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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14

Bennson +. Bartel and Leo A, OReil
ley.
They pleaded for communication OF
sentence Opposing them was AS
sistant States Attorney William s.
Stewart, prosecutor at the trial OF
the condemned man.
The pardon board took the petit
ton under advisement and announc
ed its decision would be made public
by Governor Small II the petition
is denied, as Is expected, a plea still
can be made to the governor for eX'
eCutiye clemency.
Ready for Petition.
However, Governor Small has ad
hered to a rule Of observing all rec
concentrations of the pardon board.
One other hope that of obtaining
a hearing on the plea that Church
has become insane since his sen.
tence, can be made.
However Stewart and +. \, Jonas,
chief assistant states attorney, have
prepared for such a petition and VIII
demand an immediate hearing
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
BARGAINS OFFERED
SHREWD BUYERS At
80 OTTAWA STORES
OPPORTUNITY GIVEN SHOPPERS
TO INCREASE VALUE OF sAMo.
LEON. IN SOME CASES FOUR OF
FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT.

Destined to he one Of the most con.
spicuous. if not THE most conspicu
Gus, sales in the city's mercantile his.
Il, tory, thousands of shoppers inten.
upon taking advantage of the great
variety of bargains offered by thirty
wideawake merchants are expected TO
pour into Ottawa next Thursday for
the first DOLLAR DAY of the year.
Dollar Day has become a fixed insti.
tuition In all recognized trade Centcrs
Ottawa has long enjoyed position at
the forefront in the promotion Of salos
that are something more than lures
TO trap money from a bargain seek
Ing. public irreGardless OF whether or
not value was given in return. When
merchants OF this city attempt sale
there Is no doing by halves Bargains
become bargains, and every pcnhy
spent over local counters obtains a re.
turn that makes for satisfied purchpa.
ers
With the old dollar back on its one
hundred cent value next Thursday
cooperative sale will produce count
less numbers Of bargains which viii
bring the well known sameleon Far
above par. In many cases there will
be opportunities to boost the value
two, three. four and in some cases
1--WE hundred per cent.
The DOLLAR DAY enterprise is t.
serve as stimulus for the spring
trading slated to begin within tho
course Of the next few weeks All
tho fbirU.g In o.,
will be shown at the ladies' shops
gents harberdasheries and novelty
stores, while the spring lines will be
on display in stores dealing in other
lines than clothing, such as auto ac.
cessories, farm machinery and hare.
ware. The concentration" Is so com
riote that the list OF participants in
the sale run the gamut from butcher
the baker, the candle stick maker to
the dealer in threshing machines and
pins.
The following is a complete list Of
the firms joining in the DOLLAR
DAY enterprise:
Aliens Shop for Ladies.
Alschuler & Sons.
Buehler Brothers.
Brand Shoe company.
Condo Motor Supply company.
Consumers Grocery.
Corbus' Drug store.
Duncan's Drug Store.
Engels Cloak and Suit Store
Fashion Shoe Store.
Goodyear Shoe Shop.
Graham & LEX
Great American Store.
c. w lriOn q Co..
Jordan Hardware company.
McManus' Shoe Store.
Metzger's Ladies' Shop,
j. Megatiin e. Son.
Meyer & Schaefer.
Sam S. Pearson & Sons.
RefOr Hardware company.
Joe Richards
Stanton Specially Store.
Stiefel's Clothing Store.
The Leader Furniture and Rug com.
pany.
Teachdut's
Tri-City Dairy.
Wade. Furniture company
Whites Tire Shop.
Wheeler & Malo.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
CHURCH ON HUNGER
STRIKE IN ATTEMPT
TO CHEAT GALLONS
SLAYER SENTENCED TO HANG
NEXT FRIDAY REFUSES TO
TAKE NOURISHMENT FORCE
USED TO COMPEL HIM TO SWAL-
LOW FOOD.

