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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15
CoLD-BLooDED WITH GIFTS
Think Santa Claus Deception
Should Come to End.

We have tried to work cut little
Christmas program for those who OBJ
| ject to Santa Claus. We respect the
opinions of all who think the decep-
ton should be stopped and feel that
we ought to help them to arrange a
disillusioniZed and thoroughly harm
less Christmas-what you might call
a germless and renovated and diSin-
fected and veracious joy season
which the children will take hold OF
with enthusiasm without in after days
wishing to upbraid their parents and
hiss at them, you lied to us"
We suggest, therefore, that the chill
dren be called together on Christmas
morning by the governor and address
ed as follows:
kids: We shall now enjoy our gift
giving. l tore off few scads from my
roll the other day and handed them to
your mother, and she dived headlong
into the bargain counter flood and for
two whole days appeared not again,
and when she did crawl out, battered,
jammed, ragged, torn, bruised and old,
sue ClulCIeu W HcI DOSOiu lHEoC y"
gimcracks, fol-de-rols and highly I'M
serviceable articles. We have placed
them upon these chairs so as to divest
the business of any stage effects that
might heighten the pleasure in any
way or give a false impression. You
are to understand that | had to give
up for these things, and | wish to for
get about it before feel real good in
side again, and with these few re-
marks we will BOW fall to, and you
want to be quick about it, for | want
to read my paper in peace. Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15
WONDERFUL SPIRIT OF GIVING

Another year lSnearlng It's close anu
with its ending comes that glad time,
the Christmas holiday season. The abb
sent ones are home again or il they
cannot come there are the letters and
tokens to be sent and received The
remembrance need not be expensive
as to money value, to be very much
appreciated.
Christmas is pre-eminentfy the chill
drens day Do not insist that Santa
will not remember them If they are not
good. For we all know that Santa
Claus will surely come and the chill
dren know it, too He did not forget
us in our own childhood whether we
were very, very good or not Let US
teach the children about the wonderful
spirit of loving and giving that brings
a happy Christmas time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

you that there is great differences
In snow-that is. there is a great diff
terence between country snow and
city snow.
We may not have snow this Christ
mas, but wen just suppose we do.
Isn't a good, old lively snowstorm
great? Perhaps it is one of these lazy
snowstorms, with the big, white fakes
Just floating down like feathers and
slowly turning the roads and roofs to
white, like coat of good white paint.
Maybe there will be enough of it to
make good coasting on the hills and
good sleighing on the roads.
And, by the way, do you know
there are boys in the big cities who
sleigh is getting to be scarce article
in the cities. You see, as soon as a
little snow comes the street-cleaning
department gets busy and sweeps it
up, before it gets chance to melt
into sluSh.
In the country the winter wheat
needs it, and the ground takes care of
it. But in the city it just means Stop
and slush. SO they sweep it up and
carry it away and uncover the ugly
pavement as soon as they can.
But they let you keep your snow III
the country. When a warm wind
comes along it will pack fine, and you
car nave your snow-men, and your
snow forts, and your SNOWFALL battles.
(Only please don't use your artillery
on older folks, or girls, or me)
Or perhaps this snowstorm is one
of the blizzardy kind, with the wind
dipping around the house and piling
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15
Notice For Administration and Notice
To Creditors.

State OF Wisconsin. County Court,
Grant County-In Probate.
In re estate of Phil S Young, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, That at the
special term of said court to be held on
the End Tuesday of January, A. D.,
1921, at the Court House in the city
OF Lancaster, County OF Grant and
State of Wisconsin, there will be heard
and considered the application of Ep-
bel Young for the appointment of an
administrator of the estate OF Phil S.
Young, late Of the town of MillviIle
in said county, deceased:
Notice Is Hereby Further Given,
That at the special term of said court
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15
FIRST CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE

1t is said that Christmas was inst
observed in the year 90 and that it was
not until the year 1877 that it was made
a solemn feast. Pope Telesphorus de-
creed that it should be celebrated by
all Christians in that year. On one
early Christmas day the Roman En-
peror Dioeletian, hearing that the
Christians assembled in their church
were engaged in celebrating the birth
of Christ, commanded that the doors
of the church be closed and the build
ing set on fire. This was done and six
hundred persons lost their lives in the
burning church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15
CUBA CITY

