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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-12
Leap Year Is UnIucky.

In all probability the theory that
leap year Is unlucky was voiced by the
unhappy man who first was called
upon to answer a woman's leap-year
proposal that he bestow upon her his
"hand and fortune or a Draw silk
gown" The japanese believe that the
two hundred and tenth and two hum
dred and twentieth days Of each leap
year are particularly unlucky. while
the old English traditions maintain
that children born in leap year will be
sickly and difficult to raise, and that
crops will not prosper, peas and beans
growing IN the wrong side Of the
pod"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-12
Justice Greatest OF Virtues.

The sense of justice was born
In the human heart. This divine vir-
tue is at variance with the instincts of
the individual and nature itself is es-
s~entially non-just. Justice Is the flow
ering of all the other virtues-the
heavenly endowment of rare and great
souls only.-Sir Richard Cooke.
Willing to Take a Chance.
Mother was trying to give her small
son a dose Of castor oil, and after
much coaxing and pleading he would
not swallow 1t. She said to her hus-
band: BILLY will not take the oil /;
we will just have to use main force"
Billy's face frightened and he said:
Daddy, bring the main force and I
will try to swallow that"
Observe the Direction.
A current French scientific journal
tells us that, If you wish to enjoy pro-
found and restful sleep, you should lie
with your feet to the south. If you
would get through a hard days work
with a minimum Of exertion, face the
west. A pianist plays best when fac
Ing the west and worst when facing
the south.
Nn n.xJ-~ ILL., -.---
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07

Floyd Peet was a caller in Straw
berry Point last Wednesday.
Mrs. Martin Funk enjoyed a visit
last week from her aunt, Miss Hall,
of Dennison, Iowa.
Miss Mable True has returned to
her work in Washington, D. G.
Misses Josie and Marie Thurn, came
up from Manchester Thursday morn
ing for visit with relatives.
Albert Boyer. who was home for
Xmas, left he first of the week for
| Mowbridge, S. Dakota.
Miss Hazel Pilkington came up from
Greeley, Thursday night, where she
had been spending few days with
friends.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joe King and son
were over from Oelwein the last of the
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hoyt Of West
Union were over Sunday visitors at
the Wheeler home last week.
y Mr.. and Mrs. George Pilkington
spent New Years in the George Barr
Phome in Strawberry Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Laity and children
were visiting Strawberry Point rel
atives last week.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07

/ Chas. Robbins bought the town pro
perry, belonging to the estate of Mrs
Alvina Smith, and the farm was sold
Ito Mesdames Bassett, Borton, and
Richards, daughters of the deceased
Mr.. Evy1on Noble made trip to
Anamosa the first of the week.
Miss Marie Putt has returned to
Cedar Falls, to resume her school
work.
Mrs. >Dolley and children of Delhi
were guests at the Henry Smith home
last week. 4.
Mr.. Bert Durfey was a caller in
Strawberry Point, Wednesday.
Miss Maude Hatfield left Monday
for her home in Edmunds, North
Dakota.
Bert Pogue made business trip to
Manchester last Wednesday.
Prof. Ed Gates left Friday morning
for st. Paul.
Mrs. Julia Nading Of Dubuque is
in town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest True and dau-
ghter, were here recently from Spring
Valley, Mimi, visiting the formers
parents and other relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Clemans and daughter Lila,
Spent Wednesday in Strawberry Point.
Mrs. Sarah Lamphier is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Brown at Clarks-
Vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jud Steefer are spend
ing few weeks with their daughter,
Mrs. Rupert Nading, near Littleport.
Harold Grother was up from Little.
port, last Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Meyer and children Of
Oxford Junction were visitors in the.
r. c. Wheeler home, last week.
Mrs. Will Bellamy spent Tuesday
in Manchester.
Frank Sherman Of Delhi was bust
ness caller here, Friday.
Miss Grace Shower visited relatives
in Manchester the first Of the week.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07

