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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
STATE COAL MINING
ALMOST AT STANDSTILL

Springfield, H., Feb. 25.-Coal min
ns in Illinois is practically at stand.
still. More than 600 mines in the
STATE are working less than three
days a week and 10000 of the coal
miners are employed less than half
time.
This is the declaration of Harry
Fishwick, vice president OF the Hi
nois United Mine Workers Union of
America. He is corroborated by many
Of the leading coal operators.
In some sections the men are work
ing as little as one day a week Mr..
FishWick says. The average. how
ever, is two and a half days in seven.
he added. They are working just
enough to permit them not 10 fall in
the category of the unemployed, Fish
wick said.
In rare instances where big mines
are filling extensive contracts EN-
Floyment is comparatively steady.
There has been no attempt by oper
ators to reduce the miners wages,
however The wartime scale is con.
iinuing
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
EUCAUSTIC MOSAIC
MADE IN AMERICA
EXHIBITED AT u. OF |.

urbana Ill.,, Feb 25.--The first
piece of encaustic mosaic made in
this country will soon be on exhibit
as a name plate for the Kicker library
Of architecture at the University Of
Illinois by Professor y. A. Wells OF
he department OF architecture. The
plate is two and a half feet by four
teen feet ana will hang in the CORR
Tor just outside the library. This
mosaic is the invention of Professor
Wells, who spent three years expert
mental work on il. He was assisted
by Professor 5. W. Parr of the depart
ment Of chemistry. Professor Wells
has made a portrait in mosaic OF Pro
lessor Kicker. after whom the library
is named
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
DANWAY


Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Johnson were
among the Ottawa callers Tuesday.
Raymond Foss was a Sheridan
caller Saturday.
I The box social that was to be held
Thursday evening at the Classon
school house but was postponed until
Friday evening on account of bad
weather, was great success, al
though the roads were bad. The
teacher Miss Annie Hulligan. and her
pupils are to be complimented for
their fine program About eighteen
boxes were sold and also a grab bag
was passed around, the proceeds
being $45.
Miss Hazel Johnson spent Friday
afternoon with Miss Esther Moe.
Mrs. Lizzie Olson and daughter
Gladys, and Seymour Johnson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Moe and daugh-
ters, Esther. Juaneta and Hilah, spent
Sunday at the George Sebby home.
Robert Classon. Weston and Arnold
FINLAND, and Russell and Glenn Samp-
son visited with Marion and Erwin
Johnson Sunday.
Chris Serby and sons, Noble and
Reuben, were Ottawa callers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Budach we're
guests at the Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Serby home Sunday.
Noble and Reuben Serby and Will
lard Nelson spent Sunday with Arnold
Moe.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Z
= = q = % 90 NlS = q 4

Feb. II. 1919. Gustave J. Malaist
and wife to Ottawa b. 4 T. Co, lot
,, We, sw14, 20. lot Wig nwl4, ei2
swi4, lot ,, Wiz swi4 20, n1a nell 5 Ia
neA nwA. nwi4 nw14. nils acres.
sel4 80 80 3. 81.
Feb. p, 1919, Edw A Reed and
wife to Ella Fitch, lot /, e3 it, lot >,
block /, 90 by 120 of lot l, e3 it. lot
,, GloVer's addition. Ottawa. $500
Feb. 20, 1919. Chas. Horack and
wife to John Barilla, lot II, block ?,
Sansom's addition, Streator. $3.50.
Feb u, 1919, Chas. W. McCray and
wife to Nancy Rouse. n95 it, lot :,
block 80, Mendoza. $4,000.
Feb. y, 1919, Joseph Gubachowski
and wife to William and Bertha Ros-
man, lot 6, Conveys addition, La Sale.
$1,000.
Feb. p, 1919, Henry Jacobs and
wife to Charles Jacobs. lots / to ),
block %, Rutland. $500.
March Il, 1917 Michael Kenny and
wife to John f. Reardon, lot /, block
81, States addition, Ottawa. 81.
Feb, 4. 1919, A. B. Trout and wife
to Daniel j. Holland, SIT acres Ell
acres SIC ne4 80 2. $500.
Jan, 30, 1919, julius c. Lutz and
wife to Orville c. Marshall, lot IA,
block Is, Dana. $1,000
Feb. %, 1909, Joseph o. Morse and |
wife to Samuel p Brown ct al. lot 8, |
block 9, Frech addition, Streator. SEQ |
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
FEDERAL STATISTICS
ON SOLDIERS DEATHS

