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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
Auto Worked Change.

He used to be a pretty easy-going
fellow before he bought his machine.
Some days his name would decorate
the spare board at the car barn and
some days II wouldn't, for he and work
were not firm friends. . t f
But now how different He contract
cd the automobile fever. The machine
was the result. Now, buying an auto
is easy. But keeping 1t running and
taking your girl out is another thing.
That requires coin of the realm.
He has developed into a terrible
shark. His face is now a familiar fig
ure on the North Easton line and If
there are any spare trips laying
around loose he Is right up to the win
dow leaning on both elbows. .,.
We should have made an exception
as to Sunday. All, that Is the day he
shines. The little machine rolls mer-
rily along. .. ,.....
"It's worth II at that, to be million
aire one day II week." he remarked as
he unlImbered his portly form after
II hours labor the other. night on a
North Easton hack.-Brockton Enter
prise. .e .....
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
Stenogrspher Extraordinary.

Two members of the bar were trying
a replevin suit in the superior court
recently and In the course of the trial
got into n sharp wrangle-as lawyers
sometimes do-over the admission of
certain piece of evidence. The wrangle
resolved itself Into an oral battle in
which both lawyers tried to talk at
once. @
They spoke in loud tones and ut n
rapid-fire gait When the smoke had
cleared away and the ease was over
they were quite surprised to learn that
the court stenographer had been able
to get down I'm his book every word
they had said, despite the fact they
were both talking at the same time.
The clerk of courts commented on the
feat.
"Oh," remarked one OF the lawyers,
"that little chap could take down a
hailstorm and never miss stone ~
Portland Express.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
TURNING TO HOME GARDENS
Indications Are That People Are Be
ginning to Realize the Danger of
Food Famine.

A local seed store was crowded with
customers.
"What does this mean?" the proprl-
etor was asked. AEAdIf E25H
81 guess il means that other people
are thinking what l do he said,
that unless food production is speed
ed up there'll be famine conditions in
this country in 1921. Farmers say they
can't get help in order 10 produce our
food as usual, and it's up TO every man
to help himself. We run as high as
1.200 customers a day here. This is in
addition to big mai-order business
It's going to keep up like this all
through the month, too. 1t did last
year"
The seed man said that sales indi-
Gated that persons who decided TO re-
tire from the home-garden business,
now that the war Is over. have
changed their ideas, and that the num-
ber of home gardens Is increasing in
stead of diminishing.
He added that 1t is strange that
while there was much crop shortage
last year seeds of all kinds, with the
probable exception of peas, are In am
pie supply.-Indanapoli News.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
REGISTRATION NOTICE


Men and Women of Vienna Town
ship, having the qualifications of cleo
tors, are eligible for registration at
the office of the township clerk every
week day up to and including Satur-
day, October %. Saturday, Oct, 8
and Saturday, Oct 16 are special
registration days when the clerk will
be at his Office from 500 a. m. until
500 p. m. to receive all applications
for registration. Persons who are al
ready registered are not required to
re-register in Vienna Township this
year, as there will be no general re-
registration in the township.
Charles III. Reed,
Township Clerk.
Clio, Oct. 2, 1920.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT
THE WOMEN

The United States in the Wilson
League of Nations means American
youth in uniform in many foreign
countries, 1t means American boys
in every war the world over. 1t
means multiplied instances of occu-
patton abroad such as Woodrow Will
son is now maintaining in Germany,
where $4,000 American boys in kha-
XII are held to police small section of
German soil, instead of being at, home
where they belong. 1t means Amer
ican soldiers wherever danger of sud-
den death looms up among a, hundred
peoples over the globe. 1t means
anxiety and bereavement for every
American family that has SON in the
army or navy. Our own wars bring
us enough heart aches, try the moth
ers of the land sorely enough every
20 or 80 years. The league would
let us in for all the wars of the world.
In the face of these facts the demo-
cratic orators have the insolence to
say 4" the women are for the league" :"
Don't you believe it. The women are
for their own families and homes.
They do not want their sons to be
shot and bayoneted to keep Russia or
any other foreign land in order.
They say: "Go, my son. and God
bless and preserve you" when our
own country is attacked, but never
will they consent to have their sons
conscripted to fight the battles of
aliens in foreign lands. Because the
Wilson League means just that they
will vote for their safety and against
the democratic candidates who seek
to make our boys liable to foreign
military service. Wilson fooled the
mothers of the country four years
ago. His understudy Cox will not
fool them this year. The women
who know what the Wilson League
means are against Cox, who is for it.
Omaha Bee. III.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
Buos That Birds Eat.

