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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

The elimination of the st. Mihiel
salient by American troops shows that
the money we have been putting into
Liberty bonds has been placed where
it would do the most good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

The rate at which the allies have
been taking prisoners. recently indi-
Gates that in time they may have the
bulk of the Hun army behind them
instead of in front of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

politics. and bring freedom from
autocracy to all the nations of the
earth. Were he living now he might
behold the approach of another new
world. not of new lands but the old
lands made over into places habitable
and safe for all persons and peoples
alike,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

The Republican and Democratic
t'barkers" are having a difficult time
trying to make the voting public pay
attention to their wares If General
Pershing makes another drive on cleo
ton day the party leaders will have to
conduct an reclamation vote in front
OF newspaper bulletin boards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROE z. MoULTON

IF the ladies are drafted 1t will not
be Diplomatic to mention any particu-
lar age.
il they invited the ladies from ~
The thing to do is to Just say:
Come on, girls" and that will get
them all up to 80.
One conscientious objecter to deu7
Bile suffrage fears that women are
mainly paoifists. IS
Ha-ha! Ask any arkied man. 4
Lenine has been shot by Russian
malcontent.
If there is anything in a name, Trot-
zky would better dc SO quickly, s.".9
A German general in Turkey has
been shot and the doctors say there is
no hope. He Is almost certain to re-
cover.
The very two things the An-Highest
can't give them.
We have read of many methods OF
removing superfluous hair. but the
most effective way is to shoot Boil
shevik.
FROM SATISFIED OWNERS"
Sir-So far as I am concerned. Doc
| tor Garfield need not worry. ! an
out of the game for the duration Of
and put 1t on the mantef in the parier
Dear sir-I am willing to quit sever
days a week. My bus drinks enough
gas every day to run the whole war {
couple Of hours. II. Q.
manent. Last Sunday was the firs
real day of rest l have had in sil
| months L. *, T.
| The young lady next door has writ
| ten to Washington to inquire what SCR
of uniform unit wears.
And think, just two years ago her.
was man who swatted a fruit jar full
of flies in one season.
| The Lady Barber,
| The lady barber isn't new,
Tho at her now we stare,
Delilah had = pretty way
OF cutting Samson's hair.
Sir Walter Raleigh was a knave,
At least SO 1t was said.
Elizabeth gave him shave
| By cutting off his head.
Asked our landlord il he drove hi
car Sunday and he said: mo. M
conscience wouldn't let me-"
i The only time on record land
lords conscience has refused to lie
him do anything-an item wort
printing.
Well say this for the new Victor
bread that has just gone into effect, I
is a lot better than the stuff We hav
been getting under the guise of whit
bread.
A certain Broadway musical coined
woman played an upstate town las
week, and one of the local critics sal
of her: "She can't act, she can't sin
and she can't dance, but oh, boy. ho'
| she can look"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

Even the most consistent oppon-
ent of capital punishment probably
will modify his views when it comes
to settling with the kaiser, Lenine and
Trotzky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

If the fuel administration insists
upon its ruling regarding the furnish
ing of fuel to essential industries only.
how in the world is the legislature
going to get heat this winter?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

1t is planned to make Columbus
Day, october IL. the big day of the
next Liberty Loan campaign. The
great discoverer on that day more
than four centuries ago little thought.
perhaps, that he was laying the foup-
datipR of a country which later would
change the entire course of world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

Congressman Kitchin says he never
pays more than $3.50 for a shirt. We
have the kitchen towel, the kitchen
apron, the kitchen spoon and the
kitchen fork-new for the "kitchin'
Shirt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

= A Berlin newspaper admits that
tdefeatism" is an epidemic seriously
threatening the Rhine cities. Surely
the kaiser has not run out of his
famous inoculating serum prop
uganda"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

I The Russian standard of value, the
rouble. has become so cheap that the
newspapers are dropping the 90 from
the spelling of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

The big Austrian offensive on the
Italian front, which has been prom
ised all summer, seems to have missed
its train or to have been sidetracked
gomeWhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

We expect any time now to read one
of Fred Trigg's "Old Home Town" edi-
torials dealing with Artie Capper and
his cut-up days in Garnett.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17

