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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
A FORMER CRISIS
IN ]. S. HISTORY
URGES BOND SALE
During Civil War Need Was Great,
but Financial System Did
Not Equal Present.
BY William chauncey Langdon.


l.. E. Chittenden, Lincoln's Register
Of the Treasury, tells in this Personal
Recollections of President Lincoln" Of
the anonymous Englishman who came
forward in 1862 to lend the United
States $5,OOO,OOO. and the herculean
efforts made to repay him.
British shipbuilders were construct
ing two armored vessels for the Con-
federacy. Our Minister. Charles Fran
els Adams, secured the issue Of re.
straining order Just in time, but it
could not be enforced until damages
had been secnred ss.&he deposit Of
$5,OOO,OOO sterling In gold coin, with
gold at 160! Where could he get it?
There was no transatlantic cable
then. when he had given up all hope
of arresting these vessels. quiet
gentleman called upon him and asked
If he might be favored with the oppor
tunity of making the deposit of coin
required by the order" The only con-
dition was that his name should not
be made known.
In this war many Englishmen-and
others-whose names we do not know
have supplied us with money or its
value-with munitions, and men, and
safety, and immunity from German
attack.
To this, our blood-bought benefit.
hundreds of thousands of anonymous
Englishmen ana Frenchmen and Ital-
ians and Belgians have contributed.
Shall we not repay them promptly
in kind by coming to their aid with
money and munitions and ships and
men, to the safety from German fury
Of those who remain, or Of their
widows and children?
This will cost! VIII YOU help?
How much? How soon? Buy Lib
erty Bond and thus pay little toward
the freedom you have enjoyed thus
far, as we'll as contribute towSd the
insuring of a like freedom and. we
trust, of am even greater liberty for
all In the years to come!
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
NO new AUTO BUYS BONDS
Liberty loan Speaker EnlIvens AZ.
sembIage Of Missouri Dentists.

DR.. Val Kunz, dentist, Of 325s
South Jefferson avenue, is going to
rattle along in his old automobile for
another season, at least.
The doctor hadn't intended to. In
fact, he had all but closed a deaLthat
would have given him. much better
machine in exchange for his old one
and $1,000 boot"
But Just at this point DR.. Kunz at.
tended meeting of the st. Louis
Dental Society at the St. Louis Club
Among the speakers at that meeting
was Thomas @. Dix, a speaker for
the Liberty Loan Organization of the
Eighth Federal Reserve District. which
is backing the Third Liberty Loan
drive.
Mr.. Dix brought home to the assem-.
bled dentists the importance Of the
success of the loan in manner that
raised 'em from their chairs"
Early next morning DR.. Kunz got
the other man In the automobile trade
on the phone.
"It's all off" said kunz.
"Why-what you mean?" asked the
astonished trader.
II heard Liberty Loan speaker
last night" said DR.. Kunz. "And I've
Just concluded that Uncle Sam needs
my dollars more than l need another
automobile. l bought a few hundred
dollars worth of the other loans.
thought was doing my full duty.
thought l was a sacrificing American.
Then forgot all about 1t.
"Henceforth I'm eating, sleeping
and living this war. I've been slack
er, IN so far as making the sacrifices
that an American should make in this
cause. That deal is off. My $1,000
and every other dollar can spare
goes into Liberty Bonds. Goodbye" ;"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Was on Torpedoed Ship

The U. 8. S. LAkemoor was
sunk by an enemy submarine a
bout midnight on April II, in
European waters, the navy de.
partmeht announced.
Out of Q total of tenn officers
and fifty two members of the
crew, five officers and twelve of
the crew have been reported as
survivors. The Lakemoor, a
cargo carrier of $500 tons regis,
ter, had recently been taken
over by the shipping board.
This is her first trip abroad.
The news of the torpedoing of
the Lakemoor was received in a
cable from Admiral Sims, which
did not contain full details.
The Lakemoor was built in
this country for foreign firm
and later taken over by the
shipping board. She was a new
vessel and sailed from an Allan.
tic port on her maiden trip.
ALL the survivors, have been
Tended at an English port.
Among tie survivors of the
vessel is Clarence e. Hensley of
Mansfield.
D,,, T ,ln,4,, D,~l,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
PATRICK HENRYS
FAMOUS ADDRESS
NOW APPLICABLE
Liberty or Death, Issue In War OF
Revolution, Is Issue In the
Great World War.