The Benton electric fire alarm was
heard here last Wednesday night. 1t
must be some" alarm to be heard so
far away The fire was at the house
owned by John Grotkin.
Clarence Morgan's place OF business
was raided by the officials, Wednes-
day, and a quantity of so-called wine
of Pepsin" seized. This beverage is
said to run strong on alcoholis con-
tent.
June Maxine, third daughter of the
editor and wife, underwent an oper-
alton for appendicitis at a Flatteville
tent-NewS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

! the snow up in the corners-why that
/ kind of snow doesn't seem to come
down at ALL but just goes slanting by
| until it runs up against something it
can't pass.
| remember being on night train
one time; and when we woke up in
the morning, and the train was run
ming over the smooth prairies, little
girl from big city in western Penn
| sylvania q won't tell you what city
it was but maybe you can guess) ex-
claimed as she looked out of the
window:
Look, Mamma! The snow out here
| is Whitew
/ | don't need to say much about the
| Christmas dinner. But if you have
! your Christmas dinner in the country,
| the turkey perhaps is one your folks
| raised, or that was raised in the
eighborhood-any it is pretty
| likely to be d native, and not resi-
| dent of a cold storage plant some
where Or maybe you'll have a goose
or brace of chickens. Anyway, you'll
know their pedigree, and that they're
fresh and good.
And it will be the same way all
down the line-vegetables, and pies,
and everything And cooked cooked
to a turn-just long enough-just
short enough-just right.
And you will more than likely have
one thing that they won't have at the
Christmas dinner in the city, because
you know the cost of living just now
IS mighty high, in town especially, for
both rich and poor, SO you will have
one thing that the city boy probably
will not have
( Enough!
So I could so on and show you
dozen other ways in which Christ
mas in the country puts it all over a
Christmas in the city, but am going
to mention just one thing more: the
Christmas tree.
OF course they have Christmas trees
in the city. In New York trainload5
of them come down every season from
the Adirondacks, and in Chicago boat
loads come from Michigan's upper
peninsula. You can buy them for fifty
cents or a dollar, and they make very
good Christmas trees indeed.
| don't know what you think about
this either-but have always thought
that things l did myself and for N.Y.
self were just twice the fun of things
bought myself or hired myself. And
I think that especially about Christ
mas tree If you are lucky enough
to be able to go out and pick your
own tree, and chop it down, and bring
it in-well, that's what / call real
Christmas treel
Because that is really and truly
your Christmas tree. You selected ii
with your own eye and chopped it
down with your own axe and brought
it home with your own muscle. The
Christmas tree-that is your job:
Bringing in the Tree.
FaIher gets the turkey,
Mother makes the pie
Each one has a Christmas job
To do, and so have /.
Sister strings the popcorn
To decorate-but, gee.
/ have got the biggest job
Bringing in the tree!
Turkey is important,
Pie and such are great,
Popcorn strings you have to have
When you decorate.
But I guess Christmas
Christmas wouldn't be
IL you didn't have boy
Bringing in the tree!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

to be held at said Court House on the
4th Tuesday of March, A. d., 1921
there will be heard, considered and
adjusted, all claims against said Phil
S. Young, deceased;
And Notice Is Hereby Further Given
That all such claims for examination
and allowance must be presented to
said county court at the Court House
in the city of Lancaster, in said coun-
ty and state, on or before the 18th
day of March, A. d., 1921 or be barr
ed.
Dated December II, 1920.
BY the Court,
E. B. Goodsell, Judge.
Brennan & Carthew, Atty's. 1903
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

) ONE boy to another
for l have never gotten
over being one, although
I am getting as gray
as q billy-goat around
the ears-I want to give
it as my opinion that a
Christmas anywhere but
in the country is no
Christmas at all /!
A city Christmas is a
make-belieye, a hollow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15
Best Christmas
for a Boy
BY DOUGLAS MALLocH

(@. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

Cedar Chests and Mating Boxes
An :all year round gift" $1,000 to
$500
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

located one block from new high school grounds, and
better known as the Edw. Oates property. Situated
in a splendid location and a good neghborhood
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

Library Tables
Latest period, patterns in Oak and
Walnut and Mahogany S14.00 to $40.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

Observation-Disclosures
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-15

Beautiful patterns in brown ma
hogany -------- $1,000 to $500
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
wild MAN" RIPS OFF WHEEL
pashes Through Streets Dressed Only
in Underwear and Is Finally
overpowered by Police.

