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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-08-07

Tim Ryan left for Marshall coun-
ty today, where he has a grading
contract.
Prof. and Mrs. j. R. Culver of Belt,
Mont, are the parents of son, born
shib week. This makes Chas. Lang
don Grandpa for the second time.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-08-07
BABY KE, e.EY.

The -weeks-ol,. aughter of Mr..
and Mrs. C. L. Kelsc died suddenly
this morning. Func... announcement
will be given later.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-08-07
MRS. ATHERTON AND DAUGH-
TER SCALDED.


Mrs. James Anterior and young
daughter, Arlene, were accidentally
scalded with boiling hot water, yes
terday. Mrs. Atherton had poured
the hot water into receptacle.
which was placed on the table, when
the young daughter, who was stand
ing beside her, accidentally tipped the
utensil over.
Mrs. Anterior received the lesser
burns, the daughter being badly
burned about the chest and arms.
DIR. Hoefer was called and reports
them resting as easily as could be
expected under the circumstances.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-08-07

Mrs. Mary Mclaughlin came up
from Council Bluffs today, and will
make her future home in this city, re-
siding at the j. j. Ford residence on
South Eighth street. Mrs. McLaugh-
lin is former resident, having NOV
ed to Council Bluffs eleven years
ago.
Mrs. c. A. Katt, who has been the
guest of Mrs. II. H. Fisher and Mrs.
Susie Farmer, has gone to visit
friends at Harlan, Ia, before return
ing to her home in Chicago.
A young son Of John Burbridge
caught his hand in the belt on gaso-
line engine, Tuesday, and had two
fingers on his right hand badly
mashed. The finger nails were torn
out and the flesh badly lacerated.
j. Marcus Burke was the Sunday
guest Of his many Omaha friends.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
SHIP BY TRUCK.
That's the Way Some Folks Overcome
Railroad Difficulty.

"1n most every producing center that
is the mecca for buyers, it is not so much
a question of selling the goods, but when
can you make shipment? :, says 9. A.
kissel, president of the klssei Motor
Car Co.
sIn certain community, So miles from
the nearest railroad transfer point on the
main line of one OF the big railroad
systems. the uncertainty OF receiving
their merchandise and supplies became
so acute that the merchants called q
meeting with the following results:
"By having their goods shipped to the
transfer point only, they could get a
better rate and better shipping schedule.
Then instead of waiting for the goods to
be switched 55 miles up the side line
to their town, they bought three motor
trucks, and by operating them on a joint
basis. they found they could get their
merchandise into their stores much
earlier and oftentimes at lower cost.
"As it was time, and not expense they
wanted to cut down, their trucks soon
paid for themselves, especially as they
were loaned out to farmers when not
employed in the regular transport work =
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
GROWING DWARF TREES.
Process Of CuItiva1ing These Forced
Freaks In Most Stmpte.

Miniature trees used as parlor decora-
tions generally belong 70 species which
under ordinary conditions grow to q
much greater height. Thesc particular
examples owe their small size TO the fact
that their growth has been artiiciaIIy
stunted. The process is simple, says Pop,i-
lar Mechanics.
Cut thick-ekinned orange in two,
and remove the pulp from one of the
halves. Coat the skin on the outside
with shcllac TO preserve it, and fill ID
with fine, rich soil. Plant two or three
seeds of some evergreen tree in tho soil.
and set it in room where the growing
plant will get plenty of sunlight Be
careful to prop up the skin in such way
that the shoot will grow vertically; do
not allow the room where it stands to
become overheated, and water the soil
in moderation from tiMe to time. When the
roots force their way through the peel,
cut them off flush with its outer sur
face, and in doing 30 be careful not to
injure the coat of shellac.
After the plant has attained ma
t,irity it may be placed in large flower
pot, and will continue To thrive there;
but as its roots have been curtailed, it
will be unable to draw more than a re-
duced amount Of nourishnent from the
soil, and so it's growth will be permanent
iy stunted. Cedars, pines, and even some
fruit trees, endure this process remark
ably well.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
LORD MAYORS SECRETARY
INDISPENSABLE PERSON
Soulsby Sees That Executives
Never Vary a Hairs Breadth
From Time Honored Customs.

