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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

Glasses properly fitted. He'll
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

Miss Agnes Kupka. of Chelsea, came
Thursday evening to visit her sister,
Mrs. J. Uchytal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

Mrs. Ernest Ragsdale of Colo was
In the city Thursday. being on her way
to Grinnell to visit her paayents Mr.. and
Mrs. b. e. Edwards ~ III.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

A paper on the life of Queen Victoria
read by Mrs. w. l.. Woodward, and
musical numbers by Mrs. Walton How
ell, comprised the program at the
meeting Of the Hartland Reading Club,
which was held Wednesday afternoon
It the home OF Mrs. Chris Wardman
near Marietta. Miss Marian Harper
assisted the snQsssss ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

T.. G. Stockberger left Thursday
evening for Albert Lea, Mimi, to re-
main indefinitely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12
CITY IN BRIEF

Diamonds. Hellbers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

A Fl. Simo has received letter from
Emil III. Keller. of this city who was
stricken with 4 slight stroke of apo
plexy early last week, that Mr.. Keller
seemingly has recovered entirely from
his attack and is back at work. He has
been advised by specialists whom he
consulted that he must be careful OF
his diet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

|nsnts 4 tho close Of the program.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-12

Mrs George Mauch, of Webster City
who has been visiting her brother DR.
L. F. Kellogg, and family, returned
home Thursday evening.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
Missouri County Fairs.

Sixty-six Missouri county fairs
held in 1916 had a total attend
ance of 6O8,267. Live stock on
exhibition consisted of 4,3O5
horses; 1,601 mules, 427 jacks
and jennets, 1905 head of cattle,
2,129 hogs, 1853 sheep, and 1886
chickens and other fowls. Cash
paid out for agricultural pre-
miums amounted to $6O,677.92
Under the law providing for
state aid to fairs, the claims of
Sc associations were approved by
the State Board of Agriculture
to the amount of 2,946. $50.
Ten other applications, totaling
Sl,109,64, were conditionally ap-
proved, the total being $14.736.-
53. None of this money will be
available until re-appropriated
by the legislature.
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fixed by the state, and as the
doctrine is extended, which it is
certain to be, there may come a
belated but futile repentance.
Millions of men who never touch
liquor and who are opposed to
the traffic would resent vigor-
ously any attempt on the part
of the state to c~ircumscribe
their private lives in other sec
tions, but in the end it may
mean just that, and we should
not deceive ourselves. We have
enter ed upon the broad highway
Of state socialism, minority
rights" a saving respect for
which one distinguished u.s. are
no more, and a majority often
can Oe fully as deSpoClc as q
Gar or a Kaiser. Under the two
decis ions there is no excuse for
a drop of liquor anywhere in the
United States and the next few
years will see prohibition really
effective, will give us all a
chance in addition to determine
whe ther or not we really want
the genuine thing-both for our
selves and the other fellow. If
we 90 want it, a dry nation may
be worth what it cost us in the
decisions of last week, for in
dividual freedom means some
thing, deride it as some do, and
we may find the fact out as the
years go by.-Paris Mercury.
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Missouri Grew Millions More

Missouri Grew Millions More.
In 1916 Missouri had 6,775,OOO
acres in corn; Kansas, 6,95O,OOO
Yet Missouri, with It's, 1000 fewer
acres, grew 62,612,OOO more
bushels. These are United
States Department of Agricul-
ture figures. The Missouri fig
ures, as compiled by the State
Board of Agriculture, make a
slightly better showing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

