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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
VILLAGE WARNING

The legal voters OF the Village OF
Bennington are hereby notified and
warned to meet at High School hall
in said Village OF Bennington on Fri
day, June 3. 1922, at eight o clock in
the evening daylight saving timel,
to transact the following business;
Article list: To see II the village
will vote to appropriate money to
construct surface sewer on Silver
street, from Main street southerly to
Norton street, so-called.
Article End To see il the village
will vote to appropriate money IA
pay the village share for construct
ing curb and gutter on the east side
Of Silver street, southerly from Grand
View street to Norton street, so
called.
Article 3rd. To see < the village
will vote to instruct It's trustees tc
use any OF the unexpended balance Of
the appropriation for the so-ca!let
West Main street road work to pay
the village share for the construction
OF cement sidewalk on said Wes
Main street from the terminal of the
present cement sidewalk westerly t
the village limits.
Article 4th. TO transact any otheI
business that may legally come be
fore the meeting.
VIM. p, Hogan, clerk.
Benn ngton, VT, MAY 80 1922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
NATURE DENIED SNAIL BRAIN
Only Thinking Apparatus Creature
Can Boast Of Consists OF
Few Nerve Cells.

Just 10000 snail shells will buy a
wife In Africa II man Is in hurry
aud not too particular, but TO get a
really good one requires about G0,OOO
shells, according to Harold l.. Madison,
curator OF the Cleveland Museum OF
Natural History. The African uses the
eggs Of the snail for food, but saves
the shells with which to buy his wife.
Money cowries, nnme given TO GER
tain kinds Of shells, were used as q
medium of exchange In India and 9th
or Far East countries as early as
700 A. d.
White coral and other shell animals,
after being subjected to enormous
pressure and tense heat, when buried
In the earth, ultimately are turned Into
marble which is used to build the finest
palaces OF man.
Snails appear to walk on their stom-
aehs, but they have soft foot by
which, they move. In some types II
Is shaped like Ratchet. one group
OF she'll animal walks ON Its head,
The chambered nautilus Is the most
beautiful OF this type. Its eyes are
under It's arms, and Its mouth is or
top OF It's head.
A snail has n heart, all right, and
eyes, but he win never die from con-
cussIon OF the brain, for his only think
Ing apparatus Is few nerve cells.
lie lives to be about eight years old,
but he has the ability to live four
years without eating anything. This
has been proved several times. In 1916
n professor in a British museum was
examining some snalls. which had been
stuck on cardboard for four years. lie
noticed that one looked to be alive, and
after he placed It in warm water the
animal was soon feeding on cabbage
leaves and In short time became nc
tive as Il normal snail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
GIRLS! WRITTEN SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
to bottle containing three ounces
of Orchard White, which any drug
store will supply for few cents,
shake well, and you have quarter
pint of harmless and delig'ltful lemon
bleach Massage this sweetly frag'
rant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day, then shortly note
the beauty and whiteness of Your
skin.
Famous stage beauties use this
lemon lotion to bleach and bring that
soft, clear, rosy.white complexion, al.
so as a freckle, sunburn and tan
bleach because it doesn't irritate.--
Advertisement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09

"The Heather ChIneeN for amusement,
then had thrown It in the waste bas-
ket; that presently there was call
FOR copy to finish out the Overland
Monthly and let It so to press. He
had nothing else, so he fshed the
"Chlnee" out OF the basket and sent
that "As we all remember" Twain
says In that part OF his autobiography
written In 1905, ut created an explo-
sion Of delight whose reverberatlons
reached the last confines of Christen-
dom, and Harte's name, from being
obscure to invisibliity in the one week,
was as notorious and as visible In the
next as IL II had been painted on the
sky In letters of astronomical magni-
tudc.' Harte regarded this fame as
disaster, because he was already
WORKING on such thing; as sThe Luck
OF Roaring Camp" and "Tennessee's
Partner"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Today's Anniversaries

l792-John Howard Payne, author
Of Home. Sweet Home, born
in New York City. Died in
Tunis, Africa. April 10, 1852
's46-Fire destroyed large portion
of the city of st, Johns, New
foundland.
l850-James Stllman. who became
head OF the largest bank in the
United States, born at Browns
vile, Texas. Died in New
York City, March 10, 1918.
lS66-A force of Fenians, estimated
at about 1,2OO men, crossed
into Canada from Franklin,
Vt, and proceeded to plumber
the surrounding country.
1S70-Charles Dickens. the great nov
elist. died at Gad's Hill Born
at Portsmouth, England, Feb.
Z, 1912.
1SS1-The United States Government
assumed control of the ship
canal at Sault Ste Marie.
19OS-King Edward and Queen Alex
andra visited the Car of Rus
STA at Reval
192l-F. w. Galbraith, national com.
mander OF the American Leg
ion. killed in an automobile &C
cdent near Indianapolis.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Today's Birthdays

Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee,
who commanded the British squad
ron in the battle with the Germans
off the Falkland Islands, born 60
years ago today.
Edward Fenton McGlachlin, a new
major-general OF the U. s. Army
born at Fond du Lac, Wis, 81 years
ago today.
Rt Rev. William Ford Nichols.
Episeopal bishop of San Francisco,
born at Lloyd. n. Y, 70 years ago
today.
Joseph Mclaughlin. congressman.
at-large from Pennsylvania, born in
County Donegal. Ireland, So years
ago today.
Michael ]. McNally, utility infield.
er of the New York American league
baseball team. born at Oakland.
Calf, 30 years ago today.
Emil f. Meusel, outiielder OF the
New York National league baseball
team, born at Oakland, Calf, 20
years ago today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
In The Days News

Samuel w. Mccall, who is expect.
cd to enter the Republican senator
ial primaries in Massachusetts as an
opponent of the veteran Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, has long rec
ord of public service in the Bay State
including two terms in the governor
ship. He was well known national
ly before he became governor in
1916 owing to his long term IN the
national house OF representatives
1S93-19l3), where he made a distinct
reputation as an independent sort
of Republican, and all so because of
the creditable work he had done as
an author OF lives of Thaddeus Stey.
ems and Thomas B. Reed. AS Cover.
nor he stood sponsor for many i'm.
portant reforms in State administra-
ton. Mr.. Mccall is a native OF Pen
nsylyania and a graduate of Dart
mouth College. Choosing the law as
MS profession, he was admitted to
the bar in 1876 and began practice
in Boston. He is an orator of great
lbility and has been heard on many
public occasions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Today's Events

Centenary of the birth of Peter
Henderson, who has been called
the father OF American horticul-
turo'.
Hobart College, at Geneva, n "
today begins a celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of its founding.
Today marks the diamond jubilee
of the Wisconsin grand lodge OF Odd
Fellows, which was organized June
8, 1S47.
Expert rifle and pistol shots from
many countries are to take part in
the matches of the International
Shooting Union, which begin today
at Milan, Italy.
The honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws is to be conferred upon Presi-
dent Harding when he visits Prince.
ton University today to dedicate the
Princeton Memorial Monument.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Daily Thought.

Virtue is bold and goodness never
fearful.-Shukespe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09

Be positive that the monument
you order is Of the highest grade
Marble or Granite, for it is the in
ferior second grade stone that will
discolor badly and Withstand least
the action OF all elements.
Expert care and skill from the
selection Of the Marble or Granite
to the last touches in erection,
make purchasing monument of us
safe and satisfying.
We have an excellent stock OF
about 300 finished monuments in
different designs for your examina-
ton, which of course makes a full
line to select from.
Our prices are as low as 1t is pos
sible to make them and still fur
nish the highest grade stone. beau
tiful design, and lasting handsome
inscription work.
Before buying, grant US the
pleasure OF quoting you prices and
showing you our stock, as this in
ours no obligations to buy and is
valued as favor.
Work set up in any part OF the
country and orders promptly filled.
kinsman & Mills
| PAS West St. Rutland, W.
School st. Bennington, VI.
Telephone 543 at our expense.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
II. w. Morgan,
A. j. Merchant,
b. X. Wilcox,

selectmen, Town OF Pownal
Powna', Vermont, June Srd, 1922,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
REGRETTED HIS SUDDEN FAME
Bret Hate Said Not 10 Have Wei
coined Acclaim Which Met "The
Heather Chlnee."

Bret Harte once told Mark Twain, II
is told In the Autobiography Of Mark
Twain In HWper's Magazine, that
his (Harte's) fame was an accident
an accident that he much regretted for
Q while. Harte seld that he had written
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Why sunday Is Sunday.

