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The New York herald., 1921-02-19
HERCULES POWDER REPORTS.

The report of the Hercules Powder
Company for 1920 shows a net income.
after charges and taxes, OF s492.250.
which is equivalent to s1.02 a share
earned on its outstanding common stock
after deduction of It's preferred divi-
dends. Gross receipts were s2o.ss4.s6e,
against s20,539,736 in 1919. Preferred
dividends aggregated s41e.3s4, leaving a
surplus OF s72,s66, against s1.2o5,2e4 in
1Q1Q 49,
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sincIair's GasoIene Production.

The casing head gasolene produced
by the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpo-
ration In January. according to its re-
port, amounted to 1.595.944 gallons,
against s55.547 gallons in January, 1920,
an increase Of approximately Sc per
cent.
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PORTO RIcAN-AMERIcAN.

The not earnings of the Porto Rican-
American Tobacco Company during 1920
aggregated s99S,o47. or s2o.13 "A share
on it's capital stock instead Of S401.723.
or fs.o7 share. as reported The com
psny's surplus after dividends was
st01,72s.
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DIVIDENDS.

EfOOK OF TnN-
Record. ablo.
American Stores, O., 81. MAR. Il Apr. I
American Stores 1st pf-. o..
N1.FO .........ss..... go. smhf. q Nprs j
si.75 ................'....M 80 Mar. 2i Apr. I
British-American Tobacco
Co., Ltd. interim. 49,. ...... ......
Chesebrough Mfg. Co., O..
$3.50 .................... Mar. ~ Mar. 81
a.. si.75 ....i.....,,...... Mar 10 Mar. 81
Gold e. Stock Tel Co.. a."
ST. 80 ..................... Mar. II Apr. I
Mackay Co. o., Sf.5O.... Mar. 2 Apr. :
Mackay Co. pf. O., ST.. Mar. 3 Apr. I
q. S. Indust. Alcohol. O., $2..Feb. % Mar. 10
Union Carbide Carbon Co.
a., Sf.5O .............. Mar. . Mr.. j
VIM. Davies Co. a." o, &i.Maf Mar. 10
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber.

The preferred and the common shares
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany broke sharply in trading in the
curb yesterday. The common stock at
midday sold at s1i share and then
advanced TO $13. after which 1t saggcd
back to Si1. Sales OF IL were s59 shares.
The preferred stock sold down from
s3s a share to s25. and closed at s27 on
sales Of si5 shares. Offerings appeared
in small lots.
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EMPLOYEES TO GIVE BALL.

The employees of the New York stock
Exchange have elected the following
officers to arrange for their annual ball.
which IL to be held early In April John
T. Tangney. president; John w. Boyle,
vice president; John G. Burke. treasurer,
and George GarliclS. secretary.
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NO NATIONAL ACME DIVIDEND.

CLEVELAND. Feb. 1S.--Directors of ths
National Acme Company meeting here
to-day voted to pass the current quar-
terly dividend to conserve cash re-
sources. Fr
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BUY-sELIS-TRADE- EXCHANGE.
All can be accomplished through the "Tole-
phone Directory Of Home and Business
Needs published IN The Herald. Bee ncxt
TO last page to-day.--Advs
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PARIS. Feb. 1s.-Prices reacted on tn.
Bourse to-day. Three per cent. rentes,
5sf. soc. exchange on London. 53f Sic
5 per cent. loan, S3f Csc. the dollar,
13f. 64c. iuoc
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, Feb. 1s.--Bar silver, ss7sd
an ounce. Bar gold. 1858 Sd. Money.
5i5 per cent. Discount rates: Short
bills. per cent: three months billa
e% % 61S-1s per cont. Gold premiums al
Lisbon, 140.
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SOUTH AMERICA.
CANADA,

New York funds In Montreal. Si56.62 pro
r1iun per 81 600: Montreal funds IN New
York, Si34G6 discount per $1,000.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY is. 1921.

1921.
ear to date. Observation-Disclosures. 23,137552
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
WHY ANY MOTOR INN?

