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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20
HAWKEYE FARMERS CLUB.

HAWkEYEs FARMERS CLUB.
Hawkeye Farmers Club met with
Mr.. and Mrs. P.J. Quist. Nov. /, 1919.
at their pleasant home northwest of
California Junction.
Morning hours were spent in visit
ing. After splendid dinner, provid-
ed by the hostess, the meeting was
called to order, Mr. E. Seabolt pre-
siding. All joined in singing Ameri-
ca. At roll call the following mem
bers were found absent: Mr.. Heath,
Mr.. Faith and Mr.. and Mrs. L. McIn-
| tosh.
Minutes of last meeting read an
approved A communication from
Magnolia was read, asking for $1.2O
to help defray expenses of club pic
mic. On motion bill was allowed and
ordered drawn on the treasurer for
same. We then listened to reading
by Mr.. Quist and one from Mr.. Sea-
bold, and some fine piano music by
Miss Anderson, visitor in the home.
The following questions were dis
cussed:
No. 1. Is not a travelling salesman
an unnecessary expense to the pub
lie? After a lengthy discussion the
question was tabled.
Nc. 2. Which would be the best for
the farmer, electric power from
corporation or from his own plant?
1t was decided individual plant best
in long run.
Program for next meeting:
Reading. Mrs. F. Heath.
Recitation, Florence Wilson.
Recitation, Harland Heath.
Music, Mrs. Coulthard.
Recitation, May Myers.
Music, Myra Bender.
Reading, Mrs. G. Mcintosh.
Questions for next meeting:
No. l. Is not the farmer entitled
to 8 hour day and time and a half
for over time. as we'll as the laboring
man who wants to work 6 hours day
and days week? Referred to Mr..
Zahner.
No. 2. Is agriculture properly
recognized? Referred to Mrs. G.
Mcintosh.
Program committee for Dec: Mrs.
Quist, Mrs. Render and Mrs. Heath.
Question committee for Dec; Mr..
Wilson, Mr., Seabold and Mrs. Will
son.
Miss Anderson then favored us with
several musical selections on piano.
The following visitors helped make
the day more pleasant: Mr.. and Mrs.
Lindon Stafford and family Mr.. ana
Mrs. Brothers and family, Mrs. R. L.
Coulthard, Mrs. Colver, and Miss Ber-
tina Anderson.
Meeting was then adjourned to meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Coulthard
the first Saturday in December.
Mrs. w. G. Coulthard, Sec.
Mr.. L. Mcintosh, Pres.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20

Mrs. NJ. o'Connor is expected home
from .Chadron this evening, where
she has. been the guest of relatives
and friends the past ten days.
satIsfactlon in Doing Right.
Imagination is the father and mother
OF trouble when we let 1t run loose In
time OF stress. But in the end the
VIII and the heart are what determine
our fate. After all. when we do right
we have some satisfaction even IL we
suffer. But If we do nothing hut drift
along we have not even the satisfac-
tion OF. knowing we deserve to come
out right.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20
Two Glasses Of sno,be.

You who are ashamed OF your pov
sertys Ind blush Tor your. caliiAgy are d.
snob; as 'arn1 You -who boast of your your
peaiages afaarev'sos:a Of yonr. wealth,
-Thaeissiay. ~. sss @ ..s + So:
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20
PLEASANT HILEswiLLINGswoRK

PLEASANT HILEsWfLLING GAWORK.
SIS ERS CLUB.
On November 7th a very enjoyable
meeting was.held yat Mrs. John. Craigs.
The time was spent in tieing com
forter for Mrs. Ed Craig.
Two members were absent on roll
call. as.
Club was called to order BY singing
God Be With You. sa'!' 20 ~ 4
Minutes were read and approved; .
AS the president was absent, Miss
Ethel Shelton acted in her place.
AT 5 o'clock two course luncheon
was served. Il: g: -,
Club guests were Mrs. Ed Walsh
and children.
The next meeting will be held at
\ Mrs chas. !. Er.azier's. on Friday,
Nov. 21st. 7
Signed. secy.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20
Delegates Of 10000 Rail Men Declare
War ON Reds.

