The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, May 17, 1917, Image 2

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RAISING FUNDS FOR THE WAR
EFFECTS OF BILL WILL BE FAR
REACHING.
SUGGESTS WORLD-WIDE MEMORIAL DAY
Fort Snelling Able to Accommodate Only the
Eligible Applicants Has More Men
Than Needed.
Western New simper Union News .Service.
Washington. Tho war tax bill, ex
tending Its excises to tlio fabric of
every American home, lias been form
ally reported to tho house by tho ways
Mind means committee with plaiiH for
quick paHHngo. Ah a forecast of what
may coino later, it proposes special
taxcH to ralHO $1,800,000,000, In addi
tion to tho present normal annual rev
enue of $1,500,000,000. When its terms
arcoffcilvo tho American peoplo will
bo paying direct taxes of $33 per
'capita. Tho peoplo of tho Hrltlsh
IbIcs half as many now pay per
capita taxes of $G0. While tho prin
cipal features of tho now war Jovi
an) tho increases In lncomo and profit
taxes, Increases In internal revenue
rates and Increases of customs dutlos
many provisions reach tho Innermost
structure of every hom'e and mako up
a list of taxes, probably tho most for
midablo over faced by tho American
people.
Tho household light, heat and tele
phono bills, admission tickets to
umuscmentB, flro and ltfo Insurance,
railway tickets, automobllos, automo
bile tires nnd tubes, soft drinks, post
age ratcB, golf club and baseball bats,
club dues and n host of other every
day necessities or luxuries come un
der tho taxation.
COAL SHORTAGE IN GERMANY
Munitions Factories Given First Claim
and Industries of Peace Must Suffer
London. Tho Times' Amsterdam
correspondent saya that Dr. Von Both-raann-Hollewck,
tho German Imperial
chancellor, replying to tho appeal of
newspaper publishers that steps bo
taken to incrcaso tho supply of paper
to provent tholr being forced to sus
pend publication, announced that tho
deficiency In the supply was due to
tho difficulties of securing coal distrib
ution. Ho said tho munition Industries
had the first claim to the war, to
which tho newspapers and tho papor
mills belonged. Ho encouraged the
bopo that coal would bo forthcoming,
but urged restriction in tho uso of pa
per to tho utmost limits.
Germany's fuel difficulties did not
end with tho lato unusually sovoro win
ter. On the contrary, Germans are
ovon now being warned that during
tho rest of tho war nnd In tho period
Immediately following it will ho im
possible to supply tho Individual con
sumer with all thu coal ho desires. It
will bo necessary for him to put up
with some discomfort, ho Is told, nltho,
as tho Lokal Anzclgcr comments,
"with tho coming of winter wo shall
nt least not froezo." A government
coal commission lma boon established
to apportion tho coal mined with re
gard to tho urgency of various needs.
Similar local commissions have been
named for towns of moro than 10,000
Inhabitants.
Chicago. Employes of tho six great
railroad systems entering this city
aro applying In hundreds for enlist
ment In tho Third regiment, United
States engineers to bo formed for im
mediate service on tho railroads of
Franco.
No Favoritism In Enrolling
Washington. To dispose of any
fear that county nnd city registration
boards will exorclso favoritism In en
rolling soldiors under the selectivo
draft net. Provost Marshal General
Crowdcr has Issued a statement de
claring such practices would bo vir
tually impossible because of tho ex
plicit terms under which tho net is
drawn. Ho wnrncd registration of
ficials that favoritism easily could bo
dctoctcd and would bo punished with
uoavy penalties.
Chinese Cabinet Urges War.
Poking, China. Premier Tuan Chi
Jul and tho entire cablnot addressed
n secret session of tho parliament and
urged tho adoption of a resolution de
claring war against Germany. Tho
resolution was referred to thu stand
ing committee for consideration.
