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FARMS
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-1e7 ACRES FRONTING STREET
cars and highways, miles from heart OF
city; ideal for subdivision; cash or easy terms.
Best proposition around Washington. For
quick returns towner). address Box 77-R. Star
office. IT.
SEvENTYFIVE-ACRE FARM: ~ MILES
from Capitol. in Prince Georges county. Md.
having long frontage on gravel roud and only
one fifth mile from state road; As acres
cleared; balance pine and oak. Land lies
nicely and suitable for trucking or genera
farming improvements consist Of new 4
room house. cement porch: stable Of six
stalls; corn hol1se: tive chicken houses; ga
rage. Price, $4,000; terms
PRATHER 6 ROBINSON,
5f4-15-16 Bond bldg,
14th and New York ave. Main 442.
NEW JERSEY ACREAGE BARGAINS:
cash. $2 monthly buys two acres farmAla
Irice, $09 only $48 each. VAIL. IT, Johh
st., New York. 29s
WANTED.
If You HAVE A FARM. 90 TO 200 ACRES.
you Will dispose OF at genuine bargain, write
me at once: must be near Washington ana
priced right; give price. terms and full de-
scription hrst letter Address Box ZAP, Star
office.
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Also beautiful siz-room and bath apartment;
large rooms. reception hall and porch: big
open fireplace in magnificent living room: -.
hour elevator service. Excellent building and
location close to Dupont Circle. Price. Sl2,O 900
Reasonable cash payment and monthly pay
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Rutland Courts.
1925 18th st. NV.
Delightful two-room and bath apartment
/ fronts corner; large rooms. Price, S4l5O
Monthly payments $41.65.
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TABLE BOARD.
COUNTRY BOARD.

Hf0H-dkADE RECOMMENDATIONS for elder.
" people or. inVAlids in Maryland. close to,
V ishiIkton. HlnAes Khnsihston an, or ads
lDso-Jsx,l2 .1fDR, s@eAe 1esssJ
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Cavanaugh Courts,
1894 18th St. NV.
Oneroom and bath apartment. Price, $500.
Reasonable cash payment and $15.65 monthly.
Two-room and bath apartment. Price
So. 900. Reasonable cash payment and $3l 81,
monthly
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Also three-room bath and reception hall
apartment. Price. $3.50 Reasonable cash
payment and monthly payments Of but s54 80
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The Avondale.
1874 = st. y W.
splendid front apartment containing three
rooms and bath. Price, $3.50. Cash payment
aud So o3 monthly.
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The Netherlands,
1850 Columbia Rd. NV.
Beautiful hveroom and bath apartment
Price. S7.1O Reasonable cash payment and
monthly payment Of $6S 70 covering all
charges, makes this your very own home.
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Dumbarton Courts,
1857 31si St. NV.
Lovely fve-rOOm and bath apartment with
porch. Beautiful outlook and surroundings
Front apartment: in high-class building Price.
$500 Reasonable cash payment and monthly
payment OF So4. covers interest, payments on
principal and building opera tIon charges.
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D. C. ACREAGE

8. G. 1ERE1GE-LOTS Or BLOCKS
aaTsr shSlsss1sr PHI s. II, = euildsf. CLOVER
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Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc.
s13 18th St NV Main o43O
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Ask any cooperative owner.
Evening star., 1921-11-16

HAVING PCRCHASED 4 LARGER H0ME
desire 10 sell at once one of the best bull
houses ir the city. Located in 16th Str'-
gSod- rooms. tile bath: hot-water heat
| electric lights; large attic; sleeping pore.
| hardwood GJors. Have reduced price to ca
for immediate sale. VIII make terms wit.
.espons bic party. Possession at once. A.!
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SPLENDID o-FAMILY Apt; EACH APT
8 r., b.: good location: renting for $lO5
price. $500: terms; property cost $4,000
THOMAS P. BROWN, 617 AZ st. s.w.
Evening star., 1921-11-16

WANTED-DEsK ROOM; VICINITY 18th ST.
Not over SIG Ststs psraeuisxA Address Box
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H. r. HOWENSTEIN CO.,
1914 F Street NV.
IN PETWORTH-DETACHE SIX ROOMS:
hardwood foqrs: hot-waler heat: large loI; i'm.
mediate possession. RnRERT HEATER.
Colorado bldg. Phone Msin 1904. Franklin
1888.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18

