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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

The farmers, at least a part d last
week, plowed corn. Much Of the corn
needs it, too.
John w. Blum had a nice load Of /.
900 pound cattle on the market and
good enough to bring $3.50 per ct
Monday last. He also marketed a
load Of western lambs that brought
around the top -$lG to $3.50 PEI
cwt.
Misses Mabel and Ruth Cook DE-
part this week for summer school At
Missouri University.
II. T. Squirting and son marketed
several loads Of Western lambs hA
week. They were always good enough
TO top the market o nthe days they
we're sold.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Neale have han
sick the last week. Measles left them
in a kind of bad shape in the spring
and their illness is a consequence d
their other attacks.
Gatewood district gave something
more than 500 to the Red Cra
Miss Margaret Whitley, Mesdames q,
ia Blum and Charles Meyers were
the solicitors.
Misses Ruth Ellis and Hazel Holle
way are home from Hardin COlege@
spend the summer vacation. They
with Miss Mildred Ellis will attend
William Woods College, Fulton next
year.
Our farmers are realizing from .
to 65 cents per pound for their Wool
The fleeces weighed exceptionally
heavy.
Mrs. H. r. Day improves very Sow
ly.
The wheat at present looks iIn'
Bids fair to make a good yield.
The Red Cross workers continue "
meet every Wednesday at the hds
Hall in the evening. They are certain
ly doing a fine work.
Eat another potato a day and l-
sen the demand for wheat.
Miss Sudie VIM will be the week
end guest Of Miss Margaret Wlli's''
George Esby departed for MS n,n'
in Ell Paso, Texas, Sunday lie nIa
been the guest Of his sister, ME- W.
F. Whitley and family.
Lieut.. Gov. Crossley wants an W,
cnt at Thompson to take charge y
the coal situation. Elmer GateVo''
has been offered the position, but n''
not accepted.
The Farmers Club purchased a W
of Irvine through Porter Bruce re''''
ly. Il.
The Sun Rise people will on 70,
fourth Sunday next have Their annu''
Children's Day exercises The p "
gram will be in charge Of Misses NV
dred Cook and Bessie Day These y,
lists Of the past will 10 o0 NV
make their friends still look ~,
ward with pleasure to what pI0n,s
to be another Of their many success
A genuine war dinner will be sP,'
at noon. Sun Rise is noted ior 10 w.
pitality and good cooks. c.,A
Fred Greenburg and Frank C s''I,
orn both turned turtle in 'ner -a.h
two weeks ago Sunday NO' "'
damage was done.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
MORRIS DRY HONOREp'

Morris Dry, son of Mr.. and w.t. u d,
W. Dry, Of this city was . on. !, d
nine members Of the .,oeted 70
Missouri's Senior class 0., s,'i Eapp,.
membership in the Phl p,.' This Is
Of the nine, six were women n. dunIi.
an honorary organization . IN high
scholarship. The Ledger %,,oSnrrptul'.
Dry's many friends u ''''
ting him upon his success
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Mason Creasey, Of this city, re-
ceived the following interesting let
ter from his son, Sergt. Roy Creasey,
who is in the U. S. Artillery and un.
til lately stationed at Camp Doniphan.
TT. Sill, Okla:
CAMP MILLS, N. Y, May is, 1918.
Dear Father:
We had a great trip to Camp Mills.
From Mexico we went through
Springfield to Bloomington over the
c. & A.; there we took the Lake Erie
& Western TO Sandusky, Ohio,
through Illinois and Indiana. 1t is a
pretty country and we greatly en-
joyed ourselves.
We arrived at Cleveland at noon
Monday and paraded through the bus
iless portion of the city. Leaving
there at 2 O'Clock, we arrived dat Buff
falo over the L. S. G. NJ. S at 7
o'clock. and the noise and greeting
that awaited us. II YVES great, bells,
whistles, revolver shots, waving flags
and hats. Everything that made us
glad we were out to do our bit and to
do it no matter what the cost is. I am
glad ! volunteered.
We arrived ut Scranton, Pa, at Z
o'clock Tuesday morning and another
big crowd greeted US. From Scranton
to Hoboken, the scenery was the
greatest possible. Too pretty for me
70 describe. | shall never forget it.
We arrived at Hoboken, N. j.. at
O'Clock Tuesday. From there taking 6
ferry around New York's skyline wa,
great. We passed the Singer Build
ing, Woolworth and all other tall one
down in front Of the statue Of Liberty
then turning to left, we steamed u
the East River to Brooklyn, passinl
, the great ship Vaterland. II Is greal
Several warchips escorted IS and W
passed several more in the Brookly
4 Naval Yard We passed under tn
Brooklyn Bridge and on up to Mort
Brooklyn, where we landed. Their
we took the Long Island Railroad gu
TO camp, arriving there at 4 a. m.
We are camped about twenty-fiv
miles from New York al a town cal
ed Hampstead, L. !.
President Wilson is going to be !
New York Saturday and we arc goin
4 to Q him. There will be a big Re
Gross parade and we may take par
in it.
II Dad, we are going TO - Il
4 more training, but it won't be Ion
before We are in the game.
: All ] ask Of the folks at hoiae
&c 10 back US up, and ! know you will.
something should happen me, II wouI
not be a sacrifice but paying a debt
honor.
r, ] won't be gone longer than tw
lie years, in my opinion and I wish thi
two years could fly. Already | al
homesick 10 see you, but you know "
must be men and cover our emotion
ie Please tell all my inquiring frient
that send greetings and ] am wei
A card will be sent you notifyin
you when land lover there
l. My love TO you all forever. Writ
E me often and try to have the Mexit
paper follow me.
With love,
!, ROY.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
sAFE IN FRANCE.

