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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-20
At the Lyric

A young lady with an abundance Of personality, a repertoire of pleasing songs, and comedienne extraordinary Miss Frances Kennedy-is the big hit of the Lyric bill that was enjoyed by capacity audiences Monday evening. Miss Kennedy certainly wends her way into genuine popularity, and has the distinction of being one of the best en- tertainers to grace the Lyric stage. Sne
 wins immediate favor with the audience on her first appearance
 For 15 or 20 minutes she entertains Tn
 captivating manner the features or
 her number being the lrlsh traVes.y song on the Hawaiian songs and the evening at the card party Miss Ken nedy was compelled to respond to many encores Incidentally, she wears some
 stunning gowns during her number.
 The Lyric programme Of entertainment is very pleasing. Jack McCloud and Al Carp keep the audience highly enter tained by their ragtime renditions on the banio violin and guitar, and they are high-class entertainers. The mu- sical numbers are well selected, and
 they are known as the ragtime Kings. l The audience calls for more and more, and this clever pair of entertainers re- l spend to several encores.
 1 Harry Linton and Anita Lawrence ;, present a pleasing mixture Of song ana
 dance and prove very entertaining. Miss | Lawrence does some very good dancing and Linton is also very graceful as 3 dancer.
 l Camillas birds offer some amazing en' l tertainment and the wonder IS tha' l umb animals are trained to such de | gree as to perform the feats as de 1 these mute entertainers. They per1orn ! some wonderful feats, bordering on ths l human, and the number is well re- 1 ceived by the audience.
 l q Love the Ladies" is melanSe O I song and comedy and is featured by th' I work of Nat $. Jerome and the goo' | looks of Corinne Berry, who can cer | tainly lay claim to being almost dou l ble of Billie Burke. She has the hal ! and complexion of the famous actress 1 and there is strong resemblance pc I tween the two. This musical number Il pleasing and drew forth applause
 One of the features of the Mutual l news pictures is the showing Of let I ter from one of the Sammles in Franc to his mother and illustrating the let ter, sentence for sentence. 'Fvor in i stance, the letter begins, Dear Mother !, We are well and happy"--then tn l screen shows the thousands of sam l mics in France in the best of spirits l Every sentence of the letter is illus I trated and the feature is one of tn
 best recently offered on any screen, an has a strong appeal and interest. Tn programme at the Lyric is altogethe 4 pleasing, and theatregoers will fin much amusement and pleasure at thi popular Keith vaudeville house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-20
4 JURORS NAMED TODEC|DE EFATEOF
 CHILEAN BEAUTY

Nneola, N. Y, November 1s.-Four or the F jurors who are to decide the rate of Mrs. Blanca de Saulles, 23 years olo' Chilean heiress who is charged with kill ing her divorced husband, John l.. de Saulles, former Yale athlete, at his nome near Westbury, N. Y., on the night oA August 3, were selected during the hrst day of her trial which opened in the su- preme court here today.
 That her lawyers will try to show that temporary mental impairment, caused Dy being deprived of the custody of her T. year-old son, caused Mrs. de Saulles to oo the shooting was evident from their ques- tions to prospective jurors. These were intended to bring out whether the tales- men would give proper consideration lo any testimony which might be introduces showing that Mrs. de Saulles on tho night of the shooting was mentally uh- balanced.
 When the court recessed late touas Henry A. Uterhart, counsel for the ue
 fendant, said he would introduce ne testimony as to his clients sanity through alienists, but that he would place on the witness stand Lewis c. Thompson, whom he described as a 'physiologlcal chemist" What Thompson will have U say Uterhart intimated, will have ar important bearing on the defense. BASIS OF PLEA
 l Tonight it seems probable that most ol | tomorrow's session will be occupied Wltf the selection of the other eight Jurymei
 and that the examination of the wit
 nesses will not be begun until Wednes day i, 1 As a basis for the insanity plea it | understood the defense will maintain sh | became mentally deranged when q | Saulles broke a promise which she ae | clares he made to return their son to ne custody early the night of the shoot ing; that she motored to de Saulles home, excited by his refusal to let he see Little Jack" drew a revolver tror her pocket and shot him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-20

The wheat and fall oat crop is being put in the ground. In fact, early sown grain is already through the ground, and looks well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-20
CLAYTON

The velvet bean crop in this sectlon this year is much greater than was ex- pected
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04

