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New Britain herald., 1920-02-02
FLU" ON DECLINE
But I6 Gases Reported to Health Board Today. Making Total 3.3- First Death Reported.

In common with other munlclpali- ties throughout the country. the in fuenzn epidemic is appa rentlN on the decline here with but 16 new cases reported to the office of the health board at o'clock this afternoon. While the number is the smallest since the disease began to rage. health officials an dphysicians repeat their warnings to combat the sickness in it's early stages by guarding against colds
 The first death was reported yester- day afternoon after Mrs. Grace Neu mann passed away in Miss NaSle's Sanitarium. No serious developments are reported in other cases being handled by the local physicians. The total number of cases reported to date is 373 but as many of the mllder cases have been cured or patients well on the road to recovery, the situation is not as serious as the number would indicate.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-02

Grand Rapids. Nich.-J uhge C. W. Sessions will preside in the trial of L. S. Senator Truman II. Newbcrry and ljf others charged with corruption, conspiracy and fraud in the 1918 scn- atorial election. It is estimated that bout 100 witnesses will be called.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-02

Boston. Feb "A further falling off in the number of new cases of in fluenza in the state was shown by de- partment of health figures today. The total reported for the past 4S hours N71. was eSs by nearly 900 than for the 70 hours ended Saturday noon. Of the new cases 2l4 were in Boston and 627 elsewhere in the
New Britain herald., 1920-02-02
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FOI; S ALE-BeautifUl cabinet ma- hogalIy talking machine and rec
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New Britain herald., 1920-02-02

New York Stock Exchange quota tions furnished by Richter & Co.,. members of the New York stock Exch&nge:
New Britain herald., 1920-02-02

CLEARING HOUSE REPORT. Clearing house exchanges 727S74e23 balance 1Q3545213.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am not one
who makes many friends. Since my
high school days I have gone with and
cared for only one young man. He has
liked me too, and comes to see me
often. He has also gone with others
too. however.
After graduating from high school
attended commercial school, where
met a girl who has been my closest
friend since that time. We both work
now and have our lunches together
every noon.
My young man friend went to
France as a soldier and only recently
returned. My girl friend had never met
him until lately because she did not
grow up in this town but came here
to attend school.
Naturally I wanted to have my two
dearest friends meet and so arranged
to have them at my home for dinner.
My girl friend is very pretty and has
all the attention from men her heart
could desire. I never dreamed that she
would take more than a friendly in
terest in the young man for whom I
care so much.
One meeting was enough. The two
have been going together ever since.
young friend has not been to see me
since the night he was at my home for
dinner. try not to show il, but life
is almost unbearable for me now. l
really do not blame the girl friend for
what she did. She is just pretty and
irresistible. The thing that breaks my
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was going to be able to produce a ma
terial even as good as others already
on the market, much less fill the large
order we had given his chief, but he
also told me to go back to my desk,
look as pleasant as possible, and sit
down and wait. i
1--WE waited, and we proceeded to
wait all during the first year. At the
end of that time, since the fellowship
was terminated and we had paid our
money. we had the privilege of taking
our choice of two dement's. developed
by our chemist, neither of which was
worth manufacturing.
Our board of directors discussed
Ithe situation for two or three days.
We looked at it from every angle,
with the result that we decided to
stick. We faced big loss anyway.
which would never be anything but a
loss If we quit. And we were IL
months nearer the solution of our
problem. So we blindfoIded the
treasurer and cut for a new deal.
Then we proceeded to wait for
several more months, and finally in
credible as 1t had come to seem, our
waiting was rewarded. One day, our
chemist came tearing into my office
with his hair fairly standing on end,
and shouted, I've got iti And he
had-a new dental cement which beat
all of the products of its kind on the
market But that day was one year,
seven months and two days from the
day we signed up for the research"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
JULY TIE FoURTH.

JULY THE FOURTH.
like men and women, the days are born
They come and go and are soon forgot
They throb with passion and love and
scorn
And fiji a place in lifes tangled plot,
But few are the days in q golden age
That write their fame upon historys page
Here Is day that shall never die!
As that morn when Christ to the manger
So shall this day of an old July
Shine out to men with the light OF fame !;
This one shall glow in mans memory.
1t brought a message to all mankind,
It broke their shack1es and set them free,
It opened the doors to the human mind,
1t ended the rule Of all tyranny;
Tho little they caught of its meaning then,
New hone had come to the lives Of men.
Light was to shine in the places dark,
Schools were to rise on the barren
The son oia'o Of the peasant should make his
mark,
And live in land where justice reigns
Tho ours was the race that gave 1t birth,
This day brought freedom to all the earth.
Like men and men the swift days come,
And they fill a place in Hfe's tangled plot
And the shadows fab and the lips grow
Then they join the past and are soon
forgot.
But forever while flags Of freedom f1y,
Men shall keep this day Of an old July.
Copyright, 1920, By Edgar A Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
THE DEMOCRAT PLATFORM.

