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The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
Never Before
 Never Again

A special train on the Rock Island passed through this city Monday at l04O a m., enroute to Memphis, bear ing party of that roads officials. viz: A. k. Copley, Little Rock, General perintendent of Arkansas Diyision: E. N. Iinsman, Superintendent of the Panhandle Division, El Reno: w. Coughlin, Superintendent of Indian Territory Division, Haleyville: NJ. o. Gay, Little Rock. Trainmaster: A. c. Shields, Little Rock, Division Engi- neer and J. F. Weatherborn, Brink ley, Roadmaster These gentlemen were making tour of inspection with view, we are informed, of making extensive improvements after the New Year. The raising of the dumps and the laying of new and heavier steel through the St. Francis Valley, it IS said, is among the im- provements contemplated.
 Dr. A. B. Terrell, of Widener, was mingling with friends in town Mon- day and was a guest of his son, MT. II, A, Terrell, and family, for dinner. The Doctor seems to be enjoying life, and says Widener is pursuing the even tenor of her way, there being no news of special magnitude.
 MT. Thomas O'Brien, proprietor of The Crowley Ridge White Rock yards, who for the past two years has been one of the most successful poul- try exhibitors In Eastern Arkansas, is engaged this week in washing and grooming twenty-six of his choicest fowls which will be exhibited at the Pine Bluff Poultry Show, December 29 to January 8, inclusive.
 Attorney and Mrs. w. B. Mann, of Marianna, were visitors in the city Sunday and were pleasant guests at the home of Mrs, Mann's parents, Capt. and Mrs. James Russell. The visitors came up to attend the funeral of Mrs. Anna V. Roleson.
 MT. l.. c. Marshall, the hustline and successful Imperial Theatre man, spent Saturday in Memphis, on busi. ness. Dock" has some Christmas stunts up his sleeve that he proposes to spring on Imperial patrons,
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
A merry Christmas to all.

A merry Christmas to all.
 We wish you a very very merry merry Christmas.
 MT. J. C. Hurt, of the popular Front street firm of Scott & Hurt, spent a couple of days the first of the week in
 Memphis purchasing filters for the holiday trade.
 Mir. and Mrs Scott Kirkpatrick have moved into Lewis old homestead, on
 the corner of IZard and Hill streets, which has recently been repapered, repainted and improved in many re- spects for their reception and occu- pancY.
 Miss Matilda Cannon, of Milington, | Tennessee. arrived Friday night for a visit of few days, and was a charm ing guest of Miss Georgia Merwin un- ! til Tuesday, when she returned home. 1 Miss Cannons mother was formerly Miss WitherS, of Holly Springs, Miss. and a schoolmate of Mrs. T c. Mer- win.
 Our friend. Mr Bob Brown. Of John- son township, was business visitor
 in the city Saturday The gentleman reported that the cotton crop on his place had been gathered and sold, and that on the whole the outlook for the new year was bright, and that he had
 a prosperous season.
 Ed Davis, in a state of intoxication, fell into the hands of the local police here Saturday night, and was locked l up in the station to sleep. Davis had only been incarcerated a short time when he set the jail bedding on fire,
 and awaking to realization of his
 danger, soon set up loud outcry and
 called out lustily for help. Davis was almost suffocated by the smoke before 1 his cries were heard and the ire was
 extinguished by Night Policeman i Meckin. After the excitement had
 subsided, Davis was liberated and told 1 to move on.H
 Just received at the ewsstand, oui
 big holiday stock of Fountain Pens l for men. women and children, The
 Ideal Waterman Pens have no equal
 We have them from sl50 to 5000 1 Come and see.
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19

