per cent.
Consumer Power Co.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11

FOR RENT--Five room house. T.
Moshier, Clio IA
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11

SEED CORN-Yellow dent, tested for
termination. VIM. Rogers, Clio. IT.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-11
M. E. Church Notes

Class meeting. $50 a. M; Sermon, 10
a. m, Rev. H. H. Mallinson, of Flint,
will speak. Sunday School lis a. m
Epworth League $50, Epworth League
Anniversary is the subject and Mrs. l..
ID. Hayes the leader. All are invitep
to attend these services.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
Economy is Political.

In it's broadest sense economy is po-
litical. That does not mean that it's
entirely matter of politics. 1t means
that it concerns the whole people. 1t
has to do with production, distribution
and consumption. 1t aims at the in
crease of wealth, the supplying of hu-
man wants and the regulating of the
service of our fellow men. TO become
proficient you must learn to observe
the facts and act as experience die
tates. You must expect to be puzzled
frequently. Yes, you will even meet
with reverses. But in the end the
sum Of your benefits will overbalance
your losses if you are real economist.
The one who by good judgment and
industry makes the best use of what he
has is the one that will forge ahead.
Others will follow in the order of al
legiance to these principles.-Grit.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
SALE

Default having been made in the terms
Of mat certain mortgage (Which contains
Arnold ana Maad Maud; 5. Arnold: his 't %ir :,
Mortgagors 10 the Fergus Falls National
Bank, corporation, Mortgage, dated De-
cember is 1912 and tirud Tor record in
fer Rlehland County, North Dakota at 20
O'clock A. NJ, on December 81, 1919. and
thereafter duly recorded in Book IS Of
Mortgages on pages 235 and 1856, in that the
nient OF $500 due under the terms there
OF on January |, 1916, and another Install
ment OF $500 due under the terms thereof
On January t. 1917; and in that they have
inc sum OF $4,000 due under prior mort
gage on January I. 1916, and another in
: staiim l OF interest in the sum Of si65Oo
/, 1871; and the Undersigned mortgage, in
order to protect the lien hereby forcclosed,
andpursuant to the terms thereof, having
paid the installments due under said prior
does, declare the whole sum secured by
the mortgage hereby forcclosed, together
with the installments due under said "rior
mortgage and paid as aforesaid to be due
and owing;
Notice is therefore given that the above
described mortgage. will be roreclosed by
.: sale of lhe premises therein and herein
COURT ,e e c T9n dr door 9" the
County Of Richland and State of North Ia
kota. at the hour of ten O'Clock in the
forenoon on the 2sth day of July, 1911. TO
satisfy the amount due on said mortgage.
including the interest paid on said prior
mortgage. on the day of sale, together with
the costs and expenses of sale
There will be on said mortgage debt in
Guiding the interest paid on said prior
mortgage, on the day of sale the sum OF
Four Hundred Dollars and Twenty six
Gents (si0O.26), together with the costs
and expenses OF sale, including legal at
The premises described in said mort
gage. and which will be sold to satisfy the
same. are situate, lying and being in the
County OF Richland and State OF North
Dakota. and are described as follows, to-
wit: The Southeast Quarter (SEA) or Sec
ton one ~. in Township one hundred
thirty u3O). North, of Range forty-eigIt
(48l, west OF the Fifth Principal Meridian.
The undersigned MORTGAGE has execmt-
ed and delivered to C. j. Kachelhofrer,
an attorney residing and practiciag at
Wahpeton. N. D.. a Power OF Attorney for
the foreclosure of said mortgage, which
has been duly filed in the Office OF the
REGISTER OF Deeds aforesaid.
Dated June ~. 1917.
FERGUS FALLS national RANK,
" MOrtgagec.
Attorney for Mortgage.
WahpetOn, North Dakota.
6-2t st.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28

