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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07
What S Nalne?"
i BY MILDRED MARSHALL
Facts about your nome; It's history;
meaning: vhsncs Il was dedoed:
Ih.1 Significance; you, LUCKY day
lLM and LUCKY jstol
JANET

JANET, sometimes spelled Janette,
j bears no relationship to Jane,
paradoxfcal as it may seem. AS early
as the Thirteenth century, Geneta ap-
peared as a feminine proper name,
long before Jane, Joan, or Johanna
were known to us. In the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth centuries, Gennet made
her appearance and by a process Of
evolution there came Janeta, ia
nette and finally Janet, though the
latter is by far the most modern form
Of the name.
History, which records innumerable
instances of Janet and her derivatives
being used with extreme popularity
in those early times, likewise chroni-
cles the amusing and almost, unbe-
ievable story of one Willelmus
Richardson and his wife Christiana
who had family of eighteen children
and became SO destitute for names for
this extraordinary brood that they had
two Johannes, two Willelmuses, two
Christmas, and three Janets. Strange
to relate, this was not an unusual Gus
tom of duplication in those days.
Genida was an old Frankish form
Of Janet which was exceedingly popu-
lar, indeed, it is thought to be so direct
a forerunner as to be conclusive proof
that Janet sprang from it and from
Geneta-not from any form of John.
Genetia is another early form that ap-
pears in old Frankish chronicles. I'm
doubtedly Janet was left behind in
France and became confused with
Jean, hence erroneous modern belief
that the two names are interchange
able. Like its offspring Jessie, Janet
means "grace Of the Lord"
Her talismanic stone is onyx, which
unless it has some mystic significance
for the wearer as in this instance,
should be avoided, since it cools the
ardor Of love, provokes discord and
separates lovers. Worn by one who
has mystic right to it, happy mar
rage is promised. Monday is Janet's
lucky day and six her lucky number.
An unforgettable poem was written
by an early poet to "Janette':
Your eyes had a swimming glory. ia
nette,
Revealing the old dear story-my pet,
They were grey, with that chastened
tinge of the sky,
When the trout leaps quickest to seek the
And they matched with your golden hair
90 by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07
HoMEsANp HOMES

To say that the orphaned children.
are the most fortunate would be to
state the matter too strongly. But
certain it is that some orphans have
an advantage in that the right sort Of
homes are chosen for, them by ex-:
perienced and kindly supervisors OF
the asylums or other institutions that:
have undertaken responsibility for
the child's well-being. The child who
lives with his own parents is subject
to whatever conditions happen to pre-
vail in the particular home he has
been born into, says the Boston Her
aid. IF he has been allotted wise and
considerate parents, willing to create
helpful atmosphere, the child is,
indeed, blest. If he has drawn fool
ish, inconsiderate and selfish parents
he is far worse off than the orphaned
wait, who is placed in a carefully Sc
lected home, there to be properly
trained and nurtured. It is pity that
every child cannot have proper
home, with his own mother and faith
er. But, Of the two classes of
"orphans," those whose parents are
dead and those whose parents are
false to them, the former are not al
ways the worse off.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07
LIFE OF A PROSPECT

Some years ago I went into store
to inquire the price of something, an
expensive thing this was, that wanted
to buy some day when 1 had the price.
They were just as nice to me as they
would have been If I had come in
ready to buy and plank down the cash.
Then for the time being ! forgot all
about it, but they didn't. About a
year after my visit to the store the
salesman l had seen there came to see
me, says the New York Herald. He
was a very agreeable gentleman and
In no way insistent; he had just
looked In on the chance that now
was ready to buy; but my bank &C.
count hadn't looked up to any great
extent and l was not ready, as told
him; but l added that when l was
ready 1 would come in, and I would
come to him. That, l thought, ended
1t as far as hearing from them was
concerned; but not so. A year later
l had another call from the salesman,
my friend, If he will now permit me
so to call him, on the same errand; q
pleasant call and a pleasant little talk,
but with the same result as before :;
and now, a year to day after that
second call, he has been in to see me
again. We had our usual pleasant
little talk, and then 1 asked him {:
Don't you ever give up a prospect?'
To which he answered, smilingly !:
I'VE never give up a prospect till he
dies"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS.
"HUM BILE PIE"

