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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05

nOw with many Ruasian prisonern-
may Sherman submarine sinks shG
LuaitanIa, more than 1,15O lost. Rus
SLAMS In full retreat from Carpa-
thtans.
May o-Gsrmans capture LIbau Baltic
May 12-Freneh capture Ceremony.
north of Arraa, at great cost.
May 14-Ameriean nrst submarine note
May 24-ItaIy declares war on Aus
tria.
May 3e-ItaIians Invade Auutria.
May 2O-ItalianH take GrodnO. Russians
check Germans At StennWa.
May S1-First German note on Hubma-
rine reaches washington. ZeppeIIna
drop bombs in London.
June S-PFEemynI falls 70 Austro-Ger-
june IO-Germans capture StanIslau.
June I1-SecOnd u. 8. submarine note
to Germany made public. Italians
take MOnfalcOne.
June 12-ItaIiann take GradiscR.
June IO-AustrO-GermanS occupy Tor
nORrOd.
june 22-French take BIstEeraI.
June 23-Freneh announce occupation
Of the aLabyrinth," north of AFras.
June 24-AustrO-GermanHc capture Lem
berg.
June 2s-Austriana cross the DnIester
at HalleE.
June 28-HallcH falls.
July 2-RussIans defeat German at
tempt 20 land at Windau.
July 3-RussO-German naval battle of
GOttlamd.
July 4-ItaIians take TOlmlnO.
July S-Berlin announces gains In the
= ArROnne forest.
July I0-Germans take Przasnysz, 30
miles north of Warsaw.
July 10-GerlnRns advance at many
points in Russia, taking Windnu, Tu-
KUN. Blonde and GrObee.
July 20-Russians report ElnlCInK of 50
Turkish sailing vessels German
guns reach outer forts OF warsaw
and damage the Lublln-ChOlm rail-
way.
July 21-ThIrd U. s. submarine note
goes to Germany.
July 22-TurkiBh-G German expedition
landed In TrlpOlI. - ~
July 24-German take two forts near
Warsaw.
July 26-Russians repulSe Austrians in
Galicia.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05
THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE WAR IN THE AIR

In the air the dirigible has been a
disappointment, the aeroplane q reve-
lation. The astounding development
of the aeroplane, both for scouting
purposes and as . defensive weapon,
is one Of the most striking features
of the first year OF the war.
Destructive raids have been made
by aeroplanes behind the lines Of the
enemy and much destruction wrought.
Ths ZsppallA raids have been few and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05

the destruction wrought negligible.
The first raid Of the English coast
was made January 19 on Yarmouth
and other Norfolk towns. Little dam
age was done. Other raids followed
from time to time, and finally London
was reached May 81. Several per
sons were killed.
While single aeroplanes were the
rule in the early months of the war.
the British and French are now send.
ing out sQuadrons to accomplish Inn
portant wok. Such air fleets attacked
the zepDSlin works at Friedrichsha-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05

ven, on lake Constance, and the
chemical works at Ludwigshaven. AS-
counts of damage done on these raids
are conflicting. The French asserted
that large fires had been caused.
On June 15, 23 allied aeropIanes
dropped 180 bombs on Karlsruhe, cap
ital of Baden. killing II persons and
wounding many others.
The biggest aeroplane raid Of the
war took place July ,1S. when S5
French machines dropped I'll bombs
on the railway station at vigneulles.
in the Woevre.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05

The royal commission of England
reports that in that country the feeble
minded are increasing at twice the
rate of the general population The
importance of providing, by the estab-
lishment of additional institutions and
the completion of those under way,
for the custodial care or control Of
greater number of feeble-minded can
not be overestimated. Averments Of
Amos w. Butler of Indiana, to the ef-
feet that feeble-mindedness produces
more pauperism, degeneracy and
crime than any other force. that It
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05
Controlling the Feeble-Minded.

