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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
AGED RECLUSE HAD
$4,000 IN SHACK
fortune Discovered Scattered
About Room of Little Hut in
Parkersburg.

Parkersburg, Pa.-Neighbors broke
into the miserable little shack occupied
as a home by Edwin ]. Moore. and
found him lying unconscious on the
floor. Scattered about the small.
shabby room were gold coins, bank
notes and national currency long since
out Of general circulation. The money
amounted to $4,000 and represented
40 years of boarding.
Moore lived the life of hermit and,
while 1t was believed he was well off"
tOwnspeOple had no idea that the man
kept $4,000 hidden in his miserly
home.
Edwin Moore was popularity sup
posed to have given up the girl with
whom he vas in love on account of his
mother. Moore and his mother lived
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08

cipitated in the town in which the
Anne ricans were stationed, and ma
rines had been hurried up to quell the
disorders. On. November II word
came that the armistice had been
signed and that all the prisoners
were now free.
It was arranged shortly afterward
that they were to be sent to Holland
for transportation to England with
English prisoners. The men were per-
mitted to 60 through the town at will,
and the people. AS well as their for
mer guards, were ANXIOUS to frater-
nize, but got short shrift from the re-
leased men.
An uneventful trip to Holland en-.
sued, and then the men were taken In
charge by the British Red Cross and
went to Hull along with British Tom
mics who had been in the camp with
them.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08

In Norwood years ago, but moved to
Parkersburg when the Pennsylvania
railroad established shops there.
Moore became clerk in a store and,
although his romantic attachment to
one of the bellies Of the town became
remarked, Moore often said that as
long as his mother lived he would not
marry.
For many years he taught music and
from this source, with his earnings in
the store, is supposed to be the hoard
ed fortune found by neighbors. Moore
was overcome by paralysis as he was
counting his money, it is supposed.
MoOre's fortune will go to niece.
His mother died few years ago.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08

printed stationery bearing the name
Of the farm, with envelopes to match.
If the farm Is not named an appropri-
ate name should be selected. A sim
pie, though attractive and businesslike
letterhead can be printed without
much cost. It should give the name
and location of the farm, the farmers
name, and a simple statement of the
business. Elaborate and highly col.
ored letterheads embellished with illus
trations of buildings, fruits or animals
should be avoided.
Blank statement forms or invoices
to fill in and inclose with shipments
should be supplied. Persons receiving
produce by mail wish to know the
price of the shipment, and by the use
Of printed statement forms the ship
per can furnish this information with
out much trouble.
Labelling Parcels.
Each parcel must bear the name and
address Of the shipper. the name and
address Of the person for whom in
tended, and the nature of the con-
tents, such as "Fragile" or "Perish.
able" AS tags frequently are torn of.
it Is best to have this information
written or stamped directly on the
outer wrapper or container. II the
only mark Of identity Of producer and
consumer is on q tag and the tag Is
lost. the parcel can neither be deliv-
cred nor returned to the sender.
Producers who have business enough
to justify them may secure gummed
labels worded somewhat as follows:
From
Fair View Farm,
John Brown. Proprietor,
Blank. Virginia.
PER1SHABLE.
EGGS.
The wording may be changed to suit
the product shipped. changing Eggs"
to Poultry" Butter" or "vegeta-
b.es," and "Perishable" to Fragile"
as the case may require.
These labels. If properly applied.
should not come off. They will serve
as an advertisement and may result in
inquiries from other customers.
Business Relations With Customers.
Once contact has been made and
shipping begun it is important that
proper business relations be estab-
lished and maintained, for on these de-
pend success. The difficulty frequently
met in obtaining the first order makes
Il important for the producer to use
businesslike methods to retain the
trade that he secures.
Whether a person is successful in
parcel-post marketing depends largely
on his adaptability to this work. If
routine and detailed work is distaste-
full to him he may never learn how to
keep up business relationship. Thou
sands Of persons who have been sue
cessful In obtaining customers have
been unsuccessful in keeping them.
The most important feature in q
business relationship is a square deal.
Good grading of produce, strict busi-
ness honesty, prompt attention to cor
respondence and orders, and satisfac-
tory adjustment Of complaints are
needed. The consumer as well as the
producer should do his part in these
matters.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
DIRECT DEALING

