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one knew she would be. Strong
people like Alice can always be
depended upon in emergencies.
Why, everyone who knows her.
leans on Alice. Oh. / wish 1 was
like that. Instead of being so weak"
Mildred does not admit her
weakness with shame. Nor even
with regret. She feels that Fate
has made her weak, just as 1t
has made her a blonde with a
turned up nose. She certainly
wouldn't feel responsible for the
shape OF her nose. Then why
should she be responsible for the
weakness? OF, course. It's too bad
that she's weak. but she was
made that way and she can't 10
anything about it.
She's different. That's all there's
to it. Things affect her different
ly than they do people like Alice.
She's more easily frightened
and bewildered and depressed and
hurt. Why. she just wants to
break out crying over the least
little thing. And she gets. simply
terrified il there's any danger.
Besides that she hasn't any self
confidence. That's the worst part
of being weak. You haven't any
self confidence. 1t must be won.
derful to be sure of yourself. OF
course. people who are sure of
themselves aren't afraid to tackle
anything. They don't know that
awful feeling Of emptiness and
wobblineSs-
So it's terribly unjust to expect
weak people to do things strong
people can do.
That's what Mildred thinks
about herself. and says whenever
she has to meet a difficult situa.
ton. She is perfectly sincere.
She honestly believes that she is
different from "strnnp'' neonle
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By ELSIE ROBINSON

strong people are not stolid PEG.
pie. Strong people are just as
much afraid, inside, as weak PEG.
pie. They are as easily bewilder'
ed, depressed and hurt. They,
also, have that feeling of 'empti
ness and wobbiiness'' when facins
new and difficult demands upon
their strength. But they tackle
the job, just the same
Their pride makes them tackle
it. Therein lies the only diff
ference between the Weak I'erson
and the Strong Person. The
strong person has no greater
amount of courage. or patience or
ability. 1t isn't any easier for
him to endure. He suffers and
grieves just as acutely as MS
weaker brother. But he has built
pride in himself which won't
let him surrender.
If Mildred would acknowledge
this fact she'd get out of the
weak" class very soon. There
something comforting In the
thought that Fate weighted the
dice against you and relieved you
OF all the responsibility for your
lack OF spine. There's even a
sort Of pride in being singled out
for such inferiority. 1t puts a
premium on timidityo and sensi.
tiveness as though they were rare
gifts instead Of handicaps. There
are no prouder people in the
world than the self-confessed
weaklinss. Yes. the Fate ,alibi is
most comforting. But there's
nothing comforting or compli.
mentary in being told that you're
not different after all-that
you're simply lacking In decent
pride.
1t would be a very different
world If weaklings had to face
the truth about themselves.
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ALPINE STARS
By Garrett P. SerViss

