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Transcript,
Apple Butter Cat
JOHN W. HARRINGTON.
KELLY MUST GIVE BAIL
Judge Baxter Denies Hia Application for
Writ of Habeas Corpus.
CfJjRT CONSTRUES WORD ''MINISTERIAL"
Intent of I.nwtnnkcm Vn to Slnkp It
Sj nnii in ii id. vltli Kiceutlve
Cane (iocn .Novr to District
Court.
Mayor Allen It. Kelly of South Omaha
mint nit her clvo bntl or CO to Jail pend-
ig a hearing on tho chargo of bribery
ceoduro by tho plea that their client, bolug
nn executive oiricer, could not bo held under
n,.. In n Mm ataf titn ritstlnrr In hrlh-
erv mentions oulv ministerial and Judicial
officers.
Tho point had been ruled upon by Judge
Vlnsonhalcr In tho county court In tho
same ci.se a few days before, when n mo
tion had been made to dismiss the suit on
tho ground that the coraplHlnt did not
nllego a crime under tho statute. The court
held that an executive otllcer comes under
tho head, ministerial, In consequence of
tho hearing that followed, Mayor Kelly
was bound over to the district court In tho
""m of $1,000. Ho declined to give ball, and
t"o writ of habens corpus removing him
from the custody of tho sheriff for tho
tlmo being was nn expedient to got tho
enso before another court In tho hope that
'no former ruling might bo reversed,
Intent of I.ewlNluture Coimldrreil.
Judge Daxter based his decision on his
idea of tho Intent of tho legislature In
drawing up tho stotuto In question and
on tho definitions of tho word "ministerial"
au glvun In the various dictionaries. He
said tho Intent of tho lawmakers Is plainly
to punish people who resort to bribery
and that tho meaning of tho word "mhi-
litorlnl" rnnnot ho construed dllTercnt
than signifying executive, an distinguished
from Judicial. Judge llaxter referred to
tho rulings of Judges Wakclcy, Neville and
linker on tho same point, stating thnt their
opinions would not be tnken Into considera
tion In tho present case. In concluding ho
said:
"I must hold that It Is the Intent of tho
legislature, to Include executive offices
under the head 'ministerial,' and therefore
It follows that the writ must be denied."
Kelly's attorneys asked to havo their ex
ceptions noted and Informed tho court that
their client would furnish bond imme
diately. Tho case will now bo heard In tho
district court at tho next term. Another
hearlng-that of tho State against Kelly
,i, i, .,.... ,..,. .m t,riv. tfrt til
Thnr Jnrconson nnd Mvron Sherman to
without police interference was to havo
como up In tho county court yesterday
morning, but was passed Indefinitely, owing
to the hearing In tho habeas corpus case. A
date for tho hearing will bo set nt once.
soimj Ari'i.ir.s roil a ki:ci:ivi:u.
(Inner of Mlllnril Hotel MiiKpn Heroiul
Attempt to Outit MiinimtTN.
P. J. Sorg. tho millionaire tobacco man
ufneturer of Ohio, has begun another nt
tempt to take the management of the Mil
lard hotel from tho hands of J. E. Market
& Co. Following the refusal of Judge Mun
ger to appoint n receiver for tho hotel sev
eral months ago no steps were taken In the
enso until yesterday, when tho attorneys
for tho plaintiff filed a second application
for a receiver, alleging as a reason for
such application that tho firm of Markol
I. Cn lin.l nnnnimoml ltd Intnntlnn nf nlnllni
the house December 31.
i ti. nnii..ntinn rnr a rnivr h
Plaintiff alleges that tho defendant holds
L nlno-year lease on tho building at an
nnnuul rental of $12,000 per year from and
after January 1, 1901, and nt a rental of
$10,000 per year until that time; that slnco
January 1, 1900, no money hns been paid as
rent: thnt tho nrlnclnnl stilt now nendlntr
in the court Involves accrued rents of 130.-
000; that the plaintiff Is attempting to en-
fnrcn lli.nH nnnn thn hltllrllnt- flYttirna nml
Improvements upon tho grounds of which
ho Is tho holder of tho fee, and In nddl-
Hon thereto to forecloso nn alleged cquit-
nhln iMnrtirni-n nnnn tho fiirnltnrn rnntn.ltif.rl
In tho building.
