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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-02-10
WOMEN'S CLUBS
DOING GOOD WORK
Throughout 1 the Country.
Urging Passage of Bet
ter Laws.

man of the Home Economics De-
partment, calls attention TO an ar.
ticle in the February number OF the
Journal of Home Economics on
"The Parcel Post and the High
Cost of Living" lin which a more
general use of the parcel post is ur.
gently recommended.) We quote:
''City housewives who have made
connection with the farmer accord
ing TO our advice la the January
number) or better still, with a
group of neishboring farmers,
should buy a stout hamper for gen
.eral produce or a number of egg
containers, and make a patient at
tempt to get into cordial relations
with the producer. If difficulties
arise ask advice of your postmaster
or write to the parcel post depart
ment in Washington. Cooperation
with your neighbors in order to di.
vide larger order is strongly ad-
~vised."
6MITH-LEvER BILL.
Both Mrs. Pennybaeker, presi-
dent of the General Federation of
Woman's clubs, and Miss Helen
Louise johnson, chairman of the
Home Economies department, point
out the Dece ssity that women arouse
themselves and demand that the
provisions of this bill be made to
apply fairly to home economic edu-
cation as well as TO agricultural edu.
cation. The Smith-Leyer bill for
agricultural and home economics
extension work, provides that SlO,-
900 shall go to each state that as.
sents to the provisions of the bill.
After 'his year large additional
sums may be available, but the bill
makes no provision for the division
OF the amount between agricultural
and home economies extension
work. Mrs. Pennybacker in her
current letter to club women empha
sizes Miss Johnson's appeal and
urges that women be on the alert In
this matter. For particulars as to
what TO do, address DR.. A. &. True,
Director of Experiment Stations,
Department of Agriculture, WASH
'ington, ID. @.
FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
Mrs. Franklyn P. Iams, chair.
man of the legislative department of
the General Federation, urges club
women to make special study of the
following important measures now
before the national congress:
/. The Child Labor bill, pro-
hibiting the shipment from one
state to another of products of child
labor except under certain specified
conditions.
3. The Hughes Vocational Edu-
cation bill, providing for the promo
tion OF vocational education by ex-
tending Federal aid to the states.
(Tbis is the successor to the Page
bill.)
8. An equitable and adequate
bill providing for safety at sea.
4. A bill for the elimination of
adult illiteracy in the United States.
Earnestly advocated by Mrs. Ellor
Carlisle Ripley, chairman Of the
Education department, General Fed
eration
The bill urged by Mrs. John
Dickinson Sherman, chairman of
the Conservation department, pro
viding for the purchase Of a tract
in Colorado for national park, has
passed both houses Of congress.
GENERAL FEDERAL PRESS WORK.
The press committee Of the Gen.
eral Federation is grati6ed at the
steadily increasing number Of news
papers, large and small, that hays
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
SALEM.

The funeral of George Conrad, aged
! Sc years. who passed away at his home
at Omaha, Neb., was held from Salem
| NJ. E. church at 2:30 o'clock Wednes-
cay afternoon. Services were con-
Quoted by Rev. E. s. Hehner. Inter
ment was made In the South cemetery.
| The deceased was born and raised at
Salem and in his young manhood he
located in Nebraska. He is survived by
| VITO daughters and one son, also one
! sister and one brother.
Large numbers were at the Sunday
schools on GO to Sunday school Sun
day" All present seemed much in
terested in the good work being done.
Supt. G. X. Hayes of Salem schools,
was one Of the judges for the debate
between FIT. Madison and Mt. Pleas
ant high schools, held at Mt. Pleasant
Friday evening.
Mrs. C. H. Cook visited her sister,
Mrs. Harry Reeves and Mrs. Fred Gar
retson at Keokuk, last week. Mrs.
Garretson is i'll at the hospital.
| At the opera house Feb. 5 the G.. L..
II. o. class of the Congregational
Sunday school will give the play Back
to the Country Store"
| Mrs. Rue Garretson Is suffering
from a severely sprained wrist caused
from a fall after slipping on the Ice
Tuesday.
H, C. Cooper came from Brighton
Tuesday and remained until Thursday
a guest of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Cooper.
! Mr. and Mrs. Sumner will give one
of their excellent entertainments at
the opera house on the evening OF
February 9.
J. M. Tripplett is at home after an
extended visit with his daughter, Mrs.
R. F. Pierce and family in New Jersey.
Monday Mrs. Bion Arnold slipped on
the ice, fell and fractured the wrist OF
her right arm.
The girls of the M. E. Sunday school
| held a pantry sale at Huxley's store
Saturday. The proceeds made neat
sum for the benefit Of the school
Eli Brody came from Milton and
spent Wednesday with his cousin,
Philip Brody.
Miss Clara Cooper departed Satur-
| day to resume millinery work in St.
| Louis.
Foster Lightner arrived from rev
ena, Ohio. He is visiting relatives
and friends.
Azur Barton is enjoying visit with
his daughter, Mrs. II. G. Nichols from
OsceOla.
| Robert Seeds will deliver one of his
fine lectures at Salem opera house on
| the evening of Feb. Is.
The body of Mrs. Martha Wilsey
was brought from Bonaparte to Salem
Saturday for burial. The deceased
was for number of years an esteem.
ed resident Of Salem.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
~ LEE PAPE

