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You should know that
Omaha is one of only three cities
which are conducting a national
. advertising campaign.
Who owns the streets, anyhow?
Wilson wants a third term. Anybody surprised?
C'olonel House to be dronned for McAdoo?
What do you know about that?
Omaha will be an ideal spot for the presi
dent and the general to meet.
w Hindenberg is out for president, we note.
His platform will probably consist of a line.
Now the retailers are passing the blame
back to the wholesalers. , It is a pleasing sport.
San Domingo Indians look on airmen as
gods. That is not what some folks elsewhere
call them.
, Ole Hanson found the only way to get a
rest was to chuck the job. Being mayor of an
American city is snap these .days.
A Missouri democrat wants to nominate
Pershing for president, He will have little
difficulty in getting a second to his motion.
Rou mania says Hujngary stole over two
million tons of food during the war. Admitted,
but that does not excuse Roumania for helping
herself now. .
British -opinion is lining up in support of
the American view that the Shantung provision
is an outrage. It will be unanimous except in
Japan one of these days. ,. '
S Mayor Smith has changed his mind again
on the "muny" store, but he' will not offend
.anvnne u nr can ppi a smoioan ai stun ncrc
and sell it at a reasonable figure.
" 'NSventy-five days for a man who assaults a
little girl and ninety days for a woman who is
' suspected" by the police may be justice, but it
will hardly strike the public in -that light.
France got quite a bargain in American
goods and improvements, but Uncle Sam got a
lot more from the French than he is getting
from some of his own folks, the Mussel Shoals
promoters, for example.
The announced itinerary of the president's
western trip at last includes Omaha. He will
be a welcome guest here, among the patriotic
people who so earnestly seconded his efforts to
carry the war to victory.
Flat dwellers, are not giving in to landlords
as tamely as they might, and the courts may
yet get a chance to say wkat is reasonable rent
inv Omaha. ' This will settle one dispute not
otherwise to be solved.
The house has pefssed the bill to make
"Black Jack" general of the army. Now let
the senate put it through, so he can be met
with his full grade when he lands at .New York.
It will be very slight recognition for his
services.
l A Denver man writes Senator Kenyon that
he might cot place so much dependence on the
testimony taken by the Federal Trade commis-
-.., St k fa-MAIM h V1aM ytl tc(lfl1 Tflltl
glUU ft utf BVII v T all v aiiv. t T uw ivnntivui a"
looks like a reasonable point. Credibility of
witnesses must always be considered.
"I Release of women from detention home sen
tence on a writ of habeas corpus may bring
in its wake a judicial determination concerning
a practice to which much objection has ben
raised. Iowa courts have held squarely against
the rule sought to be enforced in Omaha, and
it is high time the' matter were being settled
here.
Shoe Retailers "Not Guilty"
Representatives of the 5,000 shoe retailerr of
the United States', assembled in Atlantic City.
' plead "Not guilty" to the charge of profiteer
ing." Whatever the public may think, they in
sist their profits are not excessive. They de
clare full readiness to assist in any practicable
plan to bring down selling rates. They protest
against calumnious assertions that shoes are
about to go up to $21 or even $50 a pair. In
their judgment the ruling prices will be from
$8 to $12 a pair through the winter.
Here as elsewhere the retailer is on the fir-
Hlg line. 11 13 lie HUW vuiirea 111 AUUVU Willi iuc
ultimate consumer, who meets kicks and proa
tests, who tries to explain high prices. The
manufacturer, the wholesaler, the jobber may
sit in their offices and smile when they hear of
his explanations. Congress may get after
them, but they have seen many congresses
come and go. Tanners who "get theirs" out
of leather, packers who sell them hides, farm
ers who pay double the peace price on corn
to fatten cattle and protect themselves when
hv sell, also sinir the "I Should Worry" sonar.
- The retailer is "the goat"
" It is probably true that selling more shoes
at lower prices would mean more to the retail
. merchant, for a time. Millions of men and
'women are having old shoes repaired instead
of buying new ones, but that must come to an
end. "Unless a real remedy is found soon, it
will be a case of buying or going barefoot' for
a lot of people, and the winter is hardly four
mouths off now. Brooklyn Eagle.
MISSION OF THE PRESIDENT.
