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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Sideache, Bachache, and Weak.
ness, Relieved by Cardui,
Says This Texas Lady.

Gonzales, Tex Mrs. Minnie Phls
pot. OF this place. wrltea: Five years
ago | was taken with pain In M
left side. 1t was right under my
left rib II would commence with an
aching aud extend up into my LETT
shoulder and on down into my back
BY that time the pain would DO 30
severe would have TO take to bed
and suffered usually about three dAyI
81 suffered this way for three yeari,
aud got to be mere skeleton and Wa
so weak | could hardly stand alou,
Was not able to 80 anywhere and had
10 let my house work TO. II suffered
awful with pain In my back and
tad the headache I'LL the time. just
was unable TO do thing. Ny ne
vas misery. my stomach got ia 40
twful condition, caused from tahluq
80 much medicine. suffered 80 much
pain. had Just about given w an
hopes OF our getting anything TO help
me.
One day q Birthday Almanac was
thrown In my yard After reading
It's testimonials decided 10 Try Can.
dui, and am so thankful that / did.
for | began 10 improve when on th.
hecond bottle. Il am now we'll
woman and feeling fine and the cuFa
has been permanent for It has leea
two years since my awful bad health.
] Will always praise aud recommend
Cardui." Try Cardui today. u rs
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31

district educational committee,
scattered over the whole state
Already applications for both
general and collegiate scholar
ships are watching the state Of
flee of the Y. NJ. q. a. Thas.
applicants represent both whit.
aud colored races and men IN
terestcd IN widely divrrp,n,
pursuits.
The service for the distr,c,
composed of Tnzewcll, Russru
Scott, buchanan, Dickinson
WISE and Lee counties viii h..
banded by ii district education.
Al committee located ut Norton
Tins committee liz composed NJ
j, l. Cnmhius, Robert s Ora
ham, "a. -. kllgore and A. +
Snodgrass. Applications for
Scholarships should be sent 10
Toward X Keister, district Nd.
rotary of the Y ~ Z. \ al
Norton, VA.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31
THE BIG STONE GAP eosT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81. 1920

gish in tho spring and the whole
family would profit by Pepto-
Mangan, which tones NY aud
builds up. Ii is pleusant-tasting
aud soon makes you feel better.
Your own druggist has it ready
for Your call, and in both liquid
and tablet form, Just 49, you
prefer.
BIZ, to be certain that you get
the genuine Pepto Mnnrnn, ask
for 1t b, the fuii name, Clinics
Pepto. Mnugun.' Look for the
name Guides On th'- pa, tagn
-adv.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31
Roda News

lh" Influenza rpilcnnir ia
somewhat checked nnd the
school aud church are again ia
progrcss The school is very
roorly attended since IT. has
oprncl with about 10 per cent
Attendance the tenchcrs re
quest TIA" help of parents To send
their children the rest of the
term
Mrs Bessie Pouer. who was
sick last week and unable To at
tend To her school duties. II
back on the lob this week. Her
work was garfield on very suti.
factory toy Miss Archor.
Tom Green, our assistant su
perinlendent, has been trans
fcrrcd Ia Osaka as supcrin,cn
dent of that plant Our best
wishes 20 with MIR. Green and
The family ia their new work.
Miss Mary Kilgorc, who is at
tending school al Cumberland
Gap is home for a visit
Rev. L l.. Mcdonnell spen, a
part of tie week III louisville
with his mother who has been
quite Ill.
}. w. Kilgore, our very ef
licient and well beloved store
managcr,gives up his work here
lirst of the month aud goes to
louisville, Ky. The family is
moving TO Nlckelsvllle, va We
regret the loss To the communi
~, bnt wish them the best of
success III the future. Mr.. Rid.
die, store manager from Keukee.
viii succeed MIR kilgoro.
superintendent OF Schools,
j. } Kelly, Rural Supervisor,
George y Jordan, all The
Stoncga, Osaka, Andover and
Arno teachers were visiting the
koda school Friday OF last
week Several demonstration
lessons were taught after which
tue teachers held Il short but
helpful program with Principal
j II. Tate, presiding, The next
meeting viii be held ~ Osaka
school.
Miss Flora Shepherd ia visit.
lng relatives III Hazard, KS. !
TINS week
Tho usual Red Cross meeting
was held III the theatre by Miss
Morgan on Monday The pro
gram consisted OF a class by the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31

