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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
Y NEWS ITEMS.

F. La Rue and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bud Dubray were Sunday guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake LaRue. - Ed
Tuepker and Sylvan Tuepker aided
Gather Berry to butcher Wednesday.
- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schrader Wis
tied in St. Louis last week. -- Mrs.
Otto Alderman was the guest of Mrs.
Frank James Tuesday. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Weaver and son were guests
of Mr.. Viewers parents near Molino
Tuesday. - Henry Erdel left Thurs
day for Kansas City where he will at
tend school. - Dye school dismissed
Friday afternoon for the funeral Of
Mrs. Skclly. - Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Err.
del had as dinner guests, Sunday Mr.,
and Mrs. ]. R. Shook, Leroy and John
Shook Mrs. Nolan Hodge and two
children of WellsvilIe, Kansas; Mrs.
Jim Sipple and daughter of I.addonia;
Miss Maggie Telkamper of Galloway
County, and Miss Ruth Rouse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
ISAAC B. READ DIES.
Audrain County Farmer Will be Bur
led in Mexico Tuesday.

Isaac B. Read an Audrain County
farmer who lived six miles east Of
Ce~ntralia, died at his home Monday
after having been i'll for some time
with a complication of diseases. He
will be brought here for burial Tues
day.
Mr.. Reed was 60 years old and has
lived all his life in this county, having
been born here. He leaves a wife
and five children. The daughters who
survive him are Mrs. John Robishaw,
Of Moberly, and Mrs. Chas. Boyd, Of
Colorado. His sons are Granville, OF
Los Angeles, Calf, David j., of Car.
r%0llton, and Chas. w, who lives with
his parents. The Ledger joins the
many friends of Mr.. Read in extend.
ing sympathy to his relatives in their
grief.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
HATTON-CONCORD

John Bailey and son shipped two
loads of cattle to the St. Louis
market. - Joe Holt shipped one load
of cattle on the St. Louis market. -
Ern Kennon and j. W. Bailey shipped
one load of mules to st. Louis. - lick
Corner had one load of cattle on the
St. Louis market. - 7 j. Bates and
Son shipped two loads of mules from
Ccntralia to St. Louis market Tues
day. - ]. W. Bailey bought 40 stock
hogs from Sam Carr paying lac a Id.
Mr.. Carr delivers them to Mr.. Bailey.
- S. W. Muir has so mules in his feed
barn. - Billie Hutchinson bought three
calves from Emmett Fredd. Buck
Muir sold 40 fat hogs to Underwood
at McCredie. - Pete Brown and S.
W. Muir are hauling alfalfa hay from
AuXvasse this week. Each had a car
load they bought. - Smith Back sold
a pair of big mules to Buckner &
Brett at Auxvasse Monday.-Charley
Hoffman, the Goose Hill trader, is
busy buying butcher stuff this week
- Miss Mayme Muir went home with
her aunt in Arkansas for an extended
visit. - T. B. Hendrix and wife Of
Moline are visiting their son, Will Hen
dirk and family. - Miss Marietta Mil
leri who attends high school in Tul-
ton is visiting her aunt and uncle,
Meredith Kennon over Sundav.-Mrs.
Virgil Braham, is taking census this
week. - Joe Sallee returned to the
st. Louis Hospital this week for treat
ment. - Mrs. Boone Gilbert is some
better at this writing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
TEACHERS
Boone County Instructors for Organ
izatiOn for Mutual Aid.

Boone County Teachers will meet
in Columbia on aJnuary 23rd to or
ganize a Community Teachers Asso-
citation" which will give greater unity
of action among teachers. to give
publicity to the urgent needs of the
teaching profession, to secure salaries
adequate to meet the increased cost
Of living, to secure legislation needed
to guarantee better educational OPP
portunities for the boys and girls OF
Missouri, and to promote in every
laudable way the welfare of teachers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

