Claremore Messenger (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1918 Page: 3 of 9
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UFT OFF CORNS!
Dwi Praesono on a touchy
corn, (h«n lift that com
eff with Angara
_ Po—a'l hurt • bit I Drop ■ little
J/**100* on u aebliic cora. '■—intlr
that corn stop. hurting, then yon tut
It right oat. Tee, magic! Kohumbegt
ADOPTS TANK SYSTEM
TO FOIL HOLD-UP MEI
■t Louis.—Four men la ■
■moll ear atopped directly la tba
path of a Halt Una trolls/ car.
All had revolvera. Ona atartad
for tba raar door of tho ear.
Motormao Cliurles O. Wray da-
cldad on qulch action, lla slg-
nalad Conductor Cecil Rawer.
"It'a a hold-up," ha called.
"Get away I" aald Rayner.
Wray did. Ha charged the
ear a la "teak." knocked It aft
tha track and eacaped. The
aian, righting tba car, climbed
la aad rode away.
A tiny bottle of Fraeaoae ceate bat a
w caata at any drag flora, but la eat.
■Heat to remove every hard corn, aoft
enrn, or corn between the toaa, and tha
MMuaea, without aoraaeea or Irritation.
Vrmone la tha sensational dlscov-
My of a Cincinnati ganlua. ft U woa
lerfel.—Adv.
Vary Likely.
Me—Willie, what In th« world la the
>*aby crying for?
*he Mlaereen t—Why-<«b—| «t ck
blmwlth a pin to aee If any aawdnat
would ran out Maybe that'a the ran-
wan
Zszafijz0* ^iuMm* ** m
■naa of Cutlcura Soap and toachea atf
Qattcura Ointment. Thla means alaaa
™ fcnfcj .aad reet for mother. |w
free aamplea address, "Cutlcura, Depi
X, Beeton." At dragglata aad hr ami
•oap 20, Olntmeat 38 and 00.—Adv.
It la estimated that 70 par cent of
tha residents of the United Statee
n*#, electricity in aome. form every
<ay.
B0CT0IIUBGED
moppnoii
fa toad I look Lydia E. Pink-1
Ira'aVegetmbU Compound
•nd Wu CuradL
.saa^^sraaspg
tha tlma Treat*,
maota would relieve
am for a time bat
my doctor waa at-
wajra nrginr ma ta
jKjSSEfS
^totryLydlaE. Pfnk-
h > m'e Vegetable
* Compound before I
SB
"r < 15"«rws
gii.'iSrsiJLvgist
|CMRL WILL WED
SHATTERED HERO
{Crippled in Battle Pretty Mite
Lovee Him Just the
Same.
Rochaatar, N. X-lflaa Helen Wee-
ton, a pretty young girl of thla dty,
will marry her war hero, who waa In-
valided home from franca n month
ago with tha croaa of war and other
cltatlona for bravery. But he la not
the etrong and handsome youth who
left her two yeara ago, with the prom-
ise that upon hla return, a war hero,
the wonld wed him. Merwln Blrdaell,
the hero, loat both arms and hla legs,
but hla crippled condition la to make
ao change in their plana for the fa-
turn, Mlaa Weaton declarea.
The pair met at a aummer reaort In
the Canadian Rockies and fell in lore
at lint sight. Some montha later
their engagement took place and they
intended to marry the followta* June
In Rocheeter. When young Blrdaell
made a hurried trip to Canada to dose
bis cottage In the fall he found many
of hla friends In khaki, and a few
days later Miss Weston received a
telegram atating that he had «nii« td
in the Canadian army and waa on hla
way to France. She was proud pf
him and promised to wait until he
same back—a hero.
Blrdaell came back a month ago,
mlnua arms and lega. The girl, spend*
tag her days and nights working at a
settlement house In Chicago, learned
of hla arrival and prepared to return
East. At first Birdsell would not
ia@S
Do YOU want
(Mho Ikat Date?
Wat tho atrong, Handeeme Youth Who
taft Mar Twa Yeara Age*
to bar htl alafortnne had
leaeed her ftam her promlao of
riage, he told her again aad agnla.
•• *aeok her haad and wrote tha
antence that brought tha promise of
Blrdaell to maat her at her New Tork
-The eoldlera of Belgium love their
aevaatated country aa dearly aa they
did the amooth flelda and comfortable
terme, don't theyT It la their conn-
try—and they love It Yoa are as
aroea, yea, mnch mora, to mo today
than you were when I met yon three
yean ago."
Blrdaell. fitted with the wonderful
artificial Umbo that are a development
•« **• W, has a government appolnt-
meat. and yeang couple, following
their marriage, expect to make their
i la Waafclagtoa.
BURN BABES FOR JAM THEFT
Are the Packers Profiteers?
Plain Facta About the Meat Business
Tha Federal Trade Commission In ft* recent report on wsr
profits, stated that the Ave large meat packers have been
profiteering and that thajr have s monopoly of the market
These inclusions, if fair and Just, are matters of serious
ooassni not only to thorn engaged in the meat packing
•astasia but to avery other citizen of our country.
The flguree given on profits an misleading and the state-
JMnt that the packers have a monopoly it unsupported by
The packers mentioned in tha report etand ready to prove
profits reaaonabla and necessary.
