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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
GREENSBORO, IND.

Miss Mary Reagan returned Thurs
day after weeks stay at Camp Shell
by. John Poland OF Kansas has
been spending few days with friends
here. j.. .Mr and Mrs. William Roller
attended the funeral of Mrs. Fleming
Thursday at Richmond. !. Misses Hell
en- and Ruth Smith spent Thursday
evening in Richmond where Miss Hell
en- had her shoulder bone set. She
having dislocated while at school. !. :.
Francis Ellis enlisted in the navy
Monday and went to Chicago for train.
ing. Mr.. Carnine returned from Del.
aware county. Wednesday after a visit
with friends. Florence Ridge went
to Cambridge City Wednesday to be
examined for the army. Miss Carol
Breen who rebroke her arm is improv-
ing nicely. Mrs. Sarah Borton left
Wednesday to spend few days with
her sisters, Misses Martha and Eliz-
abeth Porter, of Richmond. The Red
Cross meeting was well attended.
There being about thirty ladies pres
ent. 1t meets every Tuesday. Every
one invited to attend
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
AMBITION
PILLS
For Nervous People

The great nerve tonic-the famous
Wendelrs Ambition Pills - that will
put vigor, vim and vitality into nerv-
GUS. tired-out, all in, respondent
people In few days.
Anyone can buy a box for only so
cents, and Conkey Drug Company,
Leo Fihe, A. G. Luken & Company,
and Glen Thistlethwaite are authoriz-
ed by the maker to refund the pur-
chase price If anyone is dissatisfied
with. the first box purchased.
Thousands praise them for general
debility, nervous prostration, mental
depression and unstrung nerves caused
by over-indulgence in alcohol, tobacco,
or overwork of any kind.
For any affliction of the nervous
system Wendells Ambition Pills are
unsurpassed, while for hysteria, trem-
bling and neuralgia they are simply
splendid. Sixty cents at Leo Fines, A..
G. Luken & Company, Glen Thistle
thwaite. Conkey Drug Co.. and dealers
everywhere.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
To Dedicate Indiana
Annual to Soldiers

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 1.-THE
'tArbutus," the senior annual of In
diana University, will be dedicated to
the former Indiana University stu.
dents who have joined the colors.
When dedication petitions were called
for only one was submitted and that
was for the Indiana University sol
0iers.
It was the first time In the history
OF the university that there had been
only one candidate for the honor of
having the "Arbutus" dedication. Here
tofore there has been much rivalry be.
tween the different departments OF
the university.
More than 500 men in the school
now are in service, many of them
being in France.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

