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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
In Memory Of Mrs. n. Weidknecht

tnee Frances Grant,.
Hark' the angels now are singing
Joyful songs in Paradise,
Welcoming home another dear one
Who has left for yon bright skies.
She has met her darling baby
That on earth She oft caressed
They are happy with the Savior
IN the land Of perfect rest.
That gentle voice no more we hear
Alas is hushed IN death.
Her .iieless form has been laid low
Beneath the cold damp earth.
A lonely home vacant chair.
Tell US that one we love
VIII meet no longer with us here;
We hope TO meet above.
Her sufferings tolls and pains aIe
DER.
SHES numbered with the blest;
Her race Is run, the victory won.
And she is now a rest.
The thought that she is free from
pain
should all our grief remove,
That if we live as Christians here
1 We soon shall meet above
Would we eal her back again
TO this world Of sin and care.
When we know wen meet dear Fran
ces
In her home just over there?
Frances, to say farewell to thee,
/ Our anguish none can tell;
II seems it cannot. cannot be,
Yet Frances. dear, farewell.
A FRIEND,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
GOVERNMENT ASKED
To BUY ALL WIRE:
LINES FROM OWNERS
POSTMASTER GENERAL BuRL6.
SON SAYS TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH WILL PAY FOR
SELVES IN EIGHTEEN YEARS.

Washington. Dec f7-Posmasta
General Burleson declared yestera ii
unqaulif.ily for government owner
ship and operation Of the telephone
ana telegraph systems Of the country
as a permanent policy.
The declaration was made III a IL
ter 10 Congressman John 4 Neon
chairman Of the House committee an
postoilices and postroads and author
OF the resolution proposing appraisal
OF the properties with view to Due
chase by the government
Mr. Burleson says the government
can acquire the wire system without
the appropriation OF a dollar ami can
pay Tor them out OF savings made
through elimination of Implications Ii
plants and operating expenses
TO turn back the wire systems tt
private control now would lesu', IT.
serious loss to investors and IN datri-
ment to service, the postmaster gen
eral says( although this must be done
upon proclamation Of peace unless
new legislation is passed.
He advocates immediate passage IF
the Moon resolution to extend the
period Of government control.
The function or transmitting intel
ligence for the public must neces sar-
lily be monopoly and must be cxer.
cised by the government the pos.
master general says The wires. he
says, should be operated With Tie
postoftce.
Mr. Burleson disclaims the pro
posed policy as party question, point
ing out that the Constitution gives an
thorl.y for governmental control Of
means Of communication and Implies
obligation by the government to pro
vide the means.
When the Morse system was in its
infancy, in 1914, he says. Congress
made an appropriation for the pur
pose Of acquiring it and since 1871
more than seventy bills have been In
troduced in Congress to purchase the
telegraph lines and more than score
OF them have been reported fayorahly
by Senate and House committees.
The progress and prosperity Of the
nation are dependent upon the mean.
OF communication between and amors
the people, says Mr. Burleson TX
tension Of the wire service should {
determined BY public needs, not the
opportunity for private GAIN
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
COLONEL PRAISES
ILLINOIS SOLDIERS

Springfield Dec Among Amer
ira's army Of occupation into n
many is the Thirty-tnird Division.
made up OF Illinois boys They are
marching steadily onward and have
distinguished themselves in battle,
according to letter received here
by Colonel $ o Trip Of the adjutant
generals Office from Lieutenant Colo
nel J. L. b. Jones of the quartermas.
ter's department Of the division His
letter .ells of the heroism displayed
by the members of the division in the
lighting just before the signing OF
the armistice and mentions numerous
citations for bravery by the French
and British officers to the soldiers.
And as a mark OF distinction each
member Of the command wears q
yellow cross Colonel writes. He
inclosed one Of the insignias in his
letter.
We all feel that the Thirty-third
DIVISION mas done wonderful work III
France and that the State OF Illinois
has every reason to be proud Of the
many commentators that they have
received from our various corps com.
manders,' Colonel Jones letter reads.
Many have been decorated both by
the British and by our own govern.
ment, but you can tell anyone that
every man from the general to the
kitchen police has given his VERY
best for the honor Of the state We
realize that we have the loyal sup.
port OF every man, woman and child
a, home, and It was that knowledge
that kept up all going when things
looked pretty dark and when the men
were 50 tired that it seemed that it
was not possible for them to carry
en- another mile"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
TEETH MARKS VS.. FINGER
PRINTS.

