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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1917.
THREE CENT NEWSPAPERS.
*r*HREE cent newspapers in Fairmont are an instan.
J_ taneous success?thereby making a record that publishers
in most of the olhcr towns where the advance
Was made will be envious of.
True there has been some falling off in the street and i
tiewstand sales, but speaking for The West Virginian this
has not been as large as was anticipated, and we believe
tte experience of The Times has been somewhat similar in
that respect.
There have also been some "stops" by subscribers whose
reapers were delivered by carriers, but investigation of a
ifew of these leads to the belief that these discontinuances
tare largely due to a misunderstanding of the real situation.
IJWhen these people realize that the advance in price was
due to real necessity and that both papers made it for the
muini 1> 1. .b^.tk.r tk?. ?( .U 1
? -Mil' ?w |<iww?wtv Uiwt tliuiljr Ul UiUC
people will reconsider their action.
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CONSERVATISM.
TiHERE is one feature of the annual postoffice appro1
priation bill, which was reported to the House yesterday,
which illustrates the slowness, not to say cumberpomeness,
with which this great national government of ours
Ignores. That is the penny postage for local letters.
This has been advocated for years. At least one congressman?Griest,
of the Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
'district?has been fighting for it before the Postoffice ComWnittee
of the House for at least ten years, and he is a figure
ief no mean influence even in a Democratic House. Session
.fafter session he has introduced his bill and made his fight?
heretofore without success. Now the proposition is accepted
and incorporated in the bill. But one would have to be
Something more than an optimist to accept that fact as settling
the matter. Indeed, the people who have fought for
ithis reform probably will not feel safe until after they see
the President put his signature to it.
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Iwuc ui uic reasons tor uic aeiay in Ulis matter is tne incorrigible
conservatism of the American congressman. Perhaps
it would be nearer the truth to say his inveterate Bourbonism.
But a more potent contributing cause was the fact
that postal experts hesitated to endorse the project heartily
until recently when the clean up of postal affairs all over
the country, which was begun by Taft's postmaster general,
Frank Hitchcock, put the postoffice department in the
money making class.
Many improvements and extensions have been possible
kimply because Hitchcock compelled the drones and the
wastrels to mend their ways. It took an immense amount
pf driving force to even begin to reform such a huge machine
as the postoffice department But he did more than
begin it; he carried the work well on to completion and
actually put the balance on the right side of the ledger.
We do not recall a similar instance in the history of the
government. Some strong men have tried to reform the
War and Navy departments, but they failed. Elihu Root
did cause an upheaval in the War department during the
Roosevelt regime, but, as they say in medical circles, it did
-not "take." The War department today i? as completely
dominated by the bureaucracy as ever it was, while it is
frequently said of the Treasury department that it keeps
books and does other things along the lines laid down by
| | Into productive lltt
II ] /-> dens, and each yeai
I ILaltOnal Lomment >al, prizes are aw
||^_? over six hundred of
i - i for which the city hi
I on Current Subjects ing and setis it to t
- The city's mortal!)
Igg,. j=?? j navo botn been lai
APPLYING COMMON SENSE. unsightly vacant 1<
CFrom CoUiors. Tho world goes be:
Some yean ago the National Cash kindness lead the v.
Jtcglster plant on the outskirts of Day
ton. Ohio, was surrounded by unsight- ' UNFAIR TO P
ly hovels, shacks, and vacant lots. A From the Plttsburgl
lot of small boys made life miserable Those West Vlrg
for the corporation by breaking win- erators who lay at
flows in ifs factory. The National Cash prohibition the shori
Jtegister people decldod that if those &f which they com
hoys had something interesting to do for an explanation
they would as lief do tho right thing it is not likely any
ps the wrong thing. Bo a meeting was Ueves modltlcation
called of all these little urchins. They law would mitigate
were told that thoy were the coming They know the fre
citizens of Dayton, and that as such, the mining regions i
the company was interested in them, pet per man cmpl
The company also promlsod tho boys test that they do
to have all vacant ground round tho sales restored, but
plant plowed up. furnish seeds, and who have been used
give prizes to the boys who produced would be more cot
the best crops of vegetables, each boy have those milder 1
to own his own crop. The city fathers Virginia. They ea;
laid apart streets for the boys to mar- fer to work In "woi
ket their produce in each morning be-1 hardly an accurate
fore school. Tho hundreds of boys ! thousands have rei
I not only kept out of mischief, but might have got om
cleaned up quite a bit of pocket mon- liberal communities
cy, and ware happy. Best of all, thoy how is the industry
learned the lesson of work and thrill, at a disadvantage?
