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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11
THE LEON REPoRTER, THURSDAY, MARCH ii, 1920
Pleasant Ridge.

Mr. and Mrs Homer Brown NOV
| ed the past week to Creston.
Bert Brown moved last Monday
to his farm he bought Of Wesley
Glazebrook, paying $50 per acre.
There was SO acres OF this farm.
and moved to CrestCn the past week
Ira Young has moved to Grand
River for a while, he is talking Of
going to South Dakota.
Mrs. Ira Chip went Tuesday to
visit her. son: Thomas Chip and
| family Of Tennessee.
Mrs. Lavina immersion spent
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas wills NOV
ed Tuesday on the John Brammei'
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Foster, of
Westerville, made a business trip to
Leon last Wednesday and spent the
rest of the week with his sister,
Mrs. Truman Beck and family.
David Acton moved this week
near Beaconsfield on Frank Coles
farm; He will work for him this
year.
Mrs. Chris Oldson called on Mrs.
George roland last Friday morning.
Raymond Boles and family have
m moved DYED t to Texas as to j.; :, make their
.
George Adams, live.
Mrs. Charles Poland and daugh-
ter, Lois called on Mrs. Acton Fri
day afternoon.
A young man by the name of Jacob
Swegle, who lives west OF Grand
River was badly injured last Satur-
day afternoon. He was coming C..
track he did not see or hear the
train coming, and the train men say
they did not see him so the train
struck his team killing one OF
the horses and injuring the other
and breaking his wagon in many
pieces and injuring Mr.. Swegle very
bad, cutting his head. He was rushed
ed. He was then taken to Weldon
to the hospital where they operated
upon him Immediately. He is in
critical condition. There was an
other man with him at the time OF,
the accident; he was injured very
little. He was a son of George
Swegle, who lives west of Grand
River.
George Poland moved Tuesday on
his farm he bought of the w. NJ
Briner heirs.
Jonn Brammer moved Tuesday on ,
the Robert Fear farm mile north
of Grand River
Forest Poland moved Tuesday to
Grand River in the John DoDson
property.
Mrs. Charles Poland and daugh-
ter, Lois, spent Wednesday with !
Mrs. George Roland.
Mrs. Ira Foster and daughter
we're visiting the past week with her !
sister, Mrs. Pete McCarll.
Mrs. George Ball spent the past
week with her daughter, Mrs.
Homer Brown. Of Creston.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Munyon
spent Saturday night with Mrs.
Charles Poland.
Mrs. e. G. Vanderpool and daUgh-
Ell, Pauline, were visiting the past
week with friends in Van Vert
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Foster spent |
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. ,
Poland.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Acton, who
nave been visiting for the past two
weeks with friends around Grand
River, returned to their home near
Beaconsfield, last Sunday.
Those who have been sick with i
he flu in this neighborhood are all
better at this writing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11
Elk Creek.

We are sure having cold weather
again, but those moving were about
settled before the storm came.
Those who spent Tuesday night
at the Frank Miller home were Mr.
and Mrs. Rush Miller, Mr.. Harry
ing.
Mrs. Lewis Stevens is better at
this writing.
Mr. and Mrs, Rush Miller, Of
Humeston. were over Sunday visitors
at the S. d. Miller home.
Mr.. Ryan and has son, jim were
callers a, Decatur Tuesday.
Attic Miller OF Humeston. visited
with his father Monday night.
Mrs. Frank Miller and baby spent
Monday night with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. J. G. Fesler.
Isaac Bedell was a business call
err in hellerton Wednesday.
s.. d. and Frank Miller were La
moni callers Friday.
Walter keir is moving on the
George Lloyd farm Walter is go
ing to work for Mr. Bedell.
Those from the Hill school who
took the grade examinations at De-
catur last week were, John and jim
Ryan, Lowell nauch and Luther
Andrews.
Mr.. Spaulding stayed over night
at the S. d. Miller home Friday.
Lewis Stevens are moving today
to their new home south of Lamont.
George Woodlands family who
have the flu are better at this writ
ing.
we were sorry to hear of the &C.
cident which happened near Grand
River Saturday about 2 O'Clock as
Jay Swegel was going home from
town the . O'Clock train ran into his
team killing one horse and cutting
Jay up terribly bad. The train hur-
ried him to the Weldon hospital
where an operation was performed.
We wish for him a speedy recovery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11
Decatur X. T.. -. No. =.

