davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Washington Journal., 1918-06-14

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Washington Journal., 1918-06-14

Der um9GammerO meme 8aBgeis
ee nod grampf1afoer, uno ieoab
Iebe i9 erf9b, boB es d 9%ausbepo6s
ner is, Der iber mir ipobnb. @r
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Farm Land For Sale

go Acreg Complete Wheat Hanrh.
In the heart Of the famous Rattie
al country Of Adams county
Washington. Land lays perfectly
level, $40 acres in good, clenn siird-
merfaIlow. $50 in stuDble- Good SCI
OF farm buildings. Two miles TO
good market, on fine macadam road.
Price s95 per acre. including all
stock and machinery, to ruin the
place, 20 tons Of hay and other feel.
some household furniture. For fun
particulars see or write Patsy r.
Clark. RItzvIIIe WASH
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
When Nchine Stops

There is one safe, dependable treatment
that relieves itching torture and skin irri.
tation almost instantly and that cleanses
and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggist for a 35c or 81 bottle
Of zen6 and apply It as directed. Soon
you will find that irritations, pfnples,
blackheads, eczema, blotches, ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
A little zemo, the penetrating, satisfy
ing liquid, IS all that is needed. for It
banishes most skin eruptions and makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy.
The e. w. Rose Co., Cleveland, O,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
LIBERTY BONDS BUY
FOR 100000 MEN
Major Items in Ordnance
Department Contracts
Listed. pun

From the beginning of the war to
June 80, 1918. the last day Of, the past
tie ordnance department of he
United states totaling s4.sO0.GOO. 600,
The estimate for the eourrent year is
over sT0o0oOO.oo. The major items
OF last year were as follows:
Artillery. 81 50.OO0,0O0; automatic
rifles. $500, 100000; small arms. $500,
600 900: artillery ammunition. ST.
9e0,O00.O00: small arms ammunition,
S340. 100000; small arms ammuni-
tion Cpractice) $S0,000, 900; store ana
supplies (personal horse. and organ
ization), $3.50. 600 O00; armored mo-
tor cars, $10O,0'O0,OOO; total, $4,1oO,-
eco, ,O0O .sr ~
Sofneeotlier expenditures by the war
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

department were 1915. 100000 for en-
eineering operations. mostly in
France; $4,000, 600 for flour. s145,-
100000 for sugar. $4S,0O0,O00 for
bacon, sl2. 10000 for beans, So,
900, 900 for tomatoes, $2.O0O.OO0 for
rice, s47,50O.00O for rolling kitchens,
s127000,O 600 for shoes. $565,0O0,-
coo for clothing; for blankets. S147.-
600. 600.
Some smaller expenditures were
over $4,000, 900 for axes. $1s635, 900
for field stores. $2,70O,Oo0 for car
penter, and s224. 90 for blacksmith
tools, $2.500,0O0 for shovels.
The department has bought 266,-
eco wagons and carts, costing $37,-
600, 600; ana 410. 900 horses and
mules. costing $4,000. 600: food for
them cost s62, 900, 200, and harness
S29, 100000.
These are only some of the figures,
They seem large. but not so large
when it is remembered that we have
nearly 1000, 600 men in France and
almost as many in training here at
home. All of this money and all the
other money raised by the Liberty
loans goes to make our army. our ma
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
rnhcrcnIosIs ProhIcm Up.

SALEM Nov "A new problem
.confronts the state Tuberculosis SAM
itarium in the Possibility OF being
called upon to care for those afflicted
with tuberculosis who are rejected
registrants under the selective service
act superintendent Bellinger Of the
Institution. calls attention to this fac,
his biennial report ad also to the
fact that UP TO October 15. this year
ih9 such reiectios have been made
among oregon registrants Those
who arc rejected from service. he says
are not entitled to care from the gov
ernment and thir car, therefore, falls
anon the tuberculosis agencies Of then
respective communities
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

FOR SALE-Modern house and four
lots with garage. 225 Jane st. Pen
dieton, ore. S. s. Butler, 1113 indiana
Avenue, Spokane, washington.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
SALTS IF BACKACHY
AND KIDNEYS HURT
STOP EATING MEAT F'oR AWHILE
IL YOCR BLADDER is
TROUBLING YOU.

