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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06

July celebrations, or sFair-time",
mainly tonote how along with al
the traditional observances which en-
dear each, some new feature is added
each year which in itself writes in
graphic characters the history of the
period. There were present few
who watched friends cluster admir-
ingly around our enlisted boys who
must have been reminded of similar
scenes IN the early sixties, but entire
~ unique was the sight of persons
wearing On their arms the badge of
the Red Cross, working among the
crowd to secure memberships for the
order. Plenty of loyal Americans
were found, willing and anxious to
s'do their bits for our boys who leave
US soon to fight for the cause Of Lib
erty.
The evening was devoted to band
concert, fireworks, and a dance, the
whole day being spent in a quiet and
orderly fashion showing the benefits
of dry town, and the new concep
ton OF the way day men died to
glorify, and which to maintain the
right to honor men may have to die
again, should be observed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
Army and Navy.

| vi the tWenty-Seveny young men who
left here Saturday night for the pur-
pose of joining the army or navy,
| fifteen passed the examinations sue
cessfully. For the navy, Jake Wander
Heyden, Delbert McGregor, Mike
Morrison, John Foley and Peter Can
der, the latter who in the final test
was temporarily rejected for poor
hearing. Those passing the army ex-
animation were Edmund Drager,
Thos. McGregor, Fred Drager, VIM.
Vanorden, Frank Putkammer Will
ford Knox, G. Balleau, Chris Rasmus-
sen and Alex MeGregor, the latter Of
Harrington. Those rejected sfor
minor defects under the strict system
.ofselection caused by having 10, 900, 900
mento pick from were Floyd Jackson,
JAS. Merical, e. Tessmen, j. Kinks,
Malcom Powell, Chris Shumaker,
Clarence Rand EarlKorth, Oliver La
CHARGE, Bernard Rand, Ed. Bauer,
Herbert BoWker, Howard Olmsted
and Claude Stevens
Most Of the rejected and those who
entered the navy arrived home
Wednesday morning, the latte to re-
main here until they receive orders to
report at headquarters.
4 rousing send off was given the
boys at the depot the night of their
departure by the band and citizens
who turned out onmasse TO Go credit
to those who were going to offer their
services to the country that calls
them, and Of whom those who did not
come up to official requirements are
worthy Of credit equally great with
those who were more fortunate physi-
cally.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
Died Suddenly.

Tie death Of John Briggs of Chicago
occurred at John Sisson's resort on
little ST. German shortly before noon
today following a few hours illness
with heart failure. Mr.. Briggs and his
brother Chas. who were engaged in
the real estate business in Chicago
and regular guests at Sissons for sew
eral years. They were we'll known here
and from the fact of being twins and
hard to distinguish from each other
were objects of interest in spite Of be-
ing 81 years Of age. The remains ac-
companied by the brother will leave
for Chicago tonight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
Serious Accident.

The only unfortunate occurrence
of Wednesdays celebration happened
early in the afternoon, when Atty.
Frank Carter, in setting off some day
light fireworks, was seriously injured
I by All explosion of powder which en-
tered his left eye Medical attend
ance was called and Mr.. Carter was
advised to consult a specialist imme-
diately, SO he, his wife, and parents
left in an automobile for Wausau,
making the trip of 95 miles in three
hours and twenty minutes. 1T is
seldom that living people have the
opportunity to learn how they are re-
garded, but thu gloom cast upon the
crowd by this accident to the one
to whose efforts the success of the
celebration is largely due, spoke for
itself His family returned from
Wausau this morning, leaving him III
the hospital but bringing to his ma
my friends here the welcome news
that the physicians there expect to
save his eye-sight, but while we are
glad to be spared the sad sight of a
promising career blasted by blindness
it SO nearly happened that Eagle Riy-
er patriotism will probably manifest
itself in future in
sPoWderless Fourthso
The recently organized Villas Coun-
ty Chapter of the National Red Cross
Society did it's first work very effect
lively on the Fourth, securing two
hundred twenty memberships, and
getting $40.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
School Meeting Results.

