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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-12
NORMAN TOWNSHIP

Omar Forsyth spent Monday
evening at the Geo. Hyatt home
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Peterson
visited at the Chas. Wildes home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bonnin
visited at the Steve Purull home
Sunday. '
The Art Sangren family spent
Sunday afternoon at the Olaf
Nelson home.
Several of the young folks
spent Thursday evening at the
Art Sangren home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Sangren and
children visited at the Albert
Sangren home Sunday evening.
Miss Lydia Fritsch who has
been visiting at her home for a
week, left for Duluth Saturday
Mrs. Leonard Kowitz and
brother, Henry Hanon. were
Sandstone visitors last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Bert Forsyth who has
been visiting her sister and
family at Plaza, N. d.. for several
weeks, returned home Wednes-
day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-12
MINNESOTA NEWS

Wsrren--Kenneth Haivorson won q
gold medal. and will represent War
rem In the subdistrict declamatory
contest here. Wendell Erickson took
the silver medal and Donald Lornell.
third.
Sank centre-Irving Korf. ~ year
old boy residing in district 81. Getty
township south OF here. has not
missed a day OF school In six years,
He has kept his record clear In spite
OF broken arm suffered recently.
leadsr-The establishment OF a
creamery here has been an aid for
general business, although Leader Is
Is miles from a railroad. The larg.
est creamery In Cass county Is locat.
ed here.
Mankato-tn addressing the Kiwan.
IL club here, II. c. Hotaling. Of st.
Paul. secretary OF the Ten thousand
Lakes Association told OF the work
and cooperation OF that organization
In helping to advertise Minnesota TO
the Kiwanians throughout the coun-
try.
stlllwater-Laden with about 40
tons OF coal. freight car broke loose
on a sidetrack at the saltwater juno
ton and sped into this city where
II struck the front end OF an engine
which was about ready 10 run TO
Hudson, Wis. Damage as the result
of the wreck may reach $4,000 it Is
reported.
Fergus Falls-The farmers elevator
OF this city handled total OF a7s.ooo
bushels OF grain In the last year.
which Is considerably more than the
previous year. The elevator handled
100000 bushels OF oats and 10000
bushels OF wheat There was more
corn handled this season than In the
previous ave years.
Notwithstanding he stands for
right. despite the position. religion,
or business connection OF wrong.
doers. Mayor Joseph J. Dixon. pastor.
took over the duties OF his office AZ
the regular meeting OF the new city
council.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-12

She expects to have an opera
ton. Mrs. Frank WINNER of
North Branch is at the WINNER
home during Mrs. L. Winners
absence.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-12
(From Another Correspondent

(From Another Correspondent
{ 1t would be well for the party
who helped himself to oil at the
Frank Mach garage, Monday,
March 9. between the hours of
10:45 and 11:15 to please remit.
Evidence sufficient.
The slippery roads and rainy
weather were quite a menace to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-12

car drivers last Monday. Mr..
Steele, the star route mail car
rier, stopped at the Frank Mach
garage to put on his chains. hav-
ing gone that far without them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-12

No method of advertising that
will get you as big results for
the money spent as through
American Want Ads. Only 1c,
per word per insertion, minimum
25c. Send stamps with order.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12

parade ri fhr nations wounded and
drabird world war gcfersue, Tuer
dag. Juno 81 tHs second day of the
nnh annual national convention o.
Disabled American veterans. here,
June % 20 a.
Following the blinded veterans viii
parade the .rE.rw and armies, those
who have suffered and are EtIll sur
f0uuE serious internal injuries, and
many fhourandr ofo Their wounded
and disabled world war heroes.
The division wiII boz headed by Na-
iioual Commaud'r Frank J Irwin Of
New York rIfr wounded wsarer N
fhc distinguished service cross, and
past national commanders and M
u0naI officers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
STATES REFUSE
WAR TOKENS
Uncle Sam Finds Captured
Trophies Drug on Mart

