davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13
interested In Hawaii.

Here is another sample OF a latter
OF inquiry. giving one an idea Of the
scope Of interroEations.
What is the name and address
OF newspapers published I'M Hawaii.
and prices per copy or year2
lis the water in Hawaii good or
slow is the climate in general.
good OF badT
Where i'm the states or on the
earth Is the best climate2
What is the price Of cultivated
good land on the island, per acre.
close 10 Hawaii or HiloT'
Mr.. Haszin answered all his queries
An I'll Paso man asked AR Has<fn-
Please advise quickest and surest
way or Riding a house Of cock
reaches"
Il is safe TO assume II this man
followed the directions sent him.
there isn't a cockroach within speak k
ing distance OF his home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13
Stop Corn Agony
in -Four Seconds

Use @Gets-It7 - see Corns Peel Off
The relief that -Gets-It" gives
from corn pains-the way IL makes
corns and calluses peel off painless
ly in one piece-is one OF the wonders
Of the world The woman In the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13


MI Haskin never owned a flock OF
birds, but this question from an Ari-
IONA man didn't stump him for a mo-
Would you kindly inform me il
TIE male or female OF any small
species OF bird died, would the re-
manning bird mate with one Of a diff
fernt breedc-
Mr. Haskin replied in part as fol-
lows, showing how careful he is 10
give me most minute details In his
Under the circumstances a wild
bird probably would seek a mate 10.
. IT'S own but not OF another breed OF
species. In the case Of Gagged birds
cross mating might occur. but the
probability in this case rs small
About the Service Flag.
Here Is another unique question.
quite apropos Of the war times. COM
ing from Arizona.
Can you tell me what is the etiquet
OF the service flag Would a man
who has two nephews in the service
uut VINO did not go from his home. be
entitled TO fly a service naE9 Would
man who has two brothers I'm the
service. neither Of whom went from
ms home, be entitled to fly a service
flae2
Did that question ever occur to youg
II so. could you answer it, AR Has
KIN replied by return mail as fol-
lows
There IS no set rules for the use
OF service flags. These flags are
usually flown from business houses.
clubs, residences. etc from which the
men have enlisted. They are usually.
flown from the home from which men
have enlisted"
Asks Military Information.
Aueut the service. here is another
rather unusual request for army in-
formation.
rs the 50th infantry an old regular
regiment. OF was IL made from some
other regimeut2 II so. from what
regiment was il made2 What is The
pay and duties Of a first and second
sergeant What are we allowed to
send our soldiers in France. to the
weight OF how much %
tions
For the edificatIon OF those who
may not be familiar with facts con-
corning the last question. Mr. Has
kin's reply is quoted. as follows:
The postoffice has made a ruling
that parcels for members and indi-
viduals connected with the American
eXpeditiouary force in Europe shall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13
SCORES ASK AND
GET ANSWERS
Herald Bureau at Washing
ton Fills the Need of
ManV PeOple.

Were il not for the fact that the
resources Of the bureau are as limit
I less as are the questions put 10 it
I are diversified. The FL Paso Herald's
Washington Information bureau
would not be signal success that il is.
That the bureau is an unqualified
I success is attested TO by the large
number OF persons who turn TO it in
quest Of authentic answers 10 all
kinds Of questions. These questions
come from the four quarters OF the
country, and pertain TO almost every
conceivable subject the world over.
This bureau is at the disposal Of
every reader Of The Herald and no
trouble Is too great for Frederick j..
Haskin, the director. when 10 comes
20 seeking the desired Information TO
correctly answer any question or Sc
rles of iuterrogations that may be
propounded to him.
IL doesn't make any difference in
what language the query may be
written. Mr. Haskin has translators
at his disposal. and the reply is short
ly fOrthcoming And it doesn't make
may be written Mr.. Haskin is a past
master at reading all kinds of hand
writing and is quite al home when
IL comes 10 deciphering a letter that
Hp4l4 De gwen up as Appeless DJ me
average person.
Finding n Lost Relative.
Answering questions about ordinary
subjects is not all the problems put up
20 ar. Haskin. He is even asked how
20 help person find long missing
friend or relative. Sometimes these
missing people were last heard Of iE
this country. and sometimes on the
other side OF the globe. That doesn't
make any difference TO Mr.. Haskin.
He says he viii help hunt for them
even II DC were suspected thay had
gone 20 the moon.
Here is a sample Of the lost reIa-
tive letters that flow quite regularly
into the directors office written By
a Texas woman
Gould you kindly advise me the best
way TO find out If my sister left for
France with the Red Cross. as she is
a trained nurse2 ] heard she did"
Note that the girls name is not
given Neither is there any intima-
ton as 20 when she might have gone
20 France, OF from what port But
that didn't stump 11r. Haskin for a
moment What did he do2 Wrote to
the Red Cross. That organization
replied that il would look Up rhe girl
in France il furnished her name.
Interested In Hawaii
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13

