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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
CHICAGO CUTS
PRODUCE Prices
Result of a New Plan Adopted
at Northwest Side Pub
lie Market.

That Chicago is ready to adopt any
reasonable method OF cutting down the
high cost of living is evident from the iol-
lowing clipping from the Chicago Tribune
of July Ii, which Wilmington man, Just
back from Chicago, has handed to Every
Evening.
Vegetables and fruit at a 80 per cent
saving on prevailing market prices were
the inducements that took more than H.
600 people ont to the Irving Park public
market nj Elston and Central Park ave
nueS Yesterday.
Farmers from the surrounding country
trooped into town at slIn-up, their trucks
and wagons loaded with potatoes, cab
harcs. onions. cucumbers, lettuce, carrots
and other market truck. Fruit growers
,,.ae right along with them, carrying
u q0hcs. apricotS. and plums
Tho produce men and the fruit sellers
weru not in competition. They are dlvid-
ed into two classes by the mar llet author
ties None can sell fruit or vegetables that
arr not IN season.
All dav the crowds como. from q O'Clock
in the morning till last night. and the tota |
sales were about 81 800. There were -
farm trlukloads of Vegetables and four
trucks Of fruits sold
oue man figured his total sales At $50.
and lie sold at 80 per cent discount.
Here are some Of the prices that pre-
vailed Yesterday compared with present
rctail prices. as quoted by Charles Hcig-
lcr. president Of the Irving Park Public
Market Association;
Carrots at three lunches for five cents,
VS. hve cents bunch retail
Lettuce NJ thrrc heads for five cents, vs..
five cents head retail
Potatoes at 30 cents peck, VI. % and
60 cents peck retail,
Cabbage at 10 cents . head, vs.. y
cents a head retail
Onions eight cents for bunch containing
three city lunches, vs.. little bunch for
five cents
Live chickens at - cents Us. dressed
chicken at : - retail
Apricots and plruns sold at - cents 4
square and peaches sold At - cents a
basket
The vegetables were carried away IN
vehicles Of All sorts from the family baby
carriage 10 the limousine \ line of auto
mobiles hncd the streets FOR blocks around
the market
The market opens at 4 o'clock each
morning closes at noon, then opens at
3 D. m and closes at 10 p. ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
IN THE TWILIGHT.
IN

What's your hurry
turned hastily Eddie Smith. with
long. ambli & strides, caught up to me.
made an abrupt turn Eddie followed
as went down the winding lane Here,
at least. we were free from spying eyes.
Eddie. ! said nervously, | can't
do it,
There now. Prue. don't YOU think no
more of it. I've got proposition to offer
you though
I'm sorry. Eddie, but but | don't
want to marry anyone yet. J broke IN
breathlessly
We'll. now, Eddie said gently, 1T
wasn't that / was thinking Of You want
to go to the city so bad, and try your hand
st painting, Eddie swallowed, seems to
me Id like TO help. Let me stake you out
for a year Then if you don't show no
signs of making good by that time, you
sorter make your mind up to giving 1T up
"Oh, Eddie, ! cried clasping my
hands, would you really do it?''
Eddie Smiths faded blue eyes lighted
up in a way had never cen before.
Would II" he asked huskily. well,
/ guess
But had been born and bred in South
town Southtown conventions came close
on the heels of the visions.
Il haven't any security, and | might
not make good Then ! would owe you
always, Eddie, and Id feel ] ought to
Eddie stopped to pick up a spray Of
fallen apple blossoms.
Now, Prudence, he said In that same
patient way, you've known me all your
life And | guess you can trust me and
can trust you. don't t ask for any security
| know you've got a sneaking notion that,
if you don't make good, you ought to come
back and marry me Prudence, | give
you my word, I've put that all out er my
mind | amt a marrying man, guess ~"
Eddie ran his hand through his thin,
straw-colored hair
"I'll do itp' / cried reeklessiy, "lf YOU II
promise never to tell living soul you We
done it?''
Eddie smiled down at me as though
were a child.
''You can have my word on that .
he said and held out d brown, calloused
hand to mine
ImpulsiVely | took his hand in both
mine, and kissed it lightly
Good evening" said a voice beside us
Out of the shy twilight, the stranger had
stepped toward us. His face cleaned
more whimsical than ever A smile lurk-
ed in his eyes
was glad the grayness hid my hot,
colored cheeks.
Tomorrow Meeting
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Papc.