Dr. Otto Fl. Schultze, medican assis'
tant to the district attorney OF New
York, testifying in a murder case de-
clares that marks on the arm Of tie
victim were certainly made by the
teeth of a girl accused Of the crime.
There could be no doubt Of it, he says,
because teeth marks as a means OF
Identification are superior to finger
prints.
"A normal person" explains DR..
Schultze, has ten fingers He has
thirty-two teeth II we get the iden-
tical impression of these thirty-two
teeth, they form more positive
means of Identification than the i'm.
prints Of the ten fingers
This is a new idea in the realm OF
criminology or of identification for
any purpose. Hitherto the Bertill6n
method has been accepted as the best
available It has been argued that
the shape Of the finger tips and the
delicate lines on the skin that covers
them never change, and that they &.
exactly alike in no two persons or no
two fingers Of the same person
ii seems hardly possible that the
teeth should reveal SO many fine yari.
atoms aa the finger tips Still. they
might serve very well for ordinary
purposes ii plaster casts were made
Of the mouths Of all persons concern
ed That H. as long as the persons
concerned RETAINED from substitute
ing false teeth
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

Spring broilers, per h., 1910
Old ROSTERS, per lb, 12.l3c
Hens, per Ill.,, 16.l612c.
Ducks, per H., 20-2ic,
Geese, per h., 15-l5c
Turkeys, alive, per h.. 25-26c.
Eggs per dozen, 50.5lc,
Packed eggs, per dozen, A5-i6c
Cream, 6062c
Butter. 35.45c.
p S butter, 33c.
Lard, 2l-22e.
Live Stock.
Steers Stock, per cWt, So to $40;
lat, per cWt, $14.
Calves-Per cwt,, Sl2 to $13.
Spring lambs-Per cwt., sl3 TO $l4
Hogs--Per cwt, ST.
tiides and Wool.
No. | hides, per h.. 13c.
No 2 hides per h., l2c
Furs, soc.
No. ! calf skins, per h., 25c.
No. / horse hide, 81.
oheep-per cwt, IS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
NEWS NUGGETS.

Rock Island Knowing that can.
Ger was fast sapping her life, Mrs
Clarence Sutton asked her daughter.
Marie NJ, to hasten her wedding The
last request Of the mother was
granted and the daughter and An
drew L!ndgren were married at the
bedside Of the diving mother. Mrs.
sutton passed away a few hours after
the ceremony had been performed
She gave her dying blessing to the
young couple.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
MAKING Them Comfortable.

Ethel, who was ten gears old wfs
studying her reader and learned that
fish are placed In brine before they
are dried and prepared for sale. AZ
Ter explaining that brine Is very salt
water, the teacher asked why the FISH
were placed In It. Eehels face was
.aumined with sudden understanding,
and she promptly replied: Because
they are used to salt Waterw
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

The dealer shall SCI above com
modites AT not more than a reason
able advance over the actual price to
him Of the partcuIar goods sold,
without regard to the markN or re.
placement value at the time Of such
sale. The publication Of these prices
Goes not relieve the dealer from this
Obligation
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
FAIR FOOD PRICES

The consumers prices quoted be
low are for staple commodities At tine
store ard do not include q arge for
delivery and credit. Prices higher
than these listed in the last column
are overcharses and should be re-
ported to the Illinois division Of the
United States food administration, III
West Washington street Chicago. Ill.,,
or TO local committee Consumer
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
Plants That Grow in Craters.

