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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
IN WEDDING BOOM
Kansas Soldiers Return Boost
ed Matrimonial Count.
Influenza Cost State Lives of
5000 Babies, Says Lerrigo.

Return of the overseas men meant
a big boost for the matrimonial game
in 1918. according to data compiled
by DR.. c. H. Lerrigo. registrar of vital
statistics in the state department of
health. The record shows 20,343 mar
riages-the high mark for the state
during the period the department has
been in existence. A total of 37,147
births were reported last year. The
flu epidemic is declared to have cost
the state the lives of 5000 infants.
In 1917 the state record was nearly
equal to last years, when 1872 Ii
censes were issued Other near rec
ords were 1863 for 1915 and 16, 543
for 1914.
The com parison showing more we'd
dings occurred when the men return
ed from overseas than before the boys
went away to the war. indicates a
strong tendency to correspondence
courtship. The Burlesonized plan
stood strong in Kansas in the appar-
ent tendency of the men to tell her
by mail rather than look her in the
eyes and make soulful speeches.
wonderful baby crop was reduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
Famous Old Recipe
for Cough Syrup
Easily and chesply made at home,
but it beats them all for
quick results.

Thousands of housewives have found
that they can save two-thirds of the
money usually spent for cough prepara-
tons, by using the well-known old recipe
for making cough syrup at home. Ii
is simple and cheap but it has no equal
for prompt results. 1t takes. right hold
of a cough and gives immediate relief,
usually stopping an ordinary cough in
"a hours or less.
Get 21s ounces of Pinex from any
druggist, pour it into a pint bottle and
add plain graduated sugar syrup to
make a full pint. If you prefer, use
clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup,
instead of sugar syrup. Either way, it
tastes good, keeps perfectly, and lasts
family long time.
It's truly astonishing how quickly it
acts, penetrating through every air
passage of the throat and lungs-loos-
ems and raises the phlegm, soothes and
heals the membranes, and gradually but
surely the annoying throat tickle and
dreaded cough disappear entirely. Nothing
better for bronchitis, spasmodic Group,
Aoarseness or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, known the world over for
its healing effect on the membranes.
Avoid disappointment by asking your
druggist for c21s ounces of Pinex" with
full directions and don't accept anything
else. Guaranteed to give absolute salts
faction or money promptly refunded
The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
Give Stomach
What it Needs
The Alkaline Effect of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets Usually
Correct the Stomach Faults
That Provoke Attacks
of Indigestion or
DVSDeDSia..

To sit back after a good meal and
know there is not going to be sour
risings, gas, drowsiness and discom-
fort is the logical result of using
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets immediate
ly after eating. Most people believe
they can trace each attack of indiges-
ton to the something they ate and
can still taste" And it surprises
them, invariably, to note how quickly
relief comes after using one or two
of these tablets. Whether it is high
ly seasoned food, rich pastry. the
heavy hearty foods or some one par
ticular offender the relief comes just
the same. Those who are susceptible
to attacks of indigestion or dyspepsia
should try Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
as they supply the stomach with an
alkaline effect just as it does natural
ly when it is working in a perfectly
healthy condition.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are so
widely known and used that you can
get them in any dEug store in the
United States and Canada at so cents
"a box.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
WON'T BUY WATER SYSTEM.
BY is to 1 Majority Atchison Citizens
Turn Down Bond Issue.

Atcihson, Kan, March 4.-Atchison
voters decided against purchasing the
plant of the Atchison Water company
for s450,O00 here Tuesday by a ratio
of Is to 1. The election was held in
connection with the primary when
candidates for city offices were nomi-
mated. The voters also defeated a
project to vote s125,O0O additional
school bonds for the construction of
two new school buildings.
Last July $125,000 in bonds was
voted to construct the buildings, but
the school board found only one could
be built for that amount. The bond
issue has not been authorized for the
construction of two buildings. At
torneys ruled it could not be used for
one. Wednesday afternoon the school
board requested Mayor Louis Vein
man to call another school bond cleo
ton in connection with the election
April 6. Atchison is one of six towns
in Kansas which does not have its
water plant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04

Pittsburg Frolics Too Frblicsomc for
One Pair of Eyes to Watch.

