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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
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Trunk straps, made of steel have
been invented that are more durable
than leather ones.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
A Good Suggestion.

Try Chamberlain's Tablets when bill
ious or constipated. You are certain
to be much pleased with them. They
are easy to take and pleasant in effect.
For sale by all dealers.-Advertiseme
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
fire losses for the last two yeas
Total So, 5ooa5y s6,ooG 314

The fire losses run heavier in the
winter months than during the summer.
Officials say that it is more difficult to
fight fires in cold weather, and the ire
men are handicapped in many ways.
Winter fires often are not discovered
until the building is a mass of flames,
and the fire departments have no
chance to save the property, it is said.
During December, 1916, there have
been a number of disastrous fires in
Iowa. Cedar Rapids reported one fire
in which the loss is about 100000. Os-
kaloosa had big conflagration which
cost s25O.00O Other heavy losses were:
Fort Madison, $4,000: Creston, $780,
900: Osceola, $4,000, and others.
The number of deaths in 1916 due to
fire will probably exceed the 1915 rec
ord. Many of these were due to gaso-
lene explosions.
Modern Farm House Burned.
Grafton, Jan. 1.-The fine large farm
house owned by Gust Erdmann, about
six miles southeast of Grafton, was de-
stroyed Saturday.
The fire started in one OF the slde
walls, presumably where the hot air
flue went up from the furnace. Mr.
E,rdn,ann had been to the cellar TO
start the fire in the furnace and re-
turning to the first floor apartments.
discovered flames and smoke bursting
thru the wall.
The alarm was given ana the IRE
must have made great Roadway as the
family in their rooms upstairs mao
barely time to dress and make their
descent before passage by the stairway
was cut off.
The furniture IN the lower part 81
the house was saved; everything up
stairs went up in the flames. The
house was built only a few years ago
and was thoroughly modern in all It's
ppointments and was valued at $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

Reslnol oistmsnt 10 10 nearly fssa
colored thatit can be used On the faee.
neck or hands without attracting un-
due attention. Rssinol Soap eoasains
the Resinol medication. making il
excellent for the complexion and
hair. Resinol Ointmsatand r ssiaol
Soap are sold by all druggists.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31

DR.. w. G. Patton returned yester-
day from asvacation trip to Macata-
wa, Mich, where he and Mrs. Patton
spent the past month. Mrs. Patton
remained for a few days longer, but
Dr.. Patton hurried home to attend to
important business. He expects to
be called soon to go to the front with
the Medical Corps, in which he will
hold a commission. The Doctor re-
ports having had the "time Of his
life" fishing in Lake Michigan, and
tells of some marvellous catches, which
he declares are true stories.
The great auto truck recently pur-
chased by the County Court for road
work is now on its first job of putting
iron chat surfacing on Stono hill,
which has always been a scar on the
road to Iron Mountain. When this
job is completed the ruggedness of
that hill for travel will be very large
ly removed. The two trailers which
were ordered at the same time have
not vet arrived, nor has information
been received that they have been
shipped. When the trailers get here
the work Of road improvement will be
pushed forward, as the surfacing Of
many of the county roads are becom-
ing seriously impaired.
This is the final week of the present
series of The Times "Buy-at- Home"
Department, which has been run for
the past twenty-six weeks. The Sc
ries of articles that have appeared in
connection with this advertising are
of exceptional merit, upholding in in
controvertible manner the value to
every community of trading at home.
This department has aroused consid-
cradle interest, not only among Times
advertisers, but also among Times
subscribers, and there appears to be
more interest manifested now, as the
series ends, than ever before. We may
be able to get another series Of these
articles and continue this department,
if there appears to be a popular de-
mand for it. If you want it continued
please let US know.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
CONVICT so, OLDEST MAN
IN MISSOURI PRISON, is
PARDONED BY CROSSLEY

