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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-15

Young Andrews had called upon the
young lady Of the family Her little brother
Willie came in and offered Andrews piece
OF sticky chocolate. Andrews wanted to
make friend of Willie so he took it and
ate 1t. Willie watched the eating intently
and when it was all finished he said: "Was
it all right?'
Yes, indeed" replied Andrews every
nice, in fact
"Thats funny, thoughtfully said Willie
my cat spat it out once and my dog spat
it out twice.
An enthusiastic fisherman who was at the
same time a stanch teetotaler engaged
Scotchman to take him fishing Although
ne had good stretch Of water to fish in,
night after night he came back with an
empty creel and at last departed in disgust.
After he had gone some one asked the boat
man how it was that a fairly expert fisher
man had such a run of ill luck.
"Aweel,' was the reply, che had nae
Whuskle, so l took him where there was nae
flush! 7"
A man reported to his friends that lec-
ture which he had delivered the evening be-
fore had proved soothing, rousing and salts
flying to his audience.
His skeptical comrades jeeringly demand
ed an explanation in the following terms:
1T was soothing, for half the folks fell
asleep it was rousing, for the other half
got up and went away; and it was satisfy
ing, as they all declared that they wished
never to hear that man again.
There is certain long suffering father
whose nerves sometimes give way under the
constant fire Of questions from his talkative
8 year old son.
"Dad" asked the youngster, just as the
old man had one evening settled down for
a perusal of his newspaper. dad, am I
made of dust?'
81 think not" responded the unhappy
parent. "Otherwise you d dry up now and
then"
A man was once relating his adventures
in Africa to his comrades: "There was only
one adventure worth speaking off,
'And what was that?'
81 was once walking through forest with
my rifle on my arm when lion sprang out
of the bushes in front Of me. I immedi-
ately covered him and pulled the trigger
The only noise I heard was the click. The
rifle was empty I had used my last cart
I1USc! IuIOWluS dolUC Lily uoClCSS WCdpOu,
I sprang at the roaring BRUTE Catching
his lower jaw in one hand and his upper
jaw with the other, I held him there (his
comrades gasp till he dropped down dead
with starvation and-(here the whole of his
audience bag and baggage, fainted)."
On the range party Of recruits were
firing their first course. The sergeant in
charge noticed that one of them-a man
named Smith-was missing the target every
time.
At last, quite fed up with the mans bad
firing, the sergeant went across to him and
told him to go and shoot himself.
The man disappeared A few seconds
later a report was heard from the spot
where Smith had gone to. The sergeant
hurried to the spot and shouted, care you
there Smith?'
eyes, sergeant" same the reply. GIVE
missed again!'
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-15
STOLEN FROM THIEVES

umbrella lie was modest and seemed to be
nervous, and she finally remarked softly:
"Charlie, I'll carry the umbrella if you III
let me.
ooh, no. | can carry it.
eyes Cahrlie; but you see your arm takes
up so much room that one side of me is out
in the wet.
81 know, dear, but what will I do with
my arm9 Won't it be in the way all the
same?'
81 don't know, Charlie Tom Clark al
ways knows what to do with his arm when
he is under an umbrella with Mary Martin,
because Mary told me so.''
'''The man who can meet emergencies,
who can rise to the occasion, is the man
who will succeed,' declares Charles M
Schwab, "like the chap who was one even
ing suddenly confronted by disconnected
WIFE She said:
g Before we were married you used to
bring me flowers every day, but now you
never think of getting me even bunch of
volets
"'But, my DEAR he protested, without a
second s hesitation, the pretty flower girls
don t attract me now as much as they used
"And, of course, she told him that on
second thought she really didn't care for
flowers
She sighed. CT saw the loveliest lace cur
tains!'' she murmured. 81 did want them
so badly!'' She sighed again. ''But [ knew
you wished to economic, my dear, so l
didn't get them"
Then he spoke. "That's too bad, DEAR"
he said generously "Anything that adds
to your happiness and brings gladness to
4l,o4 l,,,cs oh do
nestle cares and gilds the lowering clouds;
thorny path of duty and appeals to your
aesthetic nature, you are welcome to-lt 1t
doesn' t cost more than a quarter
Up at the hospital they are having good
laugh at the expense of certain physician
who had sent patient home as convalescent.
He instructed the mans wife to call him
next morning at the hospital and report.
In due time she called up and said lie
has been feeling very badly. [ do every
thing I can to please him, but nothing seems
to satisfy him."
''But you wouldn' say his condition was
critical, would you?" demanded the doctor,
to which the woman replied:
cts worse than critical; it's abusive'
They were playing poker in western
town. One Of the players was stranger
and was getting nice trimming. Finally
the sucker saw one of the players give him.
self three aces from the bottom Of the pack.
The sucker turned to the man beside him
and said ''Did you see that?''
"See what?" asked the man.
"Why that fellow dealt himself three aces
from the bottom of the deck' said the
sucker.
"Wel what about it," asked the man.
cit was his deal, wasn't it?'
'Gentlemen, said the sheriff, putting his
head into the jury room, eff there is no
chance Of your agreeing Immediately on
verdict, the judge will step out to lunch y
''Tell his honor he may 60 to lunch, said
the foreman.
81 was about to add" continued the
sheriff, "that the circus comes into town at
2 O'clock and it's twenty minutes to two
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-08

