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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
The Hicks 1918 Almanac.

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
The Honest Farmer.

Bowling Green, Ky, Nov. To-
"Stop the sale; the price is already
too high" declared John Norman
Tuesday afternoon at a sale being
conducted at his place by auctioneer
T. P. Smith, when some heifers
he was offering reached an aver
age of $135 each. Auctioneer Smith
was compelled to "knock off" the
heifers at this price, although he
could have received considerably
more.i MIR. Norman said the price
was entirely too high and he did not
believe that the heifers should bring
any more.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
Popular Mechanic Magazine
For December.

With the whole western world
growing tense under the strain OF
war unusual interest attaches TO the
December number Of Popular Me-
chahics Magazine because of its time
ly articles on many matters vitality
related to the great conflict. One
a ,coun describes a remarkable buoy,
which, after being thrown into the
sea by airmen, will give off wireless
warnings when submarine is in its
vicinity. Another tells of the in
creased demands for divers which
the submarine warfare has created.
Lewis r. Freeman, special war cor
respondent for Popular Mechanics
Magazine, in volcano MonstrouS
Steam Boiler" throws new light
on the wonderful resourcefulness and
inventive genius of the Italians as
evidence by their power plant at Vol
terra, Italy.
In the flood of dispatches coming
from the war zone few have equaled
in gripping interest the personal mar
ratiye found in cat Zero Hour.
Here one obtains a new conception o.
what it is to ego over the top" anc
Into the trenches beyond 'No Mans
lLand. How the principle OF wire
less control can be applied to direct
ing bomb-dropping planes as they fly
ever Germany's submarine base is
graphically shown in double-page
picture, accompanied by explanatory
diagrams. Another war invention,
the rolling sea tank" is also de-
scribed.
The number contains many ac-
counts which will be welcomed be-
cause they divert ones thoughts from
| the trenches. The very latest de-
lvelopments in the fields OF science,
invention and industry are here told
in brief, easily understood articles.
There are a total of 81 arti les and
389 illustrations
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
IMPREGNADLE7

Somebody, certainly no friend Of
the allies, started not long ago, Il
campaign designed to force the al
lied fleets to go in and attack thu
German bases, says the Scientific
American. In these days of the
mine, the submarine and the heavy
long-range gun, practically the only
result of such an attack would be
a frightful loss Of allied warships.
The German coast defense system is
probably the most perfect work, ma
val or military, in the Whole Ger
man system.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17

There are NV approximately 5000
dogs in the various departments o.
the German army. They have been
trained by the German Red Cross
Dog Society.
These war dogs have learned to
obey commands given both by wore
Of mouth and pistol shots. They ac'
as camp guards, trench seniries
scouts and aids to Red Cross work
ers, recovering wounded on the bat
lefelds. The stronger are used foi
hauling.
The French use many dogs for tbs
same purposes. They also found The
dogs of the greatest service for
drawing sleighs carrying supplies
through the mountain SHOWS OF the
Vosges when there seemed no other
method Of transportation. After the
snow melts the dogs draw heavy
loads up the steep grades on mar
row gauge light railway.
Some Of these war dogs have beer
so trained that in traversing field
after battle they wholly ignore
dead soldier but bark loudly wher
they discover one wounded, return
ing to their kennels for assistance anC
leading the way back to the injured
man. Surgeons and stretch-bearer'
follow them back. Dumb Animals.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
HAD NOT HEARD OF THE wiR
Colorado sheep Rsneher Not Aware o.
World Conflict Until Arrested for
Failure to Register.