The economic and social problems
connected with the feeble-minded are
of tar greater importance than the
average person realizes. Interesting
figures are found in report Of the
committee of visitors Of the state
charities of New York According to
this report, there are in New York at
present $4,000 feeble-minded persons.
OF these 4,9O0 are provided for in in
stitutions especially designed for their
care and $500 in other institutions,
leaving ct large 22,6O0.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05

The first general
Of where the
the bat
BY
he vheret
IS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05
FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR ON THE SEA

At the end OF the first year
of war not q German fighting
craft. except submarines, Is
known to be vt large outside
the Baltic sea. The Austrian
warships are confined to the up
per Adriatic and the Turkish
feet to the Sea OF Marmora
and adjacent straits. The mer-
chant marine OF the central
European powers has disap-
peared utterly from the ocean
highways. Sixty million dol
lars worth Of German shipping
lies idIe In the docks of New
York, while several dimes as
much is bottled up elsewhere.
At the same time the German
submarines have inflicted enor-
nous losses of allied shipping.
While both sides have prob
ably concealed many losses,
the following is a fairly accu-
date summary of the number
Of craft which have been de-
stroyed:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05

touches every form of charitable &C
tivity, that it is felt in every part
of the state and affects in some way
all the people, and that its cost is be-
yond comprehension, may be quoted as
the best argument for the policies ad-
vocated.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05
useIess rree YIeIds Rubbsr.

A species Of tree of unlimited
growth in Natal. heretofore regarded
as worthless commercially, has been
found to yield Juice that contains
rubber in large quantities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
EMPEROR MUST HAVE
HIS LITTLE JOKES

Berlin, Jan 2S.-.sR Roland Won Ber-
lin, brings the following anecdote
concverning the Emperor and gem
era1 designated as ssB. -
During his recent trip to the East
ern theatre OF war, the Emperor
paid a visit to the general in ques-
ton, and showed the keenest inter
est in, and most Intimate knowledge
Of what the army corps commanded
by tB had done. The corps in ques-
ton was one of the very best, said the
Emperor to the general in the pres
ence of the staff officers, and he hoped
THAT it would continue. it's fine work
The conversation had taken place
IN the building in which the head
quarters of the general was located
After shaking hands with the officers
the Emperor left, accompanied by
General s.B." and some Of his aides
When the party reached the door
lit was found that several thousand
Russian prisoners were being mar oh
ed past For a moment the Emperor
watched the procession, them with a.
broad smile on his face turned to
General .FB'' with the words:
7 will say, General, that this is
Eciever1y DONE
The smile Of the Emperor grew
wider vet when the embarrassed gen
eraI tried to explain that it all was
an accident
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
BELGIUM MAY HAVE
BEAUTIFUL CITIES

london. Jan. 2s-Out of the ashes
idealists hope there will spring clean
er and more beautiful cities, whether
the Belgians or the Germans build
them The International Garden Cit
les and Town Planning Association,
cooperating with Belgian officials
held a conference in London this
week to go over the situation
It is pointed out that the wide
spread destruction of property in Bell
gium affords a remarkable opportur-
ity throughout the country for adopt
ing on a large scale the principles of
modern towns and villages urged by
the association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
SOLDIERS ENCAAIRED
NEAR GARDEN OF EDEN

London, Jan 2s:-tsswe are here
very near Adam and Ewes abode, the
Garden of Eden, . writes a lance cor
pora1 with the British forces fighting
the Turks in the country back of the
Persian gulf.
TT is very hot, and the country is
no place for a white man. We live on
bread, tea and dates. The greatest
hardship is the scarcity of water.
have not had a shave or a wash for
seventeen days.
We captured two forts and a. teIe-
graph office yesterday without the
loss of a man. The Turks lost forty.
Some of the methods of the Turks in
action are curious. A favorite trick
of theirs is. to fail down in close ac-
ton and get up again and fire at
them from Behind
ssW lille retreating. che Turks fire.
quentIy discard numerous articles OF
clothing lest they should impede their
flight Before their retreat has lasted
long, they have nothing on but their
shirts and ammunition belts. No mat
ter how hot the fighting is, one can
not refrain from laughing at the spec
tacle of several hundred men run
ming at top speed with their long
shirts Tapping around their bare
legs
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
10 PUT ON FLESH AND
INCREASE WEIGHT
q Physicians Advice


