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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
BY Frequent shampoos With cuticura
Soap. Trial Free.

Precede shampoos by touches OF
Cuticura Ointment IL needed to spots
Of dandruff, itching and irritation OF
the scalp. Nothing better for the COM
plexion, hair, hands or skin than these
fragrant supercreamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold everyWhere.-AdV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

could just see the coon high I'D in the
top OF the tree. He shot at the animal
several times, then decided the shot
gun was too short range to reach him.
After telling ais dog to keep a close
watch, Britton went over to D. Tink-
hams house and the two returned
with Tinkham's rife From then on
until one o'clock they took turns fir
ing at the coon.
Finally they built fire and waited
until daylight. Then they learned the
coon they had been shooting at all
night was a crows nest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Nurses Struck Durino Operation,

Flushing, n. Y.-Five nurses were
summarily dismissed from the hos.
pital here, following a strike In which
q nurses walked out. The strike
was called while a physician was per
forming an operation on a man for ap-
pendicitis The surgeon and assist.
ant were left without nurses and had
to call graduate men nurses from 9th.
er hospitals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Walks 100 Miles Without Food

Georgetown, Del.-Three days after
he had been put in charge of the off,
GERS of the industrial school at Will
mington, Barnard McCurdy of George
town walked back home in one day
and night, without anything to eat or
any rest. McCurdy is Fourteen years
DID, When he arrived he was so tired
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Profit HE pal

II write plays for what there is in
it" writes George NJ. Cohan in the
first Of a series of articles-his sub
tect being "The Stage as Have Seen
It''-in the Green Book Magazine.
Popularity is all right, but profit
sticks around longer. i picked profit
for my pal when was a kid, and it
has been a pretty good sort of big
brother ever since"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
FAMOUS MINERS HOTEL GONE
Old international in Virginia City,
New, is Destroyed by
Fire,

Virginia City, Nev-The ghosts that
tenanted the old International hotel
are now homeless. Fire recently
swept through the high-ceiled sample
rooms, climbed the winding walnut
balusrades and soon left one of the
richest storehouses of memories in
he West a heap of ruins.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

The international was built by Nc
Kay, Flood & Fair, in the days when
the Comstock lode was making them
multimillionaires, and it seemed that
Virginia City would stand forever. All
the guests escaped. The building was
owned by Mrs. H Rolfe of San Fran
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
HAS RECORD SWEET POTATO
Alabama Farmer Raises Ore That
Weighs Seventeen Pounds and is
Shaped Like Goose.

Montgomery, Ala.-Speaking of
sweet potatoes, it looks as if L. c.
Taylor of Billingsley, Autauga county,
has lowered all records. He sent to
Montgomery a sweet potato of the
Triumph family which weighed when
first plowed up II pounds, but it is
all potato. Having been out of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
cauoht Birds With Glue.

Hackensack, n. J.-Albin E. S. stro-
It'll of Cliffdale, near here, said to be
a dealer in songbirds, was fined $24 SO
by Justice E. NJ. Johnson Of Hacken-
sack, for cruelty to birds Game War
den Small of Englewood charged that
Stroiti used a gum and glue prepare
ton on tall meadow grass and on
tree limbs to trap the birds alive.
Branches and grass were shown, coy
cred with bird feathers. Stroiti paid
his fire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

earth many days, the potato has lost
some of its weight, but it is still q
big affair.
Mr.. Taylor gathered from the same
field a potato over two feet long.
which weighed 1915 pounds. 1t is
said that he has made 2SS bushels
of potatoes on one acre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Distorted Veqetarianisn1.

$50 long as you find the cost of liv-
ing high" said the friendly adviser,
why don't you and your husband be-
come vegetarians %
What do you mean?" asked the
worried-looking woman.
why, eat only vegetable products. +"
Couldn't think of it. What I'm
tryin' to do now is to persuade John to
take to beefsteak and quit tryin' to
live on liquor and tobacco"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
ONE TREE INSIDE ANOTHER
Forty-Foot High Eucalyptus Is Newer
Outer Growth of California
Freak.

Los Angeles, GAIA 40-foot high
eucalyptus tree with perfectly pre-
served smaller tree inside its bulk
was cut down by A. D. Ross on his
place, at 603 Gillette street.
Ross took a section Of the freak tree
to the Chamber of Commerce exhibit
ton hall to show how the trunk,
boughs and limbs of the inner tree
were completely covered by the new
outer tree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
TEACHER WHIPS 3 AT ONCE
Texas County Attorney Refuses to
Prosecute Master of Boy
Pupils.

