Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 308, 20 December 1907 — Page 4

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TIIE RICH3IOND PALLADIU3I AXD SUX-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1907.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

Palladium Printing Co., Publisher. Office North 9th and A Streets. RICHMOND, INDIANA.

suffering in Richmond we will continue our campaign to raise money for the Associated Charities, despite the

ideas of "business." There are times ',

when mere humanity is worth infinitely more than mere dollars.

-PRICE Per Copy, Dally 2c Per Couy, Sunday 3c Per Week, Daily and Sunday .10c IN ADVANCE One Year $5.fX) Entered at Richmond, Ind.. Postcfflca As Second Class Mail Matter

TWENTY THOUSAND DEAD

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In Last Seventeen Years That Many Give Lives. THIS YEAR'S RECORD.

j Washington, D. C, Dec. 20 The coal 'mines of the L'nittd State.- are killing ! three tim4 as many men p, : 1.NM employed as those of most e very foreign j country. In the last seventeen years

'i,b-y iuea have ghen up their lives fn the mines of the country. As

HUMANITY, MOT DOLLARS. When a man so far forget hiuieetf. Ra to claim that in the interests of "baiiivegs," a newspaper should not de-

Vote its power and ininience to pub-' many violent deaths have occurred in llrfv mi tr.lt fund tn aiH nrmi who : the mines during the last six years as

need food and warmth, he is a eorry kind of man. The man we have in mind is a merchant who has protested rather vigorous asrainst the c.imnai?n thp v-aUa-

The.se facts have hem gleaned hy the i ' 3ium has started to swell the funds of fu,1,.nmon. nrt- u.-Umr mier nr. I

the Associated Charities. This man claims that the working people of Richmond are well off and need no outside aid and that the publicity given by the Palladium to the fact that liuany men are out of work and that some of then) are without means to

keep the wolf from their doors, is harmful to the business interests cf the city. j The Palladium always has the best !

Interests of the city at heart

; during the preceding eleven years. The number of fatal accidents each ' ;year is now double that of the year l-S'.t."). In If!, G.sol men were killed j or injured in the mines, the killed j numbering "J.otil and the injured -i.Soo. : These facts have bet n gleaned by the!

government experts acting under or

Your Idle Funds Should be at work earning interest for you. We call your attention to our Certificates Of Deposit. They are uuvabl. on demand or at a stipulated time. Thus funds th;it yfj'i will nor. use for a lew months- can be maae to earn interest. They are issued in any amount. An ideal Christmas present one that will be appreciated.

Richmond Trust Company

dors from Secretary Garfield of the in- j terior department to investigate the j nature and extent of mine accidents, ! particularly those resulting from ex- j plosion. Their report was made pub- 1 lie today. Sums Up Situation. i in summing tip the situation the re-! port says: "The figures given in this report indicate that during the year 1M7, nearly 7.x men were killed or t injured in the coal mines of this coun- ;

I try and that the number ot tltese ac-

Welcidehts caused directly or indirectly

EATS EGGS FOB SIX MONTHS

Victim of White Plague Is Recovering.

1,100 EGGS DEVOURED.

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dwa alle.ria.nce to the ritlzens nf Rirh.'bv mine explosions has been steadily

increasing. It is alto indicated that i lulJei eiwosib

this increase has been due in part to ' who has been living on eggs, has couthe lack of proper and enforceable fined himself exclusively to this diet mine regulations, in part tothe lack -A j and accomplished the seemingly imposreliable information concerning thejsible by subsisting in this manner for

mond, because it is their support .that enables us to conduct a successful business. We have a total of some t.OOO people who read the Palladium.

Kokomo. Ind.. Dec. 2t. John Kesslor

. years old, who has been a victim of

for several months, and

IWe have but about fifty or sixty regu- explosives used in mining and the con-: six months, that period of time ending aar adversers In the Palladium. Our ; ditios under which they( n he USM! ,oniorw; Asde tro, this fact, h U safely in the presence or the gas and i now able to walk and is m a better advertisers also owe allegiance to ouridust cnco,mtered in the mines, and !nj condition to live until the February ubacrlbers for without them there j part to the fact that in the develop- j pension day. which he has determined would be little business done in Rich- ment of coal mining not only is the j to live to see, than he was apparently

moad. In other words the people who ! number of miners increasing, but many to survive to witness the November

areas from wiycn coai is oeing i.ai;en j pension uaj just past, vwiicn was lorare either deeper or farther from thejmerly his hope. entrance where good ventilation is' It is estimated that Mr. Kessler has more difficult and the dangerous ac-1 eaten in all 1.10O eggs, as he eats six cumulations of explosive gas more fre- j soft boiled eggs daily. This is remark-

read our paper are far more important to us than the people who advertise with us. When we lose our readers we lose the mainstay, the backbone of our business. As long as we have our readers we are always in a position to gain advertising. Many papers conduct their business under the assumption that they must forever kow-tow to the merchant advertiser. That is wrong. Such policy destroys "h" independence of the paper. We liat. as long as we conduct our . the Interest of our subscrib:.lvcrtisers will never dare ob- .: . For if they did, we would h;ivi' bm one thing to do and that would be to lay the entire controversy before our readers and allow them to Judge whether we were right or wrong.

quent."

