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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21
AGED NEGRO
UNEARTHS SECRET
Old Ditch-Digger Finds Cura-
tive Power. in Mississippi
Mud. Cured of Rheumatism
While on Job.

In our minds. all of rs can recall some old
negro whose usefulness seems gone and
whose steps seem uncertain save for their
steady progress toward the grave.
Such was the condition of old man
who was hired to dig small irrigating ditch
out near the village of Hickory, Miss. His
steps were uncertain, his joints swollen and
his body was infested with plague of soress
But on the third day his steps grew quick
err his sores, were healing and the CLEAN in
his eye showed that he had again taken a
new interest in life NI.a.s-....s@l
Right then and there it was learned that
the mud in which this negro had been work.
, ing was possessed of some wonderful medi-
cinal virtue.
Investiga tioh resulted in the development
of Sul-Ferro Sol. blood remedy of wonder
full capacity.
1t SO happened that where this ditch was
begun, nature had placed rare combina-
ton of Iron Sulphur and Potash-correctly
proportioned and correctly combined,
And thus it's ever back to nature.
Sul-Ferro Sol is highly recommended for
all troubles arising from impure blood !;
Rheumatism, Pelagra. Eczema, letter, Etc.
Interesting booklet. Road to Health
upon request. The Sul-Ferro-Sol Co., Mont
gomery. Ala. Desk b.
Sold by Rochester-Hall Drug Co.. Ensley |:
che Darlington Pharmacy, Pratt City, and by
all druggists everywhere Liberal bottles
for s1.0o.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21
Gaia r r H
Rid Yourself of 1t by
Pleasant Vapor Method

Get that obstinate catarrh out Of your
head and throat-and keep as clear as
a bell There is a most wonderful and
pleasant herbal remedy now available.
No drugging, no medicines to swallow.
Simply get DR.. Blosser's Catarrh
Remedy at any busy drug store. There
are two forms. One is cigarettes. The
other is for burning (to inhale the
vapor) or for smoking in a pipe. So
easy to use-and real comfort, too!
Contains no tobacco. Safe for any
body. even frail women and the chill
dren. Wonderful in healing effect. The
discovery of an able physician
This is the true relief for discharges,
accumulations in the throat. ringing or
other noises In the head and deafness
due to catarrh. persistent colds. foul
breath or bad odor from nose. Remem-
Der tho name: DIR. Blosser's Catarrh
Remedy. Guarantee with each box.
Look for delightful Improvement from
day to day; show others this adv't
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21


ly. They are steamed in, you are told,
and-well, a woman who had a skirt
that had that sort of pleats wanted
to have it made over the other day
and she couldn't get the pleats out
when she tried 1t was steamed and
pressed by the tailor and when he
was through there were the pleats just
as good as when the frock was new.
PLEATED SKIRTS ARE GOOD
Now, of course, that's a fairy story.
But when pleats are steamed in, as
they are by the dressmakers and
tailors today they withstand much
hard use, But the pleated frock or
skirt never was meant for the frock
that you are going to sit in. 1t is a
jolly little frock for going about town.
1t will give you the narrow silhouette
at the ankles without actually imped
ing your steps. Likewise it is without
rival for the frock to dance in in. the
afternoon. But do use your common
sense. Don't select this for the frock
you are going to wear and sit in it six
or eight hours out of the 24-that is
unless you want to have some rather
forlorn looking pleats in the back OF
the frock
And another don't: Don't wear the
pleated skirt if you have got to the
point where you shy every time you
see weighing machine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21

