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Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
MUST NOT BOTHER EDISON
Visitors Not Permitted to Intrude on
Great inventor When He Is Busy
at His Experiments.

Thomas A. Edison's favOrite pur-
suit is chemistry. Even as a boy
telegraphist getting his first start to-
wards a career, this inclination was
manifest in his experiments with bat
teries and electric devices, and it still
remains his greatest pleasure, observes
an exchange.
His new laboratory is splendidly
equipped. Every known substance
ranging through all the kingdoms OF
matter from lanthanun to sharks S
teeth and including over 100000 speci-
mems, is kept on hand for immediate
availability. 1t is a collection Of over
80 years standing, encouraged from
time to time by prizes for new addl-
tions offered by the inventor to his
men.
His own laboratory table is never,
in any circumstances, allowed to be
touched. A notice posted on the door
way reads to the effect that Mr.. Edi-
son is not to be disturbed in the course
of his experiments except for matter
of the utmost Importance. So fond Is
he of his beloved pastime that he de-
clares his idea of heaven is to be able
to continue it, and his injunctions to
his staff are: "When I die 1 want my
table forwarded to me by wireless"
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PROTEIN IS ALL-IMP0RTANT
Chicks Where Supply of Insects
Is Difficult.

Unless the range is exceptional in
its supply Of insect life, along with
all grain. weed seeds, etc, that the
chicks pick up, there should be mixed
in the feed some kind of animal pro-
tein, such as meat or milk. A good
grade of commercial meat scrap, al
though it does cost 31a cents pound
is well worth the price, to balance the
ration. There is a great deal of differ
ence between a good grade and poor
grade of meat scrap. When purchas
ing buy the best. Meat scrap varies
from 10 to 60 per cent animal protein.
The reason the purchaser desires it is
for the animal protein. The difference
in price between the two grades is i'm
material as, compared with the differ
cnce in the per cent of protein. AL
ways demand the GO pT cent meat
scrap.
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, Faith Was Weak.

During an extended drought in the
land that inspires the rag-time song
writer's the "Rev'end" George Washing
ton called a gathering of his colored
brethren to supplicate the Lord for
rain. Before he opened his sermon
the "Rev'end" surveyed his congrega-
ticn critically, and with increasing sat
isfaction At last he lamented:
"De lack OBJ faith of yo' niggers is
scandalous and sinful, and makes my
heart sore and weary, and afeared for
your souls! Heah we hab gathered
to beg de Lord to stop de drought dat
is burning up our fields, and to bless
us with rain in abundance. And not
one-no, sah mot one OBJ yo dis
graceful sinners had faith enough to
bring an umbrella to go home with"
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In the LANGUAGE He Understood

Clarence S. Keever, division supextn-
tendent of the Indiana Union Traction
company, with headquarters at Nun
Gle, reads everything dealing with eiee-
tricity and electrical subjects thaA
comes his way; so much so that Ae
sometimes fails to keep up with pub
lie affairs rs presented in the newsza-
pers. He mentioned this to friend
the other night when the latter ehide6
him for not knowing about an i'm
portant war development.
"a man in your particular kind a
business / should think would aaW1ys
be interested in current events" s1f&
the friend, "that is if you expect to b
a live wire" e."-Indianapolis News
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Has More Endurance.

Tests Carried cn at Princeton uni
versi:y have proved that the man who
weighs about $40 pounds and is about
five feet and six or seven inches high
is really of the best physical type. He
can do more in proportion 10 his size
than a larger man and has more en-
durance. Likewise the brunette is apt
to have more endurance than the
blond.
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Hello Profanity.

The rule is strict against using pro-
fame language when talking over the
telephone. "A telephone experiment
has proved a failure in Lynn, Mass.
The manager noticed that wrong
number calls were frequent, and he or
dered the "hello" girls to call each digit
separately and to insert the word
dash after each one. The method
was slow, but the climax was reached
when Lynn man was in hurry to
get Boston newspaper office. He
called for Beach 5000" .and heard a
sweet voice at central" say: Beach
three, dash, oh, dash,- oh. dash. oh.
DASH"
That netted the Lynn man and he
called out:
"Well, what are you cussing abOut?'
The order was abolished, and no
more dashes are being said by the
telephone girls at Lynn.-Buffalo Com
mercial.
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FARM I
POULTRY
S0ILED EGGS ARE DISLIKED
Hens Must Walk Over Clean
Straw Before Reaching.

