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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

ter it will have a COW Board of
Trade, the first in the world.
Scientific fertilization redeemed
the harsh and reluctant soil of this
country; money-and time-saving
tractors, such as the large AIlis-
Chalmers model shown dragging a
mechanical hay loader in the pic
ture. cultivate the soil and perform
other labor quickly and cheaply;
crops are harvested by the latest
machines; comparatively owned
and operated auto-trucks rush the
produce, principally dairy products,
over beautiful hard roads TO the
Milwaukee market. Not only cows,
some of wi = produce 10000
pounds of milk year, are pure
bred, but swine and sheep as well.
This goes fo~ goats, too, a new
exp. riment. for Gen. o. H. Falk.
president of the Alls- Chalmers
Company, is now building up a
herd of Toggenbergs on his
Waukesla farm.
Waukesha County has $4,000 900
worth of cattle, and 10000, 900 gal
Ions of milk are produces annually.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

The last census showed receipts Of
S5,680.0O0 from dairy products.
The county has more Guernsey
cows than Il Isle of Guernsey
itself; there are $4,000 Holstein-
Friesians, and large representa-
ton Of Jerseys. Ayrshires and
Shorthorns.
Pure bred stock and mechanical
farming find their complete justi-
fcation in Waukesha County," con-
tinued Mr. Hall, land the saving is
shared with the ultimate consumer.
The country needs more of such
counties, and they are being de-
veloped."
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1u,in City
Neu,s Notes
All ladies OF the church are cordial
~ invited to attend this meeting.

All ladies OF the church are cordial
ly invited to attend this meeting.
The boys chorus of the Congre-
gationaI church, under the direc-
ton of Nfr Olson. is progressing
nicely. Sunday at the evening SER
vice they delighted the audience
with several fine selections. Next
Sunday night the girls chorus will
have a part in the service. they are
being trained by Miss Mary Davis
and Mr.. Olson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Robinson of
North Barring avenue. were dinner
guests Sunday of Miss Alice Bald
win at Foster Hall. University Of
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Sweeney mo-
tored out from Ravenswood Sun
day and had dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs NJ ]. Herman on North Barring
avenue.
East Chicago Eastern Star was
very well represented last evening
at the Tri-County Association
meeting at the Hammond Masonic
temple. A goodly number attended
the Hammond chapter in the after
noon which was the official visit Of
| Grand Matron Mrs. Fife Harrison,
to that chapter. There were more
went over to the dinner at $50
O'Clock and still more to the even
| ing meeting when Valparaiso Of
fcer opened chapter. East Chicago
officers put on the initiatory work
and Crown Point officers closed
chapter. This is the first organiza-
tion Of this kind in this part Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31
GARY RUNAWAYS
ARE BACK HOME

Two Gary young lads. Victor Carl
son, $40 Van Buren, street and Jas
Cappony. 7O1 Jefferson street, yearn-
er for "greener felds" and decided
10 run away from home.
Packing their few belongings they
disappeared but they did not set
very far as they were picked up by
officers from the Chicago detective
bureau and held for the Gary police.
Their parents Brought them back
home yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31
GARY
NEWS
WIFE TRIES TO
END HER LIFE

Claiming that she had Information
th1& her husband. w. D. Black. own
sr OF a soft drink parlor at 909
Adams st. Gary. was paying his at
tenttsns to other women. his wife,
Pearl Black. attempted TO take her
lie yestsrday by drinking Tart or
tbs contents OF a bottle of iodine
Following Ter attempt at suicide
she was found writing n pain. She
rushed to St. Antouios hospital on
the south side. where 1t was stated
this morning that abe viii recover.
Her husband could not be located to
give his version Of the case. Police
are conducting an investigation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31
NEW LIGHT
SYSTEM PLANNED