on the dark night Of February
thirty-six years before. BY
barking back Dewey's tactics at
Manila are understood. 1t re-
uuired not only methodical prep
aration and the soundest judg-
ment but audacity of a high or
der to apply the Farragut prec-
edent at Manila. Commodore
Dewey, as it proved, was the
ideal selection for the command
of the Asiatic fleet. There was
a Yankee thrift and foresight
about his coaling and provision
ing of the fleet just before hos
tilities were declared. He lay
two days in Mrs Bay to make
his final preparations taking
advantage Of China's failure to
proclaim neutrality, and then he
was ready to strike.
After the battle he was the
right man to deal with the chip
on the shoulder behavior of Vice
Admiral Won Diederichs, and in
his relations with other foreign
commanders Dewey knew his
friends from his foes and was
never at a loss for the firm or
conciliating word. And his tact
was equal to the vexatious situa-
ton ashore, where Filipino faced
Spaniard and there was a lack Of
American troops to follow up his
victory with the fleet. Until the
news was flashed on July II
from an incoming Japanese
cruiser, "Cervera's fleet destroy
ed off Santiago, Cameras fleet
recalled from Suez," Admiral
Dewey Che had been promoted
May - was under such a ner-
vous strain as no other Ameri-
can naval commander had ever
endured. From whatever point
of view George Dewey's perfor-
nance at Manila Bay is
regard, the conclusion cannot
fail to be that the country was
represented by one of its finest
sailors and most sterling Ameri-
cans. George Dewey was the
first officer to bear the title of
Admiral of the Navy, and to the
end of his career-he was never
on the retired list-his days
were full of usefulness and
honor.-New York Sun.
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WOMAN'S REST 0 o

The Woman's Rest Room in
the court house which was made
possible by the Woman's Club
of Lexington and dedicated to
the use of all visiting women,
has been in use now about a
year. When the project was
first spoken of, a few were skep-
tic as to the probable good that
would be accomplished in hav-
ing quarters such as was fitted
up by the club. If those few
would take the trouble to con-
suit the register Of the room
and learn the number of women
who have availed themselves of
this accommodation, everyone in
the city would agree that the
Women Rest Room was worth
while and worth supporting.
The room has been kept scrup-
ulously clean and comfortable.
1t has been used and appreciated
by a large number of visitors,
and with the proper support by
the citizens it will grow in use
fulness and add much to the
hospitableness of the city. The
business and professional men
of Lexington will be waited up
on in the near future to contri-
butte to its support, and it is safe
to predict that everyone will
feel some responsibility for it's
maintenance and give literally.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

The question now is, are even
the dryest among us willing to
accept the logic of the two anti
liquor decisions rendered by the
United States supreme court
last week-that upholding the
Webb Kenyon law prohibiting
the shipment of liquor into dry
states, applying to dealers, and
another upholding the validity
of the West Virginia statute
prohibiting the shipment of liq-
uor even to the individual con-
sumner living in dry territory.
The first decision made a final
breach in the topping contention
of individual rights, derisively
known as personal liberty" and
the last completely wiped it out.
Under it, accepting it's full logic
no Individual has a right to do
anything which a majority of.
his neighbors sees fit to pro-
scribe. 1t may be drinking liq-
uor or smoking tobacco or eat
ing too much starchy food, or
anyone of a number of other
things, but the state, which has
come to be the unfetered ex-
preston of the mere majority,
is dominant and can intrude it.
self upon and take charge Of
the individual life at will. 1t is
an e~poch-making decision and
vastly more far-reaching in its
effect than we as yet suspect.
1t means not only that constitu-
tional Interpretation is growing
responsive to public opinion but
that an elderly individualism, to
which the courts held so long
and so tenaciously, is being rush
ed pell-mell to the junk heap. 1t
says in effect that neither a
mans life nor his property is his
own save within the limitations,
growing daily more numerous.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

1t is safe to predict that Presi-
dent Wilson's address before the
senate on Monday will receive
more comment in the press and
public forum than any state
paper in many years. The prin-
ciples which he so ably present.
ed have rested dormant in the
minds of idealists for ages.
Whether or not we have reach
ed, or will ever reach, that de-
gree of perfection of mind and
heart that will absOlve us from
competitive action in. every
phase Of human endeavOr, and
permit us to lie down with the
wolves or lambs, as the case may
be, satisfied that the ends will
be met to the perfect satisfaction
of all without exerting every
faculty for self preservation, is
a question that will permit of
much serious thought. With
one bold stroke the President
has put the worlds peace"
propaganda in concrete form.
Let the discussion go on.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
Dewey at Manila Bay.