girls club, IL lecture and movies.
The Il o Ia Improvement
League is still doing things
Don't think the lragne IL dead
because wc have missed n cou
pie of meetings. The school
rooms have becn newly llnlso-
mined, shades provided for ev
ery window, the floor oiled
pictures hung on the wall and "A
library Of books ordered. Our
water has not been provided
and the new fence IL no where
IN sight These we must hive
for the health and safety Of Tic
children.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31

The Rev Shumntr preached
a most interesting sermon TO "A
few but Interested listeners
sunday afternoon. me enpty
seats didn't put him out one Oil.
lie gave the faithful few a zen
timely good sermon The Rup.
list church of tins place gave
Bro. Shunatc II formal call to
the pastora!c of Tins place. we
are glad TO near this for East
Stone Gap needs this very man.
There will be- a revival at the
BAPTIST church beginning Sun
day morning. Now won't YOU
come out and do Your part TO
ward winning souls for Chrisl2
We need you! If for soothing
else, lust your presence,
"Dhis Land"
IL You want To SEQ Dixie" in
ali lie ~ thn-its pickannies, it's
southern songs, and dances. ITS
Jokes III dialect III You want an
hcur OF enjoyment and laughter
come TO the East Stone Gan
nigh school Saturday night at
: O'Clock Come aud see Madam
' aleska iiijou, End Men, Mid
.ile Men, Sanho, Sambo, Topsy,
imp. o Satan aud The pickun-
Mes. Come: It's only Is and
% cents ami the money goes for
athletics; Saturday. April 3,
1920.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31

We desire to thank all the
neighhors and friends for their
help and sympathy during the
illness aud death ofuur beloved
daughter ana sister Mas God
bless each aud every one.
Mr.. aud Mrs Hiram Nicely
aud Family
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-03-31
Y. M. c. A.

With the announcement, of n
two million dnllar npproprIa-
ton for the prnnrntion of rducn-
ton among dcmOblliZed sui-
dicrs, sailors and muriurs, tie
\ Nj. &. a. launches The great
est educational project in lis
history aud the most far reach
ing single venture since the
war. Under this plan il Is con.
tenplatcd that more than 40.
600 free scholarships viii br
granted eA service men opening
new educational opportunities
IN all lines aud with the best
class of educational institutions
III the country This work of
study may be pursued either by
personal attendance at some IN
ssltution which the student
nay 'eiecV WIN 'he approval
Of inc local educational com
m'ttee OF the y Nj Z. y. or by
II correspondence course IN the
! NJ e y schools IN New
York city These schools are
among Tue largest aud most
thorough OF their Kind in the
world, being possessed of a
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-26
Obituary

j. w Coquillette received a tele-
gram last Wednesday, February 18th
announcing the death OF his aged
mother at Texhoma, Oklahoma, on
that date, and the remains arrived in
Miller on Saturday afternoon.
A funeral service vas held con
Quoted r Ref. r. e. Tarleton of the
Miller Methodist Episcopal Church.
with interment in the G. A. II. ceme-
terry.
Celestia Wayne was born at Coop
er3town, in the state of New York,
ON the 26th day of January, 1924, and
came west with her family in 1856
and settled in Chicago. In 1865 she
removed with her family to Linn
County, Iowa. In 1902 she came to
Miller, South Dakota, to live and re-
sided here until 1908, at which time
! she went to make her home with her
dahgster at Texhoma, Oklahoma, at
which place she has resided until Ter
death whirh orrured or last Wednas-
nay, February 18th, at the 1se IF nine
ty-six years and twenty three days.
She was married to James Coquil-
lette in Chicago in 1851, and to this
union was born four daughters and
two sons. Three of the daughters
and the father have passed to the bett
ter land beyond, leaving n daugh-
ter. Mrs C. l.. Flint OF Texhoma with
whom she was living at the time of
her death, and ]. w. Coquillette of
Miller, and Percy Coquillette OF Oni-
da, South Dakota, and many friends
to mourn her loss.
She united with the Methodist Ep-
iscopal Church in her youth, and was
a very devout and consistent Christian
woman.
A long life filled with many hard
ships, privatinns and worries hes
ended and we believe her reward Is
sure at last.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-26
South Dakota's Assay
Office Will Be Closed

