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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
MEDINA LAD UNDERGOES
A RAkE OPERATION

According to the best known sur
geons and medical men of Cleveland,
the most extraordinary case that has
come under their observation in a
great many years, is that Of George
Abel, Jr., son of Geo. Abel, 625 Wads
worth road, Medina, who was operated
upon at Mt Sinai hospital, Monday
morning.
The Abel lad has been in poor
health practically al Ibis life, with an
affection Of the bowels that has never
responded OF treatment. An X-ray
examination at the hospital disclosed
the rare disease with which the boy
was afflicted. DR.. w. E. Lower, who
superintended the examination and OPP
Grafton, says it is one of the very few
similar cases that has come under his
observation and no less than twenty
five other of Cleveland's foremost sur
goens have given similar testimony.
In fact, it is the first case these medi-
cal men have known, where the patient
lived to the age Of the Abel boy.
An idea Of the seriousness Of the
boys condition may be understood
when it is stated that eighteen inches
of the large intestines was removed,
which was swollen to several times its
normal size.
The lad would have died without the
operation, and it is believed that he
will recover. Mr.. A. d. Aylard, whQ
has been interesting himself in the
boys welfare, was instrumental in
havin gthe operation performed, and
is deserving Of unstinted praise for
such a noble and self-sacrifcing act.
Mr.. Aylard accompanied the Abel boy
to the hospital and was present at the
Operations
EIr. AyIafd was informed by the
surgeons that the ease was Of such
rarity that it would be given a con-
spicuous place in future medical
annals. ss
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
BRUNSWICK ROAD NoRTH

( Division Engineer E. Blosser of the
State Highway department, was in
town Monday and with Eng. Peters
visited several localities in the county
where improved roads are proposed.
One of the more important ones visit
ed and discussed was a strip Of road
connecting Brunswick with the Cuya-
hoga county line. While this road is
to be built, and part Of the engineer
ing work has alrady been done, it has
been known for some time that there
is not sufficient money, at the present
time, to complete the work. This
partly due to the reduction by the
State department some months ago Of
Medina c0unty's allowance of $15, 900,
to $11, 1000. This condition, we UNDER
stand, is the principal thing that
brought Division Engineer Blosser to
Medina at this time.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
RAISE MORE PRODUCE
SAYS GOVERNOR cox

Tuesday Governor Cox issued a
proclamation calling upon the citizens
of Ohio to prepare for war by conserv-
ing natural resources and by intensive
farming and gardening.
The proclamation Of the governor is
as follows:
ut is unnecessary to elaborate on
he turbulent conditions of the world.
We are so closely related to them that
any surrender to the free and easy
idea that things will turn out all right
would be plain incompetence.
eve are mobilizing our men, con-
serving our finance, protecting our
public works, and resorting to the
means of defense which experience
suggests, but there seems to be no
thoughts as to the importance of in
tensifying the energy Of the soil.
"In our vast domain of fertile fields
there will be thousands Of wasted
acres, Notwithstanding thte prices in
prospect should give spur to thrift
and an understanding of the inn
portance of the elements of food
should stir our patriotic endeavOr.
"a movement should be inaugurated
at once in every community, rural and
city, SO that the facilities which nature
has given us may be availed Of to the
utmost.
Tractors can be purchased for the
price of three taems Of horses, or mules
and the output is considerably more
They can be operated by night and by
day. We can, if we bestir ourselves
now in the planting season, give 8
good account of Ohio. She has always
done her part in time Of hazard, and il
behooves this generation, moved BY
lthe simple suggestion Of modern de
vices, to make It worthy Of the fathers
who gave us what we have.
II, therefore, by authority vested in
me as governor of the state, call upon
everyone in Ohio to prepare to do his
part as here suggested"
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
MILK PRODUCERS HOLD
OUT FOR Zoe. A GALLON

April 2, next Monday, is the date
set for an embargo on milk in Cleve-
land, unless the dealers accede to the
demands of the producers association
to pay 20 cents gallon wholesale for
a six months period, or unless COM
promise can be effected before that
date. tits reported that the Telling
Belle Vernon Co. is the one concern
that is holding out against the scale
of Wholesale prices demanded. Z
Meanwhile the Northern Ohio Milk
Producers association is being
strengthened by the organization Of
new auxiliaries and it looks like the
producers will probably get what they
ask and what they deserve.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
few CHANGES IN
SCHOOL LAWS MADE

