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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-04-27
THE MAIL. ORDER HOUSES rEN
COMMANDMENTS

You shall sell Your farm
products for cash when
ever YOU can. but not to
us. We do not buy from
You shall believe our state
ments and buy all you need
from us. because we want
to he good To you, al
though we are not person.
ally acquainted with YOU.
You shall send the money
i'm advance, to give us a
chance to- get the goods
from the factory with your
money; meanwhile you
will have to wait patiently
Il few weeks, as that is our
business method.
you shall apply to your
nearest city to aid you in
The building of good roads
so you can conveniently
get the goods from the de-
pot, for we do not build
country roads.
You shall buy church bells
and church fixtures from
us. and forward the money
i'm advance, for this is our
bushes method. and you
shall collect from the
business men in your
vicinity, as much money as
you can for the benefit Of
you churches. as it is
against our rules TO do
.alc for building country
churches.
You shall buy Your tools
from us and be your own
mechanic, in order to
drive the mechanics from
yonr vicinity, for we wish
il so.
You shall induce your neigh
hors to buy everything
from us, as we have room
for more money--the less
money there is in your
community the sooner we
can put your local mer-
chants out of business and
charge you any price we
please.
you shall look often at the
beautiful pictures in our
raialog, SO your wishes
wll increase, and so you
will sendin big order, al
though you are not in i'm
mediate need of the goods,
otherwise you might have
some money left to buy
some necessary goods
from your local merchant.
You shall have the mer-
chants who repair the
goods YOU buy from us
book the bills so you car
send the money for their
labor to us for new goods
otherwise they will not
notice our Influence.
lou shall in case of sick
ness or need. apply To your
local dealer for aid an6
credit, as we do not know
YOU or care TO
QUALITY. AND
DE- III. Buy AT FANGERS.
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Fine Home for Sale.

One OF the best and most con-
venient resident properties in
Missouri Valley can now be pur-
chased at great bargain Ten
room house with hot wafer heat,
modern hath; small cottage, barn
and garage on rear loi Terms
to suit hnyer. Moving to Omaha
only reason for selling. Fine
player piano almost new for sale
cheap. Dr.. S. r. Devore.
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RIVER CONTINUES TO
SWALLOW FARMS.

Mondamln. Ia. April 26.Thn
Missouri river south and west. of
town Is emitting worse than il has
for some time What was known
as he MOrearcid"c farm of 100
ACRES and which now belongs to
IA man BY the name Of Taylor of
about ten acres and that is fast
disappearing Taylor is now here
trying to dispose of the buildings
on The place but if he does not
succeed i'm selling them at once
he viii have to move them to safe
ground
r. H. Weldon. who lost the
greater part of his farm last
year. has purchased lots in town
and if the river continues to cut
will soon be compelled to move
his buildings. OF 100 acres OF
1.-The best land which Weldon had
two years ago. only about thirty
acres remain and that is fast dis
appearing.
The Community circle of the
/ Mondamin consolidated school
will hold its meeting Friday even
ing. April %. at which time the
male members are TO serve lunch
Heon a program is being pre-
ipared and good time is antic-
ipaled
Phil SiIsby and Jack Fitzger-
aid Of Omaha spent Saturday anG
Sunday at the f,ilsby home.
Mondamin will do some build
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TT. Dodge Elks are planning 20
erect new home.
Iowa postmasters will meet in
Des Moines May 3.
Fl. Madison is already planning
a safe and sane Fourth Of July.
Michael Ryan died at Nashua
lacking but few days of 100
Years.
Knoxville's asphalt pavement
will be repaired to the extent OF
81, 900.
Knoxville sold its new $4,000
school bonds at q prcmius OF ST.
500.
The first session of the new
Oclwein city council was opened
with prayer.
Traer will pave nearly a mile
iof streets this year at cost of
Iabout $4,000.
The estate of former Congress-
man Hepburn OF Clarinda is VAL
ucd at s25O,OOO.
Gypsum mill employees at Fort
Dodge have mad their pay in
lcreascd PIG cents an hour.
/ Four men were severely injured
at Essex when the front Of o
building collapsed.
I A 3-ycar-old son Of Howard T.
Meier of Perry was kicked to
death by colt.
I The cattle barns of William
Bear, near Cedar Rapids, burned
with a loss Of $4,000.
/ AlOis Reinsch of Boone died Of
heart trouble while kneeiing 1I
morning prayer.
Ten tires on different autdmo-
|biles were slashcd at Waterloo
lcausing damage Of $500.
l H. is estimated that the pfinl-
|arirs and elections held i'm lnW;
lthis gear will cost S92O.00O.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William .Avrt ~
! Albion celebrated the siNty-srr-
ond anniversary OF their marriage
4 Frank P. Porter, publisher o.
1.-THE Mt. Pleasant Republican, dice
after an illness OF one day.
| A 81, 200 power pressure stree
:, fluShrr has been purchased by thu
Sheldon city council.
I a Shenandoah grocer was iinet
5000 and costs for selling lemon
Icxtract TO an habitual drunkard
Harold Swanson fell down
wei. forty-fve feet and thel
plunged under twenty feet o
water. He was rescued.
The total enrolment at tn
state university at Iowa City i
2. 289. of which onc-third are Wo
men.
A three ton hosting machine a
burlington fell upon and kille
Thomas X. Young, aged 60.
Former Alderman Jos. Schultz
aged 90 years, died at Iowa Cit,
He was struck by an automobile
Miss Anna Henselman, aged a!
died fro mcarbolic aicd take
with suicidal intent on account O
i'll health.
An infant child of James Pes
tier at Danison was fatally in
|jurcd by bring run over by de
livery wagon.
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HYMEMEAL.
Howe-Brock.

