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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-07-11
Breach of Promise Trial

Interest in Morrisville this week centers
around the Great Mock Court Trial
which will be given under the auspices Of
tbe f9ouan's Club in e Town Hall Fri
day evening, July 13. '
As was stated in. last weeks paper,
Hon. +. G. Fleetwsod will act as the de-
iendant in a Breach of Promise suit
brought against him by certain charm
ing young widow, and has retained M &.
P. Maurice, Esq, as his lawyer. Not
much information in regard to the case
has leaked out, and speculation as to the
| identity of the widow" runs high. Her
counsel. Col. Newton, prominent at
torney from Worcester, Mass, asserts
that he has undeniable evidence to sus-
tain the claims made by the young lady,
while Mr.. Fleetwood and Mr.. Maurice
are equally sure of their defense. 1t sure
ly promises to be most interesting case
and one that nobody can afford to miss
hearing tried out.
1t is understood that the juryis already
being drawn and Dame Rumor has it
that II. L. Delano will be foreman, while
the panel contains the names of such men
as Henry Parker, H. Waite, Logan Niles,
A. X. Campbell, II. A. Slayton, j. r.
Parker, d A. Sanders, w. NJ. Sargent,
l.. p. Thayer, 7. B. Ellis and Fred Lunt.
The tickets are selling rapidly SO all de.
string good seats should not DELAY about
purchasing tickets and having them
checked off at A. L. Cheney's.
Miss Lila Blodgett of Danville is visit
ing her brother. Otto Blodgett.
Remember the auction of antique and
other goods at the old Miles home Sat-
urday.
mrs. Abbott Amsden returned Friday
evening from an extended visit in Scitu-
ate. Mass.
The family of A. c. Small has been oc-
cupying the Luce cottage at Lake FL
more the past week.
Mrs. Charles Chamberlain of Canaan,
came Friday evening to visit her daugh- |
ter, Mrs. F. Elwin Churchill
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Bacon of Newport |
have been spending several days as
guests OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. D.
Bacon.
Winfield Boardman, who has been en-
ployed for some time at West Swanton,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
parents.
In a special adv. Edmunds calls atten-
ton this week to his easy payment plan
for buying one of those popular Victro-
las. Better investigate.
Mrs. c. S. Cornell returned Friday
evening from a visit in Jacksonville at
the home of Mr.. Oornelrs parents, Judge
and Mrs. II. NJ. Cornell.
Miss Catherine Wilcox was a guest
Friday of Mrs. Mary Camp, andl left that
evening for Ithaca, n Y, to attend the
summer session at Cornell University,
1er work for the sum .ner being specializ-
ng in Latin. Miss Wilcox will be a
guest Of Miss Constance Badger, for
ner p. A. instructor, while at Ithaca.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-07-11
Another RunOr

The rumor that DR.. Chas. Bates had
received word that there would be no
one drafted in Morrisville, like other sim.
liar stories circulated the past few days,
is without foundation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-07-11
Red Cross Card Party

The first of series of outdoors
card parties for the benefit of the
local Red Cross will be held this
"Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 to
5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. w. M.
Sargent. Providing the weather is
suitable the affair will be held on the
lawn. A fee of 25c will be charged,
the proceeds to be given to the Nor
risville Red Cross. A cordial invita-
ton is extended the public.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-07-11
LAMOILLE'S SAVINGS BANKS

We give herewith the semi-annual state
ments of the three Lamoille County Saw
ings Banks. All are decidedly healthy in
institutions and show a splendid con-
dition -
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, 1917-07-05

