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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Many Uses for Old Phono.
graph Needles
\ LID phonograph needles of

old phonograph needles of the
~ metal style will sing songs Of
other varieties when they have fin
ished their tasks on the monographs.
There is no tack made which is so
soft and so practical for use in franz
ing pictures as is the phonograph
needle. 1t has no rough edges or top
to injure the back of the picture or
mat, and its smooth, sharp point is
easily pushed with the screw driver
into the wood frame to hold the pic
ture in place.
Needles placed in fancy glass or
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

body Of the patient to cool him, or
with hot water to warm him. On the
automobile tour the damaged inner
tube can be cut SO that the good re-
naming part can be tied and made
into a good hot water bag, filled with
hot water from the radiator. In case
of earache, shock from accident, or
neuralgia pain, this is valuable aid.
A patched inner tube which. will
hold air makes good animal trainer
for dogs or cats to Jump through.
They will not be injured by the tube
as they might be by wooden hoops
or metal ones, hence fear will be done
away with in the training.
20. 1927. Western Newspaper Union.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

which holds the quill pen on the desk.
Both wooden and metal needles may
be used for this purpose.
To clean milk bottle in which the
milk has soured and caked on the
sides, handful of steel phonograph
needles, shaken up and down in the
bottle, will do the work in few
seconds, scraping and cleaning it off.
Warm water with little soap added
to the needles, of course, is necessary.
A spark plug held at the top of
test tube in which there is some gas
Oline and handful of phonograph
needles will be quickly loosened of it's
stubborn carbon after few shak-
ings.
t9 1927. Western Newspaper Union.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

than a sponge set in dish or plate,
though excellent results may also be
obtained by planting other seeds,
grapefruit seeds, carrots, etc.
The seeds which produce delicate
feathery leaves are the prettiest for in
door plants. Golden millet brings a
surprisingly quick result in leaves and
decorative fruit" Sweet clover seed
also brings quick results, and has a
hardness not so easily affected by
change in temperature as many seeds
have. Creeping bent grass seed pro-
duces dense growth and is also very
hardy.
(0. 1927, Western Newspaper Union.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Growing Plants in a Sponge

THE sponge makes an excellent soil
Il in which to grow certain deco
rative plants. For very effective
window display soak large piece Of
coarse sponge in water, squeeze it half
dry, then sprinkle in the openings red
clover seed, millet, barley, lawn grass,
oats, rice, etc. Hang this in the WIN
dow where the sun shines a portion of
the day, and sprinkle it lightly with
water daily.
The sponge soon livens into a mass
of living green vegetation very re-
freshing to the eyes.
The seeds used may be varied, ac-
cording to fancy, but the above named
seeds in a hanging sponge are prettier
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Making Use of the Cat Tail

WE HAVE found many interesting
w ways of using the exteriors Of
cat tails, painting them with different
shades of irridescent paints, combining
them with painted leaves for winter
decorations, but the "adult" cat tail
is too large for this purpose, and the
inner feathers sometimes burst out
surprisingly, flooding the room with a
downy mass. Cat-tail down makes a
wonderful fluffy filling for small deco
rative pillows, and one trip In the
country will secure enough large cat
tails for many dainty cushions.
The fiuffiest Of baby-crib covers may
be made from cat-tail down. A strip
Of cheese cloth the size of the quilt to
be made should be used to spread the
down on evenly. The down will ad-
here to the cheese cloth, but cheese
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Save the Old Umbrella

