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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1927)
u Quack, Quack Here and Quack, Quack There SAY “ BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSIST 1 Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART A nutlonal duck-calling contest was recently held over station W TAD ut Quincy. III. F. W. Brockmeyer of Quincy, 111., was the winner. He Is shown holding the cup and the lady calling *o Mrs. Margaret Gillot of Peoria, 111. Phone Swindle Soon Thwarted Soft-Spoken Thief Dupes Commercial Operator to Get Aid in Fraud. New York.— In these days o f highly specialized endeavors rogues have kept pace with the trend of the times, as is proved by police reot -ds. Cracks men meet protective skill with de structive cunning, highwaymen utilise latest methods o f transportation to swoop upon victims and so on down the calendar o f crime where brain Is pitted against brain by forces for good or evil. An on s criminal free companions who patrol the highways and byways o f cities there was one swarm which Invariably shunned the clash o f arms while obtaining their sustenance through Illegal practices. Actuated hy the age-old theory that the world owes them living, they collected by stealth and with little effort, from public booth boxes o f the telephone com panles. They were a mild herd of thlmbleriggers, as a rule, with In geuiut's minds and faint hearts, will lng to accept what could be pilfered with the least risk. In recent years they pulled several Lovel swindles from their bag o f tricks, hut each time the companies have been prompt to curb these frauds and rn the per petrators over to justice. Among the ranks of these shrinking knaves were some of persuasive tongues and fasclnutlng manners. To these came the greatest harvest It was only when the hand of the law, as represented hy the efficient police of the telephone company, closed upon them that they toiled or spun as wulled-ln wards o f the state. The plan o f operation employed hy the more ambitious o f the Mephone- box thieves, who were often graduates from the school o f poorbox raiders, was based on romance. A nimble footed, wavy-halred youth mad« the rounds of the community dances until he became acquainted with s girl who worked on the switchboard o, some big commercial establl.hment. Then he grew attentive and the wooing sped. Oup« Se le cte d C a re fu lly . The selection o f a dupe was made With care, for the plainer the muld Robin Goes Bobbin’ With Key to Bank Columbus, Ind.— The key to the Citizens National hank at Hope was stolen by a robin re cently and the robin was chased by a posse o f citizens o f the town until the key was recov ered. Joseph A. Spaugh, pres ident, closed the bank and went to the home o f Henry Simmons, caretaker o f the hank building, to leave It with him, as Is his dally practice. Mr. Simmons was in the dooryard at his home and placing the key on the top o f a stone post, Mr. Spaugh called to Mr. Simmons that he had left the key on the post. Mr. Spaugh turned to depart when a robin swooped down upon the post, and taking hold o f a string to which the key was attached flew away with i t Mr. Spaugh gave an alarm that aroused citizens living In the neighborhood who, with Mr. Spaugh and Mr. Simmons gave chase, flniAly harassing the robin to an extent that It dropped the key, which was re covered. the greater the Impression. He w^s an ardent suitor, am It. a short time waxed pathetic over his Inability to wed and have a little home enshrined In chintz curtains and scatter rugs He had the promise of a good Job, only a small sum was needed, and. further more, he had a plan by which love would find a way. The girl listened to soft words, basked In tender glances and reached the point where she was willing to Join In with any scheme as a short cut to their goal. Then he got her thousandth pledge of undying affec tion and first vow to perpetual silence on the particular project which he was about to broach and the stage wus set. “ All you have to do,” began the tempter, then went on to unfold the following procedure: Tomorrow morn lng at ten o'clock he would call up as he had done often during the lust week or more. Yes, of course, he would tell her how much he loved her. but this time she must not cut ofT the wire on til he gave the word. That might he for a half hour or so and she was to connect all calls that came over her wire to any destination through the switchboard. There might he a great many of them, but caution was the watchword, and therefore let none know what she was doing. The following day this graceful youth walked into a telephone booth In one of the busiest terminals In tlm city where there was a line of folk waiting to make a call and a getaway “ Hello, dearie.” he crooned wtien he had deposited his nickel and heard the girl’s voice. The usual passionate pat ter took place, then he instructed her to answer the rest of the calls like a regular telephone operator with the rising Inflection of tone. This hit of art completed, he slipped a tiny black