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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13
Died

MIS- Ellen Dunn. d ed al her
l., ne in NaIrep. Wednesday after.
icon at | O'Clock: he va, ~ years
ut aye, She leaves five children
t"o sons ard three daughters
lid three sisters and three
tfcthcrs TO mourn her death
Fer funeral viii te held 1T
the Baptist Church In Warren at
10 o'c.ock today, the remains vii
tr taken to Bethany cemetery for
huGal
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13

Eyes Test. d Free 10y Dr. Pratt
the Optician .at tie Maddox Hotel
Mond y July 10th
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13

Mrs. Cora Tn stalld. OF Macon
spent Monday here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13

L. A Kelley aLd sUr, Jctu sperJ
the Sday in PALMYRA
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-07-13

Mrs J. v Bru~n. If Pulmyrs
,ueut TUESDAY here
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Honey Earliest Sweet.

Until the beginning Of the sixteenth
century honey was almost the only
sweet known and quite the only one
generally used, it being available with
out preparation. The Old Testament
refers to Palestine as "a land flowing
with milk and honey" synonyms for
richness and nourishment, and mutually
complimentary. Our pioneers located
'bee trees" and some Of us still re-
member the midnight journey to the
tree, which was felled and it's treasure,
mingled mass of splintered wood,
broken comb and dead bees, brought
home to be strained and the wax melt
ed down. Modern beekeeping has en-
tirely changed this crude proceeding,
and the up-to-date apiarist handles his
bees almost as freely as his chickens.
Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Plato or Socrates?

IF Socrates is conceded to rank as
the greater, or more influential of the
two philosophers, it is largely because
of the devotion and ability of Plato,
his admirer and biographer. Accord.
ing to Platos "Apologia," Socrates was
really the supreme man of his age,
foremost in originality and in thought,
Plato's great humanity-his uncOn.
scious prophecy of Christianity was an
exhibition of that-his application OF
philosophy not simply to morals in the
abstract but to nation, or a personal.
ity, has won him great popularity in
all ages. and there are many who put
the Stagirite in the second place, and
consider Plato his exponent as the
greater, and more influential of the
two. Really, it is wise not to attempt
comparison of these great Grecians,
but to read thankfully what their wis.
dom has given to the wOrld.-Ex.
change.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
TO GUARD WORKERS HEALTH
National Board to Supervise Condi-
tons in Plants Working on War
Contracts, Is Urged.

A health conservation board, CORE
spending to the general munitions
board announced by the council of ma
tonal defense, is imperatively needed
to supervise health conditions in gov
eminent plants and to cooperate with
similar state boards in the regulation
Of private plants under contract with
the government. DR.. Frederick Mar
tin Of the council Of national defense
is thoroughly qualified to head such an
organization, says the New Republic.
No labor laws should be suspended or
modified except after investigation and
approval by this body Of experts. In
deed, it would be to the best interest
Of the nation IL the government could
be persuaded to make minimum stand
ards Of hours, wages and shop cond4-
tons integral parts Of all munition
contracts. In war time the workers
will be willing to forego comforts and
to work nearer the margin of physical
exhaustion than in times Of peace. but
the country cannot afford the extrav-
agance of paying for work done during
incapacity from fatigue or~the further
extravaganza of urging armies of work.
men toward relative incapacity by neg
lect of proved physiological law.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
GERMANS INVENT DEADLY PENCIL

of Narvik and Finland. A tremendous
tide of merchandise flows into Russia
along this road by horse transports.
Between two thousand and three thou
sand horses ARE used for freighting
goods, and barns have been construct
ed along the road for their accommo-
dalton. The scheme attributed to
Baron Won Rosen was to put the poi
soned sugar in the feed boxes in those
barns and start an epizOotic among
the horses which would cripple the
whole transportation system.
The revelations In regard to what
the baron described as his scientific
expedition" have aroused great indig-
nation here and the authorities are Sc
verely blamed for releasing the baron.
There have been some cases Of infec-
tious diseases among horses at places
where Baron Won Rosen stayed, but his
responsibility has not been proved.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