In tho senate tho resolution enmo
up Informally and caused a stormy
session. Tho opposition takes tho
ground that It does not want war until
tho cabinet is reorganized and
(strengthened
Lincoln, Nob. Up to tho present It
m conservatively estimated that BOO
University students havo Joined tho
colors, -J00 of whom plan to tako
work in tho reservo ofllcors' training
enmp. School authorities estimate
that 700 others havo left tho univer
sity to work on farms. Malo studont
enrollment haB been depleted by 1,200
or moro, in Undo Sam's military
and food conservation program. This
Js nearly one-half of tho men in tho
university. In ho rosorvo offlcers'
department Sunday, 3C7 men had
been. examined and accented
MORE "A" MEN THAN NEEDED
Camp Snelling Hardly Able to Accom
m odate Eligible Applicants
Minneapolis, Minn. With the Hut oJ
applicants accepted for the ofMcers'
training camp at Fort Snelling prac
tically complete , Col. W. II. Sago, in
charge of airangtments, mild there
would be an cxcchb of msn graded
"A." Capt. W. II. Mason, camp ad
jutant, announced the list of "A"
grade men ns published stands, with
the exception of those who will be
dropped out by rigid physical examl
nation, as tho successful applicants
to report at the camp.
Tho camp organizers nt Plattsburg,
N Y have telegraphed Fort Snell
ing offering to turn over "A" men, In
(Heating an excess of the same grade
there, but none could be accommodat
ed here, it was announced.
TRAINING CAMPS DOWN SOUTH
Nebraska Guardsmen Among Those
Who will go There
San Antonio, Tex. Under orders re
eelved her army hoard have been
named In the southern department
today to select camp sites for six
divisions of troops to bo trnlned In
this department under tho conscrip
tion hill. Each division will have a
war strength of 2G.000 men. maklnc
an army or 1RC.000 to be trained In
camps in Texas, Oklahoma. Arizona
and New Mexico. The troops will con
sist in part of national guardsmen
from Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Iowa. Nebraska nnd Dkln.
liomn.
One board of army ofllcors to select
ono site In Oklahoma nnd thrnn In
Texas Is headed by Brigadier General
unarios u. Morton. Tho other board,
headed by Grlgadier General Henry A.
Greeno, is to rocommend one site In
Arizona, ono in New Mnxl ami nm
n Texas.
Peace Proposals From Austria
London. Tho Amsterdam corro
spondent of tho Exchange Telegraph
Co. wires that ho has learned from
tho best of sources that three promi
nent Austrlnn politicians aro nhout to
leavo for Switzerland bearing' peace
proposals and that they hope to bo
given safo conducts to Franco In or
der to discuss with tho French cnbi
net tho possibility of peaco.
'Washington. Decisive steps for the
hygienic nnd mental wolfaro of the
nation's soldiers and sailors have
been determined upon by tho council
of national defense as a Btrlct war
measure Tho council, guided by the
general medical board, has prepared
to striko nt tho presence of insidious
diseases nnd at alcoholism In all
military commands.
London. The wnr ofllco nnnnunees
that tho voluntary recruiting agy soon
will bo extended to men up to fifty
years of age, both single nnd mar
rled. The announcement expresses
tho hones Mint t!mn v-l,n ,nn ..
wnrd will bo ready and willing to
servo without delay when called upon.
Newburgh. N. v. In the headquar
tera In which fJennro Wnaiii.,..
wroto the order disbanding tho con
tlnontal army after the war for Amer-
ican independence hnd been fought
nnd won, General Joffre. mnrshall of
France, pnld trlbuto to the first presi
dent. Accompanied by tho other mill
tary members of the French war com
mission, tho man who saved Prance
arrived In this city, which was founded
by Germans, to be guests of Now York
stnto. Governor Whitman nnd virtual
iy the entire legislature were hore to
welcomo tho party.
Tho first coed to leavo the state
university to nil the place or a man
called by tho war Is W.llma Ittiss. '20
of Aurora. Mo, Miss Hush will go -to
Rhroveport. Ala., to tako up tho work
In tho Kldd-HiiBs Trunk & Hag com
pany, loft by her brother who has
enlisted.
Wayno. Neb. The stnto normal
school has roleaied all men who are
In good scholastic standing who deslir
either to enlist or to farm. Many of
the young men havo availed them
selves of tho opportunity.
Engineers for Duty In France.
Washington. Tho war department
hns announced that orders had been
sont out for the raising of nlno regl
monts of engineers for duty at tho
earliest posslblo moment on tho com
munlcatlon lines in Franco. Those
troops will bo In addition to tho
forces contemplated in the adminis
tration's army plans. Recruiting
points for tho regiments will bo Now
York City, St. Louia, Chicago, Boston,
Pittsburg, Detroit, Atlanta, San Fran
cisc.0 and Philadelphia.
