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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-18

The social given by the Mission Cir
Gle at the home Of Sister Lizzie Price
was well attended.
Mr.. HI. B. Marshall and Miss Mary
Pinchback were married in Kirksville,
Mo-, Monday, Sept. A. They returned
home Monday night We wish for Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall long and happy
life.
George Price is able to be out by the
aid of cane after being in so long
with his foot.
Mr.. a. o. Coffin, contracting agent
for the Blind Boone Concert, is in the
city. The concert was date for Nov. /.
Since the state has quarantine on the
date is cancelled for an indefinite time.
Mr.. Coffin is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs,
C. Noah while in the city, Mr.. Coffin
having been here about seven years ago.
Our editor, Mr.. J.. L. Thompson, was
in the city Saturday, Oct. IL, making
his annual visit and attending to some
special business. He left at $3.50 p. m.
for Abba, Iowa.
Mrs. Marie Brown, who has been WIS.,
ting in Chicago for few weeks, re-
turned home Saturday night. She re-
ports pleasant trip.
The B. Y. p. U. is having some good
meetings. Everybody should come out
and hear the discussions. Bro. 8. II.
Jones leader. Bro. J. w. Martin, Pres.
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The Supreme TEST.

I was at strange little meeting IN
Ohio, and just before the meeting q
woman came up with very stern ex.
preston on her face and said: II am
just going to tell you this. had ia
give my boy. He was drafted and ]
had no choice. But I won't give up
my food for anybody" 1t sounded as
X her food was Of more value to her
than her boy. ''But won't you please
come to the meeting and hear what !
have to tell you about how 1t is over
therei' / asked. She came; and after
the meeting she came to me and said :
II am just going to tell you that I am
going to change my mind. ! will 60
without some Of the things. Mrs. 4.
Burnett-Smith, In the Atlantic.
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/ Edna. Funeral services were conduct
i ed by Rev. b. G. Anderson, pastor of tht
A. n. T.. Church, Of which the deceased
was member.
Mrs. Maud Thompson and little
daughter, Catherine, of Pueblo, Col, at
tended the funeral Of Mrs. Ruth Wess
All Of our boys are now reported to
be overseas. Harry CODY, according to
letters home, has been made corporal
Rev. James Zachary has recovered
from an attack Of the influenza.
Miss Nellie jackson, after recovering
sufficiently from influenza, went to her
home in Milan, Mo.
Prof. Charles b. johnson, author of
Songs Of My People, preached in
LaBelle, Mo-, Friday night and got
eleven subscriptions for his book.
Mr.. Henry Appleton has returned
from visit to his son Victor in Daven-
port, Iowa. He reports all Kirksville
people there doing well.
Word comes that the children OF Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Hockaday have diph-
liberia. We pray for their recovery.
Mr.. RI. b. Marshall Of Centerville,
Iowa, and Mary u. Thomas of San Fran
cisco, CAL, were married at Proctor 8
Place Monday morning Rev. c. b.
johnson oficiated.
Rev. B. G. Anderson returned from
conference at Richmond, Mo. He re-
ports splendid conference year. Few
changes were made. He was returned
to the work here.
Both churches here have suffered
greatly fro mthe draft and the migra
tion of their members to northern cities.
Rev. Charles B. johnson, the poet and
author Of Hsongs Of My People, at
tended the Fifth Sunday Union meeting
o. the Linn County Association, held at
Marceline, Mo. He preached Saturday
night, presented his book and received
twenty-five subscriptions; preached
Sunday morning, had one candidate for
baptism; preached at Rev. J. s. Henry
of Trenton, No.; Rev. johnson made the
appeal and five more professed Christ.
It was great day for the Lord. Rev.
L. r. johnson, B. s. D., brother-in-law
Of Rev. G. b. Johnson, is the splendid
yoyung pastor Of this church. He has
done great work in Marceline.
Mrs. Isabel Stokes is under quaran-
tine at the home Of a white family that
has diphthesia.
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chttdren's Savings.

More than 10000 children under SIX
teen years OF age have savings ac-
counts In the Los Angeles banks. They
have more than 81 100000 on deposit,
or an average Of something over SIS
each. One thirteeR-year-old youngster
IL credited with heading the list. He
has nearly $4,000 on deposit. from q
beginning made with 80 cents when
he was seven years old.
Many Of the Los Angeles banks make
special provisions for the savings ac-
counts OF children and In addition to
accepting savings accounts, teach les
sons Of thrift in their advertising mat
ter. They also lend encouragement
to thrift propaganda In the public
schools and children's organizations
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! grand time.

