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ASK YOUR•. i * NEIGHBOR Womtn Tell Each Other How They ; Have Been Helped by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Perrysburg, Ohio.—“I took Lydia R Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound be cause I suffered with pains in my sides all the time. I can’t remember just bow long I suffered, but it was for some time. One day I was talk ing witn a lady I met on a car, and I told her how I was feel ing and she said shb had been just like I was with pains and nervous troubles, and she took the Vegetable Compound, am* it cured her. So then I went and got some, and I certainly recommend it for it is good. Whenever I see any woman who is sick I try to get her to take Lydia R Pinkham’a vegetable Com pound.”—Mrs. Ada Frick, Route 3, Perrysburg, Ohio. In nearly every neighborhood in every town and city in this country there ar« women who nave been helped by Lydia R Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound in the treatment of ailments peculiar to their sex, and they take pleasure in passing the good word along to other women. Therefore, if you are troubled in this way, why not give Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial Looking Ahead. “So you are going to marry that chap, girlie?" "Yes.” *'> “What do you see in him?” “Well, they were all boys in hlq family.” “What has that to do'with It?” “When all the children are boys they are pretty apt to learn consid erable about # house work. 1?—Kansas City Star.__ THE SAME OLD BACKACHE! Does every day bring the same old backache? Do you drag along with your back a dull, unceasing ache? Evening find you "all played out”? Don’t be discouraged! Realize it is merely a sign you haven’t taken good care of your kidneys. Take things easier for a while and help your kid neys with Doan's Kidney Pills. Then the backache, dizziness, headaches, tired feelings, and bladder troubles will go. Doan’s have helped thousands and should help you. Ask your , neighbor/ An Iowa Case M. I* Mohler; farmer, R. F. D. No. t. Bedford, Iowa, says: "My back ached and pained for sev eral days at a time. Some o the time I had toj lay off work, was so lamo andl sore across my; back. My kid neys .didn’t act regularly and in other ways showed signs of disor der. I used Doan’s Kidney Pills and two boxes cured me.” Get Doan’s at Any Store, 60c a Box DOAN’S FOSTER-M1LBURN CO., BUFFALO. N. Y. HALF POPULATION IN CITIES Census of 1920 Shows That the World War Caused Men to Leave. Rural Districts. By reason of the restrictions placed Upon immigration it makes it neces sary for us to look to our overcrowd ed cities for men to till our old and new farms. These men cannot be in duced to leave their old life unless there is present the community life ■which, as a city dweller, they enjoy. One of the results of the World war was the exodus of men from the soil to the city, and for the first time in the history of our country the 1920 census revealed the fact that more s^than half the total population was resident in cities. Within the last year or so, however, there has been some Indication of a “back to the soil” movement. The total land area of our country Is 1,903 million acres, of which about one-half is in farms, but of this farm area only about one-eighth is what is known as Improved farm land. About 1,000 million acres of our land area may be classed as unfitted for profit able use on account of one or more reasons, insufficient rainfall, stony land, lack of transportation.—Milwau kee Journal. 8wltchmen Needed. Many a golden opportunity has been wrecked for want of a genius to throw the switch. GERMANY TAKES DRASTIC STEPS Seizure of Foreign Currency One of Government’s Emergency Regulations BY 3 MILES BOUTON Universal Servloe Correspondent Berlin, Sept. 7—(11 p. m.)—Gov ernment seizure of the holdings of foreign currencies In private hands and the abolishing of private bank* Ing, telegraphs and communications, are the main features of the newest drastic emergency regulations Issued by the government Friday night In a last desperate attempt to save the Oerman financial structure from collapse. The Immediate affect of the news was to cause the dollar to drop, from Its high figure of 70,000,000 of Friday morning to 28,000,000 In un« official dealings late Friday. PRORE COLLEGE UQUORTRAFFIC. Fraternity Orders for Booze Found in Raid on Des Moines Headquarters Des Moines, Iff.,' Sept. 7.