Private John Allen-or maybe il
was John Sharp Williams-uscd to
tell a story about a mountaineer in
the Tennessee Cumberlands who
thought that the Civil war was still
going, 40 years after Appomattox.
a Colorado sheep rancher matches
it, goes it one better, relates the Bos-
ton Transcript. Arrested for fail
ure to register for the draft, he ex-
cused himself by explaining that he
didn't know there was any war. He
had never heard Of Liege and Ma
muir, of the Marine or Ypres, of the
Lusitania or the Sussex. Incredible
but for the fact that the man was a
sheep, herder. His occupation fur
nishes him with an abb, if not with
a ticket OF exemption, for the sheep
herders on the lonely ssgebrush des-
erts of the West of all known beings
are the loneliest.
Out with his focks for six months
ora year at a time alone under the
stars with his dog and his sheep, re-
lieved at long intervals by another
herder as completely cut of from
civilization as himself, the sheepman
is the antithesis Of the city dweller,
getting his news hot from the wire
that leads to the ends of the earth
Not even the tender on a lightship
spending his life at sea upon boat
that never changes its anchorage
is so completely isolated from his fell
lows as the sheep herder.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
The December Woman's
Home Companion.

Sophie Kerr begins "The Golden
Block, a new serial, in the Deem
Der Woman's Home Companion. She
will be remembered as the author of
"The Blue Envelope" and ether sto-
ries. Maude Radford Warren writes
about "The Women Over There and
what they are doing; Corrine Lowe
tells about the experiences of fash
ioable dressmaker; and Mary Heaton
Worse has a short article on "How
VIII John Stand IT." which deals with
economy Of food.
Other short stories by Sylvia Chat
field Bates, Leslie Davis, and Don M.
Parker are in this number in addition
to the Soldiers All'' and Treasure
and Trinket Fund departments. The
fashion department, conducted by
Grace Margaret Gould, the cooking,
picture, and younger readers" Sec
ton are all up to the minute and brist-
ling with helpful and entertaining
suggestions.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
Danced Herself to Death.

Fort Yates, N. D., Nov. l6.-Mrs.
Red Tomahawk, wife of the Indian
policeman who is said to have killed
the famous Sioux chief, Sitting Bull,
danced herself to death on the Stand
ard Rock Indian reservation near
Cannonball, according to word just
received here. Reports indicated that
Mrs. Tomahawk, about go years of
age, participated in an Indian dance
last Sunday night and over-exerted
herself.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
BADGE SHOWS SONS IN ARMY
Former Congressman Proud Of EN-
blem Bearing Four Bright stars,
Indicating His Contribution.

Harry Lee Maynard, former mem.
Der of congress from the Norfolk,
Va, district, was greeted by friend,
who inquired the significance of a
neat little badge he was wearing.
The badge was in the form of a red
shield with four blue stars.
That's a new idea," explained Mr..
Maynard. "a friend gave me that in
New York, and it will probably be-
come a popular idea. You see,
have four sons in the service. One
is a surgeon in the regular army,
now somewhere in France another
is captain in the regular army, in
the coast artillery at Sparta, Wis.
another was graduated at the first
Fort Myer training camp and made
captain, and the fourth is a mem
Der of the naval reserves. My fftl
son is at military school in Vir-
glnla, and | am member of the
Home Defense league.
''1'he idea of the badge is to iidi-
cate that | have four sons in the
service. Amy parent who has sons
serving his country has the right to
wear such badge, the blue stars
Indicating the number of sons who
are in the service"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
Box Supper Nov. rs.

A box supper will be given at
Pleasant Grove schoolhouse, two
miles south of Croiton, on the Mad
isonville pike, Saturday night, Nov.
"a. There will be a short program,
prepared by the school, to precede
the sale Of boxes. Admission free.
Everybody invited.
ELLA ALLEN, i
.FLOSSIE DUKES.
Teachers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
More American Lives Lost.

A number of American soldiers
have been killed or wounded in the
recent Smelling of the American
trenches by the Germans. One shell
which dropped into a trench caused
several casualties. The American
artillery fire has been heavy recently
and there is good reason to believe
that it has accounted for consider
able number Of the enemy. The ca
sualty list has not been received.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
Only One Big One.

