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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

he humb ndicated, an what lie saw put sudden life into his egs. In a
twinklng he was beside a massive heap of beautiful. black, shiny humps block
N he sidewalk in front of 81 Vest Twentythird street. On the edge of h
heap gathered a mob that gazed at the heap with wolfsh eyes.
"Stand pack =" cried OBrien who drew his club with n han n his
police whistle with the other. Soon other city guardians had joined him..
OBnen. relieved by his fellows hastened 10 thu police station to report
to Capt Percy Dubois.
"There ae five ton of it and it's lying loose o. the sidewalk" he said.
"OBren" said the captain. 4 al inclined Ito be lenient with you a this
is your first onense, but / am panied and shocked that a maj with your fine
record should com to such pass"
Just then the telephone rang and Captain Dubois jaw fell is he heard
another of his men ask o have the reserves sent for tn reason that OBrien
had outlined. Murmunng al apology to the policeman, the captain rushed
himself to the scene. BY this time the crowd had increased to great size, and
open threats oil violence were coming ron the desperate. us then a street
captain. A hurried call over the telephone brought more carts N on the
coal had been snatched away from those who we're almost ready to brave
death to get it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay
Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound,
and Il OF. OF glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t viii gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t Will not color the scalp, Is not
sticky OF greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

ltSlufHentS 10 eVtry InsIn III kItthI'
officer or private, who will sign a little
agreement to carry the Book with him
constantly and read a chapter each
day.
Jimmy" is carrying his new line
of goods for the business mems COM
mittee of the league, of which Joseph
NJ. Steele of this city is chairman.
Jimmy" went to Allentown, and
broke In" to the camp there.
They did not give him q warm
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Good Night.

Mistress-So you are leaving to be
married, Nora?
Nora-Yes. ma'am; an I'll be leav-
ing now.
Mistress-Well. 1 hope you are get
ting q good husband. +
Nora-If he amt any better than the
one you've got I'll be back.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

on floors and things all his life and he ought TO know. Beds? Bah! Even
Pullman berths are bad medicine. They give one a cramp. The nice iron
floors in the vesibules are best.
Wrfnkled Meat remembers the wal Of 1872 but a toe old when the
CIVIL war broke u to enlist a many of hi tribe did. He remembers
there was n o Minneapolis and fought the Sioux we the ground where the
city % stands.
His home is 1t Cass Lake. Mimi, whereh he was born.
Wrinkled Meat has had nine wives but n 10 children. He wa a great be-
uever rim divorce before he became q Christian. Literally speaking he shooed
n his wives ont inot III cold n after another. A divorce wasn't necessary
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Mot the PEOPLES Gilt

moi the People GIIC
"a good man is gone"
"Who is that?"
"Hon. John Spoofington. He could
have had any office in the gift of the
people,"
But he didn't aspire to Officer
"Oh, yes. The job he wanted was
controlled by a political machine and
the party boss simply couldn't see
him."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

NUNttIc hINNlIAINKy OHN
lishments and metal finishing plants
were doing little business, and but few
Of them were making money. Today
their plants are humming. They are
overwhelmed with orders. Most OF
them have paid their debts, and all
are making money in volumes.
Sc it has been with many Of the
coal operators, and the cotton mills
have made much more money than
their stockholders had anticipated.
Thoro Z. oonaarn in ,hic TOWN
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

Brace up, man." said the police
man alphabetically as the tottering
form leaned heavily against the brass
buttons. "'tis i'll We are"
"I1l be all right in q minute" muir
INJURED the q huskily. cit was just
a shock. A bit too much for me-"
"What:" asked O'Brien.
'Down the block" said the man.
jerking his thumb behind him, Il Just
saw five IONS of coal"
Dazed and half unbelieving, the
policeman gaZ,ad in the direction that
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Good Reason.

Wife-This article says that the ball
is the oldest toy in the world.
Husband-YeS, and q baldhead must
be the oldest joke in the world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
A Brioht Outlook.

Lady-rm sorry. doctor, that / had
10 send and ask you TO come such Il
long way.
Doctor-Don't mention ii. / happen
10 have another patient in the neigh
horhood, SO | can kill two birds with
one stone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Benefit.

81 hope you felt like a better man
after hearing my speech"
81 did. l needed just that two
hours sleep"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

mere Is one CWtTn III ImS UNn
which bias made a fortune by reginning cottonseed and selling the fberNo
explosive plants
1t IA not many years ago that the president of a certain industrial plant
Birmingham told M that the entire property which his company owned
could never earn the interest o n its en outstanding bonds. Today the bond
issue of this company is two and a half times what 1t a then and its stock
is something like five times h then volume. 1t is today paying interest O
both its bonds and stock, and is setting aside a big surplus for future devel-
opment.
A careful ami conservative banker told me that he didn't know of a man
Birmingham. who las given h proper attention TO his business, who IA
not succeeding finely. And he mentioned 10 m several score Of men whose
earnings were beyond anything that they could have dreamed of several years
ago
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Educated.

