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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
The Lyinu Label Goes.

From the Washington Times.
Ihe misleading guarantee label on
food and drug packages is to be abol-
ished by the administrators of the
pure food law. Guaranteed under
the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Serial
No. 4-11-44" has misled millions Of
buyers to imagine they were getting
goods directly guaranteed as pure and
wholesome by h United States gov
eminent, when in fact they were get
ting nothing Of the kind. They were not
even getting goods misunderstanding
ever that may the manufac-
turer.
1t would be difficult to convey an
ADEQUATE idea of the measure of de-
cept1on and Misrepresentation which
nave been made possible by reason of
this LABEL. The food law permits man
u1acturers to guarantee dealers in their
goods against prosecution under the
law; that Is. the manufacturer agrees
tnat ne Will be responsible If his goods
are found violative of the law. At the
outset. the administration conceived
n a label showing goods were thus
guaranteed would ave trouble; and.
oy attaching a series number, the goods
would be Identified as those OF q par
ricular producer. The serial number
was expected. in short. to be accepted
IS establishing that the goods lad been
snIpped IN interstate commerce. But
Wnen the courts came to sit on that
question. they declined any such prina
Iacie evidence; the detailed facts about
shipment had to be proved as the basis
Tor every prosecution. SO that the serial
Eumoer was useless. The guarantees.
however. was accepted by the public.
not as a promise Of indemnity to the re-
taller. IN case the goods were bogus.
but as the governments own testimo.
DIAL that 1t knew the goods and gave
assurance that they were good.
A more misleading legend could
hardly have been devised. Soon after
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
The Prodigal Father-A Modern Parable

go to my boys and say unto them
Sons, have sinned against heaven
and in they sight l am no more worthy
to be called thy father"
And he rose and went to his sons.
But when he was yet affair off his ons
saw him and were moved with aston
ishment, n instead of running and
falling on his neck. they drew back and
appeared as if they knew him not. And
the father said unto them. Sons, l
have sinned against heaven and i'm thy
sight; am no more worthy to be called
thy father. Forgive me and let me be
thy friend"
But the sons said: Not SO. We wish
it were possible. but it is too hate. We
could spend your money, but find no
interest in your company. There was
a llfnc when We wanted you to be our
trusted chum, we wanted to go fish
ing, to the bail game. to the fair. and
we wanted you to go with us. But you
We're too busy. We wanted to be told
or the niger of the city and the real
JOY of being a producer. We wanted to
share some of the profits of the hogs,
the wheat, the corn, as we'll as sharing
the necessary work in producing the
profits. We wanted to be taught the
great lesson of ownership as a guide to
higher manhood: we wanted to be di-
rect in our social life and hoped to
H'' 'oi -VCN III Will YOU lIlu IlO-
ther; we wanted better educations. but
you wanted that extra 40 acres and our
educations had to go.
I'VE should have been warned of the
uselessness of swearing, the danger of
drinking. the sure result of gambling.
But you considered cattle. corn and
land of more Importance than the well
fare of your sons You told us by ex-
ample that making money was the
thing of supreme Importance in life,
and that every other demand was
secondary. You did not interest your
SELL In us; we lost interest in you. We
wanted companionship and real, gem
uire father love. We wanted counsel.
guidance. information. We got COM
partnership; we got experience, but we
got the wrong kind. and now, alas, we
are wrecked in body and soul. There
are no hearts in us and there is now
nothing you can do for us. 1t is too
late"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
Death Hits Big Estates.
York Correspondent Kansas City
Star.