One hundred and forty-three years
ago in the Provincial Convention at
Richmond, Va, Patrick Henry, pa
triot to the last drop of his hearts
blood, flung into the faces of his wa
vering fellow delegates his now world
famous call to arms.
MIR. President" he cried, III We
ilean to preserve inviolate those In
estimable privileges for which we
have been so long contending; If we
mean not basely to abandon the noble
struggle in which we have been SO
long engaged and which we have
pledged ourselves never to abandon
until the glorious object of tonr' GOA
test shall be attained, we must fight!
Our brethren are already in the
field! Why stand we here idle? What
is it that gentlemen wish? What
would they have? Is life so dear or
peace so sweet as to be purchased at
the price of chains and slavery? For.
bid it, Almighty God! l know not
what course others may take; but as
for me, give me liberty or give me
death!"
There spoke patriot true. And he
won his fight. Liberty's struggle was
long and trying, but victory came at
last. And the shield of freedom, bla.
rzoned upon the doorways Of a new
nation, has grown brighter and more
resplendent with the passing Of the
years, until it stands today an inspira-
ton for all the world.
Yet over yonder across the sea the
mailed fist of Prussian autocracy is
raised in menace Its shadow is grow
ing smaller, but 1t Is a shadow still.
1t has lost some Of its power, but the
will to strike is yet there. And all
those "inestimable privileges" of
which Patrick Henry spoke are threat
ened and will continue so to be until
Prussianism> is crushed utterly.
"Our brethren are already in the
field! Why stand we idle here"
Think but moment on stricken
France, on pillaged Belgium. on out
ragged Serbia, on every land upon
which the polluting hand Of the Hun
has fallen, and fancy what our portion
will he If that same mailed fist Is
loosed upon our shores.
Then loosen your purse strings. Buy
Liberty Bonds.
Patrick Henry was right. Death
would be immeasurably preferable.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Can't Buy Without Now

On account of the abuse by
some consumers of the privilege
whereby a purchaser of wheat
flour could sign a certificate that
he had a certain amount of wheat
flour substitutes on hand and
was consuming them at the rate
of one pound of substitutes for
every pound of wheat -four con.
sumed,. the Missouri Division of
the Food Administration has
found it necessary to withdraw
this privilege with certain excep.
tions.
Flour may be sold without sub.
stitutes if the purchaser pre-.
sents to the retailer a certificate
from a miller showing that this
miller has ground or exchanged
and delivered to the customer a
certain amount of corn into meal
The retailer must indicate on the
certificate presented to him that
the holder of the certificate has
bought a certain amount of
wheat flour.
The dealer selling the flour
must then endorse the certificate
take it up and on the following
Saturday send it to his county
food administrator. This certi-
ticate is good for only one flour
purchase not exceeding the
amount the consumer is allowed
to buy.
By this method only those who
have had their corn ground at a
mill can buy -four without sub
stitues.
While the county administra-
tor has directly notified by let.
ter through the mails, all the re.
tailers of Wright county of these
regulations, it should be noted
that the Retailer is Responsible
for Ascertaining What the Law
is for Himself. The Plea That
He Has Not Been Notified Will
Excuse No Dealer Who Violates
These Regulations.
GUY WILLIS HOLMES
Federal Food Administrator
for Wright county.
Buy Liberty Bonds
Chicken dinner Saturday .-adv
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Save the Wool

Every woman in the State of
Missouri has been asked by the
Woman's Committee, Council of
of National Defense to quit MAX
ing colored sweaters, to quit
wearing woolen flowers on their
hats or knitting bags, or using
any colored wool whatsoever.
There is a great shortage of wool
oil over the worlds every bit of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
THE FARM AND THE NATION
Agriculturlsts Must Do Their Bit and
Help Win World War.

