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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07
Small Benefit From Large Crops.

The earth has given forth bounteous in
crease in the year 1920. but IL has been
harder than ever to get that increase to
market and thereby reduce the cost Of living
The high cost OF the labor required i'm the
harvesting of the crops, the difficulties Of
freight transportation and the often profit
teering charges made against the commodi-
ties by brokers and retail merchants have
kept the consumer paying almost war time
prices The apple which the farmer is glad
to let rot on the Ground, the corn which is
so far from maraeg that ne is glad to burn
Il for fuel In lieu oil coal, are sold at siege
prices if they 80 get to the market Taken
all in all the sins of the inefficient distribu-
ton in this country are laid as a burden on
the consumer.
There are some cases though I'm which
there has been an actual reduction even in
the retail prices, as witness the recent de-
cline in the price of potatoes. The price of
the tubers in July, 1919. for example was
4S cents a pound, while i'm June 1920 the
growers were getting 1913 cents and In July
of this year SO cents These figures show
an increase Of 50 per cent. in the year and
decrease Of II per cent in the month, as we
compare juno and July Of 1920.
It is found that the cost Of twenty-five
selected articles increased, taking their aver
age. ty IS per cent. in a year, or two tonths
of per cent. in the month. Although there
was much talk at this period OF a reduction
In prices, the general result shows that there
has not been enough difference to consider
as far as the demands of the retail merchant
upon the purses Of the public are concerned
AS may be seen from the chart. some
varieties Of meat have gone up slightly and
others have shown small decreases I'm price.
Butter and cheese are slightly higher, and
lard is lower than It was in 1918.
eggs show I per cent increase over the
July, 1919, prices and bread is IS per cent
more expensive. according 10 that report
while flour shows a gain Of l6 per cent in
price. Csbbages gained 81 per cent in price
in a year, but II will be- seen hat as between
June and July OF this year they slumped
II per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07
Frederic Harrison's Passi >nism Unjustfied,
Says Rector of the Church of the Ascension,
and Religion Is Broader

r 7 is the opinion Of the Rev. DIR. Stickney
Grant that out of the changes wrought
by the world war and It's concomitants
better condition, economically, materially
and spiritually, is about to open on this
earth. The optimism which leads him to this
conclusion was not, said the rector of the
Church of the Ascension as he discussed
these matters in his study this week. the
keep smiling or Sunny Jim kind, but was
induced by reasoning and study of. the
progress of the new psychology.
The terms of the new movement" Dr.
Grant said, ARE not expressed indeed, In
the conventions of religion, but they are not
on that account irregious If because of
what we have learned from the war we are
induced to increase production to multiply
supplies by the aid of science and to make
by efficient organization self-respecting and
respected bodies out of the workmen Of the
world how can it be possible that we are not
the path that leads to a new and better
race, Il race of better, stronger frames capa-
Bile of greater resistance, race of stronger
minds? This improved world race is on the
way
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07

THE NEW YORK HERALD DR.
failing Bishop
by
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07

is an elaborate process and therefore the
returns from It are often delayed for sew
eral months in publication. The comparisons
In this last report, although they are carried
down to last July only. show the general
trend. One Of the most important tables is
a compilation of the food prices IN the United
States as Of June and July 10 1920 as COM
pared with July 1919
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
MEN RIDE IN FLAMING PLANE
TO TEST FIREPROOF PAINT.

A hair-raising demonstration of the
efficacy of a new aircraft fireproof
ing compound was staged at Atlantic
City, n j., few weeks ago by two
American airmen, late of the Lafay-
cite Escadrile, reports Popular Mech
anics Magazine for August, in an
illustrated article. Each of the men
first donned a special flying suit and
metal helmet, both of which had been
painted with the compound Mechan-
les then sprayed each with gasoline.
Meanwhile the plane, which also had
been painted with the preparation,
was similarly drenched with gasoline.
Pilot and passenger climbed into their
cockpits AS the engine was started,
tourch was applied to airmen and
air craft Roaring forward over the
airdome, then, like flaming, smoking
comet, the plane rose into the air, and
for FIVE minutes Mortified the specta-
tors. At the end OF this time the
flames died out, and the plane was
brought to earth. Careful inspection
having been made, airmen and air
plane were found to be unframed for
a coating of SCOT
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
FORD BECOMES
OWNER OF R. R.
Buys Entire Line To Assure
Company of Coal
Supply.

