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a plaster bust of Mozart. which stood on the piano. square in the nose. The
 cast struck the wall and then it's frag-
 ments fell to the floor with the book. Imogene's embroidery hoop dropped
 from her hands and she exclaimed
 'why, Andrewl"
 His reply was gfin as happy as q
 schoolboy's.
 How dare you do such a thIngl' she | demanded indignantly. We were as
 cozy as two dormice."
 "Thas the answer" laughed Andrew. I wanted to start somethingl Now,
 don't look at me like that. My yolk is
 not added. My buttons are all on. l
 was just demonstrating what l was philosophizing about.
 "The greatest difficulty in all human endeavor is to keep up steam No mat
 ter whether it is job one is holding or a business one he is managing, the proverb that new broom sweeps clean, applies. But the difficulty lies in the fact that 1t is human nature, If field. to allow the methods by which that success was attained to become a fixed habit.
 This habit develops into a rut and the rut develops into a failure Now the application of the philosophy. What is true of business proposition is also true of a matrimonial venture. The first few years both parties concerned keep the steam of love and enthusiasm up and all Is well, but after a few years the two of them slowly drop into steady, regular habits; the habits wear into a rut and the rut deepens Into a grave in which are buried all the love, happiness and past hopes of the pair. What is the remedy? Avoid the monotony of the routine.
 Let each side of the matrimonial sketch
 make an occasional variation in the routine of their lives.
 '"The reason threw that book at old
 Moze was because he looked like the emblem of domestic montonoy. I don't like to sec my tiger tanned into purring pussy cat. don't want to be able to tell any inquiring , friends exactly where I will De at 9:S0 next Wednesday night. I do not pro- pose to settle int ca fireside favorite as long as I keep my health, and just
 now I am feeling particularly chipper." "All right!" said Imogene briskly. Hurry up and get your hat and coat
 and we will go to show. We will walk downtown"
 But it is late now" protested An drew. If we walk we will miss the whole first act!'
 T am tired of the routine" said Inn ogene. T want to walk. I want to be late, I want to miss the first act. l All my life I have been getting to the
 theatre on time, going on the car and | seeing the first act. Tn fact I am not even certain will go to the theatre | when I get there"
 | She walked past the piano, picked up the bust of Beethoven, which was. the mate to the one Andrew had broken, and as she passed into the next room ! she dropped it over the bannister and | Andrew jumped and looked frightened as it crashed on the parquetry floor l below.
 l ''Guess I started something, all right" l he muttered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
"RrCuT KIM OF LEE"
 SERMON BY DR. EDMONDS

Dr. H. M Edmonds. pastor of the In- dependent Presbyterian Church. preached 2 forceful sermon to a larce congreeation yesterday morning at the Temple. His sermon was plea for his coneregation
 10 ''be not anxious for the morrow" to substitute in their Ives in the place of the petty anxieties. something big enough to worry about "Go out rnae the stars said Dr. EdmondS. '.ani lift your hands to God and ask. Am I living the kind of life should? Is Thy Kingdom adtancinx IS 1t should? An9 dninx my partT Those gre the thinee that should cause us to en- ..rtsfn noble solicifude
 s'346St of our worries ae about HSsali fhines which never hapnen. Death fs tho wor1t thing that can happen-a and we can
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Pills and used Lydia E. Pinkham's . Sanative Wash and now am well, can eat heartily and work. rive you my thanks for your great medicines. You may publish my letter and will tell everyone what your medicines did for me. "-Mrs. PEARL HILL, l10 Jacksboro St., Knoxville, Tennessee.
 Hundreds of such lettefs oxpressing gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound has accom- plished are constantly being received, proving the reliability of this grand old remedy.
 If you are ill do not drag along and continue to suffer day in and day out but at once take Lydia E. Pinkham' [ Vegetable Compound, . w0mAn's remedy for woman . ills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

sunk slowly to his lap. Imogene. with bowed head, was working silently but industriousyy at her embroidery hoop. Andrew looked around the room and then, picking up a rubber band from the top of the desk, he put 1t around the book so that it could not come open.
 Raising his arm slowly, so as not to attract Imogenes attention, he took careful aim and hurled the book with all his strength across the room. It hit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

not cat and my head
 bothered m ., all caused by fennAls
 trouble. 1 was three years V i tn these troubles and doctors did mo no l good. Your med icine helped my sis- ter 30 she advised
 me to take it. 1 took
 Lydia E. Pinkham's
 w eg etable Com pound and the Liver
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The stiffness of the room was dis turbed only by the regular tick. tick. tock of the clock. Andrews book had
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BACK HURT
 ALL THE TIME.
Mrs. Hill Says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Removed
 The Cause.