But one day she happened to tell a man
where to 30 and find thousand dollars he
had lost. He went to the spot. found the
money, Just as she said he would, and in
his burst of enthusiasm he told the facts
TO the newspapers.
The first thing we knew" said Mrs.
Dennis, I'VE were being flooded with visi-
tors and letters Up to date Eugene has
received more than $4,000 letters. We
have this extra room here piled full of let.
tiers in boxes and baskets and bundles, and
thousands of them have never been opened
and probably never win be. Eugene. you
know, is a school girl and must give her
time to her studies"
But In spite OF the feeling Of the family
that the child must not have her education
Interrupted there Is a throng in and about
the Dennis cottage every afternoon when
school Is over. Men, women and children
of all grades Of society call-some merely
out OF curiosity and others because they
want to enlist the childs peculiar faculties
in their behalf.
Here are some OF the exploits which are
claimed to have been accomplished by the
girl:
MIS- DlIa mayer, nving IN the nome OF
Eugene Howe, publisher of the Globe"
Atchison's only daily newspaper, last
Christmas was the recipient OF diamond
studded brooch, She had worn 1t only once
when she lost II.
Lets try that Dennis girl" some one Of
the family suggested, more doubling than
believing and moro Joking than serious.
"An right. let's" said another
Mrs. Thayer called the Dennis home on
the telephone. She explained about the
brooch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18