—A rum peddlers ring supplying liquor to students at Iowa State College, Ames, is believed by police to have been smashed Friday by a raid at 123* Twelfth street, where the officers believe a large booze depot has been maintained for collegiate orders. Correspondence from fraternity bouses at Ames, placing orders for liquor and furnishing instructions as to where on the Ames campus the purchases were to be left, were con fiscated by police and will be used for investigation purposes. Names of the fraternity mixed in the affair are expected to be made known shortly. Harry Coombs, el leged operator of place and leader of the ring, was being searched for Friday night by a squad of police. Find Booze Assortment* Twenty-four quarts of gin, whisky and grain alcohol were found in the raid, in addition to a collection of gin flavoring extracts which, prop erly worked into an alcoholic mix ture, produced lmmitatlon gin. The liquor was found in a well concealed chamber beneath a closet * floor. It was so built that a carload of booze could be stored In It with ease, police said. Chief of Police Hammond declared he had ordered a sweeping Investiga tion into alleged widespread opera tion of Des Moines bootleggers among Des Moines, Ames and In dianola college students. For some time complaints have been coming to him indicating such a situation, and Friday’s raid is tsupposed to be a directed outgrowth of his quiet prob ing organizations have been the col lecting agencies for group orders of booze which local bootleggers dellver edto the college campuses, Is is re ported. More Raids Planned. The chief declared further invest igation would be conducted at once in order to top the alleged trafficirig before the opening of colleges and universities this fall. About two months ago, on com plaint of city officials at Ames, the Polk county booz squad staged a raid on 15 places at Carney, between Des Moines and Ames, confiscating five stills and a large amount liquor. At the time deputies said they had complaints that Ames students made midnight motor pilgrimages to the little mining town, obtained suit cases of booze and peddled it among their college friends. Students were alleged to have been working their way through the state college by this means. ! WINS BATHING BEAUTY TITLE SECOND TIME Atlantic City, N. J.. Sept. 7.— Miss Mary KKatherlne Campbell, 17 years old, won the title "Miss Amer ica,” the nation's most beautiful bathing girl, for the second time within two years, here Friday night. Miss Campbell Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Campbell, of Columbus, Ohio. She Is five feet six Inches In height, with beautifully chiseled features, golden brown hair shot with auburn tint and has an almost perfeect figure, according to the judges. "MIbs Brooklyn,” Miss Ethelda Kenvln, and "Miss Coney Island' Miss Heather Eulalie Walker, were among the runners up. The others were “Miss 8t. Louis’,, Miss Char olette Nash, and "Miss Philadelphia," Marlon Green. German Marks Continue Toward Vanishing Point New York, Sept. 7.—German marks continued their rapid course toward tl^e vanishing point In today’s foreign exchange marks* being quoted at 1% cents a million, or 17,150,000 marks to the American dollar. Before the war, when marks were worth Yf.ff cent* each, the marks that could he purchased for $1 today would have CO0t 113,601,700. ) ineAWVHtoltfoftoMeDrAW 1? Pa<J<?W \IW s. B AyJolw>> J/veHo_ Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and little Ned Gnome enjoyed meeting their old friends, the woodland crea tures around the magical coda water tree in the deep, deep woods. And It was a good thing the woodl land folk were with the Rakkedys too, for when the two mean little old Witches flew up on their flying broom and ran to catch the Raggedys, all the woodland flolc threw cold, cold soda water on the Witches. My! You should have seen the two mean creatures hustle back upon their flyin broom and fly away through the woods. They were not used to having cold, cold soda water poured down their backs and It made them shiver and shake all the way home. “Just you wait!” they h'wled back at the Raggedys, “We will catch you when you haven’t so many woodland creatures aroumj to throw cold, cold soda water on us! Then you had bet ter watch out, for we we will capture •you and take the Wishing Pebble and the Wishing Stick away from you!” “Ha! Ha! Hal” Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy laughed. "I’ll bet a nlckled you won’t find us the nexo time!” And they drank more soda water with the little woodland fold until it was time for them to be going. ‘I am sorry that Betsy Bonnet String isn’t home!” Raggedy Ann said to Eddie Elf, "For we wanted to visit with her for awhile!” “Well! You might run over to her house and see!” Eddie Elf replied, “But I do not believe you will find her there! No one has Been her for months" So the Raggedya and little Ned Gnome shook hands, “goodbye,, with all the little Woodland creatures and walked towards Betsy Bonnet String’s home. They had only walked a short distance when here came the two mean little old Witolies flying after them upon their magic flying broom. “Oh, deaf!” Raggedy Ann cried as she started to run, “They will catch us sure unless Betsy Bonnet String is home!’’ And she and Raggedg Andy and little Ned Gnome ran as Hard as they sould tdwords Betsy Bennet String’s little house. But Just before they reached the front gate, the two mean little Wit ches went flying past and as they went, Wanda Witch grabbed Raggedy Ann and Winda Witch grabbed Rag gedy Andy. Little Ned Gnome sat right down upon the hard ground and burst Into tears as be saw the two mean little tears as he saw the two mean little old Witches flying away with Rag gedy Ann and Raggedy' Andy. "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall never see them again, for the Witches will take the Wishing Pepple away from Raggedy Ann and the Wishing Stick away from Raggedy Andy and pull all the nice clean white cotton out „ot their rag bodies. And because he did not know what else to do, little Ned Gnome walked through the little gate and knocked at the door of Betsy Bonnet String’s house. lmo!y rohl ,. , It isn’t much ful being captured by two mean little old Witches. And even as carefree as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy were, they did not know Just what to do. The two mean little old Witches had flown up on their magical fly ing broom and Wanda Witch had grabbed Raggedy Ann and Winda Witch had grabbed Raggedy Andy and awgy they had .flown towards their home. uuie i\ea unomt, who was a very dear friend of the Raggedys had just cried and cried as if his little tiny Gnome heart would break. He had been with the Raggedys on so many adventures and had even rescued the Raggedys from the two mean little old Witches two or throe times; and now there was nothing he could do. So, he walked up through the tiny gate and knocked at the door of Betsy Bonnet String’s house. Little Ned Gnome did not expect to find Betsy Bonnet String at home, for Effie Elf and all the other woodland creatures had told him ar.d the Rag gedys that J^etsy Bonnet String had not been seen for months and they thought she had gone out into the great yellow meadow to work for the Meadow folk. Betsy Bonnet ^tr'ng was a very kind hearted little person who could work the most wonderful magic, and was always magicing tine things for the little creatures, liko magical soda water trees and Ice cream mud pud dles and lolly pop fields and every thing. So, when little Ned Gnome knocked upon Betsy Bonnet String's front door instead of hearing Betsy Bonnet String's kind voice say, "Come In!’’ he heard a great rough voice say, "Who’s there!" "It’s me, little Ned Gnome!" little Ned Gnome answered. "Then you can run right along home, little Ned Gnome!” the big gruff voice said, "For I have Betsy Bonnet String locked up in the closet and I san’t let her out until she makes me a lot of magic charms so that I can be a Magician!” Then the owner of the big gruff voice came out the door and said to. little Ned Gnome, “If you don’t run home, I shall wrestle you!” But little Ned Gnome was not afraid, “I must rescue Betsy Bonnet String so that she can help me rescue the Raggedys!” he thought and before the big man had time to roll hp his sleeves to wrestle good, little Ned Gnome Jhmped and trip ped up his heels so that the big man fell right upon bis nose. “Wow!" the big man how'ed, "t won’t wrestle you! You can wrestlo • too good!" And away he went, licic ety split throug"h the woods. Then little Ned Gnome unlocked the closet door and let Betsy Bonnet String out. “Thank y<fu for rescu ing me, little Ned Gnome!" Betsy Bonnet String said, “Now we will sit down and try to think o£ a way to rescue Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy before the mean little Witches do them any harm!" So Betsy Bonnet String and little Ned Gnome sat down and thought and thought and thought. Betsy Bonnet String and little Ned Gnome sat down In Betsy Bonnet String’s house to think of a way to rt suce Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy from the two mean little old Witches, Wanda and Wind*. Betsy Bonnet String was anxious to hetq llttlo Ned Gnbme rescue the Raggedys for little Ned Gnome had Just rescued Betey Bonnet String from a big man who locked Betay Bonnet String In & closed. Then, to, Betsy Bonnel String was a good friend of the Raggedys. She and Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy had been through a lot of exciting ad ventures together. xSo, after thinking a long time, Betay Bonnet String finally said, “Little Ned Gnome, If we wish to rescue