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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
AT THE HEEL OF ITALY

At laramie, South Italy, the Y. M.
C. A. has been carrying on work
which Is little known to the public,
but is remembered by British soldiers
in all parts of the world. For through
this port there passes ceaseless
stream of men going to, or coming
from, England Salonica, Egypt, Pales-
tine, Mesopotamia, India and even re-
moter parts. At the large Rest Camp
on the Mare Picolo, some three miles
from the town they rest for day or
two before proceeding on their jour-
ney, and to this constantly changing
population the Y. M. c. A. ministers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
STUDY INTERNA.
TIONAL POLITICS

London = American soldiers and
sailors here are likely to follow the
developments at the Peace Conference
with more intelligent interest than
the body of people at home, If the kind
of reading they do at the Y. M. G. A.
libraries can be considered any indi-
cation. "Studies of International Pol
itics is one Of the favorite works now
adays, and any number of like vol
umes, bearing on the shift of world af-
fairs is in constant demand by the
men.
To be sure, not all soldiers and sail
ors are going in for such heavy read
ing. Rare is the man in the service
who does not read, but the literature
chosen runs the gamut from Laura
Jean Libby to the latest treatise on
liquid air.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
SEEK LODGING FOR YANKS

London-Providing lodgings for the
thousands Of American soldiers and
sailors arriving In London on their
way home or en- rOdte home and with
a few days to spend in the metropolis
has been a problem which put the
American Y. M. C. A. workers here on
their mettle. The capacity of the
places under "Y" management where
uniformed men can sleep has been
taxed to the limit and the Red TRAN
gle workers have worked over time to
solve the problem.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14

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and drses At least one beef animal ey-
cry fifteen months for distribution
among the members Of the club. This
simple scheme provides an abundant
supply Of fresh beef at times when II
is needed
To supply the pork and pork pro-
ducts for the average farm family, re-
quires one pig for each adult person.
Unless the family is very small 1t will
be profitable to keep one brood SOW
to produce these pigs. II Is generally
practicable to raise the pigs intended
for the home pork supply on waste
products of the kitchen, garden, farm
and orchard.
"A farm flock of between 80 and 80
fowls, exclusive Of young chickens,
will provide eggs and poultry for the
family table as well as a surplus
which can be exchanged at the store
for groceries. These fowls can rustic
a living around the farm with the sup
Elementary feeding Of table scraps
and some grain during the winter. 1t
is good management, however, to raise
about acres of corn and acres Of
oats for the hens.
To produce the necessary feed for
the family live stock, considering av-
erage yields, will require corn fodder
from 9 acres, s. acres corn for grain,
cottonseed meal from the seed of the
6A acres of cotton, acres cowpeas,
2 acres of oath, and Il acres of oat
hay as we'll as acres Of good Ber-
munda grass or other local pasturage.
1t is we'll also to. provide 2 acres of
rye, corn, and sorghum for emergency
soiling purposes in case the grass gets
short.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
Orangeburg

John Hopper. who has been con-
fined to his home with illness for sew
eral days is improving in health.
Mrs. G. l.. Tolle, who has been sick
for several weeks is able to be out
again.
Mrs. Bessie Kelley Of Stonelick, who
has been very i'll with flu is convelsc-
ing slowly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Julia Valentine of
East Maysville.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
A NEW SHOCK FOR THE BRITISH


London-The American soldiers ca
pacity for chocolate is a never ending
source Of wonder to Britishers, won
der that has Just been given new
stimulus by contract the Y. M. C. A.
has closed to take over a plant and
manufacture chocolates-three hun
dred tons of chocolates month. Up
to the present the "Y" importation of
chocolates month. Up to the pres
ent the "Y" importation of chocolates
HIS been about one hundred and fifty
tons a month, Just half the amount the
new factory will produce.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
WANTED
Boy to work in Ledger Office.

