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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18
MISSOURI NOTES

All gun toters look alike to Riley
Barr, city marshall OF Minden, a
small town in Barton county, even
though it may be his own wife who
is carting young howitzer around.
Barr placed his better half under ar
rest a few days ago and took her to
Lamar like any other prisoner and
laid the case before Prosecuting At
torncy II. w. Timmons for investi-
CATION.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18
For Sale.

I Shetland pony, 3 years old, part
ly broke; 3-year-old mare, weight
approximately 1900, bred to jack;
set 9 I-2 ton 8x22 wagon scales; I g.
H. P. International throttled gov
ernor oil engine in good repair; S
K. w. Ideal generator in good re-
pair; 25-H. P. Fairbanks-Morse gas
oline engine.
J. H. Braden,
4o-It Amoret, Mo.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18
John Mitchell Labor Leader, &

New York, Sept. Io-John Mitch
|e]l former preSident of the United
Nine Work6fe Of America and ~
|of the inqot wideIy-known labol
aea9esS a H. United, States, died r
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80 o19y ~ yeara old. Aithoush r.
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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18

The Lafayette County Jail at Lex
ington has been empty for the first
time in so years and the citizens OF
the town are rubbing their eyes and
reading the news story OF this I'm
usual condition two and three times
over to assure themselves that they
are reading Alright. The prohibition
of the saloon is gwen as the reason
for the=ehange. Lexington during the
past several decades has been no
worse than many other towns where
the saloons tllrived. With a large
mining population, the matter Of
keeping many men sober proved a
hard proposition. Now that the
temptation has been removed they
have turned to more healthful amuse-
ments. In former years it was not
to see the Jail filled after
a Saturday night debauch. Condi-
tons here have improved wonderful
~ in every direction since booze has
been tabooed.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18

On a charge of flying his airplane
within 10 feet of the roof of farm
er's house, Charles Fl. Levy was fined
S25 and costs for disturbing the peace
in Justice Court at Dodson The
complainant: Fred Hoeneman, the
farmer, living near landing field, as
serted that the aviator had alarmed
his family and frightened his stock
While it was admitted no law on the
statutes covered the case, Judge 81
Farmer declared it was his opinion
the aviato~had disturbed the peace
of the farmer and his family Levy
stated he would appeal.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-18

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-14

mond, Indiana, that on the 18th day
of October, 1919, they approved an
assessment roll showing the prima
facie assessments for the following
authorized by the Improvement Reso-
luton named:
Improvement Resolution No. 566-1919
To improve South "E" Street, and
alley between South 4th & 5th St.
by constructing a sewer beginning
at the trunk sewer in South "E" St.
at South 9Th St. running thence
west in S. "E" ST. to alley running
north between South 4th e. 5th SITS;
thence north in said alley to the 1st
alley South of S. I'D" st. running
east and west.
Persons interested in or affected
by said described public improve
ment are hereby notified that the
Board of Public Works of said city
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-14
MOVING G. STORAGE

Storage for Household Goods. Felt
man Storage House. Apply Felt
mans Cigar Store. Phone 2O39. soy
Main St.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-14
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
Department of Public Works
Office of the Rncrd
Richmond, Ind. October ~ 10


Richmond, Ind, October IS. 1919
To whom il may concern:
Notice is hereby given by the board
Of Public Works of the City of Rich
mond, Indiana, that on the 18th day
of October, 1919 they approved an
assessment roll showing the prima
facie assessment for the following
described public Improvement Reso-
luton named:
Improvement Resolution No 568-1919
For the Improvement OF both sides
of S. 9th. st. by constructing a ce-
ment sidewalk # wide on both
sides OF said street from South H
to South Il" Street.
Persons interested in or affected
by said described public improve
Board of Public Works OF said city
has fixed Mon. Nov. 8. 1919. 9 O'Clock
a. m, as a date upon which remOn-
strances will be received. or heard.
against the amount assessed against
each piece OF property described
in said roll and will determine the
question as TO whether such lots
or tracts of land have been or wins
be benefited in the amounts nameL
on said roll, or in a greater or les
sum than that named on said roll.
Said assessment roll showing SID
names OF owners and descriptions
of property subject to be assessed,
is on file and may de seen al the
office of the Board of Public Works
of said city.
Harry ". Gilbert
Thomas c. Taylor
John E. Peltz
Board OF Public Works
Oct. 14ht one week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-14