AC Manila bay on CnaJ GRAM
attic night and morning of the
First of May nearly nineteen
We ars ago George Dewey proved
himself the typical American
ma val commander. He was hon
or ed by his people, and won their
he arts, not because he fought a
great sea fight, but because he
w as greatly daring in leading his
fleet past Corregidor in the dead
of night and splendid in execu-
ton after the word was given to
reply to the Spanish broadsides.
You may fire when you are
ready, Gridley," will always be
historic. Five times the Ameri-
a fleet, the Olympia leading
with her battle flag broken out,
passed up and down the line,
3 helling ship and fort. The
American navy was never more
effective and its attack therefore
never more deadly.
1t was a supreme test of train
ing and discipline to steam in
silence past the Spanish out
posts, in waters that might be
Sown with mines, and time and
pace all through the night to at
tain a fighting position at sun
rise with calculated disregard of
the opening of the battle of the
enemy. The moral effect upon
the Spaniards of the American
ships keeping their distance as
if on parade and advancing to
their work without a sign or a
sound was half the victory, and
they were prepared for the blow
of fate that followed.
The order Capture or destroy
the Spnish fleet" meant to Dew
ey exactly what he dared to at
tempt and carried through, for
he had learned his lesson in the
robust school of Farragut, who
diSdained torpedoes and mines
when he forced the Mississippi
early in the Civil War. Past
Forts Jackson and st. Phillip
the Union fleet forged in the OBJ
Scurity of the night, Lieutenant
George Dewey navigating from
the cunning bridge the third shin
in line, the old steam sloop
Mississippi. "Do you know the
channel, sir?" Eyes, sir" re.
piled the youngster to Captain
Melancthon Smith. That was
Dewey in 1862, bold and conf
dent, though all he know about
the channel he had learned from
the chart. So the gauntlet of
the vigilant Confederate forts
was run, a thrilling and danger
GUS business; and in the morn
ing, after the Manassas had
rammed the Mississippi, but
mad been driven ashore with a
raking fire, Farragut's process
sion of ships cast anchor off
New Orleans and the city was
won.
Dewey gliding past Corregidor
and peering from the bridge Of
the Olympia must have had in
mind the grand old Admiral who
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Nearly every man In public
life in the United States will dis
cuss President Wilson's address
dispassionately with a view of
determining the proper course of
action of this government, ex-
cept T. R. He will below like a
mad bull and hope to attract the
calves to his herd.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

"Only peace between equals
can last; only a peace the very
principle of which is equality
and a common benefit" How
paradoxical to the verbiage of
a contributing editor Of the
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

w. R. Painter of Carrollton,
ran for governor and landed in
the penitentiary-as Warden.
Here's hoping he'll be equal to
the opportunity.
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peace without victory" some
how dosen't harmonic with
every day existence, and besides
it makes a woeful discord with
the roar of the 6s, IS and 12s.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Snow is said to be the poor
farmers fertilizer, and it is
in the sense that any farmer
who depends on it is bound to be
poor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Mrs. James Kinkead left Sat
urday for a weeks visit with
her husband, who has located in
Miami, Oklahoma.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Married all in black Headline.
The trimmings should have been
all in blue.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Mrs. S. N. Wilson went to
Warrensburg Friday for
a visit with her father, Major
E. A. Nicholson.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
Remnant Sale

Our Remnant Sale will take place on Thursday the
10Th OF this month, and will consist of Calicoes, Percales.
Ginghams and Ribbons, of which we have large lines. YOTJ
WILL BE SURPRISED AT THE PRICES. During this
sale, we wish to close out our stock of Carpets and Mat
tings. We offer them, a few remnants of carpets at 20 and
10 cents. Mattings 5 and 10 cents.
Four pieces of Chiffon for waists, worth $500 for..m.S1OO
10 Remnants of Dress Silk up to $3.50, per yard..25c
A large lot of Jewelry, Collars, Barets, Belts. .JaboS.
which we will sell for about 1922 of what thew cost. anv.
thing that sold for 50 cents, we will sell for cents.
COME AND SEE.
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All communications to go into print
q THE INTELLIGENCER must be
igned.
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Entered as second-elass mail matter
at the Postofice in Lexington, Mis-
souri,.
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Issued weekly on Fridays. Sub
scription $1.OO per year, payable
strictly in advance.
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Children Crv
FOR FLETcHER'S
CAS

Major Sanford Sellers left
Monday for Washington, D.
G. to attend a meeting of the
Association of Military Schools
and Colleges.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Lexington Intelligence
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A. W. ALLEN, Editor and Publisher.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26
GDpvvlLLR.

