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Judges-H A. Drennen and Ted Brown ell
 Timers-S Sterling Edwards and L. J. Lively
 Starter-J Alex Sloan, Chicago. Official Scorers-Henry Vance, the News; Jack R. Hornady, the Ledger; Robert McDavid, The Age-Herald. Southern Representative of the l. M. c. A-Sergt. John Ross, Memphis. Birmingham Representative l. M. c. A. James l.. Dent LIST OF EVENTS Conditions: All events from a standing start, unless otherwise specified. All
 prize money to be divided 60 per cent to the winner; 25 per cent to second place
 and 15 per cent to third place. Event No. 1-Distance, miles Division 4-Open to cars of 300 cubic
 inch piston displacement and under. Purse, $500.
 Darracq car, Soules. driver: Briscoe
 car, Toft, driver; Chalmers car, Giroux, driver; Prince Henry car, Willard, driver;
 Hudson car, Endicott, driver. Event No 2-Distance to be announced. Exhibition Time Trials-Open to any
 car and driver in today's races. Prize, $200 to the car making the fast 1 est time.
 | Prize, $500 to the car making the i fastest time if southern record for
 the distance is lowered. Prize, $500 to the car making the fastest time if the worlds record for the distance is broken. Event No 3--Distance. 10 miles. Division 5--Open to cars of 150 cubic inch piston displacement and under. Wisconsin special ee.f, -, driver:
 Darrac1 car Soules. driver; Maxwell
 car. Hugdahl. driver; Chalmers car Girouy. driver; I;riscoe car, Filing
 boe, driver. Event No. 4.--Eistance. three miles Division - special -- Three cornered match fiying start) Case car. Clark. driver, Fiat car, Horey, driver; Briscoe car. Ellingboe, driver.
 Event No. 5--Dfstance, two miles
 Exhibition-Floyd Willard of Minne- sota, driving the Ford with which he won the worlds Ford championship against time to establishe a Ford rec ord on the Alabama State Fair track.
 Event No. 6.-Distance, 15 miles.
 Division 6-Free-for-al (Flying start) Purse, $1200.
 Case car, Chevrolet, driver; Case car, Clark. driver; Briscoe car. Toft, driver; Briscoe car EllingLoe. driver; Hudson ear, Endicott. driver; Maxwell car, Hugdahl. driver. Fiat car. Horey, driver.
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Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. ooRBETT

(Note-This is the sixth-and final chapter of series of articles which Mr. Corbett has written giving the inside de- tails of the financial side of the Jim Jeffries-Jack Johnson fight, as related by Jack Gleason, The Man Behind" 1t forms one of the most romantic chapters in pugilism. Many of the details which this series discusses never before have been pubnshedD
 One of the extremely interesting facts concerning the Jim Jeffries-Jack John- son fight brought out by Jack Gleason s recital of the financial details is this
 Johnson apparently was in fear of de- feat even on the morning of the fight.
 "The original articles of agreement called for the splitting of the purse 75-25, declared Gleason. That meant $15, 75t for the winner and $25, ,25o for the loser But less than two hours before the fight took place, a messenger from Johnson s camp hurried to Jeffries and Berger with request from Johnson that the purse be split 5O-50. Jeffries refused. Jeff held out for the 75-25 split. A wrangle en- sued. Finally when deadlock seemed certain, and there was a possibility of a hitch as to the fight going on, Jeff compromised by agreeing that the purse of $101oO0 should be split 50 per cent for the winner and 40 per cent for the loser.''
 The arena where the fight was held seated 1S,O00 persons and when the two giants stepped into the ring the hastily erected, but complete stadium, was filled practically to capacity, The price of the seats were s1o. s15. s25, s9O, $4o and $50, and the gate" receipts reached the tre- mendous sum of s27o,775-probably the hugest ever paid to witness a sporting contest of any kind.
 And now, in conclusion, here are some facts concerning the financial outcome of the fight.
 Johnson, the winner, received 60 per cent of the purse, or $6o,000, his bonus
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{ of $l0,0oo, and s5o,Oo0 for his one-third in terest in the moving pictures-a total of $l2o,0o0 for 45 minutes work Jeffries got s4o,a 400, the s1e.coo bonus and s6s 666 for 1 his interest in the pictures-a total of l sl17066.
 l Gleason and Rickard realized a profit
 of about s209,0O0 from their share of the pictures, which, added to the gate re- cepts of s27o, o,775, gave them a gross
 income of s57c,T75 Out of this they paid I $12S,500 to the fighters and to Berger lost $1o,Oo0 in the building of the starum in l San Francisco and incurred expenses Of
 about s16500 otherwise. So their gross
 outlay was about $150,0e0, wkich, deducted from $f70,71o, left a net profit of $320 7775
 or about $l60,o00 clear profit for each. Not so bad, eh-especially for Jack Gleason, because Gleason, at the outset,
 never had any thought of promoting the match. But Jeff-square and fair with
 his friends and ever grateful for favors- practically forced Gleason into it, feeling
 that Gleason would make small fortune out of it and so get his reward for what he had done for Jeff.
 Berger got his bit" too, averaging around $250 week during all the time
 he was with Jeffries on tour and getting $2500 from the promoters in addition. But Y Was pefsei, stduilch ana loyal Tn ms friendship for Gleason, who smoothed out many of the obstacles that were thrown in Gleason's way during the days before the promotion end of the deal was closed, so repaying the early kindness of Gleason.
 But the man who profited beyond all
 others was Jim Jeffries, the man who tried to come back in pugilistic way, | only to fail. But even in failure there
 sometimes is success, as Jeffries' case Will show From that day in 1909, when the great gladiator appeared in the Wig wam theatre in San Francisco, until that memorable afternoon in Reno, Jeffries
 added close to $250, coo to his bankroll A wonderful financial success was the l Jeffries-Johnson match-the most re-
 markable in all sporting history. And
 Jack Gleason's persuasive powers was the ! primary cause of it all.
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FREE TICKET ID BALL CAME HERE
 FOR YOUNGSTERS

