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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
CHANGE WORDING
ABOVE HIS grave
Corporal Woodward Was Not
missing" but Was "K,"sd
in Action" .

Beside road near Montdidier for
ten months lay an unnamed grave.
Near 1t was the wreck of "Spad'
plane. At it's head was cross made
of charred pieces from the wreck. At
Its foot, the tailpiece of a rudder.
Once it was within the German lines.
But the tide of battle swept over it
last summer and pushed on until it
was left far behind. Marching men
passed and repassed 1t. Trains of
camions went rumbling by. But the
riddle of the wreck and the grave
went untouched.
The solution has just been found.
It has erased missing" and substi-
tuted "Killed in Action" before the
name of Corporal Pilot Houston Wood
ward of Philadelphia, member of the
Ninety-fourth escadrille of the French
aerial forces, and son of DR.. George
Woodward
Out of the hottest of the fighting
which, in the early spring of last year,
blocked the German offensive in the
angle of the line beyond Montdidier,
Corporal Pilot Woodward's plane rose,
scored above the fighting front and
disappeared far over the German
lines. 1t never came back. That was
April 1, 1918. Days passed and no
word came. And at last the men of
the escadrille gave their young com"
rade up as lost. They were not sur
prised that the enemy had not report
ed his DEATH He had scOrned to wear
a name plate on his machine, so con-
fident was he always of victory. His
papers might well have become the
trophies of German infantryman be-
fore an officer came to take charge of
the body.
The word missing" went back
home. In the face of 1t his mother
believed him living, prisoner in Ger
many. And when one of her sons ole
friends, Franklin S. Edmunds of Phil.
adelpha, left for France to become
head of the legal and soldiers leave
department of the Y. M. G. A. war
work council in France. the mother
intrusted to him the task of learning
the truth about her son. After the
success there of the allies the change
was made.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
FAMOUS OLD TRINITY CHURCH
Busiest Spot in the Nations
Metropolis.

A step from the most frenZied corner
In the world--the New York curb mar
ket-and at the he;Al of the nations
great financial thoroughfare rises ma
jestically the dark. substantial Gothic
structure, Trinity church.
Since the skyline of the metropolis
first tempted the eioquence of the pens
of writer's Trinity spire has occupied
positions of varying importance as
landmark. or as q standard of com
parison. But Trinity church is no
longer visible except from Wall street.
for the remote distance of Il block and
q half 1t is hemmed in and walled
around by towering Office buildings. Its
beauty. its dignity. its sacredneSS are
all enhanced by the surprises of its
setting. 1t Is enshrined where once 1t
reigned supreme.
Elevated trains roar past the WeSter'.
side of Trinity's fine old graveyard.
Less than Il stones throw from the
main portal Is the entrance to the sub
way. with its laundering express
trains. Above the clatter of the street
chimes ring forth the quarter hours
and a deep-toned bell strikes the hours.
Trinity Church corporation dates
back to 1897, while some of its tomb
stones record dates 1851 and 1G91-
years when New York's population
numbered scarcely 5000
On rare occasions the church uses a
communion service presented by Queen
Anne in 1909. The baptiSmal basin Is
marked with the royal coat-of-arms of
William and Mary and bears the date
1864. 1t is said that the pulpit is made
of wood taken from the frigate Consti-
x,,ti
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05

