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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-19
Bars Door to Kaiser Karl.

Munich, Dec. 17.-Switzerland, 1t is
understood, has declined to permit for
mer Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun-
gary to reside in Switzerland. The
Swiss government is said TO have cited
the experience of Holland.
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Owes $4,000. 1000. Arrested.

Paris, Dec. 16,-M. Victolre, n
French banker has been arrested here.
according to the police, while prepar-
ing 10 fee to Argentina with $4,000.
His liabilities are said to total So
100000
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Address In Gold Boy.

London, Dec. 1.-THE corporation
Of the city Of London passed resolu-
ton inviting President Wilson to ac-
cept an address of welcome In gold
box and asking him TO a luncheon at
the Guild hall.
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May ooeunN Russ cltlen

London, Dec 10.--Allied occupation
of Petrograd Kronstadt and Moscow
is advocated ny Rear Admiral Kemp
In letter TO the Times. lie was
senior British naval officer in north
ern Russian waters until November
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Wilson Nav Visit PortuuaI

Paris. Dec. l7.-Lisbon newspapers
made the announcement that Presi-
dent Wilson will visit Portugal after
visiting Italy.
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u. S. Motorboats to Patrol Rhine.

Paris, Dec. 13.-American built mo-
torboats will patrol the Rhine They
are being brought up the Seine river
from Havre, on the coast.
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Minneapolis, Dec. IS, 1918.
Corn-No. 3 yellow. 1.41Q1.43.
Oats-No. white, 6S@69c.
Rye-No. 2, 1.56Q1.57.
Flax-3.52Q3.54.
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Makes a Short Address.

President Wilson came ashore with
Mrs. wilson, who carried an Ameri-
can flag and bouquet. They listened
to an address by the mayor Of Brest
and the president delivered brief
reply, thanking Mayor Goude for the
welcome. He then drove through the
cheering crowds TO the railway sta
tion.
singular feature of the welcome
to the president was the suppressed
interest of the German prisoners. II
was evident that their interest In the
visitor was ms keen MS that of the
huge crowd thronging the town. but
the authorities kept these Germans In
the background
Among those who lined the route to
the station were delegations Of patri-
otto societies and other organization.
ana througs Of people from the neigh
boring localities, attred in gala Breton
costumes.
The first TO greet the president he
sides the French ministerial represen-
tatiycs, were Andre Tardlcu, French
| high commissioner To the United
States; the mayor of Brcst, Ambassa
dor Sharp, Col h. NJ. House. Gen
John !. Pershng and Gen. Tnsser II
| Bliss.
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Grain, Provisions, Etc.

