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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

II you are thinking Of selling your
farm at Auction. see Green Clay Wal
ker, representing o. 7. Wallace and
Company, 305 Trust Building. Lex
ington. 4-i5-tf.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE-Thoroughbred Barred
Plymouth Rocks, si.o0 per setting Of
IS. Phone 3s2-H.
3-25-7t pd Mrs. Taylor House.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

WE BUY, raise, and sell fur-bear-
ing rabbits and other fur.bearing ami
mails. Place your order with US. and
list what ever stock you have with Us.
stating lowest fat prices on large
shipments. Address 5i5-5i7 y. p.
Ave, Fargo. ". ID. i-l-it.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29
New Sewing Room
In Town.

We are now prepared TO do all
kinds Of plain and fancy sewing.
beading. hemsti;ehing and embroid-
cry work Of all kinds. Located at the
home Of Mrs. J. NJ Coy on Richmond
street. next door 10 Opera House.
Your patronage solicited. Tele-
phone 200. Mrs. Leo Prueitt,
Miss Cora Bryant.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE;-20O barrels Of old
corn. Plenty good enough for seed,
Phone "a. John T. Hicks.
I-2g-3t.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE-Four Red Angus
bulls, ready for service. at farmers
prices. Also four poland china gifts.
subject to register. Big type.
Telephone Hubble. Harry Frys,
s-29-tf.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR some pure bred
Bronze Turkey eggs. Price $3.50 n
dozen. Phone 3s6-B.
a-22-3t. Mrs. o. +. Layton.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE;-About 200 barrels Of
good corn, both white and yellow
Any amount-good seed corn.
W. X. Kelley. r. r. ID. /.
4-29-tf. Lancaster. XIV
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

WANTED-Grass for some small
cattle. Bryantsville phone.
II Robt. Fox. Lancaster. Ky
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

STRAYED-to our place on the
Stanford and Danville pike. on April
18th. red steer. weight about 500 lbs
Owner can have same by proving il
and paying all charges.
lt-pd. Wheeler Brothers.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

S. c. Rhode Island Reds Exclusive
y-large size and a rich dark red
Good laying strain. Eggs $3.50 for
10 or $3.50 for 80. Phone 4O-J.
n Mrs. +. W. Perkins, Bryantsville.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE:-white wyandotte
eggs. si0e for 10.
Mrs. W. II. Hamilton. Star Route.
i-i5-3t Lancaster KY
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

DEATHERAGE GARAGE-Ex-
pert repairing on all cars Prompt
service and a square deal Located
at the :. II. Estes Livery Stable
Phone 26l. 4-s-7t-pd.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE One ton .. n. c. truck
J. w. Sweeney.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

Good Seed Corn at Garrard MIL.
ing Co. for $3.50 per busheL
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29
Don't Suffer

Don't be operated on. II you have
the piles in any form 20 TO Me-ROB-
ERTS DRUG STORE and get a bottle
Of DR.. Waddell's Pile Remedy. Alb
solutely harmless. Every bottle
guaranteed TO give absolute satisfac-
tion or money refunded. Made By
X. W Medicine Co. Inc.
t-i5-4t. smith Grove Nv
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

Fresh light rolls and bread every
day at Hotel Kengarlan. 4.l-tf
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE-Iellow Dent Seed
Corn, small red cob. deep grain, ~
10 . inch ears. I'd Ballard.
i-29-3t- Stanford Ny
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

FOR SALE-A good gentle family
mare. Il. Z. MeRoberts.
I-29,2t.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29
CLASSIFIED Column
RATES.

Single insertions lie q word
No nd taken for less than zoe
In this column. No ads in this
column charged.
Seven insertions fot the
price OF five.
Phone orders must be paid
promptly.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-04-29

4-i5-4t.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-13
lse.sYc s@9srve..:I ''E'sSs'<''s''~' i LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. a.xn.~.on<sA<~&e<<eS<>%-s