New YOrk.-Joseph Longobardi, thir-
ty-one, of GA McDougal street, was
taken to Bellevue hospital for OBJ
servation after he had raced through
the streets for nearly a mile dressed
only in his underclothinp
Hundreds of men and women on
their way home from work saw Lon
gobardi as he dashed through the
streets from McDougal and Broome
to Kenmare and Lafayette streets,
where he was overpowered by three
policemen and two detectives, flanked
by half dozen other men.
At Broome and Lafayette Longo-
berdi tried to rip up a lamp post,
and, failing, leaped at an automobile
operated by Abraham Freundlick Of
63 East Ninety-ninth street. Freund-
lick abandoned the machine, where
upon Longobardi broke the windows
and windshield with his fists.
This did not seem to satisfy him
SO he leaped out of the machine, ran
to the rear and by main strength tore
one of the wheels off, badly twisting
the axle in doing so.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

out" for all three. Chisholm says he
discussed the situation with both,
eventually giving to Parker this ulti-
matum: Take her or leave her. You
must do either one or the other or
face suit for alienation" Chisholm
affirmed that Parker refused to take
Mrs. Chisholm, saying that he must
first educate his sons.
The plaintiff sets forth that the in
fatuation of the couple had it's incep-
ton in the summer of 1919, when the
Chisholms and the Parks occupied
summer cottages at Culver's Lake, N
]. Chisholm says that he became
firmly convinced that Parker really
loved Mrs. Chisholm and that, follow
ing conference, Parker promised to
see no more of Mrs. Chisholm. Parker
broke his promise, and the alienation
suit followed.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
MAKE BUILDINGS RAT PROOF
Part Of Federal Health Service Cam.
paign to Stamp Out Bubonic
Plague.

MISUNDERSTANDING plans for
rat-proofing business buildings, dwell
ings and wharves are being drawn up
by the public health service as part of
its campaign to stamp bubonic plague
out of the country. The plans are to
be furnished to states and cities for
incorporation in building codes.
"While bubonic plague is under con-
troll in this country, there will always
be scattered infection until the rat can
be exterminated," said Surgeon Gen.
eral Cumming.
According to authoritative esti-
mates, there is one rat for every per-
son in the United States. To main
tain this huge number of rats costs
the people of this country approx
mately cent per person every day for
rat food, an intolerable and unneces-
sary burden for the people to carry"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
GOOD
ROADS
QUALITY OF ROAD MATERIALS
Bureau of Public Roads Seeking lnfor-
nation OF Especial Value to
Highway Engineers.