Most thin people eat from four to
six pounds of good solid fa4-rnaking
Flood every day and st1H do not In
screase In weight one ounce. while on
the other hand many of the plump
chunky folks eat very lightly and keep
gaining all the time. It's All bosEa, to
lay that this is the nature of the. in
dfviduaL It isn't Natures way at all.
Thin folks stay thin because tn
They absorb just enough of the food
they eat to maintain life and sem
bIance Of health and strength 4Stuf-
dng won't help them. A dozen meals
a day won't make Their gain a single
stay there pound. All the fat-pro-
sducing clements of their food just stay
in the sintesHnes until they pass from
the body as waste. What such PEG
pie need is som thing that will pre-
their blood can absorb them and de-
post them all about the body
som efhing, too, that will m multiply their
red blood corpuseles and increase
their b1ood's carrying power
For such a condition always rec
onanend eating a SargoI tablet witH
every meal. Sargo1 is not as some
believe, a patented drug, but is a sci
Nnt1ffc combination of six of the most
effective and powerful flesh building
elements known to chem istry. It is
efectfve and a sin gle tablet eaten with
each meal often has the erect OF in
ereasing the weight of a thin man or
woman from three to five pounds a
week. Ssr.gol is sold by good drug
gists eVeryWhere on a positive guaran-
tee Of weight increase or money back
ADV
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove it.

DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets. the s,,h-
stitute for ca1omel. act gently On the
bowels and positively do the work. :
People afflicted with bad breath
find quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad
breath by. all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act
gently but firmly on the bowels ana
liver, stimulating them to natural ac-
ton, clearing the blood and gently
purifying the entire system
They do that which dangerous cal
omel does without any of the bad at
ter effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickeninr
gripping cathartics are derived from7,
Dr. Edwards Olive, Tablets without
gripping, pain or disagreeab1e effects
of any kind
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tfce among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint with the at
tendant bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
purely a vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil, you will know them
by their olive color.
Take one or two every night for a
week and note the effect, LOG and csc
Fer box. All druggists. The Olive
Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio
<A0f-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29

BRIDGEPORT MEN
ARE OFFICERS OF
HUMANE SOCIETY
Gov. Holcomb Chosen Hon.
orary Vice President at
Annual Meeting
Treasurer's Report Shows
Legacies From Phil
anthrophists
fspecia1 to me Farner.


Hartford. Jan. 2s.--Henry A. Biaf-
main as directors Of the Connecticut
Humane society whose annual meet
ing was held at the society headquar-
ters In Hartford. Gov Holco1nb was
a1ected honorary vice president of the
society.
DR. WIN. De Loss Love made the
1reasurer's report giving the receipts
as $16,104.os and the balance now on
hand as $527.78s His inventory of
the general funds showed their total
par value to be $98s601.05 and their
market value $87.956.05. The par and
xzarket value of the various funds, as
given by the treasurer, are as follows:
u D. Bristol trust fund Of SIC, 900,
ereAted in 1888, par $40, 262s34; mar
tket.s $Ss162- 81. Anna e Brown fund.-.
OF $A2g4 8T-57s created In 1885, par
s@s7, 9S8-0S; market. $2T,1O8. 0S: New
eli Osborn trust fund of $4,000, Great
ed In 1893 par and market. $2s06o;
Susan s. Clark trust fund Of $4,000,
created in 1895 par $3s1 00.46; mar
klkeE $2s350.45s Richard G. Waterous
JAz1lds OF $22, 500, created In 1888, par,
%.25. 88s- Of market $25,11s.o4s Har-
xAsf A b Punderson fund OF $1,000,
snrAaated in 1899 par, $1,000 market,
$S&Os George Leon Walker fund OF
.oe0s par $1,000 market. $3.50.
Two iegacaes We're receaYeos one
from the estate Of the late Edwin
E. Marvin of Hartford, amounting to
80 0Os and the other rom the estate
of the 1ats ELLSWORTH b cooper or
zauden. amounting 10 $4T-50. The
balance on deposit at the beginning
o the nzcaI year was S1g287. 80, and
The state appropriation was 5000
The largest disbursement was $8,116.
for salaries. The membership fees
amounted to ss.ses.A4| and diyldanda
nd interest announced 20 %o,S 4s.Sz e
1ae report OF Miss Mary T.
ally sscrslary showed tina there
a d ps7en uza1exta Ken care n the cases
81 1ss0s persons ana p S0f animals
exfy-1our prosecutions vat n TWEEN
<y-1our conR1ct1ons We're made m the
former cases ana IN the laIIers tnere
were Iorey7seYen prosecun ions TOT
eE4eLey 70 animals an e 1oorty-sILxs con-
oTss An g azzaa1aer OF animals de-
Xsst5 ut 1lA5S 81 s41lotlnlsu 70
4eff e E
QfnceTs were e1ecred a5S oIAoWs-
86Dt--Et0R.s 40 Ham De-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
pBLOND HORSES NOT
WANTED BY ENGLISH

