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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Life in Middle Ages
Miserable for Most

The average expectation of life
today 5S-was probably between 25
and 80 in the Middle ages. We have
no idea today what vast luxury then
was a bit of food, fire and drink, shell
ter and bed, even such poor things
as they were. The pathetic masses of
humans were so indescribably miser-
able that we have almost no perspec-
tive on them today. Picture them, liv.
ing in low thatched huts without ven
tilation, the earth for a floor. When
this floor got too filthy new layer
of rushes was laid down on the top of
the old filth, until the layers of twenty
years festered there, alive with ver-
min, foul with refuse. Those who
could afford it wore leather clothes !;
the lower masses wrapped themselves
with straw. For food they ate peas,
black bread, fern roots and the bark
of trees. Only one-half of them ever
tasted fresh meat, and the other half
ate meat only once a week. A hole
in the roof drained off some of the
smoke. The house servants-miser-
able creatures, earning 80 shillings q
year and shoes-went about nearly
naked, such garments as they had be-
ing utterly filthy, and slept on the vile
rush floor at night. Men were old at
forty and women even eariier.-J.
George Frederick, in the New Age
Illustrated
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Genius of HoIbein
Recognized by King

When Hans Holbein, the celebrated
portrait painter, went to England, he
became favorite of King Henry
VIIl who took him into his service,
and paid him salary of two hundred
horinS year.
One day, 1t is said, a nobleman
called upon Holbein when the latter
was very busy, painting from life.
Holbein sent message asking to be
excused the honor of the visit for
that day. The nobleman, highly of
Tended, walked straight upstairs and
broke open the door of the studio. At
this, Holbein also lost his temper, and
aimed blow at the intruder which
sent him from the top of the stairs to
the bottom. When his passion had
cooled down, the artist realized his
danger, and wisely went at once to
the king, to whom he told the story
of the quarrel. Shortly afterward,
the nobleman made his appearance,
clamoring for vengeance. Henry made
Holbein apologize, but the angry peer
declared that nothing but the offend
er's death would content him. Where
upon Henry replied, "You have not
now to deal with Holbein, but with
me. Whatever harm You do him shall
rebound tenfold on your own head.
Whenever I please, l can make seven
lords out of seven plowmen, but of
seven lords could not make one Hol-
bein."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Pride in His job

The workman is putting something
of his personality into every job on
which he works. He does this uncon
sciously, whether he Wills it or not
The individuality of the craftsman is
seen in the blueprint, even before one
recognizes his signature. The person
ality of the machinist is seen in the
file marks and the chisel prints. Ev
cry worker in wood, iron or stone az
leather or cloth puts something OF
himself into his task. You may have
rules regarding spaces and margins
but the personality of the stenogra
pher is seen in the typewriter sheet
All of which should induce every
worker to take pride in his particular
craft or job, whatever it may be. And
the way in which a man works-what
ever may be the tool marks of his pro
fession-will also reveal his spiritual
qualities.-Charles Stelzle in FORBES
Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Great French Writer
Hod Odd CuDersi ton

Emile Zola. the French writer, had
a mania for counting Pierre Var
Paassen relates, in the New York
Evening World He was extremely
restless and his nerves completely
dominated him, so he could not have
minute without some mental occu
patton. Even when he was stroline
about the streets his nerves forced
him to count his steps and to count
everything he saw, the trees he
passed, the dogs he encountered on ii
walk, the number of carriages that
passed him, the windows in the house
opposite his own, the street lamps. th,-
number of men and the number of
women.
Curiously enough Zola, who is gen
orally taken as one of the most en-
lightened spirits Of his time, noted
down all these figures, divided them
multiplied them and added them to
discover if by chance they would re
veal some number that he considered
lucky.
Zola was as happy as a child if he
discovered figure that he thought
would bring him luck, and after q
mornings stroll over the Paris boul
evards set to work with gusto. The
other way around, if his calculations
did not produce ii lucky number, he
grew morose and mournful and coulC
not write a line the rest of the day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
American Children as
Frenchn,an Sees Them

American children are 'insou-
GIANTS open-minded and gay" so
writes noted observer in Comoedia,
a Paris paper, after a visit to the
United States. "They work without
effort, that is to say, very little. They
only learn the indispensable. In the
big cities many streets are reserved
for them and their plays. They are
safe from the life-crushing jugger-
nauts of modern traffic. At the age of
twelve an American child upholds his
own opinion against that of his par
ents and opposes his reactions to
their reactions They are treated and
addressed as if they were adults. At
fifteen they go out to earn a living,
without losing their insouciance and
their gayety. They will have known
neither laziness, nor Incidence. And
they will die without having noticed
that they have lived. Quietness and
retreat in the eventide Of life, prep
aration for death; those are unknown
things in country where death is
but an Insignificant detail" l."-Pierre
Van Paassen, In the Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Daddy on Fire

