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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
Heavy Christmas
Mail Increases
Postoffice Help

Santa Claus is taxing the force Of
the Mexico Post Office to its utmost
effort in handling the heavy Christ
mas mails. In addition to a number
of extra men the regular force is
working overtime. The heavy mail
ing of Christmas parcels began Satur-
day.
The incoming mail matter, while al
ready heavy and necessitating aug
mented delivery facilities, will reach
its peak Thursday and Friday with a
heavy delivery during the morning OF
Christmas Day. A large delivery
wagon in addition to the regular
equipment has been employed the first
three days of the week and it is ex-
pected that three or four more wag-
ons will be necessary in delivering the
mails that will arrive during the re-
manning days of the Christmas rush.
According to Postmaster jackson
the mailing of Christmas parcels is
fully as heavy as any previous holi'
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
TRUSTEES L

WHEREAS, William H. VanDeven-
ter, single and over the age of TWEEN
ty-one years, by his certain deed Of
trust, dated October 26th, 1917, duly
acknowledged and recorded in the
Deed of Trust Records, within and for
the County of Audrain, State Of Mis-
souri, in Book 45, Page 143, conveyed
to the undersigned Trustee, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate,
lying and being in the County and
State aforesaid, towit:
All of that part Of the North
East Quarter of Section Twenty-Five
(25) in Township Fifty-one (51),
Range Nine 10y, West Of the Fifth
(5) P. M. lying North and West of the
Center of the Mexico and Louisiana
dirt road; containing Forty Seven and
One-Half (47h) Acres, more or less.
Said conveyance was made in trust
to secure the payment of two certain
promissory notes in said deed of trust
fully described and
WHEREAS default has been made
in payment of said notes and interest.
Now, therefore, l, J.. c. Mundy, the
Trustee named in said deed of trust,
at the request of the legal holder of
said notes, will, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY THE
18TH, 1921,
proceed to sell the said Real Estate
at public vendue to the highest bid
der at the East front door Of the
Court House in the city Of Mexico,
Audrain County, Missouri for cash to
pay said debt and the cost and the ex-
penses of executing this trust.
]. C. MUNDY,
44-4t Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

AND OLDER BOYS AND
GIRLS BOOKS ARE THE AP-
PROVED LIBRARY BOOKS
SELECTED AND ANNOTAT-
ED BY CLARA w. HUNT,
Superintendent of the Child
ren's Department, Brooklyn
Public Library.
RUTH G. HOPKINS, Chill
drens' Librarian, Bridgeport
Public Library, Bridgeport,
Conn.
N X. MATHEWS,
Chief Librarian, Boys Scouts of
America.
MISS HOUSTON, LIBRAR-
IAN MEXICO PUBLIC LIB
RARY AND CRADDOCK AND
SON.
ASK FOR THE APPROVED
BOOKS, CRADDOCK N SON
have them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
FUNERAL FRIDAY

The funeral of Mrs. H. B. Richard
son, matron of Hardin College, who
died in Kansas City Monday, will be
held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at
the Westport Baptist Church in Kan
sas City. Burial will be Immediately
afterward at Liberty, where Mrs.
Richardson's husband is buried. Sew
era1 Of the Hardin College teachers
will 90 from Mexico to the funeral.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
Verdict For $4,000.

In the case of August Diehl, of Full
ton, by his father, Henry Diehl, who
sued the A. P. Green Fire Brick Co,
of this city, for $4,000 damages be-
cause the child was injured by an ex-
ploding dynamite, cap, a verdict was
returned Tuesday night in the Gala
way county Circuit Court for $4,000
for the boy. The verdict was return
ed after five hours deliberation and
was signed only by nine Of the jurors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

The following Mexico Shriners are
home from st. Louis where they at
tended the Shrine banquet Saturday
night: Elmer Niece, John Denser,
Ross Wagner, w. S. Doolin, w. w.
johnson and Milt Householder.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Dear Santa
I hope that you will come and bring
me a doll, Christmas tree, candy, Or
anges and nuts. I want you not to
forget mother and father and Willard.
I want you to bring them as many
things as l ask for. l hope you will
come in your sled and come down the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
Dear Santa Claus:-

Dear Santa Claus:-
I do not want very much for
Christmas, because there are so many
children that have no toys. Besiles,
~r '7ow just what l do want for
Christmas. l want a fountain pen,
candy, nuts, oranges and bananas
That's all l can think of. l hope the
other children will get a lot of pretty
toys.
Your friend,
BEULAH ROTH,
Rush Hill, Mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Harry Stock, DR.. ]. F.. Harrison,
Bryan Wilson, Col. R. M. White, the
Rev. A. A. Wallace all attended the
funeral of DR.. ]. J. Rice in Fulton
Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
Drinking Ennntain Here.

