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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21
Saturday Specials

Pancake flour, Is cents the
package; coffee, 25 cents the
pound; Peaberry best grade
coffee, 3Oc the pound; corn 10
cents per cam peas 10 cents;
peaches in syrup, 25 cents per
can; apricots, 25 cents per can.
Percales 20 cents the yard at Joe
Disney's Store.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21
TOWN and COUNTRY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

AOA 6OSs hC A4OAuC OIOAN'
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Lemm, Wednesday, a girl.
Pure cane granulated sugar
$500 per 100 pound. The Home
Store.
Genuine Red River Ohio pota-
toes $3.50 per bushel. The Home
Store.
Ira Frakes was on the st.
Louis market yesterday looking
for some stock hogs.
Mrs. Frank Kicker of Brook
field spent yesterday afternoon
with Laclede friends.
Lost, between Laclede and
Brookfield, on middle road, brass
air pump. L. T. >Ringland.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Lomax
were Sunday guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Garvey in Brookfeld.
The Reading Circle will meet
with Mrs. Catherine Fruin next
Tuesday evening, January Is.
T. M. Bresnehen shipped two
cars of fat cattle to market last
Saturday from his farm west of
town.
Ross Louden was on the st.
Louis market Monday with a
car of fat cattle from his farm
near forker.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Anderson
and two daughters, Gladys and
Lois, spent Saturday and Sun
day in Kansas City.
Chas. H. Cotter was down
from Kansas City attend the
funeral of his sister-in-law, Mrs. |
Ben Cotter, Wednesday.
Don't forget the oyster supper
to be given by the T. E. LIS of
the Baptist Sunday school, Fri
day evening, January 21.
A. D. Mustapha left Friday
night for Hartley, Iowa, in re-
sponse to a message announcing
the death of his brother, Adolph
Mustapha.
VIM. Turner and daughter,
Cena, of Kirksville, were La
clede visitors Tuesday of this
week, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Lomax.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Wroe
were over from Brookfeld Tues
day and spent the afternoon
with friends who are always
glad to see them.
A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Stark at their
home east of town last Sunday
and has been given the name
Of Dorothy Grace.
a. U. Walker of Meadville
was here Wednesday posting
bills for his public sale to be
neld next Thursday and placed
an ad with The Blade. s
The ladies class of the Baptist
:hurch are to serve an oyster
supper Friday evening January
Il, in the church basement.
Everyone cordially invited.
Mrs. A. H. Cooper returned
nome Wednesday from visiting
ler daughter, Mrs. Joe Couch
md family, and her son, Dan
Cooper and family at Linneus.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M. Lomax r
ave been in Brookfeld the 2
reater part of the past week at c
he bedside of the latter'si y
rother, ]. B. Patrick, who is c.
ute i'll. P
The Cheerful Helpers, Miss Z
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21


Baptist church basement JAN
uary 21.
Ed. ]. Baker, we'll known
Charlton county farmer, was in
| Laclede on business Wednesday,
and was a pleasant caller at this
Office, renewing his two annual
subscriptions.
On February 16, Clinefelter &
Son will hold sale of high grade
Jersey cows and heifers and
purebred Duroc bred sows and
gifts at the Clinefelter farm three
miles south of town.
Mrs. Lee Wilson and daughter,
Miss Hazel, left Sunday for
Columbia, Mrs. Wilson to attend
Farmers Week at the. state
agricultural college, and the
daughter to visit Miss Fern
Thurman.
Prices are rapidly getting back
to normal at the Lomax store in
Laclede as you will observe by
their mid-winter sale ad in to-
days Blade. The special re-
duction sale is continued to Sat-
urday night of this week.
Miss Ella Ong called this
week and paid the 31st annual
subscription, her father, the late
Captain Ong, being among the
first names on our list when the
paper was started in 1890. Cir
cult Clerk H. H. Lamb and j. !
T. Hamilton, have also been
with us all these years and have
just renewed.
The latest addition to La
clede's population is a fine
daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Shell yesterday morn
ing. Grandpa and Grandma
Shell of Laclede as well as
Grandpa and Grandma Hunter
of Browning are vieing with the
proud young parents in doing
honor to the little Miss.
The January meeting of the
L. C. N. club was held with Mrs.
w. O.>Anderson on Thursday of
last week. Owing to the inclem-
ency of the weather the crowd
was not as large as usual buy
very pleasant day was spent by
those fortunate enough to be
present. Next regular meeting
will be with Mrs. Carlos Ander-
SON, February 10.
Dragging the snow off the
'oads is one of the best pieces of
.oad work that can be. Before
he late snow fall the roads were {
n fine condition and where the
lrag was used they continued in
rood condition and there is now {
/ smooth dry track in the center
While where the snow was not ,
'emoved they are muddy and
,ad. I
We wish to announce that we
lave bought all Fords, Ford
ons and parts from the Dickin-
on Motor Co., and have taken
term lease on their building
nd will continue Ford Sales and !
service under the name of the =
1oore Motor Co., Brookfeld,
10. Let US get acquainted. =
Vernon c. Moore. = =
Lee E. Moore. :
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21
Cattle Dipping

