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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-07-14
congregational Church Notes
r. A. Hamilton. Pastor

There will be union services at
I0.3O a. m. in the Congregational
church. Services at 2 o'clock in the
Brownington church. Mr.. Hamilton
VIII tell of the International Congre-
gatlonal meeting which he recently
attended in Boston.
Sunday school at noon.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-07-14
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes
Clarence D. Pierce. Pastor

There will be no services at the
church for two weeks except the Sun
day school which will meet regularly
each Sunday. The pastor is away for
vacation. All the people are invit-
ed to worship at the Congregations
church.
The next Sacred concert will be
held Sunday evening, August 1st.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-07-14

aThere is no accounting for tastes"
especially since prohibition has
caused them 70 taste almost any
thing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22

meant to include Neal in her invita-
ton, Aren't we three one house hold
Now don't put any nonsensical ideas
into the boys head, and start him to
weighing motives and Splitting
hairs
"Jim!'' I cried startled at the clear
ly implied criticism of myself, Jim!
may be too sensitive-but I don't
have to swing to the other extreme
and force my brother on people who
may not like him"
Jim swung around, his dark hair
boyishly tousled. a military brush in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22

bear-hug.
GOOSE, darling! There's little
danger of your ever forcing yourself
where you're not wanted-and equally
small danger that you won't be darn
near welcome wherever you go. I
want my sister Jeanne to love you-so
for my sake, won't you forget your
self and try to break through the re-
serve that comes pretty near being
tragedy for herr"
Il will-indeed 1 will try!'' I cried,
putting my lips against my boys
cheek to seal my VOW
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22

And as we chung together it came to
me that Jim had broken through his
own reserve and had given me clue
to Virginia's story. I wanted to fol-
low it up-but somehow never can
cross examine the people I love, for
1 feel that they will tell me what they
want me to know. 1 wonder if I'm
wrong-and if they think 1 lack in
terest when all that fails me is cour-
age So now-stupidly perhaps -
switched the converse ton. and bury
ing my face in Jim's coat, I began to
talk about the thing it is always so
hard for me to discuss with my boy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22
CHAPTER Xiv.


Five dollars and sixty-five cents!
Five sixty-five!' That went gal1op-
ing through my mind like a hideous
refrain
What was I to do? The luncheon
check was five sixty-five, the tip must
be at least sixty cents n.ore-and I
had less than five dollars and a half.
Stealthily, under the table my hands
went fumbling through every com
miracle had converted the five dollar
bill and three dimes and two nickles
into one cent more than I had fig
ured it in my first flush of terror.
I had no credit at Carriers. I was
unknown there. And had nothing I
the desk-and suppoSing they would
contemplate advancing me any money
1 wore no jewelry-nothing but the
plain gold band on my marriage fin
ger, and as I wrung my cold hands
together in my lap and touched my
wedding-ring, I spurred myself anew
to think of some way out-Some WAY
that would not humiliate my jim
For his sake I couldn't ask Vir-
ginia to lend me the money-and in
the midst of my desperation I felt
relieved because it was clearly not
my duty to shame myself before her.
Most certainly 1 didn't want to.
But something must be done. Des-
perately I stared around the room
Searching for some inspiration. All
about me were smiling, smartly-
dressed men and women. Probably
in all that room there was no one
else to whom one dollar meant the
difference between misery and happi-
ness.
Suddenly, out of that mess of in
different, unknown, mask-like faces
one detached itself and became real
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22

