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?,w v,l£ * •. *- , v -r>. - , ,n .. >- .t, , >jr.. . * ft'rrll 1 ~rf Tt'"r'r'iii[" f'l Y" linfiiliii'ii i '. ••'"I" '•" 'vvt-'. rv,v"* r Tr. J; -^- fr « 1 \ I14 t, *- '• •mm •*- '* •-•*', ".*'• :t, ^ M'BZMKT PLAIHDKALXX, THURSDAY, DBO. 28,19» " • '»Va \C®" '•"• '•" Wv<- % 1 * J< '>%> r,\" ' *- 1 Y • if •T ;p>: . ••;. & • - i-v" .: v-:. ^ ,ifV/•'! (< Friends and Ne# The least we can do at the beginning of tb# ftew year is to thank our many friends and customers foY their kind co-operation during the months just passed. We take this means of wishing you all A HAPPY NEW YEAR. ' ' •/:- i ' • "I" , i Ericksoh'sBeptStdte F; 1 . . • > • 1;., .• GReecinGS ?Th*re isn't much to say that is different about New Year's. Perhaps it is better so--for the true significance of the day lies in the thoughts of old friends, old traditions--and* you'll pardon us if we say, old customers, too. • ^ We at this garage appreciate our old friend«» We like to do things for them. Nothing pleases us better than to do their work for them 90 well that it just can't help proving profitably. Central Garagf * a Maf^ GrakamBonner JOHNSBURG ftic JEAICN'S CEST res ycu We wish you health, we wish y»a wealth, V We wish success unmeasured, We wish you every lovely thing (That friendly hearts h&ve treasured, ^ . Stoffd & Reihansperger INSURANCE L When yon open your book f JP To start the New Year r* r May the very first entry Be one of good cheer. Earl Monear, Prop. ( fjjau've been mighty kind to us, | In the year that's past, nd we'll serve you every year, ®etter tllan the last. Hardware V LIGHTS "SKSS of NEW YORK OME along, come along," said tha •U> New Year. "I've no time to waste." "You're one for hurrying," said " the Special Traveler, "but I'm Hot & slow one, either." "Good for you," said the New Year. "That's the way to talk." 'the New Year just had to be on time. No year had ever been late la arriving. "I don't have to have a ticket, do I?" said the Special Traveler. "Of course not," said the New Year. 'Too can travel free. Come, Jump into my bag." The New Year carried a bag across his back. The New Year was not very big in size. The New Year wag not very old. But he was strong and bursting with energy. "How do I look?" ho asked, with one last glance at the mirror of Time. "Wonderful," said Father Time. "Your snow costume is most becoming. Most appropriate, too. I'm sure you won't catch cold, even though you're only wearing a snow costume and even though there Isn't much of It "But you're a healthy young year, can see that" The New Tear was off. The Special Traveler was with htm. The bells began to ring. Horns were blowing, bells were pealing. People were singing. "Happy New Year,M resounded through the frosty air, through the warm rooms of the houses. Gay music was being played. Some people were dancing. And then came the New Year. One, two, three, ftrar, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. The Old Year vanished. The New Year arrived. •W-i**" "Happy New Year, Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Every one greeted every one else. Every one felt love in their hearts. Every one felt the glow of friendship^ the inspiration or romance^ "Ah, I must be rushing about," said the Special Traveler, as he left the New Year's great bag in which he had traveled, quite free of charge, into the world. He went everywhere. He darted here, he darted there. Sometimes he just threw his arrows of friendship, sometimes he threw his arrows of piercing love. Sometimes he threw his arrows of devotion. For Cupid, or Love, carries many arrows. s Cupid, or Love* I* always wAl equipped. And all over the world he Parted, this way, that way, back again/ far ahead. For it was Cupid, or Love, who was the New Year's special traveler. And it was he who came quite free of traveling expenses. "Happy T'ew Year," said everyone^ "A very happy New Year," said soma. "A happy New Year now and forever," said others. ' The Special Traveler was busily at work! (A int. VmUtb Nmh*pw Unloa.) > 3"HE storm began at four in the afternoon. First the wind a»4. ^ then the rain. The noise of it / was deafening. "You can't go on tonight," said the woman peering out of her window. "See how dark it is. The rain Is like a sheet. Youll never be able to keep in the road. If yon make a mistake you'll drive over the edge of the cliffs. Better stay here. We'll give you supper and a bed to sleep in." v The man, a stranger in the small, sea-coast village, stood silently beside the window, lie frowned. "I'm not afraid," he said. "I must get on. This IS New Year's eve, and