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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
FROM ILLINOIS.
Shipman, ILL.,, June 8, 1914.

Shipman, ILL.,, June y, 1914.
Dear Message: Enclosed find
check for renewal of Message.
| formerly lived with my faith
err on the old Bob Carter place, a
miles northeast of Mexico, up to
1903. Have had some good crops
here up to about three years ago.
But are having it good and dry
this spring. Most the same as
last three years, only this year
have had few extras, besides
chinch bugs which have been, our
main trouble. This year we have
the army worms, which has taken
the pastures, which ever come III
their route. And they are taking
field after field of corn and some
oats and went thru wheat but did
not hurt it much. Then we have
the chinch bug in the wheat and
some fly in the young corn, where
they Matched in the grass that
was plowed under and will take
all the corn if it doesn't rain
soon. Corn only about two
thirds planted and lots of it will
have to be planted over If it ever
rains. Most all farmers quit a
week or more ago, too hard and
dry. Oats and hay most com
plete failure, no clover at all
Have a few potatoes. Good al
falfa now being cut. Wheat be.
ing killed by bugs. But some
patches are good. Some places
ready to cut now. Too hot and
dry to ripen good. From 81 tc
80 today and same every day
And corn, we don't know what
| to say about it. If it doesn't rain
soon, "she is a goner." Stock be
ing shipped out, and dairymer
have to feed like in winter. Lots
of silos are up and some are feed
ling silage now. They are certain
ly a nice thing. 1t makes US fee
pretty blue. This is about tn
fourth year of 1t now. But
don't think this is hard on lane
and it will make up for it in the
next few days.
A. G. Schoeneman.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Here's our hat off to Clifton
I. Jesse, out northwest OF
Thompson. He is roadoverseer
of his district and proposes 10 the
Mexico Special Road District
Commission to replace every
wooden culvcrt in his district
along the North Missouri Cross
State Highway with concrete.
The Commission will lend Mr..
Jesse its tools and soon the work
is to he begun. A tip TO other
road districts over the county 10
go and do likewise. Get a con-
crete mixer and you win lessen
the labor and cost.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
BENTON CITY ITEMS.

Brent Erisman was on the St
Louis market Monday night with
load of hogs.
Misses Linnie Coil and Clara
Johnson came in from Greedy
Colo, Friday to spend the sum
mer. Mrs. Cornelius of Aux.
vase visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jno. Hoffses, here the
latter part of the week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Morris visited in
Wellsville Sunday. A. j. Doug
lass and son, David, visited at
Fulton several days last week
Those from here who attended
the State Convention of the
Christian church at Moberly
were: Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Offutt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kellerhall,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Okey, Miss
Anna johnson, Mrs. j. j. F.
johnson, Mrs. W. H. Coil and
Mrs. Cal Barnes.
Everyone is anticipating a
good time at the Union Sunday
school picnic to be held in Robt
Tratehel's Grove next Saturday,
the Goth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
OLD PIONEER GONE.
Mr.. Frank Morris, 90 Years Old,
Passes Away.

Laddonia, Mo-, June 15.-Har-
rison Franklin Morris died at his
home Z miles north of Rush Hill
Sunday morning, June. IA, at )
O'Clock. Had Mr.. Morris lived
until Sept. 25th he would have
been 80 years old. Old age and
general debility was the cause of
his death. He came to this coun.
ty from Kentucky in 1867 and
had lived in the Wesley Chapel
neighborhood ever since. He
leaves the following children
VIM. Morris, Hill, Mont; Claude
Morris, Havre, Mont. Mrs. Theo.
Black, Farber, Mo-; Mrs. Joe At
kinson and Jas. Morris, Rush
Hill, and Misses Fannie and Iva
Morris who lived at home with
their father. His wife died IN
1907. Also a son died several
years ago. A large crowd was
in attendance at the funeral at
Wesley Chapel Monday at 3;OC
p. m. The funeral was conduct
ed by Rev. G. NJ. G. Cakes.
The children were all at the
funeral. VIM. and Claude ar.
rived from Montana just few
hours after their father had died
having been notified by wire o.
his serious illness. They will re
turn to their homes Tuesday.
The pallbearers were Judge
James Cleayer, John Hanger, 5
P. Dubray, A. p. Fegan. John
Jaynes, Ray Elan, Monroe Bea'
giles, o. F. Hafner, Jacob Barnes
and Shade Davis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

