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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
He Reads the Advertising

City Marshal F. R. Power is moi
only firm believer that it pays tc
advertise in The BLADE but it pays
to read all the advertisements in
the paper each week. Monday he
received a card from the Chillicothe
chief of police offering a reward
for a mare that had strayed from a
farmer living four miles north of
ChillicOthe. MIR. Power remem-
bered reading an advertisement in
The BLADE that Geo. Farrar had a
stray mare at his place and on in
vestigation found it was the very
animal he was looking for. He
notified the owner and he arrived
here on No. 4, paid Mr.. Power the
$1,000 reward, paid Mr.. Farrar for
keeping the mare and for his
trouble and paid for the adver-
tising in The BLADE and departed
for home we'll satifed.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
Lost Their Little Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wade have
the sympathy of the entire com
munity over the death of their
little son, Paul, aged s years,
which occurred at the family home
north of town last Saturday, June
II. He had been suffering from
throat and lung trouble for some
time and while all that money and
medical science could do was done
the disease could not be checked.
He was bright and most lovable
boy and his death was heavy blow
to all the family relatives. Funeral
services were held at the home
Monday afternoon being conducted
by Rev. Rutledge of Linneus.
Interment was made in the Laclede
cemetery. The bereayed parents
wish to thank the Royal Neighbors
and friends for the floral offerings
and the kind assistance rendered.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
D. A. RS Coming to LacIede

Hannah Hull chapter of Brook
field will have some exercises al
the Laclede cemetery next Sunday
afternoon at 800 in memory ot
Sergeant Thos. Watson who died on
the farm now owned by G. E.
GoOsey near the old water mill.
He was buried on the farm in
1871, the exact location of the
grave being obliterated some years
ago. The chapter is locating a
marker on a substitute grave on
the lot of Judge Libby in the La
clede cemetery in memory of Ser
geant Watson, he being the only
Revolutionary soldier buried in the
county known to the chapter. Mrs.
Q. F. Libby is a member of
Hannah Hull chapter. All mem
bers of the D. A. R. and descend
ants of this soldier and the public
generally are invited to be present.
Among the descendants of this
Revolutionary soldier, who reside
IN Linn county, are the following:
Great grandsOns, Jonathan Hen
bricks, Isaac Watson, John E.
Pankey, Brookfeld; Alex B.
Carter, Napoleon B. Carter, Pres
ton Carter, Bucklin; G. G. Bigger,
Oscar Y. Watson, Lac!ede; G. E.
Singleton, John L. Singleton,
Linneus. OF the great grand
daughters living there are, Mes
lanes Alfred Dickinson, Brook
ield; Robert Anderson, Allen
Brownlee, Bucklin; O. F. Libby,
1. G. Lomax, Charles Facto, La
;lede; M. G. Coates, Charles
Warren, Meadyille; Miss Ellen
Watson, Laclede.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
A Pretty Home Wedding

1t was pretty home wedding a
the residence of Mayor and Mrs. j
c. Lomax, Saturday evening al
$3.50 O'Clock, when their daughter
Miss Helen, was married to Mr.
John G. Brown of Laclede, Mo.
A number of guests were there to
witness it.
Mrs. Dora Newhart played the
wedding march, and in step with
the music, the couple came down
the stairway into the hall. Facing
the guests in the parlor, they stood
before a bank of beautiful ferns
and roses while the Rev. A. S.
Watson of the Methodist church
said the words which made them
man and wife. The ring ceremony
was used. The bride wore a
beautiful gown of georgette crepe
and the groom wore a black travel
suit. After congratulations, a fine
wedding supper was served, then
Mr.. Brown and his bride left for
the railway station where they
boarded the evening train for Kan
sas City. They were followed to
the station by jolly crowd of
friends.
Mr.. Brown is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. M. Brown, prominent
residents of Laclede, Mo. He is
travelling salesman for the George
M. Clarke Company of Chicago.
The bride is one of Princeton's
most accomplished young ladies
aud is prominent in social circles.
After completing her school work
lere, she went to Chicago, where
she graduated in voice at the
Brush Conservatory of music last
Tear. She is a very talented
yocalist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown received
many elegant wedding gifts. -
Princeton Post.
The bride is a granddaughter of
/. G. Lomax and is we'll known
nd popular here where she has
listed on numerous occasions.
lr. Brown is known to everybody
ere as an industrious, capable
oung man, with fine social and
usiness qualifications, being fnan-
tally interested here as owner of
he Brown hotel property. After
stay at Excelsior Springs and I
-ansas City, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown i
ill spend few days with relatives G
nd friends in Laclede and then go g
orth for the remainder of the
lmmer.> @
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
W. c. T. u. Meeting

