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A MANS UNCONSCIOUS MIND BY

runnin
a hen n a pair o blue jeans.
measured straitacke
Fer they'll know right that tn black tn hen
anybody kindly
livin with, not KNOWN. what else T. DO with her - .
Of live tn life
takn not to be left alone with the old lady
spite Fnstance spose don't know that whatever
happens is because II to happen.
things
lady when she fell tn barrel pnoche
fellow that's
you right along might we'll
or later.
you downstairs yer energy cussn bad
q smile
thing you'd pnnin fer while but
before mite uncomfortable,
perhaps on the edges but tn sort thing ought
through at least
Tn better know myself tn that h most turbe advice
suited for you padded cell It's fear that I'll fyet myself
pose Deacon sngsbee tn pulpit an start
that firm
ow unaffected
a manw amt afraid hisself."
State Hospits
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could boys bigger than he and she further
prohibited him EN- She wanted him
throwing straight bricks with of these fay ddoes be-
putting much oushoot brick that his
father happened killed by the he throwing at
Before he Of cke he already hankerng after the
shooting marbles like
other lads of his he did nothing but hang around the build
ng that being thrown the community He would stand
stack bricks and like normal kid would
oge at a
attracted him especially He had nrk
his had witnessed with such smooth
his calouse mis
a brick this "My, what slug could Dnty
like this" he used pratte himself then he
would home his mother to tell her what wonderful product
of the brick he had beheld.
his line Of childhood
charms of me and clay He learned
discern the differences buildings and day he left
building a penitentiary.
This the that proved he following the enngs Of
his father The only chapel that his daddy entered he
by six pail bearers by the half Nc
Snapper that and couldn't be blamed for uphong traditions
of his family.
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blue water McSnapper twin nduced into human hard
ships second than Mcsnappe the latter no
miniou and early demise in the family boiler.
Who Amt Whoozus 623 that McSnappe
veloped pnchant for handling bricks while
crawling the sidewalk his native las he ruhesy puked
paving brick from the domestic asphalt hurled nghbo
crippled child.
His ndulgent mother seeing aptitude offspring
welding the cubca confetti rushed her darling and gath
cred him in her apron
The little DEAR she "See after his old
father who picked brick outside working hours
in self-defense"
On that particular despite his his
feeble his a rolling
been observing the universe meatatng
Of three years.
Then when McSnpper toddler of he day be-
his baby
kitchen chimney with which he Of upper
Of her lower Also a section Of her gums
This juvenile penhant for juggling paving stones marked McSnap
coming Of his the woods Mean
while marked his payma the forehead and underneath
chin all looked like Of the Argonne Forest
that her child might become overevoped and nnui
his height usefulness building
McSnappe restricted him hurlng bricks These
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that old tn finstance sokin his white
beard? He's tn pillows tn church. He may you like
photographs you'd you'd
his beard like that unconsciouy
cn his finger muscles be able choke old children
if he gets a chance.
See that kind faced old lady putin tn milk tn
Call the P. c. A.
hot lard she loose her dear some do would
tn thumbs an stick knn needles
Did that gentleman ean
face like what's just dollar tn collection plate
heart like cannba tn' his fire ckin those Of
tender missionary.
Nothn would give him greater pleasure than thick slice
tn calf medium done with brown gravy He's learned
his hot emotions though by gn his
from time to time Like not you'll find
hid his tn he's
his though
practical to have m II.
yrsef hope others WILL a look
dreams Them havn done
from decent folk an keep yer black secret fer
tn time when tn family
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r Of Whoozus Us sitting publcs
1 4 stomach uneasier than monarch's skull.
Greatest darb of dope slipped past the censor.
Nothing printed in scandal encyclopedia that won't find dup
Gated on metropolitan police blotter.
like
many Of has been divorced Coal
bateshp Barnace too busy getting the society owdown
the channel If they
don't pull nsdious little weevi often the market legitimate
business will be at a pop-eyed standsill
holding breath until furned edition
index escaped press it's holding breath
neghbor climbed pinnacle of fame after getting
in life by being born in malarial suburb
Well, sir; they're getting eyeful
Story Old Man McSnapper from boy hod
thrilling chunk fiction since Webster off the
unabridged dictionary.
that McSnapper born a very early He
complete of His older brother
McSappr completed the bad the McSnappe house
hold.
that doubleblank the
McSnappers father and mother Immediately
ing which the mbes they would keep, and unfortunately
bkayer union, McSnapper by his mothers
the onsenseess of bowgged opinion that the oldest could
the rigos of being thrown overheard tubu
The Washington times., 1921-09-04
By Ed. Streeter

