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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
FIXED CUCKOO CLOCK
Bird in TImepiece Made in Germany
Now Says Bob White"

Bird In Timepiece Made in Germany
Now Says Bob White"
John @. Wagner, jeweler of Vim
cennes, Ind, has the distinction of be-
ing the first Indianian to naturalize
the bird In a Cuckoo clock made in
Germany" Immediately after the
war was declared, when his son enlist
ed in Battery r, One Hundred and
Fiftieth Field Artillery, Mr.. Wagner
stopped the clock, contending that the
"cuckoo" was Germany's national bird.
The clock failed to operate for a
long time until recently. Mr.. Wagner
spent many hours in rebuilding 1t and
finally completely Americanized the
bird, which now says "Bob White" in
stead of cuckoo"
As soon as the announcement was
made, a number of Vincennes people
who are owners of the "made In Ger
many cuckoo clocks" crowded Mr..
Wagner's store and ordered their
"cuckoo" clocks made over
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
FIND MANS SKELETON
Lumbermen Solve Mystery Of Aged
Persons Disappearance.


The mysterious disappearance Of
Smith Flohr, an eighty-year-old noun
taineer of Mountaindale, Pennsylvania,
missing since August 20, and for whom
search covering the Blue Ridge
mountains for miles around has been
going on since, was solved when two
lumbermen, John Brown and Solo
mon Nom, while passing through
densely wooded section of the noun
talns near Old Forge, stumbled across
the skeleton of a man. Near by
hat and coat enabled the discOv-
erers OF the body to identify it as that
of Flohr.
On the day of the old mountaineer's
disappearance he had been visiting a
son, Irwin s. Flohr, at Mountaindale,
and decided toward evening to make
his way across to Blue Ridge Summit,
where another son, D. S. Flohr, lived,
intending to spend the night there.
Despite efforts to dissuade him. Flohr
started out across the mountains.
From that moment until his skeleton
was discovered about mile from the
main mountain road, his whereabouts
puzzled the countryside. 1t is now as
sumed that he became confused, wan
dered into the thicket and after becom-
ing exhausted, collapsed. and later died
of starvation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
HOME ON CLUTCHES
Girls Dream About Her Brother Came
True

Girls Dream About Her Brother Came
True.
One night one of the sisters of Pri-
vate George A. Egan of Syracuse, NY,
a veteran of the Twenty-third infantry,
dreamed she saw her brother coming
home and that he was on crutches.
She saw so clearly and was so thor
oughly convinced the apparition would
come true she told her employer not
to expect her back the following day
at work.
Without a doubt in her mind, she
arose the next morning and awaited
the arrival Of her brother, who had
been absent for more than year. The
rest Of the family scoffed at her.
About z :30 the following morning
the rat-tat-tat Of crutches ON the walk
leading 10 their home was heard, and
George appeared at the kitchen door.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

Mrs. Sidney Kirby, living northwest
Of MOberly, Mo. has a patriotic hen
which she claims Is the champion pa
triotic hen Of Missouri. Biddie has
raised three broods OF chickens since
last spring and the fourth will soon
be hatchedr Not satisfied with the
three broods, the hen stole away some
twenty eggs and made a nest in a
cane shock.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
CHINESE MADE EASY
New Phonetic Writing Enables Hitter
ates to Learn in Month.

ates to Learn in Month.
China has adopted system Of pho
netic writing which is expected to rev.
olutiOnize elementary education of that
nation and reduce existing illiteracy, 1t
was announced at New Haven, Conn.,,
by Edwin @. Lobensteine, who has been
in conference with the Yale-in-China
home Office.
The system invented by the Chinese
themselves, and approved by the gov
eminent board of education at Picking,
consists of only thlrty-nine symbols.
Any sound in the language can be rep
resented by combining two or at the
most three of these symbols. and ex-
periments made with hundreds Of In
dividuals have. conclusively shown that
an adult illlterate man or woman can
learn TO read by the use of system of
this kind In three or four weeks. 1t
is now being taught in all the govern
ment higher normal schools In the
country.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
KEEP PIGS IN PARLoR

Custom Has Become Popular In West
~ ern Canada.
It's the style nowadays in Canada
to have a pig or number of pigs.
Everybody who can has Joined the pig
drive, which was officially ushered in
at Victoria. B. O., by the passage Of
the pig act in the Victoria council.
This act provides that pigs may be
kept by anyone in the city.
His Reverence. @. n. SchOaeld,
bishop Of British Columbia, Church Of
England, has Joined the pig drive. He
has a number Of porkers In his yard
which he guards almost as carefully
as he does his flock of Ssheep" at the
church next door.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
An old pInwhesI.

