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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-22

There victory yet for either slue III Ile pate
of the ksne which has now ragged IN France Tor Ten
DAYS. Both sides claim and favorable positions
The ten days desperate battle fierce artillery fire
day and night infantry charge in which the fighting has
been hand to hand and cavalry onsaughts when oppor
tunity offered have shown result: the soders OF
the three nations engaged becoming exhausted The
human machine is weakening under the frlghtIu de-
mands upon it. Lus in the battling are ascrlDed simply
to utter fatigue. 3
Another factor which has notable effect on the
conduct of the operations has been the IN
cessant cold rain flooded the valley OF the Alsne Inc
river has overfowed it's banks and fields are heavy and
trenches filled with water The men are drenched to tne
skin day and night and French soldiers coming to Paris
from the front are encrusted with mud Worn out men
are succumbng to the hardshps Of fighting and living
in the open under such weather conditions
TRANSPORTATION of all kinds, for both sides, is
rendered much more difficult It is even said the Ger
mans can no longer their heavy artillery with ef-
fective promptness on account Of heavy roads. The
men are camping in water and the French say that the
Germans are suffering from lack of food.
While neither side claims decisive outcome yet,
there to be good reason to believe that the battle
is drawing to some definite development Military
opnion both in London and Paris leans to the conviction
that the present nes battered for ten days. will soon
have to show noticeable changes The fighting is fercest
on the allies left where desperate efforts are being made
to turn the flank of the German army under General
Won KlucA Won Kuck has been reinforced but in spite
Of this the French in late official reports claim an ad
vantage though it is admitted to be slight The Germans
appear to be making desperate and persistent efforts to
turn the right wing Of the allies resting Verdun The
help of this fortified position is of advantage to the
French
On the center the fortunes Of fluctuate. The
positions now held by the Germans were well selected
and well fortified Some Of their heavy artillery is
described as resting upon cement foundations.
London, Sept. 21-An officer just returned from
scissors states that an aeropane reconnaissance has
given rise to the conviction that large portion Of the
German forces retiring with it's trains and heavy ores
says a dispatch from Paris to the Express
It is said orders have been received from Berlin for
the main force to retire and defend the German onter
leaving only 100000 to defend the fortified lines
and cover the retirement.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-22

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-22
FIERCE FICH7INC A[ONC GREAT
BATTLEuN CONTINUES WITHOUT
EITHER SIDE CA|N|NG ADVANTAGE

Ten Days Of Ceaseless Conflict Finds the Soldiers
of Both Sides About Ready to Drop in Ranks
From Exhaustion; Heavy Rain Is Falling
GROUND TOO MUDDY FOR QUICK MOVING
OF HEAVY ARTILLERY OF COMBATANTS
Aeroplane Scout Reports That Invaders Have Begun 10
Retreat Toward Frontier With Force Left Behind
to Protect From Possible Pursuit BY Allies
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-20

through a sojourn in the pest house
is the price Mathilde Mulson, ste
nographer, had to pay because of her
vanity and modesty and the arbitrary
ruling of the Board of Health.
Mathilde had lived for almost a
year in the Young Women's Christian
Association, $50 Michigan avenue. On
the 25th of May Margaret Stone, an.
other boarder, was discovered to have
smallpox and taken to the Isolation
Hospital, but so quietly was this done
that the other girls did not believe
Miss Stone had been i'll.
However, they did discuss VAGINA
ton, and, while many of them, includ-
ing Mathilde, had the same deep-root-
ed prejudice against vaccination that
many Of the profession have, they
discussed its disfguring effects more
than their objection to it.
These discussions were carried on
so largely that Mathilde began to
have a wholesome fear of scars on
her arm and selected place for the
vaccination, if she had to yield to it,
where it wouldn't show"
The following Wednesday DR.. H. A.
Norden of the Health Department
called upon Mathilde at the office
where she was temporarily employed
and informed her that vaccination
was compulsory under court ruling
that it could be enforced on anyone
exposed to smallpox.
Mathilde did not like Norden and
decided she would have the vaccina-
ton done by some other physician,
and she says Norden told her it would
be all right if she got a certificate,
so she went to Dr. Noble M. Eberhart,
was vaccinated and got the certifi-
cate.
The next day Norden called with an
officer at the Y. w. C. A. and told the
officer Mathilde had resisted vaccina-
ton, but Mathilde produced the GER
tificate. Norden asked to examine the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-20
ARBITRARY RULING OF BOARD OF HEALTH
SENDS GIRL TO PESTHOUSE
HEALTH