Knoxville, Tenn. . My back hurt mo all the time, was all run down. could
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
For the Good of
 the Community

the Community TT ODAY the railroads of the United
 States will be returned to their owners after two years and two months of control and operation by the federal government
 That government operation of the rail- ways has not been an unqualified success no will seriously dispute. That it would have been efficient and satisfactory dur ing the two years of war and readjust- ment covered by the government opera tions perhaps the most violent opponent of government ownership will not have the temerity to assert Under the circun1- stances government control and operation of the railroads was the only way out. But that is now ended The necessity for it no longer exists, and but for the blind par tisanisna of a few blind and biased and prejudiced would-be statesmen it would have ended months ago.
 Only very small minority of the peo- pie of the United States today want the government to own or operate the rail- way systems. They have had enough of it. For twenty years there had been growing sentiment for government owner ship, but it no longer is of sufficient force to influence even a weak-minded aspir- ant for office.
 The two years of government opera tions have demonstrated the futility, even the fatality of the government engaging in any business enterprise not essentially of governmental nature. They have seen the growth of an element, mere fraction of the people, set themselves up as superior to the whole people, pre- ferred class, as it were, whose demands must be acceded to regardless of the eff feet on the nation as whole
 Because they were employees of the government they were a superior class They worked when they felt like it; worked when they wanted to. There was no end to their demands, and when denied that which they desired they refused to work Compromise had been stricken from their lexicon. There was but one side to any question and that side was theirs
 The railroads are returned to then owners with many disturbing questions unsettled. Whether the owners and Inc employees can CT will solve these witt sut interrupted operations remains to ba k1>
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
AFTER EIGHT YEARS
Punta Gorda Testimony Remains
Cnshallen.

Time is the best test Of truth
Here is Punta Gorda story that has
stood the test Of time. 1t is a story
with a point which will come straight
home to many of us
]. c Lewis, Olympia ave. saws:
My kidneys were in a weakened
condition and caused me a lot Of an
noyance. | had lameness across my
back and was in. pretty bad shape.
Reading of Doan's Kidney Pills I got
a box, and used them as directed.
They relieved me of my trouble. l
am glad of the opportunity to give
this endorsement" Statement
given March 4, 1919
On April 5, 1918 Mr. Lewis says:
Il take just as much pleasure in
praising Doan's Kidney Pills today
as when ! recommended them before.
Doan's cured me of kidney trouble
SOME years ago and the cure has been
permanent"
soc, at ali dealers. Foster-,rtl-
burn Co.. Mlgrs,, Buffalo, n. Y.-adv.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
"SENENTH WONDER"
Is the Merchant Who Does Not Be-
lieve in Advertising.

Time was not so many years ago
that the most difficult problem the
newspaper had to contend with was
the problem of convincing the poten-
Itial advertiser that advertising really
paid.
In tho present day when an adver-
tising man unearths 4 business man
who doubts the efficacy of adyertis-
ing he feels as if he had located the
seventh wonder" Indeed, the SEN
sation would be on parallel with the
discovery of a school superintendent
who knows neither how to read nor
write
Anyone familiar with the history
Of advertising and its growth can
write a thesis as long as a city direc-
tory citing instances of the success
of men whose fame is known nation
ally and whose success, according to
their own statement, has been al
most entirely due to advertising.
Select any paper worthy Of the
name and you will find its advertis-
ing columns filled with ADVERTISE
ments of firms who are recognized
for their high standing and for their
success, not only in the business
world of the city in which the paper
is published, but of concerns whose
products, as the result of advertising,
= n rIh n hNrr n.Ip
over.
IT has reached a state where the
business man now who belittles the
Importance of advertising is making
an open confession of the reason for
his business failing to thrive as it
\ certain firm which is known the
world over through its advertising
and which has a physical valuation Of
between three and four million dol |
ar5 recently refused an offer of fff- |
cen million dollars for its name. A /
most concrete evidence Cf the value
which they placed upon an intangi-
lie something which advertising had
reated for them and which they val
led at more than four times their
.ctual physical assets.
Such cases are in no wise isolated.
-ou need go no further than your
'wn home town to find similar exam
lies, and you need 90 no farther than
our nearest business neighbor to
earn first hand what the modern bus
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

