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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Scientists insist that Europe was the
original cradle Of the human race
Sounds likely enough, In view Of the
enthusiastic manner in which the hu-
man race has been making Europe
rock since.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Meanwhile the radio amateurs are
doing a good deal toward making
English the universal language-at
least such clipped and abbreviated
English as the amateurs use.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

The fact that London girls are wear
Ing pantaloons may herald the return
Of the Victorian period, but 1t is diff
cult to imagine American girls using
smelling salts.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Perhaps the people who centuries
ago took things out Of King Tut's
tomb were wandering robbers, and, on
the other hand, they may have been
party Of scientists engaged m re-
search work.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Announcement is made of the exist
ence Of a fish that shouts. The dis
covery is due to scientists, not to fish,
ermen. That is what makes 1t re-
narkable.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

The meanest man in the world has
Just turned up: He informed his wife
and children a week before Christmas
that he had just bought himself a
pair Of slippers.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

A pair Of returned Americans tell
Of viewing the Japanese earthquake
from an airplane. That Is about the
right way to Look at such an upheaval.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Little boys afraid to go to bed In
the dark grow up and became men
obsessed with the idea that a hand.
full OF nondescripts can establish a
counterpart Of the soviet government
overnight in these United States.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

A press information service says the
complete name Of Achmed Abdullah,
the popular fiction writer, is Syyed
Shaykh Achmed Abdullah Nodir Khan
el-lddrissyreil ell Duran, but to init
mate acquaintance he is probably Sv
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

If the man on Mars believes that
where there's smoke there must be fire,
he has undoubtedly concluded that the
earth is burning up.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Few years ago the man over forty
was considered a fit subject for chloro-
forming. Now he contributes to the
support Of a golf club.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Talking about spring hats when
there remains considerable winter coal
to buy is no way to promote harmony
In the living room.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Two persons who attempted suicide
the first day of the year must have
been disgusted with the kind Of calen-
dars they received.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

England is faced with a shortage Of
Bix-foot footmen, but in a pinch It
might make some kind Of deal with
our movie colony.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Sweet are the uses of adversely.
German poets and artists are shaving
off their fancy boards to save the bar
Der bill.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-20

Somebody asks where the old-fash-
oned Sunday suit" has. gone. POSI-
by to Join the old-fashioned Sunday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

frank Rokusek will make Illinois
an excellent captain. His leadership
and intelligence and his popularity
with students and teammates are
strong assets. He knows his own po-
sition and a good deal about the 9TH
ers, too"
That Is Coach Bob Zuppke's terse
way of describing the football captain
elect at the University of Illinois.
Product of Omaha.
The news of Rokusek's election was
received on the campus with s~atlsfac-
ton. "Rokey," as he is known to his
teammates. is a product of Omaha
Technical High school. where he
learned football under Jimmy Drummo.
an old Dartmouth player. Frank was
a three-sport man, earning ten letters
in football, basketball and baseball.
During his high school career Roku-
SEX team won the city football cham
pionship each season and was In the
running for state honors one year. but
was nosed out in a post-season game.
The new leader played on four state
championship baseball teams at Tech
meal and on one basketball team thai
COPIED state honors once, and twice
landed In second place.
AT Illinois In 1922 "Rokey" played
his first college football and gave a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Coach Keene Fitzpatrick
Lauds Modern Football

