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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
lmportanf 10 Mo+,oa-.
Mean pisnosition-
Bears the

Before engaging rooms in your
house." said the bachelor, 81 want to
know If there are any families with
crying babies staying here
I'm afraid there is replied the
landlady; "but we"
We'll, was just going to say" con-
tinued the other, that if there are,
want you to put me in the room next
to theirs. l want to wake up in the
night and hear their trouble, so that
l can congratulate myself again that
I'm not married.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
W. N. u, MILWAUKEE, NO. a1-1915.
YOUTH HEADS BIG CONCERN
Youngster of Fourteen in Charge of
Corporation Which Is Well on
Its Feet.

Russell Monbeck, fourteen-year-old
Dayton co. boy, is president of the
Boys Box Furniture company, incor-
porated under the laws of the state.
1t is cooperative organization, num-
bering among it's stockholders %
boys, ranging from ten to seventeen
years.
The company operates from 4 to s
p. m. daily and the company products
are chairs, music racks, piano benches,
writing desks, flower boxes, bird
boxes and other light articles, for
which it finds ready sale.
The profits are divided up at the
end of the year on basis of the num-
Der of hours worked by each boy. Last
year the % stockholders divided near
ly $4,000.
The capital stock is one dollar
share. Some of the boys are anxious
to buy more stock, but the rules of the
company prohibit it.
Young Monbeck has systematized
the producing and selling ends of the
business.-Cleveland Leader.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
Not a Black Hand

A stenographer was out of a job.
He was discussing the best ways and
means of rehabilitating his ebbing
bank roll with a friend who also was
listed among the unemployed. Said
the friend
IF were you, I'd write letter for
money"
Il have" replied the stenog.
For how much?'
ooh, $4,000"
we'll" asked the friend in
establishment.
WELL" repeated the shorthand man
sadly, "the letter asking for the $4,000
is all ready to mail, but Til be darned
If can think of anybody to mail it
to. "-Louisville Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
Melted Away,

John Grier Hibben, president of
Princeton university, said at the Lake
Mohonk arbitration conference:
The day is not yet come when vio-
lence and oppression will melt away
before right like the plumbers bill.
Like, repeat, the plumbers bill.
For a plumber, you know, once pre-
scented millionaire a bill of 500
for mending a pipe.
But the millionaire handed the
plumber a dollar note and said Sc
verely:
Receipt that bill of yours in full.
'But-but-' said the plumber
Receipt it in full the millionaire
repeated. used to be plumber my
self
The plumber at this gave great
start, receipted the bill and handed
the millionaire SO cents change"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
Probably Not.

II believe man should be mas
ter in his own house." said the new
ly married man. There can be only
one head in a family, and mean to
be it."
That's very good idea," answered
his friend, who had been married
more years than the other had lived.
"A very good idea indeed. Have you
spoken to your wife about it?''
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO
AMBASSADOR GERARD.

| International News Service Correspondent.
Department OF State, Washington,
July 24.-"You are instructed to de-
liver textually the following note to
the minister for foreign affairs:
The note of the imperial German
government dated the 9Th Of July,
1915, has received the careful consid-
Grafton of the government of the
United States, and it regrets to be
obliged to say that it has found it very
unsatisfactory, because it fails to meet
the real differences between the two
governments and indicates no way in
which the accepted principles of law
and humanity may be applied in the
grave matter in controversy, but pro-
poses, on the contrary, arrangements
for a partial suspension of those prin-
ciples which virtually set them aside.
One Point Satisfactory.
"The government of the United
States notes with satisfaction that
the imperial German government
recognizes without reservation the
validity of the principles insisted on
in the several communications which
this government has addressed to the
imperial German government with re-
gard to its announcement of a war
zone and the use of submarines against
merchantmen on the high seas-the
principle that the high seas are free,
that the character and cargo Of mer-
chairman must first be ascertained be-
fore she can lawfully be seized or de-
stroyed, and that the lives of noncom-
batants may in no case be put In
Jeopardy unless the vessel resists or
seeks to escape after being summoned
to submit to examination-for bel
ligerent act of retaliation is per SO an
act beyond the law, and the defense of
an act as retaliatory is an admission
that it is illegal.
Cannot Discuss Great Britain.
'0The government of the United
States is, however, keenly disappoint-
ed to find that the imperial German
government regards itself as in large
degree exempt from the obligation to
observe these principles, even where
neutral vessels are concerned, by what
it believes the policy and practice of
the government of Great Britain to
be in the present war with regard to
neutral commerce. The imperial Ger
man government will readily under
stand that the government of the
United States cannot discuss the
policy of the government of Great
Britain with regard to neutral trade
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
IN SUCH PAIN
WOMAN CRIED
Suffered Everything UntiIRe.
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Florence, So. Dakota. -"I used TO be
very sick every month with bearing

