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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-28

{ one from Ethel. also received a
letter from Wilson, jr. / am NIGH
ty glad to hear from home and to
see the part our town is taking in
the differet big movements on foot
to help U. S. A. to get ready for
the big fight.
We get early morning exercise
every morning and it GER
tainly gives me an awful appetite
IWell all l can say is be careful,
when | get home if it is any cold
Ter than here. think | will like the
new location better than here as
lit will be good opportunity to
study the language here and am
going to take advantage of it.
speak quite little 'Spick" now
My job al the range taught me
that so you sec l learn something
new every day.
You see have not improved on
the typewriter since entering the
service. Am getting quite a lot OF
Ipractice now on account of being
loft here to help check up on the
company property which was left
behind us.
Tell the family every one to
write me all about things at home
for | am sure Interested in every
thing there. Oh, yes, I get the
! Ilmcs now and then. | nave had
three copies since l have been
here. The weather up home must
be terrible if all the reports that
we get here are true. certainly
wish | could box up some of our
heat and send il home. am writ
| ing this in my undcrshirL and am
prcspiring nike harvest hand in
IJulN. There are several fellows
from different parts of Iowa here
Everyone of the bunch | enlisted
With is here, yet | will miss them
when get up in the sticks.
Honest folks when / get home
won't know what to do when a
girl speaks TO me, will probably
run for home as fast as possible
Some of the ''Black Beauties, .
who wash our clothes arc very
friendly but somehow I can't en-
JOY their company as much as
used to enjoy the girls at home
There are some very beautiful
girls here. They are mostly very
wealthy families and of course we
associate with them, guess not
/ was coming in one evening and
The rain was pouring down to beat
everything. Two of those beauti-
full young things We're coming
down the sidewalk which happens
to be about or 3 feet wide on
1.-THE average. stepped down into
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-28
LETTER FROM GEO. WOLFE
Feb. 22nd. 1913

Feb. 22nd. 1918
Dear Frincd Mr.. Fanger:
was certainly glad to get the
box you sent me with the socks
stationery and cigarettes in it,
and | want to thank you very
much for them.
All OF the boys are in fine health
and getting along fine, but we are
all anxious TO get a good crack
at the Kaiser, then beat it back to
clvlllzation once more and we all
hope that ii won't be long until
Withelm realizes his big mis-
take about conquering all of the
world
This is surely a strange coun-
try, and everywhere you go, there
is nothing but ruin and old de-
serted towns all shot to pieces by
the Boche and I guess before we
are through With them he will paw
double the price, don't you think
so?
We have not had very much
snow but have had lots of cold
weather, but people from Iowa, do
not mind 40 below zero. Being
that today is Washington's birth
day, General Pershing thought
that he would give his soldiers
turkey., but ours come little
late so we will have i'll tomorrow,
along with mashed spuds, gravy.
pudding and bread and coffee. so
you sec Uucle SANS boys fare
pretty we'll.
Let me thank you again for the
box and would like very much to
hear from you or anybody that
cares to write. | remain,
Sincerely yours,
George ID. Wolfe,
Co. l. 10th Inf. A. Il. II. France
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-28
BIC COUNTY MEETING

A big county melting in thc IN
taresL Of the next Liberty Loan
bond sale will b. held al Logan in
the big short course building, next
Friday, March 30, commencing
right after dinner. II is hoped that
this, the largest auditorium in the
county, will be packed with patri-
otto people TO hear the fine adj
dresses that will be delivered by
some Of the best speakers in the
state. Be there and help boost.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-28
LETTER FROM ARTHUR DoTY

sanlo Domingo City, r. D..
February Z, 1913.
Dear PARENTS:
Dear Folks. am writing TO tell
YOU that | will be unable to write
for time as we are going to be
quarted at different place
Continue to write to the same add
dress until | tell y on different
For a time we did not get our mai
on time but the last ono came ant
i got three letters from you an(
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the street to lot. tim BY and one
of them said: 'sThank YOU Very
Much That is the extent Of my
conversation with civilized
white lady in seven months.
Well wishing that this may find
you in the best of health and of
comfort must close for this time
expecting to get some bunch of
mail by the next boat.
Your loving son,
Arthur j. Doty.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-03-28
FROM FRANCES IaopERneor1

Somewhere in France.
March 4. 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
TIME WAS EXTENDED
Rcd Cross Work Good Excuse for
Court Delay, Judge Rules.

