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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
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when, during one rainy season a three
day typhoon wrecked their home, they
were undiscouraged and struggled on.
But the real test came when the
little daughter, Anne, became old
enough to go to school. The only
school building was three miles, away,
the route lying through dense woods.
Mrs. Schell accompanied the child on.
horseback this distance twice each
day. She saw the need of a better
school and it was not long before she
was prevailed upon to take charge Of
it. Then she was obliged to be absent
from home all day, doing her house
hold tasks in the evening and study
ing until late into the night.
But she knew how to teach. She
was a normal school graduate with
three years. high school teaching ex-
perience and she quickly revolution
lied the little Los Indios school.
Later Mrs. Schell took charge Of
the American school at Nueva Corona,
maintained by American families in
order that their children might have
educational advantages as in the
United States. This fall She will in
augurate the first American high
school the Isle of Pines has ever had
She has been spending the summer in
the United States studying the most
modern school methods and goes back
to put these ideas into effect.
But not only has the islands educa.
ton depended upon this girl, its reli-
gious life has revolved about her aa
we'll. When she reached Nueva Ger
ona the Americans there wanted a
Sunday school. Sessions were held in
the school house and Mrs. Schel was
named superintendent.
i "I used to be an Episcopalian, but
| can be Methodist, Baptist or any
thing else now 80 long as the child
rem have Sunday school," "she says.
But that is not all. In addition to
her educational investigations she has
been learning American Red Cross
methods during her summer "vaca-
ton" in this country. She has secured
samples Of all the various kinds Of
work being done for the soldiers and
goes back to the newly formed branch
of the American Red Cross in the is
land to become the instructor Of the
women there.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
FORMER MEDINA GIRL
FAMOUS MISSIONARY

The Blessing that came OF he Isle
of Pines," aptly describes an Ohio
girl who has given the best years of
her life to the uplift of that beautiful
island which nestles close to Cuba's
southern shore, says the Plain Dealer
of Sunday, Oct. 21.
Blessing in name as we'll as in fact,
is she, for she was Margaret Blessing
before marriage made her Mrs. Roy
S. Schell. Her childhood home was
Medina, while her later girlhood was
passed in jefferson, both villages in
the Western Reserve of the Buckeye
state.
Margaret Blessing (or "Jennie," as
she was familiarly known in Medina),
was the daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Augustus Blessing, the latter a
daughter of Capt. John H. Green, for
many years editor and proprietor Of
the Medina Gazette. The Blessing
home was in the house just east OF
Warren Writer'S house, on East Lib
erty street, the latter being the old
Capt. Green homestead.
August Blessing was an expert paint
er and designer, business which he
successfully followed in Medina later
removing to Fremont, where he died
suddenly more than thirty years ago
Following the death of her husband
the widow and daughter returned tt
Medina, where the latter entered The
local schools. The mother died here
4 number Of years ago.
! Margaret Schell has often visited
Medina in recent years-her last visi
being about year ago-where she ha
} many friends who will read with in
terest of the wonderful work she il
doing in the Mission field.
She has been in reality missionary
to the island in the very highest ant
broadest sense of the term, for sh,
has launched the American schoo
system and the American Sunda!
school in the island. And in her mod
esty she will not concede that she ha
, accomplished anything unusual. o.
, the other hand she feels that she ha
only started her work, for she is plan
ming this year to inaugurate the frs
American high scshool in the island
, and to teach to the American womel
all of the war work being done by tn
American Red Cross.
; Nine years ago she went to tn
' island, her babe Of six months in he
arms and health undermined. He
husband had prepared for her com
ing by acquiring little grape frui
farm near Los Indios. When, afte
they had coaxed their trees throug
;. the early years of development to tn
! bearing stage, hurricanes twice de
;, stroyed their crop at harvest time, an
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
by Mrs. A. M. Durling, comprised thu

