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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
SEEKS VETERAN IN
ASYLUMS AND JAILS
Mother Hunts for Son, World
War Soldier.

Marquette, Mich.-Traveling about
the country visiting penal institutions
and asylums, hoping to find some
trace of her son, Joe Anderson, World
war veteran, who disappeared from
Detroit, March 6, 1924, Mrs Margaret
Anderson, sixty-seven, has arrived
here.
Her son enlisted when he was not
yet sixteen and was assigned to Com
pany X of the One Hundred and Thir-
ty-ninth infantry. He was gassed over
seas. Later he was charged with
desertion, convicted and sent to Leav-
enworth prison. Mrs. Anderson walked
from her home at Sioux Falls to Wash
ington, where she sought clemency for
her son from President Harding. She
contended Joe was not responsible for
his act because of having been gassed.
President Harding paroled him.
After his parole Joe went to work
at his trade as machinist. At the end
of nine months he suddenly disap-
peared and, the mother has never
heard anything of him since
Mrs. Anderson visited the Ford
plants here at L'Anse and the asylum
at Newberry. She said her son might
be going under the name Of John e.
Johnson and has always given his adj
dress as Stevens Point, Wis. He is
over six feet tall, thin and of blond
complexion and has scar on his
chest on the left side where he was
wounded in the war.
She said she is making her way to
Chicago, visiting asylums and indus
trial centers in hope of finding some
trace of her missing son.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Americans Graves in
France Not Disturbed

A report that the cemeteries of
France where World war veterans are
buried are being desecrated in the in
terest of science was recently investi-
gated by the department of New York,
American Legion.
A New York newspaper printed an
article to the effect that the remains
of men Of the American and allied
armies were being dug up to meet an
increased demand for scientific and
demonstrative purposes,
b. e. David, executive assistant in
the division of cemeteries of the United
States army, commenting on the re-
port, said: "The American army has
been most jealous in seeking out the
bodies of American soldiers, and our
six cemeteries in France one in Bel
GUM and one in England, are rigidly
supervised by Col. w. w. Smith and a
force attached to the quartermaster's
division. 1t is impossible for American
graves in any Of these cemeteries to
be disturbed"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Cuckoo and Its Eggs

Henry S. Davenport of Milton Now
bray, England, tells the following
cuckoo story in the London Times
"A sister-in-law of mine at Stamford
was standing by window when a
cuckoo suddenly appeared and Topped
down on the close cropped lawn not
much more than the length of a sal
mon-rod from her. 1t turned slowly
round and round a few times, then
crouched for half a minute or so, and
then moved about a yard away, leav-
ing an egg clearly exposed to her view,
After a few moments more the cuckoo
picked the egg up with it's bill and flew
off with it still showing between the
parted man6ibles. have been in quest
of unimpeachable evidence on this
point for over half century, but with
a success more or less negligible"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Underworld Weapons

A London magistrate recently COM
mented on the numerous razor assaults
committed by hooligans. He said the
razor is distinctly un-English weap-
on, and that it belongs really to the
American negro, who specializes in
throwing it.
Criminals are known by their weap-
ons and their methods of attack. In
London the metal knuckle-duster Is a
fairly common weapon. The Paris
apache uses knife, and generally car
ries a revolver as well.
The desperadoes of Italy and Spain
favor the stiletto and knife respective
Iy. The knife of the Spaniard is a
deadly implement; it consists of a
sharp, broad blade that folds into the
handle and can be drawn and opened
in one movement.
Weighted belts are sometimes used
by the London tough" A gang at
Lambeth was known as the "New Cir
die Gang" because it's members were
armed with this type of weapon.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
May Reclaim, Charter If
Mine Resumes Operation

They don't found" towns in Utah
they find likely looking copper or
coal vein, mine it for season or two,
and the town just sort of happens as
an accessory to the mine. When the
vein peters out a motley hodge-podge
Of wooden shacks crumble and tumble
down the mine shaft and another
town" has faded from the bronze
landscape Of the Utah hills.
That accounts for the message that
department headquarters of the Amer
lean Legion received from Mohrland,
Utah, recently, which read: "All
records and the charter of Mohrland
post of the Legion are being forward
ed to headquarters All affairs of the
post have been settled; we ask that
the charter be suspended without
prejudice. In the event the mine re-
sumes operations the post will surely
become active again. Address no re-
ply to Mohrland; the post office has
closed shop"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
QUESTION OF SITE
OF HOLY SEPULCHER
Finding Of Jerusalem Wall
Raises Point.

