The Agenda Times from Belleville, Kansas • 1

THE AGENDA TIMES PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF AGENDA AND VICINITY. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER VOLUME 1 IV PUBLISHED AT BELLEVILLE, KANSAS. AGENDA, KANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1918. NUMBER 1 Agenda Local Items Shop early for Christmas.

The Manning school has closed on account of the "flu." George Whortun's visited Zinger's near Haddam Sunday. Earl Pentico and sister. Ethel, are influenza victims. Get yours a fountain pen at the Agenda Mere. Co.

for Christmas. Say man, get your wife that piece of furniture at E. P. Anderson's. Plenty of freshly ground pure rye flour at the Agenda Milling Co.

Mrs. Francis Haner and son. Carlos. are sick with influenza. Mr.

and Mrs. Roy McCullough spent Sunday evening at Olin Griswold's. Mr. and Mrs. Frank James and children visited at.

Will Trmbiles Sunday. Mrs. Alice Neison of the Agenda Mere. Co. had the pleasure of spending Thanksgiving day with home folks.

Mr. and Mrs. Olin Griswold and Mr. and Mrs. Anna Neuvians and families ate Thanksgiving dinner at Roy Murray's.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King.

Mrs. Rardin from Morganville and T. M. Dugger and Pearl' and Dale spent Thanksgiving with Ed. Smith's.

Stephen Bradley, who has been the past few weeks seems to be holding his own with a tendency to otter. We trust he may be about again soon. The Jess Smith family are having a seize of the "flu." Mrs. Smith and the three children all down with it. Miss Jessie Nixon and March are taking care of them.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lisher. Mr. and Mrs.

Val Lisher and Mr. and Mrs. A H. Riepen enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Lisher. Miss Evelyn Poter. formerly of the high school faculty of Agenda but now of Greenleaf, is visiting here while the Greenleaf schools are closed on account of influenza.

Rev. and Mrs. Todd entertained the members fo the Federated Church Board and their wives "most rovally" as one of the party states, on Monday evening. Games. music and sociability were the events of the evening.

Mrs. Amanda Roman. mother of Geo. Ryman, and T. J.

Ryman of Agenda passed away at her home northeast of Clvde Friday. November 29. Burial took place Sunday at the Clyde cemetery. Obituary will be published next week. Headquarters for Santa Claus will be found at The Agenda Mere.

Co. where things will he found useful as well as ornamental. In these times we realize the necossity of discardINg knick-knacks but there are always some who ought to be rememhered at Yuletide. Edgar and Clark Baird and famJobn Campbell and familv, Miss Molte. Mrs.

Brown and Miss Gish all had Thankgiving dinner at. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Maddon's. This was sure some big familv to feed and they were well fed in every sens of the word.

A few of the friends and relatives collected east of town and proceeded to the home of Herman Neuvians to help him celebrate his 82nd anniversary. A good time is reported at this amiable home. Mr. Neuvians at his age is hale and hearty and is today younger than many men at fifty. We wish Mr.

Neuvians many more birthdays. Our high school boys had their first game of basket ball with the Morranville team at the Webb hall Friday evening. Our boys sure played good clean game and kept to the Morganville team from getting a score. Don't feel too elated boys, but keep up your practice as there are other teams in the country who might put up'a stiffer game. port of Civilian Relief.

Organized May 1. 1918. with a committee of four: Dr. C. I.

Welsh. J. W. Lisher, Mrs. J.

W. Lisher and Miss Leota McNemar as secretary. Letters have been written according to instructions. to rack soldier leaving this district. 675 pounds of clothing for Belgian relief have been sent up to date.

In the county drive each school in this district responded with its donation of clothing. There are 1.10 more boxes to be sent. Dr. Welsh has given his vices. without compensation.

where advice. examinations and medical aid have been needed by soldiers' chide n. We were instructed to compensate our secretary and all letters writ. telephoning. and visiting soldiers' relatives has been shared by the retary and chairman.

