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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMHEU 18, 1010.
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"KASKEE J1F CELEBRATES
Today He it Seventy-Fm Yean Old
and Hale and Hearty.
"WHO'S YI10" LN NEBRASKA
One Hundred Fifty-Three Citizeni of
State Named in- Publication.
FAMOUS SCOUT IN
RETIREMENT
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GUARDS MESSAGE TO CUSTER
UNIVERSITY HELPS CAPITAL CITY
lat-la A re ameri from l.lnemln
Omaha imti to the .nmher of
Fnrty.Mne Are Inelnded
Those' from Other Cities.
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"lankee Jim" In today celebrating hla
7Kth birthday. "Yankee Jim" may go down
In the history of America under his pictur
esque nickname, or under hla right name,
James George, but certain It Is that he haa
earned a place In the history of the new
world, for he Is one of three men who dis
covered Yellowstone Park. Before the days
of the railroad he operated a toll road
Into tlie place built by nature the, first
path cut Into the park.
Mr. Oeorge is closely related to several
residents in Omaha, and Is knnjvn here by
reputation, although he has not ben more
than a few miles east of the Yellowstone In
hr.lf a century. Mrs. fieorse 1. Mathews
of South Omaha la his sister, and Mrs. I. J.
Oipenharve his niece.
Though still vigorous In spite of his
years. "Yankee Jim" hs but one ambition
to deliver a message In death whlc) h.
could not deliver ; in life. Tha la the
despatch from General Rosencraii to Gen
eral tusler. Hsd the message reached
Custer in time, the massacre-trat shocked
the world would not have occurred.
"I must deliver the despatch to Ous'er;
It is for him and no one else will get It"
That la the answer the rt?ran plains
man, scout and prospector gives to all who
attempt to secure the scrap of hH'.oiy from
him. He has been'offered large sums of
money by the government and by museums,
but the rugged old frontiersman cng. t,
the little piece of paper with a tenacity
that verges on the fanatical. He refuses
' to allow It to leave his possession even
for a moment for fear It would not be
returned to him.
I.Ives In -the Past.
One of the most picturesque figures of a
picturesque age, "Yankee Jim" lives much
In the past. Out on his mountain ranch,
fifteen miles from the entrance t Yellow
atone Park, on the Jiozeman ead, he
dreams of the days that are rone and
awaits the moment when he can deliver the
message to Custer. Occasionally .he will
tell of the hardships of his dash across
the plains that brought him too late to the
Ill-fated leader, whose bravado brought
death to himself and his men, but for the
itiost part James Oeorge Is retlcinl.
He haa but one hobby, the cooking of
fish. Fifty years of experience over
camp 'fire and ranch range have left him
without a peer In America In the prepa
ration of fish, and his famous fries have
drawn many a tourlt and not a, few noted
men from their ordinary paths. One -of
these men was Theodore Roosevelt.
The last meeting of "Yankee Jim" and
the former president was characteristic of
the old-time Indian fighter. He had known
Theodore Roosevelt before politics entered
Into the latter' career when he waa a
youth ranching out west to build up his
health.
On his last journey through Montana
while In the White House, Mr. Roosevelt
sent word that he would like to have
"Yankee Jim" go to the railroad that they
might chat for a moment of old times.
The message was taken to Mr. Oeorge.
This was the answer he sent: "If Theo
dore Roosevelt or any one else wlsh.es to
see James -Oeorge. they may come ''to .my
ranch. I will be glad to see him there."
Roosevelt Calls on Him.
And the president wrnt. ...There... were,
reminiscences that delighted the hearts ot
the eastern newspaper men with the presi
dent, and there was a fish fry that stands
out as an event extraordinary In the tales
of the ranchmen about "Yankee Jim."
James Oeorge was born on September
18. 18.15, at Liverpool, Columbiana county,
Ohio. In 1M6 he moved with his parents'
to Scott county, Iowa.
Then came the days of the gold excite
ment In Colorado, when the word of strike
swept across the continent like wildfire. ;
Inflaming the imaginations of the country's
youth In the four quarters of the land.
Jamea George caught the fever, and fifty
year ago last June he set out under the
banner of "J'lke's Peak or bust."
He was won from the ranks of the gold
hunters by the romantic life ot the plains,
and after taking hi turn aa cattleman,
prospector and scout, he discovered Yel
lowstone park with two other.
