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Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
Christian Red Cross

The Red Cross class of the Chris tian church under the direction of Mrs. C. W. Trumbo will meet in the school administration building at l o'clock this afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
Circle Number 3

Circle Number of the Central Methodist church will meet at the home of Mrs. Rhoads, S15 West Adams street, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15

The way the cards were signed up and the amounts which the workers of the staff will contribute to the purchase of Thrift Stamps reflected most favorably upon the keen desire of the men and women in the employ of the paper to help out.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
Catholic Auxiliary

The Catholic Auxiliary of the Red Cross will sew this afternoon from 1 to , o'clock in the Catholic boys gym naSium.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
APPLES

We have 100 boxes of apples we will sell for $1.S5 per box Friday and Sat urday.
 ARIZONA GROCERY co.
 (Adv.) bm
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15

A. T. McKinlay is registered at the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
Glenn & CoIwell, Compliments soIrs.

AtCftI ~ S0i"S'tt WV ~.
State OF Illinois, La Sale County, IS
Probate Court OF La Sale County,
TO the November Term, A. d. 1918.
Ottawa Banking & Trust Company
administrator OF the estate OF Nick
Volk, deceased, VS.. Barbara Volk, ct
al, Petition to sell Real Estate to pay
debts
Atfidavit tof the non-resdence of
Alexander Volk, Magdalena Volk, now
Feiler, Peter Volk, Marie Volk, the
unknown heirs Of Peter Volk, deceas-
ed, the unknown heirs OF Alexander
Volk, deceased, the unknown heirs of
Lot Seven a., and the North Half
mR) OF Lot Ten (10) in Hess sub
division Of Lot Eleven I'D in the
Southeast Quarter Is. f. "a Of Sec
ton Fourteen 1D Township Thirty.
three 1897 North, Range Three go
East of the Third P. NJ, and A. Mitch.
ell Palmer, defendants above named
having been filed in the Office of the
Clerk Of the Probate Court of La
Sale County, notice is hereby given
to the said Alexander Volk, Magda,
lena Volk, now Feiler, Peter Volk,
Marie Volk the unknown heirs of Pc.
ter Volh. deceased the unknown heirs
of lot seven az, and the north half
ln1a OF lot ten l0) in Hess subdi-
vision Of lot eleven M in the south
east quarter IS. K. Il of section four.
teen 14b township thirty-three $3.50
north range three (3), east of the
third p NJ, and A. Mitchell Palmer,
that the said plaintiff, the Ottawa
Banking 4 Trust Company admins.
| traitor OF the. estate of Nick Volk,
deceased. has filed it's petition in said
Probate Court Of La Sale county for
order to sell the premises belonging
to the estate ef "-i1 deceased, or so
much OF y "a may be Il oded to pay
the - ',5 Of said deceased and de,
seed as follows, towit Lot seven
90, and the north half (nh) of lot
ten (l0) in Hess subdivision of lot
eleven I'D in the southeast quarter
tseA) OF section fourteen (l4) town.
ship thirty-three (33) north, range
three t3l, east Of the third p. NJ, and
that summons has been issued ont
OF said court against you, returnable
at the November term, A. D. 1918. of
said Court to be holden on the first
Monday OF November, A. D. 1918, at
the court house in Ottawa, La Sale
county, Illinois
Now, unless you, the said above
named defendants shall personally be
and appear before said Probate
Court OF La Sale county, on the first
day OF a term thereof, to be holden
at the court house, In said county. on
the first Monday of November. 1913.
ana plead, answer or demur to the
said compliments petition filed here.
IN, the same and matters and things
therein charged and stated will be
taken as confessed, and decree en-.
tered against you according to the
prayer of said bill
Dated at Ottawa, Illinois. October
8, 1918
EDWARD ZtLM,
Clerk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
James J. Conway. Attorney for
Cong lainant.
EDWARD ZtLM,
Clerk.


