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Evening star., 1916-12-10
The Rambler Writes of Beltsville and Neigh
along the Washington
and Baltimore pike. now smooth
~ surfaced. and dignified by the

~ TROLLING along the Washington
and Baltimore pike. now smooth
r" ly surfaced. and dignified by the
~ appropriate name boulevard"
the Rambler has presented such facts
as his memory could recall and some
old acquaintances furnish. concerning
the neighborhood of Branchville and
few other modern villages which have
come into being within the recollection
of living men along the broad and beau
,tiful valley of the upper Eastern
branch. or, strictly speaking by the
map. the valley of Indian creek. In
recent narrative the Rambler wrote:
"Among the neighbor landholders of
James Scaggs was John Higgins He
owned nearly all the land which is
now covered by West Berwyn and a
large part of that covered by Daniels
Park. The Higgins burial ground is
within a short walk of the Scaggs'
cemetery. but the gravestones have
disappeared"
Soon after writing that. the Rambler
was idly turning the crisp. brown pages
of an old issue of The Evening Star. 1t
was the issue of Monday. September
l., 1870. In column Of advertisements
he came upon one of a trustees sale
of the Higgins property. or perhaps it
was only a part of the Higgins prop
erty. The area was given as of about
400 acres. and it was described as be-
ing adjacent to Scaggs station. on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The RAM
bier copied the advertisement. and it
follows:
Trustees Sale-By virtue Of order of the
circuit court for Prince Georges county. sitting
U
late rsdence of John Higgins, deceased on
l. O'Clock NJ. if fair il not then next fair day.
the real estate Of which he died seized and
part of the estate consists of about four
hundred acres and is located on the baltimore
sa Ohio and AND m to
proved and productive. admirably adapted TO
the staple productions of the county and vege-
tables Of all kinds and there is situation that
vantage. 1t is most accessible Baltimore and
Washington. and those desiring to invest in real
estate will find 1t to their interest to attend the
sale: 1t is improved by a comfortable frame
fine apple and peach orchard. n. c. Stephen
and Henry L. Carlton, trustees
1t is so curious as to be worth men
tioning here that in the same adver-
tising column and close by the notice
of the sale of the Higgins farm were
advertisements of the proposed sale of
two other Maryland farms over which
the Rambler has walked. One of these
public announcements advertised as for
sale is the farm of Henrietta L. Mar
shall and Thomas Marshall, ION me
public road from Piscataway to Port
Tobacco and one and one-half miles
from the steamboat landing. where
there is steamboat running every day
for Alexandria tknown and called
Bellevue). containing 425 acres. The
farm adjoins the lands of John Man
ming. Mrs. Catherine J. Claggett and
John Carroll"
The other advertisement proposed the
sale of a 400-acre farm in the forest
of Prince Georges county and said:
Evening star., 1916-12-10

Industrial lifeblood
In flows more freely since her mas
ri terry over Verdun has been es-
fahliShad
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
MEETS DEATH IN WRECK.
Train on c., c. and o. Runs Into
Earth Slide.

Spartanburg, Jan. 2S.-A double
header freight train, northbound on
the c., c. and o. Railroad, ran into
slide at kona, Black Mountain
Junction, early this morning and
plunged forty feet into Toe River be-
low. William Baker, of Erwin,
Tenn, was killed and Engineer Cook
was injured, according to reports
reaching here during the day. The
two engines and score of empty
coal cars are said to be bottom-up-
ward in the edge of the river. It was
reported that the line, which has
been blocked today, will be open by
midnight.
The slide is said to have. come
down from the mountain above the
track almost Immediately in front of
the train. Kona is about midway
between Alta Pass and Erwin, Tenn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
ROBBERS GET $4,000.
Group of Five Enter Bank in Chicago
and Hold Up Officers and Patrons.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Five youths,
all believed to be under twenty years
of age, today entered the Washing
ton Park National Bank, forced the
twenty officers, employees and pa
irons to face the wall with their
hands in the air, scooped up 1000
from the teller's cage and escaped in
an automobile.
Although every available police
man and detective was placed on
their trail Immediately, no clue had
been found tonight as to the identity
of the bandits.
Four of the robbers entered the
bank with masks over their faces,
and each carrying two revolvers. The
fifth remained outside in the auto
mobile. Three of the bandits forced
the officers and ten patrons to hold
up their hands while one rifed the
cashiers cage. None, of the patrons
were searched.
A. w. McCauley, assistant cashier,
jumped into his automobile, which
was standing outside of the bank,
and attempted to follow the robbers,
but they quickly outdistanced him. ,
J. Garland (Jake) Stahl, former
manager of the Boston American
League team, is vice president of the
bank The robbers kept revolver
pointed at his head.
The bank is in one of the busiest
parts of the city outside of the
downtown section.
Police Lieut.. John Hogan caught
sight of the fleeing automobile later
and pursued it in his own machine.
AS he was approaching his quarry an
automobile truck collided with his
car, wrecking it and injuring Hogan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
HiMADAN 4 BIBLE CITY.
Persian Town Taken b. Russians
Figures In the Book of Esther.

