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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Representative Connolly, of Kansas, ap-
parently thinks that there is no need OF
navy, because if the country were attacked
the people could take refuge in a hole and
pull the hole in after them
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Honor thu father and thu mother" stands
torftten among the three latcs OF the most
reuered eouSneSs-Acschylus
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
A Market Street Monument

Editor of "TVhdt Do You KnOio"-Can you !ea
me what the monument at the corner OF MaIEes
and 23d streets is in commemoration orY ins
inscriptions with which it is covered are lllespse
/ should like to know the date OF its erection
and it's object. Numerous well-informed phls
delphians whom have asked could not eI-5 ieIl mo
Philadelphia, February IT.
Perhaps some reader can answer this qu'S
tlon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Councils has authorized the Mayor to let
contracts for the Convention Hall. This was
the one thing about which the Mayor as
'anuidate was most emphatic So pledge
pu.noer one is in fair way to be made good
TOngratulati
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

am not in the field for new pitching
talent-Connie Mack.
He usually gets it out of the bushes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

II there is a million dollars lying loose
around town. Doctor Conwen should surely
get it for his university.
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Order of Orioles

Editor of "Whdt Do You R1lOU"-I have met
a man who says that he is a member OF the
Order of Orioles. Is there any such society,"
MICHAEL
Will some reader assist michael to the in.
formation he seeks?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

1t is safer to make money by earning It
than by counterfeiting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Lord Kitchener says that there is no way
to prevent German air raids. The more
America sees of the war the more gratitude
most of us have that there is an Atlantic
Ocean.
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"safety First on the Border

The American Society was headed by
o'Mahoney at first but afterwards by James
Stephens. who escaped TO this country when
the British Government suddenly suspended
the habeas corpus act in an effort 10 round
up the leaders OF the brotherhood The or
ganization here consisted OF the head centre.
or general manager, who commissioned State
centres, who in their turn commissioned dis
triet centres by whom local societies. called
CYCLES. were organized. The members many
of them. saw service in the Civil war. and ths.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
Mendoza the Jew

Editor of "Whdt DO You KHoto"-Wihno, no, s''
Mendoza the Jew? OLi ~ - "a IN
champion prize fighter who hourishss ~
England in the last part OF the 18th s eenasi5 -
In 1891 he opened the Lyceum IN the Oh
teach the noble art Of boxing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

THAT flag of the pennsylvania Lumber
L mans Association" is still waving. w. C.
p, of Bristol, takes up a cudgel in defense Of
the man" in it, He says:
Though not a "Iumhcrman" at It's birth,
You can take this idea what It's worth:
In generic the OF man
Is entirely prOpel-leny who can.
Su0Ridr plural. lddV or gent,
Twill take them al in tcith further comment.
From what we know av lumbermin
Wan lumberman could take us in,
AS ye have said; an so, begob
The lasht words yours. That ends the job!
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DiYiding States

In response TO the inquiry OF l" ioas 70 -
wants to know II efforts nave 49, 49, h may %
ssid mat Alabama attempted az enJ q dlrssJ
b,,v tSat part of west Florida when y ~ s.
sonth of Alabama. The opleet va, ne fasa
norf of Pensacola, which IS one o. isa -
sssa.,yst ter barbors Oh the Gulf tns Sea
xlth approval ln west Florida pn
Is s whole refused b acqaiqs1e.
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Some More About 'NOthing to Do

Editor Of "What Do YoN hhoW ~ Ising
Nothing to Do" was written by ben l.drs aeo
He was a crony OF the late Eugene FIsr1 a.sr,N
the late Stanley Waterloo r. " ~
Philadelphia, February To- .a,s.
George e. Schilling also answers NVlgSslan Vnfseslsan
question. He says Ben King was noenl.
poet "A Reader In DanbOro SENDS 'h' -
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WHEN CANADA
WAS INVADED
Rumors of Raids Across the Line
Suggest Neglected Chapter of
History - American Home
Guards

