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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15
Catarrh Can Be Cured

snced By constitutionsi conditions. II
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS cATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of
the System. HALLS CATAR r H
MEDICINE destroys the foundation of
the disease, gives the patient strength by
improving the general health and assists
nature in doing its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
F. ]. Cheney 4 Co. Toledo. Ohio.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cutlcura Soap and touches of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then of that exquisltely scent
ed busting powder. Cuticura Talcum,
one of the indispensable Cuticura
Toilet Trio.-Adv.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

from your blood stream
the impurities that cause
the itching.
For this you must take
an internal blood remedy.
Outside applications have
no effect on the cause Of
the torture. Their relief
Is shortliyed. You must
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

MY young niece, who had never
before seen anything but musical com
edy. recently attended a performance
Of grand opera"
go on"
"And was greatly surprised to find
a company In which nearly everybody
could g."-Blrmingham Age-TIerald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

Figures from Maine show that cap
ital of 100000 is invested in the
business of transforming the raw her.
ring into the baked sardlne.-Boston
Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

Blind Beggar (who has been advised
to go to work)-"And what would
you have me work at--me being blind
from BIRTH" Old Gentleman-"Why,
my friend, many of your colleagues
have succeeded splendidly us diplo-
mats.r-Paris ILLUSTRATION.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15
Got Skin Disease?
Purify Your Blood

get right after the blood itself.
S.S.S., the famous old herb rem
edy, has helped enrich the blood of
thousands, and relieved their itch
ing skin torture, during the last
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

This would be a better world II
everybody would take a five-year hol-
iday from gossip.-Chlcago Daily
News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

Interviewer-'TO what do you at
tribute your longevityf" Old Man
ITO the fact that never died, prin-
cipally."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15
Mhsrs wlzardrx Ealla

Knicker-Is that seer any good?
Bocker-No. she could tell my for
tune. but not my income tax.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

to safely through the Change Life She
at with that you thanking you
wonderful medicine
Life and had displacement and my
feet and other friend told
hams Vegetable Compound the bottle
1t cured and doing medicine
womans friend and this testimonial
LISTER 60S Frank Street. Adrian, Mich.
# is said that middle the most trying period woman life and
this perfectly natural change without perncng
SPELLS the rushing
follows as the heart going those sinking dizzy spells all
symptoms anervou condition. ndndca the need medicine
Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound and herb medicine
adapted
to build the weakened enables
this trying period with the least possible annoying symptoms
Women everywhere should
Of women are not the surgical caused by c
mnts or growths although the symptoms be the that
80 many apparently serious ailments readily yield Lydia Pkham
vegetable Compound acts natural prevents
serious troubles
Lydia E. Pnkhams Private Text Book "Amens
liar to Women" will be sent to free
to The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
This book contains valuable information.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

Us alcohol medlcIneF
a don't know" answered Uncle Bill
Bottletop. "But I'll say this much.
It's no good for the prevention of q
headache"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

A great part of the maddering
and notifying skin troubles that
plague humanity are due solely to
disorders Of the blood. Relief from
these can be had only by removing
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15
rhouaht sh. Was a Parrot.

you are charged with being drunk
and dlsorderiy, sir"
"Your honor, there must be a mis-
take somewhere. / had few drinks.
but I'm sure wasn't disorderly."
1.-THE young lady cashier who had
you arrested says you were poking
crackers through the brass bars of her
cage and saying, Pretty Polly. pretty
Polly "-Birmlnghnm Age-Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

Education is only like good culture.
1t changes the size but not the sort
H. w Beecher
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

II it's uncomfortable. it's stylish.
Who says Satan hasn't finger In the
fashions?
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

A lecturer says that wemen will be
ruling this country twenty years from
now. OF course; why should she abdi-
catef-Boston Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

Bible characters are easy to l1nder-
stand. They were about as human as
we are.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

II you haven't any schemes you will
not be exasperated by somebody
thwartlng them
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

It's better to be brought up on q
bottle than to be brought down by
one.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

It's awful to hear a tomcat tell an
other tomcat to go to the devil.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15

She--Gladys is a fool,
He-Do you know that Gladys has
promised to be my wife?
she-That proves it.-Tit-Bits
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-04-15
WOMEN OF MIDDLE LIFE
A Dangerous Period Through Which Every Woman Must Pass
Practical Suggestions Given by the Women Whose
Letters Follow

Alton, Tenn.-"I want
other suffering women to
know what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
has done for me. During the
Change of Life / was in bed
for eight months and had
two good doctors treating
me but they did me no good.
A friend advised me to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, which l did,
and in q short time l felt
better. Ihad all kinds of bad
spells, but they all left me.
Now when | feel weak and
nervous | take the Vegetable
Compound anditalway does
me good. | wish all women
would try it during the
Change of Life for / know it
will do them good. If you
think twill induce some one
to try the Vegetable Com
pound you may publish this
letter. Mrs. A. KELLER,
Alton, Tenn.
Mrs. Mary Lister of
Adrian, Mich.,adds her
testimony to the value
of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
u. S. MARKET REPORT
Weekly Marketgram of Bureau
OF Markets and Crops.