Frank Emmons, Manbattan (Kan.)
man, celebrated the signing Of the
armlstice with pinwheel which was
bought IN 1884 to celebrate the cleo
ton OF Blaine IN a political contest.
The flreNor.s were bought BY the
Manhattan Republican 1|ambeau club.
and when me election was lost the PIN
wheel was put away and served its
purpose Monday IN celebrating the
bringing % peace 10 the world. just
hiry.four years later.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
MIplno Town EveIess.

The old mining town of Derrick, Call
high up in the Trinity county noun
tains. Is today as Eveless as the North
pole. The only woman who lived there
has departed for Sacramento to spend
the toughest part OF the winter. and
does not expect to return until the ROB-
ins nest IN the spring.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

To have lived through the great war
and not to know that 1t was going on
is the most unusual record Of Mrs.
Berthe Spandau, eighty-nine years old,
German by birth, now living in New
York. Her age kept her son from
telling her about the horrors of the In
vasion Of Belgium and of the sinking
of the Lusitania. He didn't wish her
to worry and fret.
But the day of the peace demon
stration made 1t impossible to keep
silent. The old lady heard the
whistles blowing and the crowds
cheering, and she demanded to know
what it was all about. When they
told her she raised her hands in a ges-
ture of imprecation and said: q.
"Oh, if only could get these two
hands on that kaiser"
Oppressive Taxes.
Mrs. Spandau lived in Richen-
waldo, which is a little town of about
1000 people. According to her de-
scription and that of her son 1t is
much like the German towns that you
used to see on the stage in the days
before they were banished from it.
There were carved wooden houses and
stOrks and narrow streets and town
hall and a belfry with a sweet-toned
bell.
But this was not all. There were
taxes to be paid, and when you have
siv oh;J1rar GarY,non toxac GRO moth
ing to be laughed at. If you cannot
pay them an officer or an under Off
Ger comes into the house and
looks over all your things. If you
have two clocks, says Mrs. Spandau,
or two tables or even two chairs, the
tax officers take one of them. They
hold them for a few days and then if
you still do not pay, the things are sold
at auction and you may be sent to
prison.
If your children are not sent TO
school, and it is not always easy to
them to eat, you or your husband may
be set to work for the govern
ment breaking stones or chopping
wood, and again you may be sent to
prison.
Not a Happy Life.
Besides this, Mrs. Spandau said,
her husband was a German soldier.
Evidently, even in those days, a Ger
man soldier did not have happy life.
Mrs. Spandau said he was in such
fear of the government that he made
her promise, before he died, that none
of his five sons would ever wear the
gray uniform. They never did, Sol
Spandau explained, though there is a
nephew wearing the United States uni
form over in France.
Mrs. Spandau was disguised by the
kaiser's flight to Holland. She asks
what have the kaiser and his six sons
done that they draw a salary of 6,000,-
900 marks from the day they are
born, while other babies have to work
for their living. And who pays for
all the richness but the German peo-
pie?
mo one" said Mr.. Spandau, the
son, "has been more patriotic than die
mutter. She says that she is sorry
that her sons are all too old to go
and that her grandchildren are all
daughters.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
KISSED BY THOUSAND GIRLS
Cleveland Lad Is SaIuted as Represent
alive American.

November IL was a great day for
Corporal Louis Romanelli, Cleveland
boy in France.
Not because the war was over and
he was sure Of coming home. But be-
cause:
November IL is the day he was
kissed by a thousand beautiful
French women. He tells about II In
letter to his mother and says that
he was saluted as a representative Of
the United States and in recognition
OF what this country has done to help
France. However, his photographs
show him to be a fine-looking, upstand-
ing lad of nineteen, with a Cupid's
bow for a mouth.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
shoota AIhlno liadnahon.