Keene Fitzpatrick, the trainer OF
Princeton athletes, says hal the aerial
football game that is being played
now has done more to make the sport
develop as 1t has than any other SIM
gle factor.
"a Yale-Princeton game today in my
mind far surpasses the exhibitions in
the days when huge tallyhos, drawn up
behind the ropes. served as stands in
he old Manhattan park at New York.
where the Tiger and the Bulldog used
to meet" said Fitzpatrick. He is Of
the opinion that puntiag and passing
not only have given the players them
selves a much better opportunity to
make use of individual ability. but that
from the view of the spectator. the in
terest In the game has improved
vastly.
In concluding, Fitzpatrick said:
.Without a doubt, football is the na-
tional college sport of today. One of
the main reasons why it has grown to
be this Is because it is so distinctly
amateur"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

good o of himself at left end
This season Rokusek was an outstand.
ing member Of the fighting Him.
squad. He played a slashing defensive
game and scarcely any yardage was
registered against him, although he
had to stop some of the best backs in
the conference.
The Omaha boy is equally good on
offense. He goes down fast under
kicks, is a reliable receiver of forward
passes, and his hard. unerring block
ing was an important factor in
Oranges long runs.
is Junior in College.
The new captain is a Junior in the
college of commerce. He believes in
making an early application of the
business principles taught there. for
he has established an agency that fur
nishes bread for most of the organized
houses and "eat" shops on the cam
pus. To partly work your way, play
football and maintain your scholastic
standing requires an exceptional man.
Why did Rokusek come to Illinois.
since he lives within fifty miles of the
University of Nebraska? He tells you:
Ever since | was a kid I had heard
of Illinois and .Zup.' I determined to
cas- my lot with them. So here | am.
And ! am mighty glad l did"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
AARON WARD WOULD
Be TURNOVER HITTER
Ambition of Yankee Key
stone Stacker to Hit
Both Ways.

Aaron Ward, second Daseman of the
champion Yankees, is ambitious TO be-
come d turnover" batsluan. a turn
over" balsman is one who hlA froln
either side OF the plate, shifting his pO-
sition to the style of pitching he is
facing.
Ward always has batted as a right
handler. He is now experimenting from
the other side of the plate and he is
certain he Will be able TO improve his
hitting many points when he can, with
equal efficiency, change his position
to suit the pitching.
Once during the last western trip of
the Yankees Ward attempted TO make
the change, but Manager Higgins be-
lieved that the experiment might be
too costly in the midst OF a pennant
race that had not yet been won. But
while the Yankees were playing exhi-
bition contests, Ward took advantage
of the opportunity and batted left
handed.
"Of course, | am still crude In my
efforts" said Ward when speaking Of
his attempt TO change his batting style.
1T may take a long time, but one
thing that impresses we in my trials
Is the fact that | am able to see the
ball much quicker and more clearly
when l bat from the left side. | don't
know why this Is, but 1t is true.
Il am not able to swing with the
same accuracy, nor put the same force
in the blow as l 0 do batting right
handed. but | feel certain that this will
be remedied when | have become more
accustomed TO the new style. | intend
to continue the experiment until l nave
either mastered 1t or make a failure
of it. But | am certain that l vii.
succeed"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

Joseph j. Cooper, of Baltimore, was
elected captain of the Princeton SOC
Ger team.
Swimming is the leading sport of
the Hawaiian islands, followed by ten
mis-, golf, football, basketball, v~olleyball
and baseball.
Bill Donovan was more than Il great
baseball player. He showed US what
a smile can do.
Firpo is doing a lot of talking.
aware. perhaps, that one word leads
to another and 100000.
Captain Mcmillan is The only regu-
lar lost by University of Illinois foot
ball team from the 1924 squad.
Coach Yost of Michigan has appar-
emily captured the early bird prize by
asking for 10000 tickets to mex No
vember's football game al Column
bus, o..
Joe Cantillon, who is planning TO
start a school for pitchers. should add
a course for umpires VINO often seer
to kn9w less about the game than any
body en;e in baseball.
When Dave Bancroft takes over the
management of the Braves next spring
ii will he the first time in several
years that either of the Boston major
league clubs has had a playing man
ager.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

