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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
EFFICIENCY is INCREASING.
Average Net Ton Mileage Per Day
Climbs to Nearly GOO Mark

AS an index of railway efficiency,
the average net ton mileage Der day
OF freight moved, is accepted by rail-
way officials and Investigators as one
or the most accurate gauges of what
the railroads are doing,
The railroads of the United States,
when TINS gauge is applied, have been
steadily increasing in efficiency. with
one relapse, since the roads were turn
ed over to the private corporations
in March, 1920. The average net ton
mileage per day in 1918 was 491; in
1919 it dropped to AL; during the
tlrst two months of 1920 it stood at
455. During the first month of private
operation it rose to 4S7. The switch
mems strike in April forced it down
to 401, but in May it rose to 4S8,
passed the 500 mark in June, was 523
In July. and '557 in August. Since
that time it has Aimbed nearly to 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
TELL OF ROMANTIC SOUTHWEST
Many Original Paintings Placed in
Santa Fe Office Here,

One of the features of the Santa Fe
department of passenger traffic has
been the stress which the road has
laid upon the romantic southwest.
The desert and mountain country of
New Mexico, Texas. Arizona have
neen thoroly exploited in the adver-
Using of the company, and to this end
the road has purchased many of the
best modern paintings of the aborigi-
nails ard their surroundings.
II; the office of the general passen-
ger agent at Topeka there have Just
peen hung several of the originals of
these paintings, including three
studies of Indian life and pueblos. by
Couse. and a horse picture by Rem
1ugton. Several views of the Grand
Canon of the Colorado are included in
the artistic furnishings of the rooms,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

have been recommending your medicine
to my friends, and you are welcome to
use my testimonial for can never praise
your medicine enough for what it has
done for me. "-RHopA E. CARBAUGH,
r. R. l, Hagersvvw-1, ND.
Women will tax their powers of en-
aurance to the limit before giving up,
and it is then some womanly ailment
develops and they have to give up en-
tirely. When a woman suffers from
such symptoms as irregularities, head
aches, backaches, bearing-down pains,
inflammation, nervousness and the
blues,'' it is well for her to profit y
Mrs. Carbaugh's experience Ez-d try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. It has restored multitudes of
women suffering fromiustsuchailme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
MANY FROM HERE
Topeka Newspaper Men t
New Kansas City Paper.
First Issue of The kansan to
Appear Monday.

Kansas City. Kan. Jan. 29.-The
first issue of The Daily Kansan. SenaA
tor Arthur Capper's new publication
here, is scheduled to come off the
press Monday. The Kansan starts
with a paid-in-advance subscription
list of approximately 1900 and ad-
Hvertising contracts, for the first year
totaling more than $4,000. according
to Marco Morrow, assistant publisher.
Financial backing for the paper was
obtained in campaign conducted by
the Chamber of Commerce several
weeks ago.
Altho Kansas City. Kan. is the
largest city in the state. with a popu-
lation now exceeding 100000. ii has
had no daily paper of its own general
circulation. depending on the Kansas
City, Mo-. papers. The Capper paper
succeeds a publication called The
daily Kansan which existed princi-
pally to carry on the city's legal adj
vertising.
The staff for The Kansan has been
recruited largely from the Topeka Of
flee of the Capper publications.
Charles Sessions who has been man.
aging editor of the Topeka Daily Cap
ital. will be managing editor of the
new paper. Harvey Parsons. succeeds
Sessions as managing editor of the
Topeka paper. Carl White formerly
of the Kansas City Post and a Kansas
City. Kan. man. will be city editor of
the Kansan.
w. A, Bailey, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and assistant cashier
of the Exchange State Bank of this
city. will be business manager. B. p.
Bartlett. chief of the promotion de-
partm for the Capper Publications.
will be in charge of the advertising
/ work for sixty days. when F. B. Cum
nlnghanl, at present in the advertising
department of the Capital. will be-
come permanent advertising manager.
~ P. Morrow and Mckee Cook are
additional members of the advertising
staff recruited from Topeka.
The new daily will be. independent
/ in politics and will not be a personal
organ of the publisher. Senator Capper
has announced. 1t will endeavor to
cover the city field intensively. with
world news as we'll. AT first there
will be two editions on week days. at
noon and o'clock. with a Sunday
morning edition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

