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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

A colored woman entered one
of the large Rockingham stores
recently and asked for a pair of
shoes. The clerk to whom she
applied was the dry goods clerk,
and did not have charge of the
shoe department, so she called to
shoe clerk whose number was 9,
and said Number g. of course
thereby calling clerk No. 9's at.
tention to the fact that a custom.
err wanted him. But the colored
woman didn't understand this;
she thought the woman clerk
was making fun of her by order,
ing a pair of No. 9 shoes. Indig.
nantly she exclaimed, mo man;
I don want no 9 shoe; wears a
8, does!"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Frisby Hancock got to the
blacksmith shop Friday morning
in time to assist in knocking the
fellow that just went out.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Fletcher Henstep got overhead
ed Friday while working in hi
patch Of red pepper.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

A mans eyes have a great deal
to do with his looks.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

The Calf Ribs Widow has in
stalled a conk-shell on the center
table in her parlor. Dock Hook
was a pleasant caller there Sun
day afternoon, and while looking
through the sterescope at Niagara
Falls standing still he put shell to
his ear and heard it roar.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Sam Flinders was at the Rock
inghanl Ry. depot the other day
and as he had on his specks he
went around and looked at all the
small details of the train including
the f1agman.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

It pays to trade with R. I. Nc
Donald.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Slim Pickens says if he had his
FATHERS, he would rather get
freight instead ofexpress, as you
can get so much more of it.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
HOGWALLOW NEWS
DUNK BOTS, Regular Correspondent.

Miss Flute Belcher has got so
she breads when Sunday comes
on account of her shoes hurting
her feet so bad.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Yam Sims finds that going over
the top is not a new thing, as the
Pee Dee barber says that is what
hair tonic is made for.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

The Horse Doctor is thinking
of running for County Health In
spector. You can always tell
how bailey a man is not elected
by the number of votes he does
NOT Oct
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
1.-THE SNAKY PEACE"-AFABLE
BY EUGENE II. BLAKE
Of the ViQiIantes.

A snake having invited q tame squir-
rel to play on the ground and enjoy
the fallen acorns, swallowed the little
animal half down before it knew what
had happened.
But the squirrel catching its breath,
twisted around and caught the snakes
neck.
'"The squirrel attacked me-" the
snake managed to say to a man who
had come up with stick to see what
the trouble was.
Let the man decide what is just"
the squirrel offered, land we will abide
by it."
The snake objected: IT must, as
things stand today, in the name Of the
Serpentine Power, decline this court
as prejudiced."
The squirrel asked what the snake
would agree to.
AN intimate meeting for discussion
would be the way to remove the nu-
merous Intentional or unintentional
misunderstanding. Let us crawl into
this hollow log where we can't be an,
noyed by outsiders and I will cheer
fully disgorge and return to the status
quo ante.">
Just as soon as the belligerents had
got out Of sight in the log and the
snake could finish annexing the rest
Of the squirrel, its fangs darted out of
a knot-hole and sank into tho mans
foot.
Back-f1re: The world had better
have look in at the peace conference.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
(First Publication, Aug. 7, 4t.)
ORDER FOR HEARING ON FINAI,
ACCOUNT AND FOR DIsTRIBUTIoN

4, ~
ORDER FOR HEARING ON FINAI
ACCOUNT AND FOR DIsTRmUTIoN
OF 1NSOLVENT ESTATE.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi-
yohi,-ss. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Erick
N. Nelson, Decedent.
The representative of the above es-
tate having filed in this Court his final
account representing, among other
things, that he has duly paid all ex-
penses of administration, last sickness
and funeral of said decedent, all secur-
ed and preferred claims; that the unse-
cured claims allowed against said es-
tate amount to the sum of $3,63177 and
that he has in his hands.a balance of
50 3.63 and praying that said account
be allowed and that the Court makes
it's order determining the amount to be
paid each claimant out of the balance
in his hands and the distribution of
the same:
1t is Ordere that said final account
be examined and said petition be heard
at the Probate Court Room in the Court
House, in the City of Willmar, County
Of Kandiyohi, State of Minnesota, on
the 9th day of September, 1918, at 2
o'clock P. M.
1t is further ordered that notice of
said hearing be given to all persons in
terested by publishing a copy of this
order once each week for three success
sive weeks in the Willmar Tribune, a
weekly newspaper published at Willmar
in said County. and that a copy of this
order be mailed to each of the known
creditors of said estate at least four
teen days prior to the date of said hear
ing.
Dated August 9Th, 1918.
T. 0. GILBERT,
(SeaD Judge of Probate Court
Charles Johnson
Attorney for Representative,
WiAmar, Minnesota
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
FINDS HER PLAN WORKS WELL
Lucinda Has Saved Money Since Aban-
doning Her System OF Buying
Things on Impulse.