THE old umbrella has many uses.
I Do not throw it away until some
of them have been tried. One of them
is it's practical use as a clothes bas-
ket. In the absence of clothes bas-
ket, one helpful husband found that
the umbrella with the curved handle
saves STOPPING and walking. It hangs
on the clothes line full Of clothes, and
can be pushed along on the line as
the hanging progresses, doing away
with walking back and forth to the
clothes basket.
Choice plants and vegetables may
be protected from the hot sun during
the torrid days of summer by old
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Foiling the Fireside Sphinx

thought and planned unsuccessfully
to give pussy medicine without q
struggle. 1t was never a one-man job.
Even after three healthy individuals
had successfully given pussy a pill or
a dose of medicine, that is, they had
conveyed it to her mouth and then
closed her jaws upon it, to their dis
may if she did not want it she would
not swallow it, and at the first chance
would spit it out.
But there is a natural law in the af-
fairs of cats. A cat will always lick
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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A Home-Made Hair Dryer

II ERE is one of the quickest and at
L the same time the most bene-
ficial ways of drying the hair at home.
With rs or 100-watt nitrogen lamp
tied or held to the handle of clean,
shiny dipper for a reflector, enough
heat is concentrated to quickly dry
the heavy or light head Of hair.
There is much more benefit from the
heat of a lamp to the head than the
heat of radiator or air dryer. The
prominent hospitals of the country ap-
ply 1,OO0-watt lamps to operation in
cisions to promote quicker replen-
ishment of red-and-white cells of the
blood for the purpose of healing. The
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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EOR wrapping the childrens' lunch
l. and other packages an ever-ready
ball of string in holder is a greater
convenience than ordinarily realized,
though few housewives go to the ex-
pense of purchasing twine holder. If
the funnel is left hanging on the wall
serve the double purpose of funnel
and holder.
For work around the home garage,
under the car, and around the motor,
the funnel makes a good electric light
reflector, after running the wire
through the spout The wide part
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

ritis, especially if the rays be brought
down within ten or twelve inches of
the area, and cloth covers the lamp
to concentrate the rays on the aching
spot.
The earache, toothache, the pain in
the foot or hand, knee joint, elbow
or shoulder can be successfully treated
at home In this manner. Many mas
seurs and physicians order light rays
for twenty minutes, alternated with a
dash of ice, which keeps up con-
slant stimulation of the blood in the
painful area, and it is by this cura-
tive action of the blood that the pain,
abscess, or Inflammation is removed.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

expensive sanitarium applies these
light rays to its rheumatic patients
with marked success. 1t is not the
heat alone which cures, but the pow
erful force of the light rays themselves
which have deep penetration.
Light rays have been found to have
marked stimulating effect on the
scalp, lessening dandruff, and toning
up the roots of the hair to prevent
further falling.
Very gentle massage given to the
scalp at the point where the rays are
being applied is a great aid to the
tonic effect.
(@. 1927, Western Newspaper Union.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Exposing a Funnel Secret

Exposing q uNNGI OSCFSI
THE simple funnel usually lies hid
l. den in the utensil drawer, and is
used so seldom that it is dusty when
the occasion arises for 1t to be taken
out to assist in pouring into a small
necked bottle or Jar. There are daily
uses for the funnel, however. and one
of them is it's practicability as an egg
separator. The white of the egg
quickly drops into the dish below,
leaving the yolk intact at the funnel
neck.
Many housekeepers find the funnel
an excellent mold for salads. A do
mestic science teacher originated
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Relieving Pain With a Reading
Lamp
Lamp

4 SMALL reading lamp has great
i possibilities In it's light rays, as q
seem as powerless to cure pain as the
air to carry the radio message until
one has actually tried them, as they
are now being resorted to in hospitals,
in sanitariums, and in the tuberculosis
camps for the cure of disease.
While large wattage lamps are nee
essary for deep therapy, to produce
general bodily reaction, small nitro
gen reading lamp will relieve the local
rheumatic pain, or the twinge of neu-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

new cake by placing funnel in the
deep cake dish, upside down. When
the cake is baked a graduated hollow
is left in the center to be filled with
whipped cream or gelatin.
The funnel also serves as a pastry
decorator in the emergency, and in
the event occasioned by the breaking
of the glass percolator top, a fun
mel placed upright over the center
spot will prevent the coffee from fly
ing into the air. The sides Of the fun
mel will drop it back again into the
pot.
q. 1927 Western Newspaper Union.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

