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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-02
THE MIRAGE

Although the Leviahan the great liner operated by the
United States launched after recondtionng
under suspicious circumstances and with volume of free
advertising that would bring envy to the thoughts of
private merchant marine OPERATOR report of the Shipping
Board discoses that the liner shares with other
huge loss of the and operated
eet In the net result of the eight trials which she made
during the past before running aground in New York
harbor her books show loss $7O897 This is simply
in operation making allowance for interest the million
spent in making her of the most attractvey equipped
ships the Neither allowance made for the
.repar necessitated by her accident in the harbor
Millions of money spent in recondtoning the Levia-
than the hope that she would other losses of
the government fleet But she failed under suspicious
cumstances. There does not in view of this situation
to be much hope that the United States Shipping
Board continue to operate vessels except
a loss, to be made up by taxpayers.
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&&hefhn8l61

| ney Carton is going to visit US as
soon as l get back home. l hope
this is true, but you know how many
times he has made you such a prom
Use.
l am glad he is coming to US. Hav-
ing only seen him once, want to
| know him better. I've got some
| spiffy new clothes to charm him with.
| want hin: to like me, for l have
an idea that he is the most loyal and
splendid man have ever met.
Do you remember, dear, that jtal-
Gus old cat of Priscilla Bradford.
| and how nearly she came to break
ing up. our marriage? She. did at
least prejudice your mother, very
much against me. She wanted to
marry you herself, wonder where
Oar Priscilla" as YOUR mother used
tn call her, is nov. 49,. >-
Fate was kind to you, Jack dear,
as we'll as to me. Until quite while
after we were married she kept me
ignorant of Paula Perier. / really
thought was the only girl you had
ever loved, and on my wedding day
l was perfectly happy-so happy
that my friend and maid of honor,
Beatrice Grimshaw, told me she was
afraid | could never keep on living
on the heights, in the rarified air of
ecstatic bliss with which seemed. to
have surrounded myself-and I could
not, more's the pity! Now l know
that although l would have been
very unhappy to have known then
that no one ever can live in a con-
slant ecstacy of bliss, yet tonight I
feel our love has really been some
thing very beautiful. know, how
ever, that married life, like every
thing else, needs perspective.
All, husband mine, tonight as sit
here writing, thank God that I was
too much in love with you to let the
greatest unhappiness and the great
est happiness that has ever come
into my life, separate us. That was
our boy. For he is my boy, now,
John, as well as yours, and although
ne Is only mine by adoption, and YOU
are his father in reality, yet + am
sure that you do not love him a.
much as I.
l shall be glad when return be-
cause l want to feel his little arms
ABOUT me, / want to feel his little
wet mouth pressed close to mine. I
used to think at first, dear John
that l could not bear to feel that
ne was your child born in love un-
sanctioned by the world. But must
not write about this, because 1 do
not want to live over those sad. sad
days tonight. I only want to look
forward to our life together when /
have become habit to you-one YOU
cannot break, one you do not want
to break.
Goodnight, dear one,
LESLIE.
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LETTER FROM MRS. LESLIE PRES
COLT TO JOHN ALDEN PRES
COLT

My Husband:
Of course will be home for ou
wedding anniversary. l did not thinl
l was going to stay here in New Yorl
as. long as, this, but you see, dear
ones parents do not come home from
long stay in Europe every day.
Three sventfulF years! Why, Jack
it seems as though l have Away,
been married to you-that you ant
little Jack have always been a par,
of my life. Our whirlwind courtshi1
and hasty marriage are only snatche:
of memory today.
When l get back from New York
to you, dear, am going to look owe,
again those love letters which you
wrote me before the wedding. Dc
you remember them, or are the Jokes
| in the newspapers true?
! kept them all, all those beauti-
full love letters, in which you told
me how desperately lonely you were
without me. remember one para.
graph in particular. After telling me
that you did not think you could live
through those weeks which would
intervene before you could come and
claim me, you said: "And to think
that three weeks ago, my darling,
did not know there was such a gir
as you in all the world"
l kissed those words, Jack, anG
thought no. girl had ever had q
more BEAUTIFUL love letter.
And when you came! remember
the very thrill that almost took my
breath away completely. As l write
tonight l. feel your arms about me
as they were that day, your kisses
on my lips, your caressing words OF
love.
Perhaps you have forgotten the
thrill of that kiss, husband mine
You had had many love affairs be-
for you met me. / found out after
we were married, and at that very
time you were wondering how you
could get your letters back from
Paula Perier-the Paula Perier who
has played such an important part
in our welded life.
mao l known OF her at that time
Jack, l am sure l would never have
married YOU L. wonder, if had
known it, and not married you, would
have married Karl Whitney, my
childhood sweetheart, and now been
jogging along. in luxury with him ?
Instead, as you know, he. is going to
marry my sister Alice.
You would not know Alice, Jack
During her years, abroad she has
grown up into most egostical
young person who lets me see how
very superior she is. to me. am a
little sorry for Karl, for he is al
most sure to be managed until he
is miserable.
You said in your letter that Svd-
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BELGIUM SERVES IT'S OWN

