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The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
CONFERENCE AK. |. AND E. l..
Annual Meeting of Sunflower Assn
Opens With Thirty Delegates.

The annual meeting of the Sun
flower Association and Farmers con-
ference opened this morning at 9
o'clock at the Kansas Industrial and
Educat tional institute with thirty dele
gates present from Shawnee. Douglas,
jefferson and other surrounding coun-
ties attending.
The conference opened at 9 o'clock
this morning with the inspection of
the various departments of the school
and the exhibits in the agricultural
building. At IL o'clock the delegates
attended the chapel Exercises of the
school,
The afternoon session opened at
o'clock with an address by Henry
Graves, of Manhattan, on the subject,
Getting a Stand of Alfalfa" Arthur
Emery. of Lawrence, had charge of
the discussion following the address.
A physical culture exhibition was
given at o'clock by the women stu
dents of the institute. AT $3.50 O'Clock
w. L. Sears of Hill City. former coun-
ty attorney of Graham county Will
speak on Legal Controversies"
J. R. Rodgers, president of the con-
ference, will deliver the address of the
convention at Z o'clock this evening.
The Thursday morning session Will
open at o'clock with meeting OF
the Women's clubs. w. M. Jardlne'
president of the Kansas State Agricu1-
tural cOleSe, Will ueliNe4 eAll euUA Ss
at II o'clock.
The afternoon session will be spent
in discussing problems of colored peo-
ple residing in rural districts.
At 8 o'clock ]. C. Mohler. secretary
of the state board of agriculture, VIII
de1iver an address. This will be fol-
lowed bv a football game between the
Industrial institute and Eskridge high
school. The conference will close
Thursday evening with banquet at
6 O'Clock for the colored teachers at
tending the annual convention OF the
IT. oh
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
VANDaLS DESTROY STATUARY
Col. j. W. f. Hughes Suffers Loss at
Hands of Halloween Ruffians.

Two of Shawnee county's finest
pieces of Statuary were destroyed Dy
vandalS Halloween night. White metal
figures representing "Clio, Goddess of
History" and Flora both of which
have stood in the front yard of the
Col. J. W. f. Hughes home at 235
Greenwood avenue for a quarter of a
century, are now only heaps of junk
as the result of the barbarous Gus
tom that belongs to the middle ages.
Early in the evening some boys in
the neighborhood bent upon 'cele-
brating" the night entered the Hughes
yard and tipped over the statues. The
head of "Flora" and one of the arms
were broken off and one of the arms
of "Clio" was broken. Their beauty
and appearance destroyed, the figures
now will be sold for junk. Their in
trinsic value was estimated at $500.
They were worth many times this
amount in their historic and sentiment
tai value.
The figures were purchased by the
late G. T. Clark, father of Mrs.
Hughes and former secretary of the
local gas company. They reposed in
the front yard of his home for fifteen
years before the place was purchased
by Colonel Hughes, who has resided
there for the last ten years. With the
exception of the Lincoln statue on the
state house ground there were prob
ably no other metal figures in the
county which approached these in
beauty and grandeur.
Perhaps a public which recognizes
vandalism of this nature as an ap-
propriate means of celebrating" Hal
loween will not regret the destruction
of these beautiful Greek figures. But
to Colonel Hughes and his family and
others with finer senses and a greater
respect for the property of others
their loss will serve to arouse a more
severe sentiment against a custom
which is at once meaningless, bar
barous. unlawful, without excuse and
which should be absolutely abolished.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
HOTEL GUEST Is BURNED.
Death in Flames of Texas Hotel foi
Trapped Man-Thrcc Hurt.

Brownwood. Tex, Nov. Wv. P.
Reavis,~ 65. of Locker, San Saba coun-
ty, was burned to death and three
men injured in an early morning fire
which destroyed the Harper hotel
here.
R. B. Pugh. sheriff of Brown coun-
ty, jumped from a second story win
dow and was seriously injured. Homer
Reavis, 81, of Ebony, Tex, and Bob
Martin. So, Brownwood, received slight
injuries. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000. Origin of the fire has
not been determined.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
KANSAS PIONEER is DEAD
Josiah Housh Came TO This State
In 1854.