The Ledger is in receipt Oh Is
card from Sidney Houston lO r,b
city editor of the Ledger, now U'.,'ion,
the Sanitary Unit No. /, SSIn p '.,s AZ.
U. S. Army, announcing bis 30, y,,ieO
rival in France. His many ',n d
friends will be delighted to l'a y N,
his safety. Sidney has oeen .,o and
Army since the Mexican 'rou ~ aov,r
was exceptionally anxious 70 ~ y Mr..
there" He is a son Of Mr.. ''' "''
A. S. Hounston, of this CITY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
From your son,
ERNEST GARRETT, JR.,
A. E. F., 9Th Field Artillery,
Somewhere in Battalion D, France.

Lieutenant James p. Wilson, who is
now with the Signal Corps of the
United States Army in France, and
who is the husband of Mrs. Wilson,
day clerk at the Hoxsey Hotel, has
written the following interesting let
ter to his brother, j. B. Wilson, gen.
eral manager Of the Wilson, haley
Company at De Leon, Texas:
Dear Brother:
Your letter of February % received
today. | was glad to hear from you.
have heard very little from Grace
and Pearl, although it is my own
fault, and not theirs. | have been a
busy mar since ! quit civil life and
got into this game lover here" ant
have not written to my folks ant
friends as | should have liked to, ant
not as often as | should.
am glad hat you have some sorN
Of conception as to what it win mear
to US should we lose this fight; and
hope that you will see fit to apDoin'
yourself a committee Of one to preacl
the doctrine contained in your Iettei
to the people "back home" to try AM
impress upon them what will happel
10 them and their country should Ger
many win this war.
The enemy has staked he. last dol
lar upon the outcome Of this giganti
struggle. II Germany loses, sh.
realizes where she will stand in tn.
family Of nations-an outcast anon
her neighbors-universally loathe,
and hated. She has sent her armie
into the invaded territories Of rap
and pillage and TO strike terror int
the hearts Of all who opposed her un
Cody mission; has branded the won
en- Of Northern France with red-ho
irons across their breasts because tn
good women Of France would not Civ
up their bodies TO the caprice Of Hu
officers; has not eontented hersel
with running women and girls an
driving them into lives Of force
shame but has even stopped to 70
the graves Of their silver and leade
Baskets 70 make bullets to shoot a
her enemies.
spent some months on the BIRTHS
front in Northern France and had am
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

The Standard Oil Company's hand.
some new gas station at the corner Of
Clark and West Monroe streets, was
opened Wednesday for business. They
have free air and water, lavatorie,
and other conveniences for motorists
J. 0. Roberts is in charge, and his as.
sistant is Charles Kunkel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Bert Smith, Of near Clark, motored
to this city Wednesday, with two
young men from that part Of Audrain
to register. Mr.. Smith said that
there Is quite a little mud, due to tn,
rain Tuesday night, ~betweenthe Palm.
er and Fountain places.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Mrs. M. j, S~annebeck and children
are home from Newport News, where
they have been with Lieut.. M. J
S%annebeck, who is with the United
States Quartermasters' Department
stationed at that point. They have hat
a delightful winter, and will spend
the summer here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

about thirty members of the loca.
lodge of the Knights of Pythias are
planning to motor to Centralia
Thursday evening to do some Third
Rank initiation work. If the roads are
bad, they probably will make the triT
by rail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
GET H z COMMISSIONS

Roscoe Dobyns, Bryan Marshall and
Fred Peck have received their COM
sionS as %lieutenants in the United
States Army. They are stationed at
Camp Lee, Virginia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
LEAHY EnR SENATE

John S. Jeahy, head Of the law
firm Of Leahy, Saunders G. Barth. in
ST. Louis, filed for the Republican
nomination for United States Senate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
Klrk Roberts L. Flvinr No.

