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Meade County news., 1917-02-08
How 1t Happens

Why is George Allen Out?"
This question has been asked
scores of times since he has been
home from Lansing, on tempo
raIy parole. The following let
ter written in answer to an in
quiry made by prominent cit
izen of Meade, regarding the
matter, answers the question;
Topeka, Feb, 5, 1917
Mr.---, Meade. Kans,
Meade County news., 1917-02-08

Geo b Cones has returned
from ten days stay in the east
eru part Of the state.
Meade County news., 1917-02-08
Dear Sir:
Your letter of Janu

N Your letter of Janu-
ary 80 concerning temporary pa
role of George B Allen is receiv-
ed and noted. He was given a
parole on representation that his
mother was at deaths door and
the parole was to expire Febru
airy lst. A few days before ito
expiration large petition was
presented and letters received
from persons asking a further
extension of time for him to re-
main with his mother. A letter
from the doctoa asked for such
an extension. Extension 'was
given to March 1st, when we
will expect Mr.. Allen to return
to Lansing.
Very truly yours,
C. w. Smith,
Pardon Clerk.
Meade County news., 1917-02-08

Pay us-your delinquent sub
scription-so we can pay the
other fellow.
Meade County news., 1917-02-08

Ihe brick work on the Wolfe
garage building is about finishe d.
Meade County news., 1917-02-08
l8O9-Abraha1ra Lincoln-l865 T.
~ERourscore and seven yeap ago
our fathers brought forth upon
this continent a new nation,

IEEu, OhSSOiC uilO SCNCh ySdie dSO
our fathers brought forth upon
this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that all men are
created equal. Now we are en-
gagged in a great civil war, testing
whether that nation, or any nation
so conceived and so dedicated, can
long endure. We are met on a great
battlefield Of that war. We have
come to dedicate portion Of that
field as final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that that
nation might live.
GIt is altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this. But, in
larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate, we cannot hal
low, this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here
have consccrated it far above our
power to add or detract. The world
will little note, nor long remember
what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for
us, the living, rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work which
theywho fought here have thus far
SO nobly advanced. 1t is rather for
us to be here dedicated TO the great
task remaining before US, that from
these honored dead we take In
creased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full mea-
sure Of devotion: that we here highly
resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain; that this nation,
under God. shall have new birth Of
freedom, and that government Of the
people, by the people. and for the
neutrality-suspicious. earth.
Meade County news., 1917-02-08

w. P. Bunyan, Of Kansas City
was in Meade Monday.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Died of Premature Old Age

How many times we hear of COM
paratively young persons passing away
when they should have lived to be 20
or so years of age. This fatal work is
usually attributed to the kidneys, as,
when the kidneys degenerate, it causes
administration. The more injuri-
GUS the poisOns passing thru the kid
neys the quicker will those noble or
gans be degenerated, and the sooner
they decay.
1t is thus the wisest policy, to pre-
vent premature old age and promote
long life. to tighten the work of the
kidneys. This can be done by drink
ing plenty of pure water all day long,
and occasionally taking Anuric, double
strength, before meals. This can be
obtained at almost any drug store. You
VIII find Anuric more potent than lithia
for it dissolves uric acid as water does
sugar.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
LIFT YOUR coRNs
OFF WITH FINGERS
How to loosen a tender corn
or callus so it lifts out
without pain.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter /;
wear shoes-a size smaller if you like,
for corns will never again send electric
sparks of pain through you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
He says that a few drops of a drug
called freezOne, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly re-
lieves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and ell, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even irritating the surrounding skin.
A small bottle of freezone obtained
at any drug store will cost very little
but will positively remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from ones feet.
If your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get small
bottle of freezone for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Fire Heroes Honored.