Detroit, Mich, July 10.--Purchase
OF the Detroit. Toledo & 1ronton
railroad by Henry Ford and his son,
Edsel b. Ford, was announced today
by +. G. Leibold, secretary to Henry
Ford. The purchase price was not
disclosed.
Purchase of the road was in part,
the out growth of difficulties Mich
igan industries have experienced for
several years in obtaining coal from
the southeastern bituminous fields.
Running direct to Detroit from the
coal fields and avoiding the usually
congested gateways of Ohio, the linz
was recognized as big factor in the
states coal supply by The Michigan
Manufacturers association, which sew
eral months ago had appointed a
committee to look into its purchase.
The plan was abandoned, however,
when it was found dock facilities
could not be obtained.
Mr.. Ford then took up negotia-
tons primarily to assure his Detroit
factories an adequate fuel supply, but
through contemplated extension of
terminals, industries generally in the
Detroit area and those in other Mich
igan cities are expected to benefit by
the deal
Negotiations for the purchase of
the road had been under way several
weeks. Security holders deposited
their bonds under an option good un-
til August /. AT that time it was said
the deal would involve approximately
100000.
In announcing the roads purchase,
Mr. Leobold declared the price was
was originally asked" adding that Mr..
Ford desired that no stakeholder
should sacrifice his holdings.
Some 1000 employees of the rail-
road. Mr.. Leibold added, will inn
mediately receive the benefits of the
Ford wage-bonus plan.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21

very precious commodity, 4n|
duce men to fight, an aIIovl
salt was given to them. The A
known as "salarium"--from MI
SAL" meaning salt. That il It'd
of our word, "saIary"--it
pertaining to salt" So, II 81
was not worth his salary n
worth his salt" And to d A
use the expression at times ~
a worthless fellow.--Elizabe
News.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
SHOES WILL BE PRETTY
AND JUST AS EXPENSIVE.

Chicago, July ii -Women's shoes
will be prettier than ever this fall,
hut just as expensive ai at present,
Frank p Meyer, president; of the
Illinois Shoe Retailers association,
said in addressing the organizations
annual convention here today.
The price of mems shoes also will
Continue hiGn, he said
Mr. Never declared the association
planned to light pronteers and the
luxury tax on shoes and thus reduce
IrdeS
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
DICTIONARY FOR NEW
ONLY DEFINES BY
QUOTATIONS

A dictionary that is curious in two
ways has just been issued by an
eastern publishing house, the compil
ing having been done by naval-aca
DENY professor Its greatest peculiar
ity is that it contains only words that
have come into general use since the
war started. says an article in Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine for August.
The other feature is its method of
defining the words exclusively by the
method of quoting examples of
their use
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
VACATION

And now vacation time is here,
When favored folks who roam
Look down on us less lucky ones
Who have to stay at home.
They spend fortnight or month
From all their worries free,
Up-gazing at the mountain tops,
Or by the sounding sea.
They have most delightful time,
Or so they say they do,
And sometimes those they leave be-
hind
Get a vacation, too.
For though the well-known poet says
"To stay at home is best"
It's well sometimes to go away
And give our folks a rest
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
II Never Knew You Could Keep Rats
Out of a Butcher Shop"

What Ralph Watkins says: Fig
ured rats around store had enough to
feed on; wouldn't touch anything sus-
picious Heard about RAT-SNAP,
gave it trial Results were wonder
full Cleaned all rats out in ten days.
Dogs about store night and day never
touch RAT-SNAP." Three sizes, csc,
sec, $1OO. Sold and guaranteed by
Conrad Payne & Co., Cloverport KY,
and B. F. Beard & Co., Hardinsburg,
y-Advertisement
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
HISTORY OF NUMBER 40

tarrh, in sores, ulcers, pimples. skin
eruptions, mercurial and lead poison
ing. Under its use bodily eruptions
and scrofulous swellings that have
withstood all other treatment disap-
pear as if by magic" To commem-
crate my fortieth year as druggist
named this medicine Number 40
For The Blood" j. c. Mendenhall,
Evansville, Ind. The best druggist in
your neighborhood sells Number 40,
but if it happens that he does not,
send direct to j. c. Mendenhall Medi-
cine Company, Evansville, Indiana,
and receive it delivered to you at $l.25
per bottle, six bottles for $500.
rs DRUG STORE
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21

