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CAPE GIRARDEAU TRIBUNE. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO., TODAY. N0VE5IBER 1, 1918.
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It Needs
Your last season's suit and overcoat.
Why not send it to us where it will
receive the attention of experts.
"The Hoffman Way
Johnston Bros.
30 Main Street.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
TO THE VOTERS OF CAPE GIRAR
DEAU COUNTY.
Having received the nomination for
Republican ticket at the primary clec-
t'on on August 6, 1918, and br ing de
sirious of calling on each voter per
sonally and present my claims to
him, I have found that my work in
thi discharge of my duty to our
country as a member of the local
board, which I hold to be considered
more th?n running for office, in ad
dition to my official duty as county
clerk, has prevetnfd me from making
a very thorough campaign of the
county and carrying out my desire
in making a personal call on each
voter. To all who I have been unable
to meet and speak to personally in
support of my candidacy for re-election
to a second term as county
clerk, I wish to stato that I have
have tried to faithfully demean my
Fclf in office during the term which I
am now serving, and have at all timcf
had in mind the interest of the
affairs of the tax payers of the
county, and to that end I have paid
back into the county revenue fund of
the county thp sum of $1695.00 in
the past- three years, from fl les which
I have earned and received for ser
vices rendered in excess of the amount
allowed by law for mysvlf as compen
sation for a rviccs, and that allowed
y deputy und clerk, and if again
hoi ored by your votes I will dicharge
n; dutie during the next four years
a.: conscientiously as I have in the
pa. t, and remain.
.Your obedient servant, 1
Bluchcr Spj rling.
A Watch Is A.Gift That is Always Appreciated.
Buy That Christmas Gift Now.
We Have Built a Remarkable Business in Watches
1 and Reliability Is Our Watchword.
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It is our unalterable rule to sell only watches
made by American makers of known responsibility.
Each movement must bear the maker's guarantee
to which we add our own. This policy coupled
with that of reasonable prices, has built a fine
business for us.
Military Wrist Watches
All the best at all prices. A fine assortment.
Ladies' Bracelet Watches
The popularity of the Bracelet
Watch has caused unscrupulous
makers and some retailers to foist
inferior goods upon unsuspecting
purchasers. In this line we also
hold hard to our policy of reliabili
ty. None but guaranteed move
ments. Shop Now.
H. A. LANG,
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
126 Main Street
Cleaning
Preserves the Fabric"
Phone 1257.
JESSE FITZGERALD
DIES IN FRANCE
Cape Young Man Succumbs to
Double Pneumonia Soon af
Crossing 0?er
Jesse Fitzgerard, a Cape Girardeau
boy, who enlisted two years ago,
died in Franon of double pneumonia,
Sept. 17. This information was sent
by the War Department to his sis
ter Mrs. Bossie Knight of Chaffee a
few days ago. The young man was
born and i;arcd in the Cape and was
known as "Smiley" Fitzgerald. He
was living here when he enlisted two
years ago.
Fitzgerald had only been in France
a short time when he died. His
sister, Mrs. Knight, received a card
from him Sept. 5 which stated he had
just arrived in France. He was a
gunner in a machine gun company
in the C4th infantry and was sent
from Camp McAvthur, at Waco, Tj oc
as, to France.
He was a son of Mrs. V. A. Fitz
gerald, who formerly lived in Cape
girardTau, and was a brother of Mrs.
Gertiudc Jacobs, who died in St. Louis
Ip.H: week. Two brothJi-s, Eveiett
and Arthur live in Springfield.
HANDY FOR CUTTING RIVETS
Proper Tool to Use Is Sharp Chise!
Back Up Mead With Seme
Heavy Weight
The proper tool to use in cutting out
rivets that hoM togetr-or tliin iv.vi-A
parts is a share chisel. The head ot
the rivet shoulf be backed ui with a
weight of some kind so as to prevent
tearing of the adjuont metal. An
oxyacetylene torch is the quirtt'it
method of cutting off rivet heads.
mi aomeooay s uonars wai uo st
I Wonder if
By Bruce
I WILL tell you what will happen some
night this winter in France. Some
night when its cold and dark. - There
will be a rustling through the front line
trench, where our boys stand guard. And
a heavy ladened Secretary will make
his way along.
