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The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24
ATTEND TO 1T NOW.

How long have you promised yourself
and family that you would have that nasal
catarrh treated? Just keep putting 1t oil
and the undertaken will get you shortly.
Three to five thousand people die annually
with tuberculosis. Catarrh of the nose and
throat are the first symptoms.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24
TO THE PUBLIC.

I commenced taking DR.. Doyle's new
Compound Medicated Air treatment io5
nasal catarrh on the 18th day OF APrll ana
today am SO much improved that can not
say enough in favor Of this new method.
]. C. CHAsTA1N,
Grace, Tenn.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24

dnenden Democrats of Tennessee again demonstrated sincerity
Of principle shortly after noon today when with unnimi OF spirit
and purpose characteristic of high standard OF citizenship he
named Judge Sam c. Williams their choice tor the supreme
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24

A dispatch from Vera Cruz says: SIX Americans
killed and about thirty wounded marked the comPlGe
investment of Vera Cruz at noon Wednesday, ny 'n0
United States forces.
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher has taken up head
quarters at the Terminal hotel The entire CITY Is voiy
strongly patroled and quiet prevails. -
Rea1 Admiral Fletcher is in command Of the land
forces. while Rear Admiral Badger, commandments
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24

II YOU have any pains and your family
physician can not cure you, come to me.
have made special study of all chronic
diseases.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24
WAR WITH MEXICO IS VERY PROBABLE
Washington April Chursda) Americans have @ k5 anu
in the occupation OF Vera CfW Ills "0 0nn
Rear Admiral Badger made public at 2:45 a. M

Of the Atlantic fleet has broughthis flag into the har
Dor on the Minnesota.
After the general advance began this morning Mex
can sharpshooters on the roofs put up asubborn resist
ance There was one brisk action, guns OF the Pralrle
and Chester assisting in silencng heavy fire from the
naval college, Shells from the Prairie shattered It's
walls The number of Mexicans killed is estimated at
$50, yesterday, while the loss today IS not known.
[o] [ol ol
INDEPENDENTS INDORT HOOPER AGAIN
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-04-24
To Mn Friends and the Public.

o wy I-IISItsao UIINl I'1~
am now taking DR.. Doyle's new COM
pressed medicated air treatment for catarrh
of the nose and throat and am getting bet
ter beyond my expectations. ]. II. HYDE
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Room IN which TWO Immigrant families Sleep

