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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-27

Big handsome beds. matted gold Ter-
MS Martin finish; the posts are full 2
inches diameter. continuous. with 10
spindle filters: special price Sc. s..
Bed springs, the Kind known as
thick spiral made of oil TEMPERED
steel wire, and worth at least $500. on
sale now at 81. 96.
Massive bed davenports, the "short
Duofold' style. > feet long. opens to q
full size bed. Four qualities: reo1I1arIv
$500, $2975. So. 50 and $500 Fasy
this sale, s. back on any sold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-27

When his satanic majesty passes bv
keep an eye on him till he turns the
Coraer--ChicaE News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-27

All the news al tins tima-The
Argus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-27

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09

city Bologna bulls are scarce and
are working higher and the Novem
Der outlook for veal calves is much
improved. Packers are freezing
thousands OF beef caVcasses every
day with the perfect assurance that
this meat will come out, a month
hence. much improved both In quail
ity and selling price Heavy cattle
receipts are looked for during No
yembcr
The future OF the sheep and lamb
market Is regarded as problematical,
The last week In November saw a
big break in values, for both native
lambs and breeding ewes. The lat.
ter had scared TO ridiculous heights
and "a decline WAS inevitable. Year
ling ewes can now be had for S17
per cwt tina early last month were
selling for $50 per cwt Mature NUT
ton Is very scarce aud good Fat ewes
are selling In Chicago for $40 TO
Stl5O per Cwt Feeders are IN the
market for light lambs and they
are paying MS high as Sl725 per
cwt buI stock must be- thrifty and
well-bred 10 make this price, One
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09

All grades OF live stock are sell.
ing remarkably well considering The
fact that the consumption OF fresh
meat has been given a bad jolt by
the government appeal for economy
n food, meatless days and so forth
October cattle receipts were large
in all markets. The Chlcitso run
for the month was $4,000. "A new
slngle-month record for this market
Had II not been for the shortage OF
cars the number would have ex-
ceeded 100000
Very few corn-fed cattle are com.
ing. the top price in Chicago for
this kind being $1725 per cwt Al
ready cattle are beginning 70 arrive
from interior points which have
only been on fun feed for a few
weeks. the extreme high cost for
feed is one OF the rocks which feed
crs Of 1918 viii be wrecked on.
Many men who bought feeding cat
tie early. with the Intention OF car.
rying them thru and making them
rood, are already sick 81 the IN
dcrtaking and have turned them
back 10 be sold for prices bur a
trife higher than the primary cost.
The bulk OF the warmed mp cattle
that are coming now are selling be
tween $40 and Sl2 per cwt, but xii
lers are taking thousands of little
cattle that cost between $3.50 and
$3.50 which they could not have
been induced 60 look at o'hos years,
when the country Wits M peace
The current scarcity OF corn-fed
cattle makes It possible 20 sell ami
mails averaging above 400 pounds
FOR 70 cents per cwi more than
those OF similar quality. but 100
pounds lighter. Fat yeArlings were
hardly ever 80 scarce before, the
best OF these bringing sl6.50 per
cwt In Chicago. Arrivals OF west
crn cattle are falling on rapidly and
average prices FOR the range kind
arc more than 81 per cwt higher
than on this date last month The
current car shortage has kept back
thousands OF cattle. the owners OF
which have been waiting for more
than month for cars 20 ship them
in. Killers IN al parts or the
country are clamOring for western
cattle. and. when quality IS taken
into consideration. this kind IS sell.
ing for the highest price OF The
season.
Last week all grades of she stuff
made a gain OF from 40 10 - cents
per cwt right in the face OF increas'
ing receipts az all points Gamers
and cutters were 40 10 so cents per
cwt higher. but this week the latter
have lost a part OF this gain. Big
kosher cows are seldom seen these
DAYS and a prime yearlng IS a nov
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09
NASTY MEDICINES
BAD FOR CHILDREN

n Is not often g child requires
medicine 81 any kind. II the bowels
are regular and promptly dispose or
undigestcd matter discarded by the
stomach. tho general health ~ very
npt 20 bo excellent, Ia any case, pills
powders and nauscating or unpala~
table compounds should never be
given 20 children. Any therapeutic
virtue such remedies may possess ~
largely nulliaed by the youngster
natural anfaEonisnl.
For most children mild laxative,
administered occasionally, is all that
Is needles 20 assure normal regularity
and good health. Or. Caldwell >
syrup Pcpsiu is pleasant-t tasting
com hination on simple LAXATIVE herbs
with pcpsin, free from opiatc or mar
cotIr drugs and acts gently yet ef-
fcctiveiy; children like u and take y
readily, so that IL h. the ideal remedy
foi inc family medicine chest IL is
sold In drug stores for nifty. cents a
bottle trial bottle. free OF charge,
can D. obtained by writing 10 Dr. W.
y. caldwell ass Washington-st.,
Monticello, Illinois.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09
Thursdays Livestock

