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Mrs. B. W. Jamison is spending
several days at Little Rock.
Alcorn Ferguson is spending sev
eral weeks at Hot Springs.
For Rent—Two rooms for light
housekeeping. Apply 123 Beech 52d4
For Rent—Two furnished rooms,
619 Walnut Street.- —Mrs. L. B.
Harris. 226dlmo
,loe Weaver leaves today on No. 3
for Hope, where he has contracts for
some time.
Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. Ches
ter Robinson. 13-dtf.
Mrs. J. B. Heard went to Tucker
man Saturday afternoon for a Sunday
Visit with her sister, Mrs J. C. Cook.
Rev. B. L. Wilford writes Newport
friends that his mother, who is spend
ing the winter with him, has been
critically ill, but is now some better.
He also states that they have no
more children to have the measles, as
4 all five have had them twice, and he
hoped next week to start out on his
|| district work.
Porter Wanted—one not afraid of
work.—S. Heinemann. 254d3t
Rooms for Rent—at 810 Ash.—Mrs.
J. M. Gipson. Phone 356. 255dtf
Oscar Heeb and little son, Glenn,
of Route 2, were visitors to Newport
Saturday.
J. I. Hasting, of Weldon, was in
Newport a dew hours Saturday, min
gling with his many friends.
Mrs. S. F. Marion and daughter,
Miss Bonna, of Tucker, have returned
home from a short visit with Mrs. C.
P. Bandy.
Reuben Hays left Thursday morn
ing for Conway to enter Hendrix
College for the remainder of the
school term.
Mrs. Goldstein, of St. Louis, after
a week’s pleasant visit with her
I daughter, Mrs. Norman C. Wolff,
! left Friday evening for home.
James Stephens, of Oil Trough,
who has been recuperating at Hot
Springs for the past few weeks, was
here yesterday on his return home.
C. W. and W. D. Muirhead were
here from Weldon Saturday on bus
iness. They have recently sold their
big saw mill and lumber business at
Weldon and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Muir
head and little daughter expect to
move to Olyphant soon, where Mr.
Muirhead will go into the farming
business on an extensive scale.
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| We wish to announce to our friends aud patrons
that we’re now ready to serve Hot and Cold Lunches
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Jl Pure Pork Sausage and Eggs Bacon and Eggs
Swift Premium Ham and Eggs
| ‘ Head Lettuce, with Salad Dressing
Fresh Tomatoes
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We are trying to specialize in lunches and will do our very
bpst to please the public. Our prices are right. If our lunches
f please you, tell others. If not, tell us.
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All kinds of cold drinks. Open from 9 a. m to 12 p. m
■ All orders delivered, 10c extra,
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W. H. DYER, Manager. 508 Front Street
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Cheap clothes are a mighty poor invest
ment. They look cheap, wear out quickly
and are never well-fitted or satisfactory
in any way. One of our well-made, cor
rect-fitting suits invariably give satisfac
V tion as to wear, style, comfort and appear
ance—and the cost is not unreasonable; j
in fact, it is quite low, considering the
| high price of all materials that go into the
making. We bought advantageously.
I Suits, - - $15 to $60
Overcoats, $15 to $40
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1 * —Overcoats
B —Haberdashery
Jacobstein Brothers
Knox mends shoes cheap. Ill
Walnut street. dtf.
James Sheets, who has been confin
ed to his home for several weeks, is
still unable to get out, to the regret
of his friends.
' Mrs. Mariah Ball, of Cave City,
was the guest Friday night of Mrs.
C. R. Gray, on her return from a visit
to her son at Shreveport, La.
Whenever you use your sponge
rinse in cold water. As often as pos
sible hang it up in the air to dry.
It should not be left lying in a damp
condition.
Lee May was here from Auvergne
Saturday on business, and was ac
companied home in the afternoon by
Miss Stella Nuckolls, who will spend
Sunday with her sister.
Sheriff Lawrence Ruddell, of
Batesville, and W. H. Powell, of Mel
bourne, were among the out-of-town
business men registered at the Hazel
hotel Friday night.
Wanted—To buy on terms, or will
lease or rent for cash, thirty or for
ty acres tillable land in Jackson
county, some improvements, no over
flow. Address M. cr. Independent.
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Forrest Bleakley and 0. J. Cox, of
Auvergne, two of the county’s grow
ers of blooded cattle, were here Sat
urday, en route to Little Rock with
some fine specimens for the stock
show there next week.