Hamadan, which the Russian
army operating in Persia has occu-
pied, figures in Biblical as we'll as
early Greek history, relates recent
dispatch from London. 1t was the
ancient Ecbatana, the treasure city
captured and plundered by Alexander
the Great, and it appears in the book
of Esther as Shushan, where Asha-
surus, who ''reigned from India
even into Ethiopia" gave way to the
caprices of Vashti, and was induced
to relent by the attractions of Esther.
At Hamadan pious Jews still point
out the tombs of Mordecai and Is
ther, which stand in wooden-dom-
ed building in the centre of the
town. There is no doubt that the
two wooden sarcophagi shown there
are ancient, but considerable CUES
ton of their being what tradition as
serts. They bear Hebrew inscrip-
tions, one said to be of, A. D.. 357,
and the other S41, A. y. Near the
city large mound is pointed out as
the site of the palace Of Ahasuerus
A crudely carved lion, on the site. is
the subject of much legend also.
Five miles from Hamadan, in a
mountain gorge, is a famous stone
with inscriptions in the Persian, Me-
dian, and Babylonian languages,
which seems to have been placed
there by Xerxes. These inscriptions
supplied the key that make it pos
sible to decipher the cuneifornr in
scriptions at Ninevah. The natives
believe treasure lies buried under
the stone.
Hamadan was once famous for it's
white wines, but now it's chief busi-
ness is leather, which is much in
demand in Persia for harness and
saddles. Residents say the stencil
from the tanning pools prevents the
clocks from keeping the correct
time. It's population numbers 40,-
900, including 4,000 Jews.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
The Sons Proposal.

Lord Reading said at dinner in
New York, apropos of Germany's pro-
posal to get back from the Allies in
the shape of war indemnity all of
her war expenditure:
THAT proposal savors of the i'm
pudent. It reminds me of the son to
whom his old father said:
Yes, George, I've decided TO re-
tire from active life and turn the
business over to you
But, father said the son, can
YOU work few years longer, and
then we can retire together?' -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
His Advantage.

''Why was one paving contractor
in the case preferred over the other?'
~Because while one took up an alb
stract proposition in the matter, the
other came down with a concrete
statement"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Taste1ess
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. so certs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03

quickly 1drops into listless, don't
care attitude, feathers fluffy, wings
dropping, helmet on back of his head
and shoulders hunched up as far as
they will go. Even if the rightful
owner of the garden should elect to
walk among his roses, the bluejay by
virtue of his Office must needs hop
along from limb to limb to see that
he does it in proper manner. About
the only member Of the feather com
munity that the. jay really breads is
the humming bird. He has never
learned to handle successfully this
small venom charged atom, who can
hit him three times with his hat pin
bill while he is examining the spot
where he saw it last. The jay can
manage crow, a buzzard, or even a
hawk all right, but the humming
bird, with his lightning strokes is too
much for him. He fails utterly to
follow the motions of being who is
here one second, and in four separate
and distinct places in the next.
Let a mocking bird get out his
music and begin to run over his soft
est, sweetest notes, before launching
into song and if there is a bluejay
within hearing, he will Immediately
set in motion, series of harsh
screams and shrieks evidently intend.
ed to drown out the songs of more
gifted singers. The bluejay may
have his faults but like a good po
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03
NominateS BrandeiS to Bench.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-To say that
congress and official Washington
generally were astonished. at the
nomination of Louis D. Brandeis, Of
Boston, to succeed the late Justice
Lamar, of Georgia, as associate JUS
tice of the United States supreme
court is putting it mildly. Few IA
vorable comments we're heard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03