was setting on my frInt steps tins
afternoon. thinking of dItfrent things |
mite wllnt to bc wen grow all the way up.
sutch as a barber or the president OF the
United States or the man that plays the
CRATE big horn in the orkester wIch YOU
cant hardly see him IN back of II, and Puds
Simkins came up eating a haff a banana,
on account Of proberlv having ate the
other haff alreddy, and ! sed, Hello.
Puds give us bite. will you9
q WIZ. cant YOU see amt got env left
myself, hardly, sed Puds And he took
slItch fearsc big bite nobody that dldent
know him woodent OF thawt he Good Of
did 1t. and sed. All rite for you, you bIg
pig.
That's all YOU know, pigs don't eat
banannas. sed Puds, and ! sed. That's all
YOU know, they eat enything they ger,
and Puds sed, Well they don't get banan-
mas, so that all you know And he quick
ate the rest Of it, saying, If hadent of ony
had sutch little hunk left Id of gave you
all YOU wunted.
Yes you wood, like fun you wood, the
heck YOU wood, ] sed
Sure ] wood, sed Puds. And putty soon
he sed, Hay. Benny, will you come er-
round and ask for me tonite | don't think
Ill be allowed out unless sumbody comes
GROUND and asks for me.
woodent come around and ask for
you for thousand dollers, | sed, and
Puds sed. Aw, G., Benny, watts you mad
about, be a spoart, come on.
! woodent come erround and ask Tor
you for all the money in the werld tied up
il rubber band. | sed
Ill give YOU a sent if YOU do, sed Puds
Cash? sed, and he sed, Yes, cash And
he took it out of his pants pockit and
showed it TO me and ! sed All rite give it
me now
Wich he did, and after suppir ! went
err ound and asked for him and he wasent
allowed ut enywsy, and quick spent the
sent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

The old rule that children should obey
their parents seems sometimes Ia have
follen into dis,ise We frequently Ind
American children actually giving com.
mands To their parents Some spoled
children literally run the household they
inhab
Here is simple case One mother
writes to me:
"My two-vear-old aon asks for dflhk
and when 20 To give II to him he SAYS,
"No." II | start to put II mp. he begins
to cry for it. then ! offer il ~ him again
with the same results VIII vou suggest
n proper WAY to break him If this hablt
The next time your little son aslSs yotl
to got @ drink for him and you are Kind
enough 10 get it and offer IT - him and
he SAYS "No simply smile slightly, turn
around without saying n word and Wink
slowly away Empty the water put the
cup away very calmly and continue te
do just what Won were doing before he
called You
DO not show The least bli uf temper
Simply do not appear 10 hear anything
that he saws for at least five or ten minutes
after he has said Na II he cries, let
him cry DO not show the lengt conecrn
If Won look directly at him at I'll. smile
just enough for him 70 sec you alc not
disturbed
If he asks vnu for \ drink again 60
over to him, hook him aquarely N the
eve and ask very slowly W YOU waui
n drink II he SAYS he does, ret # for
him Just before giving II r. him take
hold Of his arm and MAKE a positive supz
gcstion that he IS 10 drink lle probably
will
IA Hoon rs he docs drink throw ont
your chest smile aud SAY. = hat makca
YOU feel good. doesn't i lhls will
have the effect of rewerdIng h.n for hla
action
Showing disgust. using great many
words. scolding these are natural I'm
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

biscuita nnacaroni spaghetti fapi'~e aaeo.
farina dnecrruinated cornfnoal. no iougor
IS iron t,p found Refining processes nev"
removed Tho iron ~ mntbcr earth from
these Impoverished foods and silly mrt h"ds
ur hour Cookery. by fhrowing down thc
waste pipe thr water ln which nlr FrRF
- blas arc cooEed arc responsible fpr an
other grave iron loss Therefore you enosld
stlpply fhe iron dc6cirncv IN your fpod py
using some form ~ organic ir0u jIs+ as vgu
would 1i5r salt when your i1o| has Urt
enough salt
Iron Is absolutely necessary - enable
vpar blood ID change fpod iutD living tissue
without il np maft0r foN wU"h Pr HHAt
vou cat your food mrrriF passes thrrNtn
YOU wit hpu' doing y1n any Zopll fnt don
get ht strength 0tlt NJ W. and aE ftff7f
quencC Epu herofnr Tcak- phfc ami sF Y
looking Just like plant 'ryinE p Erf'W tT
a sntl deficient fri iron u FpD arc mot strong
or we'll you owe u fu yourself ~ make tfe
following tnSt -ce bNw long y0U can To- +
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
ALLIES AMAZE DUTCH
Telegraai Thinks Anything Possible 10
NiCtcrS Over Kaiser