Chicago, Feb. 14.-Fighting to keep
him alive that he may die on the gal
lows Friday, county Jail officials yes
terday began the forcble feeding Of
Harvey W. Church The murderer of
two men is being given liquid nour-
ishment consisting of matted milk
eggs and a saline solution twice daily
through a tube.
The decision to feed Church in
this manner followed a conference
between Warden Wesley West
brook, Chief Deputy Sheriff H. w.
Laubenheimer and DR.. Norman Cope
land, assistant Jail physician. Fol
lowing his fast of more than three
weeks Church had become so weak
that it was felt he might die before
the day set for his execution.
He is so weakened that he is not
able to resist the efforts to feed him
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
Name Chattanooga.

That city was originally known M
Ross Landing, the name being
changed to Chattanooga IN 1881. The
name is Tsatanu-gl In the Cherokee
Indian language aud It's meaning il
unknown, according to the Bureau OF
American Ethnology in their Hand
book of American Indians
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
$4,000 COTTON MILL
WORKERS ON STRIKE

Boston, Feb. li.-IIalf Of the 200.
eco cotton mill operatives Of New
England were on reduced wage scales
today and nearly one'quarter OF them,
or between 10000 and 10000 were on
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
We're seina Misauoted.

II Is reported that mems feet are
growing larger, The time may come
when II will not be safe 10 refer to
men generally as jackasSes,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
The Luckless.

when n man has no luck 1t Is usiA
ally because he has neither ability nor
industry. -Atchison Globe.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
In the Old Days

Once upon time there lived q
chorus girl who didn't care for an au-
tomobile. She wanted two or nothing.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-02-14
DOLLAR DAY IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18th

strike IN protest, AS q result many
plants were forced to shut down.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
BUT HE, GOT DATES MIXED
And So a Willy, INSCRIPTIONS Rus
sian Bachelor Was Forced to
"KilI off" His Family.

Necessity has sharpened the wits
of the Russians and they discover
most Ingenious devices to profit at the
expense of the government.
A shrewd physician in Petrograd
who was a bachelor with a hearty APP
petite and small income, induced the
president of the house committee
where he resided to give him GER
tificate saying he was married. In
this way he procured a double ration.
Soon his imaginary wife fell ill and
he got a milk card on the strength
of 1t. Later baby came to bless
this fictitious union, and he was en-
titled to additional delicacies as a re-
suit. Unfortunately, he got his dates
mixed up and announced the arrival
of three children inside of six
months.
An investigation was started, upon
which an epidemic broke out In his
family, which carried away, inside of
two days, his wife, two daughters and
little boy.
1t was a dreadful massacre on pa
per. But 1t saved the physician. who
got off undetected-J. Kessel in LIE
Figaro, Paris.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
GEYSERS SPOUT IN ICELAND
Fountains of Boiling Liquid Furnish
Sight That Is Said to Be Really
Magnificent.

There are hot-water fountains OF
Iceland. They are on mounds averag-
ing seven feet in height, the tops of
which form a sort of basin. Frem
these basins the steam of boiling wa
ter cam be seen arising and the over
flow of water Is continuous The con-
tents OF these basins is as clear as
crystal and one can see to q great
depth, while just below the surface
are many wonderfully beautiful white
demonstrations. The petrification caused
by the boiling water streams from the
geysers include birch and willow
leaves, grass and rushes seemingly
converted into marble.
At no time IL it entirely safe to loi-
ter IN the vicinity of one of these
bottomless basins, for the geyser has
a way of spouting and gives no adj
vance warning. Sometimes there will
be a shoot of boiling water to
height of Is feet, followed by sue
cession~of Jets. The highest shoot of
which there is any record was 80 feet.
Occasionally a basin will for some I'M
explained reason become entirely
empty, or will give forth a steam
shoot" which in the form of a column of
spray and vapor at least 60 feet in
height presents a really magnificent
spectacle.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23

