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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28
Public Auction

I will sell at public auction at
my place Z miles south Of Mans.
field, 8 miles east of Bryant and
4 miles west of Olathe on what is
known as the Granville Akers
place, commencing at 1000
o'clock a m, on
Tuesday, December 3, 1918
1 head of horses: 1 bay mare
II years old. / brown mare 4
years old, / bay mare 2
years old, l sorrel horse colt !
year old. Farm imple ments: |
~ inch Springfield wagon, !
John Deere top buggy, good as
new, l Champion moving ma
chine AZ feet cut, ! steel hay
rake, good shape, l Collins culti'
vator, / corn planter, Sure Drop,
4 mile wire, breaking and shov.
ell plows, harrows, ] set all
leather work harness, goodshape.
| set driving harness, etc. 500
bundles sheaf oats. $50 shocks OF
corn, 9 blu. of wheat. 3 head Of
cattle: / thoroughbred Jersey
COW, years old; / half. bred
Jersey COW, years old; l half
bred Jersey calf, 6 months old.
| SOW will farrOw soon Decem.
Der 10. Is young hens. House
hold gouds; l six hole cast iron
range, l dining table, 6 dining
chairs, 4 rocking chairs, , iron
beds, mattress and springs, 2
rugs 9X12, | steel Davenport, l
new sewing machine, l dresser
and wash stand, l stand table, |
cupboard, / kitchen cabinet, l
220 egg Favorite incubator, y
bushels of apples, 10 gallons of
sorghum, 6 gallons of canned
kraut, 8 bushels of potatoes, 2
bushels Of pop corn, 10 gallons
of pickles, some canned fruit and
other things too numerous to
mention. Lunch on the grounds
Terms: All sums of IS and un-
der. cash; on all sums over So, 9
months time will be given on
bankable note bearing S% inter.
est from date. No goods to be re-
moved until terms have been
complied with.
r. o. Peabody
Col. r. A. Kay, Auctioneer
Geo. B. Freeman, C.erk.-adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28
$4,000 REWARD

l will give a reward of 5000 to
the person or persons furnishing
me with information that will
lead to the conviction of the per-
son causing the death of my son,
Clifton Raney. Said reward to
be paid upon conviction of the
guilty party or parties. R. G.
Raney, Norwood, Mo. adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28
Mt. Pleasant Territory

Preaching at Mt. Pleasant ,ev.
cry second Saturday and Sunday
We are having some cold
weather now.
Raymond Smith, Walter New
ton, Jordan and Charley Bogart
worked for Bob Newton Monday
G.. E. Dennis hung paper for
George Frye Monday and Tues
day.
Barney Smith and Mr.. Newton
helped Calvin Ryan kill hogs
Tuesday.
Archie Wilcox's are on the sick
list.
Geo. Frye moved to the bod.
son farm Friday.
Barney Smith butchered hogs
Friday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28

Brotherhood of American Woman
Mansfield Homestead No. 344S
Regular meetings, md and
AT, Friday evenings
at |. 90. F. Hall.
A.. !. HODGE, Deputy
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28
Sleep and Rest

One of the most common caus
es OF insomnia and restlessness
is indigestion. Take one Of Cham.
b%erlain's Tablets Immediately af
ter supper and see if you do not
rest better and sleep better.
They only cost a quarter.-adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28
Business Opportunity
in This Town

We wish to establish q branch in
this town and are looking for a
man or woman to handle our.
business. Experience desired
but not necessary. Old estab
lished house with branches in
many cities and towns. We
furnish everything. BE the
first to write.
Great Eastern Coffee & Tea Co.
sol to 3l7 N. 10Th St. Louis, No.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28

Mrs. Lester f. Stone of l34S
Texas Avenue is seriously i'll
with influenza at the home of her
sister, Mrs. E f.. Murphey, OF
Franklin street. Mrs. Stone re
turned Tuesday from an extend
ed visit with her husband, Cor
poral Stone. of Camp MacAr
thur, Tex,-Springfie;d Leader
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-11-28