designer brings successful invention IN
style, or details Of finishing, to happy
ending, in it's making.
Just an unexpected touch gives a
pretty net frock the place OF honor in
q girls summer wardrobe, and just
such a touch puts the hallmark Of re-
finement on the pretty frock pictured
here.
The skirt is moderately full, gath
cred in at the waistline and finished
with deep hem. About one-fourth OF
It's length from the bottom band Of
fine lace is set in. The bodice Is made
much like a "baby" waist, but is cut
low in the neck in front, where lace is
set in and finished with small crochet
balls. A fine lace collar completes it.
Sleeves are little more than elbow
length and are gathered up so that
they form a hanging puff about the
forearm.
The girdle is Of pink and blue taf-
feta and we have every reason to be-
lieve that it accepts the vogue for
rosettes at the back instead Of bow
or sash ends. But in this matter let
each individual suit herself as well as
In that Of color. The gown, as photo
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
AERIAL BATTLES. FULL OF THR|LLS|
IMPETUS TO SHARK HUNTING
Shoe Manufacturers Discover That
Leather From Hides of "Man-
Eaters" Is Useful.

New York.-Shark hunting promises
to become a general and profitable in
dustry along the coast of the Eastern
states, since shoe manufacturers have
discovered, by exhaustive experiments
that leather tanned from the hides or
"man-eaters" is highly applicable for
the purposes of ordinary footwear.
New York fishermen are preparing
to carry on the hunt on a gigantic
scale if the "sea tigers" come north
this spring. While the industry in its
infancy does not promise to be over
highly remunerative, boat owners are
confident with specialized methods
catches of sufficient size to warrant
exclusive attention to it will be their
reward. In addition to the leather
properties of the shark it produces an
oil that is said to be the slowest dry
ing lubricant known. 1t also is used
in the manufacture of certain brands
of waterproof paint.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
send THEM CANDY
Officers Advice to Women Wish
ing to Aid Soldiers.
Suggestion Explained by Fact That
Men Need More Sweets Than They
Get in Their Rations.

Somebody asked someone in the
QuartermaSter's department what she
could do to make life for the soldiers
at the front, wherever that might be-,
more attractive.
"Do they need sweaters, or wrist
warmers, or what can I make themY'
she queried.
Don't knit" said the man quoted.
snake them candy. They crave sugar
and they need sugar"
So the young woman in question
promptly went to the nearest candy
shop and placed an order that pound
Of candy be sent every other day to the
particular soldier in whom she was I'm
tereSted.
Years ago, when the Boer war was
raging, Queen Victoria once celebrated
her birthday or some other festal day
by sending package of sweet choco-
late to every Tommy fighting in South
Africa. And some of her subjects stay
ing safely at home said to themselves
and each other: "Why on earth is the
queen sending sweet chocolate to men
who are giving their lives for us? Why
doesn't she send them something they
need?"
Today most of us have come to rec
ognize the food value that lies in
sugar. We have learned that pure
candy, if it is eaten as a food, is
wholesome. 1t is harmful when it is
eaten between meals, and so spoils the
appetite. We know, too, that the more
hard physical work we do, the more
sugar we need, because it is an easily
assimilated fuel food.
Hence today the quartermaster's
mandate that we send candy to the
front, although it at first seems
strange, is easily understood. The ra-
tons of the soldiers are carefully bal
anced, but still, many Of them, living
outdoors all the time, crave more
sweets than they can get, and are bene-
flied by them.
So add to your list another chance
to help the men at the front-and send
them candy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Taller in Morning.

The very wise smile knowingly
when someone offers the foolish as
sertion that a person is taller in the
morning than in the evening. But
Just try it. Between the "A vertebrate
of the backbone are little disks of car
tilage, and these during the course OF
the day are considerably compressed
by the weight of the body, expanding
again when the body is in recumbent
position. In the case OF heavy man
of good average height, the difference
in his height at morning and evening
is generally about half an inch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
ALL YEAR COLLEGE TERMS
American Universities Are Seriously
Considering the Plan as War
Expedient.

