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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14
City to Own Fair Grounds.

The Monroe County Fair Associa-
ton at its meeting Monday after
noon discussed the advisability of
turning over the Fair Grounds to
the City. Fortv-four of the fifty
shares we're represented and were
all in favor of the move. How
ever nothing is to be done until
the unanimous consent Of the en-
tire body of stockholders is obtained
At the next meeting it is thought
all of them will be represented eth
personally or by proxy. After once
deciding on the move it will be up
to the Council to either accept or
reject the offer 1t is thought that
a mass meeting of the citizens will
be called to decide the question. At
the meeting it was also decided to
obtain loan of $4,000, in 10 notes
of $40 each to clear up the debt.
The loan has been practically as
ured.-Paris Appeal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. S. Ryan, and daughter, Carrie
went to Hannibal Saturday to
spend several days.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

Miss LIBBY Hickman was a
Quincy visitor Saturday.
Mrs. H Donovan, of Quincy, was
a Monroe visitor Friday.
Mrs Schackstick, of Ely, was
shopping in this city Saturday.
P W. Pack, of Palmyra. was the
guest of friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Vaughn, of Paris, has been
visiting Mrs Roy Meriwether.
The U. D. C's. met with Mrs. H.
l. Hoover yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. E. B Lister left Tuesday for
d visit with relatives at Pittsfield.
We do dry cleaning. pressing, re-
pairing and altering. Lame, Tailor.
Mrs. j. S. Starrett is the guest of
Mrs. Harry Donovan at Quincy
this week,
Mr. and Mrs. John Cleary. and
son, Johnie, were Hannibal visitors
Saturday.
Let US do your cleaning and
pressing.-L. L. Lane. Tailor. Bell
Phone 49. 28
Mrs. Mabel Gerke. of Quincy,
was the guest of Miss Bertha
Jaeger Sunday.
Sweet cider-Our preservativ e
keeps it sweet.-Woodson & Jack
sons Pharmacy.
Mrs. Baker, of Clarence, returned
to her home Friday after a weeks
visit in this city.
Miss Caddie Wood returned home
Monday after a two weeks visit
with her brother.
Prodigious saving on table linens
or blankets purchased at Kespohl-
Mohrenstecher's.
Miss Florence Turner went to
Shelbyville Friday to spend several
days with relatives.
Mrs. S. Ryan, and daught er, Carrie
went to Hannibal Saturday to
spend several days.
Mrs. w. M. Patterson went to St.
Louis Monday to spend several days
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Charles
Pierceall and little son Charles were
Quincy visitors Tuesday.
Miss Lena Donley spent part of
the week with her sister, Mrs. Hat
tie White, of near Shelbina.
Miss Loyette Watson went to
Palmyra Monday for a visit with
her neice Mrs. Everett Mudd.
The reason we are up-to date is
because we know our business -
Woodson & Jackson's Pharmacy.
Mrs. C. L. Carpenter. of Quincy
returned to her home Monday after
a visit with Mrs Greeves and Mrs
Vaughn.
Mrs. S. Day, OF Stoutsville, was
the guest of friends here Saturday
She was enroute to Philadelphia
for visit.
Mrs. A. S Jayne and Miss Kate
Redd went to Palmyra Saturday tC
spend several DAYS they will also
! visit several days in Hannibal.
You can preserve your cider anC
keep it sweet all winter by securing
a package Of cider preseryative Al
Woodson g. Jackeon's Pharmacy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Sweet cider-Our preservativ e
keeps it sweet.-Woodson & Jack
sons Pharmacy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mr., and Mrs. John Cleary. and
son, Johnnie, were Hannibal visitors
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14
YOU MUST DO YOUR PART

