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New Britain herald., 1918-10-02
RED CROSS NOTES

The allotment for New Britain is as follows: 1900 sheets, 2,500 bath towels. 5000 hand towels $500 handkerchiefs, 250 napkins.
 Sheets in no instance should be smaller than 62x99 in. but may be larger Send articles perfectly clean and ready to be packed to the rooms of the Rcd Cross Linen Shower, 26 Washington street. If not convenient notify the Red Cross, 26 Court street. Tel. 200G-2 and articles will be called for.
 Every housokccper will want to seize this splendid opportunity to go through her supplies and find some thing to help and comfort the Drave boys suffering in the overseas, hospi- tais.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-02
LYCEUM THEATER.

|oday is the last day for the show of the big show at the Lyceum. two great features which are se Crucible of Life,' starring sItiful Grace Darmond. This wonderful war story which shows Ne of the greatest war scenes, in- ling the wonderful work of the Cross in France and some 1t war scenes of the trenches 7ch provide intense interest in N superb feature. The other fea- is "Catcus Craadalr' with strong athletic Roy Stewart #cture full of thrilling scenes and #1se dramatic atction, with plenty %pep.' It is awestern picture of pleasing type and is we'll worth Bhg. s..
 #lere is a great vaudeville show #h is one of the best bills that Fever been shown in New Britain Excludes Allanson, a great novelty S#edian, and a colored comedy act, S#g with the great Tom Brown
 M cal Revue. A special high class #ing which is the delight of all
 Ne who see it. Remember that to-
New Britain herald., 1918-10-02

"I think you both have earned the right to know the secret of that paper It is the formula. all but one small group of figures, Of the most reVolu- tionary war invention the world has ever known It is our, all ours the property of the good old United States Aid, please God. It will be perfected soon, and then We shall see great triumphs for the cause of Liberty. And the Germans would give even the Kaiser and the Clown Prince for it's possession
New Britain herald., 1918-10-02
Get
 Your Digestion irl Shape

Many ailments are caused by stomach weakness. Faulty digestion leads to biliousness, sick headache, dizziness, sallow skin and eruptions. Maintain healthy condition of the stomach and you will get rid of the chief cause of your suferings. Do not neglect the laws of health. Keep stomach, liver and bowels in order by timely use of
New Britain herald., 1918-10-02

SIchly most OI tue time. l went to a doctor and he said l had nervous indi- gestion, which ad- ded to my weak condition kept me worrying most of the time and he said if 1 could not stop that, l could not get well. I heard so somuchabout Lydia E. Pinkham's " o.o%ohIo T1rr.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-02
letters from Prominent Physicians
 addressed fO Chas. H. Fletcher.

Scott, Chicago says prescribed your Castoria for infants Dr. William thirty found anything that 0 filled
 Dr. H. Taft found excellent household years. The formula
 R. Hanlen, of extensively, troubles that
 of Omaha children certainly know something about medicine rom my own family toria popular and efficient every toria has made for itself presence of children scarcely men of the medical profession but heartily believe excellent ag Dr. R Ward of proprietary that cpon prescribe Castoria to be thoroughly reliable remedy phys elan who has raised family mendaon of Castoria"
 egnu,nE CASTORIA ALWAYS
 < Bears the Signature of
 Z<@ZT Zkzz<>z<1<
 Ln Use For Over 3O Years
 The Kind You Have Always Bought .um LIE m xsrAuR eomeAny
New Britain herald., 1918-10-02
News For Theatergoers and Women Readers
Physicians Recommend Castoria

YOU know the real human doctors right around neghbohoo
 flesh and blood like the doctors with souls and responding your call the dead night readily daylight they ready tell the good that Fetches doing will do from their experience and their love for children
 Fetoher Castoa nothing We asking xpe We the importance buying Feher
 physician will tell you hs he knows there number mons particularly interested the welfare baby.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
Ell. STALKER is DEAD
Step-father of jess Willard Founded
sQuinton Heights Baptist Church.

