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Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11
INGRAM

Much rain in the past few days.
'POssum hunting is rife with our
hunters since the ban was raised from
the game law.
j. NJ. ShOcklee and son, Earl, who
had pneumonia are both on the road
to recovery.
Dave Upshaw and Ray Rush of
Hamil were over the latter part Of last
week visiting and attending the Paul
Hayes sale
j. NJ. Shaver went to Doniphan re-
Gently and purchased a new wagon.
Gray Throgmorton and Rector Davis
had special business last Sunday at
Hamil.
G. r. Shaver and Otis Mock each
took load Of cotton to the Maynard
cotton market Saturday.
John Timer, J. A. Spikes, II. V, Wad-
die and G. A. McCamcy went first Of
last week to the Claude Kinnard saw
mill after lumber but failed to get any.
A good sized crowd Of enthusiastic
buyers attended the Paul Hayes sale
here last Friday. Everything brought
good price.
The gasoline mill that was owned by
Homer Norris at this place has been
disposed of to a Mr. Slayton, who will
move it to Elevenpoint in the next
few days.
Andy Henson Of near Walnut Ridge
was at this place the latter part Of
last week visiting friends and relatives
and while here purchased two good
dogs from Oscar Shaver.
Our school is progressing nicely and
we are looking forward to another
good term this winter.
IIite Barnett spent Saturday and
Sunday near Warm Springs with
friends and relatives IIite said that
he didn't believe in being an old batch
elOr too long. lie means to go out
among EN-.
Myrtle and Ada Spikes Of llamil
visited the latter part of last week at
this place with their Aunt Amanda
Timer and other relatives.
David Cook, who has been farming
at this place for several years, will
move to farm at Eleyenpoint where
he will farm next year.
Pshaw, Mr.. Cremeens, it is very
small matter for you to build a rail
pen and put you SOW and six pigs in
it and then your trouble will be over
Why should you or any one else want
to petition for even a hog law? You
know as well as everyone the stock
law as a whole was submitted to the
people and died almost before it was
born, at the hands Of the voters in
this district. Now, build your little
pen, put your good old sow and six pigs
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

In making shark fin soup, the Chi
nese boil the fins and otherwise treat
them until they take on the appear
ance Of fan-like flakes and filaments
of pure gelatin. The eyes Of the
shark, after they are boiled, lose their
outer covering, and the residue be-
comes quite hard and has sort of
shifting light in its texture. These
shark eyes are then mounted on pins
or other forms Of jewelry and present
an unusual appearance.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

Il wish that we could send Russia,
for a cure, every Red in America, and
make him live there until he could
learn by actual experience what Emma
Goldman and Bill Haywood have learn
cd about the relative blessings Of Boil
shevism and personal liberty under the
Constitution Of the United States."-
Henry J. Allen, former governor of
Kansas.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

More than 300 books have been
written on the Einstein theory of rela-
tivity, according to Professor Maviec
Lewt, of the Iowa New University.
Germany holds the record with 1,435
publications, followed by France, Italy,
Holland and America, the last number
ing 12S. This does not include news
paper and magazine articles on the
subject.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

4 bill was passed at the last session
of the legislature in Maryland which
gives the women the right in that state
to say merely that she is ''Over twenty
one" when registering to vote. She
will not be compelled TO give her cor
rect age unless she chooses.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11
No Worms in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with Worms have an un-
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, i'm
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
enine Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw of or dispel the worms and the Child will be
ip perfect health Pleasant TO take. 6Oc per bottle
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

One team of mules 6 years old, is hands bisb
One COW four years DID,
Three tons Redtop hay.
One log wagon.
One road wagon
One lot of Farming tools and Household good.
One hot air Incubator.
One Singer Sewing machine.
One hundred jars canned fruit.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

in it and you will have hog law of
your own and when you have done all
of this 90 away back and sit down.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11

Every Legitimate, Bona-Fide, Re-
duction Sale has reason behind it.
Here's ours: One of the members Of this
Firm is retiring on the first of the coming
year, and we are determined to convert
a large part of this stock into cash with
which to pay him his share, and to do this
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-12-11
SPECIAL FEATURE NO. I
Free Attendance Prizes

oh! Yes, to sItOp our appreciation for
your attendance on Opening Day, IUe IUiU
giUe Free Prize Tickets to the first so per-
sons to enter on opening hour. No pur-
chase or obligation. Just be one of the
first fifty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
Smoking Room
Stories

