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The readers' co operation and compliance with this suggestion will aid in bringing about betur. ment of service. SCRANTON, PA. OCTOBER 30, 1918. No dictatorship for the United States.

The Ameri can people rule and they will tolerate no autocratic interference with their freedom of choice at the ballot box. The President's attempt to discriminate against patriotic Republicans, should result in the election of an overwhelming Republican majority to the next Congress. Observe Fire Prevention Day. "Fire Prevention Day" will be observed next Satur lay. That is a fact that the people of this community ihould keep in mind.

The cleaning up of backyards, cellars, attics and storerooms that should result is a move in the direction of noteworthy conservation of resources as well as healthfulness. From an authoritative source comes the information more than fifty per cent, of the fires that cause an immense annual loss in the state are easily oreventable. To effect a change in the right direction "Fire Prevention Day" was devised. Despite the quite general annual observance of the day the fire losses have kept growing until they have reached a truly staggering total. One of the reasons why every Scranton family should aid in the observance of the day this year is that it will have an hygienic value for the homes as well as for the offices, the stores and the industrial establishments.

The eyes of the world are now on the Supreme War Council at Versailles, which convened yesterday. It is attended by the Premiers of the Allied Powers, Colonel E. M. House, who represents the President of the United States, has General Tasker Bliss for his military adviser, and Admiral Benson for his naval adviser. Events of world wide importance will be decided at this War Council.

An Unfair Attack on John R. Fair. The brewery interests of Lackawanna county are to be condemned for the part they ere playing in seeking the defeat of Congressman John R. Farr, who, because of his distinguished patriotic public services, is entitled to the re election he is seeking at the hands of the people of this district. The spirit of fair play, which is a controlling factor in all matters upon which the American people must pass, is outraged by the action of the brewers in organizing an effort to prevent the return of Mr.

Farr because he did not allow the liquor interests to use. him in the promotion of their purely selfish interests. Mr. Farr's action on matters that gave offense to the brewers was actuated by a desire to refer the question at issue to the people directly concerned so that popular rule could prevail. He voted for the submission of the prohibitory amendment to the legislatures of the various states so that the people themselves could decide whether they were in favor of licensed drinking places or prohibition.

What right thinking, fair minded person can find fault with his course upon such an issue? To have done otherwise would nave been to violate one of the highest American principles the submission of grave matters of state to the popular will in a country where government of the people, by the people, as enunciated by the immortal Lincoln, must ever prevail. A vast majority of the people of the district approve the position taken by Mr. Farr upon these questions, and the action of the brewers, in seeking to defeat him because of his attitude will fail of its purpose and simply react upon themselves. Mr. Farr deserves a' re electton because of his championship of those principles for which the liquor men are opposing him.

The recent brilliant dash of the Italian troops against the Austrians, the Piave, resulted in the capture of 16,000 prisoners and fifty one guns in two days. Justice Simpson's Candidacy. Alexander Simpson, of Philadelphia, was named by the governor to fill a vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court, to serve until the people were given pportunity to" elect a man for the place. They will do this on Tuesday next and Mr. Simpson is a candidate for the place to serve for the balance of the unexpired erm.

He has vrry high endorsements for the position, lone more cordial than that which romes from Iltmp I Carson, former Attorney General of the Commonwealth, who says that "his unqualified fitness, due to experience, learning, integrity and ability is recognised everywhere." Justice Simpson has been a practicing attorney ince 1879 during which time he has acted with the most brilliant legal minds of the nation, his colleagues having included Charles Evans Hughes. He has been president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, for 'wenty years, chairman of its committee on law reform, and is generally acknowledged to be qualified in every way for his high office. While Austria is clamoring for peace the Dual Monarchy is going to "pieces." A' Copenhagen dispatch says Hungary has molted and set up aa in .111. ScjaAiVlUJN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBJSlt 80, 1918 dependent government under the leadership of, Count Karolyi. Street Car Fares and the People.

In the absence of proof to justify the eight cent fare charged by the Scranton Railway Company, the belief is prevalent among the people of this community that it is exorbitant The result of this widespread impression is seen in the falling off of travel, many persons preferring to inconvenience themselves by walking long distances to their places of employment rather than pay a fare which they consider excessive. This condition is seriously affecting every interest in the city to such an extent that it should be met by some practical remedy which would be just to the company and. to the public. The people, judging by numerous complaints which have reached The do not hesitate to condemn the eight cent fare as unwarranted and uncalled for. The company, on the other hand, doubtless feels that the advance was made necessary by the increased cost of operation, including wages and the price of materials.

