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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

Automobile drivers! Keep your bat
terry fully charged to prevent freezing.
We charge and store them thru the
winter. Store your car here. Night man
will deliver it for you, always open.
Hewitt's garage lib West State
street
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

It's the Skegg wall paper store at
123 East Main street where you get the
best values in wall paper and the ex-
pert workmen who take pride in doing
their work as it should be done. The
Wall Do NOV
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Swedish Lutheran church will meet
Thursday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. K. A. Kollin, 304 North Fifth
CT
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

Don't fail to see the Skegg Wall
Paper Company for the pest values in
wall paper. Expert paperhangers to
do your work when you want 1t done
and as 1t should be done. The Skegg
Wall Paper Company, 1923 East Main
street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

The voss washing machine is made
in twenty-five styles. Come in and
decide which type is best suited to
your needs. Schmidt's hardware.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

Market sale in Marshalltown Satur-
day, March 9 Now listed, so head OF
cattle, 80 head Of hogs, good horses.
Plumb Bros, Mason and Shoemaker
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

Don't fail to see the Skegg Wall
Paper Company for the best values In
wall paper. Expert paperhangers to
do your work when you want it done
and as it should be done. The Skegg
Wall Paper Company. 1923 East Main
street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

Patrons Of the Minerva, lecture
course enjoyed a pleasant social time
Tuesday night at the Warren Nichols
home. where fifty people gathered for
an evening of old-fashioned merriment
such as are enjoyed in the country.
Supper was served cafeteria style.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

Our flexible finish causes so little
wear in laundry that we will date all
new collars coming to our laundry and
replace them with new ones If they
wear out from any reason within
year. Palace Laundry Company. w. G.
Kane,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-06

The Epworth- League Of the Meth
odlst church held a social meeting
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. P. F. Arney, sos West Main
street. After various games and
music had been enjoyed refreshments
were served
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
Mrs. Il. +. Dye.

william and Elizabeth Trippett. was
born in Monongahalia county, West
Virginia, Oct. Is, 1885, and depart
ed this life at Leon, Iowa, March .,
1918, aged 81 years 4 months and
"a days.
When one year old she went to
Tyler county, West Virginia, which
was her home until 1850, when she
was united in marriage with R. E.
Dye, of Monroe county, Ohio.
In 1885, they o came isa to set Decatur op
a farm on Eden Prairie, where they
lived for 60 years with the excep-
ton of two years when Mr.. Dye was
county auditor. Later they left the
farm and came to Leon to make
their home Her husband passed
away March -. 1904 Seven oh, chill Il,
survive the parents: Mrs. J. R;
Conrey, at whose home she passed
away; Mrs. E. d. Samson, of Des
Moines; o. L. Dye, e. e. Dye and R.
E. Dyr, Jr., all of whom live in
South Dakota; Clyde w. Dye. OF
saskatchewan, Cana di and Homer msa
son, Clyde, was in active service for
one year, located in England, and a
grandson, Emory A. Samson, is now
in training in France for the avi-
alton branch of service.
She was confined to her home
most all the time for several years
and was cheerful and hopeful to the
Those from out of town Who at
tended the funeral were: Mr.. and
Mrs. E. d. Samson, of Des Moines;
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. c.. Dye, of Wood
land; Nova and Nellie Beavers;
Harvey d. Dye, Mrs. Windland and
Mrs. Hamilton, all of Humeston.
The funeral was largely attended
and the floral offerings We're beau
tiful. The services were held at the
M. E.. church at $3.50 Monday after
noon, the sermon being preached by
the church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
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SCHOOL NOTES
NELLIE PEARCY
PAGE MCKINLEY
Editors
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Motto: "Be We not hearers of the
WI" Mr. Menefee, superintendent of
the Decatur school; Miss Gallop,. the
domestic science teacher, and Miss
Sells, the Bird and 4th grade teacher
VISITED y i ad in thsLeon schools sa'ur-
The Parent-Teachers Association
met last Friday afternoon, March 8,
and elected the following offlcers:
President, Mrs. John Woodmansee,
vice president, Mrs. James Harvey + !,
secretary and treasurer MIS- " T.
McGinnis. M.,,,;n
were visitors in Miss, Byrnes room
one day last week.
Muriel Smith, of Miss Stephens
room. has moved away.
The Junior Red Cross is busy at
refugee work. The High School IN
it's domestic science department are
making SO ten year old dresses.
Other High School girls are making
% four year old aprons, ana 20
two year old petticoats. The elghth
Grade are making Is aprons; seven55nn
grade 20 petticoats;;, sixth grace ansa 90 ~
are working on shipping l4r liact The 9
SCRAPS p from cutting are being. made
into quilt tops. Any one having
nieces of calico or percale, striped or
fignred with white background, also
hright colored calico, percale or
gingham. who will kindly give 1t to
any school girl or leave at senior
Fed Cross room, will be used Tor
uuilt blocks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
"The Kaiser's Talk to He'll"
BY w. e. Curry.

