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Bisbee daily review., 1919-11-12

Y.; Washington. D. C.. or the balloon school at Akron. Ohio.
 Lieutenant Kilmer has made ar arrangements for two reels of motion pictures, showing photographic work done by the navy during the war, and navy work along both the Allan tic and Pacific seaboards.
 All inquiries regarding enlistments in this branch of the navy, and all applications for enlistments, may be made at the offices of Chief Guar termaster C., J. Rome, in the Alien building
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
TxnicaI Pessimist.

Representative Esch was defending his bill for the unscrambling of the railroads fs-'-
 T believe in the railroads" he said. 1T am an optimist. Pessimists, you'll find, are poor stuff all around.
 "A preacher said to pessimist:
 How dare you rail at Providence like that? How dare you say you have nothing to be thankful for? Why, man, look at your neighbor, Curtis. His wife has just been carried off by the grip.
 "'WelP snaried the pessimist. what good does that do me? ain't Cur tis.' ''s @.~s #Ees=
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
REMARkABLE TEST OF LOVE
Surely Any Woman Would Be Satis- fled With Proof That Was Of
 fered Mrs. NewlyMed


 For a while. as they walked along. neither spoke. The silence became quite strained At last she said in 2 hard, tense voice:
 You, don't care whether I'm happy or not. do you? We've been married nearly week and now you don't care whether I'm happy or not. 7
 My angel. do," he said miserably. 'But simply cannot permit you to do that. It is asking too much
 Two tears rolled down her checks one for each cheek.
 "You don'tI You don't r she cried. biting her lip tearfnlls You don't care whether Pm happy or not 7, It was more than his tender. loving heart could stand. He gulped glIiltfly- stOh, very we'll go ahead if you Iikes he said gruff1y.
 And while she took out her powder. puff and powdered her anose and yi- cinfty right on the crowded pavement. he turned his back and looked into the show windows of a piano shop so no one would know he was with her.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
GOT NEW IDEA OF RELIGION
Taken to Heart the Simple Faith Of the Doughboy.

Colonel Roosevelt was a asdeeply re iigious man, and <one evening at Oyster Bay he said to an editor: THow this world war has clarified our ideasi It has clarified my own ideas about religion
 Before the war I was inclined to agree with the philosopher who said: ::
 Religion is the experience consti- tuted by those thoughts, feelings and actions which spring from mans sense of dependence upon power. or powers controlling the universe, and which have as their center of interest the cosmic fortune of values
 .But how different is the definition of religion that the doughboy has flung us from the trenches, and how heartily Is our agreement when he says:
 " Religion is betting your life on the existence of God
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

leg he left in France, and this makes 1t seem 8s if the wooden one he wears were possessed of nerves. He gives three hours daily to learning how to walk with the new leg.
 When McGiffert was picked up on the battle field his left leg was found in shreds, the. arm of a dead comrade was across his neck, and when the stretcherbearers put him into an ann bulance a stream of blood from the berth above ran through and saturated his hair and clothes.
 When the surgeon saw him he de
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
FOUR YEARS IF WAR CHANGES WHOLE .:-
 CHARACTER IF FRANCE AS 4 NATION
GERMAN OFFICER SELLS
 RED PARK OF AiRPLANES

LOndon.-Lieutenant POrten. former officer in the German aviation service, has been tried by court-martial, according to Berlin advices, on a charge of having sold an entire park of airplanes at Wilma to the bolshe- wiki for 100000 marks. The afrplanes were valued at 10000 900 marks. Porten fled to Roe nigsberg and headed con- spiracy in the local working mems council against the com mander of the German garrison at Kovno. The plot was discov- cred and Porten arrested.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
Riuid Economy. r,,

MT. Pester You've been downtown spending money again afterI told you we'd have to be careful.
 His WifeI think you're perfectly horEid. I took car to the city to mail letter to mother, cause could InalI 1t there for two cents when it cost three out here.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
Jurors Hearty Eaters.

St. Paul, Minn.-It takes more than four bits a meal to keep a jurors "tummy" we'll lined, says Sheriff John Wagoner, demanding an increased al- lowanee.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
'EDUCATEs' HIS WOODEN LEG
Yank Hero of Belleau Woods Finds Breaklnq-in Process Hard
 Task

Topeka, Kan.-Breaking in a new leg is not as easy as it sounds. Robert McGiffert, a Topeka hero of Belleau woods, finds cold weather affects the substitute leg as if it were the real thing.
 McGiffert can tell when change of weather is coming by the feeling In the
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
pisaI;usted.

