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The broad ax., 1915-06-26
Way of the RIuaiaN.

The bluejay-CyanOcitta cristan-a
purely an American bird. He is about
twelve inches long, is light purplish
blue above and grazing below. The
collar and frontlet are black and the
wings and tail ultramarine, barred,
the outer tail feathers being tipped
with white. What a graceful, beauti-
ful bird this is, impertinent and noisy,
his raucous scream followed by a Choir
tie that sounds much like a hooking
IA, ha, ha, oh, my" He is accused
OF robbing the farmers corn crib, Of
sucking the eggs Of other birds and
even OF tearing to pieces their young.
The sportsman as he goes through the
woods, gun in hand, thoroughly hates
the Jay, which Is a kind of game war
den, sounding an alarm to the other
birds as their enemy approaches. Nat
uralists have placed him In the crow
family despite his beautiful plumage.
but his manners and his morals are
more like those OF the sparrow hawk
Indianapolis News
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A horrible murder was committed on
35th st. and Prairie Ave-, by Henry
Garrett, jealousy as far as we could
learn was the cause The young woman
"a years of age was named Miss Hazel
Luker, she lived at 1851 Prairie Ave.
she was the daughter of Mrs. Amelia
Luker who worked for the Chicago De
fender. She was in the drugstore with
a young man by the name of Mr.. James
Carr when Garrett aeeosted her, and
asked her "who is that you are with. -
Of course he ran, and left this young
woman to die alone. She screamed time
and again. Many were standing by
but none of those who were near had
the manly courage to assist her and
allowed this man to raise her arm and
shoot her four times. At the inquest
he sat thinking silently, but gravely
upon his crime. The deed is committed,
she is dead. He is bound over to the
grand jury and is now awaiting trial
for murder. Young men, young men,
let me recall to your minds her last
words. "There were many around, but
none could help me-"
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His HaIIerNead.

Many persons are under the impress
sion that America has few, II any, ma
tive plants worthy Of cultivation In the
home garden They have been accus-
toned to look upon them as weeds and
Wild things, and so unfamiliar are they
with native flowers that they fail to
recognize them when they meet them
outside their native haunts- A writer
tells how he transplanted a stalk Of
goldenrod from a fence corner In the
pasture to a place IN his garden It
dourished luxuriantly and sent up
many stalks as high as a mans head,
each crowned with a great plume Of
brilliant flowers. A neighbor was at
tracted by the beauty OF the plant and
declared It must have cost its owner
some dollars When told, however,
that numbers Of the same plant were
fiourishing behind his barn he exclaim-
ed: what You mean to tell me IT'S
yaIlerweedr' And he went away with
the air Of one who had been imposed
upon.-Country Gentleman
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A IittIs Problem.

II the telephone company charges ID
cents to carry your voice across the
Hudson river. and II the telegraph
company charges . cents to carry Ten
words across. and II the ferryboat
charges 3 cents to carry your body
across, and II the tunnels charge z
cents for carrying your body under the
Hudson river, and II the express COM
panies charge % cents for carrying q
20 pound parcel across. and II the gov
eminent charges Is cents for carrying
a 20 pound parcel across, compute the
amount of logic in a square inch Of
modern civiliZation.-Life.
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Bullet Stopping Tricks.


Five feet Of clay, three feet OF loose
earth, or two and a half feet Of sand
Will stop a modern rife bullet at the
closest range; but, curiously enough, as
the layman may think, ramming earth
hard reduces its resisting power. and
high velocity bullets have less pene-
uation in sand at short than at me-
dunn range Eighteen inches Of sand
between boards is bullet proof. also
nine inches Of wen built brick work
Soft wood, like fir. across the grain Is
bullet proof at point blank range II
forty eight inches thick, or at soc yards
II half as thick. Similarly, twenty
seven inches Of hard wood. like oak,
Is point blank proof, or fifteen inches
at 500 yards Half an inch Of wrought
iron or mild steel. a quarter Of an inch
Of hard steel, or a fifth Of an inch Of
special steel Is bullet proof. So are
six inches Of shingle, fifteen inches Of
coal, or. as some people may be sur
prised to know, eight feet Of snow
London Express.
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The SlaV Race.

