davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-13

Alter discussing the means of es
nc school and children. the meet,nr
70 meet again on May -.
ny S;39 T. NJ, when a sociablc viii
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
JOINT SESSION.
IN CENESEO OF
C.E. SOCIETIES
Rock nd.Henry Counties Union
and Juniors Plan Two-Day
Meeting.

The Rock Island-IIenry counties
Christian Endeavor convention
Will be held in Geneseo Saturday
and Sunday. There will be several
state officers in attendance and a
fine program has been arranged.
Past conventions of the Rock Is
land-Henry counties union have
been regarded as the best within
the state Over three hundred del
egates attended last years conven-
ton and it is expected that the at
tendance will be larger this year.
Miss Ruth Brandenburg is pres
ident and has been largely respon-
sible for the growth and efficiency
of the society. w. G. Murphy is
vice president. Willis Drehmer
secretary and Eva LAUDER treas
urer. These officers and a corps
of department superintendent and
other workers have been register
ing marked success in the man
agement of the affairs of the IN
ion.
Several cities will have delegates
at the Geneseo convention and
Moline. Kewanee and Edgington
delegates are TO make special eff
forts to obtain next years conven-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

ton. The following program has
been arranged:
Saturday Morning.
-hegistration. r. E. Lemon,
Frank Ward.
9-Song service.
9:30-Adress, IAN Ideal Program
for a Young Christian Rev. w. III.
Harberts.
10-Open conferences: "Plan-
ming Your Years Work" r. A.
Walker; How We Make Our CITY
Union Co." Willis Dreamer: "our
State Union and It's Relation to
Others" F. D. c. Walker.
12-Junior banquet at Geneseo
Congregational church.
Saturday Afternoon.
1:3o-Song service
Open conference, r. A. Walk
or.
2:30-Address, Rev. W. B. Oliver.
3-Conference classes: Mission
airy, r. E. Lemon; Junior. Mrs. A.
l.. Hager: Intermediates, r. A.
Walker; Prayer Meetings, r. d. G..
Walker.
3:30-Address, Finding Ones
Self" Rev. James Todd, Jr.
Reports.
5-Convention fellowship banquet
at Geneseo Presbyterian church.
Saturday Evening.
7:30-Song service.
Special music.
8-Address, Rev. ]. T. Mordy.
S;30-Decision meeting.
8:40-Social hour, Herbert Sam
uels, presiding.
Sunday Morning.
S-Quiet hour, THE Call To
Prayer"
Regular morning services in all
churches.
Sunday Afternoon.
2-Song service.
Special music
2:30-Devotional, Nellie Hanna.
2:40-Junior demonstration.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

oy letter. She enclosed a descrip-
ZION OF the object of her attentions.
ms age as she would imagine it, his
weight. the fact that he is single
ana also the location of his resi-
aence IN proximity to other well
known buildings. The fact that his
mother bad died four years ago was
emphasized at one point in partic-
Iiar, that might aid in the identi-
fication.
Inc postmaster was given a mes
sage to be delivered to the person
In question VIII n found.
Dubious Partnership.
Postmasters, of course. like to be
useful in social, as in all affairs.
but when it comes to being silent
partner to the treacherous little
god, Dan Cupid, there arises some
question as to the dubiousness OF
the proposttion--so the postmaster
IS hesltating in this instance.
In another connection, the post
master Is asked to look up the wit
nesses to a wedding which occurred
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