1t is distasteful to the buyer to ham
die dirty eggs, and the breeder, should
provide clean nests to avoid soiled
eggs. Have the nesting boxes where
the hens must walk some distance
over dry straw before getting to the
nest, and even in wet weather the feet
will be clean before reaching the nest.
If eggs become soiled either brush
the dirt off with a dry cloth or allow
it to remain. In no case should eggs
be washed before selling on the mar
ket. Washed eggs always spoil
quicker in storage than soiled eggs.
The water applied to the shells re-
moves the gelatinous covering that
helps keep out the air and preserve
the eggs. When this covering is re-
moved, the air, germs and molds find
their way into the eggs and cause a
loss. When eggs. present shiny ap-
pearance, the buyer knows they have
been washed and should refuse them.
Nests should be protected from the
sun, rain, dew and dirt, and eggs from
stolen nests should be used at home
and never placed on the market. Buy
ers are paying good prices now for
eggs and the producer can well afford
to sell none but frst-class goods.
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RULES FOR HANDLING EGGS
Greatest Enemy Is Heat to Both Fer
tile and Infertile Product
Some Suggestions.

Heat is the great enemy of eggs,
both fertile and infertile. Farmers
are urged to follow these simple rules.
which cost nothing, but time and
thought and will add dollars to the
poultry yard returns:
1. Keep the nests clean; provide
one nest for every four hens:
9. Gather the eggs twice daily.
3. Keep the eggs in cool, dry
room or cellar.
4. Market the eggs ut least twice
week.
5. Sell, kill, or confine all male
birds as soon as the Matching season is
over.
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Stand bv the Faith.

Are we serving God and the church
rs well? Are we getting ready? Are
we putting our whole trust and conf
tlence in the Lord? We must be care
full not to secularize the church while
we are trying to religonize the world.
One of the chief dangers we of the
clergy meet is that while we try to
win men, the men of the world may
win us. We must, first Of all, sub
ordinate everything to building up the
ideal Of the Christ and his church.
There is no better way to build up and
to stand by faith.-The Bishop of Col
orado.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
Died of Inward Guilt.

WI Ting Fang is at the head of the
Chinese foreign Office, and you can't
put much over on man with as good
O sense Of bumOr as Doctor WI.
A newspaper man recalls his famous
wheeze about the Chinaman who COM
mitted suicide by eating gold leaf.
"Rut ! don't see how that killed him
how did it?" inquired Il society
woman.
81 suppose" said WI seriously, "th;i
1t was the consciousness of inward
gilt Exchange.
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Concrefa Is Preferable,

Steel is going up, and concrete, as a
result is coming into wider use. Rail-
way bridges, for example, which used
always to be of steel, are now often of
concrete. A beautiful concrete rail-
way. bridge is being built across the
James river at Richmond, Va, and 1t
is much prettier than a steel bridge.
For like reasons, concrete is replac-
ing wood i'll mining structural works,
where it has the great advantage OF
being waterproof.
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Somewhat hunched.

A marriage broker brought an assist
ant along to a conference about a
bride. This assistant was to confirm
his assertions.
"She is we'll made, like pine tree, y
said the agent.
Like a pine tree" repeated the as
sistant.
"She is cultured beyond words"
"Wonderfully cultured" came the
echo.
However, one thing is true" con-
fessed the broker, "she has slight
hunch on her back"
"And what hunch!" confirmed the
assistant.
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after three doctors said ! never would
stand up straight again. Twas mid
wife for seven years and I recommended
the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along SO nicely
that it surely is godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write to
me I will be delighted to answer them."
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North St.,
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from dispiace-
ments, weakness, irregularities, ner-
vousness, backache, or bearing-doWn
pains, need the tonic properties OF TIE
roots and herbs contained in Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Door Opened Automatically.

try house is closed after the fowls
have gone to roost, and in the morn
ing when they descend from the roost,
the door automatically opens, and they
are free to so out. The spring door
opens inside, with hinges at the side,
and suitable bumper. The spring
has lust sufficient tension to cause the
door to open when the catch is releas-
ed.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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GREAT PRAISE FOR
GOOD MEDICINE

Eight years ago we commenced selling
DR.. kilmer's Swamp Root, and during this
time it has found many friends among
our customers who speak in the highest
terms regarding the benefits obtained from
the use Of Swamp-Root. We have never
heard a single criticism.
Very truly yours,
MEIGS DRUG STORE,
juno Is, 1916. Centerviile, Ala.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
OPENS POULTRY HOUSE DOOR
Spring, Operated by String Attached
to Rocst, Releases Opening When
Fowls Are Ready.

