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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
NEWS OF INTEREST IN AND ABOUT THIS THRIVING CITY
AS cHRoNIcLEo BY LENA ROBINSON.

Girls Club.
The Girls Club connected wish The
NJ. E. Church mel Monday evening in
the chapel. with Mrs. Dilks and Miss
Clara Conoyer in charge. The leaders
were very much pleased with the pro
gress the girls made with their talent
money, which had been given hem a
month age. The money will b. placed
in a fund TO be used for The tennis
court. There will be a special meet
ing of the club Monday evening. Aug.
10. in the chapel. All girls over
twelve years of age are invited 10 at
tend and join with the others. This
is a wonderful opportunity Or the
girls OF the town.
Mite Society.
The Mite Society Of the Presbytari-
an Church mel Tuesday evening at the
home of Nj. and Mrs. Charles Kunke-
ly. Landing road. A very pleasant
evening was spent By all who attend
ed. After a short business meeting.
the rest of the evening was spent in
a social time. Late in the evening
refreshments were served.
Among those present We're: Mrs.
Thomas Draper, Miss Louise Draper.
Mrs. Edward Mozart, Miss Catherine
McCarty, Miss Anna MeCarly. Miss
Merlyn Thomas, Mrs. Lawrence Beck
ley, Mr.. William Beckley, Miss Han
naha Madden, Mrs. James Ballantine,
Miss Alice McIntire. NJ James Bal
lantine, Miss Marion Price, Mrs. Chas.
Ireland. Mrs. May Townsend. Rev.
Paul Rider. Mr.. Khus and the host
and hostess.
Auto Accident.
There was an auto accident recently
at the intersection OF the White Horse
pike and New York road. A large
Sterling truck ran into a Durant Sc
dan. The sedan was damaged and
had to be towed 10 a nearby garage.
The truck was able 70 from the
scene OF the accident by It's own pow
er. The occupants OF the truck were
badly cut about the head. The per
sons in the sedan had a narrow es-
cape, receiving a few cuts from the
glass.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11

During the first nine weeks of 1923.
the Western Electric Company shipped
three billion eight hundred million
feet of lead-covered telephone cable
to the operating companies of the
Bell System.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11

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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14

The Norwegian coast, has been re-
Gently erected. 1t was used for the
1rst time on October LIST. The main
antern has an intensity of 465,000
normal candle power and flashes two
beams in quick succession every fiji
,een seconds. There are some dan
serous rocks in the vicinity, which
supplementary light Eliminates. In
.oggy weather a powerful siren gives
Necessary warning.
One of the vessels of the fleet of
seven government-built president"
lessels, acquired by the Dollar Steam
ship Line, will start soon from San
francisco, on the regular "round-the
world" trips to be made by this fleet.
rhe initial voyage will be made by
the president Harrison" and will
carry delegation of foreign ENJOYS
rom the leading commercial centers
Of the United States. The local Cham
Der of Commerce invited Secretary
Of Commerce Herbert Hoover and
James A. Farrell, president of the
National Foreign Trade Council of
New York, to join the tour.
ALI transportation records have
been shattered in the handling of
grain shipments from the Prairie
Provinces during the past two
months. Since the commencement Of
the crop year, on September l.,
ioadings totalled 121,596 cars, repre-
senting 169,053,OS5 bushels, as com.
pared with 15S,795,320 bushels hand
led for the same period Of last
year. OF this quantity the Canadian
senting 1O0,3O7,O 85 bushels, as against
94,071,32O bushels during the 1922
period.
The short skirt is coming back.
Advance styles from Paris prove this
fact, according to Davis M. Mosse-
5ohn, chairman Of the annual conven-
ton of the Associated Dress Indus
tries at Atlantic City. The length is
to be eight inches from the ground.
And by spring, predicts Mossesohn,
the dimpled knee may not be an I'M
common sight.
The population for the district of
Nipissing has been increased by 5000
during the past week. There are
over that number Of hunters from
outside points and the numbers are
increasing daily. Railway officials
state that this is the biggest hunting
season in the history of Northern
Ontario. The majority are from
Eastern Canada and the United
States, and arrangements are being
made by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way to provide 80 extra cars for the
return trip.
Something new in the way of tele-
phone service in the province has
been instituted by the Manitoba
Governmental telephone system, with
the inauguration Of "phonogram
calls, which will be similar to the
night letters of the telegraph COM
panies. The "phonogram" messages
will be delivered to local operators
and transmitted by them to long
distance stations.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14
HUMAN LIFE COMES FIRST