Realising the value of the territory
which they were first to probe, the three
built a corduroy road Into the park, con
structing it only after overcoming diffi
culties that many tlmea brought them near
defeat. They operated the road on the
toll system. Mr. George eventually buying
out hi partners. Then the government
gave land grant to the railroad and a
team line was run In, gutting the wagon
line out of business.
The remains of that log road are still to
be seen In the marshes through which It
was laid.
It was worthless when the steam line
was first operated, but Jamea George could
have sold out to the railroad for a fortune
had It not been for his lndop ndent spirit,
which led him to attempt competition with
the railroad.
Associated with Colonel Cody.
Then came more scouting. In which he
was for a time associated with Buffalo
Bill. Later Mr.-George secured .coal lands
-which gave him . something more than a
competence, and he settled down on his
ranch, devoting' the rest of hi day with
grim determination to guarding the unde
livered message, to Custer.
He possesses the plainsman' power over
animals to an unusual degree, and In his
youth by this occult strength lamed rattle
snakes till they were pets. .It times he
till exercises this odd phase of hi char
acter. One of twelve children, he ha seen few
of his family sinre he set out tor Pike's
Peak more than half a century ago. Ho
cherishes their memories as they were
when he last saw them, and a few years
go when telegraphed that hla mother was
dead he wired back that he would not go
to the funeral.
"I want to remember them all a they
wore, he said.
A few days ago he said to a friend: "1 11
live to be at least hi."
His phyVlque gives promise, of fulfilling
tne prediction. But the future has lost its
charm, save for the small delights that
come day by day, and "Yankee Jim" ever
turn backward to the crowded busy day
when men were men In the west and there
were big things to do.
CHANGING THE OLD ORDER
Boston Clah Leaders Kay Propastals
by Women is Often, the
Best Way.
"Should bashful Invent be helped, and will
a woman lose her dignity If she takes unto
herself the right to propose marriage?"
This was the burden ot a letter which
rame to me recently, written In such an
anxious tone that, fearing, my own Judg-
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ment might not be sufficient. I sought the
opinion of three of Boston most represent
ative women.
Mis Florence Lusoomb of Allston needed
no time for deliberation before giving her
Ideaa upon this matter. In the Ideal con
dition of things, she told me, a woman
would feel quite aa free to nek a man to
marry her as doe the ardent wooer' of
today to press his privilege.
Miss L,uicombJs one of, the "new women"
so to speak. She' was' graduated last year
from the .Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, where 'she took honors In t.he. archi
tectural course. As a speaker at the open-
air 'suffrage meetings she has made many
converts to the cause, and she has sold
Suffrage literature on the street cornet ,
and even tramped many weary' hour at
a stretch wenrlng sandwich boards A ex
ploiting the suffrage meetings.
"Under the present conditions," C said
Miss l.usoomb. "I believe Jt" woujd -be far
nobler for a woman to go at onc.ejjto the
point, and show quite frankly that she
Is willing to enter Into, a life partnership
with a man for whom, she ha a deep re
gard than to resort to all manner', of sub
terfuge, client persuasion, and .coquetry
In order to make him 'pop the question.'
"When her Ufa's happiness is concerned
there is too' much '-at stake, to allow the
conventional to .hold sway.' A dignified,
starightforward method :ls far more wom
anly, to- my mind,, .than tm attitude of
seeming indifference, while-.,ill the time
she M using every artifice' nd device pos
sible to gain hek gxal.'-
Mrs. Florence MacAlmon of Somer
vllle, a leader jtj!jhecltib .circles.. ojT ifit
sfate," 'was llie liext' to whom 'I' t6ok 'the
problem, as she represent the conserva
tive, progressive type of womanhood.
"I can conceive of many situations where
a woman could make the proposal of mar
riage and not part with one iota of her
womanliness.
'Take, for Instance, the case where a
woman of wealth i .attached to a man
poor in worldly goods, whose pride would
not allow him to seek her band. I cer
tainly should think no less of her If she
asked the Important question, and - if he
were the right sort, I am quite a sure
he would hold her In ever higher esteem."
Boston Traveler.
LOVELY PAPER FOR BUNGALOW
Real Merry Widow Decorates ' Her
Home with Marrlaare
Proposals.
