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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-21

the school system of Chicago has
been temporarily checked that is,
unless Jake cares to run afoul of
Judge Denis E. Sullivan of the sUpe-
TiOT court.
Judge Sullivan this corning con-
tinUed the plea for an injunction to
restrain Loeb from throwing out the
merit rule until next Monday. But
he did it with the understanding that
Jake and his II henchmen on the
board will not try to drop the teach
ers who have incurred their enmity
at today's meeting Of the school
board.
VIM. H. Holly, attorney for the
two citizens and taxpayers, Swan
Nelson and David ROsenheim, who
filed the petition, asked that the
Judge make it imperative that the
school board take no action until the
injunction is passed upon. The judge
replied that the courts jurisdiction
in the matter would nulIify any &C
ton the board might take.
Angus Roy Shannon, representing
the school board, said that if the
Judge would continue the case he
would see that the school board did
not act until it was decided. The con-
tinuance was then granted.
Atty Holly characterized the Loeb
rule as the most outrageous step
ever taken by a municipal body"
Margaret Haley, in commenting on
the injunction said: I'VE believe in
doing unto others as they do unto us,
but doing it first.
States Atty HOyne has stepped
into the case on behalf of the school
teachers and the parents Of Chicago. |
Last night he served warning on the
school board that they must not drop
any teachers until the superior court |
has a chance to bass on Jake Loeb's
action in throwing out the merit rule. |
The entrance of Hoyne now places /
the states attorneys Office and the !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-21

7 HOYNE ENTERS CASE
the crew Of eleven supporters on the
board.
This speedy action was taken to
offset LOeb's plan to drop the teach
ers he is reported "Out after" at to-
days meeting Of the full school
board.
Hoyne's interest in the case is re-
ported to have taken the Loeb crowd
by complete surprise. It is rUmoTed
that some of the faithful eleven"
are already showing signs of weak
ening and deserving Jake.
The direct charge is made in the
petition that certain members of
the board of education" blocked in
their efforts to get rid of certain
teachers" by the decision of the ap-
pellate court holding the Loeb rule
No. l put into effect last September
illegal, have changed the rules of the
board of education so that they
might refuse reelection to certain
teachers for personal and other rea-
sons"
uE DCIAIAOAl cA4oD A44cA4 Sc NAAcLI ALAD
certain members of the board of ed
ucatiOn" have already made out a
list of those teachers who are to be
dropped and are holding that list
secret.
It is also cited that Sup't ShoOO
has approved almost every one
the 1900 teachers now employed in
the public schools, but that the ma
jOrity are secretly cutting from the
list submitted by Loeb all those they
desire to drop, regardless of whether
the teachers omitted are efficient or
inefficient"
Jake Loeb refused to discuss the
filing of the petition.
Mt. Carmel, III.-Mrs. Isaac Reed
was killed and husband seriously in
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-21

Mt. Carmel, IlI.-Mrs. Isaac Reed
was killed and husband seriously in
jured early today when cyclone
swept Alendale, Ill. Considerable
property damaged.
New York. - ChurchiIl's famous
Lobster Palace" partly destroyed
by fire early today
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
LAINGSB BURG.

Miss Adell lVanLeuven has, been
spending the past week with relatives
at Belding-Miss Kate Sampson has
returned to her home in Vermont after
spending two weeks at the home Of her
cousin, DR. g B'Wade-Ervin Rowley
has moved from the Dietrich farm in
Victor, and is occupying rooms in Mrs
III LaDue's house-Guy Cantweil, one
Of our popular grocers, and. Miss Ona
Mundt of Chesaning, were married in
Saginaw Dec. II. They willsoccupv the
Tillitson house on First North street
Hewitt Smith, Misses Minnie Marsh.
Helen Austin and Nella Schlicher are
home from Ypsilanti for the Christmas
vacatlon-Miss Edna Brown visited
her sister, Miss Beulah, at Owosso, oyer
Sunday-Mr and Mrs Glen Burt of
Shaftsburg, visited relatives in town
Tuesday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Mistlatoa and In Meanina.

