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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1904)
t::;i tb Llcrtgage Has Paid A Trua Story Early one bright morning in May, 1899, an agent of the Old Line Bankers Life Insurance company drove Into the Tarmyard of John pttersbtrg, liv ing near the town of Adams, in Gage county, Nebraska. Mr. Ottersberg was at work repairing his farm wagon. Near him stood hi3 wife, a bright ap pearing young German woman, and about her were three small children, the oldest not over sever, years, The agent presented his business and received the interested attention of husband and wife, while the baby, in the mother s arms, patted her cheeks with its little hands, and looked askance at the strange man. The appealing eyes of the wife as they Hannah: "I think I will more the bid bousa tomorrow"' So feeent to Adams and borrowed jackscrews. Early the next morning he placed them in position. As he went frum, one to the other, turning the screw- a little each time, he whistled cheerily at his work. He was thinking. of the money ,he saved by doing this work himself. Skilled labor 13 so expensive. The building gradually raised. Sud denly there was'-a "crash; the rotten sill gave vay. The bouse fell, and another good man was dead. On November 21, just six months after. the policy was. taken, Mrs. Ot tersberg received from the Old Line Bankers Life Insurance company at Lincoln, Nebraska, a check for $3,000. It cost just $04.80, the price of one premium. The mortgage on the farm tion on his visit just six months be fore, "Come again." The mother re membered it, too, and the tears ran down her cheeks. Was it a good investment? Have you a mortgage on your farm? The Old Line Dankers Life Insur ance company has a lower death rate, a .lower expense rate, a larger per centage of assets to liabilities, and earns a larger percentage of interest on invested assets than any eastern company. Address the company at Lincoln, Nebraska, or see our agent iwpri nn nne or other of the children is cancelled. Mr. Crum, as he handed added force to the agent's argument, her the check, remembered the lnvlta It was just such a situation as an agent likes. It is Indeed a poor man who will not listen attentively to a proposition wh'ch will, at very little cost to himself, leaye his wife and children well provided for ; at his death. " .. '' When Mr. Crnm had thoroughly ex plained the plan .and demonstrated its benefits, came the inevitable quest'on "Will you take It?" It, was now John Ottersberg's turn to talk. Admitting it was good that he needed it that his ' wif3 and children needed It, he Raid: "It is impossible. Last summer I boiipht this p5?hty. I paid down all I lmd-$r,00. I still owe $2,300. To pay the interest and reduce tv.e prin cipal a little -each year wiH.tax ti3 to the uUermct. Hannah and I will need to work.-arlv and late to (V It, and unleHs'God smiles we wit: fail." "It Is true," said Mr. Crum, "that It "will require economy, good manage ment, and hard work to pay your debt, but si'pnosrt you die this year or next, "ito you think your wife, who must hire man to take your place, paying him three' or four hundred dollars a year, will be able to pay it easier Is it not true that if you die, she, being with out relatives or Interested friends In this country, will lose the farm? She und the children will c-i.'talnlv suffer. Is it not also true that when she ad vertises the cale of personal property and fctock; to pay funeral expense, the neighbors will come, not to pay her a fair 'price, but to tld it in at a bargain? Bill, as he nears the place of sale, will meet Joe and sav, 'Now, Joe, I don't want you to bid cn that yeatling bull. I want .he bull.' 'All right,' says Joe, If you don't bid on the colt, you can have the bull.' Well, why not. Why should the neighbors be more kind or considerate to your wife and children than you, their nat ural protector? 'You are twenty-eight years Of age. For less fhan three per cent more in terest than you are now paving, you can insure the payment of the roorW gage if you die, and leave the wife and children seven hundred dollar ac'.Ji tional in cash. In other words, three thousand of Insurance will cost you $6180 pe. annum for Iwent yeara. It means a home for your wlfa, and au education for your chlldreu."- John Ottersberg took the policy and mid $61.80. Mjy 23. 