In the crater Of the extinct Volcano
lIaliakaau, in the Hawaiian islands.
There tlourishes curious plant local
~ known as "Siyer Swords They
are evidently some kind Of cactl Ef-
forts to propagate them elsewhere
have, it Is said, always failed, The
crater where they are found is huge
clndor-strewn bowl, absolutely dry and
devoid of any other form of Vegeta'
ton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
Hun Pallndrome.

The longest single.Word palndromes
in the English language are said to be
'reyiver" and "rotator," each contain
ing seven letters. A friend of ours
has discovered one Of nine letters, viz,
''detanated," which may or may not
be in the dictionaries. The Germans,
however, have a palindrome Of no less
than thirteen letters, "reliefpfeiler"
meaning relief columns.-Boston Tran.
script.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
Give us Not This Day,

Expenses are Kept down by careful
and daily pruning, but according to all
reliable jokesmiths the old.fashioned
boarding house keeper must have
thought it was by daily prunes.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

The Free vrader-Journal may be
found at the sews depots Of Wheeler
4 Maso, kneu.@l Bros, and Megatins
Cigar Store.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

Schedule TO govern retailers profits
under new plan Of United States
bureau.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVE
8. c. TheIa Company, 706 Lincoln Bid
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

from the complaints and weaknesses
which are so common to women, should
take the right tonicfor the womanly system.
Ii woman is borne down by pain
and sufferings at regular or irregular
intervals, by nervousness or dizzy spells,
By headache or backache, "Favonte
Prescription" should be taken Favor.
ito Prescription can now be had il
tablet form as well as liquid at most
drug stores Send to Doctor Pieree'>
lnvalids' Hotel, Buffalo, \. T., for 4
ten-cent trial package Of tablets.
For fifty years DR. pierce's Pleasant
Pellets have been most satisfactory in
liver and bowel troubles.
Chicago, HI want to say that Dr. Gerces
medicines are the very best that have ever been
nut before the public refer 10 the 'tavorite
rresaription Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets for they have done SO much for
la Tor twenty years PAST. At one time was
rouoled with woman trouble and il terminated
.u nervous prostrauon. About that time heard
aGy who was taking the Favorite Prescrip-
Ion and SO thought would try and see what it
would do tor ne. ! went To . drug store and
cau1ht six bottles Of Favurte Prescription ana
Eve al the GrIea Medical Discovery and LeDt
.1ysel supplied with the Pleasant Pellets, ana
.o@&y | am itle from all u that suffering
--hJs 10 r51ft. BOYD, i50S y, hhtp1ie
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

Entered as second class matter Nov
so. 1916. at the nostotfice at Ottawa
H., under the Act of Oct 3, 1917.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVES,
s. C. Theis Company, S64 Monadnock
Block
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

G. D. Seckel Headman tells me -:
1.-THE gentleman for whom | was
named, George David SeclSel, brought
n pear tree from France which he had
planted on his farm and he named
the fruit ethe 'seckel pear after him
self, as II was the lrst Of the kind In
this country. Mr.. Secke's city resi-
dence was on Walnut street below Eff
ttenth, whore he died about the year
1860. "--philadelpnia Ledger.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17
Advertising Rates
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Reading Notices or business
Locals" per line .............S 10
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etc, per line .........,..... 10
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and club meetings. per line :. 10
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

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TRADERJOURNAL.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-17

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THE FREE TRADER-J0UREAl
tzs West Main Street
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS

To The Voters of The Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
l hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Solicitor General for
the remainder Of the unexpired term
Of the late Hon. ], r. Williams, the
election to take place in the Septem-
Der primaries.
1 have been filing by appointment
the first part of said term and am
low asking to be permitted to
serve the remaining two years there.
Of. If elected l shall give to the Office
the same conscientious and painstak-
ing attention that I have heretofore
given it, and shall sincerely appre-
cate the endorsement and support Of
the people of this circuit. Respect
fully JOHN A. FORT.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
N0STRlLS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Relieves Head Colds at Once.


