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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
Polite Burglars.

Occasionally The operation Of bur
gary is performed 10y cta'i" amt
thoughtful thicf says London fjl-Blis.
\ boarding house was some years age
robbed of handbag and some l2o
belonging to the laudla0y. % wallet
containing important documents, lh"
property of gentleman guest ana n
few yaluahleS, including miniature or
he .cn,lcmauS wife. The thief had
taken out The lan,llady'S eyeglasses
from the bag and left them on IN" ia
bic. and few days later parcel
arrived NJ the hoarln: hou>c, marked
"Id. to pay" containing the missing
documents and the miniature stripped
of is frame.
4 lady teacher. awakened hy n noise
In the night, went on the landing and
cav n IMAM on the stairs. Kindly let
No out sail the man. llc put on
his boots. shook hands with the school
mistress, aud. rs h. went added Not
y word Go to bed like good girl !"
she did not. She went 10 the police,
And ,hc polite burglar was finally
Vackcd and captured.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25

and Utica public school enjoyed a hol.
day Friday in honor Of Washington :
birthday
Mrs F. Murphy. OF La Sale. visited
at the home OF her father, Robert Con,
dion in Utica Friday.
Misses Ncllie Noon, Minnie preuss.
Catherine AMI Rose Coleman and Zita
White, attended the teachers insti-
iute in Ottawa Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. " r. Danson aud daughter
Virginia. were La Sale callers Fri
Gor
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clancy attended
the funeral OF the latter'5 aunt, Mrs.
Anna Emerson. which was held III O..
tava Saturday
Misses Esther Foster and jeanette
loughton are visiting With relatives
and friends in Ottawa for few days.
Mr. and Mrs H. jesse. of kanaWha
IOWA. are visiting at the home OF the
lattcrs parents. Mr.. ana Mrs. August
Wagner south Of Utica, for q couple
OF week.
Miss Gencyi0e Vixen, sister to
Mrs Ray Wheeler, Of Utica, has re-.
ceircd notice from Washington thai
she successfully passed the eXamina.
tion as Red Cross nurse.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
NOTICE FOR REDEMPTION FROM
TAX SALE

State Of Illinois. County OF LA Sale,
To Whom it May Concern:
Take Notice: That at sale of
land and lots for taxes and assess.
mcnts duly made in the County and
State aforesaid, I, G. +. Hook, pur
chased on the 18th day Of June. 1916.
The following property:
Lot eleven and the east ten feet Of
lot twelve and the small triangular
tract lying between lot ten and said
lot eleven all in Water Block in the
Marseilles Land and Water Power
Companys Addition to Marseiles,
also
Lots two. three. four and Ave, north
OF Canal Reserved Street. In Ware
horse Block. in said Addition. and
Lots one, tW0. three and four on
Commercial Reserved Street. in said
Warehouse Block. and
Canal Reserved Street between
said above described lots in said
Warehouse Block, also.
+ The west one hundred feet of lot
"A and the west Que hundred feet of
lot ID in Clark 4 Underhil's Addition
f 70 Marsciles. and
MI OF the streets lying between
lots ~ aud "D' aforesaid, on the
east, and said lot one on Commercial
Reserved Street. in said Warehouse
Block and said lot two north of Canal
Reserved Street, In said Warehouse
1 ilcck ON The west aud extending
IRON said Commercial Street to the
Illinois a Michigan Canal. situated in
Inc County and state aforesaid. for
me delinquent taxes levied aud us.
sesscd thereon for the year 1915 aud
Sala premises were taxed for said
year III the name Of O'Ncil Implement
Co.. and the timc OF redemption there.
OF from said sale will expire on the
18th day OF June, 1918.
c. Z. HOOK
lated February u. 1918
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25