Atlanta is reached
taEu necessity; or whS
Chroniclers of the TIM
flames and the great
Nation" that one cfk
the terrified people Is
any ATTEMPT 10 saws
cane the flames a1G 1t
women and little q =
leSsIG IS. j.,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Sunday school at .9:45 a. M.
Divine services at 1880 a. m.
@ Us TO?"
EpwOrth League at ..... $3.50 p. m.
Evening service at ...7:3O T. M.
Theme: "A Fool and His Knife
Let our motto for the New Year be
''Not to be ministered unto, but to
minister"
Remember the Sunday School
Workers Council which meets at
9:15 the first Sunday morning Of
every month. Let every member of
the Sunday school board plan to be
present
Beginning with Wednesday even
ing, January 10th, we will take up
the study Of the book OF Revelations,
for our study and meditation at the
mid-week prayer service. The only
way that this wonderful book can be
intelligently studied is verse by
verse. Plan to be present at the first
service. Plan to be present at every
service
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
A Letter From Hall Llltz.
Billings. Montana, H.:

BILLINGS, MOutdud, ll-S ~:
nv Dec Decatur rpo County friends ! will
write through The Reporter as ! can
not write to you all individually SO
will do so by this means.
am not at my old trade hammer
ing nails, but putting bolts and look-
ing over old box cars for the North
ern Pacific Railroad Co.
We bought our home in the SUP
urbs when we landed and we like
the place and we have prospered IN
health and have not been sick since
Worthy wo irs You would get $500 rer trip
from us, if you came to see us and
not little sum of $1.50. ;,
We have fine weather here ana
we have eaten some OF the finest
state.
In the Aast two years Billings mas
grown large and still is improving
every day. 1t has been said that
Billings would be a second New York:
Business is good and thousands OF
dollars of freight going in and ont OF o.
the town every day. Ihere IS plentyy
men Of modern means. c. M. Keller
sure would make a haul If he was
here to sell and trade land. They
say there is plenty OF land for trade
and sale.
Ed Sharp would sure shine with
his belted hogs and watermelons and
muskmelons. Hogs are $500 and
are Csc a pound and muskmelons
are 2 and for a quarter.
Well l see Geo. Adair is still at the
old trade of hammering nails. Wen,
I am not, guess / got the big head
since l came to Billings. ,getting too
big to do carpenter work. SO am
railroading for the Northern racine. !
don't grow on trees here They are.
shipped in here for. the prices Just as
low as we got them from you IN
Leon. Apples are very good. Potatoes
are fine, some irrigated and others
not. @ a.
This fall, Sept. 19-20-21 and r,
we enjoyed the Midland Fair; me
races we're very goGa a ana oats
rice and vegetables. such as onions.
pumpkins, squash, radishes, celery;
etc. Some very nice looking canned
fruit was on exhibition, also the bees
at WORK in the honey comb. sewing
and Indian work was here. me
poultry, cattle, horses, sheep ana
a an state fair. The different bust.
ness houses booths were fine. The
winner Of the first prize was the
SDorting House. This booth was a.
tent in the forest OF pines with al
deer just emerging from the hills.
The camp fire and the table was set
for the noon day meal
The electric light booth was pref
ty. Logan and Mlllison window
glass and marble booth was nice.
They furnished the glass for the
which was made OF stuc-
co, The four bungalow barns were
large ana nice. The large grand
stand which held i 1000 people, and
che half mile track which completes
with the state fair at Des MONIES.
They expect to have "a much. better
fair next year than they did this
year Well viii Lorey ought to have
oeen there and saw the COW punch
els riding the bucking horses IN the
clay race They sure rode, them,
they newer went over the horses
mead and came in with a skinned
lose like ycu did ONCE in Kansas
when We were punchin' COWS, be-
ieTe4 me. :. But ell together the fair
was grand and we could not com
I am in ~hopes this finds you all
iaes and dandy. 4 will say good bye
rsl q fctuae date, then ! will try 1
nd Wiite again. .4 ~ ess
Z . ~ Al n n u 4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
Wyoming Letter.
Wauneta, Wyoming, Dec. !.

