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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09
A PROMINENT WOMAN
OF WISCONSIN
Appleton, Wis.-"I found DR.. Pierce's

IOuUu LII. EISECe >
+ a vorit e Pre-
scription to be
very good. About
six years ago /
had w o M a n | Y
weakness. | took
this medicine and
it cured me in
about six months.
] am quite sure it
is a permanent
cure, as / have
never felt any re-
turn Of this oil
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09
Where Many Stop.

What is regarded as stepping
stone to business often proves an eter-
nal roOsting place.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09

An honest dollar isn't to be blamed
for it's tainted associates.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09
Sharp and to the Point

Hammer-Mr. Tack is a witty fel-
low.
Screwdriver-Yes; his remarks are
so very pointed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09

If you think the rents are too high
in your neighborhood hire an amateur
cornet player to move in.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09

Speaking of marble hearts, it's more
satisfactory to give than to receive.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09

Success depends almost as much
on what man is as what he does.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09

Unconscious humor seldom makes
the right people laugh.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09
AWAITING Peace.

New York Jews have postponed
calling proposed Jewish congress I'M
til peace is declared.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09
NEWS review OF
The PAST Week
italian Armies Drawn up Behind
TagIiamento River to Fight
TeutoniC Invaders.
ALLIES RUSH TO THE RESCUE

cadorna's Losses Severe But United
Nation Supports Him-Germans
Lose More Ground in Flanders
American War Taxes
Become Effective
More Luxburg Plot
ting Exposed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-11-09
| Suffered Sc
Years. PERU
| MADE ME WELL

Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther, 1902 18th
ST., N. W., Washington, d. c., writes:
II endorse Peruna as splendid
medicine for catarrh and stomach
trouble, from which suffered sew
eral years. ] took 1t for several
months, found my health was re-
stored and have felt splendidly ever
since. / now take it when I con-
tract cold, and it soon rids the sys-
tenn OF any catarrhal tendencies"
The Press., 1917-08-30
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
Something About the Sea of Air In
 Which We Live.

Something About the Sea of Air IH
 Which We Live.
 We crawl about on the bottom of a sea of air. Only very recently have we learned to swim in 1t. We call the performance flying"
 The gaseous mixture composing this ocean of air is so fluid and transparent that We hardly realize its presence. Doubtless fishes in like manner are not conscious of the water in which they swim.
 But the air is much denser than we imagine. A small child blows up toy balloon. Probably the air inside the inflated rubber bag is at a pressure of no more than two atmospheres, yet the balloon has become in effect a solid object. A cubic foot of air weighs considerably over an ounce. A dry goods box three feet cube will contain two and one-half pounds of air. This means, of course, at sea level.
 As one climbs a mountain or goes up in a balloon the air becomes thinner, its density diminishing steadily until perhaps 150 or POO miles from the sur. face of the earth there is virtually none of 1t left. It is reckoned that one. half of the entire bulk of the atmos- phere is below the three mile level.
 The sea of air Is warm sea, con. serving the heat delivered by the sun upon the earth. If it we're suddenly we should find ourselves ex- posed to the cold of outer space (4e6 below zero FL and would be frozen Philadelphia PEess
The Press., 1917-08-30
PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
Uncle Sam Will Give You Free Advice
 on This Vital Subject.

OncIO Sam VIII SNe Iou FFOo AoVtc0 on This Vital Subject.
 Health insurance has grown to be more and more recognized as a vital factor in the welfare of any commu- nifty. Vigorous campaigning on the part of federal, state and municipal health authorities has led to the pre- vention of a great deal of unneees- sary disease, but to be really success ful the cooperation of citizens is con- sldered essential.
 You have insured your merchandise against lOss,' says a bulletin of the United States public health service You have insured your house and barn against fire. You have perhaps even taken out an insurance policy to pro- vide the necessartes of life for your family in case you become Ill. But have you given to the question of pre- venting such illness the thought and study that so important a matter de- serves?"
 The United States public health serv- ice devotes much of its time and ef- fort to the study of preventable dis eases and has issued numerous pam phlets containing the fundamental principles of disease prevention. They are sent free of charge on request. Among them are included Typhoid FeVer-Its Causation and Prevention" Prevention of Malaria" "The Proven tton of Peilagra," 'Tuberculosis-Its Predisposing Causes" Hay Fever and Its Prevention" ssInfantila ParaIv sis" and '4The Care of the Baby"
The Press., 1917-08-30

