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New Britain herald., 1922-09-23
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Dupont took punishment in heroic doses, and asked for more Shedding trghtful blows with only an angry shake of his head, he would lower 1t and charge as a wild boar charges, while his huge arms flew like lunatic connecting rods,
 Time and again Lanyard suffered blows that jared him to his heels, time and again was fan to give ground to an onslaught that drove him back till his shoulders touched wall
 Chairs, the chaise-l -longue, tables were overturned and kicked about. Priceless bits of porcelain and glass, lamps, vases, the fittings of the dressing table were cast down in fragments to the floor.
 Constrained to look to herself or be trampled underfoot, and gall vanized with terror, the woman struggled up and tottered hither and yon like a bewildered child, in the beginning too bemused to be
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23
MONTHS OF
 SUFFERING
How a Baltimore Girl Recov.
 cred Her Health

Baltimore, Maryland. For several months suffered with severe backache
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23
POLO GAME TODAY.

Philadelphia, Sept 23.-The Ar genuine federation polo teams meets Eastcott, the Anglo American four in an exhibition match today at the
 Philadelphia country club. The con- test was scheduled in place of the final matci, of the international tour nament be,ween Eastcott and Mead owbrook the latter having withdrawn from further competition out of re- spect for C. C. Rumsey, who was kill- ed in an automobile accident Thurs day.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

The reformed eraeksman, MICHAEL LANYARD, known to the police as the LONE WOLF, is attempting to re- cover the stolen jewels Of EVE DE MONTALAIS, the woman he loves
 Lanyard, who met Eve in south ern France, where he rescued her from robbery at the hands of the brutal Parisan Apache, DUPONT, believes that the jewels were stolen by a motoring party consisting of the American, WHITAKER MONK; his secretary, PHINuIT; the latter's brother, JULES, and the COUNT AND COUNTESS DE LORG- MES.
 De Lorgnes IS murdered by Du- pont, Later, in Paris, Lanyard finds the countess, learns that her real name is LANE DELORME, and enters her house to discover the jewels. He finds her being throttled to death by Dupont
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23

Troop 2; personal health, Royalstone Williams and Howard May, Troop ?; public health, Howard May, Troop 2; safety first. George Cochrane. Hors ce Skidmore, Edward krans and Royal stone Williams of Troop 2; scholar ship, James Beach, Edmund Marsland and George kimball of Troop 1, and Robert Christ of Troop 2
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23

now. You may use this letter to help other girls, as the letters in your book helped me. - ROSE WAIDNER, 3018 Roseland Place, Baltimore, Md.
 That is the thought so often expressed in letters recommending Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound. These wo- men know what they have suffered, they describe their symptoms and state how they were finally made well. Just plain statements, but they want other women to be helped.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is a medicine made from medi- cinal roots and herbs, and without drugs, to relieve the sickness women so often have, which is indicated by back ache, weak feelings, nervousness, and no am- bition to get anything done or to go anywhere. It has helped many womer Why not try it2
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23
GO ON WITH THE, STORY. CHAPTER XVI
 Wolf ys. Wildcat.

