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Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08
The Usual ThInu.

Tommy was two years younger than Harry, and, as Is usual in many such cases, Harry's outgrown clothes fell to his lot.
 On one occasion Harry made stnr- tling discovery. "Pve got a loose tooth," he announced. "I think I'll pull 1t out"
 Don't do it." implored Tommy, -or mother will make me wear tt."-Har- per's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08

that is so'
 "'But why were you growing so when I came along?' asked Crown Rooster.
 CT was growing my thoughts said Red Top. If were person I'd speak my thoughts, but as Pm a rooster I crow them; yes, that is what I doH
 CT understand said Grown Rooster, for do the same, and now crow some more and tell me some more of your thoughts, for I am an interested lis tener; yes, I'm an interested rooster listener"
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08

N SAA
 creatures who put on airs" he said, and who pretend to be friendly when they aren't. Some creatures think they're dO- ing a favor if they so much as bother to notice one.
 |" There was a person who came to the farm the other day and who said
 " Hello, Roost- er," and then he added a moment later:
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08

up your idea of curling chickens feathers, for it's all very we'll to see little girls with curls, but chickens are diff ferent.
 "'C h ic k e n s don't wear bright hair ribbons, so they don't need to have their feath- CTS curled to show them off.
 !" 'Ah, no, crea- lures had better stay the way they're supposed to be-
 :" That is so,'
 Kn
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08
DwARD eULwER LYrToN
Edward B"Ivver,

Edward B"Ivver, Lord LyttOn, was brilliantly versa tile. As states man, he was far sighted and as- ute; as dramatist, In "Tke Lady of l. y on S." "Riche- lieu" and "MOney" he struck and held the popular taste; 7; us novelist, he pr 0 d u c Q d some t " Q n { y-odd TO- mances of widely varying typey as poet and political assayfst, he was less notable.
 During the early years of his mar rfage BuIwer was
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08

tory Tor sub jecta. Tbfs produced "The Last Duys of POmpeii," "Rienzf" and sSThe Last of the Barons.r In "The CaxtOns" he founded the "true cult of the colonies" This and two more of his best works responded to the pOpu- lar demand for domestic novels. Tales of terror next attracted the public and BuIwer created a sensation by t"The Strange Story" which came to him in m dream, and '9The Haunted and the Haunters," one sf the most perfect ghost stories I'm English literature.
 Finally, he wrote novels and satfres of society. His very versatility per hnps prevented hiS digging deeply into reality.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-08
I!|l[S ven i! (ll|:| NARY GRAHA]G BONNER ~&- COPYRIGHT WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION -
RED TOP.

Red Top, the Rooster" said Daddy, twas growing for all he was worth.
 IiIxo
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Bows and Girls Club Leader for
Count, Arrives.

+. b. Prince of Minneapolis,
who has been secured to look at
ter BOYS and Girls clubs IN Pine
County for the coming season,
arrived in Hinckley Thursday
and will make his headquarters
at the Farm Bureau office
Mr.. Prince appears to be a
very active young man and Will
undoubtedly be able to get
around and look after his line
Of work in fine shape. He states
that the first thing he will dc
Will be to visit all the rural
schools in the county as soon aS
the roads will permit and from
present indications there will be
at least 400 enrollments in Boys
and Girls clubs this year.
This movement is one most
worthy and it is hoped that eve
~ person in the county will as
slst Mr.. Prince in every way lr
their power. Hinckley News
April 8.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
SUpPORTSU.S. DEMAND
France Held Ready to Accept
Harding Doctrine.
Declared Ready TO Back America IN
Claims on ysp in exchange FOR
RECREATION Approval.

Paris France will support Amsri
can claims 20 a voice in the tnal set.
Element Of war problems. it VAS semi.
officially announced.
This support viii be particularly ap-
parent In Americas demand that she
take part in the assignment Of man.
dates over former German territories
The announcement indicated that
Rene Vivianis mission TO he United
States has resulted in a readjus,ment
OF Frances policy toward America /,
was believed that the attitude OF he
Harding administration is now ccept.
ed fully and that France will cooper
ate 10 the fullest extent. even 10 fore
going some rights she might claim un
der the League ~ Nations covenant
In official circles il was believed tina,
Vivianis reports OF his conferences
with President Harding. Secretary OF
state Charles r. Hughes and others
had convinced the French cabinet tha,
there is no hope of the United States
entering the league
Az the first result of Viyiani's visit
therefore the government is planning
The closest co OF. ration with the Amer
lean program
IT was intmated strongly tha
France will support American demand.
Ia regard tn tho vap aid M.s0pota IN
ian mandates in direct ratio as tn.
United States supports France in lie
| dem ands for reparations from Ger
| many. France Is especially eager 70
moral support Ia measures To fore,
| German D4vment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Sturgeon Lake Department
GLENN E. OLSON, Local Representative

