The Vian Press (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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VIAN PRESS VIAN OKLAHOMA
TO ALL VOHEU
WHO ARE ILL
Ttls Woman Recommend
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound — Her
Personal Experience
Neb— "I want to Neon
E Pinkham’a Vegetable
Compound to all
women who rafter
from any functional
disturbance as It
has done mo more
good than all the
doctor’s medicine
Since taking it I
have a fine healthy
baby girl and have
galnedin health and
strength My hus-
band and ' I both
praise your med-
icine to all suffering
women''— Mrs John Kopfelmann R
No 1 McLean Nebraska
This famous root and herb remedy
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound has been restoring women of
America to health for more than forty
years and it will well pay any woman
who suffers from displacements in-
flammation ulceration irregularities
backache headaches nervousness or
“the blues" to give this successful
remedy a trial
For special suggestions In regard to
your ailment write Lydia E Pinkham
Medicine Co Iynn Mass The result
of Its long experience is at your service
Naturally
"Does the new question department
you started work all right?”
"No j I find It won't answer"
Bad Colds Pneumonia and Croup
may be prevented by using Vacher-
Balm in time Everyone should keep
It In the house— Adv
Practical
“Does he pay his debts?"
"No I gave him a Christmas pres-
ent once and he only thanked me”
WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY
Is her hair If yours Is streaked with
Ugly grizzly gray hairs ubc "La Cre-
ole” Hair Dressing and change It in
the natural way Price $100— Adv
MADE USE OF STEAM POWER
Centuries Ago Men Were Familiar
With Its Possibilities but Did
Not Develop Them
A real curiosity in the United States
patent office Is a working model of the
first steam engine built by a clever
Inventor named Hero a century and a
half before Christ was born
A modern engineer would call it a
steam reaction turbine It consists of
a spherical vessel pivoted on an axis
and supplied with steam through fine
of the pivots The steam escapes
through bent pipes In opposite direc-
tions thus causing the globe to re-
volve Hero was the first steam engineer
Having hit upon the Idea that the ex-
pansive energy of steam could be used
for power he developed a number of
devices for 'its mechanical employ-
ment One of them was a hollow altar be-
neath which a fire was built Under
the altar was a vessel containing wa-
ter The latter converted Into steam
opened the temple deors by pressure
upon a pair of vertical posts on which
the doors swung When the fire cooled
the doors closed automatically
The ancients 2000 years and more
ago used steam power for turning spits
end various other unimportant pur-
poses But it does not seem to have
occurred to them that this source of
energy might be made available for
mechanical utilization on a large scale
Power dwells with cheerfulness
A Baked
Cereal Food
Different from the usual
run of toasted or steam
cooked cereals
Grape-Nuts
is baked in giant ovens—
baked for nearly twenty
hours under accurate con-
ditions of beat so th&t the
whole wheat and malted
barley flours may develop
their full rich sweetness
You don’t need sugar on
Grape-Nuts
“There's a Reason
FAC £5 fROn
o(G ernes
Gotham Stirred by Five
NEW YORK— Policeman O’Brien of the West Twentieth street station saw
a man staggering toward him along the sidewalk the other afternoon
The man's face was ghastly pale and
“Brace up man” said the police-
man sympathetically as the tottering
form leaned heavily against the brass
buttons “'tls 111 ye are"-
'Til be all right In a minute" mur-
mured the man huskily “It was Just
a shock A bit too much for me”