Hostess Pn sorry you found Miss Bigger poor conversationalist.
 Jack Poor conversa;ionalist? She's absolutely the limit Why, the only thing she said to me the entire evening was .'no.. and I had to propose to her 10 get her to say that. Boston Trans cript E.FE
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
Picked for Life.

s Jackson, Miss.-"Pickled for life,' mumbled a courtroom wag as Henry Pickle listened to the supreme courts decision affirming the lower courts verdict of life Imprisonment.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
Some Doo.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Olfver c. Black, lawyer, is the only man in the state with a dog valued as highly as all his household goods, Assessor Beatty says. Each is listed at $1OO.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
4 Shootino Fish.

E A shooting fish in the East Indies has hollow cylindrical beak. When it sees fly on plants that grow in shallow streams it ejects single drop of water, which knocks the fly into the tide.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
Explaininu 2 Phenomenon.

< +'This report that Germans are hiss ing soldiers is something astonishing"
 Tt is" replied Miss Cayenne. "Evi- dentIy the goose-step has gone to their heads" #s=
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

is free from opium, morphine, chloroform or poisonous drugs which are found in many of the patent medicines; it con- tains no alcohol or other stin1ulants. It is a Food Medicine, pure and whole some. Father John's Medi- cine has had more than so years success for colds, grip and throat troubles. It is invaluabl: as a tonic and body bsiIder and restores weak 'anI rundown systems to health and strength. It nourishes the system and makes fesh.I
 We want to warn yof against the danger in taking E1edicines which rely on stin1-
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

cided McGiffert was a goner It had to be explained all the blood was not his own.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

There are still approximately 13O,- OoO people employed ta@ clerical work relating to the ESr4n England
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

uatng nersdeadeng drugs for their effect They weaken the you exposed disease prostraon anda craving drugs. r<<5
 Father Johns medicine family; people becarse does alcohol dangerous drugs any form .*= .-@
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
poor choIlv

food. they say. Miss Kawstick-..I noticed you weren't eating any.p
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

When married man has no mind of his own his wife is apt to give him a piece of hers.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

Lots of men know how to }, cure hams, but are unable to procure them.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

When soldier becomes insane there is something wrong at head quarters.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12

It's an easy matter to fool any one with the exception of yourself.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
A SAFE FAMILY MEDICINE Father Johns Medicine is Best for Colds, Grip, Sore Throat A and Stubborn Coughs and as
 Body Builder. \/w
MEDICINE

Father Tohn's Medicine family remedy of
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-04-12
American Firm Hit.

One of the first American firms hit by the resolution was the manufactur- CT of a weIl-known automobile. This firm had several thousand cars in France ordered for war purposes by the French government. It was im- possible to sell the cars to civilians, since such a move would be the cause of French money leaving the country. If money left the country the French financial situation suffered according to the amount spent abroad. The rate of exchange was already against the French. It was thought desirable to
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
CANT TEENS.

Our mail carrier on No. is moving
to his farm from Thompson. Lots of
moving going on now. March has
come.
Mrs. Ollie Sims is reported some
better. We are glad her son, Glen,
who was sick few days, is up again.
Levi VIM and wife We're Sunday
visitors cf Roe Showers and family
Sunday.
Henry Vance is sick. He is bothered
with his heart and stomach. Glad
it isn't the flu.
P. F. Denham and Robert Shock are
saving at the mill near the widow
Sanders.
Jim Woolery went after DR.. Par
mer for his son, Reed, last Friday
night. The roads were SO bad the
doctor just stayed over night.
Allen Sydenstricker and family,
Joe Smith and family were all at Joe
Berrey's Sunday.
Marie Brown went to Columbia
Monday to see specialist about her
ear which is still paining her.
DR.. Fulkerson was in Centralia Sat-
urday at the cattle sale.
Mrs. Bazle Smith is visiting her
Mr.. Nevins and wife were in Cen
tralia shopping Tuesday,
Charlie Berrey, brother of Joe Ber-
rey, is in our neighborhood visiting
relatives and cid schoolmates.
Joe Smith went to Mexico last Mon
day for hog feed.
Al Robinson is moving down east
somewhere.
Miss Knoeble has turned her school
over to Miss Fannie Edwards, on ac-
count of her health. She has been
bothered with appendicitis for some
time, may have to have an operation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

