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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-12-10

A litter ran along the ranks at the first
church parade of the 44th, breaking into
a contemptuous guffaw as it came to Pri-
vate Micky Coyne. For if ever there was
an unbeliever, not to say blasphemer,
Micky Coyne was that man.
Yet he made no step forward to join the
little band of some twenty Of the chosen
who ranged themselves in front OF Ser
geant Cohen, anxious not to betray too
great pride in his first public recognition
of the dignity Of three stripes.
Anglicans, Roman Catholics and the
Clancy Religions,' as subaltern irrev-
erently dubbed the indeterminate fringe,
had sorted themselves "each unto his
kind' Remained small band of a dozen,
Micky Coyne among them.
Route-marching is your denomination,
said the Colonel with a sarcastic genial
ity. "Twenty miles of it-that s the ex
tent of the service.'
Promptly the band of religious slackers
deemed it wisest to recall their forgotten
creeds. All save Micky, who remained
alone and unabashed. Whereat the Colo
mel s smile Of satisfaction ended abruptly.
"Um!' he remarked. ~ can't send
YOU for twenty mile march alone. But
you don t get scot free, my man. Since
you owe allegiance neither to God, nor the
Pope, nor Moses, you III serve me. There
are my boots and swords and other things
to clean. Oh! [ I'll set fine long prayer
book before you, and every collect and
rubric must be recited. You will supply
your own hymns and amens,' he added,
grimly, for he already knew Micky's out
standing talent for pseudo Biblical effor
eScence.
Coyne made wry face, but swung eff
to the Colonel's quarters, and thereafter,
every Sunday, he accepted his peculiar
form Of "devotion NJ not merely as a mat
ter Of form, but with savage pride. He
regarded it, seemingly, as a special license
for contemptuous utterance Of all things
in general and religion in particular. And
any resentment was spontaneously met
with his one capacity for argument, his
fists, the tablets of his "ten command
ments,' as he trucuently termed his fin
gers.
The one person in the battalion for whom
he showed the slightest semblance Of
spect was Cohen, his sergeant
''TO stick to the name of Cohen without
beak to carry it off is what call pluck,'
he volunteered, in explanation. "Why, up
on my (never mind the verbal pyrotech
mics interposed) nobody would ever take
him for Yid.'
None the less, Cohen had precious little
influence over him, and there were days
during the moulding of the free men of
England into disciplined streaks of khaki
when it was difficult to check the word
that would have led to the ignominious
elimination Of Micky from the roll Of the
44th. But once, and once only, was he 81
lent. That was after he had marched past
his king and had set forth, across the
strip Of sea sown with internal machines
along the path of the Great Adventure.
Cohen noticed in Mickey's eyes the stead
fast far-away look that he was we'll aware
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-12-10
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
SOMEWHERE IN JUDEA
A Story of the Great War.
BY ]. M. Landa.
By ]. M. Landa.

fingered in his own. Coyne was not sing
ing with the rest nor cursing after his own
wont, as he gazed toward the nearing hori-
ION where the bursting shells scattered
devastation. The sergeant realized, with
a singular thrill that the scamp OF the regl-
ment was treading the road to the resur-
rection with the full consciousness of the
pilgrim welcoming his ordeal.
Followed days when the ranks of the
44th were thinned by the merciless engines
of the Kaiser s legions. But through all
the travail Of the trenches the Sergeant
and Micky came scathless. NIicky lost
little Of his coarse gaiety and cursed the
day he was born-oftener it was the day
the Kaiser first saw the light-with the
regularity of reveille; but where the fight
ing was the thickest, there was he fore
most and in his element. If he was a
ceaseless grumbler, he was yet never
shirker.
''Grousing'' tiercely at his ''hellish lot, -
he was the first to volunteer for danger, and
took the earliest occasion to impress with
his ever-ready fists his right to precedent
when trouble threatened.
Twice was he reported missing-on one
occasion "officially'' and for three days;
but he returned in a composite tattered
uniform the upper half of which was
trophy from the German camp which
had failed to hold him. The uproarious
welcome accorded to him by his comrades
the officers included, well-nigh upset his
mental equilibrium. With supreme contempt
for the handshakes and the back slappings,
he burst forth:
eff you blankety lot Of sanguinary low
bred ruffians (this is a free translation,
the original was in the Coyne vernacular)
think l we come back because 1 was home
sick for the sight of your beautiful figure
heads, you are mistaken. ! just came back
because l happen to have had fancy for
a lick of British army jam and because
I've got too much respect for dogs to go
on feeding on German sausage.