mess man thinks of advertising.
1t hasn't been so many years ago
that a banker would hesitate to lend
money to firm whose policy includ-
ed any substantial appropriation for
use in ADVERTISING Nowadays your
banker will prove most unCharita-
bic friend unless your business policy
calls for an active campaign Of pub
licity.
Most emphaticalIy advertising does
pay, and pays probably larger divt-
dends than any other one feature OF
modern business operation.-Tampa
Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

Mr.. Gompers' announcement that,
although organized labor vas much
opposed to the railroad bill 2s draft
Cd, and regrets the Presidents action
in signing it, it will take n1 further
action regarding it, indicates an
abandonment of any pu"Tcse to con-
test the validity of the legislation in
TIE courts.
1t is to be hoped that it points also
to an intention to give the new law a
fair trial, and to do nothi"g to OBJ
struct its operation. Few things are
mere certain than that, as the law
goes into effect, and the yarious rail-
road administrations take up the
work and the responsibilities for
which they have been preparing,
organized labor will find tnat its at
tacks upon the bill were based upon
misapprehensiors. Its interests are
carefully guarded in the bill; and all
that is necessary to a successful and
prosperous administration of the
roads under the new colditiCls is a
fraNk ard loyal Co-oQeratioG Of all
coIcerned.-Boston Herald
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

printing it. After awhile they do
something Lat they dor't want
known, and if they. see il in c paper
thoy want to kill SOMEBODY or beat
somebody up. Three or Eaur editors
have been man-hand'cG b. men big
ger than themselves il t. is state in
the last few years. 1t is a pretty good
idc2 for a newspaper man when he
has TO w.ite something that he
knows may arouse the e of a ruff
fan to take measures to protect him
SELF. - Ocala Star.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
NOBODY LIKES A BUM.

in Louisville who interested in Cor
Womans endeavoring
following which originally
which is reproduced in the style through
the Herad chute, which designed
"Punta Gordans. when dirty
always spurned like whose clothing eek with ftn and SMELL
with
you why lots fail to SELL
See the street looking
wish of all to know? associate
you you'll consgn
the regions far below
And shop which buy be pleasing
windows dusty shelves, don't
displayed I'll you'll right
isn't it fact?
80 with the men wanting % invest
in pride. When he those weeds
forlorn Throughout
will he abide!
80 you men o muscle get scythe and
of wealth seeking down
bye and bye.
He has stocks ans galore family
buys his ground going you'd better have
disappear.
And the trash and rusty can friend the Herald
man. complains cart them all
away if you y he's sicker for things
and bright
Now if these the advice know is need
ed your blossom like but if they're not re-
garded will be retardedand well buy its
funeral clohes."-H. NJ r.
MMM0umm@00 Observation-Disclosures bDD%0 HnhH# M
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

That improvements are worth
While can be brought home to every
one by q little thought Fer il stance
the Plant City Courier says: Coz
trast the value to the city o. a vacant
lot grown up in weeds, u"algltly if
not unsanitary paying taxes on a
valuation of $1,000 and the same lot
with nice lone on it, occupied by q
family who buy tncit groceries,
Clothing and necessities il tire town,
nay wetor and tight bills, and gener-
ally increase business" And we
would add tat there ore hundreds
Of unimproyed lots that culd be oc-
curied by families paving something
real into the cCmmUni.y, if they had
but the neat houses to tao~a,-Lake-
land Advertiser.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

Lakeland has a Leap Year baby
who will have a birthday only once
IN four years, and sometimes not so
often. A coincidence it the fact
that the new baby's grandfather was
also born on the 29th of February
and had he lived would have been
90 years of age the cath of Febru-
AIRY.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