$1,000 WILL BUY IA ACRES OF
ground II miles from Maysyille on
good turnpike with 4.roOm house,
S.bent tobacco barn, about 500 tobac.
co sticks, Corn Crib, Smoke House
and Milk House. acres Of this
ground Is North Fork bottoms and at
the present prices will produce more
than $1,000 worth Of tobacco this year.
M. F. COUGHLIN
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14

List Of unclaimed letters In the
Maysville Postofiice week ending Feb
ruary ~.
Bales, w. r.
Bruce, George
Dorsey, Mrs. Alice
Eckart, Mrs. Chas.
Frankel, Charley
Fisher, Willie
Miller, ID. G.
Martin, Fl. L. @
Mary Miss 8. B.
Russell, Charles
Smoot, Mrs. W. @.
Sparks, Anthony
Smith, Henry
Turnor, ]. d.
Worthington, Miss Lucy
Yazell, Mrs. Effle
One cent due on above letters
M. F. KEHOE, p. M.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
1.-THE NEXT WAR"

General Wood scholarly intellectual thinking realistic SOL
Of the United States He tells the American people be
uped their illusions but be ready for the next There
will be next war;" There has been time the world
history when there next but there will be
peoples had their and discovered their ntagonms
General Wood says that if have universal training may
either keep out of the next fight it successfully General
Wood only intellectual American soldier but intelligent
American ctizen.-Chicago Tribune.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
BAND WILL GET TOGETHER
DURING NEXT WEEK

Prof. ]. H. Young, Of the Maysville
Boys Band, announces that because
of several little difficulties 1t will be
impossible to get the entire boys
band together for an ensemble this
week but all plans are being made for
such meeting next week when all
of the musicians in the band meet to-
gether and play their first piece to-
gether
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14

The undersigned corporation, Hays
wood Hospital, of Maysville. Ken
lucky. will on
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 5
at 2 o'clock D. m. on the premises,
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder the tract of land situated on
the Hill City Turnpike in Mason coun-
ty, Kentucky, and being a portion Of
what was formerly known as the
George Wood farm, and which was
decided to the undersigned by Fannie
A. Hayes, by deed dated June Z, 1911,
recorded in D. B. ia, page 80, Mason
County Court records, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning in the middle OF the Hill
City turnpike, Southwest corner to
farm formerly owned by John T. Mar
tin; thence with the pike s. 2 Deg. Al
min. W. 7.39 chains, 4 deg. 38 min.
w. $50 chains to stake on the south
side of the macadam at the angle of
the pike and corner to George Coffee;
thence with the fence on the east side
of an old road S. deg. min. W.
1871 chains to a stake; thence s. Z
deg. IS min. E. 5.37 chains crossing a
gate post to stake in the county
road; thence with line Of Pack Mar
shall and Mrs. George Wood s. IS deg.
4 min. W. 44.3S chains to a stone at
the south end of stone fence corner
to Newell; thence with his line N. 20
deg. 38 min. E. 1903 chains to stake;
thence N. IS deg. e. 1924 chains to a
stake in Fosters line; N. SO deg. 81
min. w. 1912 chains to a stake;
thence N. 1 deg. 16 min. W. 6.34 chains
to stake links below a sugar tree,
corner to farm formerly owned by
John T. Martin; thence with his line
N. SO deg. 20 min. w. 1888 chains to
stake; thence N. ~ deg. W. 9.19
chains to a stake standing 30h deg.
e. links from black walnut; thence
N. 45 deg. 81 min. W. 11.49 chains to
stake; thence N. SO deg. 9 min. W.
IS chains to the beginning, contain
ing 1853 68-100 acres"
There is a number one tobacco
barn and stripping house, a good
dwelling and outbuildings on the
place. The place is well watered.
Said farm is now in the possession
of Joseph Davis as tenant of the un-
signed, whose term expires March /,
1920, and full possession Of said farm
will be given to the purchaser on said
date. The rent for the year ending
March 1, 1920, shall not pass to the
purchaser, but shall belong to Hays
wood Hospital. Privilege granted pur-
chaser to seed during spring and fall
of 1919.
The terms of this sale are as fol-
lows: The purchaser will be re-
quired to pay $2,5O0.OO in cash on the
day of sale, and the balance of the
purchase money shall be due and pay
able, one-fifth on March /, 1920, one
fifth on March 1, 1921, one-fifth on
March 1, 1922, one-fifth on March /,
1928, one-fifth on March 1. 1924, and
to execute notes for said deferred pay
ments, each bearing interest at the
rate Of six per cent. per annum, pay
able annually from and after March / !.
1920. The purchaser may, however.
pay In cash any one or all Of said de-
ferred payments with interest up to
the date Of payment, and In case he
shall desire to make such cash pay
ment before March 1. 1920, he may do.
30. and his note or notes 30 paid will
be discounted at the rate of i've per
cent. per year from the date of pay
ment up to said date.
TRUSTEES HAYsWOOD HOsPITAL'
II n IA uXrUu x..~kfo.~~~
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14

