STXTJIISDAY, NOTEMBER19. 1914.
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PLATTSMOUTll S iSMI-WEEK LY JOURNAL.
Che plattsmcutb Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
Entrrd at tl.e 1'ostoRice at Plattsmouth.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The persistent aspirations of
the human arc to society what -l
the compass is to the ship. It
I sees not the shore but it guides
V to the shore. Larnai tine.
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Saturday, as usual, was a pretty
busy day for our merchants.
This is a tiresome eld world for the
man who thinks he knows it all.
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A real demagogue is a would-be ccai mines running full time with ca
statesman who has been found out. I pacity help, while every one knows
to:
Sackett. the progressive candidate ;
fcr governor, polled over 7,000 votes, j
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I Venn re vour holidav adveriisine
now. Don't wait till the very last i
moment.
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The United States is playing no
favorites between the warring fac
tions in Mexico.
Some people get gieat exercise run- -
ring after the bag of geld hanging 1o
the end of the rainbow.
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Nebraska apples are fighting for
first piuoe on the markets. There
ou;ht not ba much of a fight for this.!
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Japan isn't whipping the few Ger-'
mans over in li 111a as easily as peo-
in CTin
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pie thought. . hat f -'I '2 think won't i
always buy r.Uiri tickets.
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Cor.gressman-t itct Shallenberger ,
won't ha e to have anyone to show j
him around when he gets to Washing-
. ...
ton. lies been there betore.
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Ar.other Cliicago woman has killed
her husband and has been released by
a coroner's jury. Coroner's juries are
now saving the county the expense of
useless trials.
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James Mo ran of Morris, 111., known
as the "Kir.g cf Waupccan," is dead
at the age of 111. He was an ir.vet
ercate smoker, but the dispatches do
not state what he smoked.
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It will seen, somewhat like o:d
times to have Uncle Joe Cannon pres
ent in Washington, and in the numer
ous cartoons, where we have most
frequently encountered that ancient
and erratic statesman.
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Why should the "ballots by mail"
be kept out of sight any more than
any other ballot? They are voted by
citizens the same as any other bailot.
Anything pertaining to our elections
should be open and above board and
ro Fecrecy about it. Let it be open or
repeal the law. There should be no
secret chamber methods allowed in
this country with our electorate.
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Po.-itmaster General Burleson will
urge in his report that the govern
ment take over the telegraph and long
distance telephone lines and operate
thorn in conncetion with the postof
fice department. It is said that Pres
ident Wilson agrees with Burleson on
the de.-irability of the government
gaining control of the wires. It i
a big subject, and of course is not
iikoly to be consummated for some
time, but it is bound to come. The
rm.-t remarkable thing about the
proposition is that it is taken seri
ously and calmly discussed, whereas
a few years ago it would have been
bitterly tlenounced as a socialistic at
tempt to wreck the country. We have
progressed greatly in a few years and
are going steadily forward, but it is
corr ing about so peacefully and things
are djujsting themselves co nicely
that alarmists have ceased to lie
awake nights.
et Plettsmouth, Nebr.
Nebraska, as second-class mall matter.
THE END OF CALAMITY TALK.
A let of calamity talk has been go
ing the rounds during the past few
weeks. It must have been created in
order to influence the elections, or it
j r.zy have been done to push up
j ii eight raies. it may have been the
t ! utterances of the fociish. At any rate
' it was not founded upon widespread
conditions. There never has been a
time in recent years when the actual
conditions less justified calamity talk.
The daily newspapers, market re
ports and trade journals are full of
accounts of mills and factories and
the farmer is getting good pi ices for
an unusually large crop,
Exports for the month of October
exceeded the imports by $00,000,000,
or " nrin fif):l a 1n.- h:-,1rnf nf tmilp
in America's favor. Reports of 141
raiiroads for September show a net !
revenue of $77,012,145, while for Sep-j
tember, 191', the net revenue of the
came roads was or.lv $76 'j0o SG4. I
Reports from Chicago say all the'
wirs mills are "being driven at 100:
per cent capacity," and some of them
refusing orders. An officer of the
i Bethlehem Steel company states the j Long Island furnishes a finer trail Ghe rides on an even keel, sound and agents of foreign governments pay
'! preferred stock of that company will 1 for a dog which in its lifetime was well-founded and ready to be driven jn fabulous price for horses and
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learn 2-5 per cent this year and the:
J common stock 20 per cent.
