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Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
Sunnyside
(Near BridgevlIlel

Miss Katherine Passwaters was very
much surprised during the holidays
when about 80 of her friends gather
ed at her home for party and every
one enjoyed themselves until a late
hour, when refreshments were serv-
ed.
Mrs. Minnie Sudler and daughter,
Maud, are passing the holidays in
New York visiting Mrs. Lillian Virden
and Mrs. Sarah Whitehill.
During the holidays we heard of
quite a few big dinners, but the larg-
est one was at William Passwaters
when his children and grandchildren,
numbering about rs were present to
pass Christmas.
Miss Mildred West was severely
burned about the face when an oil
stove exploded which she was using,
knocking her unconscious.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reynolds were
visitors in this section on Sunday.
Oliver Wiley has returned home
after spending few days with rel
atives and friends here.
The Misses Ida and Lillian Wiley
passed the weekend with their sis
ter, Mrs. Madeline Harris.
George Harris is on the sick list.
The road that leads from Bridge
vile to Sunnyside and from there to
Owens Station is in critical condition
and almost impossible at times. Real
ly we feel that our teacher who comes !
from Lincoln will be late, and it's |
likely some morning she will be miss
ing altogether on account of bad |
roads. The road that leads from
to Sunnyside has not been
worked on for ten years. We hope the
politicians will get together in 1924
and at least make one good New
Years resolution and I'm sure the vo-
ters will appreciate it and give them
a lift at the ballot box in November.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
WEBB'S SCHOOL NOTES

The P. T. A. of Webb's school held
their meeting on Thursday evening,
December goth, 1928. Owing to the alb
sence of the president and secretary,
Mrs. Charles Banning presided and
Miss Elizabeth Wisseman read the
minutes of the previous meeting.
There was a nice Christmas program,
also a birthday social. The next meet
ing will be the last of January. Look
for the date in later paper.
The perfect attendance pupils for
the month of December were: Violet
Greene, Alice and Myrtle Banning,
Florence, Grace and Harry Webb,
Pauline Alma Wisseman and Evelyn
Schrader.
Those making good attendance were
Mildred and Mae Banning.
The average per cent was 1913 which
means another book added to our IL
brary.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
FrankfOrd

Patrons of the rural routes served
from this Office had a disagreeable
surprise handed to them the first of
the year when the time of the delivery
was changed from afternoon to morn
ing. 1t is generally understood that
the change is not wanted, and it is
hoped that whoever brought about the
change, can be made to understand
that the people do not like it.
The feed business which has been
conducted by Burton G.. Cannon and
Samuel J. Messick has been taken oV-
er by Mr.. Messick, who purchased Mr..
! CannOn's interest.
The Century Club met at the home
of Mrs. Raymond P. Long on Saturday
evening, January 5th. The regular
routine of business was transacted. It
was dollar night and those present
turned in their money and told how
they earned it. Mrs. G. A. Cook told
how she had earned hers in a cleVerly
written poem, which everyone enjoy
ed Mrs. T. M. Heath presided at the
piano.
A cold wave reached here Saturday
and continued during Sunday. This
was a great change from the mild
weather we have been having.
The people of this town are much
gratified to see that the Chief High
way Engineer has recommended the
construction of a concrete road from
Omar to GAINESVILLE. When this road
is constructed it will give us a road
from Frankfort to Bethany Beach
This will be a great advantage to all
the towns along the highway.
Miss YvOnne Townsend is attending
school in hometown, N. J.
The public schools reopened on
New Years Day.
The Chautauqua Literary Circle will |
hold its meeting this week at the
home of Mrs. Parma Townsend.
n William H. Walls, Jr., and Preston |
E. West returned to Easthampton, |
Mass, on Sunday where they are at
tending WillistOn Seminary They !
have been home for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Easham enter
tanned on New Years Day to dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. William Steele, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elijah Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs. John
ClOgg, all from GAINESVILLE.
Capt. and Mrs. w. A. Walls gave a
stag dinner party New Years Day in
honor of their two sons, William A.
Walls, Jr, and Preston e. West. Their
guests were John Williams, Frank
Carmine, of MillsborO, and WOlcOtt
Gum and Frederick Whitney Of Frank
ord.
Capt. William A. Walls spent part
If the Christmas holidays here with
MS family.
Mrs. Kate Downes is spending some
ime with her daughter who lives in
Mrs. Howard Purnell Of George
own; Mrs. Joseph Carey, of Laurel; '
Hrs. Howard Bramhall, Of Philadel-
,hia; Miss Elizabeth Corey, of Wash {
ngton, D. c., called on Mrs. William I
/. Walls on Thursday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
Milvine

