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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14
CHAPTER VIII
The Chiefs Message.

Sallie's disturbed reflections were
interrupted by light tapping on tne
door and without waiting for her re-
ply Mrs. Copeland entered;
II came myself to tell you that
luncheon is served and that we have
another guest, A Mr.. Bellows, who
will want TO talk over this little
proposition of ours with you later:
You may be quite your natural self
with him for he has our utmost con-
fidence."
So the attorney had been called il
when she raised the ante He might
have prominent families for clients
and big reputation to- lose, ms he
had reminded the others at that con-
ference the night before, but there
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Only a goose spends his time looh
for the goose that lays the golden
Rockford Republic.
What most people mean by ''liber
is the privilege of being orthodox
Baltimore Evening Sun.
Consciousness of sin affects us
and the waiter always presents
check face down.-Hartford Times
Speaking of business opportunit
somebody might start making fliv
cranks for left-handed men.-Tact
News Tribune.
what is the difference between
and humor?'
"Oh, about three drinks."-Nd
vile Banner.
Even if women do have more sd
than men, you never see a man w
ing a shirt he can't button himself
Harrisburg Patriot.
There is skeleton in eT
closet" remarked the gloomy perso|
IL don't know about that"
swered' Senator Sorghum. But
these days of dark suspicion 1 sho|
say there's a skeleton key for evl
mans desk.r-Washington Star.
The discovery that her husband
afraid of her is just as painful as
earlier discovery that there is
Santa Claus.-Vancouver Sun.
Old lady Ito boy engrossed in chi
noveD-How often does this eleva|
go up. boy!
Elevator boy-It goes up atithe
of every chapter, lady-Duluth nj
Tribune.
Coal Merchant-Quick! Quick.
coal yards afire!
Fireman-Oh,N is it? Well. If
stuff be the same as you sold
t'o;her day, there amt no 'urrJ
Kansas City Times.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14
A Puzzle a Day

"The prisoner walked and tai
half an hour after he was hung,
This simple statement sounds
though a miracle had taken pls
but in reality, nothing unusual
CURED. A single punctuation IN
is missing; insert it, and the
tence will become quite ordinary.
Yesterdays answer:
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THE TWELVE-HOUR DAY

A heartening example of the way good
comes about when at first it appears
to have failed, is the report OF the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation for 1923.
In spite of the seventeen thousand addi-
tional men employed to fill out the third
shift, incident to changing from the
twelve hour to the eight hour day and
the increased expenditure this entailed
the ccmpany's gross and net earnings
were exceeded by only one other peace
year m its history, and the report showed
gain of S50O,OO0,0OO over the preceding
year,
This prosperity. in the face of 4. change
in working conditions that, at the time the
change was proposed. was declared i'm
possible is another of those examples OF
the possibility of seemingly impossible
things. The twelve-hour day was said to be
an unavoidable condition of the steel in
dustry. The work must 60 on continuous
ly. The furnaces could not be allowed
to COOL Three shifts of eight hours
each, instead of two of twelve hours
were declared labor drain too heavy for
the industry to stand. Such were the
arguments put forth against change in
working conditions.
The great steel strike of 1890 CEN
tered about that point. Against the
full strength of the Steel Corporation,
with its policy of opposing all labor Or
garizotion outside of paternalistc orders
within the control of the corporation it
self, the steel workers had been organ
lied by the American Federation of
Labor and the strike was called. It
was as bitterly contested as any strike
in the history of labor in the United
States. The country, practically as a
whole, seemed to see in it some vast
menace to industrial security. Coupled
as il was with the coal strike of that
same year. it threatened the center of
existence, coal. iron and steel being the
base Upon which the entire industrial
structure rests.
But the strike was of such a nature
and the superstructure of fact and fiction
that grew up about it assumed such pro-
portions that it attracted all sorts of
intellectual interest and formal investi-
cations. People began to probe and
question. Writers went into the field
and published their findings. The SEN
ate investigated. The Interchurch
World Movement investigated and was
destroyed on the rock of its findings.
Sentiment and sympathy, radicalism and
violence, every variety of emotion be-
came involved. Was labor trying to
control the country? Were the condi-
tons of the workers in the mills as
hard as they were pictured? What
about this twelve-hour day? Could men
work twelve hours day seven DAYS in
the week before blazing furnaces and
still remain human?
One of the most practical and VAL
liable things in all the welter over and
about the strike, was done by a stock
holder in the Steel Corporation, a Bos-
ton man. He had long opposed the
twelve hour day and voted against it in
board meetings, but could do nothing.
The board generally believed the twelve
hour day an unavoidable essential of the
Industry. But at the time of the strike.
he used his own money to send investi-
gators into the field and had their find
ings. at his own expense, published in
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14

