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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
DORTHA BELLE FINDS
"A KIND MOTHER

In a far off land there lived lit.
tie girl named Dortha Belle Sum-
mers. When Dortha Belle was six
years old her mother died and left
her with her cross old father.
p He was very cross and would
punish her for small faults.
One day her father became angry
at her and sent her far into the
woods. She went farther and far.
Their till at last she came to little
hut as 1t was night. she lay down
to sleep.
In the morning, she started back
home. At last she arrived at home
and her father was gone. She
went to the neighbours and asked
about her father. No one could tell
her anything about him. She had
no place to 60 now. She wandered
around for some time.
One day she came to the sea
shore and a ship was ready to sail
for America, and she longed to go
with it. She asked the captain if
she could go with it. He said she
could go. When she got to Amer.
lea she had no place to 60. She
wandered about for some time. At
last, she came to big house and
she slipped in quietly and hid.
The next morning the mother
came in the kitchen and found her
She pitied her and gave her some
food. When her daughter saw her
she was filled with joy, and wanted
to take her for her little sister.
Her mother said she would see
about it. The next morning she
told her that Dortha would be her
sister. She was glad her motheer
was so good and kind to little
homeless children.-From a junior,
age IA, Clara Arnold.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
"SHE'S A REAL TOMBOY
SAYS MOTHER OF 12-YR.
GIRL ENTERING COLLEGE
(True Story

Imagine little nine-year-old girl
In New York city. changing from
.one school to another and skipping
three grades while doing it.
Lucky!
Yes, perhaps, but more than
lucky. 1t was three years ago that
Helen Koch, 755 Dawson street,
New York city. did this. Now,
when IL. years old. she Is entering
Hunter college for Women in her
big home city.
When a girl can go through
school at Helen's speed it Is almost
foolish to wonder what her best
subject is. She surely must be
good at all of them. Helen is, but
she is best in arithmetic and math-
ema ties.
Girls, who are little dumb in
'rithmetic are usually excused be-
cause ITS not girls subject"
Very we'll" says Helen's moth
er. "she really is a little tomboy
She likes all kinds OF sports and
plays just as hard as she studies"
Boys and Girls Newspaper
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12

map of the United States I chewed
up never. gave mo any idea of the
distance between the eastern states
and the western. Look quickly,
Star, at that woman with a baby in
her arms, coming out of that hole
In the ground. What on earth is
she doing there They don't bury
people alive out here, do they?"
Star laughed and said, mo. she
lives there. That is what they call
a 'dugout,' and some people in the
west still live In them"
"Well, when | have to live in a
hole in the ground | hope | shall
turn into a grounding and be done
with it," said Billy Jr.
Copyright by the Saalfieid Pub
fishing Co, Akron, o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
RIDING IN THE RAIN
MAKES GOOD APPETITE.

| broke my glasses. It was about
five o'clock and it was raining, and
l had to 60 out in it. rode my
bicycle. And had my rain coat on.
l could not 60 very fast. But got
along pretty well. AS l was going
up the Main street hill skidded
everywhere. When got up the
hill and to the opticians office,
did not have to wait long. But
when | came out it was pouring
down harder than ever.
| saw Mr.. Henley, our Sunday
School teacher. On the way home
| had to stop on account of autos.
Then l went on and when got
home l was so hungry, so l ate so
much l nearly bursted. William
Ray Maule, Jr.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12

THE LOST DIAMOND

Once upon a time there was lit
tie girl who was princess. Her
father had. given her a magic dia-
mond which IA fairy had given him.
He did not tell the daughter that 1t
was a magic diamond.
She did not take very good care
oft. Her father said she must take
care of It., but she did not. So, one
day, when she was walking in the
forest, she lost it. She told the
nurse that she had lost it. The
nurse began to hunt it. but the
princess said, do not like the dia-
mond, so do not hunt it any more"
The nurse obeyed the child and did
not hunt any more for the diamond.
The next day her father called
her to his throne and asked her
what she had done with the dia-
mond. The child said that yester-
day. she had lost it In the wood
The father got very angry at her
and said that she must set out to
find it right away The child cried
very hard, and begged her father
not to make her go; but her father
would not let her stay, and said she
must have the diamond before she
came back. She then asked what
good the diamond was and her
father said it was magic diamond
and would kill her mother, the
queen. The little princess then
cried very hard. She kissed her
mother and father goodbye and set
out alone.
A few days later she came home
with box and in the box was a
note and hundred diamonds. The
child was to find the magic dia-
mond among them, and if she did
not find the right diamond her
mother and new baby brother
would be killed. The next day the
child was to pick out the diamond.
She was afraid that she would not
pick the right diamond and that she
would pick the one that would kill
her brother and mother. She was
called at ten o'clock to pick the
diamond. Her mother, brother and
father and the rest of the court
were there. She picked a diamond
out Of the box. She was to wait till
in the morning to tell if she had
picked the right diamond.
The next morning, to the child's
surprise. she had picked the right
diamond and instead of her mother
and brother being killed, her
mother had little baby girl.-[The
End.l. BY X. Josephine Holdings
worth, 6B grade, Starr school.
p. 81 wrote this with out look
ing at book to copy. l made this
up in my head, l hope you like it,.
X. J. X.
Ed. Note: Yes. do like it.
like head" stories They are the
only kind for juniors to write.
was so excited until knew she
picked just the right diamond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
w RoNG SIGN