has fixed Mon. Nov 10. 1919, at 9
o'clock a. m; as a date upon which
circumstances will be received o.
heard, against the amount assessed
against each piece of property des-
crlbed in said roll and will deter
mine the question as to whether
such lots or tracts of land have been
or will be identified in the amounts
named on said roll, or in a greater or
less sum than that named on said
roll.
Said assessment roll showing said
of property subject to be assessed.
is on file and may be seen at the
office OF the Board of Public Works
Of said city.
Harry W Gilbert
Thomas c. Taylor
John f. Peltz
Board of Public Works
Oct 14th & 9th.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-14
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE "a

60 A.-7-room house. good barn, silo
and outbuildings. Excellent location,
6 miles from Richmond, $4,000
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Believe It or Notl

Friends of S. F. Lockbridge, former state senator, and James I. Nelson, both of Greencastle, are telling story regarding the strange actions of hogs on their farms last summer. Mir. Lock- bridge went to his farm west of Green castle and on arriving at a field in which were some fat hogs he saw the animals jumping into the air. He investigated and found them after big, yellow-striped grasshoppers.
 The same story is told of Mr. Nelson, except that his hogs were so wild over the grasshoppers that he had to re- move them to another field where the provender was not so plentiful, in or der to prevent the hogs from running off the fat faster than he could put it on by heavy feeding.
 The grasshoppers were as large as a mau's thumb and were in such quan- titles that the hogs by exerting them selves could catch enough to make their efforts "worth hile."-Indian- apolis News.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
LAPS DEVOTED TO WRESTLING
Great Crowds Gather to Witness Con- tests Which to Western Eyes
 Would Be Tame Exhibition.

The wrestling hall covers an acre and seats 13,OOO. Entering the circular hall one snatches glimpses through open doors of greenroom life-wrest- lers getting their topknots greased and dressed in most meticulous fashion, and ''geishas" watching the operation with suppressed giggles. Inside tiers of seats slope down to the arena in the middle. The affable editor takes me into large empty box commanding a fine view of the arena and whispers that the box of the crown prince is the next one to the left, Elsie F. Well writes in Asia Magazine. A vast i'm personal fusing together of thousands of heads, a dizzy hum of countless con- eign ears, a curious impression of somberness produced by the enormous patches of black and mouse-gray and blue that predominate in any large Japanese group. The people are d. viding their time between slipping tea, smoking their infinitesimal pipes, eat ing bowls of rice and watching the matches.
 Down in the center is the arena, covered with a sloping roof like that of a Shinto shrine, gracefully recall ing the time when wrestling matches were given in the court of temple to trample the ground for building and the proceeds of the contest went to re pair temples and shrines. Up in the roof is little shrine to Nomi no Su- kune, the patron deity of wrestlers, to whom offerings of rice are made before the matches. In the first cen tury before Christ the emperor of Ja- pan had an Overbearing and insolent officer of the guard, one Keheya. The emperor ordered the strongest men of the realm to wrestle with the hercu- lean bully. Nomi no Sukune chal- lenged him to a bout and trampled him to death, and received as an im- perial reward a great estate. As a posthumous honor he was deified as the first to reduce wrestling to an elab- crate science. The four pillars SUD- porting the roof of the arena, each draped with a different color, white, blue, red and black, stand for the four seasons. The purple curtain with white wave pattern draping the caves signifies passion calming the elements. At each of the four posts sits mo- tionless, like a Buddha, one of the eld- CTS, or "toshiyori," retired wrestlers who have attained champion rank, and now organize matches, administer finances, take pupils and receive pen sion from the wrestling association.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Field Water Service.