Little Mildred ran into the house
the other day and screamed: "Oh.
mother, | just saw daddy on fire"
son fret" the startled mother cried
and Mildred vigorously nodded her
head.
After a maternal discrimination
it turned out that Mildred had passed
the barber shop and saw a barber
applying matches to her fathers hair
She had run all the way home to tell
mother and save daddy's life.
When father came home few min
utes later he was surprised at the af.
fectionate greeting Of his little daugh-
ter, who was delighted to see that he
had escaped from the fire. fend alive,
-philadelnhia Record
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06

a great deal of effort, even involving
the raising of necessary funds for
the advertising and incidental ex-
'penses, managed to get it on the
statute books. The next step was to
get the actual drafting of the build
ing code under way.
"At the very outset of their delib-
erations they recognized the draft
ing of such code required the serv-
ices of an expert. They contracted
with man of national renown in
city planning, zoning and preparing
of building codes.
"The code upon presentation was
considered by the commission in de-
tail and certain additions and altera-
tions were made. Most careful con-
sideration was given that part of the
code pertaining to the proper admin
istration and reinforcement of same.
"a building code no matter how
good is of no effect unless its provi-
sions are enforced.
"No one man can look after the
administration and endorsements of
this code any more than can one po-
liceman afford adequate protection of
the citizens of Hamilton.
"When a citizen takes out a build
ing permit, he should feel assured
the fee he pays for his building per-
nit is a guarantee that he is pro-
tected in his right to get the kind of
building specified by the building
code. This can only be done by prop
er inspection and by person COM
petent to make that inspection.
"Any change in the administration
part of the code that would trend to-
ward a lax enforcement would null
lify all the work the building COM
mission has done in the past few
wears, and the code would become
a dead letter.
eve, therefore, earnestly urge up
on you to go slowly in the changing
of any portion of the code, as we feel
assured that it will be serious mis-
take to do So"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
CARPENTERS UNION
Protests Against Change In
Building Code in Letter
To City Council

In letter to city council, Carpen-
ters and Joiners' Local Union No. 637
enters a strong protest against any
change in the proposed building code
as originally offered. Following is the
letter:
To the Honorable City Council,
Hamilton, Ohio.
Gentlemen:
eve desire to call your attention
to the fact, that the union carpenters
of this city were the first to take
definite steps toward the requirement
of a new building code for the city
of Hamilton.
During the administration of
Mayor Kelly, Local Union No. 689,
Carpenters and Joiners, sent COM
mittee to place before the city coun-
ell certain facts, relative to the erec-
ton of homes for our citizens
''The city council, recognizing the
need to remedy the conditions COM
planned of, took steps toward the ap-
pointment of committee of citizens
to draft new building code. The
names of that committee appear on
the records of the proceedings of the
city council.
"You will note that it is composed
mostly of persons identified with the
building profession-contract and
artisans of all building crafts, an
architect, lawyer, the secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, and rep
resentative of the city council at that
time. Surely a well bananced COM
mission to carry out the work.
"The commission recognized the
first need for the proper functioning
of building code was zoning ordi-
nance to go hand in hand with the
building code.
"They, therefore, revised the zon-
ing ordinance, which had beer
drafted some years before and after
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
TRADES COUNCIL

The COOPERATIVE Trades and Labor
Council met Tuesday night in regular
session. President Lester Long pre-
sided, and thirty delegates were pres
ent.
Communication from the union label
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor, in which the ex-
ecutive board states that following
the usual custom of the past five
years, they have selected the period
from August 27 to September 8, in
elusive, for an extensive campaign in
the interest of the union label, shop
card and button. They request that
we name committee to assist in
the campaign. The communication
was received and ordered complied
with.
Bakers report National, Holland,
krug and Mt. Healthy bakeries prod
ucts unfair.
Molders report Holland and Will
hanson furnaces unfair.
Polishers report Hillerich' & Brad
ley Co., manufacturers of Louisville
Sluggers baseball bats unfair.
Clerks report Reed-Klopp pnfair,
and the painters report Valley Ice
Company unfair. The Milk and Ice
Cream Drivers Union report that the
Eagles will use unfair ice cream at
their picnic July 4th. Electrical
workers report Wente and Foster are
unfair to them.
The delegates of the Woman's
Union Label League report that they
are growing in membership slowly
but surely.
1t was moved and seconded that the
legislative committee meet every Fri
day night at 7:30 p. m. up until cleo
ton. Carried
Delegates of the stage employees re-
port that they will give a benefit
euchre party for Brother George Shu-
Ter in the auditorium. The council
on motion purchased $1,000 worth of
tickets.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
SENATOR GOODING DEAD