Among the Saxons the fact that mis-
tletoe was suspended from the roof Of
a dwelling intimated to the wayfarer
that the hospitality of the house
was at his disposal and beneath its
branches friend and stranger. vassal
md lord, gathered together In COM
radeship and good cheer. The re-
ligious aspect of the mistletoe tradi-
ton, which had its origin in the Druid
ical rites, and the gathering Of 1t by
the arch Druid with his golden sickle
merged later into purely social SYM
Dol, and the idea of simple hospitality
developed into one of merrymaklng
and somewhat riotous entertain
ment.
The kiss of the Scandinavi Wan god
dess expanded into the custom OF q
kiss given for every berry that grew
on the bough. Small wonder that, in
spite of the mlstletcc having original
ly existed in the odor Of sanctity, the
church came to regard 1t as an en-
tirely pagan symbol and refused to
allow it to participate with the holly
and the evergreen in the Yuletide dec
orations.
There Is an ancient belief that the
lnistletoe was the tree from which the
holy cross was hewn and that after
this was made the plant withered.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
BURTON

f T Wright ,pent part of the week
in Chicago on business, and while in the
city attended the sat stock show-Mrs
A Randall was the guest of Mrs Della
Wallace and family one day last week
Mrs John Mitchell of Owosso, spent
the first of the week with her daughter
and husband Mr. and Mrs William Mil
lard-Our village school will render a
Christmas program. Friday afternoon at
the school house-Mrs Darwin Green
was the guest of relatives in Corunna
last week N Mcbride of Lansing,
was in town the first of the week look
ing after his farm interests Rev and
Mrs w S Ostrander were in Garland
Thursday afternoon calling--Winona
Bromley, who has been spending several
weeks with relatives in this place, re.
turned to her home in Jackson the first
of the week.-Mrs. w AhMillard was
an over night guest Of Mr. and Mrs E
w Mason Friday-The M p Sunday
school will render program, in the
church Friday evening, Dec. 22d, and
after the Christmas tree exercises a
banquet will be held in the dining room
of the church-Seyera of our town.
people were in Owosso shopping Tues
day-A Merry Christmas to THE
OwoSSo TIMES families.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
safety First" at Christmas.

Do not decorate your Christmas tree
with paper, cotton or any other In
flammable material. Use metallic tin
sci and other noninfammable decora-
tons only and set the tree securely so
that children in reaching for things
cannot tip it over.
Do not use cotton to represent snow.
If you must have snow use asbestos
fiber.
Do not permit children to light or
rellght candles while parents are not
present. They frequently set fire to
their clothing instead. The tree itself
will burn when the needles have be-
come dry.
Do not leave matches within tho
reach of children at holiday time. Can
dies are meant to be, lighted, and II
children can get matches they Will ex-
pertinent with them. They initiate
their elders.
Church people should also be very
careful. Holiday fires in churches and
schools are usually holocausts because
Of the crowds, and every care should
he exercised to insure the safety of all.
The ones burned are by no means the
only ones who lose their lives, for 1t Is
the general rule that more are killed
In the rush and excitement and escap
ing from the building.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Various Names
For Christmas

HHRISTMAS signifies Christ's
mass. meaning the festival of
~ the Nativity of Christ. During
the many centuries since the
advent 1t has been variously spelled.
1t Is found In the old source books
changing from Crystmasse, the very
old English, through phases of Cristen-
mas, Crystynmas, Christenmas and
Christmes to Christmas and eventual
ly. as today. Christmas.
The French call the holiday Noel or
Novel. This is a derivation Of the
French nouvelles. meaning tidings.
Some, however, take 1t as an abbre-
Walton Of the Provencal nadau or
nadal, which means the SAM as the
Latin natalis-that is, dies natalis. the
birthday. We find Chaucer In his
Canterbury Tales" in that part Of the
narrative told by the Frankeleyn, al
luding to Christmas and employing the
French term Novel as q festive holi-
day cry.
1t is said that noel is a corruption of
yule or julie. meaning festival Of the
sun. The name yule is still used by
the Scotch, and the ScandSavians call
their festival Juletide. The Welsh
call Christmas Nadolig. signifying a
birth, and the Italians speak Of 1t as
II Natalie, which is cognate with the
Spanish term and contraction Of the
Latin.
Not only Is the derivation of the
word itself In doubt. but whether the
25th of December Is the real date Of
the advent has long been contro-
vertible subject among chronologists
Early Christians were divided as to the
date, some contending that 1t was the
LIST or the 9th day Of January, others
the Goth Of March. the day Of the Jew
ish passover, and still otheys declaring
for the Goth Of September. the feast of
the tabernacles.
julius l. bishop of Rome. IN A. d.
337-352 seemed to settle the dispute by
declaring Dec. % as the date. The
western church accepted this, and the
eastern church eventually came
around, but the Armenian church still
adheres to Jan. 6. Julius seems to
have established authoritatively the
25th as the anniversary from what
must have been authenticated tradition
or 1t would have been since disproved
In these days OF enlightened archaeolo-
gy. There are still. however. some un-
convinced ones. who hold that the de-
scription given In st. Luke Is more In
dicative Of the spring than winter
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Grams Extension.