"T have taken TANLAC and I do
not hesitate to say that it is a won
derful he~alth-giving tonic. It has
brought relief and good health to
many women, and with good health
one may have a measure of beauty
that will overcome shortcomings in
face and figure.
"Rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes, a
w~ell-rounded figure, a lovable dis
position, go hand in hand with good
health. To those searching for beau
ty, I would say--First of all, Find
Good Health The TANLAC treat
ment has proven itself a boon to
womankind, and I recommend it."
Miss Campbell has written a book
let on Health and Beauty which may
be secured by filing out the coupon
below.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

No less than 16 major league base
ball teams seem 70 have struck their
winter stride.
:. Three hundred thousand people at
tended the football games played by
Yale this season. 1t Is estimated that
100000 was received at the gate.
Why doesn't professional baseball do
the decent thing and establish old
age pensions for its descrepit old
men? 1t pains Us. says the Houston
Post. TO think of Ty Cobb facing the
sharp issues of life at the advanced
age of thirty-seyen.
Frank ~ShaughnesSy will remain with
the Syracuse club as its manager next
season, whatever happens and no mat
ter where the club may wander.
France is building high hopes upon
winning the soccer championship at
the Olympic games. The United States
will enter this competition for the first
time next year. It will be run on the
lose and out plan.
Colgate college will hold an inter
scholastic track meet May 81 at Ham
ilton, y. Y. Colgate plays Nebraska
football next fail. Oct. is, at Nebraska.
Joe McGlone, age twenty-five, quar-.
terback on the Harvard eleven. is a
hero of the World war. He possesses
the Croix de Guerre and the Distjn-
guished Service cross.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

Miss Mary Katherine Campbell,
twice proclaimed miss America"
has taken TANLAC and endorses it
in a statement recently given to the
women of America. In this state
ment, Miss America declares that
Good Health is the basis of all Beau
ty, and advises women who would be
beautiful to first find good health"
Her complete statement as given
is as follows: 81 consider it a great
privilege to be able to tell the thou
sands of women everywhere what a
great tonic TANLAC is. Health is
the basis of all beauty. Without
good health, one is apt to be run
down, nervous, underweight, high
strung, anemic. Indigestion drives
the roses from a woman's cheeks and
robs her of that radiant quality of
womanhood that is real beauty.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Indians Enjoy Big Bat
Snrees in 1923 CAMPAIGN

Only one other club IN the Ameri-
can League went on as many batting
riots as the Cleveland Indians during
the 1923 campaign. The Indians won
10 games in which they scored 10 runs
or more. but so did the Yankees. but
the Indians were beaten in II
such battles. the Yanks dropped only
seven. three 10 Cleveland, two Il De
troit and two to ST. Louis.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
) reaching an apex abe

the sapffns, reaching an apex about
eighteen inches from the ground.
Outside this 1t builds a parallel con-
ical wall at such a distance from the
inner cone as to afford the birds elbow
room for a circular corridor between
the two for their mysterious dances
m%arathons and circum4.m bulations.
And this wall, forming a miniature In
dian tepee with a triangular doorway,
is a living structure of the stalks of
orchids plucked fresh by the bird and
woven warp and wool in such a way
that they continue to put forth leaves
for q long time.
In front of the entrance of the tepee
the builders now plant a little green
meadow of soft mosses. All weeds are
plucked up and the messy carpet is
continually swept clear of all accl-
dental blemishes. The feathered gar
dener now brings from near and far a
wealth of highly colored specimens Of
flowers and small fruit, and these they
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Leonard Says He Won't
Quit Until He's Licked

Benny Leonard, king of lightweight
boxers. on a vaudeville tour of the
Middle West. says that he will ney
retire u~ndefeated. I'll fight until I'm
whipped. as I think all championi
should do" said Leonard. He contin-
ues his training despite his thespian
duties.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Bird in Neu Guiena
Builds OUn Garden

The gardener bird of New Gulena,
according to natura!ists, selects a level
piece of ground for its home and clears
a circular patch around a slender sap
ling.
1t carefully removes leaves, twigs
and every object that could give the
place an untidy look. Then it brings
tufts and slabs of moss and builds up
a conical structure around the base of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
1923 Fails to Produce
ANY New Golf Marvels

