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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08
RUSSELL AN ORGANIZER.

Meigs C. Russell, who resigned several days ago as assistant secre- tary of the Chamber of Commerce, has accepted a position with the American City Bureau in New York. He will travel throughout the coun- try as an organizer of Chambers of Commerce and will act as secretary : of these organizations until they can secure a man to take charge.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08

"Take a good look at this ladder, my boy.''
 What for?'' fa And then remember that if it were possible to get to the top at a single bound there would be no need of the bottom rungs."-Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08
Cleaning bracelets. heavy & special value.

their rich effect
 There narrow bracelets of special grace, Plain and polishedo with the dull glow of the Roman finish, or chased in appropriate patterns. Equipped with firm clasps and clever device which keeps them from being strained at hinge. Goldfed excellent quality really worth $3.5O to $
 S25O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08
ZONE SYSTEM HEARING.

On next Tuesday morning irate Bridgeport citizens will have a chance to appear before the Public Utilities Commission at the council chamber in the city hall and enter a protest against the zone system.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08

Owing to the fact that silk shirts cost SIP, silk stockings S5, and fur coats $500 and up, there has got to be another advance in wages ali around
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08

FOR SALE room, 1-faniiy house, lot 1oox1oo; price, s4,so0. Apply Peter Gleason, Startford. Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08

There is a goose whose home is not far from the Center which should either se kept on a chain or muzzled The spectacle of a corpuient news writer Coirg a Marathon through B., roSiey's lane with tre goose cling j-g to h,s coat tail may be amusing to the spectators but not to the prin- cipal actor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08

CORTEz c. ROCKWELL. plumbing and heating; jobbing a speciality
 Corner Main and Hillside avenue, Stratford. D 10 tfs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
URGE PLAN FOR
 STOUT WOMEN TO HAVE OWN SHOPS

New York, Feb. 2S-<How can we segragate the business of stout wom- en without hurting their pride and causing them to give their patronage to the store that continues to deal with them along with their more slen- der sisters ?" is the question that is causing much anxiety to many mer- chandfse managers in New York de- partment stores and speciality shops.
 Those in favor of segregation of the stouts say that it is extremely embarrassing for the heavyweight women to have to go to the same de- partment with slender women. These store men receive many calls from Stouts for private showings and fitt- ingS- They say that srouts do not object to mingling with stouts, for there is always the possibility of their seeing a woman just a trif1e heavier than themselves.
 Human nature also corroborates | the testimony of these store men, for | it is a,weu known fact that a woman l views with intense alarm what is commonly known as fat. It can be readily understood that women who come within this class are not fond i of trying on garments while their slender sisters are snickering at them. l Fl, | executives of the larger merchandise | houses here, shake their heads and
 wonder just how the larger women
 of New York will receive a general adoption of this plan. But a con- l ference of stout wear buyers of Re- tail Research Association stores, held in New York recently, revealed a gen. eral agreement of opinion among the
 representatives of the various stores
 that a segregated stout wear depart
 ment is the most desirable way o1
 handling this class of trade.
 All buyers agreed that it would be
 distinctly to the advantage of the
 stout women if departments were
 given to them. It was also pointed
 out the the most logical way to oper. ate these departments would be tc , have no one except an extra size
 stout in the department This would of course, make the heavy wome1 feel more at home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
URGE TWO CENT COIN IN HONOR
 OF ROOSEVELT

