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Stuart Co_ 737 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mioh. Send me at once, by return mail a free trial package of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. Name Street City State. HOT TEA BREAKS A COLD-TRY THIS Get a small package of Hamburg Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of this hamburg tea. put a oop of boiling water upon it. wrar umrugh a sieve and drink a teacupfu! at any time. It is the most effective way to break a cold and cure grip, as It the pores, relieving congestion, loosens the bowels, thus breaking cold at once. It Is Inexpensive and entirely vege table. therefore harmless. mi & A *f8^ & it)' «V V* If t. •, ", LIQUOR OEHIHS Pit HEAVY FIRES ASSESSED 1600 EACH FOR AL LfiaiD TRANSPORTATION OF BOOZE. VIOLATORS IN FUTURE TO SERVE PRISON TERMS Jvdf* Reed DMlarti llleflal Transpor tation Must Step and Convictions Hereafter Will RmwK in Imprison ment—Moderste Fines Fail to Chock Law Breaking. Special to Times-Republican. Dubuque. Dec. Declaring that tlni alleged transportation o( liquor into Iowa from Wisconsin and Illinois must ceass Federal Judge Henry T. Reed sentenced two Bast Dubuque dealers to pay fines of $500 each when they .appeared la court yesterday. The men. Nathaniel Boesen and Edward Ryder, were indicted on flvs counts for violation of the Heed amendment to the postal law. Trial on the last four counts in the true bill was de terred until & later session. Both pleaded guilty to the first count According to the charges the mea had made a practice at fililng orders for liquor from Dubuque. It was al leged that they received the orders ov er the telephone ar.d secured draymen to deliver the goods. The purpose of the five counts, it is said, was to prove a conspiracy to defeat the purpose of the Rted amendment Prison for Future Violator*. Judse Reed in meting out the sent ences declared that hereafter prison sentences would be meted out liberally to violators. He explained that he at first believed that offenders would take warning toy the imposition oi moderate fines but he saw the error in his judgment and would show no leniency in the future. Philip Sengar, of Poetville, who ap peared before the court earlier in the day to answer a similar charge, was fined $50 and costs- Counsel for the defense declared that several quarts of whiskey which Sengar is charged with having brought into Iowa was to be iseti for medicinal purposes. IOWA MAY LOSE TAX. Slimmer Will May Be Probated in Minnesota as Result of Ruling. Spec:al to Times-Republican. Dubuque. Dec. The will of Ab raham Slimmer, noted Dubuque phi lanthropist. who died here In August, 191T. will be probated in .Minnesota, according to a decision handed down •by the supreme court of that state. The effect of the decision is to give Minneeota. and not Iowa, the inher itance tax. Attorney General H. S. Havner, of Iowa, has an action In the supreme court of the United State? seeking to IE have abovelsnnounesmeat, wWch appeared in a recent issue of Ibis paper, nsultsd in receiving thouseode of jifMiuirto* Everyone of these we propoee to answer in detail. The enormous amount of wark in volved in claaaifytnc tbeee inquiries will, of necessity, delay our repUe* Oh the opposite page, you wOl find copy of on* the form, which we are^asking you to All out and return to u*f SAMSON 'TRACTOR COMPANY, nWES-RBPUBUCAU, Um aetata probated la Iowa. Sllanma* lalt am aatata valued at •boat lull mlUisa doIJa**, Only part of It want to relntivea. IOWA PALLS RESIDENT OEAD. Hale Roberta. Prominent in Buaineaa Cirelea, Suoeumba to Operation. Special to Times- Hepubucan. Iowa Falla, Dec. 8—llalo Roberta, a well known buaineaa man of this city, died yesterday, following an operation for obstruction of the bowels. Mr. Kolert* has been engage*! In the atone business here for a number of years and managed the Ellsworth Stone Company, of ttila city, and the Hale Roberts Stone Company, of Alden. A few weeka ago a son of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts went to Chicago to enlist In the army and while there was taken sick of Influenza. He returned home and died a few days later. This waa a severe blow to the parents and prob ably affected Ube father's health. He was taken 111 tile first of the week and was operated on Wednesday, but failed to rally therefrom. Mr. Roberta was born In Racine, Wis.. Nov. 90. 