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Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 18

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Herald and Reviewi
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Decatur, Illinois
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18 THE DECATUR DAILY HERALD. Sunday, Dec. 1, 1912. NO RACE SUICIDE IN THIS FAMILY and. Awker gave the school teacher a rap on the nose that must have made him see stars and goon they were at.it.

"For all of his cleverness Awker got the worst mauling with those big gloves that any bricklayer ever got unexpectedly. His nose bled and his lips were puffed while the school teacher did not show any marks. Then the gang did its as it thought and before the visitor could take off the gl-ves or get his wind. Awker-mad as a hornet, had taken them off and my hands vwere in the pillows. "I thnueht at first I.

would do' the is no Joke. It was most surprising; "This contest was on the river bank which perhaps was four feet above the water level. I don't know the. fellow did It on purpose or if accidentally got into the right position, but when time was right he hit "me where it do the good, on the paw. and' I went straight out.

over the bank nd" down into the river. By the time I- had scrambled out the' fel-. low. in the big cowhide boots, was -taking off the gloves and then he walked away through the woods. Mad.

"The way Awker and -I-. bad- been most beautifully, put soured the whole gang. Awker was the -maddest man vou ever saw. All of the Johnny Bull in him- was boiling. W.e Vjuarrel-ed among ourselves and Instead of staying until Monday night as we had intended, packed our kit and started -home, quarreling like a -lot of boys all the way in.

"Two weeks later I the rT! teacher in town. Ho wore suit of clothes that was a trifle 41114.1 i-. and 'the way he. filled, it out gave me something of a line on the muscular development of the school-teacher. I went up to him and said: 'Hello, school and from that time I have considered that I was acquainted with Charley Borchers.

"The 'never forgot it. When at' -work often; joshed, one Chinning was ny. forte and when they 'would get mad, and declare what they would do to me. they would be at the exploding point when I added if they, did not be quiet I would take them up to Coulter's mill and have that school teacher- give them -what -was coming: to them. I told Henry Ammann up the picnic; I never shall forget the time I first met Borchers." that, one time, and he -was furious I thought he would hit me instantly.

California Woman- Seriously Alarmed. "A short time ago I contracted a severe cold which settled on my lungs and, caused me a great deal of annoyance. I would have bad coughing spells and my "Jungs were so sore and Inflamed I began to be seriously A friend recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, saying, she had used it for I bought a bottle and it relieved my cough the first night, and in a week I was rid of the cold and soreness of mv lungs." writes Miss Marie Gerber. Sawtelle, Cat l'or sale by All Dre Dealers. Adv.

Ammann never did get over-the fact that his two-most promising pupils had been completely cleaned by a country school teacher who. in a pair of heavy cowhide boots that looked too big for him, had been Quick enough to sidestep the punishment we tried to deliver. "1 often have wondered what have happened if Henry had put on the gloves instead of Awker or. I. for-after it was all over some of the fellows Insisted that the big mistake was in not having Ammann do the trick, and that started the disagreement broke thing scientifically but gave that up quickly.

I hit him a rap that I thought would jar him, and' the next instant I had one on tne jaw ana i. urous' some one had hit me with club. mA 1 KA-TAR-NO, THE OLD-TIME PERUNA. Have you seen the Peruna ad vertisements lately? The Ka-tar no neonle are mittine out old time Peruna under the name of Kartarno. The old-fashioned Per una that father, mother and crrandmother used to take, for catarrh, couehs.

colds, grip and dvsneosia.v We keep a stock Ka-tar-no on hand. Glad to fill vour orders. Endorsed by Dr. Hartman as the genuine old-; time Peruna. Decatur Liquor 600 East Eldorado Decatur.

III. Photos by Van Deventer Combe) of Mt Zlon township: the lat-ter's daughter. Bertha (Mrs. Lester Bateman of the village of Mt. Zlon): and the fourth generation.

Marie Bateman, not quite a year old. Mrs. W. A. Bradley was married when she was 17 years of age.

her daughter. Mrs. Combe was married when she was 16 and- Mrs. Bateman was married when she was IS. Mrs.

Combe is the mother of twelve children and she is a grandmother before she is 40 years old. Hera Is a picture showing four generations in the feminine side of the "House of Bradley." Mrs. W. A. Bradley, 326 South Water street, probably is the youngest great grandmother In Macon county, her age being 69.

Her husband, also In the photograph, Is 64 years old, and that is rather young to be at the head of four generations. The other persons in the group ar their daughter, Ora E. (Mrs. E. E.

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He acted as though he had come to visit and get acquainted. "After a while Henry Ammann, who was regarded as one of the best boxers in Decatur, and who was rather proud of some of his pupils among the bricklayers, gave me the wink to have the visitor put on the gloves with Harry Awker. Now. Harry was quick as a cat. a little fellow, but all muscle and nerve.

The visitor was a rather husky fellow, and we thought- he would take the bait of a match with Awker. Wore Cowhide Boots. 'The visitor wore cowhide boots, and believe me they were cowhides, right, came up to his knees, and his overalls were stuffed in the tops. "I asked him if he was a farmer, and he said 'no; a school "I suggested boxing, but he did not enthuse, explaining that he did not know the game, but he would Tassle' any man in the crowd. We had no wrestlers and I took the school teacher into the brush and talked him into putting on the glaves.

We all thought it would be great fun to see the husky man walloped by the little bricklayer. They put on the gloves brief moment or jaugning most heartily. "A number of years ago when I was working at my trade as a bricklayer, we bricklayers had a club room in State street. We would meet there Sunday afternoon or in the evening, to play "seven or put on the boxing gloves and lam each other. "Boxing was my long suit, that is, I preferred that to any other amusement we had in the club room, and they used me for the fall guy when a new prospect came in until, finally, the bricklayers thought I was fairly good and I trought so myself.

"One time we rigged up a picnic. A dozen or more of us were to i river near Coulter's mill Saturday morning, intending to stay there until Monday night. Of course we took the boxing glees with us. Sunday afternoon while we were loafing around the camp a man came down, through the brush to the camp and said W. W.

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