A farmer hitched his team 10 a
telephone pole.
Here" exclaimed a policeman,
'yGu can't hitch there!"
Cant hitch" shouted the irate
farmer. Well, why does the sign
say Fine for Hitching"
Name three articles
containing starch"
Jim-"Two cuffs and collar.
BY a st. Andrews Reader.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
OUR WOOD WORKING CLASS
A ROOSTER AND A WORM

When the wood working class
went to Baxter for wood work. Be-
fore Christmas we made a book
then we could make Santa Claus,
brownie or clown. Then after
Christmas we could make a toy
jumping Teddy, athletic trick
maker Or Rooster Duck worm
fight. l made a brownie and
Rooster Duck worm fight. One girl
made a jumping Teddy and was
given A for her grade. The Roost-
er Duck worm fight didn't look
like a rooster and duck at all,
they were all colors. The worm
was green,.-Harold Hurst, 6B, Jo-
seph Moore school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12

A school without a timetable"
is being conducted at Kearsley.
near Manchester, England. 1t is a
public elementary school with a
gifted and enthusiastic teacher as
principal. Mr.. e. F. O'Neill Here
the idea of freedom in education
is carried out to very great de-
gree, and it has proceeded far
enough to show that there is much
that is valuable in the idea.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
AN OLD HABIT

Il wonder If men have always
complained about the food their
wives served them" said Peasly.
Il guess so." sighed Mrs. Bumpus.
you remember it started with
Adam"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-12
HOW HE TOOK THE PICKLE

The. physician had been treating
a man for dyspepsia for a long
time. and finally. wishing to know
how his patient was coming on, he
told him to take dill pickle just
before going to bed and see If he
could hold 1t on his stomach over
night. The next day the man called
and the physician asked him the
result.
"Oh, it was all right. Doctor" he
said, "as long as l was awake; but
when I went to sleep it rolled OF"
Miss Martha Selm, Eighth grade,
st. Andrews school.
Smyrna times., 1921-03-16

rrfolding amid scenes more re-
,,nJort than ever eye beheld in the
2tn .nut city of Bagdad, "Kismet"
. .a' ... with us the impression that we
tbrough a Great picture. 1t makes
.,ntprtainment ,, that every man, wo-
' ond child interested in motion
4,res ~ must see. Cashier did it.
g.rofore to Cashier goes the great
nraise. All praise to him. To
Z. 4 skinner we accord that need of
,iss due to a great actor for a great
:'.o Of acting. When great actor
tbo stage ventures into motion pic
..s ~ and achieves a gerat success,
y man dumbfounds the screens
-.r.t critics. The man who does this
!. tbe screen. And when we sit
s~ugb "Kismet," and realize the
a.tness of Otis SINNERS achieve
ssrt we realize that gradually the
.DO.ition to motion pictures mus
sr-Exhibitors Trade Review.
Smyrna times., 1921-03-16
Advertising in the coun-
try weekly is the most
valuable advertising
in the world.

