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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Mercurius.

In the mythology of ancient pagan
Rome Mercurius, or Mercury, to give
the English form of the Latin name,
was the divinity of commerce and gain,
and was identified by the Romans
with the Greek Hermes. A temple was
built to Mercurius as early as B. C.
495, near the Circus Maximus, and an
altar of the god existed near the Porta
Capena by the side Of a well. His fes-
tival was celebrated on May 25, and
chiefly by merchants who visited the
well near the Ponta Capena to which
magic powers were ascribed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
WORST DISASTER
IN MANY YEARS
Catastrophe at Halifax AppalI-
ing in the Loss Of Life
and Property.
BIG PART OF CITY IN RUINS
Fire Following Rain Of Explosives
Completes Destruetion-Port and
Eiarbor One Of the Most Valued
Of British Naval Posts.

Outside the toll of life claimed on
land and sea by the great war, the
catastrophe at Halifax is by far the
greatest disaster In many years.
Numerous explosions have occurred
in munition plants In this country and
Europe, but the Halifax disaster is the
most tragic explosion, in the number
of lives lost, in the last quarter cen
tury. Indeed. few catastrOphes of any
nature have probably exceeded it in
the number Of dead.
Pilot Frank Mackie of the Mont
Blanc declared that the collision re-
suited from n confusion of whistles
sounded by the Iona, causing a col
llsion with the Mont Blanc, which ar
rived at United States Atlantic port
on November 8, laden with 5000 tons
of munitions for France. She was in
bound from New York when she was
rammed by the Belgian relief ship
TouaR.
Flames Caught Benzlne.
The impact set fire to a deck load
OF benzine on the French ship and the
names quickly communicated with the
munitions, resulting in a practical
nombardment OF the city.
che zone of destruction in Halifax
itself extended from the North street
galway station as far north as Afric-
Vile TO Bedford basin and covered an
area of about two square miles in the
section known as Richmond. The
buildings which were not demolished
by the force of the terrific explosion
were destroyed by the fire which fol-
lowed.
District Densely Populated.
The devastated district was the old
er part of Halifax and thickly pOpu-
lated. 1t contained, in addition TO
Citadel hill, many churches and
schools, the railway station, govern
=1ent dockyard, Wellington barracks,
Admiralty House (the official resi-
dence of the admiral in command of
the North American British squad
ROM, the military hospital, post Office,
provisional parliament building, city
hall, the ordnance department, most of
the department stores, all Of the tele-
graph and cable offices and few no
tells.
The better residence district was al
most unharmed. II lies southwark
from the Queens, and includes most of
the churches including st. Mary's Ro.
man Catholic cathedral.
In the fire-swept section were the
parliament buildings, post Office, three
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

bay. 1t was first used as q base Of
supplies by the French admiral, Duke
d'Anville, in 1745, when ne attempted
to recapture Louisburg, taken from
the French by band Of New England
colonists.
The real story of Halifax, however,
begins in 1749, when it was settled by
Lord Edward CORVALLIS and 2,576
English soldier-colonists. The city
was named in honor of the earl of
Halifax. CORVALLIS laid out the town
in the somewhat rigid style that marks
it today.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
FAMOUS FOR BEAUTY.