Dr.. Shallenberer is an eminently
successful Specialist in the treatment
Of Chronic diseases. He has long
established reputation resulting iron
tai experience, which have made him. so
proficient that he can name and lo-
cate your disease in few minutes:
He has successfully treated many OF
the most difficult cases Of chronic dis
eases of men and women. That Ia why
his reputation has spread-why he has
continued his visits year after year,
while other doctors have made Few
visits and stopped.
DIR Shallenberger treats diseases of
the Eye, Ear. Nose, Throat Lungs,
Heart. Blood Skin, Nerves, Liver, Stom-
ach. Intestines. Kidneys and Bladder.
Ringing in ears and Deafness Paraly-
sis, Eczema scrofula, Appendicitis;
Gravel. Rheumatism OF joints and
men scientifically.
PILES CURED WITHOUT KNIFE
Fssure, Fistula And other rectal dis
eases treated without surgical opera
Surgical Cases and Rupture Gives
Special Attention.
NERVOUS DISABILITY
Are you nervous and respondent:
easily excited and. irritable: weak and
debilitated: tired mornings without
ambition, energy. or strength; lifeiess
easily fatigued: distrustful and with
cut confidence IN yourself? Have you
sunken. red or blurred eyes: pimples
on your face; weak back or deposit IN
PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALITY
Cases OF long standing especially de-
sired. Wrong treatment and incorrect
diagnosis have often resulted in the
worst. Affections, Varicocele, Hydrocele,
Blood Poison. Syphallis, Unnatural dis
charges, Weakness Emissions, Defec-
tive Memory, which ruin body and mind.
II is highly important you obtain the
services of physician who has ectab-
lished good reputation for treating
these diseases.
Or. Shallenberger has made years OF
study of Private Diseases Of men and
women. He knows and uses the most
scientific methods Of treating them.
Hundreds OF women suffer untold ag-
eny with diseases which have been ne
elected or unskillfully treated.
WONDERFUL CURES
haze been made by him. You shoulA
consult him II you have any chrsnic
diseases A Specialist who has made
a lifetime study of such diseases Il
remedy and IL you are sick. you need
scientific treatment
DR.. Shallenberger spares no effort to
cure his patients. He knows that good
patient Most of his new patients
come through the recommendation of
others whom he has treated.
= He prepares nearly all his medicines
from his own. special formulas, and
uses nothing but pure drugs.
and Confidential: -
REFERENCE: Drexel State Bank.
Address letters to
DIR. WILBERT sHALLENDERGER
IGO Oakwood Blvd. Chicago Ill.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
ENDGEWOIOD.

'ert Putt made a business trip tc
berry Point, last Tuesday.
terlen & Sons received a carload
IDS last Wednesday.
rge Barr Of Strawberry Point
caller in town. Tuesday.
Martha Kuhlman, Of Greeley
Monday and Tuesday with Miss
Pilkington.
Mary King who has been sick
le time Is tery little better at
ne.
sixby made abusiness trip to
ter, last week.
icy Boyer spent the first part Of
elk in Cedar Rapids.
.iller was over from Clermont,
sday.
!, and Myrwyn Peters, who
.eir holiday vacation at home,
armed to Chicago.
Hugh Curran, Of Minneapolis
iting his parents and other
last week.
Jennie and Ruth Forward
st week In Chicago.
and Mesdames Will and Her
man and the Misses Ella,
d Laura Ackman were pass
Earlville, on New Years
present ct the wedding Of
man and Miss Grace Clute.
Beatty was here from Fargo,
emily. visiting his mother.
NTH has purchased the John
urn. just east Of town.
NTH who Is in very poor
here from Waterloo staying
sks with her sister Mrs. v. j.
I'd Of young folks spent New
It at the home of Mr.. and
Y Funk, south OF town.
Mrs. M. J. Alger and Mrs.
It and daughter spent part of
k with relatives at Mason
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
New Wax From South America.

