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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31
From Camp Funston.

Hello to the old friInds in Arcadia
Valley! Guess you will be surprised
to hear from me but l just thought
;on would like to know about my life
In the army. | have been in the army
about three months. 1t seems like !
just came yesterday. Ha! Ha! Well,
the army life Is line. | get three
good meals q day, and a good place to
sleep, and, listen, lots OF good clothes
to wear. Nothing to worry about but
the girls! have better health than |
ever had in my life. have only gain
ed about twenty-five pounds in three
months. We are going to be moved
soon. | don't know where. / think
We are going ''across the pond"
only hope SO. l will write you all
from France. Will bring you back the
Kaiser's old shoe for a charm.
JULIAN Z. PRATT,
Btr'y B, % f. A. Camp Funston.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31
PROBATE DOCKET.
Term Docket Of the Probate Court, Iron
County, NO., Norember Term-A. d.
7IlS.
Mondau, November 71th.

Monday. November I'm.
j. X. Baldwin, executor with will
annexed OF the estate Of Lillian NJ.
Davis, deceased. Final.
John o.. George, administrator Of
the estate of James A. George, de-
ceased. Final.
X. l.. Barger, guardian aud curator,
of the estate of William T. Day, fee
BILE minded.
~ w. II. White, guardian and curator
OF the estate OF Corine White, q mi.
nor.
Tuesday, November 18th.
Katherine Turner, Administrative Of
the estate of John Turner, deceased.
Lewis +. Macy, administrator OF
the estate of Jerusha Shrum, deceas-
ed. Final
Maggie p. Bollinger, executrix with
| will annexed Of the estate OF J. s..
| Bollinger, deceased. Final.
o. W. ROOF
! Judge of Probate & ex-oficio clerk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31

NoTE.-The precipitation includes
rain, hail, sleet and melted snow, and
is recorded In inches and hundredths.
Ten inches of snow equal one inch OF
rain. "T" indicates trace of precip'ta'
ton. ARCADIA COLLEGE Observer. :.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31

Artistic lamp shades have been IN
vented By a woman who chemically
treats the lining OF calves stomachs
to produce a translucent leather.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31
Weather Report.

Meteorological Report OF Coopera-
tive Observer at Ironton,l Iron County
Mo-, for the week ending Monday,
October 81, 1915.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-31

~>OA O0AAA
F F
The question of Patriotism has been raised
by certain advocates of prohibition.
WHEREIN is it unpatriotic for the oppo-
nents of prohibition to assert their freedom
and the right Of self-determination or to
oppose the substitution of state control for
~self-control, which is and ever has been the
foundation Of character?
On the other hand, WHEREIN is it pa
triotic to delay and block essential war
measures by attaching prohibition riders and
amendments?
Many thousands of the sons of retail liquor
dealers and allied tradesmen in Missouri are
fighting under the American flag. Is it pa
triotic or even honest to destroy the livell-
hood and property of the fathers and mothers
OIL LuCSC SOlQlClS VIII d1N AlSA4L114S AOA yO~e
honor and the security of your property?
The Government has levied heavy taxes
on the stocks of retail dealers and still heav-
Ter taxes are pending. Is it patriotic to adj
vocate the destruction of the goods on
which these dealers have paid and must
pay taxes?
The stock of nine St. Louis breweries is
owned by British investors. Is it patri-
otto to destroy, without compensation, the
property of citizens of an allied nation?
The other breweries Of St. Louis are
owned by American citizens who have
gladly met every test of loyalty and patri-
otislm, from buying war savings stamps to
subscribing millions for liberty. bonds and
giving money and personal service freely to
the Red Cross and other war activities.
Citizens Committee
By 7. H. CLANCY, Chairman.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
Dream Came True.

