, The bride of the fall,
when. she get: settled
down—topleosethedear
'mandhaveeverything
us for the best coal in
town, that will keep the '
fines going and make it
hot for the “brute.” To
,worm every corner and
pool: in the house, to
= chase away cold and keep
the halfimound. it’s the
. “very best plan for every
young. Spouse to buy
coal where every good
A; kind can be found.
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New England woman. The family was
in good circumstances till the Lake
Shore Railroad took the traffic away
‘ from the Milan Canal, which had been
The the chief interest of the town.
But instead of wasting time grieving
' over what he had no power to control,
. l
ERRIS COAL the father moved his family to the
’ , 7 ‘ . prosperous town of Port Huron, Mich-
it
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igan.
The building of the Lake Shore Rail-
road, no doubt, was the turning point
in young Edison's life. for while in Mt-
lan his greatest interests had been
W _ among the wharves and grain eleva-
no You NEED ANYTHING IN
-. _. THE FURNITURE LINE?
‘9' Come ‘0 .See Us ”Before Uou live place, his active mind naturally
. Go Elsewhere. wanted something to feed upon. and
17‘ Have a Fine Line of Furniture. the vicinity of the canal had afforded
f
seven years old when he left his na.
Wsmuumwflinds—asm (m.m fl :1
mmngnamberdltaatwsmmdytommnatbenwlfisu_.
ammusnomwmmorwmmm that we“
sreinspostfloatodvoyoopreaiptiserrioes'ndclssnsoundlmber
sndtimborMmsMksflivinseoohdsy. Wavinbeglsdto
resume the "I! pleasant tenuous which have existed in as past
. udmruuumMWmmmudom‘
,lty. Inouriamomumdardmveuvethssdmtsuofm
The. Hatch 8: Bailey
.it the best attractions) but after arriv- .
reputation for conscientious M
Gompaoy
.,-’-j.'-;sj-js I:|:I:nll,|‘l Ito‘s
IIIILII‘I'I: ‘
ately appeared. but a cold ducking at
the hands of one who had taken excep-
tion to a personal fiem, quenched this
last spark of journalism completely.
He still stuck to his tfain news
agency. and during the exciting times
of our Civil War, when people were
feverish with anxiety. Edison, with re-
markable forethought. made terms
with the telegraph operators along the
line to receive the headlines of his pa~
pers announcing all important war
articles which he would telegraph them
in advance of the train. and they, in
,7 ’ R Jilillll All
. SEW Bills , Carpets, Rugs. Linoliums
a great variety of patterns and color combinations! are ready for your impaction in a well
lighted space where there is every chance to view to the beat advantage.
“Floor and. table oil cloths of all widths,
WINDOW ° SHADES
'3 m Contractors Submitin an;
mates eminently mum
‘ Thanthe Aporopriadou
lllliil It! Ill
I
If They Give in New Bids by
‘ November 4
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turn, would issue bulletins in conspic-
uous places so that. on the arrival of
gthe train. people would meet it in
crowds to buy the papers, and in every
exciting times they would pay any
iprice he cared to ask. which realized
handsomely. On one occasion he got
$000 copies of the Detroit Free Press
on credit. every one of which he sold
at prices that be increased as the num-
bers diminished. with a splendid result
,to the young financier.
Ten contractors submitted‘blds for
‘the new school buildings to be erect-
,ed on Cedar street and Prospect ave-
‘nue.
‘of the Sohool Board last night,
after a lengthy session all were re-
‘jected as being in excess of the sp-
and :
Gil lHE Willi
They were opened at a meeting _
attention.
TO ORDER
is one of our specialties. No order too large or too Small to receive prompt and careful 2
propriation. it was moved and passed ‘
‘that another call for bids be issued;
and the time for the new ones will ex— ;
l'pire on Tuesday, November 3, at 4‘
p m l
'tors of the canal (for though only
‘ Stoves and all Housefurnlsh.
"Prices To Suit Everybody
M .GUTKOWSKY
tug Goods. {l
ing at Port Huron, be turned his atten~
tion to the railroad, spending most of
his time about the yards. and when he
had reached 12 years, we find him a
l He became greatly interested in tei~l A petition. signed by about five“
egrnphy about this time and experi- , hundred taxpayers and eiéctors of the
mented considerably at odd moments city, was presented to the board by
even to constructing a little line of his Frank Clarke. of the Building Trades ‘
‘1 North Main Street. I’lrone gm 5 newsboy on the Grand Trunk, from
~' H ”:‘Opp. Congregational Church. Port Huron toDetrolt. and it was here
Wolf)” Second-Hand Furniture 811" ithatn rough brakeman lifted him up
' - 5‘0"“ by his cars, which destroyed his hpar-
—— ing. .
