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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
DIPHTHERIA A DISEASE
OF THE WINTER MONTHS
Confined Largely to Children
Is Both Dangerous and Ex-
tremely Contagious.

Note.-This is one of a series
of medical articles for the home
prepared under the direction Of
the department of preventative
medicine of the University of
Missouri at Columbia. Similar
articles will appear in subse-
quent issues.
Diphtheria is a disease of the
winter months, according to DR..
M. P. Ravenel of the depart
ment Of preventative medicine
of the University of Missouri. 1t
appears almost entirely among
children. The disease is charac-
terized by the formation of a
leathery membrane which is
found over the tonsils and back
part OF the throat. Sometimes
the membrane extends into the
nostrils, and is in rare instances
seen in other parts of the body,
especially on an open wound or
where the skin has been broken.
The disease is extremely con-
tagious. Germs are thrown off
in the secretions from the mouth
and nose, and are found in the
membrane. The germ which
grows in the membrane forms
one of the most powerful poisons
known, and the absorption of
this by the general system pro-
duces general illness and death.
Occasionally, the membrane
forms only in the larynx causing
what used to be called mem
branes crop, but what is now
Known to be lyrngeal diphtheria
It is much more fatal than the
other types of the disease be-
aause the membrane is apt tt
Tough off and produce asphyxia-
ton.
A positive diagnosis of diph.
liberia is made quickly by rub.
bling a cotton swab over the
edge of the membrane. At the
laboratory this is allowed tt
grow over night on solidifieC
blod serum. The appearance
of the germs is very characters
tic. Physicians should not wal
for this diagnosis if the mem
brane is apparent in the throa
and the symptoms Of the chile
indicate the disease.
One of the greatest medica
discoveries of the age was mad,
independently by Behring il
Germany and Roux in Paris
diphtheria antitoxin. This i
an almost certain cure of tn
disease. Formerly approximate
ly forty three children out o
every 100 who had diphtherii
died. With timely use of tn
antitoxin, this rate has been re
duced to five or six. The earle
that the antitoxin can be ad
ministered in the disease, tn
better are the results. 1t has n
ill effects, and has proven one o
the greatest blessings to man
kind ever discovered.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Inactivity Causes Constipation.
Lack of exercise in the winter
s a frequent cause of ~constipa-
lion. You feel heavy, dull and
listless, your complexion is sal
low and pimply, and energy at
low ebb. Clean up this condition
at once with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, a mild laxative that
relieves the congested ~intestines
without gripping A dose before
retiring will assure you a full
and easy movement in the morn
ing. 25c, at your Druggist.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Ray Tarlton went to Kansas
City Sunday morning to spend
the day.
Mrs. L. w. Starkebaum and
sons went to Higginsville Sun
day morning to spend the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Miss Estelle Bardet of Black
burn arrived Monday for
a visit here with her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Johns.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Poage went
to Kansas City Sunday evening
after an extended visit here
with relatives and friends.
L. B Billiard spent Sunday in
Kansas City. ,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
Sherif's Sale In Partition.

Sherif's Sale In Partition.
Magdalena Deke and G. H. Deke, her
husband, Hilda Brackmann and G..
W.. Brakeman, her husband, Marie
Roepe and Julius Roepe, her hus-
band, Carolina Leudemann and
William L%uedemann, her husband,
Emily Jungklaus and Erna Jung
klaus-Plaintiffs.
VS..
Walter Jungklaus, Edna Jungklaus
and Renata Observation-Disclosures
By virtue of an order Of sale, made
at the October Term, 1916, by the
Circuit Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri, in the above entitled cause,
to me directed and r~eturnable to the
February Term, 1917, of said Cir
cult Court, at Lexington, a duly GER
titled copy of which was issued from
the office Of the Clerk of said Circuit
Court, on the 3rd day of January,
1917, and to me delivered, l, Joseph
C. Talbot, Sheriff of Lafayette
County, Missouri, hereby give notice
that ! will on
Saturday, the 18th day of February
1917.
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the af-
ternoon, of said day, at, and in front
Of, the front door of the court house
in the City of Lexington, in Lafayette
County, Missouri, during the session
and sitting of said Circuit Court, at
the FEBRUARY Term, 1917 thereof, sell
publicly, at auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand paid, the fol
lowing described real estate situate
and being in the County of Lafayette
and State of Missouri, to-wit: The
South half of the northeast quarter
Of section twelve, (12), in township
forty-eight, (48), of range twenty.
five (25); the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section twelve
(12), in township forty-eight, (48), OF
range twenty-five (25); the east hall
Of the southwest quarter of section
twelve, (12), in township forty-eight
(4S), Of range twenty-five, (25); the
east half of the west half of the
southwest quarter Of the northeast
quarter of section thirteen, (13), il
township iorty-eight, (4S), of range
twenty-five, (25); the north half o.
the west half Of the west half of tn,
southwest quarter of the northeas
quarter of section thirteen. (13), il
township forty-eight, (48), of rang,
twenty-five, (25).
Given under my hand this 10th day
of January, 1917.
j. C. TALBOT,
Sheriff of Lafayette County, Missouri
Abstract of title to the above de.
scribed real estate, from the origina.
entry with the U. S. Government tC
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
How to Check that Cold.