The last few decades have wit
messed marvellous advances in the
ability of science to conserve human
life and health. Greater progress in
determining the cause, prevent and
cure OF disease has been made In the
last fifty years than in all previous
history, and these achievements have
been made possibly largely by mod
ern methods of experimental re-
search.
There are two principal ways of
adding to our knowledge of disease.
One Is through observation of the
SICK and the other is through exper-
imenting with the lower animals
where conditions can be controlled.
The latter method is the distinguish.
ing feature of modern science, and
through 1t investigators have opened
up almost unlimited fields of dis.
covery.
The fundamental discovery in this
Held was made by Pasteur, a French
chemist, who became interested in
conditions which produced bad taste
IN wines. He at last proved that
they were due to minute plant
growths or germs by introducing
these germs into good wines. He lat
er discovered the growth which
caused disease In silk worms, and
devised means Of preventing it. He
gave the world the means for pre-
venting rabies and anthrax and op-
ened hitherto unexplored field.
Lord Lister, acting on Pasteur's
ideas. watched the healing Of wounds
on men and by careful experiments
lions on such animals as guinea pigs
and rabbits was able to show that it
was the presence Of certain germs
that prevented healing. His re-
searches, the foundation of modern
aseptic surgery, have resulted in the
saving of the lives of countless thou
sands of human beings. During the
Civil War blood poisoning was fire.
quent and had death rate of 81
per cent. The abdomen and other
body cavities were forbidden fields
for surgical aid, as the patients were
almost certain to die. With modern
methods the chances of infections
are negligible, and operations for
merly impossible are performed daily
all over the world.
1t was through animal-experimen-
tation that the world received the
benefits of anti-toxin which has SO
| reduced the deaths from the dreaded
disease of diphtheria. The scourge
| Of motherhood, child bed fever" so
common fifty years ago, has been
banished, and without animal expert
mentation scientists could not have
discovered means Of preventing ma
laria, smallpox, yellow fever, rabies
and lockjaw: bubonic plague, typhus
and cholera no longer menace this
country, and localities formerly sink
holes Of disease and pestilence are
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14
"Burninq His Bridges"

Wallie opened his eyes one morn
ing with the subconscious feeling that
something portenous was impending,
though he was still too drowsy to re-
member it.
He yawned and stretched languid-
ly and luxuriously on. a bed which
was the last word In comfort, since
Mr.. Cones pride in the Colonial beds
was second only to that of his pride
in the hotels reputation for e1clus-
iveness. With especially made mat.
tresses and monogramed linen, silk.
en- coverlets and imported blankets,
his boasts were amply justified, and
the beds perhaps accounted for the
frequency with which the guests
tried to get into the dining room
when the breakfast hours were over.
A bit of yellow paper on the chif.
fonier brought Wallie to his full
senses as his eyes fell upon It.. 1t
was the answer to telegram be
had sent Pinkey Fripp, in Prouty,
Wyoming, making inquiries as to the
possibilities of taking up hore-
stead. It read:
"They's good piece of ground
you can file on If you got the
quits to hold it.-Pinkey." *
Wallie grew warm every time he
thought of such a message addressed
to him coming over the wire.
Though worse than inelegant, and
partially unintelligible, it was plain
enough that what he wanted was
there If he went for 1t, and he had
replied that Pinkey might look for
him shortly in Prouty.
And today he was leaving! He
was saying goodbye forever to tho
hotel that was like home to him and
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14

the friends that were as his own
relatives! He had $2,10O in real
money! legacy-and his clothing.
In his newborn spirit of independ-
ence he wished that he might even
leave his clothes behind him, but he
had changed his mind when the flg.
ured the cost Of buying others.
His aunt had taken no notice of
Wallie's preparations for departure.
The news of the rupture had spread
quickly, and the sympathies of the
guests were equally divided. All
we're agreed, however. that If Wallie
went West he would soon have
enough Of 1t and be back in time to
go South for the winter.
Helene Spencely had left unex
pectedly upon the receipt of tele-
gram, and 1t was one of Wallie's
fayorite speculations as to what she
would say when she heard he was a
neighbor - something disagreeable
probably.
(To Be Continued)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14
Better Health Service
PUBLIC HEALTH IS PUBLIC WEALTH
These Articles Compiled by the Public Health League
Of Washington
Of Washington

now healthful-all through animal ex-
perimentation.
In this country we use for food
every year 5O,OOO,OO0 beeves, sheep
and hogs, and 250000,000 chickens,
turkeys and geese-a necessary sac
riflce Of lower life to sustain human
life.
And the lower animals themselves
are benefactors Of the knowledge
thus gained; as the lives Of count
less thousands are being saved every
year by our knowledge Of and power
to control such diseases as hog chol-
era, anthrax, texas fever and others
that have claimed millions of vic.
tins annually. &
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14

