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for the benefit of girls is presaged by
the stars and this viii develop leaders
for the future reforms in national life.
The sccrs declare that the future OF
the United States is in the balance
and that Il will continue to be so for
some months, for there must be a
period during which the material and
spiritual forces clash.
1t is prophesied that the benefits of
the war will develop more rapidly in
Europe than in America, for the rea-
son that this country has been re-
mote from actual contact with the
horrors of the world conflict.
This should be lucky day for we'd
dings and love affairs. Brides should
be especially fortunate if welded un-
der the stars that rule during this
configuration.
Real estate and building come un-
der a planetary government making
for profit. They who seek to own
property will benefit, even though con-
ditiOns governing acquisition are
seemingly not favorable.
This sway is not good for any sort
Of commercial venture. Bankers and
merchants should be cautious during
the next few months which will bring
unlocked for conditions.
National enterprise Of various sorts
are prOphesiei and government and in
many educational lines is indicated.
As one Of the reactions from war an
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Don't Knock Your In-Laws.
By DOROTHY DIX
TIE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

Left 70 himself. Tom would never
have found out any Of these things.
Being no judge OF the thickness Of
potato paTings, or how much a gown
should cost or how many hats a
woman really needs, he would have
paid his wife's bills without a muir
mur so long as they were within rea-
son and enjoyed seeing her well
dressed, also he would have enjoyed
listening to her jolly chatter and her
gay laughter.
However, after mother had turned
the spotlight on wife's faults and
shortcomings they grew bigger and
bigger until he could see nothing else,
and soon the shadow of her foibles
btotted out all the brightness Of her
charms and he realized that he had
made mistake in marriage.
And it was mother who did the
same disServiCe TO Mary. Il was
mother who got out her little hammer
and went for every single fault. habit
and popularity Of Mary's husband
until she battered him out o. an re-
s,mblarce to the godlinE Mary thought
she had married, and left him such
Door. miserab bic object Of scorn that
Mary wondered what she had ever
seen in him that even made her think
that she wanted him.
It was mother who suggested TO
Mary that her husband was tight
wad when he said he couldn't afford
things II vas mother who rallied
against mans sClfshuess when Nary's
husband eNI ctcd her . be on her
job and live up to hcr part Of the
T-frt -
home. II was mother who sowed the
seeds OF suspicion in MaIv's breast by
wondering why men always picked
out the best lockers for stenographers
and bookkecpCrs
Likely as not her mothers cold and
dispassionate sizing up OF Mary's hus-
band is accurate to the last hair OF
his head. but the point is that If
mother had not shown the man TO
her as he is. Mary never would have
seen him except through the pink
Chiffons of romance in which she had
wrapped him up. And her fancies
made her happy. While the truth
makes her miserable
Why mothers cannot see the harm
they do in pointing out the faults OF
their children husbands and wives
to them passes comprehension All
of them know from their own ex-
perience that the reaction that comes
after marriage is just like the reaction
that comes after We buy a desired
object and get it home. II doesn't
look as well, or as desirable as t
did in the shop, and we are filed with
misgivings about whether we have
made a wise choice or not What we
need then ID somebody to boost II
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CHAPTER
l26
Did Certeis, Hoping for New
Throne, Help Germany?

so you were not flirting with DR..
Certeis," l said to Eloise, putting
my hand in her own. as if apologize
ing for the remark. "It worried me
to see you so CAV. so soon after the
tragedy of the lilac walk"
"Flirting with DR.. Corteis? 1
pity the woman who ever tries
that" she said with scornful en-
phasis.
found myself flushing guiltily.
Was she warning me?
why" | inquired.
Let me answer by telling you the
rest of the story" she replied.
There was some talk of a marriage
between my sister and the Duke of
Riminez. You know the foreign sys-
tem-the marriage arranged by the
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Copyright. 1918

