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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-23
SEES GREAT
IMPROVEMENT

Sharpshurg, Sid, man, age "a, nae
Asthma claims Dreco HAS cured
him.
GAS long as l live | expect to keep
. bottle Of Drcco in my heuse" write;
Mr.. Jno. L. Marshall, Of Sharpsburg,
Md, who is widely known and
highly respected By every one in h!<;
home town.
a am "a years Old" he continues
;'and when these spells OF asthma
would strike me l couldn't do any
work but just had to so to bed. No
one knows how l suffered (un!css
they themselves have asthma) ard
words fail to express the fec'.ngs
when il would seem that every breath
would be the last. also had 4 slug
gish liver and frequently had attacks
of vertigo My head would get light
and everything seemed to be swim
ming around, and spots would dance
before my eyes.
81 have been treated by many diff
fcrcnt doctors and have taken several
difTcrcn. Cures" but none did me
any good. I began taking Dreco last
fall ard it is remarkable the good it
has done nc. feel like different
person since taking six bottles. and
as long as | live you will frd bot
tic Of Drcco in NY house. | have rec
ommcndcd It to many people and
never miss 4 chance to say good
word for this splendid medicine"
"Drceo is made from the juices and
extracts of many different roots,
herbs, barks, and berries. Some of
these act directly upon asthma and
produce remarkable results. Being
pure herbal there is nothing in it that
would effect the heart, and that is
very important to asthma
sufferers Il also keeps the liver and.
bowels roving pleasantly increases
the appetite and builds up rundown
system and shattered nerves.
Go today and get 4 bottle Of i,rcco
from E. L. Allen and Company and
the leading druggist in other cities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-23
Die IN SUICIDE. ]. PACT
SYoung Womep Shoot Selves in Gaze
After Eating Elaborate Dinner.

Portsmouth, N. H.; March 90
! After they had partaken Of an eiaDo-
! rate dinner served in a booth inrEthe
rear of the Portsmouth Cafe, 4 Miss
Ethel Stanton, % years old, Of Gin
cinnati, Wellesley student, and Bliss
Fcegy Spalding, 20 years o., OF
Newton, Mass, noted athlete, ended
their lives last night - shooting
themselves through the head.
| Miss Stanton left a note, reading:
"Please notify the Hon. {. s. Malsh-
bury, johnson building, Cincinnati,
Ohio" -
About 6 o'clock last night the girls
entered the Portsmouth Cafe. Sud
denly at 1890 two shots rang out
through the restaurant. The wait
resscs rushed to the booth and tore
open the door. They found Miss
Stanton with her face and hard> o.
the table, but still graspinG in one
of her hands a 32-caIiber revolver
She had a bullet hole through her
temple.
Miss Spalding lay in a reclining
position on the scat, md she also
was shot through the ten7plc,. and
had clutched in her had revolver.
Both were unconscious.
Miss Stanton died in The cafe. On
the table in front Of her was Inc note
written in ink requesting that MIR.
Malshbury be notified. Miss Spald-
irg died soon after reaching the
Hospital.
Miss .Stanton's belongings indicated
that she was young woman of more
thar moderate means. H., po:I:at-
book was crammed with money and
checks, and Gil her person was found
considerable correspondence she had
received from Cincinnati bankers and
real estate men.
Friends Of the family say that
Miss Sparkling had been in the cmplov |
Of Miss Stanton for some time as a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-23

The State Board of Publ: Instruc-
ton at Richmond has appointed Prof.
0. L. limerick, principal of Round
Hi High Schools in Loudoun county,
to succeed U. G. Edmondson, whose
term expires in June, 1917.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-23
MAKES WAR APPROPRIATION

Senate of New Hampshire Authorizes
Governor to Sign Warrant foc
s50O,GOO.
Concord, N. H., Marc HIS BY
unanimous vote yesterday the New
Hampshire Senate authorized the
Governor to sign his warrant for
s5u0pO0 to be used in the defense Of
the State and to meet possible de-
mands for national defense. The
House, without a dissenting vote,
passed the measure yesterday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-03

