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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28

ton. the number IN nigh school the
cost per capita Of education. teachers
wages. wealth in buildings. length Of
school wear etc, as in the case Of
previous surveys. In any event the
rating will be accepted by educators
as final
Whatever may be SAID there is
merit IN a high rating of all these ele-
ments ana the states educational
program must advance lis relative
standing 70 show progress. Even the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28
Urls CLUB NOTES

49,. ~aril gave some weY-y
-'l-St.a -eadtngs "Wednesday eve
~. open night of the An
~ community club. Little
90 ~ -.ieen Sylvester, Mrs. Caril' s
os--- ''-'i- little granddaughter,
=. - Gac sang ana pleased all.
NJ. y unity singing was led by
w. - 9--ae Fenno Chase who has
T. :. generously given her services
~ | SIS n this work. Prersed-
r. 1t ente-raInment a short pusi-
~ meeting OF the club was held
ss,-. '--@s -dIdred Smiley was ap-
sis- 81 2Hlcia4 aslegats To the Bryn
IA, zen 'ennnn- Each girl will
g.ss sum especial part IN bringing
:. d ants Of the meetings: some
tar~r SITS VIII report on the music.
I'm. ne sports, some on the SIDE
= ana 50 on.
t.,,,.. -lrcie- including Gilman and
aad = met Wednesday, evening
ssr, was organized. The officers
h. eleu: Captain. Miss Ham
pa,. -ledtenGnt, Miss Hammond.
a. Miss Heuaersun; assfstaut
bee Miss Gilman. The next
ssag % inns circle viii he held a
sr7. - oih next Frlday before the
e-ng Of The club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28
MBTnER 6RAY'S PevDRS
ENEfIT MANY chi DREN

Thousands Of mothers have xuund
Mother Gray Sweet Powders nm Gxcei-
lent rnmedv fur children complaining or
headaches. colds feverishness, stomach
troubles ana other Irregularities frum
which children suffer during thsse days
and excellent results are accouriisned
bv It's use Used by mothers for over
VI vears SOLD by Druggists every
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28

s25 per mnnth fur the stafe of North
Carolina while the highest In SIS N
California both being based ON year
of II months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28

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wed n the city and with
-'o"'ts- ne newly appointed To-
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y insurance u. are occuryving
aa,sea-r nouse ON Bangor
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is with them for a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28

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.'i-!s'@1- VIII othe~ officials of the
.''s'aH q &ane Eailrond has re-
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ana trs z5en~y Dyer Of Read
-'7'- var Z ne CITY Thursday and
s''@sts IF Ier parents. Mr.. and
--is Wallace add. State street.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-28

-''@ --avton, Mrs. L. D.
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"a @'' me Green street Methe-
~ Mss Theresa Gormlev.
''f '-#ne TLlman OF TINS city
II h-'9lle Thursday where
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
TIMES REPUBLICAN MARsHAILrowN IOWA. FEBRUARY

announced. Nomination papers are
said 20 have been tflsA by Grant
Ramsey. Fred Morrison and l., v.
Phelps for the three-year term, ana
for J. @. Goodrich to AL the vacancy
caused by the removal to Des Moines
OF Mrs. Harry M. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fl. Smith, zoos
High street. leave today. Mr.. Smith
going to Fairview. H.. for visit with
relatives and old friends. and Mrs.
Smith going to Pittsburgh. Pa, to
visit their daughter. Mrs. Carol Dick
son. Their stay II indefinite.
Mr.. and Mrs. F, M. Bartling leave
today for an extended vacation to be
spent in travel ana In visiting reln-
tives at different western points one
being the homo Of Mr.. Bartling's
parents in Los Angeles. Calf.
Prof. Paul r. Peck spoke last eve
ming before the Grinneli Club or
Minneapolis at the Grinnell banquet,
which was postponed from the date
originally set on account OF the "hu.'
Mark Holmes had his big farm
sale four miles north Of Grinner and
is now moving into the residence
that he bought some time ago OF e.
L. Dieterich, in east Grinnell. His
sale footed $4,000. Cows went as
high as sol5 and horses nj the same
figure. Brood sows brought SIS. The
total for hogs was $4,000. and for
cattle was $4,000. Charles Sutton
and Henry Shearer, OF Monte7uma
will carry on the farm the coming
year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Beam an News.
Special to Times -Republica'