TO get under cover. Such develop,
ment was possible because of the far
greater speed with which earth viDra-
lions travel than those OF sound In
the air.
"Except for lack of time In the
brief seconds between the firing OF the
gun and the arrival of the shell IL
would be quite possible with this pro-
posed apparatus to calculate almost
exactly where the shell would land.
The Most Powerful Searchlight.
The corps produced also a new form
of searchlight more powerful than any
that had preceded it in any army, ana
with which the Second Field army nad
been partially equipped.
at weighed" the report says, one
eighth as much as lights of former
designs. cost only one-third as mucn,
was about one-f0urth as large in Dulk'
and threw light ten per cent strong
err than any other portable protector
In existence"
The engineers were at work when
the fighting ended upon mechanism
which would enable them to control
searchlights from distance,
The chapter devoted to the work OF
the engineer corps in France draws
vivid picture of the duties of the COM
bat engineers who played their full
part in the fighting from the begin
ming to the end. 1t also tells In de-
tail of the building of the railways, the
cutting down of French forests TO con-
vert them into barracks for American
troops; of the miles of highways built
and constantly rebuilt as shellfire tore
them to pieces; of cement mills taken
over in France by American troops to
provide trench materials; of the great
map-printing plant, where the en-
gineers finally were able to produce
not only all maps needed for the
American army but even supplied the
French Seventh and Eighth army win
base maps for their fronts. In this
huge plant at Langres in November
over 100000 photographic prints were
made and over million sheets of type
work done. There is told also the
story of camoutlage factory nj
Diion where material to blind enemy
sirplanes' eyes and to confuse the en-
emy's pickets was turned out In vast
quantities.
"Utilizing and applying the new
knowledge and scientific achievements
of recent years." the report says, In
concluding that portion devoted to the
engineers, drawing upon the fund OF
experience acquired by the regular
army in its theoretical studies and past
wars, making available the vast
amount of technical skill which has
assisted this nation to its present com
mercial and industrial status, the en-
gneers of the United States army,
worked and fought, planned and ac-
complished in France work which in
magnitude exceeds any similar I'M
dertaking recorded in American his
tory. From base ports to first waves
of an assault upon the enemy's posi-
tons, engineer troops have been con
stantly in action, first to last, and
have carried on always with the high
ideals of the professional and with
the motto of the corps of engineers:
'ESSayOns' Het us try), before them.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
Bacon's Rebellion.

In 1878, on April 20, Bacon's rebel
lion began. The cOlonists of Virginia
were being constantly harassed by the
hostile Indian bands, who descended
on their settlements to plpder and
murder. The people asked Governor
Berkeley to allow them to form
guard led by Nathaniel Bacon, q young
painter for the defense of their
homes. Berkeley refused, calling the
request a presumption on the part OF
the common people. In defiance of the
governors order, the volunteers set
out under Bacon against the Indians.
Bacon was declared traitor, and or
dered to be executed for his insubor-
dination, bat he fell ill of fever and
died during the expedition,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
Cornwall Requests.

Just before the great war an instance
of convivial requests occurred at Der
lin. A manufacturer left $1,000, the
interest of which was to be spent on
the free distribution of beer weekly to
the frequenters of his favorite beer
house. 1t is likely that the customers
of the place became even more regular
in their attendance, for fear of missing
the free beer.
Another testatOr left sum of money
to ten friends on the understanding
that, as long as one Of them survived,
he would drink the "health" of the
dead man on the anniversary of his
death If possible, they were to meet
and do this in company. If they could
not meet, as a guarantee of good faith
they were to write to some other men,
Der of the fraternity to say they had
duly observed the conditions.-"Fla-
neur" In Indianapolis Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
Germans Used Primitive Stone Mill
for the Purpose.

p One of the sights in Remagen for
American soldiers quartered in the
Coblenz section of the occupied area
is primitive stone mill used by the
Germans for the production of a veg
etable substitute for animal and min
eral oils and fats. An oil was made
here from the seeds of beech trees and
the fodder plant, rape. These seeds
were mixed in equal parts and ground
In the stones of the old mill. Twelve
pounds of seeds yielded about one
quart of oil and left highly nutri-
tious cattle fodder. Remagen was
the headquarters of the One Hundred
and Sixty-fifth infantry, New York's
"Old Sixty-ninth" of the Forty-second
division.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
NO PRIDE IN DEATH
Cemetery Directors Insist That Graves
Of Rich and Poor Be Alike.

Pride, haughtiness, distinctiOn-in
death? The thought alone is Chris
tian sacrilege, much less the dead it.
self.
SO reasoned the directors of the
Lakewood Park Cemetery association
of Lakewood, O., who demand that
the resting place of the rich man and
the poor man hereafter must be uni
form-a modest headstOne, rising not
more than n foot above the cemetery
lawn.
"It does away with the attempt of
well-meaning people to Guido each
other in the size of their monuments"
said George Thorne, president of the
association.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
Birds Not Mans Enemies.

