Washington Citizen from Washington, Missouri • 4

Unshaken Testimony Local Happenings Stop decay before it starts Keep your home well protected with DIAMOND tinri i jjk BrenM for CHT ena TSR SlImond Shand wlls i rd ud RM 1 Box 24 i 1 Hl Yuede Probst Commission Co SOLD BYALL DRUGGISTS SJS EVERYWHERE 5 and ac and REPARING HENRY HARTBAUER 43 2 cups flour 1 cup milk 4 teaspoons Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder tj 2 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons shortening WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL WSDUW UOUID PAINT xii'A cffatsg1 Celebrate Golden Wedding Mr and Mrs Joseph Bent mann Sr celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary Tuesday April 24th and services were held at the Catholic Church where they renewed their mar riage vows before Rev Dono lus Mr Bentmann and Miss Helena Hoelscher both born in Germany were married on April 24 1867 in Boston Mo and in the year 1871 came to Washing ton and made their home here ever since Mr Bentmann is 79 years old and his wife is 71 years and they have seven child ren as follows: Bernard Bent mann Henry A Bentmann Joseph Bentmann Jr Mrs Wm Tiemann Mrs John Attemuel ler Mrs Phillip Btiensick and Miss Rosa Bentmann also six teen grand children A large tent had been erected on the lawn at their home on High Street where many of their relatives and friends spent the day and evening In the even ing the international Band sere naded the happy couple many hours The Citizen joins their friends in extending congratula tions and best wishes for many more years of happiness Bank Of Washington and Often ills The 719 3rd St ST LOUIS MO Ship ua your country products auch aa Poultry Eggs Calves Wool urs Roots Hides and all ield arm and orest Products Write for prices Let us know what you have coining THE GALLENKAMP DRUG STORE HEMM Ph Successor A Thornhill A Dawes Thornhill Dawes REALESTATE AGENTS ARM LOANS AND INSURANCE Reference: Grays Sununit Bank 1 Send for list of arms for Sale i GRAYS SUMMIT MO Paul Stutko is busy painting on Rfd 1 thia week Emil Nieburg was in St Louia Tuesday on business Hy Blom of Gray Summit waa in Washington Tuesday Henry A Bleckmann transact ed business in St Louia Wednes day Miss Clara Tobben who has been working in Washington the last seven months returned home Sunday The infant child of Beb Burril of South Point was buried last Wednesday having died of bronchitis Mrs Stuart fo Webster Groves was a passenger on the No 1 train Tuesday on her way io Sedalia tj St Louia hotels are now sav ing all the potato peelings which are gathered up daily and plant I ed in vacant lota Since the State is paying a 'bounty on hawk and owl scalps some farmer boys are already bringing them in i Bihr Bros spent Saturday night and Sunday on Charrette creek near Marthasville and vaught some nice basa and croppi? The hot April aun is beginning to soften the asphalt binder used on Main Street last fait and the hoofs are making im prints John Aholt and family depart ed Saturday morning for Glas gow Mo where they attended the marriage of Martin Aholt April 24th A number of boxes were scat Time is thejest of truth And Kidney Pills have stood the teat in Washington No Washington resident who suffers backache or annoying urinary ills can remain unconvinced by this twice told testimony Henry Bleckmann furniture dealer ifth Lafayette Sts Washington says: fall and winter for five years I suffer ed intensely from pains in the small of my back My limbs swelled I had headaches and dizzy spells and the kidney se cretions were irregular and pain ful in passage There was much sediment in the secretions too inally I got Kidney Pills at Drug Store and I attribute my present good health to their use I now feel better than I have for Mr Bleckmann'gave the above statement in October 1906 and on July 1 1916 added cure Kidney Pills made for me years ago has been per 50c at all dealers oster Mil burn Co Mfgrs Buffalo Everything Irt Thq Tires Notice AU farmers wishing to borrow money from the ederal arm Loan Bank of 8L Louis at 5 per cent for from 5 to 40 years will please write and send their names to me aoaress JH Povtll Beaufort Mo I Announcement The Sherwood Music School wishes to announce that Special Spring' and summer Rates will be given to all be ginners on piano violin and band instruments or par ticulars call on VP Hllligardt Dir Washington Mo Phone 3239 of Arkansas Tulsa Okl and the returning to SET Capital 500000(T Surplus $10000000 Deposits $85000000 southwest of Union He was i employed in the shoe factory i and the Union band played at the I funeral The Missouri season for killing 1 wild ducks closes on April 30th Some of our hunters who have paid no attention to the federal law had good shooting during I April With the approach of warmer weather the ducks will 1 soon be gone from this part of 1 the country and will be many 1 hundred miles north Mrs Holtgrewe of St Johns left for St Louis last Saturday to visit her daughter Mrs Tillie Kregel who is getting along nicely after receiving inju ries in an automobile accident about ten days ago An auto mobile truck collided with her 1 car and she received painful injuries 11 The war has caused Washing ton people to put in more garden seed than usual but in some gardens the fur bearing subma rines (the are already sinking the peas radishes beans and other things that were' to decorate Washington tables next month In some parts of town the