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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-14

Milk Of cucumbers-Delightful pre-
paration for softening and beauti-
hands ssi"S ~ &c 'i S@.s ss' =. 15e
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-14
LETTER TO HAMMOND DRUGGIST
Get Ready for Big Mustarine Demand

The Quickest Killer Earth and the Original Best
the Od-Fashioned going
Sisteny Advertised the Newspapers this City and State
Sale Guaranteed To Druggists and Consumers. Or
der from Your Jobber Now.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-14
The Best for the Bows

It's fun for boys to
pick out clothes at
Minas such fine suits
warm overcoats, mack
inaws & sweater coats;
hats, caps and every
thing for boys of all
ages. Fathers and moth
ars are well pleased, too,
for boys good clothes
cost less at Minas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-14

sPEclAL-Boys'
Crompton al-westher corduroy full lined GIL NJ
knickers; years; for Wednesday . sO0
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-14
Bows 2 Pants Suits

Boys suits with two pairs full
lined knickers. The new full
belt and waist seam models;
made from heavy cassimeres,
serviceable quality, fine for
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27
The Cafeteria Successful

The cafeteria luncheon given
last Thursday by Miss Gladys
Martin and the Victory Girls re.
suited in great success 1t in
creased their war-pledge fund to
$4,000, leaving only $4,000 yet to
be raised. This they hope to
make up by giving another lunch.
con at the school building, du(
notice of which will be given.
Miss Martin and her girls ask
that their thanks be extended to
all who aided in making Thurs
days luncheon such a gratifying
success. The menu included the
following: Oysters, stewed, fried
raw; hot dishes-creamed pota
toes, Georgia style sweet pota
toes; salads - potato, tomato
fruit; Observation-Disclosures, pep
per, egg, cheese SLICED pineap
pie, cake, coffee.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27
LOCAL ITEMS

Saturday will be March LIST.
Tomorrow is the last day of the
game season.
Eggs in this market have drop.
ped to fifty cents dozen.
School board and county com.
missioners will meet Monday.
Remember the chautauqua next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Fruits, candies, CONNECTIONS and
fancy groceries are specialties at
R. M. Kings. (adv.)
NJ. O. Golf, a wholesale fish
dealer of Mccall, was here last
Thursday attending to business.
Mrs. Mae Cooper Of Charlotte,
Mich, after enjoying a stay of
month here, left last Friday for
Tampa and st. Petersburg.
George K. Brown, lively and
popular Philadelphia, after a
very brief sojourn at Hotel Pun
ia Gorda, left for Atlanta, Friday.
M. F. Embry, travelling repre-
sentative of that great Florida
daily, the Times Union of Jack
sonville, spent a few hours here
Tuesday.
Please have some mercy on the
Old Man Of The Herald. If you
have something you wish put in
the paper, do, please write it
yourself, or get some one else, not
the 0. NJ, to do it. The Old Man
is now two months behind on the
writing that he ought to do. Fact
Every week, several columns of
reading matter already in type
have to be left out of The Herald
to make room for local news and
contributed reports coming in on
Wednesday afternoons. Cores
pondents will, therefore, confer a
favor by sending in their reports
earlier-and, also, by leaving two
inches of blank space at the top of
the first page of their communica-
tions.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27
Chautauqua Next Week

High-class entertainment will
be offered the people Of Punt,
Gorda on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of next week, wher
the Radcliffe Chautauqua will b,
in progress. The program in
cludes many interesting, instruc
tive and delightful features. A
mongst them are lectures by Col
G. G. Gearhart, Of Buffalo, N. Y.
who is one of the most eloquent
orators of the country. His lee.
lures, like all other features of the
program, are elevating in charac-
ter and abound in wit as well as
wisdom.
The Fighting Yanks, a quar-
tette of soldiers returned from
France, will give varied series
of vocal and instrumental music,
as will the Agnes Mathis Co.,
four ladies who are musicians of
the highest order.
The Emerson-W Winters Co. will
present repertory of readings,
approximations, Characterization
and bits of comedy that will in
struct as well as amuse.
Miss Frances Maltby of Mary
land, who has served with dis
tinction in Red Cross work in
France, will give an outline of
the splendid work done in France
and elsewhere by that noble or
ganization.
The motive running through
the entire program is education
the teaching by the most pleasant
means of the best theories and
methods of happy living.
No one who wishes to be de-
lightfully entertained while re-
ceivin g valuable instruction,
should fail to attend this chautau-
qua.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27
Clifford Ivey, Deceased

