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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-07-01
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-07-01
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-07-01
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
SOUTHERN GROUP.
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The annual meeting of the New Liter
allure club will be held Wednesday night
at 100 o'clock at the home of Miss Lii
Ian Newton of Thomas street. Plans
will be made for next year.
Secretary d. +. Tasker of the Valley
Fair association has found owners for all
articles found on the grounds at the last
fair except for a ladies' purse containing
a small amount of money, which he now
has in his possession.
All local places of business will be
closed at 1890 o'clock Thursday. ARMS
tice day, in order to allow the employees
to enjoy the festivities of the celebration
which is being planned by Company l
and BrattlebOro post, American Legion.
and which viii include athletic events at
Island Park. a street fair and parade and
speaking in the Auditorium.
Plans are under way for a subscription
dance to be held in Lawton hall Wedncs-
day evening of this week with music by
Ferdinando's orchestra. Tickets can be
procured of 4. Z. Britain or Laurence
SYSTEMATICALLY
The bees produced in the United States
last year $50 100000 pounds of honey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mr.. and Mrs William z. Chase's chill
dren, who have been i'll with grip colds,
are better.
Mrs Sidney Jones and children of
South Newfane visited over the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
4. Stafford.
Mrs w. T. Mixer, who has been i'll
for some time and has been in the Me
mortal hospital twice for medical treat
ment, is gaining.
Miss Arlene Allen finished work Sat
urday night in Donnell & Davis's MILF
merry work rooms, where she had been
serving as apprentice.
Howard Slack of Brookline, Mass,
came Saturday and expects to remain
here during the winter with Gordon Pom
frey of the Trotter farm.
1t is especially desired that there be a
large attendance of parents and friends
of the school at the parent-teacher meet
ing this evening at 8 o'clock in Academy
hall. An interesting program has been
prepared and refreshments will be served.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Former New Finland Woman
/ Making Home in California

From her home at 272S East Colorado
street, Lamanda Park, California, Mrs.
II. A. Leonard. who has many friends
throughout New England writes an in
'teresting letter regarding her experiences
witInpain. In her letter she ordered one
dozen bottles of Mysterious Pain Ease
so-called, and says: Il have used it in
the East and | feel l cannot be without
it. II have a friend who has a lame
knee. / put some Mysterious Pain Ease
on ii two or three times. She was so
much better from this that we want
plenty of Mysterious Pain Ease on hand.
1t is the most valuable iniment l ever
used" -
This Mysterious Tain Ease mentioned
in Mrs. Leonard's letter is a Scotch Lin
iment. 1t acts in such a way that it
felieyes inflammation which causes pain.
I'm fact when they first started to use it.
Its effects were 50 quick in the relief of
pain that people really thought there
was something mysterious about it.
Hence it's name, given it by the thOus-
ands of people whose pains it has re-
1ievPd -}-ts.
Many people, both men and women,
in all walks of life. heartily endorse it.
They recommend it for pains of neural
gla. neuritis, sciatica, muscle cramps,
chilblains, and pains arising from in
Examinations, rheumatism. sprains of all
kinds, lumbago, burns stiff neck, and
muscular colds where the shoulders,
chest and back muscles are in pain.
Mysterious Pain Ease is sold by most
leading druggists. Any druggist can OBJ
tain it from his jObber.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