Special to Times Republican.
Beaman, Feb. 2S.-Postmaster I. r.
Schmibly, has been trying to get in
touch with the ordnance branch OF
the government to secure two six
pound canon TO be placed on the
school grounds. A few days ago he
received notice that guns will be
furnished and that all we will be re-
CURED to do is to pay the freight
charges, which will be $50 or $40,
which we are willing to pay.
Friday the town flags were dis
played at half mast, in honor Of VI. v.
Evans, who died Thursday night.
Mrs. Roy Fallensbee, who has been
quite sick with the flu is little
better today. Her sister came up from
Gladbrook to assist her mother in
taking care Of her.
Earl Simms and family have re-
turned from Colorado Springs, where
they went in search Of health. II
seems the climate did not agree with
him there. He is undecided where he
will go.
Arch A1cMartin surprised his
friends by bringing a young bride,
Miss Litha Peary, of Clearaeld. They
will go to housekeeping on his faith
ers farm north Of town. Mr.. McMar-
tin was overseas and is a great neph-
ew Of Elizabeth Stanton.
The first choice Of the voters in
this vicinity is for Frank o. Lowden.
B. F. Grant, Of Marshalltown
came Tuesday and made settlement
with the Sharp brothers and George
Lister for the farm he sold them last
summer, the consideration BEING
$4,000. The present owners have
been Offered an advance Of $3.50 pei
acre, but refused it. They handle
about 2,008 hogs per year and think
the land Is worth the price.
Don McMartin was compelled t.
give up his school on account Of tht
influenza. Miss Anna Remington, ar
Ames student, viii finish the term.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
COURT sUsTAiNs DEMURRER
FILED ~ DEFENDANT
COLLEGES.
CARRIES WITH IT RIGHT
TO 100000 ENDOWMENT
Plaintiffs Claimed Funds Should Re-
vert to Estate OF Donor, Lsandsr
clark--Notios Of Appeal Filed and
Case VIII Go to Supreme Court
for Final Decision.

Toledo, Feb. 2S.-The demurrer of
the defendants In the case Of Louise
C. Lupton against Leandsr Clark
College and Coo College was sustain
ed by Judge J. w. willett In dis.
trict court session. This. in reality,
means that Judge wlllett holds legal
the merger OF Leander Clark and Coo
Colleges, carrying with 1t the Leand-
er Clark endowment fund OF 5000, 600
The attorney for the plaintiff i'm
mediately appealed on tho decision,
and the court ordered the temporary
injunction carried over to the su-
preme court.
Struble & Stiger, attorneys for the
merged institutions, claimed In their
demurrer that the will OF the donor
Is being carried out In the present ar
rangement whereby the two insti-
tutions consolidated receive the ben
eft from the endowment which is
used to promote higher education.
The plaintiffs have claimed that the
funds revert to the estate OF the do
nor.
Judgment against the plaintin
was returned in the case Of Jane Nc
Intyre against Leander Clark Coe
Colleges for the costs of action, and
plaintiff excerpts. The appeal bond
was fixed at $1,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
AUTOS FOLLOW GOOD ROADS.
California Displaoes Iowa in Number
Of Cars Because of Roads.

California Displaoes Iowa In Number
Of Cars Because of Roads.
Special 10 Times Republican,
Los Angeles, Feb. 2s.-Almost CO.
incident with the announcement that
California has nearly $4,000, 900
available for paved highway con-
struction In 1920, is the official tabu-
lation of motor vehicles for the
United States. showing that the
golden state leads all others In auto
mobiles in proportion to population.
California, with 493, 463 motor We
hicles has one TO each Sc persons In
the state.
This distinction formerly was held
by Iowa, with Nebraska second. Last
year, however. California gained
14I,sOO over the previous year In
registrations, a percentage OF io.2'
This brought California from seventh
place to first, leaving Iowa in second
place.
This situation is claimed by good
roads boosters to prove their con-
tention that the highway Is parent
OF the autOnloplle. AulOLIOSAiS GIL :
thusiasts have contended that the
rapid increase in the use of auto
mobiles forced the building OF good
highways, but the history of high
ways and autos in California as
evidenced by official figures indicates
that automobiles follow good roads
rather than the reverse.
When California, years ago, began
systematic construction of a state
highway system, 1t was argued by
many that the travel would not jus
tify the expense. Time proved that
the travel increased as roads were
developed and today the state finds
itself with more automobiles in use
per capita than any other section OF
the United States and with mora
millions appropriated for the con-
struction of more highways than any
other state in the union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
News Of Traer.