Josiah Housh, age 50, who has been
a resident of Kansas since 1854, died
Tuesday night at Stormont hospital.
His death was due to a stroke of par
alysis which occurred Friday night.
He has been troubled with apoplexy
for some time.
Housh was born in Indiana in 1851.
He moved to jefferson county, Kansas,
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Housh, in 1854 and lived there until
1875 He then moved to Topeka,
where he has lived continuously since
that time. He was employed by the
Paxton & Paxton store as a truck
driver for a number of years. He was
a member of the M. w. A. lodge.
Housh was married to Eliza Catherine
Goar in 1877. They were the par
ents of five children. Two are living;
one son, George A. Housh, of Topeka.
and one daughter, Mrs. c. L. Woods,
of Forest avenue, Oakland, with
whom he has made his home for the
past year.
The funeral will be held at O'Clock
Thursday afternoon at the Seward
Avenue Methodist church. Burial in
Mount Hone cemetery.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
OIL MAN GAVE UP
j. S. Packer Spent Thousands
Looking For Relief.
Gains 40 Pounds and Feels Fif-
teen Years Younger.

Few men have had the remarkable
experience of John S. Packer, patentee
and proprietor of the Packer OIL Co.,
Liberty, Mo. In relating the unusual
circumstances, Mr.. Packer said;
3ss"I certainly know how to appreciate
the good appetite 1 now have, as for
two years I spent or, rather. should
say, threw away thousands of dolA>-@
trying to get relief. and finally I gave
up my position on account OF III
health.
Everything has turned out all
right. tho. as Tanlac proved TO be
just what 1 needed I am in perfect
health today, am more than forty
pounds heavier and feel at least fifteen
years younger"
Tanlic is sold in Topeka by Tully-
Mcfarland Drug Co, and leading
druggists everywhere.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
INGROWN TOE nail
Says Nail Turns Out Itself if
You Tougher Skin

noted authority says that a few
drops of "Outgro" upon the skin sur
rounding the ingrowing nail reduces
inflammation and pain and so tough
ems the tender, sensitive skin under
meath the toe nail, that it can not
penetrate the flesh, and the nail turns
naturally outward almost over night.
"Outgro" is a harmless, anIseptic
manufactured for CT iropodists. How
ever, everyone can buy from the drug
store a tiny bottle containing direG-
tions-AdV
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
CLEVELAND UNION HAS HEART.
aiilk Men on Strike Exempt Families
With Eabics aud HOSPITALS.

per cent of the people or Greater CIeve-
hand are without milk this morning
when drivers for the Telling Belle
Vernon company and the CloverdaIe
Dairy company went on strike against
a proposed wage reduction of 20 per
cent
The men offered to ACCEPT a wage
reduction of SO per week insted of the
$3.50 weekly asked by their employ
ers. but this was refused. Hospitals
ard families with babies will he sup
Piled with milk, union officials said
this morning
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
new HIKE IN OIL PRICES


Pittsburgh, Nov. 2-The Joseph
Seep Agency here. buyers for Standard
Oil. announces that, effective at 10
o'clock today, the price of PennsyI-
vania crude oil at the wells is ad-
vanced so cents a barrel, to 81.
This is the biggest Advance since
the upward movement in oil began
several months ago. Three other
grades were advanced "a cents a bar
rel, new prices being: Cabeu, $2.61;
Somerset heavy. $2.4O, and Somerset
light. $2.65. Ragland is boosted 10
cents to SIPS. Corning is unchanged
at $2.15
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
For RawSore Throat

At the first sign of raw, sore
throat rub on a little Musterole with
your fingers.
It goes right to the spot with a
gentle tingle, loosens congestion, draws
out soreness and pain.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. It has all
the strength of the oldAfashioned mus
tard plaster without the blister.
Nothing like Musterole for croupy
children Keep it handy for instant
use. 35 and 65 cents in jars and
tubes; hospital size, So.
BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
AUTO DEATH TOLL Big
Were 9,1O3, or 1O.4 Per Thousand. Ac-
cidcntaI Deaths in q. S. in 1920.

cidentaI Deaths in U. S. in 1920.
Washington. Nov. 2.-The national
toll of dead thru accidents caused by
automobiles and other motor vehicles.
excluding motorcycles. in 1920 was g.
1O3. the bureau of the census an
nounced today.
This number represents a death
rate of 1O.4 per 100, 900 population as
against "a in 1919: 81 in 1918: SO
in 1917; 7.3 in 1916. and 5-3 in 1915.
Between 1915 and 1920. therefore. the
death rate from motor vehicle acci-
dents and injuries increased by about
four-fifths.
New York city leads in number of
deaths thru accidents caused by auto
mobiles with 773 in 1920. Houston,
Texas. among the larger towns, shows
the fewest deaths by motor accident.
with a total of eight in 1920; Kansas
City, 56: San Antonio. Tex. 81.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
MAKE 1T NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Congress Completes Action Needed &c
Set Aside Armistice Day.