Those III the habit Of shutting their
poultry houses IT night to prevent dis
turbance or loss by night -prowling ami
mails, will be interested in contriv
ance that makes this unnecessary. The
principle of the mechanism as illns-
tratcd. is that the opening to the poul
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
Fair ShcWinq.

"How is your boy getting along i4
the army?,.'
First rate" replied Mr.. Doppes,
considering his limitations"
"Yes?"
Henry hates to get up in the morn
Ing, dislikes all forms Of physical ex
ercisc. and never was known to obey
an order while he stayed around home,
vet I Iii ,lerstand he hasn't been in the
guartlhouse but twice since he en-
listed"
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Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

TIE Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen
cral Tonic because il contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria, Enr;ches the Blood and Builds
rp the Whole System. 90 cents.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
What We Are Here For.

We are not put here just to enjoy
ourselves and do only what pleases us.
God wants uAo forget our own selves;
that is, not to think first and foremost
of ourselves, but to be busy thinking
what we can do for others, to help
them, or to make them happy. And the
Bible tells us, you know, that Christ
pleased not himself" He never thought
what would make him happiest or most
comfortable, but what he could do for
someone else.-Kate s. Gates.
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Pianos Made in Italy.

In order that all industries in Italy
may be national, that kingdom Is
setting up a piano factory designed on
the best American and French models.
Before the war the piano trade was
nearly all in the hands of Germans.
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GOOD GRAIN-LAYING RATION
Mixture Suggested for Hens Without
Use Of High-Priced Wheat-Feed
In Dry Hopper.

In these days of high wheat prices,
n good laying ration may consist OF
the following: Three parts cornmeal
and one part beef scrap mixed togeth-
er and fed in dry-mash hopper. In
addition scratch ration consisting
of equal parts of cracked corn and
oats should be fed twice daily.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
Don Did His Best.

Jack-Say, boy, your dog bit me on
the ankle.
Tonl-Well, that is as high as he
could reach. You wouldn't expect
little pup like him to bite you on the
neck, would you?
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
CLEARS AWAY PIMPLES
Does Cuticura Cintment-kss;sted by
cutcura SoapTriaI Free.

On rising and retiring smear the af-
fected surfaces gently with Cuticura
Ointment. Wash off in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water.
When the skin is clear keep it so by
using Cuticura for everyday toilet and
nursery purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston, Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Very Lonu Game.

Hostess-But when you got so far
north that the nights were three
months long, it must have been mex
pressiHy dreary. How did you put In
your time?
Arctic ENpiorcr-Nadam, we devot-
ed the evening to Il game of chess.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
HOW'S This {?

We offer $4,000 for any case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS CA
TARRH MEDICINE. HALLS CATARSH
MEDICINE is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13

i20y Irlen0S CAME 10
see me and she ad-
vised me to com
mence taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and to use Lydia e.
Pinkham's Sanatiyo
Wash. I began tax
ing your remedies
and took $5. .00worth
and in two months
was a well woman
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Ccm5ai;ecrs.

"Do you remember in your days oil
adventure the story YOU told me about
the trouble you had i'll one voyage to
dodge a maneating shark?'
yes, but that's nothing to the
trouble have to dodge NY wife when
size wants money for shopping"
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Letter to
Dr.. Kilrner & Co.
Binahanton, ~. Y.
Prove What Swsmp-Roos VIII D,

Prove What Swsmp-Roos VIII Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kiimer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet to Of daa1l yalusbe .ns in
bladder. When writing, be sure and men,
ton this paper. Large and medium size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
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LI,es Cat for PenWiper.

yisirnr What peculiar markings
your cat has!
Wife of Authorizes, when Egbert
gets excited over his war articles he
doesn't mind where he wipes his pen.
-PaSink Show. .
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ALI the Same to Pat.