l.. M. Walker, representative dele
gate from Benefit Association of Rail-
way Employees; Division No. 10,
Missouri Valley, Iowa, to the national
convention held in Chicago Nov. l3,
IA, Is, has returned and reports a
splendid time and the convention de-
cided success. A clipping taken from
Chicago Herald Of Nov. 18th, gives in
detail the election of national officers
and a resolution adopted at this meet
ing:
America for Americans" was the
sentiment of the Benefit Association
of Railway Employees at its banquet
last night. Delegates from 1877
branches, representing more than Co.
600 railway employees in all parts of
the country, attended. f. L. Bair
urged that radicals be fought "as a
pestilence" and was heartily indors-
ed. Other addresses were by w. r..
Kramer, International secretary Of
the blacksmiths and helpers, and W..
B. Montgomery.
Robert A. Leitz was elected presi-
dent, George H. Steele senior vice
president, Gordon M. Culver secre-
tary, Andrew Bloomfield treasurer, e..
Y. Blair first. vice president, and
James Bentley. John Beaton, d. A.
sheehan and Martin Wescott vice
presidents.
High executives, as well as the
heads of unions, united in supporting
the American form Of government
and declaring war on all who would
overthrow it.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20

Ebulliment learning buffers no par
ships these days:
Take the mainspring out of your,
calamity clock. I ..aa SO,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20
"A PROCLAMATION FOR THANKS.
GIVING DAY. -

Inc cycle OF the season brings us to
the close of another autumn. Time and
the frost have ripened the grain, kiss
ed the foliage to a blushing brown,
and made us all mindful that another
cold, stern winter is upon US.
Sunshine and rain, natures aids to
fertile soil, have augmented mans
feeble effort in toll in harvest abun-
dant, SO that we have not only shell
ter, food and clothing, but the luxur-
les for physical and mental enjoy
ment, and more, we have a surplus so
that we can sell with profit to the out
world and fill our treasury.
May / suggest that these bounties
are vouchsafed to us by a Ruler Di-
vine, lovingly sympathetic, yet stern
in His command that the rule of law
shall prevail and be obeyed?
The present conflict of class against
class, interest against interest, and
individual against individual, in wild
confusion to possess, is out of har-
mony with the season and time in
which we live. We have the noble
example Of. our young men and wo-
men in the late war, giving and offer
ing their livesSa willing sacrifice for
the betterment of all our people. Can
we not blend this exemplified spirit
with natures provident care into an
industrial tolerance, so that hand in
hand, in thankful. mood, we all can
humbly recognize the guiding hand
of Superior Force?
Winters bleakness and cold re-
mind us that our common enemy
should not be our fellow man. The.
worlds cry today, from man to man,
in palace or hovel, is FOR friendliness,
and tolerance. =
Now therefore, I, W.. L. Harding,
Governor of Iowa, do. hereby desig-
nate and set apart, Thursday, Noyenl-
ber 27, 1919, to be observed as a day
of Thanksgiving, and urge that all the
people of Iowa, with hearts full of
gratitude for asgenerous harvest, and
humble, prayerfulI minds seeking for
giyeness for greed and avarice, as
seDbfe in the, churches and their
homes on this date, and there solemn
ly resolve that from this day forth,
Il will, in the larger sense, be my
brother keeper 4 will strive to see
the problem from nlysneighbor's view
point" H.,
In testimony whereof, 1 have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of the State, at
pes 9|..s pin ; 9Th day of Nossaa--
beFs 10 19.
I / VI ',ss. y Harding, Governor.
Ry the ovetnors
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-20

ASK FOR METELLA.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
N'ELR0Y RADEL NUPTIALS HELD
 TODAY

Miss Margaret Kathleen Radel, daughter of Mrs. Andrew Radel, POP Washington avenue, and Leo c. Me EIroy, son of Mrs. James H. McEl roy Of 300 Golden Hill street, were married at o'clock this morning at St. Augustine's church. Rev. James B. Nihill off1ciated at the ceremony.
 The bride was attended by her sis ter, Miss Mary c. Radel and L. J. Reilly was the best man. Following the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served at The Stratfeld for the immediate families and members of the bridal party only.
 Both young people are widely known in this city where they have a host of friends. Miss Rade1 is a graduate of Coustland school and Dana Hall. MT. McElroy has but re- gently returned from overseas where he was a lieutenant with the seth Division. He is a graduate of Notre Dame University, and is associated with L. J. Goldman of New York city as advertising manager.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06

men and was willing, eager, to do his share of the work, in the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 to II, if for no other reason than to repay to a small extent the splendid service which the Red Cross rendered the Seventy-seventh Division during the fighting in France.
 Accompanying the announcement from the Generals headquarters that Lieutenant- Colonel Whittlesey was to be counted on in the organization of workers came the information that Borough Park Post No. 159 of the American Legion, a Brooklyn unit of the legion, had unanimously voted to exert it's efforts to the success of the drive, which is to close on Armistice Day.
 Commenting on the willingness of former service men to aid in the drive, General O'Ryan said:
 "It is what I expected, what l knew, for the service men, above all others, know the worth of Red Cross work As the campaign organization is rounded into form the names of hundreds of thousands, of former A. E. F. men will appear on the rolls of the workers"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
LOST BATTALION HERO TO ASSIST CAMPkIGn
Colonel Whittlesey Promises Cooperation to Third
 Red Cross Roll Call.

