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The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
DEATH OF AUGUST GRAF
Resident of Good Thunder Died Earl,
Th;e Morninu

August Graf, resident OF Good
Thunder for the past forty one years,
passed away at his home in that vii.
lage at 1:30 this morning from the ef.
fects OF complications from which he
had been a sufferer for some time
past. Mr.. Graf was born in Wisconsin
September q, 1854. He is survived
by one daughter and two sons, Mrs.
Otto Meyer of Portal, N. D., G. A. Graf
of Good Thunder and G. F. Graf OF
North Mankato. He is also survived
by eight grandchildren and two broth
ers and two sisters.
The funeral will be held from the
family home at Good Thunder Friday
afternoon and the remains will be laid
to rest in the German Lutheran
cemetery of that village. -
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
TURN PLACE INTO GARAGE
Private Royal Home in Vienna Was
Sold For $4,000.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch
Vienna, March 23.-One by one the
private palaces OF the former royal
families are being sold for baser
uses. The latest is that of the former
Archduke Franz Salvador which is to
be converted into a garage with a
capacity of 1000 cars. The purchase
price was 67,000,00O crowns, or about
S1 IN 000
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
coNFEssEs TO BANK ROBBERY.
Eighteen Year Old Boy Stole Toxic, "
tsa ., Bank Funds II

IAssoclated Press Nspatch1
Mfnnewaukan, N. D., March 2s.-I.-~-
aine Nolan. eighteen, last night cor
fessed to the robbery of the Toxic Stat>
deputy sheriff of Benson county an
nounced. The bank was robbed yester-
day: He also surrendered $3.50 currency
he had taken and a gun used
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Japs Receive German Steamer

Toxic, March 23.-The German
steamer Cap Finisterre. $4,000 tons
awarded to Japan after the war
reached Yokohoma yesterday. The
vessel will be given to the Nippon
Yusen Kasha which will place it on
the Japan European run I
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
TALKS ON SALESMANSHIP
Service Club Held An Interesting
MAafinn 4 Ninhf

Meeting Last Night.
The Salesmanship Service club held
it's regular weekly meeting at the Y
M. G.. A. auditorium last night. j. s.
Life company was the speaker for
the evening. He SPOKE on the profes :
sion of salesmanship. giving the club
some valuable points on the above
The class then proceeded to the Min
neopa garage, where Engral Olson
gave a sales demonstration in selling
Mr.. Swanson a REQ speed wagon
Supper will be served at the next
meeting. A speaker has been engaged
for the evening. ., e."
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
DWIGHT Davis Accepts

IAssOciatef Press DisatchI
st. Louis, Mo-, March 23.-Dwight
Davis telegraphed President Harding
his acceptance OF the appointment as
director of the War Finance Cor
poration.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Arizona Bank Closes Door.
IhcSnniafnd PraaS DianafCh j

Peoria. Arizona, March 23.-The
Exchange Bank of Peoria, capitalized
at $4,000, voluntarily closed It's doors
today, and its affairs have been placed
in tae hands Of the state director.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25

The following program will be given
at the meeting of the Lutheran Mems
club this evening.
Two reels of pictures.
Flute solo by G. Fl. Cutkosky. &C.
companied by Mrs. Robert Gosslee.
Selection by William Ford. come
dian.
Solo by Miss Frieda Keller, accom-
panied by Miss Frieda Frey.
Reading by Walter Dethloff.
Mrs. Ida McCleery, who has spent
the past year in California, has ar
rived in the city for an extended visit
with hen son, DR.. B. H. McCleery.
Mrs. c. R. Luthultz has just re
turned from Frazee, Mimi, where
she was the guest of her sister, Mrs
r. c. Wood for the past five weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood, who wene former
residents of this city are the proud
parents of an eleven pound baby
boy.
Rev. E. W. Griffith was in from
Cambria today. He stated that his
congregation will build $4,000
church building in the village. A mum
ber of houses will be erected there
soon.
]. r. Mobiles and Hobert Petrich o.
Vernon Center were in the city to.
day on business.
Charlie Buckmaster of Amboy was
in the city today on business.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
AUCTION FANCY CATTLE
[Continued From Page IL

the following gentlemen acted as auc-
tioneers: ]. z. Mack, Fcrt Atkinson
Wis; w. H. Krause of Thorpe. Wis;
b. ]. Hanson of Savage, and Colonel
Charles Mullin of Amboy.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
THE AUTO IN CANADA
Nearly Every Farmer Supplied Witt
Car

Car
UNITED Press DispatchI
Calgary, Alta, March 23.-Plush-
lined limousines nave no place in rur
n western Canada, but nearly every
farmer has a car and to meet the
growing demand particularly in the
agricultural districts Canada import
ed 2,255 automobiles from the United
States in 1920 This Is in addition to
the big output of the factories and
branches in Canada
During the same period, according
to figures compiled here, Canada i'm
ported from the United States 1876
727 barrels OF gasoline and 6,500,0O0
barrels of crude oil.
Western Canada now has one auto
mobile for about every fifteen resi-
dents
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Shrine Club PARTY.

