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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Sept. 8, 1914.

Russians took Nikolaieff and MI
koIajow.
Austrians defeated Serbs near
Mitrovica.
Serbian invasion Of Bosnia be-
gun.
French defeated Germans on the
Ourcq.
Severe fighting at vitry.
British merchant cruiser Oceanic
wrecked on coast of Scotland.
Austrian government appealed
to Jews in Poland to fight against
Russia.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Appropriasely Named.

"Why do you call the baby Bill?"
month. From the Buffalo Express.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Perfectly at Homo.

Are the summer boarders making
themselves at homer"
Yep" replied Farmer Corntossel;
they sit down to the table and kick
about the food same as if they was
among their own relations"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10

Crumbs of comfort are satisfying
only when there are enough of them
to make a square meal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10

There IS scarcely a neighbor around me
who does not use your medicine. Mrs.
j. F. JOHNSON, r. No. A, Box 80, Prince
ton, Illinois.
Experience of a Nurse.
Poland, Myth my experience as a
nurse | certainly think Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is a great
medicine. / wish all women with fe-
male troubles would take it. I took it
when passing through the Change of
Life with great results and l always re-
commend the Compound to all my pa
tients if l know of their condition in
time. / will gladly do all lean to help
others to know of this great medicine. I"
Mrs. HORACE NEWMAN, Poland, Her.
kimer Co., N. Y.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
IfyOu wantspecial advice write
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Not Warlikc.

Would you go to war il your coun-
try called you, Mr.. Jobbles?"
81 might, and then again / might
not"
What do you mean by that?"
"If the first call sounded like a
mere invitation, would wait to be
sufficiently urged"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10

A train of thought isn't much good
to man who is too lazy to generate
steam for moving ii in the right direc-
ton.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10

When h woman lowers herself 1t
is probably to look up to man.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Drink Denlson's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

Better a song in the heart than twu
in the fiat upstairs
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Drink Denison's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

The art of blutfing lies in knowing
when not to.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
When II Is.

PA, is marriage failuxe?"
Usually, my boy, il man marriea
for money"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
Sept. z, 1914.

Austrians retreated and Russians
closed in on PrzemysI.
Allies forced Germans back
from NanteuiI to verdun, German
right wing retreating across the
Marine.
Germans defeated BeIgians near
MeIle and marched on Client.
Germans repuIsed at CapeIIe-au-
Bots.
Germans destroyed Dinant.
British submarine attacked Ger
man fleet in Bremerhaven harbor.
American ambulance corps at
work in field near Paris.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
The EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Sept. 6, 1914.

Russians attacked Germans on
left bank of vistuIa, occupied
Stryj region and captured Forty
fifth Austrian regiment near kras-
nystaw.
German right wing checked near
Paris.
Kaiser directed attack on Nancy.
British cruiser Pathfinder de-
stroyed by mine.
Germans levied war tax on cap
tured cities.
France called out recruits of
1915.
French fleet bombarded Cattaro.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The president is said to be pre-
pairing another protest to Great
Britain regarding her treatment of
non contraband goods shipped
from this county, but is withhold
It until q reply is received from
Germany.on on the Lusitania affair.
This is sensible course. The
tendency seems to be to trample
upon the rights of neutrals in order
that the neutrals may be forced to.
help settle differences between the
belligerents. England says Ger
many has confiscated all the food
products in her country to feed her
army and therefore any food ship.
ped to civilians in that country is
virtually food sent to the army;
therefore, we will establish a block
ade and seize all Amerian food
products shipped to Germany.
Germany says England has de-
ciared food blockade upon our
country and unless America forces
England to raise the blockade
American lives will be sacrificed if
found within her prescribed dis
trict. This country should not be
asked to interfere with any of these
complaints. Ii England interferes
with our neutral rights it is mat
ter to be settled direct with us
without complications. If Ameri-
can citizens have right to travel
the high seas Germany has no
right to endanger their lives and
their rights are not forfeited by
any differences between England
and Germany. Each offense
should be settled on its own merits,
and the plea that some other ma
tion has trampled upon our rights
should be no defense, sven if true.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The claim agent for the Milwau-
kee railroad company WAS prompt
sly on hand as soon as he heard of
the wreck of the Platte train, near
Yankton to settle with the injur-
ed. passengers There were elgh-
teen passengers on the train, near
ly all of whom were more or less
injured. Settlements were made
with nearly all of them, the dam
ages paid ranging from $50 to 1915.
The railroad companies are getting
wise to the fact that settlement
for injuries can usually be made
to better advantage by promptly
getting In touch with the parties
them selves, than by waiting until
some attorney gets hold of the
case and swells the amount by ad-
ding an attorneys fat fee.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The stock breeders of South Da-
kota will have al opportunity this
year toshow what they can do at
the state fair. Some of them have
heretofore been slow to made ex-
hibits as competition was thrown
open to the world and they did not
feel like entering such a contest.
This year, to avoid the possibility
of spreading the foot and mouth
disease the state board has decided
to admit no exhibit of stock from
other states so the home producers
will have free field. The result
need not lower the quality of the
exhibits, and it will stimulate the
home production, a thing very
much to be desired.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

