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The Beloit Daily Call from Beloit, Kansas • Page 2

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Hi) CURED five binders and headers in the last two weeks, and the other firms have gotten out large numbers also. Most of the dealers have been forced to work all night In order to get the machinery out. The Call ollice is in receipt of a booklet program for the Lincoln Park Chautauqua, which will be held at Lincoln Park sixteen days from August 6 to 21. The booklet is a very fine specimen of the printer's art and consists of 88 pages exclusive of the cover. It Is, we believe, the work of THE Joseph Fischer, M.

Arnoldy, Steichen and Thos. CorpBteln were over from Tipton, today, attending a semi-annual meeting of the directors of the German National Bank. Wilson Bros, today "turned out an elegant set of brass mounted harness, which will decorate the fine team of gray Percherons driven by Charles McCleary of Center township. Barnard held a celebration yesterday with all the trimmings for a good time by everybody. Two ball games between Ada and Barnard and the usual fat man foot races were on the program.

In all the crowd at Concordia, yesterday, we only noticed two "drunks" and they were from Jamestown. Concordia is to be congratulated in hand or Good as Rver There are Many STRONG ME STANDS bed with a very serious injury to his eyes. He had lighted a giant firecracker, which failed to explode as soon as he thought it ought, so Dick tried to see what was the trouble. While peering into the end of the firecracker it exploded. How serious the injury is cannot yet be ascertained, Saturday being his eighth birthday, John Macdonald, invited about forty of his little friends to help him celebrate the event In proper style on the spacious I.

W. Parks lawn on North Lincoln Ave. The children spent the afternoon on the lawn where they played games and at the close ice cream and cake were served. The birthday cake was surmounted with flags and the guests each received a candy box in the shape of a firecracker as a memento of a happy afternoon. The union Sunday school picnic at the park yesterday was well attended and much enjoyed by those present.

The firecracker was much in evidence as a Fourth of July event. The sweet strains of the piccalo played by Comrade Rider called together three or four hundred people to listen to a patriotic program which was very good- Much credit is reflected upon the Sunday school superintendents for so good a program. The teachers, superintendents and scholars enjoyed the day very much. "That is much less than I thought it would be." This was the optimistic way in which Garrett Seymour, of near Ashervllle, spoke this mcrning in Justice Cotton's court when that dignitary announced "$2 and costs" in a case brought by Ernest Mauk against Mr. Seymour for assault and battery.

It seems that the defendant was riled by the plaintiff, who is but a boy, aud as a result the defendant had "slapped his fpce." Mr. Seymour, getting wind of the fact that a warrant had been issued for his arrest telephoned in and told the sheriff not to bother to make the trip down to Asnerville and he would come in and answer the See Webster's Unabrldtced, Definition of "Robust," "StronB," "Cured, -It Is too much to print here HANY MEN CAHK Since June 1st. CURED and OONE HOME. ALL 'ROBUST" EVERYBODY Call for I HOOTS. Ask for FREE BOOK and Contract Perfectly cured in Three Days, We Guarantee on Contract.

$100,000.00 Capital Confidence Strictly Sacred Rank references given on request Home Treatments are the same. Dose for Dose, as the Institute Treatment. In 72 Hours By the Neal Cure No Hypodermics is But ONE CURE H. H. KEITH, Med.

Director A man who will see a ball game without paying, will get everything else he can without paying. Greenleaf Sentinel. One Jersey bull sold for $5,000 at the annual stock sale at the Kinlock stock farm near Kirksville, Thursday. The first homegrown apples we have seen this year were brought into town today by Archie Hyman, and were fine looking harvest apples. The Jewell Republican thinks that if you should Bee the motions of a boy undressing for bed and then see him undress at the swimming hole, you couldn't believe it to be the same boy Ihose are stirring days, remarks Bert Walker, when one good healthy harvest hand does more to save the country than all the reformers on the Chautauqua circuit.

Mrs. Lola Mann of this city, Miss Nellie Daniels of Solomon Kapids and Miss Anna Gill of Beloit are three lady teachers that have been obtained in the schools here. Scottsville Advance. Mrs. Robert Mahaffa entertained about a dozen children on Thursday at Chautauqua park in honor of the seventh birthday of her sons, Bennie and Eddie.