parents. But negotiations were
broken OFF; his exceIlency departed ::
and my sister wept for days. That
is why 1 remember But ! was too
young to be told the reason. Year.
afterWard. when the great war made
my people mobilize so hastily. NV
brother swore that he would kill
Rlmlnez on sight, were they ever to
meet He vowed that Rimincz was
clever spy, known to all the secret
service bureaus Of Europe, He ac-
cused him as one Of tho chief agents
who had made a swift war possible
for the Germans. Through him. and
men like him. the Hun had collected
information for years. The Duke Of
Riminez, under cover of a visit to
our home, had served the secret
spy; he has no country"
But Spain is not an enemy coun-
try" / protested.
This man. by maternal descent.
is an Austrian" explained EIoise.
And, besides. he is an international
spy; he has no country.
MY dear. l cannot see WHY such
remarkable parsonage as you de-
scribe should be staying in our in
land town. thousands of miles from
the seat of military operations"
His own work was well done be-
fore 1914. He is hidden here. He
is safe. Over there. he would have
been interned months ago"
meditated for a little time then
laid my last card down:
But I cannot see that ANYTHING
which happened last night vcrifcs
your suspicious. EIoise."
Yes, ! know it is easy for mo
to be suspicious" Eloise smiled sad
ly. My fathers house has been
IeNel"d by the guns of the invader.
! have pulled weeds in a potato field
ny the side of woman of the
slums. My bridegroom was torn
from my arms and tossed aside r.,
die of his wounds alone, why
should I not be suspicious? But. as
I feel as / see, so l must speak.
I see Hun props ganda spreading here
in America because you are too un-
suspecting! The Hun works on your
sympathies by bowling that he is
starving! He would make you quar-
rel with Russia. he would set t
odds all the leaders at the peace
table-to save himself from the
punishments he deserves, And how
does he plan to work this evil?
Through clever men whom YOU
Americans accept too easily as
friends"
EIoise threw up her hands in q
gesture of despair.
But Certeis is so rich-money
could not bribe him." 7 exclaimed
feeling greatly relieved because 1
had discovered an incontestable fact
Money could not-but power
could" said Eloise. Had Germany
won the war, new Kingdoms would
have fiourished in every corner OF
Europe. And for every throne-a
king friendly to the Hum
Il see! i see" I whispered SOL
EMMY. And in truth, saw much
more than l cared to confide to
Eloise. ] saw a sunken U-boat with
treasure of gems in its hold For
every throne-a king" Eloise had
said. And for every king" / said
to myself. "a magnificent hoard OF
crown Jewels"
->H~ Caattnaed.l
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well. I heard so much about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound my husband wanted me
TO try it. I took it for week and
felt little better. kept it up for
three months, and I feel fine and
an eat anything now without dis
ress or nervousness. Mrs. J.
WoETHLINE, 2s42 North Taylor ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The majority of mothers nova
days overdo, there are so many de-
mands upon their time and
strength; the result is invariably a
weakened, rundown, nervous condi-
lion with headaches, backache, ir-
ritability and depression-and soon
more serious ailments develop. 1t
is at such periods in life that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
will restore a normal healthy condi-
ton, as 1t did to Mrs. Worthline.
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pital. While SIN unable to sit up in
bed he wrote to his mother. L have
been woTndcd. mother. but l am all
right now. and enjoying myself"
Mrs Miller had no idea how severely
her son had been wounded until she
saw him yesterday bearing the scars
of four wounds. two in the head and
one in each leg. Medical authorities
at Camp Dix have been taking X-ray
pictures of Private Miller in the at
tempt to locate a piece of shell. which
II is thought he is still carrying.
Private Miller went to France in
December, 1917, as a member of the
18th Machine Gun Battalion. He
received his preliminary training at
Fort Myer. He will be % years old
the last Of this month. He attended
the Greenwood grammar school in
southwest Washington and was en-
ployed as a truckman by the Adams
EXpre~T company before he volUn-
Ieered for the army. Mrs. Miller is
employed by the Washington Termi-
nal Company. Another son, Edgar
VI Her, is in the Engineer Corps and Is
stIll III France.
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"lnsignia-itis" They Call
1t; Most Of EN- Got 1t

The returning American army bids
fair to be all decorated like Christmas
trees.
The latest wrinkle in decorations is
insignia upon the shoulder designating
the wearer's division or corps. There
is the keystone for Pennsylvania, a
TO monogram for Texas s-Oklahoma,
wildcat which, incidentally, looks
like a spawned. fiatfooted buffalo. for
the Wildcat, South Carolina, division;
circles, triangles, squares and SO on.
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3n the Social @orlo
By MAUD NeDOUGALL.

