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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Ride In Sleeping Cars
Once Not So Pleasant

There was q time when trains
were crude and even sleeping car
equipment was far from what il was
made later, according to railroad
employees magazine. In the early
days Of the sleeping car, journey
on one was regarded as hazardous
undertaking, and medical journal
Of that period carried this bit of
advice for those intending to "sleep
on the cars"
For men, a light cap, one that
will cover the ears, so as to serve
as nightcap, will be desirable.
In cold weather, a wooden cap is
best. This cap should be put on as
soon as the car is entered. A loose
blouse should take the place of the
coat usually worn. If there is a
draught in the car, face it; do not
let it strike the back. Have the bed
made with the head toward the en-
CINE; the dust will then be driven
to the foot where it will do the least
harm. But be sure to have suf-
ficient quantity OF bedclothes TO keep
warm.
"A soft, loose-knit wooden hood is
the best headwear for women; this
should be worn at night also. II
should be warmer in winter than in
summer months. The corsets should
be removed at night and a loose
wooden wrapper worn for the night
dress. The stockings supporters,
as well as every constructing band
around the waist, should be
loosened. Every adult should take
from five to ten grains of quinine
on going to bed. 1t will be well to
rub the hands, feet, face and neck
with little vaseline at the same
time"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
REGARDING SECURITY

Question: In general. what are the
effects of the amendments On the old
age insurance provisions of the social
security act?
Answer: They expand the system
for payment of benefits to individual
workers into an insurance system for
the protection of both the worker and
his family.
Question How is this done
Answer: BY providing for the earlier
payment uf benefits; for the payment
of more liberal benefits To those now
nearing the retirement age. to: for ex-
tension Of supplementary benefits 10
wives and dependent children; and for
monthly benefits To survivors.
Question: Is there change in the
tax rate which was included in the
original old-age insurance program:
Answer: Yes The tax rate remains
at one per cent for the next three
years, starting January l, 1910. The
emplOye will contribute one per cent
of his wages covered under the old
age insurance system and the employer
will be taxed like amount.
Question: When do monthly benefits
begin under the Old-age insurance plan
as now amended?
Answer: Benefits are payable begin
ming January l, 1910 The original act
provided for the beginning Of these
payments in 1912.
Question: To whom will monthly
benefits be paid?
Answer: The amendments have
brOadened the plan TO take into con-
sideration the security Of the family
unit. In addition 10 benefits paid the
retired worker the law now provides
monthly supplementary benefits for his
wife. if she is 10. and for his depend
ent children under Is.
Question What other survivor bene-
fits are provided?
Answer: There are now monthly
survivors benefits for aged widows ;
dependent children, widows with such
children in their care; and for depend
emf parents of workers who die.
Question: Are there estimates of the
number of persons who will receive
benefits under the new provisions for
old-age and survivors insurance, start
ing in 1910?
Answer: There is an estimate, and
nf course 1t is only an estimate; that
approximately $4,000 persons may be
ON the benefit rolls by the end Of 1910.
This assumes there will be about 49,,
GOO primary old-age insurance benefi-
ciaries that is persons 50 Or older who
are fully insured in their own right /;
some 125.OOO wives and 10000 widows
over s. years old; $4,000 young wi
dows with dependent children; and
10000 dependent parents
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Daisy, or Marguerite

Daisy C'day's eye') is Anglo
Saxon in origin. 1t is, Of course, a
flower name, notes Florence A.
Cowles in the Cleveland Plain Deal
er. Sometimes it is used as nick
name for Marguerite, but that is be-
cause marguerite is the French
word for daisy. as well as for pearl.
(The pearl meaning is older, so
the flower may have been called
marguerite by the French because it
is of a pearl-like whiteness-a floral
pearl, in fact.) Daisy is also some
times used as a nickname for the
Assyrian name Hadassah, meaning
a star" But it is often given as
a name by itself, without any other
connection.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Thieves BUSY
DURING WEEK

