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The Laclede blade., 1918-12-13
WOman's S Meeting

The annual meeting of the
woman's division of the Farm
Bureau which was to have been
held some time ago, but was post
poned on account of the influenza,
will be held at the Linneus court
house Saturday, December IA, at
1:3O.
We should have a good attend
ance at this our first sn1ral NEE ting.
All women of this community,
whether members or not, are not
only invited, but urged to attend.
Several definite questions you
should know about will be discuss
ed.
Also, Miss Nelson, county agent,
will start home nursing lessons
Tuesday night. December II, at
the home of Mrs. Talbot in La
clede. Everybody invited, whether
members or not. Come and learn
to do first aid at home.
MRS. LEE WILSON,
Community Chairman.
The Laclede blade., 1918-12-13
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

j. l.. Sayre made a bushes trip
to Milan Tuesday.
Mrs. Catherine Fruin was here
from Meadville on business Mon
day.
Mrs. Mabel Neal of Linneus has
spent a part of this week with
Laclede relatives.
Mrs A. }. Linn has been look
ing after her millinery business at
Hamilton this week.
The W. G. r. U. will meet with
Mrs. BaSsett next Tuesday at 2:3O.
All cordially inyited.
Mrs. Bert Glenn of Brookfeld
spent Monday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Smith, here.
L. W. Libby was down from
Kansas City Friday and spent a
day with his parents, Judge and
Mrs. O. F. Libby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Duckworth
and Mrs, Dougherty motored here
from their home near Hale Sat-
urday and spent the day among
friends.
Ed. West has returned from
spending the summer in Colorado
and will remain at the home of
his sister, Mrs. w. R. Peacher,
until after the holidays.
Mrs. J. w. Haight and Mrs.
Grace Barber of Brookfeld spent
Monday afternoon in Laclede,
having come to attend the funeral
of Mrs. J. K. Stark.
Geo. Howard, chairman, and f.
E. Cramer. publicity manager,
were here from BrookfeId Monday
arranging for the Red Cross men,
bership drive to begin next Monday
to continue one week.
Mrs. Jennie Barber and son
George of Meadville were guests of
Mrs. Henry Anderson last Sunday.
George is here filling the place at
the Burlington station made
vacant by Garland Duncan being
down with influenza.
The P. E, O. chapter met at
the home of Mrs. Idah Moore in
regular session Wednesday after
noon. The lesson, Who is Who
of American Women in War
Work. " was interestingly con-
Quoted by Miss Emma Gould.
Mrs. Mabel Neal of Linneus was
an out of town guest and gave an
talk.
The Laclede blade., 1918-12-13
Here and There

aOuer T. DanlelS, Il, anu MISS
Mary M. Neal, 23, both OF Mead
vile, were united in marriage al
Chillicothe last week. The groom
is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. j,
Daniels, formerly of Laclede.
Miss Mabel Ransom of Brook.
field has been honored with the
appointment as hostess in one OF
the many furlough houses establish
ed in France by the State FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs. She
will leave early next month for
the overseas post.
Lieutenant Edward Williams of
Meadville, a member of the
American ballon corps in France,
was killed in an accident Novem-
Der 6, just few days before the
armistic was signed. He was %
years of age, and leaves a mother
and one sister at Meadville.
On account of the continued
prevalence of the epidemic of
influenza in many parts of the
state the state teachers association
meeting that was to have been held
in st. Louis December 1928 has
been postponed, and the national
teachers association which was to
have met at the normal school in
Kirksville this month has also been
indefinitely postponed.
Mrs. S. D. Evans, after a long
illness, passed away at the family
home in Meadville Tuesday. She
was the daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. A. L. Loomis and sister of
Mesdames. E. E. and M. P.
Benson of Laclede. She leaves
a husband and four children, many
other relatives and a hest of
friends to mourn her departure.
She was a woman of culture and
christian spirit and her demise is q
loss to the community.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday and interment made at
Meadville.
The farmers have got into the
Advertising game because they
have found it is the biggest paying
investment they can make. Now
lays when a farmer has a COW,
calf, hog. or any animal, or a few
Dads of corn or a rick of hay to
spare he does not sit down and
wait for some one to come along
md buy it. He places an ad in
he local paper aud in nine cases
out of ten makes a sale the next
lay without loss of time and at
title expense, and when he has a
public sale he doesn't hesitate to
invest from $25 to $50 in news
'aper publicity and makes it pay.
The Laclede blade., 1918-12-13
The Baptist Church
Richard L. stratton. Pastor

Morning subject, Our Lords
forty days on earth after his re-
surrectiOn" Evening subject,
Compromising with Conscience. "
Young peoples meeting at $50;
subject, What is the Lords
Support" and What is it For7'
/ Cor. ll:23-34.
The Laclede blade., 1918-12-13
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of ALI Sorts