An Irish recruit was placed on his
first spell of sentry duty, and had
vague ideas of what "sentry" meant.
He had wandered, little out of his
position.
He was accosted by an officer with
"What are you here for, my man?"
> Faith, your honor" said Pat, with
his accustomed grin of good humor,
"they tell me am here for a century! y
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALVE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tarrh? If you haven't get it at once.
1t will cure ycu.-Adv.
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Opinions.

Every man is entitled to his ortn-
ion."
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne "Bak
some opinions are like malaria: eE
cusable, perhaps, under the ciTcuE.-
stances, but nothing to be proud Of"
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
nannern, human Food.

Milk is dangero.:s as human food Ii
# contains disease germs or worthless
If 1t is so loaded with bacteria that its
complex food nutrit.3ts are l..r:ly de-
composed,
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ELIXIR BABEx a GOOD TONIC

EIsINIR BAbEA - OOOU IUNIC
And Drives Malaria Out Of the System.
"Your s8abelks acts like magic; I have give1
It to numerous people In my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria and fever. I rec.
ommend IL to those who are sufferers and ia
need of a good onic."-Rey. 8. Szymanowski,
st. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, N. J..
Elixir Babek, 80 cents, all druggists or by
Washington. D. G.
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CONSTIPATION generally indicates disordered
stomach liver and bowels Wrights Indian
Vegetable Pills restores regularity without
yriping Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
L You Are Interested Y &s% i s.;ss. s'ss a,;s
W. N. U., BALTIMORE, NO. 41--1s17
Fccl;ng the Horse.

Major-Why have you put that cloth
over his head?
Private Mike O'Kanagan (harasSed
by restive horse)-So as he won't
kEuw he's being groomed. sOrr.-
Punch
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amer tns Murine Is for Tired Eyes. /:

8 HsJy3S0 Red Eyes sore
refre~,,es- Restorss. Muiine 81 : Basosits
neaa.sn nsyst for Ewes that fell ~ and 1mare
1yss e much 9 e! q ySeE sSsn6 AZ
caeE Fra THEG. you ckkpl1 ~ ~ klW52 H. !,
sos Is'a 81 Dug ana Optical Stores os 81 AaaL
~ MurIae Eya aensdy Co. fAleaGs ~ - ~
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13

The occasiona, rse of Roman Eye Balsam
at night upon retiring viii prevcat and re-
ueve tired, watery eyes, and eye strain. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-13
suscentihIe to sMeeny

Young horses that have been s..::::
ing idle when put to heavy work are
susceptible to >sweeny.
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BROKEN DOWN
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How $5 Worth
Of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.

Lima. Ohio. .-"Iwa all broken down
In health from q displacement. One Of my
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The. biggest success nowadays -
the outcome of stealing other nsenE
original ideas.
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Taking Long Chance.
Captain Boden. of Panama, recently
bought salvage rights to boat sunk
% years ago.
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When Man Is CAUGHT.

When Man Is Caught.
Many a man has been caught at his
own foolish game by people who let
him think he was fOoling them.
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Poverty.

Poverty is only contemplate when
It is felt to be SO. Doubtless the best
way to make our poverty respectable
is 70 seem never to fe9 It ns an evil
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What He Cared for.

What He Cared for.
Willie-Pa, I'll be sorry when you
get well.
Pa-Why, my son?
Willie-Because / won't get any
more empty medicine bottles to sell.
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INIEDNKTlONAL.
..S!'lJNIllXYS0NlQL
LESSON
LESSON FOR OCTOBER IL.
RETURNING FROM CAPTIVITY.
(1y REV. P. B. FITZWATER, y =.
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper unlon-)

LESSON TEXT-Ezra l.
GOLDEN TEXT-Thc Lord hath done
great things for US; whereof we are glad.
Psalms 1858.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-21
WaVeletS
Fro m
The Deep
C.. Gre e n

