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The Yale expositor., 1915-01-28
INTERNAL CATARRH
''Peruna Has Done Wonders For Me.
Was So Weak"

Mrs. NJ. =.
Curry, Z. o.
B o x, 6 1 5,
= c { e r sburg,
Ills, writes:
IT have been
troubled with
internal ca
tarrh since
my gfrlhood,
and was sick
In bed three
m o n { h s.
When / was
able to get up
/ was so weak
and thin 1
could hardly
walk What
1 ate disa-
greedk with
me. I had
stomach and
liver trouble,
and my feet
and limbs
The Yale expositor., 1915-01-28

STRAYED-from the enclosure of the
undersigned on Saturday, Jan. 18th
one white SOW, weight about 500.
Notify either Chas. King or Edward
Carless. 42.2
The Yale expositor., 1915-01-28
ATLANTIC And PACIFIC OCEANS
JOINED BY BELL TELEPHONE Line
President VaIs Engineers Make It Possible For President
Wilson to Send His Voice Across the
Continent instantly
sELL, VAIL AND WATSON, CREATORS OF TELEPHONE.
EXCHANGE GREETINGS OVER 44ooMIL

Public officials
Congratulate One Ano o
last
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
Academy of Birds.

lOn little house in London appears
the interesting sign. Academy for
Birds" and from the open windows in
SPINNER comes most amazing vol
be of bird-song The professor"
,islnot at all particular as to the breed
io4 value of the pupils offered Any
sd g-bird is eligible; terms, so cents
fdF the course The academy" guar
aftees that each pupil shall leave
tip establishment fully proficient to
render three airs without omission
add in correct time
fThe method OF instruction is very
simple, and is said to be remarkably
successful. There are three rooms, in
each of which is photograph which
plays single air A new bird has his
c&ge hung in room No. 1 until he has
learned to sing correctly the constant
lHrepeated air, and is then transferred
I'd the second, and in time to the
tffrd room. The professors are hope
~ that some day it may be possible
't4 teach Strauss to a parrot or a
beethoven sonata to a starting.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
Farmersyille.

Everybody around Farmersville
is working fourteen hours a day.
j. R. Harrison and grandson. of
Brunswick. Mo. are visiting at
Alfred Huff's. Mr.. Harrison is a
brother of Mrs. Huff.
Miss Rebie Yager returned home
Saturday after a two weeks visit
with ner sister. Mrs. Virgie Nichols.
Mack Rouse and wife spent Sun
day at the Alva Berry home.
Wallace Adams and family were
Sunday guest at the Ed Young
home.
Preston Yager and Miss Frances
Utterback were married at Fl
Madison. Iowa. last Wednesday.
Miss Helen Little visited Monday
at the Lambert Little home.
Mrs. Alice Huff and family vitited
her daughter. Mrs. Bert West Sun.
day.
Alfred Huff and family spent
Sunday with the Ernest Lewellen
family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
es-s The futurist Painter.


Painting to the Futurist is no pretty
anh soothing art to be hung in a room
add discussed at discreet dinner par.
ids. Like all Futurist work, It 10 in
spired by adventure aud discovery. It
is = violent stirnulant, to be taken only
ndw and then, deadly as whisky, II too
often repeated; but never an opiate.
meyer narcotic with sleep. The Futur-
isl destroys everything soft, gracious,
eliminate, subdued and moribund. He
w&fkstwith brilliant colors and sharp
angles He strives to find plastic
equivalents for all appearances Of our
ACTUAL life-its noises, smells, music
halls. factories. trains and harbors. He
tets us that noises and smells may be
inform concave or convex, triangular,
el4ptical, oblong, conical, spherical,
spiral; and as for their color, he says
thk smell Of machinery and sport, for
inttance, is nearly always red; the
smell Of restaurants and cafes is sill
vefy, yellow or violet; the smell of
animals yellow or blue. Let us not
la1gh too soon. Noises and smells are
on states Of mind, and we talk of
je%ousy (which is a state Of mind as
grken or grcen-eyed; in anger we say
w4 see red" in melancholy we
''hRve the blues."-Atlantic Monthly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01

