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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-17
DumbeSt Rookie Pitcher

The .dumbest pitcher that the
Philadelphia Athletics ever
roped into their baiIiwick was a
young left-handar who, for obyi-
Gus reasons. shall go nameless
here. tie was taken on the
training trip to Jacksonville.
one morning, while coming out
of The hotel, he met Danny Mur-
ply.
SAY, what's the name of this
here toWBY De asked SO inno-
Gently thar Dan thought he was
kidding. They had been there
for week. Finally, Murphy
saw that the rookie really was
"a dumb David
"For heavens sake" said Dan.
don't let Connie hear hat YOU
dent know the name Of the
town you're living in"
"Who's CONNER" asked the
rookie.
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-17

The Philadelphia Americans havc
helped ont ifa 1Homas q shreveport
BY releasing 10 him SPENCER HARRIS au
ortGeldar. last year lu the nia. league
and Gus Ee'eham. pitcher last year
In Tie Texas Oklahoma league.
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to thinking women are too darned
important. That's what your
fatehr did. He was going good
but that softened him right up
Neale still said nothing, q sue.
cession OF well-remembered scenes
from his early home life evoked by
his grandfather words.
The old man cried out now. in
burst of contained resentment,
Your father ought to have gone
enough sight further than he. did.
Yes, he had ought tor He looked
keenly into the hard. strong face
of his grandson and said proudly.
''but you will!'
Neale felt so queer q disquiet
at all this, that he got up alb
ruptly and clapped on his hat.
All kinds Of Inherent pieces
were fitting together before. his
eyes into some sort Of pat
tern. He wanted to get away BY
himself and look at It to see what
pattern it-was.
I'm going up to the far wood
lot, !" he said 81 can remember
when the pines were just coming
lin there. want to see how much
they grow in fifteen or twenty
years. But he had no interest in
the young pines, and he was not
at ali thinking Of them as he
strode hurriedly up the stony sunk
en- woodroad. He was thinking OF
Martha. Out Of nowhere there had
come to him the recollection or
saying good-by to her ct the sta
ton. He had kissed her good-by,
and as clearly as though he had
just now stopped to her, he could
remember that the very instant
their lips met be had been wonder
ing IL he would hive time to get
down to the office before Mr..
Gilman came in from Chicago. He
wanted Gflman's support for his
scheme to follow the shifting CEN
ter Of supply with 4 branch. Office
in the Gulf States. Were the
figures he wanted filed under I.
for Louisiana or x for Yellow
pine?
He laughed rather grirn1y to
himself. marching rapidly up
through the second growth birch
on which with one corner Of his
eye he was automatically setting =.
possible value. II Grandfather
only knew. he wouldn't think he
needed any exIortation to avoid
uxoriousness. He was not very
proud of that remembered moment
at the station. It was all very well
not to be uxorious but
He Stops to Rest.
When clear tiny brook CROSS
ed the road. he stopped 60 draw
breath. for. without knowing It, he
had been hurrying as IL not to
miss an appointment up on the
mountain. He saw his father
stopping to say good-by to his
mother at the train as the yearly
summer vacation began. He had
seen that good-by every Juneof his
little boyhood. but he had never
looked at it. till, . man grown. he
now stood stock-still on the noun
tain and stared back through the
years into his father's face. What
he saw fhera was startling and
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The Story Of Two Young People Who We're Destined f
Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
- To Keep Them Apart

troubling to him. He stood frown-
ing sterrlly dawn at the brook. He
was very, very unhappy and he
resented his unhappiness. But his
unhappiness was nothing to the
remorse which now shook him. #
that was what marriage could
mean to man and "a woman,
what right had he to ask Martha
TO accept what be had to gsve2
Martha was So fine. so true dear.
dear Martha! 10 his al1azement,
almost. to his fright. he saw the
brook wayer and flicker and knew
that the tears were in his eyes.
For Gods sake, what was the
matter with him? 3
He sat down on fallen loR.
looking back down towards the
valley and found that far beneath
him lay the sunburned. flat, upper
pasture where in his junior year
he had spractised so Hereby, to
learn how to punt. He cast
glance Of heart-sick envy back at
the sweating. anxious boy who
could conceive of nothing worse Ii
life than to have kick blocked.
How lucky kids were. only they
didn't know It. never Tor i mo-
ment to dream 81 such 4 heavy
burden Of obscure misery as that
which now sickened his heart.
What was the trouble? what
was the troubIe2 He had every.
thing IN the world 8 man could
work for. Why then, did he
stand there leaden-hearted, as
wretched as = man who, cannot
pay his debts9
The feeling Of oppression. OF
weight was intolerable, ike i
physical construction. Ne stretch
ed his great arms and shook him
self and drew long breath, trv-
ing to throw it Off physically. In
the back Of his mind stood his
father, looking down at his mother,
bat now he would not look him
in the face. for il he did he would
see that he was not in love with
Martha, deep and tender as was
his affection Tor her.
With this sudden involuntary
formulation Of what he had been
fighting not to formulate. the
trouble and restIessness ana dis
quiet dropped away, and left
Neale. sitting. his face gray and
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BUNNY FINDS A GUIDE WHO LEADS THEM HOME

