Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 2

ALTON EVENlNjQ Absolutely fmwes it. 28cnt nil dfliggfetg. ANNOUNCEMENTS Probate Judge. George W. Grossman of Edwards- vllle will be ao.Antlidate for the Republican nomination for Probate Judge at the primary September 13.

County Clark. Calvin J. Blattnor will no a candidate for trio Republican nomination for County Clerk of MadlBon CoUnty at tho primaries. County Auditor, WE nro authorized to announce Ver- riott D. Coottft of Rdwardsvlllc as a rnn- dldnte for County Auditor, on the no- publican Ucket, subject to the Republican primaries September 18.

Recorder of Percy P. Lusk of Mdwardsvllle will bo a. candidate for the Republican nomination for Recorder of Deeds at the prlinary, September 13. W6 are hereby "authorized to announce H. M.

Banders of ColllnSvllle, candidate for Recorder of Deeds of Madlsbn county, subject to decision of Republican primary election Wednesday, September 13, 1918, ton road for fleveral days by nes Is able 1.0 be out again but not ahnl (o do much yet. Will Crawford, the fruit grower nnd fnrmrr living enat of tho city, Is preparing to do considerable tllliifi at his place In low places. Mrs. dill" and two children, of Cnwmu. Oklnltwmft, ariertdlJlt Bcvnfnr flays vlHltlng In this vicinity Aim.

Hill Is a daughter df the late J. N. Armstrong and has rt ulster living In Alton and many -relatives In tlllfl vlcltllty. It6r mother, Mrs. mn Armstrong, Is now living In Har- Uln, and she will probably go to that c'lty lo nee hbr beforo rBtiirnlng In lior Oklahoma, home.

Her husband, In a son of the -famous Gill" of Ncwtorn, Delhi vicinity, and Is prospering in the west. Mrs. 13. O. Yungck Is down from Chnutftuqua for a fttW days VlHlt.

Heat Bejtlnnlng to Knock Men Out, The protracted hot weather Is beginning to affect laborers and workers In the sun generally, and at brick plant and In the Hop Hollow quarries, there have beert several prostrations In the past few days. Men, feeling prostration and weak- lies overcoming them have laid off In time to prevent complete prostration and will be all right In a day OP two. But it Is related that a couple of meh In fche vicinity kopt at wqrk until they dropped, and their condition Is reported to have been bad for a time. This 100 degrees above heat commenced abonrtho middle or June and tho thermometers are ahont the only things not showing signs of exhaustion because ot this long slogo. They arc doing qultn well, thank you, and can go even higher before they by that time all of Use will be ready to go with It.

Blood Suckers nt Work. Last night there was a mosqultoe visitation parts of tho North Side, at least, tho Insects came determined to do business nt any cost. Mosquitoes, although they are said to toe water Insects, have no use for as a beverage, and they desert localities for dry lands where 1 thoy'h'bp'o-to till up on blood. Thn glood of humans' and of lower animals -Just now Is rod hot, and must have scalded the throats of tho Insects last night as they swallowed It, but they hung oh Just the same. The only way a mosqultoe would quit drilling last night after lie or she Btuck the drill into one, was when the sufferer slapped the pest flat as a pan cake, and destroyed tho drill.

They were after blood and their lives word nothing to thorn unless blood was plentiful. Thoro are empty tin canB vicinity In places, but there Is no water In thorn and without water they are not supposed to breed mosquitoes. Kithef, tin can has been slandered and Is not an Incubator of mosquitoes or the cannibals of this season are of tile desert variety of don't need water to hatch them out, and have no usp. for It as a drink. The North Side Is usually free from them and their activities, tho visit Inst night being a dash across the border IIB It wore after surprise loot N'OtCH.

Tho dancing party, at Tolle's grove last- evening attracted tho largent crowd of the season, and tho change from Wednesday to Friday evening i tho date at that resort, ap- to lie popular with the mowp Moore's orchestra provided music. JFr. and Mrs. D. D.

C. Showalter yesterday afternoon tor a few ft A visit In Jacksonvlle, tbolr for- Wr homo, 'HuitHcfti, ft a Miss Kvelyn I'earce has gone to Wood River for a feW days visit with relatives. Levl Mohr, of Brighton, Is spending a part of his vacation with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Levl on the farni In the Grafton roAd.

