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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
COULDN'T RIDE ON THE STREET
CARS.
Was Almost Nervous Wreck--Says
Tanlac Is Worth Its Weight
In Gold.

II would not take one thousand dol
lars or the good Tanlac has done me,
said Arthur Baars, employed by the
Milwaukee Paper Box Co., and resid-
ing at 1907 Eighteenth St., Milwau-
kce, in telling the Tanac representa-
tive of his Improvement since taking
the medicine.
Eyes, sir, this medicine has put me
in shape so | can do more work than
I've been able to do before in years.
and you can just tell the people I
think it is worth its weight in gold {"
continued Mr.. Baars, as he went on
with his statement.
"My trouble started three years ago
when | had collapse caused by over
heat. was down in bed three months
from this spell, and it left me in an
awful fix; in fact | became almost n
nervous wreck. couldn't work regu-
larly-was up one day and down the
next. Actually, l was SO nervous I
couldn't ride on the street cars, and
being in crowd or amongst a little
excitement would completely upset
ME, and | would shake like leaf. and
it would take several days to get over
it. had such terrific headaches at
times my head felt like iron bands
were tied around it. Some nights |
would have to sit up in bed and get
my wife to bathe my head to get a
little relief. and many times couldn't
get to sleep until four or five O'Clock
in the morning on account of these
headaches, and nervous spells. This
is just The shape l was in when one of
the men at the shop suggested to me
that take ranlac, and agreed to do
it, but | had little faith in it or anv
other medicine.
"By the time the first bottle was
gone the headaches had disappeared,
and my nerves began to get steady.
To make long story short, this Tan
lac made me feel like different man.
and now haven't sign of nervous
ness or the other troubles that had
been pulling me down for the past
three years. l sleep fine, get up of
mornings feeling refreshed and rest
ed, and ready for my days work. l
eat three hearty meals every day
something | couldn't do before-and
what eat agrees with me, and am
gaining in strength and weight ev-
cry day. This Tanlac certainly beats
anything ! ever saw in my life."
Tanlac proved of great benefit to
Mr.. Baars because it contains certain
medicinal properties which enrich the
blood and promote healthy appetite
for nourishing food. Tanlac has been
very successful in over coming ner-
vousness and sleeplessness, not from
a quieting effect on the nerves, for it
has no such effect, but by strengthen
ing the nerves and body and bringing
/ the normal state of health through
| it's effect on the appetite and nutri-
tion of the body.
Tanlac is sold in Missouri Valley by
r. w. Harvey; in Mondamin by H. A,
Scarr; in Logan by Jos. Canty and
in Dunlap by E. S. Satterlee.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

On last evening, October 14th, being
the birthday of ]. d. Brown, his good
wife invited in quite a number of old
time friends, to help him pleasantly
pass the time.
1t was fifty years ago that he
brought his bride to this city, and
happened to be on his birthday. 1t
was befitting to celebrate both ami
versaries at the same time.
The evening was delightfully."- spent
in visiting, recalling many splendid
times in the long ago. Refreshments
were served during the evening by
their son, Leon, and wife.
All departed for their homes, wish
ing Mr.. Brown many happy returns
of his birthday, and that they might
be present.
A little sketch of the Captains life
before settling in this little town:
He served his country through the
Civil War, and was made captain of
his company. At the close of the
war, he attended Commercial College
at Providence, R. l. Afterward, hear
ing SO much of the wild west, he de-
cided to cast his lot among them. He
landed in Dakota City, Neb., remain
ing for some time. Hearing so much
of the little town of Mo. Valley, he
decided to be in on the front row, so
if there was anything doing he could
help boost it along. Coming on horse
back, he arrived in due time. This
was in 1867. Where most of the r.
r. business was conducted in car,
he went to work for the Sioux Cit,
and Pacific R. r. Co. 1t was not long
before hi s business qualifications
were discovered, and he was appoint
ed clerk to the Supt., storekeeper,
paymaster, and agent. Suppose if
there had been any other office he
would have been given that also.
He worked for the company for
good many years. About this time it
was noticed Capt. Brown was build
ing cozy little home on Third street,
and all surmised he did not intend tc
occupy it alone. 1t is said it is not
good for man to live alone. Any way,
he took trip east, went to Worster,
Mass, where the young lady lived
who had promised to share his for
tune and misfortunes in the future.
They were married. on the 18th day
Of, September, 1869, in Worster, Mass.
arriving in Mo. Valley October 14th,
to occupy the home he had built. At
ter fifty years have passed they still
occupy the same home that he pre-
pared for his bride, and here's hop
ing that many, many years will be
added to their lives.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
CINCINNATI ITEMS.