CHAKESPEARE'S ships boy,
- on the high and giddy mast"
might be iikened to the modern
astronomer in his mountain OBJ
servatory. The mariner climbs
high to see farther; the
astronomer to see better. The
first overcomes the rotundity OF
the earth's surface; the second
eliminates the density of the
earth's atmosphere. High above
sea level, in quiet climates, the
air Is not only light and clear.
but, what is not less important,
steady. Some of the huge tele-
scopes that now survey and pho
toeraph the heavens from .ooun-
tain tops would, if brought down
where the air is dense, misty,
dust-laden and afflicted with cy:
clonitis, become half-blinded giants.
+. So all the world must watch
with increasing interest the eff
forts Of Assam Dina to make Eu-
ropes Hottest Alp, Mont Blanc,
the permanent home of great
observatory. And Mr.. Dina's plan
Of an air route supply line. keeping
the high'perched observatory
amidst it's shackles of eternal ice
in unbroken communication with
the loWea world, is so boldly up-to-
date that it alone suffices to Mt
tract universal attention. So far,
beginning last summer, the air
planes carrying supplies for the
observatory, which is situated on
the Bosses du Dromaraire," near
re
have simply flown low over the
mountain and dropped their pack.
ages on the vast snowfields, but
Mr.. Dina plans to have q landing
place on the ice constructed next
year.
Old Observatory =.
This particular observatory,
which Mr.. Dina is charging and
re-equipping. was found many
years ago by M. Vallot for meteor.
illogical purposes. and. upon his
death M. Vallot bequeathed it to
4. it's present owner. Formerly there
was an astronomical observatory
on the main summit of the noun
tain, founded by M. Jansen.
visited it in 1895, when it's tele-
scope was being carried up the
peak in sections, by mountain
guides and porters. The building,
of wood and iron, had it's supports
driven deep into the solid ice that
crowns the summit-rock being
unreachable-and it was then be-
lieved that it might remain there
immoVable. But gravitation mex
orably pulls down mountains and
even pulls off their caps, so that
not many years had elapsed before
it was found that the observatory,
with it's icy base, was slowly creep
ing down the Chamouny slope.
Two or three years ago a photo.
graph was made of the wreck Of
the building on it's inevitable way
toward the verge of the tremend-
Gus avalanche wall that encloses
the Grand Plateau" a vast basin
of snow and ice. lying some 1000
feet below the summit dome.
! understand that there is no
intention to renew the attempt to
establish an observatory on the
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66T'M a weak.
u ling" says
Mildre d. cit
m u st be 8 o
wonderful 20 be
strong. Like
Alice Blair.
Alice has all
ways been so
stron z. shes
had the most
terrible things
to face. Look
at the time her
husband desert
ed her-tlhe way
she pitched In
and took csre Of
herself and her
three children.
And the tim e
little Eddie was
so sick with III.
fantile paraly isis
she was just
wonderful! But
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SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
by Helen Rowland
Mem Never GROW Up

Men Never Grow Up
CONSIDER, my Daughter, the
" years of Married Womans
life.
For verify. verify, half of these
are spent in waiting ON a man
and the other half are consumed
in waiting FOR him!
She waiteth for him to come
home In the evening-and waiteth
for him to arise in the morning.
She waiteth for. his moods to dis.
solve-and waiteth for his food
to assimilate.
Yea, from the wedding day un.
til she layeth lilies at his head,
she waiteth for him to GROW
UP!
For. behold, every woman that
weddeth a herman is as one that
taketh a child to raise! And
thereafter, all her days are spent
in waiting for him to put away
childish things!
In waiting for him TO outgrow
his boyhood passion for baseball
and to forsake his juvenile de-
light in the circus.
Waiting for him to recover
from his mothers cOddling, and
to learn to sweeten his own cof-
fee. open his own boiled eggs.
and find his own slippers.
Waiting for him to discover
that he is no longer a petted
and carefree bachelor. but
Married Man, even a payer Of
bills and a drawer of checks.
Waiting for him to show wis
dom with his moneys, and to
learn that the price of a bottle
of joy-water would pay for ton
of coal or new refrigerator.
Waiting for him to realize that
meals are not cooked by press
ing a button in the wall, nd
that lone more round at the
club meaneth cold soup, a Gin
dered beefsteak. and a hot argu-
ment.
Waiting for him to lose his IN
fantile absorption in his radio,
and his boyish enthusiasm for
playing all his days with a, gun,
a golf stick or a fishing rod.
Waiting for him to outgrow his
childish passion for the deadly
pastries which play havoc with
a 40-year-old stomach and the
rich viands which ause middle
aged arteries to suffer twinges.
Waiting for him to prefer
grown-up pastimes to winding
the chiIdren's Christmas toys,
and good books to the comic Sec
tons.
Waiting for him to outgrow
his adolescent tastes for jazz,
gaudy neckwear. girl shows, Ma
sonic parades. secret societies,
prize fights. midnight feasts,
practical jokes, blonde dumbbells,
clambakes and fireworks!
Waiting for him to cease sigh
ing for NEW plaything-and TO
reach Years of Discretion.
But. alas. all her tears are
wasted and all her waiting Is
in vain! Fer USAr'Iv, from the
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that she ex-
pc ri en- 9 e . ire
mors and con-
fusions which
they do not feel.
She also wants
to feel that way
for it provides q
perfect aIibi for
failure or COW
ar lie e. She
wants 1t TO be
true
But it isn't
true.
Mildred isn't
I'd ifferc n e."
Weak oPIe
don't differ
from stfonA
people as SHE
thinks they DO.
There are stolid
people VINO are
not sensitive Il
emotional pres
sure but really
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first breath until the last dose
of medicine, every man is
Peter Pan at heart, and refuseth
to GROW UP!
SFTAH.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-12-16
[retta and Elizabeth were at Cumber.

