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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-04
A TREMENDOUS JOB TO INCREASE
OUR PRODUCTION


In this emergency we tried to do our
part. We secured the country for raw
materials-Our Traffic Manager spent
his days riding freight cars in-we
shipped raw materials In carload lots
by express and pleaded with manufac-
turers to increase their deliveries to us.
But 1t was a slow process. Some Of
our raw materials are produced only
in Japan-supplies In this country
were low and shipments required three
months to come from the Far East.
Then we had to recruit and train
skilled labor. We brought u sales
men into the factory and trained them
chinery, and managed to install 1t on
Christmas Day, 80 as not to interfere
with u daily production.
143 JARS OF VAPoRUB EVERY
MINUTE DAY AND NIGHT
BY January LIST we had everything
ready to put on our night shift, and
since then our laboratory has been
running day and night. To feed q
automatic machines, which drop out
one hundred and forty-three jars Of
vapoRub a minute or one million and
eighty thousand weekly, has required
a force Of 500 people. Our Cafe De-
partment, created for the benefit Of
these workers, served 1000 meals dpr
ing the month Of January alone.
IS MILLION JARS OF vAPoRUe
DISTRIBUTED SINCE OCTOBER.
An idea of the work we have &C
complished this fall may be given
by our production fgures-18,028978
Jars Of VapoRub manufactured and
distributed since last October-one jar
for every two families In the eYtre
United States.
During the influenza epidemic viok's
Vap0Rub was used as an external ap
plication In connection with the physi-
clans treatment, and thousands Of peo-
pie, unable to obtain q doctor. relie5
on Vick's almost exclusively.
Literally millions of families all ovec
the country. from Cali
fornia to Maine, and ~
from the Great Lakes NGkN
to the Gulf, have found A
Vick's VapoRub the AnN
ideal home remedy for &EfTM
Group and cold trou- GlN
bles. IA MEH)
T2:ls0R$SkN5S
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-04
OVER ONE MILLION JARS
OF VAPORUB
EACH WEEK

It Is with pride that we announce
to the drug trade that the shortage of
Vick's VapoRub, which has lasted since
last October, Is now overcome. Since
January 1st, we have been running our
laboratory twenty-three and a half
hours out Of every twenty-four. Last
week we shipped the last Of u back
orders, and retail druggists, therefore,
are no longer requested to order In
small quantities only.
NOVEMBER DEAL RE-iNsTATEp
This deal. which we had expected to
put on last November and which had to
be postponed on account Of the short
age Of VapoRub, is re-nstated for the
month Of March. This allows a dis
count Of 10% on shipments from job
bers' stock Of quantities Of from 1 to
gross. so Of this discount Is allowed
by the jobber and so by us.
We advise the retail druggists to
place their orders Immediately, 80 that
the jobbers will be able to get prompt
shipments to them.
THANKS OF THE PUBLIC DUE THE
DRUG TRADE DURING THE
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
The thanks Of the American public
are certainly due the entire drug trade
retail, wholesale and manufacturing
for what they accomplished during
the recent influenza epidemic. The
war caused a shortage Of physicians
nurses were almost impossible to OBJ
tain-the demand on the drug trade
was unexpected and overwhelming,
and to this demand they responded
nobly. Retail druggists kept open day
and night and slept where they drop
ped behind the prescription counter.
Wholesale druggists called their sales
men Off the road to help AL orders
hundreds wired US to ship Vick's Vapo-
Rub by the quickest route. regardless
of expense.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-04
He Had Had His Medicine.

Ma-There's a good little boy. Take
your medicine like father does.
Jimmie-Aw shucks! When father
takes his he always says that word you
licked me once for sayin'.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-04
A Fresh Fish.