Irregular bowel movements
lead to chronic constipation and
a constipated habit fills the sys
tenn with impurities. HERBINE
is O great bowel regulator. 1t
purities the system, vitalizes the
blood ana puts the digestive or
gans in fine vigorous condition
Sold by all dealers in medicine.
adv,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

of that hill, and then placed them in
It, The Lilliputian insects did not rec.
ognize the giants as invaders. Mr.
Ege concludes, therefore, that the sup.
posed remarkably sharp recognitional
powers of the insects are simply IA
matter of scent and inherited re-
flexes
Ants removed from familiar paths
blunder blindly along, with no sense
of distance or direction. until they
strike n trail made by themselves or
other ants. In many tests made by
Mr. Ege the insects disclosed mo
more intelligence than is to be found
in the digestive processes of human
beings" In other words, he found
nearly all their acts are but move.
ments by reflexes, unconnected with
intelligence
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
SENDS BOOK ON THE
CARE Of BABIES To
ARMY TRAINING CAMP

TBy Associated Press TO The Bannerl
CLEVELAND, o., April 15-Carl =.
Vitz, assistant librarian of the Cleve-
land Public Library is busy sorting
out thousands of books offered by
Clevelanders for American soldiers in
camps. Hundreds of the books had
to be discarded as unsuited for read.
ing by Sammies.
"Thc Care of Babies" is book CT
incstimable value in its proper
place" said Vitz, "but hardly desirable
for use in our campaign for books for
our troops" Other books discarded
were on kitchen economy and poultry
raising. One book bore the title "The
Care Of the Hair" Another book on
auto repairs bore the date of 1904
Other contributions were German
propaganda books, books on flower
gardening and the hygiene of domest-
ic pets. Mr. VitZ says scrapbooks
are needed for soldiers in hospitals.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
SCHOOLS 8 7 A GE
THRIFT CONTEST
DURING VACATION
Big Prizes Offered For Larg-
est Sale Made By Pupils
During Summer.

COLUMBUS, O.. April 15--To sus-
children in Ohio during the summer
vacation period, the Ohio War Say
ings Committee, through it's educa-
tional department, announces a prize
contest for participation by both pub
lie and parochial school children. in.
volving twenty-five capital prizes to
be publicly presented by Governor
Cox in Columbus, September 10, 1918.
The contest opens May and the priz.
es will be awarded to the twenty-five
children in Ohio who sell the largest
amount Of War Savings Stamps he
tween May / and September TO-
The first prize will be $1,000 in War
Savings Stamps which has been pa
trioticaly donated by THE Midlad
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Colum.
bus" The second prize Is an Overland
Touring Car, known as the Thrift car.
donated by the Willys.Overland Co.,
w ''l'ups NuEuf foJN, Y, ". u. lDlts
do, The third prize Is a Grand Chase
Piano, donated by The A. b. Chase
Piano Co., Norwalk, o., value 5000.
The fourth prize is $500 I'm War Say.
ings Stamps donated by The II. c. God
man Shoe Co. of Columbus, o. The
/ illth prize is n beautiful talking ma.
. chine donated by The Sonora Phono
graph Sales CO., of New York City
value $3.50, The sixth prize is Veri
Thin watch donated by the Gruen
! Watch Co, OF Cincinnati o. Nineteen
other prizes including bicycles and
/ other articles interesting TO children
will be included
Information as to this contest is be
/ ing mailed from state headquarters &c
/ all school superintendents and princi
| pals in Ohio. The contest will be in
charge of Vacation Thrift Commit
/ tee formed of teachers and children OF
each school building and an auditing
committee appointed by the County
War Savings Committee chairman
The county War Savings Committees
are expected to supply local prizes
in addition to those secured through
the state committee. All of the cap
ltal prize winners will he brought tc
Columbus for the public presentation
at the expense of II patriotic Comm
bus citizen A complete list of prizes
and there donors viii he announced
April l5
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
ANTS REPUTATION
FOR KNOWLEDGE IS
NOW QUESTIONED
Try Associated Press to The Bonncrl

