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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
ADVERTISING THE CHURCH.
Encouraging Results Of Publicity Work
at Cedar Rapids. x

Cedar Rapids, March 1.-the value
Of advertising and publicity in general
to church work Is indicated, according
to Abbott Book in a report made pub
lie here today.
The report Of which Mr.. Book is the
author deals with public work con-
Quoted in the interest of the First
Christian church of this city.
According to MIR. Book, the publicity
campaign was started two years ago
when the registered membership Of the
church was less than 400. Today the
membership totals 600. When the cam
paisn started 400 children were regu-
lar attendants at Sunday school. To-
day the Sunday school has a registered
enrolment Of 1900
According to the report, the increase
in member ship of both church and
Sunday school Is due to advertising in
some form. A follow-up system was
devised whereby Investigations were
made of absences in Sunday school and
the truants were brought back at the
earliest possible moment thru COM
munication with their parents. and adj
yertlsement Of the advantages accruing
from Sunday school attendance
come visitors and invite them to re-
turn to church.
A record was kept of the birthdays
Of every member of church and Sun
day school and birthday cards were
sent out by the hundreds.
The prospective member was care
fully watched and the follow-up sys-
tenn put In use in connection with it.
The relief department of the church
thru card index system kept}a con-
slant check on poverty in Cedar Rap
ids and on the amount and nature of
relief rendered. a..
A church paper was printed and ad-
vertising FOL, It solicited. only from
members OF the church. The paper. Is
issued every Sunday morning sand dis
tributed aftersthe, church service. Ac-
cording to Mr., Book advertisers found
the paper one of the most valuable
advertising mediums in the community,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
habit Is bTok en- nearly ell associates.
diseases without LESSONS caused by
alcohol disappear"
I Cthsr Addraasae 89s&e

habit Is broken nearly ell asseciate,Ji
diseases without LESSONS caused by
alcohol disappear"
Other Addresses.
DIR. r. r. Lierle, of Marshalltown,
spoke on Physical Defects and Their
Relation to Health and Disease He
declared that physical deficiency Is
merely another term for physical In
feriority. showing that something is
lacking which Is necessary to establish
and maintain normal state. Such
deficiency, he said, may be remediable
and returned to normal condition and
thus be brought about Or it may be
allowable and thus for time be sup
pressed. Or perhaps it may be in a
minor percentage Of cases lrremediable
and thus constitute O permanent alb
normality ~ ''.'.
L. w. Forman, chief of the soils de-
partment at the Iowa State College,
discussed the subject of principles
Underlying Soil Fertility In Iowa" He
declared that Ipwa's soils are not in
eXhaustible, that the amount Of phos-
phorus in our soils is not large, and
that we are drawing on 1t year by yea"
thru crop yields and that this element
must be supplied to all soils sooner or
later. T~
'On soils long cropped we find with
out exception almost. a serious short
age of lime" said Professor Forman.
Both the teaching from the cultivated
soil and the demand made by bacterial
activities and plant growth has caused
this deficiency. The excess of acids
from long continued decomposition ha )
then gained the ascendency, and mus,
be neutralized before the iegumes can
produce their highest efficiency.
Limestone rneutraliZes an acid soil.
Calcium in solution never rises toward
the surface. For this. reason frequent
applications Of limestone should be
used. Two or three tons per acre once
in the rotation should be an adequate
amount" -..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
a Belle Piains Woman Dies.
acial TO Timer RAniihliran.