Have you over wondered why Sun.
day is SO called? 1t is not because II
is generally sunny but because ii was
the day on which, In olden times, wor-
ship was offered to the sun by our
pagan ancestors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Getting Father. Consent.

''But is your income sufficient to
support n wifeT' asked the old man.
my dear ST., is not only that' It's
also sufficient to stand an occasional
touch from my wife's father"
MY boy. she's yours"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09

TRUE, SUCCESS IN BUSINESS IS
NOT FOUND IN MERE GROWTH,
BUT IN GREATER USEFULNESS
AND THE INCREASING NUMBER
OF PATRONS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-09
Warning for Special Town Meeting


The legal voters of the Town OF
pownal are hereby notified and warn
ed to meet at the Town Hall in said
town of Pownal on Tuesday, June
goth, 1922, at two o'clock in the af-
ternoon (Standard Time). TO tran
sact the following business:
Article LIST To see II the town will
vote to appropriate money to make
necessary repairs to the "Brimmer
Bridge so, cal ed.
Ant Gle End II any appropriation
is made under the foregoing article
to see how the money shall be raised
TO provide for the same.
Art c.e Ord. To transact any other
business found necessary and proper
when met.
II. w. Morgan,
A. j. Merchant,
b. X. Wilcox,
4 seectmen, Town OF Pownal
Powna', Vermont, June Srd, 1929.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
Battle of the Indicated Army
Eleven With Navy Squad to Hold
Center of Interest on Gridiron

Lafayette and Lehigh are two
other old rivals who meet annually
This year it looks as il Lafayette
carried too many guns for her op-
ponent
, Out in the middle west. Iowa
Michigan and Chicago are facing
their final contests. All of them
SO far as conference opponents are
concerned, undefeated. Iowa has
the easiest proposition of the lot
She will meet Northwestern and
. should come through with certainty
Chicago has tough row to hoe as
she meets Wisconsin, team which
has heen beaten this year, but
! which has given good account OF
itself on all occa sions. Michigan
will play Minnesota and here the
odds should favor Yost's men dc.
cidedly. An upset in any of thess
games will puAthe loser out of con.
ference hOnorS. S-s
+! The Pacific coast. Leland Stan.
ford faces Eerculean task in en-
deaVoring to defeat California ant
will probably suffer badly at tn,
Hands of Andy Smiths pupils. Ii
the south, the Alabama ana Georgi;
Tech game will be watched with tn,
most interest.
Penn States defeat by the nav.
and by Penn naturally will lesser
interest in their post-season gam,
on the Pacific coast. There is con
siderable difference of opinion as t,
which western team they will NEE
at Pasadena on New Years day. :
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
Battle at Colchester
Independent Players
Joining Other Teams;
No Payf0r Bear Game

Tho way the situation stands now
the players are. Jet to be paid for
the Bear game and the Independent
organisation II In the hole to the
extant OF about $500.
Flannigan returned to Rock Is
land this morning and said that
many Of the players are placing
the alibi of the defeat on Conzel-
man. He contands that It was I'M
derstood that IL the independents
did not win the Bear game that be
was through with football for THU
season anyway.
A few business men, 1t is believ'
ed, will try to iron out the financial
difficulties.
It is understood that Tillie Voss
has gone to Akron and Dutch Lauel
has joined the Green Bay aggrega'
ton. Keefe is in Chicago ant
others are reported to be scatter
ing to various parts of the country
Brindiey has joined the Moline In
dams and will play with then
next Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
Moline INDIANS
BATTLE KALONA
Expect Hard Clash With Iowa
Team Snnday-Brindiey is
New Player.

The next Moline Indian battle
will be with the kalona. Iowa,
team Sunday at Kalona A hot
contest is anticipated by the In
dams. The Kalona team played a
tie with Waterloo and has the rep
utation of being a real football
squad. They are making a big
event of the Sunday game and are
advertising il widely in all parts
OF Iowa.
The latest addition to the Indian
lineup is Brindley, former Rock
Island Independent player. Brind-
ley has signed up for the remain
der Of the season and will probably
be seen in action as quarterback
Sunday. Sill will be placed at full
back. Versluis, who was injured
in the game with Waterloo, is walk
ing around with a cane and will
probably not be able to play any
more this season.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
COACHES talk
FANCY FIGURES
Immense Crowds This Year Hav,
Brought Dividends TO Success
full Teams

