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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1917-01-05
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During Tie Week

/ s s.
Get your coupons in at once for
redemption. J; B. Patrick.
B. Ward Welsh of ST. Louis
visited his parents here a few days
last week.
Enrol L. Joyce of Kansas City
spent last Friday here, guest Of J !.
3. Welsh and family.
Miss Virginia Dye visited her
sister Mrs. Eta Dale and family
at Hamilton last week.
Miss Frances Denbo returned
Monday from visiting several days
with relatives at Carrollton.
@. V. Jones of Unionville visited
his aunt, Mrs. Lee Hamilton, and
family here Wednesday of last
week.
Miss Jennie Bowlby Of Carroll
ton spent last week with ,Laclede
relatives, guest Of her uncle, Ell. G.
Carothers.
Mrs. Martha Mock and daughter
Of Los Angeles, Calf, spent New
Years Day with j. T. Hamilton
and family.
Misses Esther Rowland and
Viva Caywood were week end
guests Of Miss Lena Mendenhall in
Brookfeld.
Miss Jennie Stark, teacher in the
Warsaw high school, spent the
holidays with relatives in Laclede
and vicinity.
w. r. Peacher returned home
Friday from spending a week with
his brother, A.. L. Peacher and
family at Fort Smith, Ark.
Miss Leona Collier has been sent
to Laclede by the Chillicothe Busi-
ness College to accept a position as
stenographer for the O.. A. Talbot
Grain Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ziegler and
son, Wilford Carroll, of Bethel,
spent the holidays here with Mrs.
zeigler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z
VIM. Kaft.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Keathley
and children motOred down from
Browning Sunday for short visit
with Mrs. Keathley's parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. W. B. Calhoun.
Vanse Schrock of Columbus,
Ohio, and Ray Schrock of Wester-
7ille Ohio, brother aud nephew of
Mrs. j. T. Hamilton, were guests
It the Hamilton home during the
Mrs. j. w. Lomax and son,
Prof. Paul Lomax who was here
rom Las Vegas, New Mexico,
'isited Mrs. [. V. Power, Mrs. H.
Markham and Mr.. aud Mrs. E. NJ.
IOmax in Brookfield last week.
On Christmas day Mr.. and Mrs.
i. G. Lomax had as their dinner
,uests Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Lomax
nd daughter, Laura Dale, Mrs.
laura Wanamaker and Mr.. and
irs. C. w. HeryfOrd, all of
Srookfield, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fl.
V. Lomax and Mr.. and Mrs. j. C.
,rOwn.
The following pupils of Oak
LrbOr school are given honorable
lentiOn for being neither abb
snt nor tardy during December:
ienlnh Berry, Naomi Sensintafar,
anil Sensintaffar, Gladys Mahurin,
Ierman White, Berniee Kr1Dz,
ans White, Charlie Haiehf, ERie
workman, Roy Berry Mary
vt IL. =, rryt..
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1917-01-05
For Sale Or Res

Oar residePcs win be for sale or
rent, possession any time after
Jopuary IS. J. B. Patrick.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1917-01-05
TOWN AND COUNTRY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