Special 10 Tlmes- RepubIiCAn.
Belle PLANE. March l4.--Mrs. Hannah
Kepner died at O'clock Sunday morn
ing at her home In the southwest part
Of town, She kept house for her son,
James! <
Mrs. Kepner was one OF the pioneer
residents Of this county. She would
have been 81 years old n July, n,
She leaves four dAl4ht1rR and two
sohsi to mourn the l0Ss III ra loving
mother. The funeral services will be
held at the home OF her dalght4r,, Mrs..
Eugene Palmer. Sir, ot, South Erseilttfs i,
avenue WedhesdSy fnofnlnG. tntefmSnt
will be at the Kosxta csmStery ST. the
side OF her huebaSad Who died several
years az b. IL II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
FARM TRACTOR EXHIBITION.
National Association tos,Fix, Date sard
Place Of Demonstrati6ns.,

Cedar Rapids, March 14r-A. E.Hilde-
brand, manager Of the National Trac-
tor Farming Association and = repre-
sentative Of the. executive committee
iof that association. in an announce
ment here today said meeting Of the
committee. would be sheld4very soon to
decide on a time and placefto hold the
annual farm tractor demonstration.
Des MoiMes and Cedar 9Rapld DIS thus far
are the only candidates forSthe demon-
stration.$, Mn. ~ - 60 ~ il r., =
About 1000 acres are, REQUIRED for
the demonstration land a special train
of Atty freight cars is to be brought
from Fremont, Neb.. with one Of the
exhibits. The demonstration also will
sinclude exhibits of road making ma
chipegy sand all kinds, Of farm ma
ehineF ysswhich is, %or can be, motor
s directors OF the association plan to
entertain $4,000 persons at the next
DEMONSTRATION. -. -, s. ,-..-tSS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
~ a. PHI ----------. Slt
BUILDING At HELMoND.

Fine Public Strueturss on Improvement
n$as Sg Program For 1916. >.
Special to Times Republican.
Belmohd, March 14.---Belmond pos
Sibly may boast OF more improvements
IN the line OF public building for the
yeat, 1916 than any other town of It's
population In the state. J5SSg5 lss "a
tAt present Belmond has q $4,000
city hall under construction and Will
school house and a $4,000 Carnegie IL
brary. It also has city mail delivery
which is rather unusual sor towns CT
rs size. III ~ <
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
SPIRITED SCHOOL ELECTION.
William HardcastIe Defeats I. CoIl''
For Director at Iowa Falls.


For Director at Iowa Falls.
Special to Times-Republican. ....
Iowa Fails, March 14.-At one OF the
hottest school elections held in this
city in years, 627 votes were polled'
william IIardcastle, for director, won
over F.. L. Coils by a. majority OF
thirty mine votes. Sumner J. Osgood'
cashier of the Peoples Trust & Saw
ings Bank, was elected treasurer with
out opposition. Coils would ,have~had
no opposition for director but for the
injection Of personalities into the cam
paign by some Of his supporters. This
aroused objections to the methods used
and precipitated one of the bitterest
campaigns the city has seen in years.
Mr.. Hardcastle was brought out by OPP
ponents Of such methods and the fight
was made on this issue rather than on
Mr. Coils personally, to whom none
objected at the outset.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
Results at Ames.

Special 70 Times- RepuDIlcah' - -
Ames, March a. - F, w. Beckman
won to over Thomas Thompson for
the three-year, term for school director.
Dr. C. NJ Proctor was elected director
for the one-year term. Farley Sheldon
was chosen school treasurer.
Woman suffrage showed peculiar
turn. The proposition to spend 5000
for the Identification Of the school
grounds carried. but the women were
against it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14

Swallowing q piece of dry bread or
cracker If fishbone is lodged In the
throat Is good remedy, hut the acid
from q lemon slowly sucked and avail.
lowed will dissolve the bono to jelly
SO that 1t vii! clip down essi!y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14

n earn his fee by alone making
the radiator heating outfit
cost you nothing, through
emitting from the plans the
extra chimneys, needless man.
tells, useless inner doors,
double window sash, weather
strips, storm doors, etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
<erundv Vote. to Sell Old School.
,ao..nan Win. at Bancroft.

