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The Washington times., 1925-08-31
THE PRODUCT
PyOTTOUt for PYOr77ten

MANS battle with disease Mother always been
his strongest ally In her laboratories
weapons for his defense which from time
IN every case winning skirmh in his
ROUT is of these weapons. 80
P?ORRHA that dread disease gums has for ages stood
grim guardian the path of health
spent millions and time produce
thus without
Nature the of all science has had the
would he but take it. = N'
The preparation of which PYORROUT the name
compound certain vegetable and plant
laboratories OF science and made available
public miraculous
application of
provided by Nature to be both shield against
of his many foes
The herbs that form the base of compound ages
been known another forms and
chance would have it, used here and there among primitive
recently however that
material of nature and after experiments evolved
finished which placed the trade
of PYORROUT.
1t has used advanced
with marked heartily
dental the
teeth
has been tried the result PYORROT
is to take its the future
pyorrhea.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
THE CORPORATION
Trade Mark Regis'd
u. S. Patent Office


recently
the laws of the State of Delaware with authorized capital of
divided
is all
The a
PYORRHEA o he
rights manufacture sell
fully vested in the corporation.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Mr. John A. Stand President and General Manager of the PYOR
identified
for number His record promoter of successful
the office
of he
corporation a keen mind brilliant
A.
Morgan brokers; Metropolitan Refining
of City, Company of
His record in these positions
w brains ability.
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his eighteen in
cashier president of
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
ONE DOLLAR MAY BRING YOU
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

u WORKOUT LABoRAToRIEs. NC, offer, subject sub to
prior SALE of capital stock at $1,000
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over a period of nine months. :.
Wage Farmers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES your future financial
independence. Sign Coupon and mail at
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The Washington times., 1925-08-31
pYoRRoUI
for
pYoRRHEA

s.. The Prospects
NEW products immense field PYORROUT in its
appeal. OF the many millions of humans in the United
States, there merely the smallest fraction who, at
time another do not feel the need of
to couneract pernicious influences the mouth PYOk
ROUTS MARKET, therefore is WORLD WIDE.
Though the supply be nexhaustble, the demand is IN
satiable the will therefore be flooded
clogged with product In this connection it worthy of
that of all products placed the worlds markets en-
manufacture of drugs have had the highest
percentage and the greatest margin of profit
The Washington times., 1925-08-31

PyOrrOut Laboratories, Inc
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value of $1,000
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INC, my check for being 1920 of
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18

lively center of laughing group. But
pushing the young people away, she
went up to Sandy's mother, and cap
tured her in half a minute. Mrs. Nc
Quinn did not even know when she
surrendered. mo wonder" she unused
aloud, when the lovely girl had re-
turned to the others, mo wonder poor
Sandy is temporarily out of his head
she is witching lass
OF course there was dancing; of
course there were good things TO eat,
and of course there was a bit Of mistle-
toe cleverly concealed in an obscure
corner. Sandy had privately seen TO
this. In fact the whole party revOlved
around this particular bit Of mistletoe.
Just before the last dance Sandy
lured DOrinda into that corner by say
ing he had something very important
TO tell her. When she stood directly
under the tiny bough, looking up at
Sandy with her dark, laughing eyes,
Sandy opened his campaign. He put
his arms around her and kissed her on
her soft, flushed cheek.
She was furious. In the resulting
scramble, the silver locket snapped
its ring and dropped to the floor. Here
was opportunity! Sandy ducked evad'
ing the swift reach of the girls hand
He had the locket in his grasp. Ii
was openl
You sha'n't look at it," cried Do
rinda, looking stormy but adorable.
1--WE got itr' announced Sandy, "and
if you don't let me look at it shall
probably kiss you again."
Dorinda stamped her little satin
slipper. "Oh, well, don't care!" she
said and shrugged her shoulders.
Sandy looked down at the open
locket. 1t was perfectly empty.
"There' triumphed Dorinda. "Sea
what you have for your pains. Moth
ing but locket to let"
Sandy drew her farther into the cor
ner. "Why not put me In as tenant?"
he suggested coaXingly.
And do you know what happened?
After five minutes of battle, of Do
rinda growing prettier every minute.
of Sandy's profound arguments, the
girl took the locket from him, and after
prying up the tiny glass from one Sec
ton, and removing a blank paper, said
shyly: Look, Sandy McQuinn!'
And Sandy found his own grin BEAM
ing up at him out of the silver square
Of the locket. 1t was snapshot
taken in the summer when Dorinda
and he had been on picnic.
"Was the party success?" asked
Sandy's mother as they were parting
for the night.
Sandy was inarticulate He waved
his arms about in excited circles He
made funny little noises in his throat.
At last he was able TO speak
81 guess she likes me, all rightt' he
said. Il found out what's in that
locketr"
Co. 1925, Western Newspaper Union)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18
CHRISTMAS BONNET FOR MOTHER