The application for receiver further al-
leges that tho house Is constructed solely
for tho purposo of a hotel: that tho Mil
lard has a reputation which would suffer
If tho houso should bo closed, and that the
security of tho plaintiff would greatly de-
preclato If the defendants wero permitted
to carry out thfilr alleged Intention of
closing tho house. Ho also states that If
tho houso Is closed his equltablo mortgage
will bo defeated, becnuso ho cannot Identify
tho furnlturo now contained In tho building
If It Is removed, ns threatened by tho de
fendants. Judge Munger announced that ho would
hear tho application for a receiver somo
time during tho week, iih the case In chief
cannot be heard at this time.
Court Xotrx.
latlo Tlurtsch luw commenced nult for
divorce from Anton Durtsch on tho ground
of cruelty nnd non-support.
Margnret Illley hnH Hint n petition In tho
district court asking for danintrrs in tlm
sum of $1,000 from tho city of South Omaha
becmiHe of mi excnvntlon In front of her
property nt Nineteenth and S streets, mudo
by tho city employes, It Is alleged that the
aKrd the rental value of the premises.'
noio in iiinciceji leci iicen and has dnm-
In the case of Frank E. Coulter
the Omaha Ons Engine and Motor com
pnny, W. C. Olnn, W O. Pratt nnd Snmuol
Mchec hnvo tiled a motion objecting to tho
recent sale of the assets of the defrndnnt
concern by the receiver and nsklng that the
salo bo tct nslde. Tho contention Ih that
the snlo did not bring tho vuluo of tho
assets.
INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYES
t'nloii I'nellle llnllronil Will Pay Due.
'I'lilril of tho C'onI of Aeelilent
Policies for It .Men.
Somo time todny every cmployo of tho
Union Pacific Railroad company will ro-
cclvo a circular letter signed by President
Hurt Informing him that arrangements
have been consummated with an eastern
Insurance company whereby protection
against Occident will bo offorded him for
any Injuries ho may Hiistaln and that tbo
company will pay one-thlrd of the cost of
the policy. This offer will extend to tho
conductors, baggagemen, braUomen, loco
motive ctiRlncers and firemen, yard fore
men, switchmen and bridge and building
carponters. For all other employes who aro
engaged In less hazardous occupations and
whose premiums aro less on that account
tho company will pay one-fourth of I he
cost of tho Insurance.
A featuro of tho deal and ono which will
bo appreciated by the men whom It Is In
tended to benefit Is that tho payments will
bo made by tho Union Pacific comnanv
whenever they aro due nnd tho cost remain
ing after tho amount contributed by the
company Is deducted will bo charged to
the porsonal nccounts of tho men and will
bo deducted from tholr wagcb, tho amount
being divided Into four rruul payments,
thus making tho carrying charge of tho In
surance easy to bear. Tho cost of tho
clerical work Involved In keeping these ac
counts will bo borne by tho Union Pacific
cqmpany.
While the management of the road hopes
that n largo number of Its employes wilt
avail themselves of this opportunity to se
curo protection, It Is distinctly stated In
tho circular referred to nbovo that there
Is nothing compulsory In tho matter and
that every cmployo Is nt liberty to act as
his Judgment dictates. Tho Union Pacific
Is tho second compnny In tho country to
make a contract for tho Insuraitco of Its
employes, the other being tho Chicago &
Alton, on which rond tho samo plan has
been In operation for the post year, with
results satisfactory to employes and of
ficials alike.
Thero Is a great deal of complaint about
tho condition of the paved strets In the
business portion of tho city. Street Com
missioner Clark Is doing the best ho cun
with tho funds at his disposal. In follow
ing out Instructions from tho mnyor and
council Clark has filled a great many
washouts and has worked tho road ma-
enmu uu u uumuui ... ...............
unpaved streets. In this way tho fund
has been exhausted nnd this nccounts In a
measuro for tho present uiny condition oi
Twenty-fourth street and also of N street
Thcro Is ono eauso which has bo far
been overlooked by tho city officials, and
that Is the passing out of handbills and
tho throwing of cards on tho streets and
sidewalks by Bollcltors.
