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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
STATE TO PAY Prayer
FUNERAL EXPENSES

Springfield, May 6.-mnois will
pay the funeral expenses of Robert
Prayer the NCollinsville mob victim
Governor Frank o. Lowden has nd.
vised Secretary of State Lansing IN
that effect.
The Swiss legation at Washington
in charge OF German interests in
America guaranteed the expenses AZ
the time OF Prayers death. Relatives
on being informed of the offer in.
structed the undertaken to send the
bin rs the Swiss consul
Secretary Lansing learning OF the
action communicated
with Governor Lowden. suggesting
that the guarantee given by the lie,
CATION was formality which il hard.
ly expected to be called upon to ful
nil, believing that the authorities of
the state in which Prayer was lynch.
ed would consider it their moral obli
cation to give him proper burial at
their own expense"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
PLENTY or WHEAT

The most cheerful food news the
world has had for year Is the latest
wheat estimate for the United States.
The food administration announces
that we have ground for hopes Of
plenty for ourselves and Our allies,
and instead of famine we can look
forward to an entirely different
economic situation this year from
that which confronted us in the sum.
mer of 1917
It is agreed by crop experts that
our winter wheat win amount to at
least lt0,000,0c0 bushels more than
anybody previously dared to forecast.
The winter crop alone will be an great
as our entire output last season, and
perhaps greater Mr. Hoover is con.
WINGED that our spring whea will
yield ~ or 80 per cent more than
last year The total expectation is
between s00.O00.000 and 9CH.o0(:G0o
bushels. That will amply provide for
, our allies The outlook in other al.
lied countries Is improved, too.
For the present there is need OF
greater economy than ever In the use
OF OF wheat. But it should be easily
borne because of the knowledge that
the emergency will soon be past
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

woman is borne down by the weakness
and sufferings OF womankind, she should
be helped by a herbal tonic made with
gycerin which has had such uniform
success during the past half century.
She should be nell, instead OF sick and
suffering; healthy and vigoyOMs, instead
OF worn-out and weak; bright eyes,
clear skin, rosy cheeks-you wouldn't
think 1t was the same woman, and It's
all due to the use OF few bottles OF
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. All
druggists. Tablets or liquid, Tablets Coo.
DANvILLE, Ill. ~ | am glad to tell
what benefit received from the use OF
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Twas
delicate and weak, had woman's trouble,
and was hardly able to do any work. I
could not cook and could not stand up
long enough to do anything but wash q
lew dishes. saw 'Favorite Prescription
advertised In the papers so bought six
bottles and began nsine II. gained
steadily 10 that my weight went up from
10 10 100 pounds. ! have been well since
and never have had 10 nse any such incdt
cine. ~ Mas KATE JUSTIN, ao6 Bryan Ava
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
SALTS IF BACKACHY
AND kidneys HURT
Drink lots Of vatsr and stsp Getting
nsat for . while il your 1laddsr
troubles you

When yon wake up with baekaehS ana
dufl misery 10 the kidney region Il reA.
orally means YOU have been eating too
much meat. says . wellknown authority.
Meat forms uric acid which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter it
from the blood and they become sort Of
Paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog you must relieve
chem, like you relieve your bowels; re-
moving all the body's urinous waste.
elss you have backache, sick headache.
dizzy spells; your stomach soura tosp,e
d coated. and when the weather 10 bad
You have rheumatic twinges. TIE urine
10 cloudy, full of sediment, channels often
eet sore. water scalds and you are Obliged
to seek relief two or three TINA avrinr
the night
eEther consult 4 good, reliable physi.
elan at once or get from your pharnac;pt
about four ounsss Of jad Gals: taks
> Tablespoonful in . elaAs cfwatsr
before breakfast Tor few days and YOUR
kidneys will then act 6ne. This fasous
salts is made from the acid q RYapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia
and has been ussd for generations TO
clean and stimulate sluegish kidusya
els0 10 neutralias acids In che uriae - X
no longer Iritates, thus ending bladde,
weakness. Q .
Jad Salts 10 . life saver for regular
meat caters. Il 10 inexpensive. cannot
injafe and makes . deligAthL. efPey.
seeco11 ltAia.vaAar driak.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
HUSBAND GONE-SONS GONE
HOME AND RELATIVES GONE
A Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
Did for Nine. Pellier.
By an Eye Witness
MAUDE RADFORD WARREN