When it is painful to breathe
and fever sends chills up and
down your back, you are in for a
cold. A timely dose of DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey will stop the
sneezes and sniffles. The pine
balsam loosens the phlegm and
clears the bronchial tubes, the
honey soothes and relieves the
throat. The antiseptic qualities
kill the germ and the congested
condition is relieved. Group,
whooping cough and chronic
bronchial affections quickly re-
lieved At all Druggists, 25c.
Mrs. M. G. McFadin went to
Kansas City Monday for q
visit with her daughter, Mrs
Reid Moreland.
Edwin Bour of Kansas City
spent Sunday here with home
folks.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fahrmeier
of Higginsville spent Sunday
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Bruggreman.
Mrs. j. S. Shull and two
daughters, Misses Louise and
Virginia, spent Sunday in Win
ton with Mrs. V. B. Barnett.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-26
]. c.

Sheriff of Lafayette County, Missouri.
Abstract of title to the above de-
scribed real estate, from the original
entry with the U. S. Government to
date of this notice, is on file with, and
may be seen and examined at the office
of, Aull & Aull, Attorneys. 1-12-t4
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
The KINGS Beard.

An interesting story is told in con.
nection with the Swedish actor, Fer,
rasi, who was called upon to take the
part OF Oscar / in a play under that
name at Stockholm, Sweden. The ac-
tor was ordered by the director of the
opera to make up with a full beard,
but during one of the intermissions
he hunted up the director and told him
that Oscar never wore such beard.
what kind Of beard did .he have,
then?"
To this Ferrasi replied, "Mustache
and goatee, like Napoleon III
"How do you know that?" ~
The conclusive reply was Offered,
"From my postage-stamp collection"
The change was made and at the
second performance the public noticed
with astonishmcnt how King Oscar
had altered the cut of his beaiU. TO
stamp collectors it is hardly neccses
to poin., out ihat Mr.. Fcrraal c;3Teai
his information .. looking Up Il is
of Norway, 1&5G- Christi 5 io.
Monitor.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27

smoke OF q thousand chlmneys never
hides. 1t has plenty of parks ana
tree shaded boulevards; even its poor
err quarters lack the sordidness of
the Anglo Saxon Stun. The flower
markets, the 'promenades, the cafes,
are thronged with loungers, not of the
leisure classes, but workmen in their
leisure time. The Spaniard has
learned to work without forgetting
how to idle And withal, the crowds
nre keen and wideawake, nightly IN
terested in public affairs, and discuss
ing politics with the heat that is a
birthright in the Latin races. BARGE
Iona promises to remain at the fore
front of progressive Spain.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27
BARCELONA AN ACTIVE CITY
Most Progressive Of All Spanish Mu-
inequalities and Center Of the Rev
dictionary Movement.