History has contributed 30 sep
arate the two masses Of Slavs. The
MongoI yoke for two centuries intro
duced AGiatic customs among the Rus
sian slavA The Turkish yoke for
many centuries and down 30 our own
times Influenced the character and Gus
toms Of the BulgRrs and Serbs. On
the other hand, the Latin SlavS fol-
lowed the historical evolutions Of the
occident-they were with Godfrey De
Bouinon at the crusades, they were
touched with the fame Of the renHtS-
sance, they have had their part IN the
development Of modern thought-L3t-
erary Digest
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Thieverv In ChiIa

The Chilean masses have q bad
name for larceny. In Chilean ports
ship passengers are warned to lock
their cabin doors, and loaded Lighters
have 10 be guarded at night Chilean
stokers VIII saw through the buIkhead
into the vessels hold, steal goods and
hide them IN the coal bunkers TN the
night after they arrive In port when
they ind opportunity to lower them
oversize to a confederate In a boat I'M
der cover Of darkness. Harbor thieves
WIN even cut a hole In the bow Of q
vessel and make on with boatloadS Of
freight The Germans OF southern
Chile have the worst opinion Of Chilean
honesty. and In Santiago 1 was hidden
notice the high walls and grated win
dows Of the houses Of the better clasA
Professor Edward Alsworth Ross n
South Of Panama"
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.1pHA surFRAeE cLuR.

4 crowded house was ont to hear
W L. Bodine speak on ''The Col
- Boy Problem in the Public
schools" Mr.. BOdine as superinten-
ANT of compulsory education in Chi
o.oo Is well versed on this subject and
s.iirsred an instructive address. Good
1rorrams are given each week at the
nssting of the Alpha Suffrage Club,
gOo5 state Street, Wednesday evening.
An ladies are cordially invited to at
end and become members. The club
has been invited by the president to
assist in celebrating her twentieth an
rirersary of her marriage, Sunday
evening June 9th, at her home, 1924
Rhodes Ave-, to 10 O'Clock.
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zone Of the most curious experiences
1 ever had" says James Oliver Cur
wood, the author. occurred on my first
trip to James bay. the southern por-
ton Of Hudson bay. We reached the
bay Just at sunset 1t happened that
/ was the first TO awaken in the morn
ing. and when I crawled out OF my
tepee ! gave a yell that reused the
camp. The sea was gonel Not sign
OF that vast grass grown dip In which
1t had been. My first thought, and a
natural one, was that was out Of my
head. Where had the sea gone? Had
we really camped on its shore the night
before? / strained my eyes, but could
see nothing but that dip speckled with
pools Of water. I was in the company
Of a Hudson bay factor at the time,
and I turned to find him laughing.
Then the explanation came. At this
point James bay was unusually shall
low. and at low tide the sea dropped
back seven milesI During the night It
had actually left rs seven miles IN
land"
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
Chinese Names of Places.

Chinese names Of places often define
their character. Thus the terminal
yang means fortress, Pingyang the
fortress Of peace" ''Cheng" means a
walled city" "Shan" is a mountain,
''hai" the sea, 'Kuan" a camp; thus
Shankaikuan Is the mountain sea
camp" A ling" Is a mountain pass;
Motienling. near Mukden, Is the
heaven scraping pass"
The sufixes tao and ito" indicate
Islands; "po" or pho" a harbor;
"wan," a bay; Ekiang' and no."
river; 'kow," a port; ''fu," a first class
city; 'Ju." a provincial capital Per
Is north, man" is south. liking" Is cap
itaL These sufixes help to explain
such familiar names In these days as
Sanshantao. Chemulpo. Talienwan,
Yangtsekiang. Hoangho, Ylnkow, Che
IN. Anju. Picking and Marking.
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The cisarmaIosrs' Luxury.

Besides the privilege Of having news
papers and novels read to him while he
works, the Cuban cigarmaker demands
another Indulgence Of cheering
his labors with cigars provided by the
firm Every morning six high grade
wrappers are handed to him for his
own use, and In these be folds as much
as he likes Of the tobacco supplied him
for the days work. The cigars thus
made and consumed are said to cost
the Havana tobacco industry q sum Of
close on $4,000 q year. The head Of
one great firm once declared that he
would willingly make over his factory
and plantations 20 his employees II In
return they undertook TO give him the
cigars they rolled for themselves.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Miles Brooks, Waterman for Rudolph
Wurtilitzer's Music Co. 800 Wabash
Ave-, and a prominent member of the
olivet Baptist Church, was found this
week, by his employer lying on the
floor inside the building shot by some
unknown hand to death three shots
seemed to have been fired. Two revol-
vers were laying by his side one with
three chambers empty. The case is in
the hands of the officers of the law.
May they find the assassins who COM
mitted the deed, where a just punish
ment awaits them.
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Mn. Eu......laa.