In Miami recently there were FIVE
big sakes one day and the total value
of the exchange was over u quarter
of million-and the properties
were homes except one apartment
house. One residence sold for $751;
900 and another one brought $23,-
900, while the apartment house
changed hands for $4,000.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The farmers and business men in
and around Gainesville have made
plans to build a sweet potato stor-
age house.
Lets not put il of, but put it
across" is the slogan of the Braden-
town Board of Trade, and if they are
earnest about it, and not spouting
hot air, it will win.
The bank clearings for Pensacola
for the year 1918 is given at s84,-
454,644, and the clearing for~1919
is given at $1O7,719,S3O, almost
$40, 100000 increase.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

We print elsewhere tie report of
an attack on Editor Harris of the
Kissimmee Valley Gazette by poll
tician whom the editor had displeas-
ed. Mr. Harris had an eye put out in
the encounter. There are some people
who have no sense of fair play. 1t
gratifies them to see in a paper some
thing disagrcoable aboua tier pao-
pie, GrI Icy like tie editor for
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
Weather Forecast.

Washington, D. c., March 13,
1920. Forecast for the period
March Is to 20, inclusive.
South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: Generally fair; nearly
normal temperatures PRANK
ENFIELD.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
Deus OF CHE State
Briefly and Interestingly Prese nted in Paragraphs Culed
From Various Flo rida Newspapers

Orange county Is going to pur-
chase enough dip to run all vats
where individual owners wish to con-
tinue dipping. The dip will be sup
piled to the individual at cost. The
work has been turned over to the
county agent. The men dipping
will be instructed in the testing of
the fluid so they can do this work
and not have to depend on the agent.
Pinellas county has in Tarpon
Springs the headquarters of the
only American commercial sponge
fisheries. This town in the northern
end of the county takes in yearly
over a million dollars as spoils from
the gulf, from which source they also
get oysters, shrimp, crabs, turtles
and fish galore, total value rum
officials all over the state seem ac-
tive in an effort to suppress reckless
driving of motor vehicles. A Jack |
sonville judge has given up assessing !
fines, as that mode of punishment |
does not seem to have the desired |
effect, he now claps the guilty into |
Jail for thirty days or more. In Tam
pa too public sentiment is waking up |
to the dangers of life and limb by the
terrific speed used by unrestrained !
drivers.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

A druggist, in Live Oak, prints a
signed warning in the Democrat of
that city, that he is going to make
afidavits to the correctness of his
bad accounts and then turn them
over to the public auctioneer, who
viii, when duly advertised. offer them
Tor sale to the highest bidder. That's
one way.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

This Road Of Remembrance"
idea is growing rapidly. St. Johns
county is the latest 1t is reported
that the women Of that county nave
agreed to furnish the trees and the
county commissioners will plant
them. In a few years St Johns
county will be famous for its beauti-
fully shaded highways,
Sponges brought into Key West by
two boats recently sold to a local
buyer in that city for S2,792. aver
aging nearly 81 a bunch, which is
said TO be an unusually high price
They were Of wool sponge variety,
and of splendid commercial value
The sponges were secured in the
lakes among the keys, forty and
fifty miles east Of Key West.
The interest in club work and
general agricultural enterprises by
individuals was demonstrated when
Representative w. ". Phillips gave
$1,000 to the boys pig club of Col
nHbia county. Mr.. Phillips was re-
Gently appointed bond trustee in
charge of the county road funds, and
this donation Of approximately ST.
600 represents his salary as bond
trustee. The recently organized
Civic League has d special committee
on fair promotion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-03
GASOLINE SHORTAGE.
Bureau of Mines Says Before Sum.
mer Is Over Supply Will Be Used.

Washington. May S.-Warning Of
the probability of an actual short
age Of gasolene before the end of
next summer as result of the dis
proportionate increase in gasolene
production and the number of auto
mobiles in use, was given in a state
ment issued today by the bureau of
mines. While an increase in stocks
at the end of February of more than
100, 900, 900 gallons, or 20 pertcent, as
compared with a year ago, shows
that the situation Is not yet acute, 1t
is probable, the statement said, that
before the summer season is over it
will become tight, If, indeed, it does
not become short
The total increase in output of the
United States in March as compared
with March 1919. was 5000, 900 bar
rels, but the increased consumption
made necessary the importation of
6,500,OO0 barrels from Mexico. An
additional million barrels was drawn
from the reserves to meet the de-
mand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-03
Brief News Of Traer.

