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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
rs Programs Less Than &c Each
Inspiring Musical Programs and Great Address
es, Clean Entertainment and Scientific Demon
STATIONS Crowded into one Chautauqua Week
FIRST DAY. AUGUST 20

23O P. M.-opening Exercises and Important Announcements.
Concert by SCHUMANN QUINTET-classics brought down
to earth by real artists.
400 P. M.-Chldren will meet with Play Supervisor for the or
ganization of Junior Chautauqua. A big time for all the
little folks of fourteen years or less.
1880 P. M.-Entertainment by SCHUMANN QUINTET-forty-
five minutes with the masters.
s15 P. Mcclure by DR.. JAMES L. GoRDoN-one OF the
great pulpit orators Of the day.
SECOND DAY, AUGUST 81
900 A. M.-Chldren will meet with the Supervisor OF the
Junior Chautauqua for the first mornings frohc.
2asO P. M.-Prelude by THE GLENN WELLS COMPANY
dramatic sketches by a company Of artists.
300 P. Mcclure by SARAH TYSON RoRER-authority on
what not to eat.
73O P. M.-Entertainment by THE GLENN WELLS CoMfA-
NY-music and entertainment.
s15 p. Mcclure by GOV. FRANK B. WILLIS great ora
tor discusses vital problems.
THIRD DAY, AUGUST %
900 A. M.-Junior Chautauqua.
1000 A. Mcclure by DIR. NAN sPERRY-Assistant Labor
Commissioner of Missouri.
2:3O p. M.-Prelude by THE ROYAL DRAGONS singing
band and orchestra.
800 P. M.-Lecture by CONGRESSMAN ELECTROMAGNETIC
of the Souths representative men.
1880 p. M.-Concert by THE ROYAL DRAGONS program
of stirring music.
FOURTH DAY, AUGUST %
900 A. M.-Junior Chautauqua.
1O A. Mcclure by "GIPsY" SIMON sMITH-the story of
from Gypsy camp to pulpit.
23O p. M.-Concert Recital by ELSIE BAKER & COMPANY
Americas greatest contralto.
1880 P. M.-Prelude by Messrs. Durieux and Hauser of the BAN
Err COMPANY-musnians known on two continents.
800 P. Matchmaker representations by JOHN B. Ratio
a prince of entertainers.
FRIDAY, AUGUST "a
90 A. M.-Junior Chautauqua.
1000 A. Mcclure by DR.. HILTON l. JONES' scientific
demonstration Of vibrations.
23O P. M.-Music by KRYLS BAND-Chautauquas greatest
attraction.
1880 P. M.-Concertb by KRYLs BAND-an evening of music by
one of the worlds great bands.
SIXTH DAY, AUGUST Is
900 A. M.-Junior Chautauqua.
1000 A. Mcclure by AUTHUR P. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
traveller, and university professor.
$3.50 P. Mcclure by JUDGE BEN Observation-Disclosures
companion; ode kids best friend.
1880 P. M.-Entertainment by KATHERINE RIDGEWAY-
queen of platform entertainers; an old favorite.
SEVENTH DAY, AUGUST 26
'2sO P. M.-Concert by ROYAL HAWAIIANS-hauntin mel
odies which have captured the world.
800 p. M.-Lecture by HERVEY McCoWAN-he shows us the
heroic in the common walks of life.
73O 2. M.-Entertainment, Hawanans and Pictures, with talk
by MILDRED LEO CLEMENS, Mark Twain's cousin, in
Rambling Through Paradise"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
THREE MORE MEXICO
BOYS ANSWER THE
CALL OF UNCLE SAM
Dee johnson, Richard Moore and Bill
johnson Pass for the Navy

Mexico's patriots are stepping to
the front fast and pledging them
selves to Old Glory in its fight for lib
erty and democracy. Late Thursday
afternoon DeLayne Johnson, son of
the well known farmer, Price john
son, of this city, and William Otis
johnson, son of Wallace johnson, an
other prominent farmer of Audrain,
enlisted in the navy at the Mexico re-
cruiting station, passed the primaries,
and before another daybreak were in
St. Louis to take their finals. Roy &C.
Gil Watts, who passed several weeks
ago., also went to take his second
exam.
One of McMillan's IT graduates,
Richard Perry Moore, applied for en-
listment this morning and passed the
first test with no trouble. He will
be sent for the higher test Don
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
o'NEIL CONSTRUCTION co.
AWARDED CONTRACT FOR
CITY SEPTIC TANK WORK
Only One Bid Was Received at the
Extra Session of the City COun-
ell Wednesday

