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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
ANUNCIO De SUBASTA
aoBIERNo DE PUERTO RICO
NEeoc1ADo DE oBEAs PUBL1cAs
CFICINA DEL SUPERINTENDENT
DE oBRAs PUBLICAs
San Juan, agosto "a, 1928.

San Juan, agosto "a, 1928.
Proposiciones en- pliegos cerrados pa
ra la adjudication en- pdbhca sHbasta
6e las obras de construction de un
puente de hormig6n armada de IL me-
tros de luz sobre la Quebrada 'Bam-
bI'' ,kilemetro 2.5 en- la carretera sea-
guas-san lorenzo, cuyo presupuesto
aprobado asciende a sEIS MIL oCHo-
CIENTos OCHENTA Y TRES DO
LIARS, cuarenta cuatro centavos,
$50, ,8e3.44), Sc admitiran en- esta ofici-
na hasta las 2. P. M. del dfa IL de
septiembre de 1928, en- que Sc abriran
pdblicamente.
Todos los datos necesarios Sc daran
en- esta ofcina, donde Sc encuentran de
manifesto los documentos que han de
regir en- Ell contrato, podran recoger
los hcitadores los pianos y modelos de
lroposiciones que han de presentar me-
6iante dn dep6sito de dfez dollars T$10)
en- Elective, cheque certifcado giro
postal, que seran reembolsados al ser
ttevueltos dichos documentos en- el pla-
20 de veinte dias (2o) despues de efec
tuada la subasta.
La administrator Sc reserva ell de-
recho de rechazar cualquiera todas
las proposiciones Ell de adjudicar Ell
ccntrato bajo otras consideraciones que
las del precio solamente.
(Fairmado) 'Guillermo ESTEVES,
Comisionado del Interior.
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
Fortalece al Nino

FL niiio por naturaleza es fisica y
nentalmente active. Esta actividad ra-
piGamente consume ell fosforo de los
nervios y del cerebro asi como Ell HE
rro de la sangre. Estos elenentos rece-
sarios son asimilados de los alimentos;
pero apenas hay algdn nifio de edad su-
fciente para conner alimentos solidos,
que obtenga bastante f6sforo v hierrc
dc las comidas modernas. TODD niflo
que no Sc encuentre en- perfecta salud,
debiera tomar hierro y f6sforo segtln
la combination de la receta modelo CO.
nocida por Claytonique, que Sc vende
en- todas las boticas. Claytonique usado
ccnforme las instrucciones, transfer
ma al nifio en- fuerte, saludable y alegre.
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
tSPA LINDA PLUMA DE FUENTE
MARCIA ''B0RINQUEN'', CON So
NOMBRE GRABADO EN- ORC. LIE RE
80 DE PORTE POR SOLO 81 Is

Hemos fabricado especial
mente para Puerto Rico ia
&Sz4NN pluma de fuente narca ''Bo
ZSlM rinquen" tamando en- cuens
ta las condolences climstol6-
MHh IA gicss de la isla
HSHW - Con pluma de orc. macizo
HaHEM de II quilates prOvista de
E&EkA mecanismo para lenarla az
EEKM tom&ticamente, gancho en-
H&fkN chapados de orc. El mang'
NEM y el casquillo de la plums
MATCN son hechos de caucho inme
k1fNM iorable con hermosos dibujos
Las de sonora en- lugar de
gancho tienen una Grgo
N llita de orc para atarlas de
MSM la cadens. cinta. ETC., He
M van en- un extreme una pie
WGM "a de coralina que ie da q
hSIM Ia puma una hermosura sin
SN igual Tamafos para csba-
MSN lleros, 61i4 para se3io-
MNN ras. asa de largo. Ven
NEW demos 40 centavos cada
MM una, cintas Hegras ce soda
M las sa59ras que Geseen usar
les ras piunas colgadAs Gs'
cue 10.
NO ENvIE DINERo. Sola
mente maBde su nombre
direction ndicando 81 tipo
GaSead0 y pague sole $l.4b
al recibir esta preeiosa plu.
ma con su nomhre Ell de su
Dulcinea amigo grabado en-
Isl orc. DAMOS UNA PLuMA
k1A GRATIS A QUEEN COLOQUE
MI ENTIRE SUS AMISTADES
W MEDIA DOCENA Sc da
certifcado de garantia.
TIE TRIBUNE SAFES co.
Tribune Building,
New York City
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
EL0NDO
vERDAD Y JUSTIcIA

