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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-17

h,oc WI Lnpouliou, OOIlCCJ
zesina - a je konec - vsemu
Ia veky! - Vzdyt' je to snad
ne, jako abeceda!" b.
V tom Sc kat zajikl, jeho dal
81 slova prervaT dusivy kasel,
fostnate ruce zamavaly kreco-
v:te We vZduchu, a on zavravo-
raw padl bez vlaty pres pric v
lcnoSku.
S blizke veze zaroven zahu
cely truchle razy hodin, odbi
la pulnoc a ia, jat desem, rych
lie jsem Sc vZdalil tmavou chod
hou proti seminar, pevne pre-
sweden, re Sc nebozak rama
nedocka.
Lee byl to klam! - Starry po
pravcI dostal svemu slovu
We stredu IL. ledna, &C ne
mocen, pfiiel jeste pred pole
dnem do Kutne Hory, dal "a
raziti V prvnim dvore budoby
kraiskehO soudu dive slime TO-
shy zdell pul ctvrta metru, od-
dGlil je malym prkenym paze
MIN zavesil ma ne sve klad-
Ky a haky tax rychle, re zri-
zeni obou sibenic opravdu ne
trvalo ami hodinu.
Kdyz pax druhy den z ra-
na sesneroval "sve muze," vra
hy Pfenosila a Augusta V "po
llfebni toiletu' a syn Yohlschla
ger mu je zdvihl k hakum ma
hrubych kulech, tn neminulo
AMI pet minut a jiz starry praz-
sky kat zatelacil oci Obema o.
bGSencum, zavravoral Sc schud-
ku poprviSte, odhodil cerne
smutecnl rukavice, navlekl 81
sv6tle Svihacke "glazirky" a
zvolal tresoucim Sc hlasem k
soudnl komisi:
"Panove! ia vykonal ,svou
pOvinnOst!"
Ma popravnich fosnach vi
sely jiz jen chladne mrtvoly o
bou vrazedniku Sc zlomenym
vazem, Sc Zlezenymi vlasy a
zsinalymi obliceji, nabyvajice
~ DINA osklive, temne fialove
harvy umrlci.
Lee V tom byly take silly cho
reho Pipergra vyterpany a on,
umiraie, klesl V naruc svehO
syna = sv6ho nastupce, jenz,
lat litosti a detinskOu laskou,
vypukl ma poprav:Sti V horky
rlac.
Temer bezduchehO pOprav-
ciho zahalil plaSt' a usedl S
nim ma stupne Sibenice, nacez
po chvili dopravil otce ma ma
drazis dojeG S Nim do Prahy, i
odnesl iei na Ujezd do sveho
bytu, kde starry prazsky popra
vi kratce po pulnoci dokonal.
Padesata "prace' jubilejni
byla "poslednim dilem kata"
Jana Krtitele Pipergra.
Ia rok potom byl jmenovan
prazskym katem popravci NY
nejsi, nevlastni syn Pipergruv,
aniz by 81 verejnOst toho po-
vS4mla. coz zavila divna pova
ha Wohlschlagrova, nebot
kdczto ieho otec byval kazdo-
Gennim hostem V prazskych
zabavnich m5stnoste'ch, pred
nich restaurantech, divadlech
We stredu rozmarne prazske
spolecnosti, I'll On skryt6 sa-
raotarsky iako poustevnik, jsa
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PoseI miru.

Pritelkyne: "Ty chces Ease
ku svemu muzi? A dala isl mu
to liz nejak ma vedomi?"
Rozvedena PAM: "Ano! kou
pila jsem 81 novy klobouk a da
la mu zaslati ucet."
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Znam sirsimu publiku.


znam sirsimu publiku.
Nine vsak zjevoval Sc caste v
duchu obraz 'mladeho muze,
ktery ma dvore trestnice kutno-
horske Pipergrem napinal la
hem tela dvou obesencd, sji-
NAL mrtvoly dolu j klesl pozde
j placem ma schudky sibeni-
ce, tiskna umirajiciho otce-ka-
ia We sve objeti.