Dallas, Tex.-Following the agita-
ton in Dallas county to abolish the
whip in the public schools, three boys
at Union academy attempted to whip
their teacher, Prof. Giles F. Huds-
peth.
The teacher proved the best fighter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
SHOT ALL NIGHT AT COON
Coon, But Crows
Nest,

Ashtabula, O.-Hale Britton of
Richmond Center started down his
pasture lane a few nights ago, when
his dog struck coon trail and soon
landed the coon up a tree.
Britton went to the house for
shotgun, and when he returned he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
He Should WorryI

Man at the Door-"Ten yer NAV
I'm the installment collector, and if
she don't pay up I'll have to take the
piano" Boy wish ye would take
the darn thing. shes threat'nin' to
gimme music lessons. Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

rest in warrant sworn to by his wife,
who feared for her life, carried out
threats he had been making for
months, when he killed her with a
shotgun and then blew the top of his
own head off with the same weapon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

hospital at Mendocino some time ago
the woman would not let him take the
leg with him because he owed her
money. He is about to be discharged
from the hospital and needs the leg
to help him to earn living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

About the only man in the world
who doesn't want a fat job is the liV-
ing skeleton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
British Empire and China.

The British empire has an area of
13,153,712 square miles and a popula
ton of 434,2S6,650. The Chinese en-
pire has an area of 4,277,170 square
miles, with a population Of 81, AGO.
500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Motor TroubIeS

Il struck man today with my car"
Dear me! Any serious damage
done?"
Yes; 1 broke my lamp"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

The less money woman has the
more things she can afford to see that
she would like to buy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

If a woman continually accuses her
husban of being bad the chances are
that he will make good
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Lunaox Commissions Bad Guess

Richmond, Ind.-WiIliam Shields,
fifty years old. who, ten days previ-
ousIy, was declared to be sane by a
lunacy commission following his ar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Fond of Enuravinos.

Grubbs-Who is your favorite artistf
Stubbs-The gentleman who designs
Uncle Sans $40 gold certificates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
GOOD COFFEE

If you want good, rich coffee buy
Godfrey's
Gold Buckle Nothing Better
Silver Buckle TITS Fine
Broadway Ills Good
The best for the money. For sale by
all frst-class Grocers. E. r. Godfrey
& Sons Co, Milwaukee, Wis.-Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

Miss Gladys Lowden Pugh, daugh-
ter of Judge James L. Pugh, is one of
the pretty debutantes from the ranks
of resident society III Washington this
winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

Sweden yearly imports about $780,
900 worth of surgical instruments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07
Wooden Leo Held for Rent

San Francisco.-John Garfield
wants to know if his landlady has a
right to hold his wooden leg for room
rent. When he was sent to the State
and mastered all three of the boys.
Later an effort was made to prosecute
the teacher, but the county attorney
refused to take the affidavit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

he could hardly stand and his shoes
were almost in tatters.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
AUSTRIA PUT OVER
100000 MEN OUT

l,orresponse,ce Of the Associated Press
PETROGRAD, Feb. l0.-Austria
has from the beginning Of the war
mobllized between 100000 and
3. 500. OOO men. including all men IL
able to military service up TO AZ
wears OF age, and also drilled re-
cruits Of the class OF 1915, says the
budapest correspondent Of the Novoe
Vremya. Semi-official Information
places the losses up 10 December 10
at pOO, 600 killed and wounded. ex-
elusive Of the missing and prisoners.
The Austrian army is now suffer-
ing from deficiency Of rifles, ac-
cording to the correspondent At the
beginning OF the war, the landsturm
we're armed with rifles. OF the 1870
pattern. a part even receiving shot
guns. Germany sent a million mod
ern pieces to the Austrlans, but de-
nclency has again arisen. 1t IS said
that the gendarms have had to turn
their rifles over to the soldiers, re-
celving pistols instead Work Of
manufacturing new supply Is pro-
ceeding night and day at Steyr. and
other arsenals with an, output or
80. 900 arms weekly. which Will be in
creased 70 $4,000 by March.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
LETTER TELLS OF
SAPPING A TRENCH

