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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-07
WYTHEVuLLE ITEMS.

WYTHEVILLE. VA. February 4.
The weather was beautiful Sunday
and the services were well attended.
Those who attended the funeral
services of Mrs. M. d. Stepteau from
out OF town were: Madames w. B.
Lewis, C. A. Clark and j. R. John
son, Sr.. of Pulaski. Va. and Messrs.
Henry Wilds, Robert Collier, Floyd
Bentley, Alfred Houston and Mrs.
Charles Russell and family, Of Rural
Retreat. Va: Mrs. Matte Guy Fra
zier and sister, of Radford, Va;
Madames Richard Holiday. c. Z.
Redd, G.. Wells, of Max Meadows,
Va; Mrs. jamie Trigg, of Pulaski,
Va. Mrs. Ellen Hollins. of Roanoke
Va; Mr.. John English, of Bristol,
Va; Mr. Moses Johnson and Mrs.
jamie Claiborne. of Johnson City,
Tenn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-07
Roanoke Items

Rev. 81. C.. Williams, of Hampton,
Va. preached the funeral of Mrs. M.
]. Stepteau. While in the city he was
the guest of his mother-in law, Mrs.
Lizzie T. Johnson.
The ministers who assisted at the
funeral of Mrs. NJ. j. Stepteau were
Revs. l.. B. Aston, w. B. Johnson,
| c. B. Holloway John Dent and G.. 0.
Wing. Prof. r. H Scott, life long
friend of the family. read the tele-
grams. resolutions and obituary.
Mrs. NJ. j. Sterteau. the widow OF
the late w. Harrison. who died in
Baltimore, Md. at the home Of her
son, Dr.. C. Harold Stepteau, January
81. 1925, was buried Monday, Feb
ruary 2, at lakewood Cemetery,
Wytheville, Va. She was married
April 9. 1865. To this union eight
children were born, three of whom
preceded her to the land of rest. The
five surviving children were beside
the bier: Rev. c. Harold, of Balti-
more, Md; r. A, of Clarksburg,
w. Va; u. o. Stepteau. of Wythe-
vile; Nine. Ethyl Mae Hebron and
Ollie B. Gibson, of Wytheville. She
was faithful Christian, a devoted
wife, q loving mother, kind and
trusted neighbor. Her ideals were
pure. lofty and spiritual and her
deeds were noble and right.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Buel, Of Cam
den, N. j., who have been visiting
relatives and friends, left this A. M.
for Pulaski, Va. While in the. city
they were guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Harper.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-07

Rlcbw ond. Va. July 8, 1915.
4 perfect cure has been effected
By L. }. HaydeD's Pure Herb Medi.
cines. After waiting thirteen years
and havs not suffered from the
hnrl ible disease. Gravel. desire to
make statement to l.. J. Hayden:
Thirteen years ago twelve leading
physicians OF my city treated me for
Kidney trouble and gravel without
the desired benefit. These doctors
advised me to be operated or. "a that
was the only chance for me. WIS
advised TO go and get some Of L. J.
Hayden's Herb Medleip~ and try be
tire being operated on. I did 20.
and In twenty'four hours after using
his medicines passed at least q
half dozen gravel. some as big IS Q
large pea. Since that time I have
not suffered with the gravel. ]
highly recommend L. ]. Hayden's
medicine to all suffering humanity
am. ]. A. PAGE,
I Auburn Ave., Richmond Va
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-07

I was cured Of very bad csss ~
rheumatism by two bottles OF :.
]. Hayden's wonderful Herb Met
cine, after suffering a long time w'ts
the dreadful disease. was unabi..
to move hand or foot, and otter
had taken three doses Of the Red
icine I was able TO get out of nv
bed and walk across the floor, ana
only two bottles Of the medicine has
made me perfectly well man IN
every respect. cannot give NJ. I
j. Hayden too much praise for What
he has done for me. I have sa"'
many other suffering ones to h:N
and they have also gotten cured w
daughter was also cured OF RheumR
tism and Indigestion BY L. j. Hs--
den's Herb Medicines at No. ESQ ".
Broad Street, Richmond Va. I rs-
commend Mr.. L. J. Hayden - ons
II the grestest healers Of the aek
m earth. Respectfully.
J. D. TAYLOR
s41a n Grace st.. Richmond. Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-07


