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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08

* Really now there ought to. be raddio sta ton on top of Al Smiths Empire Stat' building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08

Henry Ford the great old-fashioned Amer .ican. is slipping. He's bought a. country, home in England. .. E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
MOTHER

sent 1t. in too late last year.
 MOTHER One word-Mother,
 Compare it with no other. The first word of the infant And the last word. of the brave; {; So tender and fOrgiving, Praise her while she's living, There is no truer friend than
 mother
 From the cradle to the grave.
 Cecilia Connolly,
 3 Pemberton street. GA lovely sentiment Cecilia-The Ed) The man who is head and shoul- ders over everybody else, generally loses his head. Y The toastmaster at banquet is about as funny as the fat lady who happens to be on a diet. and cuts an olive in, half in order not to eat too much.
 o-O-o The man who takes his politics seriously is more to- be pitied than censored.
 Don't forget the Salvation Army drive. Give, what you can, any amount will be appre- \ ciated by those in charge of the campaign. .''...'. 5s o-O-o T The trouble with bedroom slip pers is due to the fact that they're generally worn in the kitchen. TEE, HEB.
 Once they used to sit duncc
 Upon 8 high backed stool. Now they give him. clubs and he
 Plays pasture pool.
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 Papa Waterbury says the trouble with the world to-day is due to the fact that it has too much trouble.
 Times change. Years ago if girl crossed her legs she was considered fast. If she doesn't do it to-day. they think she's slow. It's all in the name. Years ago they called 'em suckers. Now they're known by the more prosaic name of keds.
 Dizzy Dorothy, Waterbury's intellectual idiot, thinks an autograph is Victrola adapt able to automobiles. |tsO-O-o What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury girl who used to carry a parasor so. thes sun wouldn't give her freckles?
 ' o-O-o
 Summer,s here when the last glass of jelly, has been brought from the cellar. o-O-o
 Years ago fat girl liked to get into a bathing suit. Now they like to stay out of one.
 o-O--o
 A soft answer is very often the hardest one person can
 o-O-o
 Who can remember when the Hsqueaking of the front gate brought all the neighbors to. the window?
 o-O--o
 DING, DING They used to kiss in the parlor. With the lights low, she was "It,' Now they neck in dads sedan, With only the tail light lit.
 o-O-o
 Religion and back yard gardens are our best examples of what peo- pie call faith.
 o-O--o
 What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury woman who used to raise sun flowers, dry the seeds and sell them to people who kept canaries? AGENT-"Do you carry accident insurance?" JOHN PUBLIC-"No, I never cross the street unless a cop is al my side." o-O--o
 The man who gets ahead is the man who gets afoot early.
 o--O--o This completes our regular Fri day evening program. It came te you over DBD and was broadcast b, the Waterbury Evening Democrat pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at thi' time, to be back on the air agair tomorrow at the usual hour fol | Saturday broadcasts. 0--OO--- ,..s @ 1 al wI .- lt5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:25 o'clock (daylight saving tme) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08

In commenting recently upon plans for the George Washington bieentennial in l932
 the Waterbury Democrat mentioned the tree
 planting campaign of the American Tree Association. Unfortunately we referred to the organization. which Charles Lathrop Pack heads. as the American Forestry Asso- ciation. We apologize for the mistake. It won't happen again. However. our enthu- siasm for the planting of l0000.000 trees is in no way affected by this error upon ou. part We have always and will always encourage such work, whether it be publicly or privately Waterbury has many fine trees. but it has also lost many fine ones, particu- larly some of our old elms, in the last thirty years. It is high time that we started to re- place them systematically. Some one sug- gested one time that for e~ry tree muniei- pality cuts down it should plant two Any body who chops down tree should feel ufi- der sa moral obligation to- replace it with st
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
Our Villages

