davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Fair play., 1920-11-06
hsat.InsuIatIno Material.

A new Notwithstanding material com
posed of mixture Of special clay
and cork has been discovered by
Norwegian engineer. The clay and
cork mixture is burned and the result
is the formation Of q very light SUBJ
stance that Is said to be eminently
suitable for all heat.insulatng puf.
poses.
Fair play., 1920-11-06
For n Disordered Stomach,

When the stomach fails to perform
its functions the bowels become de.
ranged. the liver and kidneys con
ge>ted. The important thing is to re-
stnr" the stomach and liver tn n healthy
condition aud for this purpose Chnm-
berlnin'S Tablets are excellent. Give
them II trial. They only cost n quar-.
ter adv
Fair play., 1920-11-06

When IN need of cut flowers for fu
nernls. weddings. parties or dr",a-
tive purposes, We will furnish them
in any design desired. Prices always
reasonable. Phone 100.
adv IEO G.. BASLER.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
Breve fra Dorges Bygder og Byer.

Gnfe @lirli SerpItaoeieroet, 50 Iar,
llnbertegnebes Setter.
Wange er altiaa goact bort. bet er
pemooigt at tpnfe paa for oS plbre,
iom bar fienot oisie % tiloela lepct
lalnmcli meo Dem. Nfcn ocres @icr.
ming bar 10 enot, Sc bar trGt %
trrngte oen iortientc Spile. Get Dor
pGre en- Sreit / Sorgen oa Sapnct,
at Sipet % SIGgtcn alto %iornpcs.
Serfor fan iorbaabningsiulo oeiaa
meooeleS, at Der bar ibelt % ipinter
p9ret mango lnffelige sSsbslcr al me
&eroensborgere.
Sililltt ifol leg faa 2op at bilic
Slrgt og &enncr, at ieg / min 63
Mars Tlbcr clouu mcb Some err i
bcoite %eleaaenoe. Sea bar mn Ell
libeu aarlig llnberitetteli e al Staten,
Tom iibite %aar al S%tortinget blco
enitemmig beoilget. Oct cr piitnof
life meget / 0prtibenL men meb ct
SprtiostillPg, iom icrtioen iaocS, er
set iaapibt hi leoer mco Neiiombeo
o. Dor bernlco pprc tilirebs.
Gnore Serpita0.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
Mapen inpr0en?
Gaa til &pSen af Snbet - tag
Or. GomaroS Cline Sablets.

: 9ette er netop bpao t1,ienber al
mapeIioenoe Gerioner sisr baglig.
Sitebet for at BRUCE linbrenoe
Weoiciner, % be0e paa SnOet,
saar be lige til Hoben al Snoet =
opitoppet 2eper % llorben /
Mapen.
81. Gbparbs Slioe Soblets op.
Iiper 2eoeren paa en- foroelagtig
Maabe. Naar Mapen og 2eocren
funftionerer f%orefommer ingen
Maoe. eller Notwithstanding.
beoer.
Sar Ge ono Smas i Illnoen,
belast Sunge. oaarlig appetit, 81
bebefinbenoe, liben Gnersi? grug
SIipe Sablets - BET eritatter
Galomel.
Or. gbparbs Tablets er rene
Observation-Disclosures blanbet nleb Oil.
penolie. &ienoem9rfet er oen
clipensrsnne 5arpe. Te eier Ir.
beioet ,,ben nogen Solelie al
Smerte og llbebaseligbeb.
Sag en- eller TO oeo Sengetio,
raar Sc snifer Hurtig Sorbe.
bring. Spis bpao De enifer.
10c % 25c.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