Pittsburg. Kan, March 4.-Pitts-
burg dancers will from now on have to
run the gauntlet of two pairs of eyes
instead of one, the board of public
welfare having authorized the employ
ment of an assistant for Mrs. Ida NJ.
Brewer, who. as secretary of the
board, is dance censor. Mrs. Brewer
found that in two of The larger halls
it was impossible to watch all the
dancers at once. While those in her
range of xision might be behaving
beautifully those in remote parts OF
the hall might be dancing cheek to
cheek. shimmying, OF violating some
of the other seventeen rules for de-
natured dancing as promulgated by
the welfare board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
Is YEARS AGO III TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

Iarch 4. 1S35-
There viii be a special meeting of the
council tomorrow night for the purpose of
considering the ordinance of the new dam
company. David Fitzgerald says that his
company is ready to give bond in any
amount, that they viii build the dam with
in the time fixed by the council.
The new company will ask nothing OF
the city unless the Oakland concern lis
to carry out the provisions Of its contract
with the city when the same kind of n
contract will be asked-that the city take
600 horse power.
Mrs. +. u. Small returned from A visit
to Atchison saturday. While there Mrs.
Small assisted her niece. Miss Pennell. d
popular Atchison girl, in receiving al d
party
Mrs. A. l.. Williams IS entertaining her
father. Mr.. James Ferguson and Miss Jessie
Ferguson Of Denver.
Miss Harriet Rolfe. who visited Miss
RosamOnd Horton here and Miss Mabel
Waggener in Atchison, returned to her home
in Beloit, Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
PIONEER KANSAS MISSIONARY.
The Rev. Cyrus b. Rice Came to State
in 1S55-Died in Spokane.

Emporia. Kan, March 3.-The
death of the Rev. Cyrus B. Rice, pio-
neer Kansas missionary preacher, in
Spokane. Wash, yesterday was report
ed in dispatches received by relatives
here. The Rev. Mr.. Rice came to
Kansas as a missionary in 1855 and
organized many churches in the Neo-
she valley. He was 81 years old.
In log cabin in Wichita, Kan, Mr..
Rice organized the First Methodist
Episcopal church of that city. Seven
persons attended the meeting. He
also organized churches in Independ-
ence, Eldorado, Augusta, Marion, Che
topa, Baldwin, Ottawa, Burlingame
and Eureka Mr. Rice was a scout
during the Civil war. He is survived
by his wife and four sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04
TO READVERTISE ROAD JOB.
Saline County Finds Highway Cost
VIII Be Almost Unreachable.

Salina. March 4.-Saline county
commissioners have instructed w. H.
Cost, county engineer. to again adj
vertise for bids for the paving of the
Meridian road for a distance of seven
miles south of Salina and five miles
north, and also the Country club road.
which will be about mile and a half.
Estimates of the hard-surface on these
roads recently were so high there was
some talk of abandoning the idea of
hard-surfacing this year. The bids
will be opened April 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-04

according to DR.. S. J. Crumbine, sec
rotary of the state board, because of
the flu. He estimated that the birth
record was decreased at least 5000
by the epidemic
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14
MISTAKE
HAS COST MILLIONS
Sugar That Is Bringing 18 Cents Today
Is Same Sugar That Was Offered
Equalization Board at SIC.

WASHINGTON, April l4.-George A.
Zabriskie, head of the sugar equalization
board, yesterday confirmed the charge
made by Congressman George Holden
Tinkham of Boston, that the cost of
sugar has been pyramided as a result of
the action of Attorney General Palmer
in fixing the price of Louisiana sugar at
II and Is cents pound and by the fail
ure of President Wilson to approve the
recommendation made by the board last
summer and last fall for purchase of the
Cuban crop. He asserted that i'll his opin-
ion the sugar market is panic stricken at
present.
Testifying before the house sub COM
mlttee on the judiciary, WHICH is investi-
eating the action of Mr.. Palmer, Mr.. Ia :
briskie said that fixing the price of
Louisiana sugar stimulated the Cuban
market and had cost the American CON
sumers many millions of dollars" He
declared that the attorney general had
made Il mistake in concurring in the
Louisiana prices, emphasizing that while
some Louisiana sugars were selling at
the time for more than IL and Is cents,
his board then actually had offers from
Louisiana growers who were willing to
sell at - cents pound
Mr.. Iabriskie testified that although
all of the Louisiana crop has been sold,
the sugar ON the market today, which is
bringing Is cents or more pound. is in
part the same sugar that the board could
have bought in Cuba for 6lL, cents a
pound last October and in part the same
sugar produced by Northwestern beet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14
Dishes Prepared from the Round.