or window open to let In cold air. and
mild weather is the wisest time to begin
ventilation campaign.
In many households to call in male
doctor for the wife's confinement would
bring on revolution, for the belief in
the midwife is an old country tradi-
ton hard indeed 10 overcome BY much
patient persuasion women have some-
times been prevailed upon 10 go to the
hospital for their confinement: and in
some cases midwives practising without
licenses have been removed Staying in
bed, whether 1t be after a confinement
or an operation or an acute fever. the
immigrant woman regards as a counsel
of perfection; II she can get up, she
will, and that at once. Persuaded
woman to return to bed" is a frequent
note In the reports. Erie idly visitors
can often put immigrant households in
touch with local health agencies, dis
trict nurses, hospitals and dspensaries.
Most OF the women do not know that
there Is such a thing as a city ply
sician or a free dispensary.
One visit to an immigrant home
shows so many instances OF the need
for Initiation into American ways that
the visitor Is probably tempted to work
In many directions at once. Here are
reports OF typical visits:
Mrs. Kacru.-House clean. Mother dis
tracted because her baby had just had
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have no means Of knowing. and their
old country methods make their life
here much more laborious than II needs
to be. The reports show frequent items
of this sort
Showed Mrs. Marini how to put tubs on
chairs and not stoop over tubs.
Told Mrs. Krpsky to soak clothes over
night and not to stand in a pool Of water
while washing.
Very hot weather; got Polish women,
who are feeling the heat very much, to
use naphtha soap instead OF boiling
clothes.
In most immigrant colonies a normal
family life is indeed rarity. A normal
family life Is not positively secured by n
LIBERAL allotment Of so many cubic inches
or house room to each person. but
neither is 1t Independent Of material
dimensions. Here is list, unhappiy
typical Of the inhabitants of four
room apartment, which, by the way,
conforms to the latest tenement house
laws:
The tenant and his wife.
Three children under 4 years.
Two married couples as boarders.
Four single women.
Two single men.
BY far the greatest number OF board
ers In immigrant households are, how
ever, single men. Since their life in
the new country is likely To be less re"
sponsible than that OF the family men,
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once respond to the gospel of cleaning
up the yard. keeping the lid on the
garbage can. and brushing down the
cobwebs? In cases OF this sort 1t may
take a dozen or more visits really to
establish relations at ALL Usually II Is
watchful waiting, not militant deter
mination that carries the day. One
visitor after many futile visits found
her real access at last by Offering a
pattern for a dress for the expected
baby.
The baby, indeed is very likely to
furnish an opening wedge. 1t soon
became known in Rochester and Nine
vile that II the baby was sick the go
mestic educator" could work wonders.
And it isn't strange that the babies
In immigrant communities are very
likely to be sick II we accept the evil
dence OF instructions to various mothers
noted in some OF the educators weekly
reports:
Not to give baby beer
Not to feed baby every time Il cries
but at regular intervals.
How TO make layette for baby instead
OF old shirt.
Not TO give peppermint water and cat
nip tea every night.
Not to use nipple with Ion, rubber.
Not to cover baby with feather pill
lows
In the course of her work with the
baby the friendly visitor learns a good
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deal about the health of the rest of the
family. There is great deal of sick
ness, or perhaps rather of general i'll
health, in these immigrant communi-
ties. 1t could hardly be otherwise.
Children and women living on Barren
Island, for instance, and spending a
good deal OF time on the dump treadng
on broken glass, in the very happy
hunting grounds Of germs, are likely
to show the results
Among the troubles mentioned most
often in the reports from Mineville.
Rochester, Buffalo and Barren Island
are hard colds" undoubtedly due to
the general lack Of ventilation. and in
fec,,d wounds, due to the failure to
understand the importance Of keeping
even slight wounds clean. Girls Of from
III to 10 years are frequt reported
as an@mic, n helpless protest against
the inevitable fried pork and cabbage.
Because OF the mothers ignorance OF
food all the children of one family had
ricketts,. In the course of time the do
mestic educator" can hint to the
pass; one item reads:
Told mother not to allow children to
sleep In wet clothing after playing in