John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, chants, has endorsed the coinage of a two cent piece in memory of Theo- dore Roosevelt.
 His letter follows: Answering your question as to my opinion of the making of a two and one-half cent coin in memory of Theodore Roose- welt, my belief is that it would give the wrong impression to the world at large that we were, in some re- spects, like the poor nations of the world who have coins of less than a cent,-that we were all on their level, requiring a half cent payment some where.
 I do not know the facts in regard to the two and one-half dollar coin, but 9there is very little of it in cir culation, so far as I know. I do not think it is a convenience either and it's smal1ness is, I think, an incon- venience to people who can easily lose it.
 The two cent coin will be a popu- lar coin but I think the two and one half cent coin would be an inconveni- ence, inasmuch as it could only be used with another two and ene-halt cent coin. My opinion is that ii would be unwise to issue such a coin i A bill providing for the reissue o1 the two cent coin with a medallion
 of Theodore Roosevelt on one side
 was introduced in the Senate recently by Senator George P. Mclean of Con. necdcut, chairman of the Committet on Banking and Currency
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
GERMANS ONCE MORE ARE USING
 OLD TRADEMARK
Made In Germany" Ap- bearing Again In Bri-
 tain'S Markets
Made in Germany" the o,

Made in Germany" the old fa- miliar trade mark inscribed on most of the cutlery, crockery, earthen- ware, toys and musical instruments in common use three or four years ago, again has made it's appearance in Britain, causing a surprise and alarm among the inhabitants, of that little island, who fear a reversion to conditions existing before the war.
 Articles bearing this well known sign are beginning to work their way to the front in stores in England and Scotland simply because they are much cheaper than British made goods.
 German firms have resumed busi- ness relations with British merchants and are affording them unusual op- portunities for profit making. British manufacturers are unable to com pete with their German rivals, who completely undersen every prodnc- ton. German scissors which have reached the British market are sold
 at about a fourth of the price o1
 Sheffield make. Knives and razors
 which form a large proportion o1 the imported articles, also are. sold al enticing prices. A German made
 knife can be purchased for one shill' ling and sixpence whereas four shdl- lings and sixpence GS1.0s) is asked fol while the equivalent in English malrt costs seven shi1lings and siXpenct ($1S0).
 Manufacturers in Germany wht specialize in toys and musical instru
 ments are offering to supply Rritis1 | warehouses with these at prices fal | below the cost of the domestic make | The presence of cheap German
 enamel ware is also felt ia the Brit 1 ish market. For instance, a twelv | inch German made basin costs shil ! ling and sixpence (S1.0S) is asked fo an English made basin. In every in | stance, however, the Bl itish mad 1 goods are much superior to the Ger l man samples.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
IT. S. SOLDIERS HONEST, STATES
 K. c. OFFICIAL

That one of the dominant taits of the American soldiers who fought in the war was his honesty, was the statement made today by Lawrence 0. Murray, former comptroller of the currency, who recently returned from tWo years service in Europe as over seas commissioner for the Knights of CoEumbus-
 This statement was based upon the fact that of approximately $500, 0S0 which the Knights of Columbus loan ed to more than 30, 900 American sol diers all has been returned with the execution of $500, which loss is at trfbuted to the men have received the loans having been killed in action.
 MT, Murray said that conditions are bad in Europe, and especially so in Austria He says Europeans. are sgru1nbing over what they consider American prosperity instead of get ting to work to rebuild their coun- tries.
 .'They are suffering from economic neurasthenia,' he said, land they ex- pect us to be the doctor when they can cure themselves by hard work. ''
 In recognition of his services ME- Murray received the Medal of Public Instruction, First Glass, from the French government.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
GIFT STICK OF
 POHU PROVES LUCKY FOR FOCH

From the first days of the war Marshal Foch aways carried dapper stick with him. There is an interest ing story connected with the cane that the head of the Allied armies consid so necessary.
 ''It was carved for him in the early days of the war by one of his beloved poiius in the trenches" says The Home Sector, the ex-soIdicrs' weekly conducted by the former editoria, council of The Stars and Stripes since which time. if reports are true it has newer left his side"
 'Tt has made itself useful as wen as ornamental on occasions, and there i is a legend that it was used to map 1 out the great strokes and counter strokes of the summer and fall oH 1918 by which the war was ended
 ~H Is said that on that memorable meeting of all the great allied com naanders with Marshal F'och at Doul- lens, near Aniens, early in Jr18y, fs1S' the generaEssinlo took his guests out into the garden after dinner and as he talked with them of his dreams for ending the war. laid out in the sand his whole plan of campaign with the end of this stick
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
WOODEN LEGGED ]. MAN ONLY GUARD
 OVER A BILLION