Receipts OF catte AZ the Detroit
stock yards on Thursday averaged
decidedly common and prices We're
fully 80 cents per cwt. lower than
last week for an kinds except the
best grades OF butchers cattle which
were about steady The bulk OF the
common cattle that came 20 hand
werc Of the Gamer order and prices
for this kind touched the lowest
point of the season Veal calves
were duh and quiet az last weeks
prices
Lambs have fuctuated slightly
during The past week but quotations
We're practically the Same on
Thursday as on the same day OF
last week. sheep ard lambs, like
everything else that " coming 10
the Detroit Yards ~ present are
very common in quality.
The hog market pendulum has
swung back and forth, in wide
arc, during The past week, but on
Thursday values were no higher
than on the same day last week.
Detroit hog prices are again more
than 50 cents per cwt out OF line
with other markets. Several car.
loads of hogs were sent 70 killers
at other points; ia fact, the only
thing that saved the Detroit hog
market from utter generalization
was the timely arrival OF outside
orders for hogs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09
Livestock Sells Well Despite Government
Asking MeaHeSS Days; Best Grades Scarce

OF the main causes OF tho recent
break IN sheep values was the de
cline IN wool prices.
The countryman has ample con
ildence In the future OF the hog
market and he rs giving evidence
OF this fact by securing all OF The
pigs that are available for feeding
purposes. The purchase OF young
hogs I'm the Chicago stock yards for
country feeders account is a com
paratively recent development, and
10 shows which way the wind IS
blowing this year; for many years.
country feeders have desired 10 pur-
chase hogs in the leading markets
OF the country for feeding purposes.
but have been deferred by the
danger Of disease. In fact only
within the last two years has the
United States government allowed
pigs 20 be sent into the country for
feeding purposes The absolute con
troll OF cholera and kindred diseases
BY vaccination has solved this i'm
pOrtant problem and the pigs that
go into the interior from the big
markets these days are vaccinated
by experienced veterinary surgeons
before they are permitted TO leave
the yards.
Hogs took big jump last week
and are still selling we'll Packers
have fought the advance strenuous
~, but have been obliged 10 pay $li
per cwt Or more in Chicago for tbs
best kind now for more han 2
week. AS usual. OF late, Detroit Is
fully 20 cents per cwt ont Of line
with other markets.
In the issue of Nov J. the Chi
cago Breeders Gazette published thf
following
exports Of lard last week were
S.924.000 pounds and of meats Is,
S07 600 rounds, against 1921 600 and
1899 600 pounds respectively. the
previous week Stocks are down &c
bare shelves across the Atlantic ant
the export movement Is matter o.
ship space. Spectators are not dis
nosed 10 commit themselves as "a
The futures until the policy of ths
food administration has been an
nounced as il is improbable that @
bun campaign will be tolerated
Hogs are cutting az profit and cur
rent receipts do not permit accumu
lation as government purchases tol
army consumption are heavy. A
light run OF hogs is certain ia No
vember and product will 20 out as
fast as IL can be cured just what
placing the packers under license
means 70 provision trade. cash and
speculative. has not been determ
med"
PrintinE--the plain Dest ISind--ths'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09

Under the patronage or Mrs. Rus
sell Sage. Mrs. Finley j. shepard
and other prominent New York vo-
men "hirdless hat show" win be
opened In the metropolis today. az
Which prizes viii be awarded Tor
the best featherless hats made hy
amateur and professional milllners.
The object OF the contest II 70 deu-
9nstrate the practibility OF making
attractive hats for women without
the use OF birds or feathers. which
Involves the destruction OF bird life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09
PUBLIC LIBRARY
GETS NEW BOOKS

The Great War--"HoHtage IN Ger
many Georges Desson' How thc
faconia sank The Militia Mobiliza-
tluu on the Mexican Border" q. r.
Gibbons. Menace Of Peace O. ID.
Heron How 20 LIVE al the Front
Hector MacQuarrie, Peace and War
Duties OF the Enlisted Man" y A.
Moss. United states Navy II. y.
Muller. Wounds IA War" darcy
Power, Americas Case Against Ger
many. Lindsay Rogers. War
French" c. -. Wilcox.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09