L " ~ ~
Mrs. H. B. Mudd was Hannibal
visitor Wednesday.
Miss Della Ryan went to Quincy
Tuesday to spend several days with
relatives.
Mrs. Emma Berry went to Han
nibal Tuesday to spend several days
with her daughter.
Mrs. Harry Jackson went to St
Louis WEDNESDAY to spend several
days with her sister.
Mrs. S. Smith left Wednesday
for Mound city where she will spend
the winter with her daughter.
Premo Fountain Pens at Wood
son & Jackson's Pharmacy. Abso-
lutely guaranteed tor one year.
Mrs. Sam Clark, of Palmyra, who
has been visiting relatives in this
city returned to her home Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Westhoff, of Kansas
City, spent several days last week
with relatives and friends in this
city.
Miss Lois Carr who is attending
school here spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents at Hume
well.
G. B. Wood and daughter, Mrs.
Mamie See, of Shelbina, attended
the funeral of Emmett Griffith Fri
day.
Miss Bess Mudd went to Hanni-
bal Tuesday to visit Miss Mabel
Hurley also to attend a dance that
evening
Mrs. Cassie Tompkins, of Rensse-
lear who has been visiting at the
home of M. A. Hornback returned
home Monday.
Mrs. N. L. Crane, of Palmyra, re-
turned to her home Monday after
several days visit with M, A. Horn
back and family.
The members of the Rebekah
lodge and their families will take
their dinners and spend Friday at
the |. o. o. F. hall.
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Pike and son
Jack, of Quincy. who have been
visiting her parents returned
to their home Sunday.
Mrs Chas. Douglas. of Hunnewell
who has been visiting Miss Grace
Turner returned to her home
Wednesday morning.
Ernest and Zella O'Fallon, of
Eldorado who have been visiting at
the home of j. G. Hickman were
Quincy visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. j. S. Busch and daughter,
Alberta. of Oak Wood, who have
been the guests of Vim. Wood the
past two weeks returned home
Saturday.
Supply the entire family at Kes-
pohl- MohrenstecheI's with good
warm underwear and hosiery. You
will positively save $500 On a
$1,000 purchase.
Mrs. Mollie Grady. of New London
and Mrs. Forrest Whitehead and
little daughter, Nell, of Colorado
are the guests of NJ A. Hornback
! and wife this week.
Miss Lillian McNu.tleft last nj .ht
for Chicago where she will enter the
Illinois Training school for nurses.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14
Mrs. H. B. Mudd was d Hannibal
visitor Wednesday.

Miss Della Ryan went to Quincy
Tuesday to spend several days with
relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Miss Florence Turner went to
Shelbyville Friday to spend several
days with relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Prodigious saving on table linens
or blankets purchased at Kespohl-
Mohrenstecher's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. Mary Westhoff, of Kansas
City, spent several days last week
with relatives and friends in this
city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. j. S. Starrett is the guest of
Mrs. Harry Donovan at Quincy
this week,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. Emma Berry went to Han
nibal Tuesday to spend several days
with her daughter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. Harry Jackson went to St
Louis "Wednesday to spend severa
days with her sister.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Premo Fountain Pens at Wood
son & Jackson's Pharmacy. AbSo-
lutely guaranteed tor one year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

MIS-. Baker, OF Clarence, returned
to her home Friday after a weeks
visit in this city.
Miss Caddie Wood returned home
Monday after a two weeks visit
with her brother.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. S. Smith left Wednesday
for Mound city where she will spend
the winter with her daughter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs. Sam Clark, of Palmyra, who
has been visiting relatives in this
city returned to her home Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-14

Mrs E. B Lister left Tuesday for
d visit with relatives at Pittsfield.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
More SPELLING Bees.

Why not have more old-fashioned
spelling bees In this day of poorly
trained spoilers? Recently an inter.
esting bee was held in Selma, and now
and then such affairs occur in other
parts Of the country. The Brooklyn
Eagle gives bee once year, and is
now preparing for the match of 1915.
A modern criticism of the modern
young student is that he is not prof.
cient speller. There seems to be de-
feet in the modern system of teaching
spelling, or defect with the text.
books used, or else our schools regard
with painful Indifference the value of
correct spelling and correct punctua-
ton
Bad spelling in letter makes quite
as unpleasant impression upon the
reader of your letter as bad manners
make upon your witnesses Spoilers
were better drilled in other years than
they are now. Students were required
to study Websters Blue Book and
Webster's dictionary. They were
thoroughly drilled in the arts of pro-
nunciation we are quite sure they en-
riched and purified their vocabulary
better than they do now.-Montgom-
cry (Ala) Advertiser.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
CHIEF CAUSES OF DEATHS
Statistics Gathered After Lona lnves.
LEGATIONS Should Have q
Distinct Value.