. Off we started and we never
wovered once in our journey back
to the village. For Bunny darted
straight ahead Of US ana we fol.
/, lowed, for somehow he knew Just
where to go.
How does that rabbit know.
this route?" asked Bobby as
we, trudged along.
III bet some animal has told
him!' Bobby chuclxled. '.You
know. Bunny always manages TO
find some friend in the woods ?
AS we came out OF the jungle
we saw the beautifully cultivated
cocoanut grove. And there set.
ting on the fence was Bunny talk.
ing with the cutest little monkey
you ever saw.
AS we came UP. Bunny said:
Foxy Grandpa, I want to in.
troduce you to our guide. This is
the fellow who showed me that
path out Of the woods"
WELL" said /. He did us a
great service. Please thank him
for me-"
Yes" answered Bunny. "And
he is the little fellow who threw
down the cocoanut we enjoyed so
much
do you mean it?" I ex.
claimed. But why does he come
out Of the jungle, Bunny? why
doesn't he stay in the jungle?"
"Oh" said Bunny. This is
where he works"
"Works?" / asked in surprise.
"Yes, indeed" answered Bunny.
1.-THE man who owns this p4anta.
tion has whole crew of mon.
keys who are trained to climb
trees and pick off the cocoanuts
before they ripen and fall to the
ground"
copyright, 1923. by international
Feature Service. Inc) -
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Why the Marriage Of the Characters of This Novel
Was Able to Stand Gle Test IS Related ii
Captivating Manner

that could BE expected by any
one who had an honest mind AT
least It was constructed on things
exactly as they were.
These were the foundations ana
boundaries of his new world:
profound doubt as to mhether any
one outside of books IL ever ii
love as men and women are ira
ditionally supposed to be; Ger.
tainty that with his deep affec-
ton for Martha, Ills respect Tor
her; his Viking for ali her ways,
he could make her happy
happy enough and be
happy with her as happy
IS any one III this world was
likely to be: the probability that
4 normal healthy man married to
q young and comeiy woman would
fall III love with her sufficienEIy
at least TO satisfy any conception
she would be likely to have Sc
love, sufficiently G satisfy what
any honest open-eyed man had 8
right to expect from love: i guess
that IN the long run such i mar
riage would Be more To his taste
tpossibly also to Martha'O than
: more absorbing, exciting union
It would certainly Be ali right for
Martha II they ha.l children The.
point was that ne. could do IN
finitely more Tor her, advance and
succeed ard triumph, unclogsed.
By too much personal life. He
did not, ne decided looking back
over his life, seem to be the sort
of man who really cared much
for personal life. He never had.
His few tentative steps towards
It had always made him miser.
able, : fish out Sc water What
he really did care for, what he
had always IKE when he got e.
was 8 chance to use his strength
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

WHEN did Ethan Allen cap
ture Fort Ticonderoga from the
British?
2when did Captain Bar
clay walk one mile in each sue
cessive hour?
3-When was Arthur BalfoUr,
former prime minister af Eng
land. born?
when was the American
School OF Classical Studies at
Athens, Greece, opened?
6--When was the opera "The
Bartered Bride" by smetana first
produced?
AnsWers to these queries win be
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS
To, Yesterdays Questions.
1-Delagoa Bay, on the coast
Of Africa, was discovered by the
Portuguese In 1893.
The sextant was invented In
1850, by Tycho Brahe.
3-Montreal, Canada, was taken
by the Americans III 1775.
4-The United States acquired
the Philippines by the treaty of
Paris, December 10, 1898.
5-The. Fourteenth or Recon
struction Amednment to the Con-
stitution was ratified July &c.
1868.
Copyright, 1928. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.1
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Captivating Manner