Special to Times Republican.
Traer, May 3.-Lester Fleming
broke his arm trying to crank his
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schmidt have
4 baby girl.
Mrs. ]. B. Jones, wife og Rev. J, b.
Jones. a former Traer Methodist
minister. is in very poor health. Mrs
Jones now makes her home In
Marion.
Mr.. Merriman. father of the late
Mrs. Fred Safely, died at his home
near Sutherlin, last week. This VIII
DELAY Mrs. Safelys return some little
time. as it was her plan to bring
her son Fred and children as wei! as
Mr.. and Mrs. Merriman to make their
home here.
Frank Rosicka purchased the Ad-
olson Morse residence on East
Second street now occupied by the
Dr.. Mcleod family. Consideration
was $4,000.
Mrs. r. P. Wilde was taken back
to the hospital at Cedar Rapids last
week. She is very critically i'll OF
dropsy and heart trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Wood arrived
Friday from an all winters sojourn
in southern California.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-03
REMARKABLE ESCAPE OF FAST
PASSENGER TRAIN ON BUR-
LiNoToN ROAD.
TRACK BADLY DAMAGED
BY BROKEN PARTS
Section Men Discover Danger and
FrantieaIIy Signal Engineer to
Stop-Bridss Worker Seriously In
jured by Flying Piece Of Metal
Running Sixty Miles Per Hour.

Osceola, May 3.--The discovery or
an accident to eastbound passenger
train No. 6, on the Burlington rail-
road. undoubtedly prevented a most
serious wreck and the wonder is that
the train escaped.
AS the train, running about sixty
miles an hour, sped past section men
between here and Woodburn, they
discovered that one wheel was gone
from a mail car and broken bits OF
boxing and castings were being
thrown in every direction, while the
rails and ties were being smashed
and broken.
The men frantically signaled the
train to stop. The signals were
finally seen and the train brought TO
a stop Just as it had reached a high
bridge. AS the damaged car ran over
the bridge pieces of the castings hit
Ralph Gracey, bridge worker,
knocking him off into the creek. He
was badly injured. Gracey was hur-
riedly taken to a hospital in Osceola.
Trainmen were amazed when they
saw the damage that had been done
The train had run for over mile
in it's damaged condition, leaving
trail of broken ties and damaged
rails, and as it was on a high en-
bankment. had it been ditched there
is no estimating the damage that
would have been done or the lives
that might have been lost The train
was delayed five hours.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-03
CITIES GROWING RAPIDLY.
Eight Cities Out of Sixty Over $4,000
Double Population.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, May Slight cities
Of $4,000 or more population, out Of
more than sixty whose census for
1920 thus far, has been announced,
have more than doubled their popu-
lation within the last ten years. Two
have shown a decrease. Kenmore,
O., city Of 1858 has shown an in
crease of 712,5 per cent; Dormont,
Pa city of 6.455, increased 47S.3
per cent, while Of the cities having
$4,000 or more population Gary, Ind,
has shown 1924 per cent.
Akron, O., is the largest city which
has more than doubled In population,
it's rapid growth Of 201.S per cent to
a population of 20S,435, changing it's
rank from eighty-first city of the
country in 1910 to a position prob
ably between thirtieth and fonrtieth
rank. II has passed Syracuse \. Y;
Memphis, Tenn; Dayton, o.; Nash
vile. Tenn: Albany, N. Y, and
Kansas City, Kan, cities having
more than 100000, as well as num-
Der of smaller cities ranking above
it in 1910.
Cities of $4,000 or more In 1920
which have more than doubled their
population during the last decade,
arranged in their percentage of
growth, are:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-03
Funeral Directors Meet.
al RI Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republlcan.
Denison, May 3.-A permanent
organization has been made of the
funeral directors Of western Iowa at
the meeting tust closed in this city.
The Denison meeting was attended
by forty-fve members and thirty
ave statesmen came TO display their
goods and solicit trade. There were
eleven fine displays Of funeral goods.
Professor Worsham of the Chicago
school OF embalning was present
and gave a number of excellent lee
lures and demonstrations. Jefferson
was chosen for the next meeting.
Charles Bartcher, of Denison. was
chosen president, and G. A. Mellott,
Of Carroll, secretary. The territory
of the association embraces all Iowa
west of line thru Des Moines.
There has been a state organization
for years. It is planned to organize
four district associations In time