Twenty nurses will be the live re-
Spouse Of the Red Cross Nursing De-
partment to request for a larger
star to help out the IA nurses now on
duty In the Holy Land.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14

Ny notion of supreme patriotism would be home from
par with wound STAR Distinguished Service medal and
cruch and everything and keep smiling while the Stacker who
got my job and yet holding onto it, explains how the boss can't
get along without him~-New York Telegraph
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
COMPLETE

Line Of Columbia Machines, and full
line OF Records. Truthful statements
and liberal terms guaranteed.
CtoONEY. JeweIer, Columbia Dealer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14
PubliCSale
Mason County Land

The undersigned corporation, Hays
wood Hospital, of Maysville, Ken
lucky. will on
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-14

Z OUR SALES WITH 9TH Frs AND DRAW YOUR OWN CON
CLUSION.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08

Close to 900 people awaited them
selves of the privilege of inspect
ing the new club rooms of the
Community Service league on the
occasion of the formal opening: The
company included members of the
league, their men friends, fathers,
brothers, returned soldiers, high
school boys and girls. The rooms
were inspected by the company and
all were delighted with them, the
convenience, taste in decorations,
etc. and all agreed that they are a
wonderful thing for the city. At
$3.50 O'Clock program was car
ried out and consisted of a dance,
"Playfulness," interpreted by the
Misses Madeline Brown and Nellie
Elwell. who responded to the en-
core by giving Spanish waltz. Miss
Hixson of Chicago delighted with
several beautiful selection. Paar-
mans orchestra played the dance
program and dancing was continued
till 1870. The rooms were beauti-
fully bright with decorations of
sweet peas and narcissus in the
dining room and jonquils in the
parlors. Mrs. F. w. Bahnsen,
chairman of the local board Of
Community Service leagues; Mrs.
c. F. Mixter. vice chairman; Mrs
William Walker. Mrs. A T. Hues-
ing, Mrs. L. E. West and Miss Ann
Canty served on the reception com
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
As NAMMA TATGHT HE.

There was a fire at Madge Ken
nedy's Hollywood home the other
night-to be exact, in the garage.
Miss Kennedy did her part in eX-
tinguishing the blaze. She says
she was awfuliy polite about it, too.
In the stress she behaved exactly
as her mother had always taught
her to act.
You wouldn't believe person
could be so polite under the circum-
stances" said Madge. Somebody
called QUIT was the middle of the
night that our garage was on fire.
/ found the chauffeur and maid
fighting it. Then l came back
and called up the fire department.
Fire Department. I asked. If you
please, this Is number blank. Blank
street. There's a fire at our house.
VIII you please come and put it
out2' And later, when somebody
came to our back door and yelled,
Your garage is on fire. 1 answered,
oh. yes, thanks; I know it; | have
already informed the fire depart
ment' And my mother declares |
thanked the fire department and
shook hands with them all round,
but personally l don't remember
that"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08

was in camouflage and il proved to
be nc protection at all as allied
aviatOrs soon located them. There
is a report that several aviators,
American, French, British. lost
their lives il locating the first
three big Berthas in the forest OF
st. Gobain, but upon that point Of
flcials are silent.
However on March %. one Of the
Berthas was blown up by an aerial
torpedo which tore a hole in the
ground more than fifty feet III d.
ametCr. a photograph of which has
been taken. The second was put
out OF business in the last days OF
april. while the third of the or
igiral three was silenced in May.
1t is now asserted that two Of
these guns were remOdeled into a
larger calibre, nine-inch. and that
these remCdeled guns were the ones
which resumed the Smelling of
Paris late III May last.
Subsequently the Germans sue
ceeded IN utilizing larger Calibred
guns for long distance firing for,
in August, they used a marine gun
from near scissors. firing q twelve
and a half-inch shell They were
preparing to subject Paris 10 an in
tensive bombardment such as Dun
kirk had to suffer, when they were
driven out OF their S0issons-C Cha
teau-Thierry line by the counter
offensive OF the allies.
COmmandant Nirbel, the military
expert, who organized the Turkish
before the Germans as
5umed charge Of the military al
fairs Of that country, told the As
ISOLATED Press that the whole sec
ret OF the German long distance
gun lay in the invention of a spe-
cial high explosive powder which
could only be used in guns con-
strJc.ed with q special steel OF ex-
resisting power. The
Germans had commenced the gen
erali2ation OF the process and they
were manufacturing several guns
similar TO their scissors one, but
Marshal FOch'5 offensive deranged
their plans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
Clairette Anthony.

