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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
LEOPARD CULTS IN AFRICA
Numbers of These Societies XIII Their
Victims With Sharp Iron
Claws.

P. Aamaury Talbot, who had an OPP
portunity to learn something about two
of the best-knOwn Leopard societies,
has this to say In Adventure Maya
zine about the Sierra Leone branch:
Members of this society can often
be recognized at sight, as many of
them have the sharply protruding fore
head, caused by pressure applied in
infancy by their mothers.
when the society wishes to kill a
man certain members are chosen for
the deed. These are armed with set
OF iron instruments fastened inside
both hands. and they track their vie
tim until they come upon him in a
lonely part of the bush. They watch
their opportunity, suddenly spring
upon him from behind and seize him
by the throat Should the body ever
be discovered, the marks upon 1t so ex-
actly resemble those made by leopard
claws that the death is put down to
those beasts"
So that the claws are useful as well
as emblematlc! And 1t is evident that
members Of the Leopard society are
brought up to 1t from infancy.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
Gives $50 for Twins.

Max Dick, owner of the tenement
house at 69-73 Rivington street. New
York. which is known as the "house
of babies" because 80 families with
more than 200 children live there, re-
Gently made good his standing promise
to present cash prizes to tenants who
became parents OF twins. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Berger became the possessors
of twins, which brought their family
up to five. The twins, boy and girl,
each weighing 51a pounds. We're named
Samuel and Esther. Uncle" Dick, as
he is called attended the feast and
afterward handed Mrs Berger $50 in
gold and told her that she could forget
rent day until the end of February.
Max Dick has a unique record among
East side landlords. He has not In
creased the rent In twenty-five years
and mas never ousted jobless tenant
for nonpaymsnt OF rent. He arrived
here penniless forty years ago from
Austria. First he worked In tailor's
shop and then he tended bar. With
his savings he bought the tenement
house In 1908 he offered $50 for
every pair OF twins born there and
$50 for the ninth child If II were a
boy. At the same time he assured his
tenants that large families would not
mean high rents and he has kept his
word.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
GLASSES OF THE PRESIDENTS
This Man Has Collected Thoss Worn
by Nine Of the Chief EN-
ecutlVes.

Eyeglasses worn by nine presidents
of the United States are owned by DIR.
Fred A. Stengel Of Marion, o., whose
chief hobby appears TO .e the collec-
ton Of curios.
The oldest pair In the group is that
which surmounted Thomas JeffersOn's
nose In 1901. when Jefferson was fifty
eight. Doctor Stengel purchased the
glasses from an aged Virginian who
lived near Monticello. Jefferson's home.
This pair has q metal frame.
OF contemporary interest is Presi-
dent Hardings firEl pair, which Stem
gel himself fitted when the president
was editor of he Marion Star and
never dreamed OF some day becoming
the Chief Executive. Harding selected
a shell frame, oxford style, when 1t
became necessary to reinforce his vi
sion.
Glasses used by Theodore Roosevelt,
too, who was nicknamed -Four Eyes"
when, as a beardless youth, he sought
to recover his health on a Western
ranch, are in Stengel's collection.
In the collection are spectacles
which belonged to Grover Cleveland,
William Mckinley, James A. Garfield,
William H. Harrison, James X. Polk
and Rutherford B. Hayes.-Columbla
Record
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
Too Rich to Be = Communist.

Questions of doctrine continue to
trouble Communlsts-both pundits in
high places and the simple minded
faithful I'm the villages. Heretical CON
duet. as well as heretical opinion, is
ground for excluding men from the
party.
The story is told of a humble and
sincere Communist rural family,
where the wife was an enterprising
woman of the thrifty. managing"
type. She gradually accumulated q
pig. some fowls and some rabbits
which multiplied until by selling part
Of them and few household belong
ings she was able to buy cow, Thus
eventually she developed a little stock
farm
However. the famlly's unusual
standard of we'll being was looked
upon with suspicion by the husbands
fellow Communists, who decided to
exclude him from the party. In the
course OF his trial for heresy the dell
cate point came up as to just how
many turkeys changed a Communist
into bourjooy Age,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
BIRD MELODIES AND MUSIC
Beautiful Passages In Works Of Great
Composers Borrowed From Feath-
cred Singers.