d ow n aims and
backache, and had
h e a d a ch e : coed
deal of the time and
very little appetite.
The pains were SO
bad that I used to
sit right down on the
floor and cry, be-
cause it hurt me so
and l could not do
any work at those
times. An old wo-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
An Instance

We do everything in this country
by machinery"
Yes, everything. Why, even in this
very apartment house, they bring up
the children by elevators"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
Tempus Fuuit.

II want warrant for the arrest of
Father Time
What's the charger"
Outrageous and continuous viola
ton of the speed laws!"-Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
Drink Denison's Coffee,
For your health's sake.
Modest.

HES very modest young man"
Very. He hasn't one of those loud
electric horns on his automobile"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
TEXT OF WILSON'S
NOTE TO GERMANY
United States to Uphold Rights
on Sea "At Any Cost"
REPLY is STRONGEST YET
Kaiser Warned That New Submarine
Attack Will Be Regarded as "De-
liberateiy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tor Again Demanded.

Washington, July 24.-The text of
the reply of the United States to the
German note on the Lusitania and the
general subject of Germany's subma-
r1ne warfare was made public at the
state department.
Soon after it was given out the
president went to Cornish for a vaca-
ton and Secretary Lansing left town.
Secretaries Garrison and Daniels also
VIII be absent until about Tuesday.
Only One Threat.
The only suggestion of threat or
menace to the Germans IN the note
Is in the last paragraph, and it is be-
Heved changes were made in it Just
before it was put on the cables. This
paragraph says:
Friendship itself prompts it to say
to the imperial government that repe-
tition by the commanders of German
naval vessels of acts in contravention
OF those rights must be regarded by
the government of the United States,
when they affect American citizens,
as deliberately unfriendly.'
This phrasing, it is believed, was
adopted at the last conference be-
tween Secretary of State Lansing and
the president and at a time when
there were several other phrases un-
der discussion.
Not an Ultimatum.
The general tone of the note does
not affect the German official mind
here adversely. In the opinion of
some German officials the note is least
OF all an ultimatum, and suggests new
ways by which the diplomatic discus
sfons can be continued. Count Won
Bernstorf, the German ambassador,
was at the state department and was
handed a copy of the note. He would
not discuss it officially but he left the
distinct impression on friends with
whom he talked that the avenues by
which friendly adjustment can be se-
cured have not been closed.
One of the salient suggestions Of
the note Is that 1t seems to refrain
from repeating the language of for
mer American notes, which have been
construed by diplomats here as mean
ing that Germany must stop her subma-
rine warfare. Not only is there an alb
sence of that character of language
but the concluding paragraph seems
only to ask that there be restriction
on the conduct of the submarine war
fare affecting ships carrying Ameri-
cans. I'm other words, there is no
apparent insistence or demand that
the United States supervise the whole
conduct of German military activities
to her war zone. The note in full fol-
lows:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
What He Did.

Papa, who is this Thaw that the
papers are always talking about?
He's the man who put the b in
'rainstorm'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04
HAROLD soNERs. 15e De Kalb Ave. Brt
No Use.

