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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
NAxsa Of Iraer.

Specialize Times Republican,
Traer, Dec. ?1,-Mr. and Mrs. T. J
McComas, OF Charlton, arc hrrc for an
extended stay with their son. Roy Nc
Comas.
Miss Agnes Maxwell, of sterling Ill.
arrived this week TO spend the/holidays
with her sister. Mrs. Frank stark
Fred Finch arrived Thursday from
Tennessee. where he has been employed
in government work. Two brother
Will return soon.
Mrs. Mary Boone writes from Wal
lingford. that her daughter, Mrs, Win
ME Oscher. Is critically i'll of pneu'
monia.
\ member of the Traer school board
estimates that the "iiu" Is costing tn,
school district of Traer 800 a day In
wages of teachers and other expenses
out OF which no beneht will be derived
Mss opal Camery, who left recently
for France to take up canteen work
arrived in New York City, where hei
orders were Cancelled by the govern
neft and She with about 800 Other
young women were released and re-
turned home. Miss Opal will remain
in Traer with her parents until after
the holidays.
John Mauertlo will spend the winter
in Oklahoma, leaving here early In
January. His sister, Mn. VIII Cur
riden, and husband are moving south
from Rockford. ILL.,, where they have
lived the past several years.
For the first time in forty years, this
Christmas will not be publicly cele-
brated in Traer. The order OF the
health authorities barring the gather
ing Of all citizens under IS years OF age
for, the ensuing week rules out all
Christmas doings in the churches.
]. c. Defer. who is trapping west
of Traer. caught fox this week-a
rare animal here-whose fur sells for
from $50 to $40.
Traer, Dec. 20.-John Erickson was
called to Luverne. Mimi. to attend the
funeral of brother. The latter was
operating creamery at Luverne.
Harry Taylor has been sent from
Great Lakes to Camp Barry to be
mustered out. He will visit his wife
at Blue Mound, Wis, en- route home.
The lid has been so far lifted in
Tracr as to remove all restrictions
that affect people over is years oil age.
Schools will not open before January.
Church services may be held but no
Sabbath school. There is considerable
influenza both in town and country but
no serious cases
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Owens received
word from Washington on Thursday
that their son Nat is reported missing
in action since Nov. s. 1t is known
that Nat was with the Ehlers boy from
Dinsdale, who was sassed about that
time but word has since been received
that he has recovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McTurk have
received word from Washington that
their son William died of pneu-
monia on Oct. ..
Wylie Henderson. of the Salem
neighborhood, has quit farming be-
cause of i'll health and will spend the
winter at Sedan. Kan. y
Miss Martha Morrison came home
from Excelsior Springs where she has
been for six months taking treatment
for rheumatism. She will not return,
as she is but slightly improved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
THE MEANEsr MAN IN IOWA.
However, He May Reflect and Reform
- In a Federal Pen.

E.s - In Federal Pen.
Des Moines, Dec. Pa new candi-
date for hono-s as the prize mean man
has appeared.
A few days ago soldier, said to be
a private in the medical detachment
at the Fort Des Moines hospital, was
entertained in West Des MoineS
hcme. He was accorded every hospf-
tally Later he returned to the home
and on plea that he had furlough
to go home but no funds, he borrowed
$50 from his host.
Sunday the benefactor of the SOL
der was at Fort Des Moines. He
found the man in the guard house who
was supposed to be at home spending
week with mis- parents in the east.
He learned further that the same cul-
prit had kindly" agreed to cash $50
money order :'or a wounded overseas
man not able to be out of Led, and
that the $50 was never. seen again.
The fact that the impostor will un-
doubtedly get several years in the fed
erai penitenIiary> at Leavenworth, will
please the business man who loaned
him the $50 but it will not bring any
Christmas joy TO the overseas man
who lies penniless in the hospital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21

former two bottles OF liquor wee
found and Rattny was arrested and
placed under $500 bonds which he fur
nished.
The basement barber s,pp at 1901
Story street was searched and Chris
Eckhoff was arrested. He was taken
before Justice +. o. Lockard and the
case was continued until Dec. 30. and
he was placed under $500 bonds.
Others arrested on the charge OF
Bookkeeping in the various raids and
who are now In the county jail under
$500 bonds are Killer Babcock. Samuel
Blanchard and Carl johnson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
RECEIVES WORD FROM KIN.