New York Correspondent Kansas City
Star.
With the death of George w. Van
derbilt. George Westinghouse and John
l.. Cadwalder. officials in the state
comptroller's office in the city began
today a tabulation of the wealth left by
the large number of wealthy New York
men who have died since January 1.
1918. 1t is estimated that the total
amount of wealth passed on to the next
generation by the death of these men
is more than 81. 0G0. 900, 900.
The state comptroller at Albany re-
ports for the year ending last Septem-
Der the total mount of revenue coll
lected by the state from inheritance
tax amounted to $12.724.2 36. The
amount to be collected from estates
not yet appraised is believed to be
much larger.
Never before in the history of his
country. it is said. have SC man men
OF wealth and died in such a
short period. Included il the list are
such names rs j. Pierpont Morgan,
anthony N. Brady. Benjamin Altman.
Charles 10. Appleby,. George A. Hearne.
Henry M. Flagler and Isaac B. Brokaw.
The tax on the Brady estate. paid re-
Gently in advance OIL appraisal in order
to get a discount on the regular per-
ce1tage. was $2,5S4,O 900 on an estimated
valuation of SIS. 900. 900.
The Morgan estate paid an advance
tax of $4,000, 900 on an estimated total
valuation of $65, OOO, 900, exclusive of
works of art. which have been valued
at more h IS. 900, 900. George w. Van
derbilt is supposed to have left $780,
600, 600. Attorneys for the estate are
working on an estimate of the fortune
to be made to the state comptroller.
The largest inheritance tax which has
been paid since the enactment of the
law was that of SO. $50. 900 on the $751;
100000 estate of the late Colonel John
Jacob Aston. Previous to that the es-
tate of John s.. Kennedy, valued at s67.-
100000. held the record.
Benjamin Altman. George A. Hearne.
lsaac Brokaw and Isidor Stratus, great
are some of the men whose
estates are now being adjusted by he
state comptroller. Mr.. Altman left his
art works. valued at $40. 0O0, 900, to the
metropolitan museum. His total estate
is supposed to be worth $50. 600, 900.
MT. Hearne. another noted art COL
rector. left an estate valued at $40, OOO.-
600. besides a notable art collection. The
estate OF Isaac v. Brokaw is estimated
at $5.OOO,O0O. and a valuation of $4.427.-
O54 was placed on the estate of Isidor
rauss Henry Flagler left an estate
Of $4,000. 900.
Other large estates. settled in 1918.
are those of ID. o.. Mills, who left about
10000 900: Edwin Hawley, valued at
SO .740.0O0. less debts of about 81. o q. 900
n James r. Keene, which is estf,
mated at $50. 000. 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17

Boudoir caps were being discusses.
Men usually hate hem sala Iie
woman who prides herself on being aoie
Ito read people just like books
"Oh, I'd bet on it," said the girl VINO
realizes thai she doesn't know a thlns
about human nature. that they were
designed by some man who was tlfea
of seeing his wife's touseled heau
across the breakfast table
.Well. / think they look like night
caps said the ~good-natured FELLOW
who is bald and enjoys going without
his wig.
why don't girls get up in time to
dress their hair before breakiast -
ready?" said the chap with the slow
drawl who never hurried in his me
n can hardly wake up i'll tune TO
comb his own short locks.
But whether men like them or not
and most of them really uo-,he
charming little caps are with us TO
stay. Fastidious girls have found them
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17

