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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06
Repair Gravel Reads,

Gravel roads will wear in places bu,
they are easily repaired by dumping &
load Of sand aud gravel on the wor-
sp<ts once or twice year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

development Of resources Of the arch,.
peiaso as that which is offered the
VISITOR at the carnival city.
ln the evenings the carnival.becomes
the center Of Philippine and oriental
soclal activity. A huge open air audi
forum serves for the elaborate nightly
oalis and on its mammoth floor thou
SANDS OF couples swing together to the
strains OF music furnished by the IA
nous Constahulary and other military
oanoS Probably at no other place in
'ne world viii one see an equally inn
pressive cosmopolitan spectacle.
The Manila visitor who can plan his
IMP 10 arrive at the Pearl Of the Orient
Tor carnival time may well deem, him
self fortunate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

Police your pocketbook fire alarm
your cigar account and watchdog your
conscience
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

the household Husbai Is. word to
the wives may be sufficient
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

rice which among
Of
Philippine Islands and b
In Northern
estimated 1921 miles Of
the distanc around he word
the pitousm iaes overo
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

This Is the season OF the year when
the Philippines become the playground
for the entire orient II lis carnival
season In Manila.
In i9oS the hrst Philippine carnival
vas held on historic Wallace Field in
Manila In February. when the climate
OF the Stands is at its best. and each
succeeding year there has beer a larr.
or and more elaborate celebration.
The 1870. or Victory Carnival. will he
the greatest event of its sort ever held
anyw here in the Far East
There are commercial and govern.
nent exhibits in connection with TIE
carnival. and on no other occasion is il
possible 10 gain at once such com.
prehensive ieea Of the production and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06
Ia CROSSE LAD CHUMMY
WITH CABINET OFFICER

A Lacrosse. Wisconsin, ten year
old boy. Ia getting chummy with
David F. Houston. Secretary OF the
Treasury The lad having purchas-
ed some Government Savings Sc
curities. felt that the personal
touch had been established and
wrote the secretary as follows
Lacrosse. Wis. Mar. II, 1920.
Dear Secretary Houston:
Well. we are all well and hope
this will find you the same. And
so II has been pretty cold so far.
| want you to know l have four OF
your War Savings stamps So good,
by.
Edward kersten,
5o4 Milwaukee Street.
Lacrosse. Wisconsin"
Secretary Houston. according to
officials of the Ninth Federal Re-
serve District Savings OrganIxa
ton. was as proud to receive the
letter as the Lacrosse lad was to
write it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

When YOU conclude to spend less
than you earn, let your backbone be
as strong as your wishbone
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06

And r. l.. r arises TO remark: "A
fool and his Liberty Bond are soon
parted"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-06
THRlFT-O-CRAMS

Thrift. like charity and bad man.
ners begins at home
Beware the company whose only oil
Is on the tongues of its statesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
SANDRA IS OVERWHELMED b,
A NEW THOUGHT.
CHAPTER CXXXVIII.


Have you seen the paper tonight?"
Everett asked when he came in
mo, 1 have been playing with Jun
Tor, and haven't looked at it He is SO
cunning I.forget everything when l
am with him.
walter Kemp was killed yester-
day; rather, injured so badly he died
this afternoon. An automobile acct
dent"
How terrible! Let me see the pa
per, pleass?"
1t was only a shorts paragraph
which told of Walters death; the man
ner of it He had collision with an
other car. and while both his own
chauffeur and the occupants of the
other car had escaped Walter had
been terribly injured
Poor Rose. What an ending of her
married life. She wanted to be happy
-longed for it more than anyone I
know-unless it is myself" l said,
really thinking out loud more than adj
dressing Everett.
And SO you have longed for happi-
ness, Sandra? l hope you have found
it, Everett returned very gravely.
1. made no reply. ] WAS happy
most of the time,-in a measure. I
what he had withheld from me, and
had given Leola, was a constant him
drance to my happiness. I sent a
telegram to Rose at once l was so
sorry for her. It was all SO pitiful
Everett remained at home. that eve
ming. and we talked of little else. 1
could not dismiss it from my mind.
az am glad she went back to him,
now" remarked. 81 thought her
foolish when she did it. But I have
a feeling she will be happier than If
she had not-she is his wife, and he
- f1o
he is dead.'
Yes, she will probably feel that
way. Then too it will save gossip,
and newspaper talk, which would
have been almost unavoidable had
they been divorced
had not thought of applying what
I said to Everett until I saw him
flush. Then it came to me: Leola
belonged to him also. even tho she
was gone. No matter how she had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03

