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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1921-04-07

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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES

a meeting of the library board was
held Monday evening with six members
present.
During the months Of October and
November 65S2 books were circulated
from the library, an increase Of $50
over the number circulated a year ago.
More books were drawn by adults than
by children, for of the circulation $40
were childrens and 3472 adult books.
The number of magazines borrowed
was 800. The estimated number who
came TO read and do reference work
was 1922 and the number of borrowers
registered in The two months was ISL.
The number of new books received and
put into circulation was 100.
A Story Hour for the children of the
hrSt through the third grades will he
held in the library Saturday morning.
December II ut 10 o'clock. The stor-
les will be told by the girls of the train
ing school,
The cork carpet in the library will
he oiled during the holidays and the
library will be closed from December
- 10 January >, so that the floor will
he well dried before being used.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
New Years
in Egypt

"a A group of people we're ship
~ wrecked or otherwise cast upon
their own resources and were to lose
track OF the date they would have nc
easy means of finding it again. Our
/ year is an artificial one, and so must
be made by careful study in we'll
| equipped observatories. Without pre-.
| else Instruments it would be difficult
| to fix the day when the new year be-
gins.
The ancient Egyptians experienced
no such difficulty. Their year, from
which ours is derived, had perfectly
| natural beginning. : 1t always COM
menced on the day when Sirius and
the sun rose together
The temples Of Egypt were really
observatories built TO face this or that
star as it rose. They were more or
less elaborate, but all had as their
fundamental plan long narrow pas
sage down which the stars RAYS came
and dark chamber at The far end
where the priest made the obserya-
ton and where the image was kept.
The beginning of the new year was
an important event. We can picture
the scene as the priests, followed BY
the ScribeS, lawyers, merchants. and
the curious crowd, wind their way up
to the temple in the first streaks Of
dawn, and take their appointed places.
As daylight comes on the interest Of
everyone is centered on two groups
The priests on the roof are strain
ing their eyes for the first glimpse Of
the coming sun, while those down in
the dark chamber are watching for
Sirius. Soldiers are stationed around
the temple to keep the crowd silent
and to prevent stragglers from cross
ing the path of the stars rays in front
Of the temple door at the critical
moment
A shout bursts from those on the
roof as the sun tops the horizon. The
observers below watch their water
clocks carefully now as the minutes
are told off, and strain their eyes ut
the narrow opening where Sirius is to !
shine. III a few moments Sirius itself |
flashes into view. and the new year |
has begun
The Egyptians discovered that the |
year has an extra quarter of day in |
it. They did it by noting that on some
years Sirius and the sun rose almost |
together. while on others there was an
difference in time. and that
these changes repeated themselves
every five years. They found the
length of the year to within / minutes
Of its true value, which was - remark
able thing to do with the primitive ap-
pliances they had at hand
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16

ten miles south and east of Aberdeen
Sunday night.
The first slide carried the logging
train engine and several cars 200 feet
down steep embankment, killing
outright the engineer, his wife, and
2-year-old baby, and injured two
brakemen.
The second slide, half an hour later.
killed one member of railroad con-
struction camp rescue party which
had been hurried to the scene, in
jured another and left a third as yet
unaccounted for.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16

Chairman j. II. DucklOw, of the
town of Flambeau said Wednesday
that he had received no official notice
of a decision by the state supreme court
that the territory in dispute between
that town and the city of Ladysmith
had been awarded to Ladysmith. 1t
isn't likely that there will be any sat
Element meeting Of the two taxing dis
trictS until the parties have received
official notice
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
10 DIE IN FLOOD
IN WASHINGTON
Heavy Rains and LandsIides in
Seattle District Cause Great
Property Damage.
RIVERS OUT OF BANKS
Many Bridges Washed Out; Worst
DeIuge in Years Leaves Death and
Ruin; Warm Weather MeItnu
Snow Increases Peril.