and wits III competition with other
men. Wasn't that after ali she
real business of life? Wasn't that
after ali what women wanted Of
nenv That was sc the bottom
of the marriages he saw about
him, iEi the homes 81 the older
men whore he occasionally was
asked to dinner. He could give
Martha all they gave to their ap-
parentIy uuite.satiskied wives
ana more, much norel
because Martha wal such
q dear, dear girl.
The Stole.
And that was enough Enough
for any onel he did not feel yery
iight.nsafted. Il Is trus. But life
evidently was NOT ! very night.
hearted business. And ke was ID
erinnacing! God ir-l5 ven,
professional optirnist You took
what was coming to yoa. And
what was coming to him was
plenty good enough fcr anybodyl
The thought 81 father and
mother knocHed It tie door. blit
ne turned the key il the loci.
and started down the mountain to
his grandfather, the most prom
ising young business man who
had ever entered the employ cf
the Gates Lumber Company
Martha came INTO the room with
liftIs rush as though sI,e had
been waiting irnpstiently to see
NeaIe ana vet when she saw him
she gave little qnsvsring oh.
aa 81 fright ana stood stock-still
near the door.
Neale. conscious of nothing but
his own heavy hsart. was ~.
startled that he had for ~ IN
stant the fantastic notion that
his mountain coliequy with him
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,sslf as perhaps written "a hig
face. and that Martha lad resd
It at : glance But before
could move. she had moved her.
seIf ana come towards him
swiftly as she had first entered
the room. she spoke swiftly too.
s. though size were afrasd q lo1.
Inc her brsath before she could
~ what she had u ~: and
yst she had already lost her
breath. and was pantin
Neale, dear. dear NeaIs
her voice vs. aslavering and vsry
low 4 must ten you quickly.
Neale. I'm AFRAID I've done you
great wrong eals loNs
YOU better than any one ever
naw but her voice mi 81 ~
Neale could scarcely hear hsr.
3 don't want to marry YOU
Har lips BEGAN 70 trsrabIe she
hung her head, and Neals could
see the dark red flooding ub tc
the roots of her hair
He was for moment literally
incapahIe of speech she sEi sllt
ialteringlys out ii Clevs ak
Marsret,s wedding ycu know.
everybody talking about sttins
married. ana Margaret she's
Ike my sister were IS near
eac9 other ana W. TAXED.
She vas Just going to be married.
ana she though / yvas. too: And
thought 50 Truly, eale. IA
never dreamed of anything sIsS.
And she talked to me one
woman about Is s. married taIIsS
g ancthef not girls tail
To Be Continued Tonloro
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where you're wrong When Tn asleep don't notice III TIE
feel particularly i'll at breakfast time, need
Mr. GEORGE. You don't need gale This fresh
ness is really getting into head It's becoming
craze It's you want What Do think are
skylak? It's perfectly ridiculous to want here with
storm blowing down neck and whose fault viii you
catch cold?
MRS GEORGE Yours.
Mr.. GEORGE: Nine?
MRS GEORGE: Yes, because you IN stuffy
room and expect me to out 81 ss
Mr.. GEORGE Clad in yard Of chiffon
MRS GEORGE Yes with very little and why we
stronger than You're molycoddss You're
always considering whether you should rnuffer
il too much FOR u and the that while
Mr. GEORGE. we do You've gaid 'it So you
cold Well, shall have cold have cold, and
you shall take Of
tcopyrghe 1898. sbySKing rssturss syndicats. Incl,
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IINH. Foxy Grandpa" sigh.
ed Bobby. '.I am 30
~ tired and hungry and
thirsty"
$50 am l." I agreed, for we
were lost in the woods Of SUI
natra.. It was bad enough to be
lost, but to be hungry and very
thirsty as well, was enough to
try anyone's patience.
''If we could only find some
water-or something to drink, :"
murmured Bobby. How about
some cocoanut milk, Foxy Grand
pag'
'Fine!' I exclaimed. .'But
these cocoanuts aren't falling and
the trees are impossible to climb. !"
"Give me boost, Foxy Grand
pa" said Bobby. Perhaps I can
get UP in this big tree,'' he
pointed to a tall palm with many
cocoanuts hanging on it.
"We'll have to give it up"
said I. ''But let's lie down for q
little rest before we start to hunt
for that trail home"
So we lay down. I was just
doing off when, kerplunk-down
by my side fell fine cocoanut!
What luckp I cried.
jerked out my knife and
thrust the point into the eye Of
the cocoanut and out ran the
fresh sweet milk. Bobby and I
drank our fill and then broke
open the nut and ate to our
hearts content of the fine firm
meat.
Come on. Foxy Grandpa. II
you're ready to start I think
can find the way out of this
Jungle" said Bunny with a sly
look in his little pink eyes.
THAT is great newt" ex.
claimed. We'll start this very
minute" 2s
ri
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carefully ana steadily trained to
aggressive strength He wouldn's
take anthing lying down! He
would stand up to this!
The Young man with the hard
strong face sat IS silent and
motionIess as though hs did not
breathe. The bright sun wheeled
across the sky. The shadows
stretched longer
When lie finally rose to his
feet, stiff and lame with his long
inamobility, he had constructed q
new little world IN which to live.
different from whnt he had fore
seen. but tolerable, probably an
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
By Dorothy Garfield.
Nghoss Novel, srhe Brimming CupSr :
Achieved Popularity Through
out the Country.

