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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17
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Mrs. C. NJ. Alexander. Florence
Bissell, received the news of her hus.
bands alarming condition in the Coun.
Gil Bluffs hospital where he was re-
cupcrating from an appendicitis OPP
GRAFTON. He died later on Wednesday
evening. His wife accompanied the
remains to Kansas for burial.
Father Hanson was a Council
Blaffs visitor Thursday night.
Supt, and Mrs. ROLAND Myers were
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17

They are attempting to add a year
to the life of the Newlands commits.
sion, which is studying the railroad
situation. One of the reasons for the
attempt-and not disguised-is to pro-
vide place for Representative Cullop
Of Indiana, member of the commits
sion, who was defeated for reelection.
The ingenuity exhibited in deyising
crutches for Tame ducks" il applied
TO industry, would revolutionize all our
productive pursuits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17

on the LIST day of February. Coils. Tea
quist and Mclaughlin are auctioneers.
Ben Boldt, ,of West Side, was a
pleasant caller at the Fred Rickers
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rickers and
daughter, Malinda, visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur BrothersOn Sunday.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

suffer from typhoid become chronic
germ carriers other diseases
,pread by bad drinking water arc
cholera. dysenfery and other forms
% Intestinal Diseases
D. h one 81 the FIRST rules FOR the
conservation of public health that
water supplies must he protected
from dangerous contamination This
means not merely providing water
which IS clean IN the ordinary sense.
b1' protection az all times against
oven The probability ~ slight rollu
ton with disease germs
Many large cities are forced 70
take their water supplies from
bodies ~ urface water subjected o
moro or less pollution They arc
thus face 70 face with the problem
% providing safe clean water frhm
such dangerous sourccs
This problem is being approached
from two directions First Che pre-
yenflou ~ he pollution 90 water
sheds serving ~ sources ~ tho "a
ter supply and second The purihcs-
lion Of all polluted water before b.
D. distributed for usa
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Business Mems Booze

u II true that there is loss drink
INK by business men Than dscd TO
h. the habit Here is a bir Of owl
dence The entire liquor bHl or ell
the lunchers and diners al The Al
yertlsing club Of New York TOR a
recent month VAS 80 dollar There
were something like 1000 regular
meals served - The ClubroCms dur
ing those - working days not reck
ming the Inner pa-ries This makes
The average bill for booze not over
eighttcnths Of a ceai per person pcr
neal. In other words. not over ono
diner In 80 took drink with his
neal W. find these fgdrcs record
Cd In recenl Issue ~ "a Sow York
advertising journal not a prcfos
t!onal organ OF tewpcrance-wc ras
them on 70 the young men Of ,sh"r
cities. who can be trusted to draw
their own conclusions az TO Tho hab
boz. OF The succe sfuf lemOcrs Of
shst is. possibly lh, most modern
and prt gressive 81 ~ ofessions.1 Col
.ier's.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

allowed a child with sore throat
10 mingle with other children
Perhaps 30 wa, ignorance or
thoughtlessness rather than lack OF
community conscience. that was re-
sponsible for The depiorable affair
The mother may not have known
hat sore throat often is an early
symptom OF any one of several com
municable diseases. including diph-
iberia. measles. grippe and small
pox
or she may have known but
though,iessly forgot this That Is
the point II commun ty conscience
were keen there would not be 80
much thoughtessness Of this kind
And too often downright Tack %
community conscience IS az the bot
tom OF disease epidemics People
know what they ought 20 DO for The
good OK the community but delib
erately neglect 10 do IL They viii
even break quarantine regulations,
or let their children break them
needles OF the consequence
Just AZ long a. wiifIl endanger-
inE Of others continues just so long
will the stamping or % contagious
diseases be hopeless task W.
mus develop communry conscience
if We would have community health.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Mrs. Aston May Try
But She Will Fail to
Understand the East Side