Tue ifcSol terrain chore"' Inc pas or
hcN' . = Noh'hA' preached Oh me
'reenl'hehce OF the thorch'
me 'rtat COMMISSION says. Ho Ae
INV ''' '"' WIZ !" anu p''"e' Tue "29'
pei 70 every creature we speak OF
noi'e 'lIp io''lEh NV'N "ul 10 'ou
'her II put nome "o'E LOT man "hcre'
ever ~ 10 iouilu Is th' chllu OF Nod
D! cfeo''oU, "od 'h'ilts OF me Wh)lc
N'''u 40 one "NuN'ooa lalniI!i ana
nc "oSP'l - 20 "o OUT 10 an "''h US
''"'S'o'n mus ro"'''
lhlnk OF the homeland transform.
ed. the church members worshiping
God not only in Il formal way going
thru religious exercises, but Worship
ing God With the heart and express.
slns the results in the conversation
ana conduct And as as result Of this
Improvement in many, the commnni-
TIES ana even the country viii be HIT.
ed to higher morality and spiritual.
lt\; Nlrile, iorceiul. maslcrlul, Great.
inS sentiment that Will not tolerate
the present forms OF evils.
"Can you think Of the Christian ma.
! ions condemnn,r professional rcli,,.
ION? Can Won see fine hca,hcu mn.
I tons delivered from the curse Of s,l.
ycrstition and of man modo rolrions
and rejoicing in the know lodge Of The
! true God? This is the work ng tho
church, and with it's secondary results
in all of the ditfcrcn, relations of life
il makc4 tho cbnrch nr,.emi,o,co
among the institutions If earth "
In the evening thc nastor nrcoched
on "Jernsalem, Pas, Present ana I'm,
ture" After telling abou DR. Woiz.
manns great service "a Great Britain
and the allies n, n dangerous crisis
in the early mart nf ,ho war and or
t.ngland'9 promise ia do All in her
power TO asSjs, The Zionists fin which
Or. Wrizmaun ia n leader and is moat
dcpN Interested TO bring obout thn
restoration of the lew ia his own land
the pastor covered ,ho post or Joru.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
SALTS IS FINE FOR
KIDNEYS, QUIT MEAT
Flush the Kidneys at once when Back
hurts or Bladder bothers-Mest
forms uric acid.

No man or woman who eats meat reri.
lsrly can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says well.
known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores so they
sluggishly filter or strain only part Of
tho waste and poisons from the blood,
then YOU get sick. Nearly all rhcuma-
tisn, headaches. liver trouble. nervous
ness, constipation. dizziness, slecplessness,
bladder disorders come from sluggish kid.
nevs
The moment you feel a dull ache in the
kidneys or your back hurts. or ii tho
urine ia cloudy. offensive, full OF sedi.
ment, irregular OF passage or attended
by sensation Of scallng, get about four
ounces OF Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take tablespoonful in
glass OF water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid OF grapes and lemon juice, com.
b;ned with lithia and has been used for
generations TO fash cloggcd kidneys and
stimulate them TO activity, also TO neil
tralize the acids in urine so it no longer
GAUGES irritation, thus ending bladder dis.
orders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can.
not injurc; mnkcs delightful cfIcr-
ycsccnt Whitewater drink which all reg.
ular meat caters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and the
blood purc, thereby avoiding serious kid.
ncy complications
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25

that when my baby came the doctor
said he never saw women get along
any better than | did and | know it
was Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound that helped me- Mrs.
ERNEST BEEBE, 12l Wyoming Ave,
WATERFOWL, y. \.
Women who continually overtax their
strength until they get into such
weakened condition should profit hy
Mrs. Beebe's experience and try this
famous root and herb remedy. Lydia T.,
Pinkham S Vegetable Compound
For special suggestions write Lydia
F. Pinkham Medicine Go. The result #
its long experience IS al your service.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
Almost Unbelievable Cold.

The lowest known temperature ever
observed by competent scientists was
at Werehojansk, Siberia, January Is,
1881 when minimum reading Of
minus 1914 degrees Fahrenheit was
resistered. Tho monthly mean tenn.
perature for January ct Jakutz, 81.
IBERIA is minus i1s degrees
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25

presentation of Jerusalem to Freder.
lex the md. Emperor Of German, IT,
1923, and finally the capture by n"
TURKS in l5l1. since which time it has
been under the domination Of he
Turks.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
Mr.. Slithers Explains.

Pa said Little Willie, what is
The unit rule?' why err why. my
boy, it's about the same thing az pre-.
walls IN this family" said Mr.. Slithers,
You may haze noticed that whatever
your mother says goes. Judge.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
Well to Copy Nature.