come off like magic in warm water and
soap, to which a little soda or few
drops of ammonia have been added.
The woman who drives her own car
is often fastidious woman who likes
her hands immaculate at the end of
journey, even if she has had to change
a tire on the road. If the simple pre-
caution of massaging cold cream into
the fingers before starting any dirty
work has been made, the grease and
dust will drop away like magic on
good washing, without the use of
strong cleaning powders or pumice
stone which is otherwise necessary
when the hands have been plunged
into CRIME and grease.
o. 1927, Western Newspaper Union.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24
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Making Gloves of Cold Cream

Making Gloves of Cold Cream
PREPARATORY to spring house
cleaning a good protection for the
hands should be considered. Many
women do not like to wear rubber
gloves for all kinds of work, and yet
they are exceedingly fond of pretty,
well kept hands.
In housekeeping, the dirt gets i'm
bedded into the tissues, around the
nails, and under them, defyfng subse-
quent washing. If cold cream is thor
oughly rubbed and massaged into the
fingers, under the nails, and on the
entire hand before any cleaning work
is done, and the excess of cream wiped
off at the end of the day, all dirt will
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An Inner Tube for Packing
Uses
HLD inner tubes strong enough to
" hold air, yet not substantial
enough to withstand great pressure
necessary for riding make excellent
packing aids for moving time. Glass
ware, bric-a-brac, pottery, ETC., will
come through safely, even with the
rough handling of shipping if an in
ner tube is wound around it,
and the other spaces in the box
filled with newspapers.
The inner tube, if suffering with a
blowout, can be cut at this point, and
the remaining good part tied firmly.
In cases of fever these long tubes can
be filled with ice to be placed by the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-24

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01

District Attorney Lewis Powell to-
day which described Miller's actions
following the murder.
According to this statement, Miller
came home at a. M, October Is, in
his automobile. He went to work
at o'clock, Mrs. Miller said, and
came home at $3.50 the same morn
ing. He told her that man and a
woman had been killed in Kenosha
the night before and that their
bodies were placed in ditch and
covered with sand.
Tragedy Not Revealed Until Later
Coroner Friend said that Sears
blood-splotched car was not discover
ed until 10 O'clock that morning and
that the bodies were not located UNI
til after II am.
Mrs. Miller said that her husband
never used his car but once after the
killings, and this was on the follow
ing Sunday when he drove her over
the scene of the crime.
Miller also burned good pair of
trousers tho next day. she said. She
noticed that his shoes had dark spots
on them at the time, she said.
kenosha police have pair of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01
PLAYS WITH
LIGHTNING,
IT HITS BACK
Vice President Dawes Gov.
cred Considerable Terri.
tory in Radio. Talk
BY CHARLES r. STEWART

