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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-22
HOWARD CENTER.

HOWARD CENTER.
Jim Shields called on Edw. Flaher-
ty Friday.
Henry Kemp called on Edw.. Fla
Eerty Friday.
Edw. Flaherty and Ray Long were
Cresco callers Saturday.
Mr.: and Mrs. S. E. Dinger spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim Lathrop.
| Mary Long spent Sunday afternoon
at the Edw. Dotzler home.
John Long called on John Reynolds
Sunday.
| Henry Windmiller and Rcynold
Pearson were Cresco callers Satur-
day.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Wilke Often spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Michel
and family.
Mrs. Ray Ritter was Cresco shop
per Saturday.
Mrs. Lloyd Lathrop is spending a
| few weeks with relatives in Mime
ia.
Ray and Charlie Long spent Monda y
with John Dyer
| EuW. DOlZIei Was d CIesCO CdlIeI
Tuesday.
Jim Shea and Ray Long spent
Tuesday afternoon with VERNE Mohr.
| Edw. Flaherty drove to Cresco Oh
Tuesday.
Lloyd Lathrop called on Sam Dinger
Monday morning.
Mrs. Edw. Flaherty called at the
Ray Long home Sunday afternoon.
ALBION.
Seasons greetings to all.
We are certainly experiencing some
old fashioned winter weather.
J. J. Johnson took a load of cattle
to Chicago the first of the week.
Theodore Gunderson spent Sunday
night at the home of his brother Otto,
of Ridgeway.
Glad to note that the patients at the
Peter DeGraveS home are ell improv-
ing at this writing.
Mrs. Ed Easier, of Harmony, Wis
tied at the J. w. Wells home Tuesday
night and Wednesday.
Will Stockman and wife are visit
irg friends in Chester at this writing.
Christmas tree and exercises at the
Albion church Saturday evening. Ev-
elybody welcome.
Otto Gunderson, of Ridgeway spent
Monday and Tuesday nights ut the
he me of his brother Theodore.
Grandma DeGraves, also John and
Emma, of Cresco, have been assist
ing in the care of the sick at the Pc
ter DeGraves home.
Church and S. S. at the ususl hour
next Sunday. Everybody welcome.
Lizzie DeGraves returned to her
hCme one day last week.
SCHLEY.
A Merry Xmas to all our readers !!
Louis Derr, wife and daughter spent
Sunday afternoon and evening at the
John Ohmacht home.
Adam Frank and wife autoed to Cres-
co, Saturday. .
DR.. Button, from Cresco, made pro-
fessional call at the Bert Reinhart
home, Monday morning. .'-
M. A. Derr and sister, Mrs. John
Ohmacht, were Xmas shoppers at Cres-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-22

VIM. Helm left Saturday for few
days. visit with his son, Willie, resid-
ing east of Cresco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Moravec moved to
their new home at Cresco, Saturday.
Mrs. L. H. Derr and Mrs. John NAL
elk were Cresco shoppers, Saturday,
the latter having some dental work
done.
Fred Decker, who has been on the
sick list for the last two weeks, is get
ting along nicely. ~
Mrs. A. G. White left Monday for
Illinois to spend the Holidays.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-22
LIME SPRINGS.

