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Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28

Compound to me and 1 tried it at once
and found much relief. After that
had no pains at all and could do my
housework and shopping the same
as always. For years I have praised
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for what it has done for me,
and shall always recommend it as wo-
mans friend. You are at liberty to use
my letter in any way. Mrs. THOMSON,
649 w. Russell St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
carry women 80 successfully through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med
fcine Co. CONFIDENTIAL, Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
$50 SHINES A GOOD DEED
Thoughtful Act of Busy Man Led An
other to Emulate His Work
of Kindness.

He was brisk, well-groomed young
man, who looked as If he were hur-
rying to keep a date with Fortune
He had crossed the green grass and
goldenroddy place by the big hotel
near Union station, and had jumped
the tiny ditch that is going to be a
gutter some day, when he noticed an
old Whitley gray horse standing by
what will be the curb.
The detected patience of the poor
creature must have appealed to the
young man. for he sprinted back to
the green grass, pulled a bunch of it
and slipped it into Whitley gray's
mouth.
Old Mr. Horse munched his treat
with sudden interest in life that ex-
pressed itself in the flicker of its pal
lid ears and the general bracing up
that means courage.
And man who had come out Of
the big hotel in time to catch the in.
cident also went over to the green
grass pulled a bunch and slipped it
into Whitley gray's mouth.
Such is the force of example.-Ex-
change
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
The Job of the Soldier Lineman
Is Most Hazardous in Bat
tie Line.
DEATH CONSTANT COMPANION
Letter Describing Operations Of Arm
les Somewhere in France" Tells
Of Daring Work Of Men Who
Keep Telephone Lines
Open.

New York.-The following letter
from a soldier in the British army.
somewhere in France" has been re-
ceived in this city by the father of
the writer
Il expect you are wondering what
we are doing up here for the past
week or so? AS operations are con-
cluded now-or anyway those in which
our division has been concerned
shink I'm at liberty to give you some
idea Of what's been done without fear
Of falling foul OF the censor
You'll recollect all the trouble q
short while back about chateau.
its stables and a crater-which we
have continually been disputing over
with the Boches-which they finally
kicked us out of with liquid fire and
sundry other horrors? Well. the divi-
sion on that section got pretty badly
mauled and the position became most
uncomfortable. So about ten days ago
our division was told off to prepare
an attack and to restore the situation
II possible
We were well away to the left of
this zone. and as they did nc propose
to move us until the last minute we
were busily employed in constant Jour
neys over there to reconnoiter and
prepare the ground. was given the
Job Of doing this for our battery and
the brigade. also had to range the
eight-inch and 9.2-inch howitzers. |
really had a very heavy weeks work
Firstly. this now zone was about a
four-mile walk and under fire all the
way. No horses could be used and
a bicycle was harder work than walk.
ing. owing to the mud. All the time
the weather has been vile-tons OF
rain and very hot and muggy had
to get of each day about six a. m. and
dididnt get back TIL eight p. m or So
Always Getting Cut.
we had to run miles OF telephone
wire-and as this was always getting
cut by shell fire you can guess that
! and my telephonists had some pretty
hot times keeping our communication
going. All observation had to be done
from our fortified trenches. These
"S'N eihp'y hcpSitos 10
mere mud heaps and perpetually BON
barded by the enemy-and the infan
try holding them had frightfuI time
OF 1t. These particular trenches run
along a crest of n slope and have been
alternately held by us and the
Deutschers several times during the
last few weeks. It's almost impossi.
ble tO describe the confusion md
beastliness of them-the soil ia very
loose indeed and the rain and the
Smelling have turned them into gi.
eantic sort Of hog-wallow. like you
have in the center Of farm
The smell is horrible and all over
the place are dead bodies. scattered
equipment refuse. etc. One feels It's
perfectly idiotic TO fight over the ten.
ure Of such a vile h0la-every ree 10
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
BIG BROWN BEAR is BAGGED
Nevada stoekmen While Out Hunting
for Cattle Tree and Shoot 300
Pound Bruin.

