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Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09
in extendIng sympathy 70 the relat-

in extending sympathy to the relat-
ives.
The funeral services Of Mrs. Julia
Bever, who died at 6 o'clock Sunday
morning at her home on West Mans
Geld Street, were held at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Liberty Church,
conducted by Brother Robinson of
the Church Of God. A short services
was held at the home at 11:30.
Mrs. Bever was born in Fountain
County, Ind, 72 years ago and moved
to Audrain County "a years ago.
She was i'll only a week before her
death.
She is survived by one son, Walter
Bever of Anoka, Mimi, three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Addie Niesen Of st. Louis;
Mrs. Iva Davenport and Mrs. Ertie
Surber of near Thompson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

John Kieffarber, 81 years old, a
former resident of Mexico, died in
Kansas City last week at st. Mary's
hospital. He leaves a wife and three
children. He will be remembered by
older residents of Mexico who will
regret to learn of his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cluster are
happy over the arrival of a fine lit
tie daughter Saturday morning. Both
mother and child are getting along
nicely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

DIR. A. ". McALESTER DIES.
DR.. A. W. McAlester, for many
years dean of the S>hopl of Medicine
a. the University Of Missouri, died
at Boone County Hospital. Thursday
evening. He was 81 years i'd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

The many friends of Green Tomlin-
son will be glad to know he is i'm
proving from his recent accident as
well as could be expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mrs. Maude Button and Mass
BERTHE Rouse viii leave Tuesday fOr
Omaha, Neb, to visit their brothers
and their families.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Denham
IL Columbia and Mr.. and Mrs. r.
q. Blanchard motored to Columbia
Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Crigler will
leave this week for Biloxi, Miss,
they will spend the winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mrs. Gillie Wood went to Mexico
Wednesday morning to make her
home with her brother, Jesse Frank
lin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Fred Kemper has painted the front
of his building occupied by Smith
Bros. grocery store. 1t is most at
tractively decorated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mrs. Amanda Kunkel Of West Mon
roe street has just renewed her sub
scription to the Ledger for the
.fifty-eight year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09
WITH VIOLATION
OF PROHIBITION

Law
Willard z. Clark Of Sturgeon was
arrested there Monday afternoon by
Sheriff Chal Blum on the charge Of
violating the prohibition law. It Il
believed that Clark sold whiskey to
minors. He was brought to Mexico
and placed in jail to await trial dur
ing the November term Of court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mrs. B. Y. Jaudon Of st. Louis
arrived Friday to visit her daughter,
Frances, and Mrs. c. R. Anderson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

The county court was in session
Monday ~transacting routine busin-
ess.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cluster an
nounce the birth of a daughter Sat-
urday morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09
NOTICE.

Trespassers and hunters will keep
off Of all my farms or be prosecuted.
d g. wilt. IRWIN MADDOA.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09
REFUSE HIM
PERMIT TO
LEAVE H0TIANn

LEAVE dOLLAND
LONDON, Nov. 2-There is to be
no wedding "trip for the former kali
ser. The same ban that forbade his
leaving Doom on the ocrasion of the
former kaiserin's funeral holds strict
ly upon the occasion of his marry
ing the Princess of Reuss.
1t is learned that both England
and France have taken the position
that Wilhem's honeymoon may be, in
fact, must be, enjoyed within the
high fenced domain of his forced ex-
lie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Blattner re-
turned to Fulton Monday after visit
ing w. C. Blattner Of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09
Mrs. C. C. Hammond of Columbia
was in Mexico Monday to attend the
d. A. R. election of officres.
D AND WOOL.

We continue as we have for the last
AZ years to pay the highest prices for
the above. SAM MORRlS.
So If Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Read Ledger ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Ledger Want Ads PayTry One.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-11-09

Robert Ferris of Laddonia was a
Mexico visitor Thursday.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
PLEASURES OF YOUNG CHINA
Children Have Many ADJUSTMENTS
Which Are Unknown to Young
sters of Other Countries.

