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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14

burned their bodies in the home. Ard
| three other deaths, It is suspected
may be laid up against him.
But the most atrocious crime
charged against Schultz Is the muir
der of Joseph Ball, his wife and eight
een-year-old son, Jacob, In December,
1915. The charge has been made by
the mans own son, Julius Schultz,
who fled from home after the crime
and enlisted in the navy in hopes Of
forgetting the shocking scene he wit
messed on cold December night.
Murder Of Ball Family.
Joseph Ball was Hungarian who
had Anglicized his name. He lived
in a little shack in valley back of
the Schultz home. On December IL,
1915, julius says his father aroused
him from sleep and ordered him to
dress and accompany him. When they
were ready to leave the house the
father handed him a gun and carried
picked up can of Kerosene and
bag of shayings. Arrived close by the
Ball shack the father ordered Julius
to take up position % feet from the
door and shoot anyone who might
leave the building. Then with the
Kerosene can and the shavings the
old man started fires at each end of
the shack and when the terrified In
mates rushed out shot them down.
One by one he carried the bodies with
In the shack, piled them one on the |
other and smiled as he watched them
burn.
There had been bad blood between
Schultz and Joseph Ball.
Three other deaths are now being
one OF them at least a
plain murder.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root Is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies. in
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jeeted is because kidney trouble is SO
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tons are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large. However, if you wish
first to test this great preparation send
ten cents to DR.. K'lmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention this paper.
Obedience may hprOme n vice
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14

mad their homes in the country, bu
many more had to be in the city al
the time.
"Well, when the springtime came
along one year, after so many cities
had grown bigger and bigger and sc
many people had gone to live in the
cities, the Nature children called me
ard said:
"Dear Mother Nature, we have
something to ask you
"'What have you to ask me?' said
and then they told me.
"'Mother Nature they said, the
Dream King has told us that many,
many people from the cities would be
out in the country places for holidays
and for week-ends this spring.
$50 we have thought up a plan.
You see, the Dream King tells us that
every once in while the people get
very tired from all the business they
must do and all the studying they must
do, too.
"They get tired of the same old
talk of business and of studying. They
get tired of talking of how much rent
they must pay and where they can pos
sibly find room to store away some
jam and preserves from the country,
which has been sent to them.
"'They get tired of all their worries
which they have. The Dream King
says they have lots of fun, too, and
that city life is very pleasant, but that
every once in while they long for the
country and the flowers and the smell
of the nice old earth and of the bios
SONS.
$50 we've decided we would look
our very best all the time, so that when
the people from the cities come out to
see us they may pick some OF us and
take us home with them so well cheer
them up
81 told them thought their idea was
wonderful. And ever since then the
flowers have all looked their best and
the shrubs have all looked their best
and the ferns have all looked their
best, so they could cheer up the city
people when they were taken back
after holidays
"The Sun, too, has worn handsome
suits for the people to admire. He |
can't be taken back with them, but he |
can show them his beautiful golden |
edged suit and his suit of many colors,
FOR he says they've hardly time to look
1t him in the cities very often.
sand the birds have sung their pref
lest songs to give the city people real
country holidays.
"But the flowers which have Travelled
o the cities have done great. great
leal to add to the holidays of the city
people.
$50 when any of you are picked and
'arried to the cities, keep your pref
lest and freshest smiles on your
aces"
And they all promised Mother Ma
ure they would.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
rrees trimmed bY Machinery.

Camphor is derived from the twigs
clipped from the tree at regular In
tervals and these clippings have here
tofore been done by hand which made
II a tedious and rather expensive OPP
GRAFTON. An American inventor has
come to the rescue OF this Industry
by inventing a machine to do this
work. This machine strips the cam.
phor trees OF the leaves and small
branches without injury to the limbs
or impairment OF the productive ca
paclty of the trees. The machine
carries Its own gasoline engine.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
ACCUSE FATHER
OF 4 MURDERS
Connecticut Man Is Charged
With Atrocious Crimes by
Two of His Sons.
FOR MONEY
One Son Says Father Fired Building
in Which Three Persons Were
Sleeping and Shot Them Down
as They Fled.