There is a story of a real merry widow
and exactly 1.0O1 men, perpetrated by the
Seattle Times. Each and every one of the
thousand and one begged for a chance to
marry her. The one thousand and first
man Is the lucky one, and the wedding. will
occur shortly. ,
The merry widow she Is also young Is
Mr. RUla May Dike, a phone operator. It
1 questionable if Mrs. Dike ever saw a
single one of the 1.001. But that did not
detract from the ardor of their love epis
tle. They wrote from the north and south.
east and the west. They were old and
young men, tall and fat All sent their pic
tures, a full bushel basket. They kept, up
such a bombardment of the pretty little
widow 'that aha waa forced to leave her
claim In South Dakota.
-Mrs. (Dike was formerly an Iowa girl
Ottumwa being her home. Three, years ago
she married and with her husband went to
South ' Dakota. He was killed In a wreck
and Mrs. Dike bravely faced the world and
took up a claim.
. She called her place Ottumwa and it Is
still known by that name in South Dakota.
At the state fair. In Huron, 8. D., In
1908. Mrs. Dike was awarded the prise for
being the prettiest young woman in the
state. Newspapers then devoted column
to her photo and beauty, and that was the
beginning of the worst.
At first letters came by two and threes,
but finally the rural delivery man had to
put on an extra mule to aid In hauling the
mall out to Ottumwa. There were letters-
fat ones, too photos, pictures.- boxes of
candy, dress goods, articles for the toilet, I
perfume, plumes,' hat pins, ribbons and pet i
animals.
Mr. Dike has a bungalow on her lt
acres. There she opened and read every
one of the proposals. Id she file them
carefully away, tied ' with pink ribbons?
Not Mrs. Dike.
Her bouse needed papering. Nothing
would better serve for, he, purpose than a
ton or two of love letters. "Mrs. Dike plas
tered the walls and the 'ceilings and used
the photos for rooting, and with the surplus
built a chicken corral. Over all she pasted
this large sign:
"Love-letter shack. Tack new proposals
on vacant space."
Mrs. Dike was literally driven off her
claim. She came to Seattle In 1900 and
found employment. Here, however, her
beauty attracted other wooers, and, though
she fought them off with her rugged South
Dakota experience, she at last fell victim
to cupld and a Seattle business man won
her hand.
At one lime Mr. Dike had 1.009 pro
posals;' now the number Is 1.0O1. And that
on make all the difference la the world.
Lot has triumphed.
The 1M' Issue of "Who' Who In
America." recently distributed throughout
the I'nlted States, indicates the names of
1M Nehrttskans entitled to national con
rideratlon. When consider lion is given to
the fact that the state of Nebraska, In
cluding two populous cities, has approxi
mately l.aOO.flOu Inhabitants, It Is evident at
a glance that the 'compilers of "Who's Who
In America." re somewhat conservative
in the selection of subjects. ,
Of the 153 Nebraskan thus enrolled, forty
nine are of Omaha and sixty-six of Lin-
;coin. Fellevue, Beatrice and Kearney eacn
have three. Grand Island has one, Crete ha
two, McCook has two and Hastings, has
tao. Others making up the lfvl are scat
tered about the state in ours and twos.
The fact that the state university Is
located at Lincoln accounts for the lead
taken by the capital city, a large propor
tion of the. subjects being college profes
sors, v William Jennings Bryan, of course,
gets It with the word "editor." written after
hla name. Omaha's list covers various oc
cupations, tanging all the way from doctors
to ex-congressmen. '
"Who's Who In America." is one publica
tion that employs no advertising solicitors.
It Is Impossible to buy itpar-e In the book.
The -only way to obtain recognition is to
be, In the Judgment of the compilers,
worthy of It.' The work Is of great value In
reference libraries. Inasmuch as accuracy IS
the keynote.
The Nebraska list, classified alphabetically
by towns, Is as follows:
Auburn.
Church Howe, consul.
Bancroft.
Jbhn Gnelsenau Nethardt, author.
Tliomas Henry , Tibbies, newspaper man.
Beatrice.
Joseph Elliott Cobbey, lawyer.,
Lonard Wright Colby, soldier.
Peter Jansen, ranchman, banker.
Belleyne.
Charles Kimball Hoyt, university profes
sor. Charles Anderson Mitchell, clergyman.
Stephen Wharton Btookey, college presi
dent. Bethany.
William . Prince Aylsworth, university
president. ,
lolleare View.
