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Milford chronicle., 1919-11-07
HOUSTON

The ladies of the church will hold
a general supper in Red Mems hall
on Wednesday night, November II.
/ The menu will consist of chicken sal
ad, fried oysters, Delaware biscuit and
all things that make a good supper.
Rev. W. S. Grant accompanied Mrs.
Lee Chandler to the Methodist hosc
pital in Philadelphia on Monday morn
ing where she has gone for an oper-
alton.
Mrs. Lemuel Prettyman was taken
to the Delaware hospital in Whining
ton on Saturday morning, November
1, and was operated upon on Sunday.
The operation was successful, but her
condition has not been reported up to
this writing.
John w. Dawson, while working for
the StetsOn Ellison Company, fell to
the cement walk from a box car and
was badly hurt about the back and
head. He is much improved now.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
A. Wilson is very i'll and the physician
does not expect it to recover
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Marvel have
returned to their home after having
spent a very pleasant week in Phila-
delpnla.
J. L. Manlove made a business trip
to Philadelphia on Friday and spent
the weekend with friends in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Chism of Ches-
ter, Pa, have been visiting their par
ents, William Chism and wife
Elmer Greenly and son, Orlando,
and Mrs Rachel Greenly left on Mon /
day for a trip to New Jersey and New
York. They expect to be gone quite
some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thistlewood and
son, Albert, of Harrington, Mr.. and
Thistlewood and Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Manlove of Milford spent Sun
!Gyr With Thee G'hh.St!c;-rGSa and iTiifS,
the occasion being the birthday Of
Mrs. Thistlewood. She received some
very beautiful flowers as tokens Of
The Ladies' Aid Of Laws will meet
1t the home of Mrs Uric Morris on
Friday night, November 9TH. All mem
lers are requested to be present.
Milford chronicle., 1919-11-07

.urre one wants what you have Q.
r1en advertise It IN the Chrrr
go n1It week
Milford chronicle., 1919-11-07

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ten houre|
gallon ol
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ventor: Why cannot such I machine
be made that will write letters and
words instead Of figures .only?" A, this
time Viz waS not known BY them that
such IN flea had ever before bs.n
spssss.ed.
Building on entirely original ;ln.s
with no knowledge Of the experiment.
o. Others. the three inventors con.
structed q crude model. which had Div.
oted types set in a circle. and a salts.
factory lettsrspacing device. Tho nrst
typewriter. so-cailed at the suggestion
Of sholes. was a success in 10 far :.
1t was able to write accurately ana
with fair rapidly. but it was 1 long
time before It was developed into !
practical writing machine.
While still in it, ea.ly stare. James
Dsnsmors. Of Msadvills, r.. recsivaa
2 typswfitten letter ana was 90 much
Interested that be stepped forward to
hsIp finance the und4rtakins without
g much a. having sssn the machine.
9 and Gliddsn then dropped out
~ the enterprise. ana sholes. WITH
suggestions and financial aid from
Densmore. worked on, making model
after model. until soms twenty-five b.
thirty experimental Instruments had
zen made. each . little better than IL
p~redecessor. though still lacking sosne
essentials for succsss.
In 1879 It was deemed sul,cienf,x
perfect to b placsd In the harss e <
manufacturer. WITH / visw 81 putiin.
the machine on tho mnrkst Tor ~
gsnsfal public. aAA the grSat et,n ~.
tssy Of ,. Rsmington,& 6ons. e Mr..
u. q. undsrteok IT. manufa6tur1
Then cam further troubles Ia puttins
Il on the market, Tor the pahiio -
sksptical esout ~ vaiss ser 6eactical
purposss, ana found ons srS1t Co.:
ton 70 ~ us4 IN tAs fact tkAs1t yvrot.
cepttais only. This liacuity "A
iase ~oveFcnaSe ~ ths sapDuoaA6n q.
~ nsaehiAs q III eastsaeeAhiftss
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oeVlce. together with the double tvnaf
Thus within the. short pacs ii
twenty-five years the typewriter
peared and took high rank among IN.
devices Of the age, r~eyolu.l
tionizing modern business. Notb,n.s
50 calculated to promote the general
spread OF intelligence has -appearedi
zinc the invention Of printing. for ma
labor which the typewriter economics;
10 that Of the highest class-that 80
the thinker and the writer.
Began as a Printer
It 10 natural that the man VIII h.as
most to DO with the development. 81,
'nis machine should have been
printer and An editor. At the -. ~
fourteen sholes was apprent,ced = -.
editor Of the 1ntellisencer 0, n.r.
