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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17
1eeiric Shock Fatal to
Ken.uekian in Texas.

Word was received here last
week of the death of John Louis
James. who was killed by an
electric al ock at Amarillo, Tex,
Particulars have not been re.
c ivCd. His brother, Frank
James, who left for Amarillo,
has not returned.
The dead mans wife was a
Miss Deboe of Crayne, a daugh.
ter of Mrs. Tom Hammond
Young.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17
Miss Nellie Marshall
Espie Compimented

Miss Nell Espie, OF Hopkins
vile. who is the attractive guest
of Mrs. b. n. Holt, sang a solo
at the Baptist church Sunday
morning and at the Methodist
church Sunday evening. Miss
Espie has a beautiful soprano
voice, showing rare technique
and sweetness. Both audiences
were delighted with her singing.
Morganfeld Sun.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17
good name.

good name.
As soon as the Dsclamatory contest
was over, the six beautiful young Ia
dies left the platform and the six
young men who were TO compete for
the medal in oratory came upon the
stage. Ellis Bosz was Marion's repre-
sentative, his subject being, weighed
In The Balance. Mr.. Boaz seemed
to realize just what depended on him
and when the president announced his
subject, the young man stepped to the
middle of the platform and in an easy,
confident manner, began the speech.
which was pronounced one of the best
ever delivered on the C. l. A. plat
form. When he had finished another
storm OF applause broke forth and
Marionites who had been wearing the
blue and white ribbons on the middle
OF their coats moved those ribbons up
to the buttot.hole Of the lapel.
As soon as the 0ratorical contest
was over the judges handed to the
president their decisions, and then the
question How will the judges see Il!
A minute later, President Morgan
announced that in the Declamatory
Contest the medal had been awarded to
the young lady from Providence. Ma.
rion was disappointed in the decision
but more than pleased with the spleu-
did work Of their representative aod
before the medal was given out hun
dred and fifty voices were yelling,
Rah! Rah! Rah! Reed! Then the pres-
ident announced that he was read the
decision for the 0rstorical Contest and
the crowd WAS again silen. with eager
expectancy. And then--in words
which could have been heard, IL they
had been whispered. The medal for
oratory has been awarded to Mr.: Elis
Bosz, Of Marion" And the 9Th an.
NAL contest Of the c. l. A., was over;
Marion had forged ahead; and Mar,on's
special would again be permitted to
carry the medal far orstory back to
Marion. At 1890 the special pulled
out for Marion with everybody aboard
yelling: Rsh! Rsb! Rah! for hssioal
| Wen see you in Marion a the G. I. A.,
In 1918.
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Decoration Day at The New
Cemetery, Wednesday May 80

A program will be rendered at
8 o'clock. Election of Directors
after the program. Come pre-
pared to pay the Secretary for
the care of your lot. 81. for a
vacant lot, $500 for occupied lot.
Do not forget the time, place
and the price. Ml724
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17
Commencement
EXERCISES


lhe school session OF 1916 IL
is rapidly drawing to close. AS
we consider the record of the past
nine months we believe that this
has been one of our best years.
School opened last fall with an
exceptionally large enrolment,
especially in the High School.
II should be a matter Of great
interest and pride to the COM
munity to know that the high
school enrolment lacks only five
o. having doubled in the past six
years. In the fall of 1910 the
enrolment was sixty.hve, last
'all it was one hundred and
tW enty.fve. Stree increasing
numbers of bows and girls who
graduate from the COMMON
schools of tie county are de.
msniing high school advantages.
there is great opp rtunity for
growth and increased efficiency
in the High School.
What We have done this sess.
ion has been accomplished under
difficulties. At first we did not
have enough seats for the pupils
we have NOT had rooms enough
fo- the classes, but have had to
use the corridor and the Audi
toiium. So you see We must
proceed to increase our high
school facilities
81 ce the Holidays school work
has been seriously hamper, d by
succe sive epidemics Of la gripps
and the measles. At times the
attendance was less than fifty
per cent Of normal, and it has
not yet returned to normal
Under circumstances ike these
the school needs more than evel
the sympathetic cooperation ant
support, And we feel that tn,
success we have achieved ha:
heen in large measure due t
your standing Loyalty by youi
school in its time o need. IL
Marion the School is first anC
may it ever be regarded as tn,
greatest public interest in tn,
community. We who have beer
in charge appreciate very mucl
your loyalty and interest ant
thank you heartily.
We come now to announce ou'
Commencement Program and asl
you to be present on each occa
sion. A large class of fin,
Marion and Crittenden Count!
bsys and girls is to graduate an,
you owe it to them TO help max,
their Commencement a grea
success.
: Come to their play, "Th,
Dream That Came True" at tn,
Opera House on Thursday even
ing, May II. The Class has al
ready given two plays success
fully ssd we know what il car
do. Admission, reserved sea
35 cents. general 25 cents, schoo
10 cents.
The Class Exercises will TAX,
place in the School Auditorium
on the following evening, Frida!
May Is, at 8 O'Clock. All ar,
invited to be present. Their,
will be no admission charge.
On Sunday morning Rev
Morris Owen Evans Phd. D.: d
Of Cincinnati, the father Of Mr.
A. W. Evans who delivered tn
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ELLIS BOAz Wins
Another MEDAL
In !. A. at Sturgis. -Competes
With Some Of The Best Orators
In Western Kentucky


