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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

Just try to be a good little boy,
And stay away from bad company.
Bad company will finally get you in
trouble,
And cause you many a weary
night;
And then you will wish you had Of
listened,
And chosen the other life.
A lot of people put off things,
And sometimes to their sorrow;
Anything that you can do today,
Don't put off until tomorrow.
Now you are nothing but a boy,
You don't know the doings of fate;
Think over and consider my advice
now,
For if you put it off it may be too
late.
have never told you anything wrong,
And / am sure l would not do it
now.
You can have as much fun by doing
right,
As you can in some low-down
crowd.
If l had of thought that when You
face this world,
That you was going that low-down
way,
| would have wished you dead long
ago,
And moulded in your grave.
But as l am about to leave this world,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

1t is all right to bow cheerfully to
hard luck when he insists on humping
into you. But you do not have to
make bosom friend Of him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

A woman hates to have a female
friend call on her when her husband
is around the house, because her hus-
band, as like as not, will get sulky
and refuse to speak to the caller.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

Sometimes a married man gets so
used to lying to his wife that he
can't tell the truth when he meets his
friends,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

More men would become hermits if
they weren't about as tired Of them
selves as everyone else.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10
WRITTEN AND COMPOSED
BY LOUIS A. HARRIS
ITO Harry Warfieldl

a convict to friend just prior to
being electrocuted:
AS l am about to leave this world,
And my troubles will soon be thru,
thought I would write you just a
few lines
To let you know that I'm thinking
of you.
I wrote you many letter,
But no answer did I ever receive.
r guess you was having too much fun
That you could not think Of me.
!; wi When the the guard would ccEo a-crnd
with mail,
would feel a whole lot better,
Thinking perhaps my little friend
Had at last wrote me letter. 4
But after he would pass on by my
door,
I would drop my head and sigh,
just to think you would not write to
me,
! When you knew the sixth Of June
I must die.
And all those things I gave you,
have only this to say;
Will you please keep my dying re-
quest,
And never sell or give them away.
1t was Tuesday morning, the sixth of
May,
And we were talking at my cell
door,
When we shook hands and said good
bye,
I knew I would never see you any
more.
Now when you leave the Houses of
Reform,
You will be a young man, I guess,
And then you will start out in this
Upon your road to success.
Now when you face this wide, wide
world,
And before you are in it long,
You will find that you have plenty
of friends
AS long as you continue to do
wrong.
Now if you gamble and run around,
Friends-you will have a plenty,
But after you get into serious trouble,
Friends-you will not have any.
After you become a full grown man,
And see things in different light,
You will find that everyone will help
you do wrong,
But very few will help you do right.
Now when you step out into this
world,
You will have to chose your stand;
Don't take a gamblers or drunkard's
life,
But choose that of a respectable
man.
Don't be a man who is always break
ing the laws,
And then you will never have to
hide,
But be a man who can face the
world,
And look everyone square in the
eye.
l did all could in this world for you,
Now will you do this for me:
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

Of happiness, sorrows and love,
l feel it deep down in my heart
That you will make a man for our
race to be proud of.
Out of all these things l have told
you,
1t is up to you to decide;
But you can make a fine success
If you will only try.
As the guards are now coming in,
will not write any more;
So l guess l will bring my letter
To last farewell close.
The guard is now unlocking the door,
Any my time is near.
For in about five minutes more
/ will be dead in the electric chair.
As they are now waiting for me,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

Prohibition would be a good thing
if it would only prohibit preachers
from becoming politicians.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10

l have said all that 1 can say,
For l am going to pay that debt
That we all must pay some day.
So goodbye, good luck, may God
bless you,
And guide you until the end,
And may you have the very best of
success,
For this is the last wish of y,ur
true dying friend
Eddyville, KY, June 6, 1916.
The sunshine is the life of tbs
earth, but the steady toiler is the one
that makes life brighter when the sun
is resting up.
An obedient wife commands her
husband-if so wise she is that he
never knows.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-02-10
J.W. Jones &SOn
Jewellers
SUCCESSORS TOT. W. JONES