The Kaiser called the Devil up
On the telephone one day..
The girl at central listened to
All they had to say.
)"Hello," she heard the Kaiser's voice
us old man Satan home?
Just tell him it is Kaiser Bill
That wants him on the phone
And Bill said, How are you?
Pm running here hell on earth,
So tell me what to do"
What can ! do?" the Deyil said,
MY dear old Kaiser Bill?
If there's thing that | can do
To help you l sure will.
The Kaiser said, Now, listen,
And l will try to tell
On earth a modern hell.
I've saved for this for many years,
That Tna it will III be a modern Job,
You leave to Kaiser Bill.
NY army went through Belgium,
Shooting women and children down,
We tore up all her country,
And blew up all her towns.
NV zepps dropped bombs on cities,
Killing both the old and young,
And those the zeppelins didn't get
Were taken out and hung.
] started out for Paris,
With the aid of poisonous gas,
The Belgiums, darn 'em. stopped us,
And would not let us pass.
My submarines are devils,
Why, you should see them fight:
They go sneaking through the sea,
And sink ship at sight.
/ was running things to suit me,
Till year or SO ago,
When man called Woodrow Wilson
Wrote me to go more SLOW.
He said to me, Dear William.
We don't want to make you sore,
So be sure to tell your U-bOats
To sink our ships no more.
We have told lou for the last time,
So, Dear Bill, it's up to. you,
And if. you do not stop it,
You have got to fight us too.
l did not listen to him,
And he's coming after me,
With a million Yankee soldiers
From their homes across the sea.
Now, that's why / called you, Satan,
For ! want advice from you,
/ knew you would tell me
Just what l ought to do.
"My Dear Old Kaiser William
There's not much for me to tell,
For the Yanks will make It hotter
Than l can for you in hell.
I've been a mean old Devil,
But not half as mean as you.
And the minute that you get here
l will give my job to you.
I'll be ready for your coming,
And I'll keep the fires all bright
And I'll have your room all ready
When the Yanks begin to fight.
For the boys in blue will get you,
I have nothing more to tell,
Hang up the phone and get your hat,
And meet me here in hell.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
Sacred .sThunder Eagle"
Aurora BOfeAlis.
Seen in

Fort William, Ont, March g.
The Thunder Eagle" sacred among
the Ojibway Indians as personifying
the spirit Of the Mineto, supposed to
have its nest on the Sleeping Giant.
400 feet above Thunder Bay, was
seen depicted in fire in the brilliant
display of Aurora Borealis here last
night.
The figure of the eagle was sharp
ly defined, travelling swiftly south
huge splashes of red and green fire,
which shot about it like meteQrs.
The form of the thunder eagle
was seen not only by Indians but by
scores of white people. The Ojibwas
say the thunder eagle has not been
seen for many years and that its APP
pearance portends wonderful hap
penings in the world.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
Patrick Fl. Sullivan.

Patrick H. Sullivan, son of Daniel
and Julia Sullivan, was born near
Leon, Iowa, March 8, 1875, where he
grew to manhood and depart\d this
life at his home in Grand River,
Iowa, Monday, March 4, 1918.
He was united in marriage to
Dilla E. Swope, and to this union
the wife are left to mourn the loss
of q loving and devoted husband and
father.
Funeral services were conducted
by Father Maher, Wednesday at 10
a. m. from ST. Mary's church near
Leon, interment being in the ceme-
terry adjoining.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
Will Sell Adventist Church.