««nsl profit mskes only • fair return on this, and sa hao
r* ,t*^' Potion of the profits earned has
Uw used to finance huge stock, of good, and to provide
additions and improvemenU made necessary by the enoiw
noua demanda of our army and navy and the allies.
If you are a business man you will appreciate the signlfi.
cance ofthem facts. If you sre anacquairted with busi-
nam, talk thia matter over with aome buainese acquaint-
ance-with your banker. „y--and ask b-ra to compare
profits of the packing industry with those of ajy other
large industry at the preaeat time.
Tlie meat business is oas of the largest American indus-
tries. Any dtiies who Would familiarize him—If with its
details must bs.pieparsd for large totals.
lie report etatee that tha aggregate profits of ioar largo
packet* ware 1140)000,000 for the three war years.
This ram is compared with $19,000,000 ss the average
annnal profit for tha three yeara before the war, making it
appear, that tha war profit waa 1121,000,000 greater than
tho pre-war profit
Wile compares a three-year profit with a one-year profit—a
nanifestly unfair method of comparison. It is not only
mi deeding, but the Federal Trade Commiuion apparently
fcas mad* a :aistake in the figures themselves.
The aggregate three-year profits of $140,000,000 was
•anted on ealea <*f over four aad'a half billion dollar*. It
ja*aiu shout Jitoo cants on each dollar of sales—or a mere
motion of a cant per pound af product
Paokers* profits are'a negligible factor in prices of live
"t#^t nieeta. No,, other large buaineas is conducted
•pan tueh email margins of profit
Furthermore—and thia is very important—only a small
portjon of this profit has been paid in dividends The
balance has been put back into tha buainesses. It had to
K aa you realise when you consider the problems the
packers have had to soivs—and aolve quickly—during *t«te
war yeara.
To conduct this busineoa in war timee, with higher costs
and ths neoeaaity of paying two or three timee the former
pricee for live stock, has required the use of two or three
tunes the ordinary amount af working capital The addi*
No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission
in support of the statement that tha large packers have a
monopoly. The Commission's own report ihows the large
number and importance of other packers.
The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to
prove to any fair-minded person that they afr in keen
competition with each other, and that they have no power
to manipulate pricee.
If this were not true they would not dare to. this
positive statement
' • '.l •! . , •
Furthermore, government figures show that the five large
packers mentioned in the report account for only about
one-third of the meat business of the country.
They wish it were pouible to interest you in the detail, of
their business. Of how, for instance, they can sell dressed
beef for less than the cost of the live snimal, owing to
utilization of by-products, and of the wonderful story of
the methode of distribution throughout this broad l^d, as
well aa in other countries.
The five packers mentioned feel justified in co-operating
with each other to the extent of together presenting this
public statement
They have been able to do a big job for your government
in ita time of need; they have met aU war time demanda
promptly and completely and they are willing to trurt their
case to the fairmindedness of the American pecple with
the facts before them.
Armour c: Company
Cudahy Packing Co.
Morria & Company
Swift St Company
Wilton & Company
Cuphamletle.
She (with newspaper)—I aee that
the commander of a negro regiment at
tha front writes that "African golf baa
been Introduced over here and the
French aoidlers like it." What'a Afrl-
m golf}
He—Crape.—Boston Tranxcrtpt.
No man can tie happy unl
tries to divide It.
less he
Also a Change af Heart
<*e evening recently It was very
warn. The next morning waa extreme-
ly coot. Ell Hoover, Muacle wholesale
tobacco merchant, remarked in the
morning: "Lent night I worbMt in my
.garden nntll 1 was wringing wet with
sweat, and 1 made up iny mind I'd
change my heavlca this morning, but
instead I changed mjr mind."—Indian-
apolis News.
Every time a pessimist smiles he
feels aahamcd of It.
Maw Teefci—Mr. aad
i aad flaese of
iSaatei
I Setae
8entlnnd has produced a record nnm-
hw °L*,Klnf l*mh" ,h K"0*' condition.
Sams as United States.
Two .privates had been discussing
the French language. Silence fWI be-
tween them for a minute, when one
spoke up and asked: "Soy, what's
camouflage In French r*
Men are unable to aee the epitaphs
on their tombstones—therefore they
never attempt to live up to them.
When a man does good by Stealth It
nwy require a smart detective to dis-
cover the motive.
Paper Shredder.
A machine has been invented which
shred* various kinds of piiper that are
fed into It. making It Into aoft ina-
terlnl, which cuu be uaed tor packiaa
fragile goods.
Much Dependa.
Blllle— Hrown Is a great plants*. .
Mllly—Dow. lie play while people eaf
or while they tulk ?—Town Toplca.
If a man Is his own worst enemy ha
has n one-wlded fight en his hands.
GROVE'S BABY BOWEL MEDICINE
Baby Medicine ia comfxieed of ths fallowing
Mgfg^AHDiCATTOTOWnH PURE SIMPLE SYRUP
HI
relieves
sour stomach
TlSlSYS&lJsLSLa DMESTON
and U Jiut aaOood flbr Aduttai
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Sutton, R. R. & Sanders, J. J. Claremore Messenger (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1918, newspaper, July 19, 1918; Claremore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc178803/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.