Washington, Feb. Establishment
of the nine sub-treasures, the Offices
CT thirteen state encouragement
and two assay offices is proposed in
the legislative appropriation bill re-
ported by the house committee. A
reduction of $3.50 900 from the de-
partment estimates FOR clerk hire and
miscellaneous expenses was made out
the bills total of S104,12O,O 900 is one
of the largest peace time legislative
appropriations on record.
Several unusual items are in the
bill, including $40, $4,000 for the in
ternal revenue bureau for collecting
taxes and enforcing prohibition, FILL
$4,000 for the wal risk insurance
bureau and $4,000. 900 for the decen-
NAL census, largely account for the
high total
The sub-treasures which would be
abolished are at Baltimore, New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Chi
cago, st. Louis, New Orleans and
San Francisco. The surveyor-gener-
al to be discarded on June 80 next
would include those in Arizona, Cali
fornia, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota.
Utah, Wyoming and Alaska.
The assay offices at Deadwood, S. ID.
and Salt Lake CITY would be closed
on June 80.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-26
Mrs. A. G. Vinegar

Maude Ellen Kammerdiner was
born August IL, 1889, in Blackhawk
County, Iowa, passed to her home
beyond on Sunday, February s, 1920.
She came with her parents TO Jerauld
County when 4 years old Later the
family moved to Hand County where
they still reside. November 81, 1867
she was married to A. G. Vinegar of
Miller, and to this union 3 children
were born, Harold 8, Earl 4, Erdine
2 With the husband and children
there are left to mourn her aged
father, 2 brothers and three sisters
Maude as she was best known by
her friends ard neighbors was gentle
loving and kind with a smile foI
everyone and a willing worker in al
good works and deeds. And a most
devoted mother and companion. Fun
eral services were held at the Con,
gregational church at Washington
Springs, Wednesday 2 p m. Conduct
ed by DR.. e. w. Lanhafn who spoke
from Luke LIST 10. Interment was
made in the local cemetery where
Just 2 years ago her mother was laid
10 rest.
Our beloved hath departed,
While we tarry broken-hearted
In the dreary empty house.
They have ended life's brief story,
They have reached their, home. Of
glory.
Over death victorious.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-26
Gard Of Thanks

Death has come into our home and
taken cur dearly beloved wife and
mother. The kind, comforting words
and deeds Of friends and neighbors
have helped to lessen u acute sor-
row and loneliness. For that and the
beautiful flowers please accept our
heartfelt thanks.
A. G.. Vinegar and family.
j. S K~ammerdiner and family.
Mrs Emma Vinegar.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-26

To take M the ashes
you open the door
pull cut the pan. Any
ashes that sift are
caught by an apron
beneath the door.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22

county to 1927 in Ada county. To-
day the value of all plow land varies
from $23 an acre In Power to $241
an acre In Twin Falls county. The
value of land in Twin Falls county
averages higher today than any 9TH
er county in the state, 1t being $311
per acre for good pillow land, $132 for
poor pillow land with an average. of
$241 for all pillow land. Ada county
ranks second in value of good pillow
lands with $24O per acre while Can
yon county ranks third with $225
per acre. In the northern panhandle
Latah county land values average
higher than any Of the other coun-
ties with an average Of $139 per acre
for good plow land and an average
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22

