The Holt County sentinel., 1917-07-13
NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
The Most Important News Con.
densed From the Leading
Papers.
By A. \. Jcnrcy)

i'hip. tidtt I"dh, SiNlliOdtiiS'OIu
baby near Mound City last week. The
child had been LETT asleep on the bed
during the afternoon and awaking
wh,n no other person was In the room
she rolled of IN such a manner that
she fell on her head and eyidentl,
died instantly.
Though the new town wei of Mays.
Vile H. pumped dry every night the
Visible supply in the standpipe H.
gradually increasing, says the Herald
10 light the way vi travellers fOr
miles around. the people of Maysville
have placed four large electric lights
on the summit Of the court house
| tower.
The young men Of military age in
sullivan county established an enyi
able record OF patriotism on registra
ton day, says the Unionvillc Repub.
lican. OF 1,i2i registering there were
96i who claimed no exemption what.
ever.
When the Cameron Observer
reached Its fiitieth Milestone las,
week 1t was found that its present
editor, e. X, Durham, had edited the
paper continuously Tor ~ of those So
years.
II was left Tor Harris, in Sullivan
county, to stage the greatest sale OF
pure bred cattle ever held In the
United States. The Hereford herd oi
q. Harris a Sons sold last week for
si0O.OOO. while the famous bull. Re.
pcatcr VII, brought the record break.
Ing individual price Of s21.5VV.
When n Linn county farmer came In
from the field the other day dragging
u iu.pound fish ~ the end of hitch
rein the spectacle was no stranger
than the story he told. The fish was
freed In a hollow log In Locust Greek
and all his ,aptor had To do was slip
the hitch rein through his gills and
lead him home.
a warning H. issued by the Grant
CITY Times To any traveller addicted To
III" III" 81 abusive language In nd.
dressing hotel keepers. Any such are
advised Ia steer clear Of Mr. Battson,
proprietor OF the Come Inn hotel, as
II II reported that u stranger who
called last week ~ that hostelry,
loaded down with some Of the stun
that made Milwaukee famous. and
duslr" to abus, SUm-dOy. met his
Waterloo when he in,ultcd Battson.
our landlord" says the Times, PRO.
c,cd'd 10 lay him cold with ham.
mcr and then called an officer to take
care Ut him"
Til, depth and consistency OF
Worth c0uniy's black corn land was
tested unwlllinrly by party of Ohio
tourists IN route lHst week 10 Sail
Lake city, says the Grant city Times.
\ small bridge was out on the main
highway and the party attempted To
d'tour through u field and the biz car
stuck.
When III" Mercer county authorities
Got through with the chaps who re-.
Gently tried 10 smugglc "A load Of lin.
uOr from Salin" 10 lincNillc In pre-.
paraiion Tor lowH's biz thirst. they
found themselves deprived al their
cargo and load,d down with fines
$500 each.
Pinned Ia the ground between the
long, sharp horns oi an cnragcd COW
littl. Buren, Sparks. iOurycar.old son
oi Asa Sparks near Princeton, escaped
a terrible death only because N"
cows horns were long and penetrated
thu ground an both sides OF ia, child
thus preventing him from being
crushed or gUfcd while his scream,
brought his father To his rescue. \
cash Was torn In the child's side and
III, skin was slightly broken ON his
neck, says the Princeton Post, but
otherwise thu boy was unhurt.
pn the Nudawuy county truck farm
where tour young men from ~, VI a..
souri, college oi agriculture have been
doing their best to produce AN int"n.
si'c crop this spring and summer only
fMn Wlll MIII.s lnlI huNl
bt the tour partners two enlisted the
other day aud az" now ut Jefferson
Barracks. while the others will stay
on the farm and finish the harvest.
Gordon Case at Kansas tItN and
Henry Crow Of Dexter have gone 10
the front, while HALEY Ford of Mary.
vile and L. T. Black of 81, Louis viii
stay u, the food producing work until
the end Of the year.
Having lived near Pickering for ~
years Alfred Gray celebrated his saith
birthday recently. Until the last two
or three years h. has spent his life on
the farm,
Anybody who has worked In p,fnt
| shop will not doubt the loyalty NJ tho
Maitland Herald since that paper ap,
pear,d last week printed In two col
| ffN, VIII. NV 'uUSt VI INV Nill'lNN'i
Red Cross could have justified the
additional hours ~ eXacting labor re-
CURED 10 print In red the emblem Of
the Red Cross In u nearly full.pa-"
appeal for that cause paid for by the
Collision store Of Maitland.
When the workers In Harmony
community Of Nodaway county started
their Red Cross campaign the .oslcr
day they covered 20 miles Of country
road In 3h hours and collected in
cash s251.
| No alarm clock Is needed In the Mill
Hopkins home near Maitland, says the
Herald Hopkins was rudely awaken
ed Just before daylight the other
morning by bee sting on his ear
and he arose to find that swarm Of
bees had taken possession Of his
house.
A cup Of water thrown among them
to induce them TO come into hive
was considered an covert act" OF
hostility by swarm Of bees at Dear
born last week and the entire swarm
settled upon the owner. Tom Gaunt