3:15-Address -Four Square En-
deavor," r. A Walker
3:40-Short talks, The Call OF
Service" Marie Ross; The Spirit
of Service" r. E. Lemon.
4:15-Convention picture.
Sunday Evening.
6-Union Christian Endeavor
meeting. Ruth Brandenburg, leader.
7:15-Song service.
Special music.
Installation of officers, F.
ID. G. Walker. a
sLAddress. F. D. G. Walker.
Decision service.
Junior Convention, Too.
The Rock Island-Henry counties
union plans to hold a Junior Chris
tian Endeavor convention in con-
nection with the annual county
convention The junior conven-
ton will be held Saturday after
noon in the Congregational church
This plan was tried for the first
time at the convention held in Rock
Island last year, and was such a
success that decision was reached
to make the junior division con-
vention an annual affair.
Special speakers will be heard
The juniors will preside. A junior
banquet will be held Saturday
noon and every one is invited TO at
tend The convention will be I'M
der the supervision of Mrs. a L.
Hager, state junior worker, and
Miss Marie Ross of Moline, county
junior superintendent.
Junior Program.
II noon-Junior banquet
Song service.
2:2O-Deyotionals. Conferences
junior officers, prayer meeting and
lockout committees; socials and
3-Bible stories by juniors.
sharp shooting contest
3:50-Story hour, Marie Ross.
4:20-Adresses, r. A. Walker
and F. d. G. Walker.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
POSTMASTER OBLICINC BUT
OBJECTS TO PARTNERSHIP
WITH CUPID; HUMOR IN DAY

what might be the ordinarily dull
routine of postmaster's duties in
often liyened by peculiar inquiries
that come TO his desk for informa-
ton and investigation. Consider
ing that the Office of postmaster is
hedged about by restrictions and
regulations, and beyond the lati-
tude that is accorded in the exer-
else of executive and managerial
duties, there are certain things that
he is forbidden to do.
This is particularly true in the
matter OF giving out information
with relation to addresses that are
contained only in the inside post
Office directory. AS might be ex-
pected, this is a matter about which
there is the most common inquiry.
People are in search of this one.
or that one. who has moved since
the last city or telephone directory
was issued, and the natural place
to find out about new addresses is
the postofhce. But the postmaster
Is helpless under the law to be of
any aid in such instances, unless
with rare exceptions, where he
must exercise the keenest judg-
ment
But outside Of this, there are
matters innumerable that come up
every day in which the postmaster
is asked to be of aid in unraveling
Two distinctly different instances
came to Postmaster Harry P Simp-
son within the last two days. One
was in the form of an anonymous
letter from an Iowa town in which
the writer, a woman, asked him to
get her into communication with
man in Rock Island whom she had
met casually, whose name she did
not know, but with VIII, m she de-
sired to establish an acquaintance
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

IN Rock Island in the long ago. In
august. 1867. according to the story
written on the outside OF a letter
which comes from Seattle. Wash.
frederick Urban and Ottilie z.
Wentiand were married by 8 JUS
Cce or the peace named Beca
hantz- The witnesses to the cere-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

nony were O. B. Higgins and Mar
gazette Jones The groom had
been a member of the 22nd Wiscon-
sin regiment during the Civil war
He died May 6, last. and his widow
in order to complete her applica-
ton for a pension. desires the af-
ddavits of the witnesses to the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

marriage. The postmaster is. the
asked to seek out the Witnesses
aliye. and have them forward tael
affldayits to Mrs. 0-tiiie Urban, IS
Maple Leaf lace, Seattle. Wasl
The names of neither OF the wi
Resses appear in the postofHce d
rertories.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

Anniversary Special in
Wool Skirtings
A price that represents but small part
of their value. Strictly all wool and 81
inches wide. Heavy enough for coat
ings, skirts and capes. a year ago they
sold for yard, S7.75. For this big ami
versary special the price is
only yard Sl.9S
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Foreign Bonds

50 Argentine rs. -. s7a, A7N CIV s7s
French Prem 5s ~ u 72lz 72,a 7aI
Ger Gvt IS 80.
Russian 6i3s... IL l2 l9 -
90 do 6h ctfs... IL IL II liz
II Rio Grande 8s. eS1a 99s. 90 "a
l2l Swiss tivt u.s.. 94is 95ll s4Ls a5N
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
II. S. WUEHRMANN, secretar,
Dated December 18th, 1927.