In the number of appeals to distinct
classes and groups of voters the plat
form adopted at San Francisco has sell
dom if ever been equaled.
To begin with. the League of Ma
tions plank is so constructed that the
voter. whether he be in accord with
the president or with Senator Lodge,
can interpret it to suit himself. And
the party is left at liberty to do the
same after the election.
The party demands revision of the
tax laws for which it alone was re-
sponsibIe.
On the subject OF high living costs
the platform says. referring to the Re
publican party:
It ragged against profiteers and the
high cost of living without enacting a
single statute to make the former
afraid or doing a single act TO bring
the latter within limitations.
This is followed by the declaration
that:
The high cost of living can only be
remedied by increased production
strict governmental economy and res
/ lentless pursuit of those who take ad-
vantage of post war conditions.
| Here follows direct appeals to this
farmers. the labor unionists. the wo-
men. the soldiers. the citizens of the
Pacific coast states and the Filipino:
for votes.
! For it's omission of action on the
prohibition question the party may bt
excused. Prohibition has been writer
into the federal constitution and NJ
! power on earth will ever take it out.
Its refusal to take sides on the Irish
question also is justifiable, since it Il
none of our business.
The platform declaration that, 9Th,
efficiency of the postoffice depart
ment has been indicated" will Gauss
a smile to spread all over the land
In view of the facts it might bette
have been left unsaid.
+ On the whole. for the people whit
like that sort of a platform, the plat
form is just about what they will like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
PARK AVE. NEWS

Weather Fellows wunting to stay
out longer after suppir.
Spoarts. The werst licking Reddy
Merfys father ever gave him happened
in 1918, Reddy remembering wat it
was with but not wat it was for.
Sissiety. Miss Loretter Mincer con-
siders reeding a p1ezzure but it always
takes her longer than anybody elts to
reed a book on account of always for
getting ware she stopped reeding the
last time and starting all over at the
beginning to be on the safe side.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN
It Ony Cost Nickel Once
o wat fun to go to the movies
And set up close to the screen
And watch the acters vile they tawk
And reed the printing to see wat
they meen.
Intristtng Facks About 1ntristins
PEOPLE. NPuds Simkins big sister Is
trying to Iern to speek Frentch and
wen she wunts enybody to hand her
enything at the table she asks for II
in French, witch Pubs says they can
understand her all rite if she points at
the same time
Have you had enything stole lately
Send for our expert detectives to
come GROUND and make a expert in
yestigation. The Lew Davis and Eo
Wernick Detective Agency.-(Avver-
tizement)
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heart is to hear about the good times
they are having. Noon after noon she
talks of nothing else The last time
she suggested that they were as much
as engaged.
How can I overcome this hateful
feeling of jealousy? I don't want to
be utterly small and mean. RUTH.
The following verse seems to me to
be comforting. Perhaps you are fatal
list enough to accept the philosophy
too:
Serene, fold my hands and wait.
Nor care for wind, or tide or sea;
rave no more 'gainst time fate,
For loi my own shall come to me.
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep. nor high
Can keep my own away from me"
1 believe that you will gain peace of
mind if you let things take their nat
ural course. This removes tie sting of
suffering. You have lost what seems
dear to you now so that something
else can enter your life. Trust that
greater happiness is ahead Of you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03

Apparently actuated by a hope of
holding California in the Democrat
column, the San Francisco platform
pledges the party to stand by that
state on any action it may take look
ing to the exclusion of the citizens of
China and Japan. Up to this time,
these countries have made slight pro-
test against exclusion legislation. ac-
tual or contemplated. understanding
fully that the several states are in
possession of rights reserved to them
by the constitution. It has been the
custom of the federal government to
hide behind these constitutional pro-
visions The party which undertakes
to make the United States a party TO
California's exclusion program is lay
ing the foundation for serious trou-
Bile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
MouLtor, Musings
cETrING A DRIyER,s LICENSE.
By ROY x. AIoULToN.

