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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
IDIoMS OF RHODE ISLAND
Peculiar Words and Phrases That Are
Rarely Heard in Any Other Sec
ton of the Country.

The use Of the word "why" as a
preface to a reply to a request for
information is peculiar to Rhode Is
land. "Howdo you get to Roger viii.
liams ParkT inquiries an autoist.
"'Why,' you go out Broad street." is
the response.
If one is accustomed to finding fault
with trivial matters, he's a "fuss-bud-
get" If in good financial circum-
stances he's "well-off"; if not, he's
"down at the heel" An unusual oc.
currence is apt to call forth the ex-
preston, II never saw the beat of It,"
AS expressing inferiority, one is asked
to take a back seat" and a limita-
ton of information is indicated by
'<for all that l know"
The %inelegant threat, "Ill whale the
life out of you," probably has its or
igin in the INSTRUMENTATION of vale
"a mark Of the rod. To "hang him
up" or to "shut his eye" are slang
references to obtaining credit and mot
by a long chalk" is derived from the
ancient custom Of st~orekeepers of
marking with chalk on the door of the
establishment the amounts Of the in
~debtedness Of customers.
There are many words and express
sions used exclusively by people of
p~reterit days, now seldom, If ever
heard. They have departed with the
toddy stick, the loggerhead, the spin
net and the village horse block. One
hears of the smelling committee
a committee of investigation-of "long
s%weetening" and a Sight" of money,
but It Is only occasionally.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
GRAPE GROWER
MAY BE HAPPY

fermented and fermented grape juice
or wine," the bulletin says. 1T is in
teresting to note that while the ten
dency up to that time had been from
wine-grape production to table-stOck
production, the tendency changed be-
tween 1904 and 1918. and more and
more of the tonnage was used for
wine and unfermented grape juice.
The requirements of stock for
pressing are so much lower than those
for table stock that a gradual letting
down in the quality of the pack and
in the efficiency of distribution was
noticeable in New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio during these years. Michi-
gan, however, built up an extensive
trade for table stock packed in four
quart baskets. AT the present time,
when prohibition legislation has cut
off the Old-time wine outlets, that sec
ton is in much better marketing po-
sition than certain grape producing re-
gions in New York and Ohio.
In O regions which specialize in
grape culture, certain well-defined
channels of trade have become estab-
lished. 1t is the usual custom in such
localities for vineyardites to sell their
grapes in wagonload lots to local deal
ers, or carlot assemblers at their load
ing stations. at the current market
price, the contract system being very
uncommon. These local dealers load
the cars and sell to carlot receivers in
city markets, who in turn sell to job
bers. Then the fruit passes to the
retail trade and finally reaches the
consumers.
Cooperative Associations.
Because of the firm market posi-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
70 Make Study Of Coffee

Coffee, from the green bean to the
sugared cup, is to be made the sub
ject Of an exhaustive scientific study
in a large eastern university labora-
tory for a whole year. The caffein,
volatile oils, fannie acid, and other
~components, present at all stages Of
preparation, will be measured, and the
effect observed of various methods Of
cooking, and Of treatment with cream,
milk, etc., after cooking. The chief
object Of the research is to provide
trustworthy material to refute the
claims made by enemies of the bev-
erage.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14