Clifford Ivey, oldest daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ivey, was
born in Punta Gorda April LIST,
1905, and died in Tampa Feb. IL,
1919, age nearly IA years. She
was laid to rest in the family
burying ground at Fort Ogden,
Feb. 14th inst. Many beautiful
floral offerings attested the love
felt for her both in Tampa, Fort
Ogden and Punta Gorda.
Just, before her death, she en-
tered the Woodrow Wilson high
school in Tampa which was de-
served promotion from the gram
mar school. Young as she was,
she was a devoted worker in the
Baptist church and Sunday
school. Every one who knew her
loved her, and her death caused
deep grief not only to her mother
and other kindred, but to a wide
circle of friends.
Her parents lived in Punta Cor
da up to eight years ago, wher
they removed to Tampa. Hel
father died only few month:
ago, and she rests beside him ir
| the cemetery at Fort Ogden.
She is sadly missed here, bu'
Heaven is all the brighter from
her being there.-ONE WHO
LOVED HER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27
Johnson Chichester

Charles F. johnson of Boea
Grande, and Miss Josephine Child
ester of Arcadia, were married in
Arcadia at 800 p. m. last Satur-
day, 22nd inst. The ceremony
was performed by DIR. A. j. Holt,
pastor of the Arcadia Baptist
church.
The happy couple came here on
the night train, spent Saturday
night at Hotel Punta Gorda, and
left next morning for South Boca
Grande, where they are making
their home.
Both of these young people are
well known in Punta Gorda,
where they have many friends.
The groom was raised here. He
holds an important and lucrative
position with the G. HI. & N. Rail-
way Co. at South Boca Grande.
The Herald joins his host of
friends in congratulating him up
on having won a matrimonial
prize of inestimable value.
The bride is one of the most at
tractive and accomplished young
ladies of DeSoto county. In all
particulars she is well qualified
for the duties of a model wife.
She is the daughter of Lieut.. Wal
ter Chichester, sanitary officer of
Carlstrom and Dorr Fields. Mum
erous friends here and elsewhere
unite in the sincere wish that her
life may be long and full of I'M
interrupted happiness.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27

Those volunteer sweet pota-
toes that grew without any fer
tilizer around an old stump in
Hon. Jno. III. McQuaid s field at
Sparkman, which were presented
to The Herald last week, proved
to be the sweetest and finest flaw
ored that we have had this season:
The moral of this might be: Don t
fertilize sweet potatoes, but these
potatoes were fortified by nature
applying rotted vegetable matter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27

Town Marshal Lipscomb visited
Wauchula, Friday.
E. G. Jackson went to Tampa,
Friday, to see the. big fair. Came
back Saturday noon.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-27