Cd tech cas1 mi utkvela ma
vzdy V mysli podoba Walschla
grova - zjev maleho, ramena
teho muze, sivych lici a tenn
nych, vlnitych kaderi, jehoz
divine, patrave, neduverive oci
Z hustych brv z pod zamrace-
neho celia hrozive blesky meta
ly!
Pral jsem 81, abych Sc tax
Keys nahodou setkal tajupl-
rym tim clovekem abych ma
mem vyloudil zpoved' pestreho
jeho zivota, jako Sc mi to poda
rilc u jeho hovorneho predchud
ce; lee ma to bylo pri zamlklo
sti Wolschlagrove malo made
je.
Kdysi bloudil jsem bez cile
prazskymi ulicemi, v nichz no
chi mlhy tlumily matnou Ear
sV.tilen, a jsa trochu sentimen
talne naladen, rozhodl jsem Sc,
re povecerim v nektere postra
ri restauraci, kde nebudu W.
rusovan lidmi znamymi!
Pc delsim putovani jsem "a
hnul kolem rohu Dusni ulice
pfi chramu Svateho Ducha a
vessel jsem do hospudky zvane
"u Skucku," kde V malem pri
zemnim lokale sedela spora
spolecnost.
Pouze tri neb ctyri pozdni
pijaci pOdrimovali u sklenek,
starry citerista skladal u okna
svuj nastroj do kozeneho pou-
zdra a toliko jeden host v Sc
rem pozadi dlel strizliv "a sto
lem, opiraje zaduman hlavu o
svalnatou pest a dymaje ko-
tcuce koure z dlouhe papirosy.
Schyiil jsem sc prot nemu
u kamen do kouta a zazvOnil
ia sklepnika, lee V tom "a
mraceny muz z protejska prud
ce vstal a zmeriv mne ostre,
irohOdil:
''Nechtel byste 81 zahrat Sc
mnou partii karambolu?"
Nine vyzvani prilis netesilo,
ale cizinec pronesl je tax raz
nym tonem, ,ze mi bezdeky "a
Sla chut' k odporu.
ia nerad hram, pane,' Cd
tl:sil jsem plaSe, "ale udelam
yam to k will"
Neznamy Sc dial do smichu.
tx will mnew uSklibl sc
zhurta. "To je dobre! Je videt,
ze nevite, kdo jsem! kdybyste
mne znal, dost MONA, re by
ste 81 vec rozmyslil -
"Oho." zvolal jsem popu-
zen. "Co ie mi po vasem stavu
i zivotopisu. Neptam Sc po
rich. = Jste host, jeiz sem Ia
val nahodou vitr tax jako me-,
i sehrajeme klidne svoji par
til a nestarejme Sc jeden a dru
heho. Nevideii jsme Sc nikdy
vice Sc beztoho Ease ne
setkame a proto racte hrat -
nne ma tom nesejde, kdybyste
bvl sam prazsky katn'
Cizinec pristoupil kvapne Ike
mne, podival Sc mi zbystra V
oblicej, pokrcil rameny a houkl
pax na cisnika, jez spal V tina
en- rohu Senkovny:
"Hej! Hola. Rozsved'te! -
Boze! Kde jsem videl ten
zvlastni oblicej?
s'ehral jsem partii "a oneo-
byGejne tremy, stale zpytuJe
vzezreni zahadneho muze a
kdyz tyz, ,dokonciv hru skve
lie velkou serii, odhodil' tyc a
vzdalil Sc zas zpet do sveho
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Po tomto prekvapeni nasledo
valo nekolik jinych, nemene
velkych. Parizi nedoprano ca
su, aby otrla - zdalo Sc, jako
by markyz cekak zrovna ma ten
okamzik; ably Sc z temnoty BIZ
dy vysinul, nebot' v kazdy den
dovedl mesto oslniti novym zje
venim sve bytosti.
Odkoupil Ease starry, prostor
ny palac v ulici de Grenelle v
slechticke ctvrti Saint Germain,
kde jeho predci bydlivali, kde
sam Sc narodil zaridil no ne
vldenou dosud nadherou.
Domacnost jeho vedena spu
sobem knizecim, ba kralov-
skym - nejlepSi kone, nej-
skvelejsi povozy byly jeho ma
jetkem. Nikdo nemohl Sc mu
co do vydajG rovnati nikdo
nemohl Sc pochlubiti ami pri-
.blizne tax vybranym vkusem
jako on, Markyz oslnoval u
nasel.
