The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-19
NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEWS
The Most Important News Condensed
From the Leading Papers, by
4. 4. Jeffrey.

erettes after working hours. Alrcad,
one acre of ground has been donate,
for their use. The girls will work IL
squads Of eight, says the Daily Tr
bune, and will take their turns ri
planting. hocing and wedding. Each
squad is to be directed by q captain
and no slackcrs will be allowed.
The only road project to be sub
mittod to the L. 5. Government b,
Clay county this year will be tina,
county's portion Of the Jefferson
Highway. which H. the road from
Smithvillc 10 North Kansas City. Ma.
tional approval Of the construction pl
this road j. asked on the basis of an
estimated cost Of S3J5. ij7.ii. SAYS tho
Liberty Advance, onc-half of that e.
be- paid 10y Clay county from the saio
Of bonds, and the remainder shared
equally hy state and nation.
Tho teaching of the German Ian.
guago L. to bc discontinued. both "A.
Liberty and Bethany In accordance
with unanimous action Of the school
boards in those cities. French OF
Spanish will take the place of tho hat.
CT language Of the kaiser. u tongue in
which more command, 10 murder havo
been given than any other language
under the sun. says ia" Bethany Re.
publican.
With al members already in,or.
ostcd In the project of securing a rnr,,
agent and in improving the ,."cini mil
business advantage. Of Harrison
county farm communities, the I.rt /.
son County Farm Bureau hn. 40, il Z
goal ~ "A membership of .DOJ. and
a'Tr,"rllng To the Bethany Republican.
WIZ seek To reach that mark in "A ton.
day drive.
Tho contagion Of noble impulac
was Illustrated at the Red Cross sale
at Mt' Moriah last week. Little Er.
mag ne 'oso contributed 10 the sale
h'' "afeSt Treasure. her really own
ana only doll and Frank Gottaman
Io,np'lE pald 80 for II and gave Il
back 10 it, brave little owner.
Not realizing that he had MONEY
10 Durn' Thomas Tarwatcr. Of Liberty.
"''lh"h To rake he own yard and save
expense. lie Afterwards sat ON ,bo|
pofch aud contemplated the work or
NJ lands, and would have though,
ho TIN" wei spent had h. not sud.
u'hIy noticed that his pockctbook nndI
ne contonts-SiO IN currcncy--.worcI
missing from his pocket. lie look, M
.N'rSWh"rc, says the Advance, and
,lhally decided to Try the ashes of ,hn
Donilrc' and there lie found the frame
,r ~" pro-Gcrman in this country
y llk" mean mule" declared Einioy
mcclure to the editor Of the MnvsviIlo
neraIh, Those fellows camo ,y,,
nur. without anything and have mn,lc
~ th"y have under the protcc,inn ar
we American flag. Now they mr.,
hckIhg NJ this countfy-just as Inv.
seen u sucking mule walk I'M Ia il =
nlo'hcr' hIl IL belly full, and then ,u,n
"round and kick q, her with both foe, "
nc proposition 10 bond Plate
county Tor Sl,O0O,OOO for rock ronJ.
lost by u vote of 1901 10 I2sO A
'Mo-thlrds majority was necessary >,
carry me proposition. The towns nv
c'pt weston, voted for tho bo,Js |
WINE NE farmers were against Then
an accident that was fatal 10 Tho
s,ecd, but without personal harm :,
INC fidcr Is recorded by tho Iibcr,v
advance, Dorothy Mcrcncss wns riI. |
ing her fine saddle pony 10 Sundn,
school when the animal st,nncJ -,
one 'nd OF sharp stick which flew
inward IN such a way that the other
enc penetrated the pony's groin nnJl
utcs. ~" "''"-
"A go0d-n0turcd Atchison county
farmer Is offering reward for Tho
return "I his lister. The polite nm.
nounecmcnt printed in the State Line
herald Is as follows: "WilI the man
who borrowed my lister last fall. IN
Pl"W Out hts potatoes, please return II |
ana receive reward? X. r.. Miller"
"A check for Ss and an order far
EIGHT ears of your best seed corn. 10
DC shipped by express under "A double
valuation came from an Illinois buv.
sr last week to Ber, Mcmillan, who
lives Just over the line in Missouri
from the home Of Editor Sanger, ofl
the state Line Herald, at blanchard.
III you can't go across, come
across was the slogan of Trcnton's
campaign for the Third Liberty Iono
Editor Rogers used this slogan in
black face siX-point dashes in every
column and on every mage of thc
the drive. "''"s
Overcome by the wanderlust tbo
printers in the Times plant nj Iron
ton departed hence" the other Mich.
without so much as saying good'bve
TO Editor Briggs, who was Obliged the
next day to make hurried trim To-
Kansas City in search of more print
ers-.nrobably Of the same sort.
Making 3,Os2 separate individual
safes, which amounted to $ls8.24, the
Campfire Girls, of Trenton, made Ss5
net profit for the local Red Cross
chapter. The sales were OF CANDY,
gum, mints, etc., the material being
Furnished the girls by the Christopher
Thurber Grocery Co. at a special
price, The sales were made on the
street In one day by 4s girls, and av
eraged 65 sales for each girl.
When $4,000 was asked of Mer-
Ger county as their quota of the Third
Liberty Loan for one month, more than
twice that amount, or $202, 900 was
raised In one day, reports the Prince