Bancroft, March lar. l.. Rossman
was elected school director here by a
majority Of to 1 over his oppnent on
an issue involving the expenditure OF
$4,000 for a new school building. Mr.
Rossman stood for the proposition and
his victory was so large as to be sur
prising even to his friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
Architects study h-
ture ualues for you

Those who build hope for
the neiehborhood to improve
and value to increase. The
architect helps you to study
keenly the future of the
locality. He will prove to
you that property modernized
with IDEAL Boilers and
AMERICAN Radiators will
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
SCHOOL ELECTION
RESULTS IN VARIOUS
CITIES AND TOWNS

Special to Times Republican. -
Belle PLANE, March 14.-School elec>
ton was held to elect one director IN
the place of Solly Wertheim. whose
term expires, ,and one treasurer. The
number of ovtes cast was 612 the larg-
est vote for school election for several
years. There were three candidates
in the field for director. The vote was:
A. A. Carlson, 276; w. A. Mall, 2s7;
Frank Halopek, SO. Thomas Lawrence
received 426 votes for treasurer. Mr..
Lawrence has been treasurer for sew
eral years and had no opposition.
<Grundy Votes to Sell Old School.
Special to Times Republican.
Grundy Center March IA. - AT the
school election there were 1872 votes
cast, of which w. G. Strack received
10s and f. Fl. Dodd received 72; Ths
proposition to authorize the school,
school to dispose Of the old school
house carried by a large vote. This ~
one Of the largest votes ever cast here
at a school election and the issue wa
pretty thoroughly understood by the
voters. Mr.. Dodd did not seek re- cleo
ton as a director but he was put forth
by his friends anyway.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-09


bank failure. Their son had come to
BUrren He was only a poor clerk
in a store there, but he invited them
to join him. Alas! when they got to
Burrel they found he had died of a
malignant fever. All he had to leave
them was the rude cabin and ten
acres of surrounding land. There
was digging at one end Of it, where
in his spare time the son had at
tempted to penetrate the surface
crust on the strength of a wandering
prospectOr telling him that there
were indications"
LeOnie supported her old friends.
She did this by baking bread-sim-
pie, sweet and wholesome homemade
bread. There were perhaps so indie
pendent miners who lived in the Vi
cinity. They kept bachelors hall and
were only too willing to pay rs cents
for a daily loaf This meant a de-
pendable income, but LeOnie felt bad
ly because it did not give the old
folks the comforts they deserved.
She devoted her leisure to wander
my ONGI IllC 1cllSC III oCd4 I'll VI bOLllG
overlooked bed of richness. This
was how she came to be in the old
abandoned mine that day.
IF l were a man." she reflected,
as she went homewaTd, ''and had the
strength, I'd stick to the old digging
on the home lot. I'd bore and shovel
until I got results if. went clear to
China! Oh, dear! When I see the
dear old folks just pining away for
the old home life in the east I almost
go wild at my helplessness."
There was a little garden sass"
patch behind the cabin and Leonie
attended to this. She was hoeing
some sweet corn rows next morning
when a stranger passed. He halted !
at sight of her.
Young lady," he said, lifting his |
cap politely, 81 am to meet some men
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-09

respectful manner in which he aC-4
cOsted her pleased Leonie.
81 think l could tell you something
to your advantage if you are looking
for an investment in the property
you name" said LeOnie, after a brief
moment of reflection.
Indeed smiled the young man.
1T would be gratefully received, for
l am what they call a tenderfOOt."
Leonie recited her experience Of
the day preceding. The young man
became grave and thoughtful.
81 thank you for your warning"
he said earnestly, "and l don't think
those men will sell me the Wenat4
chez mine. am open for any prom
Using gold prospect, though" he
said.
The salters never learned who had
steeTed their victim away from their
evil clutches, but LeOnie saw more
of Shelby Roberts, the young man
looking for investments for his uncle
in the east. Somehow a sweet wild
rose in the wilderness, LeOnie had
appealed to him. She greeted him
as an agreeable acquaintance as the
days went on. He learned her his
tory and was interested.
One morning LeOnie was leaving
the house when a bTOnzed, bearded
great bear of a fellow arose from the
doorstep, where he had been seated.
Beg pardon, miss" he said in his
rough way, but I was just resting.
I was an old pal of Ben Dorsey and
was shocked last evening when I
heard ne was dead. l thought I'd
drop by the old place here on my
way over the range and take a look
at the prospect Dorsey expected
such great returns from"
You mean the digging back of
the house," inquired LeOnie
Just that. There's richness lying
under the soil and not far down,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
Genuine sardines.