of them. He started to mail it yester-
 day afternoon and dropped it on the
 street. One of my men, who was shad-
 owing him, nabbed it in holy second, and here it is."
 Baxter laid an envelope on the leaf of my desk between Graham and me. We saw that 1t was addressed to Miss Annie Davenport, young woman much admired in our town and of unblemish- | ed reputation. 1 was amazed and dis | tresSed that her name should be
 brought into such an affair.
 Its open" said the detective to Graham. See what you can make of it." =. :
 Il am not so clear as to that,'' an swered Graham. Ut would appear to me that might like the young. lady's permission" ,
 Upon this Baxter made quite flow cry argument speaking of the interests of justice and other lofty considera4 lions, but Graham and I were not i'm pressed.
 Who wrote this?'' asked when the detective paused for breath.
 "Youll know. the name" said he Walter Allen" .,-
 did indeed know the name and. the man. Allen was the sole survivor Of a family that had once been prominent in our town. He himself had been a wild youth, and his reputation had not i'm proved with added years. He had in- herited small property from his fa- ther and was supposed to have suuan- dered it. The homestead had been sold In foreclosure proceedings within a year, and little had been seen of AL len in Stockton since then. l knew. however that he had once been very attentive to Annie Davenport, but had been supplanted in her affections if indeed, he ever had a share in them. by much better man, to whom she was now said by the gOssips to be en- gagged. This was Stuart FarnsWorth. son of our postmaster and himself a l new fedged lawyer not without clients.
 "On the night of the robbery" said l the detective, Allen was seen and pos- itively recognized within fifty yards of | the pOstOf1ce just after the safe was blown, and he was running away. That's how sure we are of him. The man who saw him had sense enough to keep dark about it except to the post office authorities. He didn't even tell the police, for which we're much obliged"
 It was fact that Aliens name had not been whispered in connection with the affair.
 ''NOw, here's a curious circum- stance" continued Baxter. "The other robber was seen, too, but not recog- Qized. He nay have been disguised or
The Press., 1917-08-30
POSTURE OF WOMEN.
Upon It In Great Measure Depend
 Good or Bad Health.

Upon It In Great Measure Depends
 Good or Bad Health.
 Miss Jessie B. Merrick, director of physical education for women in the University of Washington insists that every WOman's home or office be a la- bOratory of health. She points out that there was a time when woman's house muscles were brought into play. Work has become so highly specialized, how ever, and woman has taken her place so actively in the business world with man that she is deprived of the oppor- tun1ty to live rational life in which she would exercise every part of the body in accordance with its natural functions.
 Good posture is to be thought about. It depends upon the maintenance of nat ural conditions of life Some health specialists attribute all abnormalities of health to bad posture. Depressed mental condition, i'll fitting clothing and poorly adapted furniture all con- tribute to a slouchy sitting or standing posture.
 Bad posture is blamed for such dis eases as sciatica and lumbago.
 Good posture represents initiative, courage, responsibility, self control and self direction.
 A strong nervous system is to be gained by physical activity in games, dances and exercises involving rhythm.
The Press., 1917-08-30
HE INvENTs WORDS.
This Man Finds Terms to Fit Emergsn-
 AL

This Man Finds Terms to Fit Emergen-
 cies For the Dictionaries.
 There are in the world many un- usual and unique occupations, but per haps the strangest of all which pays a good income is that of a New York newspaper man who earns, in addition to his regular salary from the paper, ra ther regular amounts from the pub fishers of dictionaries. encyclopedias and other such volumes. His occupa- tiOn is the inventing of new words.
 The casual observer would be in- clined to remark that the English lan- guage already possesses enough words for all uses without the invention of any new ones, and probably his state mont would be fact. Nevertheless it is true that this man is paid substantial sums for inventing new words to fit special phases, situations, occupations and occurrences. and that the publish CTS of dictionaries will incorporate into them any new word based on Substan- tiul derivatives for the existence of which a plausible reason can be made.
 The progress of modern business, and especially the discoveries that have been made in the fields of electricity and medicine in the last decade, have been responsible for the incorporation into the language of many new words, St. Louis Democrat.
The Press., 1917-08-30
SOMERS.