If the women would only decorate
their millinery with squirrel tails the
war on this pest would be more popu-
lar.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

single unpleasant thought of what
may follow. EATONIC Tablets, good
tasting, quick acting, and absolutely
harmless, have already proven an un-
told blessing to thousands of people.
One or two EATONIC Tablets after
meals work wonders. They sweeten
and purify the stomach by neutraliz-
ing the trouble-making acids and gases
and stop the gripping pains of indiges-
ton and other stomach and bowel
disturbances.
And the best part of it is-you can
be your own judge. Just try EATONIC.
Let your own stomach tell you the
truth. If you are not pleased then
they don't cost you one penny.
Druggists are amazed at the aston
ishing reports from EATONIC users.
who have found EATONIC a quick,
wonderful relief for stomach ailments.
So we tell you to get a large box of
EATONIC from your druggist, whom
you know and can trust, and then
II EAT0EIO is not suited TO your case.
return 1t to your druggist at once and get
back your money. That's 8 fair, SQUARE
offer. Every person is urged to make the
test. Let your own stomach tell you tho
truth. So start using EATONIO today,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Do This After You Eat
Hot Weather "Out of Fix" Stomachs
Easily Put Right

When hot weather comes, stomach
and bowel miseries begin. Strong,
sound stomachs as we'll as weak ones
are easily affected by the harmful
gases and acids so often produced in
the things we eat and drink during
hot weather. Winter-Nature' ice
box, is gone-hot weather breeds
the poisonous germs that cause pto-
maine poison in all its many forms. .
Every one knows that the after-eat-
ing nausea, belching, that wretched,
bloated, "lumpy" feeling, sour stom-
ach, heartburn, food repeating, and
other forms of indigestion and dys-
pepsia are far more frequent during
hot weather. 1t is the time when you
have to guard constantly against an
upset stomach and the many ills that
are always apt to follow. Then again
we have the worlds war to win
with the change of diet and extra
work which means we must all care
fully guard our stomachs this year
keep ourselves fit and fine.
A marvellous relief and prevention
has been found for stomach sufferers,
which makes it possible for you to eat
the things you like best without a
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

& When you're fifty, your body begins to
creak little. at the hinges. Motion is
more slow and deliberate. mot so young
as l used to be" is frequent and unwel-
come thought. Certain bodily functions
upon which good health and good spirits
SO much depend, are impaired. The weak
spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arise. This is particularly true with ell
derly people. If you only know how, this
trouble can be obviated.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil has been relieving the in
convenience and pain due to advancing
years. It is a standard, old-time home
remedy, and needs no introduction. 1t is
now put up in odoress, tasteless capsules.
These are easier and more pleasant to take
than the oil in bottles.
Each capsule contains about one dose of
five drops, Take them just like you would
any pill with small swallow of water.
They soak into the system and throw off
the poisons which are making you old be-
fore your time. They will quickly relieve
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
EACH HAD AWFUL THOUGHT
Dancing Partner Of Jackies Feared
Worst Had Happened.

This is a true story. 1t occurred al
a dance given for certain boys in the
naval reserve.
While dancing with one of the jack.
les, certain young lady had hor
rible sensation that her petticoat was
coming down. She excused herself,
went TO the dressing room, and Sc
cured the garment with an extra safe
ty pin-thOugh it showed no signs Of
being loose from its moorings.
Then she danced with another sail
Or-and had the same disconcertina
sensation. She fed to the dressing
room again. This time, several other
girls were there-each with the same
end in view. 1t took some time to
solve the mystery. You see, the sen
sation had been caused by the bottoms
of the boys bell-bottomed trousers
rubbing against the ankles of the fair
dancers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR SUNBURN, TAN
Ty ItI Make this lemon lotion
20 whlten your tanned or
freckied skin.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons in
to bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex"
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for q
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yesl 1t ID
harmless.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

those stiffened joints, that backache, rbaa-
matism, lumbago, ssciatica, gall stones,
effective remedy for all diseases of the
bladder, kidney, liver, stomach and allied
organs.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
cleanse. the kidneys and purify the blood.
They frequently ward off attacks of the
dangerous and fatal diseases Of the hid
neys. They have a beneficial effect, and
often completely cure the diseases Of the
bodily organs, allied with the bladder and
kidneys.
If you are troubled with soreness acroas
the loins or with "simple" aches and pains
in the back take warning, it may be the
preliminary indications of some dreadful
malady which can be warded off or cured
if taken in time.
Go to your druggist today and get boz
of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules.
Money refunded if they do not help you.
Three sizes. GOLD MEDAL are the pure,
original imported Haarlem Oil Capsulsa
Accept No SubStitutes.-AdV.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
loo Much for Ananias.