Logan, Ia. April 26.-Miss
Blanche Brock. we'll known school
teacher and daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Brock of Logan, was
to Claude Howe of De-
iiance. Ia. by the Rev. Marvin O..
of tho Christian church
al Logan sunday evening.
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Dirt for Sale.

I expect To have in the near
future several hundred loads OF
dirt to sell. Any one who is To-
Gated close To the paving district
and wants any of This dirt will
save money by figuring With me
for same.
m2ttf NEWTON PAVING co.
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Gard of Thanks.

We wish To thank out friends
and ncighbors for their thought
fitness and help in this time OF
our deep sorrow.
C.. j. LEsLINE. AND FAMILY.
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prs. Gamble and Gamble.
ostsopaths Sixth St.
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"up-To-THE-MINuTE"
CEMENT BLOCKS
STEAM CURED AND WATER

We have a complete stock Of
these blocks at all times. You
cannot afford to overlook our list
in case you are In the market for
anything Of this kind.
HARRY q. NEWTON,
Lumber and Coal Dealer.
SamI. Holmes, Mgr.
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cumWlNs PILED UP
Ao,2ss VOTES ~ IOWA

Dcs Moines, la. April 26.--Iowa
executive council completed the
canvas OF the results of the prnsi-
Genital preference primary held
April 10. The figures show the
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weighs 1o2 Pounds.

The boy wonder. as he is called,
certainly is q wonder. Eight men
cannot pull his hands apart once
this 02-pOund boy puts them to-
gether. lis is a puzzle to physi-
clans and mystery to all. This
act must be seen to be appreciat-
led. Sixteen men of united
strength cannot, il is said. push
Abbott against the wall He is
billed as the wonder of wonders.
Modern Miracles and Tests.
Georgia Abbott is a boy of cdu-
cation, refinement and character,
and gives performance both
moral and marvellous that can be
appreciated by all. There is
plenty of fun mixed in it, too. The
lcxhibition consists of modern
miracles and new and startling
tests Of his incXplicable, phcnom.-
email and mighty force.
| What He Will Do.
When the boy wonder, who will
appear on the elevated stage on
1.-THE streets OF Missouri Valley SAT :
lnrday afternoon and evening.
iplaccs his hands on the flesh an
tS-year-old child the child cannot
be lifted. Two boys holding
hands canot be pulled apart when
FGeOrgie Abbott places his finger
ltips ON their hands. The strong :
lest man in the audience cannot
HIT him from the floor. He lifts
men in niidair by placing open
hands on their heads. Four men
strive in vain To hold pole Ia
4tte floor with the heaviest man
tseatnd upon it while he lifts il
from the floor by laying his hands
1agafnst it.
I Al In the Open.
/ All OF. these and many other
tstrange and startling feaiS Will
HE accomplished i'm Missouri Val :
llay Saturday afternoon and even
ling by Abbott under full investi-
cation. The boy wonder comes
highly recommended and the mer-
chants of tho VALLEY say that
every man. woman and chilC
within driving distance of Tho
Valley will be missing Il sensation
iif they do not sec George Abbott
The entire exhibition is free. fire.
free. Saturday afternoon ant
evening.
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cote as follows:
For President
\. II. Cummins, rep. .io.258
Wilson, dem, ..............-...3t ,585
Roosevelt, rep, ........-... ease
Roosevelt, prog, ............- 40
Hughes, rep, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1884
Wilson had the Iowa democratic
field to himself. There were 1io
persons who wrote in the name
of w. J. Bryan and forty-two who
wrote in the name of Henry Ford.
Roosevelt's name was written
III by Al progressive voters and
llr gets the Iowa progressive dele
Cation.
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Missouri Valley Hospital.
Or. Hlese Physician in Charge
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-04-27

