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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

those stifened joints, that backaehe, rheu-
matis1n, lumbago, sciatica, gall stones,
gravel, "brick DUST" etc. They are an
effective remedy for all diseases of the
bladder, kidney, liver, stomach and allied
organs.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
cleanse the kidneys and purify the blood
They frequently. ward off attacks of the
dangerous and fatal diseases of the kid.
neys. They have beneficial effect, and
often completely cure the diseases Of the
bodily organs, allied with the bladder and
kidneys.
If you are troubled with soreness across
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 saken in time.
Go to your druggist today and get box
of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
| Money refunded if they do not help you.
Three sizes. GOLD MEDAL are the pure,
original imported HARLEM Oil Capsules.
ACCEPT No Substitutes. ADV. s
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

when you're fifty, your body begins to
creak a 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
annoying complications in other organs
arise. This is particularly true, with ell
Derby people. If you only know how, this
trouble can be obyiated.
For DYER 200 years GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil has been relieving the in
convenience and pain due to advancing
years. 1t is standard, old-time home
remedy, and needs no introduction. 1t is
now put up in odorless, tasteless capsules.
These are easier and more pleasant to take
than the oil in bottles.
Each capsule contains about one dose Of
i've drops. Take them just like you would
any pill, with a small swallow Of water.
They soak into the system and throw of
the poisons which are making you old be.
Sore yaM time. They viii quickly relieve
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

work for me and know it will help
Others if they will give it . fair trial. "
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9Th Ave-,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. C,
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters gs this recontinually being
rublished. Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, in
hammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, q trial. For.
special, advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of long experience is at your service.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
coIored scavenaers ia Paris.

Paris streets have recently gained
in picturesqueness by the employment
of colored scavengrs, says Il writer in
London Daily Chronicle. Ebony
hued Senegalese and copper colored
Arabs from Algeria and Morocco,
whose terra Gotta fezzes contrast so
deliciously with the pale blue soldiers
uniform, clean, or affect to clean, met
rOpOlitan thoroughfares. In the boule-
ward there is a giant negro, with a
lordly gait of an African prince, who
trails his broom behind him as majes-
tically as if 1t We're peacock feather
fan.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
unavoidab,y Detained

had two bids to ii frat dnnce that
promised TO be good and sent one out
I" my brother at Camp Grant. The
Saturday of the dance arrived with
out a word from Tom. The following
Monday ! received this postal:
Dear Jack: | was very sorry that
couldn't 20 to the dance. I'll bet
you had good time. Hope I'll see
you next week.
Up. ST. was in the gunrdhouse SAT-
urday night. Chicago Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
One From Uncle Joe

Uncle Joe Cannon tells of a CONVEX
saiion overheard in his home town in
Illinois
Mas The wedding a success?"
Yes, in most particulars: but some
of The guests thought the brides moth
CT did Il LOT more crying than was
necessary. You see, the young couple
are TO make their home with her, so
she really iSn'i losing her daughter
MaNbe ,lall WAS what She was cry>
ing about
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Tender skins twice a day without irri-
tation by using Cuticura Soap the
"Cuticura Way" No Shiny mug, germs,
waste of time or money. For free sam
pies address, "Cuticura, Dept. x, B. T.
ton" At druggists and by mail. Soap
%, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
After Deep Thought.

A young man had been put on SEN
try duty for the first time and was sta
toned near the barracks. 1t was not
long before an officer came along. The
young man suddenly forgot the chal-
lenge, "Wl,o goes there?" and after a
moment of deep thought, thinking he
had remembered. called out loudly,
"Look what's here!"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Ready to Celebrate.

] had brother in training in Camp
Taylor for several months. While
there, when a bunch of rockies came
In. one was assigned to his barracks,
with a number of instructions, one Of
which was that he had to be up for
reveille at $3.50. His watch was 30
minutes fast, so the next morning at
he woke all the boys yelling, Hurry,
fellerS, it's time for jubilee. Elk
change.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Be Careful Of Cream Cans.

Go easy on the cream cans. These
containers are not any too plentiful
these days and they should be ham
died with care, not only to make them
last as long as possible. but for the
sake Of cleanliness.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Her Preference.

I'm so glad to see good golf wealth
sr again. said young Mrs. Torkins.
81 didn't know you cared for the
game"
81 don't. But I'll be glad to have
Charlie out playing the game instead
of staying home talking about it,
Cassell's Magazine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
in MISERY
FOR YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E.
Pinlxharn's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa For years was
simply in misery from q weakness and

oWAW oAlio06uQ
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised mo
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's v eye.
table Compound. I
did so and got re-
lief right away. I
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
done auch pood
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
container for Shipping Cheese by Par.
eel Post.