VILE Pa to learn the printing tr.a. |
-Four years later he moved to Gr...s
BAY. Wis. and took charsa !, ~
HOUSE Journal OF the TSrritori.l ~.
stature. and thsr, Of the Wiscona,n ~
quirer. In 1870 he was Adito- ~ AZ.
southport. and four, years l.ta- 80.
appointsd postmaster Of Kenosh. ~
PRESIDENT Polk. He served g
state ssnats. REPRESENTING R.a..s
Connty. in 1850. and In lss,.ks..s
sessnfed kenosha County q. ~ I.s.s
.aturs. Asfsw ysars later &, mn,.s.
AnS'aukss and wa tor MAN. ssI. vi
eoltor Of thu Milwaukee sentir.i
ne News. Hs sntsred II. sss1
esain "A asss and was itu presldss, ~
sssn. Tor more sthAn I yea. -
sa.sr APPOINTED postmaster a. a1n-s.ss
e.. Commissioners Of publis vors.
so!lsetof Of customs. Il sssss
aolains the iast1nsntion,d r..snsS
.nas e .bsaans his iavsntive ress
.ne .ypswritsr. Ne disd ia n,iyssss ~
sln 1850. SHOES was Of Nsv ns., assl
sncestry. ny grandfather q fn'As
sssssi - seslag : lassi -Ga1c.sS.as
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refused to pass a bill which would
retire him or a small monthly allow.
ance. -
Ten minutes of conversation with
Mr.. Harrison drove from my mind the
questions I had framed about years
that are gone. 1t appeared a little too
presumptive to ask him to tell, Of that
long past in a brief and unexpected
interview, so we compromised with q
chatabout his future. When I asked him
what he would do If Congress passed
the so-called Heating cKellar bill for
retirement Of all superann4ated clerks
or. failing in that, enacted the special
measure urged by Senator Wesley L.
Jones, Of Washington, to retire our
oldest employee at $50 a month, Mr..
Harrison smiled.
Il thought perhaps that II they re-
tired me with a small allowance. I
would go to college," he said.
My expression caused him to laugh
aloud.
You know" he continued, between
chuckles, I've been working for over
seventy years at the naval observa.
tory, which is IN astronomical bureau.
and yet I know nothing Of astronomy.
My work has been clerical and I
thought perhaps that If Congress could
see fit to give me a little monthly
allowance, I would enter Harvard to
study astronomy and mathematics"
He inquired about his chances Of
Joining glee clubs and frats. and added
with mock alarm:
They tell me they have some sort
Of psychological tests at the colleges
now. and maybe I could not pass
them. Do you think I could?"
He was assured that If the faculty
at Harvard had any appreciation Of
advertising values the test would be
waived.
AFTER I finished ut Harvard" he
continued, II might like to enter Am
herst to study English. but I am more
interested in astronomy"
why Amherst?"
"Well, because some years ago I met
the Chinese Minister to the. United
States. He spoke English 30 ad-
mirably that I asked him where he had
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to be distinguished from printy Moth.
ing is known Of this machine ana the.
secret died with the inventor. - no
sketch or more detailed description Is
known to exist.
The first typewriter ever constructs
ed in America was the invention Of
William Austin Burt Of Detroit, bet
ter known as the inventor OF the solar
compass. who. in the year 1929, took
out the first American patent svdr
issued for a typewriter. This machine.
although a working typewriter. Wa
exceedingly crude in design ana Of
the toughest construction. The record
Of the patent, together with the only
model Of the machine. was destroyed
BY IRE in the Patent once III 1855.
There . no reason to doubt that NJ.
Burt IL due the honor II being the In.
ventor Of the Arst American type
writer. Three years. previous 10 this
time . Frenchznan named Xavier 70.
grin. Of Marseilles, - said to hAve
taken out . patent for q typswritsf.
but little u known Of his machine.
From 1876 for the following tvsaty
yeArs thsrs war = Succession .os q.
psrifnents IN this making Of machines
e writs. and = few wsrs dsyelop1d q
. stage Ct which II was possible 70 US
them Tor letters. hut they were III TOO
cumbersome and expsEslve 10 49,
from the experimental stage TO that oe
practisal utility n the c-osntnssciAi.
world.