VIM. T. Cross, general secre.
tary of the National Conference
of Charities and Corrections. who
was born and reared in Mexico,
made fine address last week be.
fore the graduating class of the
st. Louis School of Social
Economy. Mr.. Cross thinks that
a new period of social reform has
begun in this country. "Move
the penitentiary population o'
Missouri to a 5000 acre farm in
the Ozarks," was one Of his
pointed observations. Progress
in the field of social reform
will not be marked, he
AYERS, until the State consists of
hundreds of completely Junction.
ed, wholesome, living communi-
dsa
-.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Children's Day services at
Littleby Methodist church next
Sunday morning. j. X. Shook,
the superintendent, invites every
body to come with filed baskets
and enjoy the day socially and
spiritually. The children always
have one big day in the year at
Littleby.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

On drive last Friday over the
road between Mexico and Cen
tralia going thru Thompson, the
writer of this paragraph counted
33 small wooden eplverts. The
wheel of your vehicle always
strikes one of these eulyerts with
first drop, then bump and
then a drop again, never a pleas.
ant experience. The concrete
culvert avoids all this. Throw
out the wooden culvcrt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Mr.. l.. Turnage, who is a son
of Rev. and Mrs. /. NJ. Turnage
of Mexico, was married a few
day sage to Miss Allie V. Jacobs
of Fayette, Mo-, Rev. c, M. Aker
officiating. Mr.. Turnage is edi-
tor of the Wellsville Optic News.
Bro. Turnage, may your joys
thicken and your cares grow
lighter from this time henceforth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Rev. Henry Martin, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin of
Martinsburg, won high honors at
La Grange Baptist. Collage last
week. He graduated from the IN,
stitution at the head OF his class,
won a gold medal for the best es-
say on Shakespeare and was
given a scholarship in the Bap-
fist Theological Seminary at
Kansas City. Glad 10 Sea another
Audrain county boy getting to
the front.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

The Fulton Eight Mile Road
District is doing big work in re-
cent months. The Gazette boasts
that lately they have graded
nearly fonr miles of the Mexico
road from the Fulton city limits
in the direction toward Mexico
All right, Fultonites, we hope to
be coming your way to meet yor
one of these times maybe not Sc
far in the future.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
Speaking Dates of County Candi.
dates.

Burk, June 80, 8 p. m.
CAN'T, June 80, 8 p. m.
Thompson, July l, s p. M.
Burnham, July 2, 8 p. m.
Canada, July 8, s p. N.
Macedonia, July 6, s p. m.
Friendship, July 7, s p. N.
Naylor, July 8, 8 p. m.
Rowena, July 8, 8 p. m,
Moline, July 10, 8 p. m.
Union, July la, 8 p. m,
Beagles, July IA, 8 p. nj,
Benton City, July 10, = p. M
Martinsburg, July l6, \ ., n,
Black, July II, 8 p. IN.
Crow, July 20, s p. N.
Vandalia, July 81, s p. N.
Vandalia, July 81, s p. IN,
Farber, July %, 8 p. m.
Laddonia, July 90, 6 p. IN.
Rush Hill, July "a, s .. n.
Edwards, July u, 8 p. m.
Mexico, July %, 5 p. m.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

d. M. Slonaker, Is miles aerth
west of Mexico, tells the Mes
sage he has so acres of wheat ht
thinks will yield 20 bushels tt
the acres his son, Claude Slona
ker, has 16 aerss that will make
25, and one of his neighb8rs, Of
to Carpenter, has rs acres that
will make Is or 80 bushels. Fer
tilizer was used on all thi:
ground.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

For Sale.-240 acre farm two
miles south of Santa Fe, all un,
der wire and rail fence, well ar
ranged for two farms. New sis
room house with cement hqse,
ment, aeetaline lights, water in
house, cistern and outbiuldings
all new. Bolts Heirs,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Mexico is to vote soon on n
$1,000 proposed bond issue for
the installation of two septic
tanks to purify the city's sew
age. The tanks are needed, that S
a fact, and the money must be
had, too, so here's for the bonds.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