A letter from Kirk Roberts, form.
erly Of this city, TO relatives here.
states that he has made his first flight
successfully, and is nearing the CON-
pletion Of his camp training.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
Letters From
Soldiers


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81 ~ Autuin CesHty hsys IN ~
Aray ant Nav. u1f aany fdcnd.
80 arr ruaaeu q IT, LrSru ara
desPly iuteroted IN ~kaf ysa are -
ma snA n aest ezsz& AVE oaly his
.ea4s 81 Acariag froa yea Wriis ~
i~atsrctaag kitten e eanp hfe En-
Perieaers and ~anythisE else that zee
h<liess hey vouid Ike 10 hsar and
he csnzar viil nos ehiect to Yea
have aurh q Interest ts write aksui
shea Yea 40 ever tkerG
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Mrs. Susan Niece, Of Meeker,
Okla, accompanied by her daughter,
has returned home after being at the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. William
Burns, who is quite i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET

National tarusi June =
Todays Receipts; Cattle COCO;
hogs l0.500; sheep $500.
CATTLE-The steer trade, both
stockers and feeders and fat stuff
shows a generally steady basis com
pared with n week ago today. Butcher
stuff, Gamers and mixed cattle about
CSC per ewt. lower.
QUOTATIONS.; Beef steers 5000
TO $i7S5; stockers and feeders 50 to
si225; stock cows and heifers 1926
TO so.25; yearling butcher cattle 50 10
$3.50; beef cow 50 to sl3; Gamers
and cutters 81 10 50; beef bulls s1l.50
to si2.50; sausage bulls ss.25 to
$1,000.
H0GS.-Two weeks ago today the
top was $3.50; a week ago il was sl7
and today it is SIT, however, the lat
ter part of last week the trade reach
ed the lowest level in Over six months
when the top was s16.65. Today, good
TO choice hogs It's to 80 lbs $16.S5 10
SIT; 220 to $50 lbs $685.; heavier
hogs s16.15 to $16.50; roughs $15.25 ia
$3.50; pigs $40 TO ST..
SHEEP.-Little general change
can be noted in this trade compared
with prices in effect a week ago today
Good to choice clipped lambs $3.50 to
SIT; choice fat mutton sheep $13.50i
choice black faced breeding ewes sl4
to SIS; bucks s11; Gamers and chop.
pers 81 to $40; spring lambs $3.50 to
$685..
National Live Stock Commission Co
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Col. R. M. White, who was operated
on Monday in st. Louis, is in a most
encouraging condition. Every hope ia
held out for his recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

y. c. Rees has returned TO his home
in Wellsville after being confined in
the Mexico Hospital for some time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Garrett, Jr., son of Mr.. and RMS. En-
est Garrett, of this city, who is with
the United States Artillery on the
western front in France:
Garrett has been in a hospital suf-
fering from a burn, which is thought
to have resulted from the explosion Of
a German gas bomb. These are the
favorite forms Of hun attack against
the Allied artillery.
A. E. f., Somewhere in France.
April ~, 1918.
Dear Mamma and Papa and F. B.
Kent Family:
Well, it has been some time since |
wrote you last. | sent you a postal
card when | was in the hospital. The
nurse brought me some nice flowers
and had all the eggs | could eat, for
once, since ! have been in France. |
am back again in my battery all o. k.
There was not anything to amount to
much, only a gas-burn on my side. !
have received all your registered let
tiers, six in the last two weeks and also
the Ledger several times and / just
read it through, every line ard all the
ads.
e in the papers where several Of
the boys deserted. They ought to know
better than to try anything like that.
| was just three kilometers from
Carson Worsham last week, but did
not get to see him. His company
moved to a new location. / may get to
see him later on. ! read a lot about the
divisions in France. Everyone is ex-
pecting a big surprise for US soon.
l am writing this letter on my knee
as there is no place to sit down, as il
has been raining the last "a hours
Have you received two Liberty Bonds
and $1,000 monthly allotment made
to you from me? You should havC
tFem by this time.
Excuse all mistakes and don't b,
worrying about me, for | am al
right.
From your son,
: ERNEST GARRETT, JR.,
A. f. F., 9Th Field Artillery,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

