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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02
TELL YOUR THRIFT STORY, WIN
"a a.. ., @$.-%' $500 7 fsa rs

Men and women Of the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve District are each given an
opportunity to win $25 prize, and
other prizes, the women to answer in
$50 words the query: "What is your
thrift story How are you solving the
high cost Of living problemq" and the
men, the query, "What is your thrift
storyi How are you saving nest
egg9" These prizes are to be awarded
by the Sunday Minneapolis Journal, &C.
cording to conditions outlined in it's is
sue Of March %. The contest is to run
for five weeks and an additional prize
Of SIS is to be paid for the best answer
received each-week. The final prizes
are to be announced in The Journal May
16, the first prize for women being $25
and the second, SIS. Similar prizes are
to be awarded the man. The judges
will be member of the Economics De-
partment Of the University Of Mime
sofa, well known 6nancier and a
third party representing the general
public. All Of the prizes will be paid
in War Savings Stamps and according
to The Journal, the contest is held for
the purpose of ascertaining practical
methods for lowering living costs and
for the direct application Of the prin-
ciples Of Thrift. The contest is open to
the general public and the rules are
simple. It is possible for contestants to
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02
ICE RF0RDlS ANTICS ] /
HUGE JAM AT LITTLE ELK HAUIS
GIVING PEOPLE SCARE
FLAT BOAT CRUMBLED

Residents of Little Elk were a bit
frightened Friday evening by a loud
rumbling and crashing sound which
proved to be a huge ice jam which had
formed in the Mississippi river, short
distance above Little Elk and which
started to haul at about o'clock that
evening.
The ice had piled up in some places
to heighth Of fourteen feet, people
living near the river stated. AS the Jam
began to haul the ice forced it's way
up on the river bank and good sized
trees were pushed out Of the way by
the ice.
In Little Falls Sunday, people who
braved the storm and ventured down to
the dam saw some unusual sights a. the
ice moved out. Large trees came down
with the ice and went crashing over
the dam. A large fat boat which had
been moored in the bay north of town
was torn loose from its moorings and
came down the river. It started over
the dam and for a time it looked as
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02
. FEDERAL J ! AID BILL
PRESENTED TO CONGRESS BY
AMERICAN LEoIoN-oIVEs
THREE OPTIONS

Land settlement, vocational train
ing or home aid, together with adjusted
compensation in each case, will be
available by ex-service' men if bill
which has been presented to congress by
the national executive committee Of the
American Legion passes. The bill was
drawn up at meeting Of the committee
at Washington, D. c., last week. A.. H.
Vernon of Little Falls, member of
the committee, was at the meeting and
was on q committee Of seven from the
executive committee that presented the
bill to the ways and means committee
Of congress.
Under the land settlement provision,
an ex-service man can get land in re-
claimed and opened districts in any
state, at the actual cost of such land
to the government and in addition to
this the service man would receive
$3.50 compensation for every day spent
in the service. He could also borrow
81 500 for improvements and 81, 200 for
stock and implements.
The vocational training provision
would give a man complete course Of
instruction in whatever vocation he
might choose, and in addition to this
$3.50 for every day spent in the ser"
vice.
The home aid section calls for the
payment of $500 per day to men who
wish to invest same in home. This
money could not be spent for any other
purpose.
The fourth proposition is a cash bon
us of $3.50 per day to any who do not
wish to avail themselves Of any Of the
other options.
The bill provides that the service
men shall have ten years in which to
avail themselves of the federal aid. 1t
is possible that it will come up at this
session Of congress.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

Frank Leibl Of this city was exam
ined before Probate Judge Kemp Sat-
urday afternoon as to his sanity. He
was committed to the detention hospital
at Fergus Falls and was taken there
Monday by Sheriff Felix. Leibl, who is
80 years old, has for years acted queer
~, although he has never shown signs
of violence or criminal intent. He had
Of late talked of wishing to 60 to some
institution and one day last week he
asked a patrolman to lock him up over
night.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02
POTATO EXCHANGE DIRECTORS
MEET AT BRAINERD

