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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23

AGENTS-Scli transfer decalcomana naE
cmb!cms and initial letters. Every auto
Them while he wallis. charging 81 so. making
!l.a profit. No experience necessary. Sam
piex particulars free. Monogram Supply
Corirany. Desk S. Niagara Building. New
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MAKE $50 weekly distributing Victoria
Eon-G Glare Edison Mazda" automobile
mates expensive lenses. Sells for soc. Write
Victoria" Electric Company. Union Hill.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23

AGENTS-A I-ccnt postcard Will nut YOU In
touch with an SSn-a week proposition. sell
Ing aluminium utensils and snecialtes direct
10 the consumer. Don't lot ceNttstand no.
tween you and prosperity. Division 1876.
american Aluminium Manufacturing Com
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tracts. family remed:es perfumes. creams.
Premiums for your customers. Western
laboratories. Inc. 1919 Van Buren, Street.
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BOARDING

FIRST-CLASS accommodations rooms with
:. or without BATH table board: evening din.
: ner; Individual tables. Mrs. Horace Wexford
us East Franklin. Beautifully furnished
rooms. private paths. Best table board.
Ira nsent guests accommodated.
HANDSOMELY furnished room with prl-
Myrtle Anderson 200 East ECaaklin Street.
SOUTHERN. sscSnd floor. front Ee % , and
: Grace Street.
WOULD Ike 2 gentlemen boarders OF good
morals with private family in West End.
:Reasonahe rates. Phone Madison SPOOL.
COMFORTABLE room and board; table a
speciality. 9l6 West Grace. Madison S22s.
NICELY furnished heated rooms. second
floor. with board. 3O5 West Grace Street.
WANTED. as a boarder a single gentleman
yenIent to bath: In private residence near
late dinner. $50 per month. 3D." p. o.
NICELY furnished steam heated rooms with
- board. Food served scientifically in interest
of patrons at reasonable prices. 800 block.
West Grace. Randolph 3lt0.J.
WANTED, 4 gentlemen or 2 couples for nice
heated front room with board. 7l9 West
WANTED, occupants for a nicely furnished
room: lrst-class table. lW3 West Grace.
EOARDERS for 2 delightful rooms In pri-
< vnt.. family. Madison 1IsS.W.
TWO bedrooms. sitting room. private bath.
: for two couples. with board. 40 West
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POSTAL brings positive proof of remarkable
reprat-order proposition: an opportunity 10
own your own business: tremendous proats
Experience unnecessary. Equitable Corpora
10 20
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FOR sale--Grocery and confectionery store
Reason for selling, going In other bust
ness. Cheap rent. Address q 703. care
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AGENTS. make S25 to $50 weekly selling
just turn on gas; no friction, alcohol or
free Information. 81 for complete selling
ouiht. or 10 &c stamps for sample. Illumi-
nal Corporation. sc Murray Street. New
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W daily easy introducing greatest house
mold money saver. 1ust invented. Reduces
high living cost. Saves It's own, cost iirst
10 minutes. Sells itself in every house. Re
tails $500. Your commission sl.l0 Samples
gree; Ovee Ifg. Co.. IN Ovee Building.
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TAILORING agents. sell mems suits made
TO order. Cheapest and best line MADE.
Can sell every YOU Large sample
ou'h' free. Leeds Wooden MILE. CHICAGO.
away with high priced coal. Hundreds Of
pleased customers. Agents coming money.
Write to-day for exclusive territory. Sim
pick Gas Plants Company. Desk g. South
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WHNTFD-IInUy agents.
TRUSTWO GRITTY women make big none,
e In spare time introducing Priscilla fabrics
hosiery, dresses. underwear. specialize
among friends. Beautiful samples frec
Fitzcharles Company. Trenton. n. j.
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WANTED-Board and Room

WANTED, room with board by a lady in
y .West End. 10. care Times Dispatch.
WANTED. by couple with child (nine years)
II room and board, private family preferred.
q 7ss. care Timea. Dispatch.
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SERVICE TIRE CO.,
t1y WEST BROAD STREET.
MADISON 1853
SEE tho Natonai Auto Top Co. for seat
covers, top rel III
S7Ao alO Nes. Broad.
If YOU Wish to cell your car. see un we
=, can sell II: Richmond Auto Clearing
house. az North Eighth Street Phons
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
THE IDLE HOUR THEATRE.
Charlie Chaplin and Other Big Stars
ID Coming Attractions for (.
the Week.