GBy Associated Press to The Banncrl
STOCKHOLM, April Is The ant
has been greatly overrated. In the
opinion OF Rich Ege, a Swedish natur-
alist. Solomon set the fashion with
his famous admonition to the slug
gard, and the ant has been living m-
der false pretenses ever since, For, as
a matter of fact, she is a hopeless
chucklehead, and to consider her ways
Is no way TO become wise.
Mark Twain arrived at this conClu.
sion many years ago, and science now
joins hands with him in the person
of Mr., Ege, who publishes the results
of series OF experiments with ants.
He disposes first of the insects sup
posed uncanuy power to recognize 9th,
or tenants OF It's own anthill. Mr.. Ege
washed ants in ether, dipped them in
liquid gained by pressing n number
of ants from another hill, and put
them back among their own friends
who promptly fell upon them and
elected them. He took ants fifty times
larger than the inhabitants of Ger
tain anthill. washed them and treat
ed them in liquid pressed from ants
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
LITTLE CHANCE FOR
SPY To M|NCLE WITH
AMERICAN SOLDIERS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March Correspond
ence of The Associated Press) )--Spies
who may endeayor TO get into the
ranks of the American Expeditionary
Forces are likely to find such man
oeuvre extremely difficult and dan.
gerous, SO complete are arrangements
To prevent such things happening OF
course II is not advisable to disclose
just what the arrangements are but
every ruse tried by enemy agents dur.
ing this war in various armies, and
some that have not been tried, have
been provided for.
1t came to light recently that or
ders had been issued in certain quar-
ters To the general effect that offlc
ers receiving drafts into combat divi-
sions from replacement divisions were
to make sure that each member of
the draft actually was the man he was
supposed 10 be and that no other man
was included in The group. Just what
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
N 0 SPECTATORS
MAY ENTER j. s.
AVIATION CAMPS
Curious And Souvenir Hunt
ers And Danger OF Spies
Makes Order Necessary.
MUST NOW HAVE PASSES

Tpv Associated Press 20 The Bannerl
DALLAS. Tex, April 15--In view OF
the belief that German spies are ac-
tive throughout the United States,
stricter rules regulating access TO
army aviation camps in Texas have
been promulgated and visitors to the
fields now find IT difficult to gain ad-
mittance.
With the coming of the aviation
schools to Texas there developed the
usual crowd of curious who, not con
tent to witness the flights from their
backyards, made visits 10 the fields
and invaded. when possible. officers
quarters, hangers, flying fields and in
fact every place that they thought
they might see something new. 1t
was with great difficulty that ma
chimes were able to rise and land safe
Iy, and commanders began to grow
more strict
Finally all without passes were
ruled off the fields Then they block.
ed the byways leading to the camps
and when aviatOrs were forced to de.
scend and repair trucks were started
TO the assistance of the disabled ma
chimes in double quick time, it was
with great difficulty that they made
their way through the jam of automo.
biles and farm wagons
Under the new rules every person
must have a pass to get beyond the
entrances of the camps Officers, en-
listed men and cadets have the priv
friends, but they are only granted by
headquarters when the prospective
host IL to be Off duty. Officers. en-
listed men or cadets seeking passes
are responsible for the visitors while
they are in the camps and the name
Of each visitor must appear on his or
her pass
Visitors never are allowed within
the hangers. neither are they per
initted to enter the machine shops mt
The fields. Every person passing the
guard is asked If he or she carries Il
camera and if the guard has any
doubt the visitor is searched
Recently a visitor to Love Field
here made several pictures of air
planes in the air The amateur pho
tographer was seated in an automo-
bile outside the flying field but sen
try observed him and few minutes
later an officer asked the visitor for
the camera. 1t was promptly turned
over and a few days later 1t was re-
turned TO the minus the films.
fle was cautioned not to attempt to
take any more pictures of flyers
Another nuisance around aviation
camps is the souvenir hunter. it was
discovered that, when the opportunity
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
HOWARD

HOWARD April l3-The Willing
Workers of the Christian church met
at the home Of Mrs Ellis on Thurs
day evening.
Several from Howard attended the
play given for the benefit Of the Red
Cross at Nlillwood on Thursday even.
ing
Harry iIoovler and family spent
several days with relatives of near
Amity.
George IIoovler, manager of the
Howard Equity Exchange has resign.
ed his position to become effective
May I.
School Notes
Miss Florence Blanchard Of the
class of 'lG was recently married to
Mr. Donald Colopy.
Miss Ethel Engelhardt of the class
of 10 was on the sick list for several
days.
County Supt. J. G. Marriott visited
the Howard school on Thursday.
High School Inspector c. T.. Oliver
visited the school Thursday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

caused this order is not disclosed, but
1t contains an inference that is OBJ.
vious.
The order was issued Just a few
days before one of our telephone wires
had been found tapped in trench.
the tap wire running out across No
Mans land. There was some talk at
that time among the men i'm the line
OF hunting for a spy; but there has
been no further development. II is
not impossible, however. that a Ger.
man patrol taking advantage of the
opportune moment hooked their tap
wire on the line in our trench and
then retired quickly
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

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~ Buy a Liberty Bond M
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
WOMAN WORKS
IS HOURS A DAY
Marvellous Story of Woman's
Change from Weakness
to Strength by Taking
Druggists Advice.