easily do it and talk most all the time
besides.
She could give the personal history
of each inhabitant Of a sphere of in
fluence that extended for miles and
not miss point. She was very meth
odical in her management OF her af-
fairs, as was indicated by her dis
tribution of "thank you" cards among
her friends In advance of her antici-
pations of Christmas blessings. She
was very economical In the matter of
time, and began her supper before the
blessing was over, because she thougb+
1t was too long. But everybody loved
Sally, for though her description of
herself as "a spun spinster" was an
propriate to her years, we all knew
that she still had in her kind heart an
abundance Of the yarn of life. as we'll
as of the yarns Of it.
Well, the Christmas bonnet was
duly done, and 1t crowned its owner
with the only city production In the
congregation on the following Sunday.
Probably 1t would not suit or excite
the present generation, unless in the
matter Of laughter, but while the fash
ions Of yesterday may now seem
ridiculous, there Is nothing to laugh
at in the kindly and generous histories
which they adorned.
ca 1895. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18

spite Of Molly's doubts. That pint
of land runnin' out into the boghoIe
yonder," noddlng into the deepening
gloom. sis where l Numbered in with
buggy an had to wade ashore with
my feet soaked / was embarrassed,
for that was the night / proposed to
Molly-crisis of my life. you see"
"Pshaw! Tom, stop bein' foolish"
laughed his wife. "Look here, my
DEAR" to the girl, sit will take Tom all
night to ramble through explanations.
l don't know who's alive-though of
course nobody's moved away. Nobody
never does from along here"
"They do" affirmed the girl. who's
your folks?"
sally an Jane an Ed Tate-that's
my folks. An John an Bill Walton
Toms folks
"John Walton's dead, an Bill moved
to Canada" began the girl. An"
"You know 'em both?" asked Tom.
81 know em or know of 'em. Amt
only a handful round anyhow, so
everybody knows everybody else. Jane
Tate moved to Provincetown, married a
fish man. Ed went to be a sailor,
an" She climbed on the running
board and was now peering into the
car, first at one face and then the
other. why! Guess you're Aunt
Molly an Uncle Tom. Sa-ay, we live
only few rods here in the scrub. Pa
NJ Sc ofp yfeik ;,oB ht1k
c0min' back soon. An mas Sally. I'm
keepin' house, with supper jest ready.
was startin' to call Billy, who's
pickin' cranb'ries?-"
"Cranb'riesT interrupted Molly, ex-
citedly. That's the one Christmas
thing we couldn't find West. So Billy's
got cranb'ries?"
"More'n a barrel, so far. Lows
mebbe he can sell part of 'em to the
store-but shucks! No one buys
cranb'ries here. They raise 'em, an
Cape Cod turkeys, an three-feet
pines, an nothin'-oh yes, wild geese
sometimes fly over But come on to
supper" as "Hoo-hoo" sounded
among the scrub. "That's Billy. Hope
you're hungry"
Starved" declared Uncle Tom,
solemnly. "An' there amt nothin' so
good in all the West as a Cape Cod
turkey.
After they had finished supper, and
the woman and girl cleaned up and
washed dishes and the man and eager
| boy gone out to groom Highway Steed
as well as they could in the half dark
ness, they all gathered outside to talk
things over.
pretty good cook, Janie?" asked
Aunt Molly.
saint had many things to practice
on" confessed the girl.
'Well, I've been told am, so good
an willin' ought to do fine. Pa an
ma comm home Thursday, you say?"
The girls and boys heads bobbed
together. Their eyes were swapping
"Fcur days." went on the woman.
"Guess we can do it all right. Wen
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18

use the parlor for the tree an pres
ents-that's the biggest room. An
We'll have presents an ornaments
enough to make things look NICE"
'Guess we WILL" declared the chill
dren, fervently, for they had seen.
"An' three regular turkeys!"
"The kitchen an piazza" refectively,
well fix up with double table. Lots
of old acquaintance we'll want to in
vite, an we must have three or four
h,llin's. Some friends you want, of
course" to the children.
I'D like to ask Susan Bunch, "
hesitated JAMIE "She is a nice girl
if she does brag, an can't ford nothin'
but Cape Cod turkey this year"
San I'd feel mighty set up to wife
Toad Higgs-Ted Higgs, I mean"
"All right. Invite 'em an any more
you'd like" cordially. 81 guess we
can scare up presents for en-"
"How bout Highway Steed?''
oueried Tom. "Seems like comm all
the way across with no lay off, she
ought to have hand in-or rather
some gas In
"'Course," agreed Molly, looking at
him, considering. "S'pose you go down
to the village the day before Christ
mas an bring back JAMES, pa an
ma. An If there's anything to buy,
bring 'em all out. An of course take
Billy an JAMIE along. An 1 guess, -
as Tom was beginning to beam, you
might go round Christmas mornin' an
bring all the guests to dinner. Seems
as if they'd mebbe like it. An 1
guess Highway Steed will like 1t, too"
"a. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18

