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Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

| joy and pride of all San Franciscans- the park stadium, famous in park circles all over the world. It is a huge oval, embracing 30 acres and contain ing race track. a running track. bi- cycle track. spaces for hammer throw ing. pole-vaulting and jumping: a basketball court and six football fields and grandstand with seats for 100. 900 lonlookers.
 And lastly, there is the Pacific ocean. barking at the shores Of the park and
 providing 1t with an ever changing bacl<ground-the only thing in .fhe park that the park commissioners have not been able to improve.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
sHE wANrEn .EM spEcIEIc

Tillie Ginger says the reason she didn't last long as salesgirl at the iewelry counter was because when a man came in and said he wanted some thing nice for his baby she asked him if his baby was a boy, a girl of q chicken.-From the Dallas News.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

Mir McLaren in discussing the lake chain, required the excavation and re- moval of 3S,000 cubic wards of material and the deposit of the earth and sand in mounds and ridges 300 feet from the water line"
 Along the margin of this lake there
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
GEORGE W. PERKINS
 DIES AT STAMFORD
tcontinued from First Page.)

shipping industry at Buffalo was later II pioneer in the life insurace field. The son entered tho insurance business in Chicago when l5. as u clerk, be- came n bookkcepcr. nm agent and sub seducntIy manager Of n Cleveland of- flee. He went to Denver and in 1905 was made Vicc-prcsidCnt of the New York Life lpsurance company. His achievements attracted tho attention of the elder Morgan and in 1900 he wns inv..ed to become n member of tho Wall street firm. In this capacity he negotiated u number of big for cign loans. He remained with J. r. Morgan X Co. until 1910. meanwhile becoming u director of numerous large corporations including the steel and harvester companies number of railroads and the International Mercantile Marine company.
 witIt Roosevelt Party.
 Retiring from business a few years later. as he said ito devote myself to other work of n public and semi-pub- llc nature" Mir. Perkins wrote and spoke frequently on tho subject of in- dustrial justice. and when Colonel Roosevelt became Progressive candi- date for the presidency in 1912 he became chairman of the National Ex- ecrtive Committee Of the party Pre- viousiy he had been a Republican. The year before he had urged re- vision of the Federal Corporation laws and. in testifying before Congress aional committee Investigating tho United States Steel Corporation. he advocated the fullest publicity for all corporations. Despite tho defeat s.f the Colonel Mir. Perkins continued active in his advocacy of Progressive principles.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

close friend of the late Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, Mir. Perkins. at one time was prominently mentioned for the mayoralty of New York He was once quoted as having said that New York city could save 5000. .00o a year by n proper cut in its budget" He was a trustee of NassaT college and Berry School, Rome, Ga. and a member of numerous civic. scientific. sociological and philanthropic organ nations. In 1911 Mir. Perkins re- ceived the honorary degree of I.L. ID. from the University Of Wooster and the University of Vermont.
 Mr. Perkins married in 1889. Miss Evalina Ball. a daughter Of Flamen Ball. Of Cleveland, O., to whom two children were born Dorothy and George w. Perkins. Jr. tho latter of whom was lieutenant in the Arfcri can Expcditionary Force.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Advocated Preparedness.

AIr. Perkins early in the World War interested himself in the matter Of American preparedness. He was a severe critic of President Wilson. In . speech in Indianapolis in 1915 he declared the United States was un- prepared for war" and urged immed- late action. After the United States entered the struggle. he endeavored to stimulate food production and. by large purchases of provisions at dis tant points. sought to avert n war time shortage in New York city. He was also active in Red Cross. Liberty Loan and other patriotic drives. After the war Mir Perkins went to France to investigate charges of waste and ineniciency against inc Young Mems christian .Associafion workers abroad. He reported that whilc some mistakes Ind been made there was little ground for honest criticism
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