Isn't there some way in which joints like the Motor Inn club
be put OF business permanently The place from standpoint
good and should allowed
The the location would suggest that could be
much of except for such purposes those for which II
has always been used Located low island with no means OF
except by boat the general public could be expected
patrone Long before prohibition into effect
the general reputation the place that conducted
escape the payment license Later was disclosed as
gambling joint and generally dsrepuae and put business
through the efforts the sheriff When again opened all
of mfavorabe Immediately became which the
latest developments show well founded There any
its existence The Illinois State Park furnished all the
legitimate anyone could ask for and best this place
could only be hanger Even ho handle the overflow
big days it could nothing The island which
situated low, and mosquitonfesteda place would
paronze except last There scenic beauty about
the place and nothing recommend
that from the portion the park which the best element
of visitors patronized It's only purpose could be to provide
hangout such would wish with the reputable
high-cass visitors to the State Park
Until the patronage of the State Park increases manyod
needed Under the management OF Landlord Cosar
the hotel the park all that could be asked any reasonable
1t can every respect and the table far better than the
average and the prices reasonable The best recommendation for
that of the general business depression the patronage has
increased steadily business having been done up date this
year than Landlord there with glad hand all
visitors whether they spend cent The annsemen in
cudng the dance hall and the swimming pool conducted in
reputable orderly and there is little allure the seeker OF
clean simple away from the place particularly low,
mosquito o-infested island.
The one drawback to the place If can be called such that
the scenic and historic of the park little known to
the from distance This being largely by
Horace uls guide book and the markings of the different trails
To the State Park don't by pale moonlight but
go prepared put days weeks there 1t good bet that
visitor thousand quarter of its beauties and wonders
Dumps like the Motor Inn only be dement
like the State Park and should not be tolerated Though
connected with the park location island in the
river about midway from end Of the park the other associates
with the park and its general disreputaene and crmnaiy
fleet the park 1t should be abolished for all time but # this is
possible if reopened should be watched and inspected fire.
quently-not only occasionally but sem-occasionaly.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
FROM THE HALL OF FAME.
Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin was born so that those
who talked about thrift would have
some one to quote. His birthplace
was Boston, Mass Franklin was al.
ways sturdy lad and could hold his
own with the largest boys in the
neighborhood 1t was the youngsters
brawn that caused Cicero TO remark,
The Ben is mightier than the sword"
Perhaps it wasn't Cicero that said
this, but what matters 1t in this heat?
The year of his birth was 1906 or
1907, We do not remember which, not
having taken the Roth memory course
Besides, the presses cannot be held
up until We look it up. His early edu.
cation only consisted of the three RS
and the age of u tor was 1t l40
saw him apprentced to his brother,
who was a printer To learn this
trade was pi Tor him and he had to
act like the devil
He remained in this horrible state
until he was II, when he went to
Philadelphia to learn if 1t was really
as widcaWake as the comic papers
pictured it, When he landed in the
city Ben possessed just one dollar and
seventy cents lmaybe two dOllars),
with which he purchased new suit
of clothes, hat and two dCughnuts.
Think of them--or those?--days
Franklin spent seventeen months in
London, and, coming ack to Philadel.
phia, he started the Gazette (the Phil.
adelphia, not the POlice). In 1877 he
went to the assembly. DO not ask US
why, for we will refuse to answer on
the ground, etc. etc
In l747 he began mOnkeying around
with electricity. At first he made
light of it. He defined distinctly the
theory Of positive and negative cleo
tricity, the bill being positive and the
service negative. He invented light
ming rods, those perpendicular strips
of metal that help lightning find
where your house is located. 1t was
Franklin who said that lightning
never strikes twice in the same place.
but the same cannot be said about
electricians. You all know how Benny
discovered electricity. He flew a
kite. and its fightiness shocked him.
and that gave him the key to the
whole situation. But he carried his
liking for this new power too far, for
when he was i'll he would only be
treated by homeopathic doctor, and
he wrote a book on Watts Watt In
Electricity"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
HAY AND FODDER CROPS OF 1919.

According statistics made public today by the bureau
the hay and forage crops of the United States 1910
something 100000 QOOOOOoO Or
this Illinois produced 100000 from 100000 of land
Wisconsin credited with having been the greatest hay and forage
producing the Union having produced nearly eleven and
half million Considerable attention have been given
the raising of sage There $4,000 farmers the country
who engaged in that branch of farming of whom 2282
Illinois The number given probably represents those farmers who
have sios on their farms, is suggestion in the report
Included in the crops cut for forage other than the usual
grasses covers and alfalfa there large quantities of small
grains sorghum ka and crops The total
of for forage acres producing total of
nearly 78oooOO Of used for forage there the
products from 0446o 6Oo47o This large
the reported for when the
I0o34 and the tonnage 255o70
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
Today's Markets
WHEAT SUFFERS
ANOTHER SET BACK