W, ohllCh S. Off
Claude Willis of Charlotte
Harbor, whose headquarters are
at New Orleans while he is serv-
ing In the federal merchant ma
rlne, came home last week on a
visit to his parents and other rela-
tives.
Mrs. A. P, Jordan would like to
meet the little folks of the church
at four O'Clock Saturday after
noon, to organize a Junior Mis-
slonary Auxiliary. Remember the
time, Saturday March the first, at
the Methodist church
Miss Lucille Rutherford, Miss
Jane Donovan, Mrs. j. F. Gleason
and Lieut., Rutherford attended
the officers dance given at Carls-
from Field last Friday night.
Born, Saturday, 22nd inst, at
Boca Grande, to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Davis, son. This is their first
offspring. The happy mother was
formerly Miss Pearl johnson of
Punta Gorda. The father of the
boy is in the American forces in
France.
Lieut.. Albert T. Dewey, who
has been in the aviation service at
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, for
the past eighteen months, has
been given an honorable dis
charge, and he came home Mon
day. A glad greeting was given
him by his many friends.
Mrs. H. M. King entertained the
Auction Club Tuesday afternoon,
at the home Of Mrs. A. F. Dewey.
After playing several games, de-
licious refreshments were served.
Mrs. Wotitzky made the top score
and was awarded the prize. Next
meeting will be held at Mrs. Mob
ley's.
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. L. Blakely
went to Tampa, yesterday morn
ing, and may remain there till the
end of this week. Mrs. Blakely's
health is affected, and she went
to Tampa to consult specialist.
Numerous friends hope that she
will soon get relief from her
trouble.
D. w. Smith, a very pleasant
gentleman from Birmingham, Ala,
arrived here Tuesday night on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Turner. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Turner's son, Herman Par
ker, a Punta Gorda boy whose
many friends here are delighted
to meet him.
L. L. Barnhill, skilled and noted
boat-builder of Charlotte Harbor,
launched last week the third day
cruiser which he has built to or
der for northern customers. This
last was built for j. A. Renahan
of New York, who is expected to
arrived here Saturday, for the
purpose of going on a pleasure
cruise in neighboring waters.
Mrs. E. A. White has been dis
pensing hospitality with a gener-
Gus hand, the past week. She had
numerous guests to dine at her
home on Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, her chief object being
the pleasure of her daughter, Miss
Thelma, and her friend, Miss Dav-
is, and also of her uncle, Alex.
Hobson of Richmond, Va, who
were her guests during the Tune.
On Sunday, the festal board was
surrounded by ten gentlemen and
ladies. all of whom enjoyed the
occasion immensely.
Lieut.. Charles Alfred Waltmlre,
ir., after some dreadful expert
ences on the battlefront in France
arrived here last Thursday ON a
visit to his parents, Col. and Mrs.
C. A. Waltmire, ST. AS he step
ped off the train, the meeting be-
tween him and his parents was
most pathetic. He was given an
ovation all along the street as ne
walked to his parents home. lie
is a fine, manly fellow. every inch
a soldier. In one of the battles
If the Argonne in October, a huge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
ANTIQUES" FROM NEW YORK
Example of How the Tourist Is Vic
tImzed When He Makes Pur-
chases in Foreign Cities.

some Years il. core the wai resi-
deat Of New York voya-ya To- Venice.
An0nG his fellow passengers at sea
was q travelling salesman. whom h.
cot 10 know gpite we'll What the
New York man liked about the sales
nan WAS thar he did not talk ~Itur.."
tie had mt even told his steamship
acquaintance What manner Of goods
ne minded
The>day after they arrived in Venice
the salesman went out on business his
steamship companion Sightseeing
Among other places the latter visited
was fascinating antiquarian shop.
Prices We're STEEP. hut what of that?
He wanted something to take back
to show the folks n home" that he
had really been in Venice. Finally he
settled on a hit If Ntnotian glass q
square of gold-emhroidrred Venetian
cut velvet in furnished Gilt frame.
and silver-handlrd dagger engraved
with the arms of one of the dOgeS In
the evening at the hotel he displayed
them. not without q feeling Of pride
TO the travelling salesman.
"lIy friend" said the latter, you've
ne" very decent TO me, and now III
do You good turn. Say, but your
hpv'ne those things is feather in my
ZAP, We make EN- in New York and
I'm over here selling EN-. I'll lake
en- around tomorrow to the place
sou bought EN- and get your money
oack for YOU. New York Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
DEMAND NOW IS FOR MUSIC
Freak Attire and Mannerisns Ne
Longer Attract Streams ~ Dollars
to the Concert Hail.

It looks as if the old order of mo
slcians will soon be moss covered The
tously headed Individual III freak nj.
tire does not find his camoufa@od per
Sonality q passport to capacity houses,
II the dead composers had messages
for modem humanity the messages
must be interpreted by modern men
and modern women.
The musician Of today looks like a
smart business or professional man
rather than an idle dreamer, observes
the Philadelphia Record He is as
good customer as the barber has
Short cropped hair is Supplantinc the
shaggy locks of former DAYS The
schoolbOy's Windsor tie and low col
lar have given way TO the neat four in
hand and regular business mans col
lar. The Buffalo Bill chapeau IS
ousted b.. the conventional fedora. Odd
mannersms which serve no useful
purpose are cast off.
The modern musician is a good
mixer. He wants to know his public
HfSt h'inu, ana ne enters INTO the gen
eral life of the community instead Of
acting the recluse. BY minglng he
has learned that people now want
music, not gesticulations nor dress
Concert goerS are more concerned
about what they hear than what they
see. An artists reputation for freak
ishness off the stage does not offset
poor execution on the stage. The mu-
sic-loying public has developed to the
point where sham and pretense are use
less. Nothing but the ability to pro.
duce good music can get past
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
Censor Hun Telephone Talks.

