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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17
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Moore.GarIow.

Miss Carrie Moore and Edward Gar.
low were married last evening at the
home Of Rev. John Brown, pastor OF
the Palatine Baptist church. Both are
popular young folks, Miss Moore hav'
ing been employed in the 3. G. Jones
store for some time. Mr.. Carlow is
employed By the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad company. They will reside
hero and have host Of friends who
extend best wishes.
Entertained Club.
A delightful meeting of the T. A. s.
club was held yesterday afternoon
when Mrs. Arthur S. Brown, OF East
Bridge street, was hostess. The hours
were spent with needlework and a
luncheon was served by the hostess.
Building Garage.
An automobile garage is being built
at the corner Of A street and East Park
avenue. 1t is a tile structure and will
be occupied by Basil Layman and COM
pauy.
VIII Move Meat Market.
John Teorene and company will
moyo their meat market soon from the
corner OF Market and Merchant
streets to.the Hoult property on Mer-
chant street. Mr.. Feorene expects to
open an ice cream parlor in the build
ing'he now occupies.
Personals.
Miss Emma Frankinberry, Of Col
fax, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. L.
Carpenter,
Mrs. 3. A. Wilson, of Columbia
street is recovering slowly from sew.
eJal days illness.
Ny. and Mrs. Arthur Rich have re-
turned 10 Union after spending cou.
pie Of days here.
Mr.. Brannon, who is i'll at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. H. F. Smith, is
improving.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17
A SUPERIOR
KIDNEY REMEDY

The repeated sales on DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root keep up very nicely. we
have been handling it only two years
but druing that time we have never
heard single complaint from our Gus
toners; all of them speak very favor
ably regarding Swamp-Root Swamp
Root stands equal to the best remedies
on the market today.
Very truly yours,
MIZELL DRUG CO.,
lime 15 1916. Clio, Ala
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

than that IN Civil war times Wnen
money had a much greater pirchasins
power than Il has now.
IN Civil war times wheat bread w.
q luxury. The best-ot fainiLles nag
It but once q week Corn came into
its own at that time and apone" was
the bread Of the residents Of this por-
tion OF West Virginia. W. r. Hun.
man, who is seYenty-eight years OF
age and served In the Civil war, re-
calls that In 1866 he paid 81 for a
barrel Of flour.
The high cost Of living is not q new
thing to those who were keeping tami-
lies infthose days. Coffee sold Ct as
high as eighty cents per pound. This
price was almost prohibitiYe so many
Of the people used rye cotiee anu
there were cases where families USED
Drowned wheat coffee and even col
fee made from Drowned sweet poGatoes.
w. R. Huffman tells Of John Taylor
and Emri, his son, who kept q store
over in Greene county, Pa, going
east after goods Just before the war.
The young man, who was Just assert
ing his majority, insisted on laying in
a big stock against the wishes Of his
father. That trip made him rlcn lor
he bought muslin at twelve cents a
yard and later disposed 1t at nigh
price and spices at eight cents whlcn
he later sold at ninety. ~,
The late ]. Q. A. Meredith used 10
tell of buying the last yard OF muslin
in Fairmont during war times, paying
fifty cents a yard. Muslin sold IN
this section at as high as eighty cents cents
a yard, according to other authorities.
If flour keeps going up until corn
comes into common use again the con-
dition will have its bright side accord,
ing to some of those who watch the
climbing markets Corn pone" Is
quite a tasty food and there are many
things to be dreaded more than mush,
and.milk for supper and fried mush
and maple syrup for breakfast
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17
Letter to
Or. KlImer 6 Co.
Rinahamton, N. Y.

Prove what swamp Root WIN Do For
You.
Send ten cents to DR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet Of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the West Virginian. Reg.
ular fifty-cent bottle and one-dollar
size bottles for sale at all drug stores.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17
Evening Chat
Iibosh the simple urban NUT,

Kibosh the simple urban nut,
With vulgar grin and eyes half shut,
That steers ye through an ole tint
tale,
Moss covered, venerable and stale,
Accelerating as he goes,
His effervescenCe to the close,
Till with enthusiasm brim,
He gifts the CAB stuff out O him,
Then bubbles over at the trite
Rendition, and with all his might
Bangs We with fist and open hand,
And chugs yer ribs to beat the band,
Expectin' to induce delight
/ figger that sich nuts amt right,
Their heads is empty like squash,
And what they need is the kibosh.
THE DEACON.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17
cuIIn pNEIJMoNIA VICTIM.

