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care lovise pc sofia lui, 81 pc
taranii din imprejurimi, earl po-
vesteau Gu lacrimi in ochi sufe-
rintele, maltatarile 81 siluirile
hunilor cand all navaait in tara,
necrutind nici fete in virstra fra
geda coplariei, si cind unul
din eli lie arata o copih de sai-
sprezece ami, palida 81 supta La
fata, zic1nd: ''Uite die fata
aceasta are un copl de dol ami
81 jumatater' Titu fu coprins de
indignare 81 susanna puse NINA
la ochi Sd nu vaza victima saba
taciei hunilor, care sta .fnaintea
lor Gu privires atintitx Il pa
mint.
''Sa mergem, stu drumul Ia
Mezieres, sopti Susana, 81 lllfnd
ramas bun de Ia oamenii acei
desoaati 81 istoviti fiziceste, porni
autcmobilul pc drumul gloduros
care ducea Ia soseaua comunala,
si in doua ore fur4 Ia Mczieres,
0 comuna mare si care fusese in
stare fnfloritoare inainte de raz-
bpiu.
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Parochia gr. .-ortodoxa romina
cu Hramul ''Sfintul George din
Windsor, Ont. Cauta un Preot
de servi la Parochia din Wind
sor. Gel de confesiune gr.-ort.
romina dorim de sc adresa in
cit sc poate decurind la:
o75 Longlais Ave. Windsor, Ont.
0nonie L. Rolofon, Presedinte.
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Gu liniile urmatOare: (2-4-5)
LIMA CRECEASCA
S. S. sPatris' 81 Dec,
s. s. King Alexander. .13 Ian,
Fost s. s. Cleveland. Lin. HGmb-A
s. s. Megali Hellas. III Ian
N. GALANOS & co.
20 Pearl Street
New York City
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Pc fIciorul meu Vasile Verdea
din comma Calbor Jud. Tirnva-
mare Romlnia, in etate de II ami,
care in anul 1915 all di>parut din
Calbor, 81 din ziua care all dispa-
rut nu Sc mai site mimic Gle ell, pc
timpul acela Ell nu am fost III
comma sus numlta cd am fost
plecata deja la America. 81 asi
dori sd stu de mai este in viatl
sau nu. Rog deci pc cetitorii "a
cestei fol, de cumva il cunoaste
cine-va sa binevoiasca a ma incu-
nostlnta pc mine caci le Vol ii
mal tamitor. 81 va Fl bine premiat.
Adresa mea:
IOANA VERDEA
622 Pawesdell Ave.
i3OO-3). Youngstown, Ohio.
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Cincinnati, Ohio OonvoAca pc y
ceasta Gale sedinta Generala ex-
tra-ordinard pc ziua de 2 Ianua-
RE 1921 la orele 2 p. M. in Hala
de yedinta de, srb No. $50 Dayton
Str. La aceasta sedinta vom avea
81 alegerea de casieri de oare-ce
noul ales casieri din ceva motive
Eu poate primi postul. Crezind
caci nici un membru nu va lipsi.
In numele Sec. ''Dacia Rolnina"
din Cincinnati, Ohio.
Va salutam frateste.
loan Feher, presedinte.
George Handra, secretar.
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Ne-au sosit un wagon de Sta
fide din California, de 4 feluri
dupa cum urmeaza:
Tamson Sedles. funtul 26c
Malaga. =. funtul 26c
No. l. Redberry, funtul 16c
No. ?. Redberry, funtul lac
MOI trimetem ordaru in ori 81
ce parte in Statele Unite Gu spe-
sele noastre. Scrieti S 'au Telefo-
natl; ambele Telefoane la:
Central Grocery & Meat Market,
665 So. Webb Ave. Alliance, o.
(2-4E15 Febr).
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din opt comere, bucatarie spala-
torie 81 subsol. In fata era gra-
dina micua de flori 81 la spate
una de fructe 81 legume, d,nbeie
neimgriite. Villa 81 localitatea
find pc placul Susanei 81 lui
Titu facura tirgul, Gu suta
douazeci de mil de franci 81 da-
dura arvuna. A doua ri mobilara
Villa, dupa gustul Susanei, Gu
mobile simple dar solide 81 con-
Portable, 81 batrdnul Gauthier,
Gu ajutorul dol lucratori Sc
apuca sd curete gradina si sa
planteze florile comandate de
Susan&.
Peste trei zile s'au mutat in
ca si peste doua saptamini Villa
Lucia Servais fu vdnduta Gu IN
million 0 suta cincizeci de mil de
franci pc carl Susana, ii inpreu-
nd Gu mnionul 81 treisute de mil,
ii oferi Primariei ca Cd fie daruit4
Ia saraci, si Clothilda deveni pro
pietara caselor din Rue Dsru, 81
giuvaricalelor Susanei, daruite
de Elena.
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Razboiul crincen, care f4cnse
atftea jertfe, Sc terminase Gu In
fFsngerea Hnniaor 81 isbdnda de-
plinx I aliatilor. Francesii resu-
'a4r1 uiiui cfnd ds1nianul d.
istovit J cas,fi,,b "
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Societatea Romina de Ajutor
81 Cultura ''Dacia Rom6na" din
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