William Smelter Of Horse Island
complained to the local police that
while his car was parked in Wyan-
dotte the night Of August 81, spare
tire and wheel. and set Of seat covers
were stolen from it, valued at $65.
Malcolm Van Wyck, 32131 Trueman
road, route No. l, lockwood, says that
his car was stolen from Labadie street
near the All Metal Products Company.
where he il employed. He says the
doors were locked, but not the igri-
ton, As the switch was broken. The
car was recovered the same morning
about 8 o'clock by Officers Thomas and
Witt at Baumey and Electric and driv-
en- 10 the station. Some keys were
found on the seat After getting his
car, the owner discovered the heater
stolen. Whoever stole the car broke
window on the drivers side.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
One-Time Papal Throne
Is a Ma0nif1cent Palace

High above the strong, swift tide
of the Rhone, at Avignon, in south
ern France, there stands the Palais
des Papes, the most magnificent
and imposing structure of its kind
in the world. 1t was built in the
Fourteenth century, mostly during a
period of Is years. The walls are
Is feet thick.
There are 80 towers to the Palais
des Papes, and this huge Roman
esque edifice, part of it merging
into the fortress-chapel guarding the
famous Pont d. Avignon, land the
road to the Mediterranean, incident
ally,) reigning proudly over the
beautiful Rhone valley with its YER
dant, fertile plains, makes the tur-
bulent days of medieval France
seem real, relates writer in the
Los Angeles Times.
Avignon is within a few miles of
the French Riviera and accessible
to the many medieval Roman towns
of southern France, all of which
present never-ending pleasure to
the traveller.
The building of the Palais des
Papes was really begun by Bene-
dict XII and finished Is years later
by Innocent vi, after Clement VI
had added the beautiful conclave
gallery, the Pontifcal chapel and
the audience chamber, as well as
rebuilding the church of his former
abbey, La Chaise Dieu, in the Forez
mountains. Here he also built his
own magnificent monument.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
20-67O


STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of
Wayne-SS. At session of the Pro-
bate Court for said County of Wayne.
held al the Probate Court room in the
City Of Detroit, on the twenty-fifth
day Of August in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
Present Thomas G.. Murphy, Judge Of
Probate. In the matter Of the estate Of
LEO OLCZAK, deceased. Frank Ole
Yak, administrator of said estate. hay-
ing rendered to this Court his first
and final account in said matter and
filed Herewith his petition praying
that the residue of said estate be as
signed TO the persons entitled thereto.
Ii is ordered, that the tenth day of
October, next at ten o'clock in the fore
noon before Judge Joseph A. Murphy,
at said Court room be appointed for
examining and allowing said account
and hearing said petition. And it is
further ordered, that a copy of this
order be published three successive
weeks previous to said time of hearing
in the Wyandotte Herald, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County
OF Wayne.
THOMAS c. MURPHY,
"a true copy
JACOB w. HENOLK.
Deputy Probate Register. 3Jw3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Dumb rs n DOdO'

If anything is 'as dead as dodo,"
it's really dead. The fightless fowls,
larger than turkeys, were once
found on only three islands in the
Indian ocean-Mauritius, Reunion,
and Rodriguez. They were first
spotted about 1900 and were extinct
$50 years later, killed by rats, pigs,
and dogs brought to the islands by
colonizers. The expression, "dumb
as dodo," hits the: spot, too. On
their isolated islands, says the
Washington Post, they, had never
been troubled by enemies and when
man came and started killing them,
the others were just too dumb to
hide. They'd walk right up to a
man and wait to be hit over the
head.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
It's the Spanish Main

Originally Venezuela and Colon
bia, in the northern part of South
America, constituted the Spanish
Man," meaning mainland. In
England the sea is frequently called
the bounding main and as Eng
land spread its government over
many of the West Indies the Carib-
bean sea came to be known as the
Spanish Main. 1t is generally
spoken of as such.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Mediterranean the Great Sea-

There is only one sea that has been
contemporary with all history. The
Mediterranean has been 1.-THE great
sea" ever since the dawn of civili-
cation The ancient nations that
ruled the waves-the Phoenicians,
Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans and
Venetians-were all Mediterranean
peoples Nearly everything we
boast of in this age can be traced
back to the seeds of culture planted
by those peoples, matured under
their guidance, and then transplant
ed to more barbaric lands.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
w. Hugh Williams, Attorney
1898 Biddle Ave.
WyandOtte, Mich.

