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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-16
is Considered Fake.
BY United Press.

BY United PreSS.
Washington, June 16.-Secretary
Lansing hinted that there might be an
investigation of the Gerhard story
though it is generally considered that
it is fake.
Nothing can be done in the case. If
the facts reported we're true, the incl
dent would be nothing more than
diplomatic discourtesy, badly influenc-
ing public opinion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-16

RESUMED
BY ALLIES
British and French Active and Some
Successes Claimed; Austrians
Invade Russian Province
and Check Italians
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Paris. June f6.-The British have
resumed the offensive along the Be
thune-Labasse canal and are aiding
the French in a general offensive
movement around Arras, according to
reports received today
1t is claimed that the British won
some successes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-16
REMAINS OF ANCIENT
AMERICANS FOUND IN OHIO.
BY United Press.

West Salem. o., June 16.--State
archaeologists, headed by William c.
Mills. curator at the state museum at
Columbus, were to begin explorations
near here tiday following the uncover
ing of a mound in which five bodies,
tools, pottery and other relics have
been found. Mills pronounces the
mound of great value to students Of
ancient Americans.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-16

BY United Press.
Rome. June 16.-Dispatches from
scutari today say Greek troops invad-
ed Albania. Four nations now have
troops in that country
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17

by the sight of the carrier as he
drives down the road, as regular as
the master mechanism on the tow er
of the national observatory.
IF you are a true booster, if you
are true friend to man. you hold
in high regard your local carrier
and you prove it by doing we'll your
part (and more) all though the
live long year in keeping his road
(and your road) drained. grade d
and dragged.
IF you are in love and FELLOWSHIP p
with every unselfish slave to duty
you will write the name of your
rural carrier high at the head of the
loyal list of faithful folks who are
silently solving our country life
problems, day by day. IN a practi-
cal way"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
Some Flowers.

D. X. Vowel who owns one of
the largest farms in Monroe County
was on the streets the last of the
week Dragging on the ability of the
men on his place blowing corn. Mr..
Vowel had brae coming to him
tho, as one day last week he sent
six single row corn cultivators in
the field and when quitting tim e
came they had covered 80 acres of
ground, doing first class job. The
field has 100 acres in it and at the
end of the second day it was all
plowed. The ground was plowable
due to the fact that it isnew ground.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
To Dedicate Library.

The Dulaney Library at Paris
will be dedicated. Saturday, June
18th. The library is a dandy and is
being presented to the city by Dan
Dulaney. The services will be
held on Saturday evening and Rev.
Campbell, pastor of the Hannibal
Christian Church will deliver the
memorial address. The Goethe
Orchestra has been engaged to furn-
ish music for the occasion. A Ii
brary is something that every town
should have and there is no doubt
but what the citizens of Paris will
take advantage of their long want
ed need.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
How They Really Fished?

Failure to link words together
properly has been the downfall of
many good yarn. And that fail
ure slipped one over on a number of
fans" in a local clothing store
this week.
Back in one corner a bunch of
seven or eight young men, few of
them little beyond that limit, told
of fishing experiences until Ivan
Yates, who prides himself in ability
to haul 'em out, recited a fish tale
like reading poetry out of a book.
And it was a dream. A dream
of a story, so to speak. For he
went so far as to explicitly give the
weight of each fish as he brought
it out of the river. He fished and
fished some more. Meanwhile, Ray
Hanley acted as interpreter and ex-
planned carefully how he aided
Mr.. Yates.
When the truth of the matter
came out, the gang" learned that
both Yates and Hanley once attend
ed church fair and at the fair
was fair damsel who led them on
until she had them broke, fishing in
the fish pond. They caught any
number of good things, including
wearing apparel of shrunken size.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
Have Interesting Meeting.