Cashier Turrittin spent Sun
day at ST. Paul.
Hartley Gray transacted bust
ness in Duluth Friday.
The forty hour devotion of the
Catholics started Monday even
ing.
Mrs. G.. H. Glum arrived from
Duluth Friday to join her hus-
band.
Sheriff Hawley and Coroner
Gottry of Pine City. were in
Sturgeon Lake Monday after
noon.
Chas. Olson and Cashier Tur-
rittin attended the Masonic
lodge meeting at Moose Lake
Monday evening.
The school is closed here this
week. the teachers preferring to
take some other week for vaca-
ton rather than their regular
Easter vacation.
The directors of the Sturgeon
Lake National Farm Loan Asso-
citation held special meeting at
the office of the secretary on
Tuesday afternoon.
Chas. Swanson left from
Moose Lake Sunday evening for
Duluth to see his wife who is
i'll at st. Mary's hospital there.
Mrs. Swanson underwent an OPP
Grafton Monday morning.
Mrs. F. G. Kranz Of st. Paul.
arrived Monday noon to take
care Of the Chas. Swanson family
during the absence of Mrs.
Swanson who is at st Mary 5
hospital where she recently I'M
derwent an operation. Mrs
kranz is a sister Of Chas. Swan
son.
Peter A. Anderson. who lives
west of town, arrived home from
the State hospital at st. Peter
the middle of last week and af-
ter having liberty for one day,
was taken to Pine City Friday
afternoon as mentally deranged
and turned over to the proper
authorities.
Glenn f. Olson IS Sturgeon
Lakes local representative OF
the Askov American. Hand HIM
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Windenere

Mr.. Barnett was Moose
Lake caller Friday.
Mrs. d. c. Street spent Sun
day at the Nyberg home.
DR.. Siemers was in attendance
at the ]. Chckner and l.. w.
Street homes last Wednesday.
Miss Evelyn Johnson is home
from Duluth assisting in the
care of her sister. Mrs. Mosberg
The Misses Cook and Lofgren
and Mr.. and Mrs. f. Erickson
spent Sunday with the jacobson
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Anderson were
properly serenaded Sunday
night by Windemere songsterS
and orchestra.
Miss Lillian Olson is assisting
at the Chas. Swanson home
while Mrs. Swanson Is at the
hospital in Duluth.
In spite of muddy roads the
Ladies Aid sale was we'll attend
ed. Many articles were auc.
toned after which a lunch wa-
served in basement of church.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
|. w. w. HEADS LOSE APPEAL
Supreme Court Refuses TO Review
Conviction u Radicals

Washington The supreme court re.
fused to review the conviction OF VII.
liam ID RAYMOND and more than "a
other members Of the | w " Oh
charges of having conspired 10 Oh
struct the war activities Of the govern
men' Refusal OF the supreme court
10 interfere closes the long fight to
save Haywood and his associates from
prison Only prssidentia, pardoL
can now prevent their entering upon
the sentences .mpOs
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14

your news items and make the
Sturgeon Lake column full of
live news. Also if you wish to
do any advertising talk business
to him. If you have cow or
two, a horse or wagon or some
thing else that you want to dis
pose of try an American Want
AID. 1t is sure way to sell.
Only lc a word. minimum 25c.
Once tried you will be booster
for the American Want Ads.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
DRY SUNDAY IN NEW YORk
Wholesale Crusade Against Dry Law
VioIators Continues

New York Police con tinued the
wholesale crusade agans' yiolators 81
the recently enacted state prohibition
enforcement Law. which was dencrfbed
by some new papers as the "driest
SUNDAY" since 1896. when the latA
President Roosevelt then police com
missioner. clamped down the lid on
Sunday liquor selling
Frequenters OF saloons. where reg
ular customers" have here infore been
able TO buy coDtrabaud liquor. admit
ted that New York Was virtually bone
dry" for the first time since the Vol
stead amendment act was enacted
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
HOPE FOR AlRMEN FADES

