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The Idaho Republican., 1919-02-14
ACIDS N STOMACH
CAUSE INDIGESTION
cssats Gas, sourness and Pain
How To Treat.

Medical suthoritiss state that nearly
pine.tenths of the cases Of stomach troI-
bio. indigestion, sourness, burning, gas,
bloatns. nensel, etc., ars. due to an ex.
cesp o9 hydrochlorio. acid In the stomach
snd not a. sons ~ Sslisyt Srct e lack q a.
Ing u ifritatsd. digestion 10 delayed and
food sours, causing the disagreeable symp.
tom e Ss|i Xhioh every stomach sufferer knows
Artificial digsstsnts are not needed In
yr s:d. sr d%sy &c s in5 hasT
get from any druggist. Q few ounces az
bisuratsd Masnesia and take Q teaspoon.
fuf In quarter glass Of water right after
eating. This sweetens the stomach, pre-.
vents the formation Of excess acid and
there 2 nS sonrnscs sas Or pain:
form---nsvsr liquid or milkS L harmless Ss g
the stomach inexpensive TO take and d
the most emcient form OF magnesia for
stomach. purposes. II 10 used BY thou.
sands OF people who enjoy their meals
with no mofs. fear Of indigestion.
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be sent from headquarters to places
ahead of me.

oO oCuI lIou AcduQudTISTS W pldCCs
ahead Of me.
have travelled a good deal anG
have seen most of the western part
Of France from east of Verdan south
to the Mediterranean sea, and lots
Of the south part, also some ol
Switzerland and Italy. l expect tc
see a. great deal of Europe before
get my release.
In one of my letters told you that
our company was supplying lot OF
the soldiers in the front lines. from
Switzerland to east of Verdan dur
ing the war. l have made several
trips to different parts of the front
trenches during the big battles, but
l never told you about that because
had you known the truth, and the
danger there was in these trips, you
would have worried about me, so l
kept that from you. These trips
were made in auto trucks, from the
supply camps to the trenches. I tell
you I had some wonderful exper-
fences on those trips, which 1 will
tell you all about when l get home.
There is too much to even start to
put in writing. When these fierce
battles were on, we would scarcely
have any rest or sleep for days.
There is great deal Of credit due
to the men in the supply camps.
There was never an hour that the
fighting men had to stop for want
of supplies. The following copy of
telegram from Major General Leg
gett will bear me out in this state
ment:
"The first army, American E. F.
desires to convey its whole appre-
citation for the great assistance af-
forded by the officers and soldiers
of the service of supplies, during it's
recent battles. The battle Of Argonne
and Meuse were hard and continuous
for nearly two months, during this
period you never failed us, food,
munitions, clothing. medical atten-
tion and other supplies were always
at hand, our confidence in you was
we'll repaid.
"The first army A. e F.. congratu-
lates the s. o. s. on its share in the
great American success, without
your energy and push back of us,
our efforts could not have succeeded.
Share with us the glory Of our
Deeds"
I have been offered 800 per
month by the government If will
sign up to stay over here eighteen
after peace is signed, but l
have had enough of this country, and
II they want me they will have to
take me as I am; me for the good
old U. s. A. the first chance I get.
/ spent Christmas day riding
around in--the mountains on the
border of Italy and France, sight
seeing, and New Years Day in the
old city of Nice. The way the young
ladies' see the old year out and the
New Year in is, at IL o'clock they
catch all the young men they can
md kiss them, and noticed they had
10 mercy on we Americans.
When the armistice was signed,
t was hardly safe to 60 in to the
titles. The ladies old and young,
would wave the American flag,
'hout viva La America" (long live |
America) they would surround we
,oys and nearly hug and kiss us to !
leath; I didn't mind the young
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ladies so much, but when half
dozen old ladies got a hold of one
OF us boys, and all tried to hug and
kiss him, we'll it was some lombard
ment, while we never ran away
from q German, we sure beat a hasty
retreat when the old ladies started
after us.
l expect to find my Christmas
package when i get back to head
quarters. I expect to get back there
about the middle of this month.
Love and best wishes from your
soldier boy.
FLOYD PETERSON,
Supply Co. No. 307, @. M. C.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to use these means to
thank the friends who so kindly
helped us in the bereavement Of our
daughter and sister. We also wish
to thank those who sent the flowers
and kind notes of sympathy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Winkler,
adv. and Family.
The Idaho Republican., 1919-02-14
January 8, 1919.

