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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
eleventh EPISODE
Saving of Dan 0'Mara

Peggy O'Mara was troubled
She had become suspicious
b father. On more than one
az late that debt-harried
n the Applewaithe works
vfsited by a stranger who i'm
h sophisticated young Peggy
Ing but attractive And an
man, Peggy argued with her
nds no need for stealing up to
at night and closeting himself
owner behind the locked door
r workroom. So the spindle
kghter of Dan O'Mara, watch
chance, decided to investi-
rl's chances for investi-
limited, for Peggy was
bung housekeeper, with a
her to look after as best
Hate one night, however,
OSdara had led his mystic
or into his cellar workroom
ths door behind him, the
CT her brcken-toed shoes
feutlY down to that under
nbe,; Il mystery.
It'll Aer ear to the keyhole,
Fheard enough to confirm her
tsuspicions. She waited until
\terious visitor had stolen out
The house, with a parcel under
land then once more made her
|Tn to her fathers workroom
or, this time, was unlocked. So
red noiselessly and crept over
Dan O'Mara sat staring al
nFxith unseeing eyes.
Lp, what're you thinkin' aboutT
xenly asked a tremulous voice
to his shoulder.
Fe swung about like a shot.
What should be thinkin' about?'
demanded.
You're thinkin' about that man whit
IS down here ten minutes ago." wa
: girls answer.
What man." equivocated the cul
chinatown Charlie"
[And how'd you know he's calle'
'inatown Charlie?" demanded rebel
us-eyed Dan O'Mara.
Il know more'n that, pop" said tn
4. with a gulp. Il know that cit,
ook's ropin' you in for work ! neve
ought you'd dol"
Work? What work."
There's a bunch of opium SNUG
ers got wise to the fact that the dy
,rks is bringin' in tons of that Kat
W wood from China. And certain {
EN- blocks is goin' to come in no
" with secret marks, and your
in to dig the opium out O. them an
sc it here until that hop runner 70
linatown Charlie comes and carrie
away in a laundry bagi"
Amt your mother got to have met
ine?" demanded her father. Ain
e behind in our rent? And amt tn
mpany locked me ten a month sine
at one-armed man had me machin
ork taken away from met"
But you'll have more'n your m;
inc taken away from you, pol
pull be queered with the compan!
r tamperin' with stock, and then tn
Ills ii get wise and send you up tn
YER for smugglin'!"
I've thought that out, me gerll. ~
} love for goin' against the law, &
e time o. life, put l guess we've e
take chances. We've got to. or G
lder for good and all! For I'm thin
your poor mother was right whs
lie said there was no crime so blsc
J the crime o. bein' poor!"
But they'd promised to raise y5l
ay, over to the dye works!" she r
inded him.
Instead o. which they took of n
iachine and gave it to that one-arme
litch who claimed I'd been work.
gainst the company by tryin' to ]
emit a chemical color that'd soon
sndin' their old iogwood plant t Il
~ heap!"
W.T. as Peggy O'Mara remain,
subject of her discovery, 81
long and darlkly on this hes
that hung over her home al
hers good name. II haunt
loughts as she worked. 1t fill
blind young heart with spirit
lit II converted her into a
hnkiye - iswsgins-breysG Ishma
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( go back again 20 the service Jf my
country. he said "T0 be wounded
teW times doesn't mean much to
older over there
Br am unprecedented bit OF daring
surgery Dr John g. Calhoun. OF
Pittsburgh now one of the officers
10 charge of fhe base hospital in
MONTGOMERY Ala has saved. life
fof Jncl" sam and has written a
news chapter in fhe history or war
surgery
fr}a.r i8rry Nckenze % an
Ohio regiment was injured in mo
.or car accident his lrfi side was
aorn open l- lung pierced. one Of
h. rihs torn loose b.s heart eN.
posed and ss Ieft agm shattered
Tires. manrled soldier was taken
t0 ho ua and Lieut. Calhoun
Us summoned The lung was
rRr uU Hd rhe broken parts sef
NuU the soldier is esvalkiug about
waiting 'or bis arm To- heal before
re=uminc ac-iVe service
W hon au operation ~ such dell
ieaCy can ae performed an base
hospital SAID Nonfeomcry sur
gean safe 90 TRUST the Amer
scam soldier t0 Uncle sam - sick
ness or n health
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That Jewel Friendship