' WORLD-WIDE MEMORIAL DAY
Plans Launched In England to Make
American Decoration Day an
Allies' Institution.
London. Definite plans havo been
launched to mako American Decora
tion day, May 30, a general memorial
day thruout allied countries of tho
world.
Consul Itohcrt I Skinner has al
ready forwarded to President Wilson
such a proposal together with dcflnito
plans for making the Idea u reality.
The suggestion first came from Lieu
tenant Colonel Hullock, who hopes
President Wilson will take the in
itiative in formally inviting all tho
allied countries to join.
Consul Skinner Is enthusiastic in
backing up the movement anil if the
plan is carried out May 30 will be
day of general mourning thruout tho
countries fighting for liberty and for
democracy.
SOLDIER MAKING PREPARATIONS
Fort Snelllrg Being Prepared for a
Training Camp (
St. Paul, Minn. As the time draws
nearer for the cnll to go forth for hun
dreds or mei. from over tho middle
west to gatner at Fort Snelling to
btutly how tnvy ure going to direct tho
American forces in defeating Ger
many, JLIiiele Sam is making prepara
tions to house, feed and otherwiso
look after the welfare of those who
will try to make themselves worthy
to ofllct-r tho forces in the trying
months to come.
For nhout threu years Fort Snelling
has been for the greater part aban
doned. Its fine barracks have housed
at the most but a hnndful of men
slnco the Twenty-eighth regiment
went to border duty. Now the build
ings upon which fortunes were spent
are to come to their own again. '
Tho feeding of the several thou
sands who are coming to Fort Snell-
,lng is no small task, but Uncle Sam
win uo ready. The housing la to bs
well looked nfter.
Calls Proposals Trickery
Copenhagen. "Any German peace
proposals at this time simply indicates
tho determination of a tremendously
organized and still powerful nntion to
gain Its own ends," declared American
Minister Francis Egan in n warning
to tho people of America voiced thru
tho United Press. He appealed to his
fellow countrymen not to bo deceived
by German peaco duplicity and not to
slacken their war preparations ur.dor
tho mistaken Impression that the Ger
mans nro really ready to quit.
No American ofllcial is moro conver
sant with German conditions than
Minister Egan. A veteran dlplomnt.
long and brilliantly serving the United
States at Copenhagen, has mado a spe
cial study of Germany nnd tho Ger
mans no less than tho ramifications of
Teutonic chicanery nnd propaganda.
Ixmdon. Twenty-four British mor
:hnnt vessels of moro thnn 1.C00 tons
each were sunk during tho last week,
It wns announced officially. Twenty
two vessels of less than 1.G00 tons
..nrt sixteen fishing vessels also vrero
sunk.
A British nilno sweeper was tor
pedoed and sunk on Mny 5 with tho
Iobb of two ollleers and twenty men,
'ho admiralty announced.
In tho preceding week thirty-eight
vessels of over 1.C00 tons wero sunk,
showing a decrease of fourteen ves
icls. London. In volunteering for na
tional service In clerical work at the
regulation salary or $6.25 a week, Sir
James Bell, town clerk of tho city
of London, Is leaving for tho time
being a post with a salary pf $15,000
i year. .
Lincoln. Tho Nebraska Press nsso
Matlon, through Its executive commit
tee, has not only endorsed Governor
Neville's plan for food conservation
meotlngs in Omaha May 22-25, but has
issued tho following resolution:
"Wo urge every nowspaper man In
Nebraska to uso ewry effort to mako
this meeting successful by responding
to Governor Neville's request, nnd as
Buro him of our continued efforts and
cooperation In any movement which
tins for its purposo the conservation
nnd development of Nebraska's re-t-ources,
Washington. Conferees on tho
ho army hill hnve reached an agree
ment and the measure will bo roported
to the Jwo houses for confirmation as
pooji as possible. Tho conferees made
tho age limit of those subject to the
selective draft 21 to 30 years Inclu
sive in place or the 21 to 27 limits
In tho senate bill and 21 to 40 In tho
house bill. Tho nmohdmenf put .In
by tho senate permitting Colonel
Roosevelt to ralso four divisions for
Jorvlco In France wns eliminated, bf
was another authorizing the raising
of three volunteer regiments for bor
dor patrol duty.
