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Season's Greetings and Best Wishes

AMERICAN
SIGNS CORP.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

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STIMULATE
SALES

A well built, attractive display sign pre-

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business day and night. Whatever your

business may be, it will pay you to investi-

gate this economical medium of building

sales and good will.

Phone 2-0281

"American Signs are Used 'Round the World"

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Kalamazoo A Progressive City

Rosh Hashonah Greetings to All My Jewish
Friends and Customers

KALAMAZOO AN IDEAL INDUSTRIAL
LOCATION

The Gown Shop

When in 1829 that sturdy pio-1 people at a emit of seven cents,
near and wise prophet of the fu- • with other rates in proportion,
tore, Titus Bronson, first looked this economy of transportation be-
to many con-
down from the hilltops upon the rnnnes
fertile valley of the Kalamazoo cerns 'dapping from this center.
Geographical Location.
RI cur, he wisely foresaw that here
Kalamazoo stands at the hub of
was the right bication for the
[wilding of a city.
an area with a density of popula-
Titus Bronson saw the timbered tion I() times the ilvunage through-
uplands and the rich bottomlands out the United States.
along the beautiful river, and
While it is true that few cities
sensed that here was the soil with of equal size offer such a diversity
which
is
of
pri-
of
industrial operations the fer-
that productivity
mary inqmrtance in the growth of tile lands surrounding Kalamazoo
also afford diversity
u community.
He settled here. Others omit-.
operations —a fact which does
The settlement grew, heconee a much to stabilize markets and in-
village, then a city.
sure adequate food supplies at rea-
And now within three hours' sonable prices.
drive of Kalamazoo is a popula-
Kalamazoo c it u lit yproduces
tion
e of our 1A100,000 p opl•, of dairy and poultry products to the
whom two-thirds live in 74 cities value of $1,292,000 annually. Over
and towns in southern Michigan $1,000,000 worth of celery is pro-
and northern Indiana.
dueml here yearly. The total crop
Over one-half the urban popula- is given as $7,822,529.
tion of Michigan, (excluding
In a small zone including Kala-
Greater Detroit) live in this zone. mazoo 0,800 carloads of grapes
This zone exceeds in population valued ' at over $4,000,000 are pro-
all American cities except four, duced.
nearly equals five state combined,,
Within a comparatively small
and exceeds in population IS number of miles, 90 per cent of the
' states.
world's peppermint, and nearly all
Within 150 miles of Kalamazoo the world's spearmint, is produced
across level country by train or annually.
motor, lie the buying markets of
Kalamazoo's central position in
.
8,010,00(1 people.
southwestern .
places
When it is considered that 1,- within the area served by a most
800,000 parcel post packages go efficient group of public utility cor-
out from Kalamazoo yearly; that porations.
the average. weight is about three
Electric power and light are fur-
pounds, and that this size package nished in limitless quantities by a
can he sent to any of 8,000,000 'surer-system utilizing both water-

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THE TIME FOR SELF-SEARCH

Season's Greetings

By RABBI HERBERT PARZON
Congregation Ahayai Sholom of Portland, Oregon.

Globe Casket
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Manufacturing Co.

Zinc, Copper, Armco Metal, Hard-
wood, Cloth Covered Caskets and
Casket Hardware
SOLD

We Wish You All a Happy New Year

C. CAPPAERT

AUTO WRECKER SERVICE

General Repairing, Rebuild Bodies

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To Our Many Jewish Friends and Patrons Wre
Extend Our Sincere Wishes for a Happy
and Prosperous New Year

FREEMAN
Dairy Co.

A Happy New Year

JOHN BOEKHOUT

DEALER IN

WOOD, COAL AND COKE

THE NEW ASIA
CAFE

A Distinctive Restmirant

Spatial Attention to Banquet.,
Parties, Teas, ate.

We prepare orders

out when desired.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN •

109 E. MICHIGAN ST.

Phone 21-411

Kalamazoo, Mich.

Distinctive Styles for Women Who Care

505 W. South St.

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Phone 7404

KALAMAZOO, 511C11.

ill 1918 Kalamazoo stepped out
There are 117 miles of streets,
in front as a leader of cities of its 56 1 - 2 miles of pavement.
class by adopting the cannon:Sion-
Over 1118 miles of sanitary sew-
city manager form of government. ers and -11 miles of storm :covers
Ender this modern non-partisan protect the community.
form of city government seven com-
How well the city-owned utilities
missioners are eleeted at large serve the city is shown by the fact
every two years. A city manager homes, 1)1,675 are customers of the
is selected the commission and water department, and there are
is responsible for the proper eon- 10,-180 sanitary sewer connections.
ductintzof the city's business to
The police department is elan-
the commission.
posed of 011 111011 111111 three women,
The various functions Of city housed in a saparate police station
government are subdivided into ile- valued at $75,000.
The Bank of Helpful Service
partments—each under a director.
Fire protection, an essential of
The first city commission adopt- good gov e !linen t , is given by an
ed the "pay-as-you-go" policy of efficient fire department of 83
Capital Stock
$200,000.00
conducting city business, discon- nivn operating on the platoon sys-
tinuing the issuing of bonds for tem, with complete motorized
Surplus-Undivided Profits
200,000.00
public improvements. ...Wider this equipment housed in six advant-
policy the bonded indebtedness of - ageously located stations. The I
the city has ham 111,1'0100 . 11froni value of the buildings is placed at
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
$7110,890 in 1919, to (162,000 in $ 1 /19,176.
1925.
The health department is under 1/4
The real and personal valuation the direction of a full-time physi-
of Kalamazoo for the year 1925 cian with a t•onmetent corps of bac-
—
is .fixed at $73,6,77,000, and the teriologists, inspectors and nurses,:
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low tax rate of II miles pays the Kalamazoo's death rate is excel).
cost of city government.
tionally. low, being 111.1.
Kalamazoo owns and operates its
The city owns mint maintains a
•own water works, with a central! fine tourist camp ground and a
station, three auxiliary pumping splendid, sporty municipal golf
stations and three standpipes. The course.