Even iourneyman strang gler may know the thrill of professional pride in good job well done: Dupont was grinning at his work, and so intent upon it that his first intimation of any interference came when Lanyard took him from behind, broke his hold upon the woman (and lamentably failed to break his back at the same time). whirled him round with a jerk that all but unsolicited an arm.
 Before the thug could regain his balance, Lanyard placed surely on the heel of Duponts jaw, just below the ear, a blow that. coming straight from the shoulder and carrying all Lanyard had of weight and force and will to punish, in spite of Du- pont's heaviness fairly lifted him from his feet and dropped him back ward across a chase-longue. from which he slipped senseless to the floor.
 With bruised and aching knuckles to prove that the blow had been one to stun an OK. Lanyard believed it safe to count Dupont hors de com bat, for a time at least In any event. the risk had to be cha1ced: Liane Delorme was in plight de- manding immediate relief,
 She had fallen inert, and lay semi prostrate on a shoulder, with limbs grotesquely slack and awry. as if in unpleasant mmicry of broken doll.
 The twisted handkerchief round her throat had loosened but not
 5of moved it, took fro n her dressing table toilet-water flask and drenched her face and bosom with it's pungent contents.
 She gasped, started convulsively, and began to breathe with less eff fcrt That dreadful rattling in her throat was stilled.
 Since his fall Dupont had made neither moan nor stir. No crescent irides sf owed beneath the half-shut ins. He was so motionless, he seemed scarcely to breathe. Lan yard dug the toe of a boot into his ribs none too gently. but without satisfaction of any doubts The fel- low gave no sign of sensibility, but lay utterly relaxed. with the look of one dead.
 Dropping to his knees, Lanyard bent over the body to search for symptoms of animation. He per ceived them instantly. With incon ceivabe suddenness Dupont demon strate1 that he was very much alive.
 An arm like the flexible limb Of C, tree wound itself affectionately round Lanyards neck clipped his head to Dupont's yearnng bosom, ground his face into the flannel folds of foul-scented shirt. Simultane- ously the huge body heaVed pro- digiously, and after a brief interval of fantastic f1oppngs, like a young mountain fell on top of Lanyard.
 They fought for their most deeply l rooted passions, Dupont to kill, Lan- ! yard to live, Dupont to batter Lan- i yard into conceding a moment of | respite in which a weapon might be | used, Lanyard to prevent that very | thing from happening.
 Even as animals in a pit they | fought, now on their knees strain ! ing each to break the others hold, | now wallowing together on the floor, | now on their feet. slogging like | bruisers of the old school.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23

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 I found your book at home one day and after reading it be- gan at once to take Lydia E. Pinkham's 8 W e ge table Go m pound. 1 have had very good results and some of my girl
 friends are taking 1t
New Britain herald., 1922-09-23

A large part of the gold produced in the United States comes from by-products in lead and copper mines.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
Y WORK IN China
L. h. Hall, Formerly of Topeka,
Now in the Orient.
Many Real Problems Are Met
Every Day, Worker Says.

The boys department of the Y. NJ.
c. A. is doing a great work in China.
according to word received from L. X.
Hall, formerly on the state staff of
the Y. NJ c. A, ct Topeka, and now
national boys work secretary of
China
I'VE have some very real prob
Iems,r writes Mr.. Hail. zone is the
prevailing idea that boyhood ends
somewhere about fourteen or fifteen
ishness' beyond that age is not to be
encouraged, but to be left behind.
Several years ago the Shanghai Y NJ
G A erected a building exclusively
for boys. The building included
huge lobby covering most of the first
floor Full grown Chinese men VINO
hadn't played much as boys didn't
see much to it: foreigners who knew
didn't care to pay were content TO
wait watchfully until the lobby would
be cut up into smaller rooms for more
useful purposes P.ng-pong tables
were put in, and other attractions.
"Out of curiosity the boys came
and stood around with hands in their
sleeves. the Chinese equivalent of the
great American school boy habit OF
keeping his hands in his pockets A
few boys were finally inveigled into
a game-and today the boys wait
their turn by the dozen in n room
where a score OF tables are going at
once
Playground on Roof.
''The lobby proved too small, and
the big flat roof became . playground
10 which members of the boys de-
ypartment invited their underprl-
viIeged little brothers from the con-
Eested surrounding ne-ghborhood-
Pla ygrounds were started in the city
AT different points Churches asked
the Y NJ. c. A. to play leaders Poor (
chiIdren's schools were started in the
big city markets. where sanitation and
play were the chief subjects taught
IT is impossible to describe in detail
the way in which this boys division
grew in scope and size. Now not less
than $500 boys are in the association
school, and actively. engaged in i'm !
proving working, living and sanitary |
conditions"
Mr. Hall also tells many other in 1
feresting and important details of the l
Boys Y. NJ c. A work IN China AT /.
present there are II 900 members of |
the Boys Chinese department. Fifty !.
Boys Work secretaries are. now scat I
tered all over China. They have many /
native assistants and are doing a ]
great work
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
A NICE, QUIET PLACE
BOOSTERS Can't Crow, Neither
Can Humans Produce a FOghorn
Snore in California Town After
Dark.