to get another certificate in about
five days showing that the VAGINA
ton had taken" which Mathilde
agreed to do.
Three days later, however, another
physician from the health department
called and demanded to see the vacci-
nation. Mathilde again refused and
agreed to show it to Mrs. Clark, the
superintendent of the Y. w. c. A.
This was not satisfactory and Ma
thilde found herself guaranteed the
next morning.
However, Mathilde was out of work
and out of funds, and as she knew
she had been vaccinated, she decided
to go out hunting a job anyway. Nor
den came upon her after she had left
her room and was indignant. He told
her she would have one more chance
to show the vaccination. She said she
was willing to go to DR.. Eberhart and
have him give the certificate required
or revaccinate her.
Norden rejected this and she was
sent back to her room and remained
isolated until late in the afternoon
when another young doctor-this one
from the Isolation Hospital, called
and demanded to see the vaccination.
Again Mathilde refused and so she
was taken out to the Isolation Hos
pital under protest. Here she showed
nurse the hidden spot and it was
found not to have taken" so she was
vaccinated again the next morning
this time on the arm and kept several
days to be revaccinated when that
didn't take and kept some more days
until it was found the third vaccina-
ton hadn't taken and then she was
set free, minus funds.
The Y. w. C. A. permitted her to
sleep in isolated grandeur in the gym
nasium for five nights while she hunt
ed work and then she had to leave
there and was helped by the German
Aid Society
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-09-09
WE VOTE FOR HIM

Senator New1ands of Nevada had a horse that tried to st itself
through a barbed wire fence and the result vas that it practically
ruined itself. A veterinary "a called and said that it would cost about
$50 TO fix up the horses injuries. AS the horse va old and not worth
$50 he advised Newands just 10 shoot it.
But" asked Newlands, show do know the horse wants to die:
Put him O his feet again and send me the bill Do you suppose Id
want anybody to shoot m when l get old just because I've ceased to be
worth the amount of a doctors bln?-Los Angeles Herald.
As long a. your opinion about the var is your own, keep it 20
yourself.
Some people can't tell the difference between praise and tafy.
-OO-
1t might be just as we'll to eliminate history and geography from
the c1rrcuumo OF the schools until the "a is YER
The var censors chief duty seems to be to remove all the sense
from the dispatches.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-09-09
THE WISDOM OF CHILDREN

Column after column of elaborate editorial has been written by the
press Of the nation anent the European wal, but expressed
truer or terser sentiment than did the juvenile editors OF the Carson
Enlghtener in the last issue Of their paper. From that number tbs
following paragraphs are reproduced:
THE white ace should not be killing each other off like they ire
now because some day the yellow ace will fight the white &C and
there won't be enough left Of the white rae and o they will be con-
quered"
We think that the rulers should be put in a cell and fight it out
themselves, instead OF making all the poor m n be killed just for some
thing the rulers start themselves"
I'VE do o think there should be any val at all, and why are they
nshthg IN Europe just because some OF the countries have allies. We
hnk there should be n o allies and have every country mind its own
busmess and not be mixing up n the affairs of another country. And
w also III war could be settled better with words than with blows
and III IA is just murder, murder, all the way through. 1t just means
millions. of good men killed for nothing"
-OC--
Let us hope that the Americans who have been warned to get u Of
Paris but are staying to see the fun won't expec, Uncle Sam to come
to the rescue when the fun" gets too rough.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-09-09
HOPE AND THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL

Commenting upon a bill to print copies OF Hague treaties, Repre-
sentative Mann said: in view OF what is taking place in Europe this
strikes m as a or of legislative rcasm If there is n useless body
Or theory anywhere att the present time it is The Hague Peace Tribunal
This is n of Mr.. Manns mistakes. There is II o useful body
Or theory than The Hague tribunal This is its hour of supreme utility.
When this great conflict is over, the passionate, worldwide deteS-
tation of war, the ASPIRATION OF humane spirits o peaceful arbitratio4,
will be strengthened by a million homes Borrowing or brave lives
wantonly wasted. 1t will grow in the anger OF workingmen who know
that they have n O enemies across national boundaries, yet who ire used
as barrcades OF flesh to stop bullets for the pride of kings. 1t will
find advocacy in the universal pressure of contrived want, deliberate de-
sructon and poverty purposely engineered.
There "a never a time since its foundation when The Hague court
was 10 big a hope. There was never a time more propious for spread
ing wide the store of what it has accomplished and AN accomplish for
mankind-New York World.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-09-09

The guns are roaring in kiau-Chau, in darkest Africa ven IN
the pretty and peaceful coral isles of the South Pacific, a IL because tn
Servians were a tnfe slow in grovenng before the emperor OF Austria.
Somehow it all recalls Macaulays biting comment IN Frederick tao
Great: in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised
to defend, black men fought on the coast of Caremandel and rec m en
scalped each other by the Great Lakes OF North America"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

THE best selling styles in outer gar
4 ments for fall will be coats with
full backs and regulation coat fronts.
In some instances these full backs
impart the cape idea, while others are
much more modified. Some coats have
the fullness so arranged as to fall from
square or round yoke; in others the
fullness starts from the shoulders.
AS rule, however, the belt does not
draw in the garment, but simply holds
the fullness in place. The full back
coat with belt in front is also much in
evidence in the new lines and Is meet
ing with favor.
In addition to cape effects, number
of coats with short or medium length
capes are being shown. These are
generally made detachable and can be
easily removed.
In France, the cape is the favorite
wrap for daytime wear. A very charm
ing model was made Of blue serge
with collar Of pique quite high in the
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

AS between France and Germany
apart from the latter's superior war
footing, the total of the fully trained
reserves in the Fatherland would be
the most potent factor in a prolonged
struggle and also the Justification for
a vigorous initiative despite early
heavy losses Both Germany and
France have in the last two years in
creased the period of service from
two to three years. In France this
frightening Of the term with the col
ors aroused great deal of opposition,
not to say discomfort.
Immediately back of these soldiers
are the first reserves, men who but
recently have finished their full tours
of active service and of course are
familiar with the latest practices. Now
look at the foregoing figures. Ger
many's peace footing is only 1885
men stronger than that of France, but
upon the first call to arms this moder-
ate superiority Immediately jumps to
the greater figure of 144,203, giving the
kaiser an advantage of nearly Fl per
cent But this is only the beginning
of the difference.
Iermany's total reserve Of fully
trained reserves-men trained with
peculiar thoroughness-is today quite
100000, while the admittedly less ex-
actingly drilled reserves of France
number but 3,250,000 rank and file.
Here, as can plainly be seen, the Fa-
therland leads by 1,750, 000-two and a
half times the war footing of France,
while still having in reserve as many
as France would have at best.
Setting aside the question OF the
relative military value of the training
Of the German and the French sol
diers, those of France carry a maya
zine rifle of eight millimiters CALDER
and the German infantrymen repeat
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

