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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27
: W.S.S. WATCH MEETING"
IN ALL SCHOOLHOUSES
In Every Missouri District Patriotic
Rolls and SIackers' List Will Be
Made Up on New Years Eve.

"A Patriotic Watch Meeting" is t1
be held in every Missouri schoolhouse
on Tuesday night, December 81.
Missourians in town and country
will watch the Old Year out and the
New Year in"
AS the evening passes the boy who
has come back from France will tell
his story of the smashing of the Hun.
The sailor home from the seas" will
describe the deep-sea hunt for the u.
boats. Letters will be read from the
lads who are forming Liberty's Watch
on the Rhine.
1t will be an old-fashioned American
"Watch Meeting" of patriots who have
watched the war through and done
their part at home, or in the service,
in the trench or in the furrow, at the
bench or in the camp.
At these meetings called by the War
Savings Stamps School District Com
mitteemen there will be given out. to
all WHO have redeemed their War Saw
tngs Stamp pledges, New Year
Greeting Card, to be mailed to some
relative or friend in the military or
naval service of the United States by
the one who has redeemed the pledge
1t il at this meeting that the names
OF all those who have failed TO keep
their obligations in redeeming their
pledges will be announced. The names
OF those who have kept their pledges
and bought WS.S. according to their
means will be placed upon the district
roll OF patriots. This roll is to be
preserved In order that the Americans
ri the future may know who did and
VINO did not help their country like
4rue Americans in its time of stress.
This old-fashioned Watch Meeting |
II patriots will close up the W.S.S.
campaign for 1918. It will be the last |
&hance for the Missourian who has
4ot redeemed his pledge to redeem
II. It gives everyone the opportunity
q quit the old year and enter upon
ne new with his dutr done to. his
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

ing figures
Some of this money must come
from War Savings Stamps. Some Of
1t VIII come from bond issues and tax
alton. But the more W.S.S. are sold
by the Government and taken by the
American people the less will have to
be raised through bond issues and
higher taxes
Dent let anyone tell you that it is
robustness TO buy WS.S. now THAI
the war is the same as over. In inc
hrst place no treaty of peace has ac.
tually been signed. In the second
place, this business of changing from
war to peace basis will cost
great deal Of money and that money
is needed now.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27
SCIATICA

This is neuralgia that affects the
sclatlc nerve--the large fibre that
passes down the back Of the leg Anv
neuralgia is bad enough, but sciatirs
is especially trying. The nerve is sn
large that the. disease produces great
pam, anu It's sisuation is such that al
most eyerymovement of the BODY
stretches it and exaggerates the pain.
Sclatlca may develop from any eff
the causes that produce neuralgia
mechanical, constitutional or reflex.
Among those are pressure on the
nerve from a tumOr, from a bone that
n&s remained displaced after a frac-
.uTc, and from dislocated Joint.
other cause are disease in any part
CT the nerve or of the spinal cord from
Whieh II originates, anaemia Or other
tiosd '.s-2Se, poiG0ns of various
,!na8-eitIier these f., ned in the BODY
" tn microbes Of such diseases as
r1alalia, tyIhoid fever. tonsilliti3 and
influenza, or poisCnB derived from out
5lle the lody. such as lead, arsenic,
Aercu!T, alcohol and tobacco. Still
another source Of sciatica is the
a!ithtic, "a equity, diathesis, in which
there Is tendency to inflammation
OF all the tL6rous tissues Of the body;
and finally there are the so-lalleI 70
Hex naualgias, in which the local
lied pain is the expression Of di3o.-
Der IN GoHle other part of the bodv-
&c. 5ars dccaycd tooth. iniamna-
lion Ct tho mucous lining Of the nose
and its accessory sinuses III The head,
2stigmatiSm or other defects of Wis
ion uncolrected by glasses. .r disease
ot an internal organ, slch as the
o. liver.
Most 5ften, however, the direct
cause CT sciatica is nauritis-the
chronic inflammation Of the fibrous-
structures within or sur
the nerve, which in turn is a
ocal expression of tho equity diathcsis.
Why the sciatic nerve harpcns TO re
attacked rather than the muscles G..
he joints or other parts whc-n I'll
Gus tissue abounds, it Is not always
Easy to say, but probably it is because
# some previous injury to the nerve
~ sprain or by pressure from The
,dge of a wooden chair always ex-
rted on the same spot.
The treatment of sciatica is that of
euralgia or neuritis in general. The
physician searches out the cause and
emoves it if possible. Rest is e.
7ays nccessary--at least, at first; the
eg must be well protected from cold;
nd local treatment later by vibrrs-
ng massage. electricity, and 50 fort,
7ill be useful. The patient shoul,l
se animal food in moderation ana
houid take large amount of fairy
pod, such as cream, butter, olive oil,
od-liver oil and nuts, for it has be n
aid with much truth that neuralgia IS
ne call Of nerve for fat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27
gions, with conditions most serious in