Hon. s. NJ. Blalock, of Colt, was genial business visitor in the city Sat urday The gentleman reports that the past season has a most satisfac. tory one with him. The celebrated Bialock orchard yielded over l00 bushels of peaches and apples. His place also produced l200 bushels of potatoes, plenty of corn and twenty. i've bales of cotton "Blay" farms along scientific principles, and seldom, if ever makes failure.
 Miss Goodwin Tipton. one of the bright and successful students Al tho |. of A. at Fayetteville, is expected home the last of this week to spend the Christmas holidays with parents and friends. Miss Goodwin has been very successful in her studies. and We are also glad 10 learn that she has recovered her voice. and win be able to take her place in the music circles here.
 Mir Gerald Folbre, who is nova student in the T. NJ. |, at Sweet. water, Tennessee, stopped of in this city Monday on a brief visit with rel. atives and friends, en route 10 San Antonio. Texas, 10 spend Christmas with lis mother, Mrs Lillian J. Folbre
 Mir. Pete York, d husky T. Nj. 1. student, from Sweetwater, Tennessee, arrived home Monday morning to spend the Christmas holidays with his mother. Mrs. Terry. and other relatives and friends.
 Ex-Sheritf NJ H. Ford, of Marianna was genial visitor in the city Tues day morning The gentleman was en route 10 Little Rock on a brief busi ness trip,
 You will find the celebrated Silver Seal hams and breakfast bacon at the store of The Fussell-Graham-A A derson Co, headquarters for everything good to eat.
 Special Christmas Prices on Photo graphs of Family Groups, Residences Business Establishments Etc. Wori guaranteed satisfactory. Telephone National Photo Co.,. Fisher HOtel
The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19

(u ubor not advertising talk |
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-11

city has been appealed to for aid I'm
securing workers for the fields. and
that farmers have agreed to stop all
work at +. NJ. daily. In many In
stances they will supply automobiles
to their farmhards. SO that they may
spend their evenings in town. where
free concerts for them have been ar
ranged. The farmland finds his posi-
ton ono of increasing Importance.
Scarcity OF farm labor is chronic
condition in tho West, as it is 10 a
very great degree in the remainder of
tho country. Tho drift OF rural popu
lation to tho cities explains the prob
lem. Nothing short of higher wages.
shorter hours and moro entertainment
can hold the farmland or lure him back
from the city. The probabilities are
that the farmer cannot order these
things, and the drift Increases and
farm labor decreases. Such difficulty
as that which North Dakota faces en-
phasizcs the tremendous Importance of
the present day movements for the en-
larEcment of farm life. so that through
various remedial agencies discomfort
with the conditions OF labor on the
farm may he destroyed
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On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy *. Moulton
The Weather.