The British had the best system of piped-in water, though the system along parts of the Italian front was admirable. One sanitary officer in- formed me with pardonable pride that the supply for three army divisions was piped from a small lake mile or more within the German lines ! This same officer was able to pipe wa ter after a great battle to the new ground won-three miles, farther for ward-within five hours.
 English sanltarians devised one of the most perfect combinations of pump ing and purifying machines that could be imagined. Its crew could dip It's intake pipe into a pond of scum-cov- cred, pen soup-colored, stagnant wa. ter, start the engine, and out from the discharge pipe would flow a steady stream of clear, sparkling, pure, we'll tasting water, at the rate of 1000 gal. Ions an hour. To look at the pond and at the water pouring into the drinking tank is said to have given anyone positive shock.-Woods Hutchinson in "The Doctor in War;"
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Fine Pearl Necklaces.

Of 30 necklaces which have been made from the magnificent collection of pearls contributed to the Red Cross from all parts of the British empire, two are of considerable interest.
 One of them is composed almost en- tirely of the fine collection of pearls sent from Egypt as a result of the Red Cross appeals, and the other is specially beautiful necklace of pearls of the straw-colored tone which is so much sought after by buyers. The necklaces are not of uniform size 1; they vary in length, in color and, of course, in value. But all of them are of great beauty, for they consist of the best pearls from many famous neck laces, as we'll as from less well-knOwn ones, matched by the chief experts in London.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
WHEN PEACE CAME
Oppressive Silence Followed the
 Great Crash.
Hard at First to Realize That the Carnage of Four Dreadful Years Had Ended-Huns Defeated
 but Unrepentant.

With a silence like that which fol- lows the mighty crash of a great or gan. the great war came suddenly to an end. No longer do the weary sol diers at listening posts strain their ears through long night watches; star shells have ceased to burst and flame over No Mans land; cannons have cooled; machine guns utter no sound; the exchange of all manner of deadly missiles has stopped. At last peace, which for four slow, dreadful years has seemed afar off like a mirage, has come. The thousand and one activi- ties of battle, intense to the last ounce of possible human effort, are relaxed. Ships now cross the ocean in safety; smoke from thousands of ammunition plants no longer darkens the sky; tired workers return once more to their homes; armies are demobilizing; reconstruction of devastated homes and farms and factories is contem- plated; the dreadful military debauch has consumed itself; the world draws a great sigh of exhaustion and relief; the conflict is ended.
 In all history no message ever sped so gladly nor so fast as the few words flashed through the air, and under oceans, and over land wires, until around the whole world and to its ut termost accessible parts the news was carried. What wonder that all civiliZa- tion gave vent to a frenzy of joy al- most barbaric, that men shouted and women wept; and little children wit. messed an event which threescore years and ten hence they will relate to other wide-eyed children. In our joy let us not forget those millions of fa- thers whose voices refused to cheer, and those mothers and wives and sweethearts whose eyes were dry, be- cause their hearts were bowed down with a sorrow no victory can ever con- pensate.
 The Huns ceased only when physi- cally exhausted; when their ammuni- ton was spent; when the war had reached their own borders; when they no longer possessed the ability to mur- der the defenseless, to gas the brave. Their regret is that they failed, but not one single word of penitence for the harm they have done, the sorrow they have caused. Instead they think only of their bellies and demand, not supplicate, the food they have so wan tonly destroyed for years; they whine lest the very cars they stole from France and Belgium be returned to their rightful owners. They have been beaten in what was for nearly four years an unequal struggle, but for any word which, has yet to come out of Germany they are the same unregen- crate Huns who, casting aside all the obligations of a civilized nation, marched into Belgium in August, 1914. Chicago Evening Post.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Thirteen His Lucky Number.