In the horrible head of the squirming,
crawling, twisting altogether ugly devil
fish is a most beautiful gem of colors.
In the crowded, dirty streets Of Chi
cago. in. her police courts, in her musty
dens where lawyers meet to plan and
plot deviltry, very largely, there has, for
years past, been one of the rarest Of
beauties to those who have eyes with
which to see" Il was the halt leading
the blind; affection born in mutual mis-
fortune.
John Rowan, 33, lawyer, hard up and
n cripple; James Johnson, 81, lawyer,
hard up and blind! Thru the streets,
thru the court rooms, thru the halls of
business, thru all the parts of the great
city where every man is rushing after,
reaching after the dollar Of the fellow
in front Of him. young John led old I'm,
always.
Between the noisy trucks. the cars. the
autos and The numbering wagons. went
always John and Jim arms locked. for
young John was safety unto Jim and old
jim was comfort and support unto John.
Funny those two are always together
said the money-mad multitude, and rush
ed on. But there were % few who saw
and understood, few who saw the
beautiful Jewel in al that mud, the bril-
liant beauty or the head Of the ugly
devil-fsh.
Blindness is that horror human soil
tarness. To be a cripple in the war for
business is to be jostled OF your feet
to be shuut aside to be pited, at best
q thing that the unfortunate hate. But
old Jim had John and could see and
young john had jim and could not be
toppled from his crutches
And 80 they wen. thru The city always
locked arm and arm. heart and heart. a
beautiful sight amids, The SCOT and war
and turmoil
ON Thursday last, Inc Angel of Death
said cold jim Johnson. 81 years rs
enough Come Thou shalt see forever
more. md took HIM
Within that same hour, twas said to
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Uncle Sam To Keep Our
Our Boys Card-lndeXed

SAMMY to Do card md eyed, in
chat NAV VocIa sam gclr keep tracs
,.. f .....l,..,.
V'
attached I'D any way TO "F
forces
Tho card index viii s. rmf promp.
fsndling ~ all cs4gsi H-,. Nor
ami, viii 49, over hrra Know $500
e-..er fb,r, la. E.au rurf or Slain.
tr. v,a ain know where mat Amer
r.r bo,.s nearest rel.,fya- IIs..
Thi. ...tom uaf do .o- toward
A.sd,,. cr .,a Vava D.. r.susl,. He.
gbilr To.l..rr.sg ur0psesn4 i.l.
s,,ss5 Ia ,r.er,of rr. .ara indies
nisn -atr. tt mnos .ble f9r ans
-srno, ,o - vonrdal cspiurad or
.lst- oi,boaf fis peare-t relative b
t-g r~omofIe notified. M no such
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and 20 the end of the first year. the
baby should sleep from IS 70 l6
hours out Of the "a The baby ~ it
Is 10 continue healthy needs this
amount % sleep dairy and should
nor he disturbed except az nursing
time
The baby. if the mother starts IL
right. can soon learn 90 sleep a.
about the same time each day BY
training the baby early 10 sleep al
regular periods the mother vii hnd
that she has more time 10 devote 20
houeework and at fhe~Eamp time can
take better care O. the baby.
IL start right NJ, baby VIII
take long sleep In the morning.
stay awake several hours during the
middle of The day and take another
nap in the early afternoon.
By stayng awake during che lat
ter part OF Tho afternoon tabv viii
be tired and will sleep well and
soundly during the night BABY
should go to Ued not later than o
o'clock
The baby should sleep alone in a
crib. not cradle A good suhsti
,ute fo~ crih ls q basket or liEit
box of umciont size An expensive
mattress i~ not necessary NThe room
should be- darkeued and we'll yentr
lated
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Let's Bury 1t