water.
But many colds due to stuffy rooms
must he cured before any can he pre-
vented! 1t is hard To get southern
Europeans deliberately to leave a door
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the social ideals behind these practical
methods of home keeping.
The domestic educators" in Buffalo,
Minevllle, Rochester and Barren Island
secured from the Bureau of Industries
and Immlgralio "A list of the immigrants
bound for their respective communities.
When the family first arrives, the i'm
migrant women sorely need help in
househuntlng, If the house or rooms are
not provided by the company for which
the man Is to work, In buying the fur
niture and in learning how to eXpend
that unknown quantity. American
money, for the likewise unknown Amer
lean goods. Here is the opportunity to
show the advantage OF iron beds over
wooden and Of new mattresses over the
second hand ones that are sure to be
shown the newly arrived immigrant
woman, and to urge her, while the little
hoard still lasts, to lay in blankets and
flannels the need OF which the southern
European is not likely to foresee.
In all the buying the domestic edu-
Gator" gently pilots the woman past the
oily instalment plan man, Of whom she
and her kind are the logical victims
Both in helping her to buy household
SoouS III tHt anu III HdhlHS
trips to the market with her later, one
can do her an incst!-nable service by
making her understand her income in
American terms. and thus face at once
the universal proposition of making the
husbands wages meet the needs Of the
family. so far as may be.
There may he English classes In the
town to which immigrant women and
girls could go at once. but such classes
are rarely advertised widely, and It may
be months before the women, unaided
learn Of them. They often realize their
helplessness without English. but nat
urally enough are not aggressive in find
ing way to learn it. 1t is al ad-
vantage Of course II visitor knows the
language OF the immigrants and can
thus put them into connection with
tradespeople and explain to them their
first difficulties. But most Of the things
Immigrant women need to he taught can
be shown more effectually by demon
stration-and long explanations would
be futile in any case.
The newly arrived are almost always
grateful for the friendly visitors" as
sistance. The really difficult work
comes in trying to get the confidence
Va i''"9 WIN" "'eI 'eh years OF
so In this country Is sti.l unnaturalized
lin most immigrant communities the
naturalized form only a small percent
age) and is in a wretched and we'll
nigh desperate state.
Often such families are suspicious OF
every friendly advance. They have
been imposed upon over and over again
since their arrival In this country, have
had continuous bad luck in getting
work and finally they have settled down
into surly acceptance OF wretched
living from which 1t Is hard indeed to
arouse them After ten years OF a
losing game they cannot easily revive
the magnificent hope and energy with
which they began their life in the new
land. Is IL small wonder that the
women Of such households do not al
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they can he "A bad influence inI.,l. H.
the household in which tho. ..%
In houses where there are ,.,..
girls, friendly visitors are like. .., Is
the wisdom of sending tn, ..,r,I,,
away. But If the boarders I'M, 10
necessary there is not much Co. .,i1
The most interesting result a.
mestic education" experiment ~ IN.
solidarity which gradually ..rI,,,.
among the women of an imm.,r,r,
colony: they begin to assurU.. Win
each other on another basis thar ..,.sfn
News of the serviceable Nt'.. N,r,
taught one household spreads ...I ,sa
result Mrs. Yacobuch makes "a ....pt =,
being present at Mrs. Liplnsk,. whom
the educator is next expected. Ir ner.
haps when the educator has l.rsad,
arrived somebody spreads tn, v.rl AMI
half dozen of Mrs. I.ipinsh,.- r,fgb.
bO:s throw their shawls over Their head,
and come too. perhaps brinpiu. , -or.
ment to be cut or fitted From mi,
point on they are easily urged .. O., m.
To mothers meetings or CLASSES .. ,.,,y.
Gus sorts.
The women and girls enjoy 'h, cook.
ing classes. AId tn re Is no duu.. fba,
they need them. The immiprlnf vom.
ans ignorance of American foods ia
astounding. She makes no us. .f .or..
ais or vegetables outside the lr,,.,3h,o
cabbage or potatoes. She makes d., dis.
elimination against eggs ON Oh, ,,ors
OF age. She fries all her meat and
either undercooks or overCouk. every.
thing. In the classes she learns how
to buy cuts Of meat that ar. i' once
cheap and nutritious. how 10 test ..es
for food value. how to bake bread and
cookies. This last is most important.
for the immigrant household u.,sts
