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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
HELP wANTED-FEMALE.


CHAMBERMAID. FOR CITY;
Must have good references.
Good salary 10 one suited.
Mrs. Farquharson. p w. 18th.
GHAMBERMA WAITRESS. for people
in apartment: references required; call
from 1912. 151 Central Park West, apart
ment Z. northeast.
CHAMBERMA ID-WAITREss Scotch or Eng
permanent place 44s West End av.. before
cHAMBERMAIp and light waiting; neat
woman wanted in American family; three
adults; reference. Call 60 w. 91st.
CHAMBERMA ID-wAITREss COMPETENT
GIRL AS Observation-Disclosures
CALI. o TO IL, 100 EAST GOTH ST.
CHAMBERMAID and waitress. competent.
wanted for one lady living alone; reference
required Belnord. 225 w. Seth ST.. apt. SOB;
CHAMBERMAID-wAI wanted. Call
until II. $50 West End av. (s6th), apart
ment IA.
Observation-Disclosures wanted. small
private family; references. Can "a w.
CHAMBERMAID wanted-Must help with
waiting and do mending. Call IN the
morning. II w. s7th St. private house.
CIiAMBEKMAID. waitress. in small private
residence: good references necessary. Apply
11s East 3sth St ----------
CHAMBERMAID. maid, experienced: per-
sonal references. Apply to IL. $50 w.
10th. apt. 4E.
CHAMBERMA1D. with reference. Can y 10
3. Tuesday, Thursday. Nathan IS w: s6th:
CHAMBERMAID. competent. Scandinavian,
private family. II w: 18th st.
CHAMBERMAID. live in. Presbyterian Hos
pital. II z. roth st.
CHAMBERIAIp-WAIT white. private
house. 354 Central Park West, near 96th ST.
CHAMBERMAID-wAIT small family.
private house. 145 w. S1st st.
CHECKERS, FOOD.
ONLY those exDerienced need apply. Call
Timekeeper's, II A. NJ, Hotel Plaza. Both
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06

CHAUFFEUR. mechanic. expert driver,
Locomobile. Pierce. Cadillac, any high
grade car: II years references high grade
families; American. 80. single. neat. willing:
$50; anywhere; Immediately. c $50 Herald.
Herald So
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CHAUFFEUR (private) Thoroughly expert
enoed private family chauffeur, expert
mechanlcian; highest recommendation from
former employers: last position IS months;
trustworthy. neat appearance. gentlemanly
city, country or touring. NJ ID 24S Herald
, Herald 50.
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! CHAUFFEUR, single, all repairs; useful;
! Dane. %; neat. willing. hard worker; six
years experience: good references: mod
crate wages: anywhere. C 260 Herald, Her
aid 50.
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COUPLE. man and wife. experienced. Swed-
ish. cook and butler and useful man. wish
position In small private family In country
or to take charge of country club; best OF
references. Bauriede. 1853 East 9th.
COUPLE, north Italy: chef all branches.
pastry, bread: itress-chambermaid: have
daughter: city references: first class ser
vice: wages s160. Write 200 East 10th. care
Barber.
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CHAUFFEUR, mechanic. married, Finnish,
wishes all year round private position
city. country; overhauling car; 8 years ex-
perience: careful city driver: wife good cook,
laundress, houseworker; best references. X.
When, II w. 10th ST.
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COMPTOMETER OPERATOR.
large wholesale cotton converting house
has position open for bright operator; ex-
cellent opportunity; hours S 80 to 8 10, Sat
urday p. M. State age, experience. salary
expected. Write apply ]. w. Goddard 4
Son, Inc, OF Blocker st.
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HOUSEWORK, colored. experienced; adults:
good cook; sleep out. Landlord, us w.
137th
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HOUSEWoRK. hours. no Sunday, sleep
home. SIS. mird children. ID 50 Herald,
Herald square
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SITUATIONS wANTED-MALE.

