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Evening journal., 1915-08-28
AWFUL SUFFERING
FROM ECZEMA
In A Fine Rash on Back and
Limbs. Would Itch and Burn.
Terrible Loss of Sleep.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

MY hsshand was tormented for quite a
while with eczema which he contracted
from the dust Of buckwheat -four and he
suffered extremely with IL. II started in a
fine rash on the small Of his back and on his
limbs. and It continued 70 spread. and later
started TO weep. II became very much
inflamed and would itch and burn continu-
ally. and so badly that he was obliged 70
irritate Il by scratching. When the eczema
was in lis worst stages his clothing would
aggravate the eruption very much IL
caused Disagreement and also a terrible loss
Of sleep.
His mother advised him 70 use Cuticiira
Soap and Ointment. and in fvc weeks he
was rid Of the eczema (Signed) Mrs
Elmira S. Crissey. r. F. D. No. !. Box 10
MAINS Choice. Pa. April ID. 1915.
Sample Each Free by Mail
with 32-p. skin Book on request. Ad-
dress postcard ''Cuticurs, Dept. Il. Bos-
tom Sold throughout the world.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

II you are a skilled machinist, why
then are Won idle at this or any time Of
the YEAR, Run a Want Ad now. telling
the employers that you are IN the field
for a job and get into the factory filing
cabinet and you will soon have the work
Won want.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
HONOR Won HINDENBURG TODAl
By The United Press

by Inc united Press
BERLIN. Aug. 2s.-Berlin today
unveiled a great statue of General
Won Hindenburg the German mill
tary idol
The shaft. and figure stand nearly
forty feet high.
The unyeiling was set Tor TODAY in
commemoration of the first anniver-
sary OF the battle Of Tannenberg
when the Russians were thrown back
in East Prussia.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

Dickey, Miss Edith Colt. Charles and
BENJAMIN Dickey. have returned home
after spending the weekend at Atlantic
City-Hauv Thompson was recent
Stanton visitor
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27

words used. This was very difYicult as
there was no unabridged dictionary
At that time. and the writer used all
the obsolete and peculiar words 1T
his command. The letters were
afterward published IN book form. and
It II literary curiosity. A copy may
be found In the Morrisson-Reeves II.
brary.
Like most early teachers. Mr.. Hos
hour trained the boys with the fire.
quent use Of the rod. A beech grove
near the school house furnished the
necessary equipment
There was another school taught
by Miss Sarah, Dickinson. This school
was for girls only. Each day she ap
pointed one OF the pupils. ~ monitor
and seated on . high platform. she
was required to record all infringe
ments of the rules that came under
her observation. This reporting or
friends and playmates was very dis
agreeable task. and was soon discon
tinued. parents and children entering
their remonstrances.
Between the years Of 1S45 and 1851
there was Q school taught In Rich
mond by Miss Sarah Evans. which
was under the supervision Of the Hick
site Friends monthly meeting.
hope some one will write . de
tailed account of this school and
teacher. Many Of her pupils are still
living.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27

and. country towns. His lectures were III highly
moral too, and there isn't any doubt IN the world
that he did good in his day, for he Was always
orthodox and his fearful appeals to the young to
follow the straight and narrow path, couched
always in rather hi9h-flown language. and given
that emphasis which only beautiful voice ema-
mating from real presence in 2 real dress suit.
in day when dress suits were rare, always regis
tered with his. audience. No lecture course" of
fresh water college or young ladies' seminary
was complete without the soulful Vending. He
was the star of the whole series, bless you, and
never came at less than hundred and fifty
bones, whereas Major Copeland, Doc Headley,
typed stand-bys were glad to grab off from fifty
to seventy-five Dimly through the mist OF
years one can see again the statuesque George r.
prancing about on the histrionic boards of Music
Hail. apostrophizlng Saul of Tarsus" while the
bucolic audience hung on his honied bombast with
ecstatic bliss, and while the callow president of
the Lecture Course association, who had had the
distinguished honor Of introducing the paragon
and sat on the platform envied of his fellows,
showed his feet back under his chair to save his
corns from the triumphant but somewhat reck-
less march of the rapt and bubbling philosopher.
It was certainly great stuff and after giving his
best girl treat of that sort the average young
man naturally felt entitled to some slight token of
endearment when parting with her in the shad-
ows Of the paternal porch.
And now the tuneful George R. has joined his
sainted Saul and the other heroes Of his pane
gyrics in the to us misty shadows of the here
and he discovered his real niche in life, so let us
hope that he finds Saul and all the rest Of the
boys as fine as he pictured them to us, and that
the Tyre he twangs in Kingdom Come shall be as
full Of melody there as his voice was here
TT. Wayne News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
Talks With Lovers
Kitty Carothers Gives Advice to Young Persons and An
swers Inquiries About Affairs Of Heart.