Nels Kerr and brother F. C. Kerr, of
! Canada, visited relatives at Madison,
Wis, the past week returned home
Sunday.
Edna Omoth and Agnes Anderson,
who attend St. Olaf College at North
field, came Thursday to spend the Xmas
vacation at home.
Mrs, Henry Hewitt, who has been
visiting relatives at Austin and Browns
dale, Mimi, returned home Tuesday.
Harry Lucas came Friday from
Ottumwa, Ia., for few days visit at
the w. r. and R. Wells homes.
Mrs. Lloyd Horton and Bernice left
Thursday for few days. visit with her
sister, Beryl Burns, at Mortified.
Frank Burns went up Friday, return
ing home Monday. 49,
Geo. Price came Saturday from
Pioneer, Ia, for short visit at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. w. r.
Wells.
A number of the high school girls en-
tertained with mock wedding at the
Fred Elwood home Friday evening in
honor of Helen Book, one of the high
school teachers, who is to become a
bride soon after Xmas. A very pleas
ant evening was spent and Miss Book
was presented with a beautiful cut
glass berry dish.
Win Sanborn, of Fargo, N. D., was
in town for short time Saturday.
Mrs. C. A. Armsbury, of Mason City,
visited her sister, Mrs. E. B, Carlson
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mir. and Mrs. VIII Roberts left Tues
day for Austin and Brownsville, MIMI,
for short visit with relatives.
Mrs. Hicks, of Mason City, visited
her sister, Mrs. E. B.. Carlson, Friday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-22

will both close for vacation Friday.
The public school will start week
from next Wednesday. They will
make up some of the time lost a while
ago.
Bert Dunton has been having hard
time with his hand that he cut on
the glass Of his door.
A disgracefnl drunken hrawl took
place at the Eggenschweiler home
ing up by Eggenschweiler shooting a
tack of tonsilit's last week but is all
him in the hand and the other lodged
beneath a rib. Meyer was taken to
Rochester, and there is hopes OF his
recovery. Sheriff Ferrie of Cresco
cone after Eegenschweiler and he is
in jail
Mrs. Jerry Conway had the misfort-
une to fall and bruise her face quite
badly.
Dan Conway and wife will leave
Friday night for Denver, Colo. to
spend Christmas with their children
Coletta, Nellie and Gerald. From
there they will go to Oklahoma and
spend New Years with the John Ken
nedy family.
Peter Haaf, Of Webster, Wis, is
visiting at the home of his father, Pc
ter, Haaf, Sr. S..
Elizabeth Haaf came Wednesday
from Cedar Falls, to spend her two
weeks vacation. . :! ! !:
John Ebert has purchased a new
Ford.
Mrs. Guy Shafer is packing up and
intends to join Mr.. Shafer at Sibley,
where he has position which he took
some time ago.
LOURDES.
One and all Merry Christmas and
may Santa be just Us generous as OF
yore.
Leonard Friedhoff called on friends
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Thanert were
shoppers in Alta Vista Thursday.
J. P. Birmingham's entertained
company Sunday evening.
Mrs. Glen Montague called at the
Frank Valvoda home Saturday.
Mrs. Albert Kidding and Claribel
Buckley were pleasantly entertained
by Mrs. John Hauser Monday after
noon.
John Conley assisted Coley Conley
with butchering Wednesday.
Raymon Louverin w:.s pleasant
caller at the VIM. Sheridan home.
John Marshek was an Elma bust
mes caller.
Those that attended the funeral of
Joe Mlady fir N this vicinity were
James .Valvoda and son James anil
Ralph and Claribel Buckley.
Warren Beaston sawed wood for
J. P. Birmingham Wednesday,.
Philip Sheridan called On Ralph
Buckley Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Koshatka were Elma
shoppers Tuesday.
ley Tuesday.
Albert Kidding called on Merle Nc
Daniel Tuesday.
Lloyd Beaumaster was in Elma on
business Tuesday.
Philip Sheridan and sister Allen
were New Hampton shoppers Tues
day.
Ralph and Claribel Buckley attend
ed the Basket social near Davis Corn
ers Friday.
PROTIVIN
A Merry Christmas and Prosperous
New Year to all.
Mrs. Chas. Tuchek, F. w. Jirak and
Frank S. Andera autoed to Cresco on
|
Paul Landa returned from Duncan
DR.. ]. M. Smittle was over from
Waucoma Monday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-12-22
KENDALLVILLE.