New York.-Many American univer-
sites, it is learned here, are seriously
considering making the college year
consist of four terms of II weeks each,
with only four weeks vacation year.
1t is also proposed, by certain changes
in the curricula, to teach as much in
two of the new terms as was formerly
taught in three terms, or the whole col
lege year.
These measures are suggested as a
war expedient. 1t is admitted the new
arrangement will not be quite as effec-
tive as the old method; but the advo-
Gates argue better results will be OBJ
tanned from the plan than by trying to
continue with the old system when
young men have little time for educa-
ton and are in more Of a hurry than
formerly to get into the army of some
other active life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
An ANONYMOUS Book.

Two young ladies of literary tastes
were once discussing their reading
when one of them remarked: II have
been engaged with delightful work
for a week past" Indeed; what is
it?" "Anthony Trollope's autobiogra-
ply" "Who is the author?" "Really,
I don't know. I have looked over the
title-page and through the preface, but
1 can't find any reference to the author
at all. Whoever 1t is is charming
writer, and seems to have known the
novelist very intimately" "Tll get it
and read it, but 1t is too provoking,
isn't it, that so many delightful au-
thors Of late are writing anonymous
ly?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

Color bearer of the American Junior
Naval and Marine Scout which escort
ed by a battalion of naval scouts and
a company Of marine scouts, has been
recruiting it's ranks among the Chinese
boys of New York's Chinatown. A
number of enlistments have been
procured and it is expected that
shortly the organization will have
formed a battalion composed ,ex-
clusively of juvenile Orientals, put
withal staunch Americans. The Amer
lean Junior Naval and Marine
Scouts aim to train the boys in the
work of the United States navy and
the marine corps. If on becoming OF
age they desire to serve their country,
little further training is necessary.
More than 10000 boys are members OF
the organization, scattered through 50
states.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

for the car, and it may or may not
have a veil. AS a rule, it does have a
small veil, either of chiffon or coarse
meshed silk net.
The logical hat for the car is snug
fitting and provided with small brim
which shades the eyes and gives be-
coming hues about the face. A veil
just heavy enough to shield the eyes
from dust is also a graceful as well as
useful adjunct to the motor hat. The
most successful hat for the car is q
two-in-One affair that answers the pur-
poses of the traveller by rail as well
as those of the mOtorist, and looks well
merely as a street hat.
The three hats pictured are of braid
and fabrics combined, flexible without
being foppy, and having enough sup
port in the crowns to be Shapely. They
are designs Of specialists in motor hats
and each is provided with a small
elastic band, and the back, let in at
the base of the crown, that holds the
hat close to the head.
Gray, tan, castor and blue in medium
shades are favorite colors for motor
wear. There is a fad for vivid vel
lows in crowns, combined with dark
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
FIND NO BUG IN THROAT
Widow Loses Accident Insurance
When Autopsy Fails to Prove
Her Assertion.

Kansas City.-The fact that an au'
topsy failed to find bug which J. M
Freeman told his wife had lodged in
his throat, resulted in the Kansas City
court of appeals reversing $4,000 YER
dict the widow had gained against the
Loyal Protective Insurance company
of Boston.
Freeman, a Howard county patent
medicine vendor, had an accident pol
icy. He died of pneumonia. The court
held that since no foreign body was
found in his throat he could not BIZ
said to have contracted the disease, as
claimed, by accidental or violent
means.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

graphed, has a girdle in pink and blue
taffeta encircling the waist at the nat
ural waistline. Little crochet Dalls
hang from the lace set in at the front
and an adorably frivolous little pocket
of net, just big enough for a .handker-
chief and perhaps a dancing card is
suspended from under the girdle py
silk cords.
These frocks are worn over organize
slips and a little variety may be pro-
vided by means of colored slips in light
blue or pink or yellow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
ENIISTS DESPITE GLASS EYE
Nan Rejected at First Finally Wins
{ Place in Marine Corps on Re-
cruiting Duty.