Peru, Ind. -" | suffered from n dis
placement with backachc and dragging
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
BLADENSbURG

BLADENSBURG, April l3-Rev
Curtis of Martinsburg, formerly OF
| Kansas, began his work at the Church
OF Christ for the coming year last
Sunday.
Rev Long of Mt. Vernon gave a
fine talk last Sunday afternoon on the
emergency drive.
Miss Gertha Hall spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Clara
McCamment
Mrs. George Warman Of Mt Yer
non spent the past week with her par
enis, DR.. and Mrs. Hull
Os Elliott Is on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Buel Van Wrinkle of
East Union visited the latter's par
ents Sunday.
Mrs. Sadie Mills returned home
Friday evening after spending the
past week with her daughter, Mrs.
Anna Mcdonald of Newark.
Wallace Cummins of % Battery
Camp Sheridan, Ala. is spending sew
eral days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Cummins.
Alva Harris has returned to his
studies at Obcrlin after spending two
weeks with his parents.
Mrs Martha Mckee entertained
her children at dinner last Sunday in
honOr of hpr IGth birt hdaV nnuiypr.
sary.
School Notes
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered Sunday evening April 81
ut the Presbyterian church by Rev
l.. q. Walker of Centerburg.
The commencement exercises are
to he held Friday evening, April 26
at O'Clock in the town hall. Glass
addressed by Rev II. II. Miller of Mt
Vernon. The senior class this yeaI
has six members. Class roll: VII
liam Glenn Hess, Marcus William
Blue Edwin Dean Billman, Ola Pear
Fawcett, Maurice Dale Ross and
Harold IT, Scott Class motto: eve
| will find path or make one Glass
colors, Blue and Gold. Class flower
white carnation. Music by Whitc's
orchestra of Mt Vernon.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
BRAKES LET co; CAR
SMASHES WINDOW In
WATER WORKS OFFICE

A plate glass window measuring
AZ feet by j1a feet i'm the waterworks
Office was smashed late Saturday
night when an automobile belonging
to Karl Friel backed into It. Friel
was opening the doors Of the Scar
brough garage. allowing his car to
stand with the brakes on. The brakes
slipped, however. and the bumper on
the rear was pushed through the
glass.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
FORMER LONDON
NEWS|E BOASTS
z WAR CROSSES
Itch Topley, Street-Arab,
Distinguishes Self In Bat
tie Twice.
IS UNUSUALLY POPULAR

BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE. March 30 Correspondence
of The Associated Press) One of the
familiar characters of pre-war days in
London was street.Arab newsboy
who sold papers outside one Of the no.
tells most frequented by American Wis
itors. Delighting in the nickname
"Frogfaced Itch" he won the admir-
alton of visitors as master of re-
partee, varying his nightly refrain of
"All the Winners" and Orrible Muir
der with ironical comments on the
worlds events and caustic replies to
pedestrians who ventured to handy
words with him as they passed.
Persons who knew itch Tapley in
the old days would scarcely recognize
him now in his khaki uniform, with
crowned" ribbon on his breast indi.
eating that he has been twice award.
ed the priced Military Cross. His
comrades of the London Regiment,
moreover, declare that if he had been
awarded a medal on every occasion
on which he has merited it, he would
be covered with ribbon from head TO
foot of his diminutive body.
Too small to go into the army by
the regular channels, Itch after sew
eral trials, was accepted as stretch
er bearer in the London Regiment.
At the front, he quickly became one of
the most popular men in the regiment.
One of his officers, in a report to
Headquarters, said of him. Cheerful.
ness, courage. devotion to duty, and
disregard of danger are as much
part of his equipment as his haver-
sack and his waterbottle."
Tapley probably looks less like
hero than any other man in his battal-
ian. But his caustic, gOod-natured hui
NOR. which was little more than an
amiablo diversion in civilian life. be.
came an invaluable asset in the
trenches, keeping UP the morale and
optimism of the whole battalion. His
officers find themselves continually
paying tribute to his usefulness in
this respect One of them wrote in
letter a short time ago
Ills gospel. whether consciously or
not, Is the gospel of cheerfulness, and
in practice it works out that his spir.
its grew lighter in proportion as dan
gers and dscomforts grow heavier.
His jests in time of stress provide Just
the electric spark that turns the
hearts of men from gloomy pessimism
into luminous defiance"
The eX-newsboy has the reputation.
from Lens to st. Quentin. of being alb.
solutely fearless. In his work as
suetcher.bearer he goes busily about
among the falling shells, always whist.
ling popular tune, with an ever
ready word of sympathy and encour-
agement for the wounded. He is gen
orally looked upon as one who bears
a charmed life, for he has never re.
ccived even scratch and his very
presence is regarded as mascot.
Tapley won the second of his two
decorations under heavy shell fire in
the Chalk Pit north of Loos when. sin.
gle-handed, he bandaged and carried
to safe part of the trench all the
wounded of his own company and sew.
eral from neighboring battalion.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