the Rtiggedys, wo must hurry ot the home of Wanda and Winda Witch, because they take all the nice clean white cot ton out od the Raggedys and take the Wishing Pebble and Wishing Stksg, before we get there!” “The two mean little Witches have a flying broom!” little Ned Gncme told Betsy Bonnet String!, "If you have a flying broom, we can get thfere a lot quicker than il»we run!" “I am sorry. “Betsy Bonnet String said, “But I haven’t a flying Broom, and it would take me a long time to make one with magic! Wo had better start and run as fast sa we can! Even then wo may be too late!” ‘I can fly!” little Ned Gnome said, “But I do not know if I can carry you, because you are so large!" If you can fly, little Med Gnome, then you can carry me!’’ Betsy Bon net String laughed, cause, I can make myself as light as a feather any time I wish!” So It was easy for little Ned Gnome to pick Betsy Bonnet String up and fly wilh her towards the home of Wanda and Winda Witch. Meanwhile, in the Wltcho’s home, Wanda Witch had a pair of scissors and Winda Witch was holding Rag gedy An nand Raggedy Andy. And Wanda Witch said, “Shall I snip Ra^eredy Ann's cottpn stufed body first or Raggedy Andy's?” “Snip open Raggedy Ann's!"Winda Witch said, "She has the magical Wishing Pebble, hidden Inside the Pice Clean white Cotton stuffing!” So Wanda Witch took off Raggtdy Ann's apron and sniped three stitches out of Raggedy Ann's rag back just as the door flew open and Betsy Bon net String and little Ned Gnome came running in. ‘Stop!” Betsy Bonnet String cried. And Wanda and Winda Witch stopped right away, because they knew Betsy Bonnet String's magic was so much better than theirs and if she was a mind to Betsy Bonnet String could easily change them into pigs or monkeys. So Wanda Witch dropped the scis sors and Winda Witch dropped Rag gedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and tho two Witches ran out the kitches door and ran away into the woods. It didn't hurt a smidgin to have ths. stitches snipped!” Raggedy • Ann laugher as she put on her apron. ‘Now let's hunt the soda water tree and have some fun.** Notv you must be careful, Raggedy Ann and Raggpdy Andy!” Betsy Bon net String said ns hse kissed the Rag g edys andllttle Ned Gnome goodbye, "For I may not be at home the next time the Witches catch you!” “We will be careful, Betsy Bonnet Strining!” the Raggedys said as they walked away through the deep, deep woods. “That was the timo you almost lost your Wishing Pebble, Raggedy Ann!” little Ned Gnome said. “If Bet sy Bonnet String and I had been two minutes later Wanda and Winda Witch would have had your cotton stuffed body snipped open and would have taken out the magical Wishing Pebble! Then, they could nave made as many selfish Wishes as they pleas ed!" “I am very glad that you and Betay Bonnent String came when you did I** Raggedy Ann laughed, "Of couree It doee not hurt even a smidgin when someone snips the stltohes in my rag body, but I would not care to loae the magical Wishing Pebble, nor Raggedy RAndy would not care to lose hie Magical Wishing Stick which he ha* sewed up Inside bis cotton stuffed body! ** "Indeed, I would n’t I” Raggedy Andy laughed, "I do not make very many wishes with It, but Just the same, a Wishing Pebble or a Wishing Stick can not be found every day, and I would not oare to see th two mean little old Witches get them. They never make kindly wishes! Their wishes are always selfish!’* "Maybe we had better fly as far a awy from the Witche’s house as we can!” llttde Med Gnome said as he tokk the Raggedy's hands. ,®f;In^J)0 holds the record among P'*n‘* f„or qu,ck krowth- It has been knowh to grow two feet In 24 hours. <vThsrs are two bird monuments In K!! ,3£rlq’< °?? ,!n 84114 Lake City and the other In Italy. °l coming weather changes shown by birds is attributed to atmosphere pressure on their nerves. E°xe» *« reported kill In* many summer th® aUtr,ct Of England this Mennontte colonist* in Chihuahua, h*®*1®®; ha^a. opened a clothin* fac tory of their own. Cardinal van Ho arum, on tha ova of his return from Norway to Boms, presented as a gift from tha Pops to Homan Catholics In Nonray a beauti ful gold chalice with the inscription In Latin: To my beloved ohlldren in Nor way.—Plus XI, Pope." Unusual heroism waa displayed In the crowded downtown section of Long Beach, Cal., the other day when Mna Grace W. Nefell grappled with a mad bulldog and ohokea him to death, after the animal had bitten five persons Grape crops will be short In New York fnd Ponnsylranl* this year, but the Michigan crop will be nearly as large as last year, according to a Joint re port Just Issued by grape growers ol the three states. - - ■ - ...•'■!