THE ANNUAL MEETING or THE
Stockholders of the REINSC,HILJ
CHEMICAL COMPANY for tho election OF
piie ectors and for any other business that
be held at tho office OF the Company. 47-l9
barclay street. in the Borough Of Man
haitian, +Sfw Yoris City. on the nth day OF
j nuarystfone. thousand nine hundred and
twenty eV5o. at q f. M
HENEDIcT $. WISE, Secretary.
Dated. New York. December "a. 14fi.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Denver g. Rio Grande 7s

Question.--You wrote MO November l 8 n
courteous reply to my inquiry az TO lwheth-
er the present ownership OF the -. e. Il. c.
r. r. could rcpudate the bond issues OK
Of 'H the b. & Il. 6. r. r. cumuatsvee adjust
ment per cent bonds. payanae ~ lsS;'
ing to the printed gtatements ON tho ppads
and according to "Moodys Manual 81 5tail-
roads" Your reply gives me no inforrna-
tion as TO whether these bonds can be re-
pudiated or not / am investing nearly
every month under the guidance OF the
banks trust and Moodys or Phor's man
unl and | am particularly concerned in
the possibility OF inscriptions boards or
directors of other companies possibly de-
string to repudiate bond issues. II these
y. & Il. G.. cumulative bonds, protected
about strongly through cumulative pro-
Visions, and the pledging of prior bond
issue for so per cent OF the interest. and
twice tho aggregate bond issues. and prob
ably subject to no more variations in cali
ber of directors than is the common lot
among railways. can be repudiated. what
bonds can | buy safely? Jf you can see
your way clear to answer this question: ,of
fundamental Importance to an :, investor
ment questions [ would be glad to. learn
your views at reasonably early date
II. M. N
Answer-When either railroad com
pany or an individual becomes bank
rupt it often becomes necessary 80 re-
pudiate some promises, and sometime es.
when either an individual or railroad
company becomes financially involved
in difficulties, it is necessary for cred
itors to accept something less than the
full promised payment In either case
the process of compromise between diff
fcrent creditors is arrived at only after
discussion and negotiation.s Such dis
cussion and negotiation is going On in
the case of the Denver g. Rio sGIande
We cannot tell you--and we doubt if
anybody can tell you - for 4certain
whether or not cumulative interest on
the Denver & Rio Grande adjustment
bonds will be paid in full, or whether
holders of these bonds will be asked
to accept some other security in place
Of the one you now hold. The tone Of
your letter brings out a point which
over and over again we have tried to
make plain in these columns: A prom
Use OF pay depends for its value on the
ability of the corporation that makes
the promise to fulfill it If, in the
opinion OF those in control Of the Den
yer e. Rio Grandc, it will betimpossible
to fulfill the promise contained 5h the
adjustment bonds, the promise viii be
rcpudiated, presumably either thfphgh
voluntary or an involuntary sacrifice
on the part of the holders of these
bords. statement was issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
July, 1921, which showed that consid-
Grafton was being given to plan for
the foreclosure of the .rcfunding and
adjustment bonds and the substitution
therefor of per cent preferred stock
of the new company, the Denver e. Rio
Grande Western, and 5 per cent junior
bonds OF the new company.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Western Pacific Speculative

Question: hold ten shares Of Western
Pacific preferred. [ il is steadily de-
clining. What is the reason? Should I
sell and take my loss or may hold on
without danger OF total loss ?-E. D. s.
Answer-If you cannot afford to
speculate you should. in our opinion.
sell your Western Pacific preferred
stock, take your loss and put your
money into some of the sound, high
grade investments that we frequently
recommend in these columns.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
- AWsgEx1
Investment Mf0rmutiO1)sl