Charles Clarke Lewis, college president.
Crete.'
James William Pawes, ex-governor.
David Brainard Perry, college president.
Falrbnry. i '
Edmand Howard Hinshaw, congressman.
Florence. '
Guy Raymond Spencer, cartoonist.
Grand Island. '
George Sutherland, college president. -Hsatluors.
Charles Henry Dietrich, ex-senator.
Archelaus-Ewing Turner, college presi
dent. '- .
Kearney. , '
Norrls Brown, senator. '
Anson Rogers Graves, bishop.
Augustus O. Thomas, -school president,
(normal.)
Lincoln.
Hartley Burr Alexander, university . pro
fessor. E. Benjamin Andrews, educator.
Samuel Avery, university chancellor.
. Benjamin Franklin Bailey, -physician.
Erwln Hlckley Barbour, geologist.
Samuel Zane Batten, clergyman.
James A. Beattle. educator. ;
Charlea Edwin Bessey. botanist. ' "' ,
Thomas Bonacum'blshop. ' , f
Rosa Bouton, university professor '
, Lawrence Bruner, entomologist.
William Jennings Bryan, editor.
Elmer Jacob Burkett, senator. ,
s, Mdgar- Albert Burnett, agriculturist
wtwutara. yv ajter uuawetl,. .university pro-
fessor.
Albert Luther Candy,
or.
university profes-
Ernest Bancroft Conant. lawyer.
William Joseph Davidson, university
chancellor.
Ellery William Davis, university dean.
Albert Eugene Davlsson, educator.
Luclle Eaves, sociologist.
Charles Bloomfleld Edgar, newspaper
man.
Jacob Fawcett, Judge.
Fred Morrow Fling, university professor.
I-aurence Fossler. university professor.
Ferdinand Courtney French, university
professor.
Prosser Hall Frye. university professor.
Nathan Kirk Griggs, lawyer.
William Granger Hastings, lawyer,
"cnjaiiiiii Dover Hayward, educator.
William Hayward. lawyer.
Silas Alexander Holcomb, ex-governor.
George Elliott Howard, university pro
fessor. De Witt Clinton Huntington, university
professor.
Wlllard Kimball director music.
Charlea Blair Letton, Judge.
.George Washington Andrew Luckey, uni
versity professor.
Charles E. Magoon, ex-governor.
John Arthur Maguire, congressman.
Edwin Maxey, university professor.
Richard Lee Metcalfe, editor.
Charles Henry Morrill, real estate.
Thomas Charles Munger, Judge.
Albinu Nance, ex-governor.
, Angelina French T. Newman, lecturer.
- Henry Hudson Nicholson, engineer.
- Hiram Wlnnett Orr. physician.
Frances Samuel Phllbrick. publicist.
Louise Pound, university professor.
Manoati Bostlc Reese, lawyer.
Charles. Kuss Richards, engineer.
' Jesse L. Root, Judge.
William Brandon Rose, Judge.
Samuel Hopkins Sedgwick. Judge.
Ash ton C. rihallenbei'ger, governor.
Lucius Adelno Sherman, university dean.
lames Franklin Stevens, physician. '
Frederick William Taylor, engineer.
William O. L. Taylor, university profes
sor. David E. Thompson, ex-amhaasador.
Charles William Wallace, university pro
fessor. Albert Watklns, historical writer. ,
Hutton Webster, university . professor,
Edwin Mead Wilcox, botanist.
Robert Henry Wolcott. soologist. :"
Harry Kirke Wolfe, university 'professor.'
McCook.
Webster Smith Morlan, lawyer, r
Oeorge William Norfia, congressman.
Mndlsou. . i .- ' ,
William Vincent , Allen, ex-senator.'
Kehawka.
Ernest Mark Pollard.' ex-congressman.
George Lawson Sheldon, ex-governor, f
JNrllak.
John Frank Boyd, ex-congressnan.
.Norfolk. , . . ,
John Beaumont Barnes, Judge.
Oiuetin.
Keene Abbott, writer.
Howard Hammond ltaldrigs, lawyer.
Edmund Morgan Bartlett. lawyer.
Irving Franklin Baxter, lawyer.
Ralph W. Hreckenrldge, lawyer.-"'
DeWltt Clinton Bryant, oculist,- aurlst.
John Wesley Conley, clergyman.