ZlOlD
STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Wayne-Ss At a session of the Pro
bate Court for said County of Wayne.
held at the Probate Court room in the
City of Detroit, ON the thirtieth day of
August in the year one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-nine Present
Thomas &. Murphy. Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate Of
DAVID y. PERRY, deceased. Stewart
w. Baxter. special administrator Of
said estate, having rendered to. this
court his first and final account in
said matter and filed herewith his
petition praying that the residue Of
Said estate be assigned TO the execu-
tors Of the last will and testament Of
said deceased IL is ordered, that the
thirteenth day of October. next at ten
O'clock in the forenoon ut said Court
room be appointed for examining and
allowing said account and hearing said
petition. And ii is further ordered, that
a copy of this order be published three
successive weeks previous TO said time
of hearing in the Wyandotte Herald,
Il newspaper printed and circulating in
said County of Wayne.
THOMAS G. MURPHY,
Judge Of Probate.
"a true copy
ALFRED l.. VINCENT,
Deputy Probate Register. Bows
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
w. Hugh Williams, Attorney
1898 Bidale Ave.
WyandOtte, Mich.
211,61J


COMMISSIONERS NOTICE - In
the matter of the estate Of DAVID y.
PERRY, deceased. /, the undersigned,
having been appointed by the Probate
Court for the County OF Wayne, State
of Michigan, Commissioner TO receive,
examine and adjust all claims and
demands of all persons against said de-
ceased, do hereby give notice that L
will meet at the office Of W. Hugh
Williams, 1898 Biddle Ave, WyandOtte,
Michigan, in said County, on Thurs
day, the End day of November, A. ID.
1899. and on Tuesday, the Ind day Of
January 4. ID. 1910, at 200 o'clock
p. NJ. of each OF said days, for the pur-
pose of examining and allowing said
claims. and that four months from the
ind day of September. A. ID. 1889, were
allowed by said Court for creditors to
present their claims TO me for exam
ination and allowance.
Dated Sept. 2. 1899.
EDWARD KANE,
WyandOtte, Mich.
36w3 Commissioner.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
How Martins Ferry Got Name

The town of Martins Ferry, Ohio,
is on the Ohio river opposite Wheel
ing, w. Va. Hence the ferry.
Ebenezer Martin laid out a village
in 1885, the land having been taken
up by his family in 1873. He called
it Martinsville, but because there
was in Ohio another town of that
name, it was soon changed to Mar
tins Ferry.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
The Pnrnle Heart Order

The Purple Heart order, founded
at Ansonia, Conn.,, is the only ma
tional organization in the United
States composed exclusively of war
veterans who have been wounded
in action under conditions which en-
titles them to wear a wound chew
ron, or who were awarded the meri-
torious citation certificate by the
commander-in-chief of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Longest Railroad Bridge

The longest railroad bridge In the
world is the trestle over Great Salt
lake. which is called the Lucin cut
off. 1t connects Ogden and Lucin
across the center of the Great Salt
lake. For IL miles the road follows
a trestle and the remaining Is miles
of the road is on a solid foundation
built upon beds of salt.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Origin of Hot Time Song

In 1886 Theodore Metz composed
a march called "a Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight" for McIn-
tyre and Heath's minstrel showB In
1896 Joseph Hayden wrote words for
the music and the song was pub
lished. 1t became the favorite rally
ing song of Theodore Roosevelt's
Rough Riders in Cuba.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Skill in ElatferY