SALE.

able in view of the fact that it is said no man could live thirty days eating a quail each day, as the stomach would revolt against such a constant

Corner of 21st and South A Streets, j dietGood 6 room hourn nearly new, nicely, furnished. Fine lot 53x180,, cement! CHRISTMAS walks, etc. Splendid home place. j The Terre Haute. Indianapolis & Known as the John A. Logan prop-j Eastern Traction Company offers erfv special in ,'",ortn to students go-

Bids at private sale will be received j ing

up to 10 o'clock A. M. Dec. 30th, 1907

Ask us for particulars.

20tf DICKINSON TRUST CO.

C, C. & L. ticket aeeci win sell yo sleeping car tickets to Chicago for their 11:15 P. M. train. Call on

i him. aprfi-tt

home, " joints reached by

Traction Line. ' Iris State and Ohio, in way of rates and accommodations. Excess fare is eliminated when buying through tickets. Through tickets sold to points on Clover Leaf railioad via Frankfort, and one hundred and fifty pounds of baggage checked free. For information inquire of local agent.

Pickard painted Giina

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THREE More shopping MORNINGS THREE More shopping AFTERNOONS FOVR More shopping EVENINGS Do not wait until the last evening to buy your present, as YOURS doubtless has already been purchased. We still have large quantities of fine, reasonably-priced presents on hand in the following lines: Watches, Jewelry, Novelties. Hawkes Cut Glass. Richards Hand-painted China. Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens.

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Spectacles, Umbrellas, Clocks,

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No Better

or more wrriceable present for any

rr.err.ber or friend of the family than

Wtormn' Ideal Fountain Pert.

Each pen, whaterrf the price, U boxe4 in an attractive Hotly decorated box, thtia makinj a complete gift. i From S3.SO upward..

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Ao EL H AMER9 jew SI MAlIM street.

All Records Brolcci

In the present case there is no need to ask our readers whether we are ; right or wrong in raising money for i ithe Associated Charities by a public -campaign. That our readers are with

lis is evidenced by the way the contributions are coming in. To prove us wrong Is the right of that merchant if he can. If the articles dealing with suffering in this city which we have teen printing from day to day are not true, then let that merchant show our readers so through the coumns of our paper. He is welcome to all the space necessary and at no charge. But until he can prove that there is not great

IWIA and

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TEAS

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The Beverage that Satisfies Even Confirmed Cotfee Drinkers ONE TEASPOONFUL MAKES TWO CUPS. Loose or in Sealed Packets. All Grocers (Published by authority of the India and Ceylon Commissioner.)

Even with depressed conditions recorded existing throughout the country, our business continues to increase. Our receipts show that Richmond-

, ites have money and are buying to their hearts content. To continue the i good work we make some special inducements for this week: ; Home grown potatoes, per bushel 75

(5 bushel lots or more, per bushel 70 18 pounds granulated, 19 A, 20 C sugar .' $1.00 25 pounds Pride Richmond, White Lily. Marguerite or Carpenters Flour .70 Fresh country gathered eggs, perw dozen 30

i Don't forget that we have a complete line of Christmas candies, nuts ! of all kinds, oranges, dates, figs, bananas, lemons, apples, grapes, celery, ; lettuce, sweet potatoes, onions, pumpkins, dressed turkeys, chickens, ducks,

etc., at prices within reach of all. Get our prices before you buy. Trading stamps with each ten cent purchase. Model Department Store, 11 S. 7th St. Colonial Bldg. New Phone 1838. Bell Phone 47R Smith & Goodrich, Props

This is the Sign

Ot a Good Shoe Store

Open Evenings and Xmas Morning Till Noon. Our friends say we have the most attractive shoe store they have seen anywhere. Our SHOES and Xmas SLIPPERS

are jusl as attractive in style, quality and price. Goods are new and fresh. Best we have ever shown.

Haisley's Shoe Store

Palladium Want Ads Go Into All Homes.

CHRISTMAS VI !: 1 a. . .'':' '' ilci

Uelneanrdl-oS CBiirMniniais Eecfflnicffioes 2

13 inch genuine Awata Jap. Vases, assorted shapes choice 59c Entire Stock of German Terra Cotta Steins, half price, now 99c to $1.49 Rosenthal's 8i inch hand painted Plates, assorted decorations 50c 9 inch China Wall Placques, four decorations, $1.00 value 39c

Entire stock of Carpathien Serving Trays, half price, now from 13c to $1.00 each 39c Framed Pictures, 6x12 and 10x18, assorted subjects - 19c All Japanese Lacquer Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, half price, from 20c up Genuine Jap Waste Baskets, 3 sizes, to close, at 29c, 39c, 49c

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Have Only Space for Eight Items. There Are a Hundred More Just As Attractive. H. C. HASEMEIER CO.

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