Pauline Frederick, one of the
screens greatest stars, comes to the
Idle Hour tomorrow, Friday, August
"a, in the splendid Paramount pro.
This feature production has recelV-,
ed an elaborate production by. the
Paramount corporation. Clyde FITCH,
one of the worlds greatest drama-
lists, is the author OF this powerful
story. Prices Of admission and 10
cents to all shows.
Charlie Ghapn the greatest ate d #
Hour Saturday, August 25th, in the
Mutual comedy production, The
Cure This picture was made by
Chaplin under his contract with the
Mutual Film Corporation whereby
he receives $4,000 for. a single
years work. The Cure" has never
been shown in this part of Iowa be-
NEST comedy. Matinee at o'clock.
First night show at 1880. Admission
| both afternoon and night and 10
cents.
Dainty Ann Pennington, the fam
Gus little Broadway star, comes TO
the Idle Hour next Monday, August
9th, in Susie Snowflake, Para
mount feature Of high merit. This,
dainty little star has made tre-
mendous success in this photOplay
and Leon theatre goers will find it
an excellent entertainment. Miss
Pennington gives to the screen new
type of characterization in Susie
Snowflake" It's great picture.
Admission and 10 cents at all
shows.
Charlie Chaplin and Marie Dress1er
and also Mabel Normand, come to
! the Idle Hour Tuesday, August .28t TIL.
in the six reel comedy scream. Til
lies Punctured Romance" This has
been the greatest comedy success in
| motion picture history and continu-
ed to attract record breaking bust
ness all over the world where pic
Marie Dressler is great and Mabel
Normand is both beautiful and ire
mendously clever ''Tillies Pune
tured Romance is roar of laugh
ter from start to finish. Prices of
admission and 10 cents at all
shows.
Orris Johnson, the we'll known
Vitagraph star, will be the attraction
at the Idle Hour Wednesday, August
10Th, in the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon
feature, "The Light at Dusk" Blue.
Ribbon features are always good and
this applies especially to this master
production. 1t is splendid picture
and will undoubtedly attract good.
sized audiences. Prices of admis-
sion 5 and 10 cents at all shows.
Every Thursday, Mrs. Vernon
Castle, in the wonder serial, Pa
tria. Large audiences see each epi-
sode. 1t is certainly successful.
Coming Friday, August 31st, Mar
guerite Clark in Snow White"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23

Ronald Monroe, who is [. member
of Battery F, now stationed at Des
Moines, spent Sunday at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. o.: Mon-
roe III this city. His father accom-
panied him to Des Moines Sunday ey-
ening, driving up in their auto.
Bruce Townsend, OF Decatur City
returned Friday from a visit at Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo-, where he ac-
companied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Townsend, who will remain
there for several weeks, for the bene-
fit OF Mr.. Townsends health.
G. w. Sanger, wife and son Cyril,
returned Friday evening from Shen-
Iandoah, where they had been visiting
few days with their daughter, Mrs.
Jesse Alley. They brought their
home with them tor few days visit.
Mrs. r. ID. Avery OF Van Vert,
came Friday evening to visit few
DAYS at the home OF her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. b. Snyder, east or Leon.
Mrs. Avery recently returned from
Des Moines, where she was operated
upon at hospital, and is improving
in health.
Misses jeanette and Georgia Car
mean, Who had been visiting at the
home of their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Evans in this city, depart
ed Tuesday for their home at Ban
croft, Iowa. Their aunt, Mrs. Mayme
Baker, accompanied them as far as
lies Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Bowsher and
granddaughter, Miss Angie Bowsher,
Of Kansas City, MO-; are visiting y Roa at
sher, in this city. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
r. Bowsher and Uncle Bob Bowsher
motored to Modena, Mo-, Sunday and
brought them to Leon.
Lieutenant Geo. Brown Caster ar
rived Sunday from the Plattsburg, N.
Y, training camp, having received
ten day leave Of absence, after being
commissioned last week, as a lieu
tenant in the field artillery, and is
to report at New York City for as
signment on next Monday.
Miss Bette Schwenck, who is en-
ployed as stenographer with a firm
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and
who had been visiting her parents at
Bethany, Mo-, passed through this
city Thursday on her way to Des
Moines to visit at the home of Harry
Penniwell for a few days.
Miss Willah Gibson, OF near Car
den Grove, went to New Hampton,
Mo, Sunday for visit at the home
o. Ter uncle, U. G. Gibson. Her cous-
in, Donald Gibson, Of New Hamn,cn,
who had been visiting at the w. G.
Gibson home, returned to his home
at New Hampton the same day.
DR.. Will Bradley, of St. Louis,
Mo-, came Sunday afternoon for a
few days visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. p. F.. Bradley, in this city.
Dr. Bradley has rendered his services
to his country and has passed his ex-
animation and is expecting to receive
a commission and call in the near
future. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
Black Camel is Member of Barnes
Wild Animal characterized
MahOmet Khan Safely to
Hunters Camp.