Judge Oscar Foust of the Allen
Woodson county judicial district has
held that Red Cross activities is suf-
ficient plea of unavoidable delay by
an attorney. The ruling was made
in case wherein Senator Baxter D.
McClain. of lola, was an attorney. He
failed to file p. pers in a case within
the time fixed by law.
When Senator McClain told the
court he was unavoidably delayed, he
asked for an extension of time per-
missible under the statutes. He ad-
vised the court that at the time the
papers should have been filed, he was
busy with Red Cross work. The
charity organization needed funds and
neither t. war nor the Red Cross
campaign could be sidetracked be-
cause # lawsuit in the Allen county
district court. Judge Foust held that
Senator McClain was entitled to an
extension of time under the statutes
providing for extensions where 'un-
avoidable delays" are shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
Want MONARCHY
Movement on Foot To Restore
1t in Russia.
Would Place Grand Duke Mich
OIas on the Throne.

Amsterdam, July 30.-The recent
Monarchist congress at Kiev resolved
to form centers thruout Russia for the
establishment of the imperial
regime on the lines of that In power
prior to March, 1917, and to aim at
the reunion of the Ukraine and Great
err Russia under Grand Duke Nicho-
las Nicholavitcn. according to brief
details received here.
Kiev newspapers report a recrudes-
cense of the activities of the Black
Hundred.
When confirmation of the death of
the former emperor was received in
Kiev many Russian citizens were seen
with crepe wound about their crosses
of st. George.
Church Takes a Hand.
When his execution was first de-
was held in the Kiev cathedral and
the people sang the ancient hymn,
God Protect the Gar" The arch
priest during celebration of the mass
declared:
THE church stands outside politics
but it is befitting all true believing
Russians to pray for Nicholas, the
servant of God, who has suffered
much"
He spoke of the impending re-
establishment Of the monarchy and
the dynasty. saying:
The temple which was destroyed
shall rise again."
After the service there was bloody
fighting in the streets of Kiev between
the Monarchists and Bolsheviki.
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HUN PUNCH CONE
Can Never Again Drive as They
Did Last Spring.
Is Opinion of Well Known War
Correspondent.
4 BIG RETREAT MUST COME
Merely a Question of Time I'm
til Decisive Retirement.
German Reserves Running Low
Confusion Behind Lines.
4 BIG RETREAT MUST COME
BY VIM. PHILIP sYMMs.

With the British Armies in France.
July 3o.-Barring the worst hard luck
imaginable for the allies. the German
armies never again will be able to
drive forward with the punch they
carried when they opened their series
of 1918 drives last March.
Now, the starting point of the
fifth year of the war, it seems to me
to be merely a question of time before
a forced retreat to decisive positions
will have to be carried out by the
boche, in the hope that il viii be pos
sible to obtain peace before the stream
of Americans so swells the forces
of the allies that an unconditional
surrender will be forced.
Object TO Throwing Boys Into Fight.
1t is an open secret here that it is
becoming increasingly difficult to fill
the German field depots. Boys of the
younger German classes cannot be
counted in the same class with the
Americans who are daily arriving in
such numbers as to completely nullify
Ge-many's new crop.
Documentary evidence in the hands
of the British army shows that Cen
eral LudendOrff fears political results
at home from too quickly showing
boys into battle. The German people
who reluctantly consented to the par
ticipatiOn in battle by these youths to
gain the promised victory that was
foreseen in the hope of bringing
bout an early peace, are beginning to
feel they have been betrayed Oppo-
sitiOn is growing to the giving up of
remaining sons for cannon fodder.
A sergeant recently captured de-
clares drafts are being filled with the
utmost difficulty. Prince Rupprecht's
army is pra ctically the only fit reserve
left on the west front. The crown
prince, it is declared. has only five
first class divisions left.
Confusion exists behind the German
lines. Manifestly there is a question
whether Germany is not now putting
up a colossal bluff while trying to hide
hopeless conditions behind a wall of
imitation steel.
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MORE HUN VANDALISM
Germans Showed Same Old Traits in
Chateau Thierry.