If your nostrils are clogged and your
head stuffed and you can't breathe
freely because of a cold or catarrh,
just get small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm at any drug store. Apply little
Of It's fragrant, antiseptic cream into
your nostrils and let it penetrate
through every air passage of your
head, soothing and healing the infm-
ed, swollen mucous membrane and you
get instant relief.
All! how good it feels Your nos.
trils are open, your head is clear, no
more hawking, snuffling, blowing; no
more headache. dryness or struggling
for breath. Ely's Cream Balm is just
what sufferers from head colds and ca
tarrh need. It's a delight. adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
City Marshal Sales.

Will be sold before the courthouse
door in the City of Americas, Ga, be-
tween the legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in April next, the fol-
Loving described property, to-wit:
One house and lot on the north side
of and known as 527 College strete,
and bounded as follows: North by the
property of the Estate of Matt Hart;
east by the property of w. P. Wallis;
south by College street, and west By
Hampton street Said lot being 90X90
feet, more or less. and levied on as the
property of Estate of Hannah Dudley
to satisfy certain city tax fl fas in ia
yor of the Mayor and City Council OF
Americas, Ga. to Will Duncan, Trans
fierce, for the year 1914 and 1915. Ten
ant notified in terms of the law. This
LIST day of March, 1918.
w. T. MAYNARD, City Marshal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24

To the voter of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
/ beg leave to announce my candi-
dacy for Office of Solicitor General, in
September primary
If elected shall perform, with cour-
age and fidelity the duties fixed by
law upon the holder of this Office.
My conception is that there can be
such policy of its administration, as
that the Office will stand as menace
to wrong-doing, and as well, posi-
tive aid and encouragement to con-
structive good and peace to the coun>
ties of the circuit.
Every effort will be made to make
practical realization of this concep-.
ton.
Opportunity for extended service is
the strongest reason for this decision.
Will sincerely appreciate and try
hard to justify any confidence an in
terest shown in my race.
Respectfully,
JULIE FELTON,.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
COULDN'T LACE
HISOWN SHOES
Had to Give Up Work, Keep to House
And Couldn't Walk But Now
He Works Every Day.
HIS SISTER ENDORSES
ACID IRON MINERAL, TOO

Yes, indeed know what Acid Iron
Mineral isl declares A. G. Holloway,
SAT East Fair street, Atlanta. Ga. "I
know that it will do for kidney trou-
BILE, too" continued Mr. Holloway when
seen by representative of the Ferro-
dine Chemical Corporation.
Il suffered so bad wit kidney trou-
BILE l could not do any work. Some
times I had to get somebody to help
put on my clothes. Why sometimes
I could not even bend over to put on
my shoes and could not do any walking
at all. l spent money here and there
with specialists and for medicines but
none of them did me any good.
1T was only through friend
learned about Acid Iron Mineral and
after sending for a fifty cent bottle,
going fter another little later my
self l was cured 1t cured me of my
trouble. Even gave me better appe
tite and l have told dozens of friends
about this. I sent a dollar bottle to
my sister out in Carthage, Texas, ana
she reports it does the work.
1t is surely a real medicine for
blood, kidney and rheumtic troubles. .
Mineral VS.. vegetablye.
Acid Iron Mineral is a mineral COM
pound. Most iron tonics and blood
remedies are vegetable. The differ
c0ce of course is great The reader
probably tasted or felt the quick eff
fects of a mineral preparation before
Thousands of bottles already sold in
Atlanta and thousands more all oVeA
the state prove its merit. 1t is the
most powerful absolutely harmless
iron tonic sold in liquid form ccord-
ing to Ferrodine Chemical Corporation
tests. You'll like, too.
For sale by Howell's Pharmacy adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
MRS. JOHN 8. GORDON
ATTENDS THE REVIEW