4 grand time.
Churches arc closed until further mo-
tice from the health department.
Ffty-seven friends surprised Rev
Garrison and wife 1t : pound party
upon their return. All report an enjoy
able time.
A large number are ON the sick list
It would take up too much space to
VI rite the names.
Mr.. H. Stuart of Rock Island was the
guest Of Mrs. M. Ashby Sunday.
Mrs. G. Anderson entertained Rev.
and Mrs. Jones, Peoria, Mrs. GUNNER,
Denver, Rev. and Mrs. J. HI. Garrison,
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Donaldson at din
ner Friday afternoon.
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KIRKSvuLE NEWS.

Schools and church services are dis
continued on account Of the influenza
epidemic.
Mrs. Addie Towles Of Davenport,
Iowa, visited in the city last week.
Mrs. Ruth Wess, who had been in
poor health for some time, died Friday
Of last week and was buried Monday in
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lessness regarding the ordinary rules OF
health, gradually undermined it until
last fall became wreck Of my former
self. I suffered from continual head
ache, was unable to digest my food,
which seemed to lay as dead weight on
my stomach. was very constipated
and my complexion became dark, yellow
and muddy as felt. Slceplessness was
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-18

added to my misery, and I would awal.
rs tired ~ when went to sleep :
heard Of Chamberlain Tablets ana
found such relief after taking them tn.
4 kept up the treatment for nearly two
months. They cleansed my stomach. n.
vigorated my system, and since thai
time can eat and sleep in comfort :
am today entirely we'll"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-18

I'D Love and Marriage.
A good bit Of love goes to waste
tsfore marriage that worjd help lot
aftoyvard.-Puck
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Can Now Eat and Sleep In Comfort.
If troubled with indigestion or sleep
lessness you should read what Miss
Agnes Turner, Chicago, ILL.,, has to say:
"Overwork, irregular meals and care
The sun., 1918-09-15

lot of them ruff neck germins sneaking
up on us and giving us the old quick
finish.
Anyway Barney Steve and me was
standing guard at our post and at about
2:15 this morning l was leaning against
the frensh and I CUES l was kind of
doing little bit becaus the first thing
knowed l saw some birds out there in
front of the wire and they was coming
towards me- So / give Steve a punch
and be looked that way and We didn't say
nothing at all but I puts my old VB
rife but down on the bottom of the trensh
and l pulls the trigger and begun laying
down my barrage just like me and Steve
had figered out we would do
Well while 1 was plugging away put
ting in new granades and shooting them
out Steve he begun throwing hand gre
nades and some of them went little short
and some went over the wire. And Of
corse all this noise started everybody
working and fello with an automatick
rifle he opened up and then some other
bombers cut lose and pretty soon every
body was taking crack at things they
was seeing and then somebody run over TO
where the signal rockets that you use TO
wake up the artillery was all nailed up
and he put match and sent up rockets
and then in about 80 seconds the artillery
lade down fine barrage out there.
Well of corse this patrol all dropped
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FRENCH oEFIcEAL PHoI0

on there faces and pretty soon when the
firing died down a little 1 heard some
fellos shouting something in Frensh that
sounded like it was Frensh swearing, but
knowing that lots of Germins could talk
Frensh l was not going to be made
sucker out of so me and Steve kept on
firing
Well then some Frensh officer come
running up and he got our Lutenant and
they had lot of words and then our
Lutenant come running up TO me and he
said: Fool, your firing at Frensh patrol.
This is murder, fool. Stop" So We
stopped and then them birds come Oh in
and they was sore as boils and then the
Lutenant he tried to find out who had
started the firing and of corse he blamed
it on me.
Il might have knowed this was some OF
your work." he said not giving me a
chance to even speak. Il didn't think /
could trust You with that VB gun. Turn
that over to another man and report at
my dug out. It's a lucky thing none Of
these Frensh soldiers was killed or hit or
you might get cortmarshelled.'
That's the kind of justise you get in tho
srmy Barney. I'm through-all l want is
to get killed and end it all and then see
what these Lutenants that are always
jumping on me think about it, I CUES
that would not make them feel ehepe or
nothing ell Barney. BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-09-15

