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Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

1t is a great thing to have such
demonstration as was given us during
the wars Of the United States Of the
capacity of men for sacrifice, for It
makes us think better of our kind.
The soldiers in all our wars were in
no way different from their friends and
neighbOrs, Drawn from the great
masses Of our people they were repre-
sentative of them. More broadly, they
were representatives Of humanity
that humanity Of which so many seem
to despair. Heroism Is no unusual
thing In the life Of man, and in great
crises it is the rule. The World war
furnished a new proof Of this to the
generation that has grown up since
our civil struggle, and that knows 1t
only as g great historical event. There
ought to be a renewal and strengthen
ing Of faith In man, and a new birth
Of optimism. America is the one coun-
try above all others In which there
should be no place for dOubters and
winners. Rather the feeling should be
that what men have done men can do,
and that there is no task beyond the
powers of Americans, nor any sacrifice
which they will not make at the call
Of duty. The heroic strain in the blood
has not died out-as we learned dur
ing the years Of war. The problem is
one Of making effective the great quail
ties and applying them to life. And
the problem is by no means easy. The
proper and reverent observance Of
Memorial day will help toward sOlu-
ton. Gratitude there must always be
to the men who saved the Union, and
laid anew the foundations for great
er and nObler national life. Though
our gratitude can not profit those who
were killed in the war, or have died
since, grateful hearts have beneficial
effect on those who possess them. In
gratitude, on the other hand, is one
Of the basest Of sins. And nothing can
be more destructive than selfishness,
which is the antithesis of sacrifice,
The moral value Of the teaching of
the day is Of enormous value. It is
the day Of men who preferred national
well-being and safety to personal ease
and pleasure-to life itself, It is
through that spirit only that the land
can be redeemed, and kept true to the
great ideals in behalf of which brave
men have gladly given their lives.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

somehow out of place in an American
landscape, but we have learned much
from the contacts Of the great war;
and in years to come the simple shrine
may seem a natural memorial to a
hero who fell on Flanders field or
French hillside. One of the few
shrines erected here was put in place
not long ago near Philadelphia, as
a tribute to the memory of United
States soldiers who gave up their
lives in France. A son had been killed
in the war, and his parents set up
this remembrance Of him on their es-
tate, but near the highroad within
sight Of all passers-by. The Church
News describes the shrine and it's
setting in a recent issue. It stands
"in a charming sylvan nook formed by
a high, heavily wooded hill" Beside
it, we read, "ffows a murmuring brook,
symbol of the eternal continuity of
life. Surrounding 1t are evergreen
trees and shrubs typifying the unre-
mitting care of God for his creatures.
In 'front.' but a few PAGES away, runs
Valley Green road, typifying the high
ways of life. prepared by saints and
martyrs and heroes who have toiled
and died that we might live and walk
securely in our pilgrimage to the I'm
seen City of God" In its general con-
ceptiOn and design the shrine is said
to be similar to the shrines so often
seen by our soldiers in France, and
always viewed with respect by them"
The granite pedestal which supports
the marble baldachin contains the
cruclix and the statue Of a soldier
From the Literary Digest
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
ELECTRIC line
REDUCES WAGES
Pennsylvania and Ohio Announces
Cut From 20 TO Is and
is Cents an Hour.
BECOME EFFECTIVE IN JUNE
Modlneatlon of Working Conditions
Also TO Be Made to the Advantage
Of the company-other Labor
News Of interest.