body builds railroad back to Ten
nessee. Use European TO- life
"Parlez-vous francais?" l inquired
mo sab, stevedore." he replied.
Whats your particular objection tc
the ocean?
1.-The scenery is rotten Sylvester
explained. And couldn't keep moth
in on my stomach except life-pre
server
Get plenty to eat here?
eyes, sab. Uncle Sam feed US all
right. But chicken is mighty sca'ce
/ amt had no chicken since landed
l amt even seen no chicken walkin
around nobody's back ya'd'
Have you made many friends over
here?
Just Walked Away.
"'Boss, these French niggahs amt
no good. l saw one today with rings
in his eahs. asks him TO- cigarette
and he jes' walks away. done heah
him say somethin' but it didn't have
no meanin'. They weah little red
monkey hats and they Is just plum
ignorant
Maybe he was Senegalese?"
plum no count niggah. Use even
seen 'em ovah heah with whiskahs.
But they couldn't speak the English
language SO you could understand 1t
a-tall. Plum ignorant. That's what
I says
IF you had to do it over again, would
you enlist?"
"'Boss, when I made my mark on
dat enlistment papah, no one toP me
about all that watah in this Atlantic
ocean. If they had. Id still be in
Nashville, Tennessee, U. S. A
Sylvester Bogus Johnson was some
what more pessimistic than most OF
his dusky colleagues. 1t isn't at all
hard to imagine that one is visiting a
lower Mississippi river landing in the
southern part Of the United States as
one sees these negroes in long single
file carry box after box Of provisions
for Uncle Sans men from the big
steamers. They sing the same plan
tation melodies, shoot the same bones
and shuttle the same darby dances.
Blue Caps Pleased EN-.
Their attire is almost as pictur-
esque as that of the Senegalese, to
whom Mr.. Johnson objected to so
strongly. They wear the uniforms
formerly issued to the army before the
khaki was adopted. Those who were
fortunate enough to draw the old style
light blue artillery overcoat with long
cape and scarlet lining were particular
ly we'll satisfied. The negroes are
comfortably housed in barracks near
the docks. Their rations are the same
as those issued to the fighting men
and while their discipline is not so
strict, the hours of duty and routine
are much the same.
The American Y. NJ. c. A. plans to
look after their social welfare in just
the same manner that it cares for the
white soldiers. A hut for the use of
the stevedores is being constructed. 1t
is to have electric light, moving pic
ture machine. a piano and facilities
for writing. A negro secretary, a col
lege man, will cooperate with the
white secretaries in provind amuse-
ment and recreation for the men. He
has announced that he will write let
tiers for all who are unable to write
themselves.
THE negroes already are planning
show for the benefit of a fund for
French wounded 1t will be staged
as soon as the hut is completed. Amer
lean officers and men at this port are
speaking for tickets, for 1t is known
that there is much real darby talent
in the stevedore regiment"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
LACK OF FOWLS
IN FRENCH TOWNS
B0THERS NEGROES
Stevedore Regiment Enjoys
Life in Seaport Town, How
ever-Tribute to Columbus

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Though they
bswail the lack of chickens in the
backwards of the French-and on theil
menu-the members of a regiment Of
American negro stevedores in France
have danced and sung their way into
the hearts of the French population
In the port where they are stationed
Warm-heartedly they are already
planning a show for the benefit of a
fund for the French wounded.
Telling Of their work and play and
thoughts, Howard Kahn, IN an article
sent to the National War Work Coun
Gil of the Y. NJ. C. A., speaks Of them
as the Wars Minstrel Show" In
spite OF their strange surroundings, he
says, they carry on their work as US
ual. They shuttle the same dances,
and sing the same plantation melodies
as at home.
Call EN- French Niaoers.
They have no use for the Senegalese
French niggers" they call them
because they wear monkey caps. have
rings in their ears and don't talk
sense" The native wit and constant
good humor of these stevedores have
made them JOY and delight to the Of
ficers and men who come in contact
with them. Moreover, they are living
up to the best traditions Of the Ameri-
can negro.
Writing from a port in France. Mr..
Kahn says:
Its against the rules to mention
names when you write about enlisted
men Of the American Expeditiorary
Forces, but even the hardest-hearted
censor will admit that no military Sc
cret is divulged in this interview with
Mr.. Sylvester Bogus Johnson, OF Nash
vile. Tennessee, member OF regi-
ment of negro stevedores.
"Mr Johnson was standing on the
dock looking over an expanse OF salt
water such as he had never seen at
Nashville. He started the converse
ton without any preamble from me.
Tribute to Christ.
"'Man, Mani he said, 'Christopho
Columbus suah must of had some
guts!'
"'You don't like the ocean. them?
Not me, boss, Use pale from nah
trip yet. Use been an American all
NAH life. But unless this yere At
lantic ocean freezes ovah and some
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
To Haue Smooth, White,
Soft Skin All Winter

Does your skin chap or roughen easily
N this weather, or become unduly red
or blotchy? Here is a quick, easy
way to overcome the trouble and keep
your complexton beautifully white. smooth
ounce of ordinary ,nercoiixed wax at the
nearest drugstore and use a little before
retiring. as you would cold cream. Upon
arising, remove the coating with sudsy
water. The wax, through some peculiar
al a.tf hin necks on the rough, discolored
comes of Just like dandruff, only in al
most invisible particles. Mercolized wax
simply hastens Natures work Used as
required, 1t keeps the face constantly free
from devttalized scarf skin and only the
healthy, youns-looking skin is in evidence.
us the best treatment known for wealth
erboatan, aged, muddy. freckled, pirnpled
anS all unbeautifui compilations.
some skins wrinkle easily In winter
fheres an excellent remedy in a harm
less wash lotion made by dissofvine an
ounce OF powdered saxoite In q half pint
witch hazel This win quickly eradicate
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
TO TUNNEL JAP SEA

