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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11
POTOSI.

Mrs. John Reynolds, an old resi-
dent, died at her home in the village
Tuesday morning.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Long
kamp, whose death was previously
mentioned in the Herald, took place
Tuesday morning from her late home
to the new st. Andrew cemetery and
was largely attended. Rev. FIR. Schef-
fer Ctticiated at the burial service.
Mrs. Longkamp died Saturday even
ing, Nov. both at s o'clock. She was
taken sick with influenza which later
developed into pneumonia causing her
death. She was given the best of
medical and other care but to no
avail. She answered the call of the
angel of death and was taken away
from her fond loving husband and
four small children ranging from 4
days to six years of age. The young
woman was born April 23rd, 1892 and
died Nov. Both, 1918, aged 26 years, z
months and days. Her sweetness
OF disposition won her many friends
and her untimely death is mourned
by all who knew her. She was a
daughter of Mrs. Kate Markus and
the late Peter Markus of Potosi. She
was united in marriage to John Long
kamp at st. Andrews church by Rev.
FIR. Pape Jan. Sth, 1911 and to their
union four children were born. She
was devoted wife and very attentive
mother and her passing away has
virtually broken up the once happy
home. Besides her heart broken hus-
band and four little children bereft
of loving mothers care, she is
mourned by her mother, one sister,
Mrs. Wesley Longmeier, and three
brothers, Joseph and Leo of Potosi,
and Herbert with the army in France.
Mr.. Longkamp has the heartfelt symp-
athy of the entire community in his
sad bereavement To be left with
four small motherless children is
surely sad. He desires to express
his sincerest thanks to all kind people
for their assistance during the sick
ness and death of his beloved wife
and for the kind care of the children
and also for the beautiful floral Of
ferings.
Another old pioneer resident of the
town of Potosi has gone to her re-
ward. Mrs. Isabella Leindecker for
more than 70 years a resident of the
town Of Potosi died of dropsy at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. James
Hedley in Dubuque, Tuesday morn
ing, Dec. at o'clock, after an ill
ness Of two years. Mrs. Leindecker
was born in Dubuque, Ia, July 18th,
1889, and died at Dubuque Dec. Bird,
1918, aged 70 years, 4 months and 4
days. She came to the town of Pc
tosi with her parents, William and
Ann Atkinson when small child.
Her parents settled in or near Rock
vile in the town of Potosi and where
she grew to young womanhood She
was married to William Leindecker
Nov. 26, 1854 and on the 26th of Nov.
1904 surrounded by their children
celebrated their golden wedding. Her
husband died few years thereafter.
Mrs Leindecker was the mother of
ten children, six of whom survive to
mourn her departure They are Mrs.
Alice Droullard of Cuba City, Mrs.
Jas. Hedley and Mrs. Chas. Taylor of
Dubuque and Mrs. c. E. Finney of
Saskatchewan, Can, Edward of Po-
tosi, and William of Lancaster. She
is also mourned by two sisters. Mrs.
Ellen Evans and Mrs. Eliza Parker
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11
GRANT RIVER.

Jack Joyce is the proud owner of an
Arabian pony, which he calls Jim .
A tie post is needed in the Pleasant
Ridge school yard
Mrs. Wesley Pollock and her moth
er, Mrs Mary Hoffman, spent last
Monday with Mrs. Frank Mclean.
Mrs. John Joyce spent Monday
with Mrs. L. WeisDenner
Paul Mclean has been hauling cord
wood to Lancaster the past few days.
L. Weisbenner, Ernest Mclean, Ed
Mclean, John Weisbenner and John
Joyce delivered hogs in Lancaster the
past few days. John Weisbenner de-
livered cattle also.
Dennis Oates helped Otto Losch cut
wood last week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11

