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The Washington herald., 1922-03-03
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.


Strictly fresh eggs. steady under
liberal receipts; chickens firm un,
der light receipts; fowls steady;
veal calves scarce and wanted.
Eggs-strictIy fresh. asa2sc; av-
erage receipts. csc: southern. 27e.
Live Pouitry-Roosters. H.. lsc:
spring chickens. ,lb.. 33a35c: hens.
lb.. 26a27c: keats young. 50a60c:
dressed fowls. Csc, fresh killed
chickens. 35c: turkeys. lb.. 4oafsc;
keats. old. zoe each.
Livestock Calves, choice, l2c;
calves. under grades. sa1oc; lambs.
top. spring. 1zal3c; under grades.
1asc; sheep. tops. 3a4c-
Dressed Pork-smsll TO medium.
lac: heavy. 1ial2c.
FRUITS, AND VEGETABLE.
(Cempfled by the U. y. Bureau OF
Markets and Crop Estinates.D
sales from Wholesalers Direct 20
Retailers. ..
Apples-Barrels. virginias. York
Imperials No. /, best, ssas.50. some
ordinary condition. scalded. s5a7;
No. 2, scalded. $3.50. New York Bald
wins, ~ inches, good color. ss.75a
500; fair color. ss.oOaS.5O. Boxes,
Washington, Stayman Winesaps,
extra fancy. medium to large sizes.
s350a375: Romes, fancy medium to
large sizes, t3.25; orchard run, s2.75
a3.00. mostly s2.75; yellow New
town, extra fancy, medium TO large
sizes. s3.25aS.50: Grimes and Jona-
thans, extra fancy and fancy small
sizes. $500; medium TO large sizes,
t325a3.50. Oregon Spitzenbergs,
extra fancy. medium to large sizes
S3.5Oa375: fancy. medium sizes,
s325: c grade. medium sizes. $500.
CabbageANew stock. Florida. 1h
bushel hampers. pointed type. fl00
al.25: very few sales. $50.
Celery-F1oridas. l0-inch crates
Golden seIf-b anching 3-s dozen
stalks. s3.5Oa3.7s: few sales. 81: $40
dozen stalks. $2.JOa3.
White Potatoes-New Works and
Michigan-. l5O-lb. sacks. round
whites, U S. grade, No. ]. sS.5oaS.7s
per sack.
onions-New Yorks and ohios.
l0c-lb. sacks. yellow varieties. No.
!, sS.00aS..0. few $500.
Sweet Pot1toes-North Carolinas,
cloth top stsve barrels. Yellow vari-
some ordinary condition, poorly
graded. S2a2.so: Delawares. bushel
hampers. Yellow varieties. No. /,
best. 81; poorer. tl.75.
Lettuce-California crates. Ice
bergs. all sizes. s4.50a5.O0.
Grapefruit-Florid boxes. all
sizes S3.50a3.75.
Orangcs-California Savcls. S5-15
a6.OO: Florida, various varieties
$3.50
EaIe-vIrSinia. barrels. SI.25a
l.5O.
Tomatoes - Florida. basket
crates. ripes. wrapped. Sia5.
Strawberries - Florida. various
varieties. best. 5Oa55c; poorer. soft.
35a45c quart.
Peppers-F1orida.c crates. fair con-
dition. S2a4.
Beets-Texas. bushel baskets,
s1.5oa2.00.
String Beans-Florida, hushel
hampers s250as5O.
Carrots-TeNas. bushel baskets,
s250a3.
Cauliflowe-- - California. crates
all sizes. s2.75a325.
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LIQUIDATION Halt GRAIN ADVANCE; COTTON RREGULA
DEEDS AND DEEDS OF TRUST
Pub,hed Daily Except Sunday. in TIE Washington Herald

This record is transcript of al and deeds of trust
Office of the District Recorder Of Deeds yesterday
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Negress Admits $50 Theft.