sonal strength, but mainly because he
knew, and all the other statesmen
knew, that he was voicing the hopes
and the desires of the common people
everywhere. He was right, unchall-
engeably right He has come back,
not to argue fine points with the states
men and the intellectuals of America,
but to bring to bear the overwhelm-
ing pressure which can be exerted by
the plain people of the United States.
The words spoken by Mr.. Wilson in
Boston make the senatorial opposition
shrivel and blacken. Cannoo the peop-
le of the United States distinguish be-
tween the living essence ofstatesman-
ship and its dead husks? As a nation
we have proved ourselves generous
with our money, with our sympathy,
and even with the blood of our young
men.
The call today is for generosity in
leadership. Isolation has become a
synonym for selfishness. Co-opera-
ton means recognition of brother
hood in humanity. President Wilson
calls for generosity, for Cooperation,
as opposed to selfish and dwarfing pro
vincialism. America must.not and can
not fail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
GEORGE w. PICKETT
DIES AT us
HOME IN MEXICO

George W. Pickett, 81 years old
died at his home on Promenade street
early Tuesday morning after an i'll
ness of some time. He was born
October 90, 1851 at Winchester, Ill,
and had lived in Audrain County for
many years. He was married to Mrs
Anna Hubbard of Sturgeon, Mo.
Mr.. Pickett was member of the
Baptist Church and was a faithful
conscientious member. He was also
a member of the Sturgeon, Mo, Ma
sonic Lodge and retained his mem
bership there until his death.
Besides his wife he leaves one son
Oren Pickett of near Mexico and two
daughters, Mrs. Charles Clapper of
New Florence and Mrs. Ida Daniels
Of Slater.
4 The funeral services will be held at
the home at O'Clock Thursday after
noon conducted by the Rev. Eagan
Harrington, north of Centralia, who
probably will be assisted by Rev.
Hughes of the Mexico Baptist church.
Burial will be in the Elmwood Gene
terry.
The Ledger joins the many friends
in extending the deepest sympathy to
the relatives in their bereavement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
". C. 7. u. TO RAISE
OJUBILEE FUND

1t is the aim of the National Wo-
ren's Christian Temperance Union to
raise 100000 and procure as many
new members by March 20, 1920. This
was the message delivered to the peo-
pie of Mexico Tuesday night by Miss
Anna Gordon, national president of
this organization.
This great movement was to have
been made in 1924 at the golden an
niversary of the founding of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
But, as Miss Gordon explained it, on
account of the signing of the armis-
tice in the great world war and the
"cent ratification by 45 states of the
national prohibition amendment, the
Union decided to raise this amount at
once as thanks offering.
The million dollars, Miss Gcruon
said, would be used for construction
work along the lines of child welfare,
women industry, Americanism, health
and moral education. The W. C. T. U.
will begin using it at once for these
objects in this country.
Miss Gordon also said that calls
were coming to the w. c. 7. U. of this
country to do work overseas along tenn
perance lines and that 100000 will
be used for this purpose in the fights
in other countries. There are As W. c.
T. U. organizations in the world she
said and forty Of these have been in
operation for 35 years.
The speaker declared that the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
had formed the first League of Ma
tions. A league of nations in the
fight against liquor and for morality.
She briefly explained work done by
this body of women in this country
since its beginning.
A, sterling, silver pen holder with
gold point was exhibited to the aud
ience which was one of the pens used
in signing the National Constitutional
Amendment. The pens were present !
ed the Government Officials by the
w. C. T. u, and this particular pen
was returned to Miss Gordon as gift. |
Every letter that Miss Gordon writes |
acknowledging receipt for an offering |
of as much as $1,000 toward the mil
ion dollar jubilee will be signed by
her with this pen.
The Missouri women of this organ
ization are making a Victorious Peace |
campaign to raise $4,000 and Miss
Gordon said these women would also
take the States portion of the jubilee /,
fund.
March 20, 1920, the speaker said is
Neal Dowell's birthday. Mr.. Dowell |
is known as the father of prohibition
and was instrumental in making the !
state of Maine dry. Three states,
Rhode Island, Connecticut and New
Jersey are the only one that have rot
ratified prohibition amendment.
Miss Roena Shaner vice president |
at large talked on the reconstruction |
work of Missouri W. C T. U. and am
plifed the remarks of Miss Gordon. |
Here talk was intensely interesting.
The session closed at 4:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday
morning Miss Gordon spoke at Hardin |
College.
On account of the disagreeable
weather the crowd at the Baptist
Church Tuesday night was not as
large as was expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF SUPERINTENDENT'S
HELD AT CHICAGO