the accepted distance from the earth
to the moon. We had in 1911, the
last year in which figures for all
countries are available, on the
earth's surface, 639,981 miles of rail
way divided as follows: United States
241,199, Europe 2O7,432 and other
countries 191,350. The United States
has 3S per cent of the worlds mileage,
seven per cent of the estimated pop-
ulation and about five per cent of the
area. The total capital invested in the
railways of the world is $5O,O0O OOO,-
600, divided as follows: United States
$l3, 3,000,000,000 Europe $25,65O, 100000
and other countries $11,350,000, 900.
Reduced to mileage basis the cap
italization is as follows: The world
$4,000, United States $4,000, Europe
$124,000, and other countries SIS, 1000.
A comparison of rates is equally as
interesting and the United States
takes the lead in economy and serv-
ice. The average rate per ton per
hundred mile haul is as follows:
United States 76c, Great Britain $3.50,
France $1.44, Germany $1.44, Russia
92c, Austria Hungary S13O, Italy $3.50
and Switzerland $2.S2.
The average yearly pay of all rail-
road employees in the principal coun-
tries is as follows: United States
$757. Germany 1892, Italy $345. Aus
tria 1922, Great Britain $279, France
$3.50 and Russia 1904.
About 30 per cent, or $4,000 miles,
of the railways of the world are
government owned. About half the
railway mileage of Europe is govern
ment owned.
A comparison of the economy, in
time and money and the convenience
in travel, will be made in later
article.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

Homer Beeman has commenced
assessing this week. AS remind
or we here state that people who
were born in Bohemia as also
those whose parents were born
there, snould be entered en- the
census blank as being born in bo-
hemia or of Bohemian extraction.
1t is q common error to list them
as "Austrians." Is is true that
Bohemia is province of Austria,
but no self respecting person of
Bohemian birth or extraction will
allow himself to be classed as an
Austrian, being we'll aware of the
treatment given the Bohemian
people by the government which,
by the way, is the rottenest govern
ment an earth. Tabor Independent
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

Sioux City liquor men have ta-
ken the initiative step toward MAX
ing their headquarters in South
Dakota as soon as Iowa goes dry.
A corporation has been formed at
Sioux City which proposes to es-
tablish itself in the wholesale ard
retail liquor business at Jefferson,
and to have everything in readiness
SO as to open for business the
minute that the "dry" law becomes
operative in Iowa. Their plans
contemplate the erection of an i'm
mense Wholesale establis shment
from which to handle the shipments
to other points III contiguous terri
tory. South Sioux City, over in
Nebraska, was looking pretty good
to the liquor men, until that town
took on streak of its own and
Jumped over into the ''dry"
column. we hardly believe that
the liquor interests will care to sink
very much money in the Jefferson
enterprise, facing, as they do, the
almost assured fact that South Da-
kota is about to follow Iowa into
the dry pasture in just about a
years time, ,-Vermillion Republican
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27
KNOW THY COUNTRY
lI-Railroads

In discussing the commercial
achievements of this great age, we
shall approach the subject as the
historian chronicling events. This Sc
ries will endeavor to record in writ
ing the supremacy Of American men
and industries in the worlds affairs
and perptuate an appreciation of our
marvellous Industrial achievements by
presenting simple facts, figures and
comparisons that are overpowering in
their convictions.
America holds her proud place
among the nations of the earth today
on account of her supremacy in trans
portation facilities, The mighty minds
of the age are engaged in the prob
lens Of transportation, and the great
est men in the history of the worlds
commerce are at the head of the
transportation systems Of the United
States. !
In the discussion of transportation,
let us consider separately our Rail-
ways, Telegraph and Telephones, Ex-
press, Public Highways, Steamships,
Street Railways, Interurban and other
forms of transportation, and this ar
ticle will deal with railways.
> The United States has the largest
mileage, the best service, the cheap
est rates, pays labor the highest
wages, and we have the most efficient
ly managed of the railways of the
world. They stand as monument to
the native genius of our marvellous
builders, and most of the railroads in
foreign countries have been built
under American orders.
The railroads represent a larger in
vestment of capital than any other
branch of human activity. The mile
age in the United States exceeds
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