At first, all use ot telephones was
forbidden to the inhabitants of oCcu-
pied towns (of Germany, but this
rule has been relaxed also In the
French zone the natives are allowed
telephone calls within their own city :;
while in Cohlenz the Americans allow
this and also permit the use of five
trunk lines from the occupied territory
into Germany proper. Thus a German
in CobenZ may talk directly to a Ger
man in Berlin.
Except in cases of extreme personal
necessity, all such calls are supposed
to he confined TO the transaction of
important business and of course
American army censors "listen in" on
every call. This privilege was given to
the Germans of Coblenz because it was
found that the sudden and complete
interruption of contact between the
two banks of the Rhine caused a great
deal of inconvenience and suffering
Gregory Mason in Outlook.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11

The first reference 10 odd King
Cole.' the 'morry old soul" of the IA
nous nursery rhyme, WAS made in
book written by DR.. William King, who
was hcrn in 1888 1t is probable that
the song was composed in the seven
teenth century, although some investi-
gators think It much Older. Halliwell
Identifies the merry monarch with
cole or Coel, semi-mythical king of
britain who is supposed to have
reigned in the third century. The Scots
also have an "Old King Coul," said
to have lived in the fifth century.
Freeman and other historians say
King Cole ruled Britain in the sixth
century. There are many who assert
hat tile reference to the pipe indicates
thaF CID King Cole lived at period
after Raleigh had introduced tobacco
Int" Europe, but this does not neces-
Sorily follow, as & pipe might mean a
musical instrument
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11

The household was comparatively
quiet when the ten-year-old son looked
up from the last page Of a recent issue
of the News and inquired of both par
pnts sitting near: whats funny about
this here Abe Martini There's never
anything t. eat in a home where TIL
wife is on an allowance 1.-THE joke,
my SON" his father replied, SIS that in
stead of spending the allowance for
eats, the wife blows 1t in for clubs
clothes, candy and conventions" mo,
SON." said the mother. ''the fact is that
the allowance is not large enough to
provide a hotel menu, though the men
seem to think 1t Is And that is no
Joke, either. "-Indianapolis News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
NUTS MILLION YEARS OLD
Interesting Fossils Recently Found by
the United States Geological
Survey.

Among the fossils recently discov-
cred by the United States geological
survey are remarkably well-preServed
Impressions OF. casts Of leaves of sew
eral extinct varieties of ash, oak. beech
and hickory, which were found, with
three present-day species, in states Dor
dering the Gulf of Mexico, according to
the Youths Companion. Although the
leaves themselves have rotted and
gone, here end there some were buried
In soft clay by sediment In such man.
ner as to leave perfectly preserved i'm
pressions.
The nuts, on the other hand. neither
decayed nor petrified. but fell into
pools Of water, which is one of the
pest preservatives in nature and soon
er or later were also buried under silt
and clay. Owing to their hard shells,
those that fell into places favorable
to their preservation are today in ex-
cellent condition, although slightly
1attened by the long soaking and the
gentle pressure of the clay. The de-
post in which the leaves and nuts were
found Is not less than a million years
old
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
silly Idea Rebuked-

The late Count de Lesseps never
seemed to lose sight of the cduca-
ton of his children, even in the
smallest detail, One morning at
breakfast beautiful Dresden tea
Hup wa0 broken.
"Ah'" cried the countess "a disas-
ter. Two more Of that set will now
ne broken, 1t always happens so"
Are you 50 superStitious. asked
Oh" count. 'as really to believe that
t"" more will be broken?"
Il know it"
Then Ier US get it off our minds"
And taking two Of the cups by the
handles he dashed them together.
HE anger and dismay of the count.
'NS proved conclUSively that she had
r'f seriously believed the superstition
1t also Ioosed any hold the absurd idea
may have had on the minds Of tho
children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
SHOWS SAGACITY OF THE RAT
Method by Which Rodents Steal Eggs
Is Admirable in the lngenu-
ity Displayed.

