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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-02-26
Sheriff's Sale in Partition.
larcuec Hawk and Emma I'rick
Plaintiffs.


vs..
Ollie lawk, Defendant
In the Circuit Court OF Bates Coun-
|1y Missouri.
Hy virtue and authority OF a decree
Ia,:d order OF sale made bv the said
Court. in the above entitled cause
land ri a certified copy thereof dated
February nth, 1920, will on March
5th, 1920, between the hours OF nine
o clock in the forenoon and five
L" clock in the afternoon OF that day
Ia. the front door OF the Court IIous.
BIC +,--.4-441' BATES County
Missouri. sell at public vcndue to the
highest bidder, the following de-
scribed real estate, viz:
The East half I-a) ni the North
west quarter GO OF section "a,
Township 10 of Range .},}, in
Bates County, Missouri
For cash in hand ON approval OF the
sale
J. ". BAKER,
IH.It Sheriff.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-02-26
Nosicc OF Administrators Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
Tue OF an order Of the Probate Court
t"i The County OF Bates and STATE OF
Missouri made at the November,
lpIo, term thereof, and ON the 9Th day
VI January, 1920, |, e.. j. Lane, Adj
mlnlstrator OF the estate oi Monroe
i.askcy, deceased, Will. on the 2Ist
day of March, 1920. at the East
Court House door in the City OF But
Ter, County oi Bates. and during the
session OF the Probate Court OF said
county OF Bates. sell at public auc-
ton, all of the interest of Monroe
Laskcy, deceased, in and to the fol
lowing described real estate to-wit:
The East tWo-thirds ,,-5) OF
Block Seven E)aand a strip nine
90 feet wide oil OF the East
side OF the West one-third (I-,3)
OF Block Seven (7) in the old
Town nf Butler, Bates County,
Missouri,
Terms OF sale, Cash.
&. J. LANE,
l0-4t Administrator.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
Important Meeting
of Boy Scout Troops
Three Troops Meet Tonight and Others
Thursday Night - First Band
Rehearsal Will Be Friday.

Three interesting and important
Boy Scout troop meetings are SEIZED
uled for tonight and two for Thursday
night and band rehearsal, the first
of the season, for Friday night.
Troop No. 8, Theodore E. Otto scout
master, will meet tonight at Balm
school. Mr.. Otto is new scoutmaster
who is just getting broke in to the
work and his troop promises to do
some excellent work under his leader
ship.
Troop No. 5, George B. Robinson
scoutmaster, will meet tonight at the
Lincoln school.
Troop No. 9, Lester Siedschlag scout
master, will meet tonight at Weiskopf
school.
Troop No. 10, w. D. Sydney scout
master, will meet in Frank school on
Thursday night, and Troop No. A, John
Glpfried scoutmaster, will meet in the
X. z. Hall on this same date.
The Boy Scout band will hold the
first rehearsal of the season in the
Coliseum on Friday night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
Leap Year Boosts Business
ofKenosha County, Cupid

Miss Russell declared that she had
no actual statement on which to base
her assumption that S1eap year was
to blame for the business rush of
Cupid"
"None of tb IN have announced that
this was the case" said Miss Russell,
''and, of course, I never asked them
about it. l admit that several of the
couples looked as if the wife might
have been forced to take the initia-
tive, but in only one case was
there even the suggestion that the
young lady helped the bashful young
man to follow the dictates of Cupid"
County Clerk Holderness Surer.
County Clerk Charles Holdarness
was even more insistent that leap
year was responsible for the increase
in licenses.
Now young man., said the County
Clerk, would surely halt this year of
all years because of the high cost of
living but despite this, here we have
doubled our applications. Ny only ex-
PLANTATION is that the blush;ng BRIDE
To- be, getting little holder and more
forgetful of the high cost of living
has popped the question. After that
of course, the payment OF the penalty
OF refusal-a new silk dress, You know
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
BRIGADIER SMITH TO SPEAK.
brlgadler Smith of Milwaukee to Speak
at Salvation Army Meeting
Saturday.

