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The Benson signal., 1917-12-08
Anything for a Change.

Naval Of1icer-I say, doesn't poor
old Smith look sick! AwfuIly nice of
you and all that, but why did you
chuck him for me-?
Flapper-Change of color. I'm sick
Of Misunderstanding Show.
The Benson signal., 1917-12-08

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14

RAGS WANTED - Clean Cotton
Rags. white or colored. at the News
office. N. Third Ave.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
SPOT DlHANT GETS HIS LETTER

Among the Oklahoma University
students who have received their
"ictters" for athletic work ut the
University is Spot Durant OF this
place. who played Il fast game ot
football this season on the teams
|, ft-cnd There w"r" eighteen men
OF team to receive their letters.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
PINK HOLIWORM THREATENS
COTTON CROP
tabli>lnsi.-Tr>a> Farmers are
Warned To he On l.OokOut.

Federal experts have definitely cS
tablishrd tn" presence of the pink
boll worm. cottons dcadlicst enemy.
in several South Texas counties and
the Government and tn" Stat" of
Texas is preparing to spend II quar-
ter oi IL million dollars on cleaning
them out of tn" State.
Tn" following excerpt from D."
lengthy article in the Dallas News
Is to the point,
| THAT the American cotton crop Is
now seriously threatened hv tn"
most destructive pest in tn" history
of cotton production is the cunclu-
sion after weeks of investigation
following the appearance of the pink
boil worm in Southeast Texas.
"Thr infraiatiun ~ NOR" ar less
c"ntcrcd in jefferson. Hardin. Lib
crty, Chambers and Galveston com
ties There was II small iuf"station
near lIrarnc. in Robertson county.
but prompt and Vigorous treatment
is believed To hal" STAMPED II out
However. that locality viii be- kept
under strict observation To mako
sure IN" stamping ont pruc"ss was
complete
"lf Il cotton grower has any rca
son to think his seed may b" inf"sf-
ed with pink hOllworm h" should cN-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
Et.D CROSS EL,G DAY Di.C. I.
Govcrnor issues Christmas ltri
Cross Week Proclamation
December YEA.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Dee. TIN
the Christmas Rcd Cross member
ship drive in which Oklahoma's =
quota will be 100000 new members.
permanent card record will b.
made OF every man. woman ami
child in the state. Every home will
be visited. Workers will get first
the name OF every person solicited.
and these will be set down in three
classifications:
First. Those who subscribe to
membership
second, Those who cannot af-
ford to subscribe
Third. Thosr who manifest lack
of sympathy with American in the
war
ii the first two classes will be en-
hraccd children for whom subscrip
tions are taken
Governor X. l.. Williams. in an
official proclamation. has dosirnat
ed DecebbSr II to "a as Red Gro ,s
Christmas Membership Week" and
December II will be Rcd Cross Fla;
Day.
| Active campaigning began last
week in all of the ten iii ;tricts. and
during tn" present week this will ~
extended to embrace 1O2 counties In
Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle
Speakers are furnished through the
councils of defense and IA strong bat
tery OF Four-Minutc Men have been
placed upon the ground by instruc-
tions from Washington.
"The Christmas Red Cross mem.
bcrship campaign l. the most intcn
sive of all war activities instituted
to date. 1t will have the creates;
scope in its personal touch. since n,
home in Oklahoma will he overlook
ed. is the official statement frorI
Red Cross Safe headauarters
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
N@M\
We MUST Il!gln tllqwar
FROM OKLAHOMA sTNEE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

,raincl or unframed service to thu
state or Nation.
To ascertain which women ar
available for service outside hcTr.
ard which are not. To list tn wu-
mon who wish to take training. in
order to give more efficient service.
To he able to furnish women for
salaried positions. whether In the
Government. service or not.
To be able to place women who
car volunteer their services in ~
siti0us of usefulness in many fi"'dI
To have registry of the capacit )
and training of women of the coUi,
try as the basis of the work OF th'
Wuman's Committee of the Council
of National Defense.
Mrs. Robert T.. Lawson of Ne
wata Is State chairman of the Va
mans Committee Of the Oklahoma
State Council of Defense.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14

Get our prices on Job Printing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
HEAVY PENALTIES FOL, SEDI.
TlO<

Th" passage Of S"dition laws. pat
t"ri"d after thos" of Frederick. OK
lahnma. ar" under consideration in
u number of cities and towns ot the
state. Shawnee passed tn" ''lovaliy
act. making III" utterinr. publish
inE or circulating of s"ditiouS talf
punishable bv "a fin" of from 81 fl
800 and costs
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
OKLAHOMA LEADS ~ FOOD
PLEDGES

