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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13

NEAR SEAL COATS-m assorted
lengths, from so to - inches. The An
nusl Fur Sale prices range S112.50,
sI4s.5O and s1s7.5O.
BAY SEAL COATS-AnnuaI Fur Sale
prices range at s14s.5o, $3.50, s225
and s2s5.
BAY SEAL COATS with squirrel col
lar and cuffs are priced for Annual Fur
Sale at s247.50, s269.5O and s297.50.
BAY SEAL COATS with skunk collar
and cuffs Annual Fur Sale prices are
s2es.5O and s2s7.5O.
HUDSON SEAL COATS-Fme quality.
Annual Fur Sale prices are S375, $3.50,
s46s.50, S497.50, s565 and S595.
HUDSON SEAL COATS with skunk
collar and cuffs, fine quality. Annual
Fur Sale prices $3.50, S469. so, S529 so,
s569, s5s5, S669.50 and S747.50.
HUDSON SEAL COATS with Siberian
squirrel collar and cuffs Annual Fur
Sale prices are Se37.50, s412.sO, s469.50
s52e.50 and S565.
HUDSON SEAL COATS with beaver
collar and cuffs. Annual Fur Sale prices
are s412.5o s46s.5O, s5s5 and $3.50.
NUTRIA COATS-Annual Fur Sale
prices are s337.50 and s412.50.
TAUPE NUTRIA COATS-Annual Fur
Sale prices S319.50 and S425.
SIBERIAN SQUIRREL COATS - An
nual Fur Sale prices are S297.5O, S375,
sz25, s4s7.5O, s4s7.50 and s57s.5o.
BLACK FRENCH CONEY COAT-An-
nual Fur sale at Sss.50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13

In the 18th century Pope Plus V
vainly decreed the extention OF bull
fighting
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
May Pass the Critical Period
Safely and Comfortably by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Summit. n. j have taken
Lrdia 3. Pinkham's Negefable COM
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13

The Boys club. newly organized
1t the y 81 C. A., is equiping rooms
on the first floor. and in the base
ment Of the central branch building.
Each member IS donating some per
Eonal possession or article to adorn
the quarters which viii be h adquar-
tiers Tor all club meetings and activi-
ties
A billion dollars stacked in one
Pile would reach a height Of 24S miles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13

BLACK KIT CUNEH COAT-AunuaI
Fur Sale price s6s.5O.
SABLE COMFY COAT-Annual Fur
Sale price s112.50.
BROWN SIBERIAN MAR8f0T COATS
Annual Fur Sale, sl45 and s1Ss.5o.
CIVET CAT COAT-Annual Fur Sale,
$3.50.
NATURAL RAT COAT-Annual Fur
Sale price s1s7.50.
BLACK RUSSIAN PONY. COAT, with
Australian 'opossum collar and cuffs.
Annual Fur Sale price S195.
NATURAL RUSSIAN PONY COAT
Australian 'opossum collar and cuffs.
Annual Fur Sale prices are s25s-5o and
s27s.5O.
HUDSON SEAL WRAP with squirrel
collar, fine quality. Annual Fur Sale
special at s657.5O.
SIBERIAN SQUIRREL WRAP-Annual
Fur Sale special at $3.50.
KOLINSKI Coates - Annual Fur
Sale prices range s245, Szs7.5O and
s737.5O.
SIBERIAN SQUIRREL COATEES-An-
nual Fur Sale price range Is S1s7.50,
s225, sss7.5O, s425, S5ss.50, s57s.5O.
FRENCH CONEY CAPES-Annual Fur
Sale special at $3.50.
KOLNSKI CAPES-Annual Fur Sale
special at s1s7.5O.
JAPANESE MINK COAT-Annual Fur
Sale price $3.50.
FRENCH CONEY CAPES-Annual Fur
Sale special at $3.50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13
New all Boots

IN this offer 1000 pairs Of wOmen high grade boots brown KID Russian
4ca black KID black suede and "A limited number of ored kid styles
included These boots for the made with the medium with
short vam There also limited number of the Bgue styles included The
heels are the LOUIS Baby ou Cuban and military These boots
" and widths AAA D. They exceptional value for early Fall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13
Luxurious ur
Goats