The successful broadcasting of the
song Of canaries and the response OF
other birds miles away from the point
Of transmission will provide new Inn
petus for the discussion of the con-
tribution bird melodies have made to
music. II has been claimed by close
students Of bird life that many OF the
most beautiful passages in the works
Of great composers are lifted note by
note from the birds, and that the pa
tlent watcher may hear Beethoven
from the throat of an oriOle, note for
note and measure for measure, en-
phasis and everything. Nor is this the
only incident cited They number, lit
orally, scores. There is nothing sur
prising in this Blrd-music Is the most
fluent and natural in the world; so
called coloratura voices merely are in
imitation of the bird voice, and their
most noted numbers are usually enti-
tied with some alluson to birds. No
one who has listened to the surprising
flights of melody of which canary is
capable but marvels at the mysteries
which create such tiny, delicate and
perfect mechanism.-Detroit News.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09

There is corner drug store in
Paris close to the terminus of the
Northern railroad which possesses an
irresistible attraction for motor-driven
vehicles. Placed just below the meet
ing point of two rapidly descending
streets, II has been wrecked forty
times in the last thirteen years. Three
months ago mOtorcyclist drove
through Its glass front and died on
the spot. A few days later a motor
lorry crashed through into the middle
of the shop without causing any fatali-
ties. Recently a taxicab went right
through the store. breaking the large
red-colored globes that still mark a
drug store in France, overturning the
counter and doing about 81 800 worth
of damage to the stock. The proprie-
tor Of the store complains that these
repeated mishaps are running his bust
ness; his shop is forever under repairs
and customers go elsewhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
The Home Market.

IF freight rates are such big
item in the cost of farm produce, it
is clearly up to the producers to de-
velop the home market and eliminate
the railroad freight charges.
City and town residents are asked
to buy the produce from the farms
of their district as a matter of COM
munity loyalty, and for their own
good as well, because a dollar spent
at home is a dollar more in circula-
ton in the local trade than if it were
spent away from home.
The producer viii get better results
in the movement to win the support
of the people of his own community
if ne will observe the methods of the
concerns that market food products
and initiate them.
He will note that cleanliness and
attractiveness of the package is
one of the salient features, and that
every effort is made to please the
customer.
He will also note that the large
handlers of food products use adver-
Using space freely and bring to the
realization of the customer that they
have a product that is worth the
money.
Although loyalty to the home COM
munity should figure in the average
buyers calculations, he is largely
governed by his likes and dislikes and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
PhoenlcIan Stone.

The Phoenician stone was a famous
imposture, in the shape Of a stone,
bearing bIlingual inscription in Greek
and In pretended Phoenician, and pur-
porting to be genuine tablet Of the
Fifth century B. G. In 1924 the stone
was sent from Malta to Raoul Ro-
Ghetto. curator OF the cabinet of antiq-
uities at Paris, and was declared to
be genuine oy him. A copy of the In
scriptIon was sent to several of the
learned men of Europe for decipher-
ment and translation. Among the sa-
wants imposed upon, in addition to
Rochelle. were Gesenlus of Halle and
Hamaker of Leyden. The Phoeniclan
stone was afterward proved to be a
hoax.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
Russian Crop Acreage Gains

Russian agriculture Is beginning to
show signs OF coming back as factor
In world agricultural trade, although
still short Of prewar production. ae-
cording to a special survey Of Russian
conditions made by the Department
Of Agriculture at Washington. which
reports an increase Of from Is to 20
per cent in the acreage sown TO crops
this season. Trade agreements be
tween the Soviet government and i'm
porters in Germany. Austria, Denmark.
England and Norway have established
trade connections. fixed methods Of
payments and facilitated commercial
intercourse.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
Thrse New eIaeIsrs Found.

Discovery of three new glaciers In
the Bitter Root range in Montana was
made recently by Theodore Shoemaker
and X. D. Swan Of the forest service.
All are located on a ridge between the
Big and Kootenai creeks. A climb Of
1000 feet was made by the explorers
into Wild and little travelled section
before the glacial formations were
sighted. One Of the Ice masses was OF
huge proportions. while the other two
we're considerably smaller Inspection
Of the area. including the study of rock
deposits and other geological signs. in
dIeates that the glaciers are recediRg
rapidly, Mr.. Shoemaker said.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
CROWS PURLoIN GOLF BALLS
Trade Them to japanese caddie for
Food, Says American Consul
at Kobe.

The Montreal yarn about the squir-
rel that stole and hid sixty-Odd golf
balls against a hard Canadian winter
is more than matched by a report
reaching Washington from Erie r.
Dickover, American consul at Kobe,
Japan. In commenting on the increas-
ing popularity of golf In Japan, Consul
Dickoyer tells solemnly Of the crows
that infest the links Of the Mike club
and make away with the balls, even
those sticking to the fairways.
Members of the Mike, the consul as
serts, are authority for the statement
that some of the astute Nlponese ea8
dies seemingly have what might be
called a working agreement with the
crows, by which the balls are traded
for food, says a Washington letter in
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. At
least, the members are at loss TO ac-
count for the large number Of balls the
caddleS offer for sale.
Consul DickOyer says that there are
four good golf courses in the vicinity
of Kobe, and one is perched on Mount
RokkO, $500 feet above sea level, and
is regarded as exceedingly sporty, par
tlculariy because of the hazard en-
countered In getting to the course.
There Is no carriage road up the noun
tain, so that golfers en- route to the
links must be drawn in jinrikishas or
go afoot, assisted by coolie. who aids
progress up the steep lnclines By push
ing the putting pedestrian with bam-
boo pole.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
LIftlnu Power o. Air and Gases.