The Ambassador of Spain ana
Nine. Riano were the guests in COM
pliment to whom Mrs. Charles
Bromwell entertained at dinner last
night. Covers were laid for twenty.
Mrs. Bromwell has cards out for
another dinner on January 81.
Miss Mildred Bromwell has been
obliged to cancel all engagements
for the present because of illness.
The Minister of the Netherlands,
Jonkheer J. T. Cremer. who has been
in New York, will return today.
Nine. Cremer will be at home this
afternoon at the legation.
Nine. Sulzer, wife of the Minister
of Switzerland, will receive with
her, and consequently will forego
her usual Friday at home at the
Swiss Legation.
Nine. Urueta, wife of the Minister
of Colombia, received yesterday
afternoon at the Legation on Con-
necticut avenue.
Nine. Naon, wife of the former
Ambassador of the Argentine. who
expects to sail shortly with her hus-
band for Europe. was among the
guests in New York yesterday at the
luncheon which Mrs. Horatio Nelson
Slater gave in the Louis XVI. room
of the st. Regis. in honor of Mrs.
Roger Walcott, of Boston.
Mrs Frederick A. Delano enter
tained at luncheon yesterday In
honor of Admiral Sir William
Lowther Grant.
Mrs. Marshall Field entertained
at dinner last night.
Nine Christian Hauge was hostess
at dinner last night at her home in
Massachusetts avenue.
Mrs. Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder. the
Misses Veeder and Miss Mildred
Green entertained at luncheon al
Rauscher's yesterday in compliment
to Miss Mary HELEN and Miss Flea
nor Johnston. Other guests were;
Miss Elliott Pcckham. Miss Gertrude
Drain, Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss
Leila Gordon. Nil Eckles. Miss
! Brooke Russell. Miss Elizabeth Love
Of Annapolis, Miss Lucy Kinsolving
Miss Golden Rugglcs and Miss Har,
riet Bailey.
The Secretary Of the Interior and
Mrs. Lane are the guests in whose
honor Mr.. and Mrs Ira Copley are
entertaining at dinner tonight
The Minister of Honduras. J. An.
tonic Lopez. not able 10 keep his
business and social engagements ow-
ing to tho illness Of members of the
| legation staff.
Mr. and Mrs. JcrC,ne Bonapar rte
ha-" left Washington for Palm Beach
where they expect to remain for sev,
eral weeks.
Harold Walker entertained ten
guests at dinner last night in honor
of Col George Harvey Mr.. Walker
returned yesterday from a trip to
New York.
The marrj' Ce OF Mrs. Walkers sis
ter. Miss William Birney. whose en-
gagement to Capt. Edward r. Fink
enstaedt. Quartermaster Corps. L. s
A. was announced a short time ago
will take place in the early spring
probably in March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Penfield
have gone to New York for a short
visit.
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The complete list of the mems
floor committee for next wednes-
days ball for the Eye. Ear, and
Throat Hospital. includes: Com
mander Theodore Jewell. chairman;
Surg. Gen. Rupert Blue, Col. Con-
slant Cordier, Count Raoul dad
hemar, Mr.. Louis de Sartiges, sec
retary of the French embassy; Capt
Latham, military attache of Great
Britain; Lieut.. Maurice Boyer and
Capt. Doumouret, of the French
high commission; Maj. Maurice Con-
nelly, Mai. William i. Fowler.
Capt. Robert S. Hume, Capt. Fran
els Winslow, Capt. Pearson Wins
low. Capt. Conor Coppinger, Lieut..
David Z. Finley, Lieut.. Arthur
Bradley Campbell, Mr.. Robert Bell.
Lieut.. John J. Chew, jr.: Mr.. Hen
derson Gregory. Mr.. William Bowie
Clark. Mr.. Henry Zimmerman, Mr..
Benjamin Thoron. Mr.. Robert n.
Mason, Capt. George Fuller, Capt.
Donald Alexander. Ensign J. Marion
Baker, jr.; Lieut.. j. J. Ide, Maj.
Charles E. Frailey. Lieut.. Lawrence
Dickey. Mr.. Clarence Hewes, Mr..
Louis Sussdorff, jr.; Mr.. Boaz Long,
minister of Salvador now in Wash
ington: Mr.. Archibald Wells, Mr..
Ly.ch Luqueer and Commander
Claude Mayo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delos Blodgett, jr..
accompan by their infant daughter
and Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, left
Washington yesterday for the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blodgett are going di-
rectly to Florida, but Mrs. Matthews
will stop en- route to visit at Charles
ton, S. c., and Savannah.
DR.. :. b. Muncaster. who has been
| away for about six weeks taking a
needed rest, has returned to Wash
| ington. and is again at his Sixteenth
| street residence.
| The Washington Club will entertain
| on Saturday in honor of former Presi'
dent and Mrs. William Howard Taft
Gen. and Mrs. Charles L. McCawley
| entertained at dinner last night.
| Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin is entertain.
! ing a small company at luncheon to-
day,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies have
| cards out for a small dinner Saturday
At their horne in Leroy place.
! The League of American Per
! Woiqen will ave as their speaker al
! this afternoons tea Representative
/ Dan w. stephens, of Nebraska, who
VIII tell OF his experiences on thc
J Western front and something of tl''
/ work of reconstruction.
| Mrs. Dickens will give a reading
and there will be music. The tea vii
| be from to s at the league headquar-
| tiers. 1858 II street northwest. Ms
! Isaac Pearson. president of the league
will receive the guests, and Miss Ma.
RE c. Redfern. secretary. will be IN
! charge OF the tea tables.
! The Red Cross Woman's Club held
the FIRST of its Thursday evening par
| ties yesterday evening at the club
| house. 2O09 n street. Tables were made
made up for auction and other popular
/ card games A cordial invitation to
/ these parties is extended to the per
| sOnnel of the national headquarters
! and the Potomac division and their
guests.
! The Highlands Auxiliary, of which
! Mrs. William c. Gorgas is chairman
has been earnestly requested to con-
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not somebody 20 point out VERY ..
For We have 10 keep IT,
II il were leSy majesty. rlrrs-
by fine and Imprisonment. fgr
woman TO CritiC.sy h,r sgu-.r-La.
dauEhter-in-law there would hr
more happy homes
Copyright 1919 BY the wHeeirr svu-soa.. 70
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HOWARD MILLER,
WOUNDED, HOME
Washington Boy Visits
Mother After Years
Service In France.