Nepripoutal 81 snad pouze
vzneSene bohate - cinil stei
ne chudymi. Koupil velky
kns pozemku a dial na mem zri
diti nemocnici - zakladal do
brocinne ustavu; nesmirnymi
obnosy peneznimi, jez vynakla
dal ma zmirnenf bidy trpicich,
daval ma jevo, re duse jeho je
tax dobra jako jest jmeni jeho
nevycerpatelne.
Ma tom vsak neustaval. Ia
tC dobrocinnost, jakkoli byla v
rravd6 knizeci, nemohla jeho
bytosti zadost uciniti - musel
i sve schopnosti rozvinouti. Pu
stiv Sc do velkych podnikG fl
nancnfch, velmi bro ukazal,
re jest organisatorskou a poll
tickou silou prvni tfidy, ktera
ma sebe zahy uvedla upoutati
pcZornost vlady.
Ia nedlouhy cas- po jeho sna
tku, prichazeli k nemu vlivu
pozivajici muzi okoli Bois-
Tordu, nabizejice mu poslanec
tvi "a jejich kraj. Markyz ma
bidku onu pfijal a to bylo Ia
kiadnlm kamenem jeho bu
doucnosti.
Vystoupeni markyze z Ar
gentalu V snemovnG poslanec.
gentalu V snemovn6 poslanec,
kc vzbudilo pozornost. Ia pet
sest mesicu dobyl ST mad svymi
soudruhy v snemovne takove-
no vlivu, re potreboval pouze
hnouti rukou, ably Sc Ultra stal
ministrem. Timto spusobem u.
pozornoval Pariz ma svou Will
a sve rozmary udrzoval celou
Francii V napnuti, nebot' ca
sopisy prinasely obsirne zpra-
w jeho zazracnych schopno
stech a vykonech IS toutez
rukou, ktera pred casem svira
la rukojet' bambitky, ably Ga
brleiu premohla, toutez ru-
kou drzel vice nez Pariz, vice
nez Francii - on drzel bursy
cele Evropy pomocl svych mo-
hutnych a smelych financnich
operaci, jez veleduch jeho W.
nlyslel, v napnuti.
Postacilo rekolik mesicu, a.
by sc Norbert "a prispeni pc
nez Rouguinem mu opatrenych
stal kralem mody, peneznihc
THU, kralem salonu, politiky,
pTepychu, dobrocinnosti = je-
dni mslovem: kralem Parize.
Sotva rok postacii k tomu, a
by vSechny ty vlohy muze to-
hoto, jez bedou zivota spouta
ny byly, uplneho doznaly W.
yinu. Markyz vysinul Sc vyso-
kc - chtel ale vystoupiti je
Ste vyse.
Jednoho dine pravil Gabrie-
lie. sfsA
"Uvedl jsem svym veledu-
chem cely svet v udivv'
A tento clovek, jejz provaze
10 nadSenl vSude, kde sc obje
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YOU pruQkOStl - HlllONal na
smrt.
Rok uplynul cd neblaheho
dramatu, jez Sc odehralo V
Bois Tordu a dnes prave jest
vyrocnl den tragickeho onoho
shatku.
Markyz uchystal velkolepou
s]avnost v palaci Argental ma
pamatku tohoto dne. Norbert
nechtel, ably nekdo tusil, jak
domaci jeho zivot jest pin tru
clllivosti - avsak kazda tako-
va slavnost jen zvysovala Ear
tcho plamene, jenz dust jeho
zziral, nebot' obnovovala po-
hrdani, jakehoz Sc mu cd Ga
briefly v udel dostavalo a zvy-
sovalo jeji nenavist.
V ulici Grenelle Rouguin jen
zrldka kdy Sc objevoval. Pc
cely rok rozvijel horecnatou
cinnost, ably vypatral druheho
dedice, o nemz Sc v zaveti Ber
tarove zminka cinila. Byla to
scstra Bertarova - a te ne
mohl nalezti!
konecne Otazal Sc Rouguin
otce Gabrielina.