Springfield, H., Feb 25.-Repre.
sentative Charles A Gregory OF Low.
layton has introduced in the house
end Senator Richard Barr OF Joliet in
The senate bills providing that the rec
oids of he war department at Wash
ington shall be regarded as official
evidence Of the death OF a soldier or
9ilor in settlement Of estates.
This action is taken at the re
quest Of Macon County" Mr., Gregory
aid Two cases are already pend
iag there in the courts, and it would
require seven years to establish dealt
il the soldier under the present law.
This bill merely simplihes it and per
a-.ts settlement OF estates without
waiting"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25

aeid-stomach ia the real cause of the
trouble.
Naturally, the sensible thing to Il,
IS TO strike right at the very cause of
this trouble and clean the excess acid
out of the stomach. There is a ouick
easy way to do this. A wonderful
new remedy quickly removes The
excess acid without the SLIGHTEST d.
comfort. 1t is EAT0NlC. Made in
the form Of tablets they are good
to eat-just like bit of candy. They
literally absorb the injurious excess
acld and carry it away through the
intcstines. They also drive the bloat
out Of the body in fact you can fairly
teelltwork. Make Il testof EATONIC
IN your own case today. Get a bip
box Of EAIONlC from your druggist
See for yourself how surely il brings
quick relief in those painful attacks
ofindiEestion, bitter heartburn, belch-
ing, disgusting food repeating, ~thar
awful tloated, lumpy feeling after
eating and other stomach sniseries.
Danish all your stomach troubles so
completely that you forget you have
Il stomach. Then you can eat whac
You like and digest your food in com
fort without fear of distressing
after effects.
II EATONlC does not relieve youst
viii not cost you one penny. You can
return It to your druggist and get
your money back. So if you have the
slightest question about your health
If you feel you are ret getting all
Che strength out of your food--if you
are not feeling tip-top, ready for your
work, full Of vim and vigor- give
EATONlC 4 fair trial this very day
and see how much better YOU will feel
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
Starving in the
Midst OF PLENTY
Acid-Stomach Steals Strength and
Good Feelings From Millions

One of the worst features Of acid
stomach is that livery often it literally
starVes its victims in the midst of
plenty. And the strange thing
about it is that the people with acid
stomachs seldom Know what their
trouble really is.
No matter how good or wholesome
the food may be, or how much they
eat, they do not gain in strength.
THIS is clearly explained by the
fact that an acid-stomach cannot
properly digest food. Instead of
healthy, normal digestion, the excess
acid causes the food to sour and fer
ment. Then when this mass of sour.
fermented food, charged with excess
acid, passes into the intestines, it be-
comes the breeding place for all kinds
OF germs and toxic pUisOns. which in
turn are absorbed into the blood and
in this way distributed throughout
the entire body And that is exactly
why 1t is that so many thousands of
people eat and eat and keep Oh eating
and yet are literally starving in the
midst of plenty. Their acid-stomachs
make it absolutely impossible for
them to get the full measure or nour-
ishment out of their food. And it
doesn't take long for this poor rour-
ishment to show its i'll effects in Il
weakened, emaciated body
You may say: my stomach doesn't
hurt me. " That may be true because
many victims Of acid-stomach do not
actually suffer- stomach pains. Then
again, there are millions who dosutter
all kinds of aches and pairs-head-
aches, rheumatic twinges, govt, lam
bago, pains around the heart and in
the chest--who never dream that an
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
CAMPAIGN FOR
COLLEGE FUNDS

Carlinyille, H., Feb. "a state
campaign to raise 100000 for Black
burn College here will soon dbe
launched. IT win follow an offer from
DIR Hudson to donate $50, 600 to the
school as an endowment if they can
raise the additional fund 1t is the
largest single donation ever given the
college With the sum new and mod
ern Improvements will be made A
new tirepfoof dormitory for women
will be built. The endeayor will be
to raise the 100000 endowment by
July !.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
How Any Girl Can
Have Pretty Eyes

No girl is pretty If her eyes are
red stained or have dark rings,
ONE WASH with pure Lavoptik eye
wash will brighten the eyes and a
weeks use will surprise you with its
INCREDIBLE results. A small bot
sic Lavoptik is guaranteed to make
eyes healthy. sparkling and viyacious
The quick change will please you.
Aluminium eye cup FREE. VIM. D.
Duncan, Druggist
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
BONE DRY LIMIT
ON ALCOHOL FIXED
AT ! PER CENT

