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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
What Illinois Papers Say Of John Barleycorn

Shedding in the House, but anything
like an even break there will also
indicate the presence of this chang
ing opinion of the people.
Senator Daley, running true to
Peoria form, holly resented the plan
to pass the bill. In his speech he
intimated that he would rather live
in Peoria wet than any other city dry.
The story of the selectman of Peru
comes to mind.
Blakely, a little village in Massa-
chusetts, lay upon one bank of river
and Peru on the other. A joint town
meeting was arranged to put up the
money for bridge between the two.
The selectmen from the two villages
were on hand to see that one side
did not get the edge on the other side.
Naturally during the discussion some
words were presented as to the mer-
its of each village and naturally some
of these remarks were spirited.
Why" said a sclectman from
Blakely, "I'd rather be the meanest
man in Blakely than the leading citi-
zen in Peru"
"W-a-l-l," drawled a selectman OF
Peru, "ye got your rather, amt. ye?
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
MASON CITY BANNER VEL
COMES "MR. BONE DRY"

Very suddenly there has been in
troduced into our nomenclature a
new compound word which has a
mighty meaning. The drys and vets
have been familiar terms with the
voter for a number of years. Now
we have something different. Dry
and bone-dry-the latter term is
the new one and was brought into ex-
istence when the Webb Kenyon law
was passed by Congress. This law
prevents the interstate shipments of
liquor into dry states.
1t was predicted by the vets when
the law was passed that dry states
would not take advantage of the new
law, preferring to give larger meas
ure of personal liberty to the citizens
of the state. In this prediction they
were entirely wrong as the Legisla-
lures of fully half of the dry states
have already passed the bone-dry
laws. There will be some kicks but
no general reaction, as our common
wealths are pretty we'll decided on
this one fact; that is, that any law
tending to increase the prosperity,
happiness, efficiency and well being
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
NEARLY THERE" SAYS THE
GALESBURG REGISTER

Illinois is on the verge of being a
dry state. 1t now depends on the
House. The Senate has passed a
Prohibition bill by decided ma
jority.
No such opportunity as this has
been before the Illinois House for so
years. 1t would put Illinois on a
level with Indiana and Iowa. 1t
would disclose to the world that the
distilleries and breweries of Peoria
and the saloon interests of Chicago
do not own and control the state.
Under the circumstances it is not
strange that the saloon interests of
the state are greatly alarmed, and are
using all the influence at their COM
mand to defeat the measure. They
are fighting in bad cause.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
WHY SPRINGFIELD SHOULD VOTE DRY
No. I.


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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
HASN'T ANY ARGUMENTS
LEFT" SAYS SPRINGFIELD
REGISTER

In the last issue of Golfers Weekly
there is an editorial headed, Saloons
The Workingman's Enemy" In
introducing the editorial Golfers re-
marks, Booze is fond of advertising
itself as the custodian of personal lib
erty and the social center of the la
boring classes" The editorial then
suggests that if there are any people
simple enough to believe this, they
should read what Rev. Charles Stelzle
said before the most recent national
conference of charities and correc-
tons at Indianapolis.
Golfers then reprints what Rev.
Sickle says in reference to the saloon
and the workingman, as follows:
The advocates of the saloon who
carefully tell us that drinking beer
and whisky is good for man reminds
US of the chap who would have us
patronize the undertaken because he
needs the money. The workingnian
is facing a good many difficult prob
lens. His home isn't all that it
should be. His wages are lower than
they ought to be. He doesn't have
all the joys that he deserves and
needs. But when he puts his home
and his joys into the safekeeping of
the saloon interests, then it's good
night to the best things in human
life.
THE saloon, as such, never helped
the workingman make a clean fight
against child labor, in favor of higher
wages and better shop conditions.
When a strike for these and other
reforms is in progress the wise labor
leader orders his men to keep away
from the saloon, for he knows from
his broad experience that open sa-
Icons usually result in lost strikes.
at may be put down as an axiom
that the interests of the saloon are
always opposed to the interests of
the workingman."
Golfers closes the editorial with
this comment: "The saloon is the
workingman's club al. right, only it is
a little too apt to bump him behind
the ear"
The saloon as an institution hasn't
very many arguments left
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
IS H. CRAZY?

