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Arizona republican., 1922-01-04

her musical arrangement OF the Ia
miliar song. Anne Laurie married
Mr.. John Ferguson Of Craigdarrock.
@. How much oxygen is there in
the air at the highest altitude that an
airpIane has reached? r. w.
A. At an altitude OF eight miles,
which is the limit reached by airplane.
the air contains about one-fourth OF
the amount of oxygen found at the
surface of the earth. At sea level, the
oxygen content of the air is 21 per
cent--at eight miles above it is less
than per cent.
@. How many soldiers is The
United States to keep in Germany? (?
G. r.
A. The secretary OF war announce
es that the government will retain
approximately $500 officers and men
In the occupied area OF Germany for
an indefinite period the remainder to
be Withdrawn gradually.
Q. Is il dangerous to crush hard
foods with the teeth7 w. <. p.
A. While crushing such things as
hard crusty foods, hard candies, etc,
may tend to increase flaws in the
enamel OF teeth, Investigations OF tha
crushing force OF the teeth have
proved that sound teeth are capable
of crushing much harder substances
than these without injurious effect.
@. How long has gasoline been
known7 n. w.
A. The geological survey says that
there were some materials like our
present gasoline used as far back as
the second century but the name
gasoline was coined within the last
20 or 80 years.
Black Death Of 1347 carried off
from one-third to one-half the popu-
lation OF Europe.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-04
Berton BraleyS Daily Poem
XMbhM Poets

once a time there was a bard
Who made his tuneful lutte to twang,
But found the going rather hard
Till one day, growing wise, he sang:
Perhaps my little ways are bad,
Perhaps you think l sing them wrong
But-none of them are very sad
And none of them very long!"
Ah then the people filled his hat
And danced to all the songs he made;
The minstrel waxed exceeding fat
And joyfuy his Lutte he played.
The king came by and heard the lad
Carol his promise to the throng
None of my songs very sad
And of them very long"
"oh wondrous minstrel quoth the king
"Oh wisest of all bards there be,
Come to the royal court and sing
Thy deathless lyrics unto me-"
And in silk the bard clad,
His rang the well-known gong,
For of them very sad
And none of them very long!
He sang Of love and war and work
OF little things that hold dear,
Gay songs wherein the tear drops lurk,
Grave songs with smiles behind the tear;
But all his many lyrics had
spirit -unafraid and strong.
And-none of them were very sad
And of them were very long.
ENVOY
Hear then, this poets epitaph
He sang of Hope and not Despair,
OF how a man might bravely laugh
Through all the that he must bear;
He made a dull old world seem glad
With bits of simple dauntless song.
For none of them were very sad
And of them are very lor@!"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

T. And she brought forth her first
born son, and wrapped rim in swad-
ding clothes and laid him III man
ger because there was no room for
them in the inn.
s. And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping watch over their flock
by night.
3. And 10, the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory Of
the Lord shone round about them
and they were afraid
10. And the angel said unto them
Fear not; for, behold, / bring you
good tidings OF great joy, which shall
be to all people.
H. For unto you is born this day
in the city OF David a Savior, which
is Christ the Lord
IL And this shall be Il sign unto
you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in man
ger.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

And you know that they abound and
give to your life it's highest beauty
and joy. Alas. How dreary would
be the world if there were no Santa
Claus. 1t would be as dreary as IL
there We're no Virginias. There
would be no childish faith then, no
pretty poetry, no romance to make
tolerable this existence. Nobody
sees Santa Claus. But that Is no
sign that there is no Santa Claus
The most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor men
see.
you may tear apart the baby's
rattle and see what makes the noise
inside, but there is veil covering
| the unseen world which not the
| strongest man nor even the united
strength of all of the strongest men
that ever lived could tear apart
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro
nance can push aside that curtain
and view glory beyond. Is 1t all real?
All, Virginia, in all this world there
is nothing else real and abiding.
mo Santa Claus? Thank God, he
lives and lives forever. A thousand
years from now, Virginia--nay, ten
times ten thousand years from now
he will continue to make glad the
heart of childhood
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
KEEP UP HOPE
Mother Who Did Is Happy