Lieut.. James NJ. Pullisuc eHA Sergt.
Campbell Harrod, heroes of the Capt.
tai Hotel fire, attained imperishable
fame when their names were inscribed
on the Senate journal BY resolution,
setting forth their heroism in rescuing
Lieut.-Gov. James D. Black and Mrs.
Black and their daughter, Miss Ger
trude Black. The Lieutenant Cover
nor added a tribute of his own, which,
by vote, was written with the resolu-
tion. The resolution introduced by
Senator Antle, said:
Whereas, Lieut.-Gov. Black, Mrs.
Black and Miss Gertrude Black, their
at the time the stately and historical
building was destroyed by fire, were
suffocated and overcome in trying to
make their escape from the burning
hotel by the dense smoke, and,
Whereas, Lieut.. James NJ. Pulliam
and Sergt. Campbell Harrod, of Com
pany l., Second Regiment, rescued
the Lieutenant Governor, Mrs Black
and Miss Gertrude Black from the ap-
palling danger at the risk of their own
lives, and,
Whereas, The services rendered the
honorable president of this. body, his
wife and daughter, are SO invaluable
that they can be repaid only by the
highest sense of appreciation for the
manly courage, valor and heroism that
prompt and inspire the bravest and
best men to risk and often sacrifice
their lives in order that others might
live; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Senate, now as
sembled in extra session at Frankfort,
KY, join its honorable president, his
wife and daughter in thanking most
graciously the lieutenant and SER
geant who saved their lives, and be it
further
Resolved, AS another expression OF
gratitude that this resolution be
spread upon the journal of this Senate
and that copies of it be transmitted
by the clerk Of this Senate to Lieut..
Pulliam and Sergt. Harrod.
After the adoption CT the resolu-
IlOu thO lOllONAAS SLdlOHSAJ VI LlCuIs
Gov. Black was ordered spread upoD
the journal:
Gentlemen OF the Senate: The reso
luton of the Senate just adopted,
which recognizes and extOls the acts
of Lieut.. Pulliam and Sergt Harrod,
members of Company L, Second Regi.
ment, in assisting Mrs. Black and our
daughter. Miss Gertrude, and myself
to safety on the occasion of the de-
struction of the Capital Hotel touches
me very deeply, and 1 thank the Sem
ate for its action.
May be permitted to place, in this
way, on the enduring records of the
Senate, an expression of the sincerest
appreciation, which Mrs. Black and
our daughter and l have for the time
ly assistance so unselfishly and hero
ically given us in that moment of our
distress and danger by the noble gen.
| tlemen whose names ale mentioned in
the said resolution and herein re-
peated?
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
ST, 100000 Trio of Tax Bills,

A staggering answer to the oft-re'
peated question, How is the state go.
ing to raise the necessary revenue?"
came in the House of the General AS
sembly when Representative Reuben
B. Hutchcraft, Jr., of Bourbon county,
introduced a 81 100000 trio" of spe-
cial license tax bills.
The three bills contemplate the tax
ing of heretofore untaXed businesses.
and would increase license taxes on
numerous other interests. 1t is es-
timated by Representative Hutchcraft,
who is secretary of the special Tax
Commission that framed a new tax
system for Kentucky, that his rev.
embarrassing bills will net the state
more than $1,O0O,OOO annually.
Most of the license taxes provided
for in his bills will be collected from
race tracks, soft drink dealers, oil op-
orators, natural gas companies, cigar
tells, theaters and moving picture
houses, automobile agencies, tire COM
panies and hack lines.
If there is to be a tonnage tax on
coal or further taxation of liquor in
terests, provisions for such must be
included in separate bills. No men.
ton of coal or liquor is made in the
trio of bills introduced by the Tax
Commission secretary. Several bills
affecting coal companies and liquor
interests already are before the House
however, and action on them must be
taken.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Troop OF Cavalry Proposed.

S. c. Combs, of Manchester, has ap-
piled to Gov. Stanley for permission to
raise troop of cavalry, composed of
former regulars and Spanish-American
war veterans. He said the troop would
be ready for muster in thirty days. D.
E. McQueary, postmaster at Pine Knot,
has asked for permission to raise a
company of infantry. A troop of cav
airy to remain on duty in the state
when the National Guard is mustered
into the federal service will be organ
lied in Frankfort, as it is necessary
that the governor have an organiza-
ton for use in any emergency that
may arise and which might require
speedy action without waiting orders
from the war department.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Morris Amendment.


