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The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Young Soldier Dies

The remains of Wm. P. Brooks,
whose death at Dayton, Ohio, was
mentioned in the Blade last week,
arrived at Brookfeld Thursday
evening and were taken to the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Brooks, two miles northeast
of Laclede.
He enlisted in the army the 18th
of last August and entered the
training school for mechanics at
the state university where he be-
came second best in his class. He
was on his way from Columbia to
Camp Mead, Maryland, when he
was stricken with influenza. He
was taken to Miami Valley hospital
at Dayton, Ohio, where the disease
developed double pneumonia and
he passed away Tuesday morning,
October %. Deceased was born
near Rothville, December 26, 1896.
He united with the Methodist
Episcopal church August ID, the
day he was leaving for camp.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist church in Brookfeld
Saturday, conducted by Rev, E. l..
Robson and burial was made in
Rose Hill cemetery. Besides the
father and mother he leaves one
brother, Frank, to mourn the loss
of a beloved one. He was given
full military honors at the grave
by the home guards.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Red Cross Election

A meeting of the Pershing Red
Cross will be held at headquarters
in the Masonic building Saturday
afternoon, at which steps will be
taken to hold the annual election
of officers in accordance with the
new rules promulgated by the
division headquarters this week.
The election must be held on or
before November 13, and the
county chapter election held Nov
ember 20. Let there be as large
an attendance at the Saturday
meeting as possible that the work
may be attended to in proper and
satisfactory manner.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Tab on Pennsylvania Weather

The Blade has received a copy
of the Free Press published at
Quakertown, Pa, ou the front
page of which we notice an inter
esting article, "a little talk about
the weather." written by Charles
W. Shive, weather observer for
that locality. Mr.. Shive is well
remembered in Laclede having
lived a number of years with his
parents on a farm near FOrker,
and was a student in the Laclede
high school. The bureau was
established in 1872 and the hottest
day recorded was August Z of this
year when the temperature went to
los.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
General Store to Move

J. F. Disney, who bought the
Knabe general store, has leased
the Eichman building first door
south of the postofice and will
move the first of the month. The
Eichman room has been repaired,
repapered and new shelving put in
and made very convenient for a
general stock. Mr.. Disney has
moved his family here and is
occupying the Felt property.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
New Method Of Obtaining Sugar

A new method for procuring
sugar for canning and preserving
purposes has been put into effect.
Sugar for this purpose can now be
secured only by applying to the
county food administrator for q
special certificate.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Household Furniture For Sale

Having sold my residence pro-
perty and expecting to move to
California, l offer my household
and kitchen furniture at private
sale. Come and select what you
want and will make you the right
price. Also have q full set OF
blacksmith tools for sale.
j. Q. ABER.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01

1t does the work, use SanOl
Eczema Remedy to get rid Of
those black head, pimples, or
rough bumpy skin. Leaves skin
smooth. Cures any case Of
Eczema. Is pleasant to use. A
trial will convince you. Soc and
LOO at Rexall store.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week


part of the week on business in
Sullivan county
Mrs. II. D. Hall returned
Tuesday from spending several
days with relatives at Bucklin.
Mrs. J. M. Perkins came down
from Linneus Tuesday to visit her
son VIM. and wife on route one.
The Women's Foreign Mission
ary Society will meet with Mrs.
P. F. Weaver next Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Joe Dye has moved from route
one where he has lived several
years to a farm he has rented seven
miles southeast of Mendon.
Col. j. H. B. Smith, Mrs. Sallie
Crowder and Miss Hester Morris
of Milan, and Mayor Allen of
Laclede, were dinner guests of Mrs.
]. r. McEfee last Sunday.
Miss Catherine Moore who came
home from college at Nashville,
Tenn. last Saturday to visit over
Sunday, is down with influenza
and unable to return to school.
Mrs. Gertie Kephart is at the
home of her mother, Mrs. John
Murphy, having been called here
by tha illness of her two little
daughters who are staying with
their grandmother and attending
the Laclede school.
j. o. Vanosdol of Bucklin was
Laclede visitor Saturday. Mr..
Vanosdol is the republican nominee
for presiding judge of the county
court, and no man in the county is
better fitted for that important
office than the Bucklin township
farmer and good roads advocate.
Emmons Peer, one of Linn
county's quota t. Fort Worth,
Texas, last week, has returned,
not being able to pass the required
physical examination. Emmons is
quite disappointed as he expected
to at least get over there" in
time to help in the big drive now
going on towards Berlin.
Mrs. J. B. Patrick has returned
to her home in Brookfeld from
spending a couple of weeks with
her son, Wade, who is in a
hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Wade is in the aviation corps and
was in training at Minneapolis
when he suffered an attack of
rheumatism. He has been in the
hospital several months. While
in Indianapolis Mrs. Patrick was
pleasantly entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Haight, Mr., Haight
being formerly of Laclede.
Mrs. G. A. Caldwell passed
away at the family home here on
Thursday of last week after a
lingering illness from tuberculosis.
The family came here about two
years ago. Mr.. Caldwell being
section foreman on the Hannibal
line; Deceased was 26 years, 8
months and 2 days of age. The
husband and two small children
survive. The remains were taken
to Lakenan Saturday where funeral
services were held and burial made
in Prairieview cemetery.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Card of Thanks