Seattle. Wash.-The worst flood in
years held sway in western Washing
ton Monday night
Ten persons are known to have
been killed, number are injured and
heavy property damage has been
done by railroad accidents and land
slides due to the water
Heavy rains, starting Saturday and
continuing to the present, have sent
rivers out of their banks, washed out
bridges, torn through railroad en-
bankments and interrupted rail and
wire communication in many direc-
tons
Weather bureau officials held out
no hope of relief for Tuesday. the
forecast being for further heavy rains.
The precipitation at Tacoma from
Saturday morning to Monday noon
measured five inches At Bellingham
three inches Of rain fell in ten hours
the fall was continuing
Wreckage Dams River
At Stampede, the highest point on
the Northern Pacific line, the Their
mometer registered 70 degrees Mon
day, and trainmen said most of the
snow had vanished from the west
side of the Cascades.
Inundation of a large area was
feared as result of jam of fotsam
behind Wreckage of a Northern Pa
cltic train in Miller river, and work
men were busy trying to remove the
wreckage before the river was dam
med up enough to crash through the
jam suddenly and send a dangerous
body OF water to overflow nearby
farm lands.
Two lives were lost when the train
plunged through the bridge, weaken
ed by the floods In the Grays Harbor
region, flood conditions were said to
be the worst in years
Four Dead in Slide.
Near Aberdeen two men. woman |
and baby are dead and two men
are injured, one perhaps mortally, as
a result Of two slides on the Clemens |
Lodgings cOmpany's railroad about |
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
MILLION FOR YANK RELIEF
Senate Votes Hospital Fund After
Ashurst Appeal

washington by Senator
Ashurst of Arizona that hundreds OF
former service men were dying of
tuberculosis ION the deserts of Arr.
IONA" where they went seeking a
cure for disabilities resulting from
gas attacks of the Germans, the Sen.
ate voted IN appropriation of 81 900
600 for additional disqualification. The
funds, which are carried in the first
deficiency bill passed by the Senate,
would be expended by the veterans
bureau
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
EGGLESS MOVING

II. w. True says that orders for Egg
less, the well-kn0wn egg substitute,
are being filled now from the factory
here. Numerous orders and Inquiries
are being received from middle-west-
ern states and as far south as Kansas
and Alabama. Many Of the wholesale
houses were sold out of the product
during the time the old corporation
was in financial difficulties in Mime
apOlis, and cannot supply orders until
they are stocked up again.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
FINANCES WHICH
INTEREST FARMERS

/ Every daily paper contains optimis
tic views on the better financial con
dition of the country today as com.
pared to six months ago.
1t seems like the eastern borrowers
are we'll supplied and rates OF money
are getting lower Farmers. who II
ways have to take their turn. are now
getting consideration.
/ Our secretary of agriculture Wal
| lace. in his annual report to President
| Harding says that farms are emerg-
! ing from war gloom into Il new. bril-
! liant era. that there seems 10 t,e
good reason to believe that the worst
| is over and that we can reasonably
hope for improvement from now on
E;Iamcs High Freight
High freight rates. big crops pro
duccd in the face Of high costs umcm-
plovment in other Industries in the
country With attendant leSsening in
buying foodStuffs and the lack Of for
c1n markets for the farm surplus are
given by the secretary as the more inn
mediate causes for present conditions
Of agriculture. He lays particular
stress upon lack OF foreign markets
and high freight rates.
High freight rates have the same
effect as though the farms were 100 to
300 miles farther from market. With
the heavy consuming population on the
eastern coast high freight rates favor
the competition in foreign lands.
Good Land Taken Up
The population is increasing ana
with the fact that most of the easily
cultivated land is taken up he says
that the time is not far distant when
the home needs will require practically
all that the American farms produce
in average years.
In his discussion of present condi- |
tiOnS Mr.. Wallace declares that the |
difficulties Of the farmers are Il mat |
ter of national concern and one that |
should be given attention by every |
citizen. Agricultural pro-
duction cannot he continued for amy |
give the producer Il fair price and he
proceeds to show how inadequate
prices to the farmer lessons the ma
tons buying power, throwing men out
Of employment and creates what he
calls "a vicious circle" that is difficult
TO break through.
Congress has aided in improving the
situation. he says. by passing at the
special session. legislation Of Il con
structive character that will be more
helpful than is now realized. lie
points to the extension of the War FL
lance Corporation; the increase in the
.aptal of federal farm loan banks and
he bringing of packers and market
agencies and grain exchanges under
government supervision.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16

Brother Of Murdered Iowa Man Ace
cused of kilinq.

