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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
A BATTLES ALTERNATE

.UNHE preliminaries to the battle el y
nantown are more stirring sinM
aftermath, but not so patheuf A'T
smoke and fog had been disspa'sa Y v,
winds. citizens Of Germantown ps-
nIteous sight. The town had Deen
of carnage for three hours. Bloea 49,
the dust as men Say gasplny w
breath out. Orchards and gardens ~
laid waste. The pail Of battle huns ~ w.
Losses on each side were large
nent officers on both sides had Az.
Washington's army, thirty otnoelA ~
n,en we're slain. One hundred ana ~. ~. +.
officers and 404 men were wounu,a ~
taken nrisoners. British losses VIZ W
tered as thirteen officers ana uhe ,1.,,I
men killed, fifty-tiye officers anu H''
men wounded. MI
The patriotic fire Of the people ". M. I
ened into immediate flame by lns - -, a
Germantown. Appreciating Lns 80 r~,rt
steady activity Of Washlns!gl, Il. ~
gave him a vote OF thanks t0I .s.'I
and well-concerted attack upon lne 800 ,...,s
army near Germantown" Inc c',,. ~. n
in-chief OF the American army .senr.l.|
polite twist TO the occasion ~ s,,,|t
lating his officers for their "pfsss
on that occasion" ..n.tllI|
Several causes, including some s..,.- 49, 4. n
ones, have been cited as contripu'sn., s.,d,
repulse of the Americans IN tn' y. ~
is asserted that the fog carsee a. y. 1,..
Others blamed the delay at tne 's,s,,.. ySss
Others yet declared that the afueas w; \.
stephens was at fault, ane s.ns ',,i,, q
were said to be the lack OF oolsn'. oosn- M A
between the several army di'i'n'' 4
want OF ammunition. y. I,.s' :
Washington's account Is not W VI (. y
teresting. The General Is qgP'
lows: -. ~ ,olhlI a
the smoke. prevented the dinytss' ,'s
from seeing and supporting s.| s...'.|.s
sometimes even from disuns .els a
fire from the enemys, ana A W., a n
some causes which as ye1 1900 N
counted for they finally 4. ~ l|
neyertheless see that the enemy ~, Y &
AGAINST a vigorous attack sn III
~ night whens boldly pusnse.. t6'n1
viii remember, and they allv' ,.,s..| Al
fha,, on the next OCCASION py t,.,n
tion Of the powers God nns ,.,.I
heIne inspired by the Gauss y vi l.
which they are engaged' r'
toriops.r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26

awaken to the real opportunity that was
theirs in the Blankenburg administration
to have continued his good work, an op-
portunity temporarily lost by failure to
elect George d. Porter, who also may be
considered slow and wavering by many,
but Porter Is honest above all other weak
nesses, and 1t is honesty that's badly wanted
In Philadelphia.
If this city had chosen George D. at its
last mayoralty election a new story of
Paradise Regained" would have undoubt-
edly been the revised edition Of "Philadel-
phia, Corrupt and Contented," by Lincoln
Steffens. II. r.
Philadelphia, September 22
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
MR.. ACKERMAN AIDS. EppLEY
FUND

10 he Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
sir-l beg to send you my check for SIS
Ior the Eppley relief fund. Although / am
not resident of PHILADELPHIA. I beIieva the .
al those who have read about the election
nlot IN Philadelphia ought to voice their
protest through this fund for the mother Of
the dead policeman.
CARL w. ACKERMAN.
Philadelphia, September 21.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
TILE NEW OFFLnH- Roy