| lily from our town, and hope they will
decide to return again, as they did at
ter few years the time they went to
make their home in Kansas.
| Mr.. O. A. Sherwood will move at
once into the house he recently pur-
chased Of Mr.. Johnson, and Mr. Wells
into the house they vacate.
Mrs. Joel Johnson entertained the
N. N. c. and number Of invited
guests last Thursday afternoon.
The contract for the sewer was let
| by the COUNSEL to the Moore.Seig COM
pany of Waterloo, who will begin work
at the disposal plant October fifteenth.
The approximate cost of the disposal
plant will be $l3.33O. and of the rest
Of the work $4,000. 1t is much
needed improvement and finds few
who are opposed to it.
A regreable occurrence was the TAX
| ing of Mr.. LAWYERS car by Johnny
Auen the first of the week, and his
starting away from home in it. Harsh
| treatment at home and lack of future
except of the same stamp made the
boy, who is ignorant in spite of his
years, do wrong in the attempt to
escape. It will be we'll II investiga-
ton by the authorities will lead to the
boy being sent where he will have a
fighting chance in the battle Of life.
On Saturday last Mrs. Yohnke fin
ished her earthly existence after suf.
fering for some weeks She was
about &C years old, widow with a
large family of grownup sons and
daughters and had lived here for a
good many years. She was devout
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-08
VAIL ITEMS
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w. v. Varlicky, of Cedar Rapids,
is visiting here with his sisters, Mrs.
Frank Starek and Mrs. w. Starek.
w. A. Mcguire and family and Miss
Margaret Regain and the B. J. Nc
Andrews family motored to Denison
Monday evening to hear Fiske O'Hara.
Richard IBrockelsby was a business
visotor in Denison Monday last
Miss Marie O'Connor. Of Denison,
spent Sunday here with her friend,
Glare Molseed.
Joe Slechta and wife were Denison
visitors Monday last.
Misses Elizabeth Keane and Nellie
Cunningham, of Des Moines, arrived
here Saturday for a visit at the Har-
ry Norton home.
Mrs. Clark White, of Denison, spent
Saturday visiting at the Ben Olsen
home here.
Misses Marcella and Marie Dean
we're Denison shoppers Wednesday.
Oscar Buchanan returned home the
last OF the past week from camp, hay
ing received his discharge. Oscar
saw active service "over there and
was for some time one Of the Ger
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-08

Friday morning of last week to Sun
day afternoon. Miss Mamie Hoyt al
so attended on Saturday and Sunday
visiting with Elsie Sherwood.
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Wade went tc
Meadow Grove, Neb., on Thursday OF
Hast week on business, returning the
first of the week.
Mrs. Norman Gardner and children
of Lake View visited over Sunday
here at the Ben Gardner home.
Dewe:1 Sandford and Kenneth Gard
ner were over Sunday visitors at FIT
Dodge where Norman Gardner, Ken
neth's father, is working.
Walter Duffy went to Des Moines
on Monday. a... IS
Miss Irene Carnahan was shopping
lat Sioux City last Saturday.
Steve Hoft returned from Omaha or
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Lottie and Miss Lenore Fin
ley were shopping at Sac City last
Thursday afternoon. a.. .....
Mrs. l. N. Danskin, of Nevada, came
last week to visit here with her sis
ter in law, Mrs. w. H. Eccles. The
first of this week the Mesdames Keith
and Danskin accompanied their host
ess to visit other relatives at Nevada
and Colorado. ....
Miss Ferrill, of Dewitt, is here Wis
iting at the home of her uncle, James
Duffy.
Miss Corie Robinson spent Sunday
at Battle Creek with her mother.
Mrs. Carrie Dean returned last
Thursday from Sac City, and the fol
lowing day left for her home in Sioux
City. Mrs. A. B. Finley accompanied
her home, and is visiting there this
week.
Leslie Dean came up from Ames
last Saturday to spend his birthday
here at home, returning to Ames Sun
day evening. vr
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rink and two chill
dren, of Council Bluffs, are visiting
at Sieverts. ar4as
Mr.. and Mrs. David Law went last
week to spend a few weeks at the
former home Of Mrs. Law at Bolivar,
Missouri. q 1.:A
Mrs. Carl Hanke and children went
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-08