His education at school covered a
gperiod of only a few months. but his
,mother. who had formerly been a high
ltschool teacher in Canada, instructed
thm at home, which was made quite
‘easy for her by his great natural love
,ifor reading and learning. He read
‘ {everything that he could find, from
. :' - ~ ‘ novels to books of the deepest science
' - 0a {on matters far beyond his years, and
.. V iseemed to understand them.
>‘ . ,- As a boy his original ways made
q‘l‘ lhim a general favorite with the pas-
, , ‘ ‘ isengers and trainmen. He had very
: l . "
EEB’fierShheldslsoncfi- Waring very little about himself. His
TIL. g“ 122 WATER 31-, hair was usually. thick and uncombed.
3.x , y ‘ . and being thin and lanky, his clothes
lfittedlhlm something like an animated
BUY ,
,Hazelton
‘little to say, always full of business.'
own. connecting his room with that of
a boy friend living near, while he also
read all lle'could 0n the subject. The
little son of the operator at Mt. Clem-t
out would have been run ever had not
Edison been at hand and; at the risk
of his own life. pulled the little fellow
from in front of an approaching train
not an instant too soon. The grateful
father then interested himself in the
earnest young man 'who always wanted
to learn and, at Edison‘s request. glad.
ly taught him the art of telegraphy in
‘return for his heroic act. So apt a
pupil was he that it was not many
months before Edison was a better op-
iorator than his instructor, and in five
months he became an operator at Port
Huron.
Edison's appearance in those days
was his greatest drawback. not at all
likewhat we should picture one de-
stined to become great, but in fact be
was more like a green country boy,
very-thin, with no thought of~dress
jtfounctl. It asked that the board give;
preference to the local builders ini
awarding the contracts. On a votel
which was unanimous, the members?
out the board go on record as favor-i
lug local bidders for the'two‘ jobs. and 1.
in the event that an out-of-town con- ;
cern gets the work preference musti
Le-given to local labor. ;
it was decided at the meeting that
no figures submitted be made public.‘
.That the local contractors will in all‘
probability be awarded the work is
surmised from the figures submitted
last night. The local concerns offerul
ed to do the jobs at prices. in somef
cases. considerably lower than otltersl
from other cities. ,
l The board will .open the second set
.of bids on Wednesday evening. Nov~
,ember 4. , .W
Superintendent Chapman brought up
the matter of hdving a sanitary en-
tginecr in the employ of the board. in
several of the school buildings the.
i
. We haVe just received a ship.
' cut of Ranges guaranteed to
We and heat, that we will sell
hem=$x4.5o upward.~ Come and
M them over before’going else;
one. For honest dealing and
“fair, none with Mr. Rosco
Picture‘Framing and Glazing.
pair of tongs in trowsers, bpt his eyes
shining through the over-hanging locks
were bright and let‘nothing in their
range escape note. ' ,
, While waiting ,between trains at De-
troit he spent his spare time at the
free library, where he read nearly. if
not the entire collection, through so-
lecting such books as "The Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire," “Dic-
and very shy; but his face, full of in- l
umbln
telligence, told of abrigbt, quick mind. , p g is m bid shape and in some}
cases entirely new systems should be
, ' t he .
33:30:32; 2:331:22: 133131;“ d . installed. To have this done by plumb-‘
{are withou fl av ,
him, for his knowledge. even at thatv t "t h mg plans drawn
time. was wonderful for one :0 youzilgn’ 3:89:38 “02:231.“; title $230933:
He was often laughed at by t we“; admit night to arrange to have a sanitafyl
.did not know him, till they we cut: . engineer secured for this purpose. rne‘
him receiving a message as insides :- building committee was voted the now-1
operator at the other end can tion or to go ahead and make a contract;
it in, as they sometimes did to use with such an individual. i
’ . . tionary ofNSciences.” Newton’s “Prin-
. ,! SFufmtureStore cipla" and the “Penny Encyclopedia"
~- . ‘ —all of theie and many such were ob-
, 5 my Avenue sorbed by the hungry young mind so
bent on gaining knowledge. regardless
of boyish amusements. ‘
As an off-set to his reading he start-
ed the peculiar combination of book
'store, newsstand and market which'so
rapidly grew as to force him to give up
all else to this new enterprise at Port
iglfoszfizlcfisatget “new Dede“ Huron. and he was compelled to hire
, . assistants consisting of several other
AS BRAND boys of about'his own age. ‘
O . .