Picnic refreshments were served and a general good time enjoyed. A little boy by the name of Clark wameu in iront or a wheat binder near Agra this week and had both legs cut off between the ankles and knees. Down near Atchison, Jim Morrow, a farmer, hitched two binders on behind a traction engine and did his harvest ing. It is said this scheme works well in large fields. An employer discharged a man today.

What was tho trouble?" a reporter asked the employer. "Every time I told him to do a thing," the employer repneu, "ne began arguing with me. "Globe Sight. At tne uouoie-heauer bal 1 game at Saliua between Abilene and Salinaon uly 4th, the results of the Johnson-Jeffries fight will be announced by rouuds between innings, This piece of enterprise alone ought to insure a big crowd at the games. At last night's meeting of the Eastern Star Mrs.

J. T. Alders and Mrs. George Bardrick were initiated into the lodge. After initiation refreshments were served to the lodge members.

S. L. Baker, of the Brown's creek country in Jewell county, who drank concentrated lye some weeks ago and later tried to drown himself, both with out the desired effect, died on Wednesday of this week a natural death. He had been adjudged insane, but was too weak to be taken to an asylum. Jerry Scroggs, 75 years old, the only colored inhabitant of Kirwin, died this week.

Scroggs, who was an ex-slave, had lived in Kirwin for 25 years and because of his integrity and industry the citizens of Kirwin grieve over his death, John Macdonald, jr's. 8tb birthday anniversary is being celebrated this evening from 5 to 7 o'clock on the lawn at the borne of his aunt, Mrs. I. W. Parks of North Lincoln Ave About 40 of his young friends are in at tendance and from the looks of things mighty pleasant time will be enjoyed.

Elliott Smith, of Lincoln, slopped off in Beloit yesterday and visited with relatives and friends here. Elliott, who is a son of the late Lafe Smith, has been away from Beloit for good many years, but has many friends who are alwajs glad to see him. There have been no loafing signs out around the implement bouses for several days past. Everybody is too i Dusy around those places to even feel. tired.

One firm has Bet up seventy- ROT ling a crowd with only two boozed up personages to make themselves obnoxious, Mrs. C. G. Neilsen, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, is in Beloit, the guest of the W. H.

F. Gabe family. Mrs. Neilsen will be remembered as the wife of the late Rev. C.

G. Neilsen, who was at one time pastor of the Beloit Lutheran church. Beloit has had a new postmaster since 7 o'clock this morning at which time W. C. Perdue assumed the duties of the ollice.

The stock was invoiced today by F. C. Hammond, one of the postollice inspectors, for the district, and turned over to the new incumbent of the ollice. D. Ward King, the good roads man is to be at Lincoln Park Chautauqua on August lOtb.

Every township and city ollicer, every auto owner and in fact all citizejs who are interested in roads ought to go and hear King tell how to get "Good Hoads Without Mouey, Right The Kent-Long base ball team defeated the fast Smith Center team yesterday at Smith Center by the score of 1 to 0. Beloit won still further dis-tinguishment at that place through Will Knarr, who won the motor cycle race against five competitors. Mr. Knarr rode a Wagner machine. 1.

P. Downs, who finds his time about all taken up with banking, Chautauqua work and various other side lines, is rej icing over the arrival of a worthy assistant at his house yesterday. We are glad to report that both Mrs. Downs and the young man are getting along nicely. In the greatest pugilistic encounterof itie century at Reno, Nevada, on July 4ih, John Arthur Johnson, the negro Heavyweight champion, knocked out James J.

Jeffries in the 15th round of a contest for the world's champion- hip. Although Jeffries was the avorite in the betting it appears that ne was outclassed by the negro, who had the better of the fight throughout. The program books of the Lincoln Park Chautauqua are now ready for distribution. The program is con tained in a book of 88 pages and jover, and for the size of the publica tion contains a minimum amount of advertising, due no doubt to the fact that the secretary of the association, Robert Good of Cawker City, is a newspaper man and does not solicit very much for business of this kind. O.

