Conneaut High School - Tattler Yearbook (Conneaut, OH)

Page 17 text:

H. B. KURTZ Diamonds - Watches - Jewelry THE VISION. I dreamed a dream of dreams, last night, Twas about an angel, sweet, Who came to me in the dead of night; What she said, I shall repeat. “Thou should try a little harder, To keep in the paths, aright, For thou dost know of the promised land That is filled with heavenly light.” She vanished from my bedside, then, And I was left to wonder If I should have that Heavenly love And be taken over yonder. The angel was dressed in snowy white, A golden circlet on her brow; Her voice was sweet and silvery, I can almost hear it now. It set me to thinking, greatly, Her appearing to me at night, . I wondered, I must confess, If I was doing right. And just as I fell asleep, After thinking it over well, This thought did come to me, The thought I will now tell; “He knows the cause, His ways are wise and just; Who serves the king, Must serve with perfect trust.” Florence I. Davison. DICK’S FIRST HUNDRED. Dick Crawford was an orphan boy, who lived in Philadelphia, among the slums. His father and mother, both, were taken from him at the age of ten. This took him out of school, and he had to start out in the world for himself. When the world war broke out and there was plenty of work The G. M. Whitney Co —15— WHAT YOU BUY— WE STAND BY.

Page 16 text:

“Hallmark”—means Quality H. B. KURTZ “CHEESIT DE COP. ” It was mid-day. The street was deserted. The tenement houses on both sides arose like the walls of grim fortresses. Not even a stray dog was stirring. The “cop” was nowhere in sight and even the usual street loafer was absent. At length around the corner stalked a soldier of the realm. He was elad in the regular military uniform of tin can helmet, woodensheld, and a sword of excellent make. It was the type made by nailing one slat across another to form the hilt and the edge tempered down with a jackknife. Beside the regular equipment lie had a pair of field glasses made of tomato cans. With the aid of these he scanned the street and seemed satisfied that it was unoccupied. After glancing up and down the street several times he disappeared. A few moments later the steady tramp of soldiers in arms was heard. In due time they appeared at the aforesaid corner and turned into the aforesaid street. General Grant alias Steve Iloadley was in the lead. Ilis valiant army seemed confident in their leader for they marched with heads held high and all in all assumed a very dignified appearance. On and on they marched into the heart of the enemy’s territory. The silence was unbroken except for the Steady tramp, tramp, tramp. The stillness was like the calm that precedes the storm, and so it was. At last the storm broke. The “Rebels,” hurling themselves from doorways and alleyways charged the enemy, filling the air with their battle cry of “Down wid de Yankees!” Soon the air was filled with flying missiles, tin cans, old shoes, ink bottles and every now and then the heavy artillery would hurl a soap box or large oil can into the front ranks of the oncoming enemy. First one side and then the other seemed to have the advantage. At critical stages of the battle the opposing generals would rush up fresh troops, and so the battle waxed and waned. It is impossible to tell how long the battle would have lasted, but for the lookout stationed at a point of vantage who espied the blue coated arm of the law approaching rapidly from the rear. With the cry of “Cheesit de Cop!” he disappeared in a nearby alley. The battle stopped as if by magic and soon the former peaceful aspect returned and the “Cop” after sauntering up and down the street a few times resumed his beat. This battle, although it will long be remembered by the people of Dugan’s alley, was recorded in United States history as a victory for neither side. Paul Sheehan, ’22. Hey! Whose Tattler are you reading? Let’s go ! Let’s have some Pep! YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A JUDGE P|1n Yf WVlitn vr Cn OF VALUES; We fully protect you. 1 I1L VJL i'1 'VIlllIlLV I A). —1 4—

Page 18 text:

H. B. KURTZ Diamonds - Watches - Jewelry to he had, Dick found employment in a factory. It was not long before he was acquainted with the younger men of the factory. Every night he would he out with these hoys and he didn’t save much of his earnings. These hoys formed themselves into a gang, and one of their “hobbies” was to steal automobiles and go for a ride and then leave them in another part of the city. The outcome of it was that they were caught and it took all the money Dick possessed to pay his share of the fine. From then on Dick realized the wrong of belonging to a gang like that, so Dick left them. The next summer Dick worked for a man who lived in the country and owned a truck-farm. That summer Dick saved one hundred dollars. Once he was in town doing some work for his employer at a lawyer's. The lawyer owned a wood lot which was for sale. Dick expressed his wish that he had enough money to buy it. The lawyer, being of a good-hearted kind, offered it to Dick at four hundred dollars, which was one hundred less than he had been offered. The payments were to be one hundred down with twenty-five every month after that until paid for. So Dick decided to take it. He agreed to make the first payment the next day. The next morning early, Dick set ouf with a truck load of vegetables which he was to sell for the farmer. When he arrived at the outskirts of the town lie saw under a street light for it was still dark, a muffled figure hastening away from town. Under the light Dick recognized the man to he -Joe Buscher, one of the gang. Dick whistled the gang whistle to him and stopped the truck. .Joe turned and came up to him. Dick asked him why lie was hurrying from town in this manner, and Joe explained to him that lie had stolen an automobile which belonged to the man to whom Dick was to sell the vegetables, and in the night he had run it into a curb and pole and smashed it up. Joe also told Dick that lie did not have any money to pay the man, so lie was running away, and was going to quit the gang. Dick made him go to town with him and on the way told him of the wood lot he intended to buy that day. When they arrived at their destination, Dick asked the man what the damages were and he said about one hundred dollars, so Dick paid the amount out of his own money, with which lie had intended to buy the property. At noon the garden truck was disposed of and Dick was going up to the lawyer’s office to explain to him why lie could not buy the property. But when he got there, to his surprise, Joe had been there before him and had explained everything to the lawyer. So the lawyer agreed to let Dick have possession of the wood lot and pay for it as lie cut the wood and sold it. R. J. K., ’22. Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes are built PKp fl T Wliiti'mxr fn for young men who want snap and style. 1 ’’ IIHIICN v (J. —16—