you, tell you, sed Mr. Wilkins, look at
hin. now, wy. he wunts to shake hands
with you, reetch up and shake hands
with him, Potts.
Is that nesessery, sed pop, wat if he
duz no me, lots of peepil no me.
But hes ony 8 munths old and he noz
you, 60 avn, shake hands with MIN,
cant you see he wunts you to.
Well, If he RELY wishes it, sed pop.
And he put his hand up and the baby
kwick grabbed hold of 1t as if he
thawt he was catching sumthing, and
pop pulled his hand away agen and
looked at it, saying. Confownd it, wat
do you no about that, the brat axuilly
scratched me, look at that mark, for
the luv of Mike.
Wat, scratched you, did he RELY, sed
Mr.. Wilkins, we'll wat do you think of
that for child Of munth, an axuil
scratch, heb we'll the littel DEVIL, hes
nevvir dun that to me yet, I dident
think he Good
am honored, assure you, sed pop
but the next time you sick that kid avn
to me, kindly don't mask his vicious in
tenshins behind pretenshin of friend
ship. And pop startid to wawk away
rubbing his hand, and followed him,
saying, Lets see it, pop, and Mr. Will
kins kissed Winfield and put down the
WindO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11

Me and pop was taking wawk yes
tidday AFTERNOON, and we startid to go
past Mr.. Wilkinses house, and Mr.. Will
kins was standing in the parler windo
holding Winfield, winfield beeing the
Wilkinses baby.
Darn it, sed pop, KUN avn, Benny,
let's wawk past as if we dident see him.
WITCH we startid to do, wawking rite
by, pretending we dident no Mr.. Will
kins was thare waving his hand for us
to stop.
Blast it awl, hes hooking avn the
windo pane now, we cant help but heer
that, sed pop. And he stopped and l
stopped and Mr. Wilkins opened the
windo with the hand he wasent hold
ing Winfield with, and pop sed, Hello,
Wilkins are you thare.
Yes, I've bin toying to attrackt yure
attenshin awl the time you were kum-
ing down the street sed Mr.. Wilkins,
wat do you think, Winfield noz you, he
axuilly noz you, as soon as he saw you
he startid to jump up and down and
point and make CRATE fuss about it.
thares no doubt about it, he auxilly noz
you.
Nonsents, he jest took noshin to
jump up and down that was awl, sed
pop.
Noshin nuthing, the child axuilly noz
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
Chizdren's EDening Story