A Salvation Army special salvation
campaign will be conducted at the Sal
walton Army Hall, PIT Market street,
on Saturday evening, at 1880 O'Clock,
and on Sunday at 1880 am, 2:3O and
$500 pm. Brigadier and Mrs. J. G..
Smith, divisional officers from Milwau-
kee, are coming to take charge of the
campaign and it is anticipated that
their visit to Kenosha will be most
successful one. Brigadier Smith will
speak at all the meetings which will
be varied and full of interest to all
who will be fortunate enough to be
present. Special features on the pro-
gram for Sunday afternoon are the
dedication of infants and the enroll
ment of Junior soldiers. The evening
meeting will be the scene of a senior
enrolment of soldiers. The newly
formed young peoples brass band will
play for the first time in public on
Sunday afternoon and evening. These
meetings are public and all who come
will receive hearty welcome.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
Nothing in leap year ?

Nothing in leap year?
Maybe not but Kenosha's emissary
of Cupid over at the office of the
county clerk where applications for
marriage licenses are filed has an idea
that women of Kenosha County may
be popping the question" pretty live
ly this year and being unusually sue
cessfull with it.
Miss Ivy Russell, deputy county
clerk of Kenosha County, meets all the
Kenosha County people who are seek
ing to launch out into the matrimon-
ial sea and she is insistent that the
passenger list of Cupid's boat has been
unusually long for these first two
months of leap year.
Has the Figures on 1t.
maybe it is just coincidence" she
said, but it certainly seems that the
women must be in league with the
little god of love and are taken ad-
vantage of their prerogatiye to do the
proposing. For the first two months
of this year there have been exactly
fifty-nine couples here asking to be
married. Last year wasn't leap year
and we had only thirty couples with
twenty two in the year before. OF
course those were war years and there
are other things to be considered but
- =. L Y. L
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R. n. Kimball is in New York City
on business for the Black Cat company.
Harry Remer is i'll at his home on
Grover street.
Miss Sophye Zens is confined to her
home on Grover street, by illness.
The members of the Kenosha County
Dental Society will meet at the EIks'
Club at six o'clock this evening.
Mrs. Alvin odelberg and son, Samuel,
have returned to their home on Newell
street, after a fey days visit with
friends and relatives in Chicago.
The members of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Swedish Baptist Church
will be entertained in the church par
lors Thursday afternoon by the Mes
DANES Graugaard and Hedstrom.
Mrs. John Pitts of Exchange street,
has been called to Lockport, n. Y, by
the serious illness of her daughter,
Mrs. James Mccain. Mrs. Pitts was
accompanied by Mrs. Fred Beckman.
The members of the Racine enosha
B'Nai Birth Lodge initiated several
candidates at Castle Hall Tuesday
evening. The next meeting will be
held in Racine and arrangements have
been made for an especially entertain
ing program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Cox, Albion
place, entertained at buneo Tuesday
evening in celebration Of the birthday
anniversary of their daughter, La
Verne. At midnight a sweet course,
the appointments for which were car
ried out in green, was served to the
fifteen guests. Dancing concluded the
merry evening.
Mrs. E. D. Schultz, 1867 Salem aven-
ne, entertained Monday afternoon in
celebration of the birthday anniver-
sary of her daughter, little Miss Vir-
ginia Moore. Miss Virginia received
many dainty gifts from the twelve
little girls who were invited in for the
afternoon. The afternoon was spent
in games and at five O'Clock a sweet
course was served to the youngsters.
A decorative motif of pink and white
was used.
Arthur Robinson, 87S Willow street,
returned to Kenosha Tuesday evening
after an extended visit in England.
Mr.. Robinson visited his parents, whom
he had not seen for twelve years, at
Leeds, England. He was accompanied
on the return trip by Miss May Lodge,
and Mrs. Edith Wilkinson, war
widow. Miss Lodge will make her
home in Kenosha and Mrs. Wilkinson
will make an indefinite visit with her
brothers, Leonard and Thomas Parker,
1858 Market street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
Personals