Genuine sardines are the young Of
the pilchard. Their name comes from
the fact that they are most numerous
of the coast OF Sardinia. They swim
in the spring in shoals containing mil
li6ns-fish shaped shoals ten miles long
and a half mile wide. The sardines are
netted and taken at once to the shore.
There they are washed, scraped and
sprinkled with salt. The salt is soon
removed, the heads and gills cut of
and there is another washing. Then,
on beds of green brush, the fish are
dried in the sun. Next they are boiled
in olive oil till cooked thoroughly. The
packers-women always take them
now and pack them in the tin boxes
we all know, filing up each box with
boiling Oil, fitting on the lid and max
ing the box air tight by soldering the
Joints together with a Jet of hot steam.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
A Seat In Parliament.

Lord Chesterfield in 1867 lamented
the increased price Of seats in the Brit
ish parliament. There was a boom In
trade, and prices went up. Chester
field was ambitious for his son, and
when Chatham's promise Of seat
came to nothing he went marketing.
And he failed to find single bargain.
II spoke to a borough jobber," he
wrote to his son, land offered five and
twenty hundred pounds for secure
seat in parliament, but be laughed at
my offer and said there was no such
thing as borough to be had now, for
the rich East and West Indians had
secured them all at the rate of $4,000
at least, but many at "a, 600 and two or
three that he knew at $4,000 This,
confess, has vexed me good deal"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
Spain as ! Republic.

Isabella II. when thirteen years old
was declared of age by the cortes in
1916, and after stormy reign of TWEEN
ty-fiye years was deposed by revolu-
ton which began in the feet on Sept.
IS, 1868, and was joined by the garri-
SON and city of Cadiz and by nearly
all Of Spain during the month. A pro
visional government was established
and Marshal Serrano was made regent.
The cortes voted for monarchy on
May 81, 1869. and after several offers
Of the throne had been refused it was
finally accepted by Amadeus. duke of
Aosta, who was proclaimed king on
Nov. Z, 1870.
After an uncomfortable reign he alb
dicated In 1878 and was succeeded by
another republic, which lasted for two
years. when Alfonso XII. son OF
Queen Isabella and father Of the pres
ent king. was elevated to the throne.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
. Artificial lndioo.

Artificial indigo owes much Of its
commercial success to an accident AL
though synthetic indigo was first pro-
duced in 1870, it did not become Sc
riOus rival to the natural article I'M
til a thermometer was accidentally
broken and the contents Of the bulb
ran into the heated mixture of naph-
thalene that was all too slowly being
converted into phthalic acid. the basis
of artificial indigo. 1t was then OBJ
served that the conversion became
much more rapid. and from that day
the use of mercury has played big
part in making artificial indigo com.
mercial success. The accident occur
red after years of patient research.
and it is now the boast Of chemists
that they are able to produce on a
commercial basis compound exactly
the same"sas natural indigo London
Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
The Reuss Henrys.

For 700 years every prince Of the
house of Reuss has been christened
Henry. with a distinguishing numeraI,
but the task of Identifying them is rem
dered doubly difficult owing to the ex-
istence of two branches, each of which
has a different system of Enumeration
The elder line begins the numbering
anew after each batch Of 100 Henrys.
whereas the younger line goes by the
centuries, numbering it's princes as the,
are born from l. upward through each
complete hundred years. The terrific
ries Of the two branches comprise lit
tie more than 400 square miles. divided
into Reuss-S chleiz- Gera and Reuss-
Greiz. For centuries the Montenegro
of the Germanic countries. both
branches Joined the German confedera.
ton in 1915. but the elder line iReuss-
Greiz) sided with Austria in 1866. and
the principality narrowly escaped be.
ing Incorporated with Prussia. West.
minister Gazette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
Erederiek .ha eraat,. Joke.

