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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Truth. but Almost Unbelievable.

ruin, out AtmoSt OHUSllevapi6.
An old sailor now settled in Alberta,
Canada, sends In the following yarn
which he vouches for as true: He
left Newport, U. S., for Cardiff, but
the vessel sprang leak, and all
hands worked at the pumps. The wa
ter got among the coal, and as a re-
suit much Of the oil and scum was
pumped out and lay about the vessel,
blackening the water all around.
Picked up by a passing vessel, they
we're taken to Bremerhaven and
placed In an immigration house large
ly made Of glass. While they were
away a seaman's wife consulted a
crystal gazer in Glasgow as to the
safety Of her husband, and was in
credulous when told he was in boat
surrounded by black water, and later
that the man was liz a glass house,
Montreal HeEald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Queer LEGAL TanoIe.

A peculiar case was that Of Ma
honey, who was hanged for murder
in Ohio. The physician pronounced
the man dead and the body was hand
ed over to relatives. But the doctor
had made an error and the man was
revived and lived for several years
none the worse for his experience. He
was shot and killed by robber but
the authorities refused to bring the
assassin to justice because Mahoney
was legally dead and therefore could
not be killed subsequently by any
body.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
His Typewriter
By FREDERICK CLARKE
90 1871. westsrp Newspaper Union.l


:aTnen you do love me-" he whis-
psred. as he held her In his arms and
tried to reach her lips with his.
Rosy made no audible reply. but
gave little sigh Of satisfaction and
cuddled closer in the encircling arms.
"You'n never let anything come be-
tween usY' he pleaded, this time sue
ceeding In turning the pretty face to
his, and preventing any reply by COW
ering the little mouth. AT last, how
ever. Hugh managed to gain from the
bashful young girl her confession OF
love, and then the two began planning
for an early marriage. This was Tues
day night.
Wednesday morning cloud arose
on the horizon of the /; love. Rosy
was singing at her work around the
house, when Kathryn Steward ran up
the steps. Kathryn had been married
three months, and Rosy was extremely
anxious to confide her engagement to
her friend, so she ran to open the
door. Before their greetings were
fairly over she began to pave the
way for her confession.
sHugh was here last night" she
smiled.
"Hugh whoY Kathryn asked. al-
though she knew as well as Rosy.
'Hugh Howard"
"Well. what Of itr Kathryn asked,
going over to the mantel and arrang-
ing her hair before the glass.
"Why, I-well-he was here" Rosy
faltered.
Kathryn turned. "You don't mean
to say that you are Interested In himY
she said. There was real concern In
her voice.
"What makes you say that?" Rosy
cried, her eyes filed with tears. :.
Kathryn forgot her hair, and took
her friend in her arms. "Ill tell you"
she said, softly.
"Rich knows Hugh very well In
deed, and he told me the other night
that he was crazy about typewriter.
Those were his very words"
Poor little Rosy began to cry. Per-
haps, IL left to herself, she might have
sent for Hugh and asked fc- al ex-
PLANTATION, but under Kathryn's per-
suasive direction she wrote him thu
following note:
II am going to ask you to forget
what happened last night, to treat 1t
as though it never occurred. Do not
try to see me, for / never want to
meet you again.
ROSE PARSONS"
"And now you are coming to our
summer cottage with me-" Kathryn
said decidedly, and before Rosy recov-
cred her breath, Kathryn had ex-
planned to Mrs. Parsons, packed
Rosy's suitcase, and borne her away.
AS the cruel letter slipped from her
fingers into the mail box Rosy gave q
little sob, and might have written an
other to recall 1t, IL she had not &C
cidentally come across Hugh on the
way to the depot. He did not see her
Is IA was walking beside q remark
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
lin Columbus.

After a Few days in one Of the city
schools, little George returned one day
and asked his mother who "Jim Co
lumbus'' was. Never having read OF
the man in her school days, she Ques-
toned him as to where he had heard
of him, and he said: "Why, we sing
about him every day at school, Co
lumbus, the Jim of the Ocean,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
BACTERIA CAUSE SOUR MILK
Most of Tiny Organisms Are Not Only
Harmless, but Positively
Beneficial to MIX.

