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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
Mice and Mateb.e. En-.

Rochester, July 20.--An appetite Is
very dangerous thing according to
some people, but especially so If It
Is mis- directed. Such was the case
last night when the peculiar desires
of several mice sought satisfac >,n
in a box of matches which was stor-
ed in the attic of the John Kelly
home, on Sixth Avenue Sc. The
friction of their teeth against the
sulphur tips soon started a blaze
which burned its way through "a pile
OF old clothes. No one had visited
the attic yesterday and no cause can
be assigned to the starting of the
Are but that the mice ignited the
matches.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
Tower Tender Run Down
rSpecial To The Free Pres,

Especial To The Free Press.l
Granite Falls. Minn,. July 30
John Albrecht, signal tower tender
here, had q narrow escape from
death when he was run down by q
time freight on the Great Northern
road. Albrecht was riding on his
speeder inspecting the wires In the
vicinity Of his tower and did not
hear the fast approaching train.
His machine was wrecked and Al
brecht was thrown for some dis
lance. Physicians said that no
bones had been broken but his body
was badly bruised and ont and 1t Is
feared that he was internally IN
jured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
JUDGMENT WAS UPHE LID
Damage For Death Jack Lenyk By
500 Train Affirmed
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.]

IA55ONIdLGU ISob IISp1LIII.J
st. Paul, July 20.-The contention
or Anton Anderson, administrator
of the estate of Jack Lenyk that the
deceased came to his death as a re-
suit of negligence by the Minneapo-
lis, ST. Paul. and Sault Ste. Marie
Railway company was upheld, to-.
day, by the state supreme court
which affirmed the judgement of
$4,000 granted by the Kittson coun-
ty district court.
Lenyk was killed on March g.
1921, when the gasoline speeder on
| which he was riding was derailed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
HINTS B0JN) DER
He Must Answer To the Charge OF
VIOLATING Liquor Laws

he MUST Answer 20 inc SnaTSS VI
Violating Liquor Laws
Otto Hintz OF Mankato township,
charged with illegal possession OF
intoxicants and apparatus for the
manufacture Of moonshine, was ar
raigned before Judge William
Stradtmann in the municipal court
this afternoon on that charge. He
waived examination and was bound
ever to await the action Of the
grand jury at the November term
of the district court. His bond was
placed at $500.
Gust Johnson. a partner Of Hirtz
who was arrested on July II. the
day OF the raid on the Frank Guth-
rie farm, rented by the defendants
was still being held in the county
jail pending his hearing. which
came up this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
SOME PARTY, THEY SAY
Hilarious Time Was Had ALONG
Washington Lake Shore.


A carousing gang OF nearly a
dozen men and women, some of
them married, from MdnIaco, held
a night of drunken reve;ry at one
OF the lake cottages about twelve
miles east OF Mankato, last 5atur-
day night, says The Lake Crystal
Tribune Window lights were broken,
in fact about everything breakable
inside the cottage was damaged.
During the early morning hours a
delegation of tourists from Waterloo,
Iowa, told the bunch to cut out their
indecencies, and the women lost no
time in leaving camp. However, the
men later decided they had been
highly insulted in having their party
broken up by the Iowa delegation
and at about 500 a. m, half cloth
ed, called on the tourists for retrac-
ton. But at the point of revolver
they decided they had met their
Waterloo" and retreated with as
much dignity as possibfo.
This week the owner Of the cot
tage was paid a good sum of dam
ages by members of the drunken
party which will put big crimp in
their vacation fund for some time to
come. Registry numbers Of the au-
tos are available to the sheriff and
the ,mammas and sweeties Of this
bunch if they are wanted, together
with other information. A payment
or property damage will not always
satisfy the pua..G. Mankato papers
please copy, and help protect your
decent me4, women an children who
are at the lakes, says The Lake
Crystal Tribune.
Shortly after one o'clock today,
someone who declined to give his
name called up The Free Press and
threatened to withdraw his adyer
Using from this paper if the above
story was republished. The Free
Press cannot be silenced by any
such threat. According to reports
that have reached this office the
affair to which The Lake Crystal
Tribune refers was decidedly dis
graceful, and it is not to be won
dered at that the participants there
in are not anxious to have 1t talk
ed about in the public prints.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
KILLED BEN2AGED BULL
Park Rapids Farmer re. Death In
Pasture This Morning.

