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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-14
MARRIED..
Brown ; McMiehaeI.

Miss Rhea McMichael and Gilbert
Brown, both Of State Center, were mar
ried by Rev. w. G. Crowder at the
Methodist parsonage at o'clock this
forenoon. The groom is a farmer and
the couple will live on farm near
State Center. Mrs. Brown is the
daughter, Mrs. T. S. Cozzens, of State
Center.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-14
Gates HoIn1quist.

At the Methodist parsonage at Q
o'clock Tuesday afternoon Miss Anna
M. Holmquist, of Marietta township,
was married to Roy Gates, of Long
dale, Okla, by Rev. w. G. Crowder.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Holmquist. Mr.. Gates is a
farmer and with his bride will live on
q farm near Longdale.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-14
ORDER PRYOR RELEASED.

Local Man Held in Salt Lake City to
Be Turned Loose.
Bruce Pryor, of this city, wanted for
alleged completely in the street car
holdup last fall and the robbery Of the
EdSheridan grocery, who was arrested
at Salt Lake City, has been released
Chief of Police Breckel instructed the
Salt Lake City police Tuesday night
to turn Pryor loose. Belief that the
county would not pay the expense
necessary to return Pryor to this city
was the reason given for ordering him
released.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-14
DEATH At SOLDIERS HOME.
Benjamin Elliott, Of Allison, Dies Of
Cancer.

Benjamin Elliott, civil war veteran
of Allison, died at the soldiers home
hospital at 80 Tuesday night of can
Ger. Mr.. Elliott came to the home from
Allison, March 20. 1905. He was born
in Canada, Jan. 10, 1912. He served in
Company G, Seventy fifth Iowa infan-
try, his enlistment running from Feb.
Is, 1865, when he entered the service
at Dixon, ILL.,, until June T, 1865, when
he was discharged at San Antonio,
Tex.
Three sons and two daughters sur
vive him. They are Levi Elliott, OF
Allison; DR.. H. w. Elliott, Danville,
ILL.,; Frank Elliott, Georgetown, Ill.,, and
Mrs. Anna Rowling, Castana, and Miss
May Elliott, of Los Angeles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-14
Local Weather Record,

Thirty and above were the ex-
tremes of temperature Tuesday, COM
pared with % and above Monday, and
II above and zero year ago Tuesday.
At o'clock this morning the tempera-
ture was 8 above zero, compared with
16 at the corresponding hour Tuesday
morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-14

Electric energy now developer by
water in the French Alps amounts to
73S,O00 horsepower Works have in
creased since 1910 from 1926 to 2O5.
those Of capacity exceeding 10000
horsepower having risen from 10 to Is.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
BIG GAME AT MONTFORT
(The Montfort Mail.)

When you've been out hunting did
you ever have a rabbit come up and
try to make friends with you? It's
unusual, we'll admit, but that very
thing happened to one Of our sports
men last week. He was a large sleek
gray bunny, and looked as though he
had been we'll housed and we'll feed,
and being friendly disposed, the hunt
er "snuk' up on him Gas Rollins
would say, pushed the game beyond
the barrel-length, and shot the rabbit.
1t was a rabbit reared and tanned by
the Mrs. Will Bowers family and it
had wandered into meadow near by
when the furniture man happened
along. The family didn't mourn the
loss Of their pet, but we wouldn't di-
vulge the name of the hunter for the
world.
Leo, eleven years old, youngest son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Stivarius, fell
from a silo Thursday afternoon, frac-
turing his right limb in two places,
just above the knee and just below.
He fell a distance of something less
than 26 feet, and it is wonder his
injuries were not more serious. DR..
Sylvester reduced the fracture and
the patient is recovering from the
effects Of his terrible ordeal.-Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
"a SOLDIERS PRAYER"

Billie Dyer, Muscoda youth now in
training at Camp Arthur, sends the
Progressive the following humorous
poem called ga Soldiers Dream"
Dyer belongs to division called the
Iron Jaw
The following ode was composed by
one Of the boys OF our company. He
calls it "a Soldiers Prayer"
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the lawd my rank to keep;
Grant no other soldier will take
My shoes or socks before l wake.
Be ever watchful while | slumber-
Keep my bunk and it's number.
Always guard me in my dreams
And make this better than it seems.
May no poles or guy ropes break
And smother me before l wake.
In the morn when | awake
To breathe the scent Of sirlOin steak
| hope the Germans will be wiser
And try to ship that darned old kaiser
And then our lives again we'll lease
and ever more have lasting peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
PATRIOTISM VS.. OBSTRUCTION.
ISM