Visitors from many parts OF the
United states and from Mexico and
be Central American Republics are
Expected to arrive In New Orleans
|bday in anticipation OF the opening
L the National Farm and Live
|tock Show.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09
ALICE PAUL Is
FED THRU TUBE
Hunger Strike of Mrs. Rose
WinslOw Is Also
Broken

WASHINGTON. NOV 9.-Miss
Alice Paul. chairman or The National
Womans party, was led last night
By means OF tube in the mouth, By
District Of Columbia Jail physicians
Miss Rose Winslow, OF New YORK,
also one OF the sufragists undergo
ing sentence for plCketing demon
STATIONS before The White House,
was led In "a like manner
Both women had been on a hun
GER strike since MONDAY Miss Paul
swallowed the tube without resist
ance according 20 the statement by
the jail authorities.
According 10 Miss Margaret Fay
Whiuem0rc. leader OF the local
branch of The Womans party, Miss
Paul and Miss Winslow are striking
elor the right 80 be accorded the
, same privileges allowed TO murder
ers"
According 10 Miss Whittemore
homicides and other criminals con
tined in the Jail are allowed TO sup.
plemenr their prison fare with food
purchased from outside the walls
Tho women, she says, are compelled
20 cat the prison fare only.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has accept
ld the honorary presidency OF the
| Ghl Scouts of America.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09

PrintinE ---the plain prst ISind--th.t
Ia riwht--rInse~ Job Dept.--MRin 4S20.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-09

Mrs Woodrow Wilson has accept
al the honorary presidency OF the
Ghl Scouts of America.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
10, 20, 80 and 40
Years Ago This Week
10 YEARS G

An organization of the Newspapers
Of Audrain County was formed. R.
M. White, of the Mexico Ledger, was
elected President and L. A. Bird, Of
the Vandalia Mail and Express, vas
elected Secretary.
William Sims entertained a number
of his friends with a goose dinner at
his home, two miles north of Mexico
in honor of Jesse Wade, of Montana,
formerly of this city. The guests
were c. W. Lewis, R. R. Buckner, W.
Latney Barnes, J. R. and W. W. john
son, B R. Middleton j B. Woolery,
Theodare Holtkamp and ]. G. Ford.
Circuit Clerk Morris and Sheriff
A. P. johnson with I. M. Green were
in st. Louis selecting furniture for
the Circuit Room, which had been re-
modelled.
Fifteen members of Post a." Trav-
elers Protective Association, held a
banquet at the Hotel Hoxsey.
Otis Purdy purchased the interest
Of his partner J. W. Woodbridge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
|AUDRAIN IS THIRD IN BOYS
land GIRLS CLUB WORK
Audrain is Third Among Counties of
State in Boys and Girls Club
Work at Farmers Week.
1000 FARMERS THERE
Audrain Boys Who Attended Farm
ers' Week Are Enthusiastic
Over Meetings There.

Audain county stands third among
the counties Of Missouri in the worl
of the Boys and Girls Clubs, organ.
lied by the extension department Of
tie University Of Missouri among the
boys and girls of the rural schools
throughout the State.
Clubs have been organized among
the boys and girls in the rural schools
throughout the State, under the di-
~rection of the Extension Department
of the College of Agriculture of the
University of Missouri.
There are several classes of these
clubs, hog raising, calf breeding, corn
growing, tomato and potato growing,
baking, sewing, and canning clubs,
Raymond Shook, of Mexico, and Os-
car Erdel, of Rush Hill, who returned
from Columbia Friday, brought back
with them the ribbon awarded to Au-
drain county for the work of the Clubs
in this county. The boys are very en-
thusiastic over Farmers Week and
are anxious to see more clubs organic
ed in this county this year. They say
the trip to Columbia and the lee
lures and demonstrations Of Farmers
Week would well be worth fifty dol
LIARS to any farmer.
There are lectures and demonstra-
tons for the girls and women of the
farm as well as for the men. There
are domestic science talks and demon
STATIONS by the instructors in these
courses in the University.
Audrain county was represented by
Penant Atchison, Worcester; Theodore
Selb, Mexico; Oscar Erdel, Rush Hill;
Raymond Shook, Mexico, and Mr.. and
Mrs. R. W. Ray, of Benton City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
GIRL TELLS EXPERIENCE
IN OKLAHOMA FLOOD
ViretOn, Okla, Teacher Tells of CON-
ing Of Flood in Which Is Chill
dren Lost Lives.
STORM CAME SUDDENLY
The Storm Came 81 Suddenly That the
Children Were Given No Time
TO Save Themselves.