The handsome drinking fountain
for the second floor of Mcmillan high
school, presented by the Senior Glass
of 1920, has arrived and will be in
stalled at once. 1t is most attractive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Curtis Mitchell arrived home for
the Christmas holidays. He has been
attending Westminster College at
Fulton. 5a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Miss Helen wilkins arrived home
Monday to spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Will
kins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

chimney with a Christmas tree for US.
From,
ESTHER BRITT.
Dear Santa Claus
am a little boy 8 years old. !
want a watch and a sled and boo,
candy and nuts.
Your friend,
RAYMOND HAGAN.
Dear SANTA
Please bring me a train on a track,
a ball, a watch and candy.
Your friend,
WILLARD BRITT.
Dear Santa
l want a ball and a story book and
nuts to eat.
EDWARD SEIGER.
Dear Santa
Please bring me a watch, building
blocks, a train, gun and some candy.
Don't forget Henry and Beulah.
CLAYTON ERDEL.
Dear Santa Claus
Please bring me a watch, knife,
candy and nuts.
FRED SEIGER.
Rush Hill, Nc.
Dec. 81, 1920.
Dear Santa Claus
I thought / would write and tell
you what | would like for Christmas.
l am a little girl z years old. live in
Worcester. / would like for you to
bring me a little pocketbook, and
candy, nuts and oranges and anything
else you want to bring me.
Your little friend,
GLADYS OPAL LA RUE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
RALPH ROTH.

Dear Santa
Will you please bring me a teddy
bear, a little piano, bed room slippers
and candy. Don't forget my mama
and papa and Miss Ruth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
With 10y
MARY VIRGINIA ACKERMAN.

Dear Santa Claus:-
/ I'M a little boy 9 years old. Please
bring me an air gun, a pair of skates,
candy, nuts and oranges.
Your little friend,
WALTER LARUE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Dear Old Santa
l should like very much for Christ
mas an orange, candy, a doll, a book
and a hair ribbon. Don't forget my
little brothers, Henry George and
Freeman Filmoor Seiger.
Your friend,
LENA SEIGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
SANTA 6Aus LETTERS FROM
RUSH HILL.
Rush Hilf, Mo.

Rush Hilf, Mo.
Dec. 81, 1920.
Dear Santa Claus
For Christmas, I want an air rife,
drum, water pistol and candy.
From
RALPH ROTH. .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Miss Sallie Garrett, who teaches
in the Tulsa, Okla, schools, is home
for the holiday.
Nh. and Mrs. d. j. Hoxsey will leave
about Jan. 10 Nr a motor trip to
Miami, Fla.
Mrs. W. r. Aeeler and son are
spending the isllidays with relatives
in EIlsberry. ar. Peeler is with his
mother in Fayette, who is quite i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

chimney with a Christmas tree for US.
From,
ESTHER BRITT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Dear Santa Claus
l am a little boy 8 years old. J
want a watch and a sled and boo,
candy and nnts-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23
Your friend,
RAYMOND HAGAN.
Dear Santa

Please bring me a train on a track,
a ball, a watch and candy.
Your friend,
WILLARD BRITT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-23

Dear Santa
l want a ball and a story book and
nuts to eat.
EDWARD SEIGER.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
WOODEN HOSE
MIGHT HELP
Young Man Is Wondering if Young
Lady's Request for Shoe Horn
Was Genuine or the First
Step to Filtration.

One hardly suspects anything as
prosaic as WOODEN hose and shoe horns
to be aids to fiirIations, but there is
one person in keokuk who is rather
of the opinion that they are 1t hap
pened this way:
The young lady in the case was
wearing WOODEN hose and low shoes.
She was travelling in a railroad coach
and was sitting next to the window,
where the steam pipes ruin under the
car seats. Her feet began to hurt, and
she slipped off first one oxford and
then the other.
A few stations further along a young
man came into the car, and finding all
other seats taken, asked If he might
share the young woman's seat She
acquiesced. When it came her turn
to leave the train, however. she was
greatly embarrassed. Horrors, her
shoes would not go on. She turned to
her travelling companion.
Have you a shoe horn" she asked
He had not, but he offered a poke ct
knife instead, and with the combined
efforts of both, the shoes were once
more gotten over the feet which had
sweiled and pulled under the com bined
influence of steam pipes and wooden
hose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
Colonial.