While it is granted that operating expenses have been raised, it is held by many that they do not justify the fixing of the fare arbitrarily so high aa eight cents. Why not refer the matter to a commission of ex perts, men of recognized ability and unquestioned probity, who will go to the very heart of the subject and ascertain by actual facts and figures the basic principles of what would constitute a proper fare, that would be just alike to the company and the public? Men who are equal to this task, by experience, and in whom the people have confidence should be author ized to take up' the question and deal with it in accordance with correct methods. It is a mathematical problem capable of an exact solution. If such a commission of experts should decide what would constitute a proper and reasonable fare, whether it be five, six cents, or any other, it would commend itself to public approval, and remove the impression that the advance to eight cents by the company was an arbitrary act without any sufficient scientific or business warrant for its justification. The Street Car Company depends upon the people for its success, and the people look to the Street Car Company for service at a reasonable and proper cost.

When street car fares are considered exorbitant, and popular confidence is forfeited, the company suffers, and incidentally every other interest is affected. It is because The Republican desires to see the street car service what it should be, for the development of the city and the welfare of all its people, that it calls attention jto this important. subject. Let a committee of impartial, honorable experts ascertain by a thorough investigation what a proper charge should be so that the people may know the facts, and let the fare be fixed on a basis that will be just alike to all concerned. Republicans for Winning the War.

It was the patriotic support of every vital war measure by Republican members that saved the present national law making body from the reproach of going down to history as "a slacker Congress." Former President Roosevelt made this fact clear in his stirring speech in New York on Monday evening, urging the election of Republican Congressmen to speed up the war and insist upon the unconditional surrender of Germany and her vassals. In declaring that half the leaders of President Wilson's own party opposed him when he committed himself to war measures.Colonel Roosevelt stated a fact that is corroborated by the record. He was equally correct in asserting that the Republicans stood like a rock by the administration when a declaration of war was imperative, and in supporting the selective draft, the sending of a great army overseas, and the raising of the vast sums required by taxation and Liberty Loans. The President himself, in his ill advised appeal for the defeat of Republican Congressmen, admitted that they were "pro war," but insinuated that they were "anti administration." The. latter criticism Colonel Rosevelt construed as meaning that Republican Con gressmen demanded that inefficiency, waste and extravagance be remedied in connection with war activities.

He held that the election of a Republican Congress would be understood abroad as meaning that "the pro Germans, Pacifists, Bolshevists and Germanized Social ists" could no longer be counted upon in this country and that the fighting men, and not the rhetoricians, were uppermost in the United States. Instead of the present "Slacker Congress," dominat ed by men like Kitchin, the leader of the House, "and incidentally one of the anti war leaders" of that body, President Roosevelt contended vigorously for a recon struction Congress with Republican leaders "whose vision is for the future, and who yet possess practical ability to work for the best interests of the present." Even more emphatic than Colonel Roosevelt in de nunciation of Democratic slackerism, was United States Senator Poindexter, who declared at Washington on Monday, that "from the beginning of our controversy with Germany the Republican party has stood for a vigorous Americanism." All the facts condemn the action of the President in making his partisan appeal for the election of a Democratic majority, on the specious plea of securing support for his administration, when the record proves that Republican patriotism has been the sheet anchor of every essential war measure proposed by the Exe cutive and passed by the present Congress. Weston for School Director. The appointment of Mrs. C.

S. Weston to the vacancy on the Scranton School Board caused by the death of the lamented Miss Fay will meet with general approval. Mrs. Weston has taken a deep interest for some time in a number of civic and social activities, and is admirably qualified for the position to which 'she has been chosen. The far seeing framers of the Pennsylvania Consti tution, which was adopted at a time when the sphere of woman's activities in public life was more restricted than at present, realized that women were capable of rendering valuable service in the domain of popular education and provided for their eligibility as members of school boards.