One of the oldest of Canadian cities,
Halifax also is one of the most pic
turesque. 1t has two principal beau
ty spots, Point Pleasant park and
the Public Gardens. The first lies
between the North Arm, ford three
miles long, and the harbor proper
The North Arm is the cruising basin
for canoes and pleasure craft of small
size.
Two hundred acres of land make
up Point Pleasant park, and the woods
have been left in a wild state. The
roads, are splendid. They were built
for military purposes. The park has
a pair Of magnificent iron gates given
to the city by Sir William Young, a
former chief justice of the province.
They are set at the head of Young
avenue, one of the principal roads of
the park.
A mile from Young avenue gates
are the Public Gardens, the most cul-
tivated spot nj Canada, and said to
be its most beautiful garden. An area
Of 20 acres is thus given up for pur-
pose of pleasure right in the heart of
the city. When the land was origin
ally taken up for park purposes it lay
on the outskirts of the town, and was
a hunting field. It is laid out in formal
flower beds, a band stand and precise
walks.
Like Bit of London.
A dozen public buildings, each with
a history, also tended to soften the
lines of ''the garrison city" Houses
originally built of wood and stucco and
later Of stone and brick and patterned
after the English style, give the visi-
tor the impression that Halifax is a
corner of London itself, lifted and
transplanted in Nova Scotia.
From the citadel a beautiful view
of the entire city and harbor is given
Facing the water front, one looking
from the fortress may see the entire
business district of Halifax lying par
allel to the docks and extending back
almost a mile from the water front
On three sides of the citadel the resi-
dence section slopes away to, the wa
ter, which almost surrounds the prom
Ontory.
Haligonians always took the great
est pride in their public buildings. Ii
the point of age, Old Martello Tower
built during the earliest days of the
city's history, is second only to st
PauIs church. 1t was used as an out
post when settlers were unable t.
leave the Notifications Of the colon!
without taking chances of being scalp
ed by the Indians.
Other Noted Buildings.
The Provincial Building, the Govern
ment House, the City Hall, the DOmin
ion Building and the new Custom
House were among the edifces o
which the natives Of Halifax boasted
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Center of Fashion.

Paris, the center of the worlds fash
ions, has no fewer than 10000 women
dressmakers, not counting designers
and filters, which would bring the
number up to close on 100000. The
designers, who sketch out their ideas
in pen and ink or with water-colors,
and often originate the fashions that
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

may be employed in prosecuting war"
did its work in training the German
military officials. Of this book it has
been well said: SIT is the first time
in the history of mankind that a creed
so revolving has been deliberately for
mulated by great civilized State"
Gen. Won Bernhard was quoted in an
interview in the Neue Freie Presse
of Vienna as follows: zone cannot
make war in a sentimental fashion.
The more pitiless the conduct of the
war, the more humane it is in reality,
for it will run it's course the sooner"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
DESIGNATED BY INDIANS
GREATEST OF HAVENS.
Halifax Was a Settlement Before the
Dominance Of the White Men
In America.

Long before the coming of the white
man the site of Halifax had been oc-
cupied by an Indian settlement. The
spot was called Chebucto ('greatest
of havens'D by the Indians because
they recognized the almost impreg-
nable position of the harbor and inncr
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
HALIFAX OF IMMENSE
IMPORTANCE TO BRITAIN.
Was Nearest Great Seaport in North
Ameriea-Had Fortlfleations Of
Enormous Strength.

Situated as It Is, with one of the
finest harbors in the world and with
the remarkable advantage of being
the seaport nearest England on the
North American continent, Halifax
from its foundation was recognized as
an important military factor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Won BERNHARDI URGED
PITILESSNESS IN WARFARE.
Declared 1t Really Humane, Since Con-
fIict "WouId Run Its Course
All the Sooner"

The quotations and proclamations
printed by German authorities in Bel
GUM show clearly the attitude OF
mind of the German military authori-
ties. The German War Book" with
its "cOld-blooded doctrines of the -
ture of war and of the means which
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Definite POLICY OF
GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
official White Book Gives Testimony
That System of FrightfuIness Was
Deliberately Adopted.

Official reports have shown that the
system of frightfuIness, which is itself
the greatest atrocity, is the definite
policy of the German government.
Anyone who wishes to read chapters
of horrors can find them in the "Re-
port of the Committee on Alleged Ger
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
SOUTH SEA RULER OFFERS
HIS KINGDOM TO BRITAIN.
Monarch of Loyalty Islands Expresses
Hope They Will Become Part
of Comm onWealth.

'King" Watriama of the Loyalty is
lands has returned from Flanders,
where lie has been serving with the
Australian expeditionary force, full of
hope that the islands over which he
claims kingship eventually will be-
come a part of Australia.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

newspaper Offices, Royal Bank of Can
ada, Canadian Bank of Commerce,
Bank Of Nova Scotia, Bank of British
North America ah1 the Bank of Mon
treal.
Other structures destroyed are Dali
housie college, two Roman Catholic
converts, the Presbyterian Theological
college, the government technical col
lege, AZ churches and so factories, in
cluding iron foundries, breweries, dis
tilleries and two sugar refineries.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

prevail throughout the world, earn
easily over four figures a year, OBJ
serves q correspondent.
Good mannequins are the most diff.
cult to obtain. Some of the largest
Partisan houses employ twenty or thir-
ty, whose whole time is passed in try.
ing on dresses before the eyes of fash.
ionable French women. Naturally the
numbers are fewer nowadays, and
many of the most famous manneQuins
of Paris are now nursing in the hos
pitals or employed in the French NUM-
ton works,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
URGE POLYGAMY IN GERMANY
Movement to Allow "secondary Mar
riages" With Object of Increasing
the Nations Man Power.