Part of the wall inclosing Jeru.
salem built by Agrippa, one Of the
last Jewish kings, and destroyed by
Titus, has been unearthed recently
About sixty yards of the wall, some
four yards in thickness, have been
uncovered by the Jewish Exploration
society.
This discovery has aroused deep in
terest in archaeological and religious
circles. If this is the third of the
series of walls built around Jeru-
salem, it is argued, it brings into
question the authenticity of the site
of the holy sepulcher, which is thus
placed outside the city walls.
The third wall was commenced by
Herod Agrippa about 40-44 A. D. and
was interrupted by the Roman COVER
nor of Syria, to be completed later by
the Jews before the final siege of the
city.
BY all accounts there were three
walls which protected Jerusalem on
the north, built successfully both for
the protection of the weakest side of
the defenses and to afford room for
the steady growth of the city at the
beginning of the Christian era. Both
the first and second walls were stand
ing at the time of Christ and the
place of crucifixion and burial must
have been outside them.
Some scholars have contended the
song-recognized site of the Holy
sepulcher is impossible because it is
shut within ancient Jerusalem, it be-
ing known that crucifxions did not
take place within the city walls
Adherents of this view, especially
a large number of the English COM
munity who have always entertained
doubts about the location of the Holy
sepulcher, see further confirmation In
the discovery of what is believed to
be the third wall
The Jewish Exploration society,
which is conducting these excava-
lions, holds with DR.. w. f. Albright,
director of the American School Of
Oriental Research here, that the dis
SONOAS VI lhC ASA lppd1 wan uOCo uOL
seriously affect "this long smoldering
question" Doctor Albright admits
that the situation is awkward.
"Shall we decide for the holy sepul-
cher and against the evidence, or
against the holy sepulcher and also
against other evidence of little less
cogencyT" Doctor Albright asks.
Neither horn of the dilemma is neces-
sary. The present north wall of the
city dates back only to Hadrian's time
and represents wholly new line of
wall. We are forced to the conviction
that archaeology rarely affects the
question of holy sites. The location of
the Holy sepulcher will remain just
as certain or just as obscure as it is
today"
Along with this discovery there has
been unearthed a mosaic belonging to
the late Byzantine period According
to the Greek Inscription on the mosaic
this was the tomb of nun, near
which there was also apparently q
small Christian chapel.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Say They Get Gold
by Alchemy Of Old

They still follow the recipe OF the
medieval sorcerers. But, in contrast
to their ancient brothers, they are not
at all secretive about their work, and
have published their procedure in full,
so that every one can now go ahead
and produce gold in his spare time.
The idea is very simple. Take 125
parts of pure silver, seven parts of
bisulphite of arsenic and three parts
of sulphide of anthony. Melt this
and keep 1t at a temperature of 1000
degrees centigrade for some four
hours and you will obtain yellowish
metal This must be melted again,
and again ten parts Of the arsenic COM
pound should be added very gradually.
And again you must keep the temper
AZURE at 1000 degrees centigrade for
four hours.
Finally you add ten parts of potas-
SUM nitrate, ten parts of ammonium
chloride, ten parts of borax and some
powdered soap, which is supposed to
purify the metal, which viii now again
take on a white color. Your labors are
now finished, and you will be reward
ed by finding one-quarter of per cent
Of gold in the residue.
To prove that it is not a fake, M.
Jollivet Castelot, the president of the
French Society of Alchemists. has had
several chemists of renown repeat the
experiment, and declares that all of
them have confirmed the results.
The history of the transmutation of
one precious metal into another goes
back to the Middle Ages, but Francis
Bacon is really the man who first put
alchemy on scientific basis in his
famous book, 1.-THE New Atlantis" Sir
Robert Boyle founded his "Invisible
College" on that structure, and after
several experiences and transmuta-
lions this institution became the
Royal society (under the reign of
Charles ~, the first scientific society
in Europe.
Germans Fall.
In the meantime, news comes from
Germany that three other physicists,
Erich Tiede, Arthur Schleede anu
Frieda Goldschmidt, have repeated the
experiments of Miethe without the
slightest success. Using chemically
pure mercury and subjecting it to the
same infusion treatment as did
Miethe, they have not been able to
find even the smallest traces OF gold
in 1t. Also we are informed that Doc
tor Aston, the world-famous physical
chemist of the Cavendish laboratory
in Cambridge, England. has decid-
ed that If gold is made from mercury
it must be heavier than ordinary gold
Unfortunately for the electrical al
chemists, their analysis showed that
their gold made from mercury was
precisely the same as ordinary gold
which is another severe blow FOL
them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Get Proper PoDers

