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The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07
An Enjoyable Visit.

The Old Sentinel was delighted with
a call Monday from c. o. Denny, who
was here for q brief visit with his
brother, Hiram. He had been "a
Maitland for q Thanksgiving visit
with his sisters, Mrs. Joseph Hodgin
and Mrs. John Davis, his broth
er, Barton, and wife, and Hiram, the
reunion being at the home Of Mrs
Joseph Hodgin In Maitland. II was
no doubt . happy reunion.
Charles Is an old Oregon school lad
who went to school here In 1879-80
and kent on going 10 school, finishing
at the Drake University, and has had
thu 26Hn chair Of that old college fol
the1nHt 20 years. His wife was with
hinnfot Maitland, but did not come te
Oreron. Barton, he tells N, ID still
in Nks Asld service Of tho Christian
chnroh in Iowa, and he, too, 10 making
good Saarton and wife. who ives 9
Iaaonv. visiting her brother, Nat
w.. n near Maitland. Why didn't
ycp c. adswn. Barton. and say
~. s8,t. Z eff tN
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07
WITH SICKLE KEEN.
McROhrrts.

Another Of those devoted, splendid
mothers has been called TO her reward
and she lays down her burdens. rcati,
and willing TO answer that summons
"Herc ann !, o, Lord!"
The death Of Mrs. Sarah A. Nc.
Roberts occurred ut her home
In Mound City, on November 90, 1917,
~ she was nearing her 74th birthday
Prior to her marriage she was Sar.
nh A. Black, and WAS born near Bel.
last, ireland. January IL, lS44. Whcr
. mere child, she came with her pa.
rentt TO the United States, and aftcl
resisting several years In Pennsyl
vania, the family removed to Linn
county, Iowa, where the deceased was
married TO George McRobcrts; the,
farined In Iowa, and In 1860 they re-
moved to Graham, Missouri. where
the husband conducted the Graham.
lIigelow stage line.
In 1870 the family located in Mound
City, where Mr.. McRobcrts died
March 20, 1908. and her son, George
became the head Of the family, caring
for his dearest friend all these years
until the Boatman came and took her
across the great river of life. She
was the mother Of four splendid, duti.
ful children, the ranks Of these only
recently broken by the death Of her
son, William, which occurred Scptcm-
Der "a, 1917.
She is survived by three children
Mrs. Elizabeth Spcllman and George,
of Mound City, and Charles. Of st.
Joseph. She Is also survived by five
grsndchildren-Earl Spellman. Of St.
Joseph; Miss Grace Spcllman, Of
Mound City; Miss Laura McRobcrts.
Of Mound City. and Mrs. Guy Jones,
Of Bigelow; one great grandchild.E .E.lik-
abeth, daughter Of MIR, and Mrs. Guy
Jones, Of Bigelow.
Impressive funeral services were
conducted from the home Friday, No
yembcr 80. by Rev. Ferguson, of the
Presbyterian church.
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07

You can find most anything you
want suitable for q present snd
prices right ut Phillips Drug Store.
-M!st "a Hornscleer, while In Orr.
eoa, Nov. 20, was tsipped 81 4 iooss
place. ard hGe inSo Wss NM hinr"S
She = able to,gst aFeu1d Eov. 6conSr
or later the city win have . dainSrs
'sait p pay.
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster, ef
Eorbes, and Mrs, Hssdley and sea,
Ward, spent tie evening, Sunday et
Nh y. =. Crsws'l's. cou'ias In Wird's'
new Ford. 80 r.-y Z
- 4, Dseyas, II u sslthsl. aaA
h!s ,s hsFeethsE Ioula.; q Qeiniag. .e.s
ea!!ed q Hlfslsca!ills, thiA st6&As ~
urday, By ~ serious ilhsee g tAsir
srendmetAsr. Mn. =. 8. AeNsbh
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07
StrOugh.