A wax used for candles in Colombia,
as vet unknown to the outside world,
is obtained from the leaves of the wa
palm of the Andes. 1t has melting
point as high as 90 degrees Cent, while
that of carnauba wax from Brazil is
"a degrees, and that of candelila wax
from Mexico is only about 20 degrees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
First Opera In ENGLAND.

In 1856 there was produced "The
Siege of Rhodes: Made Representa-
ton by the Art of Perspectives In
Scenes and the story sung in recitative
Musick," which writer in the Die
tionary Of National Biography charac-
terized as 'fn some respects the most
epoch-making play in the language"
1t was virtually the first opera pro-
duced In England.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
international courtssy.

Foreign vessels entering United
States ports are obliged to display
only the flag Of the country to which
they belong. It is customary. how
ever. for steamers to carry the Unit
ed States flag at the forepeak when
entering United States ports, but this
Is merely a matter Of international
courtesy and II not compulsory.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07

How Would You Like lt7
Preparatory to giving the elephant
In captivity his bath his body is gone
over entirely with sheet Of sand.
paper.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
New and old Rooks.

In science, read, by preference, the
newest works; in literature, the old
est. The classic literature is always
modern. New books revive and re-
decorate old ideas; old books suggest
and invigorate new ideas. Bulwer
Lytton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Island Re.embIes pouahnut.

Maiden island, in the southern Pa
cific ocean, is built like an elongated
doughnut. Naturally, it is surrounded
by the waters of the Pacific, but in
the center Of the island is lake, the
water in which rises and falls with
the tide.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Watch as Compass.

To use the watch as compass,
bring the watch Into a position so that
the hour hand is pointing toward the
sun. The south then lies midway be.
tween whatever hour It may be and
the mineral XII on the dial Of the
watch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
When WASHINGTON Died.

George Washington drew his last
breath in the last hour Of the last day
Of the last week of the last month Of
the last year of century. He died
at midnight on Saturday, December 81
1799.-Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Pius Eoretell Winds.

The killing Of pig at sea is always
an occasion-of great moment, not only
for the reason that fresh meat is to
be enjoyed-a great luxury on sailing
vessels, after perhaps months of salt
provisions-but also because what Is
termed 'pig breeze or favorable
wind, may be regarded as certainty.
Pigs when kept on sailing ships are
allowed very frequently to leave their
pens, and their movements on such
occasions, which are held to foretell
the wind to be expected, are watched
with the keenest interest. Should a
pig evince any signs of laziness, lying
down or wandering aimlessly about
the decks, then this Is a sign that
calm weather will come, with little or
no wind in prospect. Should, however,
the pig show frisky mood, with much
squealing, then It is a sure sign OF
"big Winds" very necessary factor
In the navigation of sailing ship.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Uslno a Doorway.

The unused doorway makes an eff
fective bookcase. The door should be
locked and treated as the back Of the
case. Shelves can be set in the entire
door space or the lower half.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Sticking It Out.

'There is little hope Of wallpapers
coming down." says well-known SUBJ
urban builder and decorator. This is
only because people will keep on lean
ing against the wall.-London Punch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
iened IN Lies crucjbie.

No q living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty; none less inclined to take or
touch aught which they have not hon
estly earned.-LincOln.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
i New MAristoeraex.n

It's no longer the "movie." # the
motion picture engineers have their
way. Cinema is the correct term.
'Movie" is too plebeian.- Pittsburgh
Gazette Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Burdens That Overcome.

No man ever sunk under the bur.
den Of the day. It Is when tOmor-
rows burden Is added to the burden
Of today that the burden Is more than
a man can bear.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Moth Killer.

II has recently been discovered that
II X-rays are passed through fnrs they
kill all the moth eggs and prevent furs
from becoming moth-eaten.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
why Jack Should % Gay.

