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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16
Here For
The HOLIDAYS

Ensign Samuel lie Hache, T. S ~.
who is on leave, is here to spend the
CHRISTMAS holidays with Prof and Mrs
sydney $ Handy. Prince George
street.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16

Ass Rose shea. of Fairmont street.
4saias;on is the guest OF Lieut.
nmauder and Mrs Seymour f. Hol-
.9sN Prince George street
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16

Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl eight years old
would like you to bring me cap, a
pair of mittens, a pair of gum shoes
The little stocking hanging by mine is
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16
December IA, 1919.

Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me an electric car and
a bicycle, and some games.
From your little boy,
WOODROW JACOBS,
19 Holland Street.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16

Buy Red Cross seals Now
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16
December IA, 1919.

Dear Santa Claus:
! am little boy seven years of age
l want you to bring me a raincoat.
large wooden wagon. set of soldiers,
and some games and story books, and
a stocking full of goodies, and don't
forget my sisters.
I remain your little boy,
CHARLES BROOKS,
155 King George Street
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16
December IA, 1919.

Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a baby doll and
piano, mad fill my stocking. Please
don't forget father and mother.
From your little baby,
ETHEL JACOBS,
10 Holland Street.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16

DGCemDeT Il, IJIS.
Dear Santa Claus:
am a little girl six years old.
Please bring me blackboard, sew
ing box, baby doll, an Alabama jig
ger, a fishing game, paint set. and
some story books, and fiji my stocking
with goodies. and don't forget little
sister.
ADELE TUCKER,
III Cathedral Street.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-16
LIE T TIE S TO
Santa ~Claus
fS--=-r--E,--~3
E-9ssnzlz@sSs
Shady Side. Md.
December 10, 1919.

Dear Santa:
/ an little girl seven years old
and ! have one little sister and TIVE
little brothers They are too small L
write. so l will write for them and my
self
+, Dots wants a little sister doll tina
goes TO sleep and a new dress for he
big doll, and new coat for herself
and anything else you have to spare
Buddie wants horse, a whip. I
hammer and nails. and a new suit ant
coat.
Burnie, my baby brother. wants
ball rattle, little wagon and horse
/ want a new doll like Dots, a new
coat. and a nice tree and plenty o
candy, cake and fruit.
Yours,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
This the Day of Younu Men.

In their enthusiasm, some well
stricken In years have been heard to
argue that this ought to be called the
day of old men. But one would have
to be not only old but foolish to at
tempt to make that out. Youth will
still be served. 1t is really more EN-
phatically than ever before the day of
young men. Theirs the main service,
theirs the thrill and ecstasy of patri-
otic devotion. Yet their elders cannot
be denied share in the great making
Of history which is going on. To be
living through 1t at any age is to stir
the pulses and quicken the imagina-
tion. 1t is time when, with the coun.
try making SO many calls upon her old
er sons, they can scarcely be blamed
If they adapt for their own use the
poets saying, and declare that 1t is IL
period when 1t is bliss to be alive and
very Heaven to be old.--New York
Evening Post.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
NOTHING SACRED 70 YANKs
Ancient Edifiees, With Their Historic
Y Memories, Have No Power to Over
,A awe American Soldiers.


You can't awe Yank. You can
feast his eye and his mind on history
and castles and things that are SO old
they are sacred. But you can't awe
him, Stephen Doughton writes in
Chamberlain's. You can, as has been
done, for instance, take him to War
wick castle and show him the moat,
the portculis, Caesars tower and won
ders that date from 900 A. d. Then
when he sees the broad rampant on the
castle wall he thinks what a fine place
II would be to dance, and he does.
Recently hundred Yanks on leave
in England made a two-day tour. They
played baseball at the home Of the
late William Shakespeare. Stratford-
on-Avon; visited bennington Spa,
Coventry, Warwick castle and the
ruins of the famous Kenilworth castle.
Just to add sort of finishing Ameri-
can touch to the tour they had peanuts
at Manufacturing Of 1t, peanuts at
sacred Warwick.
But lest the Yanks be falsely ac-
cused of carrying peanuts to Warwick
let 1t be noted that Harry Gordon
Selfridge, former Chicagoan, now
department store man in London, sent
up so pounds of the delectable goobers
Just to make the boys feel at home
while gallivanting about the castles
moats and ramparts and towers and
places.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
EnsIIshman's Idea Of a Yankee.