Chicago, Aug, New sotbacks In
tho price of wheat were witnessed to
day, with bears predicting that tht
visible supply total on Monday would
Nhow an increase Of 5000 900 or 1000
geo bushels, Besides, gossip was cur
rent that spring wheat growers would
sell freely direct from the threshcrs.
On the breaks In price. however, signs
oi considerable export buying deyel.
| urend Opening quotations, which
varied from unchanged figures to $sc
lower, with September at $l.20A to
sl2lla and December 1924 TO $l.2lla.
were followed by material drop ri
around, ana then something OF u rally.
Corn went lower with wheat After
shade of to isc up, including Sep.
tember 5Nc, the market underwent a
general sag.
Oats were easier In response to the
action OF other cereals. starting un.
changed TO iie lower, September
37l2c to 3I%c, and later showing fur.
ther losses.
Downturns in the value Of hogs
weakened provisions.
Wall Street.
New York, Aug Speculative in.
terest in the long side of the market
appeared to be tagging and the bears
took advantage of this condition of
the opening driving prices down
sharply The market felt the lack of
encouraging features, yesterdays ad.
vance in call money to six per cent
and the belief that further dividend
readjuStments are intended causing
free selling for both accounts. Rail.
roads were unusually active and their
weakness undermined the industrials
Liberty Bonds.
New York, Aug. Liberty bonds
at noon: 3l2s SS62; first Ia, $3.50
i'd; second Is, S7.G4 first 4l4s, $500;
second +4s, S77i; third 44s, 300;
fourth 4iis, S77+; victory 3As, 9S.S2:
victory 4&s. 9S.7S.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
SERENA

Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Hoxsey and
Hazel and Floyd and Mrs. Mabel Rich
ardson motored to Omaha, Neb., where
they expect to visit Mr. and Mrs. l..
C. Hupp and Mr. and Mrs. A. T..
Terry.
Mr., and Mrs. Fred Kriegner are the
parents Of baby son born the 29th.
The S. |. C. will meet with Miss
Bcrnice Marshall Thursday the 11th.
Miss Helen Moore Of Mendoza is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Ameal
Bernard.
Dexter Ranger of Montana has been
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hisler.
The S. |, G. have contracted for
street lights to be installed on or
about Oct. |.
The West Serena Cemetery asso
citation will give an ice cream social
on T. H. Duffys lawn. Mr., Duffy is
having the lawn wired for electric
lights. There will also be a short pro-
gram. Ice cream and cake, 25 cents
Everybody come
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
LOCAL MARKETS

a few days last week They came to
attend the funeral Of his brother-in.
law, A. c. Wylie.
Howard Crane attended a tractor
convention in Chicago Monday.
Timothy DonOhue and daughters,
Mrs. Kelly and daughter of La Sale
We're visitors at the Stevenson home
Thursday.
Miss Helen Reuter- was the guest
of Mrs. Thomas Stevenson Monday.
Mr., and Mrs. J. f. Garrett Of
Dwight We're dinner guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. Ernest Johnson Wednesday,
Mrs George Hartshorn, son Ira and
daughter Minnetta and Mrs Hahn of
Ottawa were guests at the Herbert
Hartshorn home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson re-
turned to their home at Glidden,
Iowa, Monday.
Misses Cora and Florence Henley
Of near Ottawa We're guests Of Elsie
and Aletha Crane Sunday afternoon
A number from here attended the
funeral of A. c. Wylie in Waltham
last Wednesday afternoon.
CndfleS IlaStenuyke Oh La Sdlle Is
visiting relatives here.
Ethelyn Robinson returned home
Monday evening from Beaver, Pa,
where she had spent a month with
her sister, Mrs George Ruby.
Robert Greenshields of Joliet is Wis.
ting at the home of his grandfather,
John Aitken.
Mr. and Mrs Warren Henley OF
Wallace township were guests of MI
and Mrs Fred Newcomer Sunday.
The Nellis family and r. ]. Wilson
of Waltham were callers at the w +.
Houtz and Ed Baers homes In Eden
township Sunday afternoon.
Miss Marion Stevenson of Mendoza
spent Sunday with her mother and sis
ters, Kit and Velma.
Mrs Robert Roe returned to her
home in Pennington Monday after a
few weeks visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Nelson Crane.
r. J. Wilson and mother Of Wal
than were guests at the Mrs. Kathe-
rine Stevenson home Friday evening.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
CHARIVARI HELD AT
lUCIEN GROVE HOME