A meeting Of the directors Of the
Minnesota Cooperative Potato Ex'
change was held at Brainerd on Wed.
nesday and Thursday Of last week. E.
P. Nauertz of Green Prairie, director,
attended the meeting, returning home
Friday morning.
Various questions relating to the ex'
change were discussed by the directors
No action was taken in regard to selec'
ton Of headquarters for the organiza'
ton, this being deferred to a later
meeting.
Brainerd entertained the visitors roy
ally. according to Mr.. Nauertz. Or
Wednesday evening they were banquet
ed at the Ransford hotel.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02
win the $5 weekly prize and also the
t25 grand prize or the $15 second.
MINISTER
SSOCIATED
TURNER
WITH

A. P. Meister, former proprietor Of
the Ideal Laundry, has purchased a
half interest in the Little Falls Dry
Cleaning Company, owned by Roy
Turner. The establishment is located
in the same building as the Ideal laun-
dry.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

though it would tip over and tear out
the cable suspension bridge above the
spillway. When the boat was about
half way over the dam, however, the
strain on the half extending out over
the dam became too great and it broke
in the middle, and as it went crashing
down the rapids, it was torn to- bits.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

Henry LANCE, formerly of Little
Falls and member Of the local Elks
lodge, died at Sacramento, Calf, on
Thursday Of last week, according to a
telegram received by L. M. Thompson,
secretary of the local Elks lodge. Mrs.
LANCE died but recently.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

The Little Falls city band is sched-
uled to give concert at the high school
auditorium on Thursday evening, for
the Musical Art club, April %. This
concert was set for an earlier date but
had to be postponed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

Mrs. I. L. Warren arrived home the
latter part of last week from Minnea
polls, where she spent the winter with
relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest War
rem of St. Mary, Idaho, who had been
visiting with her in Minneapolis, ac-
companied her to this city. Mrs. War
ren's health has been poor for some
time. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Warren
of Long Beach, Calf, arrived here Sat-
urday to visit Mrs. Warren and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W. Massey, Jr., came up from
Minneapolis.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

F.. A meeting Of the Randall branch OF
the Teachers Patriotic League was held
at the Randall school house Friday
gvening, a large number of teachers at
tending. A lunch was served following
the business meeting and program.
Misses Eliza Batter, Susan Hough, Jan
ct Worden and Halle Carnes Of Lit
tie Falls were at the meeting. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

LEGION MEN TO BE ASKED TO
JOIN NATIONAL GUARD
A meeting was held at the city hall
Monday evening to decide as to whether
the attempt to get national guard
unit in Little Falls should be continued.
It was decided to submit petition for
signatures at the next meeting of the
local post of the American Legion, and
if then not sufficient number sign up,
the matter will be dropped.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02
VICTOR THEATRE TO BE RE-
OPENED

The Victor theatre, which has been
practically idle for several years, is
now being remodeled by the owners,
John Adams and J. H. Love, and will be
reopened in the near future and kept
ruiz ming.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

Ernest Chounard Of Ladysmith, Wis,
is here for visit with relatives.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-04-02

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
Dinner Stories

Hello, old mani" exclaimed the top
hated traveller as he clutched the arm
of the man in the shabby tweed suit.
"Why. it's Tompkins!" replied the
tweed suit man. And they shook hands.
And how are things?" went on the
man in the topper affectionately, as
they walked on together Il haven't
seen you for months! Who are you
working for now?'
The man in tho tweed suit sighed
loudly.
Same old lot" he said sadly; "a
wife and six kids!"
LecturcG for lying ahed late. the
farmers boy promised that in future
no would ''be up with the lark" The
next morning the old farmer came in
from his milking and found his son
sitting on the stile and singing as
blithely as though there was no such
thing as work.
why, you young rascal" said the
exasperated sire, this is worse than
sleeping. What da you mean by load.
Ing on that stile and singing at the
top of your voice."
The lad grinned.
why, dad, you told me to be like
the lark, and that's all he does when
he gets up early"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
Good Evening
BY Roy X. Moulton

