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H0w Science Has Almost Checked DiphtheriQ

sweets, pencils. ETC.. is constantly
going on, and among small chill.
dren who put everything into
their mouths. there is endless OPP
portunity for the spread of diph-
iberia.
The bacillus may also be dis
seminated in milk. Therefore. if
the household milk supply is not
obtained under guarantee in sealed
bottles, it should be boiled when
diphtheria Is about.
Cats and dogs may carry infec-
ton and should not be allowed to
come into contact with PATIENTS.
For the same reason children
should be kept from playing with
stray animals. especially during
an epidemic.
The disease is one of temperate
climates and is more prevalent in
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

swab, in which the basteriologist
W. look for the -'s'r bacillus.
The yell W matter in tonsilitis Is
generally in srerate spots. where
as the membrone of diphtheria is
a larger and more continuous
sheet. rather like patch of wish
leather on the tonsil and soft pal.
ate.
The specific "cure" for diph.
liberia Is antitoxin.
The best way to treat diph.
iberia. however. is not to let 1t
happen.
This can be done by immuniz-
ing healthy children by the sim re
and perfectlf' safe Schick test.
which consist injecting a little
specific serum under the upper
skin generally of the arm.
The safety Of this test is shown
by tho fact that in New York
over 100000 children were i'm
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
The Story Thus Far

HONEY LOU HUNTLEY private secretary old GRUMPY"
Mills.
at mills MEADOWS, shipping
o will.
JACK WALLACE, who his fathers mills the
business with Honey the minute he Brought
dfashOned mother Honey Lou mixture OF Happier and
Cinging yne
party given by ANGELA Honey
tails which her first taste OF She passes OUT Angela
friend Honey tells
seriously begins
night when DR. STEVE MEYHEW
to the house Jack Is although Steve friend Of MAR
Honey sister.
Honey taking Charleston
stalks out of the teaer where the contest
Is making
decides Waacks
Hospital
Angela mother,
everything She
Honey Lou that Grumpy not satisfied with his secretary ANN
his father who at home sick with umbagO and Honey Lou
promises she WILL
by Grumpy" bring the mail from his office
cbed. office with Ann
startles
asking What's this about Jack running around to-
eether?"
Honey angered decides quit her
considers Jack Honey Lou meets
her
that calls Tim Donegal determined to have
the
drink
ing raided by dry agents and Honey Lou with
Jack Honey thought trucking him
NOU Continue
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By Chas. A. l.. Reed, MD.
Former President Of the American
Medical Association