Hoity-I'm tolS she speaks several
languages.
Toity-Yes, golf. polo and horse
Town Topics.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Lucky Indeed.

"Did you have any luck In your stock
market ~speculauions?"
"Yes, indeed. i escaped with part Of
my money"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Appropriate Remark.

what did the fallen Jockey say
when they pulled him from under his
PROSTATE mount?"
HE said, That is q horse on mev"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Intellectual DESPERATION.

How often we investigate
Until at last we sadly vow,
Our grammar cam be kept In straight
There amt no answer, anyhow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Not That District.

He-They say the woman's vote in
this district is very light.
She-NOthing of the sort. Nearly
every woman registered is a brunette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Jimmy" Wolf, the Gideon, Has a New Line of Work

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wolf, the Gideon, has a new job Instead of
! distributing Bibles in hotels these days, he is visiting the environments,
under the AUSPICES of the Pocket Testament league, and handing out little
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

"Does George get along well With
your father?"
swell, George gets along when he
sees father coming"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Doesn't Care Who Is Stuck.

SIS he good to his wifeY
every. He lets her have everything
and anything the stores will trust him
for"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

Nature is generous. bu' she never
forgets to ayense her wrongs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

One seldom meets a strong-minded
thinker who is capable OF whistling a
popular tune correctly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

tel La Sale.
And he took 4 BATH
Why the exclamation point?
Well, you see, it was the first bath
he had had in three years.
Yes. he actually took a bath, and,
maybe. if he lives to be one hundred
and thirty-three he'll take another.
And bear this in mind. If you
ever stop at the La Sale sleep on
the floor. It's very comfortable.
Wrinkled Meat says so, and he's slept
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Wrinked Meat, Aged 1870 Years, Visitor in Chicago

CHICAGO-The fountain of youth? Ask ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS He knows!
~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? Sure That's Chippewa for "Wrnkled Meat" He's
the Oldest living American, n hundred and thirty years old, and he's been
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
Birmingham Really Has Become a Rich Mans Town

% Observation-Disclosures is getting to be a rich mans town, writes
u Ned Brace in the Birmingham AgeHerald. l mean by rich men those who
ire achieving great success and making money. Three years ago TIL men con
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19

As we grow more sensible, We refuse
drug cathartios and take instead Natures
herb cure, Garfield Tea. Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
TAtG5 From
4tGG{DlES1
Gotham Stirred by Five Tons Of Unclaimed Goa

NEW YORK-Poncsman OBrien of the West Twentieth street station saw
~ a m IA staggering toward him along the sidewalk the other afternoon
The mans face was CHASTITY pale and great drops stood out upon his brow.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-16
From Bob ]. LoVin.

From Bob ]. Lovin. Bat. a. II +. A.
A. K. F.. to his mother Mrs. Mollie
Lovin. 4113 Hemloek street. Indiana
Harbor:
Somewhere in France. Oct. 20, 1918.
Dear Mother
have received your letters regularly
and it always makes me feel better
when | hear from you. But mother.
really know you have been worried be-
cause YOU have not heard from me. but
mother we have been eefsing hard and
steady right along for quite a while and
/ have been pretty busy or would have
written sooner as you know. No have
not been wounded or sick but n ever
ana YOU will hear OF it not long after
wards. so please do me a little favor
and do not worry 50 much.
Well. mother. I don't suppose I viii be
with YOU again this Christmas but we
all know it will be our last Christmas
-41er here. We all hope this Christmas
IN land will be spent better than the
last one we had. which was in mid
ocean / stu have the watch YOU sent
me last Christmast but IL is out of run
ming order and / cannot get to any place
to have 1t fixed. Mother, we were given
a coupon which | am sending you which
of whatever il may be for Christmas. 1
would love to have most of the lbs
in homemade fudge and anything else
YOU see fit to send. Show it to her so
she can stick in few sticks of blood
berry or a few kisses. Mother. 1 am
sorry to say 7 can not send you any
thing that is worth something but will
try and send some silk handkerchiefs to
you and the rest also little dimples
Give her my love and best wishes. l
forgot to mention that this packs &c
must be sent on or before the Goth Of
November and the coupon is to be past
"A on the box. We are fighting hard TO
end this awful war before winter and
hope to do so. How IS father and all
the kids. Give them all my love and
best wishes. also Uncle Jim and Aunt
Minnie l hear you are not allowed to
20 out in the car on Sundays any more.
Say. mother. l have been very glad and
thankful for getting TIE TIMES but the
way they are sending them is not very
good. as all the other fellows that get
! them have wrappers on but mine does
not and so they are most generally torn
/ or wet so il you will please let them
know about it I viii thank your ever
so much for 1t.
Well. mother as there is nothing
more I can think of I will have "a
/ close with lots Of love and kisses From
| your loving son. JIM.
/ p. S.-Give Elizabeth my love and
| best wishes. When writing to me from
| now on please put the A. f. r. like this
American A. T.. r. The only difference
is you have to write American in full
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-16
From Sergt. Emil Dexter.