Mr.. Grant Kennedy, of, Columbus
Junction, Iowa. spoke at the Town
ship church last Thursday evening, to
q company that well filled the build
ing. He is an organizer for the
Farmers Union of the state. He
spoke Of the need of farmers getting
together to hold their own against
organized labor on the one hand. and
capital, with its gentlemen's agree
ments. on the other hand, and the
great farming class about the only
element among our people that has
little voice in fixing the price of its
labor and its products. An informal
discussion followed his address and a
Farmers. Union was organized with
81 charter members, at 1915 per head.
The officers chosen are: President, e.
w. Scebold; Secretary and Treasurer,
r. L. Coulthard; r. w. Blackburn,
Buyer; H. r. Coulthard, Head.
Mrs. Jennie, Smith was confined to
her home several days the past week
with sickness, but is again able to be
about.
Andrew Coulthard and others at
tended the hog sale at Missouri VAL
ley last Monday.
Henry Klatte is shipping some
tools to Woodbine, where he has tax
en-, large contract for tiling, which
will keep him busy during the winter
months, when the average man thinks
the farmer takes life easy.
Miss Hazel Anderson, of Kearney,
Neb., is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Obern Reynolds.
Prof. Bonar and wife are visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Wilder. Mr.. Bonar served
as an aviator in the army, and now
holds a license to give exhibition
flights.
Miss Ethel Smith went to Modale
last Sunday to help for a time in the
home Of Mr.. Baer.
Mrs. Orval Scheffler spent last
Saturday at Blair, and the fore part
OF the week at Omaha, where she is
planning to live.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Greene depart
ed last Monday morning for trip
into southern Missouri, where they
expect to spend some time in Osceola
and adjoining counties, hoping to find
q place that suits them better than
good old Iowa.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
HIT AND MISS.

The best way to "treat" friend
is not to.
Women boss us and we only half
suspect it.
We need fool-killer for profiteers.
Good breeding is not a bargain
counter commodity.
There is often hell to pay, but war
won't pay it.
Literature is the gift Of CAB with
thought behind it.
Yon simply can not earn it as fast
as you can spend it.
Good Fellows" lack a lot of being
good.
johnson don't care what happens,
just SO it happens to Wilson.
Many Of those good old days" were
nothing Of the sort.
+. Between the bull and the bear a fat
|chance the lamb has.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
MOTOR TRANSPORT TRAINING
SCHOOLS OF THE ARMY

Washington, D. c.. Oct. 13. 1919.-
The United States Army is definitely
launched in the field of vocational
training for the motor transport corps.
Ut has no option in the matter, for
men skilled in automotive vehicle op-
Grafton and repair do not exist in any,
thing like adequate numbers for the
requirements even of civil life; and
the war with Germany has demon
strated that no matter how good our
Army may be in other respects, it's
effiency will be conditioned by that of
the motor transport branch.
Therefore, the Army is organizing
schools to train men in various
branches of automobile repair. con-
struction, and operation. They are
real schools under trained teachers,
where the time of the pupil is wholly
devoted to receiving instruction.
Apart from the military necessity,
the automotive indurtries will benefit
by the establishment of this trainig
system.
The United States Civil Service
Commission is receiving applications
to fill $50 positions of assistant in
structor in motor transport training
schools. The entrance salaries range
from 81 800 to $2,40O year. Detail
ed information may be obtained from
the United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. c., or from
the Secretary of the U. S. Civil Ser
vice Board at the postoffice or Gus
tom house in any city.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
NEWLY. wEDs sURPRIsED.