gions, with conditions most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, RoumanIa and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering heavy
toll of death. The Armenian popula.
ton is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. Al
though starvation is not yet imminent,
lta3y, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur-
key are in the throes of serious strin-
gencies.
In order to fulfill Americas pledge
In world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be han
died through our ports. This means at
the very least minimum of 20000,000
tons compared with 100000 tons pre-
var exports and 11,S20,000 tons ex-
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war TO the European
silies.
If we fail to tighten the black spots
ON the hunger map or If we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and Sled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine Should this
Happen we will see in other parts of
Europe repetition of the Russian de.
bacle and our fight for world l,eace
will have been in vain.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27
KILLED A LARGE GREY WOLF

Eliza and Chelsea West brought to
town on Wednesday morning a large
grey wolf which their father, M.
West, had killed that morning Mr..
West and sons went to the hills to see
about some hogs, when they jumped
the wolf. Mr.. West shot him in tho
left side with shotgun, wounding
him. The dog gave chase and caught
him, and had almost succeeded in
killing the wolf when Mr.. West and
the boys arrived. The wolf was an ex-
ira large one. weighing Al pounds
Bismarck Gazette.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

country. Those who attend these
Watch Meetings will never forget
them, for they are to be a fitting climax
to year of great endearnr and sacri-
fee in the winning of the worlds
greatest war
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

the rudiments of democracy and prop
er regard for her spoken or written
pledges and for humanity.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

Business is like wheelbarrow--it
stands still unless someone pushes it.
I. Stern.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

Wehn you have done good thing,
don't stop to talk about it. do an
other.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

"The harder nail drives the better
it holds"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27

"Ninety-fve per cent Of good adj
vsrtisement Is the listening ii it."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27
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YOUR 25-CENT THRIFT
STAMPS WILL BE EX-
CHANGED NEXT YEAR

= Tbs War Savings Stamps
= officials announce that all
: Thrift Stamps bought in 1918,
= that are not redeemed before
: December 81, 1918. MAY BE
: EXCHANGED FOR FIVE
: DOLLAR WAR SAVINGS
+ STAMPS DURING 1919, in
: exactly the same manner as
: they have been during all the
+ year.
: This announcement has been
: made because some people
+ had gotten the idea that any
= of the Twenty-Five Cent
Thrift Stamps that they
: might have left ever at the
end of this year cannot be
+ exchanged next year for War
Savings Stamps. Just remem-
Der, that if you do not get
: your Twenty-Five Cent Thrift
Stamps exchanged before
: New Years, that they can be
exchanged just the same dur
ing 1919.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
AMERICA WAKING UP.
[MuScatine Journal
America has aroused herself

America has aroused herself from
the effects OF the opiates which were
fed to her by the traitorous band of
pro-Germans in this country. We know
them now for what they are. We have
for the fact that we were rnisled by
them. German propaganda crippled
America at an hour when we should
have been developing strength. We
haven't artillery and airplanes for our
boys in France because we permitted
the poison of Prussia to get into our
national blood. A year from this day
we shall hold the guilty to account. We
shall know then the depth of their
hideous perfidy.
The handwriting has been on the wall
for year. There are those who still
ignore it. Retribution may not be swift
but it is sure. Our national security
remains at stake as long as we permit
the existence of those influences which
PROSTATE us in an hour Of trial. Amer
lea is recovering her strength and her
senses. We have grasped something
of the splendid spirit of France and of
the determination of England. Another
twelve months will find the lesson
burned into the very soul of America
Never again shall this nation be mis-
led and confused by an alien mind We
see clearly today and with the new
sight comes new courage and new de-
termination. 1t presents a peril only to
kaiserdom and to the things Of the
kaiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
Billy Bunny and His Friends

painted red, Write and blue!
'SHelloa there" said Uncle Lucky.
and he took. off his old wedding stove
pipe hat and bowed very politely.
Cock
I'm very well, thank you.
We're eating up the little worms
And everything that crawls and
squirms
The ,Millers Boy we're helping, too.
For he has all that he can do
To drive and guide the heavy pillow
And milk at night the moody cow"
And then the weathercock on the big
red barn whirled around on his right
foot and pointed toward the west,
where Willie Wind was bringing up a
white cloud to spread over Mr.. Happy
Sun. But the big white cloud broke up
into lot Of little clouds and Mr..
HAPPY Sun laughed and looked down
from the big blue sky till all the little
leaves and buds trembled in the breeze
and the water as it fell over the old
mill dam looked like jumping diamonds
and little colored glass marbles riding
away down to the great roaring ocean.
"Ker- dunk, ker- dunk" sang Uncle
Bullfrog as he sat summing himself on
the old log, and then he jumped into
the Mill Pond with a great splash, for
just then the Miller's Boy picked up .
stone and threw it over the Old Snake
Fence. and the old gentleman frog
thought that the bad boy was trying to
hit him. And perhaps Uncle Bullfrog
was right, and in the next story I'll tell
you about some more about Billy
Bunny and his friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
CERTIFICATES OF LOYALTY.