Known much about this kind thing though, makes kind
children. What's
that amt their fault7 They can't help heavn rocks windows
ayn hockey than they help their hair CROWN
rocks Watch that little chap blon dried peas
He right him. 1t amt his
shootn. lick him he'll inferior
house don't he'll put her Take choice makes
raisin' children harder. 4 >.
When als said an done mans to
enjoy fooin with animals but since met myself don't dare
em fer fear tn temptation to hamstring
considerable pleasure whittn ean but don't e
don't feel comfortable about sershn head in public
hope do lie low fool my long
it's right fer somebody know about
be able peecbe of
about my similar to have
everybody calm
. plate glass window In r
till eonceited about
disgun Besides who long
they're workin' all right .....~.. 81. =
Yours fer ignorance .t, ...'.,,..r ...,
... AMOS II. aSEs-.,,
...... ....... Faith
Copyright w Stree
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EAR SON:

EAR SON
just radn' book about Mans Unconscious Mind That's
~ young don't ivin'
nobody knows anything about what
without ben contradcted loud enough an long
enough you'll be Authority.
speak the unconscious mind mustn't suppose I'm rn
tn popar mental condition o. most Of friends Accordn' to
psychologist Fraud
either em he calls conscious
you make folks think think
other mind That's what
you sneak underhanded dog like always suspected
urrible minute when the Pesser pulls tn lid
with pleasure
deformed little hunchback with the evil
knife in hand black toherf that tn
that's runnn miserable temple
looks like somethin side show Put back
tn lid an lock tn door, tn police wasn't unconscious themselves
they'd be surroundn tn house this mint
nothn makes appreciate the besns of
KNOWN hsseh acordn the rules depessn
that responsibility goes you're
with respected anssters what tn
without much a shawl throwed m
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BEAUTY i'm SAPLAND

so as to make it a civic af-
fair. In each letter he
promised the girls that he
would rise to the office of
coroner and would take
the winner of his own con-
test with him. He also
promised free and speedy
burial for mothers-in-law.
But, being a politician, no
one believed him. His
letter, full of knocks for
himself, reads:
Dear Miss: You are in
a newspaper prize contest.
Let us have another and get
married. After that we will
have more contests than
Bluebeard had whiskers. In
the contest that I propose,
Won will he trvinU tn win
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leTDdh. ....
Says he: "Who is this?"
Says /: "This is a sub
scriber to your paper"
Says he: "Well, if We
make such a statement as
you refer to it must. be on
good authority, as our. re-
,porters, are very reliable.
However, if it is not so, /
will look up the guy who
turns in the story and fire
him. Do you wish to deny
this matteri" 81 ra.@.
Says 1: "No, but / wish
to find out just where
these places are in Russia. !"
Says he: ooh, they are
somewhere in Russia, but I
10 NOT Innxy ,,,S% xxyha,.a
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But they are in Russia, all right we will not put
it in the paper. This is very reliable paper" " q
"Well then run into friend of mine by the name
of Orlando Weldon, who knows great many things,
and I say to Orlando like this s~ltas 'a.' = s.a.
Essays I: Orlando, what do you know about Russiai"
Says he ~ know everything about it. What is it you
wish to knowi' ..' Il
Essays I: "What is all the trouble about thereG
Who the country, anywayi" - >"'< 'g.:..I
Says he: "The guy who runs Russia is called czar
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Says he: "Why, there is
some trouble between one
side and another side, and
they are around trying to
kill each other. / am read
ing about it in the papers.
The Soviets are fighting
somebody, and giving them
a pretty good pasting at
that. They are shelling Pc
trograd, and running every
body ragged" ~
~ Says I: "All right, but
who are the Sovietsi"
ea Says he: "The Soviets
are Russians. They wear
leather boots, and whis-
kers, and are very inter
esting.'' .. ..
Says I: "Well, I do not
saem tn he able To, pet II
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Interesting.

such places"
'sWel, this does not look as if getting any
where so 1 look up friend of mine by the name OF
Whitley Perry, who is great hand for reading the
papers, and l say to Whitley like this
Says /: Whitley tell me something about Russia
Says he "Wel will tell you 1t is great country in
many respects but verycod in places The native drink is
vodka and the record vodka is two drinks and reach
There several companies Of native Russian singers in
America at this time but nobody understands whatthey
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