The president is on the point of leaving
Washington, ' to accomplish his speech-making
journey throughout the west The avowed
object of this is to create sentiment in favor of
the Versailles treaty with its covenant for a
League of Nations. He will find a great change
in public sentiment on the main point. Ameri
cans are as thoroughly devoted to peace and all
it contains as ever, but they are not persuaded
that the proposed league contains all the ele
ments of peace.
Certain of its provisions, the ones that really
govern, appear to contain the elements of even
greater wars than the one just ended. It is
becoming well understood that the present cov
enant is really an invitation to Germany to or
ganize an opposing league, easy enough to do
with central Europe and a revived Ruslia, and
instead of the nations being in one camp, they
will be again in twoj with an aggressive, warlike
and powerful people at the head of one, looking
to revenge on the other.
This is but a single feature of the League of
Nations. Against the peace treaty as it stands
is the black mark of Shantung, which Mr. Wil
son has said does not meet his views, but to
which he gave consent in order that Japan
might be induced to enter the league.
His task on his tour will be to win popular
support for a league that holds the germs of
future war, and for a treaty that bases peace
on an admitted injustice to a weak nation. Can
he persuade the people that either of these is
right? '
Mussel Shoals a Deep Disgrace.
Attorney General Palmer has announced an
inquiry into the Mussel Shoals nitrate plant,
with a view to possible criminal prosecutions.
He will not have to dig very deep to find ample
employment for federal grand juries, for of all
the shameless profiteering jobs perpetrated
in the name of war, this is the most scandalous.
Any delinquency alleged in cpnnection with the
air craft or munitions failures is mild and in
nocuous alongside this monumental bit of job
bery. Mussel Shoals promoters had been before
congress for many years, in pursuance of well
developed plans of propaganda concerning the
fixation of aerial nitrogen for fertilizer uses.
A modest appropriation, usually around $10,
000,000, was asked. When the war came on
and need of nitrates was urgent, the legislature
of Virginia memorialized congress to set apart
$20,000,000 for this plant. Following this an
appropriation of $14,000,000 was made for the
erection" of the plant.
When he army appropriation bill was be
fore the house last January it was discovered
that $60,000,000 actually had been expended on
the Mussel Shoals project, and a further ap
propriation of $14,000,000 was asked to con
struct a dam that would provide the water
power needed to operate the plant. The
original promoters have an agreement with the
government fliat when peace is declared they
can purchase the plant at "scrap" value.
Originally it was to revert to them, but this
was changed because of the opposition that de
veloped in the house, principally led by Long
worth, of Ohio. In January last the legislature
of Alabama memorialized congress to continue
the lavish expenditure of money on the project.
As it stands, the , Air Nitrate corporation
has the privilege to purchase at scrap value
the great plant on which the government has
expended $75,000,000, a modest bonus to a
private corporation for its "patriotism." This
makes no account of the millions of dollars the.
government spent in acquiring sites and erect
ing buildings around the big plant.
Mussel Shoals is on the Tennessee river in
Alabama.
Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Laxity of law enforcement is making possi
ble a situation that is becoming very dan
gerous. Carrying concealed weapons is made
a felony in Nebraska, under the Shoemaker
law, but its enforcement is almost entirely
neglected.' When irresponsible boys can arm
themselves, as has been and is the case in
Omaha, and set about on ventures that have
murder as, a possible outcome, citizens have a
right to protest against the conduct of the po
lice. In the enforcement of law, preference
should not be given to one over another, but
all should be observed alike. What is needed
to restore and maintain order in this city is an
undiscriminating application of the salutary
laws of the state as well as the or
dinances of the city. So long as weapons are
carried by rowdy boys and men, so long will
employment be found for them. Thuggery will
droop if the thugs be dealt with according to
law. Let us have no more exhibitions such as
recently was given, when a well known "tough"
was found in possession of a huge pistol, which
was turned over by the police judge to the em
ployer of the culprit, and both set free without
even a reprimand or caution.
.. High Prices Coming Down.
The sensational break in the price of live
hogs may or may not be a sign of a general
recession in prices It probably is. The $23
hog was an anomalyj nojt justified even by war
conditions. The $15 hog was profitable during
the early period of the war, and at $18 returned
a liberal margin to the producer, who was al
lowed the extra profit to stimulate production.