Only one British vessel of more
than 1909 tons was sunk by mine or
submarine last week, according to
the weekly statement of shipping
losses issued. This is the low record
since Germany began her submarine
campaign. Five vessels Of less than
1900 tons and one fishing boat were
sunk during the week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17

/ will have TO die as there is no help for
me-. She got. me one Of your little
books and my husband said I should try
one bottle. stopped the doctors
medicine and took Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t soon made 9
change In me and now / am strong and
do all my work. Mrs. AUGUSTUS
BAuGHMAN, Box Sc, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the Joy Of living, when they
can find health in Lydia e. Pinkhsm's
Vegetable Compound
II you would like free confidential nd-
vice address Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine
Co. Lynn, Mass.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
SMALL BLAZE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Cottage on West Nineteenth
Street Slightly Damaged
By Fire.

The cottage on West Nineteenth
street, occupied by Mrs. Flut Harris,
was discovered on fire Thursday
night about l1:30 o'clock and the fire
department was called out. The blaze
was soon extinguished and the loss
is small.
Mrs. Harris was not at home. II is
thought that fire rolled out of a crate
on the floor, causing the blaze.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
FART oF.HIs JOB.

"Do you believe that married men
are happier than baohelors?"
81 don't know about that, but they
always have to pretend they are, if
they want to keep peace in the fam
ily."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17

When you want fire,
tornado, life or bond in
surance in the Oldest
Strongest Companies
see H. D. WALLACE
Office up stairs, over
AndersOn-Fowler Drug
Store, Corner Ninth and
Main.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
Street--Hunt

Mr.. Thos. G. Street, of Cadiz, and
Miss Louise Hunt, Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, were married few days ago.
On returning froma Southern trip
they win reside in Cadiz.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17

hnuWerVOuS Ieellng5
and my head both
cred me. l would
often have crying
spells and feel as IL
/ was not safe. II
! heard anyone COM
ing l would run and
lock the door so they
would not see me.
l tried several doc
tors and they did not
help me 80 | said TO
,,y x,.othor Ct o,ra,.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
cAMoUFLAGE.

GLOW very scedy your friend
looksp
Nsturslly. He's just come out
Of an agricultural college"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
HIS LUCK.

"My wife is making shirts for sol.
diers."
"You're lucky. Mine is making
them for me p"-Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
SICK WOMAN had
CRYING SPELLS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
~ Compound.

Enhaut, PA was all run down and
weak inwardly. had female troubles
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-17
WHAT M covfD 90.

do you know the words Of the
Star Spangled BanHstfn
.!gNo, but 1 can stand While the
tbers sing it," @f
/, AsovT AID SHt
k@sSisFs!sS;!'' ah''
Helped to raise a cheer the 9thsr
dr. %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
U.S.RATLROADS WIN
GREATEST VICTORY
Huge Job Of Delivering
Materials for Army Can
tonments Completed
READY TO MOVE TROOPS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DUPUY