Will They Stay In? Won't They
Come Out? These Questions That
Women Put to the Dressmakers
When They Plan to Get One of the
New Pleated Skirts.
Though the American woman pays
more than other women efor her
clothes with something approaching
willingness she is a hard buyer
Since she must pay so much she feels
that she must receive full value for
her money. Though she comedies that
she must pay SIS or SIG for a pair of
walking shoes, whereas she paid not
more than 50 a while ago, she looks at
those SIS shoes much more critically
than she ever did at the 50 shoes. And
she compares them not with the shoes
for which she paid 50, but with a pair
that she could have bought then for
SIS.
NOW WE'RE CRITICAL
II you paid $50 for a knock-about,
ready-made suit four years ago, you
made the transaction with something
like speed Now that you must paid
500 for the same sort of suit, you
go much more slowly. You feel of the
fabric You inquire diligently concern
ing the percentage of wool in the fabric
You examine the weave or mesh
through your 1orgnon, and you ask the
sales person to cary it to the daylight
and then to show it to you under an
electric light. You and your con-
science get along with each other rath-
er better after you have paid high
price for something to wear if you go
through this preliminary.
So, of course, the first thing that
women ask when they go to buy
pleated skirts is the same. Will the
pleats remain in? Is such a skirt
serviceable? 1t would seem wrong to
buy such a skirt merely because it is
smart and appeals to you and becomes
you, and, though as matter of fact,
you may have half dozen other day
frocks this season, you inquire as dill
gently about this one as If it were to
be the only frock you expected to have
till Easte~.
Sometimes you will be assured very
gibly that the pleats stay in perfect
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21

we need to be able to welcome une&-
pected company for dinner is shelf luii
important that we should havoc the right
of various canned dainties. But though
these things may help, it is much more
idea of hospitality, as something tnat We
nav dispense at any time and not only
when we have had a week or more to
get ready for it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21
For That CHILLY Feeling

7 For That CHILLY FeeHnE
Take Groves Tasteless CHILL Tonic
1t Warns the Body by Purifying and
I Enriching the Blood. You can soon
| feel it's Strengthening, Invigoratins
| Effect. Price soc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21

Miss Alice Graham's pupils will give
a recital at Cable hall Saturday after
noon at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21

Mrs A. Smolian of New York city i
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Pizitz.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs Smolian Of New York
city are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Pzitz. They are the parents of Mrs.
Pizitz.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21
Sentenced TO Hang

Savannah. November 0.-George Ruff
fin, negro, convicted of the MURDER of t.
p Stephens. marshal of Millen, Ga, last
April, during a race disturbance, was SEN
fenced today to be hanged January 2.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21

The Quest club will meet this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock with Mrs. w. ID
Wood on Highland avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will be a meeting Friday at 3
o'clock at Mrs. r. C. Woodson's home OF
the Study Circle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
MEMBERSHIP TO
RETURNING men
War Camp Community Service Of
fers Free Privileges to Dis
charged Soldiers.

At their last meeting, the mem
bers OF the executive committee of
the Community club of Rock Is
land decided to grant 80 days free
membership to men returning from
the service. Thirty-day member
ship cards may be obtained from
the secretary upon presentation of
discharge papers or the W. c. c. S.
service button.
The Community club was organ
lied over a year ago by the tri-
city war camp community service
for the benefit of the workers at
the arsenal. Following the signing
of the armistice, membership was
extended to workers in other in
in membership and other indica-
tons of progress have been very
marked. At the old Armory at Six
teenth street and Third avenue,
comfortable club and pool rooms, a
canteen, and a spacious auditorium
and dance hail have been estab-
lished. Dances twice a week, and
movie shows and entertainments
each week are among the items on
the program of club activities.
Men returning from service are
urged to avail themselves of this
opportunity, as every effort will be
made by the club and the war camp
community service to keep EN-
smiling"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

