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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09
WARWOOD'S new FLU
CASES DECREASING

| Reports received from III" health M
! th"riti"s nf Warwoud last evening SHOW
! ed that the number 81 cases in III" up
: thr-rlV"r luwu * decreasing, rs only
! nine cases had been reported sine" sat
turday aft"rnnun. There is alS" "n"
/ serious cas-" "f pneumonia Will" Largo
number &C whipping cough have been
. reported.
! Tho health authorities ar" making
rrcparatious to do like ihcy did during
,ha epidemic Of 1918 10y posting signs on
! tho houses (" that p""i'l" VIII stay away
This. stated cHallh officer Spnrc", last
| evening. Is ON" "t rh" best ways !"
! spread III" diS"aS" hy II",'rnG IN" an
IlhCr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09
LOCATION FOR
!. MAMNOTHPLANT
STEEL ALLOYS CORPORATION HAVE
MEN BUSHY ENGAGED IN
LOOKING FOR SITE.
Hoped That The Million Dollar Corpo-
ration will Be Able to Build
In This City.

Ecrrr>"llatl,cS ur Ia" steel Ale! {
t"rruratlnn. which - incorporated at
81 nu0 n"".uu with rhl"r "fffI""S ~ this
rItl. has several engineers making AN
effort iu lu.at" a Svltnblr sit" for n
hig plan; IN III" Wheeling district and
hat !, il Iussihl that within TIA" near
future announcement VIII b" made that
tn plant vii h." located here.
Tn" fact that the Wheeling district
has n plentiful supply "f coal Gas and
electric power would make 1t an ideal
sita for The factory. according Ia The
promoters. who expect L. build re-
IurluE plan, AID also factory for tn"
manufacture uf aui"m"h!l" springs and
other Stac! products that would use
the sup"r-sir..l ~ ADVANTAGE" This ~
considered "n" "f tho highest grad"
steel products ia tn" world and is
manufactured from mOlyhdcnum metal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09
CENTRAL CLASS
IMPROVEMENT
BETWEEN SIS ooo.oo AND 500 900 90
TO BE SPENT DURING THE
PRESENT YEAR.
Corporation Has q Big Foreign OUTPUT
And Is Kept Busy Filling
Large Orders.

Tho central Glass company. East End
"ltr nr TN" largest glqs manufacturing
plants IN Tins part of the country. Is
ccrinC ready Ia max" ndhitluHal ln-
~ ,vcIhcntS THIS year and II j. alleged
rI.,, between S7"."0n and Slon."n" will
H.. spent for improvements duriUE ih"
,,r Nhn"r viii moan much IT, tho city
aipl district. During IN" past year tn"
e., ,urany spent approximately that much
Iud H." old r"rtj"n If tho plant WAS
practically rebuilt
The company - now shipping much
Glassware 10 Europ" and has opened
r,.rlgr office in England t" tax" cor"
II thai part Of TIA" business. In by
gone days tho company had large
trade with the liquor people and sine"
III" nation AT larG" has gone dry tho
~rlt drink and near beer business has
rnhcn much Of that line and the fac
tory Is Nill working TO capacity.
In addition tho company turns out
SPLENDID hotel ware and the big Statler
line Of hotels ms we'll as many others
nf the big New York line ara supplied
hv the Central Glass company. The
ChiprrndaIo ware is also making big
HI and many different designs in this
limo is also being turned out with per-
f. : satisfacth-.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09
MOTHERS, Do THIS
When the Children Cough,
Rub Musterole on Threats
and Chests

10 telling how soon the symptoms
may develop into Group. or worse. And
then's when you're g!al you have a
jar of Musterole ct hand to give
prompt. sue relief. 1t does not blister.
AS first aid and a certain remedy,
Mustcrolc is excellent. Thousands of
mothers know it. You should keep a
jar in the house, ready for instant use.
1t is the remedy for adults, too. Re-
lieves sore throat. bronchitis, tonsilitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia
headache, congestion. pleurisy, rheu-
matism, lumbago, pains and aches of
back or joints. sprains, sore muscles,
chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the
chest lit often prevents pneumonia.
SOC and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09

buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09
Enthusiastic Meeting
For Men at Y. NJ. c. A

tn. mems w-r'lnE - ~" NJ = \
Yesterday was u"liEhtfuiIl informal
gathering addressed hy Mr. ". Il Rckrl
upon tho appl'ratrun Of IN" teachings "t
christ To everyday I!". Mr.. BlCk"l -
Pn eN-soldicr. arid an "l"rS"rS man VIII"
drew many interesting illustrations
from his r<rcrl"nc"s on the front.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-09
IT'S TOO LATE