This was consistent in view of the great work women are doing as teacher? in the school rooms of this commonwealth. It is the hope of all progressive minds that the day is not far distant when the women of the Keystone State will enjoy the privilege of voting for members of school boards and other officials. In many states of the Union women are now in the full enjoyment of the franchise, and nowhere are they better entitled to the right of suffrage than right here in Pennsylvania where they are doing so much for the advancement of every patriotic and public spirited movement. Washington advices are to the effect that Rumania desires to re enter the war against Germany, provided she is guaranteed ultimate possession of Transylvania and provided with arms and munitions by the Allies. Arms and munitions will be provided her, but the Transylvania Issue is a different matter STROLLER'S NOTEBOOK Former District Attorney David Reedy la in receipt of a most interesting letter from Father Frank' P.

Duffy, recently promoted to the rank of major, who is frequently referred to in the dispatches as the most popular chaplain with the American Expeditionary Forces In France. The correspondents have sent most thrilling stories of the manner in which Father Duffy has remained by the side of his boys when in action, not leaving them even when the positions they occupied were swept by shrapnel and machine gun Are. Father Duffy and Dave Reedy were school friends when both were In attendance at Sf. Michael's College, in Toronto, Canada. In his letter, which, in the main, is personal, the celebrated chaplain breathes a spirit of great 'affection for his former schoolmate, and recalls the time when they Indulged In college sports together.

"This Is a great expe. rience." he writes. "I love It all except burying my dead. That is a heartbreak, for they are all friends of mine. But the old regiment was never better than it is today and no praise can be higher." He was the chaplain of the old Sixty ninth regiment of New York, which is now the One Hundred and Sixty fifth Infantry.

Father Duffy was a ohaplaln in the Spanish war, a seminary professor and chaplain with his regiment when it was on the Mexican border. He is also a doctor of divinity. Since going overseas he was awarded the distinguished service cross for valor, An Interesting announcement Is to the effect that the offices of John J. Coyle, division freight and passenger agent of the Delaware and Hudson Company In this city, will, within a few weeks, be removed to the station on lower Lackawanna avenue from the building of the old Dickson Milling Company, where they have been for a number of years. Mr.

Coyle will have, In his new location, the offices formerly occupied by A. M. Fine, auditor of the Hudson Coal Company, which are located on the second floor of the passenger station. They will afford him all of the room he needs. It is known that in his old location his quarters were far too cramped for his liking.

The change is made possible by the removal of the offices of the Hudson Coal Company from the passenger station to the new quarters fitted up for them in the old administration building of the International Correspondence Schools, in the four hundred block on Wyoming avenue. Of course, the general manager and superintendent of the Hudson Coal Company, C. Dorrance, will be at the new location on Wyoming avenue. The older residents of Scranton, who knew P. B.

Finley intmately, will regret to. learn of his death, which occurred on October 25, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. W. Adams, in Los Angeles, California.

It is announced that the remains will be brought to this city for Interment in the family plot in Dunmore cemetery. Mr, Finley was one of the pioneer dry goods merchants of Soranton and founder of the store which bears his name. He came to Scranton when a boy and for many years was connected with the dry goods store which was conducted by Thomas Moore on Lacka. wanna avenue, at the corner of Franklin. Nearly forty years ago Mr.

Finley severed his relations with the Moore store and engaged in business for himself, continuing active charge of his establishment until his retirement In 1907, when he transferred his Interests to the Finley Company. He was a man of fine presence and very pleasant manners, and despite the fact that he was of a retiring dlsposlton, he had a host of warm and admiring friends. see The Rochester Herald gives special prominence to a letter written by Major Norman M. Roblee to his father. Milton Roblee, formerly manager of Hotel Casey, this city.

The young man includes In his communication the following paragraph: "Uncle Sam is building up an enormous steam roller In the form of soldier boys, and It will not be long before the Kaiser and bis mob will have good reason to yelp. Why the Boche have had only a small taste of what Is to come saen. Austria's camouflage note was just like pouring oil on fire. It is music to our ears. It tells us in large print that every punch hurts now and that pressure is telling on the would be world destroyers.

Their sun is setting, and the lower it sets the longer the shadow Is. Their own people, who have been blindfolded to all real conditions, are now aware of their danger. The sound of machine gun Are and roar of allied cannon In the, near distance has awakened them from their prosperous slumber. Their dream of world.power has vanished, and they are now face to face with justice. Justice has never, knocked on any door so loudly, so determined." The best of long distance weather predictions are unreliable.