"What?" asked O’Brien
"Down the block” said the man
jerking hla thumb behind him “I just
saw five tons of coal”
Dazed and half unbelieving the
policeman gazed In the direction that
the thnmb indicated and what he saw put sudden life Into his legs In a
twinkling he was beside a massive heap of beautiful black shiny lumps block
lng the sidewalk In front of 51 West Twenty-third street On the edge of the
heap gathered a mob that gazed at the heap with wolfish eyes
“Stand backl” cried O’Brien who drew his clnb with one hand and his
police whistle with the other Soon other city guardians had joined him
O’Brien relieved by his fellows hastened to the police station to report
to Capt Percy Dubois
“There are five tons of it and its lying loose on the sidewalk" he said
"O’Brien” said the captain "I am inclined to be lenient with you as this
Is your first offense but I am pained and shocked that a man with your fine
record should come to such a pass”
Just then the telephone rang and Captain Dubois’ Jaw fell as he heard
another of bis men ask to have the reserves sent for the reason that O’Brien
had outlined Murmuring an apology to the policeman the captain rushed
himself to the scene By this time the crowd had Increased to great size and
open threats of violence were coming from the desperate Just then a street-
cleaning cart hove Into sight which was Immediately commandeered by the
captain A hurried call over the telephone brought more carts and soon the
coal had been snatched away from those who were almost ready to brave
death to get It
“Jimmy” Wolf the Gideon
PHILADELPHIA — “Jimmy” Wolf the Gideon has a new Job Instead of
distributing Bibles In hotels these days he is visiting the cantonments
under the auspices of the Pocket Testament league and handing out little
Testaments to every man In khaki
officer or private who will sign a little
agreement to carry the Book with him
constantly and read a chapter each
day
“Jimmy” Is carrying his "new line
of goods” for the business men's com-
mittee of the league of which Joseph
M Steele of this city Is chairman
"Jimmy” went to Allentown and
"broke in” to the camp there
They did not give him a warm
welcome In fact the sentry and non-
commissioned officers took the little man who Is hard of hearing for a sales-
man of some sort and salesmen are not wanted In United States army camps
By good luck “Jimmy” got Into the adjutant's office where he underwent a
brief examination
"You cannot sell anything In this camp” the adjutant told me
"Bless you” exclaimed “Jimmy” smlllnfe sweetly “I’m not allowed to
sell ’em I give ’em away Here will you accept this?”
And he handed the adjutant one of the beautifully bound volumes which
the Pocket Testament league gives to United States army officers
"Do you mean to say this Is a gift?" asked the astonished adjutant
"Sure thing” replied “Jimmy” “All you have to do Is to sign this card
promising to read a chapter every day"
“I’ll 6lgn It” said the adjutant
When this little transaction had been attended to the adjutant offered
the Bible “sulesman” his hand
“You shall have the right of way In this camp Mr Wolf” he said "Go
where you please and give out as many Bibles ns you like And if anyone
raises an objection just mention my name and say I sent you”
And when he returned to this city he carried cards containing the signa-
tures of 1532 privates and 132 officers In his pocket
Wrinkled Meat Aged 130
CHICAGO — The fountain of youth? Ask Kabenawwoywence He knows 1
Kabenawwoywence? Sure I That’s Chippewa for “Wrinkled Meat” He’s
the oldest living American one hundred and thirty years old and he's been
occupying a room and bath at the Ho-
tel La Salle
And he took a bath I
Why the exclamation point?