Uncle John of the Excelsior Springs
Standard has lost faith in the saying
that man wants but little here below.
He writes: "To my mind, this is the
statement that checked Ananias to
death. II was reproduced in this coun-
try at a meeting of the Ancient Order
Of American SBinflints as a sort of
poultice to their consciences. 1t
seemed to work fust-rate. l was a
firm believer in the same theory, until
I studied the American profit hog at
close range. Then l realized that an
other prop was gone from under me-"
Kansas City Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

vying you jump nearly
gesicuates
looking
the Window"
arm
to
merely
while the
NJ lie bridge
a ride.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Cold Water.

A lady warned her new gardener
that her husband had an irritating hab-
1t of disparaging everything he saw
in the greenhouse, and of ordering with
reckless extravaganza, in spite of ii
being wartime, all manner of new
plants.
"On no account humor him." she
said. "Whatever he says, throw cold
water on him, or he will completely
ruin u.s."
The gardener looked surprised.
"Ma'am," he said. "if he orders me
to pitch every plant In the place on
the rubbish heap | shan't ever have the
pluck to dOuse him In cold water
Won't it do as well II get drain OF
warm water out of the boiler, and LEI
1t trickle down his neckT"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

whispers "Loo OH look he's ghed him
with domnie's exhortations.
probably
handcasps-notes
with
displace church behavior
training Megs university
together
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
A Difference.

Mrs. Hi-Upp Ito the candidate for
cook)--And l want you to feel, Mrs.
McGinnity, that if we can induce you
to accept the place you will be treated
like one of the family.
Mrs. McGinnity-Wel mum, If can
choose which one of the family want
to be treated like, OH shtay, but Owe
already seen a sample of the way We
trate that good-fer-nOthin' lap dog and
the way yer trate yer poor husband,
mum.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Unfair.

"He took an unfair advantage Of
me by indulging in personalities"
whats the matter? Did he call
YOU harsh names?"
"Worse than that. could have
defended myself If he had called me
a horse thief or a wife-beater. But
he chose deliberately TO hit at me
where l was defenseless."
"What could he have said about
your
HE referred to the fact that I was
once a pacifist"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

WdT CaWp community Service IS III
charge and the navy yard band pro-
vldes the music. Clergymen from all
denominations make addresses, while
the congregation, drawn from every
state and all ages and conditions Of
war workers, constitutes the choir.
These outdoor services offer many
amusing incidents. Prayerful posture
with bended head disappears when
the birdmen cut capers in the sky di-
rectly over the preacher. The drone
of the biplane browns the minister's
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

StOppeu IN Union station, mad the
train go through to Laurel, and there
rest.
1t was an all-day wait, too. The
boys felt pretty much cut up about
being deprived of the opportunity of
seeing their folks, but, Of course, they
said nothing.
They just did something. Nobody
can get ahead of American soldiers
not even the commanding officer
The major or colonel, or whatever
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

himself the
appearance
Washington
their folks
this officer doesn't the
worked it. But here the
of the decided they their relatives
they had determined that much, the
They hoped freight back to Washington.
nearly
they another o
No wonder the Yanks going through BerlnI
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Watch Your Skin Improve.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off Ointment in five minutes with Gu
ticura Soap and hot water. For free
sample address "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston" At druggists and by mail
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

out OF the window on the trouble SIDE.
Only one passenger kept his place.
He was a fat man with two chins and
the symptoms of third. He just sat
there and smiled complacently as If
the only thought he had in this world
was of the good breakfast he had
eaten and the good dinner that was
to come.
You win have your thoughts! And
il you are a woman you are bound
to put them in words, which accounts
for one marketbasket lady saying to
s'Iid like IN have an even fozen hus-
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