Men1oers OF the board OF public
works considered the recommends
lions OF the Gary City Plan Com
mission and public in general at
their regular meeting at the city
hall yesterday and stated they would
cake no action Of the proposed new
broadway lighting system until next
spring
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31
SAYS WEEKS
rs ELECTED

city Attorney James A Patterson.
OF Gary who prepared a lengthy
opinion for the city council rela-
tive TO a dispute over the election Of
George Weeks as councilman in the
first ward to succeed William East
burn. stated yesterday that Weeks
was daily elected to a seat on the
city council.
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the state and was splendidly repre-
sented from the three counties.
Porter, Laporte and Lake
Miss Estelle Brown and her
brother. Master Edgar Brown. en-
tertained twenty-five of their
friends, eleven girls and the same
number Of boys. last evening at a
masqued halloween party at their
home on 7th street. Mark Prizes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

more than enjoyed the dainty two
course lunch served by the hostess.
The Congregational Mems Club
will hold their regular meeting Wed l.
nesday evening in the church par
lor. They will have a debate on the
Release OF Our Political Prisoners. =
All men OF the community are in
vited to this meeting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31
WATCHING FEDERAL
GRAND JURY

Gary residents as well as other
cities IN the county will keep a
close tab on the "doings'' OF the fed
eral grand Jury which. according to
reports will go into session tomor-
row. November 1. other indict-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31
STEAL VICTIMS
MOTORCYCLE

Mike Slatich. 1907 Jefferson street
Gary. who has just been released
from the Mercy hospital after re-
covering from injuries received in a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

ments than those returned at the
last grand jury session are expected
to be returned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

motorcycle accident the Sth OF this
month. reported to the police that
some one solo his motorcycle. follow
ing the accident.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

AKRON-Akron. Ind. like Akron
Ohio. wants the distinction of being
a city and Indiana Akronites are
taking offense to the word town
as applied to their municipality.
Akron. with a live commercial club
is asking the newspapers of surround
ing cities and towns to substitute
the word "city" for the word town"
in referring to the metropolis of he
north end of Fulton county.
WARSAW Warsaw girls are
smoking cigarettes according to po-
lice.
They are putting the pills" at
home, on the streets at night and
while participating in automobile
parties. the coppers claim.
Chief Of Police c. w. Douglas.
reports many complaints have been
made to him recently by persons who
object that the feminine smokers
appearance in public places while
smoking
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-10-31

DECATCR-The first school builG-
Ing erected in Decatur is being razed
Erected IN 1854. It served as a six
room school house for many years
before being moved away to make
room for the present Central build
ing.
For a number of years II has stood
a landmark on the main street of
the city. being used as an office
building for coal company
The Washington times., 1922-09-17
Emunet Writer HandH Whose
Dread Hay Fever Foods That Fail to Digest
Well as to the Pollen of the Rag Weed and Golden
Rod-Faviag Located Cause of the Trouble,
Great Distress, Due to the Disease,
Re LesSered.