Mrs. Vincent Astor is young and she is
good and she has the best intentions in
her heart when she wishes TO open her
Fifth-ave. home to the women Of the East
Side in order TO understand her foreign
sisters and TO help "Americanize" them
But she is immature in judgment when
she thinks that this sort Of thing will
bring about an understanding" for il
will not
Mrs. Vincent Aston has no background
against which to build her superstruc-
turc. for a superstructure it is with is
foundation in air.
In order 10 understand her foreign
neighbors. she would need to close. not
open. her Fifth-ave. home. take humble
tenement on the East Side (hsving first
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

To aght disease knowledge l. es-
sential BUT il L. not the only es-
sential There must D. conscience,
too Especially must there be com
nunity conscience
People have got % reach point
where they Will think about and
feel keeuly about. the health OF
others as well a. their own health
They have got 20 appreciate the i'm
pOrtsnce Of taking precautions. not
merely for their oHn health. but for
the health OF their neighbors.
Until they do this. epidemics 81
diseases are sure 10 b. disasirously
n evidence
Writing In Good Health Mrs. E.
Z Kellogg tells a story from real
life that brings OUT wildly the great
needs for community conscience in
matters OF health. The central fig
IRE in this story is mother whose
little girl awoke one morning with
sore throat
The child's father suggested that
she should be kept home from
school until il developed whether
The soreness meant anything seri-
Gus But the mother objected
II, won't huFt her 70 attend kin.
dergarren. said she "l''s iust a
slight cold. and she does so love 70
be eith the children
To school. consequently. the little
girl vent Before noon she was
violently ~ and was hurried home
By the time the doctor arrived a
rash had broken out l. was case
OF scarlet fever
Fortuna ely The attack was mild
one. and the child made a rapid and
uneventful recovery. Not so how.
ever. with some % the children with
whom she mad associated that morn
ing
or the 90 who were pupils in the
kindergarten. only four escaped the
con,agion carried by the h'tle girl
Two OF The 20 who were stricken
died. Three were left deaf
For two months the kinderEarten
was closed Il was. ~ course dis
infected Bur it was no. disin.
fected thoroly enough Within a
few days after the reopenlnz an.
other epidemic of scarlet fever oc-
CURED Sow he school was closed
for good the teacher thrown out
% work. the education Of the pupils
greatly retarded
AL this because ore mother had
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

disposed of all her money! and live theis
life.
She would need 10 rise at five in the
morning in room which served as bed
room and kitchen. get breakfast on
stove in the corner while holding a baby
in one arm.
Or she might go out in the cold twilight
and make her way thru the chilling damp
ness and begin her days work CATER
having done quarter days work at
home), in factory, laundry on wherever
it might be.
She would be obliged to eat what food
she could afford and cat down on il when
her shoes wore our. and live in constant
fear OF losing her Job.
Or sine might be the mother of
family toihng in small. ill-smelhng rooms
turnout the livelong day, while her chill
5ren were employed about table doinS
what their unskilled tiny hands could
10 10 exc out the family income with al
extra 80 cents a week.
She would wash the clothes in this
same room and hang them on lines above
the children's heads to dry.
She would stop in the midst Of her
task TO nurse an ailing infant.
She would be wife to man hardened
and calloused by many years of this sort
Of life. who came home mainly to eat
and sleep, and she would bring more chill
dren into the world in these close. insan-
itary surroundings while unable to feed
and care for those she already had
She would be like rat in trap,
caught by the economic system which
exploits the poor that the predatory rich
may make more profits, and ahead OF
her she would see no daylight but that
which shone on the other side OF the
grave.
No, Mrs. Aston. you can do nothing
with your well meaning neighborliness.
The East Side can take care of itself
without your assistance if it Is but given
a chance.
1t has a greater capacity for the JOY
of living than has Fifth-ave. if its stom-
ach is filled and it has room to breathe.
You are right when you say that the
East side could teach Fifth-ave.. but
there is one obstacle in the way-Fifth-
ave does not care to be taught
1t is a willing victim of the system,
tho some of its people THINK that they
would better things if they could.
Their efforts when put forth are feebl,
They dabble, as would Mrs. Aston, Wi
externals. only.
And were they. strong and to the
point, they would not be tolerated for
moment by the big business of the
for they would cut the roots
from which its sustenance comes.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
The Daily Reminder