Miss Florence Carroll spent the
past week visiting her brother and
family at Decatur.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Burrell were
Lamoli callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. P. Reynolds and
children, who have been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Ellards,
went to Macon, Mo-, Thursday to-
make their future home.
virgil Norman and wife moved to
the farm formerly occupied by Air
Brown.
Jessie Norman and Clarence Ell
lars attended the show at Lamont
Friday night.
Misses Mae and Clara Burrell
visited Sunday with home folks. D.
Mrs John Norman and son, JeS-
Sc, were Lamont visitors Saturday.
Miss Louisa Butcher attended
study center at Leon Saturday.
Mrs. Dora Butcher and son, Roy,
were calling Oh friends at DAVIS
City Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Teller went to
Pleasan!Cn Thursday to visit at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. OFT
Hutchinson and care for the new
grandson.
Orestes and Clarence Ellars and
Virgil Norman were business visit
ors at Leon Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11
White Oak.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. Q. Rosengrant
and daughter spent Tuesday with
the fatters parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart and family Of Leon.
Mr.. Everett Wagner helped Bert
Stiles move to Deratur Tuesday
Moving has been the order of the
day the past week. A. r. Bemis
moved onto the old Honn farm
Web Hill moved where he vacated,
Bert Stiles moved to Decatur, Guy
Mccullough moved where he vacat-
cd. Ira Luce occupies the place
where he moved from.
Earl Sauter moved into the house
vacated by Les Jenkins
Grandma Gates is staying with
her daughter, Mrs. Sam Scott.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11
Page TEN
r. +. ID. No. 4.

Walter Durham has move on F.
n Hansell's farm vacated by VIM.
Negley and family.
Mrs j. w. Muliin and sons. Ray
mond and John, and Miss Nan Bar
rett, of Leon, spent Monday even
ing at r. j. Barrett's.
Nathan Boyce helped Andrew
Scott with his wood saving Friday
Deibert Merritt left Wednesday
for his home near kirksville, Mo.
His wife will remain here until she
has completed her school.
Miss Georgia CARRIER attended the
Study Center at Leon Saturday.
Hassett Grogan spent Sunday
night with VIM. Barrett.
The Hansell and Negley sale was
well attended Thursday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11

Miss Freda Hill has been helping
her sister, Mrs. Guy Mccullough
move the past week.
Scottie Smith entered school at
White Oak last week.
Miss Coy Cartwright, of Wood
land, came last Sunday for visit
with her sister, Mrs. Earl Sauter,
and family.
Misses Mae and Irene Scott, Of,
Leon, spent Saturday night and
Sunday at the U. S. Muck home.
The young people OF this vicinity
was delightfully."- entertained Satur-
day evening at the Muck home.
The evening was spent in music and
games and dainty refreshments
were served. There were about 80
present.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11

DO you have spells of dizziness
when everything turns black before
the ewes? These are symptoms of
torpid liver and a clogged condition
OF the bowels. Take Prickly AS
Bitters and get rid of the misery. IL
is mans remedy for correcting
such disorders Price $1.25 per bot
tie. E. E. Bell, special agent
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11

Miss Julia Mullin was unable to
teach school Thursday on account
of the storm.
Steve Axes and family moved on
Mr.. Hedges farm which has been
vacated by Arthur Downey and fam
lily.
Miss Grace Barrett called on Har-
riett Richardson Sunday evening.
Harry Negley and wife, and VIM.
Negley and family moved to their
home in Decatur City Friday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-03-11

For the serious diseases that at
tack the kidneys. Prickly Ash Bit
tiers is remedy of merit. 1t relieves
backache, dizziness. persistent head
ache, loss of strength and nervous
kidney trouble. Price $l.25 per bot
tie. T.. e. Bell, special agent.
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Kansans to Work for Mothers Bill

Chanute. Kan, March 20.-Assur- ances that they favor enactment of the "mothers' bill now before con- grcss and will work for it's adoption has been received from United States Senators Curtis and Capper and Con- 'gressman P. P. Campbell of the third district, in telegram to Mrs. B. s. Justice, representing the city feder- ation of women's clubs.
 The bill is entitled: "A bill for the public protection of maternity and infancy and providing method of co-operation between the government of the United States and the several states" It provides an appropria- tion of $480,000. of which $10,000 is to be paid annually to each state ac- cepting the tenms of the act, for the purpose Of printing and distributing information and prvoiding othe, necessary facilities. For the year 1921, an additional sum of $2,000, ,00C would be appropriated, the sum tc be increased annually until 1926 when the'annual outlay would bc $4 ;, 0G0.000. This amount would be dis tributed on the basis of state popu lations.
 Kansas already is qualified to par ticipate in such fund as it now ha; a child hygiene division of the stat: department of health, throueh whicI the service designed by the bill would operate.
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Government Plans to Combat Outbreak
 of Hessian Fly