they had seen the new moon. which marks
the end Of the fast and is always an oc-
casion for rejoicing.
He at once sailed forth TO see what
might be going on, and so got mixed up
with the crowd just as the. row began The
mob broke open the door and rushed into
the building, from the balcony of which
II strong lunged orator addressed them.
The arrival of several companies of
infantry put an end to his speech; the
soldiers retook the building and drove
the intruders out Reenforcements coming
dip charged the crowd The people re
tallated with sticks, stones and anything
else that came handy. Several werg in
Jured, but none seriously.
The troops threatened to fire. but for
tunately for the crowd did not do so. At
midnight, the whole place being in an
uproar, the Governor gave way and re-
leased the prisoner, who was carried home
IN triumph and amid general enthusiasm.
The American had been rather roughly
The sun., 1918-09-15

NJ OHAMMEDANISM is as much a
wi social system as a religion. The
mosque is no more like church than it is
like a clubhouse. People do not consider
ii improper to eat or sleep in it, to dis
cuss secular matters, or to read books or
newspapers. 1t serves as refuge for
homeless strangers and as meeting place
for the folk of the town.
Sometimes the mosque sees even stran-
ger sights. In this relation an American
tells of curious incident.
On the last day of Ramadan, or the
period of fasting. tumult arose in the
town where he was stopping. 1t might
have had serious consequence. though
the cause of the disturbance was absurllv
trivial.
A man who belonged TO the heretical
Wahabi seat was in the mosque while some
persons were visiting the tomb of a
prophet who is supposed to be buried
there. These visitations consist in stand
ing in front of the vault and recitng a
long salutation. By the Wahabis they are
held to be dolatrous.
This man started TO declam against the
custom and attracted a considerable au-
Gienee, one of whom, Mclean Arab. Il
learned man, put an end to the sermon by
hitting the preacher on the head. The
governor Of the city, who happened TO be
in the mosque at the time, observed these
ndecorous proceedings and ordered the
arrest of the Arab without troubling to
make inquiries.
Nothing further happened until eve
ming, when crowd began TO gather in
front of the Government offices and de-
manded that the prisoner be released.
When the crowd began to assemble the
American was under the impression that
The sun., 1918-09-15

hand a ticket on which was printed the
name of kable, and in the other ticket
bearing the name Of tire German can
didate.
'Mein Herr he said to the German
election official, will you tell me which of
these tickets is the better one?"
The officer looked at them. "Why, this
is much preferable" said he, indicating
the German ticket.
Il thank yOu," answered the peasant.
Il will keep it next my heart He folded
it carefully and put it inside his coat. CAS-
for this other" said he, with an air OF
putting it away from him as an unworthy
thing, Il will leave it here" And he put
the Kable ticket in the ballot box.
The sun., 1918-09-15
Wisdom of a True Alsatian Voter

IN HE simple people of Alsace. who
i have all these years retained in
their hearts strong love Of France while
showing desire not 10 offend their Ger
man rulers too much, have frequently had
hard time Of itrwhen led to the ballot
box to vote for representatives i'll the Ger
man parliament.
In one election in a certain Alsatian
district the two candidates were kable,
an Alsatian Of French sympathies, who
had protested against the annexation after
the war of 1870, and Il German. On eIec-
ton day a peasant came to the polling
place, which was presided over by Ger
man official. The peasant had in one
The sun., 1918-09-15

handled during the scuffle. in which he
could not avoid taking part.
Type printing is unpopular in Persia.
The straightness of the lines offends the
Persian's artistic sense, and he feels that
in printed books the character of the let
tiers is entirely lost.
Persia is to-day largely dependent upon
TYPOGRAPHY for its own production of
books. Naturally these are very scarce
At the beginning of the nineteenth cen
fury a press with movable types was set
up in Tabrz, and certain number of
books was printed The effort met will
no encouragement. however, and had
shortly to be abandoned.
The same taste which makes a Persian
esteem so highly the great calligraphists
makes him deplore the absence of eharac-
ter in type printed book. What delights
him most in this relation is well written
manuscript, and he takes the same delight
in the eopyiSt's work that we take in the
touch of an old master Failing this, he
The sun., 1918-09-15

