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HOW RUSSIA SPREADS.
AnneHes ContIEuOus Territory and
Fills II with Her People.

Annexes COutiEuous TERRITORY and
Fills II with Her People.
From the Detroit Free Pres.
Russia is not letting the grass grow
under her feet in Persia. Her troops
have taken possession of Meshed, the
capital of Ehorasan, in the northeast
ern corner. of Persia, the extreme other
end of the empire from the scene OF her
recent operations. in the neighborhood
Of Teheran. This indicates that she
means to dominate at once the whole
OF her sphere of influence" as arranged
between herself and Great Britain, which
comprises the whole northern half Of the
Shalh's empire, a territory as big as one
OF the largest countries of Western Eu-
rope. What with this extension south
ward and the, movement into Mongolia
eastward, she will have absorbed more
territory, and to her, more valuable.
than any other power, at q time when
she was supposed to be hopelessly Grip
pied for some years.
Indeed, that seems to be the sequence
Of all her reverses. After the Crimean
disaster, she turned her attention from
the Eastern Mediterranean to Siberia and
won, and consolidated an empire there
as valuable as her European territory,
which is peopling with her hardy race
by the million. This same prolific race
will swarm into Mongolia and Northern
Persia, until the old population within
a generation or two will be entirely sub
merged In this she has an enormous
advantage over other colonizing coun-
tries.
France has been in Northern Africa
of a century, but Fench-
men are still scarcer there than Italians.
England holds more than NTH of the
earth's surface. and some OF the richest
countries. but the whole English race
outside the British Islands hardly exceeds
the population of New York and Penn
sylvania. Germany. whose home popu-
lation is getting desperately crowded.
has no subjects outside the fatherland
except soldiers and drummers. Russia
annexes nothing but contiguous territory,
but her teemIng population swarms over
her borders into the new land in numbers
sufficient to make considerable new
nation every year. Even the new peoples
she takes over with her conquests be-
come so Russian within a generation
that they can hardly be distinguished
from the newcomers.
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FOR EXCHANGE.
AUCTION SALES.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. d. C.
Feb Il iS2-At I o'elock D. m, on SATUR-
DAY. February q. 1als the hsh wharf rights and
privileges viii Be sold Al uHhc auction IN street
between Tth and 9th streets northwest. IN front
q the Ash stalls q the Washington Market for the
term Of year from March l. 1872 subject 70 any
regulations the Commissioners Of the District Of
Columbia may make. For further information as To
terms of sale &c. apply a. the 0fics u the Sl-
rcrintendent q Weights. Measures and Markets.
Room. 5I3. District Buildiag II the present occu-
rsnt Of said wharf shall purchase aid rights and
privileges rhe purchase money paid and received
shall be held by the District Subiect to the temiua
tlon q lease by legal proceedings now PENDING
between the said parties and waiver Of the right
to terminate said lease BY the District for prior
breach or breaches will be claimed st up b
such purchaser. CUNO II. RUDOLPH. JOHN A.
JOHNSTON. WILLIAM V. JUDsON. COmmis-
si0neIs. ID. c.
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FORGED CHECK FOR
$4,000 Is GASHED
National City Bank Swindled by a
Man Who Says Thanks" Be-
fore he Disappears.