credit for the machines downed I'M
der such conditions He has a long
list OF rescues TO his credit which
are not a matter of official COM
ment-but these deeds are known to
those who fought in his squadron
and thus will always five' in the
hearts of his countrymen.
For Obscure Soldier.
In a recent interview he said: 81
want to bring to the American peo-
pie, my own fellow countrymen, a
realization of what the American
fighter has done for his country. not
only the air fighters but the men in
the trenches and on the sea-we
were all comrades in arms, for a
great and righteous cause; and how
without much previous training and
with no preconceived ideas and
methods of fighting from a
nation like ours which for genera
tons has known nothing about war
"a people essentially non-militaris-
tic, he. the American private, has
demonstrated on every occasion
that he is the equal of the trained
regular of the European armies.
Captain Rickenbacker in this in
terview expressed himself with ten
derness and sympathy for the OBJ
scure soldier of the ranks who is
being if not wholly forgotten, rath-
er snubbed and neglected in the
larger cities where familiarity with
the sight of whole companies of the
returned soldiers has bred this IN
difference. He said he was with the
Twenty-sixth division, the famous
New England division in the Toul
sector He was with them at
Chateau Thierry and flew over their
sector in the Argonne Mouse bat
ties. He speaks in terms of highest
praise of the morale of this division,
of its courage and resOurcefulness
of military tactics.
Has CrOix de Guerre.
Captain Rickenbacker is a winner
of the Croix de Guerre and the ID.
S. c. with palms and many other
minor decorations for valor. OF him
Secretary Baker says: "He is our
ace of aces-his achievements are
supreme in the American air ser
vice. He will find his greatest de-
light when the evening of his life
comes on looking back on his ex-
perience. He will never forget the
thrill of combat in the clouds where
it was his life or his adversary S.
He will always know this thrill
even when he awakes from his
deepest sleep. But his life will al
ways be gladdened when he looks
about him and sees men, women
and children free and unafraid and
when he thinks that he has given
his best and ventured his own life
to bring that condition about.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
DINNER TO BE
GIVEN AVIATOR
Tri- City Automobile Trade AssOc-a-
ton Sends Out Invitations
For Affair.
MAJOR RICKENBACKER GUEST
Ace of Aces VIII be Introduced by
Colonel Harry B. Jordan, Ar
Senal COmmandant.

The Tri-City Automobile Trade
association has sent out invitations
to all automobile and accessory
dealers in Rock Island and Scott
counties, for a dinner to be tender
ed Major Eddie" Rickenbacker at
the Rock Island club Tuesday night
A large number of responses have
already been received. Tickets, no
doubt, will be at premium for the
lecture, as this is the only city in
Illinois where he appears. From
Rock Island the major goes to Kan
sas City, and this will be the only
opportunity for tri-city people to
See and hear the greatest American
ace
Major Rickenbacker will be intro
duced by Col. H. B. jordan.
Captain Eddie Ricke1backer. the
American ace of aces who has rs
Fokkers and Gothas to his credit,
will lecture Tuesday night at the
Spencer Square theatre. Acclaimed
by grateful nation as Americas
most daring and successful
crusader of the skies, he has re-
turned to tell his countrymen some
thing about the work of the 94th Air
Squadron during the war of which
he was the commander The squad
ron has SO German planes to Its
credit Captain Rickenbacker was
severely wounded in 1918 while
lighting against four German planes
single handed.
He downed three but the fourth
one shattered one of his wings and
its gunner winged a bullet that
broke the captains ear drums which
placed him in a French hospital for
Nthree weeks, following a develop
nfent of mastoiditis. In spite of.this
he insisted upon returning to mis-
squadron while still convalescent
and added Iustre to his already bril-
liant record. This was the man VINO
went into the war officially as Gen
eral Pershing's chauffeur. He was
transferred within a few weeks to
the air service at his owRrequest
and with the generals appreciation
His toll of Huns justifies his Judg-
ment.
Captain Rickenbacker's devotion
to his mother and his attitude to-
ward his companions in arms are
among his finest characteristics.
Always thoughtful and considerate
of others-whenever a ompanion in
his sector was attacked by the Hun
machines he would dash to the res
cue. never stopping to consider the
probability that he would receive no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
HE Is YOUNG BUT
HE ONLY WANTED
TO SEE WORLD

y He would see the world.
But he was only Is years of age
when he started to do it, and that
may account for the abrupt end
ing of the journey of Paul Magnin
is years old-Lncoln. Neb- AT
least his father, Paul Magnin, ST..
was of that opinion. and after a
futile search over the country, his
efforts were rewarded in this city,
through the endeavors OF relatives
who recognized Paul when they
met him on the street. The father
was notified, with the resule that
Paul, Jr., was confined at the local
police station until the arrival of
his father resulted in his free
dom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received, 9 a. m,
May II, 1919, at the mayors office,
for repairing Second avenue, Four
teenth street to Twentieth street,
and Twentieth street, from Second
to Fourth avenue, with asphaltic
concrete. Bidders will state price
per ton for material in place as
designated by authorized represen-
tative of the city commission.
Price shall include cost of protec-
ton for repairs and against dam
ages to property or persons. Spec
ifications on file at mayors Office
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
NOTICE TO PRINTERS.