The Legislature, which has just adj
journed, like its predecessor of 1915
contented itself in making but few
changes in the school code and those
few amendments were mainly in the
direction of strengthening the present
system, rather than of destroying it.
7 A host of school bills were intro
duced, but only d few were reported
out of committee, and Of these still
smaller number were placed on the
calendar by the Stearing committee
during the last few days of the ses-
sion.
The bills introduced covered almost
every phase Of the present school
code. Some of them were frankly in
tended to destroy the efficiency of the
present school law; others looked good
on the outside, but in spite of their
fair exterior, there was an Ethiopian
in the lumber pile, whose presence
could be detected only by the most
careful search. However, all these
colored gentlemen were smoked out by
the school committee and the bills
were pigeon-holed.
A goodly number of bills were in
troduced to strengthen the code in va
rious parts, but only few of these
received much consideration.
A strong effort was made to take
the election of county board members
away from the boards of education, as
conducted at present, and elect by
popular vote. This measure was lost
by an overwhelming vote in the
House, the members evidently feeling
that the present plan is keeping the
county system out of politics in very
satisfactory way.
Section 4740 was amended in such
way that only those townships
which have fully centralized school
systems and maintain first grade high
schools are allowed to remain out
from under district supervision,
| The Danforth Law, which allowed a
teacher to teach one year without
Normal training, was repealed, and
next September no new teacher may
begin teaching who has not had at
least six weeks of Normal work.
The minimum salary was changed
from forty to fifty dollars per month
| in the grades, and from seventy -tc
eighty in the high schools.
In order to take care of this increas-
ed cost the Crawford Bill, increasing
the amount Of state money from 81
per enumerated youth, to So per pupil
based on actual attendance, passed the
Senate almost unanimously, but faileC
to come to vote in the House.
The State department was auth
Eorized by one of the provisions Of the
EBaker-P Palmer bill, to recognize higl
schools when the six-three-three plar
lis used. This plan provides for si1
4 years of grade work, three years o.
n Junior high schoob and three years 0.
Senior high school study, with con
1 siderable change in courses Of study il
what are now the seventh and eight
grades. M
The present school code, passed b,
the extra session Of 1914, has nov
passed through the storms and peril
/, Eof two legislatures, one Republical
4 land the other Democratic. and emer
Eges III fairly good shape. It is saf
to predict that the essential feature
Of the law are here TO stay, and futur
|. legislatures will probably direct thei
efforts 10 the remova lof friction In II
minor operation.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
. MEN LOSE BY 10 POINTS

In the prayer meeting attendance
contest which closed on Thursday eve
ming Of last week at the Congregation
al church, the women won by 10 points
and they admit that it was rfot.an easy
victory. The final standing was as
follows: Women, All points; men 452
points. There were 236 persons pres
ent at the closing meeting Of the con
test. The church, regards this as its
high water mark and Justly asks
Where il the church in Ohio that car
beat it2D
Last evening the men Of the church
entertained the women. There was
a social gathering at $3.50, and supper
at q: The occasion was both pleas.
ant and profitable.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
HERE'S CHANCE FOR
NAVAL APPOINTMENT

Congressman E. R. Bathrick an
nounces that he has one vacancy to
fill in. Annapolis Naval Academy. He
will appoint principle and three al
ternatesa 0s8 take the examination on
June 27S.E Cleveland.
If the principle fails, the first al
ternate succeeds to appointment, if he
passes the examination, and so on to
the third alternate.
Z Applicants must be between the
ages of Is and 20, Of good moral char
acter and perfect physique. No po-
litical party consideration will enter
into the selection.
Information will be forwarded by
Congressman Bathrick on require
ments, etc. if you will write him.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
AUTO ASSOCIATION TO
REVIEW NEW LAWS