The government Of Belgium has
undertaken on its own behalf to
examine all Belgiars who propose
to emigrate to the United States.
Those who fail to come up to the
standards which will be required
of them at Ellis island are stopped
in Belgium from embarking for this
country. The result is a proper
service to the people of Belgium
by the Belgian government, as well
as valuable assistance to this
country
Other European countries appear
less loyal to their citizens and less
ready to cooperate with the Unit
ed States in the matter of immi-
grafton. At least one of the lar
ger countries has been charged
with encouraging the immigration
of undesirables who, if Ellis island
preserved full vigilance, could not
hope to get into this country.
Until immigrants enter the Unit
ed States they have right 70 ex-
pect protection from their native
land. The Belgian is a Belgian un-
It'll he has taken out his naturaliza-
ton papers in the United States
If there is danger that he may be
forced to undergo sad disappoint-
ment and sorrow by being turned
back at Ellis island, then he has a
right to expect his home land to
protect him from that disappoint-
ment and sorrow. Belgium, it ap-
pear, appreciates this duty which
she owes to her own pepole who
are still her own even though they
contemplate taking up homes in the
United States. 1t would be better
for all concerned if other European
countries displayed as sensible and
conscientious an interest in their
emigrating peoples.-Grand Rapids
Herald.
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1llllll5iimS
:. Says

The average, man has to keen
busy to be happy because if he
stops and thinks his aeon cience
starts hurting him. ~
The average crop of d, cocoanut
tree is 60 nuts. but the crop. Of a
general election varies.
Bad news from England. Most
OF the war weddings. ara failures.
Perhaps they knew how t. fight too
we'll.
No matter how rough the sea of
matrlmony you, can steer safely by
following the chart.
Good people seem to have a hard
time finding something to do.
Few people notice you as long as
you are good, but when you start
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WIZARDS