NEWLY WEEDS SURPRISED.
The many Missouri Valley friend,
of Mrs. Donald A. MacDougall, o,
Miami, Fla, daughter Of Mrs. j. N
Tamisiea, will read with interes,
about the surprise party rendered hel
in her new home on the evening Of
Wednesday, October 1st
The success of the party was en-.
tirely due to the clever organization Of
Mrs. James j. Fitzgibbon and Mrs. j
d. Rooney. The latter called up Mrs
MacDougall on the telephone some
days before the party, and announced
that she was to call on the evening of
october LIST; clever scheme to as
sure the young couples being at home
when the party showed up.
On Wednesday evening Mrs. Room
ey appeared on the scene all right,
but very soon after it was noticed that
Mrs. Fitzgibbon, next door, was en-
pertaining an unusually large num-
Der OF callers. Mrs. Rooney denied all
knowledge of what was going ON at
the Fitzgibbons', volunteering the in
formation that she and Mrs. Fitzgib-
bon were "at OUTS" and thus she was
not guest at the party next door.
Oh yes! the schemers were well sup
piled with answers to embarrassing
questions.
While Mrs. Rooney and her hosts
We're busily engaged in listening to
some of the latest music as served up
by phonograph. behold! the mys-
ferrous party next door very silently,
and in Indian file, crept across the
lawn, and led by Mr.. Merlin Spald-
ing, bounced in on the unsuspecting
BRIDE and groom. And it was a sur
prise, surely. So innocent were the
victims that it was some seconds be-
fore they regained sufficient pres
ence of mind to offer seats to their
new guests.
After the gathering had become
settled down, as it were, Mr.. Curt v.
Wunderlich, on behalf of the Dauph-
tiers of Isabella, presented the Young
bride with a lovely China tea set. She
blushingly accepted, and called upon
her spouse to make speech of
thanks, which he bravely attempted
to do. His heart was in his speech.
IT his words were not.
After refreshments had been served
the party broke up, resolved soon to
meet again.
The following were among those
present: Mr.. and Mrs. Gus A. Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Bridges, Mr.. and
Mrs, Curt, V.sWunderlich and baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aver, Mrs. David
J. Hefferman, Mrs. ]. p. Duffy, Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Robinson. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Waldeck, Mrs. John Hoffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Fitzgibbon,
MRS. Joseph d. Rooney, Miss May
Kurrus, Miss Pauline Ryan, Mrs. Ed
ward G. Sullivan, Mrs. John Scott.
Mr.. M. 7. Kilderry, Mr.. Kilderry, Jr..
and Mr.. J. Merlin Spalding.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
LITTLE SIOUX LID. s. HOLD DIS.
TRICT MEETING.

Magnolia, Ia, Oct. 13.-The Little
Sioux district conference Of the Lat
ter Day Saints, comprising six coun-
ties, was held here Sunday and Mon.
day, with about 200 delegates in at
tendance. The district has men,
bership Of $500.
At the Sunday morning service. the
sermon was delivered by Elder ]. C.
iCrabb. who, although 81 years Of age,
brought vigorous. and interesting
message. The afternoon speaker was
Herman Hale Smith, late Of the
schools of Seattle, Wash, who spoke
on Democracy and Sociology Of To-
day." In the evening Elder Francis
M. Sheehy.ia a noted traveller and arch
aeologist, spoke.
Elder Daniel MacGregor. Of Des-
lille, Canada, spoke Monday evening.
The business sessions were held Mon
day, and district president chosen.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
MODALE ITEMs

| Mrs. Jennie Randall of Sheridan.
Wyo., spent Friday and Saturday at
the w. L. Richardson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Utman are in
Minneapolis this week.
Mrs. w. R. Manning returned last
Thursday from three weeks visit
at Minburn and Des Moines.
| Mrs. Belle Hall returned from Oma-
ha, Thursday.
/ Rev. w. R. Manning was a Mo. VAL
ley passenger Tuesday.
J. N. McManamie went to Cedar
Rapids Tuesday to attend reunion
OF his Co. comrades of the Civil War.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16

Some fellows are most touchy
much of it already prevailing.
The Chinese say meat is a prime
cause of crime. We admit desire to
deal the meat trust a solor plexus.
about their honor when they are just
about drunk enough not to have any.
1t is now claimed that free love will
prevail in hundred years or so. Too
Sackcloth and habiliments of
shrieking sin have been relegated to
the ash cans of the thumb-screw age.
This is different day and age. Get
aboard the boat, and hustle! Let joy
be unconfined!
Will some of you smart city jay
journalists who gig back on our gram
mar when we say our hens set instead
of sit. kindly inform US now whether
this trouble with Mexico is going to
be settled or sittled?
Tammany leaders and bosses are so
crooked that when they die they have
to be screwed into the ground like a
corkscrew.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
IOWA CORN c9UP sREAKs RE.
CORD; QUALITY IS FINE. 's

