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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
THOMAS COMES BACK;

SA1hDOLlO
Whackl The peerless Schiiszio had
delivered his first ball, and little Tom
mic French, Mexico's lead-off man,
had dubbed it with his old hickory
stick. The hit was a three-bagger.
Kistler up, scored French. The Rob-
erts brothers famed. A one appear
ed in Mexico's column on the score
board.
A walk, two strikes and a pot f,y
said Moberly's benediction in the first.
In the second, Ellis got a hit, and
was scored by French when he hit
to center field. Two runs, in two in
nings for Mexico.
Goose eggs for MoberIy in second
and third innings.
In the third, B. Marshall got the 4th
hit off the Macon wonder, who let
Columbia down with one hit in the
ninth, but he was unable to score.
A beautiful cipher graced the Ath-
letics' space in the fourth.
In the same inning Threlkeld, the
star batter for the visitors, smashed
it out to left field with a clean hit.
Parker Marshall, the Mexico Moberly
boy got in the way of the ball and
went to first. Clark scored Threl-
keld with a two-bagger. Woody
famed the next two up. The score
was one to two.
The fifth was the big inning for
Mexico. Old Schlitz' tried to murder
French and he advanced to first hit
by the ball. Kistler pulled a pretty
little sacrifice hit. Marshall hit to
center field and scored French. j.
o. Roberts sacrificed for Marshall.
Ty Roberts got on through an error
and Marshall scored. Woods hit To
center, but center to third got Rob-
erts as he stole. The score was A
to one; and thus it stayed.
Moberly got two more hits off of
Thomas, but they didn't amount to
ANYTHING,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
FORMER LEDGER
DEVIL" RECEIVES
$4,000 DAMAGES
Had Been Fighting in Court for Eight
Years to Receive COmpensa-
ton for Leg Lost

Eight years ago Forrest Alexander
was run over in Brooklyn by a car
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany and lost a leg. He received
judgment from the company for
$4,000, but it was not until about six
weeks ago that he became of age and
received the money. Forrest was
devil" in the Ledger office 10 years
ago and now resides in Columbia,
Mo.
"Mr. Alexander was coming home
from work when he slipped and
caught his foot in the track in such
a way that he could not free him
self. His brother who was with him
motioned for the car to stop, but the
motorman thought that they were
playing IN the track and did not ap-
ply the brakes until too late. His
leg vas so badly crushed that it was
necessary to remove it at the knee"
says the Columbia Missourian.
when he was well, Alexander came
to Columbia and with one bicycle and
$11 started a bicycle repair shop.
He started in to school, but was in
jured in a bicycle accident on Eigth
street and was forced to miss a half
year of school. He did the whole
years work in the next half year,
however, and attended to his shop.
He was graduated from Columbia
High School last spring and will enter
the University this fall TO study law.
Alexander now owns his shop and
stock, which is valued at $4,000. He
says the secret of his success has
been his ability to look on the bright
side of things. He has never felt
discouraged by the loss OF his leg and
does not see why he should.
"Mr. Alexander has no definite
plans as to what he will do with the
that ne has just received. He
expects to run his shop while he
completes the law course at the Uni
and then thinks he will have
of time to look for invest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

ing halls that recalls the training ia
BILE. The officers who lead the Amer
lean army in France are going to be
athletes.
Strength and vigor is pounded into
them by the merciIess routine. The
training is described as intensive, and
though a weeks measure of every
thing is crowded into each day. They
are up at 5:15 o'clock in the morning,
and by $50 o'clock they are out on the
field drilling, and they keep it up all
day long, carrying a rifle that weighs
seven and a half pounds. When they
are not marching they are running,
with an hour or so of lunging with
the bayonet mixed in for variety.
On top of that they have physical ex-
%ercises of many kinds and countless
maneuvers to execute. Then they
pound, pound, pound up and down the
field, doing this and doing that until
they are ready to drop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
Centralia Forfeits Franchise

