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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-24

The Bessemer postofffee. and also the express office. are rushed with the large Christmas boxes. and both have put on .ar extra clerical force. Tne business is said to be in excess of that of last year. especially in the number of parcels being sent from this district
 Four parcel post wagons are being used at the postoffice, and several deliveries are being made daily in the city
 The receipts at the express office have also been unusually large for the Christ mas season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-24
TAX PAYMENTS SLOW

City taxes are not being paid as rap- idly as they were last year, according to City Clerk ]. M. Scott. and although there will be~few delnquents, it is be- lieved the receipts fall far below those of last year at this time MT. Scott is expected to have a rushing period the latter part of the month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-24

Washington Bureau The Ass-Heraid fC
 800 Davidson Building f
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
FEARING FATHER,
LETS MOTHER DIE
Son Explains Why He Did Not
o Answer Plea Of Dying
Woman.
is SLAIN BY HUSBAND
BOY Contradicts Story of Father. Who
insists Spouse Tried to Kill Him
by Administering Witch
Poison

Detrolt, Mich.-Mrs. Anna Bobrow-
ski, hands and feet bound fatally
wounded by the blows of her hus-
pand Martin, lay on the floor of her
uesolate Sumpter township home and
begged her son Theodore, seventeen. to
unite her.
before Assistant Prosecutor Popiel
theodore admitted he had not an
swered her plea because he was
AFRAID OF the old man." Theodore
ana MS sister, Celia. fifteen, made
formal statements against their father
prisoner in the county Jail.
And you let your mother lie there
without helping her?" repeated the
prosecutor.
Sure said Theodore. 81 started
TO do what she asked me, but the old
man came in and l ran upstairs. 7
was afraid of him."
Slayer Describes Death.
The remaining moments of Mrs
Bobrowski's life were described to Mr.
Popiel by the slayer.
looh IcI III ana tied her down
on the floor and sat with her." he
said. "She asked me: Martin. why
do you kill me?' 1 told her: That's
just what you wanted to do to me:
you put the witch poison in my bread
and tried to kill me-
"She said she didn't, but I know she
did. Then she kept still till she
died"
Bobrowski said the witch poison
was decoction known in the old
country and used by women to poi.
Son their husbands. Women can eat
1t without harm; but if man eats it
be becomes palsied and dies, he ex.
planned
BobrOwski said his wife fed him the
poison after they had quarreled about
possession of $780, He said he be-
came ill.
Boy Contradicts Father.
Theodore was brought in to confront
mis- father. The boy, who evi-
dently did not know what a sheriff
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
MOUSE SAVES THE BURGLAR
Got Into Trap and Delayed Armed
Man Who Was Pur-
suing.

Fort Dodge, IA wounded negro.
now under arrest in a Cherokee hos
pital, is believed to be the man who
entered the A. II. Woodard he1ne here.
and at whom WOodard fired one night.
Woodard was awakened by the
sound of someone in his room and saw
a man standing near the foot of the
bed. He grabbed his revolver from
under the pillow and fired at the in
truder.
The thief started to run, with Wood
ard after him. A mouse probably
saved the thief's life. While Wood
ard was following the intruder mouse
got into trap in the Woodard kitchen.
The noise led Woodard to believe
there was another robber in the kitch-
en- and he hesitated long enough so
that the man made his escape.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
Cotton Statistics.

frellmnary statistics issued by the
united States bureau of the census
give the number of bales of cotton
sinlieo from the growth of 1919 prior
10 september l, 1919. as 13s,993 bales.
as compared with 1,O3S,O79 bales for
1918 and 614,7S7 bales for 1917
1hese hgures include 1,129 round bales
lor 1919, 53,17S for 1913 and 23.716 for
l91|. The number of bales of sea-
lsland cotton included is 80 for 1919
296 Tor 1918 and 2,s3S for 1917. The
statistics for 1919 are subject to slie,t
corrections when checked against the
Individual returns of the ginners being
transmitted by mail.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28