East Woburn, Mass, Dec. 23.--This
Will be the .happiest Christmas ever
spent by Mrs Albert knowlton. The
odd, circular little house, where she
lives in this little village, will be the
scene of her first real happy Yuletide
in three decades.
She has her baby once more.
Sickness overlook Mrs. Knowlton
thirty years ago. She left her two
babies at home in Portland. Me- in
care of her husband, while she went
to her mother for treatment.
When she returned, both babies
We're gone, turned over to an orphan.
age. Both had been adopted from
it.
Frantic search restored one child.
No trace, though, was ever found of
the youngest. Through the years,
other children were born to her, but
the mothers heart yearned for the
lost one But with the yearning was
that enduring faith that some day,
somehow, God would restore the miss.
ing child in his own time.
Never faltering. never bsing an
opportunity to seek tidings, Mrs,
knowlton consulted medium this
fall. The medium advised her to
put an advertisement in a certain
newspaper. That was October, A few
days later, a reply came from Mrs.
Herman j. MUSE, of Richmond, Ne.
Checking up of Mrs. MUSES. adop-
ton papers proved her the long.
sought baby.
And now that faith which endur-
ed 30 years encouragement and grief
has finally been rewarded, Mrs.
KnoWlton wants the world to know
that hope and faith should spring
anew in each burdened heart at
Christmas time.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
Mel*ry Ol1rtst1ttaa a1t1 It
Ga}r&r1t Aftu Vrar


the world celebrated Jan. 6. April 20.
March 20 and May 20.
Pope Julius set the date as Dec. >
and established the festival at Rome
on that date. This Is the date Of the
winter solstice, when winter begins
to decline toward spring, which for
centuries before Christ had been col
ebrated by Druids and other pagans
as the CHIEF festival
Mistletoe was an object of special
veneration with the Druids, and was
gathered with great ceremony in De.
cember. It survived in Christmas
observance with the kissing q relic
Of the saturnalia Of the ancients.
The YuIe log Of old England began
in the Druid bonfires celebrating the
Yule festival.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

Isl, muchachita," he said, que
quiere usted?"
So | told him all the things | want
ed and he promised" Muy bien, has,
ia la nativadad"
And the night before Christmas he
brought the things. / found them in
my stockings the next morning when
I walked up, only some were so big
they wouldn't go inside, so he piled
them in a corner Of the patio, and
we shot firecrackers in the afternoon
My but it was hot day--the hottest
that summer, people said. don't
see why it's so cold here the time
Christmas comes.
Genevieveshe lives across the
street from me--and Kenny, they
think there are two Santa Clauses,
and one goes to La Argentina and
one comes here, but think there's
only one Only ] don't see how he
gets so far so fast, 1t took us days
and days.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

IL And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heaven.
~ host praising God and saying:
II. Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will toward
men.
Is. And it came to pass. as the an
gels were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to
another. Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem and see this thing which
is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto US.
IS. And they came with haste and
found Mary and Joseph and the babe
lying in the manger.
IT, And when they had seen it.,
they made known abroad the saying
which was told them concerning this
child.
IS. And all they that heard it won
dered at those things which We're told
them by the shepherds.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
create it, rejecting ourselves.

create it, rejecting ourselves.
Christmas is the Day of Days be-
cause it is the one day of the year
when each of us strives to make 9th.
ers happy. Civilized future genera
tons will look back and marvel that
ii never occurred to US to make a
Christmas out of every day in the
year
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
lest Christmas lies before II

My happiest Christmas lies before
diferen i be rom of thirty
promises each Christmas
m t
Christmas will
| a g,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

the calendar Or a season of the year.
1t is a spirit-of giving, rather than
receiving anf eteral reminder o
what a joyous. beautiful existence
this life on earth could be ii it were
not for the crash of selfishness against
selfishness.
Therein is Christmas real charm,
1t unveils what life could be. Other
days of the year are matter of fact.
hard as agate, revealing life as we
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
CHRISTMAS SNOW
PUZZLES CHILD
FROM ARGENTINA
WHERE ARE THOSE FIREWORKS
AND WARM DAYS? ASKS RE-
TURNED AMERICAN.
Written for NEA Service by
ALICE. STEWART
Just Arrived From Buenos Aires.