Miss Grace Baker of Westfield has been visiting Mrs. Arthur S. Pease.
 Miss Martha Dougall of Hartford is a guest of her niece, Mrs. Charles M. Care.
 Mir. and Mrs. Neil Pierson have as guest Mrs. Archie Hook of San Diego, Gal.
 Donald Gowdy of Providence, R. |. ;, has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. Belle Pierce.
 Miss Blanche Fuller has recently been entertaining Mrs. Thomas Malone of Duluth, Minn.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mahlon Gowdy have returned to Providence after visiting Mrs. Belle Pierce.
 Robert Field of Yonkers, N. T., is spending the summer with Mir. and Mrs. W. s. Hastings.
 Miss MAbelle P. Gager has gone to Hartford where she is a guest of her cousin, Mrs. Donald Spencer.
 Dr. and Mrs. Henry w. Gillett have had as guests pr. and Mrs. William 70. Herbert of Katonah, N. Y.
 Dr. and Mrs. A. l.. Hurd are entertaining Mir. and Mrs. Thurston Cooley of Shelburne Falls, Mass.
 Mrs. Charles Stevenson and two children of Hartford have been visit ing Mir. and Mrs. Henry Stevenson.
 Mrs. Mrytle Davis has returned home after visiting her sister-in- Jaw, Mrs. Edward Mallstt, in Springfield.
 Walter Field, who has been spend. ing the summer in 8 camp in the AdirondAos, returned home Saturday.
 The Misses Gladys and Hazel Man. chester of Springfield spent the week end in the home of Charles s. Fuller. Erwin Tupper of Dayton Beach, Fla, is spending several weeks at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Bert O. Fuller.
 Mira Dolly Caywood and two laughtsrs of Huntington, Canada, are
The Press., 1917-08-30

photograph for the teacher and send ing one to his old school mate, Capt. Samuel Corbin. He also visited his old home, the David Mathews place.
 Rock Meadow.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Russell has gone to New York for visit.
 Mrs. Thomas Ruby was the guest last week of Mrs. David Gaudette.
 George Booth and two daughters of Providence, R. l., recently visited his father, Henry Booth.
 Miss Ida Heck and Wayland Heck went Monday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Ida Robertson, in Monson.
 Adelbert Agard and family spent few days last week with relatives in North Woodstock. returning home Saturday.
 Wm. Csatloss, after a twO-weeks' visit with his parents, has returned to his work in an automobile shop in Detroit, Mioh.
 Herbert Heck and son, Wayland, Mrs. Matt Heck and daughter, Ada, spent the day last Saturday with relatives in Westford.
 Mrs. George Heck and daughter, Julia, after visiting a week with her ister-in-law, Mrs. Ida Robertson, returned home on Sunday.
 Many congratulations to MT. and Mrs. Henry Leffingwell on the birth of a daughter on Saturday. Miss Grace Tyler, of Union, a nurse, is caring for Mrs. Leffingwell.
 The recent thunderstorms have put out of commission the telephone service on the 23 line and also the 6i line. A telephone pole was struck during the shower Friday night be- tween Mrs. Ballou's and Mir. Agard' s houses.
 A surprise party was given MT. and Mrs. Frank Smith last Saturday eyen- ing. About so were present. A buffet lunch was served. The visitors gave to MT. and Mrs. Smith a nice rug. a fine rocking chair and a sum of money. Burohard Royce made the presentation speech and MT. and Mrs. Smith responded very heartily. The company was entertained with vocal and instrumental music and dancing until a late hour when they left, wishing Mir. and Mrs. Smith many years of prosperity.
The Press., 1917-08-30