SIS that a new beau your daughter
has been entertaining lately?" asked
Dubbins.
son, no." answered Scrubbins, "just
an old one who has retained his orig
inaI freshness"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-04
StOD the Pain

Stop the Pain.
The hurt of a burn or a cut stops wher
Coles Carbolisalve Is applied. It heali
quickly without scars. CSC n SOC by
all druggists. For free sample write tt
j. w. Cole Co., Rockford, Ul.-Adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
HUNS PREVENT DANES
FROM SHIPPING FOOD

LONDON, June q. Correspondence
OF the Associated Press )-Whil the
attention of the allies Is concentrated
on the Germans along the western
front, German government officials In
Schleswig are preventing the Danes,
who have the consent OF the entente,
from shipping food to their own needy
countrymen In Sc~hleswig.
This information has been received
here by Edmund Gosse, well-known
English literary critic,
u learn he said In q letter to the
Morning Post, that the b~urgomaster
of Flenshurg declares that the hungry
inhabitants of that town, the largest In
Schleswig, have no need Of Danish
food
The same German official. according
to Mr., Gosse's information. has refused
passports to any families In the town
and district of Flenshurg to cross over
into Denmark to accept an offer OF
lutland and Funen TO receive several
tho1ssnd baHish. speaking sehlsswis
like German rule" he puts it, they
Mr., Gosse terms as "%scandalous' the
treatment OF schleswtg soldiers repatri-
ated through Denmark.
lneSo unhappy men, lie SAID, are
arrested as they cross the frontier, are
prevented from even visiting their relr
atives, and are Immediately conveyed
10 the Polish frontiers 10 swell the
German army there, North Schleswig
Is at the present moment more severely
prosecuted than It was even through
the war, There is proceeding a com
Wandering of cattle and horses which
Is paralyzing to the population, and this
Is emphasized by the indulgence with
which South tor Germany Schleswig is
being treated
Sehleswig, he understands. IL now
closed to all persons coming from Den
mark.
ION the Rhine, under the eye of Eng
land and France" Mr.. Gosse observed.
THE boohs may be meek enough, but
he shows little change Of heart where
he. escapes from the eye Of the y%ictori-
otls allies"
Schleswig, the northern half of
-Schleswig. Holsteln, between the North
and Baltic seas, has been a province OF
Prussia since 1854, when it was wrested
from Danish control. Under the peace
treaty OF Paris the control Of certain
zones Of schleswig 10 to be decided by
plebiscite.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
BOHEMIA QUARRELS
OVER Big ESTATES

PRAGUE, June 81. Correspondence
OF The Associated Press. )-There is a
heated controversy throughout Bohemia
over the question of dividing UP the
great estate held by the land owning
~naguates OF this section Of Czecho-
slovakia. The grsatar part OF the land
In Bohemia is in the hands of these
large land owners and there is a wide
spread demand that the estates shall
be taken over by the state and In some
way put in the hands Of the poorer
classes,
The people are all the more insistent
that this section should be taken be-
cause the land owners, for, the most
part, have been open enemies OF the
Czech n~ationalists and have been faith
~ satellites o.. the. Hapsburg dynasty
turtles.
One of the first acts of the new gov
eminent was TO appoint a commission
u make recommendations for reform,
in land owning. The commission new
reported Recommending that the
great estates should be bought by the
be allowed TO hold more than about
6s5 acres, The question as to what
amount the state should pay these land
for the land Ii ~expropriates In
compulsory fashion has caused
differences oi opinion. All but
q few extremists nonee6e that the land
should be paid for. President Masaryk
land owners while Premier Kramarz,
who has always been Identified with
the Czech ,serystives. i~nterveres In
Dehalf ~ 90 land awnera Nv inssstias
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
PERSHINC DEFENDS WORK
OF Y. M. c. A. IN FRANCE