At the. school meeting held Monday
night fair sized turnuot was present.
The financial statment showed $4,000,
still on hand and an additional $1,000
levied so that the Eagle River graded
school will at all times have plenty
of money in the treasury. r. ] Strong
was unanimously elected treasurer for
the term Of three years.
School District Mol, Town of Lin
coin, elected Emil Pesek, clerk, O. f.
Bowen Treasurer and O. E. Espeseth
director, all Of the Offices expiring
this year by reason of resigna ton
and natural causes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
Shot at RhineIander.

From the Amigo Journals write ul
of the Gun Club Tournament at Rhine
lander Sunday we find that f. j
Strong won second place in the lOC
bird event with score of 90. First
money went to Apperson of Kokomo,
Ind, manufacturer Of the Apperson
automobile which goes to show that
in these fierce days of competition in
order to be inside the money you
must be a member of the automobile
ring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
At HiaWatha Lodge.

Miss Gladys Robinson accompanied
by her maid Miss Susie Ernst were
arrivals from Chicago Wednesday
morning TO spend the fourth and sew
eral other days at the home of the
formers grandmother, Mrs. w. r.
Walleck at Hiawatha Lodge. They
were accompanied by w. r. who
tackled the baggage and Transports
tion problems in truly efficient court
Ter style.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
Spoke Well of Our Roads.

John T. Bushey, Principal of The
Bushey College Of Appleton and his
son Kenneth were callers at the Re-
view Office Friday. They are on q
three weeks tour thru the state.
Mr.. Bushey states that he must
hand it to the people of this vicinity
for good roads as they are far better
than he has found in any other see
ticn Of the akate he has visited.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06
Assistant for Fl. TOpIak.

Fir Gerlitzki newly ordained priest
arrived the first Of the week to act as
assistant to FIR. Toplac of st. Peter
Church. The many friends of the
latter are pleased to know that his
congregation are thus making an effort.
to tighten his labors after many years
of faithful service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-06

Busheys' Business College of
Appleton is not the best because
it is the largest but the largest
because it is the best.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
F *sFAJs 'N-dg " LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTE BOOK
tBy Lee Pape)

Me and Puds Simkins and Leroy Shooster. and Sid Hunt and Sids quiet little cuzzin Joe was setting on my frunt steps tawking about wich one was the hardest to wake up in the morning, me saying, Enybody that's harder to wake up than wat I am must be pritty hard. My father has to call me about 20 times and after that he has to come up and shake me and sunnties I aint even awake then.
 That's nuthing, sed Sid Hunt, they pull the pi11er fru under me and jest dreem In falling down 8 well and keep on. sleeping, and then they throw cold wattir on me and I >dreem I'm taking a shower bath and keep rite on sleeping, I'm so hard to wake up that sumtfmes they don't even try.
 That's nuthing, a alarm clock don't even wake me up, sed. Leroy Shroos- ter wy, if I tied a alarm clock over my ear with a, peece of string it wood ent even wake me up then.
 How do you know, did you ever do it? sed.
 No, but I bet you it woodent, sed Leroy Shooster.
 Wich jest then Sid Hunts quiet lit tie cuzzin Joe sed, It takes 2 to wake me up, it takes one to put their hand over my mouth and it takes one to hold my nose, and jest before choak to deth. I wake up.
 Good mite, sed Puds Sirnkins.
 Do you ixpect us to bleeve that? sed.
 Lets get up game of Red Rover. sed Leroy Shooster. t
 Wich we did,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
ANNA MARIA PORTER


 Eighty-five years ago today England was mourning the death of one of the foremost authoresses she has ever pro- duced, Anna Maria Porter. Her works had become very popular throughout England and in their production she was ably assisted by her sister Jane. All their previous works, however, were placed in the shade when they Drought out the famous Waverly Novels, which have gained for them selves and their authors an undying name in English literature.
 This day also recalls the passing from this life of Elizabeth Grindell, aged 104, at Goshen. N. H. Mrs. Grindell has no claim to fame through works of art or of literature. She was simply a good mother, a, good grandmother, great-grandmother- great-great-grandm and, last but not lease, also 8 good great-great- great grandmother.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER
 PROMISES SOMETIMES