Washington, Feb. Maybe Chas.
&. Dawes has discovered by now that
. vice presidents place is to be seen
and not heard.
Everybody who's ut all familiar
with Washington knew all along TINT,
sooner or later, Charles G. would get
his'n il he didn't stop trying to re-
form the United States Senate.
But he kept at it and, in due sea-
son, the lightning struck him. Unin-
sulated as he was, what it did to him
was plenty.
The Details
The incident has been described al
ready but not quite in way to bring
out all of its horrid detail.
Dawes made a speech over the radio
one night, roasting the Senate. as US
ual. f. its dilly-dallying. He mauled
the taolc SO, though all by himself
with a radio instrument. that he
nearly put the machinery out Of COM
mission. 1t was great speech and
probably would have gone down in
history if it hadn't been followed by
an unfortunate anti-climax.
In the course of his remarks. the
vice president appeared to be hitting
at Senator Jim Reed in particular.
Jim Reed is as undesirable asman ~
there is in the Senate to hit at. un-
less you land hard enough to kill him.
Reed Replied
He had q few things to say himself
in the Senate the next day not
much. as he explained. because he
was aware the vice president couldn't
talk back in the Senate chamber. and
he didn't think it world be fair to
hn Vu0S n IN
fend himself.
However. he did mention that what
had been said about him in that radio
speech wasn't so. He also dropped
a few\obseryations concerning "hon-
or" and "decency."
Whereupon Dawes did make re-
ioinder, even if it wasn't strictly ac-
cording to HOyle for him to do so.
He said he hadn't meant the Mis-
sourian.
II he'd let it 60 at that. all might
have been we'll.
But he didn't. Instead of leaving
the impression that he'd just been
gencralizing. he made the fatal mis-
take Of wishing his compliments onto
somebody else. He said he'd meant
Senator Copeland.
Senator Copeland jumped on him
instanter.
He Apologies s.
Az it proved, his case against Cope
land was no better than his case
AGAINST Reed, so nothing remained
for him to do but apologize and de-
clare. he hadn't meant the New York.
or. either.
we'll, whom did he mean. anyway!
oh, he didn't mean anybody or
anything.
Not meaning anything is all right
If yop keep still about it.
But to mean nothing and tell u
to. the world over the radio. with so
much emphasis As to jam the air and
give listeners-in the earache, IS just
3 little bit ridiculous,
That's the unfortunate position the
vice president seems to have placed
himself in.
sSpokesman" Not Mourning
The gossip is that the white House
smoke srsan" doesn't feel any too bad
about it.
People have been suspcctinR for
unite awhile that Dawes WAS trying
to- steal the "spokesmsn's" thunders
There isn't thunder, enough to 80.
around among any considerable num-
Der Of "spokesmen.
The "White House spokesman pre-
fers to monopolise it. anyway.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01
SIMS OFFERS
PROPOSAL FOR
FARM RELIEF
Includes Government Grain
Warehouses and Federal
Grain Standards

Washington, Feb. 1.-LR)-Another
farm relief plan proposing construc-
ton Of government grain warehouses
and establishment Of federal stand
ards OF grain was outlined today to
President Coolidge by Edwin w. Sims.
former federal district attorney at
Chicago, who is also a farmer.
Mr.. Sims advocated the establish
ment Of large warehouses at rail and
water terminals such as Chicago, Du-
luth and cities on the lower Great
Lakes and smaller ones in the grain
producing territory. He also would
provide for impartial inspection Of
grain at warehouses.
The plan, President Coolidge was
told. would provide facilities for grair,
storage. and intelligent production OF
grain would do for the United States
what regulation of rubber has done
for Great Britain, coffee; for Brazil
and sisal for Mexico.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01
RACINE MAN
0UIZZED ABOUT
TWO KILLINGS
Interest Revived in Search
Latimer Murder Mystery
Near kenOsha

kenosha. Wis. Feo. l.-tPj Inter
est in the Sears-Latimer mystery was
revived here today when-it became
known that kenosha police were
questioning Ewald Miller. Racine
man. in connection with the double
Staying Of James Sears and his sweet
heart, Madalynne Latimcr, whose bull
let ridden bodies were found half
buried along the side of highway
near kenOsha more than three months
ago.
Miller was arrested in Racine and
was sentenced to 20 days on convic-
ton of beating his wife Statements
made by his wife regarding the way
he acted about the time of the double
Staying led to his questioning in re-
gard to the crime. His wife has
promised to come to Kenosha today
and tell the police her story. Miller
denies any knowledge Of the crime
other than what he gained from the
newspapers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01
ARMY CAREER
OF MITCHELL
ENDS TO-DAY
First Attack as a Civilian on
h, Aviation Defense Will
Come Shortly