At the foot of N street cards, circulars
and posters nro being passed out nearly
all day long by men In tho employ of
Omaha nnd South Omaha merchants. As
a general thing these cards or circulars aro
thrown onto tno siuewaiKs or into ino
street without even a rasslng glance, and
thus tho walks and streets aro littered and
tho sewers arc clogged with wasto paper.
Ordlnanco No. 977, which was passed by
the council on November 19, covcm this
featuro and prohibits the . thing com
plained of, as It specifics that thero shall
bo no undue Influence brought to bear upon
would-bo purchasers such as the passing
out of cards or handbills, etc. For violat
ing this ordinance thero Is a flno of not
less than $10 nnd not more thnn $30.
This plan of passing out carda and post
ers ns n means of advertising Is not coun
tenanced by tho hotter class of merchants
nnd the probability Is that tho city prose
cutor will be colled upon to put a stop to
tho practice of littering the streets with
cheap advertising mnttcr.
Clrrk'n riniitirlnl Stntonirn I .
City Clerk Shrlgley has Just Issued a
stn'i'-ment Bhowliv; tho condition of the
various funds at tho close of business on
December 1. Tho amount of the P.iOU levy
wn3 $100,739 and from this has been draw.i
J02.G26, leaving n balance on the books
of the clerk of $33,112. Iho balances In tho
funds follow: Interest, $14,S3S; Judgment,
$11,114; police, $1,452; fire, $112; public
light, $1,101; salary, $4,069; engineer, $718;
general, overdrawn, $39; street repair, $7;
special witness, $111; wnter, $1,510; spe
cial license, $2,20S.
No mention Is made of tho so-culle l "spe
cial flro fund," otherwise known ns tho
"confclcnco fund," but thcro Is something
like $5S0 In this fund which It is expected
will bo used to purchaso n hoio wngon
for tho now flro hall being erected In the
Second ward.
llonip for the llol liln n,
It. A. Carpenter and wlfo arrived last
night from Ilutte, Mont., to spend the
holidays with frlcuds and relatives hore.
Mr. Carpenter was for four years the city
clerk of South Omaha, and when ho went
out of office general regret was expressed
by membors of both political pnrtles. Mr.
Carpenter Is at present manager of tho
Hammond Packing cnnlpany Interests nt
Ilutto. He says that llutto Is strictly an
eight-hour town nnd thnt tho mines, hotels
saloons, etc., work on the eight-hour plan
nnd never close, three shifts of men being
employed. Quito n number of former
South Omaha men are now located In
Ilutte, Mr. Carpenter says, nmoug them
"U,"K ''""l"1
hns a Posltl
Chief of Pollco llrcnnnn, who
on In one of the mines.
I.lvp Stock Ixi'liniiKP oniliiiif Inn
As Is tho usual custom, office for the
South Omaha Live Stock exchange wero
nominated yesterday and will bo voted
on at tho regulnr meeting lo be held In
January. These nre tho nominees: J. A,
Hnke, president; W. n. Cheek, Aco pres
ident; directors, for threo years, W. I
Stephen, J. E. Ilyers, T. B. Sntiuders; for
two years, to fill tho unexpired lerm of
W. D. Wallwork, Alex Garrow; board of nr
bltrntlon, M. It. Murphy, J. 11. Illanelutrd
W. I. Stcphon, F. Chittenden, J. E. Dyers
MflKlU City iOHNl.
Thcro will be it spcclnl tmlo of Short
horns at tno stocK yarns today,
It is understood llutt Don C Aver, bend
of tho government Inspection bureau, has
received nn increimo in Fuutry
Nothing will bo clone about providing nay
for tho llremen nnd policemen until tho
council ineetH next .Monday night.
Locnl ownern of faHt horses nre taking a
great deal or interest in tno new speedway
n tho boulevnrd between hero nnd Omahu
Testimony will be taken today In rnnm
111 tho Packers' National bank building In
connection with tho alleged recent election
frauds.
Mombera of tho Commercial club nro wel
nlcaxed with thn uumiuet held at tho Ex
chnngo on Monday night. Financially tho
niiair wns a success.,
Tho decrease til rattle nnd hoes at th
vnnls Is b.'lnir runldlv wined out nnd It 1
iixneeted that bv the end of tho year an In
crease In receipts of cuttle, hogs nnd slice)
will no suown
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cloth or kid tops button or lace your
piirehnso todny can be exchanged after
Christmas for a pair titled to the feet.