The children Of the Chinese village
led sheltered, happy existence with
servants and young relatives to amuse
them indoors or without, as the wealth
er permitted, writes M. T. F., in Asia
Magazine. They were literally sup
piled by their indulgent grandmother
with pocket money in the form of
handfuls of coppers, instead of the
strings Of cash that suff1ced an earlier
generation. From passing vendors
they bought bows and arrows Of
brightly painted bamboo, whistling
birds and theatrical figures of colored
earthenware, inflated rubber toys and
an endless variety of rice flour cakes
sesame seed CONNECTIONS, peanut taffy
and millet candy On festal days the
choice was wider than ever with
fluffy punches of sugar wool (fine
spun sirup) and brittle candy toys
blown from molten taffy with all the
glass blowers art, in the form of Ian
terms, birds and fish mounted on slen-
der sticks. At early seasons there
were huge fish made of bamboo
frames, paper covered and realistical-
ay painted, which swan in a breeze
with lazy grace, or kites similarly
fashioned to represent birds and
dragons which winged upward in fas-
cinating fight.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
Great Congo Rubber Forests.

The great rubber forest of MBon-
ga, in the Congo country, thousands Of
square miles In extent, Is really COM
posed of two forests joined by an 18TH
mus of wood. In the forest lies the
Belgian fort of M'Bassa. The fort is
not used today as fort Cor was not
when H. De We're Stacpoole wrote his
hook, "The Pools of Silence" in 1910
only as a collecting place for rubber.
Mr. Stacpoole says: SIN the early
days 1t was very necessary entrench-
ment for the Belgians AS a tribe al
most as warlike as the Zappo Zaps
terrorized the districts; but the peo-
pie of this tribe have long been
brought under the blue flag and the
white star. They are now soldiers
and their savagery has, like a keen
tool, been turned to good advantage
by the government"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
Waiting for Precedent.

In the memoirs of M. Saint-Saens
the famous French composer, there is
a story Of his days at the Madeleine,
when he was organist.
The composers taste inclined to-
ward severe music of the highest or
der. One of the clergy pointed out to
him that the congregations at the
Madeleine were composed largely of
wealthy people who attended frequent
iy the Opera Comique and had their
musical tastes formed by what they
heard there.
IN. rAbbe," replied Saint-Saens.
"when I hear from the pulpit the Ian
guage of the Opera Comique I will
play music appropriate to it. and not
before"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
Praises the Y. M. C. A.

The Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, an
Indian official, gives this testimony ::
you have done me the honor to ask
me to state what / think of the work
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. in India. 1t is be-
yond praise. l do not pretend to know
all about it, but what have seen of it
fills me with admiration and gratitude
The association nGglects no promising
field of service. The magnitude and
many-sidedness of its operations are
wonder to me, and have sometimes
felt the nonofficial organizations in
India would gain in persistence and
boldness of conception by study Of
the aims, methods and ideals of the
great movement known throughout the
world by the letters Y. NJ. c. Az
Chicago Post.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
HOW WALL STREET GOT NAME
Designation Arose From Paisade
Erected by Sturdy Old Peter
Stuyvesant in Early Days.

If there had not been war between
Holland and England there is no tell
ing what would have been the name of
Wall Street, New York. The financial
center of America might have borne
any other name and have been just as
powerful as it is.
The wall that gave to it its name
was put up by Peter Stuyvesant. The
old peg-legged autocrat had his own
intelligence service and he became con-
WINGED that the New England and Con-
necticut colonies were going to attack
him. His town north of the fort was
unprotected and he threw wooden
wall from the East to the North rivers.
1t was built of logs that were used as
palisades, with the upper ends spiked
1t was not wonderful defense, as
we look at things now, but against an
assault by men armed with blunder-
busses 1t would have taken some sacri-
flee on the part of the attackers to
have carried it.
But the old wooden wall stood for
half-century and cramped the growth
of the town. There was a ditch along
side it, and at night the gate was
closed and bolted and guarded. When
you got outside the wall you were in
the suburbs of New Amsterdam with
no Communication service to kick about.
It, however, named the street that ran
beside it and which is, perhaps, the
best known thoroughfare in the Uni
ted States.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
ENDANGERS SECURITY OF U. S.
Manhattan Post of Legion Condemns
Action Of Navy Department in
Releasing 100000 Members.