was to carry Marion's delegation
II the Central Interscholastic
Association at Sturgis last We'd
nesday pulled into the station at
Marion, over a hundred and fifty
live, wide a wake and enthusias.
tic school supporters were on the
platform cheering Justify, Rah,
Rah. Rah. Marion. A few min
utes later the special moved on
carrying on board the largest
delegation any school bad ever
sent TO the C. |. A i, the his
tory of the ASSOCIATE n.
The train reached St'reis al
noon and Immediately lunch was
served on the cars. At o'clock
'le crowd gathered at the a.h
letic field of the S'urgis High
School where the fun began in
earnest. Along tie side lines
a continuous roar of Rah, Rah,
Morp an field, Raj! Rah. Cory don
Rah. Rah! S,urgis, Rah. Rah.
Providence Rah! Rah. Clay. was
kept up, but where the blue and
white fluttered there the cheer.
Ing was loudest and longest with
Rah. Rah! Rah! for Marion.
This was decidedly the best con.
test that had been held in the
association and most of the win
ners broke all previous records
for the c. !. A. Ernest Conyer
representing Marion won frs: on
the high jump, breaking tn, re-
cord at 5ft. Ain. Boucher tied
with S.urgis for third plac.
Providence winning second place
Robert Hamilton won second in
the half mile race. Grady Wad-
del was third in the hurdle race
AMI also in the shot put. Thre!.
keld and Boucher took third
place in the pole vault. The
silver loving cup, the prize offer.
ed by the C. |. A. for the bsst
track team was won by Sturgis
At 8 o'clock IN the large gran.
ary near the rail road the declam.
atory and Oratorical Contests
were held. Long before time
for the program to begin the
Rah! Rah. Rahs! shook the vas,
building, but in the center section
where the blue and white was ir
evidence the applause was great
est and every visiting schoo
knew that Marion was again or
hand to her very best to win an,
other medal for oratory or decla
nation. Until this year Marion
and Sturgis were even, having
won two medals each and each
had won ono track meet. II
either of these schools should
win. the tie would be broken anC
that school might then rejoice il
her well earned championship.
Katherine Reed had been chosen al
Marion's representative and ever,
Marionite had confidence p her ability
When the six young ladies represent
ing the six largest High Schools il
central Kentucky came upon the beau
tiful decorated platform q thousand o.
more people voiced their appreciation
Of their favorite contestant Mis-
Reed IVES second on the program an,
when she had finished the audienc,
broke forth In tumultious applause an'
then the Marion delegation settle,
back In their seats, satisfied and su
premely proud Of this young lady wh
had added another credit to Marion
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17
Teachers Chosen.

The trustees of the Marlin
Graded and High School have
chosen the following teachers
for the fall term 1917:
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17

Drives Gut Malaria, Bu.'..s Up System
The Old Standard general Strengthening touSc,
GROVES TASTRLEsS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria, ,enfiches the blood and builds up the sys.
TEN. A true tonic. For adults and cbildreu. SOC.
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
RY II. 9. HAMILTON