Holy Moses, curious black camel
from the strange sunbaked desert in
the vicinity OF Mecca, is one of the
star attractions of the AL u. Barnes
four-ring wild animal circus, which
will give two performances in Chart
ton, Saturday, August 25th.
Mention the black camel and the
circus press agent goes into estates,
for about this rare animal is a true
romance, which connects the animal
with the sacred rites Of the fanatical
Mohammedan sons of the desert.
me capture and presenting to the
public of this unusual attraction
makes a good story. A party of hun
ters, VINO are ever seeking new fea-
lures Tor this mammoth animal cir
Gus, including J. c. Callahan, Major
British army, Robert Stanley. Hans
Zlmmerer, Adolph Hochmeyer and
Frank Winforest, travelled past the
city of Mecca and, while encamped at
an oasis one night, We're aWaled nv
the arrival of an Arab priest. The
priest. who was riding black camel,
refuge. ii
The priest turned out to be the
Mohamet Khan of the Ebu-Hanbal
mosque, who told an exciting story
about having to flee from the dwell
ing ing place Of the strange religious
sect to which he belonged. They hav-
ing unjustly accused him of breaking
tenet OF the Koran. When his life
was threatened he seized the black
Gamer, which was the subject of wor-
SNIP and which he thought would
protect him from the unjust accusa-
ton, and escaped on it through en-
envy country to the camp Of the
white hunters.
captain Callahan. seeing the value
the priest and black camel would he
to the Barnes Circus, extended shell
ter ana protection through many ex-
citing experiences, brought the Mo-
hamet priest, with Holy Moses, the
black camel. to America and they are
now with the circus. AS neither the
camel or priest can speak very good
English, their most interesting adj
venture is likely to remain undisput-
ed. But the sight of the black camel
ciears up Long supposed belief that
the black camel was totally extinct.
though once believed to be the moth,
er of all camels.
Holy Moses is only one of the 1000
animal performers to be seen in the
Barnes circus The only group of
performing pc camels, dancing and pos
ing horses, lions, tigers, in fact,
nearly every specie of animal known
TO mankind are seen in circus fea-
lures.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
Norton

At Oak Lawn, in mercer county,
Mo-, on August IA, 1917, at 3 o'clock,
it was my great pleasure to unite in
the holy, bonds of wedlock Mr.. Shell
don r. Norton, to Miss Olive M. Gray.
daughter of George H. Gray and
wife, all the parties of Leon, Iowa.
We have known the parents of the
bride for more than 40 years and
numbered them among our true.
friends. AS our life must be nearing
its setting, it came like benediction
to officiate on an occasion like this,
and will be an oasis in life's journey,
to go out with life itself The con-
tracing parties were neatly attired.
and their handsome faces are with
us still. Some one has said: .The-
man to. whom the Lord has given
good wife, has little else to ask Him
for" God bless this couple and give
them every blessing commensurate
with their future life and happiness,
is the prayer of my heart. We are.
not advised as to their future, but
presume they will make their home
in Decatur county, Iowa, to the Joy
of their many friends. God bless
them. ]. H. Burrows.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
To Seventeen Year Old Boys.

If the war continues until you are
u years old, you will be subject to-
conscription and service as a private.
II you take up the study of veterin-
ary medicine now, you can graduate
by that time and enter the service of
your country as professional man
with rank and pay of an officer, and
will be able to render far better SER
vice than you could IS private.
For particulars write Department s.
ST. JOSEPH VETERINARY
COLLEGE
st. Joseph, Mo.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23
Duncan-Hursey.
them,

Miss Sophie Hursey, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hursey of Line
vile, was married on Wednesday
noon, August 18th, in Leon to Cecil
Duncan, Of Pleasanton. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas N Duncan. The
ceremony was performed by Justice
Willard F. Stookey in his office, and
w. j. Springer and H. F. Hawkins.
The well and favorably known couple
will reside on the Geo. w. Shoemak-
er farm in Morgan township.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-23