y z
EDITORES: Puerto RICO flustrado Inc
DIRECTOR: Sergio ROmanacce.
ADMINISTRATION Alejandfo BOzzo.
OFICINAS Salvador Brau Mum. 81.
Tel. 1922 p. o. Box S45
Dirijase Ia correspondence InfOrma-
tiva literaria la direction.
Para anunciOs, communicates, etc.,
dirigirse al Administrator.
PRECIos DE SUBSCRIPTION
En- Puerto Rico.
TRIMESTRE - - $.225
SEMESTRE - - 400
ANOA-- - - e. - - - 7.50
En- ell extranjero
SEAIESTRE - $50
ASI1 - -T--r--.- - - 1900
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
Sc euro con solo tres frascos de
Vino Matricura despues de haber
gastadO mucho dinero iinutiImente

La sefiora dofia Dolores Garcia de
Perello, que hace algunos dias lego de
Ponce a esta ciudad, y Sc encuentra
nluy robusta y saludable, habiendo 81
dc antes una mujer d6nil y enfermiza,
dice que lie debe su salud al VINO MA
TRICURA del que solamente tom6 tres
frascos por recommendation de una ami
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
CON LIcENcIA:
F. BALLEsTER
coRREsPoNsAL

Desde Paris, la ciudad Luz, nos en-
via una afectuosa postal sa,udandonos
cordialmente nuestro estimado amigo
don Francisco BalEester duien Sc halla
en- la Gran Capital Parisina disfrutan-
do de sus fnd1tiples atracciones.
Agradecidos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
IMPERIAL:

Gran homemade "Arcos Montero" y
IA comedia "'Microbio'
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
ESTUDIo COMMERCIAL

Garantizamos ensefiar por coreo, Curse
Tenedor Libros, $12; Contabilidad Mer-
cantil conlpleta con Corporaciones y
Bancos, S27; Curse Taquigrafia S21. La
Fajardo Commercial & Language School,
.(la escuela que cumple 10 que ofrece).
Box IS, San Juan.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24

ga, despues de haber gastado mucho
Gdnero indtiimente, y, por 10 tanto, no
vaci.a en- recomendarlo como la medi-
Gina hoy mas eficaz para todas las
oolencias propias de las mujeres STEM
rrs cue Sc puedan curar con medicinas.
Advt
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24

F.. de P. REYES.
San Juan,. agosto de 1928.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24

Ia GREcA, ell mejor restaurant
de San Iuan. Tetu&n 21.-Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
PUERTO RICO:

Final de la serie "El Hijo del Fill
1.ustero''.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
DEsDE coAMo
ENTIRE NosoFRos:

ENTIRE NOSOTRoS:
Tuvimos el placer de saludar al ex-
celente caba,lero senor Manuel de la
Vega, representative del doctor William
Medicine Co., establacidos en- N. Y,
con quien departimos largo ratio habien
do sido atendidos con las cortesias pc
culares en- este fino amigo.
FL seiior de la Vega Sc hallaba por
aqui en- gest:ones de su negocio y Sc
guira Ia excursion por los demas pue-
bios del Distrito; por 10 a. al reiterar
lie nuestro saludo, lie deseamos estupen-
dos negocios.
CON LICENCIA:
Sc haya en- Barros gozando de un
mes de licencia ell correcto aprecia-
BILE Jefe de la Po,icia insular de esta
Villa seiior Jose v. Gonzalez Bermudez,
a qiiien deseamos gratas impresiones.
Por ese motive qued6 al frente del pues
to policiaco el joven Ramon Barreto,
al que Sc le distingue por su fina educa-
ci6n y habi.idad.
CoRREsPoNsAL.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24
EE MUNDO
Sc NECESITAN


