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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-04-17
VIDAS 7 TIEMPOS
Vidal Alcocer %filantrOpO

Naci6 en- Mexico el % de Abril dc
| 1901, Hizo sus estudios en- los colegios
de Betlemitas Y de San Juan de Le-
tran. Fue encuadernador, armero, MI
sico, ,a~puntador de ccches Y soldado
en- tempo de Ia Independence Y ue
Ia Invasion Americana. SlrElo 4! &c
hierno en- humildisimOs emp.eoS. Nh
| rio en- q de Noviembre de 1860. Des-
de 1871 hasta 1886. trabajj sin nes-
cans0 nor estableccr n scclciaG d"
beneficencia que protegiese ' e9uca-
Sc q Is nineZ desvalida. I'm e uIt'mo
de estos amos logr" realiZar 81 pro-
veto fundando la "SociedaG dc IA ~
VIVA ~Providencia.'' Y el de 1899 consi-
gui6 que e. gobierno ic acordase u"a
peauena .~subvencion. De esta Suerte:
lego = scStener 33 escuclas en- las
que Sc Impartial In instruction ! 100
nlnas Y ninos 4 las classes pObres,
cuatro talleres, dos o~rfaHa:orios Y Il
Academia de MuSica.
La sintesis de sU vida Sc reduce 4
cstas lincgs. En- elias no So hahla dc
una batalla g~loriosa, nj de I'm cargo
prominente descmpeAado con hr'ilc,
nj de una ccnQuista cientifica 0 de al
gun triunfo en- las letras. Alcocer no
fuG general nj ministrc, nj Sabio. nj
poeta; fue un obscure obrcro y IN
modestisimo ~empleado. Su nombrc.
sin embargo, Is mas glcrioso que el
de muchos miiitlrcS; su vida mas
LENA de ~ensenanzas utiies que II de
ctroa rartos po!it;cos, : su labor, mas
bentfica que Ia de I'm ceatcnar dc
eScritores. Sin haber sido general, L.
bro deScomunuleS peleas; sin nuberse
ocupadc en- n po!itica, mfluyd pod"ro-
samen,v en- el porvcnir dc Ia "Itria;
sin habu aIcanzado borlas ~Gocccraies.
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Sc apaga en- ningln momeHto. duran
TO Ia vida uIe pudieramos lamar 4
fectiva del hombre V que es tan vigo-
rosa Y RIGA. que aun despues Re muer-
a parece seguir lanzando ~chispOrro-
teos q cuya incierta luz Sc forman
rag cas- .lusiones. Pero.... sigamos
-ratardo del tema escogido. de "a
o~qtaci6r rus So ap"oxima como es cos
tumbre tratarlo. va nue en- IA vida.
ONO en- e. teatro. TODD es conveNcio-
nal:
;Hosanna, Ese alto h~arim"tro.
los dos hombres a quienes derrib6
81 calor De Nueva York dicennos ",e
w es4r cerca los dias en- que con
dnci"emos q nuestras amada9 en- fra
";l"S caH;oas. '!eiando que GStas Sc
deslicer sobre el lomo plcmizo de
'os rios, baio la b0veda de los arbo-
les Y leios de los demas hombres Y
mujeres para sentirnos mas cerca de
Dos v de su cello. Dentro de POGO. en-
las a~pacibleS nocheS estiva'eS. ell mag
no V amahle Central Park volvera n
ofrecer Z los espiritus canSadoS dc a
lucha material, las hermosa solcdad
de sus umbrias. para que encubra
sus iustas de amor V las eStrellas vol
veran 4 hacer SIS guinos en- e! manto
g del cielo. como diciendo a todos
c"antos las observan: Dios hizo IA
noche PARA que ell pccadO iel amor
nudicra pasar inadvertide. Y las null
titudes vo!veran a reunirSe en- las pla-
vas. para obServar sobre las arenas
acariciadas por el Oc6ano el "lorio7"
es7ecsacu,o de la mujer en- TODD el
osDlendor de su escul5ural hermosura,
brillante como 81 e%stuv!era ''uDierta
por I'm baho de plata, al salir del mar
Y ser besada por los rayos del senior
feudal del firmamento que en- todas
parties EXTRA y exige ell derccho a
dar el primer osculo.
iBendito seas, Verano, acicate de
,os afectos, fomentador de oradores
' creador de vidas, Muchos borrachos
o~c1ltan su beodez bajo el manic de
u fuego, pero durante III relnado el
amor abandona sus e~scondites. sale
Z Ia superficie, como los retonos de
los arboles, y puede buscar en- toda
Ia aplitud de los campOs albergue pa
"a Ell eterno Y divine drama de sus
bentficas crisis c timetables tXtasis
Puede ser TODD 10 candente que quie-
ras, que la humanidad, Ia parte de
ella que paga tribute a Ia nieve y SUI
fre ell latigo del ~cierzo, te aguarda
con los brazos abiertos, resuelta a
p~erdonarte tus ~excesos...
ATTACHE.
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FuScbiO RLhSEb.