Housewives appreciate receiv.
lag farm produce which they
know to be fresh. Many farm
ers within $50 miles Of cities
have regular supplies Of high
grade produce, the quality Of
which they can guarantee. The
parcel post offers a means Of d.
rect dealing between producer
and consumer. with profit to
both.
Parcel-post shipments are in
creasing In number. though
probably they always will affect
only a small percentage Of the
farm produce that goes to mar
ket. Dealing by parcel post sue
ceeds If the farmer is careful
to keep up the quality Of his pro-
duce, packs 1t safely and attrac-
lively, and meets his engage
ments promptly-always suppos-
Ing that the consumer also OBJ
serves business methods In the
transaction.
The United States department
Of agriculture's Farmers Bulle-
tin 922, "Parcel Post Business
Methods" gives detailed sugges.
lions regarding means Of obtain
ing customers and methods Of
carrying on business, with sam
pies Of suitable letterheads,
bills, order blanks and .s:1er
business forms,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
Men Captured at Seicheprey Tell
Of Harsh Treatment by
the Huns.
REFUSED TO Be BROTHERS
Affempe Later Made to Effect Recon.
eiliation Spurned. by Americans--
Corporal Who Refused to Work
E Hurled Down Mine Shaft.

E1Ond0n.-~When they took US pris
uexs they held resoiRers to our heads
md made US give them our shoes. but
when the armistice came and we were
ct free q socialist leader made
Speeeh to US. saying: We are now
brusSseYS'
This was what American soldiers
who returned to London from Ger
nany-the first to reach here after the
dsnirg Of the armistice-had to say
ibouf the change In the attitude OF
their eapoms from the time they had
hIlen into German hands In April un-
In they were released on Novem-
Der IL
= ~yyhen we were captured at Seiche-
prey said Private James e. Pito-
EheIlf Of Providence, ''the German SOL
hfers heid pistols to the heads OF some
IL rs and demanded cur shoes.
duanagetiato hang on to mine, but 9TH
Srs weTrnrt 30 tueky. They had to
walk barefooted through No Mans
land, cutting their feet badly on
2arbed wire or pieces of shell. All Of
sRs h1d - walk 30 miles to the rear,
Rhere wooden shoes were given us,
lind no one was permitted ts keep his
.,oofx. They told us-One general did
mat they had attacked to get prison
~. but the next. time they attacked
lie One Hundred and Second they
Eould aake - nelsoneFs. because they
had fouxht 10 A61cely."
! This was enrrsborated by Private
frank Butler u New Haven.
Prisoners Exhibited.
The Americans were eventually
taken 40 Friedrichsfeldt, and no OPP
bortuniv was missed to show the
American prisoners to the populace.
br they were among the earliest to
Be taisea.
These Americans we're taken to q
jenmp where there were prisoners
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
HONORED BY FRENCH

chief of the American hospital for
civilians in Neuilly.
Only a few other Americans have
ever received commissions In the
French army, and they were all sec
ond lieutenants with the exception Of
William Thaw of the Lafayette Es-
cadrille, and Sweeny Of the Foreign
Legion and later of the tank corps.
who We're first lieutenants. The avia-
tor pilots Of the Lafayette Escadrille
were only sergeants, with the excep-
ton of Dudley Hill, an adjutant.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
Correspondents Get First Made
There in Four Years.
essee, Manage. Tells Of sufferines at
the HAnds Of the Ger
mans.