Washington, Feb, ANY beverage
containing more than one-half of one
per cent alcohol would be banned by
the war time prohibition act, effect
i've July /, under measure approved
today by the house judicial commit
tee TO make the act effective
Enforcement of the war time pro.
hibition law, which continues in ef-
feet until after decentralization, Is
placed by the bill with the internal
revenue bureau, whose agents would
investigate violations Prosecutions
would be conducted by United States
attorneys. Any place where liquor
is manufactured or sold would be de.
clared a public nuisance and its OPP
orators subject TO fine and imprison-
mert as guilty OF misdemeanor,
with the property subject to a lien
for fine and costs.
Try a Want Ad in the Free Trader
Journal for Quick Results
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
SEEKS TO REINSTATE
OLD TAX COLLECTING
SYSTEM ABOLISHED

Springfield, H.. Feb. 25.-Two bills
introduced in the house OF representa-
lives by Representative George f.
Dooley Of Leroy aim at the repea!
Cf the ACT passed two years ago con
shutting the county treasurer as tax
collector OF the entire county and re.
Installing The tax collectors in each
1wnship. fixing the collectors pay al
? per cent OF collections, not exceed.
ing Sl,50' and raising the pay of su-
pervisors ana town CLERKS when on
iuty outside OF the township to s. a
day.
All counties in the state except
Cook and Peoria are under the law
requiring the county treasurer to col
iect the taxes.
Mr. Dooley assigns as a reason for
the change difficulty in taxpayers
going to the county seat.
In my county they have gone there,
las 20 a circus. stood in line all day,
ana then returned home at night with
cut being able TO pay the taxes, com
HellinS another trip he said. Most
If the cour. houses have been built
in bat small quarters for the treas
.rer To continue this law in force
win necessitate extensive repairs to
nearly every court house in the state
ut great expense to The taxpayers"
Representative Randolph Boyd OF |
lalya. author of the bill creating the |
treasurer as tax collector, has an
bounced an intention Of opposing |
Jooley's bill.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
Says It Is the Best in the World.

There is one remedy that those who
know depend upon for relief from
coughs that hang on" after the grip.
Foiey's Honey and Tar clears the pas
sages, soothes raw, infiamed mem
orants and banishes irritation and
tickling in the throat A. II. Nc
Daniel. Box 81, Lindside, w. Va,
writes: Il am glad to tell you that
Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
medicine in this world have had
severe cough and before | used half
a bottle was better"
w. ID. Duncan. Druggi7t, ottawa, III
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25

from the complaints and weaknesses
which are so common to women, should
takethe right tonic for the wDmanly system.
Ii woman is borne down by pain
and suferings at regular or irregular
intervals, by nervousness or dizzy spells,
by headache or backache, ''Favorite
Prescription" should be taken. Favor
lite Prescription" can now be had II
tablet form as well as liquid at most
drug stores. Send to Doctor Pierce's
lnvalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y, for a
ten-cent trial package Of tablets.
For fifty years Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets have been most satisfactory in
liver and bowel troubles.
Chicago, Ill want 70 say that DR. Eierce's
medicines are the very best that have ever beeu
nut before the public. ] refer to the Favorite
Inscription, Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets, Tor they have done 50 much for
ne iGr twenty years past. At one time was
Eeubled with wonian's trouble and il terminated
"a nervous prostraiion. About that time heard
iacy Wno was taking the Favorite Prescrip-
-cn and 50 thought | woula try and ahat IL
FCuld do tor me went to drug anC
ought SIX bottles # 'favorite Prescription and
We OF the Golden Medical Discovery and kept
iayseiI Supplied With tie Pleasant Pellets, and
-oday AitI tree from al OF that suiferingc
--hJs A1fsard boyd, aJ0S N. Rhspols
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
Troubles Of an Exuert

Another member of the staff wants
raise-says he can't live on his sal
dry Of $40 u week" "Who is fY
"Bullem the bachelor editor of our
"oman's page. He writes those inter-
esting articles on how to support a
family of four on Sl5 o week. "-Bir-
mingham Age Herald.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
MINERS DEMANDS
BARRIER TO ENGLISH
EXPORT COAL TRADE.
LLOYD GEORGE IN REVIEW OF
STRIKE SITUATION SAYS AMER.
iCA WOULD BE GIVEN RIGHT
OF WAY ON ONE OF BRlTAtN'S
CHIEF PRODUCTS.