E L. Stalker step-father of Jess
Willard, died at the home of his
daughter in Della, Kansas. last Tues
day, according to word received IN
Topeka recently. For the last years
of his life Mr.. Stalker has been con-
spicuous in church work in Quinton
Heights where he was one of the
founders of the Quinton Heights Bap-
fist church some ten or twelve years
ago. Mr.. Stalker was Sc years old at
the time of his death.
For long time before the champion
heavyweight pugilist of the present
day first opened his eyes on the de-
lights of this world, Stalker and Jess S
father and mother lived on adjoining
farms up at the edge of the Potta-
watomie Indian reservation. Mr..
Willard died a short time after the
birth of Jess, and a few years later
Mrs. Willard and Stalker were mar
ried Jess, his mother, and Stalker
lived on the old Stalker farm all thru
Jess boyhood and it was here that
Jess laid the foundations for the phys
ical fitness that afterwards won for
him the most coveted pugilistic honor
in the world. Mrs. Stalker, Jess
mother, died in 1905.
At the time of the big champion
ship battle between Jack Johnson and
Jess Willard on April 5, 1915. Stalker,
lin spite of his >convictions against
prize fighting, was one of the closest
followers of the fight in the nation,
and when the news of the final knock
out of the black came over the wires
a prouder man would be hard to find
The funeral services were held at
Della last Thursday, conducted by the
Rev H. l.. Holt, of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
HAD UNUSUAL CAREER
Wakarusa Man Who Worked for so
Cents a Day Died Rich.

The life history of Edward Wilmer
Flood, who died at his home near
Wakarusa last Tuesday, reads like a
page from novel Born, in Van
kleek, Canada, in 1S41, spending his
boyhood in the pioneer communities
of that section OF the country, and in
his young manhood following the call
of the wanderlust till he finally set
tied on the home in the valley of
the Wakarusa. where he died. Floods
early manhood was spent in the Cana
dian woods as a lumberjack, then
down into the Michigan forests. and
into Pennsylvania. The call of the
west struck him and he came west
going to Texas, finally turning his
face eastward again and landing in the
WakaruSa valley. Here he obtained
work as Il farm laborer at so cents a
day from William Matney. He worked
for Matney for some time, until a
place of 800 acres was advertised for
public sale. Flood declared his in
tention5 of buying the place, and tho
laughed at by Matney he produced a
roll of sufficient size and emerged
from the sale the owner of the tract
At the time of his DEATH Flood was
owner of about LOO acres of the
most fertile land in the Wakarusa
bottems.
Flood is survived by his son, Wilmer
James, who now lives on the old
homestead, and a daughter, Emma
Lorine Skidmore, of Detroit, Mich.
The funeral was held Friday. Burial
was in Ridgeway cemeterys at Waka-
ruSa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From The columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


January 81. 1888
The Chicago Topeka enterprise to con-
is assuming definite shape. Committees
are already successfully at work making
up the one-tenth asked for by the chicago
capitalists Last month these capitalists
sent to this city j. L. Tanning. we'll
known hydraulic engineer, who had care
full surveys made and reported to the Chi
cago men that the dam entirely prac-
teal and would be remunerative.
The senate committee on elections has
made a report which states that three con
tests have been investigated: ID. o.
Marley VS.. L. 7. Metcalf; William Rath
VS.. Chas. f. Scott; Fox Winnie vs. 5. T..
Danner.
The committee finds that +. T. Metcalf
C. +. Scott and S. T. banner did not re-
ceive a majority of the votes in their re-
spective districts. Senator banner does
not understand why his seat should be
jority of $40 votes he said. Mr.. WinIhe
alleges fraud, ballot-boX stuffing, and
various other charges of Il general nature,
but I know of no specific grounds for con-
test"
A rag tag" party was the novel enter
tainment provided for the members of the
I. O. T. B. club and their gentlemen
friends last evening by Misses Minnie
Davis and Lulu Cope at the home of the
former on Jackson street.
The invitations were written on brown
paper with a red pencil and sealed with
wax The costumes were of Il ridiculous
character, and the refreshments were
kins.
Those present were Misses Mollie Crane,
Anna Crane, Lulu Fordyce, Jessie Garwood,
Minnie Davis, Lulu Cope and Messrs:
Kansas City: Rob Frampton, w. j. Rad
cliffe and Will Smith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
EVEN CROSS, SICK
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS
Look at tongue! If feverish.
bilious, cOnStipated,
take no chances.
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach, liver,
bowels.

Don't scold your fretful, peevisfi
child. See IL tongue is coated: this is
a sure sign its little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with sour waste
When Hstless, pale. feverish. full of
cold, breath bad. throat sore, does!;
eat, sleep or act naturally. has stom-
ach-ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give
a teaspoonful of California Syrup IF
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul
waste, the sour bile and ferment:ng
food passes out of the bowels, and you
have a we'll and playful child again.
Children love this harmless fruit lax
ative," and mothers can rest easy after
giving it, because it never fails to
make their little ''insides" clean and
sweet.
Keep it handy, Mother. A little CIV
en- today saves a sick child tomorrow
but get the genuine. Ask your drug
gist for a bottle of California Syrup
Of Figs which has directions for ba-
bies, children of all ages and roI
grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Re-
member there are counterfeits sold
here, so surely look and see that yours
is made by the california Fig Syrup
company" Hand back with contemp'
any other fig SYRUP -Advertisement-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
DRILL IN WOODSON
Big Oil Companies Are Enter
ing Yates Center Field.
New Sand Is Producing Oil OF a
High Grade.