No jewelry store of higher class Our stock is full
in every line-Watches, Clocks Damonds-a other
precious stones slverware cut glass; etc. These goods
have been purchased right and our patrons will get
their moneys worth from
Repair Department Insures Expert Service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17

sufficient to denature alcohol and the like, and some were surprised when told that the sale of excessive amounts of chloroform might constitute a viol- ation of the prohibition law.
 MT. Stewart explained that the fed eral rules provide seven formulas for denaturing alcohol, but discussion brought out the fact that some drug gists are using prohibited formulas, not knowing them to be such. Each drug gist is required to file q monthly re- port showing how much alcohol he has used and for what purposee. MT. Stew art explained.
 A lengthy and at times acrimonious discussion as to the rights of druggists to sell certain medicines was precipi- tated following short talk by w. .. Blazingame, director of the board of venereal control, of the state board or health. 1t was charged by several that many physicians are no more competent to prescribe for certain cases than are druggists, while the law was upheld by other druggists.
 lir. Blazlngame declared that he De- lieved the druggists would in the end profit if they declined to sell certain pro hibited drugs, declaring that their best business comes from those who are able and willing to have the best doctors pre- scribe and buy the best drugs, rather than the down and out who depends for his cure on a bottle of cheap pat ent medicine. But aside from the law. the speaker declared, the druggists or Alabama are patriotic men, who put the good of their customers above the few dollars that they might get from them
 The afternoon session convened after the return of the visitors from Dog river, where fish dinner was enjoyed at the Alba Club. Automobiles awaited the visitors in front of the hotel on the ad- journment of the morning session, and they were carried down to Dog river and incidentally shown some country that proved of interest to all.
 At the morning session, the opening of the convention, the visitors were wei comed to Mobile by J. L. Nelson, chair man of the committee which had charge of the convention arrangements, follow ing the invocation by Dr. John W. Uhil- lips. The resonse Tor the visitors was made by Luther Davis of Tuscaloosa. first vice president of the association. President J. F. Spearman of Anniston presided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17

tions they impose on the druggists were explained by M. c. Stewart, of Talladega, federal prohibition agent at the afternoon session of the convention of the Alabama Pharmaceutical Assoc iation. MT. Stewart was asked many questions from the floor. which indi- cated that there are many points in re- gard to the new laws which are not well understood by all the druggists and that some are. unwittingly. violat- ing some of the new regulations.
 Topers, denied whisky, in their desire for something with kick" are causing the druggists not a little perplexity, some of the questions indicated. The law forbids druggists selling anything containing alcohol to persons who wish it for beverage, and there were numerous questions as to how much hair tonic or paregoric could be sold to a person, whether carbolic acid was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17

New discoveries are being constantly made, and those who fail to take advantage of the wonderful accomplish ments of men of science will continue under the handicap of disease.
 Your eczema, letter, boils, pimples, acne, scaly skin erup- tions, and burning fiery irrita- tions that cause so much dis comfort for their terrifying itching, come from a tiny dis ease germ in your blood, which multiplies by the millions. These germs find some weak spot where they can break through the skin and set up their attack, and if you have ever had any form of these skin disorders, you know what real torture is.
 The reason these disorders appear so stubborn and hard to get rid of, is because they are not given the proper sort of treatment. In other words, the irritation and itching be- comes so intense that the patient thinks only of reliev- ing this discomfort, instead of directing his efforts toward getting rid of the cause of it all. Hence the constant use of lotions, salves, soaps and oint- ments can make no impression
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17
Here's Relief
 From Skin Diseases

whatever on your trouble, other than to afford some tenn norary relief.
 But why be content with mere temporary relief? Are you not desirous of being per manently rid of this annoying trouble that is a source of such constant torture? Wouldn't you give almost anything to be once more free from the itch ing and burning that makes your skin seem like it was on fire?
 Then throw aside at once such makeshift treatment that can only reach the surface, and begin taking a remedy that goes direct to the source of your trouble. Go to your drug store, get a bottle of $. s. s. and begin a thorough course of this fine old blood medicine that kills the germs that creep into the blood and cause all of your skin discomfort. s. s. s. is a purely vegetable con- pound, made from roots and herbs of recognized medicinal value. It so thoroughly cleanses and purifies the blood that the germs of disease are elimi- mated, and then real relief comes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17