Such important questions as how
hard heavy motor truck pounds
pavement when going ct miles an
hour and at Is miles an hour are be-
ing answered by Investigators for the
bureau &C public roads. United States
Department of Agriculture, in a series
of scientific experiments, which, when
completed, promise to be of great val
ne to highway engineers. Already suf-
1cient tests have been made to show
rhat increased speed of a vehicle
equipped with hard rubber tires ire
mendously increases the impact which
its wheels make on the roadway where
there is any unevenness. On the other
hand, where pneumatic tires are used
increased speed adds comparatively lit
tie to the impact. 1t has been sug-
gested that these tests will be of
great value not only in settling ques-
tons of design but may also lead to
rational basis for determining license
fees for motor vehicles.
Trucks have been used in these
sNoIS val AAi6 III Si6C 1AOhl a 1-lOh
up to 71a-ton truck carrying an ex-
cess load. Each truck was run over q
special recording device embedded in
a roadway and the impact made by a
2-inch drop from ledge built in the
surface caused the reformation of spe-
cially prepared copper cylinders form
ing part of the apparatus. The mag
nitude of the blow was accurately as
certained in pounds by measuring the
extent to which the cylinder had been
forced out of shape.
Recent tests were made with a g.
ton truck loaded with a 41s-ton load
so that the total weight on each rear
wheel was 1000 pounds, the inspiring
portion Chat not supported by the
springs) being LOO pounds and the
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Girl BATHERS
BEAT MINISTER
Series of Sermons condemning
Scanty Bathing Costumes
Arouses Ire of Young Folks.
is SAVED BY SHERIFF
Pelted With Overripe Tomatoes and
Other Missiles, and Slapped on
Mouth by "Hussies" He Swore
to Drive Out of State.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Only the interven-
ton of a sheriff with revolver saved
the Rev. Frederick Kopfmann from a
terrific drubbing at the hands of 500
Infatuated summer residents of Wash
ington's Crossing. The Rev. Mr.. Kopf-
mann has stirred up trouble by a
series OF sermons condemning the
scanty bathing attire of summer visi-
tors.
The self-appointed enforcer of re-
form carries now, below his right eye
bruise of many colors. He was pelted
with overripe tomatoes, with stones
and other missiles, and smacked over
the mouth by the very ''hussies" he
had sworn to drive out of the state.
The Rev. Mr.. Kopfmann began the
day in high spirits. After the morn
ing sermon he jumped into a waiting
auto to get home
His Engine Stalled.
Unfortunately-for the Rev. Mr..
Kopfmann-the engine stalled in front
of the Crossing store, few rods from
the bathing pavilion. The parson
thrust his head out to ask what was
the trouble. A bather recognized him
and set up shout.
In an instant there were 500 or more
young men and girls in scant and drip
ping bathing costumes clamoring about
the car. They swarmed upon the run
ming boards with cries of, "There he
is, the dirty lizard Throw him in the
river! Duck him !"
AT this point a tomato struck the
parson on the forehead. This was fol-
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Observation-Disclosures

of my head at times. My bowels did
not move for days and | could not eat
without suffering. The doctor could not
help me and one day told my husband
that ! could not stand the pain any
longer and sent him to the drugstore
to get ne bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and threw
the Doctors medicine away. After
taking three bottles of Vegetable Com
pound and using two bottles of Lydia E.
Pnkham's Sanative Wash / could do
my own homework. If it had not been
for your medicine | don't know where I
would be today and am never without
a bottle of it in the house. You may
publish this if you like that it may help
some other woman. Mrs. MARY
SLENDER, l20 Orange ST., Wyandotte,
Mich.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
TRIED TO FORCE
WIFE ON RIVAL
Finally Sued for Heavy Damages,
Alleging Alienation of
Affections.

Trenton, N. IA remarkable love
triangle in which the husband insisted
that the imam in the case" either mar
ry or give up forever the wife loved
by each of them, was revealed in a
100000 alienation suit filed here by
Charles B. Chisholm of Newark, N.
j., against William @. Parker, society
man of Morristown, N. ].
One of the unusual features of the
case, as set forth in the affidavits filed
with the suit, was that the three prin-
cipals held numerous conferences at
which they discussed the "best way
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
A WfWE Sick
With Ca
EafOEsEc Brings Relief

II have been awful sick with gas"
writes Mrs. w. III. Person, "and
Eatonic is all l can get to give me
relief"
Acidity and gas on the stomach
quickly taken up and carried out by
Eatonic, then appetite and strength
come back. And many other bodily
mlseries disappear when the stomach
Is right. Don't let sourness, belching
oloatlng, indigestion and other stom-
ach ills go on. Take Eatonic tablets
after you eat-see how much better
you feel. Big box costs only a trife
with your druggists guarantee.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

lowed by a fusillade of sticks and
stones. The Rev Mr. Kopfmann sank
back on the cushions.
Sheriff Arrives.
Leave him to the girls!" shouted
some one.
'Out with him Duck him I" the girls
cried. ''Drown him.
Some of the young women reached
through the window and smacked the
preachers face. Two heavy young
men opened the doors and reached for
the parson.
Don't" he gasped quickly, 81 can't
swim-Tll drown"
AT this juncture Sheriff Arthur
Hughes appeared.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Sun Heats Acid and
Blast Injuries Two Men