Colonial.
-The Weaker Sex" which viii be
seen at the Colonial theater Sunday,
is drama dealing with the big mod
ern question, "Is wife's place in
the homer" Dorothy Dalton has the
role OF successful woman lawyer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
Miss Meiss is Representing Iowa in
This Drive and Especially for
Bryn Mawr
College.
MISS TAFT's LETTER
Acting President of This Institution
Outlines Present Educational Con-
ditions and Gives Her Views
of Situation.

The people OF lows, and OF Keokuk
viii be asked 10 interest themselves
IL drive for an endowment fund for
some of our American colleges. Miss
Cornelia Meigs of 123 Morgan street
has been asked TO represent this
movement in keokuk, especially for
Bryn Mawr college.
Miss Helen Taft, who is the daugh-
ter of ex-President William Howard
Taft, and who is acting president of
Bryn Mawr college. has summed up
the present educational conditions and
gives her views of the gravity of the
situation in letter received in Keo-
kuk.
One by one" Miss Taft says, the
ADLER and more ambitious men and
women will leave the profession OF
teaching and there vii. be no one to
replace them. There is no time to lose
for already boys and girls in colleges
are realizing that the teaching profess
sion offers only a life of constant fnan-
cial drudgery and anxiety in order to
make both ends meet and in every col
iege in the country the juniors and
seniors are turning to all other OPEN
ings in preference to teaching. Stu
dents in normal schools and the teach
ing courses in colleges are fewer. They
are turning away from the courses
that lead to careers in education.
Young men who might under ordinary
conditions become instructors in our
colleges will be- the engineers, mer.
chants or bankers of a teacherless flu
ture unless something is done to avert
that calamity. 1t is better for teachers
to demand higher pay than to strike
individually by leaving the profession
1t is with the hope that there may
be no necessity for any kind of
strike that the colleges of the country
are launching their various endow-
ment fund campaigns. Education must
find its supporters II our colleges
are not to become purely fashionable
institutions we must not make the cost
of education prohibitive to all < the
very wealthy. Students cannot be edu-
Gated at the cost of the professor. If
America believes as America always
has believed, in democracy in educa-
/ tion, in discrimination only on the
ground Of ability, then America must
contribute to the college endowments.
The education of its women has paid
the country. The question now Is
whether the country is willing to give
!quid pro quo and to pay for the edu.
cation of its future generations.
/ Miss Taft is calling attention to the
movement of many of the older col
leges to increase their endowment
fund and particularly to the attempt
Bryn Mawr is making to raise the sum
of two million dollars, to be invested
and used for increase in salaries. Miss
Cornelia Meigs, 123 Morgan street, has
been asked to represent tbs movement
in Keokuk and to urge these facts
upon the public. That there is no
person to whom this drive should not
appeal, for on its success or failure de-
Ponds the fate of higher education for
women and with it all education. For
ieven those who do not wish to go to
college themselves require college
trained teachers for their schools
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
MOVING PICTURES
Grand.

The uusal motion picture dinner
used TO consist of shining silver.
spotless linen, fine china and cutlery
and little else. But realism is COM
ing more and more TO be insisted
upon, especially by the players in
these days Of high food prices. When
the scene in Vivian Martins new
Paramount-Artcraft picture. His OFF,
cial F'iancee," on view at the Grand
theatre tomorrow and Monday, was
being filmed showing the members of
the cast partaking of an engagement
dinner, full course banquet of real
eatables was served. The feast was
crowned by real cake, large and
luscious. A freezer of delicious ice
cream, which she had ordered. com
pleted the treat 1t was 'tjust to keep
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
BAD BRONCHIAL COUGH
FOR IS YEARS
Mrs. Bice finally stopped it, with
out changing climate.