Among the embellishments which
Berlin owes Ia Frederick the Great the
new palace" is tile most conspicuous.
This magnificent building was erected.
1t is said 10 show Frederick's enemies
that his many wars had not exhausted
his exchequer. And further to show
his contempt for the countries which
had sought to crush him at the top Of
the cupola he placed a group of three
women dancing together. the figuring
representing Catherine the Great. Ma
ria Theresa and Mime. de PompadOur.
The wrath of the two expresses was
unbounded at finding themselves de-
picted in such an attitude and such
company. so Frederick was able to con-
graduate himself ON a thoroughly sue
cessful joke.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
ZULU ELEPHANTS ALL GONE.
Not One Left In the Land That Used
20 BE Their Paradise.

Not One Left IN the Land That Used
20 BE Their Paradise.
There is not a single elephant left In
the whole OF Zuluiand, a country that
was once a veritable paradise for the
ponderous animals, The last of them,
once a mighty creature, was found
dead some time ago on farm on the
banks of the Unfolozi river, where he
had lived since the early part Of the
reign OF the great Chief Cetewayo.
An immense herd once roamed the
Dugugugu forest and along the Info
lozi, but it was diminished by inces-
SAINT hunting until Cetewayo one day
finally drove it away forever. The chief
used to make medicine of certain por-
tons of their bodies.
On the occasion referred to he organ
lied a mighty drive in which two ele-
plants were killed and many wounded.
One of the latter turned and trampled
one of his pursuers to pulp. 1t was
this animal, which was captured then,
whose death marked the vanishing of
the animals from the country. The re-
mainder of the herd broke away, and
thereafter none Of them was seen again
In Zululand.-N York Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
Learning His Lesson.

The man whose house was next door
was scraping an acquaintance with the
man who had just moved in.S
II see you have an automobile" he
said. II suppose you will use the barn
as garage"
Eyes; | expect to use it as a ga
rahzh," responded the new neighbor.
This held him for a minute or two,
and then he made another overture.
"The man that lived here last year,
he said. fused his back yard as cab
bahzh patch. ~ Pittsburgh Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
Doctors Remedy For Coughs

AS a cure for coughs and colds
DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey combine
these remedies in just the right pro-
portion to do the most good fol
summer coughs or colds. A trial
Will prove the value of this splendid
cough medicine. DR.. Bells Pine
.Tar-Honey soothes the irritation
stops your cough, kills the cold
germs and does you world OF
good A 25c.. bottle will more than
convince you-it will stop your
cough. At druggists. 3
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-16
PROTECT YOURSELF IN BUYING
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED.
c. p. SMITH,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Last year several farmers made the
mistake of buying seed. of crimson
clover that was not properly tagged
as to notwithstanding the germin-
alton test entirely, or without the date
when the test was made. Were you
one of them? Every lot Of bushel or
more Go pounds after October 1st)
should be labeled to show as much
information as: Termination 80 per
cent, tested June, 1916"
One lot of seed sampled last sum
mer by the seed inspector was tagged
SO per cent germination-no date
given. The sample was secured Au-
gust 81 and our test of month later,
about as soon as the lot could have
been planted in the field and there
judged, showed termination value of
S2h per cent; December test later.
24h per cent.
The prospect for crimson (scarlet)
clover seed for 1915 is very poor: linn
tied supplies and correspondingly high
prices, some low purities and especi-
ally low termination. If you MUST
have crimson clover seed regardless
of cost and quality, do not risk buying
seed that is offered you without the
termination as shown by RECENT
test. g, April. May, or June, 1916.
II the termination is given as SO per
cent, SOW twice as thick as you usu-
ally do; If rs per cent, sow fully four
times as thick as with good seed.
II you desire more recent or con-
firmative test. send fair sample d.
rect to the State Seed Laboratory. Col
lege Park. While the complete lahora-
tory test takes four days, the second
day or first count is commonly suffi-
cient to judge the general germinative
value of the stock. When requested.
the report will be based upon this first
count. KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
PLANTING.