Whv suffer from headaches when
properly fitted with glasses will cure
you OF them by taking away eye
straln. Eyes examined free. c.
Butler and see better.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19

the rest OF us, only paying our hired
substitutes a greater wage for taking
the risk we r too %cowardly to take.
That would men that we should
never have an army worthy of the
name and never do our share Of the
worlds war against autocracy and
Prussianism.
1t would mean more of the deadly
weakness that has hitherto invited
attack and nor OF the shameful i'm.
potence that has made the world
wonder and laugh at us.
A handful of mercenaries--is that
our idea of our solemn duty now?
. Who are the best soldiers this war
has developed? Whose courage, mag.
nifcent devotion and steadfast spirit
have been our chief admiration?
The soldiers Of France.
How much pay do they get?
Nothing, you might say. Two cents
a day for tobacco.
But they do not fight for pay; they
are not hired to perform their obi.
cation. They fight because all French.
men have always expected to fight for
the defense and the life of France.
TO put by the side such men an
American army composed Of men
that fight only for dollars would be
to disgrace our cause and paralyze
our arms.
Dull mon support such a project.
So do ignorant men, unaware of
Great Britain's deadly experience
wallowing in the same mire. But the
dull men and the ignorant men are
now the handiest possible tools for
the kaiser's agents in and out of con-
gress.
If they car put over their scheme
1t will be worth the equivalent OF a
million men to the German army.
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On Your Own Heads
s.... By RuDYARD K1PL1NG
lrbe farurc To heed this warning by Kiping has caused Great brta1n
untold suffering. Shall we also be phhdc
By RUDYARD K1PL1NG

Fenced by your careful fathers, ringed by your leaden SEAS
Long did We wake in quiet and long lie down at ease;
TTl We said of Strife, What is it?', Of the Sword, 1T is far
from our ken;'
Till we made a sport of your shrunken hosts and a toy OF your
armed men.
Ye stopped your ears to the warning-ye would neither look
nor heed
We set your leisure before their toll and your lusts above their
Given to strong delusion, wholly believing a lie,
Ye saw that the land lay fenceless, and ye let the months go ny
Waiting some easy wonder; hoping some saving sigh
Idle-openly ide-in the lee of the fOrespent Line.
ldle-except for your boasting-and what is your boasting worth
If We grudge a year of service to the lordlest life on earth?
x g X x
But ye say, 1T will mar our comfort. Yc say, 1T will finnish
our trade.
DO We wait for the spattered shrapnel ere We learn how a gun
is laid?
For the low, red glare to southwark when the raided coast-towns
burn?
Qight ye shall have on that lesson, but little time to learn?
x = x x 4
No doubt but We are the People-absolute, strong, and wise;
Whatever your heart has desired We have not withheld from
your eyes.
On your own heads, in your own hands, the sin and the saving
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19
BEAUTY.

Beauty is a human need-as much
a human need as bread and air.
Without beauty, mar can exist; but
he can scarcely live.
Without beauty, life is dwarfed,
twisted, misshapen; humanity be.
comes grabbed and miserable.
The lives into which beauty enters
are ennobled by its influence.
And there is beauty enough for all.
You don't need a fortune to buy it.
You couldn't buy it with the great
est fortune in the world.
You might buy pictures, but unless
pictures + bought with taste they
lose their beauty.
You don't need to travel to far
countries to find beauty.
1t lies all about you.
There lis beauty in the humblcst
home, if love rules it--far more than
in the marble palace whose atmo.
sphere may be false and proud.
There is beauty in devotion, in
service, in honesty, and 1t is unpur,
chasable.
There is beauty in contentment, II
it Is not squalid contentment.
You can find it in the workshop, in
the street, as well as in the home.
Let beauty influence your life.
And to find beauty, look about you.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19
States, should show themselves to be
either pro4German or towards. :

States, should show themselves to be
either pro4German or towards. :
1t is indeed a pleasure under cir.
cumstances like these to see our state
redeemed from the action of these
men by our governor wiring to our
president, pledging the support of
North Dakota in his efforts to pro,
tect the nation and uphold the honor
of the country he has been elected
president Of. And it is to be hoped
as the days pass on that the number
of what used to be called Copper.
heads, but who now nominate them
selves Pacifists, shall grow beautifully
less day by day as they may be more
and more convinced of the error of
their ways by letting their souls and
brains be illumined by the light of
reason. patriotism, love of everything
that has given us our great manhood
ana made US what we are, viz: lead.
ers of the worlds freedom.
As North Dakota in the recent ell
ectiOn gave a majority of her votes
for Mr.. Wilson for president, let us
all irrespective of partly give him
all the support in our power in his
present move to sustain our honor
and our independence.
W.. p. FUTILE.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19
BY C. c. LYON.