The Missouri Advent Chris
tan conference will receive sealed
bids for the sale of the Advent Chris
|tian church building and lot number
twelve (12), block eight go. orig
inal town, located in Leon Iowa, on
terms and conditions as follows. re-
Serving the right to reject any or all
bids Five hundred ($5OO.OO) Dol
lars cash, balance in three years at
so interest, payable semi-annually,
secured by first mortgage on said
property All bids to be mailed to
Corning, Iowa, r. F. D. No. 5. All
bids to be mailed not later than
thirty days after first publication of
this notice in the Leon, Iowa, papers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

Mrs. Ruth Raymond has request
ed us to say to the knitters, to, In
crease your labor on socks, hel.
NETS and wristlets, that there is not
much demand for scarfs and also
that the socks must be II inches
long in the leg, and finished with
or they will be rejected by the in
spection committee at Leon, as it Is
folly to send work to Des Moines
to only have it returned to Leon. to
be raveled out and re-knit. it is a
loss of time and energy and retards
the progress of shipping.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

When you have backache the liver
or kidneys are sure to be tut of gear
Tr~ Sanol. it does wonders for the
liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial
35c bottle Of Sanol will c0nyince y0u
Get II 1T II, drug store 3e>s1es
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
DR.. A. HI. Weber
Hotel Leon,
from 8 a. M. to p. m.
Thursday, March 18th

DISEASES OF THE EYE, EAR,
NOSE AND THROAT
TREATED
WITH MILD REMEDIES
No medicine used in the eyes that
Injuries the sight. All treatment
painless.
CROSS EYES
Strengthened without pain.
CATARACT
Treated.
GLASSES
Fitted to correct all sights and guar
anteed.
HEADACHES
Cured by Glasses.
GRADUATED Lids Watery Eyes and
IMPROVING Lashes treated.
CATARRH
Treated by a new method.
The Doctor will be pleased to have
all former patients call. Examina-
ton free. Do not miss this oppor-
tunity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

The Civilian Relief Committee Of
Decatur county chapter is v. R. Nc
Ginnis, Mrs. c. M. Ketcham and
Marion Osborne, whose business it
is to look after the comfort of the
families of the soldiers and sailors
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

sanol Eczema Prescription is
famous old remedy for all forms of
guaranteed remedy. Get Soc large
trial bottle at the drug store. 1878
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

TREAT ALL CHRONIC DISEASES
II you or your family are SO afn!ct
ID q all and see me. Consultation snc
examination costs you nothing.
treat successfully the cases under.
take and accept no fee from those
that cannot be successfully treated
have special treatment for dis
eases of men which l would like te
explain in person.
Piles, Fistula and Fissure treated
successfully without the use OF the
knife or detention from business.
Address DIR. F. NJ. Trimmer. Knox.
vile, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

If there is a person in Decatur
county that is not a member OF the
Red Cross, we would be gl"' 10 en-
roll Won as a member at once, we
want Decatur county to be 100 8.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

49, ~ so -. 37-tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

Mrs. Marion Stookey reports that
in the Junior work the following
schools have gone ''over the top:
Pleasanton, Davis City, Grand River.
of the rural schools; that the work
is progressing nicely. and she finds
everyone anxious to do something in
this great movement.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

Grand River branch voted to
send $500 of their sale money to
national headquarters for military
relief. This indeed was generous
but many OF their fell
lowmen assured them that money
would be kept in their treasury for
local work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

High Point branch acknowledges
with great appreciation the generous
made the past week,
in the aggregate 20
workers to. double their efforts in
the production of finished articles.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14
Red Cross Notes.