While out hunting Leonard ]. Brown
of Claremont. n. H.. was surprised 10
nnd a whitish looking animal ~ the
woods. His surprise increased when
NE animal began 20 climb tree A
single shot. however, brought Il 10 the
ground Il was an aIbIno hedeoho1
quite rare Ia New namnsh|re
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

American birds did their part in the
war by aiding in food conservation, ac-
cording to the annual report Of the
National Association of Audubon So
cieties.
Herbert @. Hoover, as food admins
traitor, had asked the American people
to protect the insect eating and NIL
gratory birds.
Increased acreage under cultivation
very naturally means more insects In
turn and the need of more birds to
combat them" says the Audubon so
cietles' report. "Hence there has been
a still greater need for Audubon serv-
ice, which through its many agencies
supplies information and through its
wardens is protecting bird life"
Investigate Pelican.
L. Gilbert Pearson, executive head
Of the association, at the request Of
the food administration went to the
Southern Atlantic coast to investigate
a complaint that the brown pelican was
destroying valuable food fish and there
fore should be exterminated. His in
vestigatlon in the pelican colonies from
Mexico to Key West showed the re-
ports libelled the pelican clan. He
says the $4,000 odd adult pelicans in
those colonies prey entirely on fish
that is not eaten by man and which
are destructive to the young of mar
ketable species.
Another complaint was that the sea
gulls were despoiling the sheep ranges
on the islands off the coast of Maine.
An agent of the association Investigate
ing the report found that on the con-
trary the gulls were of material aid
in increasing vegetation.
The association was active in pre-
venting the destruction of the klamath
and Malheur bird reservations in Ore
gon and California, which were to have
been dismantled and drained on the
plea that they were needed for farming
purposes. The birds which took refuge
there in the breeding season were
shown to be valuable cOnservators of
grain and fruit justifying the use Of
the land as a reserve.
FractIcal use OF bro Lire.
II. X. Job, in charge of the depart.
ment of applied ornithology. at his ex.
perimental bird farm at Amaton, Conn.,,
made important investigations showing
the practical use of bird life and dis
tributed his knowledge to landowners
through writings ard lectures.
The work of the association will be
aided by the passage of the enabling
act of the migratory bird treaty, which
will afford means Of protecting birds
on their way from the United States
to Canada. 1t is expected that the act
will become law now that world peace
will permit a more determined cam,
paign in its favor.
Despite the distraction caused by thu
war, the association has had a healthy
growth in the fiscal year. The move
ment to show the economic value of
the work brought into the association
161 life members, large yearly In
crease. An addition of 10000 boys
and girls were enrolled in the 1921
classes conducted throughout the coun.
try, a work increased through the do
nations from the late Mrs. Russell
Sage, General Coleman du POnt and
George Eastman. The sustaining mem.
bership of the association now mum.
bers $500 persons, each of whom pays
| So annually.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

Only about 500 persons are spending
the winter at Nome, Alaska, this sea-
son. When the gold rushes OF former
yeRvs was on Nome had a population
In winter time Of several thousand.
The last boat this fall was loaded to
capacity with outgoing Alaskans.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

Hardin county, Iowa. claims the
stase record for the continuous service
OF a threshlRg machine. I'd Johns,
near Iowa Falls. has a machine which
he Is stlll using which was built IN
1879. The machine was originally
bought for $500.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
GoosEBoNE F0REcAsIING

Prophet Thinks That Cold Weather
Alsi Iask Well Int SPRING..
Il. s. Sargent, Junctlon City, Kan,
has made his annual "goosebone"
weather prophecy, 1t calls for a steady
winter, UNMARRIED by periods Of milder
weather. and the low. temperature VIII
last well into the spring. The breast
bone Of the goeSe Is used In casting
the weather, the amount and location
Of. the dark coIoring matter indicating
the period when winter weather may
be expected. Mr.. Sargent has been
1beeping the goosebone weather records
tor more than 80 years and claims for
the Sgoosebone a batting average OF
1000 as a weather forecaster.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

