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The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25
WE BUY
OIL ID + ALSE TEETH

OIL + A L S Il TEETH
We pay from $500 to $500 pei
set (broken or not). We also pay &C
tual value for Diamonds, old Gold
Silver and Bridge-work. Send al
once by parcel post and receive cash
by return mail. Will return your
goods if our price is unsatisfactory.
MAZER'S TOOTH SPECIALITY
Dept. X, 2007 So. 5th st.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

666 cures Headaches, BiliousGsss,
Loss of Appetite, foud breathe, or
that tird aching feeling due to malar-
id OF colds. it removes the colds.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

666 CURES MALARIA. CHILLS
AND FEVER. or BILIOUS FEE
YER, BY KILLING THE PARA
SITE CAUSING THE FEVER.
FINE STRENGTHENING TONIC.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

WANTED-Boy to learn watchmak
ing and jewelry repairing by one
of the most expert mechanics. No
tuition fee required; must come
well recommended and of family
permanent y located. Address Me-
chanic Care Tribune.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

the Bourgeois also came out victor
ious.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-25

.WANTED-to hear from ownwel
of cool farm for sale. State cash
price, full description. D. I. Blush,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
Io,Ua Newspapers
AN IOWA FALL.
tWavcriy Indepcadent1

" Nv cry independently
Writing from Clarks"illc, Iowa c.
II. Swick says: Il plowed December
p on a piece OF ground where the corn
stalks stood. The chickens followed
my pillow, picking up the angle worms
like in the spring Of TIE year. The
blowing was good. the ground being
in excellent condition" =" r. Ii.
Mote, Rural Route 2, Dunkerton, re-
ports: I'VE plowed on December 81
and | never saw the ground turn over
any better"
Sunday night the ground froze up
and checked blowing operations il
these parts. On that day. however.
we know OF a man digging parsnips
and vegetable oysters, and he tells US
that he did rot find Il trace Of frost
in the ground. The weather this year
weather thus far has been identical
with the winter of 1856. He says
that that year it didn't freeze up until
the first day OF January. Then 1t
froze up and on the second day OF
that month IL began TO snow and con-
tinued 10 snow every day for twenty
eight days. The weather up TO this
time has been all right, but we hope
we won't get those twenty eight days
of snow this year. We can get along
very nicely without that amount OF
snow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
THE MAIN THING.
Huntington Hawkeye.

If there Is going to be real road
building in Iowa in the near future.
the plan followed in Illinois must be
taken up here and we must never lose
sight OF it.
II, in the meantime. some other
plans can he evolved, under which
time can be saved. so mush the better.
But the state bond plan. backed by
and based upon the state auto tax, is
the thing that will eventually lift us
out Of the mud. No county plan will
be accepted ny the people that does
not have back of 1t the state bond is-
sue, thru which the counties are to be
reimbursed.
II is interesting to talk about the
United States government building
post roads or military roads. But
part, a great part OF the more import
ant mail is going TO be carried thru
the air hereafter, and as to military
roads. there Is a very faint possibilit!
that Uncle Sam will have further need
for military roads so far as the pres
emit generation is concerned.
Whatever may be done in regard TO
road building in Iowa, so far as the
immediate future is concerned. the
one thing that should be kept in MIND
and followed up and put over in the
shortest possible time. as a plan sim
liar to the one adopted In nlionis. l.
is claimed that this plan will take six
or seven years before wa get results
That is well and good. Without this
Elan we shall be no better off in thir-
tv years from now than we are today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
Topics Of The Times

Here's an unhappy New Year to
Kaiser Bill and that's the best the
world wishes him.
Spain is as likely to get Gibraltar as
Hindenburg is to sit at the peace con-
ference.
And now when Washington has gone
dry somebody suggests that congress
should hold all the year round sessions.
An open peace meeting and open
peace agreements are the surest pledges
to a continued and permanent peace.
So far no Iowa county has asked for
a German dreadnaught for its court
house lawn. However we'd find place
for small SUB.
Senator Lodge has not been a pop
ular man but he seems going the right
way to make friends in America.
Immediate legislation to permit the
war department to pay in full soldiers
returning from overseas for hospital
treatment has been asked Of congress
by Secretary Baker in letters to Vice
President Marshall and Speaker Clark.
He said 81 per cent of the soldiers patti
ents arrive in the United States with
out service records or other papers
showing the date on which they were
last paid. He sugguested q law au-
thorizing the war department to pay
the men upon theis personal affldavits
as to the date Of last payment and
condition of their accounts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28