NOURISHMENT LACKING.
Amsterdam, Jan. 20.—(Correspond
ence of The Associated Press)—The
almost complete lack of nourishment
in many of the food “substitutes”
now being sold in Germany is arous
ing a storm of warning from Ger
man scientists, who declare that gov
ernment supervision of the whole
substitute food traffic is an immedi
ate necessity. Professor Juckenack
of the University of Berlin, writing in
the Vossische Zeitung, says:
“It is useless any longer to hide
the truth. Unless the government
actively intervenes to put some con
trol over the flood of substitute foods
with which we are overwhelmed, the
end of the war will also see the end
of a third of Germany’s population.
Moreover, the remaining two-thirds
will be so enfeebled from malnutri
tion that they will be unable to per
form the immense tasks of recupera
tion and restoration.
“The devil alone knows what are
the ingredients of thousands of these
wretched substitutes that already do
duty for butter and eggs, oil and
milk, flour and spirits, meat and
broth, coffee and sugar, tobacco and
tea, fish and sausage, cheese and ca
viar, and so on without end.
“The latest products of the ingen
ious substitute-mongers are really
too terrible to be tolerated. A pre
paration of crude kerosene is now
being largely sold as frying oil, and
800 cases of serious illness, together
with nine deaths have been traced to
its use in Berlin alone. A prepara
tion called “goose dripping" is pre
pared from dog’s fat; egg substi
tute form a mixture of chalk and
baking powder; caviar from fish
scales, and bread from straw. What
people, no matter how patriotic, can
hold out on such fare?”
RECOGNIZES COURAGE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
London, Feb. 2.—In recognition of
their courage in fighting off with
their fists a cougar which attacked
them, King George has awarded the
Albert Medal to two children of Cow
ichan Lake, Vancouver Island. The
children are Doreen Ashburnham, 11
years old, and Anthony I arrer, 8
years old. According to the account
of the incident recorded in the offi
cial Gazette, it transpired as follows:
On the 23rd day of September,
J.91'6, the two children left their homes
at Cowichan Lake for the purpose of
catching their ponies and, when
about half a mile from home, they
were attacked by the cougar. They
were almost upon the an.mal before
they saw it crouching in a path at a
corner. The cougar first sprang upon
the little girl and she was knocked
down with her face to the ground,
the animal being on her back. The
boy at once attacked the cougar with
his fists and riding bridle, driving the
animal off the girl. It then attacked
him and his companion, getting to
her feet, came to his rescue, fighting
with her clenched hands and bridle,
even putting her arm into the cougar’s
mouth, to try to prevent it from bit
ing him. She succeeded in getting it
off the boy. It then stood on its
hind quarters and fought with her,
but evidently was disturbed by some
sound as it presently slunk away and
ran under a log, where it was after
wards killed.
The cougar measured over 7 feet
from nose to tip of tail.
Seeing that Mr. A. Nutt, our sire,
was seized with cold feet and discon
tinued his colyum, and wishing to
show him that he is not the only one
who can inflict frenzied vaporings
on a helpless public and get away
with it, his son, A-dam Nutt will try
it once under a new headline. In ad
dition to his desire to “get back” at
papa for some “crewel” things he
said, A-dam is inspired to make this j
attempt by overhearing two estim
able ladies say, just after breakfast1
at his high-class boarding house yes-!
t^iday morning, that they were sor-j
ry the “Nutt Colyum” was discontin-!
ued, because they got so much enjoy- j
ment out of father’s painful at-!
, tempts to say something funny.
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I More snow—and more conversa
I tion.
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! You needn’t thank the weather
; man because the ground hog didn’t
j show up yesterday. Hoover is re
, sponsible for that “porkless day.”
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Some of the most conspicuous
things in this town are the sidewalks
that were not cleaned off after the
mayor’s gentlemanly request for
snowless sidewalks.
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j The most insufferable bore is the
fellow who always has a story with a
lavendar hue to pour into your ear.
It’s a safe bet that if the weather
man has any more freak weather in
stock he will unload in on Arkansas
before the robins twitter again.
At our fashionable boarding house
each lady boarder takes an hour ev
ery morning to tell about everything
—that is, most everything—that she
saw and heard since the vesperian
meal of the day before.