A lean American was monopolizing
the conversation at the club.
"Yass," he drawled. "I've been
about some. I've numbered on the
Mississippi, met bears In the Rockies,
seen cattle ranchin' out Texas way,
glanced round Australia, seen some
bush life an gold minin'.
"Hobnobbed with Indian rajahs,
watched bull scrlmmage in Spain.
China? Reckon l Jest have. Bin
anywhere else? should smile.
There's Japan, the Alps, Switzerland,
and that jest about finishes the Gu
b0Odle."
"What is his profession?" asked
some one, when the American had de-
parted.
His professlonf" said little man
who had hitherto not spoken. "why,
he's manager of a cinematograph show
In the West End."-London Tit-Bits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
STREET PAVING.

The required legal notice pertaining
to proposed street Improvement, to
conform with the provisions Of Ordi-
nance No. l3s. unanimously passed by
the city council at a special meeting,
Tuesday evening. appears ia today's
Press Property owners should FAM
iliarize themselves with every phase
of the proposed hardsurfacing of Main
street by calling at the city Recorders
office and personally investigating
every detail involved in plans, spec
ifcations and costs. AS proposed in
specifications submitted by the War
rem Construction Company. Main
street, from the east line Of the Zerba
Garage property to Second street. and
Third street from Main to Current
street is to be hardsurfaced the full
width, that is. on each side of the
State Highway strip on Third and
Main streets up to the point at the
east line of the Zerba Garage. On
Main street from the intersection of
Third street, on west to Second full
width hardsurfacihg is provided for.
From Second street west to the O.-W.
track a 24-foot strip Of hardsuIface in
the center with macadam on each side
to the curb. is offered in solution of
securing permanent Improvement OF
this fast deteriorating section Of Main
street. The cost for hardsurfacing |
this area and preparing the subgrade.
except in such cases where additional
material other than that now on the
macadamized streets would afford,
and required to FIJI depressions, or
where a surplus of material is to be
removed. is estimated by the Warren
Construction Company's engineer at
el9. 05s.0S. This is approximately
"a. 20 per running foot where concrete
cutters are now in place. and $500
per running foot in front of property
where concrete cutters must be pvt
in. Thus, If you own so foot 'front.'
age on Main street where the hardsur-
facing is to be full width. 1t will cost
you either s210 or $28O-the gutter
taken into conscideration--based upon
the engineers estimated cost. In
to this estimated cost, there
is certain characterssof work, such as
mentioned above in regard to addi-
tional material in subgrading. and in
cluding cost of labor and team hire
plus 10 per cent for furnishing the
tools and equipment to do this work
aside from the hardsurfacing. and 10
per cent of the cost upon industrial ac-
,ident insurance. gutter and curb con-
'truction. ETC.. that is grouped under
he head Of force account--foreign to
,ardsurfacing proper--but necessary
o its completion and charged for ex-
ira. However this should not be at a
,rohibitive figure and the contracting
company should be in a position to
give comprehensive estimate Of
what the force account will total.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
School Notes
Contributed. J

The elective system for high school
scholars will be followed more closely
than formerly, thus making possible
more adaptable work for each student.
Parents of high school pupils should
discuss with their sons and daughters
the course each one is to elect in order
that the secondary education of their
children may be most suitable for the
later plans in life.
4 Soldiers. sailors and marines. reg
ularly discharged from service, who
expect to take advantage Of the new
law. should secure the blanks and have
them properly filled in and mailed to
the institutions of their choice at once.
A few Of these blanks can be secured
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVE.
MENT.

Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Athena
has passed an ordinance. being Ordi-
nance No. ls2. providing for the I'M
provement by paving Of Main street in
the city of Athena from point 100
feet east of the east line of Fourth
street to a point 2l9 feet west of the
Southwest corner of the intersection
of First and Main Streets In the City
of Athena. and Third street from the
south line of Main street to the north
side of Current street. such improve
ment to consIst,of paving and of con-
structing curbs and cutters thereon
where there are now no curbs and
CUTTERS Plans and specifications for
such work estimates of the cost there
of, and statement of the property to
be assessed therefor, with an estimate
of percentage of the total cost which
each OF such lots, parts Of lots and
parcels of land should pay ON account
of the benefits to be derived from such
Improvement are on file in the office
of the City Recorder.
All persons interested are hereby
notified that the City of Athena will
do said work unless the owners Of
property shall within ten days from
the date Of this notice file with the
City Recorder their remonstrance or
their election to do such work at their
own expense and that if the said i'm
provement is made by the city the
cost IF making such Improvement. ex-
cept such part thereof as is borne by
the city, shall be charge and lien
upon all lots. parts of lots. and parcels
of land adjacent to and abutting upon
the portions Of streets, by said or
dinance proposed to be improved.
The persons interested are further
notified that applications for raising
or lowering the percentage of the cost
Of such improvement to be charged
against any lot, part of Int. or parcel
of land shall b, filed with the City
Recorder within ten days from the
date of this notice.
Dated September End. 1919.
B. B RICHARDS,
City Recorder.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
The Churches,
Raptist Church Services.