Oklahoma takes the lead in tn"
Nation as having the greatest over
subscription of signatures in the ="
cent food pledge campaign Th'
State exceeded bv 232.290 plrdrr
cards it's goal OF $50 600 In tn"
per cent of families signed Oklahoma
@tnnd s"ighth in the United States.
20 per cent of its families having
lined up for food conservation
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
RUSH EXPLOSIVE LICENSE
PLAN

OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. l2.-In
order better to safeguard properties
in Oklahoma the State Council OF
Defense is urging the Bureau of
Mines at Washington to hasten the
matter of licensing purchasers uf
explosives
5. X. Lewis OF Tulsa has been ap-
pointed the representative of the
state Council of Defense ON the new
licensing department.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14

anime many Of them closely. Open
the seed with care in ordeS not to
mash the worm IL II should be pres
cnt Should worm about half an
inch long with "A pink hack and with
white underneath he found. the gen.
cral color being pink. notify DIR. w.
u. Hunter. Alexander building.
beaumont, Texas. ut once, or notify
the State Department Of Agriculture
at Austin. DO Il quick. Don't delay.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
THIS WAS No JOKE

j. r. Culvcr. 103 Labor Temple.
Los Angeles. Calf, writes: II have
had about 80 years Of experience
with all sorts and kinds of cathartic
remedies some good and some Il
joke when | got wise to Foley Ca
thar;ic Tablets for constipation I
got in right. The hest ever used"
DO not gripe: no unpleasant after
effects For sale by Stone Drug
Co (adv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
FOR OkI.AHOM
WOMEN

OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. - TIL"
Patriotic Registration for Women
in the state OF Oklahoma for scr
vice, which took plac" on Monday
last. had for its objects the follow
ing ends:
To give every woman AN oppor-
tunitv to offer TO her country snrh
services as she - best fitted to rem
der.
To internret to the Gov"rnm"n'
the possihilities Of the woman pow
er OF the country.
To furnish accurate Information
to the Government OF the caparitV
OF which women are now s"rV'h''
whether in their own homes or IN
paid nursuits, trades or professions
To have in every c0mmuni'T ns'4
OF women properly classified VINO
are willing to be called upon foT
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
MINERS MD N'ER ,TORS At:REI

Through the Federal Fuel Admin
istration the MrAlcster field coal
operators and miners hav" com" 10
an agreement as tn wages and work
ing conditions and thS mine opcrai-
ors are allowed an immediate rai,n
of 25c a ton for their product. and
further increases il actual rNp"nS"''
justify il. Th" agreement shuulJ
0bviate any possibility of further Il g.
lay in production.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-14
OKLAHOMA SLOW 10 TAKE
STAMPS


OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. l2.-.Re-
ports reaching the State Council of
Defense indicate that Oklahoma has
taken only a few hundred dollars
worth of stamps in the Thrift cam.
paign which the Government put on
December 3, and which will con,in-
ue until December 81, 1918. The
Thrift and war savings stamps may
be bought at all post offices. from
most rural carriers. from any drug
stores. and at other places d"signat
cd by county managers
! In this campaign two classes of
little baby bonds" are issued. The
Thrift stamp costs twentyfiv" cents
and with the firts one goes a Thrift:
Card containing l6 spaces. That
costs 81 when filled out. One adds
! lee in December or next January.
and for $412 one gets a 81 War
Savings stamp. With the first of
these stamps you get Il WarSavincs
certificate which holds 30 stamps,
and in five years from January !.
1918, one can cash this for S1n0. II
costs only sS2.40 IL one bought tn"
War-Savings stamps at s4.12. This
brings interest at the rate Of 4 per
cent a year. compounded quarterly.
In February these stamps will cost
s4.13, and they will increase In cost
one cent month through 1918.
One should keep WnrSavings Ger
Itificates for fiv" years to do tncl"
Sam the most good. But IL on"
must cash them sooner, one will b"
naid interest at about The rat" OF
> per cent a year on what he bought.
Ilf one does not buy tw"nty ~
stamps nv January |. 1919. h" will
receive III" same interest on thoS"
which hc does buy No on" can buy
more than 500 worth ~ one time.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
ELEVEN MEN AC-
 GIFTED THURSDAY
(continued from Page Seven)