According to paper on behalf of
bird protection published by the State
Horticultural society Of Kansas the
bird population of that state is 256,-
100000. which every year eat enough
insects to fill 4SO trains OF 80 box cars
each--24.00O cars OF minimum
weight of 24.00O pounds to the car.
These insect trains would be long
enough to reach from Oklahoma to Ne
braska. Reduced to pounds, Blair fig-
ures that the birds OF Kansas every
year eat 576OO0,0O0 pounds OF insects.
It Is hard to conceive the dollars and
cents value Of the insect-eatIng birds
to the Kansas farmer. ayli 7'H H#
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
Nut Butter Is Wholesome.

Cocoon butter, as nut butter Is called
in England. was not accepted with en-
thusiasm by the British public when
natural butter became scarce during
the war, so the food committee of the
Royal society made some elaborate
tests OF It's effects on human beings.
The New York Medical Journal sum-
marizes the results, which show that
slightly less of the fat of cocoa butter
than OF that of real butter Is utilized
by the body; It causes no digestive
troubles; when consumed Ia large
quantities 1t has slightly laxative eff
feet, and In general 1t Is a safe and
wholesome food.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
IMPROVED TELEPHONE
a SERVICE

Chas. Matzen, Chas. Taylor, Will
lam Howell, Hugh Mccormick and
A. j. Littlefeld motored to Lansing
Tuesday. Some of the boys got bad
ly shaken up on their trip over, but
they got what they went after. They
secured for Clio connection between
the Valley Telephone system and the
Bell system. The changes are to
be made within 10 days and there
after patrons of Clio exchange can
talk with anyone on the Bell lines in
Flint or, for that matter, in the State
of Michigan. Of course toll charge
will be made for this service, but it
will still constitute very great con-
venience. We congratulate our dele
gates on their public spirit an don the
success which attended their efforts.
Now, if the Valley would take over
the Tinker lines we should have a
very satisfactory telephone service
in Clio.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
BIRTHDAY DINNER

A seven O'clock dinner was given
Monday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Gala Maxwell in honor of
the eighty-third birthday anniversary
of Mrs. Maxwell's grandmother, Mrs.
F. M. Rhoades. Those present aside
from children and grandchildren, who
numbered twenty eight, were Mrs. c.
Seeley, of Winslow, Ariz., Mrs. E. E.
Rogers and Mrs. Ella Rockwell, of
Clio. Mrs. Rhoades received many
useful gifts and an enjoyable time
was had by all.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

The September report shows an
enrolment of thirty-onc pupils, ten
Of whom are in the first grade.
The boys and girls of the sixth
seventh and eighth. grades are en-
gagged in weed contest They have
chosen sides, the '"Reds" and the
Blues. The object of the contest
the Reds and Kenneth Davis for the
Bluess The object of the contest
is to see which side can identify and
classify the greatest number of
weeds during a given period. The
weeds are mounted on drawing paper
and arranged in book form. The
books are to be judged by Sidney
Smith, County Farm Agent. The
winning side in the contest is to be
entertained by the losers.
Miss Gamble, one of the Genesee
county nurses paid us visit recent
ly. She left health cards to be dis
tributed among the children and fill
ed out by the parents. #"i
Mr.. John L. Riegle, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. B, Smith and Mr.. Sidney Smith
of Flint called at the school house
during the past week. ss a1r 9a
'iFire Protection Day" was OBJ
served at school Friday, October g.,
by short talks on fire prevention by
the, pupils of the, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades. The work was also
taken up in the language classes of
the lower grades. '2-'' +"
The girls are busy making a quilt
which they win sell at the school fair
which is to be held the first of No
vember. l1 s.ftsl,t.3 a4E eBal
Pupils of the second and third
grades are making fair books for
language work.
All pupils are memorizing the
american Civic Pledge"
The seventh and eighth grades are
making an intensive study of the
Declaration of independence"
Our flag is out every sunny day.
Is yours?' uaa ttf pte oH-- 7f'
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

land, Is Considering the Adoption
Of Remarkable Scheme.