kelly a Pollard. DFussists.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13

birds, but this question from an Ari-
iona man didn't stump him for a mo-
r-.--r-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13

Dir. Haskin's reply was 10 the ef-
feet that the treasury department
does not pay a premium. but the wom-
an was given the names and address
of coin dealers who buy certain buff
fal0 uickels at a price In excess OF
their face value.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
His Entire Family Wiped
Out by the Hun Fiend, He
Works in Training Camps
By Associated Press

Washington. d. ellis entire
wife, two daughters, two
sons and son-in-law killed as the
result of German craving for world
dominion, is the experience of Herb
ert w. owen, who was recently ap-
pointed song leader at Key West
Barracks and at Forts DeSoto and
Dade by the Commissions on Train
ing Camp Activities of the War and
Navy Departments.
Mr.. OWENS two sons and son-in-
law were killed in action on the
western front. His two daughters,
who were Red Cross nurses, perish
ed when the Huns bombarded q Red
Cross hospital back of the lines in
Frances. His wife subsequently
died of a broken heart.
Mr.. Owen has been active in pro-
noting singing in the British Navy,
giving a large part of his attention
to the jackies on the warships in
London harbor. He has come to this
country, in the hope of contributing
his share to the highly developed
program with which, profiting by the
Allies experience, America is build
ing and strengthening the morale OF
, her fighting men.
Unlike the demands of a canton
ment where the song leader is in
charge of 10000 men, Mr.. Owens
duties enable him to cover three
posts, spending a short time at each
in turn. He Is also coaching amateur
theatricals at these stations.
Another appointment announced
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
CHRISTLEY ASKS
FOR COMPUTATION
Toontinued from First Page,l

CONTINUED from First Page.1
make known its decision late to-
day.
Philip s. Meyer made the chief
argument for ChristleY John II.
Geyer and Arthur II. Hull being as
ISOLATED with him. He dwelt upon
injuries received by Christley in
childhood, his nervous temperament,
a heredity tendency to insanity and
the strain of his twenty-four years
in the railway mail service. He gave
an outline of the marital troubles of
the Christleys.
Letters Read
Letters from the Rev. e. 4.
Smucker and Henry d. Jones were
presented, telling of Christley's men
tai distress over his family troubles.
Mr.. Jones lived near the Christley
family and wrote of the mans appar-
ent willingness to make arrange
ments for the children and of his dis
turbed condition just prior to shoot
ing his wife and attempted suicide.
Mr.. Meyer recited several instances
of Christley's pecuharities and hall
lucination about people following
him and submitted petition signed
by railway mail service clerks tell
ing of Christley's work and the eff
feet Of the strain upon him. In sup
port of the insanity plea several rcf-
erences to family history were given
as showing the tendency.
McClain Not Impressed
Lieutenant Governor McClain in
commenting upon Mr.. Meyers dis
cussion of the responsibility under
insanity pleas said he was not i'm
pressed as under it u man might
murder and go to an asylum
and then be released in year on
the plea that he is normal again.
Mr.. Geyer went into family his
tory and analyzed the conditions
Christley as against
premeditation.
District Attorney Stroup declared
no, insanity had been shown in
direct line of the family and that
had made threats against
his wife weeks before the crime.
In answer Attorney General Brown
said the wife had left Christley be-
cause of abuse. THE man may have
been nervous and worried, but he
was not insane" said he.
Mr.. McClain said that he had
never heard of long service in the
railway mail work unbalancing men
even If they had worries.
Mr.. Hull closed the argument with
a brief review of the case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
Recommends Illiterate
Hubby For Draft Army