Wednesday afternoon last the u,
D. c. Omitted Daughters of Confed-
eracy) held their regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Elsie
Miles The meeting was called to
order by the president. Mrs. ]. ].
Brown, with all officials and twenty
members present. The regular rou-
tine of business was transacted, the
application of Mrs. Claude Hender-
son for membership was read and
favorably acted upon. After the
conclusion of the business session
an interesting literary and musical
program was rendered as follows:
Reading Mrs. W. w. Longmire
Violin Solo Thomas Miles
Piano Solo Miss Bess Montgomery
Reading Mrs. Elsie Miles
Discussion Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis.
At the conclusion of the literary
program delightful refreshments
were served by the hostess, Mrs.
Miles. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Brown the
second Wednesday in July.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
It Fits Most Towns.

Il wish you would say something
in your paper about some of the
gossips in this town." said a young
Divorce last Friday. 1T is a shame
the way they talk about people
without the shadow of an excuse on
which to hinge their assertions A
young woman often times has
enough handicaps in the battle of
life without having to bear the add
ed burden of unjust and unearned
suspicious. inuendos and assertions
in regard to her character and daily
life. Perhaps some of them say things
without thinking. but this is really
no excuse. They ought to stop to
think and at the same time they
ought to treat the regulations of
other people just as they would like
to have their own dealt with
Macon Times-Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
Hits the Nail Square.

No war was ever more than half
just. If one side was right. the 9TH
er, was wrong, and often both were
wholly or partly wrong. No wa r
could be holy" or righteous" any
more than an apple rotten on one
side could be good" Victory has
nothing to, do with justice. 1t is
untrue that conquer we must whe n
our cause is just" War is to be
condemned because its makers do
not aim to secure impartial justice
but merely prove which side is the
stronger.
The Hs.nlraua Gain
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
To Law Corner Stone

The 24th day Of June is fixed for
the laying Of the corner stone OF
Missouri's new capital building.
President Wilson will be invited and
Governor Major and former Gov
ernor HadIey will speak. The
Masons will have charge of part Of
the ceremonies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
AGriculturists Tribute to Rural
Carriers.
Carriers.


Rural Mail Carrier" was recently
written by Jewell Mayes, secretary
of the Missouri State Board of Ag-
riculture, and is soon to be publish
ed in that organizations 1915 year
book:
The rural mail carrier is a force
full factor in the development of bet
ter methods of money making on
the farm-he is a vital force in the
country life of this State and nation!
The rural mail man is the right
hand bower of Uncle Sam. His
labor of love should not be under
estimated. To him is due mighty
need of praise for what he is doing
an carrying daily to millions of
farm homes the local news and
world information, the market re-
ports, the minor means of transport
tation, and thousand other things
too numerous to mention.
The rural reuter- is quietly and
yet bravely playing his patient part
as soldier of the common good, in
every neighborhood, every working
day of every month of every year,
through sun and through storm he
is making brighter. buster and bet
ter the daily life of every farmer,
farmers wife, every farmers son,
every farmers dauehterl
The carrier is potent power, a
beacon light across the surging sea
OF the pleasures and problems of
country life. Whatever his name
be it Sam, Will. Frank. Kelsey or
whatnot-he is a practical socioloe-
list, a true friend to the man by the
side of the road. a sympathetic ad-
vocate of the country woman, a
real helper in every time of need
not an uplifter, but a daily cowork-
er with every member of every
farm home.
in this greatest and best of ma
lions the rural mail carrier is the
hardest worked and the poorest paid
when you consider the cost of his
equipment, the length and burden Of
his hours, his dangers from wind
and weather. He deserves substan-
tial recognition at the hands of the
wage, establishing Lawmakers of
this nation-and that without years
of redtaped delay.
What innovation of three decades
has done more than this revolution
cry reform in the Federal mail
service? 1t was first joke. Its re-
buffal at the start sustains Sam Jor-
dams Crimson Trail of a New Idea.
Its speed was slow but purity for
some time-but it was right and it
went. 1t was a dream at first then a
project, then trial, then a success.
To-day daily mail is a necessity
and everybody takes it for granted.
For generations the country PEG.
pie of these United States have paid
their share of the Federal appropri-
atoms in delivering the mail to the
door of every home and every place
of business in every city in every
State-and nothing was thought of
the inequality to the farmer. 1t was
believed that the business man
should have his mail delivered daily
to his desk and to his home free by
the Government-but the farmer
(the real business many didn't get |
square deal. The country man was
left without his mail except as he
journeyed to town once a week or
so. while the city mans mail came
free to his desk four times day.
Blessed be progress, for today the
rural mail man driving his gray
horse, his bay team. his long-eared
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-06-17
The Seventeen-Year Locust Again.