Milk, az Il leaves the cows udder,
contains bacteria. If the COW Is dirty
and there Is loose hay around, dust
from the cows body and the hay set
ties In the milk-pail, and this dust 10
swarming with bacteria. AS soon as
they reach the warm milk they CONF
rnence to multiply, and in few hours
they may have increased until there
are millions to the teaspoonful of milk
It is these bacteria that cause milk to
sour but most of them are not only
harmless, but positively beneficial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
EXCELLENT AS FORAGE CR0P
Cowpea VIII Thrive on All Types q
Arabic Soil and Requires Very
Little Attention.

For feed the cowpea is especially
valuable, specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture say,
because it will grow on all types OF
arabic soil, requiring little attention
and producing most excellent forage
In addition, it is Of great value as y
green-manure crop to increase the
humus and the nitrogen content Of the
soils upon ,ehieh Il is grown.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
First Showing In the Middle West
Brief Story of the Play

The story of sThe Oath Minna Hart, the
daughter orthodox who marries Christian be-
fathers prejudice, the couple bind them
oath to tell of their marrag When Mlnnas
father murdered husband is under suspicion and almost
he be saved for her to break her oath
and Hugh her husband waswith her the night it hap
pened Mnna will this him. but Irene,
sweetheart willingly perjures herself for him. There
untold suffering for Mnna which is ended only when she
a mistake the oath The cast includes
Miriam Cooper Anna O. NilsOn Conway Teare and Robert
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Selected by First National

When the work of of Ourbest directors is
the months and MONTHS rife Either
he is said to have lost his cunning his work at the time
said to be the biggest and most significant production at
tempted r. A. Walsh fOrestaed both of these comments by
telling he making picture called The Oath
letting that. He wanted the picture to stand
fall it's merit its merit not its advertising 1t
does 1t is of the big of the Almost
hearded National be their
big Five which includes such pictures Charlie Chaplns
'The Kid" and Passion" the foreign production It's
photography, alone, would mark it as big picture
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

MADISON, Wis.,, March 28.-The
Division of Markets realizing the
seriousness of the problems with
which it has to deal intends to solve
them by getting at the root of the
defects in the present system of mar
keting, declares State Marketing
Director Edward Nordman, in a state
ment issued today.
The Division has twofold pur-
pose: First to render the transfer
of commodities from producer to
consumer as cheap and as efficient as
possible. This is the mechanical
part of its work and it is carried out
through Standardization, terminal
and shipping inspection and similar
services.
It's second purpose is to help bring
about conditions which will promote
a steady and continual flow of de-
mand from the consumer to the farm
er's market. Producers and consumers
will be little benefited if tie transfer
of commodities is done efficiently un-
less there is steady and continual
demand for these commodities.
A farmers market is like body
of water which must be filled by a
flow from rivers and others sources.
Unless this flow steady and con-
tinual the body of water will dry up
or be glutted if the flow of demand
from the consumer to the producer
is not sufficient to absorb all of his
marketable products.
The farmer consumes very little
of what he actually produces. He
works for the market. His welfare
depends on the market. In the mar
ket lies the whole secret of the solu-
ton of the problem of distribution.
In order to get at the bottom of
the fundamental forces which hinder
the market from being favorable to
both producers and consumer the
Division of Markets has conducted
Investigations on the problem of the
high cost of living last summer and
on the period of business depression
which has followed it. These in
vestigations have disclosed the fact
that there is a relatively small num-
Der of these forces at work but that
their control will give the public a
powerful lever with which to bring
about the existence of a favorable
market not subject to violent fiuctua-
tons.
With view of acquainting the
public with the results of these in
vestigations The Division of Markets
will publish a series of weekly press
letters each one dealing with some
one aspect of the problem. The
topics which will be discussed are
the following. % Relation of dis
tribution to production. (2) The
price-making forces. (3) The
market. (4) Interdependence of
the farmer and the consumer. 60
The influence of foreign markets. (6)
The importance of home markets. "a
The development of home markets.
(3) The dependence of home mar
kets upon the buying power of the
consumer. (9) The dependence of
the purchasing power of the con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
EaIa Shut OFF Water suppIy.