Following the close of the war came the sudden
jump to $23, purely the result of a speculative
movement. Europe was expected to take our
surplus pork product at any price, and conse
quently home users were forced to pay on that
basis. Europe still wants the meat, but the
factor of "ability to pay," pointed out by The
Bee weeks ago, controls absolutely, and Europe
can not pay, neither can Americans. When
pork products get back to a basis where con
sumption may be resumed, other commodities
are likely to follow, and a generally lower level
of prices will be established. It is too early to
justify conclusions as yet, but the tendency is
in favor of the consumer for the moment
The French senate has not been precipitate,
either, in consideration of the peace treaty,
having just taken up the matter for formal
action. The delay in- restoring peace is not
all in Washington.
The white man who went to Texas to stir
up the negroes showed very poor judgment, if
he thought anything of his life.
Bela Kun's secret correspondence file has
been located, but that is not half so important
as the fact that his loot was discovered
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1919.
The Shantung Amendment Vj-Ha fijaGs
From the Kansas City Times.
It will be said that an American amend
ment to the treaty restoring Shantung to
China will have no effect upon the , secret trea
ties between our allies and Japan by which
the German rights in that province were be
stowed upon Japan, and which settlement was
confirmed by the Versailles signatories and rat
ified by Germany.
That may be so, and yet we shall see in
case the senate adopts the foreign relations
committee's amendment. But whether it does
or does not the United States cannot afford,
even in appearance, to seal by its approval if
after the fact a transaction that indelibly
stains with - injustice a peace loudly pro
claimed to be .one of high righteousness and
honorable dealing. To what level of diplo
macy have we descended, and how far have we
departed from the pretensions we held during
the war, when it can be urged in the senate,
as was done by Senator McCumber, who voted
gainst the committee's action, that the robbing
of China is extenuated when we approve a
covenant that at least will not permit her to
be robbed again?
If that is the best that can be urged in
favor of a covenant paraded as a new and
compelling moral force in the world, the rever
ence of such logic proclaims it poor indeed.
We do not know whether China entered the
war upon America's advice or not. She sought
our advice, the president admitted in his con
ference with the senate committee, and our ad
vice to her was to enter. The president was
not able to say whether that advice was the
"persuasive" factor in inducing her action or
not. We do not know whether China had rea
son to believe that if she did enter the United
States would protect her interests at the peace
table. The president says we made no prom
ises to that effect. But these considerations
make no difference in the case. In any event
China was. justified in expecting from all our
pretensions to the world that we would not
lend ourselves to her partition by Japan. We
had, before the war, posed as China's friend.
We had proclaimed the policy of the open door
in China and had opposed that of special con
cessions to powers asserting preponderant in
terests there. All our. dealing with China for
vears, financial," commercial and political
from the formulation of the Hay policies down
to the moment she asked our advice as to
whether she should break with Germany had
been of a nature to induce her confidence in
our friendship and counsel.
If we now consent even if the withhold
ing of our consent does not change the event
that the German rights in the peninsula,
given under duress, shall pass to Japan in pay
ment of services to the allies from which China
derived nothing except a change of masters, we
destroy in a moment all the influence and
standing our former relation to China had ob
tained for, us. We go back upon all our poli
cies and all our diplomacy. And for what?
To get Japap into a league which she will en
ter strengthened as a military power and in
trenched in a position in which we, as a league
member, are bound to defend her against the
nation which had regarded us as her best
Mend.
America cannot approve a contract contain
ing an immoral consideration and then pretend
that the league of nations stands on any higher
plane than did the European diplomacy it dis
places. The Shantung amendment is our pro
test against the insincerity of that claim. Let
it be effective or ineffective to right the wrong,
it cleanses America's hands of the stain of
the. transaction, and less than that we can
not do.
The Pie and Doughnut Service
All but 25 of the 245 Salvation Army work
ers in France have come home. The report
of Col. William S. Barker on what has been
called "the pie and doughnut service," of which
returned soldiers have only nice . things to
say. contains elements of interest.
Women did most of the work. They were
forbidden to walk with soldiers or to have any
social relations with the men. Women work
ers under other control danced with the uni
form wearers. They had a natural preference
for officers over privates. Salvation Army "las
sies'" do not dance. The principles of the or
ganization were never ignored. There was no
dealing in tobacco, cigarettes, wine. Yet if a
wounded soldier yearned for a cigarette it was
secured for him as a matter of humanity. The
pies and the doughnuts were sold on a cash"
basis, though a luckless fellow without money
never went without them. The organization
came out even on its transactions.
The1 moral is obvious.. Dignity and con
science and devotionalism were universally
respected and came to be loved by the fight
ers. The Salvaton Army did in France what
it is doing in America and in all other lands.