In February, the shortest month
in the year, the Central Division
Bureau of supplies surpassed al!
previous records in the quantity Of
goods Shipped, and it may be graft
wing to our workers to know that
the Central Division, of which the
State of Iowa is a part, has sup
piled one-third of the total amount
Of sweaters, one-half the total
amount of socks and wrlstlets pro-
duced.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-03-14

The Kaiser called the Devil up
On the telephone one day,
The girl at central listened to
All they had to say.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
CITY EDITOR OF The
DISPATCH SERIOUSLY ILL
Influenza Among Newspaper Men Of
St. Paul.

inrluenza Among newspaper Men OF
ST. Paul.
William s. Bowers, city editor of
the st. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer
Press whose wife died yesterday
morning of pneumonia and influenza,
was not expected to live, it was an
nounced by physicians after a con-
sultation late last night
Mr.. Bowers had been unconscious
for the preceding forty eight hours,
a victim Of meningitis following
influenza.
Mrs. Bowers died in their home,
1854 Paramount avenue, after caring
for her husband for more than a
week. She was i'll when Mr.. Bowers
contracted the disease, but through
inability to obtain nurse, admins
tered to him herself. She was
twenty nine years old and leaves
two children.
George Briggs and William Saylor,
reporters under Mr.. Bowers on The
Dispatch, are seriously i'll with
pneumonia, caused by influenza.
Mr.. Briggs, who was to leave shortly
for Washington as correspondent for
The Dispatch and Pioneer Press, is
not expected to live. The condition
of Mr.. Saylor is regarded as serious.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
RETURN OUR BOYS
congressman are Beseiged To Hasten
Decentralization.

congressman are Beseised To Hasten
Decentralization.
Mothers and sisters of soldiers in
France already are besieging mem
bers of congress to have their soldier
boys to return home at once.
This will be one of the most diff
ficult problems that members OF
congress will have to face.
The war department has full au-
thority to dispose of the men in the
service as it sees fit, and the mem
bers of congress, though they are
anxious to do what they can for their
constituents, will not care to inter-
fere with the program.
Representative Van Dyke of Min
neapolis suggested today that the
war department may create replace
ment regiments which will take the
place of the men who have seen serv-
ice abroad These regiments might
be made up of volunteers from train
ing camps. In this way the desire
of men abroad to return home and
the desire of the men on this side
who want to go abroad might he salts
fed.
"But have no information at this
time as to whether replacement regi-
ments will be formed" said the con-
gresham.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22

Richard w. Thomas, and old set
tier in this vicinity, died at his
home, 119 Lewis street, at 1850 this
morning, death being due to old age
and other complications.
Mr.. Thomas was born at Bryndu,
Anglesea, North Wales, August 8.
1910. He came to America with his
parents, Richard and Catherine
Thomas, in 1850. They settled first
in Mason City, Va, moving later to
Pomroy, Ohio, where Mrs. Thomas
died. They then came to Mankato
in June, 1852, just before the Indian
war broke out. They settled on a
farm in Judson where they lived un-
til seven weeks ago. Mr.. Thomas was
q member of the South Bend CO.,
which defended New Ulm in 1862.
June 10, 1886, he was married to
Miss Anna Evans, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Evans of Judson. To
this union was born one son, William
r. Thomas, music teacher in this
city.
The surviving relatives are the
widow and son, sister, Mrs. Mary
Evans, Aberdeen, S. D., and his broth
er's and sisters children in Judson
and also his brothers children at
Corning, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held from
the home on Lewis street at one D. m.
Tuesday. Interment will be made
in the Jerusalem cemetery, the fun
eral cortege expecting to reach there
at 2:3O. The pallbearers are Cab
riel Lloyd, Hugh R. Jones, Edward
N, Jones, Peter Lloyd, Thomas HUI
.ghes and Hugh Jones. Friends are
asked to send no flowers.
Mr.. Thomas was faithful mem
Der of the Jersualem church at Judson
and transferred to the Welsh Cal
whistle Methodist church of this
city upon moving here.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
AUTO Thieves IN KATO
BUICK MACHINE BELONGING TO
HENRY KRUSE STOLEN
Standing on Walnut Street Yes.
terday Locked; No Trace
of it is Found so Far