(Theu the Cash Register pcoplo orforeit go "dry" in that s
prizes to the boys who planted flowers sideration, wise or
in their owr. front and back yards. The rights, the prohibit
result Is that for blocks around the possible for any n;
company's plant one sees cottages .trtl alcoholic drink If ho
houses smothered In flowers nud hie to get it.
creeping vines. Plnnlly? for good ex- No recout statist!
ampin is Just as "catching" as bad? show how the mine
ihe city of Dayton took up the inovo- West Virginia com
tnent. and Its vacant lots have all been shortage in otiinr s
reclaimed of their tin cans and turned of shortage! come I
aajyert
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Alexander Hamilton, the lint secretary. All of \vh:ch TZ
bean out the contention that oun is a conservative government
not only in congress, but in all'its branches.
PRAISEWORTHY. li
THE WEST VIRGINIAN is never happier than
when it is bestowing well merited praise or pointing
out some object or attribute that deserves the distinguished
consideration of its readers. In the circumstances
it is scarcely necessary to explain the pleasure it gives this
newspaper to call attention to the superior excellence with '
which our esteemed fellow citizen. Mr. Wop, filled the
exacting post of toas tin aster at the Newsboys' dinner on
New Years Day.
The story was told in full in yesterday's issue of The
West Virginian. It did not take long to tell it?but that's
the Doirrt. The self satisfied smiicmess and stale wit nf
toastmasters and the dullness of post prandial oratory has
made countless thousands mourn. If all the gentlemen who
preside over feasts were to emulate the example of Mr.
Wop all public dinners would be things of delight no matter
how plain the fare and simple the service.
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TIME AND THE BEE.
THE real wonders of the moving picture machine are
not those for which the public cares most. "They are
the marvels which the camera discloses in the various
fields of science.
When the first films of a running horse were shown,
jockeys and horse lovers discovered that they had never
before seen how a horse actually moves.
There are thousands of movements in nature which are
far too rapid for the human eye to detect. But the scientific
camera has gradually been conquering time. The tale
of the photographing of a bee in flight, as told by Francis
A. Collins in his book "The Camera Man," is a romance
of a race between nature's mechanism in the shape of a
bee's wing, and the mechanism man has devised in the form
of the moving picture machine.
It appears that the beat of a bee's wing is one of the
most rapid movements in nature. The ordinary moving
picture camera takes 16 pictures a second, but this was too
slow for the bee. Then a machine which 'could do an
exposure in one-two-hundredth of a second was used, but
the bee was still leading.
Finally a special type of scientific moving picture machine
was operated.
"A bee was launched almost upside down before the
camera, and the film shows its efforts to right itself. The
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dec regained us equuiDrium so quicKiy mar no numan eye
could possibly follow its movements. The final exposure
shows the bee right side up and making a 'bee line' for ?
safety. The entire operation was performed in one-hun- j,
dredth of a.sccond, during which period 20 sharply focuss- a
ed pictures were taken." f<
But so slowly does the human eye accommodate itself *
to the details of montion. that when the bee films are shown
they must be slowed down to the rate ordinarily used, and
the bee's wings "appear to flap as lazily as those of a very w
deliberate chicken when stretching itself." f.
Thus the most ardent movie fan is quite unaware of the 8
most amazing features of this great modern art. 11
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Announcement is made this morning that the Amerl- p
can-Mexican Commission had "come to the parting of ?
the ways." Doubtless this will surprise many Araerl- ^
cans who thought this preposterous negotiation, which h
was undertaken lor campaign purposes only, had been
ended long ago.
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We notice by The Times this morning that Dr. Ham- ?
ilton Wright Mubie is still dead. d
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Dispatches from Now York say the American Astron- 8
omical Society is divided on the merits of the plan to ?
save daylight. The astronomers are running true to
form.
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A Uniontown judge has granted an order for the ar- "
rest of the president ot a brewery company for making ?
illegal sales of beer. The surprising thing about this 0
action is that down in Pennsylvania they have made up J;
their minds that it is time to reach after the man higher c
up. Practically all breweries sell beer illegally in some ?
way or another. tl
SHORT AND SNAPPY. t,
Wonder if the action of Spain in refusing to support 1
the Wilson peace note might have been resultant of un- j5
pleasant recollections of the year ISilti.?Wheeling Kegister.