John Strough, who for many years
was an honored citizen Of Union town
ship, died at his home, in Beatrice,
Nebraska, November 90, 1917, in the
18th year Of his age.
Mr.. Strough was born in--Henry
county, Indiana, January 28, 1912, and
spent his early life on an Indiana
farm. He married Sarah A. Barnes In
his native county, and they came 10
Holt county In 1869, and in 1870 they
located In Union township, near Craig
About the year 1892 he removed "a
beatrice, Nebraska, where the family
has since resided. He Is survived by
his wife and five children.
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07

districts did as well rs we did, we put
Nodaway township in line with the
rural townships Of the county, and
perhaps in the lead.
EMANON.
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07

| / chatter, thatter, as ! flow
To join the brmminK river,
For men may come, and men may 60,
But ! 60 on for ever.
Sen. Click, ]. H. Carter, Wm
Weightman, were down from Mound
City, last Tuesday night, and address
ed the people Of Nodaway township
on the Red Triangle affair. j. II. Car
ter, county president, made a very
forcible talk, he having visited Several
of the cantonments and WAS n pos
session Of the facts relative to the
work Of the Red Triangle. Senator
Click made an eloquent talk on the
Red Cross work. Mr.. Weightman and
Carter have sons In the army, and
when we see such men as these Civ
| ing their time, money and sons, we
should feel as though we could sacri-
fee too. The entire community, men
and women, should have been present,
instead Of just few. At the conclu-
sion q committee was appointed in each
school district Of Nodaway. township,
TO solicit funds. Each teacher In the
schools was on the committee, with
some others, whose names we did not
know. In Richyille district, Mr., STAN
ley and Mr.. Nat Feastsr, supsfin-
tsndnt q thp Glnds ysehool, did tie
work, SSliing 81, 81, aaA not quite
eomplsing - elgsiit. ~. We had
70 rsfV1I sosls NJ 60 Is ~ d p9Ss'
soa @ cS0tsihusS, Tor our rspoSt WSS
aissady turhsdln y our sistsr ssAeel
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Are These Studies Useless?

You, reader, who have been through
the public school mill, ask yourself
some questions. What good to YOU,
Of what ultimate utility-are such
things as apothecary's weight, alliga-
ton, aliQuot parts, cube root, dram,
the long method of the greatest COM
mon divisor, least common multiple,
troy weight, unreal fractions, the ap-
positive, the objective complement, the
objective used as a substantive, con-
junctive adverbs, the nominative alb
solute, geometric theorems, the gerund,
etc.? What do you know about them
today? Yet think of the hours and
days and weeks that you pored over
them when you were in the public
schools! If they have brought you no
ultimate utility, then they will bring
your children no ultimate utility, and
if they lack ultimate utility there can
be no question that the time spent in
their temporary, feeting acquisition
was wasted childhood "-Grand Rap
ids Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
An Unconscious Linguist.

Men have travelled safely, if not al
ways placidly, throughout Europe with
no other language than English at
their command, but few have been SO
lucky as a correspondent of a New
York paper whose English was actual
ly taken for French by the French
themselves.
While he spoke no language other
than English, this gentleman had new
er had any trouble in travelling in Eu-
rope. In the only instance when he
greatly longed to be able to speak an
other language he was helped out OF
a predicament in a most unexpected
way. At a railway station in Paris
he could not make the porters under
stand that he wanted his baggage.
Finally he exclaimed:
''Oh, b'gosh!'
One of the porters replied, "Oui, ban
gazh, oui, oui, bah-gazh," and he soon
produced the Americans trunk. That
was the first time he knew that the
French have the word baggage and
learned how they pronounce it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Stouqhton

According to Geo. o. Moen, cashier
of the Citizens National bank. there
were approximately 100000 subscribed
at Stoughton for Liberty Bonds. More
than at first expected. The three banks
turned in more than $4,000.
Henry Johnson was up from Edger-
ton and adjusted storm losses on prop
erty of Ole Visaason, Amin Moen, Nels
Kaupanger. Clarence Quale, F. J. Nc
earthly, George Bitter, Andrew Holtan,
Filing Gilbertson, S. E. Becker. Dam
age had been done to silos and tobacco
sheds.
At o'clock Saturday afternoon Miss
Kathryn Johnson and Mr. Victor E.
Nelson, instructor in the department
of chemistry at the university, were
united in marriage at the home of the
brides father, Peter N. Johnson, in
Stoughton, Rev. M. H. Hegge officiat-
ing. Only the immediate families were
present. The couple were unattended.
They left on a trip to Eau Claire and
Minneapolis and will then remain in
Stoughton until August when they will
leave for Baltimore where they will
make their home.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Worked the Car Owners.