Little is really known about his
whaleship. This Is surprising. consid-
ering be Is such an interesting subject
The blue or sulphur bottom whale u
the largest animal living today. Spec
linens have measured eighty-seven feet
IN length. which in all probability
weighed about seventy-five tons. Odd
" enough. although the mouth win
permit twelve men to stand In IT the
throat Is only nine inches in diameter.
These particular whales feed on mi
mute shrimps-about three-quarters OF
an inch in length-and they probably
never touch fish while they can obtain
these. From the inside ofSOne OF these
whales FIVE barrels Of shrimps were
taken. The sperm whale possesses
spermaceti in liquid form In the up
per portion OF its head From one OF
these whales twenty barrels OF sper-
maceti were taken out Of the ease"
This same type OF whale also yields
ambergris, that valuable substance
used so extensively in the manufac-
ture OF our best perfumes
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Nankln Rinna

But for the napkin rings. They are
relics Of a departed age, reminders Of
the era OF the Saturday night bath. the
old folks concerts and the painted PAN
Dramas OF the Nile They abide now IN
out Of the way corners, furnished and
forgotten, bands Of old silver, often at
fectionately inscribed at the command
Of givers long since turned to dust
They are the sort Of reminders Of =
gentler but less fastidious generation
that. we do not like to part with ex-
cept for some good reason and have no
desire to keep. The serial napkin went
long ago. To the melting pot, by all
means, with the rings, and that they
may melt up into millions OF dollars
worth Of silver Is our sincere wish
New York Times
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Domestic Diplomat.

Mrs. Crossdyke lived In the country.
~Why do you insist on your new
servants arriving Saturdays noWT q
friend asked her one day.
sWeH, / have had some experience
with these modern girls" replied MIS-
G. previously used to engage them
MONDAYS, but now get them to come
Saturdays"
@But why?" asked her neighbor.
There's no train back to the cry
until Monday afternoon" said Ms Q.
shrevdIy, "and hubby is extremely
martial TO his Sunday dinnerF-Lon-
don Answers.
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Anns Of RuSSI,,, h. p,I.o.-

S " taaolAu ice FalaCa.
Probably the most remarkable build
ing constructed wholly Of ice was the
palace built on the Neva by the Czari-
IA Anne OF Russia Large blocks Of
Ice were cut and squared with great
care and laid on one another By skiIl-
rul masons, who cemented the Joints
with water, which Immediately froze.
The building. when completed, was
nfty-six feet long, seventeen and one
half feet broad and twenty-one feet
high 1t was OF but one story. The
facade contained a door surmounted by
an ornamental pediment and six win
dows, the frames and panes OF which
were all OF ice An elaborate balus-
trade, adorned with statues, ran along
the top OF the facade and another bal
ustrade surrounded the building at the
level Of the ground The grounds were
further adorned with a Life size figure
Of an elephant, with bis mahout on
bis back A stream OF water was
thrown from the elephants trunk by
day and a fame OF naphtha by night.
A tent OF ice contained a hot bath,
In which persons actually bathed. There
were also several cannons and mortars
Of ice, which were loaded with bullets
OF ice and iron and discharged
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
japan First With Japanese.

Every japanese is a japanese arst,
whatever else he may be second In
this unified patriotism they are incom-
parable. 1t extends even to the minor
affairs Of life. There Is no japanese,
Of high or low degree, who will admit
any fault OF his country to foreigner,
however strict his censure may be
when talking to his friends. II there
are faults the japanese conceal them
They never volunteer any information
as to drawbacks, and they always have
an excuse for failures No condition
can arise in Japan whereby a foreigner
can learn from a japanese Of anything
to the detriment OF the country. The
statesmen will not tell you anything.
The coolies will not tell you anything.
They are units OF concealment They
put the good face on everything. 1t Is
Japan first with them, Japan first al
ways, and always a super-Japan.-Sam-
uel G. Blythe In Saturday Evening
Post
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Mrs. Yaneey of PSI E. 35th st. the
wife of Mr.. Yaneey an employee of the
Post-O Office departed this life Tuesday
morning at 6 A. NJ eight hours before,
she was singing, playing the piano and
spending a pleasant evening in her
home. When she retired she felt
healthy, vigorous and strong. But
about 3 A. NJ. in the morning, she
called her husband and asked him to
open up the windows, that she could
not get any air. He took her out upon
the back porch, this did not relieve her.
She returned to bed again, and died at
the hour above mentioned. Does it pay
to be readyf You may answer.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

The true story in relation to the
horrible and revolving murder of Mrs.
Z. NJ. Allen in her private apartment
in the Pen. at Joliet, last Sunday morn
ing win never be known it seems very
strange that Mrs. Allen would permit
the most desperate men in that prison,
cold blOoded murderers to serve her as
private maids and that she returned
on Saturday night all alone with all
the doors leading into her rooms wide
open or unlocked. 1t appears that she
failed to take into consideration that
she was sleeping in the midst of white
and black criminals.
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nahnina q Ratman.