No money has been drawn from tho treasurer. Mrs. J. W. Lisher.

chairman. Chas. Stilwell Injured. Charlie Stilsell was seriously injured Wednesday night about six o'clock when he was hit by a switch engine in the Rock Island yards at Belleville. H.

is employed at the round house and was crossing the tracks to the ice plant and in passing behind the switch engine. it backed un suddenly and hit him. He was thrown under the engine, one leg was out eff ween the and knee and three ribs were broken and his bead and body were badly bruised. He wes taken immediately to the hosital in Fairbury for treatment. Mr.

Stilwell has a wife and children. Leo Canfield Dead. A telegram reached Belleville this morning announcing the death of Leo Canti-ld. at his home at Scranton from pneumonia. following an attack of influenza.

Mr. Canfield is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.

Canfield and was publisher of the Scranton Gazette. He formerly wagnemployed by the Telescope. Leo 3.000 fine young man and was makvoted ris impress upon the world wh the leaves a wife and child. Houseman is Wounded in France. Charles W.

Houseman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Houseman.

who reside south of town. has heen sericusly wounded in action. His name appeared in Monday evening's casualty list as wounded. degree unknown. Lease Paris Hotel for Year.

Paris. Nov. Considerable survrise is being manifested at the length of time for which the Americans have houses for requisitioned the Paris hotels: and peace conference. Hotel Crillon. which is one of the three most important hotels in Paris.

has teen taken by the American governm. nt for a lease of one year at a rent of $400.000. which certainly takes the word sting out of "requisition." Nevertheless the hotel is extremly unset at the extended length of time having in mind the loss of clientele as well as of poilu employes they have promised to find work for tafter the war. The hotel can accommodate four -hundred guests but eviidently the American peace delegates will outnumber that as other arrangrunts are being made. Oeltien is Wounded.

August F. Oeltjen has been wounded in action. He is a son of Mr. and George Oeltien of Gilead vicinity. Oeltjen is a member of the 356th infantry to which so many Thayer county boys are attached.

We have been unable to learn now badly he was wounded. His name appeared in Monday morning's casualty list. WANTED--Good experienced girl for general housework. MRS. R.

M. BRIGHAM, Belleville, Kans. Loss Tracy Dies Suddenly. Loss Tracy died suddenly at his home east of Hebron last Friday morning. Heart failure was the direct cause.

He had been seriously ill with influenza for some time but had apparently recovered. Friday morning when he failed to arise at the usual time an investigation was made and he was found dead in bed. Vezzy Lawson Tracy was born in county, Indiana, September 19, 1864, and died at his home four miles east of Hebron November 23, 1918, aged 54 years, 2 months and days. He was the third child of family of six children and moved to Nebraska with his parents in the spring of 1884 and had resided in this community ever since. AMERICA, ELDER SISTER Czech-Slovak Republic's Gratitude Voiced by Prof.

Masaryk Amoung the pas-engers who sailed for Europe the other day was Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk, president of the Czecho-Slovak Republic, who was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Olga Masaryk. and by Jaroslav Cisar. The president of the new republic wore a gray overcoat.

soft hat to match. and a pepper-and-salt sack suit. He said that. from the port at which he arrived in Europe, he would start almost immediately for Paris, and go from there to Switzerland. He expects to reach Prague, the CzechoSlovak capital.

in three weeks. where he will go before the assembly and take the oath of office. "Before leaving this country I wish to say a word of special knowledgment and gratitude to the press of America It is the truly democratic spirit of the American press that I learned to understand and appreciate. I am greatly indebted to it for the help so ously given me in my endeavor to bring before the American people the political problem of my own and other: small nations in mid- Europe. I do not feel entitled to address the whole American nation, but I trust to be permitted to say through the press that our nation will always be grateful to America for her warm and sincere sympathy with our cause.