Bozeman, Mont.-The most novel
case that has come before the CAL
latin County Exemption Board is
that of a married man of draft age
who couldn't read and who asked
his wife to write a note to the board
stating that his family was depend
ent upon him. Here is the note that
the wife wrote and the husband pre-
sented to the board:
Dear United States Army-My
husband asst me to write you a rec
omend that he supports his family
He cannot read so don't tell him. Jus
take him. He aint no good to me.
He amt done nothin but drink lem
men essence and play a fiddle since
married him eight years ago and /
gotta feed seven kids of hisn. Maybe
you can get him to carry a gun. Hes
good on squirrels an eatin. Take
hime and welcum. l need the grub
and his bed for the kids. Don't tell
him this but take him."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
How Cuticura Healed
Little Boy Who Was
Disfigured 3 Months

My little boys face and neck were
dishgured for over three months with
ugly blotches. The general appear
ance was in a rash, and the skin was
red and sore. He always wanted to
scratch, and / was compelled to put
cloths on his hands at night. His
face looked like piece of meat.
II had him treated but it did no
good. was told to send for a free
sample of. Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. l did so, and afterwards bought
more, and used two boxes of
Cuticura Ointment with one cake of
Cuticura Soap and he was healed"
(Signed) Mrs. Hettie Thompson, 2s03
Reese ST., Phila., Sept. IS, 1917.
Having obtained a clear healthy
skin by the use of Cuticura, keep it
clear by using the Soap for all toilet
purposes assisted by touches of Oint-
ment as needed. Cuticura Soap is
ideal for the complexion, because so
mild, so delicate and so creamy.
Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post.
| card; Cuticura,D Dept. II. Boston," Sold
everywhere. Soap25c. Ointment rs and soc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
Wouldn't Have Him as
Gift, She Tells Judge

Portland, Ore.-Quoth Mrs. Geo.
Shirt No. /. in court: "I don't want
him. I would not have him as a
gift"
y Quoth Mrs. George Shirt No. 2:
Il want him. My, how 1 love him,
and he wants me, too"
d George Shirt, nineteen years old,
whose surplus of wives brought him
TO Jail, declared Wife No. 2 was
right
Wife No. 1 declared if George
wanted another woman it was per-
fectly satisfactory to her, and said
sne would get a divorce at once IL
George would agree to pay the costs.
George told the court he would
pay the divorce costs. The charge
against him was nolle pressed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
Recipe for . Mild
Laxative Cough Syrup
Made With Granulated Sugar
and Mentho-Laxene i'm
About Five Minutes

Make a syrup with a pint of gran
ulated sugar and half pint of boil
ing water, cool and pour in to a
bottle or jar. Then add the con-
tents of a 21a OF. bottle of Mentho-
Laxene, shake we'll and take a tea
spoonful 4 to times a day for
head or chest colds, coughs, bron-
chitis, whooping cough or catarrh
of head and throat.
Actually, the very first dose will
show you the wonderful virtues in
MenthoSLaxene. 1t is penetrating,
healing, soothing and curative to a
greater extent than anything ever
discovered. Children like it and
adults use 1t from Maine to Califor-
MIA. Physicians prescribe it, hos
pitals use II, and why should not you
enjoy the benefits of cheap, home
made remedy free from narcotic,
sickening drugs. Ask your drug
gist for Mentho-Laxene and insist
on getting 1t. for it is guaranteed to
please every purchaser or money
back. by The Blackburn Products
Co., Dayton, Ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
URGE DISCRETION
BY PASSHOLDERS
Pennsylvania Railroad En-
ployes Ask Them to Co
operate; Less Travel

