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Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13
Thaw in Society;
Graces Dinner at
the Country Club

We'll. aid you dine with Harry Thaw?''
Not i, guess notI' t
Yes, : was there. at another dinner
party. but I got away as soon as I
could"
This is the conversation which is
passing between Country club members
today, who are all agog over the feet
that the notorious Pittsburgh millionaire
chose Omaha to make his entry into
high society. and the Country club as
the place for his social temperance.
II was the regular night for club DINING
and dancing and all the swells and So
eiety girls had close view OF the visitor
although he did not go out on the dane
ing floor.
Some OF the club members think it
was a great stunt; others are indig-
nant.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13

can't overcome a poor pillow
and that's the one kind Of pillow
we don't know how to make.
rs years experience, best ma
terials and expert workman
ship arc behind every Grand
Detour made.
Grand Detour Flows (made
since 1897 are built for all
kinds Of soil, for horses, OK
and tractor power. Tractor
plows in IL to 14-inch bot
toms, light and heavy from ?
to 10 bottoms in a gang. Don't
you want us to send Bulle-
tint
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13

"The introduction Of self
lift plows, which eliminated
the pillow tender, cut out about
a third of the labor costa
development greatly favoring
the small tractor. Get q
Grand Detour power-lift pillow
and make your blowing out
fit a strictly one man affair
operated from the engine cab.
It will make your tractor pay
instead of costing you money.
But be sure it is a Grand De-
tour. The best tractor made
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13
Dsarrhoea Quickly Cured.

About two years ago 1 had severe
attack of diarrhoea which lasted for over
a week." writes w. c. Jones. Buford, N.
d. II became 80 weak that could not
stand upright. A druggist recommended
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved
me and within two days was as well
as ever obtainable everywhere.-Adver-
nsement.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13
Annoying SUI

Annoying summer Cough.
The first dose OF DR. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey viii help you, II kills the cold
germ. Only CSC. All NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tisennent
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13

Probably not all women who read the
advertisements are good home-managers
BIT 1t is equally true that most all. women
who are good home-managers do read
the advertisements.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-11

Burrojaps are the famous Guaranteed
Shoes. They combine that class COM
fort, and durability that the average man
wants. Over fifty Clever models are
shown in our mems department, every
one of them possessing that snap and
smartness that careful dressers demand.
Every pair carries the guarantee: "A
new pair free if the upper breaks through
before the sole wears through"
The Washington herald., 1915-10-11
uiirfax
INDY
Roses

ID. Perfect blooms, grown from Guides
rs and nurseries. Cut just few minutes
in perfect condition. A beautiful bou-
lady Fairfax Candy with every purchase
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
POOR ADVERTISEMENT.

Our town offers especially strong inducements to men with growing faS' flies who want to raise their chi.4fsn in the atmosphere of the saloon; nc town offers better opportunities for ed ucating the youth in the habit of drink ing we boast of ten saloons, one on almost every corner"
 No one ever saw an advertisement like that and never will, says the Kansas City Star. There is not town in the world that bases it's prosperity on the number of it's rum shops. Vil- lages, towns and cities advertise their good points, not their bad points. They have this and that opportunity for employment. The climate is more or less wonderful. The transportation facilities are told of Good neighbors are a valuable asset. The town has so many churches and so many schools, If it is without saloons, that good point is made much of as an appeal to men and women with families to come there. But if 1t has saloons there is never a word about it, That is hidden, covered up."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
MUST BE TRANSFORMED.

Our trade cannot afford to longer oppose an aroused public sentiment" !" says Bonfort's Wine and Spirit Circu- lar. It would be like Belgium stand ing alone against the German empire /" And the editor says that in order to defend the trade successfully liquor leaders must make war on those things that breed pposition--must demand whatever changes are neces- sary to adapt our affairs to the de- mands of public sentiment" The w. C. T. IT., through it's mouthpiece, the Union Signal, informs the trade" that it is a change in nature, not in method, which public sentiment is de. manding, and reminds the liquor inter- ests of the declaration of Mir. Nc Donough, former president of the Ma tional Liquor league, to wit; This talk of reforming the saloon sounds well In the form Of a resolution, but 1t is all rot" The change necessary to adapt the wine and spirits trade to the demands of public sentiment Is nothing less than a transmutation.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
He Did Not Try 1t.