New York. Feb. 11.-All the resources
of the Pinkerton detective agency are
being used to establish the identity and
cause the arrest of a clever and bold
criminal who obtained $1,000 in cash
from the National City Bank. which is
backed by the Standard OIL millions, on
a forged check. Six days elapsed before
the forgery was discovered. The money
was handed in 500 and 800 bills 70 the
holder of the check. who, II is admitted,
was a stranger at the bank.
The name OF Charles s. Porter, of the
fur firm Of G. Gaudig & Blum, at 10
West Twenty-seventh street, was forced.
The firm has had an account IN the in
stitution for many years. There is a
great element OF mystery in the case. IT
develops from an investigation that the
forger evidently had some knowledge Of
the FIRMS affairs, but the members do
net suspect any of its employees.
The obtaining OF the money was effect
ed cleverly. Mr.. Porter asked Arthur
Kavanagh, in q letter written early in
January, to send him a check book.
On January % a man appeared with an
order bearing what purported TO be the
signature Of Mr.. Porter, for the book. It
was given him. The order was written
on memorandum slip bearing the firms
name. .s ...e.. ErH.
On January q the forged check was
presented and cashed. 1t was made out
on one of the slips of the new check
book. Mr.. Porter called at the bank
to learn why the book had not been sent
TO him. Mr.. Kavanagh said 1t had been
sent with the messenger who bore the
written request for It. Mr.. Porter said
he never sent such a request or a mes
senger. Mr.. Kavauagh then told of the
cashing Of the $4,000. Mr.. Porter de-
clared he did not write such a check.
An examination OF the order for the
check book and the check showed they
were forgeries. Even the memorandum
bill head was a forgery. Few cIews have
been obtained on which the detectives
can work.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-12

Abraham Lincoln, Americas taIIest.
homliest, and greatest statesman, was
born in Kentucky, IO3 years ago to-day.
He was an Illinois man, but owing to the
remarkably poor facilities for getting
born in Illinois in 1893, he was compelled
10 chose Kentucky for a native State.
Later on he fingered on in Indiana long
enough to acquire his first pair of pants
and came to Illinois a few years later,
when navigation had opened on the
prairie roads.
Lincoln resolved to become great when
n mere boy. and as his parents were
very poor, he had nothing TO draw his
attention from his task. He was not
pestered by society, did not have to per-
feet himself in baseball, pool, cigarette
rolling, and taste in neckties. and was
in general free from the burdens OF the
unfortunate sons Of the rich. BY a sin
gular good fortune the only books he
was. able to borrow were useful ones.
Consequently, he arrived at manhood
with an unlittered brain and was able TO
become speaker OF the Illinois Iegisla-
ture az an age when the educated youth
Of to-day is stiIl painfully paying on ms
college clothing bills in instaIlments.
Lincoln was six feet four inches tall,
very lanky, and was so homely that he
finally grew a beard as a rebuke 70 his
face. He early attracted attenion by
his honesty. and as soon as the people
found that this was a habit, and not a
policy. they repeatedly elected MIN TO
any ONCE which happened 10 be handy.
He was a great philosopher. ana under
stood the political question OF the dayI
so thoroughly that he was able to IL
lustrate them by funny stories which
would make him more money on the
vaudeville stage to-day than he ever
made out OF politics IN ms youth he
was a champion rail- splitter, ana this
skin afterward enabled him 10 spnt the
Democratic party with such success that
he became President in ls6l.
Lincoln had always been opposed to
slavery. and made practice OF alluding
10 this fact even IN sections where ao-
oiitionism was more unhealthy tnan ma
laria When he was elected, the Soutn
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ARGTICSTORM GRIPS
THE ENTIRE EAST
Boats Have Difficulty in Navigating
and Automobiles Travel
on Ice in Bay.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE arctic storm
which has held the entire East in its
grasp for two days, passed out 70 the
whipping down the coast in a fifty-mile
gale, bringing with IT. for the country
around Hatteras and Manteo. n. c., the
worst snowstorm in years, and sending
all shipping to shelter. No boats left
Norfolk during the day on account OF
the storm, and dispatches from various
points along the coast tell OF the suffer
ing OF crews on boats that managed to
Etraggle in. The wind is tonight blow
ing OF Hatteras at the rate OF fifty
miles an hour.
The schooner ,Bayard Hopkins arrived
at Norfolk late to-day after a thrilling
battle with the gale The Hopkins en-
countered a series Of storms and was
blown many miles OF her course. Fuel
ran low and the crew. in order to keep
warm, had 10 burn the interior hnishings
Of the boat.
The steamer Calabris, OF the Anchor
line, due In New York ten days ago,
reached Boston late to-day short of fuel
and after one Of the stormiest passages
on record. The Calabria left Palermo
on January 20 with 200 passengers on
board. All are reported well.
In New York City zero was reached
at daylight, but there has been an all
day moderation, with prospects of warm
Gr weather for seveVaI days. Albany re-
ported 10 below, with dhe cold intense in
other sections upstate. The entire East,
the Middle Atlantic States, and the
South felt the effects OF the icy blasts,
frosts being reported as far south as
New Orleans.
There has been great suffering in New
York City the past few days on account
of the cold. and the hospitals were taxed
to their utmost to handle all cases. All
manner Of telegraph has been interfered
with. Great ice fields moving down the
Hudson block the harbor. and steam
boats and other river craft were moved
only with the greatest difficulty. Long
Island Sound is reported a mass Of float
ing ice, causing as much as eight and ten
hours delay to all boats between New
York and New England points.
For the first time in twenty years peo-
pie walked across Gravesend Bay on the
ice to-day. Two heavy touring cars
crossed Great Sound Bay on the ice.
Both made the trip in safety, but one Of
them broke through and gave its occu-
pants a bad scare before the chauffeur
put on high speed and managed TO eX-
tricate the rear wheels. The ice in the
Hudson River a few miles above New
York is reported two feet thick.
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SHUsTER STARTS FOR HOME.
Says English Foreign ONCE Agrees
with His Views.