The Weather.
Old Hiram Purdy does allow
That he saw his old brindlc COW
Rub up aEin' the barnyard fence and
then gaze at tho moon
Tic says that ten times out of nine
This Is sure and sartin sign.
y spoil OF rainy weather is 4 comm
mighty soon.
Old Grandma Tubbs desires to state
Her hens are actin queer of late,
They don't seem pleased about their
food and all refuse TO lay.
Shc's willin' TO put up bet,
Ey gum. she's never missed 1t yet,
n spell of dry hot weather is sure
headed right our way.
There's nothing that you cannot hear
AZ almost any time OF year
About the weather from the folks
who sit and twirl their thumbs
It's rarely that they can agree
Ana so it's very plain to see
The hest plan is to simply takc the
weather as il comes.
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the microbes out OF a six by eight rug
was process which occupied an entire
day.
Then they got tho electric vacuum
cleaners. We didn't have any electric
hGhts In the house Mt that time but
mad them put In just so we could opo
rate an electric vacuum cleaner No
body in the world WAS going to have
anything on us in tho way of clear
ers.
After filling tho cellar. the barn AMI
inc garage with vacuum cleaners that
wero week or two behind the times.
we swore of and we didn't buy n va
cuum cleaner for two months.
yesterday man came along with &.
new vacuum cleaner that would pull
the tacks out of n carpet or would yanlk
the paper off the wall. 1t would pull
e mustard plaster OF from mans
BACK When placed at one end OF tho
room, 1t would tear out a plate glass
window in the other end OF the room.
1T cleaned up all of the known microbes.
ana, as 1T was working only half en-
pacity while so doing. they had in
vented 5000 or 1000 microbes that had
never been heard of before. just to
keep the vacuum cleaner busy. In
other words. when they began working
the new cleaner. II had pulled in mi :
crobes that the scientists had never
had the nerve to discover, so tremen-
dous was Its strength.
We put mortgage on the house ana
bought one.
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Mecklenburg declaration hung over
Henrys memory and bade his State
from his fancy.
AS far AS o. lIenrys being comb
nation OF Poe. kipling and De Maupas-
SAINT" tho writer evidently could not
have boon familiar with any Of these
writer's 0. Henry wns utterly oriei-
nal. Ito was no combination. iis
methods. his tricks OF diction his back
grounds. and his ability to 1.-Two for
other people mark him His work Is
plot He Is farther from resembling
| Poo than any writer on earth. Poe
dealt with the subtle. extravagant. tho
fantastic tho idealistic. tho subjec-
tive. tho psychological. Can any ono
imagine o. Ienry's writing Tho FAN
of tho House OF Usher" THE Imp OF
the Pcrvcrse," silence" or any other
OF Poes works? Poe was the founder
Henry never wrote one orthodox de-
tective story. His greatest story. "A
Municipal Report savorcd OF the de-
tcctive story. but lacked in its tech
niQuc.
Guy do Maupassnnt and o. Henry are
fully as far removed. Maupassant re-
sembled Poe only that he employed
brevlty, whereas Poe employed the OK
haustive method Of exposition. He de-
scribed man with word: Poe with
n page. Then. too. Maupassant and Q.
Henry differ vastly In subject matter.
Maupassant chose subjects too risque
for American publication. o. Henry
was ns pure as spring water In MS
writings. Maupassant Is cold irnper
sonal, unsympathctic. lIc takes for
his motto, "Je n impose rien, Sc ne
meme propose rien, Jexpose" o.
lienry's stories are didactic He is in
his tales soul and body. .. Henry
could not have produced 'L'Horla,"
Madame Teller" 0. Henry was in
capable OF such Action
Rudyard Kipllng and O. Henry are
entirely unlike. kipling is 4 poet ..
Henry is n short-story writer. kiping
owes his fame 10 his poetry-its IRE
sistIble. mcllihuous Inetcr--its use of
Indian English-its wild abandon--its
military thrills. His way TO greatness
would have been long and rough by his
stories alone. Some OF them hang
heavy on the reader Cornmcrcialism
ruined them. They bear the stamp OF
being reclcd off so much word .
Henry never published "a poem that we
kno OF His fame is IN his stories.
They are enough. They are always
tecming with interest The reader
needs no Coca Cola TO read . Henry
by the midnight oil o. Henry could
not have written "Namgay Doola" nor
the Phantom Rickshaw" nor any OF
kipling's works, nor could KiplinG ever
have found tho human sympathy requi-
site TO the production OF The Last
Leaf or The Gift Of the Magi" o
Henry iy Individual. !ncomparablc He
is not II combination. II he resembles
any ono writer 1t is Nirginias own
son DR.. George W. Eaeby
Edgar Allan Poe Is and always will
he Americas greatest short-stOry
writer. He Is Europe's ONLY American
man Of letters Henry lacks his subtle
insight his encyclopedia erudition his
analytic genius. In Henry the car
marks Of university training are miss
ing. Poe a'nazcs you with his genius
Henry surprises YOU with has clever
ness, Henry's light will never attain
unto the brilliancy Of Poc's
ROBERT . ASTROP
Surry, Va. August .. 1919
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THE wonlD,s O. HENRY.

