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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
End Of InVinCibiIity,

When Bulgaria signed all armis
tice on the terms laid down by the
Allies, she did more than break
with the Central Powers alliance.
She broke the 5elief-prevailine un-
til lately over a great part a Europe
that Germany was invincible.
With that belief as her invisible
weapon, Germany used Austria
Hungary as the tool with which to
plunge the world into war. With
it, she was enabled to win the
Turks and the Bulearians to her
standards. 1t has been her greatest
aid in her dealings with Holland,
Spain and the Scandinavian ma.
tions. Constantine Of Greece had
the utmost faith in German irwin.
cibility and by reason of it broke
the treaty with Serbia. betrayed
his own subjects and let himself
be employed as spy and servant
Russia. finally come to the end of
her resources, comforted herself
with the notion that, after all. the
entente would have to give up the
struggle just as the Russians did,
says the Toledo Blade.
Materially. the downfall of Bull
saria is of democracy. Military
men will pronounce the advantages
gained as beyond all price. But
morally, the Allies victory is worth
far more than anything to be meas
ured in terms of arms and men
The belief IN the supreme power
of Germany to wreak her will Oh
the world has been so shattered, so
crushed and ground into the earth,
that it eau never again be put to
use by Prussia And nth that out
of the way. Germany will have to
fight purely on her merits as a
lighting machine.
Ii is loss which there is no
of her recovering.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
Don't Burn The Leaves.

Forest leaves of all sorts are rich
in the chemical elements that plants
need. Rotten leaves or leafmold is
one of the oldest and best fertilizers
used by gardeners, for it not only
enriches the soil but gives to it a
fine loose texture which is ideal for
plantgrowth. Garden soils of the
rawest and poorest condition will
show much improvement next
spring if a quantity of leaves is
spaded in this fall. Old gardeners
treat a strip of ground in this way
each fall, on which to grow the
most delicate vegetables the next
year
When leaves are raked up in the
fall they should be dumped on the
garden, or better still, piled up with
a small amount of manure. This
will form a compost of the richest
kind after the leaves have rotted.
The compost is spread thinly in the
rows when planting spring crops.
Mixed with an equal quantity of
earth, it makes the best potting soil
for house plants and for use on
flower beds. Leaves from trees
along the street should always be
raked up and used by gardeners in
in the neiehborhood. and forest
leaves should be collected wherever
available.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
Corporation Tax Loss.

The effects of the war in Mis-
souri, are reflected in the receipts
into the state treasury from the
organization of dometic corpora
tons. From October /, 1917, to
the first of the present month the
loss from this source was S2O6,6O2.
Many of the existing corporations
are reducing their capital stock and
their surplus. This action is not so
much due to the war as to the fact
that every corporation must pay an
annual tax to the state of 7 1-2
cents on each 500. In addition
these corporations must pay a state
tax of IS cents on the $100 as an
advalorem levy on the amount of
goods and wares they have on hand
and SIS a year to the good road
fund.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
For a Pure Seed Law.

The Missouri Farmers Assn. will
ask the next LEGISLATION to enact a
rigid Pure Seed Law for the protec-
ton of Missouri farmers. For years
Missouri has been a dumping
ground" for the crooked seed houses
in this and surrounding states and
our farmers have paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars for seed which
was worse than worthless. Such
states as Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas and Nebraska have had
pure seed laws for years-and hence
these crooked seed concerns sell
their good seeds in these states and
dump the bad stuff over into Mis-.
souri, where there is no law to call
them to account 10 the last sew
eral Legislatures, Sam NJ Jordan,
the famous Charlton County Farm
Agent made a strenuous effort to
put these Seed Hogs" out of busi-
ness-but strong and daring lobby
has always frustrated his plans and
thus the pure seed bills never got
further than the introduction
stage.
But the Missouri Farmers Assn.
represents 10000 of the best and
brightest farmers in Missouri and
its Board of Directors have blood
in their eye" on this question. An
"air tight" bill will be introduced
the moment the Legislature con-
venes-and woe to the Legislator
who doesn't come clean" on it or
who tries any dark lantern" meth.
ods while it is making the journey
through the Committees, In the
meantime, the Assn is anxious to
collect as much direct information
as possible from farmers who have
gotten "stuDg" on bad seed during
the last two or three years and such
farmers are asked to write to the |
Missouri Farmers. Assn, Colum-
bla. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
Hard Times For GroCerS.