Pennsylvania railroad officials in
this city and on the main line have
started campaign to curtail pass
travellers. No orders have been Is
sued restricting the use of passes,
nor will be. With the aid of the
heads of the various departments
officials are reaching employees per-
sonally. When an, application is
made for a trip pass the employe IS
urged to use it if absolutely neces-
sary.
Holders of annual and term passes
are requested to cooperate in max
ing a discreet use of personal pass
privileges.
The caution is to the wives, moth
ers, sisters and. sons and daughters
of employees, who are entitled to the
privilege of the annual or term pass.
1t does not limit the use of the pass
to any particular occasion, such as
death, sickness or accident, but IL
advises care and economy in the use
of the pass, urging that 1t be used
only when really needed.
Government Restrictions
The movement results from the re-
strictions the Federal government is
everywhere placing on passenger
traffic, greatly reducing and restrict
ing the number of trains run and
even the number of cars to be run on
regular trains, and the idea is that
not more space in these trains than
necessary should be taken up by
pass-holders. Further reductions in
train service may be looked for on
many roads and often now extra
passenger cars have to be run on
trains because of the large number
riding on passes.
Foremen have already begun to
inform their men of the request.
This has caused rumors that an order
was to be posted absolutely restrict
ing passes to cases of necessity, but
there will be no formal order, the
employees being relied on to do their
bit by responding willingly to the
suggestions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
DESPONDENT WOMEN

Nature intends every woman to be
cheerful, light-hearted and happy,
but when dragged down with pain
and suffering from female ills, will
power alone cannot overcome a ner-
vous, respondent condition. Multi
tudes of American women, however,
have found that there is one tried
and true remedy to restore health
under such circumstances, and that
Is Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, made from herbs and
roots. This old-fashioned medicine
is row considered the standard
American remedy for such condi-
tionS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
BEAUTY SPECIALIST
TELLS SECRET
A Beauty Specialist Gives Simple
Homemade Recipe to
Darken Gray Hair

Mrs. M. d. Gillespie, well-known
beauty specialist of Kansas City, re-
Gently gave out the following state
men regarding gray hair.
Anyone can prepare a simple
mixture a home, at very little cost,
that will darken gray hair, and
make it soft and glossy. To q half
pint of water add 1 ounce of bay
rum, a small box of Barbo Compound
and IA ounce of glycerine. These
ingredients can be bought at any
drug store at very little cost, or the
druggist will put it up for you. APP
ply to the hair twice a week until
the desired shade is obtained. This
will make a gray-haired person look
twenty years younger. 1t does not
color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy and does not rub off,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
"Last War" Predicted
Over 1O2 Years Ago


London.-"The last great war has
been fought and the nations may
now look forward to uninterrupted
peace"
This was the hope and belief pro-
claimed from many pulpits in Eng
land 102 years ago, when Great
Britain, by royal proclamation. cell
ebrated a general thanksgiving day
following the end of the Napoleonic
wars. After the smoke of Waterloo
rolled back it revealed u continent
given over to desolation.
Although England had suffered
less than the other nations involved
in the long struggle, she had by no
means escaped unhurt For twenty
years Great Britain had supplied the
financial sinews of war for her al
lies in addition to active participa-
ton in battles on land and sea.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
COUNT FIFTY! NO
NEURALGIA PAIN
Don't suffer! Instant relief
follows rubbing with old
est. Jacobs Liniment."
Conquers pain-never fails.

Conquers pain-never fails.
Rub soothing, penetrating est. Ja-j
cobs Liniment" right on the ache or
pain, and out comes the neuralgia
misery.
Here's a joyful experiment! Try it,
Get small trial bottle from your
druggist; pour a little in your hand
and rub 1t gently on the sore, aching
nerves, and before you realize it--in
just a moment-all pain and neural
gia disappear. It's almost magical,
but the joy is, that the misery doesn't
come back. Mo- The nerves are
soothed and congestion is relieved
and your neuralgia is overcome.
Stop suffering! It's needIess-neu-
ralgia and pain of all kinds, either in
the face, head, limbs or any part of
the body, is instantly banished. "St.
Jacobs Liniment" is perfectly harm
less and doesn't burn or discolor the
skin. In use for half a century.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
POSLAM MADE
TO HEAL YOUR
BROKEN-OUT SKIN

IL you attend to Pimples, Rashes
and all skin troubles with Poslam, and
do so promptly, they will not develop
and spread.
Unless you have actually seen Pos
lams work and know how readily it
takes hold, stopping the itching at
tonce, you will hardly believe its ef-
fects possible in so short a time.
In Eczema, Poslam's action appears
all the more remarkable when the
trouble is persistently stubborn and
nothing else seems to bring lasting
relief. Poslam is harmless always.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 243
West 47th ST., New York City.-Ad-
vertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
Wealthy Indian Spurns
Bed; Sleeps on Porch

