The Vici Beacon (Vici, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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THE VICI B E A CON
A universal custom
that benefits every
body
Aids digestion
cleanses the teeth
soothes the throat
After
Every
Meal
& good thing
to remember
Sealed in
its Purity
Package
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CADY‘8 C C R— For Arthma Hay Fevr
Bronchitis Catarrh Coughs Colds Croup
Whooping Cough Tonlo Body-BulJdr 12-os
bott1S2 Cady Parkar Med Co Wayrroas Oa
A woman’s Idea of economy Is to
use a gas range for the purpose of
cutting down the coal bill
Easy Way to Make Home Improvements
Almost every man likes to do little
Jobs of building particularly when by
doing them he can make permanent
labor-saving Improvements around bis
borne
If you have been wishing for a side-
walk tbat will keep the house clean
and the feet dry — non-rot steps and
porch floors ornamental gateposts —
any one of dozens of Improvements
you will be Interested to know that
you can now obtain complete direc-
tions free of cost
The best concrete construction ex-
perience has been drawn upon to pro-
vide these directions You will find
everything you need to know about
small Jobs — how much cement to use
bow to mix the concrete wbat tools
to use and all the rest
A request to the Portland Cement
Association 111 West Washington
Street Chicago will bring this free
booklet "Concrete Around the Home"
by return mail — Advertisement
No one Is absolutely fair but all
can be tolerant '
teaspoonful
equals
of many oilier
I hrands-Zfas why
CALUMET
The Economy BAKInQ POWBEH
Goes farther
lasts longer
n i
Contains
more than
the
ordinary
leavening
strength
WORLDS
GREATEST
BAKING
POWDER
BUT BT TUT
Sales 2$ times as much cn
that of any other brand
lIasTriTLgton Sidelights
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One Divorce to 7C
WASHINGTON — The census
bureau discloses that there
was one divorce to 76 mar-
riages In the United States
In 1922 as' shown by the first marriage
and divorce survey since 1916 when
the record was one divorce In 93 mar-
riages Illinois ranked second in the number
of divorces for 1922 the record for
the state being 10995 divorces to 75-
208 marriages Texas had the largest
number of divorces 12399 Illinois’
proportionate record however was 1
divorce to 68 marriages e number of
states having a higher record of di-
vorce The District of Columbia had the
lowest record 1 divorce to 858 mar-
riages The total number of marriages was
1126418 while divorces totalled 148-
554 In 1916 the record was 1040634
marriages and 112036 divorces
In Nevada divorces exceeded the
marriages 1026 to 935 this being due
of course to the divorce colony at
Reno
Statistics for the Mid-Western states
for 1922 were as follows:
Open Shop Claims
Advocates of the open shop
in Industry claim an ally In
the United States railroad
labor board as the result of
a recent decision
“A railway employee’s membership
or nonmembership In an organization
should not be matter of compulsion”
the labor board ruled In sustaining a
complaint of the Switchmen’s Union
of North America against a Contract
of the San Antonio A Aransas
Pass Railway company with the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
guaranteeing that 85 per cent of the
carrier's yard employees be members
of the brotherhood The board thus
declared this stipulation void
An anomaly of the case Is that be-
cause the switchmen's union Is affili-
ated with the American Federation of
Labor It leaves the federation on
record as opposed to the closed shop
The dispute followed dismissal of
C A Brown San Antonio A Aran-
sas Pass railway switchman through
operation of the percentage provision
of the carrier’s contract with the
trainmen's brotherhood The board
directed that he be reinstated with
seniority rights unimpaired and that
he be paid for time lost “less any
Best Essayist in 400000 School Pupils
BEST essayist of more than 400-
000 elementary school pupils
Theodora Poole thlrteen-year-old
school girl of Pontiac Mich-
igan now residing at Lansing Michi-
gan Is announced as winner of the
second national safety essay contest
conducted under the auspices of the
Highway Education board As a re-
ward she receives a gold watch and a
trip to Washington with all expenses
paid the gift of the National Auto-
mobile Chnmber of Commerce and she
and her chaperon will be the guests
of that organization and of the board
when she visits the nation’s capital
this autumn
The board’s third annunl contest In
which $0500 will be divided Into 485
prizes to be given for the best essays
by pupils and lessons by teachers deal-
ing with the formation of safety habits
Is now on
The award was made by a commit-