the bitter quarrels between Kansas and Missouri.
the family moved again. this time O Bend
to stay for many years. Eight miles from the
house the Turkey Creek road he bought a farm.
which at the present time owned by Spieys nephew.
Arthur Klinkner. county drainage commissioner. 20
whom indebted the opportunity to get this
sketch Of the old days
Twenty Miles Work.
Many OF the houses and churches built IN this county
during the Civil period of Spitley.
At time he had a house Bremen 20 build. and
it was his custom to walk there Monday morning,
arising at o'clock and walking the 20 miles IN time 20
start the work of the Saturday night would
return home the way, through tho
mud and freezing rains order spend the day OF
rest with his little family Even at the present time
he shaves himself. writes with a hand any
youth. and the oldest male singer IN the country.
Every Wednesday evening he appears with mems
chorus Harmony n Detroit.
Valentine Slough, OF the foremost lumbermen OF
the early days this part country furnished
by Spitley. and hauled by Knoblock The three old
men talked of the winter Of 1864 the coolest they
remember, when New day was bitterly cold
people could not stir from their homes for the
barns.
sIOugh's Mil Cut Walnut
Slough's mill cut black walnut for the Chicago furni
ture houses and much Of the timber used the
churches and larger buildings OF the city. They hauled
the LOADS by OK teams TO the New York Central tracks
where il was loaded and shipped 20 the cities
All these men have watched the growth OF South
Bend from a little village the Indiana
the prosperous and important cities OF the
globe so that returned travellers from the orient and
South America and Europe tell Of the vehicles ami
farm implements and lathes in in every country
they visit
Can Moderns Equal Them.
In the way, the families OF the old men have
spread the country. Spey leads the list. with
five children. Il grandchildren IS great grand
children knoblock has four children eight grand
children and two grandchildren. Slough
children, four grandchildren and great grand
children.
The modern young man. with HIS motor cars.
his cat step dance, his cigarette and electricity.
probably will not be able to look back at the age of
he he ard times na
had when boy. The Of pioneers, teams. and
toll roads is gone, and we take off our hats IN
the passing Of the and Of
earlier time who made state and nation prosper
beyond all others.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

small "trnkets" which she no doubt priced highly
a small boy prizes his marbles.
In the time the interurban agent is OBJ
sessed by and women who leave their hats
the racks overhead, that they might the better
JOY the breezes the homeward stretch SO far the
agent has been able all forgotten hats to
their owners.
The little signs Have you forgotten something"
Not responsible articles left here" found in
hotels depots street cars large department store rest
rooms and other places, help to jolt the minds of
into remembering.
Men Leave Umbrellas.
Men more addicted TO leaving umbrellas and
overcoats while most commonly forget purses
packages Memory is respector age. nine
year-od Tommy Will tell his teacher that he forgot
the piece which he neglected practice while Mary
Jane, in the fourth grade tells her teacher she can't
remember the date o. the battle Of Gettysburg.
In the vestibule of any church you witness the
objects forgotten by the congregation prayerbooks
rosaries umbrellas, rubbers, handkerchiefs and some
times purses. The latter however, seldom found
is It because people don't take their 10
church?
At a wedding which took place at the home Of the
bridegroom about year the ceremony was pro-
ceeding nicely down to the moment when he sup
posed to slip the ring her finger. And with this
ring thee we'd" the minister saying, while the
bridegroom after fumbling around in his pockets
happened TO remember that he had left It up his
dresser Instead Of sending his best after it, he
left the bride standing there while he chased upstairs
get it. much to the amusement Of the guests
Perhaps you have taken the in memory train
ing. advertised in the magazines and therefore
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