No great surprise was sprung
when the o'Neil Construction Co. of
Leavenworth, Kansas, was awarded
the contract for the erection of the
two new septic tanks, for that COM
pany was the only one to submit a
bid for the work. The Black e. Veatch
Consulting Engineers had estimated
the cost of building at $4,000, which
amount was approved by the Council.
The o,Neil bid was S13,425.
Material will be ordered at once and
actual work will start about August
l. 1t was said at the City Council on
Wednesday night hal the work would
be completed by December /.
This addition to the city sewer sys-
tenn consists of two septic tanks; one
to be erected on the j. 7. Johnson
property north of town, which site
was purchased by the city for 5000;
and the other will be located in the
southeast limits of Mexico on a piece
Of ground donated to the city by the
A. P. Green Brick Co.
All Council members were present
and Mayor Harrison presided. Nc
other business was taken up.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
Raising Red Cross Funds

Rev. j. D.. Watson, of this city, is
actively engaged in raising money for
the Red Cross Society among his
churches in Pike and Lincoln Counties.
One of his churches gave s25 and
the other one has not completed their
subscription as yet. He is anxious to
raise $50 for the work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
LOCAL "GAS"

George Ramey, of Laddonia, is now
driving a new Velie.
Bob Mcclure is driving a new Oak
land, purchased from Mutton G. Sands
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lee spent Sum-
day evening in Auxvasse where they
motored in the Hup.
Field Cleeton, of Thompson, has
purchased q new Chevrolet from the
local dealers.
A new Buick was delivered to Bill
Heinlan by the local dealers, Mutton
g. Sands, this week.
R. j. Underwood bought a new
Chalmers Six from the Mexico dealers
this week.
Harris Underwood, of Wellsville,
owns a new Chalmers Six, sold by Hox-
sey & Sunnen, of Mexico.
J. B. Woolery of Thompson, is
driving a new Chevrolet which he
bought from Hoxsey G. Sumner this
week.
C. C. Heller and family, chauffer-
ed by Bryan Kelso, drove to Perry on
Friday in their new Willys-Knight,
where they visited relatives.
Mr.. Ray, of the Ray Construction
Co. of Louisiana, who is erecting the
new barracks at NJ. M "A, has
brought his Studebaker to this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Lowery and Mr.
and Mrs. j. D. Black, all of Wells
vile, motored to Mexico Tuesday to
spend the day with Mr.. and Mrs. T.
e. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace bearing,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elon bearing are
spending the weekend in St. Lotus.
They drove to that city Thursday in
the latter's big gray Buick Six.
A new make of car has made its
debut into the auto circles of Mex
leo. The newcomer is Maurice Phil
lips Wescott Chummie Six. The car
is artistically painted in white, with
black trimmings and is a truly classy
sport model.
George Pearson is breaking into
the big league as garage manager in
the absence of W. G. Hall who holds
that position at the Mexico Auto Bat
terry & Service Co. Mr.. Ball is su-
perintending the threshing of a large
area of his grain neal Hawk Point.
L. NJ. Stalcup and family, of Skies
ton, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. A. Lawrence at the Ringo. They
motored to this city in their Mar
mon Six, which created quite a sem
sation last summer among local fans,
when Mr.. Stalcup was visiting here.
McPheeters Bros. are informed by
telegram that their new motor hearse
is nearly completed and will be ready
for delivery the first of next week.
The car is being made to order in the
Cadillac factory and will be sold
through the Hoxsey & Sumner Co..
of this city.
Fred A. Morris is introducing 9
new type of Overland to the Mexico
auto fans. 1t is an Overland So
Big -Four, three passenger roadster
| Mr.. Morris tries them all and gets q
new one every other month. He
traded in his Overland, Club Road.
ster.
Aulbry Jones, who for sometime was
branch salesman for the Hoxsey 6
Sumner Motor Co. at Vandalia, has
returned to Mexico. The company
was not able to secure enough cars tC
supply the Mexico demand, and tht
sub-agency was abandoned. Jones
goes on as night man at the Hoxsey--
| Sumner Garage from now on.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
Elks Give Million

BOSTON, Mass, July IL. A
fund of 100000 for war relief work
was appropriated by the Benevolent
Order of Elks yesterday. John X.
Tener, President of the National
Baseball League, presented the re-
port of the Special War Relief COM
mission, which was adopted unani-
mously.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
The Cause Of Constitution