II you are too stout don't take fl,
reducing medicines. Cut down on
your diet, get out-of-door exercise
and you will assume normal lines
and reduce to normal weight. Avoid
sweets, eggs, cream, fat meats and
especially potatoes. Live mainly OIL
lettuce, spinach, cabbage, lean rneats'
young onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.
Take sailed toast instead Of bread
and butter If you cease to give
your body fat-making foods you will
cease creating fat cells. It is no trick
to reduce If you practice self-denial
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
The Dairy Businesa.

# is said that those who don't like
dfirying should go out Of 1t, or not
ert&age in it. Experience has taught
ud that men seldom make money
frNn any commodity that they do
nd like handle. This is as true
o93hogs as of cows. There Is money
tnEboth II yon are organized to handle
them and give the matter plenty of
Intelligent care.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
Almost Perfect Ideal.

A faithful friend of all that is best,
a brave sufferer from ipcurable bur-
dens, in private letter sends this con-
fession, which we commend to those
more favored of circumstances, less
consecrated In the center-stances of
life: my ideal Is every day to spread
little truth, o little kindness, a little
beauty, but alas, how often fall"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
To Remove MIIdew Stains.

Mix q small quantity Of soft soap
with the same proportion of powdered
starch and salt and the Juice Of 8
lemon, Apply this mixture to both
sides Of the. stain with a small brush,
and, If possible, let the article lie on
the grass all day and night until the
stains have quite disappeared. Then
wash in the usual way.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
FIroproof Wood.

To make wood fireproof, slake q
small quantity Of fresh lime and add
water till It has the consistency Of
cream, stir well and add one pound Of
alum. IL ounces of commercial potash
and about one pound of salt. Stir
again and apply while hot Two or
three coats win keep wood fireproof
for many months.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
Ancient Writing Implements.

When writing, Confucius used a
small brush, like a camel's-hair brush.
for a pen, and so did his ancestors for
centuries before his time. The reed
came into use for writing in tho
marshy countries of the Orient 1t
was hollow and cut In short lengths.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
UrnTeMSah!a anorf.

"Possums are abundant around
Wattsboro." says the Luenenburg Trib-
une. but q man in that neighbor-
hood went out hunting the other night,
and after his dogs got after some
thing he out down two trees and
finally ran his own cat into the dining
room ct his own home"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
Commitment FOR orandpa.

Grandpa was visiting in a family
where there was little girl named
Lucille. After he had gone someone
said. well. Lucille, what do you think
Of grandpaf" "oh," she said. Il think
he is just awful cute"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01
Notice.

AS we are going out Of business
in Monroe City we will ask every
body who are owing us to come in
and settle at once.
Anderson & Fields.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01

81 Read the Situation
Wanted columns.
Mr.. Business Man.
q This column is the
ladder Of the discon-
tented ones-for discon-
tent nine times in ten
spells ambition.
q Just the young man
your business needs may
be appealing to you
today.
81 Take a chance on the
ambitious employed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-07-01

Eggs to Discard.
Eggs Weighing less than two ounces
each should not be incubatod.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GETS OLD BOOKS
Two Works on Mathematics Are Pre-
scented 10y Mrs. Amanda
W. Ryan.

Two works on mathematics bearing
the dates of I'LL and 1712 and a copy
of a patent on parchment dated 1926
have been added 10 the collection of
the Indiana Historical society They
were presented by Miss Amanda w.
Ryan, so years old. who lives at the
Old family homestead in Clay town
ship. These works were formerly the
property of her father, Isaac Ryan,
who died Nov. Is, 1873.
one of the relics is a work in math-
ematics and fOrtifications from the
French author Ozanam. published in
London in 1711. 90 years before the
signing of the Declaration of indie
pendence. The other mathematical
work is by the same author and was
published in London in 1712.
The third OF the collection is q pat
ent on parchment from the United
States to Isaac Ryan for an improve
ment ON grist mills dated June %
1926. Mr. Ryan was a millwright and
then resident Of Massachusetts,.
The patent bears the genuine sigma
lures of John Quincy Adams. then
president of the United States; Henry
Clay. secretary of state, and William
Writ attorney general.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
CIVIC MOVEMENT
PROVING SUCCESS
Seven Hundred People Attend
Meeting at Haley School
viii Be Kept Open Four
Nights a Week

