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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-01
A $5O,OOO,OOO COMEBACK
Remarkable Story of Business Re
covery in Five Dry Years; Sears
Roebuck. Co. Had Record
Year in 1925

Writing in the Chicago Tribune of
January 10, O. A. Mather reports the
best year in its history last year for
SearsRoebuck & Co., Chicago, perhaps
the largest mail-order house in the world.
Both volume of business and profits ex-
ceeded those of the postwar boom year
of 1919, which marked the previous rec
ord.
Mr.. Mather says this record year indi-
Gates that many of the agricultural dis
tricts must have benefited in the general
condition of prosperity as large share
of mail order sales is made to farmers.
It also Completes the record of one of
the most remarkable recoveries from the
postwar depression that any industrial
corporation has presented"
Mr.. Mather says that five years ago
Julius Rosenwald donated $5000000 of
common stock and advanced around $16,-
100000 against plant, ETC., to save the
company from financial straits. There
were $50,000000 of notes outstanding.
Dividends had to be cut off, Now there
are no notes or bank loans
While Mr.. Mather does not refer to the
fact, nevertheless it is significant that the
past five years during which this remark
able recovery was made were prohibition
years. 1t is only further evidence that
millions of dollars have been directed to
trade channels that formerly passed over
the saloon bar.
This year dividends of $3.50 will be
paid by the company on the new share,
which is equivalent to $40 on the present
stock.
Net sales for this mail order house last
year totaled $234,421 $50 compared with
$500, 527 in 1924 and with the previous
high mark of $233,o82, 584 in 1919. Net
profits last year were $20,o75,303 COM
pared with $14,354, 397 in 1924 and So
82,067 in 1910.
In the same article Mr. Mather an
nounces that the S. S. Kresge Company
voted to increase the authorized common
stock from $50,000000 to $100,000,000 to
change the par value from $l00 to $40
and to exchange 10 new shares for each
old share. The S. S. Kresge Company
operates a chain of ten-cent stores. The
prosperity of this firm also is further evil
dence of the prosperity of the country.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-01
RABBI WISE FOR DRY LAW

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, generally rec
ognized throughout the world as the out
standing Jewish leader in America, in the
course of lecture in Pittsburgh recently,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-01
DR.. CADMAN WRITES SENATOR EDGE
President of Federal Council of
Churches Sets Wet Senator Right
as to Attitude on Beer and Wine

DR.. s. Parkes Cadman, eminent New
York minister and president OF the Fed
erai Council of Churches, endorsed Wig
orous protest against linking the name
of that organization with any move to
weaken the prohibition law. DR.. Cad
man sent letter to United States SEN
ator Edge, of New Jrsey. This letter
was written because DR.. Cadman read in
the newspapers that the wet Senator's
name was used in connection with the
call of the vets 10 assemble in Washing
ton, February D, in the interest of the
modification of the Volstead act and that
The Federal Council of Churches was also
mentioned in connection with the legal
izing of beer. Dr. Cadman, Oh this point.
wrote to Senator Edge:
This dispatch referred to the report
on the prohibition situation issued
some time ago by the department.
of research of the Federal Council of
Churches and in such a way as 10
link il with movement in Congress
for the legalizing OF beer and wine.
Without any intmation that you are
personally responsible for this fla
grant confusion OF our report to mod
ify the prohibition law, | take the
liberty of advising you, as the most
conspicuous sponsor of this report in
Congress, that this use of our report
is wholly unwarranted by the facts.
Calls for Renewed Activity of Churches
DR.. Cadman also called attention of
Senator Edwards to the official state
nent issued by the Federal Council of
Churches October 81. This statement
said:
1t is our hope and confidence that
the report of the research department
on the prohibition situation, calling
attention, as il does, to the danger
with which we are confronted, will
stir the churches to renewed sense
of their responsibility, not only for
the enforcement of the prohibition
law, but also for rallying the con-
science of the nation to its support.
In closing his letter to Senator Edge,
DR.. Cadman put on the cracker in the
GLOWING paragraph:
I would also call your attention to
the fact that the statement recently
promulgated by hfty-six Congress
men. urging modification of the pro-
hibition law, contained what were re-
ported to be quotations from the con-
illusions of our report, but which are
not found in it and which entirely
misrepresent its tenor and purpose.
call your attention to these facts in
order that there may be no confusing
of the position of the Federal Coun-
ell of Churches with that of any or
ganization or agency which is advo-
eating, in our opinion quite mis-
takenly. the legalization of mild in
to~scants
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touched upon prohibition and denounced
those who would modify the Volstead act.
He declared that the dry law has not had
a fair and sufficient trial.
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his mother, but whether she was
alive or dead he could not say.
He remembered ruined building
about which he used to play as
child: the corner Of d class room
in some school,. his first long trou.
sers: q fire In great warehouse.
In the dim recesses through the
nists Of time he seemed to see
himself In muddy trenches where
always there was danger and
the screech and whine OF shells
passings overhead.
He recalled a charge he had
been in, bloody sI1ambles and
chaos and the cries and curses of
men who plunged on and ever. on
But with what regiment he had
served, American. English or
French, he could not say. Nor
could he remember the face Of
one of his buddies nor his name.
Not even as the days passed
did memory serve him better.
When eventually he was dis
charged from the hospital he was
still Jerry--something told him
that his name was really Jerry
Peters, the man without a
memory.
He began the quest OF finding
out who he really was, quest
hampered by the need of earning
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he received q number OF useless
replies. Then one day there came
q letter. a. letter from q girl:
a Girls Picture
1t is perhaps foolish OF me to
write yOu,p she said, ''but / have
never given up hope. There was
a boy; the dearest in the world.
We were engaged. He went over
seas-and never returned. He
was among those listed missing.
wonder-oh, wonder-still
hardly dare to hope. enclose
little picture of myself ="
He picked up the picture and
examined 1t. 1t was a snapshot
OF q girl with wistful eyes, pref.
ty girl : intently he peered
at 1t trying to remember. surely.
surely, he thought, IL ever
were loved by a girl like that
couldn4 forget.
still no recollection came, no
memory.
Il might as well put her mind
at rest he thought, though ]
hate to do II"
He picked up a pen and was
about to write Her name was
Alice Muir. Then sudden in
SEPARATION came to him. Even II
he didn't remember perhaps he
was the Jerry Of whom she had
written! a
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A STORY OF REAL LIFE
COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE

man. And he had been so brave
iii his disappointment. She had
cried. and he had comforted her.
He. had helped her Was there
no one to help him2
She had made him tell her
much about himself. Uncouls
plainingly he had complied. add
ing. Ilaif shyly, though ! don
suppose it's much use.
She had put one impertinenk
question:
is there no girl In your life
who can help you to forget that
you want to remembers
His reply had been naive and
honest: What girl could care
for s man like ne?'s
She remembered this now. The
hopelessness IN his voice. the
loneliness A sudden inn
pulse came to her. She was
smiling as she picked up the tele.
phone and gave the operator
Jerry's number
and and If you've
nothing better to do maybe you'd
like. to come up and see me to-
night, she said softly into the
transnftter. You see-I-I'm 4
little lonely, too. !"
Today Jerry Peters is still =
man without q name. But now
he is forgetting that he ever
wanted to remember. For now he
doesn't care. There is some one.
a pretty. girl with wistfuI eyes
that have learned to laugh, who
likes him just as he is. And
what man would want more than
thaf9
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I'll 90 to her" he said half
aloud. and noted the address. But
wouldn't that be too sudden.
Should he not phone2
She answered the telephone her.
self. Her voice was trembling
when she spoke after he had an
nounced who he was.
Come up a once by all means.
she said.
He asked another question.
Ny voice. Do you recognize it2"
She hesitafed before replying.
1t was as IL she had already asked
herself the same thing. Then:
Ill can't say. The telephone
makes a difference"
His hopes sank. Something
told him that not vet had he come
to the end of his quest.
Alice Muir was sitting in her
room by the open window. A
breeze waited to her the fragrance
of spring. She was In a pensiye
and sad mood. On her lap lay
picture of the Jerry she had
known and loved. Before her'eyes
was the vision of the tall young
fellow named Jerry Peters, who
had visited, her less than half an
hour before. Suddenly "a tear
welled over. and fell with a little
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thud, ma king q blot on the picture
on her knees.
MOI my Jerry, z she sighed.
not mine: a stranger. nan
without memory. Poor Jerry
Peters Poor, poor Jefrys
And eahe did not notice until
late that night when she was in
bed that her grief was not for
herself, though she chad been
cruelty. disappointed. but for the
tall lad who seemed to be doomed
to 90. down namesess and friend
less the rest of his days.
But ia the night something came
to her, a. dream or vision, or
what you will. She knew definite
" that her Jerry would never
come to her now: that he was no
longer missing Something
told her that he was dead And
her heart was rnarvelously free Of
its old ache, It's old emptiness.
In the morning she could hardly
understand. It seemed SO, strange.
She was surprised to find she was
not unhappy. Jerry dead and she.
not unhappy She would not have
believed It possible "a hours be-
fore. But "a hours previously she
had not met Jerry Peters.
For him her heart was filled
with pity. She had sensed q lit
tie the haunting loneliness Of the
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them. You must know that's so.
Peggy didn't argue with him.
although she knew that what be
said wasn't quite true.
She had no desire to sit here
talking to this good looking, recl<-
less person whom she hardly
I knew. What she wanted was 10
ret back to the inn and the baby
and Aunt Agony just as fast as
she could.
She opened the door Of the car
and got out.
Here! Where do you think
you're going2 Fay asked lean
Ing from the back seat
1 Fayss Face Looks Old
n the brilliant searching sun
1isat OF the, afternoon Peggy
could see thar little lines were
becfnnfrg TO trace themselves on
Fay's wellspoWdered face. Her
eyes were large ana bright with
drink. and above them struggled
lock of her touched up hair.
Something, perhaps the bleached
hair, had begun 10 give Fay q
common look. She did not look
like 3 nice woman. IN spite of
her costly white clothes and her
string of real pearls.
s.This. thought Peggy looking
4at her. this Is what happens %
woman who nnarries without
love- It l1ardens her, coarsens
her.
And an at once she was tire.
naeRdOusly sorry for Fay. FOR Il
Fay had money. she had nothing
else. You could see that BY her
face. It was filled with great
loneliness and restlessness. The
empty green eyes seemed always
I'd be looking for something that
they never found. these DAYS.
I'm going back to the iI1E1
Fay, Peggy said gently. and took
one of her freckled. jeweI-crusted
hands hi her own rfngIess one.
I've got to get back to the baby.
Aunt Agony'I have tit IL
leave her alone with him. You
people 20 ahead and have your
celebration an the same. won't
you ~
The man named BiIl got out Of
the car and stood in the sunlight
and shook hands with her VIII
you believe me e / selI you that
I've enjoyed seeing you today
more than I've enjoyed anything
for q long tiTne2 Will you believe
it?n His eyes were serious
Peggy laughed family No,
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his living, q quest which seemed
to lead nowhere. Occasionally he
thought he had a clue. Always it
proved to be dud.
He appealed to the police and
they helped him all they could.
He advertised. and his advertise
ment brought him none OF the re-
plies he sought. Yet he never
ceased in his search.
Once his efforts were almost
crowned with success He discoy-
cred place where he believed he
had at one time worked The con-
Germ had changed hands and all
the employees were new save one.
This one, an old fellow, scratched
his head.
Sure i know you. he said.
You used TO be here. used to
see you around. But dang it.
don't seem to remember what you
did. Nor your name for that mat
ter"
do you remember what YEAR,"
asked Jerry, refusing to give up
hope.
The ancient one shook his head
NO" he said. II can't say. My
lnemory's not what it once was.
This clue went to the discard
with all the others when Jerry
could learn no more.
Again he advertised and again
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An Intriguing and Thought Compelling
Story Of the Love Affairs Of
Modern Young Woman.

