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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-06
RHETORICAL MEASUREMENT

"Brevity is the soul of wit"
Yes. replied Senator Sorghum. But
you've got to make your speech long
enough to allow people who have trav-
eled some distance time to sit still and
get rested up"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-06
NOT BY FAR

at is remarkable to what extremes
the women go in dress"
yes, but the dresses don't go to the
cxtrcmities rs much as they used to-"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-06
Plumbers

James C. Bulger, seventh vice presi-
dent of the United Association. wa.
called TO Cheyenne on Wednesday Of this
week to assist the local there in adjust
ing some grievances with the boss plumb
ers over n new wage schedule
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
AEEDFUl KNOWLEDGE
Bennington People Should Learn &c
Detect the Approach of Kidney
Disease.

The symptoms of kidney trouble
are many. Disordered kidneys often
excrete a thick, cloudy offensive
urine, full Of sediment, irregular of
passage or attended by a sensation of
scalding. The back may ache, head.
aches and dizzy spells may occur and
the victim is often weighed down by a
feeling of languor and fatigue. Neg
lect these warnings and there is dan
ger. Daley often proves fatal.
You can use no better endorsed kid
ney remedy than Doans Kidney Pills.
Here's Bennington proof of their
merit.
Mrs. NJ A. Barber, 612 Gage st,
Bennington, says; THE action of my
kidneys was irregular and had bach
ache. / also had dizzy spells and
black spots and fiery flashes came be-
fore my eyes. Mornings | felt tired,
WORKOUT and miserable. ! read of
Doan's Kidney Pills and several boxes
of this medicine gave me relief.
have had but very little kidney trouble
since"
, Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Barber had. Foster Milburn Co,
Props, Buffalo, ~ Y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
AZ the Equator In Afriaa.

There are only two seasons--tlie wet
AMI The dry at the equator in Africa.
Tho former is the summer season and
issts eight months The thermometer
averages from 10 to 125 degrees Fab
reDheit~ The other four ,monihs are
the ccld OF dry season. sud the ther-
mome;er rarely CUES below ~ degrees
Fahrenheit. During the rains the ma
tiycS live in houses made principally
cf bamboo and rooted with leaves. hut
as soon as the rains stop, which is
some fine around June |. they desert
their towns ana set ont for the forests
and iungles The few household fur
nishings are transported on The heads
Of the women and children.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
Talked Even Then.

Mr. Styles-So yeu've been to the
dentist all the afternoon?
Mrs. Styles-Yes, dear.
"Wcn. there's one thing certain; you
couldn't talk much when he was work
ing on yonr teeth. -
"Oh, yes, coule DO you know the
dentist said he never saw woman
who could talk like me with her eyes
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
clear Your Skin In Spring

Spring house cleaning means clean
ing inside ana outside. Dull pimply
skin is an aftermath of winter inact.
ivity. Flush your intestines with a
mild laxative and clean out the ac-
cumulated wastes, easy to take, they
do not grippe. Or. KINKS New Life
Pills will clear your complexion and
brighten your eye. Try Dr. Kings
New Life Pills to night and throw off
the sluggish winter shell. At drug
gists. 25c.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

- have Six" says one man, with
motor the same size as yours
But what about motor efficiency?
Hudsons have long been Sizes But the
Super-Six invention added 80 per cent to the
power and efficiency without adding mite to
the size.
Six with the old limitations is a long, long
way from the Super Six remember.
But the present Hudson owner knows this:
The Super Six, in all sorts of tests, has out
performed other types. 1t has won in speed, in
endurance. in bill climbing and quick accelera-
ton. 1t holds all stock car records worth while.
Hudson also built Fights and Twelves before
the Super Six invention. Those types, no doubt,
would have displaced Skies, had the Super. Six
not appeared.
We with others, had turned TO other types
because of the unsaisfying limitations of the Six.
Then we invented the Super SIX and found it
gave all that was sought for by those who had
developed the multi-cylinder cars.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
MOVIE NOTES
ur-to-Date News Of Films and Film
Actors

We learn from Fox sources that
Valeska Suratt has acquired the most
wonderful bath robe in this or any
other country. 1t is of old rose velvet
with luxuriously deep collar and
trimmings Of ermine. dispatch
from Portland. Me-, narrates the ar.
rest of Mrs. Serenio by deputy
sheriff who caught the lady bathing
her children in a pail of beer. Here
is timely hint for Valeska's press
agent. A marvellous robe such as he
describes surely requires more val.
liable bathing medium than mere wa
ter. Even though lager, following the
upward trend of things, has increased
in cost by the can, should not be ia
booed as too expensive for toilette
purposes by noted star. The sug-
gestion is hereby offered free Of
charge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
Cheerina HIM Up.