In an attempt to determine the prin-
cipal fatal diseases for different perl
DDS of life DR.. G. Rahts has made use
of German statistics collected during
about twenty years. or deaths from
known causes In the first year Of life,
he finds one-third to be due to cholera
infantum-that Is. defective nourish-
ment-and one-seventh to congenital
weakness, In the years one to fifteen,
four chief diseases of children-diph.
liberia, measles, scarlet fever and
Whooping cough-cause 20 per cent of
the deaths; pneumonia, or other dis
eases of the respiratory system, 21.2,
and tuberculosis, and disease of the
digestive tract, including appendicitis,
fully ten per cent each About one
death In each twenty-five Is due to ac-
cident. For the ages of fifteen to thir-
ty, tuberculosis of the lungs causes
462 of every 1000 deaths among wom-
en- and 375 among men, and diseases
OF heart or blood vessels, diseases of
digestive tract, pneumonia and other
diseases of respiratory system are
each responsible for II to 33 OF the
1000 deaths. Accidents and suicides
cause almost one death in five among
males, though only about one In TWEEN
ty-two among females. From thirty to
sixty, tuberculosis of the lungs is still
the leading fatal disease, with 222
OF each 1000 deaths among males and
2O7 among females, but diseases of
heart and blood vessels cause one
seventh of all deaths, and cerebral
apoplexy and diseases of nervous sys-
tenn one-tenth, while cancer accounts
for three deaths in twenty among wom-
en- and three in thirty-three among
males. Accidents and suicide cause II
per cent of the deaths of males, being
somewhat fewer among females. After
sixty, one-third of the deaths are due
to old age, one-fourth of the others to
disease of arteries or heart, and can
Ger, apoplexy and pneumonia are other
common diseases of advanced age.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
LIFE THAT is MOST USEFUL
Man of Open Mind, With a Realization
That He Has Much to Learn, 10
to Be Envied.

AS a rule. wellrounded lives are
many-sided. That is to say, the life
that is most useful as well as uplift-
ing is the life that is fullest. 1t does
not require any great degree of lni-
tlative and determination to confine
ourselves to the pursuit of a single
interest, provided, of course, that the
interest is satisfying. It's pursuit is
natural because 1t appeals to us and
we not only take pleasure in whatever
service may be required of us in fol-
lowing out our preferences, but such
service soon becomes a matter of
course sufficient to blind us to other
interests. We may become proficient
In a particular way, it is true, but
when such proficiency is obtained
only through the sacrifice Of other op-
portunities we are narrowing our pos
sibilities to dangerous limitations.
Specialization is the keynote of today.
but only along progressive lines, and
he who surrenders all other interest
and Illuminating pursuits to the at
tainment of a single ambition pays
too large a cost. The man who goes
into the world with an open mind,
and, while possessing a necessary de-
gree of self-confidence is yet wise
enough to realize how little he really
knows and how very much there lie
to be learned, is the man who, as a
rule, packs his life full with varied
interests that bring with them the
widest knowledge of men and things.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
WORRY FOR SHEPHERD
Prevent Attacks OF Flies Which
Produce Maggots in Sheep.
Cuts and Injuries Received In Shear
ing and Allowing Dirt to Ac-
cumulate Are TWO Things Fa-
Vorine Attacks of ely"
lRY NJ. c. MILLER.l