We are glad to publish another letter.
on O. Henry. and recommend II to our
readers OF literary bent as an example
OF the right method both of criticism
and controversy. To begin with. it
raises the whole theme from tho pro-
Fihcial level by dealing impersonany
with tho worlds .. Henry" That H..
doubtless. what his friends and ad
mircrs would have him called. This
letter also substantiates our first claim
that O. Henry was not in any sense a
North Carolina writer. 1t may we'll be
he was devoted son of the Old North
state, yet his love does not shine forth
in his writings.
The point of this letter. however. IS
Its frank comparison Of Henry with
Poo, De Maupassant and Kipling. 1t is
easy enough to say that he was com
hination OF these three" We enjoy
moro than this quick generalization an
analysis OF the claim based on literary
standards. For our objection has ever
been. not 10 the praise OF O. Henry. bnt
10 the slipshod overestimate OF his
ability and genius, which undcrmincs
its own end. because it seems to predi
cate deep ignorance Of ultimate stand
ards according TO which we may cali
man great"
Here, again, our correspondent gives
the Henryites nice flip. Henry was
no combination: he was utterly orig;
MAJ Looking at 1t largely, under the
sun that sees no newness, we think this
TOO. is extravagant; yet we can all
agree that he was different" Therein
lies his charm, and clue 10 the fact
mat although he has had countless
imitators, he has no successor. In
brief Poe was mystical and psycholoq
icai: De Maupassant was coldly, imper-
sonally truthful about many unpleasant
themes; Kiplng is at bottom n poct
and his stories bear the stamp Of com
ncrcial pot-boilers. Henry was obiec-
tive and straightforward, personal and
never risque. not a poet. but always =
devoted artist in short-story form.
We expect to write no more on this
subject. but We do want to have ono
thing remembered. What should be
cur great concern is. not in what
ultimate place o. Henry may be ranked
Tor time Will settle that. but the pre
servation OF canons OF art, large. free
and unbiased so that we do not mis-
take our personal enjoyment for world
applause, and overrate our home talent
just because il is ours
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The Dinry of II Bonchcnd.

In the oldcn days. when n man
couldn't find anything else in the world
10 do. he went into the life insurance
business. Now he either goes into the
life insurance business or he sells
vacuum cleaners, with the odds In ia
vor Of the cleaners
When vacuum cleaners FIRST became
rampant III this country, about five
%ears ago, my wife thought that we
would all be killed by microbes within
rye minutes IL We didn't have a vacuum
cleaner. This in spite of the fact that
we had used an old -fashioned broom
in our house ever since we had been
married. The vacuum cleaner men and
the microbes apparently work nd In
band, advertising each other. like tho
breakfast food and the actress who
recommends il. We bought vacuum
cleaner and we have bought about one
I. month ever since. Every man who
came along with vacuum cleaner had
little better cleaner than the man
who had preceded him. II seemed to
be arranged that gay y man with
poorer vacuum cleaner never came
along after a man with better one.
Every vacuum cleaner had some little
gewhillikev attachment that made il
about per cent more efficient than the
preceding one Judging by the i'm
proNement in vacuum cleaners since we
purchased our first one, that first one
c Id not have caught more than one
lnicrobc out Of 10000
Nothing goes out OF style quicker
than vacuum cleaner. unless ii is a
silk hat or an automobile. The first
enc we had worked with n handle like
= suction pump and person with mag
niiiccnt physique and in good training
could so over the floor Of "A small room
in one day without breaking his back.
You held the cleaner with one hand
ard pulled with the other. and coaxine
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-11
THE EDUCATION or pnIso,rns