Wauneta, Wyoming, Dec. -, 10.
Editor Reporter:-Please 1lnd en-.
closed postoffice money order tor
$3.50, to keep the s, Reporter coming n1ifg
showed under, but have had plenty
of snow for the last six weeks. We
experienced quite a dry season Tor
our crops this year, but prices nave
been good for those who had grain
to sell. g
that was being cultivated you would
sure have thought that was dry farm
ing, but that same dry farmed corn
has fed out over SO head of porkers.
There are still ten or twelve, loads In
the field. We raised all early var,
ieties, white and yellow flint, and
/ believe our country is steadily
and permanently improving. We have
one mail each, way every day, the
CHEYENNE end being carried in a lit
tie old Ford, and hasn't missed
trip this winter clear out and It's
wonderful what a load it carries. we
have telephone line all through this
have Heard of the $15O,O00 fire in
CHEYENNE. The old 1nter-Ocean hotel,
one of the Oldest hostelries in the
west, burned on the night OF Dec. 4 b.
and the saddest part of it was one,
whole family was burned to DEATH.
a man and his wife and their Jour
little boys. They were going to their
home in California, after being back
to Charlton, Iowa, where ne, MT.
White, had been to his fathers fun,
eral. They had stopped off at Chey..
enne to visit relatives, SO instead Of
continuing their journey they We're
D aced in six caskets and returned to
charlton for burial. While the tire
was still burnine fire started in the
Union Pacific yards. causing over
100000 loss. PartSof the materlai
in the hotel was freighted from Chi
cago BY OK team in the year 1873.
Many noted men had been guests In
the old Inter-Ocean in its time.
$50 Mrs. M. L. Newman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
bloodhound Trails Thief.

There was something stirring in
the community south OF HOpeyllie
Monday morning when Warren Pen
lex arose and found that a thief mad
some time during the night entered
his cellar and carried away al ABOUT ut
meat. and other provisions stored
for the winter. Mr.. Penick at once
phoned Alva Thomas at preston to
bring his famous bloodh ound
"kipg," and he notified also Sheriff
Tillotson of Osceola, who in COM
pany with Marshal J; S. Hamilton t!
ers and King" and his master ar
rived at the scene there occurred
one of the most interesting chases of
the season. After shifting about the
cellar for moment the big houna
struck the trail south at a rate thaI
almost lifted his masters feet on
the ground. He went directly to the
residence of w. f. McCutcheon some
distance south and through a win
dow and into a cellar bayinS in a
manner that terrified the McCut"he--
on household. 1t was not until
then that Mr.. McCutcheon discover
ed that his winter store house. had
been robbed also and he Joined the
party in pursuit Of the thief. King,
followed the trail south some dis
lance where it was lost in the woods
when the dog was frightened by Mr.;
Thomas shooting at wolf that
crossed the trail. The officers search
ed hut and woodchopper's teri in
that vicinity but failed to find any
of the stolen property. The loss OF
Penick and McCutcheon families, not
alone for Intrinsic value but for the
fact that the fruit and the meat tax
en- was the choice of the season
products.-Osceela Sentinel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
THE CHURCHES.
Christian Church.

CnTlSIldu EuucdFol y 'SS ~ -
Evening service lay p. M.
Prayer meeting Thursday 1880 p; m.
The Thursday evening meeting
will be the annual meeting Tor the
election of officers and the closing OF
the years business. The Sunday
morning service will be given over
to the installation of the newly elect
ed officers of the Sunday school.
We take up this week paragraph
the man who stays at home from
the services of the church. The rea-
sons thus far considered are, first,
he has no interest in religion, sec
ond, the economic pressure is so Sc
we're that he has no energy left tor
services of worship. And number
three to my mind would be the OD-
pOsite of number two. 1t has to do
with the man who lives In ease and
luxury. In our own community there
are those who are drunken with
wealth, luxury and pleasure. The
man with all of this and with his
high powered car forgets God and in
a measure thinks that he himself is
a god and so says to his soul, soul
take thine ease, eat, drink and be
merry" Just as surely as the soul is
doing thise there will come the
Judgment of heaven some day, Thou
fool this day shall thy soul be re-
Quired of you" The wealthy man
needs the ministry of religion that
comes from the church in order to
the living of normal life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
Don't Let Skin Trouble Spread.

Red, pimply Skin that itches and
burns is embarrassing, and gets
worse if neglected. Bad skin is a
social handicap and constant source
of worry. Correct il at once with. pr.
.Hobson's Eczema Ointment. This
healing ointment kills the germ,
soothes the Irritation and quickly
restores your skin to normal. For
ma or4.Iors 81 oWn-t,ps who have long
fought chronic skin ailments Dr.
Hobson's Etkerla Ointment Isl guar
anteed iemsay. At your drusglste
Enc y sls f+5 -t=e1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
of the Death of James w.
: (iiIreath in Auto Accident.