The public drinking trough for
horses and cows is a nuisance
disease-breeding place and pest.
If the truth could be known we
verify believe this would prove
the case in Mexico. That's the
reason the Message has been adj
vocating public drinking foun-
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Judge w. II. Wallace of Kan
sas City, candidate for U. S. Sen.
ator, made speech in Mexico
last Saturday. Mr.. Wallace is a
clean man and will have a large
following in Audrain.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

"The Land of Broken Prom.
Uses" is a serial story soon to APP
pear in the Message. Get the
first chapters. 1t deals with
matters in Old Mexico. 1t will
be worth the reading, and dom
you forget it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

The Women s Federated Clubs
of this city has gone on record as
opposed to the littering of yards
and the public streets with al
vertising bills, waste paper, etc
We second the motion, most ard.
emily.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Prof. Edgar Lee, superintend-
emit of the schools at Sikeston,
who is visiting in this county,
went home to vote last week. His
ballot was one that went toward
putting the saloons out of bust
ness in his good town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

The Message is authorized to
announce j. At. Brown as can.
didate for Constable of Salt
River township, subject to the ac.
ton of the Democratic voters al
the primary election August A.
1914.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Our correspondents would
greatly please us if they would
get their news letters to us early
in the week, Monday is possible.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
Constable Salt River Township
John Burgess
J. At. Brown.

Leonard Coatsworth has ac-
cepted a responsible position
with big realty company in
fancy county, Mo. Leonard is
all right and will make good.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Mrs, NJ. g. Porter has returned
to her home in this city after a
very pleasant visit to relatives
and friends at Dallas, Texas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
GOING TO BE HOTTER

Buy an IXL oil cook stove.
They make the home comfortable
this hot weather.
L, r, Fprris,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Charles Simms, convicted q.
bootleggilg got his fine stayed j"
the CIRCUIT Court last week ''c
pays the costs of the case aN'
must pay $3.50 week on his hH''
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

For Rent: 40 acres blue.
grass pasture. Good grass and
plenty of water and shade. Will
rent entire pasture or take in
stock at $3.50 head per month.
G. w. Adams & Son.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Lost.-A locket, marked "a.
g.. on outside. Holding three
pictures. Finder return to
Crown Laundry.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Old papers for sale at Message
Office.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
WANT ITEMS.

Notices under this head s
cents per line per issue, Count 6
words to the line,)
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Try our $3.50 Work Shoes. TIL,
Enterprise Store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
Az Interesting Automobile Offer.
Write to- the

Write to- the American Motor
League. 511 Palace Building, Mime
apolis, Mimi, and learn how to cut
down the expense of running the auto
to nearly half. All standard tires and
accessories can be had at prices which
the garage and dealer has to paw.
Sixty cent oil costs you zoe. Discount
on broken parts is from 25 to 60 per
cent. The saving on single tire is
81 to SIS. Tops. side curtains, wind
shields, bumpers, horns, lamps, spark
plugs, speedometers, carbnretors, at
SO IS to SO per cent below retail prices.
No matter what car you have, we will
supply you We issue the most COM
piete automobile supply catalogue ever
published. Only standard goods, at
prices almost unbelievable. Write to-
day, for full information and prices.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
Down to Brass Tacks.

Akeley Herald Tribune: William
E. Lee of Long Prairie appears to be
the choice of the politicians who are
anxious to separate Governor Eber-
hart from his job. Waving all crit
icism of the Minneapolis elimination
conference and accepting Mr.. Lee as
man of irreproachable character,
sterling executive and business abil-
ity and all that goes to make a
worthy governor of this great COM
monwealth, the friends of Mr.. Lee
will do well to remember that to ma
ign and SANDER Governor Eberhart
will not advance the Lee candidacy.
Governor Eberhart has made good.
More genuine progressive legislation
in behalf of the people has been en-
acted during his administration than
that of any predecessor. The peo-
pie of Minnesota are not going to be
mislead by the "outs" whose only OBJ
ject is to get Sin" Men are judged
by records not promises. Compare
the governors record with that of
any of the men who would sue
coed him. The Republicans of
Minnesota are down to brass
tacks. If Mr.. Lee is returned
a winner he should be worthy of the
support of Governor Eberhart and
his friends; on the contrary if Mr..
Lee is defeated, he should be in a pos
ition to warmly support Governor
Eberhart at the polls in November.
Go to it, Gentlemen, "and may the
best man win"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
Breaks Out in New Place.

