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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
Advice.


Take his advice, it's very true,
Or you Will have yourself to blame:
Do not get smart and think that you
Can beat the other fellows game.
Luke McLuke.
Take this advice, you'll find ii good,
And it will save much grief for o
Whate'er you do don't sign your name
Till you have read the whole thing
through.
Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
Fire Alarm Boxes

f5-Smith Street and Central r. r.
2s-Market and First Streets.
27-Madison Avenue and Paterson st.
2s-Hfgh and Lewis Streets
35-Smith and High Streets.
s6-New Brunswick Ave. and New st.
s7-Smith and State Streets.
42-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckingham Ave and Hartford st.
4B-Commerce and Front Streets.
Estate and Washington Streets
47-High and Washington Streets.
54-State and Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker st. and Pulaski Ave- 81
56-Hali Ave. and Charles st. =
57-State and Wayne Streets. q
s-Near United Lead Works.
59-Maurer.
s2-washington and First Streets.
New Brunswick Ave. and Elm Street.
64-Smith Street and Watson Ave.
65-Commerce and State Streets
72-Front and Smith Streets.
W and Gordon Streets
74-Kearny Ave. and Gordon Street.
s1-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
s2-Smith and Herbert Streets
S3-Amboy Ave. and Washington ST.
S4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street.
s5-Near City Hospital.
and Hall Avenues. .
Ss-Cleveland and Brace Avenues.
9e-Amboy Ave. and Inslee Street
s3-Lawrence and Francis Streets y
s4-Nevilie and Johnstone Streets.
es-RaTitan Copper Works
24-Market and Sheridan Streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29

Life is a pretty tough proposition
for the poor fellow who has just
enough money to get into debt n
not enough TO get put.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
Bits of By-Piay
BY LUKE McLUKE
Copyright. 1920, the Cincinnati In
quirer)

quiiSit
a Hi-Brow.
He surely is a heightened mutt
lie is a high -browed lott;
He knows hat he has bunions, but
Pretends he has the govt.
OUGHT
1T says here hat hot water Is the
best medicine in the world" remark
cd the old Fogy, as he looked up from
the newspaper he was reading.
"Huh." grunted the Crouch. May
be hat is why married men live long
CT han single men,"
Ever Notice II?
The joke you tell is full of fun.
You sure can spring a bold one;
But when your brand-new yarn o We
Some boob will tell an old one.
Blind.
Senator Jellyfish avs tina he does
his duty as he sees it," said the First
Constituent
Then I'd advise the fat head to go
and see an oculist," replied the Sec
ond Constituent.
Almost.
The rich mans dead, he breathes no
more.
And here's the bitter pill;
His corpse was almost cold beiorc,
They tried to break his Twill.
Labofing.
"Our Pastor isn't consistent said
MIR. Binks. He says that we should
work on the Sabbath"
We'll, what about it," asked MIS-
|Binks.
Binks. HE labors through his SER
mon every Sunday. doesn't he?"
Buffers.
We're all great buffers, and this
thought,
Is very true, my brothers;
But some of us do not get caught,
AS often as some others.
Next!
The Anti-Saloon League Committee
on Morals, Meddling and Winding
Other Peoples Business Is backing the
Sims bill to close race racks and
kill racing in this country. The
League found it so easy to take the
rights of the people away from them
in the matter of beverages hat 1t
has become ambitious and branched
into the prohibition of everything it
dislikes. Ono crowd Is working to
prohibit tobacco, another a gone
after racing. The Sims bill is q dam
gerous document, and should be kill
ed. If a lobby can compel Congress to
prohibit racing, 1t a compel Con-
gress TO kill boxing and baseball. Gov
eminent by bigotry has gone far
enough in this country. The Ameri-
can worm is turning. and the wise
Congressman will give this statement
deep thought.
FreLh Air.
It is the cheapest medicine made.
1t is guaranteed to relieve almost
any common ailment.
1t Is pleasant to take.
1t will not disturb any of the or
cams.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
GOSH
Our Daily Special.