In his hands will be great steaming
pots: in his pocket chocolate and ciga
rettes. From one man to another he will go,
passing a cup full of hot coffee to hands
that tremble with the cold ; bringing the
comfort of a bit of
Men will hail him cheerily, slapping
him on the back; and
things will be a little easier in that trench
because he has passed that way.
How much will it cost to make that
trip, do you suppose? Counting the
pittance that the Secretary is paid, and
the cost of the chocolate and the ciga
rettes and all?
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Five dollars?
I do not know.
But whether it is five dollars or
twenty-five, I'd like to think that it is
my five or twenty-five wouldn't you?
That some night when it's cold and lone
some, my money and yours might send a
Secretary out along that front line trench.
Let's make up our minds that we are
going to pay for a score of those trips.
A score of the nights this winter shall be
our nights
nights when the boys greet joy
ously the chocolate and cigarettes that
our money provided; and are happier
because our representative has passed.
United War Work
Campaign
SERVICE THAT WINS
THE SOLDIER HEART
Fred Lockley, Y. M. C. A., Tells of
the Gratitude of the Boys
at the Front.
"One of the discoveries men are
making over here," Fred Lockley, of
the Y. SL C. A. and of Portland, Ore
gon, writes from Iondon, "Is that
more pleasure can be had out of giv
ing than getting. Many a man who
lias spent money freely in the old days
to buy pleasure is finding that he gets
more pleasure over here by the spend
ing of one's self in the service of others.
"A few months ago I went out with
a fellow Y. XL C. A. secretary to hunt
up out-of-the-way detachments of
troops. A stable guard here, a ma
chine gun company there, a platoon
somewhere else. We carried our
goods in an automobile. We had
plenty of writing paper and envelopes
for free distribution, and chocolate,
cookies, chewing tobacco and smoking
tobacco, cigarettes, razor blades,
tooth paste and things of that kind for
sale. American war service workers
were busy everywhere. We found 'Sal
vation Army lassies making doughnuts
for the boys and K. of C. secretaries
giving help. Books furnished by the
American Library Association were to
be seen on all sides.
"Hearing firing at a distance, we
drove down the road and found a
score or so of men at machine gun
practice. The officer gave the men
half an hour recess to buy goods.
"At another place we came in sight
of a lieutenant drilling a platoon. . I
said to the lieutenant : 'How soon be
fore you dismiss the company? We
have Y. M. C. A. goods for sale.'
"lie said: 'Right now. Sergeant,
dismiss the company!
"And ten seconds later the company
was In line waiting to buy goods from
cur traveling 'Y. Grateful Is no name
for it The men can't do enough to
show their gratitude."
Why You Should Give Twice
What You Did Before
The government has fixed the
sum needed for the care of the
men in the' service at $170,500,000.
, Unless Americans give twice as
much as ever before our soldiers,
sailors and marines in 1919 may not
enjoy their
3,(500 recreation buildings
1,000 miles of movie films
100 stage stars
2,000 athletic directors
2,500 libraries supplying
3,000,000 books
85 hostess houses
15.000 "Big Brother" sec
retaries Millions of dollars of
home comforts
Gi?e to maintain the morale that
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They'll Be Yours
Barton
sweet and a smoke.
when he has gone!
Twenty-five dollars?
For the Boys in
the Service
! MERCY MUNITIONS
NEEDED IN TRENCHES
Lieut. Conlngsby Dawson, Fight
ing Author, Makes Stirring
Appeal for Y. W. C. A.
Lieut Conlngsby Dawson, who wrote
"Carry On," says of the war work
which the Y. W. C. A. Is doing: "You
at home cannot fight with your lives,
but you can fight with your mercy.
The Y. W. C. A. Is offering you just
this cjiance. It garrisons the women's
support trenches, which lie behind the
men's. It asks you to supply them
with munitions of mercy that they
may be passed on to us. We need
such supplier badly. Give generously
that we may the sooner defeat the
Hun."
What Lieut Dawson says of the Y.
W. C. A. he might have said of all the
national organizations which are com
ing together for the biggest financial
campaign that organizations have ever
neaded. All the $170,500,000 to be
raised by the seven great national or
ganizations the week of November 11
will be used to garrison and supply
the support trenches behind the lines.
They are the Y. M. C. A the Y. W.