An Oregon state Ayrshire record
has recently been made In the junior
4-year-old class by Ester Marea,
54,957. In 300 days she produced
14,147 pounds Of milk containing
552.84 pounds Of butterfat. She car
ried calf 1873 days. This is not
only state record. but a worlds
record for age. She is owned by the
Earlcrest Stock Farm, Eagle Creek.
Ore ira
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14

new experiences, and | don't ike
strangers. We might catch COLI
tagious diseases, and there is no
place whore we could be SO com.
Portable as in Florida. No." she
shook her head kindly but firmly,
I'VE will 60 South as usual"
"Oh-sugar!" The vehemence with
which Wallie uttered the expletive
showed the extent Of his disappoin.-
ment. M
"Wallie! I'm surprised at you''
She regarded him with annoyance.
I'm tired Of going to the same
places year after year, doing the
same thing, seeing the same old fos
sils!"
"Wallie, you are speaking of my
friends and yours" she reminded
him.
They're all right, but l like te
make new ones. l don't want to go
Aunt Mary"
She said significantly:
Don't you think you are a little
ungrateful-in the circumstances"
It was the first time she had ever
reminded him of his dependency.
IF you mean I am an migrate
that's an unpleasant word, Aunt
Mary"
She shrugged her shoulder.
place your own Interpretation
upon 1t, Wallace"
Perhaps you think 1 am not ca
pable Of earning my own living?"
II have not said So"
"But you mean it," he cried hotly
Miss Pacpherson was nearly as
amazed as Wallie to hear herself
saying:
POSSIBLY you had better try 1t.
She had taken two cups of strong
coffee that morning and her nerves
were overstimulated. and perhaps
with the intuition of jealous WON
an she half suspected "the girl from
Wyoming" had something to do with
his restlessnes sand desire to &C
West. The time she most dreaded
was the day when she would have
to share her nephew with another
woman.
Wailie's eyes were blazing whe1
he answered:
Il shall! 1 shall never be behold
en- to you for another penny. Wher
wanted to do something for myself
you wouldn't let me. You're no.
fair, Aunt Nary"
Pale and breathing heavily in theil
emotion, they looked at each other
with hard, angry eyes-eyes in which
there was not a trace of affection
which for years had existed between
them.
"Suit yourself" she said, finally
and turned her back on him.
Wallie went to his room in daze
too bewildered to realize immediate
ly what had happened. That he haf
quarreled with his aunt, permanent
ly, irrevocably, seemed incredible
But he would never eat her bread o.
charity again-he had said it. Al
for her, he knew her Scotch stub
oorness too well to think that she
would offer it. No, the break WIS
inal, he was sure.
A sense of freedom came to him
gradually, as 1t grew upon him thai
le was loose from the apron-strings
hat had led him since childhood. He
iced never again eat food he die
not like because it was good fol
MIN" He could sit in drafts If ae
wanted to and sneeze his head of
He could put on his wooden under
wear. when he got darned good ant
ready. He could swim when Their
we're whitecaps in the harbor anG
choose his own clothing.
A fine feeling Of exultation swept
over Wallie as he strobe up anG
down with an eye to the way he
looked in the mirror. He was free
Of petticoat domination. He was nc
longer a "squaw-man," and he would
not be one again for a million dol
lars either! He would show" Aun,
Mary-he would show" Helene
Spencely-he would Show" every
body!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS

FRUIT TREES-Acres of them-grafte5
walnuts, f1lberts, peaches, pears, apples.
cherries. plums, and ell kinds. Buy d.
RECT-we will save you money. We send
you line trees. TRY US. Write for cat
alog. "a years in business. CARLTON
NURSERY CO., CARLTON, ORE.
LEARN THE BARBER TRADE. 20 Les
sons. 81. Raymer. 1909 1st Ave-, Sc
attic, Wash.
ISLAND BELLE grape plants for sale.
For directions how to grow them sue
cessfully, and prices, write to E. HI.
Urban: Box III Bremerton. Wash.
DRUGLESS PHYSICIAN
DR. c. HALE KTMBLE, DRUGLESS
SPECIALIST. All acute and chronic
diseases. ELECTRICAL cabinet, diet
exercise. private gym; graduate nurse
Bloodless painless tonsi1 absorption
latest method Old National Bank Bldg
Main 1884.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
STOCKS DISPLAY
STRONG
TONE
Presidents Message Reflected
in Firm Tone of Early
Trading.
Copyright. 1888. by Cosmopolitan
News service.)