The revolutionary movement In
Spain centers in the city of Barcelona.
The goal of the revolutionists is re-
public, and republics stand for prog
ress. OF all Spanish cities Barcelona
is the most progressive, writes Niksha
For ten years the conservatives have
been looking askance at this great
modern shipping and manufacturing
center, so different from their sleepy
inland strongholds, and from the peas
ant villages of the quiet hills, with po-
litical ideas of the last century.
Barcelona is a great world city. 1t
Is outdistancing Marseilles as the
Commercial queen of the Mediterra-
mean. The Spaniard has often been
charged with n lack of business and
enterprise. Barcelona is his answer
Here his factories rival those of Lam
cashire, his shipping that of Liverpool
The great industrial suburbs, each Il
city in itself, are reminiscent of the
outlying cities that cluster about
Manchester in the industrial north of
England.
Yet Barcelona remains characteris-
tically Spanish. The city has taken
the ugliness, the bitter competitive
spirit of modern industry, and, more
nearly than any other industrial CEN
ter, has blended them with beauty and
Latin courtesy and good nature. Bar
celona is Spain awakened, but not |
Spain transformed.
1t is a sunny town, with a clear,
bracing air and blue sky that the |
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-27

TO our friends and their friends
TO our boys who are far away
and for whose safe return we hope
and pray to our folks a. home to
the stranger within our gates
to you and yours we wish the full
est measure Of Christmas Happi-
ness and Joy, and increased Pros
perity ii the New Year.
BON fIoMNlE COUNTY BANK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
1000 MILES GUIDEP0STED.
Goodrich Bureau Says $500 More
Miles of Road Soon Will Be Marked.

The Goodrich national touring bu-
reau announces that more than 1900
miles of transcontinentaI highway are
now guideposted and that 1900 miles of
additional highway are TO be road
marked at once.
Two transcontinentaI routes are now
marked-one from Los Angeles to New
York. via Santa Fe. Kansas City, St
Louis, Pittsburgh and Washington.
This southern route is known as the
Santa Fe and Ocean-to-Ocean highway.
The Lincoln highway, the central route
from San Francisco to New York, is via
Ely. Nevada: Salt Lake City. Cheyenne,
Omaha, Chicago. Buffalo and Albany.
When completed the route from Seat
tie to New York. via Spokane. Butte.
Billings, St Paul and Milwaukee, will
be known as the Goodrich northern
trail.
Over 1000 armor-plate Goodrich
guideposts have been erected in this
country, which have added immeasur-
ably to the comfort and convenience of
American motorists. The guides desig-
nate intercity distances and warn of
dangerous railroad crossings and bad
curves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
TO DRIVE SAFETY FIRST" CAR.
Barney 0ldfield to Race With Acct
dent-Proof Machine.

Barney Oldfield will be seen in action
on the Sheepshead Bay speedway in a
series of special match races Saturday.
August IS. against leading automobile
drivers of the country. Barney will
drive his latest creation, the safety
first" automobile. designed to prevent
accidents of a serious nature to the
man at the wheel and his assistant.
The car is built of aluminium and Is
shaped like an egg. The driver is COM
pletely inclosed. and Barney says that
when he locks himself in it he feels as
safe as soldier in tank
The car is lined with steel ribs which
are covered with aluminium. In case
the car turns turtle these ribs pre-
vent the driver and mechanician from
being crushed. The car fully equipped
weighs slightly more than sixteen hun
dred pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

Dear FOLKS
Never have / saw Lon so perturbed as
he was last Tuesday, when, after hiv-
verin' clean up to tn War. State and
Navy department at o'clock in tn
mornin' just TO hear President wilson
wish bon voyage to TIL messengers who
was to pilot tn car on tn first transcon-
tinental automobile run ever authorized
by these United States. to learn on ar
irwin from TIL party in charge, that
OWN to III Presidents desire to stick
in tn hay for few more fieeun' mo-
attendin' tn exercises
TIL liz rascal had his fivver all doiied
UP an highly perfumed in honor OF tn
occasion, displayin' tn flags OF all our
known allies. includin' Moo York, an
when he found out that his Chief WASH
gonna be there, you can take IL from me-
he was some disappointed.
You mightn't know IL, but tn KID IS a
great admirer of tn President. an while
he don't claim to be tn original wilson
man. he says it was largely due 10 ms
own personal efforts that IN strong re-
publican tide was stemmed in Alexandra
last election. thereby causin' tn grand old
Virginia burg to go unanimously for tn
democratic candidate. He made six
speeches before tn Amalgamateo Ofoer
Of Alexandria Chauffeurs, an after q
mess o. hot-airin', finally persuaded that
body to go to it en- masse, which means in
a cluster, for their own native son.
However, while he was awful put out
TIL other mornin' at not SEEM his Chief.
he saws he ruily couldn't blame Mr.. Will
son very much for not shown up, for II
ever a man had to daily contend with a
parcel O. picayune pests. he is. without
question. tn head of our nation. What
with herd of ill 10, 20 and 80 cent poll
ticians continually hornin'-in on mat
tiers that don't concern 'em. an a sad
eyed flock O. sufferin' suffragettas biv-
uackin' plum against tn gates of TIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
THE EXPERTS SAY.