''The highest compliment girl
can receive is for a man to ask her
to marry him.
'Well, I don't know. Most girls
get two or three of those compli-
ments. But how many girls are ask
ed to permit their features to appear
upon a soap calendar? '-Pittsburg
Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03

liceman, he is always on his Job. He
can get over more ground and find
more things to disapprove of in a
given time than any one we know
&C. A. d." in the Greenville News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-03

a prominent druggist Of Atlanta. Ca.
is authority for the above positive state
ment. In explaining this statement be
asked two questions and offered one
suggestion.
If a growing healthy business turns
and begins to run down hill. what is
the condition Of the owners health?
Almost always, unusually bad
What was the first cause Of his poor
health? Constipation
This constipation could have been
avoided by taking Rexall Orderlies oc-
casionally. They are pleasant candy
tablet laxative which can be used by
men, women or children with the best
results.
We have the exclusive selling rights for
this great laxative. Trial size, 10 cents.
xsa ~D,c HnrT~ cT0nC
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-11
.ALBAN Is OUT
FOR CONGRESS
PROMINENT STEU8ENvILIe MAN
WILL SEEK REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION.
Declares Party in Ohio Will Present
United Front-Reports Sentiment
Strong for Burton.

Hon. W. Il. Alban. of S~teubenville.
OHIO. was a prominent visitor In
Wheeling yesterday on business.
Mr.. Alban is one OF the leading Re
p~ublicans of eastern Ohio. and in 1911
was an active candidate Tor the Re
publican nomination for In
the district across the river. He was.
however. defeated after a warm fight
by Hon. ID. \. H-ollingsworth.
To an Intelligence reporter. Mr.. Al
ban said
Il expect to be- a candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress in
our district, and have reason to be
lieve that ! will be successful. have
received a great deal OF encourage
ment from sources hat did not sup
port me before. and think that my adj
itlona acquaintance in the district
and experience will be sufficient to
insure h nomination. However. thar
may be. main 20 be seen.
Concerning the ituation in ONO. /
can say that the Republican party D.,
getting together IN good shape ana
VIII present q very harmonious ana
united front this gear.
Burton for President.
Senator Burton will have the enthu-
siastic support of he Ohio delegate
IN the national convention and We
O for him To De the presidential
nominee. Senator Burton is a strong
man with a splendid record. No man
stands higher in he estimation OF the
people who know him. Chic will be-
loyalty and enthusiastically Tor him
from first TO last. From what | have
learned. enato Burton will have a
very larg" support from many differ
ent sections. particularly from the
middle west In practically every
state there Is a strong Burton senti.
ment, and hc will be the second choic.
OF a large number Of delegates after
iavorite sons have been disposed OF.
In Ohio We feel pretty confident that
Senator Burton will be the nominee.
and II he is. We ook for him 10 be
erected with comparative ease. His
candidacy will grow the more il IS
discussed ard ne better il is under.
God
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-11
WANDERER RETURNS
Warheid Evans Shows Up in Police
Court on Charge Of Fighting
Monday Cases Numerous.

Poor Marheld Evans. who has faced
police court. criminal court and JUS
tee courts on M charge or another
Tor the past several years. was up be
Tore Judge HOncck-r Yesterday morn.
ing on "a charge OF fighting. II was
claimed that he had hit Harry stiles
ON the nose. He wac fined ten and
costs or twenty DAYS when he refused
10 say a word.
James A~hcraft and Harry SAN.
from Littletou. " Va. We're hnrd on
a charge Of nghtiuE. Matt Greer.
through the generosity of his wife
was arrested sunday night and re-.
leased YESTERDAY mornlg. Mrs. Greer
said that Matt got drama aud then sot
his clothes 81 dirty she hated to wash
them. but She didn't like 10 see him
punished. The judge dismissed him.
Harold Becker Wa- fined five and
costs for exceeding the speed limit
and tom and costs for passing % street
car ON tho wrong side. Tie failed to
appear Do his bond was forfeited.
owen Nolan. drunk. was fined five and
costs. Edward Clark. drunk. was also
fined five and costs
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-11

