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Suride vore a dress of cream satin, which was draped lu hang In the back. The dress Iltied rinsaly to the ligure sod fell In fatto in the skirt The tell wac of white malina. moms and pearls forming the head piece Rhe carried sheaf at lilles. Her only jewelry was a pearl necklace that has heon is the temlly for generations
The best man wie Mr. Deaton Smith, brother of the bride. and Le Ray. Dysart, Mr. Ralph Tucker. Mr. Jack Mortkk, And Mr
Peuple Jart tant sight for Chicago, in he gone ationt a weeke, after which they will be at home here. Mr." Cherry is a Member of Delta Chi frateralty at Missouri university, and Mis Cherry, who before ber marriage wan Mt .. Elanor Sinith. ... .. pu. millet . largo efrele of acgeslotenres here. She graduated from
I Senior High school inje year with high hooors.
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OLD MIDGET HURLER MARRIED SECRETLY
The marriage of Muss Lucifie Wal- Lace, of Republic, to James Cari Gar- | ton which took place on April 26, has Just been announced here since their arriva! in the city Tuesday svening. .. They . ware .JAMS Hed here and weet.
homa, Woord " they have been. honey- mooning over ainos. · Mrs. Garton has taught the
continue ber · Okren " . " teschlag next tad.
She is attending the Blate Trachary college this summer.
"+ Str. Carton ts the cob of Mr. dog- Mrs. I. C. Garton, 189 North Jaffer son arenue, and is an electrician em. ment. "He is Widely known bery' es "Latty". Garton, who pliched for thy New York Giants' In 1920, and for the Midgris in 1923. Mr. and Mr. Gar-
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DEATHS
O. I. BLANCHARD
" } Blanchard, to, pioneer resident of Kiwood. Mn. died at his home there late
Ellen Blanchard, and by one son and three denghiera. .. follows Henry
W. Blanchard of Kansas City. Ken : Mr. A A Vaughan and Wie A I. Chastain. of Apringfiein and Ats At ? Brady of An- deison Me Ait grandchildren alan sur. ..... . . ! 22:n R L. Blackmen and Miss Geraldine Blanchard of Springfield The Masonte lodre of which Mr. BeneHerd was member BI :: participate in the burial ser- trees in Cher Creet cemetery. ' The Rev. aread Mr. Parten will officials at the fu- neral in Clear Creek Baptist church. The Alas Lohmeyer funeral home La la charge
Funeral Services For Mrs. Crowdus To Be Held Friday
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Funeral services for Mra. Mary E Crowdus. 76. one of the best known of · Springfield's pioneer residents, the dier wednesday night at her home at 423 West Scott street. will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning St. Joseph's Catholic church.
The Reverend Father Mort: officiate at the funeral. Burial will take place in St. Mary's cemetery in charge of the Herman H. I .. .. Funeral home
Mrs. Crowdus wax the widow of W. M. Crowdue. a member of a pioneer Kentucky family He died here Are- eral years ago. Mrs. Crowdus is sur- "Ired by one son. Charles H. Crow- dus. of 744 Kast Elm street; hy one brother. F X Heer, and by our NA- ter. Mra. A. J. Elsenmayer.
Until nine years ago. Mrs. Crow. dius scalded in the old Crnadus home on Boonville avenue. where the and ! Mr. Crowdus Uved following their marriage.
Mrs. Crowdus was born in Water- Inn. III .. !! 18.53 She maine
Springfield with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Heer. Sr. Her father was the founder of the mercantile business which later grew Into the present Here's store
PRICE JONES 1
Pille Jones, former resident of Spring- field and retired banker, died at Bedatic Wedproday. according to advices frem ! three His body is being shipped to Spring .. freld for burial in Eastlawn cemetery this afternoon. Bervices probably wul be leid at the cemetery at 6 o'clock. Mr. Jones lo surrred by his widow and several chul- dren He wes about sa years of age.
DALZELL INFANT
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Tha infant daughter of Mr and Mra P. D . po: Test Center det died at the home of the parents early 10 .. day Funeral services were conducted the residence This afternoon, followed Inteimens us ibo Black cemetery
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 1: Arthur Wilson and Tillman Beazley died of gas fumes .** Delbert Cline drowned .**
Page 2: John L. Wilson died .**
Page 6: Miss Allene Condict , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford P. Condict, 700 Lombard street, and Mr. Paul C. Jackson will be married this month.