Washington, March 20.-Anticipat- ing the possibility this spring of an- other of the numerous destructive outbreaks of the Hessian fly i'll the wheat fields of the country. the de partment of agriculture has made ready to combat it. Through appro- priation by congress, funds for the work were increased sufficiently to provide for the principal needs and three stations for the urpose of sys- tematic study have beer established at Carlisle, Pa., Centralia, Ill.,, and Wichita Kans.
 Through these stations 1t is hoped more will be learned this year about the Hessian fly than in any veal since the British General Howe's hired Hessians are supposed to have brought the pest to Long Island dur ing the revolution. Exhaustive in vestigations are under way on para sites of the Hessian fly to determine what effect the presence or absence of any particular parasite has or periodical visitations of the fly. Int last great outbreak came five or si, years ago.
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"TIz" FOR TIRED
 AND SORE: FEET
Use "'fi2" For Puffed-up, Burning, Aching. Calloused Feet and
 CGrnS

Why 20 limping around with ach- ing. puffed-up fect-feet 90 tired. chafed, sore and swollen you can hardly get your shoes on or off ? Why don't you get box o aTi2g from the drug store TOW and ,.ladden gour tortured feet?
 "Tiz' makes your feet glow with comfort; takes down swclHncs and draws the soreness and H;eele right eut of feet that chafe. slHatt and bHrn "Tiz." instantly stops pajn il c9rns, callouses and buui5ue ''riz' is glorious for tired, achiug, sor, f5et> No more shoe tlphlnrss- Il, lh0re torture. adv
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|ig Four Tales are Told by Man
 From the Inside

London. March 20.-Paul Mantoux,
 o was official interpreter to the pee conference in Paris and who is NV director of the political section the secretariat of the league of |tlons, has given the public a
 mpse at the lighter side of the ylg Four" at work.
 f'Mr Lloyd George" he said. "sat large comfortable arm chair by |e flreside, and beside him was M. |emenceau in another arm chair. Fesldent Wilson sat on their left c'ng window and l was at the |ner end of a lonp table with Sipn. Vriando at mv elbow. Conversa- rn Was often very friendlv and in |,mal and sometimes when some Pkhown place was mentioned. 9 re man was brought in and. mnch
 nv dnl'"ht. had the privilepe Of eng thoee four great men crawl r on the floor.
 we had onr moments of relaxa- on he continued, land when the 'nnr'l was waiting for some docu- ", tho Bio Four told stories Pres ent wilson was then brilliant and !. fund of amusing anecdotes ''''n were always much enjoyed
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Italy Makes Oysters
 Safe for Humanity

Washington, March 2o.-An Ital ian company has perfected pro cess for removing impurities iron oysters, according to report to tN bureau of foreign and domestic con Ttfcc.
 On beinr taken from beds alol the Venetian coast the oysters shipped to Rome. the shells careful waehed and thrown into great tan filled with steril2ed sea water T tanks aye constantly reolenished a' the flowing water has been found '
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Expect Big Week
 on Grand Circuit

Toledo, O., March 20.--Officials of the Toledo Driving club are eX- pecting g big week in the. grand cir- cult here, July l2 to l6. All the carly closing events are well filled In the Creseeus for o-year-old trottera, the Sherwood PIP trot for three -yestrs- -olds and the Tecumseh 2:l2 trot for.a purse of $5,000, have 20 entries each. This is s2id to be q grand circuit record. In the Sher- wood. event more than d half dozen Peter the Great colt sare booked.
 The Fort Miami POS trot for a purse of S3,000 has nomination list of 25, while the Fort Meigs, $3,000 20 9pace has 21 entries. Twelve are
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Fancy Graduation
 Gowns Under Ban

Russell, Kan, March 20. Fancy gowns will not be worn by the girls of the high school sen for class. At the refeest of Mrs. F s. Hawes and Mrs. Ila Gross, mem bers of the local fair price committed the girls passed resolution to use as cheap material as consistent 1T the commencement day dresses.
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FLU KILL ESkIMOES.