Philadelphia, Nov. 23.-These
are the days Of frenzied france in
college athletic circles. The I'M
mense crowds that have been at
tending the big games in all sec
tions of the country have brought
in big dividends. Football coaches,
who are successful, talk in fancy
figures when you dicker for their
services.
President Baker of the Phua-
delphia National league club Vas
wised up to this fact recently when
( he conferred with Hugo Bezdek
about managing his tail-end ball
, club. Bezdek who formerly man
aged Pittsburgh, is now director OF
athletics at Penn State. He has
been very successful.
1t is said that President Baker is
still using the smelling salts in an
effort to recover from the figures
Bezdek hurled at him. 1t seems
the Quaker prexy had no idea of the
money the colleges are paying 1e
and the amount they pay theil
/ coaches.
! Like baseball, a college must
have a winner if it is to draw ir
; football. The coach plays a big
part in the gridiron game. Coaches
who can turn out winners ash
fancy figures. 20
; coaches we're rendered new posi-
tions and said they would consider
them to the tune Of $4,000 a year
| Only recently two leading
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23

Some Of the Independent players
are still around Rock Island dr.
cussing the football season, some
have left to finish the season with
other teams, and all since their re-
turn. have been plain in their de-
nouncement Of their manager, Wal
ter Flanagan.
It is understood that Con-
zelman will stay in Chicago after
receiving a telegram from Flanni-
gan to the effect that the team had
blown up. Councilman shares In
the adverse sentiment Of the play
ers because Of his poor headworh
at quarterback Sunday, it is said
According to the rumors, Nanni.
gan told Councilman in the tele-
gram that the team was done anC
for him to stay in Chicago, that nc
more games would be played THU
year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
EIGHT OHIO MEN
IN LAST WESTERN
CONFERENCE GAME

Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 23.-Eight
Ohio State football players will
participate in their last western
conference football game Saturday
at Urbana. They are Captain Pix
ley, H. H. Blair. Wilmer Isabel and
Constantin Farcassier, halfbacks !:
L. S. Moorehead. end; Kenneth
Pauley, tackle; Edward j. kaplow,
center, and A. C. Michaeis, full
back.
Pixley may have completed his
football career last week for he
may not play Saturday, due to in
juries to his shoulders.
The Ohio State squad will leave
for Danville tonight and continue
to Urbana tomorrow. About 1,00C
rocters will follow the team to-
morrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
By WALTER CAMP.

(COpyflgnt. lS1l, Dy Inc Argus
New York, Nov. 23.-The army
and navy game at Philadelphia will
hold the center CT interest in the
football world Saturday. This will
be due to the fact that the army
has not been defeated and that this
is the year when West Point hopes
to take full revenge for the last
two defeats by Annapolis.
The navy lost to Pennsylvania
but that is the only blot on the rec
ord Of Folwelrs men. The army Is
fighting for two things, therefore,
first, to beat the navy and. second,
to maintain a position at the top OF
the football heap as an undefeated
team. s5
Major Days charges have a
! fine line. not quite 80 heavy in
some spots as that Of the navy but
more active and more experienced.
Behind the line Barchet Of the navy
is probably the greatest backfield
star on past performance Of the two
teams but he has not been quite in
top shape this season. Wood OF
the army should have some slight
advantage in the kicking depart
ment but this will not be excessive
Each team has fair average active
ends, all of whom should cover
kicks WE'LL. One Of the navy's wing
men Is quite clever.
The army has more deceptive
short forward passes. The navy
relies on longer heaves and briugh1
of many fine ones during the, sea.
son. This feature Of the navy
game won the Penn State confess
for Annapolis. The army defense
will have to be alert against these
passes or long gains may b.
scored.
The BFown-Dartmouth game viii
be a fight between defeated team.
and old rivals who are desperate tt
win this last contest. II Brown
should show the, Improvement tina
she exhibited in her last two games
she should have q slight advantage
but Dartmouth is powerful N,
will come back strong in spite o
the smothering speed from Cornell
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
IS OPEN SEASON
!, OF LIGHT HEAVY
FRENCH BOXERS
European Title Aspir.
ANTS File Novena-
Der 80.
BY FAIR PLAY.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York. N. T., Nov. cat is
now open season for light heavy
weights in France. And aspirants
for the honors must file intentions
to fight for the European title on
or before Nov. 30. =
This announcement from the
French Boxing Federation, made
public today. was expected to
bring forth statements from Joe
Beckett, Gorgeous Georges. and
many others who want to succeed
the discredited Sikh. who has been
banned forever, and Is now In the
discard with Jack johnson.
The announcement caused con-
siderable speculation In fight cir
cles here today as to whether
American light heavies may file
their claims with the French Fed
Grafton for a right to fight for the
title. 1t was generally taken for
granted that they could, and, there
fore there was much hunting up of
PSA anu paper W AAlCIlSoA mon
ayers of scTappers OF that class
who want to get down on the rec
ords before it is too late
AS local fight folks here figure,
lit won't cost anything to record
their intentions, and then, If there
is enough in it for them to make
the trip they will be all set
The sportsmanlike manner In
which NJ. Hellers, Skis manager
| when the black beat Carpenter
took the stern judgment of the
French Boxing Federation, is graft.
flying to everyone interested in box.
ing. In accepting the inevitable
Hellers spoke a fistfull when he
deplored Skis execrable actions
following the fight that gave him
the European title and then con-
lcluded with "by my work. I made
Sikh worlds champion.
should have liked, by my advice, tt
make him a gentleman. l failed il
the latter"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
"a ;
HIS MENT l0NoF
$4,000 SALARY
WAS TOO MUCH