The lifting power of air is 0165
pounds per 1000 cubic feet Of air for
each degree Fahrenheit above the tenn
psrature Of the surrounding air This
weight Is the total weight inclusive
of the dead weight OF the balloon.
The lifting power OF hydrogen Is 751
pounds per 1000 eub,y feet The lift
ing power Of hellum Is 6o.T pounds per
1000 cubic feet, the temperature Of
these last two being the same as that
Of the surrounding air.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09

NOT FOR MANY years has Wash
ington been treated to so many
thrills as during the past few days
when the national scandal over the
leasing of naval oil lands to private
interests threatened to disrupt the
Cabinet, in addition to casting an
ominous shadow over the pre-
sidential campaign. There is moth
ing spectacular about the way
President Coolidge has gone about
the task Of getting the great oil
deposits in California and Wyoming
back in the possession of the Govern
ment, but he is no less determined
to go through with it in his usual
quiet and determined manner, even
if some of his friends or the friends
Of the former Administration have
to go to Jail.
DESPITE THE FACT that Albert
Fall, former Senator and Secretary
of the Interior, received more than a
hundred thousand dollars from the
oil magnates who got the land from
the Government, his old friends de-
clare that after all the Investigations
are followed through to the end and
the political tempest has calmed
somewhat. It will be found that
neither Fall, nor those associated
with him in the oil deals, committed
any criminal offense. Somebody,
however, will have to be the goat,
for the Democrats are running wild
and the Republicans are just as
eager to purge the party of all
possible suspicion of downright
malevolence.
THESE FARMER-LAB0R Con-
gressmen are a puzzle to leaders of
both major parties. 1t is always
impossible to tell where they are
gong to strike next or with whom
they are going to ally themselves.
Among those who have vented their
ire on both sides irrespectively is
Knud Wefald of Hawley, Mimi, who
has served warning on the House
that more of his kind viii be coming
to Washington before long. Wefald
is a Norwegian and like many of his
countrymen in the United States
has never acquired the trick of
English pronunciation.
AND THE WIVES of the
"progressives" are just as in
dependent. Mrs Coolidge found
it out when she ordered out White
House automobile to take Mrs.
Magnus Johnson to a tea given for
the Senatorial ladies. Mrs. John
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
Foley Pills Brought RsI;ss

John R. Gordon, Danville IN
writes: Il suffered with kjdneg
trouble; could not sleep and was
always tired. / got some FOLEY
PILLS and after few treatments 7
felt better" FOLEY PILLS are =
diuretic stimuIant for the kidneys.
aid in flushing and keeping them
active.
Sold Everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
A Reliable Cough Remedy.

Why experiment with unknown
remedies for that cough or cold
when you can secure FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND; a
safe and reliable remedy for the
relief of coughs, colds, hoarseness.
1t is made up Of only the purest in
gradients and is pleasant and easy
to take.
Sold Everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09
TWO MEMBERS OF The Senate

Another farm conference has been
called, but most farmers think they
can do more good putting in twelve
hours day on the farm.
The hats in the ring don't interest
the women half so much as the hats
in the window.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09

Water that has gone over the 5.u
never generates any electric powe-
and unnecessary words neves solva
any of the worlds problems.
People who give the world +bs
best they have generally get bsnS
the best the world has to offer for
them.
A dog probably has his place in orr
present scheme of living, but il i
not in the manger.
Skirts will be shorter this spring
and neeks will be longer.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09

his tastes for certain brands
foods. =
The men and women who pro4-
the food that we eat viii ffr4 =
ready market at home if tbav M
take the pains to get it. A EEL
special effort is required, and a str ,..s
of the needs and wants of ~
customers.-Ex. -ile
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09

son declined the invitation Of the
First Lady, explaining that she had
promised to stay with a neighbor
who was i'll and that she couldn't
go to the party.
LEGISLATION WILL be brought
out shortly in Congress to make 1t
possible for Cabinet members to
come before the Senate or House to
answer direct questions with respect
to their administrative activities and
policies. When the Constitution
was written, it was thought advisable
to keep the legislative and executive
branches of the Government separat-
ed as much as possible, but this does
not always appear to be in the
public interest under more modern
conditions. Under the new system,
instead of writing letters to Con-
gress, The Cabinet members would be
subjected to interpretations just as
officials Of the British Government
are questioned in the House of
Commons.
ALL THE CHARGES of fraud
and corruption which the Democrats
Of the Senate hurled at Truman
Newberry of Michigan a year ago
is being turned back at them now as
the fight gets underway to under
seat Senator Earl Mayfield of Texas.
Among Mayfield's chief supporters
is Senator Tom Heflin of Alabama,
who was in the front rank in the
Democatic onslaught which led to the
resignation of Newberry, although
the Republicans finally succeeded
in having him accorded his seat by
the Senate.
TWO MEMBERS OF The Senate
formerly owed allegiance to the
royal family of Britain They are
Frank Gooding of Idaho, who was
born in England and came to the
United States in 1867, and James
Couzens, who first saw the light of
day in Ontario, Canada, but amassed
his great fortune in the anto-
mobile business in Michigan.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-09