Washington, Nov. 9O-For the week
ending November 26.-Hay-Quoted No
vember 25-No. 1 timothy, New York.
$3.50; Cincinnati, $3.50; Chicago, $3.50,
Minneapolis. S19; Kansas City, S14; No
alfalfa, Kansas City, So; Minneapolis, 81,
No. l prairie. Minneapolis, $3.50; Chi
cagO, $3.50
FEED-Quoted November %. bran. 81:
middhngs, S17: -four middlings. S2l.50. Min
neapols; SO per cent cottonseed meal,
500 Memphis; No. j alfalfa meal, $500
Kansas City; white hominy feed S2l.5O
Chicago: lnseed $500 Minneapolis. glu-
ten feed, $29.e5 Chicago.
FRUITS AND NATURALIZATION
in limited demand during the week; mar
Set slow and dull; supplies liberal Haul
ings light in producing sections New
York sacked round whites down 10 cents
(. o. b. shipping points, $l.65 per loo
pounds; down cents to 10 cents in city
markets at $780,. ID. Bulk stock steady IN
New York city at $20O-2l0 Northern
lot market at $l.50-1.65; down loo TO loo
[. o. b. shipping points at SL25-l.5O. Onion
markers generally steady 10 firm De-
mand limited. Middlewestern Red Globes
steady in Chicago at $5.0O-J.JO. Apples
slow and dull in city markets Name
Baldwins, No. l. weak in Chicago at 800
TO. Northwestern extra fancy boxed
Jonathans down Toe in Chicago at S2oO-
2.25; steady i'm other middleWeStern mar
kets at $2.75-3.e
GRAIN-Prfces trended upward during
the week, influenced by drought news
from Australia, Argentina and South
west: big decrease in the visible supply.
and larger interest in the buying side
of the market. Corn had good domestic
and export demand. Closing prices in
Chicago cash market: No. red winter
wheat Sl.24; No. hard winter wheat,
AH; No. mixed corn, sic; No. yell
low corn. sic: No. white oats. 33c Az
eraSe price TO farmers in central Iowa
for No mixed corn about 34lAc TO farm
ers in central Kansas for No. hard win
ter wheat, 94c Chicago December corn
up Ac at Acc: Minneapolis December
wheat up Size at $l.23l2; Kansas City De-
cember wheat, 41zc at sL0iA: Winnipeg
December wheat UP &c at Sl.09. Chicago
May wheat closed at Silly: Chicago May
corn. 54@4c; Minneapolis May wheat.
sl2l2i: Kansas City May wheat. Sl09ls,
Winnipeg May wheat. $.l3.
DAIRY PRODUCTS - Butter market
firmer following recent slump. Closing
prices, @ score: New York and Boston,
45c; Chicago. 45!Ac; Philadelphia, 4oc-
Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese mar
kets. November %: Twins l9c; Daisies
and Double Daisies, 1S1ec; Young Ameri-
cas- and Longhorns. 1890.
LIVE STOCK-The trend of Chicago
live stock prices was upward during the
week November % Chicago prices Hogs,
top. Sis: bulk of sales s6.S5-i10; medium
and good beef steers, S500-lO.25; butcher
COWS and heifers. $3.S5-900; feeder steers.
&6O-6G0: light and medium weight veal
calves S. 500 -. fat lambs. SS.so-1ooo.
feeding lambs. S750-S.5O: yearlings. $500
$50; fat ewes, S2,5-i.75. Stocker and
feeder shipments from twelve important
Der Is We're: Cattle and calves. 1877
hogs. 4304: sheep. 109.56i. Eastern whole
sale fresh meat markets showed cOnsid-
cradle irregularity of movement.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
ARBUCKLE ON STAND
Comedian Denies He Invited Miss
Rape to Party.
Testifies That Mrs. belmont Put Ice
on ACTRESSES Body When She
Became III.

