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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-01-15
ENTIONG BARGAINS ALL OVER THE STORE

This sale is, beyond question, the important economi-
cal merchandising event of the season, Stripped OF
all exaggerations, with actual former selling prices
quoted, with actual reductions specified, this sales
list of seasonable merchandise, offered in many in
stances at less than the goods are worth at wholesale,
will appeal to many who recognize that steadfastness
to absolute truth in our advertisements is second
only to the thoroughly dependable merchandise that
we have to offer. !
Every item in this announcement tells of a truly
money-saving chance for you.
Sale prices mean spot cash from everybody, hence
no credit will be given at sale prices.
The day book., 1915-04-24
TELLS OF PLAN OF BOSSES IN
REGARDS COMING STRIKE

Contractors knew six months ago
this carpenters strike was coming
unless the demands of the men were
met. They planned from six months
ago how they could crush the strike
and at the same time paralyze the
union. A part of their plan was to
make work as slack as possible all
through the winter in the hope that
the men could be reduced to such
pitiful financial straights that they
would soon be starved into submis-
sion once the strike was declared"
Above are some strike opinions as
expressed by John Metz, president of
carpenters district council.
"'The contractors are not playing
square Thehy offered us an agree
ment which called for 18 months
work with no arise and then 18
months with a raise of 21a cents.
This offer was made few days after
the men had voted that they would
accept nothing less than an imme-
date raise of cents an hour to be
followed in each of the next two
years by raises of 212 cents an hour.
In the face of the vote On wages just
taken from the men it would GER
tainly have been folly and waste of
time to have presented the niggardly
offer of the contractors for vote.
'If the contractors assn wanted to
play fair why did it not present its
21a cent increase offer months be-
fore, instead of waiting till a week
before the old agreement expired.
The men would not have accepted it,
but they would have been given. a
fair opportunity to turn it down by
referendum vote"
Some of the men in the ranks of |
the carpenters profess to scent
scheme to single out a prominent |
leader and make him a strike scape- |
goat.
NY, AFTER QUAcK DOCTORS
The campaign of determination in |
The day book., 1915-04-24

York men are supposed to be mem
bers of the 'quack trust"
About fifty physicians who oper-
ated Laboratories" and advertise
widely that they cure ''blood poison"
we're placed under arrest as public
nuisance. Their operations will be
uncovered by federal sleuths.
The day book., 1915-04-24
BEG YOUR PARDON, PALMER

BEG YOUR PARDON, PALMER
Editor Day Book-It has come to
my knowledge that on the second
sheet of your issue of Friday, April
%, you state that signed the So
called Lyman Cooley report on sew
age disposal and water power devel-
opment of the Sanitary District.
did not sign this report and would
request that in your next issue you
correct the false information given
to the public through the columns of
your publication.
Ionly kenw that commission had
been appointed on sewage disposal
and water power development of the
Sanitary District some time after the
publication of the report and had
nothing to do whatsoever with any
thing that was contained therein
Ray Palmer :.
The day book., 1915-04-24
ITS HANDY TO HAVE PROPER
FRIENDS SAYS HINT

A hint that if you are or intend to
be a school principal it is a handy
thing to have influential friends was
given by members of the school board
when the files showing correspond
ence on the recent transfer of %
teachers and the promotion of sew
eral was shown.
A rule Of the board requires that
all friendly" recommendation given
teachers in line for better jobs be
listed with the name Of the friend.
When the files on the last transfer
and promotions were shown many
prominent names including that of
Mayor Harrison, Aid. Captain,
Michael Collins, head of the school
board, and Peter Reinberg, president
of the county board, were listed. Five
school board members had made
their recommendations"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
One Effect Of War

radical change in the composition
OF English society will DO one OF the
most notable effects OF the war. says
the Christian Herald. which further
explains that the change at first seems
merely one in Society, but, on eNauli-
nation. ia speedily seen TO be a change
In society tn. big rs" giving Mace 20
the little. The heirs to the most i'm
portant titles in England held com
missions in tho army; so did many
OF tho younger sons" After the war
hogan IL was considered the "proper
thing" 10 get commission for the
second son az soon as the nrst son
was killed in battle: that So English
PLUCK, and very fine: II, perhaps. un-
scliishlY short sig hted pluck il is. But
since the day OF Mons IL has been
shown hy undeniabic figures that the
average life OF an English officer on
the nr!ng line liz exactly twcnty-three
days. This means that already many
famous old English titles are with
out heirs. even collateral. II II con-
times, II VIII mean the passing Of
the old English aristocracy. and those
who know the present trend of Eng
lish fceling--thosc who remember the
systematic heavy taxation OF large
estates begun by LLOYD George before
the war and consistently continued up
10 the present t!mc--wilI tell you that
1; Is very doubtful II. after the war
new titles VIII he created to take the
place OF the old oucs-will tell YOU
that II is more doubtful If the old
titles will be conferred on new fami-
lies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
A River That Eats