II HE LUXURY Of fur appeals the majority of women
Annual Fur Sale offers hundreds and hundreds Of beautiful from which
secta made during the patterned after
original designs well the best of the fashions from abroad All the
fun offered of the luxurious quality and the workmanship and
Innings superior every
The fol0pag ealaIog offers gou unlimited choice:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13
Low Shoes For Fall

" ALUES the low shoes attractive those the boots Pumps
oxfod and ties offered black kid patent brown kid and black
suede These shown full covered Louis heels and such makers
J. T. Cousins Wright Peters, Grover Edwin Burt and other equally
well known makers These attractive low shoes 2 g. and
widths from AAAoD These special for early Autumn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13

The f0Ilopag oaialog offers y0u unlimited choice:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13
kurS
Reserved

ny paying a deposit OF using your
= charge account, you nay reserve
for lster delivery any fur you select
during our Annual Fur Sale.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-13

WE ESPECIALLY URGE town take advantage of this The wide
dy Of d g o d size will IS o
is IN orc IN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
Inspiring Confidence

The greatest portion of retail buying is
done by the women OF the homes; consequent
ly the majority OF daily advertisements are
written for women TO read. You would not
Intentionally misreprcscnt anything to your
wife, your mother, your daughters or your
sisters; then why should you be willing to see
others impose upon them by misleading
advertisement or by deceptive methods in the
store.
One function Of the BETTER BUSINESS
BUREAU will be to assist the advertiser in
avoiding advertising statements and practices
that have tendency to reduce the consumers
confidence in all Advertising
'UDintcntional misrepresentation cause
just as much criticism as intentional ones,
and the reader does not stop to consider that
it may have been unintcntional. The result
being that the advertiser is criticized and en-
suing advertisements do not inspire the con-
fdcncc they might deserve"
The women of Richmond are excellent
judges of merchandise, and supcrlative state
mcnts which cannot be substantiated destroys
their confidence in such statements and the
force of future advertisements of that store
Is weakened.
When you advertise dollar values for
fifty cents. the reader presumes you are quot
ing present Llues, and not what it was worth
six months ago. or before it went out of style
To quote fictitious or misleading values does
not strengthen your adj, for the women OF
Richmond know the real values without your
extravagant statements. They shop in all the
stores, while YOU are familiar only with your
own.
The women can he OF great assistance tc
the BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU by calling
its attention to advertisements and method.
that have tendency to mislead or misrep
resent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28

no designing trckstcr may occupy space to
the detriment of too trusting community.
In this good work the Better Business
Bureau will be supported by the retail mer-
chants of the city, and even the wholesalers
are evincing n keen interest in the under
taking. The aim and object Of the bureau
is to heighten the confidence of the public in
mercantile advertising generally, so that the
percentage Of those placing absolute reliance
in the statement made in the advertising COL
umns Of the Richmond papers may he meas
urably enhanced.
| 1t is worthy ambition. The newspapers may
| be never SO vigilant, but ever SO often they
have TO acknowledge defeat when an irate
reader relates how he has been duped by an
advertisement in his favorite paper Then
! is the management properly regretful and the
| in-andout copy is scanned more carefully
| than ever, but even Homer nodded With
the Argus-eyed secretary of the Better Bust
ness Bureau on the job, the tainted pub
licity seeker will have parlous time putting
over his stunt--God wot.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28

For today's truth we indebted to Mr.
w. X. Ammons, advertising manager OF the
Cohen Company. Mr.. Ammons has handled
his subject of the Better Business Bureau"
in comprehensive manner, and the articles
below are we'll worthy the attention of every
member of the club
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
Representing Mr.. Everybody

What is eyerybody's business is nobody S
business is an axiom so trte that we hesitate
TO use it, but in respect to censoring dubious
advertising is so pat an illustration that it's
employment is justified. The Better Business
Bureau proposes to represent Mr. Everybody
in Richmond. Beginning the first week in
June, q paid secretary will keep tab on the
publicity columns of all local publications,
daily, Sunday and otherwise, to the end that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28