TOXIC, Dec. 1.-THE Government
Railway Board has decided to tunnel
the Shimonoseki Straits, the western
outlet of the Inland Sea, says an an
nouncement. The tidal current through
the straits Is unusually rapid making
navigation difficult and at times i'm
possible to all but the most powerful
steamships. The length Of the tunnel
will be six and half miles. It viii
be operated by electricity and will
cost 100000 yen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
Hoosier Happenings
OLD AT BUSINESS

Goshen. 80 years old, and Mrs Sarah
Conner, n years old. of Elwood, were
married here by a justice Of the peace.
Mr.. Hare said he was carpenter and
that he has been married four times,
losing his last wife March last. His
fifth wife said she had lost five hus-
bands by death.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

Mrs. Walter B. Spielman, of Free
port, H.. bought $50 Liberty bond
with buffalo nickels, and Clarence
Geiger. Of the same place. bought a
bond with $50 worth Of Lincoln cents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
aRoopEp OVER DRAFT

RUSHVILLE, Dec. 14.-Walter Ora
ham. % years old, is dead here as the
result OF a bullet wound inflicted three
months ago with suicidal intent. It
is said Graham brooded over being
selected for military service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
FOR A COMPLETING
PICNIC, USE :'GETS-IT''

Pain Eases at Once, Corn Just Dies!
Do your corn-ridding easily, with
smile,-the banana-peel way. That's
the "Gets-It" way,-the only way
your corn or callus comes off complete
as though 1t were glad to get off.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
ASKS $4,000 ALIMoNY

LAFAYETTE, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Isa-
bella Kurtz Loeffler, who comes from
a prominent family here, has filed suit
for divorce from William Loeffler,
Chicago business man, asking $4,000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
BURNED TO DEATH

HAMMOND, Dec. 14.-Mrs.s Stacia
Kurasy was burned to death in an
explosion which resulted from her
pouring coal oil on fire in a stove
in her room.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

"Gets-It" has cured more corns than
all other remedies combined. It's as
sure as the sunrise, and as safe as
water. Used by millions. Don't take
a chance with your feet, you can't
afford to experiment with unknown
mixtures when you know "Gets-It"
never fails.
''Gets-It" will remove any corn or
callus. Wear those new, stylish shoes
Or pumps if you want TOGO ahead
and dance. Demand "Gets-It"-throw
substitutes back on the counter! CSC
is all you need pay at any drug store,
or it will be sent direct by E. Law
renee & Co., Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Richmond and RECOMMENDED
as the worlds best corn remedy by
Glen Thistlethwaite, A. G. Luken &
Co., and Conkey Drug Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

alimony and an allowance Of $3.50
monthly for the remainder Of her life
She charges him with deseruon and
statutory offenses.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
ENEMY ALIEN RESIGNS

LAPORTE, Dec. 14.-Joseph Bates,
Michigan City councilman has tender
ed his resignation, because he was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

classed az an enemy alien. Mayor
elect Miller, also an alien, is preparing
to take his office the first Of the year
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
CLUBS RABBIT, SHOOTS SELF

CLUBS RABBIT, SHOOTS SELF
MUNC1E. Dec. 14.Guy Greenwalt, a
young farmer, used his gun as a club
and Struck at a rabbit. He shot him.
self In the leg when the gun was dis.
charged. He was brought to hospital
here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14
NEWCASTLE ayr ORGANIZED

NEWCNS C w ORGNNTZED
NEWCASTLE, Dec. 13.-The New
castle Young Mems Christian assoc
iation has been organized here with
$50 members.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