moles are even rooting up the sidewalks Springer of the Missouri Valley Creamery Co transacted business in St Louis Tuesday Work on the creamery business on corner of Third Oak St is progressing rapidly and the management expects to occupy the display room in several weeks A water main is being laid along 3rd Street from Lafayette Street to the creamery building this week On Saturday night the Inter national Band will give a dance at the Hall to which everybody is invited The band will play several selections on the outside and the new Ragtime Orchestra will furnish the dance music Mrs A A Huppert and daughter Miss Madalin who were at the St hospital in St Louis for some time where Miss Madalin underwent an operation returned Monday morning accompanied by Emil Backer who spent Monday in St Louis on business Miss Madalin is at present doing fine which her friends are giaa io hear Tobben brothers who reside on Route 1 entertaihed the follow ing friends Sunday evening: Misses Alma Dorathea and Mel' vine Klineick and their brothers Gottlieb and Adolph Chas Hnhroeder Joe Piontek Arthur i Kluessner The evening was spent in various games and all departed for their homes at a late hour hoping to meet again in the near future Somewhere in Washington there is a man who has an um brella and possibly cannot recall how he got it The Citizen know who has that um brella but we do know that it was carried out of the office last riday probably by mistake absent mindedness or force1 of habit Kindly look over your stock of umbrellas and if you have one too many return it tp The Citizen rom April 1st to April 15th the Washington postoffice re ceived 1584 packages weighing 4515 pounds and during this same period 575 packages weigh ing 1505 were sent elsewhere This is a big record at the local postoffice and shows that Mr Bauer and hirf clerks are kept I busy at all times During the fifteen days 2159 packages were i handled The postoffice author ized an exact count for the first half pt April The Calvin Theatre showed Wednesday night a fine Parampunt feature Paramounts are shown every Wednesday riday night the second episode of Ro will be shown again in connection with the third episode This is an excellent serial pic ture featuring Billie Burke There will also ba an athletic reel and other good reels riday night making nine in all Prices 5 and 10 cents The special election held Tues day for an additional levy of thirty cents on the S10000 as sessed valuation carried favor 1 Resolution No 106 A resolution declaring it to be necessary to bring to the established grade gutter and pave the roadway of Second Street In the Citv of Washington from the West HighStreet 1 Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Washington Missouri as follows: 1 The Council of the City of Washington Mis souri deems and declares it to be necessary to bring to the established grade that part of the roadway of Second Street in said City from the West line of Cedar Street to the East line of High Street by fills or excavations as may be necessary and to pave the same with ma cadam and gutter the same with concrete Said roadway to be open a rock base so that the surface of the same on said Second Street when said work is completed shall be at the established grade thereof all according to plans and specifications thereof filed by the City Engineer with the City Clerk of said City The width of the roadway of said Second Street to be graded guttered and paved shall be according to the established curb lines provided that on all intersections of streets with said Second Street within the limits afore said said improvement shall extend the full width between the curb lines of said inter secting streets to the building line on either side of Baid Second Street 1 Be it further resolved that the work as herein provided shall not cost the abutting property owners more thah $090 per running foot and the charge against the abutting property shall be limited to the amount per front foot and the balance of the cost if any shall be charged to the City Bo if further resolved that Resolution No 104 approved April 2nd 1917 be and the same is hereby repealed Be it further resolved that this reedition bo published for two consecutive insertions in the Washington Cittaen a newspaper printed and published in the City of Weshiagtpn Mis souri Passed April 25th 1917 Hknst Blsczman President of Council Approved April Hknst Blbcimax Mayor of City of Washington Attest: Jul Conrads City Clerk In a race with death a train from Union Mo rushed to St Louis early Tuesday night with Mrs lorence Barber 24 vears old who was accidentally burned about the body and limbs at her home in Union late in the after noon The woman was hurried at 8:40 last night to the City Hospital where every effort was made to save her life She died at 3 40 this morning having suffered intensely since her arrival Mrs Barber was the wife of Barber of Union Physi cians there realized that her burns were so serious that she must be sent immediately to the city for treatment The burns were given preliminary dressing and the woman was hurried on the first train into St Louie sent at once to the hospital companied by her husband physicians of Union HIGH STANDARD LIQUID 4he investment paint High Stand amd clings to the wood to tight protecting coats holds ita color and withstands weather for years More economical than cheap paints because It covers a great deal more surface per gallon