tho "Petticoat Bridage'' in General
Villas rebel army in Mexico, is con-
ceded to be the best sharpshooter in
the constitutionalists.
Queen Victoria, of Spain, is the most
e~Htravagant and best dressed queen in
EUROPE. She buys her dresses in
Paris anG spends no less thar $40. 900 a
Year just for clothes.
The Society of the Garden of JENNY.
n III years ago by a few charit-
able n in France, provides more
than 1000, 900 gifts annually to shop
girls in that country.
Mrs. Harriet F. Andrew. of Trenton.
N. j.. who is proprietor and of
the Fisher & Norris Anvil Works, is
the only woman member of the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers.
Sheriff George NJ. Weimer, of Wash
ington. Pa, has appointed his wife as
ms deputy. and it is the first time in
pennsylvania that a woman held
the position of deputy sheriff.
Miss Gertrude Saber, formerly a
school teacher in Iowa. is now an ex-
pert on mineral title and has invested
heavily in oil and gas lands besides
owning Il great deal of zinc and lead
lands.
1t Is estimated that there are approx
lmateiy $4,000 women in the higher in
stltutlons OF learning today. Ten years
there We're six men in the UNIVERSE
ties to three women, today the proper
ton is five to three.
Nearly 400 women acted as street car
conductors j n Des Moines recently,
When they observed trolley day. for
the benefit Of the Women's club in that
city, the entire proceeds of the day be-
ing turned over to them by the COM
pany.
Miss Lizzie Loughlin, who, has been
granted her naturalization papers ir
New York city. is the second woman to
receive them in that district. She was
complimented by the judge, who said
mat n answered h questions much
better than many men who have APP
piled for papers.
Mrs. Rosana Gilroy, of New York
city. is educating her three children
n making a comfortable living by
selling cinders for use in making con-
crete ~fireproof and filler for floors.
When her husband died she purchased
a horse and wagon and began hauling
ashes and cinders and now has 10
wagons and drivers in her employ.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
From the Kansas CITY Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
A certain farmer had two son and
they said to him: Father. give US the
portion of thy time, and thy attention,
and thy companionship, and thy
counsel. and thy profits which falleth
to us"
And he divided unto them his livin-
in that he let them eat at his table,
sleep in his house, bought them nee
cessary clothing, kept them in school
when farm work permitted. let them
seek their own recreation and compan-
ions. and tried to make himself believe
he was doing his full duty by them.
n not many days after the father
gathered all of his interests. desires
and ambitions and took his journey In
to IA far country, into a land of in
creased crops, large barns, more cattle.
horses and acres and other things
which tend to draw father away from
home duties and prevent him becoming
u chum and real companion to his
sons. AND there he lost the oppor-
tunity of instilling in their minds high
ideals of manhood and an ambition to
live worth while.
And when he had spent the very
best of his life and had gained cattle
and hogs and barns and broad acres of
land, but had failed to find real salts
faction there arose a mighty famine
in his heart md he began to be III
great want of sympathy and satisfying
companionship.
And as the years rapidly passed, his
sons having gone away to the city. he
decided TO cave the old farm, rent the
place, and with mother. move to town,
there to try to obtain happiness among
the townspeople. But he was reckless
and his boys would not so much as
write to him.
And by and by he came to himself
..l -.1 IN.
many men of my acquaintance have
boys whom they understand and who
understand them, who talk about their
boys and who associate with them. who
have shared the profits of the farm
with them and have now taken them
into full partnership and thus have
been relieved of responsibility and
seem perfectly happy in their COM
partnership of their sons, while / perish
with heart hunger. L will arise and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
MEN .HATE" BOUDOIR-
CA pS. SO OF COURSE
THEY'RE ALI THE RAGE

to be absolutely necessary accessories
to their wardrobes. And the little ar
ticles are coming to be Creations too,
and are fashioned in q variety of de-
signs. One tiny cap that is decidedly
fetching is made of pink crepe de chine
to match the camesole. Around the cap
are points of white tulle, exactly like
the petals of a daisy, and a wee frill
of the same material frames the face.
Rosettes of the crepe mark the Local
ton of each ear, and from the left one
fall ties of soft ribbon.
Other caps Of great popularity are
in Dutch effect. and some with wide
frills which almost hide the eyes are
quite hideous enough to win the disap-
prevail OF mere man.
They're made of lace and ribbon, and
tulle, and net and crepe de chine, and
of every other material under the sun
that is soft and light. Most eyes look
brighter and most skins clearer when
topped by these dainty confections.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17

DIR. Alsberg. the present chief chemist.
came to the head OF his bureau, he be-
gan urging the removal of this label,
and now the secretaries of the treasury,
agriculture and commemorative three
who have general supervision of food
law Observation-Disclosures adopted the
suggestion and ordered that after Nav
l. 1915. this label shall no more be used.
Instead. the manufacturer who wants
to guarantee his goods to the dealer
must do so in some direct written form.
perhaps on the invoice.
Removal of the lying label is a step
in the right direction. But the food
and drugs act will not be n proper
piece of protective legislation till stand
ards are authorized and fixed. and man.
u~facturers are required to conform to
them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
A Lesson in Honesty.
From the indianapolis News.

'OiIi IN IllQlililpOIlS NEWS.
The fear felt by MIR. Mellen and the d.
lPierpont Morgan. causing them to stand
by with bated breath while a dozen mil
lions, of dollars worth of comparatively
worthless property was foisted on the
at first is prone to ask What were they
afraid OFF, MIR. Mellen t~estiiies that he
withdrew silently from the august pres
ence. Other directors who rayed and pro.
fered TO appoint them as a committee to
make Inquiries. Now all of these are
confessedly able men used to the way.
of business and of the world. Yet they
who mad let them and their road in for
a dubious transaction. Again, "Wha
We're they afraid OFF," Money. We are
living in a plutocratic age and of all PEG.
pie we have come to love money most
Our bewildering prosperity has given more
people a taste of it than was even before
known-and they love it, owe it so muck
that able. educated men will sacrifice theiy
manhood and close their mouths to wicked
transactions in order to save it. In al
1hat crowd there was not one who dared
denounce the author and chief perpetratol
and defy him. When Mammon sets uE
it's affairs and it's worshipers are gathered,
the first thing they do is to leave behind
manhood, character. But the further de.
vastatlng effect of the cult is the cor
suption that is part of it. We do no.
imply that all ricEes are wrongly got
1t is precisely the fact that they are nos
that makes so difficult an indictment Of
the gift of acq~uisitiveness are able te
accumulate great fortunes without
shadow of wrong on any of it. But witt
such revelations as this New Haven testi.
abuse Of great wealth by men like Nor.
gan and like these directors, Almos
every city in America has examples O.
this IN the conduct of it's affairs.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