Just Arrived From BuehoS NITes'
Cleveland, o., Dee. 23.--What
makes Christmas come ii winter
here?
1t always came in summer before
the hottest part
scan remember quite awhile, for
I'm six year old,
Last year, in La Argentina, where |
was born. | saw Santa Claus. He
was walking in the Plaza Mayor, IN
Buenos Aires, with a sign. He look
ed so hot in a red coat and a fur |
had on my summer dress. The as
phalt was all soft
asked him: "Es listed San Nico-
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
kSaGZZf0

In the holly wreath shown above,
there is a word missing from the
blank space. Find the missing word,
and insert it. SO that beginning at /,
YOU can read the sentence right
around the wreath to 3 As the miss
ing word is the connecting link, it
will have to be word than can APP
pear twice.
Solution; The missing word in the
holly wreat is "yue" t''you'II'). Thus
the sentence can be read as a merry
and very happy yule and New Year,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

II Christmas be green or Christmas be white
1t doesn't especially matter.
It's always a day when spirits light
And hearts beat veer pattor;
4 fog, blizzard, sunshine outside
We will not complain OF the weather
For Christmas is Christmas, Whatever betide,
A day when we're all pals together.
Here's day at least when we're glowing with love
For comrade, for kin and for stranger,
One day when breathe the sweet charity of
The Babe who born in a manger.
When one has for the rancor of hate
Or any old grudge to remember.
Oh, it is a tender and glorious date
This twentytifth day of December.
If only each day in the year might effect
Such JOY in each child, man, woman,
How life would improve But cannot expect
Too much of ourselves, human.
But let be grateful day in the year
Spreads love from the Poles to the Isthmus,
When all the world tnges with mirth and good cheer
And all the world shouts Merry Christmas"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

- F-a-a
". e y ~ Is
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23

Many of the most important SYM
bols and practices of Christmas OBJ
servance are OF distinctly nagan orr
gin. the result Of the early church
reconciling heather converts by
adopting the more harmless features
of their festivities
Nobody knows anything definite Of
the origin Of Christmas as festival
time, who first celebrated it, or when
or how. Nobody knows il Dec. % is
the right anniversary of Christs
birth.
Celebration of birthdays was con-
sidered heathenish by early Chris.
tians, and it was not until after 81
A. d. that an investigation was made
into the date of Christ birth by or.
der OF Pope Julius. This set the date
at Dec. rs, although many sections of
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
PAGANS STARTED
MOST Of PRESENT
XMAS PRACTICES
NOBODY NOW is CERTAIN THAT
CHRIST WAS BORN ON DEcEM-
Der IS, SAYS WRITER FOR
SERVICE.

Many years ago little girl wrote
to the New York Sun. rs there
Santa CLAUSE" Francis Pharcellus
Church answered her letter in an ed.
torial which is Christmas gem and
which shines ever brighter with the
flight of time:
Eyes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12
MRS, keller OF
ORION PASSES
fSpec.al to The Argus

Orion, May 1.-THE death OF
Mrs. Rea Ella Keller, wife of
Frank K Keller of Orion, occurred
at the Galesburg hospital, Thurs
day, May IL.
Mrs. Keller was born in Wheel
ing, W. Va, Nov. II, 1856. She was
the daughter of Benjamin and Dor
cas- D. Caldwell On Oct Is, 1883,
she was united in marriage to Mr..
Keller. To this union three chill
dren were born, Agnes Dorcas,
Josephine and William c., the lat
ter two passing away in child
hood.
Mrs. Keeler suffered a stroke of
paralysis on Monday, May 1, from
which she never rallied. She is
survived by her husband. one
daughter, Mrs. Fred F. Shields,
wife of the pastor of the Orion
Baptist church, and one brother,
Frank G. Caldwell of Wheeling,
W. Va.
Funeral services will be held at
l o'clock Monday afternoon at the
home of Rev. Mr.. Shields. Rev. DR..
NJ. P. Boynton, pastor of the Wood
lawn Baptist church of Chicago.
will oficiate. Burial will be in
Western cemetery at Orion.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12
LARGE NUMBER OF
MERCER STUDENTS
: FOUND DEFECTIVE
Especial to The Argus. J