That is admitted by all of the authorities. Late last week it was predicted that a colder wave would strike this region today. There was no sign of it yesterday, and the weather predictions have been modified so that we are told to expect moderate temperatures today. For several days Scranton families have found that the heat in their homes Is rather uncomfortable. Many have allowed the fires In their furnaces to die out.

Except In damp houses, there has been no need of artificial warmth. Yesterday, for instance, overcoats and wraps of all kinds were thrown aside and there was quite general complaint of tr3 humidity. Yet there is no way pfi predicting when there will come a sudden change and the furnaces will have to be started full blast I recall elec tlon days in this region when the snow was deep upon the ground, and when chilly blasts swept the hlls and made the streets most uncomfortable. On account of oal stringency there Is a general hope that the region will experience a mild Winter, that will make It unnecessary to consume so many extra tons of fuel. I congratulate the police upon their Industry In dispersing the crowds of boys who persist In congregating evenings on the street corners to enjoy themselves as "Young America" has always done down through the years.

Not that the boys are to be blamed, for they do not realize that the asserihllng of crowds of persons of whatever age is banned 'just now by tin authorities. The Immature minds of these little chaps cannot comprehend the Importance of foregoing, for a time, their accustomed methods of play, Nevertheles, just now, parents are better satisfied when their children kee i away from the groups of boys and S'rls who gather on the strets mire thsn ever at this time, because of the closing of the schools. It Is all very well to say that parents should watch their children closer and see tl st they spend less time upon the Streets, but that Is not so easy as It looks Fathers and mothers have cares which some times prevent them from keeping a watchful eye upon their children, and. In any event, they desire to have them In the open a of the day bee una of the healthfulness. Therefore the police do well to keep the boys and girls from gathering on the streets In (roups.

THE! STROLLER, TASX.OXS TOKOS. Kilmarnock, Scotland, has abolished half penny farts on tha tramway cars. During the later months of the siege of Ladysmlth lobs ceo was sold In the town for 130 a pound. The total length of the world's rail roads Is roughly estimated at too.oott miles. Experiments In New Zealand have proved that pig Iron can be obtained from iron sands and a new plant is producing about II tons a day, WHAT THE PAPERS SAY The Brtak of area Svmts.

From the New. York World. Austria Hungary ready to accept all of the President's views and arrange an armistice with a view to a separate peace; Germany assuring the President again that It has created a people's Government with actual constitutional limitations; Gen. Luden dorf the Idolized dictator of Germany, said to have been placed upon the retired list; the Reichstag, which has no power, undertaking to subordinate the military to the civil authority; riots In the three Central Empires, with vehement demands for republican forms of government; the Kaiser feelingly announcing that he will never desert his people and will be glad to accept the hereditary Presidency of a democracy. These are some of the rumors reaching us as to conditions In that Middle Europe which only a few months ago was confident that It was to conquer the earth and rule it in Us own depotio interest.

Death of a Psmous Van. From the Philadelphia Press. Eugene Hale, Maine, whoi.e death at the age of eighty two la just announced, was for many years one of the most active and useful members of the United States Senate where he served thirty years. That State has usually sent strong men to the Sen ate. On March 4.

1881, Mr. Hale suc ceeded Hanibal Hamlin and two weeks later William P. Frye succeeded to the seat of Jt.mes G. Blaine. For thirty years Hale and Frye served harmoniously in the Senate, each attained eminence in his own line and both retired from the Senate at almost the same time.

Germany's Colonies. From the New York Tribune. What; will be done with the German colonies? Here are scattered lands over the world giving home and life to thirteenn million people, most of them still submerged in the stragg gllng phases of unsophisticatlon that mark the human rpproach to clvllza tiOn. That Germany will violently plead for their return to her does not concern us. But that this will tii a rA rtrm I li Afttin nf ci a pi ration, which has aimed to break I the world's soul before its glittering phalanx, should now be trusted again to put its bloody hand upon any of earth's children 1b beyond our agreement or belief.

Senators Should Sep resent Constituents. From the New York Sun. Bo far as Mr. Wilson's preferences are concerned, It may be said with en tire respect and propriety that the members of the Senate should be chosen to represent the States from which they come, and not the Executive Department of the United States Government, or any individual officeholder thereunder. Michigan, not Woodrow Wilson, should speak and vote through the Senator to be elected in that State on November B.