January 8, 1919.
Dear mother:
/ am still at the hospital doing
X. P. in the ward. We get good food
here and are all getting along fine.
They are sending lots of the boys
home now. Several thousand start
The Idaho Republican., 1919-02-14

WHO WANTS A FARM?
Eighty acres near Shelley sugar
factory, no buildings; will lease for
five. years on liberal terms. Byrd
Trego. Blackfoot. 3Oa-tf
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
80 WIVES OF SOLDIERS
ARRIVE ON TRANPORT

New York. Aug. 22.-Eighty SOL
diers' wives and five children were
among the 3,S25 passengers arriving
today on the transport Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria.
Among the units of troops aboard
were the Seventh Infantry, field and
staff. headquarters. supply and ma
chine gun companies, medical de-
tachment and companies A to II in
elusive; Fourth Infantry machine
gun company, medical detachment
and third battalion complete:
Twenty-seventh Ambulance Com
pany and number of casuals.
Representative c. B. Slemp. of
Virginia, was among the passengers.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
Los Angelo, Cut of.

Los Angeles, Aug. 22-Three
separate strikes Of railway switch
men Of the Southern Pacific. Santa
Fe and Salt Lake steam lines re-
suited in the complete severance of
Los Angeles from steam railroad
connection with the rest Of the
country.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
HUSBAND SUES WIFE'S
PARENTS FOR $4,000

David y. Levitt. d, a clothing deal
r. who lives at 617 f street north
rest, filed suit yesterday in the Dis
rict Supreme Court for 10000 dam
.ges against Isaac Rosenblot and Mrs
lOsenblot. his parents-in-law for the
lleged alienation OF the affections Of
Is wife.
Levitt charges his wife's parents
nth Turing her away from him on
.pril Is with promise of a reward.
Levitt secured a license January Is
nd married Violet Rosenblot four
avs later, Rabbi Adler Shefrerman
hciating.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
American Mission Will
Report on Near East Races

Athens. Aug. 22.-Dispatches from
Constantinople today said the Amer
lean mission to the Near East was
en- route to Paris. where 1t will sub
NIT a report to the Peace Confer
ence on the wishes of the subject
races Of Turkey.
On this report may rest the de-
cision with regard to an American
mandate In the Near East
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
Bolsheviki Admit Losses.

London. Aug 22.-Losses on the
Russian southern and southwestern
fronts are admitted in official Boil
shevik reports from Moscow. In th,
south the Bolsheviki have evacu-
sted Kerenvoe before Gen Deniken's
army and in the southwest they have
abandoned Kazatin.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
Wife Says Alimony Isn't
Paid; Husband Is Cited

Mrs. Anna L A. Sim complained
to the District Supreme Court yes
terday that her husband, Lewis @.
Sim. whom she sued for a limited
divorce July 2s. had ignored a court
order to pay her $40 a month tenn
porary alimony.
Sim. 1t is alleged, was to start
payments on August Is.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
Wilson, Palmer and Hines Confer

Attorney General Palmer and
Railway Director Hines conferred
with President Wilson late yester-
day. Neither Hines nor Palmer
would say what the conference was
about. Both Hines and Palmer are
members of the Cabinet committee
that recently laid high cost of liv-
ing data before the President.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
'athfnder AirpIane Burns;
Drivers Narrowly Escape

Altoona, Pa, Aug. 22.-The Path
nder airplane, in charge of Lieut..
eggett, was destroyed by fire to-
ay Lieut.. Leggett and his COM
anion. Lieut. Guenther. who were
trapped in their seats. narrowly
scaped being burned to death.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
Rites for Pastor.

Funeral services for the Rev. John
c. Bowers, former pastor of st.
Marks Lutheran Church of this city,
will be held today at New Freedom,
Pa. DR.. Bowers died at his summer
home, New Freedom, last Wednesday
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Would Honor Crowder.