GOODING, Idaho.-United States
Senator Frank Gooding died at his
home here. He was governor of Idaho
during the trial of Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone, who were acquitted of
the assassination of Governor Steuen-
berg December 80, 1905.
Senator Gooding was member of
the Senate subcommittee that recent
ly visited the Pittsburgh coal strike
area. He aided in bringing to light
the reproachful conditions in that
section.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
SHIPSTEAD ROUTS REDS
IN MINNESOTA PRIM ARIES

DULUTH, Mimi, Senator Ship
stead overwhelmed Communist oppo-
sition in the statewide primary for
nomination.
This county is the seat of Commun-
ist strength in Minnesota, but the red
ticket was defeated by more than
1000.
The Reds agree with reaction that
Senator Shipstead is unfriendly to
them-which is true.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
MACHINE COAL LOADING
is DISPLACING LABOR

WASHINGTON.-M Machine loading
of bituminous coal is spreading in the
United States, according to the Bu-
reau of Mines. Incomplete reports
for this year indicate rapid progress
in the installation of machines. 1t is
estimated that 60 per cent of the load
ing is by automatic processes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
REVISION OF WEIGH PAY
REFUSED BY M'CARL

WASHINGTON- Comptroller Gen
eral McCarl refused the request of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes that he revise his interpreta-
tion of the Welch salary act, passed
by the recent congress.
The Federal employees claim that
McCarl's Interpretation is unfair and
that S6,000,000 less than congress in
tended is lost to government workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
A TIGHT FIT

They were planning their new
house.
Il don't fancy that breakfast nook
idea," he told her.
"Why not?" she inquired. tits the
thing nowadays, you know"
swell, one of our clerks was late
at the office this morning and he re-
ported it was because he ate an extra
bit of toast and couldn't get out of
the breakfast nook"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
FILM CENSORSHIP LEGAL

ALBANY, N. Y.,-State censorship
of movie pictures has been upheld by
the appellate division of the supreme
court. The law empowers the author
tiles to issue licenses to pictures "un-
less it or portion of the same is OBJ
scene, indecent, immoral or sacri-
legious or of such character that it's
exhibition would tend to corrupt NOR
ais or incite crime"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
High Return Price

Green with newspaper)-I see here
where one of Charles Lambs letters
sold lately for $3.50. Some price for
letter
Gayboy-That's not so much. l
once paid more than that for letter
| wrote myself.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
A Good Enough Reason

Applicant-The only reason | left
my last job was because | was asked
to do something | didn't like.
Prospective Employer-That's in
teresting. What was it?
Applicant-Well, if you must know,
it was to look for another position.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
TUo Varieties

The Man With an Artistic Soul
Were all the people you met there
artistic?
Sweet Young Thing-Some of them
were, but some were quite nice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Heredity

Editor believe that youngster of
ours is cut out for my profession.
His Wife-Why so, dear?
Editor-Eyerything he gets his hand
on he throws into the wastebasket.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06

"Jim was perfectly at home at the
banquet"
"Why, he didn't have a word to
say"
well, that's being perfectly at home
for him
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Notions for Him

Applicant have a world of
Imagination, sir, and
The Boss-Fine I'll put Tou to
work at the notions counter
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
The Graper Crime

States Attorney-Do you think we
can convict him Tor that bank job?
Assistant-No, but | think we can
get him for running past that stop
signal after the robbery.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
Idealization

My candidate is honest, good and true
And very generous and kind
seldom meet him. I confide to you
1 make him up from my own mind
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-07-06
More Graft

$50 Binks has a new money-mak-
ing scheme. What is 1t this timer"
'He plans getting the checking con-
cession for hats in the political ring"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-08
Averting a Calamity
pudding.

Trainmen and employers on the western railroads.
of the United States, who have been engaged III
wage controversy for than year, no douot VIII
accept one of the three proposals for settlement
submitted by the Presidents emergency board.
Although the tribunal to which the dispute finally
was referred by President Coolidge is without power
to enforce it's findings the whole structure OF tne
railway labor act under which the board was ap-
pointed is based on spirit of Cancellation and CO.
operation between and managers.
Having carried the controversy through all the
stages of mutual debate, arbitration medlation ana
presidential negotiations the very Of the act
would be set at naught were either party to refuse
TO conform to the emergency boards recommends
tiorfS
Those who have followed the course of the wage
dispute and have noted constantly how small the
appeared to be Which separated the roads and the
workers. will agree with the emergency board in say
ing
1t is difficult to see why this controversy should
have arrived at stage where it could not be settled
by mutual negotiations. AT one stage or another Of
ong-protracted dispute the carriers have offered
81 per increase with change in rules; and at
one stage or another the employees have expressed
willingness to accept 7 per cent increase with no
change in rules.
'The difference between those offers expressed in
cents per basic day. amounts to from to cents a
day The board regards this difference as too small
to justify an interruption of transportation in the ter
rItory affected"
However it is to the credit of the two sides to the
dispute involving $4,000 tranmen and conductors and
so per cent of the countrys total steam mileage that
the questions at issue had been reduced minimum
before coming before the emergency board
The averting of threatened disruption of trans
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-08
Reason