If not exactly convincing, it was ac-
copied as conclusive of desire not to hear
more Of the adventure but thenceforward,
when he got to handgrips with the enemy,
Micky showed that his love for them had
not increased, and he revealed to the utter
amazement of his sergeant, profound
grasp Of the great cause for which he was
fighting as if it were intensely personal.
Came a night when the depleted, but
thoroughly "salted," seasoned and heav-
ilytested 44th, was hastily mustered and
flung through gap in the line into cul-
de-sac Of slaughter. Those who emerged
from that supreme test of nerve and ten
acity knew that it was but the merest
chance that had shaken them through the
meshes Of fate. One was Cohen. He
made no pretense at steadiness Of voice as
he called the roll Of his platoon in the
sullen breaking Of an early summer dawn
somewhere in France.'
ragged remnant responded, and not
a man was unsecured. Micky COyne's
name yielded no answer
"Oh, he s sure to turn up, said one.
"Call him again, Sergeant, louder.'
Cohen did so, but there was no reply.
One or two had seen him, Just when the
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the platoon.
eyes, said Cohen quietly. He got i'll
front of me. A bayonet was right at my
throat, when I felt myself pulled violently
from behind and somebody sprang over
me and brought my man down with
curse that could only have been Micky's
He had vanished in the thick of 'em when
l got to my feet
Sadly, the 44th trudged to the rear. They
had done their duty, had helped to stave
off disaster, and had already been compi-
mented, but their hearts were heavy. They
had taken but few weary PAGES when
halt was called. A bearer party was pass
ing, and they presented arms, for these
who were being borne along were the dead
"No present for us, called one
stretcher- bearer, suddenly, "We re still
alive, One of yours, / think, " the
man added.
Cohen glanced at the figure on the
stretcher.
"Micky!' he almost screamed, and was
down by his side at once.
Micky was conscious.
"Hello, Sergeant!'' he muttered. Just
my luck. Must be brought back to your
internal lot to die
"Nonsense,' gasped Cohen.
"Nonsense, your mother-in-law. My
number S up, tell YOU"
That was the first moment that the Ser
geant felt unnamed.
"You always were iar,' he growed
Then, almost Historically: "You can't
die, you mustn It, you saved my life.
Covne shook his head
~ m afraid it s a case for a chaplain
not doctor,' said a lieutenant, quietly
and signed to the bearer to pass.
But Micky heard.
"Chaplain be damned, he almost shout
ed. "Call the Sergeant back, or 1 IL tear
my bandages off. -
With twitching fingers he clutched at
the cloths. They laid him gently on the
ground. In moment Cohen was bending
over him.
81 shan't keep you long, Micky said,
feebly
els there anything I can do for you
anybody to whom I can write?'
"No,' mumbled Micky. "The old folks
thank God, they re gone. If anybody
ever inquiries there, there may be girl
tell 'em 1 finished up all right, although
[ was wrong 'un all my life.
Cohen nodded; speech was impossible.
He knelt down and put his water bottle
to Micky's lips and Coyne expressed his
thanks with pitiful grip of the hand.
You'v got your prayer book,' he
said, suddenly. "Read something from
it,
"But-but mines Jewish prayer
book said Cohen.
cit doesn It matter,'' returned the dy-
ing man, his voice growing still more I'M
steady. "We're all children of the same
God-you said that to me once.'
Slowly Cohen drew from his pocket his
khakibound prayer book.
'Read-read the confession-of SINS
said Micky; his tones were husky, tremu-
lous.
The Sergeant obeyed Micky listened
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-24
BITS OF NEWS

Z Modern School league adopted
resolutions eUlogizing late R. ]. Nc
COnOchie, its former chairman.
] Chicago Bar assn endorsed estab-
ishment of court of small claims.
] Lieut-GoV. Barratt O'Hara praised
present legislature in addressing st.
Andrews Church club.
Sen. J. Ham Lewis apoIogized to
Pres. Geo. M. Reynolds, Continental
and Commercial Natl bank, and
Pres. Jas. B. Forgan, First Natl, for
publicly saying they had a crouch"
{. Mr.. Chas. WiImot, Oak Park, start
ed campaign for job Of village trustee.
III. Public Utilities Comm took I'M
der advisement whether or not rail-
roads should continue to pay cost of
transferring goods Of railroads to
warehouses.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-24

CLEVER THIEF WENT THRo' AND
THEN CAME THRO' TO H. M. C.