No really new sensation cropped out
in golf In 1923. AT lenst not on the
order of Sweetser, Sarazen and Glenna
Collett. OF course, the youthful Bobby
Jones climbed the championship
heights, but Bobby has been knocking
at the door for a long time.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

of this doublet revolve around each
other so as to eclipse.
This pair of stars, or this star COM
posed of a pair, Is three times denser
than our sun and each Is about the
same size as the sum-. The double-star
Is so far distant from the earth that
It takes its light, travelling 10000
miles per second, several years to
reach the earth. In fact, if it died or
~disintegrated, it would be years be-
fore we knew it. For all we know
we may not be looking at this star it.
self, but at its image of years ago.
When we look at the stars we do not
see them as they are today, but as
they were when the light left them
perhaps hundreds of years ago.-De-
troit News.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Fastest Double-Star
Found by Astronomer

The densest and fastest double-star
known has been discovered by F. G.
Jordan, famous American astronomer.
stars. In rotating, the light from one
is stopped by the other every six
hours; that is, in six hours the stars
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Breaks Decide Games

Breaks Decide Games
When two evenly matched
teams meet in any line of sport.
the breaks of the game lnyari-
ably decide the issue. This fact
is proved u every year in the
world series and has held up in
the big football games of the
present season. A fumbled ball.
a bad kick or a poor bit of judg.
ment has decided many a game
this fall after the two teams had
played each other to a standstlll
and a tie game seemed certain.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Two More Clubs.

The circuit of the Mississippi Val
lev baseball league is TO be expanded
from six to eight clubs mex season.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

During the summer w. E. Garrett
Gilmore Is champion singles sculler of
the world, having won the title from
Walter Hoover some time ago. but
during the winter Gilmore maintains
two real estate offices in Philadelphia,
Pa. Gilmore will in all probability be
chosen as the candidate to represent
the United States In the mex Olympic
games.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

will dispose about the garden and
tepee.-Detroit News.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

Easy.
"Pa, what Is capital?'
1.-THE money the other fellow has,
my son."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23
Get rid of
constipation
by internal
cleanliness

THERE is no reason why you should suffer from
/ constipation. Headaches. bliousness, sleepiess
nights, heaviness are nature S warning that intestinal
poisons are flooding your system. If allowed to con-
hnue, you may become a victim of serious organic
disease.
In constipation, say intestinal specialists, lies the
primary cause of more than three-quarters of all III
ness including the sravest diseases of life.
Laratives Aggr0pate Constipation
Laxaives and cathartcs do not overcome consdpa-
ton, says a noted authority, but by their continued
use tend only to aggravate the condition and ofteD
lead to permanent injury.
Why Physicians Favor fabrication
Medical science. through knowledge of the intestinal
tract gained by X-ray observation. has found At
last in fabrication a means of overcoming constipation
The gentle lubricant. Nujol. peneIates and softens
the hard food waste and thus hastens its passage out
of the body. Thus Nujol brings internal cleanliness
Nupis used in leading hospitals and is prescribed by phya1ans
throughout the world. Nurol Is o a medicine or laxative and
cannot grippe Like pure water is harmless.
Get nd of constipation and avoid disease by adopting the hA6a
of internal cleanliness. Take Nujol as regularly as you brush
your teeth OF wash your face. For sale by all druggists
I = Il NujO1
MN0joFY EkI REG Is. PAT or.
-EEAaA For Internal Cleanliness
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

Truth is always mighty en~ugh to
hurt somebody a little.
Money may not bring happiness. but
1t saves one a lot of worry.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

