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The New York herald., 1921-10-06
Judge Sees Scoreboard;
IL 90 o." He Says in Court

DURING a lull in a condemna-
tion proceedings yesterday
before Justice George v. Mullan
of the Supreme Court the Justice
glanced out Of the window at
The New York Herald score
board. He wrote something on
a slip of paper and passed it to
George F. Hotaling, real estate
expert, who was in the witness
chair. Then he announced:
'In order that there ma. be
no apprehension over what the
Court has just handed the wit.
ness / announce that the paper
noted the score is one to nothing
in the third inning"
The New York herald., 1921-10-06

squealed-not roared, but squealed-
va n IN lamps to them that the ball
lad reached Ruth. There was no telling
what the big fellow had done TO II for a
second or so. Then the lights announced
a ball or strike or foul or a fly.
Thrilling? Not to n dead man.
The cops had no trouble with the
tinrong The crowd paid as little at
tention to the cops as possible. Now
and then the cops would ride the crowd
back to the sidewalk or herd It closer
to the curbs after the sidewalks could
contain no more. but for the most part
the cops. being utterly human. devoted
themselves to those flashing lamps.
Quit jobs for Day.
Some OF the most efficient Office boys
in the city were in that crowd A num-
ber OF the best looking stenogra pliers
YOU ever saw clung to fought for curb
rositions. Several thousa nd young men
had quit their Jobs for the afternoon tc
participate in the excitement OF watch
ing set OF electric lamps and several
thousand more who haven't had any
Jobs for some time forgot all about their
Individual troubles dma ginary and real)
and yelled for Carl Mays, Babe Ruth
Frank Frisch. wallie Schan.. George
Kelly. Beauty Bancroft and the Meusel
boys.
Clerks in the Chemical National Bank.
having counted up the days change. tool,
to the roof and manned the upper win
dows. And al the roofs and wipdov 8
ir the other Buildings in Broadway
down as far and including the mi-h Y
Wooworth. from which a glinrse of the
board might be had. were filled Clerks
ard their bosses. who had taken fore
thought. had come to work armed with
opera glasses ard binoculars Scores of
these aids to vision were used by per-
sons standing for back In the street
crowds.
As early as II 80 boys, carrying
boxes. manned the curb on the south
side of Chambers street, directly oppo-
site the Stewart Building. They planted
the boxes In the sidewalk and them
| selves on the boxes And there they
sat until It was all over, encouraging
| incandescent lamps to knock 1t mi,
| cr run like hell.
Detective Sergeant Frank Smith. corn
r1-anding the pickpocket squad from Po
lice Headquarters. failed TO locate any.
body ex loring his reighbor's clothes
And nobody so far forgot the nice things
Of life as to punch or kick an opposing
rooter. II was n crowd one corld
the cops said. Nobody spoke IN behalf
OF ireland or Russia or California.
act. THE New YoRK HERALD reporter
failed 20 see anythins done that he
couldn't have done himself.
The New York herald., 1921-10-06

After yesterday, guess
we're all agreed there's
just one way to warm up to
a World Series-and that's
in a good warm overcoat!
Fall weights, Winter
weights-even ulsters.
Ready for you this morn
ing.
The New York herald., 1921-10-06

While you're at it, might
as we'll look at the new
suits-as attractive in pat
tern as they are in price
you know we're figuring
everything on to-day's re-
placement costs.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28
HIS ONLY STIPULATION
Time For His Regular
Meals

Representative Mudd of Maryland
was denouncing profiteers. "The
profiteers are Unsuitable" he said.
''Their incredible instability reminds
me of Egbert. Egbert, a tall, gaunt
person, entered the managers office
in the Palace Dime Museum and ask
ed for an engagement
Who are you?" said the mana
ger.
I am Egbert. the egg king was
the reply.
What's your speciality
I eat three dozen hen eggs, two
dozen duck eggs and one dozen goose
eggs at a single sitting
What's that?'
we give four shows daily
Fine and dandy
And do you think you can get
through with thcm?'
" I know l cam
ON Saturdays we often give as
many as six shows and or some holi-
days we give a performance every
hour Egbert. the egg king, esitat-
ed.
In that case he said, 1 must
have one thing understood before I
| sign contract
What's that?' asked The manager.
No matter how rushing business
is at the museum Egbert replied.
you gotta gimme time enough to eat
my regular meals at the hotel
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The editor of the Albany Capital
comes right out and flaunts his ignor-
ance. He declares he can't help his
son with his night work when the
questions asked are like these: IF
it takes a, four months old woodpeck-
er with rubber bill nine months and
thirteen days to peck a hole through
a cypress log that is large enough to
make III shingles, and it takes l65
shingles to make a bundle worth SO
cents, how long will it take a cross
eyed grasshopper with a cork leg to
kick all the seeds out of dill
pickle?"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