wedge of wood underneath the hook of the receiver. In this way he had baited his trnp and departed to await returns. Cads Go Through Accomplice. A steady stream of calls came from the b >oth. local and long distance, all of which were guided by the patient girl at the commercial switchboard, who considered the work a labor of love. Koch of these had been paid for at the regular toll rate In colt».; rang ing from a nickel to a quarto,. Now the coin box In a telephone booth, which seems so human to the lay mind, both In efficiency and ohstf nacy. Is a wonderful hit o f mechanism hut It functions according to Its light» no matter who derives benefit. The coin Is dropped Into the slot desig nated; If It he a nickel It traverses hu Irregular chute, rings one bell, short and sharp, and drops on to s horizon tal plate, where It Is held In abeyance until the conversation Is finished. Should the call go through, per schedule, and the person who Is tele phoning hangs up. the operator at the switchboard, advised of this by a light at her desk, presses a black button and the toll passes to the company's hank, which Is at one side of the t e l e phone appliance. But If there Is coni plaint of a wrong number or busy atg nal the money drops Into the return •lot at the other side by touching » red button. A dime or quarter passes through almost the same procedure, except that the dime rings two hells and the quarter one resonant chime So much for technique. When the paeudmaultor had loitered for a half hour or so he slipped Into the booth and spoke to his gentle accomplice. As s rule hy this time ,he was aware o f wh.it was going on hut to her. at least, love could do no wrong. A fter an Interchange o f roo lag he bade her fond farewell and the about Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “ Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets line whs plugged out Then he gar Also bottles of 24 and 100— Druggists. nered the harvest. Aspirin Is the trade mirk of Barer Msoaficture at Monoscrtlrecldeiter of S.llcjUc.cld Taking the tiny wedge from under the receiver hook, the thief Joggled Frozen Think That Over this hook Impatiently. The operator Dave— “ Bill married a cool million.” RImsou—I can get anything on my In the telephone office, who had failed Ted— “ Yeah, but he husn’t thawed out radio that you cuh on your phono to notice the exteut of the call, an a cent y e t " graph, aud more, too. swered with e query regarding the Jlmsou— Is that so. Let's see yon trouble. tune In on Caruso. Bell-Ant Really Sure Relief “ 1 can't get my party." he com plained; “ trying here for almost hall Thousands of Testimonials From Doc an hour. Gimme Information, please. I f shoos pinch tors, Nurses and Dentists Say So. No sooner said than done, the button or foot ocho- pressed to release his nickel and Im For correcting over-acldlty and m tired «uJjocf- mediately a ahower of colna. which hud awaiting disposition. i » n quickly relieving belching, gas, slck- Just ihike ^ gled Into the return slot and the seeker headnche, henrtburn, nausen, bilious for easy money strolled on hU way. ness and other digestive disorders. with several dollars more than he had BELL-ANS has been proved of great before. In his waistcoat pocket was value fo r the past thirty years. Not the little wedge, which prevented the n laxative hut a tested Sure B elief for Perfectly harmless and hook from clicking a connect!«» with Indigestion. tw * A N T i t i m c , cn the central exchange, but whose use pleasant to take. Send for free samples HCAUM6 N M M to: Bell & Co., Inc., Orangeburg, N. Y. was not suapected by the booUi pa into — Adv. trons. ytvr Shoes f Although unlike the bee In [ At Drufl and Tbilrt Q—<U Counters Lots o f men who attend the races try, the Indoleut thief Improved each can’t win even a little sympathy. shining hour according to his own ---------------!"1------------------------ ------- standard and he usually had several The Time to End Suffering I f you are a sufferer from •toma ch d l l « temporary fiancees working under his order, you owe It to your.4«lf to »five h « r r guidance In the manner described is Now! O hs T a b le t * a trial. T he y b r i n g quirk r e l i e f In A cu te CHHON, And If t a k e n a* h c o n s t i t u above. Sometimes his earnings Sawtell, Calif.— “ I suffered death tional treatm ent, bring permanent r e l i e f . with my back, could not straighten Tablets are absolutely harml. sa. I f Incon amounted to *40 a day. until the in venient to ge t from your druggist, a* nd 91 up to save my life. I used first one evitable crash cams or his Instinct bottle of Dr. d i r e c t to T H E K A R R CO, warned him It was on the wHy. and he Pierce’s G o l d e n 194) liorciu HI reef. S»u* Francisco, Calif« fled fo another city to play the same Medical Discovery; IIK A D E T E C T I V E . Or eat demand e v e r y role over again. then one bottle of where. W e train ana insist you In securing Captures could be traced to observ the ‘Favorite Pre position. W rite for free particulars. N atlo nal- scription,’ with the < 1 lobe Agen