Forty years ago an old doctor was
putting up a medicine for diseases OF
the blood, that cured the worst cases
of blood troubles, and time proved
that the cures were permanent.
After many years l secured the pre-.
scription (being a druggist), and
took each ingredient separately and
referred to my U. s. Dispensatory
and other authoritative books on
medicine and found the medical prop
critics set down as follows: EN-
ployed in diseases of the glandular
system, in blood troubles, eczema,
constipation, stomach and liver
troubles, chronic rheumatism, ca
sold at WEDDIN,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
BRAHAM vREELAND, OWNER
STATE JOURNAL, DEAD.

Mr.. Graham Vreeland, 40 years old,
owner and publisher of the State
Journal, Frankfort, KY, died of apop-
lexy at the Norton Memorial In
Urinary, Louisville, Thursday morn
ing. He went to the inhrmary for an
examination by specialists and was
stricken Immediately after his arrival
there. He is survived by his widow
ard two daughters, brother, Hubert
Vieeland, editor of the Farmers Home
Journal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
LETTERS WE
APPRECIATE
A. Z. Hawkins subscribes.

Mr.. Jno. d. Babbage, Cloverport.
KY My dear Mr. Babbage: Please
find herewith attached $500 for which
please send me The Breckenridge
News to that amount ! am always
glad to get the News from old Ken
lucky. With my kindest personal re-
CARDS, am, Yours very truly, A. f.
Hawkins, Tuscon, Okla.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
Wants 1t Four Months Longer

Mr.. John Babbage. Cloverport, KY
Dear Sir: Find encloed money order
for SOC for which please send me The
Breckenridge News for four months
longer and oblige, Mrs. Thornton
Bratcher, Rockville, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
ORIGIN OF mot
WORTH HIS SALT"

A subscriber wants to know the orr
gin Of the expression, "He is not
worth his salt" He says he ran upon
the expression in a book printed many
years ago, and he desires to know II
Il is an ancient expression. 1t is, and
like many other expressions, IL comes
from military sources. At one time in
the history of the world soldiers were
paid in salt for fighting. Salt was a
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21

Ky. Friend J. D.. Enclosed find P o.
money order for which please send
The Breckenridge News for another
year Regards to all the family.
Yours respectfully, T NJ. Watkins,
1903 North 9th ST., St Joseph, Mo.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
Mrs. VIM. Dunn Subscribes.

To The Breckenridge News of
Cloverport. KY Please find enclosed
S1.5O for one years subscription to
The Breckenridge News sent to the
address below Yours truly, Mrs VIM.
Dunn. 945 So. 18th St, Louisville, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
From The CAPITOL

Mr.. ]. d. Babbage, Cloverport, Ky.
Dear Mr. Babbage: Please send me
The Breckenridge News I'm enclos-
ing check for 81 so for same Respect
fully. Mary s. Pile, Gordon Hotel,
Washington, d. c.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
Renewal.

Breckenridge News, Cloverport, Ky.
Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith check
for $1.50 to pay for The Breckenridge
News. Yours truly, ]. c. Bruner,
Brandenburg, KY.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
From California.

Breckenridge News, Cloverport, Ky.
Find enclosed $1.50 for which please
send me your paper for one year.
Yours truly, Mrs. Alice Star, 251 10th
St San Deigo, Cal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
Mrs. Stewart Renews.

Mr. John d. Babbage. Cloverport,
KY, Dear Sir: You will find enclosed
check for $1.5O Please renew my sub
scription to The Breckenridge News.
Respectfully, Mrs Cleveland Stewart,
Union Star. KY.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
MISS HELEN TAFT MARRIED.