THIS is Thrift Week and VIM
Pollock, of this city, one of Mexico's
oldest and most highly respected cit.
liens, is a splendid example Of what
thrift will do, Along the line that it
is what you save that counts Mr.. Pol
lock stated recently he started to work
IS years ago for nothing and after
two years of hard labor received 81 a
month. This was 1874 a year and at
the end of the first twelve months he
had saved more than $50 Of his first
years salary. Times have of course
changed but the main thread of sue
ess remains the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

The Farmers & Traders Bank held
its annual election for directors We'd
nesday at the Banking Houses and the
following were elected: W. Il. Yates,
". NJ. Patterson, Geo. W. Plybon, J..
P. Dearborn, Hiram Threlkeld, W. G..
Meyer, r. K. Buckner and II. A..
Meyer. At noon Mrs. II. A, Meyer
served an elegant goose dinner to the
newly elected directors. Besides the
directors Jno. Meyer and s. Il Gilmore
were guests at the feast. All were
loud in their praise Of the splendid
manner in which Mrs, Meyer enter
tanned them in this festal OCCASION
Auxvasse Review.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
CLARK FOR SENATE
SHANNON FOR CONGRESS

If Congressman Champ Clark de-
cides to become a candidate for tie
United States Senate from Missouri
Judge E. "A. Shannon, of Audrain
County, will become a candidate fOt
his seat in Congress from the Ninth
district. Judge Shannon stated Sat-
urday he would not enter the race I'M
til it was definitely decided Mr.. Clark
would run for the Senate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Henry S. Clark and his daughter,
Miss Laura Clark, have moved to
Mexico from Benton City and are liv-
ing in the Hiram Piper property on S.
Western Avenue, which Mr.. Clark has
bought. He has sold his large farm
near Benton City to Charley Clark.
Lee Childers and A. C. Pledge. The
Ledger extends a hearty welcome TO
Mr.. and Miss Clark.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
Injured by Fall.

Judge Thomas B. Buckner, of Kan
sas City, a brother of R. R. Buckner,
Of Mexico, and who has several neph-
ews at AuXvasse, is confined to his
home by painful injuries suffered a
week ago when he fell into a coal hole
in the side walk in Kansas City. He
has many friends in Mexico who join
the Ledger in wishing him an early
recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Mr.. and Mrs. William Stuter Wal
ton, Of Fl. Worth, Texas, formerly of
this city, will celebrate their thirtieth
wedding anniversary at Their horac in
TT. Worth on the evening Of January
End. MeEico friends have received in.
vitations. The Ledger joins in tx
tending congratulations and wishing
them many happy returns of the day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
Girl II Gets Marriage License.

A marriage license was issued
Tuesday morning to Joe Henry Right
er, Of Rails County, and Miss Ethyl
Lou Jackson, of Perry. The young
lady was only II years of age, but her
father appeared before the County Re.
cordcr to give his consent to the mar
riage, and thus made possible the
granting Of the license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
REPUBLICANS ENTER RACE.
Eight and Ninth District Compression
al Aspirants File Applications.

JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 2O.-Sam
0. Craig of Bowling Green and Sid
P. Roach of Linn Creek each nave
filed his application with the secretary
of state as a Republican candidate for
congress. Craig is running in the
ninth district and Roach in the eighth
1t is stated Judge T. W. Hurried of
Warrenton, formerly chairman of the
Republican state committee, intends
to seek the nomination of his party in
congress from this district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

C. 0. Juelfs' family, of Great Falls,
Montana, are visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. Juelfs,
in South Clark Avenue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Joe Davis, of Los Angeles, Calf,
has departed for his home after en-
extended visit with relatives in
Thompson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
Vandalia Women Organize.