Mrs. "; b. Gilreath. met with fatal
auto accident last Saturday evening
about S O'Clock. while on his way to
Ravinna from his home, six miles
east Of this city. just how the accl-
dent happened will never pc known,
oyer some rough ground the jar or
the steering gear caused him TO un,
Knowingly advance the spark and
gas feed ON the Ford and before he
could again gain control the car
turned turtle, pinning Mr.: Giireatl
underneath it. The running board
rested across his b dace sk Daa aynd fissa
causing death almost instantaneously
NJ Ritts, Of Rayinna, was with Mr.
Gilreath at the time of the accident,
but was thrown clear of the car and
suffered only minor bruises. AFTER.
the accident, which happened three
quarters of mile north OF Raylnna,
Summoned sun none help. The body was
faken home and relatives notified Of
the accident. 1t is sad to stand at
the bedside at any time and watch
tlife's ebbing tide drifting away from
the loved ones slowly, perhaps, put
surely INTO the great ocean OF eternl-
ty, but doubly SO when one Is taken
away from the midst Of loving friends
like a gust of wind with no one near
to comfort or cheer him on his way
to the great eternity. He was
snatched away; in a few minutes
life was extinct, and only memory Of
him who was, can be cherished. !,
To the broken Hearted wife and,
family, who sit in sorrow where his
footsteps shall never again find echo;
is his father and mother, sisters and
brothers is extended the most pro-
I.rofonndb sympathy Of the entire
Ftineraf Services were held from
tie Presbyterian church in this city
Wednesday, morning at 1880 Q, clock
byterian church. sand Rev. Cash Of
the Episcopal church, and music was
furnished by a mixed squartette COM
posed Of Mesdames G. M. Caster and
e. r. Lester and Messrs. M. I'll. Han
ma and w. A. Newport. iInterment.
wa in the Lakeview cemetery.
II Pail bearers were Hoyle, Lloyd.
Clay and Harry Gilreath, Clair and
Evan Stillion.
James W. 5Gilreath was born in De-
catur county, Iowa, November 18th,
1880, making his home with his par
ents until his marriage to Miss Eta
Akers at Leon, Iowa, on February
goth, 1902. In the spring of 1905,
he and his family moved to this
of this city, where they resided until
1909, when they moved to Lyman
county to take charge of his fathers
farm. They remained there three
years, and then moved to the w. B..
Gilreath farm east of this city, where
they have resided the past four
years.
death his wife and eight children,
Willard VeIton DAYTON Allen Rus
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04
Revival at Woodland.

On Friday evening; Jan. 9Th, at
Will begin revival meeting at the
Woodland Union church. 1t will be
sort of community affair, some
splendid people of various churches
being specially interested. The
whole neighborhood is invited to
take part for an (old time revival OF
old time religion,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04

MARCH SEA- IN BIRTH OF NATION.
of wonderful pictured II
Matte h
and the burning view OF lelS @
milk now
nation
is the each man Is l' ue
smoke 7diaes return IRE upon for
tnena
egue towards us eoa
49,, citv amli-
fail TO the
Birth
Jalnos
to
hasLe 10
any az FI4s te hated Yanke hills they rush.
cape a life Jdn. mse dear and nope
-s,I EliAt the hgartO O
+be son INK has Seed shall goneder
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tue souti .g&&lle
It IS Infinite
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-04

When 2 man is always trEing to
g5 the best of il everyone enjoys
sssiRg him get. trimmed.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-21
. ,,.s-, Accidental Discovery.

One of the best ways ot cooking potatoes was accidentally discovered rhrough the unpunctuality of 6 train. When the line rom Paris to s. Ger main was opened the first train carried au official party for whom lunch was ordered. The meal was fixed for noon, and shortly before that hour the pots- toes were put on to fry. A few minutes afterwurd a message came that the train would probably Ue delayed for an hour. so the potatoes were taken or the fire. but left in the pan. Then came e second message. Train jus' arriy- ing" and tie potatoes were hurriedly pu: pack to fry again. When the party sat down to lunch the potatoes were brought on with the steak. Each chip was then found to be blown out Ike a small. crisp. golden balloon, to the de light of the guests. The cook without knowing it had invented pommcs de terre soufies.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-21
OF ATLIN ATTRACT
 MANY TOURISTS