L. N. Necessary has a store in EN-
inert. Tenn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
Blind.

Senator Jellyfish says that he does
his duty as he sees it," said the First
Constituent.
Then I'd advise the fat head to go
and see an oculist," replied the Sec
ond Constituent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29

The joke you tell is full of fun.
You sure can spring a bold one;
But when your brand-new yarn you've
spun,
Some boob will tell an old one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
Almost.

The rich mans dead. he breathes no
more.
And here's the bitter pill;
His corpse was almost cold before,
They tried to break his Twill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29

"Our Pastor isn't consistent" said
Binks. He says that we should
work on the Sabbath"
well, what about it," asked Mrs.
what about it?" demanded Mr..
Binks. HE labors through his SER
mon every Sunday. doesn't hep
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29
Blunnrs.

We're all great buffers, and TIM
thought,
Is very true, my brothers;
But some of us do not get caught,
AS often as some others.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29

When Money Talks 1t Often Uses
Bush League Grammar.
Lake Mcluke SAYS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-29

1T says here that hot water Is the
best medicine in the world a
ed the Old F'ogy, as he looked up o
the newspaper he was Gazing:
"Huh," grunted the Crouch. May
be that is why married men live long
er than single men,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14

good deal OF sugar. yet we barely
manage to get nifty two-pound pack
ages out of q one hundred pound
sack" said ". Damour of the Da-
mour grocery.
1.-THE price Of sugar Is advanced by
the reselling of it. This IL the way
that the law 10 being lodged by the
speculator. A ring Of spectators
buy Q carload Of sugar before 1t has
left the refinery. BY tho time 1t
reaches tho retailer II has been sold
q dozen timss and every time II Is
sold its price has been increased l
cont per pound.
III we could do as clothiers and
other merchants do we could mako q
moe marvin Of pront. We can some
times buy sugar at q low price. but
we are only allowed cents per
pound on It. The clothler can buy q
coat at $40. A little later he finds
that tho price has gone up. He buys
an additional lot at the prevailing
price and then marks both lots at the
price now being charged or else splits
tho price and strikes q happy
medium. We are not allowed to DO
this, but must conform to tho law
which is equally bad for us and the
people we serve" said Mr.. Damour.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
Mers Esss-Ms,,t Scraps.


Hens given meat. nsh, or milk
products In their diet win lay from
80 to - per cent moro eggs than
those which have only grain food
and what bugs and worms they can
pick up on free range, recent expert
ments made BY the department OF
Agriculture show.
The birds used In the experiments
were given conditions a. nearly like
those on q normal farm as possible.
The experiments were repeated I'M
der different conditions and in dif-
fersnt years to avoid, as far as pos
sibls. any error due to the varied
Characteristics Of the birds.
The average farmer feeds very
little meat, fish. or animal protein
feed Of any kind to his poultry. and
consequently gets fow eggs during
the late fall and winter when eggs
are selling at the highest prices.
In the experiments conducted on
the government poultry farm. pens
Of pullets on FREQ range were fed q
mash Of corn meal. bran. and
middlings and . scratch mixture Of
wheat, oats, and corn. This is a
greater variety Of grains than is
used by many farmers. In addition
tho bords had absolutely free
range on land whore bugs. green
feed. and worms were plentiful.
Other pens were given the same
ration, with one pound Of commercial
meat SCRAP added TO every four
pounds Of mash.
Tho pullets without the meat scrap
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
il. YOUR EARS RING
WITH HEAD NoIsEo

Il non haze roaring. buszins
noissli = your sArs, are gsttins
hard sf hearing and fear catar-
'sAAl Deafness, 80 70 your druggist
and at ! ounce Of Pxrmint (dou-
.hls stxeaSth). and add to It 4
pint p9 hot water and . little
0rA1slAted sugar. Take : table,
spoonful four times . day.
This VIII often bring quick re-
.lisk from the distressing head
noise. Cloggsd nostrils should
open, brea<hing become easy and
the niu0us stop dropping into the
threaA Il u easy to prepare. costs
litG1e and = pleasant to take Any
1nD ,vho has Catarrhal trouble Of
~ saxs, II hard Of hearing or has
head noises should give this pre-
sn91Dtioa . trial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
arinn.ll and Vicinity.