promise Of answering devotion. what
more does the girl need to want?
If we're a young man who had
presented girl with an engagement
ring and learned that she had so d.
vorced it from sentiment as to gloat
over her friends because it was larger
than theirs, or to be ashamed because
it was not SO large, would fly into a
fit of rage that would undoubtedly
strike terror to the young woman's
heart. After all, the sentiment is
the thing. Lots of women have never
had engagement rings and they have
enjoyed perfectly happy married lives
If true love does not exist the paltry
value Of a jewel certainly will not
make the marriage happy one.
The ring is only symbolical. Just
as much meaning might be attached
to a chunk of coal. Doubtless our
ancestors who capered about the earth
previous to the existence of the miss
ing link" used shiny pebbles or tropi-
cal fruits which the swain tossed to
his beloved from the boughs Of a tree.
Comparing diamonds. however,
won't make anybody really happy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
Cure For Fee-Splitters
Lies in The People

equipment? Does he belong to medi.
cal societies? How does he stand
among his fellow craftsmen? In the
community at large? Is he man OF
good judgment and good common
sense?
Is there anything else that can be
done? Yes. Let the public keep in.
formed as to physicians, surgeons,
medicine and surgery. Let them read
what the state boards of health put
out. Let them read magazine articles
and books dealing with the subject.
Let them keep in touch with local
hospitals and what is being done there
in. Through knowledge among peo-
pie, and only In that way, can abuses
be permanently eradicated. Says
Saleeby, Every new access Of human
power, of whatever kind, tests the
fundamental thinking of the genera
ton which receives it,
Surgery is new access of power to
our generation. To prevent abuses
from developing out of it, our people
must interest themselves in it, learn
about it, and equip themselves to de-
eide for themselves among surgeons
and surgical procedures. This is the
final and complete cure for fee-split-
ting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
The Vending Of Vending

The death Of George r. Vending. long fam
GUS on the American lecture platform, serves to
remind us that the man with an impressive front
and resonant voice has assets that he can COM
mercialize if only he knows how. Vending dis
covered this game long before Bryan did and
while he did not attain the same distinction this
failure was due to the fact that Bryan had
thrown in his way happy chance that was new
er vouchsafed to Vending. Of even more strik-
ing appearance than Bryan, possessing fully as
pleasing voice, equally as great buffer, and
with no more real substance, Vending, like
Bryan began his career as a lawyer and like
Bryan he fizzled. He wasn't there with the
punch and for a lack of clients he languished
But he was always in demand as an orator for
Fourth Of July, Sunday school picnics, old set
tiers reunions, and similar functions, and he new
er failed to make hit. After while he was
exacting fees for these services and before he
knew it he was fairly on the lecture platform
And there he stuck for many years, dishing out
ornamental platitudes, warmed over epigrams,
and forid oratory to the gaping yokels Of thous-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
Great Demand for New
Constellation Remedy


They say that the advent Of the "senta-
ne! tablet" as vegetable substitute f6r
calomel has resulted in an extraordinary
demand for this remarkable product Il
seems to have made = hit particularly
with those afflicted with chronic cousti-
patton. who were quick to recognise it,
advantages over calomel and the usual
laxotives.
Sentanel tablets. aside from their en-
cacy. DOUBTLESS owe their success largely
natural functioning-instead Of encour-
af'nS the .cathartie habit" Also: instead
the organs involved. they exert q healing
innnencs. Instead Of weaksning. they
work 90 easily and gently. they are 81
coYrse preferred on this account q the
Violently acting purgatives. Their insx-
popularity Of sentanel tablets. One need
procure only dimes worth. and take
bat, snat the ,. IDEAL remedy for eonstipatioa.
euencss. has dnally' been found.-bsns.
$tstS Review.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
At Movies
Tonight
LYRIC.