Miss Leda Banning and Mr. L. Delbert Chenoweth were married.
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Page 10: Samuel E. Fleese, 61, Springfield carpenter, was married Thursday to Mrs. Louisa E. Spencer, 54, of 726 South Fort avenue.
Page 16: Mrs. E. L. Corbin died .** John Robert Henderson died .**
Mums Allene Condlet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford P. Conjic .. 700 Lombard street, will be married this month to Mr. Paul C. Jackson. of this city.
Deadly Gas
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Both Arthur Willsan and Tillman Beasley. Everton gas fumes vic- time. were to have been married soon, It was revealed today.
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. Wilson, who was about 40. was to. bare married Mias Laurette Leonard of 1986 Johnson avenue. Springfield. next weck. Beazley. who was 32. was engaged to be mar - tried to Mias Ruby Mallory. dangh- ter of Robert Mallory of near Ever- ton in September.
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Miss Leonard. the daughter of 1
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Leonard, is expected to accompany the body of her flance when it is taken overland Saturday morning ;from the Her- man H. Lohmeyer funeral home 'here to Green Mountain, Mo., for funeral services and burial at 11 o'clock.
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Wilson Ix survived by two sisters, Mrs. Fred La Pearl of Okmulgee. Okla., and Mrs. Theva Massey, of Beges, Okla .. and by four brothers. Jim of Mounds. Okla., and Newt, Henderson and Ragan, all of Ben Davia, Mo. 'An aunt, Mrs. R. A. Scott. of Rayburn, Mo. also sur- Vives.
- A funeral party including Miss Mallory. who was engaged to mar- ry Beazley. left Everton early today for Cushing, Okla .. for services and - - burial at 2 o'clock Saturday noon
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Beazley Is survived by his -moth- cr. Mrs. Barah Beazley, who lived with him at Everton, by one sister, Miss Mabel of Bartlesville, Okla .; and by two brothers who Uve Band Spring ... Okia.
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Barney Clifton. 35. the third rk ti' mof the gas fumes whom Wilson and Beazley were attempting to rescue when killed. was improved today at St. John's hospital. ..
Miss Leda Banning Weds Mr. Chenoweth
The marriage of Hoes Leda Banning. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H E. Ban- .ning of 516 West Poplar street, to Mr. Ir; Delbert Chenoweth of Kansas City waa solemnized Thursday afternoon' at the home of the Reverend Mahoney of 891 Grand Avenue ..
chiffon with hat and shoes to match. She was attended by her sister. Miss Jewell Banning, whose dress was of
comsorten. Mr. Clark Walker of Kansas City acted ax best ma :.
After the ceremony a luncheon was served at the home or the bride's
North Natiara! i'm !! ' ..
couple left last night for through the south. They will be at home after June 20 in Kansas City.
Mrs. Chenoweth has been a teacher In Springfield schools for the past three years. She attended Teachers college here, Missouri Wesleyan col- lege at Cameron. Mo., and Teachers college in Kansas City. Mr Cheno- weth attended Denver university and Is a graduate of Lincoln and I .. ..!! !! KANSAS COS. !!. .. and Phl Gamma honorary professional fraternity.
SPRINGFIELD DENTIST .TO WED MILLER GIRL
Reed Smith. young
Commercial street dential. And Mina Pern Tun- nell of Miller. Mo., left Springfield this morning for Sedalla where they wie to be married. The couple n !!! ! then Journey emalward and spend About two weeks In Rochester. Miun A graduate of Lincoln and Lee school of dentistry In Kansas City. Smith has been practicing here for about three years. His father. WIl- liam A. Smith, Is partner . in the clothing firm of Reed and Smith which operate a store on Commercial street.
The couple will make their home In Springfield. L8
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.. BOY DRIVER. KILLED; COMPANIONS SURVIVE
- CARTHAGE, Mo., June 7-(AP) -- Drihert Cline. 14-year-old inn of R. O Cane, furniture dealer here. drowned early this morning when the car he was driving failed to ·take a sharp curve and overturned in an 8-foot ditch partly filled with water.