McALLISTER, Okla, Jan. 5. -
How the little rural school house al
Vireton, Ok, was torn from its foun.
dations, whirled through the air ant
ripped to pieces by a tornado, caus-
ing the deaths of Is children, was de-
scribed yesterday by Miss Vera Garter
the teacher, as she lay IN a cot in a
hospital here, where she is under
treatment for injuries received in the
storm.
81 was hearing a primary class when
the storm broke" Miss Carter said.
at had been raining, but we thought
nothing of that until above the noise
of the patter on the roof we heard a
different sound, a peculiar long-drawn
hiss.
al went to the door and looked out.
A big, black cloud, moving very fast,
came up the valley, enveloped the Bap-
fist Indian Mission and threw pieces
of it high in the air. Away to the
south the sky was a CHASTITY green,
which lightened everything with an
unearthly glow.
"The cloud twisted and whirled
straight toward the school house. l
closed the door and placed my back
against it. There was nothing we
could do. When the storm struck it
seemed as if the end of the world had
come, so great was the roar and con-
fusion, as the school house, lifted
into the air, twisted dizzily and then
went all to pieces.
81 was battered against pieces Of fly
ing timbers, sucked forward by a ter
rible blast Of air, which took away
my breath, and left me almost uncon-
scious. 1t was awful! awful 1t SEEM
ed as if / was being drawn into a
mighty whirlpool. Dark objects whirl-
er around me. Some of them were my
pupils, my poor little children.
"After a time l found myself lying
on a hillside, many children stretched
near me, some of them motionless,
some of them moaning in pain. Their
clothes were covered with blood.
Through the clouds the sun was break
ing and a rain was falling gently"
Miss Carter will recover, despite a
broken right arm, a fractured jaw and
serious bruises.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Home.

Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, of Audrain
county, returned home recently from
Victoria, Texas, after spending Xmas
with their son, /. D. Lambert and fam
lily. On the oath their son took them
motoring to the coast, the water be-
ing too cool to take a plunge, they
contented themselves by gazing at the
great salt water. The day beng ideal
for motoring, as also were the shell
roads, they passed through and gath
cred oranges and comquats from the
large fruit groves. They we're de-
lighted with the Sunny South and
thought it an ideal place to spend the
winter,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
LOCALS

Mrs. Lewis Moore spent the week in
Louis.
Mrs. r. R. Sanford is spending the
eek-end ii st. Louis.
MfA. ]. ". Williams has returned
ON = pleasant visit in st. Louis.
John Shredder, of Louisiana, was
G guest Of Friends here Sunday.
Mrs. George Harvey has returned
ON spending the Holidays in st.
ouis.
Mrs ". +. Whitney departed We'd
|sday for Slater to visit Mrs. A. B,
hitney.
Mrs. H. e. Arthur returned home
riday after D pleasant visit in Kan
IS City.
Robert Campbell spent the weekend
Shelbinn, Mo, visiting Miss Dulcie
llbertson.
Misses Matte and Jennie Karnes
We returned after spending a week
CentFalia.
Miss Pearl Morris left Monday for
ErksvilIe, after spending the Holt
US with her parents.
Miss Dorothy Essen, who has been
! Mexico the past year, has returned
her home in st. Louis.
Mrs. wright, of Kansas City, is
e guest Of her sister, Mrs. W. L.
NEWPORT, on East Jackson street.
Mrs. George Ross, of Columbia, has
turned home, after spending the
olidayA with Mrs. L. F. Mitchell.
Misses Eleanor and Lucille Connel-
Of Harisonyille, Mo-, were guests
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Fry, Jr., Mon
y.
A memorial service for Miss Frances
andon will be held at the Library
onday afternoon at 2;30 by the U.
C.h.
Tom Robnett departed Wednesday
i New York, after spending the
lidays the guest of his mother, Mrs.
c. Robnett.
Misses Ada and Ida Bush, Of Full
n, spent the weekend the guest Of
RS w. G. johnson.
w. &. johnson returned to Cincin-
Ii, after spending the Holidays with
$ wife, Hrs. w. C. johnson.
Miss Vnlma Vasconsellos, Of Louis
ma, has accepted a position with
r. Clarence Barnes as stenographer.
Mrs. WI r.. Hisey and two children
We returned from Excelsior Springs
ter visiting Mrs. II. R. McLain and
iss Gertrude Martin.
Misses Anna Williams, Dorothy
son and Mary Louise Hawthorne
~ dinner guests Sunday at the
me of Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Bush.
1t is with regret we learn that Mas
r Billy Bledsoe is guaranteed with
phtheria. we mss Billy and hope
at he will soon be out and playing
ain.
Misses Louise and Marcena johnson
We returned to Columbia after
ending the Holidays with their par
Is, MI. and Mrs. J. T. johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wells had as
|ests for the weekend, Misses Mary
lna Musick. of Kansas City, and
Try Fairy Linsley, of 0skaloosa,
wa, and Earl Allen, of Tulsa, Okla
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
MANY WANT BANK POSITION