Special to Times-Republican-
Traer, Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Chris knoop's
residence in west Traer was badly
damaged by fire Thursday noon AL
tho household goods were removed
from the downstairs rooms, the
roof was ruined by fire and the plas-
tering and upstairs rooms badly
damaged by water. The damage
will amount to $4,000.
Miss Christina Owens and Ray
Shirley were married Wednesday, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. j.
u. Brush, Of the United Presbyter-
ian church. The couple will occupy
the Chris Bitch farm in Eagle
township.
Miss Georgia Brown. q former
Traer girl, was married Wednesday
at Baltimore, Md, to e. g. strouse,
Of Indiana She was a government
StAnoxraphsr At Washington for a
time but Of late has been private
secretary at q Red Cross institution
for the blind at Baltimore. Mr.. and
Mrs. 6trouse arc not decided as to
their f1tufe plans.
Mr.. Thomas Whannsl and family
are getting ready to move to Traer.
Last fall they purchased the Willis
Green property. Mrs. Green Will
store her household goods ana visit
indefinitely, with her sister, Mrs.
Dali Hurless, at Perry.
James @. Podhajsky has purchased
the John Scott farm. southwest OF
town, at ysS7.5o per acre. There are
practically no improvements on the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28

Notice of Annual Meeting.

1syn Notice Of Annual Meeting.
Independent school district OF Mar
shalltown. Iowa. 5eys
4 Notice is hereby given to the quail
fled electors Of the Independent
School District Of Marshalltown, in
the county Of Marshall and state OF
IoEp, that, the annual <ncgting OF
-saA district will be held at the Cen
trail fire station on the second
Monday In March, 1920 CMarch 81.
The polls will be open at 8 oclock q
m,s and close at Z O'Clock p. m.
TWO directors will be elected for the
term Of three years to succeed I. o.
Kemble and F. M. Wilbur whose
terms expire on the third Tuesday in
March, 1920 Treasurer for the term
Of two years to. succeed H. w.
Jennings whose term of office expires
July !, 1920. So
The meeting will be open for the
transaction Of such other business as
may legally come before 1t, and the
board. have directed tnat the follow
ing proposition shall be submitted to
and determined by the qualified
voters: A 49,
Shall the, INDEPENDENTS School Dis
trict of Marshalltown,, Iowa, by its
board of directors. certify, and cause
to be levied tax Of ten thousand
dollars (31o.oo0) for school house
purposes and for the purchase Of adj
ditional school house grounds"
Dated at Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb.
Fl. 1920.
J. II. Fisher, W. M. Clark.
president. secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
uRANp JURY OF MONTGOMERY
COUNTY CONDUCTING NEW
INQUIRY.
WITNESS REFUSES TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS


Red Oak, Feb. 2s.--Bert Mccall. OF
Missouri Valley, who. on Tuesday
ana Wednesday was before the grand
J fury which Is making further inves-
tirat,on of the villisca ak murders,
! refused to answer the questioning
Of the grand Jurors when he was
asked IL he was IN Grant with Al
bert Jones on the morning OF June
10. 1912, which was the Monday
morning on which was discovered
the murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Moore. their four children and the
! two Stillinger children.
Mccall refused 10 answer the ques-
ton on the ground that by so doing
ne might incriminate himself de-
claring that he had been so advised
by his attorney. He was brought
before Judge Thomas Arthur in the
district court yesterday, and after
hearing the contentious OF County
Attorney Paul Richards and Of r.
w. Beeson, who appeared for Mo-
Call. the Judge held that Mccall
could not be compelled to answer,
since by doing SO he might form
link in a chain OF facts that might
incriminate him.
Whether or not an indictment will
probably result from the tnvestiga-
ton has not been disclosed, but sew
eral persons from Villisca and Grant
have been in the court house each
day since the grand jury convened.
all of whom have appeared as wit
nesses in the Jones Wilkerson suit
and the Kelley trials which were
heard here, and II Is presumed they
are witnesses before the grand jury
during this Investigation. Among
those who have been here are Ross
Moore and Hank Horton, Of Villisca;
Colonel Rhue and Lew Samish, of
Grant, and James Bridwell, of Girls
; void, formerly resident OF Grant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
A Monaghan Wife With All Of the
Orthodox Finery Which Denotes
Her Station in Life.