500 lbs or under, 35e per head.
500 to 800 lbs, SOC per head.
800 lbs and over, Csc per head.
THE OAKS.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21

Health Club baking powder.
A phosphate powder packed in a
q OF. can for zoe. The Home
Store.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21
PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

for 25c. The Home Store.
Mrs. M. Garvey of Brookfeld
spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. Lomax.
J.L.Sayre spent a part of last
week with old friends and rela-
tives at Green City.
Skinner's Macaroni, spaghetti,
or Egg Noodles 3 packages for
25c. The Home Store.
Section Foreman Joe Albin
went to Carrollton Tuesday to
attend a meeting of Burlington
trackmen.
Miss Josephene Mustapha re-
turned home Friday after two
weeks visit with relatives and
friends in Iowa.
Mrs. Alice SerfasS of Brook
field is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Killing and Mr.. Killing
south of Laclede.
Mrs. C. C. Swank and little
son of Brookfeld visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Dowell, here this week.
F. F. Welsh left Wednesday
for Columbia to attend the
Farmers Week program at the
state university and visit his
son, Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Mauld-
ing of Brookfeld were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Frazier on
route three the latter part Of
last week.
Miss Deloras Robinson Of
Brookfield is the guest of her
brothers, A. F. and w. r.
and their families
north of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Duckworth
and little daughter of Hale were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Duckworth and Mrs. j. E. :"
Monday.
Special music will be given by
he ladies quartet of Brookfeld
1t the oyster supper Friday
hight at the Baptist church.
Be sure and come.
Mrs. Geo. Denbo went to
Saturday and was
With her sister, Mrs. Ben Cotter,
Turing her last hours and ac-
ompanied the remains home
Monday.
Mrs. Frances Lemon of Chilli
othe spent Tuesday with her
mother, Mrs. Geo. Denbo, hav-
ng come to attend the funeral
f her aunt, Mrs. Ben Cotter,
eld Wednesday.
The many friends of Mrs. J.
!. Clinefelter are glad to learn
he has so far recovered as to be
bic to return to her home here
'om the Brookfeld hospital
here she had been for three
eeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay K. Stark
nd little daughter went to
olumbia Tuesday to visit his
Ither, o. H. Stark and family.
n. Stark. will also attend
rmers' week program at the
ate agricultural college.
Don Harris of Milan spent
lnday with j. L. Sayre at his
1me west of town. Mr.. Harris .
a farmer and breeder of White
ace cattle and believes no
rmer can affort to keep any,
ing except purebred stock, the
'esent price Of land requiring
at everything produced be the
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News.Of ALI Sorts

This is the year for township
election to be held on the last
Tuesday in March. A full sci
of township officers are to bt
elected. The present officers
are Geo. W. Anderson, trustee
L. T. Rowland and Ross Louden.
members of the board; E. K
Welsh and J.. T. Cushing, JUS
tices of the peace; Carl F. Say
les, collector and constable; G.
B. Welsh, clerk and assessor.
-
There are still a few names on
our list whose subscription ex-
pired the first of the year who
have not yet renewed. Cash in
advance is the only way a news
paper can exist these days, es-
pecially at one dollar per year,
and we ask our friends to kindly
attend to the matter at their
earliest convenience. We ap-
preciate the patronage of our
many readers and always regret
to drop a namefrom our list.
]. H. Kotsenburg, brakeman
on the st. Joseph local that
reached Laclede about five
o'clock Saturday evening, met
with an accident near the Laclede
station that cost him his left
arm. He was on top of a box
car and the jolt of the train in
a coupling threw him to
the ground, one'arm going under
the moving wheels. He was
rushed to the Bfoollied hospital
where the arm was amputated.
Squire j. T. Cushing has sold |
his place of twelve acres in the
west suburbs of town to VIM. |
Chinn for $4,000. MI. Chinn
formerly lived here but for the
past few years has been living |
at Girard, Kans. Possession is
to be given between now and
March 1st. Mr.. Gushing has
bought the John Gartner resi-
lence in the north part of town
1t 81 200 and will occupy it as
soon as some repairs can be
made.
Three of the motion picture
brilliant stars are ap-
,earing on the same screen and
n the same picture at the La
lede theatre Saturday night in
he current production, "a Little
Brother of the Rich," the stars
re Frank Mayo, Kathryn
adams and j. Barney Sherry.
The story was written by Joseph
1edill Patterson, owner of the
,hicago Tribune and the North
lift of America. ga Little
Srother of the Rich" was filmed
t Universal City.
Mrs. Ren S. Cotter died at a
ospital in KTksville last Mon
ay morning. The remains were
to the home northwest
{ Laclede Monday where the S
neral was held on Wednesday.
he services were conducted by {
.ev. Ben F. Hill of Brookfeld ?
nd burial made in the Linneus
Mrs. Cotter was the :
aughter of Major and Mrs. L. q
{. Forman and is survived by
lie husband and one son, Lee 5
=, aged II. 5
Health Club baking powder. o
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1921-01-21