Beckie Stubtail, the little bear cub
girl, who lived in the cave with hel
papa and mamma and her brother
Neddie, was not feeling very well. II
wasn't from biting her paw nails that
she was i'll, for, you know since Dr.
Possum had put bitter, sour stuff on
them, and Beckie had frightened the
bad old bear by making funny crook
ed faces, she had let her paw nails
alone.
II think Beckie has caught bad
cold" said Dr. Postum, who stopped
in on his way to cure the toothache OF
Sammie Littletail the rabbit boy, to
see the bear cub girl.
"She and Neddie did go out and play
In the snow once said Mr.. Stubtail.
They hid in hollow log and
brought them home"
well, wouldn't be surprised but
what that gave Beckie her cold" said
DR.. Postum. "At any rate, she must
stay in bed and take some medicine"
"Oh, DEAR" cried Beckie. Il don't
like medicine!"
You'll like the kind I'm going to
give you," DR.. Postum said, and he
took from his valise some pink pills
and some green ones, and some blue
powders and yellow lozenges, with a
bottle of red medicine and one of cir
Gus peanut color And when these
were all set in row on the table at
the side of Beckie's bed. where the
light from the freely lantern in the
cave fell on them, the medicines look
ed so pretty, just like rainbow, that
the little bear girl didn't in the least
mind taking them.
But, for all that, Beckie was quite ill,
and soon she became fretful. She
wanted to get up and play around the
cave with Neddie, her brother, but DR..
Postum and her mother would not let
her.
s'Oh dear!" cried Beckie. "You don't
love me-none of you love me! I'm
not having bit good time"
mo one does when they are ill.,"
said Papa Stubtail gently.
I'VE must try and amuse her." said
Neddie. ''Ill go and get some of the
animal children to come in and cheer
Beckie up"
So Sammie and Susie Littletail, the
rabbits, came to the bear cave, and SO
did Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, the
squirrels, and Buddy and Brighteyes,
the guinea pig children.
And, for little while Beckie was
cheerful again. But, after bit, she
became cross at having to stay in
bed, and when the animal children
were gone Beckie said "Oh, dear!' 80
many times that it is a wonder there
were any such words left for other
boys or girls to use.
Cant l have my dolls to play
WITH asked Beckie.
why, yes, my DEAR" said her moth
er. "Ill get them for you," and Mrs.
Stubtail brought out the box of
Beckie's dolls. There were almost
forty-'leven of them; dolls of all
shapes and sizes, girl dolls and boy
dolls, working-girl dolls and brides,
baby dolls and nurse-maid dolls. Oh.
such number. And each one had his
or her own proper dress.
Well, Beckie played with the dolls
for little while, in bed, but finally she
whined:
"Oh, dear! This is no fun! want
to be up and about, and play tag with
Neddie."
But you can't, my DEAR" said her
mamma. "You must stay in bed"
ooh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!"
whined Beckie, and then she had to
take a pink pill, green powder and
yellow lozenge, and that medicine
made her sleepy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11
LIBERTYvILLE.

Mrs. Kate Rodabaugh and Mrs. Will
] Robertson were shopping In Ottumwa
! Tuesday.
Roecoe Riggs of Udell is guest OF
his brothers.
The X. Of p. lodge will hold their an
nual banquet at their hall Friday even
ing.
Mrs. Ed Sellers and baby are report
ed on the sick list.
Mrs. Ada Allen Of Creston visited .
few days last week here.
Ed Williams and wife returned to
! their home at Gage, OKLA, Saturday
| morning, after a pleasant visit Of sew
eral weeks with relatives in and near
Libertyville.
| for Salem where she will be an in
structor In the graded schools there.
| Miss Margaret Hurst is guest Of
rela tives at Abba and Centerville.
| The Phoenix Rebekah club will be
entertained at the home Of Mrs. o. A.
Swanson Friday Jan. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Vaught entertained
| the following friends at a o'clock din
ner Thursday Jan. 81: Messrs. and
Mesdames John Glotfelty, q. T.. Moore,
Ida Peebler, Joe Hoffman and Gus
Riniker
The Mt. Zion Aid society very pleas,
antly surprised Mrs. Howard Harsh
! man Wednesday in honor of her birth
day. They each went with well filled
baskets and an elegant dinner was
served.
Mr. and Mrs. John Turner and fam
lily wish to express their thanks to
their friends and neighbors who so
kindly assisted them during the Illness
| and death Of their daughter and sister
Msr Charles Chedal. and for the beau
tiful floral offerings
IL
realized from Mrs Bishops sale $40.
Mrs. Bishop moved to Libertyville on
Tuesday where she expects to make
her home for the future.
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"Neddie, will you please pick up
Beckie's dolls for me?" asked Mrs.
Stubtail. Il have so much to do in
the cave"
! Certainly, will, mamma" spoke
Neddie kindly, and while his sick sis
ter slept he picked up the dolls she
had, in her impotence and fretfulness,
pushed to the floor. And then Neddie
had queer idea.
II know what I'll do" said the little
bear boy to himself. 1T will make
Beckie laugh, I'm sure, and when she
laughs she won't be so fretful."
So Neddie took the box of dolls,
from the large fat cook doll, down to
the little tiny baby doll, and he sat
down in corner of the cave where ne
would be out of the way. And Neddie
was busy until nearly supper time.
with those dolls.
What are you doing, Neddie?" the
mother bear would ask
Making surprise for Beckie," he
answered.
Pretty soon Beckie awakened again.
"Oh, dear" she cried 1T isn't any
fun to be i'll. l want to be we'll and
play. Oh. dear!" and she nearly cried.
Don't you want to play with your
dolls again." asked Neddie, sort of
winking both eyes to himself.
mo, l am tired of my dolls" an
swered Beckie. They are so stupid!
They can't make any fun!"
well, take a look at them, any
how" said Neddie, and he went over
to Beckie's bed with the box of dolls
he had fixed. Here is your sailor
DOLL" the little bear boy went on, and
he handed it to Beckie But what
had Neddie done?
Why he had taken the wig from the
bride doll, and also the veil and put
them on the sailor doll And he had
taken the sailors suit off him, and put
it on the cook doll, and the cook doll s
clothes were on the sailor Oh, how
funny that sailor doll looked!
"Why-why-who did that?' asked
Beckie, in surprise.
Il did, sister," spoke Neddie. And
look here" Then he handed out the
nurse maid doll, and she was all dress
ed up too cute for anything in the rich
baby dolls dress, and the rich baby
doll had on the clothes Of the football
player doll.
ooh, N.Y. said Beckie, and she be-
gan to smile. How funny"
Here are more!' said Neddie.
Then the little bear boy took up the
papa doll, and he was dressed in the
mamma dolls clothes, and the police
man doll had on the nures maids
apron and cap, and the nurse malo
carried the policeman's club and he'll
met and she looked just like Votes
for Women" doll Then Neddie tum-
bled the whole box of mixed-up dolls
on his sisters bed.
The cowboy doll looked like an AS
bury Park bathing girl, and the lawn
tennis doll was dressed up like . sold
Ter. The fish peddler doll was selling
bananas, and the grocery store doll
looked like an automobile doctor. In
fact the dolls were all so mixed up
that Beckie cried:
Why, it's regular Halloween
! masquerade" And she laughed and
laughed and felt much better Then
she played with the oddly dressed dolls
until she fell asleep, and when she
awakened she was all well.
So this shows you even boy can
do something with dolls and Mrs. Stub.
tail was very glad Neddie had amused
Beckie. And If the ashman doesn't
take our cats tail to use for a brush
to paint his wagon pink, I'll tell you
! next about Neddie doing some busting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11