Henry will be held at his home or
the Deininger farm one mile south
east of Laclede next Tuesday, tC
begin at 10 o'clock. For full
particulars see his ad in this paper
Continuing their campaign fol
basement funds, the young ladies
of class II of the M. E. Sunday
school will serve coffee, cake and
sandwiches at the Barton drug
store next Saturday afternoon,
and invite the patronage of all.
In paying your electric light bill
this month remember we are now
in the shortest days of the year
with much cloudy weather. You are
turning on your lights between
4:3O and 500 o'clock and run
ming them six or seven hours in
the evening and then again in the
morning. Electricity is measured
by time and of course bills are
naturally running higher now
than anv other time of the wear,
Phil Kearney Post G. A. R. has
elected the following officers for
1919: VIM. M. Lomax, commander;
John Duckworth, senior vice
commander; Chas. G. Haight,
junior vice commander: Fl. G.
Lomax, quartermaster; Peter
Smith, surgeon; q. Fl. Neal,
chaplain; L. M. Wilson, officer of
the day; Robert Wood, officer of
the guard. The following appoint
ments have been made: J. r.
McEfee, adjutant; A. P. Welsh,
patriotic instructor; C. H. Neal,
sergeant major; G. G. Haight,
quartermaster sergeant. The new
officers were Installed at the last
regular meeting.
Oak Arbor school certainly made
a fine record in the late drive for
war funds. Miss Via Glenn, the
teacher, made a donation of $40
and the pupils contributed an
average of 20 cents each. AS
futher evidence of their patriotism
hey have the American and allies
Tags displayed in the room and on
assembling each morning they
salute the flags and sing a national
song. The pictures of President
Wilson and General Pershing are
also in the room together with a
service flag with two stars. This
s Miss Glenn's second term at
Oak Arbor. She gave such good
the first term that she |
vas re-employed at an increased |
salary, now getting $40 per month.
Mr., and Mrs. Jas. Davis have
received word of the death of their |
nephew, Corporal John Ola Davis,
Who died in France October IL |
rom wounds received in action.
lie was 21 years of age and spent
lis young boyhoOd with his
Mr.. and Mrs. John P.
Davis, in Laclede. The family
moved to Kansas a number of
ears ago. He enlisted in the
Infantry May 7, 1917, and sailed
or France a month later, and
rent into action for the first time
November 2. 1917 He was con-
erted and united with the NJ. /
J. church at the age of 10 and is
all to have been an exemplary
Oung man. The bereaved family
ave the sympathy of their many
-iends here. The parents now
The Laclede blade., 1918-12-13

NJ. F. Clay shipped q car Of hogs
to the st. Joseph market Wednes-
evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
m GINGHAM AND IINENE.

We have it from the model shown
above that its colors are blue. rose.
green and white with a blouse OF
white linene. The plain skirt is fin-
lshed with deep hem and the
blouse closes on the left shoulder and
at the left side under plait. The
upper section Of the blouse. belt, cuffs
and pocket facings are Of the check
gingham- Medium size requires 4
yards 36-inch check and ~ yards
36-inch plain material.
Pictorial Review Blouse No. 7756.
Sizes, IL to 20 years. Price, 20 cents.
Skirt No. 1857. Sizes, "a to 80 inches
waist. Price, 20 cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
Stimulus to
Self Sacrifice

In an effort to stretch out our re-
maining slender wheat store to cover
the next four and one-half months,
the people of America are being ask
ed to reduce their per capita con-
sumption of wheat TO not more than
one and one-half pounds per week
The response has been amazing.
There are many who can do. even
better than this, Those who give
from plenty are. asked to increase the
measure of their sacrifice that less
may be demanded from those who
would have to give from their nee
essities. Some of the former are
gladly denying themselves wheat en-
tirely.
Each day adds it's quota to this
growing army of American wheat
abstainers. Total Abstainer Clubs"
are being formed in some places by
these who are ready to pledge their
entire wheat ration to the allies.
In one western state both mer-
chants and consumers are Offering
stocks of flour 20 the government,
some cities retaining only two pounds
per month per capita.
a large proportion of all the par
ishes in Louisiana have agreed to
use no wheat until the new crop
comes in. One church congregation
has adopted resolutions pledging the
entire congregation to consume not
more than three pounds per person
per month.
Prominent clubs throughout the
country, both men and women's
clubs, have held patriotic meetings
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
THEFOUROFHEARTS
By VIRGINIA VAN DE WATER
! SERIAL OF YOUTH AND ROMANCE