Efficiency in advertising is not TO be had by
the application OF formula The advertiser
cannot hold a stop-watch in hand and cal
culatc how far short he is failing of stand
ard practice" He cannot even strike n gem
era balance and by subtracting the cost of
a particular campaign from the increase in
his sales compute with accuracy his profit or
his loss, for the waste from futile advertising
is as deceptive the cumulative effect is
subtle. Advertising efficiency rests upon care
analysis of mediums, consideration of the
seasonal factor, the enlistment OF good brains
in the preparation Of copy, careful folow-up
work, knowledge Of human nature and Il
worthwhile commodity, fairly described and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
LAM TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING

am power.
l am information.
am the voice OF business.
am the servant of the people.
l am n builder-a creatOr-of busi.
ness.
l am the eyes of distribution-thc
train blazer.
The honest business concern or individual
who uses me builds wisely and profitably.
me dishonest one who tries to misuse me soon
meets with the scorn of the people-with fail
ure. For thousands of years 1 was unknown
or misused or MISUNDERSTANDING unde-
veloped asset of the world. When | speak
markets are crowded. foundries belch forth
smoke. factory wheels sing the song of crea-
ton, mines give up their precious metals rail
way trains fly back and forth across the land
like shuttles in the loom. ships ply the waters.
wholesale and retail stores are busy the pride
OF communities is quickened, homes are
frightened, hamlets become villages villages
towns and towns cities; ignorance nies the
people become wise buyers and judicious i'll
vestors in the necessities, comforts and
luXuries OF life.
want to help, to build, to inform, to uplift,
to inspire. l am on the side of decency
| fight for the four-sQuare deal always
| am a binding contract-a solemn covenant
between the maker or the seller and the
buyer am the assurance that all my prom
sises will be lived up to; that those who re-
spond to my appeal will be treated courteously
and honestly.
All men and concerns cannot apply me in
like manner. Some need me in great abunt-
ancc. some need me in lesser degree. To apply
me requires brains and skill and experience
and honesty OF purpose and ability.
a little child can read my message and
trust me. strong man can draw st "ength
from me-
AM TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28

honestly priced. advertising will sell any
thing" the uncritcal publicity man proclaims
He forgets to add the all-important word
once" Advertising that forces sale that
dissatisfes a customer does not make friend,
but enemy. 1t may fill an aisle today but
ii will make that aisle look tomorrow like
graveyard after funeral. The Better Bust
ness Bureau is designed to be what its name
impics-an agency of vigilance to be sure
but of vigilance as factor in advertising
efficiency. That multipies its possibilities an
hundred fold.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
THE PROGRAM TODAY
W. ii. Schwarzschild,
''Arc Prices Coming Down."
G. l.. Bcardslcy and Il. y. Ezekiel will de-
liver thrcc-minutc talks on
"MY BUSINESS"

NOTICE!
Meeting in the Main Dining-Room at
MURPHY'S HOTEL
Time, 12:65 sharp. Prizes: ] silk UNI
brela by the Cohen Company; silk socks
by the Globe Clothing Company.
The Women's Advertising Club will meet
with us today
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
g
DIRECTIONS,
NJ. s. Knight

'As 's ~"e
$. Il. LcnyainE
Raymond Mnsscy;
Ralph DOn,brower
Robert Savilic
w. =. Campbell
Dallas HOltOn,nn
T.. y. Ezekiel
IL. T.. Harrison
Address all COM
nuntcatiOnS rclnt-
Ing to member
ship md club af-
fnirs to Raymond
Massey. Secretary.
j.. u. Box 230.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

MO more dirty, mud-clogged
~ overshoes! Here's some
4 thing new--an overshoe
that you can clean instantly. Dash
a pail of water over, tor hold !
right under a faucet and every
trace of dirt washes quickly off its
smooth rubber surface.
: For dozens of odd jobs around
the place, you want an overshoe
that you can slip on and of in
hurry. Here it is-buckle it on in
a second unbuckle it and push it
Of with your toe when you're
through.
Ever work on job all day long
with wet, cold feet? Then you'll
be glad Of the soft, fieecy lining
In this new overshoe that keeps
your feet always warm and COM
Portable. Dry, too-t's absolutely
Watertight.
Think Of having an overshoe q
warm and convenient as an arctic
as watertight and easily cleaned
a a rubber booti That's the new
u. S. Walrus - don't forget that
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
HAD SUFFERED FOR % YEARS.
Burlington Woman Finds Relief
Only After Taking Tanlac.