Cornell College Professor Hears From
Relatives informed for Three Years.
Special to Times Republican.
Mount Vernon, Dec. 21.-Professor c.
w. Perkins Of Coe College has just
received word from his brother Ed
ward, who has been confined in an
Austrian prison camp at MUIR Zus-
schlag since isil. - is the first letter
in three. years. .,l-,-4- sS..s..-.
The story Of the trials of the Per-
kins family reads like q tale from
fiction. ~.
With the exception OF the professor
all are English subjects. Early in 1914
the mother and daughter came to the
United States to visit Coe where one
son was q member of the faculty and
one a student. On their return to Bra
36xon. Austria, where the family was
making its home. they were accom-
panied by the two SONS.
Soon after their arrival war was
declared and they weresall caught in
the drasnet thrown out by the Aus
trian police. Professor Perkins claim
ing his right as a neutral and present
ing his United states first citizenship
papers, was permitted to reach
Switzerland. then France. England and
finally the United States.
!, Edward and his parents made . dash
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
I | I'll! hl 4 Z !
CAD-..IT.S Fine
spApE's COLD COMPOUND" ENDS
oGveRe COLDS on GRIPPE
m FEW HOURS.

You can end grippe and break UP a
severe cold either In head, chest, body
or limbs, by taking dose Of "Papef
Cold Compound every two hours until
three doses are taken.
Il promptly opens clogged up nostrils
and air passages in the head. stops nasty
discharge or nose runhin0 relieves sick
headache, dullness. fe~erishness. sore
throat sneexing, soreness and Atihness.
Don't stay stuffed up! -ouit blowing
and summing. Ease your throbbins
hcad--nothing else In the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
Compound" which costs only few
cents at any drug store. 1t acts with
out assistance. tastes nice. and causes
ND Inconvenience. Be sure you get nc
genuine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
oiiddsn Welcomes Soldis~.

Glidden, Dec. 21.-walter D. Brown.
Company L, Sixteenth infantry arrived
home yesterday on fifteen days fur
ioush s-an the hospital at West Baden.
Ind, and was given a royal welcome
by his friends and neighbors. He was
one Of the first eight volunteers, from
this place and entered the service in
May, 1917. It Is thought he Is the only
one Of this number still alive. altho
there 10 still some uncertainty about
one or two Of the others. Merle Hay
was one Of tbs number. walter Brown
was wounded three times, on May Z.
1918, again on July 10. and the last.
and most serious one, was on Sept. u.
This time he was wounded by q high
explosive shell, a large fragment lodE-
ing In his hip. A companion. ,also
wounded in the arm. held the gun over
four Hun prisoners and compelled them
to carry him of the field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
Worth Attention of Women.

When you feel too tired to work, when
dark puffs appear under your eyes,
when you wake up weary. with bacls-
ache or pains in sides and loins. when
muscles and bones ache, when you suf-
fer rheumatic twinges. when lumbago
puts YOU down. then you know the kid
news are weakened or disordered. Mrs.
T. ]. Bucknell, Route I, Hardy, Neb.
writes: II am recovering from an at
tack of lumbago, by the aid of Foley
Kidney Pills. They surely have helped
me-" Sold observation-disclosures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
sololERs COMPLAINING.
Alisse They Are Refused Former Posi-
tiens IN Davenport and at Arssnai. \


