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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1921)
The WANT ADS Scrap Book Shop With the Thrifty Five Cent» per Line per Week ALPHONSE WAS ON HIS WAY A classified ad in this column Under th* Circumstance« Hs Naturally Fait the Call to Duty W > i of the Polk County Post costs Imperative. you only five cents per line per week and will bring results. No “ Alphonse." wild the heiress, “ 1 ad less than 26c. Classified ads have been seriously thinking.” “ Thinking o f me, must be paid in advance. Count precious!“ asked Alphonse. six words to the line- “ Indirectly, yes. I have been think If you have a horse, cow, pig, ing that If you some chickens or machinery that _ s jit r married me, every- body Would say you want to sell, or if you want P ? U j"/ you on'y did so In to buy one or the other, place * order to get my little want ad in the 1 oik County money and control o f my property.” “ What do I care for the unthinking Post and get results. world T” Alphouse, I will marry you.” WANTED-To rent, a two or “ "M But, y own dar— " three room house, furnished or “ And I will not have people say un partly furnished. Call at this kind things about you, so I have ar ranged to give my fortune to the mis office. 2t sionaries. Why. Alphonse, where are you going?" WANTED-A bright boy or girl Alphonse paused long enough on his to learn the printing trade way to the door to look back and mut Call at the Polk County Post ter: “ I ’m going to be a missionary.” office for particulars. BRAIN MATERIAL TO SPARE FOR SALE—A large trunk, good Apparently Nature Haa Provided Man as new. ('all at this office. 3t kind With More Thinking Material Than Is Require^. JOB PRINTING-Of all kinds The World war gave unprecedented neatly and promptly executed opportunities at the Polk County Post office to the brain. for the study of Injuries There were Instances In which Indi FOR S A L E — T w o -h o le gasoline vidual lighting men lost as much as a teacupful of bruin substance without cook sto ve. Call at this office Impairment o f their mental faculties^ Extraordinary! LOST—Black cashmere shawl, The reason Is not eusy o f explana between Sixth and P ifth on tion. But apparently nature provider us with more bralu material thaD we Monmouth St. Please return need with, and we can spare to Mrs. Serepha Richardson quite to a bit think o f It without serious conse quences, unless some essential struc FOR SALE—Flat top office desk ture be entirely destroyed. thing the brain will not endure in good condition. Call at this la One In childhood the skull office for particulars. 2t may compression. be squeezed all out o f shape with harmful result. The Flathead In WANTED—Second-hand bicycle, out dians do that, and so do aboriginal In other parts o f the world. must be in good shape and a peoples But even a clot o f blood, due to cere- | real bargain. bral hemorrhage. Is liable to cause paralysis, and local ¿treasure of a bone Butter wrapper^ printed on may render a person Insane.— Phila short notice at the” Polk County delphia Ledger. Post office, cheaper than you can ELECTRIC MOTOR CAR WATCH buy the paper elsewhere. Engine of Minute Size, Invention of No matter what you want—to Frenchman, la Said to Give Perfect Satisfaction. buy or sell—a little want ad in the Polk County Post will get An electric motor, reduced to the desired results. such a minute size that it can be j to operate the works o f a 1 There is always one paper in a used watch of normal shape, is a recent town, city or county considers French invention, described in Pop the best "want ad" mediun . ular Mechanics Magazine. Besides The Polk County ¡Post is consid the motor, the watch contain« a ered the best advertising medi battery, equally minute, to furnish j um in Polk County. Why? Be the necessary current. This 1« a cause we have the circulation, liquid battery in a water-tight case, partitions, all o f an indestruo- then, look over our advertise with tible material. The motor ia only ments. Some of the best co; - about three-eighths inch in diajneter cerns in the State of Oregon are and is composed of two concentric represented in these columns. fields, with an armature mounted Salem Theatre News Owing to another attraction, the Pantages show, a regular feature for Mondays at the Grand, will be held on Tuusda\ of next week, both matinee and evening. "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyphe" begins at the Lib- erty Sunday for a four days run. Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson and Elliott Dexter in "Don’t TelllEverything" atjthe Oregon Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. A Shop with'lthe thifty at Bu- alcks, Salem and Albany. Dr. Thompson. Monday. Dec. 5. Beaver 'hotel un til 4 o’cl ck p. m. 11-2 q P * Mr. and Mrs. O. Martin ar rived this morning to visit their daughter, Mrs. Homer Hill. Independence women find Valiton’s, Salem, t delightful] place to shop; very reasonable prices too. ___: Salem HIS FINGER IN Big Alligator Negroes’ Prize. Two neuron w efc attacked hy a huge alligator In W'eat Caney awampa, near Orange. Texaa. The big saurian, which measured tan feet, chased one of the negroes up a tree. The other negro In the meantime placed eight bullets In the center o f Its head. The negroes, who had encountered the alli gator while Ashing, returned to the spot where the battle occurred next morning, and found It dead. Tbay towed It through the tnarsbas IS Iks northern limits of tha city. Tea M.J.B. Tree Tea,£ lb Woodburn F lo u r - C e re a ls .25 Armjur Milk.........