The ferry steamer, Alice Howard,
between Kittery, Maine, and Ports
mouth, N. a., stopped dead at the
close Of 1920. Examination disclosed
the fact that one large eel and several
smaller ones had taken lodgings In
the feed tank Of the boilers and shut
off the water supply.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
.usua, Result.

"Josh," said Farmer Corntossel,
'what was the result Of your argu-
ment with the hired man about the
League of Nations?"
"Same as usual. Each of us con-
WINGED the other that there's no use
o'tryin' to explain anythin' to man
that won't listen to reason"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
sssep Carried Vegetation.

Green sheep were seen walking
about In Coonable, New South Wales.
What had happened was that 12h
inches Of rain had fallen in five days
and the trefoil seed In the sleeps
wool had sprouted, causing the re-
markable sight.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Proved Kiplino Wronu.

Kipling wrote that East and West
never would meet, but a bride and
bridegroom bearing those names were
married in South London, recently.
and went to live In North street, Chap
ham.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
snaila Purify Water.

To purify water the Chinese put a
number Of fresh-water snails into a
pail of water. These devour the or
ganic matter the water contains and
therefore act as filters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
ENGLISH Avlators Active.

Figures reported for the first year
Of civil flying in England reveal a
total air mileage Of S4,2O0, made in
3S,954 flights, carrying 10000 passen-
gers with only one fatal accident. Ma
chimes numbering $40 were registered.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Mine in Odd Situation.

A mining shaft in Sombrerete, Mex
leo, is almost exactly on the Tropic Of
Cancer, and at noon on June p the
sun shines to the bottom, lighting up
the well to vertical depth of LOO
feet or more.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
House Thrown In with Tree.

House Thrown In with Tree.
Here is an advertisement from CAL
ifornia paper: For Sale-A magnifi-
cent umbrella tree about 80 years old.
This is beauty. The largest tree In
Redlands of its kind and a bargain
at $500. With the tree goes five
room plastered house and fine lot 90
by $50 feet with all kinds Of fruit.
Situated on the south side.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Iat.st Partisan Fool Fad.

Cigarettes Of a tint harmonizing with
her gown Is the latest vogue for "fash-
ionable" women in Paris. Cigarettes
are rolled in paper dyed delicate
tint of rose, blue, green or orange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
RECORD chrysanthemum.

A Louisa Pocket" chrysanthemum
with circumference Of 80 inches was
among the exhibits at the Royal Hor-
tic-iltural society's show in London,
England. 1t was described as the larg-
est chrysanthemum ever grown.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
PHYSICAL Freak.

Valves as tough as bone was the
peculiar condition found in a mans
heart when examined at Shoreditch.
England. The doctor said he had new.
er seen such thing before.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
WOULD WED DAUGHTER TO
MEXICAN CRIMINAL

Senior Rafaek Velasco was greatly
annoyed by his daughters refusal to
marry the man he had promised her
to But unwillingness did not
affect her fathers plans, however,
and he set the wedding day.
Then came Bob Bellamy, a hand
some athletic young American, and
upset Velasco's plans. He married
the girl.
The story is told in Diamonds
Adrift," by Frederick j. Jackson, an
Earle Williams Vitagraph production
directed by Chester Bennett. 1t will
be shown at the Temple theatre Sum
day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

sumer upon opportunities to work,
to be continually employed and to
receive full compensation for ones
service. Coy The causes which
decrease the buying power of the
consumer. (1I The ineficiency
the present SYSTEM of distribution.
(12) Trade privileges. (13) Pro-
duction privileges. Q4) The
remedy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
conc.rnIno Human Hair.

The hairs of the head have been es-
timated to number 89.280. If a lady's
hair Is half yard in length she will
have about 1890 feet Of hair.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
A Great One.