He was interrupted by meaning
laugh from Sallie.
Not to .me, they ANTI mean.
not on twenty-five thousand" she
corrected herself in seeming con-
fusion. Double it and I'll play your
game for you then you'll never see
or hear Of me again. That's a CO."
Continued In Our Next Issue)
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MARCH CIRCULATION

Daily only average. .zs.4ss
Sunday only average. $3.50
The arove totsIs and averages for paid cir
eulation exclusive OF all spoiled copies and any free
copies OF nature.
We hereby ,wear that the foregoing statement Of
paid circulation 10 correct.
H. c. BROWN.
Circulation Manager.
c. /. BUCHANAN,
Business Manager.
Sworn snd subscribed to before me this End day
Of April. A. D.. 1884
(seal) FRED J. BONNER JR.,
Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14

The amounts of material id
curved section of sidewalk was
actly the same as in one of the strai
sections. The dotted lines repres
two square ones. thus proving
fact. Hence the material in each
we'd section would cost $500,
same as that in a square section.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14

While we have no desire to enter into
combat over the bobbed hair debate, still
we can not help admitting. that we pre-
fer bobbed hair to switches or spit curls.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14

Motion Pictures.
Palace: Anita Stewart in "The
Love Piker."
Empire Claire Adams in "Daddies !"
Princess: Mary Philbin in Fools
Highway"
Rialto: Virginia Valli in "Wild
Oranges"
Royal; Violet Mersereau in "I'he
Shepherd King"
Nusical C0unpIv
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14

Musical Comedy.
Grand: Bob Casey" Greer in "The
Millionaire Girl"
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Where to Go
Motion Pictures.

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big Time Vaudeville.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
New" Phone Devices
Are Not Necessary

Hundreds of dollars are wasted
each year in Wisconsin by people who
buy devices to attach to their tele-
phones, according to Mr.. Oscar
Quale, local Telephone Manager.
The fact that there are nearly fif-
teen million telephones in service in
the United States offers too large
market to be entirely overlooked by
promoters of these devices and as a
result the clever statesmen lines his
pockets selling these Wonderful
discoveries" to the unsuspecting, and
before it is realized by the purchaser
that the ''new device" is ordinarily
more of a hindrance than help, the
salesman is in a distant city working
on new prospects.
1T is in the interest of our sub
scribers and in the interest of good
telephone service that we ask our
subscribers not to buy these tele-
phone attachments" Mr.. Quale says.
These devices include many types
of mouthpieces, receiver attachments,
helps disinfectants, etc., and FREE
quently they get the lines and in
struments into trouble. They invari-
ably make it more difficult for us to
render efficient telephone service and
so in the interest of our patrons,
generally, we are obliged to remove
these attachments from telephone
instruments where they are found
"The telephone instrument used
by Wisconsin Telephone Company
has been developed over a period o.
more than forty years. Constant
careful scientific research and the
facilities of company engaged in
providing a nationwide service have
been devoted to the development of
the telephone instrument. AS a re-
suit the telephone instrument in use
today is as near perfection as moder.l
science has made possible. The best
results can be secured by using this
instrument as it stands without the
addition of any other attachments.
II hope / have established myself
in this city in such way that before
any of our patrons buy any attach
ments for their telephones, that they
will call me up and get my recon-
mendation on the merits of the at
tachments offered"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
GLASS VALLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Driscoll and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Johnson spent Sun
day at Twin Lakes.
Mrs. John Moynihan had her tom
sis removed Friday in St. Johns
Hospital, st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Matzek and
family spent Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Johnson in
Cferma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Purfeerst and
and family, of River Falls, spent
Tuesday at the home of Charles
Purfeerst.
A number from here attended the
excursion from Hudson to Red Wing
Thursday.
Miss Marie Moynihan spent Tues
day in st. Paul visiting her mother
who is in the hospital there.
Earl O'Conner of River Falls
spent a few days last week with his
sister, Mrs. Joe Gregor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Finn of River
Falls, spent Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Finn.
Misses Lenore and Lorraine Dris-
coll spent few days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hanley in Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Loida spent
Sunday with relatives in Mann Val
ley.
Mr.. John Moynihan and daughter
Marie, spent Sunday at the home of
Mrs. Holt in River Falls.
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PRESCOTT