Aledo. May 12-According to the
April report of Miss Naomi X. Set
terdahl, public health nurse, out of
276 pupils inspected during the
past month 207 were found to have
various health defects.
The number of schools in the va
rious townships visited were: Ri
wolf. four; Richland Grove, two;
preempuon, two; North Henderson,
four; Suez. four. Ohio Grove, three /;
Mercer. one; Perryton, two; Aiding
don, one. One week was spent by
the nurse in the Aledo school do
ing emergency work. Nine defects
have been corrected and IS calls
have been made. The report in de-
tail follows:
Schools visited. %; pupils in
spected, 276; pupils defective, 207;
with defective teeth, 176; with de-
fectiye tonsils. 80; with defective
vision. 81; with nasal obstruction.
21; with ear trouble. 4; weighed
and measured. 276; underweight, Z
per cent or more than IS; over
weight. 20 per cent or more than
6; of normal weight, 1S5.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12
GRADE PUPILS
TO Give PLAY
Especial Correspondence.)


Sheffield, May 11.-Pupils Of the
primary and intermediate grades of
the local schools will give an oper-
eta cinderella in F1owerland" at
the Community high school this
evening The cast follows:
Cinderella Daisy ......>...-..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Shirley Carlson
Proud sisters (Hollyhock, Tiger
.....Fern schurr, Helen Noreem
Godmother (Nature) ............
Bertha White
Little Page Donnie Bee) go.
Arthur Kelley
Characters (Butterf1ies) .-...
=. Naomi Clark, Caroline Jensen
Princes Herald (Robin Red) -.
Eldridge Clark
Prince (Sunshine) ..........
.............Ja james Quaintance
Guests at the hall will be Poppy,
Hazel Chinlund; Buttercup, Desyl
Burke; Pansy, Elizabeth Fleharty;
Daffiodil, Elvera SanQuist; Violet,
Lois Robertson: Sweet Bier, Helen
Clark; Mignonette, Millicent Frink;
Lily Bell Marion Jensen; Sweet
pea, Violet Bahringer; Narcissus,
Grace Collingwood. Six little sun
beams will be Iretta Nelson, Mil
dred Pierson, Nina Volk, Sarah
White. Deloris Allen and Mable
Miller
Six little raindrops will be Bran
Kettering, Vance SheTrard, Charles
Kinsey, Rollin Hollopeter, Johnnie
Chinlund and winston Irwin.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12
ACADEMY
AT PORT BYRON
Denver Man Donates Land to WI
lage i'm Honor of Grandfather;
Plans Upkeep Also.
Especial Correspondence

Port Byron, May 12.-Port Byron
academy, a school founded by
members of the Congregational
church under the leadership of Rev.
AImer Harper, many years pastor
of the church, has ceased to exist
The buildings and commodious
grounds have been acquired by the
Community high school and will be
fitted for occupancy next Septem-
Der. At a trustees meeting this
week announcement was made by
A. H. Wendt, who was recently
the guest of Clarence Stephens at
Denver, Colo, that Mr.. Stephens
has offered to give a tract of over
so acres Of beautiful woodland for
a village park. He also made pro-
vision for the upkeep of the park.
The location will be called Dorance
park in honor of the grandfather
of the donor.
Endowments and accrued inter
est will be refunded to heirs Of the
original donors for the most part.
Some of the money will be given
to other institutions of learning
which were originally Congrega-
tional.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12
MAkEPLANSFOR
OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY
Patriotic Societies WIN Join In Ac.
tivities-Rev. Dunlevy to Give
Main Talk.
(SpeciaI to The Argus)

AIedo, May 12-At a meeting last
night of committees OF the G. A. R,
American legion and w. R G. or
ganzation of this community, ten
tative program was planned for
Memorial day observance in this
city.
Arrangements had previously
been made for music and the speak
er of the day. The ntentative pro-
gram planned last night will start
the Memorial day services on the
Sunday evening preceding decora-
ton day, when the pastors OF the
city will join in holding union
service at the First Methodist
church. At the start of the ser
vices Tuesday, May 80, a parade
will be formed at the Aledo opera
house.
The parade will march to Monu-
ment park, where the customary
services will be held and the dec
Grafton of the monument take
place The march will then be
made to the city cemetery where
the W. R. c. organization will be
in charge of the services and the
decorating of the war veterans
graves. The ladies of the relief
corps will provide wreaths while
the members of Fallerans post,
American legion, will distribute
them.
1t is being planned that the wom-
ans organization will serve lunch
to war veterans at noon. The aft
ernoon program will start at 1:30
o'clock at the opera house. Rev.
o. M Dunlevy will be the principal
speaker. Music will be furnished
by a local orchestra and selections
will be given by the high school and
legion quartet Mrs. Fred Stephens
will favor with a reading. Music
for the day will be furnished by the
Reynolds Martial band.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12
LOCAL. BUREAU
PLANS ANNUAL
MEET IN CITY
Mercer County Home Bureau to
Hold Annual Business Session
In Aiedo June 1.
Especial to The Argus.)

