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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09


Good gracious! man has to have
some recreation. Lieutenant Higgin-
botham teaches all day"
Then he should sleep at night instead
of going about to theatres and cafes. But
there's another reason. I've lost my af-
lection for him"
whats that?"
HE never sends me any money"
It's little early, you know"
"But when became married woman
/ went ahead and bought things | can't
pay for them with my salary A man in
the service is allowed something for his
wife"
"Yes. Thirty-six dollars a month, to be
exact Have you asked him for it?"
81 have"
what was his answer"
HE wrote that he had debts to pay that
took all of that"
M" said the lawyer. "Then what did
he get married for?"
That's just what | want to know AL
ready he's shown himself selfish" said
the pale checked bride. "Beastly selfish.
All men are, but he's the worst ever"
"M-m-m!" said the lawyer
He can go around the country teaching,
or he can stay at Camp Devens. / don't
want to see him"
The lawyer, as is the manner Of men
in quandry. stroked his jaw.
"Peace is imminent" the lawyer began
Not In our family" the bride replied
decisively, as she powdered her nose and
drew down her veil 81 want you to please
look up Bruce's record in Boston. Have
him followed, IL necessary. / want to
know what becomes of his money, those
thirty-six dollars that belong to me-"
Divers rumors came from Boston. The
bridegroom did attend the theatres. OF
other and graver habits there was no
proof. Came suspension of correspond
ence on the brides side. Events were
heading straight for the divorce court.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

4ieutenant's gallant
matrimonial d a S h,
For weeks after his
Euccessful sortie it
gas the topic upon
Midnight tongues
mong those who
knew the bride and
broom. >
Lieutenant Bruce
1igginbotham W a 8
IN instructor of ar
illery in the United
states Army service.
His duty was to
each gunnery to
PUPILS. He travelled
rom one army camp
b another giving IN
truction in the use
md care of ord
lance. Although he
lad yearned to cross
hesaa and serve in
ncnes and on
n, the Govern
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
| How the Dash;:n
Officer $ Rapid FIJI
| Romance AGAIN
IL caches the Lesso
Marry In Haste:
Repent at Leisure
VHE readers of this page will remem-
Der the rapid.fire rnmance nrintad

N'HE readers of this page will remem-
Der the rapid-fre romance printed
In these columns few weeks ago
u Lieutenant Bruce Higginbotham, U. S.
-, and pretty Miss Gertrude Hamilton
who has small part in one of the current
New York roof garden attractions ~
Lieutenant Higginbotham saw on the
tage the familiar face and figure of Miss
hamilton whom he had casually met two
years before in Chicago. Fired by the
same spirit OF persistent determination
which sent our troops over the TOP and
broke -tns' Hindenpurg line in France.
lieutenant Higginbotham determined TO
WOO, win and marry Miss Hamilton then
md there. And he did.
But there is another chapter now to
plate. What Lieutenant Higginbotham
"A CALAMITY won in his fourhour dashing
natrimonial conquest he lost two weeks
alter when his unhappy bride sought the
counsel of her lawyer to lay the founda-
Ions for divorce. And thus again. even
wartime amid the glamour of the army
uniforms, is taught the old lesson-"marry
n haste, repent at leisure"
Those playgoers in New York who ex.
lend their amusement period after the NAV
py going to roof garden to witness the
Yhimmy dance and hear carollings bv fair
naldens and eat and drink into the vaa
ma' hours were deeplv interested in tho
1 @~,.k
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
Reproduced from tn.
Page in the Section
of Sunday, Nov. "a.

Certainly the midnight
aria age has been
chilled. 1t droops as do
other frostbitten plants.
Lieutenant Higginbotham
is disposed to agree with
the Government. He is
better adapted to the art
Of instruction than to
military practice. His
one brilliant dash has not
been a permanent addi-
ton to his record. He
was unable to hold the
fortress he captured. He
dared and won and lost.
What an adventure for
Miss Hamilton! Goes
merrily to the theatre to
play her part without the
remotest thought of mar.
rying anybody. is carried
off her feet by the i'm.
petuous love-making of a
man she barely knew,
lands up at dawn In the
Biltmore as a bride, has
a hide-and-seek broken
honeymoon for a few
days with her will.o'-the.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
BERGER'S CASE