SaIg. Gen or. ianoibt ies pes, life
at iaa fisbt anoetiteos Der / @aroet.
Yriicn er me9et lioen. 9ogen er
poa oper 400 Sioer % folter 3 SIR"
Saapiot @r. &tter. Seq fan ollie
Selc unberltrege, hpao ban bar fire.
BET. Seq bar / en- lang Iorrrfte al
o. iii forrelponberet meo Sr. 8. 3.
Sobnion, ligeiom les bar ficnot ham
ira Den Sio han booze her / Sa1oct
@ou bar nosle slor min SfogSiulo.
nlrgtia ben Sio lea bnooe Sfoae I'll
llbbugit / SaHtnaoaI.
Zen reiioerenoc aapcnan, Goitor
Iancien, er frcnlocIe$ iaa mot eiter
lin Spgbom, at ban elronl life foll
iorrette. Tropit Sfaar or oa oIenc
iii at iorrette / Sc lire airfer. San
fan Dog en- % onocn Sang iaa Siplp
az uoeniorItaaenoc.
Sunber Sogn Hinacrifc, o7oe
WtartS 1920.
q. q. 0ppedouro.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

Selgenoe merfpGroiee grflrrin9
blep nplig gjprt al Wtr5. q. 8. @il.
brief, en- pelfienbt pg irrbelcs beit
relpefteret &pitbe / sos Mngelcs,
Galif., bpenoe / No. 222 Hortb Il.
paraoo Street. Mtrs. @iloricf er
90 slar gammel og er Mooer til ipp
gsrn. Senoes Sotograii eiengiues
her.
rs 2sbet al iioite aar eler mere"
iagoe Wsrs. @iloricf, bar ieg prret
/ meget baarlig Selbreo. Seq leo
iiGr al ~fruniif Slloieestion eIler ilet
S%orbsielie, og min Sorfatning bat
iaa Hem, at ieg al Blot % bar Spaq.
beo maatte tilbringe oct babe al 81
ben / Sellgen. SrobS ale oe Wteoi-
elmer ieg tog, par Set mig life mulig
at faa nogen 2inbring, os jeg blep til
fine Sioer ian nerpss % foritprret,
at ieg banifelig fltnoe fatte lpao ieg
giorbe. Seq baOoe ingeniombelit
s(ppetit, leo npiten iii ole Siber al
SnbigeStion pg bar pirfelig / en- ME
get lem fpiiif Sorintning. SuiS leg
ipiite liot al ct eQcr unbet, bapbe jeg
oltib en- SeIelIe al N~ebtrpftbeo %
Glenbigbeb efterpaa, og leg fnn for
tPae Gem, at ieg gift meget bltrtig
neoob 9affe.
ga, ieg fan iilnpeltben life iinbe
Sro for at fortrlle Gem, bpor oaar.
Zig ieg bar, eaer bbao Sanlac bar
norcttet for mig, tbi jeg er mi iaa
fritz iom jeg nogeniinoe bar fslt /
nit 2ip. SGnf, efter at babe taget
fun ire og Ell balo SLATE al oel1ne
Weoicin bar ieg o%irfelig tiltagct Is
Tltnb / &egt, og enbper fortpller
mig, at jea Ter bebre no emo paa
mango Iarl
"Sioen ieg bar begprbt at tagc
Sanlac bar ieg e%rfaret, at flere al
mine intime Senner ogiaa tager BET,
% enbber al Sem err beaeiitret for
bette Wiooel. Set err mig biSielig
cit 8lpoc at onbefole Sanlac % hiel-
pc til at ubbrebe oenne Weoicins
%eliienelier. ga, ies enifer at sc
ogiaa ifol brl,ee nit Sotoerafi iaa
ale mine @enner fon ie boor s,ot
ieg fer no. gnbber Ser fitnoe Ie mig
III efter at bare feet mig for finn faa
1taer iioen, pilbe blipe ~operbepiIt ON,
at Tarllac maa iIanbbeo pGre NJ pio-
unoerlig Mebicin."
Sanlac iGlges af s. Sc. Spinmon,
Osiian, Soma, liant hos en- leberoe
9(potbefer | bper Sp. Nopt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
NGloefeber. "6or omtrent ii Iar