James Charles Dahlman, mayor.
George Brown Dandy, colonel L'. 8. A.
- William Menard Davidson, superintendent
of schools.
Ignatius J. Dunn, lawyer.
Harold Glfford, ophthalmic and aural
surgeon.
Robert Fletcher Glider, newspaper man.
Charles A. Goes, lawyer.
George Helmrod. consul.
(i liber t Monnell Hitchcock, congressman,
Daniel Edwards Jenkins, theologian.
Edwin Hart Jenks. clergyman.
August Frederick Jonas, surgeon.
John Lauderdale Kennedy, ex-congress-msn.
Thomss Kilpatrlck, dry goods merchant.
Millard Ingfield. physician.
Edward Uoyd l.omax. railway official.
NelHon Henrv Loomls, lawver.
- William Douglas Mi-Hugh, Judge.
Eugene A. Magevney. university president.
Charles K. Manderson.' ex-senator.
Newton Mann, clergyman.
George D. Melklejohn. lawyer.
David Henry Mercer, ex-congressman.
Joseph Hopkins Millard, ex-senator.
William Forsyth Mtlroy. physician.
A. I Mohler. rsilway official.
William Henry-Hunger. Judge.
Harvey Ellsworth Newbranen, editor.
John Louis Nuelsen, bishop
Henry E. Palmer, insurance.
Joseph Culleo Root, lawyer.
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' Frank- A'orey Vorhela, author,
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hi the press Is required to push-the timor
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which csme the other day from Baltimore,
telling the heroleal achievement of one
William Boyd.
- Boyd is .96, but full, It seems, of the gin
ger of youth. When he decided to mari;v
Mlss.Ellxa Ann Daniel (aged 9t he did not
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Raised to Splendor
GRIT IS KEYNOTE OF HER SUCCESS
.o (liming Tendrils for Mrs. Tan
rilsnm, Who Took the Initiative
and Made Success Ont of
Former Failure.
Most women, left a widow with several
small children and a mortgaged farm, like
clinging tendril, cry for help or sink Into
despair. Here Is the story of a resolute
woman who did neither she tilled the
farm, paid for it and bought another.
How she accomplished this wonderful
transformation is a story, the keynote of
which is grit. True, there was much in
dustry and meriocre ability aligned with
the grit, yet but for the grit the other
qualities would have counted for naught.
This woman Is Mrs. J. G. Van I'llaum
of Lelghton, la. Thirteen years go her
struggles began. Today she has a bank
account, her children are educated and
she is happy in the possession of plenty.
She Is not affluent, aa money Is measured
in this money age, but "plenty" In Iowa
Is a synoulm for riches In many another
state, arid Mrs. A'an Pllsum has tha "Iowa
plenty."
At the beginning of her widowhood she
had four dependent children, the eldest
being 14 years of age. lie was nut strung,
but he was a manly little- fellow, always
anxious to "help mother." But farm
work is a heavy work, and no matter how
willing his handb', he waa unequal to the
task of swinging the proposition. Ho, it
devolved upon Mrs. Van Pilsum, herself,
to take the place of father and . mother In
one. Her farm was what is commonly
designated as "run down." Fences - were
bad. Ravines were cutting away the soli.
Weeda had awamped the best fields. In
short. It was a poor prospect for a man,
much less, a woman. But her heart was
in the work and "where the heart Is, there
Is strength," so the adage goes. Mrs., Van
Pllsujm redeemed the adage, and by rent
ing out a portion of the farm the first ,lwo
year In exchange for help in tilling her
"portion, she managed to produce a- fail
crop. Then came failures, such as ' will
happen occasionally in the beat of agricul
tural communities, and of course this
added to the trouble. But, as woe thick
ened, the Van Pllsum smile of optlism
broadened and the result of that courage,
fortitude and Industry Is written today in
the fulfillment of fortune.
Once iho tide turned, fortune was per
manently established. Everything Mrs.
Van PUsum touched aa a success. Her
children were sent to. school. They were
studious, and guided by the heroic ex
ample of their mother, they applied them
selves to their studM-v. The eldest son
Ko married Woman 'i happiness. U
complete without children; the
yearns with the deeper longings of 1
her nature for the Joyi of mother- i
hood. But women who hear chlldren :
cliAiilif nrensra fnr tha rnmtnir
Physical systems. Mother's Friend
The- five next best manufacturer's purchase check for $100.