When 1t became necessary to erect
a new secondary school I'm Bradford.
the rich wool textile center of Eng
land, the usual estimates were asked
for. and reported, in the total sum OF
S5OOO0O.
Socialists, who have considerable
ma iority on the Bradford education
committee, at once decided to break
free from tradition, and adopted the
idea of buying suitable seagoing ship
for that amount. one big enough for n.
couple of hundred children. These
children will be sent To sea for six
months or 12-months period, If sub
segment suggestion is adopted.
1t is still to he settled whether the
ship schoolhouse will remain moored
In Bradford canal docks, only going 10
sea as freighter during vacation pc
riods. or whether it would not be In
the interests of general education to
let Jhe scholars see glimpses of for
eigx ports. learning their languages
among natives, the ship at the same
time being loaded with cargoes that
would pay full maintenance expenses,
probably even of the boarding of the
children.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

HERo's BODY sRoUcHr HOME J

The body of LIEUTENANT Vernon
Swihart, who was accidentally killed
by an express train, while stationed
with the American Army in Ger
many, arrived in New York last Sat
urday and will, it is expected, reach
Clio today Funeral, services will be
held from the M. p. Church, of which
Lieutenant Swihart was long an. act
i've member, next Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 800 o'clock The Ma
tional Guard, troop of Flint with whom
Vernon served SO long will attend the
services in body and will, presum-
ably, provide military escort for
the remains. Rev! Joseph Dibley
will deliver the address.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
OBITUARY
Ross

Mrs. Clinton Ross passed away
very suddenly Thursday evening at
her home, 1413 Park St., Flint,
Mich, her death being due to peri
tonitis. Mrs. Ross, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. William Wooden, was
born in Dawson, Mich, April 8, 1884.
She was united in marriage to Clin-
ton Ross of Flint, June 9Th, 1920.
She is survived by her husband, two
sons Argie and Angus, by former
marriage, three step children, two
sons and a daughter, Clarence,
frankie and Mabel. Also her par
ents, four sisters, five brothers and
a host of relatives and friends to
mourn their loss. Mrs. Ross was a
member of the M. E. Church of
Deerfield and the Clearer Lodge of
Thetford. 1
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
GOING TO FLORIDA

Douglas Meeks and wife and T. w.
Smithson of Clio, James Jones and
wife, and Mrs. Vera Byers, of Flint,
start on their trip in automobiles.
Mr.. Meeks has a fruit farm there,
which he will look after during the
harvesting season. Mr.. and Mrs.
Meeks and Mr.. Smithson will be
greatly missed by their many friends
here, who will be pleased to see them
return when the robins are singing
in the spring. F
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
YIELDS TO MARCH OF TIME
Old Hotel in Quincy, Mass, Associated
i With Famous Men, Is to Become
- Business Block. aE H

The old Hancock house, situated In
City square. Quincy, has ceased 70 be n
hotel. The present owner of the prop
erty, Henry M. EaxoD, is to have the
upper part removed and the first floor
converted into large business block.
The hotel has only provided sleeping
quarters for number of years.
In the days Of the old stage coach
the Hancock house was one of the
leading hotels OF southeastern Massa-
chusetts and the first place TO which
travellers resorted for refreshments.
Among the distinguished men who
have been entertained there was Dan
lei Webster, going to and from his
home on the old Plymouth coach. On
account of Mr.. Webster's liberality In
dispensing good cheer 1t was frequent
ly long time before the coach was
able to proceed on It's trip. Mr.. Web
ster was always generous in his tips to
the stable boys and bell hops of those
ancient days and history says that he
often threw $5 goldpieces to the scram-
bling boys in the hotel yard.
The present structure was built In
1887, but several years ago the ground
floor was remodeled into stores and
only the upper part was used as the
hotel proper. When Adams academy
was i'm its prime the place was used as
boarding house for students who
came to Quincy from other cities and
etn ..lI tn ,aIy t1A..fr
abode i'm the city of presidents.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
M. E. CHURCH NOTES
Halloween Party

On October 26th a Halloween
party will be given at the home of
Ralph Bartholomew, under the au-
pices of the Epworth League. A pot
luck supper win be served. Each
girl is to take a half dozen sand
wiches and one other article. Autos
will leave j. F.. Wirth's corner at
500 o'clock. A good time will be
in store for you. Be sure to come
and enjoy an old fashion Halloween
party
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
WORTH HEEDING

