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-1IMMfffta him. nnfl ftiii/ miiaiDuncfia trie French machine.Yesterday'* rare* closed the meet. The contest ha* been largely a tem between Curtli* and Paulhan. the for-tt\*r taking all of the speed events, quick start* and clever handling tests 1‘jiulhan ha* won moat of the endurancemcs*. cns*'country trials and passenger carrying contest* The Frenchman comes out ahead In the meet, tak -irig In the neighborhood of 115,000 Inprises, whfie CurtlM won about II.OOo FharlM K Hamilton narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon while returning from a f fflt; * jr rnUs flight. When nearing the aviation field the shaft of hi* machine broke. Ujr carefully manipulating the machine, he brought It to the ground and landed safely. Mad the machine balked. It would have meant the death of the aviator.Paulhan broke the world* recordfor altitude and for c rota-countryflight* with a passenger.rled a wealthy Indian squaW and later founded the t«»wn of Blackwell, ok la Me ha* sfnee died.**Mr. Underwood, who Is to build the new brick structure, formerly was superintendent of the Joplin public schools, but ha* not been a resident of thl* city for some time.Kntlre t«t Tn t pn yrrm.City mi bowks ar«* now open for the payment of delinquent taxss, Pay pmmptlv and avoid suit cost* and extrapenalties. HARVEY IfAKJf.I nty Collector 2hl Joplin 8t.wits, rwsrmnnox hkhrAT THIMi l M. K. r IIf iff If.Clark Klchoi*. a young attorney andpromlnerg member of the Olnssng tribe,who climbed onto the wafer wagon at s reo#nt nifs tlng of the local option force*, was much eurpHaed this morning to sc#* hi* name on a handbill as a gpeak*er at a **WetM meeting at Chitwood nextTuesday night.The mistake was due to a misunderstanding of tlie position of Mr. Nichols.The list of speiikers had been made out before two third* of the lt;iln*eng leader* made a spectacular ascent of theeater wagon, and the bills were printedunder the theory that Nichols we* wet It put* me In rather a bad light.** said Mr Nichols this morning. Afterannouncing toy allegiance to the causeof local option I am billed for a 'wet* speech nf c ourse, I do not suppose that the act wgg Intentional, although It putsme In the tight of carrying water on both shouldersWfil-Kooen l.eedrr of Colored Itare toI kpeak Here.Mr*. Rllsa Peterson of Texarkana, Texas and National W. lt;\ T V. super-Infendent, will speak st the Trinity A. M K church tonight at % o’clock. Mr* Peterson has given eleven years of her life to the work, and I* now president of the African W. lt;\ T IT„ with an organisation of 750 loyal member*. The other state* hexing \\ C\ T IV* led by negro women are Louisiana, North Carolina. South Carolina, Florida. Arkansas Virginia, Tonnsasee, Georgiaand the District of ColumbiaMr*. Peteraon did splendid work InOklahoma, when she worked for prohibition In that state, and win* the support Of the white people as well,wherever whe goes,Mrs. |1 . JL_.while la the city with Mrs JosephStover of 218 Kentucky avenue.Another assignment of Kansas drunk* occupied the attention of Judge Kelsey in police court this morning They received the usual fine* and went to jail. Judge Kelsey stated this morning that more drunk* were brought Tbto hi* court from Kansu* than from Joplin *T auppoae that it Is the tougher element we have to deal with/* he aaid, **and then again, they must think that because they get Into a town where there are saloons they can go their length.* There I* seldom a week passe* that there are not from three to twelve drunk* brought Into police court from River ton, Seneca, Malaria and PittsburgI1Itl1C*Town TopicsTo see ow!» flvfng about In a city thesixe of Joplin would seem a rather unusual eight, but on almost any dark day or late in the evenings a medijFn | *cae blanches on Moffet avenue. In the Vicinity of Fifth street, The bird frequently has been made the target of boy* with air rifle*, but up to date has_ . . _ sized owl flutter* about amongst thePeterson Is making her home wwm - -afit the cltv with Mrs ---' frlt;**Dvfa:caescaped with full plumage.The old frame residence which is s being removed from the ea*? side of Main street, betwen Seventh and Bighth streets. to mike room for a brick business block to be erected by 8. A. 1'nder-wood. t« to bo placfd at Eighteenth and Plcher street*. The aRed structure haa an Interesting hlatory. in 1*74, when it consisted of a two.room shanty, tt wan purchased from a man named Black well by F K Wenrtch. ex-postmaster, who added a number of rooms, raiaad It on a higher foundation. and uaed it for hia home.More interesting perhaps, than the history of tha dwelling is the history of Its former owner. Mr. Blackwell, who also built the first opera house of which Joplin ever boasted. This structure was on North Main street **f remember when I bought the dwelling:. said Mr Wenrich this morning', that there was a log atahle In the rear, where Blackwell used to keep a trick bear. He ran a kind of m*n*R~ erle and had many different kinds ofanimate.After building the opera house. Blackwell was found guilty of counterfeiting and was sentenced to a term In the federal penitentiary. After serv.itijt hi* time he went to Oklahoma, rnarEast Twentieth afreet has the reputation of being the muddiest near Joplin. Automoblllsts report difficulty in making progress on this thoroughfare. A big tourlna ear, several days hro, he- Mejf.aUrIsfrlt;CfiStrong Hea It by WcIf e woman is strong and beaithy in a won erhood means to her but little suffering, in the fact that the many women suffer fro disease of Che distinctly feminine organism for motherhood. This can be reinedtod.Dr. Pierce’s Favorite PresiCures the weaknesses end disorders It acta directly ou the delicate and organa concerned in motherhood, mi healthy, strong, rigorous, virile atFavorite Prescription'* banishes the iudh period of expectanoy and makes baby's i almost painless. It quickens and vifsli* %rgans, and insure* a healthy and robusttestified to hs marvelous merits.It Mikes Weak Women Cl rang.Honest druggists do not offer substitute as good.*’ Accept no secret nostrum in contains n it a drop of alcohol and not adrugs, h a pure glyocric extract of hctUd
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, Jan 21, 1910
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