London. Dec f6-Lord Mayors of
London come and go at the rate of one
year, but the Lord Mayors private secre-
tary, Sir William Jameson Soulshy, re-
mains a fixture He was first appointed
to that office in 1875 and he has Just been
reappointed for the forty-tlfth time.
He is the one indispensable man on the
Lord Mayors staff He knows just how
everything should be done according to
precedent" And to follow that pre-
cedent in all things with hair breadths
deviation is the chief duty of the Lord
Mayor 1t is SouIsby who tells him how
TO do il so as to avoid introducing an IN
ovation which would be regarded as
blundcr worse than . crime. For, be It
known, the code of etiquette by which
the official conduct of the Lord Mayor is
regulated is more rigid than that which
obtains at Buckingham Palace. Zach
successive Lord Mayor after his Inauglira-
tion puts himself unrcservcdly IN Soulsbys
hands and the secretary sees him through.
He is the power behind the throne, the
man who pulls the strings on ceremonial
occasions.
Foreign potentates who have been en-
tertained by Lord Mayors from time to
time have recognized Soulsby's capaclty
for running things smoothly In conse-
quence, besides being an English knight,
he is q knight of more foreign orders,
il is said than he can count on both hands.
The Lord Mayor that has to get along
without him will have trying time OF 1t.
But il is reported that somebody Is care
fully understanding the secretary SO as
TO be able TO psssably fill the gap that
must occur some time, for Soulsby IS 6S
wears old.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
FARMERS FROM SPAIN
COMING To AMERICA
Big Wages and All Year Around
Work Attracts Them to
This Country.

Madrid, Dec. 10.--Large numbers Of
agricultural workers from all parts Of
Spain are awaiting at FerroI and other
ports for transportation to America, both
North and South. This is ono Of the
results Of the new social conditions brought
about in Spain by the war, and increased
wages.
For years the Spanish farmer had paid
his help about three pesetas NORMALLY
sixty ccnts) daily during the harvest.
As this WAS just about sufficient for the
enploye to subsist upon, the farmer also
allowed his men and women sufficient
To buy food during the winter. This
amount WAS decided by the farmer himself
and varied in proportion to the generosity
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
MOTOR BUS OPERATION.

Out of the problems OF increasing traffic
congestion in large cities, has come n new
understanding OF the conveniences and
economies offered by the motor bus.
Its acceptance has doomed Older forms
of transportation just as the surface
cars, in their turn, succeeded the horse
cars and stage coaches.
Bus operators of the present and of The
future may we'll profit by the experiences
of the so-cslled utney lines that have
failed through loose organization and
cut-throat methods Of competition. Sue
oessful operators know that expenses
involving the following items must be
taken into consideration: Fixed charges,
amortization reserve for depreclation),
interest on investment, insurance, ire,
transportation and theft; Public liability
and property damage; collision, overhead,
administration requirements; taxes, h
~pnSPc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
THIN, NERVOUS, RUNDOWN PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE BITR0PHOSPHAT TE

Increase in weight usually cnrrses with
il general Improvement in the health.
Nervousness. sieeplcssness and lack of
energy. which nearly always accompany cx-
eyes ought to brighten and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom of perfect health.
Physicians are nov recognising it's merits
by Its use in erw increasing quantities.
Frederick Kolle NJ d editor of New York
Physicians Who's Who" says: "Bftro-
Phosphate should be prescribed by every
doctor and used in every hospital to in
crease stength and nerve force and to en-
rich the blood =
Joseph D. Harrigan former visiting spe-
cialist TO North Eastern Dispensatory. says:
Let those Who weak. thin, nervous,
snseInic or run down take natural. uE-
adulterated substance such as bitro-phos-
ing results in the INCREASE of nerve energy
strength of body and mind and power of
endurance.
Bitro- Phosphate is made entirely of the
organic phosphate pound referred to IN
the National Standard DiSpensatory
Deing an excellent tonic and neryine and
preparation which has recently acquired
Deurasthena The standard of excellence
strength and purity of it's substance is be-
yond quest tion. for every BitrO-Phosphate
tablet is manufactured in strict accord
requirements. Bitro-Phosphate as therefore
not patent medicine and should not be
confused with any of the secret nostrums,
so-caiied tonics or widely advertised cure
ais
CAUTION--Although Bitro- Phosphate is
unsurpassed for relieving nervousness. sleep
lessncss and general weakness owing to it's
tendency to increase weight. those using t
snOuld avoid fat-produ ucing foods unless it Is
the desire To put on flesh.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17

of tho River.
Last year the farm hands, like almost
every other class Of labor in Spain, organic
cd a union with the result that wages dur
ing the harvest increased from the century
old three pesetas daily 10 from fifteen 10
twenty-five pcsetas daily. Therefore when
the winter came on and there WAS no
work, the farmer, instead Of following
the old convention 0f handing ont d0Iog
to his employees, told them IS they were
now earning good wages they should save
sufficient 20 keep themselves during the
winter.
Those who had saved, or at least pro-
portion Of them. decided 10 move To some
country where money could be earned the
year around.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
ACid-St0mach
Makes 9 Out Of 10
PeopIeSuffer