Or. a. Il. koingmacher.
Physician and Surgeon. -.
State Savings Bank Building.
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B.L.DOYLE

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Graduate of Iowa State Coilsee
Office in South Building. corner
Third and Erie.
Phone IS, Day or Night.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

gave him chance? How do you know
he hasn't some age-something
to say that might make the world just
little bit happier or wiser? I'm not
speaking as doctor now. But tell you
one thing l know: If you take him
down there you'll kill something that
feel is in him. and it's finer, think
than his physical body. and you'll kill
it deader than door-naill And so
why not let it live? You've about
come to the end of your string, old
fellow. Why not stop this perpetual
devilish fighting and give Bibbs his
CHANGER
Sheridan stood looking at him fixed
ly. What 'ightingY"
"Yours--with nature" Quincy sus-
tanned the daunting gaze of his fierce
antagonist equally. You don't seem
to understand that you've been strug-
Cling against actual law"
what lawT
Natural law" said Quincy. what
do you think beat you with Edith 7
Did Edith, herself, beat you? Didn't
she obey without question something
powerful that was against you? Edith
wasn't against you, and you weren't
aginst her, but you set yourself against
the power that had her in its grip, and
1t shot out a squirt of fiame--and won
in walk! What's taken Roscoe from
you? Timbers bear just so much
strain, old man; but you wanted to
send the load across the broken bridge,
and you thought you could bully or
coax the cracked thing into standing.
Well, you couldn't! Now here's Bibbs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

an institution. and II come pretty meas
bein' the beatin' heart o. this town In
its time. Well. that ole man used to
pass one O. these here turned-gp-nose
and turned-up- pants cigarette boys on
the streets. Never spoke to him.
Tracy didn't. Speak to him? God.
he wouldn't "a coughed on him! He
wouldn't "a let him clean the cuspi-
doris at the bank! Why, II he'd "a just
seen him standin' in front the bank
he'd "a had him run off the street. And
yet all Tracy was doin' every day of
his life was workin' for that cigarette
boy! Tracy thought he was givln
his life and his life-blood and the
blood Of his brain for the bank, but
he wasn't. 1t was every bit--from
the time he went in at seventeen till
he died in harness at eighty three
| It was every last lick Of It just
slavin' for turnedup nose. turned
up-pants cigarette boy. And Tracy
didn't even know his name! He died
not ever havin' heard it. though he
chased him off the front steps of his
house once. The day after Tracy died
his old-maid daughter married the
cigarette-and there amt any Tracy
bank any more! And now"-his voice
rose again-"and now got cigarette
| son-in-laww
Quincy pointed to the fiourishing
right hand without speaking, and Sheri-
dan once more returned 1t to the sling.
"My son-in-law likes Florida this
| winter" Sheridan went on. That's
/ good, and my son-in-law better enjoy
it, because 1 don't think he'll be there
| next winter. They got twelve thou
sand dollars to spend. and hear IT
can be done in Florida by rich sons.in-
law. When Roscoe's woman got me to
| spend that much on porch for their
new house, Edith wouldn't give me a
minutes rest till turned over the
same to her. And she's got 1t, besides
what l gave her to go east on. It'll
be gone long before this time next
year. and when she comes home and
leaves the cigarette behind-for good
she'll get some more. My name amt
Tracy, and there amt goin' to be any
Tracy business In the Sheridan family.
And there amt goin' to be any college
foundln' and endowin' and trusteein',
nor God-knows-what to keep my prop
erty alive when I'm gone! Edith'll
be back, and she'll get girls share
when she's through with that cigarette.
l huf-b
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CHAPTER XIV.