The Cassville Record in an able
editorial last week asked for charity
and leniency in dealing with others
during these perilOus times. The
Record in brief holds that bigotry
and prejudice may do much harm and
that many people may be loyal who
are now being questioned. It cites as
an example the assault, nation wide as
les that should the senator be really
a patriot has not monstrous and foul
wrong been done him?
Much that the Record says is true
but in the main brother Klauer wan
ders in morass of doubt not con-
ducive to clean sailing or clear think
ing. The test, Record, is an easy one.
Is a man behind the government or
isn't he? Does he evidence by word
and act his loyalty to American ideals
and the servants elected by the peopl !.
or does he carp and critise On one hand
and, when confronted, put up a croco-
Gile semblance Of patriotism on the
human heart in matters of this kind
just as easily as the wisest man and
read it right Manner and speech be-
trays the inner feeling and a man is
or isn't right There is no middle
ground and no chance for argument or
question.
Senator La Toilette is wrong and
away wrong if for no other reason than
! that the public men of all parties and
creeds are arrayed against him. He
has taken the wrong steps where he
might have taken the right ones for
reasons best known to himself. We
honestly believe he is rearing the
whirI-wind of criticism where he SOW
ed the wind Of petty politics and OBJ
structionism
Loyal people Of this country of
every race and creed are behind the
etors and stripes because they ARE
AMERICANS and believe in standing
behind their government. They are
/ buying Liberty bonds, contributing to
the army Y. NJ c. A. and the Red
Cross, furnishing supplies for our
troops and making every sacrifice a
stay-at-home can to be behind OUR
/ TROOPS. These countless things go
on without argument or hint of praise.
Patriots are not going to be sweet
tempered with those so blind as to
oppose, obstruct and complain.
AS we said before the test is easy
but all must submit to it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
POISON WORKS OUT.

1t seems to be notable fact that the
insidious poison instilled in the minds
OF many if not most of our citizens
during the past few years is gradually
being worked out Of the systems. The
plain truth is that while this condi-
ton obtained very largely among our
citizens of German blood it was by
no means confined to them Prussia
carried on policy of cleverly influence
ing our people in their favor for OBJ
vious reasons. This positively went ON
for the three years following the out
break Of the war and without doubt
to a lesser extent for years back of
that The result was for a long time
we stood as a divided nation without
sturdy consciousness of our integ-
rity as Americans-af afraid of each
other and afraid of ourselves.
Recently, and we hope not too late,
the government took steps to wipe out
seditious foreign and English langu-
age papers These mediums were di-
rectly antagonistic to patriotism and
took every possible means to create
an unAmerican and pro- German
mental attitude.
Finally it now seems that this in
sidious and corrupting poison has
been curtailed if not removed. AS a
result our citizens affected by it are
beginning to see matters in their true
light. They are in many cases worthy
men who have simply been mentally
sick from a poison that no one really
escaped from
We must consider that the poison
is removed and that the sick are on
the way to health.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER.

The Herald is in receipt of an anon
ymous letter from Camp Macarthur,
Waco, Texas, in which the writer says
several things that might we'll go I'M
said. AS he failed to sign his name we
cannot publish his letter. We might
note for his benefit that efforts to
draw unfavorable comparisons be-
tween the guardsmen and the selected
men do not speak we'll for him or his
officers. Also that i'll feeling between
the units looks very much like the
handiwork of Kaiser Bill who would
dearly love to make Americans hate
each other Think it over, my boy!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
COW BREAKS
WORLDS BUTTER RECORD

The worlds record for butter pro-
duction was broken by Aagie Acme of
Riverside, CAL, II, Holstein COW
owned by A. w. Morris and Sons, of
Woodland, in a test conducted under
the supervision of testers of the Uni
versity of California. The COW yield
1,33141 pounds Of butter in 365 days;
1,167.96 pounds Of butter in 3O5 days
and 2,426.51 pounds Of butter in two
years. Aagle Acme's milk production
for the sos day test was 22,992.8 and
20,682.7 pounds for the 365 day test.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
MILWAUKEE PAPER TIC
ANSWER GOVERNMENT