Clip the coupon, boys, and see Mon days game as the guests of The Age- Herald There are no strings tied to this proposition, just plain, everyday treat that The Age-Herald is giving for all youngsters not over F years of age. All you have to do is to take this cou- pon that appears in the paper out to the game Monday and present it with ) cents war-tax to the ticket taker and it will entitle you to sit through nine in nings of real baseball.
 Birmingham plays Little Rock on that day and both teams are unusually strong, so come early and avoid. the rush. The game will be called at o'clock, giving you ample time to get out after school
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Reds Beat Cards
By Purifying the Blood

Once you get your blood free from iimpurities-cleansed of the catarrhal ipoisons. which 1t is now prey to because of its unhealthy s.ate-then you will be relieved of Catarrh-the dripping in the throat, hawking and splitting. raw sores in the nostrils. and the disagreeable bad breath. It was caused. in the first place, because your Impoverished blood was easily infect ed. Possibly a slight cold or contact with someone who had a cold. But the point is-don't suffer with Ca
 tarrh-it is not necessary. The rem sdy s. $. S. discovered over 50 years
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AMERICAN LEAGTE
White Sox Win Another

Philadelphia, May 1o.--Chicago began its eastern trip today with an eleven inning victory over Philadelphia, 5 to g.. The White sox found Gregg for two runs in the eighth, and two more in the eleventh. after he had held them safe in the early stages. With two out in the first inning. Walker and Burns both hit home runs. Burns drive cleaned the left field wall. the first time this mas been accomplished in the history ot Shibe park, which was opened in l909, With Chicago leading, ? to 1, in the
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Tigers Win First

New York. May 1O-Detroit opened it's eastern invasion here today with 5-to-3 victory over the New York team. The Tigers Int Mogridge hard and oppor- tunely, while New York was able to hit Dauss effectively in only one inning, the fourth. when Baker hit a home run and Pipp trlpled. scoring on a wild pitch
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Cleveland Wins Easily

Washington, May 10-Opportune hitting at the expense of Shaw and Harper gave Cleveland an S-to-2 victory over Wash ington. Coveleskie was effective with men cn the bases With a storm ap- preaching the game was called at the end Of the eighth inning on account of darkness Score: R.H.E. Cleveland ....,., 115 zul CO.'S 9 1 Washington ............. o01 010 0o-s S 1
 Batteries: Coveleskie and O'Neill; Shaw, Harper, Croft and Casey.
 The length of the smallest screw ever made is OPS of an inch, its diameter 02s of an inch, weight .012 of a grain There are 360 threads to the inch and it takes 5S2,SS3 of these screws to make pound.
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Red Sox Finally Conquer

Boston, May 10,-Boston broke it's los- ing streak today by defeating St. Louis, 4 to 1. Mays held the visitors to five hits. Davenport pitched the first five innings for St. Louis and was hit soundly. Shocker pitched the last three innings and gave one hit. Score:
 R.H.E. St. Louis, ........ 100 GOO 000-1 Q Boston .................. 002 oil O0f-4 Q Batteries: Davenport. Shocker and Nunamaker; Mays and Schang.
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SHORTSTOP YORKEY
 JOINS THE ARMY

