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Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-28
BY EDWARD BLACK.


"A woman is as old as she
looks; a man. as old as he feels"
The feminine perogative of a4
quiring purchased pulchritude, and
the masculine method of measur-
ing longevity by more personal
process, seem to be as eternal as
the hills.
Methuselah is said to have lived
900 years, but that was long before
the home brew became a popular
indoor advertisement.
Ponce de Leon. discovered what
he believed was the fountain of
youth, and all through the ages
= of the tireless quests of man
has been the search for the
Elysium of youth.
Seven Ages OF Man.
The great desideratum of life is
to learn how to live and the desire
of all is to live long and we'll.
Jacques in "As You Like It,"
epitomizes life as having seven
ages, beginning with the infant,
then the whining schoolboy," the
lover, the soldier, and then the
justice. He says the sixth age
1@shifts into the lean and slippered
pantaloon. with spec:acles on nose
and pouch on side" Last scene
of ALL" he concludes, that ends
this strange eventful history, is
second childishness, and mere OBJ
liwon; sans teeth, sar.s eyes, sans
taste and sans everything"
Modern science has taken for
ward strides N aiding man to live
out his allotted time of three score
and ten years, All sorts Of REM
edies, panaceas and systems have
been offered to aid man in pro-
.tecting the 100000 nerve cells in
his brain and spinal cord.
Begins to Feel Aches.
The tired business man does not
stop to think that he has 22.5OO.-
100000 red blood cells in his BODY,
until he begins to feel aches and,
pains when he is along about 5O
and when nature rebels against
the violations which have been
committed.
1t is then that the tired busi-
ness man consults a specialist or
studies dietetics and he begins to
realize that he has 600 nerves
which carry messages to or from
the brain and Spinal cord and
thousands OF sympathetic nerves.
iffe begins to adopt the practice of
taking early morning walks and
adneres TO strick regimen. He
has his blood pressure tested "A .
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-28

details Of the holdup. General Su-
perintendent S. H. H. Clark irnme-
diately notified ali stations on the
Union Pacific and offered a rewArd
of $4,000 for the capture of the
robbers and the recovery of the
money or a proportionate amount
for either.
The money was part Of ship
ment from San Francisco to New
York. Skilled detectives from
Omaha, Chicago, ST Louis and
elsewhere were sent TO the front,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-28
BY ALFRED SORENSON.

"No 4 has been robbed of 100000
at this station"
This startling dispatch was re-
ceived at the Union Pacific head
quarters at late hour on the night
of September l8, 1877, and came
from Big Springs, small, isolated
station, consisting of the depot, the
agent's's house. the water tank, and
the section house-361 miles west OF
Omaha. This brief dispatch was
soon followed by kilograms giving
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15

should not be curtailed by limited and inadequate quarters and insufficient staff workers. The present appeal for funds, s15.000 in amount, is made with the hope that every thoughtful citizen will invest in the future girlhood of Phoenix.
 With the goal to be reached by to- days luncheon meeting set at s10,000 Young Womens Christian association campaign workers are planning to re- double their efforts this morning. En- thusiastic reports given by each of the captains at Wednesdays luncheon brought tee total amount pledged and collected up to nearly $6000.
 Unsought Donations
 It was after hearing these reports that the motion for the teams as a whole to set their goal for Thursday noon at s10,000 was made by Mrs. w. C. Ellis, seconded by Mrs. Edward Shaw and una nanimously carried by the work CTS present.
 The workers have met with splen- did response from the Phoenix business men and great deal of satisfaction is being felt by the officers and direc- tors over the many tributes which havi been expressed for the Y. w. C. A. in little incidents of the campaign. Scotchman. who is tourist in the valley. spoke most favorably of the as- sociatiCn's work and made his con tribution to the fund. A Phoenix busi- ness man expressed himself as feeling
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
YUMA PROJECT
 HAS BEEN PET
 0F GOVERNMENT