The Seventeen-Year Locust Again.
Warning of the expected reap
pearine of the l7-year locust in
June was issued at Washington the
other day by the Department of
Agriculture. Little actual damage
to nurseries and young orchards is
expected from the insect. While
the expected brood of cicadas is
said not to be an important one, it
covers a much wider territory than
any of the other 17-year broods.
This particular insect is due to ap-
proach in scattered localities. COW
ering much of the Northern and
Central States lying between the
Hudson and the Mississippi. extend
ing along the Appalachian elevated
plateau into Northern Georgia and
South Carolina. 1t made its last
appearance in this particular terri
tory in 1893.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
DANIEL L. PIERCE

Exceptional interest attaches to the kis advanced age and the vigor of mind isnsf body that remained with him to uhe end Seldom is it given to man to mach the age of 92 and retain to the full his capacity for enjoying and par sicipating in the affairs of life that give zest to the lives of men in the full sigor of their prime.
 Mir. Peirce was a fine example of the ~old school' gentleman, i'll courtliness .smd scrup1lous regard for the best tradi- 'sscns and Godly teachings of the fore fathers, yet having full and keen ap- lweciation of the progfessive spirit, of she age in which he lived. He hadFA9 patience with the conservatism that ahnddered at innovations which seemed so threaten or profane those old c6stoms whose only claim to sacredness is their antiquity. te ..
 As. Rev. MT. Gillette said, over his xemains, He did not spend his latter years in placid or regretful reminis- sence;s but he. was always living in the Eesent.tr Ee would :,
 Be mot the first by. whom the new are
 tried, H
 Nor yet the last to kthe old aside. !"
 He kept pace wtfMRse advance of modern civilization, making it his rule sn Aprove allthings, and hold fast to ahat which isgood.' He was proud of Als town, and ever ready. with his Furse, his voice and his influence, to nd in the promotion of any undertaking along the line of community progress.
 His heart was a well-spring of good .Gheer that was infectious, and in his eheerfulness and philosophy may be fnund one potent factor that made for length of life and gained for him that hnld upon the affection and esteem of Ais fellow men. which made itself manifest in the universal regret of the surnmunity when the word got abroad, Sunday morning, that he had passed 9@
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
The Editor SoIiIoquizes.

When a dearly loved subscriber writes to us in irate vein: "Stop the paper. Never send the vile sheet to my home again." we just puff our sweet old corncob, and we stroke the office cat; editors "don't have no feel ings'-never mind-we're used to that.
 When a typographical error some- times creeps in by mistake, and our friends rush up and tell us what first rate ass we'd make. we just overlook THEIR errors, never giving tit for tat; editors are pachydermic, and-Oh, we'll, we're used to that.
 When our advertisers cancel US. tell ing us the sheets no good; when sub- scribers choose to pay us in tomatoes or cord wood, well, we simply grin and bear it, though it leaves us rather flat; editors can exist somehow-somehow we get used to that.
 When your daughters graduation, or her wedding day comes round, you ex- pect the kind of write-ups that, in ad- jectives abound. Do you ever stop to thank us, though 'tis done with great "eclat' t''-that's what editors are there for, and-Oh, well! We're used to that.-Cobtown News.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
Ehe Lost Umbrella.

Little things can be very trying at times, MT. Fowler thought, when one wet morning he could not find his um- brella. Like many married mes~ he believed in bhe maxim. When i'm trouble blame vour wife"
 "I say, Elten," he shouted, "what on earth has heppened to my new um. brella? l brought 1t home last night and now it's zone and of course'it's raining furouslyr'
 "Why, it s,scaucely raining at all!'' said his VI fife. But last night it was simply pouring when the parson left and so l lent hinr your umbrellaw
 What an ssinine thing to doll | shall never see'it again now, so may ss well buy anotlter todnyr'
 "How can you be so wiclsdI Adolphus? As if the parson wcAldl stoop to stealing your umbrella ?''
 "Stoop to steasing it be hangedg Il borrowed it from him couple' nt months ago"
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
Aunt IsatyeIle's Recipe.

