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seem to have all
the tire kick
O U probably know a m an whose car is a
hobby with him. H e knows just w h y it’s
the best little olii car there is o f its class.
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And he'll s. »r.J up fo. that car against the
w orld in any kind o f an argument.
Y e a r by year nr. increasing number o f men
feel the sa m e w a y rbcxzt U. S. Tires.
For a while they m ay try "jo b lot” stuff,
"bargains,” ' big discounts” and ‘ rebates.”
But urunlly it d.x>srj't take 1 m g for a man to
cense the econc m y o f the standard quality lire.
U . S. T U B E S
Th* Mine standard of quality
built into U. S. Tinm ia put
Into U. S. Tub»«.
For y ea rs U . S. Tire makers have been build
ing quality tirv-s for sane tire users— for the car
o f medium or light weight no less than for the
heavy car.
The tire buyers o f the land have responded
with a mighty U. S. T ire following.
T he U . S. Tire makers meet the re
sponsibility for supplying this nation
wide following w ith characteristic
energy.
N inety-tw o U .S . Factory Branches
are established, covering the entire
country.
Frnd thm U S. T im .fc-«W
wrf.*» t b * A t II, r o m p k e t + t y
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Find the U . S. Tire dealer w h o
has tiie intention of si r v 'n g y o u . You
will know him by his full, completely
sized line o f fresh li re U . S. Tires—
quality first, and the sam e choice
of size, tread and type as in the big
gest cities of the land.
United States fires
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' • J.’ /C.it: r, Luro|..an heavyweight thampion. is quartered in
Ishm^ training camp and at merit for hi. battle with Jack
‘ or the world championship title at Jersey City, N'
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arrive.! Miming and confident, bringirq with him his Belgium
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which wa with him he tot - Wrdnn during his service
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Rubber Company
Graham and Son, Monmouth, Oregon
Mysterious Death Threats Pinned
“ (« t e ll film Willie be la young uud
on Front Door With Butcher
train tiiiii lu the way you would have
: him go; thru you will have a husband
Knives.
after your own heart. Should the
marriage prove a failure, you will
know you picked the wrong man.”
Lila Fni looked up from Madame |
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iu time to see Winnie Weeks, radiant
\ bride <•( a week, pass by with her liaud- f o r M o r» T h a n Y e a r C h ic a g o f a m
ily H a s Been K e p t In S ta te of C o n
| some young husband.
sta n t T e r r o r by B la c k -
Winnie was only eighteen and a
H a n d Letters.
beauty, so Lila, twenty-nine and mere
ly good-looking, really seemed old and
Chicago.—Mysterious death threats
ugly to him.
“ I have a good mind to try It.” she pinued to the front door with butcher
murmured, und whether she reully knives; crude skulls and crossbones
meant It or not, fate seemed ready to drawn uu window panes by an unseen
help her, for at the dance of the enemy; black-band letters demanding
Neighborhood club that evening Lan- money—these are some of the expe
-1011 Urey persisted iu dancing with
riences which have caused the fam
her anil her only.
ily of Jacob Kolb, a machinist of 4646
Though a Irltle dismayed at Ids Altgeld street, to live a life of terror
youth, lie being only seventeen and a for the last year.
high sch' ol pupil, the advice to “ ciUch
The climax came at ten o'clock one
hint young" kept recurring, und when night recently when Mrs. Sophie Kolb
he. \i ith llnttering humility, asked If answered the telephone.
lie ii :iglit walk home with her, she just
“This Is Black-Hand K ite !” came a
naturally said "yes.”
mini's voice in gruff tones. " I f you
It was only a ten-minute walk, but don't come across with that 15.000.
before they had gone half the distance we'll blow up your house! This time
his nnu was around her slim waist, we mean business ! Bring----- ’’
his eyes on hers, und he was murmur
W o m a n F a in t s at T h r e a t
ing, “ Oli, this Is vvhat I’ ve wanted
Mrs. Kolb heurd no more. She sank
since my first dance with you. I Just to the floor in a faint, leaving the
love you." And though she was scan- receiver dangling. Motorcycle Uollce-
d i« ' d at the absurdity of this “ kid’s” tuen Anderson and Maloney were
making love to her, “ catch him young rushed from Shakespeare avenue sta
and train him" once more bobbed up. tion and the Crngln station was noti
and she decided to accept him.
fied. Mrs. Kolb was hysterical.
Arrived home, she Invited him to
“ I'm sure I recognlxed that voice,”
“Just for a little lunch,” but the Ice she said after she had been calmed.
box yielded only tomuio soup and cot “ It sounded like Frank 1‘obloskl, a
young man about eighteen year« old,
tage cheese.
“ I love tomato soup," Lanson ex who used to run around with Conrad
claimed in the same ardent tones he Braemer of 1767 Clyboum avenue, who
had said he loved her. "Bring It out tried to go with my oldest daughter.
and heat It.” So they fietsted on soup, Amelia, sixteen. I knew Braemer had
h«-en arrested, so I forbade him to sea
crackers and cheese.
It was a case of “ nwtilng” after my daughter.
“ ‘I'll get even with you,’ he th re at
ti nt. I.lla had always had struggling
admirers, who called a few times and ened. but I ’ve never seen h im since.
"A year ago. when we lived at 4944
then lost interest.
The truth was
that her breezy manner, which fascl- Belinont avenue, the first death threat
nalod at first and made "getting ac came. A note was pinned to the front
quainted” easy, had seen ml to be “ toO door with a butcher knife. The note
I' >ssy" on more Intiimitie ncqualnt- read; ‘Your turn Is next.’ It was
stgned with a skull and cross bones.
s r»ce.