lefs-l1rst nre.engine received m
Boston from Engignd
isss--lndiAns attacked Dover. y.
n and msssRcrod many of the sct-
tiers
1856 Mozart. who was world
genius la music. born at Sslrnutg
TIA Dad IA vienna, llrc b.
Charter granted tho rnNer-
sitN of Georgia
1880 webster delivered hs fam
Gus speech M reply To liHync
1870 Commodore tsaat ChagncrN
diSting uish-d naval officer ~ the ~ aT
so tSlt. died IN Washington D. a.
Born al Rack Rock. conn. e.. -e.
1874
4. 1850 incsndcsecnt lamp patented
by Thomas a. Edison
1855 MRruui- ~ SAilshuty resigned
the british premiership
1898 iainrs "a h'aiu". statesman.
died tn Washington b 81 Nurn at
West BroWnsvilie Pa ian ft 1880
1890 Foreign ministers 90 China
demanded the suppression ~ the
Boxers aud other hostile secret su-
Cietiss
1901 German emperor Was made a
neld marshal ~ the Brush arms,
1905 Largest diamond Boa the world
was discovered n the rrcmltr minc
isos-New rauwSv from the Nllr
20 the Red Sea opened ty Lord
Cromer
1904 Secretary Root and Nmnassa-
dor Rryce signed the Newfoundland
Fisheries Treaty
ONE iEAR A6o TonNN ~ TliE
British Compulsory service Aet re-
sslved royal assent.
Russia e1a med failure ~ Austrian
49, kr n Gr't'Io
Germans claimed new surrcss ir
AT where grtat battle MAS roe
pot pf Ef-t
British de yered organized eni"-
hardments damagl ng German ln
along western front
--s state made public fts mote
% protest against British Interior
ence with the mails
roDAN's BIuTHD,Ns
William a. German emperor ard
hinG ~ Prussia, born in II t~tHfu 3
years axe today
REV Thomas nicholson. ONE - fhe
new bishops 81 the Methodtsf 70 s. e.
pal church born AZ 81 oodOrrn. ont
u years aEo today
samuel Snmpers. preSdent NJ thr
American Federation 90 Labor Poi IN
IN London 81 yrars aSo today
re- Res i~npN Mills NnE. trar
bishop - ontario. born at Wood ~io
ont years axe TODAY
George SOS Mccain Nsil fut q
Traveller and lecturer turr W.
ieshens cry. Pa ~ years aEa t".
Alhert wickiand former Federal
league baseball play last season
With indianapolis team heth
ia Chicago. q. years aEo today
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

hands Most disease germs come
from the bodies % persons They
do not I've long outside ~ the
body and do not originate spontane
ously In nature. Some few dis
eases are communicated from ami
mails and man
Typhoid fever r. the most com.
mon and the most serious ~ the
diseases due 10 the insanifaFy hab-
It's OF commnnitief % is caused
largely by drinking sewage polluted
water The disease h. 20 common
that practically no community 81
$4,000 persons remain 'or whole
wear free from typhoid
A certain portion u iho>e Who
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