A charivarl party consisting Of
bout fifteen automobile loads mob.
ilized in Marseiiles last evening. ana
again visited the home OF Lucien
Grove in Miller township.
They arrived at their destination G.
bout 900 o'clock, and proceeded to
make night clamorous by all kinds OF
noise on the Instruments with which
they had provided themselves to ap.
prise Mr.. ana MIS- Grove tuat heir
neighoors were very JOyou, oler the
wedding
This is not rre first tine the young
couple have been visited hv the boys
to show their good will. The Ai2ht
before they got in their automobile
and managed to escape; but This time.
they brought force enough ~ block
ade all roads, and caught then ut
home.
The racket was continued for an
hour or more with horns, COW beliy
tin pans, and shot guns. while the spot
lights from the machines were flashed
over the windows of the house.
Mr. Grove finally came to the win.
dow and told the crowd that he mad
been charivaried four or five times,
and that they might as we'll 20 no ne,
for they would get nothing
The first time the charivari party
went out 1t was more with the inten-
tton Of a serenade than a charvari,
but the boys were rebuffed at that
time, and now they started in to try
the old fashioned Charivari in earnest
Had Mr.. Grove gracefully yielded
at first there is no doubt that his rest
would have been disturbed no further.
This manner OF celebrating weddings.
although having been the custom for
years, seems to have been improved
upon by the method used by the
Brooktield charivari club, which cele-
brates the occasion by getting the COM
munity together and holding a banquet
in which the newly weds are the CEN
tral figure, and every one has a royal
good time. We would recommend this
plan to the boys Of the north prairie
and their friends in this city, who ac-
company them in force Some of those
friends may be in danger in the near
future Of receiving the same kind of
medicine they are measuring out TO
Grove
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
GRAND RAPIDS

Miss Bernice Classon of Wedron
visited with Miss Edna Hagie las.
week. She went home Sunday.
Herman Steidle and family motorcd
to Peoria last Tuesday They were
accompanied hcme by Walter Steidle
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schobert wera
Ottawa shoppers Saturday evening.
Miss Mildred Bedie and Miss Ber.
nice Rinker visited at the Frank
Schobert home Sunday.
Lewis Dulian had concave of the
separator fall on his foot Saturday
He is using crutches.
Louis Rinker and wife visited at
the Jerry Wakey home Sunday after.
noon.
Miss Cora Scheerer Of Bloomington,
H., is visiting with her sister. Mrs.
f. England. and other relatives and
friends. She contemplates staying
. several weeks.
Andrew Palaschek and sister MAJ
garet spent Sunday at Glen Park.
They were joined at Marseilles by
their brother John. and family, also
Mark Bryant and family.
Herman Horn and family and Miss
Ora Harris called at the F. Schobert
home Sunday evening.
Mss carrie Roeser ofsottawa Was
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A club match was played yesterday
at the Streator golf grounds between
Streator and Ottawa. and John Blan-
chard attended. playing with the Otta-
wa club
Mrs. Arnold Wilson OF ottawa with
her baby is visiting her mother, Mrs.
W II. Spicer of Washington street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Boatto have NOV
ed their household goods to Virden,
where they will reside in the future
Mr., and Mrs. Jess Wiley have NOV
ed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where
they will make their home until home
sick for Marseilles.
William Carlson of Bratton avenue
has been unable to work for several
days, but hopes soon to take his place
in the factory again.
Margaret Blackman of Chicago is a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
T, Harrington Of Clark street,
Layerne Adler and frankie Kuhn
went to Starved Rock yesterday for a
brief outing.
Mr and Mrs. Felix Rowland and
family went to Ottawa yesterday for
the afternoon.
Frank Kershbaum, foreman of the
work on the N. B. Cos power plant,
was called to Chicago by the death of
niece. He expects to be back at
work on Monday morning.
Mrs, b. F. Gage and daughter Carrie,
Miss May Gummett of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Carr,
Byron Gage and Richard Carr, formed
picnic party that motored out to Fox
river yesterday and enjoyed day at
that beautiful resort.
Photographer O'DiIlie is putting a
new coat of paint on his gallery on
Main street.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
EAST DIMMICK

Ira Hisler of ottawa is visiting Ray
mond and Roy Edgecomb a few days
Mrs. Lizzie HoChstatter, Mr.. and
Mrs Paul Kirstatter of La Sale and
Alex Dunlap of South Dakota spent
Thursday evening at the Allen Gallo
way home.
Master Charles Strout of Deer Park
township spent last week at the home
Of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
B. Cuthbertson.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill and the latter s
mother, Mrs. Eugene Trevilian, of La
Sale We're guests of Mrs. A. H. Wixom
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh Galloway of
Mendoza were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Galloway Sunday, and
in the afternoon they all went to La
Sale and visited with their sister,
Mrs. Lizzie Hochstatter, and brother.
Alex Dunlap.
Mrs. Mary Aitken and children Wis
tied over Sunday with her parents in
Marseilles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson of
Glidden, Iowa, were guests at the
home of his brother. Ernest Johnson,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05