I promised to be, horn* I've been away a long time." The woman gave a grunt of disapproval. "Only a miracle will save you tonight," she mumbled. "But go If you must." "1 don't believe in miracles," said the man. "Keeping your wits abou£ you Is the only help from God." The woman threw up her hands. "DOn't say that," she Cried, "Perhaps yon have never been near death, as our men who go to sea . . . and who have been saved suddenly as by a tolracle." *1 have been to sea in my time," ftns the man, "and I tell you, its all wits and luck, w h e t h e r you drown or live. I ll keep a sharp eye out for trouble Jontght, and if I'm smart" he smiled at the woman, ' I ' l l make it" "If God sees f i t " s a i d t h e woman stolidly. ,:flere are your hat and coat." She gave hltt a few sandwiches w r a p p e d in heavy brown paper. She offered him an extra rug Which he refused. 'Til send you word of toy Safe arrival home," said the man. i "I ought to get there late tonight." "Good-by," called the woman, "And may a miracle save yon from your own folly." The door slammed. In a moment the furious explosions of a car about to start penetrated the noise of the wind The woman prepared supper for her husband and children. Then the dishes were washed and put away. She took up some mending, but the thought of the stranger trying to drive through the blackness of the storm never left her. She was a pious woman and she prayed for him; her simple faith knew no other way. In the night there came a knocking on the door. The stranger had come back. The woman asked no questions until he was warmed and fed. "Your miracle happened," the man said in a low voice, "The gas In my car gave out three feet this side of a bridge that had washed away. I could see nothing in the heavy rain. I should have been killed. I was saved, but not by my own wits. «And every New Year's eve I shall thank God and remember." The woman smiled and wrung the water from his sodden cap. <©. 3928. Western Newspaper Union.) Simple--What? Note on the simple life In New York--an advertisement clipped from a publication: "To an Exclusive few this announcement Is directed. A lofty triplex of fifteen rooms designed for the discriminating person who desires a perfect and complete town house high in the clouds. This unusual suite Occupies the entire 30th, 31st, and 32d topmost floors of the hotel--, New York's newest and smartest apartment hotel. No other apartment suite In New York has its spacious grandeur, equalled only in the larger private homes. Rental, $45,000." Make jroar own* comment* ' ' %-• • • • • iK'.»• V-J; •« -- Excited The trials of a dramatic crlti^, are Sot limited always to seeing bad •plays. At a recent opening the show's press agent-halted a critic In order to present the producer--a newcomer !n the game. The producer in turn presented the critic to Mrs. Producer-- frightened-looking young woman with big, appealing eyes. "Oh," she sighed. "I've always heard how terrible critics are. If you only think as much of the play as I do < . And here emotion stifled the Words in her throat. The producer interceded sympathetically. "Just feel her pulse," he offered. The critic dashed in to his -1eat * The play was quite/bad. • • • Back-Patc A pleasant little practice, which Is the grown-up cousin of putting gold Mars on schoolboys' report cards, has been established in the building Industry. Carpenters, bricklayers, steamfitters and whatnot are decorated every so often by the New York building congress. For superior craftsmanship tlie.v receive certificates and gold buttons, and they are not ashamed to take them. The awards are made when a building job Is nearing completion. Impressive exercises are held--usually Just before lunch-- in which representatives of the owners, the architects, the building congress and organized labor, cheer the boys on to making bigger and better buildings. N • • • • All in the Game When Al Capone, the Chicago gangster with a large scar on his face, was cutting a wide social swath In Miami last winter, he met a young debutante at one of the parties. This young lady not knowing who has was, was very much Impressed by the hard-bo!le>d racketeer. On the beach the following day she 'was telling Mr. Charles Dillingham, the producer, about the attractive man she met the night before. "What was his name," said Mr Dillingham. "Qapone," replied the young lady. "Oh, yes, I know him," repjied Mr. Dillingham. "Did be have a large scar on his face?" "Yes," answered the debutante, hopefully. "Of course,'* said Mr. Dillingham sarcastically, "you know how he got that? He Is a great polo player