!. I'm afraid / can't believe that,
she said, but while she was say-
ing Il something told her that the
man really meant what he said.
She stood III the nliddle Of the
sIn-kaked pavement and watched
the blue torpedo Of 4 car dizap-
pear down the road fl hot pursuit
!, sc pleasure that will-o, llissri
that is always just around the
next bend Of the highway
Not for 3 Million DOlIars
Il wouldn't change places with
ray for million dollars : che
thought, as the car became moth.
ing but 4 blue speck in the sunny
distance.
A. she turned into the drive.
way 81 the inn. between the stone
gatepOsts. she heard another car
coming. and stepped onto the erasa
until It should pass.
But It stopped. aid q tall thin
figure ii buster. helmet and SOC
giles got out.
II was Peter WfIk
wen. OF all taingsI What are
YOU doing here2e Peggy cried
and ran toward him with her
hands outstretehed How do YOU
happen to be IN this neck Of the
woOds2'
II came because al your tele.
phone lines are down. I'd been
trying to get You on the wire for
over an hour Peter told her.
Finally ] decided TO drive UP
here for you. figured e
wouldn't take much longer than
to telegraph By the. time they
brought out the message from
the village
whats the matter PeRgy
broke in. Her face had gone
white to the very lips apd she
grasped Peters arm IN both Of
her trembling hands SeI1le-
things happened 70 Ranny
Yes. but nothing much Pc.
ter soothed her ii his deep.
drawing voice. He's eaten
something that's upset him.
.guess Eddie Carter drove him
back home from that trip thev
started on. and this morning he
called me up. He'd been trying
to reach you but couldn't iiaf
do sen snnpose has happened 70
The phone &c the inn9
mo Be Continued Tolnoff0x
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The Story Thus Far