Did you Mr. Man, forget the cough syrup for Junior
which your better YOU purchase
the drug store your way home, and then
guilty when you heard Junior whooping his little
head off when you stepped the house? you
the good wives who forgot phone the laundry
and ask them why they hadn't returned Jims collars
poor Jim had a soft collar to the theater
last evening?
These little memory lapses trtfes. how
ever. compared 20 the woman who boarded a South
Bend interurban, westward bound. carrying a three
months babe. Arriving Michigan City she hur
redy gathered up articles alighted from
train. Meanwhile, the babe Gary 20
the mills screaming In unison with the steam
engine when he found that his mother had deserted
him. \ after the train had pulled out,
frantic rushed up to the station agent and
demanded his help in :he restoration OF her child.
The agent, who has lost of the hair top OF
head because excited people have worried him with
just amazing questions for the past
fury. calmly wireless Gary TO have little
johnny Doe, aged three months, wearing a white coat
and bonnet. with brown eyes and dmple in his
chin returned the next train before the agent join
ed the mother in tit Of Mysteries.
Almost every day the each OF the local
made the target for numherless harrassing
questions regarding forgotten articles trains,
terurbans and street which range in size from
rings gold watches to overcoats and baggage.
She Misses Her Rings.
The pertinacious manner I'm which some passengers
cling 20 an opinion where they left the
gotten articles what makes agent want TO rave
and rant and his hair after the OF a
opera singer one woman passenger told the agent
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14
BYLORETTOLORDEN

and insisted that the man in charge give him
his bag.
1T hasn't come in yet" he told.
But the salesman belonge the who can't be
explained TO reasoned with-he insisted that it
ought to be there, and later the day when did
come he most ungraciOus about the time
taken for the railway company return It, and all
the inconvenience it had caused him. The railroad
company to blame, he thought because
forgotten his travelling bag.
We wish there women station agents as well as
men, because most of the agents South (men,
of cOurse), that women a class great
est little "forgetters" Psychologists never
definite regarding the
the masculine and feminine memories, so we do
dispute the agents theory People classes
ever. subject to slips OF memory, and then.
Have you ever been introduced a person with a
jawbreaker name, which you failed catch when
presented? Days afterward you with a friend and
the person with the difficult stops chat You
to smooth the introduction by saying you
forgot the by introducing them as Smith or
Jones. much their surprise discom future, and
causing friend wonder If you ever really
been presented them.
Lose Their Hats.
A lovely old lady. the kind associates with Law
old and peppermints in her pocket ap-
ask If her black silk handbag had been found
NO. ii hasn't in yet" the agent replied
There she stood knowing what to do she whose
mothers who affect the styles and manners Of the
debutant granddaughter. Her forgotten bag had
contained three dollars. bank book few
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

able to say to a man whom You met 10 years ago:
"Oh yes, you are Mr.. simms. met you back in
1910 at a dinner the National Bankers association
at Omaha. You then living at 2s37 \. Johnson
St. Denver Your phone number Harrison $500.
then worried about some oil stock in which
you had invested heavily. Stock improved any?"
OF course Mr.. Simms mme diately Up YOU
and tells you what wonderful dividends his stock is
now paying and offers you a position assistant 10
president his office because have such
wonderful memory and have displayed such executive
ability.
then again, perhaps you have not subscribed
the in training your memory tricks and
the who carried the check for his electric
light bill around in his pocket until ne lost the dis
count.
There Old lady, years who used % hide
money the tea-cups in her china closet under
the brc-a-brac the fireplace. between the mat
springs OF her bed every other conceiv
able place When the ''newse," the butcher
called their money she usually had forgotten the
hiding place had vertically the house
upside down before she found her safety deposit
vault"
every woman that If she IS very old has
forgotten about the baking the until 10
looked like Russian bread. or II she
DID, she n doubt burned her fudge welsh
bit. Everyone. If they really human, has forgot
hundreds OF things in his her life. IL would be
little world II everyone remembered all the heart
aches and pains they have experienced.
Sometimes II Is pleasanter forget 20 remember
little annoyance which might a beautiful
friendship than, remembering, 10 lose friend.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14
0e You Ever Lett Your Umbrella Your Suitcase Your Hat
Or EUen Your Baby On Street Car Train Through Forgefule