commission and in the word British"
In the Declaration; the whole word
Congress" in both documents-those
and other details established beyond
doubt that the writer of the great
Declaration was Timothy Matlack.
Although Timothy Matlack lived a
long time, he did not live long enough
to see the harm that befell the docu.
>ment he had written so handsomely.
He and his contemporaries were proud
OF 1t, and their descendants have held
1t In reverence above all other docu-
ments; and to satisfy the patriotic Gu
riosity Of the people who have wished
to see it those who were it's custodians
in past years subjected it to treatment
that did 1t irreparable injury.
In 1924, when John Quincy Adams
was secretary of state, a skilled en-
graver, William J. Stone, made a COP.
per plate facsimile of the Declaration.
That is the only one that has ever been
made. 1t was distributed by order of
congress and is familiar to us all. It is
a perfect reproduction in every partic-
ular of the original document as it was
when the facsimile was made, and is a
fine specimen of the engraver's art, I'm.
fortunately ut the time he made it pho.
Biography had not been discovered, and
Stone took an impression of the docu.
ment itself, and in doing so carried off
some of the ink.
Signatures Almost Invisible.
That was great injury; but equal
harm came to the document by KEEPING
it on exhibition in strong light. It
was In the state department until 1S41,
when it was placed in the patent Office
where 1t remained until the Centennial
exhibition Of 1876, when it was taken
to Philadelphia. There it remained for
nearly year; then it was returned to
Washington and went back to the sec.
rotary Of states Office.
Already the ink had begun to fade
but the document was again put on ex.
hibition. The ink faded rapidly and by
1894 many Of the signatures had be.
come almost invisible. Then there was
formal conference Of scientific men,
who considered what was the best
course to take to protect 1t.
Wise counselors advised that It
should not be experimental with, and
It was left untouched. It was taken
from its place Of exhibition, however,
and put into dark safe, secure from
further damage from the light. Dur.
ing the last Is years very few persons
have been permitted to look upon .its
face and the handsome handiwork Of
Timothy Matlack remains hidden from
he world.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28

BY five years. The clerk was Timothy
Matlack, who died at Holmesburg, Pa,
tn 1899, when he was ninety-nine years
Of age.
Timothy Aiatlack, writes Gaillard
Hunt, chief of manuscript division H.
brary, in the Youths Companion, was
Quaker by birth, but he was an open
advocate of fighting, and in 177e was
elected captain Of a militia band in
Philadelphia, known as the "Shirt bat
TALON" So the Quakers, who were op.
posed to war, expelled him, and In
1871 he and some others formed the
sect known as "Free Quakers." Be.
sides being in the Continental congress
he held a number Of important offices
under the government of Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia. His last service
was as alderman of Philadelphia from
1913 to 1918.
Was Great Penman.
To carry out the order of the con.
gress that the Declaration be pro-
claimed, Thomson needed more than q
score of copies, for he had to send IL
to everyone of the states and to the
army. So to save time he did not at
tempt to have any copies written of
with the pen, but sent the original
drafts. which the congress had passed
to the official printer, John Dunlap
The following morning the printed
copies were in Thomson's hands,
1t was from one of those copies that
Philadelphia first heard the Declare
tion read, and 1t was one of them that
became the official copy, for Thomson
had not copied the Declaration ever
Into the journal Of the congress be
fore he gave 1t to the printer; but
when he wrote the journal for July 4
he left a blank space for the Declare.
ton, and the next day, with two waters
OF red wax, he fastened in the printed
broadside. At the time it had been
signed only by John Hancock, as presi.
dent OF congress, and countersigned BY
Charles Thomson as secretary.
Wrote WashInoton's Commission.
I have said sometimes an entry wat
made In the journal Of the congress By
another hand than Thomson's, writes
Mr.. Hunt. The first Of those occa.
sions was on June II, It's. when Tim.
othy Matlack recorded resolution tc
get aside day for fasting and prayer
to avert the desolating calamities that
seemed to be impending. Matlack had
been appointed a clerk In Thomson's
ONCE on May Is. and i've days later, on
Nay 70. he wrote out the most import
ant document that the congress had
issued up to that dme-the commission
% George Warrington TO be comman,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
SUMMONS