of Now Jersey twenty year securcn Z per
cent bonds, due December !. la41. offered
by Drexcl & Co., Bonbrlght a. 90. .nnd
Clark. Dodge 4 Co. at DSa4 ?--J. w. G.
Answer You arc presumably as IA
miliar as we arc with the situation in
Europe in regard TO the payment of the
German indemnity. France has counted
on getting this indemnity and her taxes
and budget have been based on the as
sumption that the indemnity would be
paid. South America, without nearly as
good a past credit record .'as Franc e
has had, is, on the other hand, coIRrara
lively free of the difticultiess dneSttab8a ia
huge wa, war debt: DEBT WIN s these faets e y e tnd
which bond you would rathcr hold,
French 71as or Sac Paulo IS. wa think
that the Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey secured per cent bonds,
due 1941, are a good inves shnent.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Cleveland
Detroit

125 Am 1T & Tr.1o7 1o7 1os y 1868
zoo charcoal pf rs lSs rs -
1900 Continental :. 81 6it 6X 6E
10 Ford .........255 e55 255 255
lsOo'Lincoln .... 21s ga 2 ,
900 Packard ..... rs ~ ia tx
so do pf ..... 6S &c "a 65la |
s25 REQ .......... l7h 11ia 17M l7as |
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
" estern MARYLAND
PennsyIyania RaiIrOad

Novem Der gross. s42 043.7eo Dec sie. os5 OF
Bal. after tax. 6.2Si.440 Inc. 500 az
Net oper. income 5 a0e. .75e Inc l.So4. ses
II mos. gross. .46o. 6s2.ls5 Dec. 53,572.Ses
Bal. after tax. 45,343.14S Inc. SS.sl4.oSs
Net oper. income 3I.9a5. 964 Inc ss.S5Q 49e
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Pittsburgh

so Am Wit Prod az oA4
5425 Ark Nat Gas. lis 1lB 1913 II
100 Am Wn Mich, G7 81 81 81
ITO Mfrs 1t & HIT As AZ 4S 48
80 Nat Frpfg pf. 15Is 15is l5ia 1914
70 Ohio Fuel OH II u 20ia 20i,
Il Okla Nat Gas 202s 202a 20 90
1000 Pitts Mt Shas CSC e6c 26c 2sc
80 Union Gas..lls 11S 1IS I1s
25 West Air Brk. ot% OAK 94a 94&
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
PhiIadelphia

$500 Am Gas & h 5s 81 50 50 So
1000 & o 6s.... 95N 95is 95ik 95H
1000 Nor Cent 5s. 96la 96la gei, 9GL
1000 Penn las ...1032. 103a. i033a 1898.
1000 Phil El As. ~ T2 II -
$500 Phil El 1st 5s 94li etM a2H AK
10000 Phil Ei 0as I0oas l00A 1905.
$4,000 Read Jer Cn IS S212 s2ia s2ia S2la
1000 Span Amer 6s 100 100 100 100
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Prices Irregular
In Quiet Trading
On Curb Market
Standard Oil of Indiana Re-
coversStrongly and Others
Work Higher, but Cities
Service Common Declines

Prices moved irrcgu arly in quiet
business continuing to be more or less
uncertain. Oils attracted most atten-
tion. Standard of Indiana recovered
strongly to above 90, while others
made small gains. Cities Service COM
mon reacted point.
Anaconda Copper rights were ad-
mitted to trading, several hundred
changing hands at ~ cents. United
Retail Candy worked up above s.
Magma Copper advanced to 20, but
Burns Bros. "B' fell off fractionally.
Imperial Oil Of Canada gained a
point, and international and Anglo
American advanced fractionally.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Headed for Speculation