Former President of the American
Medical Association
66nIPHTHERIA is a conquered
~ disease
: This is the declaration Of DR..
S. J. Crumbine, official head of
the Child Welfare League of
America.
And yet there are many deaths
from diphtheria.
How may the two statements
be reconciled?
It's this way: Diphtheria is con.
cuered in the sense that we know
it's cause, its symptoms, its cure
and its prevention. Diphtheria is
not conquered in the sense that
certain individuals and certain
communities are too ignorant or
too Indifferent to avail themselves
OF this knowledge.
The cause Of diphtheria is a
small bacillus, or germ.
1t may be conveyed b. contact
with a patient or by inanimate OBJ
jects such as drinking vessels.
The germ grows and Is carried
in the throat. and quite a num-
Der of children with no signs Of
the disease at all are liable to give
it to others.
In schools. where interchange Of
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''Wait, Gordong' Adrian Burke's
voice trembled passionately as he
stepped in front Of the other
man. Miss Lee is an old friend
Of mine. and Ill near her in
suited by no man--not even her
fiance!'
What's it your business?"
as--ad Kenneth Gordon sneerfngly.
Yet more than this was needed to
sidetrack his tenacious mind. He
tried to push past Adrian. Eliza
beth. you ought not be blabbing
your affairs"
Again he paused. his face red
dening ominously. Adrian had
not been pushed aside. he was
still standing his ground firmly.
with narrowed eyes.
Careful, or I'll punch your
jaw Adrian's voice was still
tremulous and little shrill. Some
what childishly. he added: 1--WE
been intending to sell you this
hill and the one across the river,
but I've changed my mind. You
can't have Elizabeth and my land,
toor'
''Your land?" Gordon stared.
"Are you the one who bought"
IT am-and Ill see you in Hali-
fax before I'll sell you a foot of it!.'
Look here" Kenneth Gordon
curbed his anger with an iron will.
He made it a rule never to let
personal animosity interfere with
business. II want to talk to
you"
"And I may as well tell you,
Kenneth, that you can't have
me. either" interjected Elizabeth;
and moved to Adrian's side, eye
ing the other man with cold scorn.
II thought once-but all you care
for is your business. Why" her
gaze shifted to Adrian, softening
amazingly-""why, Adrian has
risked everything he has--just
for me!'
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mother asked again. sober 40 q
judge.
Honey Lou suddenly gave her
sweet throaty laugh. "Well, IL
you must pin me down. mother,
I've been out with Jack Wallack.
getting myself engaged to him"
she said, smiling irnpishly. Then
the dreamy look came back into
her face.
The Announcement
There was q note OF high happi-
ness In her voice, as she went
on: Mother, I'm going to be
married-to him. Tomorrow"
Mrs. Huntley dropped down into
the chair beside the yellow lamp.
Her face was blank.
Honey Lou, do you know what
you're saying?" she asked. WAS
that Jack WalIack who brought
you home just now?"
Why, yes"
'But l thought you started out
tonight with Mr.. Donegal.
II did," Honey Lou answered
quietly. Don't make me talk
about him tonight, mother. Don't
ask me any questions tonight
don't want to think of anything
or of anybody except Jack" She
said his name so softly that her
mother scarcely heard 1t.
And I'm dead for sleep, be-
Sides" she added. She went to
her mother and held UP her face to
be kissed.
Then, as she turned to go into
the little bedroom where Margret
had been asleep for hours, her
mother caught her by the sleeve.
Honey Lou, can't quite take
all Of this sn--but promise me
one thing. Promise me you
won't rush off and get married
tomorrow" Her dazed, anxious
eyes. with their network of little
wrinkles. pleaded with the gay
deep ones of Honey Lou. She
was pathetic, somehow. as she
stood there.
81 want you to be married in
white satin and orange blossoms,
the way a bride should be mar
ried," she said earnestly. "A
girls wedding day Is the love
lest day Of her life-and / want
you to look the way you should
that day, instead of running off
to justice Of the peace in your
everyday clothes. All the women
in your family have had proper
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THIS MAN IS
A "STICKER"

ONE of the leading figures in the
" steel industry in Philadelphia
made his first connection with that
industry when he was q years
old. when he secured a clerical
position with the old firm Of Car.
negie, Phipps and Company.
His entire business life has been
spent with this concern and it's
successors and affiliated compan.
les.
His course Of progress led him
through the business rather than
the production side of the bust
ness his first steps taking him
higher in the clerical end, and lead.
ing toward the sales department,
to the staff of which he was final
ly advanced.
Here. too, his progress was
steady rather than spectacular. un-
til ultimately he was made the
manager of sales OF the Carnegie
Steel and all its affiliated corpora
tions.
During the war he served as
vice chairman Of the committee on
steel distribution Of the American
Iron and Steel Institute.
His name Is James B. Bonner.
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VIRTUES OF
TEA

A CCoRDING to an old jap
"A anese custom ten virtues
were ascribed to tea drinking.
They were: Protection by all al.
whites. filial duty to parents.
suppression OF all evils, the van
ishinR of drowsiness. the harmony
of all vital organs. immunity
from. disease and everlasting good
health. amity in friendship. the
keeping of a right mind and cor
rect morals. the dispersion OF all
passions and a peaceful death
bed.
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ATMOSPHERE
ODDITY

nNE of the well-known effects
" of atmospheric refraction Is
to elevate the apparent position
of celestial bodies when near the
horizon, says Nature Magazine.
The amount of such elevation
is about equal to the apparent
diameter Of the suns disk. Hence
the paradox that, with a clear
horizon, we can see the sun before
it rises and after it sets.
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NOID Continue

: not come homcl Where on earth
could she. have gone with that
wild Tim Donegal? She had
never been out so late before with
him or anyone else.
Perhaps she had been hurt In
an accident-driving with that
wild creature in his roaring tor.
pedo of an automobile. Perhaps
she was lying dead, right this
minute, out on some frozen coun-
try road! Perhaps
With her mothers heart beat
ing suffocatingly, Mrs. Huntley
got out of the bed and put on her
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Queer DOings

