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Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16
IN. IN ann IN Sfara
-Agn TiiE Hlrrk-.
80 AGO.

80 YEARS AGO.
VIM. Pollock bought a quantity Of
wheat in Kansas.
Hon. C. @. Daniel & Brother were
owners OF the vandalia Bank.
Mrs. Lon c. Robinson died.
Ed. Pitcher. formerly of Mexico.
was express agent at Marshall.
Ed. Pitcher. formerly Of Mexico,
DR.. M. M. Scott was a physician at
Thompson.
whiteside & Orr of Benton City
shipped over 500 worth Of turkeys
to 81. Louis.
William vanceI and Miss Laura
Ballard. Of Benton City. were mar
ried.
Miss Ida Spencer Of Laddonia was
very I'll.
Ed. Y. Mcknight and Miss Annie
Sayres OF Farber were wed.
Those visiting out Of Mexico were:.
Mrs. Green Clay, Mississippi; Mrs.
J. F. Mcwilliams. Boone county;
Mrs. G. A. Brock, Racine, Wis;
Miss Ida Ricketts,, st. Louis.
Robt. Graham was building a resi-
denee on the Morris homestead, Just
south OF Mexico,
Corn was selling at SOC per blu.
VIM. Slaughter taught school at
Benton City.
20 YEARS AGO.
L. L. Wolfe was State s~uperintend.
ent of Public Schools Of Missouri.
Geo. Kabrlch was arranging to
take down his wooden awnings and
put down a granitoid pavement.
Charley Rutter and Miss Mary
Points were married at Centralia by
Rev. J. C. Hooker.
Mrs. William Reagon, residing just
southwest of Mexico was Ill of pneu-
monia.
The officers OF the Martinsburg
Creamery Company were: Stephen
Bertels. President; j. D. Morse, Vice
President; d. s. Tweed, Secretary,
and buttermaker; N. M. Friedman,
Treasurer. The five directors we're:
Stephen Bertels, ]. D. Morse, F. G.
jacob, John Donnelly, Caleb Price.
Miss Edith Hollenshead, of Row
ena, attended school at Pittsburg,
Kan.
Harry Atchison, OF Mexico, and
Miss Nadine Bush, were married by
Rev. w. B. Taylor, at the brides
home in Centralia.
DR.. R. W. O'Bannon, of Califor.
MIA, was in Mexico on a visit. DR..
O'Bannon read medicine with DR..
French in Mexico.
10 YEARS AGO.
The engagement of Miss Mabelle
Hathaway and Prof. George A. Ross
was announced.
Homer M. Adams and Miss Ethel
Allen were married.
The Opera House and the grocery
store Of Richmond & Rodgers of Full
ton YER destroyed by fire. 9th !
ers whose places Of business were
damaged were: Morton, Christian &
D~anavant; J. J.. Neurman; J. N. Dut-
ton. Mrs. E. J.. o'Connor, TIender-
son & Mangles.
|. M. Greer vas in the furniture
business at Auxvasse.
Mrs. Nora Bice, aged 25 years,
died at her home east of Mexico.
The debt Of $2,375 of the Method
list Church Of Mexico was raised,
clearing the church Of any debt.
Miss Belle Waddington Of Benton
City taught at the Payne school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

Lee Brothers, the Mexico horse
and mule buyers, were at Hallsyille
Friday of this week and at Davis &
Sons barn in Columbia on Saturday
to buy all m"erchantable horses and
mules that were offered them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16
BRICK FOR SALE.

bHiCk y
We have plenty of good building
brick or fire brick for sale at prices
that o can't beat None
better, or cheaper. Mexico Fire
Brick and Clay Company. s4ts
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16
THOROUGHBRED BRONZE

THOROUGHBRED BRONZE
TURKEYS FOR SALE.
/ have some fine thoroughbred
bronze turkeys for sale. Toms,
$500; hens, $500 apiece; $500 a
pair. They are handles.
G. o. JUELFS,
d1 43-4t R. F. d 1. Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16
JUDGE cRuM ASKS FRANCHISE
From col ttMRIA