,RussEh1y the statue of the One Au1e1dcan who never told 9 lie, and possibly a scientific and careful sys- tenn of safeguards is chiefly reSponsl bIe for the absence of robbers and the presence of over one billion dol lars in the United States Sub-Treas- ury, in spite of the fact that a man with a wooden leg is said to have recently succeeded in ro1obing the Denver mint
 Officers of the Treasury are per fectIy willing to show a douorIng but while all u1anner of curious bands and gold. silver and greenbaeks: and to prove to htrn why the amount is still thene in "tdemed totaL~
 The honest citizen is allowed to hold power in the form of fOzzr mil lion dollars in the hollow of his hand, while al manner of curious bands and seals Eennind him that the big for tune in the little package is secure from an acqlEisitive wor3d: as he lifts bag after bag of coins a strain on both the flesh and the spirit, he cannot fail to notice that the seal of each bag Is driven in by a pin, which com bination, his escorts assure him, has tzs1ss far in the history of grand larceny been too much for human in genuItJ.
 Finally the citizen may contem- plate with futile wistfufness a stack of bags containing $570,oo0,0o0 in gold, the largest amount of money ever accumulated in one spot in the world
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
DEPLORE FADING
 OF LETTER ''R"
 FROM LANGUAGE

In q tract recently issued under the auspices of the Society for Pure Eng fish, Dr. Robert Bridges dep4ores the practical disapp pearance of the letter 'r'' from the speech of southern Eng lishmen. Yet some people would be disposed to regard the extinction of this letter with composure or even approval.
 John Aubrey, for instance, appears to have nuEsed a prejudice against those who found it too prominently in their speech. In his Lives Au- brey animadverts on the fact that Milton pronounced the letter R Git tera canina) very hard---a certain sign of satyrican witt In Germany the *canine" letter" has found many enemies, who main | tain that it's aibo1nding employment 1 largely accounts for the ruggedness 1 of Teutonic speech. Some writers have 1 gone so fer to produce works from which it is entirely banished---a re- narl1ably difficult feat, seeing that it figures in about 50 per cent. of Ger man words.
 Two minor lurninaries of the 18th
 century, Brockes and Gott1ieb Bur
 mann, wrote number of poems from
 which the letter is deliberately ex- cluded, so as to produce an atmos-
 phere of sweetness and light'' These feats were eclipsed by a 18th century author, Franz Rittler, who held the letter in aversion, though it
 appears twice in his own surname He published two novels, @Die zwif- Hinge" and 'Lisette and Wilhelm in which no "r'' can be found.
 Paul von Schonthau and Leo Kobe
 are responsible for similar works on
 a. lesser scale.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
NO MONEY FOR WARS.
(Atlanta Georgian.l

The appeal to the congress for an appropriation of $150,0oo, 900 for the relief of starving Austrians and Poles needs education. Is this money to be used solely in the purchase of food, clothing and other essential supplies for civilians, or is it to go toward equipping the Polish army oi 50O,0e0 men, which has already marched beyond the borders of the new state of Poland as constituted by the grand council of Paris, in an invasion of Russia? There should be an explicit understanding, it seems to The Georgian, that American money is not to be used for proIong- ing public or private wars, but ap- piled only to the healing processes of peace.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
IN
 SPIRITED DRIVE
 FOR PROHIBITION

Constantinop1e, Feb. 23.-The pro- hibition campaign launched in Fur key and throughout world will be conducted along two distinct lines, Abraham Enendi, Shiek uI-Islam, spiritual head of the MosIem church with 30O,000,o00 adherents, said in outlining the program of the cam paign:
 'FWe are going to resort to two sorts of measures We will urge the strict application of laws and police regulations. We are going also tc make a wide campaign about the physical, neral and social effects ot drinking. We hope to get successful results from this campaign. It vii influence, of course, all Mohammedans countries.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
SHIPS
 TO BE ALLOWED
 TO SELL DRINKS