hence farms have been deserted ny
workers untl tho MEMORABLE lax OF
supply and demand has brought high
prices Tor farm products. which
make j. possible 10 increase the pay
mcni for farm labor
The high cost OF living in he city
and the increased rate for produc.
I've labor on the farm Will red-ce
he Gov x labor ficm food produc
ton 20 city occupations and may pos.
soly start a movement IN the other
direction.
Unfortunately our system Of taxa
ton IS such As % reduce the reward
~ productive labor, especially on
me farm We TAX ne farmers ma.
tmner5 his stock and all the I'M
oycments which ne makes, which
ould tend 10 increase his produc-
tom. and then wonder az high prices.
We tax tine site value Of land LIGHTLY.
and herce make IL profitable TO keep
ianl out ~ use.
when sc learn enough 70 cease
70 TAX wealth produced by labor and
faX only the site value Of land, the
landlord will be in the same posi-
'Ion as thc wage Garner the manu-.
facurcr 30 he working farmer He
Hill be able TO draw an income from
f Ian 3nly by using A.
In using land labor must BE en-
ployod and needed commodities viii
10 produced thus We would have
au increased demand for labor and
IN increased supply ofcommodities
wages aould teri TO rise and com
uoditie would be cheaper
The only group of people who
Guild Do INJURED Is the comparative.
d. mail group VINO profit ~ the or
rense ~ .hc grear majority, by rs.
ug their legal power 70 keep land
oGi 81 use and thus depress WAGES
ana increase The cost OF commodities.
who reni.r no service TO society In
txchanga for the tolls which their
ownership ~ land enables than 70
Impose upon all productive enter
rllses
When we changt cur lar system
30 as 20 cnc0urssa production rather
than punish b. b. iaAee ard MAKE
lano onnefsnir Improbable rl5t
out p1tfiaS Or ~ use Isl" will % In
q fair va ~ cee permanent tpc
ifpDiem Of he hlph cost of living
YoHss very truly,
WARREN s. BLAUVELT.
No . H0rcn-Aye.
Ian %. if17
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
This Busy, Busy World

Heating child labor act will reach
10000 children. bat there are T..
tb0oH0 children in he United states
who cannot be- touched by federal
legislation
The king grape vine ~ Windsor,
ENGLAND. IN The garden near Cum
berland lodee, plated in i773, -
" tsot lOng and ~ LISA VIDE
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Tip. To sea, N, Coal Nan

Tips To Beat tne Coal Man.
IN the Editor ~ me Times
Much is being said Of tho high cost
ri coal. would like some of Tho
Times readers 20 try ms erperi-
ment In he fuel problem. in reduc-
INK the consumption 81 coal about
'0nchaif inc coal ordinarily used
Tni- refers 20 coke or soft coal
AFct he ashes thoroly and place
on q good bed 81 IRE This make
ser, hot fre and The ashes can be
urucd over and over again without
limit have no ashes 10 throw
gtay and have scarcely enough 70
lpply by demand
Ny neighoors have tried this
method at fire making and they are
very enthusiastic over the expert.
ncnt and In turn they ara telling
friends their discovery
r. any one wishes 10 know more
about this matter I viii gladly give
ih,m the desired Information
MRS VI f. SHREVE.
No 30e langstafst
EsseKville. Mich. Jan p. 1917
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Pointed Paragraphs

Matrimony may be synonymous
with job lot OF trouble
Nearly every man YOU meet has
some sorr % crazy bug
A soft answer may turn away
wrath but It doesnf pay debts
some feminine compilations re-
semble small boys they won't wash
ne as easy 70 please an enemy
as u is not TO please friend
n you cant get along WIKI poo
pie. Try 70 get along withou' them
Love is wonderful thing. yet
there are people who would rather
marry FOR money
Many poor man might acquire
wealth By utilizing the time be
wastes In bemoaning HIS luck
Don't think that by being misera-
bic here on earth that you VIII BE-
any happier in heaven-if you hap.
pen 10 get there
Don't think that because Won oae
yQuf doctor Tor saving your hfe hc
will take it in settlement for Iae
bni
II b. an easy matter for gina 90
tsll IN love wlfh ahifries man a8t
when he has to support him Their,
tho rub
It's easy for millionaire philoso-
pher 10 tell "A young man how 10 liyC
on - week and put money in the
bank
n pessimist happens 10 be- born
with silver spoon IN Die mouth. b"
naturally expects D. 10 choke him
sooner or later
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Let the People
Rule and Write
sIsnes Our Tax system.