Miss Helen Taft. daughter OF ex-
President William Howard Taft and
Mrs. Taft, and Frederick Johnson
Manning were married Thursday,
July IS, at Murray Bay, Canada, the
summer home of the brides parents
Miss Taft is president of Bryn Mawr
College, and Mr.. Manning is an in
structor in history at Yale Univer-
sity.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
Not Certain Yet.

Father-Who sent you those fow-
ers?
Daughter-O, a certain young man.
Father Slightly irritated-Certain9
No man is certain until you have him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21
We Thank You,

A Wallace Babbage, of Pineville,
KY, sends his check for renewal with
"Howdy."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21

Friend tom" Renews.
Mr. Jno d. Babbage, Cloverport,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-07-21

ssr s , that d e savings. A penny 90
Tribune
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S DRUG STORE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
PASSENGER CAPRONI'
k|RPLANE IS DESCRIBED
A. A. Post Tells New York Avia-
ton Commission Europe Far
Ahead of U. S. in Aeronautics.

NEW YORK. January % tby the
Associated Press) A giant Caproni
plane. which is being constructed near
Milan. TO carry 100 passengers, WAS
described yesterday by Augustus y.
Post before the state aviation COM
mission in session here. Mr. Post re-
Gently returned from Europe. where
he was sent by the Aero Club of
America to study the advance Of avia-
ton. He told of aeronautic advances
in England, France, Italy and Bel
GUM, declaring that aviation is much
farther advanced in those countries
than in the United States
The Caproni which is being built at
Milan will be ready for trials in a
short time, Mr.. Post declared. 1t is
driven by motors which have total
of 1000 horsepower. and is only one
of the spacious models of passenger
planes which are being built for eX-
tensive air transportation lines, some
of which are already in operation in
Europe.
In England" he continued, routes
are already mapped out from England
to India, as well as down through
Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town. In
France the government also is fos-
tering the extension Of air lines. plan
ming to join northern Africa to Paris
by means of the air. The Belgians
and Italians are making plans on
similar ambitious lines.
Mr.. Post, who flew from London to
Brussels in two hours. and later view
ed the battlefields of Flanders from
the air. continued with descriptions
of other European passenger planes,
fitted to carry from eighteen to thir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
RULES ON LIFTING
RUSSIAN BLOCKADE
Supreme Council Makes Pub
lie Note to Central Co.
Operative Union.

PARIS. January 26 tby the Asso-
cIated Press The test of the su
preme councils note to the repre-
sentatives of the Russian Central Co
operative Union regarding the partial
hitting of the blockade was made pub
lie today. 1t follows:
"FirSt-The allied governments no
tIfy the cooperative union that they
are disposed to authorize an exchange
OF products upon q basis of reciprocity
between the Russian people and the
allied and neutral countries and they
invite this union to export from Rus
sia the surplus OF its cereals. IT'S food
stufTs and its raw materials, with a
view To exchanging them for clothing
and other IN erChandise of which Rus
STA is i'm need.
1T should be well understood that
the value of the merchandise. the i'm
portation OF which into Russia will
be authorized. will be based on the
value of the merchandise exported
from Russia within a reasonable pc
riod.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
G0MPERS LOSES IN VOTE
FOR FARLEY DELEGATE
Rejected by New York Union of
Cigarmakers, to Which He
Had Long Belonged.

NEW YORK. January 27-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. was defeated yes
terday in the election for delegates .
the cigarmakers International uni
convention, held by Local IA, the or
sanization to which he has belonged for
more than forty years.
Mr.. Gompers was a cigarmaker until
1882. when he became president of the
American Federation OF Labor and is
hrst vice president 70 the Cigarmakers'
International Union. The coming con-
Ventlon, which is expected to be held in
chicago in April. will be the first one
10 which he has not been a delegate in
many years.
MOTIFS Brown, secretary of Local A,
and one of the elected delegates, said
iast hlght that he believed the defeat
oil Mr.. Gompers was due to the influence
OF the younger men in the union "They
are progressive he said, land believe
that MI Gompers IS too conservative to
advance the cause of labor with proper
speed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
MOBILES AS ENGINE DRIVERS.
Phase of the General Railway
Strike in Italy.