Thc farmer and his family az weli
AZ his stock, accomplish moro when
oarerree md in happy turn OF mind
All nature is frosh aud cheerful II il
profitable Tor rs TO be likewise.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25

was IN very poor
health / suffered
from n fema Io
weakness 50 | did
not have strength
enough to DO my
own work and could
not stand on my
feet for any length
of time. Lydia 4.
Pinkham 5 Y Z ge-
t a b e Compound
corrected my
trouble and | i'm
proved i'm health SO
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
THIS WOMAN
KNOWS
She Proved that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Does Help Suffer
ing Women

Watertown, n. Y. Last fall when
! was expecting to become a mother [
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25

The beautiful weather of yesterday
brought out good congregation at
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
At the Congregational.

At the Congregational church ia,
pastor, Rev Carl Stachman, spoke yes
to-day morning upon Life Spiritual
Fact. The text used was Heb. ll:3.
That which u seen hath not been
made out OF things which DO appear.
he said in part
Ancient faiths in their inability TO
conceive OF life from any othor than
material viewpoint have always
made strange attempts TO explain the
natural phenomena such AZ the stabil.
ity of The earth, accounting for it by
tales of various devices Of animals ana
giants resting unon the other and bear
ing up the earth Meanwhile the He.
brew poet sings, lie hangoth the earth
upon Dothins. This has been in ~
blime recognition OF the activity Of
Co. in mysteries the poet could not
explain 1t is a recognition in other
words Of the spiritual fact Of the uni.
Nelse. The ancient faiths could think
Of the universe only in terms OF
lrimitiyc knowledge compa able with
other facts which they could ascertain
there is a similar tcnucncy today to
C'nphas size the material. he biologist
in terms Of primitive germ, the as
tronOner in terms OF central sun,
the chemist in terms of an ether
strain the geologtst in terms Of a cos
mic mist. each seeks to give his cX-
rlauation OF the universe. These are
satisfactory so tar rs they 60 but
wholly neglect the spiritual This
spiritual element is Also present in
the individual IN the development Of
personality That which makes it pos
slDIe Tor men to aspire after better
things and higher ideals Is the spirit
ual element OF his life. his immortal
soul. We not likewise the spiritual ed.
ement in civilization, The material
Advantages Of civilization are great
but civilization depending upon these
must fall Culture. wealth and pow
or cannot save civilization lacking
truth, equity, chastity and pity. The
world Is having a demonstration Of
that just now, ana the5e other forces
arc purely the spiritual forces of civil
Il at'cn. Among them might be nam.
Cd love ald righteousness and hope
BY which men are dawn together,
serve the rule Of right and keep alive
their ambitions. The same Is true
Of government which exists permanent.
". not by force but by the spiritual
clement Of justice for every citizen,
And overy form OF government must
10 t'siea by this standard And all
this leads TO an emphasis upon the I'M.
Dcrtance OF religion which is purely
spiritual. 70 all OF life, since life IN
all It's manifestations contains 80
much OF the spiritual. Yet many are
nop'ccting It and failing to give i
place In the development Of life.
IN the evening the pastor spoke mp.
on Is World Upside Down Pointing
out somo Of the present world condi.
lions an speaking of haWt was need.
ed for n present day 'llosophy which
can content itself neither with paying
the world in all bad or all good but
which inust recognize that this Is a
world IN the making. For 1t We need
u vision Of God present today. u God
demanding righteousness and truth
and we need new vision Of life in
sacrifice and service demanding and
receiving much OF Us to meet the
great needs.
Presbyterian Church.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-25
SMILING is BOON TO
CHRISTIAN FAITH