GIVES. girls have changed some
4 whatwhat from the old days"
said the smoker with the long.
amber cigaret holder. "but their
capacity for breaking hcarts is still
unimpatrsd. mind me OF the case
Of the young fellow in my home
town Of Auburn. n. X. He was
what they call desperately In love.
One day he turned up in the store
where he worked looking very glum
and disconcolate. The boss noticed
II. What's the matter with your
asked the latter. kindly. The boy
hung his head and tear trickled
down his left cheek and fell on his
necktie. as he stammeringly poured
out his sorrow and heartbreak. He
had proposed and been rejected. oh,
the agony Of it! Poohl' said the
boss. cheerily. Pooh three times!
Itll turn out all right, a girls no
often means yes.
Perhaps So wept the distract
ed youth. but this girl didn't say
no; she just laughed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
-sCIENCE -.
A Vitamine's Start

Cod liver oil. which has proved
10 be OF great benefit 10 the human
race, is being thoroly investigated In
many research laboratories.
For years, before yitamines were
heard OF. II was known that cod liver
oil was beneficial. Then II was
learned that this was because OF u
yitamine u contained. Science then
undertook to find out whore the vita.
mine came from.
II has been discovered that tho cod
gets It's oil, which contains the vita.
mipo, from tho small fish II cats. But
these small fish do not manufacture
tho vitamino Themselves Thoy, in
turn, got IL by eating small marine
animals, called copepodg This would
appear 10 be the starting point or tho
vltaminc. but II isn't. Only vegetable
cells can synthoslzc or put together
tho clements necessary for making
INC vitamino. The copcpods live on n
vegetable substance which W. able. IN
INC presence Of light, 60 form the
Vltaminc. Science W. now specializing
on Tho chances Of getting this vita.
mlno direct.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
Did You Feel 1t?

ok or seven years ago. considerable number of this
~ papers readers had become gamblers without inten-
ton and without realization of the fact They had put
their savings or borrowings into bonds. They had
been told that the bonds worth their face value
which was true. They told that the bonds were
guaranteed by the countrys wealth, estimated at that
time, at something like $50 billion dollars which was
true They were told that patriotism aside the bonds
were nonparel safe business investment which was
true. Big finance very kind. fellow could buy of
the banks $1,000 of thsse bonds and the banks
would carry the debt upon his payment certain parts
thereof monthly
Upon close of the war, there appeared in every COM
munty one or more individuals who were eager to buy
war bonds These individuals were Kissed called 'shy-
locks and IN several instances mobbed or subjected to
other abuse. Their work what Wall Street would call
dirty, cubstone stuff 1t was taking advantage of the
necessities of the poor and others who had bought bonds
till it hurt, more bonds than they could afford
But Wall Street itself went to gambling in these bonds
and their market value went down eight TO Ii per cent
Millions of these bonds changed hands in Wall street
every day. and when the high fnancier had harvested
the bonds, their price vent above par where it is
In two years, the banking interests reaped Approximately
billion dollars Of profit from people Who for one urgent
reason on another, could not hold onto their bonds
But undertake control Of Wall street by government
propose that the government bond speculation in Wall
reet be prohibited and you'll have the party bosses and
the party press down on you ruby red bolshevik
You are all right 80 long you stand hitched TO be
pucked
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
Nv Lady of the Front Page

poBBED hair has proved il all over agan-that what
ID women do is of firstpage Importance.
One Judge has ruled against husband who beat his
wife because she cut her hair The court said that
woman's hair her property and she could do
with il what she liked
Down in Mexico City attack on bobbed-haired girls
by students of the National university led 20 real
Those who were bobbed were upheld by half the city
and condemned by the other half Military students
opened attacks the attackers.
In ST. Paul BARRIERS went TO the courts and said in ef
feet that har-bobbing for women their rightful
work. They wanted 10 put Nine. de Guile, owner of a
Minneapolis beauty parlor in jail because she let girl
employee bob instead of hiring n licensed barber. The
court decided in favor of the woman.
Eve in her garden may have thought Of the apples
Helen of Troy may have been spicy, il troubling, n-
fluence. We've had our yamps and flappers in
time to worry about, too.
What woman does and fails to do will never let the
world go stale. When bobbing her hair longer gives
something TO talk about she'll think up something
else with kick in H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
THE OLD HOME TOWN
AS Editor White Sees 1t After25 Years

