Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-02-06

Ezr--<zzzuzzazazzzzS Ohm MIHOK is not a
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E8 story in a fiction mag
EHMl - aZine. He is a real,
kf&12L-zl fiesh-and-blOOd man.
Egf&1G5E He lives at 1913 South
k-1-a---~--41-7zzA Twentieth street, Oma-
ha, Neb. He is a furniture polisher
and has worked at his trade for six
years in Omaha. He has wife and
five children. He can walk into ma
tiOnal bank in Omaha and be identi-
fed. And what's more, people in his
neighborhood point him out on the
street and say: There he is. That's
John Mihok himself"
John Mihok was born in the village
of Macy Koros in eastern Hungary.
Tn the MihOk home on the shelf over
the fireplace one of the ornaments
was a small rough stone. His father
had picked it up one day beside
stream and had brought it home. u
was a curious sort of stone. Here anu
there through the rough covering pref
ty red colors showed. Altogether IL
was an oddly and rather pretty. 80
the family kept it over the fireplace
for years. while young John Mlhok
was growing up.
The hoy wanted to come to America
TO seek his fortune and the whole fam
ilv saved for years to hoard up the
money to pay his passage. AT last
/. the time came for him to start. When
he said goodby his father took the
"prettv stone" from the shelf and put
1t in Johns hand.
"Here's q keepsake for you, John;
something to remember the old home
nv. Maybe it will bring you luck In
the new country across the water
John thanked his father and said
"Sure enough; maybe it will be my
lucky stone" And he put 1t IN MS
pocket.
The VOYAGE by steerage from Trieste
10 New York was long and tireSome.
John got tired carrying the stone In
his pocket and chucked it into his Dig
canvas bag. with the rest of his Things
One day h. was rummaginC through
3 his bag and came across the stone.
He showed II to some of his fellow
8pmigrants. While they were looking
at the stone and he was telling them
its story. party of first cabin pas
sengers came along on a Summing
trip through the steerage. One OF
the sightseers offered him IS for 1t.
Jahn, was tempted. but finally decided
to1s4ep It, because his father had CIV
en- TO him.
AZ I,uis leland tho customs inSpect-
OF went through his scanty belong
hss. The lucky stone was right there
In plain sight with the rest of his
things. But the inspectors never gave
}the stone second glance.
i This was in 1908 John worked In
1 various places. His first job was In
Scranton. Pa. where he married Their
no worked in Cleveland. Ohio. Siy
vears ago he came to Omaha. And nov
he Is citizen of the United States.
In the meantime the Mihok famil!
IN the United States was growing. /
crew faster than Johns earnings did
II grew almost as fast as the IL. e.
II wasn't always easy for John ant
his wife to make both ends meet.
one night John was reading a news
naper and came upon story of a maj
piclSing up ruby beside q stream
Naturally the story interested him
= And naturally ii SO this poor man Will
* wife and FIVE children TO thinkin'
NM his own lucky stone. FINAL.
- had what native-son would cal
Munich. The bunch said:
|Mavhe your lucky stone is rub
Take it to a jeweler and tin'
nm what 1t is. anyway !"
And John took the bunch. He hunt
81 nm his lucky stone and went Z
1 the iewelry shop of Joseph Z. tfenze
IN Sourh Fifteenth street. He hpnue'