When you wake up with backache
and dun misery in the kidney region IL
generally means you have been eating
too much meat, says weh-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid
which overworks the kidneys i'm their
effort to filter ii from the blood and
they become sort of paraNzed and
loggy. When Your kidneys get slug
gish and clog YOU must relieve them,
like YOU relieve your bowels; rernov-
ing all the body's urinorus waste. else
YOU have backache. sick headache.
dizzy spells: your stomach sours,
tongue is coated. and when the wealth
nr bad you have rheumatic twinges.
The urine is cloudy. fun OF sediment.
channels often get sore. water scslds
and YOU are obliged to seek relief two
or three times during the night.
Either consult a good. reliable ply
clan at once or get from your phar-
o-acist about four ounces of lad salts;
take a Tablespoonful in glass of wa
ter before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys win thtanec
and your kidnevs will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes aud lemon juice. COM
bined with lthia and has heen used
for generations to clean and stimu-
late sluggish kidneys. also to Geutrai-
ize acids In the urine so u no longer
initiates, thus ending bladder weak,
ness.
Jad salts Is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. IL is Inexpensive, can
not iniure and makes a delightfuL
hfhia-water drink
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

PORTLAND, Nov. Fifteen thou
sand dollars In cash. liberty bonds and
securities. missing from the East Side
Bank OF Portland, and police arv
looking for Arthur Davis a book
keeper at the bank, who left his wife
and baby and disappeared yesterday.
Davis Is onGy 20 years old.
Tho money was taken from the safe
some time Thursday night and was
missed when the ibaiik opened yestdi :
day. Poiiee had scarcely taken up
the trail or the thief when REV. C..
Howard Davis, pastor of the First
Church of the Nazarene. made resti-
tuition of $500 which Mrs. Davis had
given him.. saying the money hao
been left BY her husband.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
REAL PRINCE WITH
AMERICAN CAPTIVES

; PARIS. Nov. "A real prince 4
; of Prussia was in the crowd of !
; prisoners captured by the AM :
+ ericans. Dignified and indig- Z
; nant he sat in chair and stared I
; imperiously about him. 1
: 'Cuten Morgen, lieutenant" !
: said an American captain, who. i
; speaking German fluently, had !
, been questioning the prisoners. :
: The proud Prussian prince I
: grunted in disgust and disdain. =
, He glared at the American. :
+ Address me as Your Royal )
+ Highness;" he demanded stiffly. !
: stand up!" roared the cap !
: tain. ''How dare you address a =
: superior officer in that manner. !
: You're only, a lieutenant"
, The prince wilted, stood at !
, painful attention and answered =
, questions like spanked school =
: boy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

PORTLAND. Nov. 2.-Ernest Lewis
Franklin, colored. living at 4SS Ever
EFT street, is the first man in oregon
to be called for induction from the
September IL registration, draft ofti-
cials state. The registrant from pre-
.violis enrolment who should have
filled this one-man call has been sent
ii replace d rejected induetee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
C,oNEER % TEIsNfs.

VIENNA. Nov. s2.--Dispntches state
the C'zeclo-slotalS and JugoslaNs del
cgatcs met Thursday, comforting re-
earsIfng the arlnistice terms they
would grant Austria. They then left
Paris TO attend the inter-allied cOn-
ference.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
ARMY COMPLEXION IsOLATET5t

ARMY COMPLETELY IsoLATEIst
WITH THE ITALIANS. NOV. 81
Following the esrappa defcRses' crsf-
lapse. time Italians are stadiIy driS-
ing the Austrian Trentino army north
ward across the mountains toward Tie
frontier. The encmy's Piavc armyhks
completely isolated. 1t Is being push
cd across the Venetian plaisls undcr
tiireat of encirclement from the nolill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

SALEM, Nov p. Nation wide ad-
option Of the method of giving citizen
ship exanInation originated BY Judge
George G. Bingham. OF the Mario,,
and Linn county circuit court may
follow the approval given TO the plan
by the federal government. Already
examiners In oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana have been in
structed to follow out the idea.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
IlbinI ,icnL n NcM. ItIcld.

SPOKANE. Wash,. Nov. 2.---FlVe
hotel proprietors of Spokane have in
corporated the Consolidated Laundry
Company with a. capital of $4,000
and VIII acquire a steam laundry Of
their own, with the idea of being in
dependent of what they call the
laundry trust of Spokane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
lr.mI,cyxler rs Sentenced.