and 70. white calls this ''Ths
Decay - "a Conservative Mot
y0ung editors begin NE az radl-
calls and grow % b. con rrsa-
tiycA White Old the rreerys.
IEe comments upon 10 iu bis
preface:
what a fine Old rtactionary
was the callow editor d tbs
Gazette in his twcutissl How
firmly convinced BE- was that
this il the best possible world.
how sure be was that the uork
Of tho world was completed:
that BY no chance did inlusuos
prevail in me distribution n
the worlds goods. that the poor
were 20 blame ana the rich
were an worthy: that every
thing that could be done 70
make the relations u men gent
Ter and bndiier had been ac-
compliHhed. and that the Lord
had taken his coat down from
the hook. put on hia hat. sald
goodbye 20 the angels. called
IL a day and quit this perfect
planet"
The editorials were selected
by an associate or Editor white
and submitted 10 him. Ills
titles. and his humorous run
ming comments upon his own
works, fn the volume with fun.
TO folks who are 10 dependent
upon their editor for their daily
doses OF information. entertain
ment and thought Editor
Whites book r. well worth read
ing. II reveals the unseen edl-
tors role In his town.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
Safety First

"CAFETY FIRST'-a very common sIogan-bu do we
- heed it?' Do we look before We leap or do we leap
and then look back to if the wigwag is going? Does
the right of way anything to do we slow up
in the middle of the block that get good start
for the corner?
Thru the medium of of the very best ouja boards
is obtained interesting bit of fresh Eysian anthology
a few samples of which follow:
Both bottles looked alike; took the nearest one
Yes, | guess the nail bit rusty"
Il didn't know there a double track and it too
hot to keep my head inside the window.
Il always liked obsters-especaly when they
blue"
One of late friends seemed bit irate when he
shouted etheriay: why didn't that fool holer fore !"
And another, who old bard, burst into verse:
Alas While walking n grassy bed
the sward a serpent
Enchanted by his charms srokcd the scales.
And fondcd with hand, his head"
So, they have always had their troubles. and safety
first problem before the days of flvvers in
fluenza and canned horse-flesh.
At any rate, discretion. If the liquor doesn't taste
right off you blind Don't run
around with foot in your coffin and the other on
banana peel The vital statistics large enough Keep
away!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06

ONE u tho interesting books
" uf the year is william Allen
whites. The Editor and hia
People. published ~ Mac
MILAN. II 10 book that viii
appeal both 20 readers and 70
writers u newspapers Tbs book
Is a selection Of editorials writ
ten BY Editor White during the
quarter of q century that De
has published the Daily Em-
forla Gazette.
one would think that a hook
Of occasional editorials. selected
from Editor whites daily grist
would make n very icrky and
unsatisfactory account of I'm
poria's life. quite the contrary.
ono can feel Emporia weather
ing tho drouth which destroyed
the wheat crop. one can sense
tho excitement and feeling Of
her citizens over girl who
went wrong. one can join In
tho political upheayal which
took the farmers Of Kansas out
of their regular political habits
90 try new formulas
Editor Whites picture o. En-
porla thru his editorials IS
quite AZ clear as Sinclair Lewis
picture 81 Gopher Prairie In
"Maln Street" and Is FAR more
spontaneous Editor White was
on the Job when al things hap
pened Writer Lewis wasn't
Probably the most interesting
feature % the book ia the de-
yeiopment Of Editor whites
mind. as revealed By editorials
written between the ages 81 %
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
A Peep at Worlds Flyers Perils

tween the fjords the inland ic.
slides directly into tho sea
Greenland II tho principal
birthplace Of the North Allan.
tic icebcrEE The average daily
output Of ice from one ford.
that OF Jacohshaven, near Cape
Farewell IL estimated TO be be.
tween 5000. goo and $1,000. 600
cubic yards, IcebeFgh ten mile
long and ranging from 80 20
so feet above tho water. have
been seen near Melyillet bay.
Labrador. about 500 miles from
Cape Farewell. was the first
part OF America discovered By
EuropssnS- the year 1000
and remains today the last 10 be
well explored by white men. II
Is nearly as large as the states
cast OF the Mississippi.
The country Is mostly plateau.
ranging from 1900 20 $500 feet
above sea level. but there arc
no mountains towering above
this TO lrnperii tho army airmen
as they near home.
The eastern coast. where the
planes viii come down after
their last big watcr.jump. Is
something like that Of Green.
land. but offers many protected
sounds between islands and
mainland for scap'anc landings.
There arc only about $4,000
people In the whole region. 5000
Of whom arc white trsppcrs.
hunters and fishermen. Tho
rest are Indians and Eskimos.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06