Amsterdam, Iulv - The allied VIC
tory has created deep impression through
out Holland
The Tclcgraaf SAYS that anything IS
possible. that the capture ot 400 guns
will fill the Germans with CONSERVATION
The Handclsblad says the double Franco
American success revivcs French cnur-
age and inspires the Americans, whose
young army has proved that Il IS capable
Of vigorously tackling tho Germans
The greatest Importance of the VIC
tory, according to the Nieuw van don Dag.
h the scoring of a tactical and stratcgical
success against the German commanders
Even if the Germans recover their adj
vantageous position, the paper saws. the
fact remains that the spell Of the Ger
man army commands IS broken
The Tiid emphasizes the great strategl-
cal advantage achieved by General Foch
within a few hours
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

TIGHTEEN thousand wounded pass
ing through her hands in four days!
- Six hundred operations not
patient lost!
Hats off 10 this little wisp of French
woman, charming and dainty-with such
bright curling hair escaping from under
her surgeons cap!
For seventeen months her hospital at
Vcrdun was under fire. For six weeks she
worked without once taking her cloth
ing off. And when piece of shell struck
her face, she had only time to stanch the
flow of blood with her handkerchief.
Awoman surgeon for the French Army!
No wonder the medecin-en-cheft threw
up his hands in dismay when little DIR.
Nicole Gerard Mangin reported at the
Vosges front with her surgeons kit and
her Government command.
And yet, there at his feet were thou
sand wounded soldiers = aud only five
doctors So the brave little doctor was
allowed to take her hat off and put her
swift, skilflil hands to the grim task OF
saving mems lives.
1t is happening on epery battle front
Just listen 10 the record ofwhat women
surgeons are doing on every battle front!
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
HYDE PARK SPEED GARDEN.
London's Famous Pleasure Ground Now
Producing Vegetables.

London, July 1J.-The food production
department estimates that there is under
cultivation in Great Britain more than
100000 acres in allotments Some Of this
land under cultivation by individuals is in
the great parks of London, even Hyde
Park not being spared In the city the
individuals pay about 25 cents year for
plots from 30 to 40 feet In length to Is or
20 feet IN width
Food officials say there are more than
l 100000 allotments and that about
100000 acres of potatoes are growing IN
allotted ground.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

10 take it, but finally consented. From
the very beginning it helped her, and
Tow she is entirely well, and telling
everybody how much good it has done
bef. Mrs. w. ID. WELLS, 226 North
E dams Street, Petersburg, Va.
II every girl who suffers as Miss
wells did or from irregularities, painful
periods, oackache, sideache, dragging
down pains, Inflammation or liberation
would only give this famous root and
nero remedy a trial they would soon
find relief from such suffering.
For special advice women are asked to
write the Lydia Z. Pinkharn Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. The result of forty
years experience is at your service.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

Fft pHHHl Etl the ~
that doctors Hhould pre-
scribe more organic iron
fsnxated Iron FOR
their nervous. run %
down weak. hsRgard
looking women pa
tients palior means
auaefnia The skin uf an
anaeu1ir woman Is pale.
the flesh flabby The
muscles lack tone. the
brain fRss and the
memory falls. and often
they become weak. nor
vUia Irritable. despnnd
ent aud melancholy
When hn iron Rors
from che iiluod ~
women the roses 90
from their cheeks
IN tho most com
mon foods nT America.
the etarcics sugars.
table Eyrsius candies
polished rice white
tread sDsia cracker
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
Children Leave for Country.

The third group OF Children from fami-
lies known by social workers, 20 in III,
left the Ass ociated Charities headquarters
yesterday, for the camp in Beaver Valley
The chill dren remain there for ten days
enjoying real country life, and plenty Of
good who lesone eats"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
Women surgeons operate on men

struggling for this broader, bigger serv-
ice TO mankind.
One magG=ine has been aICdke TO
this 0tcakeHiHg Of fCOmen
When Pictorial Review sent a woman
abroad 10 record for its readers the
changes that were being wrought in ao-
man life, they knew that his was tho
biggest thing they could tell to the vig-
orous, alert type of women Who read
their magazine.
This stirring story of the call FOX
women in practically every profession.
and their instant amazing response, ap-
pcared in Pictorial Review months ago.
ID is only an instance Of the kind of
articles that have made Pictorial Review
known among women as the magazine
of women's wider interests.
Years ago Pictorial Review set out 10
edit magazine that would interest the
tvpe of women who were not being
reached by the conventional women ;
magazines" Il was 20 support, TO stimu.
late, even TO lead this type of women.
The welcome this magazine received
from American women Is itself record
Of the void there was ----
hacnve
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
pniy Fight san Diego Men Missing,

Washington. .Iulv u ail but eight
of the ffiv-nlne mon reported nleelnR
after the sinking of the armored cruiser
san Diego an rc Island \ y last
Friday havo been accounted for. ~aitl
nm announcement tonight hv fbo Navy
Department
Officials hope that tho orly casualties
vii be tie fhrrc men Killed. hv the ey-
plas,on
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
Policem man Attacked by Dogs.