Nevada City.-A 3Oo-pound brown
bear was killed by Albert Buck and
Henry Bever while hunting their
stock in the vicinity of Moores fiat.
The footprints Of the bear had been
seen for weeks. The dogs got the
scent and soon had the animal treed.
Buck took one shot and brought the
bear to earth.
There have been several bears seen
in the northern part of Nevada coun-
ty. and they have been a menace 10
the stockmen.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
Pay Tribute to Slain Nurse.

London.-The story of the execution
of Edith Cavell, as told in the cor
respondence sent by the American
minister at Brussels to the American
ambassador at London, will send u
wave of Indignation throughout the
country. In Trafalgar square all heads
were barred to the memory of Miss
Cavell. The London papers in their
editorials. while paying tribute to the
fine efforts OF the American diplo.
matte representatives in her behalf,
characterize her execution as "the
most damnable crime OF the war"
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
ReassurinQ.

Nervous Old Lady ION small Eng
lish railway)-Oh. dear! how we're
rocking. I'm sure an accident will
happen to this train.
Elderly Aborigiual-It's along O.
their bein' short-handed wi skilled
men. mum, so my son e orfered to
drive her just to oblige. and (confi-
dentially) don't think e knows much
about it.-Passing Show.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
Hope Cleaners May Return.

For many years a picturesque scene
has vanished from the countryside.
but which on account of the high
price of corn I trust may be revived
this year. l allude to the cleaners.
who gladly avail themselves of the
privilege of gathering in the after
math of the reapers' toil.-Londou
Globe
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
EASILY Satisfied.

What do you think of the new
state constitution
Il haven't read it. but I'm for it.
provided there's nothing in it to pre-
vent me from going out to play golf
on election day."
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28

anu Set ABOUT BeLClnS MIN on TO the
casualty clearing station. | think he'll
recover all right. but he had a rotten
time of it.
Came "The Day."
There have been a good many
wounded in the battery recently. but
none killed. We have had two guns
hit and knocked out as we'll. but feel
sure the enemy haven't really located
us. because they've never been able
to stop us firing. and only put over
half q dozen rounds during the big
show yesterday.
The other battery in our brigade
has not been so lucky. They've had
two officers wounded and quite
number Of men killed.
We'll. to resume: eventually got
all our reconnoitering and registra-
tion done, but not until I'd spent sew
eral days in this horrible zone and was
almost worn out. Then, yesterday
morning at quarter of three a. m,
came the day. It started with half
an hours bombardment of the Deutsch-
er's trenches by all our guns. and dur
ing this time our infantry crept up
under cover of darkness. Next. at an
arranged moment, all guns were
arranged points. SO as to form flank
ing wall of fire while the infantry got
in. Finally we all switched on to our
final points, and kept up several hours
bombarding of the enemy's communi-
cation and reserve trenches. while our
infantry consolidated the positions
gained. 1t was all perfectly success
full. and we accomplished everything
We were ordered to do.
Thanked for Their Work.
"All through the day the Deutschers
tried to counter-attack. but we easily
beat them off each time. Last night
was absolutely quiet and we all got
a good nights sleep. We have re-
ceived kilograms from the commander
Of the Second army and also from the
commander in chief, thanking US for
doing the Job so well and generally
buttering us UP. Our corps command
er has also wired to US of the artillery.
thanking US for the perfect co-opera-
ton afforded by the gunners. So
we're all pleased. and the Sixth divi-
sion is very bucked at having brought
OF the Job o. X. Furthermore. they
say that he Couldn't have continued to
hold Ypres without taking the posi-
tions we've got, and better still, they
say that the division is now coming
out for a rest
Il suppose this has only been a
minor show. but there were a good
many thousand men engaged. and we
really had battle with the Boches
and whacked them.
Il do wish the end would come in
sight. for I'm absolutely tired of the
whole thing, and want to get home.
1t rather looks as If we're in for an
other winter out here.
We had unlimited ammunition for
this little show. so perhaps things are
bucking up in that direction All the
same we didn't fire nearly as much
a we could have done, but specialized
in accuracy. They say that they found
all our registered Joints full of dead
Boches and smashed-up machine
guns"
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
THICK LOVELY HAIR
Because Free From Dandrutf, Itching
Irritation and Dryness.