Private w. H. Teeplei of 2O5 West Borden avenue, New York, like Presi- dent Wilson, scorns the hoodoo num- Der Thirteen" Here's why:
 He was born on Friday, the thir- teenth.
 He enlisted on the thirteenth.
 He was sent to camp on the thir- teenth.
 He was assigned to regiment No. 13 in the Marine corps.
 There were thirteen other men in his bunk house.
 He sailed for France on the thir- teenth.
 There were thirteen boats in the convoy.
 He was on the ocean thirteen days.
 He landed in France on the 26th, which is two thirteens.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Queer Turn of Fate's Wheel.

An announcement on the cables from Paris a few days ago showed a queer turn in the wheel of fate. It said that James Hagen Hyde had been made an assistant to Harvey D. Gib- son, with the American Red Cross in Paris. Only few years ago MT. Hyde was an outstanding figure in American finance, and MT. Gibson at the same time was an express clerk earning less than $50 a month. MT. Hyde was the son of the founder of the Equitable Life and inherited his fathers vast wealth. He was a striking figure for a time. Then came the Hughes in- vestigation of the insurance business and MT. Hyde fled to Paris, where he became an ornament of the boulevard cafes. MT. Gibson in the meanwhile had gone steadily upward, became very wealthy, and because of his busi- ness ability was selected by Henry P. Davison to become general manager of the American Red Cross. It is said that MT. Hyde is no longer the social butterfly he became after landing in Paris, and may again rise to great heights.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Familiar Quotations.

The quotation worthy of the high title of familiar" must have stood the test of time and passed unhurt through the shifting tastes and fash ions of centuries. In its lofty or in its humble way 1t must show that, like Shakespeare, 1t twas not for an age, but for all time." I use the word hum ble" because the rhymes of childhood, of the nursery, fulfill the requirement of age in a quotation worthy to be called familiar. Their intrinsic, their abstract merits may appear slight, they may even seem to be sheer non- sense, but they arc passed on by moth CTS and nurses and by the children themselves from generation to genera tion. We may be assured that they would not thus have lived and pros pered if they had not possessed some quality, however slender, of genuine worth, of real humor or imagination, which gave them permanence.-Henry Cabot Lodge in Scribner's.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
NOT STRONG ON NAVIGATION
Records Show Weakness Of the span- lsh Sai;or in That Highly lm-
 portant Matter.

The Spaniards of early days were most adventurous explorers, but, for all their discoveries of distant lands, very poor navigators. After coming upon the Solomon islands in the west ern Pacific, they could not find them again, and they were lost for 150 years.
 The water supply of their ship was kept in big earthen jars. As 1t was impossible to provide in this way enough to drink for a long voyage, they took to sea many large mats. which when 1t rained were spread to catch the drops. From the mats the water was drained off into the jars.
 Probably it was no fault of Colum- bus, but his first voyage to America, which occupied two months time, was mainly a drift. When he landed in Cuba he thought he had reached Asia. and sent an expedition inland to treat with the great khan of Tartary. Later his flagship, the Santa Maria, ran aground off the coast of Haiti, the na- tives of which island welcomed him most nOSpltaDly. lie nOtlceu three UT four of them whose naked bodies show ed scars which they attributed to bites inflicted by man-eating say ages of another island called Can- iba. Whence the origin of the word cannibal-the island inhabited by these anthropophagi being Porto. Rico.
 Less than 100 years ago Spain still claimed ownership of the whole Pa cific ocean, declaring it a Spanish lake on the strength of Balboa's discovery in 1513. Acting upon this idea, the Spanish government ordered the com mandante of San Francisco to seize the Columbia. the first vessel that carried the American flag around Cape Horn.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Bones or Pins.