Nnostioh--.I have q fess hundred dollars,
AMI intend TO III est thcm n the follow
ire ,tucks but ,lit to Fct Sour advice
first. Anglo American OH Company, of
the StandalI OIL. 10 sold about $40 per
4hnre ana AT to know how much divi-
deni per sharc do they pay. n:sd II .Fc
company Is 3 serious eve. Standard Gas
and Electric Company preferred stock solo
about $40 per shnrc ard peylng So rer
ahsrr dividend. ,v!ll you Bvo some intor-
nation about said company? Is It safo ?
What is the psr pr.co Of those shares -
c. y
Answcr--Wc are not uure what ,-o,:
mean by serious company, but sc
think it would be a serious mistake
for you to speculate. You hnTa no
facilities for making successful spec
ulation and both Anglo American iii
stock and Standard Gas and Electric
per cent preferred stock arc spocula-
tive.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Rail Net Incomes
Continue to Cain
As Gross Declines
Many Large Roads Make
Remarkable Showing in
mber, Considering
Slump in Revenue Figures

November railroad earnings show a
rcmarkabl gain in net when the large
decreases shown in gross earnings are
taken into consideration.
The Pennsylvania Railroads Novem-
Der gross was s42,O44,O0O, or $3.50
600 less than the gross in November,
1920, while net in the 1921 month WAS
S5,910.o00, an increase over the CORE
spending 1920 month of Sl,3o5 900.
Great Northern shows loss of about
sl,50o,00o in gross, but an increase of
over s1,3Oo,o00 in net.
Chicago E. Northwestern continues
to show the same unsatisfactory ratio
of expenses TO revenues in November
that 1T has in prior months in 1921
and in 1920. Gross revenues in No
vember, 1921, were $10,861 600, as COM
pared with s14,7s1 900 in November,
1920. Net amounted to SITE. 900
in November, 1921, comparing with
$589,000 net in November, 1920.
The showing of the Cleveland. Chi
cago e. st. Louis is notable in that
with reduction of about 81 100000 in
total operating revenue, the company
p" Us dDlS W save dDOut SI,OUU,UUU IN
transportation expenses alone, so that
with the saving made in general cx-
penses. etc, total operating expenses
were reduced by about $1,70O.00O and
only about $30O,00O of this was taken
out of maintenance expenses.
The Great Northern's reduction in
transportation expenses was nearly as
great proportionately as that of the
Big Four and there was not as large
slump in business. On the other
hand the Great Northern has reduced
its maintenance charges to minimum.
One explanation of this is. of course,
that Great Northern could not, if it
would, spend much on maintenance of
way during the winter months.
Out of the seventeen roads reporting
November earnings to-day, the only
one that shows an increase in gross
is the Norfolk Southern. This com
pany had s749,00O gross in November,
1921, as against S632 GOO in November,
1900
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
CITY OF Hamburg

Question Guy Of Hamburg 4hs What
amount of these arc issued? Are they
cured by nunclpaI propcrtics' How
would they he affected If tn. central kov-
eriiincnt should repudiatc its debts or
dcmonetizo the marlt -. II. B.
Answer~Therc arc 20,OlOo0O marks
Of one issue and 156,5d5500 CT another.
City Of Hamburg 4ias issued, which
arc the obligation Of tho City Of Ham
we think they would, like ether inter-
nal German bonds. become worthless il
Germany became BANKRUPT.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
u
Boston Curb

Sales. Open High Low. Last
5000 Seneca Cop $500 100 12o 12o
1000 Western Tel 5s 90M 90a 90t2 9Oia
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28

Queations Of general interest to tn
ceetors seiil be dnsWevcd in this COL
umn, II, tphsch cuae only initials mil,
De used. Othors tcfU be answcrcd by
NAL. Address all inquiries, incios-
ing stcmped addressed envelope. to
Financial Editor, The Tribune, 15I
Nassau Street. New York Ctr.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
French and Brazilian Bands

