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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28
KETCHIKAN FURNITURE
 COMPANY

Before you buy, sell or ex- change your furniture, figure with the Ketchikan Furniture Company.
 Front Street near the Electric Company's office.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28
At The GRAND Tuesday Wednesday August 2S-29
"The Prince of GrauStark'
August 2S--29
By George Barr McCutcheon

By George Barr Mc0utcheon
 Sequel to the Famous Picture "Graustark' fcatu~ag BRYANT wASHBURN and MARGUERITE CLAYTON
 Graustark is still fresh in the memory of all Theatre goers and the sequel gives promise of being better than the original The story takes with the of the young mil onaire Graustark who brides himself on his American lineage This young Prince to America to borrow millions of dollars his impoverished realm from the clutches of Russia He upses all traditions of his king dom by insisting choosing his wife.
 Comng-A special Blue Ribbon Feature in Seven Reels
 BLIND JUSTICE with than the usual amount of big included in one grand play circus for tn echldren views of Dan ish orphan asylum fashions all blend with the splendid cast players and beautiful scenes.
 powerful drama of the vengeance of outraged man. hood, against the society whose only god is law.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28
CARDS AND DANCING

The ladies of the C. L. A. s. will give a combined card and dancing party next Wednesday evening In Red Men Hall The drive will start at eight o'clock and prizes will be awarded. Dancing will commence at ten o'clock. Refreshments will be served. fifty cents. adv
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-28

Wednesday afternoon at the Catholic Rectory at two o'clock. All members are requested to be present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
Use ''Gets-It," Lift
Corn Right Off
ShriveIs, Loosens-and It's Gone

Just like taking the lid off-that's how
easy you can lift corn off your toe after
ii has been treated with the wonderful dis
cOvery. Gets 1t " Hunt the wide world
over and you'll find nothing so magic,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
CONTEST LASTED MONTHS
King of Carvers Disdained to
Work With Soft Wood.
His Masterpiece Sent to a Son
Living in Topeka.

Chanute claims the champion whit
tier of Kansas. He is A B. Baker, an
old soldier of that city.
Baker has been a famous whittier
all his life but until the past year
has never entered into any competition
to show his ability.
Last year another old soldier whit
tier went to Chanute. He believed
that he was more adept at the art
than Baker and did not hesitate to
say so. Furthermore he whitfield out
several unique articles to prove his
assertions.
Disdained Soft Wood.
"Old Man Baker snorted in dis
dain and set about to show his new
comrade few wrinkles in what could
be done with a pocket knife and a
piece of wood. He scorned such soft
wood as pine and used oak and wal
nut when he could get it. The con-
test has been going on for nearly a
year.
Bakers friends now claim the
championship for him from the fact
that from a thick walnut board he has
whitfield out a picture frame of IO4
pieces and Joined together so adeptly
that ne one has been able to tell
where the joints We're made
Baker presented the frame to his
son. Harry Baker of Topeka, an en-
ploye in the special agents department
OF the Santa Fe railroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a glass of Salts before breakfast
il your Back hurts or Bladder
is troubling you.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally. says
a well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain. get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then We get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism. headaches, liver trouble, ner-
Vousness. dizziness. sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys
The moment you feel a dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts or
if the urine is cloudy. offensive full of
sediment. irregular of passage or at
tended by sensation of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
a tablespoonful in a glass of water be-
fore breakfast and in a few days your
kidneys will act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice. combined with lithia.
and has been used for generations TO
flush and stimulate the kidneys. also
to neutralize The acids in urine so it
no longer causes irritation, thus end
ing bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
Injure; makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
HIGH HEELS PUT
CORNS ON TOES
Tells women how to dry up a
corn so it lifts out
without pain.