Nome, Alaska, March 20 Many of Nome's pioneer Eskimos, who spent portions of their winters cutting iv- ory into curios. were ,aken by the influenza epidemic which swept this region last year. As q result, most of the curios now sent from here are made by Eskimos who live on the Siberian coast across the Bering Sea from here.
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team which will represent the Kan sas City Athletic club in the national amateur boxing championship tourna- ment in Boston, the first week in April, swill be selected bv a series of elimination events which will fea- turc an amateur boxing carnival in convention hall here March 3i. A tournament of at least l5 bouts is planned by Or. Joseph A. Reilly ath. letic director fthc club.
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Security Proves Costly for This
 PaWnbrOker

Sacramento, Cal. March 21.-Jacob Goldman, Sacramento pawn broker, loaned S2 to sheepman who said he "would be right back" taking two dogs as security. The owner failed to return and Goldman, when he sought legal advice, found that he would have to retain the dogs, as any other property, six morhhs before disposal.
 The dogs are healthy and their ap- petites are good. "They are eating the shop from over my head" Gold man said.
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Train Used by Haig
 is Placed on Sale

London, March 20.-Earl Haig's train, used by him as commander of the British armies in France. is for sale. Consisting of II corridor coaches, it contains bedrooms, dress ing rooms, sitting rooms, an offi- cers mess and kitchen. The fur nishings include Wilton carpets and rugs and movable easy chairs.
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\ WAREHOUSES; lR STORAGE OF
 TOBACCO
,,..b1e Activity in the 's. ..horn States is Re-
 ported

,;aerable activity in the cree rec
 lus, ...houses for the storage o1
 v',' .obacco is noted by the
 anu .rs Record in it's issue Of
 aess st week. At Memphis
 'l's'. sod compress company has
 ooss .;,sd ;, with s1,5oo,ooo capi-
 {. .a;,l erect buildings and 'n-
 aarssses. r,,s A $5oo,ooo high sl,
 {. '4t1 Alton compress plant with
 seiy of 100000 bales 1v.1a,dnsa. is p,sa.
 q s.,, oklahoma City. ..an wareh0usas "am,s
 7 established and cotton com
 .,srated by company form
 E s'rsanab, Ga, with s5oo,ooo
 SavsnDGSi At Galveston, Tex, q l2o,,
 aauocitv av cotton warehouse
 ls,eapseda's s.ssppted' Two tobacco ware
 e eosting e1st $5Oo,ooo. are z, contem, e,l a
 <, e0ss.nIR sRerIRley, Norfolk, Va, ana
 ape III warehouse for gener-
 noses ,,,ase and costing nearly Sl'- ln dpyseu ;s nnder consideration.
 D sad;tions and Improvements pg |a{on auuiil mills are observed tn in the s''a districts at various po.hl11s' pil1s e.,llv qls at Charlotte, Cherryvllie' flcans ssnd d Mount Carmel, N. C.; Sn Gnil and nIN Macon, Ga; South Bo Bos- gla M .tinsville ai,r and Big Stone Gap Aal''ns ssl at Greenville, s. c. Yarn ana hsve ai been formed at Belmont
 nsHI m;th ssOO,ooo capital. A cot ,il1 T will be erected at Opp, ,a Ala;, dao |at at'' Memphis, lem Tenn d sl ,ooo'oo99 o9 !. ~ company has been organlz:ea Ehe manufacture of cotton-tife U .' tires. ; rubber products, etc. |t;re tI and rubber company a,s as |ss ' citv, Mo, will leave a new " |ooo building (to be erected) TOT Es syd district and branch offices ana m a Distributing warehouse. In the eity $250,oOO structure wlli pc ] 4 sl'3 for automobile distribution uu more interests have formed a \ nlHls mn corporation to build a fac ' snd manufacture motor trucks Morvland s.r town. At Louisville, m s1.OOO,OOO organization will 2 factory with daily capacity mi automobile tires and 2,OoO !, A s5oO,OOO company organ of Austin. Tex, plans a factory the manufacture of motor truck ,rasiye. and grinding specialties be manufactured by a company ay led in Baltimore with $4O0,ooo al. At Biltmore, N. C., a plant be established to manufacture pry into wheel stock for automo- wheels, poles and shafts:
 plant will be built at Parkers- i, W. Va, by a $5OO,000 corpora. with a daily capacity of 1000
 of chlorine gas and over 5000 of caustic soda.
 kRnts will be established at sc aings, Ky, Cliffside, Tex, Estsburg, Tex. A brick and tile any has been formed at Birming- for the purpose of erecting a with a monthly capacity of 4O,- ons of construction tile, also fire bnilding brick. x < ady-cut houses will be rnanus red at Greenville, s. C., by g any organized with $1,O00,00C |ak A daily capacity of 1O 7 planned.
 1,W0, ,000 phosphate company kg 10000 acres in the phosphate of Florida is building four plants plans a monthly output of 6,OOC 900 tons of phosphate rock in months time.
 1eral oil companies with large alization have been formed ir jana and Texas the past week npany at Louisville. Ky. increas' om $2,00O,0O0 to $5,000,000.
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NINGPO, China-Little Petit Yang-ping cooed, gurgled and cried her way to a prize in a baby welfare exhibition recently here. Sixteen hundred people attended the first such show ever held in China. Considerable interest cen- tered around the booth which showed how to give baby a bath. ~ ---->-,-.-.,~ decrease from s27,3ee, ,7e3 as compar- ed with the previous year.
 The balance of trade in favor of Alaska was $31 100000, or about $1,- 900 for each white person in the territory. Decrease in the shipments of gold in Alaska was declared to be "the really distressing feature of the years business" This was attributed to "abnormally high cost of mining gold without corresponding increase in its value" The net loss in popu lation during the previous two years was stopped and there was las year net gain of 371.
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al commission of the Polish diet which has in hand the task of fram- ing the constitution of the new state Under the present arrangement. which has been in effect about a year, the Polish assembly consists of but the one house the diet having about 325 members. The two hous- es as provided under the constitution in the making are to be known as the diet and senate.
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'r1degrOOms are Caught in Income
 Tax Net of U. s.