81 had bronchitis for 36 wears. When
/ was 2 years old, 1 had whooping cough
and it left me in an awful state. |
took hundreds OF dollars worth OF
medicine, with but little relief. ] had
to sit mp in bed all night and cough ana a
their sockets. / could not afford to
change climate
FINALLY my husband urged me to
try MiIks Emulsion, saying II it didn't
help me, / could get my money back.
! tried it and have continued It's use use
and clear and / can breath with ease:
When you think that had this dreaded
disease all my life, you can see why /
want everybody to try Milks Emulsion.
Mrs. Anna Bice, l45l Wendalf St.'
Columbus, Ohio.
Sprays and gargles and local remedies
do not touch cough of this kind. The
system must be built up to throw it Oft.
Milks Emulsion IS q pleasant, nutrl-
tive food and aAcorrective medicine. It re-
stores healthy, natural bowel action, DO,
ing away with all need OF pills and
" puts the digestive organs in shape to
assimilate food. As a builder of flesh
and strength, Milks Emulsion is strong
Nv recommended to those whom sickness
has weakened, and is powerful aid IN
resisting and repairing. the effects OF
Bile and constipation are promptly re-
lieved--usually in one day.
This "a the only solid emulsion made,
and SO palatable that is Is eaten with .
spoon like ice. cream.
No matter how severe your case. you
are urged to try Milks Emulsion nn-
der this guarantee-Take six bottles
home with you, use it according to direc-
tions and if not satisfied with the results,
your money will be promptly refunded.
Price 6Oc and 81 20 per bottle. The Milxs
Emulsion Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Sold
by druggists everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
GIVE LECTURE
AT u. P. CHURCH
Stereoptican viii Be Used Sunday
Night to Show Some Facts in
Connection With the New
World Movement

A lecture, illustrated with stere-
optican slides, will be given Sunday
evening in. the United Presbyterian
church by the Rev. H. B. McElree,
pastor. The lecture will cover the
phases OF the new world movement,
which represents a special effort
along the lines of spiritual and finan-
cial increase for the churches.
Rev. Mr.. McElree will cover the
needs of the mission field at home
and abroad in his lecture, and the
stereoptican slides will help to Illus
trate few Of these facts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
posToFFtcE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Washington's > Dirt

Anniversary Washington's > birth.
day falling on Sunday. February
%. 1920, the postoffice will observe
Monday, February %, 1890. There
will be one early morning collection
in the business district General de-
livery and carrier windows open
from j a. m to 10 IN. No delivery
or collection on rural routes numbers
one and two Evening business col,
lection as usual.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21

who marries still more successful
lawyer Of the sterner sex and is
forced to abandon her law practice
after marriage. Her husband will
not even allow her to help him, un-
til her keenness and woman's intui-
ton acquit his own son, charged with
murder and condemned by circum..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21

new International outdoor skating
champion. He clinched the title here
yesterday by winning the three mile
race which added to his previous vic
tories in the half mile, one mile and
two mile events. gave him total of
100 points.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21

stantial evidence. Charles Ray i,
seen as the son and Louise Clam
has the part OF woman of evil
ways, with whom the boy is infatn
ated and with whose murder he /.
charged. The court room scenes an
said to be among the most realist,s
ever shown on the screen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21
Hippodrone.

Hippodrome.
Frank Mayo tonight only IN ''Lasca,
Down by the Rio Grande," roman
tic drama of the golden west Also
Snub Pollard comedy. SLIPPERY
Slicgers."
Tomorrow and Monday. William
Russell in six Feet Four" Like
many another play about the great
outdoors. six Feet Four abounds in
lthrills--hard riding. fast shooting and
hair-raising hold-ups. Where it stands
alone in IT'S class. however. is in the
strength and power Of its dashing,
well-knit plot So swiftly and skill
fully are the various twists and turns
of the story Unanswered, and SO brisk
and effective is the work Of the star
and his associates, that interest
never lags for single second In
genious incident leads smoothly to
rousing climax. and there is inter-
woven wealth of romantic and
humorous detail to tighten the seri-
Gus vein OF the main story.
Also another one of those Sunshine
comedies, Back to Nature Girls"
Regular prices
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-21