ing into Switzerland and then into
Haute Sayoie. From there they went
10 Lorraine. Nine Pellsr hoped that.
even though her village had been hnH-
harded, her home might have escaped.
She found nothing except her bare
fields
You changed that picture. YOU Amer
leans. who can never he homharded.
who can never lose through war five
out of the seven dearest 10 you. 1t
was not your husband and children
who died. not your wife who was
widowed; not your little ones who
came back, bony and tubercular, to a
home that had vanished Not yours,
but only the grace of accident saved
YOU, not yours. bur it might have been
and 81 YOU changed the picture. You
could not build up with your own
hands that heap of stones into a home,
nor till The fields. nor bring Nine. Pei
lier back to hope and the children
back to health. But through the Red
Cross YOU saved the remnants of that
family that had suffered as you might
have suffered.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
Authorities investigating.
LIGHTNING RODS. q
Weather Bureau Gives Specifications
For Installing Protective De-
vices on Farm Buildings.


Lightning rods. according to the
Weather Bureau Ut the United States
Department OF Agriculture. are worth
while for much more than just 10
make fearful folks feel comforta BILE
during thunderstorm Il goes on to
say that with good lightning-rod in.
stallaiion they not only feel but are
more secure, and that protection
against lightning is general thorough
ly Justified for farm buildings,
In bulletin just published the de-
partment gives specifications for in.
stalling lightning rods. These specifi.
cations are meant not so much 10 ell
able the householder to construct his
own protective system as to make il
possible for him to understand and in.
spect adequately the work OF installa-
tion as done by an expert. ..
/ Copper-cable installation is recon
nended as the best, but it costs the
most. Competitive bids should be- Sc.
cured II the installation is to be ex-
tensiye.
A few Of the main points to be con-
sidered are Conductors should be in
stalled in straight runs. and when
bends are necessary they should, il
practicable, not be abrupt. Changes
OF direction should preferably be made
In large radius curves--that is on
curves with radius of a foot or more.
lnsulators should not be employed, be.
cause good electrical connection
with the wet roof and walls of build.
ing helps to conduct the discharge to
the ground harmlessly. Along ridges
and flat roofs the aerals, or upward
pointing conductors, should be not
more than IS feet feet apart; steeples
and towers, because of their promi.
hence. should be given extra protec.
ton.
The most important part of the
work is the grounding OF the conduc.
tors, or their electrical connection to
permanently moist earth. Ample met.
al plates. or pipes, etc, are buried in
The earth and permanently and thor
oughly connected to the conductors
on the building. and this metal in the
ground should be of noncorrosive
type, such as copper. bronze or alum.
mum.
Steel towers, such az those which
support windmills, do not require spe.
cial protection. as rule. because they
are constructed OF metal and are well.
grounded through the pump. Deep.
rooted trees are some protection to
buildings near which they grow: on
the other hand. ii is recommended
that especially valuable large trees
might well be rodded.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
Proper Home Life.

The right kind of home life means
everything TO every one of us. The
average wife or mother should keep
'hls rum constantly before her and re.
solVe mat her home shall be made
bright and cheerful spot. Otherwise
s"e must expect that her family win
seek outside attractions, for common
sshse teiis MS that no one will remain
Tor any length Of time In any place
Where he or she Is uncomfortable or
dissatisfied Exchange.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
SHIP PRODUCTION