County tIcrA John Howard Wells.
notice OF appeal and contest was filed
DOB the name o. Miss T,''.r-. 90 cousin
uf Mr. SohmulhaDh. Who a~Il.-, thai.
I'D" was %irrcrularl, cuf oft from au.
Hherif7ncr under the testament She
Claims to have reason t1 believe that
49, ~chwulhach intended 20 remember
i"r .u hI- NiI and that ome undue.
%uiiuon'" VHa used fo dotract him iu
Dob. purpose
OWNS tu the prominence of the fra-
.afDr and Do size OFF The estate. the
.aufe-f caused 200 little comment at
iI' IH.' and Did. outcome DID,. being
ai'h.' with Interest. Nr D. b.
1ar'r HI. been named curator OF tho
estate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-11

regard to the Jaw enforcement re-,
-. D. sampson of Bcuwood was fo
nave addressed fh, meeting bui u4.
unable fp Doc present. The f~oIIoVirr
ministers attended
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-11

uonal Bank of West Virginia building
g. g. Schiller was appointed as trus
t"c boo Tho Briukman bankruptcy pro.
cc'diugs His bond was fixed at
81 900
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18

POISON HEADLINES. - A front
page Daily News headline yesterday
said: Labor Fights Plan Of Wilson
to Make Rail Strike Illegal" In the
regular news story below it was then
stated that the American Federation
of Labor at Baltimore is taking a
stand against compulsory arbitration
and against any legislation for this
nation modelled on the Canadian in
dustrial disputes act. In no way was
it shown by the Daily News that
Pres. Wilson is committed to compul-
sorry arbitration. In fixing a head
line on its front page declaring that
organized labor and the president are
quarreHng over compulsory arbitra-
, ton the Daily News played the role
of a rather dirty, sensationalist.
It is made clear again that Pres.
Wilson has some experts at poisoning
the news among his plutocratic enc
mics In the railroads.&c. press Of Chi
cago. The Tribune today launches
the same lie as the News yesterday.
Both these papers know well Pres.
Wilson never advocated that the
right to strike should be taken away
from the working class.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18
SHORT ONES

SHORT ONES
The box office deals more gently
with the dame who is not too prim a
donna.
If the supreme court find the auto
tax unconstitutional we suppose a
way win be found to tax Wheelbar-
rows.
France is now steriIizing eggs with
gas, which keeps them fresh. Are
they utilizing the fresh" cold-stor-
age eggs?
Wars marVeIs aren't in If with the
poison gas clouds the railways are
about to launch in their fight against
the eight-hour day.
New Jerseys bug census shows
that state to possess 10,530 species
of insects. And we thought there
were only mosquitoes
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18
NEED FOR SPEED. -

NEED FOR SPEED. - Practically
all the big railroad systems viii at
tack the validity of the Adamson g.
hour law by Injunction proceedings.
Which is just about the best thing
that could happen for all concerned.
The majority Of the people of the
United States are in sympathy with
the 8-hour day movement. The pres
ent congress is assuredly. If the Ad-
amson bin is faulty, the sooner the
fact is established the better it will
be. Then the coming session of the
Gath congress can remedy the de-
fects, if they may be Tsmedied with
ample time for consideration and de-
liberation.
# an adjudication of the questions
involved should be deferred until
after the 4th of March, the passage
of new bill, or the proper amend
ment of the Adamson law, would
come before, a lower house which
promises to be Republican by a small
majority.
The courts should rush hearing
of the Injunction cases.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18

bread and we wonder just where the
corn gamblers have slowed it away
or whether it was just plain cam
,paign corn for feeding Tribune YOt-
ers before election,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-18
The CORN SCARE. :