WASHINGTON June l2-w.gled
States 10 accept world war trophllF.
Apply 10 Tho war department
This notice has been sent out
couched IN more formal language, 10
governors or the IS states, but there
has been little response.
1T looks as n the states want 20
forget an about the war and tho
United States victory "a high Off.
cor at the war department lamented.
only seven governors have replied.
accepting their states allotment Of
trophies. tho an Of tho state have
known Tor several years that the
war souvenirs were available FOR the
asking. The Wisconsin legislature
definitely rejected the offer.
Every kind or German war device
conceivable from cannon 20 paper
blankcta-is IN storage here, waiting
Tor Il tuker.
Tho army officers here are dlhcour'
aged with the poor responHc. they
say there are other explanations than
Indifference, For one thing they
say. fashions have changed. the old
public square Of civil and Spanish
war days. flied with heavy guns and
cannon balls. Is already full or else
gone out Of style
North Dakota with 10 allotments
and New Hampshire with one have
accepted their fun quotas. Other
states which have acknowledged the
offer and accepted part OF their al
lot ments are Connecticut. Indiana
New Jersey Virginia ana Vermont
The remaining Al states apparently
arc not Interested in securing world
war trophies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
INSECT PESTS.
HIT MEXICO
Scorpions and LOcuStS Are
Causing Death, Trouble

hENICO CITY June is-lnst
plaques are now troubling Mexico
ana proving a menace 10 10th NE
and property and are causing tho
Mexican government grayo concern.
Following close upon tho appear
arCc Of the hordea OF locufiS that
are meuacuE tho plant life Of Ia
hasco. Clapas. Vera Cruz ana Cam.
poche. there has appeared IN the
state OF Durango a plague or scor
pions, Already several deaths have
resulted from the sting OF these
vcnemous pests and tho govern.
mcnt Is preparing 10 wage a cam,
paiEn against tho dangerous post
The scorpion or "alacran," as u
Is called IN spanish, are OF several
species, varying IN length from opo
TO 10 inches,
SO great n tho fear OF these
animals in the rural regions that
a persons stung often dies before
regaining sufficient composurc 20
apply a simple antidote that might
save his life. The ncld aniidotes
applied as In the case OF spider or
other insect bites in most effective.
Where strong untidotc is not
quickly applied. the victim ot a
sting often dies within "a few hours
The poison spreads rapidly. ouu.
ing loss OF speech. Iuusea and con,
yulsiunH. Death results from stran,
gulntion. the poison causing con.
traction OF the throat muscles. So
intense il the suffering OF the Vie.
Tins that many lose their minds
before death comes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12

'nE largc sums back into their prop
critics reducing floating Indebtedness
anu strengthening thomsclyre
Many ~ tho largo corporations
are today l0anrrs or money. rather
Than borrowers. and some have IN
consciously become hugo banking
companies as well as engaged In tho
manufacture ~ steel. electrical ma
ehincry or automobiles.
There aru certain comm0d,
lilies, such as rubber, which have
gone up In price and there are
Others. like the building ma.
trrias. which have held their
own, but the average Of all com,
moditics has gradually been de-.
Ginning ever since the war,
Both raw materials and mRnufac
turcd goods can be- secured now by
iobbers and retailers on a few days
notice, This tends 10 relieve further
tho financial situation and reduce
further the current demand for
money
The great demand today Tor
money S either for new promotions
or FOR lRTgc capital Investments IN
new building. water power and other
public utility developments, munlci-
pal and qussi-puhlic Improvements
Banks naturally shy az new promo
lions and thus their greatest oppof
tunity 20 loan money today with
safety Is TO the public utilities.
Another thing which we hear lit
tie commented upon but which seems
10 us very important. Is tho entrance
81 labor unions into the hanhns
itrlr ~ course this was started
from no love for the financial inter
ests In the United States.
The first labor hank Of promi.
hence was started by the Brother.
hood or Locomotive Engineers ~
Cleveland as a direct slap al Ihs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
Babson Says:
Labor's Entry Into Banking
Helps Investors

RAUSpN PARK. Mass. Iuuole-
An investigation has been in process
o. Babsou Park thc pact week iu
relation 20 the financial situation
especially n connection Wifi tho
condition or Che banks, Tho result,
~ tbiz study IS much moro optimistic
,bau It oven was first contemplated
Eliminating tho statistics from the
,cport. the principal conclusions fol
low
The federal reserve system l.
functionlng now better than at
any time since It's inception
Practically all II tho larger
banks. and many ~ the smaller
ours. av now mrmhcrs Of the
system, 4 splendid group of
~ men make up the federal reserve
beard. and ~ long A. Calvin
Coolidge Is president, We may be
surc that highgradc men viii
continue In control
As result. tho hanks OF The
country. taken as a whole. are In d
very strong position. with larger re-.
serves than az any previous tim,
when the country had the present
amount % business
There arc sin a few banks IN IN,
West which are struggling. but ever
these aro In a better position thar
they have been since the war.
The United States has about two
thirds o. the total sold supply OF IN,
world and is strengthening les posi-,
lion as an International haukins
ROVER. Therefore sufficient cash ant
credit Is today available for all legitl,
mate ENTERPRISES that Is 70 say
there Is a plentiful supply OF money
while this supply is large. Their,
las not been corresponding Ia
crease In demand for funds by m,
larte borrowers Both railroads ant
Industrial concerns have been plow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12