Moley was notified yesterday that YorlSey. his new shortstop, had joined the army en route to Birmingham and would not report until Kaiser Bill had been planted beneath the sod. The Baron chieftain is still on the look out for a short fielder, but will keep Jansen out there temporarily, at least. Jansen is showings some ,m- provamens and, with the backing of the fans, may develop into good man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-11

Cuba offers an excellent market for American cutlery. German firms for merly dominated this market. but it is said that by efficient advertising methods the trade can be permanently secured by dealers in this country.
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ninth, Burns got his second home run, la drive into the left field bleachers. | Score: R.H.E. 1 Chicago ............. 100 GOO 020 02-5 10 d l Philadelphia ....... 200 GOO 001 o03 3 l
 Batteries: Faber Danforth and Sehalk; Perkins and Gregg.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Dallas: Dallas 3, Waco l.
 At San Antonio: San Antonio 6, Hous- ton 5.
 At Fort Worth. Fort Worth 5. shreve- port ?.
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Bush's fielding featured. Score:
 R.H.E. Detroit ................. 021 001 O10-5 10 l New York ............. coo 200 01e-3 1 Batteries: Dauss and Yelle; Mogridse, Love and Hannah.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates Stop Giants

Pittsburg May 10-Defeat came to New York today in the initial game of their western invasion, Pittsburg winning, 1 to ?, and breaking the long string of New York victories It was the second game lost this season by the National league champions. Hamilton, pitching for Pittsburg, scored xhis sixth straight victory, and would have been credited with shutout had itnot been for King s huff of a short fly that belonged to Caton. Score: R. H. F. New York ............ 900 900 o02- ? l Pittsburg ............ 300 COO 10e- l Batteries: Benton, Anderson and Rar- idens Hamilton and Schmidt.
 Reds Beat Cards
 St. Louis, May 10.-A single by Groh in the ninth inning today scored Wingo with the run that gave Cincinnati victory over St. Louis in see-saw contest, to 4 It was the fourth game in as many days won in the last inning.
 Score: R. H. E. Cincinnati ............ oo1 900 o31-z- 5 g ? St Louis ...........s... 009 120 010--4 Il ? Batteries: Tony, Schneider, Conley and Wingo; Ames and Snyder.
 Only two scheduled today.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAMM

(Under the rules and with the sanction of the International Motor Contest asso- citation. Sanction No. 216)
 Referee-Karl T., Landgrebe.
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Automobile Races Big Feature for Day at
 Fairgrounds Track
(Continued from Page Eight)

the first race announced for o'clock There will be no charge for automobiles The government war tax will also bt paid by the fair association.
 The official programme follows:
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How TO Use VICK'S VAPORuB IN
TREATING SPANISH influenza
The Influenza Germs Attack the Lining Of the Air Pas.
sases When VapoRub Is Applied Over Throat and
Chest the Medicated Vapors Loosen the Phlesm.
Open tho Air Passages and Stimulate The Mucous
Membrane to Throw Off the Germs

specific for innuenxa---yhs disease nuss
run its course. Nature herself will
throw on the attack IL only you keep
up your strength. The chief danger
lies In the complications which may
arise. influenza SO weskens the bodily
resistance that ther. Is danger OF pneu-
monia or bronchitis developing ana
sometimes Inflammation of the middle
car. or heart affections. For theA
reasons. II Is very important that the
patient remain In bed until his
strensth returnr--stay In bed at least
Two days or more after the fever has
left you or II you are over SO or not
strong. stay In bed four days or moro
according to the severity OF the attack
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS.
In ORDER TO stimulate the lining OF
the air passages to throw on the
Grippe germs. to aid in loosening the
phIegm and keeping the air passages
open. thus making the breathing eas-
Ter. Vick's VapoRub will be found sf-
tective. Hot wet towels should be APP
Piled over the throat. chest and back
between the shoulder blades to open
the pores Then vieks should be
IL red. spresd on thickly and cover
with two th'cknesses of hot flannel
cloths. Leave the clothing loose
around the neck. as the heat of the
pody nberates the ingredients in the
form of vapors. These vapors In.
hailed with each breath. carry the med.
ication directly to the parts affected.
At the same time. yapoRub 10 alb.
sorbed through and stimulates the
skin attracting the blood to tho SUR
face and thus aids In relieving the SOM
Gestion within.
now TO AVOID THE DIsEASR,
Evidence seems to prove that this
10 germ disease. spread principally
by human contact. chiefly through
coughing. sneezlng or splitting. 81
aveid persons having colds - which
means avoiding crowds oommon
drinking cups. roller towels. etc. Ke~u
up your bodily strength by plenty Of
exercise In the open air and good food,
KEEP FREE FROM COLDS.
Above all keep free from colds, "a
colds lrrltate the lining of the air mas.
sases and render them much bsttsp
breeding places for the Germs
Use Vick's VapoRub at the very nrso
sign of q cold. For head cold. melt
little In a spoon and inhale the Vs.
pors. or better still. use VapoRub in q
benzoin steam kettle. II this 10 not
available. use an ordinary tea-ketfls.
FIJI half-full Of boiling water. put IL
half . teaspoon OF vapoRub from time
to time-keep tts kettle just SLOW y
| boiling--inhRe the steam arising.
Vtck's VapORub can be had In three
soc. 31.20--at all druRgistA
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Washington Was Wise