1499. Tho wife timlled. .Putting her hand on her h'.s band' shoulder, she said: "We will work a little harder. Joan. Notnlng of great value tan, ever be obtained without treit effort" The children, though not understanding why, knew 4lulr mother waa glad, and bashfully responded to tho efforts of the asent to make thMr acquaintance. A he left thft little one in It mother' aunt attempted to repeat hrr Invitation, Com fiMin." Jhn Ottpmberj worked hard all Hummer, ill ropn were lair ! ne. and hi family were1 lomtortatdr, though llejr bad little .u h, alter pay Ittf the tntnt and laying by the notify fur nt jrraf'i premium on the hree thouMnJ dolLr polity am liv mm mm VJico Vcrds to Sufferers Prca a Vcr.an of Cstro Daaa, InJ, I will mall. fre of any charf e, this Home Treat' -ment with full Instructions and the history ofmr own case to any lady suffering from female trouble You can cure yoarsell at borne without the aid f any physician. It will cost you nothing to erive the treatment a trial, and if you decide to continue it will only cost you about twelve cents a week. It will not interfere with your work or occupation.' I have nothing to sell. Tell other sufferers of itr that is all I ask. It cures all, yonn? or old. tirlf you feel a bearing-down sensation, sense of impending evil, pain in the back or bowels, creep ins feeling' up thespine, a desire to cry frequently, hot flashes, weariness, frequent desire to urinate or if you have Leueorrhea (Whites), Displacement or Falling of tne Womb, Profuse, Scanty or Painful Periods. Tumors or Growths, address MRS. M. SUMMERS. NOTRE DAME. IND.. U. S. A. for the Freb Treatment and Full Ikfobmatiok. Thousands besides myself have cured themselves with it, I send it in plain wrappers. TO MOTHERS OP DAUGHTERS iwill explain a simple Home Treatment which speedily andeffetually eure8iMA. Orn 6icknesi and Painful or Irregular Meni rwtwn in young Mlel ltUlav$yanxlet9 and expense and save your daughter the humiliation of explaining her troubles to others, plumpness and health always result from Its use. " - ' VVherever you llvo I can refer you to well-knowc ladies of your own state or county who know mlmSSHMvaW this Home Treatment really cures all diseased condition of om&SSiMSmlSAy strengthens relaxed muscles and ligaments which cause &S!SSS Tiiuu wTmeo wefL Write today, as this offer will not be made again. Addresa MRS. II. SUMMERSTbox 16? Notre Dame, Ind., U. S. A mm I (Pi pJ 1 v Hew: Hotel - ; There is some indication of a war between State Treasurer Mortensen and hia fellows on the board of edu cational lands and funds. . They try to drain the trust funds by heavy purchases of bonds of other states, thus leaving nothing cn hand with which to keep the state a competitor in the purchase of state warrants. So far the treasurer has been equal to the emergency, but was obliged to, make temporary use of the current funds to do so. The moment he can not take at par every warrant offered for sale, that moment the brokers will put a discount of the state a paper. Ivlortensen has too much state prldo to permit this if he can avoid it but the other members have friends among the warrant brokers, -who want a discount. Last Friday State Treasurer Mor tensen, who is a member of the state board of education, introduced in that body a resolution demanding the res ignation of tho entire faculty and all the employes of the Peru normal. He insisted that the members of the fac ulty had forgotten their obligations to the schools of the state by turning their salary warrants oyer to private bankers, instead of offering them to the state treasury for permanent school fund investments. ' Mr. Mor tensen wa3 greatly wrought, up over the matter since the last batch of monthly salary warrants had been turned over to an Auburn bank de- spile tho frequent request of the treasurer that they be sent o him. He holds to the theory tnat employes of the state owe it the duty of seeing ..hat their salary warrants arc turned over to the permanent school fund. which is Generally seeking invest ments. The Japs attempted to land troops ,.t lalyn Wednesday (10th), but wero repulsed by Ue Russian. eian fleet down the Amur river in 1800. - It was an American commodore who forced open the' port of Japan in the revolution of 1868. Japan was struggling, for existence, then, having neither navy nor army, nor any pres tige in the economic ' or Industrial world. Japan had to yield to Russia by withdrawing from Fort Arthur. Prof. PHng then gave a history of he relations sustained by the other uropean countries and how England refused to hare anything to do with Japan, but later promised that if Rus sia and that country should have war, Germany and France shouid rot as sist. Then came the present war over the possession of a port of China. The ambassador was withdrawn from St. Petersburg and at the .present time Japan has destroyed a good part of the tussian fleet. China made public a "restrictive iiroclamatlon of neutrality" in the husstHjhpane.se war Kittirday. Prof. P. M. Fling discussed tho itufc-so-Japunese war at convocation. University of Nebraski, Wednesday morning. He Mleved that the inter est manifest In the present war 1 duo to the BiirprUln buccckscj of the