of the shopping Td
bands like that--with for good measure"
"One would be fellows
He's too his good times himself
Bet he's fast flyer all
But he wasn't fast flyer then husky
lessness with the doly
We are all right take by but-
When we stop cicng of people things nothing
about this world win be wearing wings
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

span of the Highway bridge. He is
the senior operator and vessels which
have to wait for the draw have to
wait on Tillert. He doesn't keep
them waiting very long.
There is a tremendous toot, a
great grinding and the draw begins to
operate. You are standing talking to
the captain, when you feel the iron
bar against which you were easily
leaning begin to revolve. 1t revolves
calmly, pleasantly, brushing you aside,
as 1t were. But when you feel It re-
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
How the "Boys" Outwitted the Commanding Officer

TROOP train stopped Laurel Nd morning not long
~ Washington
that his train would be beieged by tonnds relatives they
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

Sometimes the popularity of a fad
depends on the amount of foOlishness
there is back of ii.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
WARNING.

my wife-to-be is an expert at
keeping house" "rhen take my ad-
vice and don't put It in her name"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Ride on Drawspan Recommended as Novel Thrill

VoU have taken aanes tanks bateshps automobiles
chOoChoos Capt Robert L.
TIIerts "craft thrill Te "craft
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Women Passengers Had Misiudged the Fat Man

HE to sudden stop with the grinding that the
wheels have slipped jumped
tor and followed and
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
He Is Cnntent-

although all my goods are a drug
in the market" said he, 81 am content
l keep an apothecary shop"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Excellent earqIe.

of the year, we are apt to be caught in
a rainstorm and sit about in damp
clothing, and as a consequence we
wake up the next morning with bad
sore throat. Salt and water make an
excellent gargle for the throat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Outdoor Church Services Popular at Capital

latest curchgng out of doors
w
held last Sunday five and will regua until October The district
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

Summer Diarrhoeas
can be controlled more quickly with qR0Vn5
BABY BOWEL MHDIOIHh and II 10 absolutely
harmless. Just as effective for Adults az for
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Heard in the Studio.

Daughter-This new skirt is too
short for me.
Mother-You needn't send 1t back !;
I'll wear it.--Film Fun.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22

Grit!
They were motoring, and he bade
defiance to all police traps.
"We're going at fifty miles an hour" )"
he said. "Are yoh braye?"
She Swallowing another pint of
dust)-Yes, dear, I'm full of grit.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-22
Thinking of No. I

Thinking of No. I.
He-"Marry me, and there1l be no
one happier on earth" Shelves,
but how about myself"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-16

Tai declaration Sc hizo hoy por
cl General Pcyton C. March, jefe DEF
Estado Mayor General americana, en-
su primera con~ferencia Semanaria
cor los representatives de la prensa Y
V en- Ia conferences de los funciona-
rios de ia Secretaria de Guerra con
los mi4mbrcs DE IA ComiSion Mill
tar del Senado.
Ell general March, nj refer!rSa Il In
situaciGn en- el frcntr de batalla hi
20 IN resamen dc las cuatrp distintas
Eases de Ia gran cfrnslva alemana,
que hasta ahora han tenido como re-
sultado e. avancc de la Inca enemi-
"a en- cuatro divcrSos s~ectores, pc
70 que no ha ?odido cuRpiir ningu-
ITO de los objetivoS que en- cada oca-
SION Sc propusieron los t~eutones.
La confercncia con los ~periodistas
tuvo lrgar en- los Sa!ones del Con-
Scio de Guerra. En- las paroles dc
uno de escs salones Sc hallahan col
gadcs mapas de los diversoS frentes
de batal!a Y a mcdilA qu@ Ell general
March Gaba cuenta de la slfuacion,
mdicaHa en- los mapas lbs puntos So
lientes de los moyimientos enemi-
gcs.
Ia cifra dc 100000 homb-es en-
viados a Francia. incluye todoS los
ramos del servicio necesarios para
construir un verdadero eiercito, con
sus elementos combatientes y no
combatientes. Todas las cifras que
Sc den a Ia publicidad por ell De,
partamento de IA Guerra sobre e
particular dijo ell general March, 10
seran SCORE esa base, es decir, inclu-
yendo las unidades combatientes J
no combat;entes que componan e
ejGrcito americana.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-16
FL Baron Bufiaa adm
es paftidarie de Ia
paz per CONVENE
Dice que Ia monarquia dua'
Iista no pretende obtener
ningunas anexiones
de t~erritorio