Miss Ixiulsfi Bertmatt, of Jersey- vlilo has returned home after a visit at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy oil State street. The Bauer Bros, garage and machine shops in the Meyer building at the Junction of State and wello Streets are about as busy as that one armed paper hanger of story, and new work Is always coming In; A. Alexander who Is operating a machine shop and vulcanizing establishment on Danforth street reports a similar condition at his place. Resume Housekeeping.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ocro will move Itt' ft'W days Into their house at the corner of Washington and Judson nve- Wotftorn A fight be.twe.en two women oc- aftorlioofi plant. Will On After Witter Monday. Ben H.

Merrlman xyjiter witch rir towlsl wizard of Godfrey will put men to work Monday sinking a well nt the new Patterson Creamery, and he says he will supply of water get an abundant at 30 feet or less. where she tied today. wo- at the It was More thiin a year ago they left witnessed by 8 large number of em- thclr own homo to go across the street pioyon who Interfered when tho old- to the J. Drum home whdre Mrs. of the two Women wield a wrench Oero could keep hoimc for her mother, nd struck llnttlo Smith of Mrs.

Drum. Now that the Gere place an i Alton on the- head. As a re- has been vacated and Mrs. Drum has sll MISS, Smith was taken to the gone away'for the benefit of hef i westeril Cartridge works hospital health, Mr. and Mrs.

Gere will moVe ther she taken hoirio back to tlreir own home and resume house keeping there. W6rk at Wyckoff Plafct begins; The Improvement work at the D. A. Wyckofr place on Washington avenue which was announced last spring, has been started. Every building on the block with the exception of the Wyckoff residence will be moved and every fence will bo takert away.

The old Office building of the lale Dr. C. Lemon south of tho house is being torii down and the little brick cottage on man who' attacked Miss Smith Is Said have been jcaifttts of tho attentions she- thought Miir Smith was paying when the old bnlld- Ings have been cleared away Reflular Services at the Churchis To-WltorrbW. The" fegUiar service's at the tfpifeir Altoh chiirclles will be hold to-morrow and all the pastors Will have.chargb of their own church services. ileV; F.

'to her husband; she accused Miss Smith of tWe'matter, Miss Sniitl denied It and the'lroulblo started. No warrants have been Issued. Commissioner Is To Oil Honda Jiol Heliis highway conimlAslone of Wood Is ready tc dlstlbuo gallons of, crude ol roftU leading from B5aS 10'Fred" Bowman, place, has tho oil- waiting for tho ar rival of a road oiling machine, th use of which has been promised, to him. Must Stay Off The nine Fox Grove, dance was given last night in the Fox grove under tlie" of Arthur 'JahicS! 'Was well attended and fronl on tho dance will be, given every Friday night. Wood River Farmer Corn Crop Threatened.

The long hot. dry Is playing havoc wlttl the corn crop in tills vicinity according to Fred Smith one of prominent farmers south of Wood River. So say's that the out under the best conditions for many years but the drought Is catching It. The stalks are tall and are Well built but the corn is 10 lassie' out which' meanagthat there 'will be few grains in'the ear unless good rain storm opines along to give relieve to the drought, parched, corn Services at Odd' Fellows' Hall. Baptist Sunday school will be held Ht Odd Fellows' hall o'clock morning; Chnrch ser.vlcea will he held at 7 p.

m. at the same hall. Revi Colbert will preach at.the evening services; "We are good business at.the gforig because wo have A 40 acre truck a first class coriflltlbti. It farm In maker. frame Mills Avo! Bath, paved street.

$250000 Can bo. bought for $500.00 cash, mort SJaftfttir tfalando, A' tilrobm frajho dw'btUbg and bartf 6tf Oh'6 il-aot, GJaftdh mile froWbar 11 )c 6tf mile froWbar 1 )c A' ejrob'm' dwelling (gas and Lot redt. NBrtOff; Statist? A robm mdderH. frame dwelling L.ot 4 On Llndeu Aye. $2500,.