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The boy was pinned under the 'car, with his head under water., His four companions, all members of prominent Carthage families. were unhurt. They . were Miss Tabitha Wallace. Miss Betty Bartling. Miss Maxine Peck and Robert Redmond.
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WELL KNOWN FARMER IS DEAD AT LEBANON
HANON-Grief stricken over the death of his daughter, John L. WIt- con pioneer resident and one of Laclede county's best known farmers. died suddenly when he suffered heart attack while enroute home from the funeral.
The daughter. Mrs. Alf Curtis, died Louis hospital last Thursday She was taken there on February 13 for an operation.
DEATHS
MRS. L. L CORSIN 5.
Mr. E. L. Cortin, 18. Walnut Orors route 1. died as the home of her sister. MYs. Henry Maynie. 318% North Benton awnoe. shortly after midnight this morn- Ing. She is survived by her husband, the ants and two daughters Funeral
services will be held at Mount Pleasant church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. the Reverend i
I .. te:ment etll be in Mount Pleasant remetert under direction of the Brim faberal bome of Walnut Grove.
JOHY ROBERT HENDERSON
John Rabe :. Henderson. B-day-old inn of Mr and Mrs Forrest Henderson, Ul West Commercial street, will be buried in Hazelwood cemetery under the direction of W Klingner. The infant died Thurs-
TWO DALLAS COUNTY COUPLES CELEBRATE
"Dallas county couples have celebrated golden wedding sontvers- artes the past week. Mr. And Mrs. C. HL Alford of near Buffalo celebrated thetr anniversary last Sunday, which also was Mr. Alford'a T3rd birthday. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Canalty of Red Top aten niservert their Anth wedding: anniversary Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. - Casualty have right children .. 4
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SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 1: Marriage license: Roscoe C. Willey of Tulsa, Okla., and Ruth Whitaker of Walnut Grove.
Page 4: Harry Monday sues to divorce Mrs. Dora L. Monday. They were married August 13, 1906.
Mrs. Mary Cornelison sues to divorce Virgil Cornelison. They have a son James, aged 11.
Mrs. Jimmie Rhoads sues to divorce Ralph W. Rhoads. They have a child Ralph Wayne Rhoads, Jr., aged 15 months.
Page 5: Miss Rachel Rainey and Mr. S. Hamilton Brown were married .**
Page 8: Dick Jones died .**
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DICK JONES
- : uddeuly 10 Aila Vista, Kan , after a heart attack will be brought back to Springfield Sunday by his sister, Mrs. Atkinson of Chadwick, for funeral services and burial. MY. Jones was born and reared bear Porinefield H. ! survived by two daush- - 1: : , Mrs. Fied Haller. of Denver, Coio. And Miss Marjorie Les Jones, at home. Sisters who survive, besides Mrs. Atkinson. M :. Lees Hopkins. of Entat. Wash . and Mrs. J. R. Dishman and Mra. W. L Raines of Springfield. Brief funeral sery- Ices will be held at the Raines home. 715 South Market avenue, at 1.15 o clock Mon- day afternoon. after which the body will be taken to the Danforth chapel for fu- neral and burisi at 2:30 o'clock The Her- man H Lohmeyer funeral home is in charge of arrangements
Rachel Rainey Weds Mr. Brown
A wedding of Interest to many the younger set of Bpringfield .WUl po that of Miss. Rachel Rainsy .to M.A. Hamilton Brown of Kansas Ofty, Ma The ceremony will taks place Sunday morning at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas a, lainey, 623 South Missouri avenue.
The ceremony will be read by the Reverend Mr. Errett O. Bechler. The matron of honor is to be Mra. Olar- roce Blunie and the best man will be a brother of the groom
'The decorations of the house will consist of bouquets of Madonna HUes, pink roses Canterbury bells and del- phinium.
Following the marriage ceremony . wedding breakfast will be served at the home to about 40 guests, who will he relatives and close friends of the birte and groom. The young couple will make their home In Kansas City after a short honeymoon trip.