There is an oblique way of re-
proof which takes off the sharpness
of it, and an address in fattery
which makes it agreeable, though
never so gross; but of all f1atterers
the most skillful is he who can do
what you like without saying any,
thing which argues he does it for
your sake.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO

40 YEARS AGO
a large steel freighter. the AngeIine
was launched at the Wyandotte ship
yaro on September =, 1899. The dimen-
Slons We're; Length over all, 435 feet :;
Deam, 80 feet; depth, Is feet During
the preparations for the launch. q
workman, Clarence Kraft, fell dis
lance of % feet and was seriously but
not fatally injured
Joseph Oramer and John j. Kreger
were elected 10 the Board Of Education
defeating John Wayman and Levi Wes-
ton.
"A young woman from Detroit, spend
ing the night with three men in yacht
mOOred at the foot Of Oak street, fell
into the river and was drowned The
body Was recovered the next morning.
All OF the party had been drinking
heavily
Following vandalism by young row
dies i'll different parts of the city,
Mayor Henry ROehrig authorized Il $50
reward for arrest and conviction of
the culprits
Robert T. Ganley announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
ton for state senator.
Captain William Bolton deposited on
the editorial desk tomato measuring
Is inches III diameter
A long continued drOuth was making
1t difficult for milk dealers to secure
an adequate supply " the tluid.
Warrick's band marched in a mann
moth Labor day parade at Detroit
The Bachelors club, a social Organi
cation of the late nineties, elected
these officers: President, Joseph
HOeTsch first vice president, ii. 5.
AmiOt; second vice president, Fred
George; secretary, T. G. Hendricks;
treasurer, John Il. Melody.
Amherstburg, most sOutherly town
on the Canadian mainland. celebrated
it's one hundredth anniversary ON Sep
TENDER /, 1879.
During the school year ending Sep
TENDER /, 1893. the WyandOtte Board
of Education expended $1,000. for the
following purposes: Teachers salaries
81 800; janitor>' salaries. 500: library
expenses. $50; bonds and interest,
500 There were 1.119 pupils enrolled
in the public schools during the year,
who were given instruction by Is
teachers.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
SunnieSt British Isles

The great number of the British
Isles-there are several hundred,
large and small-never interested
anyone to count them. One impor-
tant fact about the Channel isles
in the south-Jersey, Guernsey, AL
derney and Sark-is always remem-
bered: They are the sunniest of
them all.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Uu-and-Down Commuters.

Commuters in Bergamo, a beauti-
full town in the hills of Italy, travel
up and down on their way from and
to work. The town is at three lev
els, with funicular railways carry
ing passengers from the residential
heights at the top to the business
sections below.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
p YEARS AGO

Twenty five WyandOtte Germans
met at Arbeiter hall and e>ided 10
start subscription list for donations
to relieve the widows and orphans of
German soldiers in the. world war
This, of course. was before the United
States entered the conflict
Washington lodgs, Knights of Pyth-
las, purchased the Bailey property at
Maple and First streets for $4,000.
Charles J. Warmbier accepted u pc
sitiOn on the faculty Of the Detroit
School of Music.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Where Bows Wear Dresses

In Connemara, Ireland, the boys
wear dresses until they are about
IA years old, partly because of the
superstition that the fairies like to
steal little boys and will be fooled
by the dresses, and partly because
it is easier for their mothers to
make dresses than trousers.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Coins Of Leather

Leather coins were used in parts
of northern Europe in the Seven
teenth century. Usually they took
the form of oblong slabs, into which
silver or copper studs were ham,
mered.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08

The French have been popularity
dubbed frogs" on account of the
fact that the armorial bearings of
the French kings originally con-
tanned three frogs, later changed to
1eurs-de-lis.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Tree Stump Studded With Nails

In the Stock-im Eisen Platz, vi
emma, there stands an ancient tree
trunk heavily studded with nails. 1t
is said that from nearly the Six
teenth century every blacksmith's
apprentice was required to drive
nail in this famous stump before he
could ply his trade.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Right. But Dead