street department, is located at First
and Crane streets.
To Double Amount of Work.
1--WE are equipped to do double the
amount of work we have ever done
before on Topeka streets" Hancock
said. "A year or two will make a diff
ference in the general condition of To-
peka streets, altho even now it is we'll
known that Topeka has more good
streets in proportion to it's size than
any city in the country"
Strip paving, newly begun in To-
lpeka. is a method of laying afstrip of
paving over only part of the street
such has has been done on West
Eighth street. 1t proves highly salts
| factory for general use. and is more
| satisfactory to residents than paving
thru petition methods, Hancock said
/ for the cost of street paving is taken
from the general street department
fund.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
Program at Crystal Next Week.

Natalie Talmadge and a five reel
Mack Sennett comedy. Down on the
Farm comprise the main features of
the Crystal program for, the coming
week. Miss Tahnadge will support
her sister, Norma, in the production.
The Isle of Conquest" which starts
Monday afternoon. All kinds of trick
photography are promised in the1com-
edy. said to be the best ever sent out
by that well known producer of laughs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
NEW BRANCH ON UNION PACIFIC
Forty-Two miles of Road VIII Be Cut
Off Into Medicine Bow Wyo

The Union Pacific is continuing its
preparation for the construction of a
branch line in western Nebraska and
wyoming. Right of way is being pur-
chased along the proposed line in
western Nebraska at the present time.
1t has been officially announced that
forty-two miles of the road is
designed to eventually become a cut
off into Medicine Bow. Wyo., and will
reduce the actual distance from North
Platte. Neb.. to Medicine Bow. Wvo--
by about fifty miles. incidentally
eliminating some bad hills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
Youngest Editor
OfSnollest Paper
Sho1Or, In Movies

Liberal, Kan, Jan. 29.-J. C. Zim-
norman, representative of the Pathe
Film company, with headquarters in
Kansas City, came to Liberal a few
days ago to secure pictures of Alice
Nichols, / 5, who is perhaps the young
est editor of the smallest newspaper
in the United States, and whose fame
along this line is spreading to other
states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

The picture is to be used in the
Pathe News Weekly. 1t will be re-
leased in about two weeks. the first
showing being in New York City.
Later it will be shown at a local the
alter.
Miss Nichols first published a pa
per known as the Tiny Town News,
which was printed with pencil.
when she was only 9 years old The
Nichols Journal was launched four
years ago, when Alice was II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
HE SHOT HIS FATHER.
Son Claims He Used Gun Purely il
Self Defense

Duncan, Okla, Jan. 29.zBenjam
Perry today was held in the county
jail here charged with shooting and
seriously wounding his father, Thomas
Perry, at their farm near here.
Young Perry claims he shot in self
defense. The parent suffered a gun
shot wound in the shoulder. Pnysi-
clans hold out small hopes for his re-
cOVery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
CATALoG OF CONVENTIONS.
Santa Fe Lists Important Gatherings
for Benefit of Travellers.

The Santa Fe has issued a cataIos
of all the important national conven-
lions to be Fheld in the United States
this year. for the benefit of travels
who mean to visit any of them, and
also for the use of the passenger and
ticket agents in giving information to
$-osnertire cG;rons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

DOuJ Wdo oWOiACAi o4io
i often had pains SO
! had to lie down. I
was treated by a
physician, but he did
not seem to help me
at all. My sister had
taken your medicine
with great results SO
II took Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vege ia BILE
Compound and now1
am able to work and
feel like WORKING I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
ORIENT To- PACIFIC
JOuett ShOuse Will Accompany
McAdoO to Mexico.
X. G.. Rail Chief viii Be Guest
of President Oregon.

nouncement by New York dispatches
that Jouett Shouse and wife would ac-
company William G. McAdoo and wife
to Mexico City as guests of President
Obregon gave rise TO speculation here
today to whether the former direc
tor of railroads has been interested in
the plans to complete the Kansas City,
Mexico &. Orient railroad thru to the
Pacific Goa ct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
SAME AS LIFE TERM.
Negro Gets Two Years Each on
Twenty-Two Burglary Charges.