. . ‘ i ' Edison's restlessness, however. soon
we}; 53W1°rrsgmfgan~alk sent him back to his old love, the
«amps I“; omen Trading; 33;!” railroad, where. in the- year 186;,
’ ‘ " ” ‘ lthcu‘gh only 15 years of age, after buy-
ing a lot of old type and printing the
.tures from the Detroit Free Press, he
published the first newspaper ever
I a FRIGTIIBED print d dit d d t ii
, e.e 6 use uponara way
' BY AuTOMOBILE train, which was~known as The Grand
Trunk Herald, a weekly. and though
" _ 'only a little sheet, often blurred, it was
.‘1;.j Darragh, 0f Putnam full of facts andmit and soon became
[633113; a well—known and POPU‘ famous. Articles were copied from it,
3 91mg. man 0f NOTWBlk- and even in European papers. The modest
.IintEtldcnt of the Hatch 8: editorial and composing quarters occu-
ley lumber yards. this noon, pied the cornerrof a baggage car, and
yery near being seriously in young Edison were embodied the
'r perhaps killed, ‘when the editor-ln~ch‘.ei aud‘prlnter‘s devtlcom-
mobile of E. Hill struck the biped-principally the latter, as be yet-
g~man while he was running ished a bit of mischief now and then.
‘ VVater street, SecOnd Dis; The paper contained largely railroad
onger with that old always
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l . .
Darragh ra11,,out of an al- and had a regular circulation of 400
he lumber yard on Water “ONES-M “5'0 cents each. The: great
in the effort .to,catch the English engineer. Stephenson, happen-
f '5', automobile truck, ed to been the train mice 93nd bought
45:“; Hm machine came uné one ~of these odd little papers.'highly
ly down the street, strlkl Miami! the 3'0““ “9“"- “We think-
. 155‘ ign"‘a,glancing blow. fractur— tog he was to be eclipsed by him as a
‘3" . and painfully bruisvwonder in the scientific world.:_
\ .. ' ' While engaged dnmthls venture Edi“-
. with chemicals."oombininga lebo'i'atory
r- with his cramped-up. printing onice,
which brought about the downfall of
the Herald through one of his experi-
ments‘setting the car on fire, which re»
suited in a hasty removal of his entire
outfit by the railroad officials.
Nothing daunted.‘tbe spicy little so-
1 services for hundreds
tit-walkers every day. Are
them? . .
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news, items gathered along the line..
son did considerable experimenting
lciety paper. Paul Pry. almost immediw
him, while he would sit calmly by ready .
ing a book or paper till. he found it
convenient, to stop; then he would
take up the pen and begin to write.’
several lines behind. quickly catch up
to the other operator, then call him to
hurry up or let some one who knew,died at 9 0'60“ 135‘ evening at ther'tion and detail to systematic visita—
‘how to telegraph send the message. As
a correct. rapid operator, he soon be-
came well-known in telegraph circles.
Edison's restless disposition would
not let him be contented long any-
where, however, so he drifted about
—from place to place in the United
States and Canada for some years. At
one time be came nearlesving for
South America, but. arriving at New
Orleans, lm 'mwl the ship he intended
to embark on bad sailed. nor were his
companions on board ever heard from;
Discouraged. without friends, alone in
the Crescent City, little did he think
that had he arrived in time. his glory
lous fpture might have been nipped in
its budding. .
' Of his “experiences for some time af-
ter this. very little is known. but they
were probably. full of new ideas and.
experiments. for, when, we see him
sagin, he is at .lndianapolls working
on an automatic telegraph repeater. to
transfer a. message from one line to
another, which instrument he placedi
in theltelegraph‘ office at Memphis,
from New York city to New Orleans
- necessity of having it repeatedone or
more times on the way. 3 .
‘ At Memphis he also made his first
attempt at“ duplex; telegrnpbyh by
which 3two messages, one in either di-
rection, could be sent over the wire at
the same time. Whileengdged- in this,
he dmused himself read!!! Victor vHo-
go'a ,works; and so, interested was
that lie-was called "Hugo," as a nick-
name. Hawthorne once, remarked that
had Edison devoted himself to litera-
tnr'e. he would have produced master-
pieces equal to any of his day. . '
‘ (To Be Continuedfl‘rotnorrow.) .