AS a good example Of locking the
take the following from the Lawson
Review; Judge Gross is grieving
over the loss from his cellar OF some
extra fine damson plum wine which
he valued very highly. lie thought it
safe for proper occasions but found
someone had beat. him to it. So he
came to town "Wednesday and bought
lock for the cellar"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

After giving her 8-year-old son 25
Charles S. Hollenbeck locked herself
in the kitchen at her home in Chilli
cothe Tuesday morning and opened
the jets of gas range. Neighbors
broke into the kitchen and discovered
her body after the son had become
alarmed and, called them. Mr.. Hol-
lenbeck was in Kansas City where the
family formerly lived.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

by his son Lloyd while discing in the
the two snakes to town Saturday
morning and they were on exhibition
at the Farmers Exchange. They were
about feet long and about G inches
in circumference. They had barred
yellow and brown backs, and were
of an unknown species to the many
persons who viewed them.-Raven-
wood Gazette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28
ADVISES EARLY BUYING
President FELTON, of the Maple Leaf
Gives Advice to the Coal
Consumers.

President S. NJ. FELTON, of the Maple
Leaf in letter to Charles r. Berry,
assistant to the president, attached a
notice which the road is sending out
to its patrons dealing with that most
important question-that of coal.
President Feltons letter follows:
Chicago, May 16, 1921.
To our Patrons:
Statistics show that stocks of coal
are very low, not only at points Of
consumption but at the mines. This
situation has been brought about by
decreased demand owing to a mild
winter and closed factories. There
fore, If large majority of the coal
consumers wait until next fall or win
ter to obtain their supply, history will
repeat itself and the result will be a
coal shortage and high prices! And
that is not all. The cars needed for
transporting stone, sand, gravel and
other building materials, will not be
available-they will be required for
hauling coal. Coal can be purchased
and moved more cheaply during
spring and early summer than later.
Delay in purchasing and storing coal
at points of consumption makes for
higher prices during the time OF
bituminous coal above ground in the
United States is far below normal for
this time of the year.
The remedy is, for all dealers and
consumers to anticipate their needs
and order now.
S. NJ. FELTON,,
President.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

In these days of the high cost of
living and financial stringency it is
hard for a man ia keep up one family,
but officers OF this city have discover
cd that Rev. G. w. Wattenbarger, a
free lance preacher and real estate
dealer, was keeping two women in
his home and had children by both
of them. The minister's wife has four
small children and Miss la Vaughn
Sargent, the "other woman" is the
mother of a child 2 months old and
she says Wattenbarger is the father.
Trouble started in the minister's
home Sunday when the wife took her
husband to task for kissing Miss ssr-
gent goodnight as she was retiring.
Officers who investigated the case
questioned the woman. who Ia 40
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Doc Whitecotton demonstrated last
Thursday evening that knowledge of
houn' dogs habits is more of an asset
than a scoffing public credits it with
being" reports a Monroe county pa
per. THE bloodhounds, followed by
half the town and some from the
country, headed right into Docs front
yard when at work on a culprit's trail
they had taken up at the Scobee
place. AS she contemplated the scene,
Mrs Whitecotton declared she could
prove an alibi, but she didn't know
what Doc was going to do. Doc
promptly showed 'em, He gave the
hounds "A drink, and after tapping up
the water with evident satisfaction
they again took up the trail and fol-
lowed IT without pause to more logi-
cal conclusion. The man they were
trailing had merely cut across Docs
front yard, which is unfenced."
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Nodaway county is sixth in the
state in the number Of automobiles,
according to the report submitted by
tho secretary of state. The report
shows that county with Alp cars
paid $2S,23S in licenses. The coun-
ties leading Nodaway are: Buchanan,
with 7,556 cars, $54,O32; Greene, with
1886 cars, s41,754; jackson (outside
Of Kansas city,. with 5,54S cars $685.
740; Jasper, with 1888 cars, $52,943;
st, Louis county, with 7,745 cars,
$55,306 st. Louis (city), 44,77S cars,
and Kansas City. sI,259.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The Rowling Green Times goes and
ard County Advertiser to bring tears
of regret for the good old days. The
ad reads: Good eating at low prices
at the Silver Moon Restaurant. Meals
8 cents; pies cents; hot cakes, 4
cents; bread and butter alone, 2
cents; whisky, cents" Bring back,
bring back, bring back my Bonnie to
me-" walls the Times
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