Ioheainef Tor shipping CheeSe by Par
eel Post.
price sufficiently cheap new one for
each shipment is more economical than
having them returned, unless they are
sent back in lots of ten or more I'M
der one cover. This, of course, neces-
States using them without wooden
handle, in which case heavy Irvine
should be used for handle. This
Irvine can be united and the baskets
used, or placed in one another, for re.
turn shipment. If basket with
wooden handle is used, care should be
taken to see it is securely nailed, not
only at the rim of the basket but
farther down toward the bottom, SO as
to prevent undue leverage which may
break loose the mailing.
Corrugated pasteboard cartons FIRE.
quently may be found useful and desir-
able for this service. They are made in
a great variety of sizes, dimensions.
and patterns, and when empty are
shipped Knocked down fiat.
Few persons know how to prepare
and pack fruit and produce for market.
Proper packing for parcel post market
ing Is Of primary Importance and needs
to be emphasized so that both the con-
tents and the container may carry
properly. arrive in good condition,
and present satisfactory appearance.
The pack should be regular, of as near
ly uniform produce as possible, and Of
full measure according to the guam
tity ordered. "A little practice will en-
able almost anyone to pack basket
or container of any kind in satisfac-
tory manner.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Another Feminine Industry.

Girls wanted for mems necliwcar,"
reads the advertisements of depart
m@lt store. But we imagine that a
man would he uncomfortable wearing
II Girl around his neck.-New Orlenns
States.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Make Under-sixed COWS.

Poorly nourisl,ed heifers, freshening
before they have attained their!
growth, will always be under7sized
cows incapable OF the milk production
that thei-. breeding would otherwise
make possible.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
SEN ~ Patent Lawyer, Washington,
d. O. Advice and books free,
Rates reasonable. Bestservlces.
OF thousand persons, only one
reaches the age of one hundred years.
Explained.

MY dear" said Mrs. Askett why
do You suppose the doctors charge so
much for operating for appendicitis"
"Oh, any butcher will tell you that
Eenderloins are very expensive"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Nothino Like II.

''Did you mean, sir, to impusn my
vcracity?"
oh, no: | meant only to say You
were a liar
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
No, Never.

Il have observed" said the near
cynic, as he paid Is cents for n nickel
slab of watermelon, that a fellow is
never too hard up to pay u dollar
down"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Stout Lady considerate.

Mrs Brown is very stout, but she
is also most considerable of other peo-
pie.
The other day she went into a large
hotel to call on friend. The clerk
sent her to the lift. There small boy
opened the door for her.
Are you going up. ma amp he.
inquired, glancing at her ample pro-
portions.
yes, am, my boy she answered
with a kindly smile. "But goodness
me, a little fellow like you can't pull.
me mp in that thing!"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

The queer thing about reformation
is that mighty few people will admit
they need ii themselves.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Henry Burden, seventy-seyen, re-
tires after fifty years as a New York
policeman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Luxury.

Bob--She looks good enough to eat.
Jack -She Is. but cannot afford so
an edible.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
The Thrifty Farmer

Hired Man-Say. Mr.. skinner. I'd
like to have hull holiday all at once,
SOS / kin go fisEin'.
Farmer-H'm. With your pay a
goin' on. s'pose?
Hired man (timidly)-I s'pose 50.
Farlner-Well. reckon Eli have 10
inke chance. But remember right
now that l own whatever fish YOU
ketch!
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

a Brazilian city uses trolley car
ambulance to transfer patients to and
from hospitals in irs suburbs.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

One agricultural college and three
experiment stations are maintained by
The. government of NORWAY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Over 10000 alumni or American col
'eges are now in war service mostly
In the army or navy.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

United States since war began has
made 2,o0o.79s rifles and 9Goo6 ma
chine guns
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Always sure to please, Red Cross Ball
Blue. All grocers sell it. Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Millions Of particular women now use
and recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. All
grocers. Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Sending good money after bad" is
lpt to give the good n bad reputation.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Chinese cotton planters in the vicin-
ity of Shanghai are experimenting with
seed obtained from Georgia
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

United States has 10000 army Off
GERS.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

cynosure Of Her Eyes.
James-Didn't you see the lady until
you struck her?
Lady Motorist-No, was looking ct
her hat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26
Single Standard.

