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Illg1 slll s ilo1hHoLE
on sThis - No. Sing nestied
y tlaAos Rssult y T. oMalt #
n AqV940sl ~ II

on whether ! moth makes u16lonI
lole q ( round hole when he sinks his
molaFs into the more succulent por-
Z Hon6 of dadRs last winter OvercOat Or
sisters summer furs, hinges alaw suit
n Justice Collins court, brought BY
IN Omaha store against Miss Jose
phine Hin of Council Bluffs. The store
seeka to enforce payment for an $50
suit which Miss Hill Is alleged to
have purchased, says the World-Her-
aid.
According to the girls testimony. q
week after she bought the suit she
found moth hole in it. She returned
!. It to the store. The suit was mended
and given back to her with instruc-
tions to wear it 80 days and bring It
back at the end Of that time II not
satisfactory.
Miss Hill testified she wore the suit
for 80 days, placing it carefully on .
hanger in her closet each night. At the
end Of the specified period, examina-
ton. she said, revealed not one but q
whole community of holes. She re-
fused to pay for the suit, and the store
took the case into court.
After one clerk for the store told the
court the holes complained Of couldn't
be meth holes, because any self-re-
spective moth eats round hole, while
those under discussion were distinctly
0blong, and after Miss Hill had made
IN exhibition Of the holes and another
clerk had suggested that Miss Hill
might have worn the holes In the
skirt by rubbing against her type
writer desk, Justice Collins looked
wise and took the matter under ad-
visement.
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SCHOOL. CHILDREN EXAMINED

Physical examination of school chill
dren has been going on rapidly sine
the opening Of the school year and the
examinations in many communities are
now completed.
At the beginning Of the school year
twenty physicians were engaged to de-
vote . part Of their time to the school
work. They have agreed to do COM
plete physical examination Of the school
children in their district and to do what
they can t6 control communicable die
eases in the schools. While most Of
these physicians are paid small sum
to do this work, the amount is in no
. way commensurable with the services
given. They have done this work be-
cause they realized the amount of good
that can be done for the school children
by carrying out the program which has
been laid down BY the State Board Of
Education.
The figures % far obtained on the
number Of physicelly defective, -ehil-
dre4 In the schools bear ont the 6nd-
tneJl Of last spring. st which time sp-
proximately 40oo children we're exam
tned This u 70 my, about 80 cent
6.t school children I'M rare
ars pund to have - 4 r. I I - et.
Nd of these could ~ a!1il + ~
t mt isnnds dsrtl II - ~ \.
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acoes Broke. in Vaudeville.

It is said that the first man to under
take to produce vaudeville in America
was Silas w. Steggs Of San Francisco.
who inherited 100000 from his uncle
In 1865. and not Being used to handling
money In large quantities. started in
to spend It freely< He went on trip
to Europe and. spent most Of his time
at the Alhambra music hall in London,
and launched project to start the
New York Alhambra." His idea was
approved by a number Of amusement
people, and he hired hundreds Of them
to.come to the United States. But his
money ran out and he left his party
on a boat in New York bay and dis
appeared.
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SHER1FF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
writ Of Lev. Fac. to me directed,
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner OF
Eleventh and King Streets, City of
Wilmington, New Castle County,
ON FRIDAY,
THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1920
at 10 o'clock, A. M,
the following described Real Estate, viz
ALL that certain piece or parcel OF
land, with the dwelling house thereon
erected, known as No. 222 Union street.
situate in the City of Wilmington,
aforesaid, bounded and described as fol-
lows, to-wit: BEGINNING on the
easterly side Of Union street, at the
distance of ninety three feet and one
half inch northerly from the northerly
side of Conrad street, thence northerly
along said side of Union street, fifteen
feet and eight inches thence easterly,
parallel with said Conrad street and
passing through the middle of the d.
vision wall between the house on this
lot and the house adjoining on the
north, ninety feet, thence southerly,
parallel to Union street. fifteen feet
and eight inches, thence westerly, par
allel with Conrad street and passing
through the middle of an alley between
the house on this lot and the house ad-
joining on the south. ninety feet to the
said easterly side of Union street and
place of Beginning. Together with the
free and uninterrupted right, use and
privilege of said alley in common for
ever.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Frederick DorrelI and
Helen E. Dorrell, his wife, Mortgagors,
and to be sold by
JOSHUA GRASSLAND, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, Del,
Dec. 8, 1920.
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Muscle Massage In Riekets.