London. Feb. 11.-W. Morgan Shuster
sailed for America on the George Wash
ington to-day, his wife and two children
Joining him at CherbourE.
During his stay in London Mr.. Shuster
has been constantly entertained. meet
ing Sir Edward Grey and practically
every other EnElishman interested in
Persian affairs. Before embarking Mr..
Shuster said:
I have yet to meet any Englishman,
not personally connected with the for
Cign office, who did not disagree with the
British policy in Persia. England has
made great mistake there and she will
find it out.
Sir Edward Grey treated me very cor
daily. and seemed anxious to get at the
real facts Of the case ] told him what
I knew frankly and freely. of course,
I can't tell everything We discussed, but
! am confident that the British sense of
Justice will demand that Persia gets
square DEAL
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& OHIO RAILROAD.

LEAVE UNION STATION.
ROYAL BLUE LINE
EVERY OTHER HOUR on THE ODD HOUR"
TO PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK.
NEW YORK TERMINALS. LIBERTY STREET
and W. TwENTY-THIRD STREET.
IN fsO Roysl Special hoursl, so RoJsI
Special, I'll 90 a. n, III. 3oo. tRoyal limited.
bOursl, SO. so p m, and sl2=5 night, 275
.. m Diners and Parlor Cars on day Trims
SlespsTs on 'l2:l5 might open AZ 1910 :. m
Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Z %. 800. 'Iloc
q N. 100. 800 H1o p. m
To BALTIMORE.
EVERY HOUR on THE HOUR"
ONeek days, 100 a. m. 70 100 p. M
s.:4S $50 fsso. 20 I'D. $50. $50. 9oa,
'sso; slO0o. ell 90 q. m, 'i2W noon. tl2as. TOe.
Ni5. rsoa. 'sSo. f50. p:O. r9o. s:l5. 500.
$50 S.D. 100. so. fToo. S3o. Is0o. 'lo5Q.
'lo.p, 'uSo. sI2i5 night.
WESTWARD.
D CHICAGO, si9 a m. is. SO ,.
CINCINNATI. ST. LOUIS. AND LOUISVILLE.
soa0 .. L.. s4l0 p. m. siaa0 niEht.
PITTsBURG. "sIo an. 'l25. 40 !. N. 'I2.D
night. tSleeper ready 10 p nj
CLEVELAND. --s.lo p. m, COLUMBUS. SO
n m.
WHEELING. 80 a. m, IN p N.
Schedules 0f local trains at ticket uthcss.
.'Daily. Except Sunday. Sunday only.
TELEPHONES al following ticket Ofees: lAi
Of. NV. Main l5ai: sls PcnnEIlvaniE ave. Main
"a; Union Station oface. Main no
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JAPAN TO INCREASE NAVY.
NiPDonese Fear that China May
Become Powerful Nation,

