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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11

e IT seems like a century ago since one
McAdoo was prancing on brilliantly
lighted American stage. Son-in-law
MeAdoo, whom some rated as even
greater than Father in law Wilson.
where art thou where is thy cave 80. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11

THE United States still is. No con-
dition could be better for the people of
the United States.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11
CITY GOVERNMENT

Mineral Point, Wis, Nov. a. 1920.
Pursuant to adjournment of Nov. 2,
1920, regular meeting of the common
council was held on above date in the
council chamber.
Meeting called 70 order by Mayor
Brown
Member present Aldermen Horn,
Gillmgnn, Blown, Sims. Brewer, Jacka,
Quirk. Assent: Alderman Shepard.
Minutes Of last meeting were read
and approved.
The following bills were audited by
the finance committee and on motion of
Alderman Sims were allowed and or
dered paid
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11


Hutchtsun barn ,......,............. - w
Bert Opie repairing chimney on muni
eipal bidg ...+.+-..-t.-.tt- zee 20 w
Crawford Bros pub council proceedgs / 95
A. II. spang, auto livery for council 90
j. Gorgen 4 sons. temp aid furnished
John Melting ..............t....... 10 "
City treasurer's report was read and
on motion of Alderman Horn it was
accepted and ordered placed on file.
Moved by Alderman Horn that the
following resolution be adopted
state Of Wisconsin, Iowa County
City Of Mineral Point
In the Matter of the Application OF
Chicago, Milwaukee G. st. Paul
Railway Company, Lucille M. Bauer,
Mineral Point Lumber Company,
william Campton, Tom Ellery, w II.
Eilery, ~ Gerlach. John II. Ralph
and r. II Gaven to the Common
Council OF the City OF Mineral Point
for the vacation Of a certain street
in said city.
Whereas Chicago, Milwaukee &
81. Paul Railway Company, Lucille
NJ. Bauer, Mineral Point Lumber Co,
william Campton, Tom Ellery, w II.
Euery, N. Gerlach, John II Ralph
and T. IL Gaveu have petitioned for
the vacation and discontinuance of
that part of Second Street common
cling at Commerce Street, running
west 70 the projection north and
south of the west line OF Lot Twenty
three in Twins Addition to the city
Of Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wis
consiu.
II Is hereby resolved chat said
petition be acted upon by the Com
mon Council Of the city of Mineral
Point at a meeting TO be held on the
7th day of December 1920 in the
Council Chamber in the City Hall Of
the City of Mineral Point, Wisconsin
and that written notice stating when
and where said petition will be acted
upon and the part of what street is
proposed to be discontinued be pos
ted in three public places in the city
Of Mineral Point not less than three
weeks before The day hereby fixed
for the hearing, and that said notice
be published in the Mineral Point
Tribune and the Iowa County Dem
1crat, weekly newspapers printed in
said city Of Mineral Point once a
week for three successive weeks be
fore the day herein fixed for acting
upon said petition.
ALLEN u. BROWN, Mayor /
Attest II. G. JACKSON Dep City elk .
Carried by unanimous vote of the
Council
The Mayor placed in nomination .
Joseph Engels as Supervisor of the /
Fourth Ward TO fiH vacancy
Moved by Aid, Sims that above APP
,ointment be confirmed by the Coun-
N Motion carried unanimously
The following Ordinance was pre-
'ented by the Committee on ordin-
lnces:
ORDINANCE NO. 1870
An Ordinance providing for the
repair of Cement Walks, Curbs. and
cutters.
The Common Council of the City .
If Mineral Point do ordain as fol-
ows:
section One: All persons who drive
leavy loads across cement sidewalks,
urbs, or cutters which have been
aid by the City of Mineral Point or
Who cause such loads 10 be so driven
II allow them to be driven, are here
" required TO protect such walks,
urbs or cutters by planking or 9th
rwise so that said walks shall not
e injured
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11
BUSINESS CHANGE.