son declined the invitation Of the
First Lady, explaining that she had
promised to stay with neighbor
who was i'll and that she couldn't
90 to the party.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-23
Boy, b, Passes
University Exams

CINCINNATI, O.. Sept. 2l-Benia-
min Frederick Dryden. thirteen. of
foungsville. La, was admitted to
University Of Cincinnati Saturday
He matriculated in the Liberal Arts
college and is the youngest student
ever to enroll in the history of the
institution. He weighs siXty-siX
pounds.
Dryden dislikes study, but he said
it is not difficult for him to learn.
He is not athlsaically inclined. but
will make his first appearance in
the college gymnasium, where he
will take special course under the
direction of the physical director.
Dryden will carry twelve hours of
st vol * week as compared
with the usual student requirement.
OF sixteen hours
conspiracy and made TO give a bond
for $4,000.
The warrant alleges that Harold,
alias Henry. alias Chris Christensen
was enga ged in a conspiracy to vio.
late the dry law in 1922 when he i:
alleged to have served on the re
ported rum runner Madenina cap
tured in Brunswick. This was one az
the transactions in which tho who'll.
sale arrests of SaVannahians on =
Quor conspiracy charges took place
two years sSo. Most Of the others
concerned in il are now in federal
prison
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-23
GEORGIA PRIMARY
VOTE. IS 100000;
BEATS 1872 TOTAL!

The total vote cast in the Demo
cratic primary on September 10 was
more than 225,000, or $4,000 in ex-
cess % che total vote ia tho state
wide primary of 1922, it was re-
vealed Saturday, when the state
auditing department completed its
compilation of the official returns
made to the state executive COM
mittee.
In the senatorial race, which Gre
ated the most general interest, SEN
ator William J. Harris received a
total of 144,740 votes, carrying 14S
counties, with $50 county omit votes,
to 75,713 popular votes, II counties
and 80 unit votes for former Gov
ernor Thomas W. Hardwick, who
was a candidate for the United
States senatorship.
Former Governor Hardwick car
riedi Baker, Coffee, Colquitt, For
syth, Laurens, Lincoln, Lumpkin,
Miller, Montgomery, ToonEs, Treut-
len and Washington counties, while
every other county in the state east
its county unit vote for Senator
Harris.
There was only one tie in state
races, DIR. n. II. Ballard and Fort
E. Land receiving the same popula~
vote in Greene county, in their race
for state school superintendent. The
county unit vote was divided be-
tween them
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-23
October | Is the Last Day

Tor several years. the national and magazines have
been fighting for Southern subscribers In this fierce
competition they have been cutting their prices below
the of mailing their periodicals.
AS result readers have been able to get the of
the periodicals through T Weekly Journal clubs ridiculous
ly low cost
That bitter competition about be replaced by and
ounder business methods the of those publishers SO
clubbing prices going
You will ALWAYS be able clubs through cheap
y from other publication will have increase
prices all present combinations October /.
Subscribe and money.
If your subscription expires within the six months it
will to if clubbing combinations
We have the other publishers tied with contracts until
October They can't raise their prices before that date
Until them of the combinations listed below at
the remarkable bargain which have been force
January l.
Don't wait till it is too late Act
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-23
PARTNERS IGNORANT OF LIFE
OF MISSING STOCK BROKER
DESPITE LONG ASSOCIATION

everything with them. There were
two van loads of furniture the
neighbors remember seeing go.
The landlord found a note on the
mantel telling him regretfully that
he had been forced to leave before
the expiration of his lease becaus
of circumstances over which he had
no control.
Naturally the assumption is that
the missing partner, seeing others
get rich by "Ducking" the market
and taking no heed of those who
90 broke" could not resist the lure
of the ticker with it's fortune always
just around the corner.
Evidently he spacula ted mildly 'at
first, and then plunged more and
more as the market constantly turn
ed against him. More and more of
the stocks of customers which he
handled personally for the firm were
thrown into the breach with the
hope that they might turns back
the flood water of disaster.
But the turning never came.
There is no present evidence that
the man got away" with anything.
But he is gone and impersonal New
York says:
isn't it Just this big old town."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-23
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