Columbia advertised a game there
Sunday with C~entralia and receiving
no word to the contrary, they were on
the field at three o'clock. Centralia
failed to appear and according to the
rules of the league, not only forfeited
the game, but their franchise of mem.
bership to the league.
Higbee has asked to be admitted and
il is most likely that the meeting of
the managers to be held some time this
week will result in that agreement.
Reede, the Athletics former third
baseman who has been i'll at his home
in Higbee, stated that he would prob
ably play with the home team if they
were admitted. Woods, of Auxvasse,
who substituted for Reede Sunday
made a good showing and Manager
Roberts will hold him for awhile.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
NEW HOPE ITEMS

Mrs. Harvey Stuart is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Bernard Sellars. -
Mrs. r. r. Dollins and three sons
visited Mrs. j. X. Dollins Sunday,
also C. d. Wilson and wife and ARA
and Grace Dollins, of Mexico.
Miss Elizabeth Dollins visited her
sister, Mrs. Harry Miller, of Cant,
the past week. - There was a meet
ing at Liberty on Sunday night. A
large crowd was in attendance. -
We are needing rain at the present
time. - The health of the neighbor-
hood is fairly good at this writing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
w

Cassius NJ. Clay and Miss Bethel
Lawrence were married Thursday
morning at $3.50 in the parlors of the
Ringo Hotel by the Rev. H. Pearce
Atkins, of the First Christian Church.
of this city. They left shortly after
ward in Mr.. Clay's Packard for a tour
Of the West. They expect to return
about September first.
The wedding came as a complete
surprise and only immediate relatives
of the bride were in attendance. On
their trip they will stop several days
at the Hotel Meuhllbach, Kansas City
From there they will go West by way
Of Fort Riley.
Mr.. Clay is a son of the late Col.
Green Clay, of this city, and has been
a resident of Mexico for many years.
He owns a large farm in this county
and previous to the Panama. Pacific
Exposition in San Francisco was Spe-
cial Commissioner from the United
States to certain South American Re-
publics.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Lawrence, Of the
Ringo Hotel. She is a beautiful young
woman, accomplished and with many
friends.
They will likely make their home in
this city OF their return from an ex-
tended honeymoon. The Ledger joins
friends in extending congratulations
and best wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
HELP YOUR HOME TOWN

ALL The TIME
EVERY citizen should be interested
in the growth and prosperity of his
home town, and should be always
found boosting and never knocking.
Referring to this optimistic spirit,
the Armstrong, Mo-, Herald edito-
rally says:
"Do you ever give any thought as to
what you could do to make Armstrong
a better place in which to live? Arm
strong is your home and it's my home,
and if we are to call the town and
il we are to call the town our home
we should constantly be striving to do
something to make our home town a
better town, not only from a CONNER
cial standpoint, but from the stand
point of better living. We must love
our home town and her people before
we are in a frame of mind to try to do
| something for the betterment of the
town and her people. If we are resi-
dents of the town for purely selfish
purposes, for what we get out Of the
town, and have no other interest in
the town, then we could not be expect
ed to do anything to make u home a
better town, a better place in which
to live. For more than a quarter
of a century now the Herald has been
boosting Armstrong and her people
and the country and people of the ad-
jacent territory, and We have done
this work because we loved the old
town and her people, and have be-
lieved that there were no better peo-
pie in all the world. For us, it has
been a labor Of love in trying to do
all we could for the town and sur
rounding community. of course, the
Herald has made its mistakes, just
like other folks, and have possibly
erred in what we conceived to be right
but with all that we hope that the
good we have done will offset the
bad and that in the end the balance
will be on the right side of the led
ger. If you have never done any
thing for the good of your home town
it is time you we're getting busy"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Sam Jones and Miss Grace Langen-
bach were married Thursday evening
at $3.50 by the Rev. A. A. Wallace
at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fritz Langenbach, in north
Mexico. Only immediate members of
the family and a few close friends
were present at the affair. They will
make their home on the bridegroom's
fine farm neal Cant.
Mr.. Jones is a son of the late Eu-
gene Jones and one Of Audrain's
prominent and progressive young
farmers. The bride is one of Mexi-
cos most charming young and
is an accomplished home-maker. The
Ledger joins the many friends of both
in extending best wishes and congrat-
ulations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
MORE ABOUT THE 7 BILLIONS