We wish to tender our sincere
thanks to neighbors and friends
for their kind assistance and
sympathy shown in our bereaye-
ment-the death of our dear baby.
Mr.. and Mrs, W. D. Winterscheid.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Chicken Pie Dinner Postponed

There will be no chicken pie
dinner on election day, the Ladies
Aid having decided to postpone
their annual dinner on account of
so many of the members having
sickness in their families.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Hunting Notice

Hunters and trappers are warn
ed to keep off of all lands owned
or controlled by the undersigned.
o. Y, WATSON.
G. NJ. WILSON.
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
Town and COUNTRY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

eAcuAuRos
Two ricks of clover hay for sale
by ZR. King.
For sale-One Shropshire ram.
G. K. Dali, Laclede.
Barred Rock cockerels $500
each. Mrs. Harry Landree, phone
81.
j. @. Aber has sold his residence
property to T. M. Hogan who
bought it as an investment.
Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels
for sale at $500 each during
October. Mrs A. M. Walker, La
clede.
Those wishing to withdraw
stock from pasture will please do
so only on Saturdays. Mrs. T. E.
Sisson.
There will be no services at the
Baptist church next Sunday in
accordance with the effort to check
influenza.
J. W. Anderson has built an
addition of one room and made
other substantial improvements to
his residence.
Regular meeting of the Grand
Army post Saturday afternoon.
Annual election of officers and all
comrades who can should attend.
A purse containing a small
amount of money was found in
Laclede the day the war exhibit
train was here. Inquire at this
Office. -....
No services at the Methodist
church next Sunday. Should
conditions improve regular services
will be resumed Sunday, Novem-
Der 10.
Mrs. W. E. Shell, who has been
confined to her bed for some time
following the amputation of two
broken toes, was taken to Kansas
City Tuesday for an operation.
We were all shut-ins last Sunday. |
No Sunday schools or other church
services, roads too muddy to go
car riding and afraid to go visit
ing for fear of catching flu germ.
J. L. Mouser was on the st. |
Joseph market Monday with a car
of hogs of his own feeding. They |
were a nice bunch, averaging 1873
pounds and topped the market,
selling at $500 per hundred.
Little Ella Bundren, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H E. Bundren, who
was operated on for appendicitis at
the Brookfeld hospital last Sat-
urday, is recovering nicely and is
now thought to be out of danger.
When you have backache the
liver or Kidneys are sure to be out
of gear. Try Sanol, it does
wonders for the liver, kidneys,
and bladder. A trail will con-
vince you. Get it at Rexall store.
There are quite>a few cases of
influenza in and about Laclede but
generally in light form, many
having completely recovered, and
no fatalities whatever so far.
Conditions here are not nearly so
bad as in some sections.
There is not a man on the
republican county ticket but what
will do his full duty if elected.
There is not man in Office in
the county today that has done
more, nor has he done it any
better than the law demands and
the people expect of a public
The Laclede blade., 1918-11-01
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of ALI Sorts


