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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
HOPE FOR A GOOD CHARTER
RESTS ON GOVERNOR SPRoUL
FutiIlty Of Faetional Maneuverlns Should
Be Made Apparent to Revisionlsts
by the Threat Of a Veto

THE chances Of obtaining a good char
l. ter for Philadelphia were never at
airy time during the present session of
the Legislature nearer to zero than this
week when the little coterie of active
leaders who have been steering the bills
on behalf of the citizens committee per-
petrated the blunder of pnning their
faith entirely to the Penrose wing Of the
Republican organization at Harrisburg
and thinking that thereby they could
ride rough-shod over the desires and pur-
poses of Governor Sproul.
We do not know what End of promises
Senator Penrose made to Chairman
Winston and the few members who have
been confabbng with him. We do not
know whether he made any promises at
all, for that matter, except what may be
construed from their actions.
But if any promises were made, it is
a safe surmise, judging by the senator's
past performances, that it was a mistake
to accept them at face value where they
ran counter to the wishes of the Gov
ernor, who, when all is said and done,
has the final say and who, if he cannot
compel the passage of bill in accord
ance with the ideas he publicly expressed
at the well-remembered charter dinner
last winter, can, by his veto power, at
least prevent the enactment OF any other
kind.
That is the situation at the end Of this
exciting week of moves and counter
moves on the most important legisla-
tion affecting the destinies of this city
which has been considered at Harrisburg
in a generation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
Today's Quaint Item

MI. "A. Edward Newton has had letter
from plumber in Kansas, saving "Please
tell me the prices of old and rare books. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

Mr.. Burleson turned over the wires with
a string attached. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

Maybe the postmaster general thinks h,
made hit by lodging the strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
ASSETS


ASSETS
File of Congressional Record valued
lfor humorous purposes( at. 100000
Cash reserve. $0.26
Contributed poems, still good enough
TO use. 90
Contributed poems, not to be used
unless in emergency. y............ ~
Poems useless after July 1........' 81
Lunches owed us by contributors. II
Stamps steamed off contributed MSS $0.16
Jokes clipped from other papers. ~
Call jokes on collateral. ..........
Time jokes on collateral. ..........
Mortgage on Dove Dulcet's sense
of humor. .........-...... SO.Oo
Quips on hand re league of nations. 80
Nickel inserted in slot machine at
Reading Terminal which would
not work 1--WE have confident hope
of getting it out again with
screwdriver. unless some one else
gets there first) t)................ 5000
Vaults, embalming plant for puns
and other permanent equipment. $4,000
LIABILITIES
Lunch owed Mr.. A. Edward Newton $2.75
Duel challenges from manufacturers
of safety matches.
Unanswered letters. rs............... ~
in dispute, will not exceed). ..... $1.50
Tobacco borrowed by us from col
leagues, amount claimed to be-. $34.00
Probable lawyers fee in suit against
colleagues re tobacco alleged bor-
rowed by us. ................. SloO.oo
Reserve to cover depreciation In
contributed poems. ............. $1,000
Reserve to cover purchase of straw
hat ................. Sz.Uo
Reserve to cover expenses of night
of June 80. $500
All insecurities, IOU's from poets and
| other non negotiable paper have been writ
ten off the books. Regret to inform clients
| that the sinking fund shows very low visi-
bility at present and may even sink entirely
| out of sight. ..
| TOIGER McKINSEY, the delightful
l. Bentztown Bard of the Baltimore Sun,
used TO frequent Camden in his young days,
and often helped Walt Whitman pass an
evening gossiping on the front steps on
| Nickle street Mr.. McKinsey recently wrote
pleasant essay in the Baltimore Evening
| Srn recalling his memories of Walt, in the
| course of which he takes up the matter Of
| the battered plaster bust which is now lying
| In the backyard of the Mickle street house.
| We have several times alluded to this sculp-
/
moss of Walt himself. The Bentztown Bard
| says:
| The trl-.t, is, this was what was left OF
the plaster cast of bust OF Robert c.
| Ingersou that had been sitting Tor some
wears on the floor by the mantelpiece IN the
| little front room Miekie street. lnger-
soll had himself sent 1t to Walt, and hap
pened to be with him the afternoon II was
| SSn,,ght to the house, and unlocked It for
MIN and set 1t where he directed at the side
NJ the mantel on the floor. never saw it
moved from there while he was living but,
of course, in the changes and cleanings out
after the old figure vanished from those ia
yniliar rooms no one. perhaps, cared
enough for the Ingersoll bust to save 1t
from the back yard.
The only thing that bother5 us about this
q that the bust Ia question is that of a
heavily beared man, and certainly bears a
STRIKING resemblance toiWalt himself Did
Insersoll wear beardf We are told that he
did. In his last years but certainly be vaa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
Have you little copy of the peace treaty
in your pocket?