That the social center movement in
the Haley school district is a success
was proven last night when 700 peo-
pie attended the meeting of the Haley
Civic club. The interest shown by
the people IN the club since il started
It's policy Of keeping the school house
open four nights OF each week makes
IL very probable that the plan will be
started in other schools of the city
Tuesday night marked the opening
OF the Haley reading rooms. which is
a part of the transformation of the
school house into a community cen
ter The reading room was largely
oatronized, and DC is expected by those
who are back Of the movement that
this department OF the club will be of
more and more Importance in giving
the Haley people place TO gather in
the evenings.
The children present were enter
tanned by the showing OF stereopticon
lecture on Summer Camps for Boys
BY +. +. Barnes, municipal recreation
director
I'm the auditorium. the pupils of the
school and the people of the Kaley
district presented an interesting yro-
gram consisting of the following num-
bers: Recitation, THE Arrow and
the Song, by Marie Johnson. play.
Bones and keys Ranch, residents
Of the Haley district: play. The New
Stahl and company.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
TRY THIS FOR NEURAIGIA.

Thousands OF people keep on suffer-
ing with Neuralgia because they do
not know what TO do for IL. Neuralgia
Is pain in the nerves What you
want To DO is 10 sOothe the nerve it
self. Apply Sloan's Liniment 10 the
surface over the painful part-do not
rub IL in. Sloan's Liniment penetraSes
very quickly 10 the sore. irritated
nerve and allays the Inflammation. Get
bottle of SlOans Iiniment for %
cents OF any druggist and have il in
the house-against Colds. Sore and
swollen Joints. Lumbago. Sciatica and
like ailments Your money back IL
not satisfied, but II does sise almost
instant relief AdVt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
DAClA READY TO SAIL

GALVESTON. Tex. ian. 26.-At 3
o'clock this afternoon the Dacia left
the dock at pier 81 and steamed to
Bolivar roads where she dropped her
anchor prepared to sail when orders
arrived for her departure. Agents
and skipper of the Dacia will not
divulge reasons for which the vessel
must wait The local representative
said Tuesday.
All this talk about the owners or
skipper losing their nerve is rot. The
ship Will sail for Rotterdam as soon
as certain details which we cannot
discuss are arranged. The boat will
not sail Tuesday. but is likely to san
at any hour Wednesday,"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
CANDIDATES INITIATED
Projected Home Circle Holds Inter-
esting Meeting.

Initiation OF candidates was held
last night at the Eagles hall by the
Protected Home circle. There were u
present and all took the drst degree
work. The new uniforms We're worn
10y the team for the first time and an
exhibition drill was given by A. NJ.
Mclean. supreme president OF sharon.
Pa. and a. Il. Hun. state manager
from Indianapolis. were present and
gave interesting lectures on the good
of the order and the good derived.
Members from the neighbOring
towns were present. Laporte. Mich
igan City. Goshen and Elkhart were
represented by officers OF their circles
A banquet was served after the other
entertainment and the evenings pro-
gram was completed with a dance.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
NO ADVANCE IN BREAD
PRICE SAY RETAILERS
VIII Continue to Retail Loaf at Five
and Ten Cents
Each.

No advance in the retail price of
bread is to he made according to sew
eral local grocers. According to their
statements yesterday they are willing
to continue TO dish out the staff Of life
at five and ten cents per loaf so long
as wheat does not take another climb.
The wholesale price has been ad-
anCed half a cent ON the small loaf
and a cent on the large lOafs. 1t is
contended that with a further ad-
vance in the price OF wheat the
wholesalers will be forced TO tax on
more, in order 10 make ends meet.
In case this happens the retailers will
retaliate by adding to the price.
Yesterdays grocery bills showed
the ten cent price still prevailed al
though it wars rumOred that the retail
price was due 10 take boost
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
MANY DISORDERS COME From
THE LIVER
Are You just at Odds with Yourself?


