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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-29
APPLETON EXHIBITS
DRAW BIG CROWDS
Stock and Products Show Attracts
Farmers From All Over
County

The products and stock show at Ap-
pleton attracted large crowd of farm
ers from all sections of the county.
The exhibits were far above the aver
age, and many prizes were awarded.
The winners were:
Saddle stallion: James BeaI, first;
draft mare; Henry Schrumpf, first;
work horse (three years and over):
Tom Malone first, Marion Meyer sec
Ond; work horses 1.-TWO years old L:
Martin Eggers, first; work horse
(yearling): Herbert Hoeh, first; colt:
Paul Bruene first, Gottfried Mueller
second; mule: William Grebe first,
John Grebe second; mule 1.-TWO years
old: William Grebe, first; mule colt:
Charles Nieslein, first.
Beef breed-bull Zone ear and
over): Joe HOeh first, c. c. Mirly
second; built under one year,: Cal
vim Unger first, Joe Hoeh second;
COW: c. c. Mirley first, Joe Hoeh sec
ond; heifer: o. H. Lang first.
Holsteins-Cow: H. c. Schaefer
first, G. A. Schaefer second; heifer:
G. A. Schaefer first; heifer (under
one year,: Henry Doberenze first,
Thee, Meyer second.
Jersey-Cow: Theo. Meyer first
Joe Buchheit second; heifer Zone
year old): Archie Telle, first; heifer
(under one year,: Charles Whitening,
first.
Barred Rocks: Mrs. w. A. BOnney
first, r. F. Tuschhoff second; White
Crested Black Polish: H. Klaus, first;
White Leghorns: Frank Meyer first,
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate of
Henry Jung, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned, by the
Cape Girardeau Court of Common
Pleas of Cape Girardeau County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date of the 14th day of
September, 1915.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance, within six
months from the date of said letters
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of the last publica-
ton of this notice, they shall be for
ever barred.
Laura Jung,
Administrative.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-29
AL DITTLINCER
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Veteran Coal Dealer is Seized
While at Work in His
Office

Al Dittlinger, coal man known all
over the Cape as one of the pioneer
merchants of the city, is seriously i'll
at his home, 242 North Pacific street.
it became known yesterday.
Mr.. Dittlinger has had two physi-
clans in attendance almost constantly
for the last week, and last night his
recovery was predicted within few
days. He is suffering with a disease
peculiar to old people.
He was seized with two attacks Of
the malady a week ago. Last Satur-
day when at the office, he became i'll,
and was forced to go to his home from
the office. He returned to his work
Monday morning, however, and about
IL o'clock, he was seized with a second
and more severe attack.
His son, A. c. Dittlinger, was forced
to carry his father from the office to
the automobile and take him to his
home. He has been confined to his bed
almost constantly since.
Mr.. Dittlinger is more than so years
old, and physicians last night declared
that his age made the outcome Of his
illness uncertain. One of the physi-
clans, however, declared that he felt
the crisis was past, and Mr.. Dittlnger
will regain his strength from now on.
He has suffered with great pain for
several days.
Mr.. Dittlinger several years ago was
a U. S. Deputy Revenue Collector. He
has been engaged in the fuel business
almost all his business career in the
Cape. He WAS born here.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-29
Office Or
Southeast Missouri Trust Co.
Notice of Meeting of Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meet
ing of the Southeast Missouri Trust Company is
hereby called and will be held at the office of the
Company at 4O4 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
on Monday, Nov IS, 1915, beginning at the hour
of o'clock and will continue three hours,
less the object for which the meeting is called be
accomplished sooner.
Said meeting is for the purpose of electing five
directors to servefor period of three years, and
to transact all other such business may prop
erly come before the meeting And among 9TH
er things for the purpose of voting upon two sep
arate propositions to amend and change the
ticles of incorporation of this Association to
wit:
FIRST: To amend the sixth article of the Articles
OF Association of this Corporation to provide that
the existence of the Corporation shall continue until the
Corporation shall be dissolved by consent of the Stock
holders or by proceedings instituted by the State under
any Statute now in force hereafter enacted, pro-
4Sth General Assembly of the Stateof Missouri Approx
ed March 25th 1915 concerning State Banking Depart
ment, Banks and Trust Companies"
SECOND: To amend the seventh article of the Ar
ceS OF Association of this Corporation and to extend
Its business from the purposes stated in said seventh
article, to include all the powers and purposes
specified IN section l27 of Act of the 18th General
Assembly of the State of Missouri Approved March
10Th, 1918, concerning State Banking Department,
Banks and Trust Companies
And in general to avail itself of the right to exercise
all other powers privileges and provisions of law now,
hereafter force especially those necessary or in
cdent to the proper carrying out of the above objects
Witness the signatures of the undersigned a major
Iy OF the Board of Directors of said Corporation
E. J. Deal j. D. Porterfield
s. B. Hunter John H. Himmelberger
SamT N. Carter c. W. Henderson
l. Ben Miller C. NJ. Wilmer
y, H. Stubblefield, Jr. James McPheeters
H. G. Dempsey
Cape Girardeau Mo-. Aug. 81, 1915
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WAR MULES PASSING
THROUGH this CITY
Continued from page ~