The expulsion of Victor Berger from the House o Representatives by the votes of all the members ex cept one was not declared because he is Socialist He says that his political doctrines were the reason for the vote against him, but he Socialist lont before the and held seat in Congress before the So have other Socialists, but nobody ever proposed that they be expelled for that reason
 Berger turned out because after was depjared and while millions of men were being en- listed fight the battles of the country he preached do1trines which intended to destroy the power ofHthe country to. make war. He wass against the country he calls his and renedered excellent sc&ice to the enemies of this country.
 IOther men are lin prison for doing less than he di& to kipderthe United States in the conduct of the waF and the House, sole judge of the qualifica- ticn of its members. entirely right to legslatc in speace for the country he opposed in war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
STOP AND THINK!

Do laborny ever stop to think what Is capl- Do theyaraze that the capital of the land in most part consists of the savings of the industrious and thrifty? The prizes won by those Who nave conquered and lcontfoled their appetites passions and weaknesses?ts The rewards for self-denal ana pessistent intelligent effort That it IS not the pos session of the few but the aggregatiom{of the saw !nss and prizes and rewards of the many?
 Do laboring ever stop to think that the l. w w. socialist, the Bolshevis would take away these savings prizes and rewards from the thrifty, the efficient producer the man of stamina who con tros himself the keeper of the law of God and man, and divide them with the dssolute the lazy, the in efficient the anarchist who knows no God or rule of reason?
 Do aborng who have been granted the eight hour day ever stop think that those who are now striking for a 30-hour week and holding aloft the promise of two-hour day are catering to lazness, insyficiency. the sappelies and passopsf That it is imrossibe develop efficiency without hard work, to make progress without efficiency? That the fight fonl the eight-hour day won because 1t was shown that men could do better work become more efficient, make progress if they could do ther wdrk under favorable conditions and without their bodies becoming too tired and worn? That the de- mands for g Serhour week two-hour day are mot mile in the interest of better work, more efficiency orgprogress but for more idleness, more hours to sp$hd in indulgng the appetites, passions whims and caprices? -~-
 ELet workingmen think of these things. and they wifi make short shrift of the agitaors who trying to destroy society, because the workingmen of the country think straight as anybody and they are loyal their country, the human race. and pro- gress yf 8gN Cl
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

vdent The only dstinctively thrifty class in this great country is that composed of those captains o industry who have figured down the cost of produc- ton microscopic fneness The great corporations waste nothing. Their methods should serve as a valuable the individual citizen units of the country, a lesson at present practically unheeded
 The American wage scale, trade for trade often is from three four times the French scale It IS always far above that of other lands But the per centage of savings bank depositors is three times as great in France it is in this country.
 Extravaganza and thrift cannot do team work. The French people, of the other peoples of Europe, thrifty They something out or what they earn and they put that something away, We on the contrary, notwithstanding the hard les sons of the great war, continue to be extravagant
 We not thrifty nation, but we should be such nation Perhaps this knowledge will be borne in upon the intelligence of the people during the next few years for during those years every man, woman child within the national borders will learn to realize the weight of burdensome but necessary tax ation
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
Interior Alaska

(Nenana News)
 Interior Alaska is land rich in opportunities TOT seekers of independence it is country in the very early stages of development with record of achieve empire in the making its growth and permanent prosperity dependent like all other countries, upon ,eople-nen and women who will be attached to the country by home and business ties s -ss s.e .
 The early completion of the Government rallroad' ,f which there is approximately $50 miles in operation will greatly reduce the difficulty and ex of journeying from the States to Interior Alas xsa.3H will open up vast areas of mineral and agr- .utura lands, hitherto practically inaccessible, pro- s5iding those who come to the territory the oppor han reasonable assurance of success. There IS no nore promising field anywhere for prospectors nor fertile soil for the cultivation of those products tdapted the Northern climate which is more trop cal in summer and less severe in winter than that If many sections in the States.
 # the Government railroad and there will be em- ,loyment for many until the completion of the pro ect in 1922, and probably longer, as the rails are dvanced to tap adjacent regions. In fact, it may e said that the building of the trunk line from seward to Fairbanks marks only the commencement f railroad construction in Interior Alaska. The runk line is needed reduce transportation costs ranch Hines and wagon road feeders will be needed o supply the tonnage necessary to insure the sue .essful operation of the railroad.
 After the railroad work has been completed, there will be employment for the railroad builders in which will have found new markets for their pro- lucts, and in the mines which will have been developed. The employment will be permanent, he wages good and the surroundings more attractive jy reason of the increased activities in all lines. From a pioneer country, thinly populated the dis ricts adjacent to Nenana will become permanent producers, and Nenana permanent storehouse from which supplies will be drawn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
JUNEAU'S DELEGATE
 WILL TELL ABOUT
 LEGION CONVENTION
George Getchell Will Report To a Meeting of Bradford Post
 At Thursday Nights Meeting gy 3yt