has chosen, for reasons Of his own, to
wreck and devastate, and turn to use.
less rust the Ring City Street Rail.
way company"
Every eye was turned to Sledge,
but that omnipotent friend and re-
lentless foe, without moving a cor.
puscle, gazed straight ahead at moth
ing.
HE is no friend of the working
mani" swore little Henry Peters
AS if Infatuated by his impassive-
ness. Attorney Tucker. who was paid
by Sledge for the purpose, fgurative-
ly ripped the big boss up the back,
skinned him alive, hung up his hide
to dry, and scattered his ashes to the
winds, painting him as an Unsuitable
monster, and chiefly calling attention
to his habits of ruthless devastation.
Wherever the present street car COM
pany had line, the new one would
have one on an adjoining street, with
newer and better and swifter cars,
and closer schedule, and, unless
something radical were done, he
would not give continental cuss per
bale for the stock of the now rapidly
uJiAS 1NAA6 Wv OIic0I NnAVoy SoAA-
pany.
A long low sigh, like the midnight
soughing in churchyard, arose from
that meeting, as Attorney Tucker sat
down. Little Henry Peters, with a
livid face. clutched the arm Of his
wattle-necked neighbor.
"If that man had only come back
could have got thirty-five for my
stock" he walled. I'm ruined
shall lose my home Frank Marley is
rotten business mani"
"Yeh!'' intoned the crooked-nosed
one. They're all thieves"
Jim Delaney, who, with a clear eye
and a straight countenance, could
make louder speeches than any man
in the eighth ward, painted even a
blacker picture than Attorney Tucker,
and when he, sat down he had bank.
rupted every stakeholder within the
sound Of his voice. 1t even seemed
incredible that street car should
still be whizzing outside. Little Henry
Peters sat numbly, with his hair
clutched in his hands. II he could
have snapped his nine thousand dol
lars worth of street railway stock
for a pack-knife with two broken
blades. his conscience would have
hurt him; and every stakeholder was
in his class. Misery sat enthroned on
every counteance.
(To be continued)
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KIRkVlLLE.