Private Howard J. Miller. reported
severely wounded on the War Depart
ments casualty list, gave his mother.
Mrs. Cora Miller. of 726 Sixth street
northeast, big surprise by arriving
Unexpectedly at o'clock yesterday
morning. He is home on a five-day
furlough, after which he must return
to Camp Dix, New Jersey, where he is
receiving medical treatment
Private Miller was wounded last
July and spent the three months fol-
lowing fiat on his back in the hos
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Wrecking Steamer Called.

steamer Rescue left Hampton Roads
today to go to the assistance OF the
transport Northern Pacific, ashore on
Fire Island. y. Y. The Rescue is one
of the wreckinE feet OF the L. ).
Salvage Station here.
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exaggeration of personal Importance
will be common, aStrOlogerS declare,
and they warn against indulgence ia
criticism of persons in high place or
in self-pity of any sort.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of successful year. They
will do well to push their business in
terests.
Children born on this day proba bly,
Will be steady and enterprisinE. They
are likely to have very successful
lives.
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FRIDAY. JANUARY u. 1919.

This should be a fairly rurtu1at"
day for Venus and Saturn are an ben-
efiC aspect Jupiter is slightly ad-
verse.
With the ending of this month there
~hould be a better sway for all the az
fairs of women. In industry they will
focus attention and Will make
progress.
\ nationwide educational movement
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tinue Red Cross work and complete
Its quota. 1t is. therefore, urged that
all members will redouble their ef-
forts and attend the suestings on
Mondays and Wednesdays Regularly
until the quota is finisheda
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DR.. Swisher to Lecture
On War Before Y. w. c. A.

Issues of the Great War" is the
subject Of n series of twelve talks
10 be given by DR.. Charles c.
Swisher. professor of history at
George Washington University. Fri
day evenings. in the parlOrs of the
Y. W. c. A. The first lecture
VII be delivered this evening at
, % o'clock
rhe course will begin with the
Causes of the war and follow up the
general lines of action to the sign
ing of the armistice.
The etars Incline hut do NOT cnmnel -
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anu 1 lelI SICK
ly most of the
time l went to
a doctor and he
8 aid | b a d
nervous indiges-
tion. W h j c b
added to my
weak condition
kept me worry
ing most of the
time-and he
said If | could
not stop that, l
could not get
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Central to Show Film
in Aid of Red Cross

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, ."
a motion picture, will be shown this
afternoon at o'clock in Central
High School auditorium. and re-
peated in the evening. followed by
dancing. The performance is for
the benefit of the Red Cross, to
which the school has pledged $1,000
by next June. OF this amount $3.50
remains to be paid.
The alm is said to be beautifully
staged and to show an unusual Law
ishncss of sumptuous costumes and
scenery.
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THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound Restored Her
Health.

Philadelphia PA vas verj
weak, always tired, my back ached
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Co ming Events
Cast Their Shadow

Prepare Now to Withstand the cri,i,
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HOROSCOPE.