Kansas City Journal: effort Pin
chot, sometime forester, has broken
out in severe arraignment of his
former associates. He says Cum
minis sis hopelessly out of touch with
the political thought of his day.
that Borah "has earned the plying
contempt of all men of all parties;'
that Bristow has broken his own car
eer because he was afraid; that La
Toilette is striking example of the
decay of a great career by the set
ting Of personal ambition and private
animosity before the will of the peo-
pie and public good" and finally that
"We lost at Chicago because Hadley
tried to force his own nomination. .
Thus, by process of elimination, Mr..
Pinchot has left only two honest men
in public life-having condemned all
the regular Republicans and Demo-
Gratis in a previous outbirst- and
these two honest men could be no
other than Roosevelt and Pinchot
himself.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
COLD SPRINGS
From the Record.

At a meeting of the members OF
this congregation held at Maurin's
hall this afternoon the parochial
school question was discussed and q
vote taken after the meeting showed
the startling result of seven in favo,
of a paraochial school and only 121
against same. The meeting was. cal
led for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the majority was for
or against the proposition. This meet
ing does not settle the question, how
ever, and there will be another meet
ing called in the near future and
everyone should make it his especial
object to attend.
The funeral of the late Mic Jacoby,
ST., was held from ST. Boniface
church in this village this morning at
10 o'clock. Mr.. Jacoby was a fromer
resident of this village and died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert
Kremer at st. Cloud on Monday
morning after short illness of old
age. Mr.. .Jacoby was born in the old
country in Gutenberg and came to
America in 1852, locating in Illinois,
where he remained for two years.
Then he came to Minnesota and took
UP a claim in this town, now occupied
by Paul Bauer. Here he remained UNI
til twenty years ago, when he, with
his family removed to Cold Spring,
where his wife died few years later.
After the death Of his wife he lived
with his son, Peter Jacoby for many
years, and up to last fall has been
at st. Martin, when the younger Ja-
CODY moved to Montana and the old
gentleman went to st. Cloud to live
with his daughter, Mrs. Albert Krem-
er, where he died as above stated. Mr..
Jacoby was one of the pioneer res
idents of the county and was 81 years
of age at the time Of his death. He
was an obliging gentleman and good
Christian, and his death will be re-
GREETED by all. 1t has been stated
that Mr.. Jacoby was the first man to
receive marriage permit at the
court house at st. Cloud, in Stearns
county. The remains were brought to
this village from st. Cloud this morn
ing and the funeral was held immed-
lately thereafter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
Somebody Preyaricated.

Slayton Gazette: We are pleased
to note that Henry Rines has begun
explaining the large appropriations
made by the last legislature. He
says that these appropriations were
all necessary. This being the case and
as they are $5,OOO,OOO more than the
previous legislature made it is very
proper to suppose that the appropria-
lions by that legislature were also ne
cessary. If this is so Henry and his
bunch of progressives broke into the
legislature On false pretenses, for
they made their campaign on the
great increase in the cost of state
government under the Eberhart re-
gime. Had the Rines bunch reduced
the appropriations they would stand
better today before the people. The
Gazette does not object to the appro-
preparations made by the last two
legislatures because the appropria-
lions were demanded by the people,
but it does object to bunch of hy-
pocrites going about the state denoun-
cling the high cost of state govern
ment and charging that cost up to the
state administration and then going
in themselves and greatly increasing
these expenditures. Rines' explana-
lions show that his followers lied like
troopers in the last campaign and are
not to be trusted in the coming cam
Daign
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
NEIGHbORING news
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST GAR
NERED FROM HERALD'S
EXCHANGES.
OSAKIS
From the Review.