state Of Illinois, La Sale County. -
Probate Court of La Sale County
to the December Term, A. d. 1918.
Elizabeth PeIlouchoud Adminjstra.
trix OF the Estate OF Bridget Dough.
erty, Deceased, VS.. Thomas b, Dough.
erty, May Dougherty, Henry Pellou.
choud, Petition to Sell Real Estate to
Pay Debts.
Affidavit OF the non-resilence Of
Thomas b. Dougherty, defendant
above named, having been filed in the
olllce OF the Clerk Of the probaie
Court OF La Sale County. notice is
herby given to the said Thomas b.
Doueherty that the said Plaintiff.
Elizabeth Pellouehoud, adminstra.
'liX OF the estate of Bridget Dough.
eriy, deceased, has filed her petition
in said Probate Court of La Sale
County for order to sell the premises
belonging TO the estate of said de.
ceased, or so much OF it as may he
needed TO pay the debts of said y.
ceased, and described as follows. 10.
wit
Lots Ten IlO). Eleven on ana
Twelve 12) in Block Eleven (l1) in
Railroad Addition TO the City of OF.
lava, La Sale County, Illinois, and
that q summons hna bnnn ;e,ral .,,,
OF said Court against you, returnable
at the November term, A. d. 1918, of
satd Court, to be holden on The first
Monday of November A. d 1918, at
the Court House in Ottawa, La Sale
County, Illinois.
Now, unless you, the said Thomas
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
kL.MOST-PHiLOSOPHY,

A public official. We are told, should
conduct himself in his first term as If
1t were his last, and no doubt he
would only for the fact that If he does
il almost certainly is.
A farmer, while chopping out
bees nest in hollow tree, found
ksg OF whisky forty years old. Lots
OF men would like to cut out the booze
IN this way.
Diogenes took a lantern and went
looking for an honest man. If he had
taken an automobile lamp. and what
goes with it, he'd have run into any
number Of them.
A bad correspondent sometimes
makes a good husband.
All is vanity, but especially all book
reviews.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

B. Dougherty shall personally be and
appear before said Probate Court OF
La Sale County on the first day of a
term thereof, to be holden at the Court
House in said County, orr the first
Monday Of December 1918, and plead
answer or demur to the said com
plGinants petition filed therein, the
same and matters AMI things thcreil
charged and stated win be taken as
confessed, and a decree entered
against You according 10 the prayer OF
said bill
Ottawa, Illinois, October 9TH, 1917
EDW, G. ZILM, Clerk.
JAMES J. CONWAY,
Compainants Solicitor.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
slick as grease"

worked slick as grease
why. didn't the ropes pull out OF
the well, eayin' the treeY" asked the
newcomer.
That" said Dirigible. "wuz just
what We asked old Jim, and old Jim
laughed at US. pityingly."
What's the answer" demanded
the new bench warmer
Why" said Dirigible. ANY one but
Q natural darn fool knows that you
can't pull the hole out Of well. -
New York Tribune.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Classified Advertising

Advertisement will be inserted In
this column not exceeding five lines.
three times, 30c: one week, 60c. Each
line over five, loo per week addition.
al. All advertisements In this col
umn must be paid in advance. No
advertisement will be inserted in this
column for less than soc.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Around our good Dame Fashion drew
Her tinseled mantle. Lo! We wait
Upon our knees to catch the cue
One must maintain ones social
state!
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS

CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH
Don't matter If broken pay $500 to
$500 per set, also cash for old gold,
silver, platinum, dental gold and old
gold jewelry. VIII send cash by re-
turn mail and will hold goods 10 days
for sellers approval Of my price. Mail
to L. MazeT, 2007 s. 9TH St, Philadel
phia, IA.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
BALLAD or soC'L MAINTENANCE

BALLAD OF SOC'L MAIN IENANCE.
The grocer duns US twice day,
The butcher has his grievance, too.
The milkman wants his long-sought
pay,
The landlords in dreadful stew;
The baker seems to have IN view
One end--to dun us early late;
But then-what would you have us
do?
One must maintain ones social
state,
W
The backstair carpet wears away,
In fact, it's ragged-it's not new.
OF such we make no great display
TO those who stroll our parlors
through;
Our parlors to the chosen few a
Present an air Of riches great,
To our true plight they give no clue
One must maintain ones social
state!
'--'--"-'''
III truth, we would not-could not
say
That we have found enjoyment true
IN this our mode of life; but stay!
The system on us claps the screw!
The Wealthy.Wonders led the crew,
We scrimp and pinch and initiate
What other course can we pursue?
One must maintain ones social
state.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

CASH FOR OLD TEETH (nroken
or not)-l pay 5000 to $500 per
set, also highest prices for Bridges,
crowns, Watches, Diamonds, Old
Gold, Silver and Platinum. Send now
and receive CASH by return mail,
your goods returned ii price is I'M
satisfactory. l.. Mazer, 20O7 $. 9Th
street. Philadelphia, Pa
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Never Gets a Rest

How much OF an income has he?"
Il don't know. 1t must be mighty
big. His wife is always tired out be.
cause she is having clothes made"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

