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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
New Stamps Issuing

Five new postage stamps are
being issued. They are a z
cent stamp with the profile of
Washington and four other de-
nominations, g., IL, 20 and 30
cents stamps with the profile of
Benjamin Franklin thereon.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
Time BY FOrelOck

Having no wife to make ar
rangements for him, Cassius
Hopkins, a bachelor of wealth
and 80 years, at Fulton, bought
himself a 5000 casket and had it
laid aside for him. A short
time ago he had a gravestone
erected over his future grave.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
Wright-POllard

Robert A. Wright of Hamden
and Miss Alice Pollard of Car
rollton were married at Men
don Wednesday April 20, by
Rev. G. F. Innes, the Methodist
minister at Mendon.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
Hog Bit Child

Raymond Lafayer, Is months
old, will be cripple for life be-
cause he fed an ear of corn to a
hog. He found the corn and
and when he reached it through
the fence to the hog the animal
took two fingers and part of the
hand with it. The arm of the
child also was badly bruised to
to the elbow.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
Fannie Emma Hershey

Fannie Emma Hershey died
April q, 1914 at 6:15 p. m. at
her home at Milton. Kansas.
Funeral April % at M. E. church
Milton, Kas. Mrs. Hershey
was the wife of W. R. Hershey
formerly of Charlton county.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08

The U. D. C.'s will meet next
Monday night, May IL, at the
home of Miss Rebecca Moore.
The hour is 1880 o'clock.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08

The Young building is being
repainted and the fronts decidedly
freshened.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
Kuntz-Roehkin

c. L. Kuntz and Miss Goldie
Roebkin of Dalton were licensed
to marry and were married the
same day, Thursday. April 80 by
Rev. France Mitchell, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of this
city.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08
Two Adjudged Incapable

In the probate court Thursday,
April 80 inquiries as to the
sanity mental capacity of two
persons were conducted and both
were held to be of unsound
mind. The two persons were A.
T. Minor and N. B. Minor.
Both were declared to be in
capable Of transacting business
and guardians were appointed.
The woods are at their finest
right now. The wild crapapples
scent the entire woods while a
weaker note is added by the
violets and other less showy
beauties.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08

Milt Bennett went to Moberly
on business Wednesday.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1914-05-08

Miss Cook was the guest of
Mrs. L. B. Owens north of town
for several days last week.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-04

49, - 2 a. =
cured writes Mrs
Sarah Baker OF Not.
tinghill. do. "Our
merchant bought
some Of Chamber
lain s medicines
last fall and also re-
ceived some free trial
samples of Chamber
lain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He
gave us some of them
and | wanted my hus
band to try them. He
said it would DO no
good. His stomach
had been troubling
him worse than ever.
At last on Friday |
told him if he would
not take those tablets
Twas going to send for
1A- ..I L.. iii
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-04

he would take them. By Monday he was
like another man The blues were gone,
no more trouble with his stomach and
The best part is that the trouble has not
returned. l cannot praise Chamber
lain's Tablets too highly
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-04
How She
Cured Her Husband

For five years my husband suffered
with his stomach. The medicine be took
only gave relief for a while. nothing
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-04

Horny Haas egase Phone osJ.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13
inexperienced.

Frank J. Gould. at luncheon at
the Negresco at Nice, said of the flap.
per:
Wherever the English congregate
they talk of nothing but the Aapper,
The flapper, you know, is their name
for the young girl in shortish skirts
and openwork stockings who still
wears her hair in flap, or plat. down
her back. What amazes all England
today is the flapper's advanced ideas.
As there's new woman, so there
seems to be new fiapper.
Two new flappers-it's a character.
istic story-were taking tea together
in a nursery. The first said as she
toyed with a doll:
Il don't like Jack. He's so crude
Crude? How? said the second
flapper
When he kisses, the first an.
swered, he smacks."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13
No Need to Hurry.