A citizen Of Conynehan, q farming
district near HaEellon, PHs has re-
ceiVed through the mail op Iron Cross
for sdlstIngul1h}d services IN the
fourth Liberty loan drive On the
cross are these words; Scott HeIk
Uns' GOOD Help uHH). Where the
emblem came from no one knows, bur
Il Wa sent ~ recognition Of the fan,
nrs q the recipient 70 take any ponds
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
BIRDS BIG AID
IN WINNING WAR
audubon Societies Tell Of Their
Work.
RESPOND TO ROOvER'S CALL

Feathered Insect Eaters Help In Rails
ing Of Big crops---InvestIaatIon
Shows That Pelican Preys Only on
Fish Not Eaten by Man-Landown
ers Are Kept Informed on Practical
Use Of Bird Life Through Writings
and Lectures.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01
KNEW NOTHING or
WAR UNTIL PEACE
Aged Woman Now Wants to Pun
ish Kaiser.
SHE WAS BORN IN GERMANY

Because Of Her Age. EIohty-Nlne
Years, Her Son Did Not Tell Her Of
Great Conflict, but When Peace Gel
ebratlon Occurred II Was Impossi-
Bile to Keep sIIent-TeIIs Of the
Wrongs Perpetrated on the People
by Government officials.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-01

Every Provision for Comfort Of SOL
diers After Arrival Made IN Advance
MANY Organizations Help In the
Work-Arny staffs Work Night and
Day In Handling the Returning
Troops = Great Difficulties Sur
mounted.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
BOARD Of REVIEW
NAMED BY JUDGE
ROY e. GEDNEY, OF OTTAWA,
PICKED BY JUDGE MAYO FOR
THIRD PLACE ON COUNTYS
TAXING BODY.

A general scramble for the odd
post on the board of review, which
soon is to begin its duties, ended
today when Judge Henry Mayo ap.
pointed Roy e. Gedney, of Ottawa, to
the third place on the county taxing
body, Mr. Gedney's appointment
came upon the heels of a swarm of
applicants who beseiged Judge Mayo
for the plum
Among the applicants were men
with the old hide-boHnd petitions and
lists Of endorsements, hut when he
became ready to select the appointee
Mr.. Gedney was the man chosen for
the job He will hold the office for
the next two years.
The other members of the board
are NJ. A. Bronson chairman of the
supervisors, who holds the place by
virtue of his office, and Hugh Hall, of
Streator who was named by Judge
Mayo last year.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
GRANDMA GEICE:RR
BELOVED LADY, DIES
At RIPE OLD AGE
FAVORlTE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
WHOSE HEART BEAT WITH
LOVE FOR ADOPTED LAND
PASSES AWAY, MOURNED BY
LEGIOkS.

Mrs. Pauline Geiger passed away at
her home at 1923 West Main street
Sunday morning at 12:15 at the age
OF 81, She had been failing in health
for the past several years. and her
death was the result of old age
Mrs. Geiger was born May 2. 1896
in Altheim, Wittemburg, Germany.
She came to America at the age of
l6, coming to Ottawa In Ottawa she
married John Geiger and removed to
Pontiac, ILL.,, where on June 2S. 1862
Mr.. Geiser was drowned during u
flood Of the Nermillion River The
family returned to Ottawa in NoVeni-
ber 1869, moving to the same location
III Ottawa where Mrs, Geiger spent
the last fifty years of her life For
many years she was known by all the
children about the Lincoln School as
Grandma' Geiger and by this name
is remembered by many of the young
people to whom she meant so much.
Mrs. Geiger is survived by three
daughters, Mrs, Edward Levy of Of
taWa, Mrs. Pauline Weidner of Men,
dota and Mrs Fred Glenn of Chicaqo,
and by one SON Charles Goiger of OF.
taWa Two sons are deceased, Fred
who died in 1896, and John in 1898
Mrs. Geiser has fifteen grandchildren
and one greaIglandson, the baby SON
IF Mr and Mrs. Albert Levy She
was very proud of the five of her
GrandSons who were in the army, ana
was very anxious for the defeat Of
Prussianism, one Of the principal
causes for her coming to America at
her young age.
Funeral services will be held from
the home at 1898 West Main street On
Tuesday at 3 p m. Burial in the Of
tawa Avenue cemetery, six grandaona
acting as pallbearer5 Friends VIII
kindly omit flowers
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
TWO OTHER 33R0 BOYS
ARRWE HOME SATURDAY