The Missouri River gathers annually
from the country that II drains more
than $4,000, 600 tons of silt and solu-
bio matters. some OF which it distrib-
utcs over the food plains below to
form productive agricultural lands, but
most OF which finds its way at last
10 the Gulf of Mexico.
"Ry means OF this data" says the
United States Geological Survey, "Ge-
ologsts compute the rate at which the
lands are being eIodcd away. They
also assert that the Missouri Is low
ering the surface OF the land drain
ny it at the rate Of one foot In 6036
years 1t is estimated that IL this
crosivo action Of the streams OF the
United States could have been concen-
tratcd on the Isthmus of Panama it
would have dug in seventythree days
the canal which has just been COM
pleted, after ten years Of work with
the most powerful appliances yet de-
vised by man."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08

which are most subject TO cortauinn
ton arc milk and its products. oysters
ana vegetables. The role OF files in the
dissemination OF the infection is now
GENERALLY recognized. The elimination
OF such hy-brcedng places as garbage.
manure and NTH is most essential. but
IN" proper screening OF houses and the
adoption OF destructive measures are
also OF great prophylactic value. II in
spite of these precautions I'll. dlsease
develops, ~ then Incomes IN" dut.. OF
every citizen 10 implicitly follow the
instructions given in order that the
safety OF others may not be Imperfect
bearing in mind the fact that every
case Of typhoid fever IS due 10 some
ones Ignorance or carclcssncss No
higher duty OF citizenship than this can
he conceived
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08

show, from which some diminutive Francis
y. Bushman or chubby Lillian Russell. blessed
by kind fortune with surprising loneliness.
will emerge, triumphant and curly-haired.
bearing prizes to be handed down to genera
tions yet unborn Good looks may help
some, OF course, and even pretty manners
must have their effect on human judges. but
final judgment will be based on sterner re-
quircments than rosy cheeks: silver cups are
not to be entced by dimplcs
These babies will be Judged according to
conformation. lung development general aud
specific condition. including what analyses
show to fatty degeneration. paranoia.
Elcgalomania and all the other tests devised
for grading eugenic babies. And. according
to the experts. these matters arc determined
largely by the kind of ''raisn' their mothers
have done.
In short. this baby show will show UP tho
mothers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
The Mhnryc. OF slecn.

Strange wares are handled on the
wharves of sleep;
Shadows OF shadows pass, and many a
Flashes a signature across the night;
Bargcs depart whose voiccless steers
men keep
Their way without star upon tho
deep,
And from lost ships. homing with
ghostly crews.
Come cries Of incommunicabIe news.
While carGocs pile the piers n moon
white hear--
Budgets OF dream dust, merchandise Of
song,
Wrcckage of hope and packs of ancient
WRONG.
Nepcnthcs gathered from secret strand.
Fardels of hcartache. burdens of old
sins.
Luggage sent down from dim ancestral
inns,
And bales of fantasy from No-Man.s
Land.
Edwin Markham.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
Good Work for James River

70 lCHMoHD VIII owe much TO Senator
IN Martin. Senator Swanson and Raprasen-
tative Montague If the promises made at YES
terdays meeting are redeemed and appropria-
lions for the deepening OF the James River
channel are continued The obligation will
be greater if funds are provided by tho ma
tional government for the construction OF \
turning basin, which would permit the use OF
the channel by big steamships
The James River Improvement 10 No,
pork but a work OF needed pubic hcttcr-
nent demanded by business interests ana
supported by the great increase in por, re-
ceipts already made II has now the approval
of the engineer officers Immediately in charge
It ought TO be possible 10 gain the indorso
ment of the War Department and Il conprcs
sional appropriation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
stepmother and s,epson Want to Marry


TT isn't an easy matter for man to marry
l his stepmother The laws Of some States
forbid It. In case In point, the woman in
the case is thirty-cight years old---we violate
no confidence in making the staternent-whle
her stepson, who wants TO become her hus-
band. Is twenty-eight
When the sons father was dying he asked
his son to take care of the widow. The son
carried out his promise. He says that his
stepmother has been good to him That
means everything 10 Il man with a combina-
tlon OF head and heart. Tho man decided
that he could take better care OF the widow
as her husband than he could as stepson and
the woman agreed with him.
With this mutual understanding they went
to minister in their home town, Gainesville
Pa. and he refused. They journcyed to
baltimore, and there a license was withheld
they proceeded TO Washington, D. c. and
there they learned that the District code pro.
htbited any such marital union. They started
for New York hut we're informed that the
law IN that State also forbids the hams Thew
are now on their travels, intending If neceg.
! sarT, TO 80 10 every State in tho Union until
| they find one in which TO carry out their in
/ tcntlon. and redeem the promise the son made
his father. If the woman doesn't change her
! NINA prcroeative OF the scx--there will
| be Wedding Even now this twain NAV
! he
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
Tactical Symposium