Here is a romance that reads
just like a scenario and of course
it happened in the movies. they al
ways do.
Clairette Anthony, the we'll
Known poster artist and magazine
illustrator, and the latest find" in
motion pictures, recently became
the wife of Capt. Howard Cheese
brough Okio, OF the Fourteenth cav
airy, L. 8. A, now on the Mexican
border, after a courtship of but
five days.
The wedding was the culmina-
ton of a studio romance which
took place in the Famous Players
Lasky studio. Miss Anthony was
found" by John Emerson. She
was induced to take one of the lead
ing parts, opposite Ernest Truck.
She consented, and during the max
ing OF this picture her ability at
tracted the attention of other di-
rectors and she was cast to play
with Elsie Ferguson in her next
Aircraft picture, and also the lead
ing part in a forthcoming Para
mount-Flagg comedy.
1t was during the making Of the
final scenes of the production that
Captain Okio was being shown
through the Famous Players studio
and was introduced to Miss An
thony 1t was a case of love at
first sight" And inside of five
DAYS CAPTAIN Okio led his wife to
the altar
AT the start of the war Captain
Okio was at St. Paul's school, AT
Concord, y. H, fitting himself for
Yale. Leaving there he went to
England and enlisted in King Ed
wards Horse, British army, and
served during 1914 and 1915 in
France Returning to the United
Plattsburg camp and became at
twenty-one a captain in the regular
army.
The bride is a direct descendant
of Rubens. the artist, and the
daughter of Jean Anthony. a we'll
known artist of Antwerp. She was
forced TO leave Belgium with her
family at the beginning of the war,
when the Germans took that coun-
try, and for a short while lived in
England. In leaving her home she
was given charge of a large num-
Der Oft the most valuable Rubens
that are in existence, and after her
short stay in London, came TO New
York City with the paintings,
which have been kept in one Of the
largo hank VaultS here She iS an
artist of note herself, and her
works have appeared on the covers
of many American magazines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
Welded 50 Years.

Thursday was the golden ami
versary of Mr. and Mrs. s. ]. Sc
rene, 902 Eleventh avenue, Moline.
They intended TO spend the day in
quiet manner, but in the after
noon a large number of friends
dropped in and surprised them,
these friends being members of the
Ladies' Aid society of Mission tab
ernacle. of which Mrs. Serene is an
active member
Golden flowers predOminated in
the decoration of all the rooms, as
vas most appropriate, and a fine
luncheon was served at 4:30. Dur
ing the afternoon piano and vocal
numbers were rendered by mem
bers of the party and the ladies,
besides declaring the afternoon a
IlOst joyous one. left many gifts
and flowers as tokens of remem-
trance of the happy day.
Six children were born to this
union: John Albert. who died a
number of years ago in Kewanee.
Ill: Amanda Cecilia, who passed
II years ago; Martha Eleanor, liv-
ing at home: Mrs Matilda Servine
OF Moline. and Carl E. at home. A
fourth daughter, Florence Lillian,
died nine years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
SOCIAL EVENTS

pose Of supplying large sized flags
SKIS feet, which are used to eGfold
The casket of deceased soldiers of
the Civil war, the Daughters hav-
ing obligated themselves to this
final tribute to ea\ old comrade.
One coffee each month will be
given at a home. Mrs. Mary Barth
entertains at the first on Thursday,
Feb. q, at her home, 1906 Fifteenth
street, the following members to
act as hostesses: Mesdames Bessie
Richardson, Martha Hampson, 10
sephine McCarron, Selma Ransom,
and Miss Jennie McAfee. Friends
will be welcome.
The Daughters will sponsor a
card party at Odd Fellows hall,
Tuesday, Feb. II, with the follow
ing members as hostesses: Mes
danes Essie Siemon, Nellie Milton,
Bessie Richardson, Lucy Morris.
Lillian Bedford, Iowa NickeIs, Ber-
nice Yoh. Martha Hampson, Jo-
sephine McCarron and Ellen Fox.
The newly organized sewing cir
Gle will meet with Mrs. Amelia
Ague, 622 Thirteenth avenue, Mon
day, Feb. IT, for an all day sewing.
A picnic dinner will be served at
noon, and friends are invited, and
those attending are asked to bring
rags suitable for carpet rags, as
the president of the circle is desir-
Gus of getting rugs started as soon
as possible.
The Service Star unit will not
meet until notified by the Red
Cross chaptpr that there is work
on hand, but all members of the
Service Star are asked to plan to
attend the sewing circle instead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
Methodist Aid Society.