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug 20
Acting Gov. Crossley today issued
parole to a life-term convict and a
pardon to a convict under sentence
of forty years for murder in the sec
ond degree. The latter is nearly 80
years old. He is the oldest man in
the penitentiary, and is said to be the
oldest man ever sent to this penlten-
tiary.
William F. Morehead is the name
of the old convict who has been in the
prison only since May 20 last. He
was formerly city marshal of Annis-
ton, Mississippi county, and while
holding this office shot and killed
Roy jenkins, whose home was in Ill
inois.
Robert Sassman is the life-term
convict who is paroled to Sheriff Geo..
A. Bode of st. Louis county. He was
convicted in johnson county of kill
ing a man known only as "Old Man
Miller. Sassman and woman, Ann
Bentley, were travelling with Miller in
wagon. Between the two the old
man was killed with an ak and his
body secreted in an abandoned we'll.
The pair had taken Miller's team and
wagon and proceeded into Kansas be-
fore they we're overtaken.
These paroles were revoked:
Afford Allen, convicted in Kansas
City in September, 1918, of forgery
and sentenced to six years. January
Is, 1915. he was paroled to j. J. Steph-
enson of Kansas City. He is now in
Jail in St. Louis, charged with several
small forgeries committed there,
Robt. Burris, convicted in Macon
county of murder in the second degree,
in January, 1914, and sentenced to ten
years. He was paroled January II,
last. Since then he has been indicted
for burglary, for carrying concealed
weapons and for breaking Jail on two
occasions. He is still at large.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
Important

In view of the fact that there are
several cases of typhoid fever in town,
the Board of Health asks the help of
every citizen in safeguarding the
health of the entire community. 1T is
necessary that greatest precaution be
taken in regard to cess pools and out
houses, that drinking water and milk
supply be investigated.
Flies and mosquitoes are the great
est menace in typhoid, and every I'M
sanitary place about the premises will
help to spread the disease. Kero-
sene sprinkled in rain barrels and low
places where water stands will help
to prevent mosquitoes from breeding
there. Old wells and stagnant streams
MUST BE cleaned, and it is up TO
YOU to see that everything about
YOUR property is in sanitary condi-
ton.
Reports of any unhealthful places
about town will be appreciated.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
FREE PUBLICITY

The circus press agent who used to
enter the editors sanctum, and lay on
the desk a column notice of the coming
show with a pair of passes with the
statement that he might use the arti-
Gle to help up the paper may have
PASSED away, but the advertising
agency that believes it is entitled to
$500 worth of free space for every
dollar it pays for display advertising
is still with US. Just why any news
paper should be asked to advertise
without charge, any article from which
someone derives a profit is hard to-
see, but there are few newspapers
that do not get a steady flow of re-
quests of this kind. -.
Barton and Crippen, publishers of
the Evening Wedge at Durand, Wis,
express their views on this subject
very forcibly in recent issue as fol-
lows:
"If man were to go into a dry
goods store and say, 81 buy $40 or 500
worth of goods from you year and
l think you should give me pair Of
Shoes it is hardly likely that he would
get them. In fact, the storekeeper
might think, and rightly, too, that the
| fellow who would make such a propo-
sition fit subject to send to Mendoza;
if he were to go into a hardware store
and ask for a gift of a lawn mower
because he had been trading there for
the past year the chances are that he
would not get the lawn mower unless
he paid the price for it; if he were to
go into bank and say he thought he
should have a present of So or $40
because he had small deposit there
the past year it is hardly likely his
wish would be gratifed; if he were to
get on a passenger train without a
ticket and tell the conductor the rail-
road company should take him to Chi
cago free because he had continually
Dragged of the company to his friends
he would be put off at the next sta
ton
"Absurd as the above suggestions
cases are they are no more so than
the idea of working a newspaper for
free advertising. A newspaper mans
space is as much his stock in trade
as are the merchants goods, bank
er's money or the transportation of q
railroad company. Yet if an adver'
Using agency places contract fol
$50 worth of advertising in the course
of year, it is very often the case
that the newspaper man is asked t
give from SIS to $40 worth of free ad'
vertising, sometimes more.
Newspaper men are largely t.
blame for this state of affairs. They
have permitted such a state of af
fairs to exist so long that it may be
a little difficult to break away from it
. but it should be done. A newspaper
man is entitled to more compensation
than being slapped on the back ant
! told that he is a good fellow. Sucl
compensation does not pay rent, pa
per bills or salaries. Publishers
: Auxiliary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
FOUND DEAD IN HOME