A bill giving the rank Of Lieut..
Cen. to Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crow
der. Judge advocate general Of the
army. for his Conspicuous service"
during the war. was introduced yes
terday by Representative Madden.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-23

The miracles faces OF soldiers
had been shot France be
tins of peace time accidents.
This promise V. H. Kazanian a Young Armen-
ian professor Harvard Dental School, who displayed remark
able dental and medical the aSd during the
"The improved methods of dental learned in the
war; says this dentist will be especially valuable of
accidents for which
of the jaw The methods of facial
could be applicable OF tubercuar
in many other branches of surgery"
of the endowment fund Harvard raise
ma be used further DR.. Kazanjians efforts
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ucy Age of l31 Sees City Sights for First Time

He is strictly against luxury. He
says hard times have made him happy,
because he had to work, and that kept
him out of trouble. He sees danger for
the people and the country in too much
softness Of existence.
He has Issued a challenge to any
rifle marksmen in the country to meet
him. Perforce the meet would have TO
be held in the mountains, because his
friends do not believe Uncle John" as
strong as he seemingly is, should take
a chance of overtaxing his powers TO
make another long trip to participate.
"I can beat all of 'em shootin',' said
Uncle john
When he started to Lexington Shell
rode horseback eighteen miles and It
never bothered him. "I often ride
twenty miles horseback to town (Hy-
don, Leslie county, and home the
same day, and It don't bother me-" he
says.
He Meets n War Hero.
One of the most interesting of
Shells experiences here was his meet
ing Sergeant William Sandlin, who
although Uncle Johns" netghbor IN
Leslie county had never known him.
Sandlin is Kentucky's greatest war
hero. He was feeling particularly
good in France one day during the
war, 80 he stormed the German lines
alone and unaided. He killed twenty
four Germans and put six machine
guns out OF action the same day.
That almost equals the record of Ser
geant York of Tennessee. Sandlin
wears the Croix de Guerre and the
American Congressional Medal, and
he brought here the citations given
by France and Gen. Pershing. These
citations state that on last September
20 Sandlln, while ahead of his men in
action, did not hear the signal to fall
fiat. Wherefore when two machine
guns began to play he went after
them. He threw grenades at the
guns, and when he entered the trench
after the guns stopped he found five
dead Germans and three living Huns.
lie killed these with his bayonet.
Shortly afterward. the saIye day, he
had a similar experience. stopping the
machine guns and killing all the
crews totalling for the dag twenty
| four OF the enemy.
| Sandlin lives on Devils Jump
| Branch Of Hell-fur- Sartln Creek, Les
| lie county, the section made famous
/ by John Fox in his novels of noun
tain life. When he and Shell met here
1t was like old comrades. Then they
posed for picture-the worlds Oldest
living person and Kentucky's greatest
war hero. After that they were almost
inseparable. They appeared together
at a luncheon where both made
J speeches. and they talked over noun
tain matters like two boys Sandlin IA
only a UsAks Old At thaA
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good as the so-called natural variety
II 1t is added to various dishes or con-
sumed in moderate quantities. The
Indigestion caused by taking sugar in
a too concentrated form can readily
b. avoided. The practice OF taking II
in lemonade or in soda water or in
cups Of tea well ballasted with the
glistening cubes has its defenders.
The able monograph on sugar writ
ten by Mrs. Mary Human Abel repre-
sents much investigation as to the eff
feet of sugar upon the human system
1t Ia commonly supposed, for instance
that because sugar ordinarily is taken
out Of the diet of diabetes the
consumption OF sugar itself is a cause
OF that disease. This view, however
does not hold up under investigation
There seems to be no proof. either. for
the assertion that sugar produces govt
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There is such a thing as stuffing too
much fuel into a furnace, and sugar is
an unadulterated fuel. The bad effects
which are often ascribed to sugar come
from feeding excessive amounts of 1t.
The experiments conducted by various
laboratories show that from three to
four ounces a day of sugar can be di-
gested by the healthy adult without
showing any i'll effects. When, there
fore, We are reaching a sugar con-
sumption of from so to 100 pounds a
year for each person We are getting
pretty close to the danger mark.
The amount OF sugar which one may
take without i'll effects depends largely
upon the amount of exercise which he