There exists a good deal of differ
ence in opinion as to the particular
fly responsible for the "maggoting
of sheep. 1t is popularity supposed
to be caused by the common blow
fly" or flesh fly" The exact kind Q,
fly is, however of more interest to
the entomologist than to the sheep
man, and whatever its name and vari.
ETY., we know at least something about
the circumstances under which the at
tack occurs.
We know something, too, about the
method of preventing attack If we
could always persuade the farmers to
put it into practice, and also of good
many agents that will completely de.
stroy the maggot.
Two things that particularly favor
the Fly attacks that cause such trou-
Bile, are cuts and other injuries re
ceived in shearing and allowing the
sheep and especially the lambs, to ge'
dirty behind. Filth seems to form q
congenial habitat for the maggot
and damp, fetid patch Of wool vii
generally be found to be the place
where they are actually at work. Thus
the rump and region of the tail are
parts very liable to become maggoteg
In addition to wounds or cuts and I;
soiled condition of the fleece, th
length of wool and its profuse secre
ton may attract the fly, and leads I
a deposit of their eggs.
Powdering the fleece used to be thu
tavorite method Of prevention, but di
ping or sprinkling with a fluid pref
aration has largely superseded it
being more economical as well a
more efficient
Fly powders consist for the most
part of mixtures of sulphur arsenic
powdered hellebore, white lead, alum
cinnabar Of anthony, prepared chall
umber, American bole and whale oil
in various combinations and proper
tons, and some old-fashioned farmers
still cling to the use of such agents
but they are not nearly so effective
as reliable dip.
The poison" bogy frightens some,
but properly prepared poisonous dips
are perfectly safe if the ordinary care
is used, which Of course includes rigid
adherence to specific directions framed
to insure safety and efficiency
In order that it may be lasting a
well as efficient, it seems almost nee.
essary that lip should be poisonous
and such dip, by remaining in the
fleece, will, If employed in the early
part of the season, confer immunity
from the "fy" attack to a very great
extent, as well as prevent the devel
opment CT the larvae.
Carbolic dips and other prepare.
tons of coal tar, although quite equal
to killing any vermin which the sheep
may harbor, are certainly very eva
nescent, and their odor, on which they
depend for lettering the fly" is quick
ly dissipated As they are nonpoison.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21

GUS, and do not remain long in the
wool, they do not poison the maggots
Sprinkling is very much akin t.
dipping, the same solution beinG
used. 1t is practiced when it is not
convenient to dip each sheep sepa
rately, and secures the saturation 0
the fleece at parts most likely to be
struck" For sprinkling, sheep are
penned together, and the solution ap-
piled to the fleece by means of a
watering pot with hose attachment,
but this plan is not to be compared
with individual dipping for efficiency.
For the protection of wounds, oxidc
of zincsointment to which ten drops
of carbolic acid have been added to
each ounce, or a mixture Of flowers
of sulphur and carbolized oil is very
useful.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
NUNS the Word.

THE advantage Of a censorship is
that an army can thereby hide its mis-
takes. Like the case of the general
and Aunt Jemima, you know"
The speaker was Gen. Charles b.
Hall of Portland He continued:
AN old lady once died at Spa. Her
nephew and heir ordered the body sent
home But when the young man
opened the coffin to have one last look
at the remains, he beheld, instead Of
his beloved Aunt Jemima, the corpse
Of general, In full uniform, the
breast covered with military medals.
THE young man wired at once to
Spa, receiving in few hours the fol-
lowing answer:
"'Give general quiet funeral Aunt
Jemima buried this morning with full
military honors, reglmental band and
twenty-one.gun salute"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
ACCIDENTS IN FILLING SILO
Three Simple Rules for inexperienced
Man to Follow When Using Ma.
chinery for First Time.

BY observing three simple rules the
farmer who is using silo-filling ma
chinory for the first time may avoid
some of the accidents which occasion
ally damage new machines beyond re
pair.
Here are the things that the mex
perienced man should do:
/. Be sure that the machine is be
ing run at the proper speed.
2. Take care that corn is never put
ITO the machine until the motion is
, to full speed
8. In stopping be careful not to
hut off the power until the elevator
> empty.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-21
Roots Are Valuable Feed.

Twenty tons Of roots will furnish
20 pounds of root per day for ten cows
or 200 days. Roots are not only val
liable for dairy cows, but are just as
valuable for young stock and brood
sows.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
PUT TO BETTER USE

A school teacher was trying to
make clear to his class the funda-
mental doctrine of the Declaration
Independence. He gave each boy
three buttons, and told them that the
buttons stood for life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. He told them
to bring the buttons to class the next
Monday. When he called upon John
ny to produce the buttons which had
been given to him and explain their
meaning the youngster said:
Il amt got al Of them. Here's
two" and he held them up in evi.
dence. I've got lie and liberty,
but ma sewed the pursuit Of happiness
on my pants this morning."-Wilour
d. Nesbit, Chicago.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
DeathsW as!C Caused
by %Strargulation

