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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
HAZEL LETTER.

Mrs. Joe Ware is quite ill.
A good rain is much needed in this
locality. Quite number of persons
have been hauling water for some
time.
Mrs. Green and Mrs. Beckley and
Rudolph Green visited at Auxvasse
Saturday.
Cauthorn Brothers sold 81 hogs
to Cant and Mason at s15.75 per
hundred weight. Average weight,
ITS pounds.
The writer in his rambles in this
part of Prairie township notices that
quite a good deal of building is go
ing on; P. A. Erdle has new barn;
George Hagerdo-n, new barn. Otto
Kunkel, new barn; Con Morthland,
new barn; Ep. Paisley, new house;
Emil Hesterburg, new smokehouse,
and VIM. Mongler, new roof on
barn.
Uncle" Jim Green south of Mex
leo sold mare mule colt, sired by
T. w. Crawford's jack, to VIM. Fuh-
rer for $110. 1t was a dandy.
The young mems class of Littleby
Baptist Sunday School did very
commendable act a few days ago,
They donated 100 bushels of coal to
poor lady at Worcester. and had it
delivered, 1t speaks we'll for the
young men.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
PUBLIC SALE.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. ii, 1917.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. ii, 1917.
On the above date | will sell at my
farm, 2 miles north of Benton City,
on the State Highway, 6 miles east
of Mexico, the following personal
property, to-wit:
II Head of Livestock: "a Head of
Cattle. AS folIows:12 head of calves;
one year old cow, fresh soon; one
yearling heifer, one bull calf, one
2-year-old bull-others are cows and
some yearling and 2year-old heifers.
5 Head of Horseshoe 3-year-old
mule mare and one mare filly three
years old. One sorrel mare 3-years-
old, unbroke. One Shetland pony,
3-years old, gentle for any child to
ride or drive. One brown mare,
4 years old.
80 Head of Hogs-One SOW and 8
pigs. Three sows not bred. Four
gifts, not bred. Two sows not bred.
10 Shoats, weighing from SO to
80 pounds.
Farming implements and other ar
ticles. Dinner served by ladies of
Benton City Presbyterian Church.
Terms: All sums of $40 and un-
der, cash; sums above $40, 6 months
time, bankable note, per cent int,
0. B. johnson, Auctioneer;
c. w. CUNNINGHAM.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
CEuCAGo&aLToN RY.
r1nrE15rAslr

CHICAGO & ALTON r. r. co.
(Time Card in Effect July s, 1917
East Bound.
No. II daily for Chicago 2:O2 a. m.
No. "a daily for St. Louis 4:O2 a. m.
No. 80 ex. Sun. for Chicago 7:1O a. NJ.
No. &c daily, Jacksonville 1:46 p. M.
No. 22 daily for st. Louis 2:52 p. m.
No. 10 daily for Chicago 1O:45 p. IN.
West Bound.
No. 8 daily for Kansas City $3.50 a. m.
No. 1875 ex. Sun. for Slater Sis a. III.
No. daily for Kansas City S:OS p. nj.
No. IL daily for X. c. $3.50 a. m.
No. 81 daily for X. c. 12:4O p. m.
No. 25 daily for K. c. 1:46 p. m.
No. 20 ex. Sun. from Chicago 500 p. m.
South Bound.
No. 210 daily from JEFF City 400 pm
No. 214 ex Sun from Fulton 400 p m
No. 21S daily for JEFF. City 800 p. m.
North Bound.
No. 215 ex. Sun. JEFF. City 1900 a. m.
T. L. MARSHALL,
Ticket Agent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

FOR SALE-New and up-to-date
Furniture, Stoves and Rugs, Sewing
Machines on easy payments. Can
furnish your homes or rooms COM
pIete. Buy now and pay later.
., SAM MORRIS.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
MIDDLETOWN COUPLE.

Mr.. Hugh Suddarth and Mrs. Yer
nance Daily, both of Middletown,
were married at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Arch Jenkins in Mexico on
Tuesday, Rev. c. A. Mitchell officiat-
ing Mr.. Suddarth and Mrs. Arch
Jenkins are brother and sister.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
MRS. HALL.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, II years old,
after a months illness, died at her
home in Glasgow, Mo, Monday. The
burial was in that city.
Mrs. Hall was the mother of Mrs.
G. w. Peck, west of Mexico, who at
tended the funeral
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

The Eastern Star members are in
vited to meet for a sewing party at
the home of Mrs. Pearl Van Horn
Friday afternoon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Lost, last Sunday, black fur
cape A generous reward If return
ed to Mrs. Leslie Ferris, 800 North
Washington street, Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