were drafted for the service are not
farmers, and would not accept farm,
II it were rendered them as free GIT.
As to those of the boys who are farm
ers, they know where they want to go.
Take. for instance. the boys from Iowa
and Illinois. They know that they are
needed at home. They have heard
something Of what miracles have been
performed by the farmers OF the
middle west. despite the shortage OF
help. And they are anxious to get BACK
home. and to have . part In some
more OF that record breaking per-
Torrance. They know where they are
needed. They know where to go. Ana
they do not for a moment consioei
going anywhere else. They know that
tho high priced land OF Iowa and I'LL
nois Is really the cheapest land IN the
United States. because 1t Is situated
convenient to some OF the worlds best
markets and is fairly gridironed with
railroads prepared to take to these
markets the produce Of the midwest
ern farms.
They want to come back and watch
the Youngsters who belong to corn. or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
IOWA ROADS.
Humboldt Republican,

Humboldt Republican,
The roads of this portion of the state
are practically impossible for autos at
this time. They are in the worst con-
dition they have known for firteen
years. The condition is due TO the
continued rains. snow and cloudy
weather Men who have studied road
conditions in the state did not believe
that Iowa roads would ever again
reach their present state of impassa-
bility. II is true that old Dobbin and
the one-hoss shay can navigate the
present roads. but rapid auto travel Is
out of the question. A man is lucky
to get through with car. and MOTH
ing but light car can make way at
all. In some places the ruts have been
so deep that the center OF the road
scrapes on the ex of the car. and II,
many places the graveicd roads are cut
through the gravel and the vehicles
are now running in the mud. All this
;G in spite of the draining, grading and
gravel. It begins to make one believe
that nothing but paved roads Will do
the year round in all sorts Of weather.
OF course there are some gravel roads
that are not suffering, but they are In
the minority. Iowa is rapidly coming
to the point where hard surfaced roads
are a necessity If they can be accom-
plished by Harvesting the auto tax, let
us do 1t at once. Iowa needs roads
that will permit traffic the year round
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
Masonic Meetings
v;.itors Always Welcome,

NON visttofs Always ~e'eo"e'
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 100, A. f.
A. M.-Special communication Friday
Dec. 81. at 1880 p. m. Third degree.
B. f. English, w. NJ; John w. We'is'
secretary.
sioNEr CHAPTER. No. 80. r. A. M.
Special convocation Monday. Dec. 81,
at 2:3o .. m. Royal Arch degree. with
80 dinner, followed by second team
Ira NJ Davenport, II. r; John w.
Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, Kino Solo
ron Council No. co. r. & S. NJ, Mon
.'sv. Dec. IS. 1918. $50. Regular
business and election OF officers. I. +.
Forbes recorder: George Gregory. l. NJ
Special conciave ST. Alderman Com
r-andery No. 80, x. T. Tuesday. Jan.
II. at I 30. Installation OF oficers'
Y. r. Frederick. commander; John w
Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. E. s.
Special meeting Wednesday evening
Jan. s. 1870 for installation. Mrs.
Archer Walton. secretary. Mrs. Cora
Wiley. w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
By COMPARISON.