Washington-HOpe virtually has
been abandoned by the Navy depar,
ment that the Ave men VITO left II.
Pensacola. Fla, air station IL tres ga
loon A.5so4. March %. will ever t.
found alive. according to al announce
meu' made al the department, tn.
search has not beer entirely abaL
doned. the statement said but l,tie
hope Is entertained that either the
men or tue balloon will be found
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
O'caiiaohsn Ordered TO Leave U s

Washing ton- Under orders issued
by Secretary Davis. Donal o Cal
laghan, lord mayor 81 Cork who ar
rived In this country as stoxa.ay
last January T. may he oepored by
immigratio1 officials any time after
June 5. should he no. leave the coun
try before that time
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
u S. Gunners Set New Marks

San Diego-Official ann0nDcement
is made that world gunnery records
were broken in the last 10 days BY gun
pointers OF the United States destroy.
or divisions that have been engaged
in short range BATH. practise oI tbs
port
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Both sides Held Bluning.

Harry Costing. leader Of the trans
port workers. privately informed a pro-
ninent British shipowner that both
sides in the controversy were hluning
and that there would have been no
strike either OF the transport workers
or the railway men
Railway men and transport walkers
had declared a sympathetic strike, ct
fective Tuesday midnight. II negotia-
tions for settlement Of the coal strike
were not reOpened before that time
The miners. despite arguments by
leaders OF the tvo other groups In the
Triple Alliance. have stood firm
against negotiations based on an agree
ment that pumping Of the mines be the
first matter considered
During the day Il was reported that
| Premier Lioyd George had intimated
| that the government would consider
the matter Of appointing national
wage board for the mining industry.
| II the miners would permit naval
bumpers 10 drain the mines without in
/ reference.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14

New York While motion picture
cameras clicked on the deck ~ tug
in the east river. Daniel Carone OF
Mount Vernon. putting cigarette.
leaped from the center Of Brooklyn
bridge and was picked up I'm the water
1873 feet below, alive and unframed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Kenyon Back From, Abroad

New York Senator w Kenyon
of iowa. was among the passengers on
the United States mail steamer pap
handle Estate. which arrived here
from London and BnulogDe
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14

Detroit Three persons lost their
lives when an automobile plunged over
an embankmeDt into a wafer filled az
cavation in the SprIngweIls district
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14

ST Paui-Goy ernor Preus signed the
bill imposing a tax o. pei cent On
the occu patton Of mining the so-called
tonnage tax substitute
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Early Settlement Seen When
Miners and Owners Reopen
Negotiations.
PIT SAFETY ASSURED
Lloyd George intsmates Government
Would Consider Wage Board Pro
sided Strikers Would Permit
Naval bumpers 60 Work.

London The general strike called
bs tho Triple Alliance. following .
strike al coal miners. virtually was
.aaed on when the miners agreed tn
reopen negotiations with colliery own
arS
The reopening OF negotiations Mas
assured when the miners abandoned
'hcir policy Of Withdrawing safety
workers. permitting mine properties
10 hr ruined nv flooding
Announcement of the decision TO
Weld the point was made by J IL
Thomas head Of the railway fedora.
tioa after an entire day OF conferences
oetwecn governments representatives
ana beads az the Triple Alliance.
A result % the conference he
tween the government and the Triple
| ArjaGcc early settlement III the coal
miners strike and consequently avert.
lng the threatened industrial cata.
strophe seemed certain
| Ii was officially announced after tho
conference that the government viii
attend a me"ting between the striking
miners executives and the mine own
| ars' representatives. at which the con
| tending factions will attempt To settle
all differences
| No conditions preliminary to the
negotiations were interposed by either
side and the government viii attend as
an interested but neutral party
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-14
Miners Allies Oppose Stand.

An early morning conference with
the alliance leaders was unsatisfactory
and the men left Downing st plainly
showing they had no hope Of quick
settlement They had another confer
ence al the premier's residence during
the afternoon.
The miners found their allies oppos-
ing their stand Railway men and
transport workers both believed tho
destruction OF property was too violent
for them to support The leaders also
received warning from local unions
that the men objected to being ordered
out on a sympathetic strike without .
referendum vote.
The miners were obstinate however,
and IL required hours Of argument To
induce them TO offer the concession
which permitted a reopening OF nego
tiations
One OF the last acts before the agree
ment was reached was TO issue An ap-
peal TO American workmen to refuse
TO coal British ships
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24