London, Feb. 25.-The United
Kingdom is faced with the prospect
of civil strife and the house of com.
mons should do everything in its
power TO avert it, Premier Lloyd
George declared today in introducing
bill to constitute a committee 10 in
quire into the conditions prevailing
In the coal industry.
The premier said he had been adj
vised that to grant the demands of
the miners would throw a burden Of
the most serious sort upon other in
dustries-a burden so serious that il
might have the effect of throwing
hundreds of thousands out of employ
ment and Gripping the export trade
in coal, iron, steel, machinery and
shipping,
Fears U. S. AS Competitor.
The premier emphasized the serious
effect of the cost of coal in rela.
tion TO the food supply. America, he
added. was very serious competitor
in respect to the export of coal, which |
was more important for Great Brit.
ain than for America If that ex- |
port trade was destroyed the increase |
in the rost of coal and food was in.
evitable
The miners as well as other work |
ers, he pointed out. would be af
fected at once if trade were lc-. or
industries crippled.
A commission of inquiry, the pre-
mier added, would be appointed. 1t
would cover the questions of wages
and hours of work the cost of pro-
duction and distribution of coal, the
general organization of the coal
fields, profteering, social conditions
and other amtters.
The composition of the commission
the premier added, could not be de.
termined until after miners met
"Wednesday to decide whether they
would take part in the inquiry.
The premier said the country had
come to most serious turning point
in trade and the government hest
tated to make the concessions asked
for by the miners without the closest
possible examination.
Mine Profits Are Issue.
The allegation of the miners that
he mines could afford the extra bur
len if certain measures were taken
% save waste was a legitimate sub
ect Of inquiry. the premier conceded
lut he would be inclined to doubt
whether economies in this direction
,ould wipe out the extra tight or ten :
'hillings ton which the demands
you'd involve
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
Good in Discomfort

A lot IS said about contentment. but
discomfort has its value, too. It is the
handspring of progress. A man must
be disseminated with what he has be-
fore he will try to better his clrcum-
stances.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
WIFE OF ILLINOIS
MAYOR IS KILLED

Virginia, ILL.,, Feb. 25.-Mrs Henry
Treadway, wife of the mayor of
Arenzyille, ILL.,, burned to death at
her home today after pouring coal
oil on a supposedly dead fire She
was So years old.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
Think X Over.

Upon the basis that every grain Of
Wheat will produce 30. a German math-
amatlcian has figured that the third
year progeny of a single grain would
feed 300 men.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.

Rockford. The annual convention
a the Illinois Department, G. \. r.,
i'll be held in this city June 10, II
aad u The auxiliary bodies will
meet at the same time.
Springheld.-Dates and places for
t-sts by the state miners examining
f1ard have been announced as fol.
lows: March }, Duquoin: March I.
Christopher; March s. Harrisburg
Narch H. West Frankfort; March II,
Herrin; March 10, Belleyilie; March
H. Stanton; March Is, Springfield;
March II, Danville March 10, Peoria
March 200, Canton; March q, Ma
comb.
Quincy-Floyd Z. Thompson OF
Rick Island was unanimously nomi-
n3ted on the first ballot at the Demo
cratic convention at Bushnell for che
amocratic candidate for Supreme
Court justice from the fourth district
Waukegan.-Raymond f. Clark, a !
farmer OF Grayslake, has fled a suit
I.r $4,000 damages in the Circuit
Cent against William c. Brewer. we'll.
tcdo farmer Of Druces Lake, charg-
ing The latter with having alienated
the affections Of his wife, Mabel V. |
Clark.
Camp Grant-Returuing Black |
hawks state that upon buying cigarets
in Y. N. c. A. hut in France they
were charged 40 cents per package
| pom opening a package they found a
slip stating it was donated by a Chi
cago newspaper
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-25

Try a Want Ad in the Free Trader
Journal for Quick Results
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
The Testing of Julia Grant
Julia attends Her First Operation and Learns to Lore
Work for Works Sake
BY HAZEL DEyO BACHELOR
Copyright, 1919, bp Public Ledger Co.