EmpIeados a Comisi6n para Ia
venta de pfoductos de nuevas
drogas en- Puerto Rico. Estanos
seguros que listed ganara dine
no suficiente de acuerdo con sU
actividad. Despu@s que usted es-
te definitivanente enpleado con
esta Corporation lie an1pliare-
sus entradas agregandoIe otras
con1isiones de distintos ramos
que lie lucraran doblemente.
The Linda Medicine Agency
Box 362 - Mayaguez, P. r.
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-24

Benefcio del tenor "Galarraga" to
mando parte varios artistas.
Tambien la cinta Madame Emba
jadora''.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
Edward EgEleStOn
By Frederick Houk Law

In 1871 a novel called "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" interested and amused people throughout the United States. and from that time until the present it has continued one of the most popular books in the public libraries. Its graphic de- scriptions of crude life and its rough humor make it a book that almost everyone likes. The Hoosier Schoolmaster" was written by Edward Eggleston, who was then thirty-four years of age.
 Edward Eggleston was born in the Middle-west that he describes so well in his famous novel. As boy in Indiana he saw the char aeters of his story, and felt the humor and the pathos of the rough life of the times. There was very little opportunity for the young man. Schools were not as common as. now, nor as popular. In those days an education was not something that is thrust upon one; 1t was something to be worked for. The boy studied by himself much as did Abraham Lin- coin, and picked up a variety Of information as best he could. He was weak and sickly, and unable to enter into hard field work, or into any work that called for TO- bust strength. Perhaps his physi- cal weakness made him turn more than did most of his companions towards religion. As a sort of itinerant preacher he travelled about the little hamlets of the Middle-west. meeting many odd and amusing types of people. and ministering to them. Such work led him to write such book as ''The Circuit Rider" some years later.
 Firing of the wandering life. at twenty nine, Edward Eggleston took advantage of an opening to work as editor of a small paper designed for children. This was the beginning of much work for the young. From his first editorial work he was led into q larger field. that of editing a Sunday school paper that was read throughout the United States. This work, most successfully per- formed, led him a step further, to an editorial position on "The In- dependent" The success of his work in fiction was very great. and he was able to devote himself, in the latter part of his life, al most entirely to writing. He be- came noted not only as the writer of such famous humorous stories as "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" and "The Hoosier Schoolboy," but also as a historian of the United States, and as a writer of histor- ical books for children. In all his life he moved steadily upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
THE GERMAN MISTAKE

The communist riots in the Ruhr continue, with German civilians and police authorities attempting to re- store order. It is noteworthy that the outbreak is not against the French, but against the German civil authority. In one case, where the threat became too great, the French military inter- fered and the communist outbreak col lapsed, an incident indicating that a firm hand would quell the trouble. There is said to be an effort to or ganize general strike, which would make the situation more than ever chaotic. The seed of communism falls in fertile ground when men are unem- ployed and possessed of legitimate grievance against a government that has failed them miserably at vital crisis. The German government has sought to evade it's just obligations, and as consequence it's currency is ruined, its industry halted and it's pros perity driven out. If, on the other hand, the Germai government had made an honest effort to pay the repa- rations, the mills would now be run ming, the people would be at work, and the currency would be mounting in value. By evading the payments Ger many has been made to pay doubly and trebly. It looks as if the penal ties were now about to increase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
JOHN-A-DREAMS
Dreams of Rowling Dogs

An ancient superstition tells us that to hear a dog bowling Is a message of impending death. In dreams. an episode of this sort is not as serious, but serious enough. It tells us that someone is in trouble. in dire need, on the verge of being made inexpressibly un- happy. Unfortunately, the vision is not one that falls upon us to help or one that holds out the promise that our help would be ef- fective. All 1t does tell us is that someone we know and care for is in serious difficulties. and we must permit fate to take it's course, for any interference on our part will be of no avail. The | only definite information conveyed by such dreams refers to the de- gree of relationship to which the sufferers stands to us.
 If the dog is in front of the dreamer's house, 1t means their husband, father or mother is in trouble.
 If the dog is in the back yard or in the street facing the back of the house, sister, brother or lover is indicated.
 If the dog is in another street or far down the block. near friend will be the victim. If we can not see the animal, but know it is nearbys the sufferer will be a rel ative in another city. If by intui- tion we know where the dog is, and that location is quite distant from our home, then a friend liv- ing in a different city is the one who is informing us of his misfor- tune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
BUSINESS MEMS CLUB

