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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
RUTLAND STATISTICS.

The monthly statistics Of Rutland for
March show nothing out Of the ordinary,
Tor there were but nine marriage licenses
issued. only Is commitments to the house
OF correction and "a to the county Jail. OF
those taken in at the house OF correction
several were for breaking parole and one
man, Joseph Yatter of Rockingham. will
nave to serve about six years. There
We're IL deaths and As cases of transmits
slole disease reported to Health Officer F.
n. Gebhardt during the month of March,
20 cases OF contagious diseases being scar
let iever' the last reported in the recent
epidemic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
HOME GUARD ORGANIZED AT
NORTHFIELD.

The faculty Of Norwich University.
Vermonts military college, has voted
to offer to the Governor of Vermont and
to the President of the United States
their services to be used in whatever
manner seems best. Realizing that
they might be Of most service in the
training OF those officers who are to be
appointed from civil life they have OBJ
tained the use of the armory and have
begun active drill. They have taken
into their drill squad the Norwich men
living in Northield, forming the basis
OF home guard. This Is believed To
be the hrst home guard organized In
Vermont. antedating that at Bellows
Falls by one day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
WAR PREPARATIONS
RUSHED FORWARD IN
as ALL DEPARTMENTS

ms Put into Execution as Soon as Congress
Gives the Workshops Taken to Secure
Cooperation Between u. S. and Entente
Fleets--Enistmen by Selective Conscrip-
ton of Young Men in National Army Is In
cluded in Administration Bill, Which Is Not
Yet Made Public-125 Officers Will Be
Graduated from West Point April TO-
Plans to Raise Great Amounts of Money
Needed Are Being Considered.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05

Burlinston's new city government or
ganized Monday. DR.. ]. Holmes jack
son took the oath Of ONCE as mayor in the
morning and the new aldermen were
sworn in before the afternoon meeting.
They are c. L. Woodbury. from ward one,
r. A. Luck from ward two, Charles Caise
from ward three. H. F. Wakefield from
ward four. A. G. Mansur from ward FIVE
and c. L. Dolan from ward six, Messrs.
Woodbury.. Luck and Mansur succeeding
themselves.
Mayor Jackson's inaugural message was
as follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
NORTHFIELD MAN HURT.

Samuel o. Bennett Of Mortified is in a
Fitical condition as a result Of injuries
Eceived March %, at his work. In some
|anner he was caught by stick Of wood
nd pulled into a chute used for sliding
|ood. After sliding 40 feet, he took a
Top Of six feet headforemost onto a pile
wood, suffering conclusion Of the brain
nd also having his right ear almost torn
|om his head. 1t took ten stitches to
eplace the member.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
ARM SERIOUSLY INJURED.

A. w. Moore an employee OF the Ben.
nington Wax Paper company. was scr.
iously injured when his right hand was
caught between the ink rollers on a
printing press. The hand VAS drawn in
between tho rapidly revolving rollers and
both bones of the arm were broken be.
tween the wrist and elbow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
GET MORMON CONVERT.

|St. Johnsbury has a convert to the Nor
lon State In Miss Georgiana Flynn. who
on her way to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Workers in the Mormon cause. who have
zen around st. Johnsbury, made their
headquarters ut the Flynn home and Miss
hymn had an opportunity to study the
hith at first hand. 1t was said at her
ome that she expected to marry Frank
Warner. a Mormon. at Salt Lake City,
nd GO to Idaho to live.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
DIED OF BLOW IN ABDOMEN,

Angus Mcleod of St. Johnsbury. 81
bars old. is dead as the result of being
ruck in the abdomen by piece of tim
PR while at work in the E. & T. Fair
links & Co. plant. Since the accident he
fd been staying at home thinking the
occidental injury was of only temporary
kriouSneSS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
Had Trouble Four Or Five Years.

Many people suffer from bladder trou.
bic when they can be quickly relieved.
w. J. Furry, r. r. d. Q. Salem. No.
writes: II was bothered with bladder
trouble four or I'VE years. II gave nae Z
great deal Of palm. took different msdi-
cines. but nothing did me any good until
got Foley Kidney Pills." Medical Hall.
y. w. O'Sullivan. 20 Church st. (Adv.)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
NATURE OF HER PosrOFFIcE COM
PLANT.

