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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
LAYS SPREAD Or DISEASE
TO AUTOMOBILE DUST
karsas Health Board Finds Problem
in States Dirt Roads and More
Than 100000 Cars.

Topeka, Kan.-TO the more than
100 600 automobiles in Kansas. most
o. them used for pleasure driving, Dr..
5. ;. Crumbine, secretary Of the State
BOa1d of Health, attributes the spread
OF typhoid fever. tuberculosis. infau.
tile paralysis, diphtheria and possibly,
smallpox. He says that is is also pos.
sibe that the large number of whoop-
ing cough and measles cases in every
section Of Kansas is due to some OK.
tent 10 those machines.
The basis of this verdict against
the auto is the dust cloud created by
it and sent flying into the homes
along the routes of travel.
In the whole of Kansas there arH
less than 1000 miles Of rock roads and
not much more than that of oiled
roads. The balance of the highways
are untreated dirt. heavy travel over
which keeps them cut into dust, ana
when the multitude Of cars is turned
loose upon them daily the effect is "a
real problem for the Health Board
The situation is aggravated by the
habit of the Kansas wind OF beins
constantly on the move.
1.-THE folks who drive and ride in
the cars do not know of the discom.
fort and sickness they may cause to
those less fortunate than themselves
DR.. Crumbine said.
The matter of dust IS q really ser
ious proposition. The dust ordinarily
does not bother the motor car party.
rs it rolls behind them and is blown
off the road by the wind. But to have
clouds of dust rolling through your
windows throughout the day and
eycring is no joke to the folks who
live along the main highways"
The State Health Board has been
studying the problem of dust proven,
tion for some time and is watching
apartments being made in several
sections Of the State.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
COMES BACK WITH
$t25,000 FORTUNE
Wife Had Married and Buried Another
Husband in His Absence
of IS Years.

NATION, lll.-The missing father Of
Richard Mitchell Of this city has
come back after Is years and is out
doing the story of Enoch Arden by
bringing with him a fortune Of $l2j,-
600 for his two children and his wife,
who married and buried another hus
band in his absence.
Clarence Mitchell, an Englishman,
married a young woman in an Indiana
town q years ago. Two years later,
when two children had been born to
them, he was called by his Govern.
ment to do army service in India.
At first he correspondcd with his
wife, but after a few years she heard
no more from him. She waited 10
years and then, believing he had been
killed, married again. She went to
live in Detroit and few years ago
her second husband died
A few months ago Mitchell came to
America and began a search for his
wife and children. lie found his wife
in Detroit his daughter in San Fran
cisco and his son here He is plan
ming TO take them all TO England and
to claim there the estate of his
mother, who had died two years ago
Lawyers say the second marriage of
Mrs. Mitchell was invalid and does
not affect her rights as the wife Of
Mitchell.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
NOTlcE-PROBATE OF WILL.
Duncan & o'Conor, Attorneys.

Oo''''" =" y N'''0'' ''''0' ~
In the Matter OF the Last WIZ anu
Testament OF tIi2a ). ulI'eh' De'
ceased.
Notice is hereby gwen that an IN
3trument purportlns TO be the IaSl
VIII and Testament OF Eliza }. Gil
.en, deceased, has been tled IN the
office Of the Clerk OF the PROBATE
Court Of La Sale County in the State
u Illinois, together with the petition
Of Vincent j. Duncan, representing
lmong other things, that the names
Of all the known heirs at law ana the
'egatees Of said deceased, are as FOL
'OWs, tO-wit;
Thomas J. Lynch.
Mrs Jessie Lynch.
Andrew +. Lynch
James McQuade.
Mercy Convent d School & Orphan
Asylum.
Miss Catherine Gillen.
Very Reverend Thomas 5. keat-
ng, deceased
House Of Good Shepherd.
Trustees Of John Stuart Ryburn Me.
mortal Hospital.
Bridget Mclaughlin, deceased.
Mrs. Anna Mcclellan.
Mrs. Louise de La Chapelle.
And the petitioner in his said petit
lion sets forth that all the heirs at
.aw Of said Eliza J. Glllen, deceased,
are not known to him, the said peti.
TONER and that he, the said petition
err, has made diligent inquiry amongst
those persons who are related to said
deceased and who were most likely
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
MOTHER STILL EXPECTS RETURN
or SON MISSING FOR 10 YEARS
Indiana Youth Had Disappeared Orce
PreviousIy--Part Of Family In.
cIned to Murder Theory.