Every now and then, in driving
through the country, one sees par
ticularly we'll kept farm. Everything
is in shape and everything indicates
prosperity. The farm is a success.
What Is the secret. Of this? It is
that everybody on the place is busy
man, helping himself and helping the
others. All work and all work togeth-
er No matter what the weather, no
matter what attacks the crops. no
matter what the market, the business
prospers.
This country is engaged in big
war. Now is the time for-everybody
to work and work hard and help him.
self and otheEs- The best way to help,
II one is not at the front fighting. is
to help finance the undertaking. We
can't fail II we at home do our share
when we have men at the front max.
ing the supreme sacrifice.
Buy Liberty Loan Bonds.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Buy Liberty Bonds
The Kaiser's Prayer

Mine Gott, will you be mine par,
dner?
You don't know who | am?
I am the German Kaiser,
De EmperOror Will l. Yam.
You know l whipped dem Bel
gians
Und mitt bullets filled Russia
full,
And I'll whip France and Italy
And blow up Johnny Bull
Now all dem other nations o.,
don't give damn,
If you just be mine partner
And whip that Uncle Sam.
You know l got those submarine S
All Europe knows dot we'll
But dot Edison got a patent now
Vot blows dem all to h
Now, Gott, if you do dis,
Den you and will always love,
Und I vilbe Emperor of the earth
Und you be Emperor above
Butt Gott, eff you refuse me dis
Tomorrow night at eleven
I'll call my Zeppelins out
Und declare war on Heaven
| wouldn't ask dis from you
But it can be plainly seen
Dot when Edison pushes dot but
ton
got no submarines. -Ex.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
WHAT YOUR BOND WILL DO

The farmer who purchases a $1,000
Liberty Bond need not think he has
not done anything toward directly pro-
viding the War Department with the
means to defeat the Kaiser and his
armies. When the War Department
gets $1,000 It has the funds where
with to equip 25 soldiers and furnish
them with two rifles each. These 25
men may. by holding shell hole or
section Of q trench, decide battle
that will decide this war In our favor.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Prominent Men Here

E G. Taylor of Loup City, Neb.
and P. A. Glade of Grand Island,
Neb., both Stockholders in the
Pioneer Mining Co., arrived here
today as did also W. A Prince OF
Grand Island.
DR.. Farnsworth and E.P. Dori
ty of Grand Island, Neb., were
looking over the Mansfield min,
ing district this week.
Lee Shippey of the Kansas
City Star visited the Mansfield
mining district Tuesday. They
had heard so much about it in
Kansas City that the Star decid-
ed to have one of it's leading men
make an investigation and hence
Mr.. Shippey's visit at this time.
Mr.Sh1ppey seemed we'll pleased
over the prospects offered by
this field and says there is no
doubt that the ore is here. He
is one of the states best known
newspaper men and writer's, ar
ticles from his pen being III de-
mand by the editors of many OF
the nations best magazines. AS
a poet and philosopher. he has
gained wide reputation and his
Missouri Notes in the Star are
copied far and wide. He spent
some years in the country news
paper game and knows the work
from top to bottom. He is nat.
urally a booster and we appre.
ciate the kind words for the
Mansfield Mirror.
DR.. E. M. Shepard, expert ge.
ologist, who has been Investigate
ing mineral deposits in theMans
field and West Plains mining dis.
tricts, returned yesterday. The
geqlogist is very enthusiastic ov
er the mining prospects of that
section and believes it will devel.
op into one of the big mining
sections of the country.-Spring
field Republican.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25

which will be needed to keep our
soldiers and sailors warm. Wo.
men can surely rorgo style when
they know every coIored sweater
diminishes the supply of wool
just that much.
Buy Liberty Bonds
We have printed bills for Mrs.
Siias Rippee for sale Saturday
and for the Mrs. Laura E. Park
estate for a sale May 3.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Mining News

The A. Il. Friend Mining Co.
received new Keystone No. 4
drill this week, which will be
placed on the Carter lease.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25

The following have been report
ed to us since our last issue as
purchasers of-the Third Liberty
I Ioan Ronds.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-25
Additional Bond Buyers

The following have been report
ed to us since our last issue as
purchasers of-the Third Liberty
Loan Bonds:
Louis Getting
Ernest Getting
Martha Getting
G. A. Stephens
G l.. Turner
w. A. Rosevear
H. G. Cunningham
Aloth Cunningham
Chas. Schlicher
J. Lon Dennis
d. A. Taylor
H. E. Newton
Mrs, H. E. Newton
r. E. Cooley
Geo Evans
j. j. Rabey
VIM. Morgan
Charles Findley
Ira Brazeal
l.. T. Livingston
j. E. Brazeal
Fred Mcmillan
Earl Cauble
Buy Liberty Bonds
Mining News
The A. T. Friend Mining Co.
received a new Keystone No. 4
drill this week, which will be
placed on the Carter lease.
Buy Liberty Bonds
Tersely Told Town Tales
Saturday eat chicken with the
Baptist ladies. adv.
Orville Rippee of Cedar Gap
was here today.
w. o. Wright, formerly of
Mansfield is now with the Advan
ce Rumley Co. at Wichita, Kas.,
at 500 per month.
The ladies of. the Baptist
churh will serve a chicken din
ner Saturday, April q, in the
hall over Reynolds store. Ev'
ery body invited.-adv.
H. A. Haswell has arrived here
from Ockerville, Okla, and will
make his home on the farm with
his father, A. M. Haswell, who
recently movedhere from Spring.
field.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-11-27