Sealed proposals will be receiv-
ed at the city clerks Office in the
city of Rock Island until o'clock
D. m, May u, 1919, for publishing
in pamphlet form, monthly reports
like those heretofore published.
Bidder to quote price per page
for 100 copies, cover to De counted
as one page.
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-16
N ajGstic
Confectionery
PHONE 1887
272 MADISON AVE.

ztz IutA0AOON
Come and visit our
fountain for quality
and service.
A full line of Castles
Ice Cream, loose and
brick, in qts, pints,
etc.
Our line of Candies can
not be beat-such as
Park & Tilford s, Rus
sells and other lead
ing brands, small
and large packages
as we'll.
Personal attention to
all phone orders and
delivered promptly.
is the place
of quality and guam
tity at the most rea-
sonable prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
DRY LAW EFFECT ON EXPORTS
Value of Spirits Sent Abroad 10
Times Greater Than Imports.

The Department of Commerce has re-
ported radical changes in the trade of
the United States with foreign countries
in spirits. wines and liquors due to ma
tional prohibition legislation.
The value of liquors exported for the
eight months ended August, 1919, was
nineteen times as great as the imports.
while in the year 1914 the value of
liquor imports was five times as great
as that of the exports. Intoxicating
liquors imported during the eight
months of the present year totaled $685.
PA in value, while in 1917 the import
trade of the United States in this COM
modify amounted to $17,679.132 and in
1914 to $20.347,546.
Exports of spirituous liquors for the
eight months ended with August. 1919,
amounted to $9,9S9,05S as compared with
S5.Ss3.013 for the corresponding period
of 1918 and ss.417,17S in 1917. The de-
partment expects this export trade to
continue in view of the great quantities
of liquors now in bonded distillery and
customs warehouses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

The Washington Salon. 1913 H street,
will open free tuition French class
for beginners tomorrow evening. when
applications will be received from to
8 O'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
HONOR COL. BELLS MEMORY

Veterans OF the Spanish American
war. members of Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Camp. No. l. United Spanish War
Veterans, at meeting last night
adopted resolutions Of sympathy to
the memory of Col. Bell, commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic. who died suddenly at his
home, in BROOKLYN, N. Y, Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

Memorial exercises at o'clock by
the Tuskegee Club in the library or
Dunbar High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
Masonic Hall. Tenleytown.

Games and stunts at o'clock at
the Young women's Hebrew Associa :
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TODAY.

Memorial exercises at the unwilling
of Surgeon General George Miller
Sternburg monument at $3.50 o'clock
in Arlington cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

Wanderlusters' moonlight stroll at
s o'clock at the end of the BROOK
land car line w. B. Handy leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

NAL School, 18th and Harvard streets.
All residents of the state are invited
to attend.
Meeting of the men of st. Andrews
P. E. Church. New Hampshire avenue
and V street, will be held tomorrow
night at o'clock in the Sunday school
room. An address will be made by
Rev. c. Il. Stetson, rector.
TAKE BELL-ANS BEFORE MEALS
and see how fine good digestion makes you feel.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

Meeting of the board of education
at 80 o'clock in the Franklin School
building.
TONIGHT.
Get-together dinner of Syracuse
University alumni at o'clock in the
grillroom of the Department of the
Interior, 18th and streets.
Meeting of the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants at 1880 o'clock in the
Union Engine House, southeast cor
ner of 10th and II streets.
Grotto night with the Kallipolis
Grotto Band by w. r. Singleton Lodge
and Friendship Chapter. o. E. S., at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05

Meeting of the Nebraska Girls Club
at o'clock at the Blue Triangle
House, North Capitol and E streets.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-07
A STEEL LINED BLOUSE.
Found by Philadelphia Police In
Probing Chinese Shooting.