That auto thieves are still operat-
ing in this part of the state was
evident yesterday when the Buick six,
model As machine belonging to Henry
Kruse, one of the proprietors of the
Kruse clothing company, was stolen
from Walnut street where it had
been left standing during the after
noon. AS nearly as can be ascer-
tanned the car was taken about six
o'clock last evening.
No one has been found who saw the
thieves make their getaway with the
Buick and the police received no
word from any of the numel Gus towns
that were notified to be on the look
out for the car last night. The ma
chine was locked when Mr.. Kruse
left it standing on Walnut street and
the fact that the thief was able to
Unlock it and get away leads to the
conclusion that he was professional
auto thief. Chief of Police Ed Ario
stated this morning there was little
doubt the man was an old hand at
the business.
The Buick was 1916 model and
had a Minnesota license number
66894. The engine number was 1924.
The left rear fender on the machine
was bent and crooked and there was
an emblem of the Mankato Automo-
bile association on the windshield
On the rear of the car was an extra
tire. Last evening, after it became
known that the car had been stolen
"Pin" Jones of the Clements garage
called Mr.. Kruse and told him that
he passed a Buick six about six
o'clock as he came down Windmiller
hill. Mr.. Jones did not notice the
car or the parties driving it but ii
is considered likely that these were
the thieves and that they were head
ing for the twin cities by way of
Faribault and Northfield
Chief Ario called every town to the
north and south of Mankato that the
thieves would have been likely to pass
through. st. Paul and Minneapolis
authorities were also notified to be
on the lookout for the machine
Late this afternoon Chief of Police
Ed Ario had received no further word
regarding Mr.. Kruse's machine Sher-
Tiff Osten intends to have cards print
ed and distributed bearing a descrip
ton of the car and every effort will
be made to recover it. 1t is possible
that some of the officers and Mr.
Kruse will go to the twin cities in
an effort to locate the Buick.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
Son OF Former Street Commissioners
Shot While in BattIe

Mr.. and Mrs. E. " Waters of 609
North Broad street received an Of
ificial dispatch from Washington, d.
c.. this morning stating that their
son, Private Fred Waters, who was
wounded in action in France. on
September IL, has been transferred
from the field hospital to an evacua-
ton hospital He received gun
shot wound in the right forearm dur
ing an engagement with the enemy.
The first message received by the
anxious parents simply stated that the
young man had been wounded, de-
gree undetermined and they tele-
graphed to Washington at once for
further information. Private Wat
tiers was wounded in the shoulder
last August, and as soon as the wound
healed went back with his company.
this being the second wound he re-
ceived during the war.
G. E. Gleason of Omaha was in the
city on business yesterday.
George Lambert of Fairmont was
in the city on business yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22

J. H. Johnson of st. Paul, was a
business caller in the city yesterday
Carl G. Wilken of Bancroft, Ia.
transacted business in the city yes
terday.
L. c. Stuart and Walter H. White
of Redwood Falls, were business call
ers in the city today.
DR.. G. R. Curran spent yesterday
at Winnebago on professional bust
ness.
Mrs. L. Wilcox, of the coat and suit
department of Salet's store, has re-
turned from three days spent in the
twin cities.
James Lewis, a member of the ex
emption board, is ill with influenza
and unable to serve.
Mrs. F. E. Wright of Minneapolis
and children Robert and Mary Eliza
beth are visiting at the home of Mrs
Wright's brother E. K. IlgenFritz or
Byron street.
Mrs. Roy Martinson of Topeka
Kan, who is visiting relatives a
Lake Crystal, spent the day witt
Mankato friends.
Mrs. Harry Hanson, who spent some
time visiting at Heron Lake, was {
guest in the city yesterday, while
enroute to her home at Gilmore. MINI
Carl Sommerstead and family, Mrs
D. Blanchard and Mrs. Kiesler O
Waseca were in the city yesterday
afternoon, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T
j. Snilsberg on Clark street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
That is Statement Made BY Herbert
Hoover. Meal Controller.
limited Press Dispatch1

IlInlted Press DiSpafch1
New York, November 16-Ameri-
can people will not have to deprive
themselvs of a mouthful of food to
feed Grmany and other European
nations, Herbert Hoover American
administrator, announced today as he
was about to leave for Europe.
I'VE are not worrying about Ger
many but about the smaller allied
nations who have been under the
German yoke" Hoover stated. "He
said Germany was in no danger of a
food famine as quickly as the Brit
ish blockade was removed
His remarks indicated that Ger
many has spread a false scare in re-
gard to her food shortage.