Mrs.. Lottie Alien Of wlscoas1n -
visiting this week ct the Joe BaDnoe
home and with other rsaasfvso ind
friends
Rev. ~hompson Of Dsuvr - susgs
this week of his brother-tr&w Z ".
Day.
Rich jaeger Of Drakssvins, M. snd
Mrs. s. jaeger Of Batavia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. lager Of near Batavia and 3fA
Mary Barnett OF Jonesboro. Az. wef4
called to Eddyvills by the Illness Of
their mother MrA Kate Jagsr.
Wells and Frank Besooe reounsd
Sunday from Bedford where thaU Wu0
called by the death Of Q re1af1vA
DR.. and MIRA OFT Of Abba we1e de-
guests Sunday Of Mr.. and Ma Taseo
OFT.
Mr. and Mrs Rufus Nelson vino havp
been visiting the past two months Win
Mrs. Nelson's parents Mr.. and Ars.
Fred SaviIle and other relatives ara
friends left Sunday for their home at
Havre. Mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Reed Of H1mD
ton spent Sunday In Eddyvilie visiting
at the parental J. r. Roberts home
Mrs. c. Moore of Abba Is vi01tinI
this week with her mother Mrs. w. A.
Nye.
Special services on Sunday afternooa
at the Baptist church were attended by
q large crowd Of people. The Interest
in these meetings continues to grow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26
PRoMorlNe ECONOMY.

AS a direct outcome of the introduce
ton of the Kenyon resolution asking
department heads to report on pos
sible economies in public printing. SEN
ator Chiffon has reported bill which
will save $4S5,000 to the public treas
ury every year. II compeis members
OF congress to pay the actual cost OF
manila envelopes used for speeches.
and for the folding. inserting and seal
ing of speeches in these envelopes.
Seventy odd million such envelopes
were used last session, four-fifths OF
them for political purposes, and the
proposed saving on this item alone Is
$4,000.
Twenty-Five million sheets OF letter
head paper were printed for the use
Of members last session. The Chiffon
bill forbids any printing of such sta
tionery by the government plant;
thereby It gives new chance for sur
vival to Job printing shops in Wash
ington and the congressman and SEN
ators must pay the price.
Quite aside from the saving which
will come from the adoption OF this
particular, measure, Senator Kenyon
anticipates a saving OF some hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars by the reduc-
ton OF the numbers of public docu-
ments issued by the departments dur
ing the coming year. In answer to the
senate inquiries the departments are
discovering that they can greatly dim
finish the extent of their editions of
many bulletins without materially in
juring the service.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26
ELDON

John McFadden, while carrying in
coal at his home Saturday evening
caught his foot in 4 wire, which
tripped him, and he fell on q board
and run an eight penny nail through
the knee cap on his right knee, and
injured it quite badly. He will be un-
der the doctors care for some time
time.
Mrs. Fred Miller and son Of Tren-
ton, Mo-, visited at the r. F. Coyt
home.
Mrs. Fred Stivers and son Marten
returned home from Trenton, Mo-,
where they have spent Sunday at Tom
Bremenstuhl home.
Rex Underwood of Unionville ar
rived Monday evening on his way to
Selma to visit at the VIM. Dawson
home.
Mrs. VIM. Taylor was in Davenport
Monday.
The q. g. T. dancing club will give
their regular dance at the Moose hall,
Thursday night, January 16.
John Camblin spent Sunday in Sell
ma at the Isaac Davis home.
Billie Alberts, the young son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. e. A1berts has been quite
sick.
Little John Sharp son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. s. Sharp has been sick.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Mrs. F. Davis and daughter Marjorie
Of Spokane. Wash, are visiting at the
A. J. Davis home.
John Wilmington IL visiting relatives
in North Carolina
Mrs. o. Dawson Of Haysville was
an over Sunday guest at the r. p.
Miner home.
Mrs. F. Rhodes. Mrs. H. M. Kirk
patrick and Mrs. r. Lowenberg and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Jones were passengers
to Ottumwa Saturday.
NJ L. Reiselt and son Fred, B. L.
Denny and o. Greves were in Ottumwa
Friday.
Miss Lenora who was taken to the
Ottumwa hospital Tuesday for treat
ment Is getting along nicely.
Mrs. n Baker left Saturday to visit
relatives in Pella.
Mrs. Searle Baker and daughter
Evelyn are visiting at the parental
Hawthorn home in FArson.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Emery entertained
a company Of relatives and friends on
Saturday evening at their home near
Highland Center. Refreshments were
served and social evening spent.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Bender Of Hedrick
spent Monday at the Mrs r. Baker
home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26
Eldon High School Notes