MIddletOwn Conn.-Lodged in jail
In Middlesex county, Conn, is a short,
stolid German, who, II all that Is said
about him is true, or even half of 1t,
is likely never again to regain his free
dom, if he is not condemned to death.
Emil Schultz was the former ruler
of ShailerviIle, a little settlement OF
200 souls. He conducted the general
store. He was former constable in
the settlement He was and is domi-
neering in manner and was a stern
character, of whom the people stood
in awe. For years he was regarded
the terror of the community and lord
ed it over others with proud disdain.
Things had prospered with him and
with good business and Il comfort
able sum laid away in the bank, he
took on great iUGortance in his own
opinion and for that matter in the
eyes of the people.
Idol Has Fallen.
But the idol has fallen from its
pedestal. Schultz lies in Jail On the
charge of assault with intent to kill
committed against his wife, and as
the result of investigations now being
conducted by authorities he may have
also to answer within very few days
for a series of atrOciouS murders.
One of Schutte's weaknesses was an
passion for money. Be
cause she would not deed over to him
certain property she possessed, the
wife was driven from her home by
the enraged and avariciOus husband,
who chased her into the woods, firing
revolver bullets at her as she fed,
Mrs. Schultz was compelled to swear
out warrant for his arrest. The
moment the old man was in Jail, peo-
pie began to talk and the authorities
to act upon their limitations and sug-
yestions.
The result is that Schultz is &C
FUSED by his twelve-year-Old son, Au-
justine, with the murder of farm
land, killed, it is believed for his
money, and is charged by another
on, julius, with having shot to death
.hree members of one family and
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
SENTENCE SERMONS

Though many guests Be absent. II
Is the cheerful man We mIss-Afri-
can prOverb-
God has given Us tongues that we
may say something pleasant 70 our
fellow man.-Heiue.
BE perfected; be comforted: be OF
the same mind; live in peace. and the
God OF love and peace shall be with
you'll Cor. S:ll.
There are some sOrrOws which, be
cause they are lingering guests, will
entertain but moderately, knowing
that the more they are made of the
longer they will stay.-Blshop Hall.
The chief secret of comfort lies In
not suffering trifles 10 vex one, and in
prpdently CultiyatIng an under
growth Of small pleasures. since very
few great ones are let ON long leases.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Lost $50 Bill Lined
Mouse Nest in Piano

II was nothing new TO piano
tuner sent to tune a piano In a
home In Altoona, Pa, to dis
cover a mouse's nest under the
keyboard, but his curiosity was
aroused when he saw the nest
was lined with a certificate from
Uncle Sans treasury. He
pulled it out and found $50
bill which he gave to the wo-
man of the house. Then she
explained that last autumn her
husband tucked the bill under
the carpet for safe-keeping and
when, several months later, they
looked for 1t, the bill had dis
appeared. The mouse had utll-
tied 1t.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
BLACK CAT SAVE
PASSENGER TRAIN
Engineers Mascot Gives Warn
ING Of Washed-0ut TrestIe
lust in Time.

Milwaukee, WiS.-Tobey a Chicago.
Milwaukee 4 St Paul railroad cat.
black as jet. born in the roundhouse.
was accustomed 10 noises Of the ma
chimes running in and out. Tobey al
ways managed 20 keep from under the
wheels after he had lost his tail under
switch engine. On cold nights he
could be found curIed up in the cab
of his masters hog"
When the engineer started out he
whlstled. TObey would make the cab
in a jump and curl up at the engi-
neer's feet and go to sleep.
When Tobey appeared for the run
one evening recently he seemed to
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Worse and Worse.

Redd-I ran across Black downtown
Today while In my car.
Greene-Ran across him, did you
sayi
"Well, did say that, but as mat
ter of fact, l struck him downtown be-
fore | ran across him."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Results Wanted.

