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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-15
THE FUTILE CO., Publishers
Rutland, Vt.
Agent Wanted in Every Town

CUT THIS QUIT IS WORTH MONEY
DON'T MISS THIS Cut out this slfI
Sheffield Ave, Chicago. fll.. writing your
name and address clearly. You will No.
ceive in return a trial package contain
ing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. for
coughs, colds and Group. Foley Kidney
Pills and Foley Cathartio Tablets. For
Sale by John w. Thurston. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-15

Fer Sale-Small Piss. and
Shoats, One young Boar, yeunr
Brood Sows, some to farew ear
ly. Must sell at once for want
of room. w. H. Gardner, Is
land Pond, VT, Tel 1921.
tc Oh
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-15

Entered at the Post Office ut
Island Pond, Vermont, as second
class mail matter. p.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-15
Wanted, Lost, Sale, Etc.

Wanted-Agents for IslsaA
Pond and vicinity. Good pre-
position. Previous experissee
unnecessary. Free School e
instruction. Address Masss-
husetts Bonding and Insurance
Company, Accident and Health
Department, Saginaw, Miehi-
isan. Capital $1,500,00o.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-01-15

Report of Every Town. in. tho
State
Omcors and Business Directory
Justices-firo Wsrdcns
Tax Rste-Grand List-Lissnse ySk>
Mail and Stage Facilities
Standard Features
Farmers Monthly Almanas
state and County Onieors
District Health Oficsrs
Fish and Game Laws
Church Information
Every Business Recorded
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Vigorous Men
and w omen are
In Demand

If YOUR ambition has left YOU. your
happiness has gone forever unless you
take advantage of John Coleman, I. II.
GrieSt d Co.'S magnificent offer to re-
fund your money on the first box pur'
chased If Wendcll's Pills Ambition
Brand. do not put your system in fine
condition and give you the energy and
vIgOr you have lost.
Be ambitious, be strong, be vigorous.
Bring the ruddy glow Of health TO your
cheeks and The right sparkle 10 your
eyes.
Wendell'S Pills. Ambition Brand, the
great nerve tonic, are splendid for that
tired feeling. nervous troubles, head.
aches, rcs,lcSsness. trembling, mental
depression, sleeplesSncsS, nervous In
digestion. and loss of appetite.
You take them with this understand
ing that In TWO days you will feet bet
ter. In a week you will feel fine or aft
cr taking one box. if not benefited, the
druggist will refund the price OF the
box.
Re sure and get Il 60 cent box today
and get out Of TIA" rut. Remember
John Coleman, c. II. GrieSt & Co, and
dealers everywhere are authorized 10
guarantee them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
MISS HELEN LOWE
TAKEN BY DEATH
Relen Lowe Taken BY Death

Miss Helen Lowe. we'll known young
lady Of McMechen. died Thursday morn
ing At :l:45 o'clock at the ONO valley
General hospital. after an Illness en-
tending over a year.
The deceased was in her twenty-hFst
year, and As. the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. r. Lowe of Seventh and
Marshall street, McM"chcn.. She leaves
her parents. one sI$l"r Miss Mildred,
and one brOihcr, Robert.
She had been suffering for over a
ycar with tuberculosis and had been at
:hr qtnt" sanitarium at Terra Alta. un-
I'll the Christmas holidays When she re-
turned homo for u visit. MhI!r at hone
she. suffered an attack OF appendicitis
and was taken TO tho Glendale Hospital
where she stayed until about two weeks
ogo. Wednesday afternoon Sh" TOOK
seriously i'll and was Immediately taken
to- The ONO Valley hospital. where she
passed away yesterday morning.
Tho deceased was one OF tn" best
liked girls IN Mci;cChen and had many
friends. She was graduate OF the
MrMcchcr High school and m"mp"r
of the McMcChen church of God. AS IL
was thought she was improving news
or her death will come a. severe
shock to her many friends.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
st. GAINESVILLE
Belmont County Seat News
Probate Court.