Washington, Nov 2.-Armistice
day, November il, will be declared a
national holiday in honor of Americas S
unknown soldier to be buried that dav
in Arlington
Congressional action on a resolution
requesting the president and all state
governors to proclaim the day a holi-
day was completed today thru adop-
tion by the senate. Issuance of the
proclamation by Mr.. Harding is ex-
pected within a few days
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
CHINA DEFAULTS PAYMENT.
Five and half Million and Interest
AIrendY Extended Yet Unnnid-

Washington, Nov. 2.-The United
States government views China s
financial default of the five and one
half million dollar-loan, extended by
the Continental and Commercial Ma
tional bank of Chicago, as most seri-
Gus and the state department has in
strueted the legation at Peking to so
inform the Chinese government, the
state department announced today.
The loan was due yesterday and no
payment was made
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Funeral services for James Jack age 5S,
who died Tuesday at his home, 34S Shaw
nee avenue, will be held at o'clock
Thursday afternoon at the home. Burial in
Mount Hope cemetery
Funeral services for Frank Z. Grimes,
age s. who died Tuesday in a local hos
pital will be held at O'Clock Thursday
afternoon at the home, 23S Woodlawn
street. Burial in Topeka cemetery.
Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. 2261.-
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Diamond Engagement Rings, $50 to
$500. Easy terms. Harris-Goar CO.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-02
WHEAT IN GOOD CONDITION

Eastern Kansas Greatly Bene--
fitted by Rains Saturday and Sun
day-Corn HusI1ing General Over
Kansas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
D. READv MADCHATT nTTEEEE
MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

You should, if you have sweet tooth
and eat other peoples sweets, provide
box full of your own occasionally.
Candy is one of the gifts that man
may give woman candy, flowers and
hooks constitute the conventional trio.
Nobody wonders If the donor of a box
OF candy to d girl is thinking Of fall
ing love with her. Candy nova
days is quite the correct and accepted
gift from anybody that can afford it..
And no girl need feel hesitant about
accepting candy in this way OF course,
If she thinks man cannot afford it,
but buys it for her simply because he
thinks he ought to, she might suggest
TO him that he really should not in
dulge her sweet tooth so often. And
never, never should girl hint for
sweets. There are some girls who
cannot pass a candy store window with
out casting longing glances at them,
and sometimes even commenting on
their fondness for candy. No man
should feel rude in ignoring these
symptoms.
1t is not necessary to write a note
thanking a man for a gift of candy If
she follows the gift shortly with a
call. The thanks should not be for
gotten, but they may By delivered YER.
DAILY. (copyright.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
HETTY.

T7 He simple little name of Het-
ty, suggestive Of pleasant home
Iy domesticity, has lofty sig
ni1cance. 1t is translated to mean "a
STAR" Perhaps, after all, the steady
bright insistence of the stars may
have some psychic reference to the
generally accepted conception Of the
Hettys of the world
Hetty is in reality the endearing
diminutive given to the more digni-
fed Hester, but so coldly austere is
the latter name that Hetty has come
to be bestowed in baptism with COM
pleted disregard for it's proper pred
ecessor.
Hetty came into existence by a rath-
er complicated evolution through sew
eral languages. The fair daughter Of
the tribe of Benjamin whose royalty
insured her peoples safety, was called
Atossa. Her name in the Persian lam
guage = quite unpronouncable was
combined with the Latin word for star
"stella" and from the union, came the
modern estrella. In the Septuagint,
the Romans make this word Hestera
or Esthera.
In England, the ga" was dropped and
Hester and Esther weres bestowed as
feminine names. The latter became Es-
sic when the inevitable d1minutive was
forthcoming, and Hester soon gave
place to Hetty, though the original
Gsrm was usually preserved on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
First Christmas
T rec
e1Mf HEN Ansgarius preached the
VLUH White Christ to the vikings Of
tha North SO rms tho legend