A pamphlet urging secondary mar
riages" to increase the nations ''man
power is circulating in Germany.
1t is called secondary marriage as
the only means for the rapid creation
of a new and powerful army and the
publication of morality"
The author, Carl Herman Torges
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
New Idea for Autos.

Instead Of using springs an inven-
Cor proposes to mount automobiles or
wedge-shaped frames, supported on the
pxles. which pass between rollers or
cogs to retard their motion and lessen
shocks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Puts Runners on Auto.

When the snow is heavy, an Alaska
man puts runners on the front wheels
of his automobile, heavy chains on the
back ones and encloses the engine
with a special body and runs the ma
chine as well as in summer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

man Outrages," presided over by the
former British ambassador to this
country, and therefore generally known
as "the Bryce report" ;" in the official
reports by the Belgian commission
G'EuqUete; in the official French re-
ports compiled under the auspices of
the French minister for foreign af-
fairs; in many other publications, and
especially in the conclusive admissions
of the German "Oficial White Book"
The last, published by the German gov
ernment, is the most damning testi-
mOny concerning frightfulness.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

Leadsoff, declares roundly "the con-
ception of immortality is relative" and
that good morals are only what the
upper classes of society approve" and
gives Germany ''the justification in
case of necessity to put the stamp of
morality upon what today seems i'm
moral"
The main proposals are:
Women who have reached a certain
age are called upon to enter into a
secondary marriage, supported by per-
sOnal inclination.
Only n married man may be the OBJ
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Trimmed Up.

Customer-What, You want 40
cents for a haircut like this? It's a
skin game.
Barber-Well, you said that you just
wanted a trimming.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
As He Views The War, Too

"John, the house next door is on
FIRE"
"That so? Wen let's all lie in bed
and take Il easy. Perhaps IL won't
amount TO muCh.'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
CITY ON PRoMoNToRY
JUTTING INTO ATLANTIC.
Unrivaled Harbor Facilities Made
Halifax a Point of Great Naval
importance to Britain.

Halifax is on a triangular promon-
tory which juts out into the Atlantic
Scotia peninsula.
To the north is the harbOr. Di-
rectly across from the center of the
city, which faces upon the harbor, the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

As it grew the principal blockhouse
was built on a hill, 255 feet above the
sea, which came to a point a mile
back from the water front and COM
manded the outer and inner harbors
From that day to this the height has
been the base of fortresses. Recently
a new stone citadel was finished on
the site, equipped with powerful guns
of the latest type.
Terminals and docks, which, it was
estimated, would cost approximately
$2o,OOO,OOO more before they were
finished were being constructed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

"While 1 was in England" he said,
81 had interviews with A. Bonar Law
and Walter Long of the British gov
ernment, and on my way here l have
seen Mr.. Hughes, prime minister Of
Australia. From these gentlemen I
have been given to understand that my
beloved islands may yet come under
the commonwealth. I am informed by
the British government that the nee
essary arrangement had been made
with France so we are but waiting
until the end of the war; "King"
Watrima was wounded in France.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
The lntoIerabIe Rooster.

The hen is not at all proud-spirited.
She differs in that RESPECT from her
rooster spouse. Whether her marriage
vows bind her to love and obey him
and to drudge and lay for him, am
very much that way by the naughty
air chanticleer assumes toward her
ladyship. Married roosters are far
more selfish than husbands of the hu-
man tribe. A man, even though he de-
tests housework, will sometimes con-
descend to carry scuttle Of coal or
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

ject of this inclination, and he must
have the consent of his wife.
The offspring of these lawful sec
ondary marriages bear the name Of
their mother and are handed over to.
the care of the state, unless the moth
er assumes responsibility. They are
to be regarded as fully equal members
of society.
THE mothers wear q narrow we67
ding ring as a sign of their patriot
ism. The secondary marriage can be
dissolved as soon as its object has
bon0 obtained
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21

turn the wringer washday. But you'll
never find a rooster willing to inter
fere with a hens domestic AFFAIRS
Zim in Cartoons Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Investigating DiIatory Methods.