THE alarm over the Threatened" invasion
i of Canada by n force of German-Ameri-
cans seems to have subsided-over here. on
this side of the border the rumored attack
has hardly been taken seriously, but in the
Dominion there has been unmstakable eX-
citement in certain governmental quarters,
and In towns the line the inhabitants
have been stirred up over reports. The very
vagueness Of the reports that have circu-
lated among the people of Canadian border
towns has added to their apprehensiveness.
In official circles it has been thought wise to
announce that elaborate steps have been
taken by the Dominion Government to guard
the frontier
Some of the newspapers of Montreal,
Ottawa and Toronto however, refuse to be
comforted by official assurances of prepared
ness and OF the small likelihood of an in
vason. ut is nonsense for people to pooh
pooh such an idea" declares one of them,
land say that no invasion in force would ever
be attempted" They recall the Fenian raids
of the late sixties and early seventies and
ask If German raids are to be considered out
of the question in the face OF such a lesson.
They continue: "The papers found on Won
Papen, the military attaChe to the German
Embassy at Washington, and the disclosures
at the trial of the German Consul Bopp,
prove beyond all possibility of doubt that
the Germans are Matching plots against
Canada. 1t is known that there are several
millions of German reservists in the United
States; some have placed the number at as
high as twelve millions. 1t would be quite
in line with the German idea to use neutral
territory for the mobilization of a force that
might raid some of the Canadian border
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Tn pome Of hers the other day Little Polly
i spoke of Bridget, the cook" and now
here comes u. j. N. with a mild protest. lie
doesn't like the implication that Bridget is
never anything else. Polly didn't mean that
at all and we're sure she'll agree with us
that Bridget is often very delightful little
patrican. For instance
# should sing OF MARY"
Don't think that that's her name.
M colleen bd,Uns contrary
And doesn't care for tame.
she scs 't,could make her ddgct
TO see her name IN print,
SO I cant sing of-lTurthcrl
ncdriy geo hini
She likes to match me tcritin
A sonnet TO her eyeS,
IN pocthry rccitim
The lore that in nc lies,
But holds one roSy digit,
RcSthrdinin' Of me pen,
For fear IN mintion--MuShdi
almost 1Crote it then.
SO tchin the names Of Nora,
An Ncli an Kate, bctimcs,
or Mary, Rose or Dora
Arc mintioned in me rhymes,
They mean that modest midget,
That charntiR little ELF,
Whose name fS--Oi III IdUe ne
To guess her name ycrSeB
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1--WE are not afraid of these, but we hope
that If such a thing should happen the
Ottawa authorities will not be taken by sur
prise. We presume that the military au-
thorities are fully alive to this, and are see-
ing to it that we not only have the men, but
the rifles, machine guns, artillery and ammu-
milton in instant readiness for annihilatinG
any German American force that would have
the hardhood to attempt such raid"
All this seems unnecessary alarm, but 1t
represents fairly enough the feeling Of a
great many people in the great Dominion to
the north of us. on this side of the border
we pooh-pooh the idea of an attack, and it
may be taken for granted that the American
as well as the Canadian authorities are using
every means to Illustrate any movement of
raiders across the line. The situation. ap-
parently, is more interesting than serious.
The neutral observer as we'll as the Cana
dian himself, recalls the invasion by the
Fenans, which projected itself into an in
ternational situation already somewhat
strained, but fell fiat after few ill-organlzed
and unsuccessful raids. There was great
excitement in the border towns, both in
Canada and the United States, however,
rising and subsiding with raids and rumors
of raids through period OF several years.
The Fenian Society was a political associa-
ton Of Irish and Irlsh-Amerieans, the object
of which was the overthrow of English au-
thority in Ireland and the establishment of a
republic there. The plans for both the Irish
and American organizations were drawn in
Paris in 1s4s by a band of revolutionary
exiles. The society, as a whole, bore the
name of the Irish Revolutionary Brother
hood-"I. r. b." for Shorthand the name
Fenian applied at first only to the American
organization though the title was afterward
popularity applied to the European groups.
The American organizer, John OMahOney
was a student of old Irish lore, and gave
the name Fenian TO the society. He derived
it from Fionna Eirinn, an ancient military
organization which existed in ireland, taking
its name from Finn, the celebrated hero OF
Irish legend.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Editor of "What Do you hho2 - Il should
income of 1920. About how much o. oNISltoIjs
/ spend for life insurance? ,,,5nsn q tenla
If you are married and nave ehiu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