back. But velvet both for capes and
for hats is the rage. The cape Of vel
vet has full collar. Fur Is much used
as trimming both on gowns and hats.
There is a new shade of brown which
bids fair to be the coming color. 1t has
been seen number Of times lately.
The latest notes of fashion are now
received from Deauville, where the
season reaches it's height in August.
Sweaters are worn with white serge
skirts, but not the sweaters Of last
year. Reaching only to the hips, they
are of brilliant hue, saffron yellow be-
ing most popular; natter blue and vio-
let are also favored. These sweaters
are either belted in as are the nor
folk jackets, or there is belt Of some
other material tied at the side front.
the ends Of which are gathered and
finished with a silk tassel.
The cape coat shown in the illustra-
ton is stylish model of black velvet
with coachmans collar Of skunk.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21
LEARNING VALUE OF
INTENSIVE FARMING
Small Areas Made to Pay Higher
Returns Proportionately
Than Larger Ones.

As population increases, we are be-
ginning to learn the value of inten-
sive farming. especially on land near
a good market 1t is being demon
strated that small areas may be made
to pay as high or higher returns on
the labor and money expended, as the
larger farms. AS an example Of this,
q New Jersey truck and fruit farmer
tells of four men and two women
gathering and marketing in one day,
800 dozen ears of green corn and 80
bushels of tomatoes, and says that is
a fair sample of the work done dur
ing last summer. He does not men
ton the prices received for the days
crop, but any farmer can make his
own computation from the prices re-
ceived in his nearest market, and VIII
soon see that In the course OF the sum-
mer he would have pretty fair sum
Of money to show for his investment
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

EVERY season an increasing number
IL Of women undertake to trim, or re-
trim, hats for themselves. There is
no reason why they should not sue
coed. The first requirement Is the Sc
lection of an untrimmed shape that is
becoming. After that the amateur
milliner should select ready trimmed
hat, of similar shape, and proceed to
copy as closely as possible the work
of a professional trimmer.
Three attractive late-summer hats
are pictured here which the home mil
liner will find are not difficult to copy.
In Fig. a popular shape is trimmed
in a very simple but effective manner.
A band of leghorn braid, three-quar-
tiers of yard of satin and two roses
provide the materials required. The
braid band may be Of other straw or
silk braid. The hat is lined with a
strip of thin silk or null. The brim
is faced with a bias band Of satin,
sewed on plain around the edge. The
fullness, at the head-size, is disposed
of by an occasional plait laid in the
goods. A very fine needle, and silk
thread, that matches the leghorn in
color, must be used in sewing the
facing. On the upper brim make very
short stitches, concealed under fiber
of the braid. The edge Is finished by
Substituting a narrow band about 1t.
Pale pink, blue or cream white, are
good colors to choose for the facing.
The crown is covered with cir
cular piece of satin stretched over it
and sewed down in shallow plaits.
The braid band is finished on both
edges with narrow piping of satin.
After it is sewed to place, the roses
are mounted and sewed down with
heavy millinery thread. Three small
fiat bows made of strips of satin, laid
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21
HELPFUL HINTS FOR
PRACTICAL FARMER
Get After Weeds in Fence Cor
ners-Provide Water Supply
for Horses in Field.

The weeds are getting In their good
aicks in fence corners these days. Go
TO them.
Take a barrel Of water to the field
every morning for the horses, repeat
ing at noon. It's too hard on horse to
work him five hours in the hot sun
without water.
Very young ducklings will die from
sunstroke. See that they are kept in
the shade during the heat of the day.
Never drink. extremely cold water ex-
'cept in small quantities these torrid
days. Deaths occur from this indis-
cretion, and not infreQuently either.
Do not leave any stuff in the feeding
troughs these days of all days; it
sours so quickly. Flush them out with
fwater-clean water.
The first green corn-fodder will be
relished by the hogs.
That the stock be we'll watered Is
more important these days than at
any other time.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21
BIG IMPROVEMENT
OF THE CLAY LAND
Difficulty in Some Cases Exists
in Getting OutfaII for Good
Drainage.
(By W. R. GILBERT.)