contents himself with Autograph, which
is usually facsimile of the writing Of
some fairly good scribe, and has, at any
rate, human element in it.
1T is hard for us to credit the vast
amount of attention that is paid to cal
hgraphy in the East, where men of learn
ing devote years to its requirement and
their best days to making artistic copies
of classical works. Although this art is
TO certain extent dying out, owing to
the eheapening of photography, a man may
even yet in Persia become as famous for
his writing as poet is for his verses.
A curious contrast is thus presented by
the Persians, who cling to written books,
while elsewhere in the East there is a
rapid spread of type printed books, print
ing, boOkselling and journalism in the
Orient i'll the last twenty years or so hav-
ing developed to a comparatively high
degree. Both Cairo and COnstantnople
possess excellent printing presses, which
turn out numberess books and journals.
An odd form of gambling has developed
in India, for which the New York cotton
market is indirectly responsible. Five
quotations from the New York market
are cabled TO India every day. and the
natives conceived this TO be direct invi.
tation to them to establish simple but
none the less absorbing form of gambling.
The gambling consists in guessing what
the five figures would amount to and the
persons most nearly approximating the
right amount wins. So fascinating did
this game prove that the authorities be-
came greatly worried over the indulgence
of the poorer class Of natives in it, Ef-
forts have been made TO lessen it, and it
Is believed that at last some success has
been attained by those who are unwilling
that the poorer people should squander
their seanty funds in this pastime.
The sun., 1918-09-15

are sure ready for them. A VB gun I
might add is just an ordinary Frensh
rifle that has got business on the end
of the barrel that you put rifle grenades
in and when you pull the trigger the
bullet hits the grenades and shoots it out
and then five seconds after that it ex-
plodes and certainly does blow all the
hunns in that part Of the country clean
back to there fatherland.
CUES running VB gun requires moro
intelligence than anything else in the
army unless it is one of these big navi
guns that they got on railrode francs be-
caus all you got is just your own JUICE
ment. You don't hold it up to Your shol-
der and aim it but You put the but of the
gun on the ground and then point the
Darrell at an angel and then pull the trig-
ger. That shoots the grenade at anything
from 100 to 200 yards or more off and it
makes a fine barrage.
l CUES | told you Barney that this
front line business is all bull now. The
way we are holding this sectur is by out
posts and what they call Strong Points
and they are just like fingers sticking out
into No Mans land and in front of them
and between the different outposts they
got lot of barb wire and in each of
these outposts they got anything from ten
to forty men. Right now we got Frensh
in every other one of these outposts Gauss
l CUES they wanted TO have us make the
line awful strong aud back up the Frensh
But l must say Barney that they not be-
ing able TO talk English makes it awful
hard for us. They get everything baIled
up and they cant understand hardly a
word that We say to them. l would like
to know how they expect us to help them
when they don't even go TO the trouble TO
learn enouf to talk to u.s.
Then to make it lots worst thew got
some what they call visiting patrols run
ming around at night sometimes ana this
morning our I.utenant told us to watch
out for some of these and if we seen any
body coming TO boiler Halt first and see
what color uniforms they wore.
Well / got a pictur of myself pulling
bone like that Barney. I suppose if
the Germin army was to come over and |
was standing guard out here in my post
and / would see them coming that |
should ought to say, "Now You stay right
there and tell me all about who YOU are
and where You are going"
Well one Of them birds would trow a
hand grenade down my throte and l would
be fine looking sucker trying to swallo
one Of them potato masher bombs that
they got. No sir, l was not born day
before yesterday and if they want any
body to stand up and parley VOC some
FrensilAmerican with strangers they got
to get somebody else besides us wise
selected soldiers. l CUES you never heard
OF any National Army men being that
big of suckers yet
The sun., 1918-09-15

Me and Steve who helps me at my
V.B. post has got it all fixed. If any
Germins come around our post | am
going to lay down a barrage back of
them so as they will be cut off from rescue
and retrete and Steve'he is going 10 throw
hand grenades at them. Then when we
get all threw We will find out where they
come from. Well so long, BENNIE.
Friday
BARNEY: Well as far as ! am conserved
/ don't care now who wins this war and
if the Germins should take all this eoun-
try over here and raise nothing but garlic
and pigs feet on it l would not lose no
more sleep about it Barney. And as
far as the U. S. army is concerned of
corse / amt going to say nothing against
them only that if they ever run out of
ivory to make billiard balls out of all they
got to do is to run around and get some
army oficurs and buy some of the ivory
in their domes and they will have enough
TO bring the price down about 300 per
cent.
| CUES / told you in my last letter that
we was in bad danger .f being attact by
the Germins and that we was all on our
toes. Well of corse We didn't know moth
ing about a lot of other birds running
around in Nomans land without no lights
on or nothing to tell who they was and
we was not going to take no chances Of
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1918-12-26
LOCAL ELKS PLAY
SANTA CLAUS TO POOR