Daughter-But, papa, Arthur is q
budding poet.
Practical Father-Well, tell him to
come around after he has blossomed
and is able to show the fruit OF his la
bor.-Boston Transcript.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14

Gus or covetouS,
but when l con-
t e m pIa ted that
beautiful furni-
ture, and thought
of our own old
stuff, l felt sick at
heart. l love beau
tiful things, and
have been de-
prived of them all
my days"
Its a pity
about you" said
j q m e S w or thy.
You'd better go
out to the wood
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
FINE FURNITURE

GGT DROPPED in to see Mrs. wiggle-
u meyer today" announced Mrs.
JameswOrthy. "and she showed me
through the house. They have the
finest mahogany furniture have seen
In a long time. l hope / am not envi-
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Next.

"Just bought my wife a thousand
dollar coat"
'What now1' g,
"Gonna save up for o pair Of shoes
for myself"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Defined.

"Would you call it moral wrong
to cheat lawyer who. had charged
yon an exorbltant fee"
"No, wouldn't. I'd call It hui
man imposslbility."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Grief over Loss Of Horse Causes Death

Grafton w. Va.-The death OF his
horse, Diamond, which had reached
twenty-elght years old, Il believed to
have FASTENED the end of Hiram
Gaines. sixty-nlne year-old merchant
Mr.. Gaines was great lover of horse
flesh, and Diamond was the favorite.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
Naturally.

'Do you like playing2"
"Yes, preferably In Macbeth and
Hamlet"
"WhyT
"The ghost always walks."-Car-
toons Magazine.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14

| HzE meaning shallow
| NzS9fz8a 3 water" and from
| NSs<92. ISL this came the name
S1Wse% of the state. A nick
name for the state is
the Blackwater State.
OF the early Spanish explorations
little is known, except that Coronado
probably reached the great plain OF
this region in 1871. More than one
hundred and twenty-five years later
Father Marquette noted the Platte
river on his trip up the Missouri. In
the beginning of the Nineteenth CEN
fury the Lewis and Clark expedition
skirted the boundaries of the present
state and in 1905, Manuel Lisa estab-
lished the first known settlement which
was fur trading post at Bellevue.
This was just after the Louisiana
Purchase had brought Nebraska into
United States territory.
Omaha was established as q post of
the American Fur company in 1925
and Nebraska City the following year.
When the Louisiana Purchase was
effected Nebraska formed a part of
Missouri territory, but with Missouri
achieving statehood the balance of the
territory was left without any govern
ment. In 1884 part of it was attached
to Arkansas, part placed under the
Jurisdiction of Missouri and third
part was joined to Michigan territory.
With the California gold rush In 1919
many pioneers passed through Nebras-
ka and some stopped and settled there,
although there was a law fOrbidding
settlements among the Indians. The
real colonization boom, however, start
ed with the passing of the Kansas
Nebraska act in 1854, which arranged |
that these two sections should become |
free or slave states at the dictate of |
their inhabitants. The Nebraska ter |
'itory was then organized and reached
from the fOrtieth to the forty-ninth
parallel. In 1861, the region north Of
43 was made into Dakota territory.
The Idaho territory was also created,
which reduced Nebraska to its present
size of 1880 square miles, except
or a slight addition in the Northwest
which was made in 1882.
In 1867 Nebraska was admitted as
he 9th state over the Presidents
eto. 1t has eight presidential cleo
ors.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14

r HE Indian name
4 for the Platte
river was Nebraska.
meaning shallow
water and from
this came the name
Of the state. A nick
name for the state is
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14

Obedience may tecome a vice..
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-14
THE STORY OF
OUR STATES
By JONATHAN BRACE
NEBRASKA


e By Mcclure Newspaper syndieats.D
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-15
GET THE. HABIT Of Using Times Classified Ads

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-15

JAMES J. LEON, AuCtloaeer and Ap- praiser. Let us sell your old stock on
 commission. We can do it. 1928 Main LET US SELL for you what you want
 to dispose of on commission. James Leon. Auctioneer- 1928 Main St. .I11alis LET US furnish cement blocks to build
 your garage retaining wall, etc. No
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 promptly and reasonably. New bodies, tops cabs made to order Nicoiaesen
 Auto Hospital. 4f9 North Ave @a426ai%
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Rex Beach Found
Theme for Story
J In North Menace