No Use.
They're using an awful lot of au-
tomobiIes in the European war;" re-
marked the auto enthusiast.
Il know" said the disgruntled pc
destrian. But what good does it do?
The manufacturers keep turning the
blamed things out faster than those
fellows over there can bust 'em up"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04

The emptiness of things here below
is apt to be keenly felt before dinner.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04

Dogs are not dentists. but they oft
en- insert teeth.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04

The average brass band is harmless
until it begins to play.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04

Why does the bore never consider
himself in that class?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04

One small hint may be worth more
than a ton of advice.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-04

Speak but little and let that little
be the truth.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26

David Moylan, councilman, attorney
and municipal Judge elect Of Cleve-
land, O., vas a railroad sWitchman
Is years Ago.. An accident deprived
him of his right arm. Moylan is not
a mar to be easily discouraged and 1t
wasn't long before he was back at the
same old stand. Seven years later an
other accident cost him his left arm.
1t was then that Moylan turned his at
tention to law and worked with all his
might and brain until he mastered the
subject. At the law examination he
answered the questions with pen be-
tween his teeth. He practiced a while
as a lawyer, and four years ago was
elected to the city council. He made
good and was returned two years ago
by one of the biggest votes. In the
recent election he ran for municipal
Judge and was elected by a good plu-
rality. The photograph shows how
Judge Moylan will sign his decisions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Not Copied From the Jews.

Undoubtedly or present Thanks
giving day has its prototype in the
Plymouth thanksgiving festival OF
1921. 1t has been asserted repeatedly
that the Plymouth festival was sug
gested to the Pilgrims by the Jewish
Feast Of ingathering.' That is not
probable. as the differences between
them are more striking than the like
nesses. They we're Of the same dura-
ton, each lasting a week; and in com
mon with all other harvest festivals
they had the same intent. But in the
Jewish festival sacrifice and Worship
were the prevailing characteristics.
while in that of the Pilgrims they were
entirely wanting.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Assured Of One Point.

Complaints about the milk had beer
frequent and painful and free" that
morning, and the milkman quite lost
his temper when M customer dared
to ask him what he had been giving
the cows to eat lately.
Them cows is better fed. ma'am.
than many human beings / could men,
ton" he said. They live as we live
on the fat OF the land. When their
fodder isn't quite up to the mark. we
give them the best biscuits that
money can buy. You can believe that
or not, just as you like"
I'm not denying it," replied the
customer. tartly. What l say-and l
challenge contradiction on the point
is that it amt milk biscuits you feeds
EN- ont"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
ThankscivinQ Fable.

A turkey day observed a pea
cock in the farm yard and Immediate
ly began to find fault with it.
"You vain, conceited bird" said the
turkey, you are proud of your looks
and ret you are of no value in the
economy OF nature. Why do you strut
around and regard all others with dis.
dain?"
you make a mistake replied the
peacock. Il am not now admiring my.
self. though l should be excused for
doing 50. Next Thursday is Thanks.
giving, and l was merely indulging in
turkey like you"
Moral: Beauty is only skin deep,
but edibility extends to the bone.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Doped Horses.
Whats the matter with him."
"Ha'a dnnad that'S all"

what the matter With him
Hes doped, that's all"
That's all! But first he is kicked and
beaten and cuffed and dubbed and
cursed and starved. He has stood for
hours under a blazing. s%corching sun.
or driving. binding sleet. lie has
logged YEARLY along in a drenching
rain. He has faithfully hauled a load
too heavy for him in the face OF a raw.
piercing wind-and has gone without
many a meal. But when he has out
grown his usefulness, or has sickened
from neglect. though he may have
given years Of loyal service. he is not
cared for or decently shot. but he is
doped for sale.
His master gives him a dose of gin
ger and whisky mixed with an opiate
This livens him up a bit and SO in
cas- the chance of making an extra
dollar.
This practice is being closely
watched by the only friend in author
ity dumb beasts have, the Humane o
ciety 1t is a practice resOrted to by
people Of profound ignorance and pow
erty. and others with natures deliber-
ately cruel.-Exchange
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
OLD AS The RACE STORY OF The DAY
Setting Aside a Period for
Thanksgiving Is a Custom
OF Remote Antiquity.