All World war veterans who have
not their discharge papers in their
possession are urged by Chairman
Watson B. Miller of the American Lee
gion national rehabilitation commit
tee to get from proper government de-
partments certificates in lieu of the
discharge.
Much difficulty is being experienced
by veterans, Mr.. Miller pointed out,
who do not have their discharges
Definite proof Of service is required
in making application for hospitaliza-
ton under the World War Veterans
act. 1t is also needed in getting per-
mission to bury a veteran in a ma
tional cemetery.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
DON'T BROOD OVER
STOMACH DISTRESS

Don't lay awake nights and feel mis-
cradle an day-there's one right way to
Ak up your gassy, rebehous disordered
stomach In such a short time that your
heart win be gladdened.
Today Dare's Mentha Pepsin 10 the one
remedy supremely efficient where acute
or chronic indigestion or gastritis is
making your days and nights miserable.
Reports Of It's mighty power to over
come unbearable, near sufHocating ston-
ach agony have swept the land until to-
day its sales are marvellous.
acct one bottle Of this pleasant speedy
acting medicine today with the aistinot
understanding that II Il doesn't help you
-yor money win be returned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
French Scientists Give Rec
ipe They Use.

New York.-A few months ago the
world was startled by the announce
ment that Professor Nagaoka in ia
pan and Professor Miethe in Germany
had succeeded in making gold out Of
mercury. The process was not yet of
commercial value, but still the trans
mutation of the elements so ardently
sought by the ancient alchemists had
been effected. Now comes the asser-
ton that some alchemists of the old
school in France have succeeded In
doing the same thing, but this time 1t
is real alchemy.
The French have scorned all modern
methods, and do not employ electric
discharges or high tension currents.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21

friend offered to hold an apple in his
hands, but Tanner refused to fire at
it.
But in 1890 he used to shoot an
apple off a girls head twice each day.
Finally Tanners friends stuck a
penny into slit in an apple, stuck the
apple on the end of stick and held it
up.
Crack" went the rifle.
The penny was gone. The apple was
intact.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Tokyo Lad Is Honored
for Great Generosity

MISUNDERSTANDING Yama-
da, a Tokyo boy, is told in a
letter by John Barton Payne,
chairman of the Red Cross, that
he was responsible for zone of
the most remarkable instances
of seIf-denial and generosity /
ever encountered or heard Of"
Yamada, upon receiving his
annual allowance" of $1.50
from his parents, forwarded the
entire sum to the American Red
Cross to help relief work after
the Santa Barbara earthquake,
saying he recalled "the great
sympathy and kind assistance"
from the United States after the
similar Tokyo occurrence.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Famous Shot Now Practic-
ing Physician.

