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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
THIN PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE
PHOSPHATE



Judging from the countless preparations
ana treatments which are continually be-
ing advertised for the purpose of making
thin people heshy. developing arms. neck
ana bust, and replacing ugly hollows and
angles BY the soft curved lines Of health
and beauty, there are evidently thousands
OF men and women who keenly feel their
excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are usually due
70 starved nerves. Our bodies need more
phosphate than is contained in modern
foods. Physicians claim there is nothing
, that Will supply this deficiency SO well as
the organic phosphate known among drug
gists as bitro-phosphate, which Is mex
pensive and Is sold by most all druggists
under q guarantee of satisfaction or money
by supplying the body cells with the neces-
sary phosphoric food clements bitro-phos-
phate quickly produces a welcome trans
formation In the appearance; the increase
In weight frequently being astonishing.
This increase In weight also carries with
it a general improvement in the health.
Nervousness. sleepleSsness and lack of
energy, which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness, soon disappear. dull
eyes become bright, and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom of perfect health.
+ CAUTION: - Although bitro- phosphate
is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness,
sleeplessness and general weakness, 1t
should not, owing to its remarkable flesh
growing, properties. be used by anyone
who does not desire to put on flesh.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
MASTERS OF HIGH FINANCE
New 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 filled with eggs" explained
the moderator, 1.-THE country boys
Skinned the trees, took out the eggs,
carried 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,
and when they had grown full size
killed them, took them to the town
office and obtained their bounties."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Alexandria.

Alexandria, founded by the world
conqueror, Alexander the Great is an
Egyptian city that is eager tollose its
connection with the faraway past and
become completely modernized. Fate
has favored this ambition. for the won
ders that Cleopatra knew have been
eaten by fire or swept away by the
sea. Alexandria is city of trade and
fashion. dominated by prosperous Eu-
ropeans too deeply absorbed in the
stock exchange to be even vaguely In
terested in the romantic side of their
city.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Family Life.

Not for nothing have we been
grouped in families. neighborhoods.
nations;' and he who win not recog-
nize the divinely appointed nearness
to himself of some over others. who
thinks himself to be a cosmopolite
without being patriot, philanthro-
pist without owning a distinguishing
love for them that are peculiarly his
own. who would thus have a crcum.
ference without having a center, de-
ceives his own heart, and affirming all
men to be equally dear to him is in
deed affirming them to be equally in
different
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Another Kind of Solo,

Miss Fluffkins alone in the drawing
room with her last chance" sat at
the piano, and ran her hands up and
down the keys, while the young man
turned over the music, of which the
most classical piece was entitled "Yip
I Addy."
"Now that you have looked over
my music" said Miss Fluffkins coy
ly, what would you like me to play?"
Cards." said the last chance.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
ToIuol OUTPUT.

To give an approximate idea of the
scope of this industry. one need only
compare the small output of pure
toluol in 1912 and 1913, for which
years it was approximately 100000 gal
Ions with the estimated output for the
year just past (191S), during which
period it is hoped that the output will
have exceeded 20,000,0OO gallons. Prac-
tically all of this increase has been
possible because of the recovery of
toluol from coke-oven gas and city
supplies.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Equa! to the Occasion.

Speaking of accommodating hotel
managers" said a traveller. "the best
l ever met was In provincial town
l reached the hotel late in the evening
Just before 1 retired heard scam
pering under the bed, and saw cou-
pie of large rats just escaping. 1 at
once complained at the office. The
manager was MS serene as summer
breeze. I'll fix that all right. sir" he
said. Boots! Take cat to room Is
at OnceI"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
stes, ana iron.

Steel Il = kind Of iron which can
easily be hammered out thin without
cracking and can be made extremely
hard by being heated and then cooled
quickly. It Is different from ordinary
Iron because of the amount Of carbon
in 1t. Wrought iron contains less car
bon than steel and so it cannot be-
made SO hard; cast iron contains more
and so is brittle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Homo Of Nv,nnh.

Near the cape Of Shima, in Japan,
there is q village the etof which In!
Japanese means 1.-THE settlement Of
Nymphs." Woman In this village Is
the predominant partner. The chief
industry is pearl fishing and the
women are the fishers. The men stay
at home and do the work.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Stranger to Western World.

The Asiatic geological expedition.
sent into the South Chinese mountain
province of Yunan to investigate its
range Of animal life. succeeded in Sc
curing several fine specimens of the
serow. which is stranger to the
western world. The serow is noun.
tain dwelier, somewhat like the
chamois. 1t is wary and fleet and
takes dizzy and seemingly impos-
sible course among its native crags.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
The RIGHT View and the wrona.