cHAUFFEUR-MECHAN Itaiian-Ameri-
can; single %; wishes steady position
with private family: 10 years experience.
shop, driver; city, country; very neat
and careful driver; don't smoke or drink;
employed by best people: experienced Crane
Simplex, Rolls Roylc. Brewster and all high
grade cars has good reference: go any
where; salary. $45 weekly; not afraid night
work. j. NJ. care Avenauess. 81 w. Saith
st.
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HOUSEWORKER, general. l years refer
ence, small family, cool plain cook. 2o6
L 10Th ST.
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CHAUFFEUR, mechanic. careful driver: 9
years city driving experience: SWISS
American, 81, single: excellent references:
moderate wages; city. country, c POI Her
aid. Herald So.
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COUPLE. middle aged. refined American, de-
sire positions as caretaker or housekeeping
in private home: wife good cook pleasant
home rather than high pay; city or country.
G 2if Herald Herald 50.
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COUPLE, Japanese, butler, valet, and wife.
Swedish cook: both experienced; entire
charge OF small family. without laundry; ex-
cellent references. Write Japanese. 227 T..
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HOUSEWORK-Eff young; want few
hours work daily as useful maid. G 246
Herald. Herald so.
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COUPLE-Good cook and useful butler.
valet: family OF adults only: bachelors:
country preferred; references. PSI e. list.
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COUPLE desire position. two In family. or
bachelor apartment; man butler-valet. wife
cook good manager; references: $3.50. G 225
Herald. Herald so.
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i OUSEWORK; middle age woman; no wash
ing; best reference; no cards. 20SS Gate:
av., Ridgewood. Bklyn.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
BUILDING DREAM THAT DID
NOT COME TRUE.

In December, 1892, just a few days
before Christmas, the Fargusson block,
four stories and a basement, burned
down. The property belonged to the
Massachusetts, Realty Co., then as now.
About the middle of April, 1893, it
was announced that Traphagen & Fitz-
patrick had completed plans for new
building on the Fargusson site, said
structure to cost $3.50, 900 and to be
ready for occupancy May l, 1894.
The plans called for a nine-story
building, built in the form of a hollow
square, thereby giving light on three
sides. Concrete floors, skeleton steel
construction, with hollow clay tile for
the inner walls, brick and stone for
outer walls, were expected to make the
structure substantially fire-proof. One
feature was a battery of four eleva-
tors. A rotunda on the first floor, said
floor to be about six feet above the
grade of Superior street, was to be
covered by a skylight.
The big panic came along and the
Eastern men back of the project de-
cided to wait. Some years later, the
present structure, two stories and
basement, was erected without any
elevators, and, eventually, was put in
the hands Of an agent who would have
made an excellent character in one of
'ickens' novels. But all that's an
other story.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
"A ORATORICAL POSI-
RTLTTY.o

Colonel David A. Craig, who recently
failed at running the Buhl Advertiser
on the same lines that he followed with
his paper in North Dakoty, has taken
over the Gilbert Herald. The Rip-saw
congratulates Gilbert and wishes the
former Buhlian every success in his
new field.
The recent parting with the Bull
Advertiser by request, SO to speak,
together with a satisfactory monetary
consideration, seems to have disturbed
Col. Craig's perspective. In q recent
number Of the Herald he declared that
tho Rip-saw editor slammed" Wally
B. Brown, Of Chisholm, by calling him
.'The Boy Editor,'' alleging that the
ISLAM" was due to the fact that Bro.
Brown spoke of Mr.. Hitchcock, Of Hib-
bing, as "a oratorical possibility"
Colonel Craig loses much by being
too hasty. The Rip-saw called Bro.
Brown 1.-THE Boy Editor" because Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
DEPUTY SHERIFF JOHNSON
SHOWED SAND,

The Mesaba range was more gener-
ally wild and woody in 1893 than now.
There were no large towns and small
cities as now, but there was great &C.
tivity, many men employed and, among
them, any number of bad actors. A
deputy sheriff who did his duty in
those days had just as hard a time as
deputy sheriff would today in doing
his full duty. Paul Sharvy was sheriff
and he ever was glad to find a man for
deputy who was not afraid to do his
whole duty.
w. N. johnson was a new deputy
sheriff in the spring of 1893. Just how
he would turn out, sheriff Sharvy was
not sure. He eventually found out to
his complete satisfaction.
One day, near the close of April,
1893, deputy sheriff johnson dropped
into Columbia Junction, on the D., M.
& N. There he saw a tough character
who went both by the names Of Har-
rington and Mcdonald, selling whisky
to the men employed on the railroad.
Deputy johnson did not hesitate in
grabbing the illegal booze vendor and
swapping handouts onto his wrists.
In less than five minutes, a big and
angry crowd of laborers surrounded the
frail shanty into which deputy John.
son took his prisoner. Then men broke
down the door and Rescued the booze
vendor, who began to run for the woods
with his handouts on.
johnson drew his revolver and fired
four shots as warning. The prisoner
kept running, therefore the fifth shot
was fired directly ct him. The bullet
struck him on the temple, grazed the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
WHEN BEN BAKERS HOUSE
BURNED DOWN.

