Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-05-25

nights the Excelsior l'iddlin2
band has been standing out doors
practicine mp To play for the
moonlight picnics scheduled for
this month.
Fit Smith sleeps II good deal in
church With his hat I'm. hlt n"th-
ing will he said In him about II.
as he is liberal when the hal j.
passed around.
sidney Hooks is engaged TINS
week i'm circulating a petition ask
rug that the space between The
liars in the rickvilIr Jail he lna',
much larger.
4 ladder has been stood aeains!
thr postotfice 50 that If anybody
is on the roof when a tire break :
out they can come down.
Little f'idiiN Flinders has hcen
swattins flies this week with the
butter paddle.
Sim Flinders is back iro,n
Bounding RllowS, whore he has
been following IA squirrel around
a tree.
Dunk Hotis. Reg Correspondents
copyrighted. 1916. Ad;tmS syn.
The Postmaster says that II
Miss Flmtir Hrlchnr go all he
mail she expected he would have
Ia move the poStotlre into a barn.
i't .Sillth thinks tn a'",t
nothin. in the world is "' 81
il,.Nr', "a peanut.
Fletcher HonSIcp has 'erp
confined To his bed for several
days. While il is not known what
ailmen he is suffering With hr
complained of the high cost ul
livin gSnvrra' days bcimr being
taken down.
The editor of HE 'rirlsville lid
ngs this week has i'm his paper
a powerful editorial on The re
Straini Of trade. tariff and rncI,
procitN In his usual clear and
concise manner he S:nwcd h,,w
the government is hcino run ON
tirrly contracry t" his wishes.
though hr had time and again
called the pliblic'S attention To the
many needed reforms.
Elck Hrllwaneor got shot II
the foot Will" acting as IN inn"-
cent hyStander at a shooting al
! fray OH G;imlet Greek Monday. lie
says il is a pity Il fellow can't
reSerss his feet zin+ease cas- q .7E;, dan-
ger.
Atlas Peek >warocd a blind man
out Of Il good hand organ while
i'll Iickyillc Monday I'm the trade
the blind man received two pairs
Of good SpcctaclcS and an en-
largnd picture Of George Wash
ington. Atlas says Iie only di-
ficulty about the instrument is
that he will have To play il with
his eyes shut.
Mrs. Tim Flinders spent l'uc.-
day at lickyiII" shopping. she
shoppcd all day ON two dollars.
buying that amount of goods and
| then having thr Storckrcprr take
it back.
Jefferson p"ilorkS. who has
tendency tn take life and manv
other things as easy as possible
has been ovcrhanln2 his wagon
this week The hind wheels are
made Il good deal taller than tllr
ones in front to enable him 10
travel down hill tho rest ul has
: life.
The Excelsior l''iddlinc band
has been pi.artirine every night
for the past three weeks far a
mapiv lantern show that is Ia i.
given at the Wild Onion school
house the last of next week. iit
Smith. who lives near lhe scene
nf the disturbance has been act
ing rafhnr queer for several day;
and there are grave fears as to
|
Miss Frnzlr All>op PLAYED a
1rW appropriate selections on hrl.
arrnrdoon seated on her front
i!oorSicps Il fnW nights az as the.
moon was rising. She Mas inter
rmptrd only once and then when
q cloud floatrd between her and
| tho moon
Poke Ea>lny has decided to iiv
| Iarmln" TINS summer ii he cnll
got ready i'm ii inc. lie saws the
only objection he finds Ia farm
! ING is that things MONT grow in
! he shade.
In reading one of Your Irtinr;
aloud II Is customary to l,,W,.,.
your voice and card through yo:lr
nose when you reach paragraph,
hat are al n" interest
Take most amy common. ord
nary healthy y"un. Woman nill nf
poverty. civ" l,ci. good rationS aud
good treatment generally AMI
plenty of fine clothes and in SIX
months she will look like n cncen
Tells What She Thinks.