The hands on the clock OF civiliza-
ton were turned back a century in
Chicago, Friday, when the sheriff of
Cook county forced 200 prisoners in
the Jail to witness the hanging of one
of their comrades. According to the
Geographic report of the incident, so
fearful was the officer that his brutal
nature would fail of qualification that
he hastened the execution in order to
avoid possibility of reprieve, which
he may have looked for owing to the
fact that the governor had protested
against his announced plan. Many
other protests were filed but to all he
was obdurate. Any man possessing
so evidently the lust for taking human
life should be forever barred from
again holding public office. But q
state which retains the death penalty
on its statute books might reasonably
be expected to develop character like
the sheriff of Cook county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03

The fair minded man, uninfluenced
by selfish interest must fail to find
anything Objectionable in the anti
strike clause of the Cummins railroad
bill, which feature the brotherhoods
are opposing so vigorously. The bill
not only assures an equitable system
of settling wage disputes, but expressly
preserves the individual right to quit
railroad employment for any cause,
with the single reservation that there
shall be no conspiracy to interfere
with interstate commerce. strike.
Under the Cummins bill, every rail-
road emptoye would be at full liberty
to cease his employment whenever he
could obtain better wages or more
agreeable work elsewhere. or even If
he desired to cease work entirely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
AMERICAN MANDATES.

While President Wilson appears to
be wholly averse to this country's as
Stunning a mandate for Mexico he is
believed to be strongly in favor Of our
accepting mandate for Armenia.
There is said to be good reason to be-
iieve that an understanding was
reached with the Paris conferees that
the United States would assume a
mandatory in Armenia, and, with that
understanding in view, the British
government has for some time past
been Withdrawing its troops from Ar
menian territory. 1t is alleged that
OF War Baker was insistent for an
army of 100000 men was that large
part of such force might be ordered
to Armenia to make our mandatory in
that region effective.
Leading Republicans and Democrats
recently have sent g. memorandum to
President Wilson opposing American
mandates in the Near East and urging
the United States at once to recognize
the Armenian. republic. The signers
of this memorandum are James w.
Gerard, Charles E. Hughes. Alton B.
Parker. Elihu Root, Frederick C. Pen
field, Nicholas Murray Butler, Jacob
Gould Schurman, John Grier Hibben.
P. N. Rhinelander and Admiral Fisl1e.
The memorandum states: I'VE do not
believe the American people can be
fairly asked to assume so hazardous a
responsibility. or that they should as
sumo an obligation under which the
Turks will become the principal bene-
ficiaries, with the unavoidable result
that they will gain in strength and, at
the termination of the term of our
mandate, resume their national pas
time of murder and rapIne. We are
confident that you cannot possibly
sympathize with an arrangement that
is advocated by the Turks themselves
Interest is given to these matters by
the fact that Turkish delegation is
about to depart for Paris to make
peace with the allies. Since we have
not been at war with Turkey we have
no substantial reason for participating
in the peace negotiations. nor for as
Stunning any responsibility for the fu-
ture OF any part of her territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03

be passed on to the public in the form
of higher admission price"
In considering this problem facing
the movie industry, the producers con-
tend, it must be borne in mind that
pictures aresdiffe-2nt from other ex-
port commodities. The closing of the
foreign market doc3 not tend to glut
the market on this side, as might oc-
cur in the case of foodstuffs or other
manufactured goods, thus reducing the
price. There will be no more pictures
here than there were before. because
the manufacturers will merely cease
making extra prints. But the cost
of pictures, whether the European
market takes them or not. remains
the same. The only alternative, there
fore, will be to reduce the cost or to
charge more for the product.
1t is encouraging to note. however,
that the producers are not placidly
accepting present conditions without
a valiant struggle. Some of them
have moved their entire equipment,
including furniture as well as players
and camera men to Europe, where
they can stage the whole production
in foreign money and thereby escape
the embarrassment Of exchange diff
ficulties. Others are attempting to
make an arrangement whereby the
foreign exhibitors shall pay for Amer
lean films in merchandise instead of
money. Still others are extending
long-terrn credits until the rateSof ex-
change GENES back. But all are
united in working for what they be-
lieve will be the solution of all their
tragic difficulties-the ratification of
the peace treaty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
Questions-Answers