First : Numbering MaehiDs
Il - q thls poiut ttas {. LAshask
ghoIas. = printer ana sditef " tsade.
but ct that tirns collsctof 81 cussssns
kor the fort d AlwatksA. took m
me task He was q that time snsaesd
With sAynusl W. gouls Ia developing 8
snachins for eeslaily hunAbsrine the
ps1St 81 Blank books and the MA -
gusstton vas asksAE tAs1s W : friAsA,
p1rIoe 0io1sn. Who ~ aiso a. ~
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learned it and he replied at Amherst
That's why I thought Of that college
Then. too. Amherst is proud of he'
Robert Lansing"
Mr.. Harrison's father was an oficel
in tho War Of 1872. He was Gustavut
Harrison. \ captain In the regula,
army. but upon the reduction Of the
military establishment in 1916 left the
service and moved to Washington.
Thomas Harrison was born on Jan.
uary 10. 1928, here in the capital and
virtually all Of his life has been spent
in the District of Columbia When
Mr.. Harrison was a boy his father re'
moved from Washington to the banks
Of the Ohio River at what now IS
Mason County. West Virginia. Then
1t was Mason County, Virginia.
An Observatory Clerk
TT was a\wilderness Them MI.
Harrison said. land we lived rather
primitively. I was out.of.doors almost
all Of the time ana the work in the
field and the sports in the woods gave
me a rugged constitution, for which I
have since been thankful many times.
We returned to Washington after
about six years of life In Virginia.
My father died in 1S4S and I was given
q position with the federal govern.
ment.. He left a large family and their
support devolved in a large measure
upon me. My father died in the midst
Of his usefulness. It fell to my lot. my
very happy lot, to look out for the
family" 4
hi. Harrison was appointed 2 clerk
in the Naval Observatory, which then
was situated on what was known as
Camp Hill. It was q small bureau
then, but IN 1881 a new building for
1t was completed.
From tho time Of the first super.
intendent. the renowned Maury. to
that Of the present accomplished d.
rector, Rear Admiral T. b. Howard-a
period of seventy years, embracing
many distinguished officers, with whom
1t has been my privilege to hold close
official and delightful intercourse-1
have been on active duty in tho OBJ.
s~ervatory," Mr.. Harrison said.
In recent years, at his own request,
has been reduced in grade to tighten
the work upon him and he remains
on the rolls as being on active
and the records Of the Bureau
Of Efficiency establish beyond all
doubt that he is the oldest employe
In point Of continuous active service
the federal government.
1t is not always good manners to
speak Of age. but any reference to
Mr.. Harrison must b. entirely com.
as there Il nothing about
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II do not think that ought % ~
said Senator Jones rsferring to MI
Harrison,s return to his desk. ~
have prepared q bill to retire Mr.. Hafi
rison at $50 Z month. will say that
the Senate has heretofors passed I
bill to retire him at 500 Q montn
II n at his own suggestion that tne
cmount is reduced to $50 . month. !
NJ think Mr.. Harrison has dons
what you will find very few psople te
thu employ Of the government hevs
done. A few years ago. realizing M
growing age ana realizing his inapinsy
"a ID the work Of the government -
ef,ciently al he had before done IS
ne asked the government to reduce ~
salary. and 1t was reduced about 'av'
q year.
II know that this bill might ~
Objected to as a civil service pens'ons
mt there are mighty few . II my
~ all. Of this kind in connection WIN
III. government service. ! 90 "oS
sunpose there is any other person lnl
the employ of tho government "nS
has been In continuous
40 long as this man. We can TAX
COR. nj him without making q prec1
edent that will vex US. we nav.
taken are Of individuals In the mht|
tary service by special lesisla'lon'|
WHY not this man under mes e1cep3
tional circumstances. Furthermore
ve are going to pass erelons a gen1y
eral retirement bill. He may DO gone
before it is passed. We should tress|
LIN as his service justiaes." 4,
Never Reached the Calendar {
Senator Jones's bill was referred To-
the Committee on Naval Affairs. but
it never reached the calendar. /
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma. declared
that il the Naval Affairs COMMITTEES
reported the bill %favorably. he hoped
1t wouiu be amended SO as to retire at
$50 a month every man and woman
in the government service who has
reached the age of. ninety years and
who has been. toiling in season and
out" Such a bill. Senator Gore added
appeals to the heart Of every Senai
tor
Who is there now to stand up and
say that Senators are lacking in the
human emotions which most OF I'd
like to ascribe to ourselves? Yet. tho
bill did noh pass. and Mr.. Harrison
daily, in good weather and bad. snow
and summer heat. walks to the Naval
Observatory to do his work.
Can you estimate the scope Of the
row Congress would raise If privatd
corporations followed a similar policy
with thei= employees?