FROM COLUMBIA.
Judge Matthias Crum, of this city,
acting president Of the Mexico, San
ia Fe and Perry Traction Co., vas
in Columbia again Tuesday night
and appeared before the city council
asking for a renewal Of the franchise
which had been granted the above
company over Columbia's streets.
This franchise has twice been re-
newed, since it was originally grant
ed.
Judge Crum said that he under
stood that there was some objection
to a part of the franchise and that
the officers OF the Company would
be willing to dispense with this part
If the Council would grant one over
Fifth Street to Broadway. He stated
that the franchise would be invalu-
able to the company as 1t would aid
in securing other options and would
inspire further confidence in the
road.
He seemed optimistic over the Co
lumbia-Mexico route, the Columbia pa
pers say, and seemed 10 think work
would be started on this road during
this year. Judge Crum said the
Company is not securing money from
abroad and further that all the mon.
ey used to finance the road is be
ing gotten right in Missouri.
The Council took no action on the
matter at the meeting Tuesday, bu'
will wait until the City Attorney car
look into the matter and report. HI
will make his report on Jan. 81. AL
the members of the Council seemed
to think that since the old Franchise
expired Jan. l a new one will hav'
to be granted.
There seemed to be no objection
to granting a new franchise or re
newing the old one. IL 1t could b,
done, but the Council desired Il
act legally in the matter, hence tn
delay.
Judge w. w. Bolts, who takes al
active interest in the Electric Lin
work, told a representative of tn
Ledger, Thursday, that the Compap
had a proposition on hand whereof,
a line from here to Columbia Nigh
be built but the deal had not bee
c nsumated as yet. He further sal
the Company would know about jar
IS what the parties connected wit
the deal intended doing. Until tina
: time nothing can be learned concerr
lLg the much.talked Of Mexico-Ct
lumbla extension.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

George N. Burch of this place and
Mrs. Nellie Reading, of Curryyille,
were united in marriage Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of
the officiating minister, Rev. II. B.
Rice. Immediately after the cere-
mony they were driven to the home
he had previously prepared where
they are now at home to their
friends.-Laddonia Herald.
Ray Bafford of Mexico and Miss
Cora e. Chrisco. of Bartlett, Shan
0 county, Mo-, were married Mon
day morning in the Blue Room at
the Court House by Judge W. W.
Bolts.
The groom is a hustling young
man, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. 2. s.
Bafford, of this city. The bride ia
a charming and popular young lady.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16
These Two Women Prove Our Claim.

Cary, Maine. SCI feel it a duty |
owe to all suffering women to tell
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. One year ago
] found myself a terrible sufferer.
l had pains in both sides and such a
soreness ! could scarcely staighten
up at times. My back ached, | had
no appetite and was so nervous l
could not sleep, then | would be so
tired mornings that / could scarcely
get around. 1t seemed almost i'm
possible to move or do a bit of work
and l thought | never would be any
better until | submitted to an opera
ton. ! commenced taking Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
soon felt like a new woman. l had
no pains, slept well, had good appe-
tite and was fat and could do almost
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