Mrs. Amelia Stark of this city
died at her home June IL at the
advanced age Of 81 years. Funeral
services were held Saturday from St.
Paurs Lutheran church, of which she
had been a member for over 40 years.
Rev. w. P. Haar officiated.
The many Prescott friends of the
Carisch family are glad that they
have returned to their summer cot
tage on Lake Side Drive, this city.
The Steamer Washington" did not
make the trip from Prescott to st.
Paul as advertised, due to the low
stage of water between the two
points. Capt. Streckfus says tina;
''if the government does not use
some means to get the water in the
upper Mississippi river and Lake st.
Croix, by locks or otherwise, in $
years the head of navigation will be
at the head of Lake Pepin."
H6 i6dCDGIS SdSSA NY CiAS
school board for the coming year al
the Prescott High are: Principal
Prof. E. T. Hawkins; Assistant teach
ers, Miss Mechler, Barbara Veeder
and Mr.. Sweeney. Miss Kinney,
Poom a; Frank Brendemuehl, Room
8; Mrs. C. L. Hunter, Room q; Miss
Lindblad, Room l.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold food sale in the Shilling
building on Broad street Saturday,
June 81.
G. A. Hopp of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank of Hastings is hav-
ing new roof put on his summer
home, located near the bathing beach
here.
The U. S. sand pump is working in
the Mississippi river a mile north OF
Prescott, repairing wing dams.
For bee supplies of all kinds go to
A. w. Lund Co.-adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
DONEGAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Shallbetter of
Minneapolis visited at the home OF
John Jansa Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam johnson AMI
family visited at John Doorak's Sun
day.
Miss Dorothy Shallbetter, who
was spending a few days with her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jansa, returned to her home in
Minneapolis Sunday.
$ Emil Johnson of Milwaukee, spent
Saturday at the home of Sam john
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pechacek and
family spent Sunday at Ed.
Pechacek's in Clifton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Janevic visited at
the Frank Kordovsky home Sunday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
FARGO

Mr.. Chester Truesdill and Miss
Hattie Wilcox were married in st.
Paul Tuesday, June 10. Lester Trues-
dill and Opal Wilcox attended them.
They are spending their honeymoon
in Minnesota.
A birthday party was given for
Mrs. VIM. Stewart Friday afternoon
of last week. About twelve were
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Wilcox and
family and R. S. Wilcox visited at
G. S. Wilcox's Thursday evening.
NJ. H. McCue has new 0ldsmo-
bile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Florness and
family and Mrs. Dahl, of Ellsworth,
are visiting in Minnesota for few
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wilcox visit
ed at Sam McKean's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. McCue visited
at Diamond Bluff Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Martin and children
picniced at Hastings Sunday.
Earl Schoonover of Iowa is visit
ing relatives here.
Mower sickles should be repaired
now before the rush of harvest sea-
son. Bring them to A. w. Lund Co.'S
service shOp.-adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
CHERMA