Davenport, Dec. 21,-Many S0ldicrs
who have been mustered out OF the
army service have returned to their
homo in Davenport with the expecta-
ton OF getting their former position
back, which was held by them at the
time of their entering the army. but
from recent reports they arc not meet
Ing with much success
The ScotA>County Council of Nation
al Denfense has rallied to the defense
OF these boys, and Is trying to straigh-
ten out very complex labor situation
that Is bound to occur when the large
number Of boys. who either enlisted In
the army or navy or were drafted. ar
rive home in the near future.
Commenting on this labor situation.
A. j. Faerber. chairman. states:
\ Complaint has been made ito the
council Of national defense, that re-
turning soldiers are~having some diff
ficulty in obtaining their old positions
in the factories. This is also true as
regards the Rock Island arsenal.
white It is true that these return
ing soldiers are not coming bS0k from
France. yet they have done everything
the government asked them to do. and
in view of this it seems as though they
should be given their old positions
back. IL it is at all possible to do so.
1T Is also true that some of the fac
tories have had their work curtailed
to such an extent that re-employing
onyone at this time might work such
a hardship on them that it would be
impossible for them to do so, however
the government arsenal certainly
should not set such an example. ] I'M
derstand that the management at the
arsenal received orders from Washing
ton TO make no discrimination in favor
Of returning soldiers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
LIGHT FARMING CURES
SHELL SHOCK VICTIMS
ConvaIescents Gain Health and
Strength by Filling the Soil
in Hospital Grounds.

The Base Hospitals of Europe,
where American boys as we'll as the
boys of our allies are recuperating,
have decided that the men who are
yet unable to fight, or to 80 back to
their places in the ranks, may gain
health and strength while tilllng the
soil, and incidentally may add many
tons of vegetables to the necessary
food supplies.
Ten expert market gardeners from
this country have been sent to France
to direct the work, as 1t has been found
that this farm labor Is on, Of the best
restoratives Of health, and also that
there 10 no better work for those suf'
ferin1 from shell shock than this out
of.doors activity. Many soldiers who
have worked at the farms announce
that they intend to buy farms and con.
tinue on their return from France.
In addition to the helpful exercise
the tables are helped, ana in one nos
pital there has been green corn on the
cob served as . result Of the soldier
farming. Green corn Is not common
in France, but 1t certainly pleased the
men who were fortunate enough to get
some Of 1t. And the American boys
we'll, Just imagine an American seeing
green corn on the cob when he didn't
expect there was such delicacy near
er than the old U. s. A.!
More than two tons Of vegetables
were grown at Base Hospital No. 9 In
less than three months. Peas, pota-
toes, beans, radishes, lettuce and corn.
and the soldiers declare that there 10
nothing like the taste Of these Ameri-
can vegetables grown in the gardens OF
the hospitals. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
Free OF charus.

4 Any adult suffering from cough. cold
or bronchitis. Is invited to call at the
Old Reliable drug store and get abso-
lutely free, sample bottle OF Boschee's
German Syrup. soothing and healing
remedy for all lung troubles. which has
. successful record Of nifty years. Gives
the patient q GOOD nights rest .1ree
from coughing. with free exrectcraticn
v a standard medicine for nifty years,
Tor sale In Al ciyilkisd countrtsA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
innuenxa f. Getty.