A~ew1ean Pres Headquarters, Brit.
n Fxouf.-The drst pancakes MADE
q 0nHend In four years were served
- eeher day at the Crown hotel. But
p. A~exican cerrsApondents got them
auaer false preteoses.
TAey End bad q very good lunch Of
1870 sOup, roast beef. Drowned
hu(ufpee I'D peaA
~Vnsr hare you for dessertf" was
sed TIE eUceellngly attentive wait
- Her face Geli. There Ii moth
- osesdeurs," she said plaintively.
nonent ne was back with the
-arrr. wAo Nh been lowering near
- 6oor.
~rt.s nanAee md the chef viii b
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
WIFE CHARGES HUBBY
WAS SIMPLY TOO GAY

Chicago.-According to a bill
filed for divorce by Mrs. Adele
r. Erickson Of this city Emery
T. Erickson, her husband, whose
salary Is $500 annually, had a
speciality for costly dinners, gay
little trips to the theater, jaunts
in automobiles and expensive
gifts. The trouble is they were
all for "the other wpman," who,
in this case, the bill says, is Mrs.
Edyth Starkel.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
BROTHERS EACH ENLIST,
THEN MEET IN PARIS

Delaware, O.-Private 81. J.
Stricklin and Corporal Clifford
Strackain live In this city. Mel
TIER brother knew that the other
was In France. Each knew that
tise other was headed for
camp In the United States for
trimming. They met on the COM
uany street In the same camp
near Paris.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-08
BLACKSMITH IN DANGER
ACTING AS SHOE CLERK

East Weymouth, Mass.-When
!. H. Moran. the village black
smith, retired after Al years Of
shoeing horses to work in a re-
tail shoe store, the manager
made the following comment:
He'll get in wrong If, bending
over, he grabs some Of the new
trade in the old way and ex-
claims Lift up, Bess.'"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
ncheatIna chesters."
Her name was Nell Brockton.

f1eI name Wd5 4Ntil bIOChlOH.
At least, that was her claim. And
she lived in New York several years
ago, but was now on a visit to Keokuk
to find relatives of her friends the
Palmers, who claimed relationship in
this part of the county.
But It was soon proven that the
Miss Nell Brockton' was not the
New York Miss Brockton at all, but
instead criminal wanted In many
cities for various big 3jobs." And the
story is unraveled to its interesting
end in the famous New York drama,
Cheating Cheaters" by Max Macin, to
be given here next week.
This is the first of the series of
successful Broadway plays to be given
this winter by Keith yawter the man
who has for twenty years made Vaw-
ter chautauquas the standard. The
others in the series that will be given
at about monthly intervals, for the
season ticket price of only five dollars,
are 1.-THE Thirteenth Chair" 1.-THE
Gypsy Trail" and "The Only Girl"
Ever since Mr. Vawter founded the
circuit chautauqua system twenty
years ago, he has been making the
public marvel at the way he has
brought Americas best attractions to
the smaller communities on the chau-
tuaqua platform, at the small admis.
sion fee that he charges. But current
and also his own associates
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
HEARING Concluded Today.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The sen
ate military committee hearings on
the reorganization program of the
army will be concluded today with the
testimony of General John j. Per
shtng.
Many changes In the so-called war
department bill on which the hearings
have been based, will be made. mem
bers of the committee indicated Chief
among these, members declare, will
be the elimination early of the com
pulsory universal training for young
men during their nineteenth year
which Pershing strongly urged; re-
duction in the strength of the new
army and adoption of more extern
sive aviation program.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
IF BACKACHY Or
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take glass Of
Salts to flush out Kidneys
Drink Plenty Water.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid.
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish ache, and feel like Jumps
OF lead. The urine becomes cloudy;
the bladder is irritated, and you may
be obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog you must help them
flush off the body's urinious waste
or you'll be a real sick person short
~. At first you feel duh misery in
the kidney region, you suffer from
backache, sick headache, dizziness,
stomach gets sour, tongue coated
and you feel rheumatic twinges when
the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in glass OF water before
breakfast for few days, and your
kidneys will then act fine This ia.
nous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activi-
ty, also to neutralize the acids in
urine, so it no longer is source of
irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves.
cent lithia-water drink which every
one should take now and then to
keep the kidneys clean and active
Druggists here say they sell lots of
Jad Salts to folks who believe in
overcoming kidney trouble while it
is only trouble.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05