A postmortem ex animation was
conducted yesterday afternoon al
Reno over the remains Of Frank
Weber the young government engin-
eer who died last week at Schurz on
the Walker River Indian reservation.
and the Investigation, which was con-
Quoted by four physicians and Attor-
ney Thomas Knepner, resulted in the
conclusion of the five men that the
deceased had come to his death from
dilation OF the heart produced by
)strangulation..
The examination was conducted by
DR.. Knox of Yerington, and Drs. John
Lewis, Henry Bergstein and O. P.
tombstone, all Of Reno. Over three
! hours were devoted to the investiga-
| ton, which was made at the instiga-
[ ton of Attorney Kepner. who has
]been retained by the wife of the de-
I ceased to investigate the matter to
the bottom, for the purpose of estab-
| fishing evidence that will convince
the insurance companies in which the
! young engineer had policies, that
/ death was due to external violence.
They claim there were marks on thu
| throat and neck.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
Senator Sherman Injured

Mine Host Sherman of the Over
land hotel is on crutches these days,
having suffered d severe injury to his
shin by slipping on the brake of the
hotel bus one day .ast week. At first
little was thought OF the accident,
but an examination disclosed that the
bone had been injured in such a man
ner as to cause complications that
may keep Senator Sherman on
crutches for some weeks.-Churchiil
County Standard.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
Gets Better Price

Some of the ranchers in this II
ty have not been satisfied with the
prices Offered by the cattle buyers
and in some cases they have shipped
their stock direct to the eastern mar
ket and in every case that we have
heard of thus far, the rancher has
made money by cutting out the mid
dleman. John Crossen of Starr val
ley, who shipped his cattle several
weeks ago to the market in Kansas
City, got his returns last week and
all expense had been paid. The best
he was offered was 54.-Elko Free
Press.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
Before Supreme Court

The Supreme court this morning
heard argument in the case of Skaggs
versus Garrecht Of Elko county. The
suit involves title to lands and hot
springs i'll Elko county and was de-
cided in favor of the defendant in the
lower court, from which an appeal
was taken. The argument was made
against the motion to strike out the
motion for an appeal. The court took
the case under advisement. Judge
w. w. Griffin represents the plaintiff
and Cary Van Fleet the defendant.
The property in question is said to
be valued at about $4,000.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
Personal Mention

George T. Mills is visiting Elko,
according to the Independent of yes
terday.
J. F. Shaughnessy returned home
from Reno on the motor this after
noon.
A. D. Bell Of Ogden, son-in-law OF
the late Mrs. Ellen Sweeney, was an
arrival on the motor this afternoon.
George Springmeyer, Reno attor-
ney, is over from the riverside city
today attending a session OF the SUI
preme court. =.
J. M. Leonard, insurance man and
popular citizen of the Comstock, IS
in Carson today shaking hands with
his many friends.
7. E. Hicks, who has been in Car
son the past few days before the
state commissions, left this morning
for his home in Fallon.
James Monyhan, one of the moss
popular commercial men on the road
who has been visiting Carson, LETT
this morning for the southern coun'
try.
George w. Cowing was a passen-
ger on last nights express for Sar
Francisco. He will return early ne&'
week accompanied by his wife ant
mother.
MIR. and Mrs. Morris Raycraft ant
little June returned to Carson today
from Pahrump valley, in the south
ern part Of the state, where they have
been living the past umine and fall
Professors Hunting and Hamill
and Miss Alice Bryant returned homo
from Reno on the motor this after
noon, where they had been in attend.
ance at the Fourth District teachers
institute.
Jack Meyers, who has been employ
ed at the Arlington hotel in this city
for a number of months, left last
evening for Hobart Mills, where nc
will go to work for the lumber COM
pany. He was accompanied by his
wife.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
Guests of the Governor

Dean Scrugham of the University
of Nevada and Charles Whiting Ba-
ker. editor of the Engineering News
of New York, were arrivals from
Reno today and had luncheon with
Governor Boyle. Mr.. Baker, who is
regarded as one of the authorities Oh
engineering in the United States, has
been visiting the exposition at San
Francisco and is now on his return
home.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-11-12
Returns From Fallon

S. ]. Rogers, register Of the land
office, has returned from Fallon,
where he has been on a vacation of
about ten days, doing a little black
smith, machine work, pitching hay,
talking some politics and enjoying
himself generally. He speaks of Fail
lon as being prosperous and a move
ment is on foot to have a conference
with the farmers about contracts to
be entered into for the raising Of
sugar beets, in the hope OF putting
the plant in full operation next sum
mer. .-.