Gilbert K Chesterton, the English author and critic. who likes America on the whole. doesn't like our villages. Addressing the Council for the Preservation of Rural Eng land, on his return home from this country, he describes American villages as eyesores. For some reason or other he said, England has got sort of historic expression of its villages This is odd, but true. England rather espe- cialy has created kind of village that looks like refuge. home for human beings; and I searched the United States from one end to the other and never saw anything like that
 'I don't understand those villages When you go into an English village, you have the feeling that although this may be dead hole. yet it is something solid that will endure longer than other things. But in the villages of the United States you feel that the villages are ephemeral. like gypsy eneampments or booths set up at fair
 Americans resenting this criticism probably have not been in England. If they had, they might admit that Chesterton is right. English villages usually have complete. organized look. They are made to live in. All the facilities for small community life are there. The place is probably laid out artistically on clean little stream. and attractively land scaped. yt%f5
 Age is largely responsible for this, but not altogether. You will find scores of the same kind of villages in Canada. The British have gift for it. They settle down and make permanent home, quiet. restful, solid satisfy ing. We mostly throw lot of ramshaekle buildings together. build up and tear down and move things around impulsvely. improv- ing little by little, yet leaving an unfinished look. There is progress, but with it there is clutter and restessness. The English seem to have knack of being calm and comfort able. and giving this character to their towns even while improving them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
Good evening.
 LADY: fYoTG LUCK
.A sMlLEs TAD THING.

sF f4 rU .f. ts ] LADY. LUCK I placed my roll on horse one day. f On Lady Luck. It came in last. I'm sad to say. : On Lady Luck We humbly bow before your shrine. Whether we bet thousand or a
 lowly dime. It's the same, know, in every
 cline, M
 Oh Lady Luck. I tried my hand at a contest grim. ; Oh Lady Luck. Worked till the fading light grew
 dim. <f Oh Lady Luck. And perhaps you'll favor me. we'll see, ,, 7 sses s Luck never has smiled down on Perhaps after all. it's bound to be.
 Oh Lady Luck. I placed my jack on an auto race.
 Oh Lady Luck. The car I picked just made last place.
 Oh Lady Luck. Some folks just seem to get the break, The rest of us sob at the wake, There's one that I'd just love to make s
 Oh Lady Luck. < o-O-o Dear Editor: Please accept this little poem for Mothers day. I sent it in too late last year.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-09
ALASKA ITEMS 0F INTEREST AT THE
 NATIONAL CAPITAL
By w. A. s.1

WASHINGTON, D. c. Noe. 9 -
 Congressman U. w. Douglas of Arizona, was instrumental in Se-- curing a hearing before the Fed eral Tariff Commission on Octo-- Der 28, with respect to 3 tariff on copper. He asked Delegate Wick ersham to attend the hearing in Washington and to render what ever assistance possible. As the Territory of Alaska was particu- larly interested in securing a reasonable price for the copper metal, in oder to stimulate it's production and give a larger number of miners employment in the north. The Delegate was: anxious to do everything possible to stabilize the copper industry When the price of the metal was up to 16 and IS cents per pound. the Kennecott Copper Corp, ship ped out nearly $1,0O0,000 worth of copper per month over it's 196; miles of railroad to Cordova, for steamer shipment to the Tacoma smelter. But with the price cut in half the production has been curtailed and the monthly ship ment nets less than S200,000 with one of the auxiliary mines at La2- touche closed down entirely
 * * < <
 When E. w. Griffin, of Kodiak was in Washington earlier in the month. he expressed a strong hope that a geological survey De made of Kodiak Island, believing that valuable minerals would be- located The Delegate has taken the matter up with the Director of the Geological Survey who gives assurance that it will be discussed, on his return to Wash ington in a few days, with Philip s. Smith, Chief Alaska Geologist- It is desired to have work starteca early next season.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-09
CALI FOR BIDS TO FURNISH TIES

Sealed bids will be received hv The Alaska Railroad up to 100 F. N. on the Third Moas- day in each month for furnishing Standarc3 Mountain Hemlock Cross Ties in lots of 10000 or less. Specifications and other particulSE-s r,av ba obtained from D. W. Metzdorf Gen eral Storekeeper Anchorage, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-09