NEll1NO n I'M y AAAS . A1ANA@-NA'-
Real answers made by ladies to
list of questions in examination for
automobile drivers license;
Off your engine stalls going up
hill, what do you do?
Airy and start it.
On letting the car stand, which
side should be next TO the curblng?
A.-The SIDE that is nearest the
sidewalk
Q.-What should you do if the steer
ing gear broke?
A.-Go to the nearest garage and
have the man fix it
(Which has the right of way, a
car on main thorofare or car On a
bisecting street, when they approach
A-The one that gets there first.
Q.-What is the proper precaution
to take when backing your car?
A-Reyerse your engine.
Q.-What is the accelerator?
A-The name of something that has
something to do with something inside
the car.
o.-what is the charging indicator
A-Your bill for garage, gas and
oil.
Q.-What is the first rule of the
road
A.-Don't run into anything.
Q.-Where should you have youl
| license numbers?
A.-On your car.
Q.-what is meant by short cir.
cuit'?
| A-Going around the shortest way
| Q.-When the batteries run out
what must you do?
| A.-Get them back or get new ones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
Dorothy Dix Talks
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman WFkseE.
rem Commandments for Daughter

Ten commandments IOr DaUgnterS-
tn-Law.-1.
First: Thou shalt not abide with
thy husbands people, for better is a
two by four flat alone than a palace
with thy 'D-laws.
Second: Thou shalt not enter thy
husbands family with a chip upon
thy shoulder, and thy loins girded for
fight. Rather shalt thou come there
in as the Dove of Peace, seeking a
roosting place.
Third: Thou shalt not regard thy
mother-in-law as thy hereditary
enemy, but shall strive to win her
heart. even as thou strivest to win
her sons.
Fourth: Thou shalt not forget the
debt thou owest the woman who went
thru the pangs of hell to give thee a
good husband, neither shalt thou hold
thy hand from repaying it.
Fifth: Thou shalt not strive to
ALLEVIATE thy husband from the mother
who bore him, or begrudge her one
jot or little of his affection.
Sixth: Thou shalt not wear the
look of an early Christian martyr
when thy husband visiteth his mother
alone, or speaketh apart with her.
Seventh: Thou shalt ask thy mother
in-law's advice, and sit at her feet and
learn wisdom. for she hath taken the
Ma degree in the University of Life
which maketh the NJ. A. of a college
graduate bride to look as foolishness
Eighth Thou shalt speak words OF
love and appreciation to thy mother
in-iaw, for the heart of the woman
who hath given her son to another
woman is sore and aching in heI
breast.
Ninth: Thou shalt not forget thai
thou showest thy husband the quality
of thy love by the way in which thou
conducteth myself to his mother. and
if thou art tender and loving to her
he will arise and bless thy name. and
esteem thee a wife whose price is
above rubies, yea, above much fine
gold, and sirens shall vamp him il
vain.
Tenth: Remember that the day
/ cometh when thou also shalt sit among
the mothers-in-law, and even as thou
hast treated thy mother-in-law, thy
ldaughter-in-1aw shall hand it to thee
| These simple rules are guaranteed
to cure the most acute case of mother
in-lawitis with. which any bride may
be afflicted, for this painful complain
| yields to gentle means when drastic
measures fail. 50 try it. young wives
you who are up against the tear soak
ed problems of the ages-that O
maintaining peaceful relationship will
your husbands mother.
| Copyright, 1920 by the Wheeler Syndicate
| Inc.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03
Ouestions-Answers

Q. Do animals live as long in captivity
as in their native state?-T. U. H.
comparison, but it is known that foxes and
monkeys are SO fretful in captivity that
their lives are shortened materially, while
elephants, snakes and turtles do not seem
to suffer from captivity.
@. What is the origin Of the word
hooch as applied to liquor IN: n b,
uous liquor which was eoncoeted by the
natives of Alaska and named from one
shortened by the white man to '-hooch-' and
drink
Q. What is the name of the decoration
that soldiers wear composed of n cord
around one arm, fastened on the shoulder
a. The name of this decoration is a
fourragere, and it is an individual decora-
ton given to each soldier of unit which
q. Would you Dup please az Inform form me regard
ing the death of Mary, Queen of Scots
Was she beheaded H NJ s.
A. Mary, Queen of Scots. became en-
tangled in a conspiracy against her cousin
Queen Elizabeth of England. She was
brought to trial and condemned. and was
beheaded on February s, 1887, at Fother-
Q. Has the climate of any part of the
world changed materially Pc. r. r.
Gated changes of climate within the pas
1900 years Changes due TO man, suef
Of canals, railroads, or telegraph, have
only a local effect.
Q. What Is the weight Of Liberty
Motor and what is the weight of the wate1
it carries in its radiator, and what is it:
| horse power Il. I. o.
| A. The Air Service states that a Libert!
engine weighs SO6 pounds. the orse-powel
| is 400, and the weight or the water con
tanned in the radiator is "A pounds.
| Amy reader can get the answer to an,
| question by writing The Topeka Stat
| Journal Information Bureau, Frederic j
Haskins. Director, Washington. D. {
This offer applies strictly to information
The Bureau cannot give advice on legal
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03