Last Saturdays Day Book had the
following little notice on the back
page:
"Say, Friend Pickpocket
81 mean the one who so cleverIy
lifted my pocketboOk on a Halsted
street car Saturday morning won't
you kindly send back the pocketbook
and my police card? If you do, I'll
beg your pardon because there wasn't
any money in it'll. M. Cochran,
Day Book"
Tuesday mornings mail brought a
brown Cooked like meat market
paper package to H. M. Cochran. On
the outside was written 81 lose
money" On the inside of the pack
age was the pocketboOk which was
nipped Saturday morning. Every
thing was in the pocketbook that be-
longed there. Also there was a note
tucked in one of the compartments.
It read:
81 got The Day Book in a saloon
on Desplaines st" On the other side
was written: "OUt of work. I seen
your add in The Day Book. April
Fool on me-"
It cost the sender six cents to mail |
the pocketbook back to the owner.
-O-O-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-23
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Mrs. v. Perry was quite ill last
week.
Mrs. Hugh Travis and her daugh-
ter, Alberta, of Homedale spent part
of last week at the Clark Travis
home.
Fern Jones helped Mrs. E. Bayless
several days last week.
Mrs. Kollenborn and Mrs. Godfrey
spent last Wednesday afternoon at
Mrs. Kendall's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Zeal were Sun
day dinner guests at Ed Dolbow's.
Grandma Zeal was sick again last
week.
Miss Eleanor Prosser is working at
the Godfrey home.
Lakeview Literary Society will meet
Friday night. Everybody come as this
may be the last meeting until next
fall.
The school election will be held
Monday, April 10Th. instead of April
10Th. One director will be elected.
Bert Bailey and family went to
Meridian Saturday.
Mrs. Kollenborn. Mrs. Godfrey,
Mrs, Zeal and Mr.. and Mrs. Dolbow
were town visitors last week.
Mrs. Bert Bailey and Mrs. D. L.
Bailey went to Caldwell last Wednes-
day afternoon to see Mr. and Mrs. o.
Bailey off on their way to Portland,
where Mr.. Badleyl will consult a
specialist.
Eleanor Prosser spent Friday
evening at the Kendall home.
Hettie Newman is at home sick
with the measles.
Pearl Newman went to Caldwell
last Wednesday.
Mr.. Newton spent several days of
last week plastering D. L. Badley's
house.
Tom Bailey of Caldwell spent the
week ed with his grandfather, D. L.
Bailey.
Eleanor Prosser spent Tuesday
evening at the Steensma home.
The Mailman and O'Dean families
went to Warm Springs, Sunday.
Mrs. Carrie Huston spent Friday
with her mother.
Mrs. Fred Huston and Helen Miller
were Sunday visitors at the George
| Huston home.
Wednesday afternoon. April l4th at
$50 O'Clock at the home of Priest
Marks in Nampa occurred the we'd
| ding of Miss Ruth Steensma and Mr..
Bertram Shiveley. The bride wore a
beautiful dress of white embroidered
wolfe. Miss Eleanor Prosser was the
bridesmaid and was also attired in
white wolfe. Mr.. Botkin of Nampa
was best man. Those present at the
ceremony were Mr.. and Mrs. v. Perry
Mrs. Hoofnagel, Laura Perry and
Clifford Barnhart The bride and
groom will make their home in River
side. The community extends hearty
congratulations and best wishes,
Wednesday evening a crowd of
young folks met at the Shiveley home
in Riverside and serenaded them with
tin-pan music. After Mr.. and Mrs,
Shiveley had stood as much of the
music as they could they invited the
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Mr.. John Thomas visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. O. CLANCY and family of
Middleton, last Sunday.
The Z. c. w. social committee met
With Miss Irma Scott Monday even
ing and arranged for party to be at
Mr.. Joseph Messler's Friday evening
APRIL 30th.
MIR. Elmer Brown has recently pur-
chased a nice Ford runabout.
Mrs. Sam Vassar and son, Ira. visit
d Mrs. Vassar's mother, Mrs. Wilson
south of Caldwell, Monday.
Mrs. Herman Weick, former resi-
lent of this neighborhood. but now
OF Notus, was taken to the hospital in
Caldwell last Wednesday for medical
treatment. 1t was decided that an
operation was necessary before she
could obtain relief The doctors re-
moved a tumor that weighed about
twelve pounds. AT this writing she
S reported to be recovering nicely.
