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THE ST. JOSEPH OBSERVER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919 T
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NEWS FROM ALL 01H
pruiucm .aiL1!1'!, I'H'iiLiyamiiB
tu Ills house. Io Is now expecting
tho ownen to call for tlio enr nml lie
will leech e tlicin with open nrnn.
bitere&ting Happenings Which Have Taken Place
hz the Greatest State lis the Union
The Product of the Scissors, the Pen and ft Very
Little Actual Labor
Ijt week Dalltis county votcMl
$100,000 bonds to take up the indebt
cdtipss thru whs contrnctcd jenrs nno
to build railroads tlmt vvero never
built. It fccmi llko a big price to
P ly for something that the county
ncer sot, nnd It Is a big price, but
It Ik the least possible that the peoplo
of the county enn set by with, ns
those that hold the old bonds will
accept no le-w.
to Missouri, lie says that Hicks Is
ome CO )cars old nt thi time, and
that he has a wife and fhc children
lhlnff. The family loft Hickory coun
ty some time after tho crime was
dlscoercd and Htcks became a fuel
the.
in count) defeated the good
rr 1.1- iicmd Issue at n. (special election
i.lm k by n vote of S to 1.
Tin Mo College began Us JBtli year
Tuibili when tho opening chipel
servue was held In tho College
Chapel
The Nodaway county schools will
h.ivc distributed anions them for
then uppoit this yoar a total of
J2ii5 ''If' ti4.
Tin n are 223 cafes on tho Noda
w.i munt circuit court docket.
I'o'iri will convene on Monday, Sop
(on I r 'J.
l.. nd vuluoe in Nodaway county
hrt iicni u4)vi!PiI at $27.03 per acre,
b n vmi can't buy any for seoral
t r- tin amount.
Sice Vanhouten, who was acci
dentally shot with a 22 calibre target
tlfte on Oct. 4. 1012. li.ul the bullet
removed lat Saturdn), nearly t.even
)cars after the accident happened. It
Was innovcd by the wrac doctor who
attended him after tho (.hooting.
It.rvcmuood R.i7ette.
The annual reunion of veterans of
the "hli, MlHiouri'H famous cavalry
riRinirnt of the Civil War, was held
jii Mnberly last week.
It it believed that Judge Ilodetlck
I' Harper of Uates county Is the old
ct preiiclliig Judge of any county
e ourt in Missouri. Ho 1j In his "0th
)cir
There nip now 22ri,a.VI motor cars
nnJ tru. ks In M:-ouri. The Increase
over .it jear Is 37,01-1. St. I.ouis
has the largest number, the total be
ing 4 2 'S3.
The proposition to lno $"0,000 In
boiiis for the erection of a soldiers'
and sailors' Memorial Hospital in
Hannilml, Marlon county, lost by a
targt majority.
i r m is M. Wilfon, V. S. district at
iirnr Kansas Cltj, bought tho Judgo
C H Norton farm of SO acres near
IM.ntf 1'ity last week, posing $20,000
or it He expects to live there when
e r, mi-is from public life.
. i n Barnes, of Brash oar, has
it i into the hall of fanio by fall-
fri in the barn loft with a pocket
i kbs. lie broke Ills leg but
i i mash a single precious egg,
I. .id that to be thankful for.
i is has no edge on Missouri
it I'umes to producing big sun-
i--. John M. Pino of (lallatln re-
u olio in ills yard that stands
i t high. Is eight Inches around
base with tho "blossum" 134
u rose.
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ly A. Woodruff of Ctallatln has
led his 1010 pear crop for
ban $1 per buihel. Ho esti-
the crop will make something
i -' imo bushels. Ills orchard just
i that city. Is one of the finest
i "unt.
i this Tloach, who recently went
.i -an Clt to hoad tho newly or-
i Metropolitan Hank, Monday
his residence on Bast Miller
t A. N. Seaber for a cash con-
corn ground han he Is. He ia)n
Henrj ltehm $17 an ncre for the for
ty he rented of him. Ho has cracking
good corn on It nnd may como out
with fljtng colors. Hopkins Journal.