Two laws intended to conserve
sefety on the public highways which
were enacted by this years. legisla-
ture, will be revived at the annual
convention Of the Ohio State Automo-
bile association to be held in Spring
field March 30 and 81.
The first of these requires all vehic-
les to carry lights, and the second is
intended to remedy the headlight
glare.
1t is believed many collisions be-
tween horsedrawn vehicles and motor
cars will be avoided as result of the
Terrell law requiring wagons and
buggies, as we'll as self lf-propelled We
hicles, to carry lights visible front
and rear.
The second safety requirement is
that headlights be dimmed when pas
sing another vehicle.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
DISTRICT CONTESTS
BEGIN THIS WEEK

Friday night, the first Of the district
deciamatory contests will be held at
Granger, Sharon, Medina and Granger
viii meet there in a triangular fight
for the supremacy. Sharon will be
represented in dramatic reading by
Miss Alta Bennett and in oratory
Walter Brown will strive for honors.
Granger high school will depend upon
Lucille Joachim in dramatic reading.
She will speak 'sThe Stray Sunbeam"
and Paul Young, of the same school,
will give Charles Summers Grafton,
''The True Grandeur Of Nations"
Medina will have but one repre-
sentative in the contest. Miss Anna
Bigelow, who will speak Gilbert Park
er's aThe Going Of the White Swan"
Fro mthis contest two winners will
be chosen to compete for the county
prize Of two fine cups given by the
kodi banks, and for the two twenty
FIVE dollar prizes, given by the Old
Phoenix Bank Of Medina.
On Friday night of this week Liver
pool schools will hold their local con-
test. Six boys are entered in oratory
and nine girls in defamation. This
will be the largest local contest in the
county. The following program will
be given: Music; Offensive War
John Randolph) by John Otterbacher;
On withdrawing from the Union def
ferson Davis), by Herman Roth; The
House divided against itself, (Abra-
ham Lincoln), by Harold Schaefer;
Give me liberty, or give me death
Y Patrick Henry, by John Frank;
Mark Antony's Speech shakespeare, !,
by Selin Hoppe; Spartacus to the
GIadiators, by Vernon Warner; music;
The village Oracle q. L. HARBOUR by
MurielP Pohzehl; The Silver Bell (Julia
d. Pratt (by Frances Troxell; Count
ing Eggs (Anon, by Ruth G. Stoskopf;
The Last Hymn (Mrs. M. Farming
toni, by Ella Yost; The New Minister
(Anon), by Lille Hudson; Mrs. Buff
fer's Silver Wedding morris Wade),
by Esther Roth; The Engineers Story
(Eugene ]. Hall), by Pauline Balsch;
Cigarettes Ride and Death (Ouida), J,
BY Gladys Martin; The Happy Little
Cripple u. w. Riley), by Rosa Valek,
music.
Spencer's contest was scheduled for
Friday night, March 30, but owing to
an epidemic Of the numps, it has been
postponed for few days. 4
Lodi and Leroy contested at Leroy,
Thursday night. Seville belongs to
this group, but has no representative
this year. Leroy presented Theodore
England and Georgialee Simmons as
their aefendeEs The former gave
B9eeAsf speech, .Eh6 Moral specta
n lie American War, while Miss
Simmons delivered Edward Teeple's
isittlest Rebel 2
Lodi,s representatives will be Wal
ter Brown and Aeolia Jameson.
An interesting feature of this meet
ing will be debate between two
teams Of Leroy students. on the quess-
ton of government ownership OF rail-
roads. One team will be composed Of
girls and the other of boys. From
these two teams of four speakers will
be chosen to represent Medina county
in a joint debate with Wayne county.
Several townships have already held
their local spelling contests to select
representatives for the county contest
at Medina, Saturday, April Z. Names
of all these will be given in next
weeks Sentinel.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
NEW MORTGAGE LAW
GOES INTO EFFECT

A law recently passed by the legis-
-lature will require tax Of. one-haf
of one per cent. to be paid on the
face amount Of all mortgages when
they are left with County Recorder
g. S. Rice to be recorded. There
is some speculation as to who will be
required to pay this tax, whether it
will fall on the borrower or the per
SON making the loan. 1t was stated
at the recorders Office Monday that
at the present time there was very
small proportion of mortgages that
are listed for taxation. This law was
passed to get something in taxes from
mortgages.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
COUNTY FAIR MANAGERS
GET STATE EXHIBIT NOW

