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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mrs. Susie Hodges entertained last
Wednesday evening at dinner in honor
of her sister Miss Tabitha Mash Of
Kansas City, the guest were seated at
= long table in the dinning room and at
the conclusion Of the dinner toasts
were given and responded to by the
guest Of honor. Covers were laid for
thirteen.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

introduced r. G. M. Isaac L Brown Of
Marshalltown who delivered we'll
written eulogy to, the dead. Miss Daisy
Ware, a popular soprano singer, rem
sdered beautiful solo. The Grand
Secretary called the roll Of the lodges
who had lost members: Union No. !,
VIM. Alden, w. D. Anderson respond
ed; North Star No 2, H. H. Hooker,
u. H. SHEPARD responded; Sumner No.
3, S. =. Tiggs, A. L. Drew responded;
Golden Star No. a, James P. Hamilton,
H Elliott and S I. Joe Brown responded;
Decatur No. IA, John H. Morgan, T..
H. Sturgis responded; Cedar Grove No.
l8, Anderson Perkins, w. J. Shepherd
responded; Mcneil No. Fl,
MO Culberson responded;
Doric No. 80, Fred Williams. Mrs.
Goines solo accompanies by F. D..
Fields on4his violin; Mr.. A. A. Bland
very effectionately and feelingly re-
cited Crossing the Barr after which
Mrs. WI H. Jones, P. G. Matron, re-
cited q beautiful ode entitled Good
Night. =
ssB THURSDAY MORNING SESSION.
At this session all the COMMITTEES ex-
cept the finance committee were ready
to make their final report, The COM
nittee on charters and Warrents. Whit h
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23


"A new Chapter of the O. E S. was
set up in our city last Saturday right
by w. H. Milligan, Grand Worthy Pa
tron and Miss Ida Palmer, Grand Mat
ron Of Iowa, Of Burlington. About
twenty-five were set up into the Chap
ter and it bids fair to be q success.
Mrs. Z. r. Palmer was elected worthy
Matron, and is without Z doubt one Of
the best qualified Chapter ladies in
lows, she has hsen Deputy Grand Ma.
tron Of Illinois for several years and
proficient in the Eastern Star work; !.
Mrs. E. T. Banks, Vice Grand Matron,
Mrs. J. H. McClain, secretary and Mrs
John Wilkenson, Treasurer. We are
glad to have such an organization, it
W II strength e lnascn y if properly en-
couraged. Ladies all work in peace
and harmony and you will succeed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

sSS Mss Marie !. Bell entertained 4
llber of young ladies Wednesday
ming in honor Of Miss Nell Lefrage
Holladay, Kan, and Miss Bertha
Steyenson, Of Buxton, Ia. . s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mr.. Arthur Jones who has been em-
p'oyed at Younker Bros, for number
sof years will get his annual two weeks
vacation this month.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23
THE ROYAL
Mexican Chill Cafe,
Henri West Prop.
Open all night. First-class Service
MEALS Is CENTS
Io7 Seventh Street.

The twenty-frst annual picnic Of the
old settlers will be held at Union Park
\ Thursday, August 5th. The committee
extends an invitation to all; fill your
dinner baskets and spend . part Of the
day and enjoy this annual outing
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mrs. Nellie Shelton has been con-
fined to her home with an liberated
tooth for the past two weeks is convs-
lescent.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mr.. Hayes Bell has just returned
from Colfax, where he has been paint
ing some houses for Mrs. M. "A. Bat
ties.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

hrs E. B. ElIiston, $40 l3tli 81.
makes a speciality Of Human Hair
Goods, also Shampooing and straight
.ening. Mail orders promptly filed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mr.. E. T. Blagburn left Wednesday
to spend about one month in the noun
tains, in Colorado. He will first 60 to
Denver, then to Pueblo. Colorado
Springs etc, in the former city he will
visit his brother Lee E. While he is
in health, it is hoped that
this trip will completely restore him to
his right health again. He is employed
as chief draughtman at the City Engi-
neers Office and is considered cne Of
the best draughtmen in the city. For
the past eight years he has drawn
most Of the plans for the bridges,
streets and pnblic utilities
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

MISS Bernice Leach and sister Miss
Lucille Jefferies were in Knoxville their
former home last Saturday and Sun
day.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Miss Neal Morris of Abba is visitor
in the city this week, the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Davis.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

w. H. Milligan spent Sunday in our
city, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Blagburn;
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Miss Ollie Smith, employed at Brins-
maids China Store for many years is
spending her fortnight vacation in
Chicago. n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

III Mr.. H. w. Hughes, one Of our mail
carriers has finished his annual vaca-
,tion and resumed his duties this week.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mr.. F. w. Thompson is in Western
Iowa and Eastern Nebraska this week
in the interest Of the Bystander.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23
( He Guessed re-.