Miss Verona Richards of Ocean
View spent the weekend with Mrs.
Lester Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Dukes and
son spent Sunday at Sandy Landing
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester V. Town
send.
Miss Ola Dukes is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Joshua Dukes at Ocean View.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Montgomery and
daughter, May, of Laurel, visited
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. C.
Steele, last week.
Miss Mildred Williams has return
ed to her home here after spending
the holidays in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Henry Culley and two chill
dren of Newark are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dale.
Mrs. James M. Evans of Ocean View
was a guest of Mrs. Ella Crist, Satur-
day; who is still very i'll at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. R. c. Steele.
Mrs. w. R. Ringler is spending sew
eral days with friends in New York,
Jersey City, Staten Island and Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Clara West is in Dover for a
lew days with her son, Paul west who
has undergone an operation at the
home of DR.. John James.
Mrs. Walter J. Lynch is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Emmons Phillips has returned
home after spending some time with
her husband in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons and Mr.. and !
Mrs. Bartell of Rehoboth motored |
here Saturday and called on Mr.. and |
Mrs. W. R. Ringler.
Miss Elizabeth Derrickson was en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Der
'icksOn at Ocean View.
Mrs. William Dove and two children
nave returned home, after spending
he holidays with her husband in New
FORK.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Crist of near
)agsboro were recent callers in Mill
lille.
o Virgel McCabe of Bethany Beach
'oast Guard Station, visited his wife
n Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11

per. I have been taking it ever since,
and you can hardly believe how different
feel. had just wanted to lie in bed
all the time, and when started to brush
up would give out in about ten min
utes. So you know how badly felt.
used to 90 to bed at eight and get up at
seven, still tired. Now 1 can work all
day and stay up until eleven, and feel
all I do in summer, but in winter work
in a factory. l have told a good many
of my friends, and l have had three
come to me and tell me they wouldn't
do without the Vegetable Compound"
Mrs. SAMUEL MURPHY, 219 Cecil St.,
Dover, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to me. l had cramps
and faint spells and
very bad pains. One
day / was over to my
neighbours houseand
she told me / ought
totake LydiaE .Pink-
hams We ge ia BILE
Compound. SoIw
to the store on my
way home and got a
bottle, and took the
frstdOse before SUD-
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
JACOBS

The last community meeting was
held Friday evening, December 21st,
1928, at 1880 o'clock. A Christmas pro-
gram was rendered, consisting of two
plays.
Killing hogs has been the chief &C.
cupation in this vicinity for the past
few weeks.
E. Stallings of this community has
moved to his new home, near Wyom-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Scott, Mrs. D. E.
Littleton and Mrs. Edwin Draper mo-
tored to Bryn Mawr, Pa, for Christ
mas dinner at the home of Lewis
Scott.
Don't forget the social which will
be held at Jacobs School, the third
Friday in January, the 18th, 1924. Also
hot doggies on sale. Everybody is in
vited to come and have a good time
and also to bring along your friends.
You can't always tell whether a
mon "a Tsfoh hoooTSo ho "a sAgns-ry ~.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
Samuel J. Wilson & Son
MILTON. DELAWARE.

EuhsEa OHectoFS ana Embalmers'
We have added to our funeral equipment new
Motor Funeral Car. for which we make no extra
charge. We have still retained both our Black
and White horse drawn hearses, which therefore
places ue in position to furnish either horse
1rawn or motor hearses.
We are the best equipped and carry the largest
stock of funeral supplies south of Wilmington.
Call phone. Office No. %, residence No. 29.
Phone service day and night. IF calling after 10
p. m call No. 49, All calls promptly answered
No extra charge for distance, use of hearse OF
wife's services.
Ne also carry a large and complete assert
ment of Furniture, Carriages, Runabouts FaP15
WRRons Rack Wagons and Farming ImDlemenEa
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11