pcrmancceria IN 81 cnc.o!ro d" &c
chcfort CaanGo o! actual cnnficto So
| ,nic,6, Lot; no tono II uiuma rara
,.ac., o dcfcr..ar = los cromigcs d.
eli norria. nero cvanGo So convened.
| do c,,, Alrr-qria ,r2.aba nor taIos
Ioc mcI,cs !, ~arra.trar = TuroIia IN
GU defarsa escribi6 yarjos articulos
-, ,o- ~oor;a5icos fr,rcosos - +omilan
o,y;6 car,os - s1,s arrfras del Crien.a
IL o,,: .l,,,~os H.. s,,. o~,i.t,1a..
..r. ...,r.l Jo ana T,rc.,;. Jceoo
.,a,i...r TO-. i.l,s una i. f,crcr
...... , -, o.+o,. dorl,
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Csc "'N"','""o pas ".
est SER "'''""'I''
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caando dc EieStF" e''''' l''''''''F-
no. en"HnHn""'"S H''.eh"'i"S Greer
en- coFaS mpcsio'eS FFe'!'@''.e Is,
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del ohio Y 2sco VI" t'd1 - Nn':"'''
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Por Antonio de la Pena y Reyes.

nj cubierto sus canas v~enerables cor
Ell iauro de las Musas 0 con el birrete
de las aulas, am6 q Ia Ciencia e hizc
por su diffusion en- IN medic sCciaI
eg0ista ' en- circunstanciaS persona
les rayanas en- n miSeria, aigO tan
exceptional pUr 10 grande, por 10 dcS-
usado, que a~nt0jase a wees due Al
Cocer no IN artesano humi!de nj un
! administration de coches. ri que flo
recIG en- nuestra TERRA! Tales son las
! muestraS que do de perseverance,, De
! a~c:ividad, de ~filantropia, de noble e.
n&cidad para q logro de una emprC--
So, que I muchos, en- possession mas
o,ovtda que Ia suya-la dc ci 10 10
fuc nunca-Que con mas elementos
que los suyos-Alcocer solo tenia
les de 81 cspiritu Y los de su co-a%Gn
-habria pa-.cido impossible, NADIA hi
70. sin embal 20, que desmayase en- 81
tarea de alta cultura; Y llamamdO Z
tCi,ls las puertas, 2creciendu q todas
las eycitativas, desbaratando tClCs
los cbsticulos u nuestra indolencia
= nuestro cgoismo le %oponian, 81. {!
h-mildc hiio del pueblo, q pobre obrc-
T.. c! ~scnciilo filantropo, ell ignoradc
anyntador del sitio de coches de Ia
Gale del Se.ninariC. logrG 10 que H.
los ricos con sus cnormes heredadcs
ri los caudillos con 81 poder. nj los
rclificos y los sobios con 81 prc,ti-
r.o. l.lbian intentado re.lizar,
R~cncu,arito de In instruction P,ibli.
en- en- Mexico. So lie ha llamaGo = con
mucha ~iusticia Su vida. no solo o.
uaa ensehanza fructifera poroue reye-
n 10 che II bondad en- 81 scntlr Y II
encrgia en- 81 cbrar pueden l:lcer.
ann on 81 scno De una sc.iedad. como
In ouestra. desprovista en- 10 absolute
.,l iniciatiya Drivada Y de cn.usiasIaos
para p~rotceer las obr2s de piedad 0
de prcgreso, sIno tambien Dor las cir-
c~unsrancias csrcciales que Ell .Alcccer
coucurrieron. iIiio de! pueblo. com
vrenGi6 al rcvCs de 10 Il han en.en-
dido e ~aparentado cntender otro~
hcr,bres. De clase. de inteligenc!a :
he Illustration muy superiores, que la
mejor mucsuH de amor que ruede
darselc 4, pueblo es e~dUcarlo. Por cs-
T.. "a Historic bendice a este filanro-
pc. Va gu" On los sangrientos fast5s
dc Ia patria figuran tantos a~p6st"les
= .n;:riircs Supuestos que. con falsaS
pfotcsta5 Y ha!agos enganosos. des-
c,n2cicndo real o fingidamente las !e-
yr- cue rieen = los pueblos Y las ne
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PAGINAS
Uiene de Ia Septlms plans).