\ Howell What became of Rowsll
Who was here when I lived here?
Powell He died Of throat trouble
Howell Well. I'll be hanged.
Powell Yes. that's the way he die1
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Green entertained Miss
Marie /. Bell at dinner last Sunday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-23
CITY NEWS.
4 IN. b. you have relatives or
friends visiting. In the city or going to
make = visit, please inform us; we
solicit all your local news.-Ed.)
Mrs. Paul Gilstrap spent part Of this
week in Buxton.
Mr.. w. H. London Of Buxton, was
in our city last Saturday

Mrs. r. j. Anderson of Give who
has been so very sick is improving.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
To Honor Educator

A number of we'll known ladies In
this city, many Of them connected
with the public schools, are bent up
on organizing a Mcmillan Memorial
Association for the purpose Of either
placing a bronze tablet In the NC.
MILAN High School or bust to the
memory of the late D. A. Mcmillan.
This movement, we understand, will
not only include the alumni of the
School but other citizens Of Mexico
as we'll. Prof. Mcmillan was an edu
Gator Of unusual ability and acumer
and for years was one Of the mos
prominent pedagoges in the state
He raised the Mexico Public school:
to their present high status and the
debt of gratitude the people of Mexico
owe him is heavy one.
His death was great misfortune
to the city and bereavement fel
by all who were fortunate enough Il
be numbered among his acquaint
ances. He was a man among men
Small in stature, with forehead ful
of cause and effect he advanced hi
theories along conservative lines tina
formed an impregnable basis upol
which to continue his work.
The movement, as yet, is in its in
cipiency. That it will be successful
liz pushed, goes without saying. w
all loved D. A. Mcmillan and stan
ready to do him honor. Only smal
donations will be asked for.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
MoharlY Has s2o. GOO Blaze

One OF the largest fires that the
citixens OF Moberly have seen fol
some time occurred at an early hour
Wednesday night, totally destroying
the Wabash coal chutes which stood
a few hundred feet east of the Wa
bash roundhouse. The loss is estt
mated at $4,000.
The fire started at 8:45 O'Clock
and. was still burning Thursday. II
originated In the basement Of the
building, being caused by spontaneous
lcombustion. A car load of slack in
the basement was the cause Of the
combustion. According to an employ
of the chutes this slack has been
burning for the past six or eight days
but It has been a smouldering fire
only so but very little notice was TAX
en- Of it.
Engineer Had Marrow Escape.
The night engineer at the chutei
had a very narrow escape from ser
ious injury in the explosion last even
ling. He was sitting in the engine
room at the time and the entire flooi
was blown from that room, luckily 70
him he was blown toward the dool
and escaped without scratch o.
| bruise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
MANY AMAZING REscuEs MADE
IN iTALys RuINs-WcTIMs. IN
cArALEprlc STATE. SAVED Ar
TER IS DAYS WITHOUT nouR-
IsHMENT.
Husband Entombed with Dead Fam
lly Is Kept Alive BY Rain Water
Until Rscusrs Find llIm---ls Almost
a sksiston-othsr Rescues.