or an instant be felt very
angry with them. withtheir
superfine weakening mo-
tions, and had for the first time
the exasperated feeIing that they
were an element Ia life which you
could neither dc anything with,
nor do without. The ewig-wei-
bliche good heavens! All il did
Was TO gnarl things up! Neale got
up from the bed and went over to
the wash stand, amazed at him
self, ms fit OF fury passed. unable
tp conceiye what had started him
OF on such an explosion. WhaS
under the sun possessed him. veer-
ing around like ! crazy weather
cock from one h;sh-strung mood
to another. more shifts Of feeling
Al . DAY than he had ever used to
know iii 4 year! He would put it
IN out Of his mind, ALI He simply
would not allow himself to think
Of It again-to think of all that,
he would not!
He went hastily down the stairs
and fen to talking business with
grandfather, talking to very good
purpose, too. Today their projects
went far beyond the little tract Of
second. growth oak they had first
thought Of. Grandfather, willy old
spider, at the center Of wide
fiung web. knew many tips which
ne was more than willing to pass
On to his favorite, Neale Neale
who had the other half Of the com
binafion and could sen at top prices
what grandfather could buy at
fock-botton1. He was. in fact. de-
lighted with Neale's ideas and the
energy with which Neale laid his
plans. why. you're worth two
Of your fatherl'. he cried exultant-
~ IS they sat again the next
morning on the porch and went
into ietaiIE. II never could see
WY panI didn't get on betters he
never seemed to care enough about
Il, ana. by thunder, you got to care
II you're going to set anywhere .
The old man paused. took breath,
and brought our, with an attempt
20 sound casual. "I've thought
sometimes twas your mother made
him that way. She's q nice girl,
your mother il, Neale, but I never
thought she pushed your father
the way she ought to"
He glanced at NeaIe q little ap-
prehensiveiy, but the young man
naid nothing. He was following
outsa thought. not entirely new. =
guess which he had subconsciously
made before. that there was a long
hostility between his mother and
his grandfather. The idea stirred
q great deal in his own head,
which he felt no desire to examine.
Sound Advice.
tell you what, Neale," said
the old man, observing the others
silence and ernbcidened by it. ST
ten you what. Neale.' the old man
took hts pipe out OF his mouth and
spoke more loudly. don't you get
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OR an instant be felt very
angry with them, with.their
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grim. looking steadily IT what ne
ought to have seen long ago. at
what he. had known for : long
time.
The Trouble.
That was what the trouble was:
he was man who could not pay
his debt. and he owed It to the
person he loved best.
Wen, It was better. infinitely
better now that he knew what
there was to. face. He could face
anything, anything. IL he could
see it. His native energy rose up,
that energy which had been So
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Household Hints

TO make an inexpensive polish
for ltnoleurn. take half a pint Of
vinegar, nnseed oil, and turpen.
tine. Mix well, and, keep in a
tightly-corlxed bottle. When re.
quirod for use shake the bottle
and. apply to the linoleum with
a piece Of soft flannel. Polish
with q clean rag or duster.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

bear q pu1I OF Wlnl 10 Dl0W
on you. The atmosphere Of
this room is enough to make
one faint.
Mr.. GEORGE: Oh, you
exaggerate. It isn't essen,
tial TO ones health to have
3 hurricane blowing over
ones breakfast. What do,
you want the window open
for Don't the sanitary
authorities see to it that the
cubic space Of this room
provides enough air 10 sleep
III Therefore TIL ere 81
enough air to eat in.
MRS GEORGE. Thafsu
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silsa IL I slis

