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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 10
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Information about
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the Honey Man, Ulver Falls, Wisconsin.
BUY A PERFECT DUST 13 EATER FOR
your house cleaning, only 15 cents.
Catalotfuo of H00 useful housohold art
icles with oach order. Home Economy
Co. (I) S-IOli Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. C. 13. Baumhoff.
SPECIAL OFFER TO COMMONERS:
175 Strawberry Plants, three va
rieties; or 15 strong1 Grape Vines; or
15 line Currant Bushes. Prepaid by
mall for $1.00. Fruit trees and small
fruits. Wholesalo prices. List free.
John F. Dayton, Waukon, Iowa, Box II.
Tho Colorado house of representa-)
tlvcs 1ms passed a guaranteed depos
its bill.
The French chamber of deputies
has passed an income tax bill. Tho
bill does away with many of the vex
atious and antiquated taxes in
France and substitutes therefor a
graduated income tax. Day labor
ers are practically exempted The
tax upon incomes ubovc $1,000 per
year is made progressive up to 4
per cent of tho total. The bill will
constitute a complete readjustment
of the fiscal system of Franco.
The state senate of Utah passed
a lotcal option bill. It is called "an
unusually stringent liquor law."
C. W. Miller, formerly attorney
gonoral of Indiana, has been chosen
to succeed J. W. Kealing, district
attorney at Indianapolis. Mr. Keal
ing resigned because he could not
conscientiously prosecute the editor
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of the Indianapolis News on the libel
charges preferred against him.
Thomas F. Pondel, an employe of
the White House and one of Presi
dent Lincoln's bodyguard, died at the
national capitol, aged 85 years.
The state senate of Arkansas, by a
vote of 20 to 1, passed a bill provid
ing for submitting of the question of
prohibition to popular vote.
town of Brinkley, Ark. An Asso
ciated Press dispatch says: "Tho
tornado shrieked above the city only
a few minutes but its work of de
struction was complete. The Roman
Catholic church, standing directly in
the path of the storm alone escaped
damage or destruction and stands to
night amid desolation. It has been
converted into a hospital. Two more
principal thoroughfares' are impas
sable and are piled high, with wreck
age. Every business house is in
ruins and there is hardly a home that
has not" been damaged."
The Nebraska state senate killed
the initiative and referendum bill.
Following is a dispatch dated Buf
falo, March 10: "The beautiful
homo of Norman E. Mack, chairman
of the democratic national commit
tee, on Delaware avenue, was practi
cally destroyed by fire tonight. A
gale blowing forty-four miles an hour
made hard work for the firemen. The
fire started in the servants' quarters
on the third floor. The roof fell in
a few minutes after the fire was dis
covered. The second floor was also
burned out as was Mr. Mack's fine
library. Mr. Mack is in New York
and his family at Atlantic City. Tho
loss is about $50,000."
The anthracite coal, operators met
the committee of hard coal minors
at Philadelphia, March 11, and re
fused to grant any of the demands
made by the working men.
Former President Castro will sail,
on March 2G, from Bordeaux, France,
for Venezuela. Venezuela dispatches
say he will be arrested immediately
..pon landing.
SURREY
Rcmovablo Roar Soat
fDon't pry two prices Buy direct and Rot ono of theso most
' DODUlftr Ulaolc Motor Hlirrnvn lllllHtrn.trl nml fnllv iU.
scribed In our "BIok Motor Buaov" Book, KKEH Hhowlnu
MiiBingio nna uouDio-scat cars with or without tops Tula
Surrey IB moat dopondablc hanUaorao finish durable
Quaratcod fully and
Takos All Tho Family Safely and Oulcklv Thero and Bank Annln
CoHts only Jj7B Alrcoolod aoyllndora of 4 y. Inch boro Full 18-H.p. Spocd i to 25 mlloiporhonr
On lllirll (ri'ar and U to Q lllllos nn Iniv iriutr. ;liTlits7 irn.1. (rittnllmi IhinuOinnlliunnli. 1 n.. i
Band, mud or on hills and splendid for country road. No tire troubles. Easvrldlmr.
f&finlt Hn- fl H I FR P XVrJt0 for b.00k tdfty-InatlKato boforo you buy any car of any make.
tailVkx nuiH a rilCu Qot as good as tho best and savomouuy on llrst cost and lowest up-koop.
BLACK MFG. CO., 124 E. Ohio St., GHIGAGO, ILL.
A Washington dispatch carried by
the Associated Press says: "Senator
Bailey of Texas came to the White
House for the second time in his
life, he said, the first time being
many years ago. 'I called simply to
pay my respects to President Taft.
He is a delightful personality.' Sen
ator Bailey's visit was very brief."
Thirty lives were lost, sixty people
wero injured and property worth'
$1,000,000 was destroyed as the re
sult of a tornado which wrecked the
United States Senator Beveridge
underwent a successful operation at
Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore.
Mayor A. C. Harper of Los Angeles
has resigned. His resignation was
the result of a series of charges made
concerning the city administration.