George Getchell, Juneau's delegate to the Minneapolis meeting of the American Legion. who returned on the City of Seattle, will deliver his report of the great first convention of this patriotic ordef at meeting Of Bradford Post Thursday evening at the auditorium of the Juneau High School
 There were 2.50O delegates at the Minneapolis convention. and one of the best things which 1t did was to take definite stand in favor of law ful and orderly procedure in the United States. against the I. W. w.. Bolshevists or other revolutionary forces who would destroy the Ameri- can form of government.
 MT. Getchell is we'll pleased with the results of the convention.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
Luke McLpke Says

The trouble with kicking all the time is that nobody will pay any at tention to you when you really have cause to kick
 No man ever longs for anything as much as a married woman longs for 2 little. income of her own so she won't shave to ask the animal she married for dime every now and then.
 If you want to discover a mans weakness let him do all the talking and he'll be sure to spill It.
 If you do not like man. pay no attention to him. It sure saps whole lot of vitality to hate man.
 He is always talking about buying her a machine after they are mar ried. and she reads all the aufomo- mile ads... But he sqIv machine she gets Is one on which she has to make her own clothes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
MISS BoAM RETURNS HOME

Miss Flora Bohm, daughter of Charles Bohm, keeper of the Sentinel Island light, left for her home at Sentinel Isalnd on the Estebeth, after having been visiting in Juneau for a number of days.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
DEMPSEY FOUND GUILTY MURDER
 IN FIRST DEGREE

Word received on the Northwest ern from Cordova is to the effect that William Dempsey, charged with the murder of Isaac Evans, and tried at Valdez, was found guilty of murder in the first degree.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
EXTRAVAGANCE OR. THRIFT

The alleged thrift of the down-east Yankee has become proverbial. But nation thrifty people? We think not.
 sWe live better than do the peoples of other lands, but waste more than any other nation the face of ,the earth. We do not resources. doniestic national. Our best farmers impro-
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

The decision of British labor to give up strikes and pursue its interests in Parliament probably will stir up the animals both in Albion and America There is nothing to keep labor out of deiberat1Ve bodies but lack of votes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

If any weak sister has thought that the Govern has been expressing the radicals in this coun- 4ry they probably discovered that they had another hought coming directly after the arrival of the news rom Centralia-(St Louis "Republic) @@ ~f
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

Attorney Ge neral Palmer has taken the Y huh by he horns" and his determined stand to rid America If the radicals endears him the hearts of all Amer cans.-( Anchorage Times.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
You Win! (The Docket. )

(The Dockct.)
 To Whow It May Concern:
 Of, pertaining to, and concerning the rendundant~ ~terminology. super huous nomenclature, excessive word mess, and abundant tautology of law Equity, jurisprudelce. or legal sci ence, be it stated, affirmed, and de- clared that sthe purpose. aim, intent. design. end, effect. and consequence, thereof, therefrom, therein, and there on is completely, entirely. totally, and perfectly to debuddle, puzzle, be wilder. confuse, nonplus, and mystify the layman's intellccts understanding, reason, and mind
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

Attorney General Pamer's recent career indicates hat the United States has law officer with a mans allowance of backbone.-(St. Louis Republic)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
BITS OF BY- PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
And Socks Cost Money,

And Socks Cost Money, ea Safety First" has been my motto, I've preached the same to brakeman
 otto;
 But he kicked draw-bar that did not lock- And now he's minus foot and a Y sock. Billy. F. &1 Ouch! He couldn't sleep a wink. Poor Loft, His hard head rest was damning. The pillow on his bed looked soft, But it was only shamming.
 Luke McLuke. He then stretched out upon the floor And fell to cussing of his luck; The bed quilt tried to comfort him But the mattress didn't care a
 shuck. T. s.
 Gosh! Hunt & Pray are coal dealers in Indianapolis.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

If the labor situation does not clear up before long it will be entirely natural to ask for the peace md quiet of another
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
In prxest Nebraska.