Alan TorreR, 'chO is play
ing a role WiH the Jdae CoiCi
company in Romeo and
Juiie% at the metropolitan,
receiUed his training from
Cornish school, Chere he re-
ceiUed a scholarship in 1899.
he attended UHfUerstty
Heights grammar school, and
considers Seattle his home
torn. His sister, Mrs. d. +.
buckingham, IS nor a resi-
dent here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12

banking interests of the country who
were supposed TO boo hand.in glove
wllN the railroad owners.
This hank had only been boz OK
lstencc Ia little while before ID WAS
Obliged 60 purchase railroad sccuris
ties the same as other institutions.
A. time went on, Il became more
and more involved AZ holder OF
railroad and other securities and IL
now being operated very little differ.
entity from tho average Cleveland
financial institution. BEING the first
and alone in is field IL has grown
quite rapidly and been a success.
This bank has been followed by
other labor banks In New York, Bos.
ton and various cities.
Like every other good thing. sue.
coss develops competition. Hence the
other unions are now following the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engi.
nccrs, For instance, the American
Flint Glass Workers union has do.
cldcd TO form a hank In Toledo The
AmalWmatcd Clothing Workers are
organizing a hank Tor Philadelphia.
and other groups ~ workers are Or
Eanizing banks elsewhere,
II believe this is a splendid thing
for the financial interests Of Amer
tea, II Will result ia teaching labor
"A side o. tho labor problem which Il
has never before realized. and IL will
throw a large portion OF labor's in
fiuencc TO the conservative side Of
American life.
'of course, these banks should not
hc started more rapidly than men
can be- trained 20 handle them sue
er,1fully Like oveSy other good
thing. they can be oycrdone,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12

Nothing is az old al last years
song hit nor as psrcnially new as
one about 80 years old Dctroi,
NeWs.C
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
Chicago Taxi Drivers
Given Mental Tests

CHICAGO. june ia taNigab
company hero recently employed q
series of ps, Geological tests 60 de
tetminr the fitness or its employees
The tosiV showed that Us per cent
VT "a drivers, men OF careless h5h.
iiH and low intelligence, were re-
ponslhlc for 40 per cent OF the ac
cidenU They were wcedoi out
Now AN applicants Tor positions arc
inst given tho syghal1slul tests
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

two volumes, done in human skin, at
200 francs. On the inside of the cover
was this inscription: "This binding is from
the skin of a woman, and was made by
NJ Alberto Bautaille, 1874"
DR.. Hippolyte Bouland, founder of the
Society for the Collection of Books in
Artistic Bindings" has in his possession
a rteatise on the "Maladies of Women"
which he had bound in the skin of a girl
who died in the Hopital de Nancy, while
he was studying at that institution.
A first edition copy of "Merite des
Femmes," in a feminine "peau," bore in
side the cover declaration authenticat-
ing the skin in question, and signed by
physician of Paris hospital.
A book-dealer told me of one biblio-
phile in Paris who treasured a copy of
Ernest Remains "Vie de Jesus" 1t is
elegantly bound in the desiccated flesh
of lady who died in the Hotel Dieu, at
Nantes, from acute intestinal trouble. I
lie; rned that originally this unique work
was given as a birthday present by
brother to a sister on the tenth of Jam
uary, 1886.
Kieffer, a well-known Partisan book
binder, made up many volumes in human
skin for a certain DR.. v. An I'M
usual work by Mercier de Compiegne, he
bound in morocco, working into the cover
some skin from a woman's breast. This
curious DR.. V was very fond of
tattooed skins. On one binding Kieffer
tattooed a picture representing two duel
lists in the costume of the time of Louis
Kill, in which was bound "Les Trois
Mousquetaires." He had Kieffer bind
"Bubu of Montparnasse," that realistic
lucubration of Charles-Louis Philippe, in
a fragment of human skin on which was
tattooed the sentimental phrase-"A Mini
pour la vie"'
So you see that woman, lovely woman.
is not just likable inutility. Not only
may the skin of ones beloved serve to
bind books, but French savant has re-
Gently estimated that in plump flapper
weighing 65 kilos Ga kilo is equivalent to
% pounds) there is sufficient carbon
to manufacture 65 gross of crayons;
enough phosphorus to make $4,000
matches; enough iron (about so grammesl
to furnish the material for seven big
nails; and enough fat to turn out six kilos
and half of wax-candles. One could also
find in his sweetheart 100 grammes of
sulphur, one-tenth of spoonful of salt,
1850 grammes of calcium, and sufficient
sugar to sweeten 20 cups of bitter black
coffee. File on the cynic who snarls that
women are not of much usel Verify, a.
the bon Francois Villon sang long ago, the
''corps feminin" is exceeding precious
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