Modern high-heeled footwear buckles
the toes and produces corns, and many
OF the thousands of hospital cases OF
Infection and lockjaw are the result OF
woman's suicidal habit of trying to cut
away these painful pests,
For little cost there can be obtained
at any pharmacy a quarter of an
ounce of q drug called freezone. which
is sufficient TO rid ones feet of every
hard or soft corn or callus without the
slightest danger or inconvenience.
a few drops applied directly upon
the tender. aching corn stops the sore
ness and shortly the entire corn, root
and all, lifts right out. It is a sticky
substance, which dries the moment it
is applied. and thousands of men and
women use il because the corn shrivels
up and comes out without inflaming
or even irritating the surrounding It's
sue or skin. Cut this out and try it if
your corns bother you.-Advertise-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
NO OTHER GRAY
HAIR RESTORER
Is GUARANTEED
Don't Use Dyes Q-Ban,
a Simple, Safe, Sure Pre-
paration, Bring Natural
Color.

Here the one safe. cleanly. healthful
and certain way TO restore the ma ural
color to gray or faded. lifeless hair-the
one method IN perfect good taste and ac-
ccpted by Americas foremost people.
Q-Bau Hair Color Restorer will bring
all your hair back to its original. even
shade. and IT will be rich. glossy. lus-
trous and soft For women. Q Ban means
hair OF real beauty. For men and women.
Q-Ban Teaus the look of vitality. health
Simply apply Q-Ban like shampoo
Surely. wet your hair with Q-Ban Re
st"rer. Your hair will gradually and
evenly return to its natural. uniform
shade. Beware Of limitations Beware
too Of dangerous dyes and chemicals.
QBau IS all ready to use 1t is guar
anteed to be as harmless as the pure air
II ) sold under guarantee Of "satisfac
ton. money back. 1t is the only
guaranteed preparation for the purpose
i costs only SOC for a large bottle. at
ErUut Martin Drug Co, 129 Kansas ave.
Topeka Kansas Tel. OBS. and ell good
drug stores or write Hessig- Ellis Drug
Co Memphis Tenn.
Try Q-Ban Hair Tonic. Q-Ban Liquid
Shampoo, Q-Ban Toilet Soap; also
Q-Baa Depilatory Codorless) for remov-
ing superfiuous hair. Send for free il
Illustrated book of lectures. ''Ha-- Gull
ture. This tells how to take proper
care Of your hair Write today-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
TENT SITES IN TOPEKA
Adjutant General Martin Receives
Military Instructions from Chicago.

c. I. Martin, adjutant general, is in
receipt of a telegram from division
Headquarters at Chicago asking him
to locate tent sites. The telegram is
taken to indicate probably that the
government is sending like instruc-
tons to guard officers in all cities
where companies are located to pre-
pare for opening recruiting stations
10 swell the guards in all units up to
military strength
The tent sites. the officers are ask
ed to locate, will be used for drill
grounds for recruits, who will rema in
at the various towns until they have
mastered the initial rudiments of mil
itary drill Ninewood park with its
street car connections is believed to
be the best place for drilling recruits
obtained in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23

simple and easy as "Gets-It'' You folks
who have wrapped your toes in bandages
to look like bundles. who have used salves
that turned your toes raw and sore, and
used plasters that would shift from their
place and never get" the corn. and who
have dug and picked at your cOrns with
knives and scissors and perhaps made
them Dleed-just quit these old and painful
ways and try "Gets-lt' just once. You put
or > crops on, and IL dries at once
There's nothing 10 stick. You can put
your shoe and stocking right on again.
The pain is all gone. Then the corn dies
Q painless. shriveling death. it lOoseDs
from your toe. and off IL comes. "Gets-lt
Is the biggest selling corn remedy in the
world today. There's none other as good.
"Gets-It' is sold by druggists every
where. DC a bottle, or sent on receipt of
price by +. Lawrence X Co, Chicago, Ill
Sold in Topeka and recommended as the
worlds best corn remedy by A. c. klinga-
man x Co. The Rowley Drug Co Geo.
W Stausfield. BrUHt-Martin Drug Co, A
w. Lacey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
IN THREE-CoRNERED DEBATE
Il. L. VIII Meet Oklahoma and Colo
RADIO Universities.