The way things are looking there
is no excuse for Jack being dull boy.
as long as no work and all pay are
conducive to gayety.-New Orleans
Times-P icayune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
A MeIIowed Mood.

Jud Tunkins says he doesn't want
to be made younger, for the reason
that he doesn't want to be bothered
trouncing any more baseball umpires.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Keep Money From the Heart.

Money in the hand is a good thing
II 1t isn't allowed to get into the heart.
If it is only in the hand it is kept in
circulation If allowed to get into the
heart it is boarded away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Mloht Be Good Idea.

Jud Tunkins says there would new
er be any coal shortage If all the peo-
pie who used to sing Down in Coal
Mine" would get picks AM shovels an
be as good as their word.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
And succeeding.

Most Of the economic sorrow which
nation suffers arises from the greed
Of men trying to sneak selfish advan.
tages over others for profit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
For the Maid.
Burial in Cry flour will keep sllve,
bright for long time.
Tame AFFAIR.

HE made violent love to you, didn't
he?" "Dear me, no! He only asked
me to marry him."-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
ro win suceess.

The talent of success is nothing
more than doing what you can well,
and doing well whatever you do with
out q thought Of fame.-Longfellow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Hs Must Dc In Llvs,y

One thing certain-if we ever ct
able to own limousine car we viii
have a Inverted driver II we have to
dress that way ourself.- News
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
eenjahted Albania,

Albania hasn't newspaper, a mile
of steam railroad or postal system.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07

Add Vocational Lyrics.
For the Telephone Girl-"I Hear
You Calling Me- Boston Transcript
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
80. m own Drink,

Gets Ite Own Drink.
A South American orchid let's down
tube and drinks when 1t needs wa
ter, then coils 1t on top Of the plant
when not In uSe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-01-07
Bird Of Marked PeeuIlarities.

The yellow-breasted chat is an &C.
centric bird both when it is singing
and in flying. When these birds sing
their musical effort seems to require
great deal of flirting of the tail and
twisting of the head; and even when
they are flying their tail jerks up and
down, giving them strange appear
ance. The song of this bird is scarcely
worthy of the name, having been cali
ed series of grotesque syllables.'
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New Britain herald., 1920-03-01
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 An Injustice

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-13
Aged Novelist Still F. Writing Al Age Of S2
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELIS, AUTHOR OF 72 VOL. UMES, BEGAN LITERARY WORK 72
 YEARS AGO

Seventy years ago boy twelve years old stood at a printers case in newspaper office owned by his fla ther in Hamilton, O., putting into type his own first literary venture---no less an undertaking than a five-act tragedy in blank verse.
 $ By nights the boy read with pas sionate delight such books as Gold smiths History of Greece" Don Quixote," Arabian Nights the pa per-bound works of a rising young poet named Henry Wadsworth Long fellow, and whatever other books of real quality came into his hands, for he had a discerning taste in such matters. His dream was to become 8 great literary artist
 But scant opportunities of schooli lg were afforded him---sporadic terms in the common schools were about all that he was able to avail himself of. Mainly that printers case, the tute- lage of a literary father and the towns circulating library were his university, his faculty and his curri- culum.
 Yet from these slender foundations he worked out his dream and became Americas foremost man of letters and one of the worlds greatest nov elists, and today at S2 he is still "in
 