There are various kinds of protec- tion exercised by governments for the people. A new one has developed in the state of Maine. The law forbIds any one who did not himself catch 1t, to sell pickerel. The fish are not allowed in market and even the man who caught them must have done that legally" It is well-known to people, who, for fear of starving, have eaten pickerel, that their bodies are made up of 90 per cent sharp bones and 10 per cent flesh. When it comes to a choice between frying the family pin cushion and eating q plckerel, most people prefer the pickerel but 1t Is evident that the legislators of Maine do not mean to expose their constit- uents to the .perils Of the diet when it can be avoided. There is no law in Maine against selling pincushlons. Hartford Courant.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
JUDGED BY SKILL AT POKER
Business Man Estimated Another's Qualifications by His Actions
 at the Card Table.

After all, there is something to be learned from cards, even If the aver age gambler, who plays for the pas sion of the game and for the money he expects, does not always learn 1t. A Los Angeles business man recently asked an acquaintance, What do you think about Smith? Do you think he would be a good man to take into our firm?" His friend looked him straight in the eye and replied, "Yes, think he'd be a first-class man to tie to and I'll tell you why. I played poker with him last night and I discovered that he plays safe. He is what religious minded people call 'good;' what eau tious, conservative people call 'wise,' and what the world in general, espe- cially the bold ones, call a coward but a man whom nearly every one ser cretly respects, envies and almost fears. He never takes a chance. He doesn't gamble. When he bets on a hand he's got the cards. When he doesn't get the cards he lays his hand down with a smile and waits until they come to him. and then he plays 'em to the limit Yes, think he's safe, all right. He could play with my money at a card table or in the field of business. Los Angeles Times.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
MAKE FOR BETTER SPELLING
Indiana Newspaper Pleads for a Rs- Vival of the oId-Time Matches"
 Once Popular.

The winter evenings are long and there are few people who do not care for the movies. Some of them play checkers and others tat. A few improve each shining hour by reading something worth while. Occasionally some one thinks of letter, long past due. He starts to write, and then he stops to nibble his pencil, because the word he has in mind seems so hard to spell. That reminds him of spelling. In the old days of loud schools" when recitations brought out the vocal powers of children and when they studied aloud more attention was paid to spelling, observes the Indian apolis News.
 Since then the schools have taken a long step forward, but the oldtimers do not spell as we'll as father and grandfather did. Of course, the mod ern school system is more complex. Grandfather never dreamed of learn ing how to make furniture in school, and grandmother had no domestic sci ence course wherein she learned to cOncoct Thousand Island dressing. When reading, writing and arithmetic were considered essentials, spelling claimed almost as much attention as the three R's.
 A few years ago considerable rivalry arose ill Indiana, and there were de- bates between the new school and the old. The elderly people insisted that the modern youth cannot spell in the same class with those who went to school 30, 40 and 50 years ago. To settle the dispute spelling matches were held. The contagion for accu- rate spelling spread throughout the state. Elimination contests finally es- tablished a county champion, and he in turn challenged the champion of the neighboring county. The state su- perintendent of public instruction ap- proved the spelling matches and school authorities generally were interested. At that time the school officials de- clared that the unusual attention di- rected to the subject resulted in bet ter spelling in the schools. The win ter evenings are long and some peO- pie do not care for the movies. An other epidemic of spelling matches will not cost anything, and it might pro- duce a great deal of good.
Connecticut western news., 1919-03-06
Why He Wanted Arm strainht.

A Canadian officer, wounded early in the war, was sent to one of the in- stitutions to have his left arm made over. The elbow had been so badly shattered that surgery, wonderful as its skill and resources are, could not entirely reconstruct the joint. So the officer was given a choice of two things-either to have weak, nov able elbow, or a strong stiff one. Without hesitation the Canadian chose the stiff elbow, and he aston ished the. surgeons by asking that the arm be made perfectly straight.
 They pointed out to him that the arm would be far more useful if the elbow was set at an angle. If set straight he wouldn't be able even to put his hand in the pocket of his trou- sers. But the Canadian had antici- pated that argument by arranging with his tailor to have the pocket so low that by hunching his shoulder he could get his hand into it. The req son he wanted the arm made rigidly straight was to be able to use hunt ing rifle and billiard cue.