"Bredren," said Parson Black, earn
estly. deere am some folks in which de
still, small voice oh conscience keeps
a.gettin' stiller and smaller until at
las il d hab ter Farm de deef an dumb
langwidge II it wants ter attract dir
attention."
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Jack Highfly-Will you come for a
Joy ride in my aeroplane?
Miss De Witte-Y You don't mean a
10Y ride; you mean skylark.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE-G45 Chapel street; 92S
W. Washington; 1911 ". Madison
1929 Huron; 72S W. Superior; 915
w. Superior; 92S W. Superior; 1916
W. Madison; 10lS Illinois ay.; 81
Congress; 1912 Illinois Many others
mostly bargainst. Come in and talk
them over ! guarantee no follow
up" will result Of your call. 7. B.
Farrell, College Bldg. Tel. 64S.W.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

No man feels like laughing II he
has wife who leads him q merry
life.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
DR.. {. A. KELLY
DENTIST

DEN IIST
1125 Columbus St Ottawa, Illinois.
All work guaranteed first class.
Office hours a. m. to 1880 p. IN.
Phone 225-Y
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
FOUND

FOUND--A pocketbook on Burlington
way, north Of Ottawa. Owner notify
c, r. Kuhn, Tel Ottawa County
9C3S.2.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

There are persons who retain their
popularity by not getting themselves
too well known.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

WILL BORROW-On real estate
mortgage on city property. Have
several customers desiring to buy
homes. Need money to complete
their purchase, Four hundred up to
eighteen hundred. If you want to
lend, come in and ask questions. T.
B. Farrell, College Bldg. Tel 64S.W.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Too many checks on the bank Of
friendship are certain to be pro.
tested.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOR SAlE-Oli papers. clean aud
folded. Tied up In i0c packages. Call
at Free Trader-Journal Office.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
EYE HELP

EYE HELP
For near or far-sighted eyes. A
wonderful scientific instruments no
lenses to break; money back If you
can not read fine print with it; cheap
100, only soc By mail. "Monoeular
Eye Help Address l.. j. Allison, 1903
N, Dearborn St, Chicago.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
ELLANEOUS.

FOR SALE--A SOW ana seven healthy
pigs, three days old Tel County
9019--12.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE lIand-picked winter ap.
Pies, orchard rum culls out iona.
than, Delicious, Winesap, Senator
King David, Champion, Black Ben and
other varieties. Picking packing in
boxes and delivering now order
promptly. SANDERS BROS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE room residence on on ,
Of best corners in Ottawa, ground 80
xl35, Modern conVeniences near car
line, Price $500, with a payment or
$4,000 down, bal on time to suit pur.
chaser. This is considered bargain
W. B. Pussy, Claus Bldg. 1913 Main st.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOX SALE, CHEAp-Cherry wood
bedstoad and springs, in good con.
dltion. Inquire at this office.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

anu Streator in a. m, $3.50, 1850, $50,
1850, in p, m, $50, $3.50, $780, 1900.
a--Daily except Sunday to Mar.
settles.
b-Joiet limited
morris local.
d-Ladd local
princeton local.
g-Princeton limited.
h-La Sale Sundays and holidays
until Sept Is 1918.
k--Local to all stations.
MIA Sale local.
ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND SAW
MONEY.
TICKET FARE TWO CENTS A MILE
Train Fare or Cash Fare Paid on
Trains is Three Cents per Mile.
C'AA4AAA dLablCh AJhOh tDlLAlA4uS SJsup
worth Of transportation for $3.50.
Good for purchaser only.
interchangeable book good for bear.
er or bearer and party, containing
$1,000 worth of transportation for
$3.50
Ticket Fares to Chicago, H.. via 10.
liet, H., and Chicago & Joliet Elec.
trio Railway.
50 m round trip, s1,15 one way.
Return trip limited to ten
days.
Phone agents for full intormAtinA
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
EAST BOUND.
WEST BOUND.

Westbound cars leav. Ottawa sta.
ton for Utica La Sale, Peru, Spring
Valley, Ladd, De Pue, Bureau, Prince
ton IN a. m. d5:10, rs; so, $3.50, 1880,
$3.50, d1O;50, f1l:50, in p. m, g1:5O,
d2:50, 1880 d4:50, $3.50, h6:50. fS.
kl0:05, m11:35.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE-6 room house and barn
on Jackson street 60 foot front,
fruit and shade trees. The place must
be sold this week No reasonable Of
fer refused. Address X, this office.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
SOUTHBOUND.

