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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

City Steam Laundry Open
The City Steam Laundry is
now open for business with L.
P. Stebbins in charge. Phone
Number Z and q wagon will
call for your laundry. a18
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.llllltIl ..JL1lIlSLEE
There Should Be A Severe
Penalty

For selling eyeglasses over
the counter like groceries and
hardware.
1t is impossible for anyone to
select glasses by trying on"
that will recover actual defect
in vision. Such glasses will Of
ten seem to improve your eye
sight temporarily, because they
magnify, but the ultimate re-
suit is often eyestrain or other
serious difficulty.
1t doesn't pay to take chan
ces with your eyesight. Come
to US if your eyes need atten-
ton, you will be assumed of a
scientific accurate examination
and glasses that will correct
the defects at reasonable prices.
j. D. Brown & Son,
Reg. Optometrists.
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Drs. Gamble & Gamble, o.
teopaths. Sixth st.
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For Rent:-Furnished rooms, modern
light and heat Very desirable for
married couple.
If Edgar D. McIlvain.
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Drs. Tamislea & Tamisiea
Physicians and Surgeons.

Mo Valley hospital DR.. Hjese
Physician in charge.
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For Sale-A six room cottage. hard.
wood floors. hard and soft water. we'll
located. close to business section. In
good condition and occupied by owner
A bargain for cash. Enquire at Times
office. If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

For Rent or Sale Nice six room cot
tage with barn Apples. cherries and
plum trees and nice shade trees In
quire of T. NJ. Gilmore.
a2S
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

For sale-A good second hand cool
stove with reservoir.
a27 H. E. Atherton.
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For sale:-3oo bushels yellow seed
corn. early selected and we'll cured !;
dried hung up with Irvine. Name Of
corn is Iowa King and Early Rose.
Henry Hansen, Sr.
Modale. Iowa.
Phone 10 mv7
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

For Sale-A strictly modern eight
room house. hard and soft water. bath
and furnace, hardwood floors and new
ly papered lot 6Oxl5O. A snap. Call
at Times office If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

Found-A large folding KEY. Owner
may have same by paying for this no.
tice ago
WANTED
Wanted night cook at once, r y.
Eating House. r. G. Moore,
Mgr
Wanted-Second hand farm wagon.
must be in good condition Call
a25 Fred Brown 6; Co.
Wanted position as housekeeper.
Inquire of Dan Purcell, West and Erie
streets. pa24
Wanted-Awoman to cook days at
the 100" restaurant
If Mrs N. McCune.
Wanted--A first class delivery boy at
once.
ais C.. C.. Williams.
Wanted-Girl to learn tailoring or
experienced helper on coat. Cali
all d. Tullock. 2O3 Erie.
FOR SALE
For Sale:-l2O acre ranch and dairy
farm, s miles from Laramie, all under
irrigation with good Improvements, l
mile to school. Some wild hay, also
alfalfa and oats: made 80 bu. On
county road, r.. +. ID. i'm front of door
Price $50 per acre on cash deal put
in machinery.
w. e. Robson,
pa29 r. Laramie, Wyo.
For Sale-A swinging typewriter
stand. can be used on wall or desk.
Enquire at Times office. If
For Sale-A good team of mares.
weight 5000. One with colt at side and
the other heavy with foal.
pms Bert Weed, Phone 4Ol B.
For Sale "A good pair of mules
Harvey Jones.
Phone 403 B. pa30
For Sale-A good second hand cook
stove with reservoir
All H. E. Atherton
For Sale-A six room cottage. hard.
wood floors. hard and soft water. we'll
located, close to business section. In
good condition and occupied by owner
A bargain for cash. Enquire at Times
office If
For Sale:-3oo bushels yellow seed
corn. early selected and we'll cured !;
dried hung up with Irvine. Name Of
corn is Iowa King and Early Rose.
Henry Hansen, Sr.
Modale, Iowa.
Phone 10 my7
For Sale or exchange:-Your choice
of 300 first class Edison monograph
records, some have been played once,
and the rest never PLAYED at all.
Dennis Beck. S. 9th St.
For Sale-A good second hand piano,
a-.real bargain. W. NJ. Carlisle.
For Sale-A strictly modern eight
room house, hard and soft water. bath
and furnace, hardwood floors and new
ly papered; lot 6Oxl5O. A snap Call
at Times office If
Hay for sale. F. A. schwertley.
wifi
For Sale-My standard bred driving
team. registered bv American Trotting
Association. Well matched and pvdi-
gree papers go with the team.
DR.. John Tamisiea
Phone lO3.
For Sale II team, black horse and
mare weight 1850 | team 6 and 9years
weight 29OO lbs. and some year old
colts.
Chas. Mullen. Phone 4O6 W.
FOR RENT
For Rent-A good seven room mod
ern house Inquire Neil Mcleod. 9th
ST.. phone 356 a27
For Rent or Sale Nice six room cot
tage with barn Apples. cherries and
plum trees and nice shade trees In
quire of 7. NJ. Gilmore.
a28
For Rent:-Furnished rooms. modern
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