'There are so many things I want to
buy" said Lucinda. land I am so i'm
pulsive. see something that pleases
my fancy and straightway I buy it;
only to find little later that really I
didn't want it and that now 1 don't
care for it at all.
AT least that Is the way I did do;
but now do differently. Now when I
see something that once I would have
bought on sight I say to myself: DO
l really want thatT and then I say to
myself. 4 will wait q week and see.'
AT first it was very hard for me to
do this; but then I got myself under
control and came to manage very we'll.
"Often on the second or third day,
when have seen that thing still on
sale, I have found that no longer fan
cied it and then, Of course, I was glad
I hadn't bought it; but then sometimes
when found the thing gone, why, then
naturally imagined I did want it but
on the whole find this plan to work
beautifully and now stick to it faith
fully, and certainly it has saved me
from buying q whole lot of things I
didn't want; things such as used to
buy, that Brother Claude, in his
brusque way, called junk"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
BRITAIN PAYS HEAVY TOLL
Has Raised 100000 Men and Had
100000 Slain.

Has Raised 100000 Men and Had
100000 Slain.
New York, Aug. 5.-Great Britain's
contributions to the success of the
Allies was made public here, on the
eve Of the fourth anniversary of the
United Kingdoms entrance into the
war, by the British Bureau of Infor-
nation of the British War Mission.
Staggering figures that tell an elo-
qAent story of sacrifice, heroic determi-
nation and accomplishment, are re-
syaaled by the bureau, which points out
that Great Britain and her colonies
have raised 100000 soldiers, of whom
100000 have been Slain and 100000
are wounded or missing. England her.
self, it is said, has furnished 60 per
cent of the fighters and suffered rs
per cent of the casualties.
1t has been estimated, tho bureau
says, that Britain has fought on II
fronts during the last four years, in
Guiding Belgium, France, Italy, Serbia,
Greece, Russia, Palestine, Mesopo-
tamia, China, and North, East and
West Africa.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
WHOSE BOOTS DO YOU BLACK?
BY HARRISON RHODES
Of the viuiiantes.

The bootblack is one of our greatest
national institutions. In Europe he is
both rare and incompetent upon the
public streets. Here, to sit in a CON-
fortably padded chair on a sunny cor
ner and watch the world go by while
strong and willing toiler polishes
your foot coverings till they reflect
your handsome face in them is one OF
the American experiences which makes
the average citizen feel. temporarily at
least, like a god, at ease with the
world and superior to it.
But what about it now? Just how
are these strong and willing toilers.
the bootblacks, helping to win the war
against Germany? Isn't their job un-
necessary? Wouldn't they, fighting in
the front line, or working In the fac
tories or toiling in the wheat fields, be
helping America more than by polish
ing your shoes and mine7
Couldn't we, in fact, polish our own?
People used to. There were things
covered over with square of gaudily
colored Brussels carpet, which were
called boot backing boxes, usually
In every home. And pater familias
and the boys at least shined their own
shoes. When they went on trips there
was compact travelling kit which they
put into their bag. Perhaps the boots
weren't done quite so we'll, perhaps
they didn't reflect your handsome face.
But which, to put it briefly, is more
important, to have your boots polished
for you or to whip the Germans?
Does this sound ludicrously trivial
to you? It is true that all the boot.
blacks in the country released for the
real services of war time would be
but little part Of our military or CT.
william army. But it cannot be said
too often that nothing is too trivial
nowadays to be worth paying atten.
tiOn to.
Think it over! Would you rather
polish your own boots, or lick the
Kaiser's when he gets here?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Cubic Feet in Ton Of Coal.

