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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
YOUR SIDE OF 1T.

Your lungs inhale an average of $500 gal
Ions of air day, according to medical au-
thority. We told this to the garage man who
has been overhauling our car. Being of me-
chanical turn of mind, his comment was:
Gosh! The lungs must be fine piece of ma
chinery, to do that much work and keep from
wearing out"
neighbor, expert at making cellar wines
out of various kinds of garbage, said:
"Twenty-sx hundred gallons, Ell? What pity
it isn't whisky"
Another friend, neurasthenicwh always
worrying about his health, came back with:
II wonder how much of the $500 gallons is
pure air, and how much is coal smoke, auto
fumes and disease germs.
A happy-go-lucky chap answered: Yes?
Well, why worry about it unless the lungs
carburetor gets clogged up?'~
A gloomy friend growled: Keep it quiet or
some corporation will corner the air supply
and fasten meters on our noses"
Our final experimental subject yawned :
$50? Who's going to win the series this year,"
The wide variety of responses interested us
as showing the many types of humanity and
how differently they react to events and situa-
tons.
bit Of information starts travelling. AS it
reaches various people, each consciously or I'M
consciously applies it to his own life-meas-
ures 1t in terms of his character and personal
psychology.
Thus one person interpets everything in
mechanical terms. Another weighs it as a
Great Basic Cause. Still another ferrets out of
it a moral slant
This is true of all news. For instance, a
boom stock market suggests larger sales mar
kets to the business man. The gambler be-
gins wondering if he can tear off piece of the
plumber A psychologist reflects that the rise
in the market indicates down-curve of the
fear emotion. A moralist laments the gamb-
ling craze.
Each Of US has certain personal set of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
"NORMALCY"

The worlds international trade
Combined exports and imports of all
countries) totaled As billion dollars
last year, say the statistician, o. p.
Austin. This compares with only 40
billion dollars in 1918, the pre-war
boom year, and e billions in 1920, the
record year.
While the worlds countries are
buying and selling each other more
than before the war, in dollars, the
actual amount of business (tons,
bushels, etc. is far below normal, be-
cause the dollar buys lot less than
in 1918. The price hoax rises to fool
US, at every side.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
The Referee
RENTS.

The housing shortage has been re-
duced fourth in the last IS months.
So estimates the business expert of
the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
Gradually the shortage will be wiped
out. Then rents will smash. It's the
law of supply and demand the aver
age landlord demanding all he can
get. That's human nature: Most of us
would charge $1,000 day for our
work-if we could get it.
New residences contracted for in
March in the United States involved
1914 million dollars. A big sum, but
only about $150 for each woman and
child. People seem to prefer to put
their money into autos rather than
homes. High rent is the natural
penalty. vievs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
NERVE EXPLOSIONS.

Do you ever get up in the morning tout Of
the wrong side of bed" and find everything
goes wrong during the day.?
Buttons come off, Shoelaces break Break
fast toast is scorched The street car is late
and packed to the doors when it does come, SO
there's no seat for you.
AS the day progresses it seems that there
conspiracy afoot to make you irritable All
the trance walkers and half-Wits in the world
manage to get in your way
The jinx follows. Fingers are clumsy, re-
fuse to obey your brain readily and you break
things from dishes to pencil leads
The mailman apparently has joined the con-
spiracy. He brings the wrong kind of letters
- disappointments, bills.
Everything is out of sorts. Like the Irish
soldier, you decide "everybody's out of step
but me-
Most of us have enough of the superstitious
lurking in our brains to make us believe that
bad luck is shadowing us on the days when
everything goes wrong.
The simple truth is our nerves are on edge,
probably due to something we ate the day be-
fore, or to our blood pressure being too low or
too high.
Life at such times seems more aggravating
than usual. But the trouble is in ourselves,
not in life or the people we encounter. They
average about the same, day in and day out.
For instance: We saw man rush into an
office building AS he went through the re-
volving door, he decided that the party in front
Of him was slow-m moving moron, so he swung
the door viciously in an obvious attempt to
knock down the stranger in his path. Nerves.
Meeting the same stranger under similar cir
cumstances next day, the man (if feeling
nornaD probably would trail the stranger plac-
idly through the door and maybe pause to bor-
row match and exchange the time of day
and home brew recipes.
There is nothing quite as cranky as drunk
ard or other dope fiend recovering from de-
bauch, with nerves on edge-a hangover All
of us at times feel the same way, without any
preliminary debauch.
We have simplyt lost control Of our nerve
force. The pipes are leaking, eager to explode.
What can we do about it z Well for one
thing, we can keep ourselves under control by
a determination to maintain placid and easy
going state of mind. Ruination of the whole
day dates from the first yielding to anger
when the button comes off as we start to dress
The more we yield the more we allow our
selves to become irritated, the higher the pres
sure mounts in our internal mechanism.
A good motto, when nerves are on edge, is +:
"Oh well, nothing nor nobody is worth getting
mad at A hundred years from now, what diff
ference will it make?"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