The twentieth century has seen sucf
radical changes in world conditions,
views and aspirations, that am afraid
history will prove but poor guide to
the future. In the past few centuries.
Germany has experienced several more
or less semous social revolutions, but II
would be dangerous to predicate very
much upon those abortive uprisings.
As long as the officers remain stanch
to the kaiser little may be expected
in the way of successful revolution,
no matter how discontinued and rebel
lious the people at large may grow, but
! believe that the time will surely come
when the officers themselves will turn
against their government.
There may be two revolutions. The
civilians, consisting Of women, old men
and youths and others who have moi
been called into the army, may rise up
but their effort will be in vain. The
defeat Of such an uprising, however.
may be tho signal for greater one In
which portion Of the army itself will
take part, and then civil war Will re.
suit which will have no counterpart In
the worlds history.
The basis for this belief lies In the
fact that the officers Of the German
army realize the extent Of the distress
prevailing throughout the country.
Their families. as well as those Of the
rank and file are suffering from under
nourishment and privations, and they
know, even better than their interiors.
the extent Of the reverses which the
German army has suffered and will
continue to suffer and how the govern.
ment has misrepresented actual con.
ditions.
II the German officers consisted en-
tirely Of men of the old school men
who were willing to fight for fighting's
sake and who would rather continue
the war until the last German had
dropped than give in-we could not
look for much in this direction.
But the ravages Of war have dis
posed Of large percentage Of these
observation-disclosures officers and their
places have been taken by civilians
who have been raised from the ranks.
Therein lies the hope Of a successful
revolution.
will not venture guess as to when
that will be, but feel sure that 1t will
certainly come about. Fortified by q
large portion Of the army, the German
people will at last turn on their rulers
and destroy the throne and the whole
Hohenzollern regime.
In this connection, I recall q
prophecy made early in the war by an
honored colleague Of mine of Dresden.
an American dentist who had lived and
practiced in Germany for forty years
and understood the German people and
their rulers as well, perhaps, as any
man alive. He was leader Of his
profession and man whose judgment
on all things was most accurate. He
was in close contact with many leading
figures of the German nobility.
Germany will lose the war because
her cause is wrong" he declared. "She
will fight it through to the bitter end
until the foundations Of the empire are
absolutely destroyed"
THE END.
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GREATLY BENEFITED BY CHAM.
BERLAIN'S TABLETS.

II am thankful for the good have
received by using Chamberlain's Tab
let's. About two years when began
taking them / was suffering great
deal from distress after eating, and
from headache and tired, languid
feeling due to indigestion and a tor
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pid liver. Chamberlain's Tablets cor
rected these disorders in short time,
and since taking two bottles of them
my health has been good" writes Mrs.
M. P. HARDWOOD, Auburn, N. Y.-For
sale by A. C. Phillip.
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THos. +. CARIHnK.
ARCHITECT AID BULDER: super.
inten cent. Sou1bAast corner 9Th ana
Main streets, Dubuque. Iowa
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History.

History.
James iInparting his knowledge to
his younger sister: Rome was found
ed by Romeo and Juliet"
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IN. O. II. M0AaAN.

DIR. O. II. 10oA0AN.
ASSISTANT STATE V1R1MAY1ANs
Hospital on Delaware Ssreet. NM -.
chester, Iowa
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Democrat Want Ads bring results.
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@. X. READING, ARCHHTECr.
Plans and specifications ON all kinds
of work. OfAee S0S East Union street,
Manchester Iowa
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FRED h. BLAIR.

