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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12
MINERAL BELT
BUILT IN HERE.
Matthews Says First Train Will
Run Over Own Lines into
Baxter Springs Monday,
July Is.

The Mineral Belt Railway Company
has completed the building Of their
lines into Baxter Springs, according
to the superintendent of the road
William Matthews, who was in Baxter
Springs yesterday evening for a short
time. Freight and passenger service
will be established the first of the
week between this city, Picher, Card
in, Commerce, Century, st. Louis,
Hockeville, Quapaw and Miami over
this road.
The Mineral Belt company have an
arrangement with the Frisco company
to transfer freight and passengers to
the latter company from the former
at this point and vice versa.
As this is the junction point Baxter
Springs will come in for considerable
advertising. All freight coming over
the Mineral Belt for north, east or
west points will be marked via Baxter
Springs.
The Mineral Belt company have en-
loved a wonderful business since the
first part of the line was built between
Miami, Picher and Tar River about q
year ago. The company has exper-
fenced some difficulty in getting ma
terial and labor and did not get into
Baxter Springs quite so soon as they
expected.
Quite a deal of speculation has been
induleed in here in Baxter Springs
and other towns along the line As to
who Is the owners Of the line. Men
who have been connected with the
company stOutly maintain that j. A
Frates, a Tulsa oil man, is the owner
of the road. Many people have BE-
cause of the use Of Frisco engines
and cars and esrtain arrangement
with the Frisco that the Frisco own
the road, but this Il denied By thOs'
who claim to know. The Mineral Bet
q Baxtsr's third TailrOad and foura
lrsilWuE. ~
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12
EDRINGTON SUES
FOR sum $1,000
Claims He Was to Have Had a
Commission for Promoting
Sale of Baxter Hotel a
Few Days Ago.

Columbus, Kas., July ia. c. Ed
rington of Baxter Springs, q real es-
tate dealer, Tuesday filed suit against
J. M. Dietrich and Lucille Dietrich for
$1,000 which he claims they owe him
for promoting the sale Of the Baxter
Hotel Of which H. L. Shultz was pro-
prietor. The hotel property valued at
approximately $4O,OOO.OO has been at
tached pending the settlement Of the
suit.
EdringtOn claims to have been en-
ployed by the Deitrichs to purchase
the property for them and for his ser
vices they agreed to pay him the sum
Of 1000. The stipulation price Of the
property was $4,000. Edrington says
he carried out his part Of the contract
but that he is unable to collect his
commission.
The property consists Of the Hotel
building and all equipment and the
west 80 feet of lots seven and eight
and west 80 feet of the south twenty
feet feet Of lot 0, block 10, Of the city
of Baxter Springs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12
MOVING into
NEW LOCATION
M. B. RICH MOVING GRO
Gerry INTO OLD POST
OFFICE BUILDING
WILL HAVE PRETTY STORE.
Building Has Been RemOdeled-
VIII Carry a Heavy Grocery
Stock for Outside Pat
.rOnage

Pursuant to a plan followed by the
Daily Citizen to mention improve
ments to the business or residence
section of Baxter Springs is due now
the story of how M. B. Rich came up
from Arkansas some months ago and
built up a grocery business that has
outgrown his first place Of business
so completely that his moving this
week into the old Post Office build
ing, is not q decision at all, but just
u natural consequence.
While Charlie Smith and his force
of mail and stamp dispensers only vo-
Gated the building a few days ago it
is characteristic of Baxter Springs
hustle that the building has been thor
oughly overhauled new concrete
floors, new ceilings, new light fixtures
almost a new building. 1t is also
quite the usual order in Baxter
Springs to say that Mr.. Rich is NOV
ing his grocery stock in one door as
the plumbers, painters, carpenters,
cement workers, electric light men,
etc, are carrying their tools out the
other door. The store room proper
has been equipped with shelving and
fixtures of the latest grocery design
and everything is arranged with q
view to keeping things clean and con-
serving space. It's going to be fine
grocery store. Mr.. Rich hopes to at
tract out of town trade as well as
home trade. He is one Of those fel-
lows who believe there is plenty OF
business for everybody in town If they
can reach out and get it.
Mr.. Rich has all the faith in the
world in Baxter Springs and says it
is fine place to live as we'll as fine
place to do business. Mr.. Rich is the
successor to the Baxter Supply Com
pany. He belongs to the class Of men
who are not only good town builders,
hut who keep it good after it is built
which is quite as important.
The room Mr.. Rich is vacating will
be utilized by the Woods store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12
COOPERATED WITH CITY
C. Of C. Will Back City Administra-
tiOn to Compel 8. W. r. R.
Co. to Repair Streets.