DEBORAH, lOWa-Mr and Mrs.
Charles Van Brocklin, 81 and Is wears
old respectively, We're shot to death
in their home near Frankville Sun
day The bodies were discovered by
a neighbor. The slayer had used a
shot gun.
Elmer Van Brocklin, a brother of
the dead man, is held in the Winnie
shiek county Jail here charged with
the murder. He denied all knowledge
Of the crime.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
NOTICE

Christmas and New Years both fall
ing on Sunday, banks will he closed
Monday, December 26. 1921, Monday,
January =. 1922-legal holidays.
PIONEER NATIONAL BANK.
RUSK COUNTY BANK.
STATE BANK OF LADY
SMITH
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
Teacher Clubbed. Slain.

Waukon, Iowa-The lifeless body
of Miss Edna Magneson, a school
teacher near this place, was found
in the basement of the school build
ing. A club covered with blood was
found near the body
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
DRAFT EVADER FUND SOUGHT
Harris Wants Congress to Provide
$250,000 to Pay Deserter Rewards.

Washington Energetic pursuit and
punishment of the more than 100000
men who evaded the draft during the
World war is urgently recommended
by Major General Harris, adjutant
general OF the army, in his report
made public by the Secretary of War.
To bring those guilty to trial, he
recommends that Congress afpropri-
ate $250,00O to pay rewards of $50
each draft deserter delivered to the
military authorities.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16

y man in Iowa was pulling stumps
recently when he found 80 snakes un-
der stump, where they had craw'ed
to spend the winter
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16

OVERHEARD IN SCHOOL ROOM
Teacher TO pupil--What is the mean
ing of after dark?
pupl-Chasing a negro.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16

STATE OF WISCONSIN, RUSk
COUNTY. IN CIRCUIT COURT
J. L. Gates Land Company, PLAINTIFF,
VS.. Charles DOwd and ....D Owd,
his Wife. Defendants.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
SUMMONS

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN,
the Said Defendants
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service Of
this summons, exclusive of the day OF
service, and defend the above entitled
action in the court aforesaid and in
case Of your failure 50 to do judgment
will be rendered against you according
to the demand of the complaint; of
which copy is herewith served upon
you.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
McGILL & WILLIAMS,

+. O. Address LadySmith, Rusk coun-
ty. Wisconsin.
(First publication Dec 16 1921 $685.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16
Four Dead in Slide

Near Aberdeen two men, a woman
and baby are dead and two men
are injured, one perhaps mortally, as
a result Of two slides on the Clemens
Lodgings company's railroad about
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01

night to the next stand 1t was a
hard life, but a life with fasciua-
tion from WHICH those who began it
could scarcely ever recover There
was the frequent peril from the
rowdy and there were dangers Of
flood and storm. The route was often
along the old National road to Colum.
bus, o.. and then to the Mississippi
valley or to GAINESVILLE, O.. and from
there on the Marysyille pike to Ken.
lucky and the South. The trick was
to get in day from one county seat
TO another.
The roads of southern Ohio, an es.
pecially profitable field for the circus,
were at different times of the year in
eXecrable condition, There was one
stretch from the county scat of Mus,
kingum to that Of Perry which al
ways remained wildly fixed in the old
showman's memory
A small stream. the Buckeye, in the
| spring freshet cost every show which
ventured there part ofaits equipment
When Forepaugh last haz9rded 1t his
band wagon was carried away by, the
stream, his musicians narrowly es
Gaping with their lives A husky farm
er boy Seeing one of the animal cage,
sweeping down stream broke open the
den and swan to the bank with thu
animal in his arms Don't yol
know that's the most savage, crea
ture in the world?' shouted The OLE
Snowman. 1t amt the gyascutus
is it?' asked the farmer boy "
saved a lion and tiger for that othe
feller's show. but he said they wer
nothing to this wild gyascutus.'
The gyastucus story is an old eli
Gus classic; i has been attributed Il
many showmen and many places am
we do not imagine we shall settl
the matter when We say that fey
years ago there hung framed on tn
walls of the Buckeye valley larr
house, as a priced treasure, a pec
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
BUREAU OF INFORMATION
Making Easy the Way Of Washington
visitor.