This fine old remedy is the sane and sensible treatment for your skin disease, as you will find by giving it a trial. If your case should need special advice, it can be had without cost to you, by writing to Chief Medical Adviser, 195 Swift Labatory, Atlanta. Ga.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17
The Blood Must be Purged of
 all Germs.

Usually those who continue to suffer from stubborn ail- ments are those who refuse ab- solutely to heed the teachings of medical science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17

The fiery itching of burning skin diseases comes from far beneath the surface of the skin, and cannot be reached by local remedies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17
STATE DRUGGISTS
 MEET IN MOBILE
Prohibition Laws as They Relate to Sale of Alcohol
 Explained by Stewart

Mobile. June 16-Cspecial) )-The re- gently enacted federal prohibition laws and the obligations and restric-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-17

s. 5. s. gives real relief from the tortures of skin diseases be- cause it searches out the inn purities and routs them from the blood.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
A Narrow Escape.

Jewell Record: A. c. Nelson had IA
very narrow escape from death or SER
ious injury at the depot Monday morn
ing while at his work selling lunches
for the j. Il. O'Connor lunch counter.
He was working on the morning north
bound train and when the train started
to pull ont, he attempted to get off
while the train was in motion. He in
some way lost his footing and fell. He
managed to catch hold of the hand rail
and held on, thus keeping from being
drawn beneath the wheels Of the mOv-
ing train. AS soon as possible the
trainmen stopped the train, but Mr.,
Nelson lost his hold just before the
cars came to stop, falling beside the
rails hut fortunately rolled just far
enough away from the track to escape
being caught 1t was an extremely
narrow escape and those who witnessed
the incident experienced few seconds
uf might intense shock.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
Same All Over.

StratfOrd Courier: The scarcity of
homes in which to live this fall and
winter will be felt keener than ever
before in the history of Stratford. SO
many properties are being bought by
outsiders and many new families are
moving in that it is almost impossible
to find place in which to live through
the winter. The apartments and rooms
in all the business buildings are full
up and there are yet families which
must be provided for. 1t is a serious
situation and one which we hope might
improve before another winter comes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20

lof the county roads. On Friday a
number of men from this locality went
Ito Webster City and appeared before
the board with the petition and they
have promised to use their influence in
the matter of making it county road
with the state highway commission
A similar petition has been circulated
|by the folks over in Yell township and
presented to the Webster county board
of supervisors. so with the two county
boards working together it is likely
that this much needed road will be
made one of the county system in both
counties.
And the people of Bellville are GER
tainly entitled to better roads for there
is less than a mile of county rOa.ls in
the township and lying as ;t does in
a hilly locality and with but one coad
for an outlet, they are surely entitled
to having that one road passa6lc at ell
times in the year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
Want a County Road.

Stratford Courier: The condition of
the Bellville road just at the foot of
the hill north of the Ben Lundquist
farm has been bad all summer and
during the past ten days has been sim.
ply awful. Many cars have been stuck
in this mud hole at different times
during the summer and since the last
rains it has been nearly impossible fol
any kind of vehicle to get through
with load on. Monday men and teams
We're put to work and by night had sue
ceeded in making very good grade
and also cutting deep ditch ON the
west side of the road for the passage
of water. So that now is a good time
to haul i'm about ten loads of grave
and dump it on top of the grade ant
thus provide good road through the
low place for time at least.
A petition was circulated in thi.
place last week petitioning the county
board ofssuperyisors to make this one
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
Jewell News.

