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New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
HERE'S A FISH STORY.

Claude Caswell of 511 Stanley street. while standing on the shore at Hammonassette Beach in bathing suit noticed bluefeh being chased through the water by larger fish. When the fish were quite close to the shore. Caswell leaped at 1t and land ed on it, thereby stunning it. The hluefish which he captured in novel style was enjoyed at dinner yesterday at Hammonassette, where he was camping. Caswells catch weighed we'll over two pounds, and he is quite proud of it.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
n.a,h., Audit na,-aa of o,,eaIui,en,

Ths E. H, Is Hattanal organization which fuFhishss hsgspapsIt sha sdysT- tissn sith . strictly hanest sRaiyst Of circulation Our circulation siatisiifs gre based upon this audit. This lnsuiss DIG. lection agAihsi fraud in newspaper ais tflhution figures ta both national and leeai sdFsrtissfs.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

The first marriage had many ad- vantases. Adam and Eve had no rela- tives.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

It is easier to contribute to worthy cause if the solicitor doesn't look too prosperous.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
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The Asspgiatsa fisss ts sEElusiksiy entitled la ths uss fal Fs'puhiCatian Of sll hess credited 10 fl q Hai athsFziss credited n this gaHsI aHa alsa lafal asWs pub, lshsa herein
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

The children run about everything now except the lawn mower.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

A writer says he respects machine politicians as much as the others. What others?
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

Correct this sentence: Don't worry; Willie" said the mother. ''l esn buy more ink and the rug is old, anyway"
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

IT you are ready 10 despair of msn- kind, think how long il has been since you saw quill teelhpiek,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

l. may not be significant. but there are few modernists in districts where fried chicken is served every day,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

At this rate it won't be long before an unbobbed head reminds one Of horse and buggy.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

The residence street in a village is the one the cows are picketed on.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

II might he worse, In a great su. thor's collected works not over two- thirds were written before he learned how.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

A resort bedroom would be much like the one at home if it were clean CT and cooler.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

A wife can he as satisfying as a ssse,is fl yeu'll try as hard 10 show her a good time,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

National destiny" is what a great nation invents when its finds another weakling to exploit.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

He hasn't finished his course until he delights in bragsing about what a whirlwind he was as a youngster.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

The enly pfaftahis saksTtislnE medium "a ths eHF, eiseuatiaH basks and Ftsts Toam alxays apsn Ie saisFiitsFa
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

Eighteen years were required to make the huge gates of Henry WIS chapel in Westminster Abbey.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

The Herald ls sn sais daily in New York n HntsiinE.a News stand Times Square; sehultE ssss stand, Entrance Grand Central a.na Street.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
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lnfoEtaaslsly, the ePsn-thTosl shiFi appeals especially 10 the man Si'h sn emotional Adams apple.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

II the al writer calls his craft an aTt, he usually mentions the adFeTiisr ed article in a f0otnots.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
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HgRAi... apsltsHlka conR.kE issass usHs lsaa ass EAeslasdl Al asrats hidss q ehaifh Street.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

It must grieve some tourists when they can fna 70 place on the jitney
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
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New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

Nc argument againsl var will in- press 2 man who isn't convinced by the sight of a military cemetery,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

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New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
Facts andFancies
 BY ROBERT CULLEN