of McCook Field is an aerial ambu.
lance big enough to carry two injured
men, a surgeon and a nurse.
While the army air service is To-
ceeding with the perfection of new
planes and plans, the United States
navy is also conducting experiments
designed to develop that branch Of
the service
All this activity is primarily for
the purpose of being prepared for an
emergency. The air service contends
that the nation having the best air
planes and the most efficient aviators
will be the victor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
BOOTLEGGERs.

In Alberta, Canadian province, they
have prohibition. Also bootleggers,
chiefly from wet British Columbia.
The police have been unable to check
rum runners at the border. Do they
sit, back and say prohibition is fail
ure? Not much! They equip themselves
with motorcycles carrying machine
guns and tear bombs. One gunner in a
test makes 62 hits out of a possible
70 while going so miles an hour. He
will not have to do much shooting on
his heat.
The cream of the criminal world
is in the bootlegging game, surround
ed by murderers, counterfeiters, forg-
ers and burglars. There is only one
language they understand and obey.
Alberta has found 1t.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Nothing tickles a mosquito more
than a pair of silk stockings.
A picnic is no picnic when it rains.
Soon after dandelions bloom, noses
bloom.
Fly paper doesn't draw as many
flies as limousines do friends.
Trouble with the world is not enough
trouble is being prevented.
When a man isn't sure Of himself,
nobody else is.
Throwing cold water dampens the
enthusiasm.
A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but a soft head draws it,
Men with lots Of time on their hands
usually kill it all.
Mems suits haven't changed much
since last year except that some of
them look a year older.
You don't have to be liberal to give
yourself away.
A man can't get by railroad cross
ing on his good looks.
You seldom see an ex-loafer.
Many people with nothing to do
make the mistake Of doing it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
Happenings
rs Years Ago
Nav 7. 1898.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Yule entertain
ed at patriotic party last evening at
their home. The feature of the eve
ming was parlor lecture by Mrs. Shell
don of Chicago. The subject of her
talk was Dolly Madison"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
RIRDMEN.

In Hawaii Uncle Sans airplanes fly
over the mountains, scattering tree
seed. Forests are springing up. Expert
mental but so successful that this new
method of reforestation may become
worldwide.
Birds have been doing the same
thing since the first fish that grew
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
We All Get 1t
BY BERTON BRALEY


SICK at heart and weary?
Out OF luck for fair?
Thoughts all dark and dreary,,
Full of cark and carer
Life amt any good, it
Seems so much askew?
Other guys have stood it
So can you.
YOU are not the only
Lad who has to face
Sorrow by his lonely,
For q bitter space;
Here's the dope, hold to il,
If the prospects blue,
Others have lived through it
So will you.
TIME will heal some sorrow
Courage cures~the rest.
Now you're down-tomorrow
You may ride the crest;
Woe is, when you sum it,
Nothing strange or new;
Others overcome it
So can you.
Copyright, 1928. NEA Service Iran
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
TODAY's THOUGHT.

The good man is persisted out of the
earth, and there Is none upright among
men; they all lie in wait for blood;
they hunt every man his brother with
a net.-Micah 7:2.
So the false spider, when her nets
are spread, deep ambused in her silent
den does lie.-Dryden.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

fins into wings and took to the air.
The solution of every human problem
is in nature, waiting for us to copy
it. Our economic and sociological
troubles are due to violating natural
laws.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The International Grand Prize au-
tomobile race will be held in Italy in
September of this year. This is the
first time this race will be run out
side of France.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Admiral SIMPSONS fleet leaves for
Porto Rico this afternoon. It is ex-
pected that they will encounter the
Spanish at any moment
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The world might be happy if all were rich
For that matter it might be if all were poor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
May 9TH.