Berkely. Cal, Dec. 1s.-The outlook
for Chanticleer here today was dreary.
Likewise. persons with a foghorn
snore.
BeTkely's anti-noise ordinance went
to print today on orders of the city
council. 1t prohibits:
The persistent maintaining or
emission of any sound produced by
human, animal or mechanical means
between the hours of D. m. and Z
a. M, which. by reason of its raucous
and nerve racking nature, shall dis
turb the peace and comfort or be in
furious to the health of any person
or persons"
The ordinance is designed particu-
larly to serve as a death warrant for
Growing roosters.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
JOBS FOR HALF OF APPLICANTS
Unemployment Conditions Much Bet
ter This Winter Than in 1921.

Altho only half the men who are
applying for jobs at the state free en-
ployment' agency at 123 West Fifth
street are getting the jobs they need,
the number of unemployed who will
be on the streets of Topeka will be
small compared. to those of last year,
according to w. H Cpshing, in charge
of the bureau
Conditions are better at the present
time than they were a year ago, and
the indications are that they will not
get as bad during the winter months
as they were during the past winter.
During the week which ended Decem-
Der II, 261 men applied to the state
bureau for jobs, and 121 got them.
During the same week last year, 31S
applied for work, with only 9S jobs to
be had.
q General farm work has closed down,
ana many men who were at work on
the farms have come to town to look
for work The cold weather has cur
tailed building operations, which has
thrown many men out of work
Building operations are proceeding on
a larger scale at the present time,
however. than they were a year ago,
and proceeded generally to a later date
than in the normal year.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
TOPEKA SECOND IN BUILDING
Topeka Issued Eighty-Two building
Permits at Cost of ,S14S,4 ,4OI.

Topeka stood second among all the
cities of Kansas in building activities
Curing the month of November, ac-
cording to tabulations in THE Ameri-
can Contra ctor" Wichita led the state
this year as well as last. In November
Of 1921. wichita was first, Kansas City,
KAN was second, and Topeka was
third. This year Topeka outstripped
Kansas City, Kan.
During November of this year,
Wichita started 21O new buildings TO
cost 1917, ,665. During the same month
Topeka issued eighty-twO building
permits for construction to cost $143.-
4O4- Kansas City, Kan, issued eighty
five permits for construction to cost
Dnlv SI3S2O5.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

The Age of Inno-
cence. =. ..... w harton
Burning Sands. -. Weigall
Miss Lulu
Belts. 49, Zona Gale
The Brimming
Cup. -CanIIeId
Harvest. Ward
The Sheik. =. E. NJ. Hull
Paradise Bend. -. White
Harriet and the
Piper. MOTIFS
Black Bartleny'S
Trea sure :. tarnol
a Poor Wise
Man RIlendIt I
Trailin' Max Brand
Real Life. Webster
I've Married Mar
jorie. Widdemer
The Builders. Glasgow
Rainbow
Valley Montgomery
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
IS SUPREME EFFORT OF YEAR
Railway Mail Service Is Badly Con-
gested in Holiday Season


gested in Holiday Season
Christmas means many things to
many people. but in the railway mail
service it means the supreme effort of
the year. Few people, other than the
employees, have any idea of the ava
Ianche of mail that breaks loose at
this season or of the extreme difficult
ties under which it must be handled in
this branch of the postal service or
course, the whole postal system is
badly congested at the holiday season,
but the only word that can adequately
describe the situation in the railway
mail service is buried"
When the facilities of a postoffice
have reached the limit, the pavements
outside the door may be utilized in an
emergency to gain space and to make
breathing room" But in the rail-
way mail service, which is sometimes
referred to as the neck of the postal
system this cannot be done While
storage cars may be increased, distri-
button facilities in the railway post
office cars are so sharply limited that
distribution of Christmas mails en-
route is performed under the greatest
difficulties.
1t would be a revelation to the pub
lie if it could see the interior of a rail-
way postal car at the holiday season
with its crew striving to clean up
the mountains of Christmas packages
for dispatch to a certain connection
In a mail car that is moving at the
rate of forty to sixty miles an hour.
time is the all important factor The
crew is always fighting to complete
certain distributions before reaching a
given point; otherwise, it means ser1-
Gus delay to the mails 1t is well
known to postal officials that crew
of six or eight railway postal clerks
working within the narrow confines OF
a swaying mail car, while IL is making
its trim of about 800 miles on a fast
trunk line train, will distribute a far
greater volume of mail in the same
time and space than other employees.
Not that they are a superior type, but
because their training year after year
and the hard necessities of this branch
Of the service develop a faculty of
using time and space to the greatest
possible advantage.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