DR.. and Mrs. Lee Afford Of Van
dalia were business visitors in Mex
leo Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Roy Lotion came up from Wells.
vllle wednesday to register in the Ma.
tIonal Army.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

In this issue of the Weekly Ledger
will be found the announcement Of
Edwin C. Waters, candidate for Rep
resehtative of Audrain County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
voters at the primary in August.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Miss LYDIA Stalcup this week re-
ceiyed another nice dividend check
from her Texas Cushing oil stock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are authorized to sDron..,
following candidates for c ouee tie
flee, subject to the action NJ N u.
~ Democratic Primary, Aug. {, i'm isis.
EDWIN C. WATERS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

a Glasgow farmer sold four acre,
tomatoes last year for $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

.
side 40 Ladioul4. writes home Il a
reoent march he Eade n Fance he
h IN the L. S EnEinecn overseas and
w. TIE g. man from tbs ocuH;yy
b BE- wounded IN seaon ahrOad and
rne q the first in the var HIS letter
follows:
SOMEWHERE N FRANCE
Dear Mother and Dad:
Wen. We have mevei and moved -
zuch that 90 net kucw e1cty where
I ar. o. ! have rcf hsi aoccss 10 =
map We have walke5 - the way
md carried over ono hlndred pounds
Of equipment iueuainE a gun and am
mEnition The first dzy we made If
ten miles. the second twenty-five.
the third Afternoon we made ten We
then struck carp and did about ten
days trerch digging, picked Up in the
middle Of the night and moved until
the next midnight. MAXIM 81 miles
with en- warn neal. Talk . out tired,
l new : saw q worse heat bunch
than ' e were.
Upon arriving at OH destination,
we simply unrolled eur blanket rolls
and slept anywAe = The frost and
dew, We did net mind. A. $50 a. m.
We arose all stiff and sore, packed our
bundles. and started again. We made
Is miles and it rained all day after the
first hour out.
We slept that night in the rain pro-
teeted by waterproof bed-rolls, con-
s.ructed with our blankets and a sort
Of patent rain coat The next day we
made about 10 miles and are now
camped upon a hill in a woods about
20 miles back of the extreme real of
the war zone. Altogethe- we made sc
miles. Oh, how my shoulders do
ache, even from thinking Of that
heavy equipment
We are going to do some grading
for a new railroad. We have a big
string of mules, scrapers, and "Bucho'
(hesps) of shovels. A strong back
and weak mind are badly needed at
present
Well, ] am going to take my seven
days leave the last part of May.
think l shall go down south and get
warm again and something 10 eat. ]
have lost a few pounds Of flesh lately
hut most of it has gone into hard
muscles.
1t has showed all day today and il
sure is cold. We had inspection this
a. m. and had to shave in cold water
shine our shoes, clean our guns anC
stand out in the snow at rigid atten.
ton for over an hour.
This evening we devoted to ditch.
ing around our tents, rustliing arounC
for straw for a bed, etc. am tiret
tonight and will sleep a good one.
think / will do some arranging now
, There are eight in our tents.
i We have to take our blankets an
+, haversaek on our vacation, so ] an
, saving up a few canned goods to tax.
along so ] won't be to such an ex
pense for cats. shall be satisfies
with almost anything when | get HON.
and you will never, never have to cal
me for a meal.
!. ARTHUR J. SNEDEKER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

osteopathy' DR.. shoush. Phone IS
dwtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

The following letter is from Ernest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06

Arthur J. SnoiekeF. = graduate q
Mcmillan Hirh ScheoL whose par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. r O Snc1cker, ~
side az Iadioui4. writes home Il a
recent march he Eade n Funce he
: IN the L. s. Engineers overseas and
vs. TIE L. nan frum tbs ocuuiyy
d Be- wounded in acaon ahroad and
rne q the first in the var. HIS letter
f~nf1-urr.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-10
MASTER LIST FOR
DRAFT ARRIVES