SOUTHHOUND.
southbound cars leave Ottawa sta
ton for Grand Ridge Mckinley PARK
ana Streator in a. m, $3.50, 1850, $50,
ll:5O, in p, m, 1850, $3.50, 500. ll:0o.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Farms s.

FOR SALE-We have two small
tracts within the city limits OF
Ottawa. consisting of about / acre
on North side without improvements
equal to about 7 lots suitable for
poultry and vegetable raising, can
be had for $4,000 per lot. The owner
is a nonresident and wants to sell
The other tract consists of 10 to IL
acres with small house on West side.
Both of these would sell as lots for
double the price we are asking. Bet
ter look into this. j. O. Harris d
Son. Telephone 957W.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

FOR SALE Farm of 230 acres, 5M
miles of Ottawa New buildings.
Price $4,000; easy terms. Also some
good land Mimi, cheap.
w. B, PIT SEY 123 w. Main st.
FOR 'SALE-Farm, miles Of good
market miles of Ottawa, ia
acres Old building Price $40 400;
easy terms,
". B. PUSEY, 1873 W, Main St
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

interchangeable book good for bear.
err or bearer and party, containing
$1,000 worth of transportation for
$3.50.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Communication Book containing $500
worth Of transportation for $3.50.
Good for purchaser only.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND SAW
MONEY.

TICKET FARE TWO CENTS A MILE
Train Fare or Cash Fare Paid on
Trains is Three Cents per Mile.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Phone agents for full iniormatinA
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
FAVOR BOND ISSUE
Belief That Shawnee Will Build
$4,000 Home.
Primary Vote Extremely Light
in County Today.

Just for one short day the citizens
af Shawnee county are going TO turn
their eyes from the map on which
they have followed the victorious ad-
vance OF the allied armies for the last
few days and take them to mark an
''X' opposite the names of their ia
vorite candidates at the polling places.
County officials who are in positions
very light. At O'Clock this morning,
few precincts had not reported a
single vote. Later in the day voting
picked up in volume.
Interest in the building of the new
county home and hospital appears to
be fairly warm. Every voter today
given a ballot on which he placed his
and when these ballots are counted, il
will decide whether or not the county
shall raise the $4,000 bond issue fol
the construction of the modern home
and hospital on the land already
owned by the county.
From the beginning there has beer
but little opposition to the project and
supporters of the bond issue feel GER
tain ofSTictory. They declare that the
old home is a disgrace to the county
The majority of the county office:
are not contested on the Republican
ticket, altho there are three or foul
of them with some good men in the
lineup and the race promises to bt
interesting. A large part of the pres
ent office holders are candidates fol
reelection and without opposition OF
the Republican ticket
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
NO new PAPERS
Government FOrbids Starting
of Newspapers
Acts on Ground That Paper
Must Be Saved.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The wrr in
dustries board today is preparing
pledges to be sent paper mills and
newspapers assuring drastic economy
in the use of paper, including deduc-
ton of Is per cent on week day edi-
tions and 20 per cent on Sunday edi-
tons.
The board also has ruled that dur
ing the war mo Few newspapers :hall
esfa-,1irs5s5 A .'----s,1
In week day editions newspapers
are required to reduce per cent read
ing matter up to SO columns; is per
cent in matter over so columns up to
70 columns; 80 per cent over 10 and
up to 80 columns and SO per cent on
all additional space Uver 80 columns
Sunday editions must be reduced az
follows: Ten per cent in reading mat
ter up to $50 columns: 20 per ~ent
over $50 and up to 200 columns; sc
per cent over 200 up to 25c columns;
40 per cent over $50 up to 800 col
umns; so per cent over 800 up to 350
columns; and so per cent in all read
ing matter over $50 columns.
If the conservation is not az COM
plished by October /. additional cur
tailment will be put into effect then
Computations on reading matter are
based on the six months period he
tween January ard July, 1918.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
ETHEL MCCARTNEY DIES
Principal Van Burcn School We'll
Known in Educational Circles.

The death of Miss Ethel Mccartney
occurred this morning at a local hos
pital. Miss Mccartney. for a number
of years. has been principal of Van
Buren, school of this city. She made
her home with her father, RoSert K
Mccartney, 1919 Van Buren street
The funeral will be held tonight DIT 9
o'clock at Penwell's chapel, and the
body will be shipped tomorrow morn
ing at TAO o'clock to Lawrence for
burial.
Miss Mccartney was born and
brought up in Valley Falls. Kan Her
family were among the early pioneers
in this state, having moved wess from
Ohio in an early days. She was grad
uated from the State Normal school,
Emporia. and for many years she was
a member of the faculty of the Ncr-
NAL college in the teachers training
department. She came from that po-
sition to become principal Of Van
Buren school. She was presid, mt If
the Topeka Grade Principals club,
holding that office at the time of her
death.
Miss McCartney's mother died a few
years ago. The only surviving men,
Der or the family is the aged father
of the deceased.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
NO SIZZLING RELIEF
Not Quite Up to 100 Again Today But
TomOrrow-Watch Out!
TOday's Temperatures.