The Baxter Springs Chamber Of
Commerce will back up the city ad-
ministration in every way possible In
its campaign to compel the South
west Missouri Railway company to fix
up and keep in repair the city's main
street, Military avenue, which the
street railway put in a bad condition
when the line was built through the
city, several months ago. A resOlu-
ton to this effect was adopted unan-
imously by the directors of the Cham
Der Of Commerce at their noon lunch
cen Tuesday and also the directors
urged the immediate passage Of .
city ordinance regulating the speed
limit Of the interurban cars through
this city. The directors declared thil
cooperation win the city win extend
to taking the matter before the pub
lie utilities commisslon Of the state Il
such 4 eouEst Be nsesasaEy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

The Constitutional Lead Sand Zinc
Company has:unade q number Of I'M
provements at the Midas plant at
North Century Of late, among which
are q Door Thickener, which has just
been completed and q Butchart flota-
tion plant, which Is being installed at
present. The water fight that has been
wSeed at the Midas is over and splen-
did ore Is being taken out, 30 the COM
pany decided It was time to put the
plant in condition to get out all the
ore possible with the latest improve
ments. -.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12
DEFINED ACTION
BAXTER SPRINGS
CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAIN
ED WHY CITY IS BUILD
ING THE SEWERS
NE THINKS CITY IS RIGHT
Moore Wants Absolute Author
ity Without Interference
From Council or Others
Or VIII Let II Alone

II would seem from remarks made
by some of the councilmen and others
that Albert Moore, consulting engin-
eer on the sewer construction, wants
either absolute authority to 60 ahead
on the completion Of the Plummer-
Adams sewer construction contract, or
wants to let it alone.
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday, Chas. Wells said that even
yet the sewer proposition was q little
hazy to him and asked the city attor-
ney, R. e. Rosenstein, II now that the
city has decided to 60 ahead and
build the sewer the proposition is up
to the consulting engineer, or words
to that effect. Mr.. Rosenstein replied
that It is not exactly that way. II the
Plummer-Adams people had staid on
the job and were not employing
enough men to complete the work in
the specified time then Il is up to the
engineer to hire more men and speed
up the work, but in this case the con-
tracing company have quit absolutely
throwed up or abrogated their con-
tract. The bonding company, Mr..
Rosenstein says, were given first
right but had done nothing after q
reasonable time was given them and
thea he thinks It was mp 70 the city
to taAe the action that has been taken
and to work with the engineer to build
the remainder Of the sewer system.
One of the c0uncilmen said that Mr..
Moore had taken the position that If
he is going to do anything he was go
ing to do IL and If not he wasn't.
Mr.. Rosenstein says the city will
build the sewer and If It is built for
$4,000 less than the estimate then
the Plummer-Adams company will
make that much money by doing moth
ing, but II the system costs $4,000
more than the contract price with the
Plummer-Adams company then the
bonding company will be expected to
pay the difference. In short, he said
the city is trying to carry out their
part Of the contract.
At the meeting last Friday night
the city instructed the engineer and
superintendent to 60 ahead and put on
a full force of men and complete the
work as swiftly as possible.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

The mills of this district went into
operation again Monday morning af-
ter period of inactivity Of four days
in which most of them remained idle
by agreement. It was believed that
the employees would not be at their
best for the remainder Of the week
after July 4 and it was also the belief
of the operators that a shutdown for
a few days would assist in boosting
the ore prices yet higher, hence the
inactivity. Monday morning found
scores Of the plants in operation and
the district took on the appearance OF
old times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

