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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

Russell Creasey, son of Mason Crea-
sey, of this city, writes the following
interesting letter to his father in this
city:
Dear Dad:
We're getting along pretty well
now and ought to go over soon, COM
paratively speaking. We must vacate
Fort Sill before January 9Th to make
room for the second draft, so when
that time comes we will either 90 to
some coast town or to France. To-
morrow we go out to dig trenches for
practice. March six miles and sixteen
back. AS for me, I'm going to get
out of it if | can, for I've been working
inside for the past two weeks and
therefore am rather soft for a six mile
grind and pick and shovels after
| wards.
l am taking out $4,000 worth of in
surance this month under the Gov
eminent law, and making it payable
to you and to Helen in equal amount
$4,000 each. 1t can be changed at
any time so fas as the beneficiaries
are concerned. | would take more
but | can't get it.
Well, Dad, be good and keep your
health vigorous. Work as hard as
you want to and loaf a lot, because
you're entitled TO a loaf now and then.
Let me hear from you soon and give
my regards to Johnny Gamble. Tell
him I'll write him before long. Please
tell Mrs. C. | think OF her quite Of
ten and hope she is getting along
licely and enjoying good health.
Lots of love and good wishes from
RUSSELL CREASEY,
Hdq. Co., 1879 tn f. A.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

Robert West Dead

Robert West, who formerly livet
northwest of Mexico died at Blackfoot
Idaho this week, at the age of sixty
seven, He was a brother in law o.
Mrs. Ida Robinson, of Mexico.
Many friends in Audrain county ex
tend sincere sympathy to the bereavet
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

Herbert Plunkett, of this city, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Plunkett, is at
tending the great naval training
school for radio operators just estab-
lished at Harvard University, Cam
bridge, Mass. The following letter
to his parents will interest his many
Mexico friends:
NY Dearest Mother:
BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 81, 1917. =
Well, l hardly know how to start to
tell you about the place. | was ex-
pecting to find it nice, ETC., but l had
been cooped up so long in that train
ing camp that l had forgotten what
good things were like and l was unpre-
pared to be treated a guest as well as
a man.
We had an uneventful trip by train
and landed about six o'clock, took the
subway to Cambridge; were met by an
officer who escorted us to quarters
and then informed us that we are in
detention all this week, which means
muster at Z a. M, then free until the
next morning. We start to work
next week and the work is heavy, from
seven till nine, three nights a week.
The other nights and from Saturday
noon we have liberty come and go
as we please.
/ am in room 55, Perkins Hall,
which is one of Harvard's imense fire.
proof dormitories. We are eight
men in a double room; on cots and
very comfortable. The Government
has taken over five or six Of the big
gest buildings. For our school there
are $500 who would be operators and
: more coming every day. 1t is Off
cered almost entirely by the Naval
Reserves and they are dandy fellows.
None of the strictness of the island;
they chat and joke with you as man
to man.
We eat in Memorial Hall, an i'm
mense cathedral like hall, very old
with pictures, beautiful stained glass
windows, and mural decorations, and
memorial tablets to the deceased
Alumnae.
1--WE SIT DOWN" at long tables
with table cloths, China dishes, and
have negro walters. The food is ex-
c%ellent, much more palatable than at
New Port, more deserts, cream and
sugar, molasses on the table and
nicely served. At noon an immense
naval orchestra plays from one of the
balconies. The music is beautiful,
Believe me, it is some class. Pm in a
trance, afraid I'll wake up.
I've only seen a small part of the
University but you can easily imagine
the beautiful place it is. We walked
and walked yesterday and this morn
ing three of us came down to the
"Y," took a swim lin the finest pool
have ever seen and played billiards
and were furnished this stationery:
all free to enlisted men. Some of thu
picture shows let you in for the wal
tax. The Y. M. C. A.. is the greates'
thing ever for the enlisted men.
The historical points here make New
Port pale with insignificance. AL.
ready | have seer the old Boston Com
mons; Mrs. Eddy's Christian Scienc,
Church; Phillips Brooks Church ant
Statue; the Old State House; the OLE
Cemetery of John Quincy Adams
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
Circuit Court Notes

