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| Komara Jutaro. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, August 26, 1903.
SITUATION IN THE ORIENT.
Japan Indignant Over the Lease of a Korean Harbor to Russia.
Tokio, Aug. 14, via Victoria, B. C., Aug. 26.—The situation in the Orient has been rendered more acute by Russia concluding an agreement with Korea for the lease of Yang-Ampho, a Korean harbor, commanding the estuary of the Yalu. This news of Russia securing a base in Korea, when officially confirmed, caused great indignation in Japan. The concession was ostensibly to a Russian timber company, but Japan views it as impairing her peace.
The press denounces the agreement strongly and warnings have been addressed by Japan to Korea that the final execution of such lease would be followed by the exaction of similar concession by all powers interested.
Mr. Jordan, British minister at Seoul, demanded as a counter move that Wiju be opened to foreign trade within five days under pain of "serious consequences" to Korea.
Japan still directing negotiations on the Manchurian question direct with Russia, at once protested to St. Petersburg on account of this last Russian move. Baron Komura, minister of foreign affairs, who was given a free hand in the negotiations, has been holding secret audiences with the Mikado and important developments are expected.
Japan Borrows $100,000,000.
Victoria, B. C., Aug. 26.—Japanese papers received by the steamer Empress of China have columns discussing prospects of war. The Mainichi reports that the Japan government has concluded an agreement with a certain power for the loan of $100,000,000 for military purposes. The papers state editorially that the report is believed to be true.
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| Joseph Pulitzer. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Pulitzer's School of Journalism.
The gift of a million dollars by Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World, to establish a school of journalism at Columbia university is one of the notable benefactions of recent years and is to be highly commended. If journalism can be taught as the profession of law is taught, it is certainly high time that some provision for such instruction should be made. The growing importance of newspapers as social factors is reason enough for the adoption of every means that will make newspapers better. The common belief among newspaper men, however, is that the trade—few would call it a profession—can best be learned in the school of practical experience, and then only by those who have an aptitude for it.
The results of Mr. Pulitzer's experiment will be watched with keen interest, particularly by newspaper men who, as a rule, have warmly commended it.
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| 1908 Fair. [1903 photo unavailable.] |
CROWDS AT THE FAIR.
Cortland County Agricultural Society Scores Another Big Success.
BIG EXHIBITION FAIRLY UNDER WAY.
A Fine Show and Everybody is Pleased—Excellent Exhibits in all Departments—Fine Showing of Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables—The Buildings are Crowded with Displays of Local Merchants—Amusement and Entertainment for all—Dining Tents do Big Business—Hutch the Human Bomb—Music by Band—Fireworks Tomorrow Night.
This is one of the big days of the fair and the grounds are crowded. People began to come at an early hour, and as the day advanced they continued to arrive in constantly increasing numbers. The Traction company has been taxed to the utmost and there was a double line of teams approaching the grounds from both directions for hours. Carriages and carryalls were pressed into service and hundreds came on foot.
The grounds are in excellent shape after the hard rains of yesterday. Ashes, sawdust and shavings were used in filling up the holes and wet places and a supply is kept on hand for use as soon as walks, crossings, etc., become wet and muddy.
The authorities are doing everything in their power to make the fair the most successful one that has yet been held and success seems to crown their efforts. This is the public schoolday and the children have been present in force all day.
The fair building has never before presented so attractive an appearance. The booths, almost without exception, are prettily decorated and all are neatly arranged and with artistic effect. The fair house is occupied to the last inch and there would be more exhibitions if the space would permit.
Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables.
The exhibition of fruit, flowers, vegetables, canned goods, etc., has never been excelled at a Cortland county fair. This exhibit is in a tent just north of the fair house and one has to enter it from the fair house.
Dana B. Dennison of Truxton and C. S. Freer of Blodgett Mills have an exhibit of bees, beeswax and honey here that is especially interesting.