takes. The workers of the sugar plan
tations in the cane cutting season
fairly live Off of sugar and molasses
and grow fat and vigorous, but they
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ceipt for a levy paid by Shell in 1909,
in Clay county when he had to- be
twenty-one years old to be liable for
States attorney for the district in
which Shell makes his home, told the
writer that he had seen many records
in other years proving beyond doubt
that Shell is 131 years old.
Shell lives in a cabin on the waters
OF small creek In the Leslie county
hills, thirty miles from any town, and
far from anything that would ever
cause him worry. He thinks that the
judicious use OF whiskey, with no
worry and proper care Of the health in
the clear, clean air of the hill section
would cause a man to live forever.
Living with him are his wife,
young woman-he lived happily with
his first wife. Aunt Nancy, for more
than 100 years-and their five-year-
oil son. Aunt Nancy died about thirty
years ago.
Shell went to Lexington to attend
the Blue Grass Fair after the cor
res pendent had discovered him through
mountain friends and was the guest
of the Fair Association for the entire
week. On his birthday he received
many presents and scores OF visitors,
and he thanked all the latter for COM
ing to see him. He likes visitors
and he has an especially warm smile
for women. The prettier the girls the
happier Uncle John was to see them.
He was taken to see his fist vaude-
VILE and moving picture show and he
also had his first automobile ride He
said he liked automobiles, but he was
always afraid they would run into
each other. And I've heard they
sometimes do" he said.
Uncle John is full Of quaint say
ings. One is: Hard work has always
been my lot. However. from the way
things are going now, before long peo-
pie will be able to live without workin'
at ALL"
zone chew Of tobacco stopped that
use for me. like whiskey, and
drink II whenever can get it."
81 had a shooting match with rifles
against four other fellers in the noun
ta!rs three or four months ago.
beat them ell, and that was all that
was shooting against me-"
He Never Had a Fuss.
J I've never had a fuss In my life
Not many fellers can say that, even Il
they haven't lived quite as long as
: have. I have never had an enemy"
: Don't worry and work hard. That
) will bring long life and happiness t
; any man."
: Uncle John" likes the new dances
/ He was taken from his room In hote
. here to peep In" 1t dance whors
! shaking the festive "shimmy" reisnet
s'mprsanA. That tialaad hkns Ae
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Mr.. Shell says he did not take much
interest in politics in his early life, and
the first vote he cast was for James
X. Polk. He remembers when Henry
Clay was thereabouts. and also remen-
bers when Washington died. He was
only eleven years old then but says
when the President died the news was
brought across the hills into his iso-
lated country, and he remembers the
sorrow caused by the intelligence.
Uncle John" told the correspondent
that he remembers having seen Daniel
Boone, the intrepid pioneer who really
opened the fertile fields of Kentucky
to hundreds of other brave men who
came from other States to help wrest
"the dark and bloody ground" from
the Indians. He also remembers ST.
mon Kenton, but is not sure of having
seen him.
There are SO many remarkable
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the available energy of the other food
by rs per cent. and the protein of the
ration was more economically used.
For those who would take their
sugar straight there are no obstacles.
The whiskey of yore was said to have
been extended with the use OF water
and prune juice and the like, but in
these days. owing TO strict regulations
and the food laws, sugar is of excep-
t!onal purity. The elder who puts
sand in the sugar OF Saturday nights
Is a myth.
The Bureau of Chemistry of the De-
partment OF Agriculture analysed 500
samples of sugar bought in the open
market not long since and found not a
single sample adulterated. The
bureau is sponsor for the statement
that all sugars whether costly or
cheap, are practically free from adul-
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taking sugar, provided all the other
ingredients are pure.
The value of sugar as a ration de-
Ponds upon its judicious use and COM
bination with other foods, and there
fore all of us. in consuming sugar
whether as food or as a drink substi-
tute, should bear in mind that it must
be well combined. if we would avoid
that overfed over stimulated feeling
We may not come reeling out of candy
shops, nor go on butterscotch sprees
and yet we may err in our sugar
ration.
Investigations recently made at the
Minnesota Experiment Station of the
United States Department OF Agri-
culture showed that when healthy
men got five ounces of sugar a day as