IVY nejste jedinym dedicem
jemuz nesmirne toto jmeni
piipada, pane Bertaro," ujal
Sc jednatel slova. "Hned z po
catku jsme Sc vam S tim netaji
H."
"Pravda - mann sestru -
jrnenuje sc Johanka," odvetil
Bertara. "Jest zcela v pofadku
aby obdrzela svdj podil, ma ne
stesti vsak nevim, kde Sc zdr-
zuje - aneb zdali vubec jeste
Jest ma zivu. Nevim O tom nice
no."
"Coz pax jste ztratil sestru
z oci?" vyzvidal Rouguin. 'Po
vezte mi vse, co by mi mohlo
romoci pri patrani a ma co Sc
este pamatujete; ia Sc pax po
ilusim jeji vynalezeni."
Starec sklopil hlavu a pra-
vii smutne:
'Sestra ma musela by citati
)adesat let, kdyby jeste lila.
jako ia narodila v Chamesso-
NJ V Department. de la Cote
i'Or. Byla velmi slicna, wac
le slicna - a to nebylo pro nj
l1bre. Lichoceni vesnickych
lochu il omamilo a kdyz il o.
tee matka k Will tomu zivot
;neprijemnovali, opustila Cha
nesson a odebrals Sc do Pari-
ze. Z pocatku podavala o So
o6 zpravu = pax Otec mat
"a zemieli = a ia Johance
ice neslySeT. Prestehovav Sc
pezdeji do Parize, cinil jsem
ruzne pokusy o vypatrani jeji
stopy, ale bud zemrela, bud
ze Francii opustila, vsechno
me snazeni minulo Sc uspe-
chem.
Rouguin proSt' oural a propa
tral celou Pariz, aniz by byl
nohl Johanku Bertarovou ma
czti. Jeho jednatele pfi tomto
patrani casio Sc setkali S jed
lateli Muradovymi, kteri sle
dovali tyz ell a Rouguinovi by
. V jeho nezdaru alespon Ute
chou to vedomi, ze jeho protiv
llci We svych snahach nejsou
;t'astneiSi jej.
"Paklize Johanky Bertaro-
We vice neni mezi zivymi,' po-
myslil 81 .Rouguin po kazdem
nezdaru, "tim lepe pro marky
re pro mne. Nevydame Sc
yak alespon v tax velke nebez
peel. NeStestim jest jen ia o.
kolnost, re bezzivoti zenstiny
re must byti dokazano, chceme
i nabyti prava ma cele dedic-
tvi."
Diveruje sve smelosti, spole-
hal ma nahodu, ktera mu jiz
tak casio prisla ma pomoc a v
tomto SVEN spolehani Sc nebyl
take sklaman.
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Pani (ke sluzce): Limo, Jdu
nyni pryc. Zatop deten, nepri-
loz ale ctyri steplny jake oby-
cejne, ale jen trl, nebot ia We
zmu iedno z deti sebou." .....,
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rem Sc OZyVdI lOIllOL SpuSOUO-
vany delniky, kteTf Sc zabyvali
vyzdobou salonG. sedela smut
ne a mEky We svych komna-
tach Gabriela. Neehtela k teto
slavnosti ami prstem hnouti ~
nechtela niceho, co by Sc slay
nosti tykalo, videti ami slyseti,
rybrz zGstati uzavrenou We
SVEN pokoji jako v klastere.
Bylo-li pax zivota truchlejsl
ho mad zivot jeji?"
Svet il lichotil, zeny il zavi-
dely, muzove il zboznovali -
a ona plakala!
Markyza byla obklopena
prepychem jako kralovna a by
la opravdu kralovnou We vsem
tom, CO nesmirne jmeni a W.
soke postaveni jejiho manzela
We spolecnosti a We svete spu-
sobiti molly - a ona plakala,
srdce jeji krvacelo!
Vedela, ze vadne a zivot jeff
ze bezucelne hyne - re ne
NIUE jiz dele vzdorovati suro-
WIN narazIm.