THE idea is prevalent in the Unit
ed States that our Thanksgiving
is peculiarly an American custom
or New England origin. This is true
IN part only. The general observance
through many years Of a set day on
which to give thanks to Almighty God
Tor his blessings has made the custom
dlstinctiyely American; but it's origin
long ant sdates the settlement Of the
western continent, and we must look
elsewhere for it. The idea Of Thanks
giving day goes back to remotest an
tlquity. 1t is a part Of natural religion,
and is probably as old as the human
RAGS In written records, we have
ample evidence that the festival was
celebrated in connection with the
fruits Of the .arth" by the ancient
Egyptians, the Jews, the Greeks and
the Romans. Long before Luther's
revolt from Rome in the sixteenth CEN
tury 1t had been observed by the
Christians; anH after the Reformation,
Thanksgiving days were in frequent
NeS W 1hO AISISSldAl0s SopCSIalAy
those of England.
The festival appears early in Jewish
history, End. as it was connected with
the land and it's possession, may have
had a C%anaalitish prototype. It's cc!e-
bration was annual, and each festival
continued through seven days. At the
beginning two vessels of silver were
carried in a ceremOniOus ann to
the temple, one full Of water, the other
of wine, which were poured at the foot
Of the altar OF burnt offerings, always
on the seventh day of the festival
Plutarch describes this ceremonial,
which he believed was a feast of Bac-
chus. He says: THE Jews celebrate
two feasts of Bacchus. In the midst
of the vintage they spread tables,
spread with ali hammer of fruits, and
live in tabernacles made especially o!
palms and ivy together. . A few
days later they kept another festival
which was openly dedicated to Bac
chus, for they carried boughs of palms
in their hands, with which they went
into the temple, the Levites going be
fore with instruments of music"
Analogous to the Jewish festiva
and possibly borrowed from it wa!
that of the old Greeks, the Thesmor
phia. This was a feast to Demeter
the goddess Of the harvest. 1t lastet
nine days and consisted Of sacrifices
of the products of the SOY with obla
lions of wine, milk and honey" The
ocritus refers to it in the "Seventl
tdyll," where Simichidas says: Nov
this Is our way to the Thalysia; 70
our friends, in sooth, are making
feast to Demeter of the beautiful
robe, offering the first fruits OF thei
abundance, since for them in bour
teOus manner, the goddess has pile
the threshing floor with barley"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Not a Bookiover.

After spending the summer in a
mountain hamlet in Tennessee. the
visitor hired a native to help pack up
AS they were engaged in boxing q
shelf Of books the m%ountaineer re
marked:
Somehow, ah never keered much
for books; but" he resumed after a
thoughtful pause, "ah can't read, an
mebbe that had sumpin' to do wit It"
Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. II your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co.
Chicago. for a souvenir and the name
OF your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 3 Id. Canister Can for $1.00.
ADV.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
His Share.

"Jiggers was around again yester-
day collecting money for his pet
charity"
Huh! | wonder If he ever con
tributes anything HIMSELF"
"Oh, yes; he furnishes the fountain
per for the rest Of US to write checks
with"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Fessimist Always With Us,

well" said the cherries person,
Thanksgiving is all right, but | be-
lieve | prefer an old-fashioned Fourth
of July" "Why?" Its cheaper to
celebrate. A pack of firecrackcrs costs
a lot less than a turkey"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
Slow to Eind Favor in South,

In the South Thanksgiving day was
practically unknown till about 1855.
when Governor John Of Virginia urged
the observance Of the day in a letter
to the legislature; but the idea met
with hot opposition. on the ground
that it was a New England supersti
ton" and the small favor it found was
completely wiped out by the Civil war.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26

One of the queerest objects to be dubbed a boat is the Yolanda II, a low
lying, rakish craft, which promises to bring about al important a change in
inland water traffic Is Robert Fulons Claremont did n 1907, when she made
her "a u the Hudson river without sails. The boat. which is a develop
ment Of the hydroplane idea is the invention of onzAo MeUa (shown above), q
Colombian banker. who has the contract to carry mails or the Colombian
government up the Magdaena river, Colombia. When not in motion. the
Yolanda II draws five inches Of water. but as soo Is the big retractors wir
the boat gides owe the surface with an inch or lesso t draught at q maxi
mum speed of so miles al hour.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
The Circle of Our Love.