South Bend, Ind. Although he has
been missing for 10 years, the mother
of Louis Zaehne formerly of Granger
this coInty, has not given up hope
that he will .oturn to lel
Zaehnles disappearance 2 decade
ago was his second After a term in
the University Of Notre Dame and four
years employm mt with a railroad, he
went to Kalamazoo. Mich, where, one
day, he vanished, lea ing part of his
wages behind. Later he was recognize
by a policeman on a street in Peoria,
H., and advised to return 10 South
Bend which he did.
Zachnle obtained employment with
railroad in South Benc and had
worked only short time when he sold
some property for $500 and again
disappeared Two unsigned postal
cards from Council Bluffs, Ia, but
recognized as being in Xaehnle's hand
writing, is the only word which his
relatives have had from him since
His mother belIves that he possibly
Joined the United States navy under
an assumed name, but his long silere'
has Inclined some members of ts9
family to the theory that he may have
been murdered for the $500 which he
carried with him.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

4 man went to order wedding cake
tie other day.
I'm getting married. he said, and
! want a cake.
Well its tie latest thing said the
snopg,r., TO have wedding cakes in
harmony with the bridegr0oms calling
or profession Thus Il journalist has
spice cake. a MUSICIAN an oat cake. an
athlete a cup cake, a man who loafs
on His friends a sponge cake. and SO
forth and SO on What is your calling,
p,aase?'
Il am a pianist"
Then, OF course said the cir.
Youth want a pound cake"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
PIT GIVES Up DEAD
OF 10000 YEARS
SKELETONS or ANIMALS AND
BIRDS FOUND INTACT
Asphaltum Trap Engufs Prey Today
Just rs Il Did IN Prehistoric
Times.

Los Angeles. CAL Bushes grow
around It's frnse. an invitation to
thirsty Wild th.u-s 10 come TO the pit
and drink, But ts murky surface is
deadly trap. Beneath Il thin film
OF water. asphaltum which NILS the
ri., ~eizes its victims iu grip more
y.soIke than qu.Cksaud and down.
down, down it drags them until they
are euyejoped and disappear.
The pit Is in the on fields near Los
Angeles and today traps birds and
squirrels just as il trapped the
ibouoothed tiger, the mastodoa
aad the giant ground slnth, creatures
Of the Pleistoceuo period, countless
centuries ago.
out OF the depths have been dug
hundred varieties of prehistoric ami
mails and birds, all in a perfect state
of preservation. Even the skull OF q
human has been discovered. Thus
the earth is yielding secrets OF the
animal and human life Of 10000
years ago.
Natures process Of preservation in
he .pit could not be improved even 1t
mans ingenuity were set to the task,
for the asphaluum which entaLsloS
the creatures and smothers out their
lives does not injure their bones, on
the contrary it is preserving fluid
which enters every cseviCe and pre-.
vents decay, so that complete skele-
tons. including the smallest bones,
have been eNca}ated and assembled
after burial thru the ages.
50 complete is the collection OBJ
tanned there are specimens Of the
various extinct animals in many
stages of growth, enabling the soien.
lists to trace their development from
birth to old age.
4 feature OF the pit is that while it
was we'll known for many years as a
source of pitch, the value of its other
contents was entirely disregarded I'M
ii, recent years. The Indians used
The sticky substance in forming their
crude utensils Bones were eXcavated
all this time, but carelessly were
thrown aside. 1t was supposed that
some present day creatures, stray
stock for instance, had been caught
this way, and nothing more was
thought of the bones.
Finally some one picked up a nine
inch tusk and sent it 10 the State
University at Berkely. Seen with the
scientific eye, it was of immense i'm
portance, and was identified as the
tooth of a tiger, a huge variety which
had two enormous, sharp-edged tusks
pIotruding from its upper jaw.
From that time the work Of search.
ing for more specimens was pursued
steadily. and at present it is conduct
ed by the Los Angeles Museum Of
History, Science and Art. This in.
stitution has the most complete col
lection of its kind in the world as th3
result of Natures care in preserving
tn" specimens entrapped.
Among the more recent finds is the
SAUL of woman, together with a few
human fragments, which from their
position in relation to the bones of
prehistoric animals, are supposed to
be many thousands Of years old, tho
experts have not ventured to state
viii any postiyeness just how many
thousands Of years ago this human
victim fell into the tap. The skun is
cons derably smaller than that of the
average person Of today, tho Il is
LnnWn 10 be Lhat OF am admit.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
GROOM HANDOUTS HIS BRIDE
Oregon Man Takes Step to Foil Kid
nanina by Friends.