the supplies of mules. is much lower
than they experience when handling
horses.
Despite the fact that the foreign al
lied governments are at the mercy of
the American mule and horse supply
men, the government contracts stipu-
late that the animals are to be loaded
aboard the vessels before payment is
made, and payment is made only for
those that arc put aboard.
In some cases, it is necessary to
have the animals on land on the other
side of the Atlantic before payment is
made.
Consequently, if there is any hitch
in gathering the animals at the con-
centration camps in large enough
numbers to make a cargo, the con-
tractor is forced to pay out large sums
of money in feed.
II costs on the average of 80 cents
a day to feed the animals in the con-
centration camps, so that when a 1000
head of mules or horses have to be fed
for a single day, it cuts deep into the
profits that the contractor makes in
selling to the Europeans.
If any of the animals are killed or
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-29
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate of
Jacob NJ. Berkbigler, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by
the Probate Court Of Cape Girardeau
County, Missouri, bearing date the IL
day of August, 1913.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned for allow
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]. R. Quick second; White Orping-
tons: Ben Howard, first and second:
White Wyandottes: o. H. Lang, first
and second; R. C. Rhode Island
Reds: I. E. hasten, first and second;
5. c. Rhode Island Reds: ]. r.
Quick, first; Buff Orpingtons: T. E.
hasten, first and second; bantams:
Frank Meyer, first; bronze turkeys:
Lea Ponder first, T. E. Hasten sec
ond; white turkeys: Mrs. E. A. Bed
we'll first; fawn Indian runner ducks:
Lucy Boon first; white Indian runner
ducks: E. A. Bedwell, first; guineas:
Shelton Bedwell, first.
Whites: E. C. Tuschhoff first, Ben
Wunderlich second; yellow: ]. T.
Howard first, Ben Oberndorfer sec
Ond; mixed: c. NJ. Luetje first; Emil
Danz second.
Display of farm products: 0. A.
Lang, first.
Display of beer; Appleton Brewery,
first.
Wheat: William Bingenheimer,
first, c. NJ. Lutte second; clover seed;
William Bingerheimer, first, Emil
Danz second; sweet potatoes: Mrs.
George Estes first, o. H. LANCE sec
ond; Irish potatoes: Henry Doberenz,
first; display of apples: l. T. Schreiner,
first and second; rye: c. NJ Lutte first,
Robert Dambach second; years: Mrs.
". NJ. WOeltje first, J. H. Schreiner
second; pumpkin: Harvey Mister, first
Ben Weber second; display garden pro-
ducts: Mrs. W. NJ. Wucher first, Mrs.
Theo. Meyer second; turnips: o. H.
Lang first, Rev. Hy. Idel second; pop
corn: G. A. Schaefer, Jr., first, Mrs. n.
Bovee second; Egyptian wheat corn:
Robert Bambach, first; barley: Fritz
Whitening, first; federeta: G. A.
Schaefer first; sheaf oats: Theo Kas-
ten, first, tobacco; Frank Meyers, first;
oats; Robert Dambach, first; citron:
Anna Bovee, first; watermelon: Edna
hasten, first; large gourd: G. A.
Schaefer, Jr., first; Hy. C. Schaefer
second; dipper gourd: Hy. Schaefer
first, G. A. Schaefer, Jr., second; dish
rag gOurd: Henry Schaefer, first; pea
nuts: Henry DOberenz, first; walnuts:
J. H. Schreiner first, Edna Hasten sec
Ond; hickory nuts: Ben Weber first,
Theo. Whitening second.
Punch work: Addie Hasten first,
Edna Adams second; flower basket;
Edna Adams first, Lena Schlueter
second; solid embroidery: Mrs. Fred
Whitening first, Mary Tuschhoff Sec
ond; dark embroidery; Gertrude
Hueschcn first, Mary TuscilhOff sec
Ond; sofa pillow: Edna Adams first
Mrs. Frank Meyers second; quilt:
Elsie Bachmann first, Mrs. Joe Pom
ner, second; drawn work: Mrs. Leo
Buchheit first, Lea Bachmann second;
hair braid: Mrs. Frank Meyers first;
bed spread: Mrs. William Ponder, first,
Mrs. Louis Engler second; crochet
doilies: Addie Hasten, first, Mrs. Gott-
fried Mueller second; crochet hats:
Bertha Tasche first, Mrs. Charles Cot
ner second; knitting: Mrs. Leo Buch-
heit, first and second; darnet fillet:
Mrs. Leo Muchheit, first; carving:
Rev. H. l.. Higginbotham, first, tat
ting: Blanche Swan first and second;
yarn: Bertha Grebe, first; fancy flow
nrs: Caroline Grebe, first.
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DRAIN YOUR LAND BEFORE IT DRAINS You