'.~ Hastings, Neb., Tribune) l Prohibition has done one thing. IL has demonstrated that hair tonic is 1 good for something.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
Our Daily. Special.

A pawn broker wouldn't lend you ten cents on your sten-million-dollar opinion of yourself
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
MercYl

Maybe prohibition is working on the poor mans nerves. Anyway. Les Cuss lives in Bethany, w. Va.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
Names IaNames.

Paris Green. the Huntington CW. va.) street car conductor. has bro ther named London Green.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

Whether the dry" law is constitutional or not will not make much difference to anybody at present vhiskey prices Indianapolis News.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

Rounding up the Reds" is good business. But polishing them off will be interesting process -(Cincinnati Enqurer)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
OPEN EVENINGS

From ' to g. Drs. White and Stewart, Dentists, Seward Building. Phone 469. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

< Meals served at all hours. The Alaska Grill. adv.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
We Are All That Way!

I. A. M Short lives at 514 East Shesternut street, Louisville, Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
SCHOOL BOND HOLDERS

7a SCHUUL BOND HOLDERS
 Notice is hereby given to holders of Juneau School Bonds, that on the 10th. day of December, 1913; the Mayor of the City of Juneau, at his office at No. 183 Front St., will purchase at the lowest price offered, bonds of the par value of $5,00000.
 A. B. COLE, City Clerk.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
QUAKER QUIPS

,e~t'G ss Philadelphia Record) f'f
 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Also false teeth arch.
 Many knows which side of the fence he is until he falls off.
 Now that the prohibition movement is in full force the world is full of non-refillable bottles.
 We should always speak well of the dead Still, 1t comes rather late to get fellow job.
 The fellow who is alive to the fact that he is a dead proves that while there's life there's hope.
 Don't swear over the wire. Remember that evil corrupt good telephone girls
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
Another lick.

Another Hlck. A Hick named Tuct, Tcad hard as rock, For "viaduct," Says "viadock. s. Sec.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02
Firms Is Firms.

Haystack & Codaeld, are in busi ness in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

Form In Line, Girls! Don't Shove. Sign at Ninth and Vine streets, in Cincinnati:
 Women And Mems Hats Cleaned
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-02

Situations Wanted-Male. Noah Huntwork lives in Fort Re- covery, Ohio.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10

Maude, who. has been i'll for several
days. Mrs. Melvin reports that her
daughter is getting along very we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ranger and
daughter Thclma and Misses Mauine
Ricke and Ruth Westphal We're among
the Williams visitors in this city Sat
nrday.
Mrs. NJ. A. Smith Of CoIdGeld, who
has been visiting in this city ut the
James Kleckner and George Wilson
homes during the past few days, re-
turned home this morning.
G. S. Lane returned home this morn
ing from a business trip TO Minneapolis.
He left there yesterday and says it
was reported that Duluth had eighteen
inches Of snow and zero temporal ure.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
CHURCH MEETING
STARTS TOMORROW
Webster City Association of
Congregational Churches
Here.

