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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-08

Mrs. Silas Juliar of Rapidan was
in the city on business today.
Mrs, T. S. Wilcox of Kasota was
shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. J. E. Hickey of st. James
was shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Adams of Madelia was
a business caller in the city Tuesday
Mrs. R. Champlin of Vernon Center
visited friends in the city yesterday
r. C. Champlin of Vernon Center
was in Mankato on business yester-
day.
Mrs. E. G. Zimmerman and B. S
Zimmerman of GAINESVILLE visited at
the home of Mrs. S. Stalcup yester-
day.
f. M. Corbett, assistant superin-
tendent of the Great Western, called
on business associates in Mankato
fodoRs
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-08
RITES FOR MRS. KRON
They Were Held at the st. Peter
And PauFs Church
Yesterday

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Johanna Kron were held yesterday
morning at nine o'clock in st. Peter
and Paul's Catholic church. Mass
was said by Rev. Father A. Hartman,
S. j., and, special music was rem
dered by the st. Cecilia choir. The
Married Ladies' Sodality of the
church, of which deceased was a
member, attended the services in a
body The pail bearers were Messrs.
John Holman, Otto Lamm, Robert
Lamm, Joseph Thro. Henry Leonard,
and Frank Busch. Out of town peo-
pie present at the funeral were Mrs.
Theodore Hoefe of Heidelberg, Mimi,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Engessen
of st. Peter MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-08
TOWN. EY rs ARRESTED
WARRANT WAS ISSUED
FROM MARTIN COUNTY
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-08

a gas chamber built here and think
tomorrow, we will test our masks.
We have to put the masks on in six
seconds, but that is easy enough aft
er one gets used to it. We also have
to drill with them on.
Did l tell you that l received a
package from Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Monson, of Joliet, ILL.,? 1t surely is
great to be so well remembered.
They all tell me that l was we'll
thought of, and l say the same.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-08

Note.-Word was received from Ro-
chester today that the Olmsted coun-
ty authorities did not contemplate in
terfering in any way with meetings of
the Non-Partisan league in that
county.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03


The hundreds of thousands who
have enjoyed the delightful fun of
Miss Minerva and William Green
Hill (now in its twenty-fourth edi-
tion) will welcome this new book.
Billy and the Major starts where
Miss Minerva" leave off. The Major
and Miss Minerva return from their
honeymoon, as Billy terms it-"foH
i'm they's honey they mus be some
bees then the three of them
settle down to a new existence-an
existence quite as colorful and full of
incident as the one Billy enjoyed in
the days of Miss Minerals spinster-
hood. William Green Hill was hap
Ply. Major Minerva" as he called
the veteran warrior, and he were
sworn allies. He saw unlimited DOS
sibilities in the new arrangement.
And then when Wilkes Booth Lin
coin suddenly appeared, muddy and
beddraggled, Billy's cup of happiness
was filled to OVERLOOKING.
The same drollery and comedy of
childhood that made Miss Minerva
and William Green HILL" so univers-
ally popular is to be found in ''Biily
and the Major Every lover of the
earlier story will want to follow the
FRANKS and innocent rascalities of the
most delightful group of youngsters
in the literature of our day.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
HNPLY? WELL, DON'T Be!
pacole Notice II. Drive Them Off
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

o;,,uIv face will not embarrass you
.b longer if you get package of DR..
goIscds' Olive Tablets. The skin should
10 to clear after you have taken the
..Spts few nights.
'Geauset the blood, the bowels and the liver
-;tS Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue.
~sassf,,l substitute for calomel; there's never
- sickness or pain after taking them.
81 nr Edwards Olive Tablets do that
,-sic6 caIomel does, and just as effectively,
VT their action is gentle and safe instead
= severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets Is
or cursed with "a dark brown taste"
had breath, dull, istless, mo good"
sssIing. constipation, torpid liver, bad
SSnosition or pimply face.
, DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
oureiy vegetable compound mixed
9th olive oil; you will know them
Nv their olive color.
Or. Edwards spent years among pa.
t;snts afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
Immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for week
Gee how much better you feel and look.
1Ok and 25c per box. All druggists.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
GERMANS REPORTED ACTIVE IN
SOUTH AMERICA.