There is something Of poetic justice In the fact
that one of the first Of the old sluices to be re-
habiitated was the Chesapeake and Ohio, the
building of which was pushed by General George
Washington, who was the first president OF the
construction company which called It into being
The Father Of His Country was so convinced that
the future prosperity OF the nation had much to
do with water transportation by canal that he
obtained n leave Of absence while he was still
commander Of the Revolutionary army that he
might start the survey for the waterway with
which he hoped TO connect the waters OF the
Chesapeake bay with the unsalted Ohio The
project was never realized, even in part. until
long after his death, hut to this day the canal is
a carrier Of trade between Cumberland, Md, and
Georgetown, In the District Of Columbia. 1t de-
rves its water partly from the Potomac, and II
deepened would he Of much Importance to the
national capital. IT has for years been under
railroad control. The government has placed
additional boats upon II and the lock crews are
working night and day. The channel IL becom
ing as busy as II was In Civil war days. when
800 boats, ten times the number which It had
when the federal authorities took charge. were
I'm constant opera tOn.-Walter Harrington in the
American Review Of Reviews
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An able seaman today gets $75 month and his
board. During wartime he receives bonus OF %
per cent on his wages on voyages into the warzone
waters OF Europe. His life is insured without
cost to him to the extent Of twice Ms yearly earn
ings.
His future IL assured II he sticks-aRd the ship
ping board believes he will stick. 1t Is estimated
that not less than 100000 officers and men will be
wanted to man the merchant marine after the war.
and 1t is expected that every man accepted will be
an American citizen.
The shipping board is training officers as well as
for the new merchant marine. 1t has 81
technical schools in navigation and engineering
where experienced men receive free instruction
fitting them for officers licenses
From June, 1917, when these schools were start
ed, to September, 1918, more than 10000 students
were admitted 10 them. Every student was an
American citizen, fitted to enter by two years at
sea, or In the case Of engineers. equivalent tech
meal experience.
Graduates of these schools on the bridges of
American merchant ships today In all OF the seven
seas and the present classes OF the school contain
more than 200 students.
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KING, QUEEN OR JACK.

A rookie at Camp Zachary Taylor had been
transferred to one Of the headquarters companies
to Ill the vacancy beft by an orderly who was
sick at the base hospital He was sitting at the
desk when the captain entered.
"Gsod morning, general" was the greeting Of
fered by tie recruit after executing a salute that
resembls< q one-armed wsman pitching hay.
"Tm NJ general" the captain replied
"GoOd morning, cOl0ael" the uext saluta-
ton.
"Tm No colonel am captain" answered the
officer ~ he gave the rookie the julius Caesar
type Of stare.
"'Scase me, sir, but knowed that you was
one OF the face cards in the deck" chirped the
innocent one
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dHo2EX12cE1 0NHS. :
J/1JoLLARXiT'
10 nHHE R0RE LADD[/S

dangers from the lurking
submarine without a ire
NOR. The submarine peril
has acted only as II stiln-
illus to merchant marine
recruiting.
These facts make the
shipping board hopeful for
the future of the merchant
marine personnel.
1t Is expected that Q
large percentage Of these
wartime sailors will re-
main in the merchant ma
rine after the return OF
peace. The inducements
for them to do so are many
and practical. There Is
great opportunity for rapid
promotion, and the pay Is
the best I'm any maritime
service In the world.
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Acid Stomach Makes
Millions Weak and
Miserable