NANlOn.
- Tokyo, Feb. IA naval programme
calling for the expenditure Of 500. 900 600
for the construction or eighteen new
war ships is being compiled by the Japa-
nese government for the consideration
Of the diet The budget committee is
sitting daily in its WORK of preparing
data upon public expenditures, but the
bulk Of the attention is being given TO
the upbuilding Of the army and navy.
1t is understood that NippOnese states
men have been in favor to a large ex-
tent in the determination 10 build up the
nations armsments by the Chinese sit
uation. In brief, the fear that should
China become great, powerful republic,
preparations must be MADE by Japan be-
forehand. Japan is determined that her
mastery of the Orient shall be unques-
toned. Baron Saito. minister of marine,
has asked for eight new super-Dread-
noughts Of the latest pattern. The bal
ance Of the ships Will be cruisers, torpedo
boats, and tenders. According to the ten
tative outline, the. ships are TO be COM
pleted before 1920.
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and common sense and humor tnat the
world took on its hat 10 him and has
never put 1t back. when ne was as
sassinated In 1850 he was SO wen ne
loved that men called him beautiful when
they looked at him.
Some men require firteen years OF
schooling to become wise. Lincoln's wis
dom was homemade and the pattern has
never been duplicated. He showed the
world how TO become an orator in 200
words. which IS still $500 below the aver
age record; moreover, he proved that IL
is as easy to be wise in short stories ana
jokes as Il Is in fourteen-syllabled words,
Like a great mcantain peak. he looms
higher as he recedes from us. and to-
day Republicans and Democrats alike
quarrel over the possession Of his poll
ctes.
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ROBBERS KILL PROPRIETOR.
Enter Cafe. and When Chief Re
Sists He Is shot.

New York, Feb. u.-Patrick Burns,
once chief Of police in Toledo and Find
lay, Ohio, was shot through the heart
and instantly killed to-day in his New
York cafe. His bartender, Frank New
berger, was beaten unconscious and
$40 was stolen from the cash register.
According to Newberger, the robbery
was committed by two men who en-
tered through the side door and ordered
drinks from Burns.
As the saloonkeeper started towafd
the bar one Of the men placed a pistol
at the bartender's head while the other
covered his employer. Burns attempted to
wrest the pistol from the robbers hands
and was shot. Newberger was beaten
into insensibility and the place was loot
ed. The robbers overlooked $50 in the
pocket Of former Chief Burns.
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Huntinr in wIseonsIn.

The annual report Of State Game and
Fish Warden sholts shows that l2sooo
hunting licenses were issued IN 1s11 and
It is estimated each license holder killed
game to the value OF g.
One hundred and FIVE licenses for catch
ing hsh from outlying water were issued.
More than 265 persons have ashed In in
land waterssin the State during the year.
The total number OF deer killed is esu-
mated at 7.57s.
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seeded, and for four years Lincoln
piloted his country through the greatest
civil war of history. There were can
mons in front or him, ''copper-neads'
behind him, ana ADVISERS on alI sIdes OF
him, but he bore up against all these
perils with such firmness and bravery
and kindness and patriotism and tact
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MAY STORM PARLIAMENT.
Militant SunraEettes Are Planning
Demonstration on Opening Day.