to Denison Sunday where they will
visit and then go on to their new home
in California.
Miss Elsie Johnson will return
Tuesday to Iowa City.
Oliver and Helen Johnson visited
from Thursday evening till Sunday
evening near Sac City with their sis
ter, Mrs. R. P. Irwin.
Mrs. H. F. Goodale and daughter
Alma, visited from Wednesday to Fri
day at the Benson home in Auburn.
Chas. Johnson has been spending
the past week in Kansas visiting his
sister and in Nebraska.
DR.. and Mrs. Hayden returned Wed
nesday evening from their Des Moines
trip. - '.~ .,',
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson were
in town short time Monday, start
ing in the late afternoon on, the first
part of their journey to California in
their auto. They will 60 to Colorado
and wait there for the other members
of the family to join them.
Gus Anderson and daughters, iHilda
and Mrs. Brown and the latter's small
son, Of Odebolt, visited here with Alex
and John Johnson on Monday.
Mrs. Ed. Allen returned last Friday
from her visit with her mother in
Des Moines.
Mrs. Ida Decker, OF Lake City, was
a guest of Mrs. w. H. Eccles last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Maroney and
Miss Marie Maroney were at Auburn
Monday. Mr.. IMaroney returned last
week on Wednesday where he has
been working for some weeks past
Mrs. Wheeler, who has been visit
ing at the l.. C. Clothier home the
past few weeks, returned to her home
in Lincoln, Neb, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Blanche Clothier will enter
tain the Priscilla Embroidery club al
her home south of town on Friday at
ternoon. s..- a.~ .fIr .N-r
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Johnson and son
Carlyn, and Mr.. Johnsons brother
Charles. who has been visiting here
for a few weeks, will leave for Cali.
fornia by auto the middle of this
week. We are sorry to lose this fam
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-08
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Rev. and Mrs. w. E. Ellison at
tended the annual conference at Sioux
City last week and over Sunday, and
will return from thence by way OF
Newell, where they left their car and
son, Eugene.
The last week has been one of bust.
ness for the Methodist Ladies Aid So
ciety, beginning with the general cleo
ton Of officers the week before with
Mrs. Chas. Shaw as president and
Mrs. c. H. Young as Sec. Treas. On
Wednesday evening the circles were
re-divided, to equalize membership
and working forces. The next eve
ming circle No. met with Mrs. Hoyt
to organize. Mrs. J. R. Butler was
elected president; Mrs. Hayden, vice
president and Mrs. Goodale, secre-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-08

member Of the Catholic church from
which she was buried on Monday, her
pastor, Rev. FIR. slattery conducting
the service, interment being in the
Wall Lake Catholic cemetery by the
side Of her husband who preceded
her many years ago. She was sis
ter of August Schumann whose death
occurred last year. She had never re-
ally recovered from the effects Of the
flu which she had last winter. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
BIRTHS REPORTED

The following births were reported at
the office of the city clerk for the week
ending July 10. 1919:
Lawrence street. June JIG. girl Viola lean.
Walter Harper and wife. Soldier Twp.
June -. girl, Dorothy Zachirinson.
William W. Huey and wife. 1878 Mulvane
street. July IL. boy. Nelson Drake
March &C. girl. Edith Marion.
Chas. Weber Kimes and wife 1135 n.
Kansas avenue. Nav %. girl. Betty Jane
Joseph Thomas Mcfarland and wife 1882
Harrison street. June 4. girl Rosa Ona.
Joseph R. Meakins and wife. 313 Law
renee street. June IL. girl. Ruth Alberta.
Frank A Meyers and wife III Jefferson
street. july 10. boy. Calvin F.
Lewis Napew and wife, 40 Gordon
street. July 10. boy. Vernon Orlando
Jesse Taylor and wife. 213 r. Fair
child street. July 10. girl. Thelma
Adam Artzer and wife. 500 n. Harrison
street. July Z. girl.
William C. Chaffee and wife Union Pa
cific hotel. July 4. girl.
Cyrus F. Dewar and wife, PIT East 5th
street. July IL. hoy.
Ernest CiHud johnson and wife. june
%. twin boys.
Tom W. johnson and wife, 800 Kansas
avenue July q. boy.
Mickie Long and wife. 127 Quincy street
Julv s. girl.
wendell oliver and wife. SIT West 21st
street. July II. girl
Robert Perkins and wife, 323 Kansas
avenue, July IL, girl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
FROG" FRENCH COMMON
1t Is Used Every Day in once of
Colonel Travis.