Uncle Henry wallace in his memoirs
telling OF hauling wheat thirty miles to
sell at 81 cents a bushel and Of selling
$500 worth OF fat hogs at . cents
pound after hauling them fourteen
miles. That was along in the season
OF 1s7s-7s.
Between cent hogs and 81 cent
wheat and 20 cent hogs and 81 wheat
is gulf of forty years.
But there was cheap wheat and
cheap hogs and cheap horses after
Unc' Henry sold his. The nineties
saw hard times. There are plenty OF
men in Iowa who saw a good mare
with colt beside her refused a bid at
public sales, who saw good horses sell
at sl5 up to an improbable $50.
There was cheap land then also. The
thought Of $500 land had not entered
tho mind. The handsome surrey had
not come into common use. Farmers
humber wagons. When inc Henry
hauled his two cent hogs the automo-
bile hadn't been assembled. The farm
houses were far from modern. A big
barn was a land mark. There is more
than the forty years between Uncle
Henrys hogs and the aristoCrat which
curled his tail at the price Of $40 per
cwt.
II any one had told grandmother
who was an excellent butter maker,
anything about 10 cent butter the old
lady would have thought the man daft;
her dream OF high priced eggs never
scared above 10 cents a dozen in the
summer. Twenty five cents was u big
price for a tive-pound rooster that
wouldn't spare a tail feather for two
bits today.
Still when you go back TO IL Uncle
Henry and those who lived and suf-
fered with aim in those ancient days
had about as good a time as anybody
ever had. They didn't live as easy or
have luxuries but they lived longer
and some OF them lived to a better
purpose than some of as today who
have more.
But as per comparison, Mr.. Nineteen
\. Farmer, how'd you like to haul hogs
fourteen miles at 2 cents a pound?
And also by comparison Mr.. Nineteen
\. Consumer how'd you like to buy
hams at cents and side meat at
and sack of flour at about 80 cents?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
WHAT ELSE COULD Mr.. WILSON DO,

Some Americans are not entirely
pleased with he regal" royal" etc,
thru the list OF adjectiyes Of kingly
and imperial Significance and origin,
reception Of plain Mr.. Wilson, presi-
dent Of the United States of America
in England. They have been brought
up to dislike monarchial display in
theory however pleased they may be
TO be given personal notice by royalty
and near royalty themselves. So it
rather jars on their sensibilities when
the chairman Of the united democracy
becomes part of imperial pomp and
circumstance.
However, il is hard to see how Mr.
Wilson could get out of it unless ne
had stayed at home which many have
suggested as both proper and advis-
able. But MIR. Wilson went and with
him went Mrs. Wilson and his entour-
age. Being in Rome he must do as
the Romans do; al least he must not
object to the Roman fashion of re-
ceiving guests Of high degree. If he
had objected to the royal mode some
critics would have called him boorish
and some would have accused him Of
"grandstanding." So what was left a
poor president caught away from home
in maelstrom Of magnincence but to
mount a metaDhorical elephant and
move with the durbar.
II George, who Is a very common
type Of man hut called a king and
emperor and lot Of other stuff, or
Lloyd George, who is a much bigger
and more important parsonage than the
so called king, were to Pay us visi;
we would go about the reception in an
American way and our distinguished
Guest would certainly submit himself
to our manner Of doing things. And
| that is what the president is doing.
! Incidentally It may he suspected .ha!
| he is having the time Of his life and
| that the whooping and adulauon anc
the magnificence please him nightly;
| for though a democrat the president ID
said to be extremely sensitive to such
| things and to react beautifully to
pleasant and approving and even adu-
| latory criticism.
But what else could he do and what
else would we have him do but to fall
in with the British way and act az
| a distinguished guest should act wher
royalty is giving him a party. More
over this is not especially Mr.. Wilson's
party but the reception England gives
to the president Of the United States
her ally In successful war; the gen.
erous display Of appreciation from q
nation that was saved to the nation
that saved It. Let US remember that
And with 1t let us realize that those
adjectives to which Americans object
have lately lost their peculiar signi.
ficance. royalty" is no longer royal
in the ancient sense Of the word
Gear" lacks the autocracy it once
conveyed and kaiser" in It's latest
meaning would " ssssAasd by self.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
[By David Cory.]


II must leave you now" said the
Yellow Dog Tramp to Billy Bunny,
who, you remember. In the last story.
had found the lost penny for little
Jenny Wren.
Come and see me soon again.
II 1t doesn't chance to rain.
said the little rabbit, - hs watched
his good friend run away.
Well, after that, tho little r1ooit
hoped along. and by and by he saw
Dickey Meadowmouse near his little
house in the Pleasant Meadows. And
il you've forgotten what Dickey
Meadowmouses house looks like Ill
tell you. It's little ball. made out OF
grass, woven together on the top OF
two or three stiff stalks Of meadow
grass.
Hello. Dickey Meadowmouse. What
are you doing?"
Keeping lookout for Robber
Hawk" he answered. It was only q
few minutes ago he flew by. way up
in the sky. Oh, ever 30 high. But
don't want to be caught In his cruel
claws" aod little Dickey Meadow
mouse shivered at the thought.
Neither do l." said Billy Bunny. i
won't wait but hurry home to the Old
Old Brier Patch" And 1t was good
thing he did, for Just then Old Robber
Hawk came sailing by and II he had
seen the little rabbit maybe he would
have swooped down and caught him
then and there and maybe some other
place.
What has kept you 50 later" aske<
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28


dir
but be the coming tHssty
Additional allowed Of $500
enc
N
axcsan
OF incom
Of the mooney be a follows -a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
Billy Bunny and His Friends