Tt is fact that if it were not for
the bird life we would starve to death
The great natural enemy of man Is
any force that will destroy his food
stuffs. Every field is the home OF
thousands of insects, and agricultural
reports will verify the fact that each
year millions of dollars worth OF
crops are destroyed by insects. And
the birds are the natural enemies OF
the insect pest.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
SAID He Was Hungry,

Max Himmelsbach, arrested in New
York for stealing buns, pleaded that
he was hungry and wGs aboG; to be
discharged when a policeman discov-
cred 1854 in bag sewed to ktg vest.
No was held In S209 b0Gd.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
Cheerfulness REQUISITE,

"Give me cheerful people" said the
store manager 81 don't mean laugh
ing, joking, funny people, but people
who look on the bright side. who take
a cheerful view. AS between two men
of equal intelligence and experience
but one sober, serious bearing, and
the other. cheerful, inclined to smile,
would take the cheerful man every
time. He can sell 80 per cent more
goods.
ale is just naturally polite because
he feels that way; in fact he takes
hopeful, friendly view of everybody
and everything. He thinks well of his
own stock and shows it freely and
displays it attractively because he is
interested in it; and because he be-
lieves in it himself he quite naturally
inspires confidence in the mind of the
customer.
"A solemn-faced man, even
gloomy man, might do for book
keeper; but give me cheerful men to
sell goods"
Childron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 ITO RIA
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05

A new photograph OF Brig. Goa. Will
liam MITCHELL who has been appointed
director of military aerOnautics to sue
coed Maj. Gen. William l.. Kenly, who
has been ordered to report to chief of
artillery. General Mitchell has served
in Cuba, Philippines, China, Alaska
and Mexico together with two years
in France in flying work, which makes
him particularly fitted for the new
post assigned him.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
DALMATIA LONG
ASTORM CENTER
Claimed by Many Nations in Last
Eight Centuries.
ORIGINATED IN ROMAN Times

Fiume FoothoId on the Eastern
Adriatic Where Italians Chung Fast
Despite Steady Influx of SIavs in
the Interior-City Bears Evidence
Of Early italian CuIture--Very
Small Proportion Of the Population
of the City Is Hungarian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-06-05
INVASION FEARS
CALLED INFLATED
War Colleges 1915 Estimate of
Foe Exaggerated.
COULDN'T LAND 50 QUICKLY

Getting as7, 900 Men Over in is Days
Impossible, as Shown by Our Own
Experiment, Declares Gen. Peyton c.
March, Chief of Staff-Shows How
Lacking We Were in knowledge Of
Shipping Large Armies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-17
DOLLY SISTERS
IN "OH LOOkP'

Introducing the Dolly sisters
Misses Roziki and Yansci--in Mont
gomery and McCarthys musical
comedy, "Oh Look" Sister-sister are
twins. they are twenty-five years of
age, each of 'em, and were born in
hungary: came to this country ten
years ago and at once started in to
make names and positions for them
selves on the stage. And they sue.
ceeded at that some years ago. They
have done everything in the amuse-
nent line except the films. Their
first appearance in Keokuk as CO.
stars came last night at the Grand,
to an overfowing house. ooh Look"
Is pretty offering in more ways than
one, the most noticeable ways being
tne puichritude Of the Dolly sisters
and the young women OF the chorus.
ana the attractiveness of the songs
and dances. And, too, the men
actors were not bad lockers. As to
the dancing, the Dollys did more OF
matt seemed as though they were
doing it continuously for two and a
half hours-than has been done ever
oedore at one time by two individuals.
'Oh Look has an amusing story.
telling of Stephen Baird. who IL a
penniless owner of a gold mine
which has produced no ore. Because
OF this embarrassment, Baird can not
sell any stock in his mine. A friendly
counterfeiter loans him $4,000.
doubtless of his own manufacture.
With this roll of fash, Baird finds it
impossible to, restrain his friends
from investing In the mjne-his sup
posed source Of affluence. Difficult.
Ties arise in the form of the laws
against counterfeiting, and also with
Baird's own Conscientious scruple.
but the mine becomes a real producer
and this puts an end to the troubles
OF Baird and also brings much hap.
p1ness to his friends VINO purchased
stock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-17
PIXIES PEAK
is ATTRACTION
Railroad Ads in Old keokuk Paper Of
Date of 1859 Offer This az
Considerable Of an In
ducement Then.