Nobody but boobs fight American style, said man, as he got up from a battered piano in one of the New lork trotteries. over in Paree vos go up to the guy you want to lick, put your right hand on his shoulder and snap your fingers a couple of times When he raises his hand to punch, grab his wrist, Twist it to the right and back into him, holding on. All You gotta do then is bend and toss him over your shoulder" But SUD- pose something goes wrong?" said one Of the songsters. Then there's the hat trick" said the speaker. impres. siyely. Try it on his hat brim That gets him sore and your hand is in good place. Whereupon the song men guyed him. A minute later there entered tall, wide-shouldered strang. CT The man who had been to Paris spotted him. See that big guy? Just watch me put it over on him" While the big stranger looked on in amaze ment the piano player ficked him once on the shoulder The air was tense as he hioked again. Like a flash the strangers right hand landed flush on the jaw. dropping the pianist like a sack of cement. Out of the uproar that followed came the cry from tr singers; Co on, Joe. Try the
 trick"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
CHALLENGE OF PATRIOTISM.

This is the challenge of patriotism America needs every man at his best, and it is written in the plan of God for the ages that America shall not fail.
 Are the progress armies Of the great republic less patriotic than the armies of Europe? The armies of Europe have banished intoxicants.
 Is America less patriotic than Chi na? China has banished opium.
 Is America less patriotic than Rus sia? Russia has banished vodka.
 Is America less patriotic than France? France has banished ab- sinthe.-Daniel A. Failing.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
"CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP"

(By Sidney Warren Mase) God gave the rose it's crimson hue, And made the lily white; He made the violet of blue, And all things fair and bright; The rainbow with it's varied tints He painted in the sky, And Man by sundry schemes and
 hints
 Has profited thereby. The vernal glow of leaves and grass And ruddy gleam of flowers That in the springtime come to pass In this bright world of ours, Are tokens of the master plan Of One who rules on high And bear message unto Man To build and beautify. And so the moral of this verse, We feel is very plain: This earth, though burdened with a
 curse,
 Was founded not in vain; Which is the simple reason why Men live and strive and win. Who build and paint and beautify The world they're living in.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
The American Calf.

Deer hunters are forbidden to kill lawns in most American states. There are laws to protect the baby seal Game fish under certain size have their lives insured by official regula- ton. How does it happen. then, that the American butcher goes on slaugh. tering the American calf, slashing at the throat of the nations meat and dairy supply, without audible protest from any quarter? The heifer calls place in our system of table economy Is not a matter of guesswork or the, ory. The calf that is eaten as veal never develops into beef, nor can it continue the race of it's valuable kind. It is a contention of experts that very definite reason for our dwindling beef supply is the unrestricted slaugh- ter of very young heifers.-Philadel phia Telegraph.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
Origin of Veronica.

One of the most interesting of twist, ed names is the girls name, Veronica. which, by the way, is not so common as its beauty entities it to be. You probably know the legend of how St. veronica wiped the brow of Christ on his way to Calvary, and how on the Handkerchief miraculous print of the Savior's face remained. This was the "verum ikon" (the true image) celebrated in Christian legend, and the game Veronica bestowed upon the saint was simply an anagram of tbose two words
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
WE CAN AND WE WILL.