/ The sisters Of Mrs. Russell Hale,
who are here from South Carolina
visiting her, went to Aurora, No,
Wednesday where they VIII visit Fsla-
tive and friends for . Few dayA.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Shead and son, Roy
and their mother, Ms. A. s. Heard,
are going to leave for a vacation and
fishing trip up by Ellis Falls. They
will motor through. .-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12
CALL FOR z I.
ALL CLASS ONE
FIFTY-FOUR MEN TO GO TO
CAMP FUNSTON AND
IL TO RILEY
LEAVE WEEK Of JULY 22|
Understood the Men viii Leave
Monday, July 22-Will Ex-
haust Nearly all Men in
Class One

nauSt NearIy all Men In
Class One
Columbus, Kan, July 1.-THE locaI
selection board has ordered seventy
two men to report at Columbus to en-.
train for Camp Funston and Fort Ril.
ey during the week of July 22. 1t Y
that they will leave Mon
day, July %.
The contingent will virtually ex.
haust all of the men in class one. The
men who registered June s probably
will be called to fill the next contin-
gent that is called probably within o
few months.
OF the seventy-two who will leave
the twenty-second of this month, fif-
ty-four will be taken to camp Funston
and fourteen to Fort Riley. Their
names and addresses follow:
Baxter Springs
Homer Frank Decker, Funston.
Hudson A. Elliott, Funston.
William Herber Denton, Funston.
William Harrison Mcclure, Funston
To Camp Funston.
Cleo Chester Hunt, Columbus.
Omar o. Sullivan, Weir. 4
Glen Mckinley HOuser, Columbus.
Walter Christensen, Mineral, -.
Daniel Pittman, Galena.
Fred Hobard Wise, Weir.
Charles Harley Fewin, Columbus.
William Hastings Cowan, Galena.
William Cecil Mallett, Galena.
Bryan James Foley, Columbus.
Charlie Williams, Weir.
Stephen Lloyd Cheney, Asbury, Mo
Michael Dennis Sullivan, Weir.
Oscar E. Smith, Columbus.
Claude Leo Rodgers, Faulkner.
Ralph Finch, LawtOn.
Harry Jarrett, ChetOpa.
Ernest E. Fadler, Carthage, Mo.
George Christopher Sounder, Col
lmbus.
Fred Frank Brown, Medford, Mo.
Michael Patrick Grain, Scammon.
Earon MazzOla Savino, West Min
eral.
George Burton Davis, HallOwell.
Carson S. Bremen, Columbus.
Freddie Leo Harrington, McCune.
Homer Ernest Paul, Galena.
Ed Merciez, Carona.
Leonard Munroe Bennett, Douthat
Okla.
Edward Samuel Berry, Galena.
Monte Williams, Galena.
William Evans, Roseland.
Jess Wholford, ScammOn.
Barney Maccari, Cherokee.
Ernest Cundiff, HallOwell.
Thomas Wilson Riley, 0swegO.
Erich Bernhauser, Weir.
Joe Male, McCune.
Henry Washington BettertOn, Red
Star, Arkansas.
Earl Applegate, Buffalo, Mo.
Francis Masterson, ScammOn.
Phillip Dougherty, Weir.
Glen Randolph Gist, Pryor, Okla.
Rufus Ellsworth Allen, McCune.
Floyd John Anderson, Faulkner.
Frank Edward Standsberry, Galena
Horald Barnett Shelley, Galena.
Mike Carpino, Roseland.
Perry Harley ElwoOd, Irwin, Mo.
mon.
Roy Emery osthoff, Columbus.
Frank Elmer Brock, Galena.
James Everth Poore, Scammon.
Chester Arthur Pruitt, Weif.
Henry Glen Wright, Wen.
Raleigh Newton. WoOdGd, Columbus
Joseph Patrick Sullivan, Weir.
To Fort Riley.
John Macari, .Cheroke.
Fred Male, McCme.
Fred Harrison Groves, Treece.
Chauncey 1ngales Mead, ChetOpa.
Milt Barmore, Saint Maries, Ia
Gilbert Worstler, Columbus.
Antonio Cara, Cherokee, ,,s''
John Maynard BurrOwa, Lowell. :.
Herman Ebert Weir. ,,.--'-.-
Tom JeOna, carOna. .-,s,;. ais -
Elmer Braeknsy, Weir. So,
wntOrd Uttley, Columbus. s'
Werner AIlSn Kuyksndall, COLUMBIA
Nm. Waltw Th0mas, Who ruIidss I
fsw milss fEun fhis eiiE has n
nnniln
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

. The wsIi-FsrtO Express Co. haat
moved 10 THAR nsw hea9wartan q
tie Frisco depot = a - ~
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Hswn, of the Frisco
Cafe, have gone to Mountain Grove
No., for q few days on business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

]. Alex Manners from huskoeee,
IL visiting his sister Ars. g. =. Rich
ardsnh. . ~ : - -, 81, -,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