Chemical blonde horses are not
! warned In the British army. It was
sthougnt at first that white horses
could be utilized at the front by dye
sing them khaki blonde. But the
results have been far from ssat5sfac-
tory. A battery of "a white horses
was treated to- a. coat OF yellow lately
and sent on duty for ten days in
zS-ough weather. On their return, they
we're all beautiful bottle green No
d3e has yet been discovered that viii
mol its color on q horse that is be-
sxng worked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
a Shortage Of Leeches.

London, JAM 2s4The United
States and Canada were recently APP
pea1ed to for help in a curious mat
ter and failed to meet the request.
Yet even DR.. sShip1ey, Master of
Christ College, Cambridge, who re-
counts the circumstances in letter
them.
It appears that the war created a
scarcity Of teaches, as fighting was
going on in some of the best Ieech
areas in Europe. Last November
there were only q few dozen leeches
left in London. DIR. Shipley's appli-
cations to America and Canada were
unavai1ing, but he now has obtained
from India a big consignment of
Ieeches, which, though not quite as
good as the 'shirudo medicinals'' of
the British Pharmacopoeia, seem
quite willing to do their duty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
Ferne Rogers Coming Home.

London, Jan. 29--Miss F'erne
Rogers, the American actress who
had been playing the leading part
in the Drury Lane production of fThe
Sleeping Beauty which she was
forced to give up because of her pro-
German statements sailed for New
York yesterdayy on the Adriatic
Ambassador Page had previously
refused to give her a passport, the
lack Of which caused her some diff
hcuIty when she went to board the
ship The United States consul at
Liverpool finally solved the difficulty
and she was able to depart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
TAKES THREE YEARS
TO BUILD BIG KRUPP

Rotterdam, Jan. 24.-In answer
to an English official statement that
British ordnance factories are now
turning out a gun which is the equal
OF the Krupp 42-centineter field
mortars, a statement has been issued
in Germany assuring the public that
it requires more than three years to
complete the construction of one of
these .Weapons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
Germans Have New Bound.

London, Jan. 2e.-The off1cial
eyewitness with the British troons
in France continues his recital Of
events at the front today with a, del
scripions Of new pro ecti1es used by
the Germans. He says:
In some parts of. our front the
Germans. are firing a new type of high
e1plostve shell, detonatirlg with !.
cloud of thick white smoke Their
mine thrower also occasionally
throws a very large gray bomb, or
aerial torpedo, three feet nine inches
long and nearly ten inches wide 1t
weighs more than 200 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
Says Spies Pose as Nurses.