Good roads die young, also.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

sasIs an'ii t1ssssE' sss ssEFaises
 AuneY aFsTs
 ssTAsn You take ii to the pssl
 offies,s from the wife. Hubby doss
 About the same thing is hsPPsnins
 h hundreds Of kss Britain homss
 every evening, They won't pay any
 attention 10 the neishborhood letter
 boxes any more, Post otfies sotir
 eislsa say soms of the letter carriers
 ghe collect from outlying boEes only
 bring hack half dozen letters rarely
 more than so, Post offiee concludes
 not so much mail seeumulstss in outs
 lying dlstFleti anyway, "peFsohal" lets teTs are not as important as dosn- iowa business letters, and they can
 gsit ih the boxes until Uncle Sam is kind enough to do something te earn the price Of the stamps.
 Family hiyYers and Besr-fiyysrs come in handy in such matters Peo- pie don't have to rely upon corner letter boxes for collections, Every time budding Mauds or enterprising Jimmy writes an important nenentity love letter of an evening. right out to The family niyyer and down town she or he ssndsi steps near post offies and drop into nav where letters 90, outseing mall esrviee from city late st night is Eoodi trains east and west up 10 early morning hours, Letter mailed in post ofIiee at n p, m. reaches either Boston or New York by .. m, or earlier. But if mailed in corner letter hox a sad mistake ts msda-it gets delivered n Boston or New York st hours later.
 Observing publie-and observer - got onto collection service from neigh borhood boxes long SEQ. Virtual boycott Is in effect. Three sout of four letters written in outlying prov- inees of the town are carried dewn- town by men folks. either In evening when they 20 10 shows or whore they or In morning when TO- ing to work. Some housewives put letters on house letter boKes for pest men to collect. Sometimes. If he doesn't happen to deliver ( letter. he misses the outgoing epistie.
 Hard 10 get post office interested in chatty personal letters in outskirts. Claim there Is not enough Of them. I fobtfhfn are toiu to coilrct Hlub tfpHi boxes they pass on way to post office early in morning; but Isr't as effec- tive as a night collection would be. and latter would require extra men with transportation appurtennnces. say a motorcycle or bicycle. still. 1t Is being done in many towns much smaller than New Britain. Coilec- ton at 10 ?. m. is usual time.
 Curiosity at the center: right where everybody can see it--but nobody scarcely ever takes a peek at 1t. and when they do it is only to smile.
 Said curiosity is the small kiosk Ipon which notices of administration Ire posted by the district court offi- .ials This is one of the legal ways ,f advertising them; it complies with he law. Remains of many notices acked to the boards are evident; tear ng them off Is as perfunctory as acking them up. Notices usnslly are n small type and fellow has to have spare time to read lem through. Sidewalk Isn't worn in ront of kiosk. indicating few have he time or inclination 10 finger while.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
THE OBSER YER
Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People

rasssd gentlemen sill slzays turn their eyes in another direction, But ws fear art students never set ems bsTTssssd,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

SUBSCRIPTION RATES; ls,h1 . fssI
 iaaa fhiss NaniHt
 7as Meath
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

On West Main. eity's main speed way. Autos race intermittently. close behind one another. Come down hills at "breakneck" spssd--ihat is. some of them. Thirty miles an hour com mon; forty not unknown. Grumbling by careful drivers; they wonder why speed laws are not enforced In city. Believe police court could shake down a pretty penny by shaking down West Main street speeders.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

Public library in summer is right on the job. Plenty of folks seen heading toward and from 1t with books under arms. Youth is In ma jority. Library is we'll managed plenty of books and efficiently kept before the public through publicity in Herald. All good new issues find places on the shelves. Library build ing is one of prettiest in the state for a city this size: and Is enhanced by an attractive location.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

they thing they're even more manly.
 Some newsboys gamble; they're hap
 py. Some newsboys don't gamble;
 they're broke. Some newsboys play
 tag: they're too tired to finsh their
 routes. Some newsboys don't play
 tag; they're too tired to even do that.
 Some newsboys are dirty; they're in
 the majority. Some newsboys block
 the sidewalk; they're omnipresent.
 Some newsboys mind their own busi-
 ness; they're scarce. Some newsboys
 make money; they deserve 1t.
 Spicy magazines are without end. Their publishers seem to think they are in great demand. Maybe they are right. Sales would indicate they have some reason on which to base their enterprise. New ones greet eye nearly every week. One of latest has to do with art studies, and it is supposed to appeal to art students. Judging by the pile seen in one New Britain periodical shop the number of art students here must run into large figures. In fact. can become an art student by paying two bits for the magazine. An investigation of the contents showed it contained quite an enticing of pictures of women fin the nude," as the art critics would say. We'll say they were naked from the toes up, there being not even fig leafs or beads to interfere with the artistic effect. As our knowledge of art runs to Michelangelo and Rembrandt, the particular studies of bodily loveliness in the art students publication merely gave us the impression of absent minded women going in bathing after having forgotten their bathing regslia. Under such circumstances ennbar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
PAROLES DENIED| ID. 78 C0Nv|CTs|
Freedom Recommended For Only 12, Monthly State
 ment Of Board Shows
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU !,
 THE AGE-HERALD Mruk~o,n.-w AI~