But l.anson did not fore interest. Four months later a letter mine de
He came every evening, proposed manding $5.000 be brought to an Ice
marriage. And when she laughingly cream parlor at Cicero und Fullerton
asked. "I low could you support a avenues. It stated our bouse would
wife? You must be fooling,” he grew
very indignant, and “ I ’M show you,”
he declared; “ you don't care for me
>r you'd marry me rigid, a w ay!”
"Blit married people have to pay
their expenses, and lie w could we do
t iia t r
"Busily enough. M y uncle. In the
real estate business In Albany, has j
• (Vensl me a Job nt r. thousand a year;
won’t that pay our «vpenseaT”
It did provide f<<r them nmply for
two years, when prl-es and salaries
began to sonr. T„anson had pleased
h - uncle, who ro w raised his salary
beyond I.¡In's wildest expectation«.
•She had econnmlned and “ trained”
I.ai on to do so, too. They now felt
I but they could afford a bungalow
fur a home and. calling nt the office
one day to see Bint, In connection with
lie purchase o f It, I.lla asked the of
fice boy to si» ol out Mr. Urey. "Tell
him Mrs. Grey |s here,” she said; and
lie boy went Into Bauson's office with
"Your mother Is out there, Mr. Grey,
and she wa nta to see you/’
l.anson, wlio supposed Ills mother
T h e F ir s t D e a th T h re a t C am a.
to bo nt Berne, forty miles away on the
Massachusetts side o f the state line, lie blown up If the money wus not
ruslir ,t out to greet her, only to find paid.
F r ig h t A lm o a t K i ll s Son.
Bl)'a there, alone.
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“Two more letters came, then an
"Why, what a funny mistake!” he
laughed, but from that tluae on he be other butcher knife was found Im
an to be lnte for dinner, slow to bedded in the door. My little aon.
meet her for the noon bmch, which Jacob, saw It. and collapsed from
they always had together nt a Broad fright on the car tracks. A motormao
way restaurant; In fact, tils hours be stopped the car Just In time. Then
came s(, irregular and his exruses for Julia came home one day and found
“ working overtime” so plausible that a message and crossbones smeared In
Blla got quite used to spending the tar on the glass panel af the door. It
said: ‘You're next.’
evenings alone.
“ Both Jacob and Julia wera so
But even so, she wits totally unpre
frightened
they were under the car«
pared for Ids not coming home at all
one night and for the lmrsh command. of Dr. Martin Schupman for three
by telephone, the foOowlng morning, months. My health broke down, and
to "be nt the police stnflon at nine Amelia la on the verge of nervous col
lapse. She has been receiving anony.
o'clock.”
moos phone calls threatening her and
An- -. | there, worn with the rtighfT«
ordering her to meet some man at dif
vigil and fearing Ijinson hurt met with
ferent plnces. A few days ago they
some horrible accident, sh » was com
tried to lure her to the Alexlan Broth
forted by the sight of her h nsbaiul and
ers' hospital on the pretext that a
a P ' tty cirl ,,f sixteen win an she ree-
‘dear friend' was dying.
ogn'r, ' as the stenographer In the of
“ A mao named Kite runs a dry
fice ad
g L u a o a 'a
But M t N
goods store next door to where Brae
Blla could utter a word, on r o f the po
mer lives. That's why that fellow to
licemen guarding them asked the
night used the expression 'Black-Hand
frightened g irl: “ Now, young lady, can
Kite.' We notified the Irving Bark
you tell me who thin wouun n r
police on the former occasions, but
“ Y ■•«." .»he whispered, * h's n'other."
nothing ever csrue of It."
"What is your namef?” sharply
A police guard was Rationed at the
ask, .I the officer, turning to Lila.-
Kolb home.
“ I.lla Grey.”
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“ P o you know this mao?”
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Pension for Horses.
"H e Is my husband.”
Greenville. 8. C.— Dan. the faithful
can ion dot \ that?”,
horsi of Capt. O. K. Brea7*1«, whlct
“ No.”
Tl e young girl, with a muffied groan. has carried United States mall,a tptal
distance of AnoH fhflb 75«OT miles Vw*
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. fainting, in h-*r*chalr.
The nth. . t turned to Lite
“ I found one route, was retired one day recegt
'* a in the park at two o c ’ ock this ly with a pension after 17 years' serv
morning; followed them to tl»* Union Ice. Captain !3ren>«4e. the mall car
station, where he hougttt tick, 'ts for rier, also was pensioned.
BLAME FORMER SUITOR
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Every woman welcomes the n I.o .:
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drrts, especially for summer wear. The«.-
the Hush Terminal Sales Building in New
for IV2I
Oil the left the pique trims. .
lured The dress tproii shown in the
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poreli or ■••orniii|i lire»* on the right
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KEEP FAMILY IN
REICN OF TERROR
’ Bf were Just aU >ut t,
Curious Egg
•*»rd the train when Stubbs, here
Lancaster. Ky — Perry Long has •
r ; tied up wi th a r*q<o -t o f ‘girl i also
ked her liai ne, and broa ght curiosity In the shape of an egg pre
k."
I sented to him by one of his favorite
bens
It Is an exact replica of a well-
K iln <
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developed kerahaw, though not sc
■ »h«* WU:> U lU t t ffU ig
f t a b i r e n i ly. "m u
Urge as a kershaw, displayed a few
r i * p e — - f a U u r e — t u u w — p
weeks ago.
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