London, Feb IA tip that the mill
tant suffragettes are planning a violent
demonstration Wednesday which may in
terfere with the opening of Parliament
has been transmitted to Scotland Yard.
and defensive preparations are being
made accordingly. A suffragette demon
stration was not expected, because the
government has guaranteed to introduce
suffrage bill at the coming session OF
Parliament, thus carrying out a promise
made to the women who want TO vote.
Hundreds of policemen will be stationed
around Parliament Square, and all the
statesmen taking part in the opening
ceremony will be strongly guarded as
they 20 both TO and from Parliament
No suffragettes will be allowed to enter
the hall, unless they manage TO smuggle
by the police.
Mrs. Enmaline Pankhurst. leader Of
the Amazons, is said to have made the
threat that her women followers will
smash the windows Of every public build
ing in London IL the government at
tempts to influence members OF ParIIa-
ment against the bill
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RAILROADS.
NORFOLK & WESTERN RWY
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCT. s. 1911.
Lana Xnahinrtnn NJ Tninn sfafinn

Leave Washington. New Union Station
30 q. m Daily-An prints Norfolk and West
EN-.
1910 n N. DaiIy-Roanoke Bristol. Winston
Salem Knoxville ChattanooEa, Nashville. NsE
Orleans. Through Sleeper Dining Cars
40 a. m.-Fur Bristol. Knoxville. ChattanooEa,
Nashville and Memphis Washington Memphis
Ieeper open at 10 2. m.
For Norfoik-LeaTe Washington, ~ a. N daily.
arrive Norfolk IL . A. n f5Ol daily. arrrs
Norfolk SO p N. daily. Parior C1TA Leave Rich
mond daily $50 y n arrive Norfolk. 80 p. n
tl0 D. m.-Daily-BerTJVile. Luray, Shenandoah.
Trains from the Southwest arriYe ss5 A. N: lo=0
p m, and l2i5 .. N.
An Information Fourtsenth street and New YuE
avenue CBond Buildingl.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District Of Columbia. Washington. February g.
is-Sealed proposals VIII be recsiTed AZ this Ofce
until O'Clock n m. FEBRUARY Is. for furnish
ing and delivering st 1917 street Nv. one huL-
dred 400 more. water closets. conplsts. Spech-
zti0nS and form ot proposal may Be obtAined from
the Purchasing Oficcr. d. c CUNO II. RU-
DOLPH. JOHN 4. JOHNSTON. WILLIAM V.
JUDSON. CoumiASoncrs ID. @. felo.l2l3
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MALE & FEMALE HELP WANTED.

YOUNG MEN AN UNSUSPECTING
young man does not realize the worth
lessness OF an inferior business educa-
ton until he has been discharged from
his position on account OF incompetency.
Thoroughness guaranteed at DRAUGH-
ON'S, 1871 n. Y. ave.
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CHEsAPEAKE & OHIO LINES.

80 p N. dhily-C. & o. SPECIAL Sohd train
10 Cincinnati. with Pullman slecpsrs to LouisTls.
Cincinnati, Indianapolis. 81. Louis and Chiago
nio p m daily-F. r. V. LIMITED to The
West. Southwest. and Northwest Pullman 1sepsrs
to Virginia Hot spTings CiBciunati and L0CiHills.
Cincinnati sleeper open for e-rupsncy 10 p n
C. o. dining car service q IA carte
Ones SIS Pa ave-. ISa = ST.. ard Union Station
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The tension members OF a truss frame
hat car OF unusual size built for a Bel
gian railroad are composed Of steel wire
cables instead OF rods or bars as Gus
tomaTy.
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HELP WANTEp-FEMALE.

wANTED-SETTLED WHITE GIRL TO
do cooking and housework; good wages.
Apply at once, 2SH Connecticut avenue
north.
wANTED-A GOOD. BRIGHT. RELI-
able colored waitress. 24s I'd st. NV.
RAGTIAfE PIANO PLAYING TAUGHT
in 90 lessons. Write for booklet
CHRISTENSEN SCHOOLS. 13es L st.
NV, and go Ontario road NV.
AN INTELLIGENT PERSON MAY EARN 500
monthly corresponding for newEnprn; no can
rsssinE. Send for particulars. PRESS SYNDI-
CATE. Lockport. n. Y.
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PETS AND BIRDS.