What Is a batman7 The term seems
to be q military one II apparently
means the driver or manager Of pack
horses. A bat horse Is a pack horse
which carries officers luggage. BAT"
10 q pack saddle and, like 50 many mflt
tzry words, It Is French There Il q
common French proverb, -Cest Ia que
Il bat le blesse"-'That Is where the
saddle hurts" or, as we say, where
the shoe ches."-Manchester Guar
dian.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
MaoauIax and His Razor.

Macaulay was a self shaver-thOugh
not with a safety-and the woeful re-
suits are recorded In bis biography.
When he sailed for India and his cham
bers were cleared there were found
between fifty and sixty strops, hacked
into strips and splinters, and innumer-
able razors In every stage Of disrepair.
At one time be hurt his hand and had
to 60 to the barber. After the opera
ton be asked the charge. "0h, what
ever you usually give the person who
shaves you" was the answer. In that
case" said Macaulay, II should give
you a great cash on either cheek
London Mirror.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
nhLoon . Good piNar.

A a diver the Iooa excels, and natn-
rally, for It IL his sole means Of hveh-
hood Not only Is be narvelously quick,
but he can remain under water Tor
a seemingly endless time. In swim
ming under wtter he uses both wings
and feet and can 60 for several hun
dred yards IN this fashion The loon.
Ike many other waterfowl sleeps On
the water with his head tucked under
hfs wing.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
CITY JOB FOR B. E. GROVE.
Former Aid Of Wayman Named Pc
lice Trial Board Attorney.
by Folsom.

Robert E. Grove has been selected
bv Mayor Thompson to succeed Miles
J. Devine as police trial board attor-
new. a position in which he viii defend
policemen brought before the board on
charges. The appointment was an
nOunced yesterday by Corporation
Counsel Folsom, Mr.. Grove was form
erlv an assistant states attorney IN
der the late John E. w wayman.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
Thu AIoaca.

In spite Of attempts to introduce the
alpaca into countries away from It's
native habitat, failure has attended
them. It Is rarely found below an al
titude Of 5000 feet Its wool Is Of an
exceedingly fine luster and quality and
occasionally attains a length Of six
inches.
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Great Name.

who IS that long haired fellow At
the other tableT
That Is BzzxvZynskczitz, the IA
nous Russian pianist. BE has made
a great name for himself"
Must have made It out Of barbed
wire, didn't heT'-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

DR.. Edward s. Miller slOl S. State
street, left last Saturday evening for
st. Louis. No., where on Wednesday
ne attended the wedding of his niece.
Miss Susie Pearl Williams, to Mr..
David Jones, who is the Secretary of
the Y. NJ c. A in that city. Dr..
Miller was much pleased with his short
pleasure trip to old Missouri.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
The Cheapest Paper.

London used to possess the cheapest
Journal ever published II was called
the Six-a-Penny; or. Penny-a-Week
Town and Country Daily Newspaper,
ana subscribers OF penny weekly had
the paper delivered to them every day,
while single copies were a farthinG.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
uo.tI~ Hima.If.

4 hear be brought back some inter
estang views Of foreign places"
~Yes; he has photos Of himself stand
ing on London btidge. himself leaning
against the leaning tower Of Pisa and
himself N front Of ne pyramtdA"-
Louisville Courier-JOurnaL
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Mrs. Florence Woodland, s242 Calumet
avenue; departed the first of this week
for New York city, to be present at
the marriage on June 80, Of her sister
Miss Hazel W. Thompson, to Mr.. d. P.
Davis, Of that city. One Of her other
Sisters Ms. Harry Stanton Brown. was
unable to be present on that occasion
The many friends Of Miss Hazel ThomP-
son. in this city who was an understudy
Tor some time, Of the late Ada oVsrton
walker, an wish her much happineas-
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
REMOVAL NOTICE.

From 31st Street 20 S5th and State
Street.
The Porter drug stores have moved
IN the new building made of white tile
brick. located at number 800 State
Street. Mr.. Geo. NJ. Porter, PHI. G.
has now not only the most reliable,
Int one of the finest and well stocked
drug stores in this city. A large soda
fountain, with the best cream, and the
most delicious favors, pure fruit
uiees. served to his patrons. For
YOUR convenience we have a U. S. Pos
tai Station, (Sub).
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Two COlored men were discussing the
wave OF crime which seems to sweep
over the blaekbelt. One of them seem
1ngly was trying to palate the eOndi-
ton and make Excuse for it, when the
ear of the other gentleman was raised
which caused these remarks, sir, eff
W eould lose a hundred thousand (loO-
OV& of these low, dirty, lazy, unscrupu-
lOus Negroes every-week, and they went
To- "the race would be better
OFF,
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