In spite of high prices, the grocers
appear to be having hard time.
The government is holding down
the prices on many staples, and it
is claimed the margin allowed will
not cover cost of doing business.
In Omaha, Nebr., it is said SO gro.
GERS have gone out of business in
three months.
There are in most towns more
grocery stores than the people need.
That is in a way true of all lines
OF business. but it is particularly so
in this. 1t seems a comparatively
easy thing to stock up on little
lot OF canned goods aud paper box
stuff and make money selling to
your neighbors. But it is not so
easy as it looks.
In many towns all through the
residences districts, lot of little
grocery stores will start up just to
sell the immediate If it is a thick
ly settled city, the near by trade
may warrant a store. But this
thing is attempted where the popu.
lation does not begin to be enough.
These little neighborhood stores
save people from carrying bun
dies home from the center. But
they can't possibly do business
enough to do it cheaply. The peo.-
pie who buy in the central districts
where the stores can attract a
large trade by advertising, are the
ones that get the bargains. 10
these times people can not expect
TO have goods on sale within two
minutes walk.
1t is always regrettabe to see
people 60 into a business and be
disappointed. But they should have
considered whether they were eerv-
ing some essential need OF the COM
munity that was not being served
before, The people who try TO run
little stores duplicating the service
that other concern renders and di-
Vidine up the business, are not
much of productive force. They
would do the community more
good ana secure more permanent
employment. by entering some
more essential line of work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
"After the War;" "

According 10 the reconstruction
resolutions before Congress. it sp-
pears that no plans have yet been
seriously considered for the demob-
lization of our Army and Navy af-
ter the war. The problem as to
what is to be done with these men
must be solved.
Secretary Lane of the Interior De.
partment, appears to be the only
Cabinet officer who has come for
ward to announce a plan of better
ment for our soldiers when they re.
turn from the battle fronts. New
ertheless it is fact that practical.
ly ever Department and Bureau of
the Government has been develop
ing ways and means toward recon-
struction, and they will all be put
forward. Secretary Lane, in a let
ter to the President, recalls that fol
lowing the Civil War the soldiers
went upon the homestead land
which was thrown open to entry.
Congress is asked to get busy upon
a plan that has been outlined by
him to prepare government lands,
to supply drainage and other im-
portant and extensive improve.
ments that will be necessary before
land in great quantities can be
available. At the close of the Civil
War this was an agricultural rather
than a manufacturing nation. and
it is impossible to forecast the per-
centaee of soldiers who will 90 up
farm lands. 1t will be necessary to
provide employment for five mil
lion men and to transfer millions of
war workers into employment in
civil life
There is in process of completion
war orders amounting to billions of
dollars, and when a declaration OF
peace comes most of these will
necessarily be cancelled immediate
iy. Congress is beginning to pay
attention to these problems which
will entail great losses to manufac
turers running into amounts az
ereeating billions of dollars, and the
adjustment of which will create a
situation of uncertainty, that will
exist for years to come. Intimate.
ly connected with the question of
labor is the one relating to social
welfare" declared one of the Sena-
tors, who added that the European
countries have steps, nationally, re.
lating TO welfare questions; for ex-
ample, the provision for old age
pensions, life insurance and other
sinilar matters.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
For The Blue Triangle