~ XPERT ADVERTISERS say it is not only the most
valuable but the most scientific advertising in the
- world Advertising in the magazines has to be
general for the reason that the average maga-
zine that you receive today set in type several weeks
ago. and the advertising copy was prepared several
weeks before that This that advertisers in the
magazines have to anticipate conditions several weeks
in advance of the time the copy is prepared.
This is not so with advertising in the country
weekly for the country weekly has the advantage
the magazine in that the weekly circuates in cOmpara
tivey small territory and the of the merchant
the business man who selling the goods can be placed
in the advertisement This is impossible in magazine
advertising which covers sometimes the whole nation
The weekly newspaper also is considered the best
advertising medium in the world by expert advertisers
for the reason that it has more intimate association
with the family than magazine or daily newspaper.
No local merchant afford not to advertise in
weekly newspapers of the better class 1t is sad COM
mentary upon small town business men that they don't
see the advantage them of carrying advertisement
in the small town paper every single week Such an adj
vertsement the cheapest salesman that the merchant
can employ. The money spent in advertising In HE
SMYRNA TIMES, of the better class OF weekly
newspapers is investment and not an expenses and
is the bestpaying investment that the merchant can
make.
Smyrna times., 1921-03-16
- THEATRE ATTRACTIONS
MiustreIs Here Tomorrow

u.nry's Minstrels Here Tomorrow or
SsTS Dd kismet Here on March 26
80 Id original Hi Henry's min
l5s p aiI III appear at the Opera House
ss saw. wv Thursday, March 18th. This
nollV1 oi'" Minstrel company is now on
tItS ilt' annual tour and has always
S4'u mutation second to none. This
III tbe featured comedians are
z 'sCn = guiding, Fred Salmon, Bill Sears
whitney Ward. At a glance you
|pd w " the comedy end of the perfor-
o % has been well taken care OF.
s'nfs s.nd as of old is still up to Hi
p ~ U's Standard. This season Mr..
1aly y, has the strongest vaudeville
I'nls \ l!s,,n,bering nine of the very best
% nS nSStainable. There will be street
y ja Undo upOn the arrival of the com
FT1u' and a band concert in front of
pDi, cDera House at 7.15 p. m. This
. y, Uf Onlv real minstrel to visit ou1
,rn this season.
Smyrna times., 1921-03-16
For Sale

double Houses, on Commerce ST..
aree rooms down, three rooms up
ach.
One Double House on Mt. Vernon
street, three rooms down, three rooms
I
One Apartment House in Clayton.
no apartments down.. four rooms,
h.4 and toilet each; one apartment
D. five rooms, bath and toilet. This
an opportunity to own your own
me. For price call on,
4 CHARLES P. THORNLEY,
Smyrna, Delaware.
ies:-Factory 81; House 1853
Smyrna times., 1921-03-16
GROW MORE

If you want to grow 1-3 more
wheat, corn, oats or flax use Corbo
Lime.
JOHN P. HUDSON
Smyrna, Del.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
SAYS REAILER HOGS IT ALL
Mercer Says Packer or Prodace'
Must Begin to Retail
(Associated Pr1ssS

Topeka, June I5.-Unless retail
meat dealers change their methods
in such a way as to cut down gross
profits on meats, the producer or the
packer must 60 into the retail meat
business, declares J. H. Mercer, Sec
retary of the Kansas Livestock Asso-
citation. 80
"The retailer is demanding 100
per cent profit on meat" he said.
"He claims he has to have 1t. The
result is that meat consumption Is
decreasing to an alarming extent"
''In Holton and Topeka few in
dividual stockmen have opened up
shops which they are operating on
the cash and carry plan. In these
shops porterhouse steaks from corn
fed beeves are being retailed at 30
cents a pound, while the local meat
dealers who handle this grade Of beef
are charging sc cents pound for 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
NEED 10000 HARVEST HANDS
kilograms Pour Into Topeka Asking
For Workers

kilograms Pour Into Topeka Asking
For Workers
Topeka, June 15.-Haryest time
for Kansas wheat is here. Not all OF
the harvest hands needed have ar
rived. Kansas needs them and is
shouting for them-about 10000
men.
kilograms were received all day
in the Industrial court yesterday
from towns in the wheat belt. From
Liberal came a telegram saying that
the west half Of Kansas does not
have enough hands and appealing
that help be sent at once. The st.
John Chamber Of Commerce wired
that wheat harvest will begin In that
community tomorrow and asked for
200 men. Harry w. Chabin, super
intendent Of the Hutchinson free en-
ployment office, in communication
to Judge John H. Crawford under
whose supervision the labor division
is, said:
"The demand for harvest hands to-
day has been considerably stronger
than the supply. 1t appears to me
that there is going to be an acute
shortage.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
QUICK STOP FOR PLANE
New All Metal Propeller Has Reversi-
bic Blades
(Associated Press)