Postmaster General Will II. Hays
has issued the following Nltice
/, Is The wish of the pre- ssh ut that
visitors to tic seat of poyct9m3nt
saall haze every opportunity to get
full information concerning al' govern.
meut pT'nents. 1t is cs3pci3lly
his desire tsat all who co;ne tS W9sh.
iilGton t. trnsact business With any
sdepartmsQt d. bureau Of the govern,
snAeut may iiekly be advised as 70
the exact location and means of
reaching the particular department
or bureau In which may be conferred
the business which they desire to
transact.
For this purpose there has been es.
tablished bureau Of information
on the ground floor OF the postoflice
department building located on Pen.
nyslbania Avenue at Twelfth street.
which is in charge Of competent peo-
pie who will definitely answer queries
Of this character.
The public Is advised of this ars
rangement and invited to make use Of
the facility.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
TOday's Events

Greetings to the State of Tennes.
sec, one hundred and twenty Five
years old today,
Today is the fftieth anniversary
OF the firsts issue of post cards in
Canada.
The taking of the decennial census
in the Dominion of Canada will begin
today.
The American delegates to the
Second World Cotton Conferences at
Liverpool are to sail today at Toronto.
Ape shippers of the Northwest
are to confer at Seattle today on plans
to form an apple export association.
Governor Miller Of New York le
mace Paderewski and other notables
are to participate in todays commence
ment program at Columbia University.
A bronze PLAGUE in memory Of
eighty University Of Virginia alumni
who sacrificed their lives in the World
War Is TO bes,nnyeiled today in CON
nection with the uniyersity's centen.
nail exercises -
a party OF wellknown American
scientists is to sail from New York
city today bound for the undiscovered
hcadwaters Of the Amazon River in
serch of new herbs and drugs for the
enrichment Of medicine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01

of paper on With was roughly serb.
bled;-- ro
Pass gill Axline any time any
where. A 4.Paw.
He's the Wild gyascutis.'
Robinson was perhaps the last sur.
yivor OF the romantic age of the show
business in America They were
sturdy old fellows to the last, with q
keen knowledge of the world and hui
man nature. who fought each other
bitterly in the summer season and
laughed heartily over their battles
when they foregathered at the old
Continental, the Cosmopolitan or the
Putnam house In swinter. But il any.
one imagines that the small road
shows have entirely disappeared, let
him drop in on our 400 or 500 repre-.
sentatiyes Of the Showmcn's associa-
ton at their next annual convention.
New York Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
In The Days News

DR.. Wilhelm Solf, who is again men
toned as likely to become the German
Ambassador to he United States when
diplomatic relations between the two
countries are resumed has had long
and practical experience in diplomatic
affairs and as a colonial admlnistra
tog, Before entering upon a public
career, however. he deyoed many
years to- a study Of comparative phi
lology, in which subject he gained a
great proficiency. While engaged in
study at Calcutta he conceived the
idea of entering the public service and
obtained appointment TO a consular
post In the Indian metropolis Later
he served long term as Governor
General of Samoa At the commence.
'ment of the warsof which! by the way
he was an arden tsupportcr. he held
the post of German CoIonal Secretary
and, after the signing OF the armisiicc
he became first Foreign Minister
Or Soils scholastic attachments arc
aid TO be Of an exceptionally high
order
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
Today's Anniversaries

