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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-07

Berne, Switzerland, March g.
It is stated France and Germany
hereafter will exchange captured
army officers who are injured so
d severely as to be incapacitated
! for further military service. Here:
;;ftefore only priyates were ex-
changed. :.
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81 Paris, March 6.-The minister
of war announces on account OF
the situation in Dardanelles and
in order to meet every eventual
ity, the government has decided to
concentrate in North Africa an
exped;tionary force which will be
ready to put to sea at the first
sign as to the point where its
presence is required.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-07

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Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

to have you take part in that. l sent
you membership card. Did you re-
ceive it?
Dear Editor: / am a girl ten years
old and in the fourth grade in school.
| have one sister nine years old and
in the third grade; her name is Georg-
lie. For pets we have one old cat
named Gretchen, a last years kitten
and six kittens a few days old and
speckled hen and a brooder chicken.
We live off the main road to Crystal
Lake about block and three quarters
from school. Today two children came
to play and when we had played a
while we went on the hill in front of
the house and climbed the tank by an
old ladder and then slid down the hill
on the grass for while and then went
home. l heard two others joined your
club so l thought l would. l wanted
to send in list of missing words but
it is too late now. would like a
membership card if you have one on
hand, please. l would like to write
more but have no time. Your con-
slant reader, Jean c. Moore, Frank
fort, Mich.
JEAN was glad to send you a
membership card and you may be
SURE l always have lot of those
on hand. 1t wouldn't do for your
editor to run out of membership cards,
you know. We have quite a number
of members from your town, Jean,
and we are very glad to welcome
YOU. Write again.
Dear Editor: l have been a reader
of the Story Telling Club. l like it
very much and every chance I get l
read the stories. | am twelve years
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

old and am in the seventh and eighth
grades. like to go to school. My
teachers name is Miss Tinker. have
only missed one day of school this
year; that was because I was sick. I
have mile and half to walk to
school. / have two brothers and we
have some pets. A dog, two cats and
one banty hen. | take music lessons
so my work keeps me quite busy. I
like music very much. l wish that
you would send me a membership
card. l will have to close. Yours
truly, Doris Ecklund, Mancelona, Mich.
Doris, Dear-You must pardon me
for overlooking your letter. 1t should
have been printed with the March let.
tiers but through a mistake it was put
with the April letters. You see, your
editor receives so very many letters
that sometimes mistake creeps in in
spite of all the care that is taken. But
it is better late than never, isn't it,
and hope you will enjoy seeing your
letter in print NOW. I hope you re-
ceived your membership card.
Next week we will print letters
from the following members: Mildred
Gilbert, Conklin, Mich; Mary Stickley,
Prescott, Mich; Thelma Glass, Far
we'll, Mich; May Wagner, Arthyde,
Mimi; Vivian Pope, Clare, Mich;
Jessie Vanderbilt, Marion, Mich;
Verbena Merriman, Champaign, ILL.,;
Ethel Mick, liberia, Mich; Irene
Reeder, Lake City, Mich; Dorothy
Wade, Sheridan, Mich; Lena Crozier,
Marion, Mich; Hilda Jorgensen, Lake
view, Mich, and others if we have
room.
Good bye until next week.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