Wages of the railway operating em-
ployes of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Elec.
trio company, operating throughout
western Pennsylvania and eastern
Ohio, which were raised to 20 cents an
hour on May 81, 1929, will be reduced
to from Is and 10 cents an hour, it was
announced by General Manager G. 7.
seeley of Youngstown.
In addition Manager Seeley asks the
modification and elimination of num-
Der Of working conditions which have
been in force.
The new rates, effective June 1, 1921,
are as follows: Forty-five cents an
hour for the first three months of en-
Ployment, 4S cents an hour for the
next nine months and so cents an hour
thereafter with five cents an hour ad-
ditional for operators Of one-man cars.
The old rates were go, So and 6S
cents respectively.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
Raised First
Civil War
Monument

The unique distinction Of having
erected the first soldiers monument
ito commemorate the death Of those
who perished in suppressing the Con-
federacy" belongs to the little town Of
Kensington, Conn. For fifty years a
slender shaft Of plain, brown sand
stone, hewn from the famous Con-
necticut river quarries at Portland,
has held the place Of honor on the
Kenslngton green and served as a 1T
ting memorial to six boys from the
village who died fighting in the early
part Of the Civil war.
The history Of the KensingtOn mOnu-
ment is an interesting one. In March
1868, when the contract for the mOnu-
ment was originally made, the fate of
the nation was still hanging In the
balance. Several months before the
great victory of Gettysburg, at the
patriotic instigatiOn of Rev. Elias B.
billiard, pastor Of the KensingtOn Con-
gregatiOnal> church, the agitation for
a soldiers monument began. When
$3.50 had finally been raised by public
subscription, the designing of the mon
ument was entrusted to a local artist
of some note, who working along con-
ventional lines succeeded admirably in
producing a simple, dignified mOnu-
ment of pleasing proportions. AS a
result few towns the size Of Kensing-
ton have soldiers monuments which
serve their patriotic purpose as well
as this one, for unfortunately it is apt
to be the exception rather than the
rule when a soldiers monument of
Civil war origin does not have quite
the opposite effect.
If the fate of the nation was still
hanging in the balance when the Ken
sington monument was contracted for,
the dedication, July %, 1883, after
Grants great victory at Vicksburg and
Meade's at Gettysburg, came at most
opportune time, for now the tide of
war had turned In the NOrth's favor
The semi-centennial of the dedication
of the Kensington monument was cele-
brated by the Connecticut G. A. r. and
the people Of Kensington, whose pa
triotic predecessors were the first ones
In the country to express their feelings
by erecting a public memorial to the
soldiers of their town who had lost
their lives in the Civil war.-From the
Boston Transcript.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, OF the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head.
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita.
bic and may be despondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be lust
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for q sample bottle to see
what SWamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do fol
them. BY enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer B Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

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An Illinois woman relates her experience;
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had interest
without PnbLinS
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healthy
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Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
SHEET STEEL MILLS RESUME
Thirteen Planta At Canton, Ohio,
Again N Observation-Disclosures
Of Others Following.

All thirteen mills Of the Canton,
tOhio) Sheet Steel company opened up
In full operation. Business is grad
ually picking up and orders are COM
ing In sufficient to warrant putting on
all sheet mills. Several mills were
put in operation some time ago. with
the plant running full, more than 1000
men will be employed.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

Catarrh ig = local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is q
Tonic and Blood Purifier. BY cleansing
the blood and building up the System
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE restores
normal conditions and allows Nature to
do its work.
An Druggists. Circulars free.
r. ]. Cheney q Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
ASPIRIN
Name 'eBayero on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package Of genuine Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during p years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes Of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark Of Bayer Manufacture Of
Monoaceticacidester Of Salicylicacid.-
Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
The TRIALS OF
A HOUSEWIFE
How They Have Been Endured and How Overcome by
Lydia E. PInAham'S Vegetable Compound
Experience of Providence Woman
Experience of a Providence Woman

Providence, r. I.-"I took Lydia
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for q female trouble and backache.
Ltbegan just after my baby was born.
and did the best could about get.
ting my work done, but had awful
bearing down pains so / could not
stand on my feet. l read in the papers
about Lydia e. Pinkham' 3 Vegetable
Compound and the good It was doing
other women, and / have got dandy
results from It and will always rec.
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as testimonial if you wish. Mrs,
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Providence, r. /.
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DO her homework she was SO iIl.
Made well by Lydia e. PinIIs
hams Vegetable COmpOund3
Fayette, O.-"For about three years
Twas verynervous and had backache.
sideache, dragging down pains, could
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Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

When there is such an ocean of
trouble, be thankful you are only
touched by the spray.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

Harmony of aim, not identity of
conclusion, is the secret Of the sympa-
thetic life.-EmersOn.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
a CelestIal Vlotim.

