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Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 4

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H-t --(- r- a I W4 ilfCHO 4p fk 9- aC Jt EiFODIt '1 ii LTOTEGR nSXE3XLI-EL A it 4 a SATURDAY'' AUGUST 131927 a criritf 4 1 -e il? -rw Lheeemakert and Fathion Drammaaker do not make the fashions: the women themselves make them All tb esa do I to make slight changes when the women aren't -looking How mad the women would be if tney caught Me at it I KdwSrd Molyneux in the Home Companion I Spectral Shipt The Flying putc-tupn according to the eld myft la captain named Van Straatioj hfesiiessly expiates his sins In a ship oijfjhe stormy waters of South Afitia without being able to reach harbor The Idea Of a spectral ship la common among seagoing Teutonic people Wagner used It for one of his operas and Coleridge used the Idea to his "Ancient Mariner" 3 Ibailt to Order India abounds wtth cities built to order sad nearly 1600 years ago Coast an tiue yareed that tiny Byssatlum should become the empitoi of Rome is the Eut Els coartieri ieughca when he built the defensive wells of Constantinople 13 stadia west of the bounds of Rysantium but many ef them must have lived to see the area filled I i A tJf WIST LEWISTON WEST LEW18TON Mr and Mrs Harry Wolfram spent Sunday at Mon tello Quite a number frtx here attended the concert at Kiiboora Friday evening Mildred Hudson from Wausau has -en visiting with the Arthur Colburn family Biles snd Monia Gallagher and Ellen Miller from Columbus snd Russell Clark from Packwaskee spent Friday at the Breezer home Reiters am painting their build teas Mr snd Mhs Albert Breeder and family Harriet Blount Mr and Mrs Henry Hietke and sou Albert spent Sunday with Mr Breeders mother it being her 83th birthday About 85 guests were present Mrs Arthur Colburn and Mrs-Joe Corning entertained the Auxiliary Friday Wallace Marshall from Plymouth spent tho weekend "at the Blount home Mrvand Mrep Frank Kassner-and Mr and Mrs Frank Kasvncr and 0 "ofc Not Modern The custom of wearing the hair short Is of great antiquity Hair was probably -cut is soon as Implements sharp enough (o cut were Improvised a BffBawiw-irrTII I mmwm "inTilT INSURE WITH GAY AND BE HAPPY Life- JV r- Accident and Health i Fire I Tornado 1 nan -j AutcmoMe 1 1- a i Leading Cmpaniea Only 1 JOHN GAY General Agency FOUND IN INDIANA IndiansIczUted oa Surrey 1 From Shadow of Sun When tourist roans-In through southwestern Indiana see signs bearing the words O'clock Lins" it doea not signify that ike cor-few sons of ToonervlUs baa been pushed ont Into the countryside It means simply that 119 years ago the Indians were sure the sun would not fool them whereas the white man might When pioneer surveyors staked out the territory acquired through the Harrison porchase Uia Indians insist- ed that the boundary tinea be placed by projecting the shadow of the sun and a staff at ten o'clock fn the mont lug The while man might manipulate rod -and compass but never the sun Jand acquired- was bounded by lines drawn from what now ere Hrowntown to Orleans trf Mprom to Raccoon creek In Park ctqrnty-Boundary Retain Name As consequence of tbs suspicion tbe boundary of this colonial acquisition of wbat now is coal land and fertile river bottom cornfields came to be known as the O'clock Line? Into the chronicles of contemporary events ere crowded many picturesque occurrences and historical conclusions such as srs found In anonymous documents pertaining to early Uoosier surveys is but a flight of tha Imagination" says one of these pamphlets belonging to Col Richard Lleber ef tile state department of conservation "to conclude that the "Ten O'clock Line made William Henry Harrison President of the United States" Teeumesh Opposed Cession This reasoning was derived from knowledge of Tecumseh's methods with his Indian warriors The chief Insisted that land was held In common by all Indians and that no Individual tribe nor smatl confederation had the power to cede tracts of any sise to the colonists without the con-sent of neighboring tribes Acquisition of tbs Harrison purchase 200000(1 acres obtained through a treaty reached at Fort Wayne December 30 1800 was the