The cOuntry's disappointment over
the failure of the aircraft program is
s0ftened by the marked improvement
/. In the shipping situation The dole
full period of preparation and post
ponement is past. and today we are
really building ships.
The ril output was 24o,o tons
At that rate we should have a total
Of nearly 100000 tons for the cur
rent year. But such figure would
be an unreasonable small expecta-
tion in view of the facts at hand.
There has been steady increase
ever since the beginning of the year
We have produced. in successive
months, $1,000 tons, $4,000 tons.
$4,000 tons and 100000. The April
production was three times hat of
January. II was about 80 per cent
higher than that of March. And two
thirds Of 1t was turned out in the last
half Of the month, showing the mark
ed upward trend at the present time,
We will greatly surpass Aplil's re-
cord.
There is no visible reason why the
improvement should not continue
steadily during the summer and fall
Weather conditions are favorable
during these months. Transporta-
tion Is improving. The industry is
now employing 236.cc0 men, and has
q plentiful reserve subject to instant
cali The men are working steadily,
without strikes, and vying with each
other for efficiency records, New
shipyards are continually being COM
plcted, new ways being utilized
The ability and personal influence
Of Charles NJ. Schwab, now in charge
OF production, insures q plentiful
supply Of steel plates and the speed
ing up all along the line. The fab
ricating yards, which have not yet
come into commission, will add a big
and increasing contribution. When
all the ways for steel and wooden
vessels are completed, as they will be
within few months, we shall have
100 merchantmen under construction
at once. That is more than three
times as many as there are altogether
in Great Britain and Ireland And as
for individual building speed. what is
possible may be inferred from the
fact that Seattle yard recently de.
livered an $500 ION ship in 100 days
after the keel was laid
Shipping men are now talking of
100000 tons for 1918. That looks |
reasonable. And it may come to a
good deal more than that A. for
- 10, nobody can foretell But we
may be sure tina the output will at
least double this years,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
You May Find
It In Stocking
Cincinnati authority says your
troublesome corns just
loosen and fall off

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
eorns between the toes just loosen in
their sockets and fall off the next day
II you will apply directly upon the corn
lew drops Of drug called freezone,
says Cincinnati authority.
You merely put drop or two OF this
ireezone on the tender, touchy corn to-
day and instantly the corn stops hurting,
then tomorrow sometime you may find
the old torturous pest somewhere in
your stocking, having fallen of entirely
without a particle Of soreness, pain or
irritation The skin surrounding and
beneath the former corn will be NJ
healthy, pink and smooth as the palm
OF your hand. ia ssis j.
quarter ounce Of freczone Is sifii.
cient to rid ones feet Of every corn and
callus, and any druggist will charge but
few cents for It. II, Ia 4 compound
made from ether. '''' ="
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

luis IL ,the picture / SIM lasi ddHh'
airy Ia Frsnce.--and yen have merci'
fuliy changed il, Color enough there
above, the eternal blue; ia the
background, fields of living green,
which the German shells could not
prevent from creeping back in the
middle foreground. long village
street So battered and burned that
II was merely a CANYON If cream-col-
ored ruins In trent of one little
broken house were four figures In
black-an old woman poking among
the fallen stones In vain search for
something that could be used: a
younger woman, seated on what had
once been a doorstep. with her face
hidden in her arms and little boy
and girl, who stared half frightened,
half curious, al the desotation about
them. The little boy held in his thin
hand Red Cross flag All four We're
pale and gaunt the faces and bodies
OF the children showed none of the
round curves that make the beauty of
child.
war broke out. Mime. Pellier. her
mother and her four Younger children
were visiting her husbands mother In
the north Of France. Her husband
and two elder sons were st home In
Lorraine taking care OF the summer
crops. Then the warl The mother
inlaw Of Nine. Pellier was i'll and
could not be left Her old mother
was afraid to travel 10 Lorraine with
the full care Of the four children. Be
fore they could all start together the /
Germans invaded. Bad news is allow
ed to come into northern France, and |
so as the months passed Nine. Pellier I
learned that her village home had been /
bomharded and that her husband and
two sons had been killed Except for
the Belgian Relief Commission which I
operates In northern France also. she .
and her little ones would have starved |
outright Ar the best they were I'M |
dernonrished Then the great push
began, and hopes for France grew
high. Bnt as the French soldiers adj /.
vanced they had TO lombard the north. /
ern towns. Nine. Pellier begged the
Germans to let her 60 away with her
chidren-pvan into Germany. This
was refused. She tried to seek afety
In some cellar whenever there was q
bombardment Nevertheless shell
killed two OF her children.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
Mans Component Parts.