that some rings had been stolen from her purse Yes
a na opposite
reilly when he thought she wasn't looking. She had
left her purse the while getting a drink
had missed the rings when she returned There he
was-waking fast toward that taxi. The agent
after him and, planting his six feet front of
the suspected man, demanded the rings Of the
by his side.
What you talking about?" the accused man
asked in surprise
NO stallng now" replied the agent give this
her rings you'll ride in patrol instead of
a taxi"
But the saved from further accusations by
the appearance of a porter. who, in true. nimable
darby style told the that Some fool
done left her jew'ry the wash basin in the ladies'
dressing ROOM and for the agent to lock it until
called for. OF course, dear readers, you have
missed that the rings belonged 10 heroine who
wept joyfully at their return. oh yes, always
my rings when washing hands. and this time
I forgot replace them" With embarrassed word
of apology the whose arrest she had almost
caused. she hurried back the waiting train.
Looking after her retreatng figure, the told
the agent that he could help staring her the
because the large dotted veil she which
arranged that dot stood the end Of
though she just recently sampling
a huckleberry pie!
Some Lack HumOr.
But not all experiences quite humorous There
the of the typical travelling salesman who
his bag the evening train bound for Toledo. He
Immediately notified the agent here South Bend. on
the following morning he stalked into the baggage
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14
Friends For More Than Fifty Years. Three Men Meet and Go Over Agar
Their Experiences Around South Bend More than Half Century

Treeking 900 miles overland behind Of oxen,
stalking out claim IN the wilderness. building rude
log miles from the neighbOr. max
Ing their own beds furniture and farm implements,
ought TO be enough any early his grave.
But Il did not IN the William Knoblock. 31S y.
St. with Valentine Slough 2715 s. Michigan
st.. with Henry spitley Of Detroit.
All three Of these men friends more than so years
ago in and around South Bend. came together Of
afternoon last week the home OF Arthur Klnkner,
Miami St. talk old times and rem
inisce OF The days when the country was young spit
ley. the Of the three 81. KnObocS is SIS and
Slough the baby Of the crowd they call him. is
only So
The Long. Long Trail
None OF these men is a decrepit relic Of an earlier
age. Of them their old vigor, their
minds clear their voices firm and without excep-
ton they are going smlungly down the broad road
which leads a land where the promises may he
greater, but they doubt If there is going TO be
fun. the joys Of living any lusty
1913 william Knobock. a boy OF II years
from Canton. O.. Marshall county which lies
immediately south Of St Joseph county He was one
cf a family OF II children and they followed
team 20 and % miles daily through forest trails which
would make the modern voyager call highway commits
sioners unprintable cognomens Indiana then one
Il the frontiers Of the west the gold rush to CaN)rna
nearly a decade the future. and a country
was opening up to the settlers of the Ohio valley
From June % 20 July the little caravan took its
way. all alone. 10 the Land OF Promise. Arriving
their new home. clearing made in the woods. and
log houses were built
No Race Suicide Then
Due 10 the large size OF the family. 1S-foot
houses were constructed side by side the chnks pas
tered with clay and the floors made of the beaten
earth In each corner Of the house used for sleeping
quarters they made fork and trigger bed. curious
arrangement which had but post. and ropes twist
cd from Eastwood bark for springs. In this
try people,
the two races lived together in peace and amity
In that environment, crude and free young
knobloCk lived for years Then the Of s
he came to South Bend. then a small community
having less than so houses all built about Washington
and Michigan He worked for SIS a month but at
the time paid only $175 q week for his board
and at place by Mrs Deals, about where
the McInerny & Doran cigar store stands At that
time there another old rattle-trap hotel the
southwest OF Michigan and Washington
and just in front there stood old stump which
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14
Say That 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner Cannot Be
Sung Nevertheless Everybody Sings The National Anthem

ascrbed by ireland and by others Germany.
through its vogue in England $50 years ago. adop-
ton the American national air. employment by
Italian composer an opera japanese life down
the recent refusal Of a German conductor a
New England orchestra 10 play il in connection with
symphony programs.
Everybody Sings IL.
Another paradox about the may be noted
purely historical and from a critical stand
point. Though many musicians aver that because OF
be sung easily. the general
public has always insisted upon singing it, Long
fore had any patriotic significance the Tip
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