Special. attention - called :" ia" al
Of g. ! Killmev"r. INSURANCE. "t lh'
Wheeling Baul, " Trust company. AZ.
gearing IN this lS>U" Til" al. ~ "h'
OF n" most a:irArrlv" and n"N"l cN"'
appearing ia that Inc and deals WI.
he "'1u'' situation aud The protection
that should u. afforded in"$" depend
ing upon one. Herr"duruon NJ a mum
Der II newspaper headlines II ais"
shown.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

som Bunny. shaking her apron At
him. Get or wsspy Weasel had
few friends. I must tell yen. being
the terror OF the whole nslghbor-
hood
SO out he had 10 20 and Nancy and
Nick spied him. for. Of course the
Green Shoes had followed right after.
But before Nick could catch him.
Wasp had found waily woodchuck's
front door. ana In he bounced. the
twins az his heels.
Mrs waiiy was Just getting the
bed. ready for their long winter sleep
when Wasp flew up the stairs and
into the bedroom. Land o. Love-
she cried. throwing MP her hands In
establishment
Hide me. hide me- wasp begged
her. as he had done Mrs. Bunny. OF
course Mrs. woodehuck was going 10
say that she'd do no such thing. but
Wasp jumped into one OF her beds
and pulled up the blanket right over
his head. then lay as still as a
mouse.
In rushed Nancy and Nick.
Copyright. 1890. y. z. A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20
BY PARKS

manner OF use, the boss quit on the
handicap race and put his two arm.
fuls down while he still had breath
enough left to talk with.
Well he said, in his best rusty
hinge rasp, you've done Il! Why,
In the name OF common sense.
couldn't you have let me go back
after that muff thing?"
The young woman was painting as
II she had been doing the running
and the girl was choking and max
ing a noise that made me think that
she was crying. II | had been as
well acquainted with her aS l got
10 be little later on. would have
known that she was only trying to
bottle up laugh that was too beau
TRULY big to be wasted upon just
three people and a trceless desert
II was the young woman who
answered the boss.
I'll didn't stop ~ Think she
fluttered. taking the blame as II she
had been the one 10 head the pro.
cession. isn't there any way we
can stop that train?"
The boss said there WASN'T, and l
know the only reason why he didn't
say lot Of other things was be.
cause he was too much OF gentle.
man TO say them in the presence OF
couple OF women.
but what shall vs dor the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20
THE VVIRIECKEIRS
BY FRANCIS LYNDE


reach for you.
There ar. times Jimmie. when
you zee altogether too much he
said. sort OF gruff. and he ate
straight thru 10 tho far side OF his
ios-croam pyramid before he began
again
"Macrae.' you say: thst Il Scotch
Ana 60 IL 'ShellA-' Most likely the
names. both Of them. are only hand
downs. She looks straight American
TO me
"She IL prrtfy enough 10 hook any
thing" ! threw In. Just to SEQ how
he would take H.
"Right you are, Jimmie he
agreed. 1--WE been looking at the
back OF her neck all day. don't
know whether you've noticed it,
you are only a boy and probably
you haven't-but there are so many
women who don't measure up 70
the promises they make when you
see EN- from behind. You catch q
glimpse OF n pretty neck. and when
you get around TO the face you find
out that the neck was only a bit OF
bluff"
II Ind been eating anything IN
the world but iee-cream l believe II
would have choked me. What be
said led UP to the Admission that he
had been making these face'and.
neck comparisons for goodness
knows how long, and I couldn't sur.
round that, all at once. You see
he was such picture OF mans
man In every sense of the word; n
fighter and hard hitter. right from
the jump. And for n man Of that
sort women are usually no more
than fluffy little side issues. as Eve
said when they told her she was
made out OF Adams rib.
That ended the dining car part OF
it. The sureenough, Knockout
round was fought at the rear end
be the Inst car in the train. As
we walked back after dinner Mr..
Norcross gave me a cigar and said
we'd GO out to the observation plat
form a. smoke, because the sfnsk
ing.rcom was fun up with apple
raisers. and sheep.foeders and cat
tlemen, all talking at once.
As we went down the aisle no.
ticed that Section Five was empty.
and when We reached the door we
found the young lady and the girl
standing at the rear railing to
watch the track unrol itself under
the trucks and 90 sliding backwards
into the starlight: or at least that
was what they seemed 10 be doing
The young lady was wearing a coat
with n storm collar. but tho girl
had fur thing around her neck,
and her stocky, chunky little arms
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