Divorces were granted Tuesday to
Mary G. Washer from John Samuel
Washer, and Dorothy Mildred Hansel
from John Henry Hansel.
The Ease of 7. A. Powell VS.. the
Avery Co. was on trial as this paper
was going to press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
RAYMOND LOOMS.
Lnther:

il Mother:
BOARD SHIP Nov. 9th (Fri-
Don't know when / will get
,ail this, but will write while l
! time. We left New Orleans yes
In about 4 p. m, and reached the
4 about ten last night.
Il hoard the Tallahassee at Colon !
i At present we are first-class
epgers and SO, naturally having a
! trip. I'm afraid it will be hard
Il to work after this luxury. 1t is
4 and comfortable, but beginning
IN warm and some are hunting the
II already,
Mere are rs sailors on board and |
sbore is one soldier with his horse.
IA are five fellows that were in
,old company at the Great Lakes
i The rest are all from the Great
IN, except three who joined US at
u Orleans.
AhNDAY SO far we have had a
i TRIP. 1t was considerably rough
Il Lake Eric one night last winter
Il Il has been on this trip.
Il sterday about noon we passed Gu
hi could see the San Antonio light
Nsaw hundreds Of flying fish yes
Nv They are eight or ten inches
d and look like a swallow flying
lhr water. Most of them only
sbout three or four rods, and some
II fifteen or twenty fly in u flock.
6wIl pass Swan Island today.
III was the first land We saw; only
.ktcd one ship. We were allowed on
Il bridge for an hour yesterday TO
he compass and steering appa-
tESDAl - We just passed Prov
b. lsand, the second sight Of land
leaving The Mississippi, The is
s quite rough and billy on one
bot they say there are plantations
Be other side and about 200 lnhab-
mostly negroes.
morrow We are supposed to reach
and | suppose we will 60 on a
ship. 1t is terribly warm today,
|n if it is raining.
#EDNESDAY - Everyone is get
/ ready to land at Colon. They say
NIIl be there before noon. The
q yesterday did not last long and it
hot, We certainly have had a
4 trip so far. Hope we can get
% leave often and go across to
: ama. Want to take a dip in the
y water. Lovingly,
Il NJ LOOMS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
Short School HOLIDAYS

1t is quite likely the local public
schools will have short Christmas
holidays. The State Food Admins.
tration is asking that only a few days
Christmas be given students in order
that the summer holidays may start
sooner and the young people be plac-
ed at gardening as early as possible
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
Mexico Ledger Appreciated

Dear Nh. White:
MCCALL, Idaho, Nov. %, 1917. -
We are enclosing So, for which please
extend our subscription to the Ledger.
We have nc intention Of being with
out our good home paper, we enjoy
so much. We are having delightful
weather here now, no snow. Regards
to all our friends. Success to you
and yours. Respectfully,
o. C. BARNES,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

Freight trains should never forget
to run back and forth at railroad
crossings four Or five time and block
the tracks so as to show the automo-
bile drivers they don't own the
earth. - From the Meriden Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

Mrs. Ernest Garrett received a let
ter from her son this week. He stated
he was weighing 1876 pounds and en-
joying splendid health. In the letter
he told his mother he was wishing
someone would send him a fruit cake.
His mother sent him such a gift sew
eral weeks ago, but evidently it had
not reached him when the letter was
written.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

at all with the enemy. l could write
you a long letter if | were only al
lowed to do so, but all the mail is
censored here before it leaves the
post. There is a boy from around a
little town near Mexico in my regi-
ment. We get together and talk about
people in GOOD OLD MEXICO that
keeps us from getting lonesome.
Well, | think / have written a long
letter for this time. Hoping all are
well and enjoying life. Yours truly,
ERNEST GARRETT, Battery d, 9Th
Field Artillery, A. NJ, E. F., via New
York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
Mrs. FAINT Injured

The many friends Of Mrs. G. W
FAINT will regret to learn she fell
down the basement steps of her home
Saturday and suffered a fractured left
leg. Her condition is as we'll as coult
be expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
LITTLEBY WOMEN GIVE
ONE DAYS EGG
MONEY TO RED CROSS
$41.50 Was Realized From Unique
Plan of Audrain County Women
to Raise War Funds

The ladies of Littleby vicinity de-
cided to give one day of their egg
money for Red Cross work; some gave
more and the nice sum of $41.50 was
realized. Below is the list of names
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
RAYMOND LOOMS.
! Mother

Panama. We landed
! yesterday noon and some Of us
i to our ships Immediately and
/ have not been assigned to any
Five firemen and six seamen
I on the Lawrence; the one | am
the rest are divided up on sew
dIfferent ones. None Of the boys
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