000SuA u 1u100>8SOV00AASSoAAs
dfinnsll. May 14.-Furesal services
we're held this afternoon over the
body Of Mrs.. Nlixabeth Reiter. who
died at the home Of her granddaueh-
ter, Afrs. f. w. Black. Mrs. A. J.
Nicely, . daughter, who, with her
husband. had been spending some
months in California and washasten-
Ing home on account Of her mothers
illness, arrived about an hour be-
fore the end.
Prof. Herbert Francis Evans, for
some years ono Of the faculty OF
Gri,ansll College but for the college
year Just closing professor Of reli-
gioas education In the Pacific School
Of Religion at Berkeley, Calf. is in
this city for q few days ~ the espe-
cial guest Of Prof. and Mrs. w. J.
Rusk.
fav. II W. Cross. pastor of the
Congregational church. 10 In LeGrand
today to deliver the address to the
graduates Of the consolidated school
Of that place.
FEY. and Mrs. d. w. Cross are
having the. pleasure of a visit from
MI. Cross's father, Rev. r. 8. CrosE
OF minneapolis. The father will
preach the morning sermon In the
Congregational church here on Sun!
day next on tho subject, Self Sacrt-
dcs. the Condition Of Spiritual Life +"
The. Grinnell public school teach
en-, have organized an association
for the purpose Of mutual improve
ment and the raising and continued
UNFOLDING Of hisher standards oil
along the line Of the teaching pro-
fession. They hope for more nearly
perfect cooperation among them
selves and with their pupils and
among parents a. the knowledge is
spread Of what IL essential for the
best working Of the schools and the
interest OF the children. At the meet
ing this week the following officers
sware elected to serve Tor . year:
President, Myrtle p. Parkes: vice.
president, John saysell; second vice.
PRESIDENT MRS. Halle Flanagan;
s,,orstasy. Ma61 Dyanss 4rsAsursr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
OLD LANDMARKS GIVE WAY.
Washington Residence o. Admiral
Dewey Being Made Into Store.

w.shlroton Residence Of Admiral
Dewey Being Made Into Store.
BY Associated Press. !.
washington. May II. - Admiral
Dewey's former homo. gift Of the
American people for his victory at
Manila bay. In being remodeled into
q store. having given way, as have .
number Of other historical residences,
to the spreading commercial section
of tho city. Tho Dewey house, at
17l7 Rhode island avenue, just on
Connecticut avenue. was disposed Of
some years before Admiral Deweys
death.
Tho city's commercial expansion IL
gradually moving northwestward
along Connecticut avenue and has
passed beyond the British embassy
which now finds itself amidst
group OF fashionable shops. Tho
historic old Corcoran mansion and
the wisterin -clad John Slideli house.
with their old-fashioned gardens and
high brick garden wall. facing
Lafayette Park opposite the White
House at the beginning Of Connecti-
cut avenue. soon vii be RACED for a
modern building for the Chamber OF
Commerce Of the United States OF
America.
Among The historical mansions
holding out against the march Of
commercial expansion are the famous
Octagon House. residence Of Colonel
Taylor. which was occupied q year
by President Madison after the
White House was fired by the British
in 1914.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
TIMES REPUBIICAN MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. MAY H. 1920

