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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
DUKE WINDS UP DRILLS FOR VOLS
Wildcats To Play Rocky Mount There Tonight
Play-By-Play Of World Series

ball and then lined to M. Mccormick
in right center.
No runs, no hits, no errors, one
left.
REDS-Myers hit the first pitch
to Campbell who made a running
catch in short right field.
After looking at one ball, Walters
smashed a drive along the left field
foul line which was good for two
bases.
With the count three and one
Werber sliced the ball into the lief
field corner, where it hit the fence
around some temporary seats ant
bounced back into the field past
Greenberg, good for an easy double
and scoring Walters.
John Corsica, a rookie right-hand
err, was called N to replace Rowe.
M. Mccormick sent a bouncins
grounder to Higgins who taggeG
Werber on the basepath, but did not
make a throw for Mccormick.
Goodman sent an easy roller tt
Gehringer and was thrown out.
One run, two hits, no errors, one
left.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
FOOD THAT GREW ON TREES.

The wide open spaces and plenty of
hard work have long been recon-
mended as conducive to restoring lost
appetites, but it's grimmer matter
when it impels people to gnaw the bark
from trees.
Such story, more suggestive of a
Chinese or Russian famine than of
Minnesota, was found by a member
of the Minnesota Writers Project, how
ever. On June IS, 1867, the Mime
apolis Tribune reported:
"a STRANGE STORY-The st. Peter
Advertiser says that some of the settlers
in the valley of the Chippewa, away
out west of the Falls of st. Anthony,
were recently arrested by deputy U.
S. Marshall and brought to st. Peter
on charge of stripping and peeling
slippery elm bark off of the trees on
government land. The bark was used
by the settlers for an article of food.
This is tough story, but it may not
be a true one. If it is true, we pity
the wretches who caused their arrest.
We will venture to say that the parties
who were instrumental in the affair
will find Minnesota pretty cold state
to live in"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
TWENTY SEVEN COMFORTS IN
HER OLD AGE.

Tales of large pioneer families are
not common, but that of a family that
broke into the news columns Is years
ago this month is unusual in that one
woman was credited with being the
mother of 81 children.
That year, 1872, a newspaper re-
ported ''The Blue Earth City Post has
the following interesting item: At the
last meeting of the county board, ap-
plication was made to that body for
relief for Mrs. Burbridge of Mime
sofa Lake Township Mrs. Burbridge
is an English woman and has been
twice married. She is the mother of
twenty-seven children, all by her first
husband, Mr. Child This is GER
tainly a remarkable case, and we be-
lieve is without parallel in the state.
Another remarkable feature of the
case is that out of all this large family
of children there is not one with
sufficient filial affection to provide for
her in her old age. Together with her
husband she has been living with a
son in Minnesota Lake CTownship)
who is described as a worthless vaga-
bond and is charged with inhuman
conduct towards his parents"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

The state rural credit is making
Roadway in getting farms back into
the hands of farmer owners and on
the tax rolls again is shown in the
report just compiled by the rural credit
department. In st. Louis county, three
farms were sold during the year. 1t
disposed of 200 acres of land in the
county for total of $5,050, making an
average price of $25.25 an acre. The
department owned 10 farms in this
county at the beginning of 1899 and
now holds, including those acquired
during 1889, total of II available for
sale this year. The state acquired SIT
farms during the year through fore
closure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

The National Industrial Conference
has figured that in the year 1887, about
Is per cent of all consumers ex-
penditures went for food and soft
drinks, 10 per cent for clothing, IL per
cent for automobiles and related costs,
5 per cent for alcoholic drinks, "a per
cent for tobacco and exactly IL per
cent for the electric service Eyes, the
power trust certainly exploits the
people" says the Sandstone Courier,
and small but intensely vocal group
of politicians, attempt to delude the
public into believing that the cost of
electric power is one of the great
domestic issues of the day and one
wonders how they can sell that idea
to a family which lights its home and
runs long list of labor-saving, money
saving conveniences for less than half
what it spends for tobacco.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
SET Date FOR
Steel MOVIE
Talking Picture to be Shown
Thursday, February 1, to
People of Ely.