splints in case of broken bones, and
makes 1t possible for the patient to be
moved to the little field hospital a
short distance from the fighting line.
This field hospital is usually a tent
sometimes n hut or u barn or wen
a space In the open air sheltered by a
hill or a clump Of trees. II Is really
little more than an enlarged first-aid
station, with n capacity for not more
than 125 wounded, who lie on the
ground on %tarpaulins. There are no
beds, and seldom any cots.
From the field hospital the wound
ed are taken, as rapidly as possible. to
the evacuation hospitals, still farther
from the danger zone. Each evacua-
ton hospital cares for the wounded
from three field hospitals. This, too,
is an emergency station, and has no
~permanency. 1t Is d collection station
for wounded, where the worst cases
may be given u little more attention
than has been possible before.
AS rapidly as the motor ambulances,
the hospital trains, the hospital ships,
or other agencies, are able to work,
the wounded are taken from these col
lecting stations to the base hospital,
located at the army base some distance
to the rear.
Here, for the first time, the wound
ed man finds himself in "a real hos
pital, In the hands of surgeons and
nurses who have the time to give his
hurts every possible care.
He Is put into n real bed In a real
hospital. supplied with X-ray, bac-
THEOLOGICAL and pathological labora-
tories. a diet kitchen presided over by
skilled cooks, and with surgeons and
nurses drawn from Americas most
highly trained TO walt on him. II he
, 1917-07-05
THOSE AWFUL
CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
Much Suffering

Marysville, Pa.-"For twelve years
I suffered with terrible cramps. I
, 1917-07-05

If the American Red Cross had never
done anything else than organize, equip
and supply the base hospitals which
are now backing our armies, 1t would
have justified its existence. OF course
1t has done, md still Is doing, count
less great things for America and for
the world: but Its accomplishment in
the line of base hospitals is Just now
Vi prime Importance.
As briefly as 1t may be defined, a
base hospital Is an institution which
cares for the sick or wounded soldier
from the time he is sent back from
the firing line, until he is able to be
removed to n hospital in his w coun-
try.
1t Is almost unbelievable, but never
theless a fact, hat until the American
Red Cross took hold of the task a
year ago, no nation in the history of
he world had wei organized n base
hospital until after war had been de-
clared and the fighting begun, and the
wounded men lay writhing on the
ground.
Always, of course, there have been
a few army surgeons with each regi-
ment. who patched up the slightly
wounded and got them back into the
firing line as quickly as possible. Also,
of course, there have always been in
all countries some sort Of hospital sys-
tenn for the ARE of the sick and
wounded when they got home.
But always the intermediate .insti-
tuition, for the car and transportation
Of the sick and wounded between the
front and the home hospitals, was
missing. This has invariably led to
a terrible congestion of wounded on
the b~attlefelds, where thousands suf-
fered needlessly, lost arms and legs
that might have been saved, or died
when a little care would have pre-
served them.
Col. Jefferson Randolph Kean, U. s..
A. Medical corps, director general of
military relief of the Red Cross, has
hkened the former organization to n
bridge of which the end spans were
complete, but the middle span-the
base hospitals-was entirely lacking.
When n man is wounded in battle,
the method of caring for him is this
modified, of course, by varying condi-
lions:
He lies on the field in No Mans
Land between the lines, or In the
trench until he is able to drag himself
away, or the stretcher bearers can
reach him, and carry him to one of
the little first-aid stations. These are
always very near to the fighting lines
sometimes in n part of the trench
where the men are fighting.
There an army surgeon shameless the
flow of blood, puts a dressing on the
wound to keep out infection, binds on
, 1917-07-05

CONSUMPTION has, maybe, saved the
country" growled the strapping young
soldier, but what I object to is the
company 1t drives n man into. I am o
practical plumber by trade, an honest
workman, yet I'm compelled to suffer
the society o. SIGH professionals as o
lawyer. n minister, and an a~uctioneer.T
Not a bad selection, Jock" re.
marked his friend.
"Oh, maybe no in "A way but when
the minister and the lawyer start an
argument on Egyptian law in the mid.
die o. he night across half n dozen
beds, with the blessed auctioneer as
umpire, what chance has even n prac
teal plumber o. stoppin' the gas leak?r
, 1917-07-05

other women to take up the work for
when the Americans begin to fight
there will be no stopping the stream of
wounded until the war is won. And
the Red Cross cannot afford to let a
single fighting man die for lack of a
bandage or n spllnt. Is our commu-
nifty doing its part?
In France right now the supply of
gauze and linen is so low that they
are reported to be using old newspa-
pers to stanch bleeding wounds. That
must never happen to an American sol
der. And unless the American people
get behind the Red Cross with all their
strength and In all their numbers, and
train themselves to turn out supplies
for their hospitals, 1t may happen.
1t would be the irony of fate IL a
soldier from our own town-perhaps
your own family. or mine-were to get
gangrene In his wound, perhaps lose
an arm or a leg or even his life, be-
cause we folks here had failed to fur
nish the dressings for his wound.
, 1917-07-05
Recess Was Called.