recently discharged soldier. a
member of the 130th field artillery, of
the Thirty-fifth division went to work
few days ago in the home office of
local life insurance company.
Friday his duties took him to the
office OF the superintendent of insur-
ance in the state house. 1t was his
first trip to that office. There was a.
middle-aged man roaming around the
place 'parleying' a wicked line of
frog" French. There was "bookoo''
talk of "bookoo" things. Tres beaus,"
Ca ne fait riens. oui, outs and other
trench French. frog" as they call it,
known to the soldiers of the many ma
tons. sprinkled recklessly about the
room. The "old bird" must have seen
some service thought the ex-artillery-
man.
He sent for a girl clerk to report
to him foot sweet" The girl did.
She walked up to the man in a right
smart, military manner. clicked her
heels, came to atteption, and snapped
off wicked salute.
How do you get that way" said the
man. Where do you get that frog
salute?"
DO it this way" and he illustrated.
It didn't quite suit the ex-buck
private's sense of the fitness of things.
So he rode in. What's that?" he
asked. the officers privilege"
Then he wondered why the man
looked at him sort of funny like and
walked out Who is that guy?" he
asked.
"oh. that's Colonel Travis" he was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

papers at Alma, Eskridge, Usage City,
Burlingame, Scranton and Carbon
dale.
In making such q circuit the flyer
would go over six counties, and If such
a service proved satisfactory it would
be just as easy to send another plane
directly west. touching Manhattan,
Junction City, Abilene, Salina and
Ellsworth, in the same time the plane
plying in the immediate territory of
Topeka was making its circuit trip
. The cost of airplanes already is so
reasonable that newspapers could af-
ford them without a big expense out
lay. but it will probably be necessary
to develop engines of longer life than
those used at present to make the up
keep costs more economical. With
the most careful flying a plane that
would be in use every day in such
service would have to have a. new
engine every few months and this ex-
pense would be almost prohibitive If
the plane was used only for carrying
newspapers. However. many who are
looking forward to aerial newspaper
circulation believe that 1t will be de-
veloped in the same way railroad serv-
ice has been developed. They believe
big planes that can carry many passen-
gers on one trip will establish regular
routes and will carry passengers and
newspapers at the same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

The experiment of carrying after
noon newspapers by airplane to sub
scribers in other towns. that was made
Thursday afternoon when The Topeka
State Journal subscribers at Eskridge
received their papers thru the air in
the machine of Lieutenant Weber
has led to much speculation as to
what can be done in a practical way
along this line. AS has been said be-
fore, the great drawback to aerial
newspaper circulation is the bad
weather element, but it is almost as
sured that planes will soon be so cor
structed that they can fly in all kinds
of weather.
The map above shows what could be
done in the territory Immediately sur
rounding Topeka in aerial circulation.
A plane carrying 5000 papers could
easily within one hour and fifty min
utes drop these papers in nine towns
surrounding Topeka and return to the
home field to reload and take out a
later edition to other towns.
Starting from Topeka. a plane
would be able to make a circuit of
11S miles on such a trip. The pilot
could drop the Rossville circulation,
then go on to st. Marys. Continuing
down the Waw he would visit Wa
mego and then turn south. leaving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
A PLUM TO STATE
Kansas Took In More Than the
Memorial Hall Cost.
This Shown in Report Filed by
w. E. COnneIIey.