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Nov 23.-Gunboat
Smith, the famous old "Gooner" Of the
CORY white hope days. informs the
world. at large. that he is just as like
~ as not to step down and out OF the
nst game. Gunboat Smith. conqueror
Of Jess Willard and dozens Of lesser
hulks of beef in his hey-dey, is an
madded up about the way things have
been done IN his young life.
'Lifes too short to be bothered,
he summed It up. and further dcposed
10 the effect that II things didn't work
out TO a continuation Of the Smith eff
forts as a heavyweight pugillst, why
the world probably would move along
sll right
Smiths chief hurt lies in the way
be has been monaged-or, as be put IL
himself. misnunaeed Jim Buckley,
according TO the one-iime slayer OF
white hopes. didn't give a very large
hang about what happened 20 The
Gunner Matches were made and ear
ried ont ia desultory fashion. and
Smith declares Buckley was always
hard to gel along with
Somebody asked smith II he was
looking for new manager. after hay-
ing dropped Buckley Well. he didn't
know. hut ne wasnS getting terribly
excited about &C. Msybc ne would and
maybe he wouldn't
fhe straw That tipped the balance
vaH laid on lhe Smith scales in Call
fornia where the Gunner made had
showing IN bout or so. and was
promptly informed of The fact by the
knowing California fight fans They
declared the Gunner, regular
"Nhoozis,' and decided to have moth
ins moro 60 do with him.
And that was rather strange. too. FOR
u was in California That Smith was
Evening journal., 1917-11-23

youth and "a maid are seated on the
overstuffcd-
Hc-Wel Agnes, guess you won't
see me after next week
She-Why, Arnold. why2
He lreplyng nonchalanlly)-I got
my commission this morning. got a
wire from Washington to be ready to
leave at a moments notice
shc-Why, you never said anything
about this before
IN ,yawning) ] didn't think it
would interest you any IT'S nothing
much.
She excited lll1e)-What is it?
Hc-Oh, I'm TO leave for France 10
20 in the aviation corps as a FIRST lieu
tenant
She (all agog, eyes ready 10 pop out
Of her head. looks at him marvellngl
Why, Arnold, how wonderful, you
an aviator? It's so risky, but can't
get over 1T
He docking the room over IN a blase
way)-lt's nothing much, fellas don't
think Of that sort Of thing. I'm built
for that kind Of work. I'm just crazy
TO start etc. etc
Act 2. A month later. Scene, IN
terror OF an Office. Young man named
Arnold is seen filing letters Curtain.
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
EDITED BY DAVE

An exchange says rassling will sue
coed boxing in New York. And they've
cut out free lunches in Now York.
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
0UNBOAT Smith TALKS OF RETIRlNG

matched with The huge hulk OF tlmid
beef that now holds the heavyweight
championship. What Smith did TO
Jess Willard that night was a terrible
thing, and The Cslfornlans predicted
that in the heavy fists Of the old
"Gooner" lay the power that would
bring the heavyweight title back TO
the white race
The Gunner. 70. has had his brawls
with Sam Langford and other illustrl-
Gus exponenis of smash He once
fought Georges Carpenter, in London.
and lost on questionable foul. He
met them all barred nobody and Is a
pretty good old craft right now. His
retirement would be a real regretiable
thing in the game be has been indenti-
fed With FOR SO long
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
|F0R BALL SCORES
CALL
D. & A. 50
DELMARYIA 1903
Is College Football Player
Better Than Professional?
Figure IL Out for Yourself

Tales OF baseball players graduating
grom the sand lots and becoming stars
on major league teams are common
enough TO attract very little attention
but when a football star pushes his
Way above The leNl OF medIocrity
without the assistance Of highly EN-
Client coaches, trainers and the other
essentials TO college football team
It's novelty IS striking.
A few days ago a football game was
played between the professional teams
OF Massillon and Akron, o., members Of
The Ohio Professionae Football League.
On the Massillon team appeared the
famous Charley Brickley one of the
greatest backs ever produced at Har-
ward and probably the greatest punter
and drop kicker Of the decade.
Evening journal., 1917-11-23

He's a Berry all right, but down at
Ponnsy they declare he's peach
Evening journal., 1917-11-23

Opposed to him, as the kicker for the
Akron team. was Frank Nesser, one OF
the famous Nesser brothers Of Colum-
bus, whose education was obtamel in
The machine shops Of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Columbus and whose foot
ball career was confined mainly to
games with the Columbus panhandlers,
an uncoached team which usually went
on the field without a practice session.
During the time Brickley opposed
Nesser, the sand lotter outpunted the
great eastern star and won the game
for Akron by a drop kick from the i3-
yard line the only score of the game.
This is not written 90 prove profess
sional football players are better than
the well coached college stars 10 is
merely a statement of what two men
did.
Evening journal., 1917-11-23

IUW"' II , eV0 II
S w e I l line. 1t
rambles as fellows
without a stutter
or a blush. Scene
"A parlor. Time,
3 till midnight. The
lights are low. a
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
t@lS1pOEI-E;4eggY
I;;1l I=;;1lEs1EEATTERESG
TiIE REAR STORY.