Mrs. 7. E. Sisson was at
Kirksville yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05
FARM BUREAU DRIVE MEETING AT GILBERT
 |S MARKED SUCCESS

One of the most interesting Farm Bureau meetings of the season was held in the auditorium of the Gilbert high school Wednesday evening. More than 200 were present, about one third of whom were women. M. P. Holiday acted as chairman, and the meeting in- cluded musical numbers.
 The farm bureau will solve the prob lems of the farmer, dairyman and stockman when towns, counties, states and the nation are organized and agri- cultural products stabilized, Charles Peterson of Mesa, the first speaker, declared. He added that he was glad to see farmers uniting in one national organization, that they might become independent and enjoy the profits of their labor and some of the luxuries heretofore enjoyed by others.
 The main speaker of the evening was s. Fred Cummings, farm bureau organizer, who said in opening that the number present showed American farmers realized they must unite to protect their interests. The difference in prices paid to the producer and by the consumer proved both must or ganize to work together and eliminate speculation, he declared. MT. Cum
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05

mings spoke of the rapid growth Of the national farm bureau organization, which now has more than 2.25o,0oo members, after being started only last year.
 What the farm bureau already has accomplished was stressed by the speaker, among the items mentioned being a saving of s1s0,00O.ooo in freight to the American people and the nam ing of Henry c. Wallace. & noted authority on farming, secretary of ag- riculture. What the farm bureau ex- poets to do in the future also was out lined by MT. Cummings, who sheld the crowd in close attention during his talk.
 ''We must organize strong" ;ir. Cum mings declared. We must bring in every farmer, stockman, dairyman and producer in the United States" He spoke of the unfairness shown farmers in the past, and closed by saying:
 Remember that however unfair the other fellow has been we must be fair and just to all mankind. We only want that which belongs to us. a fair and reasonable profit on our products that we may be able to live and not merely exist"
 Director D. M. Cook of the university extension service, the next speaker, also was received warmly by the audi ence, and was followed by C. S. Brown of Tucson, president of the state farm bureau federation, whose address was followed closely.
 After the program refreshments were served, while many of the farmers present signed up for membership in the farm bureau. The total number oi members obtained in the membership campaign which followed the meetins was more than 100.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05
FORMER LEGISLATOR
 IF IOWA 4 VISITOR

Among the visitors in the galleries of the legislature yesterday were MT. and Mrs. Thomas A. Way of Thief River Falls. Minn. They are travelling through the country by automobile MT Way formerly was a. member of the Iowa legislature. and during the rise of United States Senator Cummins to political power Mir. Way acted as his political manager Naturally, the career of MT. Cummins has become a source of pride to him.
 Among the activities of MT. Way is the ownership of newspaper, the twice-a-week Tribune of Thief River Falls.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05
CONCERT TOMORROW
 AT INDIAN SCHOOL

The Indian school band will give a concert at the school on Sunday, March 6, beginning at D. m. The public is cordially invited Following is the program:
 Part Overture. Raymond" Thomas Waltz. Persian Moonlight" King ~Grand Potpourri' Arr. by Berry March from "Athaiia' .Mendelssohn i. Part Melody of Love" --..-- -Engelmann Selection from Martha. Won F1otow Irish Melodies Arr. by Hayes Sacred Overture. ... Arr. by Hayes John R. Green. director.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05

and thus defer the s until June l, if in your judgment that it would be ad- visable to keep all construction work shut down. The amount of 70 cents will give sufficient amount for opera ton and maintenance of the project and to deliver water to the sharehold- CTS. However, as matter of good business, I think 1t not advisable to discontinue construction work, but rather to fix the first payment of the assessment at S170 an acre as above Stated.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05
SHE'S MEAsLIER