rmong those who helped Mrs. Hanson
coCh for threshers.
Mrs. Mary Koet2 visited with Mrs
M. Horn of ottawa last week.
Miss Ethel Gudmansen and Mrs
Hanson and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Benson
left for their homes in Aurora Sunday
evening. They spent the last two
weeks at the Harry Hagie home.
Little Dean Baird from Galesburg
was visiting his little cousin, Ralph
Horn, the past week
A large crowd gathered at the home
of Herman Steidle Sunday in honor
of his brother. Walter Steidle. Ice
cream and cake We're served. A large
sum of money was given him by his
many friends.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
To Start With Full Force

On next Monday morning, the Cres
cent Paper Company will start VI
their mill in full force No. machine
which has been undergoing repairs
and which has had number of new
driers added to it, will again be in
commission. Both machines will then
be turning out paper, and the mil
Will be worked to its full capacity.
The new rotaries are all ready for
action. and the stock will be supplied
to the new heater room in quantity
enough to keep the mill running al
top speed
r, F, Knott during the absence OF
Mayor kelso from his desk, has got
down to work, and has for the time
being lost membership in the never
sweat club.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05

seilles. 1t is reported that this outfit
will go to Ottawa where the gravel
Will be loaded and work prosecuted
both ways, one outfit working east
toward Masreilles and the other west
toward Ottawa, commencing at the
bridge at the foot of Parr hill as the
starting point to the west. This other
outfit has already made considerable
progress in laying concrete east
toward Marseilies.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
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Remember, Away
Back, WHen--

On May 27, 1850, the first board Of
supervisors met in the court houss
md organized by electing Wells
Waite Of Dayton township president?
Among the personnel CT the board
were. Elmer Baldwin Of Farm Ridge,
Abraham Trumbo, Grand Rapids; n.
/. Wallace, Ottawa, and c. W. EelIs.
South Ottawa. At that time Sails.
bury, Fremont, Warren and Trenton
townships were also under the La
Sale county supervisors.
D.
Judging from the way in which Gov.
ernor Small succeeds In eyading
curious persons we infer that he rides
around in II Dodge car
o
Recent rains may save the late
crops, though the farmers. with char.
aeteristlc gloom, predict that IL they
DO early frests Will destroy the late
crops.
Maybe Lord NorthcliNe did not find
In the United States enough prohib.
ton To hurt him, but II Is to be noted
that he left very soon for Canada.
d
In Persia It is not considered good
form for men to laugh although wom.
EN- may laugh freely. That is lo"ica
eno.gh. The women have so much
more to laugh at than the men.
Marked.down bathing suits remind
one OF the painful fact that the swim.
ming season will soon be over.
q
According to statistics, out Of every
100 women who threaten to report
street car conductors for incivility 1.3
do.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
UTICA

William Gilchrist, Jim Farrar and
Herman Dickman Jr. were ottawa
callers yesterday.
Miss Hannah Condron is visiting
friends in Chicago
Miss Zetaa White is working in her
place at the Rock Island while she
is away
Miss Catherine Chinski was a La
Sale shopper yesterday.
Miss Nellie Noon was in La Sale
yesterday.
Ice cream social given by the
American Legion Pierce-Davis post
731.
Saturday night, Aug. G, Mystic
Workers hall Ice cream and cake
Csc.
Proceeds to furnish post room.
DR.. Hamil's parents from Iowa are
visiting here.
Mrs John Gilchrist visited friends
in La Sale yesterday.
Mrs. Nellie Murray and sister. Miss
Elizabeth Cosgrove, we're La Sale
visitors yesterday.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
Why We Say "She"

The discussion being ON why we re-
fer to an automobile as "she." one
man said it was because when a car
Is Slicked up and attractive we all
admire her; when she acts properly
she is charming; yet we often drive
her into improper action by lack Of
care, aud when she gets old and has
lost her style we try to discard her
aud get a, more pleasing one.-Boston
Transcript. y ; - ~
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1921-08-05
Friends Meet Friends.

Some tourists en- route from Var
mouth, Iowa, to Canton, Ohio. stopped
casually at the Thornberg home on
Bluff street. In the course of conver.
sation it developed that they had com.
mon friends in Canton, which had for.
merly been the home of both Mr. and
Mrs. Thornberg. The travellers re.
NAMED the night to discuss friends
and exchange news regarding ac.
quaintances in Canton.