deutenant-Co1. Charles W. Whittle- sey of Lost Battalion" fame has of fered his services to Major General John F. ORyan who is in charge Of the membership campaign of the American Red Cross, according to an announcement by the campaign head quarters of the Atlantic Division of the Red Cross.
 Of his own volition Colonel Whittle. sey wrote to Major General O'Ryan, saying that he had heard the call that had gone forth for former service
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
JAPANESE TRAVELLER TELLS OF
 INTERESTING TRIP THROUGH US.
Shunhichi Akmoto Was Amazed at Wonders of America and Countrys Prosperous Outlook-Says We
 Do Not Understand Japan

Tokoyo, Japan, Oct 29.I experi- enced, as you may easily ina zine, many wonders and surprises in the Course of my recent trip through the United States en route to Paris
 Ii was a Journey of a continual series of wonders, admiral tions and amazem ent- l stood spell-bound at the wonderful works of art and sci ence; the inconceiva ble achievements of masonry and architecture. Cities are prosperous and roads clean; men strong and hard-working; women tall and beautiful Streets everywhere are filled with traffic; houses tower into the sky; underneath the ground net works of astounding subways are sprea ding By day the heavens are diInmed by the clouds of industry and breath of humanity; by night the darkness is subdued by the brillian- cy of electricity. And despite that re- port that the war minirnized the comforts of life in the West, there is to a far Eastern observer like myself, an abundant wealth of all those ma terials which embelIish life and make it worth living. And I flatter myself that l have also espied something of the great qualities of mind and soul tha '}nderlie, and have made possi- ble, ae visible wonders of the sur face, ery brief as my stay as been in the American communities of the United States and Europe.
 Particularly deep is the Impression of I have received at the wonderful booming of the international spirit in the minds of all Americans who even in their opinion had been before the war moro or less se1f-cC mplacent and provincial.
 The popular widening of the Amer jeans to the realization of the new truth of interna nationaIism-thar the power and wealth of a great coun- try are not to be monopolized for the use of its own countrymen alone, but are to be used also for other nations suffering under misfortune or injus- tice-is, to my mind, one of the most remarkable spiritual products of the war.
 Ignorance of Japan.
 The more my wonder grows at this impressive American internaionalisTa the keener grows my regret at what ] consider, and I think I rlave reas- Ons to consider, the inadequate un- derstanding of the American people concerning Japan, her ideals, her problems.
 As far as my observation and ex- perience tell, all that the average American knows about JaI an is that It IS 9 small country and far away, which produces tea, srK, paper, Ian
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06

and effects of these wars. you will be convinced that they were either thrust upon Japan or waged in vim dication of right and justice.
 We are sometimes inclined to be bored by the incomprehensible atti- tude of some foreign critics of Jap an. Many persons will no doubt cite Japan's diplomatic blunders as eVi- dence of her aggressiveness. But @ statesman, having the least experi- ence similar to that which Japan has had with regard to China, will readily understand why Japan is lia- ble to be criticized for her clumsy diplomacy toward a big nsighbor who, though rich in natural re- sources, is weak in national soiidari- ty,
 In short, Japan Is one ef the least understood of the eivilized countries on earth, and this I sincerely regret. not only for Japan and her neghbors, but fer the stvtliaatiea ef the veuld-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
Fancy Feathers.

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 now ......................S1 1.OO to $2.5O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06

