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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
HARDIN FETE-MISS DOUGLASS
QUEEN O. THE MAY.

A Large Attendance at The New
Gymnasium where Program is Given.
The May fete at Hardin College
was held yesterday afternoon in the
new gymnasium building the weather
being too damp and inclement for the
exercises to be held outdoors.
A Hardin Senior, Miss Vera Doug
lass, chosen by secret ballot, was
Queen o. the May at the fete given
Wednesday afternoon
Miss Helen Million was crown
bearer and the ceremonies were ac-
cording to ancient English custom.
A May-pole dance followed the
crowning. Mendelssohn's Spring
Song was given by chorus of twelve
young ladies, Folk dancing by diff
ferent groups of the students and the
playground exercises of the children
from the South Side school were en-
tertaining features. A wen execu-
ted tho difficult feature was the
sword dance by Misses Mary Aid
and Dixie saracen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
PLAY BALL.
sunday school Boys Publish Their
Schedule.

The Mexico Sunday School base
ball players have arranged to open
the games for the summer on Deeora-
tion Day. May 31st. ]. w. Dry will
deliver short address and pitch the
first ball.
All the games will be on the Acad-
emy Military Grounds. The regular
charge for admission will BE 10
cents, but all persons attending Sun
day school will be admitted free.
The contests will be between the
teams of the Methodists, Baptists,
Christians and Presbyterians, and
the schedule for the season will be
as fellows:
May OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
May 31-Methodist- Presbyterian.
June 4-Presbyterians-B -Baptists.
June S-Christians-Me -Methodists.
June 11-Presbyterians- Baptists.
June 15--Presbyterians-C Christians.
June 1S-Methodists-B Baptists.
June Observation-Disclosures
June 25--Presbyterians-Methodists
June 29-Christians- Methodists.
July 2--Baptists-Presbyterians.
July 6-Christians-P s-Presbyterians.
July 9-Baptists-M -Methodists.
July 13-Baptists- Christians.
July 16-Presbyterians-Method'ts is.
July observation-disclosures
July 23-Baptists-P ts-Presbyterians.
July observation-disclosures.
July 30-Baptists-M -Methodists
Aug. 3-Baptists- Christians.
Aug. 6-Presbyterians-Methodis
Aug. Observation-Disclosures.
Aug. 19-Christians-P
Aug. 17-Baptists-M Methodists.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
the TEACHERS
ARE CHOSEN
PRYOR AND STREET GO BACK
SOME GET SALARY RAISES. e.

Herbert Pryor has been reelected
superintendent of the Mexico schools.
His salary is $A1OO per year. E. B.
Street succeeds himself as principal
Of the High School at $1,000; c. c.
Roselle, principal of Central School,
$1,000, and Mrs. Laura Houghland,
principal South Side School, 5000.
The following get ra Use of $500
per month in salary: r. L. Camp
bell, Misses Benson Bolts, Elizabeth
Gill; Archie Cook, Libus Soukup,
Frances Glandon, zola Beal, Mamie
Wright, Beulah Griffin, Willie Whit
son and Sallie Garrett.
The High School teachers, with
the salary of each, are: Misses Ben
son Bolts, $50; Elizabeth Gill, $50;
Archie Cook, SEQ; Libus Soukup,
SEQ; Miss Jesse, $40; Frances Clan
don, $40; Edith Etheridge, $65;
James Culbertson, $50; Robert Camp
bell, $50; H. L. Collett, $50.
Central School-Misses Yea Bar
ley, $65; Mary Stallings, $55; Jennie
Karnes, $50; frankie Cauthorn, $50;
Zola Beal, $55; Ruth Averitt, $50;
Addie Cunningham, $50; Mary Pry-
or, $55; Beth Durkee, SEQ; Hilda
Brand, $50 Mamie Wright, SIS.
South Side School-Misses Beulah
Griffin, $55; Elizabeth Price, $40;
Minnie Stallings, $50; Willie Whit
son, $55; sallie Garrett, SEQ.
Supervisor of Music--Miss Maude
Orita wallace, SIS.
Garfield SCHOOL,. j. Hicks, prin-
cipal. s65; Harrison Douglass, $45;
Minnie Beauchamp, $40; Anna Nose
ly, $40; Halle Holt, $40.
Custod1ans-Hugh Donnelly, Cen
trail School, $40 per month for II
months; Charles Peters, Mcmillan H.
s., $65 month for 9 months; John
Judy, South Side, $50 month for
9 months; Mitchell, Garfield school,
$40 a month for months.
Miss Hazeltine Fry, teacher in the
South Side school has resigned. Miss
Fry is graduate of the Louisiana,
Mo-, High School, where her home
now is but we have not learned what
her plansare. Her many friends here
will regret to see her leave Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20