Some chjoloe lots, In the Turner ndjlt, tloh trotti to $400,00. A 6 room'- frtttiib N6. ite Statb Street; A' i) fbo'in 'franie rfweftinc on BBRt- wiclc fteaf' WesteVf 1 MHItsl-y Academy. A flfae-lbCatlon. $2200.00 ij A '6- ooai frame duelling, all con- tienW, tWrteon IncheB.

The jrev veplencos, corner o( Srahklin and Ub- A Mrlnnr vallriitf 'bttKlin Ah fJQUJtlUt low under surface of the wing, yellow tall stota, ana wfilte rump are 1 ertyj W. StewaH will have fbr his subject Western OtBtreofr After ftnd We Ine'o-clock whistle at tne jtp prec a your patronage. 'By en. co Cartrtdge plant-will serre every want In a as a curfew bell hereafter and 2Bc household and mechanical Attempts by others during the summer to find water failed signally, but.MII-. Merriman with his divining rod has selected the spot where by will "too'found, "1 will sever the vein of the river" ho said this morhlng "at a depth of 25 or 30 feet and there will bo more water ready for use at that pdace than three creameries will Hfrnry Kolk Is Demi.

Henry Kolk whoso farm la east of the city, died'last night In Jacksonville where his had -been taken about a year ago for treatment of ft rtjbnta'l rtalady, lie was auont 45 years br age and was a member of Bluff City dotttt of Honor. The body'will arrive in Alton this evening Slid wilt KB taken tfcthH Kelser urtddrlaklng rooms, artd thfl fuel's! will 'ho held frdtri there'to- morrow afterndbn. BuiMsl will be lit Todfroy cemetery. Mr. Kdlk wai well respected matt, and there was general regret among acqualnttfhces 'Uid nelghHofii WKfen" r.lontnl h-onblo dovoioped.

This rogret Will children to stay-off of the streets ford p'astor of WCsley Methodist, after, nine o-clock at night, me Church, Will have for his morning has beeti given by the Ject, "Our Obligations TO Each Other" shal as a result Of some minor de- and In the evening he will speak on predattons reee'tilly committed by tho subject, "How To Know God." I children who workout late at nlghti The Farmers Agree on This Hhs Woninn Many farmers were In town to-day I Bank Cashier. anil they all agreed that the country is East Alton has a woman bank suffering severely from drouth. They cashier with tlie moving of the Beth- say the corn la at the earing stage and to bank tO'Easti Alton. She is -Miss at our new store at bargains in the Dulaney Building. A family reunion will be held tomorrow at the home of G.

Gotler. Relatives from Edwardsvine, Mary- vllle and be present, yesterday to, the Anhgst in Wood must have rain very soon If it makes a crop. Funeral of Mrs. Lenon. Starkey twhp isr-asslstant to her brother Herbert Starkly.

Sne has been assistant at the bank for three years. NUtes. are Boy planritrig' a' camping trip to accentuated death. how because of his Cbnstlpjatlort and Vndifleitfon. "I have used OHamberlaln's TaWotB vnd hihst say they are IMS Have n-er used for constipation and Indigestion.

My wlffl aJflO Used them fbr Irtdl- and tUey did her good," writes Biigeno 8. Knight. N. Ohainbertaln'A Tablets are mild and gentle In action. Give them a trial: You are certain to bo pleased with the agreeable laxative effect which they produce.

Obtainable every- The funeral of Mrs. Nancy S. Lenon was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from tho home of her daughter, Mrs. William H. Thomas, on Clawson street.

Lenon's death occurred Thursday calhoun county'about'August 15 and morning at 1:30 o'clock after a stay wo Illness with heart trouble. She had I E. J. Lancaster returno'd last even- bebri confined to her bed since the mid- Irom husJnesB trip; in Arkan- dle of March. The Bdrvlcba which wore conducted by Rev.

Joseph Bur- roWB, pastor of tho Washington Street Methodist Church, were attended.by a large' number Of friends of the family who paid a last tribute' of to the departdd one. Maiiy pretty flowers were sent, following the services at' the house the body Was taken to Oakwood cemetery where Interment was jmadc. Prove Beneficial A son born Rev. and Mrs. F.