The News and Leader for Sunday, June 9, 1929, is missing.
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MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 1: There is an article about Springfield's first daily newspaper. The earlier ones had all been weeklies .**
Marriage licenses issued .**
John J. Waddell committed suicide .**
Page 5: Mrs. Rosie Cagle sues to divorce Zelbert Cagle. They have two children. A daughter Sue Caroline Ferguson was born June 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Glen
W. Ferguson, 1127 East Portland street. Mrs. Ferguson was formerly Miss Audrey Park. Page 12: Mrs. Maymie E. Hight died .**
Mrs. Martha J. Kee died .**
Mrs. Beatrice Kessinger Tolson died .**
John B. Lair died .**
Mrs. C. E. Benham died .**
Mrs. S. A. Cole died .**
Minnic Alice Edwards died .*
DEATHS
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. KRI. MAYMIE & NIGHT .Mrs. Mayme E. High. 40. died it ber home. 1901 North Franklin avenue, al noon Bunday. Bhe is survived by her husband, and by a daughter and two tons The body will be sent from the J. W. Klingter Undertaking comnaor in Mans- field for funeral services and burial there Wednesday morning.
Mrs Martha J. Ker. 55. uled early toda; at her home at Battlefield. Mo 8hc 19 survived by her husband. Columbus, and by five sons and five daughters. as fol- lows. Charles. Alle, Manuel. Clyde, and Claude all of Battlefield: Mra Lota . Mor- row also of Battlefield: Mra. Ethel Camp- bell. Strat ?.... and Jimmie, Maymie, and Trassie all at home The body will be taken overland to Summerville by the J W Klingner for burial there at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the DeWitt ceme. torv.
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SPRINGFIELD'S *** EARLIEST DAILY 1. WAS 'LIVE' ONE
"cmpcrance Crusading Was Big Feature and 'Men- tions' Were Snappy
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IT COST $10.00 A YEAR
Founder of Newspaper More than 50 Years Ago Still is in "the Game'
BY HELEN LAVERTY
. By the beginning of its .Spring- fteld, approaching the semi-conten-' nial of Its founding. had grown !
Atom log cab.n. . . * ***:: :::: .: 1 ambitious young city of abeat 5:00. ; North Springfield had more than; tieog more. and the two communic "wete beginning to grow letech -! ~ building went- -- n
Atriaatly one city.
t' There was much lalk of progress Min.of. talk atill popular today. Oddly enough Though already' a number is even smaller Missouri. elliot had them. Sprinklek! as yet had had no dally newspaper. There had been a number of weeklies, of course, over a period of many years.
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He was born in Springfield, and has ; been in the newspaper came here att his life. I
in the winner of JATE-TA the tan young men planned their venture. and on Sunday. February 3. 18.8. the ' Springfield Bunda: Pa'rin. . Sunday edition of 'The Springfield . Daily Patriot," made its first ap .-; pearance. It WAS a six-day paper. with no edition on Monday. It be .. can as an afternoon paper. but within a few areks changed to a morning pajer.
Four Pages Average
The First edition sta :.... :. 14. tiously with eight pages. but the regular daily size was four pages.
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am the pasta were
considerably newspaper
atme, and contained freu
front page every day was devoted
most of the Incal news was carried on the heck pase under the dry ...
... Y'a in spite of its strangeness of makeup and typography, the at'le sheet was sprightly" and progressive; in tone, apparently written and edited with a great deal of best - one in sure the editors thorougnis enjoyed thetr work. -.
Cost $10 a Year
The Daily Patriot cost 20 cents week, 85 cents a month, or $10 a year -- yet they tell us prices were lower in those days!
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. Fascinating indeed are the old .files yellowed but intact-and X to Startling to discover how almost! "Identical were subjects of popular! Interest Then and now. Liquor. as today. was a topic of vital Intervet . "The Patriot" was outspokenly dry. ardently supporting the "Murphy "morement" which was the dry " mowawat then at its height.
ort" mprioted'
World, Jo which
ot:le Indian
dad It's wald the alcohol in nearly all the liquor now soid in Now York le made of this, and Is, in fact, nothing . more than cora alcohol. favored to imitate brandy. whisky, rum or gin."
