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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

The American Falls Motor company
expects two car loads of Ford auto
mobiles within the lex few days
Eight arrived last week but we're sold
long before they arrived.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

Miss Bessie Williams, stenographer
for the First National bank. is taking
her vacation this week, visiting friends
in Pocatello, BlackfOot and Idaho
Falls.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

Don Ruunion has been spending a
few weeks at Lava Hot Springs in the
interest of his health and life insur-
ance. He expects to return home
soon.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

R. Franz. manager OF the Ellsberry
Clothing company in American Falls,
is in Salt Lake this week buying his
fall merchandise. Earl Hooker Is In
charge Of the store during his alb
sence
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

Miss Christina Hansen is spending
two weeks with Miss Esther Walter.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

Meals will no longer be served at
the Thornhill cafe. Mr.. Thornhill will
devote his attention in the future to
his fountain and ice cream business
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

The county commissioners were in
session all day Monday and today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
SENT LAST S. O. S. CALL;
THEN JUMPED INTO SEA

her daughter were in this life boat
Explosions Of the two torpedoes,
however, caused most OF the casual.
ties, it was believed.
The conduct of both passengers and
crew was generally calm, although
there was some confusion owing to
the fact that the lights went out i'm
mediately after the first explosion.
All survivors stories today united
in eulogy of the splendid conduct and
discipline of the Laconia's officers
and crew.
The first torpedo which struck the
C1narder was a vital blow and IL
was Immediately seen that she must
sink Boats were ordered off. 1t was
while they were moving OFF that the
second explosion occurred. Captain
Irvine and his officers were the last
to leave the ship except the two wire-
less operators.
The weather was Comparatively
calm" according to the survivors,
but there was heavy swell running.
The Laconia was struck at 1880 p
m. Sunday. The life boats with sur.
vivors were afloat until 400 q m.
Monday morning when a rescue ship
arrived on the scene and p1eked
than aR
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Two Wireless Operators on
Laconia, Were Heroes of
Torpedo Tragedy.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 27.-Wfre-
less Operators Donens and Taylor
were heroes Of the Laconia disaster.
They were the last two survivors to
leave the sinking Cunarder. They
stuck to their apparatus, sending
out "S. o. 81 calls until a British
warship responded-and then jumped
overheard. The lifeboat commanded
by Captain Irvine picked the two
men up, little the worse for their ex-
perience.
All survivors agreed today that the
Laconia was torpedoed twice without
any warning, the attack occurring at
Z D. m. Sunday. E
Eight boats were launched. There
was considerable difficulty In casting
them free Of the Laconia, owing to
considerable list and one boat was
swAmped.
Il uas believed that MA Hor aAd
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
DWS ARE BONE DRY
~ DURING BATTLES RATTLE

rate COW owning residents Of Klon-
dixie park. suburb. declare this the
truth and today they are suing a big
movie Arm for damages as a result
OF the "bone dryness" of the milk
supply since the company staged a
monster battle scene using mines,
cannon and other deadly devices.
They ask $4S,45O damages.
But the COWS are not the only
cause of suit. In addition. it il al
legged that one house was shaken
out of plumb. two women received
nervous shocks and one man frAc-
turod Les n Ia battle Of Kloadyko
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
stIH But Ambitious.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PASADENA, Calf, Feb. 27.-
Somewhat stiff in their upper ex-
tremities but as ambitious as ever.
the Chicago Cubs were. out In full
force at Tournament park early to.
day for their second workout. En-
thusiasm was stu rampant and Nit
chell was still busy calling" young
sters determined to show what won
derful speed they possess. The play
90 WIN use little more speed than
yestsr1Ay, but hard throwing = still
un1eR - -.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
GERMAN RETREAT
BREAKS RECORD
British Pressure Forces Ten
tons Back Steadily in
Spite Of Stiff Re-
SiStance.
BUILDING NEW DEFENSE
Thousands Of Soldiers and Civilians
Have Erected Works on the
Line From Arras
to Cambria.

