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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
GIBBONS LONG LIFE.

Cardinal Gibbons. in New York In.
dependent: ! have lived longer
time than almost any man now in
public life. 1t must be very difficult
for the present generation to recon
str,,ct for them selves the world into
which was born, things are SO COM
pIetely changed. The Napoleonic
wars were still a living memory.
Many people who were by no means
old when / was boy had seen Gen.
eral Washington, and when ! was 10
years old men who were as old then
as / am now, were IA years of age
at the time of the Declaration of In
denendence. Slavery was in exist
euce In the southern states, and was
to remain in existence until l was a
grown man and priest. Machinery
was tust coming into use, but nobody
dreamed OF the extent to which 1t
would be employed later on. Elec-
trtcity in all it's uses was almost
undreamed OF. Men knew from the
experiments of Benjamin Franklin
that It might possibly be used, but
the telegraph, telephone and electric
light had still to come. Railroads
were a new invention.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
BASEBALL IN The
EARLY SEVENTIES
Interest Then Centered Around Bos-
ton, and Some Men Took Part
Who Afterwards Be-
came Famous.
sPALDING WAS PITCHER
Some Good Playing Was Done in
Those Days-McMulIen Was Swat
King and Arson Was the
Eighth In the List.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-A glimpse
of the baseball OF the early los is
given in pamphlet on the game pub
ished in 1875 which was recently un-
earthed by a modern devotee of the
sport. The booklet, which is equiv
alent to the present day baseball
guide, consists of about thirty pages
instead of the several hundred now
necessary to chronicle the records OF
the many major and minor league
teams.
Much of the space is devoted to the
doings of the Boston National asso-
citation club, winner of the champion
ship of the previous year. The com
bination included several players, the
names of whom are still familiar to
the fans of this day. That they were
high class players, according to the
standards Of those times, goes with
out saying, yet there is nothing to in
dictate that they were supermen eth
| er on the diamond or off the field OF
play.
The personnel Of the Boston club of
that year shows that of the twelve
players whose physical dimensions
are given, A G. Spalding, pitcher and
1 center fielder, was the only one who
exceeded the six foot mark. The ma.
! jority of the players ranged from ;
! feet, inches to 5 feet, inches, and
| the average weight was not more
/ than 100 pounds. The heaviest man
on the team was McVey, who tipped
the scales at 100 pounds.
| The batting averages of those d1ys
were computed to show the number OF
base hits per game and McMullen, OF
the Athletics, led the league with 1.90
Pop Arson, was eighth with LIS
and Spalding eleventh with Ito. In
club batting, the Boston team led with
an average Of It'll hits per game
and the Athletics were second with
1906.
/ The total receipts of the Boston
club for the season of 1874 amounted
to s3o,931.17. and the expenses $50,
s65.97 A portion of these expenses
which were exceptionally large FOL
that period of baseball development
included the trip to Europe. the first
| of the several invasions OF England
and the continent by American base
ball combinations. The salary roll
| for the entire year then would now
barely pay for one star player, as the
accounts show that $4,000 covered
| the entire cost for the season in this
direction. Ground rent amounted to
s517.5O and uniforms, bats, balls. ETC..
cost s3s789. Even in the early days
of the game, advertising was not over
looked as the accounts show that
s1.S1e.70 was spent for advertising
and printing, which was more than
the combined rental of the grounds
and the team equipment expenses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
.clogged nostrils open right up; the
air passages of your head clear and
you can breathe freely. No more
hawking, snuffling, blowing, head
ache. dryness. No struggling for
breath at night; your cold or catarrh
disappears.
Get a small bottle OF E1y's Cream
: Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. II
penetrates through every air pass
age OF the head, soothes the inflamed
or swollen mucous membrane and re-
lief comes instantly.
:. It's Just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty catarrh.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
BASKET BALL
SEASON OVER
High School Will Cancel Game With
Quincy and Enforced Vaca-
ton Will Put Lid
on Game.