melting One never knew which Do
rinda, of her many selves, one would
find.
"And," declared Sandy to his mother,
who had gently inquired about his rest
siessness, "she keeps wearing that sill
yer locket. She won't say who gave it
to her and she won't let me peek in
side. If she's got some other chap in
there I'll just drop her! She need not
think she can lead me around by the
nose!"
Sandy struck an attitude of great
superiority and strobe about the room
like a pirate. His mother smiled a
little, but said nothing.
After a few dark mutterings and
final gestures, Sandy said he was "go-
ing out" but would be in early. He
lifted his hat from hook in the hall
and went straight as his feet could
carry him, to the house of Dorinda
Kent.
This sort Of thing lasted all fall.
BY Christmas time Sandy had worked
himself up to a great state of nerves
over the locket. Dorinda was quite
sweet about it, but also quite firm.
She would never let Sandy see the con-
tents.
Christmas eve Sandy's mother gave
a little party to her sons friends. 1t
was done chiefly for Dorinda, so San
dy's mother would have the opportu-
nifty of judging the girls charms for
herself. Sandy was earnest and sol
emn about all the arrangements, and
even went to the point of asking his
mother If she had busted the back part
of the piano--was she sure?
wen probably sing, you know" he
said, "and want everything to look
I just right"
Eyes, my son." answered his mother.
Dorinda floated in like a bit of
thistledown. She was the last to ar
rive Immediately ishe became the
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those useless bits of something that
no one wants. / am wrapped up
and given in the first place by some
one who must give a present and
doesn't care what it is and takes no
interest. / am received and thanked
for and looked at by people who say !:
"What is 1t for anyway Rather
pretty, but silly"
And my new owner says:
"Fd rather have had something quite
simple than this utterly useless thing"
But she wraps me up and gives me
away the next Christmas.
The same thing happens again.
But at any rate / travel and / go
into a number of homes. All through
the year / stay in tissue paper in "a
bureau drawer until Christmas comes,
when go off again.
Now / am chuckling to myself /
am going to be sent this year to the
one who first purchased me-my pres
ent owner does not know this, of
course, but it certainly will be joke.
Mary Graham Bonner.
ca. 1895. Western Newspaper Union-a
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Silence followed, broken only by the
constant thud Of the good will mes
sages."
II say" shouted some one across
the room. "Your name Is Llefier, isn't
it? 1 was just cussing this heavy,
bunglesome thing when l discovered
the name"
"Its heavy" said Charles making
a wild dash. sit rattles?"
An hour later, the postmaster max
ing his tour of inspection, stopped
open-mouthed, gazing at one corner
of the room. There, sitting on the
floor, was the happiest boy in the
world. The Captain, as the boys adj
miringly called him, understood now
why Charles work had accumulated
In the last fifty minutes. Around him
on the floor was sea of tissue paper,
ribbons, stickers, and gifts. Riding the
crest Of each wave were smiles. His
radiant face was Joy to behold. The
postmaster grinned. Charles felt some
one looking at him and glanced up
into the eyes of his employer.
1T Is Christmas, Cap. from down
home"
"a 1925 western Newspaper Union,
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Streets are crowded with happy
throngs shops are filed to overflow
ing with gift seekers. Thousands of
Christmas stockings are to be filed
thousands of older hearts are to be
made happy because they are remem-
bered. The gospel that it is more
blessed to give than to receive Is In
evidence everywhere, and its practice
is bringing radiance and beauty to
every face. 1t is all wonderful, thrill
ing. inspiring!
Christmas has come again-its star
Is cleaning in the sky-its magic is
all over the land The young and the
old, the gay and the wise have fallen
under it's spell. And every heart is
singing the song of the angels-the
song that echoed over the hills Of
Judea in the long ago-"Glory to God
in the highest and on earth peace,
good will toward men,"
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pitch our camp right here"
Short on gas or oil?' questioned
his wife, as she slipped handful Of
corn into a coop from which came
suspicious gobbling.
mo, long on sand" replied big Tom,
stretching and preparing to descend.
Hold on a minute" ordered his
wiry little wife, half rising and peer
ing about. "S'pose I would rain to-
night, an this sand change to mud.
We'd be anchored for keeps-least-
ways for part of our nat'ral life. Be
sides t amt fit, jest sand an measly
scrub. Wen go on a little crawl. If
need be-"
/. "All right-all right, Molly" obedi-
emily, grasping the wheel and COM
mencing to fiddle 1t as he pressed on
the gas. "Guess t would be best.
Cripesl Beats all how Highway Steed
bears up under difficultiesl She's go
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one privilege, but to be able to go
home for Christmas Is another.
Charles felt 1t keenly this very mo-
ment. He had the first privilege
and was fifteen hundred miles from
home. However, mid the rush and
tumble of sorting Christmas packages,
stacks of letters, and cards, he hardly
had time to grieve.
The postmaster could not under
stand how Charles could turn out so
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much more work
than the others.
1t was all very
simple. He eager
ly searched every
card, letter, or
package to see
whether or not 1t
bore his name,
hurrying on to
the next one.
II surely do
get great fun out
OF this" burst
forth Oh arl e s.
"T his on e is
heavy as lead,
slides around In
the box like a
cake on q plate.