AHA hAAA HtVtAls
sWe're go..la have it awful tough.
The football coach onincd
"Ihe fullhacI's got a. broken knee.
Tho quarlers lost iis mind
BIZ Hall The big left end Is sick
The center cracked bis arm
The only guys that eini In bed
Ought io be on farm
The fullhock played q corking game.
The quarter used his bean
Hall and The center both were IN
To strafo ihc rival team.
II was Just The old bear story.
We get 70 every wear.
9he grid coach murders an his stars
Without D sigh or tear
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
CANDIDATES FOR
mo MANS LAND"
THE PARLOR PATRIOT

Walk on your "O'sullivan's," get in
the corner and eat up this birds pre-
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
TRAP SHOOTING
~~-~~~--
BASEBALL
PLENTY OF TIME.

When the football season ends, De-
cember 1, the coaches viii have nine
months to dig up new bear stories for
next year. ~
Evening journal., 1917-11-23
a TRUE STORY.

Two chess players who finished q
game recently at Philadelphia were
greatly surprised when told there was
war in Europe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
Elma Marshal i'm Bad.

A case of too much mouth and too
little sense was properly dealt with at
Elma last week. Marshal Ganson it
appears has forgotten that he lives in
the United States, the best country
under the sun, and for some non-ua-
derstandable occult working of his
mind imagines himself serf of the
Kaiser. In other words this Elma
marshal has been very industriously
opposing the government, especially
in the draft matter, refusing himself
to comply with the law advising
others to ignore it. Last Thursday he
was called on by Deputy U. s. Mar
shall Houston, taken to Cedar Rapids
FOR trial and placed under $1,000
bonds, besides losing his lucrative job
as marshal. So he is not only in bad,
but he is out bad as well.-Riceyille
Recorder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
He Was No Stacker.

In contrast to those few who
claimed exemption without giving
any good reason that anybody else
could see, but made it evident that
they simply did not want to serve
their country, one young man from
Templeton shines as a bright exam
pie This boy is the sole support of
his widowed mother, who is blind.
After he had been examined the boy
made inquiry to what his pay in the
army would be, and if any other al
lowance would be made his mother.
When sure that his pay and other al
lowances which would be made her
would keep his mother from want,
the boy simply responded, Then I'm
ready to go; l don't want to claim ex-
emption." There's an American for
you!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
Lawler Store Wrecked.

The O'Connor Bros. Department
Store was badly wrecked Monday eve
ming when the foundation under the
clothing department gave way, let
ting that part Of the building drop
down into the basement. The front
was being repaired and had been
jacked-up to put in concrete found
alton. The goods from the east side
and as much of the other goods as
could be gotten out are being moved
to the O'Bvror building. 1t is impos-
sible to estimate the damage to goods
and fixtures, but the building will
probably have to be almost all taken
down and rebuilt. This is a deplor-
able catastrophy and is very much re-
GREETED by all.-Lawler Dispatch.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
Auto Went Into River.

A party of four Oelwein men fig
ured in a stunt that would put Helen
Holmes to shame, when it comes to
pulling sensational leaps. The men
were on their way home from the
Illinois oasis, and hit Dyersyille
about three o'clock, Sunday morning.
They apparently lost the route, at
any rate failed to locate the bridge
and started down towards the river
on East Victoria street, arriving at
the blacksmith shop, they noticed
their mistake and turned into the
yard of the John FreymanI home
and ran along the bank half block,
finally blowing between two trees
down an embankmelt of forty feet in
to the river. The car nosed into the
mud and the occupants were thrown
into the water. The men attempted
to get the car out but it was dam
aged to some extent and they sod
the machine to local liveryman, we
understand for $50 and hired the
livery man to take them home
DyersVille Commercial
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
BALLOONIST is KILLED.
Drops From Balloon While Making
Flight From the Waverly
Fair Grounds.