The Yuma project is the premier project of all of Uncle Sams great 7eclamation projects in the arid west. IL IS so regarded by the reclamation service and by Secretary of the In- tlaor Franklin K Lane The great difficulties of construction, the dam ming of mighty river, tunneling of the Colorado at Yuma for siphon, by which the water is carried in a tube under the river. are engineering feats Of the first magnitude and have re- celved the approval and commendation or engineers from many parts of the world The confining of the Cobra do 10 it's channel for a distance of nearly forty miles, from Laguna dam to the Mexican border, by dikes and Ievees was an accomplishment of no mean proportions.
 All of these things have been done and well done by United States recla- nation service. The landowners and farmers on Yuma project lands rest in security today because they know that the building of the Yuma project has been in the best of hands and that the works have been submitted to the acid test of a mighty river at flood tide The land under the project has doubled. tripIed, and fin many places
 
 years and one of the chief reasons for this great increase in land values is $Ie belief of the land owners in the permanence and abundance of the wa ter supply. With reasonable amount of care and small maintenance charge, the works of the Yuma project will remain for all time to come a monument to the reclamation service and the engineers of that service who gave their best skill and energy to the construction of this monumental work
 It has been fourteen years since the reclamation service came to Yuma and made the first surveys It has been ten years since the completion of the Laguna dam and seven years since water was first carried under the river through the siphon. Mighty floods have swept down the river, the highest water ever known in recorded history has passed under the bridge and the works of the project have withstood the supreme test.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
MARIE MORR|SEY |S 4 FIRM BELIEVER
 |NAMER|CAN SONG

Among all the other things for which the great war is responsible is the of ering of a very real opportunity to American composers. At least. such is the belief of Marie Morrisey, the well known contralto who is scheduled 10 appear at a concert in Phoenix Fri day next.
 American audiences love America n songs. Miss Morrisey says, and Amer ica is not lacking in composers. The only trouble is that there has not been much encoura cement for them because tradition has resulted in our using for eiSn composers to the exclusion of our own. Now, however, with many for eigners cut off from our programs. there is great cry for American com posers-"and musicians of great talent are answering that cry"
 As 9, product of strictly American training herself, Miss Morrisey has a right to be proud of what Americans can do in the musical world.
 Marie Morrisey is having no little share in bringing about the demand for American songs. Being 6 Daughter Of the American Revolution. and a real honest-to goodness American, she de- lights to sing American songs, and a recital of hers would not be complete without them.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
PIONEER RESIDENT
 IF PHOENIX DIES
 AT EXETER, CALF

The Exeter (Cal) Sun of January gives an account of the death and fu neral of George Tantau, a pioneer res ident of Phoenix, who came to Arizona in 1875. He was for a long time asso- ciated with the late B. F. Kellner in the mercantile business in Globe and Phoenix, the Kellner store being sit uated where the Bayless Grocery now is. The business thus established be- came the largest wholesale and retail enterprise in the territory. with the eX ception of that of l.. Zechendorf at Tucson.
 MT. Tantau was born at Burg on the island of Fehrman in the Baltic, and the same year his parents came to this country, settling al Louisville, Ky. His father dying, his mother remar- ried and ehe was taken to Peoria, Ill.,. whence he went to California more than 50 years ago.
 In 1884 he met Miss Margaret Blake. one of the teachers of the Tempe Nor nal school, and some time after that they were married at the home of her father near Visalia, Cal.
 MT Tantau returned to California
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
YUMA MESA HAS
 PRIVATE WATER
 LIN ONE RANCH

