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FRIDAY NOV. 27, 1914.
LOCAL AND PEHSONAL
Mtb. Efllo Christ is reported qulto
111 at her homo on So. Dovvcy.
J. F. Clabaugh left Wednesday for
Omaha whore he will spend tho day
loooklng after some business matters.
County Attorney Geo. N. Qlbbs was
called to Brady Tuesday afternoon to
look after somo professional busi
ness. Mrs. Charles llcrrod left Tuesday
evening for Paxton to spond Thanks
giving with her slster-ln-law, Irs.
Michael McFndden.
Fergus Flynn, of Dos Moines, la., Is
visiting In the city with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Flynn and other
relatives and friends.
Misses Vnunlta and Anna Hayes
left Wednesday morning for Lincoln
where thoy spoilt Thanksgiving with
relatives and friends.
Ursnl Owens, who has been work
ing In Kansas City for somo tlmo past
returned to town tho first of this
week for a visit with friends.
Miss Hlldegurd Clinton arrived
homo Wodnosdny ovonlng from Lin
coln whoro sho attends tho stato uni
versity to spond tho holidays at homo.
Hrnost Rlnckor wan a passengor to
Koystono Wednesday morning to
spend tho day looking after tho Inter
ests of tho Rincker store at that
place.
For Rout Threo room houso In 300
block on east Third. Phono bluck 110.
Miss Crnndnll, who teaches In tho
cltv schools, spoilt Thanksglvlirg va
cation in Ovorton visiting hor par
ents. Mrs. H. M. Stp.ckhoitHo roturned
Wednesday morning from tho eastern
part of tho stato where sho spent
two wcoks visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy loft
Wednesday morning for Crcston, la.,
whero they will spend Thanksgiving
with rolatlvos. Thoy will remain
thcro for a visit of sovoral days.
Ed Stofrogcn, watchmaker In the
Clinton Jewelry store, left Tuesday
evening for Hluo Hill to romnbi over
Thanksgiving with his parents and
other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Snydor nnd
family loft yostordny in their car for
Hayos Center whoro thoy spent
Thanksgiving vlBltlng Mr. Snydor'a
parents.
By a special provision all of tho
teachers woro paid Wednesday for
the month of Novombor and many of
them wont out of tho city to spend
Thanksgiving Day. Tho schoolH en
Joyed a vacation of two days In
honor of tho season.
Mrs. Elizabeth Otton, of Nampa,
Idaho, arrived In tho city Wcdnosday
to visit for Bovornl days with
hor daughtors, MrB. O. R. Rob
inson and Miss Allco Otton, and her
son Will Otton. -JrB. Otton formorly
lived hora nnd this is her first visit
hero since leaving about flvo years
ago.
('end Samaritan Hospital
Will Open ?c.t .Mo n day.
Tho Good Samaritan hospital, which
has been under preparation In tho
Rltner hotel building, will bo ready
to open by tho end of tho week nnd
formal opening will bo mado Monday,
according to the statement of Miss
Pearl Larson, head nurso. Tho
rooms are nearly all ready now and
by tomorrow evening all will bo In
shape so that tho opening can be
made.
Miss Larson will have charge as
head nurso and superintendent of the
entire hospital. On each lloor a sen
ior nurso will bo In charge. Tho
hospital will open with eight nurses
In addition to tho superintendent nnd
tho head lloor nurses. Thoy will nil
room nt tho hospital and will board
at tho hospital dining room on tho
first floor.
All tho surgfeal cases will bo kept
as much as possible on tho third door
as the operating room is located
thero. Tho hospital will opun with at
least six surgical cases and with a to
tal of fourteen of llftcen patients.
Tho patients that are in tho P. & S.
hospital numbering about ten, will be
moved Into tho now quarters Monday.
On tho second lloor will bo the diet
kltcjie,n, tho student nurses' rooms
and somo beds. Tho lecture room
will bo located on the first lloor, as
will also bo the ward which will con
tain six beds.
Tho new hospital will bo a regis
tered hospital and will comply with
all requirements of the state. It will
be luregular training school and will
have a three-year course. All student
nurses must bo at least twenty years
of ago boforo they will lie admitted
and they will bo required to servo a
two-months probationary porlod be
fore thoy will bo given their stripes
as student nurses.
Tho stnto requirements specify that
a hospital must havo at least twenty
llvo beds and must havo an avcrago of
llftcen patlonts boforo thoy aro eligi
ble for registration. Tho now hospi
tal will havo from twenty-eight to
thirty bedB, nnd from tho number of
patlonts now applying for rooms will j
probably go above the average In
tho numbor of patients. Miss Larson
already has tho application blanks to
fill out asking for registration nnd
thoy will bo bent In at tho proper
time.
Asks I.Iks to llrect Building.
Tho B. P. O.' Elks havo received a
proposition from n local firm stating
that If a building Is erected on tho
lots north of tho Elks' homo the firm
will lenso the ground lloor for a per
iod of ton years. The trustees havo
the proposition under consideration,
and as yet no definite conclusion has
been reached.