Here is little information. which
will help you to solve the vexing prob
lem that is apt to be a hardy annual.
|. e., how much coal to order in order
to fill the bunkers, but without having
to put some in an old barrel in the out
house, says the Popular Science Month
ly. A ton of egg coal contains from
81 to 38 cubic feet, averaging about
IS. BY measuring the cubical contents
Of your bin you will be able to estimate
how much to order to fill them. This
may be done by multiplying together
the length, breadth and depth of your
bin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
MY Letter TO HIM
BY EDNA n. M'coY
~ thu \I3~llo~A>.

BY EDNA n. M'coY
Of the viollantes.
Now this Is the letter I write him.
While my heart Is sick with dread:
You are just whore you should be. my
son,
Standing staunch. where your duty lad.
AT home we are we'll and happy.
And cheerful. and proud of our boy.
In this war of the World-laddie-
soldier son Is q Joy!
Your father struts. just a little.
And sis wears your pin all tho while.
While 1-well the star on your Service
Flag.
Brings to my lips a smile.'
And I write the little nothings.
OF home. that are much, when awav.
The funny things that have happened.
Throughout my homely day.
Then I go and sit by a window.
And look to the rising sun.
Where lover seas'-in the trenches
He will fight till TIN victory's wont
Then-going back to my letter
With tear-Wet eyes I sign:
with dear love from your mother
Who is glad her boys in line!"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Is n. ". men killed.
Heavy Casualty List Carries
Many Gopher Fighters.
Men from Iowa, Wisconsin and Both
Dakotas Included In Last List.

Minneapolis, Aug. 5.-Washington
officials have just given out the heav.
lest casualties yet reported among
Northwest soldiers in France, includ.
ing many killed in action, showing that
regulars and former guardsmen from
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Iowa and Montana are pay.
ing the price on French battlefields.
The National Guard regiment identi.
fed by it's casualties is the former
First North Dakota Infantry. now the
164th Infantry. Total casualties re-
ported today were 206, OF whom 112
were killed in action.
Northwest men reported in the last
casualties follow:
Killed in Action-Corp. Vincent
Grantvalley, Minneapolis. Privates,
T. H. Irwin, Calva, Iowa; M. Matu.
siewicz, Detroit, Mich; w. R. Miller,
Plainwell, Mich; L. S. Ripley, Lohr.
Vile, Iowa; L. E. Cline, Fortington.
Iowa; X. M. Ednor, Campbell, MINI. ;
w. Evans, Cambria, Mimi; Orville F..
Ballard, Waupaca, Wis; Glover Blew.
ms, Pay Coulee, Mont; Richard O.
Burns, Beeton, Wis; Harold F. Can
field, Traverse City, Mich; Keith M
Edner, Campbell, Mimi; Evan Evans
Cambria, Mimi; Frank B. Holicky, La
kota, N. D.; Walter r. Miller, Plain
we'll, Mich; Axel E. Nelson, Little
Falls, Mimi: Clarence G. Paff, Chip
pewa Falls, Wis; Paul Pecher, Grand
Forks, N. d.; Raymond Stake, Surrey
N. D.; Arthur R. Stanley, Nebish
Mimi; o. F. Ballard, Waupaca, Wis.,;
J. G. Blevins, Bay Coulee, Mont.
Died of Wounds Private Harry T
Lalone, Midland, Mich.
Died of Disease-Joseph Anaweski
Bay Shore, Mich; Philip Steen, Du
luth; Nemoy B. Turpin, Whitcomb
| Mont.
Died from Accident and Other
Causes Benjamin Dachyk, R
D. No. 3, Duluth; Priv. Otto F. Schau
naman, Sisseton, s. D.
Wounded Severely-Sergt. Carol
w. White, SCOTS, Mich; Mechanic
Edward Joholski, GAINESVILLE, Wis.
John Besteland, Carpo, N. D.; Samue
Healy, Faribault, Mimi; William
Richards, Butte, Mont.
Missing in Action-Priv. Wayne
Pietila, White Point, Mich.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Has Thirteen Sons in Armv.