New York.-Eskild Dagger has at
fSfned his ambition. Three weeks ago
he took the examination for the Ma
rine corps, passed and thought he was
in, but as he stopped to pick up his
clothing a glass eye dropped on the
Roor.
Undiscouraged, he had been going
almost daily seeking enlistment. Cap
lain Evans has informed him that he
has received orders to reward his pa.
frfOtic feryor. He was enlisted in the
Marine corps reserve, class 4, and as
signed to duty in the recruiting sta
fion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
He'd Come Back.

A boy who had done something to
incur the wrath Of his mother and
then had taken to his heels was hotly
pursued for some distance by her.
Finding it was useless. to continue
the pursuit, and almost beside herself
with rage, the old lady shouted at the
top Of her voice:
"In give anybody sixpence to catch
that boy"
The boy instantly stopped and, turn
ing around, shouted in reply:
"Give me the sixpence and I'll come
back -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
cowardice and Bravery.

To make men towards give them
continually ease with every comfort
and pleasure; to make men brave
give them continually harnesses,
hardships, hard work, with every dis
comfort and misery. AS ease and
Measure weaken and soften the soul,
producing cowardiness and fear, so
hardships and misery strengthen and
burden the soul, making it determined
and brave; as only pleasure makes a
man love life, only misery will make
him detest it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Say Whale Meat Is Good.

Seattle.-"A whale of dinner" i:
the real thing here.
Bucking the high cost of living dur
ing the war, Henry Schupp. manages
of the by-products plant of the Ameri
can Pacific Whaling company, hal
brought another ton of whale meat tt
Seattle.
Whale meat retails at 10 cents pc
pound. 1t looks like, tastes like ant
Is like beef. The meat is importe,
from the Alaska and British Columbi;
whaling stations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Sharpen 1t and 1t ExpIodes,
Manning or Killing the
Sharpener.
TAKEN FROM SWEDISH NOBLE
Baggage Contains an Amazing coilee-
ton of Bombs, Poisons, Bacilli Of
Deadly Diseases and Other
Tools Of Death and
Destruction.

ChrlSttanla.-An amazing COllcCLlOu
of bombs, poisons, bacilli of deadly dis
eases and other means of death and
destruction has been seized by the au-
thorities here as part Of the baggage
of Baron Won Rosen, a Swedish noble
man and alleged to be German agent.
The baron fled to Norway after his &C
tivities had aroused the Swedish au-
fhorities. He was arrested, but, as he
could not be convicted of violating any
Norwegian law, he was released with
warning to leave the country.
Baron Won Rosen's field of opera
tons was along the Swedish-Finnish
border. His purpose is supposed to
have been the destruction of Russian
food and munition stOrehOuses, but
what success he had is not known.
When he fled from Sweden last Janu-
airy part of his baggage was seized by
the Swedish authorities and found to
contain a large quantity of high explo-
sives, packed in tin cans marked
"corned beef" 1t remained, however.
for the Norwegian police to uncover
the real extent of his equipment.
"TabIe Salt" Was Explosive.
After the baron had been ordered
out of Norway those parts of his bag
gage which had not been seized in Swe-
den arrived at Christiania and were
turned over to the police. Among the
articles found were cans of explosives
marked stable SALT" bottles marked
mouth wash" containing cultures OF
dangerous bacilli, identified by the
state health laboratory; boxes OF lump
sugar, each lump concealing a small
glass vial filled with bacilli of anthrax
of glanders, and several explosive PEN
ellis.
The latter article is an ingenious in
fernal machine and departure In
| frightfulness, so far as the authorities
here are aware 1t has the appearance
of an ordinary pencil, but if sharpened
a drop of acid concealed in a thin glass
tube is released and, acting on other
concealed chemicals, causes an explo-
! sion sufficient to MAIN or perhaps Kill
the sharpener.
Sought to Infect Animals.
One scheme of Baron Won RoSen III
which the poisoned sugar Jumps were
TO figure is believed to have been di
rected against the great traffic stream
which the war ehas called into being
between the northern Norwegian towr
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Wears Shoes to Bed.
To Punish Parents.