Judge Kelly Searle has granted an
extension of sixty. days in which an
appeal may be- made in the case of Hug h
Mcdonald VS.. l.. G. Hall. A stay has
also been granted sin which Mcdonald
may appeal from Judge Sesrles
decision ordering a verdict of no cause
for action against E. S. Herrick and
w. f. Gallagher as defendants in the
suit in which Mcdonald obtained a
Judgment OF $1,000 against Hall.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Northeast Venice Farmers Club

The Northeast Venice Farmers club
met Thursday, Dec ID. 1915. at tho
pleasant home of Mr, and Mrs James
Lswcock, there being 'goodly number
present In spite of the bad day. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, John White. Then after a
song by the club and devotional exer.
cises, the hostess announced dinner
After partaking of bountiful meal
and spending an hour in social chat, the
business for the afternoon was taken
up, as this was the usual month to elect
officers. The president appointed Clare
Nichols and Walter Sheldon as tellers,
and the following officers elected for the
ensuing year:
President, Ray Baker; vice president,
Mrs. Dennis Kildea; secretary, Miss
Frances Grove; treasurer. Walter Smell.
don; chaplain, Wesley Lawson.
The program for the afternoon con.
sisted of: Paper, 1.-THE Farmer" by
4kdy bohOIy SukIOut LNOhtS, MIS-.
Ray Baker; recitation, when iFather
Carved the Turk" Fern Lawcock. Fred
Long now took charge of question box
which contained seven questions which
brought out discussion on the war, EN-.
barge on food stuffs, and sugar beet
prices for coming years. The farmers
seeming to regard the sliding scale in
the beet contract with verySmuch i'll
favor.
The secretary now called roll and
each member responded as the secretary
called their name, with the.s.name of
some new improvement which they
owned which they considered the most
helpful.
We then adjourned to meet with Mr..
and Mrs. Max Post in January. An
unusual feature of. next months pro-
gram will be mock trial of "a divorce
case. Mrs. Fred Long, Cor. Secy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Notice of Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the .members
of Oak Hill Cemeterys Company of
Owosso, Mich, will be held at the Office
of E. M. Miller, Secy. Treas. 202 Citi-
gems Savings Bank Building, Owosso,
Mich, on Tuesday the End day of jan
usrv, 1917, at ten o'clock in the FORE
noon.
Dated, December Goth, 1915.
e. M. MILLER, Secy. Treas.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Work Toward Health.

A practical daily plan telling you
what to eat and how toi.care for your
self to have the best Of health and vigor
In The Hygienist Magazine for Decem-
her, Sick or we'll you need this mum
Der. 10c at your newsdealer or The
Hygienist Publishing Co., Majestic
Bldg, Denver, Colo.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
Second Only to the Player Piano is REAL

Not a cheap trashy box with no true musical
qualities but real artistic piano. In the selection
of such, in position to serve you, having fully
25 makes on our floor chosen from the mass by years
of experience. We will be glad to demonstrate differ
ence in values never suspected.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22
You Owe a Piano

to your family We make it easy for you to
discharge the debt by very low prices and easy
terms.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-12-22