Sometime, somewhere, some gangha oi
nerve cells. called brains, was stricken
by what t took to be Fscutillatng orig
uahty Maybe 10 was the brain of "a biz
monthly country editor. on of budding
poet. or ol to,lEate keeper somebody
with iazv brain tbat the mercSt giean
of ol-4Juahty would shock. But that
doesn't matter. The public prints got
that il'egitimate Xmas.
Permit us Il few remarks In r honest
-endeavor 20 Kill this thing before il gets
permanently lodged i'm the vocabulary of
The rising generation, as So much slang
Is doing.
About Christmas everything should be
sacred Xmas" is raw s9crlege.
Speak it out to'your friends. and you
sound idiotic
Put it into your holiday song, and
YOU become bufoon rather than a
praiSe-giver.
"Hallelujah X is risenl"
Put IL on paper, and 1t looks as ii YOU
couldn't tel an election booth stamp
from a pen or pencil.
Xmas" Is senseless, silly. needless,
and the sigR of laziness and impiety. The
Christ and the Christ day stand Tor high
thought and action and sacred memories
that ere beautiful. hely and Of much
meaning i'm life.
Xmas means X-nothing. Let's
kill il. cremate il. and deny not 20 the
Holy Child any part at the reverence, up
lifting thought and respectful love that's
due.
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Sammy ~crapboOks
Brighten His Days

3ith fr immense amount OF
york .ov being accomplished hy 20.
uci organizations Ml over the coon.
u Jos american -oldiers and -n-
ar did seem as rho every item
for 'her comfort ser entertainment
na frs hands of some indp-
fafs ba worker but 30 remained
lo N Gertrude gIcCoy of New
York Ia. evolve not Dnly something
o.Wely uew hDf somefhInr in.
expensive
tTu+ the sammy scrapbook
f'map he made at home and
PROV, entertaining as well 20 the
N Mccoy calls them recon
ssFHer.on crapbooks
TTEF HTe Tor fHN hospitals. -hn
rU.Hu Hospitals are ln reality
place, ,ai Ffa4us ruc'ion The max
~ tre rraDbook viii come
,rum tle new papers and maEa
zines There arn serial stories by
a.H known authors fhrso atn kept
r0H daF day 0r week tO wnpk
fH h f0ry l complete thcp
tJ carefully INFO tho scrapbook
hW providing story for which
one w1u.d pJy n dollar and a hFif
-------------------- --4r-f--y- --r-r7 NJ II
-rrsphunE tke remainder ~ fhf
space being used Tor pictures. car
.Don Jokes. poems an seioctions fo
Boo mHHn tho you wore making
tan .erapUook for F0ur own sweet
hr. raa father husband or
brother
IIeuE 0f ench Fcraphooks vouid
brighton sammyS hours over here,
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CAPITAL AND LABOR

John Dunn came home and he threw his hat on
the shabby couch where the cat was ar
and The tabby dew from scathing
scat"
His wife who'd waited his step from dawn when
he'd had his cakes and 20 work bad gone,
saw that mis- grimy face was drawn
"Th' trouble with th world said he Ifs things
amt what they aut 10 be Here I am near
ing forty-three
And stand all day by whriing saw, a pris'
ner under the social law, with us fangs sunk
la-hke tigers claws,
while the boss rides out In his limousine
mine s b different style machine, whore J.
work 10 pay for the, gasoline
"This agitatins justified The rich must with
the poor divide until the poor are satisfied.
"Taint righ; the boss alone should share 10 The
fruits OF ton and that should bear The load
thar makes him free from care
And then he said 70 his daughter Iiz ask ma
bout rbe supper sis corn beef and cabbage.
spose it 80
While that erssping boss Of mine al The ban.
quet on tonight viii dine on the dainuest
with costly wine
The door beu ring and they answered il and
there his boss stood. John ]. PITT who'd
jus dropped u 70 talk BIZ
He told John Dunn as be took a chair and he
ran bis hand thru his whifened hair. and
then explained hfs mission there
II env, you he said 10 Dunn. This hfe IF
mines no hsppt one There's side of IL
that like 20 -hun
Meeting psy rolls = bad enough when things
are duu and tte markets tough and 'fr
Coug. bad cause roals are roges
You know u used 20 work Ike YOU and 0fE
what JOS when work was ,hrJ no worry
t0eC on the notes aesr que
There's q banquet on az the civb tonight but
those things they donH sct iusf right b.
sides I've iost ms appetite
y tho' I'd iust drop round and bo n 7n,y Tor
IN ctenin' free and happy Ike : used 20 be-"
4ner from The Kitchen t1 iae room WAS waited
tho cgokIn' tune and the basss face took
ou more gloom
Dunn" he -aId "ae fm alive Td gye l1 sou
that rer c drive Cfva bought f0r nae br
my zoouy 1'lel
'Td give near 7ii Ife GOT in brief could / in
working ieans roleg. Ac'p - thar cabbage
ard corned beef
The trouble vfh 4is world sad he a things
arcn'. What 't.s eugh' tc D. Ilc thing. you
oat can't to tor Wc.
"hh. would 'bcla como ilr1 of aide saa poor
man w.th tho rch d.yaa ul. mo rich are
paffefrf
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Pointed Paragraphs