to cover volume of yours which only you
must handle"
at is terrible thought" interrupted
Flammarion, "to desecrate that perfect
body of yours, even in death!'
"Do not demonstrate with me mon am"
said the Countess. 81 have SO written it
in my will, and any of my heirs refusing
to comply with my wishes shall be cut off
from any part in my inheritance"
She calmly turned upon her face, and
then, while the astronomer sat head in
hands, weeping, the bookbinder advanced,
and with his measuring instruments made
his survey of the skin that was to be used
for her lovers book cover.
This chart the bookbinder, at the Coun-
tess, command, then gave to the doctor.
And in fortnight the Countess was
dead and the day following her death
there came to Flammarion a strange, and
in way terrible, souvenir of that death
with this letter from the surgeon:
Cher Maitre: | have fulfilled the
vow of the dead Countess. who always
loved you. She entreated me to send
to you, the day after her death. Ia
peGH de ses bellies epdules (the skin of
her beautiful shoulders that in this
skin, as you had promised, you would
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

of Celaena, the hide of Marsyas, the poor
fute-player critical Apollo fiayed alive.
know of some heather who offer up daily
prayers to the Greek God of the Sun to
pay a visit to America, the land of the
saxophone-artist.
The Muse of History speaks of the
cruel Pheretime, who impaled her
enemies and, having cut off the breasts
of their wives, studded the city walls with
them: of the African barbarians, who
took off crowns Of skin from their Garth
aginian prisoners to put upon their own
heads; of Russia's monster, Ivan the Ter
rible, with his cunning machines of tor
ture that slipped you, like an eel, from
your skin; of witchcraft trials, in the
Middle Ages, when men suspected of be-
ing werc-wolves were turned inside out.
To make sure and discover his wolf-hair
at the trial, the poor victim often had
his arms and legs cut off, or was partly
skinned alive.
From early compulsory study of Messrs.
Shakespeare, Middleton, Ben Jonson, and
other unpopular playwrights, l knew that
no self-respecting witch would attempt to
brew mischief in her cauldron without the
skin of a newborn babe, the sinew of a
murderer hung in chains, the hip of red
headed girl or pilots thumb.
In the South Sea isles of Tonga, |
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

French metropolis who pride themselves
on having, in their secret collections,
choice works done up in the smooth cpl
dermis of woman's shoulders, arms or
bosom.
In a book-stall on the Quai Malaquas
/ ran across catalog of out-of-print
books listing the Poems of Anacreon,"
Paris, Jouaust, 1885, printed on Chinese
paper, and bound zen peau de negresse"
Gin the hide of a negress).
Goncourt, in his Journal" tells of an
eccentric Englishman he met who COM
mssioned his doctor-on a journey into
the interior of Africa-to bring him the
tanned skin of some young negress killed
in one of those tribal masSacres which
take the place of golf, movies and card
parties in the Dark Continent.
The Partisan editor, Isdore Liseux, re-
members seeing a copy of the Marquis de
Sade's infamous novel, Justine first
edition, octave, 1898, in feminine cntane-
Gus covers For many years, in Glib
rairie" of the Rue de Seine, there was ex-
hibited a rare edition of de Sade's LA
Philosophie dams lie Boudoir," artistically
bound in woman's skin the color of
khaki, and very much resembling pigskin.
An interesting catalog of the Chacor-
nae Library, issued on January 10, 1898,
listed Eugene Sues Mysteries of Paris"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