Wichita. Kan, Jan. 21.-Because or
the discovery of a new sand, produc-
ing a high grade oil from depth or
1.47O feet, in a test on the Pingrey
farm, southeast of Yates Center, spud-
ded in by George Joseph with mule
power drilling outfit, Woodson county
is attracting more than ordinary atten-
ton from large operators. such as the
Carter Oil company, the Prairie OIL &
Gas company, and the Sinclair inter
ests All have obtained large holdings
there and next summer, oil men be-
lieve, will see an aggressive drilling
campaign.
There are seventy-two producing
wells and twenty-five drilling wells in
Woodson county. where the first wells
were drilled twenty-five years ago
Oil of Good Quality.
Before the discovery of the Pingrey
sand the oil came from sands found
at depts of 800 and 1,150 feet and
much of it was not of the best grade.
The low gravity of a large part of this
production held back development, but
the new oil is of 1880 gravity, paraf-
fin base and gives much encourage
ment to the Woodson county lease
holders.
When George Joseph took the lease
on the Pingrey farm he agreed to be-
gin drilling by July 1, 1917. The con-
tractor he employed was detained on
another well, and to hold his lease
Joseph spudded in with an improvised
outfit and span of mules. The well
he now has as result of this mule
drilling is producing forty barrels a
day and he has three other good wells
that are paying him we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
CORRECT CLASSIFICATlONS

Owing to errors in the mechanical
department of the State Journal Sat
urday the registrants below were
printed in Saturdays issue under the
wrong classification The following
registrants were placed in class A:
Class 4.
John Wesley Cook, 1900 Van Barren.
Fred c. Allen, Springfield. III.
benjamin Phillips. 127 West Gordon.
George f. White. 1925 East Fifth.
Dallas Smith. al North Western.
+. p. Maths. POP Burr.
Orville NJ. Ballard, 325 Clay.
o. S. Price, 400 Monroe.
Oscar Il. Humbert, SOC West Seventh.
k1e 3 SqEsh
Earl 6. Spangier. SIS North Harrison.
Mike Seitz, 541 German.
Walter Pierce, 23f Madison.
Albert Jos. Straub, 526 Quincy.
VIM; IL. Eastman, 30 Oak street.
Frank Albert Cleaver, 119 f. Fourteenth.
Charles L; j: Fox, LAG Brooks.
Clifford L. Purinton, Osawatomie. Kan.
c. G. Gilmore, 1929 Clay.
o. r. Boxell, 1924 Buchanan.
David W. Perkins, 1872 Jackson.
o. NJ. Carter. 1929 Polk.
Walter H. Wedding. So West Eleventh.
William Vickland, 1112 Brooks.
Harry Gale Tuttle. 1926 Buchanan.
Earl Wayne Beck. 1904 Tyler.
Lester T. Clawsey, 1922 buchanan.
Claud Sloan. 2504 Buchanan.
William r. Wolfe. 1920 Mulvane
George Walker Vale, 1925 Madison.
Harry L. Martin. 201 East Seventeenth.
Robert G. March, 1923 Stunt street. Chi
Thomas Raymond Snyder, 200 E. Euclid
II. O. White, 2626 Lincoln.
George f. Shideler. SIG Wood.
George Valentine Denton. 20 East Ninth
l.. II. Cameron, 1907 West Eleventh.
James Patrick Halloran, 1105 Madison.
Charles f. Baer, iii Euclid.
Charles d. Makepeace. 1117 Arch.
Edward Brayman, 1900 Lane.
Benjamin Harrison Neil, 420 Monroe.
f. Melodies, 1928 Clay.
Henry Carlton Howe. 1880 Kansas
Thomas w. Williamson, 1884 Boswell.
Thomas J: o'Mara, $40 East Seventh
Roy David Legler, 332f owe street. nan
Reuben Elmer Fitch 500 W. Sixteenth.
H. f. Horsfeld, 1872 West:
Stephen Colfax. sos East Eleventh.
Harry r. Kurt 623 West Seventeenth.
David Mcbride, 1000 Topeka.
Charles $. Brown, 1o15 woodward ard
Charles J. Maunsell, DID East Euclid
Irwin Minor Henderson, 719 Walnut.
h. NJ. Coulson. 10 West.
Thomas w. Martin, $50 Jefferson;
Harry y Benjamin Atwell 22s Elmwood.
Clarence Hanes Ream 1ne Gent ntod Toint' Iowa
LeRoy Moves. 1923 Louisiana, Lawrence
c, L. Fuller, 1107 Van Buren,.
oughtOn s. Albaueh. I'31 HARRISON
C. u. wahle 1900 Clay.
Bryant Barnes, 1902 Wayne:
Robt F. Ferguson. 1922 n. Jackson.
T. NJ Mullory. SOC Fillmore
Harry q. Anderson. 40S western.
7. g. Schefelbein, Ali Clay.
LeRoy C. Wood, 1916 Logan.
George G. stonebaeh, 221 Harrison
Chas V. Myers, e2S y. Monroe.
Fred F. Bowman 137 Emmett.
Chas. f. Shields. 527 Scotland.
Robt D. Carls, 1910 n: Western
William H. Springstead. 1903 N Quincy.
Geo. d Viller. III Branner.
F. NJ Miller. Belen n. NJ.
Richard G. Stewart, 425 Adams.
T. F. Massey, Topeka.
Eugene Matt. 212 Jefferson:
James w. Kinsley. 124 jefferson.
H O. Butler 430 Cedar.
Geo k Thomas, 49, buchanan.
EIevander Lois. ZIG w. Fourth.
| E. T. Catty, 53S German.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
LIVES 200 YEARS!