The talking motion picture Making
and Shaping of Steel" being brought
here by the Ely Kiwanis, club has been
definitely scheduled for showing to
the general public, Thursday, Feb. l,
at 7:30 p. m, in the Community Center
auditorium, according to Ray Hoefler,
club secretary. 1t had been tenta-
lively set for today.
Made by the United States Steel
corporation, the picture will be shown
without an admission charge. School
children of district No. IL will see it
at a. m. and l p. m. in the Wash
ington auditorium.
The picture is seven reels in length
and requires 10 minutes to project.
Starting with the raw materials, in
Guiding the mining of ore which Ely
people are on very familiar terms, the
picture depicts every step in the manu-
facture of many products of the mills.
The refining of steel by the open
hearth, electric furnace, and Bessemer
processes is shown. All stages of OPP
Grafton are fully illustrated, including
the charging of the furnaces, taking
test specimens, tapping the furnaces,
etc.
Mill scenes depict the complete op-
GRAFTON Of a continuous wide sheet
strip mill, production of cold reduced
strip and sheet, annealing and temper
pass rolling, and the complete op-
Grafton Of hoop mill.
The manufacture of bars and struc-
tural shapes, rails, wheels and axles,
wire and wire products, and pipes and
tubes are pictured and explained in
detail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
EARLY HISTORICAL ITEMS
FIRST TWICE
by Che minnesota writers, Project Of Che WPA

To Cora E. Parker went the honor
of two firstS in Minnesota history.
She was the first white child born
in Hastings, and the first bride in
Duluth A Minneapolis newspaper in
May, 1870, said: THE Duluth MinneSo-
tan records the first wedding in that
thriving city-Miss Cora E. Parker, to
Capt. Thomas H. PreSsnell, a gallant
soldier of the First Minnesota Regi-
ment. The occasion was duly honored
by the elite and fashion of the city"
The bride was II years old, according
to the account found by member Of
the Minnesota Writers Project.
Duluth was growing fast when Capt.
Pressnell took to himself a wife. Con-
temporary reports give the population
of Duluth as 40 in 1869, 10 in 1870,
and 1000 in 1877. A Minneapolis
journal reported in 1869 that ut is a
solid body of timber where the people
are building up the city of Du Luth.
They have logging bees up there just
as they used to have in the first settle
mentS of New England"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
TRAINMEN QUIT IN DISGUST.

Trainmen might chase cattle off the
railroad right of way without attract
ing attention, but when cattle chase
trainmen away from their regular jobs
that is news In the early 7O's fences
were few and cattle roamed at will
along the railroad tracks Engineers
had to be especially careful not to hit
them. According to stories found by
members of the Minnesota Writers
Project, the management of the South
ern Minnesota railroad, to keep train
men on the alert, issued orders to dis
charge freight train engineers who were
careless enough to run over an animal;
passenger train engineers who did the
same deed were to be fined a full days
pay. In protest against the ruling,
many trainmen were said to have quit
the road
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

This country cannot afford to lose
any more men like Senator william
Borah, who died at washington on
Friday evening, after short illness.
He was one of the mainstays of the
senate and his age was the only draw
back to his having received the NOM
nation for president four years ago.
Borah would have been an outstanding
candidate as well as he was an out
standing senator who said what he had
to say in language that could not be
misunderstood. The nation mourns
the demise of this noted statesmen re-
CARELESS of political affiliations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Old Fire Bell
Shall Ring No More.

Sank Centre-The curfew shall not
ring again, as the bell which warned
boys and girls that it was time to go
home and called firemen in time of
need has been sold as Junk. Frank
Peschek, farmer, purchased the tower
for a windcharger for $40, and SIS was
received for the bell which was sold to
a junk dealer. The bell was installed
in 1907.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Hobo Woman Visits
Red Wing, Minnesota.