Ralph G!amanEcli. admir-, IS. Mari"
TurSIu "A minor ct al. Petition 10 sell
real estate To pay debts, affidavit. pre-
cipc for summons and affidavit to OBJ
tain service by publication flied. sum-
mons ordered and ISSUED 10 sheriff Of
belmont county for d"f"ndHu', Tn"
belmont Savings and Loan GO. sum
mons with copy OF petition for N"rN'""
without the state upon defendant Marie
TurSiuo. Il minor ordered and issued 10
sh'r!ff Of Belmont county, OHIO.
Petition to sell real estate IN pay
debts. afta.davit. prccip" for summons
and affidavit /" obtain service by publ
cation filed. Summons ordered and -
sued to sheriff Of belmont county. -.
Continued
Joseph l.. oliver. incompetent. tau~"
continued for hearing on March 20. l'-".
at 10 Il. III. Alias notices ordered and -
sued and cause continued.
Henry Kuwlc>. dec. Proof Of pub
licutiou OF motto" ot appointment med,
approved und ordered recorded.
=. T. Nnrtlug. dee Application Md
for appointment, If admrN. with vii,
Annexed Eund $1,000 lilrd and approved.
Nppuu'mrnt. letters ordered and issued.
Inventory ordered and ISSUED.
James II. cooper. doc. ArplirAtiCn
nIrd for appointment ~ executor. li"nA
$1,000 Hlcd and Approved appointment
madc. letters ordered and :@su"d.
Robbery II. Ec,k, dec. Inventor! hled.
appruyrJ and ordered recorded.
Louis ]. GourmaslIc. dec. inventory
liIcd. approx ed and ordered r,rurucd.
Robert Irwin, doc. order "t rrlNai"
sal" of personal property returned "Hl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Mrs. A. c. Whitaker TO
Preside at white" Meet

White sulphur Springs will turn
from gaycty and fashion to a consider
alton Of social service work for girls
of the world Sunday night, March 2lEi.
in one of the final meetings IN the
World service campaign Of the Y. W. {
\. which will be held at Grcrnbrl""
hotel.
Mrs. Albert c. Whitaker. Of Wheeling.
chairman of tho campaign IN this state.
Is arranging the meeting and viii PC,
sent the speaker. who IL Mrs. Niliihn
Adams Brown. Of New York city. found
or and first vice president Of the Wont
ans Cosmopolitan club 81 New York.
former vice president Of the New York
Society Of Colonial Danes and first
president Of the Woman's Land Army
OF America.
Miss Mary Fair. campaign worker !r
this state, and Miss Evelyn Hooker, IT
Cincinnati. Ohio. campaign director
will be present at the meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
MANNlNGTON

Clyd" Hess. OF IlarksDurG. was called
{" this city today on account IF tn"
serious illness If his brother, Clinton
Hess.
Dr. W e. Fleming. president Of til"
Wesleyan college. n Euckhaunun. has
returned home after spending some time
with his FRIEND. Rev. John Bcddo~.
Mr.. ana Mrs Arthur H. Smith have
returned to rE'jr HON" ~ lSurkhann"n
after spending several days at the lat
r"r's HON" here.
Miss Nrth .Tmn carter has returned
after spending a l"w days at her home
in Wheeling.
Mr.. Jack Mccar"m has returned 10
hiN home in Bn'l"r. Pa. after spending
a few days hcIr with friends.
Howard Coleman was business Wis
itur in GnarkshurE yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. {. Alder "f liaiu
cry, Ohio. ar" visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Ear Alder on Dancer avenue.
Miss Lizzie Hartley - improving
.afI,g =, severe illness.
t. y raul was n business visitor IN
Wheeling tn" nrst oi tn" wr"k.
MIR. md Mrs. y T.. JoillfTc ha|" re-
turned from few days visit IN Wheel
ing.
T. +. Mead has returned to ;hc Texas
oil fields after ii visit with his family
here
MIR. and Mrs rcllN MriEh"n have re-
turned from a visit With relatives in
Muundsvll".
Mrs. W J. Uumr~. &C St"ub"nyiii'.
l., The gust II relatives On ElarkSourR
street.
Mrs. T. G. Smith and family "
ClarkshurE. are visiting at Ia" f'rm"r :
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
WEST VIRGINIA
S.S.CONVENT|ON

Plans arc now under way for the CT
tcrlainm,rt Of the many visitors who
will be in this city May i. ~ and 20 L"
take part III the stat" Sunday school
convention Muundsvjllc is greatly
honorcd by this convention being held
here and the local people should help rs
much as possible. Plans are being
made for the accommodation Of about
1000 people and II VIII be necessary for
some to he cared for in private homes.
as all cannot ne Accommodated m the
hotels and restaurants. Tho general
committee. which is composed "r NOM
hers Of local Sunday schools, Will meet
next Sunday afternoon at O'Clock in
the Firs: NJ. L. church to make further
plans.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Mrs. Gait Says There
Will Be No WOman'S Party

wII.MINGTON. Del. March Is
Fifteen hundred women crowded the
ball room Of the Hotel Dupont tonight
to hear Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait speak
under the auspices OF the Delaware
equal suffrage association. Regard
loss OF their gowns. many who wcrr
unable TO obtain seats sat on the floor
and seats and window rccesscs. Mrs,
Gait declared there would be no wo-
mans party when the vote Is obtained
but that the feminine voters would
merge into the existing parties TO vote
as their good sense dictated.
William G.. McAdoo formerly sccr"-
tary Of the treasury who WAS TO hav'
been ono. Of the speakers, was detained
by n severe attack of bronchitis.
Congressman Simon y. Fcss, Ropuh
lican. Ohio. denied that politics arc not
clean. but said that If there is any
truth in the charge. he expects women
TO do a thorough job or cleaning.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
LEG BROKEN WHEN
CYCLE HITS AUTO