The largest and best convention of
the Department of Superintendents of
the N. E. A. was held in Chicago last
week in the finest place one could wish,
the Congress and Auditorium Hotels.
These hotels are connected by a sub
way and are luxurious inytheir beauty.
They are perfectly suited for such d
convention in every respect except
for small lobbies. More than six
thousand school men and women from
every state in the union were present.
Missouri furnished many more than
100 the number present at the
banquet. Of those known in Audrain
were L. B. Hawthorne, Superintendent
of Mcmillan; E. NJ. Garter, Secretary
of the NJ. S. T. A; former State Sup
erintendent Uel Lamkin; President
Kirk of KirEsville land County Sup
erintendent W. Clyde Johnson.
The big questions were: Recon-
struction, Salaries and Training of
Teachers, Democracy in Our School
System, Health in Schools, and Consol-
idation and Community Making.
In Saskatchewan, Canada, the
school year is 21O days and the pupils
are compelled to attend so per cent
of them. The teachers are receiving
$1,000, $1,100 and $1,000 Arizona is
passing a bill to make $1,000 the min
imum salary.
Many of the New England States
have done away with the district and
use the township or county as the |
unit. Most of the children are trans
ported. The schools are large. The
term is long. The teachers are well |
qualified and paid well and have able
All other business has |
able, capable and numerous superv!s-
ions, as for instance the banks, tele-
phones and the like. It pays in bus
mess why not In the schools! Louis
lana reports one district that uses
boat for transportation.
Many states are using the school
nurse for the rural schools. North
Dakota and Minnesots reported excel
lent work done and great interest
manifested in the work. Thousands
of children wer found defective. at
least so per cent of the children ex-
amined. After three or four years
these We're corrected to such extent
that not more than II per cent were
still defectice. Many were found blind
in one eye or deaf in one ear and the
parents did not know it.
The convention goes to Cleveland
next year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
LADDONIA ITEMS.

Mrs. Arch Alexander and daughter,
Martha, of Mexico, spent the week
end with relatives here.
Mrs. C. E. Mayhan returned from
ST. Louis Friday where she atteAded
the League of Nations conference as
a delegate.
Mrs. E. a. Lotion Of Mexico was
here on business Monday.
Kenneth and Albert Kennen were
in Mexico Monday to attend the open
ing of circuit court.
Roy Fauning north of town recciv-
ed word that his brother Curtis Fam
ming, of Rails Co, and A. E. F. SOL
dier had died in France of pneumonia
on Feb. 9Th.
VIM. Bailey, Z. ]. Shobe and Roland
Edwards each received car load of
lambs last week.
Robt Ferris attended court at New
London Tuesday.
The home talent play given for the
benefit of the cemetery association On
Tuesday evening was a grand success
and was played to crowded house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
RIOT INsTIGATORS ARE GIVEN
WARNING.

REFERRING to the organized mov-
ement among some people "Not to
work unless they have beer" Vim. II.
Anderson, Superintendent Of the New
York Anti-Saloon League, in a key
note to the organizations conventions
at Albany, Tuesday night charged Ger
man brewers with melting to riot and
rebellion in order to save beer.
''Let them beware" he warned. 'Tf
this ungodly bunch starts anything in
America the decent, sober, Christian
patriotic people are going to finish
it so it will stay put. The legislator
or politician, business or labor leader
that gets in the way is going 10 be as.
tonished. In the same orderly way
we have won rights we shall punish
those who infringe them"
Rev. Father J. ]. Curran of Wilkes
barre, Pa, sent telegram declaring
it was a matter of chagrin to him that
labor unions had been antagonistic to
prohibition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS ON
THE PEOPLE.

PRESIDENT WOODROW WILL
son believes in leaving matters of gr-
eat Importance to the people, and in
his fight for the League of Nations
wants Congress and the Senate to hear
from the people before they make up
their minds to oppose it.
Along this line the st. Louis Star
editorially says:
The address delivered by President
Wilson in Boston yesterday was the
utterance of a man whose soul is on
fire. 1t was the challenge of giant
to pygmies, delivered with the certain
ty of victory which comes from assu-
red strength and the consciousness of
right.
President Wilson carried his program
in Europe partly because of his per
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
NEGRO BOYS LOCKED
IN A BOX CAR AT
FULTON ARRIVE HERE