There will be no basketball game
Saturday between Keokuk high and
Quincy high. This was definitely
made known today, when letter
was sent to the Quincy coach cancel
ing the game. The team will be
handicapped by reason of the enforc
ed vacation, and basketball is defin-
itely ended so far as the high school
team is concerned, it was announced
today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31

Oelwein Register: knitting nerves
sends hundreds of women to the doc
tors" So runs a headline in an ex
change Oh, fudge! something
stronger, if you choose. II knitting
causes the dear lady to have an at
tack of nerves she is of little use in
the world and might better be sent
to the sanitarium for repairs. You
remember how mother and grand.
mother knit the happy hours away
sitting by the open fire and "nerves''
had not been introduced in the
American home
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
Two Burned to Death.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Sci

limited Press Leased Wire Servicel
MARTINEZ, Calf, Jan. 31.-One
man and one woman burned TO death
and five others were injured In a fire
which destroyed the Fairview hotel
in the Fairview additi to Martinez
early today. The injured were hurt
when they jumped from a second
story window of the burning building.
The fire is believed TO have resulted
from a guest in the hotel falling
asleep while smoking a cdgaret In bed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
shot.In.the.Arm for Reds.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 31-Man-
ager Christy Mathewson. Of the Reds.
has ordered all his players to be
vaccinated at once so they will have
no difficulty on this point in train
ing at Camp Sheridan, Ala. next
spring. Vaccination at this time will
eliminate sore arms during the train
ing period, Matty believes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31

Louisville Courier-J ournal: Do you
pronounce it clerk" or "clark?" asks
an Englishman. U-m, well in demo-
cratic America some of us say sales
man, or saleswoman," while the rest
say, with an air of greater conscious
elegance, discrimination and consid-
Grafton, "salesgentleman or sales
lady"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
DriscolI Drawn.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO. Jan. 31.-"Paddy" Dris-
coll. former Cub and Northwestern
university athletic star, has passed
his physical tests for entrance in the
army. He has cancelled his Cub con-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
Tennis Tournament In New York.

United Press Ledse0 wire t1oisi.e.I
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.--Theodore
Roosevelt Pell, Harold Taylor, Vim
cent Richards. s. Howard Voshell.
Harold Throckmorton, Frederick b.
Alexander, DIR. William Rosenbaum,
and other stars, will take part in an
indoor tennis tournament to be held
at the Seventh regiment armory here
Feb II, 16 and %, 1t was announced
here today. Receipts will go to the
committee on training camp actfyt
ties
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
plunge Record Broken.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Jan. BIB. H. Prtncell.
Chicago Athletic association, estab'
Iished new worlds record in the
plunge for distance last night. PTin-
cell plunged 60 feet in Is 3-5 seconds,
clipping 3-5 OF second off the old
mark.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
rennis Attendanee Good.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO. Jan. 31.-A full attend
ance has been assured for the an
nual meeting OF the Western Lawn
Tennis association here February IL.
despite the inroads OF war on the
ImembershiD.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31

to Rowe. Mass, once every year to
play checkers with his former neigh
bors. This year he faced nine oppo-
nents. winning thirty games, draw
ing in eight and losing only seven.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
Mcc,r4v and wIIholt Sian.

mOOdfey A'0 -
limited Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The signed
contracts of Catcher Lew McCarty
and Outfelder Joe Without have been
received at Giant headquarters here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
SPORTS
SHERWOOD IN
CHECKER LEAD
Thirty-nine Points Takes High Place
in Y. M. C. A. Checker Tourna-
ment-Sherwood
leada

Last night saw another round of the
checker tournament at the Y. NJ. G. A..
building. Thus far the players are
holding their places fairly we'll Fol-
lowing is the standing of the players.
Tot a I
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31

Edward c. Wilson, aged 90, Of
Jacksonville, VT, tramps eleven miles
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31
GEORGE B. STEWART,
County Food Administrator

Mr.. Stewards letter perhaps will
emphasize the Importance of the
meeting in February, and will out
line in a specific way just what it is
hoped to accomplish by the meeting
at which the commissioners will
speak.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31

| II ked
bad any
In Penns|
Snow STD
|Keokuk,
writes I'd
condition.
| ! came
look afte
10 visit |
pave the
oyer saw
+ half to-
port show
Fall here
Fince yes
lions hero
fhe midi
limited to-
BY card, |
hat. No
Patriotism
hand. NJ
ar, as tel
all
NOW will
While tho
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-31

Eaarrts, pair
ssar,--thne.r-|
70 ,objectid
hbllisteria
naaeNe. 1t ia
R,a,isss,. any
n. joint,
aalrache, ba
che, colds
f,o,11taihnlss pap]
fieGaly1p J
rug stores oI
lent direct
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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
HAVE YOU .ANYq