"A few years ago l was up in the interior of China" says Bishop Samuel P. Spreng of the Evangelical church. Tt was about three years after they had determined to do away with the opium traffic. The opium traffic Is as great curse, or was as great a curse in China, as the liquor traffic has ever been here, and the government de- termined to put that traffic away with in ten years. That was in 1906. Three years later in the interior cities you could not find an opium den except hidden away in the back alleys, in the little places, just where they have to look for the blind tigers and places of that kind here. By the time the ten years are up that traffic will be plotted out among those four hundred millions of people, and they did that, they un- dertook that, in spite of the fact, or in view of the fact. that nearly B per cent of their revenues came from the opium traffic. They let the revenue go and looked for other sources of rev. enue that are honorable and honest and clean, to carry on their govern ment and let the opium traffic go. And I say if the most conservative, the bulkiest, the biggest people on the face of the earth can put away the opium traffic inside of ten years, we Ameri- cans ought to be ashamed of ourselves If we cannot put down the liquor traf- G. to I are able to do it, we are not going to say that we cannot if we will We can and we will, God helping us"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
CLARK'S GREAT IDEA
How the Clean Up and Paint Up
 Movement Started.
St. Louis Editor Originated Campaign for Cleanliness, Thrift and Civic Pride That Spread Over the
 Entire Country.

Some three years ago Allen w. Clark, a St. Louis editor, started all by himself a movement that since then has spread all over this broad land and that has resulted in incalcu- lable good. MT. Clark realized that though house cleaning time" was sup posed by the jokesmiths to be the bane of all men, yet there was not a decent citizen of the United States who was not glad to have his own premises and those of his neighbors put in applepie order at least once a year. Especially welcome to them was the idea that their respective towns or cities should be made decent and pre- sentable.
 In many communities there had been annual cleanup" weeks or days, and to MT. Clark came the thought that all that scattered effort should be organized into constructive form and so directed that it should have more uniform and effective results. He knew he could enlist the women in such a plan, and he thought the men also might be induced to take it up.
 So in June, 1912, Editor Clark made the announcement that national Clean Up and Paint Up" campaign would start the next spring. Then he set about getting influential aid in making good on that announcement. He wrote to a number of men and women prominent nationally in public welfare organizations to ask for their indorsement of the scheme and their advice in carrying it forward The re- sponses were most encouraging, the following, from Edward T. Hartman, secretary of the Massachusetts Civic league being typical of them all
 am greatly interested in the idea sug- gested in your expression that this "clean up and paint up' campaign is to be pushed by two arguments, viz, that Its Good Citizenship and Good Business for l believe that this states the only sub stantial basis upon which we may prop erly develop either citizenship or busi- ness. The business which aims to accom- plish its purpose by ignoring and even de- stroying good citizenship is short lived and is fatal not only to itself, but to the community in general. You are in a pc culiarly advantageous position to aid in conservation and improvement. for paint is a direct means to the conservation of houses also of the forests, and of many other things which we are going to have 10 conserve if we are not to permit our selves to go to pieces as a nation. We cannot continue the present wasteful pro- cesses much longer
 Being now convinced that he was on the right path, Mir Clark now es- tablished the National Clean Up and Paint Up campaign bureau in' St Louis and himself took the place of chairman The rest. he says, was easy Business and civic organizations, women's clubs, preachers and editors all over the country at once began calling on him for campaign plans and literature to spread the gospel of cleanliness, thrift and civic pride The great idea has been taken up enthusi- astically in thousands of American communities.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
BETTER USE FOR LIQUOR MONEY

"The liquor bill would pay for 50,- 0O0,O00 bales of cotton at ten cents a pound-about equivalent to four years production for the entire South," as- serted Senator Morris Sheppard in a speech delivered at Little Rock, Ark. Tt would pay for 125,000,000 tons of cotton seed at $20. It would pay for all the corn the entire nation raises in two years, at the rate of a dollar a bushel It would pay for all the cattle and hogs Arkansas can raise in two decades
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
Police Guard for Germany Emba..v

Washington, May 15.-A special guard of plain-clothes policemen was placed about the German embassy Uniformed police have heretofore been there and detectives have been looking after all the embassies gen orally. Officials said it was merely & precaution.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
Thick-Headed.

You don't seem to think much of Gadson's intellectual powers"
 No, I don't"
 Well, why not?"
 Because l feel quite sure that if a section an inch square were cut from his skull it would make an excellent paper weight"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
Fresh Paint.