home in White City, Kans.,
October 10 at the age of SO years.
The SIaght family formerly lived
in Laclede, Mr.. Slaght conducting
blacksmith shop, removing from
here to White City,.
The hunting season being at
hand farmers and land owners are
already complaining of trespassing
ON their property. Hunters not
only endanger stock but are care
less about breaking down fences
and leaving gates open and there
fore many are forbidding hunting
on their premises and will posecute
those who violate the warning.
The Blade learns that so
students of Howard Payne college,
Fayette, played in a Bach recital
last Monday morning and that
Miss Beatrice Harter of Laclede
was one of twelve chosen from the
fifty to play again at the big Bach
recital November 15. To be thus
chosen is considered quite an
honor among students and La
clede is pleased to see Miss Harter's
name among the successful ones.
The district conference that was
to have been held in the Laclede
Methodist church this week, be-
ginning Tuesday evening, was
postponed to a later date. In
view of the fact that all church
services had been discontinued,
the school and theatre closed and
all public meetings dispensed with
in an effort to check the spread of
influenza, it was thought. best not
to hold the conference at this
time.
With a desire to cooperate in
every way possible with the board
of health and local authorities in
their effort to stamp out the pre-
vailing epidemic, the board decided
to close the public schools and the
order was effective on Thursday of
last week. Just when the schools
will open again depends on the
health of the student body and the
community, the suspension ending
just as soon as the danger of
spreading the disease is over.
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W, S. Savage sent a car of
cattle and hogs to the st. Joseph
market Tuesday night for member
of the shipping association. The
cattle were furnished by Geo. L.
Farrar, John W. Anderson,
Hoyer & Son, Anda Sparks. Il.
W. Gardner, Chas. Lloyd, Chas.
V. Jennings, and the hogs by E.
R. Barton, Roy Rowland, !. W.
Wallace, L. T. Rowland, Elmer
Patton, q. r. Hamill, J. R.
Hawes, j. Ed. Downey, J. G.
Clinefelter and Ben Morrell.
John C. Brown writes to have
the Blade sent to him at Chicago
as he is there doing some statistic
al work for the government and
will probably be there some time.
The stove factory for which he
has been general representative
for a number of years is not put
ing ont many stoves now, the
factory being almost entirely de-
voted to war material. John says
everything in illinois indicates
that Jimham Lewis is to get his
pink whiskers trimmed in the
election next Tuesday. ]
Evening star., 1918-02-24

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The Washington times., 1918-01-14

That is what the mayor of New York city said to
the editor of this newspaper when asked to define his att
tude on the coal question:
81 using the police force the carts owned by the
citizens that usually collect ashes and garbage to relieve
the wants of the very poor-the third class.
Il want to be the right kind Of mayor for every one OF
the three coal classes But the first class with plenty OF
money and plenty of COAL do not need help
''The second Glass; with plenty of money and coal
fasten electric heater to their electric wires or
go to Florida or California
1.-THE poor with coal and little money are those
that need immediate help and the city government is trying
to give it to them
In that brief statement as to the coal situation there
explanation and ample justification of John Hylans eec
tion mayor of New York city.
New York has had many administrations deeply inter
esed in the FEW that have plenty of money plenty Of coal
and plenty of everything.
It will be pleasant change to have for mayor man
equally interested in those that have little of anything
1t is really not difficult to be good mayor, good,
faithful servant But apparently is difficult for the
dnay human being made conceed by and office to
remember that the people give him what he has.
Those that live in voteess Washington where nobody
to much about the with coal and small
salary will realize what the when they the
of New York city using ash carts and garbage carts
for distributing coal to the very poor.
They will know what the power of the vote means when
they see Mayor Hyan seizng hordes coaen thousand
tons cosedup factory using this coal for the people
They will know what the vote means when they the
mayor using the fire department to break the ice the
river to let the coal barges through.
In New York they had administration that paid little
attention to the needs of the little The vote threw out
that administration and put in Hylan.
Poor voteleSs Washington takes what it GET and
endures what it must endure, including lack of coal
People of Washington, ask demand protest until you
get the veterinary good things go with it. The WOMEN
of the country getting the vote by working and fighting
for it. Can't the MEN of Washington do as much?
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
Support John L. Weaver
By EARL GOODWIN.
He Is the Only Man Who Can Help Us Get Coal an
Behind Him he VIII Do It