friends than as husband and WIFE,"
'oh, Milton" Cynthia exclaimed.
You are excited and don't know
what you are sayingr
Yes" he insisted, "I do. Shall I
tell you why we have no right to
marry?, But-never mind that now!
First let me ask a great big favor
of you. VIII you grant it?"
You know, that I will" she an
swered.
She left his side and went back to
her chair She felt slightly sick and
giddy. Milton did not love Dora.
Dora did not love Milton. Then, II
only Gerald Stewart did not love her
Cynthia.
She pressed her hands tightly to-
gether. She must not let her
thoughts fly off wildly in this way.
Milton came and stood in front of
her. Cynthia" he said. "the favor
l have to ask is this. Talk to Dora
and tell her that she must not sac
ritice herself for my sake. Make her
see what a sin it would be for any
woman to marry a man she does not
love. Don't say a word about how ]
feel. All l want is to make her
happy. But to marry a man one
does not love is a sin. Cynthia. You
believe that, don't your"
She nodded. yes" she said very
softly. 1 believe that. Milton"
Ito BE COntlnued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13

Think of having the outward aspects
of affection and tenderness bestowed
while the heart of things was
frozen!
Sanity revolts at such a state OF
affairs, at the endless deception, the
elaboration of purpose in the inter
ests of people not concerned. Why
pay such Difference to the world
then tear up ones own hearthstone
Was 1t Some Little Thing.
The poor lady who wrote to me
did not divulge the cause of the fam
lily tragedy. Was 1T soms little
thing that has grown and thriven
with the care, thought and attention
that the unfortunate couple have
lavished upon it?
Or was it something that appar-
emily warranted the stand they have
taken? Again, could anything be
sufficiently grievous to warrant such
endless deception, such constant Vio-
lation of ones sense of Integrity?
If the cause of such bitter diS~
agreement is irreconcilahle. would
not a dignified separation he better
than all this spectral display of a
domesticity that no longer exists?
There is. too, the question of the
children and their welfare. The
wife says they would do less well Il
the true state of things R,-e known
l almost doubt that. Children rearer
in an atmosphere of dupl,city must
reflect some of the conditions about
them. Children-antil we adults
warp their souls With false ideals
are so straightforward. 50 truthful.
so wholesomely natural in their point
of view that they know instructive
ly. where we. with our duller per-
ceptions, only surmise.
It would seem, in their interests,
that the parents might attempt a
reconciliation. or, that being out of
the question, they might make the
best of a separation. Anything
seems better than the counterfeit
amenities for the benefit of stran-
gers. while the soul of the homo is
desolate.
In the meantime, if were that
woman I'd fit myself for so n, kind
of Job" Her letter is that Of an
intelligent woman, and these days,
with opportunities of work beseech-
ing US on every side. there is no eN-
cuse for a woman's humiliation n
being a dependant. A few dollars in
her purse that she can call her own
will add greatly to her self-respect.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
Advice to the LOveIorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
SHOULD HE HAVE ANOTHEF

SHOULD HE HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCEs
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
At the age of 81, a young man sew
eral years my senior appeared to be
very much in love with me, by every
word and action. He often spoke OF
the happiness that would he ours
when we became united in marriage
Suddenly, without any explanation, he
married. -Four years have passed. In
the meantime his wife has died. He
writes that he is coming to ask my
forgiveness and begs me to give him
another chance. Shall l refuse to see
him, or do you think he could be loyal
and trustworthy after this2
I think you will have to be gov-
erned very largely by your feelings
about him? If your affection has
stood the test of four years it might
be we'll to give. him another chance,
though his conduct toward you was
reprehensible. Why not assume the
attitude that the friendship of four
years ago was rather ancient history;
allow him to call and find out If he
still interests you. Sometimes these
old beaus are very much like old
gowns. When we see them after the
lapse of years, we wonder how we
ever took them seriously. From our
present viewpoint they seem queer
and antiquated and we realize that
we have been just as well off to have
them put away, out of sight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
Real WheaHeSS
Loaf Bread

Don't let the family eat so much of
1t that you haven't any left to put
away. Tell them it is bread and
no matter if it has no wheat in it,
they are not supposed to eat any
more than they need.
Barley and Oat Bread
l cup milk.
tablespoons fat.
tablespoons syrup.
2 eggs.
6 teaspoons baking powder.
l teaspoon salt.
cups barley flour.
l cup ground rolled oats.
Nuts or raisins If desired.
Add to the milk the melted fat,
syrup and slightly beaten eggs. Mix
the dry ingredients together and
combine with liquid ingredients.
Bake as a loaf in a moderately hot
oven for one hour or until thorough
~ baked.
To prepare ground rolled oats run
them, through the food chopper
Make narrow loaves. They are
easier to cut.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13

studies. The thing that always i'm
pressed me about domestic relation
slips of this kind is the tremendous
waste of energy involves in staying
mad" Think of the constan- isi-
lance and perseverance tha. must be
put into such militant neutrality.
Think of being about to say some
thing and then having to- check it
lecause one was mad" Think of
keeping up counterfeit conversations
fer the purpose of deee'ving stlsn-
gers at ones home taolei
Think of the gnostlIness of the
whole situation-of talking, living
and having ones being for the eff
feet it produced on someone else.
Think of living an abnormal life for
the purpose OF appearing normal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax

MY husband and 1 have lived un-
der the same roof for fve years
z1vithout speaking. When it is neces-
sary for me to get money for house
hold expenses or the children write
him business letter. and he sends
me check. We converse before
people as IL we were devoted; we
have guests to dinner who regard us
as a model couple. but when we are
alone we never exchange u word, or
meet, or look at one another If it
can be avoided.
There is no prospect of a change
in our relations. ! have to endure
this, as l have no Independent means
and must consider the future of my
children, which would be imperiled
by an exposure of the family scan
dal 1 have no talents or ability to
make money, which would help mat
ters considerably"
The foregoing is an extract from
a letter. without name o. address.
and I conclude the writer has en-
dured pent-up horrors so long that
she feels she must conhdo ir some
one, even a stranger.
Domestic situations of this sort
are. unfortunately, not as rare as
their abnormality would lead one to
suppose. There is the well-known
case of the New England family con-
sisting of a mother and two daugh-
ters. The daughters lived in the
same house, sat at the same table
and went to church for fo-'y years
without speaking.
To Funeral without Speaking
They rode to their mothers funer-
al in the same carriage without
breaking silence; finally one of them
became i'll; the other. full of the
grim sense of duty and New England
conscience, nursed her sister fIth-
fully; death at last broke the bonds.
but the silence remained to the end.
Mary wilkins Freeman has written
of similar cases in her New England
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
CRIMINAL suRRENpERs

Trenton, N. j., May 13.-James
Johnson, reputed to be one of the
most desperate criminals ever sent
to the state prison here who. escaped
from the criminal building of the
New Jersey State Hospital for the
Insane, surrendered to County De-
tective Elmer Ham, of Hunterdon
county and a posse yesterday after a
fusillade had been fired at the fugi-
tive in a woods about four miles
above Flemington where he was
hiding.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13

pledging themselves to abstain from
wheat until after the next harvest.
The state of Texas almost as a
whole has gone on wheatless basis
from April 10 until June /, or long
err
directions shows the spirit of sacri-
flee that will lift the ideals of the
country and that is bound to give us
final victory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
PARIS HoNoRs JOAN OF ARC

Paris, May 13.-The celebration of
the fete day of Joan of Arc was car
ried out with unusual fervor, not
withstanding the rain that was fall
ing. There was no formal procession
and no speeches, but groups of peo :
pie, carrying flags. deposited wreaths
on the bases of monuments erected
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
By McManuS

70 the memory of Joan of Arc. The
statue of Joan of Arc outside the
Rheims Cathedral, which has been
somewhat damaged by the German
shell fire. is now being removed to
a place of safety.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13

BRITISH NINE SWEEPER SUNK
London, May 8. The Navy De-
partment officially announced yester-
day that a British mine sweeper had
been sunk on May 6. Two officers
and thirteen men are missing, pre-
sumably drowned.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-20

met met slack he hdh had mo- lin
potmnt battles. aud hc had been
engaged at oxford 30 teaching young
sports to use their fnJa
Jack slack was youugs,cr who
had been IA butcher before hn took
up fighting. Although hr had Sow
cral Victories 60 his credit ho ma
been souudly whipped hN George
Taylor. who waH one ut those
Bruughtuu bad found cnHN Thrrr
fore the champion uud bare patron,
the Duke. made little nf thc meat.
choppers ahiliiN and thtt was
iiroukhtonHg uuduiug
The frncaa vas pulled or I'm
BfouRhtun's amphithuntrn u oxford
and attracted big crowd At noon
on braclnH day tho pair faced each
other with bare fists and the min
commenced llrourhtou was two
or three inches taller thHu his op-
puncnt but Slack weighed almost as
much. and was all solid muscle and
meat. white the champion whs a bit
fat from easy liying In the early
part OF the fight Droughton showed
UP much better than the butcher.
aud his followers were offering ten
to one with no takers Along about
the tenth round "a wnger was made
between the Duke Of Cumberland
and Captain Cleveland. that the vet
ornu would be the victor Ills duke
ship was certainly some sport al
though In this cnscohe showed poor
Judgment slack had banged away
at Broughtun's "prepcrs," and by
the twelfth round the champion
could scarcely aoc In the four
teenth right to the Jaw sout the
game old veteran down Tor the
count Rcsidcs tho title. Stack rc-
ccivcd $4,000 the entire gate re
ccipts and besides won "A uifty little
sum In waRers,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-20
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
DOING BIG BUSINESS
First Year uf New ~,hyWr shows
Up BcttCr Than Expected aud
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