Lawrence, Kan, March 23-De-
baters of the University of Kansas
made final preparations today for the
annual triangular debate of the school
with the Universities of Colorado and
Oklahoma Tonight a Kansas team
composed of Paul W. Schmidt, Edwin
Price and Joseph Harris will meet 4
team from Oklahoma and tomorrow.
Leland A Smith, John Donaldson and
Lyle Anderson will argue at Boulder,
Colo.
The question for debate is: Re
solved. That the principle of compul-
sorry investigation of industrial pur-
suits as embodied in the Canadian
compulsory investigation act, should
he adopted by the congress of the
United States" Kansas will argue the
affirmative here and the negative in
Colorado. Tonight at Norman. Okla,
teams from the University of Okla
homa and the University of Colorado
will debate the same question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
SHE'S CHAMPION TYPIsT.
Argentine High School Girl Writes
Seventy-Three Words a Minute.

Argentine, Kan, March 23.-The
Argentine high school continues to
claim the champion high school typist
of the state. Miss Elizabeth Dey.
junior in the Argentine school, won
the title by writing 73 words a min
ute at the state contest at Lawrence
She will receive a silver cup and the
school will also receive a cup given by
Governor Arthur Capper
Argentine also won the title last
year. Seventeen schools with fifty
three contestants were entered this
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
JUDGE WILL NOT HAVE
WOMEN ON HIS JURIES

Wichita, Kan, March 23.-Rich-
ard E Bird, district judge here, is
'agin" women on his juries. He
said so when Mrs. Amelia Dickson
was drawn. Judge Bird told Mrs
Dickson she need not serve. She
was the first woman ever drawn on
a Sedgwick county jury panel and
the court said it thought she might
be too lonesome among so many
men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
KANSAS GIRLS LOYAL
lola Maidens Want to Help If United
States Goes to War.

lola. Kan. March 23.-The' lola
girls. eager to do their bit for their
country. in event of war with Ger
many, have issued a public appeal
that provision be made to train them
as nurses and IN first aid measures.
1t is probab that some arrange
ment for the training petitioned for
will be made at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23

A great lot of regular
and extra size Summer
Vests in sleeveless style
with tape or lace tops
a wonderful assortment
of extra values at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23
Free Lessons mart Needle Work
Every Day-2nd Floor
The whole is blooming glorousy with Easter asho

Don't wait for the ineV-
liable Easter Rush next
week to buy your hat.
the styles for the
season are settled.
our lines are full
and complete
Really, one can get better Sc
lection Saturday than they
can next week
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Hot weather is here-Get ready for
ice boxes. Second Hand Store,
North Main Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pattee, of the
Amsterdam Enterprise, attended the
big Red Cross meeting in Butler Sat
urday.
Paul Levy left the last of the week
for New York where he will buy
goods for the Saml Levy Mercantile
Company.
Live and let live-by trading with
Black & Sons your dollars purchase
the most. Try them.
Earl Cochran, IS years old, a for
mer resident of Rich Hill, died at his
home in Webb City, Thursday, July
26, of typhoid fevet.
Farners-We carry work clothes
and shoes at prices that cannot be
beat in TOWN. Black & Sons.
Mrs. P. c. Voegtly, who has been
visiting her father, James Hurt, and
old friends-in this city, returned to
her home in Chicago last week.
You can own Douglas shoe for
5000, $3.50. $500, $3.50. The best
values anywhere, Black & Sons
Clothing Co. zs-"
Mrs. O. D. Stansbury and son.
David, arrived in the cety the last ct
the week from Okmulgee, Oklahoma,
ON "a visit to friends aud relatives
A High Art Suit will wear from
two to five years. To be convinced,
try one this, time, Black & Sons
Clothing Go. 25-ti
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Rook, Mrs. T1os.
Wainwright and MISS Mae VAIN
wright motored up TO Garden City
Sunday aud spent the day with refa-
tives.
20 head male PoIznd China shoats
four months old, weighing from no
TO 40 poands. g..
4o-2t kkke I1ute'
1-1 mile soath Old Mulberry.
Miss Alta Brown, of the Sand Levy
sales foree, returned the last of the
week from Noel, Missouri, wheRe she
I had been spending her vacation visit
mo her frttnd. Miss Maude xsGeen.
Telephcne man wanted for 'uouble.
Tine and construction work ON small
branch exchange. 4 -r
Coon Bros. Telephone Co,
x.-1t RantoM, Illinois.
Andrew Shane and daughtsr, Mrs.
T. D. Oshsune, who have been spend
ing some time at 'E Dorado Springs
for the benefit ,of M. Shane's health,
returned hone Monday. Mr.. 3hane' s
condition 10 not very much inEpToyed.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
Black g. Sons Clothing Co. 2s-ti