last straw to this sturdy defender of Indian right After continual bickering of which the 'Ten episode was memorable Incident Tecumseh Incited tha Indians to resist the pioneering Virginians and the result was the Battle of Tippecanoe From this cam the successful political battle cry of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" Long at Bachelor Bir Isaac Newton the great seten- fist whose memory was honored in England on tee two hundredth anniversary of bis death remained a bachelor throughout his life of eighty-five year i mm Many Friday Black Friday is any Friday marked By public calamity as in Knglaad hy the advance of the Pretender to Derby (December 1148) or by financial panic of May It 1808 and in the United States by similar disasters in Jiew fork on September 24 38a and September ta 1873 Hood Friday Is also termed Friday" from the color Tf the vestments worn on that day hy the- clergy-- Qrlosn Woa gtn Ot lewerr -Mamet- UmV fllkWani eoassa aa Many flowers are named from re-liglous story or the heauti-fnl trinity Rower of our spring woods with Its pure white petals and threefold divlsloe the passion flower ascension ljly St Bernard's illy Jerusalem cross star of Bethlehem needle Aaron's rod and Solomon's seal Weight and Height As easy rule for competing the approximate weight In relation to height Is given 1U an article ta Liberty Multiply the number of Imbes over five feet by five and a half Add 100 pounds A variation of 10 pounds above or below may he classed as normal weight Point for Punctuality Appointments once made become debt If 1 have made an appointment with you I owe you punctuality I have no right to throw away your time If 1 do nty (Veil CLASSIFIED ADS ROOM AND BOARD Cate at Winnebago 7-IJtf ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR Practically new 1 and cheap Inquire ReglsteisDemOcrat if dh FOR apartment and garagt Phon 2851 8-9tt FOR SALE! Vos piano la mahogany case' Reasonable taken at once I Call 2531 8 12-12-13 FOR SALE Candldum lily bulbs horn grown 31fi East Howard I Phono 3071 A1142-13 NEW VARIETIES of Tame Plums Order from A Olson on the Ray Hammond farm mils South of Wy-ooens 2 per bushel 8 9 to 13wl2-19 iFOR SALE Four of the best garden 1 lots In the cKy and 6 room house modern exoept furnace also barn Part ot one lot eet out with straw berries currants and fruit trees Price 81800 small payment down balance time to suit Hanley 8-12-13 I'DISH WASHER Hotel WANTED Emder 13-13-16 FOR 8 local real estate first mortgages more than double 32000 130(H) Tf CrHan-ley- 8-13-13 at In 60QD FURNITURE DOUR i- r- i AUGUST IS THE TIME WHEN FURNITURE VALUES ARE AT THEIR BEST WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU SHOP AROUND OUR STORE A BIT-THAT IS THE BEST PROOF PRICES ARE REDUCED FROM 10 TO 35 famllyaud August KaeenerrSr spent -a -1 Sunday at tha Kary home In Greenfield and at the Herman Paske home in Caledonia Albert Breeser Is threshing grain Herman Schutz la doing the threshing with his new machine LEEDj rs Walter Jurg-son and son Wallace of Rio spent the weekend with her sister Mias Gertie Knudt-son Mrs Severson is spending ths week with relatives In Cameron Mr and Mrs William Hummel and daughter Judith and Mrs Charles Hummel and daughter Esther called at tbe Schoeneberg home Sun day afternoon Mr and Mrs Frank Eider and Mr and Mrs Gebart Johnson of Madison were Sunday guests at the Knudtson home Mrs Annie Wlnrock of Madison Is visiting at the home of her sister Mrs Schoeneberg thle week -i PLAINmUS Fred Sperbeck made a trip to Mankato Minn last week Mr and Mrs Frank Nelson and Mrs Helen Tyler were Saturday evening guests at the Albert Van Al-stlne home near Brlggsvifte Mrs Harry Ingraham of Pennsylvania and slater from Oxford were recent guests of Mrs Mary Croeby Caroline Slocum of Mosinee Wt and Harry Denzlen of Mauston are visiting their grandparents Mr and Mrs Slocum Mrs Helen Tyler and son Frank Nelson made a business trip to Mauston Saturday NOTICE FOR FILING AND HEARING CLAIMS In th Matter of the Estate of Elisabeth Little deceased Letters of administration on th estate of Elisabeth Little tele of the City of Portage In said county having been granted to John Little Notice la Hereby Given That from