D. Dennison, of Kasson, Mimi,
visited the first of the week with rela-
tives here.
Miss Margaret Kordovsky is
spending few weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Victor johnson, at Hastings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cobian visited
at the home of Mrs. Mary Johnson in
Clifton Sunday.
John Pechacek was taken to the
hospital Monday evening for medical
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Erickson and son
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Quite number from this vicinity
attended the flying circuc at Belden-
vile Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pechacek
spent Tuesday at the Ed. Pechacek
home.
Miss Dorothy Shelbetter, who has
been spending few weeks with her
aunt, Mrs. j. Jansa, returned to her
home in Minneapolis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor johnson, OF
Hastings, spent Sunday at the home
of the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Kordovsky.
Andrew, Steve and Albert Hupper1
attended services in Cherma Sunday.
For bee supplies of all kinds go to
A. w. Lund CO.-adv.
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1haotauqua begins July 1.
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BELDENVILLE

Miss Margaret Bredahl of River
Falls is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Maggie Fenton spent Sunday
at the home of her son, A. j. Fenton.
Mrs. M. L. Beardsley had a family
gathering at her home Sunday.
Charles Beardsley and family, of
Eau Claire, spent the weekend at
the home of his brother, M. L.
Beardsley.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. N. Bennett and son
and Miss Edna Bennett visited rela-
tives at Mcmillan Junction the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Simons of River
Falls, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Cook
spent Sunday at H. A. Haight's.
Mrs. A. Fenton, Mrs. v. Gilbert
son and Mrs. M. Beardsley attended a
birthday party at Mrs. Ruth Veg
horns Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf were calling
on friends here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill of Roseglen, N
D., are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Bjork.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Blodgett attend
ed the funeral of their niece, Miss
Grace Beardsley, at Knapp Tuesday.
The Sunday School hour has been
changed from 2:30 p. m. to 1890 p.
m.
! There was a very large crowd out
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TRIMBELLR

Ben Havelandt purchased new
Ford truck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wenzel LANCER of
Ellsworth spent last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Cobian.
Joe Baar is on the sick list.
Alex Reiss and family spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Meachem.
A birthday party was given In
honor of Margaret Thorn last Sunday
evening. A good time was reported.
Meachal Graetz spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cutting.
Miss Alveria Killian spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Cobian, Jr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
EAST KINNICKINNIC

Several from here attended the
barbecue at Kinnickinnic park Sat
urday afternoon.
Howard Phillips and family and
Glen Griffey and family spent Thurs
day evening in Roberts.
Rev. Mr.. Graham has returned to
his work here after spending week
in Minneapolis.
Several from here attended the
the South Fork Community Club
meeting last Wednesday evening.
The warm weather and rains have
helped the crops in general.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19

to the flying circus put on here by
the ball team Sunday.
The play, "Yimmie Yohnson's
Yob," will be staged at the pavilion
Saturday evening, June 81.
Mower sickles should be repaired
now before the rush of harvest sea-
son. Bring them to A. w. Lund Cos
service shOp.-adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19

" IOA A1elSL w GEM
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Griffey return
ed from weeks visit at Fredricks-
burg, Wis, on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Phillips and
daughter, Miss Margaret, attended
the Rural School graduating exer-
cises at New Richmond Saturday.
Miss Margaret was one of the
graduates.
Irene Nelson is visiting relatives
in st. Paul this week.
The prayer meeting was well at
tended Tuesday evening with Mrs.
Graham as leader.
Mrs. Frank Webster and son
Thales, are visiting relatives in
Minneapolis this week.
Howard Phillips and family and
Sam Phillips and family spent a
very enjoyable day at Taylor Falls
last Friday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19

in Cherma Sunday.
Louis Filkins and family visited in
Clifton Sunday.
Henry Reeck has returned horne
from Cumberland for the sur mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Lanfelt, Of
Hastings, visited at the Simons ho,ae
Sunday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19
CEMETERY MEETING