The expected and inevitable attack
on our methods of war preparation
came last week in the form of an in
vestigation by the senate committee
on military affairs. Enough of what
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
Sc5h?ool
= Notes

Miss Irma McNutt OF Hamlin,
spent a few days here with her
cousin, Miss McNutt
Girls come in handy once in a
while. Owing to the sickness of
her sister, Miss Statzell has been
letting the normal training girls
teach her pupils in room four, for
several days.
Say but we are proud of our
Buck" Minerman. Didn't he do
just beautifully.
Daisy Hansen has been sick TOR
the past week, but has returned
to her school work again.
Miss johnson entertained the EN-
broidery Club one evening last
week.
James Sturgeon was badly burned
d misfortune which made it neces-
sary for him to stay out of
school several days last week.
Thursday.
Valentine box in room one last
last Wednesday.
Alas, rIow that the contest is
over the worthy contestants will
have to quit eating candy in
school, making believe that it was
throat tablets
Heard ION the streets OF, Extra,
Tuesday My goodness me, how tail
Walter is. Mrs. Minerman, Yes,
had to sew about six inches more
cloth on the bottom of his pants
legs before he could go to school
this morning" The evils of De-
clamatory Contests.
The fourth annual Declamatory
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
THE JOHNSON ROAD
Bill FILED IN HOUSE

The johnson road bin ais filed
in the House proposes to reduce
the number OF commissioners from
(thnae to one and to add to the
present duties OF the commission en-
tire supervision and management OF
operations under the drainage law.
And they propose to reduce the
money available for handling the
highway commission and lake sur
vey, and the drainage operations
from $4,000 a year, as at prese MT,
to 10000 a year.
They want to make this one
commissioner an absolute Gar, and
make the office appointive by the
Governor every two years.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
STAND BY THE FLAG
LONG MAY IT WAVE

This is not time for excitement
or hySteria. 1t is not a, time for
regrets or lame nltations. 1t is not
time for evasion or hesitation. The
time for all of these has passed,
AND THE HOUR FOR ACTION
HAS ARRIVED. The president of
the United States, long suffering
and patient, and in full possession
of facts not accessible to us, has
deemed it necessary to break dip
lomatic relations with great and
powerful foreign country Germany
to be explicit. The congress has
approved his action irrespective OF
party affiliations, and it is incumb-
emf upon us, the American people,
to unfalteringly support both uhe
president and the congress.
Party lines have been swept away,
and in the hour of danger We are
Of our country and it's rights and
its citizenship.
Nationality has been forgotten.
We are not Germans, or Brittons,
Or Frenchmen, or Austrions, or
Italians, or peoples of any other
land but this.
WE ARE AMERICANS one
heart, one soul, and one purpose
We seek no conquest, no Illicit
gains ait the expense of another ma
ton. We seek only that degree
of right and justice that is due us
as a people and as intelligent hui
man beings.
But if in the pursuit of these
rights it becomes necessary for the
president to resort to stern meas
ures, then let us rally to him and
to the flag in such numbers and
in such strength that OUR future
peace and security will be assured
for all time to come.
We have no i'll Will toward the
German naticnl but our country
comes first in all things, and must
be defended at ALL hazards and at
whatever sacrifice may be re-
quired.
F. w Barber, 756 Wavelamd, Ave
Chicago Feb 9 1917.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22

River to- River Road east of Grin
nell was treated with an application
of one quarter gallon of road Oil
to the square yard this year during
early September. To date the oil
has been giving excellent saHsfao-
tion as a dust and mud preventive.
The Commercial Club of Grinnell
and the Board of Supervisors of
Powshiek County, who participated
in the oiling experiment, are we'll
pleased with the Results obtained.
The expenditure was approxi-
mately $250.O0 per mile. The Gift
nell experiment with Oil on main
Travelled roads lis but one of many
experimental stretches put down
last year. On the whole the eX-
periments ON road oiling have
been giving better results than they
did the previous year.
This has been due to three
things. A better grade of GILL, bet
ter preparation of the road surface
before oiling, and more careful
application of the OIL
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
NOTICE TO Contractors