About three and a half years ago half dozen men banded themselves together into what is known as The Yuma Mesa Irrigation company, for the purpose of retaining a. part or their lands on the Yuma mesa. MT. $. C. Wood is president and Mrs. George M. Hill is secretary of this concern. considerable expense they constru~ eed a concrete pipe line from the least main' Yuma project canal to their lands. They erected their own pump ing plant, purchase the water from the government, and manage their system to suit themselves. Something like 100 acres were planted to citrus fruits. The trees are now three-year- -olds. Ina | the trees are alive at all is wonder, for at the most critical period of the summer months for each of the three the irrigation system has broken down. months the trees were left to obtain from the sun, with the mercury hover ing around the 150 mark in the sun. This picture is in no manner over year-old orange and grape fruit grove can we'll be classed as one of the mo del young citrus fruit groves of the United States. That it has survived its treatment, or rather survived the severe droughts it has undergone for each year of its life, can only be att tributed to the theory that the Yuma mesa is the natural home for citrus fruit culture. Otherwise these young groves would long since have famished for lack of moisture.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
MORE THAN 300
 GIRLS AIDED BY ''Y' LAST YEAR
Local Institution Now Asks S15,O00 To Enable It To Render Needed Assist ance To Stranger Who Applies

More than 300 girls and women from 29 different states in the country have been rendered assistance by the Phoe- nix Y. w. C. A. during the past year. The accompanying map shows from what states they came. The numbers from each state are listed within the boundary of that state.
 We have inquiries daily from one to five women who come in on the early morning train and ask us to find shsl- ter for them before night" Miss Edna Porter. general secretary of the local association. said. We maintain rooms directory. but we have not suffi- cient rooms to meet the demands: also we have boarding home which has accomm odations for 29 girls only, but in the past year has furnished accom- modations, both temporary and perma- nent. for 317 girls" continued Miss Porter.
 One woman arriving recently from Massachusetts. who had walked a large part of the way, said that she had heard all along the road that Arizona was good to it's women, and she went away feeling that this was true. It is d matter Of pride with the Phoenix association that when these girls and women scatter throughout the coun- try that they shall carry the message of the generous and kindly hospitality of Phoenix to them.
 Fund Reaches S6000
 In order to maintain the Arizona tradition. the board of directors is ask ing for generous public support so that the local association may have the equipment which will make it com pare fayorably with similar associa tions in other cities having the same population as Phoenix.
 Those who are asking for public sup port feel that the service that the Y. W. C. 4. can render to the city
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
PAGE THREE

about 20 years ago and and after that was an infrequent visitor to Phoenix. At the time of his death he was city clerk. He was succeeded in that or flee by his son, Blake Tantau.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15
PAINT THE TOP STEP

Cellar stairs seem always to be in dark, unexpected places. inviting acci- dents. A little forethought might take away the danger. Why not paint the top of the first step with light col ored paint? This will catch the eve and clearly define the stairway open ing.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15

An English metallurgist has devei- opsd a process for detecting inpuTi l. ties in steel by smoothing it's surface etching it with an acid combination and taking a proof with printers ink.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15

very resentful because the young women of Phoenix have no building while the Y. M. c. A. is so wei supplied.
 Many unsought donations have beer received at the cafeteria, one woman saying as she wrote her check that she could not think of giving less thar s25. You don't need to make any plea said one of the best-known busi- ness men of the city to the worker who approached him; "I am always ready to give to the Salvation Army and to the '. w. c. A."
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15

The Italian premier estimates that from fifteen to eighteen million Ital ians, out of a total population of thirty eight million. are being supported. as far the principal necessities Of life are concerned. by imports of food, largely from the United States.
Arizona republican., 1920-01-15

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
MERCHANTS HAVE
NOTABLE EXHIBIT
Their Large and Diversified Dis
play at the State Fair is
Greatly Admired.

