Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 51, Hammond, Lake County, 7 February 1920 — Page 8

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TflE TIDIES .Fobruarv 7, 1920. Reporter Tunes Lyre and Chants Dirge of Comics THE FASTEST MEN ON LAND AND SEA

The Master of marts and trade No longtr seek thy garish fa-e. InEt ad tliey stock their counters high With dainty valentines In lace. Honor of teacher, yo'inj or old. Despair of school slrl and of b?au. 1' -?.. on weapon for fn revenge, You w ere a friend and et a foe. ivmic Valentine, farewell. You're ostracired and must depart, larewell distorted face and verse. Plucked by Keforni from hilUish heart. rtrm. angelic, benefioienl phiisn-throp-,,-brotherly reform, hes ascended ore uitc stf-p of St. Jacob's ladder srd removed our old frsend the iromlc Va ! en tine . If .t. Valentine ever has a spat th St. Jacob there isn't one school t-oy but what would t ;oV on St. Valentine's side. And when the hitler would tell the former th:it in old ladder was notlr.nsr but a treadmill aft a!!, why even the box's dads would . . !T'..-. 'I'b ere n i'l be no snore com c carka-

t;.is of the hello girl, the beau, ttie t-avher. tho four-flusher, the flirt and others of the host. Merchants of stat ..nerv r'ores. book stores and the like in Hammond. East Chicago. Gary and hit :nti. say they will receive none of tii' banished valentine this sear. AN thouxh they were sold last year the .! n'-ind has been dwindling until it s

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no longer profitable to stock up on them . When father was a boy the comic valentine was as popular as the yellow back novels, and Wild West and the Bradys and Nick t'arter were the national heroes of youth. When dad slipped the four-flusher a piece of paper covered with a smudge of gaudy Inks and the follow-in verse, the jlaze creature was for once flustratd. This is the verse that sot his "Koat."

"So you're the fellow who puts on airs n ten dollars a week, and no more. You pose In hot'ls as a millionaire Hut we're wise and the slrls feel sore . " An this one to the lobster: ' li s all very tine to wine and d.ne A pretty dear sweet littl miss. It looks very swell but will you tell How it is done on a. salary like this, mo.fl'l per? In those days the suflfragettt was curiosity and considered also a manhater, so this verse usually started host :'ut :es . "You may think it fun. poor Cupid to snub. With the hand of a SufCras-ette,

but hes iimnins ana smart. a e. there's the ruh. Revenge 1? the trap he will set." And now comes the little typist: "So on are the naughty typist, Who pounds the key.-' all day. And thinks that all men must love you And do Just as you say." Thus passeth the I'omic Valentine. FANS dTsAGREE WITH REFEREE

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! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 BAL.TIMOHK. Md.. Feb. Boxing fi;ns who saw I'al Moore of Memphis snd Hoy Moore of :t. Paul box twelve rounds last tiisht were almost unanimous today in the opinion that Pal gave the iniii'sotan :t boxins lesson and won by a biff margin. Referee "Top" O'Brien however, awarded the decision to Hoy Moore.

Above, Ty Cobb, at left, and Bobby McLean. Below, Duke Kahanamofcu. at left, and Joie Kay. t Some sport fan asks, ."Whom would you call speed kings?" That'p a pretty peneral question, but confining it to men who depend upon their own trenpth and skill alone and not on modern inventions, we'd say that tha fastest men on land and sea are Joie Ray, runner; Bobby McLean, skater; Duke Kahanamoku, swimmer, and Ty Cobb, representing other forms of

MERRILL VILLE

George Krauze i" ROing: to move in-o the Uoodri'h house the first of March. Mrs. Carrie Uouglas of Kat Chieagro. Mrs. Bell ' B! itchlcy and Mrs. Mary Blatchley of Gary visited with Mrs. Eva Vdalchlcy last Thursday. Mr. Mani is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Wood and Mrs. Harry Wood and children are all reported sick. There will be some chanpes in real

estate here in this place th' sprins. Miss Clara Gerlach has bought the M. It. Pierce place lu re in tow n. Mr. and Mrs. I

M. II. Pierce expect to return to their farm this spring as city life don't agree with either of them. There are a number of children out of school on account of sickness. Mrs. George Elbert is gradually failing all the time. Her si'ter, Mrs. Miller, is raring for hr. Phillip Gerlach his had a tus?cl wi.h th srippe. K. B. Price returned from Omaha lust Thursday. Mr. ami Mrs. John Kilmer returned with him from Iowa and expect to live on the George Haywood place this year. Mrs. Kilnur is known as Hazl Price. Wm. Iifidcr of North Baltimore. Ohio, is spending a few days with Judge Barton and w ife. Special meetings will begin in the M. K. church Feb. 9th. to continue until "eb. 2-'nd. Tb-v. :rrl Horn of Gary

is to be tli principsl speaker. Everybody is urgently requested to attend these meetings.

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