It relieved those wlio needed it most without
dishonoring anyone's self-respect. Its workers
were devoted persons, thinking not of wages
or of personal comfort. Honesty and economy
were both assured from the start. Pie and
doughnuts were glorified by their associations.
Brooklyn Eagle.
One Who Knows
Ambassador Francis speaks with authority.
He knows Russia. He knows bolshevism. He
has no ax to grind, no personal ends to serve.
Ambassador Francis says that there can be
no peace in the world as long as bolshevism
is permitted to run its own course in Russia.
He says that continued noninterference will re
sult in German exploitation of Russia which
will make Germany in 10 years stronger than
it was before the war. He says, that bolshevism
unmolested menaces civilization, and may
throw all the world into anarchy.
"The man who speaks is not an alarmist.
He is merely an American who has seen ter
rible things and has drawn deductions.
David R. Francis believes that the world
cannot be made safe and healthy till the de
mocracies, have actively and strongly inter
vened in Russia. Judgment from such a source
cannot be ignored. Mr. Francis makes it
clear that the Russian miasma is a peril to
all that liberty loving men and women hold
most dear. How shall the peril be met by a
war-weary world? Cleveland Plaindealer.
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The Day We Celebrate.
Maj. Amos Thomas, attorney-at-law, born
mZ A v 1
Fritzi Scheff, popular actress and vocalist,
born in Vienna, Austria, 39 years ago.
Luther E. Hall, former governor of Louisi
ana, born in Morehouse Parish, La., 50 years
agProf. Thomas Raeburn WhYe of the law
department of the' University of Pennsylvania,
and executive committeeman of the League to
Enforce Peace, born at Dublin, Ind., 44 years
ago.
Henry F, Hollis. former United States sen
ator from New Hampshire born at Concord,
N. H., 50 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
A railroad wreck in Colorado resulted in
some deaths and many injuries. The follow
ing people from Omaha on the train escaped
with their lives: Auditor Erastus Young, of
the Union Pacific and wife; H. E. Jennison,
N. H. Field and wife. Miss Lillie Westlake,
Mrs. W. R. Head, Mrs. Lugneck and Sister
Scholastira.
John L. Webster is attending the annual
meeting of the National Bar association at
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Millard have gone to
Rock Island to attend the wedding o J. T.
Murphy to Miss May Weber. ' The bride has
visited Omaha many times' as a guest of Miss
Millard, who is to be her bridesmaid
Agnew's War on Squirrel.
Omaha. Aug. 2 ..-To the Editor
of The Bee: During this mmmw
my usual experiences with squirrels
have occurred, and. to my ' loss as
uual. As haa been stated before,
the timber squirrels belon to tne
order of rodents or rats. They are
simply climbing rats. This year
we had a rather dwarf cherry tree
that was only set out In ,
loaded with cherries that the limbs
hung to the ground, and we would
have secured a bushel of cherries
from that tree had it not been for
the climbing rats. They destroyed
them so fast that we had to gather
them while unripe to get any at all.
The climbing rats got half of them
as it was. There is an old-fashioned
shell bark hickory tree in our back
yard; it was so loaded with nuts
this year that the limbs hung away
down. The pests got them all. vVe
lost at least two bushels of shelled
nuts that way. They got all the
plums oft an old-fashioned damson
plum tree that my mother gave me
many years ago.
Then I have a fine walnut tree
that I raised from a nut that I
planted 16 years ago this fall, so
that the tree is 15 years old now.
It was loaded with at least three
bushels of nuts, but the climbing
rats have been able to get all but a
few of them, climbing right over
wide tin obstructions that I fastened
to the tree. It made me more than
sore to see those fine nuts taken by
the climbing rats. They eat great
quantities of feed I give my chick
ens. So that I am a loser every
year to the miserable pests at. least
$25, if not much more. Another
year I am going to kill every one
that comes onto my place and into
my trees. FRANK A. AGNEW.
Profiteering at Hotels.