Tho latgefct single land dcil In dol
lars and cents was pulled off In this
city jestcrdny when II. 11. lVil, leal
estate agent, cold the Hoy Kuhn and
W. II. Weightman fnim of -ISO acres
northeast of tovn to 13. H lluscher
of Lincoln, N'eb. This Is the old T
W. McCoy farm. The consideration
was $265 per ncre or $127,200. This
land fold In 1017 nt $135 per ncie
ami now about twenty months later
Henri) doubles In value. Possession
of the farm will be given March 1st
Mound City Jounnl
J W Aknrd, the Fairptav shrx.tiHt
Is another Mls.sourian who wrupm a
iilclio in the hall or fame In the
amateur trap&hoot m ti urnimn' at
Clilcngo the other day ho was one of
the three high men, nil three scoring
190 hits out of n posslb'le 200. The"
mone priKes were divided but on tho
shool-ofi a man from Now Yoik won.
Mr ami .Mrs iiarvey Wells who a
j car ago Ut JInich gained possession
of the Oeorge ftilfrank farm un the
ISock 1'ort-ljngdon road, having
bought It nt $200 per acre, lapt week
closed a deal with Don' Clocpfll
whereby tho latter btijs their 1C0
acres for $60,000, or $312.30 per acre.
Not a bad profit, with two crops
thrown in.
The farm of Lewis 13. White of
thirl -one acres, two miles noithuest
of Marjville, wss sold a few lajs ago
to Trancls Derbln for JG0O an acte
This Is the highest price jet that has
been received for farm land close to
Maryville. The farm of Mike Sturm,
consisting of 13S acres, was sold to
Sylvester lioMe 'for $2C5 an acre.
Governor tinrdncr has granted
paroles to Rllzabeth Kelly and May
Hstcs, two Kansas City slrls who
were convicted in April, 101S, of job
bery In the first degree. Bitch was
sentenced to tho penitentiary for fho
J oars. Hllznbeth Kelly Is paroled to
Itev John T. Wulsli of Slotouk, Ok.,
nnd May Hstcs to a Mrs. Vonapullar
of Kansas City, JCas.
Oovernqr Oardner has appointed
Lee Dunlnp of Kansas City to the of
fice of stato Industrial "inspector for
a period of four years from August.
1019. Tho last legislature changed
tho name of thu state factory Inspec
tor to slate industrial inspector and
Increased the Hilary from $2,000 to
Seslalla Is ni'ilutninlng her reputa
tion for kicking up u row about most
everv thing. Chief of l'ollce Marks
bury was nceused by certain promi
nent clll7ens of various Iriegularitles
In office. He had a hearing befoie
the Chamber of Commerce nnd was
acquitted Now he has filed hUlt for
$100,000 against his accusers, come
of Sedall.t, best known business men,
including W. II. Powell, C. H. lloth
vvell, II W. Mcubchke nnd others.
Joseph Cnntrclt, 10 cnis old, son
of William Cantrell, a Webster coun
ty fanner living two miles cast of
Springfield, was Instantly killed when
ho fell into a 40-foot well that had
Just been Hug. The jouth had been
lot down In the well for the purpose
of cleaning out the bottom As he
v.-as being diawn back he tried to
change positions of Ills hands, his
bold broke and he fell Ills skull
was crushed and his neck broken.
"A pln through the country the
other daj brought to light" the tact
that not man of the ginln binders
have been put under cover since the
Cialn was cut," lepcuts tho Pickering
cortespondent In the Hopkins Journal.
"Very few Pickering farmers will bo
able to hoist of n record llko Uncle
Il as Hams' In consequein i 1 !
Pleas has a binder thai h.
use lor iwentv -seven years urn' t is
apparently still as good as ion. ttje
puint not even being worn rt it VKo
the- canv.ijs that en mo with it is sun
being used to protect It, nnd this year
It cut and bound fifty acres Just ns if
It had newly arrived from tho store."
Tom Gorlcy, nn cx-conlct, who
has chaigo of tho state park, Is wor
rying tho prison board. Under tho
merit rules his term of Imprison
ment expired two weeks ago, but ho
has no home to go to and does not
want to leave the pork and his pets
there. Ho has been allowed to stay
at the park and draw his rations
from the prlon, but ns be came from
one of the Southwest Missouri coun
ties nnd never had a legal residence
there. It will require a pardon fiom
the governor and restoration of citi
zenship to permit him to remain lie
says he never had such a good time
In lil life nR since he came to tho
penitentiary for a minor felony, and
that If he Is forced to leave. It Is
probable he will commit n small theft
for the purpose of being sent bark.
He Is a gloat favorite with the chil
dren, who swarm in the park, nnd it
Is expected the governor will be ask
ed to adopt such steps as will permit
hlni ta remain there. .