London, July 30.-Evidence accu-
mulates that during their brief stay
in the Marine salient the Germans
have been indulging again In whole
sale acts of vandalism. In a message
sent from French army headquarters,
Reuters correspondent gives details Of
their conduct while in possession of
Chateau Thierry.
The Germans were In the town for
some time and apparently thought
they would remain there indefinitely.
When they found they would have to
give it up they apparently determined
to take the only vengeance In their
power. The injuries which have been
not be the result of Smelling, the COR
respondent points out as houses
which suffered most were entirely un-
injured by shell. shrapnel or bullet
These houses" he says, were
magnificently furnished. the walls
mirable pictures. The furniture was
of exceptional elegance and impress
sive mirrors and charming statuettes
were numerous.
Pictures Slit From Corner to Corner.
To-day there is nothing that has
not been destroyed. The tapestries
have been hacked to pieces. The pic
lures slit from corner to corner. the
leather and other chair-coverfnSs have
been ripped and all the delicate mar
queterie and the frreplacable exam
Piles of craftsmanship of past CEN
turtles have been smashed.
There is not a mirror which has not
been broken and the glass and china
| flung at them lie in fragments before
them.
The costly carpets have been
soiled and rent in every possible way
and ink pots flung at the silken pa
pers on the walls. This vengeful fury
has been carried even to the extent of
| smashing nurseries and doll houses
The fashion in which beds and rooms
have been defiled is difficult of de-
scription. 1t would seem the work of
lunatics"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
OUTLOOK'S FIRST BIRTHDAY
Church Paper Celebrates First Anni-F
versary of Founding.

This months issue of the Church
Outlook marks the papers first ami
versary-just completes its first vol
ume. The paper started a year ago
without a dollar of capital, says
Joseph P. Hicks. the editor, and to-
day all obligations for printing and
maintenance are paid in full.
Topeka business men have been
liberal in advertising in its columns
and the editor expresses great appre-
citation for the encouragement, as well
as to. the churches for their support.
Thru the sale of the periodical a spe-
cial fund of 800 was presented the
Red Cross, and offerings given to
many church organizations A bright
future is predicted for the paper by
those who have been interested in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
TOPEKANS MAY BID
War Board Asks Local Firms to Take
on Contracts.

The second district of Kansas war
industries board has received its first
call to engage in the manufacture of
war munitions, according to C. P.
Buck, chairman of the district board.
Cartridge belts for Browning machine
guns and heavy forgings are the NUM-
lions on which second district factories
and foundries are asked to bid
Buck also announced that a meet
ing of the fourteenth regional execu-
tive committee would be held in Kan
sas City tomorrow to elect a successor
TO Franklin D. Crabbs, chairman of
the regional board. Crabbs has been
asked to esign from the chairman
ship of The regional board in order to
become regional adviser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
TRIBUTE TO GEO. HART
Vice President Remington Typewriter
Company Sends Letter to Topeka.

John M. Bruce, vice president of
the Remington Typewriter company,
in letter to the Scottish Rite bodies
qualities which made George w Hart
one of the best loved men in Topeka
Hart died short time ago in Denver.
Bruce's tribute. entitled Taps for
George Hart" follows:
A lot of you men knew dear, old George
Hart better than l did. Nobody ever knew
him who didn't love him, and the news of
his death comes as a shock and an ire
parable loss to every one of us who did
known him. George Hart carried around
so much of the worlds happiness, and,
cur1ously enough, he carried that happiness
with him because he was always giving It
cordial, wholesome, irrepressible smile of
his, and that warm handshake, without
feeling that the world was a little better
place to live in than he had thought it be-
fore.
George Hart arrived as salesman pref
ty late in life. He was SO modest it took
him long time to believe in himself. He
never believed he could get people to 40
what he wanted them to, until finally he
made up his mind to try-and he was an
instant success.
A man that goes thru the world trying to
see what he can do for the other people,
who gets up in the morning with a smile
and radiates happiness all day long, can't
help being success. Why, people stopped
George Hart on the street TO take Iype"rlt-
ers away from him, and nobody in his ter
ritory ever wanted to buy a machine with
out his finding it out, because he had done
many kind turns for other people that
they wanted to help George Hart / al
ways felt sorry for his competitors. but the
curious part of 1t is, they all liked him, too,
because he was square and straight and
fine with them, as well as with his company
and his customers.
The world is sadder place because
George Hart has left it, hut 1t is sweeter
and gladder place because George Hart was
in it for little time.
John M RRIJC.E Vice President.
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SCOTTHERE TOMORROW
Candidate Will Speak at East Side
Community House.