Our new republic will always consider the great American commonwealth her "May the friendship and the community of interest of the two democracies, in co -operation with the other demacracies of the world, furnish a firm basis for the establishment of a new order in a regenerated world. Auto Thieves Caught. Sheriff John H. Griffin went to Superior yesterday and brought tack men charged with stealing an auto from H. Sanders of Courtland.

The men held are Edwin Johnson and DAle Williams and the preliminary be held Thursday. Griffin the. the a Was taken. Judd Gooden Wounded. The parents of Judd Gooden received word Sunday morning that he! vas wounded in the foot and in the hip November 5.

Judd was one of the first six to be inducted into the service by the local board. He. was attached to the 89th division at Camp Funston and remained with that division when it went to France. Just the ext nt of the injuries is not known but probably he will he in the hospital for some time. Houdek Member Famous Band.

George C. of Cuba is a member of the celebrated Kensington, Kansas. Band which has been at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and which has just received the honor and distinction of being selected as the official band to accompany President Wilson and party to France this week. This band before returning wiil also tour the countries Europe. visiting Spain, Italy.

Russia. England, Switzerland and France. DISTRICT 129. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Peterson and daughter, Edith. made a business trip to Hanover Monday. Frank and Tom Horky visited Monday afternoon with August and George Hackbarth. Mr. and Mrs.

Austin Wells and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rose visited Thursday with Jim and Clara Gwin. Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Hackbarth1 made a business trip to Morrowville Tuesday. Mrs. Henry Peterson and daughter, Edith Bernice, called on Mrs. Katie Hackbarth Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. S. C. Graham visited Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Graham and sons Thursday. Mrs. Walter Hackbarth and Mrs. Jennie Sprang and daughter spent Tuesday afteroon with Mrs. Wm.

Hackbarth. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and sons, Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. Hackbarth and son and Miss Grace Doreman spent Thursday evening at Katie Hackbarth's. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wells and son spent Thursday at Joe Fiser's.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Hackbarth and son, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hackbarth, Mr. and Mrs. John Horky and Miss Elsie Wells, Frank Miller and Walter Wells spent Sunday at Mrs.

Katie Hackbarth's. Miss Olive Fiser visited over Sunday with home folks. Executor's Notice. STATE OF KANSAS, Republic Coun- ty, ss: In the Probate Court in and for said county. In the matter of the Estate of George W.

Dussenberry, Deceased. Notice is hereby give that Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the Last Will and Testament of George W. Dussenberry. late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 4th day of December A. D.

1918. Now. all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby rotified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be preeluded from any benefit of such Estate; and that if such claims he not exhibited within two years after the date of said Letters. they shall be forever barred. FRANCIS KRAMER.

Executor of the Last Will and Testament of GEORGE W. DUSSENBERRY, Deceased. December 4. 1918. OFFICIAL STATEMENT of the FINANCIAL CONDITION of the AGENDA STATE BANK at Agenda.

State of Kansas, at the close of business on the 27th day of December, 1918. Loans and discounts $110.932.20 Loans on real estate 12.125.00 Overdrafts 379.14 Other real estate owned 2.220.00 Bank Furn. and fixt'rs. $1.400. 2.400.00 United States bonds on hand 2.235.00 Other bonds and warrants 500.00 Guaranty fund with State bonds or 1,000.00 Cash items and clearinghouse items 28.30 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve 42,397.02 U.

S. Treas. Certificates 10,000.00 War Saving Stamps 104.88 Other resources, judgments and chattels 207.00 Total $185,028.54 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 10.000.00 Surplus fund 10.000.00 Undivided profits 800.09 Interest 4.101.71 Exchange 331.30 5.233.10 Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid 2.566.95 2.666.15 Individual deposits, subject to check 135.159.86 Certificates of deposit, due in less than 30 days 7.130.00 Cashier's checks outstanding 349.58 Other deposits requiring notice of less than 30 days 145.255.31 Certificates of deposit due on or after 30 days 17.083.20 17.083.20 Other liabilities not enumerated 23.88 Total $185,028.54 STATE OF KANSAS, County of Republic, ss: I. C.