The entire savings of many fam
lilies in Mongolia. China, are set aside
to provide the wives with the neces-
sary flnery needed to proclaim to the
world her station in life. Such elab-
crate and cumbersome head, dress as
this cost even among the poorer
classes from $50 to 5000, and faou-
lous sums are spent by the wealthy.
Long flngernails are also affected by
those who do not have to work.
Sometimes the nails attain the length
of two inches or more and are en-
closed in silver cases. Novel sleeves,
usually of different material from
the gown and extending far below
the hand, are another indication of
rank and wealth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Grinnell and Vicinity,
ecial to Tim es-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Feb. 2S.-Dr. Davis will
close his weeks series of meetings
here with the sermon of Sunday night
and will return at once to his work in
Chicago Theological Seminary. He
has put in a strenuous week and will
give no public addresses today. Sun
day he breaches morning and evening
at the Congregational church and II
college vespers in the late afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred T. Stone, who
have been living on a farm southeast
of this city, came home Monday night
after II o'clock and found their home
SO nearly destroyed by fire that they
could not save the building nor very
| much Of the furniture. The over
exertion and excitement helped TO
throw Mr.. Stone into such condi-
| ton that a physician was called in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone are now resting
at his fathers home in this city. A
| new farm home will be made as
| rapidly as possible. A small part Of
the loss was covered by insurance.
In the First Methodist church of
Des Moines, on Wednesday afternoon,
Rev. Mr.. Thompson. Lutheran min
lister, Joined in marriage Orville
Peterson and Miss Helen Jones, both
Of Grinnell, the related witnesses be-
ing a brother OF the groom, Paran
Peterson. and his wife. The bride is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Jones Of this city and has spent her
| life practically here. The groom is a
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. o. Peterson. He
| Is a farmer and the young couple
will soon be at home on the Eric
Erickson farm in Sheridan township.
Mrs. Lorenz Peterson, who was the
fourth Of the family to be called by
death within a short time and who
passed away early Tuesday morning
at Tama, was a daughter Of Mrs.
Caroline Hink, Of Grinnell.
W. r. Fuller, with his sons, left
their long time homo in Grinnell yes
cir Ions- tine ON in Grlnno yes
terday noon to 90 to their new farm
home near Oelwein. Mrs. Fuller
will visit among friends here for a
week, then go to Ames for a visit ut
the homo Of her daughter, Mrs. T. o.
Fuller, after which she, too, will go
to the farm.
The annual school election on
March Is exciting a very unusual
amount Of interest already and can
didates for the two long-tern and
the srort-terrn vacancies are being
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28

place. the buildings being extremely
poor. Mr.. Podhajsky gets possession
this spring and will oversee tho
farming operations himself In con-
nection with his own half section.
Miss Wage, sixth grade teacher.
who has been III for several weeks
has been granted leave OF absence
In which TO recuperate. Miss Stew
art, OF Vinton. will substitute for her.
Word came this week OF the death
OF Mira Win Harder. at Remsen. The
Harder family moved from Traer
last September. Mrs, Harder had
been III for several weeks OF In
fluenza. following which came the
birth or a son. She leaves, beside
her husband, five motherless chill
dreu.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28