The Milwaukee Free Press was cit
ed to appear before Third Assistant
Postmaster General Dockery in Wash
ington on Monday to show cause why
it's second class mail privileges should
not be withdrawn.
The Free Press, it is alleged, has
shown pro-German attitude through
out the war
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
NO AUTO LICENSE
BUT CAME ACROSS

That authorities will prosecute in
fractions of the automobile license
law was strongly indicated at Niece
dab last week when P. j. Bassett, a
local motorist, was taken to court for
running his car without the proper
tag. Bassett bought his car in Niece
dab but claimed that he had acquir-
ed license in Illinois. He was first
warned and then arrested Bassett
paid the costs and made application
for a license to square the matter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
SIGN LIGHTING STOPPED
BY u. S. COMMAND

An order restraining the use of cleo
trio signs on and after Nov. Is, was
issued on Wednesday last by the fuel
administration. Signs may now be
lit between 7:45 and II p. m. State
fuel directors will report violations.
The idea is to restrain the use of
coal in wasteful manners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
STATE BOARD CENSURES
GREEN COUNTY CAPITAL

The State Board Of Control has ad-
vised the city Of Monroe to build its
own jail and cease using the county
jail for city criminals, this being an
other aftermath of Monroe's notorious
Cheese Day Of 1917, when the Board
of Control found the Jail filled with
DRINKS and unfit to house the other
criminals Mineral Point Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
RINGLING'S CIRCUS IN
WINTER HEADQUARTERS

Ringing Bros circus has arrived
at the winter quarters at Baraboo,
Wis, from the south Agents Of the
circus in Chicago have been busy the
past few weeks purchasing old
horses with which to feed the animals
the coming winter months thereby
saving on the meat bill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
BASKET TOSSER DROPS
DEAD ON RIVAL FLOOR

Marinette, Wis, Nov 18.-While en-
gagged in a basketball game Tuesday
night, Wilfred Duford, aged II, drop
ped dead He was playing with the
Niagara, Wis, high school team at
Goodman, Wis. Young Duford had
just made a basket when he fell to
the floor and was dead when his com
rades hurried to his side. The cause
of his death has not been determined.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

Kerensky, it would seem, made the
same mistake Tin a worldly sense) that
Madero did. He was merciful to his
enemies. Kerensky had the power to
put out Of the way those who opposed
him but forebOre. He did this because
he was splendid and just and in ad-
vance of his nation. Now they rend
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

mick Carter" is dead. Not the real
Nick of course, but his author, who
was without doubt one of the greatest
criminologists who ever lived! You
may remember how at the age of
seven years you acquired lust for
Nick and his faithful pals, Chick and
Patsy, and how breathlessly and shud-
dering with fascinated horror, follow
ed their adventures in the under world
week by week. Presidents were presi-
dents and kings were kings, you
thought, and their positions laudable
and worthy Of attainment, but to be
a "Detectuf'- that dream of boy
hood now shattered by cruel world
Of disillusion and never to come again.
Father used to sniff at Nick and mother
secretly replaced him with Sunday
school literature but to you-well we
know don't we?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

This newspaper is a member of
the Wisconsin Patriotic Press As
ISOLATION and pledges it's uncOm-
promising loyalty to our govern
ment in this war.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
WHO WROTE THIS?
The Burial Of Moses

BY NebO's lonely mountain,
On this side Jordan's wave
In vale in the land Of Moab,
There lies a lonely grave,
And no man dug the sepulcher,
And no man saw it Ger,
For the angels of God upturned the
sod
And laid the dead man there
That was the grandest funeral
That ever passed on earth,
But no man heard the trampling
Or saw the train go forth.
Noiselessly as the daylight comes
When the night is gone,
Or the crimson streak on Oceans
cheek
Gnaws into the great sun.
So, without sound OF music
Or voice of them that wept,
Silently down from the mountains
crown
The great procession swept
Perchance, the bald old eagle
On gray Beth-peon's height,
Out of his rocky aerie
Looked on the wondrous sight.
Perchance, the lion stalking
Still shuns that hallowed spot,
For beast and bird have seen and
heard
That which man knoWeth not.
o lonely tomb on Moab's land!
0 dark Beth-peOn's hill!
Speak to these restless hearts of ours
And teach them to be still
God hath his mysteries of grace,
Ways that we cannot tell;
He hides them deep, like the secret
sleep
Of him He loved so we'll.
Cigarets carry a war tax ranging
from 80 cents to S120 per thousand,
and the tax on tobacco and snuff is
cents pound, while cigaret papers
bring OOn-h91f cant nor b1pdrod
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
DODGEyHLE MILL BURNED