The Business Mems Club, one of the youngest of the many which have been organized by busy business men in that get-together spirit which suggest ed the good to themselves and their communities that might arise from such associations, makes a very credit able exhibit both of numbers and esprit de corps during the first an- nual convention which is being held here this week. These so-called dinner clubs have become a distinct feature of American business life and serve a useful cause in promoting the per- sonal relation between business men and incidentally they lead to greater community spirit through the exten- sion of vision which the widening of mems knowledge of other men brings about. The Business Mems Club and the others owe their origin to worthy motive, and they have shown in many instances that they are capable of a real community service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
MFMPEp OF ASs0cIATED PRESS
Telephone <Sggs Mctst Telephone Main Aeoo CEAssaslt..isIas!Sft1| sslt51!f Main 4eoo
A TALE OF TWO RIVERS

'ss Net earnings of $40,000 made by the Mississippi river division of the
 Mississippi-Wa barge line system -,in the month of March, during which sthere was record tonnage movement,
 and forecast of still larger net profits for June held forth by the auditing de- partment, establish two facts. The one is that inland waterway transporta- tion, accorded square deal, will not sonly save the shipper money, but will also earn money for operators. The
 other, equally clear, is that the War
 rior, if treated as the Mississippi di- vision is and has been treated, would Likewise earn a net profit instead of
 showing deficits. The Warrior saves
 money for the shippers, but, owing to the niggardly allowance out of the
 joint through rail and water rate, loses money for the government in exact ac- 1cordance with the amount of tonnage of many commodities which it may handle.
 ,% The Mississippi division is not af sflicted with the handicaps that the eWarrior labors under, but occupies a 1reverse position; the more business it handles the greater the profit. If the Warrior had it's artificial handicaps removed, it would make the same pro- portionate earnings as the Mississippi. SThe fact that the Mississippi river had sthe advantage at the start and was not troubled with the obstacles confront ing the Warrior was all the more req son why the management of the Mis- ssissippi- Warrior system should concen- trate on relieving the Warrior. That -would tend to balance the entire in Hand waterway transportation scheme and make it symmetrical success The Mississippi division was automatically -in a way to care for itself by reason sof low water-borne rates to it's ports dating back to the period when the railroads established these rates to kill river traffic. Under federal resump- tion of river traffic what the rail car 5riel.s had done to snuff out river com petition came in handily for it's resus- citation.
 '=ee The Warrior was not a navigable stream until a few years ago, hence it's rate fabric had to be constructed from the ground up. It appears clearly the duty of the management from the very beginning to have realized this situa- .tion and to have worked in and out of season for fair Warrior rates until they were established It seems equally clear that if the management had been continuously and arduously at work for the Warrior the rate cause would have been much further advanced than 1t now is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
REVENUE CAN BE FOUND

To those who argue that the state needs the revenue derived from the leasing of convicts reply has been made that years revenue and more from that source has been spent in protecting the mines during the recent strike. On former occasions the state has spent other hundreds of thousands in mine protection. Thus not the state but the mining corporations enjoy the greater part of the revenue that arises from convict leasing, besides the greater profit that accrues from convict labor as against free labor. The state owes protection to the prop erty within its jurisdiction, to be sure, but that property in return owes rev. enue obligation to the state. If the state is seeking revenue to compen- sate for the cutting off of funds de- rived from the leasing of convicts, the state should be able to find it without difficulty.
 Alabama has not been an expensive state to govern. The per capita cost of state government shows that. Even so, it is very probable that the aver age citizen has paid higher rate than he would have had to pay, if certain of the states wealth had borns .ts due portion, and if that percentage of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
JOSEPH w. FOLK

Although not publicly prominent
 during the closing years of his life, the
 name of Joseph w. Folk, to those who can remember back twenty years, stands for fearlessness and integrity. Almost single-handed and alone, as prosecuting attorney in St. Louis, he uncovered graft in public affairs and sent the offenders to jail. For that act the people of Missouri made him governor, the only successful Demo- crat on the state ticket of that year, thus showing that the surest way to political preference is to scor'n poli- tics and be honest and diligent in the pursuit of duty. Folk was prominent iy mentioned as candidate for the pres idency, and was one of the most ad- mired men in the nation at that day. There can be little doubt that his ex- ample inspired other public prose- cutors to unearth official corruption within their jurisdiction, and morality iii public office has been on a higher plane ever since, in spite of How
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30