DR.. George NJ. Dorrance has been travelling
again. one day in n dining car he happened
TO have for his vis-a-vis n fat man who felt
1t necessary to say: "T believe every man
ought to eat good and plenty always. 1t never
pays to work on an empty stomach"
II disagree with YOU" said G. NJ. D. "I know
a man who has found that 1t often pays fairly
we'll"
That so? What line o. work is he in?"
Hes surgeon"
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Never

Editor of "TYhat DO You hno01L"Ss
ever President OF the uhi'en PATRIor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
Tom Daly's Column
ERZE-RuM

ERZE-RUM
And so the slau has captured iU
We knetU II had to come.
with Uodtd bdnishcd from his kit
He tought for Erze-rNn
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Insurance

Never. He just missed II
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28
BIG FORK BITS.

Q. A. Cox went to Mena on business Saturday.
 The Cox & Beck mill is back in run hing order again
 Mir and Mrs F. A. Heath visited at Dad Fritts' Sunday
 Mr; and Mrs John Miller went to Heath Valley Sunday
 William COughran of Mill Creek was Tn Big Fork last Thursday.
 Born to MT and Mrs. John DilbeclS. last Thursday a fine baby boy.
 Mrs Myrtle Roberson and Miss Inez Fowler visited near Opal Sunday. Mrs. Bill Head, who has blood pois- onlng in her foot, Is much better
 George Beck of Alder worked at the molasses mill at Big Fork Saturday Misses Pearl and Katie Bates visit ed Sunday at the home of H. l.. Cox of lSlatington.
 The Rev James Lilies of Dry Creek, hlled his regular appointment at the Caddo Sunday
 cordy Cox and Miss Nellie Abernathy and Mrs. C. " Hamricx went to Lower Big Fork Sunday.
 MT; and Mrs George Lies who had been at Caney for the past week has. come back home.
 Mrs Will Parker of Board Camp is visiting her daughter Mrs Ora Heath of Big Fork this week
 :, Daniel Heath and Bill Jones of Heath Valley were trading at Big Fork one day last week Hugh Cox, who has been making slaves in Big Fork returned to his home at Sulphur Saturday Prof R L. Thompson and wife and son. Fay, visited at the | J Strickland home at Slatington. Sunday. M E. Fried, Boss Dilbeck. John Rob- erts and others went to Oklahoma last week to look for some land MT and Mrs $ J- Heath and son U. s. of Heath Valley visited sunday night and Monday at the home of
 Mrs. H. M. Cox and son. H. L.. and | Miss Damey Cox. of the Caddo were called to the bedside of Miss True Pet 1 tit of Black Springs. Misses Osie and Ivie Bates of Biz Fork and l5amey Cox of Slatington visited one day last week at the home l of Warren Standridge of Opal. MT and Mrs. James Taylor and ehil. dren. Columbus Lilies and family, wis. iteo with Mrs Taylor's and Mrs Lilies brother. Ezra Bates of Canev Sunday. l PaBafS HeInar
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28
ACORN.