The. semi-annual meeting of the Web
ster City Association of Congregational
churches is to be held in this city
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Six nearby counties will be represented
with total of thirty churches, each
of which is entitled to two delegates.
The sessions are to be held III the
Congregational church, and will begin
with the program ut 2 o'clock tomOr-
row afternoon. The program as pre-
pared for Tuesday is as follows:
:OO-Ministerial Retreat, conducted
by Supt. p. A. Johnson, D. d.
4 :0O-Organization and Business.
5 :00-Adjournment.
:3O-Devotiona Service.
Ass0ciational Sermon, Rev. A.
Il. Rice.
Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per. Rev. w. A. Minty and Rev.
Walter Metcalf officiating.
Offering for Ministerial Relief,
Rev. Arthur Metcalf.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Roy Daniels of Kamrar was a visitor
in this city with friends last evening.
julius Bermnm was business Wis
tor in Minneapolis over Sunday.
r. l.. Sterling was business passen-
ger to Jewell this morning.
Harry Butler of Williams was a visi-
tor in this city Saturday afternoon.
w. C. Burleson left last evening on
4 few days business trip to st. Louis.
Mrs. Irma Smith was business pas
senger to Union this morning.
Bert Fovel Of Jewell is a county seat
caller this afternoon.
John O. H. Johnson and Earl Riley
of Jewell were county seat business
callers Saturday afternoon.
Miss Kathryn Wilkc went to Wilke
Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday
with her cousin, Miss Fac Wilke.
Miss May Taylor, who teaches near
in this city over Sunday.
Seymour Eichman left Saturday
evening on several days buying trip
to Chicago.
Floyd Parker, Frank Willie and Rex
Crabtree Of Williams visited friends in
this city last evening
Miss Elsie Golden. who is employed
on the Omaha Daily News, was home
for an over Sunday visit.
Andrew O'Neill and Dwight Crabtree
of Williams visited friends in Webster
City Saturday evening.
Mrs. II. L. Sterling went to New
Hampton this noon, called there by the
illness Of her aunt, Mrs. Hannah
Thompson.
Miss Edna Helen Osborn, who at
tends the Iowa State College at Ames,
spent Sunday in this city with her
grandmother, Mrs. S. 0. Osborn.
Miss Mae Bahrenfuss was up from
Dcs Mcines, where she is employed as
public stenographer, for an over
Sunday visit with her parents.
Harold Sterling of Williams is a visi-
tor in this city between trains today
enroute home from Eagle Grove,
where nc spent Sunday with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. w. Wood of Oelwein
are spending a few days in this city
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. J. Cunningham ST..
Miss Helen Gilmore was up from
Ames, where she attends the state col
lege, for an over Sunday visit with
her parents, south Of town.
Mrs. J. s. Melvin arrived home this
noon from Des Moines, where she
spent Sunday with her daughter, Miss
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10

report until the close of the present
week, as it will take a few days to hear
from the other townships over the coun-
ty.
"While the war is over in which the
Red Cross made such wonderful rec
ord-the peace time program of the Red
Cross is, we believe, Of equal impor-
lance for our peace time as the war
time program was for that period. Join
the Red Cross-all you need is a heart
and dollar
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
Short Shorthand Courses

On Monday, November 18th, new
shorthand and typewriting class will
be organized at Ellsworth School of
Commerce. Iowa Falls, Iowa. This
class will specialize and complete
course in shortest possible time. This
school holds the highest record for
speed and accuracy. II you want the
best that can be offered for the time
and money, join this class. Attend
the most progressive school. Catalog
and bulletins for the asking. Address
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
Wagrer-Sharp.

Miss Beulah Wagner, of Williams.
and Sergt. Harold A. Sharp, Of Carroll,
were married Oct. % at the court house
in Toledo, Ohio, where Miss Wagner
has been employed the past several
months. Sergt. Sharp served eighteen
months with the Rainbow division, six
weeks of which time was spent in
France. The couple will spend the Win
ter in Toledo, where Mr.. Sharp is en-
ployed in the Willys-Overland automo-
bile factory and later will make their
permanent home in Carroll, Iowa.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
POLAR LAND SINKS
and EFFORTS ARE
MADE TO SAVE CREW
(By The Associated Press.)

New York, Nov. 10-The shipping
board steamship Polar Land, reported
yesterday from Halifax as abandoned
70 miles off Cape Breton. has sunk and
another ship that responded to the
wireless calls for help is endeavOring
to rescue the crew from the life boats,
according to wireless message re-
ceived by the agents here today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-11-10
For Sale.

One Favorite hard coal burner, as
good as new. No. 251. One Jeffrey
five passenger car, in good shape. 1915
model. Will trade for hogs, cattle or
cash. Vim. Erton, 49, miles from Web
ster City on the old Barton Like farm
on Huwkeye road. 11-3sw6*