Uncer the caption, "Blankets ami
..iore Blankets,"' the trade organ of:
tha textile industry, fiber and Fabric,:
says:
"If there is a mill, large or small,.
' V- ' C - i' r-. -i ,J J tifnlnna n rv '
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"ar.kets, that is not well supplied
with orders, we should be pleased to
hear from it, as we have been asked j
to get in touch with mills that can j
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lako ciders on blankets.
The pieser.t war is going to make j
the demand for wool clothing unprece- ;
Rented, and as neither England,
I lance, Belgium nor Germany can
, supply the needs, the United States
jwlll be drawn upon heavily, both for i
j clothing and coverings. . . . Evi- ;
dance of better business in all tex-
tile lines is furnished by the increased
operation of machinery and the grow
ing demand for help. The serious
problem right now is enough skilled
help to permit of capacity produc
tion."
The war in Europe has brought un
"rece.iented demands upon American I .
factories for leather and rubber boots
and leather .-hoes. A Reading, Pa.,
u.m his an order from England for
iOO.OCO shirts. The French govern
ment is placing an order for 1,000,000
fairs of weel seeks. A Pittsburg con
cern has closed a contract for 1,000,
"00 intrenching tcols, and inquiries
rom cne of the belligerent nations
ask for bids on a large order for steel
wheels for heavy wagons and trans
ports. In addition to all these unusual ele
riands by warring powers, comes the
business from peaceful nations which
formerly has been supplied by Ger
many and England. Bradstreet's men
tions fifteen various specific requests
from South America and other peace
ful sections of the globe for large or
iers of goods of great variety. All
such business is sure to grow.
And it is also true that after the
war is ever the unusual demand for
all kinds of fighting machinery and
equipment will be replaced by an un
usual demand for all kinds of mater
ial with which to rebuild a broken
down continent and repair 1,000,000
wrecked industries.
The calamity howler in this country
is not only past, Lut an unnecessary
depression. Sioux City Tribune.
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Yprcs hasn't much on Przensyl in
being easy to pronounce.
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Don't delay until it is too late,
your Christmas advertising now.
Do
The mouth and foot disease is a
fine pretext to keep up the price of
beef.
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Twelve federal reserve banks open-
ed their doors yesterday. The people
'should rejoice.
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Busv neonle are not alwavs in -
dustrious. Trouble-breeders and gos-
w x - - r
sips are the busiest people in the
world.
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The schoolmasters are all right in
their place, but they must not get too
dictatorial in their own interests, to
the detriment of those who pay the
bills.
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Winter trade is beginning to en-
liven up considerably notwithstanding
we have not had any very cold
weather yet.
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If some "-emus will invent a rem-
edy for dandelions and bcx-elder bugs
he will soon be able to buv out John
! D. Rockefeller.
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Speaking of the fuel problem, we
note the marriage in Chicago of Flor-
ence E. Wood and Charles H. Coal,
Write your own ticket.
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Nebraska Citv is now in the throes
!of a postolfice fight,
It's cheese to
doughnuts that the fellow that ought
to have it don't get it
""e Quarantine has been raised
- i'101 over the Chicago stock -yards,
and they are now ready to receive
cattle up at the Windy City.
worth $5,000. A $5,000 man would
be lucky to get space in an express
e-ar.
The new Philippine bill before con-
gress prohibits plural marriage. Is
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.fc luo u.c i-iiipu.ua w,L.:e neeus .i .uui ueiiK.-iM j
c-i-i't. In mAnT.-. U 4-Tn.'M
around and annex us?
"What," asked an anxious inquirer,
-'is the unwritten law ?" The unwrit- :
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ten law is the cne that the legislative .
.andidate told you he was going to
have' enacted if he was elected.
X0 one need worry about the new
congress which comes in March. The
democrats will have a sufficient ma-
jority for all pra
practical purposes. And
thcn think of the majority that will
'he in the senate
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The proposition to issue bonds for
a new jail at Wahoo was defeated by
more than a thousand votes. Re
member: "If at first you don't suc
ceed try, try again!" Maybe you'll
have better luck next time.