Complete yerifcation OF the state
ment that members OF the warning
factions I'm Chinatown wear coats OF
mail, to protect them from the bull
lets and knife thrusts OF their enc
mics was found when the police, in
Investigating the shooting OF Willie
Lee York. found an armorede coat
in the room OF Lee FOck, his alleged
assailant. The coat is made after
the ordinary style OF Chinaman 5
loose blouse and is of blue jean or
heavy drilling. On the body IL looks
like an ordinary laundryman's work
ing blouse, but when the police
picked 1t up they found out differ
emily.
The garment from hem to neck
was padded with steel, in the shape
of pieces an inch and half square.
These do not lap like scales, but are
brought together, edge 10 edge and
held with loops of wire. That the
metal lined coat might conform to
the body the pieces Of steel were
pounded and made slightly concaye.
Across the body of the garment, back
and fron4 Is apparently a seam, but
examination showed that the coat
was made of double thickness In the
lower portion, and underneath the
apronlike flap in front there was a
long pocket like a holster The gar
ment weighs all told about fifty
pounds, and is about three-fourtts Of
an inch In thickness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-07
SMALL CHURCH HAS HISTORY
Many Reasons Why Little North Dew.
onshre Edifice Appeals to the
Tourist of Leisure.

II has an odd sound. Brent Tor"
hasn't IT. And il is just as odd as IT
sounds Brent Tor * little bit Of
stone church built high un the
froWuiug cliffs of the wild North Dev-
onshire coast In England The church
is 50 little that Dtvonshire yokel
with II keen sense of humOr Is said
to have inscribed this cryptic warn
ing. which puzzled many simple
minded pcyunshire farmer: IF You
get into the second aisle of Brent
Tor. You viii never get out again"
There Is no second aisle in the wee
church at all.
Brent Tor was built centuries ago
by n man who was lost among the
steep cliffs and rushing waters Of the
wild North Devon coast The fog
mists enveloped him. In his anguish
Us the roar and spray of the cold At
lantic aSSailed him he vowed solemnly
that if he ever came safely out OF
the fog without pitching into the
growing ocean he would build u
church where he landed. Brent Tor
was the result.
The good folk round about Devon
shire tell how the devil tried 10 ham
per the building of the little church.
AZ last St Michael de Ia Rupe, 10
whom II was dedicated, grew weary
Of having the devil interfere with the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-07

the Bible. In my room, the Benja-
min room. the quotation reads:
Benjamin, the beloved OF the Lord.
shall dwell in safety by Him. and the
Lord shall cover him all the day
long" Mr. Hardegg has written
book entitled "Bible Pills" and
copy is placed in every room. 1t Is
composed Of extracts from the Bible.
and comments thereon. 1t is dedi-
Gated to Thomas Cook. the noted
tourist agent, who was formerly a
preacher. Mr.. HardCgg has eX-
tracts from the Bible, all over his no.
tel, and one on the bill Of fare reads;
Eat, O friends: drink, yea. drink
abundantly, o beloved. You would
imagine from the above that Mr.
Hardegg has bar in connection with
his hotel, and this is the ease
AtchisOn Globe
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-07
HOW INDIANS PREPARE MEAT.
Reduced to Powder One Pound Of
Which Equals Five of Solids.

Most tribes of plains Indians dry
their meat by cutting 1t into thin
flakes and spreading it on racks and
poles in the sun. Pemmican Is
manufactured In the following man
her.
The choicest cuts Of meat are Sc
lected and cut into flakes and dried.
Then all the marrow is collected and
the best OF the tallOw, and both tai
low and marrow are dissolved to-
gether over a slow fire. Many tribes
use berries In their pemmican
Mountalneers always do unless they
have sugar.
The meat IS now pulveriZed to the
consistency OF mincemeat, the squaws
generally doing this on a fiat rock.
using a pestle. A layer of meat is
spread, about two inches thick, the
squaws using a wooden dipper, a
buffalo horn or a claw for this work.
On this meat Is spread a certain
amount of the melted marrow and
tallow, the proportion depending on
the taste. This same process is re-
peated until the desired amount Ia
secured. One pound Of pemmican is
equal in nourishment to five pounds
of fresh meat.
Another important article Of food,
the equal of which is not to be had
except from the buffalo. is "depuy-
er," depouile II is fat substance
that lies along the backbone next
to the hide, running from the Shout
der blade to the last rib, and about
as thick as ones hand or finger. II
will weigh from five to eleven pounds
according to the size or condition of
the animal 1t will keep Indefinitely.
and is used as a substitute for bread,
but is superior to any bread that was
ever eaten.
When going or the warpath the
Indians would take some dried mca.
and some "depuyer' to live on, and
nothing else. not even if they were to
be gone for months.