Eng card, 600 Wolverine graduates
being on hand to cheer the re-entry
into Conference competition. Coach
Farrell has a crack squad at Urbana
and has hopes of carrying off the
honors.
University of Chicago swimmers
defeated Wisconsin, 80 to 20, at
, Bartlett gym. Sam WillistOn, Chi
cago, cracked the old record for I'M
der water swimming, but was pulled
from the tank unconscious. He was
revived in a short time.
The seventeenth annual tourna-
ment of the American Bowling Con-
gress opens tonight at Grand Rapids,
Furniture City fives being first teams
on the alleys. The tourney will con-
tinue "a days without a break in the
schedule.
A wire story a few days ago told
of the passing from boxing Of the
last fighter, actually engaged in the
game, who was in the ring in the old
days Of real fights and real fighters.
AID WoIgast, suffering from a men,
tai and physical breakdown as the
result of his years of activity in the
squared circle, probably never will
don the gloves again.
Go back seven years. Wolgast in
1910 was a clean, 1.-THE, muscular lit
tie fellow, a boxer who never tired,
a hard hitter, a wonderful fighter.
The Ii0htNWei0ht champion was
Bat Nelson, the greatest bear for
punishment the world had ever seen.
Nelson's system of fighting was to
permit himself to be slugged, bat
tered and pounded around the ring
until his opponent was worn out or
until he had broken his heart slam
ming away at bleeding face.
Wolgast and Nelson were matched
for 45-round fight in California. 1t
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-03

He blundered forward, swinging with
both hands.
WoIgast met him cooIIy and de-
iberately and pounded away at the
Danes disfigured face, cutting it to
ribbons
Ten, twenty, thirty rounds passed.
Nelson still numbered forward after
his elusive antagonist, paving and
swinging. Thirty-fve rOunds-Nel-
sons face was a huge blood clOt. One
eye was entirely closed, the other
was a narrow slit. His nose was
iattened, one ear was half torn loose
and his body was a mass Of bruises.
Wolgast was still cool and conf
dent. AS his soggy gloves met the
bleeding face the ringside spectators
were showered with blood.
In the 39th round Nelson for the
first time in his life began to give
ground.
In the fOrtieth the spectators
hOwled at Ed Smith, the referee, de-
handing that he stop the fight.
Smith looked appeaIingly at Mel
sons corner in hopes the sponge
would be thrown into the ring. When
his seconds took no action Smith
stepped between the fighters and
raised WOlgast's hand.
There was a new champion, but
the old champion had lost his title
standing on his feet fighting every
second. Then he staggered into his
corner while Wolgast left the ring.
Wolgast later lost his title on a
foul to Willie Richie and afterward
engaged in almost weekly bouts. His
health failed, but he continued to
box.
Then the superb constitution gave
way-Ad WOlgast had passed.
BURNED BY CHEMICAL BLAST
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-03

BURNED BY CHEMICAL BLAST
DR.. VIM. D. McNaIly, coroner's
chemist, 3741 N. Harding .av., had
left side of face and neck badly
scorched yesterday afternoon when
chemical mixture with which he was
working exploded.
Deputy COroners Ostrom, Kennedy,
and Webster smothered his burning
clothes with coats.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-03
1T PAYS
TO
ADVERTISE

WITH the approach of the
w Fall and Winter season,
come the desire and neces-
sity for the purchase of new
and different kinds of goods
for every department of the
household.
An entirely different regime enters the
homes of the people, apropos to the de-
mands of the season, and they naturally
seek the best places to secure the necessi-
ties and luxuries they want and need.
No matter how complete or at what prices
a merchants stock of goods may be-; no
matter what bargains he has to offer; no
matter how anxious he is to serve you, the
people who buy and who create the demand
will never know it, if the merchant or busi-
ness man don't tell them, through the only
relieble and sure medium at his command,
that of REAL LIVE NEWSPAPER.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-03
The Lakeland
Evening Telegram
BEING THE ONLY DAILY PAPER
IN POLK COUNTY