mo room to swing a cat" Is
an old naval phrase which does
not refer to feline. 1t was first
applied to the confined space be-
tween decks on the old memo.
war "hich was so cramped that
there was no room for the boson's
mate to swing a, cat-o'-nine-tails
when administering flogsingA.
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weddings--the TIuntIeys OF Ken
lucky, you know"
In the end she had her way,
and Honey Lou telephoned Jack
before she went to bed that
have to wait until her mother
and Miss Sadler made her a
wedding dress, before they
could be married.
How long will that be?' he
asked.
"a week." said Honey Lou.
A million years" he answered
her.
Honey Lou made the soft
sound Of a kiss, with her lips
close to the telephone. Did you
hear that?" she asked. Good
night"
AT Breakfast
Margaret and her mother were
at the breakfast table when
Honey Lou walked into the din
ing room the next morning.
Margret was slipping black cof-
fee and eating a grapefruit with
no sugar on 1t. She had q hor-
ror of getting fat. and Honey
Lou loved to tease her about 1t.
Have some calories," she
urged her, now, as she sat down
and passed her the plate Of hot
buttered toast.
Don't let me even look at the
stuff!' Mragret almost groaned.
If there was one thing she liked
more than anything else. it was
hot buttered toast.
That's right, Strong minded
Marg!'' Honey Lou said admiring-
ly. Take care Of the caIories,
and the fat will take care Of it
self! What IL you were skin and
bones like me2" She broke off
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one OF his engineers. John Starr.
Gordon saw them standing
there. and paused in evident
surprise. Then he came on in
quicker strides. He was taller
than Adrian, and perhaps 20
pounds heavier; yet he climbed
with cat-like ease. His face
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Elizabeth Choice Charming Short Story Of Big Lot

plant below. But first they'll
have to buy the hills from me-"
'But-Kenneth Gordon
Elizabeth hesitated a moment.
Adrian, I suppose l should have
told you sooner that Kenneth
Gordon has asked me to be his
wife"
Adrian stiffened slightly, and
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
ANNOUNCEMENT

IF you haven't started Wini-
i fred Van Duzer's intriguing
serial, "GoIden Roads" turn
to the first page and begin
the second installment. The
comprehensive synopsis will
give You the story to date.
Golden Roads" is the story
of a modern business girl
her problems, loves and pleas
ures. It's well worth reading.
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sorbed in his plans to forego
telling her.
He nodded abstractedly. Dan
told me, confidentially, that Ken
meth had an eye on this loca-
ton. Some day the Gordon Pow
er Company will have a dam
between these hills. the valley
full of water, and a hydroelectric
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Where have you been until this
hour?" Mrs. Huntley asked, when
her youngest daughter walked into
the flat.
Honey Lou stood with her back
against the door. Her lips were
turned up at the corners, and
there were stars in her brown
eyes.
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stood quite still as realization
rushed over him. He was silent
so long that she began to wonder
If she must repeat what she had
said. His high color faded
slowly.
"Well-" Adrian mumbled and
paused. TheE he raised his head,
forcing a smile. 'Well, it seems
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four days. The onset is often In
sidious, with mild sore throat and
irregular fever. The commonest
thing to be mistaken for G. m
iberia is follicular tonsilitIs, in
which there is a yellowish matter
on the tons.ls which may resem-
BILE the membrS he of diphtheria
In doubtful cases the SCOTT will
wipe out I. throat with a lie
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"In heaven, IL you ask me-. she
said dreamily. She was given to
what Aunt Lucy called wild
talk" when she was stirred. That
came from an Irish grandmother,
on her dead fathers side of the
house.
Where have you been?" her
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
CHAPTER XIV

AIRS. HUNTLEY was worried.
M She. sat up in bed, trying
20 read her magazine, but she
could not keep her mind on it.
Every now and then. her anx-
lous eyes would shift to the little
clock on the table beside her four
poster bed Half past one. Twen-
~ minutes to two.
She dozed off and woke sud
denly when a church bell, some
where across the moonlit roofs Of
the city. chimed two.
Two o'clock, and Honey Lou hcd
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plainly showed suspicion. fast
growing into anger.
Elizabeth" he asked sharply,
what are you doing here?''
Elizabeth's eyes widened slightly.
why do you ask-in that toner"
I'm surprised" Gordon said
shortly. ito find you here alone
80
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dry than in wet years. 1t occurs
especially in children under 10.
1t is most important that the
condition should be diagnosed
early, as the result largely de.
ponds on how soon the specific
antitoxin is injected. The d.
sease is a very serious one for
young children.
The incubation period is two to
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I'm out of luck. Congratula-
tionsp'
He paused again, then, his
head held sidewise in an atti.
tude of listening. From among
the pines below sounded voices
and footsteps. Two men moved
out of the woods up the slope.
They were Kenneth Gordon and
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Facts In Brief