In Spain women seldom go out tie
work.
The German League of Women has
100000 members.
Berlin's school for shop girls is
proving a huge success.
The Woman's bank, in Berlin, is do
ing very successful business.
Women drawing widows pensions
in Pennsylvania now number 11S.
Girl telephone operators in Scran-
ton. Pa, are going to unionize.
The 100000 working girls in New
York city average but 1854 per week.
Mrs. Winifred Butler is a member of
the Ulster flying corps in Ireland.
Miss S~opnonsiba breckenridge has
been admitted to legal practice iii Ken
lucky.
Every women should be content with
her lot in life If She wishes to be happy.
1t is claimed that American women
fiirt until they rea11 the age of 80.
Women members of the insurance
commission in Englnad receive IS, 900
a year salary.
Woman's organizations throughout
the country nave a total membership
of over 1000, 900.
The Countess Of Aberdeen has been
reelected president of the I%nternation-
al Council of Women.
In he last 10 years the Woman's
Trade union has increased its member
ship by $4,000.
Scores of titled women in England
are now making a practice of flying
upside down.
Norwegian women live most Of the
time out in the open air, doing a large
part of the farm work.
Over 5000 Mexican women have or
ganized and offered their services as
soldiers In the army.
England, Germany. Belgium, Italy,
Denmark and Russia v schools Of
gardening for women.
Fashionable women in London are
now carrying black handkerchiefs with
their initials embroidered In the cor
ners.
Queen Maud, of Norway, has a hobby
Of collecting press clippings giving In
accurate accounts of her doings.
One-tenth Of the marriage licenses
Issued in Philadelphia are never. re-
turned to the bureau from which they
are issued.
Mrs. Mathilde Ford has beer made
secretary of the committee on educa-
ton in New York city at a salary of
$4,000 a year.
Katherine Glover. of Today's Mag
azine. began her career at the age of
IL, when she was a successful news
paper writer.
The first American Red Cross nurses
were Lulu T. Lloyd. Mamie b. Hardy
and Katherine Donnelly.
Princess Mary. of England, who has
just celebrated her 18th birthday, will.
1T is said, not marry until h becomes
of age.
Frau BETH vani. the viennese ac-
tress. who has just celebrated her Tooth
birthday in London. Is probably the
oldest actress In the world.
Sixteen hundred girls in New York
under the name of the Girls Protec-
tive league are now working together
"a - i, ~ktan rl ~oc &C. <HN antkv
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
Worth of sawdust Learned.
From the New York Press