Statement Of
THE CHATTING DISH
At close of chatting, June 6, 1919.
(Member of National Humorous Clearing
HOuse)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

II the newspapers are the Fourth Estate.
would 1t be overbold of the colyumists to
consider themselves the Fifth?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
"NNOT THAT I'M WORRIED BUT WHERE RE M Y FRIENDSD

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

1t would be overstating the truth to
declare that Governor Sproul views the
charter problem in the same light as
many of the revisionists, who undoubt-
edly would like to go very much farther
thap eyen the fiSst submitted draft r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
LIABILITIES

All insecurities, IOU's from poets and
other non negotiable paper have been writ
ten off the books. Regret to inform clients
that the sinking fund shows very low visi-
bility at present and may even sink entirely
out of sight.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
VESSELS AN OLD IDEA
Inventors Had Thoughts Of Such Craft
Centuries Ago, as Ancient
r.. Records Give Proof.


Not In 1850. when Lord verulam
first made q vague allusiOn to the
z subject. but In 164S, It seems, was
'aArst rsenti0n made Of the submarine;
ant then at some considerable length
: in 'a'memoir published at 1.-The Brazen
SSerpent. In Faul's Churchyard." And
with 4his discovery comes another,
that the submarine, or ARK for Sub.
Hnarine Navigation" as the author,
John wilkins. terms It. had been tried
and found q practical possibility in
? 3he days Of the civil wars. "COrnelous
Drehte" had experimental with ''the
! c~Of1tftvanee." there In England" and
: sound 1T 6easible." There Is some
taNfg c~aptivatingly Elizabethan about
fills John wilkins. chaplain to the
Prince ElectOr Faiatlne." and his far
sighted consideration Of the subrna-
ffnessasaa ewar auxiliary. Londoners
aatendme Acqualnted with him one
March evening recently. as they
opened their Pail Mail Gazettes and
t1ipped into the contents. "COrnelOus
Ores,Ie and his contrivance' rouse
q tantalIzing curiosity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
Find for AUTOGRAPH Fiends.

The visitors book at the Hotel Ma
1estic or the Hotel Astoria, at Paris, Is
an interesting record OF the signatures
Of well-known men. Nearly everyone
who Is anyone has written his name in
one or the other and besides being a
proof positive of the universal illegibil-
ity Of the writing Of celebrities the
books would be worth their weight in
gold to autograph fiends. It has been
suggested that when the conference Is
over and the various British, French,
United States, Italian, Siamese, Jap
anese. Russian, Czecho-Slovak, Polish,
and other celebrities scatter to their
own places, the books might be put
to auction, a page at a time, to help
to defray the expenses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
lloW LANGUAGE IS ENRICHED
Quently Have Their Origin In the
Patter OF Thieves.