Clifford Eddy anu family and Mrs. G.
w. Daskam visited at the Dan MCGEE
home, Sunday.
Mrs. Elmo Stephenson entertained
the Larkin Club, Friday.
Dave Easier and wife were Cresco
shoppers, last Saturday.
John Clink went to Chicago, the first
of the week, with q car load Of hogs. 40
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Parsons
at Normal Tonight

Miss Editha Parsons, who will give
readings at the auditorium OF the Nor:
mai school this evening, Is well
known to people OF culture through
out West Virginia. AT, n time she
virginia Wesleyan college. Rev. II. D.
Clark, OF Warrington, the first grad
uate OF the local Normal school, knew
her while she was at Buckhannon, and
when lie learned that she was sched-
uledB to give an entertainment ~ FAR
in which he said among other things
IN praise OF Miss Parsons: GAS q pub:
lie speaker she is all that one could
ask, without affectation and a model
0fsintellfgence in her interpretations"
The program which Miss Parsons
wii1f render tonight will give her ample
Opportunity to display the wide range
other talent and it is certain to please
her auditors.
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DON'T BE BILIOUS, CoNsTIPATED,
SICK, WITH BREATH BAD AND
STOMACH SOUR.

Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and
enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Wake up with your head clear, stom-
ach sweet. breath right and feeling
fine. Get rid Of sick headache, bilious
ness. constipation. furred tongue, sour
stomach, bad colds. Clear your skin.
brighten your eyes, quicken your step
and feel like doing a full days work.
Cascarets r better than salts, pills
or calomel because they don't shock
the liver or grippe the bowels or cause
Inconvenience all the next day.
Mothers should give cross, sick, bill.
ious, feverish children a whole Cascar-
ct anytime as they can not injure the
thirty feet of tender bowels.
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Well, to begin with, ELLEN Just mind
ed her business. and the boss seemed
to want to make an impression on her.
It's often that way with big mel like
him-they are as anxious to make a
good impression on their telephone OPP.
orators and office boys as on a possible
client.
But about two days later the new
ness wore off and he started out on one
Of his regular rampages. We arc all
SO used to them that aside from feel.
sLg nervous and not being able to get
much work done while they last, we
don't really mind them. But Ellen
was different. The boss called for
three numbers all at once and then
started to lMwl at her because she
didn't get them all at once. She didn't
even get tiustered, although I did no
tIce that she got a little more color
In her cheeks.
Sometimes new girls got SO ratified
with Plum that they would cry. And
i knew Ellen was young and hadn't
worked long, so | keep my eye on her.
why in blaze don't you get me that
number?' yelled the boss through the
door. without letting her know which
Of the three numbers he wanted first.
Well, Ellen got right up and left the
switchboard and walked to the boss's
room and went in. She seemed as
cool as a cucumber and I must say she
looked pretty. Mad as he was, the
boss must have noticed It,
Pardon me. Mr.. Plum she said as
coolIy as a society queen. ut is quite
impossible to get three numbers at
once. and we are only wasting time to
show such Impotence. Now II YOU
will please tell me which OF the num-
bers you wish first | will get it as soon
as possible" -= n
Well, no one had ever spoken to the
boss that way before. l think gasped
out. loud. / was so surprised I thought
at first he would cat her for 1t or send
for the patrol wagon for her he was
so mad, and the mad expression
seemed to fade away and he looked
Just natural. He told her which mum
Der he wanted and everything went as
smoothly as you please for the rest
OF the day.
Ellen had charge of the office hoys
that was part Of her job-and not
long after that the boss went off on
another TRADE. One of his Clients had
refused to renew his contract and so
he was taking 1t out on us. I had new
er thought before that it was unfair.
Well, that day he had it in for the
Office boys and they were SO scared
that they couldn't even answer a qtes-
ton without stammering. I know how
It was for it wasn't so many years ago
that I was in their shoes. Ellen stood
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Ellen Who Dared.
BY MARY PRIME.
'tCopyright, 1916. by the Mcclure