forever guiltless of shoes) on the
rough rocks and pull as If the fiends
were after her, the whole crew again
yelling to the extent of their lusty
lungs. This method of hauling by
means of human power is prevalent
along the Chinese rivers; have seen
them on the Yang-tse as we'll as else
where. Sometimes l have seen as
many as thirty men hitched to one
boat, a freighter-no steam-and the
bamboo ropes are sometimes an
eighth of a mile in length, and so
long have they been thus used that
where the track lies about bend in
the rivers, they have cut deep cutters
in the solid stone, and the bare feet
for ages have worn plain trails Wis
ible for miles.
At long intervals we would come
to a broad stretch of water less rap
id and turbulent and there could
raise our bamboo sail If the breezes
were favorable and our sweating
crew could rest on their oars, and the
girl-mother could nurse her patient
baby boy.
In the evening we had to nose
ashore and stake our craft. We sup
pered: and lulled by the swishing
waters went to sleep under the tele-
scopic bamboo roof which could be
extended far enough to include the
tired rowers and myself. The silent
rocking of the sampan with a faint
lap-lap-laping at our sides brought
surcease of cares till the moving of
the dawn.
Thus two days and three nights
were We doing sixty-mile trip up
the Min from Foo-chow to Yen-ping.
On the return down the river We
went like swallows, our rivermen 60
ing SO fast that once in while we
would jump from the top of one of
the falls we fought on the way up,
like a boy from a spring-board. 1t
was almost exhilirating enough to
turn ones hair white.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22
SCHOOLS COMPETING
WITH BUSINESS

Everybody has realized of late
years how inadequately school teach.
ers were paid for their highly i'm.
portant work. No board Of trustees
can be expected to. pay more, how.
ever, when teachers can be had for
less. The salaries of teachers are
now on the rise, but cannot rise high
enough even if the sky is the limit
to provide qualified teachers with
several years Of preparation. The
fact is that for years the profession
has been losing prestige and young
folks have not seen a glowing fu-
ture in educational work. They
turned to business long ago where
training and intelligence had a bet
ter market value.
A report recently made by the
United States bureau of education
disclosed the fact that more than
$4,000 schools were closed in Feb
ruary because they had no teachers
More than 41,O0O were being taught
by teachers classified as "below
Standard
Evidently the honorable service of
education has lost its grip High
grade teachers can no longer be OBJ
tanned for low grade pay. 1t is part
ly because the prestige of Ameri-
can business has gone up the scale.
The stenographer rates higher than
the teacher in market value-there-
for those who would have gone in for
teaching are now turned to more
commercial employment.
The scale of teachers pay in Bing-
ham county is being revised upward,
and is higher here than in many 9TH
er localities, especially in the cities.
This may be an advantage in at
tracing the best teachers, if the
relative situation remains the same,
but it is doubtful if it is sufficient
to insure a full teaching force next
fall
Before we get thru this matter of
education we shall find ourselves
paying school teachers a good, year
round living wage, and requiring
high standards of accomplishment.
-F.C.K.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22
LANDS NEARLY
DOUBLE in VALUE
Value of Land in Twin
Falls County Aver
ages Highest Of
Any. in State

Pillow lands in Idaho have practi-
cally doubled in value in the past
five years. Poor pillow land that av-
eraged $34 an acre in 1916 is worth
$50 in 1920. Average good plow
land increased from SOS in 1915 to
$135 per acre in 1920, while the val
ue of all classes of pillow land jumped
from $50 in 1916 to sos per acre
IN 1920. Back in 1910, the average
average value of all farm land was
$41.63 per acre. 1t is record that
few states can show and indicates
the rapid development taking place
in Idaho, according to Julius H. ia
,obson of the Idaho crop reporting
service at Boise.
1t is rather difficult to compare
values by counties in 1910 with those
of today because of the many changes
in boundaries resulting in the addi-
tion of twenty new counties. How
ever, the value per acre of farm land
in 1910 varied from SO in Bear Lake
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22
POSTMASTER EXAMINATION

At the request of the postmaster
general the United States civil serv-
ice commission has announced an
examination to be held at Blackfoot,
Idaho, on April ID, 1920, for the po-
sition of postmaster at Arco, Idaho.
This office has an annual compen-
sation of $1,40O.
To be eligible for this examina-
ton an applicant must be citizen
of the United States, must actually
reside within the delivery of the Of
flee and have so resided at the time
the present vacancy occurred.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22
Income