Mary Rose. colored, was heId Tor
the grand jury yeserday by Judge
Mcmahon. in Police Court. under
$500 bond. for stealing $50 out Of
closet in the home of Mrs. Ger
aldine Kronheim. at 1945 Calvert
street northwest. Detective W. s.
Smoot testified that the girl con-
fessed to spending the money on
liquor and joyrides. She pleaded
q uflfv
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Comdr. Walter s. Anderson. to
command U. S. S. Kidder.
Comdr. James H. Comfort. to
command L. S. s. Affair. report
ing 3-15-22.
Lieut. Comdr. c. VI. Bright. to
command u. s. s. Luce.
Lieut.. Julius C. Delpino. to U. s.
s. Tacoma.
Lieut.. Leonard Doughty. to u. s.
s. Florida.
Lieut.. Frank C. Fechteler, TO duty
with U. s. s. Langley Aviation De-
tachment. Hampton Roads Va
Lieut.. Charles Franz. to u s. s.
Delaware.
Lieut. Jay /, Kerley. totU. S, s.
Florida.
Lieut.. Harold U, Little, to U. S,
s. -Promethcus.
Ensign Harry A. Mewshaw. to
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down u-on the 6eck-hands, loading
freight, listening to the stream Of the
second mates profanity, who swore
his emotion by the stars, the moon,
the river, the universe; and when the
Leona was on her way again, the
fiddles going, the muddy roustabouts
singing. Liberty Shottle and Drace
seated themselves on campstools,
eagering toward swift acquaintance.
the friendship of two natures far apart
in aim and principle.
IF you've got two cigars, I'll join
you in a smoke" said Shottle. THANK
you. You see, my people, what few
of them are left. say that 1 don't
exist. They haven't cast me off, or
anything of that sort, but being of
staid habits themselves, they swear
that l am too unreal to exist. Lord,
what is the world but queer? What's
your gamer"
Il haven't any-any game" parried
the Northerner. But what are you
doing on this boat yourself?"
I'm going down to New Orleans" "
replied Liberty. ITO see how long l
can stay there. 1 had a pretty fair
Job a couple of months ago teaching
n school near Memphis. They liked
me, too. I've got sleeps hide from
Chapel Hill university, North Caro-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-09-14
CHAPTER II

Drace sat musing over the strange
creature who had just left him, but
soon his mind flowed down another
channel. far different from whim or
an amusement-his mission in the
South, secret, grim and desperate. But
life on a river steamboat In that day
left little time for brooding for, few
moments after Shottle left to risk his
liberty and Braces hundred, roust-
about thrust his head in at the door
and announced that down on the deck
there was to be throwing and tyingl
match. The big fireman of the Leona'
was about to encounter vicksburg Joe
for the championship Of the River.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-09-14
CHAPTER

Out upon the sheen of the mighty
river the pine-torch flames fell In
ripping streams. and the full moon.
peeping over the tall timber. made
mouths at herself in the wrinkled
mirror Of flood. On the steamboat
Leona the negro deck-hands were
chanting the buoyant anthem Of the
June rise. In the gilt, enameled sa-
loon. a sweet-stringed waltz, centuries
removed from the melodic below of
the black bucks below, swelled out
upon breeze that seemed eager to
mingle with it, while sentiment smiled
and gallantry bowed In the studied
graces of a floating ballroom on the
Mississippi. All ceremony was precise
with the inherited observance Of pre-
cedent, save when some hair-greased
and less refined dandy of the woods,
having fingered too long at the bar.
let liquor fly to his heels to cut a re-
bellious pigeon-wing.
The boundless ranch Of the West
was unknown, and along the lower
Mississippi lay the great plantations
ofsAmerica. Except for the toll of the
slaves, Industrial life had been only a
sort Of happy Incidence; but society
held many thrilling charm. and with
its libraries from Europe. Intellectual
life INDUCED the luxury Of ceremoni-
ous romanticism. This atmosphere
was still breathed on the big Missis-
sippi steamboats,, for fantasies which
render poetic the condition of us all
linger on the water after having been
driven from the land.
In the ballroom of the Leona the
dress of the men and the women was
variegated with the odd ends Of diff
ferent periods of style. Old chests,
hidden during the Civil war. only a
few years past, had been opened to
give up the family scented fiuffs and
gourd-fiowered vests of Andrew Jack
sons day: and the brigadier In ruffled
shirt poured gallantry's extravagant
figures Of speech upon the graceful
young dame arrayed in the silk that
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-09-14