She heard from long way off his
voice in a brief command,
Get her over to the window"
And then she was leaning out into
the cool night looking over sea of
housetops and breathing deep breaths
into her lungs. At first she could think
of nothing but the fact that that awful
faintncss was leaving her. But when
she began TO feel better sense of shame
enveloped her. She moved so that she
could look back into the room, but they
were all Just as they had been and no
one was paying any attention to her.
When she finally stood up wavcrng
uncertainty by the window, she real.
lied that everything was over. She felt
sense of incompetency. To think that
she had been so foolish Why. she had
never tainted in her life, and yet she
could not possibly have fought off that
deadly faintness that had swept over
her. Julia did not realize that nearly
every nurse goes through similar ex
perience on her introduction to the
operating room.
The doctors paid no attention to her
whatever, and Grace Merritt, with an
icy note in her voice, informed her that
she had not distinguished herself by any
means.
You'll have to get over it," she
said curtly. "a nurse must be com
petent as we'll as good looking you
know" Then she swept off, and Julia
was left alone to clean up the operating
room for the next mornings work. She
worked in quick silence, gathering up
instruments. folding up robes and scrub
bing the already immaculate floor and
walls. No one, to have looked at her
work, could have called her incompetent,
and yet Julia was keenly aware that she
had made a spectacle of herself before
Or. Norville. Strange to say, this fact
disturbed her alarmingly, more than it
should have. She had an almost child
ish longing to redeem herself, to show
him what she really could do. She felt
n passionate admiration for him, for his
keen, nervous, professional fingers, for
the mind that lay behind those inscrut
able eyes.
Later when she went up to her own
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
Men Want Good Cooks

Dear CynthiaZ'Doll," does man
want a woman for wife or a picture
Most certainly, woman. He wants
a wife that can cook a good, square
meal, and it is up to wife to do it..
But if you are going to spend all after
noon putting on paint and washing ii
off, what is the result? Hubby waits
until it is finished, and, after waiting,
it is not the kind of a supper he should
be, handed to eat. In the place of a
canned supper, he should be eating a
nice dish of stew some home made
baked beans, homemade bread, coffee,
and homemade cake.
Girls, what is the use of paint
pray, tell? 1t only ruins your skin.
And, nine times out of ten, it makes
you all look like hobby horses.
= But / guess it's like everything else
--it isn't the paint, it's the wearer
Now, maybe your husband or beau
wouldn't object if it was put on right,
but you all look like the things men
tie.ed. "Don," if a girl be homely
%dt can cook good meal, Johnny
says, "You for me. And you and
your masked chum will be forgotten.
So. "Doll,'' wash it off and keep it off =,
and you'll be o. X. How about it,
boys? Come on, Buck and Dan b.,
write some more. BOBBY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
! 11l,~aSe Tell Me
What to DO
Answers CYNTHIA
BY CYNTHIA

Dear Cynthia-Here is another little
poem, an answer tc you
I'm just mad through and through,
Because the poem I wrote was only half
true,
II was from Anxious, Cynthia, dear!
Since then | haven't shed tear,
Because in the dictionary | could not
find
Words to express my feeling at that
time.
Since only half the poem was true about
you.
1t left the other half for me to guess,
too.
So | have concluded you are clever
mystery
That should be written on the pages of
history.
..' ANXIOUS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
Contradictory Remarks

Dear Cynthia-I have been reading
your column for some time and sure do
think it is very nice. Now, l wish
you would publish my letfr, and per
haps some of your readers could help
me.
Now. about this kissing question, ]
will state my case. | am twenty -four
years of age and have been very
popular girl ever since high school
days. and from the time I was eighteen
until was twenty two, upon my
honor, | never allowed young man to
kiss me. The result was l never had
beau like the other girls.
Now. in the last two years I
wouldn t say that I kissed every fellow
who asked, but / sure did kiss every
one that appealed. Boys and girls,
please don't judge me harshly, but
write and tell me what you think.
DIMPLES.
You contradict yourself, Dimples.
You say you have been very popular
ever since your high school days, and
yet you contend you have never had
"beaus" like the other girls. hope
some OF our sensible, red blooded
American girls who manage to hold
men friends without dealing out
kisses as payment will speak up and
give opinions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
Boys
Corduroy
Suits-S9.75

They are of sturdy,
natural-color brown cor
duroy.
The coats are in belted
style with vertical pockets
or plain with plain pock-
cts.
Both coats and trousers
are lined throughout and
all the seams are taped,
which gives them the
S t ur d i n e S S that boys
clothes should have
Z to 18 year sizes.
Too bad there are only
200 of these s p ! e n d d
school suits!
Gallery. Market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-09
Two I'm terestif1g g
New BIOuses

A fine white voile edged around
the roll collar, the cuffs and down
the front with neat lace is $4.25.
1t fastens with crochet buttons.
Inn the Little Salon
a frilly Georgette model. 1t has
pleated frill, forming the collar
and rippling down front, finished
with little black bow, and is in
flesh, white or navy blue. $3.50.
(MarlGeD