Park Rapids, Mimi, July 90
William T. Green, Becker county
farmer, eight miles west Of here,
was killed this morning by an en-
ragged bull when he went to the
pasture early today for the cattle.
When he failed to return his wife
set out to search for him and found
him dead. His body was mangled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
Aeed Lady Cast Ballot

Winnebago, July 20.--Mrs. Martin
Thatcher, aged ninety. six years,
thought enough of her franchise to
come up town Monday and cast her
ballot for Governor J. A. o. Preus
for United States senator Mrs.
Thatcher was born in Vermont In
1927. Her father voted for Thomas
Jefferson for President. She takes
=. keen interest in all the affairs OF
the day, despite her great age, and
Keeps posted on all current events.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
LIarveat Heln Wanted

TIott!nger county, North Dakota,
tarvest the crops In that part of
North Dakota. which are said to be
the best In years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27
Or6enisme

Machines Tor the detection of the
deadly carbon monoxid gas, for use
In American mines, are now being
tested, ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-07-27

Only place man can write tel
egram In two seconds is on the mo-
vie screaus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20
co u N r TEN
BEFORE
. RossING the street back

~ ROSSING the street back
wards.
Inviting a revenue friend
to an affair.
Talking to the servant like
you'd like to talk to your wife.
Changing the water in the gold
fish bowl.
Reading the subtitles aloud at
the movies. ~.
Inviting a woman to play poker.
Teaching the eat to climb on
- your head
Using your knife on a restau-
,sTant steak. -.:
~ss Filling your pipe in the parlor.
Wearing your specs on your hip
pocket. -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

There are $4,000 swapping tur-
ties in the State of New. York,
but practically none of them have
ever been seen playing a saxo-
phone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

That friend of the chief with
the very pleasant smile, paid the
office another visit after a long
absence. And 1 smiled back.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

I'd just as soon be the wife of
o night Waterman as to marry a
chronic poker player.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Educator says that very few
women have a mind Of their own.
This is probably due to the fact
that the average woman Is al
ways willing to give other people
u piece of her mind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

oea The boss wife has sprung a
" new spring outfit that would look
. Z fine on somebody who weighed
about seventy pounds fewer than
she does.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

| see where dame has cracked
q record by dancing twenty-seven
hours and something. That's
nothing. I've been dancing
around pretty lively since hit
this office, but nobody hands me
any first-page notices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20
EZRA OBSERVES

T ATTEST man in the village
= has woke up ag'in an is
busy foolin' with his fish
lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Deacon Spriggs got a lead quar-
ter passed on him t'other day.
He's goin' round denouncin' the
I" wicked worsen ever.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

ar I don't know nothin' that could
make Grover Carberry Whittle
more unhappy as not havin' a
crease in his pants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

G. o. p. leaders claim they have
always espoused protection for an
imals, but there are. no cases on
record where an elephant. has
voted the Republican ticket. on
election day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

There are lot of people who
blow their own horns to beat the
pa band.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

~ never seen a bird what needed
70 take singin' lessons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

The boss wife came in again
yesterday. I'll say she looked us
over pretty carefully. / hope she
managed to get a tip or two on
real style.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

- Evelina Cynthy Spratt has got
cat what took a prize at a city
show. But it can't begin to make
ss much noise as Browns Tom, an
he never took no prize nor nothin'.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Twenty-Five college boys say
hey have never been kissed; and
yet there are people who win talk
to you for hours about the advan-
tages of higher education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Mrs. smith-I'm glad long
skirts win be worn this season.
Mrs. Brownies. I'm knock
kneed. too!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

As q general rule the fellows
we call fatheads are those who
happen to be our bosses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

It took Noah 1e0 years to build
the Ark. and even then he forgot
o install q bathtub.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

There's on thing we can't under
stand about a blue law agitator.
II you accuse him Of being q
CRATER he turns red.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

The woman who would give
her last penny to get perfect
figure wouldn't give q cent to
cook q perfect meal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

On April 81, 1892, the presi-
dent of a Detroit Ice company
decided to hire only old men
because the young drivers talked
to the customers cooks too much.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20
|. FLIPS FROM
A FLAPPER
By Flossie Flapper

WY HY will fat ladies insist
s,~ !" upon wearing things that
w. w make them look worse?
s5tis
So I'll bet that new bridegroom
=, has to ask the boss daughter
60 when he wants carfare or ciga-
rette money. Amt it awful?
I see where a dame has cracked
a record by dancing twenty-seven
hours and something. That's
nothing. I've. been dancing
around pretty lively since I hit
this office, but nobody hands me
any first-page notices.
There are lot of people who
Sfssblow their own horns to beat the
band.
?ea The boss wife has sprung a
"snew spring outfit that would look
fine on somebody who weighed
about seventy pounds fewer than
:, she does.
Charlie A. is going around now
adays calling people "old pine
apple" Thinks that makes him
awfully English and screamingiy
bright. Not so, old top.
Miss S., who is in the thirty
class, is smitten on a young man
in an office across the hall, who
wears a green hat and gray spats.
Well, they do say there's a loony
: streak in every one of US. Boy,
u page the keeper!
Many solitaire has been
given to false alarm. And boobs
are still born in large numbers.
Somehow, when look the
world over more or less carefully,
wonder what all the shootin's
fer.
80 -
ssss / think I shall have to make
the acquaintance of an aviator.
It must be thrilling to get up so
high you can look down on every
body.
I have noticed that the bozo
who tries to kill two birds with
Y one stone sometimes misses EN-
both and puts it through a glass
sashouse.
Those three girls over in the
corner do more talking than a
photograph store. And I'll bet
that what they're saying isn't
worth picking UP.
The boss wife came in again
yesterday. I'll say she looked us
over pretty carefully. / hope she
managed to get a tip or two on
real style.
That friend Of the chief with
the very pleasant smile paid the
office another visit after a long
absence. And I smiled back.
I'd just as soon be the wife of
q q night Waterman as to marry a
chronic poker player
EZRA OBSERVES
ATTEST man in the village
has woke up ag'in an is
- busy foolin' with his fish
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Restaurant owner says we
should be more generous In tip
ping a waiter. Sometimes. the
only way to get results Is to tip
him right off his balance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20
BELIEVE TT?