George T. Oliver of Pittsburg, a
newspaper publisher, has been chos
en as United States senator to suc
ceed Mr. Knox.
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YOU would not buy a raachlno of any kind l you
did not think It would savo you sonio labor; or
In other words, cnablo you to do more and
anu ootter work in tho sarno or less time.
i ou, no doubt, have read about how so-called
spreaders vor manure droppers) savo labor
and uo tho work better than can bo done
by hand.
, Let mo tell you
how dGearlcss New
Idea Spreader ( a
sprcader.in facias.
k Well as In name);
i wjll'savp.'lab'or'hnd
do tlio 'work better1
than.can .bpdbno'
with a machine
that lets tlio 'mh.
nure falLfrom. the ntilvertatnn . nvllmlnr f n
Uio jrroUnd.
The eaHr& few
Idea Spreading Way
The Kansas legislature lias : killed
the two-cent railroad fare bill.
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James Sloan who, forthe-past five -years,
has bee.n Mri febos'evelt's
"nersonal bodveruard."' hns lipon nn-
pointed by President Taft as-United
States marshal for the southern dis
trict of Illinois. Lucien C: Wheeler
becomes bodyguard for President
Taft. , .
The United States Stee'l rust has
bought the Island Royale in Lake
Superior. The island Is said to be
the largest in fresh water in the
world. The steel trust will cut tim
ber from this island and will also
exploit anew its abandoned copper
workings.
lC no fn nti(n4 r$ t-Vt tu...u.. T.ii
way as thai way Is ahead of tho old time fork in hand way. maaune
Read this one practical illtutralion To manuro 40 acres of land
cach year -with one bushel to oach 100 squaro feot.
wml o "U8e machino would require 350 loads
With a 75-buBhel machines wntilrt oim om i"j
mu,I y0,u "avoalarcro farm, tho averajro travel to becln unloading In Mm floiri 2m,M i??i,iieirJ?ach,no wo,uld require 175 loads
This makes ono mllo travel for oach load; besides the Soun you Irn r3S an4tho 8arao amout retuminir.
tho small, narrow machlnos-wo savo you airaln one-half the travcUn thS field unloadinff. Now as wo spread twice as- wldoTs
,. V.Z,:.xr :f i,".l!o,?.n0B?,W0W Illc.ft Spreader makes an Ideal
.'ifss
ofeiV
aero ovor tho small capacity so-called spreaders. P
Bpsidcs not only do wo spread widor, but wo sprond better
Tho experimental stations tell us: 7b get the full value out of
upon tho soiuanUr ShUld b rodttced t0 sma" Particles and putven
Nojv lot mo nskyou to look at tho cut of our machine on this oara
Notice wohayo no flood trate to hold back a flood of extra manure
and keep tho cylinder slugginc all tho time. "oouotextm manure
AskanyThreshormanhow much extra power a slufrlntrovi!n,w
requires over ono that maintains clearance. slujrcln cylinder
clear So ThevCnlJvolrlll!wt,,0l,r tw0 "ndera do maintain cylinder
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sayUSlSS0l,iUo la 6ultabl0 ttoSSffSliw ta hilly ana
?SSatS?SfflfenJJ!?A2'W"Voti.ww.to
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mzH&
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of machine that win do tho woVk thft'-. twt!i,5sSw an7 thor mRo
Put on oxtra Clneh ii7iKnJf "il ?ow Idea Sprnulpr will do. I
Ti, r" i V -"- w" " uuMimne anu una It all O. K."
In thowhoioTTn V,i cTt?nt 0,U5P.n.y.Uaii you can cret clsowhom
., e Bj ma iuw;9, vro toqay to w
ua-ai iLsvug waaBtan&a- m s sekm mmm
glfPgggwWrtCT:gcrw:5i.pi wSflCre MBit
or fo New Idea Spreader Co.,
.vmwaier, unto
Three hundred thousand Turks
living in the United States have
urged the removal ot "Muhli-Bev.
-Turkish pfisul'.in .Nevr:York,' City. r
.w v,iu.iiii tutti jic ua -yvercnargu.
persons seeking passports to their na
tive land.
The Evening Wisconsin of Milwau
kee prints the following dispatch
from Manitowoc, Wis.: "-Members of
the Roman Catholic church who are
affiliated with the socialist party
must choose between thai party and
their church. This wa broadly in
timated by Rev. Kubiszewsky of St.
Mary's Polish Catholic church on
Sunday in an address from the pulpit.
The priest said a circular letter from
the pope was the basis' "for his state
ment and similar addresses will be
made by all Catholic priests in tho
state. The climax was forced here
by the recent nomination by the so
cialists of Peter Kaufmann, a Cath
olic, for city treasurer. Kaufman?,
was withdrawn from the ticket, how
ever, and it is said will sever his
connection with the party."
In the general elections held
throughout Italy the present Italian
ministry was sustained; The social
ists gained six sea'ts. The clericals
participated in the election for the
first time since 1870 and gained sev
eral seats, although they did not
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