The VVandalia League of Women
Voters has been organized with the
following officers:
Mrs. r. Lee Afford, Chairman.
Mrs. G. G. Daniel, Jr., Chair
man.
Miss Ruby Turner, Secretary.
Mrs. L. II. Frost, Treasurer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Mrs. John Criswell is home from an
extended stay in California. Re.
turning she stopped in Bartlesyille
Okla, to visit Mrs. j. B. Atkinson,
formerly of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

The many friends of T. j. Hoxsey
will regret to learn he is in st. Luke's
hospital, st. Louis, because of a re-
cent injury to his leg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Deliver your cream to The Mode!
Grocerteria where they pay the high
est market price. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Chas. Pigg is home from st. Louis
with the concert grand piano for the
Rialto theatre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

j. c. Ringo, Of this city, will be n
candidate for County Treasurer at the
next election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Mrs. j. p. Devault spent Monday
in M~artinsburg visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Walker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Deliver your cream to The Mode
Grocerteria where they pay the high.
est market price. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

Mrs. jamie Lawrence and Miss Pol
ly Cauthorn went to st. Louis Monday
morning to visit for a few days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22
You Can Strike Washday
From The Calendar

The reek and smell, the boiling and Tubing the
sloshing of dirty water as well as the confusion
which attends washday at home makes it the
most wearisome of domestic ordealS.
There are always a host of unsOlved washday
problems about the work at home that can be
gotten rid of if you send your family washing
TO us.
We can give YOU leisure for the more agreeable
household duties, for the proper attention the
children require and at the same time we are
washing your clothes as carefully as they would
have been done at home.
You will take pride in the snowiness of the linen
we return, the fIuffiness of the towels and the
refreshing cleanliness of everything we have
cleansed for you.
Let us help you striker washday from your
household calendar. Telephone us and our
driver will call for your family wash bundle.
CROWN LAUNDRY co
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-22

LEDGER CLASSIFIED ADS PAY
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-20
KANSAS COURT
LAW AN ISSUE
Promises to BE an Issue to Come
Before Iowa Legislature This
Winter-To Be Sponsored
by Kline, Fort Dodge.

DIES MONIES, Nov. 21-fhe Kan
sas industrial court law promises to
be an issue before the Iowa lesisla.
ture this winter.
Dr.. J. W. Kline, Of Fort Dodge. re-
Gently elected state representative
from Webster county, made the Kan
sas industrial court an issue in his
campaign. He rs understood to be
framing a bill to provide a similar
court for Iowa
Definite word has been received
here from Governor Henry J. Allen,
OF Kansas. that he is coming to Iowa
early in December to make a few
speeches on this law. He will prob.
ably speak in Des Moines Decem-
Der s. He win also speak in Fort
Dodge and will confer with DR.. Kline
on the proposed bin.
It will be remembered that this
industrial court was the outcrowlh IT
the coal strike in Kansas. II has
three members, to whom are referred
! industrial disputes. and in the mea n
! time labor unions involved in the
dispute are restrained from striking
| The law also prevents closing down
plants to Curtail prices. Labor union
mer in general do not favor The plan
and will oppose its passage in the
, legislature
| Legislators attending tho confer
encc here this week on code revision
| are inclined to go ahead with the
| work OF revision regardless of any
l constitutional convention.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-20
ASTHMA WOULDN'T
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Hasn't had a sign of trouble now
for over 9 months.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
DEPRESSION IN DRY GOODS MARKET HAS
 EFFECT ON STAPLE
The General List Closed Easy, Sixty-th to Eighty Points Down On the More
 Active Months
Ky Associated Press

New York. October lS-The unset.
 tied state of British labor conditions, combined with the depression of the
 goods Trade and reports of continued
 spot pressure in the south, were re-
 sponsible for further declines in the cotton market here today. December
 contracts broke to 17s0c, or so points
 below the closing price of last week. and closed al 17.90c, with the general list closing easy net unchanged to so points lower--63 to 80 points lower on the more active months.
 The opening was very irregular. Sep tember being 60 points higher while | other months were 13 points higher to 20 points lower near and remote de 1 iiYeries being relatively steady There was good deal of pressure of Liver pool and southern selling, and active positions showed net losses of about 30 to 43 points right after the call. with December selling at 17.17c, and January at lSc. These prices seemed to attract
 a good deal of buying, which included
 trade and Wall street investment pur- chases of the later months, covering by recent sellers and local buying for a reaction.
 Prices rallied quite sharply during the middle of the day, with December iiselling up to 1S.S2c and January to lS.b2c, or about 10 to % points net | higher on active positions. This met another wave of southern hedge sell ing later in the afternoon however, while sentiment seemed to be unsettled by rumors of disturbing labor demon- strations in England and all months made new low records in the late trad ing. October was relatively steady. but sold off to lS.90c, closing at 18.S5c bid while January broke 10 755c and closed at approximately that level. During the earlier trading there was ! as much disposition to discount a quick settlement of the British coal strike as to sell on reports that 1t was already I affecting Lancashire mill operations, and local brokers attribute the bulk of the days pressure to the talk of a 1 weak spot situation. Exports todaN 1 1S,270. making 71S,S5S so far this sea son, Port receipts, 36,7994 United l States port stocks, 973S24
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
New York Futures fly Associated Press
New Orleans Cotton