For Sale or exchange:-Your choice
of 300 first class Edison monograph
records, some have been played once,
and the rest never PLAYED at all.
Dennis Beck, S. 9th St.
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For sale-A good team of mares.
weight 5000. One with colt at side and
the other heavy with foal.
pms Bert Weed, Phone 40l B.
For Sale-A good pair of mules
Harvey Jones.
Phone 4o3 B. pa3o
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Hay for sale. F. A. Schwertlev.
wifi
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

For Sale-A swinging typewriter
stand. can be used on wall or desk.
Enquire at Times office. If
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Wanted--A position as housekeeper.
Inquire of Dan Purcell. West and Erie
streets. PAPA
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For Sale-A good second hand piano,
real bargain. W. M. Carlisle.
If
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Moskoyitz Bros.
$10--Ten DolIars--$10

will buy, in clothing store, the greatest suit value
put the market All these suits are absolute
y guaranteed in finish, style, ETC., and made Of the
choicest wo0lens, in all the latest cOlors and Styles
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-23

Wanted-AWoman to cook days al
the 100" restaurant.
If Mrs N. McCune.
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Wanted-Se Second hand farm wagon.
must be in good condition Call
a25 Fred Brown g. Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03

To have adequately maintained the
army and navy during this world cri-
sis, is that extravaganza?
To have given nearly 100000 for
relief and home transportation of the
Americans caught abroad by the war,
is that extravaganza?
To have set aside an additional
S1,OOO,OOO with which the state depart
ment is performing the diplomatic
duties of practically the entire world
in the great capitals of Europe, is that
extravaganza?
To have diverted temporarily
100000 to insure American ships
and American cargoes against the
risks of war. is that extravaganza?
To have massed our troops on the
Mexican border, to have occupied
Vera Cruz, to have assumed the ex-
pense of rescuing Americans in Mex
ico-this at a cost of some $4,000, 900
is that extravaganza?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
EAEIHTALF
W
William Brady,M.D.
Why Be Fat and Forty?

When a man, especially a married
man, begins to grow stout it tickles
his vanity, for a bit of a corporation
is accounted something to be proud of
even if il is abnormal. But when a
woman even a married woman, dis
covers that she is 80 pounds too heavy
she considers it a calamity and begins
a wild goose chase after a remedy that
will reduce her. And this hunt COM
mences just about the time she sights
her fortieth birthday in the offing.
Let US say at the outset that there
is no need of a woman being fat and
10. if she is not fat at %. Flesh that
accumulates after maturity is usually
due to one or the other cause: either
over-eating and lack of physical exer-
else. or some functional arrangement
of the ductless glands entirely indie
pendent of the quantity of food and
exercise.
Obesity from giuttony we will not
attempt to discuss. When a woman
thinks more of her stomach than she
does of her figure she has passed be-
yond the influence of her doctors
exhortations. Let her stand as a
horrible example for her younger and
more slender sisters. In her they can
see personified a picture of what they
are coming to II they just eat and
do not work and play.
When the Internal Secretions Fail.
The system of glands called duct
less glands (the pituitary gland at
the base of the brains the thyroid
gland in the neck and the supra
renal gland Gaping the kidney CO
operate in the production of internal
secretions which enter the circula-
ton and have much to do with the
process of metabolism. or nutrition
and waste. When the internal secre-
tions are inadequate the oxidation or
burning of tissue is too slow, and so
nutriment and waste material piles
up, the patient suffering not only an
abnormal increase in weight but also
a depression of all the vital functions
Signs of Myxoedema.
When these results become stuff.
GENTLY pronounced the case is con-
sidered one of myxoedema or partial !
myXoedema- Here are some of the |
more frequent signs of myxoedema, I
which can be completely relieved by
careful medical treatment and in a |
few weeks at that
Increase of weight. thickening or
puhiness OF the eye-lids. the nose and
the lips. pads of fat upon the collar
bones, dry. scaly. yellowish skin, lit
tie or no Precipitation, increased sen.
sitiveness to cold. spongy or easily
bleeding gums. dry. thin or faded
hair. brittle nails. slow pulse. sub
normal temperature, scanty periodic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
Lillian BELL IN CHICAGO HERALD.