Jimmie, dear, got into a horrid
mess today. IL invited the girls to
lunch and found I hadn't enough
money to pay. SO had to borrow
dollar from Virginia. I explained to
her that I was dreadfu1ly careless
about money and that you'd be wild il
you knew I'd come out without
enough. Well-and then after I'd
done that. it turned out to be I'M
necessary, for Sheldon Blake came
over to the table to have coffee with
us and he took the check think he
has a regular crush on Virginia, Jim!''
= (To Be Continued-)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22

loved his flowers = and was just dy-
ing to speak to him?'' she whis-
pered.
wen = hardly, Phoebe You
wryly = passing on, as sensitive
folks have a bad way of doing, the
hurt I had suffered from someone
else.
hurried into the bedroom after Vir-
ginia. I fear she won't make any
advances to me soon again. L had
an unhappy fifteen minutes of wait
gether, Phoebe looking like a pref
brown suit, Virginia regal and
seeming unaware Of her arresting
dress collared in moleskin.
We spent two hours at the in
in all that time did Virginia ask
Phoebe's opinion = or mine. Evil
IDENTIFY she makes her own de-
In keeping with that observation
I asked her to, select the place
where we should lunch and never
was acting more absolutely made
for a woman than the clean cut
elegance of Carriers, the restaurant
of her choice, was for Virginia
Dalton.
sOh, this is perfect" cried Phoebe
/
a luxurious air of complete con-
tentment.
'It will be, I'm sure - after Vir-
ginia orders the LUNCH" I replied
with the intent to honor my guest
| and to save myself the difficulties
of dealing with the menu and the
smart looking captain who stood
| deferential1y waiting our pleasure.
| Then, as sat back in turn and
| began to drink in the quiet ele-
gance of the place and the stunnine
| people all about us, my mino
| focused on what Virginia was say
! ing, and my eyes wandered lack to
the menu in front of me. A little
calculation in mental arithmetic
| followed:
! CLANS for three ..-..~-..- Wiz
| Bread and butter 81
| Eggs ben edictine ..-........ I5(
CoHee 90
|
And in my purse there was thu
| SIS Neal had given me a week be
fore the SIS and a little silver
Less than enough to pay that check
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-22

And in my purse there was the
SIS Neal had given me a week be-
fore the SIS and a little silver.
Less than enough to pay that check.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
FAIL TO FIND FORMER HOMES
All Means of Identifying Property Was
Shot Away During Battle In
Nc Mans Land.

Thousands of Belgian families prob.
ably never will find their former homes
in No Mans Land. All means of iden-
trying them have been shot away.
They will, find homes, of course,
somewhere in that desert waste, per.
haps on what used TO be somebody
else's home. But the exact location Of
their own sacred bit of ground may
forever remain mystery.
Nearly five years of ceaseless bonn.
bardment has obliterated the land.
marks upon which the prewar land
surveys We're based. The old bounda.
ries which distinguished one farm from
another have literally been pounded
into the earth-too deep for resurrec.
ton.
New surveys will come in time, prob.
ably more scientific than the old. Ey.
eryone who once owned part of the
great battlefield will receive some
thing, equal in size and as near as pos
slhle to where his former home is
thought to have been.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
sIlnd Men spIlee Rope.

Blind Men Splice Rope.
Blind men in Pacific coast iRsti-
tuition have become expert rope splicers
and knotters with a very brief series
of lessons.
Nail This, Quick!
q Why has he named his motor VIII
ton?"
Because it's his carpet
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
BeIgiuIllSketcIles
The Mussel- Wife
Of Saint Anne
By Katharine Essleston Roberts
Copyright. 1920, western Newspaper Unionl

Copyright. 1920, Western Newspaper Unionl
"They stole my beer pump those
Germans" she set the bowl of steam-
ing musseIs before me with thud.
"and how can a person keep a good
tavern without a beer pump" Her
hands rested on her broad hips and
she gazed over Saint Anne's uneven
street at the cathedral tower In Ant
werp across the Scheld.
Out on the cobblestones thinlegged
children played "hinkelen,n sort Of
hop-scotch. Their wooden shoes that
Topped at the heels made the game
difficult and exciting. They shouted
and jumped high to avoid the lines.
Near the waters edge two girls
washed mussels in wooden tub and
piled them into pals. Sails Of little
ashing boats dipped and darted in the
sparkling blue water and a putting,
yellow packet boat steamed sedately
across toward Saint Anne.
II remember very well when 1t
looked as though the whole town Of
Antwerp was going to burn up and the
refugees came across the pontoon
bridge down there in droves. They
left by the road up behind the hill.
And then those Germans came. |
never hope to see such another four
years" She shut her lips In straight
line and shook her head. Many are
the pieces Of bread and cheese
brought home sewed in my skirt and
the eggs stuffed in my waist. Thank
goodness that times past, but it's bad
enough now. Everything needs fix
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19