~ N February 90, 1898, q SYRIA
cuse girl refused to let her
~ escort carry her : vanity
case because she was afraid it
might get his coat pocket out Of
shape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

The worlds greatest pessinist
is the fellow who saw Babe Ruth
hit home run with two on base
for the first time last season and
expected the umpire to cali it a
foul.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

WY HY will fat ladies insist
! " / upon wearing things that
) w make them look worse?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

On April 81. 1921. a bankrupt
French nobleman broke his en-
gagement with a millionaire's
daughter because she insisted on
eating spaghetti with her fingers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Polly Pilkins reports as how
skies goin' to give a barn dance
an it will be. the SWEETEST affair
ever seen hereabouts. Beats all
how much energy these here gals
kin put into somethin' that don'h
git nobody nowheres.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Ike Dibbs. the village cut-up.
b, has went and got him a job help
In in Bobbs' grocery. 1 kin see
: rough goin' ahead for Bobbs an
the customers better keep their
eyes peeled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Charlie A. is going around now
adays calling people "old pine
apple" Thinks that makes him
awfully English and screamingiy
bright. Not so, old top.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Indications point to q record
number of June Brides this year.
according to a survey Of a society
reporter. Looks like lot OF law
yers wives are going to get
those fur coats their husbands
promised them. after All!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

On Juns 81. 1899. a Rosto~
bank president told his employee
to knock off work at noon %
they could all take in the horse
races.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Those three girls over in the
corner do more talking than
photograph store. And Til bet
that what they're saying isn't
worth picking UP.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

This play is too. highbrow."
said the manager. :It'll 60 over
the heads Of your audiences and
no one win 80 to see It."
81 have an idea them" returned
the author. I'm have it trans
lated into Russian ana wen turn
the crowds awayg' 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

On November 81. 1884. q New
York landlady complained to the
health department because her
roomers were not using enough
soap and hot water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

On February 80. a Congress
man from idaho refused to let a
movie camera man take his pic
ture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

On September 81, 1891. q. Chi
cago boy took poison because his
father insisted on helping him
with his home work. instead Of
letting him do It himself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20
HAVE A SMILE
WITH US
BY Nat N. Dorfman.

~ AN0B 4NS OA = AeA4M4o
]" HEY have q new slogan in .
popular Broadway cabaret.
whenever q revenue agent
enters q guard who looks after
the safety OF the patrons shouts
Watch your hip!"
No. man can do two things at
the tame time. but every vita
expects her husband to be the
exception.
What the world needs Is more
oDtimists and fewer ultimatums.
The woman who would give
her last penny to get q perfect
figure wouldn't give q cent to
cook q perfect meal.
AS q general rule the fellows
we call fatheads are those who
happen to be our bosses.
-
Indications point to q record
number Of June Brides this year.
according to a survey Of society
reporter. Looks like a lot OF law
yers wives are going to get
those fur coats their husbands
promised them after ali!
A Fellow in Ohio has found .
new way OF beating the income
nus comp@ny q an eiastlc sal
= :. 'ossleu ail ISr - =.
= - ~ ~" ny ts. = ls.s'1y "
W ~ up'cs
.Srh,. -. ,,
= eoo nus nOlO"'
- -, y su' .enoss aiu
- W VA. 81 y sos H.
naVe an loea tnen, returned
the author. IN have 1t trans
Iaeeo INTO RUSSIAN ana Wen turn
tne crO"us aWay
Ineres on tning We can't under
STAND ABOUT q blue law agitator.
srarter ne turns red
S-m gao long
res WIN DC worn TINS season.
Mrs, Brownies, I'm knock
The worlds greatest pessfrnist
is the fellow who saw Babe Rufh
hit a home run with two OF, base
for the first time last season and
exnected the unnire tn cali n a
-
Hesfanrant ownar .svs -.
sbo,,Id he mora generous q Tin.
ming a wafer. someti,nes. the
only wav to ret reauIta s. to tin
him right Off his balance, .r
It took Noah 1eO years to build
the Ark, and even then he forgot
o install q bathtub.
Tvuaufv.fvv0 nofIaCs tarrSs sau
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