AFTER the sIeepless night, and you
L y wonder about the cause, has it
ever occurred to you that it may be
caffeine, the drug in coffee, that keeps
you awake?
Suppose you try Postum as your
mealtime beverage, for at least ten
days
Put it to the test!
At your first sip of Postum, you
will understand why, by many, it is
preferred equally for its delicious
flavor and for its wholesomeness.
Postum is absolutely free from the
coffee drug, caffeine, or anything that
can cause restless nights or uncom-
Portable days.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11
THIS WOMAN
RELIEVED FROM
SUFFERING
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. A Remarkable Story

Dover, Del.-"I wish every woman
would take your wonderful medicine as it
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11

You can't always tell whether a
man is rich because he is stingy or
stingy because he is rich.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11

TEL 'sm gOs sGsV Il in tie ChrOSiele.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-11

If you want to get well. take ChirO-
practic adjustments. Call on Anna K.
Gregorius. at the home of Mrs. George
Pittard, Race and Market streets,
Georgetown.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18
FIXING QUALIFICATIONS
FOR VOTERS

With the approach of the quad
rennial presidential election it is in
teresting to note the difference Of
opinion in various states regarding
proper qualifications for voters. II
the election laws in all states were
generally enforced the voting
strength Of all parties would be con-
siderably reduced Not few of the
qualifications are now considered
obsolete in the states where they
are still upon the statute books.
In twenty states in this country
there is a literacy test for voters al
though it must be conceded that the
standard is somewhat elastic. In
the state of York, for instance, cit
izen must be able to read fifty
words from the constitution and
write 1egibly in English ten words
from the passages read. In several
of the states the prospective voter
must be able to read the constitu-
ton and write his or her own name
In some of the other states the vot-
er is not required to be able to read
the constitution but he must be able
to explain its meaning. In some Of
the states the literacy test merely
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18

Born on . southern Indiana farm.
tho teacher of q country school.
tho wife OF = successful business
man whose Affairs she now man.
ages, = farmer on her own Ken
lucky acres. an able business woman.
but with all the charm and gracious
ness Of lady Of the old school
such liz Mrs. Alvin T. Hort. Vice
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee.
Mrs. Herte headquarters are In
Chicago, from which center she IL
broadcasting to American women
first OF all the message Of their great
responsibility. The women claimed
that If given the vote they would
make the United States q better place
to live In. Mrs. Hert Is urging all
women not to be among the twenty
five million ballot slackers. but to go
to the polls on Election Day and vote
for what they believe to be the poll
cies that will mean most in the light
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18

requires In general terms that the
voter be able to read and write,
while In still others the voter meets
the literacy test II he can write q
single line or his own name.
A few of the states require q vot-
er to have employment at election
time and South Carolina demands
that in order to vote the citizen must
be paying taxes on $500 or more of
property. A good moral character
or good behavior is necessary con-
dition In order to vote in some
states, while in several the exercise
of the. right to vote is denied to pau
pers. There is general disquali-
fication for felons, idiots and the
insane and in many of the states, If
the laws were enforced, the right to
vote would be taken away from any
one betting on the result of the cleo
ton.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18
IDAHO is COMING
BACK

Southern Idaho borrowed As mil
lion dollars of the federal reserve
bank a few years ago and has paid
nearly all of it back out of lean
years when there was little market
for her products.
The year 1924 is going to do much
toward putting this region on its
feet, for it has two-dollar wheat,
ten-dollar hay, ten-cent lambs or
better, and forty-cent wool, and most
of the folks have some of these
things to sell or are working for or
with somebody that has. The Hard
ing-Coolidge administration has sue
ceeded in enacting and maintaining
protective tariff on these staple
Idaho products, and IL will be inter
esting to note whether the Idaho
who have declared their opposition
to these protective policies. There
is a new song that has a refrain
saying, Keep cool boys; keep Cal
Coolidge boys" and if Idahoans
don't do do it this fall at the polls
they need not look for much sympa-
thy if the protection is wiped out
and the price of our staple products
takes another slump.
Henry Matthews, representing the
Oregon Mortgage company of Port
land, was inspecting Idaho's agricul-
tural districts recently, and said the
upper Snake river valley was pro-
badly the best watered and best for
titled section of the west, and its
people are to be congratulated on
the resources that will enable them
to come back sure and fast,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18
OPEN HANDED
GENEROSITY