VIENA, JUNO l5.-El Baron Bu-
rian, Ministro de Relaciones Exterio-
res de Austria-Hungria, en- una en-
trevista que eoncedin recientemente
4 un represer,tante del diario Az
Est, v que apareci6 puhlieada en- d.
enc HeTiodieo, exRresa que aun estd
en- favor de Ia poiitica de una paz
por convehio, como 10 manifesto en-
Diciembre de 1915, Y 81 d%eclsracion
continua.
La monarqufa dealista no procu-
IA Gnexiones de ninguna ClaSe. Pa
ra ahora hemos celebrado va cuatro
t-atados de paz Y en- ninguno de ellos
Sc contione NADIA que pudiera ser
;nterprctado como una conquista.
"Por 10 que ~respccta Il Rumania,
como ella fuG Ia que nos atace, huEi-
mos naturalmente de pensar Ell sal
~vaguardar nuestra frontera con ese
pals one Sc hallaia dcsprotegida. La
anexi6n de esa faja de terreno cast
inhabitada de la region boscosa de
los C;irpatos. no comprende NADIA que
pudiera considerarSe como n sub
yugaci6n de pueblos extrahos. Nc
obstants, los rumanos mismos, me
attevo a d%ccirlo, no tienen la impre,
sion de que hGyan sido tratados de,
maSiado duramente."
El Baron eNpres6 tambiGn que di"
ficilmcnte podria traerse a la pales-
ira por ahora ia question de una nue.
"a oferta de paz pot la Cuadruple
ALBANIA. pues qde las hechas hasta
ahora habian sido rechazadas V no
Sc harlan otros toda vez que "los es-
tadiStas que dirigen los asuntos de
los gobiernos dc Is entente, eXpuSie-
ron ideas y opiniones como las ex-
presadas por el Primer MiNistro
Lloyd-George Ell su reciente ,liscur-
so de Londres. Minntras esos esta-
d i;tas hablan de tai manera, no nos
queda otrc recurso que Gefendernos
rasueltamente."
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-16
Los teutones enpiezan
a preparar Sd pro-
ximo ataque
Los CritiC0s miIitares franceses
Green que ell eIlemigo aim no
ha dado su golEe principal

LONDRES, JUNO 15.-La estrate-
gia aliada Y la tenacidad dc su resiS-
~tencia, dc nuevo han dsdo al traS-
tc con los ataques en- masa de los
alcmancs Y Ell Kronprinz Sc ha visto
obligado a desistir dc su segundo
COPE sin haber degrade afectar Sc
riamente Ia situaci6n general en- cl
frente occidental.
Con exception de dueios de arti-
Iberia, la lucha en- esos sectorcs del
frer,e occidental, ha entrado de lls-
no en- una tregua a%parente; pero no
Sc cree que tai SUSPENSION lure ma
cho tempo, pues Sc espera IN nue.
20 golpe enemigo en- breve, a juz-
gar por los preparatiycs que estan
llevando a cabo los s~leranes.
En- Ia ofensiva one So inicio el do
mingo pasado, los alcmanes enrplea-
ron un gran numero de Tuerzas ell
un frcnte r~slativamente pequeno.
Por Tres dfas obtuvieron a!gunos M
ganos Y llevsron gu avan-
ce rapidamente hacia ell sur con Ell
.proposito de forzar 81 canine hacia
q .Aisne. LIE rcsistencia francesa Sc
a~crecent5 Y ell cuarto tia las tropas
del general Petain asumian Ia ofen-
's;va. Los e~sfuerzos. de los teutones
para romper Ia lilea aliada al sur
del Aisne v tlegar al 0ise, por Ell
sur de. Compiegns, tambi&n fracasa-
ron, despues de I'm iigero avance he
enc al ~suroeste de SCISSORS.
El viernes "a no hube combates de
ihfanseria a 10 largo de csc frente,
ri en- ninguno otro de los sectores