The Board of Supervisors of Au
dubon County, Iowa, will receive
bids for Grader work on uhs
County Road System of the Coum-
ty for the year 1917.
The county to furnish grader
and the contractor to furnish ali
helQ required. Bids to be for
pulling one gradem and two
graders. Bids to be received untG
IL o'clock A M. February 81, 1917
All bids to be made on form
of Tender Furnished by County
Engineer.
Board reserves the right to re-
5ect any or ALL bids.
H. A. Northup,
County Auditor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
OTTO PETERSEN'S
AUCTION SALE

Mr.. Otto Petersen living 8 1-2
miles northeast of Extra, held a
Public Sale last Wednesday. The
crowd was the usual Journal read
ers brot together because they be-
heved what Otto was offering was
the unauthorized article.
When he said he had seven good
milch COWS he meant it. the
neighbors believed it and so did
many living miles away, conse-
quently the COWS PRICES went out
of sight.
When he said he had forty five
head of Hampshire Hogs, our read
ers knew they must be good ones,
and the spirited bidd ing on gifts
and bred sows reached a limit at
$4,000 a piece
The prices paid. wy gre not un-
reasonable either when, one con-
siders the size of the crowd of
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
buyers the Journal brings out to

buyers the Journal brings out to
those sales.
Nels c. Jensen and Sons are to
have a sale of. Bred sows i'm At
lantic, next Monday, fifty head of
them Any man buying one of those
sows and who looks to her comfort
for a few Years will simply lay
the foundation to a fortune, even
though he pays "a good round price.
A man cannot make mistake im
buying one or more of those eX-
cellent Big Bone Polands.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22
MONSTER BANQUET
FARMERS At AMES

Ames, Feb. 2.-One thousand
farmers representing every COUNT
i'm the state attended the annual
banquet at the short course here
last night. The banquet is de-
clared to be the largest ever held
attended entirely by farmers. Eight
tables 800 feet long were required
to seat them and the dinner was
served by girl students OF the col
lege.
Henry Jacobs OF Walnut, Iowa,
was announced at the banquet aus
THE winner of the sweepstakes
for the best single carr of corn
grown i'm Iowa. Other sweepstakes
winners we're:
Ten-ear class, N. III. krizer, Rose
Hill.
T1hirty-ear class, Wayne Polk,
Sidney
Champion bushel, Wayne Polk,
Sidney
Oats sweepstakes, Fred McCrul-
'lGch, Hartwick.
HARDING SPEAKER.
Governor w. l.. Harding was
tile speaker OF the evening. His
theme was cooperation.
You farmers live alone" said
)the governor, and learn to do,
your thinking alone AS az result
when the time for cooperation ar
trives You work abs indiv6d uads
rather than concert. Go home and
organize your business and then
fight for it.
We have room in Iowa for but
one form of aristocracy. 1t is not
the artiEstocracy of blood nor of
brains. The man who grew that
champion EAR of corn is a bigger
man than the chief executive of
this state. would rather be that
man than governor. All we need
lis cooperation among the farmers
to put Iowa. at the top Of the flag
staff as beacon to her sister
states'
When Governor Harding rose to
speak, every farmer in the huge
aud fence rose from his chair and
cheered.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-02-22

Contest has been voted a g.reat
success, owing to the wonderful
management on Miss Evans.
The Zoology class spent last
week studying, by means OF dis
section, the Starfish. This week
will be spent in a like study of
the earthworm and the crayfish.
Why is it that Ben Sykes shutters
and turns red in the fIace when
he meets certain members of the
Extra Basket Ball players.
Decision eff Judges.
Dramatic
First, Helen Wissler.
Second, Dallas Kline.
Oratorical
First, Walter Minerman.
Second, Leonard Kline
Humorous.
First, Vera Wissler.
Second, Bessie Eckles.
Over ALI.
First, Walter Minermali.
Second, Vera Wissler.
Judges, A. S. Boyer, Manning;
Miss Taylor, Audubon; Mr.. LUNAR
tin, Anita.