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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-29
How He Became Merchant Prince

There was an old geezer and he had lot OF sense
He started ND a business dollare1ghty cents
The dollar for stock and the eighty for an ad
Rrouoht him three lovely dollars in a day, by CAD!
Well he bought more goods and little more space
And he PLAYED that system with smile on his face.
The customers aocked TO his two-by-four
And soon he had to hustle for regular store
Up ON the square, where the people pass,
He gobbled up corner that was all plate glass.
He fixed ND the windows with the best that ne mao
And he told them about it in a halfpage adj
He soon had 'em coming and he never, never qun
And he would Mt cut down on his ads one Dit
WE'LL he's kept things humming IN the town ese' s'>~
And everybody calls him the Merchant rlihee
Some say its luck, but that's all bunk
Why he was doing business when the times were punA
People have to purchase and the geezer was wise
For he knew the way to get em was to advertise.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-29
No Mineral in Villas County

authentic Information to Offset Numerous Reports to
the Contrary. The Villas County News Puts to Rout
Information Handed Us February 10Th that Drill
ing for Mineral Would be Resumed Read What
F. l. Carpneter Says-He Knows.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-29
BIRTHS

N&:ssSss:s:9:s:s:s:sss:s:s?ssss;s:e:GG
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. August
H. La Renzie Saturday, March
25th-a daughter.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-29
Snow is Disappearing.

The heavy rain of Saturday
and the warm days that have
followed have just about put an
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
RUSSIAN VICTORY
IN SERETH VALLEY
sLAvs GRADUALLY ARE LOSING
CONTROL OF INITIATIVE IN
THE cARPATHIANs.
Ridge Of Hills is Occupied BY Gar
Nicholas Forces as They Push
Forward East Of lembere.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-A Russian victory in the
Sereth Valley, Northeastern Galicia,
after a three days battle in villages
where every street was a battlefield
and every house a fortress, and Brit
ish victory over the Turks near the
Suez Canal are announced. The Rus
sian success was gained on the front
taken by General Brussiloff's center
after the fall OF Brody ten days ago,
extending southwark from that city
across the headwaters Of the Sereth.
Finally breaking the desperate resist
ance Of the Austrians, who again and
again hurled themselves forward In
vain counter-attacks, the Russians cap
tured six towns, including Zalozce, SO
miles due east Of Lemberg, as well as
the whole ridge of hills on the slopes
of which these points are situated. A
Petrograd dispatch brought a supple
mentary official statement, saying that
"a fierce artillery bombardment by the
enemy against our new position is in
progress" This indicates that the
Teutons have not abandoned their eff
forts to regain the lost ground. In the
fighting the Russians took altogether
lao officers and 5000 men, Petrograd
asserts officially. On the Stokhod,
east of Kovel, and in the Carpathians.
however, the Cars forces gradually
are losing the initiative to the armies
Of the Central Empires, If the Teuton
official reports are a criterion. Par
ticularly in the Carpathians the Aus
TRANS appear to have begun a vigor-
Gus counter offensive, having not only
checked the Muscovite advance, but
pushing their own lines forward, ac-
cording to Vienna.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
DIXIE HIGHWAY TOUR

A tour over the eastern division OF
the Dixie Highway between Cincin-
natl and Jacksonville, Fla, will be
made by the officials OF the Dixie
Highway Association. leaving Gin
cinnati Monday. October IS, provid-
ing the highway between Cincinnati
and Knoxville can be placed in ira
velable condition. This tour will be
the first Of series of short tours
with the object in view of covering
the entire highway within twelve
months.
The decision to hold this tour over
the eastern division of the Dixie
Highway followed the report OF w.
$. Galbreath, field secretary, who
has just returned from an inspection
trip over the highway between
Chattanooga and Cincinnati. While
he found a large part Of the mile
age impossible TO the average tour
list, the counties are at work and il
was his opinion, after talking with
the county officials, that the high
way would be travelable, although
not completed, by late in October.
Great interest has been manifested
in the tour. particularly on that
section between Cincinnati and
Chattanooga via Knoxville. Gin
cinnatians state that they have 100
cars from the Queen City on the tour.
Prominent car owners through
Indiana and Ohio, as well as num-
Der of the best known manufactu-
rers of automobiles, have expressed
a desire TO participate in the tour.
The special committee appointed by
the Executive Committee TO have
charge OF the tour, composed of
Carl @. Fisher, chairman; Col. II. b.
Hanger, Richmond, and A. f. San
ford, Knoxville, is now arranging TO
have one or more bands make the
entire trip.
The tentative schedule OF the tour
is as follows:
Leave Cincinnati Monday morn
ing. October, 10, night at Berea, KY.
Leave Berea Tuesday morning, o.
tober ~, night at Pineville Ky.
Leave Pineville Wednesday morn
ing, October 10, night Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
Leave Chattanooga Friday morning,
October 20, night Atlanta Ga.
Leave Atlanta Saturdya morRing,
October q, night Waycross, Ga.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
LETTER FROM DIR. LAMAR
ock River Assembly.