Senator L. w. Morris introduced a
bill, referred to the Committee on
Revenue and Taxation, amending Sec
ton 40S1, Kentucky Statutes, which
provides for the assessment of the
franchises of common carriers whose
lines extend outside the state. His
amendment strikes out the word con-
trolled in the sentence reading lines
owned, operated, leased or con-
trolled." By including in the mileage
of railroads outside the state lines con-
trolled through ownership of a major
ity of the stock the proportionate
mileage in Kentucky, on which the
States part of the assessed valuation
is calculated, is correspondingly re-
duced, and by leaving these controlled
lines out of the calculation Kentucky's
proportion of the assessment will be
increased.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Put One Over on Murphy.

Paddy WAS jubilant. He chuckled
as he sat in the corner by the pot
house fire.
What's the jOlle?" asked a neigh
Dor.
'Shure. and Ave done a deal ~
chOrtled Paddy.
Good"
ave gave Murphy tn Ould mare for
n CARLOAD q hay"
But what's the good of the hay if
the mares gomez" asked the neighbor
"Och, bedad." said Paddy, with glee.
Murphy promises to lend me the ould
mare to ate it !''-LOndOn Answers.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Or. Helm ~ Exonerated.

DR.. S. F. Helm, superintendent, and
attsodants of the Institute for Feeble
Minded Children here were completely
exonerated by the State Board of Con-
troll of Encouragement of Albert Bell,
of Bellevue, the 10-year-old child who
died at the institute February 81. His
mother charged that his body bore evil
dences of abuse, and an investigation
was held by the board, which is of the
opinion that the discolorations were
due to post-mortem changes, and re-
viewed the whole evidence in its
apinion.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Probably Needed X.

Il say, miss, where's the barr
what kind of barr" queiied the
waitress in return, and as Jelly as she
could.
"Why, a liquor bar, of course" he
drawled. "What sort of a bar did
you suppose l meant?"
well" she said, and her eyebrows
arched slightly, 81 didn't know, but
thought you might mean a bar of
SOAP"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
ITOIy

There's no longer the slightest need OF
teenng ashamed of your freckles. the
prescription othine - double strength - is
guaranteed to remove these hofnely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-dOuble
strength-from your druggist. and apply a
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have Segun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed TO COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be to ask for the double strength
othine, as this is sold under guarantee of
money back il 1t fails to remove freckles-
Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

ant Pellets, and after taking three
bottles of the Prescription was able
to do all my housework-never felt
better in my life."-MRS. f. LAYTON,
R. 2, Box %, Berry Blvd.
Prepared from natures roots and
herbs, it contains no alcohol or mar
cote, nor any harmful ingredient.
Medicine dealers everywhere have it
in tablet or liquid form.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Office Repartee.

Woman EditOr-Where did you get
your black eye-been fighting again?
Muscular RepOrter-Oh. no; don't
get black eyes when fight. The other
fellow gets them.
Woman EditOr-Well. | thought per-
hape you had been fighting with my
husband.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
FeIts Remains at Frankfort.

R. H. Felts, county farm agent, will
be retained in Franklin county another
year. Farmers clubs from all sections
of the country petitioned the fiscal
court to permit him to continue the
excellent work he has been doing.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Discharged.

Boss-My man, it is my painful duty
to discharge you.
BOssed-Well, sir, one should dis
charge his duty, even though that duty
is to discharge.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
EIaas On sehooIhouses.

Franklin county will respond to the
call for the placing of flags on all the
schoolhsuses. County Superintendent
L. D. Sucker stated that those rural
schools which have NO flags will be fur
nished them.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Contradictory Behavior.

'ChOlly seems to be falling off in
his former correct style of dressing"
Yes, l noticed he was laying down
on his getup.'
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
re- contributes th

Nature contributes the substances
Spring provides the opportunity. Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills present Natures
gifts to aid Natures work, thus produc-
ing the ideal Spring medicine. They are
tonic as well as laxative. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
Weak, Nervous Women,
Here Is Advice for You
Louisville, Ky.-'T wish to express

my 81 UlICUUC IOH
what DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton has done for
me. I was all rum
down, weak, nerv-
Gus, and could not
sleep nor eat. I
began taking the
'Favorite Prescrip-
ton and the Pleas
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
"Goinu up."