William P. Settle and family, of
Cecil, Monroe County, motored to
Mexico Sunday and spent the day
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Settle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Have you~ever met Prudence?"
She will appear in the next issue of
Thet Message. See advertisement
elsewhre. 1t is to be story that
will interest you immensely-our
next continued story.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Mrs. Bess Mayhall, D. d. G. NJ. of
o. E. S. will likely attend a social
meeting of the o. e. S. to be held at
the home of Mrs. Pearl Van Horn.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

There will be a Pie and Box Sup
per at Washington School Friday
night, Nov. 8. All are invited.
Anna O'Brien, Teacher.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

There will be box and pie sup
per at the Eureka School House Sat
urday night, Nov. 18th. Everybody
invited to come.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Tazwell Johnson of this city has
been quite i'll for some time.

Mrs. Viola Frazier of Mexico visit
ed her aunt at Benton City this week,
Mrs. Thomas Harlow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

C. w. Cunningham. miles east
of Mexico, is to have public sale on
Wednesday, Nov. IA. See advertise
ment in this issue of the Message.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Miss Georgia Miller of Mexico goes
to st. Louis in few days where she
will have employment in the Federal
Land Bank.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Miss Florence Heller of Mo-
limo has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Edgar Berrey, of near Cant.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Holly Clements at Benton City is
a visit this week from his
uncle, James Clements, of St. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
WANT ITEMS.

Go to l.. w. Roberts for Furniture
and Undertaking.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Nov. j. Hord Davis, one mile
northwest of Mexico. ]. G. Ford,
auctioneer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Bears tbs Seal Of "The House Of Quality"

You want your gift appreciated. You want it
right in quality, style and price and-you have
that assurance if you purchase here Back of
cry article is more than quarter of century of
honest merchandising that has made the
"Worrell, The jeweler,' stand for absolute rea-
bilitv
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Dated Nov. 7th, 1917.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
TURKEY IN BAD PLIGHT
m Furnishing Troops to Hold
Back British In Mesopotamfa
and PaleStinc.

: PARIS, June aO.-French prisoners
escaping from the German lines bring
the story of how Germany is furnishing
Turkey with a portion Of the troops
that are necessary to keep up resist
@ance to the British advance in Mcso-
potamia and Palestine.
:. The Germans. according to the re-
turned prisoners. are trying to induce
prisoners of the Mohammedan religion
'to lake up arms for the Turks for the
glory Of Islam"
Those who accepted this proposal
were placed in one camp, where they
were given every cosideration. while
those who refused were sent off to a
7scond camp, where they were obliged
to undergo military drill barefooted,
frequently with snow on the ground.
When they failed to keep UP the stand
ard Of drill demanded they were beaten
on the back until some finally consent
Fed to join the battalions destined for
Turkey.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
HARD AFTER GERMANS
Intensive Campaign Started Against
kniser's Subjects South of
Equator.

CAPE TOWN. July with the
coming of the cool season south of
the equator, an intensive campaign has
started against the few German colon
lists lurking in the Businesses of Ger
man East Africa. IT is expected they
Will soon all be rounded up.
Fever flung the British back from the
foe last winter (Which. of course. is
summer here). In the vast area of
swamps where the enemy and their
black troops had fed nonacclimatiZed
Europeans fell i'll so fast that the cam
paign had TO be discontinued. Rains
fell almost continually. and only the
blacks seemed immune. So the Ger
mans were left free in their secluded
haunts.
1t appears the Germans suffered Sc
verely from the fever, too. Captives
taken while trying to break through
the Gordon OF the British and their
allies and reach higher. healthier
grounds to the ~northward often showed
the effects of the climate. Only those
Germans who had lived in the colony
many years and become Sailed" as
the local term is. were able to survive
uninjured.
The German guerrillas are now con-
lined to tho southeastern corner of
their great colony, and it is believed
here the last one will soon be cor
rallied.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
WOMEN ARE FIGHTING
WITH AUSTRIAN ARMY
Wounded Italian Soldier Tells OF Mt
Least One Instance When They
Were n~countercd
by CAMILLE CIANFARRA.
BY CAMILLE CT.