Last Tuesday morning gave the
the W. G. T. U. ladies much dis.
appointment when they awoke anG
found the weather too unfavorable
for their meeting at the beautiful
country home of Mrs. Frank F.
Welsh. They had been anticipat-
ing a great time, automobiles and
buggies having been engaged to
take the ladies and their we'll filed
baskets to the home of their mem
Der for an all day meeting which
the ladies enjoy so much and
especially when they heard Mrs.
Welsh was preparing a chicken
dinner.
Regardless of the weather the
union never fails to meet at the
time and on this occasion
the members were called to the
home of Mrs. Patrick where a most
interesting meeting was held. The
lesson, The Coming Citizen,
and Colleges" was we'll
rendered by Mrs. Lee Hamilton.
The union enjoyed having Mrs.
Poison of Illinois, with them.
Guests present were Mrs. VIM.
Lomax, Mrs. P. F. Weaver, Mrs. |
D. F. Libby, Mrs. Jas. Poison,
md Miss Alta Brownlee Of Bucklin. !
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23

The Forker baseball team will
give an ice cream social at the
Forker meeting house on Thurs
day evening Of this week to which
ell are cordially invited.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

price Tor your cream.
Mrs. Jas. Poison is here from
Illinois visiting her son John and
family.
Mrs, Geo. G. Denbo and daugh-
ter, Miss Frances, spent Wednes-
day in Kansas City.
Mrs. Amanda Cushing of Brook
field visited her son John T. and
wife here this week.
Miss Minnie Trippeer was down
from Linneus for short visit with
relatives last Saturday.
Get your Meadville chautauqua
ticket this month and save so
cents on a season ticket.
Mrs. J. H. Armbruster and
children of Aurora, ILL.,, are visit
ing her mother, Mrs. May Jones
and other relatives.
Mrs. Zeigler of Laredo visited
her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Cushing
and Mr.. Gushing here and left for
Chicago last Sunday evening.
Mr., and Mrs. Willis Stoddard
and the latter's father, F. G. Can
field, returned Wednesday from a
visit with relatives at Meadville.
D. w. Jamison of Hamilton and
N. W. Dowell of Kirksville spent
last Friday here with E. D.
Jamison at the Laclede bakery.
John Peer who came to attend
the funeral of his little nephew,
Paul Wade last Monday, returned
to his home in st. Joseph Wednes-
day.
Mrs. NJ. E. Tufts, after spend
ng the winter at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Lamme on route
;wo, left Saturday for stay with
'elatives at Sturgeon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Andrews of
San Antonio, Texas, arrived We'd
lesday to visit relatives here,
quests of O. Y. Watson and sister,
Mss Ellen, on route one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Ney of
lake Arthur, Louisiana, have come
o our city to make their home
With Rev. and Mrs. H. J, Dueker.
1rs. Dueker is a daughter of the
ged couple.
Miss Emma Gould and her
lother have returned from spend
ng the winter with relatives in
Iichigan and will again make
neir home here. For the present
ney have taken rooms at the Mrs.
home.
W. E. Burke was over from
and spent Monday after
oon with his parents, DIR. and
Irs. J. L. Burke, and left that
ight to attend the Elks' state
invention at Moberly, being
elegate from the Brookfeld lodge.
Mrs. Flora Arrighi of Jackson
lie, Fla, on her way home from
stay at Detroit, stopped off here
st Saturday and spent the day
ith the family of A. J. Harter.
RS. Arrighi is sister of w. W.
arhan of Brookfeld and j. P.
arhan of Hale and formerly
ught school in this county.
The following from Laclede at
1ded Odd Fellows night at the
revival in Linneus
night: E. ]. Finney,
TX Jones, L. B. Haley, J. Paul
mes, j. T. Gushing, F. R. Power,
c. Carothers, H. L. Allen, H.
Garside, j. B. Jones, s. W.
pscott, G.. o. Plowman aud w.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
TOWN AND COUNTRY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters of Interest

