Walkerton Independent, Volume 51, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 December 1925 — Page 4

| More Cars I I More Sales | Than Ever Before. • Watch Chevrolet Dur- j ing 1926. • | BEISTLE AUTO SALES CO. I Z “Home of Chevrolet” Z North Liberty, Ind. I Let us hail with joy the coming of i • the New Year, may it contain for you 365 days full of happiness and good 1 cheer—is our New Year greeting this | year. I I | Walkerton Lumber Co. | | RESOLVED ■ —that the unpleasant things of 1925 be forgotten—that the pleasant ones only be remembered —that we start ; 1926 with sincere good wishes for all — and that we shall strive to be worthy of your good will and continued patronage. A. L. DUPLER — BBBBHHVBBBMfIMHaMHMHBBMMMMNBHMM Happy New Year That the year 1926 may hold in store for you and yours all the happiness you richly deserve, is our Happy New Year wish for our customers and friends. FRATER HARDWARE Open Evenings for Your Convenience ■ . . I I । i & VST («< ' s i I We have had a good year. We have served a larger number this year than ever before. We have been glad to note that our list of regular patrons is increasing constantly . We know that to keep our business thus growing we must continue to improve our service. This we intend to do. I * s We appreciate the fact that we owe our success to the good will and patronage of our friends. For this we are thankful. May the New Year bring you Happiness, Health, and . H ProsneHtv, and may vour cup of cheerful- § I ness ’ o filled to overflowing. B J, I I ® I ■ W. R. HINKLE, Inc. I | Walkerton, Ind. | . I j

THE I DEPENDENT December 31, 1925. ■ i ~ ~ lui^iHT^TmTTnnmngj^ A . THOUGHT 1 ! —?OR TODAY — hi Bible Thou^htn memorized, will prove a t priceless heritage in after years. g WHOSOEVER WILL COME AFTER ME, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.—Mark 8:34, 35. THE THRILL OF THE NEW YEAR The bells that ring out the old year and ring in the new are just the same ones that ring every day in the year. But somehow as these chimes sound aloud, a new thrill attaches to them. You seem to feel the grandeur of the moment, the solemnity of this lapse of time. It is .is if one for a moment had a kind of detached place of observation, where he could observe the procession of the seasons, the march of time, and the sweep of the universe as it swings along to its distant and unknown goal. The littlenesses of every day seem to drop out of sight for a moment, and one feels ,the vastness of time and eternity, and the significance of the passing years That is, an imaginative person can feel that way. To many of us. whose noses are pressed hard against the grindstone of labor, the days an seem about alike. But that is a point of view that does not help to gain clear vision. Or to many of us who are full of gaiety and search for pleasure, the nt w year is just the beginning of a lot more of good times. We look forward with a thrill of expectation to all sorts of good fortune that the new period of time is to bring. That point of view has its uses, as anyone who looks forward hop- illy to the future and always sees the brighter side of the days to come, is bound to find much joy. Human nature expresses the thought of the day by saying. “Hapiw New Year.” But happiness ’s not brought by good fortune th.it comes without effort It comes because we learn how to work for it and how to find it in the circumstances surrounding us. So the old custom of New Year resolves had sound logic in it. Let us resolve to make it a year of loyal effort for God ami country, our home community and all whom we love. LESSONS I ISOM CIKt iLXR ADVEHTISING. Advertising by mail might be called a kind of experimental laboratory in which the value of advertising is tested out. It would of course cost the average retail business a great deal more to circularize a community, than to print its message iu the newspapers, but at least business people who sell by mail .learn what a very essential thing advertising is. For instance, concerns that depend entirely on circulars sent thru the mail to sell their stuff, would usually say that their business rose and fell to an amazing degree, according to whether they sent out these circulars regularly or not. if they sent out such circulars once in three months, they would be likely to find that the orders they received in the month alter circulars were sent out, woul I be five or 10 times i as many as they got in a month when they did not use any circulars. If all these customers acted logically, and bought goods just when they were needed and at the place that seemed best after investigation, they would natunaly buy about as many in the months when no circulars were used as they would in the months when this advertising was distributed. But the way these orders usually respond to the circulars shows up the psychological principle that people have to be constantly reminded of a ; certain ide? n order to induce them to act on it. The same principle applies to newspaper advertising, which can us- I ually take the message of a retail ; store to the people at an expense far below the distribution of circulars. If the peo'ple are constantly remind- , ed through the newspapers of acer- ; tain business, they will respond to i this solicitation, but if they are not so constantly reminded, they will forget about the message of a store. j - • * THE OBLIGATION OF CULTURE A dispatch from Smith college reports that 130 of these girls have volunteered to teach in the People’s I Institute, an organisation which doe* Americanization work and r rovide« instruction for many who have been