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Every day in the year is an opportunity. See that you I
seize It!?Wheeling Telegraph. | ((
The cemeteries and graveyards of Europe furnish
crushing proof that a restoration of the status quo ante V
is beyond the power of man.?Uniontown Genius.
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An astrologer predicts that "changes in the Presl- J|
dent's cabinet and other high places may be startling
and numerous during the year." He ought also to have ,
added that it will be disappointing if some do not occur.
?Connellsville Courier.
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The New Year's greeting of the Allies to Greece failed
to bring the usual response, "Same to you."?Wheeling
Intelligencer. y
le farms and gar- Ohio, Indiana and Illinois operators. 8
r, at a public festi- The universal testimony is that where n
ardod. There are prohibition prevails there men work 8
these beauty spots, better than where they are free to get jj
jys the hedge fenc- liquor when they wish it. In "wet" 8
he owners at cost, mining towns paydays are always cele- "
y and morbidity brated by so many miners that work is
gcly reduced, and practically at a standstill for a day
>ts are no more or two thereafter. Every possible oc- '
it when sense and caslou for a holiday is seized and the 8
'ay. iden do not get over the effects for an- 8
other day. Which force will produce J]
ROHIBITION more tonnago, 150 miners depressed 8
1 Gazette-TlmcB. by too free libationB working an aver- v
Inla coal mine op- ago of four days a week or 100 men In J1
the door of state normal condition working six days "
tage of miue labor, a week? All experience shows the hunplain,
are groping dred men are preferred to the 150.
of their troubles. So if West Virginia has lost 30 per g
of them really bo- cent, of Its miners on account of pro- "
of the prohibition hibitiou, which Is to be doubted, the Y
i their dlfdculties. coal operators there are better off J
er liquor flows in than those in "wet" states, who alBO 8
the less work they suffer from shortage of help, plus In- 8
loyed. They pro- efficiency due to the men's devotion ?
not want whiskey to the cheering cup. The West Vlr- D
think foreigners glnla operators are unfair to prohlbt- -
10 Deer ana wines uuu.
itented could they ' ?
beverages In West i r* 1
y the miners pre- J niTf rw*
V states. That Is ?)1 1 Ur
i statement, since u
nataod there whojj] A TF NFWS V
|iiw;ui?ui 1U UiUlO |l """" " " y
; but wero in true 1) paJ
in West Virginia " " ~ '
N'o miner need "Tho Mnrtlnsburg Journal" says that ti
tate. Out of cou- Charles Town's highway robbor was a
not, for personal caught Thursday night through the b
Ion law makes it bravery of Mrs. Churles Slffortl, Mrs. S'
inn to have tome 9lfford was attacked while returning tl
will take the trou- homo and robbed of leas than <2. Bho n
refused to give up the money without a
ts arc available to a struggle and tore tbe mask from her s
labor shortage in assailant, who fled. She recognized t'
pares with a like tho robber as an ex-convict, who haB g
lutes. Complaints been out less than a year. Ho served o
rem Pennsylvania, five years for liouso breaking, and la c
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JONT, W EDNESDAY EVE]
OUTBURSTS OF E
1 V(BY COf
*a t suspecr=a> ?-]
Ioafin? in the saloon
While the horse stands
in the street till he's
lleged to be the name man who roV 1
ed two other women recently. He
as been out of the county jail only
bout a month, where he was confined
ar a minor offense, and alter his arest
declared be wanted to get back
) the penitentiary.
John Richards and Theodore West,
ell known Wheeling sportmen, who
ar many years have been spending
everal months of the summer near
lass, W. Va., along with many promlent
men, who are members of the
lampshire club near MnorelleUI. have
urchased a camp on the South Branch
f the l'otomac river noar Peru, W.
a. The camp is located on five acres
f ground and has a large log cabin
ouse.
Ralph Conrad, aged 17, son of Fritz
lonrad, of Wheeling, while hunting
n the Isaac Daugherty farm, four
tiles up Big Wheeling creek, acclentally
shot himself. The gun sliped
from his hand, the trigger hit a
tone and the charge of small shot
ook effect In both limbs near the
nee.
Speakeasy cases are going to keep
he Ohio county criminal court exremely
busy for the next lew weeks
ays "The Wheeling Telegraph."
omething like ten cases were held
ver from last term for trial at the
anuary term, and the grand Jury will
onsider thirty new cases when it
onvenes Tuesday. That indictments
rill be found in the major portion of
he caseB is intimated. f
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William L. Lowory. of Falling Wa- J
srs. butchered three hogs recently,
hey weighed 570, 400 and 419
ounds. respectively. Ten cans of
ird and 13 crocks of pudding were .
ecured. Charles Kuble and Charles
ack were head butchers.