Q. What is the origin of the term
"Armageddon Pr. J. 6.
A. Armageddon was the name Of the
plain of Esdraleon, the famous battlefield
of the Jewish nation. 1t was there that
the issues upon which the destiny of the
race depended were settled. ArmaGeddon
has therefore come TO typify the last stand,
the battle for existence
Q. Where is the greatest pipe organ in
A. What is undoubtedly the largest
and probably the greatest pipe organ ever
made was that which was played IN Festi-
tion in 1904. 1t was originally made for
Convention Hall, in Kansas City, but was
never accepted It remained IN storage as,
Wanamaker and installed in his Phil
adelphia store where it is played every
working day. The organ weighs $4,000
pounds.
Q. Does the government make a profit
on the pennies it manufactures Nv. L. D.
copper and per cent nickel and zinc.
The material which goes into them costs
about twenty-five cents pound and this
They are distributed TO banks at their face
value, so the profit is dollar pound.
less the cost of manufacture which Is not
great.
Q. Where can I get book which will
give me preliminary knowledge OF
A. The Washington Information Bureau
of this paper will send you. free of
charge, little book of elementary French.
used by the Marines when they were going
to France. if you will write it, giving
your name and address and enclosing a
two-cent stamp for return postage. Ask
for the French Vocabulary.
Q. What Is the most famous of st.
Gaudens' statuey?-P. II.
A. The heroic statue of Lincoln. at the
entrance to Lincoln Park. in Chicago, is
one of the best of st Gaudens' statues.
There is q statue known as Grief" which
stands in Rock Creek cemetery. in Wash J.
irgton. that some hold is his best example
OF inspired genius
Q. A friend of mine argues that seven
gallons of liquid may be put into a cubic
foot l contend that a five gallon oil can
contains. more than a cubic foot. Which
is right?
A. Your friend is right There Are a
little over seven gallons in a cubic foot.
tAny reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal information bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. Washington. ID. c. This
offer applies strictly TO Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical,
and financial matters. 1t does not under
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undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write your question plainly and
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03


1t is now. declared by persons most
Industrious In locating the habitat of
the profiteer that it is in the big fac
tory. Manufacturers are accused of
making enormous profits. But they
should not be condemned hastily. 1t
may be that they are. acting entirely
from patriotic motives-a desire to
help the government. 1t is well known
that Uncle Sam gathers to himself 8
large share of the profits accruing to
the business of the country. The big
ger the profit the more he takes. 1t
follows therefore that the government
might do much toward eliminating
profiteering and reducing the cost of
living by removing its burden of taxes
from the shoulders of successful bust
ness The ultimate consumer pays all
the expense Of government, but it
might cost him less to pay direct than
thru the manufacturers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

flirted; how she had panied him when
alive; no one could question his claim
to her now.
Suddenly Rose. her trouble. receded.
man loved with all my heart, could
even now flush over the mention Of
his first wife--look ccnscious--and SO
make me unhappy.
1T wish she were buricd-fathoms
deep in the ocean," 1 thought, then
wondered II he now visited her grave.
If he ever had since we had been
married.
Strangely enough, with all my jeal-
Gus thoughts and fears, this never be
fore had occurred to me. Perhaps he
made regular pilgrimages to it even
now, The cemetery where she was
buried was not far; he could easily
take time from his business hours to
go there and I never should be the
wiser.
what are you thinking of. San
dra?" I was startled at the question
breaking in upon my thoughts. Try
and put Rose, her troubles. from yolr
mind. We will do anything we can for
her. but fretting and lying awake
won't help her. and it will harm you"
No wasn't thinking of Rose just
then" I had only family heard or
absorbed anything but his question
What. then? You looked very
serious
Did T." laughed a little as
pulled myself together. Suppose he
knew what was in my mind. what
would he think of me? He would
probably consider me a silly little 1ool.
answered the question to myself.
Yes, and dear. perhaps Rose is
happier than IL Walter had lived--or
will be happier after while. He
never would have been true to- her
or to any one woman I am ashamed
to confess it, but there are such men;
men who have no sense of sex faith
fulness. He was one of them No one
knows from what she has been saved
by his being taken from her now"
He still thought me serious because of
Rose, and was trying to comfort me.
While I was only thinking of myself,
and my determination to find out II
he still made pilgrimages to the spot
where he had laid Leola.
(To be continued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH rHoNPsoN.