Too many people pray with their
fingers crossed
coursg and caution mako a splen.
aid working team
You cant always teH-unle-s YOU
are p woman
successful men believe IN luck.
backed ur by ihoir own efforts
LoyR ie alWays sweetcr whom 0a-
vorrd with Just ltfle discord
Live of great men all remind us
how easy r b. TO be mail man
r. takes brains 90 get thru The
world also 10 20 round on lhe oUt
lido
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What Chins Show

a recediug chn docs nor alNay
signify weakness ut ClaHcleI os is
commonly supposed
Dr. f lio. then crta. uaIorIl ot
women would Dee s,etn. Tor t4r chin
typical ot woman tends to rrctl'
lUlr instead 0t protecting
Ftyn in The case oi men, marie
,dy reccding chin mas bee gumpati
bio with Tcntei md moral #iror To
ueg mo- cfin a- hIsi ior CmDc'rr
reading il is necessary fo take hHo
ufo acCuUut the .adICJ ou- ot 1.ht'
features. notably the"u.ufh nose.
und shape of tbc head
As th5 export student ot human
faces. . r FosbroA ha pointed
out
"a due head. Intensity of brow 70
fne nose. and control shown iu th'
mouth can bo depended upon io
outweigh weakness o' chf % "a
greater or less degree according to
tho .treng aDor Wrasarss ot these.
balancing indications
"If .he chiu bc t1n large or too
small. tudt .ha month carefully and
rel, dpon 'hc conclusion here
found
With a. warning 10 mind. mere
are some of tEe characteristics COM
monty indicated, ,by tbe various types
OF chins
s broad degp chin usually signI.
de- physical strength perseverance,
nd determination to see things
thru
When face Nth such chin is
wider 500 tho angle, of hr jaw r1an
thru he upper patf ~ Tho head muI-
ish ohstnlncy Usually iS indicated.
also isrrpardcd for fhc feelings OF
others. and coarse nature
Ce4rsnu tss. minus strength of
character. may be looked for IN O
person with q aeshy chin The
same type OF chin mas further siE
nifty love of ease and -euyua!ity or
at leas endrnc} 10 ensualit}
with regard 10 fhe, so-called dou
bio chin Fosbr0ke gives as its usual
Indications
Loye of sood dot good healthy
digestive SIS stem slow heart action,
sluggish circulation, lownesS ii
movement
lmpulsiftness and passion arc a.
a rus associated With wide, deep.
hony chin. having its muscular hai'
-prnmhr ~ Hardness of nature goes
with an Irregular pro'rucing ohin-
or one happily intreQuent type OF
profrudinE chin FosbroEe afirm
Where Tho whole chin is rude 'E
structure and frotrgclng, the uppeI
teeth when mo mouth is closed
missing 'ee lower oS quarter TO
half an inch me lower leN over
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
The Real Melting Pot
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