The article recently published in
the Ledger, giving some idea of the
vast amount of money considered in
7 billion dollars, set A. C. Barnes to
figuring, and with the following as
founding results:
Mr.. Barnes took a dollar bill and
after measuring it figured the 7 bill
lion dollars would make a blanket
that would cover a 160-acre farm 155
dollar bills deep.
Or to go further, it would form a
blanket of one dollar bills sufficient
in size to cover 1876 farms, 100 acres
in size.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Earned runs, Mexico 8; Moberly 1.
Three base hits, French. Sacrifice
hits, Kistler, ] o Roberts, Clark.
Stolen bases, Kistler, Marshall, B
az, J o Roberts, Blake. First base
on balls, off Thomas 1; off Schliszio
l.. Struck out by Thomas IL; by
Schliszio s. Left on bases, Mexico
5; Moberly 7. Passed balls, Clark.
First base on errors, Mexico 8; Mo-
berly 3. Hit by pitcher, by Thomas
(Marshall); by Schliszio French
Time of game, 1 hour 20 minutes.
Umpire, Shook.
Scorer, Wayne.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
Charles Green to Marry

The engagement of Miss Mary
O'Donna Jones and Charles W. Green
was recently announced in Moberly,
the home of the bride-to-be. Both of
the principals are popular with many
friends in Columbia who extend cor
dial congratulations. Miss Jones is an
accomplished and charming young
woman and no one is more highly es-
teemed in his home town Of Centralia
than is Mr.. Green. - Columbia
Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
SANTA FEE NEWS

kertie Sharp visited her sister,
4 Smith, of near Strother, the
= the week. - The Epworth
held a business meeting and
the home of Mrs. j. NJ.
"a Wednesday night. After
Business matters had been at
2, the social hour was spent
Misses Ada Sharp and
aerrett were guests at Mrs.
@rett's Wednesday night -
afle Hanna was shopping in
i on Thursday. Mr.. and
#mer Bridgford were in Mex
#sday trading and visiting
p Mrs. C. A. Black and
loberly are visiting Mrs.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
~ here, Mrs. C. M.
trading in Paris Thursday,
~ IS now the principal pas
nose who enjoyed the sport
are Misses Gertie Davis and
Rkart and Messrs. Fred Peak
Holman, who took lunch and
DAY on Salt River; and Miss
wilson, Grace Sterrett and
l''man, who spent the after
long Branch. - Miss Anna
Prey of Mexico, is visiting
@'up"rents, d. S. Beam and
H. south Fork neighborhood.
. Ways Stuart was shopping
4 vi tuesday. - Mr.. and
oamplin spent Sunday
laughter, Mrs. John Hell
Nollno. Rev. John L.
',,ed his regular appoint
q III methodist Church Sun
- and evening. Mrs.
"s'ord and son, of Mexico.
s N'errett and family on
The following here are at.
IL District Epworth League
's.e IN Hannibal this week.
~ and Mary sterrett, Ger
Cordic Snyder, Sylvia
Edna Sherman, Irene
= orah Smith, Viola Smith
" NJ Paris. Mrs. 7.
and family spent sundav
~ ., c, Wilson, and fam.
e. Smith and family were
n '" u visiting his mother,
S,,, a.. Howard and daughter,
il b ,,'' " are visiting at the
n'a'ner-in-low, L. G.
,. m'Ss Houston, of Mexico,
, rs' sister, Mrs. Douglass
Coo. Of Santa Fe. Mr..
EAtenSo ,So MCGEE and Frank
tin "'o e, IT. the funeral Of Mr..
Il. B,~,% ile"sant Hill on Mon
ulto p"A,a' died in the asy-
Wool. "n0ro he had been
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

