The Severance News from Severance, Kansas • 1

News SEERANGE I Historical Society Twenty-Fourth Yeah Number 52 Subscription Price One Dollar A Year In Advance Friday, March 2S, 1913 To JTiB DEATHS Cyclone in Omaha Tucker to Start Weekly Real Estate Transfers (Furnished for this paper by II. People in this section forgot their Ernest Tucker who was a former F. I i Over The County ti.i troubles over tne near storm nrevaiiiDe siuaeni in msoiana wjuege anu worit- naruey Onal thp-l-vear old daughter of Mr. "erB UUUt1 "igufc wucu me lepuiu ui cu vug twcuc pnuuug uuiuc Los le nd Mr? Rov HartW livino- three tbe cyclone in Omaha came in Monday, signed reposition on the Topeka Capi- Widman, register of deeds.) Rachel A. Row to Wittiam Bear sv; nej, 20 2-22, $1200.

A. E. Simmonds wf to James P. Kelly swj, 17-1 19, $10,000. Edwin Jones wf to Max Jacobs 2 blk 4, Bendena, $475.

For Less Politics Mo3t small towns can be congratulated on the fact that political parties are not considered in its local affairs such a3 city and school elections. And how absurd such an idea as playing politics where we need the counsel and co-operation oj all citizens The writer is also becoming convinced that this same non-partisan policy can, with good results, be extended to townships and county affairs. If you elect a good man miles southwest of Highland, died Sun- Vc 7 Ji a JLv. iiin. from vl day produced cyclonic conditions.

Topeka. The Capital says: tuifmmnnfe following an attack of While ihere were severe windstorms Ernest Tucker, political reporter for C. M. Finley represented this county at a meeting in Belleville, Kansas, to promote the establishment of the Rock Island Trail, a through highway from Denver to St. Joseph.

The idea is to make it an automobile road. mocW Thf funpral wa? Vi'fild Sunday I and cyclones in many other places the tne Daily Capital, has resigned to go MairQctotinn lnco rf Ufa in fi Vi a I in trt hiicinAca ffT Viimcolf XTr TSl ftpr Harry High wf to Clinton Muse lots at the u. b. church at Beiievue and 0 was tne moss appaiiingr. ine numoer i uas ueea wun me capital ior ine last he burial was in the Beiievue cemetery.

7 to 12 blk 160, Elwocd, $500. killed is from one to two hundred and ten years, and for the last six as polit Oscar Mallows wf to William C. She was ill with measles for three llnimfw CO 13 If VOTV Fred Gamper. who has run a meat Blunt lot 6 blk 43, Maynard, $200. double that number injured while ten ical reporter.

He 13 well known not million dollars would not replace the I only in Topeka but by prominent men weeks. They did not break out normal- Will Pointer and wf to W. F. Bauer and she was very ill. When the at- estimated property loss.

of all parties in the state. He has gain 10 acre3 in sec 20-2-19, $1150. material as to what views he hold3 on market in Hiawatha, has retired from the tariff question? Fact is, after business, having laid up $50,000, mostly sifting thoroughly, not one in ten, even in farm land. He came from Germany amnnff the prejudiced, can eive any 29 years ago and started a3 a meat ack of pneumonia followed her strength Ezra E. Caldwell wf to Stella I.

Ernest Thorp, son of John Thorp, ed an enviable reputation for fairness lived three blocks from the ruined sec- and straight-forwardness and has won had waned and she was unable to resist Harless lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 blk 16, Sever in Hiawatha. tion in Omaha. His home was not in- many friends not only for himself but o-wi substantial reason whv he is a cutter in a butchershop it." Her grandfather, Dr. J. I.

Hartley of Leona, watched by her side for a ance, He will now make a visit to Germany, jure(j for the paper. His political work has Laura B. Harley to Mike Hale lot 2, Democrat or Republican. We are born cither Republicans or Democrats Rom -porf hrnifcor ftf nWip-ir won him the confidence of all the state week during the time of her serious illness. blk 26, Troy, $1S00.

phortenn fnrmoriv leaders with whom he has come into T. Francis wf to Deidrick Basen ana tnat'8 ail mere 13 lO it. in nine rVPrMf mav rot electrifl hVht from The neighbors and many friends did contact. lots 1 and 2 blk 14, Severance, $1490. all they could in helping to care for the Mr.