WASHINGTON Nov. I5--Ft McHenry, at Balti-
more Nd mentioned in recent press dispatches as
possible headquarters for the Third Army is
referred to in following bulletin of the National
Geographic society which relates the origin of the
national anthem
Nearly every schooIboy knows that the defeat Of
a British attack upon IT. McHenry was the occasion
for writing The spangled Banner but how Fran
els Scott Keys ode be set TO the tune Of
British drinking is yet matter Of controversy.
The melody has had international history. from
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

had in the United States before Key
fitted his triumphant ode 10 its rhythm before
actor, Durang. chose that tune for Keys words-ac-
cording to which side takes that point.
FIT. McEenry Milestone point, Patapsco river.
the entrance of Baltimore harbor. is historic
shrine not only because It provided Key with an in
SEPARATION for his poem but because that Sept
Il, 1914, when our flag still there marked an
American victory OF courage and consequence.
Three days earlier small fleet OF British vessels
appeared off North point carrying 5000
the Duke Of Wellingtons encounters with Ma
poeon's troops Gen. Robert Ross their commander
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

had threatened to make his winter quarters in Balt-
even If the city rained militia After land
@been repused and Ross shot the fleet under
Admiral Cockrane. launched upon Fit McHenry ter
rife bombardment which lasted through the day and
night the 18th II suddenly ceased just before day
break Sept. Il.
"A young Washington lawyer and poet. Francis
Scott Key, had gone aboard Admiral COckranes flag
ship the attack negotiate for the release OF
friend, DR.. william Beanes, OF Upper Marlboro,
Nd who had been taken prisoner by British soldiers
Key courteOusy treated but held lest he beray
plans OF the attack upon Baltimore. Thus he had
point OF vantage throughout the operations When the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

firing ceased and he beheld the flag OF Fl McHonry
scrubbed hastily the notes his poem the
back of an old letter. and. upon reaching Baltimore,
revised them.
The words were printed In Baltimore. and they
publicly sung the Holiday Street theater
there the which hitherto had been associated
with a convvia song known To Anacreon iu
Heaven
oliver Wendell Holmes who wrote a stanza some
times used substitute for the third penned
by Key remarked three poems each the best
its kind IN America. written IN Baltimore. The
other The Raven. by Edgar Allen Poe and
Randalrs Maryland Ny Maryland
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

the boarders were wont to sit in the evenings and
watch the COWS being driven home from pasture.
Few people there in the city who remember
the building OF the South Bend Northern Indiana
interurban station. But William Knoblock hauled
the joists for the building the erection
OF the first iron door posts used in South Bend.
Those same iron posts in today, seemingly as
staunch and sound when put in place. From the
city south toward Lakeville there plank road,
eight feet wide, and operated by company which col
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14

penters apprentice for the sum Of $3.50 a week, with
a lump of 800 the end of the year.
When Ale Flowed Freely.
In 1858 Spitley and his young wife went 70 Chicago
whore he engaged in the contracting business. and
also started a lumber brokers office. The lumber
bought in South Bend. mainly from the mills Of
the Slough brothers 1t then these three be
acquainted, and many the tales they tell OF
the parties they had, when something stronger than
275 beer flowed and when the guests departed driving
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-14
HENRY SPITLEY.

Henry Spitley, a master builder, erected many
churches here in the early days, At o. he is
oldest male singer I'm the country, appearing every
Wednesday ut Harmony hall, Detroit,
juries Of the present-they did know when a
almost impossible with lumber wagon.
Spltley is Only Of.
Henry Sptey, tall white haired old boy OF 81.
the second member Of the group which together
70 talk of old days. Born in Moselle Germany,
the city of Coblenz-the bridgehead OF the Rhine oc-
cupied long by American troops-he this
country during the stirring days of the Revolution OF
184S. slow sailing vessel brought them
weeks were consumed in the voyage,-the trans
Atlantic liners make the trip in a single week.
Spitley then young still in his teens came
first TO Detroit, then city OF about $500.
there that he met the girl destined be his
wife. One Sunday morning in little frame church he
beautiful girl and fell in love with her before
they were introduced Even at 81 Spitey believes IN
love at first sight, and says he sorry that
his romance with such little warning before
he married he had worked for three years a