Announcements has been made
by the War Department that & de-
alres, for intelligence purposes.
photographs, descriptions, draw.
ings OF bridges, buildings. towns
and localities now occupied by the
German forces I'm France, Belgium
and that portion Of Germany lying
west Of o hRe running north and
south. through Hamburg.
Lee your thoughts 20 back home
and try to recall whether such ms
terial 10 available there. AZ any
rate pass On this announcement to
the people nc homo and 60 their
friends. Some chance And among
your books and papers might be III
incAlcuaAblo assistance to tho gov
ermmemt nc this tam0.
An material should Be forward
ed 90 Col. A. II. Core U.G-A., a1B0
Fifteenth Street, Washington. d.
G.
It h announced that Il WIN mot
be practicable to retnFM amy OF
this material. t4 ~
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
MUSIC HAS PLAYED BIG
PART IN ALL GREAT WARS

An interesting commentary on the
valHle OF singing In the camps has
been made by Owen Wister, OF Phil
adeIphia, author and member OF the
Muslc Committee Of the War Depart
menf Commission on Training Camp
ACTIVITIES. Music ia as necessary to
sh0 soldiers heart 40 bread is to his
Doay he says. eft is often spoken
81 - . luxury. but 1t Is not q luxury,
even Tn time of peace.
la probable that NO battle was
ever won by soldiers who did mot
sing" Mr.. Wister declares. when
soldiers have been too exhausted %
sing. Just listening to music has nut
new ME into them. Just such q case
90 have In mind occurred during the
1914.
me heavy fighting they had been
through had proved too mach. for q
certain contingent OF troops. The
man Lay on the ground played out,
indifferent and benambed. The en-
emy was coming. but the men were
too tired to care. Their commanding
0ncer looked at them In deapair.
and entr0at1es 10 march ON we're OF NO
avafI: the men refused to bulge.
Near nc hand was a toy shop
witch had been abandoned by the
proprietor when the retreat began.
The OfIlcer made for the shop and a
moment later appeared with q toy
drum and tin whistle. Then, while
he played the drum two soldiers took
turns playing the whistle. The music
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
GOOD CATCHERs

Maybe the p0ilus can teach the
American soldiers how TO throw
bombs and hand grenades, but the
boys in khaki recently showed the
Frenchmen how to catch. While a
detachment Of French and American
soldiers were going to the front lover
there o Y. M. G. A. secretary with
an automobile filled with oranges
-Fode Alongside of them and pitched
out saffron fruit to them. Every
man had to catch his own oranges.
The French soldiers thought them
selves lucky to catch one out OF ten
oranges whereas the American sol
diers pulled down the fruit with one
hand like Ty Cobb or iris Speaker
taking IN high fly.
'tOur boys can catch anything" re-
marked the colonel of the American
regiment. half Of them caught the
mtmps and the other half caught the
measles while we were in training
back home"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23

SWIMMING On 10 be taugEk soldiers
a. al the traiming Camps throughout
enc UmfaeA 9tateg. The Instruction
IN b eonaucted scientifically. First
~ eoaaisEs Vim be tanght on lad
hdw % breathe cOFTee4ly. and tAen
AhS afM6eemt strokes and motions Of
a 0wlmmaR. Next they win entsr the
wSAar. wh1re The eouToe win be e0m-
&fnked. m this way Sc II hoped to
leach every man how 10 swim.
ABILITY 60 swim Is regarded a. high
u geanaAaa q she army becanDe many
ksnaa q noaABaR b compelled TO swim
Kraane wKa9o bEi4ge0 and b0a1s are
80 asak1Ahla. In the present instances
= Is Of paxt8suatr value because OF the
dangers q transport runs IN the WaE
nnna. for when q ship II tOrpedoed IL
- been fOund that the man who can
swim h invariably saved. ae he b able
g. keep aaoat until the life boats
reach hin.-
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
GERMANS EXPECT HAPPY RESULTS"
FROM DELIBERATELY PROVOKED WAR