Additional Y. M. C. A. Subscriptions:
The following parties, who were
overlooked by the canvassing commit
tee, have voluntarily subscribed for
the Y. M. G. A. Fund:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
| hope l don't wake up,

Frank Mathews, who visited Rodes
Jesse, in this city, quite a number of
times while they were room-mates at
Missouri University, was killed Mon
day at Fort Worth, Texas, where he
was in training for the Royal Flyers
Corps of the British Army, This news
was received here in a telegram Tues
day morning.
Mr.. Mathews had many friends here.
He was just Fl years old and expected
to leave for France and active service
the first of the year. His course of
instruction was complete with the ex-
ception of gunnery and wireless tele-
graphy. The details of his death have
not been learned but it occurred while
he was flying.
Young Mathews is a st. Louis boy.
Later advices state he was killed in
stantly when his machine fell $500
feet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29

and other celebrities. Numbers OF
tomb stones dated 1900, and stood
where Washington took command Of
the American Army in 1775. Boston is
a beautiful city but hard to get around
in; | am going to see lots of it while
here; only wish you all could be here
to enjoy it with me.
l believe the subway is the most in
teresting thing to me as it was my
first ride in n and they have an ex-
cellent system here. Its five cents to
ride from Harvard Square in Camb-
ridge to the heart of Boston.
l am certainly lucky to have made
the change I did and land here. I'm
proud in a way and you can tell them
all about it. Your devoted son,
HERBERT PLUNKETT.
hope | don't wake up.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-29
$4,000 Rock Roads Planned

WELLSVILLE, Mo-, Nov. q. = A
road meeting was held in Montgomery
yesterday for the purpose of bringing
before the people of the township rea-
sons why they should vote for bonding
the district for $4,000 to build per-
manent rock roads over the district.
A. C. McKibben, Secretary of the
State Highway Commission, and A.
w. Graham. State Highway Engineer,
spoke. The bond election will be
held December 1st.. If the district
votes the bonds it will receive State
aid to the amount of $4,000.
DR.. j. C. Blain, Of Wellsville, was
in this city Tuesday. He reports Mrs.
Blain, who was injured recently in a
motor accident, as recovering rapidly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
LOCHL HISTORY
Early Days in Spring Hill and Vicinity The Begin
nings in Fulton County and Some of The
People Who Made Them
BY MARIE A. HIBBARD

contributions to the "Maumee River
Ilmes," in which he gives reasons for
desiring the separation; schools, taxes
better roads and other improvements.
The county seat of Lucas was then
at Maumee and there seems to have
been fear, apparently we'll founded,
that if Lucas County should be divid-
ed the county seat might be removed
to Toledo. There seems to have been
quite a lively discussion through the
"Maumee River Times" on the sub
Ject. The "Men of the West" did not
despair, however, for, under date of
December Is, 1845, is this letter writ
ten by Rev. Mr.. Hibbard to his wife,
from Columbus, where he had gone
as a delegate to see what could be
done. He writes: Fortune favors
the brave. A favorable circumstance
relative to my business here is that
my old friend Tom Irwin is chairman
Of the committee on New Counties. I
have not yet had an interview with
him, but expect to see him tomorrow
l have seen Parcher and Wood. Both
are favorably inclined, and as vet I
find no opposition. Tell them all not
to be discouraged, everything appears
favorable and I shall do all that l
can.
This Parcher may have been Lyman
Parcher, and doubtless Wood was his
cousin, Reuben Wood, afterward gov
ernor of Ohio.
Notwithstanding his optimism they
were destined to be disappointed, for
the new county was not formed until
several years later and he did not
live to see it; but he had the salts
faction Of knowing that the township
of Dover bore the name Of his old
home. He died in the Summer of 1847.
On February 1, 1914, the journal
gives this item: eve had a meeting
here today of gentlemen from Mau-
NEE and Angola and along the road
to consider the expediency of putting
line of stages on this road, between
the two places. They concluded to do
So"
April 90 Took a walk to the vii
lage of Spring Hill that is to be.
Continued next week
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27