[By William Philip Simms, United
Press Stan Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
AFIELD, Feb. 27.-There seems
every reason to believe the present
German retirment will not be ended
until the Teutons reach q line approxi-
mating the front between Arras and
Cambrai.
Meanwhile the British are still
pressing forward today. They are
constantly In touch with the Ger
mans-and the Germans are break.
ing many war records in their 70.
treat. The British pressure is toward
Bapaume and the advance Is being
rapidly pressed.
The Germans, however, are offer
ing stiff resistance with large cali.
Der guns, which are evidently mount
ed on railway trucks, all ready for q
quick get away at the psychological
moment.
Just before the Germans took
flight, they blew up their strongest
defensive works. But this didn't
worry the British. a new line a
being established " the British
troops far back OF what was the old
enemy front line,
am told the Gerr,ars had many
thousand soldiers and civilian. pris.
oners working in the defensive
works In the line from Arfas 20
Cambrai for the past few weeks.
For the present moment, all eyes
are turned toward Bapaume. The
Germans have converted the city into
an underground Gibraltar and have
lavished on it all the arts of modern
fortress building. Many explosions
have been heard in the city and
there were various reports today that
the garrison had blown. up all these
wonderful cellars and passages, as
we'll as the city's wells, preparatory
to leaving. when the pressure of the
British forces becomes stronger.
The clearer weather Of the last
few days has enabled the British to
harass the retrcatins Germans and
has permitted aeroplane activity.
The British forward sweep
stretches from south of Gommecourt
as far as LeTransloy. Gommecourt
is tottering. Prisoners taken by
British say German retreat is an
job''-because the Brit
Ish guns keep hammering away, max
ing the roads all but impossible
either by day or night.
This has been one OF the great
moves OF the world WARMTH deep.
and rich possibilities for
the British.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27

, like the men who were saved, wear.
ing life belts, inflated and strapped
across their shoulders.
Every soul on board sang tho song.
their almost hysterical voices raised
in defiantly strident tones.
First ashore was tall stewardees,
! hair streaming and cuddling to her
breast tiny baby that was almost
lost In the voluminous wrappings OF
the woman's life belt.
The pitiful company struggled
across the gang plank and were met
with eager sympathy.
They were hurried to q fleet of
waiting automobiles and carried to
the Queens hotel. There mangums
Of champagne and bowls OF steaming
soup awaited them. A big staff Of
Red Cross nurSes and surgeons look
"a them over ana hurried the Sgn>
vivors OF to bed.
Their sufferings had been intense.
The night air was biting cold. They
were adrfft from before midnight un-
til Just before dawn. Eight Of those
who took to the frail life boats when
the giant Cunarder slowly sank under
the waters, perished from the cold,
the horror Of the disaster and the
Tapped the gunwales OF the life boats.
They were buried at sea.
Unwarned at Night.
by Ed l.. Keen, United Press Staf
Correspondent
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Two American
women died when German U boat
sank without warning the liner La
1,,hf fvsor yoIf
forced them with nearly three hundred
to the rigors Of cold winter night,
adrift on the open seas.
The two women-Mrs.. Alfred Har-
ris Hoy. and her daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Hoy-with six others, perished
from exposure. They were buried at
sea.
The survivors of the Cunard lev
latham were adrift Off the Irish coast
under overcast skies and tossed on
heavy ocean swell from about II
o'clock Sunday night to 8 or 4 o'clock
Monday morning.
Thirteen persons in all perished In
the unwarned attack Of the German
submarine American Ambassador
Page was kept fully informed in dis
patches from Queenstown from Amert-
can Consul Frost. He transmitted
these Immediately to Washington. The
American official Information WAS that
Mrs. Hoy and her daughter were the
only two Americans who perished.
Comparison Of the list of survivors
with the list Of the Laconia's crew as
made public by the Cunard company in
New York indicates that six Ameri-
cans of the crew are among the mis-
sing believed to be lost)
The German submarine which sank
the Laconia fired second torpedo at
It's side twenty minutes after fatal
wound had been inflicted by the first
explosion The u boat subsequently
came alongside one boat, inquired
the commander and the
cargo and then steamed OF, leaving
the survivors to shift for themselves.
after assuring them British admir-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Every Passenger In Pullman
Sleeper, Lost Life When
Car. Was Hit by Fast
Freight.
FAMILY KXTER16NATED
Chssksr A. Minds, WfSs and Child,
Enrou&o 70 Funeral, Wsro Asnona
ts,s vloeins es &hs
Catastrophe