sense OF humor. would have saved him
A eeaple of deaeoHs visited me and
said: Pastor, what is the NATTER
answered. Why nothing's the matter,
They said % yes. something is wrong
You do not wear your accustomed
smile"
How Abe Lincoln with his funny
stories to his august cabinet in the
straining hours of crisis during the
Civil war breaches TO us. Lincoln
knew A merry heart doeth good like
q medicine
One of the most pronounced signs
OF self-mastery in a mans life is his
ability 10 smile when things are 20
ing dead wrong; when he feels like
doing something else. Pity the thin
skinned. 0yersensitiye people who
brood over fancied wrongs, sights and
troubles. How miserable some are
in shops and Offices who are externally
suspicious that Others are always plot,
ting against them. One boss told such
Z enc Learn 20 laugh when the world
takes crack at YOU. Another mar
] read about said that il he had life
to live over he would begin by smil
ing instead OF snarling, The world
gives back what we give to il.
The man who smiles makes the
best soldier. How they are smiline
over there" Private Peat tells u
Why he came smiling out of hell He
says millions are smiling in France.
To mothers h. says Send your boys
of with a smile. They'll remember il :
later. The the going is hard they Will
say Well, II mother could buck up
aud melt her troubles with smile |
guess can too" Have you read The
NhistlinS Mother How proud the
soldier boy OF such mother. He calls .
her a dandy, a peach. brick, good
old sport. She sends him of with
an heroic smile One poor fellow not
sent OH that way, OF whom Private
Peat writes. said to his pals Gee, ]
wish mother hadn't cried.
i am not eulogizing a sckly super
iicial smile tonight. 1t takes charac .
ter 10 be consistent smilcr Jesus
puts the Joy in the heart that makes
tho smile on the face, the worthwhile
smile. Jesus says to the Christian
facing the hard places IN life. BE OF
ecol cbeerl' What a deal of good
We can do in the world with the Christ
Joy IN our hearts finding its way to
our faces in smiles am glad for q
Christ who makes men happy It
gives me pleasure to recommend that
Christ to you tonight
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-10-04
BIG CAMPAIGN
TO ELECT LOYAL
WAR CONGRESS
National Security League Az.
n0unces Nationwide Nom
Partisan Participation in
Fall Elections,

Active participation by it in the Con
gresslonal campaigns, which will short
ly commence throughout the country,
has been announced by the Nationa,
Security League. The League declares
that unusual measures must be taken
to insure the election this fall of a
Congress which will stand militantly
behind the carrying OF the war to q
decisive victory
The entire force of the Leagues PSI
branches and it's membership of over
100000 patriotic American citizens will
be thrown into this campaign. The
creation of support of the movement
outside the League VIII also be un.
dertaken by means Of an active propa>
ganda among the leading citizens Of
every state in the Union, Irrespective
Of party.
EIihu Root Takes Lead.
Elihu Root, who is Honorary Presi-
dent of the National Security League,
at the recent Annual Meeting of the
organization laid particular emphasis
~ the necessity of non partisan sup
port of the Government in its eff
1orts for the aggressive prosecution O,
the war and the consequent iNpor
lance or this years Congressional cleo
tons. The matter was then taken ur
by the National Executive Committee
Of the League and the campaign decjd
ed upon at meeting attended by AL.
ton g. Parker, who Is Honorary Vice
PRESIDENT of the Security League
James w. Gerard, former United
States Ambassador to Germany, one OF
the Leagues Vice Presidents; s. Stan
wood Menken, President of the
League; Lawrence F. Abbott of the
Outlook, and other prominent men,
The League for National Unity and
other great national organizations
nave already Endorsed the movement.
The leading newspapers of the country
are also expressing their approval.
Inc following are a few of the ia
vorable editorial comments which are
appearing in all parts of the country:
Editorial Approval.
Williamsport (Pa.) Sun: 1.-THE Ma
ticnal Security Leagues effort will
have the hearty support of all patri-
otto voters"
Springfield (Mass.) Union: This
idea is sound and emInently worthy of
serious attention."
DeS MOines (Ia.) Tribune: Here in
Iowa we may well emulate this exam
pie which will lead to victory for
Americanish regardless of party desig-
nation"
Saginaw (21ich.) News: "This cam
pa1gn will have strong and growing
following all over the country"
Helena (ANont.) Independent: "Amert.
leans upon whom party lines rest light.
" and many who are strong for their
| party will And reasons for commenda.
! t'on ct the plan Of the Nationat So
"nrity League"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-10-04
Friday