Prohibition will be merely a name as far as privately owned American passenger steamships are concerned if plans now contemplated are put into effect. It was said today that American liners would be stocked with the usual supplies of liquors in foreign parts and that drinks would be served to passengers outside the three mile American limits as has the custom in the past.
 will prohibition put the transat- lantic passenger traffic on American steamships out of commission?'' a re- preSentatiVe of the American and Red Star line was asked.
 fIt will not because there will be no bone dry ships in our lines if we can help it. We expect to stock the ships with liquor and wines as soon as possible while the vessels are in foreign parts and to serve drinks and wines in smoke room and saloon as the custom has been.
 eff our ships were Government | owned this plan would not be feasi- ble, but as they are the property of l private corporation there is nothing in the law so far that prevents this 1 practice. If American liners were i dry ships it would put them at a i disa dvantage and make it impossible for them to compete with foreign i vessels.
 i ''No drinks will be sold inside the 1 three mile limit on this side and the
 stores of liquor will be sealed as soon
 as the limit is reached and will re- main so while in port-'
 This plan will eventually affect the liners New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Finland and Kroon- land. It is already in practice on the liners Manchuria and Mongolia of the American Line Hamburg service. A
 plentiful supply was placed aboard
 these boats on their first outward
 trips.
 As regards the other vessels they
 have only recently been returned tc
 the passenger trade after use as
 transports and there has been no op-
 portunity as yet to renew their liquor
 supplies. Weekly saI1ings have beer resumed, beginning with the New
 York, which left this port yesterda! , for Plymouth, Cherbourg and South ampton, and as the vessels reach th' , other side their drinkable lockers vii , be refiTled, probably much to the sat , , isfaction of westbound passengers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
6 MS

No one, even in the largest cities, can sell you precious stones at lower prices than we can-welcome to come and ex- anime our stock.
 We can save you money on every purchase.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
woMANs RIGHT TO SMOKE.
toolun;bia State.)

The Methodists in admitting that women, in strict justice, have as much right to smoke as' men, al- though it is not advisable Chat they should exercise the privilege, have gone further than if they had ad- 7oitted the dancing and theatre rights over which they are hesitating. Grave bosffes Of men do sometimes strain at a gnat while they swallow the smoke from Camel.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23

The cormorant, an aquatic bird of China, is used by the natives who live on inland rivers to catch fish. A cord is tied around the lower part of the neck of the bird, preventing it from swallowing the large fish. These fish the birds give up to their owners, who have strings tied to their legs by which the birds are recalled when they have made catch.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23

rPhe humble potato and a rasher Of hacon were the only edibRes permit fed for the cookery test for scholar ship awarded by the London County C.o,1rcil. And the contestants were S,o+ through until they had eaten ahaiz ,o4zn cooking.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
SUCH MODElsTY.
(Tampa Tribune. ]

(Tampa Tribune.)
 Daniels says that he knows who the next president of the United States will be, but he refuses to tell lis name. Such modesty, MT. Daniels.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23

liked of all animals and the most useful for both his present and future support. Of itself, it supplies our greatest necessities; it furnishes us with both food and clothing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23
BRNE HzEMA
 FOR 10.HlRS
 RO Trace W The Disease Since Taking aaH-a-tiVes''

OoFxe& 1k1W AAHPSH1REs ssIn19Q, Ebegzns4ohetzOuhledwith Eczensd. My aznB a3d legs were bandaged most of tae time; and sometimes I could squeeze the pas out of my hands, they were 50 bad. About 8 moutass ago, I chahced to read an ad. of tFEaiE-a-tizes' and 'Sootha Salvs', in which was told of 8 person cured of Weeping Eczema by these rene6Ees-
 After Usiug tmO- boaes~ef Fizsjso-siaes' and one 6ox ef tSosaBc-SGds&. 7 an ezeWy 5ec cBzzsa'.
 DE. E. E. oTzENDAad. D.v.M. @c- box, 6foE$2 %, tria3 size 25c. At deaIezs 0rfcom FRIJTE- Limited, OGBEESBURG, NY
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23