Quite recently patrons Of well
known New York restaurant, who
were in the habit Of leaving their
cars unattended outside, uncovered the
methods of d new kind Of practical
joker, new because he was practical.
It appears that almost every day
some one would have trouble in get
ting his car started. After he had
tinkered for a few minutes an obliging
mechanic would stroll up, profer his
aid and have the engine running in no
time. Two actors happened to CONF
pare notes one day and found that this
incident had occurred to both of them.
They Immediately became suspicious
and on leaving the restaurant saw the
man working at a car short distance
down the street. By quick action one
Of them bounced on him and caught
him. He was the obhging mechanic,
and after his arrest it developed that
he had deliberately disconnected por-
lions of the cars electrical systems
and then had collected substantial re-
wards from puzzled owners for serv-
ices rendered in starting the machines.
Motor Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Red Cross Work.

The rapid growth of the Red Cross In
Wisconsin since the declaration of war
and the extension of it's activities to all
parts of the state are a remarkable eX-
preston of the popular desire to rem
der definite service to the nation in it's
war need. In March of this year there
were but six Red Cross chapters in the
entire state. Today there are fifty
two chapters, fully organized, and
eleven others whose organization is
partially completed. Allied with these
parent chapters, there are large uum-
Der Red Cross branches and hundreds
of small auxiliaries or working COM
mittees. The is scarcely community
in the entire state so small that it does
not have at least one of these working
committees sewing for the Red Cross.
Immediately following the declaration
of war, inquiries and appeals for help
began to pour into Milwaukee from all
parts of the state. Communities were
eager to find out how to go about the
work of organizing a Red Cross chap
ter or branch, how to get qualified
instructor for conducting the training
classes for nurses assistants, and how
to go about the work of making hospi-
tai supplies. This popular demand for
information and help led Immediately
to the appointment of state director,
with headquarters at Milwaukee, and
later to the additional appointment of
field secretary, under whose direction
the work of organizing the state has
progressed rapidly.
S. M. McFedries, the state director,
and George G. Goetz, the field secre-
tary, have personal charge organizing
the state forces for the big financial
campaign to be conducted during the
week of June 18 to Is. Each chapter is
held responsible for the territory in it's
Jurisdiction, the chapters being founded
as rule on the basis of one chapter to
the county although there are few in
stances in which it has been found ad-
visable to give parent chapter juris-
diction over a larger extent of terri
tory. The organizations in the smaller
communities are known as branches
and are subsidiary to the chapters. The
third subdivision is the auxiliary or
working committee, this being any
group of women which is banded to-
gether for the purpose of sewing for
the Red Cross or assisting in it's work
in any way.
eff the rapid growth in the organic
alton of Red Cross chapters and
branches since the declaration of war
is any indication of the general patri-
otto sentiment throughout the state, as
of course it is" said Field Secretary
Goetz, "Wisconsin's contribution to
the Red Cross war fund will be most
effective answer to any outside skepti-
cism regarding the states loyalty.
There is every indication that Wiscon-
sin will do more than it's share in the
raising of the 500, 100000 which the
National War Council is asking for
Red Cross work in the first year of the
| war"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Musk Radioactive.

1t has been recently determined that
the penetrating quality Of musk is due
to certain radioactive properties which
it possesses that cause odOr Of the per-
fume to be carried through the air in
an extraordinary way, says the In
dianapolis News. The radioactive
property of musk affects strangely the
natives who carry it to market. Ii a
package of musk is held close to the
body for any length of time it pro-
duces sores that are similar in charac-
ter to those caused by pure radium.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
CORRESPONDENCE
OeerfeId

Hon. T. G. Thompson attested his
patriotism last week by buying So, OOO
worth of Liberty Bonds.
Mrs. Anna Anderson had the misfor-
tune to burn her feet very badly on
Tuesday of last week. She had heated
a pail of water and had put quantity
of chloride of lime into the water and
set it on the floor. In doing 50 her
dress caught the pail, causing her to
fall and spill the contents over her feet.
The dredge for the Christiana drain
age district has been hauled to the
starting place on the Strand road and
work will begin as soon as the dredge
can be set up. We understand the cost
of drainage in that district will aver
age SIT per acre.
The United Norwegian church body
will be pretentious one. 1t will have
about a half million communicates,
5000 congregations and 1900 ministers.
1t will own or control 26 seminaries,
colleges and academies with 300 teach
ers and nearly 5000 students. 1t will
also own or control Is hospitals, 9 Or
phan homes and homes for the aged.
It's property value will run close to Is
million dollars The educational, mis-
sionary and charitable activities Of the
three bodies will be merged as soon as
practicable.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Mexico's Army of Bell Rinaers.