Fred Eu~". aK'd q years. who resides
on tW,Ej! street. Was admitted
- Ia" Norlh Wheeling hospital last
ryo3.uE suffering with a fractured leg.
Wul' riding his mol"rcyCl" m Ia" pix"
he collidrd with an autnmobll" at
Chicken N"ck N.ll. Rose is an employo
~ he WhI'Ik"r-rilrSSncr company.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19

Actors are often cast to play lcadin:
men when in real life they are middle
aged. For the sake of illusion, thy
are able To make up to look like twen-
ty-iivc.
However. Mabel NOrmand has found
in Cullen Lands young man Of
twcnty-four who acts as briskiy young
as he fccis. He played tn: leading male
role with Miss Normand in Upstairs.
and is once more seen opposite her in
her latest GoIdwyn picture. Pinto
which will be shown at the Liberty the
atrc today and tomorrow. s..s
The greater the necessity for savin:
the greater your opportunity 10 use
Tho Intelligcncer Want Ads.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
School Board Takes
Action on Complaint

Tho .:a,d members Of tn" hoard -
oduraliuu wcr" treated last night to n
dlscqurS" on ycrman.
It. appears that = y"-r Tr"nuu' NJ
East slider. whose It'll" daughter IS a
student NJ Union school h"cam" greatly
iucrnS"i because she was SsN' home
from the NInCt"cnth street pnls"" of
learning because she WAS infested.
He sent letter OF complaint 10 tn"
board.
After the letter vas read III" MEM
hrrS IF the school board from Union
district decided To take action. \ cam
paiCn for cleanliness viii y" started.
Tho greater the necessity fer saving
the greater your opportunity TO list"
Tho lntClliEcnCcr Want Ads.
-RUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Northwestern Mutual
Life Entertaiins Tonight
Msssers Roberts and Law will En-
terrain the Members Of local
Staff at the Windsor.

Tho Northwestern Mutual Life In
surancc Companys general agents
George p. Roberts and A. l.. Law will
meet this evening AZ the Hotel Wind.
sor for their regular monthly meeting.
They will entertain the state agents Of
the company 1t dinner in the Terrace
Room at seven O'Clock.
Since coming to Wheeling the first
or the year, where they succeeded {.
Rcrgcss AMI Hiram Il. Taylor rs G"u-
cral gents Of the .orth Western Com.
pany they have been very successful
and bid fair 10 equal their well known
predecessors, If not TO actually surpasS
them in tn" insurance field here. They
did the largest January I. business IN
tho history of the company in Wheel
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Forf RitlEe Personals

MANY farmers were at Moundsvillc
last SATURDAY transacting business.
G. NJ. Lydick has resumed work on
his saw mill ON the William Aston
farm.
Misses blanche. Mary and bessie AS
ton spent last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel McGary Of Moundsvllc.
Mrs o. II. Stewart is spending The
week with her mother who is very i'll.
John Peters and Ed n. Day We're
county sc:S callers the first Of the
week.
Ricbuapd has moved
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Comfy Politics

Much interest il being manifested in
puittics Of Marshall county and very
active interest is being taken In the
race. for county assessor. -Four very
strong candiGaIcs have flied their an
nouncer.cnts for the office and more
arc. rxrnctoI tn enter the race soon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Cole funeral.

Funrral services for Mrs. jennie IL
vIaia cole. wldow &C tn. lat" T.. J colo.
W. died 1t ~" family homo ~ COM
Sruu. w Va. on Tuesday. wlll +" h"ld
this afternoon at TWO O'Clock at ia"
home Of her daughter. Mrs Charles
Hartman. No. 9i5 Main street. Whcc1-
ing. Rev. W II Fields pastor Of tn"
First Christian church. will hav" cHarc"
"l Tho S,rvIrCS. and Will y" assisted by
E"y. = \ Rylcr, Of tn" Church Of God,
Of McMcchcn. lntcrrncrt will be mad"
In Noun; Zion cemetery.
ri" deceased vas q former resident
Of this city and had Il large host "r
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Public Sale

Mrs. Sallc carney held pu Tic sale
Of I've stock ana farming tools It her
home near Glen Easton last day.
Mrs. Carney has rented her farm md
viii move shortly 10 Moundsrille 70
locate. -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
st. Patrick's nay

The local schools Of this disSr',t
celebrated as a token Of ST. Patricks
day last W"dnc Sday and many heid
very interesting programs in the AZ
tcrnOOn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
Buy WAR SAVINGS STAMI s.

friends here who regret her loss she
vas IN her seventeen year 81 age. and
- survived by two daughters and one
son. also two sisters and two brothers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
FORK RIDGE
MOVING

"uyh moving - IN progress AT the
nearing Of spring. Many farms are
changing owrrrS and much moving is in
progress as the result.
To Change Telephone Line
The consultation among farmers hav"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19

become very strong in regard 10 chang
ing the telephone line 20 the switch lead
ing from Glen Easton. 1t will make
much Improvement in the local line. =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19

North Wheeling hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
LET 'DANDER|NE':.
SAVE YOUR HAIR.
Get Rid Of Every Bit Of That ugly
Dandru1 and Stop Falling Isix.