1.-THE man who makes good doesn't
wait for opportunity to knock; he has
the door wide open," says an exchange.
That's the right spirit. The other day
we heard chap complaining because
old Opp didn't stick his toe in the door
like book agent.-Boston Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease. greatly intiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. HALLS
GATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is composed OF some. of the best tonics
booa with Of the hes,
Of the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is what produces such won
derful results in catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Props. Toledo, o.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
How Criticism Helps.

Censure and criticism never hurt
anybody. If false they can't hurt you
unless you are wanting in manly char
acter; and if true they show man
his weak points and forewarn him
against failure and trouble.-Glad-
stone.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
The Fast Breaker.

Just for the sake of giving us some
thing to start an argument. will some
body please suggest that as 1t makes
a baby cross to cut teeth 1t must make
him cross-eyed to cut eye teeth.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
The other Side.

If you want to make yourself solid
with other folks don't stop to tell
them what wonderful things you have
done, but just say, You fellows have
the world beaten for big thingsl'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08

Kill the Flies Now and Prevent
disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do II.
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers
orfye sent express paid for $l.25. 81. SOMERS,
$50 De Kalb Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y. Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
ingredients for Happiness.

Without strong affection and hui
manity of heart, and gratitude to that
Being whose code is mercy and whose
great attribute is 5enevolence to all
things that breathe, true happiness
can never be attained.-Dickens.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08

During 1918 the United States
shipped almost as many tractors to
Mexico as to all other Latina American
countries
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
All Caught by the Craze.

Jimmie (extra) on, Johnnie {!
De director wants us to finish dat FL.
lum today.
Johnnie (child movie marvel)-Aw
go tell him l can't spare de time.
gotta write de mex chapter in me OF.
Photography for a movie mag.-Film
Fun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
'Y.m.C.A. s WORK
FOR ARMY ABROAD.
Report Of George W. Perkins on
Activities Of the 0rgani-
cation in Europe.
CRITICISMS WERE NOT JUST
Arose Usually From Difficulty Of Sc
curing Competent Workers and
From Confused Conditions Of
Observation-Disclosures Few,
Practically Unavoidable.

New York, May Tin report made
public today George w. Perkins, chaiy-
man of the finance committee of the
y. Al. .. A. war work committee, tells
OF the results of his recent investiga-
ton of the work which the Y. NJ. G. A.
has done in Europe.
FIRST explaining the difficulty of Sc
curing efficient workers and the care
exercised in the selection of the IL ,229
persons who We're sent abroad, Mr.,
Perkins says:
Much has been said about the in
efficiency of some of these workers,
and, without doubt, a number of them
We're inefficient. In any form of or
ganization in civilian life, whether it
be public schools, chain stores or cor
porations, if 80 per cent of those
originally employed make good, the
result is regarded as highly satisfac-
tory. If 10 per cent Of the 11.229
people operating in France for the
y. nj. c. A. We're inefficient it would
mean that there were 1,122 men and
women who We're more or less of a
failure. do not believe that any
thing like this number of people We're
unsuccessful; but if under the close
scrutiny which the soldiers give these
welfare workers even per cent Of
them were failures, it would have put
large amount of criticism in circula-
ton, and the work of the 95 per cent
who were successful would be forgot
ten ins the publicity given to the
per cent who were unsuccessful.
"That the workers as whole were
brave and unselfish is shown by the
fact that IA Y. M. c. A. secretaries
were killed and 1875 others were
wounded"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
YEP, He wouId Be ! sioht = ~.

Yep, He Would Be Sight to See.
I'm all my travels hither and yon
and return" remarked the facetious
Teller. II never ran across man who
was SO color blind he couldn't distin-
guish roll of greenbacks."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08

DR.. Picrces Pleasant Pellets put an end to
sick and bilious headaches constipation, dir
ziness and indigestion. "Clean house" Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08

But Think of the Indemnity!
Hyphenate-The Germans were SO
self-sacrificing!
Repatriate-Yes, and helltruistic!-
Cartoons Magazine
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08

ALIENS FooT=EAsE DOES 1T.
When your shoes pinch or your corns and
bunions ache get Aliens Foot=Ease, the
antiseptic powder TO be shaken into shoes
and sprinkied in the foot-bath. 1t will
take the sting out of corns and bunions
and give instant relief to Tired. Aching.
Swollen, Tender feet. Sold everywhere.
Don't accept any substtute.-Adv.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
ParadoxicaI Motive.