The encyclopedia Andrew Lang is re-
sponsibIe for the following dream rec
ord, according to Katherine Cox, writ
ing in the Occult Review:
"A certain barrister sat up late one
night to write letters, and at about
l. 30 went out to put them in the post.
He returned to his rooms, and while
undressing for bed missed check for a
large sum, which he had received dur
ing the day. He hunted everywhere
in vain, went to bed, slept, and
dreamed that he saw the check curled
round an area railing not far from his
own door. He woke, got up, dressed,
walked down the street and found his
check in exactly the spot where he had
seen it in his dream"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
An Incident of Sea Mar

William McFee, author of "Casuals
of the Sea-" tells in an English paper
Land and Wafer, of an attack by a
submarine upon a steamer and de-
Scr!bes this incident Of the engine
room before the boat was sunk: For
thoSe three men (the Officers) stood
by for the better part of an hour. The
Stokehold was empty, the steam was
dropping, and there was considerable
water in the hilges, but they stood by
watching the speaking tube and the
blind white face of the telegraph
pointing irresolutely to Stand By (the
orders from the bridge). And present
~ the strain of waiting grew oppres-
SlYe, so that the chief, looking I'D to-
ward the Skylight, said to my friend,
Mister, go up and see what's doing.
1t must be daylight now And he
went up, and came out on deck and
found himself face to face with a
problem of some complexity. For the
deck of the ship was deserted, and far
across the dark sparkle of the sea he
saw the boats crawling toward a smear
OF smoke on the skyline"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
SCIENTISTS AIDING IN WAR
Experts Have Found a New Work in
Which They Are Materially AS
sisting the Government.

Secretary Of the Interior Lane, In his
recent annual report, portrays the
transition of a peaceful democracy
into a nation organized for war. Pos
session of resources alone, he warns
the country, does not win wars, and
recounting the enormous progress
made on every hand, declares the phys
zeal resources of the United States are
almost completely at the command of
the worlds needs.
"What can you do to serve me""
quotes the secretary, replying: 1.-THE
answer of this department is that it
has put ever+ agency and activity
which it has ar the service of those
departments more directly concerned
with war-making.
Our men of scientific knowledge
metallurgists. chemists, engineers,
typographers-have found new work
at their hands.
"The patent office has been searched
for new devices that could be brought
into use to kill the submarine or limit
its deStructiveneSS, for the plans of
heretofore unused lethal weapons and
for the formulate of improved or I'M
known sources of power.
''The scientific bureau of the gov
eminent found themselves converted
overnight into adjuncts and auxil-
iaries in the great international con-
test. Men who had regarded them
selves as modestly useful only in the
discovering and revealing of new
sources of material strength found
that their years of experience in the
mountains and on the desert, in lab
oratorieS and in mines, called them at
once into the thick of the European
struggle"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
Phillips Hardy Fian: ty are Co.


automobile trucks and swept up the
human bones of the former inha4bl
tants and ground them into ferqili.
ger.
In Italy, France, and England. he
said, there is shortage of wheat
meats, and sugar, and all of THESE
articles the American farmer COULD
help to supply. One-ffth of fhe
wheat produced in the United States
he added, is needed by the Allied
countries, and ne pointed to thisi as
a stimulus to the farmers of Marry,
land to produce more grain than few
er before in the coming year.
A successful farmer once said THAT
he made the most money in YEARS
when conditions were unfavoraible
for crops. For" he said, any nhan
can grow a good crop during ia
yorable year. and the price is al
ways low. On the other hand it
takes careful fertilizing, cultivating,
and harvesting to make a good crop
in a poor year But for that very
reason, because supply is low, any
farmer who can make a good crop
in a poor year is assured of good
profits"
This truism will be borne out next
year as never before. Fertilizers,
machinery, seeds, and labor will be
harder to get next year than ever
before Even if the season is good
there will be small chance for ordi-
nary methods to bring through
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
NOT COOLEST AT SOLSTICE
Later Than the Accredited Be-
cunning of That Season.

