The St. Joseph observer., 1917-03-03

James Titterington, Crocker's humane
dentist, uses laughing gas.
Occasionally a dentist admits 1t.
One in Chillcothe is advertising, !
special pains taken in all cases"
Cold weather stopped the work In
a Ray county coal mine during the
recent snap" when frost closed the
air shaft
Colonel W. B. Rogers, veteran edi-
tor of the epublican-Tribune of
Trenton, reached his eighty-second
year Thursday.
What has become of our boasted
patriotism? A Lamar druggist is ad-
vertising "Prussian calf meal" as a
milk substitute.
Cameron has raised the required
$4,000 and Missouri Wesleyan Col
lege will be rebuilt and be permanent
ly located at that place.
Tomato futures in Platte county
went up 81 a ton last week when the
Dearborn Canning factory raised their
contract price to $40 a ton.
Getting married only changed TWO
letters in the name of Miss Frances
V. Miller, of Warrensburg. Her hus-
bands name is Francis ). Miller.
Plans will be finished and the con-
tract let in about three weeks for the
construction of the 100000 dormitory
for women at the Maryville State
Normal school.
Speaking of humble heroes there's
Policeman Cy Freeman, of Cape
Girardeau, who ate seven meals at
an all night lunchery between mid
night and morning.
one by one the traditions fall. None
Of the three county judges Of McDon-
aid county, southwestern Missouri,
uses tobacco in any form. according
to the PineviIle Democrat.
Willie Sherman, son of st. Louis
physician is not yet y years old but
has been married twice, showing that
he has tasted the bitter with the
sweet at very tender age.
CONGRESSMAN Hensley Of the Thir-
teenth Missouri district, will not
again seek reelection. He has held
the office four terms and will retire
at the end of his present term.
John Vanderlinden stepped into the
limelght as some poultry raiser Tues
day when he sold two Plymouth Rock
hens to f. o. Browning that brought
him 32.SS.-Burlington Junction Post.
Folks never grow old in Missouri.
To Mr.. and Mrs, Eli Arnold Of Atchi-
son county, aged 20 and SO, respeet-
lively, has just been born their six
teenth child a ten pound daughter.
Aztec corn, a thousand years old, is
being planted in Kansas and the Jop-
lin News-Herald assumes that the
spectators who held it weren't salts
fled with prices in the Christian era.
DR.. C. f. Wettstein was on the en-
tertainmeut committee for the open
Ing OF the new Elks' clubhouse at
Trenton Tuesday, and it is presumcd d
that an enjoyable time was had by
all.
william Rolf, Of Alma, was haul
ing a load Of fodder to town, his dog
trailing the wagon. Four wolves at
tackled the dog and only by prompt
action with the scoop shovel was the
dog saved.
"If Pharaoh had used silos," adver-
tises Mountain Grove dealer, "ey-
erybody in Egypt would have had
roast beef and cream gravy" Will
someone please pass the ensilage this
way?
In the interest of conservation, the
King City Democrat says that next
season two potatoes should be made
TO grow where none grew before
Which is all right, If person car
only make 'em grow.
Ordinarily we country folks don
worry about our city cousins. but w
cannot restrain our sympathy for Mrs
Lueile Murphy, OF st. Louis, who wa
Fastening TO board a street car whei
a lighted cigar stub carelessly tosse'
out O rear window fell within he