According to the Sun, the mill of
the Lucky Five Mining company, To-
Gated one mile east of Dodgeville,
was completely destroyed by fire Sat-
urday night week ago. The fire
broke out from unknown causes and
lasted until the plant was consumed.
Loss $4,000 with $1,000 insurance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
COLD WINTER.

A long and cold winter is the pre-
diction of Prof. Homer R. Dill of the
Iowa State university He bases his
prediction on the appearance of the
goshawk in Iowa in October. The
goshawk. Professor Dill explains, is
a bird of the extreme northern reg
ions. He believes that it's coming is
prophetic of a cold winter of long
DURATION
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

A Stevens Point farmer who sold
rotten eggs for good ones and was
caught at it, is in the same class with
the man who disposes of short cords
of wood. People who would not actual
ly steal do not hesitate to be dishonest
in little and more despicable ways.
We may have little respect for the
bold bandit who holds a gun to your
head and demands your money. The
man who is guilty Of stealing in con-
temptible undetermined ways deserves
nothing but scOrn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
NO RAIN FELL THAT DAY

According to the PlatteViIe Journ-
al not a drop Of rain fell on Friday
November 9, in any part Of the Unit
ed States or Canada, weather fore
casters announced This is quite un-
usual and it is believed a condition Of
this kind has never before been re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
s Head of Horses

Bay Belgian brood
bay Okey
Belgian gedng
DID, w.t. 1OOO bay Belgian gedng sucking
years old w.t. 1O0O IL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
NEW TAX DEC. 1ST.

On December l the new stamp taxes
on documents, legal Instruments and
parcel post packages will become eff
fective, and the entire law will be in
operation, except for increased rates
on second class mail, postponed until
July 1. 1918.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

The new conservation slogan for
housewives: Don't stuff your hus-
band, husband your stuff"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
Ha,, Grain, Machinery, Etc.

Fifteen tons timothy hay in barn. 400 bu oats 20 bu wheat
Deerng binder Deere corn poW walking h riding plow disc Deer
single bugg nearly cutter rack
MILL
shelter, grindone 60 white
darticles
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21
Closing Out Sale
rs Head of Cattle

mich fresh with calf
by day OF sae the rest to be fresh yearlng
and hefers spring calves Gall hei0
hefers coming in the spring
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-21

Cigarets carry a war tax ranging
from 80 cents to $1.2O per thousand,
and the tax on tobacco and snuff is
; cents a pound, while cigaret papers
bring one-half cent per hundred.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

to the equator as tho momentum In
creases. until. when at full speed. ap-
proximatlng almost fifty miles per
hour. she. with a downward dash. dives
to the bottom of the globe, only to
dash up the opposite side and loop
the-loop. not only once. but time and
time again.
Miss Mac, Eccleston Is. without doubt,
the most graceful. artistic woman diver
who has ever appeared here. Her act
does not consist of one dive only. Her
performance opens with series OF
fancy ncrobatic dives including SOM
ersaults. backward and forward dives.
and many others which are OF Miss
Eccleston's own creation. She con-
cludes her performance with sensa-
,Ional hcadforemost plunge into a tank
Of water only four and half feet
deep. from seventy-foot ladder.
During the afternoons OF the flrst
four days Of the wcek horse races will
be run between vaudeville acts. while
during the final two days of the fair
automobile racers will hold the track.
At night. fireworks. performances
showing the sinking of liner by a
submarine and an aerial battle will be
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
FAIR VAUDEVILLE FEATURES
HEST ARRANGED IN YEARS