Miss Helena Tick returned home from
Pontiac, Monday evening, to remain for
several weeks.
The hearing on the garnishment pro.
ceedings started by the Auto Sales Co.
OF this city against Q. II Lintz of Flint,
former automobile agent here, which
was to have been held in the municipal
court Tuesday, was adjourned until
Dec. 20. The company garnisheed the
commission on a Hudson Super Six sold
by Lintz to Fred Woodland of this city,
claiming that it has the exclusive sales
rights in this county
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
THE COUNTY AGENT

The campaign in progress for clov- CTS and pastures and cover crops furn- ishes many fine examples as to the value of the county agricultural a. gent. In one county, where last year no crimson clover was seeded, the county agent in the warehouse in his town on last Saturday 75 bushels of crimson clover seed and reports need of as much more. In another coun- ty, 5000 hogs have been vaccinated in ten months by the county agent, and in an adjoining county without any agent 5000 hogs have died from cholera in seven months. Thirteen cars of pure bred cattle, mostly bulls, have been brought into Arkansas since February 1916. all of them in counties with coun- ty agents. Not car of pure bred
 cattle has been brought into any county that is without a county agent. The county agricultural agent is the only employee of the county who is constantly at work for the farmers and for agriculture.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
{ on GRAVE CAR SHORTAGE
 TO BE EXPECTED

The probability of a serious car shortage in the whole country is great CT now than at any other time within
 he last ten years. Figures just issued by the American Railway As socatlon show that the net surplus of iule cars on August 1 this year was smaller than in any other year within 'l"V period. Even in 1907, when busi- ness was booming at an unprecedented p"'e' there were nearly three times as many cars idle at the beginning of august as there were at the opening os 'e current month. The statement VI august l. 1916. shows shortage 0''-9- cars. surplus of 47,90S m m ana net surplus of 10,616 cars. na as lowest figures previously reported wy. were Tn 1907, when on August 1 the io.. s' surplus was 27,836 cars. The fol- ''"'ng table reveals the situation on ol,i august l of each of the years in
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
PUCK REWRITES
 AMERICAN HISTORY
Famous Satirical Weekly Upsets Text books in New Pictorial History
 of the United States.

Puck, the famous humorous weekly. IS going to revise the history of the country according to the modern theory of telling the naked truth about historical events.
 The first of its historical numbers appears on the newsstands this week, and if we may accept the initial ar ticle as an indication of what is to come, our satirical contemporary aims to upset some cherished traditions of the little red schoolhouse.
 Tradition has clouded history since the beginning of time, explains Puck's historian. There is abundant testi- mony extant that Joan of Arc was burned by proxy only, and as a mat ter of fact lived long enough to settle down and marry the man of her choice.
 Beatrice, the flame of Dante's pas sion, was a giddy young debutante of nine summers at the time of her death; and facts indicate that if Sir Walter Raleigh ever laid a cloak over a mud puddle to protect Queen Eliza beths feet, it was the garment of an unfortunate retainer and not his own richly brocaded Inverness.
 Tradition has painted the Bastile as prison of horrors, crowded with un- happy victims of the royal displeas- ure. Facts indicate that it never con tained more than sixteen or seventeen prisoners at any one time and that these reveled in any luxury they craved
 Puck has uncovered many tradi- tions of our own history as widely at variance with the facts as the incl dents quoted.
 In the first place, says Puck, Queen Isabella never pawned her jewels to start Columbus on his voyage of dis covery, for the very simple reason that Isabella's jewels had been put 10 the slaughter many months before Columbus appeared at the Spanish court and asked for help.
 Nor did the doughty adventurers on the Mayhower first set foot on Plymouth Rock unless they used a hydroaeroplane, for the waters around Plymouth Rock would hardly float d cream skinner.
 Peter Stuyvesaut, We learn, enjoyed the full use of two perfectly good legs. and the wooden stump handed down to posterity seems to have been a figment of the imagination.
 These are a few of the episodes to be pictorially treated in Puck's series. Other startling and amusing revela- tions are promised.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
DISCUSS ROUMANIA'S ENTRY
London Papers Say Addition to Allies
 Will Have Great Effect.