RI A SIX Gene" Is the answer suggested
thousand times day all over
the city Of Atchison, Kansas,
and the neighboring countryside.
Gene Is the rather pretty little sixteen
year old high school girl Of Atchison who
has astonshed the community by what
seem 10 be almost miraculous powers Of
solving mysteries and pointing to the hid
ing place of lost jewels and valuables.
Miss Gene lives In a five-room cottage
furnished very, simply by her mother and
father. Mr.. Dennis is a woodw6rker and
is storing away in little trunk In the attic
the ever-increasing pile OF dollars which
grateful people have given the girl In &C
acknowledgement of her mysterious services
to them. 49,
The family are Of a rather religious turn
of mind and are inclined to credit some
Divine influence as the explanation of Miss
Eugene's remarkable powers. There is no
table tipping, spiritualistic trance nonsense,
no darkened room or other hokus-pOkus
surrounding the child or her parents or
her home at No. South Fifth street In
Atchison.
Mrs. Dennis declares that the child be-
gan showing her remarkable powers when
she was only two years old. 1t was then
that she began pointing out the hiding
nlaces of lost articles. The neighbors heard
about this and frequently consulted her
about Affairs In their own households.
when the child became Of school age
she acquired some notoriety among her
schoolmates. and the other children began
talking about her as being "spooky,' This
hurt Eugene's feelings and she concealed
her peculisr faculties as much as possible.
But of late the child's fame has spread.
Until recently her exploits we're confined
10 matters Of rather small importance.
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told of desperation in a search for lost
cameo, a family heirloom.
The youthful seeress suggested search
through the garden
so often things like that are swept or
carried out in trash" she said. Look for
a bright-colored bit Of paper"
Next day came letter saying thescameo
was found in bit of twisted crepe paper
of bright green hue.
The next exploit was Of different nature.
A. L. Partridge, OF near McCune, Kan,
had read of land owners In other parts Of
the State becoming rich over night By dis
covery Of oil on their land. He could not
finance the drilling necessary TO determine
whether there was oil on his place.
He read OF the finding OF the jewelry by
Eugene Dennis and wondered why she
also could not find oil II there was any to
find.
=, He went to see her.
The slip of girl wouldn't have known
ming down the gutter in front of her home.
She never had seen an oil rig" She never
had opened textbook on geology
"Oil?" she said, meeting the farmers
question with a question. "dil' Well, sup.
pose you take 100 steps straight west from
the back door OF your homo, then take
thirty Of them 10 the south and sink well.
I believe there's oil there"
The fact that the girl never had seen the
Partridge farm didn't stump the farmer.
Neither did his neighbors scoff at the sug-
gestion, They pitched in and started a
well. They had to borrow money to com
IN, ,as, - a.. -
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ing treasure on their place and would be
back after II. The story went that he
never had returned.
The Bowmans consulted Eugene DenniA
"That money As buried in the cellar on
your place" the girlsa
"But there is no cellar" protested the
farmer, believing that for once the girl had
failed.
There must behind IT," she said.
A few days later a neignbor remembered
that there once had been cellar under a
building which had stood on the site now
occupied by q big red barn.
The Bowmans began to dig. Spare hours,
for weeks were used in spading up earth
under the barn. A shed was moved and
finally the walls of the old cellar were
found.
And then the treasure-it was bundle
Of bills Of large ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS they
were Confederate bills. Anyhow, the girls
uncanny instructions had borne fruit.
Mrs Jennie Gray, of Virginia avenue,
Kansas CITY. lost one Of her most priced
possessions--not jewelry. not an heirloom,
but squawky old parrot.
She went to Atchison to consult Eugene
Dennis.
"You're French" said the seeress.
yes" replied the Kansas City woman.
Let It be said here that Eugene is au-
jthority for the statement she does not
know one French word from another. She
says she could not arrange her high school
courses so as to study It.
But she broke into voluble. gestculating
French, and believes she told the Kansas
City woman where to find the parrot
Eugene doesn't know what she did say.
Couldn't understand my own chatter"
she said. But she must have found the
bird, for she sent me ten-dollar bill the
next day"
J. L. Edwards, Of Sabetha. Kan. sold
some livestock In the city, but, arriving
at home, discovered the money was gone,
as was his purse.
The Atchison girl was visiting in Sabe-
tina few days later The stockman went
to see her. egs
Look up a man with a suitcase with
spots on It," the girl said. That's the
best can tell right now, but will say, the
money is in the suitcase"
She added the suitcase was IN home
not far from Edwards's home.
Next week, while trading at place near
his own, Edwards stumbled across spot
ted suitcase In the hall.
He asked about It.
"Oh, that's Just an old empty suitcase
that some one threw on the train at the
station the other night" explained the
host. II Just picked It up and thought 1t
would be handy to carry Junk in"
Edwards obtained permission to open 1t.
There, under the lining was his purse and
his money.
The Atchison seeress happened to be In
Kansas City ut the time 100000 former
doushboys were crowding the hotels and
homes while attending the third national
convention OF the American Legion.
Two Of her Atchison acquaintances we're
arrested In the lobby OF the Hotel Muehle-
bach Zone Of Kansas City's most stately
hotels).
:. Eugene At the time was walking through
the lobby on her way to a banquet room
where she was 10 appear that evening as
the chief attraction Of the programme Of
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Have you any
purple UaTnsntsf''
asked the girl.
Mrs. Thayer was
sbout to reply IN
the negative when
suddenly she 70
msmbersd she had
discarded . ruepls
wrap.
But ] don't
know where the
wrap is,' she said
in perplexity.
Look In . small
box in the lower
right hand drawer
Of the dresser In
the back bedroom"
said the high
school girl.
Mrs.. Thayer hur
ried to the place
Indicated and found
the brooch en-
TANGLED in the
wrap.
That night the
Ate hison paper
/ printed the story.
The next d AZ
the mails " ere
flooded with letters
from persons who
wanted help m
finding lost Jew
elry.
The first letter
opened ut the Dem
mis- home was one
from Mrs. 4. L.
Zimmerman, No.
TOO Utah street.
Hiawatha, Kan. Il
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Another Photograph of
Miss Eugene.