Omaha, Aug. 25. To the Kditor
of The Bee: Since there is so much
talk and investigation about profit
eering, I wish to say a few words
about the profiteering of the hotels
and restaurants. For instance, ho
tels and restaurants charge 10 cents
for three doughnuts; bakers retail
them for 1 cent apiece. Rolls that
bakers retail for 1 cent hotels and
restaurants charge ,10 cents for
three. Eggs that cost about 4 cents
apiece they charge IZXA cents. Roast
beef, approximately four ounces,
they charge 50 cents for, with noth
ing but about a tablespoonful of
mashed potatoes. The items quot
ed are only an example. The prices
make them a profit from 160 to 200
per cent. I for one would concede
them 100 per cent profit, but more
than that is robbery, especially
when no stock to any extent has to
be carried, and hotels and restau
rants usually carry not more than
a few days ahead, if that much. If
you will give this publicity and
thereby help to reduce these prices
only a trifle, I assure you it will be
appreciated by a large number of
people who must patronize these
places. In conclusion I wish to say
that I am in no way alludfhg to the
hotel whose stationery I am using,
as I found their prices the most
reasonable of any.
I thank you if you will stir this
matter up so that these parasites
will see what the people think of
them. A TRAVELING MAN.
High Cost of Strikes.
The statement from Washington
that the epidemic of strikes and
lockouts in this country is costing
about $130,000,000 a month,
through lowering the production,
should proyoke thought among
every class of Americans. For the
fact of lowered production is a fact
which affects every class of Amer
icans, every American. We live to
gether. No class, no individual, is
wholly independent of other classes
and other idividuals. Our modern
life is far too complex, far too in
terlaced arid interdependent, for
any man or woman, much less any
class, to be entirely independent.
When, then, the total production of
the country is reduced through
strikes and lockouts by a sum which,
if lost through the year, would ex
ceed the entire taxable basis of the
state of Maryland, every American
is affected. Baltimore Sun.
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ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"RACING FOR A THRONE."
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prices are
our time
prices.
We take Liberty.
Bonds at par.
1513 DOUGLAS ST.
The Art and Muaie Store.
(In thla atory Percy and Billy taka
part In an axcttlnc contest for tha rula of
Blrdland.)
Blrdlanct Wants a President.
SPLASH! Splash! Splash! Peggy
went dancing along the beach
of the pretty lake where her family
had a summer cottage.' Splash!
Splash! and she didn't care how the
water flew about She didn't care
because she was wearing her little
green bathing suit and no harm
would be done if she got wet all
over.
But dancing In the water, while
lots of fun, is tiring and Teggy was
glad to throw herself down on the
shady shore to rest. And there she
was blinking and nodding when all
of a sudden her old frieend, General
Croaker, the frog,- landed kerplunk
beside her. He1 had beeen swim
ming and Jumping fast and was all
out of breath.
"Cro-ak! Cro-ak!" gasped Gen
eral Croaker and away he went
hopping and splashing along the
shore.
"Tell me the news," cried Peggy.
But all Geneeral Croaker answered
was: "Cro-ak! Cro-ak!" so Peggy
ran after him as fast as she could.
"Cree! Cree! Have you heard the
latest news from Birdland?" shriek
ed General Swallow, swooping down
from high in the air. "No," an
swered Peggy. "Then follow me!"
shrieked General Swallow, and away
he sped toward the woods.
- "Hoo! hoo! too! too!" came
Judge Owl's voice from far away,
sounding like a distant locomotive.
"Come, Princess Peggy, and hear the
news!"
Thus urged, Peggy ran and ran
until she found herself deep in the
woods and at the edge of the coun
cil room of Blrdland. Here were
gathered dozens of her feathered
friends, Judge Owl, Reddy Wood
pecker, Kingfisher, Mr. Robin, Blue
Jay, Homer and Carrie Pigeon, King
Bird, Blue Heron, General Swallow
and lots of others. And here, too,
were Billy Belgium, Balky Sam, Bil
ly Goat, Johnny Bull and Lonesome
Bear.
"Hail! hall! Princess Peggy,"
screamed the birds, and then all of
a sudden, as If they had said some
thing they hadn't meant to say,
they abruptly cried: "No, no, not
Princess Peggy, but Miss Peggy,
hello! hello, Miss Peggy."
Peggy was puzzled. Why after
greeting her as "Princess Peggy"
had they changed to "Miss Peggy?"
It was more than a year since the
birds had chosen her as ruler of
Birdland and all during that time
they had lovingly called her "Prin
cess." "What is the matter? Am I no
longer your princess?" she asked.
"No, no!" screamed the birds.
"Haven't you heard the news?
Princesses have gone out of style.
Ask our war heroes they'll tell
you." And the birds turned eagerly
toward Carrie and Homer Pigeon,
Balky Sam, Bill Goat and Johnny
Bull, who evidently had been telling
yarns about their adventures at the
fighting front In Europe.