FOR sALE-"FAULTLEss HoUDANs.
This strain has been egg-bred from
trap-nest: records since April, 1890.
have bred them q years for great lay
ers and II years fo- large-siZe. chalk
white eggs. These fowls are extremely
hardy, have neither down nor waffle 10
freeze. and are the best Of all winter
layers In open-front coops. "Faultless'
strain Houdans have won every blue rib
bon at New York, Boston. Chicago, and
Philadelphia shows for past six years
Eggs and stock sold on honor. Send Ice
for the largest illustrated poultry cata-
logue ever issued. II tells you how to
breed these fowl, which average 80 eggs
year apiece; II tells you how to net
1900 a year from 100 hens. +. F. MAC
AVOY. Secretary Houdan Club. Cam
bridge, n. Y.
MALE AND FEMALE CANARTEs,
breeding cages. fancy poultry and In
cubators. dogs. rabbits. Guinea pigs,
scHMD's PET EMPORIUM. ne 18th
st NV.
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MOVING. PACKING, { sToRINe.

MOVING. PACKING, AND STORING A sPE-
cialty. Get our sstimates; save moosy and uony.
PEOPLES STORAGE AND EXPRESS CO.. $50
Eth st DIV. Phone North 5soM.
FURNITURE, BAGGAGE, PIANOS. &c,
moved with care; packing and shipping
speciality. KRIEG'S EXPRESS. liza
II st. NV. Phone Main 5010
GET OUR ESTIMATES ON ABSOLUTE
ly nreproof storage. UNITED STATES
Main t229
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SPIRITUALISM.

MRS NOBLE CAN BE SEEN AT 1900
East Capitol st. every evening after
Z o'clock. Phone Lincoln 40.
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SITUATIONS wANTED-MAIE.

YOUN MAN, BOOKKEEPER AND
accountant; banking and commercial
experience; best references and bond II
necessary. Address p. o. BOX 3ll. Alex
andria, Va.
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RUG WEAVING.

daTp.i. ~ the rugs EgysS 5Sm R s
WEAVING CO., 81 5th st. NV. Main Is2a
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FOR RENT-BUsINEss PURPOSES.

FOR RENT-DESIRABLE OFFICE
and storage building: convenient to Cap
itol, Union Station, Senate once Build
ing: brick building in splendid condition.
Passenger and freight elevators, light
on all sides OF building; convenient to all
street car lines; occupancy can be given
March 81. 1872: now occupied by the
Census Bureau; Nos. ss. ~ and "a 1st
st. NV: 1900 square feet Of floor space;
JOSEPH I. WELLER,
Realty Broker.
so + st. NV. Washington, d. c.
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MEDICAL.
SPIRITUALISM.

MRS WHITE WILL HOLD SEANCE
every Wednesday and Friday, at p. m.
sharp; to be seen privately every day.
30 Sth St NV.
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MONEY WANTED & TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE
In small and large gums. Several trust
funds to loan at Ai to per cent inter-
est on good business or residence prop
erty. All transactions conducted with
economical Consideration for borrowers
VIM. II. SAUNDERS & CO., Southern
Building, so7 18th st NV.
MONEY 10 LOAN on APPROVED
city real estate at lowest current rates
Of interest; special privileges with respect
70 prior payments. TYLER & RUTHER-
FORD. NC. 10 18th 81 NV.
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PIANO TUNING.

PIANO TUNING. $50; WORK GUAR
anteed: over % years experience. Drop
postal T. HALVERSEN. 1222 East Cap
itol St
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WINDOW & HOUSE CLEANING

YOU'LL WEAR BILLIREN'S SMILE
II you have the Acme do your win
dow: Stf,se r, and house house & cleaning ACME
Phone Main 7lb9.