Correspondence Of the Associated rr'ss)
BERLIN. Feb. l0.-The destruc.
ton of French trench by running
saps up to It and exploding dynamite
therein is described in u letter from
the front. The French had thrown
n trench $50 yards long only % yards
in front Of the German trench. The
fact that II was not supplied with
loopholes, although it was occupied
appeared 20 show that the occupants
intended to sap up 10 the German
trench. The Germans decided to do
likewise. =,
At the end Of II days they had
run two tunnels up 10 within yard
or so Of the French trenches and
loaded one with 22 and the other with
&c pounds Of dynamite. When All
was ready, the charges were nred.
The masses of earth hurled into the
air. were so large that the arms OF
two of the men in the German
trenches were broken.
Before the dust had settled the men
rushed forward and sprang into the
DESTROYED trench. 1t had caved in for
most OF its length only a few OF the
enemy. were seen, and these. who were
crawling from under heaps OF soil.
could offer no resistance, They were
driven to the German trench, II prls-
oners i'm ALL The total French loss
was estimated at one hundred.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
All Men up to As Years of
Age Are Called to the
Colors.
YOUTH HELD BACK
Will eB Used AS a Nuclus
for a New
Army.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
HANOVER Germany. Feb Il
All German men attached to the
Landsturmo OK Yasg reserve of the
army, whether they had had previous
training or not, were called out by
decree on January 2S. The order ap-
piled to aI men UhQ had not COM
pleted their S5th ycag by August IA,
1919. in the case az those who had
been trained. ar by December in
the case Of unframed men. The ser
Vice of the men Is 10 continue till
the end of the war
The German war department is
calling on the elderly men at the
present time. keeping its eyes open
60 the future. The announcement
was made by the minister of war in
recent interview that the recruits
du" 70 come up th!s year in the or
G!ha!y course would not be called be.
fore the normal date In the fall. This
apparent holding back from active
service of good material In the shape
Ot young men was decided on as q
precautlon for the future. The re.
Cruts OF this year Will be needed to
form the basis OF the new army when
the war is over. since the ranks of
the standing army, whenever peace
may be declared. will certainly be
found to have been depleted by cas-.
whites TO q large extent. TO this de.
pletion must also be added the large
Number OF men who will be entitled
to return to civil life before the eX-
Firing OF their fun term of service
with the Colors. since war service Will
give them the night 10 claim their
discharge before they otherwise
would have been able to do so under
conditions OF peace. As this will
leave the army much below It's proper
strength. the war office has resolved
TO retain the younger men to build
the nucleus OF the standing army At
the conclusion OF peace.
On the other hand. the youths from
sixteen to twenty years old who have
volunteered TO serve in the army be-
fore reaching the regulation age for
military service. "a well as the reg
Ular contingent of recruits called up
last fall, are being ssiduOusly trained
In depots in all parts Of the country
IN preparation for transportation 10
the firing line either ~ III" east or
the west. The young soldiers display
great enthusiasm for the field work
in which they are undergoing instruc-
ticn under the care of experienced
non.cornmiss!oner officers, some of
whom have returned from the front
suffering from slight wounds which
do not hinder them in their work.
Much of the usual stiff drill of the
German army has been done away
with in order that the youths may de-
vote more time 10 and make rapid
progress in the more useful warllke
arts of shooting and entrenchins.
Many of them were at first exercised
I'm their civilian clothes or In old uni
forms In consequence of the lack of
sufficient stores 70 supply them. but
the gray field uniform for all was
COON provided.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
BOYS ARE
TRAINED IN WAR
German Boy Scouts Worl,
at Mimic War;
fare.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
!. BERLIN, Feb. 95.-Thousands Of
Berlin pathfinders. the boy scouts oG
Germany, since the beginning of the
war have spent their Sunday morn
ngs in tho forests around the capital
I'm exercises intended TO train them
for their future career in the army.
The other morning at an early hour
the streets resounded with the march
ing OF She pdthfnders making their
way Coward rendezvous near Shul-
@cudorf, starting from which place a
sham battle had been arranged
against another large body Of Path
finders coming from Hermsdorf. All
were dressed In their gray uniforms,
very much like the color Of the field
uniforms adopted by the army.
At a given signal the Berlin PATH
finders, the whito army, entered the
woods in search of the opposing red
army All their movements were
carried out in almost complete sl-
lence. Soon despatch riders on BIZ
cycles or on foot came hurrylng back
to headquarters with the report that
the enemy has been located, and
shortly .afterward loud hurrahs an
nounced an engagement, as a result
OF which the white army succeeded
in taking great numbers OF the red
army prisoners and carrying off the
victory
The Pathrnders have their own
headquarters in the woods. The
building has been erected by the boys
themselves LNl all round II are well.
constructed trenches OF striking sims
!iarlty to those at the real front"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
uniform. lie was torn to atoms, liter

