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KILLED BY THE CARS
Another Victim of the Grade
Crossing Claimed at Bigelow
Last Sunday Night.
John Wilson Struck By Omaha
Passenger Train No. I While
Returning From Call
On Sweetheart.
John Wilson, a eon of Mr. and
Mrs. I. N. Wilson, of this city, was
killed about three o'clock last Sun­
day night at a railroad crossing a
short distance south of Bigelow sta­
tion, by being hit by Omaha passen­
ger train No. 1, the fast mail. His
liorses were also killed and the rig
was entirely demolished. Mr. Wil­
son was to have been married in a
few days, an it is said he was re­
turning from a call on bis betrothed
when the accident occurred.
The remains were taken down to
Sibley and prepared for burial,
and were later shipped to this city,
the funeral being held on Tuesday
from the Presbyterian church, inter­
ment being made in the W or thing
ton cemetery. Rev. Lanham con­
ducted the service.
The deceased was a well known
young man of Bigelow township,
and was just getting established
for himself on a farm in that town­
ship. His untimely taking off was
a severe shock to his family and his
betrothed.
Albert Vogel and Miss Selma
Johnson were married on Tuesday
by Judge of Probate C. M. Cory.
Worthington, Minn., (Special.)—
Company F, Third Infantry, Minne
sotaNational Guard of Worthington,
which is shown in the accompany­
ing engraving, was oragnized and
mustered into the service of the
state Nov. 28th, 1905, with
officers
as follows: A. Schaefer, captain S.
S. Smith, first lieutenant Charles
B. Ward, second lieutenant, and
with 49 enlisted men. With this
leadership as a nucleus the com­
pany has progressed so that on the
practice march of the "hiking
Third," in Goodhue county last
July, Company F, with 66 men,
proved to be one of the most, if not
tha most, efficient organizations on
the ground.
Today Captain Schaefer is con­
gratulated by the commanding offi­
cer of the regiment upon having the
only full company of 76 men in the
regiment. The company has a* com­
plete rifle range of 200 to 1000 yards
inclusive, and at camp last year
qualified three sharpshooters, two
expert riflemen, Sergeant Dodge
and Robert Smith, and one distin­
guished rifleman, Lient. S. S.
Smith.
LYCEUM COURSE
For Season of 1907-8* Best Tal
ent Obtainable Has Been
Secured.
The annual meeting of the Worth
ington Lyoeum Association was held
on Monday evening at the parlors
of the Nobles County Bank. The
meeting was called to order by
President Lanham. The election
of officers was taken up with the
following result:
President, Edwin W. Lanham.
Vice President, Robt. Morland.
Secretary, C. L. Mann.
Treasurer, A. W. Fagerstrom.
Miss Ferguson, representing the
Chicago Lyceum Bureau was pres­
ent and through her the following
talent for next season's course was
contracted for.
Father L. J.Vaughan.
Dr. D. F. Fox.
Ralph Parlette.
The Concert Favorites.
Appollo Quintette and Bell
Ringers.
Robert Parker Miles.
The course includes one more
number than last year, but as the
last course proved so successful it
was thought safe to make the addi­
tion. The talent is all of the best
on the bureau's list,and every num
ber can be guranteed to give satis
acion. On last season's course the
association cleared about $100.
W. A. Bone, of Clinton, 111.,a hu­
morist of national fame, and who
is said to be
a
in the city
second Bill Nye, was
a
few hours Wednesday,
and was a guest of Dr. Lanham
while here.
WORTHINGTON'S CRACK* MILi nA& £OMB^
Company r, Third Regiment, M. N. G.
The Advance is"indebted to the Minneapolis Tribune for the use of above cut and the following sketch of Co.F:
Capt. Schaefer was formerly eap"
tain of Company I, Second Infantry
at Owatonna,and brought that com­
pany to a high state of efficiency.
He has lately been appointed by
Gov.Johnson to the important office
of public examiner, and has tender­
ed his resignation of the command
of Company on account of his nec­
essary removal to St. Paul.
Lieut. S. Smith formerly served
in Company F, Fiitefc Infantry, Min­
neapolis, and on the non-commis"
sioned staff of that regiment and
has seen upwards of nine years ser­
vice in the guard.
Lieut. C. B. Ward is a veteran of
thfr Spanish and Filippino wars,
having served therein with the First
South Dakota, and was captain of
Company A of that organization at
Sioux Falls after its return to the
state service.