The Mankato Shrine. Club have is
sued invitations for dancing a,i
card party to be given at Mason &C
Temple Saturday night. March 26th.
Music. will be furnished by Scherer's
1ye- piece orchestra, and refreshments
will be served.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
SOUTH STATE STORIES
A motor bus line will be operated
between Rochester and Minneapolis

Rochester people are to be better
protected regarding ,foodstuffs. ac-
cording to an ordinance which was
given it's first reading by the city
council there. Facts regarding the
ordinance are: An ordinance to pre-
serve the public health by regulating
the storing and handling of foodstuffs
intended for human composition of
fered for sale within the city and pro-
viding penalties.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25

En- loyed the Hike and ninne

Enjoyed the Hike and Dinner.
Misses Isle Popken, Clara Herbst. Eva
and Lydia Monich enjoyed a seven and a
half mile hike yesterday morning to tNe
homes OF their schoolmates. Misses E--
ther Guentxel and verna Oehler. A din
q pleasant social time was enioved.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
VIII Not plssolye nav.rian MI

Will Not Dissolve Havarian Militia
Paris. March 23.-Decision. not Is
dissolve militia organizations and The
Einwohnerwehr or citizen guard, in
Bavaria, has been reached by unari-
nous vote by the Bavarian Cover
mens, sAyu = Berlin dispatch to T.so
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25

Glen Campbell Camp, United Span
ish War Veterans, will hold their re-
gular meeting tonight. Important bus
mess to be transacted. Every member
is urged to attend.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Vetsd To Join Poland.

[Asspciated Press Dispatch.J
Washington, D. c., aMrch 23.-Offi-
cial Polish dispatches say seven south
ern provinces Of Upper Silesia voted TO
join Poland.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Japs Hold Full Sacred.

Fuji = the name Of Japan's most
famous mountain, and. writes the ia
panese correspondent Of the London
Morning Post, no Japanese thinks
anything of himself until he has made
some effort to ascend its sacred
heights. To climb Full Is religious
duty to most japanese. while only a
pleasure to some and hoast to 9TH
ers. It's graceful cone, like an inverted
fan. is so familiar to all admirers Of
japanese art that II needs no descrip-
ton here. But in Japan every noun
tain has spirit; and the spirit of
a beautiful or awe-inspiring mountain
Is to be strictly respected.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Hold Up Texas Flyer.
ThssOciat,

LNSSUCIdIcu P!9SSS IISpdICN.J
Muskogce. OKLA. March 23.---Two
ma sked men held up the Texas FLYER on
fhe M. X. and T.and robbsd the pas
sengers OF $4,000 cash.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
DEATH OF JOHN ScHRoTEN
Was Former Legislative Representa-
tive Martin County.
I Associated Press

AssOciated Press. Dispatch.j
SShroten, state representative from
Martin county in 1913 and 1916, died
at Long beach, CAL. yesterday. He Is
survived by two children. Funeral
seryices viii be held here Sunday.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25

The Ladies Aid society of the
Swedish Congregational church will
be entertained at the home of Mrs.
Charles Carlson, 224 Bradley street,
Thursday. afternoon. The Young Peo-
pies society will meet here in the
evening
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
@ be strictly respected.
Dublin Wires Cut.

| INSS0N-' 7SW IfeNN tI4SpHtSFl'T
Belfast. Sarch 23.-The telegraph
cut last evening. The authorities today
expressed belief this act was in prepar-
ation for possible Sim Fein activities
uring Easter Week
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Lynch WIN Meet Montreal.

EyUcu VIII MSot MohtFeol.
Cleveland. March 2s.--Champion Joe
for a ten.round no dscisi0n contest
April &.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
The Vote In sIIesIa.