Pittsburg, Pa, June 15.-An all
metal propeller for airplane capable
Of having the blades reversed, has
been delivered to the government by
a local company.
According to officials Of the COM
pany a plane, equipped with the re-
yersible blades in its first test was
stopped in a distance Of 280 feet by
means Of the new device. Under the
old system a plane cannot stop be-
fore travelling at least 700 feet. 1t is
the plan of the company to so per-
feet the new blades that a stop can
be made, after landing within 100
feet.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
KANSANs FINISH AT /. U.
Graduates This Year There Repro
1Gaf Ten Towns

Urbana, ILL.,, June 16.-Meven stu
dents from from Kansas, represent
ing ten Kansas towns, were grad
uated from the University Of Illinois
at the annual graduation exercises
here today. The students who were
graduated and the regrees they re-
ceived are as follows:
Doctor of philosophy, Beulah May
Armstrong, Hutchinson and Fred B.
Rodkey Of Blue Rapids; bachelor Of
art, Margaret D. Braucher Of Em.
poria, Dorothy May Hamer Of Em-
poria, Clarence Philip Jasperson OF
Topeka, Ruth Edna Russell Of Kan
sas City; master Of arts, Frank
Howard briggs Of Baldwin; bachelor
Of science, Paul Drew Cornelisen OF
Pittsburg, Edwin Nldwood Newcomh
Of Burlington, Ruth Eugenia Sankee
Of Lawrence, Elmer Orlif Smith OF
Lane.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
MAKE TRADE AGREEMENT
German and Ruesian Soviet Come to
Terms
(Assoeiated Press)


Riga, June 15.--The text Of the
trade agreement recently negotiated
between the German government and
the Russian Socialist Federative So
Wet Republic has been made public
here. It's provisions are significant
in view OF the fact that this is one
of a series Of similar agreements al
ready negotiated or In process Of me-
gotiation between Russia and other
nations, such as Great Britain. Italy
and Czecho- Sl0vaka.
The provisions may be OF peculiar
interest to the United States owing
to the attempt of the Russian govern
ment to effect trade agreement with
the United States which resulted In
notification by the American State
Department to Russia that the Soviet
government had no chance Of recog-
milton In any form by the United
States so long as Americans were
held prisoners in Russia.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
They SAID IT
With FLOWERS
British Profuse in Hon
ors for Sims
(Associated Press)

London, June 15.-Rear Admiral
Sims left Waterloo station this morn.
ing for Southampton to board the
steamer Olympic for New York. Ht
rode in a special car that was SO bur
dened with floral testimonials that
there was scarcely room for mem.
bers of his party to move about. HI
told newspaper men he had nothing
further to say "and nothing to re-
tract"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
SISTER SAYS
JAMES WAS
ALWAYS HOME
8hyed in New York
Mile Fig Was Up in
! Canada Wilds

Poughkeepsie, june 15-Mrs. Percy
Al Rockefeller, sister Of James A.
Stillman.. tesatfked In his behalf at Q
hearing In his divorce suit today. She
testified that Mr.. Stillman lived at
the Parke aweAue home Of his father
continuously from January, 1918.
through part Of April that year. Mrs..
StiitnaM- she testified, spent three
months tn Canada, at Buffalo. and
upon the estate at pleasantville. The
testiAaAy was offered to supporh Mr..
Stillnan's contention that he fs not
the father OF Guy Stillman, an In
FAINT born to Mrs. Stillman In Nov
emheT, 1918.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
WILL TEACH HINDU TO PLAY
Kansas Wesleyan to Calcutta as Ath-
lefic Director

Salina, June 15.-Frederick Will
liams, state tennis champion last
year and a basket ball star, left yes
terday for Calcutta, India, where he
will act as the coach for the boys
Of hte high school. He will instruct
in all athletics. Williams was grad
uated from the Kansas Wesleyan uni
versity last spring, and last winter
he was instructor In the high school
at Comas, Washington. He played
two years on the Wesleyan basket
ball team and one year on the foot
ball team. He will take short
course in a theological seminary at
Madison, n. J., and then sail from
New York for Calcutta. He is the
son of Mrs. Esther L. Williams Of
this city. Williams is the second
Wesleyan student to leave for for
eign fields this spring, Miss Ola Haw-
kins having sailed for the East a
short time ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
MANY WOULD LEARN TO PLAY
fAaaocfatad Prenel