1863 Edward IIolyokc, tenth prcsiden
of Harvard College died at Cam
bridge Mass, Born in Boston
jane rs, 1888
1923 Marshal payoust, one of the
most faithful Of Napoleans fol.
lowers. died in Paris Born May
10. l77O.
lSS9-Lord John Russell introduced
a bill in the British parliament
for the union Of the two Canadas
lSiG--A convention of delegates met
at Albany TO revise the Consti.
tuition of New York.
.la'l--- First issue OF post cards IN
~ Canada
lSSl-The Secretary OF War prohibited
the use OF tobacco by the cadets
I at West Point
1850 Victor Hugo was buried in the
Pantheon at Paris
1896 The centennial Of Tennessee
Statehood was celebrned at
Nashyil'e e.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
THE oLo.TIME CIRCUS MAN
Death of John f, Robinson-Remini.
nlscences OF Old Days,

nIsccnces Of Old Days
America had no more typical repre-
sentative of its old-time circus men
than John f. Robinson. whose death
is reported from Miami, Fla, where
he had lived since his unwilling re-
tiremeut from the big top in 1903 He
came near being born in the tanbark
ring. He made his first appearance
as performer when less than two
years old and for more than half Il
century his show was known and not
unwelcomed from one end of the coun
try to the other. From its headquar'
ters at Cincinnati Robinson soon after
the Civil war took his circus, small
road enterprise, into the South and
the border states; the unsettled con
ditions and preiudices against the
northerner made this a hazardous
venture The showman's Hey,
'Rube," was then a call to battle OF
defense; the ring might become a
rifle pit. the animal dens and prop
erty wagons barricade, and circus
men and town rowdies frequently died
in the fight.
The transportation was by wag
ons; the show loaded up after the
last performance and travelled by
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01

There. can be no harmony, and there
fore no beauty in a home ms Which
the wife. and mother is cr0ssspndifiH,
able and dull.spirited Often ,as not
disease Is at the bottom of such a
condition.
- Let the woman who is always tired
and who suffers from low spirits and
mysterious aches and pains, only try
Lydia F. Pimkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. She wiki then seeOthat the
beauty and harmony will be restored
to her home with the return Of her
health and good spirits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
Today's Birthdays.

Princess Yolando, eldest daughter of
the King and Queen of Italy, born in
Rome, 20 years ago today.
DR., Ernest Fox Nichols president
elect of the Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology, born at LeaYenworth,
kas., 90 years ago today.
Nine. Marguerite Matzenauer. cele-
brated operate mezzosoprano, born
in Hungary, 40 years ago today.
Ri. Rev. Patrick r. Heffron, Cath0,
lie bishop of Winona, born in New
York City, 81 years ago today
Blanche Sweet, one of the most
celebrated of film actresses, born in
Chicago, u years ago today
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01

When properly understood il is no
longer a mystery and at once appeals
TO the intelligent Man as q scientific
method of Healing the Sick.
II is a well known facts admitted
by all schools of healing, that thBsNef-
vous System as unit, CThe Brain,
Spinal Cord, Cranial Nerves, Spinal
Nerves, and the SO called sympathetic
Syetem) is that part Of the Human
Body thru which the life Principles
operate during our physical existence.
The nerves are the means whereby
nerve stimulus is conveyed to every
atom of tissue in the body If there
is no obstruction of the nerves to
interfere with the proper distribution
Of the impulses or stimulus, it will
reach its proper destination and nor
NAL function OF all parts will be the
result. This is HEALTH.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
Life Insurance is clean cut.

scientific adjustment to give the aver
age to all A logical and mathemat.
cal equation of premium interest and
expectation of life, Consult us Ma.
tional Life ms Co., VT. (Muual)
Earle s.. Kinsley, General Agent,
Mead Building, Rutland, Vt. ADV,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01
THIN FOLKS

If you are weak, thin and nervous,
let Gokay supply you with Bitro.
Phosphate. 1t is guaranteed to in
crease weight and strength and re.
store energy. yigor and nerve force.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-01

Adolfo de la Huerta was installed as
Provisional President of Mexico.
Supreme Court decided that a rati-
fed Federal amendment cannot be
unlimited TO a referendum.