Clovis does not have many real poor
pe0ple-that is people who are suffer-
Ing from poverty to the extent that
they are In want for necessities Of life
however there arg some and these
were made happy christmas by the
generosity OF the local Elks lodge
About 5000 worth Of coal and grocer
les were distributed on Christmas eve
to needy families Of Clovis by this
order and 1t is said the Elks Santa
Claus could have provided more pres
ents II more needy families could have
been gotten in touch with.
II is the commcndable custom of
this order to distribute gifts to the
needy every Christmas and many Z
family can thank the members Of this
noble order for happy Christmas
which without the aid OF the order
they could not have enjoyed.
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HOME FROM MAGDALENA

j. X. Graham, one Of Curry County's
good stock farmers who lives nine
miles northeast OF Clovis, but who has
been in Magdalena n NJ, for Il few
months where he owns IL garage and
Gates Half Soling Agency, returned
home Monday to spend the holidays
with the homcfolks on his ranch. Mr..
Graham says 1t looks mighty good to
get back to Curry County and find her
covered with enough white stun to
make bumper wheat crop the COM
Ing spring Mr.. Graham has lived in
Curry County some seven or eight
years aud has Il section Of mighty fine
wheat land nearly all fenced sheep
proof and has it stocked with an extra
good grade Of sheep
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1918-12-26
LUNCHEON AND BRIDGE PARTY

One OF the most enjoyable parties
Of the season was given By Mrs A. l..
Dillon Thursday afternoon Of last
week, A lovely five course dinner was
served In the dining room Of the Gran
Quivera. The table was beautifully
decorated with carnations and ferns.
The guests then repaired to the apart
mcnts Of Mrs. Pritchard where num-
bcr Of games Of auction were enjoyed
nt the close Of which Mrs. II. f. Plxlcy
held high score and was awarded a
lovely mahogany tray and Mrs. Frank
Dillon drew the consolation prize.
Those enjoying the hospitality Of
Mrs. Dillon were: Mrs. Jno. o. Pritch.
ard, Mrs. 10 +. Pixley, Mrs. +. A.
Mayhall. Mrs. Frank Dillon. Mrs W
B. Mcrsfclder Mrs. Il. NJ. Chapman,
Mrs. II. Jefferson, Mrs r. Il. Herod,
Mrs. G. A. Schurich, Mrs. John Barry,
Mrs. W. II. Duckworth, Mrs. r. 8.
Burns, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Swartz
and Mrs. ii. D. Emmert
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4 GERMANS TAKEN
TO ONE AMERICAN

The American troops In all their
fighting In France took more than
2i German prisoners TO every Ancri-
can captured by the enemy.
The total number Of Germans cap.
turcd by the Americans Is 4i,93i
not including prisoners made during
the last few days Of hostilltics in
Belgium. Of which no tabulation has
yet been made, The number Of Amer
lean soldiers in German hands at the
time Of the. armistice, as reported to
the military aitachc Of the American
Legation in Switzerland as Of October
Is, was 2.0s2,
OF the German prisoners 6S2 are
officers and 4t252 are enlisted men,
while the American captured accord
Ing to the last returns received, were
200 officers and 1873 men.
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| WHAT THE SHOWS MEAN
| TO CURRY COUNTY

Possibly never before at this time
have the prospects been no bright for
the farmers Of Curry County. There
IL fine season in the ground which
guarantees a wheat crop next year.
On top Of all this, the price is also
guaranteed to be around $500 per
bushel delivered to the elevator In
Clovis. This makes II look pretty
much like cinch that the farmers In
the Clovis trade territory will receive
something In the neighborhood of II
million dollars for next years wheat
crop. And to this will he added the
revenue that will come in from other
products which will make 1919 one Of
the most prosperous years the country
ever had.