River. The Rev. Aungst Is the UntH ed Brethern pastor of tho Union church. A daughter'wag-bqrn to Mr. and Mrs.

Oscar Schutt in Wood River. Leslie Wildt lett for, New York, last night after working as a stack builder for the, Standard Oil Refinery. His work at the Wood River refinery was completed. Mrs. Otis Deem of Alton was visit- Ihg relatives today in Wood River.

Range: Breeds in tlio eaatenj rjnlted weal to the plains and in the fofestfed parts of Canada and Alaska; winters In most of the east- era Uiiltedi States. ticbribmtcstatus: jaicker lahabits the Open country rath'. er than-ihe forest and delights In park- We where trees are numerous and scattered. nests In any large cavity In a tree arid readily appropriates afl artificial hox. It- is sihle, irisiire the presence of this useful-bird about the fara arid to 1 Increase Its ntfmhers.

It is the most terrestrial of Our woodpeckers and procures much of its food from' the ground, the largest Item of animal food Is ants, of which the flicker more than any 1 other common bird. Ants wore found In 524 of the) 684 stomachs examined arid 98 BtOrd- achs contained no other food. One stomach contained over 5,000 and two others held over 3,000 each. While bugs are not largely eaten by the flicker, one stbinach contained 17 chinch' bugs. Wild fruits are next to ants in Importance In the flicker's dietary.

Of those sour gum and wild black cherry stand at the head. The food hablts-of this bird are such as to recommend It to complete protection. dweilfrigs. No. and B85 FbiiJdS AviBnue.

Qne of Ihe best UK cations lij the; A 1 9 Nd. 43! st. on A chanefi fbr sbhie8rie wanting a rtrjt ciaS6' jt Commerc A fiVe-rodM- Phinney avenue. Mdderii 50x135, in To Mrs. Dhum.

where. Sharp and Blunt. Cora- She bus such keen perceptions! Dora-And such tt blunt way of convoying Puck. former sheriff of county and ft retired farmer has hcmt hero thin week looking up He In- tondn moving'lo Alton, a city ho nl- wayn llkod anil ho will buy a place In Norlh Side territory after a while, IB very favorably lin- prpnKert with North Hide aa a ro- rilflnniin dlslrlet. The writer boonnlt) iir'iunlntoil with Mr.

Ilildsnn aoveral yini'H mill luiowB ho will mitko a Ho In hoping I'Irk Kllaiillllof, who has henn to' itlH hblnr- In fhfi t.ir'nf- Diarrhoea Balsam It produces quicki. relief without aftpr effecti. No opium. Harmltw. Far adulrt or babies.

70 years the favorite. 35 cents or thrct bottlci $1, QO everywhere, COUNTY CULLINGS. Two Hold for Robbery Attempt. Two men, giving their names as Krahk and John Burke, nro detained at EdwurdBVllle, ns a result of on ut- tempt to bronk Into aloro at Livings- Ion early yesterday. Prank Burke Is In the hospital bo- cause of a bullet wound.

Me was shot by Otto Luohbo, a policeman, as he rttn away from the- reiir 'door of a building from which the screen had when the patrolman ar- lioen cut, rived. John Burk'o was standing at tho front door of the same building, ac.tlhg on IhO supposition that ho was a "Iook6ut," cltlvtens captured while the uOlicqnian was cliKBlng the other Burko. They Bald they were from Pennsylvania. Grief for Wife Causes Death. Grlof over tho death of his wife sov onil mbqtliB ago causod tlio death at Highland ycBfordny of Edward Boos- clleiiHteln, 88 yenrs old.

Ilo gradually HnnlCi making no socrot of his to Join hlB 1 The funeral will bo tomorrow afier- Jinon fruni 11m Mviinpolli-nl Church In Hlghlnnd, Rev. Carl Major The hot baths at Okawvillo arc proving very beneficial -to Mrs. J. L. Drum, according to word received by members of lier family.

Mrs. Drum was taken last Sunday from her home to Okawvllle In an automobile. While nlie had been In very bad shape she utood the trip well and enjoyed the ride. It Is hopod that a prolonged stay at Okawvllle will prove still more ben- eflcla.l to her. May Be Too Hot For Lawn Service.