THE expression ito eat humble
= pie"-meaning to humiliate
or abase oneself or to make an
abject apology for a fault COM
mitted-dates back to the days
Of medieval England, when the
forests Of the mobiles were well
stocked with deer and ventson
pie was a distinctly common ar
ticle. of diet. 49, :, :; F.:
The refuse 1.-THE deer, togeth-
er with the other portions Of the
$ animal which were considered
unfit for the consumption Of the
nobility, were known as the .sum-
bles" and were given to the poor,
who, in turn, made pies Of them
in imitation of their masters in
the castle. sUmble-pie'' there
fore became suggest e of pow !:
erty, Of the acceptance OF favors
and was later applied TO degre-
dations OF other kinds IN q meta
ph0rical sense. IN time, pos-
Esibly. through the Cockney habit
OF using his where they don't be-
long the word tumble became s
humble and, as such, Il ii gem
eral use today though the vast
ma ority Of people would see no
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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

The recent flight at practically $50
miles an hour by Lieut.. r. L. Maugnan
at Mt. Clemens, Mich, opens a vista
Of possibilities which without doubt
will become actualities within q few
years. For example, such speed
would carry traveller from New York
to San Francisco or to London in
about half day. It would enable the
trip from New York to Chicago to be
accomplished in between three and
four hours and from the Pacific coast
of America to the Orient in less than
day and a night, while a journey
around the world would be achieved
In we'll under week. Surely the age
OF material wonders has hardly yet
been glimpsed.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

''There are million varieties Of size,
style and kinds of shoes made in the
United States; 1904 Of axes; 1852 Of
f1rearm cartridges; 289 of United
States flags" says w. A. Durgin,
Chicago business executive, who has
temporarily given up his private con-
Germs to be special assistant to Sec
rotary Hoover in elimination OF the
waste in industry. "The waste in six
leading industries is placed at 40 per
cent" continued Mr.. Durgin in en-
phasizing the fundamental economy
that should go long way toward
making American industry prosper
GUS. Forty per cent Of the capital,
material, labor, mental effort just
thrown away with nothing to show for
it. Even if this is only half right it.
means 81 out of every SIS destroyed"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Every minute of day and night, 3d.
1874 letters are dropped into mail
boxes. The total is 100000 an hour.
Small wonder, that letter OCCASION
ally goes astray. Our destructive
sense RACES at these isolated delays.
1t rarely occurs to US to give credit
for the vast majority that are de-
livered on time, for the constructive
instinct has not yet conquered the de-
structive tendency in mans BRAIN OBJ
serving few isolated cases, we &C.
cept them as applying generally
crime in particular.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07
TWO SCENES

Is The scene is in France, before the
revolution. a carriage of the nobility
dashes along the narrow street, says
the Portland e Ore Journal People
scatter franttcally before the gaIIop-
ing horses. But one child is too slow.
It stumbIes. A polished hoof strikes
It, An iron-shod wheel brushes life
from it. The marquis fipsza gold coin
at the agonized mother. THAT to pay
for your brat" and dashes- on. The
scene is in America. An automobile
moves powerfully along the street. It
Is heavier, more beautiful in design
and more luxurious than any carriage
Of the pre-revolutionary France. 1t
arrives at an intersection crowded
with people. They scatter precipI-
lately before it's unchecked advance
But the steps of little child are lag
gard. Its little feet are slow. Only
by the frenzied tug of a mothers
hand is it pulled from before the pom
derous wheels. The child cries nois-
lily. The motorist moves on With an
imprecation against people so ID
SLOW" Does the French revolution
have no meaning to those drivers who
reflect the thought of the marquis as
he tipped the coin-"that to pay for
your brat?"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