Question--ITow would you compare the
relative merits of French ias. 194l, and
Sac Paulo ss, 1895? What would your
opinion be Of an exchange OF the former
for the latter. provided it could be made
on an approximately even basis. so far as
ion OF the new Public Service Corporation
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
Radio CORPORATION

t'uestioss~-l would liko to ask tor a
little information abo,A the stocla OF Radio
Corporation OF Amcrics. l am thinking
Of buying few shares, rs sort of have
faith In its future. How do you regard
1t? Has 1t ?ai1 any dividends yet? What
IS tho par vnlue OF Its stock, both comino:.
and preferred, and why is the common
what is the par value OF the stock OF
the Sta ndard Oil Company of New Jersey?
why does tho common. paying por cont,
sell for so much moro than the prsforrod
paying per cent? What pre It's poas-
bilities over the preferrcd?H, f. G.
Answcr-We regard the stock Of TIC
Radio Corporation as an interesting
speculation. 1t has increased its ausi-
ness ve-y materially, but has not set
paid any dividends. The par value Of
the preferred stock is IS. The common
has no par value. The common so..e-
times sefis a fractos above the pre-
ferrcd and sometimes n fraction below
Should the company become vcry urot-
table the greater benefit would accrue
to the common stockholders, because
the preferred is limited to dividends
of Z per cent. The par value Of the
stock of the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey is 800. The common sells
above the preferred, because the COM
pany has very valuable assets back Of
tho stock and has bcen accustomed
from time to time to pay substantial
extra dividends on the common.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-28
MINNEAPOLIS & I'd. Lnuis
uis & san Francisco system
I.chigh aiIev

-Includrs hire of equipment, joint facil'
itY rents less other incoIne.
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
Why This Opportunity
Is Offered

Our great readjustment sale last
Autumn anticipated the radical
reductions along all lines that
have followed. In consequence
we are, and for several months
have been, on a reconstructed
price basis.
We realize, however, that unus-
ual values must still be presented
in order to appeal to the wide
spread spirit Of economy.
We decided to create such an op-
portunity, by reducing our dis
continued fabrics and patterns,
and such seasonable goods
which, if not sold now, would re-
main in stock for some time, to
prices which would make certain
their sale by June 30th.
Our further desire was to bring our
establishment, its resources, and the
attractive prices of our merchandise to
the attention Of those who, for some
reason, may not have visited us before.
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
SUMMER RUGS

AS an adjunct to the Summer
Home, the floor coverings
have not been permitted to
lapse from the standard set
by the other articles of fur
nishing, and the goods we
have placed in this sale afford
a variety in which something
will be found for all needs. Of
recent Importation, perfect
in every respect, the variety
offered is unexcelled.
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
Oriental Rugs

If we were to be guided only by the
conditions prevailing at this time in the
rug weaving countries of the East, we
would be justified in advancing rather
than reducing the prices of this mer-
chandise. While it is true that medic
ere rugs, the dregs of the market, col
lected and brought here because of the
wartime scarcity, can be purchased
now at lower prices than previously,
the conditions as to fine examples are
even more chaotic than during the war
disturbance. Careful, supervised manu-
facture by the skilled weaver is prac-
tically nil and as it requires from eight
to eighteen months to make and trans
port room size rug to this market, it
requires no great knowledge of the
business to realize that prices must re-
main stable for some time to come.
We list beloD but felD of the rugs
noID offered, including.
KIRMANSHAH, ANATOLIAN (Asia
Minor), ARAK, HAMADAN,
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
Imported and
Domestic Rugs

We have selected from our stock
many rugs, perfect and desirable in
every respect, and reduced them 30 q
new low level of price, for no other rea-
son than that they are discontinued pat
terms and fabrics, the result of manu-
featuring readjustments, which we de-
cided to sell rather than take on irven-
tory.
Among them. in addition to plain cf-
fects. will be found many Oriental de-
signs, copied from the best Of the East
ern rugs, designs which never really are
out of style.
The New York herald., 1921-05-22
1000 Small Oriental Rugs

900 Small Oriental Rugs of Persian
and Turkoman weaves in size from
approximately 5.0x3.0 feet az
$4,000 each upward to size 6.0x4.0
feet at S115.00 each upward.