Williams, negro. began serving forty
four years in the state penitentiary
today.
Yesterday he heard himself sem
fenced to two years each on twenty
two burglary charges against him. sHe
is "a years old now. -=-<--z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
To. Reduce Wages.

Woonsocket, r. l., Jan. 29.-The
Woonsocket Rubber company, foot
wear division of the United States
Rubber company, announced today a
downward wage revision, February. T.
The percentage was not given. Two
factories employing 1850 persons are
a ffected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
MO. PAC. BUYS BABY ROAD.
Little Rock & Argentina Railroad is
Two Miles Long

I'o'IO 1NOCk q ArgeHtlIla Railroad Il
Two Miles. Long.
The Missouri Pacific has bought a
papy railroad. The road which has
been newly purchased is the I,ittIe
ROCK q Argentina, which has almost
two miles of track between Little
Rock and Picron, Ark,
The Missouri Pacific, as we'll as the
ROCK Island. has now inaugurated
special service between Little Rock
and Eldorado, where large oil fields
are being developed. ElDorado is
about midway between the eastern ana
western boundaries of Arkansas. ana
close to the Louisiana line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

the. United States department of agri-
culture, which says that Kansas leads
with LAO acres; Nebraska is sec
with 1,123,000 acres and California
third with 1,073,00O acres Kansas
alfalfa is being used as an advertising
features for the state, by the iumigra-
ton department of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

New York-Isndore Ozer left his pocket
book at home when he went tosthe mar
had to go out and hook the wedding ring
to pay the license fee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
Ticket Agent. Union Pacific r. I
KANSAS LEADS IN ALFALFA.

Figures Compiled by Immigration
- Department of Santa Fe.
Kansas has more acres planted to
alfalfa than has any other state in
the Union, according to the figures of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
-Four Employes Killed.

Wheeling, w. Va, Jan. 29.-Four
Baltimore & Ohio railroad employees
were killed early today when loco
motive boiler exploded near Littleton,
W. Va.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
TWO SISTERS
GET help
Praise Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for
what it did for Them

Hagerstown, Md was overworked
and my monthly periods stopped. My
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
Gs6adabout

Here 1 am starting in to sgadding
around again. But how can a poor
girl help it with all the shops just
full of pretty things? Show me the
girl that doesn't like to go and I'll
show you a girl that has no pep, so
THERE.
1 started to call "711"-of course
you know who iii" is; every one
does. Well. there is one trouble with
Roy Payne's taxi service and that is,
you don't dare call him until you are
all ready to go for if you do, one of
his taXis will be right in front of your
house before you can hang up the re-
ceiver and get your hat on Service,
I mean. Roy Payne's, 205-7 West
Sixth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Don't worry if some one runs int,
you. Just take your car over to Reh
kopf's, 212 West. Sixth. get a nev
body, new top, new wheels, and Their,
you are. New car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Do you know that if we were not al
peculiar, we would all be alike?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
The old water conditions
Put all in flutter:
Try spreading it on your bread
1t makes good peanut butter.

Topeka has many shops but did you
know we had a Shop Drug Store %
We have. Rosser's in the Orpheum
building, not very big but good things
come in small packages and that is
Rosser's all over. Splendid line of
drugs. full line Of magazines and tot
let articles, and what would you
rather be than a camel while drink
ing at their fountain? Rosser's in the
lOrpheum building.
Wanted-A good place to. run an
Elevator
Found-Up and down inside build
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Because a merchant has a yellow
front. that is no sign he has a yellow
streak in him..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Do you know why they don't vaccI
nate policemen? Because theyepeve
catch anything anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