Newspaper Synu1cate.t
""sce here, Tom" Mr., Plum said to
me as i was going out 10 the outer Of,
fices. "no more wax dolls on ms
%awitchboard. we want some one
built for hard work this time:
Imight have reminded him that the
waxgdolli he referred to, that simperihg
Miss Rose We had before. who kept q
mirror fastened on die swttchboard'
was his choice, not mine.
NH may not be any mind reader, put
Il could somehow tell that even II FL
len Dowd was only u mite OF a girl \
Eiust naturally knew that she o II
i'm her, although OF course dldnt
Sdream3that she had quite such Q nerve.
AfterI had told her the hours ana
the wage and put her wise as mucn as
I5could without saying anything tnat
III oushtn't to about the boss, u salu
she would take the JOB.
"Mr. Plum is a very busy man" Is
;Sthe way L put it. Hes more than
quick sometimes, and OF course 1t IS
I'm to tho people who work for him 10
make allowances. You see what /
mean?
Ellen opened htr blue eyes wild n
looked at mo without smiling.
R"I imagined hs was that ! OF
man when / heard his name. Perkins
SPlum-could he be anything e4se!"
r didn't think at the time that It was
~ very fitting answer. but there was
Ssomething about the honest way n
$1eyeled those eyes at me that made
me- feel that she could handle almost
any situation. So told her 10 come
around the next morning ana the 1oo
Tynu1d bs hers, Plum had caugnt a
r1impse Of her going out OF the door.
FL vas not in one of his best moods,
1ntItam6used to that, AS private sec
retary. l had always thought It was
mart Of my Job to take his moods as
they came complacently.,
Pm blockhead, YOU double DOCK
Ebeadn was what he called me. DIDN'T
ISfeli YOU to get a girl that wasn't a
waxldoll? She is only as big as a pint
SofTbeans, Why don't you go to the day
nursery and get a babe in 70
manage my switchboard?
Ibesan to sharpen a pencil ready Tor
HIS dictation, That made It easier not
%fn(answera back, for, of course, II ISM
IN to say anything when no IS
ia a mood like that.
ssSssS;W. Il suppose. you have hired neF.
<San't / trust any one IN tnls olt!cet
You, would think you would want 10
save me and sometimes attend TO THESE
details for me. But no. Just a
the girl is pretty. or petite. or htrta,
efious, you forget all that I told you n
tell herto come and take the JOB: HOW
sdoSyou ever expectt TO get ahead In the
business il you can't ever hire a tele'
phone girl with horse sense?"
~. EHg- Hn L.
s4RouEh I must say ! was sore enough
ft8haYing him mention my chance OF
advancement that way. for only two
DAYS before j had got my courage up
Stofthe point OF asking him fora chance
Ola better job. Still. I didn't say any:
thing. ! had an idea that when the
Ethingslhe wouldn't call her a wax doll:
IIsnewEjuststoi look at her that shol had
n IN her butt never guessed what q
nerYe{Bhelh had.
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PERSONALS