twelve years old. This is too long
letter now. l would like to see my
letter in print. Your friend, Laurel
Foxworthy, Stittsville, Michigan.
Laurel-Thank you for very nice
letter which wasn't bit too long. The
Missing Word Contest closed the mid
die Of March but we are having an
other contest now called the Double
Contest which l hope you will enjoy
and take part in.
Dear Editor: / have been reading
the stories and l would like to join the
club. l would like to receive a men,
bership card. I am eleven years old
and in the fourth grade. have some
pets-a black cat; it's name is Mig
ger | have a dog named Pedro and
some bantys. My teachers name is
Miss Louise Patten. Yours truly,
Reuah Osman, Mulliken, Michigan.
Reuah-You wrote a cute little let
ter and was glad to print it. I sent
you a membership card which hope
you received.
Dear Editor: | am a new member
of the Children's Story Telling Club.
| have read the letters from the diff
ferent members and enjoy them very
much. I go to school every day and
am in the seventh grade. am fifteen
years old. My teachers name is Miss
Kincaid and she is a splendid teacher
too. live on a farm of forty acres
and have a good time. l have four
brothers and three sisters and there
is just one younger than myself; her
name is Mary. She goes to school
with me and is in the second grade
! We have one and one-half miles to go
to school, have seen some of Hazel
Rice's letters in the club. | know her
real well, because go to school with
her and am in the same class with her.
Charles also goes to the same school.
| hope to see this letter in print. The
next time / write l will tell more
about my pets. l hope this isn't too
long. l will close. Your friend, Jan
ME Smith, johannesburg, Mich.
Jannie-I was glad to print your
interesting letter which I am sure all
our members will enjoy as much as
your enjoyed theirs. Hazel and Charles
Rice are numbered among our smart
est members as they have written
many interesting letters for our club.
In fact, l think Hazel was among the
first to join. Write again, Jamie.
Dear Editor: like to read the let
tiers in the Children's Story Telling
Club. l would like to join it. Will
you please send me a membership
card? l am a girl ten years old and
in the sixth grade. l have two sisters
and four brothers. Their names are
Lloyd, John, Richard, Donald, Anna
and Elizabeth. / will write the an
swers to the missing word contest.
Years. Biddy-3 Small Floor
-5 Nest-6 Hatch-7 Said-8 See
Cackle-10 Head-11 Graceful-12
Comb. If this letter is not too long l
would like to see it in print. From
Evelyn Beardslee, Laingsburg, Mich.
Evelyn am real sorry that your
missing words came in too late for
the contest. The contest closed the
middle Of March. But we are con-
Quoting another contest now called the
Double Contest and we will be glad
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21
STAR LIGHT.
By Fife Hunt.

Star light-star bright;
First star l seen tonight.
\ wish l may-I wish l might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
P. Sand here is a riddle too, for
the children to guess:
Open like barn door; ears like
cat.
Guess all your life time and you
can't guess that"
Fife Dear-Your poem was fine and
you have the honor of being the
FIRST little club member to send in
an original poem. And your riddle is
a difficult one to guess-that is, it ap-
pears so to me. What do you think
about it, kiddies? Write again, Fife.
Dear Editor: l have written once
before but it wasn't in print so l Won
dered if you printed letters outside of
Michigan. have a grandfather who
lives in Michigan and he sends us the
paper. l am eleven years old and am
in the sixth grade at school. l live out
in the country. l received your men,
bership card and thought it was very
pretty. If my letter isn't too long
should like to see it in print very, very
much. Yours truly, Airline Ferney,
tWalla Walla, Washington.
Arline-I am always sorry that 1
cannot print all the letters from our
little club members as soon as they
are received, but / receive so many
that it is IMPOSSIBLE. Each letter
must wait its turn but EVERY SIN
GLE LETTER is PRINTED unless 1
am requested NOT to do so. And we
have many members living in other
states and OF COURSE am glad to
print them too.
Dear Editor: l would like to join
the Children's Story Telling Club. !
am a farm girl twelve years old. l
live on a farm of one hundred acres.
l live three miles from Lowell on a
main travelled road fourteen miles
from Grand Rapids. l go to school
every day. My school will be out in
May. / live three fourths of mile
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21
The ChiIdren'S Story
Telling Club
EsshIyn Dale Nichols, Editor
1915 ST., Rock Island H.

ESsiHyn Dale Nichols, Editor
1915 ST., Rock Island, IN.