Molly: My little sisters got the measles.
 Jimmie: Ohl So has mine.
 Molly: My little sisters got the sisters got more measles than yours Hasi-Unidentified.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05

FULL CIRCLE Rags make paper. Paper makes money. Money makes banks Banks make loans. Loans make poverty. Poverty makes rags.-London Opinion
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05

Pantomime has been shown at the Drury Lane theater in London for the last 40 years.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-05

This is a matter for consideration of the council and your decision will be for the best interest of all con- cerned.
The Washington times., 1921-12-25

skirmish had taken place In front OF the
Campbell home at the approximate time
that Miss Adele stepped out into the street
conscious that cher appearance showed
the pains she had taken in her boudoir,
conscious that she looked as pretty as a
picture and that her petticoat didn't show,
and all unconsciou Of that Juicy, .over-ripe
tomato that hurtled like falling star in
the general direction of her left eye!
And when it hit. with loud smack and
splash, pretty Adele did not look the same
Her first sensation was one Of horror, and
then, as she realized the disgusting humil
iation of 1t all, she glared around her In
the hope of catching the culprit At the
same time she wondered II Mrs. Roos, with
whom she happened to be slightly on the
outs, had been a witness to the shameful
joke. Quickly she looked at all the win
dows of the Roos home-so quickly, sh.
says, that she distinctly saw woman's
hand pulled back into the bathroom. and
was positive the hand belonged to Mrs,
Roos
Naturally, she was furious as her sus.
picions as to who threw that horrid tomato
began to form, and, rushing into the house,
she called up her father, Peter Campbell,
a well-known New York lawyer and poll.
tician. Mr.. Campbell came home as fast
as he could get there and set right to work
There, on the sidewalk, was the evidence
reduced to pulp and seeds. He made Adele
at the risk of receiving another catsup con.
tainer, stand in the exact spot while he
worked out some problems in trigonometry
and the law of falling tomatoes. Then Mr..
Campbell looked at hts watch, cast a bale
full look at the Roos residence, and went
down to the police station and had Adele
swear out warrant for Mrs. Roos.
The policemen we're admitted by the
Roos butler, and despite his assurances
that his mistress could throw no straighter
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The Washington times., 1921-12-25

cover If there is any justice left In the
world"
Neither family gives whoop about how
much 1t will cost or how long It will take
to finally decide the mattery. Mr.. Camp
bell is willing to sell his business, his
home and his automobile to keep Mrs.
Roos under bonds and to tell the world
that her hand, and her hand alone beaved
the tomato and Miss Adele will go to work
for fifty years, If necessary, to see it
through.
Justice has triumphed," she said, at the
second verdict against her neighbor
Fright has prevailed, and owe it 10 the
community to see that Mrs Roos does not
outwit the law. She threw that tomato
at me because she was Jealous. For long
time she had been talking about my popu
larity, my short skirts and creating mis-
understandings. When she saw the boys
tossing tomatoes around she couldn't re-
sist the temptation to get even. She
thought l would be seeing tomatoes for
sufficient time for her to pull down the
bathroom window and get out of sight, but
was too sharp for her"
AS for Mrs Roos, she is willing to sac
rifice all the comforts Of her present exist
ence for the last word, which she thinks
will be spoken by Chief Justice Taft, of
the United States Supreme Court in Wash
ington.
"There is more than a mere tomato in
volved in this case" she said. ut Is
gigantic conspiracy. They are trying to
compromise my reputation, Just as they
tried to injure the characters of all the
women who ever amounted to anything
Joan of Arc and the rest. But we shall
see"
In the meantime Astoria is city divided
against itself, half of the population siding
with Miss Campbell and half with Mrs.
Roos. The division of opinion is keener
there than II was during the Presidential
elections Of 1916, and as il grows and en-
genders harsh words among the worthy
citizens Of the community no one can see
the end. There is even talk OF split vote
in the hitherto harmonious City Council.
The Washington times., 1921-12-25
Pretty Adele Campbell at Whom the Mushy,
Over-Ripe Tomato Was Thrown.
P4e<~ ~ no WA5ZEfS
STU0y0

