Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
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By the process Of elimination,
the owner of nickel in one of
o,, cities has determined that the
nickel is practically unknown in
the realm of trade. Or rather,
If is unknown as a unit; as frac-
tion of an entire purchase it is
vet recognized as legal tender.
The first stop made was at
cigar store.
What can buy for nickel?"
asked the owner Of the nickel.
The clerk looked mystifed, then
frightened.
"Pipe Cleaners he said. COR
a bamboo cigarette holder
Only few years ago the nick
el would have bought cigar any
man would have smoked in public,
the curious one thought absently.
The clerk aroused him.
Gum is 5 cents package" he
said. otherwise l can't think of
a thing for a nickel" ="
Before the window of down
town drugstore the nickel owner
stopped again. Candy, in large
glass bowls, was advertised at so
much a pound, "also in 10-cent
bags" He hastened on.
Over the counter of a clothing
store the owner of the nickel ad-
dressed clerk.
do you sell those scent collar
buttons any more?" he asked.
"These imitation ivory buttons
are 10 cents apiece" said the clerk.
"The cheapest we have, really"
A ray of hope formed in the
bosom of the man who had nick
ell. He hastened to a and 10
cent store.
Some years ago, when he was
still young enough to eat jelly
beans in public without blushing,
that delectable confection was sell
ing at 10 cents pound. A small
sign on the candy counter read
ing five ounces for 10 cents"
made him realize that jelly beans,
prOsaic as they are, have moved
with the times as rapidly as por-
terhouse steak.
Discouraged, though not surpris-
ed, the curious one continued his
way. A sign attracted his eye.
1.-TWO for 5 CENTS" it read. The
man hurried across the street.
Smaller type above the Two for
5 cents" read:
"a bushel Of mouse traps"
There is something a bit mourn
full in the news from Dawson,
Yukon, Territory, that Bozan-
20 and Eldorado, two famous Yu-
kon creeks on which the first dis
covery of gold more than twenty
years ago drew thousands north,
have given up the last of their
precious metal. Last week two
big dredges of the Yukon Gold
Company, which have been
working the two creeks for gold
for years, were shipped to Seattle.
To date this upper Yukon Val
ley has produced approximately
200 million dollars in gold, accord
ing to local records.
Here is les majestic indeed,
where brief spell ago it would
never even have been unthought
of. A son of the recent kaiser has
actually been advertised in the
public prints of Germany as a
dead-beat.
Back in October, 1918, when
the Hohenzollern family's credit
was oGlIl SOOu 1OI SOIlIS JHIHSS III
Germany, Prince Joachim, the
kid" of the kaiser's family, ran
up little bill of $50 in Strass-
burg laundry
Things looked pretty bad for dy-
nastic persons even then, but the
laundryman didn't have to the
nerve to tell Joachim mo chec-
,kee-no washee." So the royal
and imperial shirts and things
were done" and delivered to him
on tick.
A few days ago after waiting
year for the youngest of the
German princes to come in and
settle, the laundryman "adver-
tised' him in the Neu Zeitung of
Strassburg as a dead beat. The
"ad" in the legal notices of the
paper claims judgment for fifty
for washing linen in accordance
with account rendered 1O-26-1S
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