Seventy eight state convicts failed in their efforts to obtain favorable rec of the state board of pardon while only 12 convicts were recommended to Governor Brandon for release on parole during Decem- Der, according to the monthly state ment made public today. One person was recommended for the restoration of civil and political rights.
 Members of the board unanimously recommended the release of the fol- lowing convicts, their liberty being on their behavior in the future: William Bray. Jefferson, Arthur Holmes, Cullman. assault to murder; Alex Johnson, statutory offense; Robert Lee, Mobile, manufacturing liquor; John Moates. Morgan, burglary! Virgil Moore Mobile, manslaughter; J. D. McInnish, Walker. robbery; D. P. Montgomery grand larceny; Robert G. Shummate, Marshal, man Charles Tate. Etowah, dis tilling; Aaron Vaughn Mobile, for gery; Ali Wallace, Lee, murder.
 Restoration of civil and political rights for Dennis Livingston of Lau- derdale county was recommended by the board. Livingston was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, but has been on parole since January 12, 1911, and records show has made a good citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
The Best Cough Syrup } .s is Homemade. Here's an easy way to save g, and
 yet have the best cough remedy ' you ever tried.

You've probably heard of this we'll tsknown plan of making cough syrup 1ht home, But have you ever used &tf Thousands of families, the world over, feel that they could hardly keep &onse without it. It's simple and
 MID, but the way it takes hold of a &Dlrrh wilh soon earn it permanent mIaee in your home.
 Into a pint bottle, pour 21s ounces bf Pinex; then add plain granulated %uQar syrup to fill up the pint. Or, M desired, use clarified molasses. Honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either way, it tastes good, newer spells, and gives you a full pint %f sbetter cough remedy than you &ould buy ready made for three times Hts cost. ( It is really wonderful how quickly &his' home made remedy conquers scough--usually in "A hours or less. Ht seems to penetrate through every &ir passage, loosens dry, hoarse or Night cough, lifts the. phlegm, heals &he membranes, and gives almost I'm, mediate relief. Splendid for throat &ickle, hoarseness, croup, pronchltlS hnd bronchial asthma.
 q Pinex is highly concentrated conn fpound of genuine Norway pine ex- Traet, and has been used for genera ttions for throat and chest ailments. ( To avoid disappointment ask youlr, Edrupgist for "21a ounces ot Pnex with directions, and don't accept any sthinp else. Guaranteed to give abs9' Islte satisfaction or money refundsd. xIhs Pinsx Co.,, Ft. Wayne, 1nd.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
SEINE CONTINUES RISE

PARIS, Jan. 1.-Weather prophets And experts who gauge the ebb and How of the Seine were predicting to- day that the river would reach the Highest level of the present flood to- ihorrow, but rain set in again this dvening and the Seine continued to 1z3se somewhat more rapidly than had Been. calculated, while some of its af- Guents were becoming appreciably more swollen. The river is now seven 4et below the high level of 1910, when the subways were flooded and boats were required for traffic ground the foreign office, the St. La 4aer station and other conspicuous 11pints. At the present rate of the rise, which is about two feet in A nours, a record height would be reached by Friday.
 N The administrative bureaus are be- tng overwhelmed with appeals from the riverside population, especially in ehe suburbs, where 8 repetition of the disaster of IA years ago is feared.
 Troops have been called out to ar- xRnge for moving the inhabitants of fhe threatened quarters on the lower &eine.
 Portions of Touraine and Burgundy are also under water in the valley of fhe Loire and Saone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
MISSISSIPPI LOSES
 VETERAN OFFICIAL
Assistant Secretary Of State Re-
 signs After 20 Years