LYRIC.
Scandal in the Family" is the flm
to be shown tonight. Despite the
fact that 1t was a dark and stormy
night the evening before the day down.
ed sunny and glories. That is to
say, father had a glorious bun on.
Father could carry his souses In a
perfectly gentlemanly way, however,
and as he sat in the park with two of
his cronies, a pair of devitalized old
fossils, one would never have thought
that he carried five and half gallons
OF Pennsylvania gasoline below his
belt At I'm cents gallon. Now when
father. dear father, had likker in i'm
he was a regular son-of-a-gun with the
ladies. And as he sat there telling
his bench companions all about the
men he killed In the Civil war and the
way he and Grant made Lee back
water, beautiful, buxom dame stroll
ed into range of his one good lamp.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
Early City
History
Contributions on the Early
Days Of Richmond Win
Appear In Thi. Col
umn Daily.

A number Of typographical errors
were discovered In . recent article for
this column written by Mrs. Sarah
A. Wrigley. In order that the article
may be presented A. the author wrote
1t, It 10 reproduced.
The log school house built on the
ground donated by John Smith, was
similar to the one described In this
column few days ago. 1t stood until
small brick building was erected. l
hope some one can give the year 1t
was built and some account OF the
teachers.
In 1884 I attended what l presume
to be the first kindergarten held in
Richmond. have forgotten the teach
er's name She was q woman past
middle age and lived on the north
side Of Main street between Third and
Fourth streets. The front room OF her
dwelling was devoted to the school,
which consisted of six or eight child
rem, under six years of age. do not
remember her method Of teaching, but
do remember that we took our dolls
with us and had good time playing
in her grassy side yard.
/ think 1t is a mistake to include
Dr. Warmers name in the list of early
teachers. l think he practiced medi-
cine from the time he came here I'M
til his death in 1885. He erected a
good-sized brick house on the site of
the present city building. and at his
death he left It to the city. 1t was
long known as the Warner building,
and occupied by the city officers.
In 1887 large room east OF the
Office was used for q school, the pupils
entering on the north side. The
teacher was Miss Mary Thorpe, who
besides the common branches, taught
French, drawing and painting in water
colors. She had globe and maps
but what interested most, was an
abacus, or Chinese reckoning board.
with the aid of which she taught the
younger children the rudiments Of
arithmetic. think Miss Thorpe
taught in Richmond about two years
and then removed to Centerville.
where I again attended her school
Miss Thorpe taught in Centerville
many years, where she was highly
esteemed both as q woman and as a
teacher.
The Rev. Samuel Hoshour conduct
ed school at Centerville as early as
1885, This school was attended by
young men and women, among whom
l recall Caroline Lampson (afterward
Mrs. Jessie SideD, Miss Ann Finch
(afterward Mrs. George Julian.
Among the young men who tfu0nt
were Oliver Morton, William Murray,
William and Lewis Wallace (sons of
Governor Wallace), Lemuel King and
Samuel Hoshour. Mr.. Hoshour wrote
q series Of letters which were pub
lished in a county paper. They were
signed Lorenza A1tisonant. Lorenza
goes on a journey and writes these
letters to a friend at home. Each
pupil in the spelling class was furn-
ished a copy of the letters. They
were required to read them in class
and spell, pronounce. and define the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27