Tucker will establish a weekly here, is a resident of Omaha. He lived five blocks from the stricken district and escaped harm. C. L. Burke wf to Fred Naberlaua paper and job printing plant in North sick girl and to comfort and assist the parents.

cases out of ten a boy becomes a Dem- IIortoru Such a proposal is now seri-ocrat or Republican because his father ousy considered Horton has named 5 is. If he is not, it is because of con- cenU per kilowatt hour for the current ditions which make it the best policy on the basis that it costs 4 cents to proas much as conviction. But one's dncGm Evere3t is to build the line and et al pt sej, 23-3-22, Quit Claim Deed 61 Topeka in the near future. The new N. N.

Gallagher wf to James O. The second child, a girl two years old, paper will be known as the North Swogger pt sel. 20-2-20 and lots 7 and is now ill with measles but is getting Wednesday the horrors at Omaha Shawnee Chief and for the present politics has nothing to do with qualifi- a consumers 12 cents. 8 blk 2, Highland Station, $5000. along nicely.

oecame uveibuauoweu uy me will eive particular attention to inter- VT i 1 1 1 i 1 I. ri.nfi nit4 nViaTi I Gustav A. Gaul et al to William Airs, tioy naruey was iormeny imss uuuu wu. ouu ests north of the river. Mr.

Tucker cations lor any particular omce or position. Employers of skilled labor Fenley ne 32-3-21, $23000. Roxie Holt. aces in unio and Indiana, in uay ton learned the printerg trade befQre coming almost iue entire tuwu is buuuicigcu may ask a hundred questions of an ap- Oscar Nelson had a cancerous growth plicant, but they never inquire into removed from his face last week. He to the Capital and knows the newspaper business thoroughly.

and thousands of people were drowned. hi3 political affiliations. Why then had a similar operation some time ago Prof. Hager's parents and other rela Kent Joe Kent died Friday at his home in N. N.

Gallagher wf to James O. Swogger 38ft of la in se 20-2-20, Quit Claim Deed, $500. Roy E. Lynds wf to C. B.

Q. R. R. Co. pt lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 blk 83, White Cloud, $50.

is one's politics a material issue when but now believes he is rid of it. tives live in the flood district in Dayton, Ohio. A hospital with six hundred in Troy at the age of 85. He was one of a town, township or county employs the mpn who are to conduct its business Sold Half Section of Land Emma J. Ware has sold her half section of land one mile north of Sever- jinru at $100 an n.rrf It isnnimnrnvpd the early settlers, coming to this county in 1856 when he homesteaded near Troy A Wathena farmer who sold out and mates reported submerged is within three blocks of his home.

Geo. Baird, John H. Lynds wf to C. B. Q.

12 moved to town was asked what he in and lived there continuously until 1899 affairs? Less politics and more common business sensi should be the aim of thinking people in the future. works for the National Cash Reg- onnrh-p wafl hniltrhfc hv nharW when he moved to Troy. He has been Two ister ComPany in Daytonbuthi8 plant ye and Qther Cfa AU) tended to do. His reply was: "To attend strictly to my own business." But hasn't he tartkled a pretty big job? in poor health for several years R. K.

Co. pt lots 1, 2, 9, 10, 11 and blk 84 White Cloud, $50. William H. Fenley wf to Chas. Hughes 20 a in sw 22-2-19, $7000.

William H. Fenley wf to O. ia ua uign gruuuu auu uuw "u6CCOc mvintr SIR OOO Tho nalo was weeks ago he was stricken with paraly- fc rf buildin s. B. D.

made by C. J. Foster. SIS wnicu causeu ma ueaiu. rHfr0 A Finger For a Nose There are many wonderful feats in surgery.

A recent operation in Kan- relatives in (Severance and Highland, A successful candidate for office in i 1842 he moved to Buchanan county, iivea tn Davton. She is the mother of sas City was the case oi a young Y-oman LeaTenworth is Michael Przybylowicz who was given a new nose in exchange fDronounced Pribilowitz.) The Mike Missouri. Six years later he made an Mrs. Lee Blevins. Wanted A Head For This Column overland trip to California during the Moore CO a in sw i 22-2-19, $9000.

C. H. Marston wf to W. J. Law-lots 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12 blk 1 Highland $200.

Margaret E. Denton to C. S. Ash lots 2 and 3 blk 18, Denton, $150. Mary E.

Schuler hsb to William Ritter lots 6 and 7 blk 13 East Trow for one of her fingers. Since she was catches the Irish vote and the Przyby five years old she has been without a l(mi the rest Buy a Home gold strike. In 1854 he married Emily Richardson. They had six children, nose as a result of catarrh. A little As a matter of mere dollars and cents five of whom are living: Mrs.