Country Lady-'1've been expecting .
packet of medicine by post for a week.
and haven't received II yet"
Postofficc Clerk-"Yes. madam. Kindly
MI in this form. and state the nature OF
your complaint"
Country Lady-"Well. II you must know.
it's indigestion. "-Tit-Bits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
CITY GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZES FOR 1917

DR.. j. Holmes jackson Takes Oath of Office as
Mayor and Delivers Short Message Urging
Economy Rather than Parsimony, the En-
couragement Of Home Building and Co.
Operation with Civic Organizations City
Council Elects E. B. Corley City Clerk in
Place Of M. C.. Grandy, Who Immediately
Resigns
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
AWARDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

At spaulding high school in Barre. the
first honor in the class Of 1917 has been
won by Elizabeth H. LaFlam, the second
by Marguerite Currier, and the third by
Grace l. Bixby. The school will graduate
between 30 and 100.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
TO BUILD NEW FLORAL HALL.

1t Is rumored that when the manage
ment OF the Caledonia county fair sue
ceeds in placing the affairs of the asso-
citation on workable financial basis
the first thing that Is contemplated by
way of Improvement is the erection of
a new floral hall. A building 100 feet
long adequately equipped with light and
power and divided into booths. would
put tho concession department OF the
fair on q permanent paying basis.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05

TOOK only a small amount. The teams
mad continued on their way for only short
distance when he suffered the attack of
heart trouble. and died before a physician
could be summoned. An examination
showed that he died Of natural causes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
oRMER HARpwICK MAN AUTHOR.

|ORMER HAROWICk MAN AUTHOR.
Ia story appearing in a recent number
! the Youths Companion was written
y former resident Of Hardwick,
|harles A. Hoyt. He was an emplcye of
be Woodbury. Granite company. The
Tory, "Uncle Hates Bears" deals with
fveral Hardwick persons slightly dis
Slised by name.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
CABOT TO HAVE HOTEL,

'abot is to have q hotel. 1t has been
Ctcd to organize a stock company at $25
pr share and to purchase H. A. Danes
lace, which he had offered for sale at
100 for a hotel. Over $500 worth Of
lock has been taken.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
HURT SHADING ON CRUST.

Sylvia Daley. aged nine years. Of
Woodbury., was painfully injured while
Gliding on the crust. She was thrown
from her sled In such q manner as to
break her right arm between the elbow
and wrist ana sprained her left arm as
we'll
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05

DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND.
The Howe Scale company has declared
quarterly dividend of l 3-4 per cent. on
Is preferred stock and per cent. on it's
|oinmon stock. both payable April /.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
SALARIES TAKE A JUMP.

Instead of using the pruning knife the
|oard Of aldermen in Barre have raised
he salaries of several officials The chief
II police. the policemen. the city attorney.
nd the water superintendent all received
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
DIR. M. G. BENEDICT RESIGNS.

DR.. M. G. Benedict has resigned az
principal Of St. Johnsbury Academy.
He has been at ST. Johnsbury eight
years. He came from Utica. N. Y.
where he had been principal Of a
school, He is graduate Of Colgate
University of Hamilton. N. Y. His res
ignation will take effect at the close
Of the school year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
TIME.sAVING BoBRIN MACHINE.

At the Jackman bobbin shop in East
Corinth is time-saving bobbin ma
chine. This Is the invention of w. T.
Jackman and will joint. ream. and slot
80 In a minute, doing in three hours
the work that the old way took one
man q day and a half to do.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
MARRIED IN HASTE. RpPENTs.

Mrs. Catherine Battersby Of East Bos-
ton. who eloped to Bellows Falls on
January 20. has fled libel for divorce
on her husband after they had been mar.
ried just 66 days. She says they have
never lived together and that he has
failed to support her.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
.MUS|CALES GIVEN
At MUSIC STORE

A series of monthly complimentary
musicales was inaugurated yesterday
evening at the Glen Brothers-Roberta
music store, under the direction OF
Thomas ]. Holland, director Of the
phonograph and band instrument de.
partment of the company. In addi,
ton % demonstrations OF the Edison
Diamond Disc phonograph and the
Chfckering piano, a number of vocal
and instrumental selections were rem,
dered by local talent. The complete
program was as follows:
Selection. Marshall G. Wendell play,
er piano (saXophone effect, showing
beautiful tone quality OF this instru,
ment.
Ukulele quartet, Mr.. Ole Reeves.
leader
Vocal solo, Mrs. Blanch Moore
Demonstration. New Edison Dia,
mond Disc, by expert from Edison's
laboratory, Miss Mary Fischer playing
with instrument.
Selection, violin and piano. Misses
Hutchinson and Lauzon.
Vocal solo, Mrs. Lloyd
Cornet solo, Mr., Blurton.
Selection on New Edison.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
ELDER DEPARTS FOR
A MISSION FIELD