Japanese fleet and the remarkable tie moialiilns of the Itusiiiaa fleet "Our sympathy." Raid Prof. Fllns, "w due to the fad that Japan Is the mailer i'f the two, and for th frank way In which h tut conducted her diplomat l rent ion. Japan Hands fur the Intvarity of China In the wuh Irrtwal cf UumU from Mantlmrla, 1 h'K two oui trlwt an the prota&tjn Ut of th world behind." It (tiled attention to the fa t t'.;at In ordr to ftiirf InU lit Integrity i f Jamtn. on nuit take a very broa.' view of It. lia tola or im fipanuon Rogers & Perkins Co., successors to Webster & Rogers, ' and Perkins & Sheldon Co., 1129 O street. J. W. Edwards, Weston, Neb.: "I wish to become a member of the Old (iuard. I ; helped to nominate honest John Powers the first time." FARMER., ATTENTION. Do you wish to sell your farm? If so, send full description, lowest price ar.d best terms, or, if you wisn to buy a farm, ranch or Lincoln home; write to or call onJWilliams & Bratr, 1105 O st., Lincoln, Neb. " "The question is," rsma.ked Prof, ling, "Will Russia absorb part of Asia or will Japan? Shall we make use of Russia by checking Japan, or shall we make use of Japan by theck- ng Russia? The question, of what the outcome will be Is a world ques- on and one of the most complex ever known." Senator M. A. Hanna died of typhoid fever at Washington Monday evening and Wednesday funeral services were held in the senate chamber. The death of Senator Hanna re moves for the time being any sem blance of opposition to UieTioraination of Roosevelt. Possibly it insures the president's success in convention. But " , . We may confidently look for the Wall street forces to redouble their efforts to control the democratic con vention. Not tnal Roosevelt has hart the trusts by any of his grandstaud plays; but he is a little too much on th bull-in-the-china-shop order. Be sides, his loud talk about "shackling cunning" might inspire a few million apathetic people to wake "up end try it a whirl. And Wall street would avoid such danger. L. The .Berlin Morgen Post a3sert3 that bitter discontent is prevalent in Russia because the czar has to osten tatiously shown his displeasure at Lht outbreak of war with Japan. His ma jesty baa refused to go to Moscow to Issue his customary proclamation and has also refused to attend stiviec at Kasan cathedral. He Is now accused of lacksof patriotism. An official dispatch from Toklo to Paris announces that one of the main branches of the Japauee army, con- slhtlng of three divisions and includ ing a division of guards, is now golns on board transports. 1; u ocuevra the disposition of this force Is a point near tho mouth of the alu river or a pot on the LUoTung penlniula nankins Tort Arthur. Congressman Shafrotlt of Colorado sprang a rrcat surprise on hi rol league Mondav by asking that he be undated and his place ghen to his opponent. Mr. Ilonrnse, who had contested It, Klcctlon fraud In V n ver had rendered It certain that sev era! predncta would thrown out nnd thre would cancel Mr. Khafroth'i uiurallty. The fraud wire committed by others and not with Mr. Khafroth' consent or knowie,!e, or 10 i-iei 1 him Hut he hal to suffer for lht? atiit of ut Intra. lUorcanli.tlMi kho iale: 13 to f.f wet c nt dnuount on all slaH s eicept The Wabash Railroad, St. Louis The only lino with its own station" at main entrance of World's lair grounds. Special rates south on the first and third Tuesday each month. The Wabash runs on its own raiia from Omaha, Kansas City, Des Moines, Council Bluffs, St. Loui3 and Chicago to Detroit, Toledo, Niagara Falls and Buffalo with through connections beyond. All agents can rouie you via me vva- bash R. R. For descriptive World's Fair matter and all other information address, HARRY E. MOORES, , G. A. P. D., Omaha, Neb. To the Farmers of E . . St Nebraska: W I get elegant robes or coats made from the horse or cattle hides you sell to : local dealer? W rite for particu lars or send your hides to THE LINCOLN TANNERY, henry Holm, Prop. 313-315 O Strcot. Liacoia, no. I COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK CF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. ! ! I I 5 Capital, out ;ius, Deposits, i i i $100,000.00 i 14,000.00 i350tOOo.oo J i i i OFFICERS John R Wright, Prtaidant J. II. Wkstcott, P. L. Hall, W. I). Rrosa, Ifti Vice Pres. 2d Vice Tres. f Cashier AmI Cashier GREEN GABLES Th Dr. OtnJ. F. Dallay SAN A TO R t U M . (Tor lrmlmnl of nrrrou dWntrn, 1lr it wumrti, rlo tiniU!i, nl lu 'i ( U titn roiittlu i!lrt-t AU ltlin l rln-trlo p rrtnti rul In trriniml M u k. M nii tit ) 1 hf o liurc. to I. tit Ur f,t i"l'ir.l ml ri twitil'uHy fYiMtlt!t iti.H'r'n lit lti mfL lit lof Or. DtnJ. F. Dailfy Sanatorium, Lincoln, Nobroaka. Oue day In No c in bet John al) to (. i:urop, and the allmi of the Ilu tWosI. Wt4tk-over aud IVouglais,