Pixies Peak was evidently the at
traction de luxe in 1859, for the Keo-
kuk Daily Post OF Sunday, May 90,
1883, carries an advertisement of
railroad service to Pixies Peak in its
issue. The advertisement is for the
Illinois Central and suggests that
direct communication can be had by
taking this railroad. New elegant
patent berth sleeping cars" are adj
vertised also as further inducement.
Other railroads advertised are the
Keokuk. Mt. Pleasant, Muscatine rail-
road; the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines
and Minnesota railroad. and the Han
nibal and st. Joseph. OF the eastern
lines, the Pennsylvania carries q
column adj
Among the local ads carried are
those Of d. +. Farrand's new lumber
yard, corner Sixth and Timea streets,
Isaac Renaud's chemical cement roof
factory on Blondeau street between
Fifth and Sixth streets and the Keo-
kuk Stove Factory, Jacob Buch pro
prietor. Samuel Bridges. ]. C. Par
rott Co., Bailey and Bliss, A. G. Orr,
Keokuk Mattress Manufacturer and
other local houses advertise extern
sively in the four pages of the paper.
The subscription price was five dol
lars year for four column, four
page paper. The paper is the prop.
erty of Mrs. Frank Wright.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-17
IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take glass OF
Salts to flush out Kidneys
Drink Plenty Water.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps
OF lead. The urine becomes cloudy;
the bladder is irritated, and you may
be obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
Kidneys clog you must help them
flush off the body's urinious waste
or you'll be real sick person short
ly. At first you feel dull misery in
the kidney region, you suffer from
backache, sick headache. dizziness,
stomach gets sour, tongue coated
and you feel rheumatic twinges when
the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots Of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces OF Jad Salts; take table
spoonful In glass Of water before
breakfast for few days, and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activi-
~ also to neutralize the acids in
urine. 80 it no longer is source of
irritation. thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive. cannot
injure: makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which every
one should take now and then to
keep the kidneys clean and active.
Druggists here say they sell lots Of
Jad Salts to folks who believe In
overcoming kidney trouble while 1t
is only trouble.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-17

Selection-"A Dollar Dialogue, by
Mrs. Ollie B. Knapp.
Missouri Waltz, by Mrs.
Nellie Lueckel.
Solo-"Lullaby", Miss Dorothy
Wright.
Musio-"A Long, Long Trail, Miss
Lizzie Bargar.
Mrs. D. A. Hunt, of Logan, Ia, was
one of the out of town guests.
Mrs. F. G. Knapp and Miss Sarah
Duty and Dwight Knapp attended the
funeral of their old friend. Mrs. Har-
vey Loomis, of near Revere, Mo-. Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. H. w. Jones and two little
daughters left Monday evening for
Columbus Junction where they will
visit with relatives over the holidays
Mrs. w. H. Mott, Miss Wayne
Reckmyer and Mrs. w, H. Gentner,
Jr., were Ottumwa passengers, Mon
day.
Miss Halle Boyer spent several
days this week in Keosauqua and OF
tumwa.
Mrs. Perry Armstrong was called to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-17
MRS. CARL WELSH
GAINS Is POUNDS
Husband Says He Cannot Find
Words to Express His Gratl-
tude For What Tanlac
Has Done.