J FLoUR-The United States food admin
istration -four standards are as follows;
Per bbl in tute, 9S III. sack basis: Barley
flour, $S00Qs.5o: corn flour. sS.00GS.50.
white rye four, $1,000 dark rye, $500.
spring wheat, SIC. 5oQi0.75, special brands
sll.0O; hard winter ;lO.3oQle.SO. soft win
ter. 1880
HAY-Timothy, $50 OOq3l 90; standard,
s2s 0O4l3OO0; No. / light clover mixed.
SIS. O0Q29.0o: No. 2 timothy and No. / Glow
er mixed S2s 00q2e.0o; No. g. 323. Ood25. 90:
sample, sloO0al5.0o clover s22o0Q26Oo.
BUTTER-Creamery. extra. 80 score.
6714c; higher scoring commands prem
sum; firsts. 81 score. 656166c; SSd90 score.
e0464c; seconds S2gs7 score. 5+d5Sc. stand
ard, 63AQ63l1c; ladies, 46c; renovated. -
Q49.c; packing stock SsG4oc.
EGGS-Fresh frsts, S1a6l4c ordinary
firsts, 55q57c miscellaneous lots, cases
included 57qt0c; cases returned. 56a59c
extras, 6796Sc; checks, 35qSsc; dirties. 10
case
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, 2Sc; fowls.
25c, ROSTERS. ISc; spring chickens. 24c;
ducks. &c; geese, 24c.
DRESSED POULTRY--Turkey S9c:
fowls, &c: spring chickens. PC; roostera,
lSa19c; ducks. sOG32c; geese, 25l26c.
POTATOES-Bulk per 100 lbs, $3.50
Les; sacks, sl.60Q1.65.
CATTI E-Cholce to prime steers, $3.50
d20a0; good to choice steers, N750Qls.50
medium to good steers. SIS o01l50 plain
to medium steers. 50 ooQ15.oo; yearlings.
fair to choice, Sl3ooQls7b; stockers and
feeders, s700Q123; good to prime cows
49, 50q127b; fair TO prime heifers, 5000
14.75. fair to good cows. $7.00Qs.5O; can
ners S25(S6.10: cutters. s600Q7.l0: bolog-
ma bulls. 81 356t7 80. butcher bulls, E5o0
1000: veal calves. sl5.oodl6.75.
HOGS-Fair TO choice light butchers,
s17. sOQDl7. GO: choice to light butchers. $3.50
G1765: medium weight butchers. 226d2G0
lbs. ST. 5511770; heavy weight butchers
,27O8S5o lbs, s17toqlT65; mixed packing.
s17 lOal7.50 heavy packing. sl6.70a1710:
rough packing, &16.50gl6.75; pigs fair to
good. slS5Oal525 stays, sl5. 2Sq16.S.
SHEEP - Western lambs. slS,0d15.0o;
native lambs, good to choice. s3.25ql5.Oo:
yearlings. s9OOa12.50; wethers. good to
3choice. ssO0QlO50 ewes, fair to choice.
Isl O099 30; feeding lambs. *l2OoglS.75.
Buffalo. N. Y. Dec 16
! CATTLE-Receipts. $500; good steady.
hommon lower; prime steers, N7O0ql7.50;
Whipping steers. sl6OOql650; butchers.
Iii oo0160O; yearlings. Sl2. o0dlS.o0; hefers
$40 Ooa13.OO: cows. s45Od1l.00 bulls, $1,000
III 90. stockers and feeders, slO0d1l.00:
fresh cows and springers. SOS op0l45.00.
, CALVES-Receipts, 1900: steady; 5000
1880
mixed and Workers, $3.50; Hight Workers.
and pigs, $3.50; Ioughs. sl2.ooql6.S0; stays,
sl0O0Gl3.O0.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 5000;
lower; lambs. s90Ca15.75; yearlings So01
III 90; wethers, S9.5oql000: ewes, %0gS.bO;
mixed sheep, s90o@s50.
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HUNS CLAIM GAINS
 ONLY AT ONE POINT
FRENCH LINES HAVE STOOD FIRM AGAINST SAVAGE AS
 SAUlTS NEAR MONTDIDlER.
WEATHER HANDICAPS ENEMY
Wet Weather, If Continued, Would Handicap Further Advances of Ger. mans and Be of Infinite Value
 To the Allies.

New York-While the advance of the German armies in Picardy has come almost to halt, there has been savage fighting on the extreme west ern edge of the battle zone. Encoun- ters in which large forces have been engaged have occurred north Of More uil, but there seems to be no decided advantage gained by the Teutonic in vaders. They claim to have taken heights and to have carried wood in advance of their line near Moreuil, but the British say that they have driven back the enemy from positions they have occupied elsewhere in this sector.
 The French lines further south have stood firm against savage assaults. especially in the region of Montdidier and east of that place along a part or the line which was subjected to ter rife strain for two days late last week In several sectors the Frenoh have surged forward and taken hard earned ground from the Germans and have established their lines along the Disc river. The expected allied coun- ter-offensive has not started, but the Germans who are reported to be on trenching along the French front ev1- dently expect it there.
 The clements have been at work in delaying the German advance. Rains are reported along the French and British fronts. Wet weather, if con- tinued, would handicap further ad- vance of the Germans and be of inf- nite value to the allies, who are mov- ing their forces and supplies over solid earth instead of ground which has been churned into a condition where every step is beset by difficulties.
 The chief German efforts apparent ly have been in the region of Moreuil and Albert. Around these places there has been stern fighting with the Germans hurling their men at the allied lines in serried ranks, which have been moved down by artillery. machine gun and rife fire. The ef- fort in the Moreuil region is consider cd an attempt to reach the Paris Amiens railroad, which is four or five miles away The railroad which was cut at Montdidier was branch of this Paris-Amiens road, but it's possession means little to the Ger mans.
 It is not probable that the German staff will be content with the situation as it stands. Many believe that there is in preparation another giant blow against Italy Official reports from Rome say that there has been consid- erable activity on the Asiago plateau and along the Piave river, and that in Albanio on the eastern shore of the Adriatic the Austrians have been re- pulsed after an attack on position held by the Italians.
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Value of Sense of Smell
 Proved in Discovery of
 the Substance Selenium