Is there any other remedy? The
various state laws are partial rene
dies. They will not, will not and can
not cure, but they help. The action
of the American Medical Association,
American College of Surgeons, and the
various state and local health So
cieties are partial remedies. They
cannot cure, but they help.
The complete remedy, as l see 1t,
lies with the people themselves.
Twenty years ago there were but few
hospitals, and the people knew moth
ing about operators. There was deep
mystery about surgeons. operators
generally, surgery. and all things sur
gical. In consequence of their ignor-
ance and mystery. abuse Of various
kinds was inevitable.
Says Saleeby, in Surgery and So
ciety, Dishonest men there will be
amongst the ranks of surgeons as
amongst the ranks of bishops, and the
enemies of surgery, or of episcopacy,
Sill make the most Of the fact"
1t is to the credit of the profession
Vat the proportion OF fee-splitters
among surgeons is less than ten per
cent, and among physicians at large,
Is still smaller.
But at present there is no occasion
tor mystery and no justification for
Ignorance. Every man should be we'll
Enough informed to decide for him.
eelf who is to operate, and how much
be is to pay, and to whom. Among
people generally there is an erroneous
idea as to who decides for a man,
What doctor shall care for him. what
treatment shall be given, what dag
hosts shall form the basis of treat
ment The erroneous opinion is that
The physician decides. The law holds
that the patient himself decides each
Of these questions. The doctor makes
his examination, states what he has
found, what he thinks. and what he
advises. The patient, having heard
he physicians statement, makes his
decision.
Is it possible for the patient to pick
out his operator without making an
excessive number OF mistakes? Yes
How? There are medical directories
h considerable number. One Of these,
he American Medical Directory, gives
he age. the school of graduation, in
bart the experience, and. especially,
he hospital experience, the hospital
Ind school connections, and the spec
,al line of practice of every physician
IN the country. Polk isues national
medical directory. The roll of the
American College Of Surgeons contains
Information as to the best American
operators. In the larger cities there
Is always a local medical directory
These directories are easy OF access.
dare say there is no town OF Ave
thousand Inhabitants in the United
States In which one or the other of
those directories can not be foun1 in
tome physicians office.
II he cannot get one otherwise, why
would It not be wise precaution for
Z man contemplating an operation to
purchase one? Would 1t not be good
Judgment to inquire about q proposed
operator? Docs he operate in high
grade hospitals with an up.tJdate
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
FASHIONABLE ILLS
NOW OUT OF DATE

LONDON. Sept. 27.-some Of the
most fashionable West End physicians
have been badly hit by the war. This
10 mainly caused by the shrinkage In
the number OF imaginary ailments.
Those people who used to swell the
physicians bank balance prodigiously
with their fancied maladies have now
simply no time to imagine themselves
Ill, or rather the war has distracted
their attention. One never seems to
meet a hypochondriac or neurotic in
these days. The war has also been
the cause of the termination Of many
family feuds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27

What Is the proper value to place on
a diamond engagement ring?
Should the recipient cherish 1t foI
It's commercial value or for the un'
derlying love which it represents!
Many possessors Of engagement
rings are diamond fans. You hear
some of them say: well, Bertha's
ring is not as big as mine, I don't
suppose it cost over $75." Often they
have the nerve to compare stones
and the girl with the smaller jewel
unles she is a sensible girl Is made
to feel that her fiance is not as fond
of her as the man who can buy his
sweetheart a larger ring.
What If the diamond Is no larger
than pin head? II it represents al
that the young man feels he can put
into a ring and carries with it hit
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
RALLY is SUCCESS

Attendance at the First Baptist
Sunday school servince in observance
Of rally day yesterday was almost dou-
BILE the average attendance Two hun
dred and fifty persons participated in
the special program and heard an ad-
dress by Ellis NJ. Learner, secretary
Of the Y. NJ. C. A.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
BREAKS WRIST; SEES DOCTOR

WARSAW, Ind, Sept. 27.-With his
arm broken and several bones in his
hand dislocated. sustained while crank
Ing his machine, Frank Scofield, a
salesman from Chicago, drove his au'
tomobile eight miles to a Doctors Of.
flee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
dead" MAN REEVES

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Sept 81
An embalmer was ready for work on
Jesse Troxell, 10, Of Gas City, who
drank carbolic acid, and had been pro.
nounced dead, but signs of life doomed
up and Troxell soon revived. Troxell
was taken to the home of his father in
Gas City and may recover.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
EATON-RICHMOND LINE
RICHMOND & cENTERvLLE

= Owner-W. Henson
Leave Richmond-7:O 100 a. M; 100 a. m; IL 100
a. M; 100 p. M; 100 p. M; 500 p. M; p. m.
Leave Centerville-8:O0 q. M; 1000 a. M; IL
noon 2 p. M; 4 p. m; p M; 8 p. m.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-27
POSTPONE PUTTING
IN NEW OFFICERS

installation OF newly elected Sunday
school officers It the Second English
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-09-03
HELPED THE KAISER
BY RAISING CHECKS