J. +. Bales took the commissioners
out over the road in this district one
day last week
T. c. Pearson was a visitor at the
capital city last Saturday.
Through the untiring efforts of the
teachers of the Marble Front school
the school now ranks among the best
in the country. One of the latest at.
fractions that has been added to the
rooms is six beautiful pictures that
have been purchased and framed and
hung on the walls. The titles of the
pictures selected are: Washington
on Horseback" Lincoln" The Re.
turn to the Farm" "Stratford on
Avon" "On the Marshes" and Cans
You Talk"
Mrs. Kate Northum visited friends
in Caldwell Saturday and Sunday. On
Saturday evening she took supper with
Mrs. A. F. Hart and was a dinner
guest of Mrs. Serbs Sunday.
AT the annual school meeting Mr.
Roy Jones was elected trustee in Mr.
William Weeks place. Those on
the board now are w. A. Hall. ]. F
Bales and Roy Jones.
The Misses Carrie and Winnie Bow
invited party of young people of this
neighborhood to enjoy the evening
with them last Saturday evening. The
evening was spent in games of various
kinds, after which dainty refreshments
were served by the hostesses. A very
enjoyable tine was reported byall.
Thelma Shaeffer suffered with a case
on tonsolitis several days of last week
She is much improved at present.
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Mrs. Chas. Seydell returned to her
home here after spending several
months at her former home at Peters
boro, Canada.
Melvin Moberly was home from
Meridian to spend Sunday with his
parents
J. CLANCY and wife and family were
up from Deer Flat Sunday to visit at
the F. o. and S. F. CLANCY homes.
Louis Phillips took J. H. Mabee
and son, Barton, and Leith Kline to
Lake Lowell Sunday in his new auto.
A reception was given at the Bapt-
st church Monday evening in ohnor
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. |. Church and
daughter, Verna. Mr.. and Mrs. A..
Bailey and Miss Eunice Murphy who
will leave Thursday for California. A
large crowd attended. and punch was
served and a number of presents were
given to the guests Of honor
Ivan Potts was initiated into the
Court of Honor lodge Tuesday night
Mrs. P. D. Hadsall has returned to
her home after an absence of several
weeks at her sold home in Colorado.
where she was called on account of
the sickness and death of her mother.
En- route home she stopped off al
Denver, to visit her son, Guy.
Peter Meth is experimenting some
repair work on the Middleton Mill
ditch.
l. M. Rutledge, wife and baby and
son, Hugh, spent Sunday in Boise
with friends.
]. H. Moberley and wife were shop
ping in Caldwell Tuesday.
In the base ball game at Marble
Front last Sunday Middleton gained
another victory.
Mrs S. S. Foote and Mrs. S. Smy-
ser were delegates to the w. c. T. u.
convention in Boise Friday.
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A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Hughie on Wednesday Of last
week. His name is Royal billiard.
Mr.. and Mrs Bird Goodwin took
Sunday dinner with Mrs. Martha Starr
and son, Frank
Water in the Phyllis canal has been
quite irregular in quantity of late.
However, there was a rise early Sun
day morning and a good many farm
ers had more water than they needed.
w. |. Parsons woke up Sunday morn
ing to find his cellar full of water and
two incubators which would have
Matched soon were wholly submerged
Mrs. +. S. Moss and children visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rome, Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shclp were en-
tertained at the c. 4. Phillpot home
in Caldwell Sunday
The Women's Christian Temper
,nce Unions of Greenleaf and Pleas
ant Ridge held an institute at the
Pleasant Ridge church on Thursday
of last week The meeting was call
ed to order by Mrs. w. |. Parsons
vice president of the Pleasant Ridge
union. Devotional exercises were con.
Quoted by Rev. Henry Martin.
Mrs. w. s. Hawkes. of Caldwell
gave a very interesting talk on tht
recent convention in Boise. A TEN.
perance solo was sung by George
Martin. Short talks were given BY
| Mrs F. ~ Hanson and Mrs. Davic
! Wilson of Greenleaf. A recitation
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was given by Mrs. Ira fish after
which Mrs. G. A. Springer read a
selection. One of the best numbers
on the program was a paper prepar-
ed and read by Mrs. T. F. Bryant on
why Should Busy Woman Take
lime to Belong to the w. Z; l. "?
The meeting was closed with a gen
eral discussion by all present.
Mrs. w. R. McKague joined the w.
c. T. U. after the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doolittle and Grand
ma Mayall from Maple Grove were
Sunday visitors at the w. r. Apper-
son home.