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Woman suffrage has lost in the
state by a substantial majority, after
me of the most aqtive campaigns ever
waged in its behalf and it would seem
thnt with a comparatively lnrge vote
rolled in the state that this expresses
the will of the people at this time. The
advocates of equal suffrage made a
ong and active fight for the principle
for which they stood, while many
women of the state opposed it with
just as much vigor.
Knownothing'ura may be revived in
this country again if fanatics can
have their way about it. Religious
liberty is guaranteed to everyone in
this country. Knownothingism is
simply a drive at Catholicism. It
was tried at one time in this country
and proved a signal failure. We are
not a Catholic, but we believe they
have as good right to their opinion as
other religious denominations.
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Thirty-five years ago this month
Thomas A. Edison produced the first
successful incandescent electric
lamp in the laboratory at Menlo
Park, New Jersey. In 1SS0 an em
ploye of the Edison factory carried
all the incandescent electric lamps
in the world in a market basket on
his arm. Today the great Edison
lamp factory at Ilarriscn turns out
35,000 lamps an hour and has made
more than 500,030,000.
EVERY MAN TAKE AN OAR.
The
Eusincss is feeling better
foundations of prosperity are seen to
be Foli(l in our generally fortunate
CJ'P situation. The weak spot there,
the cotton growers, is being- strength
ened by a nation-wide co-operation.
! Ana wun uue allowance ior cotton
depreciation the value of our crops is
fuIIv $100,000,000 moie than'-it ever
sva5 before. There is an increasing
conviction that the bottom of the
toboggan slide on v. inch trade, in-, nished a good outdoor exhibition of
dustiy and credit were thrust by the ' holding one's temper.
European collapse into war has been! ;o:
reached. We Americans are seeing j Mexico may be proceeding on the
tliat lt v,as a s,itJe antl a iar lut not theory that if we enjoy waiting it will
a smash for us, says the Chicago 'rive us seme more of it.
Herald. We have stopped sliding.' :o:
Vve have overcome the jar. We are This isn't winter, but it may be
due to climb up again. We are go- taken as a gentle hint that Indian
mS to climb. W have to climb. The 1 summer can't last always.
investment bankers picclaimed it at j
their Philadelphia convention last It is strange that some of those
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week. The tiaveling salesmen, those ,di:u esesd Belgians have not arrived
soldiers of commerce ri'iht on the f:r-
ir.g line all the time, are reporting it.
0:x'e:v, do not come so very easy. But
they come. And moie of them are
coming.
They he:tr less of the dull
words "Nothing doing!" They hear
.v.oie of 'Next week!" "Tomorrow!"
and "Yes. today!"
Just 102 davs
ago today the Herald printed its i
now historic editorial "Sit Tight!
Don't Rock the Boat!" It was hailed
as the wise "order of 'the day"
throughout the nation. But it ad -
monihed to what has now become
merely a negative virtue. The boat:
has stepped rocking. The waves
raised by the war tempest have been
outriden by the good -hip "America."
ahead over the seas of Prosperity,
Therefore this is the time fcr every)
member of the crew to thrust out his j Postmaster sizer stepped down and
jcar, bend his beak and pull! Our big't Mondav and F. w. Biwn step.
crops, the demands for them, the new i
business thrust upon our factories by ,
-i i. l.ii. a. i
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j tern that went into operation Monday
with the "easier money" it promises-
all these will help and are helping to
rut power into the pull. But all of j
;he?e combined will not count for so j
much in the pushing forward to good
rrs as the firm resolution of every
one of us to do his part to forget
ihat "Sit Tight!" counsel as unmeet
for the new duties ihvt new occasions
have brought to manfully seize his
oar and pull his weight and then
?ome. Let every man put out his oar
and pull, all together! That is now
the order of the day cf the Ameriacn
spirit to all Americans. That is the
word of the hour. Let every man of
show the strength that is in him.
Let every man take an oar!
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It will be a fine Thanksgiving for
the new democratic state ofiicials.
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President Wilson has wisely, con
cluded not to fix a date for United
States troops to leave Mexico. Peace
Tnes rot seem to be uppermost in the
minds of the warring factions just
yet, and there is no telling when it
will be.