= Paris sends out the advantageous
that because of the demand for
monkey glands we are likely soon to
render extinct the race from which,,
according to Mr.. Darwin, we are de-
scended. 1t sounds like deliberate
ancestorcide. At any rate Paris de-
clares that DR.. Serge Veronoff, of that
city, who is the busiest of all the
gland-grafters, has only nine apes at
present and needs more. 1t is he who
predicts that every chimpanzee and
other large ape in the jungles of
Africa is doomed to extinction in a
comparatively short period, unless the
craze for prolonging youth should die
off first. DR.. Veronoff doesn't believe
that it will, but, of course, he is preju-
diced. Most people will feel that the
apes may yet manage to escape the
doom predicted for them.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Providence, R. l., has begun a sys-
tematic war on rats, it is reported.
1t could be wished that every city and
town in the country would engage
actively in this war. The rats menace
to health is not the only reason why
he should be destroyed. He is a
heavy economic liability, for he does
millions Of dollars worth of damage
every year in the United States. He
destroys vast quantities of foodstuffs
lesser quantities of other commodi-
ties and is responsible for many fires.
Rats are vermin, wholly undesirable
from every point of view, and they
should not be tolerated in a civilized
country.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

When you look at some pieces Of
machinery, their intricacies amaze
you-and you wonder how the brain
Of man ever conceived them. Yet
practically all mechanical movements
are merely combinations of three ba-
sic principles wheel, wedge and le-
yer. Individually, these are simple.
Grouped together, they look compii-
Gated. So with all problems. No mat
ter how involved and difficult they
seem, a little analysis and common
sense will disclose that they are built
up out of very simple things, easily
adjusted. Get rid of fear and pro-
crastipation, and no problem is insur-
mountably difficult.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

College graduates get lot OF kid
ding because Of the widespread no
ton that they are pulled up and ex.
pect the world to fall at their feet.
The Christian Science Monitor sug-
gests that this isn't true of the COL
lege graduate. The Monitor probably
is right. Most generally accepted no.
tons are false. Ed Howe, the famous
country editor, writes: ''Does red
flag really annoy bull? We are al
ways talking about it, but did you
ever personally know q bull to take
after anything red?'
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

A farmer near L'Islet> Quebec,
meets a band of gypsies and swaps
his son for horse. The law rescues
the lad and brings the father to &C.
count. His defense is: 1.-THE boy is
mine. can do with him as please"
Once that was the normal attitude.
1t still is in parts of the Orient, where
children are sold like dogs. Today
our courts hold that children have
rights even before they are born. You
can measure a nations degree of
civilization by its care Of it's children.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

The best publicity for a restaurant,
according to members of the National
Restaurant association, is the best
possible menu card. They are as crazy
as looms. The best possible publicity
is that superinduced by competent
chef, writes Geo. M. Bailey In the
Houston Post. We can produce some
old negro women in Texas who have
never seen a menu card, but who can
make every garlic-smelling chef of
New York look like a Russian ruble. &
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Robins, thrushes, linnets, nuthatches
and all kinds Of song-birds and insect
eaters which are protected by law and
never killed by Americans are being
slaughtered by thousands by foreign
ers who obtain hunting licenses ille-
gally and believe that the licenses
authorize them to kill anything, &C.
cording to John B. Burnham, president
of the American Game Protective as
ISOLATION. s---- ;.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

A husband reached his wife's room
IN time to discover that she had turned
on two gas Jets and her attempt to-
die was unsuccessful. The prompt
response OF the husband was due to
the noise made by the gas meter. T.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Il Don't write letter OF protest to
your postmaster II You get a twenty
inch alligator IN your morning mail.
He may not be welcome. but he is
entirely legal, according to the latest
ruling Of the Post Office department. III
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

A record low death rate was estab-
iished In the United States last year
only lit to the thousand population.
And optimists believe that the one
who was only seven-tenths dead may
recover by next year.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