HEHNlr It.EE MaWhrE aaNNr ElHlgTN EEIM HW. .MNg| Gh5m9At. .'
Mrs. P. N. Hoge and daughter, Har.
riett. left last evening for Cameron,
to spend Easter with the formers par
.ents. \ @
Mrs. Bert Hlte OF Morgantown, was
the guest yesterday of Miss Blanche
.Corbin, at her home on Monroe street.
Mrs. Ross Kinter spent the day with
relatives, in Clarksburg.
Miss Elizabeth Stone left this morn.
ing for Covington, Va. where she VIII
spend several weeks with her sisters,
Mrs. TIM. Gathright and Mrs. w. E.,
Waddell.
The Misses Virginia and Mary
Riggs and Miss Gertrude Thrall vent
to Moundsville last evening to spend
the Easter vacation with relatives.
Miss Wilma. Boydson went to Anna.
belle this morning to spend the
Easter vacation with her sister Mrs.
Charming Moore.
Miss Viola Wolf left yesterday for
Wheeling to spend Easter with rela'
.tives.
Miss Mary Deveny left last night for
Washington, D. c., where she is the
guest OF her brother, Brooks Deyeny.
a senior at Georgetown university.
Mrs. George Watson and son. Syl-
vanus. left last night for Atlantic City,
to join Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Watson, for
Easter Sunday. !,
j. Webb Davis. OF Grafton, and
daughter, Mrs. Wayne Coomhs, of Nor
gantown, and Willis hickey. Of Key.
sey. passed through the city last night
en- route to Grafton from M~organtown,
where they had accompanied the body
Of Mrs. Davis on Tuesday, whose death
occurred on Sunday. Mr.. Davis Will
close his home in Grafton.
Eber Morgan. a prominent farmer
OF near Pennington, was a business
visitor in the city yesterday.
Miss Nell Peppers went to her home
at Parkersburg yesterday to spend the
Easter vacation with her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. J.. W. Peppers.
Mrs. 3. H. Moffatt. of near Manning
ton, andHMiss Rebecca Johnson, of Rog.
ers. Ark, are the guests of Miss sGeor-
gle Torrey on Locust avenue. Miss
johnson formerly resided here and is
now EN- route to Morgantown where
she will locate.
Judge W. S. Raymond, who recently
underwent an operation at Cook hospt-
tai, was out yesterday and paid a visit
to his mother. Mrs. Maria Raymond,
on Quincy street.
Mrs. Virginia Bonnifield. who had
spent several months at Function,
has arrived here on an extended visit
to her sister, Mrs. D. S. Helmick.
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Handkerchief

very important at Easter time is tho little
Handkerchief counter on the First Floor. Most
every woman wants pretty Easter handkerchiefs
for himself or to give to some friend as a remem-
brance. The ~prettiest things are now on show.
some with fancy embroidered corners, others
with eolored tiny borders SO much in fashion.
Prices run from 1oc to csc. First Floor.
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A EULL

OF Nice Flames, Player PIanoa and
Vlctrolas to Select From, a
We r offering some rare bargains
in Pianos this week in order to make
room for new stock ordered.
We buy in large quantities and pay.
SPOT CASH. thereby saving the pur.
chaser the discount. We have a.. few
slightly used pianos and organs that
we must unload in order to get the
room. Now is your chance to get a
high grade plano at very low figure.
Easy payments. No interest.
1t will pay you to- investigate. Come
In and select your Easter. Records,
Courteous treatment extended to all.
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LOCAL SOCIAL EVENTS
For Miss Hodges.

Honoring Miss Virginia Hodges. OF
Wheeling. the guest Of Miss Eleanor
Fox, the Misses Mona and Nina Simon
entertained a few friends Informally
last evening at their home on Maple
avenue. Miss Hodges leaves tomorrow
for her home.
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roland Stoneburner, OF CoIumbus,
o., and Miss Mary Helen Neili, OF
Homestead. Pa. we're united In mar
rage yesterday in this city. Rev.
clarence Mitchell, Of the Central
Christian church officiating.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-21
Ready With Easter Shoes for
the Whole Family

Ready with the greatest assortment Of
Spring footwear we have ever assembled, q
stock particularly well supplied with the nov
elites SO much in demand.
WoMEN's SHOES in tan. .tvory: bronze. grey, white and
black up to 8 inches in height, $3.50 to $500.
MEMS SHOES and oxfords In newest Spring lasts. narrow
and. broad toed styles, tan and dull black calfskin, $500 to So.
cHILoRENs SHOES. designed for the comfort OF growing
feet. come in tan. black and white and color combinations.
All are made for solid comfort and solid service. $3.50 to $3.50
First Floor. ...
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Striped Silk Stockings t,
ANY Woman's Taste

At $1.oo alone there arc many different stripes
not plain boot style. either, but stripes clear down
to the foot, as they should be for low shoes.
And u good variety Of other novelties in the
way OF clocks, dots and SO on.
Plenty too, OF the shades SO much in demand and
so hard to find elsewhere-ivory navy, cham
payne, grays, peach and blues OF various kinds.
other SILK Hosiery from soc to $3.50.
M First Floor. "
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Easter Bazaar.