Portland, Ore.-A wedding ring is
all right in a way but it remained
fol- Leo +. Jones to reinforce the
bords of matrimony in practical
manner which left no doubts in the
mird of his wedding party that he
had taken Miss Esther Louise Bye to
have and to hold. When the preacher
said the final words, Jones slipped a
pair of handouts from his pocket.
snapped one of the bands to the
brides wrist. and the other to his
own. Jones and his wife are honey
incoming now without the handouts.
Jones explained he had been warned
that a number of his bachelor friends
planned to kidnap him after thu
ceremony.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
Near Enough

The late Mayor Gaynor, at n lunch
con ia brooklyn. praised the many
wholesome attractions and amuse-
ucnts Of New York.
New lura. said he. is not one Of
those cities whore the citizens have
uu place 20 81 but back To work Nor
is IL hke d Wret,Aed town that linn.
.tsl express was obliged TO pull up at
Oue evening.
A passenger on tEis express, putting
LIS head out OF Tie window. said To u
ul.l.e.
Ny friend what is the name OF this
dismal, Lr.eiap, Heayen-forsaken
hole"
THAT'S near enough the detected
native answered That's near enough.
Let her so al that
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
children Cry,
FOR F,fTChER'S
9 a = Q RIA
Coughed Fifteen Years.

Coughs that hang on and grow
worse In the night aud weaken the
sufferer are relieved by Folcy's Honey
md Tar usener than by any other
remedy. r. F. Hail. Mlhe, Va,
writes For 10 years | was arlict-
ed with a troublesome BRONCHIAL
cough ana irritation Of the throat
Folcy's Honey ana Tar relieved me:
after taking one bottle the cough
.e1sed and has no, returned" No
medicine stands higher as a family
,emedy for colds for children and
SreNu-ups.
". d. Duncan, Druggist. Ottawa, Ill
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

That a married woman can keep NJ
her profession and her home as we'll
$ being proved by The principle Of one
of the largest schools Tor girls in New
York.
She has a twelve room apartment
run by capable maid and a Japanese
cook. She took up her teaching again
when her daughter was > wears old.
and has managei 20 prepare hen
uaushter for college at the age OF l..
Anne Warner. the authoress. also
has been married three years and does
her writing at home by settling her
housekeepins by nine o'clock in the
morning and then shutting herself up
in her study 70 write until 5 O'Clock.
he hours Of business man, to which
She considers herself entitled.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
HREW AWAY MILLiON;
NOW SPURNS ANOTHER
ventor Who Spent Fortune With
Bride Keeps Secret of Noisless
GunpoWder,

Des Moines, Iowa To inherit a
illion dollars as boy, throw 1t
way in riotous living, then earn
illion more by the fruits of ones
air, only to change ones mind later
Id refuse it entirely, is not the lot
every man.
But August Alderman, hermit
philosopher and inventor can lay
aim to all of these things. As
)utb he was educated in Heidelberg.
here his father was professor of
lemistry, There he developed a tas-
nation for chemistry, part OF which
as due to inherited instinct.
Just coming of age, he Inherited a
asst fortune for those days, married
French actress, spent it all in three
list years, and on his twentyhfth
irthday found himself a beggar on
le streets of Paris
Deserted by wife and friends as
BON as his fortune had taken wines,
roken-hearted August fed to Amer
"a, to forget and to start anew.
He came to st, Louis long before
1e Civil War, worked on the rail
pads and built a little cabin in the
GODS in Gravois country.
Ackerman's love for chemistry and
Experimentation did not leave him,
nd with his own means and his own
ands he rugged up rude apparatus to
AIRY on his experiments,
Alderman, who is now more than
years old keeps a pack of hounds
nd an old horse for company. All
hese beasts live in the cabin with the
Id man. Here democracy rules
upreme.
Ramon had It that the old man had
iscoyered a smokeless and noisesa
unpowder. Hundreds of persons
y.nt to see him, seeking to induce
i'm to disclose the secret. But the
ID man steadfastly refused.
what | know | keep" he told the
correspondent, punching his breasI
Vigorously with his hand, and then he
turned to show trinkets he had savet
rom the gay life in Paris seventy
/ ears ago.
4 II Is said that Alderman was offer
I'd $1,000, 900 for his secret OF the new
lunpowder, but refused to disclose /
or humanitarian reasons.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