In undertaking to find out how and
why Pullman cars are named, the
Scientific American inyades the realm,
OF forbidden knowledge and lays Itself.
open to punishment for impious pre-
sumption.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

An Illinois woman has won prize
for Americas best cookies" and q
newspaper account says they were the
kind that mother used 20 make. Non
sense the best cookies were the kind
grandmother used 10 make.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

French scientists have learned to
make mineral oils from vegetable
oils. They made the discovery be-
cause France needed 1t Eventually
the whole world win need It. The In.
cident is of f1rst-class Importance.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

+ Harvard astronomers announce that
the diameter of the universe is six
times as long as it was formerly sup
posed to be, but even at that there.
does not seem to be any place where
a man can throw his old safety razor
blades sr Ssz sz Isl: =s 70 .5s
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

A Washington village is Boosting
Of hen that weighs only seven
ounces, can't cackle and lays an egg
half an inch long. This shows that
hen doesn't cackle unless it has
something to Scackle about, in which
hens are different from villages.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

An American soldier who deserted
at Coblenz and turned up IN Moscow
has asked to be sent to Leayenworth.
he appears to have discovered that
American punishment IS better than
soviet freed om
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

A Chicago man got fined dollar
In a police. court for swearing at I'M
dertakers who were about to begin
work on him. He should have wait
ed until they finished their Job, and
then sworn out warrant against
them. -, r.. =
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Soviet propagandfsts ID the United
States might well curb their enthu-.
siasm until soyietism II Russia man
ages to provide q lsast one square
meal q day Tor ~ Russians Il.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Let us not undeceive the proud IA
ther who stands behind the curtain
watching his young son engaged in an
Intent research in the library, but the
young man IS looking up what win:
take OF walnut stain. - S.s##
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

Ranking high on the list Of charm
ing "movie" stars ls handsome Mae
Busch, who is known to the patrons Of
tho picture houses as one of the
strongest players and ono who pleases
the majority Of people perhaps az
much az any other actress on tho
screen.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07

n those pessImists who are bewail-
Ing the whIte-livered comp exion d.
the times would think some original
progressive md Constructive thoughts
they might find the public graf fsIngly
appreciatiye
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-12-07
Rate--5 cents per line per week.

COW-Taken up Sunday. Nov.
IL; black and white Holstein. seems
to be about 3 years Old. Owner
can have same by paying frr this
ad and for keep. Martin Erick> on,
Maple Hill.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-22
bling Of Ddytona Ball
lnb March l Dependent on
Ticket Sale Next Feu Daus

has certainly been big asset during
the past two summers. II has fur
nished q healthy. clean. amusement.
stimulated business for every body, +
brought people here from all over the /
state Of Florida. helped give the Beach /
the two best seasons in history. and |
generally speaking has been big |
factor Il, the development OF the Triple
Cities.
Certainly we cannot afford to be
withou. baseball for ourselves Or as a
summer attraction
ITO secure baseball we need the CO.
operation and support OF every citizen
and property owner in the Triple
Cities. winter resident or citizen as
they may be.
Eve~r one .of these 500 tickets
must De sold. or Daytona will have to
drop out Of the Florida State League
aud the Triple Cities will return to the
duh summers OF the past About 300
tickets have been sold. and an active
campaign will begin in day or so
! to sell the remainder
Thee certainly should not be "A
single itizen of the Triple Cities who
could let the price Of one or more Of
these ickets stand in the way of sum
mer baseball which We believe is the
bssc hbuae OF summer prosperity for
everybody
The tickets sell for 81. and note
PAYABLE March will be accepted
surely there are 500 more men an /
Women III the Triple Cities Who Will
buy a ticket for the good OF the com
T nunty even though some OF them
/ are not baseball fans
If these tickets are sold and base
bah IS assured. | promise that the
/ affairs /. the Davtona Baseball AsS0
: citation will be conducted In an eco
npmical and business-llke manner
, that strict accounting will be kept
and reports made to the public eael
week OF all funds received and how
! they nave been expended. that tbs
salaries paid 10 players Will be abSo
: lntely Kept within the limit set bs til.
! league and that the best team
J possible within these limits vii
be secured and that We will So
!. enre 4 goo manager and the operat
ing OF the baseball team on the fefs
Will he left entirely in his hands Il
long a. he i retained
III Sufficient tickets are not sol,
!, 10 assure baseball, your check or not
81 II he returned to YOU
= II the 500 tickets are sold and base
ball is assured the Daytona team vii
81 asse mbled tor training about Mare
l-t Games will be arranged if pos
-ible with each Of the four malo
league seams that Will train in tiords
as Well a. with Stetson t'niyefsit,
Rollins College. Hotel ormond $
Augustine, and others and 50 insurin
g baseball on the City Island in soni
y form nearly every day during III
.nnntu ot March.
~ This will provide means Of en-
Il PERTAINING our winter guests. and vi
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-22