ment OF the Netherlands granted a spe.
ca1 charter authorizing its sale.
The good housewife of Holland vouId
ann almost as soon be without food as with
out her Real Dutch Drops" as she
quantity calls GOLD MEDAL Haariem
OH Capsules. Their use restores
strength and is responsible in a great
measure for the sturdy, robust health
OF the Hollanders.
DO not delay. Go to your druggist
and insist on his supplying you with a
6o1 OF GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
capsules. Take them as directed, and
y you are not satisfied with results your
druggist will gladly refund your money.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on
boxes, three sizes,
When man gays he means bus
ness 1t will depend on whether lie ha.
any business in him.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
KIDNEYS WEAKENING?
BETTER LOOK OUT!

Kidney and bladder troubles don't
disappear Of themselves. They grow
upon you, slowly but steadily, under.
mining your health with deadly Ger.
tainty, until you fall a victim to in.
durable disease.
Stop your troubles while there ia
time. Don't wait until little pains he. @
come big aches. Don't trife with dis
ease: To avoid future suffering begin
treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules now. Take three or
four every day until you feel that Won
are entirely free from pain.
This well-known preparation has been
one OF the national remedies of HoI.
land Tor centuries. In 1896 the govern
Never eat pie with a knife. It's all
light to eat pie with cheese, but knives
should be eaten alone.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28

was when Sheriff Coffin visited him.
had learned something of the protec-
tiOn given by the law.
You weren't sick, either" he de-
clared, looking his parent in the eve.
Mother did not have any poison, and
you know it,"
A coroner's jury at Sumpter re-
turned a verdict that Mrs Bobrow-
ski died from blows from a poker in
the hands of her husband The bat
tered body was taken to Belleville for
burial.
Investigation showed he first had
washed the body, put on the dead
woman's best dress, placed her hands
across her breast and then made his
son drive him to Detroit in quest of
burial permit.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
See rid OF every bit of that uoly
candruff ane stop fall.
ina hair.

10 stop falling hair at once and rid
ne scalp OF every particle of dandruff,
get small bottle OF "Danderine" at
any drug or toilet counter for a few
cents pour little in your hand and
fuo well into the scalp. After several
apphcatlons all dandruff usually goes
ana halr stops coming out. Every hair
IN your head soon shows new life, vigor,
brightness. thickness and more color.
-Adv.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28

co,ta state of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
sepIan Crank J; Cheney makes oath that he is
q Co., doing business in the civ CmeT9y Of Toy
teGo' saio' County and State aforesaid, and that
DREn fd5d 41m n0Y Wi1l pay ay the sum of ONE HUN
that oanoa1 DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh
HAL6S CATARRH MEDICINE. -
S, FRANK ]. CHENEY.
nv 1"orn oras TO oe1ore me and subscribed in
A. D. 1856. - Decenloer'
4seap A: W: Gleason, Notary Public
a., 1;ALL,s ;sAtas CATARRH MEDICINE is tax.
on the Mucous Surfaces of The SvsteDo Sve naooo
Z ,. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
r. ). cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
Put in Its Glass.

rather went home with his latest
purchase the other evening. 1t was a
shirt, tastefully adorned with wide
orange and purple stripes.
Proudly he displayed it to his
stunned wife, who could only gasp.
Look at daddy's pretty he said
proudly to his little daughter.
The youngster gazed wide-eved at
the screaming combinatior then. rub
plng her hand over the shirt front. in
quired:
What kind of a flag is that.
daddy?"
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28

Acid Stomach Heartburn and Nause.
quickly disappear with the use of wrirht,s
1nd1an Vegetable Pills. Send for trial boz
TO 372 Pearl St., New York. Adv
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28
Looking Ahead.