or ALL the bunk that goes
" into the making OF these
smens magazlneH.' perhaps
the most unRdulterated ~ the
beauty culture advice.
A recent article tells Us optim.
htcally that no woman need be
homeiy these days. We can all
be beauties n we only have the
intelligence. the courage and the
patience.
And no DOUBT this Is true.
From being long nosed.
strlngy.haired. slab.slded won.
an. or a rotund. uble-chinned
COB o. girl. We might al be-
come syiphH and cbarmers, pro.
Fidsd. OF course. that we had
nothing else 70 do.
The trouble Il the days are
not long enough for Us 10 look
after our compilations properly
and do our other work.
To tell a hard.worlglng Atenog.
raphcr who must be ut her
dictatlon on time. or a factory
girl who has 10 appear early at
her machine. or the mother OF
three babies. that she must
spend No many hours every day
upon herself Il not only far.
fetched. but funny
There are so many tasks for
the woman who would ba. beau.
,iful that ono can't help but
wonder whether II would no; be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
PIaying the Game

iCoV. GRoESBECK. of Michigan arrives in Washington
" and Immediately calls on Nominee Coolidge. Gov.
Groesbeck tells Mr. Coolidge that Michigan is solid for
Coolidge and there's no necessity for making a great
campaign in Michigan.
Whereupon. the Coolidge managers prepare 10 make a
redhot campaign in Michigan
Nothing queer about it. whatever What Gov. Groes-
beck tells Mr. Coolidge about Michigan goes into the
dispatches for political effect The Coolidge managers
90 ahead with campaigning in Michigan because they
know that Gov Groesbeck knows about what the
Michigan people will do in November than does the man
in the moon, or anybody else.
Uncertainty is the charm in the game of politics
in all other games Seventyfive per cent more Of the
people of any state you may aren't saying word
what they going to do. and the very fellows who
claiming state sodity today probably those who
claimed national sodity for Taft who carried Vermont
and Utah, only In this day the majority of the people
not sheep driven to the polls. At any rate,
they not doing any loud ba-aang while their way
And il is the west pocket vote" that will settle things
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

Iceland belonged 60 Denmark
from 1851 70 1915. when hhe BE-.
came n sovereign power oddly
enough. she stni elects 20 have
the same king today ~ Den
mark
Nature has made her one Of
iho most inhospllAblo spots Of
the world Tor human occupancy.
Under the Arctic circle. she Is
mostly volcanic table land. COS,
cred with lee and SNOW. unbe.
hsyahly deer. with here and
there living volcano.
Now and then one OF thsas
blows its head Off destroying
psop'e and cattle Mount Hscis.
IN 1888. srupied. destroying .se.
600 head % rtocs--ons half the
cattle, thrsr.fourth. the horses
and one fourth the sheep. caus.
ing famine IN which . SEQ per.
sons died Of starvation.
Lava streams 80 feet deep
and mile wide have been
known. and when ihesc do not
themselves destroy farms. they
melt The snow and Ice. causing
floods which do the work OF De,
siructlon just AS effectively
Earthquakes add to the period
icai havoc
The Inhabitants vary from
10000 10 100000. depending up.
on fare. flood. earthquake and
famine. Tho climate Ia not so
had. considering. tho winters be.
ing warm for 50 far north and
summers cool
Greenland. Tho next stop after
Iceland. Is tho second largest
island in tho world. after Aus.
traiia II belongs 10 Denmark
and has the northcrnmost set.
ttcment on earth. Cape Fare.
well, southern ,ip OF the island
from which the American flyers
VIII take off on their last At
lantie hop-io Labrador Is in "a
latitude Icon smiles north OF
New York. or "a far north Of
Now York as New York is from
Cuba.
Tho interior Of Greenland
ranges from 5000 to 5000 feet
high. and the entire country
1900 miles long by 300 wide
Is covered with an ice.cap
known as inland ice. This has
an average depth OF nhou; 1000
feet.
Tho coast Is rugged beyond
description. being cut into by
hundreds OF fJords, whilo be.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06


