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Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
Approaching Wedding

Miss Mary Beatrice, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Perry C. Othoson. of Sassafras
Md, and Walter Samuel, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Money. of
Townsend, will be married in the M. P.
Church. Sassafras. next Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock. The ceremony
will be performed by Rev. ]. N. Linz.
No invitations to the marriage have
been issued but friends of the contract
ing parties are invited to attend the
ceremony.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND &C

THOSE THAT COME AND GO
Mrs. T. S. Fouracre was in Philadel-
phia Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Schuman was recent
Wilmington visitor.
Mrs. Wilhelmlna Davis is visiting her
brother in Wilmington.
DIR. G. B. Pearson, of Elkton, spent
! Sunday with his family here.
Miss Lillian Melvin was the guest of
her mother at Lynch, Md, on Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Kumple is spending two
weeks with friends in Philadelphia.
air. and Mrs. Eugene Hanson, of New
York City, are visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. James L. Warren and Mrs. G.
Burton Pearson were in Wilmington
| Tuesday
Mrs. Enrique Monies de Oca and Miss
! Ruby Whitlock were in Philadelphia last
week.
Mrs. John c.. Green is entertaining
Miss Mary Stephens, of Huntington
Valley, Pa.
Miss Lillian Rosin, of Wilmington,
spent the week end with Mrs. George
II. johnson.
Miss Sarah Grassland, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
]. z. Grassland.
Miss Helen Mcdowell was entertain
ed over the weekend by Miss France
Davis at Laurel.
Mrs. G. W. Lockwood is the guest of
her sister Mrs. Edward L. Miff1in at
Ridley Park, Pa.
MIR. Carl Price, of near Elkton, visit
ed his parents Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Price Saturday.
Mir. and Mrs. William Cox are enter
tanning their niece Mrs. Charles Petty
bum, of Annapolis, Md.
Mrs. William Budd, of Wilmington,
visited her uncle Mr. William Cox and
family one day this week.
Mrs. C. E. Cullen has returned home
after a visit with her daughter Mrs.
Frank Hetzel in Racine, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor and son
William, of near town, spent last week
with friends in Philadelphia
Mr. Fred Crouch, Of Wilmington, visi-
ted his par,nts Mr. and Mrs. John :.
Crouch Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Augustine Hendrickson, of Still
Pond, Md. spent Monday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian G. Cleaver.
MIR. and Mrs. Haratio N. Willis and
child. of Philadelphia, spent part of this
week with hi, father Mr.. nj. N. Willis
and family,
Mr.. Ephraim P. Joll Of Camp Dix,
Wrightstown, N. j.. spent the week
end with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
C. JolIs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond C. Jones,
of Centreville, were guests of her father
MIR. John L. Byron and wife We'd
nesday.
DR.. and Mrs. W. S. P. Combs are
spending this week in New York City
where Dr.. Combs is attending the /
National Dental Convention.
Mrs. John c. Green spent last week
with Mrs. Morton Stephens at Tomp-
tom Lakes, N Y, and Mrs. o. M. Freck- !
er, of Rockaway Park, Long Island, N. /
Y.
Captain Rupert NJ. Burstan, U. S. !
Marines, had no sooner gotten to his +
post at Haiti by roundabout and ar
duous route, and settled again when he
received word to return. He arrived
at Middletown Thursday. morning, and ,
after brief visit of few hours with =,
his parents and friends here will con-
tinue his journey to Norfolk, Va. /
where ne is to report. Of his final des- /
tination he is not himself aware 1t
may be France.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
Office of Second Asst P. NJ. Gen.

Office of Second Asst P. NJ. Gen.,
Washington, Oct %, 1917.
Owing to the fact that the French
railway companies, under their agree
ment with the French Government,
restrict the weight of parcel-post pack
ages carried by them, it becomes neces-
sary to provide for the reduction in the
foregoing order, by which the weight
limit on single package is reduced
from twenty to seven pounds.
E. R WHITE,
Act'g I'd Asst. P. M. Gen.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
P. M. GENERALS ORDERS