by Mrs. A. M. Durling, comprised the
program.
Farmers Institute is scheduled fol-
Jan. 1924. Thefollowing speakers are
on the program: Mabel Carbould
Wooster; J. A. Spear, New Vienna; S
W. Burlingame, Caldwell.
Mrs. Frank Deshler is a patient at
st. Luke's hospital, Cleveland, follow
ing an operation on Tuesday.
Ray Friedt is able to be out, hay.
ing been confined to DR.. Bolich's hos.
pital for the past few weeks.
Willard Cox has returned from
Camp Sherman having been discharg.
ed because Of goitre. Leslie Hartzel
has been rejected on account of an m.
jured ankle and will return home
soon.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
SOUTHWEST MEDINA CO.
CHIPPEWA LAKE

Mrs. Henry Young spent from Fri
day until Tuesday visiting in Barber
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Leatherman of
Elyria visited at M. Leatherman's
Saturday and Sunday.
Geo. Young and family were in Bar
berton Sunday.
The coal problem is getting rather
serious about here again, but Frank
Wightman says he knows where there
is an old railroad tie that he can
whack up for tonight, so he is all
right until tomorrow.
Clyde Moore Is husking a field Of
corn for one Of our good farmers, and
he Is to get lie per shock. Some peo.
pie may think this is good enough, but
Clyde says the shocks run from S t
10 bushels to the shock.
Miss Hilda Young visited in Leroy
Saturday.
Charlie Koble is working for Mar
tin Leatherman. Mr.. Leathermal
expects to have a sale the first part d
December.
| Miss Bessie Leatherman, who is at
ending sIhool in Cleveland, spent tn
weekend at home.
Miss Alsetta Fretz, our primar,
teacher, being sick, there was no schoo
in the little room all week.
O.J. Kean Of Louisville was in tow
on business last Friday.
There will be another dance at tn
park this Friday night. A larg
! crowd is expected and the usual goo
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
SOUTH MONTVILLE'

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Good, or
Monday, a TN lb. girl.
Mr.. Blake partition made a business
trip to Cleveland on Friday.
Mr.. Abe Good is Mennonite
preacher, lately appointed.
Mr.. Aaron Judy lost his family
horse of old age.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

Dr. RI Baird disease. ss.sss >, g,:sS ,ss S4s +
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT AND
FITTING OF GLASSES. Office over
o. N. Leach & Sons clothing storn
Office every Saturday.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

time will be had by all.
A car load of junk iron was loaded
here this week. also several car loads
of hay.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

FOR SALE-One general purpose
horse, SOW and 5 pigs; also corn
in shock. Inquire D. r. or w. F. Pei
ton, Medina. Twp
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

FOR SALE-45 acre farm in good con-
dition; high-class proposition. D.
D. Gensemer, Creston, O. 80
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

FOR SALE-One rubber tire surry,
one rubber tire road wagon, one rubber
tire Tomey road cart, one two-seated
Portland sleigh; a few good work
horses. A. F. Hange, Medina, o. 9-2p
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

WANTED Girl or middle aged
woman for general housework, small
family. Good pay. Inquire 402 w.
Washington st., Medina, o. 9w2
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

FOR SALE-10-room house on Baxter
street, good cellar. Inquire Of ]. B.
Shafer.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

WANTED-Large second hand cast
iron heating stove. Address The Over
holt Machine Co. Seville, o. 9w2
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
THERE'S A
POSITION WAITING
FOR YOU

Business houses are calling for
help. They are losing so many
men through the draft that they
must recruit their forces quickly.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

LOST-In Medina, bundle containing
suit of mems clothing. Finder please
leave at Union Hotel and oblige.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

CIDER MAKING-At Medina every
Tuesday and Wednesday Barrels, kegs
crooks and jugs for sale. ]. F. VITTEL
1tf
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

FOR SALE-Two mule colts, five
months old, from large mares. Wade
Johnson, Spencer, Ohio.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02
ARE YOU TRAINED!