Fogs be dissolved by scattering electrically treated
sand from arpanes according to latest scientific belief
Government planes are experimenting around Boston,
Ed Howe said that everybody is forever talking
about the weather but does anything about it.
But it not be altogether impossible for future to
regulate his weather materially Some weather experts be-
1eve that we have already changed the climate in eastern
states by irrigation the West-dammng up several hun
dred million of water in regions where evaporation
rapid, thus generating storm centers.
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ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Il want to buy one of those new
things" said Ringtail Coon, coming
into Mister Bags store one day and
marching up to the counter.
whit new things?r laughed
Nancy. do you suppose we sell
old things in this store, Mister Coon,
now do your
Mister Coon looked kind of sheep
ish as he answered, ooh, excuse me!
l know that Of course. But l mean
one of those extra new things where
you have to tack sticks on your
chimney and have a lot of boards
and wires sticking up into the air.
ooh, you mean radio set, don't
you?" said Nick.
"Why, yes" said Ringtail. 81
guess that's it. There's little
wooden box full of twists and knobs
and screws and enough grimcracks
to start hardware store. And you
set it on table and turn something
and it sings and talks and plays
music and everything like that
eyes, that's d radio set you are
talking about" said Mister Bags.
"And you came at exactly the right
time, for have fine Que I just got
in today. Here it is in the show
case. 1t costs two dollars"
"My, my! That's lot Of money"
exclaimed Mister Coon. "That's
about my entire fortune. Couldn' t
you make it a little cheaper, Mister
Storekeeper?"
"Well, i might let you have it for
a dollar and ninety-nine cents" said
Mister Bags, thoughtfully.
Cali right" said Ringtail Coon,
'I'll take it,"
And then there was busy time
for everybody.
Nick and Nancy went home with
the coon gentleman and up to the
place he lived in Old Oak Apart
ments.
Nancy sat on the sofa and looked
at Mister Coon's photograph album
and Nick went outside and tackled
up all the wires and queer wooden
things to the tip top branches Of
the oak tree. e
Pretty soon everything was fixed
and Nick showed Mister Coon how
to run it.
"If you, want to hear somebody
making speech in New York, you
turn the little knob this way he
said. "And if you want to hear
some music in Chicago, you turn it
that way"
Goodness" grasped Mister Coon
"Isn't that just wonderful! New
York must be mile away"
'It's hundreds of miles," said
Nick.
"You don't say SOL" exclaimed
Mister Coon
ayes, sir!" said Nick. ut is. And
if you like you can hear things from
away across the sea. You can get
Africa where the lions and tigers
live just as easy as anything"
"I'd rather not" remarked Ring
tail uneasily.
"That's all right" said Nick. "You
can listen to anything you like" So
he turned the little knob and in
stant1y a band started to play SO
loudly that Mister Coon jumped.
whats that?" he cried, running
to his window and looking out. 81
didn't know this was circus day."
ut isn't" laughed Nancy. "It's
all coming out of your new radio
set"
"Well, I declared" grinned Mister
Ringtail Coon, "Isnst that fine,
though! I'll write some invitations
and ask all my friends In to a
party"
Ito Be Continued)
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RED GARDENIA
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out to borrow trouble the interest is
very high.
The chief trouble with being
man is shaving takes longer than
smearing on little. rouge.
"A conservative estimate would be
that half the fruit jars have held
oooze at one time in their life.
When you start out to get rich
quick you are liable to get poor
quicker.
Another world war in five.vears.
predicts a French general, so we
mad better start passing the bonus
for it now.
"A congressman wants to dispense
with the speech amplifiers in the
mouse, and it strikes us as being a
move in the right direction.
"A man in a new spring suit feels
as conspicuous as If he had lust
had his hair bobbed.
A small town is a place where
ene weather is always worse than
+" mas been since way back yondsr.
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Editorial Review

column may or may not express
the opinion of The Tribune. They
are presented here in order. that
our readers may have both sides
of important issues which are
being discussed in the press Of
the day.
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practical device for backyard driving
practice. This is sold by sporting
goods dealers for about $175.
Copyright, 1924, by w. c. Bachelor
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WHY

If Jefferson alive today what would he say to guide
u.s. He predicted governmental corruption for nation
grown careless while too absorbed in money getting
Jefferson philosopher thought clearly and far into
the future because he reasoned from to effect Today
he'd probably that corruption and necency wherever
hey rear their ugly heads in government the natural
result OF public careessness and Indifference. Eternal Wig
ilance is the price of freedom"
Government is mirror rejecting the public as surely
as newspaper is mirror rejecting it's readers.
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RED GARDENIA

The red gardenia Is as popular
in Paris now as the white one has
been here all spring.
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The first rubber road was laid in
London in 1918 and il still in good
condition:
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FLIGHT

FITGHT
II Police in western Canada find an abandoned airpane
equipped with for landing ice. 1t rugged
TO heavy packages The police think it belonged
fum-runners
Bookkeeping the first branch of criminal activities
use the flying machine Not much imagination required
10 look ahead and picture police planes fighting machine
Battles in the air with fugitive diamond smuggers murder
srs and robbers
The flying policeman and the flying criminal are coming
The most exciting movie in the movie world is the speak
ing film, which, if presented may play havoc with
grammar
great demand for politeness is being caused by it's
Shertage.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-27
LIVINGSTON j..