Single Standard.
Daughter He has money and brains.
F'ather-But would you marry him
just for money?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

Jerusalem has an English newspa-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17

proceedings is to be accepted as ear.
nest Of candidates desire to perform
patriotic service in the housesor the
senate.
Speaker Clark is drawing the line
at the wrong place. His blanket appeal
for votes for his party's candidates
sounds more like democratic appeal
than patriotic appeal. He has every
right to make either sort but he
should not confuse their labels.
The result Of the election In Wis
consin which returned Mr.. Lenroot
winner is pretty good indication that
the average voter is not to be deceived
and that he does not regard the repub-
'lican party as an enemy Of the war
policy which is the governments and
the nations and is too great thing
to bear the trademark or the copyright
of any political organization.
It was Senator Stone who made the
first fiery, vitriolic and ill-advised par
tisan speech in the senate during the
progress of the war Now another
Missourian, Speaker Clark, has made
an equally unwise choice Of text for
his first campaign speech. Both of
them might far better have left par
tisanship on the shelf, at least for a
few months longer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
TWO CODES

In little Wisconsin town Grace
Lusk, who was school teacher, is
being tried for murder Gossips linked
| her name with that of man; the
mans wife asked the younger woman
to give him up-and was killed.
1t is sordid story of the old tri.
angle. But the feature that makes 1t
different from others of the same gen.
eral sort is the moral code which
Grace Lusk protested and from which
she quoted in letters written to the
other woman.
There is remarkable similarity be-
tween that code and the one which
Professor Thomas, late of Chicago uni.
versity, quoted in lectures to classes
of young men and women seeking edu-
cation. Professor Thomas Is a sociol-
ogist; Grace Lusk killed woman.
Professor Thomas, figuring quite
prominently in triangle affair, ex-
pressed contempt for social system
which is too benighted to approve con-
tempt of the marriage vows. Grace
Lusk wrote, Those who truly love
must be brave enough to stand today
before cold world which is bitter
against anything it cannot under.
stand"
Perhaps, in the course of Grace
Lusk's murder trial, questioning will
reveal whether she attended college.
Perhaps 1t Will discover whether she
studied sociology and whether her
moral code is an outgrowth Of that
higher education which Professor
Thomas and some other authorities on
sociology impart to their classes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17

who know, as we do not, what sacri.
the Red Cross. Shelters are opened to
men receive medical attention; chill
dren are fed and clothed; babies are
given nourishment that means life
itself; human sympathy and under
standing help to smooth the path of
misfortune and restore tagging cour-
age.
And up where screaming shells bring
messages of Hun hate, up behind the
lines of helmeted infantry and sweat
ing gun servers, Red Cross canteens
and Red Cross ambulances brave the
perils of battle for the privilege of
serving the fighting men on whom de-
Ponds the fate of civilization.
Farther from the front. where the
only menace is from murderous boche
air raiders, Red Cross hospitals open
their doors to the wounded and Red
Cross nurses take up the fight to heal
the hurts Of battle.
Over there Is sacrifice. Over here
we do not know the meaning of the
word.
But we can help in that service.
American dollars are the force behind
the priceless work the Red Cross Is
doing. Last year war fund Of $780,
100000 was supplied to the war council
and the>latest report accounts to the
last penny for the expenditure Of
$85, 100000 of the sum. The Wapello
county chapter was not completely or
ganized when that money was raised
and it did not participate. But next
week there is to be a second campaign.
Our minimum quota In this 100000
900 is $4,000.
The money which the Red Cross uses
every dollar of it-goes where it
does a full days work. Government
auditors check every expenditure;
financiers, surgeons, social service
authorities and efficiency experts pass
on every appropriation-men and wo-
men whose namss are household words
and the highest guarantee that every
dollar pays its own way.
All you need do, and it is good for
your soul to do it, is help to keep the
war chest full.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17

ton of being loyal. but he is setting
them a most difficult task.
| A year ago the socialists adopted the
| st. Louis platform, when the United
! States government stood at the great
est crisis in it's history. The social
+! lists, far from supporting the policies
on which America was basing its
| battle for the salvation of nations from
the curse Of autocracy, declared I'M
equivocally that participation in the
war constitutes an assault on free IN
situations instead Of defense of them
The selective CONSUMPTION law was
denounced and the socialists were
pledged to unremitting opposition to
the government in all its war-making
activities.
Whatever else may be said Of them,
the socialists have kept that pledge
up to this time. If they have omitted
any disloyal act or neglected any OPP
portunity to obstruct the government.
it has been rather the result of an over
sight or of fear of punishment than
any lingering sign Of patriotic regard
for the flag and the principles for
which it stands.
And now, when it is apparent that
loyalty has won in the fight, when 1t
not only is unpopular but unlawful to
continue the anti-Amencan course
which the socialists adopted SO openly
at st. Louis, there Is a noticeable
scramble to get on board the loyalty
car jump or two in advance OF a fed.
era1 officer with bale Of warrants for
arrest.
It is a remarkable coincidence that
Debs and his friends are beginning to
talk loyalty, after year of opposition,
Just now, when the new law against
seditious utterances and activities Is
ready to be tried out.
Debs, in his appeal to his com
rades," takes back all the approving
words he has uttered for the bOlshevtk1
and the German socialists. The latter,
he says, have ignored their opportun-
ity to overthrow the kaiser and are
serving him and militarism instead. AS
for Lenine and Trotzky, Debs says
they sold Russia to Germany.
Thus the noble ranks of reform have
split and internationalism has re-
ceived a body blow. Meanwhile, appli-
cants for recognition as loyal United
States citizens should be Inspected
closely for socialistic tendencies before
being admitted into the society whose
institutions they have been pledged to
overthrow. It is poor sort OF loyalty
which must be forced by enactment
of law fixing heavy penalties for dis
loyalty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
SIMPLE FAITH

