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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-08-28
OBITUARY

Aaron d. Buckles was born
Dec. %, 1850, in Illinois, and died
Aug. 81, 1918, aged 81 years, Z
months and 20 days
He was united in marriage to
Miss Caroline Brown. To this
union were born five children.
Three years after the death of
his first wife he was united in
marriage to Mrs. Jane Williams.
To this union we're born two
children.
He leaves a wife and four chill.
dren to mourn his loss.
Bro. Buckles professed faith in
Christ when young, but wander
ed away, like many others. He
was afflicted for some time prior
to lis death. About two months
before his death, he re affirmed
his faith in Christ and died still
trusting in God, who alone can
save and give consolation in the
hour OF death
Funeral services were held by
the writer from the home: inter.
ment in the Mansfield cemetery,
beside his first wife, to remain
till the Resurrection.
JOSEPH DAVIS
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-08-28

For stand Rlshts or Concessions. see s.
Bertram. Mansfield. Mo. VIII sell low
this season for cash.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-04-11
FRECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots,

Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots,
How to Remove Them. a-> "a
+ Here's chance, Miss Freckle-face,
to try a new remedy for freckels with
the guarantee of a reliable dealer that
It will not cost you penny unless it
removes the freckles; while if it does
give you a clear complexion the ex-
pense is trifling.
: Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength from your druggist
and few applications should show
you how easy it is to rid yourself of
the homely freckles and get beauti-
ful complexion. Rarely is more than
one ounce needed for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine as this is the
prescription sold under guarantee OF
money back if it fails to remove
freckles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-04-11

The Indian held him for fifteen min
utes-a record that no wrestler has
been able to equal since that match.
Two Feathers showed he lacked q
knowledge of the wrestling game, but
his great strength and reach enabled
him to fasten dangerous holds to,
Gotch which the latter managed to
break after struggling around the mat.
Gotch finally darted out and wrestled
Two Feathers to the canvas. 1t was
at this point that the weakness Of the
red man was apparent. He was not
strong as defensive wrestler. Gotch
secured a hammerlock, but the Indian
broke the grip after struggle. Gotch
tried to fasten a crotch and half-nel-
son to him, but discovered this was
difficult to do on account Of his op-
ponent's great height and reach. .
Gotch figured it out that the scis-
sors could be worked on the Indian.
He pushed down Two Feathers head,
and as he arose jumped in and fast
ened a scissors on the sinewy form
Two Feathers struggled desperately
but to no avail Slowly but surel,
Gotch pushed the red mans shoulder
to the mat for the first fall, after
nearly forty minutes of desperate
struggling.
Two Feathers tossed Gotch to the
mat several times in the second bout,
but the brain of the Iowa boy had
proved master of the superior weight
and reach of his dusky opponent. Two
Feathers secured a hammerlock with
which he came near winning the Sec
ond fall, and Gotch was punished Sc
verely, but he finally broke the hold
and after fifteen minutes of wrestling
in which Two Feathers had the ad-
vantage, went behind the Indian.
Gotch shifted from one hold to an
other with ightning-like rapidity and
finally fastened scissors for the de-
Gliding fall. 1t was crushing defeat
for the proud Indian. It crushed him
in spirit and he never wrestled again.
"Gotch. he heap big wrestler" said
Two Feathers. me no match"
J. (Copvrisht. 1912. by Joseph b. BoWlasA
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-04-11