The regular services will be held.
Bible school at 10 o'clock, preaching
at II O'Clock and 8. In the evening
the union services will be held with US.
We will give you welcome at any Of
these services.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
The Christian Church.

Sunday school at 10; preaching at
IL. Union meeting at the Baptist
church at 3. Mr.. Burton's subject at
the morning service will be: Life g
Common Octave" You are most cor
daily invited. B. B. Burton, Pastor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

That Columbia college course In
Chinese certainly will make It handy
for those who lose their laundry slips
and try to explain.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

It takes two to make a quarrel, and
sometimes jury Of twelve can't set
tie 1t.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

The select circles of Moscow have
been enjoying an epidemic Of glanders.
which has contributed to the exclu'
sIysness d. ssid circles
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

II members OF the college faculties
had to dress as well as do the students
q 10 per cent salary increase would be
inadequate.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

The fellow who said that automo'
blles never would be practical didn't
know the fumes could be used to kill
rats.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Turning hand-grenades into savings
banks Is the next thing to making
plowshares out Of swords.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

t Attracting attention and then ap,
pearlng 40 be unconscious Of the fact
is an art with some women.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

It's not because the man who. five
years ago. was making $1.50 day has
Increased his worth $3.50 that be Is
now getting SO.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

One reason for the sugar shortage
may be the prevailing custom Of sell.
Ing fruit before 1t Is ripe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

No reform Is easy, but IL men would
quit staring, the women might return
to more modest gowns.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Again II seems expedlent to warn
The public that the fishing season will
not last many weeks longer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Everybody seems to be striking but
the ultimate consumer and he gets hit
at every turn.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Wouldn't 1t be strange to see NOV.
ing picture advertisement without
"big" and smashing" in 1t?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05
Camouflaged Philosophy.

Uncle SAM is advertising for sale
100 water wagons. They are much
used In these fateful times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

If Sir Thomas Upton keeps pace
with the times, his next Shamrock
will be a bliinp.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

1t Is prison for the food profiteers
in France. 1t should be the same In
America.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

THE replacement of women BY men
n railroad work may merely mean that
more soldiers are marrying.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

The English government Is having
plenty Of food for thought lust now in
the Irish stew.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Flying across the ocean Is In dam
ger of descending to the common
place.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

They may be called athletic union
suits" because of their agility In get
ting into the wrong laundry package.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

A conspiracy that takes the food
out OF the mouths OF the hungry Is
q case OF so high and yet so low.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

We can never feel that the war Is
entirely over until that extra penny
disappears.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Amateur gardeners see no signs I'm
dicating the army Of bugs and grubs
is being demobilized.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

The only fault that can be found
with many makes Of autos Is that they
can still be stolen.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

The housewife who sings while
washing the dishes is the real com.
munity singer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

The man who is unable 10 send
letter by mail may, still express his
views.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Straphanging In an airplane is go
ing o'be even more unpleasant.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Spending large sums Of money wise
ly on needed public improvements Is
the best kind of municipal economy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Some men write war history to
prove how wise they we're as prophets
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-09-05

Root aphlds care not a whit about
the daylight saving law.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18
NEED MORE BOOKS FOR SOL
DIERS

Miss Frances Jones, public librarian,
has received from the acting general
manager of the American Library as
ISOLATION an urgent appeal for books
and magazines for soldiers overseas.
Samuel H. Ranck, of the Grand Rap
ids Library, is now in France and at
his request a telegram has been sent
out from the library war service head
quarters in Washington stating that
by July first A. L. A. must ship an
additional three-quarters million
books overseas of which five hundred
thousand must come by gift. AS the
army depnds on us now our reputation
will stand or fall in the next three
months. Present Stacking in flow of
gift books presents genuine crisis.
Anyone having books should take
them to the public library, while those
having magazines to send should put
them in the mails just as they have
always done. A one cent stamp placed
on a magazine, will take it to France
and put it in the hands Of the men
over there.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18
EUROPE TO SEND
GREAT MEN HERE TO HELP
Many Prominent Military Leaders and
Statesmen Of Allied Countries viii
Come Over to Speak for
Victory Loan.