A horse eating pansies and peonies
out Of the flower boxes on the lawn
of the Elks Club at Trenton led to
the discovery of a dozen gamblers. The
horse away, was informed that the
owner was upstairs in a building near
by. The marshal found him and a
dozen others gambling. All paid fines.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

This is the way the Walker Herald
says that a Vernon county man hit
on a scheme TO get his wife to spade
the garden. lie went out with the
spade and hoe, and after scratching
around a little went back to the
house to wash the dirt off a dime and
a quarter. He had struck il rich.
Presently he returned again with an
other quarter and remarked that he
could afford rest, as he had made
money enough for one day. When he
awoke from his nap his wife had the
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

about the only people in town who
haven't asked us to roast the mail or
der people are the dentists" reports
the Vandalia Mail. mot many people
are having their teeth filled by mail,
although one farmer admitted recent
ly that he had cut his eye teeth once
by a mail order house"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

years old, and she stated that she had
been living in the Wattenbarger
home four years. Some of the neigh
bors who were suspicious, of the min
lister caused an investigation to be
made. Wattenbarger and his family
came to West Plains last year from
Webb City, Mo.-Howell County Ga
zette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Mrs Warner Davis seems to have
taken the blue ribbon in the chick
deal. She set three hens on As eggs
and got "A chicks. Rev. Cunningham,
who is a near neighbor, has recently
poets to get 80 chicks.-Bolckow
Herald.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

1T is almost impossible not to have
a common interest with these fellows
who go out and dig up the bones of
animals that have been buried for
thousands and thousands of years"
states the Bethany Republican. Think
of the thrill that comes to you when
you finally uncover that old box of
fishing tackle in the spring from un-
der the old shoes and clothes in the
closet after it has been buried so
long that you had forgotten where you
had, put II last fail"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Editor Caldwell of the Monticello
Journal has just recovered two rolls
of poultry fencing of a different weave
from the ordinary which disappeared
from in front of his premises two
years ago." reports the La Grange
Indicator. THE creek was up at the
time and as the wire was found up
stream Mr.. Caldwell concludes that
the creek rose the night of the wires
disappearance higher than ever
known and floated the rolls upstream.
He also thinks it must have floated
the wire into shed where it kept a-y
for two years, as when found in a
patch of buckbush near the stream
recently 1t was like new"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

w. NJ. Johns has been indorsed by
Representative Roscoe Patterson Of
the Seventh Missouri district for the
vacant postmastership at Sedalia and
will be appointed. lie later will have
to take the civil service examination
for permanent appointment.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

done about the matter of allowing
Sunday baseball in Rock Port. The
result was a majority of 11G in favor
Of the great American sport 2S7 be-
ing cast for and III against allowing
Sunday games.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Ed Johnson, a negro drayman of
Warrcnsburg, evidently has a we'll
seasoned stomach Ed took a good
sized pun at a bottle the other day
which he thought contained medicine,
A doctor pumped out his stomach and
he was soon all right.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Henry M. Roach, of the Roach
Fowler Publishing Company of Kan
sas City, Mo-, was instantly killed and
T. u. Hubbard, Dallas. was seriously
injured at Dallas Friday when the
automobile in which they were riding
was hit by a train at the Cotton Belt
crossing at that place.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The monotony OF this quiet little
community was broken last week when
a family who were moving through
the country in covered wagons, stop
have three cows shod with iron shoes.
Holes were drilled in the hoors of the
animals for the shoe nails.-Hoberg
Correspondent in Aurora Advertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Ten years ago, Jacob Resh, of El
Dorado, bought three lots in Chicago,
Of an old man in Springfield, paying
for them 5000. Resh has since died,
and several days since his widow re-
ceived letter from a Chicago firm Of
fering her $4,000 for the three lots.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