Genuine cowhide, smooth finish Travelling Bags, tan color. brassed lock and catches plaid lining. The IS inch size special $12.OO.
 BIG NEW STOCK OF TRUNKS. BAGS
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

and seclusion from his friends who sought his counsel during the politi- cal campaign preceding the Chicago convention.
 | The affection to which Mir. Perkins succumbed is believed to have been the result of influenza and pneumonia contracted while serving with the E. NJ. C. A. in France during the war.
 Death, resulted from acute inf1am- nation of the brain. the result of complete nervous eNhaustion.sdue to intense and continuous ovcrwork," 1t was announced.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
CADETS ARRIVE.
t5O at CaEsp Dix for Their .Nnnuai
 Field NancuvcrS.

Camp DIX. N. J.. June lS.-Four hundred and fifty West Poin; cadets have arrived here to begin their an nual field mancuNcrs. Regular army troops. including a battery of light al illery from Fort Myer. Na.,- and T battalion of engineers from Camp Humphrey will cooperate with them. Two observation balloons ard seven aeroplancs win be sent here by tho air service.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Death Not I.xpsSted.

It bcccmc known a week ago that MT. Perkins had suffered nervous breakdown. but members of his fam lily did not intimate at that time that his life was in danger.
 He was taken to Stamford about ten days ago and George w. Perkins. Jr.. announced the change was made to afford his father a complete rest
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

a Akink Therea in an. They are all n the most tr p
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New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
June Clearance of Millinery End,
Special Prices on Girls ADD;

is tool a to a n to special so7o m s25oo materials tones andb in
  Coore and
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
PULLAR NIVEN
Dublin Barracks
 r --A Burned to Ground

Dublin. June fs.--The Mount Pleas ant police barrnckS, Ave miles from Brandon. were. burned yesterday Thcy had been vacated by the police two months ago. but patrols were on guard #a.# a.=s.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

SUMMER SWEATERS YOU WILL .. Women's light weight Wool Swe front with sash at $7.5O.
 Womcn's light weight Wool tie-h in filet rib and linS-and-link stitch. color in these choice Sweaters, at onl
 Women's Sport Jersey Coats, in style at S1O.5O.
 Misses All Worsted Tuxedo S at $S.5O.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

Womens Silk and Fiber Hose, good heavy weight in black white and brown, a S1.s5. Pure silk Stockings seamless foot back seam leg, black, white. brown, navy, at $2OO
 Silk Stockings with contrasting clocks $1.S5.
 Silk Irregular, in black white and brown. at S1.i5.
 Light weight Cotton Hose, in black, white and brown, a 59c.
 Children's Cotton Stockings 3Oc, Fancy top Sox, 29c and 35c.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Bathing Suit Satin and Mo

Mohair for Bathing Suits, fast weight, and good quality. A inch. $2.25 yard.
New Britain herald., 1920-06-18
Travelling Bags and Suit (,

Genuine cowhide. smooth finish tan, lined. Have inside strap and shil 24-inch size at $f2.Oo AND SUIT CASES AT ALL PRICES
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

an inch from her side she roared at mo
With the voice OF bull. She made my
days miserable by this close and coarse
association.
And the nights were worse. The enor
touched mine And she snored horribly.
The rasping sound from her open mouth
kept me- awake. Twenty times a night
would waken her. But she would shake
off my hand, fall of to sleep again and the
raucous sounds continued.
Imagine woman accustomed to the
ref1nements Of good American home and
Of q quiet scholars life in Paris doomed
to this constant companionship of a coarse
creature who could not be shaken off
With her must share my meals. my room
and even 10y scant allotment Of oxygen to
breath, for the windows we're never al
lowed to be widely opened. If, wearied OF
her perspirinE bulk, moved further away
from her on the veranda or on the narrow
path where we walked, she would scream
at me, Come back here beside me- or I'll
make you sorry for It,
THE arrival of new patient was al.
ways attended by silent mystery or some
dreadful outbreak. For instance, there
was the impressive-looking elderly man
who stepped majestically from the auto.
mobile and walked beside keeper up the
steps to the veranda. He even paused to
admire the view.
"Ts the gentleman in the gray suit a
physician?' l asked the nurse who brought
my dinner.
"'No,' she answered. HE Is New York
millionaire who has come up here for O lit.
tie rest
"Yet the second night after his arrival
frightful sounds issued from his room. He
had back room across the hall from mine.
The sounds were as Of q struggle of two
powerful persons. There were several
hoarse shouts. A sound rs though someone
had been felled to the floor. Then silence.
! covered my head with the red clothes and
lay there trembling.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