"A hellaOle OIL range WIN over
for sale by Mrs. A. V. Moore.
List your property for sale O
exchange with the Tracy Realty Co
twenty-five acres of first croI
clover for sale by the acre. E. B
Allen.
Sell your cream to Longacre fol-
cash. First door south of post
office.
Prof. and Mrs. G. W. Beswicb
of Jefferson City spent last Satur.
day here visiting the latter's sister,
Mrs. j. II. Brown and family.
Make arrangements now to at
tend the Meadville chautauqua
August 1927, by buying your
season ticket this month for ST.. so.
Cashier and Mrs. Fl. W. Lomax
attended the Brown-Lomax we'd
ding at Princeton last Saturday
and remained over Sunday with
relatives.
Don't fail to attend the demon
stration of scientific canning at the
city hall next Tuesday. All ladies
of Laclede and vicinity are invited
to be present.
F. r. Power on Tuesday sold a
Case tractor to Peter Smith to be
shipped from Kansas City to Mead
county, Kansas, to be used on Mr..
Smiths 400 acre farm at that
place.
The l.. T. LIS will hold their
regular meeting at the home of
Miss Frances Willard next We'd
nesday, June %. Leader, Miss
Gertrude Boesiger. All are cor
daily invited.
Hon. Alfred Petit, candidate
for the republican nomination for
state treasurer, was in Laclede last
Friday. His home is at Knox City,
in the northeast part of the state
where he is engaged in banking.
The Power Garage sold two
used Ford cars last Saturday and
delivered them in Kansas City
Monday morning. F. R. Power
drove one car through and Wade
Patrick the other, Roy Parker and
Roscoe Rankin going along as
ballast.
LacIede has new firm this week
the Tracy Realty Co. This
will buy and sell farms
and city property and stocks of
merchandise, doing a general real {
estate business. They have taken t
lesk room in the telephone office. t
). E. Tracy being secretary and r
manager of the company. c
Chapter R, P. E. o. cordially f
invites the ladies of Laclede and f
'icinity who are interested in the {
aiming of fruits and vegetables to
Deet with them at the city hall I
ext Tuesday, June 27, when Mr.. S
leo. w. Reavis, of agricultural v
apartment of the state university a
t Columbia, will give Q demon n
tration of scientific canning. No b
Omission charge and all will be S
'elcome. k
Henry NJ. Anderson was de- tt
ghtfully surprised on Thursday ii
last week in honor of his forty fo
,cond birthday by a few of his
lends and some members of the
eomen lodge of which he is a
ember. The surprisers assembled "
his home at $3.50 and at 6 ~
clock a delicious supper was
rived that was enjoyed by all.
be evening was most pleasantly gi
ent and the guests departed FL
shing him many more happy da
Il, a,
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
For Sale

One Jersey COW, one red COW,
both giving milk, and about one
ton of baled hay.
w. s. SAVAGE.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1916-06-23
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of All Sorts

day and the retail business discon
tinued. The pastries will be Of
sale at Carothers & Aliens dali,
and the bread will be on sale a
the usual places.
The Brown Automobile Co. ha
a new advertisement in THE BLADl
today announcing the appearance
of the 1917 model Saxon Six
This new model which is creating
a sensation wherever shown, will
soon be demonstrated in Laclede
and will no doubt attract unusual
attention.
W. R. Barton has bought the G.
NJ. Burnett residence in the south
east part of town at $4,000. This
is very desirable piece of property
and will make Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ton a fine home and again perma-
nent citizens of the town, which is
pleasing to their many friends.
They expect to get possession next
week.
A big crowd was out to the Fat
Lean ball game Wednesday, the
receipts amounting to $42 90, the
entire amount going into the street
oiling fund. The Leans came out
victorious, the score being 35 to
II. Dr. Bonds pitched the entire
game for the winning team while
a half dozen Fats were successive
ly knocked out of the hox.
The first car of oil has arrived
and the work Of putting it on the
streets was begun Thursday morn
ing. The rains have delayed the
grading and preparations some but
he main streets are in fairly good
and the work is being
pushed as rapidly as possible in
'ther parts of the district to be
reated. With only one wagon it |
will take at least two days to un-
DAD the car of 1000 gallons.
Last Tuesday was Master Cor
lelius Benson's sixth birthday and
n honor of the occasion his par
nts, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. P. Benson,
ave a dinner to a number of the
amily relatives. Those from out
f town were Capt. and Mrs. A.
!. Loomis, daughter and son, Miss
Suth and Ed. and e. Sidebottom,
life and two daughters all of
Ieadville; J. Sidebottom, wife and
aughter of Colorado, and Mrs. ].
'. Hardy and two children of
umner.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Ormsby of
hillicOthe spent Saturday night {
ith relatives here and Sunday in
with the Caywood family i
ok nearly a hundred mile auto /
i've, the bunch spending Sunday t
ght and enjoying a fine visit /
ith Mrs. Ormsby's parents, Mr..
I'd Mrs. W. Fl. Hedrick nine t
lies south of Chillicothe. With e
e exceptions of a few short '
Impy places the Laclede- Chilli d
the road is in good condition,
e Livingston county end being u
extra fine shape. The farmers a
talked to during the drive were Il
lnting a half inch of rain and in b.
IS locality they got just what il
~ wanted Tuesday morning. lie
hile most of the corn is small it s.
clean and generally healthy re
king and with a favorable T
son from now on it looks as if p
rly good crop would be harvest G
On some farms, especially on l.
tom lands, blowing and plant o
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14