C. A., the National Catholic War Coun
cil, Jewish Welfare Board, American
Library Association, War Camps Com
munity Service and Salvation Army.
American girls In various uniforms
mingle strangely with picturesque
Brittany costumes In France. The
American Y. W. C. A. has a hostess
house in Brittany where the Signal
Corps women live and a hut where
the nurses spend their free time. Both
these centers are fitted with many of
the comforts and conveniences of
home.
"At. a tea given at the nurses' hut
one Saturday afternoon," writes Miss
Mabel Warner, of Salina, Kansas, Y.
W. C. A. worker there, "there was an
odd gathering one admiral, a bishop,
a Presbyterian minister, a Roman
Catholic priest a doctor, an ensign,
one civilian and myself."
First Victory Boy's Work.
"Say, Tm wise to you, all right" a
Western Union messenger boy whis
pered to one of the directors of the
United War Work Campaign in the
New York headquarters. The direc
tor's desk had only just been moved
in and the work of the big drive had
hardly begun.
"I'm onto your stunt," the boy went
on as he swung a grimy fist over the
desk; "you're goto to give us fellows
that ain't old enough to go to war a
chance to earn an' give to back up a
fighter an' help win the war. Listen ;
rm In on this."
The crumpled $5 bill he dropped on
the desk made him the first of "a mil
lion boys behind a million fighters"
who are to be lined up as Victory Boys
during the week of the drive.
There will be a division of Victory
Girls, too, and every boy and every
girl enrolled will hare to earn every
dollar he or she gives to the war work
fund.
AUTO PARTS
Parts for all cars 50 to 85 off manufacturer's list price.
Some of the cars we have parts for: Overland, Maxwell, Buirk,
E. M. F., Flanders, Studebaker, Metz, Hupmobile, Chandlier,
Grant, Brush, Mitchell, Hudson, Regal, Reo, Cadii:c, Maiuiou,
Paige, Jackson, Moon, Howard, Michigan and many others.
High Tension Magnetos, Carburetors, Radiators, A fie Shafts,
Gears, Bearings, Spark Plugs and Everything tor the Automobile
Some of the complete motors we have for sale in good running
condition: E. M. F., $60.00; Overland, $50.00; Regal Electric
Starter, $85; Reo, $75.00; Buick, $65; Maxwell, 25 Starter,
$100.00; Hudson 32 Bosch Magneto, $110.00.
Tungsten parts for all kinds of Coils and Magnetos. Springs for all
makes of tars. Your money's worth or your money back, and you are
the judge. Write us your needs.
AUTO PARTS COMPANY
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. .
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TREES ALONG CITY STREETS
Work Done by Philadelphia Organiza
tion Might Be Ccp!ed to Advantage
in Other Places.
The Society of Little Gardens from
the time of its inauguration recognized
street tree planting as one of the city's
most vital needs and its interest in
the Idea received a tremendous im
petus from the clever plan conceived
and carried out by Miss Edith Howe
in the early spring of 1913.
Instead of contenting herself with a
couple of trees jn front of her own
door, Miss Howe determined to have
the whole block planted in an effective
manner. To obtain this end she con
sulted the Fairmount park commis
sioners, who have charge of the trees
in the streets of Philadelphia. They
were glad to assist her, and sent her an
expert who drew up a ground planof
the block, with an estimate of the cost
of planting; and. armed with this she
invited her neighbors to co-operate
with her.
Her success was remarkable. Enough
money was subscribed not only to plant
the trees, but to have them cared for
for three years.
Some of the officers of Little Gar
dens, hearing of this well-thought-out
plan and its results, determined to try
the same methods of a larger rc;;le and
endeavor to have all Spruca and Lo
cust streets and others transformed
into avenues. Accordingly letters were
written to a number of public-spirited
women inviting euch to undertake the
planting of her own block; and, in re
ply, 11 agreed to make the experiment.
That the effort has not been Invariably
successful goes without saying. Never
theless, much has been accomplished.
October House Beautiful.
STAIRWAY AND FIRE ESCAPE
Ingenious Scheme by Which Doub'e
Object Was Achieved at a Com
paratively Small Cost.
At the rear of a frame building that
serves as a public meeting house for
citizens of a small New York town,
an outside re-enforced concrete stair
way has been built as a fire escape.