THE CORN SCARE. - The TIL
bune threw several fits just before
election about millions of bushels Of
corn from Argentina being dumped
in the United States, especially being
dumped in Illinois. We don't notice
this corn is cutting the price of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-09-27


Mcdonald, No. 8, and Lew kerrigan.
chairman. k
Fl. G. Martins and son sol da new
Ohil feed cutter to Fred Rickers the
first of the week. e'
Ernest Schwanz threshed clover for
John Auen and Fred Rickers last week.
The writer sold some $l.5O potatoes
at Wall Lake Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. ~CalderWood, OF
Rnc!, Grove, arrived Sunday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Lynn Woolhlser
at West Side. ,f .-
Mr.. and Mrs j.. M. Peters and Mr..
and Mrs. John Rickcrs, ST.. OF Ar
cadia, spent Sunday afternoon at the
j: F. Dreessen home. as@
=, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rickers and chill
dren and Miss Hazel Leise spent few
hours with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dob
ler. -,
John Goetsch lost several calves dur
ing the past two weeks from black leg.
Graders are again at work cutting
down the hills east of F. Aylward,s
farm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-09-27
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JACKSON ITEMS .
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:" y . y :" ~ y ~ y y = - y = =, y =.
John Hickey, OF Vail. was a pleas
ant caller at the VIM. Segebart home
Monday a ..a., Na
Thomas Dixon purrhashd twenty
nine head of feeders near Aruthur last
Tuesday. 49,. ...#, .r-
VIM. Rickers and Chris Brotherson
transacted business in Omaha on Mon.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Dose entertain
ed large number of relatives and
friends Saturday evening in, honor Of
Mrs. Dose'S birthday
Mr.. and hN1fs. Fred Rickers, spent
Sunday atithe Julius Dresser home.
Otto Williams and Theodore Mau
and sisters, of Holstein, arrived Sun.
day for a visit at the George kock
home. Ni.t-F 3 ,t
DR.. Fairbanks, from Washington, D.
c.. and Mr.. Miller, gave a very inter.
esting lecture on hog cholera and dis.
eases of domesticated animals at the
center school Tuesday evening. A
great deal of useful information was
given by these gentlemen. The fol.
lowing men were appointed to furnisE
information: II. F. Pfankuck, district
No. I; Geo. Gum, No. 2; Tom Brogan
No. s: VIM. Meyer, No. A.; Fred Flick.
ers, No. 5; Geo. Foley, No. 6; Vim.
White, No. Z; Hans (Wilken, No. 8; Joe
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-09-27

Thursday They were in attendance
at the teachers institute there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones and son.
Roy, and wife were fishing at Blue
lake Thursday.
Sheriff Cummings was in the Oak
"Wednesday, coming to take Mrs. Thiel-
man to the hospital at Clarinda.
Miss Trowbridge, visited in Cedar
Falls Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Romans were
over from DenisOn Sunday to spend
the day with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Naeve, Of Denison
visited over Sunday at the A. F. Bar.
Der home, 3 w. ~ r
Will Christensen drove his auto to
Sioux City Saturday to see the, fair :,
+ John Fidler, of Waterloo, has been
obtained as aviator for the Charter
Oak Aviation company. He will come
later in the season to overhaul the air
ship and be prepared for successful
season next year. EH.e "I"'.-' y
The following made up a party for
Blue lake Sunday: Roy Scott and John
Jones and families, Chas. Mackey and
family, Herman Borchert, DR.. Hill.
Russell Suhr, Herbert Thomson, 0. o,
Collins and family and Grover Smith
and family.
Coach Williams came down from
Hornick Sunday evening to be ready
for school Monday morning.
Mrs. Clara Schlie came up from Ken
wood Friday for an over Sunday visit
with her mother.
Junior" R!denhour returned to his
home in Vinita, Okla, after spending
the summer here with his brother.
Asa and Roy Brown, George Raub
Leonard Wood, William Perry. L. n.
Roose and Pete Bahnsen attended the
carnival in Ute Friday.
Only nine men responded to the first
call issued by Coach Williams for
basket ball Tuesday. Though some:
what disappointed Coach Williams be
lieves he can shape one of the fastest
basket ball teams this high school he's
known. The coach has issued a chal
lenge to all high schools.