time she was taken vi According TO
the state. tho Prevon girls ijrst state
ment was that Miss RAppe said: Il am
dying. | am dying. He killed mo
She subsequently altered this. they
say. to he hurt me. and at the pres
ent trial she said she could not re
member Just what Miss Rape did say
in that regard.
The defense will require the great.
or part III next wneA ~ put III its case
There ia a rossihillt, that the case
may 80 10 the jurs b. tie and II the
week
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-22

nr1ne the citizens Of the Triple
nsnaot afford to dispense with ,
- baseball In the summer.
- their own amusement and
neat Or ns IL summer attrac-
st, Armstrong. newly. elected
NJ u the raytona Baseball As
- sisnued q Statement yester-
~ upOn baseball fans and all
loterextcd in the welfare Of the
FATTY to purchase at least one 81
~ reason tickets now being Of
~ the public.
aaent Armstrong points out that
niS1a az the tickets in the immedi-
hare is absolutely essential II
6n1 Il to retain It's berth in the
sS1H State League Ii the tickets
1a1 the team will be assembled
- training about March /. and
- will be made to arranse exhi-
2zS1sn Games with each oil the four
1Ifii11r hague teams that Will train in
ST1S .tata az well as with Stetsnn Uni
zan1v. Rollins College. Hotel Or
,Ss~S1a 81. Augustine and others.
q lraal ;ient Armstrong promises that
II hnaeball is retained. strict az
will be made to the public
's1neh week AZ to receipts and expendi :
800 and that the salaries paid 70
se1nxnfs will be kept absolutely within
RI Nnit set by the league.
4he statement fellows.
go me People of the Triple Cities.
when accepted the presidency OF
al.s,H la =.
4 10Y night did SO in an effort Z
{ nreoerve professional baseball foi
community during the summed
II ~. Had no one accepted at thai
1 Dsytoaa would have been com
4 si31S0oA 10 surrender its franchise il
I ~ Ylofida State League during thu
onfns suiAner.
lDouever. my acceptance BY NJ
L - assured baseball. ! merely as.
B SnoA the Office. and pledged mysel
& 70 ~ 70 put baseball over. At tn,
d 1900 meeting at Orlando on Wed
B ~ night an additional 50 day
p eiyen Daytona in which u arraag
~ nnonce the team. This was a yer,
u oynna concession. and proves TN
111onhably that the Florida Stat
y onene wants Daytona TO remain /
- loasue.
The forfeiture fund Of the League
1 M each club must put up 10 guar
5 80 Finishing the season. was raise
~ $500 to >i.5o0- Within the mex
HnP weeks we must arrange to ilnane
~ heal club and put up this guaran
I - q Daytona will be out OF base
81 ~ prObably for many years To coin'
IN INC past We have raised mono
~ subscriptions and donations. How
pgo5, this year We are not asking any
- to donate cent. We are gi,in
yulne TOR every dollar invested In "a
lgn Of tickets good for every gam
1ng he teason at the regular prize
m 1elteve that every citizen of I'll
99ipae Cities realizes that haseba