leen stood on the shabby station plat,
form at Frackville, stood there in hel
plain blue coat,then rushed pell-mell
into the arms of her mother. She
had let them know. She had wanted
just this. Dad trying to tell her
about the big new Giant Tire company
plant-hadn't she read it In the city
papers? Jack jumping up and down
at her side yelling about his skates.
And motheri Through the voices of
them all she could somehow hear her
mothers.
For good, dear, you've come" she
said, mot just a xisit?'
"Nope, mummy, for good" Kath-
leen answered as they bundled her
into a little car which was an &C
QUESTION since her departure "Came
home to make pies for daddy, and,
say, daddy, can 1 learn to run this
thingT
"You bet your life you can, but
your mothers going to keep you
mighty busy for the next few days.
Signed you up for the fair. Can
tell her, mother? All right,
here goes, sis. They've signed you up
for the Sweetheart Booth What
you know about that9 Thought you,
being In the city, could give them cards
and spades"
And that evening after the piping
hot biscuits and the frieasseed chicken
and the CHEEKY. conversation in the
cozy kitchen they whlsked her off
to a committee meeting of the fair.
What fun 1t was to say hello to every
body againl The girls wanted to
know If she still knew how to make
cake. the boys wanted to know If any
one In the city had cut them out.
There were endless plans to be gone
over. What did she think of this?
What did she think of that7 Here,
she was wanted, Kathleen thought.
II was good to be homel
But up in her little white-curtained
room that night Kathleen stood for
long while In the moonlight and
looked out the window. To say you
are going to forget is one thing; to
really forget, another.
Now came three wild, hurried days
Of cake baking, crepe paper twisting
and goodness only knows what. Then
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
Siuns Were Bad,

A husky negro applied for job in
a big ship building company and his
fine figure and strength got him &C
copied. He was told to report to a
certain department in the end of a
mammoth building.
He hadn't gone ten feet before he
saw a sign hung above an alcove read
ing: -Stretcher Here" Duplicates of
this assailed his eye here and there,
and then came a bigger sign which
read: ITO the Hospital" The odor
of ether and other smells flied his
nostrfls and he turned back.
Boss" he said to the man VINO had
hired him, "Ah resigns. Ah'm
through"
"Why, Sam, what's the matter?
You're not afraid of danger. are your
"Nossuh, boss, danger All Graves, but
not wilful destruction, no sub ~
American Legion Weekly.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
That Sweetheart
Booth
BY MARGARET M. LUKES


o. 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Kathleen Higgins ran down the
hall of the fiat into her room and
stood there in the dark for a breath
less moment before she struck a
match Then In the sudden glare OF
gaslight her eyes darted to the bu-
reau. They Travelled furtively to the
little table in the center. of the room.
Kathleen gave deep sigh and threw
her beaded bag down on the bed.
There was no letter. 1t was three
days now.
She looked In the mirror and sud-
denly great hate for herself and her
cheap prettiness arose In her. There
she stood like little blonde doll, fritz
zled hair, flashy clothes, painted lips.
And what did 1t get herr Not even
an invitation to the White Palace Fri
day night. The angry look slowly
faded from Kathleen's eyes and
something like pain took Its place.
Charlie Hayes Vas getting tired Of
her. Some one who got more than
$50 a week pounding a typewriter,
some one who could spend more money
on clothes than she could had won him
away from her.
In their WEAKNESS her eyes caught
the eyes Of her mother looking sweet
ly at her from out the frame on the
bureau. Her lips trembled. All the
things she had thrown away to come
to the city six months ago., the coun-
try town home she had been ashamed
to tell big, handsome, stylish Charlie
Hayes about suddenly became most
dear to her. She had not even sent
her father a birthday present. Re-
mcrse and shame crept into her heart.
A wave Of defiance followed. Did he,
with his fine clothes and his money
every other night in the week, think
she was going to forget her own peo-
pie just so she could have gay things
to wear and go to the White Palace
to dance? Let him have Rosanna
Finnegan with her lace stockings and
new hat every pay day. She would
show him.
IT was two days later, just as the
winter sun was setting, that Kath-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23

activities ceased to operate by reason
of his learning so much of their prop
uganda and plottings.
His home is in Toledo, o., where
the American Legion has as it's COM
mander this same Gustavus Ohlinger.
The Legion convention was in full
blast in his home city when wealthy
Toledoan burst in and announced that
he would pay the entire expense Of
the eX-service mems gathering If they
would drop their bonus stand. What
Ohlinger told him was never learned
from q five-foot shelf, but it was good
enough to cause hurried exit on the
part of the Toledo business man.
That's why the Legionnaires like him.
Kid gloves might be alright to use
sometimes, but Ohlinger doesn't draw
them on when he tackles LEGION prob
lens.
Born of German parentage in China,
a close friend of the late Theodore
Roosevelt, world traveller and famed
as having ridden a bicycle across
South Africa are a few of the things
that show why "Gus" stands ace high
with the Legion men and also why he
must be reckoned with by any group
whose Americanism is questionable.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
Cost Of Stopping Trains.