A. Baird. Cashier of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true; that said bank has no liabilities, and is not indorser on any note or obligation, other than shown on the above statement, to the best of my knowledge and belief. So help me God. C.

A. BAIRD, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 3rd day of December, 1918. F. B.

FULTON, (SEAL) Notary Public. (Commission expires on the 24 day of May, 1922) CORRECTH. S. ANDERSON, STEPHEN BRADLEY, E. E.

BAIRD, C. A. BAIRD, Directors. To WALTER E. WILSON; Bank Commissioner, Topeka, Kans.

Patronize our advertisers, MUNDEN NEWS. Our thought cannot help but turn I to the little item published last week about handing in news items and find from the many responses that no matter what it is it pays to advertise. Thank you folks, it is sure a help to the editor. Holiday decorations at The Agenda Merc. Co.

Mrs. Harry Anderson spent Tuesday afternoon at Gust Manning's. Mr. ad Mrs. Roy Murray, Mrs.

Effie Manning motored to Clyde Sunday. A doll for the kiddies is always appreciated -get it at the Agenda Mere. Co. Federated Church Notes. We had quite a good attendanse the various servires Sunday.

Miss Holland. a guest of Mrs. Jess Pentico. gave a splendid missionary talk in the evening. Regular service next Sunday.

Let us have a good attendance. November 28 being Mrs. H. S. Anderson's birthday and like vise Thanksgiving day.

a sort of family reunion was made of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are old sottlers in this community and here's hoping that they may enjoy many many more such gatherings. $10 Reward.

$10 reward offered for the return of the watch stolen from my room at school at noon November 18. 1918. No questions asked. Watch valued as keepsake. Geo.

C. Todd. Royal Neighbors Help. In answer to an appeal for devastated France the Royal Neighbors of America at Agenda also by the members that live town each piecing I a coin matpendent of outside help. Word has been received that Albin Erickson of Wayne was killed action on Noember 4, a week before the signing of the armistice.

Albin was dearly beloved by all who knew him as his loss is a great one to the community. as well as to his parents, being the son. Our hearts go out in sympathy to the bereaved ones. Albin was many times spoken ei in Lester Pentico's letters and was a chum of Lester's. Attention Farmers.

I have just bought a car of yellow ear corn, Reed's Yellow Dent. that will 'be suitable to pick seed corn from, and in order to get something that would be good I paid a premium for same and in order to save you as much as possible on your seed corn. I will sell this corn from the car and allow each man enough to secure his seed from at a reasonable price. Leave your orders and make sure of same and orders will be filled in the order that they are given. This corn was grown in northern Missouri.

F. B. FULTON. 2t Agenda, Kansas. A.

R. H. S. NOTES. Miss Havel Campbell of Concordia was a visitor last Tuesday.

Miss Potter. our teacher in Eng. lish. and D. A.

last year. is visiting the old school and friends this week. She gave a short talk Wednesday. Rov. Todd gave us a talk Tuesday morning on "Abstract Qualities of America." Last Friday evening A.

R. H. S. outplayed Morganville n. S.

to the score of 67 to 0. This is not to Morganville's discredit for they put up a steady, clean game, but were too light. Flu permitting we will have a report ready of a game played at Haddam next week. J. B.

Mathews Dead. J. B. Mathews, a commercial traveler, died at his home in Belleville, Thursday, November 5, after a brief illness, of pneumonia. Mr.

Mathews is survived by a wife and two children. John Swan of Kackley recently received a message from France telling of death of his son, Luther Swan, who, on October 6, succumber to an attack of pneumonia. Pvt. Joe Strunc and Lee Moore Camp Funston came in Wednesday evening on a four day furlough. Mr.

and Mrs. F. Lachman and Thanksgiving with friends Narka. Elmer Yost of Camp Funston came in Friday morning for a visite with his wife and parents. Dora and Loyd Simmons visited their uncle, Joe Wilkison, from Thursday, and morning Mrs.

until D. E. Friday Wells at and Narka. Shales Wells took Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs.