One base burner below cost t.
move it now. j. B, Patrick.
Mrs. Dougherty Of Hale is spend
ing a week with friends here.
For sale, Jersey COW to be fresf
this month. w. E. Randall.
Regular meeting Of the Roya
Neighbors on Friday afternoon ot
this week.
For sale, two yearling steers
and eight calves. Mack Farrar,
phone, 953.
This week is the time to get
bargains at Patrick's before they
move to Brookield.
American fence, tile and salt at
bargain prices while they last,
going very fast at J. B. Patrick 8.
Two new subscribers and ten
renewals was the record at this
Office for New Years day. Thanks,
to all Of ye.
A limited number of pure bred
Black Langshan cockerels for sale
at one dollar each at the pen if
taken soon. Phone 81.
We expect to commence moving
our stock to Brookfeld about Jan.
Is, many bargains in stock for
You yet, J,B. Patrick.
The party who borrowed the
big corner brace from Caywood &
Baum's electric shop some time
ago will please return it at once.
Harry Landree was on the st.
Joseph market last Monday with a
car of fat hogs. A part of the
shipment belonged to D. E. Stark.
j. Fl. Dick filed one of his ice
houses last week with ice from the
ballast pond west of town. It was
nearly ten inches thick and of very
fine quality,
THE BLADE family enjoyed an
excellent New Years dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. g. G. Bigger last
Monday, fine baked goose being
the chief part of the menu.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Randall of
Laclede are now grandparents, a |
fine boy baby having been born to
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E, Randall at
Hannibal last Tuesday.
I have a quantity of household
furniture which / will sell private
" at half cost or less. Also some
canned fruit and grape juice in
glass jars All for cash. At home
from Tuesday to Saturday. Will
lam Sissons.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Cutler who
moved from here to Breckenridge
'ew months ago, are rejoicing over
he arrival of fine boy baby at
heir home this week. Mr.. Cutler
S day operator for the Burlington
It Breckenridge.
Mrs. Ella Standby called Monday
md paid for THE BLADE year as
j New Years present for Mrs. L,
B. Standby who now resides at
Delaware, Ohio. Mrs. L. B., who
esided here for many years, will
10 dOubt enjoy hearing from her
Id home each week this year.
Mrs. H. C. LOmax gave a dinner
{ her home last Saturday, the
.uests being Mrs. Catharine Fruin
I'd Two sons. Jerry and Alfred,
nd her brother WIN. Hawthorn,
II. and Mrs. o. A. Potter and
,oren. and Mrs. Ella standby and
Dn Harold. lr
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1917-01-05

Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of AA Sorts

Of her BLADE changed from Los
Angeles, Call, to Fort Collins
Col. TT. Collins Is the home ot
Mr.. and Mrs. D, D HalIam, also
former citizens of Laelede.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phares Shive,
Crossett, Ark, who have long
been an appreciated subscriber to
this paper, sent IN their annual
dues this week along with their
kindest regards to their many old
friends here. They are well and
getting along as well as could be
expected considering the high cost
of living and the usual democratic
times.
R. j. Ormsby Of Wakarusa,
Kansas, writes enclosing dollar
to continue The BLADE to his ad-
dress another year, accompanying
it with New Year greetings to
their many friends here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ormsby are well and enjoying
this delightful winter weather.
They have a new grandson, a fine
boy having been born to Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Ormsby, December 20.
Robert /. Simpson, champion
high hurdler of the world, visited
relatives here, being a guest of his
cousin, Asa Cross on route one,
December "a. Mr.. Simpson has
been ir Laclede a number Of times
visiting his aunt, Mrs. P. 2. White
and family, his home being at
Bosworth. He recensly returned
from Sweden where he won the
worlds championship,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Higgins
made themselves a Christmas
present worth while-a Grant Six
touring car, bought of the Power
Garage. F. r. Power went to
Kansas City and drove the new
car home just in time for delivery
before Christmas. We know of
no one more able to own or more
worthy to enjoy the pleasure Of a
good car than Mr.. and Mrs. Hig,
gins.
No country can boast of a finer
'all and winter climate than the |
people of this section of Missouri
enjoyed this season, All fall and
Up to the present time it has been
deal. There was a week of sharp
old, just cold enough and lasted
ust long enough to permit a fine
ce harvest. The roads have been
magnificent and automobiling good
very day, and farm and all out
Ioor work has been carried on
without hinderance. Truly Linn
ounty has been the favored spot
or some time now.
Prof. Paul S. Lomax, Instructor
q the commercial department of
be state normal university of New
Iexico, at Las Vegas, spent holi-
ays here with his parents, Mr..
nd Mrs. j. w. Lomax. He went
0 Chicago Thursday, December
8, to give an address on THE
Talue of a Survey on Commercial
iducatiOn" before the high school
sction of the National Teachers
in session there and
as appointed a member of a CON- /
Iittee of the Business Department
7 the National Education Associa-
on, which is making a study of
lie reorganization Of the business
lrrieulnm for secondary schools.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1917-01-05

Best grade Of aour $40 The
sack nt J. B. Pairiek's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
What We Live For.

There is always something which We
are living for, some prospect which
sings and flutters in the cage Of our
spirit. The secret thing for which we
are living might seem to others, If they
knew Of It, to be trifing and ridicu-
lous thing, like the joys Of the poor.
But the heart which knoweth its own
sorrows, knows also its own ha appmess,
and, in this life of>ours that Isl light,
which enables us to see our waW.-Rev.
]. A. Hutton, NJ: A. D. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Education.