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 1.-(Speciaf.) ) More than 20 years of service to the state of Mississippi in one position were ended Monday night. when the resignation of Henry Yerger, assis- tant secretary of state, became effec- tive. MT. Yerger is succeeded by $. B. Graves, who has been chief clerk in the office for several years. A successor to MT. Graves has not been announced
 Although the existence Of the state bond and improvement commission was ended by statutes with the pass ing of 1923, John Rowan, secretary of the commission, will be busy for several weeks winding up details or the work of the body. On January D MT Rowan will assume his duties as business manager of the state tu- berculosis sanitorium near Magee. Mrs. Felix Whiting, stenographer for the commission, will hold a similar position ith Mir. Rowan at the sani- toium. Members of the commission will not be officially discharged from the responsibilities until the legislature accepts the report of the four years activities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
CHANCELLOR 
GERMAN PRAISES

sf ROME. Jan. i.--"Mussolini Is one of the few statesmen who understand .the tragic situation ofs Germany" eafd Gustav Stresemann. the former German chancellor, now at Lugana for recreation, according to state- fnents by Italian newspapermen.
 "The speech Premier Mussolnt de- livered, in the senate on the 0erman situation," added Stresemann. pre- dicted an excellent impression in Germany and the Reich is very grateful to him. It Is true, as he said, that 50 long as Germany is not put in a position to face ter pledges It Is lunacy to expect solution of the policy"
 pr. Etresemann complained of the opposition in France to the pro1ected German food loan to be placed In. America, t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
TWO BLACKS INDICTED1 ] IN MURDER OF WOMAN
Negroes In Little Rock Penitentiary
 For Safe Keeping

VAN BUREN, Ark, Jan. 1.-Two negroes, Sturgeon Buck and William Bettis. were indicted by, special grand jury here late today on charges of criminal assault and mur-- der in connection with the attack on Mrs. Fife Latimer in her home in the Catcher community, live miles from this city, last Friday.
 Although no date was fixed, Judge Cochrane indicated tonight that the negroes would be given speedy trials.
 The woman was found unconscious in her home several hours after she was attacked. She regained con- sciolsriess. shortly before her death and told her story to physicians and neighbors, describing Bettis as one of her assailants, it is alleged.
 The two negroes indicted today are in the state penitentiary at Little Rock, where they were taken for safe keeping early Sunday, following attempts of mobs here and at Fort Smith to lynch them.
 The little community continueo quiet today. following the exodus Sunday night and yesterday or pracSs tically the entire negro popuiation. which sought refuge in negro col onies here and nearby towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
COOLIDGE.MADO RATED LEADERS
Johnson, Underwood And RaI- ston Potential Factors For
 Nomination
By RAYMOND CHAPTER , Leased Wire To The Age-Herald)

WASHINGTON, Jan. Lone year filled with unexpected political hap penings, has closed only to make way for another year which holds even greater uncertainty.
 The year went out with trouble clouds hanging heavy over the polit- ical gridiron. President Harding's altered, the political situation and precipitated a fight for the nomina- tion between Coolidge and Johnson, who had decided not to oppose Har- ding's claim to a second term.
 Coolidge has grown steadily since he became President, while the boom launched So solidly by Johnson a few Johnson is fighting against terrific odds and finds 1t hard to wean polit- ical support away from the President. Johnson, however, is going to make his decisive fight in the presidential primaries and not until the result of those contests is known will it oe possible to eliminate him as factor entirely /
 Coolidge is faring better out in the country than he is here at Wash ington. He has a majority in, Con- gress which is a sham. and the>actual power is held by handful of pro- gressives who have nothing whatever in common with Coolidge except a party label. The administration js going to find 1t difficult to get any thing done at this session.
 Democrats are engaged in 8 pre- convention fight for the nomination with William G. McAdoo running as the strongest factor at the moment. Senator Underwood of Alabama and Senator Ralston of Indiana are nov ing about in the shadows and James M. Cox of Ohio is reported about to climb over the ropes and mix in the scrap.
 Democrats are handicapped by lack of any real policies at the moment. They are looking for real issue, but as Coolidge has usurped the tax re- duction activity, the problem is a difficult one. General attacks against the republican administration as the tool of special privilege" are being attack has not really materialized as yet. Woodrow Wilson emerged from his silence Armistice Day and made confident. prediction that his poll icies will prevail.
 In the field of foreign affairs, the year has been notable. We find our selves back in Europe, though dis guised behind a set of false whiskers. At this moment. two distinguished American business men, Charles q. Dawes and owen D. Young. are pre- pairing to go to Paris to sit as Amer jeans on committees of the repara- tions commission to investigate Ger manys capacity to pay. Because of the irascible temper of the Senate. these men will not be appointed as official representatives of the United States. but as American business men. Nevertheless, they were chosen by the reparations commission only after the United States approved them, and they will do nothing which does not have the confidential sane tion of the White House and the state department.
 Note: The above is the first half of MT. Clapper's political review
 The remainder will be published next Friday morning by The Age-Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
DEEBAlED G|n[lIs MADE N0R|.M|AL.
Madrid Physician Performs Marvellous Operation With
 Sheep Glands