Well you see it was the first bath
he had had In three years
Yes he actually took a bath and
maybe If he lives to be one hundred
and thirty-three he’ll take another
And bear this in mind If you
ever stop at the La Salle sleep on
the floor It’s very comfortable
Wrinkled Meat says so and he's slept
on floors and tilings all his life and he ought to know Beds? Bah! Even
Pullman berths are bad medicine They give one a cramp The nice iron
floors In the vestibules are best
Wrinkled Meat remembers the war of 1812 but was too old when the
Civil war broke out to enlist as many of his tribe did He remembers when
there was no Minneapolis and fought the Sioux over the ground where the
city now stands
Ills home Is at Cass Luke Minn where he was born
Wrinkled Meat has had nine wives but no children He was a great be-
liever In divorce before he became a Christian Literally speaking he shooed
ull his wives out Into the cold one after another A divorce wasn’t necessary
Birmingham Really Has Become a Rich Man’s Town
BIRMINGHAM— Birmingham Is getting to be a rich man’s town writes
Ned Brace In the Birmingham Age-Herald I mean by rich men those who
are achieving great success and making money Three years ago the men con-
ducting machinery and foundry estab-
lishments and metal finishing plunts
were doing little business and but few
of them were making money Today
their plants are humming They are
overwhelmed with orders Most of
them have paid their debts and all
are making money In volumes
So It has been with ninny of the
coal operators and the cotton mills
have made much raord money than
their stockholders had anticipated ‘
There Is one concern In this town
which has made a fortune by re-ginning cottonseed and selling the fiber to
explosive plants
It was not ninny years ago tlint the president of a certain Industrial plant
In Birmingham told me that the entire property which his company owned
could never earn the Interest on Its then outstanding bonds Today the bond
Issue of tills company Is two and a lmlf times what It was then and Its stock
Is something like five times the then volume It Is today paying Interest on
both Its bonds and stock and Is Betting aside a big surplus fur future devel-
opment A enreful and conservative banker told me that he didn't know of a man
In Birmingham who has given the proper attention to his business who was
not succeeding finely And he mentioned to me several score of men whose
earnings were beyond anything that they could have dreamed of several years
age
Tons of Unclaimed Coal
great drops stood out upon his brow
Has a New Line of Work
Years Visitor in Chicago
WINNING THE
It Is silk and cotton for summer
frocks and here are two of them de-
signed for the young girl that will
make her more than glad that she Is
alive In a silk and cotton summer
All the pretty old-time gingham pat-
terns have been Interpreted In taffeta
and voile and their inventors of long
ago would be delighted with their ele-
gance and daintiness In these fine-
grained fabrics Some of the- new
frocks In plaid or crossbar' taffeta go
to the length of copying apron styles
The pretty frock of corn-colored
crossbar taffeta shown at the left of
the picture has the plainest and sim-
plest of pleasant waists made of plain
corn-colored taffeta with sleeves of
georgette crepe It has patch pockets
ruffled across the top that deign to
remind us of the apron pockets and
an Ingenious collar made just to suit
the frock This little model Is satis-
fied with a plain straight and narrow
skirt that turns neither to the right
nor to the left but pursues its way
undisturbed by ruffle or tuck to the
ankles of Its wearers It proclaims
the straight silhouette and leaves us
guessing as to just where it fastens
A pretty dress at the right Is made
of fine voile over a slip of silk The
skirt of voile Is gathered at the waist
line so that It has considerable full-
ness but It Is not draped Just at the
PETTICOATS CONFORM
right It Is split and cut at the bottom
so that the voile falls In a cascade
The bodice Is draped from the shoul-
ders and bloused nt the waistline
The popular chemisette Is Indispensa-
ble In u waist draped In this way
nnd nppenrs less In filet luee over taf-
feta lnce over tuffetn silk The sleeves
are full nnd gathered Into a little frill
above the elbows There Is a soft
ribbon girdle with long ends looped
over at the front It takes slender
bead tassels to weigh the ends so
that they Will hang properly A spray
of small garden flowers Is tucked Into
the girdle at the front and their
pretty quaint suggestion Is supple-
DEBUTANTE’8 SMILE
mented by the extra length of the skirt
which reaches almost to the Instep
Now is the time to dispose of all
lingerie matters simple or otherwise
for at this season of the year mer-
chants make a concerted effort to
show and sell new undergnrments and
the materials for making them Pet-
ticoats and camisoles and their next
of kin princess slips are the subjects
under discussion here
Shadow lace proves the best of as-