German propaganda in South Amer
lea has taken the form of well-or-
gained campaign of street corner
soap box speakers harang1ling
against the allied blacklists. The
speakers base their arguments on the
high cost of living, which they trace
to these bfacklists.
Evidently large number of speak
ers nave been engaged, for in all
parts of the business district. of
Buenos Aires, and at all hours there
are small groups of listeners around
speaker who is mounted on a wood
en- soap box. And as he moves from
one corner to another he is followed
by mounted member Of the Security
Squadron.
These speakers are advertised as
being members of the "Liga Pro-
Equidad," which might be translated
as the Equity or Justice-League.
This league has an Office near the
business center. Over the entrance to
1T is a shield that was so prominent
during the Luxburg neutrality cam
paign, but which had disappeared,
the shield of the Pro-Neutral.ty
League, so designated as to make the
office appear to be an office of the Ar
J gentine Government.
The shield is the same size and
shape as those which designate Gov
eminent offices, bears the same kind
Of lettering and has in its center tie
Argentine national coat of arms.
Last year this shield guarded a
doorway at one of the busiest corners
in the city, and at the head of the
stairs was the neutrality office which
was maintained by German funds,
supplied largely through the newspa-
per, La Union. At the head of the
stairs it now guards the office of the
"Pro-Justice League, organized to
stir up ill feeling among the Argen-
tines ON the argument that the allied
blacklists are responsible for the high
cost of living.
The only newspaper in the city sup
porting this league is La Union, the
.uluoW sossd
000'0I 10 GpIsqns lusutuIsAoD ugtu
-IeD peuIeaqo pure peHse 'eIaQ Iop
-essyquv uBWIsD IauIOJ 9Ql 'SLnq
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
A SOLDIERS BACK HER DESK
(London Times.)

A contact of King George and
Queen Mary, on their visit to Lin
coin, with the American soldiers sta
toned there ended a novel incident
Capt. M. w. Mack, of the United
States War Risk Bureau, who has
charge in England of the life insur-
ance of American soldiers, was pre-
scented to the King and Queen, who
asked him many questions about the
scheme he is controlling.
The conversation became quite
free and unconventional, and at the
close Capt. Mack produced an envel-
ope and fountain pen and asked the
Queen for her autograph. The Queen
took the envelope and looked around
for something on which to rest her
paper. .Sergt. Walty, also an Ameri-
can, suddenly stopped down and Of
fered his broad back as desk. The
King and Queen both laughed heart
lily and fell in with the spirit of the
situation.
The autograph was written and
Capt Mack then passed the pen and
paper to the King. Sir Henry Fowler
this time offered his back as desk,
but hitch occurred. The ink in pen
refused to flow. Sir Henry Fowler
came to the rescue. Producing a pen
from his own pocket, he said: This
is English, your Majesty; will you
try it," The English pen worked
satisfactorily and Capt Mack got his
second autograph. The king enjoyed
the episode immensely. As for Capt.
Mack, that officer, with a beaming
face, pocketed his. envelope and re-
marked. This may not be military.
but it's human"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
FRENCH GIRLS PROSPEROUS.

Before the war, according to M.
Lausanne, the Paris editor, the
French girl might work in a depart
ment store at 40 cents day; she
could be a seamstress and earn even
less, or she could marry the man her
parents selected for her. From 40
cents her earning capacity has jump
ed to 81 and more day. Whereas
bank account was rare thing with
French women before the war, saw
ings bank deposits for France have
shown big increase since 1914,
largely because of accounts opened
by women war workers. After the
war it is predicted thousands of them
will desert the old lines of employ
ment to engage in work as stenogra-
pliers, bookkeepers, and in the law.
medicine, journalism and other pro-
LESSONS.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
HOW BRUTAL HUNS MASSACRE
THE WOUNDED.
&C. v. Gombe in Leslie's. j.