There was sleet that evening, with a
whooping wind. but neither this storm
nor that other which so imminently
threatened him held place in the con-
seriousness of Bibbs Sheridan when he
came once more to the presence Of
Mary. All was right in his world as
he sat with her, reading Maurice Mae
terlinck's "Alladine and Palomides."
And while the zinc eater held out to
bring him such golden nights as these,
all the kings horses and all the kings
men might not serve to break the
spell.
Bibbs read slowly, but In a reason
able manner, as If he were talking;
and Mary, looking at him steadily
from beneath her curved fingers. APP
peared to discover no fault. 1t had
grown to be her habit to look at him
whenever there was an opportunity.
1t may be said, In truth, that while
they were together, and 1t was light,
she looked at him all the time.
When he came to the end Of "Alla-
dine and Palomides" they were silent
little while, considering together;
then he turned back the pages and
said:
there's something / want to read
over. This:
You would think / threw a window
open on the dawn. She has soul
that can be seen around her-that takes
you In its arms like an ailing child and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20
CITY BEAUTIFUL BY NIGHT
Stockholm Always at Its Best When
Viewed After Darkness, is Opin.
ion Of Travellers.

The best time to get your first look
at Stockholm is by night. AS you
come up the channel you see. the town
all traced and fringed with chains Of
light. The ordinary illumination OF
the Stockholm streets and Quays
makes them look as though the city
were decorated for fair. They are
lavish users of electric light in Swe.
den. to Judge by the capital.
Their favor seems to shine on any
thing that works by wire. Take the
telephone, for instance. Without COM
piling statistics, it is pretty safe
bet that there are more telephones
per capita in Stockholm than in any
other town on earth. They have APP
parently more phones than any city
needs and then again as many on top
of that. The latter circumstance is
due to an inscrutable arrangement
which works long and short distance
calls on a different system. Instead
of one phone in your room, you have
two. Where an ordinary municipality
has one phone booth, Stockholm dou-
bles, The town is sort of monument
to Alexander Graham Bell
The most imposing structure, OF
course, is the telephone exchange. AT
ter that comes the royal palace. a
huge and beautiful building that enter
tanned twenty royal families of Eu-
rope at the same time In the days
when royal families were on speaking
terms. Nowadays, they are not send
Sweden is devoting her leisure mo-
ments to being neutral and as she is
much closer to the storm center than
we are, she has a CORRESPONDENCE
harder time of it.
Not far from the palace is the par.
Lament building. There is only one
man on earth who may not cross the
threshold of this structure. That man
is the king of Sweden. When the king
wants to talk to the houses he sends
for them. as at the beginning of each
session.
Stockholm has particularly beauti.
full natural setting, with her many
satellite islands, her big lake and her
wooded suburbs. The people are
cheerful and fresh-looking and ener-
getic. The Norseman is an apparent
contradiction of the law that says ma.
lions must grow old. He set the world
by the ears 1000 years ago and today
his racial force seems running high as
ever.
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orlqlnaI Sea serpents.

The National museum at Washing
ton contains notable display of the
bones of several species of extinct
mammals which, II seen alive in the
ocean, would be called huge sea ser
penis They were carnivorous, and
their, long, slender jaws were armed
with formidable teeth. Although a
few remaining individuals of the group
may have given actual basis for the
sea-serpent stories, these extinct ami
mails were not reptiles, but mammals
which, like the whale and seal and
otter, had happened to evolve in an
aquatic environment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20
The !: Turmoil
j BOOTH HARRINGTON
Copyright lsl5, by Harper d Brothers,