@ How many persons arc em-
ployed under tho executive civil
service Of tho United statcs7
A. approximately $4,000.
Q. when was Panama canal
first planned
4. Columbus risited The fsthuus
Of Panama IN 1903. and before his
death teutdtiuc plans had been made
TO DIG canal across the bthmus.
Q. For what arc oil OF almonds
and balsom Of fir used in medi-
cine?
A. For fiarorino In order 10 ais
0aisc the taste Of other medicine.
Q. What Is Babe Ruth's salary !?
a. $4,000 per year.
Q. What Is grain alcohol and
what is denatured alcohol?
A. Grain alcohol Is ethyl alcohol
made from maisc or othcl grain
Denatured alcohol IS a mixture OF
100 parts Of ethyl alcohol. 10 parts
metl'W alcohol aud small proper
ton Of bcnzinc or pBridino.
Q. What cznr transformed Russia
from an Oriental TO an Occidental
country
A, Peter the Great.
q. What plant was used to Illus
trate the doctrine OF the trinity and
OF what country is It the national
emblem?
A. The shamrock; ireland,
q, What does "acrophobla" mean i?
a Abnormal fear or insane dread
Of being al q orcat elevation.
q Where WAS The movie actor.
Robert Dean Agnow born?
"A, IN Dayton, M
@ What Is the formula for good
astringcnt lotion TO be used when re.
dueing IN order 10 prevent wrinkles?
A. Tho to'ioUiuD has been rccom-
pcndcd; Eight ounces iciich basel.
10 drops tinctaro Of beasoia. rs
drops aromatic spirits Of ammonia.
sponge nc face min THIS al nioht
.. Was any American short story
made into play and nctcd BY ono
man for over 20 ycurs2
a. Washington irpinps "Rip van
W'dhlc.' acted for many pears bD
Joseph jefferson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
What Folks
Are Say1ng

JAMES NJ. BECK, lawyer and pub.
llcist: The whole history OF the
mechanical era is a persistent .strug.
gle for more pay and less work
DON A. MULLEN, banker, De.
troit: The clearing house examina.
ton In the biggest fsctor today in
encouraging careful, conservative
and sound banking"
SAMUEL r. ARN0TT. vice presl.
dent Chicago Board OF Trade: ITO.
day the American farmer seems TO
be on the high road to prosperity and
his buying power probably viii be
felt next autumn"
JAMES J. MONTAGUE. Journal.
ist None of the platforms makes
any appeal TO the pedestrian vote.
Thanks to the motorists. IL is rap.
idly becoming negligible"
JOHN COOLIDGE, father OF the
president; Homo Is the best place
after an
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
Why Women Stay Homely
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

simpler just 20 remain q homely
working person.
We are told TO pluck our
eyebrows and rub vaseline into
our lsshes. and massage our
neck and chm. and battle our
faces IN butiermilk. and fold
cold cream into our eneeks. and
exercise for our waists. and roll
for our hips. and put olive oil
on our elbows. and manicure
our nails, and brush our hair
100 strokes before going 10 bed.
we must have specially pre-.
pared baths and lotions and un.
guents We must concentrate
upon our nose pores and Out
toes. upon our ankles and Gus
lips.
Perhaps the few women wins
have nothing else TO do viii
profit By these floods OF articles.
but the majority OF us who are
fixing the babys bottle, or max
ing w the beds. or planning a
new pudding for our husbands
dinner. or spending the daylight
hours In caring our bread. will
90 right on about our business
and remain homely but useful to
the end OF the chapter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06
) Questions )
I! AnsWered {.

Q. In whose administration was
the money order system u ms
postofficc established
A. IN LiHcoln'a
q who WAS the last survivor o.
tho rcvolution7
A. Daairl p. Bakewsp. tcho died
az Freedom. cataraugas county.
Ncie York. ~ 1859. az Tho age Of
io9 years.
Q Name three inventors who
made fortunes
4. Aicrandrr Graham Zen. War
cent and Edison
q Where was the center Of popu.
laiion in the United states IN
1900?
4. Eighteen mic, ,cca Of Baiti.
more. Nd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-06

WAsHINGToN. Aug s-Ths
w United States army world
flyers are up against the stiff
rat Job 81 their journey IN tho
Iceland'Grcenland Labrador lap,
The latitude OF Iceland. land
OF disaster. Ice and fire. =
1900 miles north Of New York
that f.. - far north OF New
York as New York u from Hon,
duras. Central America.