The real melting pot, as Charles A.
starr points out, is the camp
A million American young men are
learning the spiI4t of unity, the predom-
nance of the social ideal over the in
dividual, the beauty and richness of life
that comes only from devotion to a
cause; and they are learning all this in
the United States army
The spirit of an army is autocratic,
any army smacks somewhat of Prussian-
ism, in that unqueStioning obedience is
It's first law but any organization must
be tempered by the nature of the men
that compose it, and the officers Of our
army are Americans and not Prussians
In spite Of the harshneSs of the system
the humanity of the men who administer
it viii leak thru
In spite of the ugliness Of war, there
fore, the myriad differing souls, driven
apart by the centrifugal forces Of long
period of peace, are being fused into one
beautiful purpose.
In the melting pot class distinctions
are. disappearing. In the barracks rich
and poor lie down together they sit to-
gether and eat their bean soup together.
The tailor's apprentice may become a
lieutenant and detail the bankers son
TO scrub the kitchen The labor union
man. who has all his life been fed on
class antagonism, gets new slant on
the idea when he marches shoulder to
shoulder with the mill-owners boy.
Jew and Gentle, Protestant and Cath
Ole, believer and infdel, do not need to
be preached to upon universal brother
hood they are made to taste it; it is the
informing spirit Of their new life.
When sickness or disaster invades a
family, bitter as>the experience may be
and dreadful, yet if it be borne nobly.
out of it all come spiritual gains, treas
ures Of self-sacrifce are exposed and un-
guessed resources Of love and loyalty.
SO out of this chastisement of war
there shall emerge a new Americanism,
a deeper and wiser democracy, a plen-
did emphasis upon cooperation
Writes Donald Hsnkey, in A Student
lin Arms: Before the war |, too, hated
militarism l despised soldiers. They
were not men but manikins. Something
has shown me its ethical, its spiritual
meaning The good soldier has leaned
the hardest lesson of all-the lesson of
Decentralization to higher and bigger
personality. He has learned to sacrifice
everything that belongs to him individ-
laLy to cause that is far greater than
any personal ambitions can ever be. He
has learned to hate father and mother
and life itself for the sake of-though he
may not call it that-the Kingdom OF
God on earth. And it is my hope that
some Of the discipline and self-subord-
nation that have availed to send men
calmly to their death in war will sur
viye in the days of peace, and make of
those who are left better citizens, better
workmen, better servants Of the state"
And, we may add, better capable Of
realizing the unity Of humanity.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

Young John Rowan. "Put aside thy use
less. crippled limbs Thou ~ili not need
them in eternity with Jim. ADd John
went with the angel too.
Some sentimental Chicagoan~ are try
ing 10 have the bodies OF these two
friends buried side by side I'm some Gem
etely. Appropriate but maybe unnec-
essary, II may be that old Jim and
younr John re slin living arm i'm ann.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
The WeLshndn
BY sERToN sRALEV

BY eERTON BRALEN
The muddlers and dawdIcr abbor him.
AristOcrsts sneer at his WAYS,
But commonplace mortals are for him
IN these highly perilona daEs
Re doesn't dodge issues unpeaaani
His brain is alert and stErub
And England s lucky az present
With Mr LLOYD George ON the job
The Asquiihs may loudly attack him
For speaking plain language for-ooth
Bui wise folk will yaliauflt back him
For facing and cling hr truth
iie hasn't much time FOR illusion
Tie knows hoW diHuuiou plays hob.
And ordek viii come from cHufuslun
WITH W rTOvd TT1rET on rfTT I0n-
oh thousands OF soldiers lie huddird
on manv battlefield dead.
because Snug arlstocrais muddied
And commousensc cnun.els had NoI
THAT must NOT again bc the story
So. down with the dolf and tho mob,
Let England achieve her fu glorr
wifi Mr Lloyd George on The job.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
From Another Pointof NeW
selected Menus for the Coming week
By C. T. S

Selected Menus FOR the Coming Week
Tongh'-Cold turkey
The next nght-Cold turkey
El..----ztt-2-=fag n1EHr=-t old turkey,
The next night-C0id turkey
Thesnght after that Turkey hash
The following night-Balance Of the turkey
hash.
Milk prices are to increase after the
first of January. This will obviate the
necessity for any Detroit milk company
seeking new pastures.
A pastor down east maintains that pro-
family is not a sin. Well Wei be damned.
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lives 10 the work.