Going into 90 per cent. of
the homes of Lakeland and
vicinity and to practically
every postoffice in the coun-
ty, every day will carry your
message to thousands of
people; people who BUY,
people who are looking for
the BEST PLACESto buv.
Don't let these people be induced to 90 to
other cities and spend their money. LET
THEM KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE nv CON.
SLANT ADVERTISING! That's the ONLY
WAY. and you'll find that
Telegram Advs. Bring Results
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
BIG PHILIPPINE. SUGAR CROP
Modern Machinery, supplantlng Hand
Labor, Results in Planting Of
Immense Acreage.

The Philippines are like most of the
sugar cane growing regions in that the
available labor supply is comparatively
limited. To overcome this, the tractor
and modern power machinery is being
introduced. AS this does not pay on
the small plantations, the custom is
for one organization to operate sew
eral hundred or thousand acres, and
well-organized system is involved
throughout the year. Labor-saving de-
vices are employed wherever possible.
The first process in harvesting sugar
cane is stripping the leaves from the
stalks, an operation requiring much
time and labor, as this must be done
by hand. A cane knife or bolo is used
by the native lahorer. who passes the
knife down each side Of the cane,
knocking off and throwing them into
the middle of the row, where other La
borers pick them up and load them
to be hauled to the mill.
Sugar cane milling under modern
methods may be divided into four es-
sential processes, namely, the extrac-
ton of the juice from the cane, the
Qualification of the juice by boiling, the
evaporation of the juice so as to re-
duce the sugar to the crystalline form,
and the freeing of the sugar from
impurities. The most modern ma
chinery for all operations is fast being
installed throughout the Philippine is
lands, and American consumers may
look forward to securing the bulk Of
their sugar from these distant dots
on the Pacific, which owe their de-
velopment to American capital and
American leadership.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08

every single minute this time she
promised.
So off toj the hill they wenE.i
Francie running to keep up with
her. sisters quick walk. She Thought
it was lovely to be going UP, ON
the hill with Elsie and Sally and
Bob.
She made UP her small mind
that she would try to be as much
like a big girl as possible, so
that they would always let her go.
AT the top of the hill Rob and
Sally were waiting. 1.-THE horses
are ready. Rob cried, and I see
you have the COLT T
He led the way to a little cIump
OF trees. Yes. the horses are still
standing, he said. ELSIE, here lis
yours. and there are mime and
sally.s.'.
Francie looked hard. She could
see some SLIM little trees, but
no horses and NO colt, and her eyes
grew big with wonder.
Rob jumped and caught one of
the little trees up as high as he
could reach and bent it over nearly
to the ground. Here Elsie, he
, said, will help you on
Elsie took her seat ON the bent
down tree and caught hold of two.
of the branches to use as a bride.
Then Rob let go and the tree
spramg back. Elsie bent forward
and came down, then rose again,
shouting and laughing. 1t was WON
derful.
In a moment more Sally and
Rob were doing the same thing ON
two other little trees. Then Flrams-
cie knew what they meant. The
little trees were their horses.
my horse, she cried. Where is
my horse. -.
The riders looked down. sob, we
forgot, Rob said, Francie is the
colt, you know. Rum around. colt,
and kick up your heels and jump"
Thent'hey went ON swaying up and
down. riding like the wind
A big lump rose in Francie s
throat. "But must not cry" She
ljbhldylght. So she oegan TO rum
round among the trees She did
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
Theory That Doesn't Work.