"Hee-haw! It's true," brayed
Balky Sam. "The people in Europe
haven't any use for them any more.
They are electing presidents in-
"Oh, I'd rather be a president
than a princess," said Peggy eager
ly. "Are you going to elect me?"
"Hee-haw, it Isn't the style in
Europe to elect princesses or kings
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or queens as presidents," brayed
Balky Sam.
"Hoo! Hoo! Princess Peggy has
been the wisest ruler Birdland has
ever had," hooted Judge Owl.
"Hee-haw, but It Isn't the etyle in
Europe to elect wise rulers," brayed
Balky Sam.
"Then you'd better elect me,"
hooted Judge Owl. "I'll be ruler of
Blrdland."
"No. 1 will. Hee-haw!" brayed
Balky Sam.
"Cro-ak! Cro-ak! I'll be preal
dent," croaked General Croaker.
"I'll be president! I'll be presi
dent! I vote for myself!" shrieked
all the birds, and for a moment It
looked as though there were going
to be a big row.
Peggy felt a bit hurt at the sud
den way In which she had been
overthrown as princess, but ehe
knew that what they said was true
princesses were going out of etyle.
And she didn't want to be out of
style any more than they did. If
the birds wanted a new ruler, they
should have one, and she Bensibly
made up her mind to help them
get one.
tlenr ye! Hear ye!" she called
out. "Quit your squabbling. We
will have a contest to decide who
shall be president."
"Fine!" shrieked the birds.
"Wise Princess we mean Miss Peg
gy! Hurrah for Princess we mean
Miss Peggy!"
(Tomorrow will hp told how tha rentrat
for the rule of Blrdland la arranged.)
"Business is Good.Thank You"
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All baths and electrical
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Telephone Tyler 2S56.
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$1.00 Derwillo Face Powder,
' at 89
$1.00 Delatone .,792
50c D. & R. Amoure,tte Face
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10c D. & R. Cold Cream. 7t
75c Pinaud's Tlvoii Powder,
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15c cake Green Bocobelli
Castile Soap 10
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at ....59
60c Sempre
G i ovine,
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40c box Lin
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DeMar's Benzoin and Almond
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$1.00 Listerine 79
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20c Singer Machine Oil . . 10
50c Pepsodent Tooth Paste,
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25c Colgate's Cashmere Bou
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30c Sanitol Tooth Paste, 19
1 pint Meritol Milk Magnesia,
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10c Art Gum 7
1 lb. J. J. Red Cross Hospital
Cotton 50
25c Phenalax Wafers. 21
25c Tiz, for sore feet, 19
25c Carter's Liver Pills,
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15c New Skin '. 12
$1.50 Fellows' Syrup Hypophos-
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65c Doan's Kidney Pills. -53
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35c Freezone 28t
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DeMar's Cascara Tonic and
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$1.00 Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets ..79
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25c Arnica Salve ...... 19t
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50c Eatonic 29
50c Orazin Tooth Paste.. 34t
25c Lyknu Furniture Polish,
at 19
50c Stano'lax 39t
35c Castoria 24
30c Laxative Bromo Quinine,
at 22c
$1.00 Nuxated Iron 89?
$1.25 Goutorbe Face Powder.
at 98t
25c Peroxide Hydrogen, 9
75e Djer Kiss Face Powder,
at 53
60c Syrup of Figs 44
25c Mentholatum 17
$1.25 Pyros Antiseptic. . .98
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RUBBER GOODS
$2.00 Velvet Combination
Fountain Syringe and Water
Bottle, for $1.38
$1.10 2-quart Davidson Foun
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$1.25 Velvet 2-quart Water
Bottle 89
PERFUMES
$3.00 Houbigant's Ideal Ex
tract, per ounce, 81.79
$1.50 Jickey Extract, per
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PHOTO DEPT.
Films - Developed Free When
Print Are Ordered.
$1.75 Gold Frames, sizes 5x7
to 6x9 S1.00
$2.75 Gold Swinging Stand
Photo Frame, sizes 5x7 to
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10c Moore's Glass Push Pins,
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Box of 50 S2.50
8c Pacificos 5
15c Mozart Magic 10
10c Jose Lovera 5
Box of 50 82.50
Johnson's
Triad
Chocolates
Assortment of finest con
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ISth and Farnam Streets
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