ASTORIA. or, Nov. Elm the cir
cult court today Judge Eakin denied
The motion for a new trial in the case
of S. Gilnet, convicted of larceny by
cnfoezziement of funds Of the Highway
Automobile company. The defend
ant was sefitehced to an indeterminale
'tdhtls ry 8# s
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Inh6 NTaiI carrIer ncId.

PORTLAND, Nov. .2.EWilford X
McFauI. carrier on rural route No /.
out OF Echo. Or, from April 10, last.
to october II. is in jail here and
bound over to the grand jury on
charges Of destroying mail matter. de-
tenuon- of mail matter. embezzlemept
of funds given him for the purpose
of money orders. and the. embezle-
ment and forging Of checks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

The Inward Erfects OF humors are
worse than the outward They en-
danger the whole system. Hoods
sarsaparilm eradlcates all humors
cures all their inward and outward
effects. 1t is the great Alternative and
tonic, whose- merit mrs been every.
where established.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
card or Thanks.

We wish to thank our many friends
for their kindness and sympathy dur
ing the Illness and death OF our son
and brother. and for the many beau
tiful floral offerings.
MIR. AND MRS. J. IS. NoRvELL.
MISS LEILA NoRvELfs. ~
MRRAND MRS Z. l.. NoRygLI-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Attorneys

d. w. BAILEY, Attorney at Law.
Rooms Z. 8, ., Despair Building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
WILL supPoRT NEW STATE.

ZURICH. Nov. 4.-Dispatches state
that fhe Vienna garrison has pledged
its support OF the new Austro- German
state. Mean Budapest several county
seats have been looted and burned.
Violent demonstrations nd shop loot
ings cOntinne at Nicpna. s*s
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
cnIcAco VA nnENo nErunNs
capt. II. L. Purdon wo6ndcd Twice
10 GET New jaw.

Capt. Il. L. Turdon Wounded Twice
TO Get New Jaw.
CHICAGO Nov Capt Rupert
Il. Purdon. wounded twice at the bat
tie OF soissons august Q, is In Chicago
for short visit With his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ifcurv y. purdon, 500l West
End avenue. en- SATURDAY, capt Pur-
don wni leave for the military hos
pital at cane MAY n J.. where q
0one grating operation win be per
formed 'tu his jaw shattered by a
high explosive bullet. Surgeons plan
to remove a portion Of 3 rib and to
sashinn the new Jaw hone from il.
capaln pvraon was lg eomman'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
NNw TODAY.
In the County Court OF Umatilla
County. State or Oregon

In the matter of the Estate or
Charles L. Cochran, Deceased,
Notice is hereby given that the ard
day Of December, 1918. at ten O'Clock
OF said day has been fixed as the
time, and the county court room at
the court house. Pendleton. oregon. as
the place where hearing Of objections
may be made to the final account OF
the undersigned which has been filed
In the above entitled cause.
DORIS A. BAILEY.
Administrators
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

W and our people powerful and vic
tcrions' in their war for freedom and
right. naH
We've got the men, we've got the
ships, and we've got the money, too
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
SoHTH DANrBE REACHED.

VIENNA. Nov. 2.-The Austrian war
office announced, The evacuation of
Ventia Is continuing. ON the Balkan
front We have reached the Daube's
north bank
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

Tious misstcIls Of German politicians
and miIitarists since Tire wars out
break. Other neutral reports Indicate
widespread beIief that The kaiser
should abdicate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Grand .Iufy Ihdicts Isx-isdatii.

PORTLAND. NOV, A-Charles s.
shcridah. former guard AZ the stats
pcnitentiary was arrested late yestei :
day afternoon BY Deputy Sheriff Geo.
Hurlburt under a secret indictment
charging him with accepting $3.50
from. Fred ~ AIssfkpn. forfrsrseon-
vic1sson the sproiifise that he Would
procure parole or conditional par
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

WASHINGTON. Nov. Am Ann
stcrdam dispatch states that COM
mission including members of the
rcichstag are now i'm session in Fer
lin to place the rcsponsibiTfty for va
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

GEORGE w. coUTTs. Attorney at
Law, Room II, Schmidt block.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Second-Ha Dealers

->---~--~~----->
" sTRoBLE, dealer in new and sec
ond hand goods. Cash paid for
second hand goods. Cheapest place
to buy household goods. 210 E. Court.
Phone 271W.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

racy the old plutocratic game, Steak
the consumer, will not be permittea-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