Adjt. (Jen Harvey C Clark has Is
sued an official e ill Tot the fhst an
nual state convention of tho Ameri
can Legion to convene In Jefferson
City October C The selection of4Jef
fcrson City was the re-suit of n vote
taken by the various posts The basis
or repirsontntion Is fixed at ono dele
gate for each post and an additional
Jdelegato for eich ono hundred mem
bers. Seventy-three posts have been
chartered and applications for slty
flvo additional havo been nppreived,
making the total number already or
ganised one hundred and thirty -eight.
It Is expected there will be at least
two hundred posts fully organized by
the time tho convention Is held.
Despite the fact that It 13 cummer
and all well regulated wolves should
be willing to retire to the backgiound
In fnvor of news about crops and the
heat nnd storms, the wolves In Mis
souri seem as avid for publicity as
they were In cold weather, Judging by
the number of new wolf stories ap
pearing in the state press. The Spring
field Leac'er publishes the latest
"One day recently Walter West of the
Hunlce neighborhood In Texas coun
ty had rather an exciting experience
With wolves Ho was plowing when
he heard some young pigs squealing
1 "'" '" 1 md vent to see what .rs the' matter.
He discovered four wolves helping
themselves to plu. He picked up a
stick, but the wolves were not the
least frightened and defied him. com
lng toward him until they were with
in fifteen steps of him. showing their
teeth nnd ready to pounce Only
when he bejnn yelling did the beasts
lun."
no. r .11.111 of $10,000 Cole County $5,500 a yoar nnd longthoned tho
K 1--.1
l'h. . ontract was let nt Waston last
es tor a system of water works for
.1 uy Tho new improvement la
term two years Dunlap
himself in tho office.
succeeds
A farmer named Harmon waltod
until water melon ewlpers drove up
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A grand Jury investigation of the
lynching of Jay Lynch In front of the
courthouse at Lumsr last May was
begun Wednesday under orders from
Judge 15. a Thurmnn, circuit Judge
of Harton county. Lynch was hang
ed by a mob after ho had boen ghon
a sentence of life imprisonment for
the murder of SJioriff John Harlow
and his son, Fred li. Hallow, while
making his escape from Harton coun
ty Jail Judge Thurman, In charging
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jihe courthoUKc, and it didn't matter
EWho the victim was. It was a gross
uct of lawloi-nnei,s" Judge Thurman
said It was the duty of the urand
Jury to indict any man against whom
there was sufficient evidence of his
paitlclpution in tho lynching.
.si $25,000 and tho contract fori"3 began plugging tho fruit In his
ing the new system has been ifle,tl noar Excelsior Springs one night
11 i Ureen 01 Purkvillc. lai!t wek. then fired a few blanks In-
to the air. Some Intruders reached
w 1 Hurst wonders 'f anyone In one car and spo-i away, tho farmer
' ' lllU is piying more rent for reac bed the other car and drove It up
Tho preliminary hearing of Augut
Wlofcsciucl. who was arrested at
Kansas City Saturday for making
threatening remarks about President
Wilson, was held Saturday before
Harty L Arnold, United States com
missioner He was bound over to the
federal ginnd Jury and committed to
the Henry county Jail in default of
$5,000 bond. According to the gov
ernment officials WIessensel is Ger
man born and came to tho United
States twenty-fout years ngo. Ono
yoar ago lie was Interned at Fort
Leaenworth. Ka., be lng sent theie
by Judgo K. M. LamlU of Chicago,
where ho lived. Ills sentence was
for ten years, but was commuted. He
had Just been released and was pass
ing through Kansas City on his way
home when ho was ai tested.
When in the City
Follow the Crowd to
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Rettig's Grill
and Cafeteria
.SMUMKM 1'l.UK IN TOWN.
WONDLRI'TL FOOD AT POPULAR PKIChS.
1'XCFLLEXT MUSIC.
T. J. Pcnlsten of Maryville 1ms add
ed two cornstalks, one of them thir
teen feel tall, to the museum of Nod
away county products in the office of
tho Maryville Commeicial Club Ptoni
tho ground to tho fiist ear on tho
waller stalk Is seven feet. The variety
is known as 00-day white cap corn.
Tho celling of the Commercial Club
office Is thirteen feet from the floor.
as tho corn fits perfectly up and clown
on the wall
Mis. Luella Itciach, aged 59 years
and 11 months, was struck by light
ning Wednesday afternoon during tho
rain storm at her home two and one-
half miles south of Milan, on the
III owning road, and instantly killed.