A real estate agent was testifying In
court recently In n case involving the
exchange Of a picture show for a farm.
1t was commended that the theater was
not worth what 1t was represented,
owing to Its locality. The attorney
asked the witness to state what the
surroundings of the theater were.
Next door to It was a shoe shining
place. he answered. then came a
garage, and next was a saloon, and
that's AZ fur as 1 got" When the ex-
element subsidized, the judge observed
that that was a good place to stop, and
the customary mldsesslon recess was
called.-Indianapolis News.
, 1917-07-05
SEA SOLDIERS GOOD SHOTS
Their Is a Story From Vera Cruz That
Tells of the Workmanship Of
Uncle Sans Marines.

The marines know how to handle q
rifle so per cent Of the force are quail
flied, listed shots. There Is a story
from Vera Cruz that tells of good
shooting and a sure eye, Henry Reu-
terdahl writes in the Youths Com
panion.
Our bluejackets were marching up
the street from the plaza between rows
of low two-story house. A well
dressed Mexican, with a newspaper
over his knee, was sitting on the bal
o of his house, apparently intent on
watching u sailors advance; but hid
den under the paper he held a big re-
%volver, and as our men went by he
fred. The bullets were striking, but
our officers could hardly suspect a
well-dressed Mexican, reading a paper
and looking peacefully on from his
W house, of being the sniper.
Dropping his paper, the Mexican
went inside to reload. When he came
out again on the balcony the CLINT Of
the gun caught the attention of Lieu
tenant Colonel Neville on horseback In
the plaza, 1000 or more yards away.
Through his eight-power ieldglass the
colonel saw plainly the flash of the
shots under the newspaper.
Get him." he said, turning to his
orderly.
The man raised his rife, pressed the
trigger-and the Mexican fell out Of
his chair.
"Got him, sir" said the marine.
, 1917-07-05

requires an operation, he is in the
hands of the best surgeons of the land,
with the finest surgical tools to do
their work. And the hospital has an
ample supply of wound dressings, pads.
splints' hospital gowns, surgical
shirts-all the thousand and one things
a first-class hospital must have.
That Is the service which the Ameri-
can Red Cross has provided for the
American soldier before our country
was ut war-before n single American
ship or unit of the American army
was headed for Europe. Thirty-six of
these hosp!tals-enough to care for the
wounded of an army of n million men
have been made ready 10 the last
strip of bandage and the last enrolled
stretcher bearer. Several of them are
now in France, helping to care for the
wounded of the allies, and ready to
care for the American soldiers who are
sure to fall into their hands before
many weeks.
Each of these base hospitals calls
for the services Of % surgeons, 2
dentists, rs Red Cross nurses md $50
privates, including orderlies, ambu-
lance drivers, stretcher bearers and
clerks.
The permanent minimum equipment
of each hospital consists of three car
loads of beds, mattresses, scientific mp
paratus, operating room paraphernalia,
and all utensils. Units going to Eu-
rope these days, however, are taking
double or triple equipment.
The consumable supplies of each hos
pital consists of So crates of bandages,
wound pads, splints, fracture pillows,
dressings and hospital supplies of
every kind to the number of 42,4S2, all
boxed and labeled so that surgeons and
nurses can put their hands on them
In n moment.
Now-from this II might seem that
the Red Cross has done every
thing needful, and that there is moth
ing more to do for the base hospitals
but to wait until the wounded begin
to stream in, and give them the benefit
of all this foresight.
Not so. 1t has been established that
the supplies of bandages and splints
and wound pads and gauze In a base
hospital last through Just about four
days of heavy fighting. Then, unless
there were n great store of supplies
to draw from, the hospital would find
itself with 800 wounded on haRdy-an and
no dressings for their wounds.
Here, again. is york for the Red
Cross. All over the land, wherever
supplies were made for these SO base
hospitals, are women trained in max
Ing hospital supplies. It is for these
women moi only to stand ready to fur
nish other supplies, but to train still
, 1917-07-05