PARIS, June 27.-The army has been
unreasonable at times in its expecta-
tions from the Young Mems Christian
association because the "Y" spirit Of
willingness made the doughboy take for
granted the associations ability to ac-
complish results, Gen, Pershing declares
In a letter of commentator to T.. C.
Carter, chief Y. M. C. A. secretary with
the American expeditionary force,
"on behalf of the A. Il. F. | desire
to express to you and to your fellow
workers my appreciation and thanks for
the splendid services which the Y. M.
c, A, has performed for the American
army IN Europe Gen. Pershing's let
ter reads.
When the first contingents began
arriving, the Y. NJ. C. A. began that
work for the American soldiers which
has ever kept pace with the growth OF
ne american expeditionary force. All
the divisions and most Of the smaller
organizations have enjoyed Its benefits
and services, Besides maintaining the
usual recreation huts, 1t conducted can
teens where the men could purchase
small supplies, and, in addition, the Y.
M, G. A. has constantly distributed,
without charge, tobacco, hot drinks and
N'N ''> ~ Wv AAVhNH
Another service Of great value has
been the creation of and the work in
leave areas, where the problem of
giving the men occasional respites from
the routine of army life kas been
solved, h facts which made this pos
sible have been the recreational facili-
ties In the cave areas, and especially
the presence and splendid assistance Of
the American with the Y. NJ.
C.. A..
Other branches Of your endeavor
deserving of special mention are those
connected with education, entertain
ment and athletics, In each OF these
departments the Y. NJ. c. A. has done
excellent work, but the features which
have mentioned do not begin to cover
the activities of the association, which
has at all times shown itself eager to
undertake any extension of its work to
meet the wishes OF the military author
tiles, This spirit of Willingness has re-
suited in the army's taking for granted
much OF your society's ability to ac-
eomplish results, and sometimes ex-
pecttng more than was reasonably
allowable under the circumstances. In
fact yours has been the same spirit
which has animated the American army
n made possible Its contribution to
the successful conclusion Of the war.
As | cannot address all OF your
workers personally, ! hope that you and
they will accept this letter as an ex-
preston of my appreciation of the
splendid. work that you have done in
France"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
Hair often Ruined
pv Ca~e'aes Wa hine

Soap should be Used very carefully. If
you want to keep your hair looking its
best. Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali. This
dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle,
and ruins II.
The best thing for steady use is Null
sified cocoanut oil shampoo (which is
pure and greaselessl. and is better than
anything else you can use.
One or two ~teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub 1t
In, II makes an abundance of rich.
creamy lather. which rinses out easily,
removing every particle Of dust, dirt,
dandrun and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and II leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You a get Mulsified cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy it's very1
and n few ounces will supply
every member Of the family for months.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
SUPPLY FOOD TO
ALLIED COMMISSIONERS

LONDON, June 2T-When the allied
armistice commission first arrived at
Spa, It's headquarters in Germany, says
the Westminster Gazette, there was
not enough food and n wireless $. O. S,
a sent to the royal air force for help.
A squadron of airplanes was equipped
with raraChutes Zach having a ration
bag attachment with bully beef. bread
and other foodstuffs, and within ~
hours these were successfully dropped
for the delegates,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-27
Claimed Ignorance.

0uf hod ho.n lnt..u.a ..a
lice were trvinms to arrss Nam me aud
"rnra, 10 ~ ln1l, Woutu nave psen
wsrn cri uJr oiI noI KNOW mat they
arrest tham ana NIX naa uonts 70
um'ust tne,n anu ! nau oohceaieu them
NO ",phunu I'M been wronE, concern
m ~ iimg 'mmIhvpenau"Va n1oNonieh'' ! na9
Lnrd "a go ~ " WIN u hhu
,o " ~ M. anul as an american,
Az ~ 40, t,sshi 'na, ! w naVe nothing 70
VrhS n NJ ama uou'u s'Ve nc aaVlee'
san,nos SNsts'V., X uennaiulns K
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
IS
FACING CHAOS
Berlin Cabinet Considers Ask
ing Allied Aid.
HUMBERT. TO HEAD ReSCuERS
The Reds Strike in Berlin, Seize
krupp Plant at Essen, Plunder
American Stores at Nuremberg.

Paris, April 1O-At the latest ses-
sion of the German cabinet council the
government considered the eventuality
of making an appeal to the allied ar
mics to maintain order in Germany in
the interest of the whole of Europe.
The Zurich correspondent of LIE
Journal sends this report.
'Eclair understands General Hum
bert. former commander of the French
third army, will be appointed "com-
mander of the allied troops in Central
europe"
A general strike has been proclaim
ed in Berlin and the suburb Spandau,
advices to Paris say. Herr Noske,
the minister of defense is repnrted to
have concentrated 10000 loyal troops
at the gates Of Berlin for use in case
Of trouble.
There is much apprehension in
peace conference circles as to the ef-
feet the establishment of Soviet gov
ernment at Munich may have on the
conclusion of peace.
AS the Munich government appears
from press dispatches to be well es-
tablished the peace delegates are
considering the eventual necessity OF
negotiating two peace treaties with
Germany, one with Berlin and the
other with Munich.
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
LET UNCLE SAM
Be YOUR BANKER
Offers Far Better Opporturli-
ties Than Those Enjoyed by
Thrifty People in France
Who Claim Leadership.