AS people get older they become
less demonstrative: but how their
hearts go out TO D'Artagnan.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

thought it must be a swindle, as yoz
don't usually see sights FOR nothing In
Lunnon -
So down the stairs he vent again.
with the umbrella grasped firmly In
both hands.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

includes Tennis.
Girls tennis will be included In the
seventh Far Eastern Olympic games.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-23

sea and adjacent countries. In a
wider sense. II Is applied vaguely TO
the regions eastward from Italy. as
far as the Euphrates and the Nile:
but more generally is used in a more
restricted sense, as including only the
coasts of Asia Minor. Syria and
Egypt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
ALL METAL
A STURDY, SPEEDY FLYER

This Eagle AeropIane will travel three hun
dred feet in the air and can be operated by any
child five years Of age without any danger to
the child
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01


pated. and they were even more
perturbed today BY reports from ap-
i parently authentic sources that
/ Senator Brookhart will shortly fol-
low up lits denunciation Of Dawes
BY coming out openly for the La.
1 Toilette, Wheeler independent ticket.
When It Il remembered that vir.
tuaily ALI political prophets. IRE.
] spectiye Of party. have conceded
that Brookhart win 'be reelected in
Iowa by an excess Of 100000 votes.
the perturbation of the Republican
managers over his detection from
the national ticket may well be
understood.
Sources close to the La Toilette
candidacy asserted with confidence
today that Brookhart will be openly
] aligned with the independent move
ment before the campaign is many
days older.
Even Republican managers ad-
-privately--th the Brookhart
influence will be no inconsiderable
factor in determining where Iowas
thirteen electoral votes are going.
Norris Adds to Worry.
Iowa, along with Nebraska and
q few other Of the corn-belt States,
haYe been classed by political man.
ayers Of all parties az doubtful"
In every table OF electoral votes
| that Republican managers have pre-.
pared to show that Coolidge and
A.NT = SrSvsA f1n h.
electoral college, they have counted
on the thirteen electoral votes OF
Iowa and eight from Nebraska, as
well as California's thirteen.
simultaneously today with Brook
hart's quasi-bolt from the ticket,
came reports In political circles here
braska would have IAN important
there were also reports that Senator
come out for La. Toilette.
These latter reports could not be
confirmed today from any authentic
on the heels of the Brool1hart de-
bacle, they were distinctly discom-
forting to Republican managers.
IOSpuDlLCAiA t@SAuSIS WSIG EIiEhSSu
today in seeking to smooth cut still
another internal squabble in which
the candidacy of General Dawes
figured.
This is in rock-ribbed Pennsyl-
vania. and CONCERNS differences be-
tween Senator George w. Pepper
and National Chairman William NJ.
Butler and General Dawes
Pepper Breaks Engagement.
Senator Pepper has canceled an
ambitious speaking tour that he
was to have engaged in under the
auspices Of the national committee.
The reason therefore il said to be
Senator Peppers resentment over
General Dawes accepting, on his
own initiative and without consult.
ing State leaders, an engagement
to address a woman's organization
in Philadelphia. w. Harry Baker,
Republican State chairman in Penn.
sylvana, and Senator Pepper had an
engagement scheduled with Presi-
dent Coolidge at the White House
yesterday, but Senator Pepper did
not go, although he was in town.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
{. O. } WORRIED
BY B|R0QKHART
ATTACK
Managers Had Hoped Sena-
tor Mould Not Emharrass
Coolidge
BY GEORGE Il. HOLMES,
Interma klnmaI Ne,va 1erws..a

Senator Smith w. Brookhart's
spectacular bolt from the Republi-
can reservation with demand
that the Republican managers re-
move General Charles 8. Dawes
from the ticket caused something
very nearly approaching a political
sensation III the Capital today ii
worries party leaders more than
they care to admit publicly.
While the Republican MANAGERS
have never counted on Brookhart
throwing his undeniable strength III
Iowa to the national ticket, they
nevertheless have confidently
counted upon his remaining com
paraitvely quiet and not eHnbarrass.
ing President Coolidge politically.
Fear for 1O0.O Votes.
Now that hope has been iissi-