ROME. January e6.-The tie-up in
the railroad services is ameliorating.
except N Genoa and Turin. which are
the centers of the strike movement.
Railwaymen from other places. to-
gether with volunteers. are being
sent to Genoa and Turin in an en-
deavor to effect normal conditions.
A number of noblemen are acting as
engine drivers. while the March onesS
Guiccioli is, organizing a force Of
women to clean out the passenger
cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27

lum bia Maryland. Delaware and
Pennsylvania. has been urged by
Ralph Cummings, governor of the
fifth district. to be present.
The meeting and dinner Will be con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Bal
timore Rotary Club, at the Southern
Hotel. The Washington club viii go
and return in special cars leaving
Union station here at ) o'clock and
starting back from Camden station,
Baltimore, at 11:03 o'clock pm.
-Four hundred thousan& diamonds are
cut every year in one Amsterdam fac
tory alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
IN HONOR OF BERT ADAMS.
Rotary Club to Attend Intercity
Meeting in Baltimore.

The Rotary Club of Washington, D.
c., headed by President Roland S
Robbins, Will migrate to Baltimore
this afternoon to participate in an
intercity meeting there this evening
in honor of Bert Adams of Atlanta.
Ga. president of the international
Association of Rotary Clubs. Every
rotarian in the fifth rotary district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
LAST A. E. F. MEN PARADE.
mo Limit" Menu Served at Ban.
quet by Club in New York.

NEW YORK. January 27.-The rear
guard of the American expeditionary
force yesterday gave New York city
its final parade of returning overseas
troops. The 500 men, who arrived
from France last Saturday on the
transports Martha Washington and
Northern Pacific, were under the COM
mand of Col. Asa l.. Singleton, and
were reviewed Mt tho public library by
Brig. Gen. W. II. Conner and Mai, Gen,
David g. Shanka. commander of the
port of em6arikation,
Later the men were guests at BAN
quet given by the Rocky Mountain
Club. which had provided entertain
n1ent for overseas bound troops from
tho time the first contingent of the
A II. +. sailed for Europe, The menu
card. which included turkey and other
eatableS, was inscribed no limit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
NEARLY3,0OO,0OO GAIN
IN CHURCH MEMBERS
Increase of All Organizations in
United States Since the
Year 1916.

NEW YORK. January 27-Amer-
lcas churches have gained nearly
three million members since the last
church census was taken in 1916,
out there has been a marked de-
crease in the number of Sunday
schools and Sunday school pupils, ac-
cording to The Year Book of the
ChurcheS. which was to be issued
today by the federal council of the
churches in Christ in America
me total church membership has
increased 2.779,667, the announce
ment says. with an increase of 1919
ministers and $3.50 church organi-
cations The total number of
churches is now 233,s34. There are
1888 ministers, priests and rabbis,
various organizations. The decrease
IN Sunday school membership is esti-
mated at more than 100000.
Comparative Figures.
The total Protestant church MEM
Dership is given at 25,9S0456 and the
Roman Catholic figures at 17,549.324
1t is explained that the Protestant
figures include only adult communi-
cant members of a family. while the
the entire family. Estimating four
persons to a family the Protestant
constituency would be more than
100000, the book says
An estimate of members of Jewish
synagogues is 100000, and the two
Mormon bodies report a membership
OF 494.3SS.
Largest Protestant Body.
The largest Protestant body re:
porting was the Methodist Episcopal
| Church, with 4,175,502 members, and
the smallest the Primitive Friends,
with fifty members and two min
listers The national Baptist conven-
ton tcoloredD is the second largest
Protestant organization, with g..
93S,579.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
G0MPERS 20 YEARS OLD.
Receives Many Messages Spends
Busy Day in His Office.

Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, is
seventy years old today. Aside from
opening Il large number of kilograms
and letters from his friends, he did
not observe the occasion. He was
busily engaged in his Offices looking
after the fight against the legis-
lation before Congress against
which the American Federation of
Labor. representing the wage earners
Of the country, is pledged.