Office of the Postmaster General,
Washington, Oct. %, 1917.
Order No 821.
Referring to Order No. SAL of July
"a, 1917, prescribing the rates and con-
ditions applicable to parcels of fourth
class or domestic parcel-post matter for
and from the American Expeditionary
Forces in France notice is hereby given
that on and after Nov. l, 1917, such
parcels will be limited to seven (D
pounds in weight instead of to twenty
pounds as heretofore, and the order of
July Oath, above mentioned, is modified
accordingly.
A. S. BURLESON,
Ostmaster General.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Nutting days.
Buy Liberty Bond
! Hallowe' 'en not far hence.
Leaves are leaving the trees.
On the last quarter, stretch Of 1917.
If you can't knit, can; if you cam
can, knit.
How "comfy" the kitchen fire feels
these mornings.
Miss Elsie R. Jones entertained the
U. T. G.. Sewing circle at her home
Tuesday evening.
| Thomas S. Eeuracre and Joshua z.
Grassland have formed a co-partnershiI
and started in the grain and fertilizer
business.
List of Letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office week ending Oct. 18:
Mrs. j. C. Cowgirl, Miss Ausy Tucker
and James Parker.
Fall, for whose melancholy days"
the poet sings, and whose crisp, bracing
weather makes all but the pessimist
happy as 2-year-olds, is here.
A Liberty Bond is a good investment
and by purchasing one you are helping
your country overthrow the most brutal
power in modern or ancient history.
E. l.. Shallcross and Edward H. Shall
cross have purchased Jesse l.. Shep-
herds phosphate, grain and coal plant,
and will take possession January 1st.
Pleasant Summit W. C. I. U. will
hold the next meeting at Miss Nellie
Rhodes, on Thursday afternoon Nov. l,
at 2 o'clock. A large attendance is re-
quested.
Samuel Price has bought the stock,
good will and fixtures Of the cigar, to-
bacco and news business of Harry R.
Wilson and will take charge of the
business January 1st.
"Masked Carnival given by Pleas
ant Summit Union in the Carnagy
Building, Summit Bridge, on Tuesday
evening October 30th. Admission in
cluding Halloween refreshm onts, 10
cents if masked and 25 cents if not
masked Other refreshments on sale
during the evening. Games etc. on pro-
gram. Everybody invited.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
rendered Variety Shower

In honor Of her approaching marriage.
Miss Mary B. Othoson. Of Sassafras,
was rendered variety shower by her
friends at her home, last Saturday even
ing. A large number were present and
all spent ple>eant time.
Mis- othoo - - rooortsnt of
many q1efol llt
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
Horse Fell Into Well

A horse belonging. to L. Clarence
Scott broke through the covering of a
cesspool in the pasture lot at the Baker
corn cannery. Monday afternoon. and
for a couple Of hours was il very pre-
carious position. &
Hosting poles were rieesd by H. C.
Eliason, and the horne 10 from
his position, little thS op =.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
New Cashier Elected

directors meeting of the Peoples
lust Saturday morning. Mr.. Wat
lVetts, of Frederick, was elected
,end will enter upon his new
coIamber lst.
being deE ..ne -
hullen. "exasg1Tateo.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27

Chairman of Surgical Dressings.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
Sending Troops to France.

The ambition of Col. Roosevelt to
lead division of United States troops
on the French front may be pure pa
triOtism or it may be an anxiety to
resume his old place on the front page,
from which he had been excluded for
some six months, but, whatever the
motive, the command and movement of
troops in this war must not be dictated
by sentiment.
The plan of the colonel to raise a
division Of volunteers, to be placed on
the front in 80 days, and trained in
France is open to serious objection.
Carrying provisions across the Atlantic
is serious matter at this time when
tonnage is so scarce, and these troops
would have to be provisioned for at
least six months before they would
be fit for active service, according to
European military authority. Experts
Say it will require Is tons of ship
space to the man, including all equip
Ment, so that division of 10000 men
would occupy 100000 tons of space in
transporting them.
Conceding the moral benefit of the
presence Of American troops in
France, it has been suggested that a
brigade of regulars, trained men, be
sent there, under an experienced CON-
mander, in So, 100 and 200 detach.
ments on every ship sailing for
French or British ports, to be reor.
-ganized into their units when they ar
rived in France, would answer all pur-
poses without interfering with the
transatlantic commerce, until the
United States has a real army of
trained soldiers to send.
Speaking of the Roosevelt scheme at
Chicago Wednesday, Carl Vrooman,
assistant secretary of agriculture, ex.
pressed the situation fully when he
said: 1T would simply be slaughter
to take these men at this time. 1t
would be like the children's crusade
OF the middle ages"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
Eat Less and Do More.