Temperance Crusading
There is also a short story which points a temperance moral, and a glowing . account of the "continued sucoems" of the Murphy movement. which relates that "The meetings are grand outpourings of all classes and ages of the people." . .. The result le shown 'in the monster rou, which now numbers ten hundred and fifty names." The names were of those wbo had. "signed the pledge."
Yet'in 'spite of the great enthual- att there were incidents to mar the adrenity, as at one Sunday night meeting when "the gas was turned off. it is supposed by some evil- disposed person for the purpose of i creating a disturbance " The next night 'at another of these regular "Murphy movement meetloga" "a 111-1 tie uneasiness was produced by two; young men getting into a dispute ; which ended in blows."
Another editor commented that. now in the time for all week-minded! persons. to pin on the blue ribbon;". and the Patriot reprinted the caustic! reply of the Springfield Times 1h ** "if the effect of blue ribbon is to bolster up a weak mind. the colonel should wear it in every buttonhole
fung of total abstinence dowe
In town uidtee in saying that' blue Is becoming to thel thou tarry in thy ways of iniquity. aplesion. How long wus! thou, terry In thy ways of iniquity. oh'shover of the caustic quili' How! Home. how long?" ,Which surely seems
The Uma secured ripe Ler a daily. 'And Charles R. Theram and A. Read shaw belted the opportunity. . Young Ingram was the son of Arch F. Ing- ram, who had worked on the old "Southern Fisg " The second paper In theone munity, and who had es- tablished the first job-printing shop in Springfield Charles hed grown ! 110 in an atmosphere of Ink and type, working for his father eren as youngster: He atul urre ID Springfield, and is now a proof -!
pipetentry pointed and personal. Another commentary on the "wet and dry" situation states that "One of the saloonlets of this ctty, who uaualiv puta a correct estimate oni
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and unnned the badge, vut ol hia it- freshment parlors yesterday. The lat . ! ter thought that he had served the time of bin probation out, and con- cluded to take a 'nip' on the sly: but the whisky man was too honest for him. Spot the unviable rooster who would thus break their solemn os the."
Civic Consciousness
The Patriot repeatedly threatened to publish the names of those who btoke the pledge, but I have not die- covered that it ever made good the threst.
Already. 51 years ago, Springfield sceme to have developed a vivid civic consciousness and to have achieved the economic philosophy. "Keep Ozark dollare In the Oratka," which still en- dures
A long editorial in the first num- ber la devoted to the subject. polat- Ing out in truly modern fashion. "A community that bestows its patrol- age upon home enterprises is ul- waya more prosperous than one which among you, whom you have known for years, whose property and society interests are with you, have every in- ducement to treat you fairly and hon- orably. Besides, If they mistient you. you have a possible recourse. The peripatetic fellow who is here today and somewhere else tomorrow, who never stopa long enough anywhere to make or lose a character, may not swindle you, but all chances are that he will. We want Imnifera.ton but we don't want tramite. We m- site men in all prices and profes- Hous to rome and ine with us, med
money in the permanent growth of the city, but the invitation does not embrace the class of men on account of Whont this article i writteri 'Fat- romb 'thows who are Hkety .. to. pat -. root. Tott, Pay out : your dottats where they are likely to return to jod tartateint, is the motto of the most prosperous states and commu-
Rbolesale Art Sales
The occasion for this editorial was the coming-and going-of an Itiner- ant peddler who beld an auction of "co-called chromos and steel engrav. Ing. by which about $500 was taken out of town."
The editor says that "There wu oot a single good picture in the en- tire lof . . . and yet the entire lot was closed out lo two or three nights and the larger portion of them sold st prices that our own pictura dealere would be glad to get for first-class works of art." "
"Following are some of the "Men- Wons" in the first imsue, which seero to combine local news item with 'columnists' " wise cracks:
"Cotton continues to arrive in large quantities, notwithstanding
the mud."
"There are preparations on foot for
A grand masquerade ball at the
i hay rendered them somewhat more te. cure. huit there is still tor: : :.- provement **
"Criminal carelessness in The dis- charge of lifearms within the city Umite to the occasion of frequent complaint on the part of chiens On | Saturday morning last two little ] .
children in the Third ward came near being made the victims of some fellow who had a fancy for shooting at a crow."