found that the most
terrible curse a native
can LAUNCH against you
is to say-"Dress your
self up in the skin of
your father!" In GER
tain uncivilized parts
of Guinea d runs are
made bv stretching a
human hide across a
hollow log. Here skulls
are used for decora-
tions, as they were in
the old days by the
King of Dahomey, who
sported a walking-stick
with a skull for a head,
drank from human
skull-cups and slept in
a room tastefully paved
with the heads of his
enemies.
Yes, all these things
| have seen, read or
heard about, but never
did | hold in my hands,
or behold with my eyes.
a book of "chansons
d'amour," d amt ily
bound in the skin of a
belle Parisienne. Mon
Dieu!
Yet many are the
book lovers in the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

bind the first copy of the first work /
to be published after her death. |
have sent you this memento mort,
cher maitre, as | faithfully prom
ised her,
M. Flammarion took the cherished
skin to tanner, who wrought of it an
exquisite work of art! The astrono-
mer's new book, "Terre ct Ciel," was then
in course of publication, and the first
volume was reverently bound in strict
accordance with the Countess wish.
And yet, alas! that the fair skin of a
daughter Of Eve-the delicate tissue that
poets have rapturously compared to the
lily and the rose, to velvet and to milk
should be used to bind books!
At Nantes, in the Museum of Natural
History, | have seen stretched out on the
wall of the staircase the hide of repub-
lican soldier, slain by the Vendeans at the
siege of Nantes. Like Zisca, he. had willed
il to cover drum, so that he might strike
terror into the hearts of his foes even
after his death.
In Herodotus | have read how the
savage Scythiaas scalped their enemies
and made napkins of the skins. In his
Wonder Book, the "Father of History" re-
lates that they also made "cloaks of these
skins, to throw over themselves, sewing
them together like shepherds coats; and
many, having flayed the right hands of
their enemies that are dead, together with
the nails, make coverings for their quiv-
ers" He further says that the Skin of
a man, which is both thick and shining,
surpassed almost all other skins in the
brightness of its white" Herodotus de-
clares that he saw suspended, in tn town
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-04

engraved in letters of
gold these words: "Sou- -
venir dune Morte"
(Souvenir of death.)
Then | heard the story
The Countess had been
sacrificed when very
young to loveless mar ~
riage with a man thirty 81
wears her senior. Before n
that her heart had been Sv
given to young man far =
beneath her in rank, and
penniless. She reigned as
a queen in the great
world. He slowly began
to rule in the world of thought, for
he was Flammarion. They said OF
Nine. de st. Ange that she had
stone in the place of heart. But
that was not so--or it might nave
been so, for her heart was elsewhere.
Not for years did Flammarion come
face to face with this woman who
had been the beloved of his youth.
He was then at the height of his
fame. But, alas, she was still mac
cessble. Although they could not
meet and love as they desired their
minds were welded She became the
heroine of the women of his astronomi-
cal romances. She was Urane; she
was Stella; she was the much loved
and mysterious companion of his higher
life.
The Countess st. Ange had perhaps the
loveliest shoulders in the world, fair and
unblemished and delectable. 1t was the
late King Edward, then the Prince of
Wales, who said to her, 81 could whisper
a kiss on your fair shoulders"
She died suddenly when still young,
and a month before she had prenlonition
of her death. Two weeks later she sent
for the great astronomer He found her
living on her couch and at her head her
doctor, and beside her man whom he
recognized as one of the most skillful OF
Partisan bookbinders. She greeted him
not as lover, but as a smiling woman OF
the world.'
81 am soon to be taken," she told him.
'That know, despite what the dear doc
tor here says. Once when i was visiting
he house of Eugene Sue, / saw copy
of "Les MYSTERIES de Paris" bound in the
skin of a young girl who had been de-
votedly loved by him. / then made up my
hind that would give you the skin of my
shoulders which you have loved so greatly,
Smyrna times., 1925-02-25
At the New Dover Opera House

To-day and Thursday-Is there any
thing new under the sun? Of course
there is, if we only recognize it when
we see it. In 'The Perfect Flapper, -
Colleen MoOre's new starring vehicle
film fans will learn of a new way to
hold a party. In this dynamic epic of
the jazz age, a group of young people
decide to hold a party in a mansion
while it is being moved from one
location to another. The result is a
hilarious and exciting effect which
could only take place in a rocky
structure rolling ponderously through
the streets of slumbering city:
Friday and Saturday-A strong
theme is offered in "Sandra," Barbara
La Mar's latest picture. Acting in
the title role, Barbara is depicted as
a woman with a restless heart. She