A fat nation is no good. Lean ma.
tions accomplish things. Courage is
not fat bellied. Intellect can not be
fat headed. The otiose life finds place
In the adipose body.
We should eat less and think more
have smaller girth and larger chests
less on the hips and more on the
thorax, have fewer potatoes at dinner
and more books after dinner, more ex.
ercise and less chewing.
A strong person can subsist on a
little oatmeal and philosophy and out.
walk, outtalk, outthink and in every
way Guido the person who travels the
long route from soup to nuts and goes
to sleep afterward as an anaconda full
OF sheep or monkeys might.
Life is lean affair Of hungry appe.
fites and ambitions. They are best
kept hungry Then they stimulate to
earnest performance. The fat bellied
man does nothing but eat and sleep
We can not support Esau any longer
The god of the American nation is not
its belly. 1t is a god of muscle, with
strong lines in its visage and deter.
mination in its body expression.
The regeneration of the American
nation begins at the dinner table. We
need stoutness in soul, not stoutness
in fat. Eat less and do more Grow
more above the neck and less below
the stomach.
Dinner table reform will preserve
the food supply, preserve the morale
help the national courage and put
things over.-Chicago Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11

lie; that it should never enter the
minds of him or his cOuntrymen to
form here a separate nationality; that
as German born he has not eXcep-
tional rights or duties of interests.
but only the rights and duties and in
terests of the American citizen under
the free institutions of this republic,
so as to exercise his political rights
honestly and wisely for the public
good; that his own freedom his own
rights and his own future are preserv-
ed most safely in the freedom, rights
and future of the community, and that
he owes the American republic his
fullest devotion, and, if necessary
even his goods and his bloOd.-From
speech by Carl Schurz in 1899.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
EDISON IS AN INVENTOR.
And That, He Claims, 10 Very Different
From q Discoverer.

ana Indt, ne NIaImS, ~ worry OiUeVeUt
From q Discoverer.
Thomas A. Edison has always dis
liked the term ''diScOverer' as applied
to himself. discovery is not invention,
he once remarked to an intimate assO-
ciate. "A discovery is more or less in
the nature of an accident. A man
walks along the road intending to
catch a train. On the way his foot
kicks against something and. looking
down to see what he has hit. he sees
gold bracelet imbedded in the dust. He
has discovered that, certainly not m
vented it, He did not set OF to IN
bracelet, yet the value of it is Just as
great to him at the moment as If. after
long years of study, he had invented /,
machine for making a gold bracelet out
Of common red metal.
Goodyear discovered the way to
make hard rubber. lie was at work
experimenting with india rubber. and
quite by chance he hit upon a process
which hardened 1.-THE last result In
the world that he wished or expected
to attain. In discovery there must be
an element Of the accidental, and an
important one, too, while an invention
is purely deductive.
I'm my own case but few, and those
the least important. Of my inventions
owed anything to accident. Most OF
them have been hammered out after
long and patient labor and are the re-
suits of countless experiments, all di.
rected toward attaining some well de
fined object.
"All mechanical improvements may
safely be said to be inventions and not
discoveries. The sewing machine was
an invention. So were the steam en-
CINE and the typewriter. "-Chicago
News
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

Letters remaining unclaimed in the,
Aberdeen, WASH, postoffice for the
week ending May 8, 1917:
Baldwin, j. E.; Billerman, Frank;
Bowles, Mrs. Leila; Burnham, Geo. W..
Cawell, c. R.; Colby, Harry; Conway.
Eva; Dodge, J. L.; Dalton, Walters
Doin, M; Edlin, Eric; Eckert, Mrs.
Cgas; Farmer, Mrs. J. w.; Grant,.
Mrs. Bessie; Hansen, Anton; Hills.
Dick; Jacobs, Mrs. j.; Xviii, P. H.:
Messegee's Studio; Miller, Max s.:
Miller, Fred; Meyers, Frank S.; Mac.
Lean. James; Serafini, L.; Simmons.
Clifford; Sims, B. c.; Smith, Harold:
Wallace, Mrs. F. j.; Wallin, Mrs. John.
When calling for these letters please.
say ADVERTISED" One cent due for
each letter.
JNO. ]. CARNEY, P. M.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
WHO HELP THEMSELVES.
BY Joseph AltsheIer of the Vieilantes