Miss Edith Cliff is helping Mrs. OF
to Losch with her household duties
John Joyce and family attended
church in Bloomington Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Joyce is taking up
review work at the Pleasant Ridge
school while the Lancaster schools
are closed.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs Clay Fralick, Thursday.
Croft & Stephens had a good sale
last Monday
Ed. McLean's gray team ran away
last week.
Ellie Hoffman spent Saturday af-
ternoon with Dorothy and Lila Nc
Lean.
The community was shocked last
week to hear of the death of VIM.
Pollock in France His parents and
other relatives have the heartfelt
sympathy of all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11

of Dallas, Texas, and 81 grandchil-
dren, 81 grandchildren and one
t-great-grandchild and other rel
atives. The remains were brought to
Potosi and taken to the home of her
son Edward, Thursday afternoon. The
funeral took place from there Fri
day afternoon to the British Hollow
cemetery and the last Of the dear and
loving old mother was consigned to
the grave by the side of her husband
Mrs. Leindecker was a kind and low
ing wife, a devoted and indulgent
mother and sincere friend. She
had a cheerful disposition and would
greet everyone with pleasant smiles.
The family return thanks for the
beautiful flowers. The spray of
beautiful lilies presented by Jacob
Bonn was greatly appreciated for the
flower was the favorite of the de-
ceased.
Miss Theresa Kleine departed on
Thursday afternoon for Colorado
Springs. Colo. Miss Kleine is affect
ted with lung trouble and has gone
to Colorado for expected relief and
if not meeting with beneficial re-
suits there she will proceed to a
higher altitude.
Charles and George Argus of Otto
wa. ILL.,. and Henry Longkamp and
wife of Flagler. Col, came here to at
tend the funeral of their sister-in-
law, Mrs Elizabeth Longkamp.
Louis Emler for many years res
ident of the town of Waterloo, died
of apoplexy last Tuesday at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. Jos. Schmelz
in the village of Potosi. He was 20
years of age and mighty respected.
He leaves a grown family and some
grandchildren. The burial was made
in the Burton cemetery last Thurs
day.
Nineteen cars of hogs and cattle
were shipped from this station Tues
day and Wednesday
Fox & Cenfield and Bob Travis are
again in the field buying stock.
Fritz Elskamp is dangerously ill
with pneumonia at his home in the
village.
Miss Anna Mclaughlin youngest
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Nc
Laughlin, died at her home Satur-
day evening from dropsy and pneu-
monia She was 25 years of age.
George Baumler, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Baumler, died at
his home Saturday evening after a
brief illness of pneumonia He was
27 years of age. Besies his parents
he leaves two brothers, Charles, re
Gently discharged from Camp Grant,
and John with the army in France,
and one sister, Mildred. at home.
Fritz Elskamp died Monday morn
ing after an illness of few days with
bronchitis, developing into pneu-
monia. He was about 80 years of
age. He leaves a wife with no chill
dren.
G. ]. Ragatz returned from his Cal
ifornia trip Sunday night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11

and Mrs. Robert Henry and baby and
all the j. Clark family with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Clark.
Roy Seipp of Lancaster, is working
for Gerhardt West during the vaca-
ton.
Mrs. Verna Pagel and children of
Lancaster, spent a few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Jerrett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11

London-Prince Adalbert, third son
of the former emperor, has joined the
present government, according to
Berlin dispatch to The Express. He
is now at Potsdam.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11

DO I bore you?" asked the mos
quito, politely, as he sunk half-inch
shaft into the mans leg.
Not at ALL replied the man. as he
squashed him with a book. "How do
Istrike you PIX.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-11

A negro was trying to saddle a
mule, when bystander asked: "Does
that mule ever kick your mo sub,
but he kicks sometimes whar Ise jes
BEEN"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-01
JEWISH GIRL IN THE BATTALION
OF DEATH.