, The COmet-Im really afraid to go
near the earth-they give you such
awful names.-New York Sun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21

ident and treasurer. Henry c. Warn
ock; vice president, c. A. Poland; sec
rotary, Edith A. Bugbee.
Officers of Col. w. H. Greenwood
Woman's Relief corps were installed
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Annie b. III.
Harris was installing officer. Following
is the list: Pres. Mrs Helen Smith
S. V. p, Mrs. Alta Phillips: ]. V. T.,
Carrie Fuller; treas, Annie Il. Fl. Har-
ris chaplain, Carrie Goodrich c., Mel
lie Everleth; G., Helen Holt; see. Miss
Edith Bugbee; =. l., Mrs. Lena Wright
press cor, Ada Pierce; musician, Villa
j. Davenport; color bearers Mrs. Mil
dred Austin, Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs.
Minnie Clarke, Jessie O'Connor Before
the installation a bountiful supper was
served to members and guests. Later
pleasing program was given. including
readings bv Mrs. Alta Phillips and
Miss Florence Folett, singing by Miss
Alta Cooley and Alta Phillips, singing
of America bv all, which closed a very
pleasant evening
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21
PUTNEY.

f. c. Parker was taken i'll last Fri
day with a shock. He is somewhat inn
proved.
Howard Allen of Northampton, Mass,
was a weekend guest of his aunt, Mrs.
Edith Howard.
Mrs. Irving Ketchum and daughter,
Mrs. Edward Glynn, entertained a party
Of friends at whist Wednesday evening.
Dalton W. Howard has installed a
Perfection milking machine which is run
by power. At the present time he is
milking II cows.
Mrs. Charles Thwing and A NJ. Cor
ser We're called to Holyoke, Mass, by
the death of the widow of their half
brother, Charles CorSer.
Mrs w. +. Parker entertained the
Fortnightiy club Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Marines gave sketches from John
Drinkwater's play, Lincoln.
The United Ladies' Aid society of the
Community church will meet with Mrs.
c. b. Goodrich Tuesday afternoon for
he annual meeting. After the business
meeting there will be social hour from
to ,. All interested in the society
are invited to come.
Rev DIR. Dawson, Rev. Mr.. Daven-
port and Rev. G. c. Merrill will be pres
ent at the service next Sunday morning
in conference with the people with re-
gard to the issues of the United church.
All interested in the welfare of the
church are expected to be present.
The body of Mrs AIaude Dawson,
wife of Clifford \. Dawson, was brought
here last week Thursday from Norwich.
Conn, for burial in the family lot in
Mount Pleasant cemetery. Brief funeral
services were held at the home of +. +.
Knight at = p. m, Rev. Mr.. Curtis of
Westminster West officiating.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the William \. Cole Paper Co
was held Saturday. Jan. II. The fol-
lowing were elected: Directors. Henry
c.. Warnock of Holyoke, n. Z. Avery of
Holyoke, G. A. Poland of Putney; pres
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21
FIRE PROOF" COAL,
HUFFMAN CALLS 1T
Says New England Was Robbed of ST..
00G,0cO by the Prices Charged for
Fuel Last Year