The glossy finished leather substitute
upholstery is better than the dull finished.
the latter being prone to crack or lose its
coloring material through friction. Use
Of the dull material brings a sort Of half
glossy finish and the cracking, ceases. but
it is better to get the bright finish in the
first place.
In driving down steep grades various
resistances may be utilized to keep the
running and the gears are in high, there
is only slight resistance. This may be
increased by shifting into second speed
and further increased by shifting into
first. When still further resistance is
needed to maintain a check on the prog
ress of the car and it is not desired to
use the brakes. the ignition may be shut
off and the throttle closed. BY opening
increased. The maximum Of resistance
and the best control on dangerously
steep hill may be obtained by shifting
into first, switching off OF the ignition
and applying the brakes at intervals
After storage battery is fifteen months
old the dealer considers it worthless. The
fact that the battery has such a compare
lively brief life at best should lead own
ers to give it careful treatment. so as to
get maximum service from it. Adding
distilled water to the cells to bring the
fluid up to the proper level should be
done once a week in summer and twice a
month in winter. But this is not enough;
the gravity of the solution may not be cor
rect. A hydrometer syringe test is the
only sure method of determining the con-
dition of the battery. and if the cells show
below 1880 each. they require recharg-
ing Once every two months the battery
should be taken to the service station for
charging. especially if the user is a doctor
OF one similarly occupied, whose car is
started and stopped many times each day.
| In the absence of a blowout patch a
motorist recently tore up an old shirt and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
~FLEET" OF AUTO TRUCKS
GOVERNMENT NECESSITY
Claim 1rads That Railroads Are
Meeting With Increasing Dim
culties In Moving Freights.

with Increasing difficulties besetting
the railroads in their efforts to move
the ever-growing volumes Of freight.
foodstuffs and other materials be moved
promptly in war time. only a natural
consequence will be, 1t is said. that the
nations roads will be called on to sup
port q great fleet OF automobile trucks.
In anticipation Of this heavy trafhc
the roads will need to be carefully
built up and provision made to keep
them always in repair or to protect
those now in use by opening others to
the use of the heavier vehicles, says
Automobile Topics.
In this connection IL is interesting to
record that experiments carried out on
the roads near Boston are said to show
that q light truck weighing with its
full load not over three tons, and going
1t speed of about eighteen miles an
hour, causes little If any more damage
to the road surface than heavy tour
ing car driven at thirty miles an hour.
1t Is deduced that speed has much to
do with the ability of road to resist
wear Of travel so long as the surface
Is strong enough to carry the load with
out breaking through.
A suggestion is advanced for the
movement of heavier vehicles. in which
much of the heavy loads may be ex-
pected 10 be moved. that roads of lower
standard be constructed, or set aside
for such use. With a durable rough
ourfacin9, free from ruts and holes.
roads of this kind are said to have
rendered excellent help in France dur
ing the past three years
In this way much of the cost OF up
keep on roads of better grade, such as
those over which passenger automo-
biles are driven, could be kept down.
The most important consideration. OF
course, il that the centers where auto
motive aid to industry VIII be most
needed determine just where and what
kind of trucks will be used, and then
proceed to improve existing facilities
to meet this need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

Note-Lon says there amt no question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
Tug Pawnee Is Sold.