Lawyer. General practice. Probat-
ing Estates speciality. Office In First
National Bank Building. Main street
Manchester, Iowa.
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ARNOLD 4 ARNOLD.
attorneys AT LAW. Office ovel
Delaware County State Bank. Aanchss-
ter, Iowa.
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n. I. II. RICHMOND.
ANYONE WISHING TO SELL or rent
real estate in Manchester will do well
to see me.
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Y0RAM Y0RAM

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First National Bank Building. MAR
Street, Manchester, Iowa
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
ADDING VARIETY TO RATION
Feeding Alfalfa Hay Before Cattle
Run on Pasture Is Especially Good
in Avoiding BIoat

(By r. H. WILLIAMS, Animal Husband
man, Arizona Experiment Station.)
Stockmen have proved to their own
satisfaction that it pays to have some
alfalfa hay before cattle run on alfalfa
pasture. This is especially beneficial
in avoiding bloat and adding variety
to the ration. The animals seem to
get tired of succulent feed and wish
a variety. On this account it is al
ways wise to have a feed rack either
in the lane or in the field where the
animals may receive the dry feed.
Dairy cows especially will relish few
bites of the hay night and morning.
1t is simple matter to keep this hay
in the dry lot adjacent to the barn
where the cows may eat before nnd
after milking. Better gains will be
made in the young stock and also cows
will yield more milk and do better 1t
allowed alfalfa hay while on pasture.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
CAUSE OF DISEASED UDDERS
Bitter Taste and Rancid Smell in Milk
Traced to One Cow in Herd
Cases of Sore Throat.

Dairymen have occasionally been
puzzled by bitter taste and rancid
smell in milk, produced under SAM
tary conditions. 1t has been found
that such conditions can arise from
one COW in the herd with diseased
udder and a bacterium has been $50
lated as the immediate cause in the
milk. The bacterium credited as the
disturbing factor is said to belong to
the group lactis aerogenes. On farm
in Wisconsin they found three cows af-
fected with mastitis to which was
traced the cause of 200 cases of severe
sore throat among the persons using
milk from the herd.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
An Uncertain Birthday

He is a trifle absent-minded, but q
most dutiful brother and he congratu.
lated himself that he had never yet
missed sending his sister greetings for
her birthday. Feeling that her birth
day was imminent, but not certain
whether 1t was the sixteenth or seven
teenth, he dispatched his usual card
a few days ago. To make certain of
avoiding mistakes, however, he omit
ted the date.
A few days later he received a note
from his sister, saying that she real
ICED she was old enough to be called
of uncertain age, and so she presumed
the date of her birth was growing cor
respondingly uncertain, but three
birthday cards from him in one month
was a little too much, even for her,
and would he please change from birth,
day to Christmas or Easter greetings
as the little town in which she lived
was very gossipy. and so many birth
days might occasion talk.-Indianap
lis News.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
MUST RAISE DAIRY CALVES
visable That Farmers Begin
Raising Their Own.

If we are to increase the number
of cows, as seems advisable, some
farmers must raise calves of the dairy
type. 1t is hoped that many farmers
will decide to begin raising cows and
producing dairy products The first
essential will be food for the family,
then a surplus to sell, then soil fer
tility which will be possible where
cows are kept.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01

Client growth so that heifers may profit
ably be bred to freshen at two years
of age. 1t is seldom desirable for
heifer to freshen at an earlier age.
In deciding upon the time to breed,
the size and development should be
given greater consideration than the
age, since 1t is important that the heif-
er have good growth by the time she
freshens. However, if allowed to be-
come too mature before breeding, es-
pecially in the case of animals that
are heavily fed, there is sometimes diff
ficulty in getting the heifers in calf.
1t is undesirable to have cows fresh
en- during the latter part of the sum-
mer, because their milk production
will be seriously hindered by hot
weather, flies, and dried-up pastures.
Rather than have heifers freshen dur
ing the summer months, it is advisable
to postpone their breeding so that they
will freshen during the cooler season.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-03-01
Ashes for Garden.

In this day of great scarcity Of pot
ash, wood ashes are coming into their
own as one of the best fertilizers
known. Not one ounce of wood ashes
should go to waste in any home where
there is a garden.
Keep box large enough to hold sew
eral bushels of wood ashes, and into
this put the ashes from an ash pan.
Then. when the box is filled, sprinkle
the ashes over the garden. Potatoes,
grain, and all garden vegetables do
better by being fortified by wood
ashes.