I For sound Nancy Hall sweet po- tatoes. call w. c. flames, phone sloa' I For Sale-Rhode Island Red eggs per setting of 15, s1.25-Mrs J. O' suood,, phona oo 2-10d5 \ Miss Lura Mailer of Mena, who has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Clyde c. Nelsn left this afternoon for Mag nola for a visit before returning to her home.
 If Rip aVn Wrinkle could know how some of us go after an enterprise or worthwhile proposition for our city or county, he would turn over in his grave and grab his heart to see if it is still there.
 Mir. and Mrs. rFed Anderson, of Prescott, have been in 0klona sev- eral days this week visiting the fam flies of Mrs. Judge Anderson, Gabe D. Anderson and John c. Hayes Oklona Messenger.
 Mir. and Mrs. Maurice Blumberg of Lake Charles, La, who have been wis iting Mrs. Bloombergs parents, MT. and Mrs. J. E. Daniel, in this city, left for their home this afternoon.
 J. NJ. Dodson of Hope, candidate for the office of sheriff and collect or of Hampstead county, spent few hours in the city today enroute to Blevins to attend the big agricultural rally there today.
 We have installed new Hoffman Cleaning and pressing machine, the kind that cleans your clothes of all impurities and thoroughly renovates them as nothing else will do. We are better prepared to give entire sat isfaction than ever. Star Pressing Shop. Just call phone 266S. 13d2.
 nr. ]. M. Workman. president of Henderson Brown College will fiji tie pulpit at the Methodist church next Sunday morning at II o'clocA in the absence Of the pastor, Rev. J 4. Parker who is III tSd3
 Wanted Choppers, share workers and renters. Have improved farming implements and good mules. Black land. two miles northeast of Prescott Good houses 10 live in--Lofton Stu art. Prescott. Ark, Can or phone Sl9F 2-IOa6,
The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-13
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The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-13
EPwoRTH LEAGUE PROGRAM

The following program will be ren- ierei hy the Epworth League Sunday February 18th 1920.
 l. Voluntary song.
 2 Opening song. ~One more day for Jesus"
 5. Scripture lesson. Ps. &: 1-22
 | Prayer. W. D. Burdine. closing with Lords prayer
 ,. Temporal blessing. reading by Dovie Carring1on-
 6 Piano solo. Miss Beulzh Gree son :. How I know that God answers prayer. Mrs O O Thompson
 & Prayer for Growth. Rezd1ng by Dwight CrssS 9. Song number 27 h Cr0zn<
 10. Voluntary three Eir11s al dresses hy -wo Ls2g1z-S
 H. Ny goy h Praying For O1hzrs. H- O Gllss- z2 League Bsoe1lc-lo2
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The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-13

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The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-13

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
kILBANE IN
PINK FOR BOUT

NEW YORK reh % johnny xii
bane. who arrived here yesterday Ia
put the fnfahing touches Tor MS hoa,t
With Renar valEsr he French ..fassf. .
at the 9.ewark sporting Cub tonight. is
fast approaching the zenith Of his ca
reer as 5eathcrweig't champion 81 rhe
world
At least that is the opinion OF several
experts Who hsve been watching Johnny
rather closely Ia his lsst few nebtS
kilbane IS ~ his ninth yaar as cham.
plon. the oldest of eny boxing champion
now holding title in point o. service
During this long tenure Johnny has
seen many titles change hands Ia 6the;
classes. ONLY once in rs entire setiv-
ity in the ring has he been Knocked out
and that was zhen ne lefE his class
snd % changed punches With Benny
Leonard. lishtweight champion
lIilbaue is nov approaching his thir
ty-second yea-. He is The oldest cham
pion in point % years except Jack Brit
ton. the welterweight marvel. A. nj.
age many athletes begin "a fesl TX,
granddads. and Che wise-acrcs are pre-
dieting the fostherweigh, champion i,
nearing the end Of his rope
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
The World
of Sport