The editor of this paper positively
approves of the boy spirit and the girl
spirit which manifests itself in high
spirits, in athletic sports and even a
bit of mischief, but he does not ap- q
prove spirit which prompts crowd
of big boys to inflict ruffianly punish
ment upon one or crowd of smaller
and weaker boys. That is not good
craftsmanship or chivalry, nor is it
born of spirit that produces the best
and the bravest type of manhood.
Furthermore, it frequently results in
disaster, witness the following taken
from last weeks issue of The Linden
Leader:
Broke Both His Arms
Tuesday noon very serious ac-
cident befell Ia year old Bruce Nc
Gregor, son of Mrs. Genevieve Me-
Gregor, all because of carrying fun
too far by some of his schoolmates,
who not satisfied with the ordinary
resorted to the extraordinary by a
number holding him down and taking
off his shoes, and then hurled them
high up into the branches of poplar
tree. Bruce took it all in good part,
and like real sport went up after
his shoes to the delight Of all onlook-
ers. When nearing them the branch
he was on gave way and caused him
to fall to the ground, and sad to re-
late both arms were broken at the
wrists, two bones in the left and one
in the right. DIR. Burns was sum-
moned and the poor lad was taken to
the home of his uncle, c.. j. Burr,
where he was given all possible at
tention. That a fellow schoolmate
has to go through life handicapped
simply for the momentary "fun" it
afforded few self-willed boys is to
say the least sorry comment on the
so-called hazing practice of today, as
at best most of it is dangerous to
limb and life, and while it is not for
the Leader to hold up these particu-
lar youths to public censure it does
demand limit that should insure all
boys in the future from such uncall-
ed for njury.-Linden Leader.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
MATRIMONIAL

Miss Anna Smith, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Smith, and Lloyd
Blaine, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Blaine, were united in marriage by
Justice Marshall Frisbee, of Flint,
Wednesday, The young people ex-
pect to reside here and all who know
them will join in extending con-
gratulations and best wishes.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
Ancient Money.

The first coins used by the civilizet
nations of the ancient world vert
small metal ingots stamped with
rulers seal. 1t Is probable that the,
were first minted In Lydia. the rics
Asian kingdom OF which Croesus wal
the most famous king. The punch
marked" coins OF India are assignee
to period older even than that q
Buddhism. tnEt E5t u r4nimma
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
MARKET REPORT
The Early Balkan Settlers.

The first barbarians to settle per
manently In the Balkan peninsula
were the Bulgars, Finnish people
whose home was the middle volgs
districts. The Slavs are said 10 have
begun to pour into this region as early
as the third century, but they were
not established until some time after
the Bulgarian invasion. th
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

Mrs. c.. w. Shaw spent several
days with her sister in Flint, who had
just returned from Hurley hospital
where she underwent an operation
for appendicitis. a a1 3f3F s.. f1t
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14
REAL ESTATE DEALS

Hopkins e. Littlefield sold the Gil
lett property on Vienna St., former
ly owned by Thad Teeters to James.
ID. Anderson the last week.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

John Blackney of Saginaw was in
Clio Saturday on business.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

The Old Residenter likes to Tell Of
the Days when the Town had only 20
People and there was a Cornfeld
where the First National Bank now
stands. Then there was no High Cost
of Living and the Butcher threw In a
Chunk OF Liver with Dimes Worth
Of Steak. Them wuz Tue Daysi won
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-10-14

The Fordson is a profit
able investment. 1t can be
used every working day in
the year. 1t is an inexpen-
sive power plant and it will
tighten your work.
Don't delay ordering your
Fordson tractor. The de-
mand is greater than the
supply. n 79
Made by Henry Ford &
Son and sold by
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POTRAVINY DO CESKOSLO-
VENSkA .PO LABi.