tee appointed by the United States
commissioner of education Dr John
J TIgert to review the best essay sub-
mitted from each state and territory
U S Supreme Court
TriE United States Supreme
court has begun Its terms with
a crowded docket as usual A
total of 580 coses are awaiting
disposition Of these 368 were brought
over from the term which ended In
June
Following long-established prece-
dent the court delivered no opinion at
Its first session but after receiving
motions adjourned and proceeded to
the White House for a formal visit of
respect to the President
There Is much ceremony In these
visits to the White House The Presi-
dent receives the court In the historic
East room There It lines up In a
horseshoe with the chief justice at
one end and the Justices following In
the order of seniority Beginning at
the end where the chief Justice Is
standing the President passes along
'the lines giving each member a hand-
shake and expressing his pleasure
upon the Justices’ return from their
vacation strengthened In health
When the court adjourned last June
It carried over under advisement fully
Marriages in 1922
Illinois — Marriages 75208 mar-
riages per hundred thousand popula-
tion 1122 Divorces 10995 divorces
per hundred thousand population 164
Number of matTiages to 1 divorce 68
Indiana — Marriages 87692 per hun-
dred thousand population 1261 Di-
vorces 7005 per hundred thousandi
population 234 Marriages to 1 di-
vorce 54
Iowa — Marriages 22745 per hun-
dred thousand population 628 Di-
vorces 3 £15 per hundred thousand
population 156 Marriages to 1 di-
vorce 60
Michigan — Marriages 43561 per
hundred thousand population 1120
Divorces 7572 per hundred thousand
population 195 Marriages to 1 di-
vorce 58
Minnesota — Marriages 24248 f per
hundred thousand population 983 Di-
vorces 2588 per hundred thousand
population 105 Marriages to 1 di-
vorce 109 ’
Wisconsin — Marriages 17277 per
hundred thousand population 638 DI-
vorces 2033 per hundred thousand
population 75 Marriages to 1 di-
vorce 85
Uncle Sam as Ally
amount he may have earned while en-
gaged In other employment”
A point brought out In the evidence
of the case which the board empha-
sizes In Its decision was that the
Switchmen’s Union of North America
"negptlated the first percentage agree-
ment ever executed but that organiza-
tion has renounced the practice and
become the victim of It”
"That the rule In question Is dis-
criminatory and unfair Is beyond con-
troversy” reads an excerpt from the
labor board’s decision "A railway
employee's membership or nonmem-
bership' In an organization should not
be a matter of compulsion t
“He should not be coerced either by
the labor organization or by the car-
rier In the exercise of his right to
Join an organization or to make a
choice between two rival organiza-
tions Anybody Interested In the or-
ganization affiliations of an employee
can find abundant methods of a legiti-
mate nature to bring to bear upon
him
"It must be remembered that rail-
way employees have not advocated
the closed shop and this principle
has not been recognized elsewhere In
the railway service”
the others having been withdrawn by
a process of elimination Members of
the reviewing committee consist of
Mrs A H Reeves president National
Congress of Mothers and Parent-
Teacher ’associations Philadelphia
Richard J Walsh editor Collier’s
Weekly New York City and James E
West chief scout executive Boy
Scouts of America New York City
Second national honors were won
by Edwlna Hull Frontier Wyoming
school girl whose prize Is a gold lov-
ing cup Lester E Rolland Thief
River Falls Minnesota school boy
wins third honors a silver loving cup
These pupils had previously received
gold medals and $15 checks In recogni-
tion of their having submitted the beat
essays written within their respective
states In her letter acknowledging
the high honor she has won Miss
Poole says:
“My present ambition Is to learn (to
swim but my Ideas of the future are
still rather hazy Of course I must go
to college and I have always Intended
to be a writer” '
Has Crowded Docket
submitted and ready for decision
twenty cases In which the court’s deci-
sion may be handed down at any time
Four of these attack the constitutional-
ity of the alien land laws of California
and Washington four question the tax-
ability of so-called "Massachusetts
trusts” under federal statutes and the
others Include controversies arising
out of the use of the water of Bitter
creek Wyoming for Irrigation pur-
poses what counties may do with
money paid them by the federal gov-
ernment under - forest reserve laws
brought by King county Washington
against the Seattle school district No
1 North Dakota’s claim against Min-’
nesota for damages growing out o!