One little girl spent her money for
Thrift stamps. She said she wanted to
help Ter brother in the army.
Do you want to help the boy in the
army and navy? Then buy Thrift bonds
and war bonds 70 the extent you are
able 70 Go 90. Don't ask what another
has bought That isn't the honest mea-
sure OF what you should do. You know
what you can do. DO IT,
The commit tees and the government
viii attend TO what the other man
ought to buy. The fact Is that 1t isn't
going TO be easy for the shirker to
get away with It this time He'll have
to come thru. There never was such
searching inquiry into the means and
ability Of men 10 purchase made in
They know what the man Owls and
what he owes. And they'll look after
that. You just do as they did in
Jerusalam-sweep clean before your
own door TO the middle Of the street
The fellow who doesn't use a broom
will have one handed to him and be
told to sweep. And naturally all those
who have swept up will be looking out
Of the windows watching him while he
sweeps ali by his lonesome. It's going to
be prominent position for the man
who refuses to sweep and Is made to
sweep.
The big battle is on, the biggest
battle Of all history. Men are suffering
They need help. Men are fighting. They
need arms and ammunition. They must
have food, plenty of it. We are build
ing in our own defence and in defence
of the liberties of our own country
when we buy bonds. We are helping
that brave line Of British who are
fighting our battles and dying in the
places that must be filed by our own
sons unless this war ends soon. Every
| dollar brings the war nearer it's close.
Every bond saves human life. Every
bond raises the barrier higher between
our homes and the outrage that Bel
GUM and northern France writhes in
| torture under. Every bond is q pledge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
Try David corx1

Well, after the circus was over,
which told you about in the last story
Billy Bunny and Uncle Lucky went
around to see all the animals in their
cages in the big, gayly painted wagons.
And, gracious me, how the lions roared
and the hyenas laughed and the bears
growled! And little Billy Bunny got
behind Uncle Lucky and peeked out
between the old gentleman rabbits
coattails. When they had seen all there
was to be seen, they went outside the
big tent and hoped into the Lucky
mobile and drove away. And. by and
by, after a while, who should they see
but the Miller's Boy out in the field
driving his fathers big team Of horses.
They were hitched up to the pillow, for
the old Miller was getting his field
ready for planting potatoes.
So the two little rabbits stopped the
Luckymobile behind a clump Of trees,
and after that they hoped out and
came up close to the Old Snake Fence.
And not very far behind the Millers
Boy was little Robbie Redbreast. He
was hopping over the plowed-up
ground picking up the worms, and,
when he had his beak full, he flew
away to the old apple tree in the
orchard to feed the little robins which
Mrs. Robbie Redbreast kept in their
nice new nest.
And while the two little rabbits
stood there, all the barnyard folk came
into the field to pick up the worms.
There was CoclSy Docky and Henny
Jenny, Duckey Doodles and Turkey
Purky; besides lot of little chickens
who had come out of some lovely
Easter eggs which Henry Jenny had
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
Try This If You
Have Dandruff

There 10 one sure way that never fails
to remove dandrun completely and that
Is to dissolve 1t. This destroys 1t en-.
tirely. To do this, just gr. about four
ounces Of plain, ordinary liquid arvon:
apply it at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub It
in gently with the finger tips.
BY morning. most, II not all, Of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace Of s, no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You viii md, too. that all itching ana
digging Of tho scalp viii stop instantly,
and your hair will be huffy. lustrous.
glossy. silky and soft, and look and feel
hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. It Is inexpensive. and four ounces
is all you will need. This simple rem
edy has never been known to fail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
Don't Let Soap
Spoil Your Hair