Detroit Is asked for a small sum in
deed when the great and noble work of
the Y. w. C. A. is taken into consider
alton.
We could overlook the important part
It will have in the war. in the camps and
near the battle lines, entirely, in giving
this much, and open our purse strings
readily and reach deep down into our
purses willingly on the bare score of past
accomplishments.
We believe the sentiment of Detroit
is-regret that the city was not put down
for more, and we anticipate that the size
of our contribution will prove THAI we
could have been put down for more.
The drive for 100000 begins next
Monday.
That amount should be subscribed by
sundown.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

Health 9uestI0ne hnsWered
- Mrs G. S. r writes After feed
ing my baby boy bottle baby. he
usually ycm1s part o. his meal He
seems perfectly an right otherwise.
What could be- the csuse OF this2'
Probably on overfed him When
sgeding don coax the baby 20 take
more than he wants
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30
When the World Is Safe
For Democracy 1t Must Still
BE Safe For Young Women

Detroit is asked for 100000 as ITS
quota for the Young Women's Christian
association. this contribution 20 be soic-
tied as a fund to finance the activities Of
the association in the war and its perma-
nent activities as we'll
Two-thirds Of the amount will go to
support the Y. w c. a. huts for the-rest,
care. security and comfort Of Americas
daughters in the Red Cross and for pro
viding hostess houses at the cantonments
for the comfort and convenience Of wom-
en- relatives OF our soldiers on their visits
to them.
one Of these hostess houses has Just
been formally opened in Camp Houston.
at Waco. donation by the Goulds-
The other third is for continuance OF
the associations activities at home
One OF these days the world viii have
been made safe for democracy.
Noble women Of this and other coun-
tries will have had part in bringing
about the turn in affairs that Will mean
liberty to the peoples Of all nations.
The girm monster War will have pass
ed from the earth and peace viii reign
everywhere.
The time must be anticipated in pro-
viding for and preparing those institu-
tions upon which we must rely for the
enjoyment of its privilege and blessings
to the utmost.
The world viii not be safe fer democ~
racy until it is safe for women-until it
is safe for those women-those young
women-who are not safe without the
teachings of Christianity and the prsc-
tice of Christianity toward them.
We will need still haven of refuge
such as provided by the Y W. c. A,
supported in part by those who appre-
ciate what it has done, is doing and must
continue to do, but supported mainly by
women who are sacrificing their-XeE&
The Detroit times., 1917-11-30

i-t u" lf10 7r
lt grows Older,
and gradually, m
ter "a few weeks
it learns 20 sleep
Longer at night
and less IN the
daytime
After tho first
month, however,
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The prisoner then turned 10 the sergeant wit.
ness, and asked. Have YOU ever been drunk"
on receiving an emphatic negative he return
ed 20 tho captain again Sergeant says was
drunk says wasn't ask yer SIR. which is
like 90 be right i'm wots ad no experience of
wot holm drunk is, or ardencd and abitual
like me2"
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round various rooms and iIf
structing her IN her duties. A.
last they reached the best
room. where the valuable pic.
turcs were kept
Now. said tho lady 10 the
servant az they passed before
an extensive row OF masculine
portraits. you must be very
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Laugh With Us

The black sheep Of the regiment stood before
his commanding officer charged with being
drunk sfoutIv dnutad bo
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offensc. and there was only one
witness. a sergeant. 10 prove it.
Still, the records showed elcv.
on previous convictions FOR the
same bnenso
You are a hardened and
h3btual offender said the
captain. sternly. II cant take
your denial against thg SER
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ETNHs DEPARTMENT ot truth the
s~inoler.
advertisers who nave
nised or
honest adN
VII not oe
will viii
the writer's nare aoa
withheld preferred
Ad.Nrror Times, Detroit, Mich
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new maid from The country rad been en-
gagged and her mistress, who lived IN fine
hnllen W. ahnul L.
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careful when dusting these. They are old
masters.
Marys Jaw fen and an awestruck look came
over hor face.
"Ior' num-" she gasped who'd over ave
thot that you'd been married All these times?"
An irish car driver grumbling at inc shilling
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