MIbs Pauline Baldoek returned Inst
evening from tho Paxton vicinity
whero sho vlBltod for sovoral days
with hor sister.
llntei tains for .Mrs. Coodiiiun.
Mrs. E R Goodman entertained
thirty ladies Tuesday afternoon nt a
konslngton complimentary to Mrs.
Julia Goodman, of Cody, Wyo., who
has been a guost of tho Goodman
family for ten days. Tho ladlos pres
ent woro friends of Mrs. Goodman
whon sho was a rosldont of North
Pin (to, and tho renewal or ac
quaintanceship with tho honor guest
was pleasant to all.
Your SatlsfacUon
Is our buccosb, onco a usor always ono.
For heat, lasting and satisfaction,
thero Is none at tho prlco to equal tho
Komoror soft coal, ask others. Lump
and nut $(1.75 por ton dollvored. Try a
ton, Phono 1)9. YORK COAL OFFICE,
SOU 500 East Front Streot.
BIG REELS of funny pictures. The
you.
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Fnlso Report Croats Incitement.
Just before noon Tuesday a tele
phono message was received at the
Jail stating that tho body of Vernon
Connett, supposed to have been mur
dered near Birdwood sidetrack, had
been found. Naturally the message
created excitement, and Albert Mul
doon, acting county attorney during
tfie temporary absence of Geo. N.
Glbbs, and Coroner Maloncy, accom
panied by Deputy Sheriff Wilson and
a Tribune reprcsenatlvo left for the
scene of tho "find.." Coroner Maloncy
took along his case of deodorizers and
disinfectants and directed that the
dead wagon follow in the course of
an hour. Arriving nt a point a mile
west of Birdwood a party of twenty
or thirty mon wero found, who In
formed tho attorney and tho coroner
that the report was false, and that
tho only body so far unearthed was
that of a horse.
All this week a small army of men
havo been searching the country
around Birdwood In hope of discover
ing Connott's body und securing the
$300 reward which has been offered.
Su (5ns He fore rebrunrj 1st,
Tho construction work at the now
gas and power plant has taken such
course that It will bo Impossible for
them to furnish gas for uso before
about the first of February. They
had hoped and expected to have tho
gas turned on In the mains by the
mlddlo of December, but on account
of tho boiler room not being finished
they will bo unable to do so
Tho work on tho gas mains and on
tho Installation of the gas machinery
will bo finished this week. The roof
is already on tho gas plant and most
of tho machinery is Installed. Work
on tho mains is nearly complotcd,
but Mr Willis, who has charge of the
work, will remain hero for several
months yet until all tho servleea aro
installed In tho different houses. Tho
delay on the gas service is not duo
to work on tho gas plant as the gen
erating apparatuses are all In and
ready for use. Iloweyer, they depend
upon the boilers in the electric plant
to furnish steam and as It is not
ready they cannot start.
Tho work on the electric plant Is
bolng rushed as much as possible and
they will soon hnvo the roof on tho
boiler rooms but it will bo some time i
beforb tho building is entlrcl en-1
closcdA Th concrete work Is all
complete on tho smokestack and the
workmon aro now doing the brick
work on the Inside. Gas will be 1
given as soon as tho plant can be put I
In shape to do thq work.
Diold orris is Cnlon Pad lie.
The enso of David Norris " vs the
Union Pacific railroad company was
brought before the county court
Tuesday and was continued until
Decombor 1th. Tho enso 1b a damage
suit for f 19.9U. Norris alleges that
tho comany has turned waste water
over land along tho tracks which ho
has leased and that tho wasto dam
aged his hay crop to the extent for
which ho asks damages. Ho also asks
for costs of tho uctlon and Interest
from date of tiling buII.
Despondency Due to Indigestion.
It Is not at all surprising that per
sons who havo indlgOBtion becomo dis
couraged and despondent. Hero aro
a few words of hope and cheer for
thorn by Mrs. Blancho Bowers, Indi
ana, Pa ."For yoara my digestion was
so poor that I could only eat tho light
est foods. I tried everything that I
heard of to get reliot but not until
about a year ago when I saw Cham
berlain's Tablets advortlzed and got a
bottlo of them did I find the right
trontmont. I sium began to Improve,
and since n fow bottles of them my di
gestion Is fine." For sale by . all
dealers.
are invited to attend the
afternoon, Nov. 28, at
Lutheran Announcements.
The regular morning service at
10:30. sermon on Rev. 1:4-8. Sunday
school at 12 in. Luther league at 0:45
p .in. Evening service at 7:30. This
will be the annual Thanks offering
bervice by the missionary societies.
The regular order of worship in the
place of sermon; a talk by Mrs. liar-
man on "Tho Story of Immigration." are allowed all the billiards they can
Recitaton, "Is it You," by Miss Knh- make. All games must be aft r seven
erine Bretzer; special music by the o'clock In the evening except on Sun
choir; a talk on "Campaigning for the days, and nil games must be played
King" by Miss Then Hansen; read- before twelve o'clock of the night of
ing, "A Call for Recruits" by Mlsb December 16th.
Alma Waltmath. This promises to be '
tho best service of the kind these so
cieties have held. The presence of
all members and friends is earnestly
desired and a largo offering.