BY Joseph AltsheIer Of the Visilantss.
r ARRIVED in Vienna one night late
in July, 1914. The streets were
filled with young men. singing.
dancing, shouting and expressing JOY
in many ways. Why? Austria
gary had just declared war upon Ser
via, and they were going to picnic.
In a week they would wipe Servia off
the map
country. A war in southeastern Eu-
rope could not affect us, and Ameri-
cans could 60 on In the ways OF peace.
ignoring cannon and rifles.
But Russia undertook to defend Ser
via. Germany. the ally Of Austria
Hungary, promptly declared war upon
Russia and also attacked and invaded
France, the ally Of Russia. But it still
seemed very far from America. and
we could go ON with the ways Of peace.
Belgium was devoted to peace, but it
was Overrun by the German army, its
people were slaughtered and its cities
burned. But that was still very far
away lTOIu u.s. duO we COuIu ~ Ou Ill
the ways Of peace, ignoring the can
non and the rifles.
Great Britain was drawn in. The
war came a little nearer and spread
upon the sea. But it was yet far away
and would never touch us. We could
sleep in peace. These matters did not
concern us.
But we awoke suddenly from our
dream. The little fire that had been
started in southeastern Europe had
spread all over the world. Although
we withdrew steadily from the flames.
they reached out for us as steadily.
Now we cannot avoid them if we
would. and we must fight fire with
fire.
AS the world comes more closely to
gether what affects one is likely to af-
feet all Isolation is no security. and
in reality there is no Isolation. Doing
everything our SELF res &C.. admits to
avoid it, we are nevertheless drawn
into war.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
War and Taxes.

AS far as we can, President Wilson
suggests, let current taxes meet the
as possible for the future. War means
heavier taxes, of course. All patriots
are willing to bear their share. But
the emergency will call for economy
1t means we must not spend money
heedlessly. This goes for communi
ties as we'll as individuals. Hence it
is time for municipalities to cut out
costly experiments, to limit their ex'
penditures to sheer necessities.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
PLANTING SPINACH.
A Favorits Crop Grown For Greens,
and All Gardeners Should Plant II.

A Favorits Crop Grown For Greens,
and All Gardeners Should Plant II.
Spinach is perhaps the most favorite
crop grown for greens, and every home
gardener should plant it. Around Nor
folk, Va, and to the south Of it large
areas are cut at any time through the
winter when the fields are not frozen
or covered with snow. North of the
latitude of Norfolk spinach can be
planted in the autumn and carried
over the winter by mulching with
straw or leaves. The seed should be
sown in drills one foot apart at the
rate of one ounce to 100 feet Of row, or
ten to twelve pounds per acre. A rich
loan is required for success.
There is perhaps no other garden
crop which gives as much satisfaction
as spinach. Ordinarily it occupies the
land during the autumn and winter
and does not interfere therefore with
the production of summer vegetables.
Three or four ounces Of seed planted
In the autumn after the summer crop
has been harvested will produce an
abundance of green's for the average
family during the late autumn and
early spring. In gathering spinach
the entire plant is removed instead of
merely cutting off the leaves. By Sc.
lecting the larger plants first the
smaller or later ones are given room
to develop. This method does away
with the necessity Of thinning.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
st Pays to Advertise"

John Wanamaker, the great merch-
ant, is said to have taken in S24.96
on his first day in business. The
next day he began a campaign of ad-
yertising, in which he invested 1924
saving the sc cents for personal uses.
Mr.. Wanamaker knows now, and he
must have had strong belief then,
that 1T pays to advertise"
A certain manufacturer of chewing
gum begun business on $32. Last year
he sold s35,OOO,0OO worth of gum. He
spent 100000 last year for advertis.
ing his gum. That was more than
S3 per cent Of the retail price of all
chewing gum sold.
Like Mr.. Wanamaker, the chewing
gum man knows that at pays to adj
vertise."
Do you?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
REAL LIFE INSURANCE.
Its Cost Is Simply tho Price Of the Pro-
vention of Disease.