He's modest little curly-hedded JellotO,
Whose age is scarcely greater than
clercR."
The cFu1gcncc Of his locks Of tatcny yel-
TotU
Is suggestive Of halo born Of heaven.
We acre Smittcn trith hts most uncon,-
mon beauty,
And acc deemed him far too perfect for
this earth,
When he modcStly reported here for duty,
All unconscious Of hts trdnScendentdI
tcorth.
Oh, the swcctness Of hts early morning
greeting
In those first JclO days! HotO soft his
6oyiSh tones,
as he handed me n,y letters IN the morn
ing,
with "a lovely day! Good morning,
Mr.. Jones"
AM the period OF all things that groU
endedring
Is as fecttn9 as the detO upon the
grass.
We hare felt Il; the misfortune zee tocre
fearing
From the Vcry first has come at length
TO pass.
For our office bog has left as; tcc are
lonely.
He Is nothing but a memory Of the past.
He t0ds aOith as but heetin1 fortnight
only,
And has Vanishcd, for he tods too good
to last.
We could tolerate his cigarettes and
norcls,
. And hts achiStlin0, t1htch tUds constant,
loud and shriI,
But I dretoethe Hne tohen he remarked
this morning.
"Gee! ger Iookin' on de hog dis mornit',
BH!"
-, Poetic, license. Fifteen doesn't rhyme with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26

The society editor, for some reason
known only to herself, has placed upon
our desk clipping from the society col
umn" of some newspaper, which says,
THE Barrenness of Bean was a gest of
DIR. and Mrs. DR.. Ithuriel wolzer over
Sunday. Her Lazyship is a welcome visi-
tor in these parts. Come again, Barren
ness"
The reference excited our curiosity SO
deeply that we sent the office boy out for
a copy of the Almanach do Gotha, the
Who'sthis OF High Life, and searched
diligently for description Of the Barren
ness Of Bean. Nary Bean could we find.
But we know her personally, just the
same. She has visited at our humble
home just as frequently. we are sure, as
she has ever sundayed at the villa of
Doctor and Mrs. DR.. Ithuriel wolzer.
Only We have never known her as a
welcome" visitor. and we would certain
ly never dream of referring to her as a
"gest." She is taken far too seriously to
be classed as Jest.
The Barrenness Of Bean 1--WE adopt the
spelling Of the newspaper) usually drops
in on us just when we have decided that
we are going to produce some MASTER
piece of literature. Almost invariably
she is followed by another member of the
debnity-Barren De spair.
The two hang around the house lilx. n
couple of iove-birds. uttering faint twit-
terinss and cheeplnss of Delight. But as
soon as they srs announced we know that
our svsning "a ruined.
dsclarsl There they are again
I, Dc CLARE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
What Do You Knovi
QUIZ

I. What Is the name Of the typt Il 1ss1
air machine which has Just rslds3 is11l
and who invented II?
2. or what nationality Is MaumilIan nris
editor of "Die Zukunft'f -tV.l.1
lately? sfsAs
4. Give the date Of the battle sf sanfzn
8. Who was Franz Josef Haydnf
o. Where is the Welland Canais
7. What noted illustrator for Iona,n sFui'
became famous novelist lats n llf
8. What was the last battle fought un Kaiil
soil? ~ [
0. What was the "red waisteoayt r,bs|Imul \
French art2
10. What does the French phrase aah
chambre" mean? w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
A FnRRInnEN SONG

'rhere Is one subject no man mentions
al the front unless Il be very casually, en-
passant." says Captain ralph W. Bell In
sCanada in War Paint" Even then IL
brIngs with It a sudden silence. There is
40 much, so very much, in that little word
Home II a man were TO get up at
sing-sonE and sing Home. Sweet Home his
Me would be imperiled. His audience would
80 rive vent 20 It's feelings In any other
,sav There are some things that strike
Sirsctly at the heart ana this IL one of
thern.v
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
GOVERNMENT BY
MURDER DOOMED
Citizens Denunciations Show
Public Is Aroused to City's
Crisis

This Department 10 free to oil readers tDho
t1ish 10 cypress their opinions on subjects Of
current Interest. It Is an open forum and the
Evenin0 Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the vietcs Of Its correspondents. Letters must
be signed bv the name and address OF tho
toriter, not necessarily for publication, but
guarantee Of good faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
Tom DaIy's Column