If it contains much water, draining
will be a great Improvement; one or
two three-feet drains through a damp
piece of land will be permanent Inn
provement, but the difficulty in some
cases is to get an outfall.
Where the outfall exists, wet land
should be drained before planting fruit
trees, and the drains should not be
less than three feet deep. More will.
in many cases, be better, as the drains
which let out water will introduce air,
and so a double improvement will be
going on.
After draining, some of the clay
should be burnt like ballast, and after
it has cooled, screen it and lay the
toughest over the pipes in the drain
and spread the fine material over the
land.
l have seen this carried out on cold,
clay land, and the improvement has
been immense.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

After the vegetables are matured
there is tendency to let the weeds
take care of themselves, and they do
It to the tune Of hundreds of thousands
OF seeds annually.
Some weeds, like the dandeliOn and
chickweed, grow in the winter as well
as the summer, If the weather will
give them half chance. The chick
weed, usually considered harmless,
grows In such dense patches as to lit
orally choke out every other perennial.
Try pulling it up and throwing In a
heap. You will have a mass Of humus
that will tighten the soil wonderfully.
Keep the weeds down In the straw
berry bed and the runners properly
directed and trimmed. Even if there
are no weeds, the better the condition
of the soil, the greater the returns.
The weed-cutting attachment to the
wheel-hoe is excellent for this purpose.
cutting out all the plants which tend
to fill up the space beyond their prop
or limits.
Keep a sharp lookout for new weeds.
They appear in all places and at all
times. Some of them may prove hard
TO get rid of II they get strong foot
ing.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

in French folds, are sewed over the
stems Of the roses.
Graceful Shape With Plated Ribbon
Trim.-One Of the prettiest and
simplest trimmings Is shown in Fig.
2. A wide ribbon is accordion plated
and laid about the crown OF graceful
shape. 1t extends almost to the top
crown and more than half way to the
edge Of the brim. The plaits are
stretched so that they stand out from
the hat and are tackled with tiny
stitches to the straw. There is a
wreath made Uf various wild flowers.
buttercups, clover blossoms, etc. 1t
extends about the hat over the plated
ribbon.
Hat With Moderately Wide Brim.-
A mode which is full Of style is set
forth in Fig. 8. 1t has q moderately
wide brim and a low crown and is Of
hemp braid in amethyst color.
The brim is faced with a shirring Of
pale lavender chiffon. This is made Of
bias strip, folded along the middle
and shirred into narrow ruff1e near
the folded edge This shirred chiffon
is slip-stitched to the under brim and
gathered to the bandeau at the other
edge. A folded strip of satin ribbon,
matching the crown in color, is laid
over the bandeau.
The crown Is covered with circu-
lar piece of satin OF the same color as
the straw. II is put on In loose puff,
the edge is turned under, gathered in
a narrow ruff1e, and sewed to the base
of the crown.
At each side sprays of wheat, with
small garden flowers, are mounted near
the back. A bow of ribbon, like that
which covers the bandeau, Is sewed
fat against the under brim at the
back. JULIA HOTTOMLEY.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-21

Be careful how you introduce new
plants into your garden, even though
they come under the guise Of friend
ship. The loved morning glory be-
comes one of the worst weeds in the
sandy soil of the West. If plant
shows an Inclination to usurp too
much space, weed it out.
When gathering in the vegetables,
do not discard the little beets and tur-
nips as worthless. They make ideal
food for the poultry.
The careful gardener makes sure
that his tools are all housed, and not
left to the mercy Of the weather. If
any have special attachments, see that
they are put with the machine. 1t Is
a great annoyance at planting time to
be obliged to hunt here and there for
the various parts.
Keep the pumpkins and squashes in
a dry place, where they will not chill,
If you wish them to keep well. Melons
may be kept in prime condition in the
hay NOW for some weeks. We see no
reason why hay, poor conductor Of
temperature. should not always prove
good storage medium for the
squashes and pumpkins desired late in
the season.