Red Wing-One night recently, a
woman hobo slept on hard, wooden
bench in a public waiting room in
town. She didn't bother anybody; she
didn't talk to anyone. Her attire in
cluded overalls, a mans coat, a long
black woman's coat, and pair of soiled
white shoes. She was hobo woman
No. to visit Red Wing lately.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
"NOONANISMS"
(Fr0m the Baudette Regi0n)

The trouble with many night clubs
is that they are full of innocent young
girls and young girls. Something
should be done about it.
During the depression many a father
would be glad if the prodigal son left
home.
One thing you notice about Secre-
tary Ickes is that he has no low opinion
of himself.
We know a man who is puffed up
because his wife calls him "Dodo." A
dodo is bird that has been extinct
for more than ten thousand years.
Firms on skis have been putting the
skids under Russians. Fair enough.
There is no law against those Min
neapolis beauties going skiing in shorts,
but neither is there against going to
bed with your shoes on, and each is
about as daffy as the other.
Most of those Hollywood stars who
elope, are married by justice of the
peace and live happily for about six
months. Records show that couples
married in churches stay married the
longest.
We know man who has reduced his
weight forty pounds by reducing his
alcohol
A poor start doesn't always mean
a poor finish. From Winchell's column
we learn that Marie, who was the
lightest Dionne quint at birth, now
weighs more than Yvonne, who was
the heaviest.
Some of the rumors that float around
small town would make Aninias turn
pale.
A writer says that husband should
never leave the table without praising
his wife's cooking. Think of the thrill,
madame, of hearing your husband day
after day say, Sweetheart, or Toots or
Babe" or whatever he calls you, that's
the best dinner ever ate"
"a man calls his wife Precious"
What do you call your wife, Mister"
says the Baudette Region. And in
reply the Independent at Grand Rapids
says well, lotta men call their wives
Dear" whatever way they mean it.
1t is poor fun to be knocked loose
from your future. Make that car of
yours behave
good hunk of news is that the
state highway department has ten
million dollars in the old sock to build
new highways this year.
Before long the candidates will be
around and giving the truth an awful
beating.
So many local residents are straining
their backs yanking big fish through
holes in the ice while they get COM
plete sets of chillblains, leads you to
the opinion that fishing is incurable.
If you want citizens to gather in
herds in your store, there is one recipe.
Advertise.
The way some drivers drive, makes
days drive nightmare to the careful
driver.
Many father who made his money
in bonds has a son who spends it on
blends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
WHEAT FARMER MAKES MONEY

No derrick was required to lift the
mortgage on piece of land owned by
T. A. Thompson, a Plainview farmer,
in the COS. MIR. Thompson was re-
ported to have purchased q acres of
land in the spring of 1865 for $1,000.
He raised 970 bushels of wheat the
first year which he sold for $1,O56,
leaving net balance of $50 above
the price of the land, according to the
account found by a member of the
Minnesota Writer'S Project.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
JOB SEEKER HAD HIS PRIDE

No matter how badly man wants
work there are some things he won't
do. Such man was Hiram Went
worth, who in 1863 advertised in the
st. Paul Daily Press: "WANTED-A
chance to earn $25 per month with
board or $40 without; at some per-
manent, honorable and healthy bust
ness in st. Paul. Bookkeeping, clerking
or wood saving, for instance. Wouldn't
preach the Gospel, sell whiskey, or edit
an abolition paper at any price" The
advertisement was found by a member
of the Minnesota Writers Project.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Careful drivers seldom skid.

Careful drivers seldom skid.
Use caution as a practice and you
won't have to use bad weather as an
excuse.
Pedestrians should be seen and not
hurt.
You won't live to be 80 if you try to
reach it on the speedometer.
Drive with your head-not with
your horn.
Control yourself-and you'll control
your car.
Does your driving set a good ex-
ample?
Courtesy prevents crashes.
Alert today-alive tomorrow.
Stick to your safety resolutions and
you won't get stuck with an accident.
Memorizing safety rules is not
enough-you have to practice them.
Absent-minded professors may be
funny-but not absent-minded drivers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Hunter Accidentally Shot.