Waverly, Iowa, Sept. G-Johl
> Laushlin, address unknown, an
aeronaut employed ~ the Gerhardt
Ballooning Company, of Chicago,
was instantly killed here yesterday
at $50 p. m, when he fell from his
balloon while more than 1,00C feet in
the air. AS the body was nui!ing
toward the earth, it came in con-
tact with telegraph wire. The face
was almost severed from the head.
Continuing downward, the body fell
on a pile of steel rails near the Hi
nois Central railroad station. Every
bone was broken and the body man
gled beyond recognition. Efforts are
being made today to locate relatives
of the dead man. He is said to live in
Michi gan
Laughli1 was thought TO be an cx-
perienced aeronaut. He told the Ger
hardt company he had been making
balloon flights for more than two
years. Those who saw his attempt,
however, are convinced that his first
flight was his last. He had no soon
er left the ground than it became evil
dent he knew nothing about the bust
ness.
1t was about SIS p. m. when
Laughlin adjusted his lifebelt and
gave the order to ''let 'er go" A
big crowd was watching. Martial
strains from a brass band burst forth
as the balloon scared toward the shy.
1t took a straight rortherly direction.
1t soon became apparent that some
thing was wrong l.aGe,.l'n could be
seen shifting his seat and going
downward. Suddenly he attempted TO
grab the bars on either side of the
cage. A second later and his body
came crashing toward the earth. For
a moment ii seemed that the lifebe.t
would save Laughlin. But it gave
way and the body dropped rapidly.
The body was removed to an IN
'dertaking establishment, where it
will remain pending he rtcomc of
efforts to locate relatives or friends Ct
the dead man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
Carrying Booze in Coconuts.

The very latest thing in the booze
transportation line is reported to
have been discovered at Grinnell
when an officer Investigated a sack
Of coconuts that a negro was carrying
when he stepped off a west bound
Rock Island train one night recently
and found that the nuts had been
opened and emptied of their origin
al milk and its place had been sup
piled by what was supposed TO be
whisky. While the contents of the
sack were under investigation the
owner of the sack disappeared and
has never been back to claim his
property.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
Roasting Ears at Christmas.

How'd you like to have corn on the
cob for Christmas dinner? Easiest
thing in the world, if you follow the
directions laid down. Just dry the
corn on the cob instead of cutting it
off. Then on Christmas day get the
corn out, cook it and it will look and
taste just like corn that was gathered
from the garden that morning.
The corn to be dried should be Sc
lected in the proper roasting ear
stage. After shocking, blanch the
ears in boiling water from s to 10
minutes dip in cold water and dry.
The blanching tends to set the milk
in the corn and gives it a better color
when dry. The two best methods of
home drying are the electric fan or
sun drying. To dry, il should be plac-
ed on cheese cloth in tray. Care
should be taken that the corn does
not sour in drying. When the corn is
thoroly dry, it should be placed in
sacks or open containers until copdi-
utioned Then tight containers may
be used. For protection against the
worms, heat the corn in the oven at
IA degrees F. for five minutes as soon
as taken out of the driers.
When the corn is wanted for use. it
can be soaked and cooked as fresh
roasting ears.
Corn may be cut off the cob and
cob. 1t should be spread thin on the
cheese cloth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
LAME EVERY MORNING.
A Bad Back is Generally Worse in the
Morning. DEBORAH People are
Finding Relief.

A back that aches all day and
causes discomfort at night is usually
worse in the morning. Makes you
feel as If you hadn't slept at all
You can't get rid of kidney back
ache, until you reach the cause.-The
kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills are es-
pecially prepared for weakened or
disordered kidneys-haye been
gratefully recommended by thous-
ands.
Testimony of DEBORAH people
proves the merit of Doan's.
G. G. Bucknell, retired farmer
404 Day ST., DEBORAH, says: Many
mornings when l stopped to put on
my shoes l could hardly straighten
up because a sharp pain caught me
in the small of my back. The ac-
ton of my kidneys was irregular. |
read how some one else had used
Doan's Kidney Pills with good re-
suits, so ! took box and they gave
me relief"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Bucknell had. Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-09-12
KEEP 1T UP!
L. s. Sailors Say Those Home Knitted
Sweaters Are the Best Ever.

A British Port, Sept. 3.-This story
is for the thousands of women who
are knitting for American soldiers
and sailors.
Half dozen American bluejackets,
part of gun crew on an American
liner, were asked today whether they
had any message for back home.
Well" the spokesman responded,
try to tell those women who send us
sweaters how grateful we are. The
government furnishes US with almost
everything we need-but nothing
fills the place of home knitted sweat
ers.'