longs primarily to the self.pollen-
king group. which, as they are
largely sufficient unto themselves,
do not always have brightly color
ed blossoms.
But golden-rod also depends to
some extent upon insects for pol
lenization--and hence the glowing
color Of the pollen capsules to at
tract them thither.
For In nature there's a reason"
for almost everything, and espe-
oially for anything that looks like
decoration pure and simple.
Practically all plants with bright
ly colored seed. capsules, which we
oall flowers" depend more or
less completely on insects for pol
lenization.
As a result their pollen Is not
scattered very far, as 1t Is not In
tended for transport by the wind,
and, as a rule. they must be held
very close to the nose, or even
shifted at, before any ''untoward
effects" are visible in a susceptible
person.
Indeed, we are coming to believe
that fairly prolonged soaking"
in an atmosphere containing these
irritating pollens is necessary for
a regular attack, and that, except
with very susceptible persons,
even an occasional brief sniff Of
the perfume OF some forbidden
flower may be indulged in with
comparative safety.
1t is not generally the perfume
which causes the attack, but the
pollen which is inhaled at the
same time.
Although the original name Of
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practical importance, for while the
total number of plants, trees, ETC.,
that may possibly cause hay fever
is very great, this size limit In
pollens sharply limits the number
of those that may cause serious
and widespread trouble, and this
enables US to concentrate our
efforts upon the chief offenders.
It might, therefore, seem a per-
fectly simply thing to make a list
Of all wind-pollenizing plants with
pollen Of less than the crucial
diameter, find out which ones were
causing the trouble in the indi-
vidual case, have the afflicted one
avoid all places where they seemed
numerous, and all would be well.
But, like many such sublimely
simple schemes. there are ono or
two snags in the way.
In the first place, the Same In
vestigation which set the ''size
limit" on tho dangerous poliens
also showed that the pollen Of any
given plant varies greatly under
different conditions of soil and
climate,
Thus the sinister. sneeze-spread-
ing, anguish making ragweed. 30
formidable in the East, is COM
paratively harmless in the West,
because the pollen is much larger.
It will therefore be necessary
to map out each section Of the
country on the basis Of individual
investigations and net rely on gen.
eral data.
In the second place, susceptible.
ity to hay fever may best be de.
scribed as general rather than spS-
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this bronchial trouble-maker was
hay fever, and its milder cousin
is known as rose cold, there are
many other things beside plant
pollens which act like SO much
biologic INT in certain unfortu-
nate noses.
One group seems to be due to
direct bacterial infection. as is
tonsilitis or the grip. only taking
this rather unusual form: but Of
these we know comparatively
little.
BY far the greater part Of the
other originators Of hay fever be-
long to the same group as the
pollens; namely. the split proteins.
Chief among these are the
food poisons." all of them pro-
teins, and, thanks to recent dis
coveries, almost all quite easy to
locate.
CARE WITH FOODS.
II they are not very numerous,
tho simplest thing to do Is merely
to abstain from these particular
foods; but II, as quite often hap.
pens. they are numerous and
widely scattered, care must be
taken to see that the revised
menu list is properly balanced.
II this is not done there is u
considerable chance Of getting out
of the frying pan into the fire
by bringing on an attack of "mal-
nutrition eczema" In short order.
We had long known that hay
fever was practically another form
Of asthma, the chief difference be-
ing that the former was generally
confined to certain seasons and
attacked primarily the nose aud
throat, whereas the latter special
ized more on the lungs and bron.
chial tubes, and might begin Its
slow torments at any time Of year
and continue indefinitely.
THE REAL CAUSE.
But after Investigations had
proved that the real Ethiopian In
the hay fever woodpile was the
split protein. we also began to test
out for asthma.provokers a most
: amazing variety Of other sub
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Cam BE Greatly Lessened.