H. Mears living west of town sold 114 quarts of cherries from one iree in his door-yard, this season, be sides picking flora the same tree sever al quarts of the fruit for household use. He received 12i cents a quart (or the cherries, making the value of the crop from the tree something over $14 25. About twenty of the relatives and friends of the Slater White family I celebrated the Fourth of July in a very pleasant manner as the guests of that family at the White farm west of town. The visitors brought with them a picnic lunch, which was added to with chicken and ice cream by Mrs.

White, and both dinner and supper were partaken of on the lawn. It was an enjoyable affair and the guests think this manner of celebrating much ahead of the old-time city celebrations. Dr. E. E.

Brewer was looking over the old school records the other day and discovered some interesting facts at the beginning of the record which was in 1879. The Beloit schools then employed seven teachers at an aver age salary of $30 per month, besides a principal who received $100 per month. That was before the days of the High school. Next fall the grade teachers of Beloit will receive an average sal ary of $50 per month, or an advance of $20 over what they received in 1879 Dick Scauland was a Fourth of July victim, and as a result is laid up in Robert Good's Cawker City office and shows that much time and labor were used both in compiling the book' let and in printing It. N.

H. Gilfillan is due for a surprise tonight. Mr. Gilfillan is one of the three district superintendents for the DeLaval Cream Separator Co. In Kansas, and while he is not yet aware of the fact, the other two superintend ents will spend the Fourth as his guests in Beloit.

The visiting gentle- men, wno win arrive this evening are Charles E. Baer, of Topeka and Charles Swisher, of Wichita. Ed Howe says that people seem to be dlviled into three classes: Those who have to work, and do work but hate It those who can work, and ought to work, but won't; and those who are crazy to work, but have passed the age when they are able to. Probably the first steel box-car to come Into Beloit and the first one good many of our citizens ever sa was attracting considerable attention on the sidetrack of the Union Pacific road today. It is a well known fact that the day of the wooden passenger coach, baggage car and mail car is limited and they will soon be super seded by steel cars, but the use of steel box-cars is of comparatively recent date.

A new craze in paper comes to thii country by wuy of Paris. It is noth ing more or less than decorating walls and ceilings with newspapers. These are selected to have the greatest pos sible variety. Papers from all coun tries, ana in an languages, ore in great aemanu, ana the headings are left so as to be conspicuous. Newspaper offices usually get a large number of exchanges, which they are quite willing to band over to anyone inter ested Moreover, friends can exchange between themselves, so as to enlargt and vary their ollections.

The craze hasn't reached Beloit as yet, but wh it does we can furnish the paper for several gooa sizeu houses from our "5c a bundle" department. Old Bill Shiftless dropped into the store of the leading merchant the oth day and found two other success ful business men there. All of them had started out as poor boys and all of them are now well fixed and enjoy high standing in the community. Old Bill said to the richest business man: 'Have you read Congressman Flush-er's speech on revising the rules of the house?" The wise business man had not. "Senator Sorghum made a great speech on the railroad bill the same day," ventured Bill.

None ol the business men had read it. Old Bill went out disgusted. A little later he met a few cronies and got to talk ing politics. Then he began: "Don'i it beat you about those fellows noi knowing a thing about the great ques-tionb'J What good do they do the community, except to fool the people? Here I spend hours posting up on these different issues, but nobodj gives me any thanks for it. I know more in a minute about the tariff than any merchant or banker in town, but what good does it do me? But there is some satisfaction in not being as ignorant as a mule.

It is no wonder the poor people can't get what is coming to them." But Old Bill had a successful day. He induced a fellow who has only lived In town a month to loan him a dollar. Osborne Farmer. From Tuesday's Daily M. J.

Plymlre took out a fine set of hand sewed harness today from the harness shop of Wilson Bros. F. C. Hammond, the well known postollice inspector from Clyde, was transacting business in Beloit today. We are sorry to hear of the severe sickness from pneumonia of Willis Chase, the year old son of Arthur Chase.

Mrs. C. A. Boyles, who has been quite sick for the past several days, is we are glad to hear, improving in health. Yesterday, Doyle Gilbert had the misfortune to run a nail entirely through his foot, and as a result will be laid up for a few days.

Out of deference to public opinion, the baseball management has decided to play no more Sunday ball in Beloit under any conditions. Cement sidewalks are being put down in front of the Star Grocery place of business and the Hoff-meister harness shop, on S. Mill street, O. L. McCoy, R.