Special to Ttmes-RepuDltcAn.
Des Moihes, Dec. 21.-Iowa school
children have lost full semesters
work because Of their forced vacation
since influenza regulations have been
generally enforced. the state superin-
tendent OF public Instructions Office re-
ports. The school Soards OF the state
have lost fully s2o0000o In wages paid
to teachers who have also had q iorced
vacation Normally the WAKES Paid 70
teachers IN Iowa average shout 4 mil-'
Hon and : quarter = mc6tt. 81 N. II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
lEossLATuRE EXPLOITED 70
ssEGo,Lv AsPRovg coNsrl-
vUrsoNAL AMENDMENT.
70, SPEND LITTLE
TIME ON susJEcT
csvsrnsr haedins Opposed 10 Delaying
legislative Ssssisn Dseauss Of lnHu'
snsa gpidsmie- asssass Now Being
Prsparsd-vNiIl Urge Better Housing
Conditions in citiss.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 21.-One of the frst
important measures to be acted upon
by the thirty eighth general assembly
due to convene January 18th will be
the matter Of the ratification Of the
federal )prohibitory appointment. 1t is
believed this will go thru both branch
es Of the Iowa legislature without OPP
position and it is possible may be
passed on before Feb. !.
Iowa is one Of the states counted on
with confidence by the prohibitioniAs
who are now predicting that at least
thirty states will pass the amendment
during the early weeks of the new
year. Fifteen states have already rat
flied It. It takes favorable vote from
three fourths OF the states to secure
its adoption.
Inasmuch as there will be little II
any division of sentiment in the Iowa
legislature on this question it is anti
cipated there will be but little time
taken up with its consideration or de-
bae. A ratification measure is looked
for soon after the two branches perfecl
their organizations.
No Delay Likely.
Governor w. L. Harding returned to
his office today after>a weeks absence,
having attended the conference Of gov
errors held at Annapolis. Md, this past
week. The governor will now set his
house in order in preparation~for the
meeting of the general assembly.
1t is thought the governor will look
with disfavor on any plan to adjourn
the legislature because Of the flu"
This matter will be taken up with him
by Secretary G. H. Sumner, of the
state board of health.
The reports OF the number Of cases
over the state and also on the cases in
Dies Moines continue to indicate that
influenza is decreasing. The number
Of cases reported from over the state
to the board Of health Thursday were
S24, Wednesday 1880. Tuesday, 1913.
Sunday and Monday, 1875.
The governor thus far is staying out
Of the speakership contests aud it is
understood hopes to be spared from
taking sides as long as he can. Past
alignments. however, may require that
he let legislators know whom he fav-
ors for the presiding officer of the next
house.
The governor Fpiaprobably continue
to advocate hiR 81 3or better housing
which he fia6t{ ta<h upon in his in
+augural address 4WoySAfs ago. He APP
pointed a better honaiAE commission
which met here l1ssf(lEand which de-
ytermined on some legislation looking.
toward improved sanitary conditions in.
the more thickly settled portions Of the
cities Of Iowa. y
The governor il now starting Of, his
message to the legislature which will
be delivered Tuesday, jan, IA, the Sec
ond day after the assembly convenes.
This will be a more important docu-
ment than his second inaugural and he
will outline what legislation he believes
is necessary IN this first appearance.
The inaugural is to be formal and his
address will be brief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21

for Italy but were intercepted and IA
termed. In the summer OF 1915 the
father died In the prison camp. leaving
the mother alone. an alien In an enemy
country, separated from her son.
The armistice brought about their re-
lease and the letter states they are
proceeding TO England,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
BLOOD ANI Nlll
esst and Most EesnsWslssl UT ~
| -.-for ComhiNaNien 81 AllNHeG

Impure. Impoverished, tron- ~
blood and weak. unsteady,
iiourishcd nerves form co>ooeqc
OF ailments that IN most sseccec
treated with Hoods SarsaparluN, ~
Peptiron. 4
Taken in conjunction. cns ee31(
eating and the other after, theo0 ~
great medicines supplement- each o4be
and form the most economical tnQne
ment-Hood's Sarsap arilla for ncSel>sl
rheumatism. catarrh, dysepcpsia. -
appetite, that tired feeling; Pupl)e9l
for anemia, tired nerves and eHhe0q
ton. ssS ~ ~ Is
In cases where there Is biliuunQS6
or constipation. Hoods F1Na ~
prompt relief. sold by all drnggssfs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-21
FINE FOR RHEUMATISM
Musterole Loosens Up Tho
Stiff Joints-Drives Out Pan.