Special rate on all cleaning ano2 pressing received on Monday. Sew ard Steam Laundry.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-09

Velvet Rugs at J. l.. Graef.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-09

Jungle Ways by Vim. Seabrook, auhtor of the Magic Island" aE the ALASKA SHOP.
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must be 1T to defend himself and help his
friends"
Lord Allenby smiled and quoted again:
StiH amid hte,s roth and trouble
TIDO things stand like stone
Kindness in dnotheTS trouble,
Courage in ones otOn.
Women" he continued, have an obligation
to the nation, too"
What can they do?"
las much as men, came his reply. There
are more women in the world than men. They
have equal and fun civic rights 1t is just as
important for them as for young men to fit
themselves to carry out the duties which lie
before them. They are the future mothers of
the nation Remember that line about the
hand that rocks the cradle rules the world?
Aside from the fact that it is for their in
terests to stop war, the English-speaking ma
lions should show the rest of the world the
path to peace" he continued thoughtfully.
Never to be broken is the bond formed between
America and Great Britain during the last war,
When they learned to know each other better
and admire each other more
America has everything it needs to give the
world a f1ne example, for peace and progress
go hand-in-hand," he said enthusiastically.
ON my visit to America IN 1928" che referred
tohis trip as guest at the American Legion con-
ventionO Il was most impressed by the un-
fortified boundary line between the United
States and Canada-3OOO miles without fort
on 1t. In ITO years not warship has disturbed
the Great Lakes! That Is a most encouraging
factor, OF prime importance to peace.
And throughout the United States, wherever
I went, found sentiment indicating that the
future OF the world is bound up with good
understanding between them and the British
empire" he stressed. IT don't mean we shant
nave squabbles," he said with q quick smile,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

The oldest newspaper file IN the sOOrLd.
The front page Of the first issue Of Rem
GudOt's newspaper.
time hung heavy. So one day he started a
price bulletin with advertisements.
They read like this:
AT one Mr.. Packers, in Crooked Lane next
the Dolphin, are very good lodgings to be let,
where there is a freedom from noise and q
pretty garden"
The London Morning Post started up in 1795.
Daniel Stuart and Samuel Coleridge were its
founders. By 1900 it was a great small ad
medium.
It's founders wisely told the world that want
ads attract readers Circulation Is promoted.
And advertising picks up when q paper has
lots of readers.
Personal ads, used by youths seeking girl
friends were quickly developed.
In America, at the beginning Of the eight
eenth century, John Campbell had started the
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because We are both proud nations and don't
like criticism. When any criticizes us, we
likely to answer back, but that is Of small
matter. Our interests are closely bound to-
gether.
But let us not talk of war any more" he
said with quiet sincerity. IT hate it. I am
man of peace"
JUST then Lady Alenby entered slender,
- gracious-faced still remembered as the
idol of the troops in Egypt when she was its
first lady, for, after the war, Lord Allenby was
temporary High Commissioner of Egypt and
the Sudan.
AS though to indicate where he found respite
from matters military, the great military COM
mander led us out to his birdhouse in the
garden and began animated conversation with
his red-breasted finches, Pekin robins and
crimson-eared waxbills
These are his playmates for several hours
each morning-except when he is off in Scot
land fishing or shooting" Lady Allenby confided.
It is said of Gen. Allenby that for his recrea-
ton in the campaign in the Holy Land he would
leave his maps and go into the fields to study
the birds and wild flowers.
Something in the quick angry chipping of
two robins suddenly made the famous field
marshal turn to Lady Allenby and say: RE
member those nursery rhymes?" Then with a
whimsical SMILE Sc quoted:
Dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God has made them So
Bears and lions gTo1Dl and fight,
For It's their nature to. -
But, children, you should neuer let
Your angry passions rise,
For little hands sDeTe neDer made
To tear each others eyeS.
IN 1tions should remember that" he said,
becoming serious again. civilization is very
young. The human race has not gone very
far, and nations cannot be called grown up
until they give up fighting"
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And wherever they went they carried the
potent little want adj
Everybody used them. Even George Wash
ington knew that it was the quickest way of
selling his Western lands.
He inserted an advertisement in the Mary
land and Baltimore Adviser, on August 20,
1773. After that he used regular series OF
them. The Pennsylvania Gazette" carried one
on September %, 1773 The Pennsylvania
Packet used it on April 81, 1874, and the
Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette"
February 20, 1896.
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StramgeJEnongh, the
Frenchman Who
MOented WantAdS
in 1851 Also Ran
the First Pa zVn
Shop.