Fresh Interest Is contributed to the
coming Victory Liberty loan cam
paign by the announcement that many
eminent military leaders and states
men will come here from Europe to
speak for the loan.
1t is reported that the great inter-
est and support evinced by the alien
population in previous loan drives is
responsible for the decision resulting
in the speakers being brought here.
Felix ]. Streyckmans, federal re-
serve director for the Liberty loan for
eign language division in the Seventh
district, on his return to the district
headquarters in Chicago, after confer
ences in Washington, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"Many prominent Europeans will
visit this country during the coming
loan drive and bring the message Of
victory to their Americanized country
names ut this time. but they will come
through Washington after acceptances
have been received The invitations
are being sent through the state de-
partment, working in conjunction with
the diplomatic representatives.
1--WE want these foreign men of af-
fairs to visit us not only as an express
sion Of thanks to our own foreign-born
for their support during the war. but
so that they get first-hand in
formation from their own countrymen
as to the changes that have been occa-
stoned In their native lands by the
world war"
While Mr.. Streyckmens was noncom-
initial regarding the identity Of expect
ed visitors, II was learned from an au-
thentic source that some of them have
achieved worldwide recognition In af-
fairs of state. while others have leaped
into prominence by their spectacular
participation In the great war.
HELP FINNISH THE Joe."-
Our boys fought hardest in the last
few hours of the war and won the
great battle for humanity. They did
not quit us I'm the final test of their
bravery, and we cannot quit them now
In the supreme test Of American pa
triotism-the patriotism Of peace--the
Victory Liberty loan.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18
HOUSEWIVES ADVISED
TO PUT DOWN EGGS
April Best Month and Water-Glass
Best Preservative, Says M. A. c.

April Best Month and Water-Glass
Best Preservative, Says M. A. c.
East Lansing, Mich, April ID, 1919.
PUT down eggs in water-glass and
do it now" is the advice of the Poul-
try Department of the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College. Experiments at
the college have shown ordinary wa
ter-glass, sodium silicate, to be the
best all around preservative, while
April is recommended as the best
month in which to store eggs.
Receptacles Of stone, wood, glass or
porcelain may be used as containers,
and they should always be thoroughly
secured and scalded before the solu-
ton is added. Eggs which are to be
put down should never be more than
a week old, the best results being at
tanned when eggs are preserved the
day they are laid, declares Prof. C.. H.
Burgess of the M. A. c. staff.
A solution of one part water-glass
and nine parts distilled or freshly
caught rain water is recommended.
The water should be boiled for 35
minutes and then allowed to cool be-
fore the waterglass is added. Eggs
TIMES FOUR
which show a tendency to float should
be rejected, and all shells should be
clean and solid. Covering of the con-
tainers to prevent evaporation is also
advised.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18

awarded one of these medals. The
only restriction is that the medal will
go only to those who in advance Of the
drive are authorized to perform the
work of distributing the Victory Lib
erty loan among the people.
If you want one of those medals,
your Distinguished Service Cross as it
were, for service in Uncle Sans finan-
cial army, it behooves you to hustle
over and see the chairman of your Vic
tory Liberty loan campaign and tell
him you are on the job.
Some Of the medals have just
reached the Seventh federal reserve
district. A large quantity of, them
will be available for distribution be-
fore the campaign begins.
LEIp HEINIcL TILE IOQU
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18
india Tea Chests.

The total number of tea chests
required for the Indian tea crop is
between 100000 and 100000. The
timber required for tea chests is Of
q very special kind. 1t must contain
no sap that would corrode the tea lead
In which the tea is packed, must be
free from any odor, as tea will take
this up readily, and must be well sea-
soned, as the tea is usually hot when
packed, and unseasoned wood Will
warp. Examination has shown that
suitable timber exists In India In
large quantities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18

Treasury building, and on the reverse
side will be certifcation of the work
er's participation in the loan drive
Space is left for the name of the re-
cipient, to be engraved on the medal.
The medal will be about the size Of a
half-dollar.
Purchasers of Victory loan securi-
ties will not receive these medals, as
the bonds are intrinsically worth all
the buyer pays. However, those who
volunteer to sell the Victory issue TO
their neighbors and associates will be
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-04-18
HOME GARDENERS
TO RECEIVE AID

East Lansing, Mich, April 14,-Aid
for the home gardeners of the state is
being offered by the Michigan Agri-
cultural college in the form of in
structive bulletins which cover every
thing from plans for the construction
Of hot beds to comprehensive tables
giving planting times for all vegeta-
bles
"Only standard varieties which are
adopted to Michigan conditions should
be planted in the home vegetable gar
den," warns G. w. Waid, garden
specialist at M. A. c. A bulletin re-