coast. And so, my father dismissed
Stepho from a t.'sition which the cr4-
ole's dishonesty had made lucrative
and valuable to him.
lust after that" Drace went on.
"the war broke out. La Vitte became
guerrilla-one of the men of Guam
trell's stamp. who kept out Of the army
but who gathered in bands and lived
by rapine along the border. was only
a little boy. Liberty. when La vitte's
band of guerrillas crossed the Ohio
near Cincinnati and raided the little
town where we lived. But the horror
of that night still burns like flame
In my brain, Liberty"
Drace stopped. drew from breast
pocket card and handed 1t to Shot
tie. On 1t was written in bold black
characters: "Stepho la Vitte, with the
compliments of Alfred Drace's son
Virgil"
Shottle read the card. then looked
inquiringly at Drace:
Liberty" the young man explained.
'those guerrillas under La vitte
burned our little town and killed near
ly every grown man In 1t. For word
was brought of their coming, and the
men-nearly all Of them married men
or old-who had not gone to the war
seized weapons and went out to de-
fend their houses.
"They were massacred almost to a
man. And it was not plunder
tie town for outrage. Liberty, but
passion for revenge. For next morn
ing my father was found hanging to
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guerrille warfare had raided your homo
and murdered your father, and then,
hanging his body to a tree, had in
solently pinned card to 1t bearing
the outlaws namei Would not you
likely do as Virgil Drace did-swear
= solemn vow to find that outlaw, hang
him as high as Haman, and decorate
his corpse with your own card? Then,
while you were setting about to exc
cute that vow. suppose you met a fasci-
mating girl with whom you fell in love
and had the satisfaction of finding
your affection sincerely reciprocated.
Then supposing 1t developed that the
girl were the daughter of the man
upon whom you had sworn to wreak
vengeance. What would you do7 Is
1t not satisfactory web upon which
to weave an intensely interesting story
Of romance, especially when the incl
dents occurred in the South following
the Civil war, the young man a north
ern officer. the girl beautiful. fiery
southerner. and all the other charac-
ters and episodes of the South and
that turbulent period which marked
the days of reconstruction? Would It
not be moro absorbing II. as In this
case, the author were one of the
greatest of American noxelists7 You
will find this stirring romance worked
out in the most charming way In
'Periwinkle House." by Opie Read.
No man in the United States has
written as many stories as Opie Read,
and no author has had q larger num-
ber Of readers He was born In a
small town in Tennessee in 1852. fol-
lowed newspaper work for awhile In
Kentucky. and then moved to Little
Rock, Ark. where he edited the Ar
kansas Gazette from 1873 to 1881. He
was next on the stan of the Cleveland
(OJ Leader and. then returned to Lit
tie Rock. where he established the
Arkansaw Traveller. q humorous paper
which attracted the attention Of the
entire Engiish-speaking world. Mr..
Read furnished most Of the material
that went into the publication. He
conducted It from 1888 to 1881 and then
moved to Chicago. where he has since
II IL doubtful II Opie Read himself
could recall the titles of all the books
he has written, without referring to Q
list. One or more OF them II in nearly
every home where fiction IL indulged
In throughout the land. They form .
conspicuous part of the fiction section
OF every public library. and are car
risd in stock by every enterprising
book dealer. During late years he has
bsen less prolific. due to the fact that
he has not had the leisure for writing.
for he has become one Of the most
sought after lecturers. and his time is
practically filled with Chautauqua. Ly-
csum and special platform engage
ments. In this work he has covered
practically the entire nation and has
visited some sections several times.
for there always is a demand for
his return.
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Am Liberty