France has been called the thriftiest
nation in the world 1t claims to be. II
We do not watch out she will prove
it conclusively America is the rich
est country on earth. Our per capita
savings increased approximately 40
per cent in the last four years-the
period of the war. Last year, for in
stance, the per capita savings in the
South alone was $26.73. That sounds
like We have the money, and we GER
tainly have the will to make more.
Uncle Sam is out to show You how.
He wants to be your savings banker.
He offers you not only per cent. in
terest, compounded quarterly, but the
government as security. There could
not be a better incentive for thrift
than that The French people have
far less, yet they save more. They
have no way to put their savings into
small government securities, the popu-
lar denomination being that of five
hundred francs, or $100.
It would not be very convenient to
save il we had to put our pennies into
an old stocking until we had accumu-
lated 800 as the French do would it?
And the stocking doesn't pay any in
terest. So let Uncle Sam take care
Of your pennies of them
buy Thrift Stamp and sixteen Thrift
Stamps converted into War Savings
Stamp begin earning compound inter
est for you Immediately. Are we going
to let the French beat US in thrift?
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
BOY ROBBER SPENDS $500
Tries to Cash Check For Racing Az
&opoobiIa as PoIjee Get Him

Tries to Cash Check For Racing Au-
tomobile as Police Get Him.
New York, April 10.-After spending
$500 less forty cents in seeing New
York." John Paplyk, sixteen years old,
of Cleveland. appeared before Magis-
trate Ten Eyck as a fugitive from
justice.
Before starting out to visit New
York 10 h"c"~'r an actor John had
been a telegraph messenger. He was
arrested while negotiating for the pur-
chase of a racing automobile.
Detectives told the magistrate the
boy went to the cashiers window of
the Ruthenian Building Loan assOci-
alton in Cleveland, March 80, seized
a bundle of checks totaling $4,000
and $500 in cash and fed Accom-
panied by a friend, said BY the police.
-te tf Wa Her Kesinsk siStaaQ, John
set out for New York. -
Paplyk invested 500 in moving
picture camera and spend days film-
ing Broadway and Fifth avenue The
bankroll had shrunk to forty cents.
and John decided to buy an aatomo
bile. When he offered Ruthenian as
sociatiOn check for a racer, the sales
man called in the detectives.
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
NO PAY FOR
VOL UNTEER COPS.
Pennsylvania Senate Passes
Measure.
WOULD Sc At SHERIFF S CALL
Service is Limited to Home and Ad-
joining District at County's Expense.
Control Rests With Welfare Coua-

Harrisburg, Pa, April 1O.-The sen
are passed finally, by a vote of 26
to 3, the Eyre senate bill us amended
authorizing the governor to appoint
volunteer pOlice.t
1t was sent to the house.
Senator Leiby, Perry, asked that the
bill lie over, but Senator Eyre object
ed.
Under the bill, an administration
measure, the governor is authorized to
commission such number of policemen
to serve without pay in the several
counties as he may deem necessary.
The volunteer police are to be under
the control of the council of public
welfare, which may appoint Superin-
tendent of such police in each county.
When engaged in the suppression of
riots and the preservation of the
peace the police shall be under the
command of the sheriff of the county
in which they are so engaged.
The council of public welfare is em-
powered 10 order III" n"'i"" ." '''
county into an adjoining county to
suppress riots and pre&e..r -,
The bill also provides that the police
"shall be organized and disciplined
especially for the purpose of the sup
preston of riots and tumultS and to
preserve the public peace and safety
All expenses necessary to the organ
izatiOn and discipline of the police are
to be paid from the funds appropriate
ed to the welfare council All eX-
penses of the police incurred in the
suppression of riots and in safeguard
ing public property, public utilities
and industries are to be borne by the
county.
Both branches Of the legislature ad-
journed until Monday, April p, in ac-
cordance with action taken by the two
houses on Monday night when va
cation was ordered.
No opposition was manifested to the
adjournment.
In various ways the legisla tnre Is
proceeding to outlaw the German IAN
guage, and opponents of such action
seem unable to make an effective
stand.
The first of the anti-German Ian
guage bills is up to the governor for
his approval. 1t is the house bill in
troduced by Representative Mallery,
of Venango county, to amend the COM
pulsory attendance section of the
school code in a manner to require
every child to go to a school conduct
ed in the English language.
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
Red Cross Depot PiIlaqed.