in the musical comedy line y
called "My Sammy Girl and Is
fered at prices of from 25c to sly
the Grand for one night, Friday !
z.
The play is the vehicle CHOSEN
Miss Lille (Pep) Robinson VINO
clever musical comedy actress u !
and dancer and has winning 4
of expression that seems 10 WIZ
audience to her. The comedy
to abound in situations that are
and the manner in which they .ms|
been handled is destined 10 r.
you set up and take notice ip'
terpolation Of musical numbers
which there are nearly sco, ~.
timely, for it adds spice ana NJ
an otherwise straight military n
This form of entertainment se'~'
be the vogue at present.
Messrs. Kilroy and Brltton ai'
producers of this new offerins,
they have given it an elaborate NV
ing and IN exceptionally COCA
and large singing and Gar
CHORUS. The first act scene SUI n.,,]
a fortified port In southern V
MIA at night is one of the mos II
tic productions of the scenic p'
art.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
Poor Woman
Makes Sacrifice

For years / have doctored for In
digestion and severe bloating with
gas, all my money had gone for doc
tors and medicine which did me no
good / had lost all faith in medi-
cines and as / have to work hard for
the few dollars / earn was afraid to
risk any more money. A year ago my
neighbor told me to try Mayr's Won
derful Remedy. / have found 1t to be
the best medicine in the world and am
glad l made the secrifice." 1t is a
simple, harmless preparation that re-
moves the catarrahl mucous from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments,
including appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded. Wilkin'
son & Co., and druggists everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
Return of the Blue shlrt.

LOUISVILLE Courier-Journal: The
blue shirt was once upon a time the
familiar garb of the wage Garner.
the white shirt the conventional gar
ment of the officeholder and the
salaried man in industrial life. The
time is coming, and presently will
have arrived, when the salaried
classes, including governors, will
have to wear blue shirts, or none.
Any white shirt sold with the equiv
alent of the shoe guarantee, war
ranted not TO rip, tear or run down
at the heel" is. nowadays, a luxury
about which governor, a college
professor, professional man,
clerk, must think twice before buy.
ing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given that Pech-
stein & Nagel Company, a copora-
ton heretofore organized and exist.
ing under the laws of the State of
Iowa, with it's principal place OF
business in the City OF Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, at a special meeting of
the stockholders Of said company
held on the 18th day of October,
1919 was dissolved by the unani.
nous consent of all it's stockholders.
and its corporate existence termin.
ated on said day; the same being at
time prior TO the time mentioned
in the articles of Incorporation and
the undersigned officers OF said cor
poration were directed and authorized
to give notice of such dissolution.
PECHSTEIN & NAGEL COMPANY.
JOHN NAGEL, President.
HENRY PECHSTEIN, Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
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A splendid revival meeting is
being held at the Baptist church in
Alexandria, an evangelist and his
Keith, In the meeting.
Owing to the bad roads the annual
general supper at Gregory Saturday
night was not so largely attended as
usual.
The funeral of Russell Benning
was largely attended Sunday at
Bluff Springs, Rev. BorIand of Ka-
hoka conducting the services. A
quartet of returned soldiers and
friends of the deceased from Canton
rendered the music.
Miss Stella Shaw of near A1exan-
dria, recently returned from ten
days visit in FIT. Madison
Miss Nellie Kruger and Miss
Ruth Mckinney, both nurses in train
ing at the Graham hospital, visited
their parents near Gregory the first
day of November.
Auctioneer Harry NJ. Bennett OF
near Alexandria, is kept busy these
days with public sales. So many
farmers are selling our their stock
and moving to town.
Miss Lizzie Shaw or Alexandria,
visited Saturday and Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Day in Gregory,
and attended the social at the M. e.
church.
Miss Thelma Harmon or near Way
land, is very low with typhoid Her
aunt, Miss Dell Harmon, of New
Mexico, is helping care for her Miss
Thelma is the granddaughter of Mr..
Harmon, living on the Rank ROAD
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05