largely in the frightful bread uaI AXE
stuffs of the cheapest grade bakeries.
The women can Ice shown how 'o make
stews and soups that will take the pace
of cabbage and fried pork. They can
he introduced to the various vegetables
as separate dishes.
Yves. they are looking very u... lnl
cheap" said one woman Of the y,.,.
table array in the market, "hu' piu.
not have soup every day in summer
They can be shown how O, make
salads and how to use things that are
left over. They enjoy Goiug HON. lnf
trying the dish they made IN cooking
class for their families and then cx-
changing condolences at the next meet
ing. one woman after trying lamb
stew, which had been the cook.u- aSs
triumph of the week before, SAID az 'u.
next meeting:
II shall try dumplings again. and
next time I hope theyll lie htllr ones
when they are cooked and not all run
to "A big one
Sometimes groups Of women ire
taken to market and shown how To
spend their money to best advantage.
Here is one grocer's testimony To- the
value of such excursions: II notice
now that Mrs. Kalitsky buys good
things and lots Of raw material to cook
at home. She used to buy just coffee,
bread, lard and dried fish,
Some Of us regard helping the immi-
grant to become assimilated as
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philanthropy; some OF US REGARD is
rational process of nation HIAd.ht'
This Is an important division ~ opinion
but after all the theory on when uh'
work of making decent ComnHu.''rS
to be done is not of !mmedH'r .mp'I
lance as compared with thu d'-'n, nre'
that Is to be done in the interest "' INC
communities if for no o'nD' reason
In practically every town Of 'N.' c"uh,
try there is a large or sm'.. ""hl Va
immigrants with its group ~ A'I'"',
women retarding the ASSN J.'h "
their families because they nave Nv
way OF learning American '"Hi'''o"''
In California this work has '''h ~
Gently organized with a Vie" .' NEE,
ing the trans-Panama lmmisi d"h '"''
Will follow the opening OF me ''''"'
Canal. DR. ClaNton, the Federal '"'''
missioner OF Education in Nl-"Ih-''"'
is already on record as r' -H'""N
that the domestic educate '"'''.
grant women Is essential IN ANY '"'
oughgoing scheme for the "d ''''" ",
the immigrant. And II, a. N seem,
not unlikely, the educai " '
immigrant In America j. li' 'Po
a distinctive basis 10y the
public education, II is Ia he 90" ''''
the education OF the maxi. ' "'''
grant homes will have " i"'-
place.
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the saloon where, because 1t is the only
gathering place in the Polish colony.
Ossip now goes every night although
he never cared much about drinking
before.
With her pride in the fact that the
characterization" of her family has
begun must come before long to Mrs.
PaplaskI and to thousands Of other
immigrant mothers, the realization that
all her household has set itself in cur
rent that is moving steadily from her
Every one of them has managed to
reach some point of contact however
unsatisfactory. with the life of the new
country. She has none. So far as her
own life is concerned she Is not in
America at all: she Is marooned in the
stagnant little survival OF Old World
ideas and ways of life which she and
her neighbors hold to. not because they
are determined to accept no other way
OF life. but because they are separa ted
from any other by an impa ssable wall.
AS time goes on her lack of assmlla-
ton reacts sharply upon her family
The only kind of home she knows how
to keep up for her husband and chill
dren does nothing to help them to fit
life and work. 1t even binders them
The children. rapidly grasping II not
thoroughly comprehendlng American
influence at school and In the street,
come to look upon home as a place in
which to eat and sleep a place TO get
out of as soon as the possession Of a job
brings independence, 1t is because the
husband. beginning to look for an
American setting, cannot find it in the
home that he takes more and more fire.
quently to finding It in the saloon.
In 1911 the New York-New Jersey
committee Of the North American Civic
League for Immigrants started in Buff
falo an experiment in the domestic
education" of immigrant women. and
later extended the work to New York
city and Rochester, to Minevlle a min
ing community of 1900 people. and to
Barren Island. whore the reduction of
New York city's refuse makes an indus
trial community of about / 400 people.
In these places friendly visitors"
were assigned about thirty families
each, which they visited two or three
times "A week. The aim was first to
show that domestic education" for the
women OF immigrant communities Is
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The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-20