Charles F. Scott, of lola, Republi-
can candidate for United States sena-
tor, will speak Wednesday night at
the East side community entertain
ment in Ripley park. Scott will speak
at $50 Wednesday evening
A special entertainment has been
arranged for Wednesday night, and
it is believed the crowd will be the
largest to visit the East side park
during the present season. Commits
sioner Porter has honored a requisi-
ton for 400 additional chairs and
arrangements are being made to care
for the crowd. In addition to the
Scott speech, Miss Ceora Lanham
will give an entertainment and George
D. Stevenson. an East side singer, has
also been accorded a place on the pro-
gram.
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Food For Fans
RY GEORGE z. PHAIR.
tCOpyri ghted.)

The Ship Builder.
1t Is an ancient mariner,
He 1heaves heartfelt sob.
Il fain would go to work., says he,
But cannot get a job.
Unto a shipyard I applied
To do some honest toll
The answer which they handed out
Hath caused my blood to boil.
I've sailed the seven seas said I,
I've been around the horn;
l had tattoos upon my chest
Ere ever you were born
He looked me swiftly up and down
With cold and clammy face.
We need a man. the yeoman said,
To cover second base
"Altho I've sailed the seven seas
From Maine to Zanzibar,
cannot get job, for
Am net a baseball STAR
Tyrus Cobb arises to announce that he
is about to retire from baseball. Ty is
endowed with considerable speed, but he
VIII have to step some or baseball viii beat
him to it.
If one is thinking of retiring from base
ball, this is the psychological moment.
The deep silence which you hear on the
South side is due to the popular demon
champions.
letes over the draft age, Joe Cantillon will
be the highest-prieed scout in America.
An AIibi.
The clock in the office
Says twenty minutes
TO five.
Half an hour ago
1t said
Twenty minutes to five,
And an hour ago it said
Twenty minutes to five.
We have just asked
Samuel P. Hall,
The world famous sporting editor,
What time 1t is,
And he says
1t Is little after six.
So what Is a guy
Going to do
When he has promised the missus
To be home Mt six,
And learns that the office clock
Is wrong,
And knows that the clock at home
Is right,
And the missus is waiting
With eagle eye?
You would do the same
As we are going to do.
We going away
From here
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Is YEARS AGO In Topeka
From the colunn- :.
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

July 80. 1898.
Sixty Topeka people have chartered a
ear to run into the Cherokee strip on
opening day.
On account of the continued depression
in business, the Santa Fe has been COM
PEELED to make another reduction In its
force of men at the shops. One hundred
and twenty-five men representing all of
the mechanical departments, were laid off
at noon today.
Mrs. A. X. Rogers and family will arrive
in few days from Grove Beach, Conn.
W. A. Snyder and son Pearle, left yester-
day for Chicago.
Miss Esther Blake went to Chicago yes
terday.
Mrs. NJ. Levi and daughter Daisy are ex-
pected home from Chicago this week.
Mrs. Frank Smith entertained Misses
Lizzie Wilson. Effie King and Kate Kess-
Ter at tea yesterday, and in the evening
the party was Joined by Messrs. John
Eddy, Will Gushard ana Harry Boten.
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American League.
MUST PAY FOR MILK
Dairymen of Shawnee County VIII
Abandon Credit System.

Please have exact change ready
not for the street car company, but
for the dairyman. Messages to milk
customers announcer the abandon
ment of the old credit system are be-
ing prepared by the dairymen of
Shawnee county and will be adopted
by the majority of them.
This change, it is said, is due to the
fact that the dairymen have to pay
cash for their supplies, which are also
costing more money, thus enabling
them to do away with bookkeepers.
The pastures are also getting in. bad
shape is another reason given The
notices will be mailed to customers in
the near future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Paris, July 3o.-Rumors of the dis
appearance of Lieut.. VIM. T. Ponder,
of Texas, an aviator, have proved
groundless. Ponder was forced to
land during a reconnaissance over the
German lines because of engine. trou-
Bile and for time was unable to re-
join the French flying section to which
he was attached temporarily. He
turned up two days ago. however,
none the worse for his experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
JOHNSON FAVORS SERIES
He Will Confer With Barney Dreyfus
to Plan Contest.