were elbow deep In a big pillow
muff 10 match. tho the April night
wasn't even halfway chilly.
The hos. srowied out something
about waiting until the ladies should
so in: and then. for pure safety's
sake. he stepped out on the plot.
form TO close the eide trap door
which. with the railing gate on that
side, had been left open by a care
less rear fiagman- Just then the
big 'Paclfic type" that was quilting
us let out a whistle screech that
would have walked the dead. and the
air-braKcs went on with a jerk that
showed how beautifully reckless the
rallroading was on. the Pioneer
Short Line.
Mr. Norcroee was reaching for the
catch on the floor trap and the jerk
didn't throw him But IL snapped
the young woman and the girl away
from the railing so suddenly that
the little ono bad TO grab for hand.
holds. and when she did that. OF
course the big muff went overheard.
At this. a bunch OF THINGS hap
pc b.d, all In an eycwink. The train
ground and Jiggled TO a stop; the
Girl aquealcd. "Oh, my muffr' and
skipped down the steps 10 disappear
In the general direction OF the Pa.
cific Coast: the young woman
shrieked after her. "Maisie Ami
come back here--you'll be left" and
then took her turn at disappearing
by the same route; and. on top of
It all. the boss jumped off and
sprinted after both OF them, leaving
a string of large. man.sized com.
nents on the foolishness OF women
as a sex trailing along behind him
as he flew.
Right then II was my golden mo
ment TO play safe and sane. with
three OF them off and lost In the
gathering night, somebody with at
least "A grain Of sense ought TO have
stood by 10 pull the emergency cord
M the train should start. But Of
course | had TO take chance and
spill the gravy all over the table
cloth. The stop was at blind
siding In the edge OF mountain
desert. and when ! squinted up
ahead and saw that the engine was
taking water. II looked as IL there
were going 10 be plenty Of time for
bit OF a promenade under the
stars. So swung Off and went TO
Join the muff hunt.
Amongst them. they had found
the pillow thing before had n
chance to horn in. They were com
ing up tho track. and the boss had
each Of the two by an arm and was
telling them that they'd be left TO
dead moral certainty n they didn't
run They couldn't run because
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20
ssf'iI
90 By MAbcl C1elNnd, 4
Page 23S
THE FATE or TuE PASSENGERS

"Thls little boat. too. had a Wild
time, but made thru to a place OF
safety. the men rested on their
oars and the man In charge siE.
nailed to the ship to follow. as
they saw the channel but felt that
the small boat could not safely
so In.
well. the ship sailed In. the
men In the little boat waited.
watching with sober faces the on.
coming vessel. then. n you please.
to the horror OF all on board. and
the amaxcment Of the crew In tho
little boat that grouchy old cap.
tain sailed right by them without
50 much as throwing them a rope.
Yes that boat was lost. too.
and all but two Of her crew with
her.
The men led hard life after
they were safe on land. aisa
You see. they knew nothing
about pioneering. and when they
cut down the great trees they
scrapped about the best way 20 do
II and never knew Just which way
II was going to fan. and some
times II fell across the tops Of
smaller trees: then there was the
mischief OF a time 10 get It down
This was Astors little colony.
and there Is a whole book about
II. but we're nearly 20 waila
waila. and well have TO finish Il
some other time
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20