NGloefeber. "5or omtrent ii Ior
iioen blep ieg on8rebet al Ell irrite.
renoe IGloeiebcr, Der pinte mia /
fem Iar," ~Ifriper Sr. Setter =. @Qn-
len, Chicago, 81. Seq preucoe aqe
mulige Mioler ior at iaa 2inoring,
% nogle iaa bialp mig liot i SiebIif.
fet, men 4ugrebene blep barre o.
bD~ppigere. SiIiioit iulgte iea eli "a.
mes Haao ON al BRUCE Or. Refers
9urifo. enbifjsnt leg life bap6e no.
gen Siltro iii oen. HeIuItotet bar.
at jes bIep iuIoitGnois beiriet Tor
min 2ibelie." Get teller olorig, al
Bette gammeloagie ltrtcmioOel sior
gobt. bpab Sugoommen ian eno er,
iorbi ben ranlmer Snbct peo Rooelt
llrenbeoerne / Glooet. aurifo cr
life en- Saroelspare. al bpiItcr
8runo Ipoteferc life fan Icpere oclt
Dor nGrmere 0plpsringer ifriu til
Sr. Vcter 5abrneD & Cons 60,
25O1 @aibington glpo., Chicago.
81.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
Selbreoer @noiDgoomme.
Gnbenb 5ento, rcnIenSe, sieunem
trrnseoe, atiieptic flg'
oenoe WiOSel.

Sc bebsper life at Iice al Gcsema. Sins
rer. Rineorm, Sre9uer % Iisnenbe SUBJ
,ibebaselisbeoer. Siot 3eulo. iom Tan
iaaeS hos enbper Npotbeter for 35 Gents.
eller $1.00 for ell ertra itpr Slate oil.
hurtis anpenot. ~iGSpanlis eipe uiortspet
2inorins for ilecnoe Sortir. Set rens
fer % itprier 5uoen % beibreoer burtist
o. ntrtiourt De fleite 9ubipsoomme.
2emo er ct piounberiist. clemens
trGngenoe. bortiiernen0e flpbenoe Mios
bel oa miloner DEN melt emfinotIise Dub.
Set er life feotet. fan let anuenbes % fos
fter Inn Tibet. Saf Sem bet ioae %
tpar Dem ielu for al fremtibis Summer.
She g. g. Hoie Co.. 9lepelano. ..
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
Ten "Spanifc" SNac.