Another crying need is for some
sort of salt. that will como out Of a
shaker.
Looks as though some of those small
European nations will have to stop
fighting and go to work pretty soon
PERSONAL PREJUDIcES.
/ don't think all the smart fellows
come from the tall grass. Some of
them stay there.
never go to lunch with Tas-
manian. / don't know one.
have a very good impression OF
Pittsburg, and in order to keep tina:
impression, 1 am never going there.
have one very dear friend, who is
a doctor, but ! don't go with him
much because / always believe he IL
looking at me kind of funny.
always read the dramatic critics
closely, and if they knock a show hard
enough / go and see it.
am sorry / can't use all the contri-
buttons sent in, but l have contract
which insists that write few lines
mys3lf once in a while.
/ don't know what has become OF
Georges Carpenter, Sir Oliver Lodge
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04

or M. Maeterlinck. but I manage to
snatch a couple of hours sleep every
night Just the same.
know lot Of good lunch places
down town, but they have all closed
up during prohibition.
Scientists tell us that the earth is
constantly growing smaller. In time
this of course will compress the apart
ments into smaller space. We wonder
what will happen to our present bed
room, which is so small now that We
have to undress in the hall and jump
into bed.
Villa is now in retirement with all
his officers, guns, ammunition and
horses. ANY time he needs his army,
he can get it by hosting a flag over
his hidalgo.
OUR ANSWERS DEPARTMENT..
1--WE answer all questions, no matte-
:. :. :. :. how difficulty =. -.
D. A. S-The lady to whom you re-
fer, Mary Pickford, is a screen star.
F. Nobody has invented a one
man top for fruit jars.
T. H. N.-Indianapolis was named in
honor of an Indian.
Mrs. G. F. D.-The ID. c." after
Washington, stands for Decidedly Con-
versational.
Reader-The tallest building in New
York is the Woolworth building. The
shortest is often the stock exchange.
G. B.-Hruzlezbrsckzn, Russia, is
pronounced just as it is spelled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
The Farm and
the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Porter Pike, of Centerville, secre-
tary of the Big Type Poland Breeders
association, judged the hog entries at
Dublin on Thursday
The attendance at number of re-
cent farm sales was very large. A re-
port of the receipts for lunch is al
ways pretty fair barometer Of the
number present, and when the ladies
OF the society serving can figure a
profit Of $50 up on their days work,
they are more than satisfied. Cliff
ford Howard, living a mile north of
Cambridge City, had a good crowd at
his sale on Friday, at which the Will
ling Workers, Of Pershing, took in
about $50. They also cleared SIS at
the Davenport and Barnes sale, last
Tuesday.
Low Priced Corn Months
With reference to low spot months
on corn during the past eight years,
we note that the low figure on the
record crop Of 1912, was made in De-
cember of that year, when cash corn
sold in Chicago as low as AZ cents
In the big crop year Of 1917 the low
spot on the December option was
reached in September, while in 1915
the low of the option was made in
October.
The first damaging frosts over the
central corn belt came Oct 9, in 1915,
and Oct. 6 in 1917. They came still
later in this vicinity in each year.
Making Alcohol From Straw
Henry Ford says that he is not wor-
ried as to the future Of fuel for autos
or tractors. He says nothing will
happen should petroleum run out; and
this is why. He has an experimental
plant for the production Of alcohol at
the Dearborn, Mich, tractor plant,
where he has extracted alcohol from
straw at a cost of s cents per gallon
in these days Of high cost labor and
expensive straw. He states that they
have taken 700 pounds of alcohol
from ton of straw. Furthermore he
says that they have demonstrated
that they can raise enough potatoes
on a single acre of land to produce
enough alcohol to pillow that same acre
for 100 years. The Ford, farm near
Dearborn consists of 10000 acres
| which makes brother Ford big farm
er as we'll as a big manufacturer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
Poland China Men Meet
To Arrange Sale Matters

The Wayne Big Type Poland China
association met at Centerville on Fri
day evening to further arrange for the
pig club show and an exhibit of Big
Type hogs by the breeders, on Friday
and Saturday, Sept. II and IS. Pig
club exhibits must be on the ground
not later than 9 a. m. Sunday. The
club members will get cash premiums;
the men will show for ribbons only.
Breeders Poland China Salt, Oct. z
A breeders community sale will be
held at the Walter Fulghum farm,
just west of the city limits, on Satur-
day, Oct. 2. Fffty-six head Of Wayne
Polands will be put up. Porter Pike
and Frank Williams made all the Sc
lections. 1t will be catalog sale
Lunch will be served before the sale
opens.
Wood Eliason will be in charge o!
| the sale ring. as official "ringmaster.'
Wood Eliason, Porter Pike, Walter
| Fulghum and w. j. Sanborn form the
| catalog and publicity committee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
A Shift in the Investigation