Three dogs attacked PatroIman Howard
Dawson in the upper end of the Ninth
ward while he was patrollIng his district
several nights ago. The officer had to
shoot at the dogs TO keep them away
from him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

Al0 pains III her
right side; at times
she was so bad she
could not do any
work. For two
years she was at
tended by the best
physicianshere,a and
both agreed that
she would have to
be operated on. /
suggested Lydia E.
Pinkham s Vegeta-
bic Compound, and
ar first she refyIsed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24


Of the Peace and Magistrates are as
follows;
NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
Clerk of the Peace John L. Wright
Herbert Lowe and Miss Bertha Cor
nelius, both Of Kenneth Square, Pa.
Andrew ksnich and Miss Stafania Pc
gorzlski, both OF 2ll Sout Van Buren
street.
Magistrate Harry B. : tradlcy, 925
Market street, Harry WItscl OF 7o4
Franklin street. and Miss Helen W.
Wilson. of go East Fifth street; Chester
T. kingston. of AIS East Third street,
and Miss EtheI r. Cole, Of Spring field,
Mo; William l. y Shay, OF 1914 Tat nall
street, and Miss Lillian Davidson, of
1902 Market street, and Robert " ar ren,
Of az East Fifth street, and Miss Hat tie
Griffith, OF az East Fifth street.
KENT COUNTY.
Francis f. Postles, Smvrna-Willis m
Henry Brown and Miss Mary Vance g,
both Of Clayton
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

~ hpw faF g0aI ran
ualk w h,.lf hoesqninz
tired etrTt take fFu
Eve grain tablets ~
urdiuare uttaffd irtm
fhrre lines per day
after r7eal= for tNp
weeks Fhfu fr2f ynlr
strength again and sff
rpe Wff yp8 ha ~
gained <Fuut.rrF pf
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
Mother, Why Don't
You Take Nuxafed Iron
Strong and Well and Have Nice Rosy Cheeks Instead
Benf Nervous and Irritable All tho Time and Looking So
nd Old The Doctor Gave
ss Wss Ss,.. ssss shs oa 4hsn Ma' Ysa As 'w

ANY Woman who Tires Easily is Irritable.
Norvmts and Run Down. should Takn
Nuxated iron to Ilelp Increase Her
Health. Strength and vitality
"Thore can be no strong healthy beau
tif,II rosv-, -,beekad women without iron,
says Dr Ferdinand King New YORK ph{-
siClan and medical author y have strongly
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

nervous rur down people me- wire siiinR
au Tie Hnila have uuef astDrishinRly IN
creased iheir strength and endurance simply
hy fa} irz trFu tn tE" pfrGrr frrfn and This
after t3tf uad g s1nF eases neen gpirV on
frr woHia- Eititp.t ErfttuE benefit from
anything W8f 3rH fatr fur I'D forms ~
reduced tr0r Hpu acrtatr rr ftn~'J-e ~
run simply fJ 4ett feN .arfe
fha irnu drw4r1.d ay -rrth~- nature fof
'ae fed cpiorinz msftrr tn tne rlptd ~ her
rtiidfru l= 5fa- rr- mat FIrd ~ frr0 f0u
must take iron q . form tn8t ran ~ nar'' \
ni,-.trhc1 sod aesIu'ia'rH t1 IN sou ~ T
Enud ofrorw.S~ mat p~rTo worse fhqa
t.e}ev@
Manufacturer ,p'e >urated Iron rhirh
IS prescribed and sfrnumf rd0d a'Nfe ny
rt .siff4u- is r,.r a .trra- s. -urdy act pnr
snf.H is afii traHr tr Druggists 0li<0
thr rkiar inorganic rpu p~t.'iH~. * r. naeii :
se-t5aTateG doos nu- uyuro 'n9 teeth make
fhc.- DIacs nor .ltett thr stp-1srn Tho
r.4t..tftsptrrr .lis-4rtrr e,trrreerlf and
fHtfrti. -atisfac+arg results ~ rfary pity
-hqs4r ~ hog wills refund y0''r money 81.
I5 dispensed i0 hls rify nv 1T rnod drug
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
titk DAUGHTER
WAS SAVED
FROM OPERATION
Mrs. Wells of Petersburg
Tells How.