Mrs. Bunny - her. little fA60s4 son
hoped up tho garden walk to the
kitchen door. where the good LADY
bunny stood shading her eyes With her
left front paw. So Billy BuaAy told
her how he had almost bssn cassht.
by Mr.. Wicked Woif and that the
yellow Dog Tramp had come By Just n
time. And then he nd ho hod eound
. penny. II ssss.S-;
where IL NJ. aslEsd Nh. D1nly.
for she made NaSter Billy Bunny savs
all his pocket money 10 buy War SAv.
ings Stamps With.
"Oh, DEAR" answered the little Yab.
bit, 1T belonged to Jenny Wren. She
lost 1t this morning. % had to give
It to her" &
And just then ths telephone beIi
rang.
Hello: aid Biny Bunny. u II
you. Uncle LucasyT
1T surely IT," said the old gentleman
rabbit. what do you suppose = the
matter@ But Billy Bunny couldn't
guess, and I don't believe you can, 70
III tell you right away.
MY Sonora won't stop singing said
the old gentleman rabbit and the
three grasshoppers and the black
cricket on the hearth can't sleep. So
what shall I dot?
"Call in the Old Red Rooster" said
Billy Bunny. He used to work In .
talking machine factory before he
came to you"
And in the next story. n the Old Red
Rooster doesn't eat up one Of tho
sras.hoppeTs. I'll tell you what hap
pened after that. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28

jections twenty years hence II they
aTc alive. City people used 70 ktck
about paved atrcets, but show N the
man who would complain today about
an Improvement Of that nature"
"They say this 'hu' In worse than
the war--so far AZ killing people Is
concerned. Yes" admits the Hampton
Chronicle. but II works quieter. no
roar Of the cannon, no mud trenches
to work and sleep in. and it's mighty
sight cheaper. too. except to the in
dividual family affccted--as there are
no liberty bonds to buy TO help pay for
all this war work and such like
Made up your mind that there are
going TO be many changes now?" asks
the Burlington Hawkeye. THAT the
world Is not again going to be what It
was before the world war began?'
I'VE sometimes wonder whether
good diplomat or n good statesman
could also be 1T to make a good coun-
try newspaper" confesses the Waverly
independent.
The worst good roads pessimist to
be heard from so far objects to issuing
bonds TO build roads because the peo-
pie will soon be using the air for travel
and traffic and roads will be unneces-
sary,' observes the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
WE'LL MEANT. BUT
[Burlington Ha Wkeye.I
Aln-nn In hi0h !

Some of the gentlemen in high posi-
ton In Washington are talking OF
farms to be given the soldier boys.
WHO are coming home, AS soon as the
government will make It possible for
them to do so. There is no first class
land available now, for such purposes.
The great pire west OF the Missouri
that was untenanted until long after
the Civil war, has all been taken up.
What land remains Is either so dis
tant from markets that it would cost
about all that the crop is worth to get
il, TO a consumer, or it is not ready
for cultivation.
A large majority Of the men who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28

pig. or beef clubs. and they want to
get into touch with the farm bureau,
and to rub elbows with the county
agent, and to have part In the glorious
activity OF the twentieth century mid
west farmers. And 20 with the lads
that have gone to the front from
farms anywhere In the United States,
They are going back to the tasks with
which they are familiar.
The Washington plan IL well meant.
II is all right With the exception OF
two small items. The government has
no farms TO give away. and II It had
such farms. It has no soldiers who
would accept them. However. the
gentlemen arc entitled to credit tor
their good intentions. These win b.
appreciated. even II the drift to the
city IL not to be headed on or con-
verted into q Back 70 the Soil" move
ment in this manner.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28

respecting hound. And there ve arc
again.
Mr.. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson and tho
encourage are perfectly within the pro-
prieties when they take the places
given them In the "durSar and hold
their heads high, For an American has
a right to hold his chin up nowadays
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
SKILLED ROAD MAKERS NEEDED,
rIZrt;caIo Lsxpracc