On the night of April IL, 1893, there
came a heavy rain and thunderstorm,
both of which did much to disintegrate
the ice in lake and harbor, but which
anne just bit too soon to save Ben
E. Bakers new home from burning
down.
Ben E. Baker had house at Lester
Park, erected in 1891, that cost over
$1,000. The furniture in it was valued
at $4,000. Lightning struck the build
ing and it burned so rapidly that Mr..
Baker got out with only his trousers.
Even his vest. with memorandum
books, was left behind and lost.
The fire department responded
promptly, but without avail. The dis
lance was far and the water pressure
those days was very, very poor. In
half an hour the handsome and com.
Portable home was a total loss. The
house was insured for $4,000 and the
contents for $2,375.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
A BANKING COMBINATION.

In the spring Of 1893, Duluth bank
ers were suspected of having made a
gentlemen g agreement not to pay the
city over 2 per cent for public funds
deposited with them. The charter made
it mandatory to get not less than per
cent.
Tie aldermen, as a sort of entering
wedge, voted to designate the Duluth
Loan & Trust company as a city depos-
itory. Alderman Morris Thomas oh.
jected to that, finding fault with the
idea Of putting the city's money in one
bank and, also, with the fact that the
bonds of the Duluth Loan & Trust
company made it impossible to deposit
more than $4,000 therein.
T. w. Hugo, then alderman and pres
ident Of the council, pointed out that
banking combine was pust as bad as
the printing combine to which Mr..
Thomas had made such strenuous OBJ
jections the year before. Mr.. Thomas
subsidized and, eventually, the alleged
combination Of bankers was loosened
uD.
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information to the effect that he dearly
loves that appellation. The Rip-saw Is
not conscious Of having spoken unfa-
vorably or slghtingly Of Mr.. Hitch
cock. The Great Family Journal be-
heves that it was the very first to men,
ton Mr.. Hitchcock as . possible oppo-
nent Of congressman Carss. Bro.
Browns mention Of the same matter
was quoted solely as matter Of public
news and political interest. Col. Craig
Is likely to strain tendon by trying 80
hard to put the Rip-saw editor in
wrong.
Colonel Craig should look more close
ly to his own peculiarities Of express
sion. The Chisholm Tribune-H Herald
and the Rip-saw spoke Of Mr.. Hitch
cock as "a congressional possibility -
Col. Craig speaks Of him as "a orator
ical possibility That is incorrect
dramatically and as q statement Of
fact. "A oratorical'' sounds bit bib
ulous, as ''Redlight" Murphy might
say. IF the Gilbertian surroundings
are so illiterate as to demoralize the
late Buhlian journalist, a cordial invi.
tation Is extended to him to come to
Duluth and take q course of study and
practice in our famous Hokian night
schools.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
PEMBER's DEvILIsH ACT.

In April, 1893, Edward Thorpe was.
working as a painter in Duluth, Just
as Joel Lichten is today. He was rent
ing a little house from Jacob l.. Penn.
Der at 616h West Third street. With.
him, lived his wife and three children.
the eldest being three years old and
the youngest only three weeks.
Work was scarce and wages low in,
Duluth in 1893. Thorpe got behind a
couple of months in his rent. Land
lord Pember served notice to vaeate..
Only four days later, without any fur
ther legal action, Pember removed the
doors and windows from the house,
leaving, the family exposed to the ele-
meAts.
The Thorpes had been unable to Sc
cure another house before April 90,
and that day of Pember's great dis.
pleasure was Saturday, April Is. Mrs.
Thorpe hardly had recovered from the
recent visitation Of the stork and the
tiny infant caught cold and neared
death IS door as a result of the Penn
berian inhumanity to his tenants.
Humane agent Henry Haskins learned
of the case and he visited the house.
He found rags, clothing and pieces Of
carpets nailed over some of the win.
dows and doors to keep out the in
clement April weather. He ordered
landlord Pember to put the doors and
windows back where they belonged.
Edward Thorpe had some spunk,
however. He at once retained Messrs.
Teare, Davies and Bureau, who imme.
diately sued Jacob L. Pember for dam
ages in the sum Of $5,12S.
It is stated that landlord at Yves!
Duluth once played similar trick as
that perpetratea by Pember, as a
means Of eliminating unwelcome ten
ants, but that's another story and the
historian says wait until some other
time for telling it.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
A RUN OF LUCK.