Calico is said to be the highest in
so years, and the same is true of all
skirts.-ColumbuS Is. c. State.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

Bermuda last year exported to the
United States 111,971 bushels of
onions, valued at S119.793.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

In Iceland whistling is forbidden as
q breach of divine law.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
lndisnensable.

At length the fools grew tired Of
having adages made at their expense,
and at Il concerted signal all fell dead.
At the funeral wise men We're seen
to weep bitterly.
How shall we make 4 living nOw?"
these hOwled. and east dust upon their
heads in token of their deSOiatiOn.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

If we are bound to forgive an enc
my, we are not bound to trust him.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20

IdealiSm is the contemplation Of
realism is what you get.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04

wANTED-Expert comptometer operator.
Permanent position Good salary. No
overtime State experience. e. Y. L.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
Attest. LEE HARRISON, s secy. Aa'%
First published IN The TePeEa stsfs
NOTICE 70 RIpprRs.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
of the Board Of Administraticn. At is
state house In the city Of Topeka. for de
ferent insututions under the supervision 81
The h. soa y Of AdministTation, the ststs
R edf an hns o Eass2i y G nsu Rsa
fsr award at : O'clock D. m. August u.
said contract win be awarded upon the
basis q 1900 worth Of lamps, deliysret
Of superintendent Of the institnuions m
iIninistration, State Board Managers. E<sca.
tive Council, or any other Institution on
department. where lamps are purchased -
fncandescent lamps win. be furnfshs6
under this contract shall be new lampa,
and shall be guaranteed e. be in accord
specifications as set forth m circular Ne
ls, and from date Of award until June 80
Bidders will make one price covering
Lamp Association. -'A'''AA'
freight, delivered to the towns N Wffcs
the institutions are located.
a bin in detail must be sent to the IN
ing delivery of goods; provided voucheff
proper form and forwarded o the repre-
sentative Institutions In time to reach them
before before the soth Of the month in which
All proposals shall be in whiting, seaIe5s
and marked proposals for furnishing e1ez
tric lamps" and shall be addressed to
the Business Manager of the Board Of Adj
ministration. Topeka, Kansas. All pro-
posals must be accompanied by certified
check on some Responsible bank payable
to the Board Of Administration. equal In
amount to five per cent of the amount Of
the proposal, as q guarantee for the faith
full performance of the contract awarded
In case no award is made check will b.
returned at once to the unsuccessful bid
ders; and the check Of the successful bid
der will be returned to him when contract
has been duly signed and bold approved
Each proposal shall be accompanied By
a sample Of the lamp proposed to be fur
nished. and original label must be left
upon the same Bidders must attach to
each sample card or tag On which must
be plainly marked the name of the sender.
the grade and the price Of the lamps and
all charges must be prepaid. The hoard.
will not be responsible for samples sub
mitted- Unsuccessful bidders can remove
their samples.
The boards and Business Managers re-
serve the right to reject any and all bids!
Where both the bids and the quality OF
the lamps are the same. preference will be
given to resident dealers Of the state
BY order of the Board of Administrator.
JAS. A. XIMBALL,
Business Manager
Attest LEE HARRISON, Secretary. -
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July 2, 1917.
QF STATE FuNDS


NOTICE CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT
OF STATE FUNDS.
To Whom II May Concern:
The undersigned. the Board of Treasury
Examiners Of the State of Kansas, hereby
give notice that on the LIST day of Sep
TENDER, 1917, at two O'Clock, p. NJ sealed
proposals from the Incorporated banks do.
Ing a r. 10 Poth b natenal and
this State viii be received in accordance
With. the. provisions of Chapter an. OF the
Session AZ Laws q 1909 SAID proposals. shall
sires and the rate Of interest 1t will pay
on daily balances. and that said bank will
qualify and faithfully perform the duties
bsb sa Sf Hoass y ,hs yafa e
reserying the right TO limit the amount of
funds deposited and to reject any and all
proposals. for such funds.
Each proposal shall be accompanied By a
certified check in the sum Of two hundred
and fifty dollars. payable to the State
Treasurer. to be forfeited for the use OF
the State II any said bank fails to COM
ply with the terms Of its proposal. If the
same shall be accepted by the Board of
Treasury Examiners. otherwise. to be re-
turned to the bank
posted with the State Treasurer on or be-
fore the date named in such notice and
shall nave written thereon, Proposal for
deposit Of State Funds" and shall NOT b.
opened until the meeting of the Board or
the date stated In the notice.
Banks DESIRING to make bids may write
the State Treasurer for blanks.
Done e. the Capitol IN Topeka. this 20
ARTHUR CAPPER.
Governor.
]. T. BoTKIN.
Secretary of State
F. w KNAPP,
Auditor OF State
BOARD OF TREASURY EXAMINERS.
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LEGAL.