Dixon, M
Monday, July 3ist.
Dear Brother Taylor:
] received your gram" this n. m
Just as entered the big Taberna-
cle TO go on the platform 10 deliver
my lecture: 80 forward tonight as
result OF your good preaching"
MY Dear ! nearly jumped out
OF my boots for joy. NY heart went
pounding with a great exultation.
ana your message fired me so I de-
liVered really great lecture ON
"A MAN WHEN UP, AND A~MAN
WHEN DOWN. IS A MAN WITH
a WITNESS" | held the crowd for
one hour and fifteen minutes in
spite OF the great heat. NV Me
you did a great thing in sending me
that message. had a strange feel
ing IN my heart yesterday after
noon that the pent up waters were
ABOUT To burst at Berea and was
so sorry ! had TO shorten the after
noon meeting TO catch that train. As
! went out Of the church. that tall
son OF kish and another man met
me out side and said, 1--WE have ac-
cepted Christ and will live for
MN and never take il back" 7
could hardly sleep on the train for
JOY and ] was praying for the night
meeting. Yes my dear, knew I'd
SUBSIDIZED and stump dug. and loo
rolled for ten days and felt sure
some great result would come Of II
president Frost told me my preach
ing was out OF the usual line for an
evangelist, and would have far
reaching results beyond all I had
thought and he hoped I'd come 10
berea again. my Mer I fell
hoped up. could not see how a
great man like him could see much
IN my slap, dash, bang sort of
preaching. Well Any way I am
more gratifled TO have the folks
love me- than TO think me a great
preacher.
Do, il it is possible for you TO find
time from your $50 letters a day,
drop me a detailed account of the
night meeting.
| am here till the night OF the
Second. | leave then for Auburn,
Neb. Address me there in care OF
Chautauqua. 7 will be there till
the Seventh.
Affectionately yours,
A. w. Lamar.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCHES
and
THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF
THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST
In AMERICA

The French Huguenot churches,
being in severe straits on account
Of the general devastation Of the
war, appealed to the American
churches for help. Their dele
gate, Pastor Russell, recently took
home a gift Of something over
$4,000. and now Rev. Chas. S. Mac
farland, General Secretly of the Fed
eral Council, reports that he has
secured nearly $4,000 more, which
will be conveyed 10 the French
churches as an expression Of the
affection Of Christians in America.
The Federal Council is endeavor-
ing 10 secure about si5O,OOO for the
help Of their brethren in France.
Such incidents as this are, at
least, CLEANS Of light in a situation
which sometimes seems hopeless.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
CHAUTAUQUA HERE

The Radcliffe Chautauqua, to the
arrival Of which the people Of Berea
have been looking forward for
some weeks, came "Wednesday and
gave their first entertainment that
afternoon. This entertainment and
the one. in the evening was unusual
ly good and the talent Of the par
Elephants was exceptional. The
Chautauqua will continue here TO-
day and tomorrow, giving two ex-
hibitions daily. Berea is TO be con-
graduated on the opportunity il
has to visit a good chautauqua.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
G0LDENs ENTERTAIN