An adj inserted in various colonial netUs-
papers by George Washington, UI,O had
some land to sell.
1t didn't have one. Neither did England Over
in Germany single sheets had been published.
China had the Picking Gazette, which had had
1000 years Of uninterrupted publication.
On the night Of May 20, 1851, Renaudot, with
the aid of one man, produced his first paper.
The sheets were hung to dry on cords stretched
around the room. Early the next morning the
publisher took the sheets and delivered one set
to Louis XIII, one to Richelieu
[ E told the public that the paper contained
] hot news"
It was two months old, since it had to come
to Paris by letter. Nobody had heard any Of
it, though, SO it stin had news value
This is the way the stories ran:
1.-The Shah Of Persia is waging war on his
bers of them to death with the smoke Of the
weed"
THE classified ads much more Interesting
to the people of Paris. They scanned the
column eagerly:
Wanted; House In Any Part of Paris -.
At Any Price"
"Dromedary for sale. No reasonable offer re-
fused"
BY the time Renaudot's paper was three years
old the classified ad column the most i'm
portant phase of the paper.
Then, in 1892, after Shakespeare had writ
ten his plays and been buried in Westminster
Abbey, John Houghton, an apothecary who had
a little shop in London, where he sold coffee
and tea and chocolate, got the same idea
On the side he reviewed books. Still the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

Boston News Letter" It was want ad stuff.
America had never tried it before.
The third number of the paper, dated May
to 8. 17o4, had one item offering a reward
for the capture of thief. Somebody else was
trying to locate some mems linen and wooden
apparel stolen from the house of James Cooper.
A third man had real estate to sell. All to-
gether, the three occupied four inches of space
in a single column
Papers started to gain Roadway.
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COON servants decided that If the clergy could
- get jobs by advertising they could, too.
Housewives made up their minds that the
same method that brought a priest ought to
bring cook. People who lost articles also
followed the general trend of advertising
The principal station was the middle aisle Of
St Pauls Cathedral in London Seamstresses
especially, went there to wait for some one to
hire them, and there was a special pillar where
sewing men waited until somebody who wanted
a suit hailed them into service
Theophraste Renaudot came along with his
new idea about 1880
Renaudot, who was born in 1886, at Loudun-
Poitu, France, started out to be a doctor. at
the age Of 20 he had graduated IN medicine.
But his interests were varied.
He conducted travel tour, operated the
first pawn shop in France, a drug store, and
free medical clinic. Besides that he wrote
book called "A Treatise on the Poor" and
served as historian to the king In addition,
he ran sort of job agency.
The king was delighted with the young
physicians book that he promptly put him
In charge Of q gigantic relief work Paris
needed help. It was filed with disease. The
religious wars had just ended and soldiers and
adventures came drifting in every day.
One day Renaudot had an idea
IF some one wants to work, and some one
to employ, some one wants to sell and some one
wants to buy, both must be supplied with the
address of the other with the least expense
and loss Of time" he said.
He proceeded to open an Office, sonnUWha& on
the order of modern employment bureau.
he decided that France needed newspaper.
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that there nave always peen
~ want ads at their disposal.
" Few of them ever stop to won
der how the custom started, but
just recently it was discovered that want ads
were really Paris fashion Three hundred
years ago man named Theophraste Renaudot
started the custom. France has been celebrat-
ing his anniversary this year, and other coun-
tries have Joined M
But even sRenaudot had to go back several
thousands of years for his ideas.
Want ads had their beginning long before
Caesar conquered Gaul. The Romans had no
newspapers. They could get along very well
without knowing the latest scandal between
Mark Antony and Cleopatra. But they realized
that it would be mighty fine thing to have
some method of spreading the news when they
had houses for rent CT sale.
They started the custom of smoothing off
and whitening place on the wall Of the house
for written announcements or sculptured in
scriptions.
That helped little. Not enough, though.
People, hunting available houses, were quite
Likely to miss street where an ad waited to
be read.
Public walls were set aside and used as adj
vertiSing stations for those who had houses to
rent. The wall read much like a current CLASH
fed ad column.
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BY HELEN WELSHIMER.