SayIer's, Lowney's and Douglas
Candies in Xmas packages. Rosser
Bros, Orpheum Bldg, 107 West Sth--
Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
Two Styles
at your store now
Quick Quaker Oats
Cook in ; TO S minutes

There are now two styles of
Quaker Oats, the Qi1ek and the
regular.
Qaick Quaker, perfected by our
experts, is the quickest cooking oats
in the world. 1t cooks to perfection
in to minutes.
All Quaker Oats have that ex-
ouisite favor which has won the
world. All are faxed from queen
grains only-just the rich, plump,
favory oats.
But in Quick Quaker the oats are
cut before taking. They are rolled
very thin and are partly cooked. So
the fakes are smaller and thinner
that IS all And the small thin flakes
cook quickly.
Your grocer has both styles. If
you want oats almost ready, ask for
Quick Quaker. Look for Quick"
on the label.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
PLUTOCRATS ENGRAVING
Private Car Parties Thru Kansas on
Santa Ee.

Two private car parties, travelling in
the sumptuous private CARS which are
maintained by the Pullman company
and rented to dignitaries or plutocrats
when they travel by railwill pass thru
Topeka this week.
W. r. Timken, who made Timken
bearings famous, with his party, is
using the Santa Fe lines on a trip
from Chicago to Los Angeles, Cal, and
will pass thru Kansas on December 20.
Mrs w. H Bliss. of New York City,
with a party, in the private car
Ideal" will pass thru Topeka on
Christmas day on her way to Santa
Barbara, Cal, over the Santa Fe to
Los Angeles. Sire is the mother of
Robert Woods Bliss. assistant secre-
tary of state of the United States.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
Steamship Lituan'a Aground.
fRv tho Assocfnted Pressl

Copehagen. Dec. Is. - The Danish
steamship Lituania, which left New
York December for Danzig and
Lfbau, with cargo and passengers, is
aground on Bornholm island,
in the Baltic sea.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

Daughter of the
Land. =. -. Porter
Recreation of Brian
Kent 1890. Wright
Jungle Tales of
Tarzan. -. Burroughs
Desert of
Wheat. Zane Grey
Lamp IN the
Desert. Ethel NJ. Dell
Valley of the Giants, Kyne
. Reclaimers. McCarter
Rainbow's End. - Beach
Shavings. Joseph Lincoln
Penrod and
Sam. - harrington
Just David Porter
Cappy Kicks. ....... Kyne
Red Peppers
Patients. =. Richmond
Far Country Churchill
Michael O'Hal-
iOTan- + OTtef
Laddie. Porter
The Harvester. Porter
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
Wants to Die an American.

SaIina, Kan. Dec 1S--Because Olaf
Mattson, of this city, wants to die an
American, he has just taken out his
final naturalization papers at the age
of rs years. For a great many years
Mr.. Mattson believed he was a full
fledged citizen of this country, but
recently he learned he was mistaken.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

Four Million % Henry
Penrod Harrington
Heritage of the
Desert. Gray
Riders of the Purple
Sage. Zane Grey
Desert Gold. Zane Grey
L. P. Trail. Zane Grey
TarZan. burroughs
Return of
Tarzan. -. Burroughs
Beasts of
Tarzan. :. Burroughs
Son of Tarzan, Burroughs.
When a Mans a
Nan. w flSHt
Calling of Dan
Matthews. =. =. Wright
That Printer of
UdelfS. 80. Wright
Eyes OF the World. Wright
Winning of Barbara
Worth. =. Wright
Road to Understand
ing - .-.. 49,. Porter
.ape Paid
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