Joe Lambert and William Adams,
two Fulton colored youths had ride
Tuesday which was not of their own
choosing. They came over to Mexico
from the Galloway County seat in a
box car. But the only reason they
took this kind of a coach to ride in
was because they couldn't help them
selves.
Lambert and Adams were working
in the car which was loaded with clay
and consigned to the A. P. Green Fire
Brick Company of this city. Their
work was to thro& the clay back in
one end of the car. While they were
intent on their work, some mischiev-
ious white urchins pushed the car
door shut and securely fastened it.
It was about time for the train to
leave the city and the frightened
little negro boys were unable to make
anyone hear them. The train pulled
tout for Mexico, carrying with it the
two unwilling passengers. They ar
rived in Mexico Tuesday evening and
someone passing the car heard them
begging to be let out. The door was
quickly opened and Lambert and
Adams lost no time in leaving it. They
were cared for by the city officials
Tuesday night and had their nights
boarding and lodging at the City Ho-
telery. Lambert, whose ragged cloth
ing hung loosely over his body didn't
seem to mind the cold and remarked
that he didn't mind the trip and would
like to remain in Mexico if he could
find home.
Both boys were sent back to Fulton
Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
CASES RESET BY AUD
RAIN CIRCUIT COURT

Monday, 10th March,
No. 43, Roberts VS.. Wabash.
No. As, Mundy VS.. Wabash.
No 48, Hendrix VS.. Wabash.
Tuesday, 11th March.
No. 50, Pierce VS.. Sax.
No. So, Davidson VS.. Bybee.
Wednesday, 18th March
No. 73, Beamer VS.. Springer
No. "a, State VS.. Kirk.
No. 85, State vs.. Crow and Hudson.
No. 1O5, State VS.. Crow and Hudson.
No. 107, State VS.. Winn.
Thursday, 18th March,
No 1872, Sallee vs.. Wayne, ct a..
No. 1C3, Sampson VS.. Robinson, ct al
No. 1G4 Keith VS.. De Jarnett
Friday. 14th, March.
No. 76, Kelly VS.. Chrisman.
No. SO, Davidson VS. Bybee.
Monday, 18th, March.
No. 81, Haycraft vs.. C. & A.
No. SO, Howell VS.. c. & A.
No. 80, johnson va C. & A.
No. 90, Helm VS.. c. & A.
No. 81, Talbert VS.. C. & A.
No. %, c. & A. VS.. Johnson.
No. 80, Mundy VS.. C. & A.
No. Cd, Mundy VS.. c. & A.
No. 95, Mundy VS.. c. & A.
No. 90, Fuqua VS.. C. & A.
No. 81, Crum vs.. c. & A.
No. SO, Mundy VS.. c. & A.
Tuesday, 18th March.
No. 1I5, Weeks VS.. Crawford.
No. III, Butts, ct al, VS.. De Tienne.
No. 119, Sebers VS.. Schoff, Receiver.
Wednesday. 10Th March.
No. STA, State VS.. Harvey.
Thursday, March 20.
No. 112, Powell VS.. McCune ct al.
No. 113, Powell VS.. McCune.>
No. ia, Powell VS.. McCune.
Friday, 21st March.
No. IA, Yeske VS.. Yeske.H
Monday, oath March.
No. 101, Mo. Gas Co., VS. City of
Iarshall.
Tuesday 25, March.
No. So, Hellring VS.. ms. Co.
No. 55, Nixon Jones VS.. ms. Co.
No. 56, Nixon Jones VS.. ms. Co.
No. 81, Nixon Jones VS.. Ins. Co.
Tuesday, % April.
Lears cases in order on printed
ocket.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
A. III. Grupe Promoted.

A. H. Grupe, who married daugh-
ter of w. P. Rowland and wife of Mex
leo, who was special agent in the auto
mobile department of the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company in the West
has been appointed manager at the
head office of the Continental, F;del-
ity, Phoenix and American Eagle ir
New York City.
Mr.. Grupe is one of the best known
field men in the West, and is very
po, ular with a wide acquaintance
throughout the entire country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
Mrs. Susan Hoffman Dead.

Mrs. Susan Hoffman, mother of
Mrs. Jess Coil of Mexico, died at her
home in Auxvasse at II o'clock Mon
day night. She was 69 years old and
widely known in both Galloway and
Audrain counties.
Besides Mrs. Coil, Mrs. Hoffman
leaves another daughter, Mrs. Tom
Kemp of near Auxvasse. The funeral
services will be held at 10 o'clock at
the Augusta Church in Galloway
County. Burial will be in the Angus
ia Cemetery.