That there is Jewish girl in Russia's
battalion of Death" comes to us on the
authority of VIM. G. Shepherd, the Amer
lean correspondent now in Petrograd
In the March number of the Delineator,
he contributes an article on "The Soul
that Stirs the Battalions of Death" and
relates the following incident
1t was much like a suffrage parade in
the bad old days, that march from the
station to the shed barracks. Soldiers
lined the roadway and made remarks
which seemed funny to everybody but
the girls. Before noon three soldiers,
more daring than the rest, not under
standing that the women had really
come to the front to die for their coun-
try, appeared at the door of the shed,
tried to look inside and said leeringly,
I'VE have come to see the girls"
There was a little Jewish seamstress
on guard as sentinel at that door. She
made no cutlery. She simply raised her
rife toward them and said:
There are no girls here; only soldiers
of Russia
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-01
March l, 1918.

one form of the expressed will of the
Jewish people to live.
Zionism is not a religious, cultural,
political, racial or economic movement.
1t is not reform 1t is not a philoso-
ply. 1t is simply the name given for
the time to one of the manifestations
of the will to live Zionism will not
solve the Jewish question or any of the
Jewish questions. Life for the Jew in
and out of Palestine will be much the
same after as before. Zionism will
make the Jew once more an Indigenous
being, like all other racial or national
groups. If he is not now such group,
it will make him one. 1t will give his
life local coloring. 1t will once more
give him a point of orientation. 1t is
easily possible that it's benefits will be
offset by ill effects. 1t will empha-
size national life, thereby tending to
make the Jew less truly cosmopolitan.
On the other hand it will tend to make
him more truly international. The
successful plotting of a ship of state,
the crew of which will be so heterO-
genously chosen as the Palestinian pop
ulace is likely to be, will be no easy
task and may be fraught with grave
dangers to entire Jewry. One feels
somewhat like Hamlet, in doubt whether
it is better to bear those ills we have
than fly to others that we know not of.
Zionism is not the antidote for anti
semitism any more than anti-semitism
is an antidote for Zionism. Zionism is
not a national investment any more
than a home is an investment. There
can not be real group consciousness
without group centre. The congrega-
ton has it's synagogue or temple, the
lodge has it's lodge hall, the larger or
ganization has it's head office. Even
churches have something. akin to a
centre of influence The Catholic
Church has it's Vatican. Christian
Science has it's Mother Church. The
Jews, feeling common bond, whether
it be religious, racial, historical or what
not, have yet no common centre, no uni
versal Mecca. ZiOnism will furnish for
all things Jewish, capital, for better
or for worse. 1t will re-marry the Jew
to the soil as a people. 1t will conform
the Jew to the conventional in the mat
ter of racial habita tions. 1t will give
Palestinian soil to the Jewish soul that
has always been Palestinian in spirit.
The rest of Jewry it will neither ex-
patriate nor re-patriate.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-01
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
AFTERTHOUGHT ON ZIONISM
By Gustavus Loevnger.

people. 1t must have more. It will
fail miserably unless the mass of peo-
pie accept it as they would accept a
religious conviction. Unless and until
the mass of Jewry enroll beneath the
banner of Zionism it will never have
mission for the people. Aristocracies,
no matter how constituted, never per-
manently control the destinies of a peo-
pie. 1t needs no reference to historical
precedents and proofs, present or past,
to demonstrate this truism. The father
can no more live the life of his child
than leader can work out the destiny
of a people. No matter how many
statesmen declare themselves in favor
of Zionism, no matter how many gov
ernments pledge their support to it, no
matter how unanimously Jewish leader
ship may espOuse it, it cannot succeed
ii the Jewish masses do not adopt it
consciously and from conviction.
A movement like Zionism which must
affect people en- masse must be able to
be justified from many view points.
What one person may consider basic
reason will to another seem superficial
What may be very persuasive to one
pei oOu IIdy CARRY uO argument IOr
another at all. To illustrate. Some
justify ZiOnism on religious grounds,
an argument that has no force at all to
a certain class of Jews who may be
very ardent Zionists Notwithstanding
Another will justify Zionism upon cul-
tural grounds to whom the political
aspect may have no appeal. There is
one quality that seems to be common to
all arguments however, religious, Gull
tural, political, racial, nationalistic or
however they may be catalogued. This
common element is the desire to per-
petuate Jewish life or some phase of it,
The controversial aspect of ZiOnsm is
generally lively disputation over the
question whether one or the other of
these reasons for Zionism is sufficient.
The cultural Zionist feels called upon to
prove that there is distinctive Jewish
culture which can be perpetuated and
recognized only by the rehabilitation of
Palestine by the Jew. The religious
Zionist is impelled to prove that only
through Zionism can Judaism survive
and only through Judaism can the Jew
survive. The racial Zionist sees in the
razing of Ghetto walls the beginning
of the final diaspora ending in complete
assimilation unless a Jewish remnant
is preserved in Palestine. Back of all
arguments is the desire, the will of the
Jew to live. Some one has said that
the end of all life is life. Certainly for
the individual the preservation and
perpetuatiOn of life is an ever present
motive. This instinct for life as the
most precious of all possessions tn he
defended if need be with the taking of
life, has always been extended in fact
to the family the tribe, the tribal pos
sessions and institutions and as society
progressed to the nation and national
ideals. At heart probably every Jew
who has any Jewishness left in him de-
sires the perpetuation of his people.
1t is not necessary to speculate about
race consciousness or race solidarity.
The individual wills the perpetuation of
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-01