A bunch Of young slackers were
shooting craps in the room of boss
Stacker in Superior street hotel. They
got rather oisy as a result Of their
excitement in trying to WOO "Little
Phoebe" and a policeman, who was
looking over the hotel register for tenn.
porarily married couples, went to the
door to see what was the cause of the
racket.
When the gamesters saw the blue
coat standing in the hall doorway, they
shot out of side door into an adjoin
ing room and escaped down The fire
escape at the rear.
The policeman, who had learned les
sons from the recent tales told out Of
school by Madam Smith, did not bother
chase the mob. He stopped dowr
md scooped up the change; and as il
ingled in his pocket, he winked and
smiingly said to himself:
"Seven come eleven. win dinner
money"
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
PHI1BM's APPOINTMENT.

April II, 1893, the management Of
the D., M. & N. railway announced that
the late Donald M. Philbin had been
appointed general manager for that
system. Mr.. PhiIbin previously had
been general superintendent for the D..
8. s. & A., with headquarters at Mar
quette, where he had made a great rep
utation in expeditiously and cheaply
handling iron ore.
Mr.. Philbin was connected with the
F. E. & M. V. in Nebraska before 60
ing to the South Shore system.
Mr.. Philbin's appointment was fol-
lowed by the announcement that Cen
eral Superintendent George H. White
had resigned from the D., M. & N, the
resignation to take effect May l, 1898.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10

bone and came out towards the hail -.
the head, making a flesh wound h VI
not breaking the skull. 'us.
Harrington, or Mcdonald, as he o,..
was called, was stunned by the imna ot
# the ball and fell to the oropua
johnson reeaptured the desperate anS
took refuge in another sAanty nearhn
where there were six kegs of hIscp
powder and twelve boxes of dynamita
The maddened laborers erowdSS
around and howled, cursed and tbrest.
ened.
elbow the - to hip
they yelled.
elbow and be d-d!" replied John.
son, eff I 60, my prisoner goes with
me!n
The railroad foreman came alono and
joined forces with the deputy. Tbev
declared that the next man who made
move or raised his voice would he
shot. dead. The crowd soon scattered
and, on April "a, 1893, johnson lodged
his prisoner in the old county Jail at
Sixth avenue east and Second street,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
BURROWS BANQUET TO BURROWS

BURROWS BANQUET TO BURROWS
In April, 1893, M. s. Burrows, then
proprietor of the Great Eastern cloth
ing store, in the Columbia block, took
J. Frank Burrows into the firm as q
partner. The event was celebrated by
a sumptuous banquet at the old Kitchi
Gammi club, the building now being
known as the Glencoe.
Twenty-four plates were laid for the
banqueters, 18 Of whom were employees
of M. s. Burrows. The banquet started
at about 9 p. M, and it took two hours
to tuck away the wonderful array of
eatables and drinkables. Of course M.
s. Burrows sat at the head of the table
and j. Frank Burrows occupied the
seat of guest of honor.
M. s. Burrows gave one of his in
imitable and inspiring talks after the
feeding had finished. He told how
proud he was to be associated with
such fine body of young men and he
then gave them some valuable advice.
j. Frank Burrows then was called
and he responded as fittingly as guest
of honor could, under the circumstances,
with heart and soul filled with deep
feeling and high sentiments.
Heads of departments and some of
the other guests took their turn at
post-prandial oratory. The banquet
ended with all joining hands and sing
ing "Auld Lang Syne."
Much water has flowed over the dam
since then. J. Frank Burrows quit the
firm to 60 into business for himself.
Still later, he tried Winnipeg, and
other booming cities but, finally,
came back to Duluth, where it looks
as if he would do business until he
dies, many, many years hence, his
friends hope. M. s. Burrows eventu-
ally sold out the Great Eastern store.
He has been up and down the earth,
but his heart is never far from Duluth.
Today, it is understood, Mr.. Burrows is
doing the work of life instance agent
in Detroit, Mich. When Charley Craig
gets that deep waterway dug to the
sea, many believe that it will float a
boat big enough to bring NJ. s. Bur-
rows back to the city where he showed
such business ability and where he
probably felt at home as he never has
in any other city.
Many old residents remember the
time M. 8. Burrows advertised that he
would throw suits of clothing out of
the upper windows of the Columbia
building. The street and avenue were
packed with seething humanity to an
extent that stopped the street cars. At
the appointed hour, M. 8. Burrows and
his helpers threw suits of Burrows
clothing out onto the heads of that
packed mass Of men and boys. The
scramble that follwed beat anything
before or since in Duluth g history, but
all that is another story.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
LONG AGO PLANS FOR ENLARG-
ING THE CITY HALL.