I I s H 1 S' We wish to thank our friends for the happiness they gave us in 1925 —in permitting us to serve them. We have made many new friends during the year and have been able to be of service to an ever increasing number. We appreciate the kindly interest in our welfare and assure our patrons of our intention to continue our efficient service and improve it 8 whenever possible. s pJ “Happy New Year” to all our old patrons and many new ones to come is our cheery | greeting. | C. E. Houser I P^rararafiomrnHi^ijilnljtniiiiJnllcyclfQllSl^

unable to obtain an education. This is a fine recognition of the obligaton that rests upon people who have education and culture, to impart something of it to those who are looking for better opportunities. In every community that obligation exists. Those who are well educated and have had advantages owe something to those »vho have not. j Many of our people have responded to this obligation by teaching in Sunday school classes, activity in club work, etc. If people have had suiperior advantages, they should not be siatisfled to lock up their culture for their own enjoyment alone. REVI\ XL OF THE Bl< YCLE. Largely increased sales of bicycles are noted. They are a particularly fine possession for a boy or girl, and many adults find them a useful, quick and inexpensive method of getting around. The former generation developed leg and lung power .while pedalling 1 over the hills and along the roads. , Some of them who are now getting i stale in their daily occupations, I would do well to resume this form of . exercise. PUBLIC SALE On Saturday afternoon. Jan. 2. at 1:30 o'clock at the Isaiah Bickel! residence in North Liberty, we will • sell a Ford touring car, 2 1 chickens,] some household goods, etc. Clyde H. Bickel. Adm ! Charlotte Bickel. On Tuesday, Jan 12, at 10 a. m. j on the Jonathan Knepp farm. 2 , miles south west <>f Lakeville on the! Riley road, 1 will sell 3 horses. 4 . cows, hay, grain farming imple-1 ments. Cah in Knepp. I On VVednesdav. Jan. 1 I!)2fi, 8 miles south west of Walkerton, will * sell horses, cattle. 2"> Big Type ! Poland China sows ard -ilt<. bred । and opfii, bred to a I .heritor bo . i . out of a Giant Buster dam; 17 fall pigs. XO Barred Rock chickens, f ,; m tools, -ome furniture FOREST VAIL. Hamlet ; 11 wnlp -PunchettesA fire broke out In Dud Hoskin? home but he extinguished the blaze bv throwing a box of CLri-tmas ci gars on It. The l-ii't One Teacher "Now, children, ho * many voyages did Commodore Doon make around the world*” “Three.” Teacher "That s right t»«'W can you tell me on a hich one he wa? drowned ?” Save the Surfa«e ami ><m Save \P “Women are much m >:*■ beautiful than men.’’ “Certainly, that's natural.” “No. it's artificial!” Tom Applegate puked his brand new flivver within 10 feet of a -'(dice- ; man. and yet it was stolen So he i called the cop! The trial is set for next week and everybody I> going ta । hear what he called him. He’s Still Whole Tough Lad “Me big brudder was ! a looking for youse! He's gonna knock your block off.” “I ain't met him yet ” । "No. I kin see dat." Have Mercy Judge Judge- “Wh> does a big husky man like you take to stealing, will you explain that?” Accused—-“ Well, Sir; you see my wife's sick and can t work.” While listening in on our radio late last Saturday night we heard the announcer from WLS, Chicago, an- j nounce, “Well, here's a long distance wire from W. Ray McDaniel of Walkerton, Ind., saying:— Have ■ play, ' Just A , Little Drink.” We wonder if Ray Is ] I getting all stewed u-p for New Year’s | Eve ' The 'big boss hied himself and wife off to Pittsburgh, Pa., last week to spend Xmas with Rus and family, j The Missus, laden with grips and | bags and suit cases, dated the ac- । commodating bus driver to stop at I the residence to load her cargo and herself for Walkerton, where thev i took the train. But Mr. Drtver di ( dn t ' connect with the arrangements । j somehow and so the wife, stood out ; on the front porch frantically swinging a small search light in an at- | | terng t to attract his attention. Failing in this, she grabbed her luggage । and did a 220 sprint down the street but alas, alack- lie was gone.

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Southend r . |l i QJD^man's ) ! January sales II begin Saturday, Jan. 2nd and. continue throughout the month H The January Sales start your New Year with economy. For a store-wide housecleaning with j • clearances in every department brings many exceptional bargains. You wi 1 find opportunities to save on things you need for yourself or for the house. Some lots are incomplete, broken in sizes and colors after a busy winter's selling. All is good, serviceable merchandise. however, radically reduced to clear quickly. i So take advantage of these bargains early in the month while assortments are most complete. / Bargains in every corner — SILKS RUGS WASH GOODS CARPETS WOOLENS DRAPERIES LINENS LAMPS DOMESTICS LUGGAGE , BEDDING UNDERWEAR COATS CHILDR* I’S WEAR I DRESSES SWEATERS j Ij HATS BLOUSES ACCESSORIES NOTIONS I | Use Wyman s Pree Parking Service

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