 Dot c. writes: am a young girl lreader still going to school. I admire a young man greatly, but my father objects to my receiving attentions from him, saying I must think of my studies and not beaux. I go to par ties and shows once in a while with young men-no special one. I care for no one except the one referred to at first. We meet frequently at par ties. He usually, brings his sister. I i promised to meet him at a dance, but could mot go when the time came around. Ever since he has not spok- en to me. He knows my father for badet me to go. What shall I do to patch up our difference?
 AS he knows the reason you could not keep your promise to come. he should not feel displeased.H r Be pleas ant and dignified when you meet, but make no attempt to reconcile him. A sensible young man would not be pet tish-and sulk in a case of that kind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
BURDENING THE
 NEWSPAPERS

Various propositions have been be- fore Congress for war taxes on news papers and magazines.' Taxes on ad- vertising, on gross profits, and in- creased newspaper postage rates have been suggested. The feeling of Congress may be ex- pressed by the reported remark of one member, to the effect that ''The news papers made this war, now let them pay for it." Probably the people who say that are the same ones who at other times claim the newspapers do not exert influence.
 Tn newspapers do not ask to dodge any taxes that fairly belong to them. But they do object to being singled out specially for taxation on a basis not imposed on any other country. Advertising is the principal source of revenue for most newspapers. It is about as fair to place a tax on gross advertising revenue, as to tax a mer- chant on two-thirds of his gross sales,
 or to tax a manufacturerI on two thirds of his gross product. If any
 one advanced such a proposition as
 that, the entire business community would be on his neck.
 while most pSOple expect SeFViC0 rendered the government will be. paid for, even in the present exigency, the newspapers donated many columns of their space to the government for booming the Liberty bond sale. Few
 of them asked any pay for it. If it had not been for this free publicity the loan could not have been put over. In return for this, 1t is proposed to place on them a burden unlike what any other industry is asked to bear.
 The newspaper press is hard put to it
 by the high price of paper stock. It is certainly inopportune to load an- other burden on them now, over and above what other industries are pay
 ing The government depends on the
 press to arouse patriotic sentiment
 and secure cooperation in the war.
 Don't burden too heavily the agency
 on which so much depends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
SUFFSOf AID ], IN SELLING OF
 LIBERTY BONDS
Held Their Last Meeting of Season in Hartford
 Yesterday

The meeting of the Executive Board of the Conn. Woman Suffrage Association, held in Hartford yester- lar meetings to be held at the Sur- frage Headquarters before the sum mer. Meetings are not suspended during the summer, but are held aE Fenwick or at Madison where a, mum. Der of the members of the board have their summer homes.
 The chief interest in yesterdays meeting was in the reports of war ser- vice work and plans for fresh forms Of work in patriotic directions. The Central War Service Committee, un- der the chairmanship of Miss Ruutz- Rees has accomplished a large amount of the work laid out by it two months ago. In almost every town and city in the state the suf- fragists have thrown themselves heartily into the work of increasing the production of food. Two farms under cultivation by suffragists un- der the supervision of the. Central War Service Committee. The object of the farms is not only the growing of potatoes and other crops which have been planted. but also the train ing. of women in agricultural work and their instruction in the theory and science of agriculture.
 After getting started on food pro- duction, the committee took up the question of food conservation. As a body the committee entered for the first of the six courses of instruction in canning that were given by the Connecticut College of Agriculture at Storrs. Out of the first class of "A forty-five were active stlffragists, and for each of the five courses follow ing the first, large numbers have en- rolled.
 After taking the course in canning the Central War Service lcornmittee plans to hold demonstrations in can- ming for the benefit of the women who are not able to go to Storrs. Tn other places it is intended to open a community canning center for which. equipment will be bought co-opera3 lively. In this way the products Of the suffrage lots and gardens can be utilized without waste.
 Another form of work successfully carried through was the selling of Liberty Bonds. Red Cross work is also being encouraged by the Central War Service Committee and in many places local suffrage Red Cross units are being formed, or are already at work. Civilian relief, and work for the soldiers in the camps are occupy ing the attention of smaller commit tees, and Connecticut suffragists are pls snning to join in a nationwide celebration of Americanization for the benefit of the alien immigrantf on the Fourth of July.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Fisheries Committee Passes Resolutions To
 Prevent Fish Killing