The owner of large plantation in
Mississippi, where the fine figs grow,
is giving away few five-acre fruit
tracts. The only condition is that
figs be planted The owner wants
enough figs raised to supply a CO.
operative canning factory You caa
the canning factory by writing the
Eubank Farms Company, l24S Key
stone, Pittsburgh, Pa. They will
plant and care for your trees for So
per month. Your profit should be
$1,000 per year. Some think this man
is crazy for giving away such valua-
bic land, but there may be method in
his madness.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
PEORIA STAR LETS ITS LIGHT
SHINE

All that the average man wants is
the abolition of the evils connected
with the liquor business. The strug-
giles to make communities and states
dry is the outcropping of this spirit.
1t is universal and will not down.
And if the liquor men are wise they
will do we'll to recognize these funda-
mental truths.
One disreputable saloon furnishes
a thousand arguments against the
whole business.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
RORA NEWS TAX E S
DAILEY'S MEASURE

A few years ago statewide dry
bill would have stood as much show
in the Senate of Illinois as the pro-
verbal skating rink in the blast fur
mace.
The passage OF the bill by sub
stantial majority indicates the change
of sentiment on the part of the peo-
pie toward the sale of liquor.
The measure will not find so easy
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
wARI ECONOMY

Battle against trusts corporations and
swindlefs deal privately; yen can get for
Sloo i've 25c tubes OF non.aicohoiie extract,
one vanilla. icmoa cinnamon. celery and rel
food coloring, and help the L. 5. go dry. Or
six pairs OF good socks or four pairs OF stock.
iugs fer S1.00. Also a receipt and enough
extract to make ten gallons 81 the best kind
OF maple syrup. or full particulars for SC In
stamps. For every soc you spend with us
you are given free chance OF $4,000 cash
w. \ Mallory. Fox 81. Findlay, Ohio.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
PLAY Piano
In Ono Hour
For Ono Gent
4 rcsta, Gard Brings st to You Fros.

Would you give n penny to learn to
play the piano or organ in one evening!
impossible? No, not at all. Hundreds
OF thousands of others who never played
before played their first piece in lust o
few minutes. THEN WHY CAN'T your
John 81. ferguson, Acme, Alta, Cana
d., says: II was not @ little amazed
when I found / could play in n lew
minutes" q. Pitmann, Memo, Okla.
Gays: Have two children, one Is II and
the other 10, who in very few minutes
could play it well, and they did not
know one note from another in the old
1nusic.n V. II. Perkins, Roniney, Ind,
says: IT studied Easy Form musio
fifteen minutes and then started to
play Thousands of similar reports arc
in our files. Doesn't this convince you
that YOU can play by this wonderful new
method? Any child can. now UNDER
stand and play music. without previous
KNOWLEDGE. No teacher. NO tedious
instructions by mail.
III you can't play the piano or organ,
send postcard today, stating the num-
beRof white keyso your instrumentand
we Will mail You 100 pieces of the Worlds
Sweetest Music, regular sheet muslo
size, together with Instructio that
will enable you to play any ono Of tho
pieces In one evening. If you can play
at the end of days you pay only Sl.50
and sl50 q month FOR 8 months or mall
the music back to us and oWe nothing.
All you need do is simply send your name
and address to Easy Method Music Goa
H2 Clarkson Bldg. Chicago, Ill.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02

of its people and at the same time
decrease the poverty, misery, crime,
insanity and imbecility, is a good law
to have and will be hard to be re-
pealed. Mr.. New Word bone-dry we
give you the right hand of fellow
ship.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02
FULTON DEMOCRAT CALLS IT
SELF '"NEUTRAL"

A minister has recently urged the
Republicans to get ahead of the DEM
ocrats in taking up the Prohibition
issue as a means of winning the
South and electing the next Presi-
dent. We are somewhat neutral on
the subject, of Prohibition; we don't
care much which party is first to de-
clare for it-provided they both do.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-03-02