there is a real. honey place neat
each camp authorized by the wal
department and presided over by
dignified and refined women, has
served very largely to discourage
the other type of woman and keep
her away from the men she former
ly preyed upon.
The Y. w. C. A. houses are not
established with any view to mark
ing class lines. however, although
many of the hostesses who assist
led lives of greatest ease and luz
ury before the war. Democracy
rules at the sign of the little Blue
Triangle.
A story is told of a great mer-
chants wife whose individual for
tune mounts to the million mark.
This lady is member of one of the
Y. W. c. A committees, and on one
occasion she was helping in the
cafeteria of a hostess house at the
Great Lakes naval training station.
A little shop girl who had day
of from her work in the basement
of the great store owned by the Y.
W. c. A. workers husband, and who
had come to see her sailor brother
was in State street hurry for
service. She sharply ordered the
merchants wife to look alive with
these forks, grille"
The lady addressed as grille"
quite humbly saw to it that the pile
of forks was replenished. Then she
went over and talked to the girl,
helped her to locate her brother
and sent her away happy The
shop giri never knew that she had
been taking to her employers wife.
There are two hostess houses at
the Great Lakes station, and it is a
wonderful sight to see the crowds
of women relatives and friends OF
the sailors who throng to them on
the Wednesday drill afternoons
From 1.00O to 5000 persons day
are cared for in the cafeterias, and
the nurseries are full of sailor
babies. whose mothers can leave
them there safely while they are on
the grounds
10 addition to the hostess house
work in this country the Y. w. C. A
has established the famous Hotel
Petrograd in Paris as a center for
transient women war workers over
seas There are also many foyers
or recreation centers in France
where girl munitions workers, sig
nal corps girls and others are re.
freshed and frightened by associa-
ton with the play leaders of the
7. W. c. A. who have introduced
American gymnasium classes into
French life.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25

Because it was founded in Eng
land. and because Salvationists
from all over the world are fighting
under the various flags of the AL
lies, the Salvation Army has been
wiped out of existence in Germany
and Austria by a special order of
the Kaiser.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25

The Missouri Baptist General AS
sociation has been postponed and
will now be held in Jefferson City
November lila provided the quar-.
antine is lifted by that time.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25


construction. attractively planned,
with wide verandas and a homelike
aspect. Outside are banging the
fiags-the Stars and Stripes, which
must soon be taken in as it is near
ly sunset. and another flag bearing
little triangle of blue and the let
tiers Y. W. c. A. 1t is a fall after
noon and the air a bit sharp
Through the front windows of the
house the woman approaching up
the walk can see the cheerful glow
of an open fireplace. There is the
sound of piano and some one is
singing.
The woman. who is slight and
young end tired-looking, puts her
heavy suit case down on the walk
and shifts the baby she is carrying
to the other arm. She listens a
minute, then picks up the luggage
and walks bravely up to the front
door. Some one has heard her
coming and is there TO meet her.
Some one always is in places like
this. The door is thrown open and
a kind woman's voice says: "Oh,
do come in and rest. Let me take
the baby" The baby is passed
over and the stranger. worn from a
long journey. tired and sad. is given
the welcome which only the Y. w.
c. A. hostesses know how to give
She explains that she has come
TO see John before he leaves for the
front She has been saving her
money for travelling expenses, and
has come TO surprise him. John
has never seen the baby, and now
maybe he never will, for she has
discovered that John has just left
on two days furlough to surprise
her Before she could GET a train
back to her home Johns furloueh
will have expired and he will be
on his way back to camp. The lit
tie mother does not know how to
meet the situation and tears of
fatigue and disappointment begin |
TO flow.
well, that's too bad" says the
sympathetic Y. W. C. A. worker.
But cheer up. You can just stay
here for a couple of days. Well |
send a wire to John at the first
place his train stops and tell him
to take the next train back. He
can enjoy his furloueh here"
This is done and the little family
has glorious day of it.
The Young Women's Christian
association has established so hos
tess houses of this character for
American soldiers and sailors and
their families In this brief bulletin
Of news lies one of the most potent
factors in winning of this war. Our
boys are fighting for their homes
The Y, W. c. A. with its hostess
work in this country and in France
is helping to keep the ideal of
American home life constantly be-
fore the men who are protecting
it. These men had to 90 away from
their individual homes, but there is
Q home which follows them-a
place where they can 90 when they
are off duty and meet their families
and rest. There is a room in every
Y. w. G.. A. hostess house with a
real fireplace in 1t and domestic
hearth. There are chairs with cush-
ions on them; the china is not of
the iron bound bucket varie-
ty necessary in camps; and best of
all. the boys say. there are nice
women to talk to. No boy in camp
" Wpuld hesitate to ask his mother or
1aster or the girls he thinks most of
. Vi u ~ |
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25
Election Blanks.