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Golden enter
tanned a party Of friends on an all
day picnic at Robes Mountain, Tues
day, in honor Of Miss Hazel Emerson
who is visiting them. The guests
eleven in all were taken to the scene
Of the jolliflcation in automobiles
in which was stored a large guam
tity Of food. An exceedingly sump-
tuous dinner was served at the
Bungalow and, after all had taken
a siesta, the remainder OF the after
noon was spent in climbing and ex-
ploring the recesses Of the
mountain. An ample supper was
served afterwards which greatly al
leviated the hunger from mountain
climbing. After a pleasant hour
around the festive board, the party
returned TO Berea in the moonlight.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Golden, Mrs. Aaron Huff, Misses
Grace Lee Cornelius, Amy Todd,
Elizabeth Marsh and Hazel Emer-
son: and Messrs. Herbert Todd,
Adams, Albert Cornelius, and F. o.
Bowman.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
UNION MEETING

| oNtoN
Continuing the services which have
been so profitable, another union
meeting was held in the Booth Sun
day evening. Rev. A. H. Hamilton
pastor Of the NJ. +. Church, deliver
ed a powerful sermon on the sub
iect, us the young man safe" taken
from David's famous query concern
ing his erring son, Absolam. The
meeting was for the young people,
especially for those who are mem
bcrs Of our Sunday-schools and
young people societies. The speak
er presented the perils TO which our
children are subjected and asked
the parents il their children were
safe, and il not, what were they do
ing 10 make them safe. He spoke
Of the liquor traffic, the white slave
traffic and the divers temptations
OF our great cities and countryside.
Having thoroly convinced the par
ents that IL behooved them to be up
and about making safe conditions
for the children, the speaker turn
ed the question on the young peO-
pie in a very skillful manner, asking
them il il would be safe 10 turn
our civilization over to them. Are
they prepared TO promote the ideals
Of the church and hand them on to
their successors a little better
than they received them from us9
Are they safe, or in other words, can
we depend on them in the coming
crisis Of our progressive civilization
and in the test will they prove true.
His appeal was thrilling and had q
great effect.
Out of the eight hundred present
seven hundred replied TO the call
for Christians. About six hundred
testified that they were converted
before twenty years Of age, about so
between twenty and thirty, about 20
between thirty and forty, five be-
tween forty and fifty. and none
above.
The parents and Christian workers
were impressed that the richest field
for service is among the young peo-
pie. Above the age Of twenty COM
paratively few ever reach the place
where they will repent.
In answer 10 the invitation to &C
cept Jesus Christ, about twelve boys
and girls responded. In the call
for remuneration about fifty young
people went forward. The meeting
was a great one for the young peo-
pie and they will not soon forget
il. II is planned TO hold these I'M
ion meeting each Sunday evening.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
IN OUR OWN STATE
CONTINUED From Page One)

Credits Association, now in the
hands of a receiver, TO a prompt
settlement, in issuing an order
authorizing the receiver to collect
unpaid stock subscriptions and to
take such other action as he might
deem expedient TO receive any
moneys 10 which the association
is entitled. The order authorizes
Receiver n. ]. Colbert to bring suits
for the collection of all claims, but
the receiver said that he would
make formal demand in all cases
before filing suits.
Under the order il any officers of
the company are found TO be liable
for improper expenditures or losses
the receiver has authority to pros
ecute such claims.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
ENJOYED THEIR TRIP TO BEREA

Dear EdltOr:-
The Farmers Improvement Club
at Cave, Rockcastle County. OF which
I am secretary, kindly asks space in
your highly esteemed paper TO
thank Berea College for the hospi-
tally shown the representatives OF
our club at the Big Club Convention
held at Berea, July iith and 18th.
Especially. do we wish to thank Mr..
Spence for his untiring faithfulness
in watching after the welfare Of our
young club members.
Among the goodly number who
were in attendance from this place
were Joshua Boreing and w. c.
Johnson. All were extremely pleas
ed with the convention.
]. w. Riddle, Secretary.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
BRITISH DEADLOCK GERMAN
ATTACKS
Continued From Page on,