said. "It'll be due in few minutes at Miss Davenport's house. Suppose we go up there"
 Baxter accepted the suggestion, and we set out at once, reaching the house precisely in the nick of time Billy Stern was in the very act of delivering letter to Miss Davenport at the gate.
 Baxter, out of breath with walking, merely extended his hand for the letter, and Miss Davenport gave it to him. The detective tore open the envelope and drew forth sheet of blank paper.
 ''This is too much for me-" said he. "I'n be hanged if understand"-
 He was interrupted by a sudden and surprising occurrence. Without the slightest warning Graham sprang upon Stern, the carrier, and the two men came heavily to the ground. Graham was much the stronger. He seized Stern's right wrist and wrenched his hand open. A crumpled paper was dis closed. Baxter stopped and seized it, and saw as he held it up that it bore a letter written in Aliens cipher.
 Graham rose, pulled Stern up after him; then he faced Baxter.
 "Why, man." he cried, "how could ye doubt who was at the bottom of this business? Did ye really believe that these letters were opened after Miss Davenport received themY
 "Do you mean that this fellow Stern has opened them" demanded Baxter, ''that they were intended for his eyes, that the whole plot was between Stern and Allen?"
 Beyond a doubt" answered Graham. "Stern's description of the second rob- Der was an obvious lie intended to throw dust in your eyes and cast sus- pac1On upon an innocent man-yOung FarnswOrth. Stern saw no rObber but Allen until he came to looking glass and saw himself. He's a trusted man in the office. He'd have far better chance than the postmaster's son to know of the large sum in the safe. Did ye not think of that"
 Baxter slowly shook his head.
 "T guess you're right" he said. 1T remember trying to find Stern on the evening of the fourth day after the robbery, and on that same evening AL len got away from my watchers for a couple of hours. But never thought that there was any connection between the two occurrences. They must have met"
 And on the next day Miss Daven- port got the note from Allen asking her to receive the letters," said Graham. Ut was a clever trick. Allen knew that he was watched. He dared not mail letters to Stern or even to a bogus name, for he knew you would trace them-in short, they had to be deliv- cred to somebody. If they had been destroyed or held in the postof1ce you'd have known that the other thief must be there."
 He turned suddenly and seized the pale and trembling pOstman by the arm with grip that made him vince.
 You'd just opened this last letter, eh?" said he And you had the in closure in your pocket? Of course. And when you saw MT. Baxter open the envelope you were afraid and tried to crumple the slip in your hand and toss it over the fence, but nabbed you fin time. Am right?"
 Stern tried to answer, but his throat was too dry. His face was a picture of guilt.
 'Well, I guess he's the man, sure enough" said Baxter.
 The rest was easy. Before the even ing was over the two thieves were in custody and their plunder unearthed from the hiding place where Stern had bestowed it.
The Press., 1917-08-30
HOLLAND.

MT. and Mrs. Robert Hawkins of Brooklyn, Mass, are guests at the Steele house.
 Mrs Randall of New York is spend ing some time with her son, Frederick Randall, and cousin, Miss Bessie Tsrhune.
 The Sunday school of the Lee NJ. E. church will hold their picnic at Halls grove, South Wilmington, Wednesday.
 wm. A. Agard and daughters, Miss Luoile Agard and Mrs. Marian Agard Baker, are camping at Gardner Lake, Me, few miles from Bowding- ham.
 The Boys club returned Saturday morning from a fiVe-dAys' camping at Lake Wangambaug. They were accom- panied by Rev. B. F. Case and Wm. B. Ludlow.
 Mrs. B. E. Case and Mrs Robert k. Miller entertained the camp at Red Croft and their Sunday school classes Friday afternoon. Games were played and refreshments served.
 Gordon M. Christopher of Holland and Miss Ruth NJ. Adams of Rock vile were married Friday afternoon at the home of Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Case by Rev. Phillip H. Clifford of the Dutch Reform church of Brook lyn, N. Y. Mir. Christopher has en- listed and had to report for duty at Friday night. Mrs. Christopher is a graduate of Wellesley college and will be one of the Rockville high school faculty this fall.
 The following teachers have been engaged to teach in the schools of the town, which commence Sept. 4: Center primary, No. 1, Miss Frances Tomajan, Worcester, Mass. Center No. l, Mrs. Ethel Luhrsen Holland; Grants Hill, No. 2, Miss Louise Plettenberg, Cedar Swamp, No. 3, Miss Edith Haggaman, Worcester Mass. West Wilmington River, No. {, Miss Alice Pratt, West Wilmington; White, No. 5, Model school, Miss Mary Lynch, Windham; and 9 dis iriots, Miss Ella Clark, Holland Snipsio, No. 8, Miss Margaret Doherty Buff Gap, No. 13, Miss Alice Ward.
The Press., 1917-08-30