In one moment Europe has lost her
right TO be considered the cradle of
civilization.
For years, while we have been look
ing to her for our fashions. our art,
our last word in learning-when our
ncblest educators and most inspired
minds have turned to her to cap the
climax of their earnest endeavors-
when she stood TO us for all that we, in
the youth of our nation, could not
accomplish. now, she, in secrecy and
in darkness, hid from the eye of all
men, not even trusting her own sons,
has been preparing for a monster
slaughter-she has turned all her gil
gantic resources of learning into a
search for the best way, the swiftest
way, the most deadly way to murder
her neighbors.
That genius of the brain OF Europe
toward which the ambitious America
has looked with such respect and awe,
has been prostituted by greed and
gain. For years Europe has been pri-
marily a murder factory.
We were deceived For as against
every refinement of life she originated
she was plotting a brutality to Offset
il. For every humane discovery in
surgery or medicine, a savagery in the
taking of life, which no man as yet
can imagine. This is not war of
principle-nor of freedom from tyrants.
nor of the survival of the fittest. 1t
is war of ealousy-jealousy and sus-
picion. Every gentleman's agreement
upon which European peace rested
has been violated-every peace pact
broken.
Each day, while our own children
are so safe and happy, thousands of
children in Europe are seeing their
fathers for the last time, for to go to
war in the year of our Lord, 1914,
means that a man stands little chance
of ever coming back. Time was when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
PLEA FOR RIGHT TO WORK.

The Joliet Prison Post. published by
inmates OF the state penitentiary. in
the current issue prints the following
appeal for the right of a prisoner to
work:
L is the general cOncensus of Opin'
ion that II is wronS for the products
Of prison labor TO compete in the mar
kets with the products OF free labor.
The view is also generally held that
prisoners must be given employment
Yc. there is no way in which prison
ers can be given work to do without
the products of prison labor entering
into competition with the products OF
free labor.
II I company o. prisoners is sen,
out to improve a road they do just
that much work which free men could
do. II company OF prisoners work
on a farm the crops which are raised
will enter the markets in competition
with the products OF free labor. or il
the crops grown b. prisoners are used
in state institutions these institutions
will purchase just that much less farm
products, consequently the result as
competition is just as effective.
What difference does II make II
prison makes brOoms for state use or
sells them on the market? II prison
ers did not supply state institutions
with brooms these institutions would
purchase them in the open market,
consequently every prison made
broom takes the place of a broom
which would have been made by free
labor II there were no prison labor.
The products OF labor are all CON-
petitiye. and this fact must be recog-
nized- II prisoners were kept in idle
ness II would be al the expense OF
the tax payers, and as free labor con-
tributes its proportion 10 the tax lev
les the results SHOULD be even worse
Can 1t truthfully be said that men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
THE ARMY AND MENTAL
DISEASE

