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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

At Powell Ford they have adopt
ed Sunday Dinners. But they hold
on to old-time hospitality all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

For Sale.-Good wood stove. King
Heater. Cost $12, will sell for
$500. Inquire at Message office.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

Rev S. w. Hayne is assisting in a
revival at the Methodist church at
shelbina.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

100 acre farm near Santa Fe for
sale or trade. Frank A. Sannebeck.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

Patterns, patters, patterns. The
New Idea loo patterns, all seams al
lowed.
The Enterprise Store.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
e44H$%4@4sa!s!8s..s.
WANT AND SALE ITEMS.

Want a combination horse or
mare. Black preferred. C. w.
Street, Mexico, Mo. Phone 70S. tt
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

Old papers for sale at this once,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

old papers t0r sAle a thIs oaIee.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

ACCORDING to the metropolitan pa
pers, the most influential papers in
Germany do not seem 10 think the
imperial government will make any
change in ITS policy in regard TO the
submarine warfare. 1t looks very
much like the friendly relations be-
tween the two countries are about
to reach the breaking point The
people of the Uuited States-the
ones who would have to do the
tighting-do not want trouble with
any nation. The evidence of that
fact is clear and right at our SOUTH
western border. But they have al
ways done it when it became neCes-
sary. It's Germany move.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
Trustees Sale

On Saturday, the 3ist day II July
1915. at the courthouse door in the ciiy
Of Marble Hili, Bolllugrr county, Mis-.
sour. between the hours 81 ten o'clork
in the forenoon and FIVE o'clock in the
afternoon, viii sell At auction to the
highest bidder for cash, subject 20 a
prior deed Of trust, dated May =. 1913.
given by Nancy +. Watkins and Abb =.
Watkins, her husband. torCharies b.
Linville, trustee, to secure the payment
Of note Of $1,000 :and the in,eres,
thereon, and recorded in the recorder :
Office in Bollinger county, Missouri, in
book 81 =, page 3i7. ali OF the following
described land.
All OF the southeast one fourth II the
southwest quarter Of section twenty -siA
t26): and the north one half otthe nor h
west quarter Of section thirty-fve t3il /,
all in township twenty eight - north :
range nine (e) cas-, 81 the fifth principal
meridian; containing in the aggregate
one hundred twenty (ieo) acres Of land
more or less. situated in Bollipgcr county.
Missouri.
This sale j. made By reason Of default
in the conditions Of a certain deed Of
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

STATE ~ Missas RI
County IS lIasngog, :
In IN" rtr~us, ryurt, ~efssrnf.sr
term. ini5
state - Missouri. a. tat relation and
Ia tho as~ 81 5. Z Kinder. rssa.stss,y. NJ n
ARa4ras
> NYrsgou, Defendant
~ 'h.s day carscs t'ss gGAinsl n htFesg.
by his attorney. ". X Chandler. aa5
h.ns h4s yscg.slaa asA AFFIDAVIT. alleging
among other things. that Defendant. X
:. orcy'oa, q gos resident Of tn. s,A,.
Of Missouri;
WhcrrGPon. Il is ordered by the r..gs
10 vacation, that sad defendant he nos,.
fed by publications TIA, plain,i1 Ia. s,ra-
menoed a suit against him in this raar,.
the oblcc, ard general nature OF the rr,t.
ion hled Is tho enforcement, ~ N. len
81 tho state upon the real property In the
petition described. situated in said
county, viz:
The northeast quarter If the aar,hu -,
quarter u section To-. sixteen. town.
ship ~, ,Senty eight, north OF range
~, eight. east, containing forty ssr.s
And that unless the said Il. :. OySgtnn
BE- and appear at this oourt a, the n.r,
term thereof, to 10 begun and halden a,
the courthouse in the town Of Marble
Hin, in aid county, on the md Monday
of September next, and on or before The
hrs, day Of said term, answer or plsa. to
the petition in said cause. the same will
he taken as confessed, and Judgment will
he rendered accordingly.
And I, is further ordered that a copv
hereof b. published. according 70 law.
in THE MARBLE Hun Pass, a weekly
newspaper printed and published in
Bollinger county, Missouri.
FRED r. MARvCE, Circuit clerk,
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand, and the sal Of
H.. the Cirrui; eour Of nor-ne.r
county, this i2ah day Of July. 1915.
Fam =. MAsucE, Circuit clerk.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
Notice Of Shareholder Meeting