thoubh tucy were,
reached my ears I heard doors open and
close and feet descending the stairs.
heard door downstairs slam and heard
feet moving slowly across the veranda.
stared from ny window. The night was
lnky-black, bI. through the darkness I
saw something moving slowly and heard
the faint crunching of gravel as by wheels.
The little mother was quiet last
night remarked to the woman who
brought my breakfast next morning.
She is gone, she answered.
Where has she gomez? l inquired
Never you mind. See that you don't
go where she has, that's ALL never got
any further information about my un.
happy neighbor
AT the back on the same floor with
me they placed woman who literally
fowled all night. She wore out nurse
week: No nurse could stand more than
seven days OF her, but we, who were so
unfortunate as to be imprisoned on the
same floor had to endure the sleep-break.
ing howls for five month";
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

During my confinement the automobile
tnat brought patients from the Newtown
station swung down the drive one after
noon. A slight young girl, fair-haired AMI
with exqutsitely regular features, sat
wedged between n doctor and a nurse. I
shall never forget the look in her great
brown eyes as she lifted them to the ', IN.
dows. was staring from the windLw.
Livery other patient must have been look-
ing from his or her window ut sound OF
the approaching car. 1t was our habit.
The girl must have had a flash OF under.
standing. She sprang up In tho car and
flung her thin arms above her head.
"'Uncle! she shrieked. I must have
my uncle! Oh. my God. call my nncle!'
THE car spun swiftly around the drive
and back again to the entrance Still tho
&C. 1920. international Feature Service. Inc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

faces at the windows! Oh. uncle uncIeT
twelve times the car drove around tho
buildings before the girls fear subsidized
enough to permit her to be taken into the
villa at the back OF the house in which 7
stayed. l never knew what became Of
her, put heard that she had died in a
torturing paroxysm
Ihe nurses were, for the most nart
coarse, unimpressionabI creatures. If
one came to us who was not insensible
TO the horrors about her she was soon
eliminated Steelnerved, hard-hearted,
coio,eyed women were the type that
chiefly survived the frequent changes in
me institution. In the year and n half
mat was there AS nurses passed through
tho funnel-like institution. The gentler.
Kinder ones. who listened to our stories
Grant ua,,i, p,.,. n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

Wnen she told me
whose sobbing It
was that Ca me TO
ME from the room
that was separat-
ed from mine by
4 bathroom.
Poor littl Q
thing!' said this
tend 9 r hearted
nurse. She is a
little. old, white
II a | / e d mother.
Her son brought
her down here
from New IIamp-
shire in his car.
She was heavily
drugged, and the
effect OF the drug
is beginning to
wear off,
THAT neigh hor.
Invisible, was like
a lost soul pro-
testing against
h er Luciferean
fate. Though lit
tie and weak her
voice seemed alb
normal, a n d it
h a d marvellous
endurance. S he
screamed almost
continuously:
"'What can I
do? Help me out
of here! Help
me out Of herei'
when she had
exhausted herself
and everyone else
W l { h I II hearing
her voice would
trail away into a
p ] t Gus little
series Of means.
Then would come
a brief quiet.
For five months
! had to endure
I n / q screaming
neighbor. H g r
voice grew faint
CT at the last.
One night after
she had sobbed
herself into quiet
and l sat CULVER
Ing with terror
and s3ympathy |
heard heavy foot
steps in the hall.
Voices OF several
III 9 n, nj Il ( f lie d
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