Saturday and Sunday, May 4th, 5th
and 9th. "On account of the war" and
the consequent necessity for con-
munity cooperation along those lines,
the effort in regard to Baby Week in
Wauseon this year will not be as ex-
tensive as it was last, the idea being
to keep the spirit alive and the COM
munity in touch with the general cam
paign, and at the same time devote
no time to this work really needed in
Red Cross and general service work.
On Friday, May 4th the schools will
do their mite in helping to celebrate
Baby Week, and the parents, of course
are invited to attend whatever exer-
cises they may have Friday evening
at 500 in the High School Auditorium.
DR.. Snyder, eye specialist of Toledo,
and member of the Ohio Commission
for the Blind will give a very inter
esting and instructive lecture, illu-
strated by steropticon slides, on
Blindness, its Causes and Preven-
ton" This lecture will be free to
the public and it is to be hoped, will
be we'll attended. On Saturday May
5th at 2:30 D. m. there will be a talk
in the Auditorium at the High School
by a well equipped, experienced dis
trict nurse on all problems vital to
mothers. The talk will be followed by
a conference in which all mothers are
invited to participate. All questions
will be readily answered and it will
be an opportunity for mothers to ac-
quire some valuable information in
regard to the health of their children.
The stationary exhibit will be fea-
ture of the program and will be on
display at DIR. Snyder's lecture on Fri
day night and also during the confer
ence on Saturday afternoon. Pamph-
lets and booklets relating to health
topics will be distributed free, and
there will be a nursery provided on
Saturday for the convenience of the
mothers who wish to bring their chill
dren with them to the conference. In
connection with the exhibit work the
merchants are requested to cooperate
by making appropriate window dis
plays.
Sunday May 9Th has been set aside
as the day for the churches to do their
share in the campaign. Special SER
mons and music along these lines will
be the features and it is believed that
Sunday will be a profitable day. In
fact the whole program, tho crowded
into the short space of three days
promises to be very interesting and
the committee hopes the public will
attend well.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
BABY WEEK
The Movement For Better Babies To
Be Observed in WauseOn May
Fourth to Sixth-Addresses by DR..
Snyder of Ohio Commission For The
Blind and Trained District Nurse
Churches to Participate.

Better Homes, Better Mothers,
Better Babies" Last year 21 900
communities celebrated Baby Week.
In reviewing the work of these COM
munities, the Children's Bureau of the
United States Department of Labor
says: "It was once thought that a
high infant death rate indicated a
greater degree of vigor in the survi-
vors. Now it is agreed that the con-
ditions which destroy so many of the
youngest lives of the community must
result in crippling and manning many
others and must react unfavorably up
on the health of the entire commun-
ity.
The 1917 Baby Week includes all
children still at home with their
mothers. After a child is a year old
there are still many risks for him to
encounter. He is still absolutely help
less and his parents are as eager to
keep him well and happy, as desir-
Gus Of sound advice as they were last
year. We must also remember the
mothers. Healthy mothers are nec-
essary for the health and happiness
of their babies. We are conserving
our forests, our mines and our wa
ter power. What are we doing to con-
serve our greatest national asset to
human life?
In the last issue of the Ladies Home
Journal is found this statement. Any
town can have good health if it real
ly wants it and is willing to pay for
it. You can find where your town
stands by a simple application of what
is called the survey method. Accord
: ing to this article, some of the ques-
tions for us to solve are: How much
does your town spend for public
health? Who spends it? Is all milk
sold from inspected cows? Is it pro-
perly handled and distributed? Where
do people get their drinking water?
Does anyone see that the wells are
sanitary? How are garbage and re-
fuse disposed of? Does everyone
know that flies and mosquitoes carry
typhoid and malaria and that their
breeding places can be done away
with? If you have a health officer
how much time does he give to public
health protection?
Ask yourself these questions now
as you set reading, and learn some
truths about your town.
The Committee on Baby Week af-
fairs wishes to here announce that
the movement will be observed in this
community on the three days, Friday,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
COUNTY AFFAIRS
Cases in Probate Court - Marriage
Licenses-Real Estate Tranafexs-
Orders Drawn on Treasury-New
Cases in Common Pleas Court