The strange sweet life we have and own
So wondrous is from friends we've known
And those anear and those above.
Complete the circle of our love,
And when we think of these. and pray.
We lteep. in sooth. Thanksgiving Day.,
William Brunton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
A mere man says the aveSage wom-
always exaggerates except when
talking about her own age.

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-26
RUNNING Wild,

Running VITO.
Papa, what is meant by the call OF
the wild'?"
"'Honk-hOnk!'"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-30

Oh pavement. was 10 nave laTTl6u
Miss Edna Olson, 1899 N. Robey, on
Thanksgiving day.
Frank DeMarco, TAT Noble, fined
$50 when daughter Anna said he had
BACKED both her eyes after coming
home with quart bottle of whisky.
Cottonseed and peanut oils urged
as excellent substitute for butter,
says E. A. Jones, U. S. market expert
now in Chi.
Eastern Star pageant at Oriental
consistory netted 81 200 for Christ
mas charity.
VIM. H. AIdrich, real estate dealer,
left estate of $416,120.
Mrs. Chas. Mitchell sfort-cI1anged
out of $40. Was in husbands drug
store, 7452 Vincennes av. Has been
robbed three times in year.
Israel SeagiI, 90, 821 N. Mozart,
got in scrap with ]. ]. Fleming, 4519
Vincennes av, in corridor of Tribune
bldg. Seagil's skull fractured Both
employed by Atty Levy, Trib. bldg.
City water now being treated with
chlorine at four lake cribs to prevent
typhoid.
Robbed: Mrs. John Matusek, 1881
Latin, SIG; Edw. Porter, 5616 S.
Marshfield av., So.
VIM. Moorehouse, commissioner of
public works, wants loop bldg. own
ers to clean roofs. Says dirt from
them is littering streets.
Walter Brocherd, Truman, Minn.,
recovering from appendicitis, stole
out of st. Elizabeth's hospital. Run
over by wagon and killed. Despon-
dent when mother left bedside yes
terday to return home.
Jos. Starasaska, 2342 w. 23d pI.,
believed demented, escaped from st.
Elizabeth's hospital clad in night
gown only. Nearly frozen in base
ment.
Supreme court denied plea of oto-
man Ear Adusht Hanish, high priest
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-30
MAYOR NAMES THREE MORE
SCHOOL BOARD NOMINEES

The mayor recommended three
more school board nominees last
night and asked to have considera-
ton on them deferred for week.
They are Chas. R. Young, atty to
succeed, DR.. Stephen Pietrowicz; Ed
ward ]. Piggott, retired merchant and
real estate man, to succeed ]. ]. Son.
steby, and Chas. F. French, publisher,
to succeed Robert Roulston.
Young is Mason and belongs to
a number of clubs. Piggott is South
Side real estate owner and raised I
four sons here. French is Catholic
and has six children. Also belongs to Z
bunch of clubs. -. = : --.z 80.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-30
SEEK WRITER OF POISON PEN
LETTERS-BRIDES GET'EM

New York, Nov. 3o.-Woman pa
ranoiac is sought by federal author
tiles today as writer of % poison
pen letters to young brides in several
states.
Asst U. S. Dist Atty c. A. Thomp-
son, whose bride received one of the
letters, said today he believed they
were written by inmate of Pennsyl-
vania asylum. Thompson last
month married Miss Nellie c. Hoff-
man of Towanda, Pa.
Letters, all couched in same terms
and apparently in same handwriting,
have been written to women whose
marriages were detailed at some
length in newspapers. Each makes
charges against the recipients hus-
band.
VIM. Mckinley, handwriting ex-
pert, who is aiding authorities, said
today letters bore postmark of city
in which an insane asylum is located.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-30

nounced last hymn, Sunday, his wife.
leader of the choir, started to lead it.
Dropped dead.
Safe in office of John D. Sexton &
Co., 235 W. Lake, rif1ed of $2.460.
German Evangelical synod votes to
refuse appropriations from county
for industrial schools run by church.