presented. he removed from airplanes
anything that was loose and which
could conveniently be carried away.
Aside from the monetary loss the
practice was dangerous to the await.
ors for It was possible that some parts
essential to the safety of the flyers
might be stolen and not missed until
the machine was thousands of feet in
the air
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16
MARRIOTT TO SPEAK
FOR THIRD LIBERTY
LOAN AT FAIRVIEW

County Supt. of Schools j. C.. Mar
riott will deliver an address at the
Fairview school in the interest of the
Third Liberty Loan on Friday even
ing of this week Others will also
speak.
The pupils of the school will assist
in the meeting with patriotic excr-
cises
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

down PAIN s so
badly that at times
/ could not be on
my feet and il did
not seem as though
] could stand it. |
tried diff eren {
medicines without
any benefit and
several d doctors
told me nothing
but an operation
would do me any
good. My drug
gist told me of
Lydia Il. p ink
hams Vegetable
Compound. took
it with the result
that / am now well
and strong. | get
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-16

up in the morning at four clock, do my
housework, thengo toafactory andwork
al day, come home and get supper and
feel good. don't know how many OF
my friends | have told what Lydia Fl,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. Mrs. ANNA MLrERIANo,
36 West 10th St, Peru, Ind.
Women who suffer from any such all
ments should not fail TO try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. !
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-08
WHEAT SUBSTITUTE PRICES
 TO BE REDUCED TO MINIMUM

Judge Paul c. Thorne has received e let@ar from J. J. Strear,, of-the U. s. Food Administration, regarding the high cost of wheat substitutes, in
 mich MT. Stream states that farmers have been willing to sell corn at S1 per bushel, although the sellers in the east were asking from g to S2.5O for it. Efforts were made to get the prices within reason and with improvements in railroad transportation it is expect ed that prices will be reduced to a req sonable basis. He says: "We are re- quiring all coarse grain millers to make report to us weekly of the prices they are paying for raw material and prices at which they are selling man ufactured products. We have also fix ed a maximum margin of profit for both wholesaler and retailer, and by this method we expect to have sub stitutes move from the farmer to the consumer at a minimum cost"
 The wholesaler in the west has been holding up the retailer and as a conse- quence the retailer has had to make some profit on this high cost, which the consumer had to pay. This will soon be remedied and the consumer will be getting coarse grain Hours at a propef price.
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-08
DOINGS IN SU- PERIOR COURT
 THIS WEEK

In the Superior court this week a few. cases have been tried before Judge Paul C. Thorne and juries.
 In the matter oI Myrtle Moore, ac- cused of bootlegghg, the jury found her not guilty.
 Morris Jersen, who served a sen tence in the Prescott jail for bringing booze into the state and was convicted before the .. s. court, was up again on a boo;legging charge and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 50 days and S25O fine. Jenson cannot be sup pressed unless he has jail walls sur rounding him.
 Pedro Campas, who held up a train crew at McConnicC a few months ago, plead guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to from one to two years in the pen. CGmpas was gun ming for the train crew while under the influence of bootleg.
 There are several personal injury cases that will ccme before the jury after the criminal calendar has been cleared. Out of town lawyers will have charge of several of these cases for the plaintiffs.
 Manuel Rosales was convicted in the superior court yesterday of the crime of adultery. Rosales had married a young woman and tiring of her in a few days went to Needles and brought back another woman with whom he lived. The wife came to Kingman and entered complaint against the man and he was at once placed under ar rest. At a hearing he was held for the superior court. He will be sen- fenced today.