Take Notice
We, the undersigned blacksmiths
and horse shocrs , have decided to
place our business on a CASH BASIS.
Therefore, on nnd after Dec. 1, 1914,
all work and material will be strictly
CASH.
J. II. VANCLEAVE.
F. S. RUSSEL,
J E. JEFFRIES.
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Rules of Now Tournament
Tho new billiard tournament, which
is being started at the Elks' home
under the captaincy of Harry Fleish
man and Davy Day, will bo different
from any held thus far. The two
players that are chosen to play to-.
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I am, or, rather, was till lately, a wo
man telegraph operator. I was sitting
at my operating table one night read
ing a novel to kill time for 1 had little
to do-when there came a night mes
sage from a distant station. As soon
as It was Mulshed the operator who
sent It said good night to me. 1 re
plied that I wished I could say good
night to nil the world, for 1 was tired
and sleepj mid would like to go to bed
This resulted In a bit of conversation,
In which my correspondent used cer
tain masculine phrases that Indicated,
him to be a man. But when I asked
If he were a man he surprised me by
saying that lie was a woman. Nest
I was asked as to my sex, und, half
inspecting tbnt tllu operator was try
lug to humbug me, I replied that I was
a man.
Then followed n period of love nink
Ing, in which I as the man took tho
lead. I found It very difficult to mnko
love as a man would, and the effort
constituted the principal pnrt of the
amusement I derived from the affair
When I had nothing better to do I
would write out certain lover-like
phrases, then go over them, taking out
the feminine give awnys, substituting
masculine phrases. These 1 would use
In the corrected form tho next time
my lady called mo up. I flattered my
self that In this way I would avoid the
appearance of being a woman.
My correspondent. If a man, which
he claimed not to be, surely played the
womanly part very well. He used
very llowlng language and expressed
himself with such words as "I de
clare!" "That's jtK too funny for any
thing!" "Goodness gracious!" while I
gave vent to "The dickens you say!"
"Cut it out!" and "You betl"
While I had been led to believe my
correspondent was a man, n constant
use of feminine expressions altered
my opinion. I did not believe nny man
could avoid ninklng some slip that
would -give him uwny. I certainly
found It almost impossible to avoid re
vealing myself as a woman nnd re
alized that I could only do so In the
manner I have Indicated that is, by
writing my phrases and correcting
them.
We exchanged, or pretended to ex
change, photographs, though mine was
one of my cousin, a handsome fellow
about twenty-live. My correspondent
was a comely girl with a spark of mis
chief In her eye. It was this expres
sion that convinced me my correspond
ent was a girl. As I looked at her
photograph It struck mo tbnt she was
just the person to Indulge In such a
wise flirtation aa was being carried on
between us. I looked forward with
pleasure to the day when wo would
meet and I should see the look of sur
prise on her face when she discovered
her mistake.
To accomplish a meeting and apply
a test at the same time I proposed that
If my correspondent were coming my
a he should call and see me. If he
were really a man he would not scru
ple to do so. If hho were a woman
and believed me to be a man she
would not come to see me, but expect
me to come and see her. She stood
the test When I made the proposi
tion she expressed herself as greatly
surprised that I should do so, saying
that she would not think of going to
call on a man. She would, however,
lie happy to have tho man call upon
her.
It there was any doubt loft In my
mind that my operator was a woman
this dispelled it. I apologized for what
I called my thoughtlessness and said
that I would take an early opportuni
ty to call upon her. Neveitheless If it
should turn out that some man had
been representing himself as a woman
it would be embnrrnsstng for me. so
I concluded to forego the pleasure of
humlilng nt tho girl and let the matter
drop.
One morning a young man alighted
from a train, came into the station,
wrote a telogrum and asked me to send
It. The messago was an unimportant
me, simply stating that ho would be
In a certain place at a certain date. I
counted the words, told him the price
of the message, and ho throw down the
money. But he kept mo nt tho win
dow asking me questions about tho
town, how far it was to this place and
that place and the running of trains
lie was doferentlnl, and I was not dis
pleased to answer his questions.
Flnnlly I broke away to send his uies
I sage, and ns I did so ho called to me.
I "If tho party Is not found tell them
to leave the message."
He went off uptown, but returned In
about an hour with some flowers and.
1 advancing to the window, laid them
I on the bonrd over which messages nre
rerelvi'd nnd asked me If ho might not
send a telegram himself. Since he
knew the Morse nlphabet and thought
he could .stumble through one I ns
sented. and, coming Into the operating
loom, he snt down nt the Instrument
and began to rattle off with the tin
emy of a professional telegrapher the
name and address for the message
The nddiess being the station of my
correspondent. I pricked up my ears
The message read:
I havo found tho operator who hns born
pretending to ho a ninn, and sho la a v
man, ns was plain from the constant use
of "Deiir mo " Sho Is comely and at
tractive I havo hrouh'ht hor somo How
ers
With Jhat he turned with a .sparkle
in Ids eye to find mo staring nt him
with cheeks rod as the flowers he had
brousht me.
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