1t takes great army of men to keep
the church bells going in Mexico. 1t is
estimated that in Mexico City alone
there are more thar 1000 bell ringers
regularly employed. On days Of re-
ligious celebrations the number is aug
mented, as the ringing of the bells
must be kept up almost constantly
through the day and night on such oc-
casions. The most striking feature of
Mexican life to the casual visitor to
Mexico is the noise of church bells.
Every little hamlet and many of the
ranches in the country have one or
more Catholic churches, and each ed
ifice is equipped with one or more bell
towers. The great cathedral which
stands near the national palace in
Mexico City has sixteen of these tow
ers.-London Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known, to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease. requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surface OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work The pro-
prletors have so much faith its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for lists of testimonials. Address,
F. j. Cheney, & Co.. Toledo, o.
Sold Dy all druggists 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Applications for Liquor License.

Edgerton, Wis, June 16, 1917.
To the Mayor and Common Council of
the City of Edgerton:
The undersigned of the City of Ed
gerton, Wis, makes this written appli-
cation to your honorable body for a Ii
cense for the sale of strong, spirituous,
malt, ardent, or Intoxicating liquors,
until July l, 1913, on premises describ-
ed as follows:
No. Il Henry St., in said city.
L. A. Larson.
The above applicant offers bond
signed by himself as principal and The
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New
York as sureties.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
application was filed in the office of the
city clerk, city of Edgerton, on the
18th day of June, 1917.
H. B. Knapp, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Milton

Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Coon have re-
turned home from California where
they spent the winter.
Prof. Claude Stillman and family of
Haywood, Wis, are visiting at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A..
B. Stillman.
Miss Nina Coon of Chicago came on
Thursday and is a guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Coon. She ex-
poets to remain till the last of June
and then goes to Chicago where she
has a position for ten weeks in the
Daily News sanitarium, day nursery
for children.
Miss Clara Fox was the guest of
honor at surprise shower Wednesday
afternoon at the A. M. Richardson
home, planned by the Misses Maude
Dickinson of GAINESVILLE and Belle Con-
key. Ten of her old schoolmates and
friends were present and enjoyed the
afternoon with guessing games and
writing recipes and making holders for
the bride-to-be. A delicious two course
luncheon was served.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Big Money in Lambs.

The Drovers' Journal on Monday
noted that S. M. and 0. B. Parham OF
Billings, Mont, had marketed the last
load of lambs for the Chicago market,
the total market value of which was
$4O6, 500 and the fleece clip sold for
$685. 500, exclusive of $4,000 shorn in
Montana. The Parhams secured 44c to
53c per pound for the wool from the
lambs at the feeding stations and OBJ
tanned IS for their Montana clip. All
their lambs were fed at Montgomery
and they did not begin shearing until
the last of February. One band of
AZ, 200 averaged u pounds of wool per
head, and $500 head averaged 81 lbs,
while the last lot of $50 yielded 6 lbs.
Feed bill at Montgomery totaled
around 1925, 900 and most of the lambs
were kept there about As days, always
being sent to the market as they were
ready. Feed cost amounted to 5 cents
per head per>day. Some of the lambs
were contracted early last year as low
as $780, but some of those purchased
late cost S1325.
Profits averaged from $1.25 to $3.50
per head, although some of them made
as much as So. so. The feature of their
operations was the fact that those
which cost the most originally made
the biggest profit because Of the phe-
nomenal rise in the market.
Mr.. Parham and his son have five
ranches around Billings that total %, 600
acres and own big tract at Westboro,
Wis. In Montana they raised 1000
acres of early wheat and also planted
1900 acres more to corn, wheat, oats,
beans and potatoes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Evansville