Though the day as a whole begins to
+ lengthen December %, we have the
puZzling fact that the sun continues
to rise later for some days. a scientist
states. The earth is actually nearer
to the sun at this season than it is in
summer. but the suns low angle pre-
vents 1t from warming things up as il
otherwise would.
Though nominally winter begins"
December %, this is an arbitrary date,
and everybody knows from experience
that this is not the coolest part of the
year. The crest of the cold comes in
January and February. The reason for
this lag of the cold season is that in
december the earth is still enjoying
the heat it stored up from the sun in
the summer and it does not cool of
to its maximum point till month or
two later.
In the same way the hottest part
or summer Is not at the summer sol
stice, June 81 and %, but from
month to two months later, for it takes
the earth that long to get warmed I'D.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16

fair crop. To begin with, ordinary
crop growing methods presuppose a
plentiful supply of cheap labor.
Of one thing we may be sure. La
Dor will not be plentiful in 1918.
Nor will it be cheap. On the other
hand crop prices are bound to be
high next year because there will be
an active demand for everything we
can possibly produce.
There is a real opportunity next
year for the forehanded man; the
man who gets in the game early, the
man who gets his supplies of ferti-
lizers and seeds while the getting is
good, the man who is prepared for
every eventuality, the man who uses
what labor he has to the best ad-
vantage and uses it only to grow
good crops. For this sort of farmer
America holds forth a promise as
never before. For Peter Tumble
down the prospects are little
worse than usual, which means that
they are worse than nothing.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
A MESSAGE TO FARMERS
Hooyer's Assistant Urges The Mary
land Agricultural Society to Back
Up Soldiers.

Frederick Walcott, assistant Food
Administrator, plainly and forcloly
told the farmers of Ma. yland that
they have a part to play in the war.
as well as the man who shoulders a
gun.
He warned all of the penalty OF
laxity in providing crops not only Tor
Americans at home, but for those
now on foreign soil ready to do bat
tie. He has travelled all over the
section devastated by war and thru
other parts of Italy. France, Russia
and England. He studied carefully
the civilian conditions, as we'll as the
needs of the armies, and is familiar
with every nation in Europe.
Mr.. Walcott drew startling pic
ture of the conditions among the
farmers of Poland after the country
had been overrun by the German
soldiers. Hundreds of thousands OF
Polish farmers, he said, were lying
along the roads starving. Crows, he
said, left only clean bones after a
few weeks, and the German military
organizations came along with huge
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
Delight Of Berlin Life.

One Of the beauties Of autocratic
government, says the Springfield
Union, Is shown In the snox-removal
order issued by the military author
tiles in Berlin, under the provisions
of which every property owner is re-
quired to remove the snow not only
from his sidewalk, but from the road
way as far as the center Of the street,
and is authorized to call on all ten
ants between the ages of fourteen and
sixty to assist him in this work. Fail
ure to comply with the order is punish
able with a fine Of not more than 1915
or Imprisonment for not more than
year. and the police are authorized to
handle all such cases without the for
mality of a trial.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
A Dream

(By the Author of ''At The Front y
l had a wonderful dream,
1t was just the other night;
It seemed as tho | had seen
The end of this great fight.
Our Allies had advanced
Into the German land;
l thought l was entranced,
1t surely looked so grand.
When WE got into the fray,
The Allies knew they'd win;
1t takes the U. S. A.
To march upon Berlin.
Our troops, ten million strong,
Had camped in Germany;
Now it will not be long
To wait for victory.
They'd make Old Bill repent,
Then kill the son-of-a gun,
And make a modern government
To educate the Hun.
l wish with all my heart
That this dream may come true
And kaiserism be put down
By the Red. White and Blue.
INA FILE
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
kipIine Made "Tommy Atkins"

Rudyard Kipling has written an
American story, Captains Courage
GUS" kipling made Tommy Atkins -
Sir George Iounghusband, who has
been in the British service for forty
years, declares that nobody ever heard
Of Tommy until Kipling made Pri-
Vate Mulvaney and the other two of
the Soldiers Three" talk about him.
He says that he had asked innumer-
able old British officers if they ever
heard of Tommy Atkins" before Kip
ling wrote about him, and they all
agree that they never did.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
Money to Loan

epresent clients who desire to
lend he following sums: $1,000,
500! $4,000, $4,000, and $4,000.
l aio represent a client who wants
to borow $4,000 on first mortgage,
gilt eye security.
If ou want to borrow some mo-
ney, have some you wish to lend.
apply 7. SANGSTON INSLEY,
Cambridge, Md.
ADV. 5-6t. tu.wth. r. 16-6t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
GARAGE OPENED.