A View of Congress
The next dey It printed this, which still has an exceedingly familiar sound: "What a blessing it would be to the country if congress would ad- Journ. The desperate uncertainty as to what that body of blatherskites will de keeps the chinese in a con- tinuni state of nurest that ds: : bs bustnest more than a dozen pan :- would "
Nor ate Incal political affairs tres !.
rougei nuet.ne on the evening o: February 4. 1879. might as well be contemporary. "Thia body met last night. It would require a great deal of space in tell what they did not do. but very little to tell what they did.
flate In the purchase of a steam fire engine. Bills were allowed and wa :- rants drawn to the amount
modern Initiative, and one at icast Is strangely reminiscent of certain popular ; tooth-paste -. ade , today. ' . It With Lares'and other -financial. bur- Mens, And want to save money to take College Street Grocery Store of .M. Ford, where you.can soon- save money enough -- to - make you independent. Try it"
5-Year-Old Poker Player
Camaradiere between Springfield and its neighboring ciblea la Illustrat- od in the following two "Mentions:" a young beat' Joplin, the other day, asked a young lady of that place to take a borsebeok ride. - She replied that'she would be happy to do so. 10 soon as she had ascertained the weight of her feet, so as to know what Amount of weight. to carry on the op- postte aide of the saddle to balance." ."Carthare ja mighty sharp With her two . dally newspapers .and three thousand Inhabitants. " The smartness own manifests itself in Infants of wry tender years.' ' For example. a Springfield gentleman was playing a game of poker with a child of only five years of age, but up to "things that are dafk &n thug as the "heath- en Chinee.' The Springfield man bad occasion to ivok for the ece and king. and. not finding .. them, - asked the chud : where they -werk : when be acknowledged the corn, pulling them from bis sleeve and from under his cont .. Nothing "fresh' about that!" "y And we'talk of "flaming youth !"
"nine Rthhon Rait Rov .**
Apparently on equal "rapport" ex- Inted between the two Springfields. : for in an early issue there in this te- mark. "A meeting in the interest of the Murphy movement ought to be appointed at North Springfield. There are a number of persona in that en- terprising burg who could be bene- litted, and we feet contient that the movement would be welcomed by the people."
Incidentally, within a few deya there was euch a meeting. and 150 aigned the pledge the first night, and on February 20, the editor noted that ** most of the railroad boys wear the blue ribbon."
An for the young folk-here again.
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unult 12 o'clock at night which might have been made yesterday- perbape changing the hour a bit. And the Drury lade had their fun., as the paper relates,. "The bad boys of Drury had a naughty old time night before last. The fun conslated Inty .! fing an additional rope to the belt- cord and running it out of ote 01 the windows down to the ground. where it was securely fastened to the horn of a decrepit cow. Every
Hme the james and struggled to get
ctr an around through- out the dead hours of the night, and making tbs bed boye fairly die with laughter .:
Sportd for atrio
The old fiction that gtris enjoyed po sport o. exercise beyond hores- back riding and danding hardly so- cords with the record that "There was one of the . cbolosst and most maleot of assemblies last night at the skat- ing Finke .. quite a number of our young ladies and beaus Indulged in the graceful and exbilaratios art, and every one seemed filled with the spirit of the occasion."
Nor, It seems, are beauty contesta Anything new. The Patriot carried an account from the New York Times of The Congress of Beauty, In which 1260 women had registered and 700 bad been accepted. "The manager stipulated with each person accepted that during the exhibition 'she must dress as modestiy and prettily sa pos- cible, and that she must take care to appear amiable and courteous.' The ladies also are cautioned to ex- ercise secretion in conversing with visitors ..
. ". . . They are requested to bring with them needle and fancy work. with which to busy themselves dur- Ing the exhibition. Prizes =11! be awarded to the most ladylike. the handsomest blonde. the best-dressed lady, for the best head of hair, for the prettiest, blue, black and my eyes, and to the tallest, abortest. heaviset and lightest tady. the best planist, vocalist, roller skater, dancer. pedestrian, and elocution."
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