Have you an ambition to found a new sciencei Why not measure a smell? Can you tell whether one smell is just twice as strong as another? Can you measure the difference be- tween one kind of smell and another? It is obvious that we have very many different kinds of smells, from the odor of violets down to asafetida. but until you can measure their likenesses and differences you can have no science of odor, writes Alexander Graham Bell in Youths Companion.
 In the first place we have to define an odor. Is it an emanatlon of mate rial particles into the air or is il a form of vibration, like sound? If you can decide that question, you will have the starting point for an entirely new investigation. If odor is an emanauon, il could be reflected from a mirror. Light and sound and heat can be re- heeted. have even warmed my hands at the reflection of fire in mirror of polished metal.
 That a cultivation of the sense of smell may be very valuable was proved i in the discovery of the substance selenium. In experimenting with the
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him he the family to sect at him. presently
  With delay while the the found wasn not a $60
  He told the salesman he
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v imperial Rome clothed in ermine
 was the vision the vanishing year
 of 1917 gave to surprised popu-
 lace The Eternal city mantled in snow was the unusual and almost unheard of spectacle which greeted the Romans on the morning after Christ mas, writes Alice Rohe in the Kansas City Star.
 Those who woke to find the city chastened with it's white vestments, lying peaceful and mysterious, felt the spell of the unusual and wondered if 1t could be sign of peace.
 Whatever private emotions surged through an astonished people, the an- cient ehroniclers announced that for the first time in thirty years a heavy snow storm had descended upon Rome. There are those who record more re- cent snow, but not of similar heavy fall. And snowstorms in Rome, gen. erally occur in January or February.
 This time for three days snow fell upon the sleeping city and then disap- peared with the suns rays at noon. Not only the people regarded the phe- nomenon with wonderment, but the tram lines and telephone wires were so overcome by the strain that they refused to operate.
 City's Routine Upset.
 The public conveyances were stunned into helplessness. Roman cab horses know nothing of snow and Ro- man cabmen are likewise afflicted. Consequently the intrepid pedestrians found themselves wading through deep slush by noon in eabless town. The Piazza Colonna was with the thawing, like a lake of sherbet across which a few yenturesome scouts-generally for eigners-were wading.
 In the forenoon group of Ameri- can boys from the aviation camp at Foggia-up for a holiday-hired car to take a trip out the Appian Way but the chauffeur, despite the protests and stronger arguments of the avia- tors, that little dampness wouldn't hurt a machine, had to renounce the trip at the Catacombs, To such an extent had the unheard of snowfall
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waste products obtained in manufac- turing sulphuric aci6, distinguished chemist noticed the characteristic smell of tellurium-an odor that has no counterpart on earth or in heaven. But the smell was the only indication of the presence of the substance; all the chemical reactions declared that there was no tellurium present in the powder. The chemist therefore con- eluded that, if no tellurium was pres ent, there must be new substance there, as yet undiscovered, which re- sembled tellurium. When he had ex- tracted from the mass all the materials that he knew were present, he found residue which proved to be. as he had suspected, new elementary sub- stance.
 This new substance, which was named Selenium, reSembled black seal ing wax In appearance. In its vitreous form 1t was nonconductor of cleo trieity. but when heated almost to the fusing point and allowed to cool very SioNiS IL CoiupitltiS tlidIiStu ltS up- pearance. It acquired q dull, metallic look. like lead and in that, its crystal line condition, 1t was q conductor of electricity, but of extremely high re- sistance. A little pencil of crystalline selenium, not much more than an inch long, offered as much resistance to the passage of the electrical current as 96 100000 miles of wire, enough to reach from here to the sun. Yet it was conductor.
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  to  I'll couple of fellows cards" The who had played audience ehukd  
 
 
 
  frils in knowledge, the card the
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Immense Concrete Bridae.