zen 1adfdlpfe lpdrllte Sn'llten5a
cIler Sir, ION 0cu / iurfortet
6orm benppneS poa GngeIif, raiec
M after paa mango Stcber / 2anbct.
Get feocrale SelIeraoO, Il. Q. Bubble
Sealtb Serpice, ofientliggicr Ielaen,
De ON Spgoommen % bcn$ aicnoc.
tegn:
Gen Spgoom, ion goos moe-
Napnct Ipunif Snilucn;o, er nor.
melt at betraete TOM en- meget init
ion Nrt al SorfisIeIie, IcoIaqet al
Sober % Smerter / Sopeoet, Gine.
ne, Ercne, &ygacn % ANDRE &c,
~gentsoele. Som Negel ioripinoer
ole oi5ie Spmptomcr / 2cbet al tn
caer lire Gage, % Eatienten bIir
hcreiter burtig friit igien. sos en-
Gel nopifler Der fig imiolertiO 2iul.
9~cbetGllbelie, grebctGnocIIe % Sicr
ncbetGnoelie (IcniuBiti3), Der
mango Silirlocr bar Gp0en tiIisl9c.
Stient SWoommcn bclGpue3
"ipanlf SniIuer5a" iaa CT Sen ooJ
iIet life fontnten ira Spalicn, men
cr blot uobreot % ipnea at bare al.
oele5 Jamie Spgoon, ionl bar Der.
jet @erben mango @angc tioIigcre.
Ser CT iom Tegel lan Iioct 5orifiel
/ ScgpnOclicn imelem oenlle SuG.
bonn % alminoelig 6orfiplelIe, al
Der life fan anglOc5 nogcu iiffec
W3aaoe, buorpaa man / bct elfeItt
SiliGloe fan aigjsre, ON oct or Sn,
flucn5a eaer life. Gerimoo err ben
let at flenoe, naar ben optreoer cpl.
bemiif. MeoenS S~orfislelIe % so.
Ite Iom Hegel finn fommer poa Den
foloe Iarstio fan Snfluen5a an,
9ribe 6olf iii bpilfmiombelit SiO
paa Iaret. S alminoeIig 6orfie.
lelie CT aienbetegnene GSebcr, Smer,
ter og Nebtrpftbco) langtfra Iaa rs.
prGget eaer ion plubielige / oeres
Nngrb, iom De er i Snfllleu3n. Seller
fife uobreoes 6orfielelIe ioa bur.
tig og inosooenbe.
Naar man angribeS al Stfl,enSo
ieler man Jig pIuoieIig upeI. Mal,
taber tine arGIter, feler Smerter
Zine, Srer, Sopebet, Ipggen, I'M.
berIipet og MuifIcrne. Wallge isIe,
Jig ioimmel, andre faiter op. Dc
ileIte fIager ODER Srpsning % c;
Gieblif @ierlerc ioar De Sober meo en-
Semperatur al t00-104. TuIier
er Iom Tegcl %tenneIig ipag.
Spao man melt logger Mlerfe til
er at Entienten Ter meget Ipg no.
9aaoe Einene og llnoeriiocn al 81.
enlaagcrle err ofte blooiprnnqte, NG
len renoer % Der er ofte Soite. Sc
bere1t parer iPouanlig ire iii fire
Sage, bporeitcr 8atientelt fommcy
Jig igien. Com Reael err Der iaa
Ssosialo, men Oct bGnber unOcrti.
cen at Spgoommon optrGoer / eli
nteget itreng 6orm meo mango
Ss0Sfalo. Gsoen inbtrpiier iom Ne
gel paa 0run0 al, at Yaticnten poa-
Nrar Jig &ungebetGnoeIie eaer onor.
forlige Spgbomme. Oct beoite maj,
fan gisre bui5 man bar Snilucn3a,
er at aaa tiIIetgs og ienoe quo eiter
29gen.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
OcpteN.
Gaar set b%creorcs I Communicates eller
pna auoen Yiaaoc CT bette gierne n9prt.
On 2Lhnnncnt nnlnicr. at

On abouncnt oplnicr. at she
Ieetin EirGI americau" uotontmer /
gtirucdboliS % life / ct, 8dul. aoress
len CT 9th Strect & Arb aoe. so.
Gil g3rS. &. z. O.. G~ottoutuoon,
Rirr.: @i or fife iitdnO III ar fiuoe ben
8auoe. Sc itrtner ont. og Ian iadlebe5
iraer rGrnlere Gplnsuinser al ON beunc
gag.
IrS. Better W. 81. G6riIteuIcu.
Rapio Sin. z Sat. 9or 33S, euiter en-
Cpitriit pdd auGttebrso.
- Gil 8. 3. Stougbtou. isis: Gen
%cutlcite D2uaoc at firbe III. ON Sc fau
iuu Su1tbcut1lug. or at forbcre Seu hos
Gountu GuoItor / Terc5 Gouutn. Grs
iaNlia er bet tutct lreieu ior bet.
Mrs. Ge. 9. Rinoabt. Cisco, isis.
cuIter cu Afitrift az Sdugcu: Nom ui
RoromGuo ira Sargar 90 GdIar."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
2laben ~Korreiponoance.