De Broke-So the tailor called again
with his bill? Did YOU say was out?
His Man-Yes, sir. and l told him that
I thought he was too.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
Not an Annerican Pcoverb.

Homer sometimes mods, even nova
days. The Saturday Review is respon-
sible for the statement that the PROV.
erb Honesty is the best policy was
improved in the United States into
Make money honestly if YOU can.
but make it, Quintus Horatius FLAG
Gus was not an American citizen and
thought of for good many centuries
after he penned his famous injunction.
Rem facere. recte 81 posses" do Il
.hing. but do II right if possible> Lon.
don Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

The most sublime psalm that can he
heard on this earth is the liSping of a
human soul from fhe lips OF childhood.
VICTOR Hngo.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

When Marguerite Clark makes her
next appearance on the screen in the
Famous Players production, The
Valentine Girl" she may be the envy
OF every little girl in the audience
Miss Clark, who plays a tiny miss OF
some twelve or thirteen summers in
this picture, is attired in an ermine
ccat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Don't go into debt with yourself jus:
to get square with somebody else.
\ frown has never been very effective
as bait for fortunes smile.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

One Frederick Taylor was recently
hailed before a Brooklyn magistrate.
accused of an undue fondness for
practical joking. one phase of which
consisted Of turning his wife's shoes
into tureens by filling them with soup.
Directors in search of original comedy
stunts please take notice Such ma.
tural talent for refined humorous ex-
ploits should not be allowed to go to
waste in drab domestic surroundings
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Ethel barrymore has returned from
a vacation at Palm Beach. where she
went after completing her work in
'The Cali Of Her People" a seven.aat
screen version of Edward Sheldon's
play Egypt This production is
he first of attraction pictures OF
great size which will be put out by
Metro Pictures Corporation during
the present year. as special releases.
On her return, Miss Barrymore said
10 a friend that she believed her role
in The Call of Her People," would
prove the greatest of her career
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Five Fort Lee ferryboats have been
Pictures Corporation, to wit, the
'Leonia,' now the Mae Marsh" the
CITY Of Plainfield," now the Mary
Garden the ''Edgewater," now the
Maxine Elliot" the Fort Lee now
the Jane Cowl,' and the "Elberon,"
now the Madge Kennedy Where
fore the joyous Goodwin correspondent
feels constrained to write that Life
along old Hendrix Hudsons river can
not help being more picturesque with
these startling changes in nomencla-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Virginia Terhune Van de Water,
author OF several novels and maya
zine articles, has written story for
Clara Kimball Young's fifth Selznick-
Pictures, entitled why ! Left My
Husband" and is working on series
of studies OF modern American society
for this star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

The screen debut of George NJ.
Cohan occurred at the Strand in New
York this week in broadway Jones"
Until one became used to him on the
screen it appeared that he was work
ing too fast and in the first part of
the picture he seemed TO be giving an
impersonation of a meteor. Broad
way Jones" makes an entertaining
photoplay. Nothing more humorous
than the love scenes between Broad
way and the Widow Gerard can be
imagined. Ida Darling is delightful
as the widow and when she says to
her maid Make me look like Elsie
Ferguson" one is inclined to think
that If the maid complied with her
mistress wishes il would be no i'm.
provement
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

The existence of a nationwide or
ganizatlon of film robbers was reveal
ed in Chicago last week when Abram
Abramovitz. a former film exchange
employee. was arrested on charges OF
the Mutual Film Corporation that he
stole six reels of Chaplin film from
The comPany's Chicago offices and
shipped them to Sioux City, la.
The operations OF the film robbers
cover the entire United States with
the principal conspirators living in
New York. Chicago. Cleveland, Min.
neapolis, Sioux City. Denver, Port
land Seattle and San Francisco.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