/ The Vote In SlIesIa,
Associated Press Dispatch.1
Berlin, March 23-The inter-alIiei
Somission snnounced the final vote IN
Sne SSn1ee .au1ppSr Sileisa p!sbiscite was German
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
Birthday Party

Birthday Party
Miss Fannie Pitcher entertained
ct birthday party in honor ef little
Miss Shirley Fox, who is ave years
old today.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25

A regular meeting of Glen Campbell
auxiliary will be held tonight. All
members try and be present. Work
for each member will be given out as
planned at the last meeting.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-25
TEA TABLE GOSSIP

Mrs. H. A Patterson's Girls Glee
club will not meet tonight on account
of the many rehearsels and Holy Week
services. They will meet promptly at
seven o'clock a week from tonight.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19

THE story of Blanca Capella might
L well be called "The Face at the
window" She was born In 1913.
daughter OF great Venetian noble.
AND no girl ever had a more alluring
future. But love interfered and she
ran away with a poor bank clerk to
his home In Florence. He had told her
that his parents belonged to the gen.
Try. Instead. she found them living In
a miserable Stun.
Bianca soon became celebrated as
the flower of the Florence slums. One
day she was sitting at the window
when Francesca de Medici CHANGED by.
He saw her lovely face and the next
day she as summoned to court.
francesca was the son of the grand
duke, and soon her slave. She had
sickeped of the bank clerk husband
and the trials of poverty. From a girl
entranced by her first love she had
begun to develop In her role of vam-
pire.
Francescos father died and he be-
came grand duke. Now Blanca saw
her chance to place beside him. A
child was borrowed and presented to
francesca by Blanca as his own.
Then. TO conceal her plot, the real
mother was slain. A waiting woman
who knew of 1t was carried to a
mountain pass and left there for dead.
But adherents of Francesco's brother
found this woman and heard her story
before she died. The brother was a
cardinal and jealous Of Bianca's rise
TO power. In some way she learned
that the cardinal knew her secret, and
boldly confessed II to the grand duke.
Francesca, infatuated, forgaye her
and insisted on treating the child as
II 1t really had been his own. But
Bianca's troubles were only multiply
Ing, for Francesco's wife bore him
a son when all hope Of his having an
heir seemed lost. 1t looked as IL
Bianca's day was over. But she left
Florence year, then returned in
greater favor than before. And soon
the duchess died, her young son fol-
lowing her shortly afterward. There
were hints of poison at Bianca's in
stigation. However that may have
been, the duke married her within
two months. The child first given to
francesca as an heir was legitimatized
and II appeared that an unknown
founding would some day rule
France. But Blanca still had one i'm
placable enemy, the Cardinal de
Medlci. In an effort to make friends
she invited him to a great feast and
merry-making. Just what happened
may never be known. Some historians
say that Blanca had prepared a
poisoned tart for the cardinal, but
that he substituted 1t for another tart,
Imprisoned, and II was served to the
duke When Blanca saw her husband
in deadly agony, 1t is said she real
lied what had happened and ate the
other half Of the poisoned dainty.
Both were soon dead and Bianca's en-
envy had won.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
EXPERIENCE NEEDED
WITH ALFALFA CROP
Farmer Soon Learns Best Time
for Cutting Plant.
Government Experts Lean Strongly
Toward Fewer Crops During Year,
Holding That Larger Tonnage
Can BE Secured.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Just when to cut alfalfa and how
many times to harvest a crop in one
season are questions which have re.
ceived studied attention from experts
In the United States Department OF
Agriculture and the various expert.
ment stations In alfalfa-produclne
states. Ordinarily II is good time
to cut alfalfa for hay when the new
shoots have started from the crown,
and from one-tenth to one-fifth OF the
plants are In flower. But these two
conditions do not always occur at the
same time. However, the farmer With
a little experience, and keeping In
mind the flower and new shoots, soop
is able to tell when his alfalfa crop
should be cut The farmers best judg.
ment will be called Into play, With
preference given to the welfare OF the
plant rather than the size of the crop
Experiments on government plats
seem to prove that cutting Is not es.
sential to the welfare Of the plant,
but is only means OF getting hay,
Plats OF alfalfa that have not been cut
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
When the 6riton Got Home.

Englshman and American sitting In
room with four visible doors In IL.
The American got weary doing moth.
Ing, so he said to Bob: "Ill bet you
80 there are five doors In this room"
The Engllshman replied: whats the
matter with you? You can see blamed
well there are only four"
American-I am game. Put up your
money, and let's be doing something.
anyway.
The bet was made.
The American commenced to count,
zone door, two doors, three doors.
four doors, cuspidOr, five.
Engllshman-Ha, hal Bally good.
Wait til | get back 10 the old country
and I'll pull that one sure.
When the Englishman got back to
his club and found room with four
doors, he pulled the joke, He com
menced To count: zone door, two
doors, three doors, four doors, spit.
loon." and does not know yet where
his foot slipped.-ChicagO Herald and
Examiner.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
FROM TAVERN MAID TO EMPRESS.