uniform. lie was torn to atoms, liter
ally.
And Andre, the bookkoeper. poor
Andre who had failed I'm business and
was absolutely on his uppers when
father took him in and gave him a
job, married and father of a boy of
eight writes.
MY Dear Monsieur Father: Peo-
pie know me as a failure and the peo-
pie are right l am | have always
been poor provldor and n neer-do
well albeit well-meaning one.
am AFRAID after this / shall be worse
off than ever for | have one leg less
than used to have, Still | am quite
satisfied so. | feel ! have at last
done one little useful thing / have
suffered great deal since they am
putated my right leg some II DAYS
ago, and / suffer now. It's a strange
thing, though, for / who am such q
terrible coward, love to feel this pain.
for 1t keeps me reminded OF the fact
that l, tho neer-do-well even belong
to the multitude OF the glorious mutt
lated. Do not tell my wife l have but
one leg. She does not know It as yet
and ] rather she would not until l am
0ut-h God Wills 1t that | shall ever
be-.
1T happened while we stormed
trench on the nth. The Germans
were but 80 feet in front Of us and
when we got the order to charge
bayonets, 1t was glorious. can't
describe 1t to you and no painter
could paint It; 1t was simply hides
crtbably great. We took one part of
the trench which was V shaped but
the Germans held the other side of
the V. We tried to drive each other
out all day but failed. so a basket OF
earth was put at the angle of the
trenches and that basket was all that
stood between the Germans and us.
Late in the afternoon / got a piece
OF shell in the knee ="
SO the letter ran. This is what
happened to the little tailor shop. 1t
Is not fiction but as nearly the truth
as | have been able to put it down
And all over Europe it's the same
story. My little tailor shop is but an
There are many others.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
WANTED A WHITE
MANS WAR THERt
+Germans Did Not Desire
Native Aid in South
AFRICA.

Correspondence Of tho Associated Press
BLOEMFONTEIN South Africa
Feb lO.-German leaders in Soutl
Africa guiding the rebellion there
against British rule-a rebellion nov
almost completely crushed hoped t.
make II a white mans war. bot
sides eliminating the native Tha
this was the desire Of the German
in Orange Free State was revealed
by recent testimony at the court
martial OF the rebel Boer Genera.
Vessel Vessels, who surrendered II
December and was placed on tria
for high treason.
Early in the trial one of the chiefs
Of the Mopeli tribe in Orange Free
state, called as a witness, produced
letter he said he had received
from Vessels. The letter follows:
I'VE wish to wage q war of white
against white, and, only in case tho
British should arm tire coolies
would we count upon your then very
welcome aid as we are confident
victory over the British We guar
antee you your independence and tho
undisturbsd possession of your coun-
try on condition that you remain
quiet until we express a wish to the
contrary
Understand us we'll We wish to
leave you and your people unmolest
ed, and in return we desire you t.
maintain the same attitude toward
our people Disseminate these fact
as far as possible in BasutoIand, es-
pecially the fact that. we stand OF
the side of the German government
and Emperor William whose troop
are advancing with artillery to meee
US and to join hands with us
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
OPINION DIFFERS
ON JAPAN AIDING
Not Advisable for Japan to
Send Army to
Europe.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
TOXIC. Jan. SO-Strongly expressed
opinion both for and against sending
a Japanese army to Europe Is found
In the Japanese press
Tho Osaka Mainichi remarks that
although II has repeatedly drawn at
tention to the impossibility of sending
Japanese troops to Europe, 1t Is to be
regretted that there are still not a few
who seriously favor the project Of
actively helping the allies. The paper
continues;
what most troubles us, however,
Is the apprehension increasingly en-
tertained I'm England and In France as
to our motives in the event OF our
assisting the allies This apprehension
Is largely due to the reckless and Inn
prudent manner In which some Of us
have insisted on Japan sending an
army TO Europe.
ITO our thinking, those who CON
slider IL necessary to help the allies at
the present moment do not represent
the real opinion of our people and
Ignore the position which we occupy
In our relation to other nations. should
the allied nations really be In need
of our arms, their respective govern
ments will communicate formally with
our government. 1t is not the atti-
tude Of patriotic people, with the
peace of the world AZ heart, to cause
i.l-feeling among ouv friends by in
sistlpg on the necessity Of assisting
the allies Japan is confronted with
several important questions rolating to
the Far East which await urgent set
tlemcnt ana the allied nations would.
do well to remember that she. cannot
afford go send her troops to Europe"
The Toxic Yorodzu, on the other
hand. prints an editorial I'm the French
language and points out that Japanese
would be accepted with
JOY by france, which has never raised
or troubled Itself with tho question Of
races. England and Russia, far from
opposing the scheme, thought the
newspaper would be equally happy at
Japanese assistance. The writer adds.
"On the day we decide to act In Eu-
rope. We will receive from the allies
a formal guarantee OF advantages
which will indemnify us for all sacri.
fices. AS to the question OF transports,
that has certainly already been set
tied, for the Anglo-Japanese alliance
has always suggested the possibility
OF Japanese Intervention i'm India as
an ally of Great Britain"
The journal points out that Japan
ese participation would hasten the end
u the great war. which is so terrible
even tor neutral countries where stag.