to-day TO turn back to the inspiration OF
those years. Part of them, IN actual nos
pital work, Walt Whitman was, and their
imprint is on many of his pages. Per
haps i'm no other writing does the message
of those days-thc awakening of the COS
so closely paralleling the awakening OF
the decade now begun-speak across the
years. The "Song of the Banner at Day
break" might be written of to-day, as the
emotions of a nation amazed and doubling
begin to stir and seek utterance on the
lips of n leader
go banner not money so precious are you
not farm produce you, nor the ma
terial good nutriment,
Nor excellent stores, nor landed on
wharves from the ships,
Not the superb ships with sail power or
steam power. fetching and carrying
cargoes,
Nor machinery vehicles, trade, nor reve-
nues-but you as henceforth | see
you,
Running up out of the night, bringing
your cluster of stars lever enlarg-
ing stars).
Divider of daybreak you, cutting the air
touch'd by the sun, measuring the
sky,
(Passionately seen and yearn'd for by one
poor little child,
While others remain busy or smartly talk
ing. for ever teaching thrift
thrift;
O you up there. o pennant! where you
undulate like a snake Kissing so
curious,
Out of reach, an idea only, yet furiously
fought for, risking bloody death
loved by me,
So loved-O you banner leading the day
with stars brought from the night!
Valueless, object of eyes, over all and de-
manding all-(absolute owner OF
alD-O banner and pennant!
| too leave the rest-great as it is, it is
nothing-houses. machines are
nothing-I see them not,
| see but you, O warlike pennant! 0 ban
ner so broad, with stripes, | sing
you only,
Flapping up there in the wind
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14
Our Expensive Prosperity.
or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial this morning. ia
Our Prosperity Ethical" you admit the
argument that this country is benefited by
the European war because of the large ex-
portations of our goods at high prices. There
is however, another side to that II is true
a few Comparatively few people are bene-
fitted. But, on the other hand, every person
in America has to pay an increased price
for every article that he consumes. Is thera
anything that | buy that | do not have to
pay more for on account of the war? II
there is. | do not know what it is In this
way every individual in America is helping
to pay the cost of the war
Does not this tax. levied on every man.
woman and child in this country, more than
Offset the benefit on our expectations? Is
not the supposed benefit fallacy?
D. W. BARKER.
Brooklyn. June 10, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14
The Long Road to Preparedness.
. CFrom The Washington PostJ


More than a year ago announcement was
made that new munition factory would be
established at Eddystone, Del. Sufficient or
ders had been received from Europe to insure
capacity operation for long time 70 come.
When the ground was broken, year ago,
il was asserted that within three months
rifles would be on their way to Europe This
was characteristic American optimism. The
same feeling takes voice in the assertion that
100000 men would spring to arms overnight
in case the United States were attacked and
gives voice likewise to the belief that this
country could provision and equip an army
without preliminary preparation. Yet with
the assurance of ample orders the enormous
factory at Eddystone has not yet turned out
a single rifle. 1t is considered remarkable
achievement that those back of the enter
prise have erected what is described as the
greatest factory under single roof in all
the world and that they have devised methods
to conduct this gigantic business, erecting
thousands of machines, many of which are Of
special design. and putting thousands Of men
to work. There are already 10000 men on the
payroll. and il is expected when the details
are completed rifles will be turned out at the
rate of 5000 day.
But the experience Of the company at Ed
dystone shows the necessity of complete pre-
paredness long in advance Of any danger. The
manufacture of rifles, for instance, requires
1900 separate operations on each weapon In
all. each rifle probable is handled 5000 times
FORE it is finally loaded into the freight car.
More than 100 tools, of which 80 per cent
are Of special design, are required in the vari-
Gus stages of manufacture. Aside from OBJ
teining experts to supervise the manufacture,
all the labor engaged in manufacturing the
rifles must be trained
The work that is being done by the muni-
tions factories will be an asset to the nation
n any Of its own future emergencies. There
should be no self-delusion. however, about
the time that is needed for adequate prepa-
rations for war
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14