Aledo, May 12.-At meeting OF
the executive board and township
leaders OF the Mercer county home
Organization yesterday afternoon
in the AIedo Office, arrangements
were announced for the annual
: business and social meeting of the
organization to be held in this city
: June 1.
s. The meeting will be open to the
public and every woman in the
county is urged to be present at
the event. Miss Leta Bane. state
leader of the home extension de-
partment, and Miss Bonnie Scholes,
nutrition specialist. both of the
state university. will speak.
Arrangements will be made for
the serving of a MONDAY luncheon.
. The annual meeting is one of the
: organization biggest events and
: is looked forward to with pleasure,
. especially by the members. The
various leaders and officials of the
organization are winding up the
work of the past year preparatory
to the annual meeting.
Miss Mabel Wilkerson, assistant
state leader, is in the county, work
ing with the adviser, Miss Mary
Helen Schouten, in assisting in
completing the membership drive
Several months ago the local bu-
treau pledged to have 400 new mem
bers by the first of June. but be-
cause of near impossible roads and
prevailing sickness, only about $50
ARE hoped for.
& Tuesday. Miss Wilkerson and
Miss Schouten attended a meeting
at Cable. Because of bad roads
for another meeting to- be held
next Wednesday night following
the afternoon community meeting
at Sherrard.
On Wednesday the two officials
worked with the township leaders
in Suez, Abingdon and Ohio Grove
townships. Tonight a meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Charles
Rooms at North Henderson. To-
morrow a large community meet
ing is scheduled for Eliza, to be
followed up in the evening by a
session at Presumption. Miss Will
-kerson and Miss Schouten will at
tend all the meetings.
At the meeting in this city yes
.. terday it was decided that in help
ing to complete the membership
drive, that each member of the ex-
ecutive board be responsible for
work in two townships. Reports
: will be turned in weekly to the
University of Illinois. The meet
ing of the advisory council of the
county organization was set for
Saturday, May 20. At this meeting
the nominees for the county Offices
in the organization will be named
and approved. At the same time
in charge of the plans
for the annual meet will give re-
ports.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-12

NerUs of Yves tern
Illinois in Brief

Woodhull-The street and alley
committee had all the streets in
the village graded this week, caus-
ing considerable improvement Ac-
cording to the schedule, the first
consignment of road oil will arrive
next week.
Carbon C1iff.-Mrs. Harry Fry
mier was hostess to the W. c. T. U.
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. J. s. Neal will deliver a
special mothers sermon Sunday
evening at 1880.
Galva. - Miss Caroline Splinter,
principal of the Galva community
high school, is attending a confer
ence at the University of Chicago.
Jake Fleharty of Monmouth, a
molder in the Galva factories for
over 40 years, is visiting friends
here.
Port Byron-A children's song
festival will be held at 2:30 Sun
day afternoon at the Congregation
al church. County officers of the
Sunday school association will be
present.
Joy-Miss Edith Cass, the sec
ond grade teacher, who has been
i'll for several weeks. has returned
to her home in Wyanet. Her ia
Their, c. F. Cass, came to accom-
pany her home. Miss Marguerite
Newell is filling the vacancy.
Sherrard-Coops containing so
baby chicks were stolen from the
home of Mrs. Oscar Anderson We'd
nesday.
Premption-Miss Marie Wilker-
son of the state university will be
the principal speaker at the COM
munity meeting tonight at Masonic
hall. Miss Helen Schouten, home
advisor. will be present and several
reels of moving pictures will be
shown.
PropAetstown, May 12-Jack
Nelson, who has been operating a
restaurant in town for about a
year, has sold the business to
Claude Hazard of Erie, who took
possession Thursday morning.