Next Sunday will be Memorial
Day, when we honor the soldiers
who have offered their lives as Is
sacrifice for their country. Tha
day has q special interest this
year on account Of the many new
graves that are being added to the
list in the old world. We may
condemn the institution Of war.
We may hold that there is a more
just and humane way Of settling
international differences than by
resorting to the murder of our
fellows. We can not help honor
ing the heroism of those who re-
spond to the call of their country
and offer their lives in its defense.
We cannot hold them responsible
for the faults of those who brought
on the conflict and made necessary
their sacrifice. Back of every war,
either on the part of one or more
OF the contending parties, is a
fault which might have been cor
rected by more honorable means
than warfare. Wherever the
fault may lie, it leaves no stigma
upon the grave of the fallen col
dier. When we honor the heroes
of the Civil War on Memorial Day,
we include both the Blue and the
Gray, for both fought with equal.
bravery at the call of their leaders.
Yet while We give to these heroes
the honors which they have earned,
may we not be justified in looking
upon each mound as a silent pro-
test against the institution which
caused their sacrifice.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The people Of this country are
not given to boasting over their
war equipment and there is an i'm
preston that we are tagging in the
rear of the procession. Really, we
can beat some of the famous
records reported from Europe
We have gums that will throw a
shot, weighing 700 pounds, a dis.
tance Of thirty-one miles. In
battle it would send a twelve inch
she'll through eleven inches Of
Krupp armor at q distance ol
5000 yards. Please keep off from
Uncle Sans tees.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The lawyers of the state are cir
culating petitions to referend the
law providing for a verdict in civil
cases by five sixths of a jury. It
is matter that the general public
takes very little interest in, but it
would seem as though the judge
ment of ten men out of twelve
should be reasonably just and it
would prevent many retriaIs on
account of hung juries.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

Washington Springs has been ex-
perimenting witk the commission
form of government and is now
trying to return to the aldermanic
form. At the April election the
question was voted on and the
commissioners have refused to an
nounce the result. Mandamus
proceedings have been started to
compel them to do so.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27
The South Dakota State Medical

The South Dakota State Medical
Association at its meeting in Sioux
Falls elected the following officers !:
president, DR.. ]. B. Vaughn, of
Castlewood; Independents, Drs.
F. M. Grain, of Redfeld, and H.
j. G. Koobs, of Scotland secre-
tary-treasurer, DR.. r. D. Away,
of Aberdeen. Aberdeen was Sc.
lected as the next place of meeting.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The entrance of Italy into the
war on the side of the allies adds a
force of 100000 mon and 1s9
lighting vessels to the forces
against Germany, Austria and
Turkey. It has also been predicted
that the entrance of Italy would be
the signal for the entrance of
Rum ania and perhaps other of the
Balkan states.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

license and 1Os irregular ones
against license. If all irregular
ballots are thrown out the. drys
win by six. If all the ballots are
counted the drys win by three.
By admitting part Of the ir-
REGULAR ballots on each side the re-
sult may swing either way and so
ahe decision Of the court is awaited
s.' h mucl interest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The new hospital at Yankton,
which has been erected at a cost of
$25O,OOO, was formally dedicated
on Tuesday of this week, by Bishop
Thomos O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

A mass meeting was held at
Yankton last Thursday for the
purpose of bridging the Missouri
river at that place. The only con-
'struction done was on the approach
and this consisted in electing a
building committee and electing
Senator E. s. johnson president.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27
The census taker of Lesterville
has found population of 286, a
gain of ten since the last census.

The ballots on the Aberdeen IL
cense question have been recount
ed by order of the court. It shows
1, 245 regular ballots for license
1851 regular ballots against.
There are Ill Irregular ballots for
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The jury in the Barnes Roosevelt
libel case has decided that MIR.
Roosevelt did not libel Barnes
when he called him a corrupt po.
lltical boss. Now the question is,
If Barnes had said the same thing
about Roosevelt would it have been
possible to declare it libel.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

The post Offices of this country
are being warned of an increased
rate of postage on all matter going
to Canadian points, imposed as a
war tax.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27
THE ROYAL CAVALIERS.

Cavaliers will reproduce
and spirit of the old English the cavalier
m height of his
a Of
whole
in a setting numbers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-27

Prof. Jones of the Dakota Wes-
leyan University, attributes the
cold weather of last week to spots
on the sun. It's pity we can't
lind some antitoxine to prevent
such eruptions in the future.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-30
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

One of Dallas most progressive cit
izens has suggested that residents hav-
ing friends in the eastern or middle
western states send them forthwith by
parcel post such flowers and blossoms
as are to be found at this season of
the year, the-purpose being to impress
upon them the superior climatic condi-
tions of this coast country. The sug-
gestion is not only a good one but
timely. In many sections of the coun-
try winter is still lingering in the lap
of spring, while Western Oregon has
been enjoying "growing weather"
for weeks past. The suggestion may
have been induced by the story of DIR.
Cherrington and the maple leaf, but if
it could have the same effect it GER
tainly would be we'll worth the effort.
Gathering the most fragrant spring
bloom at hand, send it to some distant
friend or acquaintance and see what
the result will be.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-30
RATHER EXPENSIVE.