The trouble is about Sibe-
ria. There is always trou-
BILE about Siberia.
Says 1: "But the last l
hear the car is knocked
off by somebody or other,
and a guy by the name Of
Trotzky, and another guy
by the name Of Lenin. are
running the joint. What
about themf"
Says he: "Why, if you
know so much about it,
what are you asking me
fort When l am in school
a czar is the guy who runs
Russia, and while I believe
l do remember hearing OF
some changes, / cannot
keep track of things in
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

would treat my automobile.
I may beat you, but I will
not use knuckles. /
am good looking, and
the darker the night the
better ! show up.
Special note-Out of
every 5 marriages, 6 thou
sand are flivvers. But the
divorces are successes. l
will pay for the divorce,
but alimony comes extra"
Miss Eliza Adenoids, one
of the recipients of the
above rattles from natures
own child, when interview
ed by the Durham Bullet
reporter, said:
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middle of the drawing
room, which we use as a
dining room at night and a
bedroom in the morning,
and said:
" Put him out, because l
know that there man is a
moral leaper.'
Alderman Hart jumped
at this thrust, thereby
proving the allegation. He
then pointed at me and said
for the benefit of my father
and of the neighbors:
Your gal is giddy.'
Well says my old
manor my father as I
well, she ought to be giddy,
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

A LDERMAN MELVILLE HART inspired by Con-
"A gressional example, has started-and finshed-a
beauty contest in the progressive town of Durham The
alderman himself the principal loser. Girls who
answered his inquiries say he funny sort of Sir
The Washington times., 1921-09-04
BY Gene. /, ). Fowler

somebody had been following for week, but it turned
out to be Alec Java the village collector of piano Install
ments My father came in while Alderman Hart was
trying to get his whskers untanged from the handle
the yctrola and plenty stood there in the
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

Gallonhead, as the classics
have it.
d The alderman, who in
troduced a bill in the town
council to prevent the use
of bifocal lenses on bathing
beaches, is a bit put out.
He was put out of ninety
two homes and four
garages.
Before easing himself
into the town council, AL
derman Hart was with
Hart's Asbestos Coal and
Petrified Forest Fuel Com
pany. He left the coal busi-
ness to play with fire.
When a Durham newspa-
per started a beauty con-
test, Alderman Hart had
an idea-the first one on
record.
To some one hundred
parsopal latters- LETTING th,
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

the classiet little ward wobbler who stuffed ballot
box can look every in the eye that pro-
hbition has made my head clear, and if go to Jail it
will not be account of not trying to make good home
brew. But that is impossible.
IF you win yourself into my home, will treat you
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

through my head what it is all about, and I must
be pretty dumb Nobody seems to be able to ex
plain it to can understand it," ~. H.. ..
Says he: swell, you worse off than any
body else know Nobody else understands it either"
~ ~ (Copyright, 1921. by Star Company
The Washington times., 1921-09-04
By Damon Runyon
in my

are singing. The best Russian dancer in my
life is doll whose name do not remember
Says 1: "This is all very WELL but what is all the
shooting about over there right nowi" ##a
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JUST A. MUGG

w HAT am trying to figure out for nearly year is
w what all this business is about over in Russia but
SO far 4 not able to dig up anybody who knows a
cussed. thing about it STA .r ........ @a-.4
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

HE came to my house wearing two gallon hat When
asked him what he had inside that skinner, he said
brains If he had said whskey would have accepted
But have to have a liquid dowery. Dry farming has
been failure in my family.
"He told was in the lead in tn econtest thought
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The way l look at it, it
must be pretty important,
because every morning /
see big heads in the news
papers, and many columns
of reading matter, so there
is. no secret about the prop
osition, but somehow it is
not clear to me. ..,.a .a
I get to thinking that
maybe this is because l am
just naturally dumb, so /
start looking around for
somebody to explain mat
ters to me. The paper the
other morning says the So
viets capture the fortresses
of krasnoya Gorko and
Systerb k, and another
morning that zipsky Mu-
lux was in flames, and l
can think of nobody bette,
dumb guy than an editor,
of the paper, and I say to h
Says l.: "You say in you
Soyiets are going to occur
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To some one hundred Durham flappers he wrote
personal letters letting the township pay the postage
The Washington times., 1921-09-04

call him in the newspapers-we she ought to be giddy,
she has been going around long enough"
by Star COMPANY
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11
SMILES COME AGAIN
TO PRETTY FACES
The Charm Of Good Health Has Its
Source in Rich Red Blood. Moth.
ing on Earth so Necessary .'.
for Beauty. #~. .. "
PEPTO- MANGAN ....... 49,. ........
.... BUILDS RED BLOOD
Restores the Quality of Your Blood,
Brings Back Your Color and
Renews Vitality. -. ..