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This Year Centenary of the FEATHER of the Tuop,ur;to,v

ONE HUNDRED years ago Christie.
pher Latham sholes. the Father
OF the Typewriter" was born In Co.
lumbia County, Pennsylvania. In
honor of the centenary of his birth a
fund is, being raised fol a monument
to be placed over his grave in Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, with a
bronze tablet, exhibiting in has relief
the features Of the inventor and bear.
ing the following inscription:
Christopher Latham sholes
The Father Of the Typewriter
Erected by the National Shorthand
Reporters Association with the a.
sistance Of many thousands Of meh,
women and children. in grateful man.
Org Of the man whose genius has
lightened labor and BIT ught comfort
and happiness to millions Of toilers In
the worlds work.
sholes's completion Of the frst prac-
teal typewriter was the last Of q long
series Of experiments in this and other
countries, Of which, however. he and
his little group OF fellow workers
know nothing when they made their
FIRST model, His predecessors had
--A-Ey---a ELl.tIN % EFIf. hHL-6aeEf q
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him to suggest senility. Few people
would take him to be moro than sew
enty years old. He has tho bearing
and appearance OF one Of tho old
French aristocrats. His thoughts and
his ideals turn not upon the things
which make people old. His smile
IL ever ready. his disposition always
to look on the brighter side and reck'
on the darker as something which
must be considered In the run of life.
but not SO seriously rs to outweigh
the happiness the world, holds for
those would seek It.
Senator Jones. Of Washington. has
taken the lead in demanding that Con-
sress act to reward Mr.. Harrison. His
efforts 60 far have not been success.
ful. One day about two years age no
one in the Senate desired to make q
speech and there being nothing else
exciting in view, the Senate gave q
little time to consideration Of pending
legislation. During the unexpected
procedure, Senator Jones called up
his bill to retire Mr.. Harrison on a
salary Of 500 a month. and the Senate
passed it. 1t went to the House. but
lacking an able champion there 1t was
lost.
During the recent Congress. sena.
tor Jones offered another bill to re-
tire Mr.. Harrison. In introducing 1t
he had read a letter from Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy Roosevelt to
Harrison, reading:
II have to inform you that in &C.
cordapce with the recommendation Of
the Superintendent Of the, Naval OBJ
servatcry you have been granted
leave without pay for six months. be.
ginning October 10. 1917.
LAS you have been In the employ
Of the government nov nearlyl sixty.
nine years, and during all that time B
your record has been excellent, I 4
regret that there is nc way in
which the department could con- h
tinue you on the rolls with com. /;
.pensation. Is
~ desire at this time to express L
the appreciation of-the department I
for your long and satisfactory serv- f
ice and the hope that you will be so +
benefited by this leave that you can
return and resume your duties at i
its expiration" |:
That leave without pay" <
pired ip the spring Of 1918. ana +
Mr.. Harrison has been on the job" i
ever since. L
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-11-21
FINAL DRIVE

Untrlmmed shapes mostly blacks, large, medium and
small shapes, Vah@ up to $500, specially priced S1.OO
Trimmed hats, values up to SIS, specially priced this
week 60 n
Corona Rooster, large size, blue agate ware S2SS
Sheel IRON hoaSterS medium size so
Same Rooster, half size Ok
Thin Blown Goblets, very fine design, star cut, Der set $40
Inn Blown Bell ShsE Pc star cut Water Tumbler, per set 90
neSV oteel Knives an q Forkes, riveted handle, per set $500
MIRK0 WARE, best grade of aluminium cooking unten-
sls' each piece guara nteedfo or twenty years, the very things
you VIII need to make the Thanksgiving Dinner a success.
You will find on our counters;
%Japanned Coal Holds, size II OK
Glass Nappy, fancy designs OK
Glass Bon-Bon, fancy cut %
Thanksgiving Candy, gnanteed ner nound az
SPECTA FOR SATURDAY
wool Dress Goods, fancy Iaids and mixtures, 75c
values, Special Sa- tudy. Asc
Start Holiday Buy ing Now You viii Profit By II
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DANGER SIGNALS
OF BAD BLOOD

Pimples on the face, lunches
in the neck, sallow and swarthy
complexion, sores, ulcers, mu-
cous patches, copper colored
spots, scaly skin affections, con-
stipation, inactive liver, dyspep-
STA and stomach troubles are
common symptoms of poisoned
blood. There is no remedy offer
ed today to the public that has
so successfully cured these dis
eases as Number 30 For The
Blood" An old Doctors per-
scription containing the most re-
liable alternatives known to
medical science.
Put up by j. e. Mendenhall,
Evansville, Ind, 40 years a drug
gist.
Sold by Westerman & Barnett
Drug Co.