1t is funny thing, but = soldier
in action always thinks it's the other
fellow who is going to get bowled
over. Men were dropping all around
me, wounded or killed or because the
fire was too hot to proceed. 1 ran
along exultant and tremendously ex-
cited.
They can't hit me, the s. =
(sons of guns, l was going to say)."
But at that moment bullet hit me
in the head and dropped me.
Within a short time Germans
were swarming around me and 1
was a prisoner. Before long Ger
man officers had gathered UP all
wounded and unwounded prisoners
able to walk and made of them a
screen to protect their final assault
against our position on the hill.
Even that was not so bad as using
civilians, as the Hun often does.
The situation there was very bad
when the Germans emerged with
their prisoner screen in front of
their fixed bayonets. Six runners
had been sent back and were pre-
sumably killed. No supplies were in
sight. The Canadian officer in charge
decided that it was useless to kill
his own men in an effort to stop the
Germans in his then desperate plight.
He therefore surrendered
In the meantime German "mop-
pers-up" were working down our
trench toward me. All our wounded
who could not walk back were
killed on the spot. Dugouts full of
wounded were blown up by hand
grenades. Those in the open were
bayoneted or shot in cold blood.
And all this was done, as I after
ward learned, because the German
Red Cross ambulances would be busy
for three days taking their own
nonwalking cases back. Humane
kultur would not leave us to suffer
and die of exposure, and so it was
killing us. Two of my comrades
from the hill, freshly made prison
ers,, found me and carried me back
when the numbering "moppers' up
were within only nifty feet of me.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
DEPARTMENT MEN TO, BE THE
JUDGES AT LIVESTOCK SHOW

F. R. Marshall, Acting Chief of the
Animal Husbandry Division, United
States Department of Agriculture.
and e. 2. Russell, in charge of swine
are to act as Judges at
the International Live Stock Show to
be held at Chicago, November 80 to
December 1. Mr.. Marshall is to be
one of the Judges in the student judg-
ing contest, and Mr.. Russell alternate
Judge of Duroc-Jersey swine. Extern
sion field men of. the department are
organizing and will conduct parties
of interested stockmen to the Inter-
national Owing to a scarcity of
workers the Bureau of Animal Indus
try will not have educational exhib-
its at the International this year.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
HOW rs THISa

Long had he worshiped her at "a
distance, but his shyness prevented
him from proposing. Then, one even
ing, for the sake of sweet charity, a
theatrical performance took place, in
which the charmer was leading lady
and more adorable than ever. After
ward the shy admirer drew near. his
love made valiant by the sight Of her
beauty. You are the star Of the
evening"" he says as they stood alone
in corner.
"You are first to tell me So" said
the damsel with happy blush.
Then" he retorted promptly.
may I not claim my reward as an
astronomer"
The lady looked puzzled. What
reward?" she asked.
why. the right to give my name
to the star l have discovered!'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
COMMON COMPLAINT
washington Starr


even the field hospitals close up to
the firing line in France find time for
an occasional laugh, writes Malcolm
Adams, of the Red Cross.
A party of wounded marines were
being taken to a base hospital on a
much ,overcrowded motor truck. The
nurse accompanying them became
became anxious about their wounds.
81 hope I am not hurting any OF
YOU" she said.
you're hurting me lot" replied
one of the soldiers.
But I am nowhere near you," ex-
claimed the nurse Indignantly.
That's what's HURTING me-" was
the calm reply.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03

A visitor to smart London club
was astonished to see that in the
wash-room the nailbrushes were
nailed to the wall above the, wash
stands.
'It is possible" the visitor said
that the members steal the nail;
brushes and you have to nail them
down for safety,s sakes''
cob, no. said his host. and he
Laughed rather sadly. Our members
are honest enough, but many OF them
have only one arm. We nail 'oul
nailbrushes to the wall in order thai
our many one-armed members car
use them"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
A PLASTERING KINK.
wv. Fl Perry in Electric World.