W. Dockstader, C. T. MoCoy and wife, O. Z.

Glenn and wife and Oscar McCoy, all from Caw- Iter City, took Suuday dinner at the Avenue House in this city. Treatments. There 1300 W. 10th Topeka. DR.

says that Green misrepresented things and that the Missouri 1'acifia is after him and will be sent "over the road'1 if caught. Mr. and Mrs. Will Thompson have been giving a camping party on the river this week, breaking camp last night. The weather this week has been ideal for camping, and the crowd had a very enjoyable time Those in the crowd besides Mr.

and Mrs. Thompson were Henry Sloan, Olva Smith, and Miss Orpha Wray and B. L. Ab-sline of Kansas City. The Misses Sarah and Azelia Hill have been employed to teach in the Downs city schools again the coming term.

Miss Sarah will teach the eighth grade. She has taught this grade for the fiast five years and her work cannot be excelled. Miss Azelia will teach the seventh grade. She taught the sixth grade lust year but her work being so satisfactory she was employed to teach the higher grade. Mothers will appreciate this, for it is just such things that add years to the lives of mothers.

A Beloit business man who has been married and away from under the paternal roof for several years always takes dinner a certain day each week with his mother. During the past three years he has never once missed this treat to himself and his mother. A small show menagerie consisting of a pony and four monkeys was attracting considerable attention at the Union t'acilic depot this morning, where it was kept over night. The animals were brought to Beloit in the baggage car yesterday. One of the monkeys got hold of the train baggageman's bills and in about two seconds had reduced them to microscopic pieces.

The Illinois supreme court in a decision handed down yesterday bars from the classroom of public schools in that state the bible, prayers and hymns of all kinds. The court held that whereas all kinds of religious denomination were represented in the schoolroom and all the pupils are compelled to take part in a certain line of worship, this practice deprived the pupils of the freedom of worship, which is guaranteed to everyone by the United States constitution. W. H. Linville, while driving in the vicinity of Winona, Kansas, on Monday, was the victim of a runaway earn.

He had an exciting time over about a mile of roadway and in the yard of a Logan county farmer; but after demolishing gates, missing buildings by a hair's breadth aad escaping what looked like sure death in a corral full of farming implements, he came to earth with nothing more serious happening to him than a little damage to bis nasal organ, which necessitates its being decorated with court plaster for a few days. In answer to inquires sent to more than six hundred bankers in Eastern Kansas, Eastern Nebraska, Northwest Missouri and Southwestlowa, Graham Lacey, a St. Joe banker, has figures to show that while eighteen million dollars has been spent on land, fifteen million dollars has been spent for automobiles recently. Two hundred and fifty-one banks reported 18 millions had gone out of their sections to buy land in other states; 427 banks reported that 15 millions of their money had gone for automobiles, while seventeen banks reported having no automobile paper or knowledge of any of their deposits going for automobiles. One of the features of the replies was that the bankers were putting a stop to land speculation in other states, by refusing to make loans on the land.

Prom Saturday's fally If you've got to be bad don't be sneaking about it, suggests the Bonner Springs Chieftain, a a Address NEAL INSTITUTE, NewsandComments From Friday's Dully. The total rainfall falling on the Be loit townsite for the month of June was 2 78 inches. mi-a. vveu vvnson nau her name added to the list of Call subscribers, today. D.

C. Everson, the well known druggist at Cawker City, has sold his business to W. S. Quisenberry of Hoxie. The brick piled on Main street for the new Brewer building took a slide, this afternoon, and were well scattered over that portion of the street.

Diaz became president of Mexico the year of 'resident Hayes' Inauguration. We have had seven different presidents, while Mexico has had one. We are Borry to hear that Miss Mary Aisop, one of the ellioient Central girls, is confined to her bed with sickness, and hope that her illness will be of short duration. D. L.

Timbers, of Ocborne countv a son of George Timbers of this city, is a candidate on the Prohibition ticket for superintendent of insurance of Kansas. T. J. Coughenour was today moving into the Bohuer building at the foot of the postollice alley, where he will ollice with his transfer business and also keep a storage house. The Mitchell county board of commissioners will meet in regular session next Monday, but, owing to its being a holiday, will probably adjourn until later.