Petersburg, Va" For two years
my daughter suffered from q weakness
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
THE HEART HUNTERS.
BY Mary Douglass.

Author Of "HuntIng Husband, Hand
ling Husband
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

Marriage licenses issued by the Clerks
of the Peace and Magistrates are as
fOlfox,-o
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
JAPAN NOT TO
ENTER SIBERIA
Has Expressed no Intention Of so
Doing and Cost and Conse-
quence Would Not

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice]
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.-Japan
will not go into Siberia, in the opinion
of B. W. F1eisher, owner Of the japan
Advertiser, the leading foreign daily
published in Japan, who has arrived
here on his way east on business.
There Is a great deal Of talk Of
Japan going into SiberiA' he said to-
day. 1.-THE American government Is
not averse to this, if conditions war
rant, but both the British and French
governments are opposed to it. 1t
would develop the fear that, If Japan
got into Siberia, which would not be
difficult, it would give rise to another
question which would have to be
settled after the war.
when, in response to a consular
call from Vladivostok for assistance,
a Japanese man of war, with marines
aboard, was sent to that port, the
British also sent a man Of war with
marines.
"a Japanese invasion of Siberia, or
any part Of Russia would be resent
ed by the Russians and would be OF
no benefit to the allied cause. The
Russians have not forgotten the Rus
so-Japanese war, Notwithstanding the
Russo-Japanese entente. Nor has
Japan expressed any desire or inten
ton of going into Russia. The cost
and consequences would not repay
her"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calonel.
DR.. Edwards, practicing physician for
II years and calomeps old-time enemy.
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con,
stipation and torpid livers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but a healing, soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the .keynote" OF these
little sugar-coated. olive-colored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
If you have dark brown mouth" now
and then-a bad breath - dull. tired
feeIinp-sick headache torpid liver and
are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and
only pleasant results from one or two lit
lie Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
lust to keep right. Try them. LOG and
Csc per box All druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
Lee County ovnds Last Increment Of
Boys in First Draft This
Morning to Camp
Dodge.
SEES THEM OFF
Band and Drum Corps and Orsaniza-
tons Here at Train to
Tell Them
Goodbye.

parade this morning conduct ed
the men of the selective draft to leave
today for Camp Dodge from the court
house to the depot Several hundred
people turned out to bid the boys q
last farewell as they started out to
help Uncle Sam make the world safe
for democracy The Lee county con-
tingent left at 1880 over the Rock
Island for Camp Dodge.
The parade headed by the mayor
left the court house at o'clock. The
Elks carrying flags followed immedi.
ately In the rear Of the Community
band and the drum corps followed the
Elks. Then came the mail men and
then the soldiers and the Eagles
brought up the rear.
The parade passed down Main
street and the men entrained under
the direction Of Sheriff Scott and were
soon on their way to camp. The band
played several selections, including
We're Going Over" while the sol
diers entrained and hundreds of peo-
pie crowded about the train to shake
hands for the last time before the end
of the war with friends and relatives
who were going.
Good cheer and courage pervaded
the atmosphere and the boys were
made to feel that they had the best
wishes Of the city and county behind
them in their undertaking.
One of the boys in the contingent,
James Hatton, leaving today, was I'M
able to say goodbye to his folks be-
cause of yellow placard on the house
the family being in quarantine.
There were Ill men on the train
when it left. Clare Winneger was
transferred from Davenport. local
board No. 1 to Keokuk and left with
this body H. II. Kruger of Keokuk.
now in Chicago. went to Camp Grant
this morning.
The soldiers were in charge Of Ber-
nard w. Merriam. Ray Billiard and
Winfield Reed Morton. There was a
corporal for each squad OF eight, and
these were Crowder, Crotty, Doyle,
Hatton, Heaton, Kenney, Lauthen,
Niggemeyer, Schurman, Stafford, Tim
borius and Umthun.
Walter Nichols is in the hospital for
an examination; Cresswell. and Ellis
failed to get their notices in time to
report. The order numbers stopped
at S61 with Lamar. George y. Pech-
stein, William Winnexe, Gay Eli
fritz. William Fisher, Charles w. Tut
tie and Alex NJ. McBain were on hand.
but were not needed for this incre-
ment. They will be the first to be
called in the second call.
The men who left today Wer-:.