LINES ON A LOVING CUP
Mv heart TO thy heart,
M Tips 20 thine,
IN the deto Of the corHheld
The blood Of the Vine.
The last si0h at IcdUfn0,
The tcord as tCe part
Is, my lips to thy lips,
We taco, heart to heart.
O. w. SToDDARD.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26

School teachers IN Germany win
laud Won Hindenburg (soon to be Prince,
on his birthday. 1t is reported that the
pupils will receive special instruction
In paperAcrap tearing on that occasion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26
LOST
Plain Language From Truthful James,

About three hours before train time a
large crowd gathered in the courthousa
auditorium TO make pleasant the last
evening Of the boys in their home town,
The following gentlemen punctuated the
musical program with short batriotio
talks: Attorneys w. T. Brothers and n
Faircloth and DR.. J. r. Thompson. In
this bombardment Of hot air the boys
got a foretaste, perhaps. of the poison-
GUS gases that await them In the trenches.
At the close Of this feature they were
given better treatment at the hands OF
Mrs. A p. Grzlachowsld, who, ,on behalf
of the Red Cross presented them with
useful and appropriate presents-Santa
Fe New Mexican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26

The schoolboy axiom. What goes
up must come down." seems to be exem-
plided in the case OF the men higher up"
In the Bloody Fifth" scandal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26

The Kaiser's latest>peace offer has
killed fifteen and injured seventy non.
combatants in England.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-26

We once knew man who always gave
his little girl thermometer for Christ
mas present He had a bug on thermom.
eters. But we can't quite figure the men
tai processes Of the fellow who puts in
any part of his vacation time rea1ing last
years bulletins in college assembly kalls.
Still there is such a man, and he reports
to us now that he read on q bulletin
board at Vassar:
LOST
THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
OF MORALITY"
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08
Kuhler-Chrane

Herbert Kuhler and Miss VIII
lie Helen Chrane of this vicinity
who were united in marriage at
Moberly last Friday worked
much of surprise on many of the
friends of each of the popular
young people in this city and
we have no doubt that it was
also somewhat unexpected by
many of their nearest friends in
the country.
Herbert Huhler, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Kuhler north east
of this city is a young farmer
of prominence in his neighbor-
hood and highly respected and
esteemed by all who know him.
He is energetic and progressive
and will be success. His bonny
bride is noted for beauty and
social qualities. Miss Willie
Helen Chrane, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. P. Chrane OF
Chraneville neighborhood,
known in social circles in all
this section and noted for do
mestic accomplishments, was a
rare prize in the matrimonial
list, and we most heartily con-
graduate the lucky and worthy
young man.
The ceremony was performed
at the Barker Hotel in Moberly
Friday evening, Rev. j. W. Du-
vail pronouncing the words
which united the young people
for life, in the presence of the
brides sister, Miss Viola Chrane
and Mr.. Jas. Hershey jr. who
accompanied the bride to the
city.
After they returned home Sat-
urday evening a wedding dinner
was rendered at the home of
the grooms parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kuhler where the
young couple will make their
home for the present at least.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08
BrOOks-MOberly

The friends of Miss Lucille
Brooks will be surprised to learn
of her marriage Saturday, June
End, to Mr.. Edward E. Moberly
of Kansas City in Kansas City.
Miss Brooks is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Brooks
of near Salisbury and is a charm
ing young lady. She attended
High School here several years
ago and later went to Kansas
City where she has been employ
ed as a milliner for the past four
years.
The groom is a stranger to our
people but we can trust it to
Miss Brooks good judgement in
other things that she has made
no mistake.
They are now at the home of
the brides parents northeast of
of Salisbury but will make their
home at 2317 Lexington Ave,
Kansas City Mo-.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08
Cemetery Now Respectable