Basle Switzerland, April 1O-Stor-
age sheds of the American Red Cross
were among the food depots pillaged
by armed crowds IN Nuremberg.
Goods to the value of 100000 marks
(S175,OOO) are said to have been TAX
en- from various food depots.
Gutenberg, seventy-five miles
north of Bavaria, is the seat Of the
non-Bolshevik Bavarian government
headed by Hoffman as premier. Ber-
lin REPORTS state of siege to have
been declared there)
German government troops are
marching on Essen. A collision has
occurred there between the strikers
and the Christian workers OrganiZa-
tion, the members of which desire to
continue at their employment, Ber
lin message says
The strikers have occupied the
Krupp munitiop plant.
Plundering and shooting in the gen.
eral strike proclaimed among the
workmen, at Magdeburs. capital of
Prussian Saxony, are reported.
The warehouse containing the food
reserves We're stOrmed and partly de-
stroyed and the reserves looted, the
damarH exceeding 100000 marks
(s1CO 0OO).
The police station was StOrmed, but
the rioters were repulsed after the
building had been damaged. Grenades
and rifles were employed in the at
tack and many persons were wounded.
Government troops are advancing
on the town and conflicts are antici-
pated Large portions of the garri-
son have joined the insurgents. 1t is
reported a quantity of arms has been
distributed to the workmen and for
mer soldiers from the citadel.
The general strike was declared
over the heads of the mems leaders.
Eight thousand of the workmen at
tended a meeting in the Domplatz and
resolved that the strike should con-
tinue until the release Of Brandes, a
former deputy who was arrested Mon
day. The tram service has ceased.
1t has been officially announced in
Munich that Ritter Won Pruger, the
Bavarian envoy at Berlin, has been
recalled. The commissary for foreign
affairs in giving his reasons for the
step said the new German constitution
can never become binding upon Ba
varia, as Bavaria's special rights have
been surrendered in the drawing up
of that document.
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
CALL FOR SHIP HELD UP
.ondon Detained Message About the

London Detained Message About the
Washington For Two Days.
Paris. April 1O.--The cable message
giving directions for the George Wash
iTgton to be sent to France was held
Up in London for Two days for "some
llnacceuntable reason.
This was announced tn American
quarters
This fact was discovered, it was
stated, when the american mission
made an investigation because of the
printing in Paris of Washington des-
patches denying the George Washing
.on had been ordered to France.
4 despatch from the navy depart
ment said the ship would be able to
sail in forty-eight hours.
The daily banner., 1919-04-10
SIDNEY DREW DIES
IN new YORK AT So
Actor and Film Comedian is
Victim Of kephritis. s.

New York, April 10.-Sidney Drew,
known to millions as a motion picture
comedian, and also as an actor on the
legitimate stage, died at his home.
He was fifty-four years old. He was
Il brother of John Drew.
Mr.. Drew was appearing with his
wife in the play Keep Her Smiling" /"
ILL., Against the advice of physicians,
he insisted upon going home. His
condition rapidly grew worse.
The cause of death was given by his
physician as uremia, due to nephri-
tis.
Member of the widely known theat,
rical family, Sidney Drew was born
in New York, but passed his early life
in Philadelphia. He was educated at
the University of Pennsylvania. He
took to the stage as a matter of
course. His mother, Mrs. John Drew,
was the owner of the Arch Street
Theatre in its palmy days, more than
a generation ago.
Under the management of Charles
Frohman, who brought out John Drew,
Ethel Barrymore and other members
of the family, Mr.. Drew began his
career in "Our Boarding House. -
Afterwards he formed his own COM
pany and presented "The Rivals. and
"The Road to Ruin" He also appear
ed in vaudeville in an adaptation Of
"She Stoops to Conquer"
= When the movies" became popular
Mr.. Drew became widely known
among screen stars, both as actor and
director.
: In SOME of his screen productions
Mr.. Drew was assisted by Sidney RAN
kin Drew, son by his first marriage
to Miss Gladys Rankin. The young
man was killed in an aerial combat
in France.
The widow of Mr. Drew was born
in Sedalla, Mo-, in 1890 She was edu-
Gated at the Sedalla College Of Music
and began her career as an entertain
er for lyceum bureau. She met Mr..
Drew while appearing for screen plays
ha directed.