when / think of what perfect
wreck my wife. was only a few
months ago, and then think of the
marvellous change that has come
over her since she has taken Tanlac
am SO thankful that l can't find
words to express my gratitude" was
the statement made recently by
Carl Welsh, OF 6161s North Adams
street Peoria, ILL.,, in telling the Tan,
lac representative Of his wife's re.
markable experience with this medi-
cine.
my wife had been in the worst
sort OF health for six years" con-
tjnued MI. Welsh, "and her condition
had become so bad she was in misery
from morning till night, and I was
beginning to think she would not be
able to pull through it. She had
headache spells so bad that she
would walk the floor and almost
scream out, the agony was 80 awful.
Nerves-why, they were completely
shattered, and the least little unex-
pected thing would nearly drive her
frantic. She had a bad case Of indi-
gestion, and have seen her get so
nauseated after taking only a few
bitas that she would get UP and leave
the table, and whenever she did force
herself to eat anything it always gave
her terrible cramping pains. Gas
troubled her SO much that she could
hardly breathe, and from the way
she had to fight for air I. made me
think she would never again get her
breath. And her heart would palpi-
tate so bad that she was afraid to
lie down at night. for fear it would
start UP again. She got very little
sleep. was pale and thin, weak and
worn out completely, and could
tell by the look in her eyes that IL
something was not done right away
il would soon be too late. Why, it
worried me so could hardly work
81 had heard SO much about Tanlac
that got her some, but as she had
taken so many things that did her
no good, / had to insist before she
consented to take IT. It's an actual
fact, she was looking better in two
days' time, and how anxiously !
waited to see if the medicine con-
tinued its work. And now. it seems
almost too good to be true, but she
Is free from every trouble she had
and is in perfect health. Her nerves
are steady as a clock. headaches are
a thing Of the past and she sleeps
as sound as a child every night. Her
appetite is so fine she can hardly get
enough to eat, and everything digests
perfectly, and her breathing is free
and easy. She has gained twenty.
six pounds. looks bright and cheerful
all the time and is stronger than she
has been in years. have reason 10
praise Tanlac to my dying day and
/ expect to do So"
Tanlac is sold in Keokuk by Will
kinson & Co., in West Point by
Hawkeye Drug Co, In Donnellsqp by
Fred +. Williamson, In Viewer by
John Blume, and in Montrose by F. 0.
Wilcox.-Advertisem
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-17

office is in the Union Trust and Saw
ings bank. Miss Hartwig is boarding
with Mrs. Frances Talbot.
Miss Sarah Askin of Lyons, Wis,
returned Monday evening after a
short visit with her cousin, Miss
Susan Warnock.
Rev. j. G. Davis, county Y. M. G. A.
secretary for Wapello coutny, with
headquarters at Ottumwa preached
last Sunday In the Congregational
church.
An alarm of fire was turned In from
the home OF Mrs. Allie Wright Mon
day The roof caught fire from Il
spark from the burning flue. The
blaze was extinguished without the
aid of the fire department, The CAM
age being small.
Orlena J. Fern Onstott was bcIn
near Warren, Iowa, June 20, 1883, and
died December Il, 1919, near her
birthplace. Part of her early life was
spent as scho DOL teacher On March
8, 1909 she was united in marriage
to Ernest J. Hohl, at Ottumwa by
Rev. Lee She leaves to mourn her
loss, her grief stricken husband and
three children, Lily Ernestine, aged 8,
Myrtle Orlena, aged years, and Mel
win Laverne, aged years. Also her
mother, Mrs. Ida Rotter and four
brothers and one sister, Lowell, Dale,
and Parin at home, Hurley Onstott
and Mrs. Ora Taylor Of Fl. Madison,
Iowa. Her father Samuel D. Onstott
preceded her in death on March 8,
1917. She united with the Baptist
church in September. 1905. She was
a faithful member and teacher In the
Sunday school, kind and loving wife
and mother, obliging friends and neigh
Dor. There were many beautiful floral
offerings and large concourse of
sympathizing friends. The funeral
was conducted by the pastor. Rev. J.
A. Cochran. The singers were Mrs.
Hoffman, Mrs S. Merrick, Mrs. A.
Hamlin and w NJ Mcintosh. Inter.
ment was made In Donnellson GENE
terry
The Civic league held their regu
lar monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs Alice Jack, Monday evening. The
meeting commenced with a seven
o'clock surprise lunch. which con-
sisted of more good things to eat
than we care to use space for in enum-
Grating. There were about twenty
eight present and 1t was thoroughly
enjoyed Miss Maggie Mulvihill and
Mrs. W. j. Kirkpatrick were the com
mittee for the supper. The meeting
opened by roll call by the secretary,
Mrs Linnie Crown, and was respond
ed by Christmas Jingle by all who
were prepared.
The evenings program was put on
as follows:
A reading-"The Courtship Of Larry
O'Dee", by Mrs. Allie Wright
Music-"Tripping Through the
Meadows, by Miss Sarah Duty.