Applications for the free agricul-
tnraI exhibits from the Ohio Expert
ment station at Wooster to be shown
ht the countysfairs this season are now
being filed. Any official of a society
holding an agricultural fair may apply
for one Of these exhibits, which repre-
sent nearly all the experimental work
n Ohio agriculture.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
STILL HOPE TO CON-
Meet WITH WADSWORTH

The proposed extension Of the G. s.,
& G. line to WadswOrth is no longer a
myth, according to Attorney Fred O.
Smoyer Of Wadsworth, who received d
letter from r f. Myers, president Of
the Cleveland and Southwestern, stat
ing that the proposed extension would
|be taken up in the near future.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
MINISTERS MEETING
FAREWELL OCCASION

The home of President v. S. Good
ale Of the Medina Ministers associa-
tion, was the scene Of an enjoyable
meeting of that association last Tues
day afternoon. In view Of the near
departure Of Brothers Fritsch and
Edwards, the meeting was made d
farewell occasion III honor Of those
gentlemen. In,
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30
AUDITORS AT COLUMBUS

A call for all county auditors in
Ohio to come to Columbus on Wednes-
day for a conference on the newly en-
acted law for the listing of personal
and real property was sent out by the
state tax commission. Blanks will
be given the auditors to send to tax
payers upon which to make their vol
untary returns after the second Nor
day in April. The auditors also will
be instructed relative to the provision
Of the law on appfaising real estate
Auditor Geo. McNeal attended the
meeting.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-03-30

Unless the land IS foul with weed
seeds or Is an exceptionally heavy
CAV soil. dislxing corn stubble Ia pre-
paration for oats is better than plCw-
inrs saws the Ohio Experiment Station
afier seven years trials to determine
6ais point. Yields have been little
naore IN dislxed ground, and the cost q
Sfeparing the ground has been much
lee than BY blowing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

listing immigration laws so that these
unhappy people can be admitted with
out restrictions to this country and be
given chance to start all over again,
either in Missouri or some other
State.
Had the voters of Missouri at the
election of last November adopted the
constitutional amendment which would
have financed the Missouri State Land
Bank and by it provided a system of
rural credits through which Missouri
farmers could borrow money on their
lands on long terms, low interest and
small annual payments, European ref
ugees, after they had a fee simple IT,
tie to Ozark farm lands could have
easily secured enough money on their
holdings to meet all further OUTLAWS
necessary to successfully cultivate and
otherwise utilize these lands. The
Federal rural credit system, now in
force in Missouri and elsewhere can
be depended upon to aid all such Eu-
ropean refugees if they are transport
ed to this country and located on
farms in the Ozark regions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
WAR EMERGENCY DEMANDS
FERTILIZERS FOR CORN

The war emergency should stimu-
late the farmer in attempting to Sc
cure the highest possible Yields from
his land this year, This is true both
because the nation will need the in
crease and because the farmer will
find the extra yields will pay. One of
the methods of increasing corn yields
on land of average fertility is through
the use of commercial fertilizers. 1t
is true that the price of fertilizers have
advanced 20 to Is per cent, but the
price of corn has advanced approx
mately so per cent.
As an average of 40 trials with
fertilizers in the hill or drill on the
outlying soil experiment fields of the
Missouri College of Agriculture the
corn yield has been increased seven
bushels per acre at cost of fertilizer
of $1.20. There is little doubt that
men farming land of average fertility
will be able to secure marked profit
from such use of fertilizers, provid-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
IN OUR GRANDFATHERS' DAYS

Mr. Wacmann for his activities advocate Of
municipal Only few of his intimate friends
know of his musical talents reflected popular of
his composition, of which this is (Sing ivey)
A of advice to all mankind that hear
I've been thinking of late, good subject to raise,
And one / have go-I know it will please
Pm going sing of OUR GRANDFATHERS' DAYS.
In grandfathers' days. judged by their merit,
And those who their of praise;
But nowadays judged by their
That was not the in OUR GRANDFATHERS' DAYS.
In grandfathers days had pictures before
the wals-you could them in line by the
Oil paintings of homes and family surrounded
By children who played the sweet game, peek-a-boo
But nowadays people pictures fantastic.
At shows by the bright light which dazzles their
But the pictures with of childhood,
That sweeten the memory of OUR GRANDFATHERS' DAYS
grandfathers' days when for Office
He would his record of wisdom and fame,
His honor he'd pledge for the good of the Nation,
And for the dollars and cents he'd obtain.
The government then for wisdom selected,
Corruption had not set the country abaze,
Yet the people stand firm by the flag of the Nation
AS it waved for the Union in OUR GRANDFATHERS DAYS.
By Adam Wackmann.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
GOOD ROADS MEETINGS

