New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1926, Page 5

0LD PRINT SHop " NOW 1S LIBRARY Mark Twain's Place in Towa Converted Keol Towa, 12 P— A rare plece of Americana— a copy the Kcokuk ety directory 58, part of which was hand sgt by Mark Twain and in which Ne listed himself as an “antiquarian’— recently was found and subsequent- Iy lost in a curious manner, The JTowa Ftate Insurance Com- pany acquired and incorporated in | its office bullding an adjoining structure in humorist, conducted a printing establishment in Keokuk in the late In making alterations copy of the directory was found benath the floor of the room in which the youthful Samual Clemens worked, I'he find was made by « workmap, who, not knowing of the book's scntimental and bibliophille value, examined it casually, and then toss- ed ft aslde in a pile of rubbish. Later, news of the discovery became known, but by that time the book had disappeared. The only other| known copy of the directory is in | the Keokuk Publie Library. Although the building that housed | the old Clemens printing shop vir- tnally has been rebuilt, the reom in which Mark Twain worked has been left untouched. It has heen set asid as a muscum and library for the di play of his souvenirs, one of the most Interesting being the old printing case. Other objects includ. an ofl painting of the writer twenty-one, a later portrait, first | editions and autographed copics of Twain's hooks. The Mark Twain tradition thrives lustily in this Mississippl river town, where he made his first after-din- | ner speech and received pay for his first newspaper writing, In addition to the printing shop, the old Twain homestead still stands, While still in his teens, Mark laft Hannibal, Mo., where lie had been working on Orlon’s newspaper, for o tour of the E rejoining the family at Muscatine, T Orlon had started a ne his Hannibal enterpris Samuel presently left M Lonis, where the printing trade offered better prospeets. Orion m «1 to Keokuk, later to be visited by Samuel, who was prevailed upon 1o remain for a promised § was jus and rted to fortune world was to D made in Brazil, so he prepared to de- part, Daghing down fto St. Lo bid good-bye ta his mother, he rush- ed back with an idea that ap- wx\'rn]ly liad much to do with his see the He thought 7 to write fravel let- Jotrs of hig fourney for the Keokuk " = George Racs. editor, of- h for the articles ed, made a fresh as far as ane the t south A Post. him $p ¢ muel, much inus of the trip. ted three lotters 1 in lered humorous in 1'ost, couel diadeet cons v. speakin s rite in one of them rs v jourt 1 from 1 liven Medal fm' \aving Doxr Strugeling in W Sauth Ha Mas coognit ving a dog Chi Mase £ urnett t on thi 1 a dog ing in the nsed from meida Iire s wrs, 1 vuck to a OPEN TORINANSIIE COURST Bdward A, Krause, ployment | manager for the N ot o (o, will lave in foreman:hip oper Y. M. C. A, Thursday eve; who have 1 rfi.. George jam * Larson, Willlam idl, Peter ¥ Dorsey, P Tanguay, ow and Tiay Philip of the Whiks: L. &, L. Lockwood, John Swarson and ¢l of the oy Rule | branch, He Howard adders ' trom 10 ¥ Sipdents ster are as follows Meade, Wil of | at Cineinnati. | he vxagger- | James Connolly and the New Brita Wallace Kelsey of Machine Co Ngt So Nice The grandmotherly features and pleasant smile of Jane E. H. lay led lots of banks to cash | checks for her without question. | But finally she was arrested South Pend. Ind., charged with pa ing scores of worthless checks, Th ol lady ascs, polic say, and 1s known fiy as Mary | 1. Paulson. S&he is | Carol and Heler NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, T e p— |word from the ¢ when 1t suddenly came was among the first pear and dictated thie tpermen with i rence room Mr, Lowls miners to ap- t to sten I at his cibow, A ew minutes later t) [representatives uppeared el out the ritten s {the mine t serlous discussions, Thefr in. [newspapermn sincerity was further shown by M, |of the Lewls' statement to us that W {might raise the price of anthracite [side” |$5 a ton so long as he got what he |paperr | wanted “The operators have had hut ! May Vorce object fn view—-y aining produe- | Walkes-Barre, Pa ton at a fair wage and a fair priec, | With the ment that This requires some means of avold- |peace parlcy hal broken off fn N ing deadlocks and suspensions, | York came the decision of 1} Owners' Proposals, nmm of the “They have offered to open the (('oq ) at Plttston t | mines, pay the id wages and, white |launel a niovement | production is going on, submit every |unt |issue in dispute to arbitration. The [utmost effort has been made to meet | Mr, Lewis' views but he will consent | to no settlement on a basis on which | the indu peeted