cific; that is to say, anyone VINO
is susceptible to one member Of a
certain type Of pollens is generally
susceptible. or may readily become
so, to other members Of that group.
II he moves into a new locality.
the particular local flora may.
have changed and his especial
enemy be no longer present; In
that case his hay fever will stop
for q time.
TROUBLE COMES BACK.
But. alas, after a brief period
Of blissful immunity, back 1t
comes; he has simply picked up
another poison pollen. and hay
fever has him In its grip once
more.
To slightly paraphrase Mother
Goose;
"Flowers In his fingers and hay
~ hAo ilooV1
HE shall have sneezes wherever
he goes"
As quite often happens In other
things besides hay fever, the chief
culprits are quite inconspicuous,
and it is the more ornamental,
saiiy bedecked miner offenders
that attract the wrathful eyc and
vengeful hoe Of the hay.feverite.
Chief ameng those who are more
sneezed against than sneezing
comes the golden-rod.
Because It was highly coiored, It
was supposed to have a character
to match, but 1t has recently been
almost completely exonerated. md
is now listed a. a very mild Of
fender indeed.
This much-mallgned plant be-
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portant Of all pursuits-the con-
tinuation of life.
The only trouble Is that they
go about 1t in a somewhat helter-
skelter fashion and wander about
rather aimlessly; so 1t Is not very
surprising that they occasionally
barge into" some places where
they are neither expected nor
desired.
AS a matter Of fact, they are
doubtless just as much annoyed
as we are when they find them
selves stuck fast in some gummy
mucous membrane, instead Of hap
PLY landed on the blossoms they
sought.
PROTEIN POISON.
For many years we had re-
garded hay-fever as something pc
culiar and by itself, but now 1t has
fallen into line with a great group
of food-sensitivenesse and dust
sensitivenesses known as protein
poisons-or, to use a very large
word. anaphylaxes.
Protein Is the nitrogenous life-
stuff Of all growing things-proto-
plasm we used to call it--and forms
the substance Of our bodies and
the meat" of our foods.
And strange as It may seem,
the pollen of plants and trees.
and the dusts from animal skins,
being living substances, also con-
sist Of proteins.
So that just as certain Of our
foods, such as Strawberries. she'll
fish, cheese, ETC., digest badly in
some stomachs and split up into
poisonous substances (become poi
son foods. as we call them), 80 in
certain sensitive noses the pro-
teins ,of grass and weed pollen
grains break UP badly and produce
the distressing irritation which we
call hay fever and hay asthma.
MANY ARE CURED.
Once the real cause Of the
trouble was located, curative meth
DDS were not long in following.
and now the distress In a large
percentage Of cases can be greatly
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estimated IN Cne MILLIONS.
The will reveals that Thomas
Bell; whose mining and realty in
terets often took him far from
San Francisco, had promised his
wife $4,000 for each child born
to her. and 1t is limited that she
carefully obtained, from sources
not made wholly clear, a new
born baby on five separate occa-
sions in his absence, and each
time presented him with the child
on his return as his own.
Whether the mining million
aire, who died in circumstances
as yet unexplained more than
ten years ago, ever learned Of
this asserted deception is not
known. but It is doubted, for he
left substantial bequests to the
five children in his will and the
bulk Of the estate to his wife.
But II the five children are
not the sons and daughters Of
Thomas and Theresa Bell, whose
children are they?
VOODOOISM HINTED.
The belief Of all whose recol-
lections run back to the early
period Of the house Of mystery
Is that a strange negress, known
rs Nanny" Pleasant, who ex-
ercised almost supernatural influ-
ence over the Bell family, was
the agent who obtained some of
the babies at Mrs. Bells pehest.
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lessened and a considerable num-
Der Of them completely cured.
The very name given to this ex-
cruciating torment also indicates
and indicts the chief offender. an
we'll as giving great credit to the
observing intelligence Of the Amer
lean physician. who first named It
over ninety years ago.
For It is the group of flower
ing grasses, among which hay is,
Of course, supreme. that IL the
chief Of the unwilling perpetrators
of this scourse upon humanity.
This is because they belong to
that group Of plants which do not
pollenize themselves and thus Sc
cure the continuation Of their
racial existence, nor yet to the
one which relies upon insects for
this all.important task, but to the
third division. which depends
solely upon the wind to carry their
pollen to its proper destination.
POLLEN MICROSCOPIC.
Naturally, the pollens that will
carry the farthest and hence make
the most trouble are the smallest
ones, and this accounts for the
far-fiunE illrepute Of that inoon-
spicuous and otherwise harmless
plant, the fagweed, with the praise
worthy and valuable hay seed as a
close second.
Recent Investigations have
shown that pollen which is over q
certain microscopic diameter can
not travel to any great extent
upon the wind.