Omaha. Neb,, Sept. 3.-Otto Werner
a German OF Winetka, H. arrested in
Council Bluffs, Iowa. today and who
was brought to Omaha on a charge OF
forgery, declared he intended to raise
i fund OF 100000 to help the kaiser
out police officers say.
Fifteen thousand dollars in cash
aud memoranda found in his person
when he was searched was said to in
dicate Werner had obtained approxi-
mately $4,000 He secured $500
from an Omaha bank, sl,40O in Chica-
20 and 5000 in Kansas City on frad-
ulent paper, according to the police.
Werner specialized in drafts and big
checks to which were forged sigma
lures of prominent men, it is alleged.
Werner is 46 years old, has been in
America one and a half years and
speaks English brokenly
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-09-03
NEGRO, CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT IS ARRESTED

Arthur Nash, colored. charged with
assault with intent to do bodily harm
was arrested by the county today and
arraigned He pleaded not guilty and
was released on a $500 bond
The charge against Nash was lodg-
ed by big Boy Levy, who says that
Nash tried to kill him by shooting
several shots in his direction, one OF
which tore an ugly wound in his heal.
Il reckon if my haid wasn't so dos-
oned hard that black man would GER
tainly have croaked me" said Levy
today
The trouble between Nash and
Levy occurred in the Elbo district last
Wednesday night 1t is charged that
the gang were engaged in a friendly
game Of craps and that Big Boz, a
rank outsider. ''sat in" and cleaned
the bunch The fireworks then start
ed and the big snoke began Levy is
said to have broken the half mile
sprinting record in his trip srom
South Fourth to Harrison avenue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-09-03
.L|FELESS HAND
GUIDES { n GIN T
ON FAST TRAIN
FIREMAN FINDS ENGINEER
DEAD AT THROTTLE AND
ANl.RIS DISASTER

Pittshurg, Sept. S.-David J. Grill,
an engineer on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad, met death yester
day with his hand on the throttle
while his train was making speed.
Unconscious, with a fractured skull,
he was found by his fireman, John
Mack. leaning out of the engine cab
window as his train. a freight, rush
ed past the Laurel Hill station. Mack
stopped the train and the engineer
was sent to st. Timothy's hospital,
where he was found to be dead
When Grill started his run yester-
day morning he was in good health.
Mystery surrounds the cause of the
INJURY which caused death, but rail
road men say he most likely struck
his head against bridge as he leaned
from the cab to watch the track just
ahead. Mack discovered his condi-
tion when Grill failed to sound the
whistle OF the engine as it passed the
station.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-09-03
A KINDLY SCRIBE.

"The editor of the Weekly Plain
dealer is a charitable sort of feller,
commented honest Farmer Hornbeak,
in the midst OF his perusal of the
village newspaper, wherein he had en-
countered an example of the linotype $
peculiar perversities. "In his article
on the death of Earl Dabsack who,
betwixt me and you, hadn't much to
recommend him except that he wasn't
quite as bad sometimes as he was
others, he says that the deceased was
generally regarded as hijjjdytS9*hd
nwUyjiagaggy bentzt.'
"And | guess that's about as near
as anybody could get TO making an
estimate of the departed without hurt
ing his relatives feelings"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-09-03
TANGO IS DOOMED
IN THE EAST

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 3.-Good
night to the tango. New York can
have the wornout and overdone speci
es of the terpscihorean art if it wants
it, but Philadelphia, no. no. Mem
bers of the Philadelphia Dancing mas
ters association in semi-monthly ses
sion on the grand pier today refused
positively to be convinced to the con
trary even after Prof Morris Eschn-
er. with the aid OF a music box and
two young women partners, had en-.
deavored to demonstrate that what he
called the New York standardized tan
go was an ideal dance.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-09-03
.FIDDLERS' CONTEST
AT TULSA DURBAR

Tulsa, Okla, Sept S.-Old FiddlerS
Of the southwest are tuning up for
the big contest to be held in the great
municipal. convention hall at Tulsa
during the Third Annual Oklahoma
Durbar, to be held in the oil metropo
lis the week of September IS. Hand
some prizes will be offered. Charles
Botufur, of the Tulsa Music COM
pany. is in charge of the contest and
entries will be received up until Sep
.enber 15. No fees will be charged
the fiddlers.