To stop falling hair at once and rid
The scair of every particle of dandruu.
get n small bottle OF "DAnderine" at any
dru;; or toilet counter for a few cents.
pour a lirtir in your hand and rub well
into the scalp. After several appiica-
tons all dandrufr usually goes and hair
stops coming out Every hair in your
head soon shows new life. viGor. bright
a"ss. thickness and more color.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-19
A REAL JUVENILE LEAD

J. l.. Richmand has moved
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NOTICE

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dicial Circuit of Florida, in and for
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-25
Asks Divorce, Charging
Husband Married Again
Wife of Edgar Hastings Nyagnus
Saws He Neglected Formal.
itv of Court Decree

Alleging that Edgar Hastings Mag
nus, of Havana, Cuba. has remarked
without the formality of divorce
from her, Mrs. Katherine Brady Mag
nus filed suit for divorce in the Su-
preme Court yesterday. Mr.. Magnus,
who is in the ship chandery business
in Cuba, has been here visiting the
relatives of his second wife. Mrs Edith
Magnus, and is to sail for Havana to-
day. Mrs. Katherine Magnus asked the
court to award her $1,000 month ali
mony pending trial of her action.
The plaintiff and defendant were
married in 1906 and have a son, Robert
Hastings Magnus, thirteen years old.
Mrs. Magnus alleges that her husband
abandoned her and their son in New
York in 1912 and went to Cuba. Since
then, it is alleged, he married again.
and son was borne by the second
wife. Mrs. Magnus said that her nus
band and his second wife came here
from Cuba to visit relatives of the sec
ond Mrs. Magnus at 522 West 147th
Street.
Mrs. Lucy D. Mccoy, of eoS West
184th Street. member of the family
Of the first Mrs. Magnus, made affidavit
that Mr.. Magnus told her he had mar.
ried again. According to Mrs. Macnus
her husband has not provided for her
support. and all he has given his sor
of the first marriage were some small
gifts and $3.50 for his vacation thi.
summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-25
Three SOviet Decisions
Repulsed in IA attacks
Russians Leave 1000 Dead on
Field Near Grodno; Poles
Seize Tnanaa Inn Lifhu0uiss

WARSAW, Sept. "a (By The Asso-
ciated ress).-After fourteen success
slve attacks by three Bolshevik uivi-
sions on the front south Of Grodno, all
OF which the Poles repulsed, says to-
nights Polish official statement, 1000
Russian dead were left on the field
Hostilities between the Poles and
Lithuanians have been resumed with
renewed vigor, according to the COM
munique.
THE Lithuanians," says the state
ment, have repeatedly violated neut1al-
ity. favoring the Reds"
Resentment is expressed in some DO
litical circles here over the acceptance
by former Premier Paderewski in Paris
Of tho League Of Nations rulings under
which the Poles are prevented from
taking military action against the
Lithuanians in cases where the latter
have occupied certain disputed districts
under the recent treaty they made with
the Soviet government.
The official statement says that in re-
taliation for Lithuanian attacks against
the Poles the latter have begun an Of
fensive against the Lithuanians, oc-
cupying Kopociowa and taking num-
Der of prisoners and three batteries
South of the Pripet River, the state
ment reports. the Poles pursued the
Russian Soviet forces, capturing nu-
merous prisoners and considerable war
materiel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-25
Commerce Board Again
Raises Express Rates
Interstate Commission Approves
New Increase of Is Per Cent
and Asks for Better Service

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.--Further
increases in express rates averaging
1875 per cent were approved to-day
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. The increases make total of
26 per cent granted the companies
within the last few months. They
had asked for additional increases up
to Is per cent
The only articles not affected by tho
new rates are milk and cream
For the first six months of this year,
the express companies lost approx
mately 5000, 900, according to their
report to the commission, which
showed revenues of s1596s1 900 and
operating expenses of S180,778 900.
During the first half of 1919, the com
panies reported revenues of $132,-
7o8,Oo0 and operating expenses of
s145, 7O3 900.
In an announcement Of the increases,
the commission said:
with the very substantial increases
in express rates, shippers have a right
to demand improved and steadily i'm
proving service. On our part, we shall!
not view with complacency anything
nther than painstaking and unre-
hitting effort to reduce the item of
loss and damage to the lowest pos.
sible figure"