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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
HON. HARRY PURNELL HONORED

Mason county was signally honored
on Monday, March 6, when Speaker
Terrill of the House of Representa-
tives at Frankfort had Hon. Harry
Purnell preside over that body's de-
liberations. Once only before has
such compliment been paid Re-
publican by a Democrat. BY those in
attendance upon the session it was
remarked with what ease and dignity
Mr.. Purnell bore himself; how just
and commonsense were all of his rul-
ings and when the days session had
ended many were the compliments
showered on Mason's able representa-
tive in this memorable and epoch
making session. 1t clearly proves that
the voters made no mistake when they
elected Harry Purnell by such hand
some majority. He wisely represents
the whole people.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
Two Persons Hurt, Wagon and Buggy
and Large Amount Of Furniture
Demolished as Result.

A runaway occurred near the c. &
o. coal docks just east of the city
yesterday afternoon about s o'clock,
from which a great aomunt Of dam
age was done. Mr.. Walter Grimes of
Bull Creek was loading some furniture
in a two-horse wagon when one Of the
horses became frightened. The team
started down the road running wildly,
overtaking the buggy of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. M. Lancaster Of the county, who
were returning home from Maysville.
The wagon crashed into the buggy and
demolished it, throwing the occupants
to the ground. Mrs. Lancaster was
slightly injured, suffering. some cuts
and bruises. Mr.. Lancaster was also
sligtly bruised.
The team continued down the road
until arriving at the bridge over Ken
ney's Creek, when they rushed over
the bridge into the creek. One of the
horses legs was broken and the ami
NAL was shot by its owner. The other
horse was uninjured. The wagon and
its contents were completely Destroy
ad
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
HERE TO ATTEND FUNERAL

A large number of persons from
Vanceburg same to this city yester-
day afternoon to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. ]. M. Wells, who died at her
home in Mt. Oilivet. The following
were those attending from Lewis
county: Mrs. r, N. Jones, Mrs.
George Rice, Mrs. w. Voyers, Mrs.
4. c. Hendrickson, Mrs. ]. d. Red
mond, Miss Laura Webster, Miss Bess
Stamper, Judge and Mrs. s. J. Pugh,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Grote, Messrs.
H. c. Myers, r. H. Henthorn, T. M.
Bowman, c. A. Staggs,( W. c. Cox and
Elder c. A. Van Wrinkle.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
WILL EXTEND PRACTICE

DR.. Roy Giehls, chiropractor, who
has been located in this city has ex-
tended his rapidly growing practice
to the city of Augusta and will make
his first trip to that city on next We'd
nesday, He will be there on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 6 to 9
p. m. and on Tuesday, Thursdays and
Saturdays from z to 9 a. m. DR.. Giehls
has very large practice, which is
constantly growing.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
REPORT OF CITY MISSION

The statistical report Of the Mission
for the month Of February, 1917:
Sixty-one families were dealt with
during the month, 40 old, 12 new, fifty
seven were white families, four col
ored.
Causes of distress OF new families,
sickness 3, insufficient income 3, death
2, immortality 2, old age 1, accident l.
Two hundred and three visits made
to and in behalf of these families.
Four investigations made for out of
town charities.
Eighty-siX applicants interviewed at
the Mission Home
Material relief given. Garments
given 81, hats 8, new shoes 10 pair,
old shoes "a pair, groceries 8 times,
coal 10 times, special diet given for
four weeks, bedding given, a blankets.
Girl given lodging at Mission Home
two days and nights.
Four juvenile cases reported to Ju-
venile Judge.
Work received for four women and
two men.
Homeless men. Three men given
clothing, also sent to hotel for lodging
and breakfast.
Relief secured from other sources:
County Judge assisted two families,
also gave clothing for one boy.
NJ. E. Church, South, assisted one
family with coal, groceries, bedding
and clothing.
Settlement Club assisted one family
with coal, groceries, three new pair
shoes and clothing. Also gave two
boys new shoes and sweaters.
Industrial School held on Saturday
from to p. m.
Welfare Department
Mems Club meets every first and
and third Wednesday night of the
month.
Girls Club every second and fourth
Wednesday night.
Boys Club every Friday night from
Z to $3.50.
Religious services on Tuesday at
p. m.
Bible School on Sunday from 2:SO to
4 .. m.
The Settlement Club meets at the
Mission Home every first and third
Monday of the month at p. m. Many
useful garments are made by this
Club for the needy.
CORA A. PEDDICORD, Supt.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09

