Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-05-21

away the wreckage OF the war
rensbury normal school building
ranged all the way from S14,000|
down to So, 200 and at the latter
figure the contnact was awards
led.
Leading frolicsome bull calf,
Charlie Bass of Rockville got the
rope tangled around.his hand SO
he couldn't get loose. Then the
calf ran through barbed wire
fence with him, cutting his throat
from ear to ear, a doctor taking
ten stitches and pronouncing it
close call.
| The father Of Governor Major
celebrated his ninetieth birthday
w ednesdsy At the home Of his
son, E. T. Major, secretary of
the Missouri State Fair at Ssdal-
Iia. J. r. Major, the father Of
Missouri's governor, resides at
Bowling Green, Pike county, and
is still hale and hearty.
J, A promissory note for ten cents
the instrument being dated Feb
ruary Z. 1888 was found by the
owner the other day in an old
pocket book at Polo. The signer
of the note is alive and solvent
but the signer declares he would
rather keep the security as q
curio than to present it for pay
ment, even though he has figur-
: ed that principal and interest
; amount to something like S3.t1.
A "What Happened to Jones'
item in the Fulton Sun relates q
! story told by Galloway county
farmer OF that name to the effect
that his mules have a habit ol
: upsetting his beehives and de-
2 vouring the contents. They
. swallow them down, Jones says
. honey, bees, sting and all, with
T much enjoyment and little diff
: cuIty-probably less than tht
average reader will experience
in swallowing this story.
: Farmers who attend the Mis-.
y souri, State Fair at Sedalia, Sept
9 25 to October 2, will see the mosI
y practical demonstration Of fence
: making that Missouri has evel
II attempted, despite the fact ths
: the state had only the utilitarii
features of the construction ir
II view when the new enclosure
j. around the Fair Grounds was de-
: Ivised. 1t is not only horse high
e bull strong and pig proof, but i
a is boy proof, too, for it was de-
n signed to be unclimbable fol
n there will be no "crawling undei
,r the canvas" at the State Fai
grounds this fall. The best o
= material, including steel posts,
!, and the most modern oonstruc'
= ton, were used in this, the state
!. model fence.
i DR., w. r. s. Taylor Of Popla
ID Bluff reports today to the Repub
i lican a case Of pellegra in But
le Ter county, the first on record il
a this section. He was called Il
in the home Of Mrs. w. A. William
two and one half miles south 0
: Neelyville, and found that thi
a lady has a we'll developed case
4 He hopes to bs able to arrang
i to bring her to this city for treat
/, ment. Just what the real caus
"a OF pellegra is, is not known 70
= sure, as ncne of the medics
y authorities In this country hav
;. been able to reach an agreemer
q after many diagnoses. Th
Italians said 1t was brough. o
by too much indulgence In cor
u meal, but that theory did nj
y stand the investigation, 90 til
20 germ cause is still unsolvsd. Th
- enc contrlbutery cause, DR.. Tay
or lor says, is due to lack Of propt
n sanitation about the home an
a. the farm. a general cleanup
q The best way 70 prevent the dis
az ease, Of which there is a recoI
..s.;,t ,,ou, ~ IN mo naeaa ~ N