Elder Josiah s. Ferrin departed yes.
terday from his home in Eden, ogden
valley, for the South Pacific mission
fields Of the Church Of Jesus Christ
of Latter.day Saints, being the fourth
missionary TO leave that community
within the past month. All four are
bright energetic young men and prior
to their departure were honored with
farewell parties, each being given n
puse of about $3.50, to help them on
their way.
Elder Ferrin was the last to leave
and his party was held in the Eden
amusement hall, Monday night This
entertainment was conducted by the
ward Mutual Improvement association
and consisted of a program OF music
and recitations a dance and refresh,
ments. A purse Of S13S.30 was made
up for the departing elder.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
BASKETBALL

The Fourth ward basketball team
defeated the Lester Park team last
night by the score of 80 to %. Gouch
| and Reed were the stars of the game,
| The lineup was as follows:
| Fourth Ward. Lester Park.
! Couch NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Plyer
Right Forward.
| Reeder NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ConToy
Left Forward.
| Creamer .....s..,..s,.s... Clark
Center
Williams ..-.s.........,. O'Kiefe
Right Guard.
Johnston NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .DeYoung
Left Guard
Summary-Fourth Couch 8. Reed.
er 4, Johnston 2, Williams 1. Con
roy / fouls: Couch 10; Lester Park:
Clark l, Conroy. Plyer ., OKiefe,
Huss 2; fouls, Conroy 2.
The smallest score of the season
was hung up last night at the Ogden
High school at the end of a basket
ball game played by the Lester Park
juniors and the High School Pick-ups.
The figures were to 2, In favor OF
the Park juniors O'Keefe was the
referee. The lineup follows:
Lester Park Pickups.
Lockwood .,..... Graves
Left Guard.
Richmond, Flygare ..... MolervitZe
Right Guard.
DoXey sss...,.. s.s...,ss........C Craig
Center.
~ uhbliSh BdlCh
Right Forward
. f. 4.
Left Forward.
Yesterday afternoon at the Weber
academy, the Weber juniors defeated
the Third ward team in a city Junior
league basketball game. The score
was 33 to II and the lineup follows:
Third Ward. Weber.
K. WlgglnS. ...s..........,..A Anderson |
Left Forward.
Williams ....-.,-......R Wilkinson |
Right Forward.
.s,..............B Burrows |
Center
...'............... Lindsey |
Left Guard.
'" est' Hall. .................. Brewer
Right Guard
Referee-E. Wilkinson
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14

(Bk. 2 Y. P. 571) $1,000.
John w. Wheeler and wife to James
NJ. Wheeler, part of S. w. and N. f.
IA Of section Is, township north,
range w, $4,000
r. w. Altman TO William Peterson
part OF lot "a, block z, Ogden 5 acres,
plat A, $4,000.
Hannah Hamilton to Edward T. Saun-
ders and Heber c. Saunders, all of
lot l, block Il, plat c, 81.
William L. Porter and wife to William
Stokes and wife, all of lot Is and
south Is feet of lot 10. Dankowske's S
central subdivision. S475.
John l.. Wright and wife to Herbert
Tarran. part of lot 10, block SO. plat
c, $1,000.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
Sporting and Athletic News
DEMPSEY FLOORED
BY jim FLYNN
Knockout Drop Comes in
Twenty Seconds Dempsey
Gets No Chance at
Pueblo Man.

Salt Lake, Feb. l4.-EXit Dempsey
A "one-two" to the jaw was about all
there was TO the h-advertised bat
tie at Murray last night. There was
only one redeeming feature TO the en-
tire bout. and that was the fact that
the dope books will carry down TO pos
terity the information that jim Flynn
was engaged in one of the shortest
bouts in history. The contest lasted
twenty seconds and in that time Jack
Dempsey never laid his glove on the
pueblo trial horse" The men shook
hands, Flynn put his head down and
bored in. He got a left to Dempsey's
face and had the local boy covering
up and not knowing what TO do. AS
Jack dropped his guard from his chin
and peeked out, Jim put right swing
TO the locSl boys jaw, followed quick
ly with a right TO the same spot. and
Referee Ralph Armstrong counted ten,
1t was all over except hauling the
local pride" to his corner
The entire show was handled in a
way which has been characteristic in
this vicinity for some time. the promot-
ers working" the public to a finish |
There was the usual football rush to
get in the single door to the hall-s
good center rusher was sure of getting
in-others had to sneak in.
The first preliminary between |
slim" Warden and Carl Ulgren went
the scheduled four rounds to draw.
Neither man showed even curtain-rais-
er class.
The Bratten twins. Aleck and John,
aged 10 years, put on three one-minute
rounds which caused plenty OF mirth
and showed the crowd what kids can
do when given an opportunity.
Then there was the long, lonesome
heartbreaking wait of one whole hour,
sixty weary minutes with nothing to do
but drink soda pop and peddle chin
goods. To break the monotony, after
thirty minutes of waiting, two OF the
Murray firemen climbed into the ring
and put up three rounds of good anna
teur milling. Another wait of fifteen
and Ern Wright of Murray,
who had referred the preliminaries,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14