@i bs'oartr Spsrasmaal faa apet ri far. rto be
RIb.r. 'on fiaor III sor 8eaoiah,o. men paaiar %
10, rpatt tIrieif Aaipor Tor. at Srar.u. / ale all
'clb.r CT atipiui ,orrei, "a 'p!se'igisreHos.
SrsrasraaI 'rn R,r'ousr ipm ttts opo,r NEt FacBe
I'll RseaittoHtn. bt'parts life.
epsre,r, btees afiotie nm, Spsrasnaal ct greet os
ipht.ia Sproe.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

Som in5om grpeOitioren 90 lab is
piie 9em "9usrennen" SpmafiHsr.
@i bar netop mcotot M Sorinnins al
Sc forfieIiec Ioesuer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

Mrs. u. e. @ilSrief AT
Sos Inseles, Salt, INN
flyer, at hun tilbragte bet balpe
at Siben tilicngs % fnnbe life
faa nugen 2inbring fpr biin tug
Sanlae. !S1tn crflrrer nit, at
hun befinber zig iaa friif ium
nuseniinbe / lit 2iu, % at bnn
bar tiltaset fenten Ennb /
@egt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04
Sp.: let hnr bet nit, rien ui far life
itoaet nGrmer Sjenpitab til oct.

~. 6pao er Norcsieu til Wdrccuo
0ollaen | 9ior9e eLer, iom ban ooiaa tdls
oeS, "Wianoen uteb hen lictte Cans?
20: Mnrccllo SuuacuS nuprrenoc
SpbuloSitco CT oS m%betienpt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

Sp.: oar Gbriitabelpbi1us Alrteinms
iunoeI noeet Srntteri her / amerlid, ion
rptter Sseer % Sraitaterg
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

81. I. Sil bpilteu Meli9ious6etieu.
oclle berer &c iujdG @dltauitater. iom
par inopiiIct / oeu iloite @erocustrig?
,. 0ooo Rcligtou bar Eoleu?
3. 0porlchc5 er DC forl!ie1i9e Strife
ldmiuu0S NeolemSnutdl ~bercanct2 Or
Bette bare DC ltenlmebcretiigeoc ipoitrcbnc
NcNlcmmer, iom regue5, eIer CT set
buaoe Borne % Barn?
81: 1. Zen arGif f~atulifc Rcliaion
or operpeicnsc. vi Snlaarernc, ium inlt
taller ca. 1 Drill, or ; DILL. 8rgif.
Sntuliter, CT balu Diill. Mnbnmcbanere,
cnoel Ssoer % rpmerif .fatolffc. \ Rn.
'mrnlen or DC caeutlise Humeuere greffa
f%atuiife, men paina Der or Der life iaa ian
Ytihnncbnnerc % nugle rumerif fntplifc.
@rGfcnlnno er grrif fntplif, Scrbien
pperpcicnee %liaeinn.
,. Gplen CIR rumerit %faiolif, men Der
CT r9ioo mnusc Ssoer, arrif ~fntUlfe %
Trutcftnuter.
3. Iutnllet bercanct | itntiitifc ~.
snuer 'om Megcl / SiGle (Snoipiocr).
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

%: 6pao er Rr. Rocteieqer eli
@eroens rige'te Ranes &ercsieI
81: 20 S~rpnopan, Eew BORT.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

Sp.: ]. Sdr NorQc eiort Ell Souiratt
neo &c 6orcneoe StoIer. iuu Ell nurii
Berger iitpper at betule noaeu Suoz
,om'titat. ON ban reiier bjem iii Norgc?
2. @lGIoer beune Nontroit ogiaa
Spcrige?
8. Or ser SoIo az gtalerier meo
Namrne. lom er giort bcr, ON leg tar
Dem meo til Horge?
gu: I. Sislse ~Suerensfomiten Gan
oenc melcm or Stsrreiien al ben Snos
tRgt, ipm er iritat ior Snofomiifat for
en- nprft Berger ben famine ipm for ell
arierifanN poraer: bet pil iiqe, $1,000
for en- naiit % $4,000 for en- qiit Der
ion. meo Wubtifripning al Doerliaere
$500 for buert Barn. iom or aibGnsig
az bnm Tor ut nnocrholo. Yien Der er
ben Sorftjei, at ell uorif goraer, ium er
iaitboenoe | Nmerifa %faltiaa uoen at bli
amerifanit gorgerD betaler Ell Sfat al
4 Trucent al ben SnotGgt, ipm life er
iriiat, mems eli norif Soracr. ium bare
pphuioer iia her / Sanoet miolertiSia,
betnler = Erocent. TN nprif goraer iris
tages life for at betale S%uofpmititat al
ben ipr a!ie ifattepligtise Snbt9at, ON
ban refer tilsaae til Hprse, men ban er
fritat fDr at betale mer eno andre fnits
bpeuoc gOrgcre, buis ban Dor her per
mauent % han reiier filbaae til Rorae
bare paa Seiss. Sor at itre 10 bcune
5ritaselie maa ban imioIertis ira On.
terual Gepcnue Collector I bet Sihrifi,
bppr ban bpr, iaa Suffering ipr ben Sno
fomititat. ban bar betalt. eller, ON ban
er belt fritnt, uGrc berebt iii at al Snos
pnusrinssmpnsiabeberne Sepis for, at bet
iOrloloer zig ristis meo Denne 5ritaselie.
=. a..
3. Walerirr er Der iussn Splb p1a /
9iprae, men oerimpo paa 8ammerne.
Spao oenne CT nm, fan ri lite meo Tpi.
astisbeo iigc. let nil Osiaa %aibGuse al,
bpaolags 6amme bet er.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-05-04