Thousands of persons attending the
State Fair greatly admire the mercantile
exhibit, which is large and diversified.
In booth profusely decorated with
f1Ass N. Snellenburg & Co. display
mems goods and specialize the du Pont
clcanable collar.
Peter Casper has charge of the Bruins
wick shop, which is ornamented In blue
and stocked with monographs.
The Retail Grocer's Exchange has a
fine exhibit.
Agricultural and mineral products of
Canada, shown by +. A. Harrison,
attract much attention. A Canadian
landscape, made of garden seeds, is
feature of the display.
l.. II. Guest, representing the Homer
Furnace Co, exhibits the Homer pipe
less furnace, and Brinton Brothers show
the Lyon one-pipe heater.
Specimens of penmanship, typewriting,
shorthand and bookkeeping are ex-
hibited by the Goldey and Gross Business
Colleges.
Yerger's luggage shop contains leather
goods, horse equipment and Lee tires.
The Judson c. Burns Co. demon
strates washing machines.
Asbestos and magnesia coverings and
corrugated roofing materials comprise
the display OF the keasby d Msttison Co.
Harry Hickman, representing WHY'S,
has complete electric light and power
plant for farm, home and country store.
The Vacuetta Sales Co. exhibits vac,i-
Inn sweepers, and the Eastern Rubber
Co. illustrates the use of the Magic
rubber mend.
Pianos and sewing machines are shown
by the Afford Go. and the Singer Co,
respectively.
c. c. Clancy has roofing and spouting
materials.
Jewclry novelties are exhibited by
J. G. Jones, decorated glassware by
G. Harry Merchant, leather goods by
Joseph A. Ball and handpainted pins
by Charles Meyers. e
The Consumers League end the
State Library Commission demonstrates
their work, and Republican committees
distribute campaign literature ip the
mercantile building.
Every Evening is sold at booth near
the entrance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
INSPECTION NOFPLuMBING

Plumbing and Gas Inspector Edward
p. Mckay submitted the following
report for August to the Street and
Sewer Directors at yesterdays meeting
Total number of plans filed; Go; for
work on new buildings, S; to connect
old buildings, Is; for extension of work
IN old buildings, AZ; for alterations OF
work In old buildings, l. Total number
of plumbing and gas inspections, POP
preliminary plumbing inspections, 112;
hnai, q, preliminary gas inspections
&; final, IL
Average candle power of gas. 20,
average heating value, b. T. L. 5e6.
Total number of jobs turned down for
detection In plumbing, 8; total number
of jobs turned down for defective gas
fitting. /.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
THREE WANT PLACES
ON POLICE FORCE
Applications Filed With the Board
of Commissioners at the Week
ly Meeting.

The Board Of Police Commissioners
yesterday afternoon received three ap-
plications for appointment to the police
force. The applicants were Stanley
Letowski, 400 Columbus avenue; Will
liam T. Vandergrift, 6lS Springer street,
and Joseph A. Zick, sos Poplar street. All
were filed for consideration.
Further hearing in the case of PATROL
man Oliver w. Bryan, charged with con-
duct unbecoming to an officer, was not
held, as the officer failed to appear before
the commissioners as ordered. Bryan has
been temporarily relieved from duty
pending the disposition of his case, which
was continued.
The weekly report of the captain showed
total of "a arrests. Fifteen of these
were for drunkenness, while IL were Tor
assault and battery. During the week the
sum of $9S2 .95 was collected in fines and
costs.
The resignation of Patrolman John A..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

MCGOWAN, one OF the recent appointees to
the force, was not accepted, as the officer
left the force without the usua! ten days
notice. The commission ordered him to be
formally dropped from the department..
The contract for cleaning the ofiicers
overcoats was awarded to the "Cleno'
cleaning and dying establishment, which
submitted the lowest bid.
The contract for outfitting the force
with winter uniforms WAS awarded to n.
Snellenburg Il Co., Of this city, who sub
hitted the lowest bid under the specifica-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

Georgctown-Hoyt p. Jones, 81 ,lN.
Laurel Charles A. Hnstings, s1O,O6l.
Milford Karl 8. Bunstein, 415,041.
Wilmington Mime not given, S1s, 1874.
William N. Barnard, $4,000. J. Kcarncy
Rodgcr, $4,000
In rank, according 70 the size of pay
mcnts, Wilmington was the fifticth city in
the United States.
The largest policy paid last year WAS
10 the estate OF Henry G. Frick Of New
York, the amount being 100000. The
estate OF former President Theodore Roo<<,-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
HE DREW A CROWD.
Strange Antics of Apparently Religious
Negro Mt Public Building.