She sprans In the and above her
mad oneie she shrisksd my unclei my God
Call my ~
The swiftly drive and b.ek .,,,, e., ,b
entrance Still tho girl up the car and screamed
nose pespeP she cried Those face. at tho window,i
o uncle! Uncle! Unelep
Twelve times che drove around the budn,, bfo,. M
. suos'dsd enough to permit her be taken into tho
vnla at the back Of the hous. in which .t.xed"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

vanished after week or two. Some OF
those who remained had nothing to recon-
mend them save the fact that they were
willing to work in that purgatorial place
for IS week. am describing these Jail
ers OF ours that you may understand 1t
was an unusual case that caused one of
them to turn pale. Yet one of them did
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

Toward dawn the
sounds were repeated,
but this time a mans
voice was raised in fear
a n d entreaty. And
again there was the i'm.
pact OF a falling body.
And again an awesome
silence. There was a
week Of this. These
sounds required by day
and by night from the
room In which the New
York millionaire slept.
Then / heard it no
more.
"I don't hear the
millionaire any more
I said to the nurse who
carried in my tray one
morning.
No. she answered
with a grin, he's gone
to q quieter place.
"'You don't mean he
is dead" I asked.
She shook her head.
The Worcester Insane
Asylum. I thought, and
ahr1ddarod
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

own sanity and self-coutroI. 7
did not stare at her. I did not
resent the brutal Jest I made
no comment. I smiled worry
family and bowed slightly with
dignity. realizing the wicked
irony Of the situation.
"For the first two months I
lived In q small room almost
like the life of one OF the Siam
ese twins. Not for q moment
was I permitted to be alone. I
am a small woman. weighing
scarcely 12o pounds, and they
picked out for me as my keeper
a huge nurse who weighed more
than 200. II I ventured to move
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

Reads powerful novel Hard Cash." deal
Ing with the insane, will wonder how a
sane person can be locked up for q year
and half with lunatics and still retain
her balance Of mind. But Elizabeth Boyle
OReilly has endured the ordeal and is
still sane. Miss O'Reilly narrated her dis
tressing experiences in an interview as
follows:
~ had done war work abroad, and some
Of my experiences seemed beyond belief
as l told them to my friends in Boston.
who had never heard the sound OF shot
and shell nor seen the miseries OF field
hospital. Particularly. think. some OF
my experiences with German spies
aroused their incredulity-and the first
thing knew was in an automobile and
on my way to a private asylum In Mas.
sachusetts town near Boston.
For eighteen long, miserable months I
was confined in that private madhouse.
Fortunately, I had read Charles Reads
stirring novel OF madhouse life. and as I
drove up to the square gray house re.
called his words, Chained sane among
the insane! Who can paint the asonized
soul in mental situation so CHASTITY?
Think of it, men and women. It may be
your turn tomorrow
az knew that I was sane, but that no.
body would believe it. The very fact that
7 was entering an asylum for diseased
minds was proof enough to doctors.
nurses, attendants. patients. visitors, to
everybody, of course, my mind was dis.
eased. I realized that the slightest un-
usual gesture. popularity Of voice. inclina-
tion OF the head, glance Of the eye. eccen-
tricity OF word or action would be hailed
as the stigma Of insanity
II determined that whatever befell me
l would never lose my self-control.
knew that II did would give my jailers
. the opportunity to register me as violently
crazy. | made vow as | entered that
aWiui building that would be cool. con-
trolled, watchful BY keeping this vow
saved my sanity and perhaps saved my
life.
II was led into a large hall where a big,
ferocious'iooking woman met me, not as
a gentlewoman should be met, but as
keeper OF dog Kennel would meet a new
dog. CHANGING at the memorandum con.
corning my supposed delusion she looked
at me sharply and said, You Thought yo,1
were being Swallowed in Paris and then.
with sheer, added I am as crazy against
Boche spies as you are
"A loud guffaw greeted this cruel ,oka
from group OF coarse-lookine. ilIman.
nered men and women. They were the at.
tendants.
"Bnt while realized what contemnt..
BILE thing it was for the matron to take ad.
vantage OF a helpless and supposei,iv
feeble-minded new arrival to make a Joke
on the PATIENTS supposed delusion, vet
realized that here was my first test OF my
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