BIZ JOHN B. POSTER.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argps.)
New York, n. T.. Nov. 13.-"Bill
Carrigan casually mentioned $780,
600 in one way or another as a
salary figure and 80 took Henry
Trazee's breath away that the con-
versation bogked down right
there"
That is the way the conference
between the owner Of the Boston
Americans and the former manager
of that team with reference to Car
rigan's return to the Boston fold
today was described by baseball
men in close touch with the Bos-
ton club.
As a result it is reported that
Frank Chance has had a PROPOSE
ton from Boston and is thinking it
over.
The Chance story comes from a
former Chicago player who has
been close intimate of Chance all
of his baseball life and who prob
ably would know what the form
er Chicago manager contemplated
if any one did. -f
Friends of Honey" Fitzgerald.
one time mayor Of Boston, would
like to see him acquire. control of
the Boston Americans and have
urged him to get in. Probably
Honey F'itz' would not object be-
cause he likes baseball and was
very prominent figure as a fan
when Jim McAler owned the Boston
club. The obstacle between Honey
Fitz" and the place as head of a
major league club seems to be the
amount of money asked for the
Boston property. 1t is said an Of
fer of 100000 for the club was
turned down. That is a lot OF
money even for a franchise In Bos-
ton and negotiations have never
gone above that figure.
Nothing has been made public re-
garding the future Of the Newark
club of the International league
since the statement sometime ago
that it might be transferred to new
owners. A quiet effort has been
continued to business men in that
city to get together an organization
to take the team over in case it can
be secured at a reasonable figure.
They stand ready to make a propo-
sition in case the league shows any
{, tendency toward change.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-23
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
Gen. No. go,

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the board OF
local improvements Of the city of
Rock Island, Illinois, has filed in
the county court Of Rock Island
county, certificate of the cost Of
the improvement entitled in said
court "In re petition of the city of
Rock Island, Illinois, to assess the
cost Of the paving with asphaltic
concrete of Twenty-frst avenue
from Twelfth to Seventeenth
Streets" said certificate also shows
the court costs, the amount Of ac-
crued interest, and the total
amount of said assessment and said
certificate also states that the said
improvement conforms substan-
TALLY to the requirements OF the
original ordinance for the con-
struction of the same as required
by law; said certificate also shows
that there is rebate in the
amount of said assessment in the
sum of $1,976.69, and that final
hearing ON said certificate and as
sessment will be had ON the 18th
day Of December, A. D. 1922, at the
hour Of o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter as the business of the
court will permit. All persons de-
string may file objections in said
court before said day and may ap.
pear on the hearing and make Their
defense.
4 Dated at Rock Island, Illinois
this 22d day of November, A. D
1922.
! H. NJ. SCHRIvER,
| FANk WITCH,
NJ. T. RUDGREN,
j JOHN MURRIN,
VIM. FITZSIMMONS,
Board Of Local Improvement OF tn,
| City OF Rock Island, Illinois.
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