Berlin, IL. Gnora. = Plany
Herberta ,Hoovera pro zasobo-
vani ncdostatkem potravin trpi
cich zemi, zejmena Polska, Ce-
chosloVenska, RakouslSa a Ne
mecka, tblizi Sc k svemu Zakon
ceni, nebot' do Hamburku pfi-
jizdi neustale lodi, pTivazejici
zasoby kondensovaneho mle-
lSa, fazoli a slaniny a take ba-
vn6ny olej misto sadla pro zi-
dy. Potraviny tyto sc ponena-
hlu -hromadi V hamburskvrh
skiadiStich. Jakmile bude vse
ma miSte, zapOGne Sc s peGlivFm
rozesilanim, tax ably Sc prede-
slo jakemukoliv nczakonitemu
Spekulovani S temito potravina
mi. tCeskoslovensko bude zaso-
boVano primo 2 Hamburku DO
Labi do 7Gsti. Costa ;tato jest
pozVolnejSl, ale bezpecn6jsi, S
ohledem ma eetne zelcznicni
!oupezc N6mecku ochrome
ny stay zelcznitni dopravy.
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.Snad nebude s mista pripo-
,menouti, re Lincoln byl vzor-
rnym manzelem a otcem a mezi
'manzely nikdy nebylo zadneho
tajemstvi. "A byla-li rec o prv-
mi dame zeme, nikdy nepojme-
'noval Lincoln svou chot' jinak
nez Mary, coz zaiiste nesho-
dostalo sc Sc spolccenskym po-
stavenim, ale Lincoln byl vzdy
stejny.
z historickeho stanoviska
vzato, zalezi nejvetsi zasluha
Lincolnova V tom, re svobod-
nou Uni americkou po hroz-
nou dobu ctyrlet6 valky obcan
ske prevedl tax st'astn6, aniz
by zafizeni jeji V necem bylo
utrpelo. ,Ovsem, re nedhybelo
ma vytkach "a jeho vlady, kite
rymi oposice jej .zasypavala,
nazyvajic jej tyranem, ktery
potlacuje verejne min6nf a pre-
krocuje hranice sve pravomoci
avsak pravdou zustane, re Lin
coin We prospech statu a deji-
ny neznaji pfikladu, aby tax
We. ka valka, S tax malym VIII
VEN na vseobecny beh vftezne
skoncila, jako robcanslza valka
pod vedenim Abrahama Linool
ma, jenz mel smySleni lidu ma
sye strane mife neobycejne
pro .3vou dobrotu a slechetnost.
,fWSS1 IUSSl fIVSC1
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.Jestlizc kazdoroGn6 8 upfi-
nnNmi city vZpominame tu-
to dobu velikeho presidenta
Spoj. Statu Linco ma, tim ro-
zeohv6nim Chime tax dnes.
Zavrazdeni Lincolnovo by
10 ncStGstim pro celou Unii.
kdyz nastoupil vladu lincoln,
dovedl program 1ve strany ne
ion provad6ti, nybrz i predcil
kazde oGek;ivani V tom sm6ru.
v rozhodnom okamziku, kdy
mlade Strane repub ,ikanske po
bezpfikladn6m Nit6zstvi snazi-
ly Sc il pfibliziti ruzni zivlovG,
ktcFf znaji sc X vitGzi, kdFl se
icelna uchvaceni nejake Aio-
risti, nemGla strana tato Zadne
no urciteho programu. ami do
breho Vudce. Od Lincolna dalo
Sc ocekavati, re znoVuzrizenl
Unie, kterG zaIezelo hlavne V
RECONSTRUCTED jiznich statu,
St,astne pfivede Ike 'konci, neb
celia jcho politika "a DOLBY val
Ky k tomu ukazOvala. AvSak
muz, jenz po zavrazdeni Lin
colrovG iidil lodiGku statu, pre-
sident A. Johnson, nesta. mad
nahledy sye strany, tlm nenN
byl sto udrzeti ma uzdG radilal
nj zivly, kterG peynou rukou
doyedl ovladati jeho pred
chudce. Tim Sc stale. re repu-
blikanska strana octla Sc We
yleku lidi, ktefi nochay8e pocti
YOU pplitiku gtranou, obrali 81
"a ukol, dtllSladne pomstiti sc
iiznim statum IA p6tiletou val
ku obGanskou, ably jim Zncmoz
memo bylo brati podf'u ma vniti'-
nj ,politioe. Johnson siGe ,nenale
zel k temto vystrodnim zivlum
naopak dobfc prcdvidal, zc Il
teto strany mohli by Uni po-
vstati velkG nebcEpeGi, ale pro
mcSllal " cas- toto .nebezpeCi IA
zchnati. Po celou dobu svc Via
dy razne vystupoval sice prot
takove politiGe, ale .pfccc ne.
zvit6zil. korrupce, ktera mno-
no q a piinesla 2emi, mohla bJ
ii potlacena, kdyby byl zustal
ma livu Lincoln, kterV by by
rckonstrukci jiznich statu pro.
vedl die svych plant.
Jak 81 Lincoln predstavova
2avcdcni sporadanych pom6rf
40 gtkonCcni valiSy, ivNsloNil se
We sv6 inauguracm reel pri "a
hajcni ldruhc periody, Cela
yzncscnoSt jeho ducha Sc til
zjeHila VIC slovech: "Zkuste
abcZ i1nevu proti komukoliv !
l;lskou ku kazdcmu pevni ,
pravu, spravcdliv6 naSc dilo de
konciti. Hkusmc rany narodt
zasazcn6 zahojiti Il pccoyati {
". kteri pod rannmi "blkr tn
rcl., zhritka pokusmc Sc uci
riti r$c, GO by privodilo spra,
yed!ivy a tl'yaly mir nejcn me