tants to their town will have to be
taken into consideration. 1t is to be
hoped that the burgomaster's plan for
the rebuilding of the whole town, in
Guiding the Cloth hall and the cathe-
dral will not materialize, but nothing
will prevent the inhabitants from going
back to their old houses and restoring
them to the best of their abilities.
While regretting, from purely arts
tic point of view, that the present en-
semble of the grandest pile of ruins
created by the war will not be entirely
preserved, every Belgian will feel hap
pier to think that, even here, in the
most desolate spot of this desolate
country, local pride and love of the
clock tower proved stronger than the
German guns, and that the cock will
crow again and children laugh where
shells of every description burst cease
lessly for four years amid the clatter
of falling debris.-Emile Cammaerts In
Yale Review.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19

ing. l don't know If that floor there
beside you Is real safe yet"
noticed the boards didn't fit well.
ut doesn't look very strong" agreed
and moved my chair. 49,:
'fNo, we took it up to hide mat
tress under there, but a German
came In before we got it fixed. He
stumbled into the hole and broke his
ankle and the ends of the boards a
little. 1t was the same man who took
my beer pump" She sighed, but not
for the damaged ankle.
"Minnaw She turned to the stoop-
ing girl who was scrubbing the entry.
way and backing steadily with her feet
wide apart as she scrubbed--a pc
culiar crablike motion. "Minna, stop
sloshing that water so and don't use
so much soap; use more force"
Minna's flaxen pigtails ceased their
rhythmic swing as she halted and
still STOPPING. turned round blue eyes
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19

deal tables were porous with frequent
ablutions and the polished blue ana
white crockery shone on the long hign
bar.
The musscl-wife came over to see
II / had all / wanted. Soap she
was still indignant. That's just one
thing. Everything's so high a person
can't live--let alone wear enough
clothes. / wore out all ! had during
the war and now ! don't know what
we're going TO do: I'd have to sell q
couple hundred stems OF beer, OF
more, before IcouId buy any dress az
all, and then It wouldn't wear long.
But what's the use OF buying clothes
If you're going to starve TO deathE a.
body needs meat more than once
week bur we cant have IT. And then
again. what's the use Of trying to buy
food If you're going to freeze 70
death? It's choice, | guess she
made her way with long, tiat-footed
steps to see If Minna was employing
more force than soap on the green
tavern sign.
However, she returned In time to
collect the small BILL customers are
mighty few now People can't spend
much on lunches" A sigh came from
the depths of her. cts hard on us
who depend on 'em. But it's the busi-
ness my husband left me-" She went
to the bar to get my change, That's
the place. Moving aside piece of
tile, the mussel-wife pointed to a
square hole on the bar. 1T stood
there bright and shiny. I'd get along
so much better If they hadn't stolen
my beer pump-those Germans! y
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
How About urCatarrh?
Do You Want Real Relief?

porarily clear them away, they
Will promptly re-appear until their
cause is removed.
). ). 5. is an antidote to the NIT
hons OF tiny Catarrh germs with
which your blood is infested. A
thorough course Of this remedy
viii cleanse and purify your blood,
and remove the disease germs
which cause Catarrh.
For free medical advice write to
Chief Medical Adviser, 101 Swift
laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19

Fizzless soda water is fizzle Just
the same.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
Match Law in Belgium.

The Belgian government has enact
ed a law prohibiting the manufacture,
sale or keeping in stock of matches
containing white phosphorus. The law
provides for the confiscation and de-
struction of the prohibited products,
as well as of the apparatus used In
their manufacture.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
PRIDE IN REBUILDING HOMES
BeIsians Hope to Reclaim What Was
Destroyed and to Hear chiIdren's
Merry Laughter.