 B l. Carmack marketed Irish pota- toes in Mena on Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. $. l. Wood and children ei Mena, were sunday guests of MT and Mrs Sam Whisenhunt.
 Gene Anderson and son, Homer, went on sunday last, to Waldron, where they will be employed for some time
 Mr. and Mrs l. D. Tucker and chil- dren spent Sunday afternoon with the Garland family at Water Valley farm
 Mrs. Bessie Gatlin, who has been vis- iting here with numerous relatives and friends, will return early this week to her home in Oklahoma
 Mi and Mrs, Ross and daughter, will return on Tuesday of this week to their home at Romance Ark. after a visit with J. S Htnsou and family
 Mrs Gurley Hale had as guests last sunday. Grandma Evans and Mrs J e. Garland. probably two of the old est 9randmas in our neighborhood- Chapel next sunday forenoon. immedi- aielY after sunday school He will also preach there on Saturday night
 Mr. and Mrs, Peter sMcWilliam and daughters, Aileen and Ethel took an auto trip cn Saturday. to Mena, Rocky anu Potter looking after business mat week with his daughter, Mrs. Gurley halei and on saturday with Homer and Ramon Hale, went squirrel hunting. They report a good time but bagged
 Burt Lazalier who has been em- pioyed in the oil fields of Oklahoma Tor some time is visiting his family here He says the weather has been eNce,ediugly dry where he has been
 Mrs Sarah Reed came in sunday. From Gentry, Ark. where she had been for some time a the home of her visit here with her sons. w E. Isaac and Perry Reed
 Mir and Mrs. Manuel Black and three children came up from DeQueen on saturday last and are now at the home of Mir and Mrs Melvin Gillaspy Mir Black had recently sustained severe in- Jurles while at work in a sawmfl hay ing an ankle severely strained and
 The lecture by A. W. Rice. State Veterinarian, at the school house last saturday night was we'll attended and the tick was severely swatted. A dip- be built on the NJ. W. Roger farm Ss1e0 was contributed for this pur- pose and other donations will be so-
 Mir and Mrs B s Petefsh are keep Ing tally on the loads of cotton com ing m thru Acorn from Scott county ID 10 ?, m on Monday of this week sa loaes had passed from Scott coun- ", and ,. S Tucker on the RaElaud farm had marketed loads making d total Of S1 loads, which is far above the amount taken in previous years he Acorn school win close for the summer term an Thursday of this week. with a program of songs. a drill and short play. The Old Maid's Con yenuou will be given at o'clock, Thursday .s evening at the school house There will be no school on Friday on account Of the Educational rally. Let every one attend the entertainment at the school house, Thursday evening at
 Tsva oar-
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28

and market while the prices are g9ou.,
 Wayne and Jessie Beck and Hukh Cox. who are working at Big fork, were visiting home folks saturoas anu
 Mir and Mrs. John Riser and chil,, dren of Min No. 9 visited with Mr ana Mrs Riser last week and also are nav ing their cane made up. ,,.
 Rev George Nandiver from folh Creek passed thru here saturday 9u his way to Little Hope, where ne preached Saturday and sunday;
 Misses Sytha and Mattie Dooley ana Miss Adlev Suggs spent Saturday night with Mir and Mrs. Chas. OttOu' | beyond the Bear Den mountain. Misses Rosa and Frances Riser. ana 1 Miss Fora Edwards, Carl Coulter ahe | Clip Edwards visited with friends at 1 Providence Saturday night and SunQ,t There is good crop Of acofns thls 1 fall and the hog owners are casting broad smiles Farmers will have corn | to sell and have meat for the home and market.
 MT and Mrs Charley Ottou are pre- pairing to go to Polk county soon, to l take charge of the Jim Ramsey farm, while MT. Ramsey is away having gone to oklahoma to pick cotton l Mir and Mrs O. c. White went GO
 Mena Tuesday after supplies. as they are going to run a boarding house for | the Manning mill, located on the Red 1 J. M Beck has made Omethsfi2 like | 4s0 gallons of molasses for che netgh- | bors and has some more to make. Be- | sides the Beck mill there are two 5th-
 CTS making. This speaks well for our country
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28
INK ITEMS