This discovery Ii Of the greatest
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accusation was withdrawn when,
upon reading the Bell viii. It was
found she was not mentioned.
It is said she obtained from Bell
and expended for various purposes.
including charities, 100000 at
least.
Mrs. Teresa Bell was loyal and
obedient to Nanny Pleasant until
1899, when she discovered q deed in
Nanny Pieasant's closet trans
ferring property belonging to Mrs.
Bell to another person. Mrs. Bell
then ordered her out Of the house.
She refused to 60, but finally left
when the police were called IN.
Nanny Pleasant died at the home
Of friends to whom she promised a
box containing a fortune in jewels.
After her death the box was open
ed in court, but no jewels were
found.
Nanny Pleasant was tall.
spare. erect, and affected a black
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stances which at first dght seem
to have about as much rhyme and
reason to them as the ingredients
Of an Indian medicine mans "homs
brew"
Protein extracts Of horse hair,
horse dandruff. dog hair. cat dan
druff. goose feathers, chicken
feathers. ragweed. hay seed, beet
root, beet tops, radishes. turnirs.
white Of egg, yolk Of egg. veal.
beef. ham. spinach and elm bios
soms-these are but a few typical
specimens.
Had any one come forward even
ten years ago with such list, and
claimed that It was of great thera-
peutic value. there would have
been a roar Of mirth that. like the
first shot Of the Revolution, would
have been heard clear round the
world.
CHECK IT QUICKLY.
Yet now It is accepted with per.
feet seriousness. and some Of the
oldest and most distinguished phar-
maceutical firms in America are
putting out whole series of even
more extraordinary variety.
For the poison-protein idea has
fulfilled the one inexorable re-
quirement Of modern science-it
works.
Instead Of having to grope blind
ly about, while the luckless vic.
tim suffers the slow. gasplng
agony OF the asthmatic spasm, we
can generally check It at once.
then find the particular cause of
the trouble at our leisure, and FER
haps cure 1t permanently.
A small. very concentrated
amount Of the suspected protein
is slightly scratched into the skin
Of the patients forearm, ana, II
our suspicious were correct, a tiny
swelling appears in few minutes.
Then, II the GLilty one is a very
important food or an sll.pervasive,
air.borne substance, such as weed
pollen or the hair or dandruff Of
animals. a course Of vaccination
is begun. which in q very consid.
cradle number Of cases, results In
q complete cure.
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NANNY" Pleasant died at
nearly ninety years, wealthy and
feared. 1t was said then that
the strange woman shared the
$4,000 paid to Mrs. Bell for each
baby.
After Thomas Bells death, the
wife and servant parted in anger.
and there were tales told limiting
at another woman" in the min
er's life who might be able to
tell more of the family.
To executors of the will and
the claimants of the estate
cryptic paragraph in the unusual
document penned by Mrs. Bell a
dozen years ago gave concern.
This paragraph hinges upon the
identity of the "other woman"
The paragraph relates. There
was no such woman and no such
relation with Mr.. Bell"
None Of those interested could
throw any light yesterday on the
"other woman" or as to what the
reference to a relation with Mr..
Bell" meant.
1t was declared by all con.
cerned to be the first time that
any of them had ever heard Of
the "other woman" So far as
they know 1t must have referred
to some secret communication
given to Mrs. Bell by the ancient
Nanny" Pleasant and never
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TITS very lucky for poets and
romanticists that we aren't
u all made just alike.
Had Maud Muller and the Judge
reacted to the sweet perfume Of
new.mown hay after the fashion Of
some unfortunates, Whittier might
Just as well have tried to lay the
scene Of his romantic poem in the
grinding room Of a pepper mill.
The Judge would have an
nounced his comings with a thun-
derous crash of nasal artillery.
and Maud would have responded
with a coy smile, while the subse-
quent conversation. instead Of be-
ing about romantic nothings, would
probably have consisted in a mu-
tual swapping of symptoms and
discussion Of the latest cures.
For hay fever is emphatically
"the pestilence that walketh at
MONDAY" and It walks both far
and wide, as its victims can tear
fully testify.
Like the wind, II bloweth where
Il listeth, and though sometimes
man may not see from whence 1t
cometh, his smarting nostrils may
know painfully well whittier it
goeth.
BLOWN ON BREEZE.
Nor Is this the only connection
which It has with the summer and
autumnal zephyrs; for we are
finding that almost all Of the in
Vulnerable types Of hay fever
plant pollens are pioneers In aerial
navigation: every breeze that blows
L. a through express for them.
II Is only fair to say that the
hay fever pollens are not simply
small apprentice demons, whose
sole ambition is to get into some
hapless nose and make the pos
SCISSOR thereof feel as II he had
taken a good, hearty sniff Of pa
prika. and keep right on feeling
that way for weeks on end.
As a matter Of fact, they are
honest.working organisms. consci-
entiously engaged In the most Inn;