For yesrs dentists have been telling
US that IT'S acid mouth that ruins the
teeth, yet this acid that e powerful
enough TO eat through the harder than
bone enamel Of the teeth and decay
them. 10 tastelss@ Its presence can ~
detected emily By chemical tests.
No ehemicsl test II needed 10 tell yeu
that you have scfd. stomach.
Indigestion. beichinS, heartburn, sour
stomach. ood.repsating. that miserable
pune1 up feeling after eating. intestinal
pains. headaches. etc. These are all
Natures warning TO you. rhsy are
sure stsns OF superasl0fU.
Acid-stonsch prevents proper diges-
tion and assfmilstion. thus causing the
blood to become thin and Impoverished
IS . result Of which people become sal.
low -skinned. snseiated. sick and bad
boxing.
Acid.ste.sch causes stomach and In
festival fsrasstat ion. producing poasons
and TOXINS which, absorbed into the blood
and carried thpsaghost the system, cause
suto.intoxieatisn. insomnia, pervosaness,
irSi,ssiiiy. mental dspressioa, mslaa'
cheiis, ddsziness, vertigo and oftsntines.
vslvuisr heart trOsbie snd heart failure.
Acid-stemaeh causes irritation all
along the intestinal tract-irritation %
sevefs and sggravstfug 80 20 frequently
result IN cstsrrh and svsn cancer OF the
what shssss. tAsa, has snyus. f9s
veast Asalth haIpeasss q success u
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Woman's Odd Need.
900 Live Stock Exchange BID

"What did you want to go into that
store fOr2" asked Mr.. Gabb.
"For curiosity" replied Mrs. Gabb.
"Curiosityl" exclaimed Mr.. Gabb. II
thought n woman never ran out of
that."-LondOn Answers.
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Don't Worry About pImpIes.

Uoht worry ABOUT PImpIeo.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cutlcura Ointment. Wash
Off the Ointment in flve>mlnutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
<, Boston," At druggists and by mail.
Soap rs. Ointment 20 and 5O.-Adv.
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have conquered adversely. but 1t re
mains to be seen whether l can con
'Quer prosperity.-HOlden.
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An OmInous Outlook.

"Brace up. young mani" encourus4
the dentist. ut will be out and all
over In minute"
YES" solemnly replied little C.-N
ence Callipers. who WAS in the chair.
"but one day with the Lord II a. q
thousand years and L Thousand years
as one day."-Kansas City Star.
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In Addition, VapoRub il Abb
sorbed Through and Stimu-
lates the Skin, Attracting
tho Blood to the Surface and
Thus Aids in Reducing the
Congestion Within.
CALL A PHYSICIAN - co
TO BED STAY QUIET
DON'T WORRY

There IL No Occasion for Psnic--Inhu-
enra ItseIf Hsa q Very Low PERCENT
age of Fatalities. Not over one
Death Out of Every Four Hundred
Cases According 20 the N. G. hoard
Of Health. The Chief Danger Lies
In Complications Arising, Attaching
Principally Patients In q Run-Dswn
Co.dition--Those who Don't Go to
BED Soon Enough, or Those who Get
Up Too Early.
Spain In May. has all the appearance
OF grip or 10 grippe. which has swept
over the world In numerous epidemics
as far back as history runs. Hippocra-
ties refers to an epidemic In 412 b. c.
which Is regarded by many to have
been influenza. Every century has had
Its attacks. Beginning with 1891. this
country has had ave spidemics. the
last In lsSs-1s90.
THE SYMPTOMS.
Grippe. or influenza. az IL II now
called. usually begins with . chill fol-
lowed by aching. feverishness and
sometimes nausea and dizziness, and
. general feeling OF weakness and de-
preston The temperature Is from leo
to 100. and the fever usually lasts
from three to nve days. The germs
attack the mucous membrane or lining
OF the air passages--nose. throat and
bronchial tubes; there IL usually q
hard cough. especially bad at night.
and frequently all the Appearances Of
Q severe head cold.
THE TREATMENT.
Go to bed at the first symptoms. not
only for your own sake. but to avoid
spreading the disease to others-take
. purgative. eat plenty OF nourishing
food, remain perfectly quiet ana don {
very. Quinine. aspirin or Dover's
Powder. etc. may be administered by
the physicians directions to relieve
tho aching. But there IN no cure or
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Smile, smile, beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue, American
made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
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All RIuht. In That Ev,

All Right, In That Event.
SHOULD one kiss young man good
night?"
III you can't get rid of him any
other way consider 1t permissible"
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Fools who keep their mouths shut
may pass for wise men.
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Cleveland pupils this year cultivat-
cd 1900 school war gardens.
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After man runs into ieby No eithse
walks out or stays In.
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VACCINE
G ONLY s'nns: g bout s,. ms MA
G''S@) .s,oeLE. eh.as sLs. DENVER coto
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Tact.
Hostess cpeamjngly)-How do 700
like your pie, Jamesf
James--A l-l-little b-b-bigEeN ma'am.