"A great social truth, says the Phil.
adelphia Ledger, was enunciated by
the janitor of New York apartment
house, who had lost his job, he ex-
planned by his wife's Jealousy Of the
elevator girls he had employed and
was being sued by her for nonsupport.
Girls are girls" said this shrewd OBJ
server, "and you have to pay more at
tention to them than you do to men,"
The theory that women who go into
business should be treated "just like
men Is held by many, especially by,
the women themselves. It is an excel
tent theory, but 1t does not always
work.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
CORN BREAD

Stiff together three or four TIMES
one cup wheat flour, two cMps
yellow cormmeaI three teaspoons bak-
ing powder, two tablespoons sugar,
8one-half teaspoon salt. In another
dish beat am egg and add to
1T one and one-half cups milk and
two tablespoons melted butter, add
the safted meal and flour prepared
as above, beating rapidly until
the dough is smooth, after which
let it stand. Bake in a moderate
oven.| ..... /
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
FOR THO
! GHIEDReN
QUEER HORSES

ta
1t was vacation and the children
were tired of their play.
Mother, said Sally can't we go
up on the hill and ride our
horses. The sun is so hot and UP
there the wind always blows
Yes, said their mother, but be
careful and don't get hurt. You
may take FranHis with YOU but
You mustn't forget her in your
play. Elsie, you are the oldest and
! count on you to take care of
her." $500.
Elsie blushed. She remembered.
and she knew that mother remem
bered, many times when her little
sister had been forgotten. She took
hold of THE eager little hand,
II will keep her in my mind
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
WHY THE TREES LOVE THT
WIND.


A young tree stood at the edge
of a wood. 1t was springtitme and
all the trees were getting new
leaves, but this young tree was
still as bare as i'm winter.
One day when the Wind was pass
ing by. he heard sad, moaning
sound. He STOPPED and listened.
Them he heard a voice, all teary,
Calling to him.
What is the matter" asked the
Wind.
80 Wind, said the little tree,
what shall do. 1t is time for
my leaves to come out, all the
trees around have THEIRS
Every day the mem walk past
with axes, looking for dead trees
to cut down for firewood. They
pointed to me yesterday, and said,
was dead and must be cut
down soon.
But Wind, dear Wind, l am not
dead. cam feel my Leaves i'm
side, but can not bring them
out. Can you help me-"
Then the wind blew up and
down and this way and that
| way as winds do when they are
thinking hard of where to go
next. He felt sorry for the little
tree.
He had brought 1T inlhis arms
when it was a baby seed, and had
laid it i'm the soft earth, SO that
now it was very dear to him.
Listen. little tree, he said I'M
a gentle tome. Are you afraid of
being hurt. For if l help you 4
ITO be hurt will be Better
THAN dying" said the little tree.
must hurt you little"
No am not afraid"
Then the wind shook the little
tree, he tossed it's branches here
and there. and said,
Tomorrow shall come again,
and it will be much worse.'s
The mext day the wind blew fur
idusly. All he treetops bent und-
er it's weight The poor little tree
was BENT to the ground.
"Oh. oh, OH, she cried you will
break me, oh, wind, shall die
But she did not break nor die,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08

THE WAY TO FIND OUT
/ do not like to go to school, +,
I'd rather stay right here.
Upon the thay, and think about
Some things that are so queer.
1t seems so funny that the moon
Which looks so big and round /
Can stick up i'm the sky and nod
Come tlmbldng to the ground.
And then there is another thing
I wish some body.d tell,
Just how the turtle gets into
His funny little she'll
How can a tadpole that is just |
A little polIywog {
Keep changing all the time until
1t gets to be a frog. Is
There seems to be so many thinlgs
I don't know much about
Perhaps I'd better go to school
And then / can find out.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
Didn't Love Her Enough.

mo, Herbert" she said in low
tone, 1T is impossible. fear to trust
my future with you.''
"And why?''
Il have watched your conduct very
closely. It lacks the mark of such de-
votion as my soul Graves
DO I not come to see you four
nights in the week?"
Yes, but / have detected a calcu-
lating selfishness In your nature which
/ fear" N sas,se.
"What do you mean?'
you have never yet failed to leave
In time to catch the last bus"
But that is only common sense"
L know it is, Herbert, and, there's
fore, it is not love-"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
Il. ?. Petersen S
he H qqe sUile's
COFFEE CAKE