diagnose HIS principles OF economy
which makes these productions posi-
Bile, as follows, elimination Of wasteful
mileage by long jumps and consequent
circuitous routing, eliminating the open
dates, application of up-to-date adver-
Using principles. obtaining local CO.
operation to sufficient extent to insure
q good attendance, dealing in the open
and telling exactly the truth. And SO
this big efficiency organization is
being directed into the dramatic field,
where he will be able to present Broad
way hits on the stage of thousands of
opera houses throughout the middle
west
The play Cheating Cheaters' is the
comedy-drama which was given so
much space in all the New York re-
views after its long run at the Eltinge
theater few years ago. The story
deals with a gang of criminals who
rented the house of one George Brock
ton. and are masquerading as the
Brockton family. This initial
secret the author takes his audience
into confidence. The supposed Brock
tons are trying to become socially ac-
quainted with the wealthy Palmer
family, who live five miles away, in
order ultimately to gain easy access
to the Palmer house and steal the
Palmer jewels.
In the first act the Palmers come to
call and after pleasant passage over
the tea table, they invite the sup
posed Nell Brockton, leader of the
crooks,-to visit them. From there the
plot carries the listener through in
.ense, human intricasies and emo.
ions, ending with the triumph of jus.
ice over crime.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
Cannon For Tacoma.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
PARIS, Nov. 5.--As a compliment
to Hugh Wallace, American ambassa.
dor, the French government today pre-
sented Tacoma, Washington, with a
German $50 milIimeter howitzer cap.
tured by the French,
Tacoma is the home of Wallace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05

fight, but one has only to see the bat.
tie to feel the punishment inflicted
Strong men struggle for their lives,
and the honor Of a woman is also at
stake. There is nothing gentle about
plainsman or the gcld-digger of
'49 when he enlists in such cause.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05

You may think you're flooring
but the chances are ten TO onU =
employer has you figured OUT N y
ten per cent. OF your actual worn
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
NV Sammy Girl

L. p. Parker, the dramatist, and
w. K. Williams, the song writer, are
responsible for this seasons novelty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
"The Riant TO Happiness.

The story of the overwhelming love
of a misguided girl for all humanity IS
told in words of dramatic emphasis
in 1.-THE Right to Happiness new
eight-reel feature production, which
opens an engagement tonight at the
Colonial theatre.
Universars newest starring vehicle
for Dorothy Phillips was conceived
and directed by Allen Holubar, who Is
also responsible for Miss Phillips
previous big success, "The Heart OF
Humanity"
"The Right of Happiness" is the
voice of humanity after the war, ana
in it is heard the murmur OF d1scon-
tent and the premonitory rumbling or
the social unrest that everybody knows
now exists not only in America but
the whole civilized world.
Dorothy Phillips has achieved dra-
matte heights never heretofore at
tanned in her splendid depletion of a
difficult dual role She handles two
characters as far apart in their nature
as the poles thems elves. She Is seen
as Sonia, the little comrade OF the
Russian radicals. a dynamic. turbulent
agitator, and again as Vivian, the
American girl who has been reared
in the idleness of luxury and who finds
a psuedo happiness in gratifying her
bauble whims and in toying with
mollycoddle lover.
The production affords numerous
opportunities for spectacular effects
of which full advantage has been
taken by the director.
The Fright to Happiness" will con-
tinue at the Colonial theatre until Sat
urday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-05
orpheum offerings.

Western pictures have an estab.
lished place in the hearts of movie
fans, young and old The sauye critic
of the drama, too. has come to con-
cede the superior possibilities of the
screen for the immense scenic eff
fects so vital to true story of the
crude life Of mountain and desert.
With each Triangle western" comes
new standard of production, and in
Ashes of Hope" the newest drama
featuring Belle Bennett, a high mark
Of excellence Is set.
To the boy or man who loves a
good scrap, or the mother whose
moist eyes respond to the da1ce-hall
girls instructive desire to bring a
child to the man she loves, ashes of
Hope" is n play satisfying in every
sense of the word Information is lack
ing on the extent of painful bruises
and cracked heads experienced by the
in the big dance-hall