Two visitors were smoking indus.
riously in the lounging room of the
Maxine Elliott theater the other eve.
ming during the intermision between
the first and second acts. The RING
of a bell announced the curtain. and
nearly everybody started nnstairs
The two remained. One urged the
other to hurry. First visitor-"Come
on. Pete. We don't want to miss anv
of the act" Pete-"No use hurryin,
The program here says it's the same
as Act New York Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13

Wd0 q sWOAloA VI SOuAoO VhOA
mere boy, not yet formed or educat-
ed. he had married pretty Ethel
Wood, a milliner's apprentice. She
was pretty Of course. very, very pref
ty-and she was good, and tender,
and true. But she was ultimately I'M
possible for a man with such brain
as DR.. Crowder possessed.
Through all the toilsome years he
had been conscientious In his monthly
remittances, even when 1t had re-
duced him to the most uncomfortable
straits. Yes, Ethel and the little boy
had been taken care of physically
that much was taken of his con-
science. But many times he ques-
toned within himself whether that
covered his obligations.
"But, great heavens, she could not
SPELL" he said to himself over and
over again. "She scarcely could read
never read anything worth while.
She had no ideals, ambitions no men,
tai initiative"
All! but the boy-he got on DR..
Crowder's mind many sleepless nights
What right had he to project human
life into the world and leave 1t to
work out the devious course Of exist
ence without the guidance and aid OF
a fathers care?
Tonight the memory of his girl wife
and the few happy months he had
spent with heretofore he heard the
call to climb the heights-was hot up
on him, and he paused in the midst c!
his experiments and sat with his head
In his hands for long time.
or one thing he reflected with salts
faction-as he frequently had done be-
fore-he had covered his tracks we'll
No acquaintance of his youth could
possibly identify the great DR.. Grow
der Of New York as the callow youth
Of Pottstown 20 years ago known az
Tom Billings.
He seized GLASS Of water standing
on the table In front of him and
gulped 1t down and turned to his
work. The water tasted rather ne
culiar, and he paused a moment &c
look at the glass containing fluid as
colorless and as tasteless as water
but deadly poison. This was the basis
of the experiment he was making.
Great Cod" the thought flashed
through his mind. Gould I possibly
have made a mistaken
The cold sweat stood on his tenn
pies If he had drunk the poison nc
would be a dead man within a hall
hour-and there was no known anti
dote. Panic seized his mind and he
trembled like leaf.
III am to die" he said. 81 mus
prepare for it." The peculiar feelinf
in his head left no doubt in his mine
that he had taken the poison
Then his thought turned quickly tt
the wife of his youth and his DO!
whom he had never seen. He turned
quickly tc his desk and wrote rapidly
for some minutes. He wrote the Sc
cret and the history Of his life. He ex
planned the change in his name ant
his relation to Tom Billings and Ethe
! Wood and-the boy. And then HI
wrote a will leaving all he had to hi
wife and boy. Staggering to tn
door he summoned the janitor ant
ordered him in his old imperious wa,
to find a friend-at once. Which. be
ing done, the two signed their names
as witnesses and the document wa
hurriedly placed In an envelope ant
given to the janitor to mail to Ethel
which the janitor did at once.
Some hours later the janitor fount
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13

the address at the
meeting Of the In
ternational asso-
citation, Of which
he had been mott
fed but yester.
day. vouched for
that, even had not
his great prac-
tise, largely as
counsel for other
physicians, no t
settled the matter
long ago.
One cloud only
hung over DR..
| Crowder's life. 1t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13
Too Many of His Sort.

What business is your father in?"
He's a collector"
"A collector"
Yes, the world owes me living
and l am letting dad collect it for
me-"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13
Different Times.

Il see New York did considerable
begging for one of those reserve
banks"
What OF it?
"Oh, nothing New York used to
dictate"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13
ONLY A NIGHTMARE
BY c. T. ovERMAN.