tain other medicines requiring an oil
body.
1t is made from the ordinary wash
ings of sheep wool. None of it has
been produced in this country because
wool dealers have thrown the washings
away. Sheep wool is greasy and from
this grease is made the oil or fat.
which has property not found in 9th
er oils, enabling it to mix with water.
1t comes from England. 1t is capable
OF absorbing one third Of its Weight in
water. American producers are Just
beginning to manufacture this product
now that the war has brought on a
serious deficiency.
All of the prices given are taken
from a price list in the n. A. r. D.
Journal, the organ of the National As
ISOLATION of Retail Druggists, and
have been more or less recently check
ed up with comparisons with drug
prices paid by Cape Merchants.
The increase in wholesale is having
Il corresponding rise in retail prices,
and the retailers declare that they are
not making the margin of profit under
the new scheme than they did former
ly.
Aspirin may be bought at a few
places in the Cape that still have small
supplies obtained before that drug
went off the market. The tablets cost
about two for cents.
The primary reason for this in
crease, of course, is the fact that the
war has closed the German ports, and
does not allow drugs to come out of
Germany any more than it allows cot
ton and munitions to go in.
But it is not at all certain that Ger
many, the center of chemical science,
would send over all the products
which are lacking here even if she
could, for the armies are using up the
surplus quantities Of many commodi-
ties.
CarbOlic acid is consumed in unheard
of amounts in the military hospitals.
Quinine too, is in great demand. Eng
land is holding back much of her drug
and chemical supply for the same pur-
pose. In addition, excessive freight
rates and marine insurance have
placed other products at premium.
American manufacturers have been
slow in their attempt to replace the |
drug supplies that fifty years of ex-
perience and all favoring circum- |
stances enable the Germans to make |
Furthermore, it is urged, capital sud
denly plunged into expensive equip |
ment for the necessary manufacture |
inevitable must be useless as soon as
the war is over and the lower priced
chemicals from abroad begin to come
in.
1t is said that ninc-tenths of all the
equipment which has sprung into ex-
stence in an effort to supply the drug
will be sent to the scrap heap
after the war.
The Edison Company, in New Jcr-
scy, is making carbolic acid at the rate
Of ten tons a day.
Americans cannot make many Ger
nan medicines and drugs owing to
patent arrangements, whereas Eng
and has been enabled to lift the Ger
nan formulas during a state of war.
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Henry Hillcmann of Union County,
ILL.,, yesterday morning filed suit in
Justice of the Peace Orren Wilson's
court against Fred Lennecke Of the
Cape for S5S, which the former alleges
Lennecke owes for groceries.
G. w. Willins of Sikeston yesterday
was business visitor in the Cape.
C. H. Williams of Columbia, yester-
day was business visitor in the Cape.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Lewis of Walnut
Ridge, Ark, are spending few days
in the c: pc with friends.
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ance within six months from the date
of said letters, or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit of such es-
tate; and if said claims be not exhibit
ed within one year. from the date of
the publication of this notice, they will
be forever barred.
Jacob B. Berkbigler,
Administrator.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
FEWER ACCIDENTS ON LINES
Safety Devices and Greater Care Have
Reduced the Number in a Graft
flying Degree.