frx machine again and went on with
the letters: but never mind abou,
that. AE ! began TO say, things
rocked along until we had about
worn the day out. and at the second
call 10 dinner Mr.. Norcross told me
TO strap up the machine and put the
files away Ia the grips and we'd 70
eat Tho was only his sienog
rapher. and n kid nj that. he was
big enough and Western enough not
10 let the buck private-to-officer gap
make any difference, and Away
when We were knocking about to
gethsr he made mr. nit gt his table
Sometimes. when Il happened that
way. he'd ditch the runkand file
diKnities and talk 10 me ~ IL the
thousand miles or 70 between his
Job and mine were wiped out. But
this Sunday evening he was pretty
quiet. breaking out once In the
meat course to tell me that he'd just
had a forwarded telegram from an
old friend OF his that would stop US
of for a day or two in Portal city
the headquarters OF the Pioneer
Short Line. Farther along. pretty
well into the icecrejun and black
coffee. he came to life again TO ak
me II I had noticed the young lady
and the girl In the Pullman section
next to ours.
told him I had. and shrn. be
cause had never known him 10
bother his head for. two minutes In
succession about any woman, he
gave me n shock: said they were
ticketed 10 Portal City--and to find
that out he must have asked the
train conductor --Bdding that when
we reached Portal IL would be the
neighborly thing for me TO do To
help them off with their hand bags
and see that they got a cab II they
wanted one.
sure VIM says I. THAT IL,
II the lndy's husband isn't there 70
meet them"
what" he snaps out. You
know her? She is married."
mo, | don't exactly know her" ]
shuffled. But she Is married. all
right"
"lIow can you tell ~ You don't
know herr" he barksd. just like that
had TO make good, right quick
as everybody does who goes up
against Mr.. Graham Norcross. But
II so happened that I WIS able 90.
Her suit case Is standing In the
aisle. and I saw the tag. II has her
name. Ms. Sheila Macrae.' on IT,
The boss has a way Of making
two up-and down wrinkles and III
tie curved horseshoe line como be
tween his eyos when he Ia going "a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20
NibbIe Rabbit Leaves Home


to tell Stink the Weasel and silver.
tip the Fox and Hooter the Owl. and
every one el4e who wants TO know.
where theyll find a nice young rab.
bit for breakfast
But the tears ran faster than ever
down Nibbie's whiskers. TITS
Hooter." he shifted. Tie caught her
when she went down TO the brook
for a drink. know he did. She'd
never leave me"
"Nonsense." said Bobby. and he
said II peckishly. for no one likes to
hear little rabbit cry. Il know
your mother. and she knows the law
Of the woods. You can fly--run.. I
mean--can't your And feed your.
self?"
Yes answered Nibbie, for his
brothers and sisters had gone 20 dig
their own holes and find their own
food weeks ago.
wen. then" finished Bobby. nod.
ding wisely 10 himself, III there's
any fresh rabbit fur under Hooters
tree, IT'S not your mothers"
70 his surprise, Nibble stopped
squeezing the tears from his eyes
and opened them wide. I'm going
to lookr' he announced. And he he.
gan 20 scrub his face ana polish off
MS ears with his little soft fore.
paws.
Going 10 look wherer asked
Bobby Robin.
"Oh, lots Of places--the Clover
Patch, and the Brush Pile, and the
Broad Field. But first I'm going TO
gee 4 there's any fur under Hooters
tree"
"What7" squawked Bobby, and he
tumbled OFF his perch and stood fac.
ing Nibblc on the ground.
Next story. How Nibble EonIe,I
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

neass take rs after Wasp
nssl- s.id Nick To the Green
49, when Wasp had rushed cut Of
- Meadow Grove school after
Z R1Cwfng tbs charm the Magical
hrpom had given them.
stantiy ne little Magical shoes
la the twins from under the old
q where Mr.. scribble Scratch had
= school and carried them thru the
bow dotted air to Wasp weaseis
usA
nut there was something unusual
Wasp. or Earny Ernie as we
q call him He was the best
er IN Meadow Grove Land. !
that he had the best nose and
aelled the twins coming sailing
the air toward his house as the
was IN the right direction
he tore thru the kitchen where
notner was land nearly upsettins
tco) then into Mrs Bunny's bur
where he almost scared that
20 death. "oh. hide me- hide
he painted. all out Of breaths
$500 no such thing cried Bios
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

Next story: How Nibble Fooled
Glider the Biacksnalse.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

&C NNo.Mo seen no,
- more, scen.no, more~ the
click Of the car wheels seemed 70
4 he saylng. and mo more, no
more the engine echoed.
Daddy David said. after he
had listened 60 those sounds a ne.
<tle while. III folks are mean. Il
~ spells everything, doesn't it'
u kcusht most Of the men who
same all the way out here TO build
up the country were good and
brave and everything
"you'n and as you grow up.
SON. Daddy answered. shat no,
I'll the men who so anywhere. are
good and everything and one OF
the hardest things the Pioneers
had TO so up against was the
mean men who came out here to
Sc, rich quick. no matter who suf
fered for it
well. Daddy. after they right.
ed-about the ship and left poor
Mr.. Fox 20 be drowned with his
crew and his little boat. what did
they do-so on back home
-Noh. no. David. the captain Of
that ship meant TO make a land.
ing. and after a time he did. but
he was as cruel a man as i've
met In any history.
After the storm passed over
~ sent out q larger boat well
he'd. and tho the men were
nious. II seemed the right thing
. %.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