That the security of the United
States is endangered by the release
by the Navy department of nearly
100000 members of the naval reserve
force, is the opinion of members Of
Manhattan naval post, American
Legion, New York, who have adopted
a resolution terming the dropping of
the reservists as breaking the back
of the reserves"
The Manhattan post is composed of
former navy enlisted men and Off
GERS. The post has made a careful
study of naval affairs and has main
tanned policy favoring complete
naval preparedness.
The resolution points out that with
out the maintenance of complete
naval reserve force, the government
lacks sufficient trained men to man
the ships and stations of the navy
In time of war.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
Being True to Ones Self.

Following is from 1.-THE Simple
TRUTH" by Ernest G. Wilson:
sit is sometimes taught that life is
not for happiness, but for experience,
and that he who aspires to happiness
seeks in vain. Sometimes, too, just
the reverse of this ACCOMPLISHMENT Is
impressed upon the students mind ;
that happiness is the true goal of life
and that jubilance is the first duty of
the aspiring soul. If we conceive ex-
perience as means of self-unfold-
ment, and happiness to mean, not
abandonment, but allegiance to that
which is best in us, the two state
ments are reconciled, and express
truth. The souls highest duty and
greatest pleasure are one, and both
are fulfilled when man is true to him.
self"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
Robin Uses lace Nest

When our women folks went to
take in the wash they were surprised
to find that some choice lace that had
been placed on the line was missing.
Later they observed a robin sitting on
the line with his gaze directed to
garment to which he soon flew and
began to pull at a part of it. Know
ing that a pair of robins had built a
nest in the tree nearby, the folks
thought that perhaps the birds had
taken the lace into their nest. Inves-
tigation proved this to be correct, as
the lace formed a part of the nest
walls. After the robins were done
with the nest the lace was recovered
but in hardly good conditional.
A Kelly, in Guide to Nature.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
SPLIT ON CHURCH DOCTRINE
ceders From the National Church
of England.

The Puritans were a party which,
though nominally taking its rise at the
time when Archbishop Parker, at the
request of Queen Elizabeth, formulat-
ed the constitution, articles and the
ritual of the national Church of Eng
land, really owes it's origin to the in
fluence of Wycliffe and the Lollards.
In consequence of Parker's scheme of
church purity, serious differences
manifested themselves among the
clergy, those who demanded greater
strictness of life and doctrine being
called in derision Puritan, or in
Burns phrase "the unco guild" The
party became split up into an ex-
IRENE section that preferred the Pres
byterian system to the Episcopal sys-
tenn, and moderate section whose de-
sire was simply to draw strongly
marked line of doctrinal demarcation
between the two standards of the two
churches. Later on (15S0) there was
third party, which eventually became
the most powerful of all, viz: the
Separatists or Independents, who adj
vocated the congregational system,
whereby each charge would be re-
sponsible to itself alone. In the reign
of James l (1620), the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs sailed from Delfthaven Tin the
Netherlands), touching at Southamp-
ton, England, and founded the colony
of Plymouth, Mass, at the end of that
year. A few years later in the reign
of Charles |, a great wave of Puritan
migration built up the colony of Mas
sachusetts bay, an offshoot of which
was the colony of Connecticut.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
WORLDS DEBT TO THE MOON
Orb Is One of the Most Dependable of
Utilities, and the True Friend
of Lovers.

AS an overhead system of lighting,
the moon is one Of the most depend
able of public utilities.
1t rises and sets like the village
loafer and decreases the working
schedule of a watch
If it were charged for by the kilo-
watt hour, or the cubic centimeter, it
would cost a lot of jack to become
engaged.
+ The theory that the moon was made
of green cheese gained some credence
In the past, but has since been proved
erroneous by able astronomers with
highly developed olfactory centers.
The moon makes an old man wish
he was twenty and young man wish
he had two sets of arms.
1t softens the heart, tongues, head
and any tendency toward verbal
thrift. Statements are made in the
moonlight that even a police court
lawyer wouldn't try to prove.
Before marriage a man believes that
q dog banks at the moon as a tribute
10 Iue SpleuuOT Ol TIE OIU at hight
After marriage he learns the real mo-
tive.
A combination of limpid eyes, lam
bent beams and placid lake will make
even a deacon swallow his Adams
apple 40 times in succession and feel
capable of playing an oboe.
1t makes them all edible.
Lincoln got his education by the
light of the fireplace.
Countless savants have gained their
knowledge Shaving away with the mid
night oil.
Many have burrowed into great
tones by the suffering flame of the
gas jet.
But the real wise birds-the guys
who are hep and jerry-learned most
of their lessons in the moonlight!-
Judge.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
Pawnbroker's Siqn.