The accidents on United States rail
roads in proportion to the total num-
ber of passengers varies widely from
year to year. The table shows that
in 1900 the amazing toll of 1850 deaths
occurred among the employees of rail
roads, while 100000 were injured In
other words, one man was killed for
every 400 employees and one for every
26 was injured. The ratio improved
in the next ten years, when only one
man was killed for every SIS en-
ployees.
In 1900 there were 294 passengers
killed and 1000 injured. The statis-
tics show that in 1900 one passenger
was killed for every 2,216,591 carried;
while for every 100000 passengers one
was injured
In 1910 only one passenger was
killed for every 100000 carried. Dur
ing the last year 270 passengers were
killed in railroad accidents, 1000 en-
ployees, 5000 trespassers and 1900
others, not trespassers, making the
total for the year about ten thousand
as compared with $500 in 1911 and
1852 in 1910.
During the last year the railroads
paid out on account of injuries a total
of $27,640,S51.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
BEST KIND OF ICE-BREAKER
Folks Can't Help Feeling Acquainted
After They Have Enjoyed Hearty
Laugh Together.

A laugh is the best kind of ice
breaker for party or social. Folks
can't help feeling acquainted after
they have had a good hearty laugh
together. no matter if they were all
strangers at first. A good way to
get the laugh started is to try a
laughing game.
Choose two captains and let them
select players for each side, the play
ers standing in two rows facing each
other as in a spelling match. When
everyone is ready, the hostess throws
an old felt hat on the floor between
the rows. If it falls crown up, all the
players in the line on the left must
begin to laugh as heartily as possible.
If anyone in the opposite line laughs
or even smiles, he must go over to the
other side In three minutes the hat
is thrown again, and if it falls with
the brim up, the right line must laugh
and try to win back the players they
lost, and as many others as they can
coax into a smile. The game is con-
tinued till one side wins all the play
erS,
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
MOTIVE POWER is GASOLINE
Switching Locomotive That Can Be
Operated at Comparatively
Small Expense.

In some places it Is considered
luxury to use switching locomotive
because of the expense Of mainten-
tance and the consumption of fuel,
while the locomotive is not in service,
says the Scientific American. Hence,
unless there is enough work for the
locomotive to do the "a hours of the
day the work of switching is done by
the engines of freight trains. In order
to provide suitable locomotive for
such conditions, in which there will
be a minimum of expense for opera
ton and no expense during the idle
hours of the locomotive, a gasoline
switching engine has been designed
and is now in use at MatadOr, Texas.
A photograph of this locomotive is
shown herewith. 1t has 300 horse.
power engine and exercises a tractive
effort of $4,000 pounds, at six miles
per hour. The engine is of six-cylin-
der type, with cylinders II by Is
inches. The power transmission,
which is pneumatically operated, is
effected by means of a sprocket on
the crankshaft connected by chain to
a sleeve working free on the rear driv-
ing axle and is then transferred under
multiple disk friction-c1utch to the for
ward driving axle, where, by an oc-,
taroon clutch, the power is either mag
nified by a series of gears to produce
heavy tractive effort and high torque
for starting processes. or is delivered
direct to the driving wheels Once
the locomotive is in motion the gears
are cut out, and it is operated by the
direct connection.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
WHIZzED AROUND IN CIRCLE
Much Amusement Given by Use of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Way to
Learn How to Skate.

Grandfather was always making
something new and useful for some
one at our house and we, as children,
never tired Of following him around
and watching him tinker"
One day we saw him with father 60
ing down to the little pond near the
house with a large post, writes An
nette Jackson in Farmers Mail and
Breeze. What could they be going
to do? Of course we went along to
see.
Father pulled off his boots and
stockings, rolled up his trousers, and
with the post on his shoulder waded
out to the middle of the pond Then
he pounded the post into the mud un.
til it was firm and solid and stand
ing about four feet above the water.
A sharpened iron rod was then fas-
tened in a hole in the top of the post.
We asked all sorts of questions,
but were told to wait till the pond
froze and then we would find out
Grandfather then began work on
long pole that father had brought
from the woods. This he smoothed
and squared and braced, boring hole
in it about eight feet from one end
and IA feet from the other. On the
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06