Warroad-Thorsten Nelson had been
hunting rabbits, and when it began
to get dusk he started for home carry
ing two rabbits which he had shot.
Another hunter who was some distance
of saw the white rabbits he was
carrying, and it appeared to him that
these were live rabbits running through
the woods. He fired, and the bullet
passed through Mr.. Nelson's right foot.
Doctors found it necessary to amputate
part of the foot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
POTATO BUGS WANTED

The low price potatoes brought in
the market in 1869 was blamed on the
presence of Colorado potato bugs"
by Austin people, according to story
found by member of the Minnesota
Writer'S Project. The low price under
discussion at the time was $3.50 per
buShel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

Now comes some statistician who
makes the claim that w. P. A is spend
ing more than 100000 of the tax
payers money on fifty digging projects
in an effort to find out where the
American Indian came from. Didn't
anyone ever think of asking the Indian"
pertinently says Hassing in the Carl
ton Vidette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

Fine idea. In Algona, Iowa, there
was fire. Over 200 autos followed
the fire department and all were tagged
by the police. If they paid 81 each, the
town was richer by $780, 1t has often
been a source of wonder how many
dollars could be collected here during
a fire?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
BIG SNOW

The big Blue Snow" of Paul Bunyan
tales did not occur during January,
1873, as far as is known, but the snow
was heavy that year. According to a
report found by member of the Min
nesota Writers Project, an Olmstead
County farmers house and barn were
covered with snow to a depth of Is
feet. 1t was said to have taken him
40 hours to tunnel his way from the
house to the barn to feed the stock
Except for being ravenously hungry
the cattle were in good condition, as
little cold wind could penetrate the
heavy blanket of snow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Automobile Comes
Out Second Best in
Collision With Ice

The left front half of DR.. Jack p.
Graheks 1889 Plymouth sedan was
caved in Sunday when cakes of ice,
weighing about 900 pounds apiece, slid
from the truck Of Harry Kidd and
crashed into the side of the car.
Hauling ice to the city from White
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

Iron lake, the truck rounded a curve
and the ice broke off the stakes hold
ing it, smashing the car.
DR.. Grahek was uninjured, but his
auto sustained damages amounting to
about $3.50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
On This Occasion
CONTINUED from Page One)

While nothing much has been said
about the affair, the existence OF the
city is threatened every time the fire
siren Shrills its alarm. Up to the
present, Ely has been lucky with its
compact rows of frame buildings packed
together in certain blocks. But right
here we will further state that it is not
all luck as our department is recog-
nized as one of the most efficient in
the country, and only a volunteer Or
ganization at that.
When your car shows signs OF meet
ing with your diSapproval, you get
another and pay for it later at the same
time making use of your purchase.
Why cannot fire truck be purchased
in the same manner? The budget can
supply a few dollars into a sinking and
interest fund for this purpose. We have
heard it remarked that the city has
thrown away money enough the past
ten or more years to buy two or more
trucks. Be this as it may, this is like
water gone over the dam. 1t never will
come back.
The subject today stands at the
point where we must have more and
better fire fighting apparatus. The
money spent frivolously in the past
has nothing to do with the question
at hand. 1t is up to the city council
to find some means Of financing the
purchase Of new truck and it is the
duty of every citizen AMI property
owner to get behind the council and
assist them in every possible way, not
only in this matter but in all matters
pertaining to the good Of the city.
Think it over.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
EGG EATER WINS BET

A research worker of the Minnesota
Writer'S Project believes that he has
found the record of the states cham
pion egg eater of all time. A st. Cloud
man, it was reported in 1865, after
having eaten three hearty meals that
day, made bet that he could consume
six dozen raw eggs within the space of
an hour. His bet was quickly called
and he won it in 20 minutes. He Of
fered to raise the ante dozen more
eggs, but the astonished onlookers
declined to call him a second time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
OLD NEWSPAPER BONER

In an article appearing in the st.
Paul Pioneer and Democrat in 1856 it
was stated: MANY people in Germany
were frozen to death in 1895, and the
writers" of 1897 and 1899 were nearly
as bad"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

The old saying was watch your
pennies and the dollars will take care
of themselves. Now we watch our
pennies and the tax collector takes
care of the dollars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Won Another Race

Winner of more than $4,000, j. Y.
Christmas Rough Time was nursed
to health via the bottle after the
veterinarian had advised that he
be destroyed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
SAYING TT WITH FLOWERS.