have opened a garage on Gay ST.,
in he building partially occupied by
the Dorchester Shirt Co. Autos for
hire at reasonable rates. Storage
by he week or month.-Edward S.
Philips.-Adv. 10-22-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.

All persons are hereby notified and
forewarned not to trespass with dog
or gun, or in any other manner, upon
any of my lands, woods, branch and
cleared, in Cambridge and Bucktown
districts. Any and all persons disre-
garding this notice will be prosecuted
to the full extent OF the law.
WIN. l. ROBINSON.
1-7-1m. B. 1-7-2w
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16

Discarded civilian clothing of Ma
tional Army soldiers will be shipped
to Belgium for relief of sufferers
there.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
STEER SERVICE, CHOPTANK
RIVER ROUTE

Steam we Pier Light st. Wharf, weather
permitting
P. NJ. dt except Sunday for TDghmsn Isl
Easton, ord Cambridge and landings to
Windy HIS P. NJ
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
WILSON EXTENDS
CONTROL OF FOOD

License System to Take in Producers
And Handlers of Many More Com
mOditieS-CannerS of Vegetables,
Grain, And Fish Foods Named in
Conservation Proclamation.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
). {. & A. RY. co.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER rs, 1917
EAST BOUND,

Dailexcept Sunday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02
TAKE A ,TIP"FROM THIS.
DON'T SEND MONEY FOR A
LOTTERY TICKET BY MAIL.

San Juan, Porto Rico, May 2'-For
sending $105 to man in Havana
with which to purchase lottery tick
cts, Fl. N. Clarity a former Brooklyn
man and pioneer American in the is
land, entered a plea of guilty in the
federal court March 6 and was SEN
fenced to serve twelve hours in the
penitentiary and pay fine OF sos.
He served his sentence Immediately
after paying his fine.
The letter in which the money was
sent to Havana was opened by the
censor here and referred to Washing
ton for action Orders to prosecute
followed.
In presenting the case to the court
Charles Hartzell, attorney for Clarity
said the censorship was war meas.
ure primarily for the purpose Of STOP
ping information of value to the en-
emy and obtaining other important
war information.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02
MUST CAPTURE ALL. THE
TRENCHES TO WIN THE WAR,

Atlanta, Ca. May mo regiment
that captures the enemys first line,
trench and stops there has won bat
tie In this war. 1t takes the capture
of second and third line trenches and
the wiping out Of reserves before the
battle Is won.
The same thing applies to the cam
paign for the Third Liberty Loan. ac-
ccrding to officials Of the Sixth Fed
sral Reserve district.
The subscription Of its full quota
OF bonds does not release any town
from further work It is going to take
the doubling and tripling Of quotas
to make the Third Loan success.
The Treasury Department has in
dicated that five billions is the mark
which 1t is working for, and twenty
million subscribers. In order for this
total to be reached, every community
must Of necessity double IT'S quota,
and since there are many sections
that are physically unable to accom-
plish this, then other sections must
more than double theirs.
In the few days of the final week
which stilf remains, a tremendous
amount OF work must be done In the
Sixth district in order for the quota
to be raised. Reports which have
been received up to the first of the
week showed so per cent still to come
before the districts ninety millions
should be reached.
The officials now have information
at hand which leads them to believe
that the quota will be reached, but
they are especially anxious that IL
will be oversubscribed by at least
fifty per cent. Nothing less will be
satisfactory, or an adequate express
sion of the patriotism of the South
east.
That the patriotism Is here has been
manifested in any number OF ways. It
row remains for a supreme effort to
put the district we'll over the top for
the Third Liberty Loan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02
FIRE IN BROOKSWILLE
DESTROYS BIG HOTEL,
Varnada HOtel Was Wholly Destroyed
by Fire Yesterday