May be brought about by shampoos
with Cuticura Soap preceded by
touches of Cuticura Ointment to spots
of dandruff, itching and irritation. A
clean, healthy scalp means good hair.
Try these supercreamy emollients if
you have any hair or scalp trouble.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
Owl Causes Auto Smash.

Peru. Ind.-Marion Dillman took a
party of friends automobiling and
when near Chilli an owl struck him in
the face. Dillman let go of the steer
ing wheel and the car ran down an
embankment and against a fence.
None of the occupants was hurt, but
Dillman's face was scratched by the
owls claws.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
MRS. THOMSON
TELLS WOMEN
How She Was Helped During
Change of Life by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pal am just So years
of age and during Change of Life 1 suf-

Tered Tor SIX yearD
terribly. l tried sew
eral doctors but none
seemed to give me
any relief. Every
monththe painswere
intense in both sides,
and m ad e m e 50
weak that / had to
go to bed. At last
a friend recommen-
ded Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege ia BILE
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
WHO is
TO
BLAME

Root the great kidney remedy. At drug
gists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. You
may receive a sample size bottle by Par
eel Post, also pamphlet telling about It
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton.
n. Y. and enclose ten cents. also mention
this paper.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
USES GUN TO PROTECT HONOR
Phippsburs Miners Wife Kills Mar
Who Tried to Hug Her.

PhIppsbur0 Miners Wife Kills Mar
Who Tried to Hug Her.
Steamboat Springs, Colo.-Mrs. An.
gela Jacovetta, wife of miner at
Phippsburg. thirty miles east of here,
shot and killed Gabrielle Dominic, a
miner, who. while drunk, tried to
force his way into the home of the
woman. Dominic was ordered away
from the house by Mrs. Jacovetta, but
refused to leave and attempted to
embrace her. when sne fired at him
In attempting to embrace her, Dom.
inic knocked Mrs. Jacovetta's baby
from her arms. Dominic had a gun,
but did not attempt to use It.
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28

Women as well az
men are made miser-
able by kidney and
bladder trouble. Thou
sands recommend DR..
K | m err S Swamp
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28
The Kind.

He was regular furnace of
wrath"
"Yes-a hot-air furnace"
Gilpin observer., 1915-10-28

and set about getting him OFF to the
casualty clearing station. | think hell
recover all right. but he had a rotten
TINA pf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21

pie will pay these taxes. new property
viii be taxed, Thirty years bring
many changes
Every temporary bridge in Hardin
county could be replaced with masonry
for 100000, or an annual fixed charge
Of $4,000, whereas in 1918 it cost
$4,000 alone FOR temporary repairs. De-
Quoting this fixed charge for bridges Of
masonry which win pay the debt with
interest in thirty years we have left
from the bridge fund $4,000, plus s2i,-
600 auto money. plus $4,000 county
road tax or s1ls,oOo per annum avail
able for roads. H..
On twenty year plan this will
gravel 377 miles Of county road or on
a thirty year plan it will pave e26
miles. Hardin county now has only
ia miles in its entire county road
system. A graveled road will cost $3.50
per annum for maintenance and a
paved road $50 per annum
DR.. Bowie and his neighbors can not
do much with their board of supervis-
ors now unless they do as Clay county
Is doing. go into debt regardless of
law. They should see to it that Hard
in countys representatives in the next
legislature make our road laws at least
as good as the laws of other states,
Ed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21
TERMS
Winter Happiness.