lima, with all the wool singed off and
the board acknowledged my qualifica-
tions, but they caught me shaking dice
with the boys and told me that as
there were some branches of learning
they didn't care to have instilled, I'd
better get a professorship in some
higher institution. Have you been In
there7"
Liberty Shottle waved his hand /;
and Drace. thinking he meant the ball
room, answered him:
"Only passed through. I've been
rather worn with that sort of thing." I"
"Oh, you think meant the ballI I
meant the poker-room."
"Yes. sat In there for time"
How did you come outr
mot very well. Lost two hundred" :"
"You speak Of losing two hundred
rs lightly as II it were a matter of
breath instead Of blood. Would you
mind holding my hand till you say 1t
again? Two hundredi Why, you
know, a fellow would teach bullet.
heads and sissies for two months for
two hundred dollars Now, let me
lay down proposition: I am lucky
tonight. l lost fifteen dollars, all had,
but I'd just got up to the point of
winning when lost my last dollar.
Just one more ante, and 1t would have
come my way. saw 1t coming, but
blundering fool headed 1t Off. Now,
here's my scheme, and it's good one
vOr, xyopf vour txuo hupdrod ho oIr xo,,
stake me to a hundred, and I'll go In
there and make a cleaning. Don't re-
fuse. now, until you have let your
mind digest the situation. Most Of the
errors in this life come from snap
judgment"
"Ah. you think you can win. because
you lost?"
my dear Virgil. there is, you might
say, a psychology in everything. Who
wins a fight7 The man who believes
he can't? No, the man who knows he
can. And know right now. Why, I'd
stake my life on 1t. You give me the
hundred and stay right here and wait.
AS for my honesty. can give you ref
erences-the mayor of New Orleans
and Judge Hebbins of Memphis-but
he died last week. No matter = I'd
jump into the river and let the paddle
wheel beat me into sausagemeat be-
fore I'd deceive you. Liberty Shottle.
that's my name"
Drace leaned back and laughed.
Liberty, thing astonishing to me is
going to happen. I'll stake you to the
hundred"
No superstitious devotee ever re-
ceived from the priest Of the gods a
libation with more of emotional strain
than Liberty Shottle evinced when he
closed in tight clutch on Drace's ad-
venturous hundred. Then he bowed
and disappeared.
Drace sat musing, and soon he be-
gnn to wonder why he had been so
weak ns to give 500 to this peculiar
fellow. a stranger. Well, Liberty had
amused him. Made him laugh. and In
this world there is more money spent
for the promotion of laughter than for
the relief OF tears
Presently Shottle returned. He sat
down and though physically he was
light. the camp stool groaned beneath
him. Drace waited. The Leona blew
her greaf horn and all the world
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-09-14

The old fiddlers' concert ut Happy
Hollow Friday night was sore dis
appointment to everybody present, as
the music was ruined by a couple of
city fellows who were allowed to use
their mandolin and ukulele In the con-
cert. The fiddlers got SO nervous the
music sounded like 1t had palsy, and
two or three times Bill Dooley. the
best fiddler in the neighborhood. took
the shimmies, dropped his bow, and
began to pick the strings Of his fiddle
with his fingers.
MANDOLIN: A stammering banjo.
BIZ Sans Dictionary, page co.,.
UKULELE: A foreign mandolin
with bad brogue. BIN Sans Diction-
ary, page 791.
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With the Compliments Of stepho La
VItte."
q tree. And on his breast was pinned
q card that read: Alfred Drace. with
the compliments Of Stepho la vitte."
Liberty looked again at the card he
held in his hand, then handed 1t back
to Drace. II reckon i understand now,
master" he said. "You are huntin'
this Stepho to-"
ITO hang him as high as Haman
and to pin that card on his breast"
declared Drace passionately. while
my mother lived, Liberty, 1 could do
nothing. You know how women are
In such matters. But-she, died this
spring, Liberty. after long years Of
grieving for the man that id out
law foully murdered. Now ] am free
to strike for my honor and my fathers
memory-to carry justice to that MUIR
derer."
With an awkward gesture Liberty
stretched forth a hand, caught Drace's
and wrung it warmly. you're like
like Hamlet" he exclaimed. "rll do
my best to help you, Hamlet. Let me
be your Horatio as well as your slave"
(To be Continued)
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eupposing you
were q young
man who had
served In . war
and escaped its
perils and that
the future were
rosy with prom
ise, excepting
that fate had
called upon you
to execute q
grim and terri
BILE purpose; the
circ um stances
being that dur
ing the conflict,
an outlaw oper-
ating under the
nAni-sancfion a&
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a--Business Colleges