i Iowa has produced corn crop thii
year totaling 414,112,000 bushels, &C.
cording to the October estimate Of the
U. s. crop service here. This is moi
only a maximum yield, hut the corr
is of unusually high quality the re.
port declare.
Last year the corn crop totaled
s75. 5.624,O00 bushels; or about 80, 900
900 bushels less than this year. The
year before there was big yield, but
the quality was poor, as 1917 was the
season of soft corn. The yield in 1917
was estimated at 409, ,667 900 bushels,
but 81 per cent Of the crop, according
to official reports, was soft or inn
mature, and much Of this rotted either
in the fields or in the cribs.
In 1916 the Iowa corn yield vas
S66,s25, 900 bushels, in 1916, 2ss, $780,
900 bushels, and in 1914 it was 3s9 :
424,OO0. This years crop is in fact
the largest recorded in the history Of
the state, except 1912, when the total
yield was 421, 1865, 400. However, the
December first price of the 1912 crop
was thirty-six cents per bushel, where
as the Chicago market now has the
price of December corn at 1925 per
bushel.
The big yield in 1912 was attribut-
ed largely to the fact that the crop
season that year was preceded by a
winter Of unusually heavy SHOWS and
severe cold weather with an early
spring and a growing seson which was
ideal for corn. This year some regions
Of the state were hurt by the drouth.
but on the whole it was evidently a
good growing season for corn, par
ticularly good at the start and at the
finish.
The oats yield is not SO heavy as
last year, the total crop being lsO,-
26s,OOO bushels, as compared to 229,-
$4,000 last year. The barely yield
is announced as 100000 bushels as
compared with 11,34O,OO bushels in
1918.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
RUBBERNECKING At WOMEN
COSTS $4,000 PER RJJRRER

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. l3-The
New York Shipbuilding corporation
has barred visits to it's plants by wo-
men. One woman was told recently
that it would cost the company $lO-
600 if she were permitted to go
through the plant while the men were
engaged in their varied occupations.
More than 10000 men are employ
ed in the shipyard. When woman
walks through there is an immediate
cessation of work and the gangs spend
many minutes looking at her. Indi-
vidually the loss may be small, but
collectively the financial damages be-
come great.
No more women will walk through.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16

II you want to know whether your
soft-boiled egg is of the cold--storage
variety, hit it carefully with the edge
OF spoon. If it explodes with a
sound like the backfire of an automo-
bile, you have grounds for suspicion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
SAYS NO WOUNDED YANK HAS
REPULSIVE FACE.

St. Louis. Mo-, Oct. 13.-Facial re-
construction has been SO successful
that there is not an American soldier
wounded in the war with repulsive
face, according to report made to
the convention of the association of
military surgeons of the United States
here today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16
No more women will walk through
THE MAN AND THE DEVIL.

THE MAN AND THE DEVIL.
: 1t is not nice, of course, and we are
not condoning it, but merely stating
facts, habit which a chaser
gets into early in his tumultuous
career.
Man has bit of devil in him as
well as the divine spark, and so if he
raise little hell mi-occasionally,
'tis but human. And, incidentally,
most great men have and most real
men do, save and except those who
have been mollycoddIed and wet
nursed on mixed piety and matted
milk.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-10-16

The fellow that takes the middle of
the road on every question is bound
to get run down sooner or later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-07
PASSAGE BLUE SKY LAW SEEMS CERTAIN
Legislative Committee Has Prepared Bill to End
 Wild Cat" Speculation

If the legislature passes the bill which will be recommended by the Birmingham Civic association commit tee which has. drafted the document, selling of wildcat securities and worthless bonds to innocent purchas- CTS will be matter of impossibility in Ala bama This action is antiSi- 9aled, according to the report male yesterday at the meeting of the di rectors of the association by the legis- lative committee headed by G. +. Harsh
 The bill las been in the framing for several weeks, and has been reported as ready for submission to the legil- lature foi action. In it there is pro- cerns shall be bonded, with a clause making the bonding company re- sponsible for any loss incurred by the investor Secause of fraudulent claims by Ire firm. selling the security.
 Attorneys who helped to frame the bill examined the existing laws in Texas said to be the most stringent
 u the country regulating tie sale of securities, and patterned the proposed lay after it. Under it's provisions there wil1 be no opportunity for fraud : u.ent stock vendors to get on the market With their offerings. and tne public will have strong protectioT agai1st joss incurred when dealing with all brokers and security sales men
 The bill, called the "b1ue sky" law, will be presented to the Legislature and those who are in touch with the situation at the capitol feel certain of it's passage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-07
Personality-color!