Iretta and Elizabeth were at Cumber-
land on Saturday.
Mr.. Ernest Tasker, of Bloomington,
spent Sunday with home folks in this
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Holtschn elder
are some more of the Deer Park peo-
pie who have moved to Bobtown in
which place the former has secured
employment.
Mrs. Robert Jankey, who has been
in Barton for the past year, spent
several days at her home in Deer
Park recently.
The Epworth League elected Off
GERS for the coming year on Sunday
evening, Rev. Brown presiding at the
meeting. The election resulted in the
choosing of the following: President,
Leslie Thrasher; LIST vice-president,
Mrs. D. R. Hinebaugh; End vice-pres-
ident, Mrs. Susan Dawson; Sd vice
president, Miss Frances Thrasher; 4th
vice president, Miss Eunice George;
secretary, Mary Jankey; treasurer,
Lee Rodeheaver; pianist, Mrs. T, H.
Mosser.
The Sunday school is very busy
preparing a program for Christmas
eve. The attendance and interest is
also increasing.
A pay station of the C. & P. Tele-
phone Company was installed recently
in the store of Yutzy & Yutzy.
Mrs. C. S. Refs and Mrs. Ira Lips
comb were Oakland visitors one day
this week.
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LOCH LYNN

U. B. Church Note-Rev. F. l..
Fultz, pastor. Revival services will
begin in the U. B. church here the
night of December 81 with watch
night meeting Rev. NJ. O. Cross, pas
tor of the Terra Alta U. B. church,
will preach the sermon. Refreshments
will be served. The public is cordially
invited to each and all of these SER
vices.
Rev. F. L. Fultz and Rev. F. C.
Cuppett were Terra Alta visitors on
Friday.
Mrs. C. P. Martin and son Britten
motored to Pittsburgh last Wednes-
day. The latter returned here on Fri
day, while Mrs. Martin remained in
Pittsburgh where she is the guest of
relatives.
Mrs. Ollie Swetzer was shopping in
Cumberland last Thursday.
Mrs. C. E. Hardesty and children
spent the weekend in Keyser.
Mrs. Margaret O'Donnell, an aged
resident of this village, had the mis-
fortune to fail and fracture her wrist
one day last week.
Mr.. Joe Sweitzer, an employe of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
spent the weekend at his home here.
The majority of our citizens took
advantage of the bargains offered by
the merchants of Oakland at the COM
munity sale last Wednesday. The
merchants of our neighboring town
did a fine piece of work when they
put this sale on, especially at this
season of the year, as it gave our peo-
pie and the people of the county an
opportunity not only to secure goods
at low price but also to do much of
their Christmas shopping. Such an
effort a month hence will bring about
a larger sale and consequently more
people will attend.
Mr.. Donald Moore has returned to
his home from Deer Park where he
had been visiting relatives.
There will be the usual services in
both churches here next Sunday
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BITTINGER