m ALES Of q wonderful Indian
wrestler on a reservation In
Montana were told in the min
ing camps and the seaport
wrestling centers of the Pacific coast
in 1903. Native Montanans did not be-
ieve the world possessed a wrestler
who could defeat this proud chief,
said to possess almost superhuman
strength and great endurance. Other
wrestlers turned pale at mention OF
the Indian, but Gotch was seeking a
reputation and the American cham
pionship, and showed that lion-heart-
ed courage that later brought him the
worlds crown of the mat. He said
he would be glad to. meet the Indian
and they were matched to battle to a
finish December % at Bellingham,
Wash
"Gotch is a most unusual specimen
of athletic bravery" says Farmer
Burns. "Other champions have al
ways been afrand of losing their titles.
Gotch seems never to have thought of
such a thing Whether his challenger
were an lnQ1dn, d L ufh, d nuSSldu
Lion or a wild man from BOrneo, they
have all looked alike to the man from
Humboldt. He has been willing to
meet them all and fight them to fin
ish. Gotch knows no fear on the mat"
With all the marks Of a chieftain of
his tribe, CARRIED in many-colored
robe of beads, weighing 215 pounds
and standing six feet five inches in
his moccasins, Two Feathers present
ed an imposing appearance. In this
memorable battle he showed great
confidence, but Gotch taught him that
the white man who had driven his
forefathers back into the plains was
the physical and athletic superior of
the red man.
At the call of time they went to the
center of the mat, shook hands and
SPARED for a hold In less than a
minute the Indian had rushed in and
slammed the Iowa boy to the mat.
Try as he would, Gotch could not rise.
He had not yet perfected his methods
of escape from the mat, shown in his
battle with Mahmout ten years later.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

curing rigid enforcement of the
noxious weed law in this county
next year. 1t is useless to wait
until another crop of weeds have
grown up and gone to seed be-
fore declaring war against them,
and after harvest is over and
work not so pressing is the time
to start the campaign for cleaner
fields next year. 1t is almost
useless for few to try to keep
their fields clean while being
seeded down year after year by
their neighbors. Foul seeds in
grain mean dockage of several
cents a bushel each year and are
expensive. 1t is just as import
ant to have clean grain for sale
as to get an extra cent or two
above the market price, and
worth fully as much to the farm
ers to combine and fight the
weed pests as it is to combine to
purchase their sacks and Irvine
at cheaper price. Let the ex-
pense of cleaning a few foul
fields be charged up with the
taxes to their. owners and they
will soon see there's a reason"
for keeping down the weeds of
their own accord. The time,
however, to start the ball rolling
is in the fall and winter months
not next summer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

If the Moscow judge who fined
a couple boys 5000 or 20 days in
Jail recently for pitching quarters
could get crack at some of the
bigger games he would put the
fear of the law into the partici-
pants and close up the back room
hang-outs for many months to
come.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

The action of the state board
of equalization in ignoring the
recommendations of the state
tax commission looks very much
as if the commission had been
created simply to pay political
debt and its labor for the year,
at an expense of some $4,000,
was not worth a picayune in the
eyes of the state board. At this
rate nine-tenths of the boards
and commissions in the state
could be given the axe and the
state would be money ahead and
fully as we'll off in other respects.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

Mrs. Jack Moriarty is danger
ously ill with pneumonia and 9TH
er complications at her home in
the north end of town.
Both of the local schools will
open early next week, the public
school opening on Monday and
the parochial school on Tuesday.
However, as school election will
be held at the public school on
Tuesday both schools will put in
the same number of days the
opening week. The public school
will employ six teachers this
term and the parochial school
i've, thereby giving employment
to eleven teachers in this district.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29
FRIDAY, AUG. 20, 1918.

1t is reported that Emperor
William, of Germany, has cut out
his daily supply of beer and this
will probably give the prohibi-
tionists ammunition for another
campaign.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

In alloting the $25, 100000 of
government funds to the banks
OF the western states Secretary
McAdoo overlooked Idaho entire
ly-but this state has money
enough of its own in bank to
take care of her crop and will
not miss the government funds a
bit, thank you.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29
THIS IS YOUR TOWN AND 1T
is WHAT YOU MAKE IT
BY HOLLAND,

What makes a town? People
and business. You are one of
the people. What yon buy helps
make the business. The more
you buy the better the business;
the more business the better the
town.
You want the town to grow
and improve, don't you? Then
you should help it to grow by in
creasing its business as much as
you can. Every time you send
elsewhere for goods you give
your town a blow. Enough of
these blows will ultimately kill
the town.
The mail order houses do moth
ing for your town except to kill
it. Are you helping them? You
are if you send your money to
them for goods that you could
buy at home. If you are more
interested in the growth of New
York or Chicago than you are in
the prosperity of your own town,
your own neighbors, then con-
tinue to send to mail order houses
for goods. If you want your own
town to thrive spend your money
where you make it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

Jack Johnson, the colored
pugilist, is reported to have pur-
chased a small hotel in France
where he will reside until he Sc
cures citizenship in that country.
This is one time when Frances
gain could better be a loss.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

President Huerta is no doubt
willing to hear his name pro-
nounced Wurta or any other way
so long as he is not forced to re-
linquish his hold on the governor
ship of Mexico.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

One thing that the locals of
the farmers union, the highway
commissioners and the citizens
in general should do this fall is
to take some action toward Sc
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

Cards of thanks, resolutions of re-
spect, poetry, and church and lodge no.
tees where an admission is charged,
will be charged for at cents lire.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29
STRICTLY INDEPENDENT IN
POLITICS.