Siit three times, the -four, salt, spice and
baking Powder. Beat eggs with rotary
beaten, then still using rotary beaten, grad
ually add sugar, then work in the mashed
potato with a spoon and alternately add milk
and -four mixture. Make a soft dough, roll
into a sheet, cut into rounds, pinch hc!= 1.
the center with the finger and fry in deep fat.
Fat for frying should not be hot enough
TO brown the d%oughnut until il has risen.
When the doughnut is dropped into the fat
Il sinks TO the bottom. As soon as il comes
up il should be turned and turned a number
Of times while cooking. This recipe is ex-
cellsnt as they do not take the fat in frying
and will stay moist for days.
ra Robertson, voice; Miss Geneve
Iichtenwalter, piano; Miss Mari
Whitney. violin; Mrs. ]. A. Com
stock; Miss Lichtenwalter, accompan-
list.
Concert Etude Whiting
Hunting Song Pagannini : List
Miss Lichtenwalter.
Damon STANCE
A birthday woodmsn
VIII o. The Wisp Spross
Mics poho-tson
snanisb Danca sarassta
Miss whitney
yesterdav ana To-d.v snro..
Al Dawnine cadnan
Mammv.s song woro
NV 1,addie Tbavor
Misc pohertsor
Caprica vienno,s Kra,s,ar
Liebes Frepd Kro,s,er
ME. vh,,nav
Thama var,a rh.r,,naaa
ca~rniva, cr,aa
Mt. ,,o..uuu
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

e. C. Kennen of Laddonia was a
business visitor to Mexico Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

all MY work for a family OF
four. / shall always feel that lowe
my good health to your medicine"
Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers, Cary, Me.
Charlotte, n. CT was in bad
health for two years, with pains in
both sides and was very nervous. If
/ even lifted a chair it would cause
a hemorrhage. / had a growth which
the doctor said was a tumor and l
never would get well unless / had
an operation. A friend advised me
to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and | gladly say that
/ am now enjoying fine health and
am the mother of a nice baby girl.
You can use this letter to help other
suffering women. Mrs. Rosa SIMS,
16 Wyona St., Charlotte, N. C.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16
Doughnuts
That will remain moist

Every housewife who bakes her own
bread knows that II a little potato Is added
to the sponge, the bread will not dry out
as quickly. In this recipe potato Is utilized
to make doughnuts that will remain moist
and fresh for several days.
KC will be found to have distinct adj
vantages over any other Baking Powder
iof doughnuts. X c is a double acting
baking powder with which a large batch OF
dougbnuts may be mixed and fried a few at
a time: The last will be as light and nice
as the first.
x c Potato Doughnuts
By Mrs. Nevada Briggs, Of Baking
School fame.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

For 80 years Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedyfOrf e-
male ills. No one sick with wOman's ailments
does justice to herself if she does not try this fa-
nous medicine made from roots and herbs, it
has restored SO many suffering women to health.
EMEKSsWrite to LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE co.
49, CONFIDENTIAL LYNN, MASS, for advice.
Your letter will be opened, read and answered
by a woman and held in strict confidence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-16

Miss Frances Bots in woodlawn this
week. The text book at present is
Mornings with the Masters Of
Art" The discussion was led by
Miss Bolts and Mrs. Morris. Refresag
ments were a pleasing adjunct to
such great mental activity. The next
meeting win be with Mrs. Mary
Graham.
The following students returned to
Columbia this week TO resume their
work in the University: Ralph Coats
worth. Carter Taylor Marion Fon-
vile, Cave johnson. Emmett Berrey,
Harrison Brown. Whitley johnson
and Misses Frances Glandon, saIle
Robinson and Bessie McPhetters.
Mrs. e, B. Keath vas hostess for
the Social Club on Tuesday. Conver-
sation and sewing were the order Of
the afternoon. Guests other than the
members were Mesdames Bush, z. r.
Locke. W. e. West and Ed. Kuhne,
Misses Adylotte. Grace Morris, VIC
toria Brooks and Marie Rose.
Misses Carrie and liberia sporul
entertained sixteen ladies' at cards
on Monday evening. Delicious re-
freshments closed a very pleasant ev-
enIng.
Mrs, R. r. Arnold, Jr., gave a
charming auction bridge lunch
e'n last Saturday in honor Of Miss
Elizabeth Arnold. The guests were
Mesdames ]. T. Johnson. Leila Mitch
ell, Z, @. Madison. R. NJ. White. e.
a bearing. H. B. Brett and Misses
Laura Robertson, Susie Houston and
Elizabeth Arnold.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18
NEEDS GUIDANCE BY BRAIN
Most Facle Pen of Little Avail If thu
Great Driving Force Is Not
Behind 1t.