For more than 200 years Harlem Oil,
bnen remedy Of re
lief from all forms of kidney and blad-
der disorders. Its very age is proof that
it must have unusual merit.
If you are troubled with pains aches
in the back. feel tired in the morning.
headache indigestion, insomnia. painful or
too frequent passage of urine, irritation
stone in the bladder. you will almost
tainly find quick relief in GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. This is the good
old remedy that has stood the test for
hundreds of years, prepared in the proper
quantity and convenient form to take. 1t
is imported direct from Holland labora-
tories. and you can get it at any drug
store. Your money promptly refunded if
it does not relieve yLu- But be sure to
get the genuine GOLD MEDAL brand. In
boxes, three observation-disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
SAVAGE QUALITY
Have a Heart Made Good With Its
sa Topeka Audiences.

-E"Have a Heart" the play at the
Grand Saturday, was up to the Henry
w. Savage reputation. 1t will be re-
Inlembered in Savage's favor that the
producer has never ''stung" Topeka
with a beer garden show at cham
payne prices"
AS road shows go, there was hardly
a flaw in Have a Heart" The cos
TUNES were bright and attra ctive. The
music was catchy and possessed a
swing that carried the audience along
with it. The girls were not bad look
ing and they really knew how to sing
and dance, a thing that is sometimes
all too rare.
So 1t is evident that the cast was picked
to fit the parts. The plot-there was
a little bit more to it than usually
offered by a musical comedy-was
entertaining and lively. The parts of
Rutherford Schoonmaker and Peggy
Schoonmaker were ably taken by
Henry Antrim and Cecilia Wright
William Ward. Joseph Keno. Harrison
Garrett, Betty Weber. Lawrence Wood,
Maud Ream Slower and Chauncey
Causland formed an excellent support
ing cast. H E. C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
SHARP DROPS DEAD
Drug Clerk in Topeka Many Years
Victim of Heart Trouble.

Carl Sharp, % years old, a drug
clerk, dropped dead Sunday morning
in the basement of the Rowley drug
store, Sixth and Kansas avenue.
Paralysis of the heart caused death.
according to DR.. o. +. Narcotic,
coroner.
Sharp went into the basement
shortly after 9:45 o'clock. a half
hour passed and he did not return.
Clyde Grubbs, another clerk, went into
the basement to investigate. He found
the body on the floor and Immediately
called the coroner. There will be no
inquest. Sharp had been in poor
health for more than a week.
Sharp was we'll known in Topeka.
He worked at Rosser Brothers drug
store, 500 Kansas avenue. during the
summer. leaving there to go to juno
ton City. He returned to Topeka sew
eral weeks ago. Sharps parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Sharp. 1O5
West Twelfth street. He was a mem
Der of Orient lodge No. 81, A. f. and
A. NJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
SPEAKERS in SCHOOLS
Well Known Orators to Encourage
Thrift Stamp Buying.