The man who reads the legend
 Paint, Can never pass it by, Without a touch of fingertip. to see
 if it be dry, And it most always ain't.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
A COMP MPARISON.

The Titanic carried down 1,503 peo. pie, The drink traffic carries to death 1,5O9 men and women every eight days in the year.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-05-22
Cleanliness and Morals.

A little fresh paint and the vigor- ous use of the scrub brush make nor als cleaner.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
PLAINFELD
Superintendent chapman's Report on High Sehool-Good Work. Done In Spite of cramped Quarters.

The superintendent of the schools for the town of Plalnfield, John l.. Chapman. in his report to the town school committee, says of the Plainfleld High school:
 Plainfield High school has been es- tablished ten years and it's growth has been steady. It has made a reputa- tion which is not confined to the bor- ders of the state. Ten years ago it was started with thirty pupils in one room. The next year an addition was made to the central building and the school began to grow. Today by utilizing every available inch of space ir the main study room, and the small room adjoining. 91 pupils can be seat ed, but the room can comfortably ac- commodate but 7S. We have register ed during the year 101. and our aver age membership has been go.
 Our laboratories in the basement can accommodate 10 or 12 pupils. We have had classes of 25. The same pro- portion holds to our other recitation rooms. Tn spite cf these rdv--~e con
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
sIxTY-EIeHT CHILDREN.
In County Home at Present-Annual
 Meeting Held Thursday.

County officials and members of the board of management and committees of visitors made their annual visit to the Windham County Temporary Home for Children in the Sawyer dis trict Thursday, and listened to re- ports covering the work of the past year. Representatives of the state board of charities were also present. The address of welcome was by Coun- ty Commissioner F. H. Corttis. Super intendent D. C. Park gave his annual report, noting 6S children in the home at present.
 The reports of committees was fol- lowed by a series of addresses. the speakers including Judge A. Hale Bennett of Canterbury. Judge Oscar Atwood, Brooklyn. H. O. Preston. Put nam: J. D. Converse, Putnam; Hon. Thomas Thurber. County Commission CTS John Dady of Putnam and Urgele Lafrance, Central Village: Mrs F. A. Mitchell, Norwich, representing the state board of charities.
 X splendid dinner was served. Dur ing tho afternoon, the visitors were given an opportunity to see the chil- dren, who were gathered on the lawn Superintendent and Mrs. Park received many congratulations on the success of their work and the general man. agement of the home.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08

tion of a special committee of ladies of the Congregational church.
 The programme was arranged as follows:
 Morning session-Crester E. Child, presiding. 10 devotions. Henry M. Danielson. president district No. 2. 10.20 appointment of committees. Ii address, Promotion in the Sunday School, Mrs. Lucy Stock Chapin, Hartford. 11.S0 address. Outside the Four Walls of the Sunday School, Hamilton s. Conant, Boston. 12 recess. Dinner in banquet room of church
 Afternoon session: 1.30 devotions, Rev. w. s. Beard, willimantic, presi- dent district No. l. 1.45 address, Con- serving Class Energy, Mrs. Cora Downs Stevens, Canaan. 2.15 reports, CD Elementary Superintendent, CD Secondary Superintendent, (3) Treas urer, (D President. 3.15 address. Sun day School Evangelism, Wallace L Woodin, Hartford.
 Conferences: 1, Elementary. Mrs Chapin; 2, Secondary. MT. Conant and Mrs. Stevens; a, Teacher Training. Mir. Woodin and Mir. Thayer
 Evening session: 7.3O devotions, Rev. r. B. Harrison, Woodstock. pres ident district No. 3. 7.45 address, Pre- paration for Service, Rev. William L Thayer. wallingford. s.30 address. Go, and Do Thou Likewise, Wallace l. Woodin, Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
SALTS IF BAcKAcHY
 AND KIDNEYS HURT
Drink lots of water and stop eating meat for a while if your
 Bladder troubles you.