weaknesses that have been revealed IN Ill
Mr.. Wilson's utterances and actions. II
cannot pretend that generalities spoken by
Mr.. Hughes are different from generalities
spoken by Mr.. Wilson. We have come %
the precise point where we must either re
party organ. without regard to princi-
pies we professed for long months before
the campaign, or tell the truth as we see
it. In so far as we are able we mean to
tell the truth.
Many, many months ago this newspaper
said:
1t would be better for the Republican party
to indorse Woodrow Wilson in 1916 than TO
permit the principle to be established that to
defend American interests is to commit po-
litical suicide.
The Tribune meant that on July rs,
1915. and it means it on June IA, 1916. 1t
believes now as it believed then that if the
German-American interests are identified
with any candidate that candidate will be
defeated by Americans, without regard to
party. Only Mr.. Hughes can decide
whether his candidacy shall have this
label, and only he can prevent it.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14
Colonel Esterhazy.
,r of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I read with interest your news item
in this mornings paper, "Dreyfus in Com
mand,' and note that you mention Colonel
Esterhazy as being in hiding perhaps under
an assumed name, or possibly dead.
Shortly after the conclusion Of the second
Dreyfus trial, when Alfred Dreyfus was hon
orably acquitted, the report from London
was published announcing the suicide OF
Esterhazy in England, where he had fed. If
you will look over your files of those days
when the Dreyfus affair made such a SEN
sation ! am sure you will find mention OF
this fact, for | distinctly recollect il. though
at the time only young girl; but being in
Europe the entire case stirred my sympathies
very deeply, especially as shortly after, with
my mother, we met NJ. Zola, whose name was
closely connected with the entire affair
MAY G. SCHAEFER.
Bedford Park y. Y, June -, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14
The Crime of Playing Ball.

There is nothing especially novel IN the
stckful of news telling of three boys ar
rested for playing baseball in a New York
City street. They were found guilty and
fined SO each. Their parents were indig-
nant because the sitting magistrate felt
compelled by the statute to order finger
prints taken of the criminals. But that
is a detail. Legal machinery has a weak
ness for just such undiscrimnating i'm
beciity.
The really important item for every
New Yorker is the knowledge that with
the cty's present Fairgrounds the crime
of playing ball must and does exist. The
Bureau of Recreation, Department of
Parks. of Manhattan and Richmond bor-
oughs is heading an excellent effort to
utilize the present facilities to the utmost
this summer. A hundred park play
grounds, including eight recreation piers,
seven gymnasiums and twelve swimming
pools. are available, and a widespread cam
paign is under way to persuade children
OH Ine streets anu lllO LitSC pdi NO. Inns
is admirable work-the necessary compile
ment of any effort toward more careful
truck and motor driving. If the three
hundred children now killed every year on
the streets of the city are ever to be saved,
such cooperation is absolutely necessary.
The broader problem of play in great
city, however, cannot be solved in sum-
mer, or at all with our present facilities.
The city has grown strong and mighty
with scant thought that it must rear chill
dren to be perpetuated. 1t was apparently
necessary that Miss Jane Adams should
remind US of play-that it exists and is
important in the city as well as the coun-
try. Surely, at that, any American boy,
though grown a man, can remember back
to the days of zone old cat" and fix 1t in
his past as something better than a crime.
More Fairgrounds, play streets and con-
tinuance of the present organization of our
playground facilities-the bulk of the
task still lies before us, and no interest in
subways or schools or Presidents or wars
should persuade us to forget it.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-14
To Promote a German Rebellion.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As there are many persons IN the
United States who believe that revolution
in Germany and the overthrow Of the Hohen-
zollern dynasty are the only means for OBJ
tanning world peace, application is now being
made to the proper department Of govern
ment for authorization to hold meetings and
to raise funds TO promote such rebellion in a
technically friendly nation. They have
been withheld from such efforts, which might
be fruitful, through communication now
practicable by secret means with discon-
tented elements within the German Empire,
on the presumption that they were Illegal,
but the allowance Of such agitation in other
and similar directions leads 70 the inference
that this kind of agitation is permissible.
ERVING WINSLOW.
Boston, Mass, June 10, 1916.