Wornuut socks often wear mother
ouf-whenl she has to darn them
February Is month of good ex
amp.es Lincoln and Washington
In the spring a mothers fancy
- work often turns TO thoughts of
housecleanin2 =.
When your memory is so poor
you have to buy a memory book.
it's likely you'n forget what you
bought the book TOR
Dad contends that being called up
on the telephone is all right-but
he objects to beng called down
Every youngSter always wears his
rubbers every time mother catches.
him Just before he goes out
The golf widow season Is fast
approaching.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-07

Mrs. Palm, of Eighth Avenue has
been taken to Burrell Memorial
Hospital for treatment.
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The Planet will be sent to you tor
one year, price $500 CT it will be deiiv-
cred at your door every Saturday for
Five Cents Der week.
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Mrs. Bette Patterson, 1910 North
Jefferson street. who has been quite
sick fer five weeks, is conyaleselng.
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Have the Planet sent to your or
dress for one yea. The cost is only SO
90 per year. 1t will aid journal tina
has served yO,: f3i, nearly half ce1
tury. V. re $50 ,x,.,..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
BY NEAL FITzALAN, in Radio World.

BY NEAL FlTZALAN, in Radio World.
With the many circuit diagrams
available today, some of which are
very efficient and some of which are
not the layman gets confused when
he starts out to get a circuit which is
simple and still workable The un-
Initiated may tackle the neutrodyne
(along with old-timers) with assurance
of success. When this set Is built on
low-loss lines it is charm. 1t is
simple to neutralize and easy to oper-
ate. The neutrodyne has received
some "booing." but this came from the
people who didn't take the pains to
build the set properly, and also those
who used poor and inefficient material
This set Is cinch to log and set
tings don't change, except if you have
poorly insulated antenna, when dur
ing the damp weather the insuiators
get wet and start to leak. thereby
broadening the tuning and unstabiliz-
ing the set also.
All the neutroformers are wound
seriatum on one low-loss form for
the basket-weave type. The panel of
the set is the same as that of the
standard Neutrodyne. that is. ii has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
DelUe Into Secrets
of Mound Builders

Secrets of the prehistoric race OF
mound builders, whose culture is de-
clared to be distinct from that of any
other type hitherto Investigated in
Oklahoma. will be pIumbed by an
archaeological expedition to Grove, Del
aware county.
The contents of the mound can
only be conjectured, but an indica-
ton Of what might be found in the
cave was given in the discovery of
remnants of prehistoric life in an out
er chamber that has been explored.
The mouth of the cave apparently
was sealed after its abandonment
many centuries ago. 1t was reopened
and a large deposit of wood ashes,
charcoal, bones of game animals, mus
sci shells and other kitchen refuse
was found ON the floor near the en-
trance. An extensive collection of
bone and flint implements also was
discovered, together with many frag-
ments Of pottery.-Detroit News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
The air

transmitter and receiver. The air
planes are also radio-equipped.
Included in the party are FIVE sci
entists, appointed by the National
Geographic society, who will make
studies Of Arctic biology, mineralogy,
plant life and polar magnetic effects.
A motion picture operator was taken
along, and for the first time in the
history of Arctic exploration, color
photographer accompanied the expe-
dition. The navy personnel consists
of nine men, commanded by Lieut.
Commander r. E. Byrd, of the Blu
reau -se Aeronautics. There are three
amphibian planes with which the ex-
ploration work will be conducted
from an advance base on Axel Heiberg
Land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Frogs Got Lonesome

A Texas man started frog farm
near Raymondsville, to supply hotels
with frogs legs. He obtained several
score of giant leopard" bullfrogs from
Louisiana to cross with the native pro-
life variety, and all went well until
he had about 10000 of marketable size.
Returning home one rainy night he
found the road alive with frogs, all
jumping one way-tOward Louisiana.
The Louisiana frogs, he believes, got
the wanderlust when the rain came,
and finding they could jump the 80
inch fence, led the whole colony to-
ward their old home. The Texas frog
raiser will start all over again, this
time with taller fence.-Capper's
Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