Can you do the work demanded
in the modern Office? Do you
know bookkeeping, typewriting,
shorthand, or any Of the special
branches which are thoroughly
taught in our school?
Don't lose another day-get
ready. Start your training with
US on November 5th.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

WANTED-Compe girl to do house,
work, family of three, no washings.
Call 1878.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-02

FOR SALE-1 light spring wagon. $50:
good psring wagon pole. S.: 1 extra
good heavy spring wagon SIS. OAT-
MANS HARDWARE. Medina. O.. 2tf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
WANT RECORDS
FOR MACHINE.
Local People Can Help Dispel Lone.
some Feelings of Ammunition
Boys at Camp
Cody

Keokuk people who want to do
something for the Iowa ammunition
train boys from here, have the oppor-
tunity to send them photograph rec
crds. Ear! r. Plug, who is with the
headquarters company, writes that the
boys are lonesome dow u at Camp
Cody in the land of cactus and sand,
and that they have talking machine,
which keeps them from getting too
lonesome, but that they want records.
Plug well describes the country the
troops are in now, when he says he
wouldn't trade square foot Of Iowa
land for the whole state of New Next
co.
The boys haven't had any new rec
ords since June, so people here who
have records might help them out by
making big shipment some Of these
days soon. The boys are in camp at
Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
The Inevitable Label.

Washington Star: Berlin now and
then mentions peace, but the made
in Germany" label is always implied.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
PRIMARY CLASS
is TO ADVANCE.
Eleven Members of Westminster
Sunday School to be Gradu-
ated Into Junior
Classes.

Graduating exercises will be held
at the Westminster Sunday school
next Sunday morning at $50 o'clock.
work of the primary grade and will
be advanced to the junior classes
Mrs VIM A1drich, superintendent
of the elementary division of the
school will have charge Of the exer-
cises. Friends as well as members
of the church are invited
The following are the pupils that
will receive diplomas for the COM
pletion Of the primary work:
Edwin French, Grin Hunter, Dollie
Meyers, Ruth Bedford, Ruth Means.
Don Perdew, Firth Reed, Aramintha
Hornish, Doris Ackley, Agnes Reeves.
Catherine Montana.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
CITY NEWS.

Serge dresses SO to s25. Lowitz.
Chapel Fund market Saturday at
one o'clock at Laubersheimer's.
Save money by buying coffee and
pancake flour from me at my special
Saturday prices. A. P. j. Ewers.
Puck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
Silas Brant, N. G., George w. I'm
megart, permanent secretary.
Special prices on coffee and pam
cake flour, Saturday only. A. P. J..
Ewers.
Regular meeting Keokuk Council
No. 536, tonight at o'clock. Hawkes.
hall, Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. G.
E. Powell, regent; J. l. Annable, sec
rotary.
Next week will be national win
dow display week when the mer-
chants are urged to give prominent
display to nationally advertised
goods. All the Keokuk merchants
who handle merchandise that is
given national publicity are asked to
cooperate.
Try Ludwig's for your fall and
winter shoes. Price reasonable
New skirts, s19s to sa-es. Lowitz.
-Melrose and Valley church. F.
J. Swanson, pastor. Melrose: Sun
day school, 10 a. m; preaching, IL
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Valley, Only
Sunday school o'clock In the after
noon.
1t pays to buy your shoes at
Ludwig's, 1904 Main.
"A British shell that will carry
eight miles, and an italian shell that
will carry six miles, now on display
in my window. A. P. J. Ewers.
ALI Boy Scouts have been or
dered out for work on the bean farm,
Saturday morning. The scouts will
assemble at the Washington school
grounds at 8 o'clock sharp and will
proceed from there to the farm. Par
ents of scouts are urged to see that
their boys are free to answer this
call No scout will be excused from
the work on the farm Saturday morn
ing, unless he presents to his patrol
leader q written excuse signed by his
parents. The scouts have been re-
questad to bring something to eat.
Choice line of full dressed chick
ems 3Oc per h.: alive, 23c. F. D.
Haubert, 1408 Main.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
president Justice Urges Retailers to
Turn Out in Force and Chair
man Chapman Looks for
Ad Men.
WILL BE JOINT SESSION
Ad Men VIII Present Program Of
Good Things for Gathering
Big Supper Served at
$3.50 O'clock.

