Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-10
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.

ANH ~ WILL AAN
All signs on trees and fences along
Connecticut roads are being torn down
by the State.
France now proposes to annul all Ger
man patents and trade marks as a war
measure.
The city of London will pay its municipal
employees full wages while away at the
battle front.
San Francisco has just completed its
second municipal street car line. 1t runs
to the Panama Pacific exposition.
White people are prohibited by State law
from teaching in schools where negroes
are taught In South Carolina except by
consent of the county board of education
Many American teachers have voun-
teered as teachers in Germany's schools to
fill the places Of those who have been
called to war.
Great Br1tain's remarkable system of
labor exchanges is expected to cope sue
cessfully with the anticipated shortage of
labor in the harvest fields during the world
war.
A crusade against high rents has been
started by the poorer classes in New
York.
mixture of sand and asphaltic oils is
being used successfully for surfacing
highways in Massachusetts and Florida.
More than half the people In Uruguay
live in cities and one-fourth reside IN
Montevideo, the capital city
There are 2.197 girls in Texas growing
Dne-tenth acre of tomatoes and lib rails
Ing poultry in girls canning and poultry
clubs.
Chicago young men have formed moth
ers club with the object of making moth
er the best girl one night each week and
taking her out to show her good time.
Half-page advertisements are being in
serted in South American newspapers by
Illinois manufacturers. inviting the south.
ern countries to trade in Chicago and vi.
cinity.
Advertising signs must not be placed
hereafter on any city or county bridge
in Iowa by order of the State highway
commissioner
Antitrust legislation TO meet the rap
idly rising prices has become the leading
issue in the political campaigns In Aus
tralia.
D,,rc e ,.f1a Ivt.;t
mountains, including Mt, Washington
gives government an almost solid triangle
of more than 10000 acres in northeast
quarter of White mountain quadrangle
Count Won Bernstorff, German amba :,
sador, asserts that American manufac tur-
ers have contracts 10 supply 500 noN. 600 In
arms and ammunition to European belllg-
trents.
Travellers arriving at Shanghai from
Japanese ports say that so transports are
loading 10000 Japanese soldiers at Maya
saki. Some Of troops believe their destin-
alton to be Marseilles.
Russia Germany and France have in
formed Secretary of War Garrison that
they would not permit American military
observers to accompany their armies dur
ing present war.
Never mind whether they know any
thing about drill It doesn't matter if thay
don't know their right foot from their
left. Teach them how to shoot and do it
quickly" These are Instructions which
Earl Kitchener has given officers engaged
in getting his second army into shape
They throw strong light on the situa-
ton 1t is a race against time.
Germans are using a new siege gun and
shell, This is recent Krupp product but
kept a secret until brought into action a.
Ilege, Namur and I.ouvain. In all my
experienve I have seen nothing like it,"
said a French officer, The shell is highly
explosive and has a most devasta ting ef-
feet.
It has cost California $4,000 to put before
the electors of the State the proposed con-
stitutionai amendments, initiative and ref
erendum measures and arguments there
on, upon which the State will vote this
fall. The law has required the printing
and distribution of 100000 copies of IL
book of ll2 pages.
Dinzy Head, FIuttering Heart. Float
Ing Spec<s.
These are signs of kidney and bladder
trouble. Youll have headaches too,
backachos and be tired all over, Don't
wait longer but take Foley Kidney Pills
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