Man Is the most complex machInism
IN the COSMOS There enter into his
constitution eighteen or more simple
bodies. namely hydrogen, oxygen. nitro
gen, carbon, sulphur, fuorin, chIorin,
bromine. iodine phosphorus, arsenic.
silicon, sodium. calcium, magnesium,
iron and manganese, aluminium and
boron and yanadlum.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

i have learnt TO hope instead of 10
regret, 10 give Instead Of to accent.
TO aid Instead of to complain. have
learnt to look upward not downward.
TO look forward not backward. Thus
my path was easier and was Iess
weary. Queen Marie Of Roumania,
1917.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
Things the Red Gross Did.

You took the mother of Nine. Pei
Her to a Red Cross hospital to be treat
cd for anaemia You took the little
girl, who was in the first stages Of
tuberculosis, to Red Cross sani-
tarium. You found place which
could be made habitable for Nine. Pei
ler near her fields which she was
anxious to till. You gave her clothes
and furniture you got her seeds, YOU
lent her implements. You sent Wis
iting doctor TO watch over her health
and that of her little boy. You sent
nurses. who achieved the mighty vic.
tory of making her and the child take
baths Later YOU persuaded her to let
him 90 to a refuge not far away where
he might attend school and where she
could often visit him. Through the
help of your Red Cross hope and cour-
age and ambition have come back to
that woman, and she Is rebuilding her
family life, The biggest thing one hui
man being can do for another you, it
you are helper of the Red Cross,
have done for that mother.
Red Cross! saw its work every.
where in France--in fields and in
blasted villages: in hospitals and
schools and clinics: in refugees and
vestiaries for widows and orphans and
for the sick children Of soldiers fight.
ing to keep you safe from the enemy.
This symbol of help has a double
meaning now for Americans. who have
always taken for granted the blessing
Of safety. II stands for your willing
ness TO pay the price of exemption. of
pity, of sympathy. A bitter. black
road this road Of war. but across If,
like beacon of hope, you have ilung
the Red Cross
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

" Won desire to faSt@n pipes ar ph,e
httings together permanently. thor
cughly clean the parts ia he fastened
and cover the threads with Il strong
solution OF salt and water. The salt
will rust the threads together. fasten-
Ing the parts. - Popular Science
Monthly.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
NJ Nusrmsns IN Oeu,usn.

bouillos has no mare nourishins
qualities thAs hot salt water. An
the n,itriment Ia etil 10 the meat from
which the broth was made. The hcu,I.
Ion IA 4 stlmulant. that Il all. There
y - more horrible taste than Ia
throw away piece If meat from
0AhA broth has Leem sws.ls.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

iand women are taking
up the work of men rcso-
lutely, and have shown
their ability to do almost
all kinds OF work. When
it becom es necessary
women will show their
worth in countless shops,
stores, factories and
offices. No one hears
them complain of their
hard work. These are the
days when American men
have cause to respect, love
and honor their mothers,
..,. 49,. c..l n.aA..~ ~
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
japanese theatrical Cortriv.nes

In oldsn Japanese theaters tho
scene was changed by revolving the
whole stage on a turntable. bringing
into view the scene the stagehands
had been working on during the NAV.
Ing the previous act.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

The earliest guide book printed In
English Ii Instructions TOR Forraine
1rAvNll," published In 1912 by James
Howell famous traveller of that day.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
Found Her Home Gone.