of their success. Representative c. J.
Thompson of Ohio also attributes his
success to the efforts of the anti-Saloon
league.
THE attempt of wet leaders to punish
men for having voted to enforce the
eighteenth amendment proved futile ow-
ing to your militant attitude and work"
said he to Mr.. Wheeler.
A statement from Anti-Saloon league
1T is pointed out by Mr. Wheeler that
in the few districts where dry congress
men were defeated, in nearly every case
the opponents were pledged to vote
against a beer and wine amendment or
any weakening amendment to the Vol
tTnis was true in Maryland, where Mr.
Goldsboro defeated Mr.. Andrews in the
lst district. Mr. Bixer, in the 28th dis
trict, Pennsylvania, who defeated Gen.
Rulings, was also pledged openly against
changing the ' olstead act. Succeeded by
congressman opposed to weakening the
Volstead act, Mr.. Randall of California
will be Superseded by congressman op-I
emily on the dry side and Mr.. Gandy's
successor in South Dakota is reported
against a beer and wine amendment.
I'm the Wheeling district, West Nir
ginia, a dry congressman, Mr.. Nicely, was
defeated by a wet, Mr.. ROsenblOOm, who
ran $4,000 behind his ticket. The vets
were openly aided by many Democrats
who bolted Mr.. Nicely, The Republican
landslide is the only thing that saved Mr.
Rosenbloom.
This was true also in Maryland, where
Mr.. Weller ran many thousand behind
his ticket In our five districts in New
Jersey, where the vets were openly back
ing wet congressman, in Sherwood s dis
trict, Ohio, and in Pennsylvania, where
the vets backed Congressman Casey, Nc
Lane and Lestner, they were .supplanted
by men who are reported to be opposed
to hamstringing the Nolstead act. The
same situation obtains in many districts:
"The reelection of Senator Benroot OF
Wisconsin, who was opposed, by the vets
in one of the most doubtful states on the
wet and dry question, was a great VIC
tory. While three or four dry congress
men have been defeated by wet congress
men, on the other hand at least tour
times as many congressman now wet
have been supplanted by dry congress
men. In addition, very large number
of the newly elected congressman are
against any Weakening Of the Nolstead
act. A significant fact is that dry candl-
dates for congress ran ahead of their
tickets. as a rule, and wet candidates
traiIed behind. 1t proved that wet can
didates are no longer an asset but a Ia
The adoption in Ohio of the state en-
forcement code by a referendum vote
with 100000 majority, when only q. year
AGO A law enforcement code was rejected
by $4,000 shows the trend Of public SEN
There is no encouragement in tn
present situation for the vets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
DRYS CLAIM BIG
GAINS IN CONGRESS
Said to Be Sure of p New
3 Senators Where Eight
Il GWere Necessary
VOLSTEAD SAVED BY
,ANTI-sALooN LEAGUE
Many of the New Congressman Opposed
to Change in VOlstead Act. - Vets
Attempts to- Punish Prohibition Men
Are Futile-NO Encouragement.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Dr. E. c..
Dinwiddie, formerly with the Anti-Saloon
league but now winding up the affairs Of
the fifteenth international congress
against alcoholism says that the next
congress will have more drys than the
present one. He said the ProhiDitionisrs
gained in membership, but does not say
how many members. Eight of the new
senators were necessary to maintain dry
legislation, but the drys are sure of 81.
Representative Volstead gives the an
ti-Saioon league credit for his reelection.
In a telegram to Wayne B. Wheeler,
counsel and legislative superintendent Of
the league, he said:
indications are that I have been
elected by a safe lead, due in a large
measure to the splendid work done by
the Anti-Saloon league. For its assistance
l am sincerely grateful"
The Anti-Saloon league used men and
money for organization purposes to pull
Mr. Volstead, chairman of the judiciary
committee, through. 1t was a close
squeeze, but the Prohibitionists are proud
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

The bees produced in the United States
last year 80, 100000 pounds of honey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
COLDS ARE
RELIEVED AT ONCE
'Pape's Cold Compound Then Breaks
In n Cold i'm a Few Hours.

DON'T STAY stuffed-up. Quit blowing
and snufling! \ dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours until
three doses are taken usually breaks up
severe cold and ends all grippe misery.
The very first dose opens your clOgged-
up nOstrils and the air passages of the
head ; stops nose running: relieves the
headache. dullness. feverishness, sneezing,
soreness and stiffness.
"Papes Cold Compound is the quick
est, surest relief known and costs only
few cents at drug stores. 1t acts without
assistance, tastes nice, contains no qui-
nine-Insist upon Pape' s.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Money Not Au-Powerfu,-

Money, in truth. can do much, but
1T cannot do all. We must know the
province of it and contine it there, and
even spurn 1t back when 1t wishes to
get farther.-Carlyle.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Warrant Philosophy.