The Royal Neighbors installed the
officers Thursday evening for the en-
suing year, as follows: Oracle, Mrs.
John Eathrop; vice oracle, Mrs. Etna
Newell; recorder, Mrs. Mabel Shaw;
secretary, Miss Bertha McGlasson;
chancellor. Mrs. Minnie Shaw; mar
shall. Miss Bertha Parks; inner SEN
tinei. Mrs. Carson; outer sentinel,
Mrs Vera Funk After installation
light refreshments were served.
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for business.
Immediately he made a neat little
speech to his faithful friends, the
stanch investors who had believed In
the future Of their heretofore pros;
porous organization we'll enough to
hold to their stock, or to purchase
more in the face of apparent adver-
sity. It was true that certain purely
manipulative transactions had seemed
to initiate against the company, and
had temporarily depressed the market
value of its stock.
Bendix stole shy look at Sledge.
He had never batted an eyelash.
However, the president went on, the
intrinsic value of the stock was still
there. and with that thought constant,
ly in mind. there was no need for q
panic. The stock was worth, and
should command par. The improve
ments, for which the reorganization
had been made, were to be carried out,
and others. vastly greater, were in I'M
mediate contemplation.
It was q hopeful speech, rousing
speech. reassuring speech, and
President Marley felt, when he sat
down, bathed in self-approbation and
perspiration, that, there being SIX re-
porters present by special invitation
he had raised the market value OF his
stock from ten to fifteen points.
So impressive was his speech that
little Henry Peters. whose cheeks
we're shrunken and pale, and whose
wrinkle-framed eyes were oleareo
from the loss of sleep, turned to his
nearest neighbor, and said, with sigh
of relief
I'm glad didn't sell my stock day
before yesterday. l almost took thlr
ty-flve for it, but the man didn't come
back"
His neighbor, a wattle-necked man
with a crooked nose and tow-ltke hair
which swept down his forehead and
curled up over his eyebrows, said.
through his nose, like the Wheeze OF
penny whistle:
"Nyah; everything's all talk
Up rose Attorney Tucker, a sharp
nosed little man with beady eyes, and
the crisp business air which fro"ns
;; on smile and hates holiday
Let his fellow stockholders beware
of too much optimism. He, himself
had been, next to President Marcy
the largest individual holder OF stock
in the company. He had sold all but
an extremely small portion before the
panic, and wished that he had SOLD
the balance, for the outlook was very
gloomy. He did not wish to make his
remarks in the form Of personal
TRADE but he did feel it necessary to
noint ont that the downfall and ulti
mate ruination Of their company was
due not to mismanagement, but to po
litical manipulation.
Let me tell you the truth" he
shouted. 1--WE have with us today
at this very meeting, man OF ire
mendous power and influence: poll
tician of national renown: one. who is
at this moment, under the searching
eye OF the law; an omnipotent friend
and relentless foe; and this man
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The Best of Chester
A TALE OF RED ROSES
BY George Randolph Chester
Author Of est. Rid. Qvck Nssaogford, tic
cee~3ghssA Ihe esahsMessM Cempsr

PTER XXI--Continued

CHAPTER AL oIlillueu
He paused to let all the beauty OF
that logical little plan sink into Mr.
Marley's inner being.
Great Scott" murmured Mr.. Mar
ley, and wiped his brow. But how
can We stop him."
Get control Of the company. Call
q special meeting. When we offer to
sell you our franchises. stand pat, and
refuse to pay more than fifty thou
sand dollars for the franchise. You
can defy us to build, and make fine
grandstand play out of 1t, when you
know that we won't. Well accept
fifty thousand, and then you juggle it
to slip Moodson and Timbers and me
q hundred thousand on the side.
You've saved your company hun.
dred thousand. we've dragged down
what We ought to have for our work,
slsdse gets the hook, and your stock
bounces up to par. Why, man, you'll
not only be where you were before,
but yoa1l clean up close to hundred
thousand profit on the stunt"
'>Order some whiskey," Marley sug'
gosted to his host.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
OPPOSE MORTGAGE
TAX PROVISION
REAL ESTATE DEALERS WANT
FLAT TAX LEVIED AT TIME
OF EXECUTION.

Petersburg Va. Jan. 26.---At a
meeting OF local real estate dealers
held in the Offices of the Chamber Of
Commerce last evening, which was
largely attended. the bill introduced In
the General Assembly by Delegate
Weaver and Senator buchanan. pro-
viding for an annual tax OF seventy
cents per hundred dollars on real
estate mortgages, was discussed and
generally disapproyed. resulting in the
adoption of the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the real estate deal
ers of Petersburg, Va. oppose the bill
introduced in the General Assembly
by Delegate Weaver and Senator
Buchanan, providing for an annual
incom tax of seventy csnts per ono
hundred dollars on real estate mortg-
ages and advocate as a substitute a
tax of one half OF one per cent. to he
levied ON all real estate mortga ges
Mt the time of the execution and that
this shall be the only tax to be levied
on such mortgages.
Resolved, further, That a copy Of
these resolutions be forwarded to
Hon r. w. Price and Hon. r H.
Drewry, with the request that they
use their influence against the pro-
posed bill
Local real estate dealers believe
that the bill would result disastr ously
as revenue producer. in that 1t
would deprive the State of millions OF
dollars that otherwise would be await
able for loans on farms. buildings, i'm
provements etc.