Ernest r. Baxter has purchased the
grocery stock of Roscoe c. Bell and is
serving customers at the same location.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11
TRIBUNE
Real Estate Agency

Property will be listed and advertised in
this column free Of charge. unless sale Is
made TX sale Is made. a commission win be
charged. as PER agreement. whether sold by
THIS agency. or the owner. or any other nersonl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

A regular mi ting of he BOARD Of
education was he.d on above date in
the counci chamber
Meeting Called 20 order by Pres.
ident Gratot.
Members prtseut; Commissioners
Grauot Tucker Huxiable, Lgdden,
mauger Absent Commissioners Ship
man, Mr4 Brewer.
Minutes Of last meeting were read
and approved
On motion The following bills were
allowed;
Scott, Foresman a Co text books....s u II
Chas, Seribuer's Sons. inst supplies / q
The Macmillan Co library books .., 81
Silver Burde t a Co., text books ..... q s.
}. A Sehaub. magazines and periodicls Is 50
Henry Holt * Co. text books........... Sc %
South West Pub, o. supplies for inst II "a
The Chicago Flag Go flag pole ..... 80 50
A, Flanagan Co., equipment and sun, 100 "a
5. u Gillian q Co.. records aud Office
supplies --... .... .....,........ 5 "A
Underwood Typewriter Co. Under
wood typewriter ......,.............-. 20 90
The Shaw Walker Co., com dept sup 1 OF
Little Brown & Co, text and library
BOOKS. 81. .... ..,.-. .s......t.., 80 70
Row. Peterson 4 Co., text and library
books. .s.... ........s... 80
f. Owen Pub Co. text books ...,. IS
Vi. 2. Pub Service Co, light and power Il IS
NJ + Telephone Co, rent and toll ... II 20
Leo Norman labor at h building ..,... rs 50
Crawford Bros printing aud pub 30 20
J. Gorgeu 4 Sons. supplies .,.....-.... %
}. f. Harris Co, fgt and Garage .,..... 10 s.
NJ. Z Laundry Co, laundry work,-.. Al
Western Union Telegraph Co.. messgs. rs
The following report of the f.
nance committee on School Tax Bud
get for coming year was presented
and on motion it was accepted and
clerk was instructed to present same
to the Common Council at next reg
ular Council meeting for oonsidera-
ton:
BE it Resolved BY the Board of
Education of the City of Mineral
Mineral Point--In order to meet
current expenses for the year 1921,
it will be necessary TO raise $4,000
0S less the estimated revenue re-
ceipts amounting to s7,60O.0O which
is approximately $35.000.00 20 be
used for the following purposes:
Expenses of General Control.
i Board of Education
and Secy's Office $ SO 90
. School Census. 1850. 40 90
8. Other Expenses of
general control 49,. 80 90
Expenses of Instruction
4. Salaries of Supt and
Teachers. ...... 3s017 90
5 Teachers Insurance &
Retirement Fund $40 CO.
s. Textbooks ....... 1000 90
z Supplies used in in
struetion .... soc 90
: Materials used in Man
ual TT. & Dom Sc. 500 90
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11
3. Expense of supt's

3. Expense of Supt's
office. .. 100 90
Expense of Operation or School Plant
10. Wages of Janitors. $500 90
II. Janitor's help go. 100 90
II. Fuel. .. 1000 90
10. Janitor's Supplies 225 90
IA Water, Light, Phone
& other expense of
operation. .. 500 90
Maintenance of School Plant
Is. Repair of Buildings
and up keep of
grounds ..... 1000 90
L. Repair and replace
ment of Equipment
Science apparatus,
Maps, Desks Etc. 1000 90
II Insurance. . SO "a
Miscellaneous Expenses
IS. Library Books and
Exp. of Library. 200 90
49, Indemnity Insurance rs "a
Total. $426O5 OS
Less Estimated rev.
enue receipts. 1900 90
SQ5005 ne
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-11-11
$85OO5 OS