Berkeley, Cal.--Two men were
badly burned when a sixty-gal-
Ion field drum of citric acid,
heated by the suns rays, ex-
ploded in the Southern Pacific
freight yards at Third street
and University avenue. The
men were standing beside the
car upon which five drums were
loaded. The force of the ex-
plosion was so great that both
were knocked to the ground and
the exploding drum was demol-
ished and scattered in frag-
mentS over radius of 100
yards. Peters and Medaglia
were covered with the scalding
acid.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

sprung portion Chat portion supported
by the springs) $500 pounds. The
truck was equipped first with an old
solid tire that had been worn down
to a thickness of inch. Then, with
exactly the same load on the truck,
a wheel was used fitted with new
tire PA inches in thickness. And fin
ally the truck was equipped with pneu-
matte tires a. by 8 inches and blown
up to pressure of 142 pounds per
square inch. The test demonstrated
very clearly the bad effects en-
old tire is likely to have on road
surface and the greatly lessened i'm
pact produced by trucks when they
are equipped with pneumatic tires.
The tests show that as the vehicles
speed increased the impact from the
old hard rubber tire increased greatly.
The impact from the new hard rubber
tire was somewhat less.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
HELP APPEARANCE OF ROADS
Trees and Shrubbery Should Be
Planted at Various Places With
out Obstructing Traffic.

Now is good time to give some at.
tention to the appearance of public
highways in the community. There
should be trees and some paintings
of shrubbery at places where they will
not interfere with traffic.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Finds Wife Starved to Death.

Seattle. Returning to his home
here, after an absence CT a month pre-
pairing a new home IN Bremerton,
Wash, John A. Holmes discovered his
wife, Mrs. Annie Holmes, sixty-four
years old. dead Of starvation. There
was no food a the house, although
Holmes declared he left money for his
wife to live on.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Prize pioeon Made Into Sour.

New York.-Fifteen-cent soup boiled
from 800 pedigreed pigeons was
served to the patrons of New York
city restaurant, according to the po-
lice, who arrested sixteen-year-old
boy on complaint of pigeon fancier
who said that his coops of prize win
ming birds had been consistently
robbed. He valued the pigeons at
$500.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
PAINS NEARLY
DOUBLED NE Up
Nothing Helped Me Until |
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Wyandotte, Mich. "For the last
four years l have doctored off and on |

W WV u y hClRs \
b ave h ad pains
every month so bad
that | would nearly
double up. Some
times / could not
sweep a room with
out stopping to rest,
and everything / ate
upset my stomach.
I h re e years ago
l l o s t a C hi d
n d su IF ered so
badly that I was ont
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
BUILDING PERMANENT ROADS
Eventually Highways Will Be Made
Suitable for Bearing Burdens of
All Vehicles.

Only cardinal roads can be made
of expensive material at great cost in
money and labor, yet every road
should, and will, eventually be made
suitable for bearing the burdens in
proportion to the number and weight
of the vehicles that use them.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Obstacles In Road BUILDING

The building of improved roads to
meet the traffic requirements is fraught
with almost as many obstacles at the
present day as that of half century
ago.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

Catarrh is a local disease greatly influ-
snced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is a.
Tonic and Blood Purifier. BY cleansing
the blood and building up the System,
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE restores
normal conditions and allows Nature to
do it's work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Not Merely American.

An English writer comments upon
our custom here of betting a hat on
election and other contests. What's
strange about it? We've often read
OF some Englishman winning a Derby.
Boston Transcript.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
SEND NO MONEY

Goodrich demonstrating tires all nonsbid
$3.50: 32x3k. SO; 32x4. $1,000; 33x4. $11.s0;
94x4, $3.50. We ship C. o. D., subject
K. & s. Tire & Supply Co., E. Chicago. Ind.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

This is said to be the age of young
men. 1t may be; but the old men
manage every age.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Best TO Improve Roads

1t is better to improve the roads
than to pay an indirect tax for bad
ones.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26
Cost the Same.

what is the difference between q
luxury and a necessity?"
"There is no difference at all nova
ays."-Detroit Free Press.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-11-26

If a man falls off a roof he certain.
ly has an excuse for eavesdropping.