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making it possible to'send a. message”i
direct. for the first time without the
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! Death of Miss Helen Baldwin. I
j Miss Helen Baldwin, of Ba’nbury,’
'home of her nephew, Dr. W. H. Bald?
win, 64 Wall street, after an illness of ‘
lesd' than a Week, aged 80 years.- Miss
fBaldwln came here a week ago on a
[visit and the latter part of last week:
lshe contracted a cold which.deveioped'
into pneumonia. She leaves two neph-~
ews. Dr. A. H. Baldwin and Dr. WH
Baldwin. The body will be sent to
Danbury, where services Will be held.
Eriday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Burial
will be in North Salem, N. Y. a
i
. Funeral of Mrs. J. E. Russell.» i
l The funeral of Mrs. J. Edwin Russell
was held this afternoon, there being a-
‘service in Riverside cemetery at ' 3!
go’clock. Deceased was formerly Kate?
M. Haulenbesk. daughter of the latej
‘Rev. Garrett Haulenbeek, but had lived}
jfor a number of years in Milford. suel
‘had been ill for some time. and passed
faway Monday; morning. Mrs. Russeilt‘
had many friends in NorWalk, end the1
news of her demise will be received‘l
with regret. l
l , Funeralof Mr. Taptle- ,
l The funeral of Michael Taptic, of 2
Ridge street. was .held this morning 'ati
9 o'clock, from St. Ladislaus' Hanan-l
rian Catholic Church. A mash l‘ofre-i
'uulem was.cel_ebrated by ‘Rev. .1. NJ,
,‘.Szabo,.tpastor, and burial followed in
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1 St.
Mary’s cemetery.
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{local .sohools: today, and i‘tthe' pupils .
i listened is. a brief review orchestra;
°. inventor’s life and 'work, and- the de-
jvélopmein. of. the electric”, light.‘ the
agre’at- universal benefit to, mankind.
I ~
-. maelsoutnnownk Trashcompeny’
urges every one to‘ systematically
gates within the parish, and many a
Iwosthy family has been given assis-
lstate convention was the ninety-fifth
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Rector of Trinity Church Will
Also Have Charge of Christ
Episcopal Church '
A sum of money has been appro-
priated by Trinity Episcopal Church,
of this city, and Christ Episcopal
Church, of East Norwalh, for the
a a 'fil-lfl
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purpose of securing an assistant to
the Rev. Frederick A. Coleman, rec-
tor of Trinity :Gturch. and who will
also accept the call extended him by
the members of Christ Church to take
charge of that church. The granting:
of this money was definitely decided!
at a well-attended meeting of Trin-
ity Parish last evening. .V
Trinity Parish. within the last ten
years. has advanced wonderfully, the
membership of the church actually
doubling in that length of time. The
members of the parish realize the
need of an assistant to help the rector
look after the rapidly increasing work
of the church, as thelr vote last even-
ing shows.
The work and berth of the Rev. F.
A. Coleman,’ is sincerely appreCiated
by his parishioners, who realise the
prominent part he has played in the
remarkable progress of the church,
and the membership it has attained.
The members of Trinity have the pro-
gressive Mr. Coleman to thank for‘ .
“‘3 “my“ part ”I "he “fish's - (Continued from ninth page).
growth;
The welfare of the two churches
will certainly be advanced material-a: .:
ly. and further progress may he look- '9 Early, ._ his career Marcus Loew
ed for by the additionflof an assistanfifimflfid ‘ 7 business affairs “1°“, but
He has greatly extended the scope of {“5 his». rests 5’9“ larger and the
parish work, and gin much atten- scope is activities became greater,
lhe had 'to have help. -Here again he
tions. He has been especially ocfish‘owed his genius and his knowledge
cupled in his care of podr or unfortum ; of the 'world and human, nature. He
:surrounded himself with bright. brainy
fmen. absolutelydevoted to' himself and
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THE STORY or: mesons LOEW.
be the only one able to give a high.
class " w at a low rate of admission."
tubes at a time when it. was most ibis enterprises.
needed. 0f a‘generous and pleasing ghandled and directed with the_assist-
personality Mr. Coleman, is bound to
make trims and underhis ministra-
tions the church will continue toEOt these are 81mm“ for work, than
grow, gough showmen. and brilliant in their
3 lllne. They are devoted to Loew for
himself alone, like him personally. and
‘ devote their lived to furtheringhis al-
‘ready' gigantic projects. The - same
.-
iiil’trlsrv‘s-ou,csnos .
His entire circuit is.
once of a very few men. absolutely de- ‘:
‘voted to him and his enterpriseav All .