ROME. June 30.-Are there women
lighting in the Austrian army defend
Ing the Carso?
According TO a story told by 4 wound
ed soldier and duly recorded by the
Italian General staff, on one occasion
at least women were encountered and
seen in the act of throwing bombs at
a party of advancing Italian soldiers.
"It was ut the scaling of the Vo-
dice the wounded soldier stated. that
we met the women. We were being
sent to re-cnforce a contingent that
had been defending for three hours a
newly conquered position. and on our
way up we had met with little or no re-
~sistance..
after going through several wire
entanglements. partly destroyed by our
artillery fire. We came to the ruin of
what had once /been a rough forest.
AS we advanced. three women rose up
from behind the pile of debris and
raised their hands in the act of sur
rendering. Ally comrades and I hesi-
tated in surprise and then l motioned
to the women. who were of a distinct
Slav type. to advance. AS they ap-
preached we saw that they were poorly
dressed and emaciated.
when they had come within twenty
feet of where we were. they quickly
dipped their hands in the folds of
the aprons they wore. and threw at us
a number of hand grenades, which cx-
ploded with deadly effect. was one
of those wounded. and. as I fell. ] saw
Il party of Austrian soldiers rush from
behind the pile of debris and charge
our party with the bayonet. Then I
think I tainted. and when I woke up
T! found myself in a field hospital side
by side with another member of my
party, who told me that the Vodice
had been carried"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
Hand account of
How They Are Learn
ing to Do Their
"Bn'' in Many.
Copyright L.. S. Navy Publicity Bureau.)
ny HENRY REUTERDAHL,
Lieutenant, L.. s. n. Il. +.

(This article is published with the
the United States Navy and printed in
this journal as a frst-hand account of
the adventurous life of American
youngsters doing their bit in the navy
one day on the farm-perhaps a
month later right on the battle front
OF the briny. You who have sons
among the lads in the navy read this,
and il you worry about their welfare
and health and whether they are maxi
ing good or not read it twice.-Editor.)
Says I to Bill, here she blows, and
before l could finish, the torpedo ex-
ploded and the Rockingham was done
for. Winged. we laid there with the
sea surging in and filing up the in
sides of the ship. a million dollars
busted in the middle by a measly tor
pedo. cavinE in the whole engine-room
and killing two of the poor devils.
I'VE didn't shove off, the ship did the
showing, and left us foundering in the
boats, me nursing a skun knee from
sliding down a BOAT fall. We were in
two boat loads. white and Hawaiians;
and us sailors all together in one.
Say. 1t was a long way from home
and mother. and some of us kids just
new to the game and never before on
salt water. and sort of lonesome, with
wet sea rocking up and down and at
us. / come from a farm in Wisconsin.
THE chief gunner's mate in com
mand was some bird. He said we be-
haved like real 'gobs.' but l was sea-
sick to my tummy, though / didn't. let
on. We were pulling like the devil.
1t was sort of rough but the c. p. o.
kept us at the oars as IL we were rain
ing for a boat race. All the while we
kept our 9eepers plumb on the horizon,
hoping to pick up a smudge of smoke
somewhere. The rubber-neck wagon
had nothing on us.
GETTING MORE AND MORE
LONELY AND AWFUL WET
But it was getting more and more
lonely and awful wet. l remembered
the old wheeze, Is the moon coming up,
too And while I was sitting there.
pulling OH the oar with one hand and
showing a ship biscuit III my face with
the other, 1 couldn't help thinking that
at last the Germans got the Rocking
"Ah hHi'6 i"o cdi dSO ITleQ 10
torpedo her. / couldn't help thinking
how the ships lamp trimmer told mo
that In the middle Of the night the
foremast crashed down and as the ship
stopped thu skipper came out of his
room trailing his pajamas and bawled
out everybody, not knowing what hap
pened. Anyway. they all had to take
to the boats. but after padding around
all night aud waiting for help, they
found the old ship still aaoat at day
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
OFFICERS ARE CRUEL
GERMANS Have No Mercy on Soldiers
SO Unlucky as to
Offend. y

ZURICH. June 30.-Cruelties pernA.
tratcd on German soldiers at the front
ny their superior officers have been
reported by Socialist Deputy Stuecklen.
member OF the German ichst
Herr Steucklen complained:
Il received a letter from a soldier
IN a Saxon regiment regarding the
treatment of the men OF his regiment
oy their officers. communicated the
facts to the Saxon Ministry of War.
which ordered an investigation. The
colonel Of the regiment, indignant. at
this interference. searched for the an.
thor OF tho letter. and the soldier was
sentenced by court-martiaI to arweek.s
Imprisonment and afterwards thrust
into the most dangerous position pos-
sible.
"A soldier named Friedrich COM.
planned against a lieutenant OF his Sat.
talon. Friedrich was imprisoned ina
iunatic asylum. Placed under MEDICAL.
examination there. he was found to be
mentally normal. and the medical au.
thorities sent him back to the army,
Thereupon he was placed In a secoud
lunatic asylum. 7 brought this scam
dalous affair to the notice OF the MIn.5
istry of War. but nothing was done.
and Friedrich remains In a ~madhouse.
ANY soldier in the garrisons of Cor
many who makes a complaint IL sent
to the front. Any soldier at tho front
who makes complaints is placed intfh4,
most dangerous positions. In this way
Justice Is administered in the Gernaau
army"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
SPY SYSTEM SHOWS
GERMAN Cunning
Remarkably Clever Ruses Adopt
ed to Gain War Secrets
From Enemy.
STORY OF GOLD FRENCHMAN"
Wins fearful Sympathy From
Officers While Pursuing
Work for Kaiser.