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AIT0nM1 D r.h s.,vsrv
n.s..nssr a4htS.r ,n al a. shs
p,,iir,.v .,..,s- peIl-ooA -. r1lien
this mornine vhen the. MercentiIe
S~r-... N ~. p.rn.v,v.ni. reiI.
WV -hich had stopped ~ Mount
rInion Tor minor repairs to the brakes,
~. va -,n ~ irtn % Nv . fast rrsaeht train
~ ai.ht o,ciocr ti1. mornfnr nine
hodies 80 racoverod. m nnidenti.
fad
m. .r~1r..e ~ >he Area~ht a r.
c..h ~ H.-i.hnrr ana \ Pullman
ncrtsr IN another car recelveA minor
hvrts thsv hesrr the orIv neraona -.
= =, = 1ntnred I. ~ q s-----s-. i
rhs.t.r MfnAS coa1 onepnsor and
e..m.. n,ii h,cf an fha hhot hall
t..m - ~. rnivarsitv nf pennsvI.
vSr1. 80 one of those killed.
r. 4. heiieved hfs vhola famifv vaa
SfiI.6 v.th him. incIudinr ~ yos1n9
rirs h.hv two reIaHvea and ! nurea.
Thav wera on their way to Utica to
.t.e.a ~. Snner.I ~ Mr.. Nindas
"a thar
80
HuIpIT HuUTn H qEv1Nn N.~ yo,t
1 CAAhnn6 LEyiTT. LEY nI rS~ ~ ".
= :, ppIcI,T p,,iIr,s, r,.A.-
3; n. BRdGHI' pui,man pofeef
se ~. phr.a.,,h,.
chester a, M'nos, nnan rn,.aoeiph psr.,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
.BEREAVEO man
IS NO PAC|F|SI
Austin Hoy Cables President
Wilson, Demanding Death
Of Mother and Sister
be Avenged.
HE IS WILLING TO ENLIST
Son Of Civil War Veteran VIII join
British Army, Unless Unole
Sam Can Uss
Him
[By Lowell MeMett, United Press
STAFF Corresnond0nt1

IBy Lowell MeMett, United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON. Feb. ga quiet voiced.
Observation-Disclosures successful AM
erican business man, Austin Hoy,
thirty-six years OF age, urged his
right upon President Wilson today to
ayenge the killing OF his mother and
his sister. :.
There was no suggestion Of mock
heroics In his manner. He was dad
H. calm, despite tho fury Of his fesl.
ings against those whom he charEed
with their death.
Austin Hoy cabled President Will
son today demanding that the death
Of Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Hlizabeth
Hoy be avenged and requesting the
privilege of being tho first volunteer
If citizen army was raised In Amer
ica. Otherwise he declared ho would
enlist In tho British army.
Hoy's cable 10 the chief executive
OF the United States followed . con-
sultation which he held today with
American Ambassador Walter Hines
Page and Consul General Skinner.
which he said convinced him he had
the right thus to act
II am an American business man, =
Hoy explained. u have been n Lon
don in business TOR four years. rep
resenting the Sullivan Machinery
company, of Chicago.
Father Is now too old, and Il de-
wolves upon me as the active head
of the family to see that this outrage
does not go unavenged.
II beg that you won't consider me
in a mock heroic role-but I intend
to enlist because could not expect
that other Americans would offer
lives in avenging this wrong, unless
/ did likewise.
my eighty-four year, old father Is
a veteran Of the union army. He en-.
listed in the Nineteenth Wisconsin
regiment in 1851 and served through
out the civil war, becoming an as
sistant surgeon.
"When the war was over he prac
ticed several years in Racine, Via.
Father was born at New Haven,
Ohio, and my mother at Galena. Ohio.
My mother was sister of VIM. A.
Young, of Breton Hall, New City, and
Geo. N. Young. Wall street, New
York. When we were home, our Chi
cago residence was 461 North State
street."
Young Hoy said his mother was
sixty-five years of age and his sister
forty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
TWO HUNDRED
WERE KILLED
Explosion In Munitions Factory Said
to Have Taken Heavy Toll
Of Life.