and he was playing in a game in England when the prince of Wales hit him with' a mallet and left that scar." A S50.000 Golf Gam* A well-known horseman whose colors are seen frequently in front at the New York tracks, In going to play a game of gulf with another sportsman recently, tried to get a bookmaker on the telephone to make a bet on a horse which was quoted at thirty to one. He had difficulty in reaching the bookmaker, and his golfing companion, becoming impatient said: "Come on, let's play golf, ril take your bet, that nag can't win anyway." The horseman agreed to this and, bet one thousand dollars across the board. The horse won at thirty to one, apd proportionately long prices for place and show, and it cost his friend in the neighborhood of $50,000. to settle it which he did promptly. 'However, It proved to be an expensive golf game. ; y 1, (® by tha Bell Srndlcat*. Ine.) . F4«J . % * •*"%» -A';" X,- •*" " i -M""' Al&miwr rtf -•4*ry / /•> t ' *"•*. v, ,\*A •• -s1 4 : ,« • • M ' - , . . t p ' '• -Mint A' A'tSftd tfew TTefr " * * -Jjet the gods of Health, Wealth, Happiness and |^irth come out in all their glory today aim > llhine upon you. Let the cup of Cheerfulness *e filled to overflowing. Let us all be glad to* pother--lot this is another New Year. _ ' John Brda Hardware and Sheet Metal Work '•'Mi 'V^ t «%< jwr* iv - ,>;<v » . r* ^ : - ? ~ „ % * - ~z4 M. */ Iifti't it remarkable how these old words cling together? One would think, after all the use •nd abuse they've had that they would be all frazzled and frayed around the edges. But hetfft they are--just as new. and bright as ever! ^ish we could say something so original--set ilever about New Year that tit would go revet* berating down the corridors of time. But wfc; give up! Everything has been said. So, Happy- Year. «AY McGEB •CLOTHIER DING "DONG! DING DOftG! Whem the church bells ring out Their glorious song, ; ^ v In the cold, clear air of The New Years morn, Just recall this--our Greeting to YOU: * 'Wishing you Real Happiness The Whole Year Through." r H. E. Buch Plumbing and Electrical Work Banana Fermentation It Is not fermentation that makes a banana turn brown after it is peeled. It is oxidation. If the bananas are to be used for salad, coating them at once with mayonnaise or olive oil will prevent It % Limb, Not Leg 1 Peiiieiliber when a girl broke ber leg the lhcident was written up In a brief and delicate manner.--Great Bend Triba*. % Memorial of "Blind Tom" "Blind Tom's" vocal limitations were almost as astonishing \aa his Instrumental ones. One of bis feats was to stand with his back to tlw piano while be played the "F!she,r's\ Hornpipe* with one band and "VankW Doodle" with the other, while he sang "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys A\e Marching." He had an absolute pitch of nnfalitng aq^niraey^.-" •- •*-' KatUor ia Sfcbway New York.--Patrolman Charles -J)*, Kennedy recently found a live rattlesnake in the Canal street station of the I^exington avenue subway. It had eight rattles, he said, and was about five and one-half feet long. \yoman Hunter, Left Behind, Shoots Deer Missoula, Mont.--Mrs. Ooldle Burch was a mere woman. No, she couldn't hunt with the men folks. She could help Out beM by watching the car--the men would go forth and "bring home the bacon"; ber job would be to cook it And so Mrs. Burch stayed behind. The mighty male nlmrods bad hardly been lost from sight of the car when they were startled by a rifle shot followed by hys terical screams. Fearing the worst, they rushed back to the auto and there, to their utter amanzement, saw the "mere woman" standing over '* 250-pound buck deer, shot from the car. UnwUa CoaMrvatUm fjfo&e have narrowed their uMnfti and so fettered them with the chains of antiquity that not only do they refuse to speak save as the ancients spake, but they refuse to think save as the ancients thought--Savonarola. „ When the spirit of the New Year is in the air throughout the land--when our neighbors and Ourselves are in the grip of holiday friendliness, take this means to greet you and wish yoi| / - #11 the best for 1930. During the course of tlifi new year may we all come closer together and prosper through co-operation. ^ * * RIVERSIDE GROCERY I A13ERT BARBIAN t/ Let us be glad for the !good things ns. " Let us forget everything unpleasant. - Let us start 1930 with the best of wishes for ~^Let us strive to be worthy of the good' will continued patronage of oiir friends •m 1 J * rf» - -« AHA These ai'e our r NEW YEAR • \ v> Smith Bros alL viBV & ,#oln laindealer family. 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