The Mcmillan High School Associ.
atoms annual banquet is to be held
tonight in the dining room at Hardin
College. 1t will be a noted event. The
speakers will be Jouett Shoush of
Kingsley, Kansas, who is a member
of Congress, a graduate of Mexico H.
s.; Miss Martha Shea, of Cape Girar-
deau Normal, formerly principal of
our High School, and Pendleton
Dudley of New York. Miss Annie
Lewis will be toastmaster.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
DEPOSITS BY MAIL.
Anyone Can Take Advantage of U.
s. Postal System.

ten years old or over may open an
account in a postal savings bank af-
ter July 1st, according to an instruc-
tive leaflet on the Postal Savings
System just issued by Postmaster
General Burleson.
This important extension of the
service will be made possible by
permitting persons living in commu-
mites so sparsely settled as not to
justify the designation of their local
postoffice as regular postal savings
banks, to open accounts by mail.
Gov. Dockery, 3rd Assistant Post
master General, who has direct su-
perVision of postal savings, was so
impressed by appeals from all over
the country to open savings accounts
by mail that he took up the task
some weeks ago of working out fea-
sible and safe, method for meeting a
demand we'll illustrated in a letter
from Saline County Missourian
who resides miles from a postal
savings bank.
Having a few hundred dollars
saved from fifty years of hard and
assiduous labor and skimping econo-
my on the part of my wife and my
self, we concluded to deposit it in the
Postal Savings Bank of --. We
wrote to the postmaster at that
place and received reply to the effect
that none but patrons of that office
could deposit in that office, which is
very disappointing news to us. Our
little farm is not large enough to
support us and land is so high that
it is impossible for us to buy more
with what little we have saved and
we are so old that we can't labor
much now and we would be glad to
lay by enough to at least put us
away in decency."
Under the plan adopted by the
Postmaster General for opening ac-
counts by mail, an intending depos-
tier, residing where there is no regu-
larly designated postal savings bank,
will apply to his local postmaster
who will see that the necessary iden-
tifcation data is prepared and for
warded to a nearby post office au-
thorized to accept deposits. The de-
positor will then be given permission
TO forward his first and subsequent
deposits by money order or regis
tered mail direct to the postmaster at
the banking point for which receipts
OI C6ElluCdl6S Will uS lSSuGu' IAt lhos
withdraw all or any part of his pos
tai savings by mail and on demand
together with any interest that may
be due him.
The leaflet points out that any per-
son ten years old or over may open
an account in his or her own name;
that an account may be opened by a
married woman free from any con-
troll or interference by her husband !;
that post Office officials are forbidden
to disclose to any person, except the
depsitor, the amount of any depos-
it's; that Withdrawals may be made
without previous notice; and that
the Government guarantees to repay
all deposits on demand with ac-
crued interest.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
BETHEL SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Prairie View church, after a lapse
of seven years, has revived her Sun
day school. The first of the month
the school was organized under ia
vorable conditions. Scott Kerr was
chosen superintendent; Geo. Hudson,
secretary, and Miss Fannie Brown,
organist There are five classes with
a total enrolment of 28 besides Of
ficers and teachers. A satisfactory
showing for a church of only IA
members and it evinces a determi-
nation worthy of good cause. Let
no one be discouraged because the
school is small. The day of little
things is often the forerunner of
great things.
In the afternoon of the 18th a
number of the members of the school
attended the Township S. S. conven-
ton at Bethel, two miles east of
Prairie View and the school was
promptly enrolled.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20

The Wednesday Club at a called
meeting at the Public Library Mon
day afternoon voted to join the State
Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs.
s, P. Emmns and Mrs. Charles Leep-
er will as delegates attend the State
Convention to be held at ST. Joseph
May 26. The study-work for the
wednesday Club for the coming year
will consist of lessons on German
modern drama and symposiums JON
the German classics.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
L, ROY FERRIS,

Lee Duncan of Mexico, late secre-
tary for County Farm Adviser e. W
Rusk. has accepted a like position
under Mr.. Rusk. VINO is now Farm
Adviser Of Adams County, Ill.
one negro near Auxvasse satur-
AAy night hit another negro over the
heAa with a fence post. which re-
spited in the death of the latter.
There had been boozing and crap
playing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
10Th ANNUAL ELECTION.
Mexico, Mo-, Man 8, IN

Mexico, Mo-, May 6, 1915.
An election will be held on June
'7th7th (the first Monday, 1915, for
the election of seven directors to
serve the Farmers Town Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Mexico,
Mo-, for one year. Held at their
once, corner of Jefferson and Prom
enade streets, second floor, Mexico
Missouri,
W. L. Kent, President,
w. L. Fowles, Secretary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
A ROLL CALL.
Mexico MasOns In Get-TOgetheF
Meeting, May 2S.