1t is recorded of Daniel Webster
that a friend presented him with a
steel pen-an article not generally
known in the active days of our great
oratorical genius. Webster found it
practical and efficient "But though it
writes beautifully and without
scratching" he commented, Il could
never learn to compose with it. Its
fluency districts my mind from the
a quill, and make fair copy, If need
be, with the steel point" Mark Twain
was one of the first literary men to
experiment with typewriter, He
was enthusiastic about its possibili.
ties, but he admitted his style suffered
pen to compose with. And yet, few
years before he had said tire same
thing about the fountain pen. It's nov.
city, it's tricks, it's very independence
of the ink well, took his attention
from his story. He could compose
better with a steel pen or the stub OF
lead pencil.
yentor of the art of writing with a
stylus upon waxen tablets introduced
his innovation the poet who had
previously composed his deathless
lyrics with a mall and chisel acknowl
edged the ease of the new method,
but complained that no good poetry
could ever be composed by it's aid.
One needs the fall of the hammer to
emphasize the ictus, he would say
and the heaving of it up again to In.
dictate the arsis. The caesura came
when he paused to moisten his hands.
All this leads to the statement OF q
modern American versifier to the ef
feet that he cannot write poetry when
he is deprived Of his typewriter. This
poet was recently left without ma
chine. just at the time when he was
obliged to prepare some copy for the
press. He made shift with a pencil,
but the result was trifiing. II cannot
write poetry with a pencil" he apollo
gized to his publisher. Il have lost
the knack of it."
One can easily understand this. An
inspiration flashed across him-the
laborious scrawling of it by slow and
unaccustomed means deadened it and
dulled it. With a typewriter he
might have caught it on the wing and
fixed it e'er it fled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18

which was expirin' under the squaws
hatchets as she hove In sight of the is-
sue, an the soup-kittles was all a.
steamin'. 1t RELY was too late to do
anything, / guess.
That night / slep' in Oacoma Jail.
You naturally gravitate that way when
fate has ground you about so fine, an
you begin to drift with the blizzard.
could "a stood the throw-down, but to
be throwed down in heap with eggs
an dirty clO'eS, was too much. I took
that suit an made bundle of it, an
out on the pontoon bridge l poked it
into the Missouri with pole. They're
usin' the water to settle coffee with.
I'm told, as fur down as Saint Joe, to
this days good as the whites of
eggs, the cooks say. Then, havin'
wired my resignation to Elkins, feelin
that the world held no vocation FIR me
but the whoop-er-up business, | re-
turned to the west side of the river as
the only place suited to my talons, an
went forth to expel the eggs an tender
memories from my system with wet
ness. / broke Jail In the mornin' but
in a week 1 come to myself ag'in on
the same OF cot in the same prehis-
toric calaboose, an Mr.. Elkins was
keepin' the flies off me with one O.
them brushes made of a fringed news
paper tackled to stick.
1--WE come" says he. ito take you
home, Aconite."
"All right" says 1, "but can you fix
it up with the authorities"
''I'm just going over to get your
discharge" replies he. "They seem
quite willing to part with you, now
that they discover that none of your
victims have anything deeper than
flesh wounds. I've given bonds not to
let you have your guns this side Of the
Stanley county line. I'll be back in
half an hour with the horses"
An here's where l had a narrow es-
cape. l wouldn't have faced her. the
girl, you know, FIR no money; but as
Jim went away, right at the door |
seer through a little winder a SHIN
merin' of white and blue. 1t was her,
herself! She must have met Jim before,
f'r l heard her speak his name an
mine He seemed to be perlitely argu-
in with her; an then she went away
with him. I breathed easier to see
her go, an then set down an cried like
baby. a feller'll do that easy, when
he's been on a tear, you know.
Jim an l rode all that day sayin'
never a word But when we'd turned
in that night mentioned the matter.
"Mr. Elkins," says I, "she sure has
got it in FIR me pretty strong, to foller
me to Jail to jump on mel"
"Aconite," says he, 'Pll not deceive
you. She has. Forget it,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18
High Prices for Horses.