70, it's just pouring,'' said Edith, dismally, "and [ wanted to go over to Mary Vinton's, house to play"
 And can't so out, either, because I've such a. cold, mamma said, !" groaned Jack.
 There were frowns oa both little faces as the children gaved out of the window at the. splashing .aindrops.
 "But why don't you make it a sum- shine day ?" ssked Aunt Isabelle. "I have a recipe that I've seen tried many times, and never knew it to fail.''
 70. what it is2 Please tell us," cried both the children at once.
 "The recipe is: Que hundred pleas ant smiles, 100 laughs and 100 pleasant remark to and about some one," re- piled auntie.
 At first the children thought it would be night before all the 300 could be found, but they started out bravely.
 If Jack smiled SO pleasantly that the cook smiled right back, that, of course, counted two smiles right away. And the success of the experiment. generally made them both laugh, which added two more. How hard they worked to, make everybody in the house laugh and smile!
 "I've made D pleasant remarkss anntie kept count.' said Jack.
 five smiled so much I can hardly look sober," said Edith. with another laugh.
 And do you know that by dinner time they were having such merry time that they thought the rainy day was brighter and jollier than any other kind. The whole house seemed fAll of sunshine
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record ot Doings from Week to Week Culled from The News Files.
 I23d

loo+
 April 23. Messrs. Luman Foote, D. l.. Freeman, L. F. Bronson and A. P. Briggs were serving as jurymen in the district court at Winsted.
 Mrs. Mary w. Ward moved to Lake vile.
 The rectory lawn was being graded.
 Miss Fannie Benedict began teach. ing school in Clayton.
 George E. Taft and Willard A. Rorn- back were appointed commissioners of the superior court.
 Sixty calves were purchased at this station at six cents per ponnd. At the caucus held at the Warner House, Lyman Cunning and A. T. RoTaback were appointed delegates to the republican convention held ill Hart ford.
 Jumbo, the Siberian bloodhound, owned by Mir. A. T. Rorabsck met with an accident, breaking one of his legs. Dr. Camp set the fraotuFe and the dog. n favorite with every one, did not have to be killed.
 Lawyer ". A. Roraback moved tc Torrfngton.
 Benjamin Brown, of Norfolk, was sentenced to five years in prisons for stealing money and jewelry from bbe Misses Eblridge.
 W. H, Camp presided at the organ i'm East Canaan, Sunday evening.
 Falls ViIlage-G. W. Hall was haw. ing large bay window added to his house on Prospect street. Miss Fannie Shondv opened dressmaking parlors. A sociai was held at Sydney Reeds. NJ. N. Dean had valuable horse sick at Reed S, stables. A. l.. Brown built fence in front of his residence George w Hall purchased handsome span of bays and two single horses.
 West Cornmall-Miss Anna Butler was in Hartford for two weeks. Rev. Mr. Dougal supplied the pulpit on Sum- day. Frank B. Wood was ill with malaria. Mrs Mary West, of Pitts field, rented of R. |. Scoyille, the place formerly occupied by Mrs. William Rogers. Charles NodiRe was home from Florida where he had taken up a claim and started an orange grove. Miss Jennie Ocain was seriously ill. Prof. s. T. Frost, principal of the South Berkshire Institute, New Marl- boro, Mass, arranged to locate ln Corn wall at the HDusatonic Valley Iusti- ute. The new railroad station at Cornwall Bridge was nearing compile ton. MT. Joseph F. Calhoun, son of Dr. Calhoun. formerly a physician in Cornwall, died in Torrington.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
Autumn Ronnapce.