"What lot of embarrassing people
we can see on the streets" remarked
the Occasional Philosopher. And, to
be fair, suppose am one of them"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The Brattleboro Trust Co. has sold the
Ferguson farm in North Hinsdale to
Mrs. Ada II. Jenny of this town.
Henry FarwelI has sold his house on
MYRTLE street to George Dompier of Dunn
merstan road. Mr.. Dompier buys for a
home.
A regular meeting of the D. A. R. will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
in the Unitarian parish house. Grand
mothers day will be observed. Refresh
ments will be served.
Mrs. Fred c. Brown of Bullock street
received a severe shock this. morning
when she turned off an electric light by
the stove with one hand as she lifted
a stove lid with the other. While her
hands were blistered but little they were
made sore and tender. ..-..s. .
Twenty comrades of Sedgwick post. G.
A r.. were pleasantly surprised Satur-
day afternoon, following their regular
meeting in which one candidate was in
itiated, when 26 members of Sedgwick
Relief corps called upon them in Grand
Army hall and served refreshments of
sandwiches, doughnuts, waters, pies.
cheese and coffee. Department Com
mander and Mrs. l.. w. Bush of Brook
line, who were observing their 53d we'd
ding anniversary that day, visited the
post Other visitors also were present.
Beginning Thursday evening a special
series of evangelistic meetings will be
held in the First Baptist church. The
evangelist is w. f. Sturtevant, who has
been a successful pastor but more re
Gently a wonderfully competent, attrac
tive and SOul-winning evangelist. Ev-
erybody is welcome and it is hoped that
the opportunity will be improved. The
first meeting will be held Thursday eve
ming, Nov II. These meetings were ar
ranged for a long time ago and the church
was obliged to adapt itself to the plans
of the evangelist in order to get him at
all.
Miss Florence NJ Wellman will be one
of the speakers at a joint educational
meeting to be held in Boston Thursday.
Friday and Saturday of this week, the
convention including the Association of
New England Superintendents, the
American Institute of instruction, the
Massachusetts superintendent associa-
ton, the Massachusetts Teachers Fed
Grafton and the New England Teacher
Training association. Miss Wellmans
subject will be The Training of Teachers
Through Supervision. Two other Yer
Rutland, and NJ. Is. Chittenden of Bur
lington, will be among the speakers.
The body of Dr. Walter II. Clark. who
died on board ship near Bordeaux,
France, as he was on his way to engage
in Red Cross work during the late war,
has arrived in Greenfield. Mass. and is
at the undertaking rooms of Ingen and
Shepard, where services win be held to-
morrow previous to sending the body for
burial in Green Lawn cemetery. Keenp
\. II. DIR. Clark formerly was clerk in
Goodnow, Pearson & Hunts store here.
Later he was a well known dentist in
Greenfield with an office in the Levy
block the latter part of his stay there.
He enlisted for Red Cross service in the
ba chi in, L.,
passage was nearing Bordeaux he was
stricken with influenza. His mother. Mrs.
Mary. o. Clark of Greenfield is seriously
i'll.
Fine Kitchen range wood stoves. gas
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
STATE OFFICERS
TO TOUR STATE
Heads of Departments to Give Addresses
to Give Citizens More Intimate
knowledge of State Work.

With the object of enabling the citizens
of the state to have a more intimate
knowledge of the work, recent achieve
ments, and problems of state depart
ments the Greater Vermont association
has made arrangements with boards of
trade and chambers of commerce in the
northern and southern part of Vermont
to hold meetings or dinners at which citi-
zens will be addressed by state officers
who will discuss the activities of their de-
partments. The speakers at this first
series of meetings will be Harry A
Black, secretary of state; Benjamin Gates
state auditor; Ebert $. Brigham, com
missioner of agriculture; LINUS Leavens
fish and game commissioner.
The schedule of the meetings that have
been arranged is as follows:
NORTHERN GROUP.
Swanton-Mondays: Nov. 8, Mr.
Gates; Nov. Is, Mr.. Black; Nov. %, Mr.
Leavens.
Newport-Tuesdays: Nov. 9, Mr.
Gates; Nov. l6, Mr.. Black; Nov 30, Mr.
st. Observation-Disclosures: Nov. 10
Mr.. Gates; Nov. II, Mr.. Black; Dec. l
Mr. Leavens.
Waterbury Thursdays: Nov. IS, Mr.
Black; Dec. ?, Mr., -Leavens.
Nov. 10, Mr.. Black Dec. 3, Mr.. Lea
vens. -
SOUTHERN GROUP.
nnington-Mondays Nov. 8, Mr.
Black; Nov. 10, Mr.. Gates; Dec. 6, Mr.
Brigham.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Nov 9, Mr.
Black; Nov. Is, Mr.. Gates.
Fair Haven-Tuesday, Dec. 7, Mr.
Brigham.
Windsor-Thursdays Nov. IS, Mr.
Gates; Dec 9, Mr.. Brigham.
Springfeld-Fridays: Nov. y, Mr..
Black; Nov. 10, Mr.. Gates; Dec. 10, Mr..
Brigham.
BrattIeboro-Wednesda Nov. 10,
Mr.. Black; Nov II, Mr.. Gates; Dec. 8,
Mr. Brigham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Rheumatism Dangerous

Anyone having the slightest faint of
rheumatism should drive it out quickly
Rheuma has done it for thousands and
should give you the same satisfying re-
suits. Money back if it fails, says w. F.
Root. No red tape to this offer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

Fine Kitchen range. wood stoves. gas
and oil heaters, settee for home or of,
fee and Office = chAirs1-electric fatir0n!.
Salesroom' Elli.qe1co Elm st, 213-215.
title Home BaksaaT5zE-y will be .olosedtfor
n short period Oying to illness. Charles
VoetscR, Proprietor. "a
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
LII ORPHANT ANNIE"
SURELY OUT O. LUCK

Baltimore, Feb. 2S.iEnters the
little orphant Annie" of the Gus
tom House In the person of Richard
s. Dodson, Maryland State prohibi-
tion commissioner.
There may be some Inconsistency
In gender but aside from that the
impersonation Is fiawless. Fer the
Maryland prohibition chief hath no
whereat to hang his hat or park his
feet in the whole four stories or un-
known subtePranean depths OF the
Baltimore Custom House.
In consequence, the commissioner
labors not, neither does he spin. AS
he says, feelingly: How can 1?
I have no oftice-I have no desk,
no stenographer. clerk or assistant
of any description; no tiles-noth-
irg, absolutely nothing"
But in the absence Of everything
else. the commissioner has hopes.
He has journeyed to Washington TO
lay his homeless condition before
the powers that be in the Burean uf
Internal Revenue. And ne returns
with the assurance that room VIII
he found for him in the Custom
House. even IL the walls have to
lie bulged out to make that room.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
FARMS IN DC.
SHRINK TO159
Census Figures Show De
crease Of 26.7%o-Su-
burban Development.