CQnclusive evidence of the barbar-
IT, sayagery. blood-thirstiness and
1mercileasnass Of the Germans In far
nlshed by the following expressions
taken from taeir own mouths:
Kaiser Wilhelm said to his troops
when they started for China In 1900:
No mercy will be shown! No
prisoners viii be taken! AS the Huns,
Mndef Af1tla, made name for them
selves, which IN still mighty In tradi-
tons and legends today. may the
name OF German be 90 Fixed In China
b. YOur deeds that no Chinese shail
dare even to look 1T q German
aslEance. Open the way for KultuE
once for an"
III 1871 Bismarck, Germany q
greatest statesman, prescribed this az
the proper treatment for women, chill
GT0n and other non-combatants in
enemy country:
1--WE shall shoot, hang and burn.
Altar that has happened q few times,
the fnhabitants win finally come to
their senses"
shortly after the foul. cOld-bl0oded
and deliherate murder of scores OF
hszplenS American women and babies
on board the Lnsikania. . German
preacher said this In q church pulpit
III BAglin:
sWhoe1er cannot prevail upon
himaslf TO approve from the bOtfDu
81 hts heart tina sinking Of the Lusf-
taMfM, whoever cannot conquer his
sense or the gigantic cruelty 70 IN
= - -e..AE
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23

General Pershfng's eall for S,OOe
carrier pigeons has led to pigeon
raising campaign. Marines ut Paris
Island, s. c.. have obtained SOC birds,
most Of them having come fr0m mem
beEs Of the corps who had kept them
N pets. Short fights On the island
are being made with regularity and
trial fights from Warrington, ID. c.,
to the camp are contemplated
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23

at this victorious exploit of German
defensive power-him we judge to
be no true German"
The editor OF one OF the most in
fiuentia1 newspapers In Germany ex-
pressed the following sentiment In
his columns:
''War il the n0blest and hottest
expression Of human activity"
A German historian wrote this:
''The ideal of perpetual peace 10
not only impossible but immoral Al
well"
AGerman philosopher said:
I'VE shall love peace 40 means
to new wars, and the short peace bet
ter than the long.
And another German philosopher
said this:
"a State organized only for peace
is really mo State. A State b really
manifest only in it's preparation for
war.
..The lessons OF history thus con-
firm the view that wars which have
been deliberately provoked by far
seeing Statesmen have had the hap
piest results.' =
+ II Is for tie Amevieow soldiers 70
shOsU Geymemy,s "tw-seeing stGtesnsfs'
sOAo deliberately froVOkeds tkis mar
Just kosv happy The ressslts are to BE-.
Each ard e1fyy asGn seedypsg tAe
4meyicsa Hiform ssosid get ready tor
service ~ tie fYeHekes Is gHsekly as
possible 80 O, to seed the eo1sssg Of
TIE ~hethy resaltS' for u,Aiek these
"far-seeiag stotesaseH" k0ve beeR strosS-
isg fkeiy eyes for alsoss fosr yea1s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-08
A DAGGER
IN THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when she
gets up in the morning 70 start the
days work. "Ohi how my back
aches" GOLD MEDAL Harlem OIL
Capsules taken today ease the back
ache Of tomorroW-taken every day
ends the backache for all time Don't
delay. What's the use OF sufferiag
Begin taking GOLD MEDAL Harlem
oil Capsules today and be relieved to-
morrow. Take three or four every day
and be permanently free from
WrenchinE. distressing back pain
But be sure 20 get GOLD MEDAL
Since 1886 GOLD MEDAL Harlem oil
has been the National Remedy OF Hol-
land the Government Of the Neither
lands having granted a special char
ter authorizing its preparation and
sale. The housewife Of Holland
would almost as soon be without
bread as she would without her Real
Dutch Drops" as she quantity calls
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL Capsules
This is one reason why you viii find
the women and children OF Holland
so sturdy and robust
GOLD MEDAL are the pure. orig
ina1 Harlem OIL Capsules imported
direct from the laboratories in Haar-
lem. Holland But be sure 20 get
G o L D MEDAL Look for the
name on every box sold BY reliable
druggists in sealej packages. three
sizes Money refuu Tol e they do not
help you Accept o-lr the GOLD
MEDAL All other are limitations.
ADV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-08