>. I'll bet that new bridegroom
has to ask the boss daughter
when he wants carfare or ciga-
rette money. Amt it awful?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

ifS have noticed that the bozo
& who tries to kill two birds with
I one stone sometimes misses 'em
both and puts it through glass
! f9shouse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

A fellow in Ohio has found q
new way of beating the income
tax. He made his wife treasurer
o. his company at an elastic sal
airy 50 It covered all her c. %. d.
purchases and now he's ready to
60 into bankruptcy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Many solitaire has been
given to a false alarm. And boobs
are still born in large numbers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

What the world needs Is more
optimists and fewer ultimat1ms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Miss S., who is in the thirty
class, is smitten on a young man
in an office across the hall, who
wears a green hat and gray spats.
Well, they do say there's loony
streak in every one of us. Boy,
page the keeper!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

tsst / think shall have to make
the acquaintance of an aviator.
It must be thrilling to get up so
high you can look down on every
body.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

Somehow, when I look the
world over more or less carefully,
! wonder what all the shootin's
fer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

No. man can do two things at
the same time. but every wifa
expects her husband to be the
exception.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-20

]" HEY have q new slogan In .
popular Broadway cabaret.
- whenever revenue agent
enters q guard who looks after
the safety OF the patrons shouts
Watch your hip!"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-09
CARFARE IN BERLIN

A lot of San Antonio people who
think they are imposed upon because
they have to carry a pocketful of pen
mics in order to pay six cents carfare
should take lesson from Berlin. Over
in the German city the other dav. they
raised the street car fare without warn-
ing. 1t was raised from 100000 marks
to 100000 marks effective October 10.
With one billion marks worth one Amer
lean dollar. it can be seen readily enough
that the Berlin street car owners are
not robbing their patrons exactly. But
think OF the enormous amount of money
1t is necessary to carry around with YOU
when you want to ride street car in
Berlin. y
What puzzles us too, is where the con-
ductor stores all of the 100000 marks
that he takes in for each individual fare
and how long people have to stand on
the corner waiting while the street car
man makes change for a patron.
After a rush hour trip. street car in
Berlin must be so full of cash fares that
there isn't much room for the patrons.
Troublesome as it may seem therefore
counting pennies is much pleasanter than
counting marks. San Antonio's six cent
street car fare is easy when compared
with Berlin's.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-09
CHAPTER Nv.

Charlie plodded along IL, oil-soaked
highways following those elusive tire
tracks. The June afternoon which in
his leafy tree-top had seemed a fore
taste of heaven. out here on the reek-
ing road was-Well. it was not.
Charlie swore himself finally to a
garage about three miles down the
road. There. leading up to the gaso-
line reservoir and pump in front of the
place were four tire ira ks. three
smooth and one corrugated. which he
had lost for the last half mile in the
cross-hatchings of traffic.
As he pushed his motorcycle in at
the door of the garage. the first thing
he saw was the flivver showed back
against the wall. No possibility of n
mistake. with those tell-tale tires. and
the license plate, No. 2155633, staring
him in the face.
As Charlie explained the difficulty
with his motorcycle. he took quick stock
of the man from the dented derby that
on his head to the soles of his spat-
tered shoes.
So far his sole response to Charles
story of hard luck-certain details
modified-had been an indifferent
grunt.
To Charlie impassivity was always
n challenge. Wooden stares and bot
tled-up silences were spurs to his in
genuity.
So as his tongue wagged on in the
recital of his adventures. he was think
ing. The one infalliblc appeal TO an
automobile man was the chance to
make sale and pocket comfortable
commission.
Charlie had already represented him
self as canvasser takiE; orders for
"put-it- together-yourself" furniture !;
and he now deftly turned to an ac-
count of his fictitious tribulations in
this calling.
"What | need" he said. "is half I
dozen or so different lines of household
necessities. I'd be sure to catch 'em
somewhere along the line.
"But the trouble with that" he
pulled ait his lip. sis. that I'd have ~
carry such raft of samples. I've been
wondering if it wouldn't pay me to
chuck the old motorcycle. and. buy me
a nice little car that could load VI,
with my stuff"
The CLEAN OF venal interest he had
anticipated. frightened the garage
keepers dull eye. and for the first time
he unbent to articulate sDeech.
"Sure looks like good business to
me-" he agreed. "An' 'twouldn't cost
you no more to run car than it does
your motorcycle"
Except for the first expense aid
Charlie. "No; l don't suppose II