Harlie F. Clark of Harrisonville
has been ,reappointed postmaster OF
that town. ..}..u....
We back up everything I'VE sell.
Black & Sons will prove it.
Dr.. c.. J. Allen, of Rich He'll. was
"a county seat visitor one day the
last Of the week.
Genuine Fast Dyed Overalls, only
SIPS pair. Black & SoAs.
Jacob McKissick came down from
Kansas City to look after property
that he owns in this city.
J., and s-burner oil stoves, $3.50
up, North Main St, Second Hand
Store. t'es ".hi
Frank Robinson Of Appleton City,
was a business visitor to thus city
one day the last Of the week.
Miss Addie Hotzenpiller, of Otter
willie, has been employed as prneipal
of the Amsterdam high school.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. e. Bartlett lett the
first of the week for Horace, Ne
braska, where they win spenA a
month visiting neastives-
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
SHORT STORIES
OF Local Interest-cNpped from Our
Exchanges.

After struggling along for three
weeks Hume's two headed calf con-
cluded that life was not worth living
and died.
Burglars went to lot of trouble
one night last week to break into the
Schell City depot and after gaining
admittance found nothing worth
stealing. ....
l.. Mrs. Dick Grooms died at her
home in Dayton Wednesday, July
IS, aged 20 years, 8 months and 81
days. She had resided in Bates and
Cass counties for more than twenty
five years.-Adrian Journal.
Frank l.. Martin received official
notice from Capt. Barry in command
at Jefferson Barracks, in St. Louis,
to appear for physical examination at
Joplin, Thursday. preparatory to be-
ing sent to thf United States army
officer training camp, Fort Smelling,
Minn.-Hume Telephone.
Ed Calvin, over the Kansas line de-
livered some 1000 bushels Of new
wheat to our elevator last week. He
made the delivery in DENLY motor
truck, delivering some 500 bushels
daily, which is some improvement
over the old method of hauling by
horse and wagon.-Amoret Leader.
Mr.. Chas. f. Greenhalge and Miss
Lena Gutridge were united in mar
riagc in Sedalia July 10th. They will
reside in this community temporari-
ly and later expect to go to Kansas
City. They have the good wishes OF
their friends for happy and pros
porous welded life.-Montrose Re-
corder
Considerable activity is being
shown in securing oil and gas leases
in northwest Bates county. The firm
of Sowell & Evans OF Kansas City
lately secured options on zee acres
of land in West Boone township, and
it is understood will begin operations
at once. r. A. Cutcheon also Sc
Cu1e0 IcdSSo oil </o hNiSS VI A"A'o H.-
Howard township.-Rich Hill Re-
view.
The body of Henry l.. Thurman,
who died of apoplexy at his home
in Kansas City, July 22, was shipped
to Hume, Tuesday, and buried in the
Hume cemetery. Rev. Ed l.. Hunt
conducting short funeral service
at the grave. He leaves wife, Mrs.
Laura Erma Thurman. and four sons,
Benjamin H. Bryan, Robert L., and
]. W., all of whom reside in Kansas
City. Also four brothers, Z. H. and
William. Hume; John p, Wichita,
Kas., Anderson w.. Joplin, and one
sister, Mrs. Kathryn Seymour,
; Mound City, Kas.-Humc Telephone.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
Thomas H. Beaman Dead.