IT Is necessary that the language
~0f a nation should be refreshed and
strengthened now and then by the in
production Of new words and phrases,
and, M BELTS democracy. these spring
td.ross the soil !; not one of them de-
seconds upon US from the Olympian
heights. observes the New York Her
aid. Neither scientific nor scholastic
bodies ever enrich the common tongue
swith expressions so apt and full Of
alnesning that they gain immediate and
enduring vogue. The slang Of the I'M
.dergraduate ~collegian is pitifully in
sept aad meager.
For anything that can give a new
zest to the vulgate we must look to
the stage, the gambling house and even
to the opium den and thieves resort.
Returning soldiers will certainly bring
with them much OF the argot Of field
sHn1 trench of which 'cooties" Is a
sample. The word ''joint" as applied
TO ubiquitous and other resorts comes
from the joint of bamboo from which
an opium pipe Is made. dope" was
originally the slang term for opium
uhcxce dope" and "dOpy.' Innumer-
able are the verbal products Of the
gambling house. Among the common
-eSa Of them are -four flushing" keep
ling tab" standing pat" and down to
To 'give the office" or "of-
Vice" some n Is a very old bit OF
London thieves slang.
The cause of all this is quite ap-
yrsarent to the thinking mind. Persons
ssf education and cultivation nave a
Of their WI sufficiently
and varied to enable them to ex-
press themselves without going be-
You'd Its limits. Those who are lack
ing In education sometimes coin words
I'm an emergency that prove so express
gsive that they acquire general cur
.~~..,-.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
go ac
EE~ Stock for Belgium.

' No"Une lin Belgium rejoiced more
Nksr#Hy swhen the Germans were
snrven uAt than the small farmers
whose lot under the invaders had been
rnfxle intolerable by the constant req
! siAftioning Of produce and stock BY
ttAe .ereany. A British farmer, VINO
has lust returned from the wide agri-
scustural district around Menin, reports
sfhat the country Is now practically
devoid Of i've stock and that tillage
land farm operations generally are At
Il s~tandstlfi IN consequence. Efforts are
made by the agricultural relier
OF silies committee to replace the q
FINALS In that n~eighborhood killed or
.sstolen by the Germans with good Brit
ash stock and . first consignment OF
-sAaary cattle will be forwarded In tine
r.csurse Of d few weeks. These animals
~wiai, Il Is hoped. play a valuable part
Mn restocking the farms OF the peas
sauts ~hich 1ay across the path OF the
Hz3srmans In their march toward
sCalals.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
The Fishing Worm.

william Brake II . little fellow Nv
'aag In Eastern avenue. Birds. hshing
~worns, crickets and spiders are
1slraaee creations to him this year ana
Ne - not been fully able to deter
xnfas just what kind Of noises they
sunake when happy and when angry. A
,kew days ago William was watching =
<nelghbor woman prepare ground for
r0eWerx. An unusually large fishing
esVosn came to the surface.
AWhat u thatf' William Asked ex-
-11tediy.
THAT Is q fishing worm"
*Well. / thought I heard her going
-1fwoet.' stweet' . while ago when You
~commenced digging" he said. and ran
TO Tell his mamma Of the strange
acknowledgements News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
Occasional Observance.

We will soon be entering that joyous
period Of the year when MI. City
Feller goeth into his back yard gar
den to spade, wearing old shoes 0 his
feet and blisterS on his hands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
Notice of Stockholders
Annual Meeting

Milbank, S, D., May 10, 'l9
TO the Stockholders:
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the Grant County Tele-
phone Company will be held on Saturday,
May 81, 1919 at 1880 p. m. at the office
Of the Grant County Telephone Company,
for the purpose Of electing directors,
hearing reports Of Officers and for the
transaction Of such other business as
may be brought before the meeting.
j. Z. W. ZIETLOW, President
W. G. BICKELHAUPT, Secretary
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16
Taxes sorive Out Gstates.