It is, no doubt, a very laudable ef-
fort, in modern teaching, to render as
much as possible of what the young
are required to learn easy and interest
lng. But when this principle Is pushed
to the length of not requiring them to
learn anything but what has been made
easy and interesting, one of the chief
objects of education is sacrificed
John Stuart Mill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Had Modern Idea.

From many years observation on
myself and others, am persuaded we
are on a wrong scent in supposing
moist or cold air the cause Of that
disorder we call a cold" Some unS
known quality IN the air may somes
times produce colds, as In "infuen-
"a" but generally, I apprehend, they
are the effects OF too full living In pro,
portion to our exerciss.-Letter Frora
Ben Franklin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16

applied both before and since the out
break Of the war in an efficient man.
ner. In England the tuberculosis
problem had been met efficiently DE-
fore the war; in France, on the other
hand, virtually nothing had been
DONE"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16

Dr. Herman Bsgs of New York Shows In Vivid Recital To
New York World, Vital Need of Red Cross Aid.

allow, in order to be altogether con-
servative, only two cases for each
death from tuberculosis in all forms,
there would have been 100000 cases
in France before the war.
In Tubercular Grip.
"Now, if we admit-and I am
afraid we must-that so far in this
war. adding up the men now actually
under arms, the civilians still living In
territory occupied by the enemy or
deported into Germany, the prisoners
of war in Germany, the refugees, and
those who have died of wounds, or
heen mercifully slain outright in bat
tIe-one fourth of the total popula-
ton of France is accounted for, and
IL we further accept the same con-
servative ratio of tuberculosis among
the remaining SO,OO0,OOO people. we
should have 10000 cases to add to
the 10000 discharged from the
army.
'To these 00,00O cases in Frances
present civil population, which are
continually being increased by the re-
turn of new cases from detention
camps, at least 200, 900 will be added
as soon as the war is over.
Remember, in the departments OF
France which are occupied by the
Germans or were until the recent re-
treat, there were before the war
about 4,25O,O0O people and after
what they have gone through in the
last two and a-half years it is con-
servative to estimate that or 6 per
cent. of them are suffering from tu-
berculosis. That would give more
than 100000 additional cases.
Scattered Refugees.
about half OF these 4,250.000 in
or say about 100000 peo-
pie, fled from their homes before the
first German invasion and after the
Battle of the Marne and the estab
lishment of the lines which have been
so long held. These refugees were
scattered along the front and in the
and towns nearest their pre-
vious homes, and good many of them
in Paris, which was not far
from the front. At one time the Ger
man army was only fourteen miles
from Paris, and even during the past
winter the nearest point Of the lines
vas only about forty miles from
Paris
"These 100000 people have been
living in the villages and towns near
the lines under the most unfavorable
They are homeless, abb
without resources and depend
ent entirely upon charity organizations
for their living, and there has been
en- enormous amount of tuberculosis
among them--how much, of course, 1t
is impossible to determine accurate
ly.
civilian Prisoners.
aside from these there are about
2,250,0 900 people back Of the German
lines, civilian prisoners in Gernlany'
who are living partly in their homes,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Quite q Shock.

"You say that Miss Oldstyle Is suf-
fering from severe mental shock2
What caused it?" "Why. she's been
claiming that she's only twenty-eight
years old and then somebody found her
name In one Of those '30-Years Ago
columns in the newspapers" II
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Treatinu tuberculosis.

Pulmonary tuberculosis Is being
treated by.a Danish physician with air
that has been subjected to the action
of ultraviolet rays, which seems to
have healing effect when inhaled
through the mouth.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
The Modern Baby.

Now m oculist has discovered that
baby's white raiment Injuries his vi
sion. They've taken away his cradle
and his Old-time remedies and his
fairy stories, and now they want to
pinch his snowy pinafOre.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
wEHW
Mental ANGUISH.

