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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1920)
Poles of Chicago in Great Demonstration Dorothy Gish Former service men of Polish extraction in the great parade o f the Poles of Chicago which was followed by u mass meeting at which the government was urged to aid Poland In Its tight with soviet Ilusslg. i She Christened Army's Balloon A U C T IO N IN G P h o to by M -ft • s t e r o N e w s p a p e r U n lo t* COTTON This is D a in ty D o ro th y Gish, the popular “m ovie" etar, who recently sailed on the "Im p e ra to r" fo r a vaca tion abroad. Miss Gish’s w o rk on the screen is fa m ilia r to m illions who rely on motion pictures fo r th e ir chief amusement. aids to good looks, sound teeth, eager appetite and digestion package SEALED T H E R O M A N C E O F W OR DS UCE many nnother word, “ja zz” has slipped Into the English— or rather, into the American— language like the mule o f which Mark Twain wrote that It was "without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity.” Jazz Is not a derived word. It was coined and, according to Meat. .Tamos Reese-Europe, U. S. A., who conducted one of the jazziest jazz bands, it owes its origin to a man named Razz, whose musical organization was famous in New Orleans some 15 years ago. Razz is reputed to have been the first to realize the harmony and appealing finality which resides in saxo phones, trombones, snare drums and the like, when played with n snap and dash. So lie spe cialized in tills kind of synco pated music and his fame spread throughout the South,, imitators springing up in vari ous sections. One o f these which toured Missouri and the middle West, styled itself the “ Jnss-bnnd” — slightly nltering the name of the original lead er. In the course of a year or so the final “ s's” were changed to “ z’s.” Jazz-hands made their appearance from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and “ jazz” slipped into the language and even into the dictionaries. T IG H T - KEPT R IGHT L Miss Mary 1,. Anstead o f Cleveland, O., who won the contest, decided by drawing lots, for sponsor o f the United State army’s giant balloon which is to be entered in the international balloon race In September. The christening took place at Fort Omaha, Miss Shirley Hoffman, auctioning ♦ lie first hale of Georgia cotton, at the New York cotton exchange. Ralph II Hubbard paid $1.30 a pound fo r it The proceeds went to charity. SM ALLEST OF P O N IE S Gift From Her Sunday School Class (Copyright.) S H A M E L E S S C O N F E S S IO N . W e’ re bound to own the truth, although It makes our pride rise up and fret; W e've knocked about a lot, and no Woman has tried to steal us yet. N e w i p a j w r l 'n l o n l "l.iltle Frisky” is believed to be tlie smallest pony in existence. When lie Mlss Jessie !.. Rumili, chief of tin' school service of the National Geo was horn lie weighed 17 pounds and graphic society, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel 11. Rumili of Little Falls, was about the size o f a puppy. Today Minn. Mis- Barrali Is teacher of a Sunday school class of Calvary Baptist he is just a month old, stands 20 inches church In Washington, and lier class brought her parents to tlie capital to see high and weighs 28 pounds, and is pos her as a surprise. Mr. Hurrah Is elglity-one years old mid a Civil war veteran. sessor o f a disposition that wins In There are 1,400 girls in Miss Hurrull’s class. numerable friends. Tills midget Is the property of It. A. Babcock of Milwau- Census Bureau Record Breakers SANTA C L A U S ” IS O U T W h y a Bachelor is. “ Why did you never marry?” “ Well, you see, whenever I bought anything 1 always saw something I liked better, right afterward. I was afraid it would be that way In mar riage, so I just didn’t.” T H E S C IE N T IF IC F A R M E R “ M a r y , y ou ’ ve «im p ly got to keep ou r children in b etter health or not let them play around my sanitary d airy b a r n « 1” He W an ted to Know. F IN N IG IN F IL O S O F Y I f yex let to -morra go by wid- out havin’ added a partic le av joy to a n n y w a n '« life, I nivor wahnt yea t' «hpake t' me agin t Hung, Nothin’ ! “ Did yonng Pnnhslelgh ever get any ,if his paintings hung?” "Hung? 1 should say so. His ciga rette advertisements nre hanging In ev ery tobacconist's In the country.” By New ton John M. Iluhhiinl, assistant post master of Ch'ougo, who was forced to retire the other day by the civil serv ice rules, after many years o f valu