 erwood God" which was published on the eve of his S0th year, being his 72nd volume.
 More than that, he still dweEs in the odor of his beloved printers ink; his name, modestly initiale!d as "W. D. HoweIIs,'' may be found every month at the head of some pertinent and vigorously worded article in liar per's Magazine, of which he is the 1rr@ find him testffBing recently that within my eighty-second year I have read Don Quixote' with as ISuch zest as in my twelfth year, 6nd only the other day I read Mi1ton's IAycidas' with as rich a woe as the first time"
 For 50 years of that TO William Dean HoweHs has been recognized con trfbutor to that class of American lit erature which measures up to the standards of cIassicism and which has found its way to the shelves devoted to '+the best literature
 As poet, essayist, critic and dram atist, his work always has been Of a distinctive character and bears the hallmark of quality, but it is as a nov elist that he has mainly achieved the high position he holds in the literary world.
 Opinions may differ as to his merits as a. contriver of plots or as a mar shaler of dramatic incidents. but as a literary artist, as a master of the technique of narrative, an analyst and an adept in the use of the Eng fish language, the opinions of critics both at home and abroad concur that HoweIls stands among the few at the top.
 In his relation to the History of the development of the American novel Howells is the Fielding of American literature. It was he that first, by 2 sustained and serious method, brough American fiction writing out of the < clouds of romance and the false at rnosphere inhabited by mere heroe: and heroines and made it a vehicle for. the interpr pretation of real life.
 From the outset of his career as z evriter of fiction his aim was to DOT
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-13

tray real hfe---and mainly American life, for he is one of the few Amer ican writers who have been satisfied with their own country as a back ground-and to portray 1t with entire fidelity in all it's social relations, no matter how commonplace, and who has been able, by his sheer art, to elevate the commonplace things of life into an atmosphere of vivid dra- natic interest and even intense emo tionalism.
 His realism, however, is not of the kind that grovels in sensualism or finds delight in suggestive eroticism. There is not a pornographfc note to be found in all his seventy two volumes and, though love is nearly always the major theme of his novels and love scenes are portrayed with pen that knows how to lay bare the deepest secrets of lovers hearts-tn scenes that often fairly culver with emotional ntensity-Howells never has written line that would arouse a tainted thought in an adolescents mind.
 The types that he chose for the moving figures of his books were of the rugged American variety, ground ed in the pureSt of American ideals, human with American faults, heroic only in the spirit with which they grappIe with the little tragedies of daily life. No novels written the last half century more truthful1y and powerfully reveal the inner springs of American character and the socio- logical forces that have within ais period, entered into the shaping of | our distinctive American civi1iza- ton,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-13
Jap Professor Says He Can Prove Or DiSprOve
 Lodges Spirit Theory
Offers to Have Medium Read Writing On Paper Hidden In Safe-Says He's Done It Thousands
 Of Times

twenty years of age-they are the best for mediums.
 "Give me half an hour to study the ones I choose and test No. 1 can rrogress.
 '@This is the test: MT. Rim can take any document he may have in his possession, a will, a deed, bill of sale, or any paper of the kind. He can make sure that he is the only person in the world that knows what is written on the paper.
 'tHe can take this paper and place it in a safe. Any kind, procured by himself and known to him not to contain any trick doors or contriv- ances that would aid me.
 "He can lock the safe and sit on top of it as guard. I would suggest the demonstration take place Tn some public hall where all could view the spectacle.
 "I will then take the medium, place her in a trance1ike condition and she will read what is written on that document placed in the safe by MT. Rinn If the astounded MT. Rim Is convinced he can give me the check, which will re indorse to some worthy charity in the city.
 HIn demonstrating to Sir Oliver that spirits are existent would like to re-stage the seance performed for MT. Rinn. Then my debate with the great scientist would take on added tone.
 "How can make a medium do the seemingly impossible?' Prof. Kimura asked. "It is really very simple.
 "The human mind is in two sec tions, the conscious and subconscfous. What we term death is merely the domination of the subconscious min q over the conscious one. In life the reverse is the case
 And it is by directing the sub conscious mind of a medium that I can make that medium tell what is inside of a safe, or what time your watch tells. Very, very simple. 1 first discovered the truth of my theory in Japan fifteen years ago. Since then I have proved it thous- ands of times. I opened a free clinic here in this ctiy for treating persons given up by physicians and have been very successful.
 "But I am interested in proving that spiritual1sn is a false theory. My demonstrations for Prof. Lodge and MT. Rinn are, therefore, offered while not in the spirit of a challenge at least in the hope they may ac- ] cept'