Norfolk, Neb.-Diamond Dick, noted
frontier character, pony express rider
and ore Of the most deadly marksmen
the West has ever produced, who
quietly dropped out of sight quarter
Of century ago, has just been dis
covered in Norfolk in the person of
DR.. Richard J. Tanner, one of the fore
most physicians In Madison county,
For more than twenty years Tanner
has been practicing medicine in Nor
folk and no one even suspected that
the physician was Diamond Dick, who
used to shoot pennies off the heads of
persons just to show what he could do
with a gun.
Diamond Dicks identity was made
known when he volunteered to take
part in a rodeO the local American
Legion post was putting on. An init
mate friend Of Tanner tipped it off"
to some of the committee that the doc
tor was dead shot and might be in
duced to give a demonstration. Tan
ner put on an exhibition of shooting
that fairly took away the breath of
the audience and ended in his acknOwl-
edgment that he Is the famous Dia-
mond Dick, once known all over Amer
lea for his shooting.
In his exhibition Tanner used the
same two old pearl-handled 45-caliber
revOlvers and the repeating rifle he
carried when he rode pony express to
the Black hills through the worst In
dian-infested district in the TRANSMITS
souri, country.
Draws Salary and Quits.
Diamond Dick was at the height of
his career when he dropped out Of
sight. At that time he was travelling
around the country with a circus, Civ
ing an exhibition of fancy rifle and pis-
tol shooting. He had been doing this
several years. One of his stunts was
to shoot a penny off the head of a
companion.
One day he drew his salary and
quietly vanished.
A month later Richard J. Tanner
matriculated at Cotner college, Ne
braska. A couple of years later he
enrolled at Nebraska Wesleyan. Five
or six years later he had won his medi-
cal degree and was a full-fedged doc
tor
He practiced a year or two in
Kansas town and then came to Nor
folk, where he has ever since lived.
Tanner likes 70 recall the early DAYS
among the Vests great gun-toters and
pioneers. He knew Wild Bill Hickok,
California Joe, Calamity Jane, Dead
wood Dick, Texas Jack, Buffalo Bill,
Pawnee Bill, etc.
He had fought Indians all the way
from the Platte to the Belle Fourche
and nothing but his wonderful ability
to handle his guns and to outride his
enemies kept his scalp on top of his
head time after time.
Diamond Dicks resurrection was
more dramatic than his disappearance.
1t had been whispered around Norfolk
that one of its citizens who had been
a crack shot in other days would do
some shooting at the rodeo
The time came and Tanner rode into
the arena. He was dressed in his old
.buckskins.
!, Somebody threw a glass ball up into
the afr. Tanner looked at 1t a mo-
ment, threw up his gun and fired. The
ball went to pieces.
A trap sent clay pigeon sailing
through the air. Tanner didn't seem
to take any aim or to pay much atten-
ton, but the clay pigeon went all to
pieces following the crack of his rifle.
Two targets came sailing out in diff
ferent directions. Two sharp cracks
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Why Spoil the Wedding?

Bridget-Oi say, Pat, why do they
have so many young groomsmen and
bridesmaids at the fashionable we'd
dings in hoigh life, Oh want to know :
Pat (astonished)-Yez don't know
thot, Bridget Muldoon! Shure, it is
that If the groom don't turn up thurll
be somebody for the bride to be mar
ried to, onyhow.-Pearson's Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Convinced

Are you getting anything out OF
that course in salesmanshipT
Not much. I'm afraid I'll never be
one-tenth as good salesman as the
man who sold me the coursa.@Amer.
lean Legion Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Trapped in Ice Box

Mlllville, N. J.-Nick Cormoose,
sixteen years old, went into the re-
frigerator of the Royal Confectionery
company to get some ice cream, and
while he was eating the door swung
shut.
More than two hours later he was
found, unconscious and almost frozen
to death. He was soon revived.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21

Mrs. Booster-You don't look day
older than your daughter.
Mrs. Flapper-Goodness gracious /
Say, do look as old as my daughterf
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21

There is limit to enjoyment though
the source Of wealth be boundless.-
Upper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21

There might be a school where peo-
pie are taught how not to be incom-
petent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21
Diamond Dick Found
After Many Years
of the rifle and both targets were in
Pits Ace Of Spades.