Failure to bear this fact in mind may lead to serious consequences; it is apparent that if the President's desires are to dominate Michigan, they may likewise dominate other States, until ine senate is reduced to the condition of a personal appendage to the Ex ecutive. TURKEY'S COLLAPSE From the Philadelphia Press: The easy capture of Aleppo by the advance guard of General Allenby's Syrian army Is the measure of Tur key's military collapse. The British forces traversed the 185 miles from Damascus to Aleppo at a rate of speed which indicated no resistance worthy of the name. Here they are astride the main com' munlcattons between Constantinople abd Turkey in Asia, absolute masters of all Syria and Palestine, and in a posi tion gravely to menace the safety of the enemy troops in Mesopotamia. The day of Turkey's unconditional capitulation is much nearer since Al eppo fell.

German pressure and threats alone thave kept the new Government from surrendering. But now that Austria has announced her willingness to surrender and the chances of Immediate peace under Ger sian leadership grows more remote Turkey has little choice left Rapidly her choice is narrowing down to sub mission or destruction. Barely any information has come over the cables concerning the internal situation in Turkey. The overthrow of the Enver Pasha Government was the only major system revealed. But it is not to be supposed that popular agitations for peace are less emphatic and turbulent In Turkey than they are in Germany and Austria.

MEN AND WOMEN The eleven sons of Mrs. Annls Mc widow, of Croydon, England, have served In the army. Five have the 1914 star and one of these has won the D. C. M.

Another son was captured with General Townshead and died in a Turkish hospital: a seventh has been a prisoner since 1014; another enlisted as a boy of IS and when discharged as Being under age was 16. Wives of men In military service are now admitted in the Kansas City post office service. Mrs. Bertha Kldd. employed at Phil llpsdale, R.

loaded S.S16 grenades in nine hours and In doing so beat the record previously held by Miss Annie Irving, a worker In a munition filling station In the southwestern district of London. Two women were fined at Wlm borne, England, for having wasted rice by throwing It over the bride and bridegroom at a Gypsy wedding at Wallla Down, Dorset. It was stated that two pounds of rice wag distributed among those present. Sir Thomas White. Canadian Minister or France, aranged with the British authorities to purchase the 1918 salmon pack In British Columbia.

W. J. Richards, the Pottsvlle coal msgnate, Is giving all of his time these dsys to the coal production work of tha Government "MAKE GOOD." TTfET say the boys across the way When hurt and wounded In the fray They do not question, will I die, Or mslmed or crippled have to lie, But "Have I Arm In battle stood" "Have I made goodT Oh! mothers, wives and sisters dear Do you do all you can to cheer? To aid the cause of truth and right Giving your best to help the fight: Living up to your womanhood. Do you "Make good?" Fathers, brothers and husbands all Hear the cry of your country's call, Olvlng your time and strength and Drain That Liberty's light may shine again, Are you aoing mi mat jrw uuuiu. Do you "Make good?" Ohl every one In this broad land.

Stay the grasps of tha tyrant's hand For the sake of the starving ones, Plllsged cities and ruined homes. For those who In the front have stood, "Make food," Ohl "Make goodf A eUBSCRlBStt. Hsrtfck Center, Fa, Specials fa Drew and Suiting Serges Napkins Mercerized Damask, at dozen, $2.50, $3 and $3.75. 22 inch Mercerized Damask (Imported), at dozen, $4.50 and $5. 22 inch All Linen (Imported), at dozen, $7.

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Curator of Everhart Museum. nrTLUiiJrsA. The pestilence now sweeping over the world first became epldemlo in Spain and so it was called Spanish lnfiuensa. The same disease which broke out In Russia In 1889 was called by the French name, In the follow i 4. Manh.d ImnHcA ATlu tuS inS 41.

number of cases In this part of the country was much greater than in the present epidemic. The fatalities, however, were slight in comparison, in the time of President Tyler there was an epidemic of this disease known as the "Tyler Quite evidently this name was bestowed by those who didn't admire the president. Some time ago we received at tne museum a copy of a medical dictionary printed in London in 1791. It was the property of Dr. Joseph Davis, the eccentric medical man who Practiced his profession in the ear ly days and died at Slocum Hollow In 1830 at the advanced age of 98 author of this old book says "Whilst it was the general opinion of philosophers, that all things upon the earth were governed by the heavens, physicians imputed the epidemical catarrhous semi Sesttlentlal fever to the Influence of the stars; whence, the Italians give It the name of lnnuensa.