To the Eait0r ~ The Times
The high cost Of food Is. rs your
farmer corres pendent points out.
due % decreased supply and an
increased demand fbe Gecrcl ~
production in fool ls due partly 20
Weather .onjiuons iast sumue AID
rarily 20 lack Of farm labor. Tn
favorable weather conditions canGct
avoided buf lack ~ labor on no
ferns 81 CLEARLY due 70 prey ntable
rauses
Men strive 70 satisfy their desires
by Nc means which soem 70 ihem
least repugnant This law IS A. In.
evitaeie as The law ~ grayifafion Ia
the phg steal universe The first do.
Sire " man BE- 20 satisfy his cc0
monte necesaities. food clothing
etc Wc have made 20 easier for
masses of men 10 snppiy these needs
.a Other ways than farm lacor
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Prohibition
BY oRIFRANk CRANE
Copyright 1915. by Frank Cranel


1t is quite probable that within few
years the manufacture and sale OF alco-
hohc beverages will be absolutely pro-
hibited thruout the United States.
The prohibition movement seems TO be
advancing with grim momentum. ma
jority of the states of the Union have
prohibition laws About 60,000,0OO Amer
lean live in dry territory. Eleven cities
of over 100000 population have no llcens-
ed saloons Among these Is Seattle, win
over 100000 population. Detroit, win
a population exceeding 100000, Viii DE
dry early in 1918
There are strong indications that con-
greSs will propose for ratification by the
states, constitutional prohibition amend
ment this session. Two years ago II
voted POI TO 194 in favor of IT,
The movement appears to have gotten
ont Of the hands Of the 'evangeists, and
to have assumed far more formidable
aspect, because backed by scientists, otii-
cials. business men, and practical people
GENERALLY.
Medical science has decided that alco-
hol is not a stimulant, but simply hber-
lates the lower by SUPPLYING the higher
powers of the brain.
Insurance companies have piled up eyi-
dence showing the increased mortality OF
drinkers.
Experts have demonstrated the con
nection between alcohol and insanity,
poverty and prostitution.
Civic bodies. such as the New York
Board of Health organize definite cam
ipaigns to induce people to abstain from
lnquor as a matter Of puohc health.
Literature is attacking the strong ro-
mantle emotional appeakof alcoholism.
Business IS against liquor. The drink.
ing man is discounted everywhere. and
an increasing number of business con-
Germs will not give employment under
amy circumstances TO the man who
drinks
A large number Of periodicals exclude
Liquor advertisements.
Added force is given the prohibition
wave in America by the acts Of Russia,
France and England during the war; all
I have more or less restricted alcoholism.
I Five provinces in Canada are dry.
/ 1t looks as if the world was rapidly
making up its mind that the arch enemy
mankind, alcohol, that has debauched
the imagination and twisted the reason
I ing powers Of the race for so many CEN
turtles, will have to go.
Curiously enough, the labor organizs-
tions which have most to gain from uni
yersal abstinence. have done little or
nothing to advance the movement.
Curiously also. it seems to be the ives.
7 and south that are threatening to impose
prohibition upon the reluctant north
east
Robert A. Woods. in a recent article
/ in the Survey. quotes southerner's re-
mark. that "as the north had plr abol
ton over on the south, now the south
was going to put prohibition over on the
north
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
A Poem a Day
YouR CROSSING rHE niR~