Miss Gertrude Riley is teaching at
Stanhope again this year.
o. I. Kleaveland and son ingram and
B. S. Millett motored to Williams Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geogre Brandavis and
daughter returned home Tuesday from
Des Moines where they visited friends.
Thomas T. Thompson and daughters,
Amanda and Julia, of Kandiyohi, MINI.
left Wednesday after visiting at the
J. 0. johnson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. I. Kleaveland motor
! ed to their farm near Dnncombe We'd
nesday.
Miss Mabel Knudson is teaching the
primary grade in the Randall CONSOLE
dated school this year.
O.. Ostrem left Thursday for Port
land, Ore, to make an extended visit at
the homes of his daughters.
Henry Barkema and family recently
left by car for their home at Fresno,
California, after visiting relatives here
for two months.
Mrs. Angie Kinser left Monday for
her home at Grinnell after visiting her
son, Henry Kinser.
Mrs. J. r. King was Webster City
visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. White went to
Des MOines Monday to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Helvig of Story
City visited at the o. Ostrem home
Wednesday evening.
Miss Bess Brinnick is enjoying few
days vacation from her duties at the
Record Office
Miss Marian Bonner, who teaches in
Williams, spent Sunday at home.
Miss Leila Millett, who teaches in
Webster City, spent Sunday at home.
Thos. Mckay visited in Webster City
Friday at the home Of his son Frank.
Sept. Is.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
Baby Gets Prize.

Stanhopc Record: Little June T.
Kaufman received a gold medal re,
Gently, having been winner in the Ba
bies Health Championships at the Iowa
state fair this year. She was entered
in the girls class, babies between /.
and "a months old, from cities under
10000 population. She is IA months
and she scored 90 per cent, winning
first in her class. She lacked only a
few points in taking sweepstakes.
June is the second child of Mr. and
Mrs X. A. Kaufman to win prizes al
the state fair. An older sister, Beulah
won sweepstakes in 1917, winning, be
sides her gold medal, a beautiful low
ing cup.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
Kalle,n Estate Farm Sold.

Ellsworth News: The Kallem estate
farm south of Ellsworth sold at public
auction last Friday afternoon at high
prices. The kallem boys bought tie
land. which was sold by Auc:i :neers
Gilbert Knudson & Son in three t"acts.
Theodore Kallem bought the unimprov-
ed 115 acre tract at $500 per acre. And
the twins, Ed and Alvin, bought the
rest of the farm. They paid $40 an
acre for the home 100 with improve
ments, and paid $491 for the unim-
proved "a acre tract.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
L 4 4 Il 4 4 4 X & 4 K 4 4 4
K SENATOR HARDING'S POS. 4
K SESSIONS. 4
Richard Barry, in Leslie's.

4 Richard Barry, in Leslie's. 4
K K X 4 x X \ 4 4 \
In his twenties Harding joined with
two other young men, John Sickel and
Jack Warwick, and purchased the Mar
ion Star, then a defunct newspaper,
for $500 cash and an additional note
for a similar amount. Harding's IA
ther country doctor, loaned him his
hundred dollars. Sickel, who had no
'penchant for newspaper work, shortly
Igot out, selling his interest to Harding
for part cash and part promissory note.
A few years later Warwick, now well
known throughout the country as a
|paragrapher on the Toledo Blade, sold
his interest to Harding on similar
basis, and departed for wider profess
|sional opportunity. This left Harding
sole owner of very struggling coun-
TRY newspaper in town OF 5000, bur-
dened with debt. In 1891 Harding
married Florence Killing, daughter of
Marions richest citizen at that time.
Mr.. King disapproved the match and
for seven years after the marriage did
mot recognize his son-in-law. He new
er gave him the least financial assis-
lance. By that time, the Marion Star
had proved to be money maker and
Harding was squarely on his own ii
nancial feet.
From the time Of her marriage, Mrs.
Harding was associated actively in the
business. occupying desk i'll the office.
She inherited some Of the business
ability of her father, and is generally
credited with being of vital assistance
to her husband in the practical upbuild-
ing of their fortune.
Marion grew from a town of 6H'O in
1890 to city of 2S,5OO in 1920. HE
Star is its most important newspaper.
The valuation placed upon it By news
paper men is about 100000, although
It is safe to say Senator Harding
would not sell for that amount.
Years ago. before he went to the sen
ate, Mr.. Harding voluntarily, and to
the surprise of his associates, placed
the Star upon cooperative basis.
Outside Of the Star. Senator Harding
holds stock in many of the large enter
prises in Marion and. except for gov
eminent bonds, lie holds no stock else
where The upbuilding Of Marion has
been the dominant note in his financial
policy. From the time that he first had
a hundred dollars to spare. he has
never refused to invest in any enter
build up the town.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
kan1rar.