A well attended meeting of the
Ladies Aid society of the First
Methodist church was held yester-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
R. c. Clarke. 1913 Nineteenth street.
Arrangements were made for the
next coffee to be held Feb. IS. the
place to be announced later. The
society decided to make a drive to
complete the subscriptions on the
annex and a committee of three,
composed of Mesdames c. L. Wal
ker. F. O. Van Calder and H W
Ward, was appointed, this commit
tee to appoint subcommittee to
meet at the call of the chairman
Victrola music was furnished for
entertainment and the society ad-
journed to meet with Miss Ella
Taylor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
KINDERGARTEN HELPS FOR PARENTS

COlOret ngs-flOwerS leaves, in
SectS, pebbles and so forth, and ar
ranged them in the spectrum order;
followed a brook in summer with
Teuny5On's Brook as d guide; fol-
lowed one in winter with IloweFs
Brook lin the Vision Of Sir Laun-
faD as a guide. In a word we stud
led Gods great wonderful outdoor
book in the afternoon, just as dill
gently as we studied the best liter
ature in the morning
And what results? Five open
eyed, open minded. intelligent
young men and women, devoted to
their parents and grateful for
what their Heavenly Father and his
children have done for them,
mother who is still young and hap
Ply because she got q little rest on
Sunday during those strenuous
years., to say nothing of a father
who now thanks God for the privi-
lege Of still being a boy though in
bis fifties.
We shall never forget those long
evenings in our city home when the
girls came back from seminary and
i-Sl SNAhbt4r aAal Illt DDNo lIDHl mar
ward and Tech" and we sat
around the dinner table together.
fOrgetful of time. We were all
more entertaining to each other
than any show ever staged, because
by this time each of the children
had discovered his own special
field OF interest and delved into it
beyond the limit of the others in
the great realms of nature and lit
orature that we had begun to en-
joy together when they were little
Each one could therefore
make his own particular contribu-
ton to the delight Of all.
Pool rooms, saloons, clubs, stag
parties? When will shorts GIFTED,
self-indudgent. arrogant fathers
learn that in their own wives and
children are the possibilities of
perennial delights and solid salts
factions com ed with which 9TH
er thiAgs are dust and ashes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
FRENCH PEOPLE ASK FOR ONE OF THE
HUN BIG BERTHAS' USED TO lombard
PARIS BEFORE RETREAT WAS TaRTED

Paris-(Correspondence Of the
Associated Press The French
people want one of the German
Big Berthas" or supercannOu,
which bombarded Paris. to display
in the Place de la COncOrde as =
souvenir of German frightfuluess
that failed of its purpose to de
stroy French morale.
The armistjce does not stipulate
that one of these instruments shall
be surrendered but there is a move
ment to urge the government 20 de-
mand it. There is no expectation
that the Germans will include one
of these weapons among the $500
guns they are required to give up
under the armistice.
Facts obtained by military eX-
perts show that the first guns that
fired upon Paris on March %, last.
numbered three. They were in
stalled near Mont-Joie. in the forest
of Saint GObain. Two were on the
same railroad spur leading out Of
Laon while the third was a little
further east in the vicinity OF
Creepy.
According to the latest informal
ton, the guns were pointed at an
angle of more than IS degrees, 6
charge of three hundred pounds OF
powder propelling the projectile 10
a height of one hundred thousand
feet (nearly 10 miles) on its muir
derouS mission to Paris. With ev-
cry shot ten or twelve marine guns
of sixteen or seventeen-inch Calibre
fired simultaneously upon targets
unknown in order to conceal the To-
cation Of supercannon. The shell
was of 210 millimetre Calibre (abOut
eight inches). 1t weighed three
hundred pounds but the charge OF
explosive contained therein varied
between thirty and forty pounds.
In the manufacture of the shell
resided an innovation of the Ger
mans. 1t is said to have been made
of special steel treated with tuug-
stem so as to offer the maximum of
resistance for minimum OF
weight. The guns only protection