When you wash your hair. be careful
what you use. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali,
which is very injurious. as it dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil. for this is pure
and entirely ereaseless. It's very cheap.
and beats the most expensive soaps or
.nything else all to pieces. You can
get this at any drug store. and few
ounces win last the whole family for
months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub 1t in. about a teaspoonful is all
that Is required. It makes an abund-
ance Of rich, creamy lather, cleanse
thoroughly. and rinses out easily. The
nair dries quickly and evenly, and is
soft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy
and easy to handle. Besides, 1t loosens
and takes out every particle of dust,
S.-,,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10

that American womanhood shall 1.-Two
unviolated. Every bond Is an answer
to the murderers who cut the threats
of American prisoners.
The money will be raised Certainly
it will be raised. AN the money that is
needed will be raised as long as money
is NEEDED to win this war. II 1t doesn't
come willingly it will lbe taken against
unwillingness.
Just now bond OF lesser or greater
amount is a certificate of loyalty, that
is willing purchased bond is such a
certificate. Get your certificate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
Masonic Meetings
vi.ito-, Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1os, a. r.
and A. M.-Special communication fr'-
day, April IL, T:ss p. N. Work IN lhe
second degree. B. e, English, W. NJ
John W. Wells, secretary.
slGNET cHAPER, No. 50, 4. a. m'
Special convocation "Wednesday eve
ming. 1880, April 10. Mark Master $
degree. Ira A. Davenport, H. P; John
w. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. M, Mon
day. April %. 1918, 1880 p. m. Regular
business. I. T. Forbes. recorder; George
Gregory. I. NJ
Stated conclave. St. Aldemar
commandery, No. 30, x. t. TUESDAY
April %. s .. m. Regular business
J. f. Frederick, commander; l. l.
Forbes. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81, Q. E.
S.-Regular meeting for business ana
initiation Wednesday evening, April H.
o'clock. Mrs. Archer Walton, secre-
tary; Mrs. Cora Wiley, W. N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10

morality in sight. However, the case
is similar to that Of dry town. You
never know whether or not booze is
to be had until you've tried out the
man who hangs around the livery
barn. He knows most about 1t. And
as for that if Des Moines could clean
up SO promptly when the federal gov
eminent took hand why couldn't it
have been done before?
Debate over repeal Of the charter Of
argument over whether this country
should continue in the war or make
peace at any price with Germany. The
German American Alliance never
should have had charter and the
sooner it Is taken away the quicker.
In fact some Of the officers, it appears,
should be sent to carry the charter
where it belongs, to Potsdam.
Give the sedition law broad powers,
broad enough to Jail or intern dis
loyalist without delay. but be careful
not to make it a weapon in the hands
of bureaucracy as a defense against
proper and salutary criticism.
sss
In that sedition bill it is imperative
that the right of free speech shall not
be lost sight of. AS a people we are
vociferous in demanding the extreme
and equally vociferous in condemning
our own mistakes. If any bill ever
required careful consideration q bill
defining sedition is that one.
Government agents are to be sent to
Illinois at request Of Governor Low
den in the fight against disloyalty in
that state. But if Chicago needs clean
ing out surely Milwaukee ought to be
quarantined.
George Creers glorification Of unpre-
paredness stirred congressman to the
statement that had a private citizen
made similar statements he would
have been arrested Creel's immediate
resignation was demanded. But Creel
viii not resign, more's the pity.
II the bolsheviki were to declare war
on Japan as it threatens, we might
look forward confidently to the finish
of the bolsheviki. What the Japs
would do to that rope of sand wouldn't
he mich
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
MADAM AND MISS. YOU ARE NEEDED.

One woman complained that she had
Just come from the Red Cross work
rooms the other day where one woman
was working alone on surgical dress
ings
More women are needed 10 give a
part Of their time to this work. 1t Is
most important and certain to be des-
perately needed
Stop and take time to think what a
great battle means. We have about
100000 soldiers read TO go into des-
peratc action If before this is read they
have not been desperately engaged
When 100000 soldiers are in action, the
wounded will number approximately
10000 and major or minor operations
will be necessary upon about 10000 of
them, while 5000 men will reuire medi-
cal attention.
This gives an idea Of the work sud
denly thrown upon an army medical
service in a battle such as has been
raging in France, only instead of 100
900 men in action there are around
1000, 900 engaged. The Red Cross,
therefore, is not exaggerating when it
tells American women that surgica,
dressings cannot be ovensupplied.
The United States army medical
service now has turned over 10 the
Red Cross the task of supplying our
army with surgical dressings. The
army will furnish the materials and
the women will do the work. according
to specifications made by the army. 1t
is a fine compliment TO Red Cross
workers.
One surgeon in the course of seven
or eight hours will use between 300
and 400 packets of surgical dressings.
or from $500 to $500 individual dress
ings. Multiply this by the hundreds
and thousands Of surgeons working at
top speed in a great battle and still
further emphasis is given to the state
ment that an oversupply is improo-
able.
Nearly al the wounded recover The
percentage Of wounded who recover
in this war is higher than in any other
war because aid IS given promptly
right behind the trenches. at first aid
station in a dugout- then at the ev-
acuation hospital and finally al q base
hospital.