route through Boyd, Rowan and oar-
ter counties, Maysville and the other
cities along the river route have an
excellent opportunity to bring this
trail by the northern route, but It will
require that Maysville have sufficient
representation at the meeting In More
head tomorrow to influence those who
have charge Of the location Of the
road.
Secretary Grimsley Of the Chamber
Of Commerce has made arrangements
to be In Morehead at the meeting but
he states that II Maysville Is to do any
good at all we must have large dele
cation on the ground.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
MEETING

The meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association Of the Forest Avenue
School will be held this afternoon in
the school building. All members are
urged to be present as some important
business will be transacted. The male
quartet Of the High School will sing
several selections The Rev. S. X.
Hunt, pastor Of the Third Street M. e.
Church, will deliver an address, "A
Question to Ask and Answer"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
MISSIONARY WILL SPEAK

DR.. Emma J. Betow, missionary
from China, will be at the Third
Street NJ. E. Church next Sunday
morning, and will have charge of the
morning service. She will also hold a
meeting at this church on Sunday af-
ternoon at 2:3O o'clock. DR.. Betow is
medical missionary, having had
charge of a large hospital in China.
Everyone is invited to both morning
and afternoon services
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
At MAYSLICK TONIGHT

A meeting will be held in the Mays
lick High School tonight conducted
under the auspices of the Mason Coun-
ty Health League. DR.. L. p. Blacker-
by, State Register of Vital Statistics,
will speak Mrs. II. c. Barnes will
sing, being accompanied by Miss Stel-
la Archdeacon. Miss Cornelia Jones
will give reading. The same pro-
gram will be given in Dover tomor-
row night and in Minerva on Sunday
afternoon.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
GAVE THIRTY DOLLARS

The Minerva Consolidated School
yesterday gave $50 toward the fund
being raised by the Mason County
Health League for the purpose OF
sanitary survey of the coun-
ty. This was the first school In the
county to make such a donation and
certainly speaks well for it. This Is
one Of the best school districts In the
county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
CHILD DIES

The three-year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Cobb of Cottage street
died Wednesday morning after an i'll
ness of six weeks of pneumonia. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
at o'clock with burial in the Mays
vile Cemetery.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB

A meeting of the Woman's Club will
be held in the Club room this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. The meeting
will be in charge Of the Civics De-
partment and Mr.. H. c. Grimsley, Sec
retary of the Maysville Chamber of
Commerce will address the Club. All
members are urged to attend.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
NEW SAFE ARRIVED

The safe ordered purchased by the
Board of Education at its last regular
meeting for the purpose of keeping
records, has been purchased and in
stalled in Superintendent Caplinger's
office in the High School building.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09

Mr.. Harry Dice has returned from
Kansas City, NO.. after delivering the
fine mare, Corinne Gafner, to Miss
Lulu Long Of that city. The mare was
sold by Mr.. Langhorn Tahh Anderson
Of this city.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
"THE WITCHTNG HOUR"

This wonderful play is the special
attraction at the Pastime Tuesday,
March 13. The scenes are laid in
Frankfort and Louisville, Ky. Pro-
duced by the Frohman Amusement Co.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09

Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Davidson. VINO
recently sold their handsome home on
East Fifth street to Mr.. and Mrs.
Simon Clarkson, moved yesterday to
the home of Mrs. Lide Kilgore on West
Second street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING

In the Christian Church tonight at
Z o'clock there will be a meeting Of
the church officers. This will be the
regular meeting,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Goldsby Farrar and
Mrs. George Wallingford of East
Fifth street left yesterday to spend
several days with relatives in Cincin-
natl
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09

Mrs. William Boss of Cincinnati is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Reed of West Second street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
is GUARDIAN

In the Mason County Court yester-
day M. T. Bruer qualified as guardian
of Charles W. Bruer and Daisy Bell
Bruer with II. w. Cole as surety.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09
NOTICE TO TEACHERS

Theachers meeting Saturday at II
a. m. JESSIE o. YANCEY,
Superintendent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-09

A new line of Bicycles just received.
Prices from $40 up.
1t ]. 7. KACKLEY & co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
SEAMAN AND SOLDIER DIE
One American Gassed and Two
Wounded With Canadians in
France.

Washington. Nov. 13.-Two deaths
in the American fighting forces, not,
however, on the battle line, were re-
ported.
Seaman Andrew NJ. Halseth of the
transport service died November )
from conclusion Of the brain, suffered
in a fall from a hammock. He was n
naval volunteer from Minnesota and
gave no address for the records.
Private Emile b. GailIac of General
Pershing's forces died November 3
from neutrality-suspicious.. His mother,
Cora f. Cadillac, lives at 113 Blossom
=. street, Chelsea, Mass.
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 13.-The follow
ing American casualties with the Ca
madam forces in France were report.
ed:
Gassed-W. II. Taylor, Libby, Mont.
WOunded-Sergt. Maj. +. G. Wat
son, OrtOnville, Mimi; w. A. Miller,
Cheyenne, Wyo.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
BIC JOB ON HANDS
LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD cLAs-
STYLING RECORDS.

Work of compiling statistics of the
data at the office of the local ex-
emption board of Mahaska county
began Monday, and County Auditor
Roy Rowland with force of assist
ants is in the midst of the prepara-
ton of data concerning Mahaska
county's registered young men desired
by the war department of the United
States. Registration cards are be-
ing sorted into various piles and the
information desired is being jotted
down. Cards of all called into ser
vice are being divided into lists of
those accepted and those exempt, and
the cards of all not called are being
carefully sorted as prescribed in Ger
tain government instructions. This
work is preliminary to the classifca-
ton of all men of military age which
zones within the next week or so.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
Hurt In Automobile Accident.

Frank E. Smith, deputy postmaster,
has received word from Des Moines
that Roy Smith, Mrs Max Frazier,
Mrs. Fred Smith and another Des
Moines lady were injured in an auto
accident which occurred last week
near Des Moines. Roy Smith trav-
cling salesman for the Independent
Baking Company working out of Des
Moines, had taken the three women
with him on HIS trip. The Smith ear
was hit by another large auto at a
dangerous turn in the road near Des
Moines. Mrs. Frazier, formerly Miss
lone Smith, sustained a broken rib,
Mrs. Fred Smith suffered a broken
shoulder, and Mr.. Smiths nose was
injured. Further details are unknown
to Frank Smith.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
GRAND JURY WORK
.TWENTY-FouR INDICTMENTS AT
SPECIAL SESSION.