6UMMONS
State Of North Dakota,
County OF Richland.
In District Court
Fourth Judicial District.
c. H. Johnson, Plaintiff
William H. Weston; the unknown
heirs Of William II. weston. deceas
ed; and all other persons unknown
claiming any interest or estate in,
property described in the complaint
herein and their unknown heirs
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE
Above named Defendants:
moned 10 answer Inc complaint Of The
plaintiff in the above entitled action and
TO serve q copy OF your answer upon the
subscribers within thirty 1907 days after
exclusive OF the day of such service; and
in case OF your failure TO appear or answer
Judgment will be taken against you by de-
fault for the relief demanded in the com
the office Of the Clerk of the District Court
OF Richland County. North Dakota.
Dated at Wahpeton, N. D., June 9th, 1917.
WOLFE & sCHNELLER.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Post Post Office and Office Address: Wahpe-
To the above named Defendants:
You will please take notice that the
above entitled action is brought to deter
mine adverse claims and quiet title to
Lots Five (5) and Six l6). in Block ~,
Of Fargo Addition, Wahpeton, North Da-
kota, according to the map or plat there
Of on file in the Office of the Register OF
Deeds in and for Richland County, in the
State Of North Dakota, and that no person
al claim Is made therein against any de-
PENDANT.
Dated June 9th. 1917.
WOLFE sCHNELLER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
Fluctuations
Of Fanny
=
By George Ha.ken

Copyright. 1917. BY W. q. Chapman.)
"Say, sis, which Of those two fellows
do you mean to take?"
Fanny Ranger looked at her big
brother with a quizzical smile.
TakeT" she echoed with emphasis.
'Don't you think I'd better wait till
one Of them asks me to take hint"
ooh we'll, you know as long as you
keep the poor guys playing seesaw, one
up in the air one minute, and the other
one the next, how is either one to know
where he is att"
'It's some sport! r. laughed the girl.
II haven't had so much fun since ]
went to the Lenten sewing circle"
"Oh well, If it's only source of
amusement to you, suppose the two
chaps will come out of it somehow,
alive and kicking" answered Gus.
"Oh, but you know do really like"
switch one?" asked Gus impatiently.
"Both."
The girl threw back her head and
laughed merrily while her elder broth.
er frOWned at her In stern dfSapprOVQl.
"Now, see here, Fan; man is
liable to know a lot more about other
men than a girl ever can. This thing
will have to come to showdown. II
you really care for either of these
boys, you'd better settle it in your own
mind before you lose the one you do
want"
Fanny's brows drew together in q
perplexed frown in her endeavor to
strike something like mental balance
Ineligible to her brother.
"You see," she said, II like Robert
Sale pretty well, but don't think he
really cares as much for me as Bert"
II suppose that's because Bert fiat.
ters and humors you the most"
"Gus Ranger! You mean thing|
mo, Fan, listenl You're an awfully
epoilt girl! You couldn't help it, ]
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28

der In chief of the American army. me
Identification of the penmanship of the
commission with that Of the entry In
the journal and of both with an auto
graph letter of Matlack's that is among
the papers of the Continental congress
Is certain.
Probably there was not at that time
man in the country who was Mat
lacks equal as penman. Later Thorn
son had two clerks in his Office, George
Bond and Thomas Edison, each Of
whom wrote a good engrossing hand;
so did General WashingtOn's secretary,
Richard Varick. Alexander Hamilton
wrote finer hand than any Of them,
but neither he nor any Of the others
could equal the beauty Of Matlack's
capital letters and the clearness and
symmetry of his writing as whole.
Matlaek Copied the Declaration.
Fortunately, Matlack was still a
clerk in Thomson's Office when the
Declaration Of independence was or
dercd to be engrossed for final sigma
ture, and the task of copying it was as
signed to him. He copied from the
broadside, I'm Congress, July 4, 1776,"
which is reproduced in the written
Declaration in the same form of let.
tering.
It is not easy to identify the penman-
ship of a document like the Declara-
ton, for the writer has written very
plainly and in characters Of twice the
normal size, but some individual pc
culiarities appear in this as In all
writing. A few years ago some Of the
officials in the library Of congress who
knew that Matlack was the best pen
man employed by Thomson made
comparison Of General Washington's
commission, which was known to have
been written by him, with the Declara-
ton.
The first peculiar letter in the COM
mission is the capital IN" in New
Hampshire, and we find its counterpart
in Natures" in the second line of the
body Of the Declaration. The graceful
flourish at the top of ''T" in the word
'To' in the commission is repeated in
the second Of the sentences beginning
"That" in the Declaration. In the word
"Offer" in the commission there is O
marked popularity in the double "f;;"
the first "f'' Is made like the old-fash-
toned long S." 1t appears in the word
"effect" in the Declaration, then in
suffer" and "sufferable." That is the
most noteworthy popularity in Mat
lacks writing. The capital ID" in the
commission and in the last line Of the
Declaration; the capital "B" in the
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
Origin Of the Oath.