The purpose of the following reso- lution is to. regulate the discharge of waste into both inland streams and tidal waters, so that no hardship will come to anyone now making use of such waters, but to have their co-op- eration in using this privilege without abusing it to the serious detriment of many great food factors among both swimming and shell fish grown there in.
 Much of the raw waste now dis charged can be so handled as to pro- duce a product of commercial value that would turn an absolute waste in- to revenue producer. Many com handled through the simple process of discharging into settling basins, sand filters and other similar devices, so that instead of the raw waste be- ing discharged directly into the wa ters, the effluents from such settling basins, sand filters, etc., would e1irn- mate a large per cent. of the material destructive to fish life and the minute organisms which form the food of such fish life.
 The importance of this regulation is so apparent, the need for increased food production so great and the pOSSlDil1Iy 4OI a very SATISFACTORY Tegu- lation so easy of accomplishment, that we earnestly hope you will give to this matter the most serious consideration.
 Whereas: The great need for an, increased supply of food is now apparent, and
 Whereas:
 The potential possibilities of both stream and tidal waters are of ines timab1e importance thereto, and
 Whereas:
 The use of streams and tidal wa ters for purposes of commerce are for the use of all the people and that none are entitled to the abuse thereof to the serious detriment of any, and
 Whereas:
 The custom of discharging com mercial and other waste into streams and tidal waters does seriously af- feet the production and maturing of marine food life, which could he greatly minimized if regular1on rnere- of were made uniform and manda- tory, therefore
 Be it resolved:
 That the National Association of Fisheries Commissioners, in regular convention assembled, in the interest of the great water food industries and of; the people of the United States. whom they serve, does present to the Congress of the United States, the ad- visibility and urgent need to enact such uniform regulations as may meet the needs above set forth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS.
Pinned Under Gar.

E An automobile in which Rev. Charles Reynolds, of the Darien Methodist church; his wife, and the Misses Eos ter, of New York odty, were riding.- backed over the ennbankment near the foot of Noroton HM1, Saturday even ing, and turned over, pinning MT. Rev. holds and the Misses Foster beneath it. Mrs. Reynolds jumped out and es- capped injury. Mr. Reynolds received a severe bruisfng, and dislocated his shoulder. The Misses Foster were badly bruised and received severe scalp wounds. The accident was the result, Mr Reynolds said of the failure of the brake to work, On the ascent of the hill a car stopped ahead of his, and he tried to stop his car, but the brake ddi not take hold, and the automobile went down the hill backward, MT. Reynolds tried to keep it in the roaIds. but it got away from him and backed over the e1r5banlnment. zfs
 Marcus Burr of Bedding had a for-s tunate escape from beng seriously i1i- tomobile he was driving in Danbury struck a telegraph pole, pinning MT. Burr underneath the car. When the machine was lifted, MT. Burr crawled from beneath and with the exception of a few scratches on his face and some bruises about the body, he was uninjured. MT. Burr said he had lost control of his car after his machine had been bumped in the rear by large Marmon car which, he said. was trav- cling at high rate of speed. The Marmon car did not stop. The front of Ndr. Burr's car was wrecked. The front wheels were torn off, the radiator and windshield were smashed and the mud guards broken off The. engine was also slightly damaged.
 se,oe0 Fire In Danbury.
 Fire early Monday morning dea stroyed "a large barn belonging to Ed ward H. Rddsr, resulting a loss esti2 mated at $6,000, partly covered by in surance. Several head of cattle, an automobile and two wagons were de- sfroved
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
'sTHEY ALSO SERVE WHO
 STAY BEHIND''-AND WORK
eBy Marion Bonsan Davis. ).