$1,000 PER MAN PER coCNTY-strange
invention. starties world-agenta amazed. Ten
inexperienced men divide $4,000 Korstad,
a farmer. did $4,000 in IA days. Schleicher,
a minister. So5 fist Il hours. loo cold
cash. made, paid. banked b. stoneman in 80
days; $4,000 TO date. A hot or cold running
water bath equipment for any hcms at only
$3.50. Selfheating. No plumbing or water
works required. Investigate. Exclusive sale.
Credit given. Send money. Wr,te letter
or postal today. ALLEN MFG. CO. 353
Allen Ridg Toledo Ohio
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
GERMANS HOPE
FOR A DRAW IN
FLANDERS FIGHT

Washington, Oct. 3-According to
information which, comes to a neutral
diplomat from sources behind the
German lines in Belgium, the Ger
mans are thoroughly prepared for the
expected attack of General Haig.
!, The purpose of the attack, as the
Germans view it. is to end the present
campaign with a spectacular success
for the Allies. This diplomat said:
What we expect in our country is
that a battle greater than any that
has occurred yet will take place prob
ably within, a week. AS the fighting
capacity of the two armies is about
equal we expect the battle to he a
draw and that both sides will then go
into winter quarters.
There is not the slightest doubt
among neutral authorities in Europe,
that the end will not be even near at
hand until the American troops take
the field. That will not be possible,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
WHY. THAT
LAME BACK

That morning lameness those
sharp pains when bending or lifting,
make work a burden and rest impos-
,sible. Don't be handicapped by a
bad back-look to your kidneys. You
will cake no mistake by following this
Bridgeport residents example.
T. e. Gallon, machinist, sos Black
Rock Ave, says: "All last winter 7
suffered with my back and kidneys.
Every time I tried. to bend over to
pick up any Of my TOOLS sharp knife
like pains shot tip and down my
back. My kidneys were weak and
acted irregular and the kidney Sc
cretions were highly co1ored and un-
natural. felt all out of sorts and ]
had dull aggravating pain across
the small Of my back. It. didn't take
DoaH's Kidney Pills long to fix me
| up in good shape
| Price 60c at all dealers. Dom
simply ask for a kidney remedy-ge
/ Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tina
Mr.. Gallon had. Foster-Milburn Co
Mfgrs., Buffalo, -. Y.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
EXTRA COURSES AT
NEW HIGH SCHOOL

All who desire to take extra courses
will report at the auditorium of the
new high school at 4 p. m, Wednes-
day, Oct. 8.
arrnged:
General Method.-Dr. Sides. Prac.
tically the same course as last year.
Principles of Education.-Prof
Shafer Same course as last year.
English.-Study of the Drama-Dr
Burrill. To be given at O'Clock in
the afternoon.
Observation-Disclosures Literature-Dr
Burril1 To be given at o'clock il
the evening.
Prospective courses:
A second course in Educationa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

T." Illustration shown here shows
Bridgework made by us
Is the best way of replacing missing
teeth of decayed ones that are beyond
the state of GROWING filing Because
you have one tooth or three teeth out
there is no necessity for having plates
made.
Our bridge work specialists. by max
ing an attachment to the healthy and ad-
joining teeth, can replace the missing
teeth without requiring You to wear
plate.
1t will be of gold or porcelain. If you
want porcelain. it will be made to match
the other teeth. and it will be. difficult to
detect the tooth from others. Bridge
work is way of having tooth where
it once was without the need of plate
Of course. there is little or pain in
doing work of this kinds75sslz ss.a.i1Eas.4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
FILLING TEETH
Gold, Porcelain and Alloy, 81
UP. Silver and Cement
Filings, Soc Up

Placing filling in tooth is not all
there is to the work of filling the tooth.
It almost always needs cleaning out thor
oughly. 1t took nature in many cakaes
months to make the decayed part and 1t
is not to be expected that human hands
, can rectify this condition in a day. It's
better to clean out the tooth and some
times to destroy the nerve. This is done
by treatment and it's the best method to
employ. Filling the tooth is the last
thing to do aside from making it even,
thereby leaving no rough edges. After
they do this work they guarantee the fill
ing to stay in the tooth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
REJECT LICENSE APPLICATION.