cy, Ft rgunon Hldg . Denver. Colo. ant operators In the telephone coin- little laxative 'Pel Ho meop at hic und Hlwcli**mlc Prepar atio ns panles’ exchanges who noticed coin sent postpaid to all parts of the world. Man lets,’ and l think box stations in use for long periods ual and booklets fr**c Halsey Hi..s, Co., fl4S they are ihe moRt St. Clair Ht.. Chicago. III. Established H65. Defectives were sent to watch booths ■ ■ — wonderful m e d 1- - ■ ■ ♦ --- ----- -------------------------- recording prolonged culls and the mis Niiipdiine Chicks L iv e and Grow. Produ ce d clnes that I ever In mild So. Ind. Free ra nge all year ’ round. creonl was arrested aa he collected took. I have recom- 40.000 husky chicks w k ly F re e cata» riunshino gains. _ mended them to ev Hatcheries. 411 Mark et 8t.. Corydon, Ind. ery one I find suffering. God bless N A T l HE'H \ i k \ i i m III M E D IC IN E S Cases have been known where gangs Dr. Pierce.”— Mrs. Mattie E Agnew, for all diseases, write today. Petersen ’ s M ed i have worked with girl confederates, cine Co., Mall Order Dept , 44*3 W h it t ie r 1786 107th Ave. All dealers. Houlevard. Los Angeles. California. who were o f their number. These ob W rite Doctor Pierce, President In- | mined positions In large business Y O U 'L L IX)V E IT . T in y treasure f ro m vallds' Hotel In Buffalo, N. Y., for F lo w e r Kingdom . W e ’ d love to giv e you one. houses and were expert telephone op free advice. Send him 10c If you Just name and address pronto. Olde Mis erators. They quit their Jobs before desire a trial pkg of any of his modi- | sion Hhoppe, H o i 346. Alain* da, Calif. clnes In tablet form. the monthly check-up of telephone Candy Making In Your Home. Pleasant, prof* It a bl*- Experience unm-oiMary, W e teach hills was made. for. In the last analy you. Particulars free. Creole Candy Co., H o * sis the commercial concerns were the 13b. W all Street station. New York. losers hy all this roguery, hs the calls had been charged to them t.s they INFLAMED LIDS passed through their switchboards. It lncrea»es the Irrltstion. Use MITCH KLL KYB Another Typ« of Swindler. BA LVK. * slrapls. de STATE APPROVED LANDS pendable, safe remedy. 15c st «11 druggist*. Another knave who was decidedly In tSiimll Im p ro v ed farms In w e ll tsMahliidied settlement. Fruit, alf alf a, dairy , hog*, poul- the lower stratum of crookdom, but try. Churches, high ic h o o l, g r a m m a r schools. still refused to sully his hands by l.on A ls o un im p ro ved lain Is w it h first w ater rights. Woman : ---------? est toil, was the man who gained a Easy terms. W r i t e 1 rt.no Funis. Kerman, Calif. livelihood hy plugging up the coin Mnn— An ego and a few habits walk slots In telephone boxes. This unde ing around on two legs.— New Haven W . N. U., P O R T L A N D , N O . 1 6 -1 9 2 7 . „¡ruble citizen mapped out a rou'e. Register. much the same a* the farmer has In a Then It Bobbed rK R M A N F .N T K M .IK K FOB K (7 K M A sugar maple orchard and trudged “ You say your ancestors were all U n d by doc tor 40 yrm [Ain’t order about each hour or eo to aee what fute unies* you will follo w direction*. H«*nd 92 or killed In the wttrs of the Moses, MUs writ#» M A H L E N \ ., l x *72. El hud cast In his way. Kftz Jones?" Paso, Texaa, f o r full Infor mation.— Adv . The Initial procedure In this bit of “ Oh, yes. Indeed, for several gen pettj larceny was to knead tissue pa More varied one's experience, the erations the family wus extinct."— per Into clinging pulp and press ft Into broader his mind. London fussing Show. the opening where nickel«, dimes «r quarters roll when the patrons have received wrong or busy numbers pbese obstructions were so placed that they were not noticed. Entering » booth which had been marked for prey, a busy business man ,,r pretty debutante, as the case might he. made h call and perrhame encountered a busy numl-er. Quite naturally It waa expected that the money would he returned When this failed to materialize there was a ran cous complaint eoundrd. A satisfied customer is ever the aim of the tele phone company, to the Impersonal v(,|<e of the operator nrg-d the angry LIT spray clears your home of flies and mos patron to give her the name and a.J dress „rid a check for the amount de quitoes. It also kills bed bugs, roaches, ants, posited would be forwarded. and their eggs. Fatal to insects but harmless to At the same time tha conscientious mankind. Will not stain. Get Flit today. employee Informed the “ tr«mble <le partment" that there wsa something wrong with that particular telephone Sometimes the mechanics arrived lie fore the plug had been withdrawn and the IS or 20 cent« collected. In that case tb* sleuths would hurry over t< wait until ihe self-appointed collectoi DESTROYS arrived. Then It was up to him t< tell It to the Judge. Flies Mosquitoes Moths A L IE N S F 0 OHASE GAS ILLS DON’T CALIFORNIA A moving picture o f the Buzz Family F More than ISO persons In the Colter? .States are Insured far $1,000,OUO or more each. 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