The case of Ypres is particularly in
teresting. 1t had been proposed at one
time to preserve the ruins Of the whole
town in their present state as war
memorial But the interest of private
owners and the attachment of inhabi-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19

Capiases for the 1875 coal miners and
operators indicted by the special fed
eral grand jury at Indianapolis for
alleged violation OF the Lever law and
federal criminal code, have been Issued
and VIII be served at once.
Forty persons, including thirty school
children, were injured when tornado
blew down a schoolhouse, general
store, three stock barns and damaged
other buildings at Sherman, Ky.
Eleven persons are known TO be
dead, two missing and eight injured
as tho result OF tornado which
swept through the valley Of Turkey
Greek. near Branson and HOLSTER,
Missouri.
Negotiations looking toward the
working out OF new wage agreement
for anthracite coal miners, to become
effective April ], has begun at New
York by i subcommittee Of operators
and miners
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
PhilosophicaI

Wife-Tomorrow is the anniyersor v
Of our wedding day. What shall we
do about it?
The Professor (absently)-I SIN.
pose we shall have to make the best
Of it.-London Blighty.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19
Then Throw Away Your SPRAYS
and Other Makeshift Treat.
ment.

Why? Simply because you have
overlooked the cause Of catarrb
and all of your treatment has been
-nisdirected. Remove the cause al
the clogged-up accumulations that
choke up your air passages. and
they will naturally disappear for
good. But no matter how MANY
local applications you use to tenn
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19

Falling in love is often serious
accident.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-19

on her aunt who continued: ANY
body'd think soap was cheap the wav
you're using it," The round eyes re.
garded her steadily till she had fin
ished, then turned back to the floor
ana, without a word, Mlnna recon-
meneed her aquatic movements.
Inc whole neat bare room had that
fresh, damp odor of Belgian Satur.
cay. The wooden tops of the empty
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03


FOR SALE.-Handsome Library table
with Cadillac sliding writing desk
and 4 shelves for books; several
small fancy tables; large open front
Book case with curtains; light oak
tete-a-tete OF double chair; white
wire window screens; good screen
door, frame; ironing board on stand;
white enamel q bed with spring
and mattress; two d%ressers; wooden
wash stand with drawers; white
enamel iron washstand with back;
3 towel rails and shelf; wash basin
and jug; 3-p1ate gas burner. Brook,
l East Merton Ave. ~ block from
public SCHOOL,. Phone 244-R.
FOR SALE.=White mother hen and
nine two-weeks' old sturdy chicks,
$4. 153 W. Park avenue
LOST.-Between Asylum and Electric
Train, Gold Chased Brooch, diamond
in centre, gift of deceased husband.
Reward if returned to C, Pleasant
vile Press office. idp
FOR SALE.-Single Indian motorcy-
Gle, 1915 model, first-class condition;
cheap. VIM. Hauenstein.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of Atlantic
County. N. j., at 11.30 A. NJ, on July
18th, 1920, during a regular meeting of
the Board at its meeting room in the
Guarantee Trust Bldg, Atlantic City, N.
j., for the furnishing of all labor and
materials involved in repairs to the pave
ment of the Chelsea Heights section of
the P~leasantville Boulevard, consisting of
100 SO. yds. of reconstructed Warrenite
patching, and 5000 So. yds. of flush coat
accordance with specifications which may
be had without charge at the office Of the
County Engineer, 636 Guarantee Trust
Bldg, Atlantic City, n. J. There is on
file with the Board of Chosen Freeholders,
license agreement covering patented ma
terials, which materials will be furnished
hot by the Warren Brothers Company at
the pavement plant in Ple%asantville.
Certified check in the amount of 5000
and a certificate of proposed surety must
accompany each bid ,nas set forth in the
specifications, and no bid will be conSid-
cred unless made out on the bidding
blank attached to the specifications. "A
bond in the full amount of the contract
price will be required of the contractor to
guarantee construction of the work in
accordance with the specifications.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
JOHN B. TOMLIN,
Chairman, Road Committee.
A. H. NELSON,
County Engineer of Atlantic County.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03
English Greek