Elmer Strasky and Mrs. Andrew Walker and children Mankato came in Wednesday evenling for a few days' visit at Will Leshovsky home. Mr. and Mrs. Len Beckley, spent Thursday evening at the Masten home.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kroulik and son, Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.

Will Kersting and daughter and Mrs. Ester Schultz and children took Thanksgiving dinner at the home of their parets. Mr. and Mrs. August Kersting and sons.

F. Hruza and daughter, Anne, and nurse, Miss Olson, went to Camp Funston Friday evening to visit their son and brother, Charlie. Mrs. Ester Schultz ad children turned to their home Hanover, after a couple of months' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

August Rex and Leonard Stransky went te Formoso Saturday morning for visit with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bowels and other relatves. Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Kasparek and family, Mr. and Mrs. O. Griffeth spent Thanksgiving at the W. H.

Strnad home. Mrs. Frank Kramel of Narka is here at the bedside of her daughter, Miss Allie, who is quite sick with the Mr. and Mrs. Chas.

Drashner are quite sick with the flu. 0. L. Doolev auctioned the sale for Bert Lockwood Saturday and everything sold well. Don't forget to call on Mr.

Dooley--he gives satisfaction. Andrew Walker came down from Mankato Saturday evening and visited at the Will Leshovsky home until Monday and accompanied his wife no home. Mable Barton and Louise Barton of Cuba visited at the home of their cousin and sister, Mrs. Will Leshovsky, from Saturday until Sunday evening. Mr.

adn Mrs. Chas. Drashner Mr. and Mrs. August at the Staley 5 sons, Mr.

and Mrs. Will Kersting and daughter were Sunday dinner and guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kroulik and son.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Masten and children, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Splichal, Mr.

and Mrs. Andrew Walker and Mary Simmons spent Sunday evening at the Will Leshovsky home. Mr. and D. E.

Wells, Shaler Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stransky spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Wells' brother, John Ramsey, and family near Belleville. Chris Hiner and family moved their household goods out on the Dovel farm where they expect to live tihs winter.

Fay and Max Ward are quite sick with influenza at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. J. H.

Andrews are both sick with influenza. John is much better but Mrs. Andrews is quite sick. Mrs. Mullikin is reported quite sick with the "flu." Mr.

and Mrs. Gene McCall of Concordia at the Len Beckley home evening. Sgt. Adolph Moravek who has been in training at Camp Funston for over a year and later been transferred to Pike, where he attended officers' training school. received an honorable discharge and came home Sunday morning.

Mrs. Henery called on Mrs. M. A. McDougal Monday.

Mrs. Wes Drashner and son, and daughter, Pearl, of Council Grove. came in Tuesday morning for a visit at the Chas. Drashner home Sgt. Clarence Stransky, who has been in training at Camp Funston for about seven months and later attended officers' training school at Camp Pike, receiver an honorable discharge and came home Tuesday morning.

J. H. Waterson sold three more of his registered Short Horn heifers at the consignment sale at Hebron, for $720. One heifer topped the sale at $290, which goes to show that Mr. Waterson is building the right kind of ShortHorn cattle.

Mrs. Mable Yost stayed over night at the F. Hanzlick home and took sick and had to return home Tuesday. F. Hanzlick attended the funeral of Bedford Kauffman, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Gus Kauffman, near Haddam, which was held at Haddam and interment was at Tabor. Thomas Grover Hay Missing. Word has been received by relatives in Kansas City and at this place, that Corporal Thomas Grover Hay, member of the famous 35th division which was in the thickest of the Argonne Forest battle, in France, has been missing since that battle, and at last accounts no trace of him had bee found. His parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Hay of Kansas City, received telegram this week from the government and they at once communicated the news to his uncle, William Hannah Hay, of Belleville. Mr. and Mrs. Hay's young son, William Archibald, aged 18, a last July a result of a diving accident at Great Bend, Kansas..