"Why is that fellow always com
Ing around?" Il think it is to get
q square meal"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Easilv Done

@IoIIy OVT'Ss
81 wish l knew how to kill time"
why don't you join an amateur mu.
steal society?"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Why canteen Prices Varied.

Why canteen Prices Varied.
The report relates the troubles and
expenses met by the Y. NJ. G. A. after
it undertook the management of the
army canteens at the request Of Cen
eral Pershing and the confused condi-
tions that made it impossible to arrive
at an average cost price Of the goods
sold to the soldiers. 1t continues:
"The Y. M. G. A. never solicited
money for the purpose Of giving away
its canteen supplies. If the Y. NJ. G. A.
had given away canteen supplies in
France on the scale of its sales, it
would have spent in this activity alone
Mt least as much money as it's entire
expenditures in France for all it's ac-
tivities. The constant policy of the
Y. Mac. A. was to sell canteen sup
plies at as nearly cost as possible, and
to bend every effort, when fighting was
in progress, to furnish the men at the
front with supplies free of charge
where it was at all possible to get the
goods to them.
kAOIle nave cFlLlclZeu IIle L. NJ. VI.
A. for not giving away more articles,
such as cigarettes, chocolate, etc. It's
policy has been not to. give away gen.
orally, but only in special and needy
cases. From June, 1918, to April, 1919,
the Y. M. c. A. handled in France
alone upward of 2O0O,OOO,OOO pack
ages of cigarettes, 32,OOOOoO bars Of
chocolate, 1s,OOO,OOO cans of smoking
tobacco, 5O,OOO,OOO cigars, 6OOOO,OOO
cans of jam, 29,oOO.0oO packages of
chewing gum, and 100000 packages
Of candy. These are only few of the
items handled, but the size of these
figures should convince anyone that 1t
would be financially impossible for the
Y. M. G. A. to give it's supplies away
generally. Furthermore, the army
does not favor any such policy. It
thinks that it is far better for the men
to spend their money on such articles
as these than to spend it in other
ways. For the most part the men hold
the same view"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-08
Its Varied Activities.

In considerable detail Mr.. Perkins
relates the varied and extraordinarily
extensive activities of the Y. M. c. A..
abroad, including the manufacture of
much of it's supplies, the establishment
of many hundreds of huts, with ath-
letics, moving pictures and various
other forms of entertainment; the
management Of sightseeing tours for
soldiers on leave; the immense work
of the educational and religious de-
partments and the distribution of read
ing matter. In conclusion Mr.. Perkins
says:
"The Y. NJ. c. A. undoubtedly made
Mistakes but what it tried to do was
to respond to every call that the army
made on it. 1t never hesitated to
tackle any job it was asked to under
take; it did not sidestep any task it
was asked to perform"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-01
GERMANS WILL
 TRY FOR PARIS

Paris May Warnings are be- ing heard on all sides that the Ger mans will exert all their ingenuity to make true the prediction attributed to Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmanu, (for- ner German Foreign Secretary that ''in less than five years time, the Ger mans will be pack in Paris (paciffcal- ly. that Is to say) and in favora bIe conditions"
 Evidence is accumulating that the prelimtnaries of the kind of pacific penetration at which the Germans seem to be particularly adept, already have commenced. German merchants with pre-war business connections in France are endeavorinR to pick up the threads" again, and the papers now and then public obsequiousIy worded rnissives to French firms, in viting them to resume our plea sant relations"
 More dangerous in the eyes of the French are the attempts that are be- ing made by German servants, now posing as Alsa,tians or Swiss, to slip quietly back into their old places with French families. In some cases, their Teutonic accent betrays them; in Oth- CTS suspicious employers have detect ed minute flaws in otherwise ire proachabIe Iegitimation papers. Reg istry offices, although exercising the most scrupuIous care in wedding out suspects, are not infarible.
 In a case cited by La Liberte, a factory owner near Paris who had advertised for a foreman received an applicant who came highly recom- mended'' and whose papers were in seemingly perfect order. Still the employer had some vague nisgivi- ~s and consulted a. detective. with the e. suit that the would-be foreman was unmasked as a German who had escaped from an internment camp in Brittany in May last year. His papers were fOrgeries.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-01
HUNS PREPARED
 FOR CONFERENCE