Plans are now practically completed for the construction in Stockholm of what Is claimed will be dhe largest concrete bridge in the world The new structure, which will join Ropsten and Herserud win be called the Lidingo bridge after the island where Herse- rud is located and will be S45 meters t2.7T2 feeD in length. with 8 arches supported by massive concrete col umns 56 meters Qs3 feet in length. The columns will be hollow, with an intersection of about s5 centimeters (34 iuchesl. A few of the columns will be provided with concrete rings, a three meters (9.S4 feeD in height each ring. having an expansion of about one meter (39 inches).
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darndest He @ lie would squea and yell and hoae he into me army told them he was ms proH pfit They had him went up to See nm officer hub who had been in eyes ana he was as obedn child they did II and they smiled and hs horse 1T they change like I'm willing to bet last dollar
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man life.
 Scene of Rare Beauty
 The beauty of the snow-covered city Is thing Romans will not forget. The panorama, from the Pineian Hill, it. self earpeted with a 5-ineh covering of white, its palm trees picturesque and curious Sentinels in the winter setting, was incomparable. Saint Peters dome, ermined, with the ball, a white world symbol, as ever dominated the picture. Nearer, the Pantheon, now white, shone in its new garment. Far away over white powdered roofs and terraces through twisted, irregu- lar streets, rose the whitened Janicu- lum, the watchful figure of Garibaldi. mantled in snow.
 From the ghostlike whiteness of the Palatine, an undisturbed shroud lay upon the campagna. in early morning, through which a specter-like Appian Way stretched toward the truly named Alban Hills.
 In the heart of ancient Rome, the miracle of the snow brought umbrel- las and overshoes out of American and English closets to go forth on wonder ing admirers thrilled by the startling transformation of Romes antiquities.
 Forum Clad In Snow
 All the year round vines and plants grow in the Forum, while lizards sun themselves on the fallen columns. The Forum, snow covered, and covered for three days until noon, was q sight of which the young generation will boast of seeing "back in 1917. the third year of the war"
 Up on the Capitoline Hill, the noble equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, rising from the center of the historic square, wore a new mantle of snow. while his horse was white with fresh and unforeseen trappings.
 But like the snows of Nillon-the Eternal city's ermine disappeared be- heath sun and squads of street clean CTS, among whom the now common sight of women white wings" told of a wartime world.
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pessmiSde the in will be selling the and the be will be carrying weather "Therear the
   nlana to the old condA howsp blend It mus feel
 To be abov the stars.
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Football in the Holy Land.

There is a desert football league now, and its season" is in full swing. There is also a Sinai team-a regret to say at the bottom of the list. In towns with quite famous Biblical names you can hear now shouts of Well played :" and of side" I won der what the Jebusites and the Perez zites, the Hivites and the Hittites, and Amorites would think of it all, if they could hear it.-From the London Daily News.
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ege' his The
  q wrathful "jedge" repeated his .Thought that rent?' steddyin oun yoh office wifi monI it all tguther the las dolah"
  did gimme that dolahan n hadn't 
 
  silk boun roun wifi white ana
  kinder calls for But got nah wash to ike
  chip of house up n
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Just a Hint for Aunty.

Aunt Mable, visiting at our house, borrowed a nickel from little Katie to telephone and forgot to repay the loan. Katie worried about the loss, for to her it was a mighty biz sum. Finally she said to her mother, "When we are all at the table, let's you and me begin to talk about owing people nickels. then maybe auntie will remember she owes one to me"
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and ionquils-and also, woman Who was looking in the window. and to whom he spoke with courtly infor- mality, which bespoke years of kindly manhood gone before.
 II used to feel. madam, that spring had come to the garden when l saw such flowers as these, but commerce has robbed us .,f the poetries of life. The summer is taw simply matter of weather-nothiDe but weather-'
 You forget the trees and the grass"
 "Whv. that E so. madam. 1 am
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Liuhtninu Statistics.

The best conductors of lightning, placed in the order of conductivity, are: Metals, gas, coke, graphite, solu- tions of salts, acids and water. The best nonconductors, ending with nearly perfect insulation. are: India rubber. guttapercha, dry air and gases. wool, eboEite, silk. glass. wax, sulphur, resin and parafiin.
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setmeu aUAlous 10 luInR over eVefy auto and street car which passed him.
 Hello. there. but what do you call thisf" said a policeman. who came run ming up.
 T call it a horse and good one. too" replied the farmer T want to sell him to the army"
 But what can the army do with such a horse?" muttered the officer.
 Do? Do? Why. they can make him as humble as lamb in about three days. have son Bill. who was the
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Many Ambulance rains.

Amsterdam. Trains carrying wounded Germans from the batue front in France are proceeding con- tinuously along the frontier between Germany and Holland. It has been necessary to replace hospital cars by freight cars, in which the wounded lie on straw and shavings.
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and
 
  middle Forever We the orchestra camored when Miss director But
  schoo is The Flag o Truce
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Colonel Is Transferred.