Dense forests once grew on the
Sahara Desert and a race of peo-
pie who subsisted by hunting and
filling the soil lived there, a Uni
versity of Chicago professor de-
clareS.
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The skeletons OF a dozen gigantic
cells, SO to rs feet in length. were
recently unearthed in an ancient
sea bed in Wyoming. The cells
: bore resemblance to the tabled sea
serpent.
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Timely Topics

Farm fire losses in the United
States in 1925 totaled $3.50, 00O, 900,
an increase of SIS per cent over
1920.
A course in physical education
is required by Law in the schools
Of IS States.
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An oil company in Mexico uses
an airplane to transport it's pay.
b rolls. thus foilfhg bandits. More
= than $25 100000 has been carried
safely.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Prehistoric Pueblo Restored

PREHISTORIC pueblo Flagstaff Ariz being restored
hnology The ruin the largest
many dong territory and is estimated that in all
: contained about 35
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
ROSCO CLENDANIEL BADLY
HURT in AUTO ACCIDENT
Lincoln Young Man In Hospital Re-
suit Injuries Received Sunday

Roscoe Clendaniel, son Of George
W. Clendaniel, of Lincoln, was SER
iously injured about midnight Sun
day night when the automobile
which he was driving crashed into
the rear of a truck on the DUPONT
Highway north of Milford. He is
in the Milford Emergency Hospital
suffering from a broken leg, severe
decorations of the face and shoul-
der, and internal injuries, the ex-
tent of which have not as yet been
ascertained. Young Clendaniel had
been in Dover, where he ate lunch
about eleven o'clock Sunday night.
In speaking of the accident with
physicians at the hospital he says
that he remembers having passed
Frederick on his way home, but
from that point on he is hazy on the
incidents Immediately proceeding
the accident, which occurred just
north of the ThompsOnville road,
about half way between Frederick
and Milford. Shortly after Clendan-
iel had driven his automobile into
the truck a passing motorist from
Philadelphia picked him up and
with the aid of a colOred man
brought him to the Emergency Hos
pital here. He was conscious when
admit to the institution. Exam
ination disclosed decorations of the
face, the lower left lip was cut and
cuts were found on the left cheek,
under the eye and on the chin. His
right leg is broken below the knee.
Internal injuries, the extent Of
which are not yet ascertained, were
sustained by the young man. At
this time his condition is as good
as could be expected, and barring
unexpected complications his at
tending physicians expect him to re-
cover.
The automobile was badly wreck
ed, and persons who have seen it
marvel that Clendaniel was not in
stantly killed.
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
STATE PHYSICIANS WILL
HOLD MEETING AT DOVER
Annual Session OF State Medical So
ciety viii Be Held October 12-13

Following is the program Of the
18th annual session of the Medical
Society of Delaware which will be
held in Dover Century Club on Tues
day and Wednesday, October IL and
10:
Tuesday, 2 o'clock, meeting of the
House of Delegates, when reports
of officers and committees will be
presented.
Tuesday evening, 6 o'clock, dinner
to members and guests by the Kent
County Medical Society. 8 o'clock,
scientific session, New Century Club,
where papers will be read by the
following;
Case report-Pylorospasms, DR..
Joseph Bringhurst, FELTON,, discus
sion opened by DR.. o. V. James, Mil
ford: ocular Fields in Syphilis,
Nantern slides) by DR.. William F.
Bonner. Wilmington; discussion op-
ened by DR.. E. R. Mayerburg, Will
mington; "Diphtheria Prevention,
DR.. c. A. Sargent, Dover, discussion
opened by DR.. A. T. Davis, Dover;
"Sanatorium Treatment for Pulmon-
arv tuberculosis" DR.. S. H. Hurdle,
Rrandywine Sanatorium, discussion
opened by DR.. NJ. 1. Samuel, Will
mington; Some Points to be Re-
nembered in the Diagnosis of Tuber-
(continued on page 1O)
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
MILFORD ROTARIANS WILL
ENTERTAIN DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Charles F. Puff, Jr., Will Make Of
fetal Visit Here Today.