l want the curtains drawn and snug I
want the Goals aglow,
want the baby on my knee. the
mother singing low:
Then let the cold December wind make
music in the trees,
And l will never have a thought for
summer blooms and bees.
/ want the baby in my lap, the children
CT the floor,
Or gathered round my chair to hear
the tales Of fairy lore:
Then northern winds may, if they will.
blow up a winter storm,
And We can laugh to hear them blow
when all our hearts are warm.
With the warm home roof over US and
i supper past and done.
Then come the wide-eyed fairy folks
and come the romps and fun.
Then comes the bowling of the wind
outside across the night,
And then the baby hears it howl and
gurgles with delight.
The summer times a glory time, with
birds and bees and blooms
With gentle winds out of the south and
softly breathed perfumes,
With butterflies and honey bees, and
roses all aglow,
But hearts draw closer each TO each
when blasts Of winter blow.
And so we love the winter time when
the gray day has gone.
And when the CRATE is red with Goals
and curtains all are down,
And when the children laugh and play
time time for Slumbertown.
Then tkneel beside their mothers knee
for their 7 lay me DOWN
-Housotn Post
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21

and are now in the penitentiary. .es
1t doesn't pay--this living beyond
ones means. and the risking OF trust
funds IN ventures OF any kind. Leave
the big diamonds, the summer homes
and racing cars to those who have
both cash and income sunicient TO
AFFORD them The fellow who over
feeds his vanity or gets in hurry
for wealth Is the one who is likely to
fall into financial entanglements.
which become criminal when they in-
yolve trust funds.
1t doesn't pay to make spread or
become "a devil of good feller,"
for they involve the waste ofssboth
cash and time. The first OF these
wastes. beyond it's use for our natural
and necessary wants. should be re-
tanned as Bobby Burns has said, "for
the glorious privilege of being inde-
pendent" and the latter should be
conserved because 1t Is ''the stuff
that life is made of"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21
DOWN IN MEXICO.

Villas lieuterants have made their
peace with the provisional government
Of Mexico and articles of peace have
been signed. The United States gov
eminent has decided to give asylum to
Villa should he seek refuge in this
country. According to reports the
agreement includes the disband Of the
entire Villa forces.
The administration naturally will
welcome Villa and afford him protec-
ton from the vengeance Of Carranzis-
tas. 1t is the easiest way out. With
out much doubt Carranza IS as anxious
to get Villa quietly out of Mexico as
the administration. Villa put both in a
hole. If he will come over and rest
easy both the Carranza administration
Of Mexico and the Wilson administra-
ton of this country would probably be
willing to board him and pay wages.
But what Of the reports as to killing
unarmed Americans in Mexico, the de-
struction and confiscation Of property
held by Americans? What inquiry Is
to be made as to that? y
If the villa faction and villa have
been guilty Of such murders and rob-
berries why not an ultimatum instead
of a welcome?
However, it is probably the best way
out of tiff it proves a way out. There
is need Of order in Mexico. Her people
need it. American interests in Mex
leo need it, and if the elimination OF
Villa will bring it about it is a pretty
good plan to furnish him asylum in
this country. And speaking of asylums
he would be safest in the incurable
ward with the bars up.
Nevertheless it will be jud gmatica
to await the future before assuming
that peace and order and prosperity
have returned to Mexico There are
other bandits beside Villa seekins
glory and loot and the disarmament Of
one Mexican army usually means the
mastering Of a similar mob
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21
: OF shoes and Ships

The special assessment Is a success-
full effort on the part Of the city coun-
Gil to separate the retired farmer from
the earnings of a lifetimN
| The purpose OF the special assess
ment Is to improve property on some
street which is not Inhabited by any
! of the members of the council. their
immediate relatives, or their heirs
and assigns. This causes lake as
phait paving to spring up on q large
number of streets where residence
lots have been sold in 10-acre chunks
cape the new consolidated school,
house tax Many man has dis
posed of a handsome, tile drained
hands of 10-Inill levy Off his prop
erty. only to run head on into the
clarnmy embrace of special sewer
ing.
The special assessment Is A great
favorite with councils which do not
expect to be elected more than once
in this life. 1t is usually preceded
by an eloquent petition drawn up by
public spirited citizens who do not live
within nine blocks of the proposed inn
provement, but who feel that few
miles of cooperative paving at $l.94
per square yard would be easier on
tires. 1t Is a discourag ing ching for d
conscientious council to pass few
special assessment and confiscate the
property of several bank presidents
and trust company directors, and then
find after the next election that nobody
is In favor of progress except people
living Just outside the city limits
While the special assessment is not
popular with citizens who are trying
to stretch per cent savings deposit
around the high cost of living, in some
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21
HIS HANDS ARE BOUND,