Rov. F. W. Stewart, pastor of the College Avenue Baptist Church, said to-day that the lawn service for Sunday afternoon may bo otrtitted on account of intense heat, The congregation will decide to-morrow morning whether or not to hold the service. Last Trace of Martha Wood Cottage Disappears.

The spot where Martha Wood cottage stood was graded, yesterday and the ground wan made smooth and now there is no Indication that a building over stood there. Whon tho building burned tho ruins stood for a long time, during tlio years since tho fire, brick and rock has boon hauled away from ho silo by those who wanted lo use tho old material. Gradually tho rock tho fiiiiflallnn waB hauled away until It all disappeared. Of Into nothing remained but 1 tlie hole IfJ the ground Which was'formed by tho baHemont. The College people will get grasa started-on the split as noon as possible nnd keep a nice laWn whore tho cottage stood.

i Notes. sas. i. The plcnlb of Western Cartridge company Employes Was neld to day at the Washington Park. Today waB pay dayi -at.

the. Western Cartridge works. Marlon Foster went to Mitchell today to Install -a pump on the S. H. Wyss farm.

Mr, and Mrs. Mclntosh spent the day today. Chamberlaln'B' Colic, Cholera. and plarrHoea Remedy. Every fatri)L ru u-jvlthput cxceptlori should during the ot' the-summer- months.

Chamberlaln'B Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea, Remedy.Is worth many tlriios Us cost when, needed and is al- corlaln to be needed before the summer Is ov6r. It has nb superior fbr the purposes for which It Is Intend- I Olive Oil. 1 Spiilri Is Credited with producing more than three-quarters of the world's slip- Gravel Roof er and Repairer Alton dealer la Roolingf Pifefi, TaWed Felt and Roof Coating. Asphaltmn by 2Hc. per ed.

Buy where. It now. every- London's Oldest Church. St. Bartholomew's'-rrlorjr; church, Smitliflald; Is the oldest church in dating front 1123.: High The' high seaa are unlnclosed ocean waters three miles and more from low water mark, Persian In Persia tlio mnti wjib laughs Is considered effeminate, but' free license IB given to foihale m'e'rHmbnt.

Flfte Supposition; "There comes the coali 1 thought the jflreplace. "I suppose I ought' to be Natural Result. "Why Is BIHso tbuch cut np?" "Because Ms father cut him down." AmeHcan. Work of putting water and-gae In the Methodist and parsonage on Main street Is nnlshed. Tho stork visited horile of Mr.

and Mrs. pd. MlaegadeB on North Humbert street at "the city limits yes- and left a daughter. 'Has Returned From New York. Miss Georgia Ray, daughter o'f Dr.

and Mrs. D. G. Ray, arrived homo 'dftor'a year In the BaBt; Miss Ray attended tho Columbia! Unrvcrsity the past year and at the close school went to her slstcr'fft Mrs. B.

W. Pinkham's, country homto at Long Island whore She spent twb'ihontlfB. Starlinqi. StarllngSi which are extremely quarrelsome over food, will sleep nt nights packed like peas iu a pod. The Silent Band.

"I am a man. of few words." "Shake! I'm married, Transcript. But It Can It IB hard for a man to mend his ways so the patches will not Pittsburgh Base Insinuation. Boole Agent-Madam, have you rend Mrs. you Im- pudent'man, nor even corns 1 Appropriate.

"I saw a dog faced man the other day." "Was his nose a American. Rainless Lima. People don't talk about the weathet very much In Lima, because It novel ralriB there. Pictured In Words. In 1884 an'artist finished likeness of Emperor Franz Josepl In charao- tert, forming no less than 8,000 words.

A Howling Success. "A howling success" may be a Blnna phrase and again It -may be a baby Post High. Grftflf Alfphiljt, per oy 1108 C. MACK, Kin. JOflN REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE fine ditlon.

one SJk car line. A snap at $1250, Come Quick. vj Lots On.Edwards S.t.. fj Jf now flhe. 3 rodm house wfth tm lotfl on sail St.