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Yester-
days study OF the coal industry by the
senate committee considering the Calder
regulation bill brought from Chairman
Thompson of the federal trade commits
sion the statement that congress must
either restore competition in the coal
industry or face naturalization"
Armand W. Riley. special assistant
to the attorney general, charges that the
New York Wholesale Coal association
had put every obstacle in the way" of
Lever act proceedings against coal profit
GERS.
Eugene G. Huffman, state fuel admin
istrator for Massachusetts, expressed the
belief that New England was robbed
of $17,0O0.00O in the coal prices charged
last year" and added: Coal is a NAT
ural product of the country, created by
people of the country, who ought not to
be obliged to guess at its fair market
prices
Huffman. protesting against the quail
ity of fuel shipped to New England,
urged a federal standard of quality TO
stop the shipment of coal which con-
tanned maximum of slate and dust.
He described the character of the fuel
sent to New England rs ''fireproof coal. =
He estimated that coal filled with slate
and dust unloaded upon Massachusetts
would fill $4,000 cars each year.
Answering a question by Senator
Walsh. Democrat, of Massachusetts, Mr..
Riley named Madeira, Hill & Co. of Phil
adelphia and New York as probably "the
worst" of the companies charging high
prices. lie said Madeira also was chair
man of the fair practices committee
of anthracite operators.
Gibbs l.. Baker. counsel, for the New
York Wholesale association, was accused
by DIR. Riley of running with the hare
MI Inn rx-itI ba H. l. ....sE
ing in department of justice conferences
in Washington" and taking good re-
tanning fees" from individual New York
dealers under investigation. Secretary
Allen, he said. wrote to each firm com
ing under investigation, recommending
the employment of Baker as legal adj
wiser. Mr.. Riley took with him into the
executive session Il number of cancelled
checks and correspondence.
Ralph Crews. an attorney for several
large coal producers, viii be heard to-
day by the committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21
HARDING LEAVES
MARION FOR SOUTH
Plans Thorough Rest on Two Weeks
Fishing Trip Down Florida
EOaSt

MARION, O.. JAN 21.-Quitting
Marion for a vacation in Florida before
entering the White House, President
elect Harding yesterday vacated the resi-
dence on Mt. Vernon avenue which was
the mecca of the front porch pilgTimages.
Leaving at midnight, the president
elects train will pass through Chatta-
nOOga late this afternoon and reach st.
Augustine, Fla, Sunday morning. Mr..
Harding expects to make no rear plat
form speeches along the way, having
planned to begin a good rest as soon as
he boarded his private car. y st. Au-
guStine hotel will be his Florida head
quarters, but first of all he will get en-
tirely away from his cares ia two
weeks fishing trip down the east coast.
The president-eect put in the day bid
ding farewell to his neighbors. He made
several personal calls, received many
friends at his office, made a short fare
well talk to the pupils of the city high
school and was the guest at a meeting
Of the ElkS' fraternity, of which he IS
member. He will return here before he
goes to Washington, but only for stay
of a few hours.
At the ElkS last night a special group
of candidates, to be known in fraternity
records as the Harding class" was in
itiated with a ceremony IN which the
president-elect played a leading role.
The party accompanying Mr.. Hard
ing south COnSlSlS Only pL the I'ItSINtIit-
elect. his secretary. George Il. Chris
tan, ir. Harry NJ. Daugherty of Column
bus. two Stenographcrs and a dozen Sc
crct service men and newspaper CORE
spondents Mrs. Harding will go to
Florida after a shopping trip i'll the
East. She expects to leave today or to-
morrow for Washington.
story of Mr.. Harding's devotion to
one of his fcllow-townsmen came to light
by chance last night after it had been
kept secret for several weeks. DIR.
Thomas H. McAfee of the Trinity Bap-
fist church. of which Mr.. Harding is a
trustee, was stricken with paralysis more
than SIX months ago and the strain of
paying his salary in addition to that of
an acting paster weighed heavily on the
church treasury. The question came to
an issue at a meeting of the trustees at
the beginning of the new year. and Mr..
Harding volunteered to pay the salary
Of the new pastor from his own pocket
if that of DR.. McAfee was continued.
The president-elCct asked that the ar
rangement be regarded as confidential
and so well was the request observed
that few members of the congregation
have learned of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21