Joseph Mciflroy, an Ottawa boy
who went to enlist in Company G and
was transferred to The Fed, arrived
home Saturday evening Private Me
Elfoy was one OF the members of Tie
Prairie Division who took part in The
parade in Chicago last Tuesday, H.
went overseas at the same time Com
pany G did and fought on the same
fronts. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs
William McElroy OF 6i6 Webster
street.
George Martin of South Ottawa
who was overseas As "A member Of tbs
120th Infantry arrived in Ottawa Sat
urday night. after having received his
honorable discharge from the service
Private Martin took part in the Prai
rie Division parade in Chicago Ias'
Tuesday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
H. C. WILEY SUDDENLY
STRICKEN DOWN BY
ATTACK OF PARALYSIS

Stricken while enjoying a social
hour at bridge. his favOrite game, H.
G. Wiley assistant states attorney.
and one of the most prominent mem
bcrs of the La Sale county bar, sat
urday night was removed from the
Elks' club TO his south side home,
suffering from a stroke of paralysis
The attack, coming with the unex-
peCtedness Of lightning bolt from a
clear sky, caught Mr. Wiley as he
was laughing and joking over the
progress of the game. The entire
right side was affected by the stroke
His new trouble, coming upon the
heels of severe attack Of influenza
and other physical troubles all of
which failed to break down his indom-
nitahle pluck has left the entire city
feryently praying for his immediate
and complete recovery,
Reports from the bedside today in
dicatcd there was slight change for
the better but as time is the only
medium thru which a positive fore
cast can be made in his case, nothing
definite will be known for several
days as TO what the final outcome Will
he. IN Mr. Wiey's favor are many
things TO help him overcome the at
tack-his stamina, resoluteness and
a history Of exemplary living. If
good wishes will help any he viii be
a we'll man by the time the ink is
dry on this article.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
CATTLE AND SWINE
BREEDERS TO MEET
HERE Sat-, JUNE I
TWO LARGE ASSOCIATIONS OF
LA SALLE COUNTY STOCkMEN
WILL HOLD IMPORTANT SEES
SION HERE-PROMINENT MEN
ON PROGRAM.

Ottawa next Saturday will be tho
gathering place for two large breed.
ers associations of La Sale county
Stockmen representing the Shorlhorl
and Poied Durham associations ana
the hog breeders association will hold
important sessions in the Court house
On that day with prominent state OF
hcers present to address them
Arrangements for the meeting OF
stock raisers are being made today
by DIR. c. J. O'Brien, of Chicago, who
is federal inspector stationed in
Ottawa to lead the fight against tu-
berculosis among cattle in the
county Dr O'Brien, himself a yetor-
marian, will make this city his per
manent headquarters, while making
tests for disease among livestock.
Principal among the speakers at
the cattle meeting VIII be Prof Smith
of the live stock exchange who will
give an address on proper breeding
Dr Smith is the author of the govern
ments official receipts for making
tuberculin tests. Another speaker
viii he nr John ] Liatner, also of
Chicago who is leading in the cam
paign to eradicate phthisis from Hi
nois cattle
The cattle breeders will meet at 10
O'Clock and their session viii BE- fol
lowed by the convention Of swine
raisers. Both meetings will be in the
Court House and it is expected each
will be largely attended
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
ARRESTED FOR TIRE
THEFT; USED BARROW
TO HAUL. AWAY LOOT

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
FORMER CO. C BOYS
ARRIVE IN OF ThWA

Scret Panl Doyoro and Sergt. Leon
Carpenter. two Ottawa boys who en-
listed in Company c and were later
transferred to other branches, of the
39rd Division have returned to their
homes in this city. several days ahead
of their command The boys took
part in the sd Division parade in
Chicago last Tuesday.
Sergt Devore is the oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles *. Devore of
713 East Superior street. Sergt Car
penter is the son Of Mrs Walter Car
penter of Columbus street He was
gassed twice while in action, and was
confined to military hospitals, but has
recovered almost entirely from his
injuries now,