$ .10 First t me in 5 years this low V I M ......... Dairy Mniil__ _____ .10 1.1b M.J.B. Tree Tea .48 Diamond C........... Libby, 3 for......... . .32 J 10»lb Graham Carnation, 2 for......... 23 ilb » J No. 10 Wheat cereal Eagle brand milk.......23 No. 10 Whole wheat Sbasta 1 10 Cracked Hominy - J White - Yellow meal Gunpowder, bulk J 10 Cream roll’d, oats Best Creamery.... . .48 4lb “ " “ Fresh Peanut Butter .14 Onr regular ‘25c grade » Albers Pkge. Oats bulk coffee special Verri B :st Cheese .29 " Flapjack....... Y. A.Cheese, 71b», lb .27 35c grade special, “ Pearl of wheat B-Braud coffee 1-lb 27 Post Toasties, 2 for... B Brand coffee, 3 .bs Kellogg’s, 2 for....... Hill Bros, red can,... l*gal Karo Arnbe. _ .57 2 Grape Nuts for____ $-gal Karo Amber.. .30 Shredded Wheat..... 1-gal While Karo..... .63 £ gal White Karo___ .36 American Club, 1-lb .3G Quaker Oats............ “ “ 3 lbs .85 Mother’s Oats........ £-ga! Crimson Rmblr 35 “ “ 6-lbs 1.40 Swans Down Instant 1-gal *• " .62 (take Flour, leg.46c Our 20c value blend l.gal Liberty Bell.. coffae, 5-!bs for..........90 SwansDown c’k. fir. Cane and Maple $1.30 ilb “ Butter Cheese Syrup C o c o a - C h o c o la te 1.90 (ibirardelli’s, I-lb.... •• 3-lb.... 1 35 2-lb Bulk Cocoa....... .40 A 9 i-lb Hers hey Cocoa... 4 2 Baker’s Cocoa.. .3 5 Upton’s Cocoa__ .29 50c size Postum........ .53 30c siz- Postum....... .25 25c size Postum..... .26 Calumet hak. pwd’r. 29 2 1 2 lbs «Claumet. .29 5-lbs Calumet....... .23 10-lbs ( ’alum t ...... .23 2 12 lbs Royal....... .33 5 lbs Royal............. .16 25 ounces K. (!.... .33 15 on ces K. C........ .33 .30 .88 .23 .24 .30 .27 .42 . 26> .22 .29 .66 1.20 1 89 1.28 2 45 .22 .13 .35 .45 Vegetables Large Leg Cabin___ 1.00 ; ^ gtl Pen ick syrup.... .42 1-gal .75 Fa cy Picnic Hams .21 “ Bieakfast bams .29 Tgal Penick, amber.. .39 Ivory SoapFlakes 3 for .25 " Cottage Rolls . .26 1-gal ‘ white... .70 “ Bacon Back.... .24 I vorv S >ap, 10 for..... .80 .25 No. 5 Pure Lard.... .69 Lenox, 7 tor 1 gallon................$1.70 No. 10 pure lard.... 1.38 PtfcG White Naphtha .77 2 for........... Half gallon.. .90 4-lbs Snowdrift...... .18 8-lbs Snowdrift...... 1.49 lbs ............. .52 Crystal white, 10 for .49 We- on’s Orl, quart .50 | Royal white, 10 for... .40 . “ “ pint. .29 ICreme Oil, 10 for .79 .98 “ “ i-gal Fancy Cal. rice 4-lbB .23 Palm Olive, 10 for... :* " 1 gal 1.89 “ Southern, 3 lbs .25 Citrus, large pkge.... .26 “ Navybeans, 4-lbs .25 Mazola Oil, Pint..... Pearline, large pkge. .29 Choice “ 5-lbs.... .25 è g a l . . . . 1.05 Sea Foam, package Lima B^ans 3 ibs .. .35 Crisco, 3-lbs 24 ...........57 Pink “ 4-lbs .30 Old Dutch Cleanser “ 6- b s ............ 1.41 10 Mexican Reds, 4 Iba .33 “ 9-iba............. 1.59 L'ght House 14 2 for .15 Head Lettuce, 2 for. ( ’elery, 3 for............. Sweet Potatoes, 4lbs.. Fresh Solid Cabbage Gren Peppers. Seedless Raisins, bulk O.K.Seeded Raisins.. 2 ft .25 .25 .03 Seedless Raisins pkg. .24 Currant<: package • .23 Lemon Orange Peel.. Citron Peel__ .48 Smoked Meat Soaps Butter Scotch Rice and Beans j .80 .22 .22 .33 Macaroni 5-lbs Curve Cut.... 5-lbs Tapioca..... .35 .32 5-lbs Sago .32 5-lbs Split Peas .45 Shop With the Thrifty At BUSICK IN K W E L L . When I was a young man, a sub stitute teacher in a large high school, I was given a class in physiography. It was the begin ning o f the semester, and 1 wanted to impress upon my pupila the val ue of the subject. 1 stated a few facta in a very firm voice, and then to emphasize one point in particular I brought my index finger down hard on the table. When I looked down, I found my finger in the inkwell, and with a look o f blank dismay I hastily proceeded to wipe the ink off on the edge o f the table, amid the roars o f the boys and giggles of the girl students.— Chicago Am eri can. Albany M ilk between them, all serrated. Its commutator ia in the form of a ■mall cavity which retains in it, 4>y capillary attraction, one drop of ) mercury. What would correspond I to the brush o f the commuator is a thin metallic pin that moves in and out o f this drop o f mercury. There is, o f course, no daily rewinding, and the only thing that ever re quires attention is the battery, which, it is claimed, would have to be renewed only once a year. BREVITIEÔ fe. At TOOTSY W OOTSTI "What makes It Jiggle around aa?~ “Ha! ha! It's s spoony coupia, trying to fish and hold hands at tha tarns Urns!" Barsly Escaped Waterspout. More terrible than all the mythical monsters of the deep sea was a water spout which pursued the steamer Ks- peranza In the CartMiean sea. ac cording to the captain. The spout was the largest he had ever seen. He said It waa Itk> feet thick and several hun dred feet high. It appeared a quarter of a mile astern and moved rapidly toward the vessel Only bj ciever work with the helm was the captain able to steer the Ksperausa clear af the whirling column. HDo your Christmas shopping esrly.