Denzil Toothman, eyed years, only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Tooth
man, of Grant Town, died yesterday
at the home of his parents from pneu,
MONA which followed an attack OF
whooping cough. Funeral services
were held this afternoon from the resi-
dence and interment was made in the
Ballah cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

Calamity howlers fear that flour is
going to go to $40 a barrel before Ger
many is defeated unless there is gov
eminent action of some sort reguiat.
ing the price OF food stuffs which has
led some of the older citizens to re-.
call that floug sold at higher rate
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

2. Layman, who has quite an envia.
BILE reputation as a gardener, has had
lettuce for some time and other things
are in good shape. He has three beds
which yielded 1900 pounds of lettuce
last year and 1000 pounds the year be.
fore. He has a brand Of tomatoes
which he thinks are even better than
the Marketeers, doomed by Roy Stew
art, of Warrington. One of his plants
grew to be 16 feet tall and bore "a to-
mato eleven feet from the ground.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

1t costs like the very dickens to get
a garden plowed at this time. one
housewife baked at 81 though she
stood ready to pay 1925, the amount
maid nv her neighbors, or even SOU.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

creiaer was starred called Grandpa
Suueers" or Christmas Eve Down
on the Farm" which met with some
success.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17
Exhibits


The charming Miss who is to be
honored with her diploma this
month, will find 1t to her advantage
TO see the wealth of dainty gradu-
alton frocks our collection has in
store for her.
You could not wish for more cor
rect style, appropriate materials
and exquisite embroideries than
are embodied in these Frocks. Get
yours now while assortments are
complete,
For For
Misses Girls
ss.es up. $3.50 up
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

The fruit is safe. There has been
no east winds, according to William
Prlckett, of Barnstown, who has watch
ed ouch things for many years. A freeze
was reported last week on Booths
crock and up on Finch's run which
causes some Gneasiness in those Sec
tions. 1t is declared that water left
out actually froze over at one of these
points. The late bloom on the cherry
trees is encouraging to those who
feared for the fruit crop for in the
event Of the early bloom having been
killed the late bloom is safe. Cherries
are as big as wheat grains at this time
on trees in the outskirts Of the city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-17

Those who happen in the outlying
district of the city known as Johntown
this week have seen a ninety year old
man doing his "bit" in the garden. 1t
is John Trims, who has lived almost a
century, and who has been able to be
around for fortnight, following an ILL
ness. This aged man feels that he is
still able to contribute the work nee.
essary for a food output which will
save the civilized world from German
rule.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-05
To the Patrons Of the Cresco Opera
House.

We take this opportunity of thanking
you for the liberal patronage you have
given the opera house and to assure
you of our appreciation. -:
The number of shows on the road is
so small and the demand for them so
great that our choice is limited and we
shall be unable to book as many attrac-
tions as we had hoped; this situation
may improve as the show business
adapts itself to war conditions.
An attraction which can go serenely
on its way regardless of conditions is
Fiske O 'Hara and his "Man from Wick
low" both the star and the play are
receiving flattering notices in the cities;
Mr.. Burgess saw the production at the
olympia in Chicago where it was play
ing to wonderful business.
Cresco gets exactly the same cast
and production, and we give the attrac-
ton our unqualified endorsement.
Our attention having been called to
the confusion attending the departure
of patrons after the opening show. we
have made arrangements to have an
officer detailed to direct the parking of
cars so a. to save space and leave each
car free. H. ..<. z
+, BOARD OF MANAGERS, e
Cresco Opera House Co.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-05


Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Roy Henry Belts. son of MIR.
and Mrs. H. M. Belts Ito Gevina
Rosalie Bjorgo on Tuesday, Oct. End at
Locust, Ia. The young couple will be
at home to their friends after Oct. 9Th
on the home farm north of town.
VIM. Fitzgerald, of Spokane, WASH,
arrived in Cresco on Monday evening
for visit among his many friends.
Will did not pay his usual annual visit
last year. but says that there is moth
ing 50 pleasant to him,as to get back
to Cresco and greet the old friends.
Mrs. Mary Malanaphy has received q
letter from her son, Hugh, stating that
he is nov located at Vancouver, WASH
lngton, and is a member of the Quar-
termaster Corps. His duties are to
drill, check and inspect various things.
As yet he does not know where he will
be assigned.
Paul Daughenbaugh and his brother
in-law, Earl Stevens, went to Camp
Dodge last Friday for two days visit
with the latter's brother, Jesse. They
saw most of the boys from this vicinity
and found them we'll contented with
their work, food, quarters and treat
ment accorded them.
Mrs. A. H. Caward and daughter
in-law, Mrs. Harry Caward, and babe
arrived last Friday by auto from
Waterloo for q visit with Cresco rela-
tives. The former returned Sunday
while the latter remained for longer
visit at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. o. White.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-05
BaDtist Church.