LONDON. July 23,-Canccr is
curahlci
That ~ the announcement Officially
Issued by the authorities Of the West
London hospital.
Experiments have been carried on
In the hospital for mOnths, and the
experts investigating the subject
have received invaluable assistance
from the University of ErlauRcn.
Bavaria. where Professor Herman
Wintz has been treating the disease
with extremely powerful N-rays.
Surgery as a treatment for can
Ger may bc entirely out of date IN n
few years time through special
form uf N-rays now IN usa at our
hospital" was the announcement
made by one Of the officials Of the
Yves, London hospital.
The ordinary y cray has been
only partially successful In th" treat 70
mcnt OF this dread DISEASE. owing to
the limitations Of the available ap-
parntuy. The new treatment makes
1t possible To use much greater in
tensity of N-rtys and yet does not
injuro the patient in the s.ightcat de.
gree.
"The new treatment consists Of
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
Germany Adopts
NeW Flag COiOrS

BERLIN, July 23.---Germany Ia
advertising herself as n nation with
a yellow streak" is the bitter COM
plant of f.. G.. Got in the Hamburger
FrcmdCnhlatt. DO you know the
English expression yellow streak p ."
demands Herr Got. You can readily
find 1t in the English German die
tionary. II means "A coward at heart.
The German national assembly de-
creed that upon demand of any for.
eign warship the German soamen
must hoist a flag with a broad yell
10y streak through the middle. He
must not only show the yellow streak
to every foreign warship, but raise
II before every foreign fortification
when he comes into the harbor."
The national assembly changed
the imperiol black -whitc-red flag Il
the republican black -gold-red ban
ner. The change In, the national
Colors has been the subject of bitter
comments 10y the royalsists who ex.
plain; cold is for the past, red for
the present, and black for the
future" But Herr Got sees in the
gold stripe a yellow streak.
"Our flag viii the the flag with
n yellow streak to everyone who un-
dcrstands the English language
which means most of the marina
world. 1t viii be considered the
symbol of people who are towards
at heart. The stripe starcs the world
in the eye, the stripe which from
every flagstaff proclaims that Ger.
many is a democratic and inciden.
tally coward folk. How long viii
II be until this Cowatd people tear
the yellow stripe from their flag and
from their hearts,"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
BELGIUM EXPECTS
MARK
May Soon Renew Negotia-
tions With Germany
About Obligation

NEGOTIATIONS between tho HclCian
ana ttoruHn governments over tho
question ut utrlNiuI at "a definite
agreement tlSouph which the for
mcr Is Go be iudomuifiod Tor tho e
utu uunuu1 Gctwau paper marks IN
its possession ntv likely to be r,.
ncwod I'm tho near future. according
10 90 report hN tho trusacis ,prros-
pondcut of the Bcylincr Tagcblatt.
printed In that paper ou Juno ~. II
is asserted that Belgian financial
circles expect such NEGOTIATIONS TO
begin shortly. although tho report
cannot hc confirmed officially.
As is Ecucrnlly known. the RcI.
Einn government obtained tho g.
ooo,O0d.0OO MARKS by taking thom
over after tho Hrmisticc from their
Nclglnn owners. who had been con.
PEELED 10y the German occupying
authorities to accept them at tho
rate Of franc and quarter Tor "a
mark, about the normal rate Of cN-
change belgium had To borrow T.
100000 francs with which to pay
the original holders of these cor.
man paper tokens, and n insists
upon rcpHratlon by Germany, al
though the treaty OF Versailles SAYS
nothing about this affair
In December, 1919, Matthias
Eryhorgcr, then German minister OF
finance, reached an agreement with
the Belgian government whereby
Tho latter was to receive German
bonds for it's stock Of marks. those
bonds To bear interest at por cent
and tu hc redeemed during 20
year period liut this agreement
appears TO have uccU arrived at
moro or less In secret, oven with
out the knowledge of the orfi,,r1
of the RciChbnnt, according to Ger.
man newspapers, ana when n big
protest was raised by German n
.H. tai interests at what they call
ed the hard terms OF the pact, the
German government. under now
chancellor. and with "A now minis
ter of finance, took no steps toward
carrying II out.
Rut now. following another
change or cabinets and with Dr.
Wirth. a close friend and supporter
OF Herr ErSbcrgcr, AZ chancellor,
the prospects OF real settlement
are considered brighter In ud
dressing the Belgian chamber OF
deputies recently upon the mark
question, NJ. Thounis, minister OF
finance, after pointing out tnnt Ger.
many had thus far failed to live up
To the agreement. was quoted as
saying:
"Thc damage inflicted upon MS by
! the imposition of compulsory cN.
! change rate for the mark during
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
X-Ray viii Cure Cancer, Is Claim