Down In Los Angeles last Thurs
day, Superior Judge Grail sentenced
prisoner convicted on seven
counts of robbery, criminal assault
and assault with intent to commit
murder, to serve two life sentences
and 214 years additional, the SEN
fences to run consecutively.
Whatever else may be said of this
judge, certainly nobody can justly
accuse him of being stingy. His ac-
ton recalls the remark made by an
American soldier about General Per-
shing during the war During the
st. Mihiel drive, which Pershing per-
s0nally directed, 1t was rumored
that the drive would not let up I'M
til the American army stormed
Metz. Two soldiers were marching
along the muddy road one night
when one of them said: II hear Per-
shing's goin' to have us take Metz.
He's goin' to keep on with this here
drive until we take Metz II 1t costs
a hundred thousand lives" After
a moment the other soldier replied:
"A hundred thousand lives? Say
he's liberal son of gun, amt
he?"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18
A REMARKABLY LETTER.

The Republican office has recent
ly received a letter that is a little
different from anything we have ever
seen. 1t comes from Thomas H
Gordnier of number 430 Cypress av-
enue, Watts, Calf, and Mr. Cord
nier suggests some unique changes
: in the manner of doing things. He
demonstrates some of them in the
letter by using five different sizes
Of paper in five different colors to
write his letter on. No two of the
five sheets are of the same shape,
one being a flap torn off of the back
of an envelope, another a triangular
scrap OF letter paper, one a scrap
Of writing paper, another a fly leaf
out of a seed catalog, and the other
a letterhead from the State Bank of
North Dakota
Besides using these odd bits of
paper for his message, he writes on
both sides of them, and where there
has been something written or print
ed before, he writes around those
patches. He leaves no margins on
his writing paper, and by writing
rather fine and close he makes tie
editor work to decipher the message
He enclosed his bunch of scraps in
an envelope that he made out of Il
scrap of wrapping paper and fasten-
ed the edges down with flour and
water so it held together.
Mr.. Gordnier interrupted himself
while wri ing on the bank / :'"r-
by using red ink, and says that state
owned bank letterhead; that every
state ought to have a state-cwned
bank at the capital, and a branch Of
it at each county seat. Mr. Cord
nier shows his preference for red
by using red ink, nd says that state
ana county lines ought to be erased
and new lines drawn across the
country, laying 1t off in blocks as i
the townships are, and each block |
numbered to take the place of names
Of states. Counties should be indi-
Gated in the same way and thereby |
simplify matters and reduce expen-
ses. He is an Industrious man in
some ways for he says he has fig
lred 1t out that if all states were
Is small as Rhode Island, there
would be 2426 of them, and that
Texas is 213 times as large as
Rhode Island. Mr. Gordnier gives
| lot of other figures that may be Of
great value to people who can use
hem. He says congress should re-
zeal all the laws enacted prior to
January 1, 1910, and take a new
tart and reduce expenses. He would
egulate peoples affairs and require
hem to be more economical. He
would make them write on both
ides of paper and not leave any
margins. He would make new
with skip days in it, so all
months would be the same length,
nd one calendar could be used year
fter year and save printing new
mes. He does not say whether he
as offered his plans to Soviet Rus
ia or not, but he probably has. We
eel very much obliged to Mr.. Cord
Ter for letting us know just what
here may be and might be in the
'orld if there were enough people Y
} gather up all the scraps of paper
nd write something on them. {
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18