ATLANTA, Ga, March Mrs.
John B Gordon, aged widow of the
famous Confederate general and
statesman, yesterday afternoon re-
viewed the Eighty Second Division of
the national army which is now un-
dergoing the final stages of training
at Camp Gordon, the great cantonment
named in honor of her husband.
Standing beside General Burnham,
commander of Camp Gordon, and
watching the thousands of khaki-clad
soldiers march down the parade
ground. fully equipped and showing
by the 1.-THE movement of their muscles
that they are in the pink of physical
condition, Mrs Gordon doubtless felt
the same thrill of pride that she ex-
perienced in her girlhood days when
she used to watch the armies of Lee
and Jackson in the great reviews OF
of the Civil War.
In those old days she made her
home as near the army as possible.
so as to keep in touch with General
Gordon, and many a time she rode
to headquarters on a splendid bay
mare which one of his men captured
in raid on Maryis Heights in Vir-
ginia, and would sit on the horse and
watch the flower of the Southern Con-
federacy marching past in their uni
fo rms of grey with the bands playing
Dixie"
The review of her honor yesterday
was witnessed by thousands of At
lanta people who journeyed to Camp
Gordon, and was the most impressive
military demonstration that has been
held at Camp Geordon since the be-
ginning of the war
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
Alcazar Monday.

Julian Eltinge, the famous Para
mount feminine impersonator, who is
appearing at the Alcazar theratre on
Monday is again taking the role of 4
woman in 1.-The Widows Might" This
is charmingly humorous story of
the adventures of Young Dick lavish
who sets himself up as a rancher, on
ly to learn that an older hand at the
game is going to beat him. He wins
out. with the help of a wig, baby anG
an exceedingly pretty girls, makes an
unexpectedly refreshing nd original
picture, which was directed by Will
liam C. de Mile.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
WHEATLEY EXPECTED
To Be 4 CANDIDATE
AGAINST MR.. STRANGE

ATLANTA, Ca, March 23.-Judge
Henry B. Strange, the newly appoint
ed secretary of state who Will serve
for the unexpired term of Philip Cokk,
who died last Monday morning, ex-
poets to be a candidate for election
to the office in the general election to
be held this fall.
Under the law, he serves for the I'M
expired term until the secretary OF
state elected at the next election is
indicted into office by the general as
sembly on the occasion of the guberna-
torial Inauguration. In the event,
therefore, of his election for a full
term, he will succeed himself when
the general assembly formally de-
clares the result of the election a few
days after converting in teh summer
of 1919; or, should some other candi-
date be elected he willthen turn the
great seal of the state over into the
custody Of his successor.
In this connection it is understood
that Crawford Wheatley, of Americas.
formerly a member of the House and
Senate, will be candidate for secre-
tary of state. He and Judge Strange
are good friends, having served in
the Senate together in 1905-06.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-24
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper win be-
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in ali its stages and
that is catarrh, Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
faces OF the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building MP the con-
stitution ana assisting nature IN doing its
work The 1roprietors have so much
faith in the curative powers of Halls
Catarrh Medicine tina. they offer One
EuDdred Dollars for ny case that it faila
to cure Send FOR list of testimonials.
Ad1l PISS r. j. CHENEY e co. Tolsdc
ONO Sold by an '~s-iet. &c.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-17
OUTLINE WAR WORK

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept 15.-Many Arizona people are expected to attend a state conference here Tuesday when the united war work campaign of the seven war work associations will be outlined to the general public. The public meeting will be held at the Young Mems Christian association building and the delegates and visitors are to be addressed by several promi- nent people, among them pr. Rather inc Bement Davis, who was formerly at head of commission of corrections and charities in New York City. She will tell about the work in the crowd ed cities and industrial centers that is being done by the associations. An other speaker will be O. Logan Burns who has been doing special war work fin Europe at the request of the French government. Senator Benson of Cali fornia is on the program, also C. S. Either, director of the united cam paign in the southern department, is expected to arrive here Monday for the conference. He is nationwide prominent in war work, is associated with John R. Mott, head of the world