part of a diet, $50 per cent. of 1t
was digested. The sugar increased
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lieve the new dance, which is so diff
ferent from the one i knew when was
younger, is caused by the fact that
the boys and girls like to hug each
other. The old dances i knew didn't
have all this stir about them, but we
always had lot Of fun
In a magazine of two weeks ago APP
peared an article concerning a collec-
ton of old time Kentucky rifles at
Des Moines, Iowa. Among the max
ers of early in the past century is
mentioned John Shell. The corre-
spondent asked him If he was the John
Shell referred to, and he said he
"reckoned" he was as he had made
rifles over a hundred years ago, and
that he himself used a flintlock rifle
OF his own manufacture up to Just
before the civil war. M. Shell, men,
toned in the same article, was a rela-
tive.
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are keeping down to a normal state
by severe manual labor. When a man
in an active outdoor life is taking
plenty of sugar he need not be wor-
ried about himself. The time has not
yet come when lollypops will be con-
sumed at the nineteenth hole or choco-
late bars after a polo game, but many
hardy athlete has flourished on
sweets.
The Government is endeavoring to
encourage the eating of simple candies
made of pure cane sugar. rather than
the glucose and starch compounds
which, highly colored, get onto the
market as cheap candles.
The use Of sugar in the pastries
which are so freely displayed in the
shops and restaurants which have
been 50 greatly increased in the last
few months is an excellent method Of
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UI 7 NCLE JOHN" SHELL. aged
131 years. perhaps the
Oldest living human being
In the world, has just completed his
first visit to Lexington, KY, and as
he says. his last. He had never before
been in a city where buildings are tall,
where street cars run. where there are
girl shows and moving pictures.
The reason he never expects again
to leave his mountain home in Leslie
county, KY, is that he does not expect
TO see his 1920 birthday.
He said at a luncheon given in his
honor IN Lexington that his days on
earth have been many and very busy,
but he realizes that his days are num-
hered. However, he might have said
that forty years ago.
John Shell is a wonderful man. He
Is about FIVE feet five inches tall
weighs about $50 pounds, is wiry and
stands almost upright. He sees per-
lectly-has eyes that CLEAN redly and
brightly from holes in the face that
look the size OF the little silver half
olmes one used to see as a child. He
mas quick, birdlike snap to his neck
as ne looks sidewise at his callers
MS hand clasp is as quick and vigor-
Gus as that Of a man fifty years old.
he walks with apparent ease, and
gets around rapidly. He uses a cane
Out The thought Of crutches would
PROBABLY give the old man Mysteries.
No Doubt of His Age.
There is no doubt about John Shells
age. He was born Sept. 3, 1888, II
mat portion OF Tennessee (then a Ter,
Tlory) where Knoxville now stands
ne celebrated his 131st birthday II
lexington when a reception was giver
lor MIN, the like OF which he never
even had read about.
ne went to the Kentucky mountain;
- boy when the wild Indian, deer
Oedr' panther and wild turkey roamet
AZ VIII He killed specimens of al
out the Indian he says he and the re,
81 n were always friendly. and that h,
mac seen hundreds OF them while the!
Ta ." the "arpatil, bat none eve
attempted to modest him.
captain j. L. Mccoy a forme
deputy revenue collector, editor of tn
jackson, KY, Times, and one of tn
most reputable men in the State, tell
" spending year with Shell in hi
mountain home thirty years ago, an
declares that Shell then was we'll owe
one hundred years old. as stated b
Sheli himself and the people OF hi
ne!ghoorhood. Old men who hav
Known him all their lives say. thei
sEandfathers knew him az a man whe
tneir grandfathers were boys. II. {
snapped, neighbor OF Shell, wit
oundnedGn f otherA .haEesAan A-tAx.zs
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wisdom tooth.

wisdom tooth.
Now that sugar is likely to be con-
sumed in considerable quantities for
the sake Of it's stimulating effects the
warnings are being sounded anew.
The abuse of sugar lies in taking II
in the so-called free or extracted state.
Combined with fruits in their natural
state or with cweetened drinks it is
not likely to do SO much harm even
in large quantities as it Is in its un-
diluted state. For that reason the
sugar in the soft drinks Of commerce,
which are increasing in favor and also
in price. is a good form in which to
assimilate sweets.
Sugar as lit exists in nature is not
highly concentrated and therefore is
likely to produce less digestive disturb
snces than If it Is eaten clear. The ex-
tracted or artificial sugar is just as