The milkman is intelligent,
He takes the well-known bun;
For always. when ne brings the milk.
He leaves IL in the sun.
The Line.
Another thing the milkman does
That shows his judgment rare:
He stops a our tomato patch:
He takes the ripe ones there.
Boston Globe.
Another thing the milkman does-
Perhaps you know II we'll
He comes TO break the morning nap
With his COMPOUNDED bell.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08

Bret Harte's landlady is dead in San Fran
cisco. al the age of ninety-four years One of
her characteristics was to allow no criticism
Of the food she served The average landlady
who would undertake to enforce such rule
in this age would have an auction sale
her hands after the first meal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
James y. BOYD

n NE by one. the builders OF Richmond
~ the Richmond that rose from the ashes
OF warfare passing on, leaving TO younger
men the duty OF completing work already far
advanced In the death OF James n Boyd
the city loses one OF the men who builded
strongly in a day when there was little, save
ruins, on which 10 build Beginning as
boy, he labored manfully all his life; and. as
he worked and increased in importance, he
bore in his heart always deep and abiding
interest IN The welfare OF the community, an
interest which he manifested in hundred
practical and useful ways. The work that
he did for others Will remain his monument
in their memory.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
He Knew >yhnt to Say.

do you love me better than any cir! you
ever knew" asked the confdng damsel.
Infinitely better" replied the experienced
swain. In fact. tho affection have thought
felt for others Is chiefly rema rkahle for the
votion I give to you.
Whereupon she snuggled up n little closer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08

They are looking for great times up in Pitt
sylvania County. Here is what the Chatham
triouhe mas TO say about 1t: Next month the
chatham tobacco market Will open for business
ana we want to. and should. Increase the sa les
very largely. With three good warehouses here
and men Of ability to run, them. taken in con-
sales should double this year and we hone double
tho prico OF 1914"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08

A man who is under suspicion Is like dog
with n bad name. a citizen OF Fredonta Kan,
that when his wife begins to sing. he
goes out on the front porch SO that the neigh
bors that he la beating her. STILL
says the Kansas City Star. some of his neigh
bors accuse him OF Just having choked her.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
Chats With Virginia Editors

The Harrisonburg News Record heartily in
dorses The Times Diepatchs proposition
pressed In the headline Let Virginia Save APP
pomn tiox"
Tho big fro in Newport News has in any
way discouraged tho big Hampton Roads en-
porium. Tho Newport News Times Herald
says: Newport News is on the move and she
will continue to move. in spite of the terrible
work Of the fire fend."
The cotton planters" says the Norfolk vir-
gilman Pilot may derive consolation
from tho reflection that if they could get the
staple into Germany the prices offered for II
there wouldn't be anything Ike attractive
os thcy are" That is trine encouraging, to
.ay the least of IT,
or All the far-fctchcd conclusions that ever
came down tho pike the following from the
Tazewel Republican takes the cake: 1T is
amusing 10 hear the Democratic papers claim
q victory for Wilson in the weakening of Will
]iorn II Tcddy's talk TO the young SOL
diers that made the Kaiser toe the mark" 1t
,aken with lot OF time his hands
10 nGure out any such conclusion that.
Tho SinuntOn News butts in the little dis
cuanlon The Times Dispatch and the Charlott es-
Vic i.roprHbs have been having the subject
of tho toll gates In tho Valley and says But
our objection Is not based upon the fact
ihat toll gates 10 not pay In tho long run. but
upon tho fact that they arc inhospitablo things
that make enemies Of tho friends that visit us.
| Tho tourat who IN held up by these gate
keepnrs 10 y bitter critic for all time to como.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
4 Snunter In Richmond.