Mrs. D. C. Morrow, Miss Nellie E..
Livingston and Lauren motored to
PIa. du Chen Sunday afternoon.
The Free Methodist camp meeting
is in session in the village park with
about ten tents. The conference, be-
ginning Wednesday, will be in charge
of Bishop w. A. Sellewe.
Geo. Chamley took James Stewart
to Madison Saturday. Mr.. Stuart is
of the Clay Robinson Co.
Herman Roserere of Kansas City,
Mo-, has joined, Mrs. D. c. Morrow,
whose car he will drive to Kansas
City about the LIST of September
Dr. F. H. Baldwin of Bloomington
was in town one day last week
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson of
Freeport are visiting at the c. W.
Waring home.
Mrs. Albert Kamm of Madison and
children have visited at the A. R. Bid
dick home. They left yesterday for
Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eastman Ellsworth
of Milwaukee passed through town on
Saturday, calling on old friends.
Yesterday, Sunday, an old couple
aged 70 and II, respectively, were
driving car over the same road they
drove covered wagon over so years
ago on their honeymoon.
Mrs. F. S. Kamm and Mrs. Frank
Chandler of Montfort are camping
on the ground and were Joined by
their daughters, Misses Jeanette
Kamm and Beth Chandler.
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VIM. VICTORIA,
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GLEN HAVEN

Yves Brookens of Newton, Ia, has
been visiting at the home of his sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Annie Koecke.
Mrs. T. S. Metcalf and Mrs. Louisa
Orr went to Mt. Hope Sunday to spend
few days with Mrs. Mary Orr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kill of Moline,
Kans., have been visiting at the Jos.
Rauch home.
Mrs. Melvina Toeller of Cedar Rap
ids, Ia, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Gertie Orr
Miss Olga Hodoval of Lancaster has
been visiting friends in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr Walker, daugh-
ter Helen and Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Orion of Lancaster visited friends
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ c. Weaks, daughter
Sylvia and grandson, Gerald Weaks,
drove to Cassville Monday morning
and took in the excursion to Dubuque
on the steamer Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thole and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Vern
Hampton spent Sunday in Cassville.
Miss Agnes thinner returned Sun
day from a visit in Chicago.
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BAGLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clifton of Chi
cago took Mrs. Clifton's mother and
Jennie, Laura and Helen Mrs. Lou
Beer and daughters to Austin, Mimi,
Saturday.
Mrs. John Moore returned home
from Ableman Saturday
Oscar Barnes and wife of Dubuque
visited here over Sunday.
Ed Goodman and family of Du-
buque visited last week at the Fred
Soellner home.
John Soellner was in Dubuque last
week.
Edwin Taylor returned to his home
in Wichita, Kans., last week.
Mrs. Will Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs.
Grant Priedeaux visited here and Mrs.
Taylor accompanied them home to
Madison. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hemp
hill and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilcox
drove to Madison and brought her
home last week Mrs. Taylor while in
Madison went to Monroe and visited
her brother, Frank F'ralick, and fam
lily. Her sister, Mrs. Hope of Lancas-
ter. visited Their at the same time.
Mrs Henry Schmitz and daughters
of Savanna visited here last week.
Eugene Armstrong drove to Ridge
way, Ia, last week. The Armstrong
brothers have given over the meat
market to Harmon Dawson.
o. j. Oswald returned home from a
visit with his son Juel and family OF
Savanna and his daughters, Nettie and
Susie of Peoria, ILL., and his daughter
Mrs Mccormack. of Ishpeming, Mich
Mr. and Mrs Mccormack brought him
home.
Mrs. Hue Hazen and son returned
to their home in Savanna Wednesday
Kenneth Cook went to Illinois to
work.
Grant Pace returned to his home in
Dubuque Thursday
Mrs. Harry Sutton of Galesburg,
ILL.,, returned home Friday after Wis
it with relatives in this vicinity.
August Laber and family of Loyal,
drove down last week to visit rela-
tiyes.
Pearl Koecke went to Dubuque Sat
urday.
DR.. Mecum drove to Bagley satur-
day,
Amos Brown was here from Lam
caster on business.
Mrs E. X Nevens and Miss Hutha
Brookens went to Dubuque on the
excursion Monday.
Clarence Gulick and Geo. Harville
drove to Lancaster Friday.
Andrew Keesey and family of Ok
fordville, Wis, visited several days in
Bagley with relatives.
Mrs. Geo. Ketner of Bloomington is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Raymond
Jay.
The Coop. shipped two cars of hogs
Sunday.
Ralph Calkins went to Winona on
Sunday to visit his uncle, Will Cal
kins, and from there will go to JEFF
fers, Mimi, where he will teach an
other year in the same school he has
taught for the last two years.
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WITHIN | HOUR
OF THE COURT
HOUSE SQUARE
Happenings From
Exchanges and
Reporters.
FLORA