Miss 2imms, a maiden lady, 81
years old, was found dead in her home
in the east part of town Monday at
ternoon. Heart disease was the cause
of her sudden taking off. Deceased
had been sick few days previous,
but was thought to be in fairly good
health when the end came.
Miss Zimms insisted on living alone,
though j. F. Karsch and family, who
were closely related to her, live in
adjacent property. A niece of Miss
Zimms, Miss Lena Ebrecht, was Wis
iting with her aunt, though she was
down town when death came, which
was evidently quick and painless.
The funeral occurred Wednesday
afternoon and interment was in the
Catholic cemetery. The last sad rites
were attended by many deeply be
reaved relatives and Borrowing
friends.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
DRAINAGE ON COUNTRY ROADS

A bad mud-hole in dirt road isn't
so easy to remedy, and it often hap
pens that when a load of rock is
thrown into mud-hole it results in
two holes where there was but one,
It is suggested by the State Highway
Department that sometimes the worst
mud-hole can be remedied by drilling
down four or five feet and putting in
a shot of dynamite, which loosens
up the sub-soil and provides under
drainage. In a number of counties it
is possible to put in vertical drains
along the side of the road reaching
down into the first strata of sand or
gravel, which will permit the water
to be carried away. Water is the en-
envy of earth roads, and too much at
tention cannot be given to the matter
of drainage.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
REMOVE SIGNS FROM TREES

The State Highway Department is
receiving many inquiries in regard to
the law which requires that advertise
ing signs shall be removed from all
fruit. shade and ornamental trees
along the public highways. In order
that there may be no misunderstand-
ing of this provision of the law, sec
ton ca, page asa, Sessions Laws 1917,
is here quoted in full:
"The County Highway Engineer
and overseers shall protect all
fruit, shade and ornamental trees
along the sides of the public roads,
and shall forthwith remove all
signs and advertisements what
soever that may have been nailed
or fastened to any of said trees.
And it shall be the duty of the
County Highway Engineer to see
that this provision is enforced"
Many trees along our public roads
are damaged every year by having
nails driven into them to support adj
vertising signs. The State Highway
Department suggests that signs be
placed along the public roads by roac
overseers, giving information Of inter
est and value to the traveller. These
signs should warn against sharI
curves and dangerous crossings, anC
should give correct distances between
points. Signs Of this character shoulc
be erected on metal or wooden stand
ards, and should be placed so the!
will not obstruct the view.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
THE FINAL PAYMENT

The fifth and final payment, of 30
per centum, on Liberty Loan Bonds
purchased on installments is due on
August 30th. According to the Off
ciai statement of terms and conditions
of the sale of Liberty Loan Bonds is
sued by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo at the time subscription to
the bonds was invited the payments
must be made on or before that date.
Whether the Liberty Bonds were
purchased from the Treasury or from
the Federal Reserve Banks or through
other banks or agencies it is impor-
tant that this installment be paid
promptly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
AUGUST TEACHERS MEETING

The annual August county teachers
meeting will be held at the Farming
ton High School building on the Both
and 31st inst. 1t is made by law the
duty of every st. Francois county
teacher to attend all sessions of this
meeting. It is earnestly hoped that
a full attendance will be secured.
This will be the best meeting of
the kind that we have ever had. Come!
Learn! Growi Enjoy!
]. CLYDE AKERS,
County Supt. of Schools.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
LICENSED TO MARRY

Aug. %, Edwin Murphy of Bonne
Terre and Lucy Whelehon Of Hall
fax.
Aug. "a, Lucian P. Wigger Of Bonnie
Tcrre and Myrtle E. Newcomer Of
Cadet, Washington county.
Aug. "a, Samuel Franklin helms
and Ida Marie June Thornton Of
Bonnc Terre.
Aug. %, William Allen Stewart and
Estella Mae Fo1shee Of DeGloge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
NJ. E. Church, South
O. Il. DugPins. Pastor.