The evidence is clear that the Super-Six best
reduces friction. Until some type excels it in
that respect it holds the leading place. Every
motorist must concede that whatever type he
owns.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Mary Pickford is the defendant in
supreme court action which is like.
u to make her feel more than ever in
touch with the woes OF her current
character, THE Poor Little Rich
Girl" Little Mary, whose receipts
from screen productions put her in
the royal class as regards Income.
was legally requested to hand over
slG3,750 to Mrs Cora c. Whitening,
agent for authors and actors
Mrs. Widening wants just about
10 weeks Of the little stars salary be
cause, as set forth in her complaint.
fer the past three years she was EN-.
ployed by Miss Piekford as general
manager and personal representative
She declares she was retained on a
commission basis.
There is no basis for Mrs. Wilken-
ings demands" was the statement
made by Dennis f. O'Brien of O'Brien,
Malveninsky & Driseoll, attorneys for
the actress. "She was never Miss
Pickford's official representative. She
would have liked to be her agent and
last year tried TO negotiate contract
fer our client But all Miss Pickford's
contracts, when she was with the Fa-
nous Players Company. were made
through us with Adolph zukor, the
company's president
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Miss Craig portrays the role of Sue
Wilde in The Truffers." which is the
screen version of Samuel Merwins
Cosmopolitan magazine story of b.
hemian life. In this role she also is
called upon to portray three other sep
arate, distinct roles. She is first seen
playing the part of a newsboy in
little Bohemian theatre. Then she is
seen as the head of troupe of Rus
sian dancers. Miss Craig underwent
a night-and-day course of instruction
by famous dancing teacher to enact
this role Later. the motion-picture
star appears as a motion-picture star,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

a new starring combination on the
Paramount program will be Vivian
Martin and Sessue Hayakawa, VINO
are at work at the Lasky studio un
der the direction OF Robert Thornby
The opening scenes of the picture
were laid in Japan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28
How Much Friction ?

The question is not between Skies, Fights and
Twelves. 1t is, What type lest nlinimizes fric-
ton? For that is what all aim at.
Friction wastes motor power. 1t limits motor
speed. 1t causes wear, prohibits endurance.
1t was by reducing friction almost to nil that
the Super Six gained lis supremacy. 1t is
through the enc urance which results that it won
its amazing records.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-28

Some $4,000 driving Hudson Super-Six Ask any
how compares with other You will find the
feeling about we fad it. And express in this ad
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
!. ROY FERRIS SELLS
HIS HARDWARE STORE

L. Roy Ferris has sold his hardware
business in this city to three promi-
nent Montgomery City business men.
The deal was closed late Monday.
Mr.. Ferris, we are glad to state, will
continue to make Mexico his home.
He has a host of warm friends here,
who would regret his leaving.
The purchasers of the business are
Ben Graham, prominent druggist Of
Montgomery City; j. W. Perkins
cashier of the Bank of Bellflower
and who has been living here for
number of years and R. L. Gooch,
well known banker of Montgomery
City. They have leased Mr.. Ferris
building for a period Of five years.
All Of these gentlemen are expe
rienced business men and will enlarg'
the store and probably take in othel
lines. They will be a welcome &C
quisition to local business circles
Mr.. Perkins will come to the stor'
ras soon as he can be relieved from hi
bank duties. Mr.. Graham will b.
here at once and Mr.. Gooch is ex
pected shortly. The Ledger joins tn
business men of Mexico in welcoming
them to this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
ORIGIN OF PNEUMATIC TIRE
First to Undertake Manufacture Was
Dunlop Company of Dublin,
Ireland, in 1889

How many people realize the sem
sational development that the pneu-
matte tire business has experienc-
ed? The first company to undertake
the manufacture of pneumatic tires
was the Dunlop company, organized
at Dublin, Ireland, in 1889, with a
capital of about $4,000 to make tires
for bicycles, and it rapidly grew to be
a great business. Then came the au-
tomobile to add its demands, and to-
day, only 27 years later, the pneumatic
tire business of the world is estimated
at the enormous sum of $650,OO0,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
A DRIVE ON U-BOATS