troubled with cramps and feel ike Q
different woman. I cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound too highly and I am recommend
ing it to my friends who suffer as 1 did"
Mrs. GEORGE r. NAYLoR, Box Y,
Marysville, Pa.
Young women who are troubled with
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con-
fdentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women
open and read such letters.
, 1917-07-05

After wounded soldiers receive first
aid In the trench dressing stations they
are carried back at night usually by
Red Cross Observation-Disclosures under fire
to waiting Red Cross %ambulances two
or three hundred yards to the rear.
They are conveyed then to the field
hospital several miles back. and as
o o as conditions permit, the patients
are removed to a base hospital 40 or
so miles behind the firing line.
, 1917-07-05
F RECKLES


There's no longer the sliEhtest need OF
feeling ashamed of your f~recjtles. as this
prescription othine double strength 10
Simply get an ounce of othIne-doubls
strength-from your druggist, and apply Q
little of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst f~recl1les
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t Is seldom
that more than one ounce Is needed TO com
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure TO ask for the double strength
othine. as this 10 sold under guarantee OF
money back II II fails to remove frecklca-
Adv.
, 1917-07-05

WOuiu u !" stay
in had several days
yer month. I
tried all kinds Of
remedies and was
treated by doctors,
but my trouble con-
tinued until one day
/ read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. l tried It
and now I am never
, 1917-07-05
AMERICAN RED CROSS HOSPITAL UNITS
FIRST TO ANSWER NATIONS CALL FOR
HELP ON EUROPE'S BATTLEEIELDS

Organized in Peace Times, These Groups of Surgeons, Nurses
and Prfvates Are Showing the Allies That Uncle Sam Is
Prepared to Aid Them Fully in One Department at
east-This Community Must Do Its Part-We
Must Give Our Time, Services, Money.
, 1917-07-05

', law corps UI C1OetS at WoBf
Point. and other smaller organizations
used for disciplinary grades, service
schools, and record depot detachments
for some other purposes.
How II 10 Commanded.
An army Is a huge body Of men gath
cred together for fighting pos in
different units of organization. An
army when II passes a certain strength
usually fs commanded by a general.
Today there is no general In the Unit
ed States army. but 1t Is probable that
within a few months congress will re-
l the rank and name some officer,
who. taking the title of general, shall
have supreme command of all the fight
ing forces in the field.
An army is composed of army corps.
There may be two or three or more
corps in an army. Sometimes when
there is a hinge number Of troops in
the field n general is put in supreme
command while his forces are divided
into several armies, each one in com
mand of a lieutenant general. 1t is
likely that congress soon will make
Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing a lieuten-
ant general and put him in command
o the First corns cons,.,,no 90 savor.I
divisions Of troons IN soa serv,ce In
France.
A division of troons Go commanded
nv a ma or o-onoroI IL 10 comnosod
Of several brigades, each one of which
Is commanded by a brigadier general.
1t Is possible for a brigade to consist
of n continuation ~ cavalry Infantry
and artillery Int fr~aouentIv each hi
gade 10 comnosad 90 rao,mant. oil a,
the same hranc,, ~ tha sarv,ca Tha
tvnical ,nfontrv hr,ooda .or Irs+anca
consis,s 90 n h,odanarora cd +hroa
repiments of ,nsontrv uh1a a +vn,coI
cavalry hr,oada cons,s,s 90 n heod-
ouarters ond thraa -raaImants y, COW
airy
composition OF the Regiment
Each regiment is commanded by a
colonel, who has under him a lieuten-
ant colonel, whose duties are rather
nondescript, although his chief duty is
to take the place of the colonel in his
absence or in case he is wounded or
KILLED in battle.
Each regiment is divided into bat
t%alions, and each battalion is COM
manded by a major. A battalion con-
sists of two or more companies, troops
or batteries, and each company is COM
manded by a captain. In each COM
pany there is a first lieutenant and a
second lieutenant, and complete COM
plement of noncommissioned officers,
first sergeants, duty s%ergeants, and
corporals.
The company is divided into squads
for purposes of instruction, discipline,
control and order, each squad consist
ing Of a corporal and seven privates.
The corporal is the squad leader, n
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, 1917-07-05
CHANCE FOR HIGH SERVICE IN ARMY