the Ladies' Dining Club. composed of rep
resentative clubwomen of Kansas City,
a The Atchison boys had participated in
college boy parade through the CORR
doris Of the hotel. They were charged with
disturbing the peace.
plead guilty" the girl said to one as
policeman led him away.
plead NOT guilty. she said to the
other
The one instructed to plead guilty fol-
lowed her suggestion and was freed in
police court. The other disregarded her
suggestion. He pleaded guilty and was
fined SO.
And that brings us to Eugene Dennis's
new source OF income.
She has become the rage" of Kansas
City society and clubwomen.
There is no school in Atchison Saturs
days. Almost every Friday night sees the
high school Junior passenger on a train
that runs to Kansas City in an hour and
q half
These Friday nights find the Atchison
girl at dinners or banquets or house parties
where she reads minds, helps find the lost
and once in q while attempts to read the
future.
At q recent dinner OF the Women's City
Club, Of Kansas City, Eugene stood at the
head Of long table for an hour and an
swered questions fired at her in rapid
succession by the members.
Kansas City business women, society
pfo nd To
where tgsaAd lost articles and how to win
success In their various endeavors.
That her answers carry weight is indi-
Gated by the fact that she has engagements
for weeks ahead.
At q recent dinner one of the guests was
Mrs. Nellie MCGEE Nelson, No. 500 Knick-
erbocker place. Mrs. Nelson is wealthy
and lives In one of the most sumptuous
apartments in Kansas Citys most exclu-
sive apartment house section.
She learned OF the great ambition OF
Eugene Dennis-to become versed in syn
thetic psychology. SO now every time that
Eugene goes to Kansas City she is a guest
in the home of Mrs. Nelson. Whenever
Eugene has time she spends Saturday with
Mrs. Nelson.
She is learning synthetic psychology.
The dollars are clinking into the old
trunk. 80
In the meantime the people of the Mid
west are watching poor little Kansas girl
of sixteen concentrating her every effort
toward rebuilding the love of rich Chicago
ans whom she never has seen, but with
whom she expects soon to communicate
In some strange way
Also, in the meantime, Kansans in large
numbers are blessing the girl whose
humble homeiy advice is finding for them
everything from lost thimbles to purses of
money worth thousands.
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plete It, but-score big one for Eugene
Dennis They struck on.
Samuel Brancato, No. 49, East Sixth
street, Kansas City. recently received an
Inheritance from italy. Mistrusting banks.
be obtained the money. several thousand
dollars, IN cash aud took Il home.
TIE prohibition enforcement officers
wsrs Q wee bit lax and that night there
IVES . celebration at the Brancato home
money could. not be found. Members OF
the family and detectives hunted high and
low. Brsncato remembered reading about
the Atchison girl. He telephoned her.
Quick over the wire came these words:
go to the back door of your home.
Turn to the right. Lift the lid from an old
metal barrel. LOOK half way down in the
rags and things in the barrel"-
Brancato didn't wait to hear any more
He found the money in the barrel.
Guess must have hid II there myself"
he explained, -but never would have
found It II that girl hadn't told me-"
Brancato motored to Atchison to see and
reward the young woman. Some bright
new bills went into the Dennis trunk.
J. q. Murray. Of Atchison. had obtained
as part settlement Of damage suit against
q railroad an annual pass on that road for
himself and wife. II was highly valued,
for they travelled q great deal. Ono day
the pass was missing They could not nnd
II at home or Office.
They doubted, but decided to try asking
Eugene Dennis.
That's easy.N the girl said. "Just look
ND that deed you put IN Z safety box last
week. The pass must have been folded
up in that"
Moro dollars clinked into the Dennis
trunk in the attic.
Mrs. Julia Merritt operates Atchison's
largest hotel
II lust can't find my ring" she said when
It came her turn one recent afternoon as
Eugene was answering questions at her
home. ut was my wedding ring.
wouldn't lose II for the world"
"Try taking apart the drain pipe Of your
kitchen sink" suggested the girl
An hour later a plumber found the ring
Mrs. Charles Nestler that week moved
to Atchison from another State. For years
she had been seeking q brother from whom
she was separated in childhood.
"He's IN q cold country-must be Can
ada" said the young woman. Hes had
an accident. He's crippled. But he's going
to be rich He's to have big income from
something he has made"
The statement about the brother being
crippled caused Mrs. Nestler to believe the
injury might have been received In the
world war. She started an inquiry that
reached to the Canadian army hospitals,
in one Of which her brother was found
recovering from amputation Of . leg in
which he had been wounded. And, sure
enough, he was growing wealthy from
royalties on an invention.
Edgar L. Bowman, owner OF a large farm
near Leavenworth, Kan, and his two sons
often had talked over . report that some
money had been buried on their place dur.
ins the Civil War. A "rcLcl," ~ the Con.
federates were called In Kansas, was being
chased by "redlegs" Kansas State troops
OF the Union side), and the story was that
he had stopped over night at the Bowman
homestead and had told members Of the
family long since dead, that he was bury
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plete IT, but-soors big one for Eugene
Dennis-they struck on
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-08-24
LEBANON LUTHERAN CHURCH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