The photographs are suggestive.
No. shows Arctic land wastes as
they appear from the air.
In No. z Commander Macmillan
(right) is exchanging farewells at
Wiscasset, Me-, with Gov. Ralph @.
Brewster of Maine Oeft) and Maj
Gen. A. w. Greedy, noted Arctic ex-
plorer.
No. 3 gives last-minute portraits
of air pilots Maynard Schur and E..
E. Riber.
No. S shows the Macmillan vessels,
Bowdoin (schooner) and Peary.
No. 6 is Kenneth L. Rawson of
Chicago, Is, the only youngster
aboard.
No. z is John L. Reinartz of KAN,
with his special low-wave radio set.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Radio in Other Land.

Wireless engineers in Russia, who
have been practically isolated from
the outside world, are linked together
in private society known as the In
stitute Of Russian Radio Engineers,
founded in 1918. This society then
possessed 81 members, and this num-
Der has increased to 200. Headquar-
tiers are in Moscow. and there ire
branches in Petrograd, Mimi ovgorod,
Kieff and Odessa. They have their
own reasearch and experimental work
and have made much progress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Contest Might Be
CI0ssed as DrorU

Col. Lorillard Spencer of New York
was discussing the culpability of the
men responsible for the country's fleet
of aircraft during the World war.
Each of these men," he said, tried
to put the blame on the others. Well.
IL they asked me who was the most
blameworthy, I'd tell them the story
of the Chinaman.
"a Chinaman was held up by two
notwithstanding tramps. They told
him they had been disputing a long
time about which of them was the
uglier, and they were now going to
leave the decision with him.
"Then the tramps took their places
side by side in the middle of the road.
The Chinaman, calm and silent, walked
round them. He considered them from
every angle. Finally he gave his YER
dict.
"'Both are worse he said"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Great Temperance Apostle

Father Mathew was Theobald
Mathew, apostle of temperance, born
in Tipperary, Ireland, studied for the
Catholic priesthood, but joined the
Capuchin Minorites; was in 1914 or
dained a priest and located in Cork
where at sight of the cruel effects of
drunkenness on the mass of the peo-
pie he resolved on a crusade to stamp
1t out; he started on this enterprise
in 1927, but it took year and a half
before his mission bore any fruit, and
then it was accompanied with mar
velous success wherever he went. He
lived from 1870 to 1856
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Fish Builds Nest

Fish as well as birds build nests.
The stickleback, beloved of youthful
anglers, collects tiny stems and roots
and fibers and works them into nest
for the eggs of its mate al the bottom
of stream. The nest is usually fur
Their protected by four walls and a
roof, allowing entrance to the nest By
a small door The nest is held together
by waterproof sticky fluid which the
fish secretes while building When I'll
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Proof That Catbird
Is Able to Reason,

The catbird is an ingenious reason
ing creature. So says Mrs. Ernest A.
Austin of Worcester, and tells this
tale. She began to place bread out on
the grass on the chance that birds
would like it. A pair of catbirds
showed their appreciation and regu-
larry came for their food. Then as an
experiment, she put out bread which
was exceptionally dry and hard. Find
ing it beyond their powers of masti-
cation, each catbird took piece in its
bill, flew to nearby bird bath, and
perching on the rim dipped the NOR
sells in the water until they had soft
ened. Then flying to the ground they
laid the soddened bread on the grass
and devoured it hungrily.-BOston
Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Copy American Methods

In Mandalay the first agricultural
college of Burma was opened last De
cember. 1t has farm of 900 acres
There will be instruction for "a stu
dents in four-year course. Practical
work will include the selecting of seed.
especially rice, beans, cotton and sugar
cane, the study of plant diseases, the
Improvement of silk culture and the
building up of a pure pedigreed herd
of Burmese cattle. AT the opening the
minister of agriculture said: I'VE can
not in Burma aspire to the gigantic
farm activities of America, but we can
In a humble way initiate their meth
DDS and endeavor to achieve in some
measure their results"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