H. d. LUDDEN
GEORGE S. HUXTABLE
A. V. SHIPMAN
There being no further business
the meeting adjourned
H. G. JACKSON, Clerk
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Stevens and fam
lily returned home Monday
Miss Hulda GoodelI has been at South
Londonderry with her sister, Mrs. j. j.
O'Neill this week
The Ladies Benevolent society Wilt
meet next Wednesday afternoon at the
vestry unless otherwise appointed on Sun
day.
John A Kelsey, who has boarded at
i. w. Bingnam's through the winter,
has gone to James p. Bruce's ior an in
definite time.
The Marlboro Branch farmers club will
hold an entertainment and sugar-eat So
cial at Wallace A. Johnson's. This is an
open meeting.
Mrs. Raymond ATillard of Springfield,
Mass, was a guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace A. johnson, from Sat
| urday to Tuesday.
| The village and Brookside schools viii
begin next Monday with Miss Minnie (.
Hill and Miss Marion Howe, as teachers.
The Marlboro Branch school opened this
week.
| The community canvass for church ex-
penses will be made Sunday afternoon.
This has been customary several years.
Five teams have been appointed aud the
community has been divided into five dis
tricts for the canvass.
The Woman's Mission circle met at the
} parsonage Tuesday evening with Mrs. C..
w. Bishop. Mrs. Dwight E. Bailey was
in charge OF an interesting program The
report of the treasurer showed that the
circle had raised $40 for missions, also a
small amount for running expenses. 1t
was voted to take up the Stewardship
reading contest.
+ The Faster service by the Bible school
1 was held Sunday at the hour of the usual
e morning service REGULATIONS by the be
! ginners, primary, junior, intermediate and
t young peoples classes were given with
. Easter songs by the school, and anthems
/, by the choir. Rev C. w. Bishop, pastor
: sang "a solo and gave a short address
Two brief addresses also were given in be
e half Of the Interchurch World Movement
/ by NHnuteers At the close of the ser
0 vice it was a surprise to find that snow
|. had fallen to the depth of two or three
J inches On account of the storm tn
II evening service was held at Mrs. vii
I, lard's instead of at the vestry
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10
BRATTIEBORO

ents through the Easter vacation, re-
turned Monday to their studies in Sim
mons college.
The last of the Lenten union meet
ings of the Congregational and Uni
versalist churches was held Sunday
evening at the Congregational church
with special Easter musical program
by the two choirs and Easter messages
by both pastors.
Telephone and telegraph connections
We're cut off from surrounding towns
Saturday and part of Sunday on &C
count of an ice. storm Friday night
Several poles were down between vii
mington and Readsboro and the wires
were tangled badly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10
.NEWFANE.

George Knapp who recently returned to
his home, is now the sole occupant Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Bills, who rented his
house the past year, and with whom he
boarded, have taken rooms at Herman
Eddy's until the travelling is settled, when
they expect to move to Oak cottage, their
home on the Wardsboro road. Mr.. Bills
will keep his meat market and store in
the village as formerly.
The church was very prettily trimmed
for the Easter service with Easter lilies,
carnations and potted plants Rev. +.
Nj. Wiswall preached a very interesting
sermon. taking for his text I Cor Is IA:
And if Christ be not risen, then is our
preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain. The special music by the double
quartet was we'll rendered. Notwithstand
ing the stormy weather the services dur
ing the day were well attended.
Mrs. A. E. Whitcomb proprietor Of the
| Newfane Inn, returned to Newfane Mon
day, having spent the winter months ii
| Florida. She brought with her cook fol
the season, and the Inn, which has beer
closed through the winter, will again b,
| open to the public in season to accom-
modate guests for the spring term of cour
which convenes in Newfane April %
Miss Vera Heath, who is yet in Florida
will return to the Inn later in the season
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10

Miss AAathilde Vossler. Who resigned
as recreation instructor for the Penning
ton Welfare association in order to en-
gage in like work in the army camp
camps during the war, IS now N Cnnstan-
tinople with a relief organization of the
Y. w. G.. A. and was one OF i Amer
leans who helped to care for 29A, 900
Russian refugees who fled i"n,n the city
of Odessa when that city fell in.o the
hands of the Bolshevi.,i
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10

A United States government aeroplane
accompanied by one from the Interna-
tional Aircraft Corporation will fly to
Burlington in about ten days from Boston
The two planes viii start the trip to-
gether. Lieut.. Col. L. H. brennan will
fly the government plane and W. f. Long,
president of the International Aircraft
Corporation; will pilot the other; the
former in a DeHaviland machine and the
later in am Avro The coming Of the
planes marks the success of the publicity
work of the Burlington Chamber of Com
merce along these lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro April 9. daughter tC
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl L. Rawson
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10