"There Is one great difference be-
tween pie and talk"
'What is that?"
eff you mince your words you are
not so likely to have to eat Them"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
Credit

The kind we extend makes Christ
mas a real glorious h~oliday-use
it freely.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
JAMESbURG BOY
IS REAL HERO
Will Not Accept Reward Of
fered by Parents of Girl
Found Dead

JAMESBURG. Dec. 2-Lester
Filton, the youth who found the
body of Stella Ostroski, on the farm
Of DR.. Hans Foesterling, on Mon
day, who had been missing from her
home since Tuesday, October rs.
still continues TO be the unaffected
hero among his juvenile friends
and grown-ups.
The fact hat he has been noti-
fled by the count yauthorities that
he will share alone in the reward
of $500 offered by the Freeholders
of Middlesex county, does not seem
to have affected the young man.
Other traits in his character were
developed yesterday when he was
told that an additional $500 was
coming to him. This latter reward
was hat offered by Mr.. and Mrs.
Zigmund Ostroski at the time when
their grief was the greatest when
Stella had left her home.
Lesters first query VISA who has
offered this other $200?" When told
THAT the parents had offered it he
INSTANTLY replied: Wouldn't l be
fine one to take their last cent?
Haven't they suffered enough al
for my trouble, if it was trouble 2"
I'll tell you a funny one" con-
tinued Lester. "a Russian who
WORKS on our farm came to me as
soon as he heard 1 was to get the
$500 and said l should 'set-up' the
entire countryside with wine and
tb ZEN | would be a great man. l in
tend to put that money to good use
and learn some good trade"
Rumors that Stella Ostroski wore
a complete union suit of underwear
when she left for school were found
to De u founded following a visit at
the home of the Ostroski family yes
Aerday by our reporter. Mrs. Ostroski
Xxi, who speaks English, was the
<pokesIhan for the answers and she
&Ienied hat her child had worn n
3ther than the unGer garments that
&&he had on when found.
~ She cried concClsively between her
4swers and said that h was hap
that Stella had died from natural
uses and not from what her sus-
lcion were at the time Stella dis
appeared.
Tuesday was also a great day at
The Tilton home. IL was the birth
, bay of Lester and ON that day James
Tilton. who had been missing from
home for eight days. returned as a
prodigal son and a great reunion
among the men bers of his family
and neighbors was held. Other than
he had been to Prospect Plains for
a visit" NJ other information could
be had from him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
Happiness

Lies in the gift you make TO m
one-let US help you-open a credit
charge account today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
ELK MEMORIAL
PROGRAM READY
Musical Numbers of Local
Talent Senator Runyon
to be Speaker

The annual memorial of Perth
Amboy Lodge, No. 1874, IL. r. .. b.,
for the departed members of n
order will be held at the Strand
theatre Sunday afternoon. The pro-
gram which has bee arranged for
this years memorial will begin at 3
o'clock and the musical numbers
will be by local talent instead of by
out of town people as has been the
custom for tho past several years.
There will be a string quartet COM
posed of Mrs. Lester n. White, first
violin; Charles Barnekov, Jr., second
violin; Kenneth Martin, violin, and
Stephen f. Smogyi, cello, with Max
we'll MacMichael, accompanist. The
vocal quartet includes Mrs. Reginald
Crowell, soprano; Miss Edith Crow
ell, alto; Stanley Potter, tenor. and
Fred BRIGGS, bass. The music has
been arranged under the direction Of
Mr.. Smogyi.
Senator william N. Runyon, a past
exalted ruler, Of Plainfield Lodge of
Elks, will be the orator, and Ex-
allied Ruler Charles Simmer and the
officers Of the lodge will have charge
of the opening ceremonies. Elabor-
ate preparations are being made for
the memorial by the committee in
charge of the arrangements of which
Esteemed Leading Knight Andrew
Anderson is the chairman. The ad-
mission to the event will be by tick
cts and they can be procured from
any of the committee of members of
the lodge. They can also be had
at Cannon and Sheehy's, Doyle and
Cuneen's, Henry McCullough's, Nc
Clung's Pharmacy, or at the club
house. The members will gather at
the clubhouse Sunday afternoon al
2 o'clock and from there go to the
theatre in a body for the service.
The program for the event follows:
Part
Organ Prelude-Fiat Lux, BY Theo.
Dubois.
String Quartet - Andante from
String Quartet
By Raft
Opening Ceremonies-oficers and
Lodge.
Quartet-There is No Death
By Godfrey O'Hara
Roll Call-Secretary.
To Our Absent Brothers-Exalted
Ruler.
Aud Lang Syne-By All.
Part III
String Quartet-Andante Canabile
Tschaikowski
Quartet-The Lamp in the West
Obey Speaks
Address-Hon. Judge VIM. N. Run
yon.
Closing Ceremonies - Officers of
Lodge
Doxology-By All
Praise Him from whom ell bless
ings flow
Praise Him who doth all good be-
Praise Him in Love and Brother
hood
Praise Him in Hope and F%atherhood
Prayer-Lodge Chaplain
Organ Postlude-Prayer Toccata.
BY Rene l.. Becker
Braham's String Quartet-Mrs.
Lester N. White, list violin; Chas.
Barnekov, Jr., End violin; Ken
meth Martin, violin; Stephen F.
Somogyi, cello; Maxwell Mac
Michael.
Quartet-Mrs. Reginald Crowell,
soprano; Miss Edith Crowell,
alto; Stanley Potter tenor: Fred
Briggs, bass.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-20