Of the rifle and both targets were In
pieces.
Pits Ace Of Spades.
target board was brought out
Tanner shot rings about 1t. He cut
the heart out of an ace of spades. He
fired over his shoulder using a mirror.
He fred left-handed. He fired between
his legs And every time he fired the
target showed bull's-eye.
A friend took an apple, placed it on
a stick about three feet long and held
1t out. Diamond Dick fired just one
shot and the apple went to pieces. The
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-10-21

AOOh DC yOunSOI'
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or your feelings. It's the condition OF
your blood that counts!
And blood will tell! It tells in a
hundred ways. If your system Is starv-
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and feel old at thirty. But II you build
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you'll quickly see the wrinkles fade
away-the sagging pouches give way
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glowing beauty OF youth take the place
Of skin sallow and dis6gured with
blemisheS.
Rich, red blood means youth, vim
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For generations S. S. S. has been
keeping people looking and feeling
young.
Fresh, cleansing, purifying, rich, red
blood that S. S. S. helps Nature
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and tissue of the body
Pimples, blotches and
blackheads disappear.f q &C
Boils, eczema and rashesk NM
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your body - your whole
being takes on the look
and power of youth.
Wake up your system with s. 8. s,
Build red blood and you rebuild youth!
Get S. s. S. from any druggist. The
larger bottle is more economical.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-25
Stiffness FOR THE SILLY

Just why are so many silly reports
sent out as news and played up
attractively to catch the eyes Of
readers? seems to be a pertinent
question.
Possibly 1t Is because the shrewd
purveyors of this bunk have discov-
cred there are lot Of silly people
in the world. who crave Stiffness as
being the only stimulus to which
their mentality responds.
This perhaps is illustrated by the
silly yarns about the President pay
ing a bootblack sixty-five cents to
doll up his old hat for Easter, and
similar tales. The fact in this in
stance is said to be that the Pres
Ident has high silk hat for which
not long before he paid $40. Evil
IDENTITY he believes in buying excel
lent material. Finding this not de-
Perforated he sent 1t to a hat fac
tory and paid IS to have it refurbish-
I'd, a practical thing to do and trans
crossing none Of the dignities of his
high office.
! Stiffness for silly folks; presum-
ebly the supply will equal the de.
mand and may serve to keep silly
minds off their troubles-and off real
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-25
HELP FARMERS TO HELP
THEMSELVES

The makers of agricultural charts
and publishers Of pollyanna propa-
ganda about farm profits have been
given a cud to chew by a much re-
spected citizen, Ex-Governor Frank
0. Lowden Of Illinois. farmer and
banker and all-around business man.
Speaking in New York City We'd
nesday evening he declared that
farm bankruptcies had increased 600
per cent in recent years: that the
farm situation is desperate. He pre-
faced his remarks by the statement:
Our agriculture is decaying and We
seem unable to grasp the fact" I'VE
are coming to learn. he said, shat
unrestricted competition is not cloth
ed with all the virtues it was once
thought to possess"
He declared that the cooperative
organizations among the farmers are
not seeking to avoid the operation Of
the law Of supply and demand, but
, that quite the reverse is true. "They
are seeking only to create conditions
by which that law will operate fully
as between the buyer and the seller
CT farm products" He would make
that law serve the farmer, not de-
stroy him. He would have farmers
organize as do other productive en-
terprises. He would have it so that
poor crop were not better for the
farmer than a full crop. There cam
not be enduring prosperity with the
farmer not prosperous.
Governor Lowden may By efforts
like these, by bringing home the
truth so effectively to the under
standing of the farmers, be able to
accomplish more for the relief of
agriculture than he possibly could
have done had he accepted the nomi-
nation as candidate for the vice.
Presidency. for agriculture isn't to
be relieved by political efforts. much
| less by nostrums. Rather, il it may
find level-headed. experienced bus
mess men such as he for leaders and
will but profit from their leadership.
Speaking as one who has exper-
fence. who has ample means for car
! rying on farming without being COM
PEELED to consider the cost of doing
it, nevertheless as q successful man
of affairs unwilling to continue 10
farm at loss. his attitude should go
far toward correcting a notion which