the cake from getting lonesome" as
the star explained.
on the same program Smiling Bill
Parsons, Chasing Rainbeauxs." No
advance in prices. Bring the family
to the Grand. You'll find q good show
every day. 4s---.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 49,
Old Dominion Commandery No. II,
Knights Templar. at it's annual meet
ing held last night at the Masonic
Temple. elected the following officers
for the year: Eminent Sir. P. O.
Cockey, commander; Sir r. A. Zach
airy. generalissimo; Sir P. E. Cliff,
captain general: Sir B. ]. Richards.
|senior warden: Sir A. NJ. Sherwood.
Junior warden; Right Eminent Sir J.
~. Green. prelate; Eminent Sir C. E.
tOutcalt, treasurer: Eminent Sir f. w.
Latham. recorder; Sirs P. E. Heishley.
standard bearer; A. c. Moss. sword
bearer; c. e. Batcheler. warder: R. J.
second guard; v. c. Davis. first guard;
iG. w. Zachary, tiler. The officers
were installed by Venerable Eminent
Sir G. A: Gwinn. grand generalissimo
lof the Arand Commandery of Vir-
ginia. assisted by Eminent Sir William
Lewis Allen as grand marshal.
Property sales recorded in the Office
of the clerk Of the court follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Fair to Mrs. Martha
A. Ryder. house and lot. lis South
Columbus street; Mrs. Florence Samp-
son Morristo John r. Sheads and
wife. house and lot on the south side
3of West between Princess and Oro-
noco streets; Mrs. Mary T. Jones to
E. Burnett Ale, house and lot on the
east side of Alfred between Duke and
Wolfe streets.
! The suit Of c. M. Horgan. former
| manager of the store of D. Benheim.
| Inc, as formerly represented by
Messrs. j. NJ. Rogers. Leon HYDE
mann and Louis Cohen. has been
| Attorneys Smith and Woolls repre-
| scented Mr.. Morgan and Attorneys
! Gardner l.. Boothe and Richard b.
! Washington the defendant.
| The new ambulance for the Alex
andria Hospital. which cost. $4,000. has
just arrived. It is well equipped in
every particular. The funds for its
| purchase were secured by popular
| subscription. The machine was pur-
chased through the Fletcher Motor
! Company.
! members of the Harding Coolidge
Club Tuesday night in their rooms in
the building at the southeast corner
Of King and Washington streets.
| The explosion Of an oil stove at S:s9
las. night at the Me,,r sa %sanh
| street, brought out the fire depart
| ment. The damage was trifiing.. -,
| Miss Bessie Stuart Campbell VIII
give a lecture and entertainment
Monday night in the apdasor,uim11 r or
l
| "Education in the Twentieth Cen
fury"
The Dreadnaughts will cross bats
! with the Knickerbockers OF WASH
inrton at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon on the grounds of the Alex
andria High School.
! Harry b. Cation Sunday morning az
| 10 o'clock will address the members
| Of Westminster Bible class OF the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church in the West
minister building.
The funeral Of Mrs. Julia B. Stone
took place this afternoon at her resi-
dence, 125 North Fayette street Serv-
ices were conducted by Rev DE-; John
Lee Allison, pastor Of the Secono
Presbyterian Church. Burial was In
Colored citizens at a meeting last
| nj ght at Beulah Baptist Church or
| ganized the Harding-Coolfdge Club
with the election of Edmund Hill. jr.,
| president; Lacey Doss. secretary; M
Moore. marshal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
WoopMEN OF THE WORLD.

Two monuments will be unvel!eo IN
Conversational cemetery at 2:3o c1och
this afternoon in memory OF D
Buie and Charles Clark. deceased
members of Mount Vernon Camp, NO;
s. The full ritualistic ceremonies VI
be presented by the Boosters LUZ,
assisted by the clubs UNIFORM ram ar,
degree team. A fraternal ADDRESS WI.
be made by Senator Thomas Soi -
of Oklahoma. The general puplic Is
invited.
DR.. Henry w. Tippett. head consul.
is in Des Moines, Iowa, attenoihs, , .e
annual convention Of the hea Nv
DIR. Tippett will spend two or th1ee
DAYS at the headquarters OF tne
Woodmen of the World, in Omaha
Neb., this week.
F. community dance was held
Thursday night in the hall OF oaa
Camp. No. 4. for the benefit OF tne
". 8. W. Base Ball Association.
woodmen from every camp an pn, IN .nd
District and many camps in Margia I.
clark brought a carload of Woodmen
from Baltimore. William G. Stout Is
being congratulated by members o.
oak Camp for his promotion 10
lieute nancy on the police force.
Mount Vernon Camp. No. 5; vii
hold its future meetings in Odd Eel
lows Hall, 465 X street northwest.
on the first and third Thursday nishts
of each month.
Albert whitworth. past consul COM
mander Of W. A. Fraser Camp. No -,
w. o. w, and past president OF the
Boosters Club, and family are !easo
ing washington for their ne" nome
in Victoria, B. c.
The mystery committee. recenSls
oreanized by w. A. Fraser Camp. NO.
~ nerformed an original mock mar
rage ceremony before the Presldein. n
own Garrison, Army and navy ohion'
Thursday night.