Walter York of Boston is business
visitor in town.
Merille Greene was in North Adams
Tuesday on business.
Nathan Greene has been i'll, threat
ened with pneumonia.
E. L. Staples of Dixon, ILL.,, is a
guest at Childs tavern.
Harry Writers of ST. Johnsbury was
in town Monday on business.
Mrs NJ F. Barber and two children
were in North Adams, Mass, Tuesday
| Miss Hazel Bates has returned from
three weeks vacation in Boston and
vicinity.
Miss Irma Gibson and Mrs. A. II
Wright left Monday for a few days
visit in Boston.
Mr. Dow of the Parker Young Co. Of
/ Boston was in town few days this
week on business.
4 The Ladies' Aid society of the Uni
versalist church met Thursday will
Mrs. L. w. Boyd.
The Universalist church held it
Easter supper April / when a GOO
sum was realized.
AL DesRosiers, who has sold his bar
Der shop to Jack Buckley, left Satur
day for Lynn, Mass.
Jack Buckley has rented the Swan
house and will move his family bacl
here from Greenfield.
The Mems club is planning a suga
eat for Friday evening at Grange hal
1t will be ladies night.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Wheeler o
Beebe River, n. H., came Tuesday t
visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gilbert went t
Middle Granville, n. Y, March 81 t
visit their daughter, Mrs. Roy William
News was received here Sunday fro
! Waterbury, Conn, of the death of Ca
: Adams, formerly of this town, son {
! Mr.. and Mrs George H. Adams of Wi
. mington.
Miss Emily and Miss Eleanor Bi
: sell, who have been visiting their pa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-10
WILMINGTON.
Mrs. ]. S. Stanley.

The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Stanley,
rs, widow of John S. Stanley, who
died at her home early Sunday morn
ing after an illness of several years,
was held at the home Tuesday after
noon at 100, Rev. J. Duke King of
Rupert and Rev. w. C. Clark of this
town officiating.
Mrs, Stanley was the youngest and last
survivor of the large family of Cap
tain Charles and Sally (Crosier9 Bel
lows. She was born and had lived the
greater part of her life in Wilmington,
spending few years in Boston and
New York. She was married in April
1870, to Mr.. Stanley who died about
four years ago.
She leaves several nieces and neph
ews, among them being Mrs. w. w
Follett. and w. A. Crosier of this town
Mrs. Stanley was a member of the
Congregational church and was active
in the Ladies' Aid society of thai
church.
| Among the people from out of tow
+, who attended the funeral were Mrs
Alton Bellows and Mrs. Jerusha Bel
lows of Clarksburg, Mass, and Mrs
Nettie Bellows of Springfield, Mass.
The burial took place in the Cuttin:
cemetery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
OLD HICKORY VETERANS
MAY USE SPECIAL TRAIN

Greenville, Sept. 11.-Veterans OF
the Thirtieth Division, A. E. F., liv-
ing in Greenville county, who plan to
attend the second annual reunion OF
the Old Hickory association one hum
dred per cent strong probably will
make the trip to Asheville on spe-
cial train leaving early Tuesday
morning, September %, on the open
ing day of the convention. The Sou
thern railway will be requested to
operate a special train to Ashevllle
and this train probably will leave Co.
lumbia via Greenville or Spartanburg
Several hundred former soldiers,
their wives and relatives expect to
atten from Greenville county.
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as many sufferers as possible. Motor
lorries are beginning to arrive regu.
larly, bringing cooked food and tools
for the men engaged in the work OF
excavation. Portable ovens are be-
ing set up, since there is hardly q
house stading in the city.
AS in former earthquakes some
families have been rescued almost
without injury from the ruins of their
homes, while in other cases every
inmate of shattered dwellings was
killed. One little girl whom nobody
recognizes wanders about town with
her frock torn and tears running
down her begrimmed face asking pit
eously for mamma mia" She posi-
bly, is a child of visitors for the sum-
mer season and was playing in a fielc
when the earthquake came. Her fam
lily was probably wiped out. She can
not tell where she lives and knows
only that her name is "Tina' anc
that she came here with her father
mother and little brothers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
WILSON REFUSES
TO GRANT REQUEST
FROM COAL MINERS
For Reconvening Joint Scale Board
Miners and Owners-Does Plain
Talking-Commends Com
mittee's Stand.