Real life Insurance." says the North
Carolina state board Of health, lis not
the kind on which you have to pay an
nual premiums as long as you live i'll
order to hold it or for your family or
some one else to get the benefits only
when you are dead. Real life insur-
ance is that which inSureS you against
death-preventable sickness and pre-
mature departure from this world-and
allows you to enjoy the benefits while
you yet live. Furthermore, it promises
you long life and a happy one, a
healthy life and prosperous one. 1t
may be had by anybody, and, like other
kinds Of insurance, he who puts most in
it gets most out Of it.
Real life insurance has it's price.
The adoption OF correct living habits
moderate eating and drinking, regular
work and play, plenty of rest in the
fresh air and a disposition not to worry
is the price Of long, happy life, free
from diseases of the kidneys, heart and
arteries, the diseases that sneak in
upon a mans life when he is not aware.
Then there's another source Of at
tack you need protection against-ty-
phoid fever. Homes with pure water,
screened doors and windows, clean
premises free from flies and anti-ty-
phoid vaccination is the price you pay
for protection against typhoid. The
price against malaria is whatever it
takes to prevent mosquitoes from breed
ing and from biting you after they
have bitten people with malaria.
Security against tuberculosis, bron-
chitis, grippe, colds and pneumonia is
to be had mainly at the great price Of
preventing people from splitting in pub
lie places. 1t is to be had also by liv-
ing on friendly terms with fresh air
day and night, by avoiding overheated
homes or Offices, by creating a resist
ance to cold by a daily cold water bath
about the neck and shoulders and by
proper living habits.
after all, the prevention Of disease
is the price Of real life insurance. If
we invest literally and wisely in the
means and methods of preventing sick
ness we may expect handsome returns
in long, useful, happy life"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
USE FOR VACANT LOTS.
People Urged to Raise Vegetables and
Prepare For . Lean Winter.

People Urged to Raise Vegetables and
Prepare For . Lean Winter.
1t is a world Of lean years, says the
New York Times. Its food lies in this
years crop. The reserves will be ex-
hausted at the end Of the crop year.
The outlook Is not too rOseate. The
English wheat crop Is reported back
ward, the Dutch small. French wheat
will yield less than usual. Argentina
will have little wheat or corn to ex-
port. The Australian wheat crop is
estimated at nearly 5O,0OOOOO bushels
less than last years. Our big winter
wheat states have not had moisture
enough. Early vegetables in the south
ern states have been nipped by frost.
So the shortage goes.
Food prices are high already. This
careless, easy going America must re-
member the ant and prepare for next
winter. One thing nearly all Of us out
side the cities, and many urbans, can
do That is to raise all we can Of the
common vegetables, so easy to raise,
thriving almost everywhere, so large
a part Of our food. We can't import
them. We must grow them; and they
should be grown in quantities unheard
Of before, grown by the rich-and the
more they sell the better-by the poor.
by the great mass that is neither.
Beans, onions, peas, potatoes and the
rest, these should be the crop of
everybody with land enough to bend
over in.
Selectmen, town committees, town
trustees and councillors, spy out the
vacant cultivable land and see that 1t
is tickled with the pillow. Commuters,
who farm for exercise and pleasure,
or say you do. this is the spring when
you need to farm for business. More
ground for garden this year; and gar
den for vegetables, not for ornament
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11

do is to learn how to keep what he has
inherited. defend what he holds in
trust.
But to defend anything one must
first learn the science Of self protec-
ton and afterward acquire the art Of
protecting others.
Any American with any real love for
the motherland-with any real love for
the helpless ones dependent upon his
ability to stand between them and the
ruthless fury Of ADMINISTRATORS in
his mind-if he has any-in his heart
if he has any-that the only safety for
his native land. his family, himself,
lies in the democratic solution Of the
prOblem-universa service
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
How 70 Walk.

There is no virtue in a dawdling
saunter. The slow and languid drag
ging Of one foot after the other which
some people call walking would tire
an athlete. 1t utterly exhausts a weak
person, and that is the reason why
many delicate persons think they can
not walk. To derive any benefit from
the exercise it is necessary to walk
with light, elastic step which swings
the weight of the body so easily from
one leg to the other that it's weight is
not felt and which produces healthy
glow, showing that the sluggish blood
is stirred to action in the most remote
VEINS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-11
WHAT TO DO IN JUNE.


Transplant sweet potato plants from
plant frame to garden.
Sow tomato, cabbage and collard
seeds in plant frame for fall CROP
(Sow tomatoes in early June. Sow
cabbage and collards in late June.)
Sow seeds Of hardy perennials in hot
beds. Shade plants with screens made
Of Stats.
Transplant in seed bed hardy peren-
NAL flower plants and place plants six
to twelve inches apart both ways.
Plant beans, corn.
Prune spring Towering shrubs and
vines after flowers have fallen.
Plant dahlia roots.
Keep soil between rows mellow.
Spray for insect enemies and plant
diseases.
Harvest and replant crops promptly.