A modern battleship is a rather ex-
pensive luxury in times of peace, but
prime necessity in case of war. The
United States now has the distinction
of possessing the mightiest battleship
in the whole world, an honor-if you
wish to call it that-which comes with
the recent launching of the super
dreadnought Pennsylvania. Surpass-
ing in size and gun power even the
famous Queen Elizabeth, the pride of
the British navy, the Philadelphia,
when completed, will have been two
years and four months in the building,
and will represent an investment of
approximately $13,000,000.
All the latest devices in fighting
equipment have been incorporated in
the Pennsylvania. By the use of fuel
oil her cruising radius will be consid-
erably increased and she carries a
main battery third larger in number
than the Queen Elizabeth. By the
pressure of a single firing lever
whole broadside is fred-eleven and
a half tons of steel from either side.
She is fitted out with twenty-five FIVE
inch rifles for defense against torpedo
boats, and herself carries four sub
merged tubes by which she can launch
the deadly torpedo against the unwary
enemy craft.
1t may please the vanity of the
American people, quite naturally, to
boast the greatest fighting machine
afoat and we may be allowed to point
with a justifable pride to the triumph
of engineering skill and science as
typiied in this gigantic vessel. But
a few minutes work by the daring
crew of a submarine could precipitate
the whole thing a mass of wreckage
at the bottom of the sea and all we
would have left would be a memory.
In these days of undersea activity
there is as much risk for the big
dreadnaught as for the smaller battle
cruiser, even with the most modern
fighting facilities known. Until an
adequate protection is found against
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-30
BUYING THE VOTER.

A Pennsylvania legislator has evolv-
ed plan for getting the voters out on
election days, and has framed and in
troduced a bill to put his scheme in
operation in that state. Briefly stat
ed the idea is that when a voter ap-
pears for registration he shall receive
a certificate good for one dollar on his
tax bill, and when he appears at the
polling place to vote he is entitled to
another similar testimonial of his good
citizenship, making two dollars that
may be applied to his taxes. Only
taxpayers would be given these certif-
icates, so that the inducement would
not extend to those who were not bona
tide property owners. The certificates
would be nontransferable and good
only for the year in which they were
issued. which apparently would reduce
the Glance for corruption to a mini
mum.
Unquestionably the amount men
toned would offer quite an induce
ment to many voters, who would figure
they could earn So in no easier way
than by attending to their duty in the
matter of registration and voting. The
idea of forcing or buying citizens to
vote, however, has never met with
popular favor, as it is held to be in
consistent with ideals of democracy
and political liberty, and of course
should not be necessary if our COM
monty accepted theory of popular gov
ernment is well founded. Neverthe-
less, it is true that a surprisingly
large number of voters do neglect to
perform their duty as electors, and
the problem of remedying this defect
in government receives more attention
every year. If the plan of a moderate
rebate on taxes would actually solve
this problem not few citizens might
give it their approval, although of
course non-taxpaying voters would
probably complain they were being
against.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-30
KILL THE WINTER Fly.

Do your fly swatting early. That's
the way Miss Jean Dawson, director
of the Cleveland anti-fy campaign,
modified the familiar slogan to ac-
complish such miraculous results for
her city. To kill one winter fly is
better than to kill a million later in
the summer, according to Miss Daw-
son, and her work in Cleveland proves
that she knows what she is talking
about No matter if it is still cool
weather and only one fly has been
brave enough to show itself, the time
to start the war against the flies is
now. Those that live through the
winter are few, and that's Just the
reason efforts made now can be so eff
factive.
When DIR. Dawson-for this woman
anti-fy general can write Phi. D.
after her name as professor of civic
boalogy at the Cleveland Normal
school-began talking about swatting
the fly the people of Cleveland
thought her remarks were little un-
seasonable. "We can't find any
flies,' they said. DR.. Dawson told
them to look in the cracks and crew
ices of their attics and easements and
stables and sheds. They looked.
There were few flies. "But why
trouble ourselves about few half
dead insects" they objected.
Then came Miss Dawson's IS astound-
ing figures in proof of her plan. The
children and grandchildren and later
of pair of flies breeding
from early spring to late fall can be
numbered only by using a string OF
twenty-one digits, she said. The num-
ber she gave was 191,O10 quadrillion
flies, enough to cover the entire earth
forty-seven feet deep. Of course the
flies, like human beings, are troubled
with a high death rate, especially of
and no mother fly has ever
been able to have all her eggs hatch
into flies, which in turn reared un-
broken families.