WASHINGTON, April 19. - The
United States Navy is to take COM
plete responsibility for the war pa
troll of the Atlantic Coast from Nova
Scotia to Panama, one of the biggest
contracts the naval forces of this
country have ever undertaken and in
addition as speedily as possible, will
furnish active assistance in running
down submarines in and around the
German barred zone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
Adv
Chester Starr Offers

Chester G.. Starr, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Starr, of this city, who
is now with the Indiana University,
has offered his services to the Gov
ernment during the war with Ger
many. Mr.. Starr has a chair in the
Agricultural College of the Univer-
sity and can be of great service to the
Government at this time, and mo
doubt his services will early be &C.
cepted, at any rate there is no dis
counting his patriotism. - Centralis
Guard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
FARMERS ARE URGED TO.
PUT IN WAR CROP OF CORN

The country is at war. And it is
going to be a farmers war a war
in which corn, wheat and meat will
be the great munitions - for immense
supplies of food will be needed for
our armies and the armies of the AL
lies. But our wheat crop is short;
our potatoes are scarce; so is our
meat. And the big task now before
the country is to raise tremendous
crop of corn that will make up for
the shortage in other food. 1t pro-
vides the big opportunity for the
American farmer to win the war. 1t
is his patriotic duty.
Don't worry about an over-produc-
ton. The department of farm crops
of the Missouri College of Agriculture
sees no danger of over-production in
this war. Prices of corn will be high
probably higher than they now
are.
Many farmers have already planted
corn; nearly all who have not planted
are about ready to plant. One of
the biggest things that can now be
done to raise war crop of corn is to
plant the right kind of seed - seed of
good variety that is adapted to the
section.
The Missouri Experiment Station
has been testing corn varieties for
10 years. 1t has tried to find the
best varieties for this State. 1t is
now able to recommend the half doz-
en- best varieties among large num-
ber tested and to name the sections
where they are best adapted.
Boone County White is leading
variety on the level prairies of North
east Missouri.
Commercial White, like Boone coun-
ty White, has been leading variety in
nearly all sections of the State. 1t
made an excellent showing in all tests
except those in the southeast low
lands where it does not seem well
adapted.
Reid's Yellow Dent has given ex-
cellent results in all parts Of the
State, except in the southeast lands
Its highset rank was reached on the
rolling prairies of north Central Mis-
souri,.
Leaning Yellow ranks among the
six leaders and must be regarded as
an excellent variety, altho it has not
taken first place in any section of the
State.
Farmers who have already obtained
their seed corn should further insure
a maximum crop by testing seed and
by fertilinzing. Remember the coun-
try must have big crop Of corn a
war crop - to win the war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
Mrs. Fannie Barre and Williar

Mrs. Fannie Barre and William
entertained at one o'clock dinner FRI
day at their home on East Promenade
street. Covers were laid for the fol-
lowing: Mr.. and Mrs. /. T. McCue,
Misses Frances McCue, Margaret Will
son and Mr.. Frank Houston.
Miss Mary Dearing gave a very
pretty party last Saturday afternoon
in honor Of her house guest, Miss Lu-
cile Minor, of Marshall, Mo. After
the guests assembled, small envel-
ope and card were given them and
they were told to draw their Easter
hat and trim it with what the envelope
contained. At five o'clock deli
cious lunch was served the following
guests: Misses Josephine Wallace,
Dorothy Blanks, Georgia Miller, Mau-
rine Heizer, Margaret Million, Fran
ces Pearl, Mildred Pearl, Dorothy
worrell, Mildred Moore, Mabel Threl-
ked, Lucille Connolly, Anna McMur-
try, Mary billiard and Gertrude Fry
and Ruth Perkins.
Place Cards, Tally Cards and Dance
, Programs, 1c to 25c each. so We'd
ding Invitations printed from copper
plate type, IS. 90 to S7.00. 100 We'd
ding Invitations printed from hand
engraved plate, 1885 to SS5.65.
dwtf WoRRELL. The Jeweler.
Miss Georgia Miller gave an elab-
crate progressive dinnerr Saturday
evening at seven o'clock. Five cours-
es were served from the three prettily
decorated tables. In the center of
each table was a vase of Easter lilies
and yellow jonquils Dainty place
cards of egg shells with jonquils in
them marked the guests places and
the favors of the evening were little
bunnies. Covers were laid for Miss
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19