There are now 15s farms in the
District as against 217 in 1910. a
decrease of 2s.7 per cent. IT was
announced yesterday by the Bureau
of the Census.
These figures show that the large
Increase in the population OF WASH
ington during the past decade has
been accompanied by suburban de-
velopment in almost the same ratio.
The percentage Of increase In popu-
lation during the last ten years
was 32.1 per cent. Building opera
tions have been greatly retarded IN
the past six years by war condi-
tions and inflated prices.
lit Is expected the rural population
of the District will be almost en-
tirely wiped out in ten years by ex-
pansion of the urban territory.
FROM 1900 to 1910. the number of
farms in the District fell from 26s
to 217. a decrease of 1913 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
FOUR HELD IN JAIL
AFTER RAID ON STILL

Harry Brooks. a James Clifton
Fleet, James r. TaHker and Carrie
Virginia SprigGs. wHo We're arrest
cd Wednesday, night on the charge
Of operating an illicit still at the
woman's home, S215 prospect ave-
nue. northwest, were srraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner
Isaac II. Hit. who committed them
to Jail in consequence of failure to
give bond.
The defendants were not operat-
ing the Istiu at the time OF the raid,
but the still. which is of the home
made variety. and thirty gallons OF
mash, were taken as evidence.
The defendants pleaded not gull
.ty and waived. the preliminary
hearing. Commissioner Hit ordered
the four held for the action of the
ggand jury and fixed bond at $1,000
in each case. Samuel ID. Edwards,
deputy collector of internal reve-
nue., and four police officers. ap-
peared as witnesses for the gov
cFnment. Assistant United States
Attorney Charles w. Orth repre-
sented the government. The de-
fendants were without counsel.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
ARSON PLOT SOUGHT
AS DANSEY CASE CLUE

Hammonton. n. j.. Feb. 2S.-County
detectives yesterday ware in7esti-
eating a mysterious fire which last
night destroyed the house on the
edge of Folsom swamp. formerly
occupied by the Irving Ceons- fam
lily. It-was in Folsom swamp that
the skeleton supposed to be that of
Billy Dansey. missing perfect
baby OF Mr. and Mrs. Hercules
Dapsey. was found last November.
Detectives hoped to find some
connection between the burning or
the house, which had not been oc-
cupied since it was vacated by the
Coons family several weeks ago. and
the supposed kidnapping and muir
der of the baby
They believed the house may have
been burned to destroy evidence
which may have led to solution of
the Crime mystery.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
BANK SYSTEM
PROBE ASKED
Representative King in
Resolution Says Federal
Reserve Is Unfair.

Sweeping investigation of the
Federal Reserve system and it's
branches is called for in a resolu-
tion introduced in the House yester-
day by Representative Edward j.
King, of Illinois. member of the
Banking and Currency Committee.
The resolution asserts charges
have been made on the floor of the
House that Federal Reserve banks
are using arbitrary methods and
coercion to force non-member
hanks to transact business their
way.
1t would direct the Speaker to
appoint committee of nine to in
vsstigate the Federal Reserve BoarA
generally and to ascertain il the
board is practlcing coercive meth
ods. substantial competition with
member hanks, open market trans
actions; if their earnings in 1919
were 10 per cent, as charged: IT
salaries and bonuses compare with
those of privately owned banks, and
10 oppressive policies toward men,
ber banks in the guise of correc-
tive measures are being used.
Attempted destruction of State
banking systems, intimidation of
bank directors and imposing of rigid
rules on business. are among the
allegations contained in the resolu-
tion. 4
Senator Robert l.. owen, of Okla
homa, advocated granting authority
to Reserve banks TO establish dis
count rates on certain classes of
commercial paper thus equalizing
accommodations to all banks alike.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
Fire Losses in 20 Years
To Equal u. S. War Cost

New York.-The fire loss In the
United States within the next
twenty years will equal the cost to
this country OF the great war. say
Insurance statisticians.
Figure il out for yourself. The
average annual fire loss OF this
country is $320,OO0. .O00-for last
year the actual figure was $3l7,-
100000. For a twenty-year period
this would be s6.400.0O0,0 900. while
the cost of the war was little more,
with the enormous salvage figured
in and the war books balanced.