- reilly was sane and should
lot be restrained OF her liberty.
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly IS q
woman o. intellectual achieve
ment. graduate OF Radcliffe
College and an authoress OF es-
tablished standing. She wrote
Heroic Spain" and is now en-
gagged In writing a book on Tho
Cathedrals OF Europe" soon 10
be published. Miss O'Reilly IL
a sisterin-law Of Professor
Ernest Hooking. who holds
chair OF philosophy in Harvard
University. and she also has
sister, Mary Boyle O'Reilly. who
lives In New York.
Anybody who has ever visited
an insane asylum or has seen
the faces at the window of
a madhouse or has read Charles
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25
Miss Elizabeth Boyle O'Reillv.
Who Was Shut Up in a Phi.
vate Insane Asylum.

girl stood up In
t h e ar an d
screamed.
"Those people!'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

<<f AM convinced that this woman is
perfectly sane and therefore dl.
rect that she be discharged from
custody and allowed her freedom"
Judge Robert F. Wagner, sitting In the
Supreme Court OF New York City, deliy.
cred this decision the other day, and Miss
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly, daughter of the
famous Irish poet and patriot OF Boston,
the late John Boyle O'Relly, stepped
forth a free woman
Miss O'Reilly had endured a year and .
half OF confinement in q private madhouse
In Massachusetts,. Finally she was able
70 make her escape and made her way to
New York City. She was pursued ar.
rested and an effort made to lock her up
again in an asylum. After due considera.
ton Judge Wagner decided that Mia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-25

Great Britain Rish,. Reserved.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1920-01-17
Danger In Delay
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
For Elkton People to Neglect.

For Elkton People to Neglect
The great danger Of kidney troubles
is that they so often get firm hold
before the sufferer recognizes them.
Health will be gradually undermined.
Backache, headache, nervousness,
.ameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, gravel and Bright's
disease often follow in merciless sue
cession. Don't neglect your kidneys.
Help the kidneys with Doan's Kidney
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Ask your neighbOr.
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Doan's Kidney Pills soon relieved all
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Price zoe at all dealers. Don't sim
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1920-01-17

present lew facts concerning the
career of Major General Leonard
Wood who is today the foremost can.
didate for the Republican nomination
Tor President.
The Overwhelming expression OF
popular support recently gwen to MN
m South Dakota, the tact that ma
Jorlty OF the Republican Senators and
Representatives, IN Congress regard
nm as the most prohao.e nominee,
ana Jhe widespread IAFof WIN Whlch
ms name mas hreh received oIIef CON
EIhcInG evidence "i ms present Ieadet-
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1920-01-17
The Successful Farmer
Raises Bigger Crops

and cuts down costs by investment In
labor saving machinery.
Good prices for the farmers crops en-
courage new investment, more production
and greater prosperity.
But the success Of agriculture depends
on the growth of rairoads-the modern
beasts of burden that haul the crops to
the world markets.
The railroads-hke the farmG-increaSe
their output and cut down unit costs by
the constant investment of new capital.
With fair prices 70; the work they do,
the railroads are able to attract new capital
for expanding their facilities.
Rates high enough to yield fair return
will insure railroad growth, and prevent
costly traffic congestion, which invariably
results in poorer service at higher cost
National wealth can increase only as our
railroads grow.
Poor railroad service i, dear at any
price No growing country can long pay
the price Of inadequate transportation
facilities.
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