SNMT HEN Ansgarius preached the
VlVH White Christ to the vikings of
the North, SO runs the legend
of the Christmas tree, the Lord sent
his three messengers, Faith, Hope, and
Love, TO help light the first tree. Seek
Ing one that should be high as hope,
wide as love, and that bore the sign
Of the cross on every bough, they chose
the balsam fir, which best of all the
trees in the forest met the require
ments. Perhaps that is a good reason
why there clings about the Christmas
tree in my old home that which has
preserved it from being swept along in
the flood of senseless luxury that has
Ewamped so many things in our money
mad day. At least SO it was then
Every time see a tree studded with
electric lights, garlands Of tinsel gold
festooning every branch, and hung
with the hundred costly knicSknacks
the storekeepers invent year by year
"to make trade" until the tree itself
disappears entirely under its burden
/ have a feeling that a fraud has been
practiced on the kindly spirit of Yule.
Wax candles are the only real thing
for Christmas tree, candles of wax
that mingIe their perfume with that of
the burning fir, not the by-product of
some cOal-oil or other abominatiOn
What If the boughs do catch fire?
They can be watched, and too many
candles are tawdry, anyhow. Also,
red apples, oranges and old-fashioned
cornucopias made of colored paper
and made at home, look hundred
times better and filter in the green;
and so do drums and toy trumpets and
wald-horns, and a rocking horse that
need not have cost forty dollars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
TIE Feast
OF LIGHTS
Observation-Disclosures

ETHE lights on the tree are said to
" be of Jewish origin. In the
month of .kisley, of the Jewish
year, corresponding nearly to our De
cember, and the twenty-fifth day, Jews
celebrated the feast Of dedication OF
their temple. It had been dedicated on
that day by Antiochus. 1t was dedicated
by Judas Maccabeus and, according to
Jewish legend, sufficient oil was found
In the temple to last for the seven
branched candlestick for eight days,
and it would have taken eight days to
prepare new oil. Accordingly the Jews
were wont on the tWenty-fifth day of
Kislev in every house to light a can
die, on the next day two, and on the
the eighth and last day of the feast,
eight candles twinkled in every house.
1t is not very easy to fix the ex-
act date of the Nativity, but it fell
most probably on the last day of Kis-
lev, when every Jewish house in Beth
lehem and Jerusalem was twinkling
with lights It is worthy of note that
the German name for Christmas is
Welhnacht (the night of dedication,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
INQUIsITIvE POSSUM.

TT WAS Mr.. Owl who gave the wood
folk the warning by calling out one
night, ITO whom it may concern 8
At least the wood people knew thar
was what he meant, but anybody else
might have thought he just cried, TO
WHO'D, to whoow
So when all the animals both great
and small had gathered around his
tree he told them that in his opinion
it was to be very, very hard winter.
That, of course, meant that they
must begin right away to lay up
stores for the cold, snowed-in days,
and everyone bestirred himself at once
to do this.
Even Mrs. Rabbit, who seldom made
much preparation for the winter days,
began to dohup preserves, all the small
Dummies were sent out with their bas-
kets to gather corn and beans and
beet tops and all sorts of good things.
"If we cannot get them green" said
Mrs. Rabbit to her neighbor, Mrs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
Christmas Marquerites.

IL cupfuIs sugar, II cupful water,
10 marshmallows, egg whites, 2
tablespoonfuls coconut, Il cupful nuts,
saltines, vanilla.
Boil the sugar and water until a
hair is formed as the sirup drops from
the spoon; add marshmallows cut in
bits. Pour over the egg whites beaten
till stiff, add chopped nuts, coconut,
and vanilla and beat till stiff enough
to spread. Do not allow to harden.
Spread thin. sailed waters with the
frosting and brown in the oven. This
amount of frosting will be sufficient
for about thirty waters,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
WHY THE CHRISTMAS KISSES?
Oscillation, Allowed by Custom, ceIe.
brates One Of Most Charming
Events in Tradition.
HY should men kiss girls who
1--WE. stand under mistletOe?