words that would Vt look well In print.
Moreover, that since the tomato was cold
Mrs Roos had obtained It from her ice box
with view OF making Miss Campbell see
seeds for some time to come. showing In
conceivable cunning and design.
How strange 1t is that human beings
resent most those things which infict the
least physical harm. II Mrs. Roos had run
over Miss Campbell in her automobile 1t
would be great misfortune. but clearly an
accident, and there would be no hard feel
ing to speak Of.
But no pride can Withstand the calamity
caused by a soft and utterly harmless to-
mato or an aged egg. and the tomato for
which Miss Campbell was the target was
said to have been ailing for long time
Perhaps 1t is because a more dangerous
missile, like brick, inflicts a clean, honor
able wound, II carefully thrown 1t will
kill But tomato, even IL it we're fired
from cannon could never kill It can
only spatter, but that is sufficiently I'M
pleasant and humiliating to be resented, SO
Miss Campbell thought-and so she went
to court about 1t.
On two occasions the courts have held
that Mrs. Roos pushed that sickly tomato
out Of her bathroom window on that fateful
afternoon last August-pushed 1t because
1t was too weak to be successfully thrown
and that she did 1t for spite. These YER
diets we're handed down in spite of Mrs.
Roos's testimony that she hadn't seen
tomato for week: the testimony Of her
butler that there had been no tomato In
the Roos ice box In all that time, and the
affidavits of half the immediate neighbor-
hood that some small boy had done the
deed, thinking II was a great joke.
The boys had been throwing tomatoes
around Astoria all day long, peppering
pedestrians good and plenty. An important
The Washington times., 1921-12-25

about 1t In the second trial
So the second trial opened with all the
witnesses to the explosion of that tomato
that could be found All of Astoria was
combed for spectators and victims of the
great battle that had been waged with to-
matoes that same day by the small boys
OF the neighborhood. One woman said her
automobile had been plastered in travers-
ing the short street on which the Roos and
Campbell homes are located. A woman
had been hit in the neck, and all Of them
were sure Mrs. Roos was not one of the
participants.
Opposed TO their testimony was the un-
shakable statement Of pretty Adele, taken
at the previous trial, that the vanishing
hand and arm Of Mrs. Roos were still
framed by the bathroom window when she
looked around, and the minute and legal
testimony of her father. 1t wa. he who had
the foresight to take the temperature of
the tomato, thereby establishing his case
that 1t came from an ice box. II was he
who traced it's alleged juicy course from the
bathroom window, and his testimony was so
convincing that the passionate denials Of
all Of Mrs. Roos's witnesses went to naught.
The verdict again was guilty!
Mrs Roos was required to put up bond
Of 81, 900 to guarantee her future peaceful
conduct or go to the workhouse for thirty
days.
With bitter lamentation she elected to
put up the bond, while Miss Campbell
smiled triumphantly
But the story of the tomato did not end
there, by any means. Through her attor-
ney Mrs. Roos announced that her case
will be carried on up through the courts
until she has brought 1t to the attention
OF Chief Justice Taft in Washington.
And she means it. Already her appeal
to the higher courts is pending. 1t may
cost her fortune, but 1t will cost the
Campbells some money, too.
"But much more than that is involved
she said "This is far from a petty case.
II is conspiracy In which have the SYM
pathy OF all Of Astoria. My fight is to dis
The Washington times., 1921-12-25

A long as the world lasts the aues.
~ tion raised by this once popular
song will remain unanswered, along
with the mystery of Who threw the
brick?" asked in another well-known bal
lad of other years.
Instead of aiming songs at the respective
culprits, how much simpler 1t would have
been II Mrs. Murphy and Mr.. Mccarthy, the
gentleman who stopped the brick, had told
their troubles to policeman and had
both outrages into court. As It is. many
sympathetic people will be perplexed over
the misfortunes Of Mrs. Murphy and Mr.
Mccarthy all their lives long.
Happily, when some one threw a mushy
tomato at pretty Adele Campbell last Sum-
mer the entire community of Astoria, the
New York suburb which is Miss Campbell's
home, rose up and cried out for justice and
the name of the tomato thrower.
That person, according to Miss Camp
bells indignant accusation, was none other
than her next-door neighbor, Mrs. Charles
Roos.
Now that was almost unbelievable. Mrs.
Roos was the charming wife Of wealthy
New York business man and the mistress
of beautiful home. She had butler,
gardener and q retinue Of servants. She
was a woman of unusual poise. Further.
more, she had always been regarded by the
worthy people of Astoria as close friend
of Adele Campbelps.
Nevertheless, Miss Campbell says that
the fatal tomato came from her fair hand,
and that It was preceded by many unkind