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There will be several Ulcerative
-"options to be handed out to friends
by the newly elected state officials
along about the first of January. Will
l hose positions go to the worthy, or
will they be given to personal friends,
because they are simply personal
friends?
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It does not really .become a demo
cratic newspaper to criticize Con
gressman Reavis too severely until he
has had an opportunity to display his
ability in congress. "We do not believe
hi commenting upou anyone just
elected to a position of honor, simply
because he is not a democrat.
W. D. Eastman, who has been try
ing for the last ton years to be
land commissioner and always 1
defeated, will be deputy state treas-
urer under the regime of the incom-j
. . '
ing treasurer, George E. Hall. And j
A. M. Morrissey, present private sec- -
retary to Governor Morehead, will be
deputy attorney general under Willis
E. Reed.
j Revolver practice seems to be part
' of the course of a trained nurse these
days.
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Prophecies of an open winter should
not cause a delay in preparations for
relief of distress.
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General Villa proposes to resign
and leave Mexico, "for his country's
good," of course,
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. Teddy Roosevelt has at least fur-
i
in this country
Lo urge their claims
for charity.
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In an appeal to arms it is always
important to know who 11 red the first
shot. And of equal importance is it
to know who is going to lire the last
one.
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If Mexico could make it possible to
i
ship a few more of their would-be
j statesmen across the ocean it would
! prove a God's blessing to the country
at large
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- ye hear no American rumors of
inviuling aircraft. It is much more
pleasant to dream about mysterious
mules,
i peu m as commander-in-emet ot tne
Li(,co!n postcff.ee Tlie Journal ex-
tends congratulations to 1'ostmaster
Mi -
Ic is not a new thing for a city to
give a Christmas tree fo- the benefit
,
of tho.-,
e who have no other way of
celebrating the greatest of all holi
days. Two years ago the idea orig
inated in New York City, since which
j time many other cities have adopted
the plan. Why not try it in Platts
mouth the coming Christmas?
NEW BANKING SYSTEM.
The opening of the federal reserve
banks Monday, though it marked the
inauguration of a row banking and
curency system for the country, was
accomplished so quietly and un
obstrusively that it passed almost un
noticed except in the columns of the
daily papers. It is nowhere expected
that the new system will work any
radical changes in banking or in-uf-trial
conditions. The rules for the
administration of the reserve banks,
as announced by the federal reserve
boaid, are noticeable for their con
servatism. They are hailed with
satisfaction and approval in busines
and banking circles, and meet the un
qualified commendation of the
metropolitan newspapers.
That the effect of the new system,
however, will be almost immediately
perceptible in a gradual easing up of
the money market is generally taken
for granted. It is estimated that it
will release for circulation reserve
money amounting to Irom ?'275,000,
000 to $100,000,000, the latter figure
being the estimate of Secretary Mc
Aooo. And bank customers who are
good loan risks will find their facili
ties for obtaining accommodation bet
tered. Heretofore, when the bank
loaned such a customer $10,000 it
knew that amount of money was tied
up for 30 to CO or 0 days. But
henceforth the bank can take the
customer's note, indorse it cn the
hack, send it to the federal reserve
bank, and turn it into rash. The
. 'tilt
commercial paper in tne unmt s port- i
folio becomes a secondary reserve,
equivalent to cash. Hence, here as in
ether countries, banks will be able to
expand and contract in accordance
with the natural laws of demand and
supply.
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NEW YOUIV.
The discount rate established by j
the federal board is judiciously con- j
':e:vative. It ranges from 1:j per cent !
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or thirty-clay paper at the iew "i ork
Or Philadelphia bai.ks, to CI3, per cent ;S
for paper of more thn thhty days at j
'c banks in Atlanta, Minneapolis,
Kar.ias City, Dallas and San Fran
?isco. Tre i ate r.t the Chicago, Bos
ton. St. Louis, Cleveland and Rich
mond banks is uniformly G per cent.
Nebraska borrowers, it will
be
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Exact Cory of Wrapper.
observed, suffer the handicap of an j the Herald, and which has been both
, , ,.. c , . pleasant and profitable to both of us,
additional one-halt of 1 per cent on ; '
j we hope.
n:per over thirty davs by reason of i T. , .