able service. T o the poorer children of Chicago he was known ns "Santa Claus,” for he always saw that no letter addressed by them to the patron sulnt of Christmas went unanswered. N e w k irk . J k jz C t ai n knowing oor- things which ii Im m u n ity F ro m Second A tta c k . The United States public health ser vice says that it is well known that an attack of measles or scarlet fever or smallpox usually protects a person against another attack of the same disease. To some extent this appears to be true also of influenza. Just how long such protection lasts is not known. M um m ies Should Be C onfined. A professor of bacteriology in the Northwestern university found that mummies are a source of germ incu bation, and death and destruction is likely to lurk in the household that has a mummy in its bric-a-brac de partment. Keep your mummies in cased. s k about." they in 10 B illion Potatoes F ro m One. I f there were but one potato left in the world a careful cultivator might produce 10,000,000,000 from it in ten years and thus supply the world with seed again. When Spiders R e tre a t. Spiders hide themselves in threaten ing weather. This is because they know insects do not fly about in the damp atmosphere preceding rain, and not because they lack umbrellas. O liv e S team N e v e r V is ib le . Actual steam is not visible. The visible white vapor which is frequent ly referred to as steam is in realky a collection of fine moisture particles which are formed by the condensation of true steam. N a m in g No Nam es. Reading some of the present day effusions, one reflects that it is pos sible for a poet to make dollars out of lines that others can't even make sense out of.— Boston Transcript. U seful and the O il Essential. Although olive oil as a food and medicinal oil can be replaced very largely by other vegetable oils, there are one or two technical uses, wool spinning, for instance, for which no entirely satisfactory substitute has yet been found. Kissing Once Custom a t Dance. Down to the middle of the Victorian era it was considered quite the proper thing in England for a man to ex change kisses with his fair partner at the end of a dance. B e a u tifu l. The useful encourages itself: for the multitude produce it and no one can dispense With it; the beautiful must be encouraged, for few can set It forth, and many need it.—Goethe. Doesn’t hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a few cents. A n c ie n t P erfu m e. It seems strange to us today to read of saffron as a perfume; one of the romances about it lies in the story by Hakluyt of a pilgrim smuggling, at the risk of his life, from the Levant, a head of saffron in a hollow made in his staff. O n ly E vening Up. After all, what If we do overpraise a man when he is Head, doesnt he j get lots of underserved abuse w h ile! he Is living?— Boston Transcript. "Every e m p l o y er pays Ids em- ployees f o r /l • "Pape's Diapepsin" Corrects Stomach. The “ Paw?” “ Yes, Gervase.” “ Is having a crick in your linck any thing like having a stream-lined body?” After every meal “ Pape's Diapepsin” is the quickest, sur est relief for Indigestion, Gases, Flatu lence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fermentation or Stomach Distress caused by acidity. A few tablets give almost immediate stomach relief and shortly the stomach is corrected so you can eat favorite foods without fear. L arge case costs only 60 cents at drug store. Absolutely harmless and pleasant. Millions helped annually. Best stomach corrective known.— Adv. To remove pimples and blnckheads smear them with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Cuti cura Soap and hot water. Once clear (Copyright.) 0 H ^ V « a te rn The ; Flavor I LASTS With your fingers I You can lift off a»jr hard corn, soft corn, or corn be Besls-Keep your Eye. tween the toes, and the hard skin f ‘' i T f t r l l Strong and Healthy. If calluses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of "Freezone” costa new ■*» •A.’- w j j f * t hey Tire, Smart Itch, or V t l i D T w C Bum- if S o «. Irritated. little at any drug store; apply a few T U U R L T L j Inflamed or Granulated drops upon the corn or callus. In Murine often. Safe for Infant or Adult stantly It stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus Kt all Druggists Write for Free Eye Book 4«r1ne CyS Be»adv Cswfssy. Chkase. li. S. 1 right off, root and all, without one bit of pain or soreness. Truly 1 No hum bug! S f n f J D i N R **» '» • »etreshes. Seethes,