Transfer Title to German Ships
Washington.- By unanimous vote,
tho senate hns passed a rosolutlon pro
viding for the transfer to tho Ameri
can government of tltlo nnd posses
sion of euomy ships In Amorican ports
and their use in commerce Tliero nro
J nbout 100 German ships in American
ports nnd all aro under repair. Ono o
tho Gorman ships tho Clara Monnlg
la ready for sea and will begin loading
a cargo for Italy at once.
TAKE LIBERTY LOAN
PLAN8 TO PUT A WAR BOND IN
EVERY HOME.
BOARD OF TRADE SHUT DOWN
High Price of Wheat Puta Buying at
an End Many Protests
Presented on New
War Levy,.
tVcstfiti Xrwppappi Union Snp Service.
St. Louis. Plans to subscribe for
$80,000,000 of the liberty loan have
been Inaugurated at a meeting of ten
ot the presidents of the eighteen
clearing houses In federal teserve dis
trict No. 8 (St. Louis) here. The slo
gan to be used In subscription work
will bo "a war bond In every home."
The eight clearing houses not repre
sented In the conference telegraphed
that they would cooperate in any
plans made for the Bale or the war
bonds.
Chicago. Morris & Co. have au
thorized the purchase or $750,000 in
liberty bonds and announced a plan
whereunder its 25,000 employes may
purchaso bonds on easy payments.
Protests on New War Levy
Washington. While the house de
bated the $1,800,000,000 war tax bill
tho senate finance committee heard
violent protests from Interests on
which tho new war levies would fall
Manufacturers who would have to pay
the Increased excess profit tax, dls
tlllprs, brewers, sodu fountain inter
ests and tobacco companies nil told
the senato committee that they faced
ruin if the hill want thru as presented
in the house. Nenrly every witness
declared his particular business
seemed to bo the target for an ex
orbitant tax. In the house, too, many
portions of the bill were under fire,
but democratic ami republican lead
ers In charge replied that the money
must be raised and only high taxes
could provide it.
BOARD OF TRADE SHUTS DOWN
The High Price of Wheat Puts Buy
ing at an End
Chicago. Trading in May wheat
wns ordered discontinued at a meet
ing or tho board or directors of the
Chicago board of trade Friday. The
directors also decided that existing
contracts should be adjudicated either
by delivery ot the property or at a sell
ing price to be fixed by a committee
appointed for tho purpose.
It was rumored that action by tho
federal authorities in the last few;
days had hastened the action of tho
board of directors. None of those at
tho meeting would confirm or deny
that It had been intimated to board
officials that some action to curb tho
soaring prices of wheat should bo
taken or government officials would
close the board. It was admitted that
a number of board of trado members
had been summoned to the ofllco of
tho federal district attorney, but it
was said no threats had been mado
or Intimated.
To Aid French Orphans.
Lincoln. Ono thousand persons at
tended a mass meeting nt St. Paul
rhurch Sunday afternoon, tendered as
a trlbuto to Franco and to General
Joffro. Pledges equal to $1,000 wero
mado for tho support of tho French
war orphans. Twenty-four orphans
are Insured support for the next year.
Mayor J. E. Miller, who presided,
ojiened tho program by a short intro
ductlon to the subject.
To Cut Down Bread Consumption
London. King George haB signed a
proclamation exhorting the people to
lessen tho consumption of wheat nnd
to practlco tho greatest economy and
frugality in the uso of all other kinds
of grain. The proclamation particul
arly urges the population to reduce
tho consumption of bread by nt least
one-fourth of the quantity consumed in
normal times.
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Havana. It Is .ascertained that in
th attempt to nssasslnnte President
Menocal Ijy meaiiB of a bomb explo
sion, tho conspirators had in contem
plation the death or William Gonzales,
tho United Stntes minister to Cuba,
who waB In tho palace with tho presi
dent at the time.
Lincoln. Tho national convention
ir tho Sons or tho American Revolu
tion which was to have boon hold
at Memphis, May 21 and 22, has
been Indefinitely postponed, accord
ing to word received by members
I or the order. The action was taken
' becauso of war conditions.