The time has come when every Jew
must take a stand on Zionism. 1t will
no longer do to claim to be a non-ZiOn-
list. An American citizen would not
claim to have no political views. He
might not share the convictions of one
party or another party but he must
have some opinions or brand himself
as ignorant, Indifferent and unpatri-
otto. A man may refuse to cast bal
lot in political campaign, but the eff
feet will be that he DISTINGUISHES him
self man may refuse to take sides
upon some public issue with the result
that he has no voice in the affairs of
his community or state. The campaign
will go on, the issue will be determined
without him. So with Zionism. The
Jew who does not now take sides, who
does not now express an opinion simply
DISTINGUISHES himself in Jewish affairs,
brands himself as one who does not care
to have voice in what is perhaps the
most momentous movement in Jewry
in two thousand years.
One reason why every Jew must be
either for or against Zionism is that
it has reached the stage of practical
politics and statecraft. ZiOnism is no
longer confined to Jewish dialectics.
1t has been forced into the arena of
world politics. 1t is no longer the pro-
tege of the religious dreamer or the
political idealist; it has been officially
recognized by one great government and
it is believed that another great govern
ment will recognize it at an opportune
time. 1t has received favorable notice
iy,f 1a hf~r1 1>1o4 IL I.
condition of provisional government
awaiting diplomatic recognition Zion
ism can now only go forward to success
or defeat. 1t cannot recede or stand
still. To do the latter would in itself
be defeat. So great is the momentum
that the movement has now reached
that it's force would be destructive if
not directed into proper channels In
calculable mischief might result from
Zionism now abandoned, betrayed or
misguided. Independent of the fate
OF the movement in the world read
justments in the Great Settlement that
must follow this War, even if the hope
OF the establishment of the Jews in
Palestine be not realized, great good
may result from the movement Better
that the movement should die because
intelligently and wisely opposed than
because abandoned or neglected. Bet
ter that it should never achieve recog-
milton than that thereafter the mass of
intelligent Jewry should afterwards dis
own it. Because of it's possibilities for
harm as well as because of it's POSSIBLE
tiles for good every thoughtful Jew
must elect to be either actively for or
against Zionism.
Zionism if successful will vitality
change the destiny of an entire people
Zionism cannot be successful unless it
has the support of the people whose flu
ture it seeks to divert into new chan
nels Zionism may be able to attract
the intelligentia, it may obtain the en-
thusiastic support of the great majority
of leaders, it may be able to elicit spora-
die approval from representatives of APP
Ripley County democrat., 1918-02-01
Mortgagee's Sale.