A special meeting of the Green
wood Valley (Glass Valley Gene
terry association is to be held in the
City Hall at three o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, July /.
There is to be election of officers
and other important business at this
meeting, and all members are urg-
emily requested to attend.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19

The popular Eveready verticle 81"
battery now $1.9O, Burgess "a" dry
cells soc, last twice as long as ordin-
airy dry cells. A complete stock of
Radio Equipment. Ask for my cata-
log. ALI Rasmussen, Radio Dealer,
River Falls, Wisconsin. adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-06-19

NOTICE, HORSE BREEDERS
will keep two pure-bred draft stall
lions, at my barn on Division str.
in city Of River Falls, during he
breeding season Of 1924. Walter
Glass.
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OAK GROVE

D. C. Corcoran and family, from
Montana, are visiting relatives and
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Marls VISITED
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-06
ANOTHER FIRE AT MARION:
M. P. CHURCH BURNED
j. K. Wetter, Well Kno.On
Here, Weds Salisbury Girl

Miss MaBelle Katharine Tomlinson,
Of Salisbury, and John King Wetter,
Of Raleigh, N. c., were quietly mar
ried in Cambridge Wednesday after
noon of this week by the Rev. F. S.
Carpenter at the M. E. parsonage of
that town.
News of the ceremony came as a
big surprise to the many friends of
both bride and groom. The bride be-
fore her marriage was one of the
most popular members of Salisbury's
younger set and has always taken an
active part in the social life of that
community.
The groom for years has been en-
gagged in, road contracting work and
for the last several months has been
in Raleigh, N. c., as representative
Of the Lehigh Cement Company.
Mr.. Wetter is we'll known here and
has many friends in and around this
section. Mr.. and Mrs. Wetter left i'm
mediately after the ceremony for
Raleigh, N. c., where they will make
their future home.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-06
600 PUPILS ENROLLED IN
POCOMOKE HIGH SCHOOL
Injuries Keep ssDick"
Porter On The Bench

Dick Porter, the crack Oriole second
baseman is at his home, near Princess
Anne, nursing a sprained ankle and
spiked leg.
The International home-run king
has been out Of the game for two
weeks, but he hopes to return soon to
take his place at the Keystone sack.
"Dick" is another addition to the
long list of Peninsula base ball stars,
and is fit companion for Baker,
Smoot, Gordy, Herzog, Zearfoss, Hor-
sey, Townsend, Willis, and, no doubt,
many others that could be named.
It is more than likely Porter is des-
tined for higher company. He, to-
gether. with his team mates, Boley,
Groves, and, perhaps, Ogden, has been
under scout supervision for some time
and there are many who think they
are fit for big company.
It is hard to down the Sho' in any
sort Of sport, as well as along other
lines. The many friends Of the St.
Johns boy are hoping he may have
the good fortune to step upwards
when the 1925 season opens.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-06
PARKSLEY SPUDS SWAMP
MARTINSBURC THURSDAY
Eastern Shore League Champions
Defeat Blue Ridge Champions
By, Score OF II To 0.

There was not very much to the
first game of the post-season series
between Parksley and Martinsburg.
On the defensive, Hummer was the
big show. On the offensive, the big
bats of the Virginians.
The score, II to 0 in favor of Parks
ley does not give much Of line on
the probable result of the struggle
for State honors. It is hard to be-
lieve that the playing strength of the
two teams is really so unequal as the
score shows. !, About all that can be
said is, Parksley has one game to the
good, and that is worth a great deal.
It is safe to predict that the East
ern Shore Champions will not have
another such,a walk-Sver. It is to be
hoped, they will not, since the strug.
gle will lose much of. its interest,
should it be SO one-sfded. x
All Eastern Shoremen are roofing
for Parksley to win, and no part of it
more strenuously than Pocomoke. But
the fans Of the peninsula are becom-
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