Copy for change of ad. must be handed in by
Wednesday noon to insure change.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1913-08-29

At nv p
Of Grange1
Denver, i
clock, 81
tenber Att
all of my
horses, q
1Soo bus|
things td
MAlso my |
is plow !
pasture'|
best of \
hog fe1
year arr
of build
class 81 |
equipp|
prairie
be SIC
FIVE W
est.
sold a
M can t
Big
3 P1
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26

stumbled down the street. "I didn't
low tWuz in natur fer folks to be go
nard,, he nlurmured. II Jest wanted
70 feel them little fingers in mine
onct more! Twouldn't a-hurt--
world!" Jus
TWO hours of aimless walking and
ne was nearing the Frew house again.
Dut this time there was wild excite.
ment in the street. Flames were
mansion. Like a wild beast Palestine
sprTang across the yard to the terri
ned group Of servants. "Air they all
out? Whar's the child"
Ine woman whose arm he seized
proved to be the nurse, who had been
az supper down stairs when the fire
she's upstairs! 1 forgot herr"
Palestine flung her roughly from
him and bounded into the house. In.
stinctively his steps. led him to the
aoor OF the room in which he had
seen little Sweet Glory"
ruined home old Palestine sat on the
curbing. a safe distance from the
burning house, holding a little white
sleeping figure. My little girl. INV
baby child" he was tenderly Groom.
ING over her, pressing her hungriIy
I ~ las AlCdlI E-.I-
The foster mother sprang from her
CARRIAGE and held out her arms. bnt
Falestine's eyes flashed he shook
his head, and rising, clasped the lit
ne closer. You went to a frolic
y lett her with them as keered
nothin, Ter her. and hadn't. been as I
Wu1 led here to save +her-me that Won
Wouldn't allow jest to look at her
shed been nothin' but a little heap
o ashes he said sternly. who do
you think has got the best right to
Unmindful OF her rich II
dress Mrs. Frew sank down on the
curbtng and gobbed aloud.
FreW laid a shaking hand OIL the
old mans shoulder. I'VE can't give
up the baby" he said slowly. wv, wv
love her too much. How would o
IKE to come and five. here with her
and us?? She could belong to us aIi.a
Old Palestine looked at him and AZ
the woman's working face. The lit.
re g!rl moved N nSf sleep ana, rails
!ng her arms. claspsd him around III
nsck. 'Fut ms ig my bed. ran
paRpy!" she murntursd.
3 win q smile Of 1atSfactton Pales.
2 turned to the foster father.
Twont hurt her to have sev'rai
people around a-lown' her. Thank
ye., sir. I'll shore comc. Ill shore
sSo"'S. s---. .
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26
NOT A QUESTION OF OIL.

New York Times: The French
newspaper which declares that the
present Mexican situation is based en-
tirely on a striving over oil interests
is just q few days behind the times.
Lord Cowdray's prompt and satisfac-
tory denial of the rumors that he and
his oil company had any sort of agree
ment with the government of Huerta
published some days ago..
The idea that Huerta represents
the Cientiicos or any other Mexican
group. or anything whatever except
himself, has 40 sound foundation. All
business interests in Mexico, oil. sill
YER. fruit. and lumber, must suffer
from the embargo placed on trade
by the continued civil warfare.
But the Mexican trouble lies deeper
than the bottom of any oil we'll in
Vera Cruz or Tamaulipas. and it in
wolves much more serious questions
than those relating to property rights,
questions which the sober-minded
Mexican people must settle for them
selves if they would uphold the stand
ing OF their country as a power to be
reckoned with in the eyes Of the
world.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26
LAUGH WITH US RI
Stories. That Have
Many People Rsnila.