su condensation. TcdOs Sc diran que
los bulEaros con Su indomable valor.
10 cual soy el primero IN reconccer
--marchanlo contra ell enemi9o ami
rnado por el Teieum y las canpanas
de las iglesias, sen infiritamente mas
rudos y feroces que los musuima-
nes".
Los amigos de Pierri Lott no tar
daron en- eypresar su inmensa graft
tud. FL Pasha Mahmoud Shev,et,
Gran Fisir del Imperio OtomaHo, le
| esclibio n epistola en- les terminus
| siguientes:
"Mientras Europa, cobardemente
cierra los ojos rehusando i~ntervenir
| en- las barbaridades cometidas por les
paises ba,kanicos contra los homDres
Y mujeres indefensas, solamente US
ted ha tornado Ia p!uma en- su defen-
sa. por 10 cual, &c envio mis- mas pro
fundas gracias asi como las del In
perio de Islam.
pero ell elocuente e intrepido fran
ces recibio pruebas mas in~eQuivccas
del valor de sus declaraciones, en Ia
forma de n t~acieta de deSafio que
lie fue enviada por el Teniente Tor
Eom del eJarcito bulgaro. Lott le re-
plIco cue el desafio o reto st hallaba
con.enIdo en- termincs tan Sucios e in
mobiles, que sus dedcs rehusaban en-
suciarse contest:i7GOlo. ' termin0 de.
clarando que le era impossible Greer
que el eicrcitO de Bulgaria hublese
cScogiGo l IN ~persoHaje tan i~nsigni-
ficante para que 10 representara.
Lot no Sc eQuivOc6. puesto que POGO
tempo despues. los oficiales btlparoS
lie cnvlaron una carta LENA dc salts
facciones Y asegurantole que el inso-
iente oficialucho hapia sido expuISado
de su regin.iento.
En- su defensa de los turcos, qIi2o
ain II mas lejos, eXpres:indose e. les
si@uentes terminus:
"Er ninCuna pa-te del mundo Sc
ercucn;ra una raza doHde la carload
Sc ejerza con anita p~rCfusi6n y dcnde
Sc e~jerZan Y respeten ' nrotejan 4 los
n:noS Y Fl cGrino maternal sea tan
p~ronurciadc como entire los turros. FL
hetro de que millares de perros Gale
:erOs recorran Ia ciudad De Stamhuli
eS prucba evidente de L. bonGad de
Sus habitantes. En- BrouSa exist" un
hospital para los volitiIes, donde las
ayes son curadas Y haSta Sc les cnta-
bli.lan las patas y alas cuando sufren
alguna fracture Yo he visto una
grulla con una pata de palo diyina-
merte hecha.',
Made crey6 en- vista de sus incli-
naciones musulmanas, en- Que el dis
tinguido escritor abandonara la plu-
ma para empuHar Ia espada contra
L protegi los. Entrado va Ell los Sc
senta Y cinco arcs V retir~do dol go
vicio active despuGs de haber servido
fielmente a su patria, Sc penS0 que
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LIE HA SERYIDO DE ALIVIO.

SehoreS: Me permito incluirles en-
esta carta IN giro postal 4 favor de
ustedes por valor lie dos pesos. PAIN
que inmediatamence tengan Ia bondad
tie remitirme dos cajaS mas de ALMA
CORDIAL. 81 les es possible, hagan
ell envio el mismo dia en- que recipan
esta orden porQue va esroy termrran-
do In Ultima GAIA one ME habian man
dado antes ' Ia Que precisamente NE
ha proporcionadc mucho alivio. 5. S.
jose Olivas, Superior, Arizona.
Pidan mas informeS q MILLER &
co. Sta. 4, Box 5, San Antonio, Te-
Xas.
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La Srita. Martin dice
que no podia levantar
la mano para pelnarse
Sufria terrihlemente de reumatismo.
- Tanlac le devuelve IL salud