The Negro of the United States owns 20,0O0,o0o acres of land, 5e0,- 900 homes, 39S newspapers and pc riodicals. s1,3e3 churches and $26,- 100000 in church property. There are 5000 colored physicians, 1000 trained nurses, 2.o00 lawyers and 500 authors and invento
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-08
HER PAY.

London, Ont, March s.-Nr.
Bridget EldredEe has received pay
ment in full for q board bill of $500
which Daniel O'Brien. = former r6om-
er. contracted before he dropped out
OF sight II years ago.
Mrs. Eldredge lives in Bruce county.
She formerly resided in this city. A
short time ago Major T. J.. Murphy,
a local barrister, called on her. Mrs.
Eldredge called his attention to q
trunk which belonged to O'Brien. She
had opened it.
According to the aged woman,
o'Brien roomed with her at London
until h decided to move to Bruce
county. At that time he owed heK
about sec which he was not able to
pay. He asked Mrs. Eldredge to take
his trunk, stating that he intended to
to Bruce county a soo az he
Strengthened his affairs.
OsBrien never came. In 1881 the
steamer Victoria sank in the river
Thames and O'Brien was believed ia
have been M OF the victims. Al
though there vas some doubt about
his fate, he never was heard from.
Murphy suggested that Mrs. ED
redge open h trunk. She did 50
and found q pass book on m Ontario
banking which showed a bal
ance of $315.99 in O'Brien's favor. l,
"a turned over to the surrogate court
which was informed that the COM
pound interest had swelled the deposit
to S1,575.
The judge, computing Mrs. Ed
redge's bill on the same basis, allowed
her $1,000.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-08
DELEGATES.

Interest in the approaching elec-
ton centers on the selection of dele
gates to the national conventions of
the two great parties. BY the with
drawal of several candidates who had
been suggested for the position the
contest in the Republican party has
simmered down practically to one be-
tween two complete tickets. Ten
delegates are to be-sent to the Chi
cage convention, and it will be the
busiess of the voters of the party to
select those ten.
One ticket represents the Republi-
canism Of the state. The other rep
resents the states Socialism, Not all
of the candidates on the Socialist
slate have been formally affiliated
with the Socialist party in the past.
But they are grouped together in an
organization whose heads are dis
tictively Socialist, both as regards
their past party affiliations and in re-
lation to the policies and principles to
which they are committed.
The Socialist-revolutionary ele
ment in the nation sought for a
long time to achieve success through
an independent movement, operat-
ing frankly under its own colors. 1t
failed. Then a different method was
adopted, and. by entering the regular
labor organizations, this element un-
dertook to break down and pervert
these organizations. In a it
has cllrcnn1o1 T 1r-o-;--1 - =.
to exist and prosper, and if the UNI
ions are 20 serve the purpose which
many Of them have served with such
notable success in the past, they must
purge themselves of the element of
anarchy which has invaded their
ranks n re-establish themselves as
constructive forces.
n position Of. the Republican
party in this state is exactly analag-
Gus to the labor unions. Their party
organization is menaced with destruc-
ton at the hands Of an element which
is the 'avowed enemy Of everything
for which Republicanism stands.
Regardless of what happens a. the
chicago convention the election of
the Socialist ticket of delegates at the
approaching primary will be hailed
throughout the country as a victory
for red radicalism. From Seattle to
boston every revolutionist will re-
joice at the evidence that his friends
are still in the saddle in this state.
The issue thus presented is of far
greater Importance to the peopl of
North Dakota than is the expression
OF a preference for any one of sew
eral competent and capable candi-
dates or-President- It is an issue
which must be remembered when the
voter enters the booth to mark his
ballot.