and after this date until th 6th day ot December A 1937 Is allowed for creditors to present their claim against said deceased for examination and allowance And that at a special term of ssld Court to ha held on tha second Tuee day being tbs 13th day of December 1927 at 9 a ot said day its Court Room In th Court House the city of Portage In said County MI claims and demands of all persona against said deceased will he examined and adjusted by said Court Dated July 27 1927 By the Court A KELLOGG County Judge Rogers Attorney Brain Worker Colde Brain workers are particularly liable cold i hnaie Aristocratic Belfast IT 7 Families Leave Homes Hour the old aristocratic families are being driven from their historic ancestral holdings In Ulster under the pressure of economic circumstances was illustrated in the kale of the furnishings and buildings or Northland house Dungannan County Tyrone tbe seat of the earl ef Run-furiy and Mulroy- house Milford County Donegal the seat of the eart of Leitrim 1 The earl of Itunturly Is a direct descendant of William Penn the Quaker founder of 1 Pennsylvania Another celebrated kinsman waa John Knox Jhe Scottish reformer The earl's nama John Mark Knox Tla earl of IJetrim'a grandfather was murdered 00 year ago in tlie'durk days of th Land league -1 1 Telephone Are Banned By English Landlord i a landlord tb right to prevent his tenants from hsvlng telephone? Tlds unexpected question hsabaed brought to a showndown here as a result of challenge flung down by Mrs Catherine Kent Kensington property owner who has ordered the telephones disconnected in the block of apartments whereof she Is landlord The Instructions have been acted on by the telephone authorities who point out that their agreement provides that permission' by the owner must be obtained for provision of maintenance of tb circuit The ten-unis -who claim Tbs telephone la esen-tlai to their business are taking legal advice with view to restoration of facilities i Iter is a suit for the living room that yon must see to appreciate It is of the wood frame type and unusually roomy and comfortable Ill is -upholstered in fine mohair with reverse cushions of genuine linen frieze Two Davenport and armf iA 4 FIBRE SUITS ARE JUST THE THING FOR THE SUN Parlor or living room While they are attractive and comfortable they re really inexpensive Ths suit is finished in antique gold and black with loose cushions 6f dark chintz Js ful! size- Regularly priced at now $4750 I $19750 Reduced from $28500 Samfi style in the overstufifed at the same price Si 1 a t' -f -J Kliles to the -nearest town yet but a minute by eg tiie iessay Rving antes frees aalgiibee aad hiwiA dietsnre means aotbug it a in the hems Th a drpendaUe rsnriennt service that a brings keep ths la easr coaaaamcaiioa It aukss osilyrng I a privilege rathesr thus a ysnsky it If yw would gte ymr fsssily these U- I safety plassor aad 1 1 1 1 I II I 1 1 1 1 fj Take Seal Census i 1 in PacificWaters i San Fat of the hair seal and sea Uon along tli California coesAAepende on a census now being taken If th fishermen contend the animal are Increasing rapid ly the state fish snd gams cm mission may permit them to be slate la such numbers as will hold their populstlon stationary Many fishermen regard these sea animals as rivals Deputy Paul Bonnot fa super rising the Investigation which will take two years At the out- set hs has reported finding ter- oral rookeries not previously recorded His ebsertttteas will cover coastal waters from lied co to Ocegcs the latter state th reedy having declared the see-ileft ft menace To fishing and employed huuterie exterminate the animal t-t-ft Hff t-H I of end Bedding Oulft YortU Appreciate -t'-t Tf JOB know furniture values at ftll-yoo will not fail to appreciate tha money-raving advantages of this special Bed snd Bedding Outfit otter THE THREE PIECES ARE OF THE STANDARD EUOION3 -qraurr TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THISSALE IT EANS A REAL SAVING TOIYOU r- fix tf i 1 a 'phoas i yeas -k esdsy vd hipy iasss and writers ef your fsaRy see teesgua COMPANY-J TELEPHONE thsa Geoi'rlfflisjiFzcon ii FurcuherA -cu- oms (S6iu: Undsrtakcr SAf Hczna 8.

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