Mrs. G. c. Miller, who returned on last nights train from a l2 days outing spent in Atlin, is so enthused with her vacation that she says Atlin is the only place to so for an outing.
 Mrs. Miller is especially pleased with the many natural roads and boulevards leading to the different mining creeks and the warm springs The Canadian government is unus- ually effecient in building these roads which are great aids to min ing as well as attractions to tour ists. The beautiful lakes about Atlin together with Its interior scenery and that of the surrounding country are among the most at tractive scenes in all the world, and extra added attraction of seeing the beauties of nature from the seat of a large limousine car are all that anyone could wish, says Mrs. Miller.
 The White Pass hotel in Atlin is most accommodating and treats its guests couTteously and the trip about the lake, given free by the White Pass Route, is something thai should not be missed by anyone. Mrs. Miller is overjoyed with the time she spent in the Atlin coun- try, and although her first inten- tons were to only spend three days there, the many kindnesses of the people induced her to stay long CT. 1+ 'i
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-21
GEORGE FTCIIARDT
 DIES IN ARIZONA

MT. Fred Fickardt received the sad news yesterday of the death of his brother George at Needles Arizona. MT. Fickardt was form CT resident of Skagway, and for some time was brakesman and bag gage man on the White Pass Route He also ran a merchantile store at Carcross.
 Mir. Fickardt will be buried by th Elks' lodge at Kingamn, Arizona. He is a member of the local B. P. o. E. No. 431 and is well known and loved by his brother ElRs. News of. his death was telegraphed by the secretary of the Kingman lodge, of which MT. Fickardt is al- so a member, to F. J. Vandewall, secretary of the local organization.
 Mrs. Fickardt, mother of the de- ceased was with him when he died.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-21
TRUSTEE DEEDS FOR HAYNES
 PEOPLE

NJ. B. Lsning, special agent of the land office, and 8 recent sT- rival in skagway from Haines, to- day is looking over records in the Skagway commissioners office rela- tive tO granting patent to sland holders on the Haines townsite.
 MT LeminE is investigating claims ot Haines citizens for land and when this is finished the pro perty will be surveyed by the gov ernmeDt. After the publication Of a legal notice, which will be issued in about a week, and will be publish ed for five weeks, proof to substan- tiate the claims will be filed, and then patents will be issued which will probably ba in october, ac- cording to Mir. Leming. Trustee deeds will then be granted to right ful land owners,
 At fthe present time land is held h Iaiues by squatteTs right or by sufferance of the government and one does not dare leave his pro pertv for any length ot time for fear an outsider might come in, build a fence around the property, and claim the land. The deeds to be issued by the government will overcome this
 In the early days Of Haines Col. Ripinski filed a homestead on the location, and his claims have been settled by the government; then the Haines Mission claimed certain land and that was settled; finally In 5ians claimed certain other pro perty and that was settled; now the final issue is taking place and the government is endeaTCTing to make a true division of property to the people who have settled there and have improved their squatters claims.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-21
SILVER HORDE BEGINS
 RUN IN COLUMBIA

There is magnificent run Of Oregon's famous fish about the mouth Of the Columbia, but it has not as yet penetrated vrey far in land. At Sand island, the seining grounds of the combine, with only two nets out, 8 total of 56 tons Of salmon was the days catch yester- day. Ten miles further up st Fay Tor sands, operated by EVerding & Farrell, the catch totaled about F tons and it is expected 20 tons will be hauled in today, From all indications the long expected run has begun, but how long 1t will re- main in full force, is not known. Tn fishing season closes August 25. - Evening Telegram, Aug. II.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-21
IF THE
 CITY COUNCIL

Considerable routine business was transacted at the meeting of the city council last night. Council man Kennedy reported that the Fourth of July committee is $60 short, sJating that this debteduess was unavoidable owing to the neces- sity of keeping the visiting ball players in Skagway one day longer than planned. He asked the city council to make up the deficit and to charge the same to the Fourth of July committee for the coming year. It was carried.
 Geo. Barnett has been authorized to paint the city fire hall with two coats of paint.
 Councilman Hardy reported the laying of new sidewalks in various parts of the city, at the present time on Broadway, and stated that the Bank of Alaska had been asked to lower one of its cement walks.
 Frank Page was asked to deliver q personal property tax paper 10 every person in Skagway.
 The city council confirmed the election of Simms as acting fire chief.
 City Marshal Page was instruct cd to notify owners of automobiles to not permit children to ride on the machines in any other place than inside.
 COuncilmen Bunting and Wright were absent.