Editor Times Republican:| am
writing you for information about the
Road Question" Would like the fol-
lowing questions answered and any
other information you may send will
De very acceptable.
Can the county board under the
present law. bond the county for road
work? II so. how?
What is the estimated cost Of the
upkeep of graveled roads. built ac-
cording to the plan Of the state board?
Is it your opinion that the road can
be graded and gravcied by bonding,
and these bonds paid in fifteen or
twenty years. without any increase in
the present rate Of taxation? If these
things can be done we are planning a
movement here to urge our county
supervisors to carry out some such
plan" L. L. Bowie.
IDr. Bowie's hands are tied until Iowa
laws permit counties to bond their road
revenues as every state now does ex-
cepting three. If the county board
would deliberately overdTuw It's ROAD
funds and create a debt by overdraft
it could then refund the debt by is
suing bonds but a new law is needed
to enable the people Of any township.
county or district to authorize their
boards, by petition or vote, to antici-
pate with bonds taxes which are 60
ing to be collected several years into
the future.
Automobiles will increase in mum
Der many times in twenty or thirty
years so that the road revenues from
licenses will average at least $4,000
per annum to Hardin county. They are
half that new. Assessed valuations Of
property have doubled in the past
twenty years and are two and one
half times what they were thirty years
ago with little appreciable change in
! our roads. They will at lea:. eyerag.
so per cent increase In twenty OF
! thirty years ...::c:e Hardin cnnntv's
present bridge levies will then raise
81, 900 per annum instead OF $4,000
and her county road levies now fixed
by law win bring in $4,000 instead o.
J 3s4 900 per annum as now. New PEG
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-21

| with another dray team. went home
| with him. put him to bed. and left two
Odd Fellows on guard for ten days and
nights. This was the substance Of his
speech in the experience meeting.
Merely remarking why he remained an
Odd Fellows many years after being
able to attend the regular meetings.
$50
One Of the careful readers of the
T.-R. says, I'm glad at last you have
got pie in that daily, menu in your pa
per-" Why don't you call it some-
thing else besides menu" But OF
course anybody who would call fam
lily bill of fare menu" would be ex-
pected to leave out pie and gives us
some sweeted water and corn starch
instead of apple pie, pumpkin pie.
mince and a hundred more glorious
pies mother use to make. Why dinner
without pie is not dinner, 1t is lunch.
For that matter pie is all right for
supper Nothing better for breakfast
to finish off on, unless one has buck
wheat cakes and maple syrup. And
while l am about 1t, / notice your
churches are giving suppers every
week and noe one so far as have
noticed has had pie on the menu"
Let me give the sisters rev pointers,
Let the committee on refreshments APP
point ten good pie makers to each
make different pies Advertise the fact
that Mrs. Jones will furnish the m.nce
pies, Mrs. Wilson the pumpkin. and
Mrs. Smith the apple pies. Put the
price of the supper UP another nickel.
and then hire two policemen to be
there to handle the mob.
II YOU don't blow your own horn no
one else will. hence what follows. The
pie face quoted above, a very sensible
man by the way, says il takes him
longer to read the T.-R. than any pa
per he ever took Not that 1t is the
biggest paper he ever took but that
there is more in IL than he wants to
read. He says it is just like some
hotels he goes to. What they have on
the table suits him, including pie.
There is lots in 1t too he doesn't read.
suppose somebody else wants that
kind of stuff. His wife says he is SO
long reading it that the heat and light
bills these winter evenings cost more
than the paper, 4 very good judge of
papers as well as pie.