MEN TO learn barber trade. TRI-CTTY
BARBER's COLLEGE. 400 E. washing
st., Indianapolis. Ind. Circle 0757.
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PLAN BIG SHOWS
FOR DICTIONARIES
1922 CONVENTION
Thousands of Visitors Are Ex-
pected to Take Part in
Entertainment.
NATIONAL OLYMPIC MEET
Athletes From Every State Will
Compete for Honors in
Series of Events.
NATIONAL OLYMPIC MEET

-
NEW ORLEANS. La, Oct. o.
All preliminary arrangements have
been completed for the American
Legion convention to be held here
Oct. 1920.
1t is expected to bring approximate
ly $4,000 visitors to this city. The
only unsOlved problem facing this city
IS the task Of accommodating the vast
thronS of visitors.
The legionaires expect three thou.
sand official delegates and thousands
will attend as visitors.
The legionnaires expect 5000 off.
clal delegates and a~lternates and
thousands will attend as visitors.
Railroads have made special rates.
This special rate applies e legion
members, auxiliary members and
their families. Arrangements have
been made to park sleeping cars here
IN sufficient number to take care of
the visitors and delegates who are
unable to secure rooming reservations.
The hotels have announced special
rates for legion visitors.
Among the tasks confronting the
convention viii be the framing Of a
program for the ensuing year which
viii probably include measures for the
relief Of disabled veterans and eiec-
ton of national officers and appoint
ment of permanent committees for the
ensuing year.
Many famous military organiza-
tons of old and recent wars in which
the United States has been involved
will have representatives at the CON
vention.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged. It will include a number of
athletic features and an attempts:wilI
be made to reproduce the life Of the,
doughboy on land. sea and in the air.
The first American Legion National
Olympic meet viii be held during the
convention. Legion athletes from
every State in the Union will compete
for national championship honors in
track and field events, aquatic sports.
amateur boxing, wrestling, golf and
tennis. There will also be a national
Workmanship contest and a tourna-
ment Of professional boxers.
The United State Navy Depart
ment has announced the assignment
Of the United States cruiser Birming-
ham and four destroyers to New
Orleans during its sessions here.
Twelve naval hydroplanes- will fly
from the base at Pensacola, and will
give daily exhibition flights.
On one of the convention nights a.
mimic bombing raid will be staged over
the business district. Legion national
officers are making arrangements for
ships to come from England, France.
Italy and a number of South American
countries to participate in the naval
feature along with the American ships.
A reproduction Of some Of New Or
leans famous carnival features will be
on the iegionnaires' program for the
second night of the convention.
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BIRTHS
Boys

n0NA
Harry and Mollie Caplin, Methodist Hos
pital.
Frederick and Helen Legler. Methodist
pital.
Harry and Anna Finkle. Methodist Hospi-
Edward and Rose Madinger, Methodist
Roy and Mary Pollum. Methodist Hospital.
Walter and Eta Smith. Methodist Hospital.
Mckee and Peathe Brasher. Methodist
Paul and Nellie Sylvester. St. vincents
Hospital.
Charles and Lula Smith. 271s f. North.
Allen and Ruth Hayes. 1543 Yandes.
Delbert and Alice Todd. 1921 Bates.
Nathan and Clara Carrico, 2611 James.
Charles and Julia Spillman, AZ Division.
Arch and Mary Hinch, Methodist Hospital.
Clemens and Mary ~Greskamp. 3719 Boule-
ward Pl.
Girls
.Casinir and Cecile Ludwig. Methodist Hos
Edward and Mary Ridley. Methodist Hos
Curtis L. and Florence johnson. 1o22h S.
Meridian.
Paul and Margaret Dannacher, 1s42 Cen
Claud and Katherine Palmer. St. vincents
Sterling and Myrtle Parham. 1859 Far
hart.
Thomas and Beatrice Harrington, 144s
Mathew and Clara Megero. 100 W. Ari-
IONA.
Cuban and EIveree Younger, 1882 Yandes.
Columbus and Emeretta Vaughan, S31
Lord.
Ralph and Bertha Shortridge. 1887 E.
Michigan.
Fred and Frieda Auch, 1906 N. Rural.
George and Hazel Green, 1855 w. Thirty
First.
Charles aud Mary Adams. 1910 Belle
fontaine.
Walter and Mabel Nendel, 335 N. Summit.
Twins
William and Ethel Schrowe, 1910 Naomi.
(Boy and GIRL
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IN AIEAIORIAAI