The newcomer went to a shop In a sid.
street to make purchase. The proprietor was
throwing dice with on the other side
of the counter. The coughed. No
response. a loud rap on the showcase caused
the proprietor to linn the customer.
Want anything?" asked the prop.
oh no. just dropped in to get acquainted.
Hows business
Rotten" And he proceeded to throw tho
bones again
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
Showing Up the Mothers

DROUD mothers have read the announce.
ment that there will be baby show AZ
tho State Fair next month. and many Of them
are grooming their progeny for the purpose
OF entering them in competition
They must remember. however, that
,beauty-loving Paris will not Judge this con.
test. This VIII be no old-fashfoned baby
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER s. 1915.
ITO j71w1

= OR ages unnumbered Jews in every quar-
i Ter OF the globe have saluted each other on
Rosh Hashanah Eve with the ancient Hebrew
greeting which is reproduced abovc. IL Shanah
Tovohl"-''A Happy New Year,
st sunset to-day the 100000 members
OF the House of Israel, domiciled under every
flag will enter into the observance Of Rosh
Hashanah. New Years Day, according to the
reckoning handed down from the days OF
Moses On Russian battle fields, in the
mighty cities of Europe. in the far Orient, in
every town and hamlet of country,
the communicates of the worlds oldest one
God church will enter this evening into the
observance Of one of its most sacred days.
Rosh Hashanah, 1915, dawns dark for
millions OF Jews hudded in the Polish and
Northeastern theater Of war But the House
OF Israel has for twenty centuries been
house OF sorrow, and yet its faith has lived
When the tired nations lay down their arms
perhaps they Will write into their peace proto-
coils a wider freedom for their Jewish sub
jects. who have shared the burdens Of war.
but have enjoyed none Of the rewards OF
peace.
To the House OF Israel in war-rilden Eu-
rope in America. in Richmond--L Shanah
Tovoh.
american champagne now stands 10 win If
people who put it down do not have to put
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Ant Wicdcrachn.

The good Or pumba benevolent soul.
Who seeks to make OF his Austrian roll
In factories hero.
Ne'er thinks OF defyins tho laws we have made
Is certain no rudeness at all he's displayed.
But Ia free from all caro-.
In fact. the dear doctor Ia nllcJ with nmaso
That we should object to his frolicsome ways
All quite harmless. he swcors;
He plans TO use money and somewhere has heard
That we stand entrarccd At the sound OF that
word.
When II rings In ears
But. good Dr. pumba. you've made n mistake
And II from your slippers dust you'd just
shake.
We'd be happy thereat:
Here's boat that will dock mid Europe's wnr
Unless il should meet one OF Bills submarines--
Let hand YOU your Int.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08

Every true friend Of China must hope that
Yuan may remain the guiding factor in Chi
nese affairs. 1t is for the interest of the rest
Of The world as well, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, that he should. And better
for Yuan.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
Leave II
to the
President

II
- might he reminded that sew
F" nc OF diplomatic relations
president could easily be made long stop
TO that end. Is he playing the
same role he did prior to the Spanish War-by
extreme counsels and bitter criticism urging
and pushing President conservative and
slow for his taste into actual bclligerency? IT
may be inevitable tina, this role should again
he taken M Ia some one but the fact must
he pa tent TO all that II the nation be solidi-
fed by any public man in support of national
policy involving finally even the most extreme
measures. that man is the patient and deliberate
President OF the United States Whatever may
he the outcome. it is infinitely desirable that II
and not have In It's population any very large
element violently in opposition to the govern
ments policy.-SpringHeld (Mass) Republican.
1t is quite true that Great
Settling Britain. France and Italy. at
a. least could send us gold enough
'"o to settle all balances and enough
War bills for all munitions contracted for.
but that would leave their
chests practically empty OF the precious metal.
That would be disastrous, every other ex-
pedent is being resorted to, and at present 1t
for the American who makes such large profits,
but unless something Is done the time will come
when he cannot sell his bills Of exchange for
any price. or course. that contingency cannot
be allowed by Europe arise for II would
the cessation of all exports from this
country. The belliecrent nations must make
arrangements to pay bills. SO far they have
done it very htfuy.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
After conferences between Sec
American retar" Lansing and drlo-
sJo.tod matic representatives in China,
. the Bureau OF Foreign and Do
hteIes' mestic Commerce began work on
plan to create "American
vested interest" in the Middle Kingdom. and
through Chief F.. f. Pratt is advertising
that China needs well-cap talized American
bank. american money to exploit mineral re-
sources: Anerican capital skill aud machinery
for textile mills and tanneries. and American
interest in the Chinese export and import trade
in general. OF course. this thing is sound
enough in principle, and doubtless there Is a
legitimate field for American enterprise in China
But the incongruity of condemning a certain
thing in Central America and applaudng the
Same thing in China doesn't seem to have struck
Official washington.-Philadelphia Public Led
ger.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
When II rings IN our ears.
Fair squuw. welcome to Our City:

We arc informed that Ish-ta-ha Wanna .ki-to.
of the Wichita tribe, may visit Richmond. The
tribal meaning OF the seven sylablcs is Prairie
Flower. When spoken quickly it sounds like
ST. Vitus dance throwing n At.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
Probably.

Grubbs-Do YOU know whether Binks is go
ing to tho ball game this afternoon?
Stuhbs-I think I overheard him tell his
vito that business would call him Of the
city.