The usual services will be held next
Sunday. Morning theme, "Christ's Idea
of Discipleship." Evening, 1.-The I'm
expected Requisition.
On Tuesday night, Oct. 9th. DR.. J.
M. Drueer of national fame will de-
liver lecture on 1.-THE European Pol
icy and Diplomacy of Today" The
proceeds to be shared with the Red
Cross.
J. A. Petit, Pastor.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-05

Catholic people Of this community and sur
rounding territory are asked to raise $1,000
as their quota of the 100000 Nationwide
Fund. FRIDAY, OCTOBER II,
has been designated as the day to start the
campaign. On this day :: : :: ::
Mr.. FRANCIS HARRISON
Davenport very convincing speaker of the
Knights Columbus will be in Cesco address He will fully
explain necessity of this fund Everybody invited
attend this lecture perhaps know this fund provide for
the spiritual recreaona needs Of the the
Everybody regardless of creed will be well
coined the and comforts of these recreaona
The people left at home should and believe willing
to- provide subscriptions will and welcome
from all, regardless of creed
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-10-05
Grace Episcopal Church.

Services on Sunday, Oct. 7th, at
1890 a. M, and 7:30 p. m. Everybody
welcome.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
The Sap Is Running

[From the Cleveland Plain Dealer1
1t freezes hard o'nights. The sun
gets up in q murky sky, the mists roll
back ana it's warming rays cheer the
frozen grass, start little rivulets from
the sooty snow drifts and make wet,
sticky mud of what, an hour before,
was iron-hard earth, sparkling with
frost. Here and there q bit of green
shows in the lawns. The buds on the
trees are swollen almost to the burst
ing point. There are birds, too, robins
and blue birds back from the South,
and their notes bring genuine cheer.
But these are the pleasures of eye and
ear
Nature likewise prepares pleasures
of the palate. The sap is stirring in
the maple, and in the woodlands back
from the city men with caps over ears
and heavy coats and boots and canvas
gloves are tramping the heavier snow
in the timber. They tap q tree here,
another there, and hang small tin
pals to catch the sweetish sparkling
liquid which is to become crystallized
delight. There. has been much snow
after Il dry fall. The trees are all well
nourished. The sap runs at it's best
and the sugar-making season is really
under way.
II you are city bred, you will watch
for the new sugar in your grocer's
window and think no more about it.
If country bred. the longing for native
hardwood timber, for pitted snow un-
der foot and the sight of scurrying
rabbits and busy gray squirrels, for
the taste of maple sap and the smell
of the sugar camp is overwhelming
nowadays. Who has dropped hot syrup
on clean snow and nodded and tasted
it knows a delight to which his urban
kinsmen may be strangers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
ST. PATRICK'S DAY

T<HIS is st. Patrick's Day and we
are all Irish. No matter whence
our ancestors came or what ma
tional tinge may adhere to our names,
we are Irish this one day of the year.
For who is there who would not do
homage to the dear old Saint whose
kindly deeds and loving service fit
so we'll into the characteristics of
the Irish people?
1t is a tribute to the national char
acter of Americans that they have
been able to preserve the good from
all the races and nationalities that
have gone into the melting pot of the
great republic, in which we live. The
most beautiful customs of the Ger
mans, the English, the Scotch, the
Irish have found their way in q meas
ure into our own lives. We love them
not alone for their national origin
but for their significance, and that
is why st. Patrick's Day sees our shop
windows decked in green, the sham
rock smiling from the florists win
dows and a sprig of green on the
lapels of millions of coats all over the
land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
Pass the Tubers

These verses, written thirty years
ago are especially timely now:
"An old lady sat in her old armchair
For days and for weeks her only fare
AS she sat in her old armchair,
Had been potatoes.
But now they were gone, of bad or
good.
And she thought of the deacon over
the way.
The deacon so ready to worship and
pray,
Whose cellar was full of potatoes.
She said, will send for the deacon
And the deacon came over as fast as
he could.
Thinking to do the old lady.some good,
But never for once of potatoes.
He prayed for patience, goodness and
grace
But when he prayed. Lord give her
peace,
She audibly sighed, Give potatoes ,
So ending his prayers he started for
home, t.,
The door closed behind. he heard a
deep groan;
oh, give to the hungry potatoes
And the groan followed him all the
way home;
room;
'Oh, give to the hungry potatoes.
He could bear it no longer; arose and
dressed,
From his well-filled cellar taking in
haste,
A bag of his best potatoes.
The widows heart 1eaped up for joy,
Her face was pale and haggard no
more.
Now said the deacon, shall we
pray?'
Yes said the widow, now you may
And would you hear this simple tale,
Pray for the poor, and praying, pre-
vail?
Then preface your prayer with aims
and good deeds;
Search out the poor, their wants and
needs;
Pray for their peace and grace, spir-
itual food,
For wisdom and guidance-all these
are good
But don't forget the potatoes"
The Independant
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
THE PEOPLES FORUM
By BRIGGS