"Es IN hecho rea! ' verdadero que
habi2 ilecaAo al extreme de nc pOder
~levantar e brazo a Ia altura de q
caUeza lara ~peinarne, deb.do al reu-
matismo que sufria, pero ahora que
he tornado 81 tUnico Tanlac estoy en-
condolences de hacer no solo ESQ, s!no
tocos los quenacereS de mi casa" dl-
10 la Srl,a. Lillie Martin, cuya dlrec-
c;on g Boz 90, Gale Fruax, Il con-
versar re~cientercentc . q ~represea-
.anie especial del TaHlac.
.Durante le!nte amos Ge mi yIla
ayenas 81 tave IN ella bueno, Geoiuo 4
Ia ire.uencia con cue Sufria rvumatls-
mo. inG.gestioneS. r~estriadGs ' de J..
Grippe Parccla como que tan v-onto
como e aliy.aba &C = cosa. eH'De-
zaba aIguna gtra 4 nacsrme sentir
navy maj. : previsa2rn;e Ell L. N1vl-
dad pasuda cal de auevc enfe-n:a te
Il grippe. y me peRse cue "a no ,c.-
yeria = cSUar bien nunca. Nj estpma-
90 ne ha hecho sufr!r wuchC con mo-
two de los gases Que sc me- formal IL
Gebico q les ahmentos one nc pcd:a
discern. ' he sufrido IaHyo con dolores
de Gspalda, EN- los Drazos ; los HON
bros. debidc al rcUmatlsmo, que real
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
MTSSOURI'S SOLDIERS
The Sport That Animates the Young Men of This

Under the above head, Edgar White writing IN the New
York Sun. of General Pershing and other Missouri soldiers mas te
following to say which is of much local interest: /
There is a letter now going the rounds OF the missouri
Dress. II is typical of the soldier spirit anlmatlng the young men
Of the State. The writer is a boy from Monroe, a county noted
for nrettv women. fine stock-and Democrats. Also for two OF
the brainiest county editors to be found anywhere-H. L. Blan-
ton. of the Monroe County Appeal and Tom Bodine, OF the ParlS
Mercury. The young soldiers name is Carter Vaughn, and ne
inst reached a long cherished ambiton-was appointed City
Editor of the Mexico Evening Ledger. But ne had one greater
ambition. and he wrote about it to his mother in Monroe County,
where he was born.
well. mother" he wrote, I'm a soldier. went up to the
Headquarters of the Exemption Board a little while ago, handea
them my change of venue papers and told 'em to do their best
to make a soldier out of me. l had to press down on the scales
mighty hard to make it register 100 pounds, which is the lowest
they will accept for my height. My heart hasn't beat as fast as 1t
did then since the time l signed my name on the ticket to take
me to San Francisco, because l was SO excited for fear | wasn't
going to get by. A day or so | was afraid | would pass the phy-
steal examination. but the more I've thought the last few days
the more reconciled and really anxious l have been, and when l
went up today | was almost afraid l would not pass.
But did. and I'm glad. When you look at things the way
II do. if YOU don't know but | believe you do) you will be glad, too
Won't you feel a lot better when you hear a bunch talking about
slackers. etc, if you can look them straight in the face and say
1--we got a boy that didn't ask to be excused, and was really glad n
20? Won't YOU feel better than those folks who know mighty
good and well that their boy got out when he wasn't entitled U
lit?
"Of course, | sorter hate to give up a fairly good Job abou
the time I'm getting started; but guess thereH be jobs just a
good and maybe better when / get back from Berlin
"Give my best to everybody, and assure the District Boar'
that Carter Vaughn, Serial No. 1916, Order No. 532, has not ant
will not file a claim for exemption. I'm going to celebrate TIL
Fourth of July in Berlin. Best love, CARTER"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
Fulton SUM

Judge and Mrs. T. F. hurry, of Ok
lahoma City, Okla, were visitors in
Fulton Saturday, coming here from
Audrain County, where they had at
tended the funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Leach, SO years old, mother of Mrs.
hurry, which was held Thursday at
the Old Hickory Grove Christian
Church at the junction of Audrain,
Boone and Galloway counties.
Mrs. Leach had lived on the farm
where her death occurred since her
marriage ~ years ago at the age Of
fifteen years. The farm was
entered by her husband, William
Leach, who has been dead about %
years. Mrs. Leach also is believed
to have been the last surviving men,
Der of the Hickory Grove Christian
Church. The old Leach farm was
southwest Of Centralia. Mrs. Leach
was one Of the kindliest and most
highly respected old women of thai
community and her passing is mourn.
ed by a large circle Of relatives ant
friends.
Besides Mrs. hurry she is surviv.
ed by the following sons and daugh.
tiers, all of whom live in the neigh
borhood Of the old homestead; @. 5
Leach, W. A. Leach, Mrs. Emma Rob
%inson, and the Misses Sallie and Bru
nette Leach.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
WILL BE 90 NEXT N
W d. Bush, Veteran Fulton Dry
Goods Merchant, is Active
Despite Age