The secretary of state is sending
out blanks to election officials on
which they will make their returns
for the November election. Copies
of the six constitutional amend
ments passed by the legislature
and the single tax and land loan
propositions submitted under in
itiative and referendum petitions
have been sent to officials for
posting.
From what officials say a light
vote will be polled. Various esti-
mates have been made as to the
number who voted at the last gen.
eral election. or have since become
voters, aud who will be out of the
state election day. These run from
125,OO0 up. Practically all are in
the army or engaged in war work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25

Go to Miss Belle johnson for
high-grade enlareements.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-10-25

AS the published lists of dead
and wounded daily grow in length
we understand more clearly that
America is paying the price of
world safety in the blood of her
youth. Death and battle are insep-
arabic, and we must steel our
hearts to the loss of loved ones
while the war continues, the loss
increasing in proportion to the ever
increasing numbers taking part
in it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-24
LOCAL BOARD GETS
MORE INSTRUCTIONS
Change in Physical Requirements for
Drafted Mem amaica Painter
Sent to San Antonio.

Instructions came to the local board
by telegraph this morning reading:
Until further notice grant no further
permits to registrants to enlist in the
navy marine corps emergency fleet cor
poration period"
The board also has received notice that
physical requirements for drafted men
have been amended so as to make the
minimum height 80 inches and the mini
mum weight 10 pounds. 1t was learned
today that instructions have been sent to
medical advisory boards through the
country authorizing them to certify for
general military service all registrants
who come within these limits. The mimi
mum requirements as to height for the
regular army remains at 62 inches. Not
a large number OF men in Windham com-
ty viii be affected by this change.
Harrison NJ. kingsbury of Jamaica was
sent this afternoon to San Antonio.
Texas, by the local board to fill a draft
call for one painter from Windham coun-
ty for limited service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-24
PACKAGES
ARE ACKNOWLEDGED
Postcards Received from Soldiers in
France Express Appreciation
Text of Few of Them.

Numerous Brattleboro persons have
received within few days postal cards
from soldiers in France who were re-
cipients of the tobacco kits which were
bought for them through The Reformer.
The cards are uniformly expressive of
appreciation The following are typi-
cal:
A volunteer wrote: While stopping
at rest station during a journey from
camp to billet the tobacco kit bearing
this card was issued to five other men
and myself Just as we had exhausted
our own supply. Our appreciation is
too great for words. Our message to
the American people: ''Thanks. Send
more -
Written by private in evacuation
hospital No. Only a few lines to let
You know that received your tobacco
kit It was highly appreciated Wish
you much luck | am sorry that I do
not know how to address you, Mr.. or
Mrs.
Home in New Mexico: I appreciate
your gift of tobacco. 1t is very hard
TO get. over here. All the boys say the
home folks don t forget rs over here.
| am from the state of New Mexico.
Thanking you again.
From Pennsylvania boy: The gift
lis doubly appreciated on account of
having been presented by pretty
American Red Cross nnrse at lonely
spot after a long journey. My expe-
rience has taught me self reliance, and
I have found the country very, very
interesting. It will take the balance
of my life to tell all l have gone
through and seen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-24
ANOTHER, VERSION OF ACCIDENT
West Dover Man Disclaims All Re
sponsibility for REQ Overturn.