Tulsa, Okla.-On a tract of land
in Oklahoma, allotted to Jackson
Barnett, a Creek Indian, and on
which it is not recorded that he ever
did a stroke of work, oil was dis
covered. Barnett's income is said
to be $4,000 a month from oil
royalties.
the superintendent of the five tribes
but he prefers to live in the open.
At night he wraps himself in blan-
ket and sleeps on the porch. His
property is now said to be worth
SS00,000. He boughta a block of Lib
erty Bonds and single takers are us
ing him as terrible example.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
1t Was Only Yesterday That

France was thought to be a ma
ton of decadents.
Wrist watches were considered eff
Terminate.
The only thing against the Ger
mans, was their rotten manners.
A person who saved money was
q tightwad.
Only one woman in 1875 knew
how to knit.
A regular army of 10000 was
held to be too large.
Nine persons out of ten didn't
know where Belgium was.
Small advocates declared
that the United States was certain
never to have another war.
Germany was making us believe
she was the only nation that could
make chemicals, drugs and dyes.
To be a pacifist was nothing to be
ashamed of.-Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
RAILROAD RUMBLES
No Schedule Changes;
Simply Move Clock Ahead

Philadelphia, March 90. - The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nounced to-day that there will be no
change OF time tables on any portion
of the system, either east or west of
Pittsburgh, in connection with the
inauguration of the daylight saving
plan by. the federal government. AL
terauon OF schedules will not be
necessary as the hands of the clocks
will simply be turned ahead one hour
on the morning of March 81, and the
existing train schedules will auto
matically apply to the new standard
time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
Reading Man Given
Important Promotion

Reading, Pa, March POP. A.
Rainey, supervisor of signals on the
Schuylkill division of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad, has been promoted to
supervisor of signals on the Phila-
delphia Terminal division, Philadel-
phia. He will have charge of all the
Philadelphia district including Broad
Street station. Mr.. Rainey will be
succeeded here by r.. M. Hatton, as
sistant supervisor of signals, on the
New York division.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20
POLITICAL ADVERTISING

Habgood. is not and will
not be the candidate of any
faction, clique or leader. He
has always been loyal to the
party's candidates, regard
less of factions, and he well
comes the support of all Re-
publicans from the most
modest to the most power
full.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20

The order for twenty new shifting
engines has been filed at the shops
of the Reading Railway Company,
and work will now start on the big
engines for the freight department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20

Due 10 scarcity OF material tne
construction of complete telephone
system over the Reading lines will
be delayed.
Philadelphia and Reading railway
officials say the big Russian engines
are fuel savers.
Director General McAdoo has
asked railroads to furnish at an early
date a rail estimate for 1918 orders.
All railroads have been requested
to furnish the Railroad Board at
Washington n complete list of loco
motives not in service.
A. ]. Wagner, a caller employed
by the Reading, has rounded out
fifty years of service. He is employ
ed in Reading.
John Zeak, aged rs years, retir-
ed Pennsy shopman, died at Altoona
yesterday.
At a meeting last night of the
Harrisburg Lodge No. 153, Ameri-
can Federation of Railroad Workers,
held in Labor Hall, Market street, a
number of new members were ad-
mitted. ]. j. Reynolds, national or
ganizer, was the speaker. Meetings
will be held tomorrow afternoon
and evening. Meetings will also be
held Saturday afternoon and even
ing. All of them will be held in Roy
al Hall, Third and Cumberland
streets.
An aged man caught stealing
tray of fountain pens from the Cor
gas drug store at the Pennsylvania
railroad station, was reprimanded
and released this morning.
Due to delay to trains west of
Pittsburgh, a special train was made
up in this city for passengers en-
route to Baltimore and intermediate
points.
Work on cleaning up the yards
about the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton is underway. Two new tracks
will be put down for passenger cars
west of the station.
The condition of l.. L. Edwards,
the Passenger conductor, who was
injured in the Elizabethtown land
slide last week, continues to i'm
prove. Only one other patient is in
the hospital, a Pullman employe.
F. w. Smith, Jr., superintendent
of the Philadelphia division, with
department heads, went east over the
main line to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-20

Tickets for the big boxing show by
the Motive Power Athletic Associa-
ton will be on sale tomorrow. Buy
early and often is the slogan.