Somewhere in This Wide World.
November s. 1918
Dearest Darling Mother and Dear Old
Dad;
A few lines to let you know that
! am still in the land or the living.
all is well as yet. I am still on the
briny deep but viii arrive in some
port Of France by tomorrow. But still
| ON not really positive whether it
is France or England we are 10 go to
Say. Mother this ocean is lovely.
love it SO well that for two cents I
would take a discharge in France IA
order to keep from crossing it again.
And believe me. Mother dear. after
get back to the dear old l. S. A.
l will never want TO see water again.
even good old Lake Michigan: that Is
l never wish to go on IL by boat. Oh.
I cannot complain about being very
seasick. for l have not parted with
any meals yet. and the trip is about
completed. although I have been on
the verge Of it. and l have restra - ed
from it many times by merely a hair 5
breadth. Hal ha,
Well. Mother / suppose yuo and Dad
have both worried yourselves to
death Now listen. dear parents.
please do not worry. for everything Is
going to turn out lovely Austria has
quit Now you can see how much
chance old Kaiser Bill has. Mother.
they have me back in the orderly room
again. Corporal Burke took sick and
went TO the hospital the last minute
SO we left him behind. We lost thir-
weight men that is. they are left be-
hind. But | viii get my ammunition
job back again as soon as ! get to our
destination. ! am now made sergeant
Well goodbye darling mother and
dear old dad Give my love TO all.
Hoping to hear from you as soon
as possible, l remain,
Your loving son.
EMIL DEXTER
Battery D. slst F. A.. American Exp.
Forces France.
p. S-May God bless and protect
you both Tell brother Dick and sis
ters I will write TO them as soon as
nogsibie.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-16
From Corp. Maginot.
70 Mrs. John c. Boiling.

To Mrs John c. Boiling
tel. France.
Nov II. 1918.
Dear Folks:
Received your letter of October p
and was pleased TO hear all were we'll
am we'll and getting on nicely. Am
sim working at the supply onice.
AT present the weather is somewhat
cooler. We ere sim stationed at the
same place. but may move somewhere
else soon. ! suppose you people had
some celebration when the news came
that Germany had signed the armis-
tsce. Here also the people had some
celebrations. some went Wild. Of
course. and YOU cannot blame them.
after being in this war over four
Years. got hold Of few Times
papers from home and enjoyed the
news. The Spanish "1u" rs surely
raging. think we were lucky to be
over here. as it was not bad here. I
saw ~ the paper that Herbert Keil-
man died in the hospital over there.
Arnold Jergens came TO see us today
He is stationed about eighty miles
here. II l am not mistaken he is in
the same camp with us. One Of the
Demmon boys from Merrillvile, who is
in our regiment met him last week
while working and told him he would
come over 20 see Ray keilman and me.
but later the report came that they
were TO move and so I suppose he
will be unable TO see US. In your let
ter you wrote about the Xmas cou-
pons. Wen. I don't want YOU to send
me anything ] can buy things cheap
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-16
From Corporal Weinig.


Dearest Brother:
with pleasure I am dropping you
4 few lines. letting you know that i
am in the best of health and hope
YOU are the same.
John we are b<ck in for rest now.
after spending nine months up at the
front at one time You know that
fl is an awful long time. John.
haven't heard from Charlie Miller for
a long time But heard from Frank
Stienkraus the other day and he is
feeling fine now. I haven't heard from
Charlie schultz for a long time
wonder what the trouble is with him
Well. John. ] have been promoted to
corporal again. but / don't know how
long I viii hold it now.
might run into some nice French
girl and We will have good time to-
gether Wen. John. don't think this
Viii last much longer now. Let's hope
aot anyway. say. John. tell Jim Nell
son that David sends his best regards
u him and His wife. and II YOU see
him. Wen. I must be closing now,
hoping to hear from YOU soon.
Your brother.
CORP. LOUIS r. VIEWING
Sat D~51st Art, G. A. {.
American Expeditiopary Forces.
Lake County's work is not done
fill she has bought more w. S. S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-16
Letters from Soldiers
Written to the Home Folks From This Side and the
Other Side of the Water.