Constipation is usually due to a lack
of water in the excrement. To effect
a cure you must take more water into
the system. 1t may be months, how
ever, before this has any appreciable
effect on the bowels, but when per-
sisted in and fruit and vegetables con-
tanning water are eaten freely, the
condition may be overcome. In the
meantime use the mildest laxatives
obtainable and take only enough to
product the desired effect. Chamber
lain's Tablets are mi of the best.
They are easy to take and most agree
able in effect. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
JOHN A.. GUTHRIE, JR.,
DELIGHTED WITH THE
STATE OF o
Former Mexico Boy Who is Bank Ely.
aminer, Tells Of Meeting Friends
in the West

The following letter from John A.
Guthrie, son of Judge and Mrs. j.
A. Guthrie, of this city, who is n of
the State Bank Examiners of Wyom-
ing, will be Of interest to citizens of
Mexico and Audrain county:
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July II, 1917.
- Dear Mitchell: / returned Satur-
day night from a trip of a month up
in the northeastern part of the state.
Walked into the hotel here just after
l got off the train and ran into Cassius
Clay and wife. They had just arriv-
ed from touring the Park. Spent
Sunday with them and enjoyed being
with them very much. They left
here Monday morning for Colorado
Springs in their car. On account of
the bad roads, they were unable to
make the trip from here to and
! through the Park.
They r expecting thirty to fifty
thousand people to attend the From
tier Day Celebration here July % to
%. This is the largest celebration
of its kind in the West. This year it
lasts the whole week. Cheyenne eel
ebrates its Golden Anniversary at the
same time. l don't know how they
are going to take care of so many peo-
pie. They say a great many come in
their cars and camp out.
In going over the State l am always
meeting up with Missouri people. A
few weeks ago at Sheridan l called
on DR.. and Mrs. HALEY, who used to
live in Mexico. At Kaycee, Wyo.,
Mr.. Cash, the cashier of the bank,
had two daughters at Hardin last
year. A Miss Card who was work.
ing in the bank told me she met me in
Mexico while at Hardin two years
ago. This little town is seventy-five
miles from the railroad.
On this same trip l attended the
State Bankers Convention at Buff
falo, Wyo. Met Joe Denham and wife
there, so, of course, had a very pleas
ant time.
j. C. (Pat) Stewart, whom Joe
got to come out here the first of this
year has been made vice-president
and put in charge of the First Ma
tional Bank of Basin, Wyoming. Pat
used to be in the Bank of Centralia.
A month or SO ago l ran onto o.
H. Brown, Fritz Kemper and Frank
Porawski at Douglass. They were
very enthusiastic about this farming
country. l understand 0. H. and
wife have moved out here.
l find work more interesting all the
time. l am seeing lots of the country
and meeting new people everywhere
l go.
Crop conditions are looking better.
Grass is fine. The sheep men are get
ting enormous prices for wool and
lambs. Some large clips have sold for
go cents. l heard while in the north
part of the state last week that North
Dakota would have one of the largest
crops they have ever had. l under
stand things are looking better in Mis-
souri,. Was certainly glad to hear it.
You know we have the largest fort
in the United States here-Fort D.
A. Russell. Five thousand recruits
are here now. 1t is quite a sight to
see them drill.
Summers are delightful here in
Cheyenne. You can sleep under
cover every night. I have gained fif-
teen pounds since coming to Wyo-
ming. l now weigh $50. Tell the
boys hello. Sincerely,
JOHN A. GUTHRIE, JR.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Henry Wilburn, of Jacksonville, ILL.,,
has filed suit in the Circuit Court Of
Audrain County against his wife, Hat
tie Wilburn, of Vandalia, charges de-
sertion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
Draft Appeal Board

The Draft Exemption Appeal Board
for this section Of Missouri is as
follows: B. F. Brown, Hannibal;
DR.. G.. l.. McCutchen, Canton; Ed
ward Higbee, Kirksville; Lloyd
Stark, Louisiana; Samuel Sharp,
Montgomery City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Cramps of the Stomach and Bowels
81 have a high opinion of Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy"
writes Joseph Krier, Philo, Ohio. at
will cure cramps of the stomach and
bowels quicker than anything l know
Of" Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
I. II. Hannah To Washington

Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Hannah, for
merly of Mexico, but now residing in
Columbia, will shortly move to Wash
ington, D. c., where Mr.. Hannah
has been transferred.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
Laddonia Women ORGANIZE

LADDONIA, Mo-, July Ia. - The
women of Laddonia have organized a
Red Cross Chapter with IA members.
Mrs. H. G. Supple was elected chair
mar and Mrs. J. E. Burch secretary
and treasurer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
Chamberlain's Collie and DiarrhOea
Remedy