WASHINGTON. Aug. 81.
The railroads of the nation have just
completed the biggest single Job In ship
ping ever handled In n month by any
agency since the world began. That job
was the delivery of the materials for the
building, almost over night of sixteen cities
of 10000 inhabitants cach-the sixteen
cantonments that are next month to receive
the army that is to be.
The task was handled without confusion,
the building materials were on hand when
the contractors wanted them and no delay
in Americas progress toward effective par
ticlpation in the war has occurred because
of problems Of transportation.
The finishing touches are just now being
put upon the preparations for shutting
$4,000 men. living in every town and ham
let and city block in the nation, from their
places Of mutitudinous residence into these
sixteen mushroom cities. The Government
is thrusting q great passenger problem upon
the railroads that have just proved their
ability to handle the freight emergency. II
has every assurance that each embryonic
soldier Will have rolling stock under him
when his time comes TO move.
IRlCM FOR lSAlLttOADS
This proven ability Of the railroads to
handle these great freight and passenger
problems Is a matter of great satisfaction
in Washington and is in strong contrast to
that condition Of congestion which existed
year ago when cities of the East were
| suffering sugar and coal famines and the
| gateways were blocked with accumulated
| freight that made even normal traffic i'm
possible But something has happened tC
| the railroads of the nation in the year tha
| has pasesd and that something, say The
| authorities. has saved situation tha
might easily have led to a calamity.
A year ago the nations of Europe wer
buying vast quantities of supplies in tn,
| United States. They were paying for then
(. o. b. and ordering them sent TO tide
water The railroads were vying wit
| each other for these vast shipments an,
! forwarding them as fast as they wer
| loaded The European purchasers wer
having their troubles In getting ships, an
so 1t often happened that when trainload
Of materials reached the coast there wer
no ships to receive them. Tho cars wer
run onto side tracks or their cargoes wer
put into warehouses.
Soon the terminal facilities of the rail
roads of the East were filled to overfiowins
Freight on its way East was held up a
| Pittsburgh, and the backwater of that cor
gestion was felt in Chicago The yards c
Minneapolis were filled with cars that wer
waiting for Chicago to get relief. TIL
freight of the nation was in a critical cor
diton
BIG PROBLEM SOLVED
1t was then that the action began ths
, has resulted in a condition now eXistin
a year later, in which 25 per cent MOI
freight is being handled, congestion is b.
ing avoided and there are vet hundreds
, thousands of cars that may be spared
meet Government emergencies.
First, the railroads themselves got 4
gether in a big meeting in Louisville al
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug 2i.-Busness In the
foreign exchange market was limited and
there was IA moderate degree of irregularity.
Sterling. French exchange and rubles held
steady. while lire and Scandinavian turned
a shade easier
Quotations we're:
Demand sterling checks 475h. cables
i,76}t sixty-day bills nominally Ar,
ninety-day bills 40.
Franc cables 5.76M checks 577%.
Lire cables 7411s, checks 742is
Swiss cables AL, checks 443
Guider cables Al 10. checks 4l%
Pcsetas cables 22.76, checks 2265.
Rublc cables 81. checks 2Os5
Stockholm cables 1925, checks 80.
Chrisitania cables 1880. checks 3O.c5
Copenhagen cables 3o.25. checks 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