Green Peppers Stuffed Two green
peppers two cups chopped new cab
base, half cup mayonnaise or boiicl
PRESSING ami two tablespoons chopped
green pepper four cups shredded let
tuCe. Put the cabbage and pepper tops
thru coarse food chopper and add the
dressing Wash the pepper, cut off Tho
stem ends. remove seeds and white ii.
Der; then fill pepper. Set in cold
place several hours. With sharp knife
cut each pepper in four thick slices.
Carefully lay the slices on shredded
lettuce Serve with French dressing
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
CALIFORNIA MAN RECEIVES
DISCHARGE FROM UNION ARMY
Hunts for Two Members Of His Regi-
ment for Years to Get Their
Affidavit as to Service,


Los Angeles, Cal.--Clinton A. BAN
Der of Pasadena, has received from
the War Department his discharge
from the Union army in the Civil War.
lie believes he is the last veteran Of
that war TO be mustered out.
Il enlisted" he said. in 1861 in
the Seventh Illinois Infantry, but that
was only for three months. | never
got my discharge, as there were ru-
mors that the company's papers had
been lost.
"Tben, in 1868, 7 enlisted in the
Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry. | served
in this regiment until the end Of the
wa and got my discharge from it.
AS years went by | thought /
should like to get my discharge from
the first regiment in which | had
served, but the only way could do
50 was to get two atiidayits from com
rades who had also served with H..
zone of these comrades was Capt.
George Wheeler. searched for him
fer several years. but could find TO
trace of him until a short time ago
when ran across him at the Soldiers
Home in Sawtele, when / got this
affidavit.
A few weeks ago met, at 4 neigh
boris house r Tucker, another sc.,oo,-
mate who had served in the samo
company with me. | procured an af.
fidayit from him and now have my
discharge"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
Not To Be Picked

William, who was visiting his uncle,
passed one Sunday afternoon admir-.
ing the beautiful walks and scenic
Views in the nearby park.
We'll. laddie,' queried his uncle
when TIE boy returned to the house,
"Wlat did You see III the park
Some OF the most beautiful yistas
ever saw replied William.
All, laddies,' cautioned the old gen
tleman, but ye muStna pluck them;
it's against the rules.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
FINDS HER TWIN BABIES
PLAYING WITH A SNAKE
The Trio Are Having a jolly Time
When Neighbor Rushes In and
Dispatches the Reptile.

Altoona, Pa--Hearing her 1year-
old twins Harold and Howard, laugh.
ing and lisping baby talk that seemed
considerably more boisterous than
usual, Mrs. Robert Shaal of Wehn
wood, suburb, peeped into the
kitchen to see what they were doing
She was Mortified to find them play
ing with a 3-foot blacksnakc.
The reptile crawled over and about
the little ones, and the twins grabbed
at its head and tail, but it would
wrgpe away Snake and the babies
seemed to have the time of their lives.
Mrs, Shall screamed for help, and
a aoiahbor ruahed in and dispatched
The unWelCome visitor.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

pimento Sandwiches-Rur through
a meat grinder separately. then to-
tether to make the paste, one half
pound cheese. one can pimentos and
one small onion.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
Uncle Eben.

"A man jetrays hisse'f by braggin','
said Uncle Eben. "When hears a man
tellin' bout how easy he kin drive a
mule, | knows right off he amt no
reg'lar mule driver
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

Driving his auto to Independence,
10. from Chicago, where 1t was re
.overed after being stolen, owner was
.rregted In every town because des-
,riptioh of car had been sent broad
,sst TO constables.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
Breezy.

Controlled 10y wind vane so that
II will be pointed In the right direc-
ton, an electric light outfit has been
invented TO illuminate flags flown ut
night, .. a....,,..
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

Miss Graduate-What was the hap
niest moment OF your life?
The Bacheor-The happiest mo-
ment OF my life was when the jew
eler took back the engagement ring
and gave me cuff buttons in exchange.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
BURGLAR STEALS 49, A BATH!
Effete Robber Scorns Cash Register
In Nebraska Barber Shop.