terms, and kiInonos, and also great numbers of small objectionable inn migrants, for the explicit purpose of harassing American laborers. And the kn- wledge, or rather, the lack of knowledge, of the cultivated men Of America who may b. supposed to know better, does not know or seem to soar much above this level.
 What is very seriou., in the exist ence of a misunderstanding on the part of some people concerning the aims and aspirations of Japan. have been amazed at the absurd questions put to me by many an American Cor by men protesting to be Americans) concerning Japan. I was asked if it was true that Japan thought war inevitable with the United States eff not always in 50 many words, very
 en to that effect).
 One journaIis- had the characteris- tic candOr to admit that every time any trouble occurred in Mexlco, many American politicians would at once think of Japan, and wonder if Japan was not financing or aiding and abet- ting the Mexican nalcontentS against
 the United States.
 So absurd and ridiculous is such wild imagination that I could hard
 ly forbear laughing in my sleeves,
 and was tempted to doubt the sani-
 ty of the speaker. The first sentiment
 to arise, aCter the visible impulse was
 resisted, was one of perplexity as to
 how on earth so many intelligent Americans could possibly have been infected with this preposterous mo- ton. I could never solve the mys- tery till quite recently when have
 at least I think I have, found a clue to the mystery.
 The Secret Source.
 More than one English-speaking foreigner, who as far as I knew, was neither British nor American nor yet French, and whose acquaintance casually made in the train, the ship the hotel or restaurant or cafe, ask ed me seriously if Japan was not real ly preparing for war against the 1 United States, adding that the Unit | ed States was growing too se1f-tm 1 portAnt and needed reinstatement a | the hands of some plucky nation | You could easily have told the racs and nationality Of such men but tt
 an experienced Japanese traveller 1 like myself all Europeans appear
 more or less alike, and this render. | it very difficult for us to recognize 1 lilS 6fIl-Ai LSIlLIOiloA pEophBhtio4sO U 1 enemy states.
 In other words have realized witt ] alarm and disgust that the insidiou propaganda for a1ienating the friend 1 Iy relations between the United State l and Japan is as rampant in the Yves i as in the East, I have imagined tha l such nefarious propaganda was con l fined only to China where the rnis 1 sionaries of evil are working furi ous1y to diseredit Japan and every thing that Japan does in the eyes Q the world, 1 The favorite, and I must aoms,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-10
OLD "BLUE LAW" HAS STUCK
All Efforts to Amend Famous Statute
Of Pennsylvania Have Thus Far
Been UnaValIlng.

Once more an effort is to be made
to amend the most famous of all
laws on the statute books Of Penn
sylvania-the venerable blue law, en-
acted April %, 1894.
1t is said that at every regular ses-
sion Of the legislature during the 1875
years since that awful crimp was put
in Sunday conviviality, an attempt has
been made to repeal 1t entirely or to
amend 1t, Glrard writes In the Phila.
delphia Press.
But that old law entitled "An act
for the prevention Of vice and i'm.
morality and for other purposes" has
survived all the assaults of those who
would destroy 1t.
A century and a quarter of world
revolution, of tumbling thrones, Of daz-
cling inventions and economic and So
cial changes finds that statute of 1894
as unbreakable and rigid as the eter-
nal laws of the Modes and Persians.
Those old legislation bricks Of 1894
regarded 1t as being vastly more
wicked to shoot a rabbit on Sunday
than to drink a hot toddy.
One offender was tagged with fine
of $25, the other shilling and half.
1t was impossible under strict en-
forcement of that law to operate a
canal boat, railroad train. street
railway car. a cab or sell any COM
modify from a loaf of bread to pack
age of chewing gum.
Every seventh day the state Of Penn
sylvania was expected to freeze up
completely like a good bird dog when
he sees a quail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-10
Return Of the Golf wldow

During the war the great majority
of golfers who were ineligible or too
old for military service gave up their
golf, many because they were preoc-
cupied with work, many because their
golf courses were not kept up, many
because they had not the moral cour-
age to appear In public with golf clubs.
Thousands of golf widows were thus
married again to their former hus-
bands, and foolishly hoped to live hap
PLY ever afterward, says ''T. B." in
the London Daily Mail. The remar-
rled golf widows are again bereaved.
Their late lamented husbands have
once more departed for the happy
hunting grounds-of the little white
ball The corporal shapes of their
husbands indeed appear in their homes
to eat and sleep with a new heavi-
messy or to practice putting on the
drawing-room carpet In frost-bound
weather. But they are only phantom
husbands. Their only mundane inter
ests are the golf articles in the daily
papers. Sometimes they bring other
women's ghost husbands home to din
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-10
The Land
Game
~
Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure News-
per Syndicate)
By ARcHEY CAMERON NEW

Bob Wakefield loved to bring flashes
Of delight into Helen Gibson's fine
brown eyes with frequent presents OF
flowers and candy, and he wasn't
averse to letting the world know that
nothing on earth mattered as much to
him as the smiles of her pretty oval
face and the kisses from her laughing
red lips. And she felt happily sure of
him until the Marley Heights Land
company came into its gorgeous being
With some trepidation, thoughtful
of the responsibilities of his approach
ing marriage, Bob left a well-paying
position to take up his duties as head
salesman for that company. The lure
OF the letters he received was too
much for him to withstand.
"a most brilliant opportunity for a
wide-awake hustler" read the written
enticements. 1--WE will spend thou
sands on advertising, free bus rides,
Grassland concerts and refreshments
to bring prospective customers out to
look at Marley Heights, the coming
Utopia. The sales will be phenomenal.
All you will have to do is to sign up
the buyers"
Bob Bit and to be fair, for the first
two weeks prospects looked wonder
fully rosy. He did make money, more
than he had ever made before, and
modest plans already made for his
marriage were gradually reshaped for
an affair more becoming to his more
prosperous circumstances. But there
were two files in his ointment. The
company installed twelve powerful
searchlights over their development,