steaks are usually pan broiled. The ]
pan must be very hot and the cooking /
done quickly to retain the juices. The
meat should not be seasoned until after
it is cooked No fat should be added
to the pan, but the addition of little
butter to the finished meat improves
its flavor. Prompt serving is most inn
portant with round steak as it tough I
ems by standing even for few min
utes. Round steak is sometimes cut III
thin pieces, dipped in milk, then rolled |
in crumbs and fried in beef fat. An ec- |
onomical method of preparing round |
steak is to pound flour into It, then |
brown in drippings and add onion and |
| soup stock or strained tomato, put
| light cover over the steak and simmer
| for 40 or 30 minutes. An excellent sub
stitute for Dreaded veal can be pre-
pared from the round, which should be
| thoroughly pounded, dipped in egg and
seasoned crumbs, Drowned well in fat
and then simmered in stock or milk
until if is tender.
Beef Rolls-To make little beef rolls,
round steak is cut into strips and
we'll pounded. Bacon, onion or olives
and other seasOnings may be added
if desired. The beef rolls are held in
shape with tooth picks, Toured,
Drowned and stewed until tender. They
are also served acceptably with brown
rice The round can be stuffed and
. baked. 1t is often used for pot roast
or Swiss steak. More different dishes
can probably be made from the round
than from any other cut. The so
called Minute Steak of public restaur-
ants is a very thin round steak, quickly
cooked and served piping hot.
Hamburg Steak - The round - III
chopped form--is best known as Ham
steak. Hamburg steak may be broiled
with direct heat or else pan broiled. 1t
can be shaped into outlets and Dreaded
and fried in beef fat. but the shape
must be small to insure sufficient cook
ing. II can also be blended with
4 cooked rice or hOminy, or else rolled in
II melted butter with either corn or rice
II fakes and baked quickly. Croquettes
II cooked in this way are preferred by
II those who cannot cat fried dishes.
II Hamburk steak may be served with a
II variety of sauces; a brown sauce made
|, separately-or n white sauce favored
\ with beef extractor a tomato sauce
= or sauce of milk and soft bread
highly favored with horseradish; an
other desirable sauce IS lemon butter
!. which is made by creaming little
:. butten oleUmargarine or other pre-
ferred fat, and flavoring it with grated
a, onion, minced parsley, salt, pepper ant
, lemon juice.
:, Baked Beef with Vegetables-Cut {
ID pounds and "A half of round, chuck oil
flank steak into strips and roll in fiou1
u that has previously been seasoned. Pre-
"a pare cup each of sliced onions ant
= sliced carrots. If the latter are old
a. first boil them for - minutes, drain
!, off the water, blanch in cold water
and remove the skins. Select a large
y, baking dish or meat pan and put II
al ornate layers of the meat and vegc
= tables. Add half cup of diced sal
n n. pork and a generous dredging of flour
r Put i'll enough water to cover and bak
a for one hour and half Then cove
NJ with halvcd potatoes and bake unit
= done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14

cral months and tried other remedies.
/ had road Of Lydia T. Pnkham's Vege-
tahle compound and decided to try it..
After taking twelve bottles | found
myself much improved and | took six
more. have never had any more
trouble in that respect since. have
done all kinds of work and at present
ar, an attendant at a State Hospital
ar1 am feeling fine. l have recon-
mcndcd your Vegetable Compound to
dozens of my friends and shall always
recommend it."-LILLIAN THARP, S24 S.
6th St, Carrollton, KY.
II you have any symptoms about which
you would like to know write to the
lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co., lynn
Mass, for helpful advice given free Of
c.argc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14
How to Save Money on Meat
Recipes for Utilizing the Less Expensive Cuts

growers, who were warned by the attof-
ney general last fall that they would be
prosecuted if they should charge more
than lOiI, cents pound.
Although reluctant witness, he sad
on several occasions that the price OF
Cuban and Northwestern beet sugar
mounted as a result of the fixing OF the
price of Louisiana sugar.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14

could not walk any
distance, r j d e or
take any exercise at
all without resting.
If l swept the floor
or did any kind of
work it would bring
my sickness on. !
was weak and Ian
guild, had no energy,
and life was a misery
to me. ! was under
the care of a good
physician for sew
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14
PALMER FOUNDRY BURNS.
Estimated Loss of SIoo, ooo-Blaze of I'M
= known Origin.