At the regular IL o'clock service
Sunday morning the text will be, "The
Mission of the Public School,"
All are cordially invited.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
Lutheran Church
Il. Hallerberg. Pastor.

Fl, HaIIerberg, Pastor.
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
English preaching service at 1890
a. m. Subject of sermon: "Our Day
School and the State"
No evening service.
The Gotta Circle meets next We'd
nesday afternoon,
The Concordia Y. P. S. meets next
Thursday evening.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
FOR SALE OR TRADE

Eighty-acre farm, fair improve
ments. situated 5 miles south of De-
Soto, Mo-, on DeSoto and Bonnie Terre
road. Price $35 per acre.
]. R. KINCAID,
Pennington, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
Christian Church

]. N. Bailey, Minister.
We are planning a rally in the BIZ
BILE School. One hundred and fifty is
our mark for Sunday, and two hun
bred for the next Sunday. We will
have to have your help to reach this.
Put your shoulder TO the wheel and
do your "bit", Sunday at 9:55 a. m.
Morning service at II o'clock. I'm
ion services in the evening.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
Presbyterian Church


~ d DVyUi U9VVI'
Services Sunday morning will be
conducted by Rev, Stophlet, of Flat
River, in the absence Of the pastor.
Union services in the evening at the
NJ. E. Church.
Sunday School at GAS a. m.
Senior C. E. at p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday eve
ming at o'clock.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
Church Notices
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Christian Science.

ChrlStlan OCleHce.
Subject of lesson sermon: Christ
Jesus"
Golden text: John 1:29.
Services are held each Sunday
morning at II o'clock and Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock, in the News
building. The Wednesday night meet
ing includes testimonies of healing
in Christian Science. A free public
Reading Room and Lending Library,
maintained in the same building, is
open on Monday and Thursday after
Moons from two to four o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend these services and visit
the Reading Room.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31

As soon as the war is over doubt
less the absurd human race will go
back to hunting for the missing link.
Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03
Less unemploy oyment Likely
In America in Near Future
As Result of the Great War

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At present, and in all probability In
the near futuxe, according to re-
port Of medical committee on social
assurances reported in the American
Medical Journal, this country will have
less and less unemployment, and there
Is no question that with the war and
with the destruction Of life and peo-
pies in Europe, in the very countries
from which, in recent years, this coun-
try has drawn it's vigorous unski1led la
bor, the immigration which has come
to these shores so abundantly will enor-
mously diminish, and there will be q
dearth of labor and rise In wages.
At present, however, there is no
question that even in good times the
wage earners Of this country are un-
employed for from one-ffth to one
fourth-2O to 25 per cent-of the work
ing days Of the year. Those who are
dependent on their daily wages have
thus to consider further diminution
of what is apparently their actual wage.
All investigations on the amount of
wages have shown that about four
6fths OF the men and nineteen-twenti-
eths Of the women earn less than $500
year to support their families, and
this amount Of wage is not able, even
In this country. to support those FAM
flies on fair standard of living. This
Is one cause Of the enormous mass
Of woman and child labor.
Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03
KNITTING KITS FOR SAIL oRs
Uncle Sam Has issueA Deslons and In
structions for Sleeveless Jackets,
Mufflers and WHISTLES.