The display of apples, pears, plums, canned fruit and jelly is a choice one. Here one also finds the prize pumpkins, the tallest corn, the largest potatoes, and potatoes of every variety, greencorn, squash, carrots, parsnips, mammoth beets, and other vegetables of all kinds.
The display of flowers in the center of the tent is striking and everyone stops to admire it.
Baked Goods.
The bakestuffs came in rapidly today. This exhibit is in the fair house and, while attractive in itself, it becomes more and more so as one becomes hungry.
Outside Attractions.
Outside, there is the usual list of attractions. The merry-go-round does a continuous rushing business. The popcorn privilege is held by Freer of Ithaca, who needs no introduction to Cortland fair goers as he is a familiar figure here.
Things to Eat.
The lunch privilege is held by St. Mary's church and the Homer-ave. Methodist church. They dispose of tempting cold lunches, also hot tea, coffee, and chocolate.
The Palace Confectionery company have choice fruit of all kinds on sale.
M. B. Filzinger has a tent for the sale of his well known ice cream, and Ryan's ice cream is on sale at St. Mary's tent.
Centers of Amusement.
There are the usual number of places of amusement, including shooting galleries, fish pond, ring games, burlesque and variety show, gypsy fortune telling, the human frog, etc.,
The Human Bomb.
"Hutch," the human bomb, is present and gives an exhibition every day. There are two free shows, one each side of the judges' stand and immediately in front of the grand stand, every day.
Madam Rika, the palmist, who foretold the death of McKinley six months before it happened, is present and occupies a handsomely decorated booth in the fair house near the west entrance.
In the Fair Building,
The exhibits in the fair house and others are especially fine this year. Every available inch of space is taken and most of the exhibits are displayed in an especially interesting and attractive manner and some are unusually artistic.
As one enters the south wing he sees to his left a very complete exhibit of the New Home Sewing machine, in charge of the veteran sewing machine man, M. L. Decker.
Next comes the booth of the Worcester Salt company. A principal center of this exhibit is a photograph of the "Salt express," a long train of 118 cars loaded with salt.
Directly across is a complete exhibition by F. D. Smith & Co. of Red Cross Stoves and ranges, also an assortment of steel enamel ware and rural mail delivery boxes. The display is very attractive.
The De Laval milk separator and Kennedy gasoline engine display by the Champion Milk Cooler company, along with their other extensive lines, is very interesting.
Mrs. Frankie Brown of Homer has an attractive display of millinery and Mrs. G. T. Chatterton's exhibit of skirts and ladies furnishing is equally interesting.
Mrs. T. Everts also has a display of millinery arranged in an artistic manner.
The Model Clothing company has an attractive booth near the west entrance. The booth is prettily decorated with purple and white. They have an array of clothing and gentlemen's furnishings on display.
Bingham & Miller also have a fine display; their booth enjoys the distinction of being lighted with electricity. They have a large and full exhibit of clothing, trunks, traveling bags and suit cases.
A. M. Edie bas a nice display of pianos, organs and sewing machines which show off to good advantage.
Mrs. Darby Turner has a display of all kinds of ladies' toilet articles.
M. E. Sarvay has a full display of W. L. Douglass Walk Over and Ultra shoes. Also an exhibit of "Cold Seal" rubbers. All are well arranged for exhibition.
J. E. Metcalf has a large display of sea shell souvenirs on sale.
A. S. Burgess has a fine line of men's clothing on exhibition. He also exhibits a fine line of suit cases, traveling bags and bath robes.
Caleb Green deals out candy in exchange for the coin of the realm. Mr. Green says that he always attends the state fair for the purpose of selling candy and also the best of the county fairs and that he never wants to miss the Cortland county fair.
Mrs. J. Alberts displays a fine assortment of millinery which is well arranged.
Bosworth & Stillman invite your attention to their fine display of ''Korrect Shape" and "Buno Jop" footwear.
Cramer & Spencer have a very fine display of Sewart stoves and range. Their booth is decorated in pink and white.
R. J. McElheny is showing a fine line of choice pianos. He is agent for the Chase & Smith company.
A Binghamton firm has an exhibit of grass seed showing the various kind of weed seeds that are removed from grass seed before it is put upon the market.