sergeant, shrst class, medical depart
ment. Sergeant. field musician. mill
tary academy Observation-Disclosures.
h0spitai sergeant. Master engineer.
eihoor I
Quartermaster sergeant. senior grade
y. M. corps. Band leader. Master
signal electrician. Master electrician.
master engineer. senior grade. Mas
Ter hospital sergeant. Band SER
seant aad assistant leader, military
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-05
IT PAYS
TO
ADVERTISE.

WITH the approach of the
w Fall and Winter season,
come the desire and neces-
sity for the purchase of new
and different kinds of goods
for every, department of the
household.
An entirely different regime enters the
homes of the people, apropos to the de-
mands of the season, and they naturally
seek the best places to secure the necessi
ties and luxuries they want and need.
No matter how complete or at what prices
a merchants stock of goods may be; no
matter what bargains he has to offer; no
matter how anxious he is to serve you, the
people who buy and who create the demand
will never know it, if the merchant or busi-
ness man don't tell them, through the only
reliable and sure medium at his command,
that of a REAL LIVE NEWSPAPER.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-05
The Lakeland
Evening Telegram
BEING THE ONLY DAILY PAPER
IN POLK COUNTY

Going into 90 per cent. of
the homes of Lakeland and
vicinity and to practically
every postoffice in the coun-
ty, every day will carry your
message to thousands of
people; people who BUY,
people who are looking for
the BESTPLACESto to buy.
Don't let these people be induced to 90 to
otner cities and spend their money. LET
Them KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE BY CON.
SLANT ADVERTISING! That's the ONLY
WAY. and you'll find that
Telegram Advs. Bring Results
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-07-27

Ambition is what makes a
man conspire, perspire and ex-
pire.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-07-27
A Bit Of Reasoning

"When you hand a newsboy
a nickel >for morning news
paper" said r. j. Clancy, AS.
sistant to General Manager of
the Southern Pacific, "you
have spent almost twice as
much as the railroad receives
for transporting a delicious
cantaloupe and a sun-kissed
orange from the field end
groves of California to the
breakfast tables of New York.
1t costs more to send a letter
through the mails from New
York to San Francisco than to
ship a S5 Dunlap. Knox or
Stetson hat the same distance
by freight. At some factory
in the East that pair of shoes
you are wearing. and which has
doubled in price, was loaded
into a car and hauled 5000 miles
to the Pacific Coast for one-third
of what your barber would
charge you for shave. That
suit of clothes you have on was
hauled in freight trains one
third of the distance around the
world at a total cost of about
10 cents. If living in San
Francisco, Oakland or other Bay
points you would have to eat
four Petaluma eggs every day
for two months before the cost
of transportation thereof would
equal the price of a two cent
postage stamp. A pound of live
beef from Nevada is hauled
more than 300 miles to San
Francisco over mountain
range a mile and a half high.
and lowered a mile and a half
to sea level. for about one third
of cent. In view of these facts
do you wonder that, burdened
by increased wages. increased
taxes. increased cost of capital.
and increase of from 100 to 500
per cent in the cost of fuel oil,
material and supplies. the rail-
roads sought relief through the
medium of a Is per cent in
crease in rates. And did you
ever stop 10 compute or consid.
er how much such increase
would amount to? Well, on a
$35 suit of clothes. So hat. SO
pair of shoes. 80 dozen of eggs.
and z pounds of live beef, ship.
ped respectively from New
York. Petaluma and Wabuska to
San Francisco. the total ID per
cent increase would amount to
less than the cost of one trip in
a jitney or street car from the
Civic Center to the Ferry Build
ing or in other words. less than
5 cents"