When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region tt generally means you have been eat- authority Meat forms uric acid which oyerworl<s the kidneys in their effort to filter 1t from the blood and they become sort of paralyZed and loggy. When your kidneys get slug gish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; remov- ing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, ton- que is coated, and when the weather Is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night
 Either consult a good, reliable phy- sician at once or get from your phar- macist about four ounces of lad Salts; take tablespoonful in "a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lithia. and has been used for generations to clean and sttmu- late sluggish kidneys. also to neutra- lize acids in the urine so 1t no longer irritates. thus ending bladder weak ness.
 lad Salts is life saver for regular meat eaters. It is inexpensive. can not injure and makes a delightful, effervescent nthia-water drink.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
'CHILDCETS SICK ]. CROSS, FEvERISH'
 IFCONS TIPATED
9scALFFoRNlA SYRUP OF FIGS CAN'T HARM TENDER sToM- {
 AcH OR BOWELS

4 laxative today saves 5a stok child 4omorTew. Childten simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste. liver gets sluggish; !; stomach sour.
 Look at the tongue mother! If coated, or your child is listless, cross, :fsverish. breath bad. restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other chIldrens ailment, give a teaspoonful of 'Cahfornia Syi rnp of Figs" then don't worry, be- cause it is perfectly harmless, and in few hours all this constipation poison. sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you haye "a well, playful child again. "A thorough inside cleansing Is oftimes5al that is necessary. II shoud be the first treatment given in any sickness. ..s-.R .ss
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups Ask your druggist for a 50 -ceut bottle of "California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printedg On the bottle. Look carefully And see that it is, made by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
County Association Meets at congre-
 qationaI Church Thursday.

More than 150 persons from many county towns gathered at the Congre- gational church here Thursday for the annual convention of the Windham County Sunday School association. There were morning. afternoon and evening sessions, the programme being carrier out as arranged with the ex- ception of the scheduled morning ad- GIess by Rev. William T. Thayer of Wallingford, who was detained una voidably, but who came in time to give his address at the eT-ening ses- sion. All of the. sessions were alive with interest and the addresses were followed with the closest attention.
 At the business session, Chester E.. Child Of this city was again elected president and Rev. George D. Stanley, pastor of the Putnam Methodist church. vice president. Mrs. Fred Willebough of Scotland was elected secretary, c. Dwight Sharpe of this city treasurer and Mrs. Helen Boss Cummings of Willimantic elementary secretary. N. A. Ballard. Putnam, was elected superintendent of the Adult department and Frank w. Barber of this city head of the Teachers Train ing department. Rev. w. s. Beard. Willimantic, was elected No. 1 district president, Henry M. Danielson of Dan- ielson, No. 2 district president and F. B Harrison of Woodstock, No 3 district president.
 Dinner was served under the direc-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
REAM ESTATE s4,ooo. 900.
ESeeutor Claims Great Shrinkass Through Depreciation of Stocks Estate in Thompson Independent of This Amount

Otto T. Barnard, an executor of the estate of Norman Bruce Ream, told a New York reporter Wednesday night in his home at No. 30 East Fifty-e ghth street that when all debts had been settled the heirs would be lucky if the estate amounted to s4.0O0. 900.
 His estate shrank in value and schedules filed with the state treasurer of Connecticut cover everything he possessed at the time of his death with the exception of real estate in Chicago valued at far less than S1.000. .0O0.
 When all of MT. Ream's indebted ness has been paid his heirs will have left to divide among them between ga, 000. .000 and S4.0o0, 900. This does not include his home In Thompson. Conn His Chicago real estate holdings con- sist of interests in several office build tngs and his old home there
 There was no cause for any secrecy about the will. It is a simple. straight away document. and there was nothing in or about 1t to conceal. Mfr. Ream has no property. or very little. upon which New York state can claim a tax. HIS legal residence was in Connecti- cut. The schedules and inventories are in my office. The comptroller will have no dIficulty In inspecting them. If he wants to do so."