An ordinary passenger locomotive
consumes a pound of fuel for every
81 feet II travels. Each unnecessary
stop, made with a heavy freight or
passenger train, represents a fuel loss
Of from 500 TO $50 pounds of coal, de-
pending on the weight of the train,
the length of the stop and the grade
conditions.
A brake-line air leak on train Of
so freight cars has been known to
cause a loss Of as much as 2,540
pounds of coal in a ten-hour period.
The loss Of coal each time a modern
locomotive pops of for Ave minutes is
about seventy-five pounds. If loconp-
tive iremen were to save a little more
than one shovelful of coal out Of each
ten used, the total saving would be
equal to nearly Z per cent Of all the
coal handled-World's Work.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
Starting Early.

Johnnie, a Columbus youngster, had
only four candles on his last birthday
cake, but he is already well versed in
legal procedure. Being in need of
having one of his teeth extracted he
was taken to the Office of a dentist.
When perched in the chair he decided
that he did not wish to part company
with his ailing tooth and could not be
persuaded to open his mouth. With
consummate skill the doctor distracted
his attention and made him gap with
wonder at a fabricated tale. In went
the forceps and out came the tooth
before Johnnie realized it. The boy did
not say word until he started to
leave the Office, when he turned on
the surprised doctor and said Sc
riously: Blame you, doctor, l have a
good mind to prosecute you for this !"
Indianapolis News.
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DECLARES SHE
WILL Al WAYS
KEEP It HANDY
Brattleboro Resident Is
Overjoyed At Her Splen-
did Health Since Tanlac
Rid Her Of Stomach
Trouble.

Il am overjoyed that Tanlac
has restored my health and | am
always going to keep it in my
home" said Mrs Anna Brouil-
lette, 2 Moreland Ave-, Brattle-
boro, VT.
Ever since | got up from an
operation for appendicitis several
months ago l was badly run
down. / had awful pains and
cramps in my stomach and right
after eating / always had a
heavy, uncomfortable feeling and
my chest was so choked UP it
nearly cut off my breath. My
nerves were so unstrung l often
rolled and tossed in bed for hours
without getting any sleep. |
gradually lost weight and
strength and my homework was
a burden.
Since taking Tanlac my ap-
petite is just splendid and no
matter what | eat / am never
troubled afterwards. ] have
gained back every pound of my
lost weight and feel perfectly
we'll in every way. l think Tan
lac is simply grand"
Tanlac is sold by all good drug
gists. /.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
ESTATE. OF EMILY FARMER

The undersigned, having been appointed By
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Bradford, Commissioners, TO receive examine
and adjust the claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate of Emily Parker, late Of
Thetford In said District, deceased. and all elaine
exhibited in Offset thereto hereby give notice thaf
We will meet for the purpose aforesaid at the rear
dence OF l.. B. Morse in the village of Union
Village in said district the oath day OF June and
goth day Of November next from l O'Clock D.
N. until o'clock p. m, on each Of said days, and
that six months from the 10th day Of May A. ID.
1922, is the time limited by said Court for ssid
sredtors 70 present their el.ims to us for exam.
nation and allowance.
Dated At ThetfoPd this 9th day Of Nav
A. D. 1872.
We. Tucker.
L. B. Morse.
IS Csmuiezionsrs.
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expression for their Legion ideas.
The result was the establishment of
the Hoosier Legionnaire, which recent
ly started publication with circula-
ton of $4,000.
Philip B. Stapp of Greensburg, for
merly editor of the Hour Glass, over
seas publication of the "Sauntering
Seventh" division, is editor of the In
diana publication. A delegate to the
Paris caucus of the Legion, Stapp was
appointed a member of the first ma
tional publicity committee of the Le-
gion. During his 26 months Of serv-
ice in the war, Stapp rose from "buck
private" to a commissioned officer in
the field artillery.
The newspaper is sent to all Indi-
ana Legionnaires every week.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
EauIes Dislike Airplanes.