Washington, Sept. 11.-President
Wilson, in a telegram today to re-
representatives. of the anthracite mine
workers in Pennsylvania, refused to
grant their request to reconvene the
Joint scale committee of operators
and miners for the purpose OF con-
sidering a new wage award.
The president declared that when
a body of men collectively refralned
from working by mutual understand
ing, however, arrived at, it was a
strike, no matter what name was Civ
en- it. A majority of the anthracite
miners had refrained from work un'
der the guise of taking vacation
the president said, and he told the
committee that while he appreciated
the earnestness of it's efforts to get
the men to return to work, and com,
mended it's stand in support of con-
tract obligations, declared his unwill'
ingness to reopen the wage question
The telegram was sent to Phillip
Murray, John Collins, Thomas Ken
nedy and C. J. Golden at Scranton
Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
HORRORS OF QUAKE
COMING TO LIGHT
Terrible Scenes of Suffering in Ruin
ed Italian Area.-Possible
Cause Found.

Fivizzano, Italy, Sept. 11-Survl-
vors of Tuesday mornings earth
quake which once laid the fiourishing
and cheerful towns of Fivizzano in
ruin, are, as the hours pass, coming
to realize more and more the extent
of the calamity that has befallen them
and they seem stupefed with the
horror of the disaster.
The report of rescue went on all
last night, and doctors, sanitary as
sistants sailors from the Italian
dreadnought Cavour, students, nurses
and volunteers wore themselves out
in their efforts to bring comfort to
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Select your tires ao-
oordine to the roads
they have to travel:
In sandy or billy coun-
try, wherever the going
Is apt to be heavy-The
US. Nobby.
For ordinary country
roads-The U. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels-The
u. S. Plain.
For best results
everywhere-U. s.
Royal Cords.
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sorA, eoap nossr c4Ain vseo P.An
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"Didn't Rest WeN'
Prominent Georgia Lady Suffered from Faint Spells
and SleeplesSness-Relieved BY Ziron
"I didn't rest well some nights.

"I didn't rest well some nights. ]
would be just as tired when I got up
i'm the morning as when I went to
bed. l would get weak, and have kind
of fainty spells-at times hardly able
to do my housework.
81 heard of Ziron, and felt maybe
a tonic would help me. I thought 1t
would at least strengthen me.
81 believe Ziron has done me good
I feel better. l am glad to recommend
it as a good tonic"
Try Ziron. Our money-back guaran'
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GETS 81 A DAY FOR
ATTENDING SCHOOL

Mariett, O., Sept. 11.-Clarence
Miller of Lawrence, Washington
Co, is probably the only boy in the
United States who is paid 81 a day
for going to school. The board Of
education, which must furnish
Transportation to all students living
more than two miles from a school
house, found it cheaper to pay
Clarence the cash, than to furnish
him a convenience.
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\ EOPLE who get to feeling weak

EOPLE who get to feeling weak
every now and then, and who do
not seem to get the proper re
freshment from rest, sleep and recrea
tion. need a tonic to help their blood
revitalize and build up their system.
For this, you will find Ziron Iron
Tonic very valuable, as the testimony OF
thousands already has proved. Mrs,
J. ". Dysart, lady Of a prominent
Georgia family residing near Carriers
Vile, says:
" didn't feel like myself
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13

Of all the wonderful machinery of
the human body the crystalline lens
of the eye is the one portion which
continues to increase in size through
out life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
EARTH is PROBABLY
SINKING NEAR GULF

Berlin, Sept. 1.-THE Seismogra-
phic station at Jena suggests as the
possible cause Of the Italian earth
quake sinking of the earth along the
mountains bordering the gulf of Ge-
roa. Experts there say it indicates a
massive carving zone in the earths
crust.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
OVER ,341 ANDERSON
WOMEN REGISTERED

Anderson, Sept. 11.-That the
women of Anderson county and city
are keenly alive to the Importance of
registering, was evidenced by the fact
that 1,341 put their names on the
books and received certificates there
by emitting them to vote in the gen.
eral election in November. They will
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The camels foot is like a soft
cushion, peculiarly we'll adapted to
the gravel and stones over which it
is constantly walking.
In India nearly every private
house has a tennis court.
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KILLED
BY A BIG EXPLOSION

Berlin, Sept. 11.-Twenty-three
persons were killed at the artillery
depot at Mariensel, near Wilhelm
shaven today when two laboratories
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keep these certificates also for future
reference, for we are assured that
there will be a need for them, and
they are good until 1928. ..
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an da large number of munitions
sheds were blown up by an explo-
sion. The explosion was the result
of an accident while shells were be-
ng unloaded.