out OF hfty-fivc prisons reporting to
me United States Department of Edu
cation, fortyfour have established
schools for the education Of prisoners
~ that number thirty-thrcc have en-
lioycd teachers from the outside. TWEEN
ty-seven conduct evening schools and
nineteen have day schools-au teaching
academic and trade subjects.
This means nothing more nor less
than that in these prisons :aa ideal of
q sound mind In sound body is set ur
~ those in authority. In most of tho
states an enlightened policy Is pursued
with reference to the sound physical
health OF prisoners. but tho tendency
TO conserve their sound mental health
is not 60 marked. Prison schools have
their main value In supplying good en-
Nronment for prisoners. They helm tho
indiNlduai 10 regain his normal condt-
uon- If he is fred by an ambition 10
rc-cstablish himself in life. education
is stimulus 20 strengthen his impulse
Moreover il cndows him with n valu
able asset for service to him when he
is beyond prison walls
las the state a right 70 enforce mon
tai idlcncss on the part OF any man?
Has it the right to deprive any man Of
incentive? The modern view Is that
both these queries must have mega
tive answer The States social rcspon
sihility urges it to open the door Of
elf-betterment to it's prison popula-
| hon The man who has nothing to
think about but himself soon wanders
to the verge OF insanity. If he does not
i"il over it, He must have something
else to think about, and modern
penology asserts that the State mus.
hc the source Of supply OF mat some
Thing else
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tainly none can have the splendid
glory OF tho Confederacy inwoven In
rs very being.
Wo thinh IT would be good thing
for Richmond to consider what makes
II R,chmond. and 10 take pains to pre-
serve this local color and distinctive
spirit. outside OF historical tradi-
lions. We Judge that our chief mack
IS That we are 4 city OF homes 1t
might be good thing TO keep up the
home ideal here. despite the pressure
from all sides to turn lie over 10 In
s;itutions. This is just n hint. not an
analysis. We would be glad to hear
from others what they think IS the
inner spirit OF Richmond town, and
how we can keep the best OF that
while using all the best or tho outer
world
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Voice Of the People
Some nen1 Criticism of O. Henri.

10 tho Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir-I read tho letter about North
Carolina and o. Henry, signed "Vanc."
as well as your editorial on tho same
subject in your issue OF August l. The
writer's patriotism to down home" is
quite striking, and his effort to rivct
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The Rctnrt DIscourtcou.

Husband--I hope ! have made myself
plain
Wifo-That was entirely unncc essary.
Nature did ii for YOU.
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TIC mearcst man OF the wcok is tho
Trenton fellow who stole sloo raised
by friends to buy his father cork
legs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-11

The deadlock in the West virginia
dobt confab seems TO be on the vault
Of the West Virginia treasury.
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Real estate GlanteD

LIST YOUR FARMS WITH J. A. CON
NELLY Sc co. Write pcstO <or nee
~sSary hlankn
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GburrD J2pttrss
PRESBYTERIAN.