Gp,; Seq ital til Horec % Ear tisbt
Srelcuter / Sslu iii en- @9rot al $50
pr. Stgtfe % inograocrer Raon puu
lantrnc. Nl ipsrgeS: 6por meaet bar
Ica til at betalc / SoIo / NORGE
Sp.: 5olbeu or life lise itor pnd ailc
Sslpaieuitanbe, iaa oct or life apot at
pIbe, bpno bcu / bette IiifGIoe fan be-
lsbe iia til. Nor liner. grbeioe / rate
Splp er ben NOT inu bsi.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-30
Personal
Happenings

Mr.. Bliss is back on the job, or to
put it in his words ''is back in the
family We are pleased to an
nounce this fact, as the entire staff,
as well as his many friends are glad
to see his smiling face. Mr.. Bliss
took up work in theoffice this time,
instead Of in the grocery depart
ment, and If you want to see him
you will find him busily engaged in
taking care of our books.
Miss James, our bookkeeper, re-
signed her position with US and left
Dec. 22nd for her home in Seattle.
Randolph Sly, who is on, his
Christmas vacation from college,
worked in the implement depart
ment for few days this week, TAX
ing his brother Bills place.
Miss Lundstrum spent the Xmas
holidays with her parents in Spo-
kane.
Don says the vegetable depart
ment has nothing on his depart
ment, as the candy sales amounted
to nearly 5000 pounds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-30
He Was An Apt Pupil

Old Clerk-Just watch me wait
on this lady, and you'll get an idea
how it is done. 1t there anything
/ can do for you today, madam?
Lady-Have you any canned peas
Old Clerk = Certainly, madam
(taking down a CAM, and they have
the flavor and freshness Of the pea
from the vine.
LADY, will take three cans.
Old Clerk-You see how it's done.
Now here comes a lady, and I'll let
you wait on her.
Lady-Have you any picked pigs
feet?
New Clerk = Certainly, madam
taking down CAM and they have
the flavor and freshness Of the pig
right from the pen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-30
Volume /.
Grocery
rade Notes