William z. Connelley, secretary of
the state historical society, made
some rather startling revelations to-
day when he filed a formal report of
the affairs of the Memorial Hall
building commission with L. ]. Petit
john, secretary of state. ConneIleys
report shows that the state received
from the federal government, city of
Topeka and Chamber of Commerce.
$2,609.47 more than was paid for the
property and construction of the build
ing.
The report came to the state depart
ment today when the building was
formally turned over to the state
executive council by the building
commission. The building is placed
under supervision of the executive
council by act of the 1919 legislature
Statement Is Lengthy.
Connelley's statement covers more
than 100 typewriter pages. 1t goes
into details regarding all phases of
the building and management of the
bill hall. A number of suggestions are
made as to needed repairs and i'm
provements. These betterments have
been impossible. Connelley asserts,
owing to a lack of appropriations for
the work.
The real feature of the report, tho.
is in the review of expenses for site
and construction. Connelley asserts
that the hall was completed at an ex-
pense of 1929, 1851. OF this amount
1919, 921.9S was paid by warrants drawn
on the state treasury. The city of To-
peka donated $9,113.33, while the
Chamber of Commerce gave $500 to
the fund.
Get Big War Claims.
War claims received by the state
from the federal government in 1903
09 amounted to $522 53145. Under a
resolution adopted by the legislature
when provision was made for the con-
struction of the hall, the money from
war claims was made available to the
building commission for purchase of
a site and construction work. With
the use of $519,921.9S from state
funds, Connelley shows that the state
received $2,609.47 more from the war
claims than was paid to the commits
sion for the erection of the building
With the use of funds from the city
and Chamber of Commerce. money
provided the state is shown by Con-
nelley's report to have been in excess
of the total expense of construction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
Sergt. Claude e. Aldridge Tells
of French Courtship.
He Had To Overcome Objec-
lions of Father-in-Law.
BRIDE is REGAINING HEALTH
She Is Recovering From an
Accident in Paris.
First Soldier Bride Brought
Back to Topeka.

The condition of Mrs. Charlotte
Aldridge, the French bride of Sergt.
Claude E. Aldridge, who was the~only
Topekan in the A. E. F. to bring
home a French girl as his wife. is
steadily improving and it is hoped
that she will be able within a week
to leave the hospital where she was
taken upon her arrival here a few
days ago. Mrs. Aldridge was injured
in an automobile accident in Paris just
before sailing for America with her
Yankee husband.
Aldridge said today that he intend
ed to locate in Topeka and might go
into business here later. At present
he is living with his brother. Harry
Aldridge, 12S Clay street. The man
.ner in which he met the beautiful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

French girl who was destined to be-
come his wife was related today.
How Romance Began.
He was living with French family
in Los Angeles, while working for the
South California Edison company.
When war was declared on Germany,
he enlisted first in the infantry and
unit mechanical repair shop, which
was the forerunner of the motor
transport corps. When he left for
France the French family gave him
letters of Introduction to another
family in Paris.
He went over in January. 1918. and
was among 1875 men sent to Paris to
establish a motor overhaul park
While here the men took care of the
motor vehicles of eight divisions dur
ing the Chateau-Thierry drive.
Aldridee visited the French family
were addressed and was warmly re-
ceived. While attending a dinner with
them at a neighbours house he met
Miss Charlotte Palazo. 1t was prac-
tically a case of love at first sight,
but French conventions prevent a
young man calling on a girl at her
home, unless they are engaged. How
ever, there was nothing to prevent him
from calling on mother. so he got
busy in true Yankee style.
About the 11rSt attempt, her s1ather
ordered him away from the place, he
said. When he preached the subject
of marriage, the Frenchman went up
in the air" But when matters were
explained and Aldridge showed he was
well able to care for the girl, he fl
nally obtained the fathers consent
to marry Charlotte and bring her to
America.
Married In March.
Aidridee had arrived in France in
January and met Mademoiselle Palazo
in June. In the meantime, he had
made a little study of French, so the
matter of wooing had no distractions
in its path. They were married in
March, 1919.
With her injuries received in the
automobile accident, the long trip
across the Atlantic with her husband
and the 46 hours ride on the train
was a wearisome and painful journey
for Mrs. Aldridge. She was rushed
to a local hospital as soon as they
arrived in Topeka. But the Fates
seem to regard them kindly. for she
is getting along finely and will soon
be able to be about and explore the
new world that is to be her home.
With her health restored; with the
Huns defeated and her husband dis
charged from the army. they intend
soon to settle down in a little home
Of their own.
Aldridge was an ignition expert
with the motor repair shop. He lived
in Topeka until 1908. and then off
and on until 1913, going to California
in November, 1917, from where he
enlisted.