''oo uHsSSu OUTS IN army.
Goldsboro, N. c., Aug. 5.-John
Ward, a negro called as a witness in
a recent trial held here, told the court
he was the father OF IS children and
that 13 sons were in military service.
Ward, who is 81 years old, has been
married three times and has rs living
children. The negro says his first wife
bore 15 children in six years-quad-
ruplets twice, two sets Of triplets and
one single child. The second wife, he
said, gave birth to IL children, twins
twice. The third wife gave birth to
eight children.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Al II Waa on Earth.

Not long ago an old lady friend died.
Mary Agnes, who lived in the same
building, had for some reason been
chased from the steps by the old lady,
and so she got the impression that the
old lady was always chasing little chill
dren. So one day after the woman died
Mary asked another woman in the
building If she thought tht the old
lady was an angel now. II hope So"
was the reply. Then little Mary said,
swell, bet she is chasing all the little
angels around up there"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
PAYS SPANISH WAR DEBT

Government Redeems Last Outstand-
ing Block Of Bonds.
Washington, Aug. 5.-The last of
the Spanish war debt was paid off by
the redemption of $64,O0O,O00 worth of
bonds, part of block of $4,000, 900
issued June Is, 1898, seven weeks aft
or war was declared.
Before the war the payment would
have been one of the big financial
events of the year. Now it amounts
to only little more than any single
days war expenses. The entire Span
ish war cost about $1,000, 900, 900,
spread over two years. The present
war costs the government $1,000, O0O,-
900 a month.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Proofs of wisdonn.

The first characteristic of q good
and wise man at his work is to know
that he knows very little; to perceive
that there are many above him wiser
than he; and to be always asking
questions, wanting to learn, not to
teach.-Ruskin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Chariots In Ancient Warfare.

The Egyptian and Roman chariots
served not only to bring the soldiers
to desired point and to overwhelm
advancing masses of infantry, but also
as bulwark, sort of improvised
fortress behind which marksmen
sheltered themselves in the thick of
the fight. The curved front of the
carriage body served as a shield even
though 1t was at least nineteen cen
turtles behind its modern cousin, the
ir0n-plated. self-propelled motor tank.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07

knows? Do yer know Il I hadn't sent
them that glass don't believe / could
have looked the women who have sent
their boys In the face again.
swell, so long, Son; my train is in.
I guess must be gettin' aboard. Be
sure and come and see US next sum-
mer."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Powerful Arabian Perfume.

The Arabs around Alden love power
full perfumes, and are highly skilled
In their preparation. Their favorite
is called "oodi." It is made from a
wood called "ood," and is so powerful
that when burned in incense pots the
smoke will impregnate the garments of
those present to such an extent that
the perfume will remain upon them
for days, even after they have been
laundered.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
GEN. PERSHING IS HON0RED

French Government Awards Grand
Cross to American.
Paris, Aug. 5.-General John J. Per-
shing, commander in chief of the
American expeditionary forces in
France, has been awarded the Grand
Cross of the Legion Of Honor, by the
French government
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
To Battle Cipsv Moth.

Human efforts to exterminate the
gypsy moth have failed and the United
States government is now importing
insect parasites Of this pest to aid In
the war of determination. In order to
destroy the injurious moth the govern
ment is going to provide a home and
encourage the development Of an in
sect that makes a specially Of fighting
the moth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Unknown Human oualities.

Unknown Human Qualities.
Fortune, good or Ill, as 1 take it,
does not change men and women. It
but develops their charac ters. As there
are thousand thoughts lying within
a man that he does not know till he
takes up the pen to write, so the heart
Is secret to him Cor her) who has it
In his own breast.-Thackeray.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Spread Gospel Of Hone.

Men differ widely In their native ca
pacity for hope. De Quincy said of
Goldsmith: "He had a constitutional
gayety of heart, an elastic hilarity,
and, as he expressed 1t, a knack Of
hoping" Other men are like Burne-
Jones, who sadly confessed: II am
born without much Of the quality Of
hopefulness." The Goldsmiths must
help the Burne-Joneses along.-New
York Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07

Not Scared by Cry Of "Fad."
The wise man-the man who thinks
lis not afraid of anything, new or
old, because it may sneeringly be re-
ferred to as ''fad." He examines it
to see If it is a good fad or a bad fad
and accepts or rejects 1t accordingly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
New hahlts.