The two Mexico Masonic lodges
are to hold a roll call session May
2Sth and every member of the tho
bodies must either be present or
write letter stating why they are
absent.
The meeting will be along the line
of get-to-gether and get-acquainted
session and there will be a lunch
following the adjournment, Fully
200 Mexico Masons are expected to
attend, Visiting brethren will be
welcome.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20

]. T. johnson tells us over the
phone that he is getting on fine just
now; much better in health. Eats ev,
cry thing they'll let him have and
then "licks the platter. He is taking
great interest in livestock and farms,
tho he is unable to get away from
the house. He shipped a load OF
sheep last Monday week and got
1925 on the market for them. Last
Monday he shipped another load and
yesterday he shipped another, get
ting 50. So for both-the highest
the st. Louis market has ever paid.
He has 1000 head yet to ship.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
HAVE DRINK

or pure soda pop madeby the Arctic
Ice and Storage Co. A case with
each refrigerator under $500 and
500 pounds Of ice with every one
over $500 Same old price, no
raise in price to cover prize,
l.. Roy Ferris.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
Charles sellers, beyond Thompsor

Charles Sellers, beyond Thompson,
was in to see the Message few days
ago, He says he enjoys the Mes
sage better than any country paper
he ever read. He likes our stand on
the issues that come up Affecting the
farmers and the general public. He
has nice farm "a little farm, he
calls it,) of 500 acres and he would
not trade it for the best block of
ground in thelargest city of the coun-
try, and we see where he is right.
Stick to the good old farm, boys,
there's no place like it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20

Mrs. Charles Clark is at Rochester,
Mimi, where her father, John x,
Brown, is to be operated on today in
the hospital. Mr.. Brown has been
very i'll.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20

Mrs. w, R. sallee, and daughter,
Inez, and Mrs. sallee's brother. Ar
thur Silver. are visiting relatives at
Pilot Point, Texas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
A would-be robber walkt

A would-be robber walked thru
the front door of Charles schopp's
home at midnight Monday and went
upstairs. But the fellow stepped too
heavily; Mr.. sChopp heard him and
caused him to flee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
L. Roy Ferris.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Cleaster, and
two small daughters and Mrs. Charles
Locke. all Of Hannibal visited C. II.
sehieffer and family near Molino.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
In The Spring

The young mans fancy lightly turns
to thoughts of love. We have line
of buggies that win please the young
folk as well as the old. Beautiful
in design and ranging in price from
$4,000 to $4,000.
l., ROY FERRIS.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
sALr RIVER 5. 5. coNvENTIoN:

SALT RIVER >. B. CONVENTION!
Salt River Sunday Scholl Conven-
tion was held at Bethel church south
of Mexico, May 16. The Superintend-
ent, Mr.. Zell Weidler, had a crowd
out and furnished good music. MIL.
B. Hawthorn, Mrs. w. w. Bolts, Miss
Nettie Patterson, spoke on the differ
ent phases of Sunday School work.
DR.. ]. F. Flynt presided at the
meeting
The following officers for the COM
ing year were elected: Mr.. Scott Kerr
of Prairie View, PRESIDENT Hiram
Threlkeld of Beaver Dam, vice
president; Miss Ruth Cook of Sun
rise, secretary.
A banner is to be given at the
County convention at Benton City, to
the township having the largest at
tendance. Salt River should lead
in attendance there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-05-20
We Have It

An oil stove that will successfully
burn coal oil. Each stove sold on a
guarantee; 2 burner. with oven,
$1O.SO; 3 burner, $I2.SO; A burner,
$14.5O.
l.. Roy Ferris.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-03
To the Voters of
Barada Township.