 New Orleans, october lS.-Renewed weakness and new low levels for the season were again the results of the trading in cotton today the market being adversely affected by foreign news after showing pronounced steadiness dur ing a good part of the session. In the late trading prices broke 90 to 1S9 points from the highest of the day, landing 65 to S9 points under the close of last week and closing at net losses for the day of 6G to 80 points.
 The opening was lower and the de- cline persisted until the active months were 30 to 57 points down. selling being due to the English coal strike and to the continued refusal of government banking officials to meet the demands of the cotton producers for a more liberal financial policy. As the market fell it met a strong demand. partly from cov- ering by shorts but mainly from traders who were taking the long side on the belief that cotton had reached an in- vestment basis. The market swung smartlv upward recovered all it's losses and finally went 20 to 3S points over the close of Saturday to 1S.30c for Decem- ber and 17S8c for May
 For while the market held good tone, but selling instantly followed the report that the Scottish railroad unions had gone over to the coal miners sup port, and it increased following predic- tions from Liverpool that half of I.anca- shre's spindles would be idle by the end of the week and reports Of rioting and red demonstrations in Downing street, London. Prices fell off to lille for De- cember and 16.S2c for May. The close was near the bottom, at 17.3oc for De- cember, and at the lowest for May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
ADVANTAGE HELD BY BEARS IN THE WHEAT
 MARKET YESTERDAY
By Associated Press

Chicago, October 1S.-Bears had the advantage in the wheat market today. owing chiefly to British coal miners strikes and to a sharp break in sterling exchange Prices closed heavy, 1& co 3%c net lower. with December $2.11@ 2.11A, and March s2.01% @2.02. Corn lost 1& @c and oats 15 O Ssc to Bc. The finish in provisions varied from unchanged figures to 115 points down.
 It was generally assumed that the British strike meant unavoidable delay and curtailment of export business in wheat. This view was emphasized by the fact that sterling had dropped to the lowest level since last March and that acute weakness was shown by cot ton. Failure of agricultural interests to gain encouragement from the fed eral reserve board as to obtaining credit to hold farm products tended also to inspire selling. Houses with seaboard connections bought on the de- clines, but the rallies which ensued were not well maintained. late in- fluence against the bulls was an en- largement of the visible supply total. Besides there were advices that 40 per cent of the receipts at Minneapolis came from Canada.
 Corn and oats gave way with wheat, despite signs of some further export buying of corn.
 Provisions were depressed by the de- cline of grain and hogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
Daily Financial Gossip
By HOLLAND