What has the United States navy
to offer in the way of a career for a
young man?
With a Estate of war existing be.
tween the United States and Ger
many at present, patriotism is at a
high pitch and thousands Of req
blooded fellows will join the navy
without a thought Of financial reward
or advancement.
But we will not always be at war.
Hundreds of young men are ll-
ready in the service. because they
have figured out they'll be as well, if
not better off, financially, than they
would not be in civil life.
Capt. John H. Dayton, commandant
Of the Norfolk naval training station,
has handled many hundreds of nava:
recruits. He knows boys from A to
z.
Conditions are becoming constant
ly more advantageous for the enlist
ed man." Capt. Dayton said.
"Any boy who ONE to a naval
training station has a chance under
the present regulations to become
eventually the highest commanding
officer in the navy"
The 100 early appointments to Ann
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19
Tabloid History Of United States
English Colonies Gradually Grow Together and Form Leagues
That Portend Revolution and United Nation ~

In 1907 at jamestown, Va, and in
1920 at Plymouth, Mass, the English
colonies were founded which nearly
two centuries later were to develop
the United States of America.
There had been a Spanish settle
ment at st. augustine, Fla, since
1865. In 1887 Englishmen had found
ed a colony on the Carolina coast, but
the settlers disappeared, leaving no
trace.
l., Spain and Portugal had colonies al.
so in Mexico, the West Indies and
South America; while the French COL
onized Nova Scotia in 1904 and found
ed Quebec in 1903. y
Dutch colonies at New Amsterdam,
now New York, Swedish settlements
in Delaware and French settlements
in the Carolinas were gradually alb
sorbed, until by 1864 all the coast
from Main to Florida was recognized
as English territory: '~.- .'"', ID
II France in the meantime was hold
ing the st. Lawrence and Mississippi
valley and the Great Lakes $50 ,at
" Virginfa's settlers we're mostly of
the English Cavalier class. They
didn't understand much about living
under pioneer conditions, and suffered
many hardships which the Pilgrims
and Puritans, in Massachusetts, more
severe climate, escaped. """@ '@i
Capt John Smith, one of the Virg-
inia leaders, was captured by indians,
and his life was spared at the, re-
quest of Chief powhatan's' daughter
Pocahontas, who thereby became our
first indian heroine. >''i.'. '''''. e..
Indians in the north taught colon
lists how to raise grain in the forests,
by ringing the trees so the sap would
mt flow and leaves wouldn't grow.
But these colonists also had dis
astrous indian wars.
From Massachusetts, colonists who
dissented over religion settled Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
A company of English Catholics es-
tablished Maryland, while Quakers,
under William Penn, settled Pennsyl-
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Lowest
Temperatures


Bismarck will do her "bit' in the
war.
No more loyal hearts beat any
where in the length. and breadth Of
the land than here. The city glOws
today with evidences of patriotism.
The Slope is solidly behind Prcsi-
dent Wilson in this crisis.
As more than q hundred years ago,
the citizens utter:
"A cry Of defiance, and not Of fear
A voice in the darkness, a knock at
, s... the door.
And a word that shall echo forever
! D. more"
These patriotic demonstrations
come too seldom. In the mateIfalism
Of the last decade, too little time
has been devoted to intoxicating true
Americanism in the hearts of those
aliens who came to our shores be-
cause life here meant happiness and
freedom of thought.
,.~t This war will Danish the hyplen
forever. 1t must weld us into a de-
voted, loyal and united nation. The
first duty now is to be Americans.
Americas tongue, her history, her in
situations and her customs must new
er be su%bordinated to the tongue,
customs or practices of an alien land.
{ An over indulgent government,
raising false standards of democracy
has permitted aliens to place their
racial predictions above patriotic
duty to the land of their adoption.
Today finds the nation more united
than ever in its history. The stimulus
of this day arouses the spirit of the
minute men and sends a challenge
alike to native born and citizens of
alien birth to uphold inviolate the
sacred honor of the United States.