to STRIKE PARLEY 15 BROKEN OFF (Continued from ¥irst Page) hiy uperators' and b om typ any “ g ust as had o otl Issue n dar fores ry could reasonably be ex- | ofher xlst gri “On the record of the past four |1t years with three general strikes anid 1 constant threats of strike, and the a detr menace of disturbance fn the indus- | now hy try by reason of Mr. Lewis's policy, comp the operators have heen forced to the conclusfon that arbitration is |the only safeguard. Without this | means of assuring production the fn- dustry cannot perform the anly | funetion for whieh it exists, namely, {to supply coal, Say Lewls is Alone to Blame. | “This breaking up of the confer ence is due to just one -the la month refusal of Mr. Lewis to accept any |was mads | form of wmmrn» that would bring loperat }‘omn assurance of peace to the in- |long idlencss was unbroken by any jdustry. serions disturbar | “The operators have heen trylng he four to reach a sound settlcemnt based on reason and justice. Mr. Lewis insists | ducton of that force alone shall rule. Until of 1 | his aftitude changes, further diseus- |estimating that the | sion is usele: for the eight mo | The statement fssued by the oper- | was millions, ators and miners probably will be supplemented by other mnmmu [late in the day detalllng the atti- tude of both sides, ure o The Rey Curran of Wilkes- (agree Barre, Pa., who has been interesting | place the himself fn the interest of ending 31, The the strike, appeared at the Union |year asre: ague club where the conferences |of me e held fo present anew plan to |of Pen {end the industrial stroggle He was Ipreparing to send a message to the conferenc: when the ators' press representatives ed on the scene ar conference has ac union oft committ imilar actic was general here toda mined move would | va)uu!u' made up the History ‘ New York, Jar ont hracte r st in history longer s of Strike 12 (P —The pre olving 158,- third | of the industry pensions occurring in o present sirke | t year, and than No attempt 1" suspension to mines, and the | st mor cause dur any of the months' {ddleness in ilment n pro approsimately 25 million the federal bureau 1 caused a cur tons, loss in wages [ durl r months of 1025 ipprosm The irted miners anc ors to t to re- expired August pired contract was a two ment, and was the v Governor Dinchot miners in t one igreen The United Mine worl teps toward writis room rs took journed ion dr st Is Patned fef of whi rdditional for 1 recogni d that the wil I h earried joint conference over everything.” There yas considerable confusion [eal un when thes conference came to an| The den 1. A corps of npwards 40 | sented to the BeWSpAper men was for | City stem of | collecting union ducs f of waiting operators md d on July 9, Means More to Carol Than Throne | Crown Prince Carol of Rumania, who resigned his riehts to his | country’s throne, is believed to have done so for the sake of | Zizi, his former wife (above). , & commoner, married Carol | during the war, \ml in 1920 King Ferdinand induced Carol to annul the marviage and wed Princess Helena of Greece. Now remarry Zizi. MOTHER :— Fletcher’s Castoria is especially pared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying , and, by regulatir >t Food pre- Feverishness ar and Bowels ising therefror aids the g the Stomacl 2 I assimil ) giving natural sleep s A/ A Vs ook tor the signature of (A rlrF 7delidet No Opiates, Physiciaus everywhere recommend it 1o avoid mitations Absolutely Harmless alw jan iner in wages, bt mine ,' {1y no 1 lacid in the oured as the ut uh lives in Ballet dancing is the the Terpsichorear und that may he stuge that the opposit v mad whnat 1 e th mands W proceeded unt came to an abru de- ckotiations only form of | when they art that remains, cen ouly on ghe | The .‘,. rutors did not only oppose sugested competitive narket called producing cost. opposed the on tlh sate general they have 1 agalinst it e years, principally that it was not The check-off is practlce ing uni from puy giving lhiem to th a n:lluvlun because th aracter of the e for a reduction in t ol Hul operators ulso off m dues on The n do from their p refused to submit th ltration and de men to remair workers refused to re. They also rences to ned to order t work after the pending the ne ct expired iation of a ne 1 found t mines iovernor 4 to bring both with a peace plan oprrators found unace On Dee 20 the two sldes ther In New York for a es which ended in ])ancmg Isa IAM Art Among Russian Soviets Moscow, Ja (—-Dancing has a los in Rus: It is | yolked upor ‘hourgeoisie’ e Here's a “musical” time by th viks, that is played like a fiddle and Although the nds like a saxaphone. 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