NoIR CROSSING IiE niR"
+sunset and evening sfat 30 WAS.
And OF call for thee
And silently you faced me darh.
And silently the sea
And on. the tide that bore sou oHt
IL besreth night FOR me
twilight and evening heil' " was
The h~u-t tuilsd for thee
Aud 'ho YOU knew the night Vas
nigh
You Md your grief from me
Al shn you knew YOU dr.fted crt
Wi+h ma farewell 80 sea
And dumhly on the shora wait
For Wat Mas borne wifns~ frns.
trtsI thn tide shall hear uc forth.
l. endless night "a We
Isabel r Snsigrovs. In inlandcr.
T.. OF NJ
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

Anyhow, the Detroit women campaign
ing against the cigarette met defeat in
the board of education, the very place We
would expect to find first an interest in
the youth in the schools
Inspector Arthur Gordon brought
about that defeat. which was VICTORY
FOR CIGARETTES AND A VICTORY
FOR POISON - FOR POISONED
BODIES AND POISONED MINDS.
Inspector Arthur Gordon is candi-
date for the seven-man school board
The voters should keep Inspector Arthur
Gordon in mind and vote against him
when the opportunity presents itself
The parents of Detroit boys MOST
CERTAINLY should keep Inspecto.
Arthur Gordon in mind and vote against
him when the time comes. if thcy want
on their new school board a real interest
in their boys
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

persons r "a n
cities clean work
shops and clean
lives are tho
makers ~ public
health The Uas-
terry over preus.
fure death lies
largely In our own
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
From Another Point of TeD
By c. 7. S.

We presume that herring and half
that could have been procured at one time
for cent and half costs now something
like Ii or II cents.
u IS most forcibly called 20 attention.
in perussl Of the divorce court news. that
Mamie has become reGretfu that she gave
her hand 20 Norman Ris..
As We understand the bill Of Mrs. Rist,
she desires TO slip the matrimonial hand
cuffs.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
Campaign Against the
Cigarette Is Halted by
School Inspector Gordon

A committee of women, representing
Detroit Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, appeared before the committee or
text books and course of study of the
board Of education. TO ask for the help OF
the committee in their campaign against
the smoking of cigarette By the youth m
our schools.
They wanted to hang in the schools
SIGN which depicts The even stages OF
he cigaretie fend calculated to serve
as an object lesson FOR the young agans.
The use Of the deadly sticks
The women came away from the meet
ing disappointed
School Inspector Gordon, of the COM
mittee, defended and championed the
rigarette with the. same ardor with which
he deferded and championed the beer
traffic while he was an agent for the
brewers of Michigan.
Because he smokes them himself. and
because he has smoked them since he
was 10 years of age, according to hls
own statement to the women, the IN
spector pronounced them harmless.
The women saw they had come on d
hopeless mission and departed.
The next day, their defeat at the
hands of Inspector Gordon before the
committee. was chronicled in the Detroit
newspapers.
In these same newspapers there was
another item that day
This other item was about a prisoner
who was being brought to Detroit by
Canadian immigration Inspector, to be
turned over to Michigan authorities t.
answer charge of robbery out in Battle
Greek
AS the train neared Detroit the pris-
oner in some way secured possession of
the immigration officers revolver and
with it shot him dead. after which he
jumped from the moving train.
Just now he is hunted like the wild
beast there must be in him.
The official he killed met death for his
kindness to his prisoner.
He allowed him to ride with him with
out handouts, to spare him the embar
rassment the sight of the cuffs would
have caused him in a passenger coach.
The freed hand was lifted and took the
life of the kind heart that left it free.
His crime shows the man TO have
turned animal.
1t shows asdepraved brain; a stunted
sense; poisoned mind.
In the effort that is being made 10
capture this desperate criminal. descrip-
ton has been sent far and wide.
Let us look at what the circular says:
HE has record as a safe blower:
"IIe is professional card sharp;
"'Iie Is a victim of drugs; Is
His cheeks are sunken and stretched
tightly over the bones;
''HE is A HEAVY CIGARETTE
SMOKER
The Detroit times., 1917-01-27

Health Questions Answered
a. n. c. When do teeth come
in foeble-minded children"
They come late Many do not
CONS uniu The sscond year