Are you sometimes at odds with
yourself and with the world? Do you
wonder what ails you? True YOU may
be eating regularly and sleeping Wei.
Yet something is the matter! Consti-
patton, Headache. Nervousness and
Bilious Spells indicate a Cluggish
Liver. The tried remedy is Dr. Kings
New Life Pills only 25c. at your
Druggist
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Skin
EruptiOus. AdVt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
Chiidren's Coughs - ChiIdren's Colds
Roth arc Serious

When one of your little ones shows
symptoms of an approaching Cold.
give 1t Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey at
once. 1t acts quickly and prevents
-he Cold growing worse. Very healing
-soOthes the Lungs. lOOseus the mu-
Cous. strengthens the system. It's
guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Drug
gist. Buy a bottle today
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for sores
AdVt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
MEETINGS START TONIGHT
Special Services to BE Held at JefTer-
son Blvd. Mission.

Special evangelistic meetings win
he started at the City mission on JEFF
ferson blvd. tonight TO last one week
by Ray \. Bird. superintendent of the
mission. In these meetings he will
endeavOr TO make the mission the
busiest IL has been since il started.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
STUDENTS TO SEE FILM
Julius Caesar to BE shown at NOtrc
Dame Friday

George Kleine's magnificent picture.
Julius Caesar, which will be the at
traction at the Auditorium Friday,
will he given by Mr. Hines at Notre
Dame at o'clock in the morning.
thus enabling all of the students at
the university TO witness it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27

seeking 10 have \ deed refOrme cd
Mary Kurek has brought action i'm the
superior court naming John j.. Auna
y. Joseph and Kasmer Kurek as de-
PENDANTS. 1t is alleged that an error
was made i'm a deed through the mis-
take OF an Interpreter and scrivener.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
EATHER III.

Rev. J. Leonard CarricO g. :. c.
dean Of the department of English
AT Notre. and To whom this years
Dome is 10 be dedicated. was called to
Rsywick. Ky. yesterday by the seri-
ouS illness of his father
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27

' G & e ( a b e Com
pound. l used to go
to my doctor for pills
and remedies and
theyGidnot helpme.
/ had headaches and
could not eat, and the
doctor claimed I had
female trouble and
must have an opera
ton. / read in the
paper about Lydia
+. Pinkham' S Vege-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27

Judge FUNK has appointed the I'm
ion Trust Co. as guardian of Sarah
Lillian Stockwell. who has been ad-
Judged Of unsOund mind. The peti-
ton for "A guardian was entered by
Walter H. Baker.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27

The Union Trust Company's Christ
mas Savings Club is now open Come
I'm and let us ten YOU all about it,
Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27

The Union Trust CompaLy's Christ
mas savings Club Is now open. Come
in and let Us tell YOU all about it.
AGvt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
TWO WOMEN
AVOID
OPERATIONS
BY Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Chicago, Ill must thank you with
III my heart for Lydia T.. Pinkham's
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27

table Compound and / have taken it and
feel fine. A lady said one day. ooh,
feel so tired all the time and have head
sche.' ! said. Take Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and she
did and feels fine now. Mrs. NJ. r.
KARsCHNICK, I4SS n. Paulina Street,
Chicago. Illinois.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-27
The Other Case.