COurtShip In the COS had its tech
niques. One of them dealt with the
symbolism or language of flowers.
According to an account found by
research worker of the Minnesota
Writers Project, in the course of his
work, the following system was adj
vocated for leap year:
The prospective male was to appear
carrying bachelors button in his
hand to indicate that he was an adj
vocate of single blessedness. The
maiden, taking the leap year initiative,
was to exchange flowers with him. The
meaning of her gift to him was de-
termined by the flower.
A white rose indicated my heart is
free;;" yellow tulip meant 81 dare not
aspire so high" golden rcd, encourage
ment; jasmine, "thy gentle grace has
won me-" lavender, she owned her love;
cedar, 81 live for thee" red chrysan-
themum, II Love-" lilac, my first
love-" hyacinth, jealousy; hops, you
do me injustice" snap dragon, "thou
has deceived me-" nettle, thou art a
slanderer," sweet pea, grant me an
interview" phlox, "our souls are one;"
dahlia, forever thine" ivy, nothing
can part u.s." red pink, a token of pure
and ardent love; ivy geranium, bridal
decoration; orange flowers, bridal fes-
tivity; white camelia, perfect loneliness.
Incidentally, drawing handkerchief
across the lips indicated desire for
acquaintance, drawing it across the
cheek meant 81 love you," and drawing
it over the shoulder, Follow me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
ELY MAN GETS PROMOTION.

Private Albin A. Grahek Of Co. IL"
Bird infantry, Camp Jackson, South
Carolina, has been appointed private
first class. according to word received
here by his father. Tony Grahek.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
Bakery
FINNISH RYE BREAD
Cream Puffs ar
Saturday Only dOZ. WV

Fruits and Vegetables
Finest Varieties only are to be
found in our store at prices
consistent with quality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25
KU KLUxERs

The Ku Klux Khan, dreaded by
southern negroes and carpetbaggers
in the unhappy reconstruction days
following the Civil War, found an echo
in Minnesota, judging by story found
by research worker of the Minnesota
Writer'S Project. In 1871 it was re-
ported that Spring Valley, Fillmore
County, has Ku Klux band who go
around o. nights making hideous noises,
shooting dogs and frightening the
timid"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

Many father who made his money
in bonds has son who spends it on
blends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-01-25

The way some drivers drive, makes
a days drive nightmare to the careful
driver.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-13
KEY WEST THESPIANS

Of interest to a large proportion OF
residents of this city is the move recently
initiated to establish a definite drama
group in our midst Not that it hasn't been
tried many time before, and with fair sue
cess. But the move now in full swing bids
fair to stick and grow into really worth
while venture-thanks chiefly to some or
the young navy personnel.
The Key West Players staged top
notch performance. well-nigh professional
about six weeks ago, and the news IS now
released concerning their second effort IN
the form of three One-act plays to be pre-
sented this week. If the second effort
measures up to the Introductory presenta-
ton. The Citizen viii definitely subscribe
r. the statement that-drama has arrived
to stay in Key West!
And we hope it does. There is every
thing fine in the picture of group of
young Thespians striving, first to better
themselves by a study of all forms of the
dramatic art, and secondly, in working to
provide worthwhile entertainment for all
the city to enjoy. And the move will have
Its erect on Ine future Cultural ucNCIOP-
ment of Key West, too.
Even as the art of painting, with its
very fine following here and increasing
reputation gained throughout the land, has
come ard will continue to attract desir-
able class of visitors to this city, so too will
the knowledge that fine drama move
ment is well established. Artists are COM
ing to refer to Key West as the Province
| town of the South. Dramatists OF the
| future may, if all goes well, compare the
| Provincetown Players with the Key West
/ Players The former has a nationwide
reputation of the highest degree in its
/ branch of that art.
Encouragement for the local drama
group, naturally, may be given by attend
ance at their productions. A good send
off was accorded the first presentation.
The second deserves as good, if not better,
backing.