San Francisco, Nov. 29.-RoscOe c..
ArbucIle took the stand in his own
defense at the manslaughter trial here
in the, death of Miss Virginia Rape.
He told of coming TO San Francisco
from Los Angeles on September 3, and
told also of the guests who attended
the party given by him in the st.
Francis hotel. He said the only guest
he had invited was Mrs. Mary Il.
Taube. He declared that shortly be-
fore the hour OF an engagement he had
with Mrs. Taube he found Miss Rape
in his room. She was OH the floor and
seemed to be very ill.
Il have known Virginia Rape six
years." he said, answering the search
ing question fired at him by Fried
man.
"Fishbac.l said he was going TO
phone for Virginia, but the first 1
knew she was coming was when she
knocked at the door l was in 1919
when she came. but 1 went into 1920
almost Immediately.
II then went out into 1920 and told
Miss Provost and later Mrs. belmont.
l asked the girls TO stop her from tear
ing her clothes off. | went into room
1919 again later and saw Miss Rappe
on the bed nude. Mrs. belmont had
some ice on the back of Miss Rappe's
head. | asked what the ice was do
ing there Mrs belmont said she
knew how To take care of Virginia.
Il told Mrs. belmont TO shut up or
/ would throw her out of the window.
Mrs. Taube then called Mr.. Boyle. the
hotel manager, and a room was ar
ranged for her.
Il never heard Virginia say he hurt
me- or anything that was ineligible"
He then denied Il conversation re-
lated by Peter Vanguard as a state
witness i'm which Nargaard declared
Arbuckle ut Culver City studio had
offered him $50 for the key to a room
occupied by Miss Rape three years
ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
IN BUYING ASPIRIN
ALWAYS SAY "BAYER"
Look for the Name "6syer" on Tab
lets, Then You Need
Never Worry.

'Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" can be
taken safely for Colds. Headache.
Toothache. Earache, Neuralgia, Lum-
bago. Rheumatism, Joint Pains. Neuri-
tbs, and Pain generally.
To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package Of "Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin" This package is plainly
stamped with the safety ''Bayer Cross"
The "Bayer Cross" means the gen.
uine, world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over twenty-ons
CHARACTERIZATION
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
Canada's Fur Farms.

The growing Importance Of fur farm
ing In Canada is illustrated in the
Dominion bureau Of statistics report
covering the industry for 1920. AT the
end Of the year there were $50 fur
farms in Canada, as against Ala IN
1918, and the values had increased
from S3,96S, 591 TO S4,632, 6O5 last
year. Fur farms now exist in every
part of the Dominion, and there are
II ranches OF domesticated animals IN
the Yukon territory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES
Total Collections of All Kinds Last
Fiscal Year Amounted to ST.
$4,000, 1854.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-The total col
lectionS from taxes of all kinds by
the internal revenue bureau during the
year ending June so. were $685. O0,
1854. compared with 50, 407, $50, 251.S1
for the year 1920 or a decrease of
1912. $40, 4S6.07. The only branch of
taxation which yielded an increase in
1927 over the amount collected in 1920
was that of miscellaneous taxes. in
Guiding the war excise taxes. all other
sources of revenue showing a decrease.
This is shown in the annual report
of Internal Revenue Commissioner
David H. Blair
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
ROB PROCTOR OF 100000
Four Bandits .mprison Three Women
and Loot Home in Suburb
Near Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. Nov. 3O.-FOur armed
robbers raided the residence of Will
liam Cooper Proctor in Glendale,
suburb of Cincinnati. forced three
woman members of the household to
become prisoners in the cellar, and
then ransack2d the home, escaping
with jewelry valued at more than $780,
600 The robbery was executed with
such dispatch Is 10 indicate, police
say. that il had been carefully planned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
CCNFESSES TRIPLE MURDER
Cyrus Ryther of Oowasiae, Mich, AG-
mits Killing MIR. and Mrs. Mon
roe and Daughter.

Dowagiac. Mich, Nov. 29.-Cyrus
Ryther. thirty years old, and with a
local reputation as a half-wit, con-
fessed 10 the murders two months ago
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Monroe and
their daughter. Neva, of this city.
Shortly after making the confession,
ne repudiated it, saying he had
talked too much"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
g DIE WHEN STEAMER SINKS
Lake Boat City of New York Goes
Down OFF Stony Point, Lake
Ontario.

Oswego. y. Y, Nov. 29.-Nine per
sons lost their lives when the lake
steamer City of New York sank in
Lake Ontario off Stony Point in a
storm
Five bodies-one woman and four
mSn-were picked up by the steamer
Isabella ii. and brought here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
Wine Flood in Cellars.