The mental anguish, depicted by the
numerous tales of suicide, madness
and desertion among soldiers, to say
nothing of mental frenzy expressing
itself in wanton murder. that have
come to us from our Inflated friends
across the sea, leads us to realize that
there have been made as yet no scien-
tific studies of the effect of war on
the minds of officers and enlisted men
in the army. Fortunately for our
nation. there has been no opportunity
TO study the effect. on large body of
men. of short rations, loss of sleep,
great emotionalism, eXhausting expo
sure, excessive physical exertion,
homesickness, etc, yet these in COM
bination produce a strain that might
well prove fatal to the equilibrium OF
many a mind that in regular routine
would show no weakness. To be men
tally sound in such conditions is of
more importance than to pass the
eyesight test, or 10 be typhoid proof.
In the light of modern psychiatry it
is rumored that more than one great
battle has been lost by a general who
was in the early stage of paresis, AMI
doubtless dozens of men who have
met the fate of deserters had their
doom written in their brains. AL
though the mental effects of war
strain have not been studied, our
war department has been carrying on,
under the surgeon-generars advice, a
very interesting inquiry concerning
the mental status of the army. The
studies show that the mentally dis
eased. and those who are congenitally
or otherwise mentally defective. form
an important problem in armies and
navies.
OF all the discharges for disease or
external causes, practically speaking.
one-fifth are on account of mental dis
ease in some form. That is to say,
out of 1862 en- discharged in 1912
on account of disability from all caus-
es. more than 200 were found to be
mentally diseased or defective during
the year; and these did not include
the retirements for neurasthenia or
hysteria. which. although the patients
are not insane in the accepted sense.
are in reality mental diseases that will
seriously affect ones efficiency in time
of strain.
OF all the mental diseases. it was
found that dementia praecox was by
far the most frequent form; it aver
aged about IS per cent each year. of
all the dismissals. The report gives a
clear concise outline of the modern
of dementia praecox. ex-
planning the way in which it may ap-
pear in the army in young men who
have never shown any of the symp-
toms of responsibility when shelter
ed by their parents or friends, but who
cannot get along" when they are re-
quired to speak, act, and even think
in prescribed and orderly fashion.
The symptoms. with the vivid case
descriptions that follow, will afford the
regular army surgeon much insight
into cases that would seem to be
merely undisciplined. In fact, the
text of this bulletin, says the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
will be of tremendous social value to
every officer. as well as to any one
dealing with large bodies of men
whether in reform schools. prisons,
factories or mines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
NOT PLAYING POLITICS.

The democrats have not played pol
itics at this session Of congress or
they would have delayed passing 4
war revenue bill TIL after election.
Their stand was pretty we'll outlined
by Representative Swager Sherley of
Kentucky in q speech in the house in
which he said:
I'VE could have delayed the levying
o. this tax, We could have delayed the
bringing in OF the bill until after cleo
ton, and have deprived you OF any
campaign thunder you may be able u
get by virtue of what you will be
pleased to say is an additional burden
laid upon the American people. But.
instead of that we realized what every
thinking conservative man in America
reliiZes, that in a condition of sucl
world CONFUSION. with credits impair
ed as they are 1t was OF the utmost
importance that the treasury of the
United States should not only be in a
position TO stand any present shock,
but any future shock that might come
by reason of this tremendous disturb
ance of conditions We believed that
it was important not to put any great
er strain upon the banks than was al
ready placed upon them by this condi-
ton. and 30 believing, we have not
looked tn the monies to the govern
ment's credit in the banks, but have
sought 10 obtain by interest revenue
taxes the revenues no longer to be had
at the custom house.
We 20 to the country simply with
proposal 70 supply the revenues that
have failed through no fault of ours,
and which you would have had to sup
ply If you had been in power; only
you would have had greater failure
of revenues, because you raised
greater proportion OF your total from
customs duties than we. To the extent
that we have substituted income taxes
and a corporation tax for customs
dues. to that extent have we lessened
the disarrangement or the government
finances by virtue OF this world war
Therefore. II there be any difference in
the attitude that the two parties would
have been in in this emergency. II IS
that we have a less sum to supply than
you, because you would have had no
revenue coming from an income tax
and less from a corporation tax"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
NEED OF THE CHRISTMAS SHIP