The Milford Rotary Club will en-
tertain Charles F. Puff, Jr., Cover
nor of the Fiftieth Rotary District,
of which Milford is a part, this af-
ternoon and evening. Governor Puff
will meet with the officers and d1-
rectors of the Milford Rotary Club
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
Community Building. At 4.45 o'clock
he will hold a conference with the
directors and committee chairmen
of the club. At the regular dinner
meeting this evening at $50 o'clock
Governor Puff will address the enR
tire club and any visiting Rotar%
ians who may be present. Cover
nor Puff was elected head of the
Fiftieth District at the Convention
held at Denver, Colorado, in June.
1t is his first visit to Milford, and
the local rotarians are looking for
ward to meeting him and hearing
his address at the evening meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
new AUCTION BRIDGE
LESSONS START TODAY
Chronicle Only Paper In This Sec
ton Carrying The Series

Because of the wide spread inter-
est in auction bridge this paper will
publish a series of thirty-siX lessons
beginning this week. These lessons
are prepared by Wynne Ferguson, of
New York, widely known writer and
lecturer on auction bridge. Because
of his ability as bridge player Mr..
Ferguson took part in the Radio
Auction Bridge Games that were
broadcast by twenty-five leading ra-
dio stations in America last year and
again will appear in one of the
games to be broadcast this winter.
Each article of Mr.. Ferguson will be
complete and will illustrate salient
points in the bidding and play.
The Chronicle is the only publica-
ton in this vicinity using the Easy
Lessons in Auction Bridge" by
Wynne Ferguson, so it is suggested
that you make arrangements to re-
ceive each copy. Many readers in
the past have clipped the articles of
Mr.. Ferguson for their scrap books
and future reference.
The series that will begin today
have never appeared in publication
form before and therefore will be
entirely new.
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
FIRST DRINK CAUSES
NEGRO LOADS OF TROUBLE
Held For Court After Gun Is Stolen
From Potter Coffin

"It's the first drink that 1 ever
took and it made me so drunk that 1
didn't know what l was doing,
pleaded Robert Manuel, negro, Of
Chaptown, Va, when he was ar
raigned before Justice William A.
Truitt, in Milford, Monday, on the
charge of stealing a shot gun from
w. Potter Coffin, who conducts an
automobile supply house IN Milford.
Officer Courtney made the arrest.
The negro was held for court under
$500 bail.
1t is ALLEGED that Manuel who has
been working on farm near Milford
walked into the store of Mr.. Colin,
Saturday night, and while the pro-
prietor was busy, took a shotgun
from the window, and walked cut the
door.
He was seen by a man outside to
leave the store carrying the weapon.
Mr.. Coffin was notified of the incl
dent and communicated the alleged
theft to the Milford police. Chief
Courtney located the negro in bed
in a rooming house. He arrested
Manuel and found the stolen gun
under the bed in which the negro
was sleeping.
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
AUTOMOBILE DRIVER FINED
$lOO FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING
ClaymOnt Man Convicted After Car
Ran Into Ditch.

Clarence Elliott, who gave his ad-
dress as 25 Virginia avenue, Clay
mont, was fined $1OO and costs by
Justice William A. Truitt, of Mil
ford, Sunday, on the charge of Op-
Grating an automobile while under
the influence of liquor, and being
unable to pay his fine was commit
ted to jail.
Elliott with companion was on
his way home from near George
town, when north of Milford he lost
control of the machine which plum
ged into a ditch. Neither of the Oc-
cupants was injured, but Corporal
Powell of the state police who hap
pened to pass the ditched automO-
bile went back to investigate. When
Officer Powell started to arrest Ell
lott his companion ran, and the po-
lice have been unable to locate him.
After being fined Elliott was
placed in the town Jail. Monday his
father came to Milford and had him
released by paying the fine and
costs which amounted to $1O6.5O.
Milford chronicle., 1926-10-08
PRIZES ARE OFFERED
FOR WINNING POSTERS
Anti-TuberculOsis Society Will Give
Prizes In Health Contest

Thousands of school children of
all denominations, Catholic, Protest
ant and Hebrew, will be interested
in the announcement by Mrs. Edna
Palmer Upton, Executive Head Of
the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis So
ciety Of a prize poster contest for
the best poster illustrating health
chores.
There will be two sets of prizes
awarded. One set for the best pos
ter from the special school district
and another set from the State
schools. In each instance the first
prize will be Detecto Scales or
$1,000 in cash to purchase some
needed school equipment; second
prize in each class will be So in
money to purchase school equip
ment. In addition to these there
will be three Honorable Mention
awards in each GLASS;. comprising
Health Training in Schools, by
Theresa Dansdill or A Health Edu-
cation Procedure for the Grade and
Grade Teachers by Kathleen Will
kinson Wooten.
Every child in the state is in
vited to take part in the contest
which closes on November 8. The
posters must be in the hands OF
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