wv fSTry III ElecCrlC WOrlQ.)
The electrician is frequently re-
quired in the installation Of wires in
finished buildings, to cut holes here
and there through the plastered walls
or ceilings. Before these holes can
be replastered some sort of backing
must be put in which will take the
place of the lath. The majority of
men make use of old rags or paper
for this purpose.
The writer, in replastering holes,
uses a backing of ordinary wire
screen. The wire should be cut about
one-quarter-inch larger than the hole
to be filled, and when pressed into
it will be found to make a good, stiff
backing, as the edges hold it firmly
in place. Far less plaster will. be
necessary with this back than with
the others, which will cover the cost
of the wire screen and a more work.
manlike and durable job is obtained.
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
"a IA "a
Roth WERE PROUD.
Chicago Tribune.

NShAOd6o AAAOuhO.(
Anna, the maid, having picked up
woody sheep, soldier boy, Teddy
bear, and many kindred treasures
strewn about, vigorously preceded to
tidy UP the apartment. Mother came
home and expressed warm approval.
Much gratified, the maid remarked
with pride: 1T takes me to clean
up"
With equal pride Della remarked:
at certainly takes me to dirty up.
That gives you lovely chance to get
praised by muvver."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
MAKE SORGHUM SIRUP TO RE.
PLACE SUGAR.


A scheme to utilize a part of the
sorghum crop. for making sugar
substitute for. human food is being
carried out in Douglas County, Ne
braska. : In one community, through
the efforts of the local county. agent,
six farmers co-operated in PURCHASING
a small sorghum mill, and secured
the services of an experienced ssor-
ghum sirup = maker. Although the
strip made at this mill is being sold
for SIPS to $3.50 gallon present
indications are that the dflemaad can
not be met. Five sorghum mills art
now in operation in the county. Re
Gently a meeting Of interested mer
in Red Willow County, was called
with the help of the local county
agent to organize stock company to
handle the sorghum cane grown in
that district.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03

The Red Cross is heir to about ST.
900, 000-one-half of the state. OF the
late James A. Scrymser. New York
banker.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03

To provide Belgian children with
shoes, the American Red Cross has
started shoe factories at Limoges.
operated by Belgians.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03

An emergency call for 1900 mat
tresses for a nswSAmerican aviation
section in England, was answered.
by the Red Cross in a few hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
LT1TILE8oRIEs
6rBEDTIriE
Peter Notices a Funny Smell.
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1913. By T. ". Bursess.)

Whenever Short-Tail the Shrew was
near him Peter Rabbit would keep
smiling and smiling. From somewhere
there was coming funny smell that
he didn't Just exactly like. It remind
ed him somewhat OF the scent jerry
Muskrat carries with him and IL so
fond of. and which has given him his
smell. At first Peter didn't think that
it might be coming from Short-Tail,
but finally Short-Tail noticed the way
in which Peter was shifting.
What are you shifting for?" de-
manded Short-Tail.
where that queer smell comes from"
replied Peter.
Short-Tail stopped running about
long enough to take two or three
shifts. IT don't smell anything queer"
said he.
IT would almost think Jerry Musk
rat had been here" said Peter, smiling
harder than ever.
know what it is" said he, only I
don't think there is anything queer
about 1t. 1t is me you smell. To be
exact it is the scent I carry with me.
I like it myself, but I've been pleased
to note that there are many people
who do not like it. The more that
don't like it the better suited am -
think that if you like it yourself you
would want everybody else to like it.
I would"
Perhaps you would and perhaps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Question Of Shoes and Stockings.