flood conditions along the Bols de
Sioux river the constitutionality of
North Dakota’s grain-grading act two
cases Involving the fight of Texas to
prevent the abandonment and disman-
tling of the Eastern Texas railroad
the liability of stockholders of a na-
tional bank for Its obligations after It
had been sold to ' another national I
jW Eeonsmicel
Essential to Profitable Fanning
The Utility $ C it A Chassis Only
Express Truck J J v o b Flint Mich
Fits any Standard Truck Body
- i
No business can succeed unless Its product is profitably sold
- Most farms have a fine production department but no sales
department They grow crops and stock bought by buyers who
set the price
- One of the chief reasons for this unprofitable situation la the
- average farmer’s poor facilities for moving his crops or stock
' to the place where he can sell or ship to the best advantage
Because of the time and expense of horse delivery millions of
dollars worth of produce spoils annually on American farms
The saving of this waste would in many cases change a losing
farm to a money-maker
This low-priccd high-grade reliable truck was designed as s
money-saver and money-maker for farmers and business houses
needing fast low-cost haulage of heavy or bulky goods It fits
any standard type of ton truck hoay Ask any Chevrolet ’
dealer for price of the style of body you require
Prices o b Flint Michigan
Superior 2-Pese Roadster $490 Commercial Cars
Superior S-Ps Touring 49 Superior Llsht DeUrwy $49
Superior J Put Utility Coupe 640 Superior Commercial CbeaiU 39
Superior S-Peee Sedea 79 Utility Eiprcu Truck Chants 550
Dealers and Service Stations Every tv here
Chevrolet Motor Co Detroit Mich
Division of Qeneral Motors Corporation
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How Women Mail Letters
1 Femininity Jins Its own way of
posting n simple everyday letter so
jordlng to one keen observer For In-
Itance out of 30 women wtio were
patched nt a street letter box In the
residential section of a lurge city 21
withdrew the letter before quite let-
ting go of It to ’scan both sides of the
envelope to he certain the letter was
securely scaled properly nddressed
stamped nnd to make sure nobody
ould look through the envelope to
read the contents
That Provides the Time
X — Could you spare the time for an
hour’s talk 7
Y — Certainly My wife has Just told
me she’ll be ready In a minute
A strong and beautiful soul will
show Itself’ such though' Its body be
feeble sick or ungraceful
Why the Doctor asks :
"Do you drink coffee ?
TF you are troubled-with
headaches insomnia in-
digestion or sluggishness of
the liver or bowels prob-
fibly one of the first ques- '
1 tions your doctor asks is
“Do you drink coffee?”
He knows better than
anyone else that the drug
caffeine present in coffee
tends to irritate the nervous
system and is a frequent
Trmntp trillion
Si
1
Ligntnlng’e Pranks
Lightning plays pranks which are
not so easily explained Some year
ago a Russian steamer crossing the
Black sen - was struck by lightning
three separate times within seven min-
utes Though set on fire her crew
managed to put out the flames and
get her tmek to port A wheat ship
on Lake Huron was 6trnck twice with-
In three minutes each time In the
mime spot 4 The second flash set her
on fire and she sank
Remembered Accurately
Actor — I played Hamlet once
Ills Friend — Indeed 1 Did you have
much of a run?
"About six miles us I remember It
— London Tit-Bits
Words resemble sunbeams the
more they are condensed the deeper
they bum
cause of disturbance to
health
If coffee causes trouble
and you value health stop
coffee and drink Postum
Postum is a pure cereal -
beverage — absolutely free
from caffeine or any other
drug It has a delipious
flavor that many people
prefer to coffee ’
Your grocer sells Postum In two forms: Instant
Postum (in tins) prepared instantly in the cup
by the addition of boiling water Postum Cereal
(In packages) for those who prefer the flavor
brought out by boiling fully 20 minutes The
cost of either form is about one-half cent a cup
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Cain, R. F. The Vici Beacon (Vici, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1923, newspaper, October 25, 1923; Vici, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1978304/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.