MANCHESTER. ENG. June 30.-Thc
cunning OF the German intelligence
office in being able to keep spies in
France. and the method in which they
arc uncarthed is illustrated by this
story from France in the Manchester
Guardian:
Must have been a pretty village
once observed the intelligence officer.
Yes. Makes you hate the bally war.
doesn't it," replied the subaI;crn at his
side.
a French village had stood on the
spot Now all that was left we're a
few masses of tumbled bricks. with
here and there the remains of "A wall
showing its jagged outline above the
waste Of shell %craters. a little way
apart lay a great pile of masonry
where the chateau had stood. and lead
ing TO it could he traced the skeleton
of its once stately avenue of trees.
Blackened and torn by shells. they now
raised their shattered trunks and limbs
TO the sky or sprawlcd in ruin upon
the mud.
y scene Of utter dcsolation. There
was life enough. though. at the
chateau, for its cellars housed the
headquarters OF a British division. and
cars and motorcycles and orderlies
came and went continually along the
road.
Then. as the two officers watched. a
figure. different indeed from the alert
ones in khaki was seen moving slowly
TO and fro in what had been the
chateau garden.
What's that fellow" said the In
tclliEcncc officer.
oh it's an old French civilian.
Used to own the chateau. Huns shot
his wife. He buried some stuff there.
he says. Papers. all right, you know.
Got permission from the French and
from general headquarters TO come
here. Nice old chap. I've asked him
10 have dinner with us tonight"
I've got TO raise dinner somewhere
myself" said the intelligence officer.
"Righto. Well find you some"
Thanks. So long till then" was
the reply, and the intelligence Offices
went his way.
The old Frcnchman told many stories
during dinner of the coming OF the
Germans and OF their cruel blood lust.
and no one could withhold pity from
this worn old man with the look of
infinite WEAKNESS in his eyes.
Finally the intelligence officer rose.
s long. you chaps. I've got some
maps 10 do. Thanks awfully," he said,
and was gone.
Five minutes later he reappeared
with n sergeant and five men and
arrested the old F~rcnchman.
Happened to he at Bonn University
with him and recognized him. though
IL is a devilish good Disguise he e.
planned TO the others. Hes an actor
on the German stage and n deuced
clever spy he added.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
LIVING COST SCARS
PER CENT MORE
Meat Prices Advance on Govern
ment's Decree, Banning It
Two Days a Week.
ALL FoODSTUFF is HIGHER
People Suspect That Advancing
Figures Are Due to Work
of Spectators.
by &. r.