The method Of swearing by the
Bible came into use with the establish
ment Of courts Of law In Christian
countries. It was the ordinary meth
cd Of swearing when Canada was set
tied by Europeans. Oaths were COM
mon before the Christian era. He
brews are often sworn on the Penta-
teuch, keeping on their hats and their
oath ends with the words, $50 help
me, Jehovah" A Mohammedan swears
by the Koran.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
DID MA1LACk'S
HAND HOLD PEN!
Good Evidence That Clerk ActlI.
ally "Wrote" Declaration
of independence.
FAMOUS FOR sKILLFvL WORK
Timothy MatIaek, Employed In the
Office Of Charles Thomson, Sec.
rotary In the First Congress, 10
Accorded Honor by Expert
Who Has Investigated,

W YHO wrote the Declaration
M Of Independence? Thomas
Wv Jefferson, Of course, every.
one knows that. But who
held the pen and formed the letters on
the great piece Of parchment that the
members of the Continental congress
signed? 1t is one of the largest official
papers in existence skin Of parch-
ment nearly three feet long and more
than two feet wide. The writing is
nearly twice the norl1al size and is un.
usually handsome and clear.
The secretary who was ordered to
promulgate the work was Charles
Thomson, man of high character who
had been the principal of a school at
New Castle, Del, and an active patriot,
The first congress chose him as secre-
tary in 1774, and he held the office un-
till the Continental congress passed
out of existence in March, 1889. There
were Is presidents Of the Continental
congress, but there was only one Sec
rotary. He made the entries in the
journal in IVA, and he wrote the last
entry.
Died at Age Of Ninety.Five.
During all those Is years it was only
on rare occasions that any other hand
than his wrote in the journal. When
the Continental congress passed out of
existence he retired to private life and
never held office again; but he did not
die until 1924, when he was almost
ninety-five years old. One Of the clerks
in his office in 1875 and 1776, and after
ward. in 1880, a member of the con-
gress from Pennsylvania, survived him
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
"What Did ! Tell Your" she Asked
TriumphantIy.

suppose, with three brothers and two
dOting parents. There's nothing really
bad or reprehensible about you"
'"Thank YOU" she broke in with ex-
aggcrated meekness.
"But you've got the habit of think
Ing everyone must dance to your tune.
Bert Farrar gives in and humOrs you,
something as Il cat plays with mouse,
but 1t won't go on forever. After you're
married he'll drop that. A man with
any backbone won't go on forever,
jumping through hoop, and effacing
himself to suit Il girls whims. If
you've got that in your head there's
bound to be trouble. Bob Sale can see
your foolishness, but he won't cater to
1t. He thinks there's enough good in
you to balance it up, and he thinks
you'd come to the big test with flying
colors."
"Guilty-with extenuating circum-
stances. That's some laying out" she
pouted. "But go on. Your sizing up
of the candidates interests me. A man
is liable to know more than girl ever
can" The last with pointed sarcasm.
Gus ignored the irony and went on:
cAs to business success Bert seems
rather the keenest and most enterprise
ing, but Bob FORCES ahead steadily,
and may win out in the end"
II think" she rejoined, "Bert is
bound to be q rich man. He'll get
ahead Of Bob In the race"
Don't you be too sure Of that"
'Well, you'll see!" she said.
II guess I know now which fellow is
ahead" he laughed, standing up and
stretching himself as he started for the
door.
Fanny gave an enigmatical laugh as
her brother took himself of. Then
her face grew serious. She had to ad.
NIT to herself that Gus had drawn up
= pretty clear estimate of the situa-
ton, also she was confronted with the
problem a. to which one she should
let 20. When she was away from them
both, It seemed always that It was
Rebset Sale whom she wanted most to
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
WALKING REMkplEa