Personal charm is like a light 1t
sheds its rays everywhere. Is the light
Of your personal charm hidden under
the bushel of bad blood2 Instead Of
habitual smiles do you wear tired
look almost scowI? DO you tire
easily? Are you pale ana lacking in
vital energy and ambition? .... ..
You are not really ill.,. Your blood has
become weak and sluggish, It is half
starved. What you need is. the blood
making qualities of that splendid tonic,
pepto ManEan. After you have taken
Pepto- Mangan a little while you will
feel a big Improvement. The smiles
will come back. People viii see "A diff
ference in you. You will make friends
again. You will have plenty of rich.
red blood and feel stronger
Pepto- Mangan has been building red
blood for years. Physicians prescribe
It right along, 1t has just tue ingre-
dents that starved blood needs. Sold
in LIQUID and tablet form Both have
the game effect. But be sure you get
the genuine Pepto ManEan ASK for
Guides" and be sure that the full
name. GUIDES Pepto- Mangan," Is on
the package. Advertisement.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11
FORT GAY

Roads ar" very bad IN this part or
IN" country Mud can Do sc"n almost
anywhere"
clad to SAY g e rricc who has been
confined rr h,~ room fer the last two
week., with severe case of sickness is
better at this writing
sam Frazier H. NO better.
Moving has been the. occupation pf
i great many OF our ncighbors In tho
last week Mr. and Mrs. len Grown
have moved into Fred Wilson's house
aud Clarence" Bnrtram has moved into
In" house vacated by them
Mrs. Mary Price Of Williamson. W.
Va. who was called to tho bedside OF
her father who IS sick returned 30 her
nome"
A revival meeting began in Fort Gay
Saturday night. Every body in 'ited to
come. '~ vii.
Tom Adkins baby has been very
sick with whooping cough and chick
IN pOX Is better now.
49,. LONELY GIRL
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11
FARM FOR SALE

1000 acres known as Vernon Farm"
Nncludng about 100000 farming tools.
GtC.,) in Lawrence county. Ohio Six
teen. miles from Ironton, on lronton
and Jackson pike. Four miles from
railroad freight station About 16p
acres Of valley bottoms, balance him
land. Very large ten room brick dwell
ling, about 20 tenant houses brick
store TWO story, 24x46 It. with 1920
foot ell for storage room large stock
barn will hold about 100 head of stock.
with very large loft room, will hold
about 100 tons Of hay; horse barn 22x4S
feet, rat proof corn crib 25S36 feet. rat
proof grainery, two story 36x22; 100
ton silo; 3 ton scale set I'm cement. AN
buildings in first class condition. New
er falling water piped from TWO springs
on nil into house, yard. garden ana
cattle barn lots, Electric lights from
our own Dynamo in house, garage.
store, cattle barn, horse barn, silo ana
granery Twenty Thousand Dol,are
cash payment will be required. The
balance arranged to suit purchaser At
o per cent. VIII sell to purchaser OF
farm. merchandise in store and about \
100 head of stock (mostly white face Z
cattle) at price TO be agreed upon. See
r. T. LAWSON, Manager at store On
farm, or write V. " ADKINS. Roo,n
1893, Second National Bank Building.
Nsshia'lu' hehtucky. Liam
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11
Twins STRANGELY Linked

Albert Grierson and Walter Grier-
son, st. Louis twins, were members
of the same company, and each wore
a small diamond ring and watch and
chain in France. Albert lost the stone
Of his ring and a few days later Wal
ter lost the stone of his. Then Albert
lost his watch and chain and soon af-
forward Walters disappeared. Then
Albert was wounded and Walter fol
lowed suit. And now they intend to
marry twin sisters, Geraldine and
Blendine Smalley of Sheldon, HIN
dianapolis News ... -. II. .
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11