The
‘ (Loading, Outfitters
for
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'world of New York, where his sudden
guise and his many millions makes him
gas great as the greatest. He has a
{country home 'at New Rochelle. anoth- »
or at Far Rockaway, a city home on
Riverside Drive, two motor cars and
servants, and yet loves to bobnob with
his employes and delights in telling
them funny stories. , V
'His soft-hesrtedness is well-known,
and he is rapidly earning a reputation
as a philanthropist. 'Recently a wo-
man. carrying a baby, called to see
him. She Was the wife of a treasurer
of .a Loew Theatre who had been
caught stealing. She first saw Nicho-
las Schenck. the general manager, who
heard her story. but. too soft~bearted
to tell her her husband must go to jail
«as an example to others, gave her Sit),
3told her to “buy herself some lunch,"
and left. Mr. Loew came in then,
'heard from his secretary, Miss Dev'in- ,
l'ton, what Mr. Schenck had done, gave
l
ghis secretary 20 for the woman and
sncIET' BOHVEII'o“ liforce which binds these men to Loews‘told her to tell her husband never to
lendears him to his boat of other em-
, ’ ' iployes, and there is not, one in the
1.133.222? (32%;: 3.333333: ! headquarters of the Marcus Locw The-
series which'bave” been observed atdiatrical enterprises in the American
. lTheatre building, in New York. who
“13"ka Baptist Church, in this city"doe‘s‘not like Mr. ipew personally for
for three days. in connection with the his democracy and kindness. and who
is not intensely devoted to his inter-
sets.
The four men who are closest to the
annual meeting today of the Connecti-g
cut Baptist Education Society. it be.L
gun at 9:30 with a devotional service.l
The president, the' Rev.‘ George W.
Nicholson, of Bridgeport, one of the
oldest of the Baptist clergyman of the
state. presided, and suede a brief in-
troductory address. ' This was followed
by the appointment of several commit-
executive manager; Joseph M.
‘Schenck. his brother.manager of
,‘Loew's big booking office, and David
=Bernstein, his treasurer and a genius
:fordigures. Thesemen havebsen with
tees. Following reports and other rob-51‘“6w since he started. his career, and
tine business .Pricipal Hobart 9. francs. ““9 taken off’his mgdr$°;:;°$;
dale,‘of the Connecticut‘l'litera‘ry luau-‘10! WOT“ which-m“ u , , k
. . ‘ . .. - tin winter-eats widened. 136w in a can
tulle..8uilleld. (addressed the mac 8.. . , :1 th he
review "a the-work of the mom for than of human nature an- 9 men
the-year and setting forth its ‘needs.:591°°t°d ‘0 handle “3 interests '0’
The annual-ashes ‘ was“ delivered by i himare “‘9 14°" “1‘“ "e. bound ”up
uie Rev. pr. or. to. busy, of Minneapo- ‘ ry. any protect throush to ultimate suc-
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lis. whose topic ‘was "(A Veritabletcess. ,. * , ~ , ‘
:Propbebof God." ‘ _ . ' Marcus Loew is_today but» ‘43 years
‘ . , - _ .. {old-the, Youngest of all the theatrical
SENflNEL *fiNAflTfADfi , . rmagnates add wlioisfltraveling fastest
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are. performing ser‘flces for" hundreds
of .Nofislkers every day... Are yout
bank a part of‘their. mings snd rte-fl
lpare'forgacomfortabr old 3.59.. '
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‘chief” are Nicholas M. Schenck, his‘_
. powers of-the theatrical and business accept a. substitute.
do it again. I When Mr. Schepckx re-
turned he upbraided him for being too
tender-hearted. . ,
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3First Dose of Pope's Cold Compound
‘ Relievesr‘ All ,Grlppe Misery.
i 5-Don'trstay stuffed-up! ' ~
~Qult.blowing and .snutfliag! A dose
of ‘d’ape’s Gold’Compoundu MEAD-ll
' every two hours until three doses are
gtaken will end grippc misery and
brakup a severe cold either in the
inland, chest. body or limbs. '
i It promptly opens cloggcd~up nose
3 trils. and» air peasages; : stops nasty
j discharge or nose running; relieves
isore throat. sneezing. soreness and
lstiffness. .
i. “Papa’s Cold
.dulcke'st, surest relief known and
; costs only 25 cents at drug stores.
along the route of even greater fame It actsovitbout assistance. tastes nice.
«and fortune. lie is one of the mighty {and causes no inconvenience. Don't.
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gslck headache, dullness, feverishness. .,
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