Will Boll very good biirgnlnB In houses. Building lota ih various pirW Of Upper Alton, If you wont to get home Ail'd'aibp' the, call my PlaccBtor rotit ar.e'p'i:B,cl,i(jilly the market. IJIg up a little ni6fiey ana come and buy a home of your own. New location 1867 WiJflblftgtott. BXiXOTIUO WAY Schedule tof ThroiiKli Trains Operatlni Between Alton rtrirt St.

mrrutynvm APBH, ao, AZiTOH TO RT. X.OXTUI. Alton A. M. 7:00 8:00 Ar.

D. St. A. M. 7:16 7:60 8:60 8.

LpuU M. 7:23 7:55 8:66 BeGuided. oKnaw The comfort and Becureness of. the mother Is essential to welfare of the future child. In clfllng caution be guided by the expert.

ence of hundreds who have In "Mother's Friend 1 a way to e6- Vere Buffering arid Insure ybtfr owfl recovery. It is Easily applied 1 attd ltd over the effected eoothlng and peneflc'lnl. Cot It at any drliggttt. 1 Send for the free book oa Motherhood. Address Bradfleld Begulatpr Co-r i Thn dead Is nn.nncle of H'iiiiioln of KdwarrtsvlIlP, Domo- crnilr National Ooinmllteemun for II- 'llholB.

Six Sana Pall AI Ihe funeral of A. C. Mitchell, Mintlvo nf Ifldwnrdsvlllo, ArknnRiiH Wednesday; ulx sons horu (ho cHHkel to the grave and hvo-ncp- 'hows ahead of tho cortegu, cftrryltiR 'American HOBS. ttrrflngemniit nvhB lit the of tlio Miss Dorothy Neuberg of Sterling, 111., who lias boon spending a few days 'with tipper Altbn f'rlcndb, loft lust evening for her homo, Severn! parties of Upper Alton young pooplo wont to Rlvorvlow Park last evening with I heir lunches and spent '(he evening there remaining for itfd band concert. him boon tipmidltiK Hie pawl week In Chicago.

Rov. K. W. Hfi-wart will leave Mon- diw niornliiK 'for Dwlglh, Onlurlo, 'whurn ho will Join his wife nl his fath- ir 1 Biiininor homo nt tho Luke of BayB. M.

Stewart has been visiting tier-par Is 'Wife, who WHB Mltm Hlnkol of Kd- 'wiirdHvlllc, iiiKl hy olght ohlldrou, Firemen Captufe State Tho KdwafiJfivIHe fire loam roemuerii are ugaln of I ho stale. They from Kunkukeo, 'fbfey dofeatoil all coaierB In winning all stato running lionorB uluo the liulUor climb' eiitu for Bcveral wneltH HI Tiimnto hut iiho ban BOIIO up to the minuner resort whero thu couple will nptiiul Hit! nionlh uf AiiHUHt. Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Blackmon of KouHovllUi, N. arrlvud this after- 'noon will vinlt with iinu MI'H. C. N.

McMunlH at their homo on Cliiw- Mdli Blreet, McMiiniii of KIIIIBUH City, who IIUH boon sprndliiK thn week with Hev. Mid Mrs. N. MnManlH, loft this inot-iilng for Slater, whore he will end Bunday and will return to Kanof thu week. Getty nnd sou left yostor- Ontario, whtsro they uiuuth wltti her siiehd Hunciay HIII City thu rut M.

J. Ot-tl ftt NapuniH-, Bjiond muu Tonight, if you wiU oloaely 1 yobr after bruahing thcmi you a ourprUing fjiocpverjh Though you hftvi bc6h your MgutMly, jf" wil find hn accumulation of tdrtif on the enamel and! Ww ftf food posit hiding botween tho cnivlwi. jiM not been Near and Far Vlsloirn Ono Solid tans REALLY Low of tcoth la uiuBlly one or both of which qrdlhSflfy OlasseB' the only Invisible sou twih--RB ALLY will modern sclenflflc solution for far and ifeiir' vision. prepared, soluble unuiWallf WefcHVe It it "i tlie un- Two I'loce put an end to t(o sightly old fashione PjfOr Walnut LOIIBOB, IIP dividing to obaouro Trnctlou Weet Third Street.