Drexel Shoe Co,,
Neir Catalogue nnd Srnt Free for
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Omnt n'n llp-t o-lut e Mior llonar.
1410 KtllSAM ST II IS KT,
fllir Rlrunlo Man
Qs I UUI UIVJUIV IIIUII
suyo "all work and no play makes .lack
a dull boy" We glvo him plenty of time
to piny, so that when you want stove,
range and furnace work donu ho Is al
ways ready to do It Ho often wonders
If you could count a million and a half
He never tried It, but our stock book
shows that we have that ninny pounds
of stovo repairs in the four-story brick
building on Douglas street, between l'Jtli
anil Kltli Every day somo one tele
phones OHO and wants to know where
our store Is It Is there and litis been for
years (Jet. tbo location llxed In your
mind.
OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS
Telephone 000.
1207 Douglas St
I South Omaha News . I
WOMAN'S CLUB SCORES AGAIN
Benefit Concert for the Auditorium Prorea
Distinct Success.
LOCAL SOCIETY HONORS THE OCCASION
Program it I'lennlnK One, Well Hen
ilereil li- ('nimble People, nml
Tliiirnimlil)' llnjojeil li- ti
It e re rut iitl ve Audience.
A signal success wns scored by the Wo
man's club In tho concert given nt Uoyd's
thentcr Tucedny night for tho benefit of
the Omnhn Auditorium. It was attended
by n representative Omnha nudlence, lu
point of numbers so largo that tho finan
cial success of thn event was obvious, Ar
tistically tho affair was an undisputed
triumph. Tho entertainment committee of
tho Woman's club, Julia C. Houbler, Ida
V. Tllden, Mnry K. Dumont, Henrietta I
Smith nnd Lillian It. Harford, could hardly
havo chosen from tho musical talent of this
city moro capable performers than those
who bo graciously contributed their serv
ices to last night's concert.
Tho entertainment partook largely of n
brilliant society event and tho votaries of
Omaha's social llfo were represented In
largo numbers. Tho patronesses of tbo oc
casion were: Mesdamcs J. It. lluchannn,
S. I). Darkalow, H. O. Hurt, G. F. llldwcll,
J, E. Iloyd, W. .1. Council, E. A. Cudahy.
Clement Chase, J. J. Dickey, Harold Olf
ford, 1 U Haller, Georgo A. Joslyn, Z.
l.lndsoy, C. F. Mandcrson, J. M. Mot-
calf, Euclid Martin, E. M. Morsman, E
W. Nash, Charles Hoscwater, S, It. Towne
Gtorgo H. Thummel, C. M. Wllhelm, J. C.
Wharton, O. W. Wattles, John L. Webster,
II. W. YntoB, C. E. Yost.
Tho boxes wore occupied by prominent
society people, representatives of th-s
Wonati's club and tho governors of Ak
Snr-Den. General Fltzhugh Lee occupied
ono of tho boxes, and In honor of t'ac dis
tinguished military man aud his party
tho box assigned to them was handsomely
draped In tho national colors.
I'll roe Thnt Took Wrll.
Tho program consisted of two parts. All
of the numbers wcro musical with tho ex
ception of Miss Day's recitation, nnd tho
one-net farco entitled, "A Meeting of tho
Directory." This latter creation was
most Inughable one. Just what It was to
bo was somewhat of a mystery, but tho
problem was of easy solution when the cur
tain rang up and showed tho board of ill'
rectors of tho Omaha Auditorium scntcd
at their usual noonday luncheon nnd bust
nes3 session. Ily menus of successful mnke
tips tho women participating In tho farco
had succeeded In making themselves re
pcmblo to a ninrktd and easily recognizable
degrco tho members of tho Auditorium
board. Thoro were wigs and falso faces
falso mustaches and beards and other sub
torfugo of tho mask which mado tho re-
semblunco In several Instances atartllngly
real. Jokes were sprung nt random and
this particular session of tho auditorium
commltteo was Indeed a Jolly one. Tho
women who too'.c a part In this were
Mosdames H. 11. Coryell. C. C. Delden. U
F. Carpenter, F. II. Cole, J. I. Cook. L. O
Shraiier, Harry May, W. S. Strawn, G. W.
Shields, James T. Lee, Henry Hlllcr. C. M.