A careful student Of The rodent
tribe writes: Nc single point better
illustrates the sagacity Of re rat than
thu way in which it eats IN egg. II
bites through The shell and chips of
small fragments as neatly as SPUR
rel opens nut consumes the en-
tire contents without spilline a drop
and then sits up and ticks itself clean
like cat. Rats will steal the eggs
from under q setting hen. Their
method of handling eggs IS also char
acteristic. An egg is az large for a
rat as barrel is for a man, and
much more fragile. Yet there is evil
dence.' of the fact that they pass eggs
along from one TO anoth T. although
not probably as mas often been re
ported, by forming long lines. like
bucket brigade. The operation is nat
orally difficult one to observe but
apparently it takes two rats to each
egg. One holds the egg in its paws,
passes it on 70 the other. and then
runs ahead to take it once more in its
turn. The same device seems to
be employed to carry an egg down.
stairs, the one that has the egg passing
1t to a companion standing on the
step below"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
Republican Primaries.

AT special meeting of the Repub-
lican County Committee OF Shenan-
doah County, held July ,, 1919 Their
= ctl0n al former meeting Leld June
9, 1919, fixing the sum to be paid bN
The candidates for the respective Of
fees to defray the expenses of the
Primary WAS reconsidered and said
sums fixed as appears 10 the last par
agraph Of the following notice
REPU BLICAN PRIMARY, SATUK-
DAY, AUGUST 9. 1919.
For the nomination of County and
District Officers to be voted for at til,
coming November Election.
According TO the Republican piar
OF party organization. meeting Of
the Republican County Comm tee
Shenandoah County was held in
Woodstock, Va, on March 10, 1919.
1t WAS ordered that an aii.Gay
Primary, subject to the rule and reg
ulation adorted by the conuI1tee. be
held at the y precincts III thu County
on Saturday. AuS~st 8, 1919. tor the
purpose Of nominating County and
District officers TO be voted GA No
vember 4, 1919.
All voters who are qualified TO vote
in the coming November Election ana
who believe in Republican princiules
and who pledge themselves to abice
by the action of the primaries ana
support the nominees thereof are eli
eible 10 participate in sad primary,
regardless OF past atti atjUns.
IA GrGpr IN oct tbai,. >,4D1p~ On tI..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
COUNTRY NOT RIGHTLY NAMED
Iceland by No Means the Barren
Waste Which Appellatlon Would
Seem to Imply.

Iceland suggests to many people
land Of glacial GOODNESS populated by
fur-clad shivering natives, probably
Eskimos. The real Icelander wears
clothes no warmer than those needed
in Canada. His winters are usually
no more severe than those Of Canada.
The 1celander is not an Eskimo He
is descendant of the fair-haired Vik-
tngs. Nothing excites an Icelander
more than to have some one pleasant
~ ask him If 1t is ever warm in Ice
land and If any flowers grow there.
That Iceland is so misunderstood is
entirely the fault of the Morse explor-
ers who landed Oh the island and felt
obliged to name it. AS it was a cold
day and the land was frozen beneath
q blanket of snow. they thoughtlesIy
called 1t Iceland and departed hastily.
Had they first visited the island on a
spring day, when the wind blew across
the broad plains. they might have felt
the vastness OF the place and with
equal carelessness called it Greatland
The name Iceland was officially adopt
ed and instantly became the islands
hoodoo.
Summer in Iceland IS warm. SON.
times hot. In June the sun POI.
down upon the plains continuous,
save for a few minutes at midnip'
Another unicelandic phase Of Icelnn4
are the hot springs which spout up
steaming water. To this hot water
supply the women carry their wash
Ing as a matter of convenience.
Iceland is not q land of luxuriant
vegetation or perfect climate. II is q
fairly prosperous little country that
struggles bravely against its handi.
caps, not the least of which is the
worlds attitude of persistent misun-
Outstanding.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-07-11
Slaves in Abyssinia

The Inhabitants of the Gemire
onntry in AbySSinia are pagans. They
'li'ear to believe in a divinity inbabit.
~ tuP Sky-not to be Identified with
me Nah Of the Galla-and also in
secondary genii dwelling on the earth
slavery is not officially recognized hut
It exists in fact. though with some ex-
teiuatlon in form, The slave is NOT
ire" to change his master: he is mt
IN chains if suspected of an intention
OF escaping; he is beaten if he does
not work or march at the will of his
master and he receives no pay. On
me other hand, f he can be present.
cd he cannot be openly sold and
must be designated gabare (''subject")
not baria C'slave"D. Even these diff.
terences disappear ia distant prov
noes like Gemira, and in times of dis
order Those who will not submit live
as fugidves in the forests.