BERLIN (via Sayville wtreless)
Feb. 27-"On February 2, a terrible
explosion took place in the large am
munition depots at Paris which
ruined more than $4,000 tons OF am
munition and killed 200 persons" de-
clared the official press agency to-
day, quoting Frankfurter Zeitung
report via Switzerland from pri-
vate source in Paris" Seven hun
dred were wounded, 1t was said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Federal Bank Directors.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27-Omcers
and directors of the federal land
bank at Omaha, Neb., were announced
BY the federal farm loan board as
follows:
President and .director-D. P. Ho-
gan, Massena, Iowa.
Vice president and Director. M.
Carey, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Secretary and director-F. @. Odell,
Omaha, Nebr.
Treasurer and director-E. d. Nor
com. Sioux Falls, s. D.
Director Warren G. Baker. Nit
chell, 8. D.
Registrar and attorney-M. L.
Carey, Hastings, Neb.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Bids for Small Guns.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-Bids will
be opened by the navy department to-
morrow for 2,400 one pound guns and
mounts, $50 three inch guns and
mounts and several four and flve inch
mounts.
These guns are the type most effect.
i've against submarines and are the
size guns that would be mounted on
merchant ships in case congress so
ordered.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
!. Mary Hoy and Daughter Died Of Ex-
posure in Life Boat and Were Buried
in the Open Sea.
R1EEN DEATAsAS RESULT OF TORPEDO
|viivors Say Two Deadly Missile. Were Sent
Into Ships Side, Without the
Slightest Warning.

n. L Keen, United Press stafi
Correspondent
bNDON, Feb. 27.-THo >Amsri-
women were among the thirteen
IN German submarines un.
bed torpedoing OF the Cunard
LAconia. They were Mrs. Mary
Albert Harr1s) Hoy and Miss
beth Hoy.
nefican Consul Frost at Queens
made this report to the Ameri.
embassy here today, adding that
four other Americans aboard the
we're saved.
ey were Floyd P. Gibbons. Mrs.
Harris. A. T. Kirby and Rev.
er Wareing.
e. iillSsy and Miss Hoy died from
euFe n an open boat. They were
= y sea. They ware sanaong
vl0 sufviv6d me two torpedooo
hed 1t the Cunarder and later
mbed to their suffering while
Ag eight hours IN an open boat
eecua They too were buried at
ye were drowned.
Z others were reported by Amer.
Consul Frost to be in hospitals
vering from injuries or the ex-
re which they suffered.
Queenstown 267 survivors were
ed Bantry. Ireland, reported
teen arriving there.
bus the total death list is thirteen,
Americans, and women.
rViyors at Queenstown reported
Pdmirable discipline among the
fers and crew OF the liner and
little Of anything like a panic.
lghts went out Immediately after
nrst torpedo struck and this
Peo some slight confusion.
10 torpedoes found their mark in
vessel the first exploding at the
Z and the other further forward.
pe weather was comparatively
! but there was heavy swell
Plng on the sea.
pmment OF the London newspa-
today was almost unanimous in
oeiief that the Laconia was "a
md Lusitania."
Dadon editors professed their bc.
mat President Wilson's "over>
edoing.
1t is ignored or condoned." de-
su tne Chronicle. what will in et-
oe admitted by the American gov
lent Is the claim that Germany
rght to prohibit American citi-
under the pain Of death from
s.ihs to England ON English
sang Rule Britannia.
!, .s,EIi.iNSToWN, I. Feb. 27.-The hor-
= tne Laconia'e destruction grew
,slternoon as the stories Of its
Isors y were pieced together.
y Win 1t came to light a story
omen's y bravery and defiance that
= = queenstown to its depths.
~ IN lne rescMng patrol steamer
sae tne survivors into this port |
vas a defiant sound of voices |
" ner deck. Eager observers made |
~ picture OF disheveled wom-
= from death In the cold |
! y ,. ~ tne sea, standing together |
y J. n.tle boats deck and leading In
elng OF RULE Britannia" The
~ = were huddled together, hair
-ns over their shoulders, and,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
h. Picture War Near
.are Proves That Milk
scare Near Cannon.

os ! ANe Ness s., Leased wire service.l
toverad Calif., Feb. 27.-
hed ns., 81. the cause OF 90 much
laI rura rk Importation BY CONT
on .Ulse .u oe battle. Kine simply
~ t tne iacteous supply When
as oas suns ssar. At any
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Eggs Take Tun BILE.