Amsterdam. Grave rioting has oc
curred In Mainz, Germany, according
to roporta received here by the Tele
graaL Sixteen hundred peoplo took
part In a demonstration because or tho
scarcity or ro'od, '
Restricting War Gossip
Washington. Secretary Lansing has
followed up tho state department or
der which forblihi nny other official
thoro to glvo information to tho pub
lic, with n stntemont that any other
ofllcial who gavo out information con
voying a criticism of tho department's
policies, would bo dismissed. Mr.
Lansing reitoratod that giving of in
formation to tho public through tho
nowspapers would horeattor bo re
stricted to himsolf and tho newly
treated bureau of foroign Intelligence.
CdUNCIL OF 'DEFENSE
State Organizes to Co-Operate With
the Government
Tho state council of defense was
organized nt a mooting at the office
of Governor Novlllo by electing of
ficers nnd selecting Representative
Henry Richmond, a member ot the'
legislature, to serv6 as secretary at
a sulary or $2,000 a year. Tho council
established departments in conformity
with the wishes of I he national coun
cil, each member being given a depart
ment to supervlbo. It also arranged
to havo county councils of defense
organized.
The ofllcers elected by tho state
council aro: Robert M. Joyce of Lin
coln, chairman; Georgo Coupland of
Elgin, , vice chairman; C'A, McCloud
of York, treasurer; Henry Richmond
of Ontohn, secretary. Tho work ol
organization Is to be further pushed
at a meeting to bo held nt Lincoln
on tho ovenlng of May 15.
Tho following departmontB were es
tablished: Publicity Chairman, Robert Joyce.
Finance Chairman, C. A. McCloud,
Robert Joyce, Georgo Coupland.
Stnto Defense and Security Gcner
al P. L. Hall.
Food Production, Conservation ami
Distribution Georgo Coupland.
Co-operating Agencies Miss Ger
trude Keating.
Hygiene. Medicine and Sanitation
Dr. E. O. Weber.
Labor T. P. Reynolds.
Industrial Survey and Topography
George E. Johnson.
Secret Service Richard L. Mctcnlte.
Volunteer Recruiting and Selectivo
Dratt General George H. Harries.
Organization of County Derenso
Councils Robert Joyce, George Coup
land. It was agreed to organize county
defense councils In each county of tho
stnte. This council is to bo organized
in a mass meeting to bo called by
someone designated for that work by
the governor.
This mass meeting Is to organlzo
by the election of a chairman, vico
chairman, secretary and treasurer, to
all of whom commission will be is
sued by the governor. Then there is
to bo chosen by either the mass meet
ing or the four officers named a pro
duct chairman In each voting precinct
in tho county. Every ofllcer of the
county council, including the precinct
chairman, must subscribe to tho cus
tomary oath, the same to be filed with
the state defense council. County
councils are to report to the chairman
of the state council.
County councils are to havo tho
following described committees: Fi
nance, publicity, food production, con
servation and distribution; co-operating
agencies; hygiene, medicine and
sanitation; recruiting.
Tho governor has sent letters to
each county, urging immediate or
ganization of those defense councils.
Is Well Pleased With Nebraska
Washington. Major General A. W.
Greeley, a man of long years' serv
ice on the frontier, much of it in Ne
braska, Is alive and hale and living
In this city. Interest In the approach
ing semi-centennial celebration in tho
Goldenrod stato is no keener any
where than In this venorabTO warrior's
bosom.
As he expressed It whllo standing
on the war department steps tho
other morning, "I saw that stato fifty
years ago, just a short time beforo
it entered tho union. I was on duty
tliero, and otten thought it would take
several hundred years to put it along
with the other states in all matters or
civilization.
"I certainly was wrong. Nebraska
has leaped to the rront within my
own liretlmo. I'd Hko to see Ne
braska now."
To Take Half Million of Bonds
State Treasurer Georgo Hall has
telegraphed United States Trensurer
McAdoo that the stato of Nebraska
will Invest $500,000 of Its educational
trust fund In tho liberty loan bonds.
Mr. Hall was authorized to tako
Buch action at a meeting of tho board
Df educational lands and funds.
The temporary school fund of Ne
braska will suffer $7,500 a year as a
result, representing tho difference in
Interest which the liberty loan bonds
draw and thoso Investments wnich
can bo secured in this slate.