Notice - hereby given that 'hr ANNA,
meeting 81 tae share hol3sr~ u she
Patton Telephone company sal, t~ bed
al Patton, boissuscs county, Mts>oart, 0a
Thursday, Augusi t., isia, between ihS
hours Of nine o'c.ock y. tn, ard hour
O'Clock = tn. ior The 'slersaon Of t-Aarsi
81 directors for the ensuing ynag and inf
the transaction Of any other business tina,
may be properly proposed b":orv said
meeting,
c, J. SHARR,sE, Prcs dent,
JAS. r. FCLToS, Secretary.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

>otlcc II hereby svcE Co. al rr~~s.tosv
ard u1trrs ntrrcssad In tte rAsagr of
X ate ra3lraaG. Decreased. that I. 4oen
r NusCgz, administrator ot sal estate
ntrna sn make FINAL settlement Thereof
-: the arr, term oi the Probate repgs ~
hojl5ngrr nsaEnsy, state 81 Missouri TO
tso held at Aagblc iiill OF tte a,a aay ~
August, 1915 j. F. WHITES.
kamAhs+&raseg.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
ProbatcCourt Docket

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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
Lutte SViI'e News

G H Arthur went to ST. Louis
Sunday
Viii Henry went to Jackson on
business Monday.
August Nennineer OF Leopold went
to St, Louis Sunday
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs, Will Lagos
on July IS a daughter
lount's steam swing will be i'll
Lutesville for the picnic
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs II A.
Helder brand July IS. a girl.
H. L. Miller is opening a jewelry
shop in the Odd Fellows hall
Mrs. Dan Rhodes of BessviIIe spent
Saturday with Grandma Murphy
Frank Whitener and family of
Gravelton are here visiting relatives,
Mrs. Henry Lutes of Bleda visited
friends hare from, Friday nn,;I SIM.
day
Miss Susie Davis of BeSSvllle came
jo.,, uonday 70 v,s;, fr;ands = fav,
days.
Ceorae Kprrs If JacLson came nm
Mordoy on hrs;,ass raturn;ns Tpes.
d,y
r 4 WalLar ;s hav;ne rho 6
Chorlas 4ressad ,,;th nav. GOO, of
,o;nt
Mics Nora Hah, , s,uda,, If rho
Como Norno, s,an, Sunday with
homo foILs
Seyero, If tho Iutesvil,a naonle
,,on, an an o,,,;,o for n;cric
u,a,o,a,,
1o-ov pohortso, ro,,,rnad ho,na
from OaL p;daa T,sOdov vbsrs no
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hopse nv less Fnelehart's
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
G. A. SANDER. NJ. n.
Marble Hill. Missouri
Cs Office in drugstore
Administrators Notice

Notice is hereby given that letters Of
administration upon the estate Of James
Cato, deceased have been granted to
the undersigned, by the probate couT; Of
Boilinger county, Missouri. bearing dat.
the 9TH day OF July. 1913. All persons
having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them to me for allow
auce, within siI months from tho date ~
said letters OF they may he prccju3ed
from any hcneh, Of such estate, and II
said claims I've nor exhibited within one
year from the date Of the las. puAhca-
,lon 81 this notice, they shA2, ~ forever
barred
T l. Ann \ lis7it4g. .,y.sf.ar
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

The Fredericktown Democrat
News has started on its 46jh year
and doesn't seem to be any the worse
for its age. Bro, Ferguson is giving the
people of Fredericktown a good, clean
newspaper and deserves a full meas
ure of success. May it add many
more wears to it's usefulness.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
Glen Allen