Price readjustments continue in
some directions, but fluctuations
have been less pronounced and in
some directions the indications
show tendency toward recovery
Of lost ground. Bradstreet's food
index number Of December a, based
on the prices per pound of thirty
one articles used for food, is $500
which compares with $3.50 the week
previous and $5.18 for the week end
Of December A, 1919. This num-
Der shows loss of 8 per cent from
the week previous and of 28.7 per
cent from the like week of last year
and is at the lowest level in three
years and eight months.
The sugar market is still weak.
A slight reduction in the wholesale
price enables us to retail sugar at
10 pounds for $1.O5.
The price of pure lard advanced
slightly the past few weeks, while
the price on lard compound and all
lard substitutes shows a decline.
We have altered our retail prices to
conform with the new market.
There has been marked decline
in some of the different kinds of
feed since our last list was publish
ed, SO we are giving you a COM
plete new list of prices in this is
sue.
Our local creamery is again un-
der new management, and we feel
that the quality of the butter is
second to none. While we are
handling few pounds of shipped-in
butter each week, it is our desire
that our customers again try the To-
cal butter, as we feel that the quail
ity is A No. 1, and all things being
equal, we prefer to sell home pro-
ducts.
There has been some call for
Golden West Salad Dressing Pow
der. We now have this article in
stock and are retailing it at 15c per
package.
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According to a Chicago dispatch
Montgomery, Ward & Co. sales for
October amounted to $685., 1896, as
compared with s13,9s9.66 for the
same month last year, a decrease of
37.9 per cent. Sears, Roebuck e.
Co. October sales declined 4o.03
per cent, the figures being: 1920,
$20,113,426; 1919, $33, $50, 4z9; 1918
$20,S81,175. The "cat" houses are
taking their bumps along with the
markets and existing conditions
favor the legitimate retailer in
keeping them on the run.
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War Price
Comparisons


An effort to learn from the ex-
perience of other years what is in
store for US in the present period
of declining prices has been made
by the Liberty National bank. In
The index, rablrsned py that or
ganization, there appears chart
war prices, comparing numbers OBJ
tanned from Bradstreet's wholesale
of post-Civil war and post World
commodity index with one of the
Civil war period compiled by Wes-
ley Mitchell, an authority on price
index numbers. In each case the
pre-war. years 1860 and 1913 are
taken as a base. This chart shows
that the rise during the Civil war
was more accentuated than during
the World war, but that there was
a sharp drop Immediately after the
Civil war, whereas prices dipped
at the close of the world war, but
shortly thereafter went to new high
levels, succeeded by decline. The
. lines representing the prices of
the two periods crossed each other
as of November 1, showing that the
index of 1867 was identical with
that Of 1920 on that date. The
trend of the Civil war price line is
steadily downward until 1879.
'In estimating the value to be
placed upon this comparison" the
bank says, account must be taken
of the following facts: Fifty-five
years ago the United States was
debtor nation; its imports exceeded
its exports; we were borrowing in
large amounts to finance the build
ing Of railroads and for other pur-
poses; the United States was not
on gold basis, as were each of
the other nations, and our commod-
ity prices had risen to a much high
er level than those prevailing in
other countries.
cat the presens time, however,
all of these conditions are reversed
says the bank. "The balance of
world trade is heavily in our favor
we have centralized banking organ
ization and a more elastic credit
system, and prices here have ad-
vanced relatively less than in Eu-
rope. Wages, furthermore, have
advanced on the whole as rapidly
as prices, which was not the case
during the Civil war. At that time
the rest of the world was pursuing,
and had in the main pursued dur
ing the war here, normal course
of productivity, and there was no
world shortage of materials such
as existed in 1918 as result of the
drain which the World war impos-
ed upon the resources Of all ma
tions. This shortage was undoubt-
edly the cause of continued price
increases for considerable period
after the armistice, not only in this
country. but abroad" The main
conclusion seems TO be that what
ever the future price trend, the ex-
pectation, rather sedulously cult
waited, that the world is in for
permanently higher price level, has
been rather badly shaken in the
past few months.
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What Grant Had On

1t was at the closing exercises of
city public school that Marjorie
was reading composition Of her
own on Grants Work in the Civil
War;" She got on most creditably
until she reached Lees surrender
at Appomatox Court House.
She then related how Lee wore
his sword and was handsomely at
tired in full uniform, "while Grant"
she announced, "had nothing on but
an old ragged Union suit"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-30
Up and Down

The changes they are making in
the hymns are a bit confusing, as
in the case of the little seven-year-
old girl who went to Sunday school
for the first time. The hymns were
beautiful, she said.
Early next morning she was
heard shouting solemnly 'Stand up,
stand up for Jesus!" and then in a
rollicking voice: "Sit down, sit down
you're rocking the boatW