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was given, the ball was snapped
and the players sprang together
like so many mad bulls. But,
where was the ball? Listen,
behind that wall of players lit
tie Labrunerie had the ball con-
cealed on his "tummie." He
waited until Mexico's ends were
drawn in, then like a bat out of
a garnet he came and planted
the ball on Mexico's sacred soil.
A little later he kicked goal.
Mexico 6; w. M. A.. 10.
After the kickoff Mexico in
desperation tried the air. A
forty yard pass was completed,
but then Wentworth put a stop
to that. Mexico couldn't gain by
rushing and punted. Wentworth
reeled off two first downs and
then tried a pass which Mexico
intercepted. They had no better
luck as Wentworth grabbed a
pass on the next play. No gain
was made in two attempts, a
pass failed, and then to show
that there are more ways than
one to score, made a place kick
from the twenty yard line. Mex
leo 6; w. NJ. A. 16.
After the kickoff Mexico re-
sorted to passes entirely, and
completed a few, but they
wouldn't work consistently and
defeat was their portion.
On to Boonville!
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REAL T A TRANSFERS.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Deeds filed in the Recorders
Office at Lexington, Mo-, week
ending Saturday, November 8,
1919. Compiled by Lafayette
County Abstract Co., Lexington,
Mo. Abstracts & Farm Loans.
Chester Marchetti and wife to
Martin H. Uphaus w D 5000
2 A E end of N12 lot 2 Sec 10
5O-27.
John Xix to Chester Marchet-
ii w D 5000 pit W SW 1880
27.
John Xix to Martin Uuhaus w
D $4,000 pit SWH 1O-5O-27.
VIM. P, Nichols and wife to
James E. Brandon w D $70O
lots 13 and ID Block B Bates
City.
Richard Knipmeyer to Chas.
f. Lichte w D $1685O part
NEH 31-51-26.
Ida M. Leary and husband to
c. W. Meinsen W D $4,000 lot
5 McDaniel's Add Higginsville.
C, w. Nielsen and wife to H.
G.. Neiderjohn w D $4,000 lot 5
McDaniel's Add Higginsville.
Erwin Zeysing and wife to
Russell P. Cherry w D $11O0
lot 3 Dover except w 81 #.
Geo. G. McNeel and wife to
Thos, M. Davidson w D 1915
lots 9 and 10 Blk 8 Odessa.
Mary A. Rankin ct al to Thos.
Mcintyre w D $500 lot 8 Blk
20 list Add Lexington.
Chas. E. Alumbaugh and wife
to Domineck Pasetto and wife
w D $500 lots 8 and 4 Blk 7.
Southside Add Lexington.
VIM. F. Walkenhorst and wife
to VIM. c. Meyer w. D. $500
tract 40 by 14O #. in Concor-
dia.
Edgar F. Cox to Marvin N &
Joe H. Walter W D $4,000 SW
NE 13-51-25.
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Observation-Disclosures, Missouri Mil
itary Academy; Houser, Labrunerie.
Goal from Observation-Disclosures
Place kick-Labrunerie.
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FRANCE TO HONOR
OUR DEAD
Relatives of the Fallen to Re.
ceive Memorial Diploma.

The French High Commission
recently sent to America will
present to the next kin of Amer
lean soldiers who died in the
service during the war a me-
mortal diploma bearing the sig
nature of President Poincare.
The memorial is a work of art,
the principal figure of the group
symbolizing the soul and spir-
1t of the American Army.
The sword is ready to pro-
tect and defend the weak and
oppressed, who are symbolized
IN a group to the left by a moth
ef holding her baby to her
breast, and to insure freedom
and justice to coming genera
tions' represented by the figure
of a kneeling boy, praying for
deliverance, AT the right a man,
chained and shackled, symbol
zeS the spirit of evil and the vic
tory over our enemies. Also at
the right, browning the spirit of
America, stands GLORY" who
reloices with the old war veter-
an standing to the left of the
principal figure, symbolizing the
armies. Universal fame is sym-
bollzed by a winged figure fly
ing over the group. The Ameri-
can eagle is posed on the staff
OF peace. AT the foot of the GEN.
otaph the flags of France and
America are draped and Joined
together by a wreath.-N. Y.
Times.
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The teachers over the country
have organized the American
Federation of Teachers. 1t is a
national organization affiliated
with the American Federation
of Labor.
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Missourians should be CRATE
full for one thing-that Alex
ander Howat lives in Kansas.
May he always live there, wax
fat, and run for governor-and
be supported by the Kansas City
Star.