THE life 81 pedestrian ii Paris q ID unhappy one.
There are 10000 motor cars, 1000 auto buses 1900
street cars 100000 bicycles 1900 motor cycles 10000
horse drawn vehicles.
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: By Dorothy field
". L. George and His Wife
ACROSS. THE BREAKFAST TABLE
ACROSS
Air and Mollycod dies

FRS GEORGES Who shut this window?
1 lWH Mr.. GEORGE (confusedl: III don't know
- MRS GEORGE: Did you do it?
NIX GEORGE Well, it was open SO very wide that :
MRS. GEORGE: why did you say you didn't know?
Men wear twice clothing do vet You can't
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Win Are EIO.cers CoIOred?

1voLOR il flowers is means to attract insects to
~ them because insects are necessary mediums for
securing the cross fertilization of flowers and plants
which is so necessary to their continuity and beauty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Elk parte Kildow Coal Company, Inc, a
corporation.
No. 24S2 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Garrett County
The object of the petition filed in the above
entitled cause is to procure a decree for the
dissolution of the above named Kildow Coal
Company, Incorporated a corporation incor-
porated under the laws of the State of Ma
ryland, and the winding up of its affairs.
The petition states that all the stockholders
agreed in writing for dissolution of said
corporation and that the directors of said
corporation passed a resolution declaring that
the dissolution of said corporation was advis-
able and authorized the filing of a petition
in the Circuit Court for the dissolution of
said corporation. 1t further states that il
mas disposed of most of its assets and paid
all its Indebtedness and has no liabilities and
no longer desires to carry on its business or
the objects of its charter, and has nothing fur
Their for which to exist
The petition then prays for decree of dis
solution of said corporation and for general
relief.
1t is thereupon, this 14th day of May. 1923
by the Circuit Court for Garrett County, in
pany' incorporated, by causing a copy of this
order, together with the object and sub
stance of the above petition to be inserted in
some newspaper published in Garrett County
once in each of three successive weeks he
fore the 10th day of June 1923, give notice
TO all persons interested in the affairs of said
corporation of the object and substance of
the sand petition, and warning them to show
cause, II any they have, on or before the 2nd
day of July, 1923, why the prayer of the
said petition should not be granted, and the
SAID corporation be dissolved.
True copy. ALBERT A. DOUB.
Test: E. Z. TOWER, Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
PUBLIC SALE
PERSONAL PROPERTY

will offer at public sale at 10y res
dence on mail route No. 2, in Dry
Run Settlement, on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1923,
beginning at the hour of 900 o'clock
a. M, the following described personal
property, viz:
One gray horse, l bay mare,7 COWS,
l Holstein bull, 2 calves and lot of
chickens, 1 II h. p. portable Hercules
kerosene engine, l hydraulic cider
press, l feed chopper, power grind
stone, l Turnbull wagon, 3x9; l farm
wagon, l spring wagon, buggy, !
pair bob sleds, l Farmers Favorite
grain drill, 9 hose; l Mccormick
moving machine, l Mccormick hay
rake, l Oliver chilled level land pillow.
l h. p. International gasoline engine
l Syracuse hillside pillow, l single
shovel pillow, l double shovel pillow, 1
5-shovel cultivatOr, l harrow, , sets
buggy and 2 sets work harness, 5
brides, 2 saddles, l pair check lines,
l set blacksmith's tools, l 710-lb. ca
pacity Melotte and l Primrose cream
separators, l sickle grinder, lard
press, l sausage grinder, l 6-gallon
brass and l iron kettle, Born steel
range, heating stove, l kitchen cup
board, sideboard, sink, l diningroom
table, 6 chairs, rocking chairs, 2
parlor tables, l bookcase, l chiffonnier
l dresser, 8 bedsteads, l sewing ma
chine, l couch, dishes, cooking uten-
sis, bed clothing and a lot of other
articles too numerous to mention.
TERMS OF SAIE-All SIMS nm
der $40 cash on day of sale; on sums
of $40 and over a credit of 8 months
will be given, purchaser to give note
with approved security. No goods
to be removed until terms of sale are
complied with.
14-2t* H. C. HARRISON.