COFFEE CAKE
sift together two and one fourth
cups sifteil flour, three teaspoons
baking powder, ONE level teaspoon
salt, and two tablespoons sugar.
Beat the egg. add to the egg two
tablespoons melted butter and
milk enough to make one and ONE
quarter cups. Stir all together
with inverted spoon to shift batter.
Turn into a pam and spread even.
Brush LIGHTLY with melted butter.
SplinkIe sugar and cinnamon over
top and bake i'm moderate oven.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08

not know .act.y l,s colt
ought to act, and ~ and by she
stopped and held up her hands.
Why, the poor little thing. said
Sally, Elsie, YOU have the willlmg-
est horse. take her ON behind you"
So i'm mhnlte more Elsie had
stopped her fiery horse and wan
holding it DOWN whtle Ftrancta
scrambled on. Franete had got we'll
in the saddle, all smiles, and was
holding tight, when suddenly Elsie
saw a four-Ieaf clover,
THAT makes five this week, she
cried. and made . sudden reach
for it that caused her TO let 60
OF her horse.
The horse reared higher and
more swdaftly than anyone had ever
seen him rear before, and he did
not come down.
Francie found her self way I'M
In the air, clinging to the slender
tree with all her might. and she
gave little shriek.
ssoh, Oh, cried Sally. see what yo
have done, Elsie Bail.
Elsie was already looking, and
wringing her hands as she looked.
stshe viii fail. she cried, oh Fran
Gle, hang ON tight. g
Keep still Francie, don't move
an inch. Rob called getting quick
i Iy OFF his own horse.
Francy kept very still and held
very tight. She did, mot even cry
when Rob decided he could mot
get her DOWN himself but wou1u
rum for Uncle Phil.
But Elsie caught hold of him.
I.sNo, 1 will go, she said. You are
stronger than ann you stay here
and catch her if she falls"
She ram through thorns and
EbrrambIes ON a short cut to Uncle
PhiI.s. When she found him and
! they came hurrying back, Francie
was still GLIDING ON.
What a brave girl, said big,
tall uncle Phil, as he stood ON a
log and lifted her DOWN in his
arms. Francie laughed, and Rob,
and Sally clapped their hands, but
Elsie hung her head.
Uncle Phil bent the tree down
again and swung Francie
into THE saddle. Then he stood
beside her with one hand ON the.
horses back, and she had a beau
tiful ride. She rode until her
cheeks We're pink again and her
eyes shining.
u will never forget her again"
Elsie was thinking.
And Franede whispered to herself,
.'Iam glad did not cry"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08

but sprans up again o. soon -
the Wind ceased.
When she could breathe asaa1.
ahe said, oh, now cam feel NJ
sap "a treas bloody you nnow) TUT
nMg up toward my a1ms. NaM
shall have my leaves, 49, /
f1em growing =
Ihef neNt day the w M3
came again, bue ne was anhcm sszles y
ler this time. When he was hhF4
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
Pineapple Cake.

E
Z slit together two and one-half
cups flour, three teaspoons ba ding
powder and pinch of salt, slit
three times. Cream together ONE
half cup butter and ONE and ONE
halp cups sugar. Have three.
fourths cup pineapple juice dilut-
ed half with water. Add flour and
JUDGE alternately to the creamed
hutter and sugar Add lastly the
whites of four eggs beaten light.
Bake i'm two layers in a Slow
oven,s and make icing by beating
one fourth cup grated pineapple,
white OF ONE egg and two cups
coafectioner's sugar until smooth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
DID you EVER KNOW SUCH 4