Are you going to invite the doc
tor, to your party, Ethel?"
"No, mamma"
"Why not?"
Because | don't want him here too
often. Well probably have to have him
here the next day.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28

Some people spend their lives as
wet nurse to mortgage.
Jackson County journal., 1919-11-28

Malt extracts have been found val
liable for 1aundries in removing
starch from clothing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25
! sEAsoNABLE sERMoNETTE

c Cheerfulness is a personal posses
sion. but you can
n Hand some Of 1t on to those whose
weary. Grab lives
r. Represent naught but grim strug-
gle to exist, whose
I Inheritance is lab0ur and SORROW
stranger to JOY.
S So, I'm kindly spirit, go forth. seek,
and find some OF
T These. joyless ones. Bring some
cheer into their lives.
~ Make it q Christmas resolve that
you will: out OF your
A Abundance or sufficiency, make.
with kindly heart, the
s Sun to shine at Christmas in one
poor home ut least.
. Do this. and the deed shall bring
you such sweet Joy
"A And satisfaction that the remem-
brance of 1t viii make.
Y Your own Christmas . happy
enc In deed and In truth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25
THE CHRIST CHILD

Across the snow the home lights glow
From the myriad hearts alight-
And through the street with noiseiess
feet
The Christ-child walks tonight.
AT silent gates. outside He waits.
To find fitting spot
Be thine the shame. IL through thy
blame
The Christ-child enters not.
Where joyous notes from ehildren's
throats
The old glad song begin.
Where love impe,s and kindness dweiis.
The Christ-child enters In.
Where hate has room. pride sits In
- gloom,
And wrong invokes unrest.
Though green the walls and bright the
halls
He cannot be a guest.
But where the thought that angel.
brought
To earth's enraptured ears
Good will to men and peace. again
The Christ child. listening. hears.
lie turns His feet with welcome sweet,
Enters. and there abides.
Angels know best how such are oiest
Through all the Christmastides
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25
CHRISTMAS FACTS IN BRIEF
Day Celebrates AZ Christian Festival
for centuries-Holly Once
Sacred Plant.

Christmas day is the anniversary Of
the birth of Christ, and has been cele-
brated as Christian festival for sew
.eral centuries The Christmastide lasts
from the 25th of December to the 9th
of January, the twelfth day after
Christ's nativity.
The origin of the Christmas tree is
obscure: the thought Of Christ as the
Light of the World and the Tree OF
Life may have given rise to the light
bearing tree, or the popular old belief
that every Christmas eve, trees bios
somed and bore fruit, may have been
the foundation of the custom.
Gift-giving is, of course. the echo
of the Wise Mems gifts; and mince
pie. turkey and plum buildings are
modern relics of the pagan feasts.
Santa Claus, known to every child In
every land in this old world is the per-
sonificatiOn of the spirit of loving and
giving.
The holly, synonymous of Christ
mas, was a sacred plant, and the mis-
uesse g mysterious plant, supposed by
the ancient Druids to have some mys-
tic power of healing and preventing
misfortune. 1t was never allowed TO
touch the ground. hence the modern
superstition that it is unlucky for "a
mistletoe bough to fall from its place.
Ii was dedicated to the Goddess OF
Love. (which explains the custom OF
kissing under the mistletoe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-25