is a good illustration of the axiom.
that rich materials look best when
simply made up, for it is unusual and
impressive But the odel is not suit
ed to commonplace materials
Another development in an entirely
different material is equally effective.
This is demonstrated in a gown made
of twine-colored net, the overgarment
showing the net laid in side plaits a.
half inch deep. But in this gown a silk
cord partly defines the waist line,
which it encircles at the belt, falling
below it at the front and fastening in
a knot at one side like Greek girdle.
The underskirt is of plain net over a
foundation of satin in the same color.
Although there is no flare in the
skirt or upper garment, they are both
roomy. 1t is the lack of definition Of
the figure that adapts the velvet model
to the stout figure. But in the dress
made of net the plating of the ma
terial and the addition of the girdle
produce a gown which is ideal for a
slender figure.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06

A VERY distinctive and elegant
"A style, and one of the easiest for
the home dressmaker to follow, is
shown in the dress pictured here. 1t
is a style especially we'll adapted. to
plump figures. This dress of velvet,
trimmed with embroidered bands, is
innocent of a waist line, and because
Of this and it's other peculiarities it is
altogether out of the ordinary.
Imagine the effectiveness of a
strong, rich shade of blue, a little
darker than sapphire, in an excellent
quality of velvet, when contrasted
with bands of trimming closely cov-
cred with small steel beads. The com
bination is very fine, and dark green
or black used instead of blue will
prove quite as handsome.
There is a straight underskirt of
silk, having the lower part Of velvet.
The simply cut upper garment hangs
over this in lines Of uncompromising
plainness.
The belt and round neck are defined
by the embroidery OF beads, the
sleeves are long and plain. This gown
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06

THE fad of the hour is the straight
4 hanging ample veil, ripping about
the lower edge and just as full as it
we'll can be made. 1t is of dotted or
figured net and usually it is in black,
although warm gray or mode or
dark fawn color is liked immense
ly. The latter are often finished
with lace pattern about the lower
edge, which does not interfere at all
with their being bound.
The usual binding is narrow fold
of black satin. A recent arrival is
the black veil with binding of white
<atin. A few varieties are bordered
with ribbon an inch wide, but the
great majority of all the wells are cut
circular, hang to point little below
the shoulders, and are bound with a
narrow fold of black satin.
An extreme of the mode is made of
a square of black filet net having
small solid squares scattered over it's
surface The net is yard wide. A
circular piece is cut out from the cen
ter and the opening is hemmed in a
narrow hem into which round elastic
cord is run. The edges are bound
with a narrow fold of white satin The
veil is adjusted to the hat by the elias
tic cord and hangs full, and in points,
TO waist line.
It is an easy matter to make one
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
Shows PeriIs of Rail Men.

The hazardous nature of the work
of locomotive firemen and engineers
formed the subject of the testimony
presented at Chicago before the fed
eral board of arbitration hearing the
wage dispute of $4,000 employees and
SO western railroads.
About so per cent of the firemen on
western roads "die with their boots
on" according to A. H. Hawley, grand
secretary-treasurer of the firemens s
brotherhood. Forty-seven per cent, he
said, die in service and from railroad
accidents.
"Of 1924 disabilities reported to the
brotherhood, 691 were caused by blind
ness and amputation, Mr.. Hawley tes-
tilted. For the last ten years there
have been 5,026 deaths of brotherhood
members and 1924 disabilities.
The Winslow mail., 1915-03-06
An Ice WhirIigig.

tip Of the longer end he made a
curved runner. How our curiosity was
excited, and how we longed for the
pond to freeze!
Cold weather came at last and the
water froze. Then the two men took
the long pole and placed it on the
post, the rod forming a pivot on which
the pole swung. The runner rested
on the ice and we were told to take
hold of the short handle. Father fas-
tened one pretty sled to the runner
and put Charlie on it. Then we pushed
and the sled just whizzed around in
a big circle.
What fun we had all winter with
our ''whirligig!" Sometimes one of
us would stoop down and hold on to
the runner and slide around, but our
parents told us we must not do this
for it wore out the shoes too fast.
1t was a fine way to learn to skate,
for one could hold to the pole while
the others turned it, learning first to
keep ones balance and then to take
the stroke.
Other children were always coming
out from town to play with the whirl-
igig'' and it furnished us with amuse-
ment all winter when the ice was not
too deeply covered with snow. 1 think
we never as children had anything that
gave us more exercise and pleasure
than our "whirligig."