after twenty-five years of suffer
ing 1t seems almost impossible that
Tanlac could restore me to such fine
health" was the statement made by
Mrs. Anna Johnston, 1909 Agency
St., Burlington, Iowa, in converse
recently.
Il have been troubled with my
stomach and kidneys for twenty-five
years." continued Mrs. Johnston,
and l have seen times when l was in
such awful agony that l just had to
give up my .housework entirely. In
digestion gave me so much trouble
that I have gone for as long as three
weeks at time without touching a
would bloat me up SO bad that |
could hardly get my breath. My kid
neys were disordered and bothered
me great deal, and nearly every
morning when l got out of bed |
would become dizzy right away and
had to be very careful or l would fall
right in my tracks, and even il | lay
down | still felt dizzy and l couldn' t
see anything for there was a kind of
several years couldn't rest at night
and ! would have to use a hot water
bottle to ease my pains before
could get to sleep.
Il tried many different kinds OF
medicines during all these years but
it seemed that was never going to
get anything that would help me.
But at last ! began taking Tanlac
and before had finished half bot
tie | saw that ! had found some
thing that was helping me, and now
since have taken three bottles the
change that has come over me is re-
markable to say the least. l have a
fine appetite, eat anything I want
without having the least bit of trou-
BILE with gas or indigestion. My kid
neys are in good condition, and when
l get up of mornings I never have
one of those dizzy spells. ] sleep as
sound as child at night, and al
though | have always been a very
small woman I have gained eight
pounds in weight and could hardly
ask to be enjoying better health. I
can't find words to express my
gratitude for the wonderful good
Tanlac has done me and it is GER
tainly a pleasure for me to get a
chance to recommend such medicine
publicly"
Tanlac is sold in Leon by E. E.
Bell, in Lamont by ]. F. Jones. in
Grand River by Fred Bone, in
Pleasanton by c. A. Craig.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

w. F. Blair, who has been in Des
Moines with his wife, who is in the
Robert Allen was transacting bust
ness in Humeston Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Price returned
home last week from Oklahoma,
where they had been visiting at the
home of her brother, Bert Roberts
and family.
Elmer Hampton, of Osceola, spent
Saturday at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Hampton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

Mrs. John Ross, of Des Moines,
came Thursday morning for visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Branscomb, returning home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Young have
been spending some time with their
friends in Omaha and Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hawkins were
over Sunday visitors near Dekalb, at
the home of their son, Roy and fam
lily.
w. A. Cox, of DeKalb, was trans
acting business in our town Friday
Homer Brown, of Creston, came
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
home of her son, Ernie Saylor and

home of her son, Ernie Saylor and
family.
A. B. Wilson visited relatives in
Osceola Wednesday.
Ed Kelley, who has been spending
several days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jean Brannaman, at Sac City,
returned home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson and
little son are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Lantz.
Lew Hastings was transactlng bus
mess in Garden Grove Friday and
Saturday. rs II
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

E. J. Sankcy buys and sells laud
on commission, makes farm loans on
approved security at the best rates,
and does u general real estate bust
ness. Has had 20 years. experience
In the business. Office upstairs at
northwest corner of Main and Com.
mercial streets. Leon. Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

Monday to visit with old friends in
this town.
Knight farm south of town from W.
+. Briner.
Miss Ethel Gard left Saturday for
an over Sunday visit with home
folks.
Roy Blades visited Thursday at
ternoon at the home of Mrs. J.
Blades and daughter.
Miss Cecile Irving has been spend
ing the past week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Blair.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
Hope Mills.