Too much cannot be said in
praise of the committee of wo-
men who took our cemetery in
charge and transformed it from
a veritable Jungle into a place of
beauty. If you have not been
there lately you should bv all
means go and let your vision
verify what we assert. The
committee would be much pleas
ed to have all, no matter wheth-
er directly interested or not, to
visit the cemetery and Judge for
themselves the extent of the i'm
provement in every respect,
wrot by hard and persistent eff
forts. The dues are now paya-
BILE, and the committe would be
glad if all would send what they
owe to the treasurer,
Mrs. G. N. Elliott, for there are
some necessary things yet to
be done and the money is need
ed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08

Wars, famines, inundations,
tornadoes, disease and poverty
appear to have gone on the RAM
page separately and collective
Iy and the world is passing thru
the most trying era in all its his
tory. We too generally take insult
fient notice of trouble which does
not disturb our ownlife and affairs
but if there is a spot as big as
a half dollar on the globe today
which holds human beings who
are not sitting up and taking no.
tice, it is not on the map.
Tornadoes in every part OF this
country have served to distract
the public mind to a large extent
from the belligerent ambitions
of men and convince them that
there is greater force than big
armies and great guns and more
destructive when set in motion
and against whatever directed.
We have had high wind
storms sweep this county fre-
.quently; at long intervals a de-
.sultory miniature tornado would
give US a taste of what other
less fortunate sections had been
forced to swallow, but Tuesday
night about 9 o'clock the atmos-
pheric forces of nature gathered
somewhere south of Grand river
aud southwest of Dean Lake,
jumped the river below the A.
T. IS. F. bridge and began a
work of destruction never before
beheld in this county. The vii
lage on the north side of the
track was all wiped out of exist
ance, ID dwellings and 30 resi-
dents in the path of furious and
fast moving terror marking its
visit and work. The storm
trail was southwest to northeast
and after venting a portion OF
its fury on the denizens of the
VILLAGE Dean Lake and cleaning
cornfelds for a distance north
ofsevery hill of corn and all 9TH
er vegetation, it landed on the
Rankin-W Whitman farm houses
occupied by John Runyan and
showed that it could put the
finishing touches on mischief,
for of all the people it visited,
at this once pretty place the de-
mon most clearly exhibited him
self. The scene the next morn
ing is beyond our powers of de-
scription. Not a semblance of
the various buildings, the two
story houses splendidly furnish
ed, the massive barn, the big
corn crib, the modern hog and
chicken houses, store houses and
othernecessary buildings to a first
class farm but was so interming-
led with the wreckage of all the
others that not one timber could
be identified as having been used
in the construction of either of
the buildings. The piano, an
upright, in the southwestern
room, was stripped and all left
of it on the northeastern cornet
of the wrecked dwelling was the
harp and a brace-board on the
back. The key board, pedal and all
other parts which go to make
up q piano were gone. the god
of the winds alode knowing
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08

Mrs. Wortie Hoel of st. Louis
arrived Sunday night from Gala
fornia where she had visited
her sister. She left for st.
Louis the first of the week.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08
The Negro registration.
Methodist Church

Sunday School at $50 a. m. AT
HOO the annual Children's Day
progrum will be rendered. The
usual services will be held in the
evening. League at 700, and
preaching at 500
NJ. C. Davis, pastor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08
Baptist Church
" School at 9:45.

Sunday School at 9:45.
Preaching at II a. m. and 8 p.
m. Morning subject, AN Ami
NAL Sent from Cod" Evening
subject. Two Animals sent
from God. Wednesday evening
Bible class at 8 o'clock.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08