Thomas Henry Beaman, formerly
a resident of this county, died Mon
day, July 49, in Pueblo county, COL
orado, of apoplexy. The body was
brought to Butler Friday and taken
to the home of brother, Lawrence
Beaman, near lohnstown. Funeral
services. conducted by ]. NJ Shelton,
an old neighbor, were held Saturday
and interment made in the Johns
town cemetery.
Mr.. Beaman was born in this state
January 23. 1854, and was for many
years resident OF this county where
he enjoyed the esteem and respect OF
a large circle of friends.
He is survived by two sons, VIM.
Beaman, of Fowler, Colorado, and
Roy Beaman, of California;; two
brothers. William Beaman. of Vern-
on county, and Lawrence Beaman, OF
Johnstown. and one sister, Miss Mary
Beaman, of Johnstown, this county.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
According to the Kansas City pa

According to the Kansas City pa
pers. a marriage license was issued
in that city last week to DR.. John T.
Shadbourne, of this city, and Miss
Marjorie F. Scott, OF Steelville, Mis-
souri,. DR.. Shadbourne, is a dentist,
with offices with DR.. Lockwood, on
the north side of the square, and has
only been a resident of this city
few months, but during that time he
has made many friends who will wish
him and his bride long and happy
married life.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Phone C. w. Aahan at Adrian and
he Win write i 10 be effective at oaee,
In harss er stselss. le-sts
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

See Harry Van Dyke for short tern
insurance, grain in barn or stock. Al
so for insurance on threshing ma
chimes in barn or in operation. Cal
or phone 1I2. 42-3
The Denver star., 1917-09-08
PREPARING FOR
BETTER SERVICE.
Teacher students at Hampton
From Many States.
ABLE FACULTY IN CHARGE

Attendance Of Hundreds of Ambitious
Men and Women at Summer School
Of Popular Institution 10 Evidence Of
Its Widespread Infiusnes-List Of
Who's Who Among Thsm.
The Denver star., 1917-09-08
P|cEENS MAKES
LENGTHY TOUR
Dean Of Morgan College Shows
q Great Energy,
tAL0RS IN MANY FIELDS

Sapao'e Young Educator Foreaoe. Va.
cation and Responds With Aiaerity to
Call OF His People to Serve In I'm.
portant movements-To Address Ma.
aonal Baptist Convention.
The Denver star., 1917-09-08

and then entered the 4. and NJ. college
at Greensboro, n. c.. where he remain
ed until his senior year. and then he
came to Philadelphia. He landed here
without friends. but soon found EN-.
ployment in the hotels of this city. and
while working in this capacity he was
Inspired TO enter more dignified pro-
fession and found employment In a
Photographic studio. where he began
the study of commercial photography.
In order to have an opportunity of
acquiring the profession he began work
at So per week. but so apt was he in
mastering the details of the profession
when he left he was getting a salary
of So per week He later went to
Chicago and found work in the Rem
brant studio and made a study of cleo
trio photography. His first venture
was in Chicago. where he opened a
branch studio. which he kept for about
a year.
He decided to go to Charleston. w.
Va, where lie opened the Oriental Art
company. and the business grew to
such extent that agencies were estab-
lished throughout the country. He
married Miss Dora Davis of Danville.
Va, to whom he ascribes a great deal
of his success. The strike among the
miners in 1909 brought about such a
depression in business that he was
forced to seek a new field. and he then
returned 10. this city.
He stands high in his profession, be-
ing member of the Photographers
Association Of America, the Photogra-
piers Association of the Middle At
lantic States, as well as being an in
fuential member of the Union Baptist
church and Bethel lodge No. Al. one OF
the most prominent of the Masonic or
der. He owns beautiful country
home and other property here. Mr..
Foster is a man of rare parts and Is
one Of our most substantial men.