While the Supreme court gives the
pedestrian the right Of way at
street crossing, do not rely too
strenuously on it. It is possible to
be right and dead, too.-Pittsburgh
azette-Times.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Stradivari of the Bow

Francois Tourte (1737-1835) was
called the Stradivari of the bow. He
was at the height of his fame at
the beginning of the Nineteenth cen
fury and stands alone as the great
est bow-maker the world has known.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Word Canary From Latin

The word canary" is derived
from the Latin "canis," dog, and
according to the elder Pliny, the
Canary islands were originally
named Canaria, from the multi
tude of dogs of great SIZE" found
there by King Juba of Mauritania
when he visited the islands about
90 b. G.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Jungle Tribes Are Superstitious

Superstition rules the primitive
tribes of the South American jun
giles, where stone gods are objects
to be feared. Natives will not touch
them. firmly believing that each i'm
age has the power to exercise evil
influences if violated.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08
Ten LARGEST FOREIGN Cities

The 10 largest foreign cities, in
order, are London, Tokyo, Paris,
Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai, Osaka,
Leningrad, Buenos Aires and vi
emma.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08

Strange Graveyard in Mexico
One of the strangest graveyards
on the North American continent is
at Guanjuato, Mexico. Several thou
sand skulls are stacked in one cor
ner and gruesome skeletons dangle
from walls.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-08

Moose have SO decreased In Canada
that in Nova Scotia. New Brunswick
and much Of Ontario 10 bunting of 1t
IL permitted.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-10

In 1880 it had increased to 42.8
HIP
That was an increase of 1876 mil
lion HIP, or ATT per cent
Equivalent of about eight times
that many man-power-
But it did not displace that many
human workers
Because it was doing lot of things
which human beings never did
However: persons gainfully occu
pied
In 1920 numbered 41.6 million, in
all occupations
While this increased to 48.8 mil
lions by 1890
Increase of 7.2 million in 10 years,
or TIA per cent
Which was 1.3 per cent more than
increase in applied horsepower
In agriculture, those gainfully en-
pioyed decreased by 193.814-
Although farm lands increased
30,887 acres, are 80 per cent
Extraction of minerals emploved
10000 less, decrease of 1.3 per
cent
There were 133,567 less machin-
lists, or 14.5 per cent
While toolmakers, die settlers and
die sinkers increased 23,7O2, or 43
per cent
Manufacturing and mechanical in
dustry employed 1,278,773 more
An increase of 9.95 per cent: while
population grew by 1871 per cent
Electricians increased by 67.353.
which was gain of 800 per cent
But apprentice electricians de-
creased 5,041, or 81 per cent
And building trades apprentices de-
creased by 46 per cent
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-10

But the great increase was in
Trade" by 1.8 millions, or 42.5 per
cent
In professional service, by / mil
lion, or 60 per cent
In domestic and personal service
by 1.5 million, or 46.5 per cent
In clerical work, by 1.9 millions,
or 61.5 per cent
The increase in numbers and per
cent of those gainfully occupied
Is not in the jobs which are opened
up by operation of machines
The increase in jobs is in what has
been called overhead
Labor-saving machines have re-
leased these people from production
Has increased supplies of food and
clothing available
But has not increased directly the
number of occupations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-03-10
Truths POndered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother man"
BY Mr.. MOdestus-

They are still claiming
That machines make more jobs than
they spoil
Until they quit this kidding
1t will be necessary for us to con-
tinue-
To feed out the figures pertaining
to these matters
There are so many figures which
are perfectly simple
No engineering ability is required
to make sense of them
No complicated mathematics is in
volved in stating them
So here goes, again
Population of U. S. A. in 1920 was
1865 million
In 1880 it had grown to 1z3 mil
lion
That was ain increase of 16.1 per
cent
Mechanization, machinery applied
to industry
Is measured by what they call Gin
stalled horsepower"
In 1920 this was 1913 million HIP