Miss Annie Hanson spent Sunday
with friends in Jewell
Mr.. and Mrs. E, D. Waterman auto
ed to Des Moines Tuesday on business.
Miss Alice Hoon Of Jewell visited
with Annie Hanson Tuesday evening.
Mrs. S. G. Thompson and daughter,
Mrs. Ethel Crawford, were passenger
to Webster City Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. a. Farnham were
visitors in Fort Dodge Tuesday.
Geo. Studley attended the farmers
picnic in Woodstock Tuesday.
Mrs. II. A. COrdes left Monday for
Parkcrsburg to visit relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Hicks and children were
passengers to Webster City Tuesday.
Adolph Trampel was Il business visi-
tor in Council Bluffs Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. .. J.. Gilbert and
daughter autoed to Webster City
Thursday.
Mrs. S. G. Thompson went to Jewell
Hui study " SPNhu thS uaS wan AhiS.
Holt.
Mrs. |. G. Berryhill is spending few
days with her daughter, Mrs. Halliday,
in Webster City.
Mrs Mamie Seamands and children
visited Thursday evening in Webster
City with Mrs. J. d. Terrence.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Reiner of Web
ster. Iowa, arrived Thursday for sew
eral days visit with relatives. Mrs.
Chris Rocker will return home with
them Sunday for an etended visit. Mrs.
Rciner is daughter of Mrs. Rocker.
DR.. Clabaugh of Gravity is visiting
friends here for a few days.
+. A. Welp and family spent Satur-
day in Des Moines.
Bert Samson leaves Monday for
Iowa City to resume his school work
there.
Wayne Berryhill and family of Buff
falo Center are visiting relatives here.
They made the trip by auto.
Miss Pearl Schmidt spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Il.
Schmidt.
The mems meeting held in the base
mcnt of the church Thursday evening
was well attended.
II Miss Jennie DeGrOOt of Thor spent
Sunday with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. ii. Z. Ryland and baby
spent Sunday with relatives in Omaha
Miss Matte BRANDON was a passen.
ger to Webster City Wednesday.
4 w. II. Studley was a business caller
in Webster City Friday.
j Sept Is.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-09-20
AUTOMOBILE.
T9mf1IN'ISMA

Wheel alignment can be disturbed by
striking a curb too sharply.
Dim your lights when approaching
another motorcar on the road.
Use common sense at all times and
you'll save trouble for yourself and
the other fellow.
Engaging the clutch too harshly can
permanently hahn a part of the power
transmitting system.
tEE eGals
Never back OF swing from the curb
into the street without looking back
to see if the way is clear.
In passing slower moving vehicle
pass it ON your left, but in passing a
street car always keep to the right.
**
Learn to shift gears without clash
ing. Practice will show the exact en-
CINE speed needed to make Il noiseless
shift.
DO not cut the corners in turning
but keep well to your side of the street,
and look both ways before you make
the turn.
Attention to fabrication regularly
will avoid rapid wear Of a part. Once
part is badly worn a lot Of lubricant
helps little.
Stop when the street car ahead Of
you stops and stand still till all passen-
gers getting off are out of the street.
In most cities this is required by Ordi-
nance.
Often it is difficult to start a nut on
thread Of the bolt. A few draws OF
small fhree-cornered file on the first
thread will almost always. cure the
trouble.