First PublIsheu IN The Topeka State
Journal, July 3. 1917
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-04
WANTED-sALESMEN


Statesmen WANTED-To handle high
biiities Profits can be increased by estab-
fishing sub agents on commission basis.
Exclusive territory. Splendid opportunity
for live representative. Limited capital de-
sirabe. Experience not necessary. Write
Red Cross Hygienic Co., Grand Rapids
Mich.
ALESMEN-Exceiient permanent position
for capable salesman in Kansas; vacancy
August 18th; staple line for general retail
trade. Liberal comm ssionS. $50 WeekIy
advance. Rice Co, POI williams Bldg
Detroit.
SALESMEN-Write for list of openings
and how to obtain them. City or tray
cling Address neares< office. Natl sales.
mems TT. Assn. Dept 369, Chicago, New
York San Francisco. -
SIDE LINE MEN-Do you want a real one
that one order day will pay you SsO0-
No samples to carry. Something new.
Write today. Garfield Mfg. Co., POS Sigel
St Chicago, III.
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NOTICE TO BIDDERs.

N
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Administration at their office in
the State House in the city of Topeka, I'M
Ing of coal to be delivered to the insfatu-
tions noted below, as ordered by thu chief
executive officer of the institutions. The
Following amounts are approximafe only,
and may vary. but the quantity ordered
must be furnished at the contract price
Institutions Tons needed
osawatomie State Hospital, osaws-
LsTned state Hospital, Isrned. 100
state Homae; for r Feeble Minded. Win
State Orphans Home, xtcSisoni..
State sanatorium for Tuberculosis.
state Agricultural College. Manhattan "a. SO
state Manual Training Normal, Pitts. =.
university Of Kansas, Lawrence. 80
State Normal school, Emporia. ....... i $50
School for the Blind. Kansas City, =
Bell Memorial Hospital Rosedaiis..... sso
state Fish Hatchery, Pratt. 14o
TT Hays Experiment station. Hays. 500
Girls industr ri School, School, Beleit. foo
State Industrial Reformatory. Hutch
western University. ouindarc. kan. i a s
Bids should be made upon the basis Of,
Southern Kansas coal (. o. b. cars at the
minea, and may be made upon Mine Ran.
Mil Run, Lump, Domestic Nut and Slack
Domestic Nut to be run over a screen
Owing to the fact that the mines are
located on different railroads. bidders wilt
be permitted to bid separately for each
| institution, and the contract will be award,
| ed to the lowest responsible bidder on the
above kinds q, coal only.
No bids will be accepted on coal other
than specified above. ri
Each bidder will furnish the freight rate
from the mine to each of the above named
institutions upon each of the grades Of
coal upon which he bids -.
All proposals shall be made in writing
sealed, and marked proposals for furnish
Ing COAL and shall be addressed to The
business Manager of the Board OF Admir-
istrStion. Topeka, Kansas, accompanied ~
certified check for $500 on some respeb-
sible bank, payable to the BOARD of Admin-
fstration, as a guarantee for the faithful
performance OF the contract awarded. 81
In case no award is made to the party.
the check Will be at once returned to him,
and the check Of the successful bidder viii
has entered into bond and contract and the
same approved and accepted by the Board
of Administration.
Bids will be opened in public at the
office Of the Board of Administratien On
the above date and time specified for tie
same will be awarded at p. NJ on to
18th day Of August, 1917 =.
The Business Manager and Board nj
Administration reserve the right to reject
any and all bids. q
By order Of the Board Of Administratc=.
JAS. A KIMBALL, -
Attest; LEE HARRISON, secy. "a