rage Onel
prisoners and took fifteen machine
guns. Three more German aeroplanes
have been shot down, according to Q
Paris statement.
French bombarding squadrons dur
ing the night carried out extensive
operations behind the German front
and Berlin admits some damage was
done to the great fortress Of Metz by
the aerial bombardment
Race Between Armies.
A race between Russians and Teu-
tons to outiank one another, the
Muscovites heading for Kovel and
Lemberg, the armies OF the central
empires trying to repeat the great
break through" battle Of last fall by
sudden. vigorous thrust eastward
from the Carpathians-that Is what
the campaign in the east has resolved
itself to since the fall of Brody, the
northeastern gate" OF the Galician
capital. Indications that the situation
was taken on this shape have accum.
ulated during the last fortnight; on
cial statement from Petrograd, Ber-
lin and Vienna remove the last doubts.
The race is in full swing. II Is
marked by bitter battles before Kovel.
In the northeastern and southeastern
corners Of Galicia and in the Car.
pathian foothills on the Pruth. Both
sides made Roadway toward their
main detectives during the past twen-
ty-four hours, the Russians toward
Kovel and Lemberg, the Teutons in
their counter offensive in the Car
pathians. The successes and reversss
as recorded by the various official
statements were:
The Russians captured further
strongly fortified Teuton positions on
the Graberka and Sereth rivers, south
Of Brody, taking 2,o13 prisoners. In
cluding thirteen officers. On the Stok-
hod. near Zarecze. they captured q
section Of German trenches without
firing q shot and took 200 men and
twelve oficers prisoners. This suo-
cess brings them slightly closer to
Kovel.
The Austro-German forces captured
the heights of Plaik and Dereskovata
on the Tchernoit- Cheremoscz, in the
Carpathians south Of the town Of vor.
okhta. Further north near Jablonica
and west of TartareR. they also took
Russian positions In the Carpathian
foothills.
The Italian war once reports that
from the Adige to the Isonzo there
were active artillery actions.
In the Tofana region the Italians
captured an Austrian position COM
handing the ways of communication
between the Travenanza and Gader
valleys. On the lower Isonzo the Ital-
ians attacked strong Austrian posi-
lions in the Monfalcone sector. Their
offensive progressed toward hills IS
and 121. Their infantry carried sew
eral lines of Austrian entertainments.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The hand that carries food TO the
mouth can also carry disease
germs?
Health first is the highest form Of
safety flrst3
tuberculosis and poverty go hand
in hand?
The United States Health Ser
vice will send booklet on flies and
disease, gratis TO all applicants?
The breast fed baby has the best
chancey
Physical fitness is preparedness
against disease9
Pneumonia is communicable
disease9
Cockroaches may carry diseasef
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
CLEAN HANDS

Disease germs lead a hand to
mouth existence. II the human race
would learn to keep the unwashed
hand away from the mouth, many
human diseases would be greatly
diminished. We handle infectious
matter more OF less constantly and
we continually carry the hands to
the mouth. II the hand has recent
~ been in contact with infectious
matter, the germs of disease may in
this way be introduced into the
body. Many persons wet their
fingers with saliva before counting
money, turning the pages of book,
or performing similar acts. In this
case the process is reversed, the in
lection being carried to the object
handled, there to await carriage to
the mouth of some careless person.
In view of these facts, the U. S!
Public Health Hervice has form
ulated the following simple rules OF
personal hygiene and recommends
their adoption by every person in
the United States.
WASH THE HANDS IMMEDIATELY
Before eating,
Before handling, preparing, or
serving food,
After using the toilet,
After attending the sick, and
After handling anything dirty.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
MUSIC AT MT. ZION

Sunday evening Mr.. Taylor, &C
companied by the Berea Quartet,
consisting Of Mrs. Burdette, Miss
Grace Cornelius and Messrs Dick
and Hackett, went out to the Mt.
Zion Church at Kingston and gave
a musical evening in connection
with the last service Of the great
revival which has been in progress
at this place for the past several
days. They report a splendid and
an excellent meeting.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
PERU AND VENEZUELA AGREE.

acknowledgements Newspaper gives
prominence to a rumor that there is
likely to be war in South America.
"A diplomatic source reports" says
the paper, that Peru and Venezuela
have secretly agreed to take vast
lands from Colombia and Ecuador"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
BAPTIZING

Sunday afternoon baptizing was
held on Silver Greek under the aus
pieces Of the Union Church. Two
young men were baptized, Messrs.
Cook and Goodrich. Rev. Howard H.
Hudson performed the rite Of bap-
tism. The occasion was very i'm
pressive and the attendance was
large.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
CUPID UNITES TWO FAMILIES,

Milwaukee, Wis.-Four Wisconsin
brothers in the past six months have
married four sisters. The latest of
the weddings was that at Waukegan,
when the last of the boys in the Blum
family married the last Of the sisters
in the Rausch family. both the Rausch
and the Blum families being of Camp
bellsport and Hartford, Wis, respec-
lively.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

C. +. meeting on Sunday night a,
9 o'clock on the porch of Union
Church. Topic: True Beauty, and
How 10 get it," Reference: Prov. 81
1884. Leader: Miss Audrey Rich
ardson.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
MotorcycIist Injured.