Only two more days to do your
shopping Think I'll do mine Sun
day.
Now if Russia would just come
back to the allied fold Christmas
would seem a little pleasanter.
Our boys in France will have a reg
ular Xmas dinner including turkey
and all the fixins. That's what they
get for having grand old country be-
mind 'em, one that never has done a
deed to be ashamed Of and one that
never will have a black mark against
it.
Clark Griffith, the efficient baseball
manager says the big league boys will
soon be teaching the Germans how to
play baseball. And Clarke usually
knows.
If there comes famine in salt I'm
going to organize an expedition and
find out where Lofts wife is buried.
Take up the reins and make the
Red Cross drive a success.
Another German Victory:-"Ger-
mans take Measles with heavy loss"
Don't you think it is unfair for any
newspaperman's wife to be jealous of
his typewriter ?"-Tampa Tribune.
It's according to how much DISPLAY
the aforesaid typewriter makes and
the amount of PRESS work she does.
man that loses his taste for John
Barleycorn over night sure is in favor
of the ONE NIGHT CORN CURE.
| loved her hair II gemed so thick
So long, so soft and oh so slick;
married her and my hopes were
ditched
When, at night. she removed that
Switch.
TEN YEARS AGO IN LAKELAND
Bill Sammon still believed in San.
ia Claus
FIVE YEARS AGO IN LAKELAND
German Toys were all the rage
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-21
THRIFT, PRUDENCE
and INDUSTRY
Uecture delivered at High School
this morning by NJ Agress.)

Uecture delivered at High School
this morning by NJ Agress.)
Mr.. Principal, teachers, boys and
girls:-It does my heart good to be
with you again once more, because l
believe that I am securing your best
interest in talking to you as do your
teachers and your pedagogues.
will choose as the subject for today
the "Three-legged Stool-Thrift, Pru-
dence, and Industry" upon which is
seated affluence and success.
The first subject, Thrift, is sug-
gested by the fact that the habit OF
thrift constitutes the gretest differ
ence between the savage and the CIV
ilized man. One of the fundamental
differences between savage and civil
lied life is the absence Of thrift in
the one and the presence of it in the
other
When a great multitude of men
each save little of their daily earn
ings, in the aggregate it makes an
enormous amount, which is called
capital. Our entire present economic
system is measured by capital and
rests upon surplus wealth, which is
the savings of civilized men and wom-
en-our banks, our great railroads,
ries, our schools and colleges, all of
these have been built with capital
the savings of thrifty people and are
the monuments of civilization. There
was nothing great or costly built or
done as long as man remained
thriftless savage We could not have
anything more than the savage had
except for thrift. Hence thrift Is
mainly the foundation of all improve
ment, without it no telegraphs. no
newspapers, no churches, no theaters,
nothing that the civilized man enjoys
could we have. Man must exercise
thrift and save in order to make ma
terial progress. I cannot give you
any advice that is of more material
value than to tell you that expense
should always be lese than income, IN
other wards, be a civilized man, saw
ing something and not a savage con-
suming all that which he has pro-
duced. There is one sure mark of
the future capitalist, that his income
always exceeds his expenditures; he
begins to save early, as soon as he
begins to earn, and accumulates a
surplus.
Your surplus wealth, if properly
used will contribute to the develop.
ment of your own character and
place you in the ranks of natures
noble men. it is your duty to form the
habit of thrift when you begin to
earn always save some part Of your
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-21
FIR EE SUGAR

Sweetless days are at an end
Cyrus Wolfson is your friend
He has come to the rescue a|
actually giving sugar away a1
Famous Department Store,
Besides selling mighty gooi w
at low prices, he will give YOU
pound of sugar with each ssw
chase. No extra charge-lust ~
gift. He is also offering many
gains in clothing, shoes na's'
ladies' and gents Furnishings W
mas novelties, toys, etc. wa'u
ad in the Telegram tomorT"
means money saved to you
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-21

Tampa threatens to become the CO
coanut center of the United States
Vessels already in port or on the way
are bringing SO5.000 Of the nuts to
that city, from which point they will
be distributed throughout the
country
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-21

civilized nsteadEewa that quander the
Of snora;no all iko of
thoughts lhnoral uhgouy
The knowledge
moa your personally makes you leel
is
dangerous
of how op Wnhn you that bids you
will "ad ana ocams you of
your brain cells worthless think
it's awful consequences ing remember it is said "as thou
hnkest ar To sum it all
-'''o =" ne o'er hahd VIII it is this
of nhvsoo, ,.
sca wealth with
lie and happiness and these Won Will; 10
least you must ofprepared fight mes h .
'hrht from moral consideration. glorious success
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-21

A former Polk county man-Dozier
A. DeVane-su succeeds Don McMullen
as attorney for the Railroad Commits
sion. Can't hold these Polk COUNT
ans down, nohow.