When one Is forming q new habit
for good, it must be carefully watched
and its practice guarded until it has
become firmly rooted in the life. each
lapse" says wise writer, lis like let.
ting fall ball Of string which one is
winding up; a single slip undoes more
than a great many turns will wind
again."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
BASEBALL SCORES

American League.
Washington, 7-6; Detroit, 81: (sec-
ond game 18 innings).
st. Louis, rs; New York, 6-3.
Boston, 20; Cleveland, IL.
Chicago, 10; Philadelphia, 6-2.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
HOOVER HAS NARROW ESCAPE

Paris, Aug. Sit was reported here
that Herbert Hoover, American food
administrator, and his party had a
narrow escape in a German air raid
on Boulogne, when a bomb blew in
the windows of their private car.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Time for Bud to Go.

1sUS uOE ouo 20 1Os
A couple Of friends came to call,
bringing with them a neighbours pet
collie, who made great friends with
Elizabeth, our little daughter. All went
we'll till eight o'clock, when Elizabeth,
greatly worried, exclaimed: II think
you had better take Bud home now
his parents will be getting worried
over his being out so late"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07

Make Good Use Of Spare Time.
Bind together your spare hours by
the cord of some definite purpose and
you know not how much you may &C.
complish. Gather up the fragments of
your time that nothing be lost.-Wil.
liam NJ. Taylor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07

The Obligations Of Wealth."
No matter if one has one million
dollars, If he Is able-bodied he ought to
perform some useful service some
where, or keep away from the table
when the dinner bell rings.-Houston
Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
No Rice for Face Powder.

Rice Is q food, not a frivolity, &C.
cording to wartime classification.
Therefore the French government has
prohibited the manufacture of face
powder from rice. This is the sad
news flashed straight from Paris, that
gay city which has previously led the
world In the matter Of vanfties. as it
now leads in the matter of valor. This
report declares also that the women
Of. France are ficking away daily on
their powder puffs some 100000 SOL
diars' rations Of good rico. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
British Empire.

Great Britain comprises England,
Scotland and Wales, all parts OF one
island, and the United Kingdom OF
Great Britain and Ireland includes Ire
land as an addition. The British en-
pire consists of all these and India, the
colonies, other islands, protectorate~
and dependencies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Isn't 1t So2

Four"year-old Charlotte was having
trouble with her English, but she had
entirely passed her difficulties on one
point. II see how it is now, mother"
she said the other day. "Hens set and
lay; and people sit and lie, don't they
mother?-Country Gentleman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
To Remove Rust.

To Remove Rust.
Steel needles which had been put
away In a box for some time had q
number of rusty spots on them, so
were wiped first with kerosene, then
pumice stone and rubbed with it few
times and they were as smooth as whep
new-no trace of the rust was left.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Suggestion.

II have named my new car The
LOan.'S
'Why have you given 1t such q
name as that1" > :. zzs. sz?s7 J.
Because nobody can blame 1ou
then for speeding It mn, ..,. -. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
A Movinp Tale.

A Moving Tale.
A Yarmouth pork butcher notified
his customers that he had sold out by
hanging in his window pigs tail with
card bearing the words: '"This is
the end of our pork this week."-PittS
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07

Motor Truck. One 1-ton truck with
built in cab top, storm front and
stake body, solid pressedon rubber
tires, 12S" wheel base. Has been
thoroughly overhauled and put in
good condition.; suitable for milk and
and oil route, or draying If you
are in need of a motor truck, it will
pay you to get our special price.
Call or Write Dept. A. 6l2-61S Wash
ington Ave. NJ, Minneapolis Mimi.
zoo
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
Handmade Sprinus.

Small springs may be accurately
formed by winding the wire tightly
into the threads Of machine screw.
This forms spring as perfectly as
handmade spring desired should be
used, to allow for the resilliency of the
wire.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-07
OF Small Account.

Splitting, when one is conversing
with somebody whom one regards as
ones social superior, does not convey
that impression of ease and self-com-
mand in ones social relations which
many seem to think it does.-Ohio
State Journal.