CHICAGO. Feb. 27.-Eggs took a
tumble on the local wholesale mar
ket today following unusually heavy
receipts. Fresh eggs dropped from
Az to cents per dozen, while ordi-
naries declined from 5 to 8 cents.
Retail prices which a few days ago
were between So and so cents per
dozen, have dropped to as low as 40
cents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27

Continued on page ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27
Committee Split.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Ths
house foreign affairs committees spill
on President Wilson'S request FOL
authority n the international sftuastca
failed to-day 10 report ont tAo rlool
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-27

Continued on page 2.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-25
Several Disasters in
German MunitiOn Plants

PARIS. juno 24.-SeVeral disasters
have recently occurred in munition
plants in Germany. according 10 the
Zurich correspondent Of the Matin.
The correspondent telegraphs that
he has learned from private German
sources that the hand grenade arsenal
at Spandau exploded June Is and that
seven ammunition shops at Marien-
hall were destroyed by FIRE on the
10th. Some ammunition factories at
Nuremberg also have been burned
down, according to this authority.
(Spandau Is nine miles west or
Berlin. Large government muniuon
works are there. Nuremberg, rich in
historic traditions, Is more noted for
its varied industrial plants than az a
munition making center. BY "Marien-
hail." Marlenthal in Saxony may be
Ineant0 =.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-25
HE'D LIKE TO JOIN THE
MARINES, BUT COULDN'T

SYRACUSE. n. Y, June o4.--Al-
though he turned deaf ear 10 the
appeal Of Sergeant Gallagher. 4 wid,.-
awake recruiter Of this city. Grant &.
Martin. Of los South Granger street
proved that he was no Stacker. Mar.
tin was onr Of the several hundred
persons who attended recruiting
rally for the United States marines,
last evening.
Want to join the marines" asked
the sergeant, approaching Martin.
First 10 fight on land, or sea-. or. in
the air-artillery. machine guns. hand
grenade. or bayonet. Lots of action
good pay-excellent chance for pro.
motion. Get into the ranks of thr sol
diers of the sea and help 10 fight for
freedom in the war for democracy"
Sergeant Gallaghcr's patriotic ora
tory failed to impress Martin. who me-
chemically reached into his pocket.
pulled out a pad and scrubbed out a
few words. He handed The slip to the
sergeant and walked away.
The note read: Sorry | can't help
you. I'm deaf and dumb"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-25
MAN WITH FRACTURED
SKULL IS At LARGE
MAKES HIS ESCAPE FROM THE
MARTINS FERRY HOSPITAL
YESTERDAY.
Darts Out Door While SuperIntend
Is Calling City Building For.
Help. :.

Somewhere in Martins Ferry. Theo.
dore Hadly Is wandering around, II
he hasn't crawled on some place and
died, with q badly fractured skull.
Hadly made his escape yesterday af-
ternoon from the Martins Ferry hos.
pital where he was taken Saturday
night following a family hight that
took place at house on East Fayette
street, Martins Ferry. During the
fight he was struck on the head with
stone said to have been thrown by
Tom Baker who claims TO be a fore.
man at the La Belle mill: Late last
night Hadly had not been recaptured
by the police.
Yesterday afternoon he got out Of
his he'd at the hospital and walked up
10 the superintendent desk. inform:
ing her that he was going home. The
superintendent turned her back min.
ute to call the Martins Ferry city
building for help and In the meantime
Hadly darted out the door and es;
capped. Barker is being held at the;
city building and will be given = hear:
Ing today. When arrested he had $751;
in his pockets. All those who tooks
part Ia the light are Said TO have been
drunk "a 81;
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-25
WEST ALEXANDER
OFFERS S1,1O0 IN
RED CROSS RALLY
Washington and Pittsburgh Orators
Get Results in Stirring APP
peals-Today Is TAG Day.

At a mammoth union mass meeting
held last evening in the Presbyterian
church at West Alexander, the sum
of s1,l00 was given 10 the American
Red Cross.
Today whirlwind campaign OF
West Alexander and the surrounding
country will be made by parties OF
Red Cross workers to secure add
tional gifts for the organization. Sew
eral West Alexander owners OF auto
mobiles have offered their machines
for the day to aid in the good cause.
The campaign today will be In the ma
ture Of 4 Red Cross tag day.
The West Alexander Presbyterian
church was packed last night with
men and women anxious to hear OF
the work Of the Red Cross and TO DO
their bit for it in the war crisis. Rev.
Henry A. Riddle presided. Stirring
addresses presenting the various fea-
lures OF the Red Cross and the ap-
peal for funds were delivered BY DR..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-25

general weakness that was so hard to
bear. am able to do my work during
such times and am recommending Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound to
nv friends who suffer as ] did."-Miss
META TIEDEMANN. 1922 Jefferson Ave,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
To know whether Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
will help you, just try it. For
advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. iconfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held il strict confidence.