Mrs. Lee Myrlck jni Mrs. hastings
of LuteSvll have cen visiting their
parents, Mr. ard Mrs. VIM. Brett
Mrs. ). NJ. OIy and little grand
daughter, Miss Lucille Howard, spent
last week in trederl, ktown.
K. Smith departed on the 18th
for Setgt wick, AK, to visit rela-
tiveS an take a long-needed vaca-
ton.
Robert Narca was buried Sunday,
July Is, at the Myers graveyard.
He was one of cur oldest citizens
being 81 years old.
J. N. Site was tranSactine bust
ness here Mo day,
Mr. ard Mrs. H. A. Rhodes have
been visiting relatives in Kentucky.
Mr.. Rhodes expects t. resume work
as fireman out of Charleston soon.
R. 0. Zimmerman tareshed Sl2
bushels of oats from 20 acres Of land
this year Whose country can do
better
Omer LutrS of LuteSville was
transacting business here WedneS-
day.
Frank Limbaugh came in Wednes-
day with his cream. The COW, like
the MISSOURI, stays rlght on the JoO
and had We more of them in this
county our farmers would be more
prosperous
Mr.. and Mrs +, B, Bess of Mar
Quand came down Sunday to visit
Mrs. Bess's parents, Mr., and Mrs. j.,
NJ. Chronister.
Mrs. Ella Pyles of ST. Louis is Wis
ting relatives here this week
Messrs H B. Miller and + +.
Yount of Lodge were shopping in
toNn Wednesday,
t. A. hurry was in town WedneS-
day. He had been over to Burford-
vile to visit his daughter, Mrs
Huskey.
B l.. Minter. merchant at Lodge.
was in town Wednesday after some
goods and reports good crops in his
conmu4a,
Mir and Mrs. q W. Davault were
in TINS vicinity Wednesday. looking
at some real estate. There is no
better place to locate than around
Glen Allen.
Jackson Miller of Latin stopped
few minutes in town Wednesday
to say howdy and tell US of his good
corn--more corn, more hogs and
more prosperity.
MIR. and Mrs Vim. Moore of Flat
woods were ransacting business
here Wednesday
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

Charles King, President
Dan Fish. Cashier
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

ALL DEALERS

ping here Saturday She advised
us that from six ross of potatoes
not over so feet in length they dug
Is bushels.
Rutherford Vance of Cape Girar-
deau, after a short visit in this
vicinity, returned home Saturday.
Lester Henderson of MarQuand
was tranSactin9 business here Sat
urday
r. Mccoy Meyers of BessviIle was
in town Saturday. He informed us
that his brother Effort, was in Colo
RADIO.
Messrs J A. Berry, c Hale n. +
Talent, John II and Elery thinner
man of this place attended Masonic
lodge at Marble iiill Saturday night
Ernest r, Stevens, who has been
sick for some weeks with lnternit-
tent fever is getting along nicely at
this writing. They have trained
nurse from ST Louis His many
friends wish him a speedy and per
manent recovery
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

THE war news, and report Of the
great EaStland disaster at Chicago,
in which more than a thousand lives
were Snufted out, appear on another
page of this paper, as we'll as the
last note to Germany Every citizen
should read the note to Germany.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29

erty this week.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. John Ions
July "a, a girl
Joseph Shrum and wife of Hurri,
cane were trading some here Tues
day
J. |. Rhodes, a prosperous farmer
of Cravelton. was here Tuesday on
business.
Mrs. Nit Stone of Talent came
down SATURDAY. to visit her daughter
Mrs John Loud, a few days.
Mrs John Henley was called to
Clipgard last week to the bedside Of
her mother. who vas reported some
better Wednesday
Robert Eaker and Lucius McLane
went to the country Tuesday IN
some kind of business, probably q
deal in real estate,
Mrs l.. d Hlckam and daughter,
Miss MarSare;, left Friday for Bristol,
Tenn. To visit relatives and old
friends a few weeks,
John Henley motored out 10
Sylvan Ridge church Sunday in his
walkermohlIe. and came home with
a badly hli~tered toe.
One Of our new industries. the
electric egg tester factory has branch
ed out into the manufacture NJ
porch and lawn swings
Miss Lille Dale returned to her
home in Fredericktown Sunday, after
a three weeks visit with relatives
and friends in this city.
Miss MoIlie Limmesman left Tues
day for BeSsviIe 10 visit her mother
before returning to ST. Louis to re-
sumo her position as miilIner
Logan Burferd is building re-
pair shop or garage for automobiles
There will surely he considerable de.
mand for an enterprise OF this kind
in the near future
Mrs d. ". Robertson was called
to Whitewater Tuesday TO be at the
bedside of her nephew. Ernest Ford,
who was whitfield up by three Of
the dredGe boat men.
|. ". Andrews of Hahn was here
Monday, accompanied by his moth
erin law. Mrs, S. +. Jones of Lone
Grove, Ky, who was returning home
after visiting her daughter and
family
The young friends of Miss Sarah
Hahn gave her surprise party
Monday evening, the l4th anniver-
sary of her birthday. and that all
enjoyed the occasion goes without
saying
Mrs Mollie Kinder has been STAY
ing in Lutesville the last two weeks
having DR.. Lagos treat her eyes. but
on account of her mothers health,
who is "a years old, she returned to
her home at Gravel Hill Tuesday.
Jesse f. and Albert johnson. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph johnson Of Cullom,
Ill, came down Tuesday to be at the
bedside of their mother. Mrs. John
johnson of Club creek. They were
accompanied by a nephew, Albert
BeSs.
Charley Lagos and family are
visiting his parents. DR. and Mrs
William Lagos, here a few days.
Charley has been in school at the
Cape Normal some time. and will
teach the ensuing year at East
Prairie.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hughes Of
Grassy were here shopping Saturday.
He says health is good out ~ his
part of the country. gardens fine,
and the people are singing in oil di-
rections and there is life in the Flat
woods again.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
CAPITAL
SURPLUS