DICTURE to yourself tenth CEN
L fury wineshop In Constantinople,
then called Byzantium. Imagine that
the door is flung open and party of
gay blades enter. They are led by
Romanus, son Of the emperor. They
drink, and ROmanus admires the tav-
ern keepers daughter.
In 956 this same girl, Theophano,
was married to Romanus, his imperial
father being an indulgent man who ap-
parently cared little whom his son wed.
But the mother and five sisters Of
Romanus scorned the tavern maid. In
$50 the emperor died. supposedly Of
poison administered through the agency
OF his son and Theophano. now become
greedy Of honors
Romanus was profiigate and TheO-
piano evidently suspected that she
might be put aside. So she cast her
eyes upon Neighbours Phocas the
greatest soldier Of his time and a
power In the state. This Phocas was
q religious man who continually wore
a hair shirt as penance. TheophanO
soon made him forget his hair shirt.
and :he two cOnspired together. R0-
manus died In 963, at the age of TWEEN
ty-four, and the historians hint that
his wife poisoned him. Then she had
Phocas proclaimed emperor, and a sec
Ond time became empress Of Byzan-
tlum. This brOugh; on II contest with
the church, which refused to sanction
the marriage. but the vampire was
q woman of wit as well as seduction,
and she helped her new imperial hus-
band to maintain himself. PhOcas won
notable victories against the Saracens
and greatly extended the power of By
zantium. Then he seems to have ex-
pcrlenced n turn of feeling and went
back to his hniry shirt. In any event
TheophanO tired of him and looked
about for new conquests. She cast her
favor upon Finishes, nephew of the
emperor, and a gallant young soldier.
Once more her conspiracy took shape,
and Phocas was assassinated. Then
the church demanded that Finishes
drive Theophano forth from the palace
before his self-proclaimed accession to
the purple would be recognized. To
the CONSERVATION of TheOphanO, he
promptly agreed and she was bundled
off TO a prison. But the willy vampire
who had risen from the tavern to a
throne still preserved her cunning, and
It was not long until Finishes also
passed away, poison victim.
TheophanO's two sons by her first
husband divided the empire and she re-
txrnsd to the palace. History fails to
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
k(OlIIM1
II " R&yS
GUINEAS FAVOR FREE RANGE
Fowls Can Be Depended Upon to Pick
Up Considerable Portion OF
Their Food.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.D
Most guinea raisers allow their
breeding stock free range of the entire
farm at all times. and this helps to
keep the birds strong and vigorous.
During the winter the breeders should
ls.xe boom fed a grain mixture of corn,
wheate.dd oats twice day, and where
no green feed was available, vege.
tables, such as potatoes, turnips, beeis
and cabbage. Animal feed Is essen
tial to best results and can be supplied
by feeding meat scrap or skinned
milk. Given free range, where the sup
ply of natural feed during the win.
ter and early spring are ample, as II
usually Is In the southern portion Of
the United States, the guineas can be
left to pick up a considerable part Of
their feed. say poultry specialists of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. Free access to grit, charcoal,
and oyster shell is necessary through
out the breeding season. Avoid hav-
ing the breeders too fat, but keep them
In good, firm flesh.
Like quail and most other wild birds,
guinea fowls In their wild state mate
In pairs, and this tendency prevails
among domesticated guineas, also, pro
vided the males and females are equal
In number. AS the breeding season
approaches, one pair after another sep
arates from the remainder of the flock
and ranges Off In the fields In search
Of suitable nesting place. Once
mated this way, the male usually re
mains with his mate throughout the
laying season, standing guard some
where near the nest while the hen is
laying, and ready to warn her of any
approaching danger.
However, IL Is not necessary TO mate
them In pairs under domestic condl-
lions to secure fertile eggs, and most
breeders keep but one male for every
three or four females. When mated in
this way the hens are more apt to lay
near home, and several usually lay
In the same nest, thus making 1t much
easier to findsthe nests and gather the
eggs.
While guineas can be kept In the
best breeding condition upon free
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
THE WOMAN WITH THE EVIL
EYE"