Galesburg. ILL.,. Aug. s.-A. 8. Hill
lard of Fl. Worth. Tex. was serious
ly injured at the Galesburg district
fair grounds when his motorcycle
threw q tire. hurting him into the
fence. Three ribs were broken and
he sustained serious internal injuries
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10

Louisville's efforts to raise by
voluntary subscription si,OOO,OOO as
a foundation fund with which TO es-
tablish new factories in that city
MS a bowling success, raising to-
~ OF 81, OOs.OOO in the nine days de-
voted TO the matter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10

Leave Waycross Sunday morning,
October %, night Jacksonville, Fla.
The tour will disband at Jackson
ville.-Courier Journal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
RECEPTION

DR.. and Mrs. Roberts are giving q
beautiful reception at their home
this afternoon in honor Of Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton, new pastor Of
the Methodist Church. All the min
listers OF the town, their wives and
the revival committee are TO be
guests.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
Teacher Learns New Dances.

Elkhart. Ind. Aug. s.-Mrs. M. L.
Hopkins. the dancing teacher engaged
to teach massed dancing Of local
youths in preparation for the csnten-
NAL pageant. left for New York to
learn some Of the latest fancy steps.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10

The use Of tobacco was prohibatsd
IN any form In Massachusetts, In the
year 1910.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-10
No Whiskey Advertisements !
No Immodest News Items
VITAL STATISTICS

Preliminary Vital Statistics Rspor:
Of Kentucky for May and June, 1915.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-08-10
Don't Ignore
Fly Menace
This Season

Many persons do not realize what a
serious menace the fly is to the health
4 this community. 1t is characteristic
If the average man to ignore this kind
# danger until 1t threatens his own
amily. "Oh, the fly may be the means
If carrying a fatal disease to some
puny person." you reason. perhaps,
but there's no danger OF his bringing
it to me-I'm in pretty good shape. |
eat three square meals day and sleep
all right"
That is a characteristic attitude OF
soldiers. Rather, 1t used TO be so.
Doubtless you remember the awful toll
Of life taken among the soldiers en-
camped at Chickamauga during the
Spanish-American war. II you do not
you can easily look'it up. Those boys
in blue died like flies" Flies caused
the death of most of those stricken
with typhoid and dysentery.
1t came about In this way. Human
excreta carries the bacteria of typhoid
fever, cholera, dysentery, summer com
plant. tuberculosis and intestinal dis
eases of other varieties. Flies feed on
human excreta, as you know il you
have kept your eyes open.
The Lesson OF 1898.
Net a great deal about the value OF
camp sanitation was known in 1898.
The American army medical corps was
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-08-10

to lose a valuable horse by tightening
on Saturday afternoon and Mr. Burdett
Ramsey suffered similar misfortune
in the loss Of two splendid sows.
Misses Stella and Lula McWhorter
and Stella Thompson and Mr. Harry
McWhorter motored to Valley View the
past week and were guests Of some
Lexington friends who are camping
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Perkins. Misses
Pattie and Elizabeth Perkins. Mr. Bry.
ant Perkins, DIR Docres Of Crab Or
chard, Mrs c. $. Ellis and DIR Carman
were guests of Mrs A. 3. Estrdge and
family on Sunday.
When you buy n range that has prov
I'll itself to be the best your money has
been well invested The MAJESTIC
DEMONSTRATORS will, during the
week commencing August II show you
why the MAJESTIC is the best, ard
why it actually saves you money.
CONN BROS.
Mr. and Mrs +. l.. Woods, Miss Sallie
Woods. Mrs II. j. Patrick, Mr. and Mrs
Rice Woods. Mrs Jane White, Mr. and
Mrs G. NJ. Treadway, Mr. Tom Logs
don, Miss Emma Estridge. Messrs
Harry Francis and S NJ. Denny were
among the number who ATTENDED the
Brrea Fair last week.