Mrs. Sarah E. Benton is showing a select line of Quaker shoes which one should not overlook.
In the south wing the Wickwire Roller mills bas a most interesting display of flour and both ground and unground feed.
Buck & Lane have a well ordered display of Andes stoves and ranges.
Mrs. A. H. Watkins is displaying a line of millinery, also perfumes and toilet articles.
The Reeve manufacturing company is exhibiting a number of kitchen cabinets.
The Hollister Hardware and Plumbing company are exhibiting a complete line of Acorn stoves and ranges and adjoining them is a fine exhibit of Singer sewing machines.
Perkins & Quick have an excellent display of the Sherwin-Williams paint.
F. H. Hyatt has a very attractive exhibit of photography. His booth is arranged with special artistic effect and is among the most attractive of the booths.
The United States Express company transacts fair business in a very attractive booth close to the entrance to the north wing.
Up stairs [sic] one also finds some excellent exhibits. As one ascends the stairs he first sees the display of shoes belonging to the Walters' shoe store. The exhibit of Queen Quality shoes is a very excellent one.
The Peck furniture house has one of the largest and best arranged booths in the house. They have arranged a model suite of rooms completely furnished in an attractive up-to-date and artistic manner. The rooms also have a unique front.
The school exhibit is on this floor and is extremely interesting. It includes samples of drawings, writing, compositions, etc., from the schools of the county.
The exhibits of the McGraw company which consists of McGraw petticoats and Unadela dress skirts calls for very favorable comment. The booth is prettily decorated in yellow and white and is in charge of Mrs. W. H. McDonald.
The Cortland Business institute has an exhibition of fine penmanship. This institution had offered a business course to a child of the person having the largest family at the fair.
Theodore Stevenson has an exhibit of fire, life and accident insurance policies, certificates and statistics.
There is a fine exhibition of old relics, curiosities, etc., which are of interest to relic hunters and curiosity seekers.
THURSDAY'S RACES.
Baseball Games.
The All-Cortland baseball team will play the Holy Names of Syracuse on Athletic field Thursday. This is one of the fastest, if not the fastest, amateur team in Syracuse and has twice defeated the Syracuse Heralds. They also played a very close game with the DeRuyter team, which was somewhat strengthened last week. The game will be called at 10:30 o'clock and promises to be a good one.
On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the All-Cortland team will be up against a proposition such as they have never met and this is the team of the Young Ladies' Brooklyn baseball club.
This team is one of three girls' teams which are playing professional ball and is said to be the only one which has an entire team composed of girls, the others having a man as pitcher or catcher or both.
This game will be unique and ought to prove about the most interesting of the season. The person who thinks that girls cannot play good baseball wants to go to this game and be disabused of his opinion.
GOODRICH-HART.
Pretty Home Wedding in McLean, N. Y., Tuesday Afternoon.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Rowley in McLean was the scene of a very pretty wedding Tuesday afternoon, when their niece, Miss Mary Ruth Hart, was united in marriage with Luther G. Goodrich of Dryden.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. H. H. Graves, a former pastor of the Universalist church at McLean, in the presence of about sixty relatives and friends of the bride and groom. Preceding the ceremony, which took place at 3:30 o'clock, an elaborate musical program was rendered by Miss Alberta E. Waterbury and Francis LaFevre of Cortland, who also played the wedding marches.
The house was elaborately and tastefully trimmed for the occasion. The front parlor, where the bridal party stood during the ceremony, was in green and white, with ferns, wild clematis and hydrangea; the back parlor was adorned with pink sweet peas while yellow was the prevailing color in the dining room, with golden rod and nasturtiums. The decorations were in charge of Miss Ruth C. Hill of Cortland.
Edward Sweetland of Dryden was best man and Miss E. Claire Howard of McLean was bridesmaid. The bride was gowned in a handsome wedding dress of white crepe-de-chene over white silk. She carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and wore sprays of orange blossoms in her hair. The bridesmaid wore a beautiful cream colored gown and carried pink roses. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle D. W. Rowley, and the wedding ceremony included the use of the ring and was very impressive.