The young peoples missionary So
sciety OF the First N. E. church. South.
will have an Easter bazaar and e&'
Change on Saturday. at the u. L. Way
ers store on Fatrmont avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-21
Anrn Ear Nacatlon.

Tie Misses Mary and Angela Hart,
lRtudents at st. Joseph's academy,
Greensburg, Pa, arc spending the
Easteryacation with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hart, on Fatrmont W
niue. 9aaME
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Cards Received.

Cards announcing the marriage OF
Frank q. Hutchinson and Miss Bon
san Wood, at Logan, ". Va, we're
received in the city last evening. read:
ltng as follows: Mr.. John Campbell
Wood, announces the marriage OF his
daughter Bonsall. to Mr.. Frank Ehlen
Hutchinson, on Wednesday, April
nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six.
teen, Logan, West Virginia. II
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-21
ToEntertaln Club.

Miss BeuIah Garner will entertain
StheFBeau.Not club tonight at her home
a Vermont avenue Miss Garner has
sas4her house guests for the weekend,
the Misses Nellie Reese and Ora
Ietherman of CIarksburg. and MISS
Pearl Gray, of Morgantown.
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Entertained i. 4.

Mrs. H. L.. Murphy entertained the
sT!A.fS S. circle last evening at her home
.onEEast Park avenue. The members
were delightfully."- entertained AZ
.needlework and a lunch was served.
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The Boy--Y Your Boy
and His Easter
Clothes

It is as hard for a boy to get
along without good clothes as It is
for a man, and that is hard enough.
There is as much need for quality
in one as there is in the other,
Fine quality is the mark OF every
Hartley Boys Suit.
The Easter assortments have
been kept up by constant nov ar
rivals and the choice is as fine as
it is plentiful in Norfolk suits at
$3.50 to $3.50, for 6 to IS year old
boys. First Floor.
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Easter Millinery Show
I'M the LoYeIiest Things to See in
All the Town

There are great picture hats
beautifully featie rtrimmed, and
saucy little tailored hats that will
Just finish ones Spring costume.
plenty Of Sports Hats in simple
shapes and gay coIors and the
much sought for close fitting hisn
hats of shiny straws with lovely
trimmings of flowers, ribbons or
feathers.
It is a season Of much variety,
Of every hewitchins chapeaux and,
very important, hats that are not
difficult to wear. A wonderful! COL
lection Is now ready at $3.50, $3.50,
$500, $3.50 and $1,000.
Second Floor.
FOR CHILDREN we have a full
assortment Of Springs best offer
ing. New and inexpensive little
straws In new spring eolors and
laces and silk hats In a large varie-
~. Prices run from $t.oo to $500.
Second Floor.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-21
LETTER TELLING OF WAR
CONDITIONS RECEIVED HERE

Rev. r. H. Meyers of Rosser street
is in receipt of an interesting letter
received from a friend in w. Ontario,
which describes some interesting
features of the European war. Fol
lowing is an extract from the com
municatiOn:
THE year has been an eventful one
to many of us, containing as it has
many days of anxiety and suspense.
Since D. came home, for us the
strain has been relieved, but the ter
rible carnage goes ON. We have so
much to be thankful for in DIS case.
If we had planned it all ourselves, it
could not have been more as we
would have had it. He was through
all phases of the war, days and nights
in the trenches, exposed to their
deadly gases, and finally was wound
ed in the battle of Langmarck on the
23rd of April. His left arm was
crushed, broken at the elbow. AS he
lay on the field trying to get his
bearings, a bullet grazed his fore
head making a trench across it. He
had not then discovered that his arm
was smashed, but the other wound
bled so that he imagined that he was
done for. However, that wound was
only superficial and soon healed-but
it was a very close call. He was soon
in the field hospital, where he got
temporary help and was as quickly as