MADRID, Jan. ,1.-By a marvslous operation a Madrid surgeon has turned . terribly deformed and al-. most inhuman 1s-year-old girl into a fully developed and normal young woman.
 The operation was performed by pr. Francisco E. Ortega of Gijon, who claims that he mas discovered not only how to regenerate abnormal women. but how to rejuvenate nor. mal< elderly women. <
 Before the operation the girl was only two feet ten inches Nigh, and she was deformed out of all sehbl- ance of girIhood. She was almost totally lacking in human intelligence and feeling. s
 pr. ortega grafted certain glands from a sheep five months ago. The girl has now become normal. Extra ordinary physical development has taken place. The skin has become fine and delicate: deformities have vanished: intelligence has awakened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
.ENs[EY ID sTART|
 BUILDING BOOM
1924 Construction Expected To Eclipse All Previous ls A Records
ENsLEY BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALp A !,


 Building construction in Ensley will be started for the 1924 season, Thurs day. It is believed that an announce ment regarding new t~o-story building for the corner of Avenue F and Nineteenth street will be ready from Jack Lindsay whose plans for that corner are rapidly maturing. It was reported among real estate deaL ers Tuesday that the contract for the building had been let. However. this Wa6 denied by Mir. Lindsay who said that in opening the bids it had been determined who was the lowest bidder but that many details had to be ac- justed before a contract for the con struction was let. It was indicated that the contract would be let per haps for an announcement Thursday morning.
 The building will be two stories high and occupied down stairs by drug store, according to the accepted opinion in Ensley. The upper, floor will be devoted to offices which, &C., cording to general opinion, will be occupied by physicians The building will occupy a site now used for filling station and Is at the most valuable Junction of the new Eighth avenue TOdO anu 1NihOtoChlH Sei cSe' Traffic at that point, when the new road iss completed, is expected to be as great in volumes as now exists at Nineteenth street and Avenue E. This site will be on a new paved highway to Pratt City and Fairfield. Improve ments being made by MT. Lindsay in association with Ramsay & McCor- mack, the owners, include three stores that have already been built and the work to be done includes two additional stores and the corner. This step by MT. Lindsay will occasion the deepest interest in Ensley and will be the occasion for many congratula- tions to the builder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
H HAhlES DES R0Y| BESSEMER HOlESl
Loss Is $12,000 As Blaze Sweeps Madison Staten
 Buildings
, BEssEsTER BUREAC1
 THE AGE-HERAI.D ! Deeoemer. Ala. Jan. 1 J

A toss of si2.ooo was sustained from a fire at Madison Station, Tues day morning at 3 o'clock. when three large frame buildings were destroyed. The fire department of Bessemer and Brighton responded to the call. but on account of the distance from water the houses were totally destroyed.
 The fire originated inN q house owned by Mrs. A. F. Glass of Bir- mingham and was occupied by the families of Mrs. Joe Royaland and Mrs. F. H. Allen. Soon after the fire was discovered, the house was a mass of flames, which rapidly spread to the adjoining house occupied by L. B. Mccall and owned by Miss Nam nie Cline of Bessemer. The next house, also owned by Miss Cline and occupied by Mrs. c. Mackey. was also destroyed. , Y
 The occupants of the first house to catch.l the Royal and Allen families. lot all their household effects. The houses were partially covered. by in suraQCe.l