Charles King H. u. Vim. Iadd -uGard Dan Firh
Funds secured by burglar National
Screw Door safe with
paid on Time Deposits. Your solicited.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-07-29
IF YOU Want THE BEST, BUY the


McCornnck Morer and Rake
and the Mound City Paint. They stand the test
for they fare the BEST We have car Of fresh
Cement and Lime just arrived.
The canning season Is at hand so call and get
prices on
TIN and GLASS FRUIT CANS
You know our usual low prices such articles
and they low usual this season. For
cheap, cool wa, OF cooking. buy the
New Perfection Oil Stove
OF us. We handle Sash and Doors. >addery and
Harness, Screen Doors and Screen Wire, and
many other goods at the right Kind Of prices.
Lang Farm Wagon for only $1,000
and our line of Buggies can't nc beat The de-
Laval Cream Separator the world Standard
is sold and demonstrated by Us.
ESTES BROTHERS, Marble Hill. Mo
Advance phone No. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
Prisoners of War.

n English officer had his leg torn
6A off by a shrapnel shell during a
desperate engagement at Clary. He
was later taken prisoner by the Ger
mans and removed to one of their field
hospitals for treatment. Subsequently
he was carried from one hospital to
another, until several weeks ago, when,
through the offices of the Dutch gov
eminent, in the exchange of officers rem
dered physically unfit for further serv-
ice in the field, he regained his liberty
and returned to England But before
receiving his freedom he and all
his brother prisoners who were select
ed to be exchanged for German officers
in like dilemma were brought to-
gether at AiX-la-Cha pelle. There they
received a final medical examination.
Then, before being conveyed to Roosen-
daal, Holland, to be handed over to the
Dutch authorities, under whose care
they were until they again reached
English soil, every man, in order to get
his freedom, was required to sign a
declaration to the effect that while a
prisoner of the German government
he had no complaint as to his treatment
either against the government or the
military authorities.
When the English officer asked what
the procedure would be if one should
make a complaint he was told that in
that case he would have to remain SO
that the complaint might be investi-
gated. With their liberty in sight by
accepting certain conditions which in
volved no surrender of honor or princi-
pie on their parts, and only suffering to
be forgotten any grievance they might
have, 1t is little to be wondered al that
the men accepted the conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
Legal Absurdities.

ORD PALMERSTON, when prime
minister, is credited with having
said that the British parliament could
do anything but turn a man into a
woman or a woman into a man." This
ancient legislature can abolish any in
stitution of the country, the throne.
the church. the courts of justice. and
can even extinguish itself. But it is
often unable to make sense" of the
statutes in which it embodies it's au-
thority.
One of the most absurd enactments
to be found in the acts of parliament
is the statute for the rebuilding of a
certain Jail. The bill as originally
drafted provided that prisoners should
be confined in the old Jail until the
new one was built. but in committee
the new prison should be constructed
out of the materials of the old. and the
bill became law before anybody de-
tected the absurdity.
George II, chapter 146," which enacts
that the penalty imposed under it shall
be given. half to the king and half
to the poor of the parish. After the
act had been passed it was discovered
that the penalty which the act pro-
vides is transportation for fourteen
years. The first intention was that
the penalty should be a fine of $500.
On second thought, parliament substi-
tuted a term of penal servitude, but it
forgot to omit the clause providing for
i. the division of the spoils between the
king and his INDECENT subjects.
The Darlington Improvement act of
1872 has a definition" that it would
puzzle the most astute lawyer to ex-
plain. It reads: THE term new build
ing means any building pulled or burnt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
HUMBLE ENTRANCE OF L,ENFANT
HEADQUARTERS.