suggested change of climate. / then
moved TO Texas and went back and
forth three times but did not get the re
lief | had hoped for. Finally, | got SO
bad off | was not able to get around
with any degree of comfort. / was also
told l had heart trouble.
Il had read about Tanlac and, as it
had been very highly recommended to me,
| decided to try it. | got a bottle and
had taken only a few doses until / could
notice a marked Improvement in my con-
dition. / noticed especially that / was
NOT troubled any more with sour stOm-
ach after eating, which was a great re-
lief.
Il kept on taking Tanlac until / fully
regained my health. My appetite is
splendid; | enjoy my meals and l do not
find it necessary now to take any laxa-
tive medicines of any kind. / can sleep
much better and am not nearly so nerv
Gus.
Il take great pleasure in recommend
ing Tanlac to anyone who needs good
system builder. or who suffers with
stomach trouble. | have recommended
Tanlac to a great many of my friends
and am pleased to reach others by Civ
ing this statement for publication"
Tanlac is Sold in Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro Drug Co.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21

Nearly everybody in southwest Mis-
souri, either knows or has heard of the
Rev. Parker Moon, who for a full half
century has devoted his life ami talents
to Sunday school and organization work
for the Society of Friends or QuakerS.
Uncle Parker as he Is more famiI-
iarly known. came from fine old rugged
Quaker stock, and there is not n better
known or more highly respected citizen
in that part of the state. In referring
to his remarkable restoration to health
by Tanlac, he said:
About five years ago / suffered a
general breakdown. My principal trOu-
bic was nervous Indigestion. My appe-
lite was very poor and my food seldom
agreed with me. and | had to live on n
very restricted diet | suffered a great
lcal from headaches and dizzy spells:
had severe pains across the small of my
back and was badly constipated most of
he time. In fact, / was so weak and
rundown L was not able to attend to my
duties.
This condition made Inc very nervous
and | could not sleep at night. Ere
quently | would lie awake most all
night and was i'm that condition more or
'ess for five years. NY physician said
he could not do anything for me and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21

Alhian Spencer. u. a baker employed
at the George H. Cross bakery at st
JohnSbury. was badly burned Monday
and is in serious condition at Bright
lock hospital. In the bakery * a Irpt
which contains all the electric wires sup
plying current for the building and aS
Spencer went in back of this pipe and was
returning he rubbed against the pine,
which had become heavily charged. The
shock threw him down Instantly and his
head struck the pipe, severely burning ms
face. neck and one hand. The ring on
the finger was badly burned. Fellow EN-
ployes had to drag him from the spot.
Electricians are invetigating the acct
dent as to how the pipe became so heavily
charged, as it had never been considered
dangerous.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21

The seventh annual minstrel show given
10y the inmates of the Vermont states
prison was held in the assembly hall of
that institution Thursday afternoon and
evening and was a huge success. There
were 30 in the circle and 10-picce orchcS-
ira with three stage managers. The after
noon show was witnessed by nearly 200 in
mates and the city school children under
- years of age, the public being in at
tendance in the evening The proceeds
will be used for the athletic fund, that to
promote baseball basketball, etc. among
the inmates on Saturday afternoons during
the summer. After the entertainment in
the evening a banquet was given to the
performers in the dining room. the menu
consisting of oysters, sandwiches and
coffee
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-21
DON'T Suffer
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole

When those sharp pains SO shooting
through your head, when your skull
Gcams as if it would split, just rub a little
Muster0le on your temples and neck.
It draws out the Inflammation, soothes
c:wayttepain, usually giving quickrelief.
Nusterole is clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better than
a mustard plaster and does not blister
Many doctors and nurses frankly
recommend Musterole for sore throat,
bronchitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma.
neuralgia, congestion, pleurisy, rheuma-
tisrn, lumbago, pains and aches of the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted ieet-colds
of the chest (it often prevents pneu-
rlonia). 1t is always dependable.