August ,23-Mr. and Mrs. Enock
Lndholm and children returned last
week from a few days visit with the
formers parents at Harris, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hanson and
two children returned to Renville on
Thursday after several days visit
with Mrs. Hanson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Horne.
Miss Harriet Sandell who has been
spending her vacation with her par.
ents here, departed last Wednesday
for New Prague where she is employ.
ed as telegraph operator.
VIM. Olson and daughters, Misses
Anna and Rebecca, returned Tuesday
of last week from a several days auto
trip thru northern Minnesota
Mrs. Clara Quarnstrom and niece
Miss jeanette Anderson, returned
here Saturday from weeks visit with
relatives in St. Paul. Mrs. Quarn.
strom will visit relatives here a few
days before retuEning to her home at
Halstad.2 7'-@~' - =: :.~~>s,
tMr. and Mrs. H. o Thorvig are the
happy parents of son born to them
Tuesday, Aug. 10th.
C. Rosacker and daughter Alice and
Mrs. J., H. Carter and children re-
turned Wednesday from visit with
relatives at Terril, and Dickens, Ia.
Chas. C.. Olson and sons, |Russe
and Louis of Eagle Bend visited rela
tiyes and friends here the first Of the
week..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-08-24

Mrs. Leverentz visited at P. G. Glib
sons Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Roy Broman of Atwa-
ter visited at Charles Hawkinson' S
on Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Forsman and daughter
Abigail and Pearl Hagen visited at G.
P. Ericson's Sunday.
Mrs. E. Rosen, Mrs. A. E. Blomquist
and children visited at o. BlomQuists
Friday.
VIM. A. Lindquist was a Willmar
caller Saturday.
P. J. Gibson and daughter Effie Wis
tied at o. w. Olson's at Paynesville
Sunday.
Rev.. Nordell's entertained company
for dinner Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Johnson visited
at the latter's parental home Sunday.
Marvin Ericsson made a pleasant
call at Carrie Johnson Sunday eve.
mr.. and Mrs. R. W. julius and dau
ghter Adeline of Fairfax, Mr. and
Mrs. o. Blomquist and family, Mrs
Andrew He'd, Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Rem,
strom Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Lindqust
Erick Blomquist and Mr.. and Mrs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-08-24
ROSELlLLIAN

August 22-Mr. and Mrs. Ture Carl
son visited relatives and friends in
the twin cities last week.
Nimrod and Lambert Rodelius made
pleasant call at G. P. Ericson's on
Tuesday evening.
VIM. A. Blomquist visited at his
parental home Wednesday eve.
Ruth LindQuist of Willmar is al
present visiting at Oscar Olson's.
Esther Stromberg of Milaca visited
at A. M. Renstrom's few days last
week.
II. I. Aspaas and O. Blomquist were
.Willmar callers Wednesday.
Evelyn Carlson of Milaca visited
relatives and friends in this vicinity
last week.
Mrs. Anderstrom and daughter
Alice of Willmar visited at E. Rosens
Thursday.
Lewis Larson of Clarissa visited al
Ole Blomquists Wednesday eve.
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new LONDON

INTERNATIONAL. CARTOON CO..

The fire marshall of St. Paul was
in this village last Thursday. He con-
damned the village hall for moving
picture shows. The new town hall is
being rushed.
Miss Lois Vandiver of Minneapolis
arrived Monday for a few days visit
at the w. c. Banker home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gunderson and
sister Mrs. Morris Casperson return.
ed Monday from an auto trip to Wor.
Ellington to visit Dr. and Mrs. Myron
F. Cramer.
Thomas Crane, of st. Paul, the
popular steam shovel engineer last
season, spent Wednesday here on bu
siness.
Frank w. Johnson and wife OF
Graceville visited last week with re.
latives, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Polmap
Rev. E. M. Hanson and family Wis
tied at Brandon last week.
Alpha and Lila Olson, Arnold Gus
trud and, Clifford Ergenst motored to
Big Lake last Friday. Miss Alpha
will teach in the Big Lake school this
coming school year. Miss Lila has a
high position in the music department
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Raenna Buroker of St. Paul was a
guest at the Emil Hallberg home from
Saturday until Monday.
Burton Larson is spending some
time at his uncle's home, the Jalma1
Larson home, in Dovre township.
Miss Nancy Peterson was bust
ness visitor at Willmar Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Magnuson OF
Woodruff, Ill.,, were guests Tuesday
of last week of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. e
COvel.
James and Julia Johnson autoed
over to Brooten Wednesday to spend
day with their nephew, Oliver John.
son and wife. Vennie Johnson &C
companied them on their return.
The Lewis Eckman family and Mrs.
Peter Ecklund visited at the A. p.
Berglund home at Pennock Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nelson and two