 1eos-1754 Michael Browne, old
 School House, School street. 1603-1Ss6 Ivan Bandylo, 42 1-2 Nor
 Wich avenue. 1610-1144 Max Sogaron, 219 West
 Main street. 1611-161s Patrick Coleman, 10 Lafay-
 cite street. 1612-2413 George Strong Isham, 20
 Winchester street. 1613-1216 Martin John Morley, fl
 Sixth street 1614- 462 Frank Molerbo, PA Frank
 lin street. 1615-15s6 Ernest John Bossey, 225
 Laurel Hill avenue. 1616-2657 Frank Beattie, Jr.. 100 Fifth
 street 1617-2142 Narsin Gablowski, 10 Rose 1s1e-1299 Norman Percy, 51 Division
 street. 1619-1594 Henry Frank Cole, PIT
 Prospect street. 1620-2032 Brusi Ozziak, ' North High
 street. 1621-2s76 Abraham Raymond Fly
 man, S6 Mechanic street. 1622-2673 Eli Garrett, 23 Elm street; 1623- 29S Ralph Weeks, r Boswell
 avenue. 1624-1oso Herman Frank strongin.
 B Pearl street. 1625-2o6O Henry Winthrop Hurlbutt, 1626-14S7 Paul Mecelis, 119 Main
 street. 1627-219S Samuel Slosberg. Al West
 Main street 162S-1493 A. NJ. McNickle, 10 River
 avenue. 1629--1226 William J. Murphy, 92
 Thames street 1630-1479 Joseph J. McMahon, 6 Dur
 fey street. I631-133S AIitrofan Perossewitz, Ss
 Yantic street. 1632-1649 R. V. Congdon, Yantic. 1633-1795 Thomas Budnick, 5 Sixth
 s.reet. 1634- 176 Aleck Tatro, Yanttc. 1635-1711 Michael Devanno 2S0
 Franklin street.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
TOOK TWO MACHINE
 GUNS SINGLE HANDED
Daring Feat of New London Boy
 During Battle of Vimy Ridge.

The European war will bring to light many brave deeds, while many others will never be revealed. It will be difficult however. to find one that will rival the daring. the bravery and Lhe courage of the feat accomplished by Sergt--Iaior James C. Dunn brother of Charles NJ. Dunn of New London during the battle at Vimy Ildse in April
 With two men. Sergeant Major Dunn was ordered by the officer in command of his company to take a machine gun of the enemy which was playing havoc on the company In the charge on the machine guns it developed, to their surprise that there were two instead of one. All of Dunn's men fell. leaving him alone Wounded and single handed Dunn was confronted by four of the enemy, the remainder having fallen in the attack Dunn shot two of the men and engaged the other two with bay oner- killing both and put the two machine guns out of commission He then succeeded in reaching his wounded comrades. among whom he collapsed from numerous wounds.
 This information was received in a. letter from James P. O'Donnell, for I1er-y of New London, to H. E. Leav- 1tr. secretary of Thames River lodge LEctle-hood of Railway Train innnen ~ D'Iouueu was formerly employed at t-e Midway yard of the New Haven
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.ss5--24s4 Charles Eavis El.Lfa-

1ss5--24s4 Charles Davis Flsl1s iE 166s-212G George Jcau Eat~oR.ar1ir.
 27 Elm street 1667-2379 Prank Kr.asz. 11 Ps-< 1s6s-l45s John AfcGra-h. ga Eoa~--
 avenue. i6se-1sss John Champlin So-sr -rf
 Laurel HiiI avenue 167o--1s00 Michael Dnufri Bli-E~ rrf
 North Main street 1s71-115s Lester IT. snaTer. f1r. L
 D.. R. F. D. %o 2. 1s72-2324 William F. Greirer, zoe
 Main street. 1673-1e05 Ale,lsaucer Dekr T5F s-----
 Main street 1s74-1920 Irwin Joseph Dsprev. E. 2
 D.. Norwich Town l675- ess John z"ltrowicz. A7-r-
 duct. 1s76-2s25 Charles Kirsheubaum F r 1s77-24is Alberf ". Eeeleston. o--.-
 baado road 167s-15t6 Boissu3 ciesluk Firf
 street. 1s79-1sos Edward J Eurke. o-~sm leSo-losa Julius Shapiro. S1r--
 Thames street 1sst-25s9 ciarence R. Heras-sa-. tss Central avenue. lss2-229s John Kern. fsa Ro-re1 s-- 1ss2-24s2 Thomas roar r.rsr--
 Huntington avenue. 1GS2- 751 Andrew FanFer C~-- 16S5-2545 David K. Hall -G Orchard
 street. 16Ss-273e Frank GoIdstein. rff Gene
 tral avenue. 16S7-1796 frod.-ick G Trlrrf ff
 Oak street 1GS8EI0fG Arthur F Ern4Fl -rH
 well avenue IfS9- 1Ct2 Napoleon F rrH..n.r
 Merchants avenue l69O- 6i5 5snto Angelo. Z7r Frrr
 lin street 1691-2771 Andrew Louie Uaraf n
 D.. No c. 1592-2742 Robert CfoIdrtef- 7ff Cen
 traI avenue. 1693-1O29 Frederick V. Stone. 1z
 A 1694- 455 Delphs 1forin, 60 Tvera
 avenue
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
William Levitsky, 61 oalridge