This notice is posted for the benefit
of the careless in a Scdalia garage:
Don't smoke around this place; if
your life isn't worth anything, gaso-
line is"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

f. Mont Reilly of Kansas City, who
recently was appointed by the presi-
dent as governor Of Porto Rico, took
the oath Of office at Kansas City Tues.
day before Judge Nelson johnson OF
the circuit court.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

I'VE refuse to sign any petition to
close pool halls where men are. ac-
cused of playing with the price Of the
game at stake, until we first have OPP
portunity to sign one discouraging the
giving Of prizes at bridge parties, d"
growls the Monet Journal. "A hoss
is a hoss, whether he is a black or a
roam"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

$40, 100000 worth of oil lands in a
law suit. The lawyers required only
s15,0O0,0oO in fees. Some anti-king
promoter will soon have the balance.
--Boonville Advertiser.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Despite the way the weather has
cut up and the fear OF no fruit it has
put in our hearts, the Aurora Adver-
tiscr says ten thousand berry pickers
will be needed in the strawberry fields
of the Ozarks during the coming berry
season The picking season is expect
ed to begin this week.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28
PREPARED FOR THE WORST

will you lend me $5?"
'Yes. Here 1t is. Good-by and
good luck"
But why shake hands in this for
NAL way?"
Il may not see you again for a long
time"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Carl Phillips, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
ty, met a horrible death Monday
morning when he was thrown into a
corn stalk cutter in motion. The lad
was driving team hitched to the
corn stalk cutter The team became
frightened and ran away, throwing
the boy into the blades. The body
had to be removed from the machine
in pieces.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Santa Fe Engine 31S3 passing Buck
lin at 4:45 p. m. last Saturday was
pulling 1876 cars. This is the greatest
number Of cars pulled between Marce-
line and Fort Madison with one en-
gine. This train was more than a mile
loug.-Bucklin Herald.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Kirksvillc has a lawyer by the name
OF Saw Mills. lie should be able to
get through all the hard knots that
come up in the practice of his profess
sion.-IIale Hustler-Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

came so i'll following one of the spells
that she was put out of her misery. a
post mortem disclosed the fact that
she had been wearing a needle several
inches long imbedded in her heart.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

I'VE uscdtto say that a woman be-
tween two men was rose between
two thorns," muses. the Fayette Adver-
tiser. but now we call it a tongue
sandwich"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

For over a year the fine 5-year old
COW of +, c, Ramsey of near Fillmore
had been suffering from spells" of
short breathing, though she seemed
perfectly well, according to the savan-
nah Reporter When she finally be-
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The world may be getting. better,
but it seems to the Fayette Advertiser
that there are just as many ways as
ever to get into trouble.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

They are drilling to prospect for oil
near EI Dorado, and Bud Doybns, liv-
ing close to that town. became so ex-
cited over it that he lost his mind and
had to be taken to the Nevada asylum.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Mrs. f. w. Chambers, Of Joplin,
has a Hebrew parchment which she
believes TO be 1000 years old and is
believed TO be the original script Of
one of the books Of Esther.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The Lowry City Independent thinks
the real loser at one Of those big prize
fights is the sucker who pays $50 for
a ringside seat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

"The woman who can drive a man to
drink these days, needn't worry" OBJ
serves The Fayette Advertiser, she
can always find an escort here or
hereabuuts."
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The Howell County Gazette quotes
an exchange as remarking that the
voters get a whole lot of enjoyment
out of electing a little man to office
and then sitting back and watching
his head swell.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The simmons Cash store at ParneN
was robbed Sunday night of goods
valued at about $1,000,
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

whole plot dug up, but hadn't found
cent The Herald says she does
not know yet that the mine was salt
ed.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

DR.. Maddox had a patient the other
day and as he started to leave the
house the lady said: why Doctor,
yon did not look to see if my tongue
was coated" to which Doc. replied
You don't find grass growing on
e-track. ."-MoberIy Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