DR.. Crowder's professional success
was complete. His selection to deliver
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-13

Consciousness returning. Dr. Crow
der looked for a moment into the face
of the great doctor who stood over
his bed--a colleague and FREUD
and said: mo use, Ned; it's the new
poison"
The man bending gravely over him
smiled indulgently.
ITS only nightmare, Fred" he
said. 81 feared 1t myself when saw
the stuff in your laboratory; but |
have tried every test and 1t is not so.
You are overworked; better go some
where and take rest.
Yes, Fred, think | will take a
rest. Find when the next train goes
to Pottstown."
Copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
The hardest task many man has
is trying to keep his dead past buried.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts Of mind and body are Ger.
tain to follow continued use OF I'M
proper food.
Those who are still young and ro-
bust are likely to overlook the fact
that. as dropping water win wear a
stone away at last. so win the use OF
heavy, greasy. rich food. finally cause
loss Of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle OF cause and effect In
their daily food A N. Y. young wom-
an writes her experience thus:
Sometime ago had lot OF trout
BE from indigestion, caused by too
rich food I got SO ! was unable to
digest scarcely anything. and medi-
cines seemed useless.
"a friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising 1t highly and as
a last resort, l tried It. am thrnSful
to say that Grape-Nuts not only re.
lieved me OF my trouble. but built me-
up and strengthened my digestive OF.
gans so that can now eat anything
desire. But stick to Grape-Nuts.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. there's Rea.
son"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time 10 fime. They
are genuine, true, and fun OF human
interest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
IOWA POPULATION IN 1914
Government Census Bureau Estimates
Number Of Des Moines Residents
at s6,6ef--State Loses.

Des Moines.-The census bureau has
issued a volume giving estimated pop
ulation of states and partial list of
cities for 1914. Des Moines is given
population estimated of July Of
s6,69l, This brings it close to the
100000 mark by the federal census.
The other Iowa cities on which esti-
mates are given are as follows;
Boone, 1926; Burlington, 24,S02;
Cedar Rapids, $3.50; Clinton. 26.S02;
Council Bluffs, 1910: Davenport, 49,
$40; Dubuque, S9.420; Fort Dodge.
16.s72; Fort Madison. $500; Iowa City.
10,9O7; Keokuk, $4,000; Marshalltown.
1902; Mason City, 1S,4s5; Muscatine.
1904: oskaloosa, 9,572; ottumwa.
2S.5Os; Sioux City, 54.Oss, and Water
loo, 32,7OS. Iowa In this volume is
estimated July /, 1914, to have 2,221,-
755 people. This denotes slight de-
crease in population.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

Lucy Page CASTOR of the Anti-Cfga'
rette league recites the following case
of total depravityP There Is no
hope" says Miss CASTOR, 'for young
person who, even when he knows he's
doing something wrong, and knows
the consequences, goes ahead and
does 1t.
"A Chicago teacher discovered one
of her little pupils smoking. Willie.
she said, do you know what happens
to small boys who smoker
willie looked up innocently at his
preceptress. Yes he replied. coolly;
mother tells me they get poisoned by
Nicodemus.'"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

Important Developments Expected.
Washington, d. c., May 11.-Presi-
lent Wilson received yesterday at the
White house Ambassador da Cana OF
Brazil, the ranking member OF the
South American mediators who are
trying to compose the Mexican trouble.
The receipt Of a despatch from
Mexico City stating that Foreign Min
lister Ruiz had protested to the media
tors that several United States torpe-
do boats with transport and tender
had landed party on Lobos island,
eight miles of the coast, and taken
the lighthouse, was believed to have
been the purpose of the ambassadors
visit to the White house on Sunday.
The mediators had held an early con-
ference previous TO the ambassador
call at the White house and this meet
ing on Sunday indicated developments
of more than ordinary Importance,
Associate Justice Joseph p. Lamar
OF the United States supreme court
and Frederick w. Lehman of st.
Louis, former solicitor general, will be
the representatives Of the United
States to confer with the mediators.
This became known from an authori.
tative source last night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
TAMP|C0 ATTACKED
Hardest Fought Battle OF The
Revolution In Progress.
DIPLOMATS HOLD MEETING
Joseph p. Lamar and Frederick Ie.'.
mann to Represent United States
In Conference with Mediators
at Niagara Falls, Ont.