FIRST PEESBYTERIA% CHURCH
hooKER b = 4, s'i5 r NJ VII the ~" union a ser
Fit,h and Main, when me Rev. RUSSELL
S So 60 = y iR W,i REffsR CHURCH
tFiith stree, near Main> Rev. RUSSELL.
y. NJ. union services at sis =. ri preach
in r., al t, both services BY the pastor Rev.
Church Service at II o'clock y. NJ. preach
ing BY Rev 2. l.. sILER At nigh, We viii
Church congregation. Or. CECIL will preach.
cHuKcH ~ THE cONENANT-REV. j
Ing at IL a. NJ BY the pastor and the com
inunion scrvic" Wednesday service at sis
rla moe, ' ~, - al n ,%y sm1 h'Hs
night a, s:i5 when Rev. GEO. W. KEMpER.
OF Allen Avenue Christian Church. viii
IVES MiNsTER PRESBYTERIAN
c q. ;i..I"s,. JAMES y FAIR; p y Pas.
pastor. 40 nigh, service. Welcome
BAPTIST.
fIRsT BAPTIST CHURCH tRRoAp AND
and Sis =. ~ by Rev. IRA u. KNIGHT
Graded sunday school. Baraoa ana phila-
thea classes "a. ". Patterson. SuptD $50
sEcoHp BAPTIST CHURCH FRANK
EFT SKINNER. ID. D. minister Services a.
Il a. NJ sunday School $50 a, NJ Tho
teaching service OF tho church. Glasses for
Fourth In 1t series on the Lords Prayer
There Will be no evening service. Wcdncs-
day evening service S:i5. strangers welcome.
Seats free.
GRACE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
ii A. 81 and :i5 F. 81 by the pasior Morn 10
; n: snbjeet "a Lesson Worth iearninE.'
ell, Supt.). Prayer meeting Wednesday at
s;l5 Z. u. The public, especially strangers.
G GROVE AVENUE BA aisTis T''e cH IL
Grove Avenue and Harrison STR tJ.-Rev.
W. c. JAMES. tn. p, pastor. Preaching at
the evening service the pastor will deliver
an illustrated lecture; subject. The Her
sunday School at s:l5 a. NJ. (James Il. Wood.
suptl. Wednesday evening prayer-meetins
THE REV. CARTER ASHTON JENKINS.
T.. D.. viii occupy his pulpit in Calvary Bap-
evening services. Morning subject. The Ne
cessity OF Enhancement" and at T. NJ.
| Gods Love Commended"
METHODIST
streets}-Key W j. YOUNG D. Dr. I..' pa nt's"
r ~ Mernins SUBJECT a; The Messag s" Of the
Md Sumner evening subject Religious,
will be in place through the summer. sun
day School ~ ?:3o y. NJ. All seats free.
BROAD STREET METH ODlST CHURCH
Preaching at II y. " by the pastor the Rev.
FRANK /. WELLS. and at s:l5 J.. Nj. by the
Rev. 7. Men. SIMPSON. ID. ID.
EPISCOPAL.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH COR
ner Grace and Ninth Streets).-The Rev w
RUSSELL BOWIE. rector; the Rev VII.
LIAM A PEARMAN. assistant. Holy Com
munion, 1850 A. NJ: Sunday School. 9:45 A
Nj; morning prayer anG sermon. II 4. NJ
evening prayer and sermon l.. NJ.
cordial Invitation to worship with us
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
REGULAR SERVICE OF FIRST
Church OF Christ, Scientist. Will he held to-
morrow morning In church edinco Corner
Park Avenue and Meadow Streets at II
o clock. Subject Sacrament" Wednesday
evening testimony and experience meeting ut
30 The reading rooms are located 201ia
North Sixth street. and are open every week
day from 10 \. ". to ) i. NJ. All cordi-
ally invited.
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BUSINESS Opportunity

sale commission, produce and gro
Gerry business: paying proposition:
$4,000 20 $1,000 necessary. II SO
care Times Dispatch.
LUNCH ROOM-BEST EQUIPPED
anu located stand in Washington at
$4,000 Terms TO responsible party
rent rcaSonable; scven-ycar Lease;
receipts VIE a DAY. and can be in
creased by experienced Insisting
party; also seed. fertilizer, hardware
ana farm Implement business. Price
Tor half interest $4,000 Total year
~ receipts Sl2n.uo0 NEW YORK
HusiNEsS BRok ERS. 1929 + Street
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FLATS }pr Rcn1

UPPER FLAT. FIVE BRIGHT ROOMS
and bath. hot water heat and all
modern convenicnces, in first-class
condition; possession September !.
APPLY 1925 Hanover Avenue.
FLAT. THREE ROOMS. rs EAST
Cary. Phone Madison 23+5.
ONE NEW MODERN FLAT, FIVE
rooms, modern in every way 23O6
Park Avenue. Apply 713 Mutual
Buildins Monroe ioa7.
For RENT NICELY FURNISHED
Tat .ApYly l!3 North Norris Street.
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Situations lIlantfD. 97alf

EXPERIENCED BoOKKEEPER AND
accountant. now employed, desires
change By August Best of refer
cncc. Address by letter l. 2e5. caro-
Times Dispatch
WANTED. TT HANDLE THE &C
count Of several !!nes on commission
IN this sccioi., none but article So
l!cltcd reference furnished. Address
b. 3Si Raleigh. \ 9.
DRUG CLERK. SIX YEARS EXPERf-
.rCc. strictly temperate. not afraid
Of work. unregistered: very best ref
ercuceS Address J $50. care Times
Dispatch
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As fireman. Address J $50. care
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Woodworking mechanic OF steady
habits. Address sal, care Tiiaes-
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