Railroad Attorney-"You want dame
ages-what? Why, there isn't a scratch
on your Van Hardup-"But think Of
the mental shock and depression at not
finding scratch on me after such a
wreck."-Port Jervis Gazette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16

In q mastery article in the New
York World DR.. Herman M. Biggs
Health Commissioner of the State OF
New York. who has just returned
from France, where he spent nearly
three months, tells the story of con-
ditions as they are today, and condi-
.tions which, make it imperative that
America extend such financial aid to
our own Red Cross divisions that our
men In the training camps, and after
they reach France, will not become
the prey of every lurking disease. No
better argument for aiding the Red
Cross can be advanced than that put
forth by DIR. Biggs in his description
of life among the French troops now
massed on the western front. DIR.
Biggs says. in part:
"The troops, instead of living IN
tents and in the open air when they
90 to the front live in trenches, often
wet and a.lways damp and cold, or
they are in dug-outs under ground
stiIl more damp and colder. Then'
relieved from duty in the front fight
ing lines they are billeted in peasant
houses in towns and villages, or In
farm houses and outbuildings near the
front. in very much overcrowded
rooms without ventilation or fresh air
or sunlight and even with very little
diffuse daylight. These peasant hous-
es in France are provided with few
windows and doors. and these are
rarely open, owing to the strong nat
ional aversion of the French people
to fresh air.
Unfayorable Conditions.
."Ir other words. the French troops
are at all times. excepting when on
the march. living under, unfavorable
hygienic onditions-indeed, living un-
der conditions which make tuberculo-
sis especially likely to be transmitted.
Generally speaking, the French
agricultural classes, from. whom so
many Of the soldiers are drawn. are
not cleanly. The results. as said,
were exactly what one would have
development OF tens
NJ thousands of cases of tuberculosis
among the troops. BY the end OF De-
cember, 1915. $4,000 soldiers had been
returned to their homes with active
tuberculosis disease. In February OF
this year it was estimated that about
$50, 900 had thus been returned and
more are constantly being discharged
for this cause.
"Yet this only deals with the spread
of the disease in the army. In order
to get an idea of the terrible nature OF
Frances plight, it is necessary to at
tempt to estimate as nearly as may be
the number of foci of infection exist
ing in her civil population.
Before the war, the total popula-
ton Of France was less than 4O,0OO,OOO
and the number of deaths from tu-
terculosis was more than 100000 a
year. If we estimate the number of
cases in the civil population on the
basis of deaths occurring annually and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Once Was Enough.

"What do you think Of the burly
brute who would go away, on bitter
cold morning, and leave his wife to
build q fire in the furnace?" asked
Mrs. Lerret. "That is something I've
never told anybody but my husband"
laughed Mrs. Yadilloh. "And had to
tell him only Once."--Puck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
To Clean Brass.

Wet, cloth with ammonia and
sprinkle cleaning powder or the am
monia and rub the brass with it. 1t
will clean beautifully.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Didn't Know 81. Louis.

Jack, four, was taught to call his
parent father" One evening father
was away from home and Jack started
his evening prayer in this fashion
"Our father, who art in st. Louis" !
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-16
Improves With Ace.

The older q good resolution gets
the stronger 1t holds.-Florlda Times
Union. pp'-
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
CLIP THIS AND PIN
ON WiFE'S DRESSER
Cincinnati man tells how to shrivel I'D
corns or ealluses SO they :.
lift off with fingers.

Ouch ? ? ! This kind of rough
talk will be heard less here in town if
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice Of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that q few
drops of a drug called freczone when
applied to a tender, aching corn or
hardened callus stops soreness at
once, and soon the corn or callus
dries up and lifts right off without
pain.
He says freezone dries immediately
and never inflames or even irritates
the surrounding skin. A small bottle
of frezone will cost very little at any
drug store, but will positively remove
every hard or soft corn or callus from
ones feet. Millions of American
women will welcome this announce
ment since the Inauguration of high
heels. If your druggist dosn't have
freezone tell him to order a small bot
tie for you.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
ACTRESSES DO THEIR BIT

Frances Starr, the famous actress
who appeared in "The Rose Of the
Rancho" marie Odile," and other
successes, writes in Harpcrs Bazaar
his month on the work of the Stage
Womcn's War Relief She says that
thiS organization is not only hard at
work making surgical dressings, knit
ing socks, and so forth, but is also
preparing to give entertainment for
ncn at the training camps throughout
The United States. 1t is too early to
now how the plans will work out,
but the general purpose of the society
has been approved by President Will
son, and as Miss Starr says, the sol
dlers deserve legitimate amusement
m their few moments or rest and re-
taxation.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
"A SPLENDID TONIC "
Says Hixson Lady Who, On Doc
tors Advice, Took Cardui
And Is Now Well.