~ - = = = = - ~ - - = - -.
DID you EVER KNOW sUCH a
BOY
This Ia the story Of Mortimer
Brown u 1890.
Who was esnt BY his mother some
pyramids In town.
He was told to come back as quick
"a he could,
And earnestly promised his mother
he would. u. j.
He went DOWN the front steps
full three ct a time.
And swung ON the gate, for the
swinging was prime.
He teetered on all the loose boards
in the walk. 3
He met Jimny Brady, and Sat
down to talk,
He climbed up, the trunk Of big
tree that stands
Not far from his home, and he
SWUNG with, both hands.
He passed the cow-pastnre and stop
ped for stroll,
Climbed the fence and turned
twice on the very top poe.
Then he turned few handspring
as he went through the gras
And sat ON the fence to watch Pet
er Bates pass
With big flock off sheep, and
he got himself chased
BY the biggest black ram, and he
fell i'm his haste
Down the bank of the brook, and
lhe sat there about
Half am hour i'm the sum till his
clothes were dried out.
Then he gathered some berries to
eat on the way,
Till alarmed by a watchdog's deep
omimous bay.
Then he followed a rabbit as far
as he could -.
iUntH it was lost in'the depEhlbf
wood. ......
Then he was SO tired he sat down
to rest $3.50. !.
And fell fast asleep, with his coat
and his vest :.
Tucked under his head. then the
rumble of wheels
On the road walked him up, and he
saw Elmer Beals
Driving by i'm the lane, and he
climbed up beside
On big load of squaahes, and
had a fine ride.
And then oh, how sad, the list
mother wrote ;.
OF the Things he must get had
dropped out of his coat.
50 he bought some stick candy and
cookies, he knew
OF the Things mother wanted these
surely were two.
Then he turned hds steps homewar
and all of the way
He wondered and wondered whs
mother would say.
wonder if ever i'm country o I
town =.
You have known such a boy as
this Mortimer Brown.
WHY THE TREES LOVE THE
WIND.
A young tree stood at the edge
of a wood. 1t was springtime and
all the trees were getting new
leaves but this young tree was
still as bare as i'm winter.
1 n
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
DUTCH APPLE CAKE.

Stiff together three times two,
cups flour, two rounded teaspoons
baking powder, one teaspoon salt
and one-half cup sugar. Add one
fourth cup melted, lard or butter,
one cup milk or water, one beaten
egg. Stir ito a smooth dough, and
spread in a we'll buttered shall low
pan. Pare five apples, cut i'm
Fights removing cores. Press the
sharp edges of the pieces into THE
dough i'm parallel rows. Sprimk-
lie the top with sugar and cdlh
namon to taste. Bake i'm moder-
ate EN- until the apples are TEN
der. 1850.
Jelly RoI &. !.
Beat two eggs light, then add
one cup sugar and beat again,
add the grated rind of cine lennon
Sfft three times one cup flour, ONE
half teaspoon salt, and two tear
spoons baking powder and add to
the mixture. Lastly add one-third
cup scalding hot milk. Bake in a
buttered dripping pam, turn out
on q dump cloth, TRIM off the
crisp edges, spread with, jelly and
roll while warm. Dredge the top
with powdered sugar. Hot milk used,
Ia "a jelly roII enables it to lbe
rolled without breaking or cracks
ing. Have the milk scaIdinlg hot and
be careful to have the eggs and
sugar beaten together until very
light an1 creamy. Bake in a mod
crate oven.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08

POLLY ANNA
Little Polly Anna &
ALI the morning hour
Thought about her bonnet
With its new pink flower,
Wondered if the next day
Would be bright and clear,
Wished that Merry Christmas
Came twenty times year.
She looked witbomt the window
When teacher didn't see,
And watched a robin redbreast
Building i'm a tree.
And when the. time arrived at last
For Polly to recite, /
Will you believe. she never gave
A single answer right.
And on the record Pollyts name
Was for such FAILURE starred.
Was lit because as Polly Thought,
The lesson was SO hard