Mr.. and Mls. w. H. Shead have as
their guest hersmOther, Mrs. A. s.
Heard, of Walnut, Kas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

Nr. and Mn. s. n. Haley, living on
East Twsutysthird street, have a very
SICK did
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

A. Hawkins, Of Lamar, No., was in
this city Wednesday transacting busi-
ness. -,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo .TresCe,, from
Treece, Kas., visited BAXTER Springs
= .Ha-.H.r -
last night. =, .issls.e Es.A
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

Mr.. and Ma Lass. HsInoa gue
daughtsrs Nsrg1sEits, Isens -
Ru1ln1u. tin'l,1 DIiie'yl1 d ,i
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-07-12

An. Waltsr Thomas, Who rsIidsS .
fsw uilss frum thls oiiE las q
mlll
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
DREADED ENEMY OF AVIATOR
Most Expert Altman, Caught in Fog,
Is Practically at Mercy Of
Circumstances.

Nothing connected with the history
of aviation is more remarkable than
the way in which the weather difficult
ties and dangers of a few years ago
have been reduced to the level of
minor Inconvenience by the increased
skill Of aviators and especially by i'm
prOvements in airplanes. 1t is hardly
an exaggeration to say that at the
present time the only serious outstand-
ing meteorological problem of the avi-
ator is fog.
There is no means of keeping ones
bearings when flying in or over a
fog, and the same is, of course, true
of low-lying clouds. The compass
tells which way the machine is point
Ing at any moment. but not the di-
rection in which it is flying, except
when travelling exactly with or
against the wind. There are no land
marks in the air. Even more serious
is the problem of landing in a fog.
The chances are always considerable
of striking dangerous obstacles, such
as trees, buildings, or telegraph wires,
or of alighting in bodies of water,
swamps, etc. Moreover. as one vet
eran flyer has stated, "what is dis
tressing to the airnen in fog is the
impossibility of knowing whether he
scending full tilt into hills, trees or
houses without time to save the stu
ation."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
PUT "BAD LUCK" IN DISCARD
When the Game of Life Is Analysed,
There Is No Such Thing to
Be Found.

There is no such thing as dad
luck" The belief in it is gross SUI
perstition. 1t is claimed that there Is
a lot of luck in poker. lily observa-
ton has been that the man who wins
at poker consistently is merely the
best player of poker. There are some
who have "a run of luck" But II
the run" lasts three minutes the OPP
posite "run" generally lasts equally
long. If the good luck holds, up for a
year, the bad luck appears during the
next year. Amy habitual card-player,
unless he is a very poor player or
an unusually good one. vii tell you
that his winnings and losses just
about counterbalance.
In poker, as in life, the final deter
mining factor is skill, knowledge of
the game, patience, taking advantage
Of opportunities. II you have a pre-
monition that you are going to fail
in an undertaking you are promising
yourself disaster in advance. you are
merely saying to yourself: II know
/ am not equal to that. I'll fall down
on it, sure" Dismiss the premonition.
Throw away the charms" and tails
mans. Get on the job.-James Hay.
Jr., In McClure's Magazine.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
ON CHRISTMAS DAY

On Christmas day the tots will prance
About the house. and laugh and dance
And shout and sing, until the place
Shall seem fairyland. where grace
And JOY are mingled in romance.
And neither time nor circumstance
Will have the slightest sort of chance
To mar their pleasures as they race
On Christmas day.
But, boy, while may often glance
On each ecstatic countenance,
And while each little ones embrace
May bring the sunshine in my face,
My heart will be with you in France
On Christmas day.
Ralph M. Thomson.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
THE BEATITUDEs

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for
they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they
shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy
Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for
they shall be called the children of
God.
Blessed are they which are perse-
cuted for righteousness sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
ADVERTISING RATES

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secuIive insertions. Alternate inser-
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furnished on application.
Reading Notices: SC. per line for first
Insertion; &c. per line for each suisse
quent insertion. One change a week
allowed on readers without extra COM
position charges.
Legal advertisements at legal rates
Electros must be mounted. or charge
will be made for mounting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS


From the walls of yon cathedral
Comes sweet celestial Ginning,
Comes a rhythmic rhyming, rhyming,
In the air the Christmas spirit
Fills my heart with fervent feeling
And a longing stealing. stealing,
Leads me to the crowded door.
There within the old cathedral
Mid the tapers golden glowing
Mid the incense flowing, flowing;
There kneel in contemplation
OF the Lord we all adore;
There I kneel in alteration
Of the Lord we all adore.
Now turn my footsteps homeward,
For voice is gently calling,
Thru the snoWfiakes falling, falling,
IT'S the voice of those who love me;
Never ceasing, ne'er ignoring,
Mid the yule logs roaring, roaring,
With a love that's born today.
There I find that smiles await me; .
There / find the tender greeting,
And the time is f1eeting, fleeing,
While / warm in meditation
OF the joyous Christmas day;
While / warm in exultation
Of the merry Christmas day.
L. II. c.. '09.
Mt. st. Mary's, Christmas 1907.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25

The Ocala Star tells us to put the
"fact that all else being submerged
but the island of Marion, it's jewellers
could grow and get fat" in our "pipe
and smoke it." Sounds sorter like a
"pipe Dream" doesn't it?-Tampa
Tribune
If you really think it is a pipe
dream, come up here for a week s
visit and we will wake you up.-Ocala
Star.
Better add Alachua county to be
perfectly safe.-Gainesville Sun.
Sure, we always want Alachua, and
Putnam and Lake, and Citrus; in
fact, all Florida this side of the SUI
vance. We was only talking about
what we could do; not what we want
ed to do. =
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
A MANGER SONG
by Eleanor Farjeon)

by Eleanor Farjeon)
Whence got We your soft, soft eyes of
the mother. o soft-eyed COW?
We saw the Mother of mothers bring
forth, and that was how.
We sheltered her that was shelterless
for little while,
We watched the milking Babe at her
breast, and we saw her smile.
Even as she lay upon the straw, and
even as we
Took her sleep in the dark of the
Manager unfretfully.
And when the dawn Of the strange
new star discovered her thus,
The ray that was destined for her and
for Him fell also on us;
The light passed into her eyes and
ours, and full in its flood
We were first to behold the first
mothering look of the Mother
of God.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
SERVICE STARS

A star shone down on Bethlehem
To, say, "From this low manger-stall
A boy shall go into the world
He shall make wars and Anglers cease
And bring the troubled nations peace. y
A star in many a window hangs
This Christmas day to say again:
sFrom this small house a boy goes
forth
To bring once more good will to
men.
Even if he die, no life can cease
That drives the troubled world to
peace"
Akin to Bethlehem's each bright
And silent service star tonight.
Mary Carolyn Davies
in COSMOPOLITAN.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
Sign Of Coincidence.

Some folk are plastered with gobs
of hard luck, others have it suddenly
thrust upon them, but to have 1t STAR
ing one in the face is enough to get
anyone's nanny That is what hap
pened to a joyrider on the outskirts of
the city last evening He was bowl
ing along. with a heavy foot on the
gas. when suddenly there was a loud
report like that of q French rs and the
flivver came to standstill. The chauf-
feur muttered something, then jumped
out to learn which tire had blown out.
Before he had done so there was a
merry chuckle from the young woman
seated in the automobile She pointed
a finger at sign on the front of the
building where they had CINE to q
standstill. Look, Billy she called
TO him. The sign read, william Hard
luckt, carpenter" What Billy thought
he said aloud and the maid held her
ears SO as to avoid registering his tenn
perament.-New York Sun.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25

Mr.. John F. Parker and his son
James of Leroy were in town Tues
day. Mr.. Parker has been informed
by the war department that his son,
Private VIM. D. Parker, with an in
fantry regiment in France was
slightly wounded Oct. Is. Mr.. Par
ker says that while he is sorry the
boy was wounded. he is mighty glad
he was there helping make the world
safe for democracy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25

When the peace conference meets,
the Germans are going to find that
what they measured unto the Rus
slams at Brest-Litovsk will be melted
unto them again, heaped up, pressed
down and running over. They won't
even be allowed in the conference
room until they are led in to sign the
documents that the Allies have drawn
up.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25

This county has risen to every war
work task put upon it this year with
the exception of it's quota of war saw
ings stamps. This it has failed in
because it was task beyond reason.
A hundred thousand dollars would
have been about the amount that the
county could have taken. Over half
million was beyond our strength.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25

In the old days, when Germany
worshiped st. Nick she was lovable.
In the fifty years in which she learn
ed to worship Old Nick, she became
horrible. Let US hope that the spirit
of ST. Nicholas shall enter into her
little children, so that fifty years
from now she may become lovable
again