Think of the fair days,
Forgetting the care days;
Think of the rare days
Joy-filled for you.
Learn how to trust things
Tears only rust things;
Get up and bust things;
Dig, dare and do.
For several years past some I'M
scrupulous persons from out of the
county have been coming into this
neighborhood each Christmas season
with trucks and without seeing the
land owners, go into the woods and
cut and carry away load after load of
Christmas trees. Last Sunday, two
trucks, bearing license plates 166-369
and 273-957, came into this commu-
nifty and the men with them cut, with
out the consent Of the owner, two
loads of spruce trees which they haul
ed away and no doubt sold or are
selling them at fat profit. Land
owners here are getting very much
annoyed by this practice and some
prosecution measures will likely fol-
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EVANSVILLE

At the directors meeting OF the
First State Bank held on Wednesday
of last week, j. J. Bender, who had
been vice president, was elected to MI
the office Of president, which had been
made vacant by the recent death OF
DR.. G. C. Keller. Mr.. Henry P. Mil
Ter. retiring County Commissioner OF
Garrett county, who had been dlrec-
tor in the bank for some years, was
made vice president Of the lnstltu-
ton.
The National Garage and Service
Station, located at the west end OF
town, which was recently completed,
will be opened to the public this week.
The property is owned by Milton Rod
amer. 1t is one of the best built
structures of its kind along the Ma
tional Highway, being practically as
near fire proof as possible. Mr.. Rod
amer has been in the garage business
for a number of years and has been
quite successful in his undertaking.
The property formerly owned by
William ]. Polling and used as res
taurant, has been purchased by Mr.. c.
U. Edwards and his son Harry C. Ed
wards. The latter will occupy the
apartment connected with the restau-
rant and will in all probability con-
tinue its operation.
U. M. Stanton, who sold his prop
erty located at Little Crossings to Os-
car Mckenzie during the past month,
is having an up-to-date bungalow
erected for his occupancy on the north
side of the National Highway near
the home of Mr.. Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Klotz announce
the birth of daughter, born on last
Thursday morning.
Cannon Ball Baker, en- route from
Los Angeles, Cal, to New York City
in Whippet sedan, registered at the
Casselman Motor Company's Garage
in Grantsville one day the latter part
of last week. He was travelling under
the direction of the A. A. A.
The following persons from out of
town attended the funeral of Chris
tian w. Livengood, held at his home
Thursday afternoon: Peter j. Liven-
good, Peter L. Livengood, John }.
Livengood and Harry Leatham, Elk
Lick, Pa, and Charles Weigman, Of
Frostburg, Md.
Mrs. VIM. MattoX, Pomona, Calf,
is the guest of j. j. Bender and fam
lily.
Prof. R. R. Webster, NJ. w. White
ford, Ira M. Staley, Misses Angela
Getty and Marian Price all attended
the high school teachers meeting in
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low the visitation of the men in ques-
tion, for they can and will be located
and brought to justice.
Miss Edna Wiley had the misfor-
tune to fall down a cellar way at her
home few days ago and sustained a
badly bruised and sprained arm.
Our obliging star route mail car
rier, Mr.. o. c. Buckle, has purchased
new half-ton Ford truck which he
will use on his route in this commu-
nifty
A. j. Orendorf spent part of last
week in Oakland where he was en-
gagged as a grand juror.
Messrs. w. R. Browning and Abram
Lawt6n, of Oakland, spent last Fri
day afternoon and Saturday hunting
in this section and we understand
they were successful in bagging a
number of birds.
H. J. Speicher and his friend, Mr..
Bailey were pleasant callers in this
village last Sunday afternoon.
The young women of the Lutheran
church of this place were disappointed
over the outcome of their bazaar ven-
ture last week, as the weather and
icy condition of the roads interferred
with the patronage they had conf
IDENTIFY expected.
Prof. and Mrs. C. M. Friend and
their son Junior were shopping in
Uniontown, Pa, last Saturday.
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The members Of the Lutheran Sun
day school at Grantsville will hold
bake sale at w. 0. w. Hall Satur-
day afternoon and evening, Dec. IS.
Christmas goods and cakes will be on
sale.
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The Bear Creek Philosopher.