The newly-wedded couple received the good wishes and congratulations of the assembled guests and all then partook of the elaborate refreshments which were served under the direction of Mrs. Jerome Fitts and Mrs. Hoagland, assisted by several young ladies of McLean. Miss Jessie M. Hill of Cortland presided at the punch bowl.
The bride was very generously remembered in the way of presents which included a quantity of solid silver and cut glass.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich drove to Homer where they took the northbound Lackawanna train for their wedding trip, the destination of which was not announced. They will be at home after Oct. 15 at 15 Gaylord-st., Dorchester, Mass. The bride has many friends in this city. She is a graduate of the Cortland Normal school in the class of '98 and has since been a popular and successful teacher in the public schools of Plainfield, N. J. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Goodrich of Dryden and holds a responsible position in Boston.
Among the guests from Cortland were: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hart, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Palmer. Bert Peck and children, Misses Jessie M, and Ruth C. Hill, Alberta E. Waterbury and Bert Gross; Miss Minnie Green of Homer, Miss Edna French of Plainfield, Miss Mary Weller of Washington, N. J., and Miss Julia Jerome of Syracuse.
MYNARD REUNION
Held at Cortland Park, Thursday, Aug. 20.
The fourth annual reunion of the Mynard family was held at Cortland park on Thursday, Aug. 20. The day proved to be a fine one, and one which would tempt many to put their time in the harvest fields. But the event has come to be recognized as of such importance to the well being and happiness of all concerned, that they leave the carpenters bench, factory, store and farm, to enjoy one day in each other's society. Some have fallen out of the ranks; absent they are, yet not forgotten. Others are added to the number and all take courage and go forward not knowing what the future has in store.
A hearty welcome was extended to all and F. L. Harris, being one of the number, kindly consented to take a picture of the family.
The tables were spread in the hall and seventy-seven relatives and two visitors sat down to partake of the bountiful repast.
A business meeting was held in the upper hall and the following officers were elected:
President—Benager Mynard, Spencer.
Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. A. B. Roark, Cortland.
Committee of Arrangements—Mrs. Lucia Clark, Groton; Mrs. Ellen McKinney, Virgil; Mrs. Dell Briggs, Cortland; Mrs. Eliza Bell, East Freetown; Mrs. Dell Chatterton, Cortland; Mrs. Mabel Scofield, Dryden; Mrs. Jay Frees, Ithaca; Mrs. Mattie Jones, Cortland; Mrs. Electa Sherman, Berkshire; Mrs. Mary Tyler, Harford; Mrs. Cora Wheeler, Dryden; Mrs. Libbie Hinman, Cortland.
RITTENHOUSE FAMILY REUNION
Held at Renwick Park, Ithaca, Last Saturday.
The first family gathering of the Rittenhouse family was held at Renwick park, Ithaca, Aug. 22. Twenty-five members of the family were present. It was a very pleasant occasion and much enjoyed by all. It was decided to hold reunions annually and the following officers were elected:
President—L. B. Rittenhouse, Cortland.
Vice-President— Mrs. T. W. Rittenhouse, Ithaca.
Secretary—A. E. Rittenhouse, Ithaca.
BREVITIES.
—Syracuse has had twenty-two suicides this year.
—A regular meeting of the L. O. T. M. will be held this evening at 7:30.
—The new display advertisements today are—M. A. Case, First showing of fall dress goods, page 6..
—An Italian bootblack has sold his stand in Schenectady and retired with a fortune, which he has invested in real estate.
—Dr. F. D. Reese of Cortland will speak at the Solon Baptist church next Sunday morning on "The Work of the Baraca, a men's class in Sundayschool."
—The third quarterly meeting of the county association, Patrons of Industry, will be held in Good Templar's hall, in the city of Cortland, Saturday, Sept. 5, at 10:30 a. m.