Ia cely ten rok co byNa vda-
Ia, Gabriela jen malo SLOW Wy
menila Sc svym mnazelem a to
.ien tehdy, kdyz zraky lidi ma
nj byly upreny a ona usmivati
sc musela, ably neprozradila,
iak Sc to nj vlastne ma.
iZvot obou byl pusty. Jeji
byl plny zoufalstvi mad znice-
nou jsoucnosti - plny pomsty-
ctivosti a zivot jeho plny vyci-
tex svedomi a utrap neopetova
lie lasky. Pc cely rok neobratil
Sc markyz ku sve zene Sc zad
ncu prosbou - pouze pohledy
yeho prosily "a odpusteni = o
ma vsak odpovidala ma ne ne
nym, nemilosrdnym pohrda-
MIN.
Rano toho dine, kdy mela
byti usporadana skvela slav
most, ma niz sc celia zivotu Sc
radujici elegantni Pariz tesla,
dal Sc Norbert Gabriely taxa
tt, zda-li by jej prijala.
Markyza teprve pred chvili
vstala a byla jeste v rannim
rouchu. Gabriela zbledla, kdyz
il komorna prosbu manzelovu
oznamovala. Bylo to poprve, re
j Norbert vzkazal tax podiv-
ncu otazku. Dala pokynem ma
jevc, re chce priimouti man.
zela sveho ocekavola jej, o.
pirajic Sc o zad pohovky a pI'i
tom horecnate zimnicne jsouc
rOzechvena.
Norbert vstoupil a zavTel "a
sebou dvere. Oblicej jeho pro
zrazoval odhodlanost, ale i vel
ken pobourenost.
Gabriela, spatrivse jej, ami
sebou nehnula; sotva re Sc po-
ohledla, kdyz jej slySela vcha
yeti.
Norbert zustal pred nj stati.
"Gabrielo," pocal hlasem, jenz
Sc snazil byti pevnym, vzdor to
mu ale Sc zachvlvaf, "Gabrie-
10, me jednani musi Sc vam
zdati podivnym, chapu to, dou
fam vsak, re budete dosti spra
vedlivou a re DONATE, re jest
to pOprve CO Sc pokousim sbllzi
ii sc vami!"
Obratila Sc kvapne. "Sblize-
MI! zvolala. "Jest silenstvim
Ma to jen pomysleti a je-li to
pficinou vaSi zde pritomnosti,
toz vas zde opravdu dele nedr
zim."
"Vyslechnete mne, Gabrielle,
dO konce ="
"Coz pax jste v mem jedna
nj shledal sebe menSi stopy,
jez by vas opravnovaby k ma
Geji?" vpadla mu markyza do
Teci.
"Nikoliv - o, nikoliv" od-
vetil on bolestne. "Neprovila
jste zadnou slabost a zadny
ccIJcit nem6la iStp ipdinV o.
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vii jeho obydli.
Cd te dolby jsem prazskeho
kata nevidel, az po dvou letech
kdyz Sc roznesla zvest, ze v
trestnici znojemske bude obe-
sen vojin Prax, ktery re misty
zastrelil Jana Christa, sveho
Cetare.
Tenkrat jsem zamifil do by
IT, Wohlschlagrova, 0 n6mz
jsem doslechl, re Sc pred ro-
KEN ozenil s hezkou divcinou,
re Sc stal otcem, a re Sc cd po-
sledniho ctvrtleti prestehoval
Male Strany do domu napro
tt kavarne ~ trech kapru,"
We stredu Kaprove ulice.
Sotva jsem sc octl V dru-
hem poschodi stareho, Sereho
staveni a zaklepal ma sklenene
dvere, ma nichz visel napis LIE
opald Wohlschlager," vysel
mi mlady popravci naproti q
sdelil mi, re popraveni vojaka
Praxe svereno bylo jiz katu Vi
denskemu, slechtici Seyfriedo-
81, ale &C TAX ma navSteva sta
.a Sc bezucelnou, nepustil mne
Wohlschlagegr, nybrz vesed
dal do svych salonku, predsta-
Vi, mne sve rodine.
Rozhlizel jsem Sc V luznem,
puvabnem zatisi dlouho s uza
sem, nebot' jsem nemohl ami u
veriti, re dim V tajemne "ka
tovne.'