ing 10 it's terms it is probable that the Congress which is to be elected in November will find not the least i'm portant of the measures which it must consider one which will enable the Sec retary of the Treasury to liquidate this indebtedness. Here We are with a pav- ment of S4,5o0 900. 900 to be made by the government to the bond owners within the next two and a half years. This is made inevitable by the terms of the loan. And yet just at this time our bankers, in partnership with Great Britain France and Japan. are preparing to float loan of many millions to China and some of the bankers are already considering tente- tive propositions for loans to other na- tions, especially to those in Europe
 Furthermore fresh capital of many hundred millions must be found if the
 improvement in the railroads is to be maintained and increased and if the resources of the United States which
 now await development are to be ade-
 quatelv exploited
 WHAT WILL BE DONE
 It is. of course. recognized that the, government cannot pay in 1923 the Vic
 tory Liberty loan in such mennar as
 to extinguish it. That is to say. this cannot be done unless there be a heavy increase in taxation. Then it is req scnable to assume that within the next year and a half or two years Con gress will have authorized the Sec retary of the Treasury to refund this
 loan. Perhaps the example set hy
 successive Secretaries of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch. Benjamin II. Brstow George s. Boutwell,, and especially John sherman. who were called upon tc deal with the national war debt created by the Civil war, will be re- called by Congress and by the Secre- tary of the Treasury. Refunding was steadily carried on and with great sue
 cess until gradually by means of GUS toms revenues and internal taxation the government obtained the funds with which to extinguish the various
 bend issues until just before the Eu- ropean war began the debt was under $i, 0o0, ,000,000. What Is called the third Liberty Loan carries a single definite maturity. All of these loans must be paid at intervals within fifty years and many of them will be carried on and on through refunding operations. One of thes best authorities says that l during the two fiscal years which will end on June s0 1922, the United States treasury could at the best find surplus revenues adequate only to retire tho outstanding certificates of indebted ness which represent a floating debt that at the beginning of the year was equal to about 13 per cent of our total gross debt of s25.ooo. 100000. It will
 be seen from this statement that in the future, which at the longest is not more than two years away, our own country must have established a fiscal policy whose magnitude would have appalled, our ablest financers and bankers suggesting then almost the possibility of bankruptcy had the prop osition been considered in 1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
STOCK MARKET HAS ADULL AND HEAVY
 DAY OF TRADING
British Industrial Crisis As suming Alarming Propor- tions, Causes Drop In
 Rate of Exchange
By Associated Press

New York, October 1S.-Foreign sefl- ing, precipitated chiefly by the strike of the British miners and domestic of- ferings originating mainly at interior points, were the restraining influences of today's dull and heavy stock market.
 The British industrial crisis, which seemed to assume more alarming pro- portions, was directly responsible for another sharp decline in rates of ex- change to London, sterling bills falling to their lowest quotations for the cur rent movement. Exchange on other important foreign capitals was sympa- thetically affected, French and Belgian remittances. also lire and rates to Spain. Switzerland and other so-called neutral countries easing sharply. A new low record for remittances to Ar Eentiua was primarily que to that country's adverse trade advance.
 Advices over the weekend from home industrial sections strengthened the impression prevalent in many quar- ters that independent steel producers are formulating plans for a downward revision of price schedules. These plans may take concrete form at the coming meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute.
 Steels and equipments. oils, junior rails, shippings, textiles and feathers were the vulnerable features of the stock market, the list for the most part recording lowest prices in the final hour when cables reported labor dis tGrbances in London and the provinces.
 Easier conditions ruled in the money market last weeks statements of the s local federal reserve and clearing house banks tending to that end. An open Ing rate of per cent for call loans held until the last few minutes when offerings were made at per cent De- mestic and foreign bonds were steady to firm. local utilities strengthening. Total sales, par value, s13,3T5 900. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
Money Market

Dy AStOctAteu FrcSS
 New York, October 1S-Prime mercar- tile paper 8; exchange weak: sterling CO., day bills, 33Sss; commercial 60-day bills on banks, 3SS5s; commercial 60-day bills, 3.$1s; demand, 3.43A; cables, 3,43N. Francs. 6.46; ca bles, GAS. Belgian francs. 6.S1; cables, 6.S3. Builders, demand, 3o.So; cables, 3o.9O. Lire, demand, 3.S3; cables, 3.S5. Marks, demand, 1.42; cables, 1.43. Greece, demand, 965. New York exchange on Montreal, 9l5 per cent dis count. Government and railroad bonds steady. Time loans steady; to days, .p days and six months. 7A@8 per cent. Cali money steady; ruling rate, per cent; bank acceptances, 6k per cent. Bar sil- yer, domestic 991Ac foreign, 79i4c Mexi- can dollars, 60Lyc.