sets when the time comes to design
camisoles It Is wide enough to make
the body of the camisole and the point-
ed or scalloped edge provides for
graceful shape Camisoles are made
of it by adding a band of ribbon or
wide beading to the straight edge for
the waistline and banding the lace
with narrow ribbon stitched on Where
the lace has large points two of them
at the front and two at the back form
"V’’-shaped lines here and under the
arms that are graceful Ribbons stitch-
ed to these scallops or points are ex-
tended Into shoulder straps
In princess slips the bodice Is often
cut In the shnpe described above and
finished with a narrow hem Below the
hem Valenciennes lace Insertion Is let
In Narrow skirts set onto the bodice
with a narrow belt have a series of
tucks edged with val lace running
about them They are usually made of
WITH SLENDER LINE8
flesh-colored crepe de chine AVhlte
bntlste remains a favorite for petti-
conts and nothing supplnnjs small
tucks and fine narrow laces for trim-
ming them In the regnrd of refined
women But all petticoats must be
mnda to conform to tho slender sil-
houette Hues must be straight
The relluble taffeta petticoat for
dally wear Is shown In the picture fin
Ished with a scant corded flounce hem-
med at the bottom Like everything
else It Is most liked tn plain styles
Lungs Are
Weakened By
Hard Colds
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Not Where Age le Concerned
The little twins John and Jennie
were questioning as to which was the
older
John straightened himself up and
said "Jennie I am the oldest”
"No John” said Jennie calmly "In-
dies first”
VILE TASTE
BLISTERED MOUTH
Oklahoma Lady Had Dreadful
Time Before Finding The Right
Remedy— Black-Draught
Seward Okla— Mrs Annie Bowlby
of this place says In a letter writtsa
for publication: "I have used Black-
Draught for two years or more and
will never cease to be grateful tor
what It did for me and mine
Some time ago my mouth broke out
with blisters I bad a vile taste In my
mouth all slick and disagreeable 1
seemed to have a great deal of Inward
fever I suffered with my back and
kidneys
I was so nervous It was dreadfuL
I would almost cry — I suffered so I
had gas on the stomach and pains but
as I said the pain snd trouble
was most severe I had the doctor
and used several medicines without
result
Still hurting and suffering I began
to use Thedford’s Black-Draught
making It Into a tea and using a '
teaspoonful dose at a time In hot
water I gradually got better my Uver
began to act the fever went down and
I have never had any more trouble of
this kind
There Is no other medicine so good
as Black-Draught"
You will say that too when yon
have given Thedford’s Black-Draught
a trial
It Is a good medicine
Buy a package today
All druggists sell Black-Draught—
Adv
8ure
"Do you think there will be any to-
ken of mourning In society when It Is
reported that the best catch In town
is engaged?”
- “I suppose all the belles will be-
Hold" '
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
NEED SWAMP-ROOT
Thousand npon thousands of woman
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it
Women’s complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble or the
result of kidney or bladder disease
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition they may cause the other or-
gans to become diseased '
Pain in the back headache loss of am-
bition nervousness are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble
Don’t delay starting treatment Dr
Kilmera’ Swamp-Root a physician’s pre-
scription obtained at any drug store may -be
just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions
Get a medium or large size bottle im-
mediately from any drug atore
t However if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr
Kilmer & Co Binghamton N Y for n
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper— Adv
Becomes a General Nuisance
' ”De man dat’s always bossln'
around” said Uncle Eben “is liable
to git folks so Interested dat dey neg-
lects delr work to listen to him talk”
Tke Oalalae Ttsi Dea No! ANed Heat
of ita tonto and laxative effect Laxative
Bromo Quinine can be taken by anyone wltboei
eanatng nervousness or ringing In the head Tbere
le only one "Bromo Quinine" A W OROYA'S
signature is on box BOo
' In Britain
"One could hardly call her good
looking" “Oh no but she’s so rotten
sweet and devilish amicable”
A NEGLECTED COLD
Is often followed by pneumonia Be-
fore it Is too late tuke Laxative Qulnl-
dlne Tablets Gives prompt relief la
cases of Coughs Colds La Grippe and
Headache Price 25c — Adv
England enthuses over our first-
overs But wait till she sees all our
boys In the line
ATARRH
- For head or throat
Catarrh try the
vapor treatment
Al
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Moore, Gould. The Vian Press (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1918, newspaper, February 22, 1918; Vian, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1759037/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.