Mrs. Frank Stevens is entertaining
her sister, Miss Hazel Hill, of Atlantic
City, this week.
Miss Edith Steelman returned home
Wednesday evening for a two-month
vacation. She has been employed at
Chalfonte Hotel, Atlantic City, for the
past four years.
Master Ivan Steelman returned on
Monday from Wilmington, Del, where
he has been employed as errand boy
for his brother, M. L. Steelman, for
several weeks. Mr.. Steelman is a
promising young mechanical dentist,
having his laboratory in Wilmington.
Mrs. Mamie Steelman entertained on
Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Force, of
Linwood; MI. and Mrs. Taylor Shar-
rock and daughter Naomi, of Pleasant
vile; Miss Edith Steelman, of Atlantic
City, and Mr.. John Steelman.
The Asbury NJ. E. Sunday School
will go to Lettings Park on its annual
picnic on Monday. July 5.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03
PROPOSALS.

Sealed Proposals or Bids for the furnish
ing of all materials and performance of all
labor necessary for the completing of the
painting of the High School, Schools No. l.,
No. 2 and No. 8 and the Vocational School
in the City of Pleasantville, N. j., will be
received by the Board of Education of the
City of Pleasantyille in session at the High
School, Pleasantville, N. J., on Tuesday, the
9Th day of July, A. D.. 1920, at 8 O'Clock P.
NJ. The work is to be done in accordance
with the specifications therefor now on file
with and copies of which may be obtained
from the undersigned. Each proposal sub
mitted must be accompanied by a certified
check, drawn upon a reliable bank or Trust
Company and made to the order of Charles
E. Jackson, Sec'y, in the sum of Two Hun
bred and Fifty Dollars, which check must be
attached to the outside of the envelope con-
tanning the bid. The successful bidder will
be required to give surety bond in a sum
equal to 100 % of the contract price and
enter into contract in the form approved by
the Solicitor. Form of bond and contract
may be examined at the office of the Solicit
tor. L. D.. Champion, 511 Guarantee Trust
Bldg, Atlantic City, N. J. The Board re-
serves the right to reject any or all propos-
ais or bids presented.
CHAS. E. JACKSON,
Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03
PUBLIC NOTICE..

By direction of Enoch L. Johnson, Presi-
dent of The Zion Cemetery Association, of
Bargaintown, n. j., 1 hereby give notice that
the annual meeting of said Association will
be held on Saturday, July 10, 1920, at the
office of the President, at Guarantee Trust
Bldg. Atlantic City, n. J., at ? P. NJ. for
the purpose of electing at least four men,
bers on the Board of Directors and to trans
act such other business as shall come before
the meeting.
B. NJ. GODFREY. sec'y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Pleasantville, N. J., June %, 1920.
The Board of Directors has, this day
declared a semi-annual dividend of
TWELVE PER CENT, and a special
dividend of EIGHT PER CENT, paya-
bic to the stockholders on or after
Friday, July 2, 1920.
GEO. H. ADAMS, Cashier.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03

There is no false modesty about the
Cent-a-Word Column of The Pleasant
vile Press. No legitimate proposition
need hesitate to launch forth to find
a response. Need not even sign your
name or address. This Office receives
and holds replies for you, if desired.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03
U
COMPANY.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

Pleasantville, N. j., June IS, 1920.
The Board Of Directors Of the Pleasantville
Trust Company has this day declared a SEMI
annual dividend of THREE PER CENT. on
the capital stock, payable to the stockholders
on or after Friday, July 2, 1920.
D. S. LECOMPTE. Treasurer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03
CLICKS EXPRESS

Hauling of All Kinds, including Long
Distance, Promptly Done.
PIANOS and MOvINGS a Speciality.
"a Pleasant Ave, ~PIeasantviIle, N. }.
Phone 172.