High prices for horsenesh again
rule in England. J. #. Joel, British
sportsman, has bought what is now
considered the worlds best race
horse, Prince Palatine, and paid for
him e45,OOO, or $225.OOO. This horse
is regarded as the finest slayer" In
Britain and win command big fee
as a sire. The next best price paid
for a racer was 1880 guineas, about
$1S7 500, paid some time ago for Fly
ing Fox. Another famous horse, Or
monde, was sold to the late duke OF
Westminster for $4,000, and subse-
quently went to McDonough, an Amer
lean millionaire for $156,250. August
Belmont some time ago bought the
horse, Rock Sand. for which he paid
S125, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18

eurirlst .errn. What is done WIN 'efn Is
a mystery which may be solved some
day: but that they perish in some miser-
able way is certain Two carloads of
them must perish on the Rosebud instead
of in Packingtown--in the Sioux soup
kettles, instead of the rendering tanks,
if you can keep them alive to reach
Chamberlain-and have great confidence
in your ability to perform this task inn
posed upon YOU by the carelessness of
Senator Whaley's men either at WASH
ington or at the range 1 have heard
that one or two raw eggs per day per
calf will preserve them, and it looks
reasonable Smith and Jones will have
them ready loaded for you for the next
fast freight west. / hope you'll enjoy
your tripr
Well, you may have listened to the
plaintive heller of a single caff at
weanin' time, r perhaps to the SYM
ferny that emanates from the pen of
three r four. Furder'n this the expe-
rience of most don't go. Hence,
don't hope to give yeh any idee of the
sound that eckered over northern ILL
nois from them two cars o motherless
waits. The cry of the orphan smote
the air in a kind of endless chain O.
noise that at two blocks off sounded
like chorus of steam calEopes prac-
tisin' hollis at about middle G. Nothin'
like it had ever been heared of or done
in Chicago an stockmen an re-
porters, an sight-seers swarmed
around wantin' to know What was a.
goin to do with the foundlin's- /
want in any position to be interview
ed, with the Chicago papers due in
Chamberlain before | was. I'd ave
had a dozen scraps if it hadn't been
FIR the fear of bein' arrested. But
with the beef issue comm on a-pacin'
I had to pass up Injuries involvin' de-
lay. I sot in the, caboose, an object of
the prurient curiosity of the train
crew ontil we got to Elgin r some'eres
out there, where / contracted eight
cases of eggs an one Of nervous
prostration. ~
Here it was / begun ministering to
the wants of my travelin' orphan asy-
lum. They was from four hours to as
many days old when the accident OF
birth put 'em under my fosterin' care.
I knowed it was all poppy-cock Civ
in dairy r breedin' herds to them In
juns, an that these would do as well
FIR their uses, sif they had real moth
ers instid O. one as false as I felt. But
to look upon 'em as they appeared in
the cars, would ave give that con-
sciencious but onsophisticated inspec-
tor the jimjams. Part of 'em was lay
in down, an the rest trampin' over
'em, an every one swellin' the chorus
o. blats that told O. hunger an I'M
happiness. took basket of eggs an
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18