B. G. WOMAN'S SMALL FARM it may not pay to own a home, but This column will be edited now and Whittaker of Highland, Mrs. Gorbutt there are a good many things in life of Abilene, Mrs. Jennie Townsend of Many Early Vegetables Sold and Suffi that cannot be so measured and a home is one of them.

A home is something Hanover, Mrs. J. H. Townsend of then, possibly every week. I want suggestions for a head.

One dollar cash for the one making the best Warren Kitzmiller.J more than two months ago it was decided to give her a new r.ose in this way: The finger was prepared, while on the hand, to resemble the shape of a nose; a few weeks later the finger was placed in the position of the nose and put in a plaster cast, and since then It has been growing into place and the girl says it feels like a nose. It has been an inconvenience to have her arm cient Supply fop Home Table Use Found to Be Much Easier Than Housework. South St. Joseph and H. D.

Kent of Troy. His wife is 79 years old. He that is individual and no one becomes attached to a rented house. No one has the incentive to work for a rented also leaves 26 grandchildren and 23 I. i- Some peculiar names for the above house that he has for one he owns.

A (By MRS. J. CRIST, MadisonviUe. Ohio.) great grand children. They had been married 59 years.

He had been a mem heading have come in, such as Sun To the Editor: Three years ago flower capsules, The Thinkscope, Kitz- rented three acres of very good rented house no more appeals to a child than an incubator appeals to a $4500. Chas. S. Ash wf to J. H.

Curtis lots 2 and 3 blk 18 Denton, $450. A. B. Swartz wf to W. L.

Milter lots 6, 7 and pt lots 8 and 9 blk 120 Highland, $4250. Samuel Blauser wf to Isaac Clary 20 a in sw i-swS 21, Chas. H. Streator wf to Ohas. Winters all und int in sw sec 10 and nw 15 3-19, $2500.

Paul Prietsch to Mary E. Buti-r und 1-16 int lots 4 and 5 blk 69, Highland, $00. Quit Claim Deed. Mary E. Butner et al toThcs.

Butrr lots 4 and 5 blk 69, Highland, $1100. ber of the Methodist church since a boy. ism9, Happy Thots, Jayhawker Squibs, in this position so long, but the ringer ground. As soon as it was fit to plow chicken. The home idea is the best in Hither and Thither, etc.

The chosen was ammitated last week and arm re- and its sandy condition enabled; ma thp. countrv. when we Decome a name will appear after this week. leased. The nose will have nostnl3 and AincxArnrffi nation of homes we become a nation oi to work it early I hired a man ana a team to make It well ready for the seed.

The last of March I planted by patriots. A man cannot fight for a II I I ,4 I llltl IIII.II. 111! Ill 1 I An air pressure water tank that will be quite shapely, bo lar a3 is known, only one operation similar to this one has ever been performed be have the hand and covered with the hoe early nr ft wflMpnt of Hiawatha 'died rented house, neither can he ai Ohio potatoes, using about one-fifth doesn't work is as bad in a home as a poor violin player on the stage. Masonic Home in near impiuvc March 22 at the of the ground. fore, and in that case no provision was made for nostrils.

It is expected to be things that make a home, not the -big Wichita. She was 75 years of age of age. At the same timo I planted three ones. It is not the broad porch but Mrs. Ainsworth.

for manv vears. was One of our citizens claims that girls quarts of peas; these were for the 1 fnolirKT nf ooniinhr nil nriSSPHainn I so successful that not even a scar will be left to show that there has been an early, high-priced market. The latter employed as solicitor ior contnoutions n7 rvT -T love love more than they love the lover. james u. isrown wi to inos.

Gilmore se of swand wj sw sec 34 and pt sei 33-2-20 $10,400. Ella Winter hsb to Lizzie Case lots operation. Many physicians witnessed part of April, when the ground had be- to the Home of the Friendless in L.eayen- w. it. i these davs of Dartial navment everv come somewhat warm, I put In a few wonn aim uaa uiieu viaitcu wwua t- lftQt wppIt saw thp fiicrn on i man r.an own one.

It mav he slow in An bC- Joe iast weeK 1 saw lfte slSn on tho final step in severing the finger and releasing her arm. rows of sweet corn. 3, 4, 7 and 8 blk 6, Denton, $1200. mis county, unerai bei.viue waa ueiu the old Jesse James home which read John L. Silvers wf to John Bauman in the chapel at the Masonic Home and I "Ten Cents Admission." The latter part of May I planted more sweet corn and the last of June It would be swj se, 20-2-22, $2421.87.