ton occupied by this commodity in tha
leading producing sections of New
York, Michigan and Pennsylvania dur
ing the past few years, local dealers
have been able to dispose of practi.
cally all offerings on a f. o. b. basis
by wire orders, so that consignment
has been the exception rather than
the rule.
cooperative shipping associations
have been found to be most success
full when handling crops of which a
few standard varieties ripen about the
same time. Thus they have proved
of great value in the grape industry
in Michigan and also in the leading
grape-producing sections of New York,
Pennsylvania and the Missouri valley.
The. cooperative association takes the
place of the local dealer. the associa-
ton receiving the grapes direct from
the producer on wire orders, to city
carlot receivers. An additional fac
tor, a national distributing agency
sometimes comes between the local
buyer or the COOPERATIVE association
and the city carlot receiver"
Relative to the future of the grape
industry, the government bulletin
says:
1.-THE production of unfermented
grape juice and of jams and jellies is
utilizing an increasing tonnage each
year and will do much toward using
the surplus left by the cessation Of
wine production These factories usu-
ally buy their supplies direct from the
producer on advance contracts, agree
ing to pay the current market price
on the day Of delivery. This method
of sale is satisfactory from the stand
point of the producer, and, as the de-
mand for manufactured grape prod
ucts at present exceeds the supply, 1t
is not unreasonable to suppose that in
the not very distant future the annual
production of grapes may not ade-
quately supply the table stock, and the
juice, jam and jelly trade"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14

across the garden while the fireales
Lit tiny torches against the night.
There was a long silence. and then
Laeta felt her hand was caught
tightly.
"Laeta, I love your
"No," Laeta answered gravely. s~This
isn't love. 1t can't be. OF course
we are friends. only friends, be.
cause"
"Because?" he repeated.
81 could never love anyone like you.
Oh, no., l don't mean to. hurt you
but he must be brave and daring
and"
II understand" the man said husk-
fly; Il thought perhaps-I know / have
nothing to offer you now"
She heard his crutch tap down the
garden path. She heard the gate creak
as it swung behind him. Then there
was silence In the garden.
II couldn't love him." Laeta told her
self V e and over again. 81 like
him, but he is not brave-just kind"
But Laeta found the evenings had
suddenly grown very long and lonely.
Across the high work bench Mr.. Jar
Wis smiled at her in his old gay way,
but when dusk had fallen he did not
walk with her down the twisted, mar
row street, nor did he stand and talk
with her across the white gate.
One evening she stole out again to
the colored rocks and looked far off
across the rosy waters; just as though
1t was another night she heard voices
behind her, "the summer people," Two
girls in shlmmering white were climb
ing across the rocks. She listened in
voluntarily.
"Have you heard that Tom Jarvis is
staying down here trying to get over
his Shock?"
mot the Jarvis, the aviator who
won three decorations and waF
wounded?
"Simply crazy to meet him-I hear
he's girl shy" their voices trailed Off
and Laeta suddenly knew what she had
done.
Tom Jarvis, her stranger, the great
ace, and she had told him he was not
brave enough!
She sat there very quietly sunk In
despair, while the waves Tapped
against the rocks, sat there until she
heard the sharp sound of a tap-tap
across the shelving rocks.
Laeta lifted a radiant face to Tom
Jarvis. Can you forgive me?" she
asked.
Then she saw his slow, clarifying
smile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
COSTS O TRAVEL

increasing during the last six months.
Tho Germans began the high charges,
demanding SIS. Then Austria followed
suit with the same charge and Hun
gary and other countries have been
obliged to make like charges. Because
of the huge revenue so obtafnab1e,
passports are severely examined, more
SO than in war time.
Under pretext of obstructing boil
shevik travel, guards at frontiers
ruthlessly turn back travellers without
proper vises.
Because of this unneighborly prac-
tice, it is difficult for citizens of a
foreign country to pass homeward.
Budapest is now full Of thousands Of
people who, under the new frontiers
fixed by the peace conference. are
subjects Of Roumania or Jugo- Slavia,
but cannot get passport vises home to
their tnerty. In one instance Ameri-
cans used their good Offices to get
vises for two widows, formerly
Hnngarians, but whose farms are now
In Serbia. They had waited eight
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
Products of the Vineyards Are in
Big Demand, Says the
Federal Government.
FRUIT FINDS new OUTLETS
Makers of unfermented Juice, Jams
and JeIIies Are Utilizing an IN
creasing Tonnage Each Year
Cooperate Handling Crop.