The farmers are busy with their
threshing these days.
Mrs. Jake Schildgen of Iowa visited
relatives here last week.
Burnell Bishell had a serious attack
of night mare or something similar to
it one night. His parents were una
BILE to arous him, but by the aid of ar
tificial respiration he received A
physician was also summoned.
Dorothy Garthwaite spent the week
with her aunt, Grace Tanner.
JAS. Edgington took up a pump for
Jas. Tiff last Thursday.
Ervie Edwards and family drove to
Boaz Saturday, returning Sunday.
They report quite bit of damage to
tobacco and corn by the hail storm
Saturday.
John Edwards and wife spent Sun
day with relatives.
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DeYrieS.Dnrni

The residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Durni of this city was the
scene of very pretty wedding Sat
urday evening at o'clock, August
23rd, 1924. The bride is their youngest
daughter, Ena L., graduate OF our
high school, class of "a, and one of
Lancaster's sweetest girls. The groom,
Paul N. DeVries, is the eldest son OF
Rev. and Mrs. John DeVries, young
man of exemplary character and a
highly esteemed employe of the Man
ufacturer's Appraisal Co. of PhlIa=
delphia. The ring ceremony which
united the destinies of the youthful
couple was read by the father of the
groom. The only attendant was little
Berna Kellar, pretty flower girl. On
Nv immediate relatives were present.
The house decorations were in green
and white, the bridal couple standing
during the ceremony under artlst1cal-
ly arranged wedding bells. The girl
bride was beautifully gowned in white,
a georgette crepe draped over silk
and carried a bridal bouquet OF white
roses with maid of the mist.
The happy pair left the same even
ing for Madison. From that city they
go to Lake Geneva for brief honey
moon. They will make their home TOR
the present in Chicago. Many Lam
caster friends tender congratulations
and wish for this worthy young cou-
pie long life and happiness.-B. ID. ,.
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WYALUSING

Richard Morrell is visiting in La
Crosse.
Lulu Banner visited in Prairie du
Chen.
Adam Koecke and family of Bloom
ington spent Sunday here.
Oral Golf of Pra. du Chen is visit
ing here.
Amel McKenny and bride of Mil
waukee visited his home folks. Chas.
McKennys.
Ed Koecke and wife were at Gales
burg last week.
Rob Willard and son are repairing
the school house.
Harley Clifton and family of Sa-
wanna are here.
Mrs. T. S. Root was at Bagley Sun
day.
Geo. Morrell was here from La
Crosse.
John Hind of Epworth, Ia, who Wis
tied here, has gone to Gays Mills to
visit at the Ben Twining home.
Mrs. j. Foehringer visited IN La
Crosse the past week.
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HOLLY BRYAN DEAD

Holly G. Bryan, son of Mrs. c. r.
BRYAN, was born at Ashland, Nebr.,
Feb. %, 1892. His father died in jan
uary. 1905, when he was but IA years
of age. Thus while still young the
cares of life were cast upon him and
he performed the duties of son and
brother most faithfully.
The family lived at New Kirk, Okla,
at the time of the fathers death and
it was there that Holly joined the
Christian church.
A year later they came to Wiscon-
sin to live. His boyhood days were
spent near Rewey, where he attended
high school.
He was married December IS, 1912,
to Edith Wellman. Two children were
born to them, Wendell, aged 10 years,
and Mervin, aged s, who will feel the
loss of a loving father.
He leaves also a large number of
friends all of whom testify to the
splendid Christian life that he lived.
Holly had been in failing health for
about a year and about week ago
came to the home of his uncle, Roy
Cushman to rest and try to regain
his health. Instead of recovering he
grew suddenly worse and died Monday
morning, August 10, 1924.
Every means was tried to bring
about recovery but to no avail. His
wife was a constant attendant at his
bedside and has the heartfelt sympa-
thy of the whole community.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at the Methodist
church in Platteville, Rev. Harris Of
ficiating, and burial was made at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-27
LIGHTNING KILLS FARMER

Florence. WiS.-Chris Nelson, 81,
Fern farmer. was instantly killed on
Thursday night by lightning, which
struck his barn. He leaves widow
and six children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-27
DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE

At the request of the Democratic
State Central Committee, l am cal
ling a very special meeting of the
Democrats of Grant county, to be held
in the court house in the city of Lam
caster, on Friday, August 20, at l p.
M