Home gone; husband gone, brave
soldier sons gone, little. tender boys
torn into shreds That woman's face
would have shown You what she had
snffered-her face against the batter
ed ruins the Germans had made At
last she and her mother and her two
remaining children were repatriated.
They knew the infinite relief of cross.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

Even crook can hand out 3
straight tip II he wants To.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

When a man is easily bought the
buyer is usually sold.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

How easy II Is to think Of the right
excuse al the wong time.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

Truth never lodges. no matter who
throws mud at il.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

Most things will come your way II
y0u ~ after them.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

The Sweetness OF revenge may soul
the best disposition.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06


Life Is one continuous round Of I'm.
finished business.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
American Women
No SIackerS.

We can well be proud Of our American
girls and women. In France and Eng
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

Consistency is often but another
name for c0ntrariness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

Money isn't everything. but Il
makes good rs q substitute.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06
ACCUSE A|RMEN Of
CAUSING DEATH OF.
CHAMPAIGN WOMAN.
GGRl-WlFE THROWN FROM AUTO.
MoBILE-clAiM OTHER occu.
PANTS or CAR WORE AVIATOR
UNIFORMS.

Champaign, H., May Charges
that the three men companions OF
Mrs Stella Johnson. who was killed
by jumping or being thrown from a
speeding automobile at midnight Sat
urday, were student sviators. either
from the ground school at the Uni.
versity of Illinois or Chanute Field.
are being investigated by military
and civil authorities.
Mrs. Johnson twenty one years old,
wife OF Arthur Johnson, employed at
one of the barracks of the school Of
military aeronautics, mother of two
boys, one barely two months old. died
from broken back almost instantly.
Seen to Enter Car.
A short time previously she had
been seen to enter a touring car. oc.
cupied 1T is said. by three men whose
service caps bore the white band of
the aviator.
While the body of the woman was
being taken TO morgue, the hus-
band was tramping the streets
searching for his wife. The driver of
the car. said to have been going sixty
miles an hour did not stop to look
after the woman, whose body was
picked up by residents.
Authorities investigating.
Military authorities stated tonight
hat check was being made on men
who were absent last night but de.
dared that there was nothing to give
)ut.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-06

4.-.%r
Life Is one continuous round Of I'm.
finished business.
-
Truth never lodges. no matter who
throws mud at ii.
Most things will come your way II
YOU ~ after them.
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The s*eetness OF revenge may sour
the best disposition.
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When q man is easily bought the
buyer is usually sold.
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Consistency Is often but another
name for c0ntrariness.
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How easy II Is to think Of the right
excuse at the wong time.
-
Even a crook can hand out q
straight tip II he wants 10.
Money isn't everything, but Il
makes good rs substitute.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-01-03
Odd Department Store Of
a Rip Van Wrinkle Type Is
Auctioned at Dobbs Ferry

The oldest mercantile establishment
In America ceased to exist the other
day, when an auctloneer sold out the
curio:s anu time-worn stock of "The
Moser Dry Goods Emporium" In Main
street, Dobbs Ferry. just IA miles from
Herald Square, writes New York cor.
respondent Of the Cincinnati Times.
Star. 1t was a Rip Van Wrinkle shop.
Most Of the articles In Its stock were
of the fashions Of by-gone day-a halt
century or more old. More than eighty
years ago John Moser opened the ZEN.
porium.' At first 1t was merely tall
ors shop, but as the proprietor pros
pered he added departments for "dry
goods and notions" Forty years ago
he died, rich. and left his business to
his two maiden daughters. There was
no need that 1t should bring In profit.
The income Of the two Misses Moser
from other Investments was far great
er than their necessities. They lived
In rooms behind the shop and kept a
surly old dog tied to the front door so
that his growls might summon one of
them when customer entered. They
made no additions to the stock Of
goods which the shop contained and
they looked with suspicion upon all
new customers. The truth is well es-
tablished of story that they refused
to have any commercial transaction
with little girl who wanted to buy
some cotton stockings because she was
not regular attendant at Sunday
school.
Some months ago, when neighbors
noticed that neither of the sisters had
been in the shop for several days, an
Investigation was made and both were
found in their rooms critically Ill with
pneumonia. One sister died and the
other, now ninety-three years old, was
taken into the charge Of relatives.