Eldon again won in basketball by
an overwhelming majority when they
defeated the Sigourney high school
team BY q score Of II to IL. Eldon
was . little slow at first and Sigotr-
ney made four points before our boys
had begun to score. Then they gin
gered up and played In regular whirl-
wind style. Our boys must be COM
mended for their ability at making
baskets. Most of them had been tax
ing examinations for two days and
made as good a record in this wo.k
as In basketball.
Examinations are over once more.
The reports are not yet all In, but
from what have como in we have
every reason to believe that We have
the best record that has been made
for some time. The number Of fail.
ures seems to be quite small in COM
parison to the size Of our high school
this year. We hope that these may be
even fewer during the remainder of
the year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26
IOWA FARMER HAS
WIRELESS STATION

Ackley, Jan. 23.-Iowa farmers are
strong for improvements.
Even the poorest have telephones
and those comfortably well of have
furnaces. electric lights and automo-
biles. But the latest innovation was
recently introduced by Ben Ravens,
a young farmer living south of Abbott
in Hardin county. who has installed a
wireless station on his farm.
A portion Of the apparatus he built
himself. the rest he purchased. Since
it's installation he has picked up mes
sages sent from stations as far away
as the great lakes.
Other farmers will undoubtedly fol-
low the lead of Mr.. Havens and in a
short time when Mrs. Farmer wants
to borrow yeast cake from a neigh
Dor the message will go by wireless.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-26

her and European forces jointly with
our own will punish her for violating
her plighted faith and treaty obliga-
tions.. This Is said to involve an aban-
donment Of the Monroe doctrine. Why ?
Mr.. Seward in 1866 and Mr.. Roose-
welt in his administration said most
emphatically that the doctrine can not
be used to shelter South American
countries against punishment by war
for their shortcomings by European
countries.
1.-THE two questions for us are wheth-
er the league is practical and whether
the United States ought to enter it. OF
course 1t is only general plan, and
the details would have to be worked
out in a world conference. That is
feasible and that such details may be
worked out Is indicated by the approx
al which the league has received from
Germany, on the one hand. and from
the allies on the other. There are, of
course. very great difficulties in a
practical union of the forces of the
world to accomplish a definite single
purpose, but they are not insuperable.
The league Is only applying to the in
ternational community the same prin-
ciple that has been applied to the do
nestle community, that OF using the
force of all to suppress the lawless
force Of the few for the common good.
THE traditional policy of the Unit
ed States, recommended by Washing
ton and adhered to until row, forms
the basis for the chief objection to
the United States entering into the
league. and I do not minimize its for
midable character. Our position in the
world has changed greatly since Wash.
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MONTEZUMA NEEDS
FIRE PROTECTION

Montesuma, Jan. 23.-Rscsutly an
inspection was made Of tho city water
tank. The tank. erected In 1895. II
found 70 be IN q rotten condition, the
frost box II In tho same flx ana both.
are liable to g1ve Ste
Fire protection 10 absolutely neses-
sary and the council has made q con-
ditional contract for the erection Of 3
new steel tank. etc. for $500. The
city, however, = over the bonded limit
and the council can do nothing unless
their action 10 ratified. A petition VIII
be circulated soon asking the council
to can special election 10 vote sur
hctent bonds to erect the tank The
members Of the council believe The
bonds can be paid OF IN -four years
without increaSing the tax levy by
saving IN other places.