It consists of more than a score of
By Constructing the Outside Stairway
of Concrete, a Dependable Fire Es
cape Was Provided at a Nominal
Cost.
steps and a landing of ample size, tip
held by heavy supporting walls and
supplied with an Iron pipe railing. The
structure was erected at moderate;
cost and fills Its purpose quite as
well as would conventional steel equip
ment of less capacity and greater cost
'Popular Mechanics. Magazine.
Use Many Materials.
A larger private owneship of homes
In this country than known in many
years Is predicted by H. O. Jones, con
struction engineer. New York city, Ir
aa Interview published by the Wash
ington Post.
"There is material for building hous
es In almost every community," said
Mr. Jones, "and It is not a question
ot style of construction, but the most
liveable. In one. of tha bigplants
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in Ohio all sorts of nouses Ii'ave Deen
built from brick, stone, wood, con
fute and even iron and fill are not
only commodious, but comfortable and
durable. Modern engineering has en
abled builders to construct houses mor
.tpidly and better than they could a
decade ago.w
Bird Bath Worth While.
A bird bath, in the center of the
JawA, tempts feathered visitors, and
cardinals, robins, woodpeckers, song
Pparrows, catbirds and mocking birds
frequent the garden. Last winter suet,
tied to a Chinese elm tree and strewn
ntymt the ground, brought a flock of
hungry birds, including coveys of quail,
10 being counted many times pacing
slowly about and making leisurely
breakfasts. Exchange.
WIND COVER FOR RADIATORS
invention of Mississippi Men Affords
Ample Protection and Conserves
Heat in Winter.
The Scientific American in illustrat
ing and describing a cover for radia
tors, invented by F. M. Cockrell and
J. M. Rockwell of Liberty, Miss., says
This invention .relates to a protec
tive cover for radiators of automobiles,
whereby to conserve the heat therof
in cold weather and to aid in maintain
ing the water at the proper tempera-
Front Elevation of an Automobile
Cover, With Invention Applied.
ture. More particularly the invention
relates to a curtain arranged to wind
upon or be unwound from a spring
roller, the curtain being adapted to
close to any desired extent a front
opening formed in the cover.
What The Brunswick
Method of Reproduction
Means To You
BRIEFLY, it brings two great exclusive
features.
First, the Ultona, a new conception for playing all
records at their best. Just a turn of the hand means
the correct position on the record, the proper dia
phragm and needle for every make.
Second, the All-Wood Tone Amplifier built-up on
the violin principle.
Tones hitherto lost are brought out in rich clarity
by these exclusive Brunswick features.
Hear The Brunswick before you buy or even make
a tentative decision. Doing so will not place you un
der the slightest obligation.
MRS. SLAUGHTER
EXPIRED FRIDAY
Was III Several Months-L eaves
Husband and Four Sons,
One Daughter
Mrs. Nooma Slaughter, the wife of
W. T. Slaughter, died at hrr home at
540 South Tacific street at 4:20 last
Friday afternoon after a lingering ill
ness of several months.
She fs survived by her husband and
four sons, Walton and Frank Slaugh
Ur at Kennett, J. P. Slaughter of
South Middle street this city, and C.
O. Slaughter who ij working for the
the Frisco out of Chaffee; and ono
daughter, Miss Era, who lives at home.
She also l aves a sister in Weakley
county, Tennessee.
Mrs. Slaughter was born in Obion
county, Tennessee on November 7,
1853 and was 64 years, 11 months and
18 days old. The Slaughter family
have bi ai in Cape Girardeau ever since
1905, moving- here from Kennett at
that time.
Funeral services were held at the
home at 2:20 Sunday afternoon by Rev.
Halbcrstadt of Centenary church.
Mrs. Slaughter wa a member of the
South Cape Methodist church. Inter
ment was at Fairmount cemetery.
666 CURES MALARIA, CIIILLS
AND FEVFjlJ. OR BILIOUS FE
VER, BY KILLING THE PAR -SITE
CAUSING THE FEVER.
FINE STRENGTHENING TONIC.
666 cures Heada.:.?s, Biliousness,
Less of Apnetite, foud breathe, or
that tjV l ttvt Wng due to malar
ia o.- colj.-. It r-:r,o.-es the colds.
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