As an aftermath Of undernourish-
ment during the war period, rickets
has become a common disease among
children in Germany. To stimulate
the flabby muscles Of these little pa
tients, without risking malfOrmatiOn
OF the softened bones, many curious
devices have come into use. according
to an illustrated story appearing In the
August issue Of Popular Mechanics
magazine. In treating the jaw and
neck muscles, for example, the subject
10 laid on an inclined board, while the
nurse stands at the head and manipu-
lates q harness Of two straps.
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Chamberlain, !, Coush Remedy

Now il the time to lay in q supply Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is
almost sure to be needed before the
winter il over. You will look good
while before you And 4 better remedy
for coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough or one that is more pleasant to
take. Il meets with favor everywhere.
Buy itnow and be prepared.
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How 70 be Healthy

II you would enjoy good health keep
and liver in good working order. tn,s
e easily done by taking ChsmDeIIaan,s
Tablets. These tablets strengtnen tne
stomach and regulate the nver ane
bowels. They ere easy to II sake ano
ost @';d ,nd ss.e,sa gentle II effect. lnes oo'y
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Indian Pilgrimage.

Fifty thousand Indians from all
parts Of Mexico recently completed
their week OF homage to their patron
saint, the Virgin Of Guadalupe. and
their pilgrimage to the shrine Of the
virgin. II
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30

In the world. Il has In it, factories
and machinery. IL stocks Of material
its railroads and other agencies Of
industry and commerce a vast acc
cumlation Of wealth ready for use in
productive channels It IL afflicted
with neither famine nor epidemic Of
;disease. and the regard Of. its people
for the rights Of each other Is such
that person, and property are secure
and every legitimate line Of activity
may be pursued without hindrance.
There is throughout the country q
business depression due to q multi
tude Of causes But the pause which
we are experiencing resembles the
pause Of a strong man while he read
jns's his footing and prepares Cor the
next forward movement. Most en-
phaticAlly 1t does not resemble the
attitude OF one who yields before i'm
pending disaster.
We are passing through a period Of
readjustmen:. a necessary reaction
from the unstable conditions created
by the war. Without knowing it, we
have been in a state Of high nervous
tension. We have permitted ourselves
many excuses. Had these excuses
continued we should have been
plunged into irretrievable ruin. The
awakening has come in time. We
have piled up debts not all of a
pecuniary nature. We have used up
some energy which should have been
conserved. We are quitting are fool
ishness and facing facts. And, with
the affairs of the country on q sound
and substantial basis, we can 60 or
ward and enjoy the assurance that
We are again acquitting ourselves as
Americans should. continuing the
building Of a permanent structure of
prosperity.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30
Farming in the Northwest
News and Notes q Compiled ~ the Grand FORKS
Herald
BANKER R G EMBARGO

Action by bankers of North Dakota
to bring about an embargo on Cam
adam wheat and livestock imports
into the United States il urged in a
circular letter sent out to members OF
the North Dakota by w. I. Forbes,
chairman Of the associations COM
mittee on agriculture.
The letter follows: lft v
fargo, N, D., Nov. %, 1920.
u To Members North Dakota Bank
ers Association:
The rate at which Canadian wheat
is being shipped into this country by
dealers is demoraliz!ng our markets,
The same is true Of the cattle market.
A train load OF so cars of cattle bound
for st. Paul comes in daily from Can
ada over the, Northern Pacific Ry.,
alone. The south likewise being un-
able to raise cash on their cotton is
going out Of the stock business in
order to get cash, and accordingly
dumping their stock on the market
from that territory also. In like man
ner the speculator who is unable to
keep up his margins is dumping his
wheat on the market for what it will
bring. European buyers are buying
under cover and the very nature OF
things as they now are put a premium
on taking advantages made possible.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
TO ORGANIZE