Edith Olauson. Committees are to DO
subsequent meeting.
The Sunday morning sermon at the
Methodist church on next Sunday =
to be delivered by Bishop Francis J.
Mcconnell, Of Denver, Colo. Much
interest and profit are anticipated
by the people here. as the bishop
is reputed to be broad In mental
grasp. good speaker. and With .
wide range OF official oversight .
part Of which has been the trouble
some field Of Mexico.
The Spaulding contest on wsdnes-
day evening IL pronounced by some
who have witnessed several such to
be the best all around one yet held.
All tho speakers did exceptionally
well. Tho high prize. 5000 In cash.
was won by Mason IAdd with his
original production, Political Re-
sponsibilities" Joe Kelly, who made
his reputation as q speaker when he
was In high school here. won second
place. drawing $4,000 in cash, By his
rendering OF Robert Ingersoll's wis
ion Of War;" Chung l Tseng, . rep
resentative Of Weakening China in an
American college, was awarded third
prize OF $4,000 In the Reply to Long"
Next week on Thursday, at 1880
o'clock. at the Baptist church In this
city, Mrs. Lucille Shade. Of Qes
Moines. assisted by Mrs. Carl. Of
Evanston. Ill. will open a county In
stitute under the auspices OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, which will be continued thru
Friday. This meeting will DO open
to the interested public. The members
OF the local union will act a. hostess
e. to the visitors at luncheon on
Friday At noon at the church.
Miss Nessa Reed, who recently sold
her homo in this city, started on
Wednesday night for Houston. Tex.
After finishing visit Of indefinite
length there she plans TO 20 to the
Pacific coast and make . home in
Los Angeles.
Chester vanderveer. . 0rinnell
boy, has Just come back into the
Grinnell shoe store where he made
his start In the shoe business q few
years ago. Then he had tho appren-
dce job and worked out OF school
hours and on SATURDAYS ana learned
how to keep the store and tho stock
clean and in order. Now he comes
back - the Advertised buyer for
the Ross Shoe Company. taking the
place of Louis Kutish. who recently
sold his interest to HE partner. R.
B. Work. Mr.. vanderveer comes from
the Franksl's in Oskaloosa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14

Above, Wolf homo and farm
buildings. Arrow No. I peInts -
place where bodies Of Welt and
two daughters wsrs feuneIy asrss
No. 2 points TO door thru which
murderer escaped. Below: Well
kitchen ~ II was found after the
tragedy. Arrow No. 3 points 70
trap door thru which fIke bodies
were dumped. inserts Emma
Wolf, lone survivor. -. nsIshbess
found her.
All but the three ana a ,aalf year
old daughter were shot down. and
ono Of the most curious things about
the case is the fact that al of them
were shot from behind. and most Of
them were shot at such close range
that the fire from the shotgun burn
cd their clothing. They werp In
some instances. horribly ms,ngisd by
the shots
On three or four of the fodies the
purdsrera had also susea the
hatchets. probably rnnhinE out Of
shells and ending the ;liee OF those
who had not been instantly Killed BY
the shot. Only the ehildren were hit
with the Ratchet which wsa found IN
the bloody kitchen.
A shotgun. found in q slough about
. mile from the Wolf resideneo. -
the only tagible ciew the officials
have. and so far they have been un-
able to establish the ownsrship Of
the weapon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14

Tprtle Lake. N. d May 12.-ofn-
cials who have been investigating the
murder Of Mr.. and Mr,. Jocob Wolf,
their hve daughters and their chore-
boy. Jake Hofer. have ioeen unable to
find motive for the tragedy. prob
ably the most revolving In the history
OF this state.
OF the Wolf family Of eight mem
bers only one. = girl. Emma, eight
months old. survives. She was found
lying in her GRIP in one Of the rooms
Of the farm residence in which her
mother and three sisters had been
murdered, and the Only reason her
lie had been spared, officials believe,
II because she II 90 small that she
could not tell who the murderers
were.
Even girl three and q half years
old, was slain With . blow from q
hatchst. and officials believe she was
regarded BY the murderers a. too
dangerous because she might be able
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
Dies From Accident.