The success and efficiency of this
company has often correctly been
attributed to the ability and effec­
tiveness of its non-commissioned
officers. They are:
Sergeants—First, O. F. Blood
Second, Elmer H. Bassett Third,
Robert R. Smith Fourth, Wilbur J.
MISSIONARY
SOCIETIES
Of Mankato Presbytery Held An
nual Meeting Here Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Addresses By National Officers,
Reports of Officers and Com*
mittees and Elections.
The twenty-first annual meeting
of the Woman's Home and .Foreign
Missionary Societies of the Manka­
to Presbytery was held in the
Presbyterian Churoh in this city
on Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. On Monday evening a re­
ception was given to the delegates
in the Church parlors. The fol­
lowing is the program of Tuesday's
meeting:
9:30: Devotional hour—Mrs. L. F.
Badger, Mankato.
Words of welcome—Mrs. E. A.
Tripp, Worthington.
Response—Mrs. W. Barron, Rush
more.
Minutes of 1906 Roll call,
Ree. Sec., Mrs. L. H. Long.
Review of the year—Mrs. Jose­
phine Plank.
Freedmen—Mrs. L. S. Neff.,
Y. P. S. C. E. work—Mrs. J. R.
Wolff.
Our literature—Mrs. J.S.Pinney.
Treasurer—Mrs. Carrie Mimer.
At the afternoon and evening ses­
sions very interesting addresses
were delivered by Miss Josephine
Petrie, National Sec. Young Wom­
an's Board of Home Mission, of
A
Dodge Fifth, David Bear Sixth,
Charles Loveless, quartermaster.
Corporal—First, J. M. Barron
Second, Henry Nelson: Third Outh
waite Eumler Fourth Guy
Borst Fifth Ernest Dewey Sixth
Virgil Fellows.
Sergeant Blood served with Com­
pany E of the Fifty-Second Iowa
during the Spanish war and is a
veteran of the Iowa national guard.
He is a model first sergeant.
Sergeant Bassett is a veteran of
Company Thirteenth ^Minnesota
and served throughout the Spanish
and Filippino campaigns with that
famous regiment. His accurate in­
formation and broad experience
have made him an invaluable ele­
ment in the instruction of the men.
A peculiar and distinguishing
character of CompanyF is the high
average of men on its rolls. There
are 15 men in the
rankB
WORTHINGTON, MINN,, FRIDAY, APRIL 5„ 1907.
that stand
six feet or over and there is an al­
most total absence of rowdiuess
and a conspicuous presence of obedi­
ence and discipline which make for
good soldiers and consequently for
good men and good citizens
N#r York, and by Mrs.C. P. Noyevs,
Syliodical Secretary, of St. Paul.
following officers of the
Home Misdionary Society were
elected:
President—Mrs. Josephine Plank,
of Pipestone.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. J. H.
Long, of Mankato.
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. C.
McKibbin, of Marshall.
Treasurer—Mrs. Carrifi Miner, of
Winnebago.
Wednesday was Foreign Mission
Day, and the meeting opened at
£:30 with devotional exercises, led
by Mrs. L. C. Hodgson, of Luverne.
The following program was car
aried out:
Minutes of 1906—Mrs. J.H., Long,
Mankato.
Roll call.
Repurts—
Corresponding Secretary Miss
Julia Chaney, Worhington.
Y. P. S. C.E.—Mis3 Marian Ling
Mankato.
Literature—Mrs. J. P. Watson,
Marshall.
Treasurer—Mrs. Josephine Plank,
Pipestone.
i|t the afternoon and evening ses
siojj|B addresses were made by Mrs
A. H. Clark, of Worthington, Miss
Ma^an Long, of Mankato, Miss
Grace Glenn, of Chioago.
The following are the officers for
the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. A. H. Carver,
Luverne.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. W. W
Datis, Mankato.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Ju
lla Chaney, Worthington.
Treasurer, Mrs. B. S. Dodds, Lu
Verne.
About 30 delegates were in at
tendance at the meeting.
^pSINESSmLERERRED
In Stating Advance Refused To
Publish Ben Young's Article.
In appointing an official business
killer the official organ has executed
one of those brilliant flank move
ments on the blunder line that is
fast making it more famous than
Jones' mule, and it has been partic­
ularly fortunate in its choice for the
position of a man who is handy
with the hammer. Mr. Moore is one
of those thrifty and aggressiveyuung
men who seem to think their dollars
are worth 150 cents, and has the
reputation of being an inveterate
mail order fiend, and as such is no
doubt in hearty sympathy with Mr.