PEGGY STARR been engaged 10 RANDALL PHELPS for
when be asks her to free him because fallen IN love with
& her chum, FAY SHIRLEY.
Peggy give. him the great satisfaction Ct
AUNT AGONY the old mad reared her. Aunt Agony calls
Fanny shftess and lazy and he'll true e
brother
her best friend MISS SARAH WIIIK
Aunt AgOnys opinion of be the for
ana suddenly break their and he marre Peggy
The pair settle down tiny flat that Peggy calls The
and before Ranny with his cafdpayng
agay most q the family funds Then be has second
going tn have baby he leaf and behaves
CARTER marries i'm! es@
Shortly after the birth the babJuney Ranny nick
names him. Ranny back Peggy
music lessons to The household bills Ranny
q love With divorces MRS. JANE BRACKETT for
FL real estate company He that h
her old teacher $3.50 $500
About this MOTHER PHELPS tens peray What d;s.n
olent Rann has been his Father Phelps takes
who married Rannys young sister LOLLY into
SO .Em This aEgeFs RAINY but doesn't him he gives
saange ne clothes he buys when Peggy re-
nm she having hard time keeping house going Oh
out OF the house. - A aAu DaAss nlnssi
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all right now He said 1t slowly
and little uncertainty.
The nurse looked at him close.
~. You're sure?'.
Quite sure. Quite. Only-only
I don't remember
That's al right. A man suf-
fering from shell shock some
times has moments when he
doesn't remember. 1T wouldn t
surprise me IL you were never
to recall the incident which
brought you here
Memory Gone
The puzzled look was still op
his face. He shook his head and
passed hand across his brow.
1T isn't only that. sister. T.
don't remember ai1ytl1ing-any.
thing. Do you understand? T.
know only that I'M here and that
my name is Jerry Peters. But
I'm not sure that that is. my real
name. NY past is a complete
blank.
The nurse continued to smile
sympathetically You'll remenn.
Der everything in a little while.
Let me give YOU cue. You
called me sister Just now. At
one time you must have been
in an English military hospital.
That's what they call the nurses
there. But don't try to think
now. Just rest. Everything will
come back to you in time
She left him then and Jerry lay
staring up to the white ceiling
trying to recall something out OF
his past that would drive away
the sudden terror that had been
born within. him.
WHO was he? What was he?
Little things, bit by bit, began
coming to him: disconnected in
cidents. He remembered vaguely
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who loves a man for his real
worth!
True love is the essence Of mu.
tual interest and admiration.
The safest love at first sight Is
when you look with the minds
eyei
Drawn Is not always power. and
1t takes more than Drawn to make
a really big man. There must be
brain and good character, too!
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a NJ II F. S / A

The quest of findiino out aOlso
re really lUng led 9lolUkere
until at last re heard from
1 girl icho had knoaC1s someone
ike him. But that some one
Uas not heIle wGs still name.
less but
FERRY PETERS slowly opened
5 his eyes and glanced about
: him. He was in bed. one Of
long double row Of beds in a
large, airy. well lighted room.
Coming toward him was woman
& il white uniform He rais4d
himself On one elbow and blinlsed
'Goshs he said to himself.
This Is q hospital. How did ! get
shefe?'.
e Before be could frame IN an
swer the nurse was alongside him.
She was smiling. Feeling bet
! ter2'. she asked.
He nodded mechanically. What
what happened?" he said.
A cop brought you in
Am pinched?' The question
vas shot at her. She was unatle
TO resist 4 laugh.
No. Nothing like that. Blu;
cop brought you in He picked
you up in the street. At first he
II Thought you were drunk. Then
Che knew different. He was III
sstle war himself. So ne synpa.
stlized. =
You see, he found you cllarg-
ling up and down the street with a
hroom handle thinking You, were
fighting the Huns He took y.u.
an charge, but instead of taking
5svOu to the station house, he,
drought you here. But you're
lfall right now"
y Yes" said Jerry Peters. I'm
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Tense Situations Thrilling CIimaxes and the Amours
HOt-Headed Youth Feature This EngrOssing
and Exciting Serial Novel