There are, Of were before the war,
fuIunax Loo great country estates scat
tered over Great Britain, many OF
which have now been closed because
!. 70 the huge taxation. OF these sixty
emay Dc classed ~ private palaces. for
$500 required 4 stan Of from 200 to
90 servants and attendants. Outside
" the household servants there were
1880 men employed as caretakers for
~ grounds, gardens. parks, coverts,
nu6bufldlngs and stables. - Rocky
f6ontain News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16

~ LoNdonss s0us Tickets.
~ ninplifying the system Of tickets
~ London's omnibus passengers
2Nne q 100 tons Of paper pulp =
MI ssae 11secteds-Indlanapolis News
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16

Notice is hereby given, that the
foregoing resolution will be proposed
for adoption by the city council OF
the city Of Milbank, South Dakota, at
a special meeting of said council to
be held on the goth day Of May. 1919.
at eight o'clock p. m. OF said day, at
the council chambers in the City
Hall in said city Of Milbank. at
whi0h time and place any person In
terested in said resolution may then
and there appear and be heard. upon
filing written objections thereto.
Dated this 10th day OF April, 1919.
A. A. Blomquist,
NJ NNiHI-
Nj HNiHI-
-fHINK IN NIEAESI-SAvE--
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-16

-1AvS--lsaAaINI NJ HNfHI"
-1AvS--LS313iNI Nj HNfHl-
THINK IN u TEAEST-SAvE-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-04-10

gin at Mineola, Long Island; the mid
die western tour will begin at New
Orleans and the far western tour at
San Diego Each squadron Will be
carried in a special train of eleven
cars, travelling at night Nine end
door baggage cars VIII be required to
carry the seventeen airplanos in each
squadron Each train will be pre-
coded by an officer, who will select
landing fields and make arrangements
with local Liberty Loan committees
for the entertainment of the Ayers
The names Of the six great British
flyers are not yet known. However.
the United States Government has
been informed by the British Govern
meut that six of the best British flyers
developed during the war will be here
in time for the tours The delegation
Of eight French flyers has already left
France for the United States One
of the French flyers has record OF
forty-three victories over German ad-
versaries. Another made t79 bomb
ing trips over German lines.
Photographs of the Signal Corps will
accompany each squadron. They will
take war photographs OF each of the
American cities visited The general
program TO be followed in each city
visited ill be as follows: Two Amer
lean scout planes will rise TO drop
Victory Loan literature over the city
Four German planes will then attack
these two American planes IN the air
Four American planes will then drive
off he German planes and the flyers
will give demonstrations of aerial
acrobatics. Parades will precede the
flights Citizens will be able to see
the planes unloaded and set up in the
morning and knocked down for ship
ment after the flights.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-04-10
FLYING CIRCUsES
OF FAMOUS ACES
To TOUR CITIES
wARLlKE DEMONSTRATIONS Tc
BE GIVEN 5Y BiRDMEN OF
THREE NATIONS
DURING LOAN CAMPAIGN
Exhibitions Scheduled for ST. Louis,
Louisville. Memphis and Little
Rock in April.

The greatest flying program the
United States has ever Witnessed will
be offered in connection with the com
ing Victory Liberty Loan Demonstra-
ton Of the flying art as developed
above the battlefelds Of Europe will
be given 10 approximately fifty of the
leading American cities by the most
celebrated aces of the United States,
France and England.
Three flying circuses made up Of
American. French and British aviators
and flying American planes and cap
tured German Fokker planes will tour
the United States. giving aerial sham
battles and performing aerial acrobat
les over all the leading American
cities, under the direction Of the Bu-
reau of Publicity of the Victory Loan
Organization Frank r Wilson, di.
rector The actual flights will be
under the direction of the Military
Aeronautics Branch of the War De-
partment, with Captain Leon Richard
son in charge.
German Fokkers.
Fourteen German Fokker planes
captured by General Pershings men
have landed at Newport News and will
be shipped at once 70 Washington and
turned over to the Treasury Depart
ment for the period OF the Loan Cam
paign These German planes are all
in flying condition and Will be used in
all of the demonstrations during the
loan. The best types Of American
planes developed during the war will
be demonstrated to the American peo-
pie to show what has been achieved
as a result Of the generous response to
Liberty Loan Campaigns
Among the cities TO be visited are
ST Louis. Louisville. Memphis and
Little Rock in the Eighth Federal Re-
serve District
A flying squadron made up Of Ameri-
can. French and British flyers will
tour each of three districts beginning
April 10th The an stern tour will be-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-04-10
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. rs
they cannot reacn lie scar al the dis
elSe Gatarsh Is d tseal d. =eI>c. great
" influenced by Constitutional condi-
Z IL. ana Ia order - ere II you must
"a se al internal reiaet.. Halls Ca
taerh cure is takea internally and
ais .nrU the blo0t. on thc mucous sur
fu.es' Of the sysfeiu. Halls 6atarrh
Cam was prescribed 10y one If thn best
ptysi ans Il this = ant-v fer years
4 is composed Of soale of the best tom
its Known, eomblnal with some Of tie
tcs blood purifiers The perfect com
hination of the ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Cure IS wnar produces such
wonderful results ii catarrhal condi-
tons. Send for testimonials, free
F. j. Cheney 4 CO.. Props. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills for Constipa ton
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-04-10
LET US SHOW SPEED.