Under the direction of Charles S
Elliott, prominent bankers and BUSH
ness men of the city this morning ex-
planned the method of purchase and
purpose of war thrift stamps to chill
dren in all Topeka public schools. The
addresses we're tinged with patriotism
and the stamps were set forth as an
Ideal thrift plan for the Juveniles as
well as way to help win the war.
The high school talk was given by
Albert I. Reid and Robert Stone be-
fore the general assembly Reid
brought his crayon and paper into
play and offered a chalk talk which
was entertaining as well as instructive
Stone offered patriotic reasons why
the stamps should be purchased.
- The following speakers addressed
the following schools:
r. J. Kulp; Central Park-Rev f. J. King /;
Clay-George w. Snyder; Grant, f.
Jones; Harrison-E. l.. Copeland Lafayette
Walter E. Wilson Lincoln-W. o. Rigby !:
Lowman-Earl Akers; McKinley-Rov L.
Rome; Monroe-Harry +. Guthrie: Park
dale-H- o. Garvey: Polk-Morton Al
baugh Potwin-William Macferran Quincy
Henry II. Hall; Quinton-Robert C. Cald-
well; State Streets. E. Cobb: Van Buren,
&c S. Elliott; Washington-H. G. West
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
MONEY FAILS TO COME
Soldier Families Suffer Because AlIot-
ment Payments Balled Up.

Washington, Jan. s21.-Some suffer-
ing among soldiers families has re-
suited from the fact that allotment of
government pay due them has not
been paid
The war risk bureau said today that
some of the December allotments are
still unpaid, blaming camp command
ers for failure to report fully on cases
where allotmentS should be made.
Over 335, 900 assignments of pay
have been mailed but some of the De-
cember accounts are held up for fur
Their information"
The bureau said it is now working
on January allotments.
Reports here claimed that there had
been a number of cases in which char
ity organization aided the soldier
families but the bureau claimed not to
be advised of any wholesale cases OF
such need
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
WHISPER is BURIED
Captain Who Perpetrated Funston
Tragedy Had sChurch Funeral.

Colby, Kan, Jan. 2L-Funeral serv-
ices for Capt. Lewis Whistler were held
at the Methodist church here Satur-
day. Business men, out of friendship
for the family, acted as pallbearers.
The church was, filled. The service
was conducted by the Rev. c. n. Web
of the Baptist church. Burial was in
the Mingo cemetery where a younger
sister was buried a year ago.
Several trustees of the church OPP
posed opening the church for the flu
neral. but a majority said that friend
ship for the family warranted them in
permitting the funeral to be held in
the Methodist church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
BIG FIRE AT Ell DORADO
Sunday Night Blaze Docs $4,000
Damage in Heart of Town.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 21.-Fire, which
broke out early Sunday night in a
large office building in the heart of
the Ell Dorado business district, caused
a loss of nearly $4,000 to the Hub
Clothing company and several suites
of offices on the second floor of the
structure.
The blaze for hours threatened sew
era1 adjoining buildings, among them
the Central hotel and a large garage.
The firemen were Handicapped in
fighting the flames by lack of water
pressure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
Reduce Your Fat
Without Dieting

Years ago the formula for fat reduction
WIS ''diet''-'exercise.'' Today it is Take
Marmola Prescription Tablets Friends
tell ADMINISTRATIONS tell their patients
until thousands know and use this con
venient harmless method. They eat what
they like, live they like, and still lose
their two, three or four pounds of fat IA
Prescription Tablets are sold by all drug
gists-a large case for 100. Or if you pre-
fer you may write direct to the Marmola
Company. S04 Woodward Ave, Detroit
Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
GIVES ORDER "HA! HAP
Industry Shut Down Doesn't Affect
Water Power City.

Sault Ste Marie, Jan. 21.-This city
apparently stands in class by itself
in the United States. Since the ma
tional fuel conservation program went
into effect, not manufacturing plant
in the city has closed, because of the
fact that all power is derived from ST
Mary's Rapids and much heating is
done here by electricity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Get a small bottle of Danderine at
any drug store for a few cents, pour
little into your hand and rub well into
the scalp with the finger tips. By
morning most, if not ALL of this awful
scurf will have disappeared Two or
three applications will destroy every
bit of dandruff; stop scalp itching and
falling air-Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
TAKES TEACHERS PLACE.
Pastor Teaches School for Man Who
Goes to War.

Zurich, Kan, Jan. 21.-Rev. Roy
Plot, a former student of Kansas Wes-
leyan university, who is the pastor of
the church here, will teach a rural
school near here in addition to his
church work since the present teacher
has been called into service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-21
FIRE A DEATH TRAP
Caught in Basement, Fireman l.
Found FOZen to Death

New York. Jan. 21.-His hands
gripping the iron bars of a window, his
sightless eyes staring out and with
his body frozen, John w. Kocher a
fireman, was found dead in the base
ment of the William A. Brady store
house. The building was burned three
daVS ago