On Monday the 18Th day Of February,
A. D., 1918, at tie East Trout Door OF
the Court House in the City Of Doni-
phan, Ripley County, Missouri, between
the hours of nine o'clock in the fore
noon and FIVE o'clock in the afternoon.
will sell at public vendue to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following de
scribed real estate, situate in the County
Of Ripley snd State Of Missouri, to-wlt:
The S outh three-fourths Of the Nortb
half Of the South east Quarter of sec
tion Twenty [20), in Township Twen-
ty-two (22). North, Range One O
West Of the Fifth Principal Meridian,
containing sixty acres of land, more OF
less
This sale is made by reason OF default
in II conditions OF 4 certain Mortgage
Deed with power of sale, made, executed
and delivered to the undersigned George
W. Uhildress Ms mortgage by j. r,
Cole and Stella Cole his wife, dated the
9Th DAY of March, 1917, and recorded in
the office Of the Recorder of Deeds OF
Ripley County, Missouri, in Book 53 . t
page 1874
Dated Mt Douiphan, Ripley County,
Missouri this the 18Th day of january,
A. D 1918.
GEORGE W, CHILDREsS, Mortgagee
i2-5r
Ripley County democrat., 1918-02-01
MADE.IN.GERMANY lies
CIRCULATED IN CANADA

Canada Is also having trouble with
Made-in- Germany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation ac-
e0rdlng to an official statement re-
celved from the Canadian food con-
troller by the United States food adj
ministration.
The stories bothering Canada are
Of the same general character as those
the United States food adininistra-
tor recently denounced in this coun-
try, such as the ridiculous snlt and
blueing famine fakes and the report
that the government would seize
housewives stocks Of home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller estl-
mates that when the people listen to
and pass on such stories, ench one
has the power Of destruction that lies
In q battalion Of soldiers.
"Stories without even 4 vestige OF
foundation have been scattered broad-
cast said the Canadian statement.
aNor have they come to life casually.
They have started simultaneously 10
different parts Of the country and In
each instance have been calculated 70
arouse public indignation.
L <
Ripley County democrat., 1918-02-01
DoNIPHAN, MO, PERJURY /, 1918
THRIFT CONTEST IN SCHOOL
HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL Pu.
Pills TO COMPETE.
Prizes for Best Essays on copserva-
tlon-etate official sets Feb.
to Begin.

Uncle Sam is anxious for the school
children Of Missouri to tell him what
thoughts they have on the important
idea Of THRIFT.
Uncle Sam is very busy man these
days, fighting the German Kaiser, who
wants to destroy the country Of the
parents of the school children.
The nieces and nephews of Uncle
Sam in Missouri are going to be asked
to write their views on how they think
they should save a few pennies each
week to loan to Uncle Sam. For
every rs cents loaned the lender is to
be given per cent interest, COM
POUNDED QUARTERLY.
State Superintendent Of Schools Uel
W. Lamkih is planning for statewide
thrift contests in all of the elementary
and high schools.
The pupils are to write essays Of
800 words on why they should econo-
lmize and practice thrift. The children
are to advance ideas in these compost
tons as to how they can earn and
save money by which they can acquire
Thrift Stamps.
Recently five boys In one Of the
Counties earned SO each In one week
trapping rabbits. These youthful
Americans loaned the money TO Uncle
Sam.
Superintendent Lamkin suggests
that some liberal Scitizen In each
school district donate Thrift Stamps
to be awarded to the pupils writing
the best essay on thrift In each class
room, the prize-winning essays in each
district school to be placed in COM
petition with all the Other prize-win-
ners In the county.
The writer of the best thrift compo
sition will be awarded q s5 War Saw
sings Certificate.
Festus ]. Wade of St. Louis, state
director OF the War SaylDss Commit
tes, has had $500 in War Savings Ger.
tlficates donated, to be used as prizes
W w hWhAutu ttuC bCol tukhb tobdy .
In Missouri. They will be divided into
25 prizes Of four IS War Savings Ger
tificates.
The winners will be selected from
the essays written by the pupils in the
high schools and the four upper and
lower grades Of the elementary
schools.
The advanced pupils will not com
pete against the scholars in the lower
grades.
The Superintendent of Schools will
outline the definite plans of the con
test in a few days.
Il expect this contest" said Super
intendent Lamkin. Evil Great state
wide interest in the War Saving cam
pa!gn. It also will afford an excellent
opportunity for the school children to
suggest ideas on why they should
practice economy and thrift"
The thrift essay contest in the pub.
lie schools probably will begin about
Feb. !. " Y