Get free booklets and read op on pstot and painting WASHINGTON CITIZENS WASHINGTON MISSOURI tered along the Washington Union road Monday The boxes fell off the truck which was de livering them Oscar 1 rick shipped eleven head of mules fo Hermann Mon day night where they will be loaded on cars and will be used for war purposes Georgs Overschmidt became violently insane at his home in Union Wednesday and threaten ed to injure his wife He has been ailing for some time The Chaminade Choral Club will give their first annual con cert at the Calvin Theatre Thurs day evening May 10th This Club consists of the best musical talent of the Washington High School and the concert should be well patronized Mrs erdinand Hoelscher died at her home near Krakow Mon day after a long illness at the age of 67 years and besides her husband leaves three sons and three daughters The funeral was held Tuesday at the residence and at the St Gertrudes Catholic church interment was made in the church cemetery Mrs red Thormann Mfs Ida Horstmann Mrs Geo Lange Mrs Louis Schaefer Mrs Krumsick and Mrs John Ernst ana aaugnter spent muuuay ounruouci vuo Mrs Jos in Union Elbert 'rank Heimann and John Mrs Mintrup prepared an excel lent dinner and the ladies spent an enjoyable time Otto and Miss Anna Gomolo were married in St Louis Tuesday April 17th and the happy couple will reside with the mother near the shoe factory Both are young people of this city and they have the best wishes of their relatives and friends for a bright and happy future rank Kreckelmeyer died at his home in Union Wednesday morning of pneumonia first having measles at the age of 15 years The funeral' was held Thursday and interment was made in the Catholic cemetery CHICHESTER SPILLS BRAND ably and the Board of Educa tion is pleased with the result In the first ward 55 voted in fa vor of the proposition and 19 against it in the second ward 51 for and 25 against the levy third ward 40 and 27 fourth ward 59 for the levy and 26 against it total 205 and 97 a majority of i08 This ought to be en couraging news to those who are friends of education Purl Murphy owner of the St Clair Times was in Washing ton Thursday on business Misses Katherine and HelenKoch of St Louis are spending several days this week with homefolks Chapter met with Miss Robena Ming Tuesday evening An interesting Infor mation Test was conducted by Miss Alwina Schultze Wanted An editor who can read write and argue politics and at the same time be religi ous funny scientific and histori cal at will writes to please every body knows everything without asking or being told always has something good to say about everybody else liyes on wind and makes more money than enemies or such a man a good opening will be made (in the graveyard) ranklin county farmers will be glad to try the new frost proof corn that is now being grown in some parts of the United States At the first signs of spring with patches of snow still on the ground seed of these varieties has been planted and has shown ability to withstand frozen ground and spring frosts and ultimately to yield well Planted in eb ruary 1917 plants which were several inches high withstood a freeze on March 5 which froze the ground to a depth of 2 inches With a record of nine straight victories the baseball team the University of Missouri has opened what will probably be one of its most successful seasons On the southern trip during the Easter holidays the team defeat ed the University Kendall College Oklahoma A and Kansas Aggies Columbia with seven victories Since that time the team has twice defeated the Iowa armers in close contests A widely circulated report to the effect that the United States Department of Agriculture has English and ring necked pheas ants and other game birds and their eggs for distribution The depastment never has had game jirdsof any kind for distnouuon a entirely without foundation The department desires however Hne of Cedar Street to the East line of to encourage the industry ot jame farming as far as it can jy giving imformation concerning the care of the birds and where breeding stock can be secured Inquiries on this subject should be addressed to the Bureau of Biological Survey United States Department of Agriculture Washington Arid TIRE and TUBE rsE CRSAM baking powder Saves Eggs In recipes for cake muffins com bread etc fewer eggs may be used and excellent results and healthful appetizing food obtained by using an additional quantity of Dr Cream Baking Powder about a teaspoon iff place of each egg omitted EGGLESS MUTIN3 Mix and alft dry Ingredients Add milk stirring until all lumps are out add melted shortening Beat well and bake in greased muffin tins in hot oven from 20 to 25 minute The old method called for 2 egrrs Makes 18 Muffins Booklet of recipes which economhe In eggs and other expensive ingredients mailed free Address 1001 Independence Boulevard Chicago Uh Dr Cream Baking powder is made from Cream of Tartar derived from grapes and makes wholesome food No Alum No Phosphate ThesQ figures measure the strength of a bank which will be glad to handle your account nd matter how small it is to start with and which will pay you" 4 per cent interest on your time de posits THE WASHINGTON CITIZEN Published Weakly at Washington Mo RUSCHE KRUMSICK Publlahre' Entered at the Postofflce at Washington Mo a second class mail matter JUnSCIUPTION BATES S100 A YEAR MM! 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