San Francisco, Nov. 30.-The frs.
steps in organizing vegetable and
produce growers in California into
cooperative. marketing associations
are under way under the guidance of
the state market director, it vas an
nounced today by Fred N. Bigefow,
secretary of the state market COM
mission, who said FIVE of these $50
Citations were bling formed. If.
These Organizations. with two. new
fruit growers associations and n of
poultrymen will mean an addition OF
from IS. 000, 900 to $~7,000,000 to the
California products marketed in this
manner and from 1900 to 1000 new
growers in the cooperative ranks, ac-
cording to BigelOw.
They are the Imperial Valley Vege-
table and Melon Growers association.
tho Coachella Valley Onion Growers
association, the Lakeside Fruit and
Vegetable association, in San Diego
county, the Carlsbad Vegetable Crow
ers' association in the same county,
the MERGED Vegetable Growers assoc
citation. the Fruit Growers associa-
ton Of Riverside county, the Cherry
Growers Of California and the Poul-
try Producers Of Imperial Valley.
Two Of these were formed as direct
result OF. disastrous marketing con-.
ditions in their lire this year. Bige.-'
low said, the Imperial Valley growers
sending only $500, cars Of lettuce out
of a 5000 a crop to market, turning.
the rest under the soil because or low
wholesale prices, although lettuce was
retailing in the east at 20 to. 80 cents
a head. Coachella onions likewise
suffered, according to Bigelow. only
700 cars out of 1900 being sent to
market, the growers v losing mon
eyt on. their marketed crop, despite
the retail price of three pos ads of
onions for Is. cents.
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looked into Michael's face with an
impudent laugh.

BY BRIGGS.

well, parson, what's the grouch?,
Are you the devil or an angel sent to
bring retribution? He ended with a
silly laugh that told the experienced
ear Of the young lawyer hat the
young man had been drinking
heavily. And this was the man whose
name was signed as Rev. Theodore
Brooks, DID,, on the tawdry little
marriage certificate that Michael held
in his hand. His heart sank at the
futility of the task before him.
Are you a minister" asked Mi
chael briefly. ,
Am 1 a minister" drawled young
Brooks. "M-w-m-m-mnster! Well
now that gets my goat! Say, boys,
he want t. kno' + I'm a m-min'ster!
Minister of what? Minister plen-
p'ten'sherry?".
did you ever perform a - mar
riage? ?" asked Michael sharply to stop
the loud guffaw that was re-echoing
through the polished corridors Of the
apartment.
"P'form a mirage, dye say? No,
but I'm goin' perform t a marriage
tonight 4 the dead wakes up in time.
Coin t. be bes' Say. boys! Got
i'm wake yet? Gettin' late!
Michael in despair took hold OF the
m arm n tried to explain what
he wanted to know. Finally he sue
ceeded in bringing the matter into the
fellows comprehension.
wedding, oh, yes, 1 member.
peach of a girl! Stuyyy awfully fond
of her. No harm meant. Good joke!
Yes - ] borr'wed Grandfather
Brooks's old gown'n bans. Awf'lly
good disguise! No harm meant-on'y
good joke-girl awf'lly set on getting
married. Stuyvy wanted t please 'er
good joke--!"
"a CHASTITY joke, I should tay, str!'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30
CHAPTER XIII.

Michael. as he went about on his
search kept crying over and over
again in his heart: ."Oh, God! Do
something to "a her! Do something
to save my little Starr"
Over and over the prayer prayed it
self without seeming thought or Volt
ton on his part, as he went from
place to place. faithfully, keenly. step
by step, searching out what he need
ed to know. At last toward six
o'clock, his chain of evidence led him
to the door of S%tuyvesant Carter's
apartments. d,
After some delay the door was
opened reluctantly a little way by a
servant with an imnobile mask Of a
face who stared at him stupidity, but
finally admitted that the three men
whose names he mentioned ere in
side. He also said that Mr., Carter
was in, but could not be seen.
He closed the door on the visitor
and went inside again to see If any Of
the others would come out. There
ensued an alteration in loud and
somewhat unsteady tones, and at last
the door opened again and a fast
looking young man who admitted
himself to be Theodore Brooks slid
out and closed 1t carefully behind
him. The air that came with him
was thick with tobacco smoke and
heavy with liqdor, and the one
glimpse Michael got of the room
showed q strange radiance Of some
peculiar light that glowed into the
dusky hall weirdiy.
The heavy-eyed youth who stood
braced against the wall uncertainty
~ 49,. 4+akAsfs. - &C. aTEsa4 ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30

Let US think individually and act coll
lectively for the best interests4oi ~ ali.
W.! not you send q telegram 20
the Secretary of Agriculture. Wash
ington, d. c., urging his influence
with the President to put an tmmedi-
ate embargo on imports OF grain and
live stock from Canada? II this is
done, the situation will be greatly i'm
proved.
Under present conditions we can
not insist on complete liquidation by
our farmer borrowers but we can in
sist upon a 1920 or 20% liquidation
and il the propositi, n is put up
squarely to our farmer borrowers.
they will see the necessity and adj
Visibility Of Nquidattng that much OF
their more urgent Indebtedness. All
the Federal Reserve banks in agricul-
tural district are loaned way beyond
their limit but thanks to our good
friend, Wesley Mcdowell, a move Is to
be made to have our State Farm Bur-
eau join hands with She National
Farm Bureau with an id.a Of getting
some needed legislation through this
Ewinser. Thanking you for your CO..
operation, 4 refnain.
Respectively ' H
w. ]. Forbes, Chairman.
Committee o Agriculture.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30
BANK SUSPENSIONS.