Very young men repeat the editor
ial bunk they read in newspapers and
think they are “talking politics.”
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Of course, you have noticed that the
name of the gabby, critical man is
never heard among those who do
worth-while things in the community.
Some persons are so grouchy that
they detest anything funny—and, for
that reason, they should be pleased
with this colyum.
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One man, in response to A. Nutt’s
request for contributions, submitted
this one:
“A young man should remain sin
gle and settle up before he marries
and settles down.”
Noah printed that pert little joke
let in the Ark Weekly Clarion during
the big flood—but, b’lieve me, it’s
still a rattling good joke.
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Some men piece out with dignity
what they lack in brains and manage
to stand at the head of the class as
paragons of wisdom.
■ Three hundred and thirty-two days
until next Christmas. Shop early!
Texas man killed his step-daughter
to keep her from marrying. This
means of checkmating the wiles of
Dan Cupid proved quite effective, but
so unpopular that his neighbors want
to lynch him. But you never can tell.
Maybe he did the girl a real favor.
A female motion picture fan has
the male baseball fan backed into a
corner and looking foolish. She
never knows when to stop “fanning.”
We have the pleasure occasionally
of meeting here in Newport an elder
ly lady who has retained the charm
of youth—whose tender solicitude for
the comfort of others is beautiful,
and whose uniform good nature and
silvery laugh drive away all the lit
tle gloom germs in others. She is
one of the kind you read about in
pretty stories and dream about when
you call to mind all that is good and
sweet in womankind. We wonder if
a kind providence will ever trans
form the flossy floosies in flirty
clothes into lovely elderly ladies.
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Father always taught us that the
exchange of courtesies is superflous
in a print shop and that gossip is al
ways an expensive luxury anywhere—
and we’re persuaded to believe the
old man is right—for once.
We have just received a shipment
of several fine porkers from Bates
ville, and now are ready to serve our
customers with pork ribs, pork sau
sage and hams. Should any of our
customers desire to buy a ham, which
could be salted down and kept nicely,
we will sell it to them at the special
price of 28 cents per pound.—W. A.
Fike & Sons. 252d3t.
Read the advertisements ip the In
dependent.
ANNOUNCES FOR TREASURER.
The Independent is authorized to
announce that Chas. P. Bandy is a
candidate for city treasurer, subject
to the action of the coming municipal
primary. Mr. Bandy is holding this
position at the present time, having
been appointed a few months ago to
succeed Garland Hurt. Since enter
ing upon the treasurer’s office, M*.
Bandy has discharged the incident
duties in a most satisfactory man
ner. He is a splendid young man,
possesses rare ability, and has a le
gion of friends who will be glad to
cast their votes in his favor.
NOTICE STOCKMEN.
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I have at my dairy bam regis-;
tered Jersey and Holstein bulls for i
service. Also a big Type Poland
China Boar. Fees—$5.00 for bulls,
due at time of service; for boar
$5.00 or one of the pigs at weaning
time. Every care will be taken to
prevent accidents, but will not be re
sponsible should any occur.
254d3t w3t. R. L. Robinson.
Don’t deny yourself of good things
to eat because they are high. Try a
can of Eggno—takes the place of
three dozen eggs. An excellent sub
stitute for eggs, for baking and cook
ing purposes. 25c per can.—Snetser’s
Grocery. 250d6th
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Mrs. Robert MeCutcheon of Evans
ville, Indiana, after spending two or
three months with her niece, Mrs.
John Purdy, left Friday evening for
home. She made many friends dur
ing her visit to our city.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of the follow
ing persons, subject to the action of
the voters at the city primary in
Newport, Wednesday, February 27,
1918.
For Marshal—
Abe Ballcw.
G. C. Martin
For Recorder—
B. G. Graham.
For Mayor—
E. L. Watson.
For Treasurer—
C. P. Bandy.
A SURE AND PROFIT
ABLE INVESTMENT.
Have Palmer, the tailor, make your
spring and summer suit now before
the rush. It will also pay you to
have your suit and overcoat made
for next winter. Many are doing it.
Have Palmer, the Newport Tailor, do
your tailoring, also cleaning, press
ing, repairing and any kind of alter
ation done by an expert tailor.
52d6 IN OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
A WONDER!
The Aetna’s New Insurance Policy
Let Me Explain It to You
C. R. HITE, Agent
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