Tho hoard thought tho sacrlfico
could well ho made, however, and a
movement will bo started to havo all
Nebraska municipalities subscribe to
tho liberty loan.
Registration Breaks Record
For tho first tlmo In her history
tho registration at Nobrnska Uni
versity has passod 5,000, "totalling
5,405, May 1, according to figures
given out by Miss Florence McGahoy
acting registrar. Tho not incrcaso
for the past year is 579. Of tho total
number or students, 3,141 aro men
nnd 2.2C4 are women. Half tho num
ber aro in tho freshmen class of
tho arts nnd sclenco college, with a
total of 2.3S4, 1,227 men and 1,357
women. Two womon aro registered
in tho collego of Inw.
Wholesale and retail druggists who
dcslro to buy and sell alcohol must
apply to tho governor for a permit.
Twenty days beforo doing so, how
ever, they must fllo with tho county
judgo notlco of tholr intention to
mako such application. If thero la
no protest tho county Judgo shall so
cortlfy to tho governor, who will
grant tho permit. Any person desir
ing, however, may fllo a protest and
a bearing will bo had beforo tho coun
ty Judge'. U ho decides ngainst the
applicant tho latter may appeal to
the district court,
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HADE FROM THE HIGHEST GRADE DURUM WHEAT
COOKS IN 12 MINUTES. COOK BOOK FREE
SKIMMER MFG.C0. OMAHA. U.S.A.
l&r&ejf Mcx&rowi r&ctoru in America.
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HAIR BALSAM
A tolltt preparation of merit
npt to eradicate dandruff.
ForRatlorins Color and
Beaut jr toGrar or Faded Hair.
too, and SI 00 at DrnggliU.
Even Dirt Is Cheap No Longer.
The expression, "dirt cheap," must
he discarded. Blame the war. Winni
peg, Manitoba, florists have announced
nn Increase In the price of eilrth sold
for potting plants. A year ago earth
sold for GO cents a bushel. Now it
;osts 2." cents u pall.
THE 3 D'S IN DODD'S
Mr. Robert W. Ferguson, Ilinghnm,
Mass,, writes: I suffered from kid
ney disorder for yenrs. Had Inccssnnt
backache nnd trouble. Nearly died
from It at one time
while In Vancouver,
hut overcame it by
n persistent use of
s'AiaW uouu b iviiiney rms.
!p Flnnlly I wns com
pletely cured. I oc
casionally use the
remedy now in or
der to keep the kid
neys regulated. I
hnve the highest praise for Dodd's. Bo
sure to get "DODD'S," the name with
the three D's for deranged, disordered,
diseased kidneys, Just as Mr. Fergu
son did. No similar named article wilt
do. Adv.
NO PLACE TO HANG PICTURE
Child Could Not Carry Out Teacher's
Instructions Because His Home
Had No Walls.
A young teacher of this city, home
from kindergarten work In a Inrge
enstern city, told this story, which she
vouches for. Tho tencher was anxious
to Improve the homo life of the little
foreigners she tntight, so she bought
some Inexpensive pictures nnd gave
one to each child, asking that the pic
ture be hung on the wall of the home.
One little foreigner took the picture
with evident reluctance, nnd the next
dny brought It back nnd handed It to
the teacher.
"Why didn't you hang it on tho wall
Hko the others did, instead of bringing
it bnek?" teacher asked. In the cxpln
nntlon that followed It developed thnt
the youngster lived In a lnrge loft
room, with four other families besides
Its own. Kncli of the other families
had a wall, while the kindergartener's
fnmlly lived in the middle of the room,
hence had no place tu hnng pictures,
Indlnnnpolls News.
Needed Practice.
The tiny son of an acquaintance of
mine recently talked Incessuntly to a
man delivering conl who talked In n
broken language.
"Seems to me," .said the man, "thnt
you talk a good denl for a little fel
low." "Well," said the llttlo fellow, who
had had hard work to understand the
mnn, "if you talked moro you could
talk plainer."
Caught.
"Last night I looked through tho key
hole Into tho pnrlor whero sister wns
with her beau."
"Whnt did you find out?"
"The gns."
WHAT!
NO SLEEP
LAST NIGHT?
If coffee was
the cause
change to
POSTUM
and sleep!
"There's a Reason"
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