where. Two brood soWs with
Is pigs say a week old, were in
hog house of best make between
the barn and the house. Next
morning the sows were in the
barn lot and all the pigs under
the wreckage of the dwelling,
not one hurt but all hungry.
The hog house, if not in hog.
heaven, every part of it even to
the foundation, 60 hunt it and
solve the mystery. The beds
upon which Mr.. and Mrs. Run
yam sleep were, the mattresses
and covers plastered against the
chicken wire fence around the
garden and the iron frames
twisted into worse forms than
a church scandal and as badly
scattered. The four occupants
of the handsome, commodious
dwelling, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Runyan and their two children
escaped with but a few bruises
and scratches, thanks to the
best of luck, for the wonder is
how any escaped death.
Cleaning the corn field in its
course and making directly for
Whitman, the twister struck
the big corn sheds north of the
Wabash station and tore away
part of the holland Wrights
dwelling was next in sight and
to show what it could do when
the target was placed properly,
the wind twisted the 3 room
house about and took the end
out of one room and al! the con-
tents of that room, the shingles
off another part Of the dwelling
and carried the fiotsam to parts
unknown. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
and their child, fortunately.
were up town visiting and out
of the path of the storm. When
he saw what had been done to
his home, he telegraphed the
dispatcher at Stanberry that
everything was gone except his
wife and cow.
The next victim of the cyclonic
maniac was VIM. Torey and fam
lily, and to this writing, William
Torey is the only one whose life
was taken by the monster.
There were fourteen in the Ia
room dwelling, the first built
by Rankin Whitman and Co.
at Whitman or rather before
Whitman was thot of, and a
big, SPLENDID dwelling it was
and we'll furnished. The barn,
corn pens, tool sheds and all
other improvements on the place
were first class and all suffered,
but the dwelling is a mass of
debris too tangled to describe
what the ruins contain. Mr..
and Mrs. Torrey had not yet
retired, all others in the house
having done SO when the storm
broke. Mr.. Torrey gave the
alarm to those in the upper
story and started for the base
ment. He was pionioned by the
falling floors, and the blood
on the spot where he was
crushed appeared to be all in
his body. but he was rescued
in the course Of twenty minutes
and together with his daughter.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1917-06-08
Homeless Poor And Helpless Aged Made So In
Moment. Fields Cleared OF Vegetation And
Freak Stunts By The Most Destructive lorna
do Ever In The County. Dead AT Richmond
And Centra1ia. In The Path Of Other lorna
dos In The State The Same Night.

rushed to Ft. Madison hospital
where he died at near noon We'd
nesday, his daughter not being
expected to survive a broken
back and other serious injuries.
The others in the building es-
capped with more or less bruises
and scratches, some of the
younger children having been
thrown from upper windows and
escaping damage. The house is
a 1attened mass of debris. the
barn is badly careened, the roof
is off the big double corn pens,
the ice house has the east end
out and the tool sheds wrecked.
A stand of bees was blown from
the fence on the east side of the
yard and lodged under the pro-
jecting point of one of the upper
floors and are busy taking in sur
roundings. the other stands gone
altogether.
Returning to the point at
which the tornado began destroy
ing after several barns and small
houses had been demolished on
the south side of Grand river by
it, we can see the spots where
modest dwellings stood and
where the homes of people of
small means had but lately been.
Buildings and contents all gone.
The sweep of the storm was
clean and fearful. Along the
line back Pete Lapenberger and
wife and three children are
houseless, thu only the roof is
missing yet the building is
twisted and unfit and all house
hold stuff so badly mixed and
broken that it is practically USE
less Geo. Stricklands house
was demolished and his wife and
daughter badly injured. VIM.
Martin, wife and five children
are homeless and Mrs. Strickland
in the hospital, Geo. injured and
the children bruised and
scratched.
Harry Strickland was badly
hurt, hi, wife and two children
escaping serious injury. The
widow Lawson and a boy who
stays with her were injured in
the wreck of her home which
escaped with the loss of roof
and general shaking apart. Mrs.
Findley's house total wreck as
also the widow Tygarts dwelling
and both were injured badly.
Chas. McCully house had the
shingles ripped off and the barn
dislocated by being scattered
across the road. Silas Bebee
has no barn now and his auto
mobile was wrecked. The widow
Carr owned several houses and
they were all wrecked to kind
ling wood condition. Old man
Lapenberger and wife and Phil
Sharp who had come to them to
escape overflow of Grand river,
all badly injured in the wreck of
the other Lappenberger resi-
dence. Jim Markers house was
torn down and scattered about
and he was injured. An empty
store room was blown against a
blacksmith shop at the front end.
The brick chimney of the store
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