ANY suspicion hal the sons of the
rich will not get their share of the
wars bodily danger is untrue. They
will get more than their share. They
have enlisted in greater percentage
than poorer boys who are equally
brave, but not so free to leave work.
Under CONSUMPTION they will furnish
their full proportion of soldiers be-
u they are commonly in good
health and have no dependents"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

IN view of the improvements under
contract and in view, Mexico should
have a population of ten thousand by
January 1, 1920. Let the slogan for
Mexico be "Ten Thousand Population
by 1920"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
ERN AUDRAIN AND
rEsTERN PIKE

AESIERN fhhH
Inflow and Thomas Ham
purchased new Maxwell
a Brown and DR.. Buel-
of Hamilton, Mo-, and the
Vandalia, and both State
aps. made tuberculosis
he farmers last week. =
Nandalia's new factory has
especially well tie past
be larger part Of the strue-
for the power house is
riyeted. Workmen will
4 week on two storage sheds
4 feet long. - Mrs. Nick
daughter, Miss Idah Lake,
Tia, accompanied by A. b.
and family, motored to Ga
NAV. Louis Kohl lost n
mule colt last Friday.
&her" Meysmith is very i'll.
ost his sight, hearing, and
81 is more than eighty years
halmer Sutton, of Curryville,
!. pelaporte, of Laddonia, are
light aviation by Uncle Sam
outh. Joe Lovelsce and
shited the formers father
Gazette Sunday. Mrs, J..
Hen came home from Mexico
/ She had been under the care
hickman. - Ben Hudson and
b Pike, visited relatives in
vicinity Sunday. = A crew
men have been grading the
hing south from Gene Sims.
/ the power used. "Grand-
4 Homes, who made her home
son, Albert, at Farber, died
Mrs. Jones formerly lived
Harmony, where she raised a
Imily of children. She was
Ia. Her remains will be in
h New Harmony. CELSIUS
Il, besides building a good
hi make further substantial
hents on the farm purchased
Is ago. - James Hendricks
fsiting his sister, Mrs. Frank
Mr.. Hendricks has spent
less of the time for thirty
the states west of the
bpi. The Prairie View
|ub is planning a program for
b of the 2Sth of June. =
Nick Smith, a citizen of Lad
htriotically invested $4,000 in
Loan Bonds recently. - Clar-
Eellen and wife were Saturday
! in Mexico. Miss Lottie
Vandalia, has been employed
] the Hidtory Grove School.
b make many improvements
khool opens. - Champ Smith
lgned as teacher Of Liberty
b. a place in the Vandalia
Ebert Lake and Joe Diff
h Of Vandalia, rode a tandem
BE to Mexico Sunday. They
b cytle and returned on the
]. train. Miss Gerald Smith
bnia, was n Vandalia visitor
II. - DR.. Hollingsworth had
fessional calls in Gazette vi
Sunday. New Harmony
b not yet employed n teach
FAunt' Ellen Pritchett, who
kently made her home with
Bile Lewellen, is in a suburb
b., with her daughter, Mrs.
FULLER, Of Kansas City. They
ping with Mrs. LYDIA Dye,
kn here. - About 125 friends
h and relatives gathered on
Rt the home of d. P. Daniel
Celebrate their golden wedding
Dry. Mrs. Daniel had gone
D, and Mr.. Daniel was sit
|the porch reading, when the
friyed with a great abundance
Rinner. They were presented
! lovely rocking chairs. May
Unable couple live to celebrate
pre- anniversaries.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
Gardner's Son to Drive Automobile