Special to Times-Republican.
Grundy Center. May 14.-Herman
Schuck. . well known farmer living
near Grundy Center, died Wednes-
day morning following an accident
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Schuck. with
4 nsighbor. had been blowing up
rock on the farm Of Alfred Crpp. A
charge Of dynamite did not so OK at
the proper time and Mr.. Schuck. ap-
preached II to see what was the mat
ter. It exploded while he was ex-
arninsing it and he received injuries
about the head and chest He died
after much suffering early Wednes-
day morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14

TO tell authorities who had killed the
others.
Mrs. Wolf. Jake Hofer. the thir-
teen-year old chorsboy, and three
daughters OF the Wolf family, were
found in tho cellar Of the Wolf resi-
dence. all Of them dropped from the
Kitchen door thru . trap door.
Jacob Wolf and two other daughters
were found partly covered by hay in
tho barn. where their bodies had
been dragged. The body OF Wolf
had been dragged from a point mid
way between the residence and the
barn. and authorities believe that he
was shot down probably while run
ming from tho barn to the residence
where It 10 believed tho murderers
began their deadly work Of extermi-
nation.
Two daughters wers slain In the
barn. where they are believed TO
have sought refuge after escaping
from the residence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
BROKERS EvApE LAW ~ SELL
ING AMONG THEM
SELVES.
EXACT :, MARGIN PER
SACK ON EVERY SALE
Law Does Not Prohibit Brokers From
Selling 10 Other Brokers and Thus
Running Price Sky~ard by Time
Sugar Reaches Retail oroes-Rs-
tailsrs Blame Government.

Cedar Rapids. May l4.-There's a
reason for the high price Of sugar.
and II u the governments clumsy At
tsmpts TO regulate the price. accord
ing to ono Of the prominent retail
grocers Of this city.
Attorney General Palmer has ruled
that the wholesaler shall not make q
profit Of moro than 81 per hundred
pounds on sugar. But he has made
no provision against . ring OF whole
salsrs selling It from one to the
other and each Of them making tho
dollar profit. So the cost Of the
sugar TO the retailer and from the
retailer to the consumer. depends
upon which ono OF the ring Of whole
salers he purchases the sugar from.
That's what the reailer says.
Moreover. he says that the govern
ment lets clothing retailer naalA,
anywhere from 80 to 800 per cent on
selling clothes. but limits the corner
OLIVIA W SVhS - t0AhN PbOhS SA
sugar. which scarcely pays for the
weighing and the paper.
1T makes US smile. when we don't
cuss." said the retail man.
In connection with the Palmer
order It II stated that the high price
OF sugar now being charged was put
to the top notch thru this law. A
wholesaler can not make moro than
81 per hundred on sugar. but there
10 nothing to stop him from selling n
to . third party who in turn will sell
II to . forth and so on. Each man
is making clear profit OF 81 per
hundred and by the time It reaches
the retailer the price y enormous.
Sugar il a drug to the retailer. and
the smaller stores do not make even
. fraction Of q cent on q pound after
overhead expenses are paid.
we have an automotic weighing
machine in our store which saves q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14

Frank Piano. Or. OF Chicago.
pleaded with his son. Frank Jr- to
give up his bad companions. Tho
father feared the youths would LEAD
his boy into trouble which would
eventually send the boy &C, the elsc-
trio chair. The pleas were in valn.
SO Frank ST.. shot his boy. The SON
died . short time later in the hoGs
pital. Before no died Frank askol
detectives not to prosecute his
father. Police sent the bruksa-
hearted parent homo 10 attend 60
funeral arrangements.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14
Do Your Best.

Everyone should do all he can to
provide for his family and in order
to do this he must keep his physical
system in the best condition possible.
No one can reasonably hope to do
much when he Is half sick q good
share Of the f,rrA II WOW are consti-
pated. bilious or troubled with indi-
gestion get package Of Chamber
lain's Tablets and follow the plain
printed directions, and You will soon
be feeling alright and able to do q
days work.-Advertiseme
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-14

laid only ninety eggs apiece (which
is more eggs per hen than the aver
age farm dock lays). while those re-
ceiving meat scrap Averaged from
126 to 100 eggs apiece.
Meat scrap II not producsd on
most farms. and has TO b bought at
q hisher price than grain. It pro-
ducss eggs. tho. several cents q dozen
cheaper than where no meat SCRAP
IL used. Milk products or fish give
as good results ~ meat In increas-
Ing egg production.