London, Aug. 20 (Tuesday)-All the London morning papers give most of their editorial space to discussing Roumania's entry into the war. They emphasize it's economic, political and moral, as well as military, effects.
 They say it alters the whole balance of power in the eastern and southeast ern theatres, brings Bulgaria between the upper and neither mill stones and offers Russia route to the heart of the enemy's country, a route whose defense involves a large extension of the enemy's line and an enormous in- crease in his responsibilities.
 The Daily Mail says:
 It is the envelopment of the cen tral powers which Roumanian success completes that is the capital fact of the situation Economically, the inn portance of Roumania's step is the loss to the central powers of the supplies they have been drawing from the big Balkan state"
 Politically, the London papers be lieve Roumania's entry is likely to have its most immediate effect in Greece, strengthening the hands of Venizelos and the pro-entente party.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
Easy to Take No Pain or
 Ache

It's no longer necessary to bear the weakening sickness and terrible nau- sea that always follows a dose of Icalomel.
 LIV-VER-LAX cleanses the torpid liver, and livens up the whole system by ridding it of the clogging poisons. Yet it works so gently and pleasantly that you hardly know you've taken it.
 LIV-VER-LAX, being purely vege- table, is absolutely harmless, and does not tear upthesystemlikecalomel.And not tear up the system like calomel. And it's guaranteed to Be sstisfac- tory, or the druggist will return your money. For sale at 50c and S1 at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29

years ago. The total surplus is very nearly the smallest, the figures for 1907 being the only exception, and in that year there was very serious car shortage developed in October. The net surplus, as remarked, is now the very smallest by big margin. It appears that there will be big short age developed about October this year because of the tremendous amount of business which the railroads are now handling, and also because the crop moving season is almost upon them. The only thing that will be able to lessen the troubles impending will be close cooperation on the part of ship pers and receivers of freight, includ- ing the railroads, in order to secure prompt car supply and equally prompt release of cars by immediate loading and unloading. The effect of car shortages has heretofore been intensi- fled by delays in this manner, con- signees being often willing and ready to pay demurrage in order to enjoy the storage capacity afforded them by the cars on their sidings But this is only part of the difficulty.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
SELECTING SEED

One hundred farmers wanted! One hundred farmers in every county in Arkansas are wanted who will agree to select seed corn from their fields in September, selecting good ears from good stalks, ears not over four feet from the ground and ears hanging down rather than standing out; from stalks of medium height, neither too small or too short; stalks with plenty of blades and with good root system If every farmer will select three times as many bushels of seed as he will probably need for planting, hang up these ears in a shed and then after a month or two remove the husks and sort again and put away for the winter guarding against the weevil, there will be ample seed supply for next spring. Then in February these ears should be sorted again, the tips and butts removed, the ears shelled and the corn graded. If one hundred farmers in each county can be found who will undertake this campaign for better seed corn, we can increase our yield in 1917 over 30 per cent. from the same acreage. Remember that September is the month for selecting seed corn and remember that seed corn should always be selected from the standing stalks in September and not from the crib in March.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
State.

 Governor-C. II. Brough. Secretary of State-Tom J. Terral Attorney -General-J. D. Arbuckle Auditor-Hogan Oliver. Supt. Schools-J. L. Bond. Com. Mines, Etc.-John II. Page. Treasurer-R. G. Mcdaniel. Com. Highways-Wm. Owen.
 District. COngress-W. s. Goodwin. Chancery Judge-J. D. Shaver. Prosecuting Atty-T. B. Parks. k. R. Comm.-Herbert Wilson.
 County. Representatiye-Buck Andrews. Sheriff-Sam E. Mum. Judge-Jim Franks. Circuit Clerk-C. C. Calhoun. County Clerk-Dave Martin. County Treasurer-W. K. Yancey Tax Assessor-Henry Almand. Surveyor-Hugh White. Coroner-C. F. Nelms.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
PENSION WARRANTS WILL
 BE MAILED AUGUST 31ST

The auditors office announces that the Confederate pension warrants will be issued Aug. 31, and mailed so that they will reach the county seats on Sept. 1. This, it is said, is the first time this has ever been done. There is total of $85Q656 to be appor toned among 10,751 pensioners, which will give them so cents on the dollar for the amount allowed,
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29

Let us have that order of printing. We do not do hthographing, but can satisfactorily execute anything that you need in the printing line.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29

II man look sharply and at 'enllyely he shall see Fortune; Tor though she is blind she is not lnyisible.-Bacon.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-29
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