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, June
Is. Governor Gardner announced
yesterday that his son, William King
Gardner, aged IS, would depart on
June 20 for France, where he will be
an ambulance driver in the United
States Hospital Corps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
Bethel Annual RepOrt

The following is the annual report
of the Bethel Presbyterian Church,
approved by the Session, April, 1917:
Elders, a; Deacons,@ a; Additions, I;
Communicates, 80; Sunday School,
"a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

VIM. S. Sterrett, of Santa Fe, is
averaging around $40 a week for
cream from his little herd of Jer-
seys.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

EVERYBODY get busy and help
make Mexico's population ten thous-
and within a year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Miss Isabel Gregory has returned
from Jacksonville, H., where she
has been attending school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

William Walden, who has been run
ming an engine from Roodhouse, has
been transferred to Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

The Mexico Ad Club has secured
temporary rooms in the North Mis-.
souri, Trust Co. building.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Miss Elizabeth Gill is home from
st. Louis for the summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Mrs. F. H. Raglan, of Kansas City,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. j.
Bolts, on South jefferson street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Bob Brown, of Paris, was in this
citv on business Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Joseph Steinman has one of the best
gardens in this part of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

Mrs. R. R. Wagner and children
r home from a visit in Sedalia,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

ARE you doing constructive work
for Mexico?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
LEAGUE STANDING
Next SUNDAYS Games

Mexico at Moberly.
Higbee and Columbia-place to be
decided upon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
ST. LOUIS
UNITS TRIP ABROl

UNITS TRIP ABROAD
A letter Saturday describing the
st. Louis Hospitals Unit recent WOW
age across the Atlantic for service
IN France, was received by Mrs. A.
G. Luecking, of st. Louis. 1t was
written the day before the liner en-.
tered the submarine danger zone .
Miss Cordelia RAM, Mexico VISITING
Nurse, was in this Unit and the fol.
lowing from Sundays St. Louis Post.
Dispatch will be of local interest:
Sergt. L~uecking tells how the liner
ran at night, without lights, and how
American naval gunners, at target
practice, hit a barrel tossing in the
sea at a range of 500 to 1000 yards j..
One man on the liner has made -
trips across the ocean and had been
torpedoed 10 times.
lex OF the Letter
The text of Mrs. Luecking's letter
follows:
have been saving up impressions
so as to write them up all at once, be-
sides which I have felt a sort of
strange Discrimination to writing.
have simply been sitting out on the
deck all day looking at the waves and
sleeping like a log at night.
1--WE had the best time ever on the
train the very best food ever had
you know how the dining car serv-
ice is. w took a long way round to
get to New York - went way up
north through Cleveland and Buffalo.
along Lake Erie, then down to Mo-
hawk River to Albany, after which we
followed the Hudson. The scenery in
the Mohawk Valley was just great.
We arrived on board the steamer
about 3 p. m. Friday night May 1877
Saturday morning we were not allow
ed shore leave, since We were to leave
at noon, so l didn't get to see New
York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21

w. E. Jameson, of Fulton, was in
this city on business Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-06-21
Deafening Salutes