OF company G, 47th infantry He ex-
poets to be able TO return to France by
iChristmas
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
sheridan later Al

uon Tor MatSOn. sheridan later ap-
pcared at the district attorneys Of
flee with his attorney. Frank Loner-
gan. and gave cash ball Of $3.50 TO
procure his release from custody.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
a TIME Carp
weston-pendIeton Auto stase

Weston PendletOn Auto STAGE
Leaves Weston for Pendieton at 7:45
a. m. and 12:45 p.
Leaves Athena for Pendleton at 500
a. m. ane 1900 p. m.
Leaves Adams for Pendleton at $3.50
a. m. and 1 40 p. m.
Leaves Pendleton (Allen-Knight
STOREY for Weston at 20 a. M. and
4:e0 p. m.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

You may nave profitable business
relations for years toNcome with some
one you will come 10 know first thru
your next classified adj
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Draynnen

CALL PENLAND BROS VAN TO
move your household goods. Tele-
phone 339. Also baggage transfer
ring and heavy hauling.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

MISCELLANEOUS

LEFT ON MY PORCH, Halloween
night, bicycle. Inquire at this or
flee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

To lind. to eaIuire or TO ssl-uss
the classified.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
After YOuE BABY Is Bara


When you. hold IN your arms your tiny
CIV infant, 10 cure T. I you cah feel that
before ~ rrTlyai you cd MI in your power
20 give 70 Il h1pry Prenatal influence.
5eientiss say that nc thoughts and fcei-
ines. Of the czpcetafit mother ereatly affecs.
FAINT H
For oyer half a century thonsandso OF worn
81 who hayo l.scd tho tinc-honored rem
cdy, Mother'a Friend. say TINT they entirely
escaped NAUSEA, ucfvousness and that pc
rliiar distressieg feeling 50 usual where na-
ture is unaided, They thus preserved a
wondcrfully brigiie ard happy disposition,
child.
By tho regular use Of Mothers Friend tho
muscles are mndc and kept soft and eiastic
% readily yield to natures demand for ex-
pension Without tho usual wrcnching atrnin.
The nerves ere rot drawn upon, and as a
consequence the expectant mother IA calm
md serene and the nights arc not disturbed
with nervous twitchinEs, and the cEisla 10
one o. joy and happiness.
Write tho Drnadeld Regplator comnapy.
1cps. X, Lamar uuiidinr, Atlanta, Georgia.
for their Motherhood Hook. of value to every
Woman, and set bottle of Mothers Friend
from your drufrist md begin treatment
ehat viii bring real results.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

ONE two roomed and one three
roomed furnished apt. 5o2 Water.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

FOR SALE Spring chickens. Phone
531.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

"A. e. F." also stands for 'awfully
efficient fighters
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

HAVE ONE THAUsAND ACRE farm
for sale, one hundred acres cuiti-
waited four hundred acres OF extra
fine plow land all In one body fif-
teen thousand dollars worth of iin-
provements. For full particulars
write E. J. No, Biz Timber. Mon
tana.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

FOX sAtE-Good live general mer-
camille business. Good stock, fine
location I'm numbering district. VIII
liams & Williams, Dexter, Ore. Lane
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04
Farm implements
AUctioneers

Why not assume tnat your neA
tenant is reader of the classified.
and get in touch with him at oncep
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-04

FOR sALE=-sO head shrop rams
Phone 50F13 or write T. q. Good
man, Route i. Box s5. Lowden. Wash
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
Natural Mortar Beds.

WeO invented mortar? Some pre-
historic person, who in all likelihood
hit upon the combination by sheer
luck. The mortar used by the ancient
Greeks and Romans was the same
stuff that we use.
But nature was in advance of the
human discoverer by some millions of
years. In Texas and Kansas, extend
ing over vast areas, is geological for
nation known in that region as the
mortar beds" 1t is a stratum COM
posed of sand, clay and lime, which,
originally fluid, has 'set" and become
rock.
The process by which the sedi-
mentary rocks of the earth were
formed is successfully initiated in the
sidewalk pavement Of artificial stone,
which is spread in a moist condition
and allowed to dry. 1t is better for
the purpose than natural stone-made
in slabs larger than can be quarried
and often formed with grooves so as
to expand and contract without break
ing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
nBecause-U