She had gone to the pasture about
one hundred yards from the house
and was found by her children lying
noar the gate In the pasture. The
bonnet she was wealing was torn to
pieces, tho right eye and breast was
burned and a hole was torn in tho
shoo on the right foot She very
probably did not know when or how
she died.
That terrapins live for years In
two or three ncre plot of ground Is
vouched for by II. D Pealer. Mr.
Pealer bald the other day that wher.
he was a boy living on his father's
farm, he and some other boys found
a teriapin In a woods pasture. They
cut their Initials on the terrapin
nnd turned It loose. Fourteen years
later, In the same woods pasture,
Mr. Pealer found a terrapin crawling
on the ground. On Its back were
.his Initials and those of the other
boys. Tho same terrapin had been
In this four acre pasture for fourteen
years.
growth quite similar to tho domestic
sweet potato, but Is moro woody In
uubstntico nnd unfit for food except
for hogs, which are said to thrive on
It."
A robber got Into the residence of
W. II. Todd at Sturgeon nnd stole a
$50 watch, $20 In money nnd a boiled
hnm. Tho hclnousness of this of
fenso centers on tho hnm; the other
Items are nugatory. Ono can always
get watches and money thee times,
but a hnm a boiled ham a ham one
looks forward to In reverential an
ticipation Is acquired only by scads
of money and Mlchncvellan cunning.
Then to have It stolen, filched, pil
fered, pinched It Is enough to bring
tears to the eyes and rage to the
hearts of the most nmlnble petson
between the two poles The sympathy
of the community goes out to the los
ers nyc, the sympathy of the entire
congressional district a sympathy
rqualled only by envy of the guy who
got It Moberly Democrat.
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SIXTY-FIVE YEARS
That Is tho Trim of Wedded Life of
Mr. mid Sirs. 13. W.
llnllcy.
The nvcrage person of the present
time Is thtough dead and burled at
G5 years of nge, therefore when It Is
recounted that In this territory- there
now icsldcs a couple who are hale
nnd hearty nnd have been married
for shty-flve yeirs the story may be
leeched with Inciedulity yet never
theless It Is true and Mr and Mrs
K W Hnlley of Weston, both ex-
liemely well known In St Joseph, are
the couple. In Its last lsue the Wes
ton Chronicle says:
"I'rlduy was a happy day for Mr
nnd Mrs K. W. Italley, for on that
elite slty-five years ago they were
united In the holy bonds of matt I
mony. To mnny couples has been
given the honor of celebrating their
golden wedding but to very few comes
the gieat pleasure of observing the
anniversary fifteen times again after
the golden milestones have been pass
ed. They were the honoied guests
at a six o'clock dining at the home of
their daughter. Mrs John 11 Har-
desty. Dcsldes tho bride nnd groom
ot three score nnd five yens, Ihoso
seated about the festive board were
.Mr. and Mrs. D M Ilalley of Kansas
Cltv, Mr. and Mrs John II Hardest)'.
Mr. and Mm, Charles Styles, Mrs.
Jule Shortrldgo nnd Miss Hnima
Italley, the last two guests being
present at the wedding sixty -five
years before.
"Mr. and Mrs Italley aie yet active
In their dally pursuits, ho going to
the bank for a part of each dav.
while she takes charge of the home
and slights neither tho inside nor the
outside. Their hundreds of frien.u
extend congratulations and the kind
est wishes. The duv was nlsn tho
Mtmber RtUll Mr. Ain. Rilreil and Automobll Farci Rtlntnl.
A Little Money Goes
a Long 'Way Now in Our
Curtain and Drapery
Department
The Fall stock of Curtains and Draperies is
larjje and embraces many of the richest novelties
which have been created for beautifying-the home.
These are quite reasonable in price and in addition
there are equally artistic designs in more medium
priced grades.
No matter what you may need for decorating
the home this Frill, you will find it in our Curtain
and Drapery Department, priced at the lowest
figure possible for goods of such excellent quality.
During the month of September we will make
up Free of Charge, all Curtain and Drapery Ma
terials Selling at 49c a yard and Upward.
Buy Curtains Now, during this Sale and have
them made up at no extra cost.
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TUBES
$1.00 Buys a Guaranteed Inner Tube with Each Tire Purchased
of the Same Size
Tako advantage of our special offer ns It lasts
for a short time only.