From Syden ham upwards to Hippocrates. It was IZvX and 1. mentioned by the nam. of febrte Oatarrhalle epidemic. Since Sydenham's time It hath en jarioua.

ly named but is now. generally know by the name of Influents. The dictionary follows up this state long quotation from by denham who describes the symptom of the epldemlo which prevailed In England in 1675. The most marked difference In the treatment of the disease was the bleeding then resorted to for almost every disorder. For fear that some reader might in fer that this epidemic of Influenza Just referred to was the "Plaf" death," it should be mentioned that the great London plague occurred In 1665 ten years previous to the nfluenl epidemic A.

much the epidemic Influenxa always increases the death rate the fatalities do not compare with the losses by the plague. In that last epldemlo of bubonloplague or black death in England there Were 26,230 deaths in London in the month of September. 1665. When we connUitT that London was then but a fraction of its present she we can realise the fearful mortality. Rats are now regarded as the carriers of the germs of bubonic plague and with the more, sanitary conditions and the exclusion of these pests the disease Is practically extinct In the more chills countries.

It still prevails In the countries about the eastern Mediterranean and in some nthr Asiastlo countries and occasional cases occur in this country. When we consioer max mi it. tieffmr sanitary condl tions It "Is not too much to hope that influenza may cease to prevail as an epidemic. While people believed the disease was due to the influence of the stars, to tne conamon i u. phere or to the electricity In the air there was not mucn nvv a wa now know that It Is one of the germ diseases and that these germs are expemm snd SOU tinK there seems to be a good pros pect or limiting tne nf 1889 and 90 there was no attempt at 1ton.0f quarantine.

Almost everybody had the disease and If It had developed into pneumonia then to tne exienv I tha mortality in inn prwwu would have been frightful. Schools were kept open ir were .1.1. thara from their pupus iui. homes. In our neighboring county of Wyoming tne county wauim struck the session community and about half the teachers In attendance were stricken wltn the malady.

In spite of this the ses slons were continued and were attend ed by those who naa not succumucu the disease. When the next epldemlo of Influenia in Europe we hope that our medical men may nave A a aH AHllaH BSa Af resched aucn a penrci the way the dlsesse is communicated that they can ward it from our shores. We hope It may go the way of the bubonlo Plague, cneier fevtr. RAISING LOST SHIPS Any one who Imagines that the vessels sunk by enemy boats or mines are left at the bottom of the sea would be surprised If he could be told the whale story of Ingenuity, resources and unremitting toil of the British Ad mlrellty Salvage Corps. Almost as soon as a vessel Is sunk sslvage operations are commenced.

Divers are sent down to take accurate measurements of the else of the hole made by the torpedo or mine. Small holes are plugged with wood, but large ones are patched with "standard" patches. These are made of twelve Inch wooden beams, and a patch sometimes weighs as much as twenty tons. As may be Imagined, the else ef the hole varies greatly. In eome cases it has measured forty )eet Ions; by twenty EXTRA SPECIAL Mercerized Damask Table Cloths 64x64 Inches, good range of patterns.

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SHERWOOD CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, 502 506 Scranton Life Building Scranton, Pa. feet wide, and in one case It has been known to be forty eight feet long by twenty five feet wide. When vessels have been plugged and patched, their cargo removed and the water pumped out of them they proceed to the nearest port where they can be permanently repaired. Several vesels have been torpedoed after being refloated and have again been successfully raised and taken Into port. New York Herald.

A FEW SMILES There 'seems to be a great dUtur. bancs In the celestial syewm. Do any of the astronomers know what it Is 'hsard'one offer the theory that It was caused by the dog star chasing a sausage balloon." Baltimore American. "Do yon really believe there's a man who wants to take the aweetness out think a man who has to censor the soldiers' love letters does." "Food in getting more expensive the man with the cabaret tastes; "snd even more expensive at night." Washington Star. "Sport Store" Do You Use a Gillette? Then You Should Strop Your Blades The (have you've ever hd with the Bewet blade you could obtain, won't com pur.

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