REST IN PEACE - Thou shalt i,
down, and none shall make thee afraid
Job 11:19.
QUESTION-Why should we wait OF
the Lord Psalm 62:5-6
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The richest man in the world is the one who
is satisfied with what he has.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The Literary Society of the College
of Commerce held their regular meet
ing at the college this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

There is always beauty contest in socia
set that includes rich young bachelor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

About the only difference between
the girl of 1900 and the girl of 1928
is % years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

A wife is a person who wonders how in the
world you manage to jerk off so many buttons
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The Schlitx Globes defeated the
Maple. Leafs last evening by score of
1915 to 1906.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

King Tut came back after 5000 years, so
it wasn't a political landslide that buried him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The Century Club will have general
meeting of all the members at the
University School this evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

We seem to remember another invasion back
in 1914 that accomplished very little.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Life is just a slow business of losing the
appetites you were born with.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The khan has one trait of Americanism It.
genius at getting publicity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Still, you have to be little evil-minded in
order to keep yourself respectable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
TOM SIMS


Every now and then q bathing girl
gets wet and catches cold.
Drifters seldom land.
The eagle is our national bird, but
if all reformers had our way it would
be the sad bird
No wonder girls learn to swim more
easily than men. Who wants to teach
a man to swim?
Running an auto is no excuse for
running amuck.
We don't know what bookworm
looks like, but it must be some kin
to a hookworm.
About the time Europe gets on her
feet she sits back down again.
Among the new inventions is a col
lapsible grip. 1t acts like a man ask
ing the railroad fare.
Wouldn't it be great if you could
send the dishes to the laundry and the
house to the cleaner?
If riches brought happiness all of
the bootleggers would laugh themselves
to death.
In these trying days, people will try
anything.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

We can't believe that infants go to hell. They
have no teeth to gnash.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Every man knows that some day he
will accidentally try to mail letter
in a fire alarm box.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The gas office has been moved and
the managers are very proud of their
new quarters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Another thing that puzzles us is the Stick
in Rev Percy Stickney Grant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Some men are knightly and rescue damsel
in distress, and others dodge jury Service
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The Board of Health met lat night
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

What is hurting our fair country
more than cucumbers?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

A cynic is a man who can't believe that any
body is more decent than he is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The Calkins building is rapidly near
ing completion and will be ready for
occupancy about the 25th of this
month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The friends of William j. Tulley, the
missing sewing machine agent, have
not been able to discover his where
abouts and have decided to give up the
search.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Good times are those not used as topic OF
conversation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The funeral of Mrs. Carl Loetz was
held from the German M. E. church
yesterday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

In these trying days, people will try
anything.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

The stars were millions of years in the max
ing, You see, they had no press agent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Many people with nothing to do
make the mistake Of doing it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

If riches brought happiness all of
the bootleggers would laugh themselves
to death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

A wife is person who wonders how in the
world you manage to jerk off so many buttons
King Tut came back after 5000 years, so
it wasn't political landslide that buried him.
The world might be happy if all were rich
For that matter, it might be if all were poor.
There is always beauty contest in social
set that includes rich young bachelor.
We seem to remember another invasion back
in 1914 that accomplished very little
The richest man in the world is the one who
is satisfied with what he has.
Life is just slow business of losing the
appetites you were born with.
The khan has one trait of Americanism It's
genius at getting publicity.
We can't believe that infants go to hell They
have no teeth to gnash.
Another thing that puzzles US is the "stick"
in Rev. Percy Stickney Grant.
Good times are those not used as topic of
conversation
A cynic is man who can't believe that any
body is more decent than he is.
------------ -
STILL you have to be little evil-mnded in
order to keep yourself respectable
Some men are knightly and rescue damsels
in Distress and others dodge jury service
The stars were millions of years in the max
ing. You see, they had no press agent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10

Wouldn't it be great if you could
send the dishes to the laundry and the
house to the cleaner?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
KNOW YOUR TOWN

Many citizen of Belington who
brags about his own community
speaks from faith rather than know
ledge. A local man suggests it
would be good idea to know your
! home town and he has asked us to
print afew question. Here they
are Study them, post yourself on
them, and the next time you go to
boast about the town you're proud of
you'll sbe in position to back up one
argument. Here are the question:
What is the population? How did the
site of the town happen to be select
ed? How did it get its name? What
is the birth rate? What is the death
rate? What are our chief natural
resources? Do most of the citizens
own their own homes? What per
cent are renters? What about our
water? Is the supply adequate to
meet all emergencies, and is the wa
ter pure? Is there proper ventila-
ton and light in our school houses in
this community? What kind of
schools have we? Are they receiv-
ing the co-opration of our citizens
that they deserve? What have we
here to offer the man with family
who is seeking a permanent home?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
A Subscriber
PUBLIC SALE