Young's story. But Mr. Editor
Moore has been either misinformed
or wilfuly prevaricates when he
says the Advance refused to print
Mr. Young's article in defense of
catalogue house patrons. The ar­
ticle was submitted to this paper at
a time when we were crowded for
space and short-handedand as it did
not appear in a short time Mr.
Young called to learn the reason
why. He was informed of the situa­
tion and also that we did not con
sider it fair nor proper to print the
article without comment. Mr.
Young did not then apppear so anx­
ious to have it printed and with­
drew it.
In the first place Mr. Young's ar­
ticle is ancient history and has little
or no relation to conditions as they
exist in Worthington today. In the
second place he does not make" a
fair presentation of his side of the
case. For instance: He speaks of
getting a price of $28 on a windmill,
all set up, from a local dealer, then
buying it from a mail order,' house,
all set up, for $15. Who ever heard
of a mail order house setting up
windmills or other machinery, or
keeping them in order. TheAfacts
are that Mr. Young got his wind­
mill in Chicago for $15, paid the
freight, hauled it out and probably
set it up himself. These are items
of expense to local dealers that moat
mail order patrons fail to take into
account, as they see nothing but the
initial cost, and it usually accounts
for the difference .in, the Chicago
price and the local price.
The effect of such articles is to
kill off the business of the town,
ADVANCE. I
and this is the last thing the
Ad­
vance wants to be found guilty of.
In conducting its campaign against
the mail order evil the Advance
has had but a single motive—the
upbuilding of Nobles county. We
have received no aid or encourage­
ment in the work from the mer­
chants. None of them have ever
given us an extra dollar's worth of
business on account of it.. We
found the conditions here bad and
we have tried our best to remedy
them. The Advance knows that it
is not possible to build^up one el­
ement of the community at the
expense of the other. We uannot
build up the towns at the expense
of the farmer, nor can the farmer
be made prosperous at the expense
of the business men and have a
well balanoed community. In sec­
tions of Iowa where the mail or­
der evil has destroyed erstwhile
prosperous towns the farm values
have shrunk from $10 to $25 per
acre. How would the Nobles oiun
ty farmer liite to face such a con
dition The Advance ha! been
gratified to note a decrease in 'the
mail order evil during the past year
and, we have the faith to believe
that in a few years it will be entire­
ly eradicated.
It is like a disease, and has its run
in every community. The up-to
date business methods adopted by
all our leading dealers during the
past few years has done much to
abate it and it is within the power
of the local merchants to destroy it
altogether, if they will.
It can be done by persistent and
wide-awake advertising of goods
and prions.
Died.
S
^Amanda,.the-ltyear. olddaughter
of Mr! and: "Mrs Henry Ivers, of
Rushmore, died last Sunday after
an illness of four days, with pneu­
monia. The funeral was held on
Tuesday, undertaker Chaney going
over from this city to take charge
of the same. The deceased was
bright young lady, and her sudden
death is a great shock to her rela­
tives and friends.
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City Council Doings.
The city council held a special
meeting last Friday to dispose of
some business left over from the
previous meeting.
S. A. Roshon was unanimously
elected chief of police for the ensu­
ing year. Pool room licenses were
granted to Wm. Devaney and An­
drew Dilman.
Mayor Tripp announced the fol­
lowing standing committees:
Sidewalks and Crossings—Goff
and Humiston.
Streets and Alleys—Voak and.
Fagerstrom.
Light and Water—Humiston and
Voak.
Finance—Fagerstrom and Goff.
On motion, a special committee
was appointed to investigate the
situation in regard to Whisky
Ditch. Committee is composed of
Mayor Tripp, Voak and Humiston.
The report of Messrs. Tripp and
Crandall, the joint commttee ap­
pointed by the city council and
board of education to investigat cen­
tral heating plants, was read. It
was a lengthy document and dealt
exhaustively with the situation.
The plan was thought perfectly
feasible for Worthington, but the
council deferred action in the mat
tor, The vUlage attorney was
structed tb took up the proper
method of procedure, and W. H.
Buchan, superintendent of the wa­
terworks, was instructed to ascer­
tain the price of material.
Mrs. H. J. Ludlow left last Sat
urdy for Ripon, Wis., where she will
spend a few weeks visiting rela­
tives.
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