After nine years of persistent ef-
fort on the part of the committee on
arbitration of the New York State
Chamber of Commerce, it has sue
ceeded in having the legislature of the
state of New York enact a law by
which arbitration agreements in con-
tracts voluntarily entered into are
valid, enforceable and irrevocable
This new law, which was sponsored
by forty-five of the most prominent
chambers of commerce and trade or
carnations turnout the state. makes
an arbitration agreement in a con-
tract, voluntarily entered into with a
firm in the state of New York. as
binding on the New York merchant as
it is on the resident of any foreign
country.
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thority he would not deem it proper
for him to trespass on the rights of
states by exercising his influence as
president to determine the action of
state executive. AS Senator Harding
expressed it. his desire for the ratifi-
cation of the suffrage amendment
does not conflict with my deterTnina-
ton that could not with propriety
attempt to force any state executive
to hasten action in violation of his
own sense of duty. There IS a point
at which full executive authority may
approach and trespass on the right of
states, and I should not want TO tres
Ass If I bore the commission. of au-
thority."
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THE FEDERAL TAX DRIVE.

A short time ago the bureau, of in
ternal revenue announced that it was
about to start drive for the fcollec-
ton of taxes due the government and
being held out. Apparently the drive
is under way and the methods that are
being pursued bring a vigorous pro-
test from Barney Sheridan, Democrat,
who in his Western Spirit says:
Tax inquisitions by the Democratic
administration are too rigid. It's
hard enough for the Democratic party
to carry the burden of war taxation
without the extreme measures adopt
ed by the commissioner of internal
revenue, or by some chiefs under him.
Kansas is overdone by deputies who,
following orders from chiefs in Wash
ington, are becoming obnoxious be-
cause of their unreasonable prying
into things generally. and their hound
ing of business men. And in other
states it's about the same as in Kan
sas.
President Wilson, or some member
of his cabinet. would render a whole
some service to the people and to the
Democratic party by calling a. halt on
the overzealous policy of the internal
revenue department. II something
like this isn't done, there won't be
enough Democrats in the next con-
gress to hold a respectable wake.
No reflection is meant or Collector
| Pepperell, of Kansas. who is one of
the fairest public officials in office
today. He obeys orders as every Of
ficer, high and low, must do, and he
| is not over exacting, or oppressive.
The trouble comes from Washington.
| Apparently the commissioner of in
ternal revenue has concluded that the
main business of the Wilson admins
tration is to grab everybody and ev-
/ erything that the law doesn't prevent
| him from grabbing. instead of grab
| bling only what the law authorizes and
/ directs. Seemingly he has inaugu-
rated a system of 'tax-drives'' for the
purpose of gathering in money right
| left and six, thru inquisitions, threats
compromises and none knows what all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03

1t is doubtful that any large number
of American women can be induced to
vote the Democrat ticket merely be-
cause ratification is completed by 8
Democrat state as suggested by Pres
ident Wilson and the San Francisco
convention. When approached by
leaders of the suffrage movement as
to his attitude toward the suffrage
question, Senator Harding called at
tention to the fact that his own vote
as a senator had been recorded in IA
ver of the suffrage amendment He
also said that nothing would please
him more than to have ratification
made effective in time to give Amer
lean womanhood full participation in
the election next November But he
also informed the suffrage leaders that
II he were vested with executive au-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03

Commodity prices are tending lower,
but the decline has not been impor-
tant yet. Price cutting is gradually
reducing living expenses. so far as
merchandise values are concerned.
An immense amount of merchandise
has been marketed during the past
month thru tie organization of special
sales for the purpose of reducing GER
tain stocks. notably clothing and
shoes. There has been also a general
movement by retail merchants to low
er prices to a level at which the pub
lie would purchase freely. This effort
has been largely successful The
probability IS that the downward
trend will continue and that the ten
dency from low on will favor lower
prices all around. This does not
mean. however. that the reductions
win come at once; on the contrary
tbs process is likely to be long drawn
out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03

The prolonged cheers for President
Wilson at San Francisco probably
were delivered by his political ap-
pointees.. It is inconceivable that
there was genuine sentiment and ad-
miration for the man. He is not the
sort to inspire such feelings. He is
too cold bIooded. Who has forgot
ten his midnight order to the navy to
take Vera Cruz; an order which was
carried out with the loss of many
American lives and one which never
has been justified. The order to get
Villa was another Of the same kind.
kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-03

The world appears to be in the grip
of a paper shortage without parallel
in recent years. This is reflected by
the present price of newsprint paper
IN Sweden. Swedish operators are re-
ceiving $34S a ton for their product.
They were glad to get s1S7 in Novem-
Der, 1919. Such prices are said to
have stimulated production to 3
marked degree. Probably it will be a
long time before we again hear about
the products of cheap European labor
coming into competition with Amerl-
can goods.