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Country-
wide appreciation of the highly con-
servatiye message OF President
Coolidge was reflected in a firm
tone in the first two hours trading
on the stock exchange today. There
was no general buying movement
such as was expected in some quar-
ters, but the favorable intorpreta-
tion placed by business men on the
document was felt in number OF
investment issues in which good
sized buying orders were executed.
Buying Of the rails continued,
though in smaller volume than
yesterday. The absence Of offerings
OF any dimension even at the great
ly advanced levels was a matter
OF favorable comment, indicating
that confidence in the railroad sit
uation is being restored by the com
tfnuance OF record freight traffic
and excellent earnings. which in
October crossed the 500, 900. 900
mark for the first time this year.
The high grade rails again came in
for q good deal OF attention, led by
Northern Pacific and New York
Central, the latter in connection
with reports that the company VIII
distribute its holdings Of Reading
rights to its stockholders as a
special dividend.
Occasional profit-taking In some
OF the speculative leaders, like
Baldwin, steel common, and Amer1-
can Can, did not prevent the re-
sumption of bullish demonstrations
in various directions. Motor shares
stood out prominently, Chandler
adding moderately to yesterday 9
sharp gain and Maxwell A ana
Willys-O Overland preferred rising 2
points each. Tobacco Products and
Schultz forged ahead with renewed
vigOr. Electrical stocks advanced
impressively and Dupont jumped
nearly 4 points. The oils reflected
the more hopeful feeling in the In
dustry, progressing satisfactorily.
Special selling, however, broke out
in the Pan-American issues follow
ing receipt Of dispatches telling OF
revolutionary disturbances in Mexico.
Sugar held steady in the face Of
reductions in refined sugar prices
by leading companies. Central
Leather showed renewed weakness
while Pure Oil was unfavOrably
affected by reports Of new financ-
ing.
can money renewed at ~ par
cent.
The foreign exchange market was
heavy with sterling displaying con.
siderable weakness, due to the de.
feat Of the conservative party ia
the British elections.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
SUSPENDED SENTENCES
SAVE THREE FROM JAIL.

Justice Bailey today sentenced
James O. Jordan, cOIored, to the
penitentiary for two years for an
assault with dangerous weapon.
and put him on probation.
James 4. Robinson, coIored. was
given a year in jail for nonsupport.
The probation Of William Johnson,
convicted Of nonsupport, was re-
volxed. He will serve a year In jail.
Richard I. Gardner, colored, was
given one year for joyriding.
Edward Starks, colored, pleaded
guilty to violation Of the narcotic
law and was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary by Justice Hoeh-
ling. George Pierre, coIored. was
sent to OccOquan for one year for
breaking into e store. Suspended
sentences of one year each were
imposed on Ralph III. Geldart and
Thomas McNichols. young white
men, for joyriding, and six months
at Occoquan was imposed for EN-
bezzlement on James F. Ammer-
man, white, and Thomas Benford.
coIored.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-Grains opened
irregular today.
Wheat started NC lower to 80
higher. Trade light, with locals the
principal buyers, some hedging by
cash houses.
. Corn started II to Nc higher, with
commission house buying on a mod
crate scale and limited offerings.
Oats started u to &c higher, with
commission and cash houses buying;
offerings were limited.
Provisions started higher, with
buying by commission houses.
Opening prices were:
Wheat-December, $1.04H; May,
$1.10% @1.10A; July, $1.08A.
Corn-December, 74Ac; May, 75@
75hc; July, 75Bc.
Oats-December, 43%c; May, 400
46bc: July, 44Ac.
Rye-May, 75c.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
Al EXA|VDR|A | D
CHANGE CITY
ORDINANCES
Thirteen Amendents Offered
to Parallel State Laws-Nl-
wants Has Ladies' Night.