Our Tires arc absolutely "I'lRSTS" Tlqual to
any 4,000 mile guaranteed tire on tho market, but
are being sold at exticmely low prices without the
guarantee.
Sizes Tires Tubes
:tov3 $ oso $1.00
:tox:t!& 12.75 l.oo
.12x3 i.i l.").2." 1.00
Sll 20.3." 1,00
32 I 20.85 ,00
33x4 21.90 1.00
344 22.tr. 100
S.-ixlJS 30.00 1.00
30x4 4 31.2T. l.oo
37xf 3S.50 1.00
MAIL ORDHUS PROMPTLY FILLED
Aniser Mercantile Co.
607 So. 7th St. St. Joseph, Mo.
Main 1051
birthday anniversary of Mr. J. II.
Hardest)', so tho porch party that
evening for him Included the same
guests with also Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
, Hardest)', Mrs. Lou Hardest), Mr. and
Mrs E M. Hardest)', Mr. and Mrs.
Mayo Hardesty "
I For over half a century Mr. Italley
was the active head of the Italley &
Hro. bank of Weston.
The contract for the new Grant
City school building was let Friday
night by tho school board to G. A.
Hector, contractor, of St. Joseph, for
$21,70.
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Our
eptember Sale I
Featured by a Rare Transaction in
AXMINSTER RUGS I
Ouvcnior Gardner has Issued a
icquieltlon for tho return to Hickory
county of Itobert Hloks, who Is under
indictment for the murder of his
eighteen year old daughter nearly a
quarter of a century ugo, or to be ex
act, the cilme was committed Decern
ber 7th, 1894 The girl was strangled
to death and her body hidden in a
dense woods. Hunting dogs discov
ered It some days later. Hicks, who
"tag a farmer In Missouri, Is stated to
oti under arrest at Chehalis, Wash.,
According to tho Carthage Press,
Charles Sanders, a resident of Car1
thage, has an Iron kettle that has an
Interesting history. It was used to
bake bread for Ocn. George Washing
ton nnd his army during the severe
winter at Valley Forge. The kettle
was given Mr. Sanders by his mother.
It li the heavy Iron type that was used
for biking before, the appearance of
ovens an 1 cookstoves. Mrs. William
Satterfield used it when she was living
at Valley Forge In 1776. It was later
given her daughter, who used it until
her death, at 110 years of age, when
It was given to Mrs. J. V. Sanders, the
mother of the present owner.
"An enormous specimen of a pe
culiar vegetable growth known as a
wild sweet potato was brought to this
city a few days ago by Thomas Gor
don on Route 2," reports the Caruth
ersville Democrat. "It Is said to have
weighed forty-five pounds when first
dug out and it was a half day's Job to
dig it out and even then a part of the
Seventh and EcJmond.
St. Joseph, Mo.
has admitted his identity to them.
Sheriff John P. Cafin of Hiokorv
5 county has left Missouri, with the
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r and the officers there state that he root was apparently cut off and left
under the surface. The wild sweet
potato belongs to the warm climate
ani jnmly soil of the Southern states
Their "Value" Patent to Experienced Shoppers
Hundreds of deep pile rugs, both seamless and seamed, woven in America,
of the best wool yarns available; rugs in Persian and Chinese designs the col
ors as exquisitely blended as in their Oriental prototypes.
A broad selection of patterns and colorings, adapted for living room,
dining room, bed room, office, hotel, etc.
Prices arc unexpectedly low, in view of the continual advances that arc
current. I
22ix36-inch Axminster Rugs, $2.75
27x54-inch Axminster Rugs, $4.50
36x2-inch Axminster Rugs $8.50
7.0x9.0 Axminsters 527.50
9x12 Axminster Rugs at $40.00 and ?59.00
6x9-ft. Axminster Rugs at t. .$25.00 )
8.3x10.6 Axminsters $35.00
11.3x12 Axminsters $50.00 and $60.00
Important Announcement
We have bought the stock and good will of the Lyon Furniture Company and this
Furniture is now displayed on our floors at "special reduced prices. You all know that Mr.
Lyon handled nothing but first class goods and tasty'styles and those who were his cus
tomers we invite to transfer their account to us, assuring you the same generous, courteous
and fair treatment that you received in the past, -
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We Open
Charge
Accounts
With 30, 60, 90
Days' Tune.
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5W-511 FELIX STREET ST. JOSEPH, MO.
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Bay on tho
Morris Plan
and Take 6, 8,
10 or 12
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