hurt?" !.
Pat. whose worst injury was a bunch
Of bumps. "Oi fale as II a road roller
an a bloomin' mule had stepped on
dur;n' a foight."
Never mind, old fellow" sympa-
thetically returned the other. 'It's
not SO bad as 1t might have been, and
you will get damages"
Damaged" exclaimed Pat. Be
CORA, an oi've enough av thin. It's
repairs thot Dim after now"
An American motoring through a
small Scotch town was pulled up for
excessive speed.
Didn't you see that notice. Dead
Slow'?" inquired the policeman.
Course / did," returned the Yam
kee, but I thought It referred to
your burned little town..
Now, boys" said a Sunday school
teacher. Il want each Of you to sub
scribe something toward the mission
to the CaFiboos. / shall. hand the box
round. an, IND, s r',, each : ho Of you o., viii con on-
propriate text. Now. Charlie. show. a
good example,"
A ruddy faced urchin stepped for
ward. dropped in his coin and OBJ
served
"It is better to give than to re-
ceive."
Then another contributed a copper,
saying
Waste not. want not"
This was ruled somewhat out of Or
der, but it was fairly capped by q
third youngster. who evidently part
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26

n Srandchild whar he can see EN-
all the time, and my wife and my sal
IN their graves. and my g~randbaby,
count o havin' no women folks to
keep fer her. 'dopted out! Hit don't
pear fair; hit don't pear fair!"
had died. and six months later Lake
Erie Ballard. their only child. a fall
OF rock in the clay creek mine had
Six weeks widowed, went to join poor
crushed Laban under the mountain
sod.
The grandfather. despite the pro-
who insisted that he ought to "'dopt
her out" had taken care of the two
year-old baby. Sweet Glory, alone for
another six months. Then one day,
when he had taken her to the mining
town to fit her with little shoes, car-
rylng the wee. fat thing the fifteen
miles ina in front Of his saddle, the min
had see little Sweet Glory. with her
curly head. her beautiful face and
her eyes like blue harebels. And from
that moment Mrs. Morrison Frew
was determined to have the child
The next day she with her husband
had set before Palestine the advant-
the baby. and Palestine had yielded
to their persuasions and let them
take her away.
When the old nan had stacked his
wood n unyoked his e he sat
for hours on his back porch, think
ing. his COW and his supper forgotten.
At last. when the moon, through the
vines, cast long Pickering shadows
on the rough floor, he rose, his mouth
Set determinedly.
Pm goin' to see her, shep," he
told the grizzly collie. Them rich
folks that promised to love her like
their own blood. and dc her morn
l could. did say l wuzn't never to
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26
THE EVENING STORY II
Copyright. 1918. By ". werner).
THE GRANDFATHER.

From side to side of the dusty road
below old Palestine LOOMS house on
Twisting Creek a tiny girl of three
skipped in the summer sunshine, now
clutching the hands of her mother
and grandmother. Naomi Wrenn and
Matilda Clock, carrying their trad
ing baskets" to the store. now squeal-
ing with delight over the yellow but
terfles that settled at the waters
edge.
Palestine. sturdy and wiry, with
brilliant black eye and u stiff white
beard. paused in his work of unload
ing a sledload of chestnut cordwood
MS angular "a oxen 'Pharoah' and
Aaron" had hauled down from the
NIL shove: to. watch the child.
That. little ,%creeter'S a fair match
to Sweet GloEw" he murmured.
slowly resuming his toll when the
little m and the two women had
disappeared around the turn of the
road. Only when they tuck my baby
away she WIZ purifier an sweeter!
Yes. sir. purifier and sweeter. and the
est little thing at ever drawed
breath! And l hain't seen her i'm
TWO year. not in two whole gin
year; And Absalom Clock, what
hain't a haar's breadth more upright
en- me. he's got his wife and dotter
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26