The old-fashioned rounder who used
to squander his weeks wages for
liquor on Saturday night has a son
who spends most of his income for
gasoline.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-12-16

The new milliner at the Boston
store says she is making herself
new evening gown out of the ruffie on
the bottom Of her mothers wedding
dress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-12-16

There, I'm glad that's over" said
Grandma Grimes, as she finished the
concluding paragraph in the evidence
of the Hall-Mills trial Grandma
can take breath and prepare for the
Mcpherson trial early in the new
year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-12-16

The building commissioner, after
an inspection of the town hall, has is
sued an order prohibiting the dancing
of the Charleston or the Black Bot
tom there until the building is braced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-12-16

Uncle Billy Gamester says that the
saying about what is one mans meat
being another mans poison, must
have been intended for the bootlegger
and his victim.
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DEER PARK

Mrs. 7. H. Mosser and daughters
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1t is truly wonderful, and you will very
readily agree with us, that you can buy so
many Gifts for so little money as you can here
in this Store during our Pre- Christmas Sale of
Holiday goods of the better kind In fact you
will find it possible to give many more Gifts
than you planned to give, and even then have
money left for other purposes. Opening day
is the best day to shop.
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RAIL STOCKS UP
IN MARKET

NEW YORR, Aug 6.-Railroad
stocks were aroused from their
lethargy iii the early trading today
By AN active BUYING movement,
based on the renort aJf the Bureau
Sc Railway EconoEnics. showing net
earnings OF the class one roads at
half d billiop loiIars for the first
half of the year. This y at the
rate BIZ Sc per cent on tentative
valuation, but some OF the more
prosperous roads will be able to
report from Is to % per cent. net
earnings on the Ear value 81 their
outstanding stock.
Buying of the rails was In un-
usually large volume. ana prices
ran up from ! to 4 points in e
dozen or more of the well.Inowu
shares. Atchison sold up about Z
points. at 141; Atlantic Coast Line
was IN az, at 227: Baltimore and
Ohio scored 2-p0irt gain ait 1O2;
Northern Pacific, Rock Island Great
Northern, New York Central, South
ern Pacific and st. Louis South.
western pushed upward point or
two in active trading.
Al 23-point jump in the French
franc brought quotations for that
currency to 1903. q steady Else from
1.93 cents, and rejecting the pros
poets of some ver~ important de-
veiopments in French finance. The
weekly reserve bank reports showed
little change, and the call money
renewal rate was marked up at TX
per cent
Stocks OF the sugar companies
continued the upward movement
inaugurated earlier In the week,
with American Sugar up 3 points
and South Porto Rico. up IN.
transitional Harvester and !.
Case. linked up In merger rumors,
reached higher price levels, Case
selling at ia, up s points from
yesterdayss close and about IS points
on the present movement.
Cotton recovered about % points
OF yesterdays loss and commOdity
markets were generally steady.
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Chicago Livestock

Hogs-R cefptS; 1900; market 10
025c higher: bulk, $1O@1275:p top
$3.50; heavyweight. $11 HOO 1850;
medium weight. $11.S5013.40; light
weight, $12.4001S.45: light lights,
$12.65Q13.5O: heavy packing sows,
smooth, $10@10.5O: packing sowss
rough, $9.5O@10; pigs, $I2.70@1S,55.
Cattle Receipts, 1000; market
steady. o.
Calves Receipts, 1000; market
steady; choice and prime, $9.25 01Q;
medium and good, $3.50: good and
choice, $9.5001O.60; common and
medium, 1908: butcher cattle:
heifers, $5010.25; cows. $4.50@S;
bulls, $5@7.5O; Gamers and cutters,
cows and heifers, $3@5: Gamer
steers, $507; veal calves Digit and
hand yweight), S11W14.50: feeder
steers, $5.5O@S.25: stocker steers, S.
@7.6O; stocker cows and heifers,
$4.50@f6; stOcker calves. $507.5O.
sheep Receipts. 1000; market
steady; lambs, fat, $14@14.75; lambs.
'cuIls and common, $10@11; .yearl-
ings, $10012.5 so: yearling wethers.
$8@9.BO; ewes, $6.50@7.8S; ewes,
cu1ls and common, $3Q5; feeder
lambs, $12.50@I3.S5.
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Chicago Produce