The road question will be to the fore
again in the legislature this winter.
What we need more than anything else
is the training Of men so that they
may know how to make good roads
The weakness of the farmer plan OF
working out their road taxes on the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES

The story City Herald remarks that
1.-THE gravel roads which Eagle Grove
boosted OF so proudly some time ago
are said to be falling to pieces"
let the next legislature start some
thing that will mean paved roads,"
says the Cedar Rapids Gazette. 1T will
have to be done sooner or later and
those who are complaining about hard
roads today will offer the same OBJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
Differences In c.rters.

y Difference In Carriers.
~ was on her way down the rub.
steps. At the foot stopped =
~ man, whose garter had slipped
some mysterious mooring. He
eeimly pulled up his trousers .
q % and was adjusting the elias
he did It az . matter of course
nobody even glanced at him.
Ia just suppose l did that" MUIR
~ the young woman to herself
ling. "Oh, my!"-New York
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28
AN EDITORS IDEA TRIUMPHANT.
TDes Mpines CAPITAL


A few years ago Editor Norris of
the Marshalltown Times Republican
advocated the issuance Of bonds with
which to build permanent roads In this
state. He suggested that no new tax
reed be levied but that the general
road and automobile taxes should be
anticipated In order that the amount
of money should be available without
waiting for the lapse of years to bring
the money into the treasury. Editor
Norris being a successful business man,
suggested the issuance Of bonds which
should afterwards be taken up and can
celled by taxes as they come into the
treasury Now this thing has been done
by the state of Illinois which voted
$50. 900. COO in anticipation of the auto
mobile taxes. The people voted these
bonds themselves, with their eyes wide
open. and having n full knowledge of
what was going on. OF course Iowa
will do something Of that kind in the
course OF time. The best inducement
toward this accomplishment would be
to hit upon a plan by which the ex-
pandlture of road taxes should be care
fully and honestly done without any
waste, carelessness or extravaganza.
One thing is sure: more and better
work must be done upon the Iowa
highways. or else the road and bridge
taxes must be reduced. There is no
use rebuilding roads every year or pre-
tending to do so. We have too much
money for that and not enough for hard
surfaces
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28

Daily Thought
Our high respect for Q well-roa6
man is praise enough q ntEsturss-
Emerson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-28

roads themsslvso b that not one II ten
oe those Ut 20 WORK know anything
about the technicalities OF road max
Ing and drainage and the result 10
that much Of the work In moro than
wasted, II not a positive detriment The
state started right by providing Tor
state supervision and compulsory en-
cheering In the counties on country
roads. In that way much good has
been accomplished, but II Ia only be-
ginning. We stand greatly in the need
OF force OF road makers who know
how to do the work and complete 1t.
When men schooled In the business
become more numerous and make It a
business as positively so rs that Of
those employed by the railroads to
keep their tracks in repair the road
question will be nearer solution. 1t
will continue to be debata,ble Ques-
ton just 10 long as road making is
left to the unskilled and the incom-
petent.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-12
LAWYER GIVES
ADDRESS HERE
Clevelander Talks AT Cham
Der OF Commerce
BOOSTS LIBERTY LOAN
Alderman Urges Efforts To
Fill Quota Here
Quickly

Financing the World War" was
The topic Of an address by David r.
Wilkin of Cleveland before The lunch.
con OF tho Chamber Of Commerce ~
noon Wednesday, Mr. wilkins ad.
dress was devoted TO the Third Lib
erty Loan and the part the financial
aid Of the people of the United States
will play in winning the war The
speaker showed first the patriotic
and humanitarian reasons for buying
Liberty Bonds and then turned to
their dcsirabilily as an investment
from the standpOnts OF their being
nontaXable, paying 4A@o interest
and being absolutely safe.
In concluding his talk. Mr. Wilkin
declared that America would bring
about peace by thoroughly whipping
Germany and that once this was at
tanned America would lead in making
II 50 unhealthy for The war lords
that thercll never be another one"
w. A. Ackerman also gave short
talk. saying that this cOunty's quota
was far from being filled and urged
that each district ''go over the top"
as soon as possible.