How often is it necessary to
change the oil in an engine crank
case?
Some people change it about every
thousand miles, and it seems advisa-
BILE to do it that often. After remov-
ing the oil through the plugs at the
bottom of the crank case it is a good
plan to fill the case to the normal
level with kerosene. Start the en-
gine, run it for a few seconds and then
drain the kerosene thoroughly and fill
with fresh engine oil. The kerosene
cleans the crank case ond cuts the
gummed oil and other foreign mat
ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19

danes Cortez Edmonston, G.. G.
Bledsoe, Ferd Howe, Clayborn Jack
son, C. A. Barnes, George Will Rob-
ertson, William Stueck, of Connecticut;
A. P. Green, Misses Bethel Lawrence
and Gertrude Fry.
Mrs. C. B. Morris has returned
from visit in Liberty, Mo.
Miss Mary Lee Burks will enter
tain the Gammas Monday afternoon.
Mrs. James U. Cullen and small
son are the gusets of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Clark.
Mrs. Clayborn jackson spent this
week in st. Louis.
Mrs. F. E. Perkins, Of st. Louis,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. S. j.
Buckner.
Announcement cards have been re-
ceived here of the marriage of John
G.. Mills, Jr., of Kirksville, Mo-, and
Miss Bertha Leslie, of Memphis, Mo.
The wedding took place Thursday,
April 18th, at the home of the bride.
The groom is Prosecuting Attorney
of Adair county and former Missouri
University student. He is well
known here, and his many friends join
in extending to this happy pair con.
gratulations.
Mrs. L. N. Gordon, of Kansas City
will arrive Monday to visit her moth.
er, Mrs. W.. W. Bolts, and Judge
Bolts.
Mrs. Lucy Moore and Miss Annie
Moore are visiting in Clayton.
Frank Porawski, of Kansas City, is
spending the weekend here.
Mr.. Sam Locke is in Kentucky or
a visit.
Miss Eleanor Jameson, of Fulton
spent Easter with Mrs. F. R. San.
ford.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
Baby Dies Wednesday Night

Jane, the three days old baby Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Buckner, died
Wednesday night. The funeral was
Thursday afternoon, the body being
placed in Elmwood. The Ledger joins
friends in extending sincerest sympa-
thy to Mr.. and Mrs. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19

MRS. John L. Washington and
children left Saturday for Miami,
Okla, to make their future home.
Mr.. Washington has a splendid posi-
ton with a large mercantile estab-
lishment there. The Ledger joins tn
many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. WASH
ington in expressing regret over their
departure from this community, but
wishes them much happiness and sue
cess in their new home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19

Franklin & Gamble expect to have
their new garage open within a
week. The interior of the building
is being remodeled and made into a
convenient motor shop and show
room for the Elgin car, the machine
they will sell.
See Purdy's line Of Rexall inner
tubes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19

Mutton & Sands report the follow
ing sales during the past week:
Fords, J.. E. Azdell, DR.. R. B. Vans
kike, Frank Waters, Weinand Bros,
C. C. Amos, Vandalia; C. B. Ing
ram, vandalia; T. W. Schultz, Santa
Fe; Gray Wilson, Molino; E. H.
Vedder, Moline; Bucks, D. N. Brown
and Pete Young.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-04-19
SMALL LAMP FOR AUTOISTS
Electric Light Carried on Back of
Hand Has Been Designed to Aid
Drivers at Night

A small electric lamp, which is car
ried on the back Of the hand, has been
designed for use at night by auto
mobile drivers. The habit of holding
out the hand when about to stop or
turn a corner is almost instructive
with every motorist, but in the dark
such signal may be wholly invisible.
This lamp is worn like wrist watch
except that it is fastened by an elas-
ticv to the back of the hand instead
of to the wrist. 1t is equipped with
ruby bullseye, which is sure to at
tract attention. The words Safety
First" are cut into the face of .he
lamp around the bullseye.
Get PURDY'S prices on inner
tubes.