Docfors declare that more than 10 non.
Organic diseases can be traced 10 Acid
Stomach Starting with indigestion. heart
burn, beiching, food-fepeating. bloaf. soqr.
eassy rtorn ach the entire system eventually
becomes affected. every vital organ suffering
fD some degree or other. You see these vic
iilns Of Acid Stomach everywhere - people
who are subject 70 nervousness. headache
Insomnia Dilio people who suferfrom
fG~ m Hssm ,iumb 20 sctattca and aches and
pains all over the body. IL IL safe TO ea3 that
about people out OF 10 suffer TO some extent
from Acid Stomach.
II you suffer from stomsc trouble or, even
II you 10 not feel any stomach distress, yet are
weak and ailins. feel tired and dragged out.
lack pep" and enthusiasm and know that
something is wrong although you cannot
locate the exact cause o. your trooble-you
naturally want 10 get back your grip on
health IS quickly ss possible. Then take
YATOkIC. the wonderful modern remedy
thai brings quick relief from pains of indiges-
lion. beichipG. gsssy bioat, etc. Keep yorr
son acb strong, c1eap and sweet. See how
your general hesith improves-how quickly
the old -s,nne vim ,vtgcr and vitality come back
Get big &c boz OF EATOkIC from your
arugrisa today II ie guaranteed 20 please
yop. II you ara DOT satisfied 7our cruxgist
Win sefuus. y0ur money.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
OLD HIGH BICYCLE RACE.
Quaint Spidery Machine Creates Quite
n Go mmofion in London

wonder how many of the old high
Ordinary" bicycles could be mustered
IN London today?
The question was suggested 10 me by
the truly rare spectacle Of one Of those
SPIDER. machines being ridden across
Clapham Common. 1t created q COM
motion far more than the passing fight
of q squadron Of aeroplanes.
a child's What is IL" seemed very
natural and a middle-agcd mans Glow
on earth does he manage to get in the
ssddle?" showed how completely the
qucstioncr had forgotten about the
''step' on the backbone ~ Westminster
Gazette.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17

the legal arguments were sOrocyhat orp-
fusing
You do not invite your Trend " eat
tea leaves ergo, tea, which cslonof ~
neafen," s not food. But then neither
do you nsk your friend to cag cOcoa-
essence or "drink" the thinneft ~ goiIrys
both of which arc uguallJ regarded ~
foods
Dietetic experts are more oo nynosfs.
They refuse 10 recOgni1e tea ~ a lord
simply because H. contains no n1,riril-
rncnt london Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
Creates New, Firm Flesh,
Strength and Energy in
Two Weeks Time in
Many Instances
fsro-Phosphate Should Be Prescribed By
Every Doctor and Used IN Every Hos
uitAI-Ssys Editor OF Physicians who's
Who

Take pisin bitrrs phosphate" is excellent
advice 70 thin. delicate neTvoas people who
lack vim. energy and nerve force. and here
ses-fns 70 be simple proof Of the efficacy OF
this preparation 70 warrant the recon-
TnendAtion- Moreover. il we Judge from the
countless preparations and treatments
which are continually b~irg advertised for
the purpose of making thin people ffeShy,
developing srIns. neck and bust and re-
placing ugly hoilows and angles By the
soft cT-rtd lines Of health and beauty
there p evidently thousands Of mon and
women vino koenly feel their excessive thin
pesS.
ThnneSs and weakness are often due TO
starved nerves. Our bodies need more phnS-
phete than is contained in modern foods
Physicians claim there Is nothing that will
supply this deficiency so we'll the organic
phosphate known among druggists ss bilru-
phosphate. which Is inexpensive ana Is sold
by most all druggists under gu8rar -ea
Of satisfaction or money back BY feeding
the nerves directly and by supplying the
food elements bitro-phosphste should pro-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
DOG ANS wERS DOORBELL.
Canine Pct Of Mute Family Re spends
by Barking.