(By John w. Carey,
Who looms UP in the limsNght
with the shifting Of the scenes In.
staid old Massachusetts,. whera
they dots on pork and beans?
Who'll reign as leading citizen
where mi IL less than nil unless.
his. Great-great-grsat-grandad did
things at Bunker HILL? Who
liked It ~ liautenant guy 80 we'll
he said. by jiug. ! Susss I'll
make It eovsrnor'-and, didn't do
. thing? Who played. Il Demo.
cratic straight or soma plurality.
the while the q. q. T.. IKE 0aul.
was split in sections tfree2
Who'll hardly change his politics
until he socks to stir? (Sse life
OF Eugene Noble Foss.) Dave
Walsh Of FItohburg, sir.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26

bate hinges. however, is whether the
dividends being paid by the roads
are reasonable dividends on actual
investment in the properties. or divi-
dends on fictitious values. That mat
ter should be determined, and deter
mined definitely and finally. in order
that there may be formulated a pol
icy with relation to the railroads
which will be just to them. just to
their patrons, and so permanent that
it can be followed without material
variation year after year. to the end
that the country may. have satisfac-
otry knowledge of what the situation
is. and be free from the costly inc an
noying controversies of the past.
Incidentally. while the country is
interested in having established
freight rates which are just to all con-
cerned, it is of vastly more impor-
lance to the country thai rates shall
be equal and reasonably stable than
thai they shall be low. If there Is no
unjust discrimination in rates between
individual and individual and between
community and community. while a
rate that is too high inficts an improp-
er charge on the entire country, its eff
feet OH any particular individual will
be scarcely perceptible. If tie rates
are discriminatory, however. great
hardship ensues. A difference of a
fraction of a cen per hundred weight
in a freight rate is a small thing in
itself, but it it is exacted in one place
and not in another. it may drive hun
dreds of men into bankruptcy, and
wipe whole communities off the map.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26
INCREASED RAILROAD RATES.

For several years the railroad in
terests of the country have been. ep-
gagged. in q campaign for permission to
increase their freight rates, and pre-
dictions are made that their efforts
will VOL he more or less successful.
The railway men point out that be-
cause of the advancing prices of COM
has been increasing year by year. as
they have been obliged to pay higher
prices for everything that enters into
their equipment. while wages nave
been advancing right along, and they
have been compelled on various &C.
casions to advance the scale of their
employees in all grades. On the other
hand they have been compelled to
submit to the regulation of state and
interstate bodies, to eXpend large sums
on increased accommodations. and on
top OF all this to submit to the low
ering of their scale of charges for
service. They assert that unless they
are permitted to advance their rates
q as to add something to their net
earnings, even If it is possible for
them to continue to do business on
the present basis and remain solvent,
It will be utterly impossible for them
TO make extensions and improvements
which the development of the coun-
try and its business demand.
As is we'll known. it is and has been
customary for the railroads to pro-
vide for needed extensions and i'm
provements aside from ordinary main
tenance and operating expenses, by
the issuance Of bonds. which bonds
IRE expected to be retired by having
applied to them the surplus earnings
Of the company after current charges
have been met and ordinary dividends
have been paid. They point out that
Is the conditions under which the
roads are compelled to operate are
such that no surplus can be earned,
the im~possibility Of paying additional
obligations will be SO apparent that
no bonds can be sold, consequently
there can be no improvements under
taken.
All this 10 reasonable and logical.
The question on which the whole de-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-26

ed with his penny with extreme reluc-
lance. for. as he dropped it into the
box. he ~murlnured: d..
"A fool and his money are soon
parted"
On n occasion a certain pariia:
mentary candidate, known as a clever
speaker and very effective in dealing
with a hostile audience, was address,
ing a meeting in his constituency. He
had no sooner risen and said Gentle
men than some one threw an egg at
him. Quite unperturbed. he turned to
the offender and said;,
Il was not speaking to you, SIR"
II say. Reginald. I've forgotten my
card case"
-"Nevah mind. aeah boy. I'll lend
You some OF mine"
"But--ah-the names would be diff.
ferent doncherknow.'
s they would; what a head YOU
have got, Algy!"
Can you direct ME to the best no.
tel IN this town." asked the stranger
who, after sadly watching the train
depart, had set his satchel upon the
station platform.
u can" replied the man. who was
waiting for a train going the other
way. but ! hate to do it."
Why"
Because you will think after
you've seer it that I'm a liar"
After a man has" expressed his
views ne may, wish he had patronized
q slow freight.
There is nothing hypocritical about.
the frank admiration some men have
for themselves,
While placing himself in the hand.
Ut his friends. the candidate shsuid
place ms pocketoook there also II he
expects to come under the wire first.