185$. Kor many years he was on the road selling stone crush ing machinery. Locating here about twelve yearn ago. he associated himself with the late E. S. Ellsworth In the stone business, and the Ellsworth atone Company, of which Mr. Roberts was president, built the lower dam here and erected the Ellsworth plant. About five years ago, Mr. Roberts built the the plant at Alden. He was marrisd in ISM at Bangor. Wis, and Is survived by hts wife, oqe brother and two sisters. He waa a member of the Congregational church and of the Elks lodge. He waa active in public affairs and circulated the first paving petition In Iowa Kails. Beimond News Notes. Special to Times-Republican. Kclmond. D«sc. 6—Belmond's H'l.t hunters are beginning to return home, several having arrived now, among them being Fred Pulton, who was (stationed at Camn Dodge, where he was a member of tni? Camp Dodge band: and Clair Christie, who was stationed at Camp Pike. He was in the S. A. T. C. at Ames, and was sent to the camp about three weeks ago. G. R. Hill, who is st Camp Pike, will be home In a few days, and C. O. Fitts, of the same place, within a week. Clarence ObrelchU also at Camp Pike, expects to return soon, and Cortland Morse from there will likely be back within the month. Two of the teaching faculty of the local school have tendered their resig nations, Miss Butler, teacher of music and history, and Miss Marie Johnson, primary teacher. Miss Garnet Tonn? and Gerald Tracy surprised tlieir friends by be ing quietly married at the Catholic parsonage. Father Eardley perform ing the ceremony. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Osbom Young, of Belmomi, a graduate of the lielmond school, and is at pres ent teaching in th* public school at Greene, where sha expects to finish out the school year. Mr. Tracy is the son of O. G. Tracy, of Belmond. and ho« iiv*fi here Hi* life ig a ^rsduate of the local school and attended Ames college. He has been employed in South Dakota as an agriculture agent, resigning when called in the draft. A reenperati-ve diet in influenza. Horllck's Malted Milk, very digestible. —Advertisement. We also Invite thoee whohrve mt atuwwedj •J our first edvertiaemont to fill la Mank on oppo* aite page and receive further information. mmMm M. & Janesv^Wlacbntih ft- FLU" IUSK WORR mm BOARD OF HEALTH ADOPTS STRINGENT MEASURE TO COMBAT EPIDEMIC. TO PUT ON LID IF RULE 18 DISOBEYED People In Theaters. Churchse and All Public Gatherings Must Waar Faea Protectors- Same of Larger Store# Order Clerks to Waar Masks While on Out/—Many New Cases. Davenport, Dec. (.—That the lid would again be clamped on the city of Davenport if the orders issued by the board of health In regard to wearing masks at all public gathering's and limiting the number of passengem on street cars were not observed, was the statement made by the board mem bers. Besides threatening :o damp down the lid if Use orders ware not obeyed, the board also announced that individuals who violated the law would be subject to arrest and prosecution. The order on masks provides that gauze face masks must be worn at theaters, movies, churches, dances, lodge and union meetings and public gatherings of all kinds. No street car will be "permitted to carry more than seventy-five passengers. There orders went into effect at noon yesterday. While the mask: order of public gstherings was made by the city board of health, a state board order provides tl.at masks mast be worn by every doctor, nurse attendant or visitor at any hospital or house where there is an Influensa patient. All members of the family of an Influenza patient trust also wear masrks while in the vicinity of the infected person. No Order o*i Stores. Although «..ie board of health does not provide that store clerks wear masks several of the departmen* stores informed Mayor Littleton that they had ordered their crks to wear masks. This action was taken by