There is one dog m London which,
were its duties known, we should al join
IN voting sn extra ration. II rs the csrc
Of an entire household. All the human
members of the family sre deaf and dumb.
The dog snswers the door. That Is Z
say, when il hears knock or a ring, It
conveys the information TO its betters by
barks. which are detected by the opening
and shutting of It's mouth, by wagging its
tail. and in the last resort by gently paving
its master or mistress and running toward
front or back door London Chronicle
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
THE LONGEST SMILE.

PROFESSIONS Of cheerful looking dig
nitarics always raise the idle question,
"Who has worn = smile tho greatest
number Of hours on end?'
Most sightseerr would give the palm 10
President Wilson, but many previous
records must have been broken on peace
celebration day. notably by the King and
Queen and Sir Douglas Haig-London
Chronicle
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17

duce q welcome transformation ia the ap-
pearance: the increase IN weight frequently
feing astonishing.
Clinical tests made ia St Catharine, 5
Hospital New York City showed h 7 two
patients gained in weight p aud = pounds
Respectively through the admin stration
OF this organic phosphate. both patients
claim theE have not feIt as strong and
well for the past twelve years
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
SUGAR MILL FOR BALTIMORE
One Of Worlds Largest Refineriee tn be
Buih at Locust Point

baltimore, Md, Dec 17-Announoe-
ment ID made by b. Howell Griswold,
Jr-, of Alexander, Brown Il Sons, President
of the Board of Trade, that the American
Sugar Refining Company viii extend it-
operations to Baltimore. The company
win BOON begin the construction Of q
modern and possibly one of the largest
sugar rcfnericr IN the world
4 site has been obtained in The Locust
Point section, comprising about fiftern
acres, an Of which viii be used, and a
water front Of approximately qlartss Of
mile, accommodating four large ocean
going steamers at one time
The plant viii employ about 1000
Tprrr0nr.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
TEA NOT FOOD SAYS COURT.
Dictetic Experts Declare Drink Contains
No Nourishmenf.

Now that the Appeal Court has def
nitely decided that tea is noA . food, "
someone will have 10 define the word
food" little more clearly.
Tn till now VIC have been led to believe
that any liquid or solid that has food
value is a food In this connection some of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10
BY THE PUBLICITY METHOD
Strenuous Tactics That Resulted In
Restoring Family to Its Normal
Happy Quota.

A mother of four became exceedingly
wroth the other day with the father
of the Quartette. They quarreled bit
terly over a matter usually classed as
nonessential, and she, forthwith, pack
ed up bag and baggage and went back
TO her childhood home-in the next
block but one.
The father stayed at home with the
children all the morning and managed
to find something for their MONDAY
meal, but in the afternoon things be-
gan to happen. The Quartette was or
ganized into a band, and very noisy
one at that. With tin horns, dish
pans and combs they paraded up and
down the blocks between their home
and the grandmother's, and in between
times the Oldest boy, aged ten, led the
shrill refrain, to which they marched:
LEFT, right. Left, right, left. Left
my home and four little children. Left
right. Left, right, left. Left my home
and four little children"
It worked. By nightfall the fam
ily's quota was again full half Dozen
indianapolis News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10
MASTERS OF HIGH FINANCE
View England Youngsters Raised
Hawks From Eggs and Collected
RemuneratiVe Bounty.

Freetown, Mass, will break a long
Standing custom this year and pay no
bounty on the hawk. After a long
and heated session of the town fathers
at ASSonet it was unanimously agreed
that the debit side of Freetown budget
had been taken too heavily by this item
when Moderator Nichols disclosed the
leak in the towns financial condition.
Every spring when the nests of the
hawks are filed with eggs" explained
the moderator, "the country boys
Skinned the trees, took out the eggs,
0ried them home, put them under
setting hens and Matched them out,
and thus raised numerous young hawks
at no cost whatever. Then the boys
clipped their wings to keep them home,
ard when they had grown full size
billed them, took them to the town
tlice and obtained their bounties."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10
BOMBS SENT TO MEN
OF NATIONAL PROMINENCE