Omaha, Neb. Found, the effete
burglar He broke into John Kon-
VEINS barber shop here few nights
ago when Konyein made an inyon.
tory on arriving at the shop in the
morning he found the cash register
had not been disturbed and every
razor in its place, but there was one
thott to be charged up to the burglar
That was--a bathl
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

When man gets short OF money
lots of his so.called friends get short
OF sympathy.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

ry the Free Trader-Journal Want Ads
$3.50. for results
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-02-08
LEGAL NOTICE

By virtue Of power vested in me by
that deed Of trust executed to me on
the 10th. day of January, 1909, by Joe
Smith, will, on Saturday, the 23rd.
day Of February, 1918 at IL O'Clock,
noon, sell to the highest bidder, for
cash, at public auction, in the town of
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, in front
Of The Scotland Neck Bank, the fol
lowing described lot or parcel Of land,
in the State of North Carolina, Halifax
County, town Of Scotland Neck, and
more particularly described:
Beginning at point on the South
side of Twelfth Street, according TO
the map of said town, to which refer
ence is made, in the middle Of the town
ditch, P E. Smith 8 corner; thence
along Twelfth Street in an Easternly
direction to Tom Johnson 8 line;
thence staight line in Southernly
, direction along Tom Johnson 8 line to
William Lawrence's line; thence a
straight line along said Lawrence s
line to the town ditch; thence along the
town ditch to the beginning, and being
! the same house and lot purchased from
Alonzo Powell by the said Joe Smith
This the Oath. day Of January, 1918.
S. A. DUNN, Trustee.
1-24-31, 2-7-14.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-02-08
WANTED!
Your Job Printing Business
If We Can't Please You
Don't Come Again .
DREADFUL COUGH CURED

A severe cold is often followed by
a rough cough for which Cham berlian
Cough Remedy has proven especially
valuable. Mrs. F. W. Olsen, Marys-
vile, Mo-, writes: "About two years
ago my little Jean caught a severe
cold and cougher dreadfully for days.
/ tried number Of cough medicines
but nothing did him any good until I
gave him Chamberlain s Cough Remedy
It relieved his cough right away and
before he had finished taking one bot
tie he was cured. I think it is lust
fine for Children
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-02-08
A BASE LIBEL

Pennsylvania "Grit" says: can
uplift organization has set out to
find and reform the champion bad
boy. Look for the lad with red
hair, freckles and 'yeller' dog
In the first place, he hasn't Civ
ell single "sympton' Of the bad
boy.
First, red hair. Now, who ever
saw red-headed boy who was a
coward? Cowardice is the most
prominent characteristic of the
really bad boy It is utterly i'm
possible to reconcile badness with
bravery. The boy is also a sneak,
and the frey-headed youngster is
too impetuous to even entertain
a sneaking thought. He is, if any
thing, too frank and downright
for his own good inthis age of
diplomacy.
And freckles
They usually go with pug
nose, too. Fancy the combination
in bad boy. Why, he is the
incarnation Of all that is jolly,
rollicking, sunny tempered and all
round "clever. He is ever ready
to oblige, and really delight in
doing favor. He may be
tease, he's an invenAerate rogue
for fun and practical jokes, but
bad-never
And owns "yaller dog"
Psychologists have sought in
vain to account for the strange
affinity between the boy and his
nnlovely dumb friend, but one
thing sure-it is there and in full
force. Can it be that in the poor
brute the urchin finds that for
for which he vainly seeks else
where-reciprocal love that is per-
feet and without a flaw? It would
fully account for the "yeller dog.
If the uplift society ever finds
the typical bad boy, he will bear
not the slightest resemblance to
Grit S picture.
First, he will be outwardly
faultless. His person and manners
will be found pleasing, and his
smile will be peculiarly winning.
He will be accomplished, even pol
ished, in his conversation.
And then he will never be
brought to the notice Of the up
lift society for the reason that all
this charm Of person is almost
sufficient to blind even the angels
of heaven to the fact that at the
core-deep down in his heart-he
, is BAD, rotten as hades.
Yes, he is walking the streets
of our cities and towns every day
but the uplift society will never
get him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-02-08
SEWING MACHINES e. Monarc

sewing machine expert for several
years with the Singer Sewing ma
chine Company will rebuild. over
haul, repair or clean all makes of
sewing machines at your home.
Phone IS, clio Mrs. C. E. Bowers.