As most Duluthians know, the city
was under the old ward system up to q
few years ago. That system provided
for a mayor, board of aldermen and
various municipal boards, such as q
board of health, board of fire commits
sioners and board of public works.
Monday, April 10, 1893, the board
of public works presented plans to the
common council for the enlargement
and improvement of the dear old city
hall.
Preliminary plans, sketches and esti-
mates had been prepared by Traphagen
& Fitzpatrick, then a prominent firm
of architects. The scheme called for
the addition Of two stories to the
building, making four floors and q
basement instead of the two floors and
basement, as then and now.
The plans provided that the fourth
floor be occupied by the council cham.
Der and quarters for the board OF
health.
The third floor was arranged so as
to provide ample accommodations for
the city engineering department and
the board Of public works, together
with the building inspector, park COM
missioners and large toilet rooms.
The second floor was so planned as
to provide quarters for the mayor, city
treasurer, city comptroller, and board
of fire commissioners.
Quarters for the city assessor, city
clerk and the public library were laid
out for the first floor. The public
library then rented quarters in the old
Masonic Temple, Andrew Carnegie not
yet having staked the municipality to
the present public library building.
Then, as now, the city engineer and
public works department had quarters
on the first floor.
Roger Powell then was municipal
Judge. He was dissatisfied with the
basement for courtroom purposes, on
account Of limited space and poor ven.
tilation. The office Of the clerk Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
STRIKE WAS CALLED.

A big crowd Of people was gathered
around a safe that had fallen from a
great height and was buried in the
pavement deeply.
"Did the rope breaki" inquired q
citizen Of bystander. -.
"No, they had it up to the TENTH
floor when the safemovers' strike was
called,' was the reply.-Ex.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10
GRIM REAPERS' WORK.

The Grim Reaper certainly has dem
onstrated in the past few weeks that
he loves a shining mark. A Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year were
banished from many homo in this
city by untimely visitations Of death.
A multiplicity Of duties and the rush
Of work prevented us from paying spe;
cial tributes to the memories Of those
former heads Of the local police depart
ment, the kindly, big hearted Dan Hor-
gan and the faithful, conscientious,
highly competent Chauncey E. Troyer.
Both were called suddenly and passed
quickly, giving friends and loved ones
no opportunity to brace themselves for
the prostrating shock and loss.
Capt. Marcus L. Fay, after half q
century Of companionship and earnest
endeavor with as good and grand a
woman as ever performed tho part Of
Katie Lee to Willie Gray, by carrying
half the basket up the hill, passed into
the great beyond, leaving loving hus-
band, fond father and high-minded
citizen to finish LIES journey alone.
Man can suffer no loss greater than
that Of a good wife.
7. III Little, who owes much to an
able wife, q beloved and congenial
companion and q devoted mother, with
out ample time to prepare and bend his
lead to the shock, was denied a Merry
Christmas by an undue and sudden Wis
itation Of the arch enemy Of mankind.
Man never knows at what hour the
call viii como.
Now comes word that Mrs. william
3. Stone has breathed her last in San.
ia Barbara, CAL, as result Of an ILL.,
ness that had its inception in Duluth,
the beloved city where she pioneered
and spent the best years Of her exem-
plary life. Mrs. Stone was rare WON
an. Pretense, show, snobbishness and
craze for pomp and glitter were no
part Of her nature. Kindly, competent
and possessed Of real understanding,
her loss is very great. In this day and
age Of inhmanity Of man to man and
woman to woman, Mrs. Stone set a
brilliant example to her circle in 50
ciety. Possessed Of wealth and well
able to afford every comfort she nee
essarily required the manual service Of
others. It Is stated that service in
Mrs. Stones house and home was one
Of appreciation and consideration. TO
her helpers and servants Mrs. Stone
was like a mother. What better praise
can wealthy woman have In this day
and age7
Rest in peace. old friends and former
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10

pilgrims in this city by the inland sea.
May your memories long be kept green
and may your high examples guide
many a weary pilgrim Alright as he
trudges through LIES journey.