PARIS June 30.-The cost of living
in France advanced a further 90 per
cent Immediately on the enforcing of
the governments decree banning meat
on two days a week-Monday and
Tuesday.
The price Of meat has increased so
sharply that only wcll-to-do people
can now afford meat twice a day on
the five free days of the week.
Working-class people are finding it
difficult to obtain three meals a week
out of fourteen at which meat can be
put on the table. Ordinary cuts of
beef are up to 81 per pound. and NUT
ton and veal are only slightly lower.
Chickens are also selling at 81 a pound.
At the same time fish is at prohibit
tive prices. Salmon is 50 a pound.
while most of the coarser kinds of fish
are fetching so cents to 81 a pound.
What makes the food situation very
grave is that vegetables also have
scared to almost famine prices. New
potatoes are now % cents a pound. and
although old potatoes are quoted at 10
cents. hey cannot be found in many
districts of Paris, while those on sale
in the poorer quarters are scarcely eat
able. Macaroni and noodles cannot be
found on the market: all dry beans
have double in price, and rice is sell
ing at the unprecedented price of %
cents a pound A>box q sardincs that
sold for 10 cents in 1914 is now marked
SO cents.
POPULATION SUSPECTS
. SPECULATION IN FOOD
The Partisan population suspects
that this Ora We state Of THINGS iC Hua
TO INSCRIPTIONS speculation in food
stuns. and strong government action
is being clamorcd for. Eevery action
taken by the administration in regard
TO food is Immediately followed by an
ali-round rise. and whenever the gov
has fixed maximum prices the
commodities affected have almost COM
plctely disappeared from the market.
Only in respect of coal has the gov
taken strong action. The
situation for several months has been
that while not an ounce of coal has
been on sale at the coalyards, dress
makers. art dealers, c~lairvoyants. dane
ers and such people have been making
monstrous profits on coal deals. 1t is
one of the great mysteries OF Paris at
his momen how people who don't
know the difference between hard and
soft coal are able to make quick for
tunes in selling and promptly deliver
ing all kinds, while the general public
is going absolutely without. / can
vassed the big hotels on the subject
and found that they are all buying
their coal from mysterious people.
whose addresses they do not know and
arc paying 500 the ton, against the
pre-war price OF SIS.
To put a stop to this scandal. Sup
plies Minister Violette has just re-
ceiVed power to prosecute, imprison
and fine all people other than recog-
nized coal merchants for selling coal.
and also to punish people who buy
from Illicit dealers. AT the same time
every person in France in possession
OF more than one ton of coal must
declare ii to the local authorities, when
the surplus will he liable TO reauisi-
ton for general
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
Exchange nnttIc songs.

MILAN. June 30.-British and Italian
soldiers are exchanging battle songs.
and all along the line where the differ
ent soldiers mingle can be heard the
attempts of the Boche hunters strlv-
ing to master their colleagues song.
"Addio. Mia Bella. Addio," the favorite
song Of tho Italian brisades. is being
heard along the portion held by Brit
ishish detachments. while along the
Italian lines TITS a Long, Long Way
to Tipperary" is almost as much in
vogue as it was two years ago in the
trenches along tho western front.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
Youngsters
Are Quickly absorbing
Shirt

light. SO they climbed on board again
and got back TO port.
Making out SmotSe, we headed to-
wards it, and in IA little while up lum-
bers a steamer above the horizon, us
hosting the colors on an oar. She
looked like a sQuare-hcad tramp.
Finally she changes her course and
picks us up. And, believe me, those
scandinavian guys were the real stuff,
and gave us lots to eat. and we cheered
up some when we heard that she was
bound for the u. S. A.
But you should see us land. dressed
up in all kinds of sea rigs, borrowed
from the tramp's slop chest, us looking
ike going to a masquerade. Hitting
the beach. some high-ups get us all
together and we take passage for the
fleet at base No. = and get back again
to our old home.
And say, weren't VIC the real he
roes when we came over the
1 guess, yes-like "A circus parade swag-
gering up Main Street. with the rest
of the rubes looking on wild-eyed. We
had seen war all right, and right in
the eye. too! That's what / wrote
mother"
This was the kids story. Shift the
scene to the Dreadnought down a, he
base. These youngsters. talking 1t all
over amongst themselves, touching up
their yarn here and there and putting
on the final varnish in the letters TO
the folks at home, making the censor
work overtime reading the dope.
SUDDENLY DISCOVER
THEY HAVE BEEN CHEATED
But chewing it over among them
selves. the lads suddenly discovered
that they had been cheated. So they
organized a delegation TO wait on the
gunnery officer of the ship.
In the eyes of the young b~luejackets
who had just come In and are new to
the game the gunnery officer stacks
up highest. for he is in charge of the
shooting irons of the D~readnouGht and
is the whole thing. all the angels rolled
into one and m at that. With
the kids he has the muzzle voloc;ty
of a ffteen-inch gun and to the young
sters the skipper in comparison is just
a myth. some invisible power in gold
lace.
Now. the training given is most in
tcnsive in character; each man is made
to specialize as far as possible, and
every effort is made to perfect each
member Of tho crew i'm the work I
which he is assigned. The most likeI.
youngsters-even those who have never
seen anything larger than n twelve
bore shotgun-are assigned arbitrarily,
to start with. as gun-pointers and gun
captains; the hefty. strong. well-built
lads are made shellmen and leaders,:
men OF quick minds are assigned as
slGht-setters and telephone operators:
and these men are trained-traincd,
trained. instructed and cautioned. AL
ways drilled together. they are made to
feel that II any one Of them falisldown
In his particular job. the work Of the
others is spoiled. 1t is all teamwork,
like on tho diamond.
So this gang laid aft and waited on
the gunnery officer and presented their
case thuswise: o course. Mister. we
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