The Emperor Augustus Caesar, 81
p. c., instituted fund for lending to
needy persons on pledge. The insti-
tutions, called "Monti di Pieta," arose
at Perugia, in Italy, about 1862 A. D..
The first pawnbrokers in England
were Italian Lombards. and the three
balls still used as their insignia are
said to have been derived from the
arms of the Medici family, adopted,
according to legend, in memory of
AIverardo de Medici. commander I'M
der Charlemagne, who slew the giant,
Mugello, whose club he bore as a
trophy. This club or mace had at its
head three iron balls, which the fam
lily of Medici adopted as their device,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
"Easter Riding" in Bohemia.

In various parts of Bohemia, now
the principal State Of the new Czecho-
Slovak republic, curious old custom
prevails, that of easter riding" On
each Easter day, at four o'clock in the
morning, the riders assemble, dressed
in black and carrying crosses, flags
and other emblems. From Schonwald
they proceed on a three hours ride
to Kuhn, where they attend service
The priest, after a sermon wherein
he refers to the horse as a symbol Of
power, bestows his benediction on the
animals and their riders. This done,
the riders visit the neighboring cas-
ties, where they receive hospitality,
subsequently making their way home
ward, escorted by band and a large
crowd. The origin of the curious Gus
tom is lost in the mists of antiquity.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
TREASUARY SAVINGS
CERTIFICATES.

Much favorable comment regarding
the new issue Of Treasury Savings
Certificates is being received by F {
Ayres, Government Savings Director,
First Federal Reserve District, from
all parts of New England. From the
demand already in evidence it is
apparent that a security has been
devised which fills a long felt want
among both large and small investors.
A large number of $1,000 maturity
value certificates has already been
sold by the Boston Post Office, and
many similar reports have been re-
ceived from other first class post
offices of the district. The fact that
these certificates are bought at a
minimum price and increase auto
matically in value every month, thus
precluding the possibility of loss Of
either principal or interest, and pro-
viding an income rate of Az per
cent compounded semi annually, is a
strong argument in their favor.
At meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Postal Savings Divi-
sion held recently, resolution was
adopted permitting the allowance Of
interest on a monthly basis on such
Postal Savings Certificates as are tc'
be applied toward the purchase of
Treasury Savings Certificates. For
example: If a depositor in the month
of January, 1922, for the purchase of
a Treasury Savings Certificate for
$50 and the withdrawal of $50 in
cash, prorated interest will be allow
ed for the months of October, Novem
Der and December on $40, Prorated
interest will not be allowed on the
remaining $50. An incentive has
thus been provided for Investment in
Treasury Savings Certificates.
After January 1st % cent Thrift
Stamps, the sale of which was dis
continued on December 31st, will be
accepted toward the purchase of
either Postal or Treasury Savings
Certificates, at their face value, or
may be redeemed in cash. !.
The sale of War Savings Stamps
ceased on December 31st, but those
stamps now outstanding will mature
on January l, 1926 at SIS each, and
many be redeemed in the interim at
the values shown on the certificates
to which they are affixed.
All of our readers are advised to
look up any incomplete thrift cards
and see that they are applied on the
purchase of either Postal or Treasury
Savings Certificates, or are redeemed
in cash at their face value, They
just so much money which
should not be lost sight of.
The postmaster takes personal
pleasure in recommending the pur-
chase of these Government securities
for he knows that they are absolute
ly loss proof and as such form a
security than can never be a subject
of criticism by the investor.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
LIBRARIANS i

You surely have some rSoks on
hand that need rebindInv or repair
ing. BRING or send all such hooks
TO us and let US make them n
good as new.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
YERSHIRE.