Hmporla, Kan, March 20-A lot
 uhsuspecting bridgegrooms are .hg caught in Uncle Sam's income
 Who really thought they were sempt, according to revenue off s who are handing out free ad- on what proportion of one'. sss ls s1axable. The newlywed. BY that if the combined .n husband and wife dur ne .ne ..s past year are more than S2.- ;. ' 'ne income tax must be paid. applies to those married dur S nt; :ne year or any time since. Ex- Stp Stp'ion, .dn however, is allowed at the Inahia szoo Tor each dependent Gin PaDle .Qf. self-supnort.n
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aEa's Trade
 With U. S. Large

'1Treau' T' Alaska. March 2o.-John rms roy, territorial collector of GUS ba I' Irsy says that Alaska's trade with r;a. i.'ed States and foreign coun- Ear s m 1919, was, perhaps larger
 capita of population than that
 any other section of the world nr M .serrltory's imports and exports sa me year amounted to $1O9652.-
 '' MT. Troy reports. This was a
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the secretary of the Seattle Kennel club, now making arrangements for the annual dog show to be held here in May.
 St. Bcrnards, Mastf's and Great Danes rapidly are being replaced by toy poodles, Japanese spaniel and other small dogs, it was said.
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LADIES.

When irregular or suppressed use Triumph Pills. Safe and always de pendable. Not sold at drug stores No not experiment with othere: save By mail $4 00 Write for Relief and particulars. it" froo Address National Medical Institute, Wis. adv
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King George at the Coronation of
 Ferdnanc l as King of Greater Rumania at Alba Julia, in Trausyl- vania, in the coming spring. King Ferdinand is said to be the only living monarch to be twice crowned
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Assembly t o Name
 Polish President

Warsaw, March 20.-The president of the Polish republic is to be elect ed by the national assembly which is to consist of two houses. This was decided recently by the constitution
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wash all impurities from the oysters which, after weeks "treatmcrt" are shipped to the retailers.
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Many the 3VS VIII tes merits. .
 directions HUNTS SALVE will a- the itch, druggist will tell refund the dissatisfied used. -.-n..
 Ntedod Oklahoma among thousands who praise HUNT 5ATNE, says:
 admit had badly SaVe, however, cured after many totally box completed the application afforded wonderful relief My advice to those who to scratch, is Hunts Salve'
 of ltach Rngwo Teer and other itching skin diseases and IS s9d will be direct by mail if your ldaggist supply Price Toe box A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE COMPANY, INC. SHERMAN, TEXAS ashlu ahrdlu ashrdushrdu
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nominated in the Willys-O Overland stake for 2:03 pacers, $l,000 added money. There are seven in the Mau- mee 2:05 trot, $1 ,000 added money.
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LARGE DOGS SCARCE.

Seattle, Wash, March 21.-Scarcity of large dogs said to be due to the high cost of dog food, is reported by
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HONOR FOR lIAlG.

London, March 2O.--Field Marshal Earl Haig is spoken of as the pros pective special envoy to represent
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SEi ECT BOXERS.

Kansas City. Mo, March 20. The