Jelly has been busy with riddles.
"Now!" she cried, and held up for pub
lie inspection the legend, "Why did
the orange ice cream?" printed in large
letters. Because it saw the sausage
roll under the table," said Elfrida.
"My own is much better" announced
Jelly, evidently bursting to declare it.
She was cordially urged to do so. "Be-
cause it saw the lemon sponge on the
dumb waiter" she proclaimed tri-
umphantly. "Quite nice and COOL"
said Janet approvingly. "The vista of
possibilities you open up!" murmured
Peter. ''For instance, it might have
seen the banana trifle with the maids
of honor. Or the gooseberry fool with
the nuts from Brazil. All very pain
full to an orange of really nice feeling.
But like your dumb waiter" -"All
the Joneses," by Beatrice Kelston.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
CURE FOR LITTLE AILMENTS
Real Trouble Can Usually Be Depend
ed On to Make One Forget
the Smaller Ones.

Man and animals alike, it's wonder
full what shock will do to heal our
errors and our weaknesses. The only
thing that ever stopped Uncle Bill in
an argument was a dishpan, or some
heavy, blunt instrument clouted over
his brow, and in his younger days he
was some argufier, as his scars attest.
Here is the case of the blind man in
San Rafael, Cal, who fell 40 feet off
the roof of his house, and found his
eyesight restored; Aunt Ellen, who
was bedridden for years, was the first
person to reach safety when the house
caught fire, and her bad hip has been
practically all right ever since; you
remember that crippled negro who
beat even the dogs home when the bear
charged out Of the brush.
A lot of us have troubles that are
only in our minds; when we are fed a
little real trouble we forget the smaller
ones. There is, perhaps, an opening
for q sanitarium that will take a Grip
pie or an invalid and throw him off a
cliff, or crack him over the head with
a brick or a crowbar-anything to wake
him up, make him forget his small
worries, and heal his diseased mind.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
BUNYAN ACTIVE TO THE END
His Last Years Busy Though Peace
full Ones and Death Result of
Act of SeIf-Sacrifice.

The closing years of the life of John
Bunyan were peaceful, unlike in that
respect the years that had gone before,
but they were busy years, devoted to
preaching, to the work of a pastor and
teacher Of these closing years,
F'roude, in his Life of Bunyan," ed
tied by John Morley, writes, Happy
in his work, happy in the sense that
his influence was daily extending
spreading over his own country, and to
the far-off settlements in America, he
spent his last years in his own land
of Beulah, Doubling Castle out Of
sight, and the towers and minarets of
Emmanuel land growing nearer and
clearer as the rays went on"
His end was brought about by ex-
posture when he was engaged in an act
of charity. A quarrel had broken out
in family at Reading with which
Bunyan had some acquaintance. The
father and son were at variance, and
in the hope of reconciling them Bun
yam journeyed from Bedford to
Reading on horseback. He succeeded,
but at the cost of his life.
Returning by London, he was over
taken on the road by a storm of rain
and drenched to the skin. This
brought on a chill. He reached the
house Of a London friend, Mr.. Strud-
wick, but he never left his bed after
ward. In ten days he was dead. The
exact date is uncertain. 1t was to-
wards the end of August, 1858, be-
tween two and three months before
the landing of King William. Bun
yam was sixty years of age. FTe was
buried in Mr.. Strudwick's vault in
the burying ground at Bunhill Fields.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
CAME FROM DAMAGED STOCK
Idea of Blctting Paper Was the Direct
Result of Act Of Careless
Workman.

Blotting paper, like many another
valuable discovery, was found entirely
by accident. One day in a paper mill
in Berkshire, England, careless work
man forgot to put in the sizing and it
was necessary to throw out the entire
lot as spoiled. Later the angry pro-
prietOr sat down to write q note and
possibly for reasons of economy used a
sheet of the condemned paper. To his
increased annoyance the ink spread all
over the paper and he was about to
give up in disgust when the thought
struck him that it might be possible to
use the paper for absorbing ink in
place of the sand then universally used.
After some successful experimenting
he was able to dispose of his entire
damaged stock under the name of blot
ting paper.
From that time on plotting paper
came into general use. At first it was
always pink in color, red rags being
used. Red was a fast color and diff
cult to bleach, hence the red rags were
useless in manufacturing writing pa
paper. But as the color of plotting pa
per did not interfere with it's useful
ness, red or pink was as good a color
as any other, and thus provided a
means of utilizing otherwise wasted
material.