b peiueco
at vas quite thrilling as we steam
ed down the harbor on our way out to
sea-every boat in the harbor, from
the smallest to the greatest liners,
seeing the men in uniforms, saluted
us with whistles-the noise was dea-
fleming. We went down the bay part
of the way and then anchored until 5
p. m. - don't know why. Since
then we have been steaming along
quite merrily, making about 400 miles
daily. by the way, you must ex-
cuse the blOts and illegible writing
this boat is pitching and tossing So
"We had nice weather Sunday and
Monday, but Tuesday it got a little
rough, and yesterday we ran into
what the sailors called a "~nor'easter'
cold as blazes and a northeast wind
about 80 miles an hour, waves higher
than the ship, sometimes even wash
ing over the upper deck - which is
quite high.
Life on the Ocean Blue"
"The ship climbs up these waves
with her bow buried in foam, with
both of her propellers sticking out of
water and racing madly while you have
that all-gone feeling in the pit of your
stomach, like when you go down the
elevator in the Pierce building.
81 wish you could see the ocean at
night - it is as black as pitch and
you cant see a thing. We u with
out lights on account of the subma- |
rines. But all along the wake of the
boat there were little flashes of phos-
phorescence, caused, / am told, by de-
cayed organic matter.
1--WE have been going northeast for
time. Today we are pretty far !
north, about as far as | want to get
anyway, and are now going about due
We passed a number of big
liners the first two days, but l guess
we are out of the beaten path now.
"The ship is quite well armed-two
'iX-inch guns in the bow and one in
he stern and two three-inch runs on
he bridge. They have target practice
'ccasionally-shoot at barrels at about
100 to 1000 yards with the gun on
he stern; and they are sure good.
You know a barrel away off in the
ga, tossing up and down, is not much
# a target, and yet they usually
low them to bits. If they see a SUBJ
marine first, its good-by submarine. !
Approaching Danger Zone
"We will get into the danger zone
omorrow, | think, so we can begin to
,ok for them. I'd prefer not to see
ne, personally. There is a man on I
ne boat who has made IL trips and '
been torpedoed 10 times. He Z
avs that everyone usually gets into f
lie life boats and another steamer t
icks them up in a few hours; but
d hate to fall into this cold water" a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
LOST CHILD ON SCREEN
Parents believe That Actrchs II
"MoNicS" IN Daughter who Dis
uppearcd -Four Years Ago.

Los ANGELES. March 27.-Eor a
third time the -four years search for
Helen Burns Whitehead is believed to
have ended. The girls parents saw IN
n thcatcr here what they believed to
he the moving photograph of their
child. They caused tho arrest to-day
OF the actress together with her oppo-
site whom they believe to be Oscar
Whitehead. her half brother. who dis
appeared at the same time. The idcn-
tilcation was based OH "a stin finger
which the missing girl and the actress
possess.
Helen Whitehead disappeared on
ThanksGiVinG Day. 1913. from her
home in lIcrkimcr. =. y. when she vas
eleven years old. She was the daugh-
ter of William II. Whitehead. Il justice
of the peace. She ESCAPED in boys
clothing and was traced to Syracuse.
y. Y. Oscar Whitehead. then forty
one years of age, disappeared at tn"
same time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-28
e HIsHN NC.
NJ I'll. &c n
MORE MONTHS OF IT
WAR VIII End Within n Yenr ~
United States Adopts n Polic!
of Energetic Onense."
BY Associated Press

80 NpS.l
NEW YORK. March 27.-Licutcnan,-
General Nelson 4. Miles. L. S. A, re-
tired. speaking here tonight at the
National Defense Convention. held un-
der the auspices OF the National Guard
Association OF the United States. as
serted that If this country throws it
self enerGetically into the war in the
event OF a declaration. he believed IL
would be possible 10 end the conflict
in twelve months
General Miles said he hoped that il
the United States we're drawn into the
war we will not act on the defensive"
but we VIII pursue an efficient. strong,
offensive campaign.
That is the quickest and the surest
way for bringing about peace, which
We all desire" ne declared.
General Miles said there were at least
l,oco.000 Americans, not including those
liz The regular army. the National
Guard and various schools and colleges
nov. who had had military training.
In addition, he added, there are nearly
;, 5000 COO men in America who have
had al! the drill and training and dis
cipline and experience that could be
General Miles paid a tribute to the
National Guard.
Coming as YOU do" he said, from
every quarter OF our great country. this
most wonderful. powerful. mighty re-
public OF ours o represent not only
the stability and character OF the
States. but YOU represent also one OF
the great pillars OF our republic
Senator Blair Lee. OF Maryland,
spoke on The National Guard and the
Safety Of the Republic"