w. s. Lamb is visitor in Chicago
today.
G. A. Mittelstaed is able to be out
again after short illness.
Miss Isabel Wells of Park avenue
visited friends in Chicago today.
M. Stern of Fremont avenue, is
spending the day in Milwaukee.
Mrs. Leo Condor spent the day in
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller of Racine
were the guests OF Kenosha friends
on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Florence Portwine will be one
of a theatre party at the 'Follies" in
Chicago this afternoon.
Walter NJ Burke has returned from
short trip to Chippewa Falls on
legal business.
The Woman's Club of Kenosha held
its regular meeting at the Park Ave
nue. NJ. E. Church this afternoon.
Master Charles McGivern, who has
been seriously i'll at his home, is re-
ported as very much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Zipf and Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Stuart were Chicago
visitors today
Among those who secured marriage
licenses in Waukegan on Tuesday were
Lester Woodstock and Miss Anna Mar
vim, both of Kenosha.
Mrs. Henry Ellsworth left this
morning for Fl. Atkinson where she
will visit week with her sister, Mrs.
John Gates.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Nor
wegian Lutheran Church will hold
its meeting Thursday at the home
of Mrs. Jensen, 1866 Salem avenue.
The advisory board of the Kenosha
Service League held its regular month
ly meeting this morning in the offices
of the organization.
Norman Burke and William Ander-
son are leaving Kenosha this evening
for Tampa, Florida, to take charge of
their farm located near that city.
Miss Myrtle Johnson and Miss Mary
Anderson are in Chicago today to at
tend the matinee performance of "Tthe
Follies."
The members of the Social Circle of
the First Congregational Church met
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. A. w.
Gillespie on Sheridan Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McMasters of
Lafayette, Ind, returned to their home
this morning after two weeks visit
in Kenosha.
The annual election of the Kenosha
Elks takes place on Thursday evening,
1t is expected that one of the largest
crowds in the history of the lodge will
be present for the election.
Mrs. William E. Nelson will be hos
tess at dinner and cards at the Elks
Club this evening. Dinner will be at
$50 and cards in the back lounge will
follow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
AdOlph Epstein was Chicago visitor

Adolph Epstein was Chicago visitor
on Tuesday.
Charles Weiner was business
visitor to Chicago on Tuesday.
Charles H. Curtiss was among Tues
days business visitors to Chicago.
Coroner Truman t. Parker and Bert
Shaw are visitors in Chicago today
Mrs. C. Glerum is i'll with influenza
at her home, S5S S. Sheridan Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Grassmuck are
leaving today for a ten days visit
to st. Louis.
Mrs. William B. Arthur, who has
been at the St. GATHERINGS Hospital
where she recently underwent an oper-
alton, will be removed to her home, 10
Lemon street today.
Mrs. Paul Mccain of Junction City,
Kansas, is expected in Kenosha this
evening for visit with her mother,
Mrs. Katherine Mcnamara, at her home
on Park street.
Harry Wisnn has returned to Lafa-
yette, Ind, after few days visit with
his family on Elmhurst avenue. The
| Wisnns plan to make their home in
Lafayette in the near future.
j. P. Ward, field manager of the
Wright Directory forces, was in Ra-
cine Tuesday on business connected
with the getting out of the new direc-
tory for that city.
The valentine social which was post
poned because of the evangelistic meet
ings at the church, will be held by the
Acme class of the Swedish Baptist
Church this evening.
All reservations for card tables for
the monthly women's card party at the
Elks' Club on Thursday afternoon
must be in by nine o'clock Thursday
morning. These parties are always a
delightful pastime and it is anticipat-
ed that this weeks party will prove
just as successful as previous affairs.
The members of the H. H. unit of
the Girls Community Service League
held an important business meeting in
the club rooms Tuesday evening. Miss
Beatrice Allie was taken in as a unit
member. The social hour which fol-
lowed the business session was devot-
ed to cards and dancing.
George Epstein, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Epstein of South street, celebrated
his ninth birthday anniversary Tues
day afternoon with party to his fell
low pupils in Miss Holmes room at
the Durkee school. A very entertain
ing program of games was arranged
and at the end of a perfect day deli
cious refreshment course was served.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
GRAND LECTURER COMING.
Grand Lecturer Greene of Masonic
Lodges of State to Visit Here.

Grand Lecturer Greene of Masonic
Lodges of State to Visit Here.
announcement was made this morn
ing by Alvin T. Hansen, Worship Mas
ter of the Kenosha Lodge of Masons,
that D. B. Greene, Grand Lecturer Of
the Masonic lodges of the state of
Wisconsin, had accepted the invitation
of the Kenosha lodge to visit it on
next Saturday evening. Preparations
are being made to accord the visitor
a rousing welcome and it is believed
that it will be one of the most notable
meetings of the Kenosha Masons dur
ing the year. 1t will be held in the
new Masonic Temple at the Simmons
Memorial Church and will start at
seven-thirty o'clock. A notable meet
ing of the Kenosha lodge will also he
held on Monday evening at the Temple
to be followed by a meeting of the
Masonic Temple Association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
THANK OFFERING MEETING.
Miss Emma Knox Tells w. F. Nj. S. of
Park Avenue M. E. of Mission
arV Work