SiS ANSW 4OIh TIcES.
American n Canadian saw mills
have discovered that the sawdusl
which they have been perplexed how to
rld themselves of as a worthless ins
cumbrance is worth at least $40 a ton
In Baltimore a chemist has perfected 8
process OF extracting gas from saMdua.
aaequate enough to supply a city like
OTTAWA with light and heat at IS cents
per 1000 feet. This is though to por-
ten that around the great saw mills
which have been emptying their dust
into the Ottawa river. a variety OF
new industries subsisting on it are
likely to row up.
In Austria. where everything in the
shape Of fuel is being Carefully
searched for, sawdust is impregnated
with a mixture of tarry substances and,
heated to he proper temperature, it is
then passed over a plate of iron heated
by steam, from which a screw vey
takes 1T to a press. where it is COM
pressed into briquets of the required
size. The press turns out about IL
every minute, weighing two-fifths OF
a pound each and measuring 6x2hx1A
inches. One Austrian factory alone
produces about 100000 Of these saw
dust briquets a year.
In Germany there is a bakery that
Turns out 10000 loaves of sawdust
bread daily and finds an open market
for this product. Although this saw
dust bread is intended for consump-
ton by horses only. it is claimed by
the manufacturers that, in case OF
famine. sawdust bread would furnish
a nutritious and very highly satisfac-
tory food for human beings. The saw
DUST is first subjected to a process of
fermentation n various chemical ma
n~ipulations. and is mixed with one
third of rye flour. 1t is then shaped
into loaves and baked in an oven like
other bread.
For man years the French have ex-
tracted coloring dyes from sawdust.
The sawdust. it appears, is acted upon
by sulphur and caustic soda in a fur
mace. Sulphurated hydrogen is liber-
ated In large quantities and the veg
etable substance, whatever it may be,
is rendered soluble in water, to which
IT imparts a strong color, varying with
the substance employed. These solu-
lions are employed as dyes, which are
nxed by passing the fabric through
boiling birchromate Of potash.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
A suaae.tion for Colorado.
From the New York Tribune

r1OHI eHe NeW IUrk ITiUune.
why not" suggests A. N. p, "the fol-
lowing ads for railroads which are ad.
vertising Colorado points of INTEREST,"
Spend two delightful weeks in bloody
Colorado.
Visit the scene Of the Ludlow massacre.
Beautiful starving children and hand
some widows.
Look over the great coal fields: fresh
graves everywhere.
Post card pictures of the famous death
tent.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
Tho Limit of lov.l+v

William Allen White has this brief for
the Colonel:
AN English geographical shark rises to
cast the shadow of doubt on our old friend.
Theodore Roosevelt's discovery of a new
river In Brazil. The shark is correct.
Colonel Roosevelt did not discover a new
river In Brazil. He dug itt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
psfyina the MiIit.nt,.

Tourist lin London)-It certainly took
2 bunch of hobbies to arrest that silk
hated guy. What did he do?
Cabby-.W'y, that bleedln' Brighter
hain't pinched; 'e's. a hemminent states
man Goin' to luncheon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17
Top to bottom: Luis Fisuero, Angus.
tin Rodriguez and Emilio Rabasa.
6E~~SA4~~

Here are snapshots of the three
peace conference. The chairman of the
delegation is Emilio Rabasa. The eld-
est of the trio is Augustin Rodriguez,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17

Millions Of men md women were
amazed to learn on the recent death
OF Thomas w. Hanshew that he vas
responsible for the hundreds of very
obvious but nevertheless entertaining
novels written under the name Of
Bertha M. Clay. Charlotte Baeme
and Charlotte May Kingsley. His
last novel. "Cleek OF Scotland Yard"
= detective story. written under his
own name. was published q few
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-17

"A tw0-year-old plantation of Douglas
FIR on the Oregon national forest shows
~ per cent Of the trees living.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-08-28

County Excise Board can only allow
five mill levy for school purposes
in each district and It is found that
this amount is inadequate. In the
rural districts the five mill levy will
only run the schools five months,
and some of them want seven months
school. In the towns they want a
full nine months term.
At the recent meeting of the Ex-
else board elections we're called for
September IL. for the purpose of vot-
ing on additional levy. in twenty-five
districts as follows:
Z, 8 ,15, 16. 25, 26, 32. S3. "a,
81, 3S. 40, AZ. "A. as. so. 81, So
SO, 65, 20, 7OA, and II. The fol-
lowing towns were in the list:
Kenefick Bennington. Bokchito'
Pirtle. Mead. Kirsey. Roberta, AL
bany. Wade. Achille. Kemp, Durant
From what can be learned most OF
the districts are favorable to the levy
citizens desiring to have their schools
go the full length OF tive terms and
unless the levy is voted the schoc
term will be shortened.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-08-28

at war. A large part of this crop
will be sacrificed-how much re-
mains to be seen. At any rate a2-
proximately 2 million tons ordinarily
exported from these countries is now
Withdrawn from the trade channels,
and this means worldwide scarcity
of sugar while the war continues and
probably for some time afterward.
The one great lesson for the Amer
ican people in the present situation
is the necessity of encouraging and
developing the production of sugar
on American soil of all sugar requir-
ed by American people so that they
may be Independent of other nations
And our consumers may be assured
of permanent adequate supply Of
cheap sugar