The use OF rays uf q wave Of the
human vision The current which
We are using IL approximately 200
600 volts,
I'VE have made very careful tests
here OF thl9 new method Of treat.
ment and we are pr"pnc 10 siV
that on a very ,OBs"ryntiyc estimate
we can place the urnhor OF cures IN
the future a, q ,uIl. the number OF
those In the past.
"The difficulty In the pHst has
been that tho N-rays hpyo not hccn
able to get down 10 tho center ut
the cancer without destroying tho
healthy structures between IT aad
the skin. This has hoon overcome
at last. and - sucCcsMIl have the
results been In M womou's clinic
at Erlang"n that all operations tor
the removal of cancer have been
abandoned" "
A decentralization Ct tho use of tliA
new N-ray machine only one
In London-which has hccn iustall-,i
Mt n great expense IN The West Lon,
don hOspital---has been given to a
body of doctors, nnd ,hCy are watch.
ing with great interest tho results OF
the tests
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
Family Dispositions at Fault
ry NOUA COL.E SKINNER

Ey NORA COLE SKINNER
What's got the matter with us all
that we've grown so cross and dis
agreeable?
The average American family
comes every day to be more like
the cstimablc Dodson group In The
Mlll on the Floss. There 1t was said
to be remarkable, that, while no
individual Dodson was satisfied with
any other individual Dodson. each
was satisfied, not only with him or
herself. but with the Dodsons col
leCtiVoly."
Two sisters attended boarding
school with me, | recall, whose
parents requested they not only be
given separate rooms but be placed
on different floors. Remarkiug upon
their not being roommatcs | was
told they fought all the time"
noticed that in the class room or
among other girls they fought
equally well IN defense OF ouch
other
Their home life must have been
at fault. They grew up in a Dod'
son family.
read Of man who said he
stayed for "A weekend with a family
consisting OF fusscrs, and by tho
time hc got away he was all ready
to be fussor himself, The weather
didn't suit them. the coffee WASH /
what It should be. the eggs were al
ways uvordOnc or uuderdon", Europe
was in pretty mess, the news,
papers were all biased and incon-
sequontial uothincs were fumod
over as Calamitios. The mother
complained Of her hard lot some
thing Ike n million times day.
Nerves probably.
We passed through turbulent
times during the war, became Keyed
up. saw action at home and abroad
something doing every minute OF
every hour every day. We can't ad-
lust ourselves now To what ought
ana might be n quiet, ideal home
life.
We're money mad. too, that Is.
Grcu because IL was coming easy aud
in gohs not reckoning the SLUMP
that sensible men and women knew
would follow. II is provoking that
wc didn't save while all the other
foolish creatures were spending
theirs.
Former Vice President Marshall
states that recent occurrences point
TO the fact that the great world war
was only an incident in the lifc of
maukind-uot an event. our fathers
tell us that the money crisis such as
we think we are experiencing now
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24

IL u visitor of more or less frequent
ana somewhat regular intervals
not disaster at all.
Thus our two most ovcr-uscd
alihis for "A crippled disposition are
exploded Life isn't 70 out of sorts
The usual ups and downs OF ones al
lottcd times arc tianspiring. and we
are takihg ourselves and affairs
quite too seriously. that's all.
ones disposition is held IN tow
when outside the family circle. Bust
ness requires IL, social prestige de-
mands II, and the public in general
won't stand tor anything else. But
at home? The Dodson family 10 n
'r'--no individual Dodson satisfied
with any other individual Dodsun
the muz2le Oft!
Matters relating to the home, hua-
band, ana children, are always up
to the woman to adjust. She must
keep sweet II she wants the homo to
be sweet. She must rub out the
furrow between her eyes, modulate
her voice, calm her nerves, curve the
straight, rcd lips into smile, and
fore" lilt into her heart. The
woman keeps up the tone of her
homo, and fusslnP, snappirg, fam
ily group, draws "a black mark that
only she can erase.
when one Of them is In real
truuhlc-tho family's right there.
Collectively you understand, the
,Dodson's are all right. But you'd
never guess II from listening in at
the breakfast table.