Chicago, July 30.-Ban Johnson
president of the American league, to-
day awaited action of club owners on
his suggestion that the season close
August 20. johnson proposed the
date as allowing time for a worlds
series before the work-or-fight re-
prieve is exhausted. johnson will con-
fer soon with Barney Dreyfus of Pitts
burgh, appointed by the National
league to plan the 1918 worlds series
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington tat Chicagol.

NnIrdeo -. u o
Berry and Schalk.
Boston lat St Louis)
81; LOUIS ..---.:---Z
Ruth and Mayer: Sothoron, Houck and
Nunamaker.
New York lat Detroit). 8 !
Detroit ................... 6 /
Mogridge and Hannah; Dauss and Stan
age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Cincinnati Cat Philadelphia) .4 o
Philadelphia Observation-Disclosures Is 8
Schneider and Wingo; Hogg and Adams.
Chicago lat Boston,. ..............2 z 4
Douglas and Kflifer; Regain, Northrop
and Wilson.
Pittsburgh Cat New York; ..........4 8 1
New York Observation-Disclosures 2
Cooper and Schmidt; Perritt and McCar-
ty.
St Louis (at Brooklyn). ............4 9 Q
Packard and Gonzales; Marquard and
NJ Wheat.
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Leather Goods

$1.00 Leather Handbags-a special lot
on sale Remnant O0n
lay .-.'...--. .-..'...-...
75c Bag Tops for making silk or rib
bon bags-Remnant 400
Day for 1CN
soc Silk Draw String Bags-out go
the last of them Remnant 10
Day ut 1ON
75c Vanities-59c
$1.50 vanities fitted with mirror.
comb, nail file and button 100
hook-for ~
Main F1oor-Pelletier's
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Fancy Work

Sc Crochet COtton-because we have
not all colors and sizes, we are
going to close 1t out Remnant On
Day per ball. ...................c ~
1Oc Crochet Cotton; the color line is
broken SO out goes the last of it
Remnant Day at just II So
price-per ball Notwithstanding ~
CSC and 35c Telescope Baskets; the
small size for holding odds and
s sns'- on 19c and 29c
19c Japanese Work Baskets; the small
size-specially priced for 1So
end F1oor-Pelletier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Charge purchases M a d e
Wednesday, Remnant Day,
a0iU be posted to August uc-
counts, payable IN Septem-
Der.
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W. A Snyder and son Pearle, left yester
day for Chicago.
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Draperies

40c Colored Marquisette; the 36-inch
width. ribbon edge in green, rose
and brown-on sale Remnant O1o
day, per yard. Observation-Disclosures IN
soc Novelty Nets; a special lot of
close out patterns in ecru and C1o
white-per yard .-.........-.. G1O
Remnants of up to S1.e5 Over Draper
les; Sc and a few 44-inch Sunfast
Materials Poplins, etc; some are
slightly soiled, but they're all wash
able-priced to close, QOo
per yard ....................O CN
SI.e5 Rep in the rich, deep dark ma
room shade; for portieres and for
couch and porch pillow Coo
covers-per yard ........ OSC
Baby Sulkies
1915 SuIkies with black enameled
bodies. imitation leather tops, re-
versible backs, upholstered in imi-
tation leather, foot rest front and
back-or sale Remnant . 40
Day 1910
Smyrna Rugs
$500 Smyrna Rugs; the 26x50-inch
size in mottled effects with pioneer
border: reversible and therefore
very serviceable-while they I OK
last, Remnant Day...l, OC
4th FIoor-PeIIetIer's
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GZzH5&!
The Hosiery

Women's CSC Union Suits of fine
ribbed cotton; both the tight and
the loose knee style-on sale E7o
Women's mp to S1.75 Athletic Union
Suits; the famous "E. NJ. c." of fine
quality dimity and white and flesh
color batiste-while they last 100
Remnant Day Observation-Disclosures. ~
$500 and $3.50 Gowns and Envelope
Chemise of fine quality nainsook
trimmed with the daintiest of Val.
lace end organdie embroidery-on
p fais Remnant .t... 1.67 and 2.1Z
End Floor-PeiIetier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Miss Esther Blake went to Chicago yes
terday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Mrs. A. X. Rogers and family will arrive
d few days from Grove Beach, Conn.