It now. l couldn't, IL l went down
there with you. I'd be swallowed into
1t. l don't care for money enough
to"
mo-" his father interrupted, still
dangerously quiet. you've never had
to earn living Anybody could tell
that by what you say. Now, let Inc
remind you; you're sleepin' in pretty
good bed; you're eatln' pretty fair
food; you're wearin' pretty fine
clothes. Just suppose one o. these
noisy housekeepers-me, for instance
decided to let you do your own house
keepin'. May / ask what your propo-
sition would be?"
"I'm earning nine dollars a week"
said Bibbs, sturdily. sits enough.
shouldn't mind at ALL"
who's payin' you that nine dollars
week.
"My work. Bibbs answered. sand
I've done so well on that clipping ma
chine l believe could work up to IF
teen or even twenty a week at another
job. could be fair plumber In q
few months, I'm sure. I'd rather have
trade than be In business should,
infinitely
"You better set about learnin' one
pretty dam quickw But Sheridan
struggled with his temper and again
was partially successful in controlling
Il. "You better learn trade over Sun
day, because you're either goin' down
with me to my Office Monday morn
ing--or-you can go to plumbingw
"All right" said Bibbs, gently. 81
can get along"
Sheridan raised his hands sardon-
ically. as in prayer. 20 Cod" he said,
"this boy was crazy enough before
he began to earn nine dollars a week,
and now his moneys gone to his head!
Can't you do nothin' for him?" Then
he flung his hands apart, palms out.
ward, in a furious gesture of dismis-
sal. sect out o. this rooml YOU got
skull that's thicker'n a whales
thigh-bone, but it's cracked spang all
the way across! You're cracked! Oh
but got fine layout here! One son
died, one quit, and ones a loon! The
looms all got left! Well, mister, loon
or no loon, cracked and crazy or what
ever you are, I'll take you with me
Monday morning, and I'll work you
and learn you-yes' and I'll lam you
IL got to-untitl I've made something
out of you that's fit to be called Q
business man! I'll keep at you while
I'm able to stand, and If have to lay
down to die I'll be whisperin' at vol
till they get the embalmin' fluid int
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SYNOPSIS.

The Sheridan family, 'self-made" rich.
the fashionable part of Middle West
city In order that the womenfelk might
get acquainted with the best people. !"
Old Man Sheridan is business leader OF
the community. His son Jim Is killed ac-
cidentaily. His son Roscoe takes to drink
because Mrs. Roscoe flrts with Bobby
Iainhorn, aristocratic rake, who wants
delicate in body, poet at heart works in
q machine shop because the old man
thinks he hasn't enough sense to be a
sousiuess member OF the firm. Next door
ito the Sheridans live the Vertrees, brok-
en-down aristocrats. Mary Vertrees and
Bibbs are almost in love. Young Jim had
wanted to marry her. Old Man Sheridan
orders Lamhorn of the premises and
tells Edith to give him up.
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The Story
of a Big
Man in a
Big Town

gesture laid before the eyes Of Bibbs.
Look at a hmidal statue!'
Gazing down the hall, Bibbs saw
heroic wreckage, seemingly Byzantine
painted colossal fragments Of shat
tered torso, appallingly human; and
gilded and sileered heaps Of magnif-
cence strewn among rulnous palms
like, the spoil Of barbarians' battle.
There had been massacre In the
oasis-the Moor had been hurled from
his pedestal.
HE hit at ole lamidal statue" said
George. "Poww ~
my father"
"Yessuh! Powl he hit 'er! An you
ma run tell me git doctuh quick g l
kin telefoam-she sho' you pa goin'
bus blood-vessel. He amt takin' on
tall now. He amt nothin' tall to
what he was while ago. You done
miss 1t. Mist Bibbs. Doctuh got him
all quiet down, to what he was. Pow!
he hit 'er! Yessuhw He took Bibbs'
coat and proffered crumpled tele-
graph form. Here what come" he
said. II pick 'er up when he done
stompin' on 'er. You read 'er, Mist
Bibbs--you' ma tell me tuhn 'er ovuh
to you soon's you come In"
Bibbs read the telegram quickly. 1t
was from New York and addressed to
Mrs. Sheridan.
Sure you will all approve step have
taken as was so wretched my health
would probably suffered severely Robert
and I were married this Afternoon
thought best ba--c quiet wedding abso-
luteiy sure you will understand wisdom
Of step when you know Robert better am
| happiest woman In world are leaving for
Florida will wire address when settled
will remain till spring love to all father
will like him too when be knows him like
I DO he Is just IDEAL
EDITH LAMHORN.