*' ■ - Graduate Nurse Finds “The Perfect Remedy*9 "From my long experience as a pro* fesstonal nurse, I do not hesitate to Say Taniac Is nature's most perfect remedy,” Is the far-reaching statement given out for publication, recently, by Mrs. L A. Borden, 425 Pontius Are., Seattle, Wash., a graduate of the Na tional Temperance Hospital, Chicago. “I have used Tanlae exclusively for seven years In the treatment of my charity patients,” said Mrs. Borden, “and my experience has been that for keeping the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels functioning properly, and for toning up the system In general, it has no equal. "About a year ago I had a lady y«s* tlent who could not keep a thing on her stomach, not even water. I pre*! vailed on her to try Tanlac and after! the sixth bottle she could eat absolute*! ly anything she wanted without m slightest bad after-effects, ‘1 had another patient who slmp^f j could not eat. I got him started on* Tanlac and by the time he finished j three bottles he was eating ravenous* 1 ly and able to work. "These two instances are typical of1 the wonderful merits of the medicine, i My confidence In Tanlac is unlimited.*; Tanlac Is for sale by all good druff*i gists. - —.-.. ■ — 1.111— i..— ---- ■ —. t Find 8ecret of Old Dyo. Thanks to the vegetable and chem ical chromatics Created In American and European laboratories, It Is now possible to reproduce the wonderful blues and reds In Persian rugs that have been puzzling the world's scien tists for centuries. BIOIESir II Prepared Especially for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother! Fletcher’s Castorla has been In nse for over 80 years as a pleasant, harmless substitute for 0*s tor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot ics. Proven directions are on each package. Physicians recommend it. The genuine bears signature of um _ ___. Forestalled. “Now what shall we name the baby?” asked the professor’s wife. “Why,” ejaculated the learned man In astonishment, “this species has been named for centuries. This is a pri mate mammal—*homo sapiens.”* ~.-. Aspirin Say “Bayer” and Insist! Unless you see the name “Bayer** on package or on tablets you arl not get ting the genuine Bayer product pre scribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Tain, Pain Accept **Bayer Tablets of Aspirin** only. Each unbroken package contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacldester of Sallcyllcacld.—Advertisement. , Touching Hie Pride. Dealer (to impecunious client, to whom he sold a horse some weeks be fore)—You still like him? Purchaser—Very much; but he ought to carry Ills head higher. Dealer—I expect he’ll do that all right when he’s paid for.—Punch. The Aryan Hindpos, not the Arabs. Invented Arabic numerals. Women are learning the cigarette habit rapidly In China. He Hoards Old Hats. "The majority of ns have some cer-: tain article of wear which we jnst nat-j urnlly hate to discard,” said the hat! store customer. "One of mine is hstst No matter how old or battered It may become, I can't bear to toss a hat Into the discard, and the result is that In the attic at home I have a wonderful collection that goes back almost twenty years. Sometimes, usually at house cleaning time, the wife gets into tho garret, and then there is a family jar, which ends in the disappearance of some of the hats, but not all. My wife can’t understand why I hang on to the hats any more than I can un derstand why she treasures a switch that was made twenty years ago dross her own 'combings,' before her hair was gray.” Sure Relief j FOR INDIGESTION j IeH/S 254 AND 75* MOOSES EVI -PARKER’S- . HAIR BALSAM I Baraarrm Dana ruffs top* Hair KalMm ! ff sutirciii Color kmI *rasaagAttg* Ht«eo» Chtm. wiafaMwffoa.lt T. Ladies Let Cuticura i Keep Your Skin \ Fresh and Young j S—> 25c, Oiat—t 25 a»J S0«, Talc— 2St sioux city ptq. co., no. 37-i*aaL Edible Oil From Egyptian Plant. A plant belonging to the lettuca* family, now cultivated in Upper Egypt nnd which can be grown with profit In certain parts of the Sudan, is ^ new source of edible oil. The seed! yields under pressure from 37 to 3S| per cent of oil and certain specimens! of fresh seed from the Sudan, whlchj contained less than 4 per cert of wa-j ter, yielded more than 44 per centj The oil Is odorless, of a light yellowj color and without disagreeable tasteJ The seed is so small that It cannot be handled with ordinary equipment^ but the oil product is so valuable than new machinery will no doubt be builtj to do the work. __ i Do Not Dispuet. Many happy families are kept happy by not disputing, but Bimply doing as < nc likes. Fora light, swoev 9 _l ^.^s^Yeast Foam Northwestern Yeast Oo* 1730 North. Ashland Ave. Chicago. DL