up because of it's uselessness and fu-
tllity. 1t is not fitted to modern war
rare. 1t would seem that the average
soldier needs to be trained to the use
OF the pick and shovel rather than to
the use of the sword and gun, When
it comes to the wholesale slaughter of
men, machine guns appear to be the
most effective and economical instru-
mentS OF war; while it is estimated
that at Verdun as much dirt has been
dug for trenches as was handled in
building of the Panama canal. Think
OF the transformation of the world
that might be effected if all the enor-
nous energy now being spent in de-
struction could be turned to world bet
terment.
In the present world situation op.
position to compulsory military train
ing in the schools of the United States
looms up as great moral issue, Sec
ond only to opposition to war itself,
and very closely related to it. Uni
versal compulsory military training
announces to the world that we peo-
pie of the United States have aban-
doned our ideals, that we are prepar-
ing to get into the game of war and
are training our youth for it. Will
this not breed that same jealousy and
rivalry and fear towards us that ex-
lists among the nations of Europe to-
wards each other-the very root of
war? And over and above all else,
consider the effects on the boys them
selves. What hope is there for the fu-
ture II our boys in schoo and our
young men just out of school are to
be trained not only in body but in
mind and spirit disciplined to the
militaristic idea? Compulsory mill
tary training is the gravest danger
threatening us at this time. If the
mlltar1sts and the munition makers
should succeed in getting possession
of our schools 1t would not be long be-
fore protest against war will be a
crime punishable by death, shooting,
hanging or any old hurry-up method.
We dare not complacently assume
that because our institutions are free
in form, we are safe; for unless we
guard against the insidious encroach-
ment of destructive tendencies we
shall lose their essential spirit. Only
a little more than u generation ago the
Germans were aghast at the introduc-
ton of conscription. Up to the time
of the present war England regarded
her freedom from conscription an ele-
mental condition of liberty. After a
bitter struggle she yielded to the pres
sure of conscription and she has also
surrendered the rights of free speech
and of free press. Are the American
people asleep or dumb with fear that
they are not moving on their National
and State Capitols in protest against
such laws as compulsory military
training of our youths?
Harrisburg, Pa.
II. F. p.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
THE BEST NONE TOO GOOD

TIME Municipal League has under
taken to show the people of Har-
risburg that the citizens COM
mittee of the School Board has made
no mistake in selecting William b.
Ittner, as architect to design the new
High School buildings for the city,
The taxpayers, who will be called upon
to foot the bills in any event, should
study these reports and recommenda-
tions carefully. The best is none too
good for Harrisburg. The city never has
suffered from the advice of national
experts. 1t reflects nothing upon To-
cal architects that when the people
have problem of vital Importance to
solve they call in somebody who has
had more experience and greater
measure of success along a given line
than any man of the profession with
in the boundaries of the school dis
trict.
The League takes the position that
the people were induced to pass the
High School loan with the distinct un-
derstanding that a committee of we'll
qualified citizens should assist the
School Board in arranging for the ex-
penditure of the money to be bor-
rowed, and that to keep faith in this
proposal the agreement of the COM
mittee acting in conjunction with a
committee of the Board itself should
have the endorsement of the entire
Board. The League also feels called
upon to show that this report was
made in entire conformity with the
best interests of all the people and
that it should be adopted on that
score especially. A large number of
citizens take the same view of the situ-
alton. Publication of the findings of
the League should prove chapter of
interesting reading in the school his
tory of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

Congressman o. D. BleakIey, of
Franklin, who went from Philadel-
phia to Washington by aeroplane,
wants to do 1t again.
Henry Reuterdahl, who is urging
that the interned sailors be removed
from League Island navy yard, is one
of the foremost naval critics and a
great booster for a big navy.
d. L. Hoopingarner, connected
with Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh,
will take up important educational
work for New York banks.
Henry C. Fownes, of Pittsburgh,
won the Pinehurst golf prize this
spring. He and other relatives have
won it in years gone by.
j. l.. Replogle, the steel magnate,
has been elected president of the
American Vanadium Company, sue
ceeding j. ]. F'lannery. of Pittsburgh.
Porter S. Kier, Pittsburgh busi-
man, has been elected president of the
national association of manufacturers
Of refractories, including big fire
brick plants and the like.
Prof. Samuel Hamilton, AlIe-
gheny county school superintendent,
wants people in his county to take
greater interest in rural education.