DIR. Chas. Hammond, who for so
many years has had an office at S29
Kansas avenue, has moved farther up
the street, and is now located in a
well appointed suite of rooms at 909
Kansas avenue, over johnson &
Beck's. Office hours from 2 till 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Only two Count 'em) places to bu,
San Tox remedies. Klingaman s
Hoover. ZIG East Sixth street arlt
Tenth and Kansas avenue This com
pany also puts out toilet water, fac.
powder and hand lotion. San To,
preparations are hard to beat. Re
member the time. the place and tn,
remedies. San Tox
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Now what do you think of that ?
"a tax on old maids Isn't it (task)
enough to be one? Which reminds
me that it isn't dying an old maid
that worries US. It's living that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

I want to spring something new on
you, but Mrs. Baer can spring some
thing newer. oh. dearie me, such
darling little spring hats, all shapes
and sizes, some in satins and some, In
georgettes and some look like regu-
lar bouquets of flowers. The sailor
shapes with little dangly things hang
ing down over one ear to remind you
that you are the proud possessor of
one. l can't begin to tell you the pre-
vailing shades because they are all
prevailing. oh she's a Baer. S19
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Take home some of Mrs Fraser's
home made pies, cake or bread, fresh
every day. Also India relish and jel-
lies. Mrs. Fraser, Sixth. and Jackson
The little Squealens Is no business
man. 3. w.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29
''1f you ever get hungry.
And don't know where to GO.

Got a pair of shoes today for 81. sc
You did? Where are they?
Put 'em on my horse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

The man with the smile that won't
come Off is the man who belongs to
Pepp's Coal Saving Plan. Begin now
and by July or August your. next win
ters coal will all be paid for and at
summer rates, and listen, all the time
your money will be making you per
cent interest Can you beat it? To
peka Coal Co, Aetna Bldg, 11S West
Seventh street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-29

Miss No. 2 Shoe-The reason the
Topeka girls take cold SO easily is be-
cause there is much of them on the
ground.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-04-22

nina our new professor. ANA were 20
in% Ia civ" him He huh"rIry degree
in al our fr:it"rIEIl societies hy car
r-ir" him tlir"c fines around the
"aluini> Ia the tune Of
\ r"ilirliuG college SOM RAM ont
from the formidable. clustering moh
h"arim" .\dolphus IN triumph from the
scene.
faVoritc all around. the young
man WAS settled for life. and Il IIupnv
bridegroom il the bargain. Il few
weeks later.
That WAS not all Of it. The humnr-
Isl hunted up AdoiphuS to get back
his manuscript. The ono he had taken
by mistake he claimed had saved the
day for him. Its sentiment and elias.
steal tingc had just caught his audi.
"ncc. 1t CAV" him = great reputation
for versatility, and the lecture bureau
had raised his pay. He hired Adolphus
on the spot to- write him series OF
lectures in the same vein, and this
work resulted IN some substantial mir
money for his delighted little wife.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-04-22
FLU TAKING TERRIBLE TOLL OF LIVES.
GOOD HEALTH WILL PREVENT
YOUR CONTRACTING THIS
DREADED DISEASE.

Persons who IrC run down and
who have colds are in actual danger.
They have lazy livcrS and impure
blood. They cannot fight The dis
case.
No one is immune 10 flu. The
germs are everywhere. No matter
where YOU live YOU will find the
germs. Even healthy persons have
difficulty in resisting this plague.
Pcpsotonc Will put you in shape
1t will purge The system Of all i'm
puriiics and Will purify the blood.
1t viii carry Il now energy TO tH"
tired nerves and 10 weakened lis
sues.
Your druggist has supply OF
PcpSotone. Get a 25c. package
il is mighty cheap health insur.
anCc. 81
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-04-22
OF THE GAY SECOND EMPIRE
Social Stunts That Included the Ap-
pearance Of Company From the
Coincide Franchise.