Juarez, May 1.-THE most desper.
ately fought battle of the preseny
Mexican revolution is being fought at
Tampico, according to reports reach
ing constitutionalist officers here. II
is reported some of the oil wells and
tanks are burning, and that portion
OF the town is on fire.
All Americans, it is said here, have
been taken aboard the United States
warships but other foreigners are scat.
tered throughout the oil well district
1t was this section of the battlefield
that the United States government
suggested should be made a neutrai
zone.
BY the light of the blazing oil tanks
fired by stray shots the rebel artillery
men hurled shot after shot from twen-
ty heavy field guns into the strongly
entrenched position he'd by Gen. Ig-
nacio Morelss Zaragosa, the federal
commander in the center Of the town,
sweeping the breastworks with hail
OF shrapnel in an effort to open the
way for a dash by Gen. Pablo Con-
zales' infantry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
plspIeassd with BARGAIN.

Jean sorely wanted kitten. but, her
mother not liking felines. this Joy was
denied her until severe operation
became prospective. Then bargain
was made with the frightened child.
IF you will be brave girh Jean,
and go through the operation without
fussing you shall have the incest kit
ten can find"
The child. delighted. climbed upon
the operating table and took the ether
without struggle. AS she came out
of the anesthetic and began to feel
horribly sick and weak. she murmured
something. The nurse leaned over to
catch the family uttered words:
what bum way to get cat!''
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
LEAvlTT ANSWERS KENNEDY
Expresses Confidence Of Entire Board
In President Pearson in an
Open Letter.

Cedar Falls.-Roger Leavitt of Ced-
ar Falls, member Of the state board of
health, criticizes w. ]. Kennedy, head
of the extension department at Ames,
for the use of confidential letter
written by Leavitt regarding the atti-
tude Of the state board toward Ken
aedy on the matter Of coordination.
Il deeply regret being drawn into the
Ames controversy by the unauthoriz-
ed publication OF a private confident
ial letter written before the heat Of
an unfortunate conflict had died away.
! viii say that together with every
member OF the state board Of educa-
ton / have the utmost confidence in
President Parsons ability to handle
wisely all administrative matters in
the state college. The board stands
back of the president as a unit"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
LOST WHISPERS; CANNOT SUI
New Orleans Lawyer Too Late to
Prosecute His Despollers OF
Years Ago.

Washington, d. C.-E. A. O'Sulliyan,
New Orleans lawyer, wished to sue
Paul Felix and William w. Stiles for
100000 because they cut OF his whis-
kers In 1908, in an election prank, but
the Supreme court decided he had
waited too long and threw out his
case
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
The Difference.

A Waco heiress had just announced
her engagement to an impecunious
Sicilian nobleman.
A fellow-congressman. knowing
Representative Henry's feelings on
the subject of international alliances,
showed Mr., Henry this announcement,
and said with laugh:
We'll, Henry, what do you think of
that"
The other heaved mighty sigh.
In the olden days." he said, "the
prince used to marry the beggar-maid.
Now the maid marries the beggar
prince" a-a.------------------
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
LIVED LONG ON HAlRpIN DIET
Matteawan Inmate Finally Dies From
Operation for Relief for Her
Strange Diet.

Having swallowed hundreds OF hair
pins within the last two years, Mrs.
Alice Bischoff died in Bellevue hos
pital. An autopsy was made to learn
how II was possible for her to live
so long with hairpins in her stom-
ach. The woman, who was forty
three years old. was committed to the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

Matteawan asylum for the criminal
insane early in 1912. At once she be
gan to swallow every hairpin she
could get.
Five operations have been neces-
sary In two years to relieve her OF
her strange food, the last one proving
fatal. She died OF shock.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
BREAKING II Gently.