The newspaper men of the Colored
press were special guests of the Y. NJ.
c. A. 1853 Wabash Ave. Mr.. Abbott,
and Mr.. Alfred Anderson representing
the Chicago Defender-and Mr.. l. W.
Washington representing The Broad
Az The meeting means much for the
good of Chicago as wen as q boost for
the Y. N. @. A.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Mr.. Seth Weeks one Of our famous
musicians has Just returned from q 10
years trip in Europe, where he played
before kings. BE expects to remain
with Us for a while. Miss Joan Saw
yer of sawyers Persian Gardens Or
ehestra is also in the city, quite an
asset to the musical world of this city
we are sure.
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NOTICE! NoTICEl NOTICES

We have nice clean rooms at rea-
sonable rate, all modern improvements,
with respectable people, and a quiet
neighborhood, for young men or man
and wife. Ideal accommodations for
the price. Investigate and see for
YOURSELF. 500 E. Seth Street.
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ri, Own Sweet Self.

Btx-who do you consider your best
friend, the one who would do the most
for your
Dix-My wife's husband - Boston
Transcript
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

srhat newly rich family have such
SIN manneBL"
-Of course Don't you know mey
made their money IN starchf-Batn-
moss American
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Beyond Him.

Miss sweetthing-When we are mar
ried we must have no secret from each
otheE. You must tel me eTerytnng.
Mr.. saphedde-But-er-really, ! DON'T
know eTerything-Puck
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
GETTING Il Riqht.

-Mrs. Clinnick thinks a great deal Of
her husband"
you've got the wrong proposition
Make # for instead Of 'of'"-Brown-
ing's Magazine.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

William h. Hsyman, 323s Vernon
avenue; who lately underwent two seri-
Gus operations, the first at Provident
Hospital and the second at st. Luke's.
He IS at present to the great delight of
his many friends gradually recovering
from their effects.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
T;nino the Lauah.

The old colored man had climbed
into the dentists chair Of torture
HShaII I give you laughing gaA IN
cleTs Queried the tooth carpenter.
mot TN after de toOf am out. boss
nsnlsed the old man. Reckon mebby
Ann feel mo- LAX laffin' den"
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A,~ie,,. Wa;tino.

Detective e a m.)-Hey, yousel Wot-
cher hanging around this ere front
door fer? Supposed Burglar-T'm wait
ing for tn lady inside to git asleep
We're married.-Philadelphia Bulletin
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Il wm have no one IN my employ
who q not above suspicion Can 700
oner me a spOtless eharaeterP
no, ma'am: Il got some Ink spit On
RS-Raftfmore American
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Unhappiness.

They who have never known pros
perity can hardly be said TO be unhap-
py. II Is from the remembrance Of
joys we have lost that the Arrows Of
amiction are pointed-Emile Zola-
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Good Mornina!s

It IS customary In most countries b
say Good morning" as a greeting even
when It isn't true. But the English
man says 'Beastly morning" and Il
generally is.-New YORK Independent
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

In New Caledonia heads Of infants
are squeezed into different shapes, the
faces Of boys being heightened to look
IKE warriors and the girls faces made
oval By pressing up me chin.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

The Hon. Edward F. Dunno, should
without delay sign the bill for the
second appropriation Of thirty-hve
thousand dollars in order to complete
the Eighth Regiment Armory for no
money could be wiser expended than in
that direction.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26
A Musical opinIon.

~what selection Is that the orchestra
has Just fnished77
Il don't know. Sounded to me IKE
neuralgia expressed In musie-"-Lon-
don TitBftA
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Mabel-AGarry himl Why. his grand
father kept pigsI Edith know. He
told me that your grandfather stole
two Of them.-New York Globe
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

crzw1ord-Has your wife limited ~
about q new bennett CzbGhaW-
Hintsdf WY. she's Issued sn ultims.
tum.-BuRalO Courier.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Sandy W. Triee, who
own a nice two fat building at CABS
Eberhart avenue made a pleasant call
on Mr.. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor on
Sunday Evening.
The broad ax., 1915-06-26

The ladies' of the United Industrial
League, Will on Wednesday evening
June 80, give a social entertainment
at l4Os n. Wells Street, Major John
R. Lynch, viii furnish the oratory for
the occasion.
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CHIPS

Mrs. Sherry Bunch, wife of Mr..
Henry Bunch, 4719 Dearborn Street is
onvaleseent after a severe illness. She
vas attended by DR.. W. A. Driver.