John L. Weaver, Fuel Administrator for the District Of
Columbia cannot administer coal unless the Federal Fuel
Administration allows coal to be shipped to Washington
This city is the main war shop If the Federal Fuel
Administration will maintain that view of the situation
will have enough coal.
Furthermore after the coal reaches here if John L
Weaver is permitted to distribute the fuel the basis Of
actual needs and the basis of favored customers
will ALL get square deal John L. Weaver is square
man.
Various witnesses before the Senate committee have
given their individual views why the National Capital
fell into panic for lack of coal Some of them seemed
skilled in evading the facts; most of them passed the
buck Some who could not think of anything else blamed
it all on the public.
Before the hearing had been called the reasons for the
inquiry developing rapidly, like germs ferment.
For months the public bamboozed by statements which
seemed full of wisdom the Book Of Proverbs but ac
uay as empty a tinkng cymbal. Also the public
entertained by long series of conflicting warnings predc
tons and forecasts famine was upon one day; on
the next indignant official denied it. NOT that there
was no famine The official merely suffered from the habit
of denying
And the befuddled public was left meantime in gen.
era state of ncomprehenson any fundamental truth
except that bins were empty and coal was high.
In the midst of all this the public began to freeze and
THEN the truth which stuck out t like sore thumb
OTHERS COULD NOT Some dealers had lot OF It; others
had none John L. Weaver the only official the public knew,
was assailed from all sides
After he had borne it for several days he read the
riot act to coal dealers and outlined to the public his coal
ratoning scheme More important than this ne seems to
have succeeded in getting from the Federal Fuel Admins
raon definite promise ship to Washington the amount
of fuel the CITY needs That essential to have been
overlooked by the Federal fuel people in their Jealous rush
to compile a lot of statistics
So review shows
l. That officials who trained all summer issuing state
ments now wish they had been shoveling coal
9 That MUCH of Washington's trouble is at the door
of the Federal Fuel Administration.
g. That John L. Weaver has done mans Job under
fire. and we should all support him. Remember he IS the
ONLY man now helping us to get COAL He has great
and can cut off supply of any dealer who does not
follow instructions to play fair.
oHd his
thouohts dUdgs the actual needs Of the consumer De u
no1rsr pLnnt or uashuvonan and you lvH not WrOHg
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
A Poem to Comfort Old Men
Gray hairs were once honored as meaning wisdom
They Need It In This Nation That Burns Up Human
Beings Quickly and Throws the Old
On a Human Ash Heap.

Gray hairs were once honored as meaning wisdom.
Nobody need envy the with gray hair today
money when his hair still black, brown yellow
The world does not want the old Railroads or
other employers do not want him.
They take him to a limited extent because are
at and the young going.
But the old is not wanted.
Nearly all the very ancient peoples used to put the old
out of their misery to get rid OF them Some tribes
up in the Arctic regions for instance, still do it.
That is brutal but kinder than the method of our "cv-
izaton which allows the old to die slowly feeling that
they not wanted, reading the advertisements for
young energetic men, realizing that neither Govern
ment power private intelligence makes any effort
use the old and pay them fairly.
The greatest waste in the world is the deliberate loss
of power experience conscenousness and moral charac
ter possessed by the old far than by the young
When you deal with a gray haired you know
that you dealing with something permanent
What he do TODAY he and will do tomorrow
You may trust old man woman when you cannot
as well trust younger.
Work of all kinds might be arranged that the older
human beings would do together the present
rangement which the young working high speed force
The old to desperate, destructive effort.
Some of the old may find moments comfort in six
verses which quote here from poem written by S.
Dunham entitled 1.-The Great White Way
1t is the white way that leads from this life of darkness
and trouble the fewhaever may be-that awaits
on the far side of a funeral service
Mr. Dunham allows US to reprint the following
of his copyrighted poem. Death is talking and addressing
the old
"The bitter buetngs
cod struggled through es tud
ou you've lost your usefulness slough
De"uoe SOl !. ~. ,T II, OF and pain
Yor boar r warm and hold Old whose unconquered
"The o
Continued in Column)
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
DiSilluSiOn Only Spurs
Sincere One On
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