cabinet and supply 1t with a cabinet
which will also house the A and B
batteries. If UV199 tubes are to be
used and the set does not employ
more than three tubes an ordinary G
battery may be employed to heat the
filaments. This battery will have to
be replaced more frequently than No.
6 dry cells. However, it will last for
some time and will materially decrease
the weight of the set. The use of
small-size B batteries is also another
way to decrease the weight of the COM
pleted set.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

the conventional three dials, one rheo-
stat, a filament switch and the two
jacks. You. therefore, can purchase q
drilled panel that was originally de-
signed for the Neutrodyne and use it
for this set without going to the trou-
BILE of drilling the holes and also max
ing the engraving.
Purchase of Parts.
Three low-loss straight-line fire.
quency condensers are used for tun-
ing. The five sockets should be of the
porcelain base type. The neutralizing
condensers are variable from .000015 to
000019 MID, and are very easy to ad-
just. The resistance across the grid
and filament of the detector tube is a
variable grid leak. The grid conden-
ser is a .00O25 MID. tmica). il is a
double-circuit jack, and j a single
circuit jack. Five UV201A tubes are
used.
Changing around of tubes will help
great deal in making the set work
efficiently. A filament switch, ter
minal strip, 6-volt storage battery,
two 45-volt B batteries and 41s-volt
G battery are needed. The resistances
A are amperites. type IA.
How to Wind the Coils.
The coils are wound in basket-weave
fashion. L1L2, If desired, may be
made in a continuous winding. Using
No. % DEC and 3-inch diameter
form, with 10 dowel sticks eQui-distant
on the circumference, wind ten turns
for Ii and so turns for Ii. The di-
vision of the two windings is denoted
by a tap. Both the ground and the
A minus are connected to this tap.
This affords conductive coupling of
the aerial to the grid. For conduc-
tive coupling Ii Is wound separately
and so is Ii. The two other trans
formers, L3L4 and L5L6 are wound
with ten turns of the same kind of
wire for the primary, and 80 turns sec
ondary, tapped at the fifteenth turn for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Make Standard Serve
as Good Portable Set

Many people go to great expense to
build a portable radio set for sum-
mer use when oftentimes it is possible
for them to convert their standard
receiver into a portable. This is par
ticularly true when the receiver used
in the home is of the reflex, or re-
generative type. The way in which
this may be accomplished is as fol-
lows First, equip the set with tube
socket adapters for dry-cell tubes.
Second. remove the panel from the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

was bartering with France to obtain
Guadeloupe. The French declined
to grant Guadeloupe and offered Can
ada instead, and Great Britain gave In
upon the suggestion of Franklin. An
other interesting International trade
was United States deal for Alaska
in 1867. then called by opponents
Stewards Lump of Ice' and "Sew-
ards Ice.' The purchase for $7,2OO,-
600 was then regarded as a national
scandal. In one year the canned-sal-
mon production of Alaska exceeded
$23,500,O0O.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Sounds at Attitudes

Camille Flammarion. the famous
French astronomer, made some inter-
esting experiments on the audibility of
sounds at great attitudes. The shout
Of man could be heard in balloon
1000 feet above the ground the croak-
ing of frogs in marsh at 5000 feet !;
the music of an orchestra at $500;
church bells at 5000; rifle report at
5000; roar of railway train at $500,
and the whistle of locomotive at
10000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Arrested Eloquence

A recent suggestion in the British
house Of commons to limit the time of
debaters in the house recalls some past
drastic methods with long-winded
speakers 1t has. often been told how
the good" Lord Shaftesbury used<to
pull down discursive orators by their
coat tails, but Bishop Sam Wherefore
was occasionally even more unlzind.
In the days when Exeter hall was the
great May meeting place an orator
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
The First Circus

The sermon had been about Daniel
prophets extraordinary experience.
On the way home from church little
Betty said to her aunt: what fuss
they made about it, auntie."
"About what, dear"
"About Daniel going into the lions
den. guess it must have been the
first circus they ever saw"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Light Equipment

Rufe, participant in the recent quar-
rel, dropped over to Sans hut and
found him apparently engrossed in
deep thought
"Whaffo' yo'-all settin' dere dumb
like?" he asked suspiciously.
flush yo' mouf, boy ordered Sam.
"Ah's thinkin'."
"Shucks! Yo' amt thinkin'. You
KANT think! All yo' is doin' is passin'
yo' brain in review."-American Lee
gion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Making Radio Decorative