th« store proprie'ors for the purpose *t protecting the clerks as well as the customers. The report nf the bo*rd of health yesterday showed 1J3 cases since Wednesday morning. Out of this number six cases are severe. HOSPITAL HEAD DIES. Mrs. Harry Haynes, Ida Grove, Victim of Influenza. Special to Tiroes-Republican. Ida Grove. TX»c. —Mrs. Harry Hteynes died Thursday morning after an illness of less than a week of pneu monia. Mrs. Haynes. better known as Miss Peck, was superintendent of the H. & H. hospital In this city for about three years and waa married to Mr. Haynes about three months ago. When IKA ArwaMron/*r hmnitAl WM OMOfd ira4 to tat «a aaportntaM' •St but waa talMi ill with the Inflaeaaa the saoon* day,artsr It* npaalar «ai Wednesday her condition became alarming that relatives wera aura monad and death came the following morning at S o'clock. Thia makes nlns deaths that have oocmrod from the epidemic during the past eight days in this vicinity. lirfloenta Slaps Tax Sale, special to TlmM-HafwbMoan. Nevada, Dec, 4.—Buaineaa of all ic'no* has halted at the notion of th« "11 a" for some time. Court has been adjourned be suae of the epidom! r. (ommcrclal Haas havs been clo«M down, and social affairs have boon .it a standstill. The last important buai rera to be halted by the wave of in fltcnia was the deltnir*nt tax sab When Mooflay morning came Cour.ty Treasurer Dana, with other membsns of hts family was home sick and all the very last hour Mies Francis Mais deputy treasurer, was stricken with the disease. This made the postpone ment of the »m sale necessary. Teacher Mea of Influenza. Special to Times-Republican. ESdora, Dec. «/-Mlsa Juntta Parkins, daughtsr of Mr. and Mrs. Glanvllle Perkins, of Eldora. died Thursday In Nevada, where she had 4een teaching In the publlo schools, death being due tc pneumonia, which followed influ enza. Miss Perkins was well known In this county, having -been born near El dora and attending our public schools and later as a. teacher In schools oC the county. 8tie Is survived by her '4*^ s.*1 i* •mate an* UM atatar. «|HMM hart of frten4a, Bnll— Ilka iwrty patl'nH now l« the temporary hospHnl fen the nsn-asod high school building la dors. It Is beliavwd that the force of the aacond epidemic of infhiensa to visit this seotlon ban spent Itself. Mrs. Orris Meads Eaator^ Star. Davenport. Doc. I.—On account of lnfluensa conditions here the grand chapter of the Baa tarn Star has beeo compelled to oloae its stats convention. Installation of off tears and initiation of new maaobers bfptaghfe the program to an end. Offloeri elected ware: Worthy grand matron, Mrs. Anna M. Orris. Ottmtiwa worthy grand patron. flhlraek. Iowa City associate grand matron, Mrs. Luey B. Bullock, Lorti mer associate grand patron. Charles Sutherland. Cedar Roplds grand secretary. Mis. Ada Thompson, Mar lon grand treasurer, Mrs. Ida A. Webster, WaocoM grand conduc tress, Mrs. Stella Koonta. Marshall town associate grand conducting* lira. EXta Carpenter, Anamosa S. A. T. Beys Went Work. Ames. Dec. 4.—Since the S. A. T. C. has been ordered demobilised th* plana of a great many of the men ha««. been upset, and many who would like to continue their atudias at the college find themselves unable to do so un less they can find some employment along with their college work. Several scores of soch nun havs already made application to/he T. M. A. for employ nun The Asaocia tlsn has not been able to find suffici ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AMERICAN The war has taught us to save and serve. Dorit waste food or fuel Ifyou eat wheat be sure if is the whole wheat.Dorit waste anyofit. It ShreddedWheat isdiewh^^lieat^odiii^wasteino^iing thrown away. It saves fuel and saves food, saves sugar and saves health 'crcami Is Xaftwtnation nsoessary ao aa to enable us te adriae the nuicbaeer of tbe proper Tnetor he should buy IM» Man* a SAMSON nUCTO* COMPANY, Si iw ent work and la now making an to Hat all possible smployaant tea Hao by stndenta.' mw VWI A HKIMUUB Dirt ft* AO Quick Apa. hi Hens or Orao* IMITATIONS conOTiy gyry Csfcs Not water Sum Relief PELL-AN S m^WQH INDIGESTION allfood fH Hii li ~v,h sw* PJ ^.iW La