Read the Classified Ads.
Read the Classified Ads.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
ERNEST OHRT LEADS
IN SlX~DAY RACE

chicago. Feb. 13.-At the end of tbe
lorty-seVenth round OF the six-day hi
cycle race tonight. Ernest Ohrt, of the
onrt-Grlmm team, was leading tho
other nine teams. Nine of the teams
had gone 90S miles and one lap. With
the remaining team one lap behind
Al midnight all of the twenty riders
were on the track in an effort to make
up some OF the time lost when the
Track became treacherous through n
,eak IN the roof OF the building. Eddie
MADDEN OF Newark. N. j., was In the
lead III 'ne
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
CEHl MAT ARTIST
GIVEN DECISION

Lehi, Feb. 13,-AleX Christopherson
local heavyweight wrestler, won over
Gust Mycolof Of Petrograd, Russia. in
wrestling match here tonight. The
big Russian secured the first fall, pin.
ming Christopherson to the mat by an
ar mlock after As minutes Of tussling.
Christopherson scored the second fall
in 20 minutes on hammerlock. My
colof was SO badly injured by the fall
that the match was stopped and Chris
topherson was given a decision,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
JOIE v. RAY SETS
A new RECORD
Athlete Bests George Bonhag's
Time for Two Miles-Time
Is 9:11 2-5.

New York, Feb. 13.-Joie w. Ray
of the Illinois Athletic club who, three
weeks ago, established a new worlds
record for one mile and half broke
| Gorge Bonhag's American record oi
! 9:14 1~5 for two miles here tonight
| He ran from scratch in the the two
mile handicap and with a magnificent
sprint in the final lap, after he had
passed all the other contestants to
whom he had given liberal handicaps,
broke the tape in GIL 2-5, which is
l As seconds behind the world s
record Of 9:09 80, made by AL
Shrubb, Of England, at Glasgow. Scot.
land, in 1904.
Loomis also took first honors in a
series of three sprints at fifty, sixty
and seventy yards, equaling the
worlds record Of Z Is seconds in the
last event, and finished first in the
7O-yard low hurdles at the annual in.
door meet of the New York athletic
club at Madison Square Garden to-
night.
Fred S. Murray, the national cham,
plon, formerly of Leland Stanford uni,
Yersity, California, might have won
the final in the 70-yard high hurdle
contest, but he stumbled over the sec,
ond hurdle and quit The event was
won by A. L, Engels, New York A C.
with c. e. Erdman, Princeton, second,
and r. F. Warren, University Of Penn.
sylvania, third.
Tom Halpin, Boston A. A. won the
Burmeyer 500-yard run. John w
OYerton, Yale's great runner and inter.
won the Baxter mile in 4:l9.
10, His time was one second behind
Abel Kiyiat's record for the same
event four years ago, but the judges
tonight computed that under the new
international measurement of the
track, OVerrun ran about ten yards
more than Kiviat.
The summaries:
5OOyard run (Burmeyer trophy
Won by Thomas Halpin, Boston A. A;
William b. Moore, Princeton, second
Binga Dismond. Chicago university,
third. Time, go.
7O-yavd high hurdles-Final heat
won by Arthur L. Engeles, New York
A. C; c. E, Erdman, Princeton. sec,
ond; R. F. Warren. University Of
Pennsylvania, third. Time :09
6O-yard dash-Won by Joe G. Loom,
is, Chicago A. A; Brooke Brewer.
Maryland State college, second; A. p
Kelly Holy Cross, third Time, :O6 3-5.
5O-yard dash-Won by Loomis
Brewer second; Kelly third. Time, |
:05 As.
7O-yard dash-Won by Loomis; Kel-
ly, second; Brewer, third. Time, .O7- |
10. equalling worlds record
The Baxter mile-Won by John w !
OVerton, Yale university: NJ A De- |
yaney, Millrose A. A. second; Sidney |
Leslie, unattached. New York. third
Ivan A. Meyers, Illinois A. c., Chicago
fourth. Time. AIS 10.
70-yard low hurdles-Won by 10 G
LOOMS. Chicago A. A, second: Fred
5, Murray, New York A. c., third
Time, :O7 30.
Two-mile run, handicap-Won bv
Jole w. Ray. Illinois A. c., Chicago
scratch; Haywood Holden, New York
A. c. 600 yards), second; Victor Vo. 4
leretas, Morningside A c.. New Yorl, Il
CllO yards), third. Time, Oil 2.5 Il
new American record.
Two-mile relay, scratch-Won nv
Boston a. A. (McGrath. Rose. Mabon,
BY and CaldwelD: New York A G
Sellers, Anderson, Wheeland ana |
Adams') second. Time. S:O7 Is.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14