S. w. Keith and family have gone
back to their former home in Kan
sas.
The school election Monday re-
suited in the selection Of Q. l.: Stew
ems in place of Mrs. F. N. Hanson.
whose term expired this year. There
we're only twenty votes cast; Is tor
Stevens and 7 for ]. w. Hanlon.
w. F. Apperson has just finished
setting $50 posts in the vineyard pre-
pairing for wiring the vines up.
Miss Ethel McKague and Wesley
McKague were pleasantly surprised
last Friday night by a party Of young
people coming to see them. The even
ing was spent in games and music,
after which refreshments were served.
Misses Slower, Adams and Sylvia Nc
Hague and Messrs. Walter and Floyd
McKague of Homedale and Fargo
we're present. There were thirty-two
in all present.
w. P. Apperson sold two fat hogs
Monday, the price being $625 per
100.
The old soldiers and Women's Re-
lief Corps of Caldwell had reunion
1T J. H. Lybolt's last Friday. Count
ng some other visitors there were
thirty-five present.
James Bedford bought team. har-
ness and wagon last week.
DR.. J. D. Gillian will preach at
pleasant Ridge next Sunday morning.
Communion service will be held after
the sermon.
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Mrs. Jess Rowland and children
we're up to Caldwell Saturday to see
Ray at the hospital.
Mrs. Conklin came up from Ten
Davis Tuesday to visit her father. re-
urning on Wednesday.
Lawrence Spencer and Mr. Chap
nan are putting in new headgates on
The Spencer ranch.
H. S. Burnett and Reed Ingerham
we're down to Centr Point on business
Friday night
Mrs. Anna Vail and children spent
Thursday evening at Mr.. Rowland's
School meeting was held at the
school house Monday. Two new off
GERS being elected. The two were
Mr.. Mumford and John Greer.
Mrs. Burnett visited Mrs. Marsh
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Roseberger,
Mrs. Victor Hammer and daughter,
Ruth. called on Mrs. Burnett Monday
Mrs. Laura Moore is suffering with
4 bad finger, being cut on a piece of
tin.
W,lter Bell is working for Mr..
Isenberg.
Clara Bell visited Berneta Criffeld
Sunday.
Ray Rowland is improving rapidly.
He was able to be moved from the
hospital to his grandmother's, Mrs
Newland. Monday.
Blanche Vail is on the sick list.
Cecil Vail visited at Mr.. Zigler's
one day of last week.
Mrs. Williamson of Caldwell visited
IT 5. w. Wallis the past week.
Mr. Moreland saw mad coyote on
he railroad track Monday as he was
coming from Caldwell. He went to
Mr.. Rosenberger's for gun but they
lost track of it.
Alec Ballantyne came in from his
sheep camp and reports it uncommon
" dry for this time of the year west
Of the river
Butts and Burnett worked on the
liver Monday the water is very low
in the Boise.
Ernest FRANKIE is doing ditch work
for Mrs. Bell.
There was a rather small crowd at
shurch Sunday night.
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crowd in and gave them the treats
The crowd soon left after wishing the
bride and groom much happiness.
Mr.. Keister and Mr.. Newman at
tended the mid-month sale in Cald-
well Monday.
Archie Kollenborn went to Boise on
business Monday.
The J. P Mcclure and H. D.
BlatchlcY families motored out from
Caldwell Sunday to see Hettie New
man who is sick.
Mrs. Barney O'Dean has purchas-
ed ne" piano for her daughter, Vi
Miss Mammen spent the week end
with her parents. N'
Mr.. and Mrs. T. DeCorsey and fam.
lily from near Nampa, spent SUNDAY
with Mrs. Perry.
Clifford Barnhart and Laura Perry
drove to H5mcdale Sunday.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-23
Items of Interest From
Surrounding Territory

The swings that were placed in the
school yard sometime ago by the
Mothers Circle. have ben out of re-
pairs for a month or more. but are
now in full swing again. Chains have
been substituted for the ropes and it
is hoped that they will give better
satisfaction. Mr.. ]. S. Robinson fixed
the rings so they will not wear so
much on the chains and Mr.. J. D..
Rockwell expects to paint the up
rights in 4 few days. These men do
mated their work and that is greatly
appreciated by those interested in the
school.
Mr.. VIM. Moll Case and Mr.. Hay
man Of Caldwell, passed through Mid
way on Tuesday morning on their way
to Boise to attend the Presbytery.
Miss LYDIA A. Thompson spent Sat
urday in Nampa visiting friends.