SDy V4cl 4OA ISNuSclI 1(ckS to.(
 "Tshe Red Cross,'' said the mother of three young men who have just put on the khaki, t.is my training camp. It is for me my military duty. It gives me @ chance to be a soldier with my sons.
 'f9ometimes a company from the ar mory or a band of boy scouts march ing with fife arad drums passes my window. Looking at them see in my mind all our boys at all our training camps, learning their new lessons, testing their endurance. And we mothers can't take care of them. They've gone into their mans world.
 T think can imagine some of the emotins that are being born in them. They are so young; their eyes are fisty, sometimes, as they march. AL ready they must look sometimes into the soldiers immortality, at guard mount-taps on last Memorial Day
 Tt is hard to be a woman. Yet if it were not for me these three clear-eyed boys, with ther straight backs, their flushed, damp faces. and their passion ate young ideahsn, would not exist. Because of me there are three soldiers serving the colors.
 Tt is glorious to be a. woman.
 'T take up my sewing-box and sew a little Red Cross on the jacket of the pajan1as I am making and wonder who will wear it and what the Red Cross will make him think of Curiously, even if my boys are in the hospital to which this garment goes, I want it to be worn by some other mothers boy; and want my boys to wear the things made by some other mother. Some way it seems to me to make our moth- erhood go deeper.
 Perhaps it will be worn by some black man, or some black boy from Africa, who will think it Is funny; perhaps some young French officer; perhaps some Italian peasant like my ice man; perhaps some wounded Ger man prisoner; and have the privi- lege of giving to the soldiers of the world.
 t'It glorifies the material I work with. Thrillingly 1t glorifies money, Think! One cent buys iodine to dis infect a wound. If the iodine should not be there--- But it won't fail. Mothers can and fathers won't let ii fail, now they know.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
TODAY'S POEM
TO A BULLET.

 My head aches and the odor of the
 dead
 Stalks like their 1uckless wraiths
 above the trench. The wounded groan, and I envision
 red--- And some one screams woman's name, in French. t I hear German shout in vulgar joy GA bullet drilled ouE suba1tern,
 who'd crept With some poor wailing private on
 his back; A noble hero boy. They got the private as, in pain, he
 slept.)
 Aid when the whispered word comes,---to attack! We did attack-ten thousand of us
 strong.
 Their guns streamed level death. and won the bout: Destroying angels, with instructions
 wrong,
 The first born sparing, wiping youngsters out. I see them sprinkled over all the waste, And wonder, as wait a delft conge, How quick the young die, and how slow, the old With what ambitious haste As if they sprang from schoolrooms
 to their play
 These boys went running back to primal mould. Their twisted faces, near enough to
 read,
 Are poignant chapters of their
 stunted years; Their eager eyes, the gushing as they
 bleed,
 The simple power of their absent All point an inexperience of fate; They do not die like derelicts, in
 beds, C1inging with frenzy to their
 f1insy lives. They rather underrate The great adventure. But their
 tousled heads
 Are not unnumbered by the Saint
 who shrives
 youth < ! (And this resolves an economic
 hex.) Hold back while I enunciate
 truth, And then dispatch me to the tide less Styx. Ten million lads who fall in
 rhythmed, riffs Are less than ten of non-conscrip- .
 ton age
 Who stay at home and let; heir
 vaIor run Chiefly to potent ifs < ; Some day the world may find a truer gauge
 But I. am young, and. Bullet, near the sun. John B. Kennedy in New York Evening Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
LAURA JEAN LIBB Y:S DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS:
copyrighted. 1913. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

elbow, he is making eyes at other wo- men. The man who cannot be trusted, in the early days of his marriage, sell dom or never turns over a new leaf
 He slips from bad to worse; as his wife grows older and her charms grow less with the passing years. If they have children, a wife should put her foot down on her mistrust.' If there are no such golden links to, bind them, she might do we'll to go home to her mother, leaving him alone with ample time to think matters over. This dras- tic step on her part, would cause him to realize his mistakes; to sigh for her presence again, curing him completely of signing for new feminine hearts to conquer. Thereafter, she could be safe in trusting him.
 Knowing how to handle g, fickle man is a study. The woman contemplating such a one, should learn all the lessons on the subject before marriage, rather than after. Z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
A CARELESS GIRL.

B. D. writes: am a young girl with a lover. A girl friend of mine asked me to return 8 silk handker- chief to him which she miscnrevousiy took from him before he began keep ing company with me. I lost it. Now what shuld I do-buy another?
 Explain the situation to the young man, and be governed by his wishes as to whether he would, like you to replace an old handkerchief by new one or not. I think he will tell you not to mind about it.