The decision of the Kenyon committee to go
into the entire political financial situation, indie
pendent of charges made by Gov. Cox and
counter-charges by Republicans, will be warmly
received in every quarter that welcomes good
government.
Most of us wonder why Gov. Cox has not
been summoned before the committee so that he
can be examined and cross-examined about the
charges which he made in his Pittsburgh
speech. None of his managers and lieutenants
has given the committee much a lead that
would tend to prove their accusation. They have
always referred the committee to their chief.
So far the proof Of the alleged charges
against the Republican committee has not been
produced by his associates and reposes with him.
If it is true, the proof should be produced; if it is
a campaign exaggeration, it should be exposed
by examination of Cow Cox before the COM
mttee.
The Kenyon committee, meanwhile intends
to sift thoroughly the statements made by wit
nesses of the two parties, in which they have
made direct or yelled charges about the methods
Of raising money This probe, it is believed, will
go down to the ward unit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
1965-Aprii II, lincoln's last
speech.
April IA, shot by John Wilkes
Booth.
April IS, died, aged SIS.
April Fl, the funeral cortege
left Washington.
May q, the burial at Oak
Ridge, Springfield, Illinois.

might have turned him back from the
threshold of his awful crime.
While the curtain was down between
the acts, the President and Mrs. Lin
coin fondly talked over plans for the
future when they should be free from
the heavy cares Of the White House.
AS they planned the travels they
would enjoy he said there is no place
should like so much to see as Jerusa-
lem" These were his last words. The
play began again and the assassin.
noiselessly opening the door, fired his
cowardly shot. Lincoln rose from his
chair under the impulse of the shock
and then sank back into it, his head
dropped and his eyes closed, not to
open again this side of that mysterious
shore toward which he had sailed in
his dream ship.
The frenzied murdered pushed his
way through the bewildered party in
the box and leaped over it's railing
But the folds of the flag that draped
it tripped him and he fell upon the
stage. Although the fall had broken
his leg, he rose with the melodramatic
cry Of sic temper tyrannis." Making
his escape from the stage, he rode
away through the night, but only to be
shot down two weeks afterward as he
stood at bay in a Virginia barn.
To spare the stricken President a
ride over the cobblestones to the
White House, he was carried to the
simple home of a tailor across the
street from the theatre. There his
giant strength battled with death until
the morning. Then the great heart
stopped and Stanton hoarsely whisper
ed, Now, he belongs to the ages"
The day that Lincoln died stands
alone among days. A war-weary peo-
pie awoke to continue the week of re-
joicing over the release and their vic
.. tory. In an hour the land was filled
with grief and rage.
No other death ever touched so
many hearts. Millions mourned a
friend. AS the body was borne back
to Springfield Borrowing hundreds Of
thousands along the way looked upon
the face which had been the mirror Of
a peoples sacrifice and of a peoples
hope.
At Springfield simple men and wo-
men brought from humble homes in
the countryside their tribute of tears,
rot to the dead President, but to the
good neighbor who had helped them in
counsel, in the field, in the forest or
on the highway, when he shared with
them the crust of poverty. In the place
Of honor behind his funeral car in the
procession to the tomb walked "Old
Bob" the faithful horse that had car
red him in his travels around the law
circuit. Above his prairie grave a
lofty monument was raised and out Of
the earnings of their free labor thou
sands of freedmen, whose shackles he
had broken, contributed to its build
ings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-04
Sugar and Law of Compensation

Not so long ago housewives were deploring
their inability to obtain sugar and condemning
the outrageously high prices they were forced to
pay when they succeeded in buying two or three
pounds. Their walls were heard all over the
country.
Today the situation has changed. Large
sugar dealers are bemoaning their fate because
the government will not let them divide the
$40, 1000 in profits made by the sugar equal
ization board. The board kept the price of sugar
lower than it can be bought for today.
By what process of reasoning or law the big
sugar dealers believe they are entitled to share
of this money is not apparent from their state
ments. 1t is reasonably sure that dealers who
have been hit hard by the decline in sugar held
the commodity in large quantities for specula-
tive purposes. They wanted to make big profit
and intended to gouge the housewife. If they
are caught by decline in prices, let them stand
their losses. No one came to the relief of the
housewife when prices went to almost prohibit
tive figures. Some of the dealers, of course, are
innocent. Wholesalers who bought for the
ordinary purposes of trade, and are now caught
with large supplies, to be pitied; but it would
be impossible to give them federal relief without
including the spectators who bought heavily to
unload at excessive prices.