1t has been stated that If ] were
elected to the the Office Of Supervisor
the $50. 900 damage suit against the
Township would be decided against US.
The damage suits arising out Of the
accident at the Town Hall three years
ago will not be settled by the Supervisor.
but I want to inform you that If l am
elected to the Office of Supervisor of
Barags Township ! will defend this
Township against those suits In every
proper manner in strict accordance with
the duties Of that Office.
1 want to further inform you that ]
am not advocating the bonding Of our
township or county for roads OF. any
other purpose. am not for such q
proposition and would not vote for II
~ an individual or officer OF Barags
township. believe that the road tax
is now high enough and II the money ID
properly used Il Is ample to take care
Of our township roads.
Yours very truly.
adv. JOHN H. HID.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-03
Peqaamina Notes.

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Larius
Larsen on the Pequaming-L'Anse road
was the scene Of merry gathering on
Thursday, March Is. A party Of ladies
journeyed down on the ice from Pequam-
ing, bringing their sewing, and enjoyed
the bounteous hospitality Of the Larsen
home. Late in the evening the jolly
party broke up and all rode back to
Pequaming in Mr.. Larsen's sleigh.
Those present were Mrs. John Lof-
quist, MISS Edith Lofquist, Mrs. Lars
Westberg, Mrs. Bernt Nielsen, Mira.
Peter Petersen and Mr.. and Mrs. Lar
ius Larsen.
The March bowling contest for the
prizes by DR.. Marshall of Pequaming
has come to q close and discloses the
fact that the first prize belongs to
August Maki;with and average Of 1927
for IL games rolled in series of three.
Second place goes to George Har;u.
with 160. 2. Cyril Van Abel was third
with 160. The prizes are fine travelir z
set of toilet articles and q hanC-
some gold watch-chain.
Pequaming Is especially fortunate In
having among it's residents some ex-
pert Finnish wrestlers. Anyone visiting
the club house Is welcome to come into
the gymna ium and watch the instruct
or, Robert Keinana show the famous
wrestling holds and how they are brok-
en-. He is ably assisted by Toivi Lairs
and the two men on the mat make .
fine spectacle for anyone interested in
wrestling. :.
Rev. L. F. Rayfeld has been in Pc
quaming most Of the week, giving
special instruction in chorus singing to
the children Of Pequaming. It planned
to hold . special song program on
Easter morning at which the little folks
will sing several Easter Hymns and the
chorus of girls will also sing. The
photograph Of the Pequaming Sunday
School will be taken on Easter Sunday
and full attendance 10 desired.
s. Max Nielsen, director Of the Club
ct Psquamipg. viii leave IN Z few days
on visit 70 his parents in the East. Mr..
Nelson expects to BE- gone about thrss
weeks and the clubhouse will Be closed
until his return.
The Misses sehsbrat. oehstsdt az
Msnard entertained the 500 Club Mon
DIV night. ~ !. (; Il
Bod % Nj. md Mn. Emil Joupli
last Saturday, : tldrtssn pound Boy,
The 0dd Fellows win sntertsia Thurs
day evening". April oth. vith . 6pne'
and baslket social. Tie od6looien "a
ladies All b : basket "a fef Gontlp
men = cents. 4 god tlms = eee1re'
al. y
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-03
DON'T FORGET THE
AGRICULTURAL TRAIN.


The South Shore Agricultural train
started out Thursday on it, tour Of the
upper peninsula. The train u squippsd
with lecturers and material from The
Michigan Agricultural College and Il In
charge Of w. F. Raven. All are invited
to visit the train 1t il stops. The train
will visit Baraga county stations on the
day and hour indicated bellows
Monday, April 5-Leo at 8 .. M,
stopping 8 hours; Walton :l5, stopping
about 2 hours.
Friday, April s-Keweenaw Bay 1t
$50. stopping II hours; Arnheim, st
1915. stopping II hours.
Monday. April 12-Pslkie 1T 400.
stopping 2 hours; Bellaire at 2:l5,
stopping Il hours.
Tuesday, April 1S-L'Anse at 900.
stopping 3 hours; Herman at l:30-
stopping 81 hours.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-03
Easter Church Program.

