Judge — February 28, 1920 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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Lit Up—It was that slack hour of evening traffic a little before the theater crowds begin to come home with their headlights gleaming on the asphalt The Saturday Esening Post A Little Faking—The amazing skele- ton at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, is sixty-seven feet long; but if the work of constructing it were undertaken today a sufficient num- ber of small vertebrae would be added to its caudal extremity to inererse the length of the monster by ten feet—mak ing it cighty-seven feet in length.—The Chicago Herald (Examiner) Amazing Figures— It figures the as- nishing total movie fan circulation of and thirty-two millions per Oakland t one hundre week—or 6,864,000 per year Trit Twice as Many Here—There are something more than 3,000,000 automo- biles in the world, and more than 6,000,- ooo of them are in the United States. The Wisconsin Ni Old Enough to Retire—Rear Ad- miral Charles D. Sigsbee, who com- manded the United States battleship Maine when that vessel was destroyed in Havana Harbor, is SEVEN HUNDRED AND. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD today Wen tren Exening The Result of Jazz?—The Sam Chid ester orchestra is at present preparing to undergo an eperation for gall stone and She is staying at the home Richfield Reaper appendicitis of her porents Lavish Entertainment—Miss Made- line Chalmers entertained with a four: score six-course dinner at her home on Moull Street Wednesday evening. Cev ers were laid for twelve.—Columbus Sun- day Dispatch Power of the Rural Press—Owing to the lack of space and the rush of the Herald's prize several births and deaths will be postponed until next week, or until a later date.—Lusk. Herald contest A Mute Threat and there was something disconcerting in the way he said it.—Saturday Evening Post Frenzie said nothing How Far Did He Drop Them?—The chill of her voice pierced his ego; her eyes caught his, held) them—still unafraid, Beneath the scorn in her face, he dropped linslee’s Magazine her eyes. A Convincing Conversation—The lad, carrying on an ordinary conversation with his mother, might convince her he is shot dead as she thinks.—Denver Post, Court Mathematics—“ Of the thirty- five men arrested on this charge two months ago, 120 were indicted today.” — Buffalo Enquirer New Geography—" During the eight years that Johnson has been out of the United States he has visited virtually every country in the world and South North Adams Transcript America.” Novel Locomotion—* A short time later Jennie was walking up Fifth Avenue in a taxicab with Uncle George.” Pittsburgh Sun On Government-Owned Rails This is the first time Mr. McLane has been in Franklin in cleven years and the trip was an exceedingly hard one at this season, requiring EIGHTY-FOUR years of travel.—Franklin (Ohio) Chroi Is This Why the American Legion Is So Popular? New Heap or tHe Aaer- Lieut. Cot. FRANKLIN “Here [s Tue IcAN_ Lecion, D’Ouer.” Punished for Exemplary Conduct— He made a free confession in court and was given a life sentence instead of the death penalty. His conduct in prison was so exemplary that his sentence as commuted to FROM TWENTY-FIVE to FIFTY YeEAKS’ imprisonment.—Detect Story Magazine. What the Publ Wants—Although the ballet girls only appeared twice on the stage, they performed well and an oppor- tunity should be given the audience to see more of them.—Butler ( Penn.) Citizen. Mer Vulnerable Point—Charged with seizing Mrs. James Crocker by the dress, trying to pull her over the fence into the yard of a negro woman, and slapping and striking her ON HER RESISTANCE.—Nash ville Tennessean. Another Unkind Cut—His right leg was cut off in two places.—Bridge port (Conn.) Post. At the Subway Show—He is a win ner in the contests at a SWINE sHow. Concordia (Kan) Kanse Where the Trains Die—Mrs. An toine Barnaby and children have te turned from Keeseville, where they were called by the death of the Albany termi nal station.—Glens Falls (N. Y.) Times & Messenger. Family Determination—Mr. Rich ard Sheldreck of the Kalbfleisch Chemi cal Company of New York, wrote: “I should like to put a copy of this essay into every PAKENT'’S hands throughout the country whether they have children or Boston Sunday Herald. Between Stops—Clyde Love came into notoriety SEVERAL DAYS AGO when he was charged with stealing some grain from the railroad company and pending this trial left the state and was GONE FOR MANY Chattanoc (Tenn) News. YEARS. Martyrdom—Mr. Frank Fletcher is ill at his home with a bad cold. Mr. Erwin Howland is temporarily SUFFERING Bainbridge (N. ) RK in his place. publican Piping Them to Duty—An over heated stove pipe called out the fire department yesterday afternoon for a fire in a double house belonging to Charles B. Gray at the corner of South Cham plain and) King Streets —Burlington (Vt) Free Press & Times. comicbooks.com