Twenty-four indictments for various
crimes were returned agains- wrong
doors in all parts of Mahaska county
by the grand jury of the county in its
report before Judge Henry Silwold OF
the district court, read Friday after
noon, after busy four day session.
Included in the indictments were
charges of bootlegging, gambling,
larceny, assault, ste.
The report was made at three o.
clock Friday afternoon whea tho in
vestigation of twenty-five or thirty
cases had been completed. The grand
jury session which commenced Mon
day afternoon and lasted until Friday
was a continuation of the October
court term session. While all the
work carded for the jury has been
finished it is possible that the men
may be again called into session be-
fore the present court term is over.
Members of the jury were: George
Moore, foreman, John Sedrel, John
Andrews, Wilbur Johnson, S. A. Lock
ard, Dave Ankeny and John Beadle.
Two men indicted are already in
the county Jail. Robert Lee Shep-
pard, charged with larceny, was ar
rested for stealing money from a
childs savings bank. Ed Turner, pick
ed up by the local police after stab
bling a woman, was charged with the
crime of assault to do great bodily in
jury.
No bills we're found in the cases of
the State of Iowa vs.. Ray Edwards.
Pearl Thatcher, e cases), Fred Kelly,
H. d. McNeally, Fred Delmore alias
James Brown and j. E. Crandall.
Later-John Kirkman, a party in
the Bolton & Hoover mine incident,
Bill" Davis, indicted on a charge of
assault with intention to commit
murder, and ]. Hoogendorn, charged
with gambling, were arrested during
the day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
MOTHER SACR|FI ICE
PATHETIC STORY OF DUTY MET
HAS A SEQUEL.

Saturdays story of Eddyyille's pa
triotic mass meeting and rally for the
Army Y. NJ. c. A. and the pathetic in
cident of Mrs. George C. Johnson's
widows mite" donation to the war
work of the Young Mems Christian
Association, has brought to light more
facts concerning the Johnson sacri-
fee.
The son-in-law of this mother. who
made fearful sacrifice in the giving
of the wedding ring of her recently
departed daughter, Harry j. Morely,
will soon be called into service. He is
of draft age and will be summoned to
the colors in the next army. Again the
mother will be called upon to sacri-
fee, this time the supreme sacrifice of
giving up loved one.
Mr.. Merely lost his wife a short
time ago. The death of this beloved
wife almost broke the hearts of the
husband and mother.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
PACKAGES
MOTHERS CLUB MAKING BOXES
READY FOR MAIL.

Sammies and Jackies of Mahaska
county at home, abroad, and upon the
high seas, are certain to be remem-
bered on Christmas, for Sammies'
Mothers Club. is planning a Christ
mas for every lad in, fighting toys.
Monday afternoon the mothers busted
themselves packing Christmas boxes
which will carry the clubs Christmas
greetings and Yuletide cheer in the
form of tasty sweets to the soldier
and sailor boys. Large fruit cakes,
spiced and well sweetened, and large
squares of wholesome homemade
fudge and good looking peanut candy,
together with other kinds of confec-
tionery, and chewing gum, were pack
ed in these corrugated boxes prepared
for the Sammies. Every article in
the box was neatly wrapped and seal
ed and the box with it's pretty Christ
mas card should bring cheer and hap
piness to any lad. The packing took
place in the council chamber of the
city hall where mothers and mem
bers of the war women's club gath
cred. Boxes for the boys in foreign
service were the first made ready and
will be forwarded to their destination
at once Outside of the men in
Company H of the 16Sth Infantry,
more than forty young men are now
on foreign battle fields and upon the
high seas.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15

part Of the world to another than sta
tlstics can express. Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when it comes tc
reckoning in terms of love and human
tenderness. Let's put it this way:
That the Y. M. c. A. is the biggest ex
press company the world has ever
seen; and the parcels it Is handling
are the loves and devotions of human
beings. Ill. ....
Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This war has made US think hare
and fast. Your boy or your nei, -
boris boy or some boy you know an,
love has been called to do his shar,
in the big job of policing the world 10
democracy and human liberty. Is
any comfort to you to know that whel
ever his duty may call him your DO.
in body, mind and soul? Are you
glad to know that this friend viii plac,
books and magazines at his dispose.
organize classes to teach him whal
ever he wants to learn, give him I;
pocket testament and invite him t
join religious meetings OF the fail
that he was brought UP in? Did 70
realize that the association provide
athletic equipment for his faEorit
games, teaches him games If he know,
none and holds concerts, lecture.
movies, Bible classes, dramatic ente
tainments and every kind Of who'll
some amusement to keep him interest
ed? Are you glad to know that this
friend will go with him overseas, hell
to shield him from a score of Difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond it? The last contact the
soldier has with this life he loves St
well is a cup of tea given him by the
Y. NJ. C. A. free Just before he goe.
lover the top" to hand to hand strug
gle with the enemy. And as he comoS
lettering back from No Mans Land
wounded, but strong enough ant
plucky enough to keep on his feet.
even before his wounds are dressed
the Y. NJ. C. A. is waiting for MIN with
tea and sweet chocolate, the great com
forts of the man in the trenches Dc
you wonder that the Red Triangle is
called 1.-THE best loved trademark IN
the world?" One soldier in France has
called it "the last evidence that any.
body cares ayas M
If every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
OF the actual work being done for our
men by the association there would be
no question of they M. e. A. having
to appeal to the public for money
Rather than let this essential work
falter for an instant rich men would
sell their motorcars, poor men would
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15