New York.-With the discovery
Wednesday in The New York postof'
flee of sixteen internal machines, in
addition to six more that have been
delivered to prominent men in various
parts of the country, federal detectives
have started to search for the senders
of the dangerous bombs, which are be-
lieved to be part of nationwide
plot.
The bomb packages were addressed
to:
William M. Wood, Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Frederick C. Howe, commission
err of immigration, New York.
Hon. Mitchell A. Palmer, United
States attorney general, Washington,
D. c.
Mr.. Anthony Caminetti, bureau OF
immigration, Washington, D. c.
Hon. William B. Wilson, secretary
of labor, Washington, D. c.
Senator T. Larry Eyra, Chester, Pa
Mr.. William H. Lamar, solicitor
general, Washington, D. c.
Mr.. w. H. Finch, department of jus
tee, New York.
Hon. A. s. Burleson, postmaster
general, Washington, D. G.
Hon. ]. F. Hylan, mayor, New York
City.
Rich E. Enright, police commission
er, New York City.
John D. Rockefeller, Tarryton, N. Y
Mr.. William l. Schaffer, attorne!
general, Harrisburg, Pa.
Governor William C. sproul, Ches
ter, Pa.
Hon. oliver Wendell Holmes, Unite
States chief justice, Washington, d. {
]. P. Morgan, New York City.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10
ALL WAR INSURANCE
PAID With DISPATCH
The Bureau Corrects Erroneous Re-
ports Regarding "Death Bed
Cases."

ashington.-Insuranc claims for
deaths from natural causes and claims
for deaths from battle are paid by the
bureau of war risk insurance on exact
ly the same basis, the war risk insur-
ance act expressly provides that the
insurance is against death or total
permanent disability" and more claims
are now being paid for deaths which
arose from natural causes than from
deaths which has resulted from actu-
al battle conditions. A large number
of awards are being paid by the bureau
as result of the ravages of the influ-
enza epidemic.
If a man has validity taken out insur-
ance, the conditions under which ne
dies do not affect the validity OF MS
beneficiaries' claim for insurance.
Current statements to the effect that
the bureau of war risk insurance re-
fuses to make payments on deaths
which arise from natural causes are
erroneous. The statements have prop
ably arisen from the refusal OF the
bureau to recognize the validity OF ap'
plications for insurance made by a
man in a dying condition, on the
ground that the law does not author
| ize the granting of insurance to dy'
ing applicant.
Much confusion seems to have
arisen in the public mind because Of
these so-called "death-bed cases" The
use of this term has given rise to al
incorrect impression. The term shoult
not be applied to the conditions undel
which a man dies, but rather to thu
conditions under which he makes ap
plication for insurance.
"Death-bed claims" are those claim
which arise from applications made b.
men who at the time are mortally Il
| of a disease which results in thei
, death In such cases the bureau give
, the beneficiary the opportunity t
prove to the satisfaction of the burea
that the applicants condition whe
taking insurance was not fatal, and
4 he fails in this the war risk insuranc
J act gives him the right to submit tn
y question to a United States distrlt
court.
The bureau of war risk insuranc
desires to pay every claim arising u
a der insurance applied for in accor
ance with the requirements of law.
the bureau decides in any case tn
the application was not Validly mad
J. the beneficiary still has the right
test the correctness of the decision
a United States court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10
c.tarrh Cannot Be Cured

h LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
suuot reach The seat of the disease.
CStarrl is local disease, greatly intiu-
Ses5 by constitutional conditions. HALLS
eITARRH MEDICINE viii cure catarrh.
Il i taken internally and acts through
IA Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of the
sFasm HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
4 composed of some of the best tones
Fsovn. combined with some of the best
5DOd purifiers. The perfect combination
of he ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE Is what produces such won
isfblI results In catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
8 ! Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10

her affection and her faith
would walls and hold him from ana
despair. 1870
neither the floods drown It, wrote
might have said that crime does not XIII IT, BRUTE
Sykes Nancy was faithful and devoted anu ug 10 m Will"
he beat her DEATH
II will not do to say Philadelphia making the best Of
plead enenc to claim
what she doing or If she had tried
other arts justice she might at least have
be under the roof with her husband
her love would flow him and comfort
him. ahead and will be weary and long, her
nav apr hut at least spirit her fellow
to
Let us hope her husband
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-10
Another Kind Of Solo.

Miss Fluffkins alone in the drawing
room with her "last chance" sat at
the piano, and ran her hands up ana
down the keys, while the young man
turned over the music, Of which the
most classical piece was entitled "Yip
l Addy."
"Now that you have looked over
nv music" said Miss Fluffkins coy
" "what would you like me to playT
Cards" said the last chance.