Louis M. Larson surprised his
friends this week by taking unto him.
sen d bride. The young lady is Miss
Lena Ohland, of Oak Hill, and the
marriage service was performed or
Tuesday at $50 at the Peter Larson
home in Osakis, the Rev. P. C. Paul
son officiating. Only relatives witness
ed the ceremony which was followed
by wedding dinner. Mr.. Larson
will continue to have charge of the
blacksmith shop in this city, and the
newly-weds will occupy rooms over
the Racket store to be vacated by
Earle Belding and family. The Re-
view joins the many friends of the
young couple in extending best wish.
eS.
Frank Konczak has bought the DR..
C. M. Long business lot on Main
street, next to the Erwin harness
shop, and will put up brick build
ing this summer. The lot has a
frontage of 33 feet on Main street and
is 65 feet deep. The price paid was
$500.
One hundred and ten dollars per
acre for $50 acres is new record
price for farmland near Osakis. That
is the price paid by Carlton Moore
one of the most successful and pro-
gressive farmers of Osalis township
for the Chas. Anderson farm adjoin-
ing the village. The deal was closed
a week ago and the new owner takes
immediate possession of the farm. Mr..
and Mrs. Anderson are planning on
leaving for Oregon where they have
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02

ferent to their political affairs, says
the Pine City Poker. Still, there are
hundreds of thinking men opposed to
the conference on the ground that it
creates gang rule. OF course We don't
look at it from that standpoint but
were compelled to admit that the ar
gument is all on that side. We've got
the primary-and we've got it to give
the people a chance to rule. The sec
ond choice provision was added so as
to prevent minority nominations. Are
we kicking because the people don't
rule when they have chance-or be-
cause they don't rule the way we want
them to?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02
MEPHISTOPHELES.
No Satisfactory Proof as to the orislR
of the Name Exists,

| No Satisfactory Proof as to the OriaiR
of the Name Exists.
There has been much discussion con-
corning the origin Of the word Meph-
| istopheles in the past, which has,
| moreover, as yet ended in no very sat.
isfactory conclusion. Some very bi.
sarre explanations had been PROFOUND.
ed before the time Of Goethe, who was
himself forced to own to the musician
Zelter in letter Of Nov. 20, 1929, 81
cannot give any definite answer to the
question. Whence comes the name
MephistophelesY
According to one theory it was by
Bird Greco-Hebraic formation Of me-
phis and tophel (the liar); according
to another its etymology was entirely
Greek-very dubious Greek-mephos-
tophilos, she who does not love the
light" Though this derivation is hard
~ acceptable, it appears that this was
the original form Of the name, the Sec
ond vowel being replaced by at first
in England, whence it was taken into
the popular German mysteries.
Z III Tie GO0Lu0 JdurDuCu,. defr
Oelhke gives an entirely novel deriva-
ton which, If farfetched, has at least
the merit Of originality It is based on
two names found in chapters and
Is of the second book of Samuel,
Pephiboschetu and Architophel he
reminds us that it was customary In
the middle ages when giving names to
evil spirits to refer to the Old Tesla
ment; hence the combination "Meph-
istopheles."
The explanation is not perceptibly
more absurd than others. Goethe him
self had a trick of using the abbre-
Waited form Mephisto when it suited
the exigencies Of his meter. 1t may be
remembered that this particularly il
ritated Schopenhauer, who wrote in his
pamphlet "On the Murder (Verhun-
zung) Of the German Language 1.-THE
foolish desire for brevity goes so far
as to cut off even the devils tail by
writing Mephisto for Mephistopheles."
Westminster Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-04-02

-
years of age he migrated to this
country with his parents who settled
in Pomery, Ohio. Thirteen years later
he came to Richmond with his parents
and lived with them on a farm 3h
miles west of the village. In 1861 he
was married to Miss Theresa Weber.
This happy union was blessed with IL
children of which five survive. After
his marriage the deceased lived on a
farm four miles west of Richmond UNI
til 1896 when he moved into this vii
iage to spend his declining years.
Three years ago last July Mr.. and
Mrs. Engelhard celebrated their gold
en- wedding anniversary.