The five next best manufacturer's purchase check, for $75.
The five next best manufacturer's purchase check for $50.
The five next best manufacturer's purchase check for $25.
The ten next best cash $1.00 each.
The prizes will be awarded according to correctness and
neatness of the answers.
dealers in all sections of the country.
agency valuable to the dealers.
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w.fg. Co.
toqk a course in commercial college and
became a business farmer. He Is now
manager of his mother's interests. A
daughter; after graduation, became a,
tt-acher and is making a splendid record In
that Una of work. The other children are
a credit to the noble mother as the after
noon of Ufa steals upon her. A portion of
the orlgnlal farm has been sold for $100 an
acre, another farm less expensive has been
purchased, and a new home, splendid In Its
appointments, haa been built on the old
homestead. Mrs. Van Pllsum has ceased
to work and worry, and she Is pointed out
by her neighbors as the "woman resolute."
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
Born January 8, 1814, Miss Mary Iane
Martin of Qulncy. Pa., Is the oldest woman
In Franklin county. She is a habitual
smoker, using ten plpefuls of tobacco a
day. One sister lived to be 94 years old,
and she has a brother at Mont Alto who
is 80.
Frauleln Hchwenke, daughter of the chief
director of the Rnval Ithrnry at Berlin, was
the first woman to matriculate Mt the I'nl
verslty of Berlin, when It was thrown open
to women. She won the kaiser's prise, the
moHt coveted of all the honors of the uni
versity. Mrs. Catherine .Von Voorhls of Roches
ter is said to have made the largest flag
that ever floated over the capitol at
Washington. She attended the suffrage
convention recently held in Washington,
and in spite of her 80 years, took part in
all the proceedings. President Taft Is re
ported to have received her with especial
atentlon.
Mme. I. a port e Is the name of a Japanese
woman who Is a dentist .in l,onion. She
has an exceedingly pretty anteroom. It Is
said, all In blue with -silver dragons, and
she performs her work .without hurting
the patient In the least, which is tha Im
poitant point In connection with her work.
Miss Alice Thompson, University of Cal
ifornia, 1905, Is the soil chemist at the
Hawaiian Agricultural Experiment sta
tion, Honolulu. She will return to the
I'nlted States this fall and enter Columbia
university for advanced studies In chemis
try. omen's
We take great pleasure in an
nouncing the opening of our fall
and winter styles in women's
shoes. We make the announce
ment with unusual pride for the
reason that we have prepared for
our lady patrons a fall shoe feast
that will excel any display' of
women's shoes ever made in
Omaha.
We've everything in women's
footwear that any woman requires
or desires for any occasion.
It affords us pleasure to show
the new styles and we earnestly
InvUe all our lady friends (o come
to see the new and handsome
stales in footwear for fall and
wlitfer.
FRY SHOE CO.
TUB flKOSM
th and Dongjas Htroeta,
Shoes
o
want to place a
that every man,
Segerstrom
woman and
SOME OF THE BIG PRIZE WINNERS
IN PREVIOUS CONTESTS
ART. W. GIRD, OMAHA, NEB.
ALICE EDHOLM, OMAHA, NEB.
MRS. WILLIAM COBB. FUNK, NEB.
SWAN JOHNSON, BERTRAND, NEB.
MRS. J. V. STEENBERGEN, PENDER,
NEB.
TACIE POULSON, MALVERN, IA.
PETER WITT, HONEY CREEK, 1A.
EDWARD CONNELLY, CORNLEA,
NEB.
AGNES SORENSEN, BLAIR. NEB.
WM. VOLK, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
1808 FARNAM STREET,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA. '
"Brain throbs" come easy
if you don't have to scratch
them out through a heavy
coating of dandruff.
D.R.SHAMPOO
(Dandruff Keiuover)
Shampoos at all first class
barber shops.
LINCOLN
DENTAL COLLEGE
Associated with tha University of
Nebraska, offers
An Up-to-Dat and Com
plete Course in
DENTISTRY
It haa to offer maximum
State ' University advantagea at a
minimum tuition charge.
A request on postal card will se
cure our special announcement for
the season 1910-1111. . It might pay
you to write.'
ADDRESS
UICOLR DENTAL COLLEGE
Uncoln, Nebraska
. W. Clyde Davis. M. U., D. IX S.,
Dean
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