The Baltimore tug Pawnee. formerly
the tug Camilla of the Taylor feet of
this city. has been sold by her Balti-
Georgetown. S. c., and the vessel has
been delivered to her new owners at
the South Carolina port The Camilla
was in service on the Potomac for
about ten years before being sold, and
had the reputation Of being the most
powerful towing boat of her class ever
on the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

cemented nat portion around the tube
at the place opposite the hole in the cas-
ing. Two wrappings were made and the
patch held for sixty miles.
A great deal of clutch trouble, for
which the owner can ind no obvious
cause, is due to the fact that the clutch
shaft is out of true with the center OF
the fiywheel- This causes one side OF
the cone clutch to bind. while tho other
side is free: IN the case of the disk
clutch the plates tend to hold only on
one side. The result Is that the clutch
grabs when engaged. II persistent
treatment and adjustment does not help
a clutch, it is safe to conclude that the
condition metioned is causing the
trouble.
When lighting fuses blow out one
after the other, II does not pay to keep
replacing them: it Is something more
than coincidence Try to find out the
cause, and the first place to look Is in
the cut-out. If this portion OF the light
ing system is Of the type that has points
which may become stuck. 1t IS very
likely to cause continued fuse break
age
In cars fitted with a piston-type oil
pump, failure to force the oil IN It's
proper channels may be remedied by
printing the pump. This is done by dis
Connecting the line behind the gauge
and forcing oil from a can through the
pump lead while the engine is running
very slowly. When oil spurts BACK
through the pipe it shows that the
pump is working again
Never attempt to force the upper hall
of the windshield up or down by push
ing on one side, especially IL the sh1elo
is an old one. II the framework Is 81
all weak. this method of handling VIII
probably break the pane
In the absence of a conventional rim
expander, diagonally split rims may os
spread by means of the lifting jack anf
two blocks of wood.
1t is Just as bad to have parts fit toe
tightly as it is to have them too loose
A bearing which is too tight VIII iooser
rapidly and will pound while SO doing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
Wreck Of Schooner Located.

The lighthouse service steamer Maple
las located the sunken wreck of the
BAY schooner James A Garfield, in
ifty-one feet of water, about a mile
and three quarters to the north and a
,uarter Of mile to the west Of Cove
point light station. The wreck is out
II the steamer track. About fifteen
,eet of the foremost is showing above
he water. The sunken vessel has been
marked by a white light until it can
,e properly marked by a buoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
Repairing the Highway Bridge.

pile driver and other equipment
belonging to the Clarke & Winston Com
many Of this city has been taken to the
Highway bridge. and is employed in
making repairs to the timber work of
the draw. Vessels passing through the
draw rub against and strike the timber
work on each side. making necessary
the replacing of piles and heavy sheath
ing every year or two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
DOPEY DAN AND LON
Your Chief and My Chief

palace, it's liz short of a wonder that
TIL poor man amt bugs
But, in a way. his trip wasn't IN vain,
for bein' in such close proximity to IN
home Of his idol it made him quit thinSin
about himself long enough to realize what
a heart breakin strain tn President must
be under durin these turrible blood-curdiin
days, an that night when he returned
to tn fat he boldly grabbed our copy OF
five or six minutes worked out the follow
in which he hopes won't make Wilbur
Nesbit mad. cause everybody knows ne
writ tn beautiful piece. an as imitation
is tn greatest compliment one can pay
a classy scribbler. he begs me to flash
it in honor OF our President With your
permission.
Your Chief and my Chief!
And how he ranks today
In your land and my land
And half the world awayi
Strong willed and soul hlled
With big and generous heart
True blue and game through
The struggle from the start.
Clear Drained and well trained
To always father right
Our sane adviser by the day,
Our guardian through the night.
Your Chief and my Chief:
And to every mothers son,
Who relies upon his guiding hand
Cnti1 the SIGHT is wont
Your Chief and my Chief
A blessing to our land.
We mark his every stand.
J. Soul tried and vfllined
By those who'd ruthless slay.
Yet holding up the dignity
OF the grand old q. s. A.!
Your Chief and my Chief!
And, oh. the love he's shown
For your land and my land
And dear ones At home!
Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the name
OF President Woodrow Wilson
All honor to his famei
The one man, the great man,
The man for you and me-
Full worthy Of the founders
OF this fair land OF the free!
DoPEY DAN.
Note-Lon says there amt no question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

It L. bad practice to have the bearings
taken up merely by renting the nova
BILE half. The whole bearing should be
refitted. il the part is to give really
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

about war bein' hell, but then, on tn
other hand, look what it's done for F
street.