For in. these days Of .mugging
parties and I.shouid worry morals
men seldom believe that when 4
girl says t.no.s she means mo.
But Peggy always.meant II!
And 50, when the strange man
behind her caught her to him and
planted not one. but many, hard !.
brutal kisses on her soft mouth,
she lost her head completely.
She welt mad with fury for an
instant. End she did an insane
thing.
She braced herself against the
side of the speeding car and hit
him a terrific blow just under his
I ear.
Let me goi,.' she sobbed out.
through cienched teeth. She vas
beside herself with rage.
The unknown Bill let go of her.
He let 20 OF the steering wheel,
too. and if Peggy hadn't seized
1t with lightning quiclxness the
car would have gone tearing into
potato field. AS 1t was, IL
swerved into q fence and struck
there. caught by the barbsd wire.
Back in the rumble seat Fay
was screaming wildly, but when
the car stopped her screams
turned into laughter just as wild.
What do you think this Is, the
Vanderbilt Cup racer she kept
calling to the man. who sat he
side Peggy. But he didn't answer
her. He was sitting perfectly
still in his seat, staring ahead Of
him at the brown stretch Of the
potato field.
DO you realize that you might
have killed us all by doing thar
he asked her-.'by hitting me that
way?''
Peggy IN Tears
He was completely sober now
Peggy only buried her head
deeper in her hands She was
shaking all over and her breath
was coming in big. sobbing gasps.
What did you do 1t for. you
young demon" he went on with
his questions, what did you do II
for2'' He evidently didn't know
just why she had struck him
She raised her head and looked
at him with wet eyes. What did /
you ou--kiss me. for?
The man named Bill didn't an.
swer Ner at once.
He looked 1T her thougnttuiIy
for two or three minutes longer.
az IL he were taking her in or
trying to take her in.
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. handsome heroes described in no.
mances, just as one sees many
handsome men in love with plain.
looking girls who are not at all
the heroines the screen and stage
glorify. 4
] heard some one say of a Ger.
tain well.knoWn screen star that
II he were taller he would he a
great romantic actor instead of a
comedian.
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BY Beatrice Burton
Author Of fIapuer wife =
.sGilded kissess and
.FOOtlOOse,'

s. NooDBY. " Peggy said, holding
out her hand to the man Fay
called Bill It was nice Of You to
come inland see me al q you. (
He took her hand. and then
with q sudden Wild laugh he
picked her up like doll and
dropped her down into his low.
elung car. With 4 swift. cat-like
movement he was beside her and
the car was under way
Kidnapped & she heard him
say. above the noise 81. the motor
ID low gear. And as they swung
between the gateposts of the ne
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Yet when it comes to making
important decisions. big invest
ments or representations. they
stand head and shoulders >above
any taller man present!
The fact that man may not be
tall and handsome like the heroes
of boarding-school misses does not
influence his ability to succeed Sin
business or love with a woman
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By FAY King

A READER writes to ask me il
"A I think a beautiful girl could
fall in love with a little man!
Certainly--why not?
No need to write me and ask
that question, use your own eyes
and look about you!
You see many beautiful girls
very much in love with men. who
do not look q bit like the tall,
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Gould anything be more ridicu.

Could anything be more ridicu.
lous than that argument?
/ suppose IT, Napoleon had been
making movies instead of history
they would have sent him away
without iot because the was not
the type who could be hero,
because he was not tall!
The world Is full of small men
who are so busy doing big things
in a business way that one does
not see them posing around.
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pet. he explained himself.
Most girls feelings are hurt II
you don't want to make love 70
them TEN seconds after YOU meet
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Her frown vas puzzled. what
do you mean-a few OF what
left?'
"A few girls who don't want to
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This Day in History

the anniversary death 1901 of Benedict Arnold
the traitor deliver West Point the
After flight England practically oucast
even among those to whom he sold himself.
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Well he said finally, after |
"a long-drawn whistle, there are
still few Of you left, arsa't
there,
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Age Of the Earth

ACCORDING VgnoIes there are conputa
- tons the Creation date remarkable calculation
that Of Dr. Lghoo who the actual time Of the ceaon
Of st 8 d. m October 81 1904 B. G.