You'll know why thOusaFde - -
teroie once you experience ths ~ Il
lief it gives.
Get q jar ut once from ths neuoG
drug store. II Is a clean, white oiaeylopt
made with the oil Of mustard. 0ette
than . mustard plaster and doeD ~
blister. Brings ease and comfort Nil
it is being rubbed on!
Mustcrole Is recommended b. 0o8'
doctors and nurses Millions q lara ~
used annually for bronchitis Group ~
neck, asthma, neuralgia. pleurisy. ~
matisn. lumbago. pains and achea q a.
back or joints, sprains, sore uusc)a
bruises, chilblains frosted feet cpedb Q
the chest (it often prevents pneumonia
SOC and 60c jars; hospital sise $50
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-30

declaring unstrung wampum no longer
to be legal tender. This was going to
the opposite extreme, and the little
Dutch colony came near q financial
panic. Six months later loose and inn
perfect wampum had to be declared le-
gal tender.
In Massachusetts Wampum became
legal tender in 1910, but twenty-one
years later the coming of silver was
authorized, and this more stable me-
dunn soon drove wampum beads out
OF circulation.
After the Revolutionary war money
was so scarce that wampum came
into use again. 1t persisted here and
there as money until the nineteenth
rious forms, including pipes and
moons, were considerably used in the
United States until as late as 1880.
The financial requirements of the
Revolutionary war resulted in the es-
tablishing of Americas first banks.
The initial undertaking was the Bank
of Pennsylvania, which was started in
July, 1850. 1t was described by the
well-known financier Morris as moth
ing more than patriotic subscription
of continental money for the purpose
Of purchasing provisions for q starv-
ing army In the decade I7S0s1790,
three other financial institutions were
launched; the Bank of New York,
Massachusetts, Bank and the Bank of
North America This latter is general
Iy considered to be the first bank in the
United States and was capitalized at
$1O,0O0,000. Actual subscriptions, how
ever, were very hard to secure aud
only $4,000 was obtained. The gov
eminent contributed 100000 in specie.
The New York Stock Exchange has
been traced back to meeting of TWEEN
ty-four brokers under a tree opposite
so Wall street, May II, 1892. The
purpose of the meeting was to agree
On uniform commissions. Thereafter
the brokers met at "Tontine Coffee
House." Wall and Water streets. The
final organization Of the Stock Elk
change was completed in 1917. The
Philadelphia Stock Exchange also
started In a coffee house.
The malodorous "bucketshop" re-
ceived its name from England. On
the east side of London loafers had
a custom of going from street to street
and draining every beg of beer they
could find. The liquor was placed in
bucket. After it was filled these hard
characters retired to some out of the
way corner and caroused, passing the
bucket from one to another. The term
.sb,.cketshop," at first meaning assem-
bIages of this kind, came to he applied
to any establishment of doubtful Tepu-
tation.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-30

One hundred and ten years ago there
were no savings banks. The savings
bank is an institution which was
founded in the year 1910 by Rev.
Henry Duncan in the little Scottish
village of Ruthwell Before that time.
poverty seemed to be the normal con-
d1tion of half the population of the
British Isles. Pauperism was so COM
mon as to cause no comment. Hun
dreds of thousands in Scotland alone
hved on charity and it was generally
accepted as hopeless fact that "the
poor We have always with u.s."
Doctor Duncan was of sturdy Scotch
covenantor blood. He was man of
unusual strength of character, origin
atty and resource and extraordinary
talent for making friends. The dis
tress OF his parishioners preyed heav-
lily on Doctor Duncan's mind and he
felt IT there was some way of teach
Ing them to be thrifty he would have
an effective remedy for the poverty he
saw all around him.
The chief trouble was that the small
est sum the public banks would ac-
cept was f10 and comparatively few of
the Scottish villagers had so large q
sum, about $4S75 in American coin
80, Doctor DUNCAN conceived the idea
OF a poor mans bank, rs he called it,
which would receive deposits of any
amount, however small, After study.
ing the subject long and carefully, he
published pamphlet to cali attention
to his project. SO, as he said, as to
render this measure suitable not for
one locality only but ''for Scotland and
the world"
The only banks The poor had in
those days were a stocking, a chink in
the wall, or loose board in the floor.
They were often robbed and the temp
tation to use portion of this precious
nest egg was often too strong. Doc
tor Duncan argued shrewdly that If
their funds were transferred to q bank,
they not only would be safe from theft
but the owners would hesitate to break
into them except in cases of urgent
need. In his pamphlet he says:
''If any method then could be de-
vised for giving to the artisan place
of security, free of expense, for that
part of his gains which the immediate