put on the mitts and uttered a def.
One Chick" McGillis, former boxer
stepped into the squared circle and
donned the other pair 1t was a draw,
but McGillis crushed in his white col
lar, mussed his necktie and dirtied his
cuffs. while Ern lost the part in his
hair.
At the end Of an hour the cheapest
fiasco ever pulled in this locality was
commenced. The next business man
who surrenders real money to take in
a bout CLOSE in" will certainly demand
that he get at least half his moneys
worth in preliminaries.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
Real Estate Transfers

Warranty deeds were recorded to-
day. as follows:
o. ]. Stilwell to Benjamin F. Terry,
part of lot 5, block 10. s. o. S, ST.
500.
o. j. Stilwell to Charles L. Bacon, part
Of lots 5 and 26, block 10, S. o. S.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
ST. LOUIS PITCHER
INJURED nv RIEI =

San Antonio, Tex, Feb 13.-Dave
Davenport of the St Louis Americans
pitching staff was seriously wounded
at his home In Runge, Tex, today,
when his rifle was accidentally dis.
charged. Davenport had just returned
from hunt.
The bullet passed through his chest
and also inflicted a scalp wound.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
SCOTT GETS FAT
INCREASE AND SIGNS

Boston. Feb 13,-Everett Scott,
shortstop Of the world champions Bos.
ton Americans, has agreed to sign a
contract. and James Walsh. an out
fielder, has signed an agreement for
next season, President Frazee of the
club announced tonight
President FTazee said a "substan-
tial increase" demanded by Scott had
been granted.
Twelve members of the Soy now are
signed or are under agreement to
sign. Mr. Frazee said.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
DESERT POLLIWOGS TO HOLD
SWIM FEST TONIGHT

Salt Lake, Feb. 14,-Local paddlers
viii stage a 100-yard handicap swim
at the Deseret gymnasium tonight as
a preliminary to the annaul A. A. u,
contest, which will be held this spring
A number of the classiest swimmers
IN the city have been billed for the
meet and competition is sure to run
high
DR.. Charles G. Plummer has been
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14

selected as Handicapped and starter
and Coach George Rynearson, Charles
Welch and Bob Richardson will act
as timers. Ray Taylor, Bryan West
and c. F. Van Buren, will be judges
of the finish.
Three prizes will be awarded. two
medals and a crust stand.
The entries are D. Daynes, NJ. Free.
BARN, George Nelson, McKeith Burt,
Alvin Nelson G. Thomas, V. Day. Y,
Peterson. D. De Walt, A Woodruff,
F. Coyerdale. A, Woodruff and r.
Gray.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14

London, Feb. 13, 1885 a. ma Reu-
ter dispatch from Berne says that the
German authorities have suddenly
called to the colors all officials OF
trade unions and Socialist organiza-
tions. These officials. who aggregate
10000 in number. have previously been
exempt from military service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-29
The Old Days-and Now
Savannah Newsl

A Marvellous Discovery, Another
Scientific Wonder, A Revolutionary
Invention, such were the catch
phrases of the advertisers who in the
old days sought to impress the pub
lie mind with the startling qualities
and properties of the things they Of
fered for sale. Advertisers ordinar-
lily know what they are about, hence
it is only reasonable to assume that
the public mind was duly responsive
to the trick. Wonders never ceased
and the reading public never ceased
to marvel.
How different from their descen-
dants of the present generation. Now
when there is an unending list of
things that may indeed be included
among the marvellous. there is no
one to get excited over them. The
past few decades have piled wonder
upon wonder with such dazzling
rapidity that to-day, it seems, the
entire race is quite prepared to ac-
cept as a matter of course achieve
ments that would have kept our fa-
theirs sitting about with open mouths
for weeks. The miracle age has
| brought forth such a multiplicity of
wonders, in fact, that comparatively
few of us are even aware of half of
| them.