Z Butter Receipts, 1898 tubs;
creamery, extra. 39c; standard,
seize: extra firsts, 3Tsk q. NC;
fIrsts, 81 ~ 3611zc.
Eggs Receipts, cases; rniscellan-
eous, 271kc; ordinary firsts, $50
2656c; firsts Is q 29c;s extra none;
checks, ri &c; dirties, 220 24c.
Cheese Twins, new. AZ 5 % 1ssz e:
aoN @2Osl Longhorns, 20@20alc;
brick, 1gc.
Live Poultry Turkeys, 34c: chick.
ems. 2O@23c; springs, sic; roosters,
181kc; geese, 10000; ducks, 22@
25c.
Potatoes Receipts. 81 cars. Kan
sas q Missouri sacked Irish cob
blers, $1.60@1.75.
(Hutter, packing stock, 2Sc. Egg
receipts, IL. 1908 casesl. ,
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created to provide a. fund for the
maintenance, support or education
of the beneficiary and at the same
time to secure it against his i'm
providence or incapacfty.
Mr.. Dooley then discusses In a
highly illuminating manner the
many angles and classifications OF
such q trust.
Chairman Robert v. Fleming, OF
the Treasury relations committee OF
the District Of Columbia Bankers
Association, has reported that ar.
srangements have been made
whereby Liberty coupon bonds
issued in exchange for registered
bonds might be delivered at the
Treasury Building. Bonds for con-
version may be delivered, according
to the letter Of Chairman Fleming,
to Room lis. Treasury Building,
and when the new bonds are ready
they may be received at the same
place.
It is stated that this Is a dis
tinct advantage to local banks as
It has been necessary heretofore to
send messengers TO the Liberty
Loan Annex, south of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.
President John B. Cochran, of
the Franklin National Bank, is
in Staunton, Va, for the week
end. Mr.. Cochran is also Presi-
dent of the Planters Bank Of
Staunton.
p. j. Mcmahon, assistant treas
urer Of the Munsey Trust Conn
pany, is spending a three-week
vacation at Atlantic City.
Vice-president c. II. Pope, Of the
Munsey Trust Company, has re-
turned to Washington after spend
ing a month at Goshen, n. Y.
Yice-president Chas. B. Iyndane,
of the Federal-American National
Bank, has left for Eaglesmere, Pa,
where he will spend a three-week
vacation.
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LATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL NJ
Local Stocks
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Capital Traction 5s, $1,5OO@101,
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Potomac Electric Power Is, 1914,
So, O0@105A, SOCIOLOGY.
washington Gas 5s, $3,500@101.
Washington r. & E. 4s. $500@8S.
Capital Traction Co., 10Q1O3h,
4@1031s.
washington r. & E., Pfd., 100
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American Securities and Trust
Co., 5@377, 2@375.
After call-Georgetown Gas IS,
81, 100000.
Capital Traction CO., 1o@1O3ss,
20@IO39s, 1001O39S.
Washington r. & E., Pfd., 11@
9Oh.
potomac Electric Power, Pfd., Int.
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potomac Electric Power, Pfd., 10
washington Gas IS, 1898, $1,000
1O3h, $4O0@103A.
washington Gas Light. 10Q69%,
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Notice-This exchange will meet
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instead of 11:15. This exchange ad-
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ory of Mr.. John l.. Edwards, its
president, who died today, August g..
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