When the "doughboys" we're or
dered to go over the top and drive
the enemy from his positions their
speed and bravery and fighting ability
changed world history. Let Us show
equal speed when the Victory Liberty
Loan IS offered.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-04-10
OUR PRAYERS.
BY Jean Mansn Plank.

We pray and we weep with emotions
that weary US;
Ready to worship our heroes of
war.
We put them on pedestas nigh as old
Sirius,
Gaze at them proudly or cheer from
afaT
If we'd get in touch with Divine Law
mysterious.
Draw fire 10 forward our impulses
fond
'Twould carry the message to God
that we're serious
If We backed up our prayer with a
a Liberty Bond
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-07-19
NO TROUBLE, WELL HARDLY
ANY.

Is il the old case OF Somebody
lied;" The band boys are busy ex-
planning the trouble the Gazette"
wished on them.
4 lot OF wives are wondering just
what did happen. an amused public
is chuckling, and some dry ones
want to know why they overlooked
the bet
Both Roy Martin and Alex Phipps
denied the allegation and scorned
the alligator" when asked which
turned turtle and which traitorously
turned back. Martin confesses that
the sandpatch which NJ. J. King
treacherously placed by the roadside
caused him some inconvenience. He
did hit it and then the cement curb.
he wasn't knocked out, no indeed, just
blocked up the broken spring and pro-
ceeded straight to Reno with his bent
axle. no touble at all, we'll hardly any
except with the Reno garage men who
won't work on Sunday.
Phipps didn't turn turtle. Although
he did have some little bother with the
car it was right side up with care adj
the way.
Now who started the fuss? OF
course the newspapers are keeping it
going but the band boys are after the
the original guy because wives have
an insistent way, don't you know,
ard y it wasn't 50 why was il all in
the papers,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-07-19
Il. JOHNSON
Garage = Dayton
On the Msghwsy 70 csrse"
All Auto Supplies and
Repairs
E. JOHNSON, SERVICE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Summer Complaint IN Childrea

There is not anything like sol many
deaths from descasc now as beeDre
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
remedy came into general use. When
this remedy is taken with castor oil
as directed and proper care is takenas
to diet. It is safe to say that ninety
nine cases out OF every hundred Will
recover. Mr.. w. G. Campbell! OF
butler. Tenn. says: Il have used
Chamberlains Collie and Diarrhoea
Kennedy for Summer complaint in
children. II is far ahead OF anything
hay. ever used for this purpose
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-07-19
Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved.

About two years ago when suffer
ing iron severe attack OF Summer
complaint, took Chamerlain's Colo
and Diarrhoea Remedy and II re-
lieved me almost instantly" writes
Mrs. Henry Jewett, Clark Mills,
y. Y. This is an excellent remedy
for collie and diarrhoea and should be
kept at hand by every family
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-07-19
one Year

They have subscribed themselves
surprising. time relieve from
the luxury which have called and nhccuaey the
naggng That part of it that levied garments beyond
certain price automobiles bad but pennies
II the government is hard up has take
them for and candy picture shows and soda
limit be lowered and penny savings relieved
The President his SOIL
snd the price OF shows advancement people say the
mines and smelter will well keep up our
Shakespeare said with poor gamme fine
eepton OF the truth All that giters god We may also
say Not all that fails to glitter base metal