Though he is able to get out in e
ly any kind Of weather and to walk
down town without the aid Of a cane
almost as rapidly as a man thirty
years his junior, W. D. Bush, a re-
tired Fulton dry goods merchant, will
celebrate his ninetieth birthday ami
versary November 10Th. With the
exception Of D. D. Ford, who is %
years old, Mr.. Bush is the oldest mar
in Fulton.
Born in Montgomery County, on a
farm on which the town Of Ameri
Gus is now built, on November 10.
1927, Of Kentucky p%arentage, Mr..
Bush has spent practically his entir'
life in Galloway and adjoining coun'
ties. His grandfather came to Mont
gomery county from Kentucky when
his father was nine years old, and
the family remained on the Bush farm
until Mr.. Bush was a young man.
He then went into the dry goods bust.
ness at Danville, and a year or tw.
later went to the call of the colors Il
the Union army. He was mad
quartermaster sergeant under Col
D. Pat Dyer now a judge of the fed.
eral court in St. Louis, and served
year fighting in the South.
When he was about thirty years old
Mr.. Bush moved to Mexico, where h,
intended to establish himself in bus;
ness, but failed to do 50. - Fulton
Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
WON'T FIX LOW HOG PRICE
But Government May Guarantee the
Farmers in Order TO Increase
Production

STRONG CITY, Kan, Oct, Is. -
As the result of many inquiries from
stockmen and farmers Of this county
received by Congressman Dudley Doc
little since his return from Washing.
ton, this week in regard to action ths
food administration will take in reg.
ulating the prices of hogs and cattl9,
Mr.. Doolittle Saturday afternoon seli
the following telegram to Herbert t.
Hoover, food administrator:
Papers state you will reduce price d
hogs to ten cents and cattle proper
tionately. This congressional d.
trict produces such live stock in large
quantities and / must be able to an
swer authoritatively the intentions o.
the food administration. Buying for
feeding has come to almost dead
standstill. An immediate answer
will stabilize conditions.
In reply Mr.. Hoover sent the ia-
lowing telegram to Congressman
Dcolittle:
"You can give the widest publicly
to the fact that we have no intention
whatever of fixing prices on hogs,
W. are considering some form OIL
guarantee to farmers if they will pro.
duce hogs and we have already 'ssuel
an undertaking that will, through
holding up the prices of exports, eS'
ert our every power to maintain prices
for hogs that will return the grower
a stimulating profit"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
BEREA ITEMS

Herbert Cawthorn and wife, of Lit
tleby Station, and Frank Cawthorn
and family, of Thompson, visited rela-
tives here Sunday. a. George and
Miss Anna Baker of near Perry, mo-
tored over Sunday and spent the day
with Felix Martin and wife. Mrs.
Tena Heller and Mrs. Harve Heller,
Of Dalton, Neb., are the guests Of
Mrs. Forest Berry. - The c. W. B.
M. Of Midway Church rendered an in
teresting program at the church Sum-
day night, and S11 was realized. -
Arthur Morley who went with In.
End contingent of soldiers to Camp
Funston, is in a hospital at Fort Ri
ley, suffering from nervous prostra-
ton. - Octave Ellis and family visit
ed here Sunday. 49, Ira Mayes sold A
B year old mule to Albert Price last
week; we failed to learn the price. 80
There will be a pie social at Mr..
Seek Carpenters next Saturday nigh.
October 10th, under the auspices Of
the young ladies' class Of the Mid
way Sunday School. Everyone invi..-
ed. - Ed Sharp, wife and daughter,
of Santa Fe, spent Sunday at Edgar
Martins Henry Weaver, Miss
Leota Weaver and Mrs. Marshall, Of
Mexico, were Sunday guests of R. L.
Heizer's. - Word was received here
stating that Mrs. B. F. Ridegway
formerly of Mexico, and Thompson.
he'd died at her home in Pawnee, Ok.
Mrs. Ridgeway had been an invalid
for 2 or 3 years, being afflicted with
paralysis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
VENICE ITEMS