<, E. Head was Mena visitor Iues- day
 john Chambers of Mena was in this vicinity Tuesday
 instead of lumber
 Mir and Mrs. John Corley and baby were Mena visitors Tuesday.
 John Cearley and family moved fl om near Yoeana Co Ink last week.
 MT and Mrs Y L. R0sson spent sun day with their son J. o. Rosson and
 Leslie Wood and wife and son, of Mena, spent Sunday with relatives near N0cana
 night and Saturday at the II. l.. Ros- son fome here
 Ivan Rowe drove down from Mena sunday after his grandparents, MT. and Mrs Jas. Wood
 Willard Wyatt left Tuesday for Me Alester and other oklahoma points, to look for a location.
 Misses Bessie and Ouida Blackwell of Yocana attended the Literary at Concord Saturday night
 Ira Jones came down Saturday to join his wife who was visiting her par ents Mir, and Mrs. G. L. Harris
 Charles Hall of Mena was here Sun day evening He will begin to build dwelling house for W Howard. next
 Luther Roson of Pine Grove, visited at the J. O Rosson home Saturday evening and attended the Literary al Concord Saturday night
 We wish to correct an error in lasi weeks Items Where it was stated that John Lott was moving from Mt Ida, it should have been Ida. Ok
 w W Townsend and son, of Mena spent Sunday at the home of MT Iownsend's mother. Mrs Eiizab beth Townsend. who accompanied him hom' Sunday evening
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28
NUNLEY NOTES.

J l.. Lawson made a business trip to Mena saturday
 MT and Mrs Sedford Heath of Heath Valley was iu this vicinity Sunday Floyd Peninger returned Thursday from Kansas, where he has been for some time.
 Marvin Hilton returned from Ho- ratio Saturday He has been gone for some time
 Mrs wtll Parker spent last week al the home of her daughter Mrs. Ara Heath of Big Fork
 Mir, and Mrs. Wade Parker of Nunley. spent the latter part of last week at Heath Valley and Big Fork
 Mir and Mrs Steve Heath and little son. Uric. visited at the Will Parker home Wednesday night and Thurs Mrs Brooke Heath, who has been threshing near Ink for the past three months, spent a few days at home last week
 Misses Edna and Cordie Parker re- turned from Hillard Thursday where they have been visiting for the last two weeks
 Misses Fannie and Retta Hilton of Cherry Hill spent last week at the home of their brother NJ Hilton, of this place
 Baby Doll
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28

win move to their son. Jewels this week. pr. Campbell and pr and Mrs. Campbell made business trips to Mena Friday
 The Frank Cam and wm CoTman
 families attended the picnic at old Pot-
 ter Saturday.
 James Napier of Oklahoma took Amy
 Butler and Eva Lena Hill on an auto trip Sunday
 Farmers are all smiling these days over the good cotton crop and high prices of cotton. AIr and Mrs Bradley of Mena. and MT. and Mrs. Hill, were dinner guests of w A. Butler sunday.
 Prof Wheelis loaded a car with household goods for Gillham Tuesday. where he will teach the winter term. The correspondent attended the school entertainment at Cans Friday night The children were a credit to both parents and teacher. Webb Hall and Mrs. Cssteel were quietly married Tuesday afternoon on the hin south of Dr, Gordon's house
 Justice of the Peace Stevenson tied the knot We wish them many happy ]
The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28
NEWS FROM GERTY. OK

MT and Mrs. Henry Dickson made a business trip to Calvin Sunday
 Dr. Casper Hicks of Bromide Ok, has been called to the bedside of his brother. Bus.
 Messrs George Harrison, Gus Hicks and Little Jessie Wood, are very sick at this time.
 Dr. and Mrs w. W Philpot left Sun day for Egger, Ark. where the doctor goes on business Ira Stanley and Argus Bain of Board Camp, Ark, were Sunday visitors at
 the home of Ed Medford | Mir and Mrs Floyd Roby of Egger, | Ark are at this place, Mir. Roby hay 1 ing employment at the Miller gin. | MT and Mrs Wallace Watson of Stoney Point have moved in the Dr.
 Martin residence, opposite the Taylor hotel
 | pr. W w Philpot. formerly a resi- dent of Bigger Ark, has purchased an
 interest in the Morris Drug Co. at l this place.
 Mrs Frank Morris and daughter Mrs, Dovie Ward of Opal Ark. have
 spent the past week visiting at the | home of Dr. R. D. Morris. | Grandpa Childers, who has spent the | summer visiting in Arkansas and Ok
 lahoma is at the home of his son, C. | K. Childers at this place. Miss Della Harrison, who has been l attending school at Ada, Ok, has been called home on account of the illness
 of her father. George Harrison. | Goldenhafr