XKTELL, it's all over now. OPP
w ponents can be friends
again; candidates can take their
hands out of circulation; telegraLn
poles can take off their pictures;
newspapers can stop quarreling;
prophets can stop reading the palm
of the future; losers can wheel
winners round the block; whisper
ing squads can talk out loud; SPELL
binders can park their hot stuff;
those who were elected can prepare
to save the country and those who
we're defeated can prepare to go
into the insurance business.
n
It's a tough break for Uncle Sam
that Captain c. B. Collyer, flying
meteor de luxe, should crash to his
death in an Arizona canyon, and
not one single bandit of the hun
dreds, burning up the pixies of the
United States, end his striped career
in the ditch
Our political losers should read
how soviet Russia clamps Trotsky,
former high mogul, into exile, and
console themselves with the thought
chat it might be worse.
Il
If we did business like the Bolshe-
visits, Hoover's crowd Immediately
would Danish Al Smith to the petri-
fled forest, while RaSkob would
probably wind up an exile in the
Utah desert
n -
It's not square for MuSsolini to
paste a blanket tax on italian
bachelors without making an eff
fort to learn whether there may be
extenuating circumstances.
In all cases where gentlemen have
been given the gate by their ladies,
the ladies should pay the tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-08

in blood. But drifting between them little rod
like things. They looked like little sticks
Some of them were very short. But others were
joined together that they formed long slender
threads.
Other experimenters had seen these threads Pas
teur and other investigators had them in France
Pasteur was positive that they were microbes which
caused the disease Of anthrax Most scientific Of
the day laughed at the idea for they by
convinced that microbes disease.
decided to find out if the little rodlke things
were the cause of anthrax
So he got trap full Of live mice Then he took
clean splinter Of wood and dipped it into drop Of
blood from which had died of anthrax, drop
Of blood which the microscope revealed to be full of
the rod-like things.
took of the mice, made tiny scratch with
a knife the mouses tail and with the splinter of
wood put a bit of the blood from the dead COW into
the scratch.
He put the mouse in a cage by itself.
The next day the mouse was dead Furthermore, it
showed all the characteristics of animal which had
died from anthrax
Koch cut open the dead mouse. He put drop Of
its blood under the microscope. Like the original drop
from the COW, it was swarmng with rod-ke things.
Koch was positive now that the rod-like things
were living microbes which caused the dread disease of
anthrax.
But good experimenter that he was, he was not
satisfied He felt that he must actually the rod
like things grow and increase in numbers to be posi-
tive. So he set about to devise new experiments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-08
Breaking the South

Mr.. Hoover is really being
credited with more glory than he
deserves. The only way we truth
fully could speak of the south as
solid Since the Civil war, was by
constantly letting it shrink In 1896
for instance, the solid south" in
cluded fourteen states - Maryland
Virginia, the two Carolinas, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Tennessee and Kentucky -
but in that immemorial year of
"16 to l" and the front porch cam
paign," William Mckinley carried
Kentucky by 281 and Maryland by
more than 100000
The headlines that greeted his
success looked much as they DO to-
day. "Smashes the solid south" we
read in the cold, gray dawn.
Eight years later, Colonel Roose-
welt made another dent when he
carried Maryland by forty-nine
votes and Missouri by $4,000.
In 1920 Harding dealt smashing
blow to the solid south" tradition
by carrying Maryland, Missouri,
Oklahoma and Tennessee.
-Four years later, though failing
to match this record, President
Coolidge carried Kentucky, Mary
land and Missouri.
Only by reducing the number Of
states to ten, were we able to retain
solid south" for this election, and
if we retain it for the next one, it
appears as though we would have
to reduce the number to six
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-08
DAUL POLLARD. student of De-

DAUL POLLARD, student Of De-
4 PAW university, got into dis
pute with his teacher by defending
evolution, after which he gave
strong support to the theory OF his
descent from monkey by leaving
the university and enlisting in the
United States army.
n n
The people of Whitesburg, KY,
are putting on airs because the
whiskers of their aged fellow citizen,
Isaac Fields, are turning black after
having been white for fifty years.
This is no miracle at all; Uncle
Ike simply. has been following the
ladies to the red front drug store.
n
Reading that the Lincoln park
zoo of Chicago just has bought a
porcupine from Wisconsin causes
one to wonder whether it's the same
one that has been handing its qutlls
TO the Republican party for the last
twenty-five years.
We don't feel half the sympathy
for the defeated candidates that we
do for the farmers of the United
States.
Hoover and Smith have been play
ing the banjo under agriculturists'
window every night since June, and
now there won't be any more love-
making for four long years!