Schneider, Misses Ethelwyntio Kennedy, E.
r. .McCartney, Ilesslo Dumont. Jeanetto
Jessop, Mnry Falrbrother, Mrs. W. N. Dor-
ward was tho atngo director.
Other Wlio t.'oiitrlliutril.
Miss Ella Day rondo n most favorable Im
pression In her rending of James Whlt
comb Hlley's "That Llttlo Dog." All of
ino musicni numbers wero recolved with
genulno enjoyment by the nudlonce. Tho
musical program was ns follows:
Overturo-If 1 Were King Adam
VocajDupt-Uirbounl Watch (by rc
Julea Q. Iaimlinni'nmriiaiilpi'ii'."
SfKIUll " Mrl,lr
iii. . c i MrH Mvron Smith.
Piano Solo
(u) Houree. n minor, from second
... vlon honutn Hiich-S.ilnt Haens
(b) Itomunco, F uliiirp mnjor, op. :s.?..
(o Dedicu tio'ti; ::::: : : : : : : schuVmnnir.Lis"'t
, . - , Jorteph (inhm.
Inn Op. 19, pla violin nml '00110
Slgmund UiiiMhrrg, plnno; Dr. Charles
Haetens, violin; Ehrurdt Franz,
violoncello,
fjnpniiui Solo Ilocllutlvo nml nrln.
"I-nrewell "i e Mountains,'- from the
opera, "Jnnn nf Are" Tschnlkowsky
, -MIsh Loulsu Ke ogg.
Violin Solo
ffi l.l:;v,;rle,; ; viouvtemps
(b) An die llelinutli llutiser
. . Mux llaunielster.
noui 1 1 Juot-Nocturne Clinmlniule
Mrs, Myron Smith aiid OHcar Oarelsson
Tenor hoio cnlm as tho Night Ilohm
I. N. Treynor.
Sextette Lucia ill Lnmmlmonr
Mrs. Charles t'rquhurt. soprano; Mrs. A (!
Edwnnls, contralto; W. II. Wilbur and V.
S, Klgdou. tenors; O. C. Mclntvre, bari
tone; C. II, Shaw, lias.so.
Tho accompanists were Messrs. J. H.
Slmms, Charles II, Keefer, John A. Shork
and J. E. Dutler.
At tho conclusion of tho program tho
executive commltteo of tho Auditorium oc
cupied seats upon tho stugo nnd Rev. E. F.
Trefz expressed for them tholr thanks to
tho Woman's club und nil who had as
sisted In tho success of the cntortnlnmont.
Itov. Trefz also spoko briefly relatlvo to
tho nudllorlum project, touching upon the
city's need In that direction and optimisti
cally predicting a Buccossful issue of tho
cumpalgn now being waged toward building
such n structure.
Church Lights and
Social Leaders
Every community, however small, h&s
Its group of energetic women "a ho lend and
light the way In every social enterprise. If
It Is charity, a bazaar, n church fnlr, or
any other benevolent undertaking, tney
work day and night to make It a. success.
They aro not tho women who neglect their
homes to tcrvo tho public. They simply do
doublo service. Many a husband knows
what it Is to bring his wlfo homo from a
fair or bazaar near tho hour of midnight
aud sco her drop, In sheer exhaustion, Into
"
tho first chair sho conies to. While tho
lights wcro bright and tho talk and laughter
wero all nbout her, sho didn't realize her
own weariness. Hut onco nt home, exhaus
tion overcame her. If a woman were thor
oughly robust, without ache or pain, sho
could not keep up this work without under
mining her health. What shall bo said
then of those women who nro not strong,
who Buffer from headache, backnche, bearing-down
pains nnd other consequences of a
diseased condition of tho woman organism?
And theso women aro In tho great ma
jority. There tiro few women who nre frco
from diseases peculiar to their sex.
UURNINO THE CANDLE AT IJOTH
ENDS.
That expressive saying not only suggests
the most rapid form of wasto, but ulsu the
most foolish. When n woman ovortaxes
her strength In nny cause, whether In the
enjoyment of social pleusures, or lu the
service of church or charity, she Is rapidly
hastening to tho cud of her public activity.
Thn proof of this Is found right nt home.