Chicago-Judge Stelk of the court
of domestic relations believes he has
solved the problem of the Maynard
child.
Hereafter I am going TO send the
parents to Jail instead of Furnishing
the children" he said, in "a address
to members of the First Lutheran
church.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

blue braids, and emerald green con-
tinues to flourish in straw brims with
white or tan silk crowns. Emerald and
purple wells are smart. In the new
showings appear some dignified motor
hats made entirely of taffeta silk. The
choice of silk for crowns lies between
taffeta, and poplin, and wool or silk
Jersey cloths.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Tinted Leuhorn Hats.

At many of the smart weddings the
bridesmaids have worn leghorn mats
tinted to match their frocks. There is
one of a strong burnt orange wreathed
in plump green gooseberries and faced
with shell pink crepe. Odd as all TINS
may sound the hat is really very love
" and would be most becoming to
duSky blonde.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

deavoring to produce more native"
food and subsist on less States stuff"
so importationS may be less.
William I. Lopp, chief of the Alaska
division of the service, with head
quarters here, attempts to impress
upon the Eskimo mind that 'every
ton of reindeer meat, seal meat, wal
rus meat, whole meat and dried sal
mon produced helps relieve the food
and freight shortage of the nation"
1.-THE war is as important to the
Eskimo as to u.s." says Lopp, 'and he
is being taught to do his share"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
EVEN ESKIMOS SAVE FOOD
Doing Their Bit in Far Off Alaska to
help Uncle Sam in
War.

Seattle, Wasn.-Uncle Sans Eski-
mes I'm far-away Alaska are doing
fheir Bit to win the war.
Under the guidance of the Alaska
Native School, Medical and Reindeer
Service, they are being taught con-
Seryation of food supplies, both ma
1--WE and "outside." They are en-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

One of the incest things about this
years commencement gowns OF net Is
their all-round usefulness after the
great day of their first appearance has
passed. The net frock is daytime or
an evening frock, serving two purposes
equally well. It's daintiness is charm
inherent in the material. 1t is youth
full and chic and moderately priced,
and it arrives at distinction when the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
"HOME BY XMAS" Is
SOLDIERS PREDICTION

Lincoln, Ill.-"Tll be home for
Christmas dinner"
That is the message received
by Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Thompson
of Lincoln, ILL.,, from their son.
Capt. John Thompson of the Ca
madam army in France, in a let
ter which has just arrived.
"Well win the war now, for
there's nothing that can stop us
since America has entered"
Captain Thompson writes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

warm suds and ammonia water, then,
as a protection against moths, go over
the inner surface with paint brush
dipped in turpentine. White paper
makes the best lining. To remedy the
drawer that sticks or refractory doors
or windows, it is well to rub a bar Of
hard soap over the edge where trouble
lies, then, if necessary, rub with sand
paper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

The last chapter in the story Of
summer hats for motor wear is now be-
fore us and the pretty tale is told.
There is nothing sensational in it, and
nothing unusual; because motorcars
are about as universally used as cook
stoves. and dress for motor wear as
varied as for the street. Any small,
flexible, close-ftting hat of braid or
fabric, or of both combined, is all right
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
100 Years Old; Does His Bit.

London.-Age does not deter Thomas
Weeks of Ticehurst, Sussex, from
joining in the fight for greater food
production. Although one hundred
years old, he is cultivating an acre OF
ground without any assistance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
When Fortune Finally Smiles.

"My wife's ideals and mine are far
apart"
SLOWS that?"
snow that we have money she wants
to build a castle and want to raise
ckens,"-London Answers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Ventilation.

"Why Is this cheese so full Of
holes?"
"That's all right. II needs all the
fresh air it can get"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

During a recent discussion in the Ne.
braska legislature one member at.
tempted to throw another downstairs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
CLEANING Bureau Drawers.

Bureau drawers should be cleansed
at least once in three months Win