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The Washington times., 1931-01-24

a new carburetor>si1encer contributes to
quieter operation at all speeds.
In addition, new grace and beauty have
been added toO Oldsmobile distinctive appear
ance. Refnements in design give special en-
phasis oOldsmobile' long, low, heet~lool1ing
lines. And smart new tailoring and appoint
ments add to the attractiveness and luxury
of the new Fisher body interiors.
Contributing still further to the desira>
bihty of the newO Oldsmobile is its remark
The Washington times., 1931-01-24

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The Washington times., 1931-01-24

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\W& it gathers speed rapidly-and it is
unusually fast on the road.
This finer all~round performance is the
result of several important new features
which have been added to Oldsmobile's
dependable engine. Chief among these is new
down~draft carburetion-thes source of in
creased power, higher speed, and faster accel>
Grafton. Also, a newly~designed cranl1shaft~
balancer assures unusual smoothness. And
The Washington times., 1931-01-24

able ease of control. The famous S Syncro>Mesh
transmission-a feature heretofore found
only in higher priced cars-permits silent
shifting through all gears . . from low into
second, from second to high, and from high
back to second, as desired. And new Quiet
Second Gear, added to OAdsmobile's Syncro~
Mesh transmission, assures smooth, swift
acceleration which rivals high gear perform
ance in quietness.
Examine these and other impoEtant new
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-02
Ohio, and had been engaged in farming near Fairbanks for about 12 years.

A record pilot balloon run was recently made at the Fair. banks weather bureau station. Starting with a calm at the surface, easterly winds of less than 25 mines per hour were found at a height of about z miles. It was followed to 14.3 miles two hours and two min utes after commencing the ob- servation. At this elevation the wind was found to be blowing from the northeast at the rate of 574.5 miles per hour. It is believed that this is consider ably the highest sounding that has been made in the upper air by pilot balloon, as well as the highest wind velocity recorded any place.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-02
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 The Hyder Weekly Herald
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-02

M. H. Kirkpatrick, about 60 years of age, and oldtimer of the North committed suicide a few days ago at Nenana by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. No mo- tive is known for the deed. He was a brother of Tom Kirk patrick, we'll known by the eraly day residents of Dawson.
 Charles w. Shipley, one of the prosperous farmers of the Tanana Valley, died recently in the hospital at Fairbanks, after a brief illness. He was 69 years of age, native of
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-05-02

The wooden passenger steam CT Humboldt, probably the most famous ship afloat in the Pacific waters of the Unite6 States, has made her last voy- age in the coastwise trade be- tween San Pedro and San Francisco, and is now report ed to be ready to join the "Hol. lywood Navy" according to the Pilot News of San Pedro, which means that she will enc her days in motion picture work. The Humboldt figured prominently in the Klondike gold rush of 1898. Later she carried thousands of miners tc and from the gold fields ot Alaska. Since 1897 she has been in the coastwise service between the two principal ports of California. In all she has seen 35 years of constant service, without serious mis- hap. The veteran Captain Baughman has been her mast CT for the past 34 years.