Holiday Felicitations

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to use should demonstrate our
spiritual striving and character.
The rabbis teach that the pur-
pose of these Holy Days is to re-
juvenate and to recreate the life
of the individual Jew and the Jew-
ish community. They desire a def-
inite result—that every Jew should
regard himself as a "Beriah Ila-
dashah," a new character. That
result is within the grasp of every
,one of us. Let our conscience, at
the end of these religious (bees,
proclaim us "Brit Hadoshoth 4—
newly treated spiritual personali-
ties.

, al, are for us and for all men un-
Ail the last syllable of recorded
time. The real message of the
prophets will never grow old.
"While swings the sea, while mists
the mountains shroud
While thunder's surges burst on
cliffs of cloud,
Still at the prophet's feet the na-
tions sit."
H, J. PICKETT.

A Happy New Year to All My Jewish
Friends and Patrons

H. S. Harrington

Which road should a man
choose? That road that is the
honorable one, and which will place
him in an honorable light before
his fellow man.—Talmud.

FUNERAL DIRECTOR

Phone 2-8425

THE HEBREW PROPHETS

These great teachers of Israel
served their generation faithfully
and well. They were too great
indeed for their own time rightly
to appraise them. They spoke to
their own people and there were
some who heard and understood
Through this faithful "remnant,"
though the nation was lost, the
true religion was saved.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Rosh Hashonah
Greetings

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Vande Berg
& Son

In the light if our later knowl-
edge and with the truer perspec-
tive secured to us by the interven-
ing centuries, it is for us to pray
that we may not repeat the folly
of those who ignored or mocked,
81111 refused the witness of these
faithful men. "Being dead they
yet speak" For they had laid hold
of the eternal things. They de-
clared truths, which, being etern

We Wish You All a Happy and Prosperous
New Year

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Phone 2.5451

E. Patterson & G. R. & I. R. R.

KnIninitzoo, 'Michigan

Season's Best Wishes

Kalamazoo
Creamery Co.

MILK PASTEURIZED! SAFE!

FINE MOTOR CARS

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Phone 4115

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Fours and Sixes

Sleeve Valve Motor

Andrus-Rix, Inc.

FRED T. RIX

WM. A. ANDRUS

Opp. North Lumber Co.
Dial 2-3613
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

456-464 Portage St.

Home of

"The Rex Family"

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Wishing All Our Jewish Friends and De-
positors a Happy and Prosperous new Year

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
ORGANIZED 1863

OFFICERS:
C. S. CAMPBELL ..... .. ..

E. II. SHEPHERD ....... ....
II. B. ALLEN
S. A. PRATT ..
R. G. RYE
C. C. BOERS
J. II. TOLIIUIZEN

President
....Vice-President
Vice-President
Assistant Vice-President
Cashier
... ......Assistant Cashier
.. Assistant Cashier

Resources Over $10,000,000

KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN

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Greetings of the Season

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Baxter Laundries Inc.

119.25 W. Kalamazoo

Where workers' interests and welfare have a
prominent place in executive policy

Phone 4191

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Rex Paper Company

Season's Greetings

Makers of

BILLINGHAM

& COBB

High Grade Coated Papers

ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

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PHONE, DIAL 2-4812

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We Wish the Entire Jewish Commu-
nity of Kalamazoo a Happy and
Prosperous New Year

power
and
steam generating punipimz capacity is about 9,000,-
pints, and rates are as low as 000 gallons daily. The value of
the largest cities in the country. the system is $682,58.1.
The 'Michigan Bell Telephone sys-
All water is taken from deep
tem furnishes more phone (in pro- wells and is pure and palatable.
portion to population) to Kalanne- N'ery low water rates prevail.
zoo than any other city in Slichi-
Kalamazoo owns and operates
gam with one exception.
its lighting plant which, furnishes
More gas meters installed than light for all streets and public
homes in the city, a never failing buildings, and values the plant
supply, and a low rate are the out- and lines at $220,000.
standing features of the gas see-
Kalamazoo owns 15 parks, with
vie,' in ki11111111lZ00.
an acreage of 310, valued at over