1u CLOCK gu o CLOCK ..-..9
The wind is blowing Is miles per
hour from the southwest. The tenn
perature is ten degrees above normal.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Fair with continued high temperature to-
day and Wednesday.
Weatherman Flora offers the en-
couragement today that it is not GO
ing to get any hotter. Average tenn
peratures have gone down several de-
grees since the record day Saturday
when the temperature went to 100.
over Florida and to the southwest
there is an area of high pressure
which has been there for five days
and until this decides to move we are
due to have hot weather. According
to Meteorologist Flora it is almost i'm
possible to figure out what will change
this area of pressure but dead easy
to figure what the results will be.
The highest temperature Monday
was 104 at O'clock in the afternoon.
In the last twenty-four hours the low
est temperature reached was IS at
o'clock this morning. Monday was
not so hot as Sunday The same was
true of the night.
All over nsas temperatures aver
aged between 90 and 10S. The high
! est temperature attained in the state
was los degrees at Sedan. No rain
fell in Kansas in the last twenty-four
hour period.
The excessive heat is general all
over the country. so Kansas has moi
| yet achieved a monopoly on hot
weather Chicagv with 1921 Des
| Moines and st Louis with 104, and
| Cincinnati with a temperature of 10C
\ indicate that we are not alone in the
| heat.
| West of the Rockies-weH that's
different. The highest temperature ir
Arizona was 96. In Oregon it was 70
Montana. wyoming. North Dakota
and Minnesota have had scatteref
| showers.
The low temperature for tonight
CONTINUED on Page Two-I
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
Won CAPPELLE OUT
German Minister of Marine Is
To Retire.
Submarine Failure May Be
Cause of Change.

Zurich. Switzerland. Aug. s.-Ad-
miral Won Cappelle, German minister
of marine, will resign shortly. accord
ing to Berlin dispatches to the Stutt-
CART Tageblatt, the Munich Zcitung
and the Augsburg.
Admiral Won Cappelle succeeded Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz as German minister
of marine in March, 1915. HIS re-
ported resignation may have some
connection with the retirement of Won
Holtzendorff. who had apologized for
the failure of German submarines to
sink American transports.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
MORE HUN OUTRAGES
Camp of italian Prisoners Bombed
Women Kidnapped by Soldiers.

Rome, Aug 6.-Austrian airplanes
bombed a camp of Italian prisoners,
killing 1000 according to an italian
girl, who escaped with a group OF
refugees from territory occupied by
the Austrians. According to the refu-
gees the Austrians are pilIaging houses
and stealing crops
Austrian soldiers attacked an 1tal-
ian home at Oderzo. with their rayo-
nets, killing the men and kidnapping
the women The girl refugee VINO was
among the latter attempted to escape
by jumping thru a window, but broke
her leg She was outraged by cne of
the soldiers. She later was rescued by
citizens of the town who escaped to
the Italian lines.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
ELECTION RETURNS

The State Journal. this evening, will
issue election bulletins from the local
precincts and from over tn state.
1t will be probably $50 o'cIoc'. be-
fore returns of any indication will be
available. These will be posted and
announced in the customary State
Journal way"
The interest surrounds several stiff
contests for county and state offices
The returns from the Topeka precincts
will be complete on the State Journal
bulletin boards as fast as they are
counted.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
AIR mail ROUTE?
Government Considers Using
Planes, N. Y. to Chicago.
Would Reduce Time Between
Cities by One-Half.

Washington. Aug. 6.-Extension of
the air mail. service from New York
to Chicago is being considered by the
postoffice department. it was officially
announced today. This route would cut
the tim between these two cities in
half and would bring the Pacific coast
twelve hours closer to New York and
the Atlantic sea ports.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-08-06
ANNOUNCE LANDING
British Government says Allied Troop
Are Now I'm ArchangeI.

London. Aug. 6.-Official announce
ment was made today of r4ne landing
of allied forces. naval and military. AT
Archangel, on August 2 The landing
was in concur with the wishes
OK the Russian population. 1t is stated,
and caused general enthusiasm.