"Heart-Broken:" The young man
you love has grown away from you
evidently. Bad roads prevented his
calling and new interests have taken
up his time. and SO gradually he has
stopped thinking of you It may be
that sprfsgtime will reawaken his
thoughts of you and that you will hear
from him again.
You must not grieve so much.
Think of the many men and women
who have suffered in the way you are
now suffering. To outward appear
mentally. Surely goa want to be as
brave
Everything depends upon your will.
If you really enjoy grief. you will per-
NIT yourself to think and suffer. But
if you want to be brave and accept
the beauty and happiness which life
constantly offers. you can do so. Turn
your thoughts from the past and live
in the present with hope for the fu-
ture.
Do not write by any means. Since
you mentioned the pin in your last
it until it is called for. It is merely
superstition to think that accepting
the pin broke your friendship.
Dear Mrs Thompson: am a young
man 2 years ofrage. wish to thank
the girl who signed Elaine s." for
the advice she gave me in a recent
letter. She must be a wonderful girl.
1t would be great If there were only
more who. had the good sense and
self-respect that she shows. would
like to correspond with a girl like
her.
have never been very popular any
where. but this much I do know
when a fellow wants real girl he
doesn't want one who has been paved
over by every fellow in the neighbor-
hood So stick to it, Miss Elaine;
you'll win. JACK N
s'Elaine s." did not send her address
at the time she wrote. Besides. 1
never give out addresses without per-
mission. Thank you for writing. i
am sure that il 'Elaine g. reads your
letter her views and ideals will be
strengthened
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
The Park Ave. News.


Exteri New Candy Store Going to
Open. A big new candy store Is going
to open next week, according to the
sine in the window, but there wont be
eny sampels gave out free the ferst
day. amung those who went in and
asked about it being Benny - Potts,
Skinny Martin, Leroy Shooster. and
Sid Hunt
Spoarts Pubs Simkins and Sam
Cross was in the Crosses house last
Thersday, and they had contest to
see how neer they ceu1d come to q
Chinese vase by throwing pilloys at it
without hitting it, Pubs SinlSins COM
ing SO neer that the vase fell over and
a peece broak off of the top, Sam
Cross sticking it back agen 50 good
that nobody hasent noticed it yet.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Ed Wernick has a little red
note book with a calender, in the
back with all the dates IN it, and he's
always pulling it out of his pockit and
telling people wat date It is whether
they wunt to know or-not.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
People Will Think You're Krazy
Always go erround laffing,
And wen you feel panefill. smile,
And you'll never notice your trubbles
Before or after or vile.
Wat goods a clock that wont go :?
We will fix your clocks for you cheep
and IL We fale we will take them to
the clock store flee of charge. The
Ed Wernick and Lew Davis Clock
Fixing Compinny
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03

1t sounds trife. 1 know. But there
isn't a sounder rule of work or of serv-
ice. You will never regret the toll of
your hands or OF your head, il you
always do your best. And each new
task will grow more interesting and
fascinating.
Always do your best.
Some other chap may. get more
money than you do. but unless he
always does his best, you will pass him
in the race I-l0ve the work of the
ancients-for they worked for the
pure fun and pride of producing last
ing and beautiful things. AS you grow
in years. you will get more fully the
greatness behind what they had in
mind when they worked.
Always do your best
Never waver. Keep q clean mind
and heart Think of the interests of
other people-and always keep doing
your BEST
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-03
1EHgsE
lk6lHhS
zp
E23arHE nez

The trouble with our reading books as fur
as / can see
Is that they tell bout grown CD men an
not bout boys like me-
I know what old Ben Franklin did when
he was big an strong /.
An how he KEEP on workin' hard when
things were goin' wrong
But what I'D really like to know is what
he said an did
An If he never uisobeyed when he vas
just a kid.
I'll bet HI. wasn't always good, I'll bet he
Coz I remember that I've read that once
Now what I'd really like to know is how be
when something tempted him to do those
things he knew were wrong
try the very best can to act the way
I should
Yet suddenly find I've done a deed that
isn't good
An, I cant .splaIa it to my Pa the times he
just like lie.
haven't got lot Of words that I can
think up quick
To use when I'm In trouble, an nv tongue
gets awful thick.
So just take my scoldiR' an / stand an
hang my heal.
AN wish I knew when he'd been bad FMS
what Ben Franklin said.
1 spose I'll keep on bein, bad until I end
Becoz no matter how try cannot change
my Ways,
I walk the straight and narrow path for
just about so long.
Then suddenly find that I have stepped
aside for wrong.
An on 'fwouId help me II knew just what
Ben Franklin did,
An how he 'splaired Ii TO bis Pa when he
was just q kid
Copyright 1913 By Edgar A. Guest.