eco HE has the evil eye" said Dumas,
- "she will bring curse upon any
man who loves her"
History knows the beautiful woman
Of whom he spoke as Lola Montez,
but she was christened Elizabeth, the
Byron. by the left hand. Afterward
the mother married and went to In.
dia with her soldier husband. When
the girl was sixteen, her mother came
back to England for time, and the
young mistress proceeded to run
away, marrying soldier and depart
Ing for India.
Elizabeth left India, stopped In
Spain, and changed her name to Lola
Montez. she studied dancing and de-
termlned to storm London. Her ap-
pearance In 1S43 was heralded as o
great event, but she could not dance.
Her failure brought Kisses. and she re-
turned to the continent, wandering
through Germany and Belgium. Then
she went to Warsaw. She conceived the
idea of calling herself a Pole, for
whom everybody felt sympathy be-
cause of their struggle for liberty.
So Lola came to Paris, under another
name, and started to dance. Once
more Kisses greeted her. II was the
last straw. She few into fury, tore
or her slippers and garters and threw
them nj the audience.
Paris had been won. Lola, dropping
her other name, became the fashion
of the day. An editor was killed In
duel about her, and Dumas pro-
nOunced the line quoted above, which
drove her from the capital. She next
turned up In Munich and enslaved old
King Ludwig. Then folly took hold
of htf. She started to rule the state
and soon got into water so deep that
she almost lost her life. mob sur
rounded her palace and angrily de.
manded that she come out. Lola
came, In her nightgown, pistol In
hand She euptied the contents into
the crowd and barely escaped the
mob's fury when Ludwig arrived at
the head OF the royal bodyguard She
had TO Zee, and Ludwig lost his
throne.
Lola had exhausted Europe. She
came TO New York and tried again to
dance. Once more she failed. and
went West, dipping into the mining
camps for n while, then on to Aus
tralia, and finally back to New York
Now she lies In Greenwood cemetery
Brooklyn, and not even an "pltapl
marks her simple headstone.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
THE GIRL WHO WON AND RULED
A KING.

M/E HEAR a great deal today
wv about the Ubiquitous vampire.
Ii Is one of the curious sidelights
OF history that the vampire has helped
to shape the destinies of the greatest
men and empires. And certainly none
OF the famous women who might
answer to that description had a
stranger beginning than a little girl
born at Paris In 1721. Her supposed
father was Francois Poisson, an officer
In the household of the Duke of
Orleans. But common report held
that her real father was great
fnancier Of the time, who undertook
to direct the girls education. 1t La
said that In her early youth he rec
ognized in her spark Of genius and
shaped the girls education 80 that
some day she might be tho kings
mistress.
At the age Of twenty this girl was
married to nephew OF her protector
and became the belle of the wealth.
lest circles in Paris business life.
But that was long way from the
court, which she never entered until
chance threw her In the way Of Louis
XIV, at a public ball. He was capti-
waited and not long afterward the
young bride cast aside her husband
for doubtful position at Versailles.
Louis bought her an estate and from
this she took the name by which she
became famous--the Duchess de
Pompadour.
Pompadour was woman VI un-
doubted genius. She paid court to
the literary leaders of her time.
notably Voltaire, and soon became a
power In the realm. This power she
extended by every possible means,
corresponding regularly with gem
erals in the field, dabbling in affairs
Of state, and finally becoming the I'M
crowned queen Of France.
For years French policy had been
to oppose Austria by alliances with
the German states. Because Fred
crick the Great wrote scurrilous
verses about Pompadour she swore
to be avenged, and when Maria
Theresa of Austria wrote her
friendly letter, she upset Frances
national policy overnight. forming an
alliance with Austria. This brought
on the disastrous Seven Years war
and indirectly prepared France for
the troubles which ended In the Revo-
luton.
Pompadour did not live tc see the
working out of her statecraft.
When a fateful illness overlook
her, at the age of forty-two, she
calmly heard the doctors sentence.
had herself dressed In court costume.
and bravely lay down to meet her
fate.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-19
GEESE GOOD GRAZING STOCK
Fowls Play important Part In Utll.
king Waste Grain About Stables
and Feeding Pens.

Geese have an important part in the
endless war on waste. They are in a
class with chickens in utilizing waste
grain about stables and feeding pens.
In larger measure than chickens or
any other kind Of poultry they are a
grazing stock, getting their living in
large part from the ordinary grasses
0. the pastures, say poultry special
ISIS OF the United States Department
OF Agriculture. When II Is considered
mat the demand for geese Is steady,
and extended aover almost the whole
year. not confined to holidays, as in
'he case Of turkeys, that geese excel
all other poultry as producers of fat,
the Importance OF geese In the poultry
scheme is realized.