approximately seventy members of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soci-
ETY. of the Park Avenue NJ. E. Church
met for the annual thank offering
meeting at the home of Mrs. H. G..
Johnson on West Park place Tuesday
afternoon. The devotions were led by
Mrs. S. E. Hawkes.. Due to the illness
of Mrs. Kreiman, president of the So
ciety, Mrs. John Butcher presided.
Miss Emma Knox, a missionary to
China, who is on furlough to the
United States, gave the address for
the afternoon. Miss Knox, who or
ganizes mission day schools for chill
dren in Pekin, China, and who also has
charge of the Women's work in the sur
rounding district, gave an informal
resume of the task.
An important point in the work is
the establishment of the training
schools for the wives of the native
ministers. AS the women of China
have never been considered worthy of
education it was found that they often
hindered the work Of their husbands
VIM were COHfGIISu anu were Trying 70
promulgate their teachings to others.
The training course is of three years
duration and the women and children
are quartered in the buildings dur
ing the time.
The time spent in these schools
makes untold changes in the lives of
the women who then return to their
homes and conduct the establishments
on a model plane for the people living
whereabouts. The talR contained many
humorous anecdotes of the supersti-
tions and customs of the Chinese and
of the problems of missionary who
was forced to be jack of all trades.
The program for the afternoon con-
sisted of violin solo, "Schubert's
Serenade," by Walter Reed, and read
ing, "The House by the Side of the
Road" by Coyla Marquisse. Mesdames
Jacob Gies and Frank Tillotson as
sisted with the delicious refreshment
course which was served during the
social hour.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
REMEMBERS DAYS
| OF STAGE COACH
Mrs. J. A. Downs, SO Years
Old Tells of Early
Wisconsin.
PLENTY OF INDIANS

The Oldest "leap year baby" in the
state Of Wisconsin is probably resi-
dent of Kenosha County. She is Mrs.
J. A. Downs, now 80 years old, who
lives with her daughter, Mrs. w. r.
Pine, at the home in lakewood on the
Cooper Road. On Sunday Mrs. Downs
celebrated her 22nd birthday when she
was at home to her friends and be-
cause her birthday comes so infrequent-
ly she was continuing the celebration
on Monday when some of the late ar
rivals called to bring her congratula-
tions for completing her 22nd quad
rennium.
Hostess Is Reminiscent.
The guests of Mrs. Downs found
her charming hostess on Sunday and
Monday. She recalled her various leap
year birthdays and told them Of many
interesting times in the history of
the Badger state. She was born in
Cornish, New Hampshire on February
the 10th, 1882 and saw five birthdays
in New England. When % she came
west with her parents and took up her
home in northern Wisconsin near
where the village of Omro now stands.
She spent Is birthdays there and on
Sunday she told of many interesting
events in the history of that section
of Wisconsin. A year ago Mrs. Downs
moved to Kenosha and Sunday was the
first birthday that she has spent in
this city.
Came in Stage Coach.
One of the interesting things told
by Mrs. Downs was how she came to
her home in the northern part Of the
state in stage coach. She declared
that for years she travelled in north
ern Wisconsin via stage coach and
that the people of those days believed
that they made remarkable time"
She also told how when she first came
west, she was astonished at the great
number of Indians they found here
since the community in which she set
tied had almost as many redskins as
whites. She told of many interesting
escapades of frontier life and contrast
led the present with the conditions of
her early life.
Reads Paper Every Day.
In spite of her advancing years Mrs.
Downs has not lost interest in the
present day happenings. She still
reads the paper every day and talked
as glibly of the events of the current
time as of those of half century ago.
In the year that she has lived in Ken
osha she has made many friends and
asarge majority of them have visited
her during the two days to wish her
good health and good fortune enough
to see returns of her leap year birth
day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
OLD WHIST CLUB
GETS NEW START
Members of Pioneer Club
Plan Revival at Meet
ing at Elks Club.
FINISH IN CLOSE SCORE