Mrs. Charles Palmer, Andrews,
Ind, says, Chamberlain Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy has never failed
to give me prompt relief. From my
own experience and that of my friends
and neighbors, l know it will do all
that is claimed for it," Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19
lake BABY 10 st. Louis

DR.. and Mrs. Fred Griffin took
their small daughter, Anna Margaret,
to st. Louis Thursday, where they
will consult a child specialist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Miss Minnie Stallings has returned
to St. Louis to resume her studies IL
Barnes Hospital, after a pleasant
visit home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Laddonia is raising money to oil the
streets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bartels have
a lovely little daughter who arrived
Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Mrs. w. T. Fields is in Newton,
Kansas, the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. A. M. Morgan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Morris are Wis
iting in Kirksville.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

DR.. Hal Hill, of Bachelor, was in
this city Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

George L. Conner, of Colfaz, Wash
ington, is the guest of f. F. Kun
KEEL,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Rev. o. o. Green left Thursday
for Kentucky, where he will spend
several days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-19

Miss Ruth Crews is home from a
pleasant visit in New Florence.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
BEAR GOT ALL CAMPS HAMS
5ruin, Later Captured in Trap, Pro-
vded Juicy Steak and PeIt
Brought Good Price.

With hams at present prices even a
rich corporation like the Great North
ern Paper company cannot afford to
feed bears on that sort of fodder, and
so it was q distinct relief to the boss
of the company's camp on Elm stream,
nine miles from SeeboomOok Falls,
when the camp timekeeper, Raymond
Dyer of Bangor, acted, a Bangor cor
respondent of the New York World
writes.
In the camp on Elm stream was a
barrel of smoked hams. One morn
ing the barrel was full. A week later
the barrel was hamless, the cook found.
Tracks of young bear were around
the building.
Dyer set trap. One morning at
three O'Clock the crew were aroused by
a tremendous grunting and thrashing
The ham thief was in the trap, fat,
furry and furious, securely pinched by
his right forepaw. A logger smashed
the bears skull with an ak. The men
ate some Of the bear meat and Dyer
got the skin, which he sold for good
price in Bangor, and also collected the
state bounty, S..
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
RATS MARCH LIKE SOLDIERS
Rodents Have Little Difficulty in Find
ing Supply of Food, and Adapt
Themselves to Conditions.

The ready adaptability of rats to
their surroundings is one of the quail
ties which has enabled them to con-
quer the world, E. w. Nelson writes
in the National Geographic Magazine.
On the approach Of warm weather
in summer large numbers Of them
leave buildings and resort to fields on
farms or to the outskirts of the towns,
where the growing vegetation, particu-
larry cultivated plants, affords them
an abundant supply until the approach
of winter. At the beginning of cold
weather they return again to the shell
ter Of buildings, where they find the
harvested crops ready for their con-
sumption.
When the food supply suddenly de-
creaseS following a period of plenty
during which the rats have greatly
increased in numbers, a migratory i'm
pulse appears to affect the entire rat
population over large areas and a
general migration takes place. At
such times the rats are extraordinarily
bold, swimming rivers without hesita
ton, and surmounting all other natu-
raj obstacles. The first invasion of Eu-
rope, when rats swan the VOlga, was
an instance of this kind. Expert
ments by the United States public
health service have shown that when
released in the water of a harbor rats
may swim ashore for a distance Of
1,500 yards.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
NA.. Nl4tu,e
THIRTY YEARS WAR PLAQUES
Sweeping Away of Lives Was Fright
full, Combatants Themselves
Being MoWn Down.

In the famous Thirty Years war, it
is estimated, the population of central
and western Europe was reduced from
thirty millions to less than fifteen mil
lions, and yet during the whole of that
time there were only forty important
battles fought, and their total death
casualties did not reach half million.
ALI the rest Of the frightful sweep
ing away of life was from plague and
famine, which not only followed in the
wake of the armies, but moved down
the cOmbatantS themselves.
Nor was the deadly work of these
fierce partners of war-the terrible
triple alliance of the prayer book,
plague, pestilence and famine-con-
fined to the civil populations. They
played equal havoc in the ranks of the
armies themselves.
Even as recently as the days of Gus
tavus Adolphus that great captain is
said to have broken up his winter quar-
ters and begun his summer campaign
nearly two months earlier than he had
intended. because at the rate at
which his soldiers were dying from dis
ease in their huts and barracks he
would soon have had no army left to
campaign with.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
He Does One Every Day and Some
times a Thousand and One.
SCOUTS "PUT TOWN ON MAP"