Sam mistr popravci We SVEN
d6lnick6m satu cinil DOZEN nej
bodrejsiho muze lidu, a kdyz
jsem 81 prohledl jeho katovske
oiplomy, nastroje a zlovestny
zluty kufrik ohyzdnou snero-
vackou a spary sibenice, tn Sc
rozloucil Sc mnou stisknutlm
taky, nacez odkvapil do prace
d. sve zlatnicke dilny, pohviz
duie swine veselou pisnicku.
Podivny pocit pojal mne,
kdyz jsem V te chvili rozhledl
;e kolem po pribytku, po utul-
ku "muze smrti'', po bytu ka-
tcve.
V prostranne SIM kol do ko
"a zafil jas denniho svetla, "a
plasuje schmury z jizby i re
srdce!
Celia svetnicka oslnovala ci-
.totou, oxen snaSela Sc vune
.fial a karafiatu, V kolebce ja-
5alo a tleskalo rukama krasne
let t'atko, jemuz mlada matka
zpivala laskyplne neznou uko
leDavku a odevSad V tom IL
chem skrytu rodinnem dycha-
o kouzlo blazene domacnosti,
;testi, pokoj a mir!
Jen tam pravO, V temnem
tohu kobky Sc cernala stara,
pootevrena skiin, niz stal zlu
~ yak Sc snurami, opratkami
2 haky vrazednymi, jez Sc z ne
10 sklebily jako demon, cihaJl
Il V hroznem mlGeni, ably po-
jednou z nenadani vitality sve
hnusne spary, zdrtily to tiche
blaho kol vyrvaly cd rodlnne
no krb mladeho otce i NAME
"a = klidneho d6lnika vypu-
Oily jej ven - k stupnim po-
pravist6, ably mozolnou svou
rukou usmrtil neznameho, od-
souzeneho bidaka.
Det' atko V kolebce hledelo
' tn stranu zcela pokojne, brou
kaiic 81 bezstarostne, vypulu-
tic roztomile modra, nevinna
rcka V temny kout, lee mne sc
zdalo, re tam zrim V tn chvlll
prizrak Pipergra - Jeho mrtve
ho dedecka S otazkou ma rtech:
"Budes tez nastupcem sveho
otce = budez tez d6dicem ro-
du naSeho - drahe zlate ro-
hatko = dite me?'
Pfipadalo mi, jako by W.
stroj katuv V kout6 zasumel te
nlnou odpoved!
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One of our young men sure
come to the front in short order
his friends are at a loss to und
stand his untiring energy and abil
to work and get results. where o.
few weeks before he seemed to-
all run down and almost nerve
wreck.
Questioned by a curious friend
to the cause of the sudden chan
he said: Il sure was in bad shx
and no one knew it better than q
1t had my goat for fair. was all
and my nerves shot to pieces VI
worriment and sleepless nights. C
day | overheard customer telli
what Phosphated Iron had done
him and I could not get a sup.
quick enough That's the whole stos
just Phosphated Iron. My poor til
overworked nerves Just seemed to-
Phosphate hungry. the way they to
hold OF it, and say what a relief. &
felt like new man. Could sleep
night, and get up in the morning a
ing like a two-year-old Believe 4
l had some appetite too, my weight
creased rapidly, my face filled out q
had the color of perfect health u
only goes with pure blood, well
with iron.
"You can bet / am strong for IN
phated Iron. Everyone who tries
is q booster.
DO you know even the doctors
prescribing 1t; trust them to get -
| to a good thing, they were not lC
wiseing up to Phosphated Iron.
| To insure doctors and their
tients getting the genuine Phospha1
Iron we have put in capsules only.
do not allow dealers to substitute p
or tablets. McGrath Bros. Drug 4
Keokuk, Iowa, and leading druggt
everywhere.
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very pleasant time was spent by the
young friends and their teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Matice and baby
of Lockpor.. n. Y. arrived Friday for
a visit with relatives and friends in
this city.
Mr.. Claud Turner of this city and
Miss Celia Bennington Of Dallas City,
ILL.,, were united in marriage at Bur
lington, Iowa, Wednesday. Their host
of friends in this city will wish them
every joy that can come to them dur.
ing this war and happy reunion and
many years of welded life together
after the war is over. Mr.. Turner
leaves to enter training camp today.