The Missouri State Highway Board,
appointed by Governor Gardner I'M
der provisions of the Halves Road
Law enacted by the 49th General AS
sembly, has announced a series of di-
/ visional meetings to acquaint county
officials, and all persons interested,
with the provisions of the new State
laws pertaining to the construction
and maintenance of public roads.
All county officials, members of the
Legislature, officials of civic and bus
mess organizations, and good roads
enthusiasts throughout this and adj
joining counties are urged to attend.
Chairman E. L. Sanford, of the
State Highway Board; Geo. E. Nc
lninch, member of st. Joseph; C. o.
Raine, Master of the Missouri State
Grange and member of the board from
Canton, and A. C. McKibbin, from
Clayton, Secretary of the board, will
address the meetings.
State Highway Engineer Alexand-
er W. Graham, of Kansas City, will
be present and direct his remarks par
ticularly to county highway engineers
and all citizens interested in road con-
struction, the testing of materials and
proper methods of inspection.
The divisional meetings announced
by the State Highway Board are
scheduled as follows: St. Joseph,
April Is; Hannibal, April II; JEFF
ferson City, April 10; Joplin, April
20; Springfield, April q, and Cape
Girardeau, April %.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Raise a War Crop.

War is declared and it matters not
what your viewpoint may have been
or may be now with reference to this
declaration, it is the duty of every
American citizen to serve our country
in the greatest capacity that he or she
can during this great crisis. Out in
this Middle West country we have not
seen any marching armies or had any
bombs hurled in our direction and we
are more or less inclined to look upon
the war situation with a sort of I'M
real vision. However, we are in the
greatest war that history has ever re-
corded, and one of these days we are
going to be brought to clearer real
ization of this fact.
Each and everyone of us has a part
to play and duty to perform in this
great conflict. 1t does not necessar-
| lily mean that we must carry a gun or
nurse a wounded soldier, for there are
other duties that are equally as i'm
portant to perform. Each one of us
should weigh the matter carefully and
decide for ourselves in what capacity
we can best serve our country.
Has it not occurred to you that the
American farmer can best serve our
nation by raising a war crop? Any
food crop, such as corn, wheat, pota-
toes and any vegetable is a war crop.
In other words, by utilizing every pos
sible foot of soil on our farms and
getting from that soil the maximum
production of food stuffs. We should
not do this with a selfish motive of
gain in dollars and cents but with
big feeling of loyalty and support to
our country. Incidentally, the farm
ers will be paid well for this loyalty.
Never before have prices for food
stuff scared so high, and never before
has the farmer been able to realize
so proftably on the crops and live
stock he is producing.
| therefore solicit the heartiest CO.
operation of the farmers of st. Fran
co.'s county in producing the biggest
crop this year that we have ever
raised. Let US lay aside every thought
of prejudice and band ourselves to-
gether as one group of farmers who
are going to do our duty in this our
national crisis by producing every
pound of food stuff we can on every
foot of soil on our farms.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
OUR NATIONS FLAG

The flag of our nation stands TO
glory;
For glory and liberty, too,
1t brings back to memory the battles
CORY,
1t brings back to memory the boy,
in blue.
All! We shall honor this glorious ban
ner,
The symbol of the brave and free;
We shall bow to it in an humble man.
ner,
AS it floats out over the lea.
We should live for it, die for it,
Love it for aye;
No stain should e'er mar it,
But bright let it stay.
And when in old age we shall with
er away
And the angels shall gather our
souls above,
Oh, let the flag of our country stay
To watch Ger the friends we love.
Virginia M. Karsch,
7th grade, Pennington.