as the one to go. The county commits
sioners were asked to furnish 500
from the county treasury, but the
fund was already exhausted and the
farm bureau facing the prospect of
closing because they could not fur
nish money to keep it going
The finance committee did not
know of any way to complete the I'M
dertaking excepting to get the mon
ey from the bushes houses, and they
had already been asked for money
too many times, so the matter was
| dropped and engagements cancell-
ed Then there were a good many
who were not satisfied with that sit
uation and said they would rather
make up the other hundred dollars
by subscription than to miss the op-
portunity afforded by the dairy
show and the arrangements already
made by the others. The finance
committee went out and stated the
case to business men and said they
were not soliciting funds but were
merely carrying out the wishes of
the community. Those that pre-
ferred to put in a few dollars could
do so, and 1t was not the wish of
the committee to accept money from
anyone who preferred not to act. II
voluntary donations totaled enough
to cover the needs for the trip, the
delegate would go and II not the
funds would be returned. A total
of $50 was collected, and it is pro-
bable that somebody will send in
the other ten. Preparations are un-
der way and the Idaho car of ex-
migated at Pocatello and sent east
from there on express time. The
pullman car of delegates will start
from Pocatello Wednesday, Septem-
Der "a, and will arrive there on Fri
day, in time for the opening on Sat
urday, September 27. The show will
last until Saturday evening, Octo-
Der 4, and it is likely that some of
the big dairy men who we're in Ida
no two years ago on the dairy ex-
cursion will take the Idahoans out |
for long tour among the dairy |
farms of Wisconsin to show them |
and teach them all they can. Some
of them have said that IdahOans |
treated them SO royalty when they |
were here, they have been looking ,
for a chance to return the courtesies ,
and if Idahoans approve of it the
trip through Wisconsin will be ar
ranged to follow the big show Ida
no has the climate and the feed to
become a leader in dairying, and
the people who are carrying on this
are not willing to let
the opportunities lie dormant. The
delegates will do their best to bring
some people back with them or to I
get them interested enough to come
later The home people are request
ed to help this colonizing along if
hey can, and if they cannot, please
lot throw any cold water nor offer
any discouragements when home
seekers come out to look us over. !
Those who are doing most of the ]
work and putting up most of the
money are doing it because they be-
ieve it will be starting something
,ood for the community at large. If :
t fails, they are the principal los ,
RS; if it proves a winner, everybody
las chance to share in the bene- '
it's
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18
NATIONAL DAIRY
SHOW

The Blackfoot chamber of com.
merce is sending its secretary, Miss
Grace Peck to the National Dairy
show at Milwaukee to cooperate with
other southern Idaho towns in the
effort to establish contact between
the homeseekers of the dairy sec
tions and the people of this valley
who have too little dairy stock, too
much land and too little market for
their stock fed.
The Union Pacific and the Ore
gon Short Line have been testing
out colonization methods for cou-
pie of years, and have asked the Ida
no dairy sections to work with them
in this matter. The railroads offer
a low rate of about $50 for the
round trip from, idaho, are paying
for the floor space in the dairy show
for the Idaho towns, and are doing
great deal towards getting the ex-
hibits there for use.
About fifteen or twenty delegates
will go from southern Idaho towns,
and on the way east they will be or
ganized into working force to comb
the dairy show for young men and
young women who want to come
west and engage in dairy farming;
people who have already learned the
business and who are willing to tao
kle irrigation; people who have
means to buy some land and stock
it. The chambers of commerce
want to get few such people mixed
in with our older settlers who are
not so familiar with dairy methods
and each can teach the other in ir-
rigation and dairying All these
Idaho people will join in one big
Idaho exhibit, will all talk Idaho |
and each will be praising other To-
calities as we'll as his own. There |
will be no rivalry but merely coop |
Grafton in getting some of them to
come west, and then there will be
friendly help from the chambers of
commerce to see that the new-com-
ers have every chance to make good
If they succeed, others will follow
automatically.
1t costs about 1925 to send dele
gate from here, and the Blackfoot
chamber of commerce has not quite
enough members to pay running ex-
)enses from membership fees, but it
1925 towards the ex-
)ense of sending a delegate to the
larry show, and named Miss Peck
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18

Life insurance, Beebe, phone 1870.
adv. 15tfc
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-09-18
Books added to library by
TO FARMERS.

Why not diversity your farm en-
ergies and products? Why not con-
vert the waste profits Of your farm
into bank account? Why sell your
alfalfa hay for $500 to $500 per
ton when by buying aged ewes, you
could market 1t through yourself at
higher price? Why not convert
your spare hours into profit?
You can do all this by buying So
called "aged ewes" for farm use.
We will furnish the ewes and you
furnish the hay and proper care and
attention. Good terms to depend
able and responsible farmers.
Full particulars by addressing F.
J. Hagenbarth, president Wood Live
Stock Company. Spencer, Idaho.