We're you a leaf, gold tinted. And a wandering breeze, We'd gladly goa flying
 Where streams are lullabyinR Through woods by autumn tinted To far, old, welcoming seas, Were you leaf. gentle tinted
 And I wandering breeze. We're I a sunbeam youthful
 And you tho guardian tree, . Whose gold and crimson treasures Ipraised in amorous measures, My words, however truthful, Would doIbted be by thee, Were I sunbeam youthful
 And you the guardian tree. Were you green gariands wear ing And the harvest sheen With serenade of passion,
 I'd sing September's fashion, Till modest green forswenring, You'd blaze u brilliant queen, Were you green gariands wearing And the harvest sheen. Were l the moon of reaping
 And you the ripening grain, In my blue dome supernal
 I'd brew ndraft nocturnal To set the world a sleeping
 And food your bright domain With the glory ever weeping
 Round castles fair in Spain.
 St. Louis Republic.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
STILL, THE BILLY COP.

Since the billy cop was fished out of the river and placed in the convalescent ward in Brewers equine hospital, dis. cussion of the kidnapping and of the prospect of having the Main Railroad street corner billy copped again, has simmered down; and nobody can say whether billy cop is to be or not to be.
 The sentiment favoring a reinstate- ment of the same billy, or another like him, is apparently opposed by senti- ment in antagonism; and ill the mean time the Railroad street corner is un. guarded Some say we must and shall have billy cop there. Others say we don't need one, at least during the win ter months, when auto travel is at low ebb.
 Nothing has thus far resulted from the numerously-s signed petition to the selectmen, praying for the assignment Sef billyt the cop, to be maintained by aither town or state aid. And some pre- hnd to believe the selectmen are luke warm in their enthusiasm fyf such a guardian and contend that the town fathers are powerless to install such a device, in view of the law designating the state highway commissioner as sole authority. @2 d..
 The discovery of another law. how ever, providing for the placing of warn ing signs on the highway by the select men, for the protection of school -chil. dren, is being exploited by the friends of the billy cop, to prove that we need ask no odds of the state functionary.
 The billy cop bids fair to become a local "issue," and is already dividing the community into factions-the billy coppites and the nti-billy coppites; and it promises to get into politics and thwart the ambitions of some aspiring statesmen next fall unless arbitration is resorted to.
 Since the above was written, the letter from the highway department was received by Selectman Smith which disposes of the dispute concern ing jurisdiction.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
GIVE THAN :.

This is the day of Thanksgiving.
 But what have got, to be thankful for? asks the inevitable crouker.
 We'll, for one thing, MT. Croaker, be thankful that your ingratitude does not bring down upon your head the punish ment that ingratitude deserves.
 Whats your grievance, any way:
 Are you heels over head ill debt |? Be thankful for health and strength and will to work yourself out of it.
 Have you sickness iii your family !? Be thankful that you haven't needed the services of the undertaken.
 Are you out of work ? Be thankful that you re also out of jail.
 Does the yoke of poverty chafe your neck? Be thankful that you escape the worry, the haunting fear and the sleep lessness of the grasping rich.
 Whatever your grievance, reflect that you are infinitely better off than count. less thousands who would gladly change places with you. Thank God for life, and health, and friends, and the privi- lege of enjoying the beauties of nature, and the music of the birds, and the air of freedom, and the genial sunshine, and all those things that are as truly yours to enjoy as if they were created for your special benefit. The man who, in all the great bounty of Gods blessings, can find nothing to be thankful for, has all, and more, than he deserves.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
The Unexpected.
sunshine

One mocked at death, for being strong
 of limb And fearless, death on terrors had for
 him; From out my course I shah not move
 jot, Let him approach at will, I fear him
 notr' Yet, when the c0nquerOr whom he
 thought to meet As man meets man, erect upon his feet, Came creeping in long twilight
 shadows, he Fell on his knees and writhed in
 agony. Another, not self confident but frail, Feared death from his youth upward; l;
 cen would quail At every shadow which upon his path Seemed pointing toward him in his
 somber wrath. Yet, when death came, not wrapped in
 heightened gloom, As all life long this man expected
 doom, But sudden in the sunlight, not a trace Of fear remained; he met him face to
 face. M. E. Buhler in lobe-Democrat.