uel, and l just naturally 20 around
and making everybody glad. At such
times the world Seems an unqualified
success, and the fact that | was born
into ii does not cause me any rcm"rS".
If some prominent citizen backed m"
up against a fence and asked me what
made me feel so gay. couldn't give
him any helpful information. | don't
know. myself. what causes the chip
per feeling. | suppoS" ii must be- hr
cause my works are in good condition.
doing their digestive stunts at the old
stand
"After a few days the glad feeling
passes away, and instead of being a
Sunny Samuel | become Mouruiu
Moses ! have all kinds Of PRESENT.
mentS of evil | HAY" Il firm ruuvic.
ton that the bottom is about To drop
out of everything. and that I'll he
mixed up with III" Wr"ckHgr. take
q peSSimiStic view of everything AMI
go grouching around until even In.
cows are sick of seeing me. and they
give me lift with their hind feet ~
a gentle hint that | should come "ur
of my trance.
"f a leading business man asked
me to explain my melancholy | Couldn'l
do it, The world seems to he moving
along as though nothing had happened
the same old sun is shining on the day
a
blowing through my whiSkerS ms Of
old.
"Often a man begins the day wrong
through some accident or unpl"HS Mnt
experience. Then he knows why he
has crouch, but that doesn't help
him to get rid Of It, This morning
was lying in he'd dreaming that |
was the only original white hope. and
that ] was making a heroic effort To
bring the laurels back to the Cauca-
sian race. I was just administering
an uppercut that seemed destined to
bring home the bacon. when fell out
Of bed and practically ruined my head
against the floor.
II came downstairs in bcaStIv hu,
NOR and after breakfast | went over
and picked a quarrel with old Doc
little, so that he had to shin up ire"
to escape violence, and all because |
was feeling ornery. 1t wouldn't have
been safe for any man TO tell me that
in order to begin the day right all a
man has TO do Is TO begin ii right.
81 have gone out from the house to
milk the cows In the morning. many a
time, feeling as hlitheSomr and glad
as a dickeyhird and quite satisfied
that the day was going to he one
round of pleasure. Then COW would
give me a poke in the ribs with one
of her celluloid horns, or push her big
splay foot into a trimming bucket of
milk, and the joyous stuff was all off
and I'd he so sore all day that Aunt
Julia would hand me my meals with
a pitchfOrk.
4The other morning | got up feeling
SO mean that was ashamed to look
in the mirror. | went downtown after
breakfast, in the mood to rob n blind
organ grinder of his few plugged
nickels. Then | went to the post of
fee and got a registered letter A
man who had owed me 50 for five
years had AN neutrality-suspicious. at
last, and sent the mpney to me- When
/ left the post office everybody com
mented on my winning smile and said
was the little sunbeam of the town" "
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11
FALLSBURG

Mr.. and Mrs. Showder Of Ports
mouth were visiting Mrs. Bertha Cook
sey Sunday. ....~.. -.
Bro. Kincaid is on the sick list
H. Josie Fugitt was in Louisa this week
G. s. Oily received a message that
his brother, Cam Oily, was dead. His
body will be brought here for burial.
Joe Fugitt and wife were in Ashland
Saturday
Charley shannon, who has been sick
is some better
Mrs. Sussic Nickel Is visiting her
parents. Nj and Mrs Frasher
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11

We have heard of a man who never
goes to bed at night with a bill uu-
paid Even his newspaper is paid for
in advance. Such a rule might be diff
hcult and sometimes impossible to live
up TO, but at least it Is a goal worth
striving for -. ...... ~ ...s: "
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11
All Depends

Can you support my daughter in
the style she's been accustomed tor
asked the father of the young man
who sought his daughter in marriage.
"Well," replied the young man
thoughtfully, sis she strong for $500
baby grand piano or a S. talking ma
chinef'
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-02-11

,nouIut .uu.I ~. g. r,~,u, such az
Iou
Il - ,i,.n.,,5 i,d, that rrnn, r,r
rents DO not rrnlizr THAT the, hav,, II
within their p"w,r to give to tn, IT.
| chtldrrn rh, strongest weapon against
sin tn" world contains Tnar weapon
~ the memory Of a HARRY home and
nr rnrn.nE fs going TO. eiy,. them tue
,.I,'.snin,. ,,u,Iuuk IN ni,. rllr th"N
w,N .tu from ID ntppy aud IuiruliI,I"d
rn.rdgund And 1t - .N.rg chlld.s care
tree II seems i d.,tdlui rIty when
ftr.nrs insist uuun .hralurE rcglOs =
~lI.l.r upon shoulders, Iuu luuug ln
l, arr-. 10
Sewer weary over "a past action which
~ lis done with a good mutIyr. and with
though rh, 6liur, may Iru,,. that DIFF
rrr,nt action ON YOUR part would raN,
brought n,ri,r results yuu cannot h.,
expected To- SEQ into the future and
CRYING over Sulr MIX only makes
wrinkles and gray hairs
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