OF course, you will knit a kit for one
Of our sailors? Uncle Sam Is fitting
out his new recruits as completely and
as rapidly as possible In these days Of
tremendous needs, but to these. as to
the men already in service, he can give
only the ordinary and necessary cloth
Ing. Anything extra in the way Of
comfort must be furnished by the home
people for whom these boys are fight
ing, says the Southern Woman's Maga-
zine.
Northern seas are apt to be cold the
year round and salt spray has a chill
Ing fashion of penetrating it's icy at
mosphere to the very marrow Of ones
bones. Our sailor lads, on severe duty
these days, need better protection than
has been given them heretofore. and,
on their behalf, the government has
issued designs and instructions for a
Sailors kft,' consisting Of a sleeveless
jacket, muffier and wristlets.
These kits must be uniform, OF
course, and must be made according to
Instructions both as to color and work
manship. To insure this, they are In
spected before being issued to the sail
ors. But anybody who knows anything
about knitting can easily follow the In
structions given and fortunately this
charmingly old-fashioned work is still
widely enough known to have devo-
tee In every community who can un-
derstand the Instructions and teach
the art to others.
Thousands of these kits are need
ed, and consequently the whole coun-
try has gone to knitting. We knit
while we are planning for whatever
more serious war work we are to un-
dertake. Young and old among US,
rich and poor, busy women or those
Of leisure, we all are knitting.
Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03
POUL TRY POINTERS
[. Kempster of Missouri Aori

(6y II. L. Kempster of Missouri A0ri-
cultural college.)
AS the chicks grow they need more
room. It does not pay to let them
crowd.
Tough grass is Of no value as green
food. Better s5w some quick-growing
crop.
Feed hoppers greatly reduce the
work. If they are kept filed, the
chicks will never go hungry.
If your chicks are not doing well
something is wrong. Look out for lice
and for worms in the intestines.
Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom pay
for their feed If kept over third sea-
son.
Shade is one Of the most important
essentials during the hot months. Get
the chicks into the orchard and corn
field.
Young stock will do better If not
compelled to pick their living with the
], old. There will also be less trouble
from lice.
Grit and oyster shell should be In
cluded in the ration for both young
and old. To neglect this would be
poor economy.
A growing chick will not thrive on
short rations. If the right kind OF
food is fed, there is little danger Of
overfeeding, especially If they are
given plenty or range.
Supplement the regular feeds with q
wet mash-fed crumbly. Feed all the
!! chicks will clean up before going to
roost, but none should be left in the
| trough. for it will sour.
Mark the pullets this fall so that
you will know just how old your hens
gre, A leg band on the right leg one
year and on the left leg the next Will
assist In culHng the aceh. A hog ring
will serve the purpose.
Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03

Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Nystrom, Oscar
Nystrom and Miss Laura Isaacson, Of
Minneapolis, autoed to Grand Forks
Monday evening.
Mr.. Boyd, representing the Hudson
Thurber CO., OF Minneapolis, was in
our village Tuesday in the interest OF
his company.
Arthur Allen boarded the train via
the Ardock route Monday morning.
Arthur comes in the second draft so
he expects to leave any time for Camp
Dodge.
Hank Goenen, the horse trader, is in
our vicinity dealing in horses as usual.
Mr.. Thuren and son, of Northland,
transacted business at Alvarado Tues
day.
Mr.. Hemly, Frans Hotter and Silver
Hoff, of Oslo, were Alyarado visitors
Monday
Louis Larson, Ole Bergman, Andrew
Nordlund and Victor Edman went to
st. Paul with three carloads of cattle
Saturday.
Stephen visitors at AIvarado Friday
evening were Bill and Anna Rinken-
berger and Theo. Zimmerman.
Hildur Sands, Louis Sands, S. S
Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03
Study Gardening at School.

A new course Of study devised to
educate the 100000 school pupils Of
the city In the proper methods OF gar
dening and Turning has been added
TO the school curriculum Of Philadel-
phia. II 1T proves satisfactory the
new study may be made permanent
part of the school work. Thirty min-
utes week is to be set aside under
the plan In all schools without gar
dens for the teaching and discussion
Of gardening.
Warren sheaf., 1917-10-03
The Iury's Difficulty.

sGentlemen Of the jury" said the
Judge, as he concluded his charge, IF
the evidence shows in your minds that
pneumonia, even indirectly, was the
cause of the mans death, the prison.
er cannot be convicted
An hour later messenger came from
the jury room.
''The gentlemen Of the jury, your
lordship," he said, 'desire Informs
tton."
ION what point of evidence?'
None, your lordship; they want to
know how to spell pneumonia r.