The regular October meeting of
the Keokuk Retailers league will be
held TUESDAY evening, October 8, at
the Y. w. c.. A. 1t will be joint
session with the Keokuk Ad club, and
there with be speaker here for the
AID club who will address both meet
ings during the evening on the topic
Of direct advertising. Supper will be
served at $50 o'clock.
President Justice is urging the re-
tailers to show up in large mum bers
at this meeting. and Chairman Chap
man Of the AID club predicts a whale
of meeting" There will be plenty
to interest the members Of both Or
CARNATIONS, and it is expected that
there will be a big gathering at The
meeting.
The members of the Retailers
league who realize just how Tucn
benefit the league has been in the
promotion Of special sale days, and
the like, and just how much the
league has done in the promotion Of
trade in Keokuk, are urged to get
behind the organization with all of
their power and help push along the
big problem of good things for this
fall and winter.
The big dollar day sales Of last
Saturday were one instance of the
big things the organization is accom-
plishing Some Of the other things
the league is planning along this
line will be just as big If all of the
members will get behind the propo-
sition.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

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Walsh, who is
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
MISTAKE IN JUSTlCE-HOAR CO.'S
ADVERTISEMENT OF LAST
MIGHT

In last nights advertisement of
the Justice-Hoar Co, it stated that
they would give away a $500 silk
underskirt with every suit purchased
Saturday that was over $3.50 in
price. It was an error on the part of
the printer and should have read "a
$500 silk underskirt free"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
PERSONALS

Mrs Phoebe F. Mills entertained
Mr. Charles n. Green, general super
intendent OF equipment, of the Stand
ard Oil company of Omaha, while he
visited in this city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

PROPOSALS FOR LEvBE WORK. =
Office of the Secretary, Mississippi
River Commission, 1911 International
Life Building, st. Louis, Mo.-Sealed
proposals will be received here until
II a. m, October 81, 1917. for con-
structing about 10000 cubic yards OF
earthwork in the Henderson County
Drainage District No. ] III. Further
on application.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

SPRINGFIELD COAL.
Order Saturday while we have It on
track. D. T. Reeves & Co., B931.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

STEAM COAL USERS.
10 cars good coarse screenings. Or
der sample car. D. e. Reeves e Co.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-21

the German reserve trench / saw four
of our men, apparently unwOunded, ly-
ing in a shell hole. / stopped to ask
them what they were doing there. AS
1 spoke held my German rifle and
bayOnet at the position of guard" the
tip of the bayonet advanced, about
shoulder high. l didn't get their an
swer, for before they could reply
felt a sensation as If some one had
thrown lump of hard clay and struck
me on the hip, and forthwith l tum-
bled in on top of the four, almost
plunging my bayonet into one of them,
a private named Williams.
McCIintock Badly Wounded.
'Well, now you know what's the
matter with u.s." said Williams. "We
didn't fall in, but we crawled In"
They had all been slightly wounded.
/ had twenty-five pieces of shrapnel
and some shell fragments imbedded in
my left leg between the hip and the
knee. l followed the usual custom of
the soldier who has "got It." The first
thing 1 did was to light flag" (ciga-
rette), and the next thing was to in
vestigate and determine if / was In
danger of bleeding to death. There
wasn't much doubt about that. Ar
terial blood was squirting from two of
the wounds, which were revealed
when the other men in the hole helped
me to cut off my breeches. With their
aid l managed to stop the hemorrhage
by improvlsing tourniquets with rags
and bayonets. One / placed as high
up as possible on the thigh and the
other just below the knee. Then we
all smoked another flag" and lay there
listening to the big shells going over
and the shrapnel bursting near us. It
was quite concert too. We discussed
what we ought to do, and finally l
said:
"Here, you fellows can walk, and |
can't. Furthermore, you're not able to
carry me because you've got about all
any Of you can do to navigate alone.
1t doesn't look as If it's going to be
any better here very soon. You all
proceed to the rear, and If you can get
some one to come after me TIL be
obliged to you"
They accepted the proposition be-
cause 1t was good advice, and, besides,
1t was orders. was their superior
officer. And what happened right
after that confirmed me forever in my
early, Kentucky-bred conviction that
there Is a great deal in luck. They
couldn't have Travelled more than fifty
yards from the shell hole when the
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-21