minded person. because he keeps on working when
he might be having good time
Before you sides with either Of these forces.
II might be well to ask yourself what you would do
were you his place.
The delivery OF mail useful service to the COM
naunIty II IS. however drudging task, involving
hard labor and many privacions.
Hard as It Is il Is a better lot than loafing and
idling and should this carrier leave it become
sort OF parasite wasting his time and his life. those
who praise his thrifty adhesion to his job right.
IF he has a dream of other things. of multiplying
his own efforts by furnishing opportunity others
and 10 himself If ne had worked hard, chained
only by circumstances a waster TO stay If that
snug sum would enable him carry out his dreams.
let It be hoped that those who pity him because
ne refuses leave his job simply for the good time
he might have spending this unexpected fortune,
never inherit one OF their They the sort
who need the spur Of necessity to make them work
and through work alone has the world obtained any
thing.
1t all depends upon the view Of life Simply hoard
ing his dollars will bring him nothing in the end
Throwing them away in wasteful practices will get
him less than nothing
Perhaps this man Gardner knows himsen-and if
he does he is truly wise-and has a scheme of his
setting his dollars to work producing some
thing worth while. he goes ahead with job that
suits and satisfies himself.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-20
EYES AND NO EYES"
PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger

A teacher in the Conshohocken high school floor
ed" his class. not with Edison QUESTIONABLE. but
by asking them to describe details of the building
which they had beheld iunumerable times, had
not observed with sufficient to receive durable
impression.
DR.. Eliot at Harvard, in a commencement address
said indicating the marble statue of a predeces-
sor in Office If this were any but a commencement
audience, should be afraid 10 ask how many Of YOU
know whom that statue represents" Few present
could have told him that ii the statue the once
eminent Josiah Quincy.
The best average any OF the Conshohocken scho-
lars made IS percent. A third of them had seen
nearly nothing what they looked every day. How
many OF us could make better showing when II
comes TO an intelligent cogniZance of our own city,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-20
THE NIEANEsr MAN.

The discussion had swung around
20 the meanest man in the world
The barber in the fnst chair thought
that the meanest man was the fell
low that broke a photograph record
and then tried TO repair II with tire
tape. The porter believed that the
man that taught his baby 10 eat
shavings was no SLOUGH when II came
20 being mean. Trying TO make
change on "a collection plate in
church struck Jake as being a pretty
low down trick, although we don't
know where Jake got his inforrna-
ton because he certainly never got
II in church.
A customer in the third chair
whose shave was rapidly getting
cold as the discussion grew hotter
remembered about the tight wad
church goer that always carried a
red polka dot handkerchief with
him, and left as they started to pass
the collection plate. pretending he
had the nose bleed. The customer
thought this was the meanest man.
A lot Of other mean men were de-
81 abtu
Then we told our conception of
the meanest man.
The scene changes as the orches-
ira plays Hearts and Flowers"
lie was in a dollar seat at the
OlIver theater, watching and sniff
hing at the superb screen story.
over the Hill" With clenched
fists, he watched the mother, friend
less and poor. deserted by her chill
dren, trudging of 10 the poor house.
isaac the oldest son, wouldn't even
get out his Ford TO haul his mother
TO the infirmary, the price Of gas
having scared a cent a gallon during
the night. Poor mother, a county
charge, after years OF toll for a
pack of ungrateful children!