ME air was blowing in at the
mouth OF his hole when Little
bble Rabbit opened bis eyes. That
Int a cold south wind outside.
Rainy wind. He could see the wet
hrops hanging from the top Of his
krched earth doorway. They would
ket his back when he tried to go out.
INA that wouldn't be nice. He shiv-
ked and closed his eyes again. Then
huddied tighter than ever into
kjttie furry brown ball Still he was
20 he tried 10 ctddle into the
I'm farthest corner. where his moth.
always slept 1t was empty
kIn1y woke aim up. Nanny"
called softly. NANNY" No an
wer. He put his nose to the earth
Vi found it still warm. She could not
ke been gone very long. So he
WED to the mouth OF the hole and
lmped with his little hind feet
king all the noise he dared. Then
sat M and cooked his ears for
r answering thump. He half ex.
- cted a glimpse Of her white tail
bbbing down one OF the tunnels
ru the prickiy ash thicket But
another was there.
\she can't 20 off and leave me
lthis," he said 10 himself. and he
down his nose TO find her trail
az all washed out By the rain.
Hrnp. thumpl he went again--and
y were cross thumps because he
40 terribly disappointed. Then
a suddenly sat down on his little
1uffv tail and walled Nanny,
|hammy. NANNY" at the top Of his
koice.
t;Gheer up, Bunny. What's
tptngy" chirpcd come one from q
d Just above his head. II was
Robin. and he was peefiug
|ITsr with the most puzzled and
..sfonlshed look In his black eyes.
.rm Nibble. sobted the little rab
Ae ssnd I've lost my mother"
well, Nibble," warned Bobby In
,s,s snmbie way. III she doesn't
cons back pretty soon she'll lose her
"a. Don't you know better than
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

When a lazy man comes home
to supper he likes TO tell his wife
how hard he has worked all day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20
-BV ALTMAN
BIZ BLOSSER
BIZ AHERN

young woman went on. gasping
little .Isnt there any telegraph
station. or--or anything?
There wasn't So far as We could
see. the surroundings consisted Of
into the hills. and the water tank
The siding switches had no lights.
which argued that there wasn't -sven
a pump man at the tank--as there
was not. the tank being filled auto
maticaiiy by gravity pipe line
running back TO natural reservoir
in the mountains.
Continued Tomcrrow1
II you want 10 make . thief
angry call him thief
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-20

It's AN easy matter 10 sympathixe
with the poor when your pocket
10 empty.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-19

even the harboring of unselfsh
dreams and visions-arc they not
refining 10 every nature
Nevertheless. I wonder why il is
that right now. when there is 50
much to do every day to build up
the shattered fabric Of life around
rs. that we have these songs OF self
analysis. each with sort of yearn
ing running through them. Nothing
is so unexpected. after all as what
really happens
What VIII Next Phase BE?
After the high pressure of war
comes a strange quiet, when the
mind turns inward dazed perhap.
by the wild outside one OF the
things that we learn is how, through
all the mad vicissitudes Of a world
upset human life goes on in its old
currents. the lovers whisper to-
gether as they walk along the
crowded street. Marriage and death
birth-all of life goes on as if moth
ing had occurred to upset things.
IL is good to think that there is
something substantial below the
tides which surge so nightly in
the great sea Of our times. / like To
think that the common. every -day
life goes on, i'm an its health and
beauty and goodness. and I like "a
think. 100 that in the hearts of the
most commonplace, there are aspira-
tions and hopes that-some of them
az least-wiu burst into dover and
fruit, even If many of them fall
short of reaching perfection.
AS 1T Is better 20 have loved and
lost, than never 10 have loved al
AL" so il is better To have hoped
and dreamcd--to have had fine en-
thusiasms and unselfsh ams-thar
Co have been merely q contented
animal munching the good things OF
life with little thought of its beauti-
ful grand and sometimes terrible
aspects
In the wild madness and frauti,
gaiety OF our Jazz music. there 4.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-19
TOO WEAK TO
Do Anything
A Serious Feminine Illness Rene
died By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
IUUULlIlIl.lNI

Casco, Wis. After the birth Of
each of my children had displace-