Considerable excitement was caused
in the vicinity of the public building
yesterday afternoon by the actions OF
an elderly Negro, who paraded the street
arrayed in a uniform, similar to the
Federal uniform of the Civil War days,
and who cried in loud voice, It's
Judgement It's Judgment. All people
prepare to account for your sins. It's
Judgement
The man had large saber girded to
his waist and in one hand carried
Bible while in the other small can
which he held high above his head as
though he were about to throw bomb
Where he came from or who he was no
one seemed to know.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
INSURANCE PAYMENTS.
Wilmington Was Fiftleth City Last Year
With Total of 4S<8 600

According to the Insurance Press, life
insurance payments were made in Della
ware in 1919 % follows: Wilmington,
4848, 900; Georgetown, ,$73, 900; Laurel,
A5, 900; Milford, 10000; Bridgeville,
81, 900; Seaford, $4,000; GrcenvilIe,
113, 900; Carpenter, $4,000.
Payments Of $4,000 and over in the
State were made on estates as follows:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

tions drawn up by. the commission, Tho
contract calls for certain changes in the
sergeant's chevrons, service stripes, and
other decorations.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

st. Johns Chapter, No. 4, o. E. 8.
The first fall meeting Of st. Johns
Chapter, No. 4, Order Of the Easter Star,
will be held on Friday evening, September
10, at Eden Hall. Worthy Matron Bertha
M. Smith will preside and urges all MEM
bcrs to be present.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-05-06

When elections close it shows people equally
divided and there can't be much difference 1t is
time not to be excited
And yet that is the very time when foolish people
excited They discussing great principles Of pub
lie policy affecting the general welfare but squabbing
little matters Of rivalry and personal feeling
Was il not about in recent school election in
Bereal
And is it not so in this years contest between Re-
publcans and Democrats? Who tell what differ
it will make in the matters Of government that really
affect the people which party wins! Both parties pro-
Tess to stand for true Amercanism." But what does
that meanf What promise will either party make that
you hold them to after electon1 Is it not mainly
just the question which crowd the Republican crowd or
the Democratic crowd will hold the oficesl
But the big question of whether to stop
or not both parties trying to dodge. Whichever
party gives the best prospects OF stopping the slaughter
OF young men, and the perpetual taxes of ornaments
and armies, whichever agrees to put America into the
League OF Nations, gets vote.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-05-06

The Rural Education Conference
which meets here saturday, May 8,
and continues till Tuesday, May II,
promises TO be the greatest conven-
ZION that has ever peen held in Be
rea. The reception committee which
consists Of Dean McAllister. Dean
bowersox Prof. Lewis, Prof. Dix,
Miss Southworth, Miss Mcdonald,
Mr.. A. II. Strong, and Miss Fox are
busy making arrangements for the
convention and for the entertain
ment of the hundreds of delegates
that will attend from the eight or
more states TO be represented.
Word has been received by Dean
McAllister from most of the i'm
portant speakers that they will be
present so that the program can be
carried out practically as planned
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-05-06
Why Are Prices So High?

First, because the war used up and destroyed lot
OF property that has to be replaced There is less food
and clothing and furniture in the world, and the price
is naturally higher This will continue till raise
big crops and push all the factories and increase the
supplies on hand.
Next, we have fewer working men in America. Some
were killed and disabled have gotten into idle ways
and because they get high pay for each hour will only
work few hours day and few days month. And
moreover, fewer foreign laborers coming in, and
many who were here are going back to the old world
This makes it important that every who has two
hands and patriotic heart should do all the work he
And then there the proheers and the reckless
spenders. Many manufacturers and merchants when
everybody knows they have right raise prices because
OF high of labor and material raise them far more
than they need to- And many people who got rich
through the war in one way another, who get
ting unusual wages now are buying everything in sight,
regardless of the price, and encourage the proheers
to keep on with their high prices.
We can all hasten the return of reasonable prices
by raising all and wearing overas and old clothes
and refusing to buy things until the prices do
down.