I II was a gallant thing to march away
to battle to show individual courage
in fight and to win a possible victory
in Ihand-to-hand encounter Now all
the men are required to do is to stand
firm and present a solidly massed.
closely formed living target for the
aim of murderous machine guns, turn
ing on firsts and sweeping from side
to side. covering miles of territory. SO
that haply not one human soul may
escape.
Is that civilization? Is that an ex-
ample to emulate?
And what of the children, orphaned
by thousands every day? Is it an ex-
aggeration to say that at least mil
lion children, who had fathers when
war was declared, will be orphans at
Christmas?
And in order to help these helpless
ones our own children, safe and happy
in home and school, have paused in
their own preparations for Christmas
and are lading a mighty ship with
everything the innocent sufferers or
this war will need. There is warm
clothing packed in every box, from the
helpless old people who feel more
keenly than ever the uselessness of
old age.
1T is a gigantic demonstration OF
peace On earth, good will toward men
sent by the children of America TO
the children of Europe.
The children's Christmas ship! What
an inspiration!
1t is a ship of self-denial-paid for
mostly by work never before attempt
ed Many an American child mas
learned his first lesson in this joy OF
self-sacrifice and the beauty of giving
in making his gifts for the Christmas
ship.
Thus the immortality of the lesson
remains on these shores. The ship
sails. But her most precious cargo
remains with us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03

who are sentenced to lose freedom
ara also sentenced to lose their rigE:
20 work?
II society attempts that attitude let
il not overlook the ultimate conse-
quences OF keeping men in idleness
for a number of years and then turn
Ing them loose to earn a living by
honest labor.
The question of prison labor has
never been settled right because in the
adjustments which in the past have
been attempted consideration has been
given only to those interests which at
the moment were actively pressing
their particular claims.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03

junction, constipation, impaired mem
cry, tendency to drowsiness. inability
TO perform ordinary household duties
as well as before, sometimes melan-
cholic forebodings or actual hallucina-
tons. swelling of the limbs which does
not pit under pressure. A formidable
array of symptoms, any one or two of
which may mean nothing. but when
many occur together the chances are
that the patient will be restored to
perfect physical conditicn by the regu-
lation of the internal secretions.
Questions and Answers.
A. NJ. H. inquiries: What is the
cause of a frequent breaking out Of
very itchy rash between the knees
and the toes? Why is my body al
ways cold in the hottest weather? Is
it due to the fact that l have a poor
circulation? l am 5 feet inches tall
and weigh 1872 pounds. l seldom
perspire. Would vapor baths help?
Reply.
You sleep soundly. yet you feel
drowsy in the daytime. eve are pre-
tending to be a trance medium now,
and reading your case by telepathy).
You haven't the ambition to work that
you formerly had. Your hair has be-
come thin and brittle Your complex
ion is discouragingly sallow. There
are very noticeable pads of fat just
over the collar bones. Right, so far?
You are about 81 years old. l guess
you are a woman, in which case your
functions are scanty or irregular of
late. You are married, and have one
child, handsome boy with a DISPOSE
ton more like his grandfather's than
any ones else. You like a good time if
1t doesn't require much exertion on
your part. Your husband still ad-
mires you and does all the sweating
in your household. He is a good pro-
wider, but he hates like the deuce to
be nagged continually about his smok-
ing.
II this horoscope fits at all, we
would advise you to tell your doctor
you want treatment for partial
He can restore your
health in three months.
Y. Y. z. asks? Why is my tongue
always coated? Why do I have to
keep swallowing saliva? What will
remove a seed wart? have tried oil |
of cnmaria and cutting it.
Reply.
Few people indeed do not have a
coated tongue. Frequent swallowing
may be nervous habit. or 1t may be
iue to thickened lingual tonsil-on
he base OF the tongue. The only safe
ind painless way | know to remove a
Nart is by cutting it out-which means
see your DOCTOR"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-03
Cafe Conversation.

She-"Nothing she wears looks good
on her. Course she don't pay much
for her clothes. She can't afford it."
He-"She always looked pretty good
to me. Clever sort of kid
She-"Oh, youse guys fall for most
anything in a skirt these days. She's
got a pair of hands on her like a
trucker"
He-'I never noticed her hands"
She-"You got fine chance. She's
always got 'em under the table when
she hasn't got 'em busy with the
crock"
He-"Well, I'll watch her a little
more closely"
She-"Sure. Anything for an excuse
to give another dame the once over
when you oughter be paying attention
to me-" l.. d.