Probate Court
Estate of Peleg Lee, second partial
account confirmed.
Guardianship of Wells S. Norris.
Letters of guardianship issued to A.
@. Price.
Fred H. Wolf as administrator VS.
cate found necessary. Appraisement
vate sale filed and granted. Order
of sale issued.
Isaac Tyner as executor of the es-
E. Barnes ct al. Summons by ser
vice ordered.
Samuel E. Rupp as guardian of
wards. Petition to sell land filed. Or
der for notice issued. Hearing May
%, 1917.
Will of Christian Rufenacht. Ap-
plication for probate of will fled.
Hearing May 8, 1917. Notice to next
of kin issued.
Estate of Sarah E. Whitney, first
partial account filed. Hearing May
IA, 1917.
Estate of Peter Joseph Eisel, third
pdIGld4 dSSOuAAG 44Co11uS may
IA, 1917.
Fred H. Wolf as administrator of
the estate of Grace E. Grandy VS.
Fred Grandy ct al, ale of real estate
reported and confirmed. Deed or
| dered.
Will of M. C. Shelter. Testimony of
witnesses taken and will admitted to
probate and record. Widow elects to
take under the will.
Guardianship of James Livingston.
Letters of guardianship issued to Fred
E. Brodbeck.
Will of Peter F. Burkhoider. Ap-
plication for probate with declination
thereon filed. Hearing May 8, 1917.
Guardianship of Philip J. Gehring.
Application for guardianship filed.
Notices issued. Hearing April "a,
1917.
Guardianship of James Livingston.
Inventory filed.
Estate of Mary C.. Oswald. Proof
of publication and notice of appoint
ment filed.
Estate of Darius Higley. Report Of
private sale of personal property fl
ed and confirmed. Report of public
sale of personal property filed and
confirmed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
RUSH HOLLISTER

One of Fulton county's best known
citizens and man well liked by all who
knew him was Rush Hollister who
died at his home South East of Wau-
seon on Wednesday April 18th after
an illness extending through fourteen
months of suffering. Mr.. Hollister
who was the son of Hubbard and
Maria Hollister, was born in Bloom
ingville, Erie County, Ohio, June 8th
1851 and was sixty-fve years, eight
months and ten days of age at the
time of his decease.
He came to Fulton county in 1878
and has been resident of this coun-
ty since that time following his trade
as contractor and builder the trade
of his grandfather and father before
him and in which he himself is sue
ceeded by his son. Many barns and
homes in this part of the county stand
as memorials of his life's activities.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Julia A. Crew, October 8th, 1875, two
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27

children were born to this union, Vic
toria, Mrs. Emil Winzeler and Clar-
ence Hollister, both of Wauseon; be-
sides these there are left to mourn
their loss, two grandchildren, one bro
ther, Mr.. Frank Hollister and one
nephew, Mr.. R. H. Fernald.
Mr. Hollister was highly respected
and had a large circle of friends and
acquaintance who will miss him
from the circles in which he was used
to mingle. A faithful husband and a
kind and helpful father, he will be
missed most in the home.
Funeral services which were at
tended by large concourse of people
were held Saturday forenoon, April
21st, conducted by Rev. w. C. Schafer,
pastor of the Congregational church
of Wauseon assisted by Rev. F. E..
Kenyon. Interment was made in Wau-
seon cemetery.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
Stop Left, Over Coughs

Or. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey will stop
that racking cough that fingers from
January: The soothing pine balsamz
loosen the phlegm, heals the irritatel j
membrane, the glycerine relieves the
tender tissues, you breathe easier and
coughing ceases. Don't neglect. lin
gerlng cough, it is dangerous. DR.
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey is antisepri?
and pleasant to take, benefits young
and old, get it at your druggist TODAY,
Formula on the bottle, 25c.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
What New Fur
Tliiture viii You
Need in The
Home This
Spring?

Our store suggests so
many things that will make
your home more attractive
and more enjoyable and we
invite you to call and look
over our offerings for spring
whether you buy or not, we
desire the pleasure Of show
ing you our lines.
Everything in home fur
nishings and at reasonable
prices. Sowhile at our rug
sale, this week, take time
to look at furniture also.
We deliver anywhere at any
time-distance makes no
difference with US. Let US
be of service to you.
WES-PIKE co.
Wauseon, Ohio
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27

Bowel regularity is the secret OF
good health, bright eyes, clear COM
plexions, and DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are a mild and gentle laxative
that regulates the bowels and relieves
the congested intestines by removing
the accumulated wastes without grip.
ing. Take a pill before retiring anC
that heavy head, that dull spring
fever feeling disappears. Get DR.
Kings New Life Pills at your drug.
gist, 25c.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-27
Safe Medicine For Children

"Is it safe?" is the first question to
be considered when buying cough
medicine for children. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has long been a favor
ite with mothers of young children as
it contains no opium or other narcotic,
and may be given to a child as con-
fidently as to an adult. It is pleasant
to take, too, which is Of great i'm
portance when a medicine must be
given to young children. This remedy
is most effectual in relieving coughs,
colds and Group. Obtainable- every
where.