When Rex Beach was prospect
ing for gold in the Klondike quite
a few years ago, he returned with
out so much as a grain of the pre-
cious dust
But he found something infinite
" more to be treasured. He struck
3 mine of literature which has
yielded the American public a phe-
nomenally rich trove of stories,
books and photoplays.
One of the greatest motion pic
lures that ever came from Rex
Beach's pen is The North Winds
Malice" a story cast in the frozen
heart of Alaska in the romantic
days Of the gold rush.
The theme of THE North Winds
Malice" is distinctly unusual. Mr..
Beach tells of the dread winter
OF upper Alaska which descends
upon the country like an avenging
spirit, shroulding the land in its
freezing pail.
The furious cold shuts men and
women up tight in their cabins and
grinds into their minds a terrible
despair-the grim specter of mo-
E1otony. In this atmosphere, trivial
incidents are exaggerated beyond
their Importance. and rage flames
up on the slightest pretext.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Wallace Reid and
Gloria Swanson at
Majestic Five Days

Cullen Dale, a wealthy and sport
loving young man. tall and ath-
letic. heartily loves Marian West
over, a womanly young women. who
keeps Cullen guessing as to his
fate In Don't Tell Everything
Harvey GiIroy, Cullen's best friend
also loves Marian, but loyal TO CuI
len. who he is aware, has the IN
side track to marian's a1fectlonS,
does not ayow his passion
At a polo game one day, at which
Marian is present, the horses OF
Cullen and Gilroy, who are captains
OF the opposing teams, come o
gefher with a crash and both are
thrown beneath their horses bod
les. Cullen shows his friendship
for GiIroy by caring o him as
sfduously. The game over, Cullen
proposes TO Marian (who is half in
clined to accept him, because of his
persistency), but seeing some OF
his old photographs which picture
him with pretty girls, she accepts
him. promising not to become jeal-
GUS of the pictures. But jealousy
seizes her nevertheless, and she re-
solves TO question him further be-
fore she takes the fatal step.
One day, there comes to Cullen's
home. Jessica Ramsey, who de-
cidedIy has set her cap for Cullen.
Marrian's jealousy is aroused more
than ever, for Jess had been pho
toSraphed with Cullen and when
Marian asked him regarding her
whereabouts, he told her Jess was
in Africa. HcrTors! He had lied
to her! And to cap the climax,
Cullen seems to like Jess, despite
his avowals of love for Marian.
Giiroy tries to knock a corner off
the triangle and help Cullen and
Marian along the road to happi-
ness which he himself seems DOOM
ed { o miss.
Marian tries hard to become as
good a golfer, tennis player and
rider as Jess, but it is useless. And
finally comes the showdown Jess
has bought and furnished d lodge
in the mountains and she asks Gull
len and Marian to be her guests,
quite convinced that Marian would
decline. She had made up her mind
to Cullen at any cost. Gull
len is anxious to go to b lodge,
but Marian protests. Cullen per-
suades her to get into his automo-
bile and having previously obtained
a marriage license, when they reach
the minister's house, he swings her
out of the car and in the presence
of a housekeeper, causes a wedding
ceremony to be performed.
Marian is daZed by this cave man
stuff and agrees with Cullen to
kept the marriage a secret until 1t
can be properly divulged. While
Marian goes home to think it over,
Cullen motors to Jessica's lodge
and when he desires to return to his
bride, a fierce storm prevents his
departure. Alarmed because of
her husbands prolonged absence,
Marian seeks Gilroy and the two,
laden down with provisions, mot
or to the lodge. Here the truth
is revealed to the satisfaction of all
except Jess who finds Cullen lost
to her forever.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