Several North Dakota banks have
been closed within the past two
weeks. In nearly every case it is
that the bank is sound, that
Tits assets are more than sufficient
ito meet its liabilities and that the
institution will be reopened within q
sshort time. Most Of the closed banks
are in sections Of the state where this
crops were poor, and in not a
flew such 3 there has been a sue
scession of poor crops. On top OF the
short crop has come the rapidly fall
ling prices for grain, and the reluct-
lance Of farmers to sell on q falling
market. Banks in those localities
have usually loaned up to the point
OF safety. Their funds r outstand-
ing, and they cannot make collec-
tons. The only curse is to .sus-
spend operations until more favorable
conditions car be brought about.
/ There is an effort to create the i'm
Bpression that the suspension Of these
banks is due to the enactment Of the
law 4cpOhAA6 IAE VOAA6oOVA VII LAO
part OF local taxing bodies to deposit
their funds in the Bank Of North
sDakota. The fact is that no imme-
4 late and general withdrawal
Sof funds from the Bank Of North
Dakota is anticipated, and the ordi-
nary banking agencies r both
able and willing to provide all the IA
Utilities needed for caring for the
Eousiness of the stare during the Pc
{ iod of transition. The situation as
Tt applies to these particular banks
S mi of short crops. low prices, ex-
ended credit and poor collections.
6 AS to the prospect tina. the present
legislature will, in a special session
Ito be called before the holidays; re-
peal the initiated law just enacted
Il hat may be dismissed. There is not
81 he slightest probability that anything
S,f the sort will be done. The legis-
4 ature can repeal an initiated law
aonly by a two-thirds vote. It is not
conceivable that two-thirds Of the
members of the general assembly
\ would vote to repeal a law just enact
! I'd by the voters Of the state, and for
which there was such a majority as
En- the cease Of this particular law.
] some OF the members of the present
assembly will not appear in the next.
Egsrhose who do would have hard sled
& ling il they had set themselves SO
Z .mphatically in opposition to the de-
Jared will of the people as t. nulli-
y the deliberate act Of the voters.
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EVENING EDITION.

ELEHsNINIfYEETrk NlSSN TFEhsNBstEaE 8g5Tp NEsI
said Michael ssternly and then the
door wal hung open by hands from
inside, loud angry voices protesting
while another hand sought unavail-
,ingly to close the door again, but Mi
lchael canss and planted himself in the
open door and stood like an avenging
angel come to call to Judgment. The
scene that war revealed to him was
too shorrtfying for words.
"a long banquet table stood In the
midst Of the handsome BON whose
furnishings were OF the costliest.
Amid the scattered remains OF the
feast. napkins lying under the table,
upset glasses still dripping their ruby
contents down the damask .eof the
|tablecloth, broken china, scattered
plates and silver, stood. q, handsome,
silver bound coffin. within which,
pallid and deathlike, lay the hand
hsome form OF, the bridegroom OF the
evening. All about the casket In high
scpnces burned tall tapers casting
their spectral light over the scene.
Distributed about the room lounE-
ing in chairs, fast asleep on the
couches. lying under the table. fight
ing by the doorway, one standing on
a. velvet chair raising an unsteady
glass OF wine and making q fabby at
tempt at a drinking song, were ten
young men,, the flower OF society, the
expected ushers OF the evenings wed.
ding.
Michael with his white face, his
golden hair aflame In the pickering
candle light. his eyes full&of shocked
indignation, stood for a moment sur
|veying the scene, and all at once he
knew that his prayer was answered.
There would be NJ wedding that
night. j s4l
us this another Of your ghastly
jokes?' he turned to Brooks who
stood by as master Of ceremonies, noe,
in the least disturbed by the presence
|of the stranger.
That's just what it u.s.. suffered
Brooks, "a j-j-joke. a p-p-p-pract'cal
joke. No harm meant, only stuyvy's
hard teewake up. Never did like get
tin up in the mornin'. Wake S'im up
boys! Wake i'm up! Time to get
dressed for the wedding"
HAS anyone sent word to Miss En-
dicott?"
.sen word to Mish Endicott? No.
I'd NOS they have. Think she'd
carr to con,e? Say, boys, that's q
good joke. This old fellow-don't
know who he is-deviI'n' all his
angels p'raps-he s'gests we send
word to Mtsh Endicott t come tn
4 e. .H a+L A
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30
THE BLESSINGS OF oBsouRr1Y.