How to dispose of the radio set is
somewhat of pro ~lem, for even the
finest of them are rather unsightly.
For this purpose there are new cab
inets of various. types and sizes which
fit into the interior decorating scheme.
One handsome cabinet is made on the
lines of a peasant dresser and is
painted soft gray green, with quaint
flower motifs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

Donald B. Macmillan, who has
achieved fame as an explorer in the
Far North and incidentally formed
the Arctic habit, is up in the neigh
borhood of the North Pole again this
summer, looking for new lands and
anything else interesting and expect
ing to return this fall. The party
may be called the Navy
Geographic expedition, since the u. S.
navy department and the National
Geographic society are cooperating.
Though lost to view the party will be
much in evidence, as special pains
have been taken to maintain radio
communication, the Peary having
regular ship equipment and the Bow
doin specially designed short-wave
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Unsuitable INDIGNATION

eyes. Mrs. Flanagan" said Mrs.
Murphy, pat and part to mate no
more / went to the hospital to
ask after him. I want TO see my
husband says l. 'Ye can't says the
doctor, he's under the Influence Of
Ann Asthetics.' Il don't know the
lady, says I, but if my lawful welded
husband can act loike that when he's
so i'll. I'll have a divorce"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Was His Time to Die

Lightning descended 100 feet in. a
mine shaft at Joplin, Mo-. and killed a
man. The bolt struck steam boiler
at the mine with a deafening crash. Ii
followed the course of a steam pipe
leading into the bottom of the mine
md killed William Erie, twenty-five.
tho was standing lext to the pipe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

rather low down In the program who
had prepared a lengthy speech said to
Wherefore, as he noticed that people
were beginning to leave, Its hardly
worth my speaking; they evidently
don't expect me-" ITO be sure they
do" replied Sam, don't you see they're
all gOingw
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Suitable Feeling

what would you do if bandit
should present gun and demand your
money!"
I'D sympathize with him. pilot,
Welwyn Garden City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

nest is finished the fish goes out in
search of mate to deposit the eggs.
Many marine fish build nests of sea-
weed also.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Oregon Arboretun1

Nearly 400 acres of forest land have
just been purchased by the Oregon
Agricultural college to be used as
tree museum.-Science Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

He who says saccharine is the
sweetest thing never slept until noon
on week day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07

A prodigal son is the boy who loses
everything except his way home
Knowing People.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
Tuo Bits of History

England's acquisition of Canada was
Benjamin Franklin when England
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-03-18
The Marion School
District No. IA

Our school learned new memor;,
gem:
Who has seen the Wind?
Neither you nor t."
But when the trees bow down there
heads,
The wind is passing by.
The fifth and sixth grade are taxi
ing up the cotton project.
The Hauptli Boys and Josephine
Stadick were callers at Ira Zieske'
home Tuesday evening.
We learned two new songs, the
Cotton Song" and Holland Maid"
We enjoy them very much.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Friedley and
family were visitors at the Norman
home Sunday.
We have three new scholars in
school, Clifford, Helen and Harold
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Parmeter OF
Franklin were visitors at the w.
Garman home last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Joern were
callers at the w. Garman home last
Sunday.
Friday afternoon the upper grade
had a coloring lesson, while the low
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-03-18
District No. IS

We drew and painted dutch scenes
Friday March 6.
The third and fourth grades wrote
original poems Wednesday, ons
third grader wrote this poem:
Dear little blossom down under TIE
snow,
You must be weary Of water l
know.
Hank! while l sing you message SC
dear,
Summer is coming and springtime is
here,
The sun will shine brightly and the
cold will go,
And then you will blossom, / know
| know.
There were six absent this wees
because of illness.
We did not have school Monday
as our teacher was ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norval Weeks en-
tertained friends Friday March 6
Five hundred was played.
The Redwood Falls Farmers Clui
held their meeting at Albert Bishop
Friday March 18th. Some of tn
pupils took part in dialogue.