The following program will be rem
dered by the Sunday School at the M.
E. church at L'Anse tomorrow even
ing:
Song, Christ is Risen; School.
Rec, ! Bring You = Greeting; VIM.
Jacobsen.
Dialogue, He Loved Us Best: three
lirtle children.
Rec. An Easter Legend; Msdge
Whipple.
Song. IT'S Not Far to Jesus; Prim-
airy Class.
Rec. The Message Of Easter; Mary
jackson.
Song. Over All the World; School.
Rec, The Reason Why; Russell
Bentz.
Rec, What the Birds Sing; Karl
Menge and Morgan Edwardsen.
Song. Easter Time is With Us; by
Class.
Rec. While it was Dark; Maud
Kemp.
Rec, Easter Tide; Orel Whipple.
Song, From the Grave He Rose; by
Choir.
Dialogue, Risen; Five Children.
Rec, Easter Time; Stanley Ruth
strom.
Solo, Land Beyond the Morning;
Miss Erhorn and Ruth Thorsen.
Rec, The Easter Miracle; Henning
johnson.
Song, Carols Of Easter; School.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-03
Bsraea News Notes

ooO0000o0o00o0
Mrs. Chester Parker and son visitet
in L'Anss Monday afternoon.
i A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.,
William Simsla at Keweenaw Bay Last
il week.
F. M. Ennis was In L'Anss Monday
afternoon.
H. J. ralk left Tuesday for . short
selling trip in Sidnaw. Kenton and Trout
Creek.
Msssrs John Robin and Mike Connors,
u L'Anss, were in town Tuesday.
Alex Bravlsy returned last Saturday
from Gould City. whore he spent the
winter.
Emil Goldquist and son left Monday
for Detroit.
Rev. N. Faust was in Houghton Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Bridgeman
left Monday for Grand Rapids, where
Mr.. Bridgeman has accepted . position
in the postofiice. Mr.. Bridgeman has
been here the past two months, en-
ployed in the Indian Office under DR..
auckland.
Dave Wendorff. representing the
Federation Overall Co. Of Davenport.
lows, called on the trade here Monday.
Dave was formerly employed here in
the VIM. Kitz & Co. store and his form
or friends were pleased to see him.
Matt Getzen and daughter visited in
in Houghton Tuesday.
Bernard Raymond is working In the
Baraga Lumber Company's Office.
Mrs. Leo McKindles and son, Fred,
visited in L'Anse Tuesday afternoon.
The Sturgeon Valley Lumber Com
pany's mill. which is located at Nelson
Siding on the Mineral Randge railroad.
started cutting lath for the season this
week. A good run is expected.
A daughter was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lomprey.
Chris Heikkinen, who was charged
with having venison in his possession,
was found guilty Monday evening and
paid $26.56 rs fine and costs. His
brother, Joseph, was up for the same
offence but was dismissed.
Fred Urquhardr, foreman, closed
down the Baraga Lumber Company's
camp on Point Abbaye last Saturday,
having put in from 8 to 81 million feet
of timber. This finished the above COM
pany's logging operations on Point
Abbsye.
Lawrence, 81 years old son Of Joseph
Mataxagay. died Tuesday afternoon at
Assinins. The funeral was held Thurs
day morning.
Frank and George hester and John
Higgins were business visitors in
Houghton.
Charles Shafer, Of Keweenaw Bay,
visited here Thursday.
Albert E. Payne returned last Sstur-
day from Trout Creek, where he had
been filing in Weidman's mill the past
six weeks.
Fred Urquhardt will leave Monday
for ten day visit in Duluth.
C. E. Edgerton, of Jscobsville, wasa
caller here Thursday.
Messrs. Frank Rollins. F. H. Monson
and Charles johnson, of L'Anse were
visitors in town Thursday.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-03

James Sandline, of Zeba, brought in
a monster trout from Point Abbaye
last week. When dressed it weighed
% pounds. He had three fish which
tipped the scales at 81 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-26
WAUSAU BOY ADMITS
MURDERER FATHER
YOUTH CONFESSES THAT He
SHOT WHILE PARENT
WAS SLEEPING.
WAS ESTRANGED FROM HOME
Alfred Wehriey, IS, Had Been Living
in Hotel Following Quarrel.
Was Seen to Leave
House.

Wausau,-The mystery in the
murder of Peter Wehrley was cleared
when his son, Alfred, aged IS, con-
fessed to having shot his father.
Estranged from his father, the boy
lived in hotel. He said he thought
that if his father was dead he would
have home with his mother. He
went to the home while all were
away, opened the door with a key
found in the mail box, unmatched the
back door, then locked the front
door from the outside and replaced
the key in the mail box and re-
entered the house by the rear door.
When he heard the family return
in an automobile he went upstairs
and hid under the bed in his fathers
room. After all were asleep he
crawled out.
His father moved and started to
sit up and the boy fired. Running
down the stairs and out the back
door he went to the river into which
he threw his automatic pistol. Then
he went to the hotel and to bed.
When arrested his shoes were wet
with dew. He was seen running
through the backyard and a little
later in the hotel corridor. When
these facts were told him, his con-
fession followed.