Mayor Edmund Sehon, of Hunting>n,
says the "Bluefleld Telegraph, has
isued an order forbidding the playing
t payball, Kelly pool and all other
arms of gambling in billiard halls of '
hat city. City officials say that pro- 1
rietors of billiard rooms have alms- )
d the leniency of the anti-gambling '
rdlnancc by permitting the operu- 1
Ion of games where betting Is in- 1
olvod. The ministerial alliance re- 1
ently complained that gambling was
ourishlng in Huntington.
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Andrew Rhodes, the well known i
oung Baltimore and Ohio yard brakeran,
at Martlnsburg, may have to eter
a local hospital and undergo treat- t
rent for an infected foot. Some time
.go, while he was sitting near the
litchen stove, his foot was painfully
urned by the upsetting of some boilig
fluid that was being cooked. <
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The factories In the Wellsburg dls- t
rlct are again off work because of a
hortage of gas. The cold weather
nd the heavy domestic consumption i
3 given as the cause says the "Wolls- t
iurg Herald.' As long as the cold i
?eather prevails, it is given out by
real officials that there is little relief
a sight. t
When Cole Gofford dropped his shot- '
un while hunting the otper morning i
l tbe woods near hia home at Smith- 1
111c, W. Va? the gun was discharged, 1
he shots took effect In his left arm,
adly tearing that member. He was
dmltted to St. Mary's hospital at
llarksburg. It Is not thought It will
e necessary to amputate the arm. c
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fry a Cup of I
Coffee for Headache r
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l/ITH A LITTLE "CELERY-MIST." 1
RELIEF IS ALMOST INSTANT. J
Do you suffer from headache? Then f
ry this: Take some "Celery-MlBt" P
nd follow with a cup of coffee. You'll i
e surprised how quick your head will
top achtug. Thousands of people And c
sis method gives Instant and pleasing
esults. it will cost you only 5c to get
package of "Celery-Mist" at any good
tore. Superior to remedies that cost
wlce as much. Also good for neuralla.
cold In head and aches and pains
f grippe. Contains no opiates or nar
otic drugs.
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KING, JANUARY 3, 191?*
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EVERETT TRUE
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Ruff stuff jjf
BY RED. jj S
Tom Lawson Rained our confidence o
cars ago with Frenzied Finance and 8
ve believe he'll pull through on top. ?
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He may be a sore head but it takes gi
hat kind of a duck to make some fools 8
leliavc. ~
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Looks as if old Pliilly has a regular Selective
Story magazine murder on
ts4hands.
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There arc people who believe them- J]
elves when they make predictions for '
he new year. And what's worse there
ire people who believe the predictions.
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Our predictions for the_uew year: A t]
imminent man will die' a boat will ^
link; there will be fires in the cities, p
md due to the planet of Squedunk be J,
ng in direct opposition to the planet _
juaua iiiuit,' ->m uc uiucii uiuH ?our
luring Uie months of June, July and f
Vugust. 1
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Also, we might add. a European ruler
rill worry to heat the band during tjie
ear. There will he railroad wrecks
md wlicu Jupiter hits the astral baselall
dlumond with Mars on flrdt there
fill be lots of liquor sold in Fairmont
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It's going to take a lot of pull to F
itop Hie murder Investigations In re;ard
to Grace Roberts but as she was
i friend of influential ment It must bo
lone.
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Tilings to worry about? 0
Rattling suits w ill be shorter for la-1
lies next summer. ,
You must write it 191" because this ,
s not 1916.
This Is the month that payments
uust start on all Nmas presents. t|
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We've never been to war, but we be- B
leve that the dollaf a head system 8
fill never get recruits?first because 8
ve all know that patrolling the border
s not worth a dollar, and that mOBt q
my time Villa is liable to chop the c
raptain's head off and throw it at the p
-est of the company, dispersing them. 8
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Nope! when there's a new comman- _
lcr in chicl a dollar a head won't be lecessary.
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In fact we wouldn't give three cents
o become a bull's eye tor Villa.
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Or any other greaser.
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This 1b the laBt year of the present
:ity administration and there ought
.o be some good readiug when it is all
.old.
For we understand the city has been
-uniting a private enterprise of which
he public positively must know notling.