Washington.-Aside from California,
the grape-growing industry in the
United States promises o to become
OF even greater Importance than in
the days before the making of wine
was prohibited, according to an al
nouncement just made by the United
States department of agriculture. A
big demand has developed for grape
products and the Shipments of grapes
last year were the largest for the last
four seasons under review. It is even
predicted that within a few years an
nual production of grapes will not
adequately supply the table stock and
the unfermented juice, jam and jelly
trade.
while grapes may be produced al
most anywhere" says a bulletin from
the department, "there are, ii seems,
only a few districts where all the
factors of sod and climate favor sue
cessful commercial production"
1t is pointed out that the extensive
grape-growing industry of central and
southern California is not included in
the article, which is limited to sec
tons producing the eastern or Amer
lean type of grapes.
Michigan Growers Wise.
The surplus production in the years
between 1902 and 1908 stimulated the
grape-pressing industry. including IN
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14

If there was anything O'Shanahan
liked better than a man from Upper.
airy it was two Of them. Consequent
ly, when he became foreman on the
subway nary a man would he hire who
didn't come from Tipperary. 3
A big colored boy from Alabama
looking for work was told a good job
awaited him if he could convince
O'Shanahan he was a Tipperarian.
"Where are We fromT said O'Shana-
han, in due ours of his quizzing.
"Ahse from Tipperary, sah," an
swered the darby, his lips quivering
and his knees shaking.
"Washs your face, me good mon, an
go to wurrk."-New York Evening
Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
TREASURE HUNT VAIN

Then, the current rate in Mexico
was Approximately $40 a troy pound.
The most valuable of all Lafite's
prizes, the sevilla, carried only $780,
600 in specie.
Laffite's captured treasure, accord,
ing to the records extant, was buried
in three caches. Two Of these were
located on Galveston island and the
third on a Snail island to the east,
which was completely washed away
during a storm in 1929.
There have been many reports OF
the discovery on this coast of caches
Of coin or chests from trading ships
containing from $1,000 to $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
NEW JAf CULT IS RADICAL.
"omoto kyo," Mysterious Religion.
Proves to Be an Extreme Form
Of Socialism.

Tokyo.-"Omoto Kyo," the new '
t%erious religion of Japan, is merely
an extreme form Of socialism aimed
at the destruction of the existing So
cial order, according to Kakuji Kato.
a merchant who made a secret Dill.
grimage to Ayade, the village head.
quarters of the sect.
The leading adherents of the cult
Kate reported, retired and dis
c~ontented military men. He said tho
tomb Of the sect's founder bore 4
striking resemblance to the imperial
mausoleum at Modyamak
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
State Of Missouri.
Department of State.

/, John l.. Sullivan. Secretary Of State
OF the State Of Missouri, hereby certify
that the foregoing is a full, true and com
plete copy Of the twelve Joint and con.
current resolutions of the Fiftieth Genera
Assembly Of the State Of Missouri of tn,
proposed amendments to the Constitution
Of the State Of Missouri; also Of the tw,
propositions proposed by referendum petit
tions; also of the amendment to TIL,
Constitution proposed by initiative petit
ton, to be submitted to the qualifie,
voters of the State Of Missouri at thu
general election to be held oil Tuesday
the second day OF November, a.. d. 1920
In testimony whereof, / herepnto set m,
hand and affixed the great sea of tn
State OF Missouri. Done at office in tn
city Of Jefferson, this goth day Of Sep
TENDER. "a. D.. 1920.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN,
(Seal) Secretary of State.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
Extortions Practiced at the From
tiers of Countries in
Central Europe.
Price of Passport vises Has Been
Greatly Increased, Especially
for Americans.

Budapest.-The cost Of travel for
Americans in central Europe and
Balkan countries Is reaching extor-
tionate proportions through the tend
ency to charge Americans the same
price for passport vises as that of the
American government for foreigners,
which recently was increased from 81
to $40. If this tendency is continued,
an American In the course of a few
days journey, passing several from
tiers, may have to pay $50 to $50 in
8vises.
For travellers of all nationalities
however. the charge has been rapidly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
Marital Mistake.