guests at the home of MT. and Mir. Arthur Keery.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Holmes, Jr. l, and little daughter of Hartford have been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holmes.
 Misses Fife and Dorothy Miner have returned to their home in Springfield after visiting their aunt, Mrs. W. s. Hastings.
 Miss Glady Killam of Springfield and Edna Bradway of Staffordville are spending two week at the home of their uncle, Archie Cooley.
 W. W. Gordon and family, who have been staying at their summer home on Bald Mountain, have returned to their home in Hazardville.
 Charles Billings, clerk for the Fuller, Bugbee Oo, has been spending his vacation in New Haven. where he was the guest of Oleson Wardwell.
 A. Vail Smith, IT,, has returned to his duties as clerk for Ernest Evans after a weeks vacation spent in camp with the Boy Scouts at Crystal Lake.
 MT. and Mrs. Leslie Lovett and daughter of Chioopee Falls have been guests in the home of Mrs. Lovett'S 'S parents, Mir. and Mrs. Marcus A. .Kibbe.
 MT. and Mrs. Albert s. HulbuEt and Miss Elise Burden, accompanied by Mir. and Mir. John Hulburt of Somersville, spent the week end in Niantic.
 Mir. and Mrs. Homer Bridge and family and MT. and Mrs. Fred Root of Hazardville are spending a week at the Bridge bungalow on South mountain.
 Miss Flora Higgins left Saturday to spend month at Granliden. Lake Sunapee, N. H. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. A. D. Higgins, of Thompsonville.
 Mrs. Doty and nephew, William Doty Maynard of Springfield, spent the week at Mrs. Jennie Adams's. Mir. Maynard sails for France with the New York soon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Neil Pierson and family, MT. and Mrs. L. Ahlgren, MT. and Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren and Fred Ahlgren took motor trip to Saybrook and Savin Rock Sunday.
 Robert Stewart of Baltimore, Md, has returned to his home after visit ing his cousin, William Edward Courtney, who left Saturday for an extended automobile trip with friends to Canada. CD
 Miss Margaret A. Griffin of Vest field, who has been teaching in the Hall Hill school, has resigned her position and Miss Julia A. Sullivan also of Westfield has been engaged to fill the vacancy.
 Colonel Daniel Todd of Fort Scott, Kansas, has recently been 8 guest in the home of MT. and Mrs. L. W. Russell. Colonel Todd came east to attend the gathering of G. A. R. members, which was held in Boston last week
The Press., 1917-08-30
 Robbery Plot Went AStray Mystery of POstOffiCe Bur. glary Cleared by Amateur By HOWARD FIELDING Copyright by Charles w. Hooke.

My visitor had an excellent counter felt of a frank demeanor, yet I ob. served that he desired strict privacy for our interview and that he was in- terested in the question whether the sound of our voices would penerate the thin partition which separated my mod est sRnctum from the composing room of the newspaper. He drew a chair very close to mine and laid 8 clipping on the desk.
 Gould you tell me-" said he, "who wrote that RrticleY
 It was 6 labOred disQuisition on the reading of cryptOgrams and had been printed in last weeks Saturday supple ment with small hope on my part that 1t would amuse anybody in our town.
 Certainly" said l. Ut was written by David Graham, foreman of my com posing rOOm."
 Could see MT. Graham?" he asked.
 You may send him your card" said I, ''the real one, not the one you sent to me"
 He eyed me with mild surprise
 What makes you think"-- he began, but cut in upon him.
 II don't think; know. You are pOstoffice detective, and your name is Charles Baxter. You are in this town to investigate the robbery here last. week. I'm Investigating it also as a part of my business, and that's how happen to know you"
 Right" said he. But as for the card"-
 we shall not need it now. I'll send for MT. Graham"
 My foreman was a tall, thin, long faced Scot with a hard mouth and a mild eye.
 "I want you to help me in the matter of this postof1ce robbery" said Baxter, coming right to the point. '"The job was done by two men, and we know one of them, but it's the other who has the plunder. The fellow we've got our eyes on hasn't a cent of it, and he is keep ing away from 1t and from his pal. He's as smooth an article as I've en- in many a day. We could arrest him any minute; but, though we have a moral certainty that he's guilty. couldn't bank so high on the legal ev- idence. And, anyhow, we should lose the pal and the swag, for it's a sure thing that our man wouldn't squeal. He hasn't been near this town since the night of the robbery. He's living in B boarding house in StanhOpe, twenty miles west of us, and his patience seems to be about as long suffering as ours. His only mistake is that he writes letters, and we've trapped one
The Press., 1917-08-30

The New London County Fair will open at Norwich next Monday, Labor day, and continue the following two days. The management of the fair feel assured that the fair for this year, the sixty third. will be more at- tractiva and contain more instructive, entertaining and amusing features than that of any other year. The exhibits win be representative of the county g agricultural, horticultural and in- dnstral resources and progress. The best band in the county will render the latest and most popular music at all times. The racing will be fast and exciting. Trotters of note from all over New England attracted by the purses are entered. The open-air vaudeville show the County Fair will put on this year includes thrilling and pleasing acts direct from the big time circuit, acts that have never been seen in this vicinity.