tor" he said, write the old man q
letter about it and tell him how
you feel" ID. g.. ,.-.
The letter was used for advertis-
ing purposes.
Not one, but many companies,
brought suit against the league,
without success. for the defendant
would pat his preferred customers,
all men of unquestioned reputation,
on the stand, and the case would be
dismissed.
This man reduced circular letter
writing to a science. He dictated a
set of circular letters answering
every conceivable sort of question
pertaining to his business. indexed
them and then dismissed the greater
part of his clerical force.
Mr.. Lee told one amusing result
A customer complained that a drip
pan was missing from shipment.
The inexperienced girl who answered
the complaint looked up goods in
the index and followed 1t down I'M
til she found the word lost" She
then sent out circular letter say
ing that the league always took the
greatest care 10 see that there was
no shortage in shipments. and If the
consignee would shake UP the ex-
celsior in the bottom of the box" he
undoubtedly would find the missing
object.
After a years fight, the vigilance
committee obtained conviction, and
sent the head OF the league to prison.
Another man formed company
ostensibly 70 build tractors, using
the name Ford, for Henry Ford was
at that time said to be comtemplat-
ing marketing a tractor The swind :
Ter picked up a telephone book, ran
down the list of Fords until he found
machinist. He called on this man
and told him that he had been high
ly recommended and that he wanted
him to superintend the construction
Of the first machine. The machinist
had an easy time at high pay for a
| few weeks, dropping in on the head
of the company to make suggestions
once in q while. When the first
tractor was nearing completion, the
swindler told him that his work had
been so valuable that 1t had been
decided to name the machine for
him, and got him to sign a paper
permitting this use. When this pa
per was signed, he soon disappeared
from the payroll, and the stock SELL
ing began. The vigilance committee
also obtained the conviction Of this
man.
Another bogus company, formed In
Akron, in the heart of the tire in
dustry, sold its stock chiefly to peo-
pie In. that city, thru the power OF
advertising, altho any one of the
purchasers could have ascertained
that the claims made were untrue
by visiting the factory which was
situated within twenty miles.
Mr.. Lee tells Of visiting q man.
now IN prison, whom he describes an
the countrys foremost swindler. He
asked for another international
confidence man" who had been asso-
ciatsd with the first and learned that
they had ceased to correspond.
ibid you know that he had q for
tuneT' Mr.. Lee asked. f
| "How could he after the money !
stole from .himT was the rejoinder.
Mr.. Lee still insisted, and the man
/ exclaimed! ~
Can it be possible that fellow
wasn't on the level with met"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Club
Vigilantes Running
Down Many Frauds
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 2S.--Ingenious use
Of advertising schemes by "get-rich-,
quick" men are being run down by
the national vigilance committee Of
the Associated Advertising Clubs OF
the World, which keeps a corps Of
men at this work almost constantly.
Richard H. Lee, special counsel of
the committee. who supervises the
work. tells many stories of conf
dence men and the methods used to
combat and convict them.
One man, he says. formed league
of automobile users. The league is
sued price list Of accessories, all
quoted less than possible for the
manufacturer to make them. When
q member ordered an article, another
was substituted and circular let
ter explained that because of the
great demand, the factory was be-
hind in it's orders. In some cases the
substitution was attributed 10 the
rareness of the object desired The
substitute was a cheap affair, made
for the head Of the league, but the
member was satisfied, temporarily at
least, by the explanation that while
it's price was higher than that order
ed, the league would sell 1t to him
for the same sum.
This man built UP a good reputa-
ton by Ineans of. 'preferred" GUS
toners, whom Mr. Lee describes as
plants" who linnocently furthered
the designs Of the swindler. A group
of these men was established in each
town where the league did business.
AS an Illustration Mr.. Lee cites
the case Of. one of the most promi-
nent surgeons in an Ohio city, who
was persuaded to join the league. He
bought a tire, which an agent OBJ
tanned from q local dealer at the
| usual retail price, and then held un-
til the proper time had elapsed for
! doctor was delighted. Ip a few days
the agent dropped around to see him
and asked how the tire was holding
up. On inspection the agent found
an imaginary flaw. and insisted
upon replacing the tire with q new
one-also bought at the usual retail
price. He, left the supposedly defec-
tive tire. saying that the doctor
could use 1t as a spare" and re-
fused further payment.
IF you really feel SO grateful, doc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Iowan Returns Homo,

Special to Times
Hansell Feb. 2s.-Andrew Hannah.
for several years a resident of Han
sell, but who moved to Wisconsin a
year or two ago, has returned to
Hansell, bought the hardware store
that his brother James has been
operating, and will again become a
resident Of that town. He has sold
the Wisconsin farm that he owned
there and was back here for a visit
among old friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-28
Arrest Check 'Foreer.

Special TO es-Republican.
Iowa Falls, Feb. 2s.--H. G. Farley
who has been employed here as
printer and who was at one time
chef at the Hotel Woods and later
at the new hotel in Hampton, has
been taken to Fairfield. Iowa, to an
swer charge OF passing bogus
checks. Just previous TO the call to
Fairfield to answer the charge,
similar one was lodged against him
at Forest City He pleaded not
guilty and claimed it was case of
mistaken identity. Local parties went
on his appearance bond of $1,000. 1t
is claimed the checks were negotiat-
ed az both places about two years
ago