went in among 'em, feelin' like ami
NAL trainer in circus parade as the
Reubens gethered around the train,
an business houses closed FIR the
show l waited till the train pulled
out, an begun my career as nurse
maid-in-gineral.
Ever try to feed young calf? Ever
notice how they faint with hunger be-
fore you begin, an all at once devel-
op the strength of a boss when you
stand over 'em an try to hold their
fool noses in the pail? Ever see caff
that couldn't stand alone, run gaily off
with a northumberland fifty pound far
mer, poisin' a drippin' pail on his nose,
an his cOuntenance a geyser of milk?
Well, then you can form some faint
idee of the practical difficulty of in
ducin' caff, all inherent o. the world
an its way O. takin' sustenance, to
suck a raw egg. But nothin' but actual
experience can impart any remote APP
proach to a notion O. what it means to
incorporate the fruit o. the nest with
the bossy while bumpin' over the
track of northern Iowa railroad in a
freight car, movin' at twenty-five miles
an hour. l used up two cases of eggs
before / was sure of havin' alleviated
one pang of hunger, such was the
scorn my kindly offers was rejected
with. The result was astoundin'
Them cars swept through the country
their decks slippery with yaller gore,
an their lee scuppers running bank
full, as the sailors say, with .Tom-an'
Jerry an egg shampoo. An all the
time went on that symferny of blats,
risin' an fallin' on the prairie breeze
as we rolled from town to town,
thing to be gazed at an listened to an
never forgot; to be side-tracked out
side city limits FIR fear of the board
of health and the S. P. c. A., an me
ostrichized by the very brakey in the
caboose as bein' unfit FIR publication,
an forced to buy macintosh to
wrap myself in before they'd let me
lay down on their old seats to sleep.
An when my visions reverted back to
the Oberlin people, l couldn't dream
o. that yaller hair even, without its
seemin' to float out, an out, an out
into a sea of soft-boiled, in which her
an me was strugglin', to the howlin'
of a tearin' tempest of blats
At last we arrived at Chamberlain.
An here's where the head-end coils
ion of principles comes in, that men
toned a while ago. Here's where
Aconite Driscoll, who for days had
been givin' mothers care to two hum
dred cavvs, was condemned FIR cruel
ty; an when he'd been strainin' every
nerve an disturbin' the egg market to
keep from Dustin a set of concealed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18
.Hain,t yeh got emp saws |

"Hain't yeh got emf" says l.
HUH" says he, comm out of it
Don't be a dunn fool, Aconite. This
is the first / understood of it, an
whoever heared of an inspector read
in contrack? And there amt them
many cavvs to be got by that time in
all Dakoty. Les hit the wires f'r in
structions!"
The kilograms runs something like
this:
To Senator Patrick whaley, Washington
d. c.:
Contract calls for hundred and fifty
cows with calves at foot. What shall
do? Reddy.
To Reddy Withers, Chamberlain. s. d.:
Wire received Calves at what? Ex-
plain, collect. Whaley.
Hundred and fifty cows and calves,
What do you advise? Reddy.
See Inspector Whaley.
Won't do. Inspector wrong. Reddy.
Fix inspector or get calves. Whaley.
I'd got about the same kind of a
telegram to Mr. Elkins, addin' that the
Whaley crowd was up in the air.
sent it by Western Union to Sturgis,
and then up Wolf Nose Crick by the
Belle Fourche and Elsewhere Tele-
phone Line The o. M, as usual, cuts
the melon with a word His wire was
as follows.
fret Coll Inf-
ter Smith & Jones, Commission 'mer-
chants, Union Stock Yards. Elkins.
This was sure an aff1iction on me,
FIR had fixed up deal to go with
Miss Ainsley an her friends on a
campin' trip, lastin' up to the day OF
the issue. She'd been readin' one OF
Hamlin Garland's books about pun
cher who'd scooted through the Brit
ish aristocracy, hittin' only the high
places in a social way, on the strength
Of gold prospect an the diamond
hitch to mule-pack. She wanted to
see the diamond hitch of all things
There orto be a law ag'inst novel.
writin' / got Reddy to learn me the
diamond hitch so I could make good
terious caff expedition TO the last place
in the world, Chicago, a-yankin' me off
by the night train.
I went over to tell her about it
First, l thought I'd put on the clo'es
expected to wear to Chicago, a dandy
fifteen dollar suit / got in town. An
then l saw how foolish this would be,
an brushed up my range clo'es, tied
a new silk scarf in my soft roll collar
an went. Here's my diagram of the
hook-up: Any O. them mortar-board-