Columbus. Kan, Dee. cellars
flooded with wine greeted federal Off
GERS who made raids in Cherokee cOun-
u. Word that the officers were COM
ing spread ahead of them and enabled
many persons To empty their stocks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
Millions for YuIe Savers.

New York. Dec. Accommodations
OF various Christmas savings funds.
amounting to $l50.000,OO0. will be dis
uibuted mex, week among 100000 in
dividials by 1000 banks throughout
the country, il was estimated here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
Cheer Wales at Jodphur.

Jofphur. British India. Dec. 2-The
prince of Wales arrived here for a
stay Of three days. He was welcomed
with enthusiasm, in marked contrast
to the greeting at Ajmere. which. al
though not unfriendly. was cold.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09
Allied Troops to BuraenIand.

Vienna. Dec. 2-Chancellor Scho-
Der told the Austrian assembly that
British. French and Italian troops
would be sent 10 the Odenburg district
Of Burgenland TO preserve order dur
ing the forthcoming plehiscite
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Has his schooling been OF benefit
to your boy Josh?'
Some" replied Farmer COrntOssel.
Il often wish / had had his advan-
tages SOS I could say agriculture in
stead Of farmin' without stoppin' 10
think
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

That restaurant man who was fined
SIT for hitting man in the face with
ii plate full OF griddle cakes has rea-
son to complain. Where else but in
the face are griddle cakes intended
to go?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

a safe taken from an office by bur
glars contained only old ledgerS and
an empty cash box. This Is the sort
OF thing that makes 80 many crimi-
nails discontented.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Norway Storthing has just received
Its first woman legislator. although
women have been voting there since
-qO7. The Morse sisters cannot be ac-
q OF rushing Cor office.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

The Ccu-,I> A-a.D> -noo that more
than half the people ia this country
live in rented houses and one-half does
not know how the other half is able
to pay the rent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

A writer enumerates fNe states
which 90 not regulate in any way the
hours i'm which women may work But
he forgot about a Sixth-the married
state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Chicken thieves have been found
whose method * to chloroform the
chickens. ~ result. the farmer has
TO call up next morning and ask some
neighhor what time il is bv his rooster.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

It has been decided tlfat the moon
Is not inhabited. That's good news for
the earth. 1t means one less country
to send relief expeditions to this win
ter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Those government gunboats now of
fered for sale might be useful if put
on wheels and used for carrying week
~ pay rolls through the crowded cen
tiers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Charles OF Austria would have been
wiser If he had initiated Wilhelm OF
Germany and devoted himself 20 the
profession Of woodchopping
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

we owe great debt 10 medical
science" declares writer in a daily
paper He is not the only one who has
not paid h'~ doctors h'll
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

If the railroads ever do stop run
ming, il will give Us a rest from the
fellow who finds fault with everything
they do.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Write as YOU feel" advises Con
stance Talmadge. talking to scenario
writers. Many do-hence the Board of
censorship
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Among the numerous problems is
that of keeping this years income up
40 figure that will provide for meet
ing last years income tax.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

That stage beauty who says 200
men are in love with her probably
means that an audience was carried
away with her.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Women are much quicker thinkers
than men. asserts a writer. Well If
they wish to think before they speak
they have "a be-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

The most that the average man
knows about some OF the great poets
* the fact that they continue To have
birthday celebrations after they are
dead
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

man doesn't have To have faith
in women nowadays. He can be happy
By believing only what he sees.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

There comes a time in the life of
every man when he wishes somebody
would steal his car and get safely
away with IT,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned social leader who was going TO
pOpulariZe knickerbockers for men?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

There will be greater spirit Of OPP
timism wien the ghost walks more
regularly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

The refOrmers would realize more
of theirslopes If they didn't expect us
TO swallow 50 much of their stuff
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

The trouble with the communists is
That their economic arguments are not
as pointed rs their daggers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

For the sake OF efficiency somebody
might invent n police headquarters
alarm
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Thieves who are stealing So many
furs these days are getting ready To
supply next summers demand
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

The jazz craze is reported to have
hit Mexico and the natives doubtless
are saying they prefer revolution.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

There ought TO be enough ouija
boards left in the country TO avert
any winter kindling shortage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

After the trip is over man rea-
Lies those NO hunting signs are
correct.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

Wonder if our school children have
lost weight because they've been fed
on promises too long?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

The les the nations have 10 fight for,
the more they will have TO live for.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

And as a general thing q young man
Is poetic before marriage and philo-
s0phical afterward.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-09

King Constantine's hold on Greece
f. said 10 be- slipping.