er than il would cost YOU 10 buy and
send it, ] sent my coupon to Jose
phine as / wanted her to send my
sweater which / left at Louisville.
KY Well. dear folks. l cannot write
any more news this time. SO must
close. Hoping this reaches you in the
best of health and happiness
Your loving nephew.
Holm
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-17

night. A little court paid tribute to
her beauty, and bowed the deeper and
battered the more as she openly
scorned and flouted them. She caught
once q flicker of admiration In Karl's
face, and although her head went
high, her heart beat stormily under
Il.
Hedwig was like flower that re-
CURED the sun. Only her sun was
happiness. She was In soft white
chiffons, her hair and frock alike girl
ish and unpretentious. Her mother
coming into her dressing room, had
eyed her with disfavor.
'You look like schoolgirl" she
said, and had sent for rouge, and with
her own royal hands applied it. He'd
wig stood silent, and allowed her to
have her way without protest. Had
submitted, too, to diamond pin in her
hair, and a string of her mothers
pearls.
There" said Annunciata, standing
off and surveying her, you look less
like baby"
She did, indeed! It took Hedwig
quite five minutes to wash the rouge
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-17
DISCOVERS "COOTIE" BANE
Relief for Soldiers to Result From
Professors Experiments.

Discovery of u chemical solution
that will prevent American soldiers in
the trenches from becoming infested
with 'cooties" was announced recently
by Provost Edgar Fair Smith of the
University of Pennsylvania. Provost
Smith presided at meeting of the
class secretaries of the University Of
Pennsylvania Alumni in Philadelphia.
In announcing the preventive Pro-
vost Smith refused to give the name
of the university scientist who made
the experiments. 1t Is said, however
that the discovery resulted from Sc
ries of experiments by the scientist In
treating his own person with various
chemical solutions until he found one
that, used as wash, acted as a de-
terring agent and prevented "cooties"
from attacking him. While expert
mentlng he maintained a colony of
'cooties" In a receptacle worn ON his
wrist.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-17
Continued next week.
FINE CHATEAU FOR BLIND
Art Dealer Rents Beauty Spot in Bois
for Hospifal,

NJ SPOt ii Ooto
for Hospital.
The Chateau de Madrid, in the Bots
de BOulogne, for many years one of
the best and finest restaurants and
summer resorts of Paris, has through
the generosity of NJ. Jacques Selig-
man, the art dealer of Paris and New
York, and the suggestion of George
Kessler, president of the British
French-Belgian permanent blind relief
war fund, been placed at the services
of the blinded soldiers of the allied
armies. The $4,000 a year rent,
which NJ. Seligman guarantees, will en-
title the fund to the use of the whole
house, with its 100 rooms, and the
extensive gardens surrounding it. The
whole domain forms one of the most
beautiful spots in the Bots. The place
has been rented for three years and
will be opened in two weeks. M. Sc
ligman made it condition that the
blinded American soldiers should also
be cared for at the Chateau de Madrid.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-17
GO BAREFOOT, SAYS GERMANY
Old and Young Urged to Save
Leather Even at
Church

go barefoot this summer and help
the fatherland." is the latest patriotic
catchword to be placarded In Germany.
"In view Of the alarming scarcity of
leather, rich and poor alike should
dispense with boots and Shoes" says
an explanation Of the placard In the
Rheinischs Westfalische Zeitung of
Essen. The old are urged to set an ex-
ample for the young.
"Why not walk on your bare feet
this summer?" says the Zeitung.
Neither old nor young need be
ashamed to walk barefoot anywhere
at home. In ths streets. at school or In
church."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-17

monplace, found the preparations
rather exciting. Being British she
dearly loved the arlstocracy, and
shrugged her shoulders at any family
which took up less than u page in the
peerage. She resented deeply the in
trusion of the colnmOner into British
politics, and considered Lloyd George
an upstart and an interlOper.
That evening she took the crown
prince to see the preparations for the
festivities. The flowers appealed to
him, and he asked for and secured a
rose, which he held carefully. But the
magniticence of the table only family
impressed him, and when he heard
that Milky would not be present, he
lost interest entirely. 'Will they
wheel my grandfather In in a chair?"
he inquired.
HE is too ill.," Miss Braithwaite
said.
Hell be rather lonely, when they're
all at the party. You don't suppose l
could go and sit with him, do your
1T will be long after your bed
time"
Bedtime being the one rule which was
never under and circumstances broken.
he did not persist. TO have insisted
might have meant five marks off in
Miss Braithwaite's book, and his rec
ord was very good that week. To-
gether the elderly English woman and
the boy went back 10 the school ROOM.
The Countess Loschek. who had
dressed with heavy heart. was easily
the most beautiful Of the women that