Start kar(i to get a dime's worth of inspira burial beside her husband. John L. Silvers wf to J. S. Weyth- everything.

Uwn your home, this spring.Lawrence Journal. tion on such a threshold. So Why Fret Are the trains too slow for you? Caesar, with all of his court, never exceeded the speed limit. Are your wages too small? In Europe people are con man wf 88 acres in sec 20 and 21, 2-22, $5328 13. To be able to juggle stewed peas on Meugniot Wathena Couple Elope James E.

Smith wf to Harper Jule Meugniot, of Wathena, died at your table knife doesn't make you an artist. "Expose not thyself by four- Douglas all of blk 7 Formans Add Thomas Carroll, age 18, and Mamie Slaughter, age 16, both of Wathena, a St. Joseph hospital Sunday morning after an orjeration for appendicitis. He Doniphan, $500. footed manners." ran away Sunday to ropeka ana were Jacob Blevins wf to A.

L. Wynkcop was 31 years old and is survived by a wife, to whom he was married Feb. 7. lots 13 and 14 blk 69, Highland, $1200. married there Monday.

The parents of the vouncr cirl grot in communication Chas." Harness wf to James A. Har There are lots of things worse than life books or moonlight picnics. iaiQer otueia auu wu a Tf)Deka and thev were located and alSO SUrviVe. I nnKAn mntrnn ness wf lots 2 to 6 blk 13, Iowa Point $50. tent with making a living.

Are the light3 too dim? wrotejiispsalms by the light of a smoky torch. Are you ugly? Cleopatra, the homely, bewitched two emperors. Are you cold? The soldiers of Valley Forge walked barefoot on the ice and snow. Are you hungry? The children of India are starving for want of a crust of bread. Are you tired? Why fret about it? Jacob was tired when he dreamed of angel3 of heaven.

Are you sick? until her father, Sam Slaughter, arrived As a rule the young American misses the train for home when he is flush-not when he is broke. Branson Monday evening. They all returned to A County Sunday School Tour A special state worker, Rev. F. Mrs Rilhert Rronson who has been Wathena Tuesday and friends persuad- Gates, has been emDloved bv the Dnni- in poor health for some time died at ed her parents to give consent to their Easier Than House Work.

1 i 1 i I I a i i uur iieignuor wnu piauteu garueu a ss'n. for 10 davs. He the final planting of sweet put in her home two miles west of Leona last marriage. Anower ucbdm was seuureu Friday She was 87 years old and has at Troy Tuesday and they were married uuumeuimua.fuwu wxu with Rev Bishop, M. E.

pastor at Suppose you had lived 2,000 yeara ago corn. Of WeedS. n1 T. Cfumnf been living on the home place for the Jh the meantime I had been placing C. C.

Webb of Highland, besides other workers, will visit all the Sunday last thirty years. She leaves husband, one son and a daughter. Only in the country can the ideal by a minister at Wathena Tuesday night. Young Carroll is a fine young fellow and the only objection to the marriage of the girl by her parents was on account of her youth. when sickness was fatal.

Are you poor? The Savior of men was Tnot wealthy. Chepr up Praiae Cod that you live in the midst of His blessings! Why fret? American Magazine. ife be lived. Many city people have Schools in the county, to help and in spire the faith of all those who train he inspiration and desire for a natural ife. but their environments will not A Stormy March March 1913 will go down in history as I the children of the county.

The dates pumpkin seeds among the corn rQw: put put 6Q tpmato plants and set nice lot of beets. I hired men and plows to cultivate twice. I hired a man two days to help mo hoe and I used a he energetically my-self. I cut most of the fodder myself, but hired a man to husk the corn; also had him to help In digging the pota permit it. for thi3 end of the county are as fol one of storms and disappointments.

It Uncle Sam All-Powerful Commenting on the article in this Giving Entertainments lows: has also furnished a great variety from Don't fight over the telephone. You Denton, Tuesday, April 1, 2:30 p. m. day to day. A few hints of sunshine PaPer last week wherein a German ap- I i I il I can smue ine enemy, nor even see ms Severance, p.

m. expression. There is no satisfaction in Leonai Apr. 2, m. occosionally but usually snow or rain pnean ior ciuzensnip canea ne a-or sleet or high winds.