One of the really amusing contribu
lions to current newspaper literatur
Is found in The Des Moines Registe
and reproduced here:
Without any special reason for
its faith in Howard E. Coffin, The
Register still has faith In him and
confidently expects the aircraft
investigation to show that he has
done many times as much to pro-
mote American airplane manufac-
ture as is generally believed
1t has been some weeks since the
senate military committee completed
its investigation and reported that The
program of Mr.. Coffin's aircraft boare
had collapsed utterly. A few days ago
during debate in the senate, the
members of the committee who signed
Ia minority report on the inquiry, admit
ted that they made this report not be
cause they dissented from the facts sci
forth in the majority report but be
cause they believed the results Of the
investigation should have been given
to the president before they were giver
to the senate which created the com
mittee.
No one has issued denial of the
collapse Of the aircraft boards pro
gram. No one has attempted to refute
the senate committees declaration
that the elaborate plans announced sc
boldly last fall by Mr.. Coffin have
failed Of realization. The fact that
American aviators in France have
been marking time for months because
they have no airplanes il no secret
Mr.. Collins quick removal and the
appointment of John D. Ryan indicated
President Wilson's conviction that the
aircraft board had failed miserably.
But The Register, without any
special reason has abiding faith in
Mr.. Coffin and probably hopes that at
the proper moment he will astound the
world and confound all his critics by
reaching into the flat coat pocket of
Senator Cham berlain and pulling out a
whole fleet of American fighting
planes, just like some glorified sleight,
of-hand performer.
There has been a rather popular
opinion among newspaper readers for
long time that The Register based
many of its opinions on a paucity of
reason, or a complete lack of It, per.
haps, and the confession quoted here
rather confirms that view.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
TALK AND SERVICE

We hear a deal Of talk nowadays
about war sacrifice, but when we get
right down to the facts and tell our
selves the actual truth we have to ad.
NIT that here in America almost every
one of us is only playing at making
sacrifices.
Some Of the ablest writer's of two
continents have gone into the inferno
Of the war zone and Travelled through
the devastated districts; then they
have found their vocabularies all un-
equal to the task Of describing the hor,
rors they have seen.
Here we enjoy three meals day.
clean beds at night. all the security Of
home and personal life that we could
ask II there were no such thing as war
in the world. We complain because
the waiter doles out sugar In meagre
quantities; we fret over the orders
that compel us to use rye or rice flour
Instead of wheat; we fuss about In.
creasing prices of everything We buy
but we wear the same sort OF clothes
we always wore; we live In the same
houses; we labor the same hours and
plan the same vacation trips; automo-
bile tours are as numerous as ever;
theatres are prosperous; business, on
the whole is very like 1t was before
April 6, 1917.
But over there, in France and Bel.
GUM, in Italy and Serbia, In deluded
Russia and betrayed Rumania, and in
England there they know what war
means. There all along that crooked
path OF ruin from the North sea to
Switzerland, and from Switzerland on
to the Adriatic, lie the dust OF violated
homes and the graves OF high hopes
and Of noble men. In the little towns
behind the harassed line of the allies
are huddled thousands Of refugees
homeless, penniless, the waits of the
war.
Since that Thursday In March when
the high German command gave the
order for the attack around ST. Quen
tin, towns and countryside have been
swallowed up In the fearful vortex Of
battles desolation. Homes that had
been rebuilt by women and old men
since the German occupation of two
years ago are mere heaps of ruins
Death, disease and hunger have KEPT
pace with the pitiful little caravans ir
which families and whole communitie.
obeyed the order for evacuation.
But hope ID not dead over there.
Into the broksnslives .of.these people