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And again many charges were
irought against city employees which
I RAW, SORE THROAf
Eases Quickly When You Apply
a Little Musterole
And Musterole won't blister like the
Id-fashioned mustard plaster. Just
pread it on with your fingers. It penerates
to the sore spot with a gentle
ingle, loosens the congestion and draws
mt the soreness and pain.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment
nade with oil of mustard. It is fine for
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uivrv icuci i\ji suic uiroai* uroncnius,
onsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neualgia,
headache, congestion, pleurisy,
lieumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of
he back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
iruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on
he chest (it often prevents pneumonia).
Cothing like Musterole for croupy chilIrrn.
Keep it handy for instant use.
Fashionable, Standard [J i
Quality Coats, Suits ||
and Furs at_ Very fg |
Attractive Prices
Quality mora than anything else ii the keynote ot our ready,
to-wear store policy. When yon get the Quality you get fashion,
workmanship and everything else. It has been our experience
that quality merchandise sells at about the same price the world
over, and that the person who Is continually taking price Into 13
consideration to the exclusion o' - ..eJlty pays a very dear price.
This however being clearance .me we offer all
Suits, Coats and Furs at : |j
Reductions of From % to % and
More?In Some Instances a Half
The majority of these garments were purchased very late In
the season and are very much more desirable than garments that &
were bought earlier.
WE might follow precedent or emulate other stores
and quote a list of comparative price*?we might aay &
for inatance, Coats $15 to $30 values. Such a state- 8
ment would be very misleading for tbe simple reason that
a Coat bought early In the season and marked $30. would
not be valued at $30 now. Quoting comparative prices Is i
a very dangerous practice and hundreds of the best stores
are eliminating It from their advertising. gS 81
Save-a-Dollar Shoe Sale
An Opportunity to Supply Your Spring Shoe % j
Wants at Worth While Saving. ; */$$& | fl
Briefly, this Is not a dollar shoo salo but a reduced price clear- 9
ante sale and bona fide In every way. You can select durln* this , A
clearance sale from splendid stocks of high grade shoes and
save a dollar on every pair priced at $4 or more. New up to date 3 rjl
footwoar, stylish, comfortable and serviceable. Every pair selling
for $4 or more reduced ono dollar.
Here You Get a Good Measure of Quality and
Save a Dollar. $|| | flajj
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rJktUM&tfT, W.VA.
ere shelved wllh a smile? say that It Is the most prolific cow la
* they have heard of;
terefore as we chirped a second or 13
wo before?it oueht to be Interesting. ( ,1
DIES DURING OPERATION. __
BLUEF1ELD, W. Va.. Jan.:! ?A row
wned by Mrs. John Jager, south of H M A A A A (I
bis city, is the mother of triplets to- I J K I vbL U
ay. The cow. each year during the I B LI \jL> ^9
ast four years, has given birth to
win calves. Farmers in that section _ sua fl
=========== For All Ages
IREAKS A COLD , GuTfntit I
truss nttingfby experts. | j
IN A FEW HOURS j
leather leather and steel IM
IRST DOSE OF "PAPE'S COLD w 6 (
compouNjy^REueves all combined, with hard
pads, soft pads or water 1
Don't stay stuffed-up! j m r I
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f "Papc's Cold Compound" taken . . , .
very two hours until three doses are torm Ot nemia Of I*Up- fl
iken will end grippe misery and . ..
reak up a severe cold either in the tUre in all ag6S.
ead, chest, body or limbs.
It promptly opens cloggedup nos- Price from $1.50 UD. I V
rils and air passages; stops nasty r,
ischarge or nose running; relieves I
Ick headache, dullness, feverlshness, ?
ore throat, sneezing, soreness and) IA A V] l^'/C
tiffness. ' O (1
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the i ? ? I , a
uickcat, surest relief known and I
osts only 25 cents at drug storoB. j O I. ?p. I
t acts without assistance, tastes nice. L/rUg i3lO? O L 11
nd causes no inconvonionce. Don'i 11
ccept a substitute. ifl
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THE PRICE I
BUICK CARS I
Goes up lllj
JANUARY 15th
IHBT1"' 7 '-UP >*o v>:Vi5?S^H
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We have a few cars in stock that we cag ;
furnish at the present price until thdt time.
Roadsters $985. Touring Car 51020.
F. 0. Flint, Mich.
Standard Garage Co. Inc. 11
Madison-Street Fairmont IH
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