Reggie, Italy, Jan. 10. Amazing re
cues of earthquake survivors after
they have been buried under the ruins
for as long as f6 days without food
Of water strengthens the belief that
hundreds still are imprisoned In llv-
Ing tombs, and II is possible that
many Of them will be saved.
A s-year-old girl was found yester-
day uninjured under a mass of wreck
age which had held her a prisoner 70
Is days. 1t was impossible for her
to obtain nourishment Of any kind,
and it is supposed that most Of the
time she was In cataleptic state,
requiring no food to sustain life. She
was restored to consciousness with
little difficulty.
Cached With Dead Family.
The discovery Of man imprisoned
In a cache formed by the falling wall
of his home where for 10 days he
had been without food. The rain trick
ling through the debris had supplied
him with enough water to keep him
alive. He was little more than skel-
eton when taken from the wreckage,
but will live. His sufferings during
the 1s days of his Imprisonment were
intensified by the presence OF the bod
les OF his dead wife and children.
A mother and two infants had been
caught in a cave formed by the
walls OF their home. and the mother
kept her little ones alive during the
first few days by nursing. After that
however. animation, for when they
were removed all appeared to be dead
They were revived after hard work
by physicians.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
JAMES NEWTON BASKET TELLS -~Tf s.5sef
DR.. MAX. MEYERS AFEW
~ s STINGING TRUIsMs ABOUT CHILDREN
J. N. BASKET VOICES THE oPIN-
ION OF MOTHERS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY WHEN HE SAYS
LET THE CHILDREN HAVE THEIR
FAECIEs AND PLAYTHIEGs

could not reach the treadle, and where
if she could, she would likely soon
have a needle through her finger.
"The same argument would have he
use her mothers thimble--a psyche
logical deduction that even a child
would revolt at. A boy of cannot
swing schythe or a twelve-pound
sledge; and certainly the man who
would give a child such tool as a
foot-adz, a razor or a revolver would
place himself in the category of those
who run where angels tip-toe.
"The Experimental Psychologist in
mind is in error when he asserts that
children always want the large tools
Of grown people. 1t is so at times,
but the little girl often prefers her
toy stove to the kitchen range be-
cause she likes the play Of her fancy.
So we have no consistency when we
would take from the little mother hel
rag d oil and give her a sylogism, oil
break up the boys string and stick
which he strides, and insist that he
listen to lecture on horse breeding
"Eis psychology, however, is con
cerned about the fiction Of Santa Clau
and he seems to fear he may oversha
dow Christ.
eve cannot say about that, but the
rest Of the world does not appear to
feel that Christ is very jealous Of the
old imaginary saint, for, in this spirit
Of parental good will there seems
more of the spirit Of the man who
so loved children than in half the
hard realities of religion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
HELLFLoWER MERCHANT
ASSISTS THIEVES
Pastes Combination on outside Of
Strong Box So Il will Not Be
Blown Open. Experiences Of Gus
Stelnnlan's Safe.

A professional burglar and safe
blower visited the village Of Bellflow-
er recently and entered store. Af-
ter searching the establishment he
happened upon the safe. On the
front of this strong box he found
the combination neatly typewriter
and pasted in q conspicuous position.
With no more ado he proceeded to
follow instructions and in less time
than it requires to tell it, had pro-
cured about $40 stored there. The
merchant the following day said he
had placed the combination in such
prominent position in order to
guard against the safe ever being
ruined by predatory persons bent
upon blowing it open.
Gus Steinman, of this city, has a
safe in his store that has passed
through two visits of the soup" man
as safe-blowers are called in their
slang. The safe was at one time
the property of Oscar Kreiger, OF
Martinsburg. While in his posses
sion It was once attacked with dyna-
mite and again with nitro-glycerine
Both times no entrance was gained
and after a short visit to the factory
in st. Louis returned as good as II
was previous to the mistreatment. Mr.
Steinman, we might add, does not
keep the combination pasted on the
front of the safe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
MEXICO NATURALIST AND AUTHOR
SCORES UNIVERSITY PsYcHoLo-
GIsr ON OPINIONS HE ADVANCES
REGARDING THE TEACHING OF
CHILDREE-WARM WEBSTER.
By "aosh.v

1t was with the same Satisfied al
truistic feeling one experiences after
dining well. When you are oomforta-
1 bly, seated before a cracking crate
with a good Havana curling its smoke
into Chateau's au Espagne, it was
that I completed James Newton Ras-
kett's reply to Max Meyer.
Or. Meyer. professor Of experimen.
tai psychology in the Missouri Univer
sity, announces that children should
know early what they must surely
learn later. Mr.. Basket replies
handing the Doctor some superheated
Webster that is well floored with
good common sense and we feel posi-
tive, bearing the stamp Of approval
from every true mother in the land.
He contends let the children learn as
they always have and be fancy free.
Unfortunately we have not the space
to produce the communication in full
as it appeared in the st. Louis Re-
public, but can only present several
excerpts.
The following are poignant truisues
from the erudite pen Of Mr.. Basket
and are worthy Of place in any
|scrap-b0ok:
The learned doctor would have the
parent answer all the questions of a
child truthfully. He must not evade.
or ask it to wait till it can compre-
hend or know what to do with such
knowledge. II the child should ask
about the nature of light, heat, cleo.
tricity, ETC., the answer must so forth
about ether-vibration, ions. vortex mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Ry nGosh.1