land County, Illinois, on Nov. 2S,
1S4S, died at the family home near
Weldon, January 20, 1920, aged I'll
years, l month and "a days. In 1870
he was married to Miss Martha Hill,
who died in 1873. TO this union
and William, of Cumberland, Wis
consin. In 1881 he was married to
Miss Julia ,Katherin Johnson, who
with the two sons survive him. He
also leaves three brothers and three
sisters, four grandchildren and two
great grandchildren. He was kind
and loving husband and father and
his passing will be mourned by a
became Christian and united with
the M. E. church, his membership be-
ing continuous in that church to the
time of his death. His church men,
bership, together with his wife's was
in the Weldon Nj. E. church The I'M
questioned integrity Of his life was
a constructive example of his Christ
ian convictions and he never swerv-
ed from what he conceived to be
10. F. and honored that fraternity
with loyalty and support. Funeral
services were conducted on Thurs
day afternoon at the M. E. church by
the pastor, Rev. Larrick, who had
been Mr.. Mills pastor when at Ting
ley several years ago. Besides the
two sons, those from out of town
who attended were Mrs. Rebecca
Mitchell and A. Ingram, Of Mt. Ayr,
and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Reasoner, of
Montana. These friends were neigh
bors of the Mills family years ago
when they all resided in Ringgold
county and their coming attest the
esteem IN which they held the de-
ceased and his good wife. Inter
ment was made in the Green Bay
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There 70
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness 70
caused by an inflamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube IL indamed you have .
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when It IL entirely closed, Deafness 10 the
result Unless the Inflammation can be r.
NAL condition. hearing may 30 destroyed
forever. Many cases Of Deafness are
caused by catarrh. which is an infamed
condition Of tho Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured BY HALLS cATARRa
+! ]. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
Resolutions of Respect.


Whereas, it has pleased our Heav
emily Father to remove from our
midst our beloved brother, Hope
Mills, faithful member of Van
Vert Lodge No. PIP, L. O. O. F., OF
Van Vert, Iowa, Be it Resolved,
That we humbly submit to the VIII of
the All Wise God
That we cherish the influence of
his character and life so, nObly lived.
That we extend our sincere sympa-
thy to the widow relatives and
friends.
That the Charter of this lodge be
draped in mourning for period of
thirty days.
|. That these resolutions be spread
upon the minutes of this lodge,
copy be sent to the family, copy to
each of the Leon papers and to the
Iowa Odd Fellow for publica ton.
Fred A. Hall,
G.. w. Johnson,
w. E. Pelsor,
Committee
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
Three reasons why you'll like
the new " WalruS
Can Be cleaned nstnn
Slips leather shoe
E2eece- d-lvcrnea dry

name! In every way, it's the farm
ers' ideal overshoe.
Ask your dealer today to show
you the new u. S. Walrus. Note
the smooth, all-rubber surface
the heavy reitaforcements at all
points of strain. After you've worn
pair Of u. s. Walrus for day or
two, you'll realize why they're fast
becoming so popular with farmers
everywhere.
Ofhe,. "U.S." ,nodels-aN
bull. for Tie Hardest ,oear
Whether you prefer a boot or
q bootee for the wet season, a
) rubber" for general use, or cloth
top arctic-you can find in u. S.
rubber footwear exactly what you
need. Tough, heavy soles special
reinforcements at toe and heel
and always the highest quality
rubber these points are winning
u. S. rubber footwear thousands
Of new friends every year.
Ask for u. S. Rubber footwear
it means solid wear and long ser
vice for your money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
Van Vert.

Jordan Crees, of Grand River,
was a business visitor IN our town
Friday.
night in the country at the nome of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Upfiela.
j. Rosa returned home last week
from Minneapolis, where he had been
visiting friends.
Mrs. Nettie McBee returned home
Saturday from q visit near DeKalb.
with her daughter, Mrs. Will Bur-
chett.
spent Friday afternoon with her par
ents, Mr.. and MRS. Jerome Traupel
Mrs. L. Saylor, of Guthrie Center.
came Thursday f.. q visit at the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05
Farms Wanted.

will buy several farms in Deca-
tur county. See me II you want -
sell worth the money.
35tf C. NJ. Axes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

For Sale-A six year old register
ed black Percher0n stallion, at q
bargain. e. G. Woodland, Lamont,
Iowa. Att
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-05

sell himself to the devil. He would
rather rent the devil.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-04-15

There Is no substitute for milk pro
aucts-and healthy children.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-04-15
AVOID COUNTRY DAMAGE 7
COTTON

IN a recent test by the Bureau OF
Markets it was shown that bale OF
cotton exposed to the weather for 8
months lost by weather damage rs
pounds from its original weight. At
the prevailing price Of 40 cents per
nound this loss would be $3o.bo.
The bale could have been stored IN
a good warehouse and insured for .
months for less than $500. 1t has
been estimated that the loss IN the
yalus OF the entire cotton crop result
ing from damage may amount to $780,
100000