Inspired from sitruistie motives IN
our campaign TO safeguard the hard-won
fortunes Of sportsmen we have become
an object Of fury and scorn to scores
~ sharks who prey upon unsuspecting
sind innocent raat-men. seconds. cutters.
ptgs. orsp-snsppers pitch-nippers. BIB
poolerS, poav lovers and penny mRtch-
ers. But we shall 60 on along the same
path revealing IN the cold light OF pub
icaty the uefareus schemes Of the
crooked, Allan. bo generous
Well It's sure tough for the British.
and Aunt Mary will tell the world II il
Here's the latest aspiring product OF
the rcd isle come 10 America to fight
Che baily Yanks and 10 his frat bout
he IS knocked down 1--WE tirnes In round
ane ana twice in the second. Then the
referee stopped the Ggh'. The English
mans name Is Tommy Holt and by tove
s. IS Battling Murray who turned The
trick a. Philadelphia last night
x-x-x
TGae Sport World hasn't heard q ohirp
about who's going TO back Hammond's
baseball team and build the pavilion:
rot chfrp from Mel Monnett's Smoke
shop. which otherwise is pretty pro
.ne Of rumors. etc.
xx-x
Twenty-one expert checker players
srs competing for trophies in the annual
three DAYS tournament now being held
at Bloomington. III. under the direction
q the Illinois State Checker Players
Association.
Says F'inbarr. who's this Eink. ollie
Lodge what can see into the future?
lie amt got nothing on Eye witness. 4"
who's writing Dempsey's life history.
This Eye Witness" has either the right
monicNer Or else he's a liar
Xxx
Penn will have three weeks Of sprin &
football practice starting April %
x-x-K
Northwestern University has asked
700 high schools in the Middle West TO
send entries 10 its indoor meet Msrch
20 ana = next. Calumet district take
notice.
Silver Todd feet ice trotter. owned by
F. A. panforth Of Minnea polls. broke
the previous worlds record Of 1901 for
half mile trot over an ice course yes
terday a Minneapolis by going the dis
tanoe in .s9A4
Carpenter j. expected to bring with
him to this country Ledoux. a bantam
Papin a lightweight. and Lenoire. $
heavyweight boxer. The French pugi-
list is expected To sail from Paris about
March 10.
Pal Moore and Jack sharkey hsht
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
FRIEDMAN Wins
AURORA BATTLE
Sailor Shades Jabber Young
in 1O-Round Windup; Ca
POM and Enck in Draw.

AURORA. H.. Feb 25-one Of the
best crowds of the season saw Sailor
Friedman outpoint Jabber Young IN the
ten-round windup IF The boxing show
here last night.
Though the battle lacked pep, Az was
even enough al all stages TO keep the
fans interested bur at the finish the
Chicago lightweight looked the better
Of the pair.
There were no knoekdowns though
each fighter landed many good wallops-
Both. however. proved able to take the
ga and each showed a willingness 90
rough II ut times.
The selni-V indup between Young Tony
Caponi and Tommy Enek, a pair OF les-
Founders. was really a better bout than
.he windsp. They tore into each other
from bell to be1 in every round Of the
eight and There was nothing to choose
between them al laa finish
Jacis O'Brien shaded Eddie Rayner in
the six-round eurtain-raiser They are
Ughtweiglts.
Ed Pu7dy refereed Many Chicago
fans made the trip
Take The Times ..ad keep il
touch v-'th >~e whole world
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
Prepare
For State
Tourney
Booster Club at State Uni
versity is Concluding Ar
engagements of Basketball
Games.

BLOOMINGTON, Tud Feb c5-Roorn
end eauns accommodations for the
~ ~ tE-siN visiting teams who 0il par
pste IN the state BssketbsN Tour
rament here March H. . and IS. ana
thcir respective rootcrs have been ar
ranged for by the Boosters C3uh. which
IS pr0motinS the tournament II is eN-
pectsd that over four thousand people
viii witness each session of the tourna-
nent
The UNIVERSITY Cafeteria Is going 10
accommodate most Of tho crowd. while
the different organizations over the
campus arc housing some of the teams.
Working with the Boosters Club IS the
Bloomington Chamber Of Commerce.
n any Club, Red Cross Social service
I'D the University y, NJ T.. A tt is
theiT plan 20 prevent the different eat
f0E houses in the city from raising
heir prices during this Weekend A
scheme IS underway which VIII help 90
seep these prices down. The visiting
teams VIII arrive Thursday morning
March II. and lodging AND board vii,
~ given chem bosjuaius Thursdav noon
tu The arrival of the teams at the
steuons e. Denomination. they will be
met by a representative Of the Boosters
= ga AlG Il member or the 0rg2Il4T5 tlNu
a. whose house they will stay, Infor-
nation booths wfl nc placed al both
stations where rooninS facilities Will
be listed, Each visiting team will be
allowed accommodation fer eight mon.
= manager and a rubber
Something doing sJ the time" IS thr
slogan OF the Boosters Club, Tours
through the campus and the city or
Bloomington have been arranged. These
viii take place between sessions ct tho
tourney The University r. %. T. @.
hand. composed of nearly hundred
pieces, viii furnish music during the
games. A souvenir booklet is being
prepared which win contain all the news
Of the tournament and places for the
scores OF different games.
The State High School Athletic Asso-
citation membership Is four hundred and
thirty-uine teams Three hundred and
seventy-two teams are entered in the
. teventy-six districts. The district meets
viii be held at tho following cities,
anderson. Auburn. Bedford. Blooming
Button. Clinton. Columbus, Evans
-. Franklin Green castle Lafayette.
Lebanon. Huntington. Indianapolis. Ken
IA lville. Kokomo. Logansport Martins
vile. Munce. New Castle. Rochester.
Tushvile South Bend. Valparaiso. Weed
rsburg and Nincennes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
LEGION WRATHY
At DIXON MAYOR