Disciples of Hate, Proponents
of Destruction
ITRTHUR L. HOOPER, pros
ecuting attorney at Spo-
kane, addressing a public meet
ing in that city a few nights
since on the /. w. w. menace
and our tolerance of it made the
| following statement, which is
true, striking and deserves most
serious consideration:
"For nearly fifteen years now
a small, but well-organized
group of radicals known as the
rIndustrial Workers of the World
has been preaching and practic-
ing it's doctrine of class hatred,
destruction and revolution and
singing it's songs of blasphemy
and hate thruout the length and
breadth of our land"
There are three notable facts
set out in that statement, name
-ly, the primary impulse of the
/. w. w. movement is hatred, its
motive is destruction and the
American public has listened to
it's evil teachings and permitted
it's blatant blasphemies with an
amazing tolerance. says the Port
land Telegram. That is to say,
we are now amazed that we did
listen and that we did permit
these blasphemies to be uttered
without stern and punitive chal-
lenge.
The American people were toll
! Grant of these things because of
their faith in themselves, be-
i cause of their loyalty to sound
II American principles. Rather
Il than deny the freedom of speech
Il they overlooked for the time the
Il iincendiary utterance. There was
Il no. belief that the soap-bOx
II pteachments of the wild-eyed ag-
i itators could make Roadway in
/ this country. There was dispo-
/ sition to regard this soap-box or
/ atOry as the manifestation of So
/ cial and political eccentricity,
crude and coarse as it was, and
limiting at violence as it did, as
something that would run its
course and die out, because in es-
tablished habits of American
thinking and living it would not
find food to live upon. Perhaps
if there had been no war that
/ would have happened.
II Unquestionably war conditions
II prepared the soil for the dragons
teeth which the l. w. w. have
sown and continue to sow. Prus.
II sian propaganda was the fertiliz'
II er. Disloyal alienism was the
compost in which the rank
" growth of malevolence and trea
4 sonable purpose took root ant
/ flourished. Thru war condition:
i the I. W., w. was developed OF
i disclosed as an enemy organiza
ton.
Il The enmity of that organiza
ton to Americanism and Ameri
can institutions has become opel
and virulent, 'and to tolerate i
or temporize with it longer woult
II be criminal weakness on the par
i of the American people and tn
II authorities that serve them.
The privilege of free speech i:
no longer involved in dealing
II with the 1. w. w. That organi
/ cation is avowedly malignant
purposely destructive, blasphem
ously disloyal to a government
which may have its faults bu
which in no way justifies re
course to other than legal mean
IF chanuo Tho 7 w w. is vi
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
GIVEN 5 To 7
YEARS SENTENCE
Metuchen Man Sent Up for
burglary --0ther Cases
Before Daily

STAT Correspondent.

oy ctoH correspondent.
BRUNSWICK, Feb. H.
W. Edward Bonis, of M~etuchen, in
dicted on two counts of having brok-
en- into and entered the same store in
Metuchen on January 29 and six
weeks prior to that date, was today
sentenced to from Nhree to seven
years in state prison by Judge Peter
r. DAILY.
Bonis pleaded that he had been out
OF work and needed food and that
had been h reason for his robbery.
he pleaded guilty when arraigned to-
day and after scathingly denouncing
his action, Judge Daily imposed the
sentence.
Other pleas before Judge DAILY this
morning follow:
Edward Honing, charged with
breaking and entering, pleaded guilty
and the case was referred to the pro-
morning follow:
George Hogan. of King street, Perth
Amboy plead not guilty to having Grim
granddaughter. He was represented
$4,000.
Edward Brown, O. Perth Amboy,
pleaded guilty to having stolen fifteen
dollars from his employer. His case
was over to Probation Officer
Macmillan.
Angelo Williams, a soldier at Camp
Raritan. charged with having commit
ted assault by having a loaded revol-
yer on his person in New Brunswick,
pleaded not guilty to hat charge and
also to a charge Of carrying concealed
weapons. He was held in $500 hail
on both charges.
George Kelner, of New Brunswick,
pleaded not guilty to an indictment
charging him with having committed
assault and battery on his wife on
January 4. Bail was fixed at $1,000.
A second count, charging him with
pleaded no guilty and was held in
$500 bail.
John j. Pejka and Andrew Eskra,
of South River, pleaded not guilty to
charges of carrying concealed weap-
ons. Bail was fixed at $500 and the
probation officer ordered to investi-
gate.
Edward Clark and James Dill.
charged with having committed as
sault and robbery In S~ayreville on
January 10, pleaded not guilty Bail
was fixed at $1,000 for each man.
John Carter, of New Brunswick
township, charged with breaking and
entering, will be arraigned next Mon
day.
John varga, indicted for larceny
and receiving of three chickens in
New Brunswick, pleaded guilty and
was sent to the county workhouse for
one week..
Fred Leary of New Brunswick,
charged with carrying concealed
weapons, was sentenced to six weeks
In the workhouse and fined $50. The
judge severely scored the man, who
is a war worker here, and said that
he would deal severely with any man
carrying concealed weapons in the
county without q license.
Oscar Larson, of Perth Amboy,
eighteen years of age, pleaded guilty
to the theft Of q magnetic valued at
SIS In that city on January %. He
was ordered to report to the proba-
ton officer for the full term.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14