- 1 ILL., Al-NAE 81 4EE44la eal4 ~ ut Sc
" Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the musk
rat lady housekeeper. 10 the rabbi
gentleman one day. what do YOU
think? I am going to make a fan
mel cake pudding for your dinner.T
Thank you" answered the bunny,
as he hoped out from his hollow
stump bungalow. Nothing could
please me better. I love flannel cake
pudding III be home to dinner"
On through the woods and over the
fields went Uncle WiECily. and pretty
sool- as he went past a little hollow
log. about as large as a baby leadpen-
ell the bunny rabbit gentleman heard
% sad voice saying:
oh. deari 7 an OF no use in the
world. and I might as Wen go away
and get lost am Of no use TO any
one
ria, That sounds Ike trouble
again. said Uncle WiEEily. stopping
short and twinklinr his pink nose
like the end az an ice cream cone.
Who are youz" he called.
Il am Teeny-W eeny," was the an
Ewer.
~But where are you? 7 don't see
anyone went on the bunny, for the
voice seemed to come right from I'M
der his paws. but stil he could see
no one Where are YOU"
IN the hollow log that is as large
rs baby ieadpencil." was the answer.
-I am Teeny-W eeny, the little dog"
oh. nOusensicslnessi No dog could
b so little as 10 get In that log" said
Uncle Wiggily. tapping IL with his
red. white and blue striped rheuma-
tism crutch-
so you don't believe 7 am In here.
en- asked the voice from inside the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-08
STOP DANDRUFF!
HAIR Gets Thick.
WAVE, BEAUTIFUL
Girls! Draw a cloth through
your hair and double its
beauty.
Spend a few cents! Dan
druff vanishes and hair
stops coming out.
lards station.

To be possessed OF a head OF heavy,
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluffy.
wary and free from dandruff, Is mere
j. a matter Of using a little Danderine.
Il is easy and inexpensive TO have
nice. soft hair and lots OF It Just get
q small bottle OF Knowlton's Dander-
inc uOw-all drug stores recommend IL
apply a little as directed. and within
ten minutes there viii be an appear
ance Of abundance. freshness, fluff
ness and an Incompatible gloss and
llster, and try as you will. you can
not find a trace OF dandruff or falling
hair; but your real surprise viii be
after about two weeks use, when you
vii see new hair-fine and doWny al
first-yes-5ut really new hair
sprouting out all over your scalp
Danderiue IS. we believe, the only sure
haIr grower. destroyer OF dandruif
and cure Tor itchy scalp. and Il never
fails 70 stop falling hair at once.
II you want 20 prove how pretty and
soft your hair really is. moisten a
cloth with a little Danderine and care
fully draw it through your halifax
ing one small strand at a time. Your
hair wiil be soft, glossy and beautiful
in Just a few Moments delightful
surprise awaits everyone who tries
rhis.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-08
FLeas In YonBers Are
Without 4 Home Since
FeIines Are Under Ban

Tonkers. y. Y, Aug s.-Tonkers
fIeas must find a new playground as
the De Whit animated flea incubators
go per cat) have been ordered 20 get
out
The court order followed the appeal
OF John P. De Whit 10 be saved from
the catastrophe. He said his wife
had been keeping cats "in droves" for
eight years, that il cost him $500 a
year for meat and milk for his wife's
pets, and that at one time SO cats
lived off him"
a heartless reporter helped the plea
by testifying he had often seen Mrs.
De Whit feeding her cats by lantern
light at . o'clock in the morning and
calling each by its first name.
The De Whit home IS in Tonkers'
best residential section and, Il is al
legged, the cats brought a plague Of
fleas upon the neighhorhood and made
many respectable personages Just itch
TO wiring their neclzs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-08
HER OWN SISTER
HARDLY KNEW
HER. SHE Says
Mrs. Morrison well and
happy after 8 years Of
suffering.

7 improved so much after taxing
this Tanlac that my own sister didn't
know me at first. when 1 went 10 visit
her said Mrs. j. D. Morrison. OF alf
Twentyfifth street. Ensley, Ala
4 lost my health three years ago
and had stomach trouble Of the worst
kind" she continued i also suffered
dreadfully from bLlliousness and con-
stipatiou- / was feverish and restless
most OF the time and never knew what
it was 10 get a good nights rest
was almost a nervous wreck tried
dieting and living on liquid foods
until I was almost starved, but moth
ing did me any good
7 started taking Tanlac and by the
time had finished my second bottle.
my appetite had increased until / was
able to eat just anything I wanted. ]
had gained thirty-three pounds In
weight. had gone up from sixty
six TO uinety-nine pounds in weight
and was feeling better than in a Ions
time. I am now doing all my house
work and even some Of the washing.
/ feel that I owe my life 10 Tanlac.'
Tanlac is sold in Il Paso by Kelly
& Pollard and the Peoples Drug
Store--AdV.