London, jan 29.--The Nursing
Mirror, one Of the newspaper organs
of the trained nurses in England,
points out the danger of spies mas
querading as nurses, and says that
Lord Kitchener caused an inyestiga-
stion to be made at a. Southampton
hospital, where four women, indis-
screetN in army matters, were dis
charged.
At another hospital two nurses
were recently found to be out and
out spies. the Mirror says. Both We're
Americans with German synpathies
and were "effectually dealt WITH al
though it is not stated what DISPOSE
ton was made of them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
BACTERIA LABORATORY
ON MOTOR OFF TO WAR

London. Jan. 2s:-England has
just put into the field a scientific nov
city, a motor meteorological 1abra-
tory, fully equipped, the gift of a
wealthy man who wishes to remain
anonymous.
In few days the car and equip
ment will be taken to the front in
France, where. in charge OF medt-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
FACTORY WORKERS IN
ENGLAND ARE HONORED

London, Jan. 2s.-The Admiralty
and War office are now issuing blue
enamel badges with the words ION
War Service to men employed by
firms engaged on government war
contracts. The badges show that their
wearers cannot be spared for enlist
ment in the army, as they are need
ed at home to provide material and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
Human Interest Notes
Found In the
Latest War Bull

* meaning ''kriegsbrot," or war
bread. contained 10, per cent. of POI
tato, barley, rice and flour. The new
bread contains 20 per cent? of these
comm dit1es
The municipality of Potsdam has
bought 100 600. ki1ogrammes of pre-.
ulation at the purchase price. MANY.
municipalities are laying in stocks of
meats. $500
A group of Economists has founded;
a weekly review, which is being dis
tr1buted gratuitously and which is en-
The military authorities If M,,anzz
ster have invited the people to econ
orn1ze In the use of soap because the
rat apd other ingredients can no
longer be imported.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
equipment.

Elaborate precautions are being
taken to prevent any Of the badges
falling into unauthorized hands, as
in case of the adoption of conscrip-
ton their possession would be pre-
sumptive evidence that a man was
excused from military service. Each
man that receives one is told that the
badge is government property and
that he must give a receipt for it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
more Rice in Ger1na1, RrIeaii-

Paris Jan. Many extractcs
from German newspapers are print
ed to show that a food crisis is fear
ed in Germany. The bakers have de-
cided to sell new bread which is to
be marked TX FSsss The fpr,zner bread
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
Pasha and staff T.aIxev

Petrograd. Jan. 2s-The Tdflfs cor
respondent of the Russlxo. slovo tells
the story of the capture of Iskha.n
E'sss1las by the captain of a Caucasian
regiment.
The captain, with his scouts. had
climbed to the summit of Chenaweii
Dagh to reconnodtre the Turkish dis
positions. stealthily creeping past the
Turkish sentries in the snow A
Turkish machine detachm emit barred
their path, but the Russians bayou
cited the gunners- As the company
emerged from wood the captain saw
q group of Turkish gensr al ofHcers.
The Russians advanced, and the cap
tain cried.
Surrender. or we SHAY you aIl.s'
A Turkish aide-de-caInp stepped
forward and said
Enough, sir. 1T is unnecessary
1t is all over. The commander begs
you not to spill any more blood 9
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
what War costs F,rance

Paris, JAM 29--In the Chamber zof
Deputies yesterday the Minister of
FL nance. NJ Rfbot, said:
After six months of war the ex-
penditures of France have amounted
oon1y 1900. 100000 francs $780,
00o,o909 Of the amount originally ap-
propriated.
m before the war we had said
that. after six months hostilities we
would have been so far from ex-
ha11sting the sum at our disposal, it
would have been received with skep-
ticisrns'' -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29

francisco ELIAS. Mexican consul sen
ct to hear caxuso sing
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29

Wear Mckinley Carnation
JOHN RECK & SON
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cal officer. it is to be the headoua.r-
ters for advanced experiments and
tests relative to the many Contagious
troops are always subject. A motor
cycle attachment to the outfit viii
make trips TO and from the trenches
and hospitals. bringing back to the
labratory cultures for examination
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29
TO Visit Prisoners Camps.
Wm Try Air Raaders.

Petrograd, jan 2s-The Novoe
vrenaya. states that in order to es-
ta.blfsh the legal status of bomb
dropping Russia will place the Ger
mans captured in the Zeppelin which
recently attacked Lfbau on trial. They
VIII be charged with dropping bombs
on an undefended town
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-29

Farmer Want Ads. ono Cent word.