Lilly Baser has gone to Iowa and
Nebraska net being included in the OVfcryone a!vi a! tlie rett of the ?5rl3
Chicago district. A generally lower are so sorry. Billy was a first-rate
'-ediscount rate 3 or 1 per cent, such beau and a good boy to boot, and we
as was at one time anticipated was niost heartily wish him success, and
. .. -regret his loss to us.
avoided c'oubtless because it was not T1- T, ,
t Chas. . burhngame, general agent
'eerr.ed wise radically to change con- of the Continental Life Insurance
ditions in the domestic money market company, was in Plattsmouth Tues
under the circunstar.ces which affect day; also Mr. Metzger, general super-
t . " . e :r.ter'ent of the same company. Come
nis count-v together with the rest of , 1
i n'.T.m, gentlemen.
'Jie work!.
Or.e cf the most important effects
of the new system must prove, as
was expected, negative in its char
acter, but none the less of immense
and widespread benefit. It is a shield
against panics. Nor is this wholly
negative, since in insuring against
npn-cs the system mwst insure that it
"-hall al .-.vys be possible for the banks
to extend credit cn good securities at
nch a rate of inteiet as general
renditions justify as fair.
The control cf the money market of
h i country is not, as has sometimes
'ec?: ns.-erted, ' taken out of the hands '
e ,i i i i ,:.,.-. Un
if (he br.nkers and financiers. lne
ontvo, under ordinary conditions,
remains with them. But the govern
ment, through the federal board of
control, is vested with large and im
portant powers by means of which it
-an do much to prevent that control
from being abused. Legitimate
business henceforth has the govern
ment at its back when illegtimate
financiers may seek to prey upon it
or make it the victim of an immense
tumble. But great powers remain,
none the less, exclusively with the
banks powers that the government
cannot disturb. It is only banks that
"an secure rediscount at tne reserve
banks. They cannot be compelled to (
psk for rediscounts. Neither can they
be compelled to lend their money ex-
rent to whom they wish and on such c.,ch teatdry meanwhile? lf nut,
security as they are willing to accept. r,oVse and iODk at the poor old Rcg
They cannot bo compelled to apply Mer muley cow.
for currency and put it in circulation.
When they do so it will be their
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voluntary act. me initiative in tne
issuance of currency through the
brnks and the first and final say as
tha extension of credits by the banks,
remains with the banks, where, of
course, it properly belongs. World-,
Herald.
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FQHTY YEARS AGO
Item s of Interest to Our Reader
0!cntJ Ir.im the Newspaper
Files of Many Yean Ago.
J. C. Eikenberry, one of Cass coun
ty's best boys, squared up with the
Herald last week.
N. Cox cf Weeping Water once
i more renews his acquaintance with
John Tutt of Greenwood was in
'own last week. Glad to see John up
rnd about, and to hear that he is elo
ing so well there.
THE W. W. REGISTER.
If the Herald were a novelist or a
opt we might fill columns with the
'voeful history of this now defunct
newspaper. The first the Herald heard
was tiiat Mr. Claiborne couldn't make
a go of it, then the sheriff had seized
Next that the coroner must go
,nvn and sit on on the sheriff's job.
, We thought it must be a corpse then;
but no! A few weeks and there is
p new dea- They arc Koinff to start
a democratic paper, and the poor old
Register must figure in the drama.
Town thev go again, and there is
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.tne seizure, tne replevin, tne talk ot
fight, all the paraphernalia of a new
circus, and then the curtain rolls
down for the last scene. We under
stand Governor Garber and President
f;rnnt have both been applied to for
nid and to maintain the dignity of
the press and its freedom. W. W.
roes for the governor and Dick for
the press. Grant and liberty.
You all know of the Englishman
who said, "This country is too
free, stones all fast and dogs all
loose.' That's the way with the W.
W. newspaper. It's a free press, but
;t's fast. Now Dick Sreight runs It.
hen Sheriff Cutler; in fact, the sheriff
informed us he was educating (my
fon) George for an "IF'editore and
,pVrec.ted to put him in the Register
eoon then Clinton, Dick, Shyroek, so
"id you ever see the pie-
tnre of the cow with two owners pull-
'ic pnch wav. nnd th lawvpru milk-
D"spepsia is America's curse. Ti
restore tligestion, normal weight
od renith and purjt-v the blood, use
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drug stores. Price, .$1.00.
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