PALMER, Mass, April 1.-THE plant
of the Palmer Foundry and Machine
Company was destroyed by fire of un-
known origin last night, causing a loss
estimated at 100000 on buildings and
contents.
Two large wooden buildings and valua-
able machinery were lost. An office
building and two private residences near
by were saved by the tiremen. Seventy
five men are thrown out of employment
by the fire.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14
LIFE Was A
MISERY To HER
SAYS this Woman Until Re.
lieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Carrollton. KY suffered almost
two wears with female weakness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-14

It's long strike that has no turning.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29
Railroads and Agent
Sued by 46 Colonists
On False Report Charge

Charging that the colonization de-
partments of the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line railroads mis-
represented rainfall, soil and crops
IN inducing persons to file upon
homesteads in Butte county, Idaho,
40 Omaha people have filed suit for
$l5,89730 against the railroad com
panies and r. A. Smith, supervisor
OF the agricultural and colonization
departments for the companies.
John A. Cotter is the plaintiff in
the suit. The claims of the Is other
persons, including one woman, have
been assigned to him. They are:
Raymond N. Burgess. George III.
Wahler, E. d. Perrin, G. N. Ferris,
]. ]. Van Waning, John L. O'Con-
nell, Tom Wokersien, L. C. Bug
bee, w. M. Pfaff, jr.; V. P. Lowe,
A. L. Ingram, William J. Cronin'
{: I. Logan, w, F. Maher. F. D.
Monty, Dale L. Hooker. Earl c.
Parsons, 0. c. Beisel, r. r. Kearne,
Ray L. Lewis, Helen B. Presson,
Vern Smith, Ed Koukal, John De-
lane, M. H. Fuller. A. J. Ferris,
Russell A. Davis, M. G. Owen, S. ].
Sears, H. 0. Wright. H. B. Bugbee,
c. F. Tangeman. r. ]. Mullen. G. F.
Russell, V, J. Scmithroth. r. c
Ryan. William ]. Adams, H. v. Rus
sell, Nathan Friedman, w. A.
Payne, Carl Dickman. A. L. Bis
enius, Lenora Tangeman, Charles
L. Nefsky and Fzzie Steiss.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29

from 500 to 800 per month, accord
ing to the building.
The modern elevator system of,
for instance, four elevators in a
building, is operated on a time
schedule. In the First National
Bank building an elevator leaves the
main floor every 40 seconds and one
leaves the top floor every 40 sec
onds. Elevators Nos. and 3 alter
nate and Nos. 2 and 4 alternate,
each series passing between floors.
These operators go up or down at
the signal of bells.
While operating her elevator an
operator is frequently required to
keep in mind the numbers of the
various floors called by the pas
sengers.
Get Intricate Instructions.
If you would like to be the ele-
vator operator, you might be inter-
ested in some of the following in
structions which are issued to
operators in one Of Omaha's large
buildings:
Don't start the elevator until the
door is closed. Don't slam the
doors; control them with your hand.
Don't go beyond the floor and back
up. Don't be tardy. If an operator
is late in the morning, or late re-
turning from relief, or from lunch, it
throws an unfair burden on the relief
operator.
Operators should ask people to
call their floors when the car starts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29
OMAHA DEMOCRAT
WOMEN ORGANIZE:
FIGHT HITCHCOCK.
Drive Ceommittee to Support
Dry Candidates Oppose
Nebraska Senator.

Fifty women met Friday after
noon in Room 40l Lyric building
and organized a democratic womei1's
drive committee. Mrs. H. ]. Bailey
was made chairman. Other officers
were elected as follows: DR.. Jennie
Callfas, vice chairman; Mrs George
Covell, second vice chairman: Mrs.
J. {. Reinish, secretary, and Mrs. w.
A. Baldwin. treasurer. Mrs. E. B.
Towle was nominated as a delegate
to the democratic national conven-
ton at San Francisco.
"The purpose of this organiza-
ton. according to Mrs. Bailey and
DR.. Callfas, us to get women to
register and to vote, and to support
the dry candidates. We will fight
Senator Hitchcock" they say, "be-
cause he has not represented his
constituency in such matters as suf-
frage, prohibition and child labor.
"We have no complaint against
Mr.. Hitchcock personally" declare
these women, "but we will oppose
him and his candidates in the COM
ing campaign for the reason that he
has never stood back of women, re-
publicans or democrats, and we can
not subscribe to the things he advo-
Gates"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29