Coblenz. Nay 1-Germany's pre- parations for the Peace Conference were conducted by a, Peace Bureau organized in February under direc- tion of the foreign office, according to the CobIenz Volks Zeitung. The Peace Bureau is composed of five commit tees which investigated and reported on various phases of the work. The newspaper article says:
 ''All questions relating to political economy, commercial policy, colonial problems and international law had to be Investigated in order that a comprehensive understanding of the German point of view with reference othese questions could be obtained before the commencement of negotia- tions.'
 The five committees formed by the Peace Bureau, consisted of legal, poH- tfcal, economical, commercial, and in formation committees. This last com mittee was directed to collect all in formation concerning the negotia- tions and the preparations made for them. Each committee was instruct ed to collect all historical and practi- cal data and information to form a basis for German action at the Yer sailles congress.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-01

our debtors and will have to pay us for the use of our money. Every American can thus become a capital ist and have the money necessary for the use of himself and others who depend on him for prosperity and happiness.
 When a boy or girl grows up and leaves school how fortunate to have enough money saved to go to college or to begin successful business or to own ones homer Thousands of boys and girls fail in life because they did not prepare themselves to begin right. Thousands can not en- ter their proper vocation because they were not thrifty. If they had saved and invested their money, they would have the means to early success. If the 100000 school children prae. ticed thrift, they could save more money than is spent by all the col leges and universities in the country If they saved one car-fere a day, it would amount to a million dollars a day. The price of admission to the movies, if saved, would reach two million dollars 8 day. The cost of candy saved would mean another million dollars. All together, these items would total a billion and a half dollars in the year. If loaned to the government, this amount would be enough to pay for the ordinary ex- peuses of the government. As an in veslment, it would bring a large in come to te boys and girls of the country. At the same time. their health would be better on account of walking. instead of riding in unsani- tary trolley ears. Their eyes would not be injure- by looking at moving pictures. Their minds wov7d find it easier to study. Their teeth and stomachs would not be ruined by candy. They wOul have more time for self - improvement or increased earnings.
 So, boys and girls, buy as many stamps as you can. Keep them as long as you can. It will teach you to use what is confided to your keep ing as well as you can"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-01
BISHOP MILAN ASKS CHILDREN
 TOBUY WAR AND THRIFT STAMPS

Hartford, April 3o-The Rt Rev. John J. Milan, Bishop of the Diocese of Hartford, has sent out from the Episcopal Residence in this city an appeal to the children of the Paro- chial schools, asking that they buy Thrift and War Savings szStarnps and also practice thrift and economy dur ing the present year. The appeal is as follows:
 ''The government of the United States wants every child in the country to become thrifty. To be thrifty means -a make good use of the things lat belong to us through fruEality, industry and good man agement. It does no. mean to be stingy, niggardly, greedy, covetous or selfish. It is opposed to wastefuI- ness, destuctiyeness and self-indul- gence. Our talents and opportunities are gifts from God. To make the best use of them Is not only pleas ing to Him, but assures us of pros perIty, good health and a virtuous life.
 As an inducement to habits of saving, the government has issued thrift stamps and war savings stamps, so that every person who purchases them may have a share in the ownership of our great country. We must never forget that in the United tSates of America. the people are the government. lending, therefore, to the government they are lending to themselves and investing the.r money where 1t will bring the hest and suIest results. The more money we lend to the government. the less taxes we have to pay. If we do not lend, we must pay the expen- SOS of the government out of our own pockets, either in direct taxes or by paying more for the things we use. If we put our savings into the gov ernment, ,len the American people can not only pay their own govern menr expenses, but also lend more money to other nations, and little by li'-le We shall become the bankers of the world so that other people will be
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-01
IF KIDNEYS AND
 BLADDER BOTHER
Take a glass of Salts to flush out your Kidneys and neutralize irritating
 acids.

Kidney and Bladder weakness result from uric acid, says a noted author ity. The 1-sdneys filter this acid from the blood and pass it on to the blad- der, where it often remains to irritate and inhsme, causing a burning. scala ing senEation, or setting up an irrita- ton at the neck of the bladder, obIig- ing you to seek relief two or three times during the night. The sufferer is in constant dread, the water passes sometimes with a scalding sensation and is very profuse; again, there is difficulty in avoiding it.
 Bladder weakness, most folks call it, because they can't control urina- ton. While it Rs extremely annoying and sometimes very painful, this is really one of the most simple ailments to overcome. Get about four ounces of Jad Salts from your pharma cist and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast continue this for two or three days. This will neu- tralize the acids in the urine so 1t no longer fs a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary ol gans which then act normally again.
 lad Salts is inexpensive. harmless and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia and is used by thousands of folks who . re subject to urinary disorders caus- ed by uric acid irritation. lad Salts is splendid for kidneys and causes no bad effects whatever.
 Here you have a pleasant efrer- vescent nthia-water drink, which quickly relieves bladder treubIs.- Adx.