Price of a Good Time, ITO Please
One Woman, Scandal, The
Blot" and numerous other big-time
hits that have thrilled millions Of
picture fans all over the country.
What Do Men Want?" Miss
Weber's most recent contribution to
the silver sheet, is a vivid portrayal
Of small-town life and smaII-town
people, yet in this powerful drama,
as in all her pictures, she not only
supplies the full measure of enter
tainment but also puts over a moral
jolt that is applicable to people of
all classes.
What Do Men Want?" comes to
the Fort Armstrong Sunday in ad-
dition to an unusually good pro-
gram of stage novelties, THE Kun
ming Kids, two little girls, will ap-
pear in a program OF dances which
they recently presented at the Tiv-
io1i, Chicago. Rivera, and Pantheon
theatres in Chicago and were the
talk OF the town. The Broadway
Trio will entertain with harmony
and humor. While Nothing Like
IT., a Christy comedy, will furnish
the fun of the program.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Rita Gould, Brunei
Beauty, Headlines
Columbia New Bin

One of the big time orpheum aela
headlines the Columbia show SIM.
day. Rita Gould. the striking bruns,
beauty. who did such wonders,
work in the cantonments durtng
the World war presents a new soag
cycle written by Frances Mora.
strom and she has the assistance NJ
Leo Karlin at the piano. Miss Go1a
was the featured played in TIA
musical comedy success Maid in
America"
The supporting bill is unusually
strong and includes BARLEY & PA.
terson, who were associated for
some time with the famous
Dooleys. They present a novel
sketch entitled zone Night" which
gives them a fine opportunity for
the portrayal of their talents as &C
tors, dancers and singers Syl-
vester and Vance have a roaring
COMEDY which they call Horses"
Lulu Coates and Her Crackerjacks.
who have been featured IN many
bills both in this country and
across the water, present a dane
ing Y showing every form Of
popular and Jazz dancing. The
Four CrackerjackI1 surrounding
Miss Coates are coIored artists who
are the pick of the jazz dancers Of
the country. Charles Craepfn Of
fers Val Harris & Co. in the con-
cry. "a Pair of Calves" Blanche
Sherwood and brother in Awaiting
Antics" concludes the bill.
The last half of the week Bobby
Roberts and Maud Clark offering
"a Ccurtship in Song" occupy the
premier position.
The well known motion picture
star, Carlyle Blackwell. comes to
the Columbia week Of Dec, is and
for the holiday week one Of the
biggest offerings in vaudeville and
taking the place of three acts is the
View York success "On Fifth Ave
nue."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Smooth as Silk"
at Illinois Theatre
Matinee and Night

Taylor Holmes and his jolly band
OF brigands, who delighted Chicago
audiences at the Cort theatre for
is weeks, viii come to the Illinois
theatre tomorrow, matinee and
night He will appear in Willard
Mack's latest mystery comedy
drama called Smooth as Silk.
Chief of Police Charles Fitzmorris
Of Chicago declared it was the best
crook play he had ever e In
the original cast to be seen here
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

lights. For 16 weeks Smooth as
Silk" played to capacity audiences
at the Cort theatre IN Chicago.
Speaking of screen acting Mr..
Holmes said: IAN effort to portray
acting thoroughly in motion pic
lures has only come in the last few
years. Formerly an actor walked
through the scenes with the aid of
the company. Now, he is expected
to indicate only the general trend
of the action. You can't go on and
look blank any more. You have
to feel what you portray. and this
kind of art you learn behind the
footlights and not in front OF the
camera.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
what Do Men Want"
Comes to the Fort
Armstrong Sunday

If opinions of critics in other
cities near anything to local pic
ture fans, Lois Weber's latest
screen production, What Do Men
Want" will offer something nm
usual in entertainment when this
great American drama of the hunt
for happiness opens its
at the Fort Armstrong theatre.
Miss Weber, who is credited with
having produced more successful
photoplays than any other person
In the film industry, wrote and di-
rected such mastery productions as
where Are My Children ?'', 1.-THE
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

are Mike Don1in, greatest baseball
hitter before Babe Ruth came onto
the scene; Jane Marbury, Shirley
Warde, John G. Sparks, Joseph
Sweeney and many others.