Editor Of The Reformer:
| noticed in your paper of July y, an
account of the automobile accident on the
Church Hollow road, Sunday, when the
REQ car went over the bank.
/ am the man who was driving the car
that the REQ met, not Ford as Mr. Mead
stated, but a Chevrolet, and / was on the
right hand side of the road, not in the mid
die as he said / was driving slowly as it
was down grade and crooked road, when
Mr. Mead came around the corner, driving
recklessly / gave him a big half of the
road but as he went past me he pulled
out so far and was going so fast that he
seemed to be unable to come back into
the road.
My wife (who was on the rear seat) no
ticed that the car was very close to the
edge of the bank and looked back and
saw it lust as it went over the bank, some
40 or 50 feet from where it passed us.
| We stopped and went back and helped
| get the woman out from under the car
and offered to carry them wherever they
said, but they wanted to all stay there
and asked me to go to Moshers garage
and send ear back after the ladies an,
to help get their car up on to the roat
again ] did the errand.
Before leaving | talked with Mr. Neao
as to the cause of the accident, and h
went with us and looked at the track
where the two cars met. The track
showed there was four feet between til
two inside wheels when the cars passed
Mr.. Mead admitted that | gave hir
plenty of road. and said he pulled ou
more than he intended to and when til
car began to cut off he gave the steerin
wheel quick turn in hopes to bring j
into the road, and went over right ther,
| don't see how Mr.. Mead made OF
that we were foreigners as we all SUI
posed that we were Americans. | don
think Mr.. Mead took a very nice way /
thank me for my trouble, as the piece
the paper is all the thanks / got
l CLAUDE f. UPTON.
West Dover. VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-24
BEATS MINER
IN TRIAL BY JURY
Jurymen Sweltered ALI Day in Shirt
sleeves-Miner Sued for Rent, but
Defendant Had Offset.

After listening all day to evidence the
jury in the municipal court case of
Charles Miner against Leroy Smith and
wife, Mrs. Theda Smith, last night
returned a verdict for the defendant to
recover balance of $29.G6 from Mr..
Miner. Attorney II. c. Bacon appeared
for the plaintiff and Attorney n ID.
Clawson for the defendants. This was
one of Mr.. Clawson's first cases and the
first jury case in which he appeared
against the attorney with whom he
studied.
Mr.. Miner sued to recover about $40
claimed to be due for rent of a tenement
in one of Mr.. Miners houses in the rear
of the north watercure buildings two or
three years ago. Mr.. Smith put in bill
in offset for labor performed for Mr..
Miner, partly at the latter's farm and
partly in this village, making out that a
balance of about $50 was due him. Mr.,
Miner submitted bills which had been
rendered by Mr.. Smith. and the latter
claimed that they had been altered.
They were examined under a magnifying
glass by the jury.
There We're several disputes between
counsel, and Judge Cudworth finally said
there must pc leSo VI II. Inc Jui y, NHicii
sat all day without coats or vests and
used newspapers to keep from sticking
to the chairs, took the ease at $50 p. m
and returned a verdict at 7.20.
The jury was A. L. Billings, George
NJ Clay, Walter r. Goddard, Fred w
Hall, Austin w George, Robert f. Dun
klee, George ". Chandler, Charles r.
Frink. George L. Chamberlin, Alison J.
Dugan, John L. Lawton and Rollin IL
Brown, all of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-24
CLOUDS AND RAIN
DIMINISH HEAT
Only 81 at Noon Today as Against 93
at Same Time Yesterday-High-
est Mark Yesterday e6.

some relief from the heat of the two
previous days, yet today is warm enough
damage. Ferris r. Vaughan's standard
registering instrument showed a maxi
mum temperature yesterday afternoon
of 90 degrees, which was exactly the high
mark Of Monday. At noon today, how
ever, the temperature was down to 81,
which was nine degrees colder than at
the same time yesterday. A year ago
today the highest mark reached was So.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-24
TWENTY SOLDIERS
KILLED IN ACTION
Only Fatality Among New England
ers in Today's Casualty List Is
Lieut.. Fitzgerald.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The army
casualty list today shows: Killed in ae-
ton, 90 died of wounds. IA: died of dis
ease, II: died of accident and other
causes, 5; died of airplane accident, q;
wounded severely, As; missing /; pris-
oner, +; total, los. New England names
follow:
Killed in action, Lieut. William p.
Fitzgerald, Worcester, Mass.
Severely wounded. Corporal John G.
Nicholson. Bridgeport. Conn; Lester f.
Walker, Skowhegan, Nc: Bugler Earl A,
Webster. Manchester, " H.
Missing, Private Joseph Ligato. Sey-
mour, Conn: Private Peter Subacz
Lawrence Mass; Private Victor w War.
rem, Brighton, Mass
Prisoner, previously reported missing
Edward Tote, Hardwick, Mass.