Hixson, Tenn.-"About 10 years ago
l was. -" says Mrs. J. B. Gadd, OF
this place. 81 suffered with a pain in
my left side, could not sleep at night
with this pain. always in the left
aide...
My doctor told me to use Cardui. I
took one bottle, which helped me and
after my baby came, / was stronger
and better, but the pain was still
there.
I at first let 1t go, but began to get
weak and in rundown condition,
80 I decided to try some more Cardui,
which / did.
This last Cardui which I took made
me much better, in fact, cured me. 1t
has been number Of years, still
have no return Of this trouble.
| feel Il was Cardui that cured me,
and I recommend 1t as a splendid fe-
male tonic"
Don't allow yourself to become
weak and rundown from womanly
troubles. Take Cardui. 1t should cure
~ help you, as 1t has so many thou
SANDS Of other women in the past 40
years. Headache, backache, sideache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, tired-out
ieeiing, are all signs Of womanly trou~
oie Other women get relief by taking
Cardui. Why not you? All druggists.
NC-132
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
AMERICAN AVIATOR LIVES
AFTER VERY CLOSE CALI

Paris, June.-Corp. James Norman
Hall, American aviator and member
of the Layfayette flying squadron,
who has been reported killed in an en-
counter with German airplanes, has
fortunately escaped death. Though
ne is badly wounded there are hopes
Of his recovery.
Hall was flying over the German
ines when attacked by German by
plane. After hot encounter, seven
other German machines came to the
assistance of the byplanc, and in this
unequal fight Hall was shot through
he lungs. He managed, however,
with great courage and coolness. to
bring his machine down within the
French lines. He tainted just before
ne landed. ..
Han was picked up and taken to the
scissors Hospital, where he is now
under treatment. He is son of Mrs.
\. w. Hall, Of Colfax, Iowa
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
Did So Much For
Her Loved Ones
MRS. CATHEY, OF ANDERSON.
SAYS SHE is DEEPLY
GRATEFUL
CIT SURELY is GOOD"
"Just Made A New Person OF Nv
Daughter" She Declares.
"IT SURELY is GOOD"

81 am glad to recommend Tanlac to
the public, for it has done so much to
give back health to my boys and girls
and other relatives. 1t sure is a fine
medicine" declared Mrs. Josephine
Cathey, of No. IL "R" St., Anderson.
in statement she gave May 25th.
Her husband, daughter, son and
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cathey said,
had all been greatly helped by Tanlac
"My husband suffered from indi-
%cstion and he was troubled a lot
Of being weak and run down. NV
daughter Hattie had about the same
troubles her father did-indigestion,
nervousness and terrible headaches
Mr.. Cathey thinks Tanlac is a
mighty good medicine, for it helped
him so much. Now he never com.
plains of those troubles for
which he took Tanlac, and Tanlac
got him in fine shape. The Tanlac
Just made new person Of my daugh.
ter Hattie and soon had her in fine
health. 1t surely is one more good
remedy. One of my married boys
and his wife also took Tanlac and il
helped them a lot"
Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sole
by The Chesterfield Drug CO., Ches
tortield, S. c.; T. E. Wannamaker &
Sons, Cheraw, Mt. Croghan Drug Co.
Mt. Croghan, S. c.; McBee Drug Co.
Mcbce, S. c.; Pageland Drug Co.
Pageland, S. c.. J. II. lowers & Sons
Jefferson, >. =. Adv
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
BOOZE AND THE CARDINAL

Cardinal Gibbons has this to say
with reference to the proposcd pro.
hibitiOn amendment to the food low.
The history Of the world down to
the present time demonstrates tho
fact that the people have and always
will indulge in intoxicants, irrespcc.
tive OF any restraining power that il
is attempted to saddle upon them"
The Cardinal no doubt has read
more history than we have. Our
greater faith in humanity may, there.
lore, be due to our ignorance. If this
be so, we are inclined to be grateful
for our lack Of learning.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05

1t is just as well to remember that
you can't conquer the foe by merely
waving the flag at him.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-07-05
TO GET CHEAPER PAPER

A joint resolution has been intro
duced in Congress by Senator Owen
to take over and operate during the
war, print paper mills in the United
States and to secure the cooperation
of the Canadian government in the
creation of similar government.
Presume none of the newspapers
that are paying exorbitant prices fol
paper will claim that the bill is uncon.
stitutional.