Not in many years has the manage
ment of the State Fair spent money
SO lavishly In an effort to make the
vaudeville features OF the annual eS-
hibition so attractive as has been the
case this year. Tomorrow afternoon
when the first performances Will be
given before the grand stand. there
will be present an array OF performers
outclassing I'm ability any former ag-
gregation assembled in Richmond at
any one time. and 1t Ia tho belief OF
General Manager w. Conway Saunders
that the free shows during fair week
which open tomorrow to continue
through Saturday, will form one of the
chief features OF the fair.
Prominent among the attractions will
be soloists. consisting this year OF
John A. Driscoll asd Misses Bette
Wood and Phyllis Davies. They will
be accompanied by Professor Kess-
nichs band and will sing during both
afternoon and evening.
Although there are three persons
Gagged on the Golden Globe" all in
terest Is conferred in Mile. Ce Dora
whose daring performance is one that
can be called a thriller" As soon
as she enters the globe she mounts
her motorcycle and begins to wind tho
sphere In spiral shape. Gradually. &C
Dora rides more and more parallel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
"BEN HUR" HERE FOR
FOUR PERFORN4 Noes

1t seems unnecessary TO recount tho
qualities of Ben Hur.'' which comes
to the Academy Thursday, Friday. and
Saturday and Saturday matinee. Suf-
flee it to say that the splendors and
pastimes and habits and evils of the
dying world Of paganism are portrayed
with passion and truth, and that the
dawning life of new religion it
teaches is depicted with living actors
who voice the soul of new light. Its
lifting of ancient history In the days
of the Messiah until the chief facts
stand out in simple rotation as the let
tiers of the alphabet is too we'll known
to need repetition. The curtain rises
on the tableau Of the Three Wise Men
Of the desert and the flaming star OF
Bethlehem, the mems hands raised in
awe and reverence as they group about
their camels. The dreary waste of
aridity Is wonderfully impressive. Then
comes the brilliantly colored pictures
of the housctops of Jerusalem, and the
terrace Of the palace of 'Hur." Next
Is one Of the great scenes OF the play,
the interior Of the Roman galley ship,
the muscular, grimvisaged slaves tug
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

offerings signalize the opening show.
One of these unsual features is the
dashing Dance Revue" In which the
tcrpischorean skill of Emma Francis
and Harold Kennedy is featured.
Miss Francis and "Adonis" Ken
nedy are solo dancers of dis
tinction on the musical comedy
stage. They have arranged series
of dance spectacles. in which the hits
OF the season in the Broadway shows
are presented in panoramic review,
each dance being deliberately costumed
and given with the same minuteness of
detail seen in the original. Another
OF the "big-time" features is the COM
2any of Hawaiian actors. singers
dancers and musicians, headed by
Prince Mapella. who claims regal de-
scent. The prince. rs a child, was ex-
ceptionally talented as a musician and
singer. and he was a strong favorite
with the late King Kalikau. who ruled
just prior TO the annexation of the
Philippines by this government His
company is made up of a half a score
OF popular performers from the thea
ters of Hawaii.
Cyclones of mirth are promised in
the registering. rollicking performance
or Coakley and Dunlevy. former min
stre' celebrities. both of whom have
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07

cling in rythine at the oars, and then
the wreck. showing ben Hur" and his
captain struggling in the waves. The
scene changes. to the home OF Simoni-
des. and a moment later comes the viz
sion OF the sun!it grove of Daphne,
with the superb temple reared to the
god Apollo. Roman maidens dance joy
ously. but the central figure is Ben
Hur, the soldier. stern and unrelent-
ing. Again the scene changes. and
we are at the fountain of Castalia, q,
lake dancing in the pale moonlight.
with gliding boats and fowery shores
in tho cool gray shadows. with Iris, the
Egyptian toying the wiles OF Cleo
patra on Ben Hur. After this is the
chariot race, the most wildly thrilling
picture the stage has ever known. The
last scene is fitting climax to the
brilliant stage pictures. 1t represents
the vale OF Hinnim which becomes
transparent. revealing the Mount OF
Olives. and the city Of Jerusalem. Great
multitudes come out to greet the Naza-
rene. singing hymns of praise and ado
ration. The miracle of the cleansing OF
the lepers Is performed. but the
Christs personality is not represented.
His presence is indicated by great
| shaft OF white light, which tradition
| says was reflected from His person.
Ben Hur. his mother and sister are
united amid great chorus of thanks
giving, swelling out from the hillsides
and crowd as the curtain falls.