One day the tention of the examining judge to a bad Harry Smith and a friend, Mr. Hardin, both from the college in Des Moines, have been out for a week or more giving: entertainments to assist Mr. Hardin thru school. He is a reader of ability and Mr. Smith plays and sings.

purple words. Beiievue, Thurs. Apr. 3, 2:30 and 7:30 wind is from the south wiln promises Results: Early potatoes to sell at $1.60 per bushel, peas at the first early corn at 20 cents a dozen, then, later, 15 cents, then 12 cents White Cloud, Apr. 4, and 7:30 spring but by night, a northwester and tion, a White Oloud citizen writes us Some still claim that the difference Highland, 11 a.

and a blizzard. per dozen: tomatoes. $1 per bushel. between man and monkey is man's Sunday night, a hard rain accom- That judge should receive a repn- We had all our own potatoes for win ability to laugh. Telephoning They gave the entertainment in Leona Monday night and in Severance Tuesday night.

They will give it at the Christian church in Highland Fri panying a terrific wind from the south mand because of his lack of patriotism. ter uso, and an abundance of every Talking on the Mutual out of High- thing elso planted for our own table. Here's one of our new high school land, parties on the Denton exchange brought a scare to many people. What he should have done was to have Water entered buildings through win- summoned up all his dignity, put on dows and doors facing south. Limbs his most portentious frown, and shak- I also sold two ton 3 of hay.

yells: "Chili con carni, Chinese rice, can be heard more easily tnan on any day night. Admission is 23 cents for adults, 10 cents for children under 14. I had fodder, 32 bushels of corn for Hot tamale and loaded dice, Are we it? other exchange. It 13 claimed to be were blown from trees but no crreat ins: his finger under the nose of that the chickens in tho crib and 24S fine Well I should guess! Highland High due to the lact tnat uenton susscnoers pumpkins in the cellar. Tho cattle damage was done in this section.

It "pert" young German, said in corn- School, H. H. You had better renew their batteries oftener while on rot manv of these. I had one which was the second wind storm for March, in an ding- tones, "young man! my Uncle keep your surplus effervescence, boys, exchanges where the 6ubscnber pays weighed 64 pounds. After all my ex Most days are damp and chilly, roads Sam can do anything! A Reader.

Good Money in Sheep Ed Clark who lives north of Severance fed 333 sheep for four months and with corn at 50c per bushel and hay 12 a ton he cleared on the sheep. If College life will require lots of "pep." for his batteries, they use them indefi are muddy and the general view of the nitely nntil so weak that the service is landscape is gloomy. It is a cold, Narrow Escape One reader of this column has sent crippitu. stormy, disagreeable March. Guy Corbet, oldest son of George report is correct, that is good this "Why an unsigned postal saying: Thursday morning was bright and Corbet, who lives northeast of Leona, clear for the first time in many days, had a pretty narrow escape from death not offer a dollar for a new head for penses were counted out I had la pocket I was willing to count my own work for the showing I ha store for future use.

This, was not accomplished without labor and strict "attention. I was often very tired, but perseverance and pluck can overcome a great deal. Some of my neighbors ridiculed the Idea and said that at 60 years I had enough to do with caring for the cow a and chickens and should take more The thermometer fell to 10 above with by lightning Sunday night. He had yourself? You need it worse than the column Very true, indeed 1 But a Horses Used to Mix Clay. Horses are used to mix the clay by treading it in many Argentine brickyards instead of employing more expensive machinery.

light snow yesterday. Prospects more just reached home after taking hi3 rjromisine- today. sister. Miss Edith, to Severance. He 9 dollar won't get it.

Then he suggests money and an encouragement to sheep men. They sold for $1300 more than he paid for them. Ma'e Way. Little Ma, aged five, upon "being shown her twin brothers that had arrived the night before, said: "Well, I never saw such a woman as mamma i had stopped the team but was not ye a crude and inappropriate name for these items. My mysterious friend is a Even of Love Beware out of buggy, when lightning struck Lnvfi at first siarht may turn out all the telephone wire near him The Suffered for His Knowledge.

For arguing that cur world is cnly loser! Anyway, a fellow's friends help him more than his enemies hurt him. tr. a most thorough success right; but oft it would really be better shock rendered him unconscious and v.u, -w vnr i 1 1 i Friends should not be too great in one of many, Giorddano Bruno was, pureed to djath ia Rome in 1GQ0, all badly from theji? everyone took a second good iook, ne ieu iromme ouggy, due was not numtfer and should b'e, well cacen I before adding the wedding ring fetter. seriously injured. la for hunting up barsalns'-Chicago ana 1 never xeiiBw Pally; tfefts.

and I never felt at.