DIXON III Feb % Members 81
Dixon Post 30. y. American Legion,
are MP IA arms against the city admins
iration The Legion had arranged an
athletic entertainment fer Thursday
night a the Moose hall in which Man
dell brothers 81 Rockford and several
other boxers were u appear.
MAJOR NJ y. smith notified the Legion
that the exhibition could not be held
a II wa unlaU ful under the state law.
The same prograni had been given in
Rockford Freeport. Sterling. Spring
field. and other cities with the approval
Of city and county officials.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
n. z. TRIANGLES
DEFEAT ST. JOSEPH

In one of the scrappiest hardest
fought games Of the season. the Ham
rnond Triangles defeated the st. Joseph
quintet ut the Irving gym by a score
ot 1s To 9. 1t the end Of the first half
tho score stood 8 TO IN favor of the
T-lanEles The ST. Joseph team played
q wonderful game of teamwork. but
yielded 60 the Triangles ct shooting
baskets. Zseler starred for the St
JOsephs.
The TrianSles will meet the Crystal
4. q. next Wednesday. We would like
to hsar from any good team in this
vicinity Tor games Call Hammond $3.50.
The lineup FOR las. nights game was
as follows.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
Red Crowns
Swamp IFS.
Steel I cam

In = two-to-cne victory at Cary last
night the Whiting Red Crowns took the
Ilino. steel basketball tessa iSto camp
The gsne ended with the sore So 70 e..
Johnson forward. ard C'oohzsne. guard.
for the Red Crowns did the rpectecular
work or the evening for their team.
while johnson, the Cary guard. starred
FOR his team
Word has been received from James
VIE. Wis stating tlast the yanesvlls
team VIII positively bs IN Whiting Sat
uTdsy evening for the long ticipafed
game with the Red Crowns at the high
school evrn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
GLEASON STATES
HE'LL NOT SWAP
FELSCH FOR PIPP

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. as. Kid"
IS >ason. manager Of the Chicago White
Sox who is in this city. denies the re-
port that he intends to trade Happy
t'elsch for Walter Pipp II the view York
) ankees.
Felsch Is the best center helder IN
the league. and he VIII play with the
rhicaso club" said Gleason. II can't
SOC where New York can hand me any
thing for him. and anyway. I don't
iced a first basemau. 7 expect Gandiu
Is ne on the job. and chick IS a good
nrst sacker. ! don't know about Ris-
herg: but II lie doesn't come back. Mo
NuIliu utility inheIder last year. prob
ably VIII play shortstop-"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
rrpnoos 1rvasroa,s ourxD.

No inquiries will receive attention un-
loss accompanied by the correct answers
plainly written on one side OF the paper
Anonymous Communications must be
enclosed In plain envelope hearing the
sender's name sni address for reply.
TIE Typhoon assumes NJ plausibHity
for misinfoTmation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
Consumers Packing Co. STOCK. III

Hold-Out. Gary: This stock has al
ready been reviewed by Judge I.andenl.
send stamp for printed report which
VIII De forwarded in . plain wrapper.
x-N-I
Penn%-Mhtcher, East Chicago. asks.
What S meant by quick assets
Assets which can be got away with
quickly. ASSETS are OF Two kinda the
quick and the dead. The latter are the
sort that only come to life on judy
ment Day
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
tnt.sn...oaAl rlayrrouaa =. Pfa ssoos.