"Clam Battles Rat to Finish; Cops Stop Bout" ."-Headline
 Everything is wrong nowadays even natural history.
 We had always looked upon the clam as the last word in pacifism. His middle name was Inertia. His retir- ing disposition was a byword among the flora and fauna of the universe. The modest, shrinking violet was a riot in comparison. He was humility itself, in person. His only excuse for existence was a clambake, and clam bakes have ceased since the drought.
 Now we find him standing up on his hind legs and abusing a rampant rodent so cruelty as to necessitate the interference of the police. Don't be surprised if you find a story in tomor- row mornings paper entitled:
 Canary Strangles Cat"
 Or, "Worm Invades Robins Nest Stays Whole Family"
 Or, Goldfish Mains Bulldog."
 Or, Pedestrian Bites Motor Truck"
 Or, "Tenant Talks Back to Janitor.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY

This is Memorial Day, set apart to the memory of all veterans who have died in any war in which this nation has been engaged. This is not day for the mourning of those who per ished, but for the consecration of our selves anew to the ideals and institu- tions in behalf of which they made the supreme sacrifice. Were we not faithful to those ideals and to those institutions, then those who died have made a vain sacrifice. They did not die merely in order that we might live, but that this government, founded on right and justice and freedom, might be perpetuated by us. To those whose bosoms swell with the thought that this is our native land, and that we are a part of its fruit, that we are helping to shape its destiny, is given the sacred charge to protect it against those constant and insidious attacks from within, just as those in whose memory we observe this anniversary repelled attacks from without.
 This then is the day when we take stock of ourselves, the day on which we read an inventory of our patriot ism. Have we been shaken by the va rious radical doctrines which have poisoned the minds of so many? Then today we should rid ourselves of that poison and envision anew the tradi- tions that have inspired us as people. This nation has become great because of our national belief in and adher- ence to the principles on which this re- public is founded. Therefore we must regard as dangerous to our continued development those who attack these principles, for they are striving to shake the very foundations of the na- tional edifice we have erected. Those who seek to tear down our national institutions, beloved by us, and defend ed by us for generations, have builded nothing better. They have builded nothing at all, for their whole purpose and record has been to destroy. How then may we have any confidence in their ability to rebuild where they have torn down?
 This is the day when we highly re- solve to rid our own minds of poison ous doctrine and dedicate ourselves anew to those ideals and those institu- tions which are our very government, our very nation. Destroy them and we are different people-what sort of people we know not, but surely Q lesser people than those who builded what we have destroyed. American ism, if it means anything, means sturdy defense of the principles of our republic and stern rebuke to those who ridicule and condemn those prin- cples. If those in whose memory we observe this day gave their lives that this nation might prevail, shall we, who enjoy the fruits of their sacrifice, not give our lives to the preservation of this same nation from the attacks of those who strive to bore from within and to destroy the very oak of which we are fashioned? If not, then is our observance of this day mockery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30

property which now escapes taxation were brought into line. The resort to convict leasing for purposes of public revenue is makeshift which has been too long in vogue. That governor who puts an end to it is a governor whose name will go down in history as having shown vision worthy of commenda- tion. There are real and substantial bases of public revenue which are in- exhaustible, and utilization of which places no undue hardship upon either citizen or industry. The people have elected their assemblymen and their public officials to adjust ttese matters in a business-like way, and the people believe that their assemblymen and their public officials have both the ability and the will to make such ad- iustment,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30

spots" here and there throughout the country As governor, the principal legislation he successfully sponsored was-the registration of lobbyists, a two-cent passenger rate, direct pri- mary for the state, pure food and child labor laws, uniform textbooks, public utility rate regulation, good roads, in itiative and referendum, abolition of railroad passes for public officials, and the enforcement of laws heretofore regarded as dead letters. Missouri profited by his administration in every way, As public official he followed the same code he as prosecutor demanded of others. Perhaps that is the type of praise he would have most appreciated.