You will find a wonder
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lustrated books for the
kiddies. also games, pic
ture puzzles, toy animals
and rag dolls.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

Any of the Above Titles, 75c Each, Postage Paid
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18

Recent
Popular Fiction
Price 75c Postpaid

A selected list of the best Books of
recent years, formerly published at
So, $1.5O, $1.35 and $1.25, now in the
popular reprint edition.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-07
DOOLTTLE MAKES
 ONE-STOP FLIGHT

San Diego. Cal. Sept. 6.-Lieut Doouttle. the army aviator, who hop ped off from Jacksonville for San Diego, made the trip in a one-stOp flight across the continent. He strat- ed from Jacksonville at lO:3O, Mon day and reached San Diego, Rock well field, at 5:44. Tuesday, having traversed a distance of 2.275 miles.
 Next Friday morning, Doolittle will again be on the wing, this time he has been ordered from Rockwell field to McCook field, at Dayton, O.. The lieutenant declared he would make the flight in the same ship in which he made the trip Monday.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-07
ADMINISTRATION PRAISED OBSERVING MERIT SYSTEM
 IN APPOINTNIENT POSTS

Washington, Sept. 5.-Dehnite progress was made during the first year of the present Administration toward the elimination of diplomatic and consular posts from the class of Federal offices which in the past have been considered political pap"
 That is the conclusion drawn by the National Civil Service Reform League, in a report issued recently from an examination of the record of President Harding's appointments to offices in the Diplomatic Service.
 President Harding's record seems to indicate, according to the report that "an earnest effort has been made to retain the services of men of experience and to appoint to dip pomatic posts persons with qualifi- cations in diplomacy"
 The committee found, for exam pie, that five out of nine Ambassa- dors appointed during the present Administration were men of pre- vious experience in diplomacy.
 For this record President HardinF and Secretary Hughes are to be commended. President Harding is furthermore deserving of commenda- ton in that he has selected for Sec retary of State a man of the highest qualifications and one devoted to the merit principle"
 Six of the thirty Ministers now serving in the Diplomatic Corps, the report points out, are men trained in diplomacy prior to their appointment. Eight were men ap- pointed under previous Administra- tions and retained by the present Administration.
 In its survey of appointments in the Consular Service, the Civil Service Leagues committee found that President Harding has made an uneQualed record of adherance to the merit system." There has been mot a single exception to the rules requiring appointments thru examinations in Consular Service" during the first fifteen months of the present Administration, the re- port states.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-07
PICTURE SOLD FOR \
 SONG Is NIASTERPIECE

Los Angeles. Sept. 1.-Several | months ago a dusEy, age-begrined oil painting hung on the wall os Hollywood art shop. a curious can vas of uncertain authorship. Today the same painting, identified as a seventeenth century masterpiece from the brush of Claude Lorrain, the famous French landscape paint CT. is the center of a three-cornered lawsuit in the superior court of Los Angeles county.
 F. J. SQuadriU, art enthusiast ard collector. bought the canvas from the proprietor of the shop for S1OO. For months he worked over it. laboriug daily to remove the dust and grime from the oil painting. The operation required much time and patience. FianalIy the original colors were restored and the purchaser found to his amazement that he had in his possession a genuine LOT rain. estimated by some critics to be worth aorund $5OO,OOO.
 Soon afterward the canvas was placed on exhibition. Trouble fol- lowed. Mrs. Bertha Ettinzon ap- peared with the claim that the can vas was hers. that she had left it with the art dealer for storage only, and that he had no right whatso- ever to sell it. She brought suit against both the dealer and purchas- CT. demanding possession of the painting and $5O.OOO damages be- sides.
 Meanwhile. pending the outcome of the litigation. the Lorrain master piece as The Port of Messina" re. poses in the vaults Jf a local bank.