I have the agency for the Wat
kin's liniments. spices. extracts
and toilet articles for tho south
half Of Richland county, includ.
ing the city of Wahpeton.
A full line Of the above arti.
cleS 10 kept at 81 Second street
south.
Phone 36sL M. D. Keeney, Agent
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
Also. They Do Il.

"Every once in a WHILE" confessed
the able scribe Of the Petunia Pal.
ladium and Faithful Guardian Of the
Home and Fireside, "some dissruntled
subscriber comes up with the avowed
intention Of whipping the editor
and"
He smiled the WY grin Of a cornered
cougar.
| -most Of them Do it!"-Judgs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28

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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-06-28
Business Directory:

SPECIALIST. Eye, Ear, Nose and
Glasses properly fitted. Office in
the Benesh & Pierce Block. Room
No. Z. Breckenridge. Minnesota.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-02
FOUR AUTO OWNERS
I'M COURT WEDNESDAY,
ONE F0RFEITS BOND

Four auto obile owners were
brought to court Wednesday
morning, thru Of them for failure
to have proper licenses. and the
fourth. J. s. TOmbor, for failure to
have his tail light lighted as re-
quired by law Hearing in his case
was set for Thursday, as was also
the case of G. c. Andrickson. Owing
TO his failure to appear, the bond Of
Peter Elkins was forfeited. j. h.
Jensen said that in his rush he did
not stop TO notice whether the car
he was driving had license plates
on il or not. The court was of the
opinion that this was a case of neg
ligence and imposed fine of 81 and
costs.
An eighth continuance was grant
ed by the court in the case for lar
ceny against Adolph Coddens.' who
has by reason Of most frequent visits
to the city court become A familiar
figure on the prisoners bench. This
time ne is charged by Erma Van
Paris with the theft of a bicycle be-
longing To Albert Van Paris. cod
dens has several times escaped SEN
fences by the fact that he is the
father of a family of three young
children, who need his support.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-02
CAPTAIN ARRIVES TO
EXAMINE APPLICANTS
IN OFFICERS RESERVE

South Bend men between the ages
Of 20 years. nine months. and "A
years who are interested in securing
admission to the training camp for
officers at Fort Benjamin Harrison
are urged to be present at a meet
ing at the Chamber Of Commerce to-
night at 1880 o'clock at which Capt.
w. r. NeIlegar of Chicago will talk
and answer any questions which
may be asked him Rev. c. A. Lip
pincott, ID. D., and Col. George w.
Freyermuth will also speak.
Capt Nellegar arrived in this city
Wednesday morning and is stopping
at the oliver. where prospective APP
plicants for admission 10 the officers
training camp may see him for in
formation. Capt. Westcott. who has
been delegated TO examine local APP
plicants for admission 10 the camp,
according TO a telegram received
here Wednesday morning. arrived in
the city Wednesday afternoon. Capt.
Westcott will examine the 100 or
more applicants Tor the camp from
Notre Dame this afternoon, and
Thursday morning. and will probably
examine the South Bend applicants
Immediately after that. There are
nearly 40 applicants for the camp
from South Bend. DTs. j. b. Ber-
telling ana DIR. +. ]. Powers will give
the physical examination at Notre
Dame. Three Notre Dame appl-
cants for admission TO the camp, +.
j. Nurpillat, John L. Riley and Rod
ney Cullen. have already passed the
examination at Culver.
Although $500 men can be ac-
commodated in the camp at Fort
Harrison. which will be used by In
diana and Kentucky. only about
1000 applicants had been received
up till the first of May for the camp.
More applications have no doubt
been since received as the time for
getting in the applications has been
extended until May s.