On the ground that there are al
ready enough saloons in the neighbor-
hood, the county commissioners
have refused to grant a wholesale
liquor license to the Sicuto Importing
Co. of APO East Main street. It was
found also that the proposed location
is within $50 feet of school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
q. S. DOLLAR LOSING
VALUE IN CHINA ALSO

Annoy, China, Oct. 3.-The Ameri-
can dollar is quoted here as worth
$1.33 silver in Chinese coin. This is
drop of II cents since August 8.
The normal rate is about $2.28 silver.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

Psychology.-Dr. Sides.
A continuation of the cour1o -
Geography.4Prof Woodman.
A course for teachers of defective
and abnormal children-Prof Gesell
The above courses are open to all
who desire to take them in Bridge
port or vicinity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
Only Few Rejected
At Camp Jackson

Columbia, S. c., Oct 3.-Less than
10 per cent of the second Increment
of the national army assigned to the
S1st division at Camp Jackson had
been rejected because of physical dis
abilities. reports of the surgeons show
ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

think, until the spring The .unlim-
tied American supplies of men and
munitions of war will bring the strug-
gle to close"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

New York Cotton Exchange MEM
bers will vote tomorrow on the prop
osition to close the Exchange on Oct.
|13, the Saturday following Columbus
Day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

Railroads in Argentina have been
taken over by the government. as
result of the general strike thea
Secretary Lansing has returned -
his desk. having fully recovered from
his recent illness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

Stocks of meats at the principal
western packing points decreased So, :
$4,000 pounds during September. Lard
decreased 9,194, 900 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03
DIR. WEIDLICH'S DENTISTS
ARE GOOD DENTISTS
GROWING TEETH
With Gold or Porcelain 81, S.

Placing crown ON a tooth is the only
way to get service from healthy roots Of
your teeth; the old way of pulling out
roots has been abandoned by DR.. Weld
Hcf's Dentists, except in rare cases Some
of the most serviceable teeth are those,
that have been crowned. For instance, q
Gold Crown Tooth will do better service
than a healthy tooth. porcelain tooth
will look like your own tooth and it also
fits over badly decayed tooth, whichziF
healthy at the root. Growing teeth, IN
most cases. causes no annoyance to the
patients The nerve, as a rule, is dead
and, Of course, there is no feeling in IL
afterwards. DIR. Weidlfch's Dentists spe-'
guaranteed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
JOHN RECK s. SON,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-03

General Pershing reported the death
of Captain Marvin IA Mallory, @. M.
e., who died at q Paris hospital from
natural causes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

famed. Herzog UP. strike CfouD. Her
zog singled 10 center. Kauf up. Strike
tfouD. Strike 2 (swung). Kaun drove
home run into the right field bleachers, scor-
ing Herzog ahead OF him. The crowd went
wild as the two runners got around tie
sacks Kauff was given a great hand
Zimmerman up. Ball tOow). Zimmerman
tripled TO the right field wall Fletcher up.
strike j (fouD. Strike 2 QouD. Fletcher
famed, but Schalk dropped the ball and
threw him out at first Zimmerman was
held at third. Zimmerman out trying to
steal home. Danforth to Schalk Two runs,
three hits no errors, none left
NINTH INNING
T.. Collins up. Strike 1 called. Foul,
strike 2. Ball !, Ball . Ball 3. Il.
Collins walked.
jackson up. Foul, strike I. Ball ].
Strike >, (swunsD. Ball ?. Foul Ball 3.
Jackson out, Zimmerman TO Holke. T..
Collins taking second
Felsch up. Strike 1 (swung). f. Col
Inns stole third. No effort was made to
catch him. Strike 2 (fouD. Ball 1 (wide)
Foul. Ball 2 (high. Fe;sch out on a foul
to Zimmerman. Gandil up. Gandil out on
a fly TO Kauff.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

automobile. The owner or the nnlo|0|II|
has not been found BY the po|ica
Price was seen driving an autcu|It''|
near Filbert and state strcote, Wcat EN'|||
delphia, today by Detectives Greedy and
Brown When questioned whether he |||
the owner, the detectives charge be htEHt
to speed away in the machine. Later I4
jumped out of tho automobile aud hio ~
stable.
After Prices arrest the detectives az.
rested Clarence Doggett. twenty-fouf years
old. Smedley street near VenanEo. ana
charged him with being implicated IN I|&
theft OF the automobile which Price k1H
driving. Both we're held IN 5000 bail fcI
a further hearing by Magistrate watson
Six youths, describing themselves as To-
seph Grabino. 1914 North Fifty-flfth street (
John Donnelly. 1924 Brown street; Thomas
Kearsey, 561s Pearl street; william Todd.
5513 IIaverford avenue Andrew Craig, S11
June street. and John Packard, 1923 Moth
Fifty-ffth street, were each held IN $500
bail for court by Magistrate Watson today
accused Of stealing An automobile
The machine alleged to have been stolen
by the youths, who later used II for 10y
ride" purposes. belong TO John J. Dougherty,
72i North Tifty-hfth street. According to
the police. the car was stolen last sunday
from in front Of Mr.. Dougherty's home
while he was eating his dinner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11