The trouble with most marriages is
that a man always makes the mistake
OF marrying the woman who carries
him off his feet-instead Of trying to
find n who will keep him ON them
Los Angeles Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14
Mistook Monster Snake
for an Automobile Tire

Paris, Ky.-When Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Ross were returning
from an automobile trip, they
saw what reseinbled a black and
white automobile tire lying In the
road. Mr.. Ross got out to pick
up the sire" when 1t moved, and
glided away into the bushes. The
"tire" was a boa constructor, the
property of a carnival company
that met disaster in a cloudburst
near here. Employees of the car
nival company later captured the
snake.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-14

months to get permission to travel
$50 miles.
The office Of American High Com
missioner Grant Smith at Budapest is
daily besieged by hundreds Of people
who wish to go to America or to Sc
cure help to reach their homes In
Czecho-Slovakia or other countries.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-06

OF course, off-hand, it would seem
that the logical and proper thing for
the husband to do would be to make
his wife his business confidante, and
talk over with her all, of the details
of his affairs. To begin with she is
his partner, as much interested in the
prosperity of his store or office az he is.
In the second phase II she knows
just how her husbands business is
growing she has q definite standard
by which TO gauge her own eXpendi-
lures. Undoubtedly the great majority
Of women who ruin their husbands by
their extravaganza sin through ig-
norance and not intent They know
nothing of his business, and have no
idea as to his income,
Still another reason for a man tell
ing his wife all about his business af-
fairs is that it gives them an unend-
ing topic for real heart to heart talks.
The main trouble with domesticity is
that after couple have got done bill
ing and cooling they have nothing to
say to each other. But any man can
talk shop till the cows come home, and
if he finds in his wife a sympathetic
and Interested listener who Is just as
much thrilled over good purchase OF
salt Goldfish or, real estate deal as
he is, why they have got that which
makes them fascfnatingiy interesting to
each other to the end of time.
Moreover, in such conversations sue
cess is often born. In threshing out
problem with his wife in the quiet hours
at home a man often gets his big idea
that leads him on to fortune and fame,
or. it may be, as it often is, that some
intuition of his wife clears an obscure
point to him, and it is certain that
her interest, her belief in him, her en-
thusasm fan the fires Of his own ambi-
ton, and keep him tuned up to fight
ing pitch
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-06
In Case of Death.

And, at the last, if the man dies. it
is indisputable that the wife who has
known all about her husbands bust
ness affairs Is in a better position to
look after her own and her children
interests than is the woman who has
never been told a thing about her hus-
bands affairs and to whom all bust
ness is a mystery as insoluble as the
riddle of the Sphynx. The one can go
on if necessary with the business, the
other is at the mercy of her husband s
trustees, and only too often is cheated
out of everything she has.
Z The logic of the situation seems to
indicate that a husband should freely
discuss all of his business affairs with
his wife, but in deciding matrimonial
problems you have to take the per-
sonal equation into consideration, and
as Mr.. Perlmutter would wisely OBJ
serve, that's another thing altogether
yet, Mawruss."
There-are women who have a -hol-
low in their heads where the bump of
business sense should be; women who
never can be taught which is the bust
ness end of a. check, and who believe
to the end Of time that the way to
Judge of a stock, or a bond, is by the
| thickness of the paper and the ornate
ness Of the script in which the certifi-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-06
MILDRED.