Boy scouts and the power Of adver.
tising put the town Of Keighley, Eng
land, on the map of the world as liv.
ing lesson in the way to beat the q.
boats!
Keighley has awakened to interna.
tional fame because it's $4,000 inhabi.
tantS have voluntarily reduced theiI
bread ration to the lowest in the coun.
try, namely, 81 pounds, as against q
pounds per head allowed by the food
controller.
American advertising methods turn.
ed the trick in Keighley. Posters in
every shop window, advertisements in
the press, innumerable pamphlets-by
these means the entire population haG
been drawn into a hearty cooperation
with such astonishing food economy
that the town has been officially held
up as a model for all the United King.
dom.
The boy scouts have also been en-
listed in the war on waste, and report
regular all their discoveries of still
useful things cast on the rubbish
heaps. Not so much as tin can or old
piece Of cloth is thrown away in Keigh.
lev
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
One Family "Does Its Bit"

1t is not very often that these mem
bers Of one family take the town by
storm simultaneously, but this, says
the Christian Science Monitor, is the
record of the Geddeses-push-and-go
Geddesses, they have been termed. Sir
Eric Geddes has not long become first
lord of the British admiralty; he has
done a great many things and aston
ished a vast number of people since
the war began; his brother, DR.. Camp
bell Geddes, is now the head of ma
tional recruiting on civilian basis
to be intrusted with the writing Of a
fresh chapter in the history of recruit
ing at this stage Of the proceedings
is in itself the highest testimony to
high qualities. The third Geddes to
win prominence Is the sister of these
two brothers, Mrs. Chalmers Watson,
who, after performing valuable serv-
ices in France, has now become COM
mander in chief of the new Women's
Auxiliary Army corps, whose numbers
will probably quite shortly run into
six figures.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
WAR BREAD CAUSES TROUBLE
Said to Be Responsible for Digestive
Disorders Which Are Followed
by Eruptions.

Reports of illness through eating
war bread are being received from all
over the country, and the news that
Lord Rhondda has instituted an in
quiry into the cause will come as a
relief to many, says the Dundee Adver-
tiSer.
The bread is said to have given
rise to digestive troubles and then
eruptions in many districts. This is
said to be due to the fact that some
bakers are using imported flour. which
contains beans and rice-ingredients
which are quite unfit for breadInaking
The inclusion of the germ sets free a
large percentage of fat which is un-
suitable for weak digestions. Then
of course, regulation flour does not
possess the keeping properties which
wheaton -four does, and this fact again
gives rise to disorders
The gray loaf can never be as pal
atable as the white one, but it can be
made equally digestible and nourish-
ing if the necessary precautions are
taken. STILL our bread of today, with
all its defects, is not as bad as that
which the Parisians had to satisfy their
hunger at the time of the siege of
Paris, when a quantity Of straw was
mixed with the flour in order to help
eke out the supplies of grain.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
Coons and TURKEYS,

They are hunting coons in Massa-
chusetts and eating them. They are
said to be a fine substitute for turkey
more than a substitute, better. That
is all right-they can eat them. Our
Pilgrim Fathers can eat all the coon
they want. We will take a second help
ing to turkey, declares writer in the
Columbus State Journal. We try to
imagine the eating of coon. We can't
do it any more than we can think of
eating cat. But hunting coons is diff
ferent. Here is the process: Take
an automobile. Put in guns, dogs, and
q companion or two, and then, when
far into the, country and near a for
est, unloose the dogs and send them
into the woods. Soon they start to
barking vigorously and there is a
coon. The papers tell of one party of
four starting out after dark, returning
at midnight with nine coons. That
couldn't be done in Ohio, which is not
a primitive state, like Massachusetts.
Our coon crop is gone. We are sorry.
The coon is a fine animal for coOn
but not for meat. John Alden and his
merry men are welcome to it.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
Had Hidden Wealth,

For twelve years Michael Kenney,
once a Brooklyn water inspector, lived
in small furnished room at 27S9 Nor
ris avenue, the Bronx. He seldom
spoke to anyone, and when he was ac-
cidentally asphyxiated by gas the po-
lice had no way of ascertaining
whether he had any relatives.
1t was known he owned the two
family house in which he occupied a
room, and he was given a decent bur-
ial.
Public Administrator Hammer went
to the Morris avenue house recently
and searched the room in hope of
finding Information which might lead
to relatives. In bureau drawers he
found bank books representing depos-
its of $4,000. Under an icebox there
was $2,041 in bills, and hidden in the
hair of an old settee was $100 in gold.