Gay hunting parties marked the sec
ond empire in France and after the
hunts theatrical performance was al
ways included, and when this was pre-
Sented by the members Of the Come
die Franchise they enjoyed the dis
tinction of being received in the royal
box. Invitations on these occasions
were greatly priced, as were those to
the ball that was given on the en-
press name day, November II, and
Oh which from 10000 to 10000 francs
used 10 he spent, the Detroit News
recalls. But when the more formal
entertaining was over, "eccentricities"
Of many kinds were permitted. There
were English ladies who enjoyed the
privilege Of being included in these
less conventional parties.
The costumes of the latter We're
something wonderful to behold. The
cloth skirt, which had then been re-
Gently introduced from England, and
the cloth dress draped over it enabled
their wearcrS to defy all kinds Of
weather. As thcy went tramping down
the muddy roads, their coIuctlish lit
tie hats dhintiiy poised on enormous
chiGnonS, their walking boots display
Ing more than the regulation part of
ankle. the less sophisticated Com
pcign"iS stared with all their might
ut tlic strange company from the
chateau.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-04-22
CONCORD STATE NORMAL.
C.. G.. RoSSEY. President.
Mr. Ambitious Student.


Mr. Ambitious Student.
Somewhere. W. Va.
| Dear Mr.. Student:
l sincerely hope this little letter
Will reach your eyes and touch
YOUR heart. In the next few years
YOU are really to begin life i'll earn
est. The question is. how much are
YOU going to be able to get out of
| life: Allow the writer to tell YOU
| in advance. that YOU will get out of
| life Just what You put in il.
| hope YOU will answer 10 your
self, honestly. the following quc>-
tionS. and then act:
Are YOU satisfied with your pres
cnt educational preparation? What
do YOU laCk?'
Perhaps the faculty Of Concord
State Normal can help YOU.
Listen. Spring Term opens OH
April 18th. We arc going to offer
practically all of the Review
Courses for Teachers. We shall
give them in such way that they
will count not only for review. but
for high school credit. Advanced
Academic Courses in the Prcpara-
tory Department will be given for
those who desire it. For students
who have had the proper back
ground Of preparation. college and
professional courses will be given,
which will count toward Standard
Normal graduation and Il degree.
1t may be that YOU are Interested
in the "Short Certificate Course"
If SO, write for detailed information
concerning This course. Certain
credit toward receiving The ccrli-
iicatc, will be allowed YOU on your
teaching experience and grades on
your uniform teachers certificate.
For the past two years, and this
year especially, the Extension and
Home Study by Correspondence
Department has been exceptionally
Successful, under the direction Of
Mr.. Fred y. Forster. In many ways
| this department has exceeded en-
Ipcctation. The following mottoS
will show YOU the ideal Concord
has in mind:
Southern West Virginia The
Campus of Concord"
Learn While You Earn
In Il few cases this department
has not been able 10 answer prompt
~ all lessons or inquiries because
Of the unusual demand which has
come. 1t is our hope that YOU will
be patient and be ready TO begin a.
new in earnest another year.
| Board and room at the Ladies'
Hall will cost $1,000 per month.
Board and room can be secured in
town with the best families at a
rate ranging from $500 to $4,000
per month.
| shall personally be glad to al
swcr any inquiries that YOU may
care to make. We stand ever ready
to help you in every possible way.
Very sincerely yours.
| &. (. HOSSEY,
Athens, W. Va
March ~, l92l. Al -4W
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-04-22

Rluo Sulphur District
White Sulphur District. e. Ayres.
and ]. T.. Forren.
OverSeers OF the Poor
Lewisbnrg Distrlct-j. M. Cunningham
Fort Spring District-H. L. Cofrman-
Irish Cocner-C. B. Beckner.
Anthonys Greek District
White Sulphur District-J. e. Ayrsa
Anthorys Creek District-W. S. waid-
Failing Spring District. F. Bright.
Williamsburg District-F. l.. Wallace.
uo.1epuY " .M-loIIlsIG Hnla MoppsV
Blue Sulphur District-Jno. T. Mont
gomery.
Commissioners Of Accommodations W.
ArbucE!e r. NJ. Arbuckle, Samuel
Price anu A. NJ. Tressel.
Times OF Holding cour.s.
Circuit Court eolvenes on tie
Third Tuesday In January. Second
tuesday in May, Second Tuesday IN
September.
The County Court convenes on The Eiy1,
Tuesday In each o. the months OF January,
February. March. April. May, June, July.
September. October. November and De-
cember. and Oh the Second and Fourth
Tuesdays in August.