The stars incline, but do not compel
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Nine. Urueta, wife OF the Minister
of Colombia, received yesterday
afternoon at the Legation on Con-
necticut avenue.
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Friday Special in
Women's Silk Hose
Friday Special in
Women's Lisle and Cotton Hose

Sixty pairs Womens White Lise and Cotton Hose with
slight imperfcction that carefully
mended. Reduced to 3oc pair; formerly
Also table OF qualities of Silk, Lse and
Hose, irrcguary others solcd from handling
at greatly reduced prices.
foor-G q
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16
TOWN LINE

Fred Shepard from Wyandotte
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Whit
craft Tuesday.
Lewis Butterfield of Alma was
caller in this vicinity Wednesday.
Mrs Alice Fernburg has returned
from the Eckert farm near Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed. O'Bryant, Jr.,
of near Forest Hill were callers at
Pat Whitcraft's Thursday.
Mrs. Iva Whitcraft spent Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Lewis Butterfield
of Alma.
Lee Omans. who has been working
in Spring Lake, returned home Sat
urday.
Fred Shepard spent Tuesday a. m.
at Lee Fernburg's near Alma.
Will Leonard and wife autoed here
from Flint Sunday night and called
on the latter's sister, Mrs. Pat Whit
craft, on Monday evening.
Mrs. Maggie Yates from st. Louis
called at p Whitcraft's Monday.
Pat Whitcraft and wife spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. John Shong
and family Of East Alma.
George Ferris was called to Flint
by the serious illness Of his father
Edgar Ferris. who underwent "A very
serious operation last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James White Of AL
hion. visited with NJ. and Mrs. Rob
ert Fleming and Will Katehus and
wife Friday and Saturday. Monday
they autoed to Carson City TO VISIT
M. and Mrs Holly Wright
Mrs. Carl Gallagher Of Alma visit
NN..I..
one dav last week.
Robert Fleming. Ellis Mills Jess
Crosscu and Henry Sandel made a
business trip TO Saginaw Friday.
Mr. and Mrs viii Adams and son
Leo. Of Alma spent Sunday with then
son. Melvin and family
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16

petition of residents on Dean ST., for
a sewer, be referred to City Manager.
Motion carried.
Mayor Murphy appoints Daisy
MacLain, policewoman for the City Of
Alma.
Moved by Comm'r Archer and sup
ported ~ Comm'r Chick that the
above appointment be confirmed Mo-
ton carried.
Moved by Comm'r Creaser and sup
ported by Comm'r Archer that the
commission adjourn.
Motion carried.
CARL f. GALLAGHER,
CHAS X. MURPHY, City Clerk.
Mayor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16

about three years ago when | was
suffering from a severe cold on my
lungs and coughed most Of the time
night and day, ! tried a bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
was surprised at the promptness with
which it gave me relief" writes Mrs.
James Brown, Clark Mills, n. Y.
Many another has been surprised and
pleased with the prompt relief afford
ed by this remedy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16
CITY COMMISSION

Regular meeting of the City Com
mission of the City of Alma, in SEES
Alma, Michigan.
October 14th, 1919.
sion at the City Chambers on above
date.
Meeting called to order by Mayor
Charles r. Murphy at s o'clock p. m.
Present - Commissioners Chick,
Creaser and Archer.
Commissioner Glass.
There being "A quorum present, the
commission was declared to be in ses-
sion.
Minutes Of the preceding meeting
were read and approved.
Moved by Commissioner Creaser
supported by Commissioner Archer
that the following bills as read be APP
proved and Clerk instructed to issue
checks in payment for same.
Commissioner Chick, Creas-
er and Archer.
Commissioners: none.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16
Consultation.

The beginning of almost every SER
ious disorder is constipation. If you
want TO enjoy good nealth keep your
bowels regular. This is best accom-
plshed by proper diet and exercise,
but sometimes a medicine is needed
and when that is the case you will
find Chamberlain's Tablets are excel
lent They are mild and gentle in
their action, easy and pleasant TO
take. Give them trial. They only
cost a quarter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16

Hoot Monl-The Kilties are com.
in'!-Idlehour Sunday.--adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16

$ s 81 Z ST
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16

Hoot Mon!-The Kilties are com
Sunday.-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-10-16

OVERLAND has been put through tn
" most thorough and severe test possible
100000 miles of mountain trails, desel
sand, heat, cold, mud and dust, demon
strated the quality of every part of the ca
long before we began manufacturing.
This remarkable test showed ConCluSivel
that Three-Point Cantilever Springs, exclu
sive with Overland, are the greatest improve
ment in riding comfort since the inuodue
ton ofpneumatic tires.
They protect the car from road shocl
and prolong the life of every part.
They enable the wheels to hold n
better to the road. They give n