MnIer,s A~ntiseptic OH. Known a.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
Locals

Lieut.. ]. Berry Potter has returned
home from Fort Huachuca, Arizona,
where he vas attached to the Tenth
u. s. Cavalry. He has received his
honorable discharge and will leave on
Sunday night to resume his former po-
sition with the National Fireproofng
Company in Pittsburgh.
Miss Marion Love and Victor Love
spent Wednesday with relatives at
Bound Brook.
The Salmagundi Society will be en-
tertained by Mrs. +. G. Tisdale next
Tuesday night.
The Misses Margaret Kondas.
Thresa Dunches. Bertha Grupp and
Thresa Bush, all of Woodbridge, were
recent New York visitors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
PLAN FOR WASHINGTON SUPPER

The regular monthly business meet
ing OF the Ladies' Auxiliary of Simp-
son NJ. E. Church was held on Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. f.
". r. So1eld. The final arrangements
were made for the George Washing
ton supper to be held on the eve of
HWashington's birthday, Feb. 21st.
The chairmen of the different COM
mittees are:
Kitchen committee Mrs. L. Rankin.
Dining Committee. Mrs. d. Weber.
Soliciting Committee, Miss f. Beers.
Decorating Committee, Mrs. M. L.
Eggert.
Entertainment Committee, Mrs.
William Hesser.
Ice Cream Committee-Mrs. A.
Hartshome.
The heads of the tables are: Mrs.
John Smith, Mrs. Jos. Brimlow, Mrs.
Ryan, Mrs. William Woglom, Mrs
William Van Peit, Mrs. Chas. Seguine,
Mrs. George Parisen, Mrs. George
Runyon, Miss Katherine Woglom, Mrs.
Frank Hilsdorf, Mrs. Kane and Mrs.
Waterber will have charge of the
apron booth.
Entertainment of a patriotic nature
will be given after the supper. Mrs.
Hesser has charge Of this treat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
Forests of the Caucasus.

The forests of the Caucasus in Rus
sla are estimated Mt 100000 acres,
chiefly In the Black sea territory.
which is at the rate of nearly twenty
ceres TO each inhabitant. The forests
o. western Siberia have been scarcely
explored. but they are stated to be
200 900 acres in extent, more than
half being in an absolute state OF ma
ture.-Rocky Mountain Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
Costs Money to Use Chair.

There is ii public house" in Dunn
fries where may be seen an old arm
,hair alleged TO have been invariably
used by the poet Burns when he WIS.,
tied the place. All who sit in this
chair are required 10 treat" all who
"'s- n" in the room Mt the time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-14
STEARN'S&
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$21.75

The "Snow White" brand is filed
with fifty pounds of pure white cot
ton felt, finely carded in eight layers.
1t is covered with finest quality satin
finish ticking and finished off with
heavy roll edge, making it impos-
sible to lose its shape.
The Snow White" is sound in
quality, sanitary in make and priced
away below that of mattresses that
are far inferior. Snow White mat
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$4,000.
On sale Friday and Sat eo1 7r
urday only. Special 80. Will
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-10-23
Moral. Borrow.

A man who was too stingy to
subscribe for his home paper
sent his little boy to borrow the
copy taken by n neighbor. In
his haste the boy ran over q $4
stand of bees and in ten minutes
looked like q warty summer
squash. His father ran to his
assistance, and failing to notice
the barb wire fence, ran into that
cutting a hole in his anatomy and
running a S. pair of trousers.
The old COW took advantage of
the gap in the fence and got into
the corn field and killed herself
eating green corn. Hearing a
racket, the wife ran out, upset a
four-gallon churn full of cream
into a basket of little chickens,
drowning the entire hatch. In
her haste she dropped a $35 set
Of false teeth. The baby, having
been left alone, crawled through
the milk into the parlor, running
a brand new S25 carpet. During
the excitement the Oldest daugh.
ter ran away with the hired man,
the dog broke up II setting hers
and the calves got out and chew
ed the tails of four fine shirts en-
the clothes line. .-Sebree Ky.)
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