Eagles are very jealous of the air
planes rivalry to their age-long mon
archy of the air. One pilot, recently
flying down over Scotland toward Eng
land, suddenly saw an eagle make a
ferocious swoop at him. 1t dashed
right into the whirllng propeller and
broke one of the blades, forcing the
pilot to make an awkward landing in
an unsuitable country. Another eagle,
after wheeling around a monoplane,
evidently seeking for vulnerable
spot. flew down directly at the pilot
in his cockpit Luckily he had pistol
close at hand, and drove away the bird
with a succession of shots.
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at last the night of the fhir itself
clear, sparkling and moonlit.
The sweetheart BOOTH" needless
to say, was a center of attraction
Here eager-eyed girls in bright-colored
dresses stood ready to be bought
for dances. One white dress stood
out in contrast to the others. 1t was
Kathleens I'm tired OF colors," she
told her mother, and brought forth a
rufIiy summer(thing. Her pretty gold
en- hair was combed softly about her
forehead. With her cheeks just soft
ly pink as she whirled in the arms of
one partner after another she was
very lovely indeed. If there was a
look of usefulness In her blue eyes
nobody noticed There was too much
noise, too much gaiety, for that.
Nobody noticed either when, at ten
o'clock, Kathleen threw her white
wool scarf over her shoulders and
slipped quietly out the side door. That
sweetheart booth" Boys and girls
looking things into each others eyes.
She could not stand it any longer.
She made her way slowly down to
the orchard where she played when
she was little girl.
All at once she realized some one
else was there. Some one tall with
his hands in his pockets, was walking
slowly in her direction. Kathleen
stood stock-still. Her heart turned
a somersault. Was she dreaming thisi
There in the moonlight Charles Hayes
took the last steps toward her.
Kathleen" he cried as though he,
too were seeing a vision. "What are
you doing here-out in the country? p
tits where live, Charlie" she an
swered In a strained little voice. II
only pretended was a city girl
lied" Kathleen was deeply ashamed.
Then, "But, Charlie, what-what are
yoq doing here2"
wearing out my heart for YOU"
he said In boyish, even tones. II
ran away from you because l was
broke. was always afraid to stop
taking you to places because I was
afraid I'd lose you. Then I found
out 1 couldn't keep it up any longer.
1 had to forget about you. You were
out of my class. l couldn't even say
good-by. 1 read about this new Giant
Tire company in the paper, and that's
where 1 am now. A bunch of the
fellows came over to this stunt to-
night. L took a look in. Everybody
was too happy-I just couldn't stay.
That sweetheart booth"
"Thats where I was--at the sweet
heart booth" She was like a fairy
there in the old orchard. "Its where
you buy sweethearts"
He stood there looking at her mute
ly. do you have to go inside to buy
one?" he asked huskily, But he did
not wait for his answer. Tight in his
arms she heard him choke forth his
love and then his own confession.
81 was a country boy, honey. l
lied, too-Iied to try to win you"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
MANY "OUT OF COMMISSION"
Nearly Dozen Destroyers Which Wore
Coveted Gold Star on Stacks,
Are Doomed.

A typewriter has at last defeated
nearly a dozen Of the destroyers which
for four years zigzagged through the
North sea and In the submarine zone
of the Atlantic and gained notable vic
tories over German submarines. The
coveted gold stars, worn on the stacks,
where all might see and know that a
German sub had met death, were
awarded the Parker, O'Brien, Cum
mings, Porter, Davis and many others
which have been ordered tout of COM
mission" by the Navy department
"Out of commission" means nothing
more or less than that the fast grow
ing navy junk pile grows higher. Never
again, probably, will these greyhomds
of the deep circle around a fleet Of
transports, suddenly dive off to one
side, sweep back again, drop a depth
bomb, and then watch the oil come to
surface that shows another German
submarine has gone down to visit Davy
Jones.
The thrills of the deeds of these
"star" destroyers are bit overshad
owed by the news that the Shaw is
slated for the scrap heap, too. She was
escorting the huge British transport
Aquitania when the rudder jammed
and the giant ship ran her down. The
Jacob Jones also brings back sad men,
cries. She is named for the first ILL
fated torpedo boat of that name which
was sunk while battling In the subma-
rine zone.