Cleveland, O., June 15.-YOung
men and women from all parts Of the
nation come to Cleveland this sum-
mer aiming to teach the world to
play.
They will attend the summer
course in playground and recreation
teaching offered by the Cleveland
School Of Education. The school
opens with registration at Western
Reserve University June 20. Invi-
tations to enroll have been sent to
10000 college men and women
throughout the country.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
POLO MATCH AT HURLINGHAM
(Associated Press)

birmingham, Eng, June 15.-The
Hurlingham Club Of England, where
the International polo matches be-
tween the United States and English
players will be held this week, win
provide a dignified setting for one of
the greatest Of international sporting
events.
The solid and comfortable club
house; the wide lawns stretching
down to the banks Of the Thames I;
the beautiful garden and the pic
turesque lake will contribute to pleas
ure Of poloists and thousands Of
spectators who view the contests.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
GOES OVER EMBANKMENT
Man Is Injured at Salina When Real
Axle Breaks

Salina, June 15.-Raymond Fry,
of Newkirk, Okla, was probably fa-
tally injured here yesterday after
noon when the rear axle of his rae
ing automobile broke, plunging the
car over an embankment and onto a
large tree. He suffered broken left
leg, broken jaw and concussion Of
the brain. He was rushed to hos
pital, where physicians said he would
not recover.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
MAKE PROBE
OF CONTRACTS
DURING ] / WAR
Harding Orders Can
ceiling Of Harne -
Selling
(Associatsd Prsss)

Washington. June 15.-On advice
Of the attorney general President
Harding has annulled the war depart
ment contracts with the U. 8. Har-
ness Co., for disposal Of surplus har-
ness. Mr.. Dausherty held these con-
tracts violate the criminal code Sec
tions prohibiting participation BY
government officers or employees In
such transactions. A sweeping In
vestigation Of war time contracts was
inaugurated today with he organiza-
tion Of a special bureau Of the depart
ment Of justice. The purpose Of the
investigation the attorney general
said was to clear honest firms and
individuals Of suspicion under which
war contracts have fallen In the pub.
lie mind and bring the guilty to puH
ishment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
DUDLEY BUCK TO KANSAS
(Aasoafafad Prassl

Lawrence, June 15.-Dudley Buck,
noted New York musical instructor.
arrived in Lawrence this week to
take charge Of the Dudley Buck Mas
ter School 10 Be held at the Univef-
sity of Kansas during summer ses-
sion. STUDENTS from twelve states
have enrolled In the school.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
SECRETARY OF STATE AGED z6
Carl s, Mtllikin of Colorado Has Un-
usual Record
(Associated Press)

Denver, June 15.---secretary Of
sta. stste 1T the age Of 20 Is the record
Of Carl s. Millikin who today holds
the portfolio In the state Of Colorado,
At Leland Stanford University
where he attended college, Mr.. Mill
kin won local fame as an all-around
athlete, while during the summers he
worked as reporter on newspapers.
After graduation he went to Nicara-
qua to represent mines corporation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
HARD. AFTER WET FORCES
Anti-Saloon League consbats Anti
Dry Workers
(AssOciatod Press)

(A1g0ctated Press)
Topeka, June 15.-Kansas Is be-
ing invaded by an organized force OF
anti prohibition workers from out
side the state in an effort to break
down the enforcement Of prohibition
laws, according to F. L. Crabbe, su-
perintendent Of the Kansas anti-sa-
loon league and special assistant at
torney general. The anti-saloon
league, in cooperation with the state
officials, has been welding efforts
against this OUTSIDE force, according
to Mr. Crabbe.
"The invaders are using the most
secretive and effective means In
bringing liquor into the state" said
Superintendent Crabbe. "We have
found that much Of the western part
of the state Is being visited by air
planes that are bringing the liquor
from other points. The liquor has
been brought as far as from Canada,
in some cases, and much OF 1t Is be-
ing brought from Denver"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-16
BOUNDARY QUESTION LOOMS
When Union of Central American
Republics Seemed Assured
fA..nnlakaA DrnoaN
(AseOciated PreSs)


Guatemala, June 15.-Just at the
time that the union of four Of the
Central American republics is being
announced by its supporters as a fact,
a question Of the boundary between
Honduras and Guatemala has come to
the front. It is reported here that
armed forces from Honduras have
occupied the disputed territory.
Honduras lays claim to a strip OF
territory to the south and east Of the
Motagua river which as been in the
possession of Guatemala, II not
since time immeoriaL at least since
Guatemala became independent. 1t
consists for the most part Of a tropi-
cal wilderness covered with inter-
minable forests.