1636- William Levitsky, 61 Oalridge 1ss7-1467 Charles S. Mcintyre. 152
 Broad street 1638- 409 Gustav Hugo Lycroth. so
 Boswell avenue. 1639--1597 George Boucher, 9s Frank
 lin street. 164o-249s Audry Florelick, 13 North
 Thames street. 1641--2s91 Edward Humphrey, 63
 Seventh street. 1642- 453 Alfred Henry LaBarre,
 TaftVille. 1e48-2S4I John o. Peckhann, R. F. D..
 No. l. 1644- 978 James NJ. Young, IT,, Rock l545--28O9 James Kilroy, 4a Baltic
 street 1646-2175 Philip A. Johnson, 96 Union
 street. 1647-1773 Archibald Stuart Buchanan
 33 Thirteenth street. 164s-1s22 John P. Downing, 40 Fifth
 street. 1649- s9O David Chounaird, 455
 North Main street. 1650- 294 Kostarity WincZa (& his
 rnark), T Sixth street. 1651-1579 Branjslam Bonkansky, g
 Summit street. 1652- 40S Har~7 Luther Lawton, 13
 Lake street. i653-1231 John Marine, 102 Thames
 street. 1854 sO4 Raymond Bailey Case, 124
 Broad street. 1655-2901 John Gulla, 149 SaChem
 street. 1656-2OO6 Peter Thomas O'Nen, 25
 Thames street. 1657- 230 Jan Warinkasz (X his
 marll), 205 West Main street. 165S- 271 Ralph Sidney Williams, 27
 Mckinley avenue. 165a- 375 Victor Joseph LaMorey, 1O5
 Laurel Hill avenue. 1660-1424 William Howard Patter-
 son. 50 Washington street. 1661-2153 Stanley Jakobowski, 3 Syl-
 Vester street. 1e62- 65 Antonio Roczkowsl1i, 322
 West Thames street 1663-2512 Clarence L. Fowler 39
 Spruce street. 1864 2s2 Edwin M. Wilkinson, 55
 Sturtevant street.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

road as yard conductor and has a wife and children in New London. He enlisted several months ago in the English army has has served in sev- eral engagements on the French front O'DonneH recently called on Sergeant Major Dunn, with whose other broth CT, Henry Dunn, he was acquainted at the Moore Barracks hospital at Shornecliffe, Kent. Mir O'Donnell writes interestingly of his visit to his friends brother and of other exper- fences
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
Cooperation With Railroads,

The Railroads War Board has ad- dressed a plea to Public Service Com missions and all state, county and municipal authorities through the United States, urging cooperation with the railroads in a suspension during the war. of "all efforts not designed to help directly in winning the war
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
Order to Report

-Montville men, who are included in the Eleventh district of the selec- tive draft, have received notice to re- port in the Plant Building, New Lon don, for examination. Some will re- port this Thursday and others later in the week and the first of next week.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
1t is better to be too careful than

Meriden.- Employes of Manning. Bowman & Co were notified recently that the corporation has adopted a service reward system similar to that Inaugurated recently by the lnterna- tional Silver Co. Five per cent. of weekly wages will be given under cer- tain conditions and also an annual re- ward.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
That'e Story No. One.
Story No.

That'e Story No. One. Story No Two follows:
 A week ago. passing the very best looking field of timothy hay in town I observed that it wasn't vet nown though the heads were already ripe with seed. the stems browning. and the leaves withered. It should have been cut and endowed ten days or fortnight before. Yet there it stood, for1ornIv waving signals of distress in every ripping breeze and I could hear faint sounds of hammering at the distant barn.
 Inquiry developed the fact that the owner had discovered. just the time he should have been mounting his moving -nnac chine. that taere was hole in his barn roof. right over the bay where he must mow away his noble timothy. Starting to patch it up with a few old shingles, he came near being killed when a lot of rotten roof boards and two decaved rafters gave way under his weight.
 He had to stop right then and there. and put on a new roof. Of course. he couldn't get a carpenter when he needed one most-did any farmer ever know of such a mira cle? and had to wait till one was at lib erty. Meanwhile the hay began to 20 Off till now it is hardly better than straw.
 in the old school books, every in structive fable" which was set forth
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10
Failed to Pass.