Mildred is something Of a holy name
since II has heritage closely asso-
ciated with religious orders. Though
said to be of Teutonic origin. II was
exclusively Saxon In its early use; IN
deed Il may be said to be almost Mer-
clan, since its fitst appearances was IN
the family Of Kihe Merowald,
Mid was Saxon word meaning
"mild." and. BY the addition of 'trNth,
another Saxon term signifying com
mand." the feminine name Miidthrytn
was formed Because it was translated
10 mean mild speech, II was much
used as a name for gentle damseis with
religious inclinations.
King Merowald had three daughters
whom he named Mildgyth. Mildnurgh'
and Mildthyth-thus employing all YER
sions of the name then in use Al
three became nuns of holy order Inc
two latter were later ADDRESSES, one IN
Shropshire. the other In the Isle OF
Thanet. They were finally eanonlzed
In recognition OF their sanity lVes, as
Miidburrh and Mldfeda,
Thus Mildred Mildrid. or Mlldreda
las YOU prefer. came into existence
and stratchtway won great popularity,
In Shropshire aud, later, throughout an
England Germany adopted Mildred.
hut 1t has never had dettnlte vogue
there In spite Of it's supposed Teutonle
origin The consauantS We're too hatsh
for France and Spain, though the atter
occasionally employs Mildreda, accent
Ing only the vowels in the soft Latin
manner
Mildred WAS the name given to the
famous daughter Of Burleigh ana
through her, its place among Ehgllsil
maids was forever assured. Recently IL
was revived to even greater vogue IN
England and America and etymologists
claim that the record Of babies chris
tened by that name in the last 10 years
OF the i9th century, would be asIouhd'
ing and unbelievable
The emerald IL Mldred's talismanie
gem. Ii Is said to promise her keen
Intellect. charm. and success In affairs
OF the heart. Tha hawthorne, signify
ing hope, is her flower. "Wednesday is
her lucky day and her lucky nurn"r
TCopyright, 1920 by The Wheeler .-
dictate. mc1
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-06

Who Is this ,hat coz gh with a
sWlshinE OF silk "a rustlinE of fine linen
ana fragrance Of patChouh and
scented soap
Who is this that arrayeth herself a.
r queen and ghdrth through ilfe upon
velvet and rose leaves and masculine
hearts,
who is this that fcareth no man.
obeyeth no man. respeCteth no man
and is awcd by no mans greatness or
Importance
Who Is this thar wearcth what she
hketh, sayeih what she dareih. doeth
whatsoever she plesseth and Eoeth
where she liketh without an escort
Who is this that never loseth her
charm, never loseth her chic. and
never parteth from her vanity
Who is this, that gttteth the first
place in line. the lower berth In the
Pullman. the seat facing the diners. the
white meat Of the fowl, and the heart
OF the lettuCeP
Who is this, for whom mills grind,
factories groan and shopkeepers wear
their most ElitteTtng smiles. and before
whom florists and merchants and shoe
makers and miliners and hotel-keepers
bow down?
Who is this that goeth down into the
business office aud earneth mans
salary--or stayeth at home and taketh
mans salary away from him on Sat
urday nights
Who il this that alighteth from
street car backwards, sgueth a check
upside down, rorardeth contract as
Joke. and looketh upon an husband as
a cross between an household pet and
a cash register
Who Is This that scoffeth at rules,
laugheth at laws, Caioleth policemen
and weepeth before judges--and get
teih away with it?
Who is this. for whom an husband
slaNeth all day in the shop and the
office, and playeth al evening at the
opera and the cabaret?
who Is this for whom he weareth his
last years suit and luncheth upon an
ham sandwich, and smoketh Flor oil
Alfalfas." that she may appear as q
Bird Paradise, when she sitteth
amongst the women OF her elubE
who is this that getteth whatsoever
she wanteth, whether It be "a seat in
street car, limousine, divorce or the
franchise?
Who is this. that is covered with
Jewels and sables, and imported hats
and petting and flattery?
Who is this that dwelleth IN
feminine Eden. where man is but a
harmless pleasant. necessary accessory,
and woman Is ~
Behold, il is she, the darling of the
gods--the spoiled American woman.
Surely surely. men and happiness
and good fortune shall follow her al me
DAYS OF her life. and she shall dwell In
the lmelight, and sit in the throne
seat, and hold the sceptre, and grace
the magazine covers, forever
Yea. my tongue acclaimeth her, and
my heart eryeth: "Hallelujah' Blessed
be the spoiled American woman! Long
may abe reign In the land OF pampered
women ,p
For. verify. verify, my daughter
myself. am one of these!
Selah.