from school. My teachers name is
Rosa Roth. There are twenty-three
scholars in my school. The name of
my school is Bennett School. l live
in three-story house. have broth
er and sister. My brothers name is
Howard. My sisters name is Doris.
| live with my father and mother. We
have dog and two cats. Our dogs
name is Shep. Our cats names are
Tommy and Tiger. We have seven
horses. Their names are Babe, Bar
ney, Fanny, Mig, Star, Topsy and
Tony. We have seven calves and four
cows and about eighty chickens. We
have three turkeys. Well, goodbye.
I will write another letter some other
time. Etha Richardson. Lowell, Mich.
Etha-You are a dandy little letter
writer and l will venture to say that
you are a dandy little girl too. Your
letter was very plainly written and ]
liked it especially well. Write again.
Dear Editor: This is my second let
ter. l got my membership card and
thank you for it. have four sisters
and four brothers. We have dog;
it's name is Tige, and cat named
Teddy. l like to read all the letters.
The story l like best is "Winona's
Choice" l have half mile to go to
school and am in the seventh grade.
Ny sisters names are Ruth, Treva,
Alzadia and Eva, and my brothers:
Arthur, Clifton, Carlton and Theo.
This letter is quite long and l will
close with best wishes. From Lillian
Rector, Rockford, Michigan.
Lilian-I am sure you will be
pleased to see this letter in print. l
know was pleased to print it. I am
real sorry that so many of our little
members have to wait so long, but we
will all just have to have PATIENCE,
won't we? I am glad you told me
which story you liked best. We are
planning to have some more stories
before long written by your editor
for your editor wants to do HER
share of story telling, else she would
MT be a member in good standing,
would she? Write again, Dear.
Dear Editor: l received my MEM
bership card which entitled me to be
member of the Children's Story Tell
ing Club; but as l do not get the
paper in which they are in | do not
think l will write stories for it. l
would like to write if l got the paper.
Wishing the club success, l remain,
Grace Church, Howard City, Mich.
Grace, Dear-I am real sorry that
you do not get the paper with the
Children's Story Telling Club in, for
l am sure you would enjoy it heaps
better if you did take the paper and
read it every week. Anyway, / was
real glad to print this letter and will
try to send you copy containing it
when it comes from press.
Dear Editor: / received my MEM
bership card about two weeks ago
and | thought it was very nice. You
may print my letter if you want to.
| am nine years old. have five cous-
ms and one brother; his name is Cleo.
! He is three years old. | am through
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

with my third grade and ready for
my fourth grade. Yours very truly,
Roy Shotz, Yuma, Mich.
Roy-Of course l want to print your
letter-it was very nice letter.
am glad you liked your membership
card. Write again.
Dear Editor: / received my MEM
bership card some time ago and
thought it was very pretty one. ]
am sending in a story which hope
to see in print if it is not too long.
The letters this week was especially
interesting / thought, and enjoy
reading them very much. I will be
glad when summer comes, as / love
the flowers and birds so-especially
the robin and bluebird. l am thirteen
years old and passed the eighth grade
in June, 1914. must close now and
l hope my story is not too long. Your
little friend, Helen E. McVea, Fem
vile, Michigan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21
THE RAINBOW FAIRIES.
By Helen McVea.

Once upon a time, in the land of
the rainbow, there lived many fairies
who were always doing kind deeds for
the people who inhabit this big earth.
The fairies had beautiful queen and
she rode in a chariot made from
large white shell. The wheels were
made of pearl and over the chariot
hung a large white flower which the
little queen used for canopy. These
fairies helped people who were in
trouble and did many other kind acts.
But these fairies were continually mo-
Tested in their good work by hobgob-
Inns who did not live in rainbow land
but in hobgoblin land. The fairies
were skimming through the air on
their way to fairyland one day, when
they saw a beautiful little girl crying
so they went to find out what was
the trouble. The little girl had no
parents, and so the good fairies took
her home with them to rainbow land.
When the hobgoblins heard this they
were very angry and so they stole
into rainbow land very quietly and
found the little girl and carried her
off with them. She was much fright
ened and begged to be taken back.
One of the fairies saw her taken away,
so he got the large army of bees and
started to overtake the hObgoblins.
They overlook them and after hard
struggle got the child back and took
her home. And this is just one way
in which the rainbow fairies helped
people. Every time you see the rain
bow shining beautiful and bright in
the sky just think of the fairies that
lived behind it many years ago.
Helen-Your story was beautiful,
and you wrote lovely letter also. |
too like the summer time the best and
love birds and flowers and picnics in
the woods. Don't you love picnics?
am glad you liked your membership
card. Write again.
Dear Editor: l have been reading
the letters in the Story Telling Club
and thought would like to be men,
Der if l may. | would like to receive
a membership card soon, please. |
am not very well acquainted with the
Story Telling Club and don't know
enough about it to fill out the Missing
Words. / will when / get better ac-
quainted with them. am nine years
old and in the fourth grade. l go to
school every day. l have went to
school every day this winter, or l
haven't been tardy this winter yet,
either. l have two brothers and no
sisters. My oldest brother is named
Daniel. My smallest brother is named
| Marx; he is six years old. Daniel is
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