TTERE is Christmas gift
that is essentially prdcH-
edl-it will please your
family more than if your money
had been spent less wisely.
The beauty of this all.weather
car IS greater than its design and
fashionable hnish--it lies in the
fact that the good from your
Christmas expenditure is testing.
Your family needs this car
with its weather projections and
accommodations to help them
live a more efficient life. to save
time and energy.
And you need it in countless
business ways.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-14

In appreciation of the very satisfactory Silk and
Wool Dress Goods business this year we have de-
cided to share the profit with our many very loyal
customers by giving every one chance to buy
their Xmas Gifts at saving of 10 percent dis
count on every piece of Silk or Wool Dress Goods
and Coating. Except on such goods that are at
greater discount
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
NOT A SQUARE DEAL.

A retired farmer of southern Ne braska moved into village to spend the latter days of his life. Soon after he was solicited to sign petition for a man who wanted to open saloon. He refused to sign, and. when asked for his reason replied that the town did not treat the saloonkeeper fairly.
 The applicant for license had heard many other reasons. but never having heard that one. he asked the man to explain.
 The explanation was like this You want to start your saloon for the benefit of the town. don't you?" ''Yes, ' replied the would-be saloonkeepcr. You think 1t will bring trade to the town and improve business, don't you?" Yes" said the man who want ed the license. Well" said the farm CT. If your saloon will help the town, draw trade. and improve business, they ought to give you bounty in stead of making you pay high price for the privilege of starting a saloon"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
LISTEN TO COMMON SENSE.

Does not common sense show you that you would be better of to buy the liquor and not drink 1t. than you would to buy the liquor and drink it? If you buy the liquor and don't drink It, the liquor man has the money, and you pay the license just the same and you have lost nothing except the money you have paid out for the liquor. It is true the money Is gone and the liquor is gone; but If you buy the liquor and drink it, the money is gone, the liquor Is gone, and the man is gone; hence, common sense says the liquor traffic doesn't pay anybody except few men who sell 1t. But how long shall thou sands of people be made enormously poor In order that a small preferred class. who are doing absolutely noth- ing for the welfare of humanity, may be made enormously rich ?-Mary Har- ris Armor.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
TRAINING AND DRINKING.

Can we imagine any sane present. day trainer telling his team or crew that they need not bother their heads about the amount of beer or wine they take during training? With most of them 1t Is case of the less the bet ter, md none best of all If this is true of physical energy which, after all. is the crudest form of energy, what train of reasoning leads us to ig- nore the effect that alcohol, in its vari- ous vehicles, has on the intellectual and psycho-physical powers of the man in our midst, who Is training for the great game. or battle of life, in which he shortly is bound to engage? Prof. q. Sims Woodhead.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20

Potatoes were never so cheerfully admitted to be fattening as at $5 a barrel.-Boston Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
Billie Burke in
 GlOHQ'S Romance
Gloria Succeeds in Escaping From Gideon Trask's Ship Shown Wednesday,.