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. A =
Active campaigning for official posi-
tions in the Federal Farm Loan
Bank to be located in st. Louis have
been begun here. Petitions were cir
culated among members of Congress
yesterday for Cornelius Roach, re-
firing Secretary of State; Oliver J,
Lloyd, of Shelbina, NO., son of Con-
gresham James 7. Lloyd, and Henry
Woodward, of st. Louis, formerly Of
Mexico, Mo. Roach and Woodward
both seek the presidency of the bank,
while young Lloyd is an applicant for
Secretary. Before they may obtain
these offices, they must be elected to
the banks directorate, five members
of which are to be named.
Lloyd is secretary of the Old Bank
Trust Company of Shelbina and for
merly was cashier Of the National
Bank of that place.
]. c. Welsh, president of the Bank
Of Elsberry, is a candidate for reg
istar Of the st. Louis Bank.
In all, more than 100 applications
have been filed for positions in the
bank.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
UKULELE INDUSTRY GROWING.

49, AN AhO AANNe
SEATTLE, Jan. 4. - 1t has become
apparent that the ukulele has in
vaded the American market with
some promise of a permanent place
in the public regard. Those who have
not attempted harmony upon it may
have specialized upon its source. A.
P. Taylor, a correspondent of the fed
eral department of commerce, has Civ
en- some information on that point.
The ukulele was first produced by
a Portuguese at Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands. 1t was a popular vehicle of
music in the islands long before it in
vaded the American market.
Mr.. Taylor tells us that September
/, 1915, the ukulele factories of the
islands were turning out five hundred
or six hundred instruments a month.
A year later the production had in
creased to sixteen hundred a month,
and the orders from music dealers
were far from being all filled. Last
month a company was organized in
Honolulu to manufacture two thous-
and ukuleles a month.
The ukulele is made principally of
the native wood. The peculiar tone
produced is said to be obtained only
from well seasoned koa wood, prop
erly prepared and fitted. The island
prices for the instrument range from
s3.75 to 500, the higher priced pro-
duct being heavily beaded. With the
new companies forming, the output
during this year is estimated at for
ty thousand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11

20 years and at the last election re-
fused denomination in Hebron Lodge,
though he retains the office in the
other two bodies.
These three bodies meet at least
once a month and frequently often
er. MI. Steele, during the time since
1898 when he was placed in office,
has missed very few of the sessions
and only then because of illness or
important business.
MI. Thole was reelected secretary
of Vandalia Lodge, No. 491, A. F. &
A. NJ, for the Goth time on Deem
Der first. During that entire period
Mr.. Thole has missed only one meet
ing and that was when he was sick
in bed. Mr.. Thole's and MI. Steele's
records cannot be beaten in the State,
if elsewhere in the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-11
EXTENSION OF
R. R. NOT ABANDONED
Rails Have Been Sold to Junk Dealer
from Southern Portion Of the
Electric Ro d Here.
WIRE TO BE REMOVED
Ties and Fences to Be Kept Intact and
Right-Of-W Win Likely be
Bought Later.

Regardless of the fact that the
rails on the southern extension Of
the electric line have been sold TO q
junk dealer, and that the wire will
be removed, Judge W. W. Bolts says
this does not mean the project has
been abandoned and that the company
will continue to seek a buyer for the
right of way with a view of extending
the road.
The steel rails were purchased by
Walter L. Zlnicker, of st. Louis, and
brought more as junk than when
new. Judge Bolts stated that should
Mckinley buy the road he would
have taken up the rails and replaced
them with 70 pound steel and also
used a heavier trolley wire.
Every effore was made to find a
purchaser for the entire property,
but no bids were secured. The project
is not abandoned, according to Judge
Bolts, but a buyer for the right of way
which is graded for 8 miles, and part
ly fenced, sought.