Plans are being perfected for big
Fourth of July celebration in Evans
ville-one that should draw great
number of people from the surrounding
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl F. BrunselI have
issued invitations to the marriage Of
their daughter, Helen Dora, to Charles
Rex Buckeridge on Wednesday after
noon, June 81, at o'clock. The couple
will be at home after August / at 629
Park avenue, Beloit.
A Ford car carrying Miss Hazel Pad
den, Fred Wadsworth, the six-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wadsworth,
Glenn Bennett and Arthur Luchsinger
turned turtle in front of the Charles
Morgan residence on East Main street
Sunday afternoon, throwing the occu-
pants out and pinning Miss Padden and
Mr.. Luchsinger under the car. All re-
ceived miner injuries, Miss Padden
having her left hand burned by water
from the radiator.
Art. Moore had his right hand shot
off by the discharge of gun Sunday
afternoon on the marsh in the Mil
brandt vicinity, where he, accompanied
by Dean Spencer and Oscar Moe, had
gone on little pleasure trip. After
the accident the three men hurried to
their car, which was about mile
away, and came to town where it was
found that the only local doctor in town
was Dr. Smith and he was busy caring
for Clyde Courtier, who, less than an
hour earlier, had suffered broken an
kle at Lake Kegonsa.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Common Council Proceedings.
EDGERToN, WIS.,, June Is, 1917

Regular meeting of the common
council, Mayor Conway presiding.
Aldermen present: Arthur, Dickerson,
Dickinson, Kellogg, Dallman, Stark.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Bills presented and allowed:
A. Rusch, street work. .... 1898 sc
L. N. Pomeroy Co., street signs. sc
Awkward Sons Co., manhole COW. 20 rs
The mayor appointed as members OF
the board of health Aids. Dickinson and
Dickerson.
Appointments were confirmed by the
council.
Aid. Dickinson moved that when
council adjourn it be to Saturday night,
June %.
Motion carried.
On motion council adjourned.
H. B. KNAPP, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank our neighbors and
friends for the beautiful flowers, also
for the sympathy extended us. and the
singers who rendered the beautiful
music in our time of bereavement.
AUGUST BLANK AND FAMILY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22
Has Good Opinion of Chamber
Iain's Tablets

chamberlain Tablets are won
der. never sold anything that beat
them writes F. B. Tressey, Rich
mond, KY. When troubled with indi-
gestion or constipation give them a
trial.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

To those who so kindly gave aid and
sympathy during our late bereavement
we hereby express our heartfelt thanks.
E. L. PAINTER AND FAMILY,
IRENE DALLMAN AND FAMILY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-22

LosT-License No. 1914 somewhere
on rural route No. 2. Finder please
leave at post office.
Farmers boys want farm work
for the summer. Telephone DR.. Mey-
erS.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
John Bell Goes TO Court.

Mr.. John B. Bell, of Noxubee county,
who came down to Meridian last week
to court and was on the federal grand
jury, has the reputation in his home
section of being the best cotton farmer
in the county and of always raising a
fairly good cotton crop even in the
worst crop years. In spite of the boil
weevil and the spring hurricane and
rain, Mr.. Bell managed to harvest a
goodly number of bales last year and is
preparing for a bumper crop this year.
The two evils that ruined last years
crog ne says, can be overcome by early
planting of early maturing cotton to
beat tbs boil weevil. Meridian Star.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
FIELD DAY!
Noxubee County School Contest
Thursday and Friday, April 1918
PROGRAMME.

PROGRAMME.
First Day
200 p. m. Contests in Spelling, Arith
metic, Composition and Latin at Higl
School Building. Pupils entering these
contests will be entertained by the citi
zens of Macon Thursday night.
Second Day
o:45 a. m. Club Songs and Yells, al
Lpceum Theatre.
1000 a. m. Contest in Reading, Dec
lamation and Expression at Lyceum
Theatre.
1890 p. m. Basket Dinner at High
School Grounds.
l:30 p. m. Athletic Contest at High
School Grounds. School Exhibits at High
School Building.
This is the great annual school rally of
the county. Everybody is invited to
come and take part. Contests will begin
promptly on time. Do not be late.
BASKET DINNER.
Come and bring your basket. Tables
will be prepared on the High School
grounds for the dinners. This is not a
local meet, but county day. Let US
make it great set.tosether occasion.
Admission to all events l5c and 2Sc.
Contestants admitted free.
FIELD DAY COMMITTEE,
Macon, Miss.