The boys that failed to pass the federal examination, from MontviIle returned to their homes Monday eve ming Among them are: George Johnson Edwin Kenuerson, Ely F CIark. John Levine and Dudley Neff.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

self"
 A few of us, last month, when the rainy weather was at its worst, fear ing that conditions would foster blight. got together and bought a quantity of Bordeaux and Pyrox These we used, of us in connection with arsenical poisons. The tops al that time were rather small and we didn't have much difficulty in covering them. I haven't happened to hear from any of the others but only one small row in one of my patches has. thus far. shown any trace of blight. I think it quite possible that that particular row was omitted by some oversight at the time of spraying. Anyway, those be- side 1t are not affected. Nor have any been in my two other patches.
 At the time we sprayed, the particu- lar neighbor who is now in straits rather though we were making our selves a good deal of needless trouble and mourning some expense 'al1 fer nuthin'." Wont do no good to spray when it rains every day to wash it off s fast S it's put on," he said.
 We also felt doubtful. There cer- tainly was a good chance that we might have our work for our pains. But--the gamblers hazard aeain!- it might perhaps help. and it was the only thing we knew of to do. So we did it and trusted to the fall of the dice and the shuffle of the cards in Fate's hands.
 The doubtful Thomas went fishing. and believe. caU~ht a mess of perch and rock bass. They're eaten 'uD, long since and now his prospect of pota- toes for market and his own winter bin is fast diSaDpaar ring
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

"Can't l do anvthino to save lem !" is his cry to each neighbor he meets. Not now was my answer, when he appealed to me Its too late. Bor- reaux spraying will sometimes prevent blight, if it is done before there is
 any advent of disease. But nothing that I ever heard of will stop the in lection once it has established it's
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

(written Specially For The Bulletino
 One of my neighbors Is in peck of troub1e-a great, big, full measured peck.
 His potatoes have begun to blight He has large fie.1 of them and, up to less than a week ago, they were looking fine. The vines were rank and strong; the blossoms plentiful; the root stalks set thickly with small tubers. Now they are dead-topped, the leaf stalks are beginning to grow slimy, and disastrous rot manifestly impends.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

We've all laughed over the shiftIess dar<ie of the story, who lived under a leaky roof because when it rained- he couldn't mend it, and when 1t did not rain. what was de use?"
 We all of us disa prove, thcor1tlc- ally. of that reasoning. i:a. many Of us, too many altogether, act on mum tie. same principle.
 What was the use?" asked my neiehbor who went fishing rather than spray his potatoes between rains.
 My other neighbor didn't take the trouble to find out whether his barn roof was in order when he had the time to attend to it. Wherefore he has to take time, now, when it is more needed for something else.
 It doesn't make any difference how wise we are, we're all of us going to make mistakes. It doesn't make any difference how shrewd we are, we're all of us going to have our ringers pinched, now and then.
 But we'll make fewer mistakes and we'll have fewer sore fingers if we watch out and figure out and plan out and keep everyla astingly prepared for all probable emergencies
 1t is better to be too careful than too reckless: better to take unneces. sary pains than to suffer irremediable loss: better to be armed against troubles that never come than to be defeated by foes we have ignored; bet ter to save drops at the spigot than to waste buckets-ful at the bung- hole.
 If you don't believe it because some body says so, you'll nevertheless oe taught 1t by the birchings of experi- ence!
 THE FARMER
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

emergencies, generally comes ou nearest the top of the heap"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

Sammy may like to sing "Thereu Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" but in weather such as most of the country has been suffering from re- gently he much prefers a cool time And to give him a cool time the gov ernnant is installing in the army
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

said about the chance-y natr-~
 farm op -u the imp and the impossibiiity Of foreseeing all that is going to happen or of being ready for everything, the fact still remains that the farmer who looks ahead the farth- est and who harks back the most un- derstardingly and who get ready, as he can, for the widest variety of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

You've simply got to go "Sy euesa and by gosh" large part of your an nual farming journey. You've got to take things as they come. without ever knowing beforehand exactly how they're going to come.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-10

for our youthful delectatfon had a
 moral attached. My two little
 stories are not fables. Yet they seem to have certain lessons belong ing with them. I'm sure that a part a least, of my readers will be able to read those lessons, without the aid of a map, a diagram, and a dictionary.