"Halloa! Sit down. believe you
have come to ask me-"
you have been misinformed. I
haven't come to ask you anything"
why. understand you"
Il came merely because wished to
be first to tell you a bit of good news.
I am going to marry your daughter!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
petee,Iv. PASSED BAD cheek,.

ottumwa Constable M. w. Crisis
well left for Chicago to bring back Ed
ward Mcguire. law and order detec-
tive. who while employed by the Civ
ic league here last year, passed worth
less checks. He will be tried for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
anu SAINT 20 EIdnra

Newton.-Emlyn Hale. age II, who
was arrested for criminal assault on
Irene. the 5-year-old daughter Of H. H..
Rhine. was sent to the industrial
school, Eldora, as an incorrigible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
r,ew Bank for Iowa.

Mallard. THE controller Of the cur.
rency has approved the application OF
the following persons to organize the
First National bank OF Mallard, with
q capital OF $4,000: G. G. Sards, A
Johnson and E B. Soper, Jr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
after SUFFERING
TW0L0NG YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Minneapolis, MINI. AFTER my little
one was born was sick with pains In

my sides which the
doctors said W ere
caused by infiamma-
ton. 1 suffered a
great deal every
monthandgrew very
thin. Twas under the
doctors care for two
long years without
any benefit. Finally
after repeated sug-
gestions to try it we
got lydia Z. Pink
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
seIIe PLANE Merchant Killed

Neutrality-suspicious. Bowers. s
merchant Of Relic PLANE, was instant
ly killed when his automobile turned
turtle near Pickering. Charles Kruhle
who accompanied him, escaped with
out serious injury.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
Mattresses Bar Hash.

Chicago. -Char4ng that they were
only allowed to e9t hash. goulash and
hamburger steak Ave mattresses in
Natalbys restaui ant went on strike.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
Accurate.

Military Examiher-What must q
man be to be buried with military hon.
ors?
Observation-Disclosures Opinion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take. Adv.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

Marie CAM, the Industrial Workers
Of the World orator who was SEN
fenced to go days on Blackwell's island
for disorderly conduct after she had
repeatedly threatened to take the life
of John d. Rockefeller. Jr, was grant
ed writ of habeas corpus in New
York.
Gen. Bennett H. Young is the COM
mander-in-chief again OF the United
Confederate Veterans. and Richmond.
Va. is the place where the organiza-
ton will meet In 1915. This was de-
cided at the veterans meeting at the
twenty-fourth annual reunion at Jack
sonville, Fla.
The jury returned verdict of not
guilty In the trial of Mayor Dom Rob-
erts Of Terre Haute, Ind, indicted for
election frauds, at the end of 20 min
utes. One ballot was taken.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14


hams Vegetable Compound. After TAX
ing the third bottle of the Compound I
was able to do my homework and today
/ am strong and healthy again. / will
answer letters if anyone wishes to know
about my case. Mrs. JOSEPH AsELIN,
62S Monroe st, NE, Minneapolis, MINI.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record of
being the most successful remedy we
know for woman's ills. If you need such
a medicine why don't you try itf
If You have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound win help you,write
to Lydia e. Pinlkham MedicineCo.
(cOnfidential) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held I'm strict confidence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
Foreign

A great earthquake occurred In the
province of Catania, Sicily. causing
many deaths and great damage to
property.
The house of lords rejected the
woman's suffrage bill by a vote Of
1o4 to so.
The National bank advanced to the
Haitian government $4,000, the
amount of the indemnity claimed by
Mr.. Peters. British subject, whose
sawmill was destroyed by fire during
the Leconte revolution.
Mystery surrounding the identity Of
the steamer which has been on fire In
the west-bound transatlantic steamer
lane south OF Sable island for As hours
was solved when wireless messages
from the Cunard liner Franconia told
of the burning of the freighter Column
bian and the rescue of 10 members OF
her crew from small boat
Two hundred and fifty Mohammedan
Albanians, captured by the Epirote In
vaders at Hormova, we're crucified In
the orthodox church at Kedra. The
Epirotes set fire to the church after
wards and allowed the bodies to burn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

Fire totally destroyed the plant of
Carroll Bros Foundry company at
Houghton. Mich. principal industry,
with loss estimated at 100000. In
cluded in the loss was the historic
lathe built by Capt John Erickson to
turn the turret OF the Monitor.