4 The individual who examines a
sarge part of the literature of the day
nay well paraphrase an o~ft-repeated
aa,hrase and say Sweet are the uses
If o~bscurity." The man of high sta
ion must have an uncomfortable
lime Of it He must so ebout with
The consciousness that he stands on
81 pedestal, with every act, every word
End every thought subjected to the
Inspection of the multitude. Privacy
rs not for him. He must be about
he business of collecting material for
memoirs. and If he does not intend
20 publish memoirs, he need not think
That he will escape, for others, he
aaay rest assured, will come forward
E7ith memories of him, which will an
\ wer the same purpose.
The mar who divests himself of
i iathing and parades as nature made
Tim is arrested, ROBBED in a blanket
and hustled off to the police station
Esy the shocked policeman who dis
covers him, and grave and reverend
6xperts discuss the possibility Of his
4 tecovery from the mental alteration
s5sFhich has overtaken him. But we
Expect our .personages to disrobe and
s.Sfeyeal their very souls naked to our
\ z And they are doing it right
1 long.
3s$If the eminent, individual has nc
nought of exposing himself in this
tanner he may rest assured that 9TH
rs are preparing to perform the
~ssrvice for him. Does he order ham
md eggs for breakfast? The waiter
8lakes a note of the fact and files Il
way for reference. Does he declare
npatientIys that we5sare having rot
81 weather ~ The outburst viii be
sHscorded in some future volume Of
Great sn y Haze known"
ID Evidently there Is no escape. The
trent mar 8 denied the privilege OF
e.nE tua.his natural. private self
must carry with him At All time.
eonsciousness that he il being
Atched. and listened 10. and beins
rUpared for dissection.
R1essed II the#fot of the obscure
hey ID not hal % feel that they
naaking dteshSstre for somebody
n need haye NJ 81 Obligation
Zen tiaey ars teTnptsds TO ~ dieni.
Ss@SsfE gIME&=
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CHAPTER xxu.-oontinucd.

Lizzie sat in wonder. Almost fol
the moment she forgot her erran
watching this sweet girl in her lovely
attire making much OF her baby. Blu,
when the e had been brought and
the soft white wool shawl wrapped
around the smiling baby Starr said
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at the last minute, Starr started up
from her chair.
II cannot stand this, Mortie. That
will do for now I must telephone
MI. Carter. I can't understand why
he doesn't call me- @
"Oh, but the poor man is that
busy!" murmured Morton excusingly
as she hurried obediently out of the
room. Nov, mind you don't muss
that beautiful VEIL"
But after a half hour of futile at
tempt to get into communication with
Carter, Starr suddenly appeared in
her DOR calling for her faithful nurse
again. al,
"Mortie!" she called. excitedly.
Come here quick! I've ordered the
electric. It's at the loo now. Put
on your big cloak and I'M with me
I've got to see Mr.. Carter at once and
/ can't get him on the phones"
@ But Miss START" protested Nor
ton. You've no time to go anywhere
now. and look at your pretty veil!'
+, Never mind the veil, Mortie, I'm
going. Hurry. can't stop to ex.
plain. , I'll tell you on the way. Well
be back before anyone has missed
u.s."
, But your mamma, Miss Starr!
She will be very angry with met" I.
Mamma must not know. And
anyway I must go. Come, ii YOU
won't. come with me I'm going alone
Starr with these words grasped a
great cloak of dark green velvet. soft
and pliable as a skin OF fur, threw II
over her white bridal zobes, and hur-
ried down the stairs.
ooh, Miss Starr, darlin'," moaned
Morton looking hurriedly around for
a cloak with which to follow. You'll
spoil yer veil sure! Wait till I take
it off'n ye."
But Starr had opened the front
door and was already getting into the
great luxurious car that stood out
SIDE. srsH W.. & .a.