Dayton, Ohio. -" Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound relieved me of
pains in my side that / had for years
and which doctors medicines failed to
relieve. 1t has certainly saved me from
an operation. / will be glad TO assist
you by a personal letter TO any woman
in the same condition. - Mrs. J. ".
SHERER, 126 Cass St, Dayton, Ohio.
II you want special advice
write to Lydia T.. Pinkham Med
idine Co. (confidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

concerning others who had appeared against Mrs Pol.
lard in the first trial
with this convincing evidence Butler succeeded in
having Mrs Pollard visit the prosecuting attorney and
there. after five six hours ton during
which she persisted in denying her guilt she finally
confessed 20 having written and OF the letters
in the series.
remarkable thing about the second series of letters
was that none Of them typewrten. The first trial
mad demonstrated pretty conclusively that every type
writer is its hctrayer. although in that case the
jury failed to convict.
instead OF the typewriter. pencil used for most
OF the letters in the second series Those Mrs Pollard
confessed to were printed out ]aborously big type
by hand. Some Of the others composed Of words
and pictures clipped from various newspapers and
pasted on large piece OF brown paper In this way,
1t was undoubtedly thought. possible trace the
sender could ne revealed As many fifty words.
fences and pictures clipped from newspapers were used
Tor single Of OF the communications, the
paper upon which they pasted being about eight
by twelve inches in
Mrs Pollard was promptly indicted for sendng two
OF tho letters both OF which had been sent to women
These letters we're practically the Referring to
well-known woman OF Elizabeth, q member of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution, they contained
such scandalous statements 90 these
she keeps one or Two roomers and does little
dressmaking to hide her double fe Look her clothes
OF elegance? Her husband Is baggage checker the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
pvered Her Tracks
'-st Trial

10. his testimony he pointed out that
i.ble to. identify the work OF any par.
bit that levery operator of q machine
II characteristics in his or her. work
pc recognized : even more positively
his handwriting.
|9ted out 116 different characteristics
Ii the standard, or admitted, and the
HIS. There are said TO be at least six
IA which single character on a type.
i from the same character on another
Iiyal!y the same mako. In some Of the
u both the disputed writings end those
IrA admitted were hers. all SIX OF the
Il Identification absolutely conceded.
I, OF an extract OF tho disputed letter
Iol this page shows very clearly how
IN we're most Of the characters on the
which the work had come. and with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

r r. H. IN Winter and purser Albany BOAT in
Summer. never saw $50 month in his lfe Yet they
keep maid, and she Is the go all the time
once week she meets Elizabeth man over on
Staten leland and once week she meets n NJ Y man
In N. 7. c.. and in that way she makes $40 month
She will do anything hut honest work for money"
References OF the scurrllous type, and all ut
terly untrue. made against other Elizabeth ndi
vduals all Of whom bore unblemshed regulations
Mrs. Pollard pleaded guilty. and although her tlike
activities had upset the whole city OF Elizabeth for
many years, had brought dssension into the homes OF
many respectable people and backened the characters
OF many others and had put the county and DR. Jones
to many thousand dollars OF expense the gentle sen.
tence imposed upon her by Judge Connolly was Rne
OF 5000 ~
The hnc was promptly paid and Mrs. Pollard was
released According to those who were most affected
by the womans activities this punishment was far too
lenent but. the other hand It has been po,nied out
that taken in connection with the other consequences
OF her crime. the sentence perhaps sufficiently
Mrs Pollard has been expelled from the Boudnot
Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution
Federal proceedings against her for opening United
States mail and for using the mails for obscene matter
are contemplated, and she has wisdom of un.
dergoing the humiliation of giving written retracton
to most Of the individuals mentioned in her "poison
letters" '
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

Ct communication making most
ions against his en.yenr-old deugh.
F,deral complaint, the evidence being
I es T. Cortelyou. inspector in charge
~ Division OF the Post Office, and his
Inspector Francis A. Butler. Nothing
tcular proceeding, however. owing to
ilure to indict.
|, case came up for trial. the letter in
newspaper clipHing enclosed With it,
u evidence. There was also introduced
:tr which Mrs. Pollard admitted hav.
b, typewriter and which had been sent
. !derch 4. 1907 complaining OF let.
liey. the well-known handwriting ex-
y OF questioned documents. was on the
y and very convincingly showed that
ton had not only been written on the
! that which had been used for the
ad admitted having written 10 The
a, the< same operator had written