least is on its way to you. Each, one
OF our 16 environments, where the new
national army is being trained, is
using more than a million sheets OF
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone that means 100000 fila.
ments of love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts at home; Multiply that by
thinking of all the other places where
Uncle Sam has men with the fiag-in
navy yards, on the high seas, in arse
nails and officers training camps and
over There" in France. In all these
places men are writing home. Those
unassuming little sheets of notepaper
gladden. millions of hearts a day
They atransfer more love from one
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
GRINNELL ENROLMENT
Nebraska Next to Iowa in the Number
of Students.

Grinnell, Ia, Nov. 10. - Twenty
states and two foreign countries are
represented among Grinnell students
this year according to the student
directory just issued by the college
The Nebraska delegation ranks next
to Iowa's with twenty representatives
and Illinois is third with eighteen. The
enrolment to date as shown by the
directory is 90S. Deducting those reg
istered in both college and school
of music the net total is 81.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15

In each Of these a soldier was strum'
ming on a piano; others were reading
books and magazines; hundreds were
writing letters home. Behind the
raised counter at one end three or four
young men were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home. One of
the soldiers said to me as l stood in
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: I'VE came all the way here
from Des Moines, and we were mighty
lonely. Then we found this Y. NJ. c.
A. on the job, and it's been a home
and more than a home to US. 1t gave
us what we wanted when we needed
it most, Well never forget 1t. The
boys best friend is the Y. NJ. G. AZ
Fine, cIean-cut, Outstanding Fellows.
=. How close those benches were pack
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writing!
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups OF soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut, outstanding fellows,
some of them mere boys, one thinks
Immediately of the sacrifice they have
made for the rest Of US and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home.
Somewhere, in far off farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse of those
sunburned faces as you and see
them on their last night before going
across. And 1t was with a throb OF
the heart that l watched them, bent
over their letter paper, in one after
another of those seven big tents.
These were the tents Of the Y. NJ. G..
A. On that last night in America the
association was serving the soldiers
in the best of all ways-giVing them
an opportunity to write home. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics
and score OF healthy entertainments
as well as religious meetings. But on
this last night home ties we're strong
est. And perhaps that is the keynote
OF the splendid work the Y. M. c. A.
is doing among our men in uniform
keeping them in touch with home.
Magic Words, "With the coIors."
In these times there are some let
tiers that mean more to us than any
we have ever read before. They are
written on sheets Of paper stamped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
red triangle OF the Y. M. C. A., and
they bear the magic words, with the
Colors." There are many more than
. million such letters in the mails now
While You read this. Perhaps one at
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15

RI T was evening on the broad
Hampstead Plain, Long Island,
where the Rainbow division was
spending its last night before embark
ing for France. 1t had been raining
hard in the afternoon-a cold, steady
autumn downpour-and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow in the
outward aspect Of the camp. Lines
and lines of sodden canvas housed
$4,000 men, gathered from 81 different
states. The ground was dotted with
pools and quagmires. Under the wet
canvas it was damp and cold, with a
penetrating chill. Lit by Pickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
full shelter for a mans last night in
his native land.
But there were seven big tents
where electric, lights, numbers and
friendliness made the night pleasant.