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Streng and Zinn Co.

and our bodies are so terribly pre-
occupied with the ordinary busi-
nesses of life, that there is little
time devoted to designed reflection.
Even our leisure does not permit
aloneness. Nor is it interested in
thought provoking self-analysis. It
is primarily given over to group
play. Modern man has forgotten
to be with himself. Ile feels lone-
ly when he is alone with himself.
Therefore, a season for the indul-
gence in the things of the spirit-
ual realm is a prerequisite. And
many thinkers realize this. They
advocate that the time between
Lincoln's birthday and that of
Washington, which, incidentally
also happens to be a ten-day period
(Feb. 12-22) be designated us a
season of rededication to pristine
Americanism —when the ideals
and the motives of American life
may be analyzed SHOW and defined
anew out that American citizenship
may drink deeply at the fount of
American inspiration.
We Jews have had an institution
of this character for a very long
time. It is not too much to say
that the spiritual richness and the
religious fervency of the historical
Jew is considerably due to this
penitential season. All that is
necessary is its proper utilization
by us modern Jews, to reap the
identical influence from it. Whole-
hearted penitence is only another
term for honest self-analysis and
purposeful planning fur better and
purer living.
American Jews who somehow
have acquired the reputation of
crass materialists must receive the
approaching season reverently and
meekly. We must devotedly at-
tempt to cleanse our lives from
the accumulated debris that our
spirits, our intellect, and our char-
acter may shine forth in a halo of
ethical living so that slurs cast
at us will have no foundation and
disappear like clouds of mist be-
fore the rising sun. IVe are no
worse than the rest of the com-
munities of world Jewry—the
method by which this S011S1111 is Pot

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Judaism has always insisted on
active participation in life. It al-
' ways looked askance at flight
from life. Therefore, forms of
; monasticism and gloomy asceticism
I could not even take rout let alone
flourish on the spiritual soil of
Judaism. Jewish piety crowns
' with saintliness the individual who
•can conquer life morally and sprit-
: natty and not him who flees from
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KALAMAZOO, MICH.
'the obnoxious and enticing prob-
lems of life.
Participation in hu-
man affairs is a vital organ in'the
Manufacturers of
religious life of the Jew.
'
Yet. Judaism realizes the need
for constructive contemplation and
inmundane meditation. Si, a sea-
, son is set aside for intensive self-
! search when man may adjust his
life and attempt to adjust his spir-
itual peril:n-0116y to nobler pur-
THROUGHOUT THE U. S. A.
1 pose and more beautiful living.
I ' That season is, of course, the Ten
Penitential Days which begin with
Rosh Hashonah," and end with
' ' Yom Kippur."
There is a universally acknowl-
i edged law in ethics that insists
that any act which, under normal
!circumstances, may he character-
' iied as virtuous becomes vicious
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I when it is permitted to reach ex-
traordinary extremes. Thus even
humility, to my mind, one of the
noblest virtues turns to a vice
tt hen carried to extremes because
it completely eradicates and de-
stroys the human personality. In
accordance with this principle,
I Judaism, taking cognizance of the
essential character of contempla-
tion and the spiritual quality of
introspection, instituted this sea-
son for the proper exercise of these
human cravings. At the same
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632 E. Vine St.
time it exercised a definite re-
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
straint so that this period of rev-
, nt reflection shall retain its
i - 1 1 ;tuous potencies and shall not
degenerate into a neurotic and
• vicious hatred of the life activities
of the race.
Historically the "Asereth Yemai
Ilatshuvah" (the Ten Penitential
Days) have served as the means
for the rededication and the re-
“oisecration of human life to the
ideal life. So it can serve us mod
01101. Through self analysis and
self review, by means of contem-
plation and meditation, the tarn-
ishes that taint human life and hu-
man character are discovered and
laid bare. This is only half the
If You See It in Our "Ad," It's So
task. The more important por-
tion of the task is to exert determ-
inedly and desperately, our efforts
Phone
4155
to
remove, to destroy, or diminish
111 West Maint St.
the blots tin our lives' escutcheon.
This
cannot be done through the
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
t vpical New Year's resolutions.
The latter, Professor Sharp of
isconsin, writes "may make a
man feel good but will never make
him good. They (the resolutions)
are the specialty of the sentiment-
alist, who always feels but never
nuts; and from the moral point
of view, he is in some respects the
' most helpless specimen of the hu-
man race. The only volition that
vomits is that which is so com-
pletely a part of the self that it
will pass out into action, unless
circumstances outside of the con-
! trot of the agent render this im-
possible. A volition is morally
I worthless unless it will lead to a
determined effort in the face of
either inner or outer opposition
or difficulties.” Thus modern
ethics is in complete accord with
'Jewish doctrine as defined in Rab-
binic literature. It is only through
such gigantic exertion of our wills
that we become spiritually recreat-
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ed and rejuvenated. And only for
the people who have achieved this
task is this season effective and
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ennobling.
In the modern industrial world
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
the need for a period of this char-
acter is imperative. Our minds

Rosh Hashonah Greetings

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