mar ana continuous bombing at our
flank barricade. The Germans had
concluded that it was useless to try to
drive us out. About one-fourth of the
600 of us who were still on their feet
were holding the sentry posts, and the
remainder Of the 600 were having
banquets in the German dugouts, which
were stocked up like delicatessen shops
with sausages, fine canned foods, cham
pagne and beer. If we had only had
few ladies with us we could have
had real party.
I got so happily interested in the
spread In our particular dugOut that /
forgot about my wound until some one
reminded me that orders required me
to hunt up a dressing station and get
an antitetanuS injection. The Tom
mics like to take German trench, be-
cause if the Fritzes have to move
quickly, as they usually do, we always
find sausage, beer and champagne, a
welcome change from bully beef.
could never learn to like their bread,
however.
After this fight I was sent, with
other slightly wounded men, for a
weeks rest at the casualty station at
Contay. I rejoined my battalion at
the end of the week. From Oct. q to
Nov. 18 we were in and out Of the
front trenches several times for duty
tours of forty-eight hours each, but
were in no important action At 6:1O
on the morning Of Nov. 18, a bit
ter cold day, we "went over" to take
the Desire and also the Desire support
trenches. These were the names given
these trenches. We started from the
left of our old position, and our ad-
vance was between Thiepval and
Pozieres, opposite Grandecourt.
There was the usual artillery prep
aration and careful organization for
the attack. 1 was again in charge of
the "mopping up" wave, numbering
200 men and consisting mostly of
bombers. 1t may seem strange to you
the rest of them" In the trenches
they always wish you the best of luck
when they hand you particularly
tough job.
/ thanked him and wished him the
same. I never saw him again. He
was killed in action within two hours
The Snowflake herald., 1917-12-21

that a nOncommissioned officer should
have SO important an assignment out
sometimes in this war privates nave
been in charge of companies NUMBER
ing 25O men, and know of a case
where lance corporal was temporari-
ly in command of an entire battalion.
# happened on this day that, while |
was in charge of the second wave,
did not go over with them. At the last
moment l was given a special duty by
Major John Lewis, formerly manag-
ing editor Of the Montreal Star and
one of the bravest soldiers / ever
knew, as well as the best beloved man
In our battalion.
The Troublesome Machine Gun.
"McClintock," said he, II don't wish
to send you to any special hazard, and,
so far as that goes, we're all going 20
get more or less of dusting, but l
want to put that machine gun which
has been giving us so much trouble
out of action"
/ knew very well the machine gun
he meant. 1t was in concrete EN-
placement, walled and rooted, and the
devils In charge Of it seemed to be de-
scendants of William Tell and the
prophet Isaiah. They always knew
what was coming and had their gun
| accurately trained on it before 1t came
eff you are willing" said Major
Lewis, II wish you to select twenty
five from the company and go after
that gun the minute the order comes
to advance. Use your own judgment
about the men and the plan for taking
the gun position. Will you go?
'T sure WILL" I answered. 'T'n GO
and pick out the men right away.
think we can make those fellows shut
up shop over there"
"Good boy he said. "YouTl try, all
right"
/ started away. He called me back
''This is going to be bit hot, Nc
ClintOck," he said, taking my hand
''T wish you luck old, fellOwx-yOu and
force the front line. Our way led
across field furrOwed with shell holes
and spotted with bursting shells. Not
a man hesitated. We were winning.
That was all we knew or cared to
know. We wanted to make 1t GER
tainty for our fellows who had gone
ahead. AS we were proceeding toward