Through the two dirty windows in
the room the failing light of the win.
ter afternoon affinity penetrated fit
fully lighting UP the squalid interior
The room evidenced the meagerest
poverty. Everything was in confusio
and filth and left the indelible print
Of its calloused and unmanicured hant
on all sides. The whimper of hun
cry baby came from the disheyeled
clothing on the rickety bed and the
gaunt form of a drunken man lay
stretched near 1t breathing heavily
In one corner, munching burnt
corn pone, sat child of six. She
likewise bore the stamp of unkempt
want and her tiny emaciated body
yearning for the necessities Of life
seemed to shrivel in the half light,
The room was filled with smoke
from small cook stove that belched
forth its clouds of ashes every few
seconds as the cold wind whipped
across the chimney above.
Upon the floor there were the
scraps of potatoes and other dirst
negligence to the common laws Of
sanitation had allowed to accumulate
An older boy sat there near the hun
CRY baby trying to remedy shoe al
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS
IN POVERTY-STRICKEN.
FAMILY IN THIS CITY

most worn soleless. The SOM
shadows of the room, the fetid air
of this counterfeit Of home, the very
monotone Of the silent scene Of She
children in squalor seemed to moan
with purposeless life.
These conditions exist iii Mexico
They were discovered by Miss Marth
Frost, of the Associated Charities
who was upon tour of investigation
Thursday. The father had forced
the older girl in the family to leave
home through his brutal treatment
when he found all the liquor In the
jug gone, accusing her and the little
ones of having drunk 1t. Instead Of
going to work, as usual, the girl re
NAMED close to the home fearing
some harm might come to the chill
dren through the fathers drunken
rage.
The mother died few months age
in childbirth and Providence spared
the little one to what fate. The
father was arrested for mistreatmen
of his children and drunkenness, ant
fined. A new home for the little one
will be found and their condition bet
tered, in every particular. The asso
ciated Charities under the able super
intending of Miss Frost is accom-
plishing much.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Old Machine in Junk Pile

It is not an oil well that is at pres
ent engrossing Sam Norris atten-
tion. He has a patent fire escape
that he dug from under an old iron
heap that is likely TO make a for
tune for him and several others. The
escape came into his possession about
25 years ago and since that time has
been rusting in an old pile junk. Al.
II. White, a manufacturer Of Moberly,
who has been consulting with Mr..
Norris for sometime concerning the
machine, was in this city Thursday
preparing to forward the model to
the factory. s3s8
In speaking of the machine Mr..
White said: Through the efforts
of friend in the Arkansas Legisla-
ture law was recently passed in
that state requiring all hotels to in
stall in every room one Of these fire
escape machines. You can readily ses
how practical they are.
'sThe machine consists Of a pulley
upon which is fastened an iron cable
This cable by means Of cog re-
sistance wheel allows it to unwind
slowly when a persons weight is on
the end attached to the fastener ar
ranged to circle the body. When II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
sloo per Year in Advance

there are natures 80 sensitive, the
Thomas Cariys1e nature, that they
cover themselves with a thorny, horn:
roughness Of bark as a shield against
getting hurt. ~ E''s1 si ,taN-tatsl
Mr.. Clark reasons wen, talks wen.
think, TOO, that he would have made
good actor. Indeed, I viii go so far
as to say that I think he is o, good
actor. Much of the time, perhaps, i'm
consciously. A man who for twenty
years has been before the public Is
bound to be an actor. And Mr. CLARK
is no exception to this rule. His man
ner in debate Is the lions manner.
But he is Hon with altsning fork.
His roars never create a discord.
They are ever merlowed and modified
to meet occasion like the deeper note
OF French horn. !t 19 fagfa
AS q lion Mr.. Clark has teeth, but
he makes no ferocious speciality Of
their display. He has claws, but he
seldom or never unsheathes them an
would only rend and tear as last
resort. His instincts are kindly, for
bearing, generous-the mark Of stron
natures-and II he might, he'd make
happy every soul between the poles.
There are people, tyrants to those
below them, sycophants, bootlicks, to
those above them, whose sole notion
Of greatness Is to make some one els
feel small. Such smellfeasts. given
one weaker than themselves, trans
act their insolent importance st the
weaker ones expense. They compel
him to wait In needless ante-rooms,
snub him when he reaches them, and
In all ways put him to pain and shan
these ours of place. Washington is
full Of such mudbred, vulgar folk.
They are In the departments, in Con-
gress, about the very White House
itself. Wherefore, when one finds a
Clark, who, as against these, is the
shadow OF a great rock In weary
land, one should give him credit for
the poised and level manhood by
which his attitude is declared.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Youth Hurt As Mother