ALEXANDRIA Va, Dec. -
Thirteen new ordinances were pre-
scented to the City Council yester-
day Nat parallel the state laws for
common offense which heretofore
have been tried under the State
code, making It necessary to turn
the money received from fines over
to the State, while the city has
been paying the expenses Of the
court.
These ordinances were drawn up
for presentation to the council upon
the suggestion OF Judge Frederick
sG. Duyall, Judge Of the police
court. Judge DuvalI appeared be-
fore the city council three months
ago and explained the situation.
The new ordinances cover the
eness, disorderly conduct, carrying
Of concealed weapons, running OF
disorderly houses and other infrac-
tons.
The Kiwaris Clubs Ladies' Night
in the Westminster building with
e supper last night proved 20 be
an evening Of surprises. A song
contest was held and the president,
j. Randall Cation, jr., announced
that the prize for the winners was
that they should be banished from
the hall. The singers refused to
go and 3 squad Of police were
called in and herded the gongsterD
into back room from where sew
eral escaped later, minus their
coats and other apparel.
Miss Cora Cochran, who has had
charge Of all the KiWania luncheones
was presented with q gift for her
services In behalf Of the club by
u. Y. williams. The royal mounted
band composed Of members Of the
club dressed In kits was one Of
the principal features Of the enter
tainment.
The first issue Of the Last
lap" the high school paper, ap-
peared yesterday. This edition con-
tains twenty-eight pages and was
edited by Frank p. O,Meara.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
MOTHERS ALLOWANCE LAW
IS URGED FOR DISTRICT

Need for enactment of a mothers
allowance law for The District was
urged at meeting Of the Twen-
tieth Century Club at the Cosmos
Club yesterday by Miss Grace Alb.
bott, head of the Federal Children'e
Bureau. Forty-two States have
such laws, she said.
Miss Abbott said survey con-
Quoted by the bureau two years ago
showed that of tho total children
under care of the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians, only per cent
were from homes in which one
parent was dead. It was such
homes as these that the mothers
allowance was designed to aid and
keep together, she said. She praised
the Calder mothers allowance bill.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
BILL PROVIDES s., 500, 900
70 IMPROVE. U. S. CAPITOL

Reconstruction and expansion Of
the central portion Of the United
states Capitol, and its western ap-
proaches, at cost Of $3, sol. 900. is
provided In q bill introduced IN the
House by Congressman Andrew y.
Montague OF Virginia. The bill
was referred 10 Committee on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds.
The bill provides for completion
OF the architectural plan Of 1905.
This provides for replacement Of
the dome by b dome Of masonry
and marble, for complete reconstruc-
tion Of the foundations. in accord
ance with the plans Of the architect
OF the original building. The sum
of $500, 900 is provided for the
plans for the reconstruction ana
the replacement
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
Ideal Christmas Gifts

WHETHER for relative, friend or en-
w ploye, our First Mortgage Notes
make practical and ong-remembered Christ
mas gifts
The holder Of these notes receives the IN
terest on the day it is due. Unlike cash
bonuses or gifts, which, at least, create an
artificial and temporary condition of lux
ury, our First Mortgage Notes mean the
continual possession of principal by the
recipient, at least until maturity.
For convenience, these Notes are offered
in denominations Of $1OO and upwards.
Call or Write for Detailed Inforn,0tiOR
SwartzeII, Rheem & Hensey Co.
727 18th Street N. w.
81 Years Without Loss to An InUestor
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
N. Y. Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. Cotton fu-
lures were strong at the opening
today, prices advancing from 80 to
SO points. Renewed trading and
short covering appeared in response
to higher Liverpool cables. Decem-
ber opened at $500, up 80 points;
January at 1850, up 40 points:
March at $500, up 35 points, and
May at 3532, up So points.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07

The first issue of the ''Last
Lap the high school paper, ap.
peared yesterday. This edition COM
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
Local Stocks.
SALES.


Potomac Electric Cons. 5s, $1,000
@97A, $1.OOo@s7k, $1.0oO@s7A.
81. .000@s7H.
Capital Traction Co., 509S, 5Q9S,
10@sS.
Washington Gas Light. 204S11,
2@48h, 10@48h. 10@4S14.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 1001521z,
2@15215, 1O@152A.
After Call.
Washington Gas IS, $500@93A.
Riggs National Bank, 1921.
Washington Gas SIS, tSs, $1O0@1OO,
$1O0@100, $1,O00QIOO1<.
Capital Traction 5s. 81, 1,O0O0941a.
Washington Gas SIS, '3S, $1,000
100K, $1,0O0@1O0A, $1O0@100A,
$100@100A, $3O0@1OOA.
Money-Call loans, s and per
cent.