IN MEMoRIAM-In loving remembrance of
oar dear husband and father, R. j.
FLETCHER. who passed away one year ago to-
day.
sad is the memory of one year ago today,
WhN1 you left US all in sorrow for that
home so far away
You ,bade no one a last farewell;
Youtcould say goodbye to none;
A weary heart has ceased TO beat
For AL Of Us You give your best
May God grant you eternal rest.
The blowers we laid upon your grave
To Wither and decay.
But The love we bear for you
VIII tneyer fade away.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
IN MEMORIAM-In loving remembrance OF
Gus darlins daughter, Anna B. Lynch
tnee Means, who was called away one year
ago today, Oct ,. 1921
Ny darling daughter. how we miss you,
We miss you more and more each day.
We miss your coming footsteps;
We. miss you everywhere.
Home Is not the same since you were called
Oh. how we wish that you could come
And we could see your smiling face again.
Your broken-hearted MOTHER AND
FATHER.
IN MENORIAN-In loving remembrance of
our dear mother. Anna B. Lynch, who de-
parted this lie Oct :. 1871
Dearest mother you have left US in this
world of care.
And we hope some day to meet you
In the heavenly home so fair.
Just a thought of sweet remembrance.
Just a memory fond and true,
Just a token of affection.
And a heart ache still for YOU.
Sadly missed by her HUSBAND. PARENTS
AND CHILDREN.
N ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Annie
Bell Lynch. who departed her life a year
ago today, Oct. ,. 1921.
A year ago dear sister. you were called away.
1t seemed as though We need you here. but
you could not stay.
And as the years roll by we miss you more
and more.
We hope to meet you some day on the
other shore.
From SISTER \ FAMILY. MRS.
GARRTTY.
IN MEMORIAM-In loving remembrance Of
our darling sister. Anna 3. Lynch. who
departed this life one year ago today, Oct.
?, 1921.
Just a thought of sweet remembrance.
just a memory fond and true.
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DEATHS

Lawrence Sears, 80. Deaconess Hospital,
acute mycocarditis.
Robert John Sylvester, , days. st. Vincents
Hospital, premature birth.
Frances D.. Seibert, 95, 1859 W. Thirtieth.
arteFio s~Clerosis.
Anna B.. Sullivan. Is, TIA Blaine, pull
monary tuberculosis.
La Doris smith, is days, 141s Mill, pre-
mature birth.
mature birth.
America Davis. Al, 28o9 Columbia. inter
stitial nephritis.
carcinoma.
Kathleen May Jones. 16. 1889 McLain.
pulmonary tuberculosis.
Major E.. Jones. 43, $40 w. Sixteenth Pl.,
Lottie craseT, So, s2s Roach. typhoid
fever.
Clara Myrtle Peak. 81, 73O E.. Michigan,
pulmonary tuberculosis.
David Collins, "A. Methodist Hospital, car
cinoma.
sarah E: Smith, So. $500 N. Capital. pull
mOnary oedema.
Calvin Wampler. IL, city hospital. tuber-
culous meningitis.
Herbert Tilman Freels. 2 months. 2229
wilkins. cholera infantum.
Calvin P. Houser. rs. 1910 Eugene.
epoplexy.