cedents. said President Hibben, since the
students IN the aviation schools all report
first to washington after they have been
accepted and are sent to the schools I'm
different parts Of the country.
The local school accepts the men as having
been passed by washington. Before they
are accepted at Washington they must pre-
sent letters Of recommendation. But" said
President Hibben. 1T Is comparatively an
easy matter for any one TO obtlin letters
of this sort
So zealously was the secret.of Lirlngood's s
arrest guarded from the student body that
il was unknown unti today
The authorities dared not risk giving out
any information which might prevent the
Government from apprehending any other
conspirators who might be working in the
other seven national aviation schools. scat
tered all over the country from the At
Iantic to the Pacific coast
At the princeton aviation school there
are now enrolled about $50 students, Presl-
dent Hibben said. although this number
will be increased to about j25 by Novem-
her. II is expected The students are sent
on from Washington I'm weekly squads of
from fifty to seventy-five each squad TAX
ing an eight weeks course. Livingood had
therefore been here less than eight weeks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
AMERICANS MAY BE
Under FIRE IN 2 WEEKS
1ieutenant in British Field Ar
tillery Makes Prediction at
Poor Richard Luncheon

american troops In France viii be guard
,p,renches and be under fire within two
,eels according TO the opinion OF liep-
,onont Hector MacQuarrie, of the English
Royal Field Artlliery anu uuol.C'a,iE i1,l.D.
'.o,,her of the British Commission to the
,ne,teS states who spoke at the luncheon
80 The poor Richard Club today
srho lieutenant hastened TO explain that,
,.ss,gh under fire, the work Of guarding
,ra,cbes at this time will not be dangerous
,,oiess the Germans try TO attack He does
t ,o,sider that likely in the section where
.So American troops will be put on guard,
he said.
:, ,rohablv will be next April before the
Iioon troops get into action and go
sover the top" he explained.
Tho lieutenant held the attention of his
stance from the first Himself wounded
=. action three times, he gave thrilling ac-
a,nts of what 1t feels like to be i'm bsttle.
IT. eaid that the American army eventu-
m. viii be the finest in Europe. But that
en vi, ,ate more than a year of training. he
ntotned The caliber of the American
.iors will be unquestioued, he said, on
sccnunt of the sterling young manhood of
nhich il is made up. European armies
baye lost many of their more stalwart sol .
diers. ,.,,,. ,,.r, -. o.,
.raat number Of mem" he added. "lt's a
s,Jm faet, but you will have to sutter
much. Perhaps it's just as well to he pre-
pared for it. .,....
"AIthoueh the American troops there now
are regulars they, Of course, are unframed
ne far as real modern warfare Is concerned.
n ,s impossible to get a trained Continental
army i'm six months. In the first place Of
Tcers are no sooner trained than they are
tnled Off. have seen many of them, spin.
ming as it were from, the effect of the tiSr-
man machine guns, only to fall a crimpled
Leap on no mans land.
"You Americans unquestonably have the
idea that battle is continual banging, a
medley Of yells. cheers and charges.
"In fact, in many cases I've found it less
exciting than going to ball game. It gets
10 be almost mOnotonous For the mOst
mart. the soldiers are quiet as mice half tn,
time"
The lieutenant, in explaining the British
losses at the early part of the war sait
that they lacked ammunition, had not sad
des and not even bits for the horses in tht
artillery. Things were in a deplorable con
dtion he explained
That's one good answer to Germany
excuse that England forced her into war
We were by no means prepared.
But they didn't whip us then, and tina
Il encouraging" he concluded. "Becaus
since they failed then they certainly can
not whip us now when we are gettinl
enough ammunition daily to blow miles O
the Germans off the face of the earth.
Rowe Stewart presided