WASHINGTON, Dec. l9.-After two
days OF hot words which eliminated
today In exchange Of invitations to
pei sonal combat between Repret .nta-
tives lIefin, of Alabama, and Moon, OF
Tennessee. tho house adopted n special
rule to consider legislation for re-
forms demanded by the p~Ostofice de-
partment in connection with the an
nual postal appropriation bill.
A detection of Democrats from the
leaders yesterday defeated a similar
rule, which provided for consideration
OF amendments decreasing postmast-
ers' salaries, elimination OF assistant
postmasters. experimental substitu-
ton Of contract service for the rural
delivery service. increased salaries
for rural carriers. changes in the
compensation paid railroads for car
rying the mails and other reorganiza-
ton plans of the department.
The rule vas passed late today
with the provisions for cutting post
masters salaries. ab%olishing assist
ant postmasters and the rural service
substitution scheme eliminated.
"A speech by Representative Moon
after defeat of tia original rule. In
which he intimated that some rail
road influence" had operated to shift
Democratic votes. caused a bitter de-
bate today. Representative Hefin
denounced Mr.. Moons statement as
false and untrue" Mr.. Moon chal-
lenged him to make the same COM
ment off the floor OF the house and
Mr.. Iietlin expressed his Willingness
TO do so. The two representatives
we're advancing Overwhelmingly toward
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LONDON, Dec. 19.-It is believed
Dcrlin's celebration of q great German
victory in Poland possibly was prema-
ture. All that German headquarters
says of the battle there In today's re-
port Ia that the pursuit OF the enemy
continues.
Tho Russian official report tonight
q y engagements IN the left bank OK
the Yistula have been nothing more
than outpost affairs. In these the Rus
SLAMS would to have been engag-
ed in holding the Germans. while the
Russian main force WIS forming along
the Bzura river, where a battle Is be-
ginning to develop. aud the German
attack Is said to have been repulsed.
AS was expected the Germans at
tempted TO ros the Vistula in an en-
deavor TO outflank the Russians, but
this was Frustrated by the Russian
artillery and by the seizure of the pom
toon bridges.
Despite the desperate work facing
them In North Poland, the Russians
continue. operations in East Prussia
and against Cracow. while in western
Galicia they are tang positions
along the Dounaetz river in an at
tempt to stop the advance of the AUS
tro-German forces.
Part of the Przemysl garrison had
made a sortie in force IL an attempt
to open the railway to the southwest.
and Is giving battle to the Russian
besieging army.
With the Germans strongly en-
trenched and the ground in had con-
dition. the Allies offensive movement
in Belgium and France is making
slow progress. At several points; how
ever. the French official records the
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When the party turned, the patrolman
states. he drew his own pistol and
feed five shots at the fleeting form.
The officer was not certain whether
any of tie bullets took effect In the
mans body. The firing Of the shots
was heard distinctly mp town and
aroused eonsiderable interest.
.tArresiing Officers.
The corps of policemen making the
arrest consisted of Pri-ates DiscoIl.
Clamp. Sanders. Payne. Stewart.
Written, Foster and Freeman. The Of
fccrs had suspected that gambling
was going org In a building on West
Earle street used by the Palmetto
Rifles as an armory. Early this
morning the officers took a ladder
from the fire department. headauart-
ers and carried it 10 the building. for
the purpose OF mounting to the win
dows and obtaining evidence as to
what they believed was going on in
side. This particular ladder did not
meet the requirements of the occasion.
SO the officers secured another from
a nearby place and assembled I o the
window.
Here. it Is alleged. they obtained n
Wow OF the young men shooting
craps The raid IN the. hall follow
ed Immediately, with thu results al
ready noted.
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each other when half u dozen men,
bcrs stepped in between them.
II denounce the statement of the
gentleman as absolutely untrue" de-
clared Representative Hefin, refer
ring 10 MIR. Moons statement that
Democrats who voted against the rule
had betrayed the Democratic presi-
dent. the Democratic postmaster gen.
eral, the Democratic rules commit
tee. and the Democratic ~postofice
committee"
Yen don't dare say that to me eX-
cept on this floor" shouted Afr. Moon.
striding toward the Alabama repre-
sentative.
II am willing to say anything out
side that I would say to you here"
retorted Helm, and he started to meet
Chairman Moon.
representative Clark, OF Florida;
Tribble. of Georgia: Stanley. OF Ken
lucky, and Mcclellan, of Tennessee,
stepped between them and order soon
was restored.
Representative Moon said he had
no apologies to make for his speech
criticising Democrats who opposed
the rule. He said he did not charge
corruption against anyone.
but the circumstances OF that
VOTE" he said. cleft the impression
that there was some influence ut
work that prevented tho adoption OF
this rule, requested By the admins.
tration. Was 1t the influence of post
masters. or rural carriers or OF the
railroads."
Representative Helm deciareff no
railroad had influenced HIM" and de-
clared Representative Moons eriti-
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