The Kenosha Whist Club, Oldest of
the organizations of it's kind in Keno
sha, took new lease on life at the
Elks Club on Tuesday evening when a
round dozen of the members of the old
club met for reunion and during the
evening plans were discussed for the
reviving of the activities of the club.
The plans as made provide only for a
monthly meeting to be held at the
Elks Club but it is thought that later
on plan will be worked out for more
frequent gatherings of the members
of the club and that the invitation to
others to join the club will prove at
tractive enough to bring very largely
increased membership.
Fred Reinold was selected as direc-
tor of the clubs activity until new
staff of officials are named and A. B.
Curtis was named custodian of the
whist boards, the most priced property
of the club members.
viii Invite New Members.
1t is the intention of the present
membership of the club to seek very
large increase in membership with a
possible limit membership of fifty.
Whist players, who still like a round
OF the old time club or duplicate who
may want to join the club, should get
into touch with Director Reinold. Al
ready more than ten applications for
membership in the club have been re-
ceived. Some of the members of the
club believe that the club may in the
near future have its own club rooms
with the rooms being devoted entirely
to whist.
Card Game Follows Dinner,
The session of the club on Tuesday
evening was the first gathering of the
members in more than a year. Dinner
was served at $50, after which thirty
hands of club whist were played. The
scores were unusually close, the win
ner having narrow margin of four
points. The score of the match fol-
lows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
REUNION FOR GRADUATES.

Alumni of Joint County Teachers
School to Meet at School Saturday.
Invitations have been sent out for a
reunion of the graduates of the
KenoshaRa County Joint Training
School for Teachers to be held at the
school at Union Grove on next Satur-
day. At this meeting plans will be
discussed for the working out of a
welfare organization to have as it's
members both the students and the
alumni of the school. The meeting on
Saturday is also expected to give i'm
petus to the proposed 1920 annual"
the school publication. There are
large number of graduates of the
school in Kenosha county and all are
expected to attend the meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04

The Jewish Ladies Aid Society held
an interesting meeting at the Moose
home Tuesday afternoon. Many mat
tiers of business were discussed and
plans completed for the fancy dress
party to be given Sunday evening at
Castle Hall. Election of officers will
be held at the April meeting. Future
meetings are to be held at the Moose
home. A refreshment courses was
served during the pleasant social hour
which followed the business session.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
"GET-ACQUAINTED PARTY. .
Mrs. Charles Lathrop to Introduce New
Girls Director to KenOsha People.


Girls Director to KenOsha People.
Mrs. Charles Latlrop of Congress
street, has arranged 'get acquainted"
party, to be held in the club rooms of
the Girls Community Service League
on Friday evening, which will intro
duce Miss Mildred Murray, the new
director of the league who makes her
home with Mrs. Lathrop, to a large
circle of her acquaintance. Not only
will the party afford Miss Murray an
opportunity for making the acquaint-
ance of the Kenosha people but the
guests who are invited in will have a
splendid opportunity to meet and know
the girls of the league. Special music
has been secured for the occasion and
an entertaining program has been
arranged.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04

The members of the Kandoo Club of
the First Congregational Church had
their regular buffet supper and bust
ness meeting in the church parlors on
Tuesday evening. Covers were laid for
fifty members. Matters of business
Importance were discussed at the bust
ness session when it was decided that
a church supper would be given Thurs
day, March 18th, and an entertainment
later in the spring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04

Cleveland.-Mrs. A. B. Pyke, first
woman delegate appointed to the Dem
ocratic National Convention, was one
of the most efficient organizers of the
food conservation campaign through
which Herbert Hoover accomplished
the savings of food in America that
enabled him to feed the allies. At the
very beginning of the campaign, Mrs.
Pyke organized the town of Lakewood,
Ohio, her home.
She is a great admirer of Herbert
Hoover. "Mr. Hoover has done mum
Der of wonderful things" she says,
"and the noticeable characteristic of
all of them is their extreme fairness.
II do not believe any candidate can
win, however, who tries to run indie
pendently. Elections will be won by
parties for some time to come. The
very men who talk bravely about in
dependence in voting, will trot up to
the polls and vote their party tickets
when the time comes.
women are naturally more non
partisan, but they too will have to
work through the parties for while,
at least, if they are to use their newly
won votes to advantage"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04

The membership campaign for the
mixed choir of the Friedens Evangel-
zeal Lutheran Church will come to an
end this evening when the winning
team will be announced at social to
be held in the school hall One team
is under the direction of Arthur Leis-
ter and Miss Anna Behrens and the
other team under William Haubrich
and Miss Hattie BIinten.