Brookswille, May 2-The three
story Varnada hotel, the' largest in
the city, was completely destroyed by
fire Sunday. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000, with about $4,000 Of
insurance. The fire was one of the
worst ever seen here, and for a time
threatened the entire business. Sec
tion, wifich led the authorities to
send a call to Tampa for assistance.
A few minutes later the fire was
found to be under consrol and word
was then sent for the Tampa De-
partment not to come, but Chief w.
NJ Mathews was already en- route to
render what assfstancerit could.
The fire was confined to the hotel
building, although it came very near
L. communicating itself to block of
brick buildings near by, the closest
Of which wah the fernando State.
Bank. The bank and the other brick
buildings in this block were saved by
q high brick fire wall between them
and the hotel. This was wall twelve,
feet higher than the hotel and effec-
ttrafly kept the flames from travelling,
to the other side. It was while the,
flames from the hotel famed by a
tstrong wind, were beating against the,
wall like an angry sea that the cali
was sent to Tampa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02

ever, that the commission was not
able to. reach an agreement. The com
rlissioners representing our own
church went as far as they were au-
thorized to go. However, our breth-
rem of the Methodist Episcopal church
didn't see their way clear to agree to
the plan proposed. IL Is still
our. earnest hope that way be found
for some plan Of cooperation among
the, Methodists of America which
shalf as far as possible, eliminate
wastage of men and money in the
territory In which both churches
have established themselves"
The bishops reported the member
ship Of the church to- be: Travelling
preachers, including supcrannuates.
1897; local preachers, 5,159: lay
members, 2,164,5f5, an increase OF
more than 10000 members since the
last general conference.
The address pointed out that there
had been some arrest during the past
year in the growth of the Sunday
schools but the report for the quad
rennium showed remarkable progress
The record given: 151,792 officers and
teachers, a gain Of 1880 and f,745,.
745 scholars, a gain of 248,027.
Concerning missions the bishop:
said "the amount contributed by oul
church for missions during the pas
quadrennium Is far in advance of any
like period in the past, totalling S.,
076,601, gain over the previous four
year period of $SOo,sss. This, o
course, includes what has been raised
for woman's work.
The work of the Epworth League
the educational board, the fund fol
superannuates, the completion OF tn,
fund for representative church Il
lie erected at Washington and th'
work of the centenary commission
which proposes to raise $S5,000,00I
during the next five years, also wert
reviewed In the address.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02
(By Associated Press.)


Atlanta, May 2.-Patriotism marked
the opening session Of the General
Conference of the Southern Methodist
church here today when the Bishops
address declaring 1--WE should be less
than patriotic and courageous Ameri-
cans If we failed to give him (the
President) cordial support every way
was greeted by enthusiastic applause
Another demonstration followed the
declaration protesting against the ut
terance of any word which would
weaken the Presidents hands or en-
courage and comfort the enemy. The
address was the feature Of the first
session which was followed by re-
view of the work of Southern Meth
,odism the past four years, read by
Bishop Collins Denny
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02
S2,64l,0O0,S50
SUBSCRIBED TO
LIBERTY LOAN
(By Associated Fress.)
Washington, May 2-Total sub
scriptions Of the Liberty Loan re-
ported, amount to $2,641, ,631, $50.
PROPHESIED WAR WITH
GERMANY II YEARS AGO

Boston, May 2-Fourteen years age
Joseph A. Conry, Russian consul, pro-
phesied there would be a war with
Germany. This was made in an ad.
dress Mr.. Conry delivered at the an.
nual meeting Of the Ninth Regimen!
Veterans Association in G. A. R. Hall
in this city, April 6, 1904. Excerpts
from his speech follow:
There will be a war in this coun-
try as sure as time flies. With Eng.
land? No, because our commercial
interests are too intimate Not with