Mrs John Poland was called to
Greenfield by the death of her niece
little Ruth Campbell
Miss Doris Kicker has been spend
ing the holidays with her mother Mrs
Inez Conant
The O'Day girls spent Xmas at
home.
A daughter, Beverley Amber, was
born to Mr. and Mrs Alvah Hastings
Dec. Is.
Leon and Lloyd Harding were home
from Montpelier Seminary over the
holidays.
Mrs | E Tucker and son Maurice of
Hanover spent Xmas at the old home.
Death of Mrs Lettie (hezer) Cross.
Mrs Lettie (Kezer) Cross, wife of
the late Alonzo ] Cross, passed away
at her home on Dec. II after a short
illness of pneumonia.
Mrs Cross had been in her usual
health and eager to help keep her
home along until in October, when
she, with her son Ernest, were driv-
ing to his home in Post Mills They
were run into by an automobile and
Mrs Cross was thrown out and re-
ceived severe cuts about the forehead,
She was Immediately taken to Han
over hospital, where she received
treatment for some time, after which
she came home and still continued to
gain, but never fully recovered from
this injury About two weeks before
her death she was taken with cold,
which developed into pneumonia.
Mrs Cross was born Nov. /, 1845 at
Topsham. In 1864 she was united in
marriage to Alonzo Cross of this
town. Nine children came to bless
this union, six of which are now liv-
ing and all were with her when the
end came except Raymond, who lives
in Springfield, and arrived a few
hours after his mother had passed
away.
After the death of Mr. Cross about
IS years ago Mrs Cross, with the
help of her children, had kept the
home farm, During the last five or
six years her daughter Bertha has
taught in the home district and lived
and cared for her mother most
tenderly.
Mrs Cross was the last of fam
lily of eight children. The funeral
was held in the Congregational
Church Tuesday, Dec. goth, with Rev.
William Douglass of Post Mills Off.
eating and G M Wilson in charge, .
Mrs L Allen, Mrs John Simonds, E
Smith and w E Tucker of Thet-
ord rendered three selections. (
There was a profusion of beautiful ;
lowers, among them being a pillow, {
With Mother" from the children. {
hrs Cross was a devoted wife and
mother and kind neighbor, and will '
re greatly missed by everyone. The S
of the community goes out 7
o the daughter Bertha, who has c
'een so devoted to her mother. c
Card of Thanks. t
We wish to express our sincere +
hanks to the singers, and to all, who I
n any way assisted during the illness +
nd death of our Mother. c
Fred Cross, V
Mrs Bertha Virgins, c
Mrs Winnie Virgins and family S
Ernest Cross and family,
Raymond Cross and family, I
Mr. and Mrs Clayton Cross, S
Q
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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-07-20
Police May Fosce Women
 To Dress Alike; Custom

CONSTANTINOPLE. July % Some optimistic and determined Turks are attempting to persuade the women of the land to adopt a stand ard form of dress. Optimistic, be cause Turkish women seem no more inclined to wear uniform than would their sisters of London, Paris md New York and determined be- cause the Committee de la Mode is thinking of calling upon the police for help in carrying out it's plans.
 Where are the women who would consent to have imposed upon then an antique and strange costume found today only in museums?" is one O the questions hurled at the reform CTS. Where is the woman whc would recommend such a costume tc another? Can Turkish woman O old world StamhOul dress like mod ern hanoum of aristocratic pera Nationalist fana'icism is an excellent thing. but only within limits?"
 The committee. in answer to these and sundry other attacks. has an nounced darkly it is working on a scheme 10 put over its project. the application of which will he placed in the hands of the municipal po,ee
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-07-20
Germany Finds New Way
 To Tax All Foreigners

BERLIN, July 20.-The Prussian government has drafted bill for the legalization of taxation. in all com muntes of over 1000 inha bitants, on all persons who rent rooms for a sojourn of period under six months. The tax amounts to 40 per cent where the lodging charge is more than 800 marks. In the case of persons who have not resided in Prussia previous to January. 1921, the tax is 200 per cent
 While the proposed assessment is ostensibly applicable to all persons, including Germans, the stipulated five-fold assessment indicates a uni versal lodging impost fundamentally aimed at foreigners. Officials explain that local communities participate to very limited extent in the na- tion's txation proceeds. Hence they are obliged to look around for fresh sources of revenue. and the lodging house tax affords one of the easiest ways for communities to increase their income.