Lays OylnE
Moberly has been visited by an un-
usually sad accident In the serious
lurlng Of f2 year old Lee Edwards.
This youth was on his way, Friday
morning, to the Wabash round house
to tell his uncle his mother was not
expected to live but a short hour, whe.
he was struck by some railroad wheels
rolling down grade and seriously hurt
The little fellow was walking down
q track following pair Of car wheelI
which had been started by some EN-
ployes, and while walking along faile
to notice that the wheels had run vi
an incline at the end Of the track AM
started rolling back towards him.
The heavy iron wheels slowly role
back toward their victim knocking
him down and passing over his bod,
which was astride the rail. The las
was horribly mangled. Ills principa
injuries are about the groin. Hi
right hip was broken and his righ
shoulder also fractured, and severa
fingers on his right hand were Gu
OFF.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Thousands Of Rabbits are Bagge,

Thousands Of Rabbits are 'Bagged
Uncle Remus used to tell US that
"Brer Rabbits" worst enemy was
eop Brer Fox" But from the hunt
ers' tales Of the past three days
since the snowfall, man is even worse
than all other enemies of the "cot-
ton tall" The country surrounding
this city has been swept by hunters
and the total bagged aggregates into
the thousands. G. w. Strain pur-
chased $50 rabbits Thursday from
Long Branch farmer and they were
hauled to this city in a large farm
wagon pulled by four horses.
A telephone message from Santa
Fe Thursday stated that community
had sent 600 to Perry that morning
and there we're at least 140O more to
be disposed of. The rabbits are
bought for cents apiece and ther
dressed after which they are shipped
to the city markets.
The snow makes It easy to tract
the Dummies" and they cannot rur
fast when found SO are easily killed
If there is anything TO the theory
that the rate of mortality regulates
the breeding Of animals Audrain couI
ty should be completely overwhelmed
with rabbits next year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Man-a-Iln an Ideal Laxative.
Falton has Kidnapping Escape

Is
Fulton Has Kidnapping Escape
The trouble Of chas. Lukens, Of
Fulton, over the possession Of his
4 year old daughter, Dolly, resulted,
Wednesday Of this weel,In the ehllds
foster parents, Mrs. Snyder and
her daughters, kidnapping the baby
In the absence Of Its step-mother.
A sury was secured at q livery
barn and with the driver the women
drove to the Luken's home and took
the child.
A few weeks ago the Probate court
awarded the child to Mrs, Snyder as
the real parent did not seem able to
properly support the little. one. Lat,
or Lukens procured the child and
kept her until the foster parents sue
|ceeded In spiriting her away.
Since the little ones last disap-
pearance she has not been seen and
it is evident the foster parents will
not let the father know her where
abouts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
SECOND PERFORM
ANcE CANCELLED.

The second night at Lexington,
Mo-, Of the"Girl from Bagdad". under
the direetioon of J. a. Darnaby was
cancelled owing to the death of j. A.
Saunders, of this city, his father
in-law.
The house was practically sold out
and all the money was refunded
kilograms and messages of condo
lance were received by Mr.. Darnaby
from the Elks all over the country
and the salina, Kas., Lodge of Elks
and the Lexington, Mo-, lodge and
the members of the opera cast ali
sent floral tributes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

Jan. Q, 'O9. Sec. s. Cards bear
ing particulars Of glass, metal, mica,
sand-tinsel or other similar substance
are unmailable except when enclosed
in envelopes tightly sealed to pre-
vent the escape of such particles OF
when treated in such manner as will
prevent the Objectionable substance
from being rubbed off or injuring per
sons handling mails. @. v. L. Meyer
p. NJ. Gen1.