HERE seems to be an odd
rotation OF mental states.
Perhaps some learned psy-
chologist nay be able to explain 1t;
but not being a learned psycholo-
gist, I confess my inability to do
so. One week the majority Of my
correspondents utterly unknown
to each other will write me about
their domestic perplexities; the
next about their moral or mental
problems. And it isn't a local
thought wave by any means. 1t
extends from coast to coast. The
postmarks on the letters vary
from Maine to California.
This week the greater number
OF letters have treated Of disap-
pointment and disillusiOn in all the
affairs of life. and most of them
have been written by young men
and girls from eighteen to twenty
Two UT l"Culg -Nil &C ySN'S VI N6~'
| read their letters over again
before beginning this article, just
to get Impressions that would help
me in answering them; and 1t
seemed for a moment as il clouds
we're all about me, black clouds.
For the tragedies OF youth, view
ed so lightly by most people who
have left their twenties behind
them, are very real and very
poignant And extreme youth,
having no experience to go on.
exaggerates It's sorrows and mini
mizes its Joys.
An Old Saw.
But there is a good old adage
which you all know, Every cloud
has a silver lining" Only the
bother of it is that We are usually
too much engrossed with the cloud
to pause and admire its lining. We
all know just what the cloud Of
worry and defeat and disappoint-
neuI lOOhS Il bAANhB NoAs
murky thing-yet the lining Is
much more worth considering. 1t
is a radiant iridescence, the silver
OVERLAPPING wonderful tones Of blue
and rose and emerald. And the
stimulating and delightful part OF
It is that even the blacklist clouds
are never without this lining Of
light.
A boy has written me that lie
failed to take a prize to the win
ming Of which he had bent all his
energies for three or four years.
and he finds it impossible to re-
cover from the disappointment.
This may seem a very trivial
youthful woe to most people, but
it is very real to him because il
has brought with 1t a sense of hu-
initiation and has impaired his be-
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
Stammering SWANS Rob
Proposals of Poetry
By Elizab beth Jordan

John was scared to death" she
admits. To her dying day, II she
is an average woman, she thinks
with certain regret OF the beau
tiful love scene she might have
had il John had known his lines
in the eternal dialogue.
At this point, Henrietta, several
thousand readers rise hurrieGly to
tell you and me that we are all
wrong. They point out to us that
sincerity is the vital element IN
lovemaking and that Johns en-
barrassment proves him sincere.
For the sake OF argument we
will admit that they may be rlgh:
Then we will remind them that a
scene may be sincere and also
beautiful. There is no reason why
It must be awkward and clumsy to
be sincere. Nor are awkwardness
and clumsiness in themselves
proofs OF sincerity.
The truth is that there is a basic
difference in the mental attitude OF
men and women toward proposals
Of marriage. The man wants the
affair over and settled. He is ner-
vOus, anxious, i'll at ease. How
ever sure he may be OF the girl
up to the critical moment some
pf b{u accuropca daear4s bgn, tIo,
The form Of his proposal worries
him very little. All he wants is
to get 1t out.
Women Love LOVe-Maklng.
The girl, on the other hand loves
the sentimental side Of love as
much as she loves the man. Sub
consciously, she is looking FOR all
the fitting accessories-moonlight,
starlight, music. and the rest.
Most of all, she looks for some
thing moving and dramatic in her
lovers speech and manner. When,
after several false starts, he asks
with assumed lightness, "Think we
could hit it off, Matilda" she ex-
periences a shock Of disillusion-
ment.
You see, Henrietta, American
men are not a sentimental race.
No doubt we should be glad Of
that. Our men have so many fine
qualities that we resent thsir lack
Of sentiment only in situations
where sentiment is vitality needed.
One could safely say, / think,
that fifty per cent of the marriage
proposals of our men to our wo-
men are offered with an abashed
and deprecsting grin. 1t is a very
nice grin. 1t is boyish and shy and
eloquent in its way. But-therc's
no doubt about tit doesn't quite
fit into the big moment