Washington. Feb. 1.-tP)-The ar
my career Of William Mitchell ended
today.
1t was brought TO q conclus sion by
formal notification from the war
department that his resignation from
the army had been accepted by dircc-
tion Of President Coolidge.
The acceptance automatically can
celled the sentence Of five years sus-
pension from rank. command and duty
in the army, imposed on the former
air officer by the court martial which
held him guilty Of INSTRUMENTATION.
Mitchell had expected to reopen to-
day the fight on administration air
policies, which led to his trial, be-
licving that his resignation would be
effective as of midnight January 30,
! ~ delay on the war departments
part in notifying him of the accept
xncc caused change in his plans.
His first attack as civilian on avia-
ton defense will be launched late
today in the form Of statement for
publication in the morning papers Of
tomorrow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01
LIBERIA Is
COMING INTO
SPOTLIGHT
Americans Are Becoming In
terested in Rubber Posi-
bilities There
BY CHARLES p. STEWART

Washington, Feb. 1.--Because the
negro republic Of Liberia is a good
rubber country and American inter-
csts have undertaken to develop il
as such, on large scale, the chances
are were going to become good deal
better acquainted with it soon than
ever we've been before.
To be sure, Liberia was invented
by Americans, who began colonizing
freed slaves there in 1922, to ret
them out of the way.
Since Americans started it. il al
ways has been an object Of rather
special interest to the Washington
government. An American customs
receiver and treasury advisor pro-
sides over its financial affairs now.
The average American, however,
probably never has heard much more
about 1t than just it's name.
Chief Source Of Rubber
But If it's about to become tho
It won't he long before we'll he look
ing it up on the map.
Wen want u be finding out about
the place our tires come from.
Wen be sending lots of Americans
over to boss the job of getting the
rubber out Of the trees and toting it
down to the coast and loading it on
boats. to bring across to US, for ship
ment out to Akron and Detroit and
other places where it will do the
most good
1, 1t isn't likely we shall have many
Liberians coming here, hut we'll have
plenty Of Americans visiting Liberia,
and they'll bring back the news.
A fanny Spit
They do say, up at the Commerce
department. which is very much in
terested in everything that has to do
with rubber, lust now, that Liberia
is funny spot.
Civilization is confined wholly to
a 25-mile strip Of coast.
This-strip's almost entirely colorcd
population of about 100000 consists
of a. few American negroes and the
rest descendants Of earlier colonists.
These civilized Liberians put on a
heap of airs. !
When the jungle dwellers drop in
on busircss--connectc with ivory,
nuts and such stuff-they're' barred
from exclusive hotels, from such side
walks as cities like Monrovia boast.
and, in fact, aren't associated with
at all on a basis Of social equality.
The coastal folk will trade with
them, however, skinning Fem out of
their eye teeth.
Look Down on Others !
The small group Of American me-
groes, mostly in Monrovia, look down
on everybody else. The native born
children of American born negroes
look down on all but those of Ameri-
can birth. And so on down the line.
The new arrivals contend that their
predecessors tend to revert to tae
jungle type. /
This cleavage is somewhat modified
by the fact that the older families, De-
ing in huge majority, pretty we'll
monopolizc the best government
posts.
A streak Of white blood, since it
suggests the bar sinister. isn't an
asset. At least, it isn't so considered
by those whose strain hasn't been
diluted thurs. I
Bosses Pay the Fines .
The Liberan police are busy
bunch. They like to make arrests. !
Yet once arrested. the prisoners
fate isn't so very dire. Unless he
works for foreign concern, he gen.
orally gets off with small fine. But
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-01
WOMAN I'LL FROM
DRINKING VINE;
HUSBAND IS HELD

Minneapolis, Feb. l.--Lp9--A charge
OF assault in the first degree! was
placed today against Fred Sammlcr.
minneapolis. whose wife was in a
serious condition from the effects Of
drinking wine believed to have been
poisoned.
The complaint against him was
signed by William Forby, police de-
tective.
Mrs. Sammler was taken to the hos
pital Friday night. Her condition has
been critical since, although she was
reported somewhat better today. She
is the mother of seven children.