The master list of the serial draft
numbers from the national headQuar-
ters have been received at the con-
scription board and the order numbers
by which the new draftees are select
ed are being worked out by the board.
This list will be completed within the
next few days
Out of the seventy-five men who
have been examined by the conscrip-
tion board in the past three days, the
records show that As have passed for
general service, 5 for remedial service.
8 for limited service and 10 were re
jected.
Notices are being mailed today to
the men who have volunteered for
convoy truck drivers and automobile
mechanics service, calling them to
meet for roll call at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, October IA, to entrain Octo-
ber Is.
Those who have enlisted to be sent
to the Interlaken school at Rolling
Prairie, Ind, are Horace Parker. Rob-
ert L. Kluesener, William Iserman,
Paul Vincent Juerling, Everett n.
Shelton and Walter Winkle.
Those who will be sent to Warsaw
to the Chamber of Commerce Training
Campg or convoy truck drivers, are
Charles Leslie Sinex, Edward S. Ster-
man, William Mckinley Hickman,
Clyde Erman Smith, Russell Dewey
McMinn, Verlin T. Ballinger, Ralph
D. Sault, and Clarence C. Hasecoster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-10
TAKES
HOLD AT LIBERTY

LIBERTY, Oct 1O.-Spanish in
fluenza has taken very Severe grip
on this county. 1t was reported today
that there are over two hundred cases
of the disease in the county and one
hundred in the town of Liberty alone.
Late last evening the 7-year-old
daughter of Preston Snyder died at
the home of her father here. This is
the first death resulting from influ-
enza in this county. Another girl and
boy in the Snyder family are very
i'll with double pneumonia and are not
expected to live. The mother is also
quite Ill of the disease.
The death of the Whitesell child
living three miles west of here was
reported today Mrs. Marion Stanley
of near Boston is also reported dead
of the disease.
Word was received late last even
ing stating that Mrs. Corydon Brat
tain, of south of here, died Wednes-
day evening, and the family of Char
les Beard, a farmer east Of here, are
nearly all Ill of Influenza. A boy, II
years of age Of this family has double
pneumonia and is not expected to sur
vive. Three physicians are in charge
of the case.
The schools, churches, public library
and all public meetings have been
closed Indefinitely.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-10

usual. Much OF 1t was put In on the
ground that had been planted to corn
and abandoned after the June frost.
The potato crop was seriously dam.
aged by the hot weather in July and
August and by insects. although few
localities report good crop. Sweet
potatoes are only grown extensively
In the southwest part OF the state
In that section the crop is very good.
The tobacco crop shows material
Improvement over last month and has
nearly all been cut and housed under
favorable conditions.
The fruit crops are almost failure
this year. Only the commercial or
chards that received the best OF care
have any fruit.
The clover seed promise did not
materialize as expected. Grasshop-
pers did much damage and unfavor-
able weather conditions after cutting
ruined much of the crop.
All truck crops did fairly well and
were nearly all harvested before the
frosts did any damage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-10
INDIANA. CROP
REPORT SHOWS
BIC OATS YIELD
79,5OO,O00 Bushels of Oats
for State This Year-Corn
Crop Was Damaged.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 10.-The oats
crop, with total production OF 79,500,-
600 bushels. is the outstanding feature
Of the October crop report for Indiana
issued today by George c. Bryant,
Field Agent of the Bureau OF Crop
Estimates. United States Department
of Agriculture. This Is the largest crop
ever produced in the State and the
quality Is exceptionally good. At pres
ent prices 1t represents a value OF
about s52,0O0,O00 to the farmers Of
the state. The report follows:
Reports received the first OF the
month indicate that the frost on June
% did more damage to the corn crop
than was anticipated at the time. The
drought during July and August also
contributed to the deterioration. and
probably did more damage than the
frost. Good rains the early part of
September, however, helped the late
corn in the south part Of the state.
The part that is good is maturing
nicely and under favorable conditions.
Cutting and silo filing is general over
the state and this work is rapidly be-
ing pushed to completion. although
the labor shortage in some localities is
dplC vi q hdluISdPs ~ 40 WV ~
badly in some localities and this is
interfering, to some extent, with the
seeding Of winter wheat and rye.
On something over 1000 acres Of
spring wheat in the state the yield
averaged slightly better than winter
wheat. This is probably due to better
seed and more care In preparing the
soil. Most Of It was on small expert
mental patches, but has encouraged
farmers to try it on more extensive
scale next year. However, many ex-
perts do not advise sowing spring
wheat In this state.
There was a better average yield Of
Jats In nearly every county than was
anticipated earlier in the season. and
for the state the average was AZ
bushels per acre. The weight aver
aged from 32 to 3s pounds per measur-
ed bushel and the quality is excep-
tionally good.
Potato Crop Damaged.
Considerably more barley was grown
this year than heretofore and the yield
and quality are fully up to expecta-
tions, especially is this true in the
northern counties.
Buckwheat has made very good
crop on much larger acreage than