The cold wintry weather we b,,.
with US at present made eyervo,.
get busy and work, such as cuttin.
cane, getting fuel, etc. - Mrs, Cal.
Douglass and children and Mrs. Ma,
gle Douglass, Of st. Louis visited win
Walter Douglass and sister, Miss lou
last Saturday. - Alb Romans boug..
a two-year old mule from Marion Co,
for sil0, n day last week. 49, vii
lard Herring and family, from WON
ing, is visiting friends and relative,
in this neighborhood this week
larry Watts purchased a two.yesr
old mule from J. II. Bane last wee.
price not learned. - Miss Cora COY :
spending a few days in Benton Ci,v
this week. = Mrs. Lee Childers sper.
Thursday with her mother, Mr.
Richard McMahan. - Galloway conn
" is having several nice concrete
bridges built on the line between SAID
county and Audrain county near Ven.
ice, which will be of great helm Ia
| this neighborhood. - Robert Brown
and family and Mr.. Sam Coil motor.
ed to Mexico Saturday. A coupls
Of our most popular young folks, Mr.
George Hampton and Miss Altba
Clement, stole a march on us by
slipping away and getting married ia
Mexico last Sunday. We extend con.
gratulations to the happy pair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18

mr. W. E. Moore. IS years DID, n
=, M Ieadipg dentists Of Chicago. and
n-rominent Mason Of that city died
wsdpesday at his home in that city
The body was brought to tins ei'y
Thursday for interment in Elmwood
Cemetery. d
uoore Of Webster Groves, formerly
- ,his city. He was a splendid young
man and a graduate Of the University
~ Chicago. His death will be learn
ID with deep regret by all who knew
him The Ledger extends sympathy
- the hereaved.
The funeral services of Ut. W. r.
Moore. who died in Chicago THURSDAY
were held from MePheeters' undertake
inc parlOrs Friday afternoon at two
thirty o'clock. A short service was
held by DR.. A. A. Wallace, after which
the Masons took charge and the eody
was inferred in Elmwood. DIR. Moore
was a son of d. P. Moore, of Webster
Groves. The pail bearers were 8 y
stocks, DIR. Pasqueth, John Ricketts,
DR.. W. L. Reed, Clay Mcclure Gar
enee Barnes and John Howell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
RED CROSS
WORKERS ARE
BUSY AS BEES

The Red Cross sewing room mas
been n beehive Of workers for some
weeks, Notwithstanding some are on
ly lust learning that we arc sewing
for the Boys" not our boys, but
somebody's boysl Following is a
list Of captains, who have charge OF
the room. and the number Of articles
now furnished and ready to ship:
Monday, Mrs. Richard Carter, Cap
tain; G pajama suits, 6 hot water
bags, is prs, bed socks.
Tuesday, Miss Anna Lewis, Cap
tain, 6 hot water bags, 6 prs. socks,
is hospital shirts, 8 pajama suits,
Wednesday, Mrs. Harry Atehison'
Captain, Is pairs pajama suits, ~
water bags.
Thursday, Mrs. George Lee, Captain
6 hospital shirts, Is pairs of bed
socks.
Friday, Mrs. C. C. Heller, Captain
~ hospital shirts, Is pair Of bee
socks.
Saturday, Mrs. Sam Sharp, Cap
tain, IL hospital shirts.
North Salt River Branch, with Ell
len Carter, President; Mrs. Da!
Chairman of Sewing, have made 2
pairs of bed socks, IA hospital shirts
7 hot water bags, 2 pajama suits.
There is still plenty of cut garment
on hand to be made and the womeI
who wish to do their bit in this line
please sign up for at least n day i
the week, hours from ten to twelv
in the morning, and from one to flv
in the afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
WEDDINGS

Shannon Bolts, son of the late ".
j. Bolts, of this city, was married
Thursday eve. at $3.50 in Kansas City
to Miss Lucille Pryor. Immediate.
Iy following the wedding they depart.
ed for a two weeks trip through
the East. They will make a short
visit here with Mrs. w. J. Bolts be.
fore returning to Kansas City, where
hey will make their future home.
The wedding was at the home Of
the brides mother, Mrs, Brice Pryor,
Of 3414 Olive street, Kansas City,
Mrs. w. ]. Bolts from this city at
tended. Only immediate members Of
the family were present. The bride
is said to be a charming young wor-
an, socially prominent in Kansas City
and very accomplished.
Mr.. Bolts, who has been with The
Southwestern Telegraph & TeIe.
phone Co. for the past s years in a
responsible position, is a young man
# splendid business and executive
ability and among the most popular
men ever in Mexico.
The Ledger joins their many Mex.
co friends in extending congratula.
tons and best wishes.