them for you to paint just as
you wish, and see who has the highest
standing on the flowers. The vase you
may paint it blue or brown, / think
brown would be pretty with blue
background. The shadows Of the
pansies, use a little green and the
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

same colors that you paint the pans
les, and shade them only where the
shadows are, and very lightly too.
Always sign your name on the back
of your paintings and enclose a two
cent stamp for your work to be re-
turned.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

Dear Little Friends: Most little
girls and boys love flowers, so we will
try our luck first on pansies, to see
how we'll we can paint them, you no
doubt have all raised panies, and know
that they are white, blue, yellow, pur-
ple and mixed colors, so will leave
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

Dear Children: Another week has
gone by and l expect you are all busy
preparing your suggestions for the
First part of our Double Contest. l
am sure this will be an extremely in
teresting contest because our little
Cub members will help make it So.
You will--won't you?
Now as we nave a good many let
ters to print this week guess we had
better begin them right away.
Dear Editor: l received my prize
and l thought it was very pretty. /
go to school every day. Today is my
mothers birthday april 25). She is
twenty-nine years old. We have big
angora cat named Myredell and she
has three angora kittens about eleven
days old. We haven't named them
yet. was surprised to see my last
letter in the paper. l am going to
write poem and will close as want
to have room. From your friend.
Fife Hunt, Van, Michigan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

An inviting pillow for an hour of
rest, in the now so popular oblong
style, size 15x36 inches, including back
Stamped on Pink Cloth, 35c; Fringe
zoe extra; Cotton for working, 15c ex-
ira.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21

A very neat and simple new style
collar design that can be easily and
quickly embroidered by any novice.
Stamped on good quality lawn, includ-
ing embroidery cotton to work, 25c;
stamped on Fine Linen, including mer-
cerized embroidery cotton, 35c; per-
forated Pattern, including all neces-
sary stamping materials, 15c.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-21
sLate Embroidery DeSignS1
y Prepared Especially for Our Paper

embroidery, now so popular, makes
handsome centerpiece. Stamped on
1926 inch Pure Imported White or
Ecru Linen, SOC; Perforated Pattern
including necessary stamping mate
rials, Csc; Punch Work Needle, SC.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17

may. If they choose, have the SWEETEST
club rooms in the city at that price.
A quarter day means $50 year. That
pays dues to clubs that most men find
themselves unable to join on account of
expense.
Let's figure that people have some
sense and power of restraint of them
se'fes. That when the saloon is gone
many men who were unfortunate pos
SCISSORS of unfortunate appetites and
unfort innate habits and unfortunate
friends will find their way out of the
woods without especial guardianship:
that when the saloon is gone the aver
ace patron will turn in the right di-
rection. For that is what actually hap
pens when the saloon goes.
Don't worry over the man who hasn't
saloon to go to; worry over the one
who has the open saloon to pass three
times day on his way to his work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17
THE LEG-IRON CURE.


The Clinton police are going to APP
ply the leg-iron cure for vagrancy. All
mendicants will be chained to rock
piles. and permitted to work for their
board. 1t is expected that there will
be a great exodus of the unemployed.
Unemployed men fall into two
classes, those who won't work and
those who can't get job. When
times are booming. it is easy to dis
tinguish them, for there are none OF
the latter class. But in less halcyon
days, 1t takes wiser man than
police judge to separate those who
can't from those who won't, and the
success of the leg-iron treatment Is
dependant exactly upon this distinc-
ton
There Is another drawback to the
ball and chain. The Migrants who
leave Clinton will drop into Cedar
Rapids. and If the Cedar Rapids po-
lice also buy leg-irons, the fellows
will come on to Des lMoines. In such
a situation, fair play between cities
demands that when the unemployed
depart from Clinton. they shall take
their leg-irons with them, clamped on
tight. This will delay them in their
arrival at Cedar Rapids, and Cedar
Rapids will be spared the trouble OF
crushed for the new Linn county
court house. Cedar Rapids can set the
jobless upon their way, and it will be
long, long time before they come
clanking into Des Moines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17
SUPPORT AN IOWA MAN.