Young matrons who aro not dancing any
more, church workers who nro no moro
actlvo; theso havo not. stepped atddo be
cnuso of Ioph of interest, but because of
lack of strength.
Thero la not n weak woman who would
not llko to bo mado strong again. Thero
is not n sick woman who would not like
to bo mado well. And there Is not tho least
reason, In ninety-eight eases out of every
hundred, why women should continue to
bo weak nnd sick. The first step to the
ro-estnbllshmcnt of tho general health Is
to establish tho local womanly health.
"I feci that It Is only my duty to send
you a statement of my case," writes Mrs.
Mury E. Wilcox of Emn (Rnlny River). Al
goma Co., Out. "I Buffered untold misery
for many years with uterine tioublu until I
commenced taking Dr. Pierce's good medi
cine nnd UBed tho locnl trentmcnt ns ad
vleed. I took two bottles of Favorite Pre
scription' nnd two of 'Golden Medical Dis
covery.' I nlso sent for ono box of your
'Antiseptic nnd Healing Suppositories.' I
havo only used two and that was two months
ago. Hnvc not had to use any since, but I
shnll keep them In tho house. 1 would ad
vise every omnn who suffers from ulcera
JUST AN ORDINARY FAKE
Secretary DM II minis KvenliiK ICnoek
rr'H Story mm Absolutely With
out I'oiinilnt Ion.
When n story printed In nn evening pnpor
to the effect thnt thn probable Increnso
tho tax rate from 27 to 31 mills would
work an Injury to Omaha's commercial
Interests wob pointed out to Secretary Utt
t tho Commercial club last night ho said-.
'Thcro Is nothing In that report. Tho
statement that three big Implement houses,
which wero coming to Omaha, havo aban
doned their plnns on account of the tax
evy Is not founded on nny fact, und tho
further Htntemcnt that tho proposed levy
hns caused other local commercial enter
prises to ho abandoned Is equally false.
Tho evening paper .also says that a com
mittee of the commercial club will moot
with tho council and protest ugalnst tho
levy, when ns a mutter of fact tho club
has not taken any official action and no
committee has been appointed to consider
anything In connection with tho tax levy.
Thcro may bo some complaint against tho
levy from individual members of tho club,
but a tax was never levied In nny city
that did not meet with norno objection.
Omaha Jobbers aro not annoyed nny more
over taxation thnn arc tho jobbers of nny
We Give 5 Years' Time-
to test our Ilurton Gultnrs and Man
dolins. If at any time during that
period you nro not satisfied you can
make a change for an Instrument at
sumo prlco you paid for the other one.
This Is a longer guarantee thnn any
other factory will give. The Ilurton In
struments are renowned for perfect
workmanship, elegant tone nml tlulsli,
correct scale and easy linger board,
They nro fully warranted to stand tho
use of steel strings nnd are recom
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from $10 on and up. Sold on easy pay
ments.
A. HOSPE,
Musis aid Art. 1513 Dautlft.
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W. S. Balduff
1520 Fartiattt SU
tion of tho uterus and piles to use Dr
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It Is
tho best nuMlcltio In the world. Also wrltp
to Dr. Plcrco for his advice. I have felt
better In the past seven months than I
have for years. Every month t used to
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and tako laudanum to rase tho pain. I
don't go to bod now, nor do I tako lauda
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with plies, but I did not have any troublo
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Compound Extract of Smart-Weed In tho
house. It la n wonderful medicine."
THE WAY OF ESCAPE
from tho diseases which afflict women Is
marked by tho footsteps of hundreds of
thousands of women who have been raised
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"1 feel It my duty to send
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Mrs, Tllllo Llnney of Gravel
Switch, Marlon, Co.. Ky. "t
had been a sufferer from
uterine troublo for twelvo
years, having doctored with
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but finding only temporary
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scribed by them. I was ad
vised by a friend to tako
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which 1 did, and after taking
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"My nleco wiw troubled with female
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Ave., Chicago, Ills. "You ndvlscd her to
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which she did faithfully for nine months
and now wo must acknowledge to you that
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Sick nnd nlllng women nre Invited to con
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spondence Is held In eacred secrecy and the
written conlldences of women nro guarded
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with Hick women nt the Invalids' Hotel nml
Surgical Institute, lluffnlo, N. Y. Address
Dr. R. V. Plorce, lluffnlo, N. Y
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