Washington. - Col. Hugh S. John. son, deputy provost marshal-general. has been transferred to the office of Brigadier-General Palmer E. Pierce, director of supplies, and will head the appraisement board of the War De. partments supply organization.
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Demand RoumanIan Oil.

Washington. Germany. having subjected Roumania to the sacrifices of conquered province, State De- manded that the little state turn over all her valuable oil fields to a Ger man-controlled corporation.
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wfnterl He has Jolly IhuRh anu pleasant smile. He is bald headed, wears glasses, reads ancient history and the daily news, He goes to church to keep from wiping the Sunday dishes. Ills heroes are Napoleon. George Wash ingson and Francis \. Bushman.
 MT. Jones' family consists of his wife and son, Pokey, Jr. who resem- bles his father at eight years of age, Father Jones has no motorcar, and for that reason he is not interested in good rnads He saws he Is more interested
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Bread Cards in u. s.

n.-Representative Lever. chairman of the Agricultural Commit tee. predicted in the House that we are not many months away from bread cards in this country"
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   weni
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To Transfer Nicholas.

London.-The Bolshevik govern ment has decided to transfer the for mer czar and his family from Tobolsk. Siberia, to the Ural region, because of the possibility of complications ip the Far East.
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to see that music racks are put in the proper places after rehearsal.
 There are self-elected attendance officers, to see that old members come back and new ones are brought in. There are minutes. too read gravely at the close of each meeting minutes that sometimes frankly confess. i've didn't work very we'll today. There was some distra
 The musicians are from nine to thir.tnn1, ..on r, nld rrha.-. s-- 1n c
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NeutrsIs Not Deceived.

Washington.-N in the European neutral countries are not allowing themselves to be misled by German accounts of the battle on the Western front. according to official dispatches from France.
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man some day, for he has Invented sev- eral things and has discovered rare bug. He discovered the bug. he testi- fled, while working in the United States laboratories.
 What's the bug good for?" de- manded Judge Morgan.
 It is rare and, l presume, a valuable bug" said Kehoe. Il am working now to discover use for it."
 Kehoe added that during his mar ried life he had acted as housekeeper while his wife worked in San Fran
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rubber from seaI-and bOth were Duy- ing gloves.
 When her package was tucked un- der from the weather, Raincoat went outside, raised her gloria, and
 Down showered gloves, silk stock ings, nifty neckpiece and a silver meshed bag.
 You might suppose a showdown like that would have raised a mob, but there wasn't an Argus-eye in sight thanks to the storm and to the fact tl hi is. t.i1 hnr rn i'm
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of rulers and the titled class. When It is over you will see what q millennium
 looks like with the laboring man hay- ing his rights for the first time on
 earth. Fact Is there will be no labor ing man, because there will be no boss. Each will be free to help himself to the pleasures and leisure that are his due. As to all that bunk about the smelling of historic monuments-what use are they? When you come right down to 1t. what do we want with anything the past can give us when we have the
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Women Demand Help.

Butte, Mont-Forty Finnish women stormed the office of the county attor- remaining in his office until they were given food and clothing while their husbands are in jail charged with se- dition
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 of he moon Now said Ianham.  c
  While thinking the time Finally registered 
 
  o Say boss" individual Iantam. "Wer7' I4an do you 70 cold
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General Wood Is O. X.

Washington. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has passed his physical exami nation for active service at the frost and will be returned to command his division at Camp Funston, Kan.
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XII Dul the las uoIIah, an as soon as I c'n rig 1t I'm a-comin' tighter 'roun-L cert'n'y is"
 Look here, aunty. I don't want to see you turned out in weather like this. I know how good you used to be to that old man of yours after he got crippled up-and what a lot of honest hard work you have done in your time Il wish had as clean a record. Sup pose I give you that dollar. VIII you come to the office and pay up?"
 AInt1r hon ,ir,c crlI. s,11ro fh1.
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  the laundry that he said he had worked  moving picture Of any given
  Morga none he would listen to him. Mrs Kehoe vorc O
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lmprovinu on Preverb,

"Rise wid de sun" is good huff fer lots CT folks but better wayn dat is ter ketch de sun in bed ever mawnin' de Lawd sends.-Atlanta Constitution.
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u. s. Aviator Killed.

Paris.-Phelps Collins of Detroit. Mich, member of the Lafayette flying corps, was killed in an air fight on the French front March U.
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Peculiar Thrill Went With Shopping Expedition

A WOMAN a