n1NT HY should men kiss girls who
WLMEN. stand under mistletoe?
Because they like it and be-
cause custom allows it. Every kiss
under the mistletoe, however, is a kiss
which celebrates one of the most
charming events in Christmas tradi-
ton.
The romance goes back to the days
of the gods of Scandinavia, when Bal
dur the Beautiful was shot by Locke,
the Spirit of Evil, with an arrow of
mistletoe. But his mother, Venus Of
the North, restored him to life by sa-
Iuting with kisses all who passed be-
meath branch held aloft in her hand
Thus it became an emblem of love
and happy celebration Ancient races
held the plant in great veneration, par
ticularly the Druids, who went in pro-
cession into the forests to collect it.
After New Years day it was dis
tributed among the people as "a sacred
and holy plant. If any part of the
mistletoe touched the ground it was
as an omen of impending
evil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
sSsa C5l
z5 E&{IE I!Ii D |EIR'l

children and slammed the door right
in his face.
All night Mr.. Postum had to sit out
side, the whitewash dripping from his
coat, and in the morning, bright and
early, all the little Dummies and Mr..
and Mrs. Rabbit as well were standing
In front of the house looking at him.
Mrs. Rabbit wanted to know what he
meant by carrying off some Of her
whitewash. "Mr. Rabbit and I and
all the little Dummies tracked you,
and you need not deny it, she said.
Mr.. Postum did not try to deny it,
for what was the use? He was all GOV,
cred with the white stuff. But he did
try to tell Mr.. and Mrs. Rabbit that it
was all an accident, that he was just
running along the limb and off 1t broke
and he happened to fall into the white
wash.
Mrs. Possum had found out it was
her husband by this time, of course,
and she came out to say that what
Mrs. Rabbit could think they wanted
of her whitewash was more than she
could tell.
Mrs. Rabbit wiggled her nose and
looked very wise. Well she said,
IF that is true, Mr.. Possum, that it
was all an accident, why, Of course,
that is. all there is to It, but you must
admit that it did look suspicious"
Mr.. Postum admitted that it did and
off ran the Rabbit family for home,
but it was a long time before Mr..
Possum could go abroad again, for the
white coat he wore was to be plainly
seen in the daytime or at night.
(Copyright.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09

Squirrel, "we can get them stewed,
but, of course, we much prefer them in
their natural state"
Mrs. Squirrel, to encourage her
neighbor In laying up winter stores,
gave her a big basketful of walnuts,
which Mrs. Rabbit picked, and some
say those were the first walnuts ever
picked
But this. story is not about picked
walnuts; it is abOut the nice preserves
that Mrs. Rabbit put up and the acct
dent that befell Mr.. Postum.
Everybody that passed Mrs. .Rab-
bits home for many days found it
hard to gel by her door, for such spicy,
nice-smeiling odors as came out
through the open windows made ev-
eryone feel hungry.
Mr.. Possum was specially interested
when he found that Mrs. Rabbit was,
among other things, putting up great
deal of canned corn, J. and he decided
that when it was dark he would just
take a peek into her pantry window
and see how many cans she had.
Right in front of the window was a
tree and one limb hung low enough so
that Mr.. Possum with a little care
could easily swing himself from it and
reach the pantry window.
Now this might have. been safe
enough if the limb had been a good
one, but it wasn't, and when Mr.. Pos
sum ran along it, before ne could even
get ready to swing, "crackle, snap :"
went the limb and down went Mr..
Pdssum into a barrel Of whitewash
Mrs. Rabbit had ready to use on her
little house.
And that was not the worst OF 4.
He ran home SO scared that he didn't
remember running at all after 1t was
over. Mrs. Pnssum didn'. know him,
but thought he wSs some terrible
white creature come 20 carry off her
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-09
CANDY MANNERS.

Feast Of nectar ID sweets-M Milton.
TT is a usual question for a young
1 girl to write asking who should take
the first piece o. candy from box
brought to her by a young man caller.
And when you come to think Of it,
there are a good many puzzling things
involved in the problems connected
with a box of candy
To begin with, if a man brings a
girl box of candy, she usually opens
it while he is present She then passes
it to any other women in the room,
then to the man, and then she helps.
herself If he, when she passes it,
holds it for her to take piece, she
does so. If the candy comes by mail
or messenger, she opens it, of course,
and does not wait until he calls, even
if she knows who the candy comes
from before opening it, and knows
likewise that the donor is to call.
Perhaps the most important thing to
remember in connection with the good
manners connected with candy is that
the person who always greedily eats
candy and never buys it is very i'll
bred. 1T is the weekend custom for
some men to bring home a box of
candy. In some families theBe is one
candy-loving member who lies in wait
for the weekly sweets and eats as
many pieces as she can get. She takes
one every time the box is passed, and
perhaps helps herself between times.
Now it is quite all right to accept
candy, If you like it, when it is passed.
But you should not eat more than your
share, and you should not eat even
this much if you are not in the habit
occasionally of standing treat yourself.