The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-10-25
Merchants Refused To Trade
With Them Aud BARRIERS
Wouldn't Cut His
Hair
HE REPENTS AND THEN
BUYS $1,000 IN BONDS
Campster District Neighbors
Raise Ban And Will Again AS
sOciate With Him

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kuss have sur
rendered Internationally. An arm
istice was declared Monday night al
the Campster school house, wher
kuss and wife made peace overture.s
, which were acceptable to the Allied
forces and hoStilities were declared
off Mr.. Kuss bought $1,000 of 4tl
Liberty Loan bonds, and he and his
wife signed a written apology, re-
GREETING their past conduct and rrom-
ising to do better in the future.
Mr. kuss agreed to surrender after a
series of unpleasant incidents, which
covered week of activities. Before
he raised the white flag as token Of
defeat, he fought midnight battle
with a company Of boys in front Of
his home Sunday night. The boys
went there for the purpose Of paint
ing the KISS home yellow, indicating
the attitude Of the family toward the
government.
-Four boys, carrying a sprinkler of
yellow paint, left their automobile in
front of The Kuss home. They be-
gan pouring he paint on the walk
leading 10 the house. The front
porch vas painted yellow. According
to tho boys, Kuss and Ven der Lippe,
an enemy alien, who is said to be en-
gagged to one of the Kuss daughters,
were entnemched in the attic, armed
with pump guns.
Several shots were fired but non of
the Boys were hurt. When the pa
rIlotic youngsters departed, they
were used as targets by Kuss and
Ven der Lippe Shot guns belched
forth and great quantities of shot
spi;nkled the Bloomfield road. Dur
ing the excitement ore of the Kuss
daughters tainted.
Russ telephcned q Cape Girardeau
dcctor, asking him to go to the Kuss
horc. He was requested To blow his
horn four times on reaching the scene
in order that Kuss might know it
was doctor instead of a d;sturber
The physicians begged to be excused
THIS induced Kuss and his wife to
begin peace negotiations. The pre-
vious day the merchants in Haarig
had refused to transact business with
Kuss. He delivered an assortment
Of eggs to town, but the merchants
refused to buy them. After he had
failed to peddle his hen fruit, he went
to Kassel's barber shop to have his
wlliskers moved. Kuss climbed into
an empty chair The barber strapped
his razor for awhile, then placed it
in the rack and sat down and began
reading paper.
81 want q shave" remarked Kuss.
"Want IN one hand and spit in the
othor and see which gets full first" !"
remarked the barber.
Kuss jumjed out of the chair and
started to enter another. The barber
IN charge of it told him there "was
nothing doing" kuss then appealed
to Mr.. Kassel, the proprietor.
81 have been patronizing you a
long time" remarked kusS.
"But we can't serve you any more" T"
said Mr. Kassel.
With that Kuss eft the shop. He
visited seveal other shops in Haarig
but the BARRIERS refused to shave
: him.
Finally he appeared at Mike
O'Connels shop on Main street,
where he was not recognized.
Leonard Scherer, was in the chair
beside Kuss began to dicusss the
Kuss case 'That old reprobate," re.
marked Scherer, "Ought to be chased
out of the community"
Everyone was speechless when q
man crawled out from under a pile
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