and she is not so distracted as the
male operator. Her mind is on her
work. This is the rule with the
women.
II had one exception, a girl who
seemed to be day dreaming half of
the time. l suppose she was think
ing about her sweetheart or some
thing like that. She was never in
tended to be an elevator operator
and kindly told her so. She rather
agreed with me when l put it up to
her in a practical way. These
operators are in charge of human
lives and we cannot take chances. ,
Married Women the Best.
Married women are the best op-
orators. They are more steady, al
though know of some reliable
single women who are efficient. My
wife is one of the operators in this
building. We have an 18-year-old
girl in high school. l have another
married operator who has a 6-year-
old child for whose care she pays
a neighbor So per week while she is
away at work. Give me the women
operators every time for service"
These operators work seven hours
a day in some buildings and in
others the working time is seven
and one-half hours. They are given
half-hour reliefs and an hour for
lunch. Before women went into
this work the relief time was Is min
utes and the luncheon period half
an hour, The nav in Omaha ranges
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29

theory, but if the Julian calendar
had been continued as Caesar start
ed it the Fourth of July would have
been in the winter time and Santa
Claus would be coming to Omaha
in Palm Beach clothes.
Caesar figured that the old Roman
calendar year of 355 days did not
meet the situation, so he promoted
the idea of adopting year of 365
days, with an extra day every four
years.
Figured down to the last analysis,
this arrangement carried an excess
of II minutes and IA seconds each
year, so Pope Gregory offered the
idea OF dropping leap year every
Tooth year, with the exception that
every fourth Tooth year, beginning
with 1000, should not be changed.
Hence 1900 and 1900 were not leap
years.
Proud of Distinction.
Twenty-niners are inclined to be
proud because their birthdays al
ways occur during presidential
years. They do not receive as many
birthday presents as other people,
but they all appear to be happy.
Miss Leda Voss, in the Offices Of
the Foster-Barker company, is OBJ
serving her fifth birthday anniver-
sary today. Her first anniversary
was February 20, 1904, when she
was s years old; the second, 1908;
third, 1912; fourth, 1916; fifth, to-
day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29
WILL FIGHT mo
BRICK" ALIb| Of.
COMMISSIONERS.
Committee Of Members Of
Omaha Organizations De-
mand Paving Called
For in Pledge.

The "alibi" that brick Is not OBJ
tainable for so large 4 job as paving
the Lincoln highway was offered
yesterday by the Douglas county
commissioners, confronted by pro-
tests against their award for "bitu-
l;thic" paving, made in spite of a
written pledge to use the SO 100000
road bond money for brick paving
exclusively.
The agreement, although formally
signed by all FIVE commissioners, is
held by County Attorney Shotwell
to be merely a "gentlemen's agree
ment" between the commissioners
and the people, with no legal bind.
ing effect. The commissioners have
decided to forget it.
"The brick men tell us that we
can't get brick to-pave more than
FIVE miles of Douglas county road
this SUMNER" they say.
/. Representatives of the Chamber
OF Commerce, Rotary club, Automo-
bile club, Real Estate board and
other good roads organizations say
that it would be better to wait for
brick than to spend 100000 for a
substitute which, they declare, will
not stand heavy traffic.
w. B. Cheek, president of the
Omaha Automobile club, stated yes
terday that the committee represent
ing the Chamber OF Commerce, Ro-
tary club, real estate men and other
organizations will meet with F. A.
Brogan, attorney and president of
the Chamber Of Commerce, this
week to determine what action to
take.
1--WE intend to fight it out for
brick paving with every weapon in
our reach" he declared.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-02-29
Lincoln Woman, Who
Walked to Coast, Is
Visiting Few Days Here

Miss Jewell Howard of Lincoln,
who walked from Lincoln to San
Francisco last fall for Gov. S. R.
McKelvie of Nebraska, obtaining
first-hand information in the FIVE
states through which she passed,
celebrated her 30th birthday in
Omaha Saturday. ,.
Miss Howard left Lincoln on Sep
TENDER n and walked through the
states of Nebraska, Kansas, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Arizona and
California, arriving in San Fran
cisco December 81. She studied
agricultural conditions in all dis
tricts through which she walked and
collected information and statistics
for a series of weekly articles which
she is writing for the governors
farm paper.
She came to Omaha Friday to
spend a few days at the Hotel
Rome. She will rest, do some writ
ing and plan some lecture work dur
ing her visit, she said.