Among experts who discuss the mas
terly mfngling of black and white,
there is often q dissension Of opinion
concerning the shoes and stockings to
be included. There fs a set of women
who insist that the shoes must match
the stockings; there is another set
who say that the stockings must
match the skirt Both ideas have been
tried out in mass in this country for
three years, since 1t has been permis-
stble to break the line of color from
neck to shoes. There is no standard
jury has decided the case.
However, the best students of the
combination declare that white stock
fngS with white shoes make a better
effect against black skirt than the
other way around. 1t is the choice of
the masses to wear a white skirt, white
shoes and black stockings, but the
argument against that by the other
factor is that the feet are made to
look rungainly.
The sketch shows a costume which
was highly approved. 1t may serve as
guide to those who are getting to-
gether costumes which will tide them
over the next six weeks.
The frock itself is Of black satin,
white faille with wide turnover COL
lar lar to match The buttons are white.
satin tied with two loops and irregular
ends at the back. The shoes and
stockings are white, and because OK
ford ties, with very broad bows are
considered somewhat smarter than
pumps they are chosen. The gauntlet
turban is Of white chenille, the veil
is black and the walking stick, which
so many smart women have taken up
from the officers, is Of black and white
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
frocks will predominant in the ward
robes for Girls of aix q eioht or o..ox

frocks will predominant in the ward
robes for girls Of six to eight or even
ten years. In developing apparel for
women. silks can replace wool fabrics
very satisfactorily; but silk dresses
for children, except for special occa-
sions, are rather absurdly fmprac-
tfcal, SO that the demand for cotton
will certainly be extended.
Fortunately style changes are never
very radical in chi1dren's clothes, but
things are rapidly outgrown. SO that
making over garments for the young
er members Of the family is not usu-
ally quite so easy as remodeling a
last years frock for one Of the grown
ups.
Flying panels. featured 30 strongly
on all lines OF apparel for women, ap-
pear also on smart little frocks for
girls as young as ten years, and little
Elton or bolero jacket frocks are ia
vored.
Velvet and velveteen coats will be
very much favored for children dur
ing the coming winter. Fur-trimming
is used to a goodly extent, and imita-
ton furs are also used for collars and
cuffs of the little velvet or velveteen
coats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
FRUIT PICKLES..

For a rich plum conserve cut up
three quarts Of plums. add the meats
from a pound of English walnuts
chopped fine. half a pound of raisins,
the rind and juice of one orange and
three pounds Of sugar. Mix thorough
ly and cook carefully for half an hour,
until it is thick and rich. Then pack
into jars or glasses.
Ginger pears are made in this way:
Soak three-fourths of a pound of
green ginger root in cold water for
two days and drain 1t. Mix together
five pints. Of the liquid drained off,
five pints OF sugar, five quarts of firm,
hard, unpeeled pears, cored and cut
into pieces, the ginger root scraped
and cut into thin slices, and the Juice
and and yellow rind of four lemons. Cook
the mixture two. hours, or until the
fruit Is transparent and the strip
thick. Seal the pears in jars
j. A really delicious pear pickle is
this, To begin with, the receipt calls
Tor quart Of cranberries.s These are
Of their color to the two quarts of
water in which they are cooked, The
juice is strained off and pears, free
from skins and stems, are simmered in
It until they are pink and tender.
They are then removed, and sugar,
cinnamon and cloves to taste are
added. The pears are returned to this
liquid and boiled for a few moments
and then packed into sterilized, hot
jars, which are sealed. These pears
are delicious served with cold meat.
Melon mangoes are unusual. To pre-
pare them small green muskmelons
are used. Put them in a wooden bowl
and pour over them hot brine in which
little alum has been dissolved.
Drain after twenty-four hohEs and
add fresh hot brine. Let stand an
other twenty-four hours: drain again,
add fresh brine and let stand six
days. Then place the melons and brine
in a kettle and scald. Let stand TWEEN
ty-four hours. The next day scald
and cool several times and then cool
thoroughly. Cut q small piece from
each melon and remove the inside.
Put the melons In water to which a
little vinegar has been added, and
leave them until the next day Then
drain and fill with this stuhing:, Chop
fine white onions, firm tomatoes, Gu
cumbers. green and yellow string
beans and little horseradish root
and season with cinnamon. a little
ginger cloves and mustard seed.
place the filed melons in a stone jar
and pour over them spiced vinegar.
like that for the peppers. After
week In which they have stood In this
vinegar under weights drain and
cover with scalding plain vinegar
until needed.