The Daily Call "classified ads" get results. Yesterday they found the own ers at Concordia of two straw hats, rented a house, and found a lost dog. What they do for others, they will do for you. We know a lady, and there are pro bably many more, who doesn't venture down town these hot days, but roads the Daily Call ads and phones in her orders. The merchants who advertise are the ones who are getting the business all around.

The condition of wheat in Kansas, according to Secretary P. D. Coburn, of the State Board of Agriculture, is now 76 per cent. With 7,711, 879 acres of corn, the condition is given as 8b per cent, as against 88 per cent in June 1909, and 78.8 in 1908. Dr.

Crumbine of the state board health has decreed that after July 1, all eggs in Kansas must be brought on the "loss off" bases. This order results from the sale of so many eggs unfit for food. Work on the new Brewer building has been temporarily suspended until the necessary material arrives. The steel work of the building comes from Topeka and is expected in a few days. The joists and other heavy lumber comes from the mills in the South.

The Osborne Farmer says that a young fellow by the name of Green, "worked" some of the citizens of Osborne, Downs and Beloit, last April, in getting out a time card, getting 7.50 per head out them. It further Gem City Business College QUINCY, ILL. Annual attendance 1400. 25 teachers, Students from majority of status. Occu.

(inrtA own specially vju. designed and equipped building. await our graduates. Thor-l U31I1UUS rt courses In Khort-hanil, Trnxwrltlnic, Itookknenlne Actual Huaiimsal'mctlno, riimiuiHhip and Mfitlitmiutio. Wrltafor our beautiful Illustrated cataloiue fflvinir full Information frM charge.

Accordingly Mr. Seymour appeared in court this morning, plead ed guilty and good naturedly shelled out the fine and costs money. Prom Wednesday's Dally- There were 100 tickets sold from Beloit to Concordia on July 4th. The board of county commissioners is in session at the court house. Mrs.

A. Weatherhead, of Cawker City, is in Beloit visiting at the J. M. Tarbell home. T.

B. Hubbard was busy yesterday unloading three threshing separators which he sold here recently. Grandma Hitchcock took dinner today with her friends, the J. M. Tarbell family.

One of the plate glass windows at the Graham-Morris clothing store was broken during the storm last Mrs. Carlos Johnson came home from Beloit Saturday night, and is quite Bick.with tonsilitis. Concordia Blade. Attention is called by the Vermillion Times to the fact that "nobody ever got hurt taking a joy ride on a pair cf plow handles. It has been figured out by the Hill City New Era that "the time when you get up has nothing to do with it.

It's what you do when you're up that counts. "Buck" Ebright, last year's Beloit base ball manager, is to take charge of the Lyons team in the State league. Bankhead, who had been manager at that place, quit and went to Junction City. The county commissioners awarded the contract for printing the primary election ballots to the Beloit Daily Call, this afternoon. Dr.

W. H. Cook is moving into the recently erected house of A. S. Cooke, in N.

Beloit. At its meeting last night, the city council awarded the contract for the city printing to this office and designated the Daily Call the official city paper for the ensuing twelve months. C. M. Witham was very much grief stricken yesterday morning.

In addition to Beloit losing two ball games and Jeffries failing to stop Mistah Johnslng, his dog "Shorty" disappeared. If some one will send "Shorty'' back Mr. Witham thinks he can endure the rest of it. Bud Plant, age 30, who escaped a few days ago from the Parsons asylum, went to his father's home two miles from Bogue on Monday, and finding his father asleep killed him. The insane man then lay down beside the dead body and went to sleep.

A younger brother notified the police and the murderer was captured. Why Take Alcohol? Are you thin, pale, easily tired, lack your usual vigor and strength? Then your digestion must be poor, your blood thin, your nerves weak. You need a tonic and alterative. You need Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. We believe your doctor would endorse these statements, or we would not make them.

Ask him and find out. Follow his advice. J.C.ArCo.,LoweH,Mm,. cnuuiscineiu oi your uoctor win certainly greatly increase your commence in Aver Pills as a family laxative. Liver pills.

All vegetable. Ask your doctor about them..

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