Personallty-c
 Those, after all is said and done are the mightiest factors in making success for athletes, and combinations of ath- letes.
 Through the years there have been greater pall clubs than the Giants, but none that has been so wonderful a draw ing card as the clansmen of John Me- Graw. What has made them so attrac- tive, what has made them a magnet that has drawn millions of fans through the turnstiles? Color-that's the thing. The Giants, reflecting the flashing personality of their leader, have been the most col orful team the game has known, a fight aggregaton; a crew that has been in
 volved individually and collectively in more diamond rows than any other in baseball history
 Yet that very trait of the Giants,
 called rowdyism by some is the thing that has made them. They never play the game twice in the same way; never play it listlessly, never without pep.
 They are aggressors always. And they are always doing the unexpected; always pulling" something new and out of the
 ordinary And it is because the fanA like to see that every thing they swarm into the ball parks to see the Giants in action.
 Johnny Evers will live in memory as long as the game lasts. Why? Because of his great batting? No, for Evers never was more than just fair with the | mace And he was not quite superlative as fielder. Those were not the things that made him stand out. Personality did it. The scrappiness of Evers became byword in the baseball world. He be ! came the human crab.' Evers will be remembered because of his quick think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-07
Copyright by Tribune (New Tribune
By BRICG!

week after week than 75 per cent of thI
 players in the game yet they do it quietI
 ly and in a matter of fact fashion thai
 attracts no attention.
 It is with ball clubs as it is with inI
 dividuals. The best remembered bal
 club of all time is the Baltimore Oriole|
 that dominated nearly D years ago. I
 listed such stars as Kelly, McGrawl
 Robinson and others in the lineup, anl everyone was warrior. The Oriole were the most picturesque and the scrar
 piest teams the game has produced Thei
 only rival in so-called rowdys tactic were the Cleveland Spiders, led by Pats eTebeau. And when those two clubs me on a ball field the police usually sent dozen riot squads to drive back the fan that almost tore down the fences in thei anxiety to get into the park.
 Of all the great teams ever put te' mechanical play to the Athletics of 1909 1914. If ever there was a. super-ball club that was it. It knew the. inside and tn outside of baseball and was an almos peerless combination. Yet that clul couldn't draw at any time during it's ca reer, a crowd, season after season. tha has compared with the outpourings tha visit the parks where scrappy and colof ful athletes are at work.
 It's personality, reflected either by ball player or by a team, that keeps tn treasurer burning the midnight oil whel counting up receipts,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-07
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Rev. Dr. John McNeill

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 A continued absence from the city. has prevented the execution of that now done. concerning the distinguished accession to our ministerial force in Birmingham. pr. McNeill is not altogether unknown to number in the city who have had the pleasure of crossing his path at differ ent times. It was the pleasure of the present writer to hear him, in Chicago. during the Worlds Fair. He was then co-worker with MT. Moody, who, think, first induced pr. McNeill to- come to America. Be that as it may,l dis tinctly remember what crowds he drew in Chicago. and how his fame went abroad from that city, as a result Of so many from all the states hearing him during tie Worlds Fair
 One of the tests of preacher is that which his hearers are enabled to take away with them after hearing him. The exposition of the 23rd Psalm by Dr. Nc Neill, on the occasion alluded to above. has remained with me till now.
 Representing the sturdy, robust type Of Scotch evangelical religion. gifted in uniqueness of expression and clearness Of exposition, with just sufficient quaint ness to give pleasant tang to the nearer, and with an occasional bit or native wit seasoning his preaching, and compelling unctiousness of spirituality pervadng it, I. predict for the distin- guished preacher career of great use fitness in Birmingham. To me there IS a rare originality of force in the preach ing of Dr. McNeill The entire city IS to be congratulated that he has not only become citizen, but an active pastor in Birmingham B, F. RILEY.
 Rirmineham June S. 1919