of the pleasant old homes of George
towns early residents. In the same
neighborhood is Belle Vue, recently set
back from it's original site to make way
for the P street bridge; and while los
ing the pair of picturesque wings in the
fitting, the main portion of the house
and its doorway of striking beauty
were preserved. This mansion is sup
posed to have been built a good ten
years before the signing of the Decla-
ration OF Independence by an English
man, when the estate to which it be-
longed was in the state of Maryland.
1t was subsequently bought by one of
the Maryland CAROLS, who in turn
sold it to Joseph Nourse, register of the
Treasury under John Adams, and held
by the Nourse family until 1920. when
1t was sold to one Whitall. who left it
to his daughter. who married Samuel
Rittenhouse.
1t remained in the Rittenhouse family
for eighty years. when it was sold to
its present owner. Mr.. Howard Hinck-
ley. There is a tradition that Mrs.
Madison made Belle Vue her first haven
when the British burned the White
House and she was forced to flee, but
the President, finding 1t too near the
capital for safety, ordered her to
farther place of safety in Virginia.
Be that as it may. the circular walls
and halls of Bellevue, as gracefully
many features like those Of the Octa-
gon House, which actually did become
the executive residence of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Madison after their re-
turn to Washington to find the White
House unfit for habitation.
A doorway of simple grace and dig
nifty adorns the house, on o street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
Inefficient.
A NEW YORK advertising expert sal,
~ in an address on efficiency in sales

A NEW YORK advertising expert said
~ in an address on efficiency in sales
manship:
"The efficient salesman or saleswoman
never jumps at false or rash conclusions.
There was rather pretty girl taken
on in big provision house the other
day who is very far from the maximum
of efficiency.
AN elderly gentleman got out of his
limousine one morning. entered this girls
department, raised his hat politely and
said:
Good morning. Do you keep dates?'
misunderstanding the questions pur-
port, the pretty girl flushed angriIy and
answered:
Yes. L keep em all right. all right,
but 1. don't make EN- with no old fossils
like YOU"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
National Museum Has Exhibit of
Prehistoric Musical INSTRUMENTS

though the latter is mostly used, be-
cause wood was of no lasting value.
These are from California and Mexico.
The handsome marble fiageolets are
from Mexico.
The whistles of pottery from San
Salvador and Nicaragua come in all
sorts of shapes and designs. One is in
the form of mud turtle, another a
dog and one snake. eoiled on stand.
struments it is proved that the sound
made by prehistoric man of the earli-
est epoch was at least rhythmic and
SO possessed one of the elements of
music. The other Enthusiastically,
dynamics and harmony - followed in
the course of civilization, among some
people at a faster and among others
a slower rate.
E. P. Upham, in charge of the col
lection at the National Museum, has
made life study of musical history.
He says:
The question of the origin of music
has been the subject of controversy
between many philosophers and scien-
lists. but has only resulted in mere
speculations. Some contend that the
cry of an animal in passion was the
fundamental principle of music. Miss
Fletcher in her work on Indian Music
says:
AS to the birth of musical instru-
ments, | cannot even touch upon the
raison d'etre of their invention, but 1
may call attention to their controlling
inf1uence-they have become at length
master of the man who made them.
There is no race or people possessing
theory of music who have not been in
debted to musical instruments for the
means by which their theory has been
worked out. Before the instrument
had been evolved, and man could listen
effectively to his music, during the
long period when his voice was his
only mode of expression, his mind was
not stimulated to make observations
upon the relation of one note to the
other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
Censor Was on the Job.

wv HILE Abdul Hamid was still upon
Wv the throne of Turkey the presi-
dent of the American Missionary Col
lege at Tarsus sent to New York for
large consignment of text books. In
due time all except the chemistries
came safely. AT first the president
could not find out what was the matter,
but finally the commissioner of the port
sent for him.
st is not for you to complain said
that officer, but it is for you to give
thanks to Allah that you did not fol-
low your diabolical books into the
flames. Here is one copy that We
saved for a witness. Not all of its
deadly ciphers could we read, but this
is plain even to the eye of babe
Pointing TO the symbol, H2O, he read
with triumphant air and voice, 'Hamid
II is nothing"