The North Carolina State Board
of Health has issued the following
official statement on the epidemic
Of influenza that is sweeping over
the State:
1.-The State Of North Carolina IS
in the grip Of an epidemic Of Span
ish Influenza
The disease is invading. the State
from many quarters, as it prevails
throughout the United States, but
the principal lines Of invasion seem
to be from the seaports Of Whining
ton and Norfolk. Already the dis
case has appeared over the entire
State, being very prevalent in the
East and having esta blished itself
in number of centers in the
West. The indications are that
within another week it will gener-
ally prevalent throughout the
State.
''The disease started in Spain
in May, this year, involving 80 per
cent OF the population Of that
country within short time. Al
ready the disease has invaded and
practically passed through Europe
The ::apidity with which it travels
and the large per cent Of the popu-
lation involved indicate % the ex
ceptlonally contagious nature Of
the desease and (2) that with it
public health measures have little
influenza The only good fortune
attending the present epidemic in
North Carolina is that it will pro
badly exhaust its supply Of suscep
tibles before it's dangerous ally,
pneumonia, arrives iii force in De
cember January and February
1.-The disease is due to spit swap
ping. Spit is snapped or exchan-
ged in the following ways:
By coughing or sneezing into the
air instead Of into a handkerchief
In open coughing or sneezing an
Infectious and invisible spray is
thrown several yards into the air
and floats for thirty to sixty min
utes. The greater the spraying,
as in the psychic waves Of cough.
ing that pass through assemble
ges moving pirture shows chur
ches and other gatherings the den
ser and more potent the infections
atmosphere: CD by soiling the
hands with spit very small invis-
Ible amounts) and transferring the
spit to the hands Of another per-
son in handclasps or by handling
something as door knob or some
article from which a second per
son gets the minutest amount IF
spit; (c) by using the common roll
Ter towel communicating and being
contaminated: CD by using com
mon drinking clippers common
drinking cups and common spit
infected water from a common
bucket; (e) by using anything
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-10-04

other than paper cups and ice
cream saucers.
Let any person if he thinks it pos
sible try to work out in his mind
a more effective method for the
people in a village or town to ex
change spit the very microscopic
amounts necessary for this pow
erful conta gion and~one will reali
re the infectious protency Of un,
steriliNed glasses at soda foun-
tains.
DON'T
l Don't associate with the impu
lite and careless who spray your
air with their spit.
2 Don't go to unnecessary pub
lie gatherings while the epidemic
is on.
3 Don't use any public
dippers and drinking cups
4 Don t use a roller towel
5 Don't patronize a soda foun
tain that does not use paper cups.
If you get the grippe: Go to
bed and stay there until you are
well, until your temperature has
been normal for at least two days.
# you are past fifty, Or if you are
not strong stay in bed four days
after normal temperature. Re
member, the danger Of grippe is
pneumonia. Pneumonia is the
penalty for disrespect to the grin
pc that gets out Of bed too SOON
GIN conclusion, public officials
can do little to protect you You
can do a great deal to protect your
stif'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-10-04
A Beautiful Woman

DO you know that a beautiful
woman always had a good diges-
ton? If your digestion is faulty
eat lightly Of meats and take az
occasional dose of Chamberlain 5
Tablets to strengthen your digest
ion. Price 25c
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-02
TREAT CHICKENS FOR WORMS
Massachusetts Poultry Raiser Recon-
nends Remedy to the Aorieui-
turai Department

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF AgricuitureD
A remedy for worms In chickens
that n Massachusetts poultry raiser
found "very successful" according TO
his letter 10 the United States depart.
mcnt Of agriculture. follows:
"Glve the chickens no food or water
for - hours before treating; then
feed them hnlf the usual amount 81
ground feed. In which has been mixed
finely chopped tobacco stems mixed
for two hours In all the water they
viii absorb. One pound Of tobacco
stems (wclghed before soakingl Is suf
ficient for 100 birds. Two hours after
the chickens have eaten the medlcated
mash. give the onefourth of the
usual ration Of ground feed mixed
with water In which Epson salt has
been dissolved. using II ounces 81 Ep
som salt for 100 birds.
"To reduce the chances Of further
infestntion all manure and loose dirt
should be removed from the chicken
yard. apd the pens and roostS thor
oughly scalded and cleaned with hot
water"