Chapter Is, "The Murderer at Bay" -Gloria Stafford upon being taken prisoner aboard Gideon Trask's baroe. alter she has followed the man she believes to be the murderer of Rich ard treneau, her fance, watches and waits for an opportunity to escape. She assists Nell Trask about her household tasks and when the two girls are folding up a table cloth, Gloria suddenly flings the cloth over the head of Nell and later binds her securely to chair Gideon, who has been on edck, hears the noise of the struggle below and comes down to in- vestigate
 Gloria attacks him with a red hot poker and finally succeeds in tieing him up also. Jed, deckhand, comes to the rescue, but Gloria trips him up hastens on deck, slams down the hatch and donning an oil skin coat and hat leaps down into dinghy attached to the barge by rope, and makes her way to shore. Arriving on shore Gloria commanders an automobile and speeds away toward her country home. Doctor Royce and Pierpont Stafford, meanwhile, grown nervous over Gloria's absence from home imagine that she may have gone ur to the Stafford home in the country and motor there to seek her.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Beginning Monday, February 9th, 1917, I will meet the property owners of Nevada County at the various places below noted for the purpose of collecting taxes fer the year 1916. All taxpayers are requested to bring their last tax receipt.
 Falcon, Alabama, Wednesday, Feb ruary 21.
 Fuller's Store, Parker, Thursday, February 22, a. m.
 Bodcaw, Parker, Thursday, Febru- ary p, p. m.
 Bodcaw, Parker, Friday, February 23, a. m.
 Sutton, Albany, Saturday, Febru- ary "A.
 Laneburg, Albany, Monday, Febru- ary 26.
 Emmet, Emmet. Tuesday. February 27.
 Boughton, Doughton. Wednesday, February 2S.
 Prescott, Missouri, Thursday. March l, to Tuesday, April 10.
 After April 10th, the books will positively be closed. All taxpayers who do not pay their taxes on or be- fore the above date will be compelled to pay the penalty as prescribed by law. SAM E. MUNN,
 Sheriff and Collector.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
1tlaAlRgEggglgzgnst AESaagZgEyUT11S
 1EA& &A-
"LIQUlD BREAD"

This true story about the "harm- lessness" of beer is told by the Tenn perance society of the Methodist Episcopal church:
 "Some time ago an advertisement asserting that beer is liquid bread and temperance drink fell under the eye of man who had never taken drink in his life. He was a me chanic, making good wages He had a wife and two children. owned his home, and was in every sense of the word man of strong character and of worth to his country.
 "The liquid bread temperance drink converted him to the use of beer. In time he introduced it into his home.
 "Some months later he returned home after an absence of three days. When he entered the house he was 'beer-drunk'- '-soggy, stupid, brutal with the brutality that delights in pervert- ed forms of cruelty
 "When he entered the living room something angered him. It may have been the reproach he read in his wife's face. He knocked her down, went on into the bed room where he found his two children asleep, cut their throats, and when his wife. hav- ing recovered, entered the door and screamed knocked her down again and crushed her skull, literally kicking out her brains.
 "This man declared that he had never tasted anything but beer in his life. There Is no reason to disbelieve him."
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
FAMILY AVOIDS
 SERIOUS SICKNESS
'' Being Constantly Supplied With
 lhedfOrd's Black-Draught.

veals Mcp5uff, Va,-'T suffered for several |his |hhIsfS, ,, says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, oi .tnnIp .as place, with sick headache. and rbedio rb,eR years ago a friend told me to try ,nS "SsI'SIas tH Black spraught, which 1 did. ,ina a lound It tQ be the best family medi, '"e TOT young and old.
 bn. , keep Black -Draught on hand all ,be Sns Ss now, and when my children feel q e doss ossa, ,s they ask me for a dose. and if ihev s,O s,eIi more good than any medicine sess Sf ir never lev, have a long spell of sick asSs asinn m pS our family, since we Commenced -'lrlg blaek-Draught."
 yep.sahsord pp.sedhisord's Black-Draught is pwel, aoise,aole, aiss s,, and has been found to res,s Ssy. lev weak ;. stomachs, aid digestion re. heaS.chho chhoigestion. coiic, wind, nausea ympto%ess yes sick stomach. and similar man 'lSs 1G been in constant use for more than . " n, years, and has benefited more ''s' ~ million people.
 BlasyHu yur druggist sells and recommends Nstsoo. t,aaught Price only 25c. Get
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The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-20
THE FASHIONABLE FIGURE OF
 TODAY

In the March Woman's Home Com panion Grace Margaret Gould de- scribes the figure likely to be most fashionable in 1917.
 "The fashionable figure is long and straight. All the puffs and ruffles have been pressed flat. All the short waists and skirts have been pulled down. There are no flares or protru- sions. It is slight and girlish, and vigor and dash go with it.
 Whether it is artificial or not, it doesn't seem to be. It is the figure of the capable young woman who can do things and enjoys doing them"