We will offer for sale at j. R.
Phares farm, / mile south of Being
ton on Elkins pike at l p m SATUR-
DAY, OCTOBER 18TH
Registered Aberdeen-Angus Stock
2 bulls, Z cows (bredD, 8 two year
old heifers (bred), J. yearling heifer,
z calves, 3 stock cows, (bred), 3
stock calves, l mich cow and number
of fat cows and heifers and 7 year
lings, fine horses, and / registered
Poland China sow (bred).
TERMS: Cash, or interest bearing
negotiable note with approved secur-
ity payable in one year. (10-4-2t)
ROHRABOUGH BROTHERS
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
Rum Put into Fresh Fruit.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Spiked fruit
produced by injecting liquor into
fresh fruit, was discovered wher
county detectives raided an alleged
moonshine plant near Jibsona, accord
ing to the officers, who took into Gus
tody Barnett Shemin on liquor vic
lation charge. In the plant, the off
GERS declared, they found row after
row of glasses filed with plums and
other fruit. Upon examination, it was
said, they found the skin of the fruit
had been punctured and liquor inject
ed into it.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA Steady.
Winter straight. S5@5.50. Spring and
city patent. $707.6O.
MHEAT-Steady; No. 2 red, $1.Os
CORN-Firm No. yellow. $1.O6A
@1.07h.
POULTRY-Live. quiet; hens, Bic
old ROSTERS, 1S019c. Dressed, quiet
choice fowls. 33c; old ROSTERS, 19c.
BUTTER-Quiet; fancy creamery
4SM50c.
EGGS-Quiet; selected. 45c: near
by. 41c; western. 41c.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
Harding Medal Minted.

Washington. The Warren G..
Harding memorial medal will be
distributed from the Philadelphia
mint on October l. The government
viii sell these medals for one dollar
plus postage of fifteen cents. The
first medals minted were sent to the
late presidents family, and later a
consignment will be distributed among
his friends and neighbors in the town
of Marion, Ohio.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
Poisoned Her Four Children.

Elkhorn, Wis Mrs. Myrtle
Schaude, OF Whitewater, told Dis
rrict Attorney Godfrey that she gave
her four children poisoned candy last
Friday lust before they We're leaving
for an automobile ride in the belief
that when the poison took effect the
car would be hopelessly wrecked and
it would appear that all had been kill
ed in an accident.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
70 Perish in Scotch Mine.

Glasgow - Seventy lives are be-
lieyed to have been lost when
deep pit at the James Nimmo COM
pany's colliery, near Falkirk, was
flooded The water which flooded the
pit broke through the walls of an adj
joining pit which had not been used
for years. The active pi was; flood
ed so quickly there was no opportun-
ity to warn the miners. Oily one
escaped.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
Two Women Motorists Drown.

Norfolk, Va. = Two women were
drowned when an automobile car
rying six persons was driven into
Norfolk Harbor at the army base pier.
Mrs J. w. Moss, driver of the ma
chine, and Mrs. James P. Stevenson
lost their lives. Captain L. F. Pape,
commanding officer of the base, dived
iatc the water from an army transport
and rescued Mrs. Phyllis Backus and
he baby.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
WEST VIRGINITY UNIVERSITY
DEFEATS WESLEYAN Ply

FAIRMONT, w. Va. Sept. Both
West Virginia Wesleyan met the
champion Mountaineers from the
state university in the teams annual
football clash at South Side park
yesterday, and as opinion ruled, the
champions won by a score of PIT.
If there was apparent one of the pro
missed surprises by Wesleyan, it was
the fact that scored. At no time did
the Methodists appear to have
enough stuff to win.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
live stock Quotations.

CHICAGO-HOGS- to zoe low
err; bulk, good and cnoice $50 to 25O
pound averages, $S.70@S.85; top,
6S.S5; desirable 26O TO 326 pound
butchers, $S.45@S.65.
CATTLE-Steady on fed matured
steers OF value to sell at $11 upward
and well-finished yearlings eligible te
$40 and better: western steers, $40
$50.
SHEEP to SOC lower: very
good natives, $3.50; best held at $14
good feeding lambs, 1925 sheep
weak: smooth 101-pound Montana
wethers, $3.50.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04

Easton, Pa. William S. Wal
ker, injured in a motorcycle col
lision, was carried from his bed to a
couch for his wedding to Miss Anna
Eilber, of Stroudsburg. The ceremony
was performed there by Rev. G. p.
Reumann. 1t was feared at first that
the ceremony would have to be post
poned Walker had his right leg seri-
ously torn.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
Adds $1,000 Hoo to Pens.

Wilmington, Del John Gova-
tos. president of the Citizens Loan
company, purchased boar from
the Columbian Stock Farm, at Kansas
City, for $1,000. This is said to~be
the highest price ever paid in Della
ware for such an animal. The hog
will be placed with Govatos' drove OF
Poland Chinas.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-04
NOTICE TO STOCK HOLDERS

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Consumers Heat, Light, Water
& Power Company will be held at
their office, Belington w. Va, Tues
day, Oct 9th 1928 at 2, o'clock p. M.
for the purpose of electing Board
of Directors and for Transactions of
such Business as may come before it.
9-20-4t F. P. REASE, Pres.