TITS too bad, parson, that you've
got to wear out your life in this
measley little burg for a thousand a
year," So
"Oh. hadn't you heard" l have a
call fran a larger parish for two
thousand"
""That amt a call, parson, that's
a raise. Cartoons.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22

Jagged rocks peered from beneath
the foaming rapids. II was now We
had to pic. our slow way between
these fangs that would tear our frail
boats in pieces at dash and with
out minutes warning.
But, the. boat and the crew: Each
boat was made to carry one passen-
ger only. 1t was of the sampan7 va
riety, three boards in the bottom;
sam means three" pan"
board 1t is a small affair not ex-
ceeding fifteen feet in length, the
hold, or carrying portion, not more
all the time 1t Is moving etaoin nil
than six feet. At either end Is a
small platform or deck on which
stand the members of the crew dur
ing all the time it Is moving; the
Chinese do not sit down to row. At
the prov stands the captain and pi-
lot, while the other two OF our crew
of three remain at the stern of the
frail craft, both rowing. Our crew
was made up of man and his wife
Ia girl of twenty with a babe of
four months) and a young man of
possibly sixteen. These three and |
were the sole occupants; there was
room for no more, for when had
my huge hamper-flour barrel size
transferred to the hold in which
! also was squatted, no chairs or 9TH
err seats, the craft was indeed crowd
ed to its capacity.
We had stayed at Watermouth
sleeping in our boats rather than
dare the inns of the town, and at
daybreak were off up the raging riv-
err. 1t was exciting to see the deft-
ness with which that life-trained
master among these shifting cur
rents could control his tiny boat,
causing it to dart swiftly between
the big, black incisors that grinned
at us awfully on every hand; oc-
casionally we would face small cat
aract that appeared to dam all fur
Their progress, but it was the only
aperture wide enough in all the boil
ing cauldron of wrathy waters
through which the boat could be
squeezed, and with a dash at it's face
it was attacked. 1t was not always
overcome at first attempt; we would
rise almost to the dizzy top when
sudden surge would catch us and toss
us back as easily as if we were no
heavier than a feather or a straw.
Then we would essay the task again
with all the three members of the
crew yelling at the top of their voices
urging each to his limit of strength
and dizziness of skill. One of the
three and sometimes all of them
at once would drop the long oars
and grab long, iron-shod bamboo
poles and send them to the bottom
of the stream or brace them against
the tightly hugging rocks and save
our being thrown again back down
the current. Sometimes our captain |
would leap from the prov into the
turbid stream and catch hold of one
Of the sharp protruding stones and
thus hold us in the way till we could
pOise awhile on the top of the threat
ening falls and then dash suddenly |
aside into stiller water when once
We had tipped the top. That was
going over the top" in literal truth. |
When the current carried us near
he steep shore and we were met with
'uder rapids our little wife-sailor
would suddenly dash forward to the
BROW, attach a bamboo rope to it and
cap ashore and plant her bare feet
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-22

of $107 per acre for all plow land.
Kootenai county's good pillow land av-
erages second with s11S per acre,
while Idaho and NezPerce counties
rank third with sos per acre for
each county.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-10
AUGUSTALOCALS

The story is told that down Swan
street some time ago the Board Of
Health found case OF scarlet fever
and took ali precautions. uuarantined
the house and put large red and
white notice on the front door. warn
ing people ot the danger and telling
them 20 keep out. About that time.
so the story goes. along came a
couple of men from France who
were evidently fresh arrivals in the
land of the free" Going UP the
street they saw the sign. tut were ut
, loss 70 know Just what :; stood for.
They had vague idea that il was
The halinS sign where food could be
bought and were about 20 investigate
when they saw 4 native coming down
the street. Thinking h could put
them wise, they waited urtll he came
up and said "S2y. mister. what YOU
call dat" pointing 10 the sign. Some
man. he want 10 sell some things"
The man said: No. that's scarlet
fever" One said. Whist You call
him - What is that scarlem fever.
anyway" The man de'iberated a
moment ard finally said. Its a sor.
Of pink tea" Book knowledge may
&c all right. but the man who gets
his knowledge mrs. hand is pretty
SURE 10 stand way up near the head
OF the class.