MI and Mrs. Frank Fowler have as
their guests Mr. and Mrs. Corbin OF
Bellefield, n. D.
Lester Raven Mapes, corporal OF
battery e 339 field artillery of Camp
Dodge, Iowa, and Miss Mamie z. Bess,
of Carthage were united in marriage
Thursday evening at the Parsons
home, Rev Parsons officiating. The
young couple were accompanied to
this city by Norris ]. Bess, a relative
of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Mapes Will
spend few days visiting relatives al
Kampville, ILL.,, and St Louis, after
which MI Mapes will return to CamE
Dodge, and his bride to her position
as bookkeeper and stenographer a.
the Hancock County National bank.
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Maurice Wahrer was a Keokuk call
er Monday.
William Weigard was Donellson
caller Monday.
Misses Katie Barnes, Alvah kerns.
Anna and Elizabeth Schuelka spent
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Hulda
Caldwell
Mrs Belle Wahrer and son Truman
were Fort Madison callers Wednes-
day.
The Red Cross chapter sent In this
week twenty-five bed shirts, one
sweater, four pairs of socks and one
pair of wristlets.
Misses Helen and Lucille Vermazen
attended the picnic at Valley school
house Friday.
Mrs. Alice Griswold of near Veile
was a. Charleston caller Wednesday.
Harry Philip spent Thursday even
ing with Arlie Harry and Hugh Barnes
Bryan Handbook and wife spent Sun
day at the James VermaZen home.
Morgan Barnes and sons Arlie and
James we're Donnellson callers Satur-
day.
Miss Anna Klug Of FIT. Madison
spent Sunday at home.
William Wahrer left for Camp Grant
at Rockford. H., Tuesday. He en-
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Wednesday until Saturday with her
sister, Mrs. Frank Mcmillan and fam
lily at Mt. Pleasant
Following an extended visit with
her son. DR.. w. A. Dflts and family at
lndianola. Mrs. Martha Dilts is at
home. gssN
]. T. 1ngrim and wife went to Dan
willie Wednesday to spend two weeks
with their daughter, Mrs. T. B. Safer
and family.
Mrs. ]. W. Foss is visiting her son
Glenn and her nephew Max Weeks, at
camp at Jacksonville, Fla.
Miss Elsie Weeks came from Keo-
kuk and spent last week with home
folks.
Mrs. r. R. Gray departed Thursday
to take treatment at the Mayo Bros.
hospital at Rochester, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. G. Stevens re-
Gently entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Anderson from New London.
Miss Mathews OF Mt. Pleasant. was
Sunday guest at the J. T. Powell
home.
Mrs. Matte Binford enjoyed visit
with her friend. Mrs. Orpha Harvey
from Lowell.
J. r. wilmeth has been serving as
| Juror in the federal court held at Dav-
export.
| George White, soldier boy, Is visit
| ing his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Il.
White.
| Invitations are issued for the an
nual party to be given on May !, by
the Woman's club.
| Tuesday evening, May Z. commence
iment exercises Of the Salem high
school will be held at the M. F. church
members of the graduating class are:
William Simkin, Bayard Friend, Dew
|ey Hodson, Ralph White. Howard Bur
key. Leslie Johnson. Viola Harshpar
ger. Leila Watts, Elsie Tnompson
Norrine Hoggatt, Mildred Hourihan
ruth Shelley. Ruth Collatt and Rutn
Foss.
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Louise OF Keokuk, visited last week
with her sister, Mrs. William Van
Zant.
Mrs. Sarah Beeson spent Sunday at
Keokuk with her son Harry and wife.
Charles Christy and wife of Los
Angeles, Calf. are here visiting with
his parents, Scott Christy's.
Everett Christy of Chicago and
John Christy and wife Of Fort Madi-
son were home. They had family
reunion in honor of Everett having to
leave soon for military training.
Joe LaMeur and wife of Seaton, Ill.
are here visiting at the home Of the
latter's parents, Ben Keppler and
family.
Grandma Texter is very i'll.
Mrs. Mott is sick with tonsilitis, 1t
having been necessary to lance her
throat.
Grandma Neff is quite sick at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Del Story.
Ted Jansen made business trip to
Texas last week.