Fx-Pug Hammond This company
has plant at Kenosha and does big
business in Philadelphia. Ii recently
acquired all the chairs and other assets
OF the 81 Moons Bed and Board 20 Of
that village. II is said TO produce a
superior product in tho following chassis
styles: Two passenger chummy four
and speedster: the motive power Is fur
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25

The Pacific coast swimming fans
are watching the work OF q new
star in the water game. frr In the
belied that next season she Will
make bid for national honors.
She il Miss Thelma Finn Of Los
Angeles. She recently captured
the woman's championship Of the
Pacific coast In the 220-yard swim.
She Is a protege Of Los Angeles
swimming instructor who predicts
she win be the greatest exponent
OF the crawl stroke in the &. s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
WHITING DEFEATS
K. CHICAGO JUNIORS
GAME IS FORFEITED
isPEcItL 10 THF -

Junior High School teams made their
iuterschola5tic debut last night in
very ausptcous manner defeating East
Chica COS Junior High School teams in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25
Miss rheima Finn.

twelve rounds 70 a draw at Portland
Me.
Xxx
Gam Langford Boston Negro heavy
weight sent Battling Gshee. Memphis
Negro. into the land of nod with a ter
rfao smash to the jaw ia the second
round Of q scheduled eigiit-round bout
at Memphis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25

nished BY compressed wire it, The form
e springs. Latest models prosiie th-ae
speeds forward and q reverse Htsr-
"a clutch IL standard. This = strictly
a tried business mans Investment hut
may Be safely bought BY anyone r Paid
for IA Confederate currency
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25

Tr.angles: Eeskets--eox :: Daeuitz.
4. Free throws-Cos
st. Joseph: Baskets Youule. +:
zeeler. 8 Free throws yoanAe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25

80 80. 49, ~~~ ire ---a.s'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-25

Pal Moore and Jack sharkey hght
The Washington times., 1920-04-11

way in his handshake with my
uncle.
without a word he took the
keepers lantern from the table and
knelt down beside the body, letting
the light from the bulTs-eye stream
on the face. Only a moments ex-
animation sufficei him to solve the
first question which he had to an
swer. He answered It sufficiently
by a shake of his head as he looked
up at uncle.
Then uncle spoke, and the hol-
lowness OF his voice gave me a
start. "No use-of course"
81 can be of no use, no." DR..
Pratt said. "She is long past my
help"
Uncle Ralph nodded. "of course"
he agreed, ut was only a matter
Of form, sending for you. 1t had
to be-"
"Of course, of course" the doc
tor assented. "And, this is also
matter Of form-which have to do
now. think, II were you,
should turn aside for a minute or
two; 1t might be too painful for
you-it is my duty to ascertain pre-
cisely the manner of death-the
evidence will be expected Of me
= you understand"
"oh, yes, understand perfectly"
my uncle said, with resignation,
but whether he acted on the doc
tors thoughtful suggestion had
no means of knowing, for to this
added horror l shut my own eyes
firmly.
l presume that his examination
was concluded about the same time
that voices and the sound OF steps
The Washington times., 1920-04-11

approaching up the path announced
the arrival Of Livesay with the
constable.
Larncombe, the one and only
policeman of Upper Scotney, was a
good fellow in his way and prob
ably a. useful and very typical
member of his calling, but he was
the son of agricultural laborers and
his professional training had not
included a course of instruction in
tact. He drew himself up stiffly,
like soldier at attention, in the
door of the Summer-house and said
in a deep, official voice:
very sorry to ear of this tragic
occurrence, Sir Ralph"
Il was his cue, thought, to
model himself on the police Off
cials described in the newspaper
reports of tragedies.
He seemed much taken aback by
the fact that my uncle did not an
swer him. This was not playing
the game in accord with his CON
ception OF It. There followed an
awkward moment of silence, which
was relieved by the doctors sug.
gestion: "Well, have done my
part, Larncombe, in this painful
business. It is for you now to do
yours"
Thank you, DR.. Pratt" said the
constable, 81 know my duty
which was quite untrue. His sense
Of offended dignity Immediately
moved him to a show of official
activity, and he produced from his
person an enormous pocketbook
and a stub OF pencil which he
moistened with bis tongue, and set
ting the lantern so that II should