There are many instances where a
person has fought tooth and nail to
stay out OF the poorhouse but ii re-
mains for Dick Smith Of the Weather.
by country to be the first on record to
fight getting away. The Gallatin
North Missourian relates that while
Smith stoutly maintains he has no
funds it is claimed that the assess
ment books show he has several thou
sand dollars worth Of property. To
date Smith hasn't heard in that ear
when he has been told to get out.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28
NEWS FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL MISSOURI
IntcreOting Happenings Which Have Taken Place
ln the Greatest State in the Union
TLe Product Of The Scissors, the Pen ADD Very
Little Actual Labor

Health hint from the Hisginsville
Joffcrsonian: Keep them on till the
Fourth"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The mayor Of Springfield has just
youngsters OF that town. In fact he
intends to give them a blow every
night of the world, for he is enforc-
ing an old curfew ordinance which
makes it a misdemeanor for minors
of opposite sex to ride together in
automobiles between the hours of 8
p. m. and 6 a. m, unless accompanied
by parents or otherwise chaperoned.
The penalty runs from 500 to thirty
days in Jail, and the curfew blows at
9 sharp.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

According to the Mexico Ledger,
the chain in the cistern of Jim West,
colored, recently broke and he set
about to have a little fishing party all
his own. The first attempt brought
up an automobile pump from the
depths If it did miss the chain. The
next try brought up gold watch
case. Finally, when the whole catch
was counted Jim had two automobile
jacks, two Chevrolet cranks, a rubber
boot and the gold watch case. No
one could identify tho articles and no
one apparently had any idea how they
came to be in Jim's cistern.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

stephen A. Francis, sixty years of
age, a street car motorman, died
Thursday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

Rock Port had a special election
Tuesday to determine what should be
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-28

The Independence Examiner says
that every evening at o'clock when
tha big whistle at Longview blows,
the wolves that infest the prairie to
the. south answer 1t with long weird
howls. There are very many wolves
this year and the bounty is the same
for the pup scalps as for the old cam
paigners. Recently J. II. Lynn of the
Longview neighborhoOd brought in
eight scalps Of a family he had found
in a den which was as big as an or
dinary room with sleeping apart
ments, Railways and several galleries.
You have heard OF people having
Snakes in their boots" but not so
with our old friend, Joseph Powell,
president of the Farmers Exchange,
for he not only saw snakes, but had
real snakes in sack which he
brought to town They were killed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-05-05
Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Fred Il. Cork.

In the early hours of Friday morn
ing the spirit Of Mrs. Fred L. Cork,
wended it's way to that land where
sickness and trouble are unknown.
Mrs. Cork was born in the town of
Willow Springs, March %, 1853, be-
ing the second daughter of George
and Laurissa Noble, early and re-
spected pioneers of that region.
March 1, 1876, she was married to
Fred L. Cork; after their marriage
they went to farming in the Willow
Springs settlement, remaining on the
farm until 1899, when this city be-
came their home. Mr.. Cork died
suddenly in August 1910. Mrs. Cork
was woman of large Christian faith
and labor and in early woman-hood
became identified with the Christian
denomination; for the past twenty
two years she has been a faithful
attendant and supporter of the Con-
gregational church. She died as she
ed-peacefully She leaves an
only daughter, Maud M, who will
genuinely miss the companionship of
a good mother; one sister, Mrs. Jane
Baxter of Willow Springs, and one
brother, Walter B. Noble of this city.
Funeral services were held from
her late home on Sunday afternoon,
Burial was made in Graceland ceme-
terry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-05-05
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Peoples Church.
Rev. John Birrell, Pastor.

Services for Mothers Day May 8.
Glasses meet at 900 a. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. The in
terest must be kept up. This is an
individual matter, therefore it de-
pends on you.
Morning worship at II a. m. Sub
ject for sermon: "Moral Fibre in
Manhood" Children's sermon by
the Pastor.
Junior League at 2:30 p. m. Pre-
paratory membership classes held in
connection with the League service
Epworth League at 6:45 p. m.
Topic: What we owe to our par
ents." Leader: Abbie Richards.
Evening worship at 7:30 p. m.
Subject for sermon: "Jesus and the
Woman of Samaria."
A special invitation to all mothers
to be present at least at the morning
servict Provision will be made for
those who need transportation.
Thursday, May 5th. Prayer meet
ing 1880 p. m. Topic: "The I'm
searchable Riches"
You are welcome to all the serv-
ices Of the church.