The Des Moines News says that the
stnadpat Charles City Press says.
Can the great mass Of voters OF
America rise to the dignity Of eiecting
Senator Roo. president Of the United
States?" and then goes on to say they
might. but they won't because Senator
Root &c servant CO Wall street. The
Charles City Press then goes on in 4
long defense Of him as a candidate for
president. They have always been an
admirer Of Root as man. but aside
from this fact Senator Cummins is an
Iowa man and his chance Of election
IL nominated would be far ahead OF
that Of Senator Root, Of New York,
just for the very reason that the Des
'Moines News intimates.
Neither have we any sympathy for
an Iowa newspaper which starts in
praising an outside candidate when
we have a candidate from Iowa. II
is time that the old fashioned oppose
ton to .Cummins gave way. fractional
ism happily is thing of the past
and every republican newspaper in
Iowa with enc or two exceptions is
supporting Senator Cummins for pres
ident.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17
FOUR LEAF CLOVER FOLKS.

Under the head -Four Leaf Glover
Man the Shenandoah World prints
the following:
Yorktown, Sept. 9.-F j. Yam of
Green Bay, Wis, and j. l.. Bader of
Monticello, Iowa. We're here Saturday
on business Mr. Bader has brother
working in a meat market at Shen-
andoah. He is much interested in col
lectine four leaf clovers having gath
cred 800 in the last three weeks. He
states that he found 100 in Yorktown
last Thursday, 55 at one picking near
the German church.
Now if there is more futile pursuit
for a grown man than picking -four
Leaf clovers' will some one please
mention It, Somehow it is hard to i'm
agine a pastime turned into a passion
that would seek and secure a reg uiar
hay crop of -four leaf clovers" in one
week and continue strong and undated
seeking other quadrate clover stems to
conquer Harmless? Of course ii is
harmless, but what's the use?
Still mos; of us hunt -four leaf
clovers" of one kind or another after
our own fashions and degrees and
some of the worthless things for which
we search and over which we joy when
found are not as harmless as the coll
lection the man made from the German
who spends his time and what money
he can obtain in pool halls is hunting
four leaf clovers. His is an utterly
futile pursuit. Moreover the kind of
clovers he finds do not fade They live
and poison like the FIVE leaf ivy. The
girl who runs the street and hangs
about the picture shows is gathering
a crop that will turn 10 withered leaves
and leave nothing but bitter regrets.
The lad who loafs will look in later
years at his collection of four leaf
cloverS and wonder why he gathered
such ralueless trashy trumpery with
such satisfaction.
Young and elder there are a lot of
us seeking four leaf clovers and acting
pleased as Punch over our occupation
The difference between our kind and
Bader's is thar SO many of the plants
we seek and find are four fold of
trouble and cost and often of shame
and secrecy. Ii is astonishing how
many people seek the worthless and
freakish things of life as the man down
at Yorktown hunts for his four leaf
clovers
There's nothing in it He can hunt
clovers until he dies and not nave
enough to feed a COW. ANYHOW the
COW wouldn't eat the stuff And a very
notable number of Us are spending time
and gathering trash that just about
sizes up with the Yorktown mans col
lection of four leaf ciovers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17

ference. The News-RepubMcan con.
clusion is:
Our opinion is that school terms II
anything are too long. What earthly
good would child be who went to
school all the year round and had no
vacation? Children as a rule will 30
to school the prescribed nine months
without much complaint, but II you
were to add the three months Of sum-
mer to the school course there would
be very much more playing hockey
and school would become the most dis
tasteful thing Of childhood. We do not
consider the summer vacation az q
relic OF past barbarism in this country.
1t is wise and we'll ordered respite
that gives the child a chance to think
of something else besides books and
figures.
These comments deal exclusively
with the short and long term from the
pupils standpoint. There is another
factor in the case, the underpaid
teachers who work by the month. Con-
sidering the time and expense Of fitting
themselves for work they are entitled
to fuller time or monthly compensa-
ton that VIII keep the enforced idle
ness from being serious disturbance
in the problem of existence.