roadS War Board eouoit u It
OF the nation to the maximum, Wh)CI
per cent above the capacity nHntIo
them. First. II issued ns mahd4(&
the roads themselves to ali their carr
IL is difYicult to get message to Al
individuals in a great industry and aV1
them to Its application. Then, beeidee. a.
railroads do not load the cars. They 6(I'
loaded Generally by the shipper The shlD3
pers OF the nation must be aroused 10 tI/'
necessity Of maximum loading. They nnt11
be reached through their organization an4'
individually and made to load heavily. ~,
The buyer Is the individual who ca4
most effectively impress any fact upon tn
seller. The Government came into co.
operation and ordered shippers Of suppls01:
bought by the Government to load to Co.
pacity. The Allies were asked to make =
similar demand and did so. This affected q
considerable amount Of freight and tlG
saving began to be felt. But II will alway(
be true that the mass Of the freight 10 foe
private individuals and not the governs
ments at war The big men In Industry
were eventually reached and are respond.
ing Then there is finally the small dealer
who buys in minimum carload lots and who
exists everywhere that railroads reach
His freight is one-fourth Of that Of ran.
roads. He Is hard to reach. hard to c0us
vince that his action has anything to az
with great cause like winning the word
war. The railroads and the Governnnent
| are just now trylnE 10 convince This man
f, that he should buy in quantities that would
! fll cars to their maximum He Is not yet
| doing his share, but II is hoped he will
| be soon.
But the result Of this co-ordinating OF
railroads has already been monumental IN
| its importance. There is little freight In
| the nation today that should move and ID
not moving. The congested conditions Of Z
| year ago have disappeared When the
| cantonments needed 100, 900 cars scattered
| all over the map they got them. The wheat
| crop promises TO be moved promptly, quite
| largely through the device of diverting II
| to Gulf ports instead of allowing II to cou,a
to the Atlantic. as usual.
DISCoUKAGING TRAVEL.
A most unusual situation has arisen, fos
| 1t is now being said by railroad men about
the Council of National Defense that the
American public travels too much, The
| railroads are themselves taking steps ia
discourage travel No excursion trains are
being run this season. Many passenger
trains are being taken off. and the public ID
allowed to whistle until a less frequent
service may give 1t an opportunity to 60 q
journeying. One line has taken of 101
trains and others in proportion. The en-
gines are hauling freight. Despite all this
the passenger travel is this fall 26 per cen
above the normal. Folks just won't stay a
home. The railroads are peeved about II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Motor Service Company Of Pennsylvania reeu.
lar quarterly Of per cent on common and IN
per to cent soc rercra as!, S9n gaySee
Central Leather. regular quarterly of ~
per cent the preferred stock. payable Oc-
tober to stock OF record September 10
Cuba Railroad, regular semiannual Of per
cent on pref ,rred, payable August 81 TO stock
u record Same date.
Tecora Consolidated Mining Company, . per
cent. payable October l to stock OF record
September 10.
American Coal Company, IS a share, payable
September to stock OF record August 81 Last
February per cent and an extra of 2 per cent
was declared
California Packing Company, regular quar-
tcrN OF la. per cent on preferred stock. payable
october to stock OF record September 90
South Penn OIL Company. regular quarterly
OF record September ~.
Haywood Brothers & Wakefield Company, reg.
ular semiannual OF per cent preferred stock
payable September l to shareholders OF record
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
GOSoif VI The STREET-PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
MONEY-LENDING RATES

NEW YORK-Money on call opened at
2& per cent; high, 8; low, 2 last, IA (;
closed 2@2A; ruling rate. 2% per cent.
The only change IN money market condi-
tions Is an easier turn in call funds, quota
tions for the day at 2% per cent being
nearly l per cent under the recent figure.
Time money was superfcially a shade
easier In tone, but the real situaton in this
respect is not changed. Loans on indus
trials were not notably changed at 5b
per cent bid for six months 5hd5l5 per
cent for hve months and 5d5h per cent
Tor four months Loans on good mixed
are nominaliy 4@4h per cent for sixty
days, 4AI4h per cent for ninety days.
41a @4I per cent for four months and Az
a per cent for five and six months
Prime bank acceptances are unchanged
on moderate volume Of business at 4 II
and 37s per cent for ineligibles and Sal
and Sli per cent for ellgibles.
PHILADELPHIA-Ca per cent
time. 595% per cent. Commercial paper
six months. 5iaQ5A per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
CLOSING LIVE STOCK PRICES

CHICAGO Aug 2l.--HOGS-Roceipts. 5000
head: estimated tomorrow. 10. 900 mead. Market
slow lo@ lac lower than opening; top, $40. 50 at
$50; mixed, Sls.1Q@10.S5; heavy, Sl7 SIS q
1890; rough, sl7 So GlS.lO.
CATTLE-.Receipts, 1000 head. Market slow
,sHEEP-Rcceipts. 5000 head. Market strong
sll. Lambs, $3.50.
KANSAS CITY, Aug; 21. = CATTLE - Re-
HOGS-Recepts. 1000 head. Market 20 a SOC
higher. Advance mostly lost.
SHEEP-Rcceipts. 1000 head Market 15a
csc higher.
SOUTH OMAHA Aug 2I-HoGs-Rccelpts.
500" head. Some shipper Csc higher Packers
CATTLE-Receipts. 10000 head; loo to l5c
lower.
SHEEP-Receipts. 10 900 head. Feeders
steady TO higher. Killers slow.